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200 White Plymouth Rocks
FOR SALE.

Our specialty. White birds; large size
Winter layers. Prices 75c each; $6 per 12.

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33 For Practical Poultry Raisers. 33

CLAY CENTER, NEBR., SEPTEMBER, 1901.

ORC CELE CE CELE LE CE CEC ZC CEC LECCE CEC LECCE

Three Requisites of Success.

By A.

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Upton, Fairbury, Neb.

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(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

Failures in the various pursuits call-
ed “business,” or, in other words,
mereantile ventures, are usually at-
tributed to three causes—first, lack of
ability; second, lack of capital; and,
third, too much competition, whereby
the supply is rendered greater than
the demand, and hence a cutting of
prices to get rid of an _ overstock,
which results in such a sacrifice that
the firm cannot prosper, and therefore
fails.

Raising poultry for profit, when it
takes the nature of a business, can
be compared to other pursuits of a
similar object, and must, like all mer-
eantile ventures, be run on business
principles, or certain failure will be
the result. The majority of poultry
plants are run for profit, and are
either a distinct business by them-
selves, or a part of a general dairy,
fruit or farm business. The minor-
ity are run at a loss, and are usually
conducted by wealthy amateurs who
enter into the pursuit of a fad, or to
gratify a love for poultry keeping, or
perhaps to improve the _ different
breeds, willing to sacrifice the money
for the good of the industry, and with
no idea of profit.

Raising Poultry for profit is subject
to two or three influences which goy-
ern any other business pursuit. It
requires ability and capital, but so far
has not been affected by the third,
namely, competition, over-production
and its consequent disasters.

The first quality necessary therefore,
either in any ordinary business pur-
suit, or in raising poultry, is ability.
There are thousands and thousands of
small flocks of poultry throughout this
country which add many welcome dol-
lars to the other crops of a farm and
produce the bulk of all our eggs. There
are also a few hundred large poultry
plants, housing from three hundred to
a thousand or more head. These,

both large and small, are run on
strictly business principles, as thel
success, year after year, denotes, and
the profit realized from them shows
conclusively the ability of the men
running them.

When this ability can accumulate
money it is turned into capital, which
is invested in enlarging the plant,
and the business continues to grow in
proportion.

There is a class of enthusiastic noy-
ices who write to know if they can
make a living at the poultry business.
They might as well ask if they can
make a living at watch making. <A
living can be made at watch making
by one who knows all about it, but
for one who knows nothing about it,
it would certainly be a complete fail-
ure, and he would soon be in the
poor house, for he would not know
how to begin.

One can make a living at the poul-
try business—if he knows how. No
novice can do it, and we are frank to
say so, but it will at least cost the
novice less to begin and try to learn
at the poultry business than in any
other direction. It is rather strange
that a man should expect to succeed
in a business in which he has no ex-
perience, yet we find every day men
rushing into poultry keeping, certain
that they will succeed, without a mo-
ment’s experience in poultry raising.

Now, when any pursuit is prosper-
ous, it does not attract out attention
specially, because we see at a glance
that with its system and _ business
principles and the business principals
running it, it is bound to succeed.

We therefore pass it by and stop at
a well-equipped plant, where we real-
ize at once that plenty of capital has
been invested, and where in appear-
ance everything should be prosperous,
but where, on the contrary, everything
is a failure. The capital in this case
is being sacrificed through the lack

of ability to turn it into a profitable
channel.

Raising poultry is a peculiar and at
the same time a fascinating pursuit.
The person who enters it must, above
all, have a great fondness for it. It
at no time becomes mechanical or
commonplace.

The foreman of a canning factory
would not therefore succeed in rais-
ing chickens if he ran them on the
same principles he had been running
his canning room.

As each season comes round there
is something new, something different
to learn about chickens. As a rule,
it is all in the line of improvement,
and with an aim to be more success-
ful each (year. (When digaster and
bad luck overtake the breeder, it is
his great fondness for the pursuit
which carries him through. He must
also have a sufficient quantity of com-
mon sense and knowledge of his busi-
ness to be able to make up losses and
finally come out with a prosperous
season.

The secret of the failures of well-
equipped poultry plants, where cap-
ital is plentiful, lies in the fact
that the owners think to make a
profit by hiring some man (of course
a poultry man preferred) to run the
establishment and make it succeed for
them. This is not an impossible thing
to do, but one of the first requisites
is the poultryman, or, in other words,
the ability.

First class poultrymen out of em-
ployment are as scarce as hens with
teeth. Again, a first class poultryman
hired by a man who knows nothing
about raising poultry soon becomes a
second class man at everything.

There may be exceptions to
rule, but they are scarce.

Of course, there are many instances
in other business enterprises where
one man invests capital and another
man tries by ability to make a profit
for the concern, but in such a case
the capitalist must have confidence in
the ability of his partner to make a
success, or he would not entrust mon-
ey to him. So it should be in the
poultry business.

If a capitalist hires a poultryman

this

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to provide the ability, which means,
or should mean, successful experience,
the former ought to get a fair return
for his wages at least; but the truth
of the matter is that there are no
first class poultrymen to be had.

They are either all working for
some one else or are in business for
themselves.

The second quality necessary for a

successful poultry plant is capital.
Without this all the ability in the
world cannot succeed. The capital

may be great or small, but capital it
must be, and available at the start.
There is really more chance for a

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

other may fail who invests largely and
goes into the venture on an extended
scale. One should learn to creep be-
fore he walks in this as in any other
business. Master the numerous de-
tails step by step, and eventually mas-
ter the business.

There may not be any very large
fortune in poultry raising, but there
is a handsome living for one who has
the love for the pursuit, the ability
to raise and care for the stock, and a
small capital to start with.

These three things must go hand in
hand; separately, they cannot bring
success. A. UPTON.

ing they will lead the leghorns. The
pullets lay at four to six months old.
I had one lay at four months, five
months steady and hardly missed a
day. They are very hardy birds, not
subject to disease like other varieties
and always on the go. These points
are bound to put them to the front,
ahead of all others. This is an im-
portant point and they will sell where
others will not.

To new beginners: If you are
thinking of starting in the poultry
business, select some good leading
breed. There are cheap and dear birds
in all varieties. Get good ones, go

Ghe Auditorium at Lincoln, Nebraska,

The auditorium at Lincoln, Nebr., is one of the largest con-
This hall has been secured by the Ne-
Association for its annual exhibit, which

vention halls in the west.
braska State Poultry
will be held Jan. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, 1902.

hold a poultry show, and everything points to there being one of
the largest shows ever held in the west on the above dates at Lin-

premiums,

It isa model place to
ing winter.

coln. Nebraska legislators are loyal to the poultry industry and
annually appropriate $1,000 to this association for exhibition pur- bers present.
poses. Nobody need go away without the money they earn in

man with capital who is willing to
learn by experience than for a man
with ability and no capital.

At the beginning of one’s career in
poultry raising, there are houses and
yards to make, stock and eggs to be
bought, and a living to be paid for
before any returns can be counted on.
Investment of capital should be by

easy stages, never putting in more
money than you can control. One
man may succeed with a hundred

hens who invests a few hundred for
their housing and keeping, and an-

THE BUFF ORPINGTONS.

Editor Poultry Investigator:

There is no breed in America to-
day that has made as much headway
as the Orpington in the last two years.
While yet a new breed, they are com-
ing to the front rapidly. As a table
and market fowl they are unsurpassed,
with smooth, white, pinkish legs.
They are large, the cocks weighing
ten to twelve pounds, cockrels, nine
to ten pounds; hens, eight to ten
and pullets seven to nine pounds.
They make good mothers and for lay-

state fair grounds on Thursday, Sept. 5.

The cash is always ready, and we pay out in prem-
iums more money every year than any other association of its
kind in the U.S. The Nebraska State Poultry Association ex-
tends a cordial invitation to all fanc
We will treat you nic
The semi-annual meeting of the asso

s to show with us this com-
come and see if we do not.
ation takes place at the
I hope to see all mem-
L. P. HARRIS,
Pres. Nebr. State Poultry Association.

slow and stick to it.
Yours respectfully,
A. L. HOUSTON.
Keota, Iowa.

Do not fool away your flock of poul-
try because you can’t sell at once or
at a big figure. A good flock is good
property in dull times.

Stop the first symptom of disease
unless you wish an “eternal worry.”

Inspect your flock often these days,

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

SLLLSSSSASLLALLSAASSLLH HN
Barred Plymouth Rocks of Today.

By J. W. Whitney, Chatham, O.

SUSTS

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(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

The past few years have been char-
acterized by a steady and marked im-
provement in the methods of mating
and catering to thoroughbred fowls.

Much more of thought and system is
in evidence. The better class of
breeds have cut loose from old worn
and unsatisfactory methods and have
shown their intelligence by their new
and progressive ideas. Fancy poultry
culture of today is fast taking on the
serious and thoughtful attention it de-
serves. It is no longer the simple
means of recreation for the invalid,
the child, or professional man, as for-
merly. It has asserted its right to a
place among the legitimate and pay-
ing industries of the age in and of
itself.

Among others, the Barred Plymouth

Rock fowls have _ been _ receiv-
ing their share of deserving
attention. We are of the opin-

ion no other breed requires more
judgment or intelligence in its suc-
cessful production. The later meth-
ods of mating are seriously handicap-
ped by the previous handling of the
breed, as old tendencies are in evi-
dence, and a disposition to revert to
former systems of mating very annoy-
ing to the hopes of champions of pro-
gressive line breeding. Perhaps no
breed is more so, from the fact that
they are a made breed and were cre-
ated from foundation stock, possess-
ing marked extremes in color and
have been in the past almost univer-
sally bred along these lines. While I
have no radical views regarding the
double or two-mating system of breed-
ing Barred Plymouth Rocks, and not
wishing to be understood as in any
way belittling that system (for I
know by past experience most of our
highest scoring birds have been so
produced), I believe the time is com-
ing when such practices by our more
progressive breeders will become un-
popular. Line breeding is fast receiv-
ing the attention and consideration it
deserves by those who have intelli-
gently given it time to assert its su-
periority, and many old and _ sup-
posedly correct theories have been ex-
ploded and proven fallacious.

I am free to admit my first attempt
to produce Barred Plymouth Rocks
by the standard or one-mating system

proved a decided failure, and _ the
cause is not difficult to find. I was in
too big a hurry for satisfactory re-
sults. The American people are al-
ways in a hurry. They like to see
things move. They do not take kindly
to slow but sure methods in any line
of employment, and right here lies
the secret of their aversion to line
breeding. For the benefit of those
who have had no experience in line
breeding, I will hint at a few of the
more salient points to be kept steadily
in mind in its successful operation.
Probably the better way with most
breeders is to start with a single pair,
thus saving much attention, labor
and care. The selection of this pair
is a very important consideration. A
mistake here means failure or a loss
of much time. There must not be the
least suspicion of serious defects or
disqualifying tendencies. Size, con-
stitution, blood elements, all must be
of the very best. The first year’s
production of chicks must not be
criticised too close. If you get a pair
or more which at maturity are the
equal and resemble their sire and dam
in shape, color and general makeup,
you can feel yourself fortunate. In
case you do not, especially in color,
don’t feel disappointed or discouraged.
They will come if you have the pa-
tience to wait. The more important
features to be avoided are crooked
backs, beaks, wry tails, weakly con-
stitutions and disease of any kind. If
these crop out your doom is sealed
with that pair as a foundation. The
only safe thing to do is to start over.
If you are so fortunate as to start
right, the rest, while not easy, will
come. Line breeding requires pa-
tience and judgment above everything
else, and is a slow but sure way of
making the most possible out of your
matings when blood lines once become
firmly established. I seek no quarrel
or controversy with the breeder of
Barred Plymouth Rocks who chooses
to cut cross-lots and by the two-
mating system of breeding produce 50
per cent of standard colored birds. If
he chooses to sacrifice half his pro-
duct for the privilege of saving a
year or two of time, he is the loser,
not I.

Now, to come down to solid facts,
I will say no breeder has any reason
to expect good results from his mat-

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ings by the standard or one-mating
system of breeding until he has the
blood elements in his fowls subjected
to his method and ideas of breeding.
This may take one year; it may take
ten—depending upon his judgment
and intelligence and also the material
he has to work with. Great care and
intelligence should be used in the
choice of blood as a foundation. If
blood can be procured that has been
bred along these lines until it has
become subdued, and takes kindly to
this new system of mating, much time
and annoyance can be saved.

As a sample of what can be accom-
plished by intelligent line breeding, I
wish to call your attention to the il-
lustration of “Queen Mary” in this is-
sue of The Poultry Investigator. She
is the seventh generation removed
from the foundation cross of a line-
bred strain of Barred Rocks known as
the “National strain,” the foundation
of which was made from a_ single
male and female, and no other blood
added up to the time she was pro-
duced, except two males containing
75 per cent of pure National strain
bleed before they were used in the
breeding pen. Her sire contained 8714
per cent of same blood as the founda-
tion cock seven generations back and
her dam contained 75 per cent of same
blood as the foundation hen seven
generations back. She has won seven
first, three second and several third
prizes, and scored by two judges
(Felch and Northrop) to 94 points.

I desire those who have heretofore
been so determined in their opposi-
tion to single mating and line breed-
ing, and those alarmists who have
rushed into print with the intelligence
that inbreeding reduces size and con-
stitution, to point out the weak points
in this pullet. Her weight when pic-
ture was taken, one and one-half years
ago, at eleven months of age, was nine
and one-fourth pounds, and she has
sisters and daughters as heavy and
her equal in every way, and some her
superior, except in comb, and as pro-
ducers of eggs this strain of Rocks has
few, if any, superiors. The pullet
whose picture is presented has pro-
duced 56 eggs in 56 days. Many of
her sisters and daughters are as good,
and perhaps, were they tested and a
record kept, her superior. It has
been my experience in line breeding
that to be assured of success requires
strict attention to every little detail.
No guess work, no item of care or

judgment must be overlooked. Houses,
yards, feeding, mating, and, above all,
patience, is required. Never give up
is the price of the production of line-
bred fowls. Be sure your foundation

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stock is O. K., then go ahead. If
you have patience and good judgment,
each year makes their production
more easy and the quality produced
of a higher degree of perfection.

With the hope the above remarks
may be of value to the breed and the
fancy in general, I am, yours for bet-
ter and higher scoring fowls.

CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND LEG
WEAKNESS.
Editor Poultry Investigator:

As soon as you see a fowl in this
way, or off their feet, give ten drops
of Higgerson’s cholera cure, five drops
of camphor, a teaspoonful of castor
oil, all mixed together, once or twice
a day. Four to six days will cure.
Don't feed anything.

A. L. HOUSTON.

OVER-CROWDED COOPS.

About this time of year the new
crop of poultry needs looking after.
The brooder chicks will be outgrowing
their coops, also the hens have wean-
ed their broods and the chicks are pil-
ing up here and there. The sweat-
ing process in small coops at night
and the cool mornings do not average
up good. The sooner we get the new
crop to roosting in the larger poultry
house the better, but do not shut the
house up on the winter style until we
have winter. Lots of trouble grows
out of cooping them up too close in
the fall months. We have never yet
picked a sick chick off the apple and
plum trees in the fall. It seems to be

good for them to grow up where the

air is pure and plenty. Twice we
have gathered them up in the fall and
stored them away in their winter
quarters, both times we were too good
to them and they got sick on our
hands. They get the sneezles and a
variety of complaints and finally got
the roup. We don’t pick them off the
trees so early now and we don’t shut
the house up so closely. We remem-
ber one fall we could hardly get the
half grown chicks to perch on the
roosts. We put a small pet pig in
the house and every chick was glad to
roost. Our doctrine is that fowls are
clothed with feathers to protect them.
A chick hatched in the fall will feath-
er out very quickly. In various ways
nature is getting ready for winter.
We haven't so much faith in hot
houses for poultry in winter as we
did at one time. It is true that a
warm house and suitable feed will
bring some winter eggs, but taking
everything into consideration, is it not
very profitable Wouldn't the flock be
healthier if we conformed to nature's
plan a little closer, By all means

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

SIR HENRY.

Score, 95%, the foundation of Mr. G. B. Clary’s flock of “Pure White’ Wyandottes. Anyone
wanting something fine address him at Fairbury, Nebr.
have the poultry house comfortable, PERSONAL MENTION.
but do not shut off the ventilation Among our advertisers you will

in order to have the house too much
of a contrast from out of doors. We
have noticed lots of warm houses
where the flocks were allowed to run
in the cold all day. Can’t see any
good logic in this; would prefer aver-
aging thing up a little better.

M. M. JOHNSON.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wells own a nica
tri-colored house cat. A few days ago
she became the mother of fiv? kittens.
In a cay or so after the advent of
the kittens an old hen with motheriy
notions spied the little felines and
when mamma cat returned to he> ba-
bies she was surprised to find biddy
in fuli possession of her home sand
children. She has continued ever
since to watch over the young family
with as much care as though they
were so many chicks. The kittens
have learned to come when she calls
and if one of them wanders too far
away biddy tenderly, with her beak,
will roll the little fellow back in the
nest again. The cat nurses them, but

the hen does the rest,

find the name of E. B. Omohundro, of
Bowling Green, Mo., a_ breeder of
White Rocks and Blacx Langshans.
Mr. O. has been a very successful ex-
hibitor and has won highest honors
in the best of company. You will find
his stock strictly first class and up to
date, and you will be treated right if
you place your orders with him.

Look up the advertisement of
E. W. Orr of Clay Center, Neb., if
you wish to buy Buff Wyandottes
that are buff. They breed nothing but
the best and are reliable people to
deal with.

We have with us as a correspondent
J. W. Whitney of Chatham, Ohio. Mr.
Whitney has spent years in the breed-
ing of thoroughbred poultry, and is
expert authority on the subject of
mating, and his services are in great
demand during winter and_ spring
months. His article this month con-
tains a good many good things, and
his remarks are worthy of careful con-
sideration. His stock is first class,
line bred, and “down to date.”

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Poultry Culture for Women
By Mrs. Mattie Webster, Belmont, Wis.

Editor Poultry Investigator:

Women anxious to earn money for
themselves are to be found in all
classes of society and in all conditions
of life. Sometimes this desire is en-
tertained because circumstances make
self-support necessary, but often wo-
men who are not dependent upon
their own efforts for a living have
this wish, born of an independent
spirit to have some money of their
“very own,’ earned by themselves.
Pick up any one of the many maga-
zines for ladies and many inquiries
will be seen upon its pages as to ways
and suggestions for earning pocket
money, and many different plans are
unfolded and work described that are
designed to accomplish the desired
end, in reply to these queries. A wo-
man may have a good husband, a
comfortable home and have all im-
mediate needs supplied and yet have
little money to expend for the many
little things so dear to the feminine
heart.

Perhaps pocket money could be had
for the asking, but an independent
woman feels a reluctance to ask for
money to buy that which is to give
pleasure only, and might not be
thought useful or necessary by the
good man of the house.

A man and his wife are partners,
whether this fact is recogniezd or not,
and should, as in all other partner-
ship business, have equal rights and
privileges. If the business is suffi-
ciently prosperous to justify the head
of the firm an indulgence in luxuries,
then also should some of the ‘“‘divi-
dends” accruing therefrom find their
way into the pocket of the “lesser”
member of the firm. This is as it
should be; but, alas, not always as it
is. Hence, woman's desire to engage
in something that will bring in money.
This wish is nothing to be ashamed
of.

Among all the occupations and work
open to women, there is none more
pleasant, suitable or profitable than
poultry culture. Women are well
adapted to this work because of their
love for pets, their painstaking per-
formance of little duties and _ their
persevering efforts to maintain clean-
liness and neatness in all places that
know their presence. Some of the
would-be money earners may be so
situated that it is impossible to en-
gage in the work of raising poultry,
but many who think they would like

poultry culture, but are deterred be-
cause they have so little outdoor space,
might find a small pen of fowls a
pleasure and a profit. It is surprising
what can be done with a few chick-
ens in a very limited space. While
dressmaking, millinery work and
many other like occupations exclusive-
ly for women are very confining and
wearing on nerves and general health,
poultry raising is a very healthful
work; so much of one’s time, if en-
gaged in it, is spent out of doors in
the fresh air and sunshine. If one
has a love for the beautiful, a flock
of thoroughbred fowls, uniform in
size and color, will delight the eye,
and because of a love and admiration
for and a pride in such a flock, much
pleasure will be found in working
among and for them. Caring for a
pen or two of fowls means’ work,
pleasant work, but often hard work;
but I do not mind it for I enjoy be-
ing out among my birds and I know
that I shall be well repaid for the
labor of my hands, as poultry cul-
ture is a profitable occupation or
business as well as a pleasant and
healthful one. Should the women de-
sirous of earning pocket money have
a home on the farm, then indeed, are
her chances excellent to make a suc-
cess of poultry raising, if the venture
is made. Her advantages over her sis-
ter in town or village suburb are
many. Perhaps the farm fowls are con-
sidered her especial property, and
although hitherto unappreciated and
unadmired, now represent her capital
for a beginning in better fowls with
better accommodations. Then the
farm wife has nearly all necessary
food for her fowls right at hand, and
no ready money must be paid out for
them. If the business is to be con-
ducted in a business like way, as
every business should be, all articles
used for food for the poultry should
be charged up to them, and all eggs
and fowls consumed on the home table
credited to them. On town or village
lots not so great or immediate profits
will be realized because of the outlay
in cash for all supplies, but if rightly
managed the work will grow into a
money making business, improving
from year to year just in proportion
to the time, energy and brain work
spent upon it. My sisters, if you are
willing to work, and have a love for
fine fowls, try poultry culture as a
means to earn the much longed for

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pocket money. Suppose your begin-
ning must be small, so very small
that ic must necessarily consist of a
sitting of eggs from some _ reliable
breeder’s yard of thoroughbred fowls,
do not be afraid to make the venture.
Buy the eggs and set them under
some good old Biddy that you bought
for a few cents, and when the
chicks hatch, furnish them with a
dry, snug coop, and give them the
best of care; remember they are the
foundation of your future flock. Wo-
men whom necessity compelled to
make just as small a beginning as
you would have to make have through
careful management, wise planning,
stick-to-it-ive-ness, perseverance and
determination, become well known,
successful fanciers, and stand today
witnesses to the fact that poultry cul-
ture is a profitable business.

What these women have done you
may do if you have their determina-
tion and perseverance.

We take pleasure in referring to the
advertisement of the Midland Poultry
Food Co., of Kansas City, Mo., and
can say this company are surely put-
ting up a good food and are good peo-
ple to deal with. You will find their
balanced rations not only good, but
profitable to feed. This is proven by
their satisfactory sales and the in-
creasing demand for their goods.
Look them up.

Among all the breeders in Nebraska
there are none more enthusiastic
than Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw,
Neb., and there are none that breed
a better class of stock than what she
has in her yards. Many of the speci-
mens came to her direct from England
and are as good as money could buy.
Those wanting something “gilt-edged”
try her.

We call your attention to the ad-
vertisement of F. H. Shellabarger of
West Liberty, Iowa. He is known all
over the states as a first-class breeder,
an honest and painstaking poultry
judge, and if you doubt his popularity
read the list of his shows this season
and be convinced.

You will find in our columns the
advertisement of George H. Stahl,
Quincey, Ill., manufacturer of incu-
bators and brooders. This is one of
the oldest companies in the states
that put out these goods, and wher-
ever you go you will find the Excel-
sior incubator and brooder. This is
proof positive that their goods are
popular. The company are thorough-
ly reliable and send out good goods.

NW

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ALARA ARRAS

(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

It is always a pleasure to me to see
a good poultry journal launched on
the sea of life, and if any word of
mine can give it smoother sailing than
it would otherwise have, the word is
always cheerfully given. I hope that
The Investigator will be in reality
what its name indicates, and that it
will be published in the interest of
more and better poultry by the masses
and not in the interest of a few fan-
ciers who can spend hundreds of dol-
lars in advertisements. Do not un-
derstand me as objecting to these
fanciers or their advertisements; they
are all right. But they can live and
thrive regardless of obstacles and dis-
appointments, while the amateur,
either on the farm, as a market poul-
tryman, or as a fancier, needs encour-
agement, instruction and words of
cheerful sympathy. And the amateur
of today is blessed far beyond his
power to appreciate the blessings.
Only we who commenced almost a dec-
ade ago can see the advantage the be-
ginner of today has over one of twen-
ty years ago. He is reaping the bene-
fit of our experience and disappoint-
ments. And yet every one must have
a personal experience before he can
attain success.

Perhaps it will be well to give in
this, the first issue of The Investi-
gator, an inventory of what I believe
to be essentials to success in poultry
culture. I may not give them all, but
the elements and articles I shall men-
tion are to my mind indispensable.
First, a good stock of practical com-
mon sense. There are a great many
learned people in the world who never
can amount to anything in a business
way. Some of the brightest intellects
are financial failures simply beeause
they have no practical sense. Again,
I do not believe that financial suc-
cess is the highest degree of attain-
ment in any department of life. True
success is to so live that the world
will be better for our having lived
and labored in it.

If financial prosperity can be at-
tained as we work to achieve’ the
highest point of excellence in our yvo-
cations, all right, but let our first ob-
ject be to strive for the best results
to the world. With a good stock of
common sense our next necessary cap-
ital will be a few dollars, not many.

ow to Succeed with walieye eS
By Mrs. Bettie Glover Mackey, oe Mo.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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[I believe the investment of a large
amount of money has stranded the
barque of more amateurs than the
lack of funds to carry on the business
ever has. Decide what you wish to
do, that is, what branch of the poul-
try business you wish to take up,
and be sure, don’t take up too many
branches or breeds. If you love the
beautiful and are quick to appreciate
color and form and can be unselfish
enough to see the faults of that which
belongs to you, and also discern the
good in stock not your own, you will,
other things being equal, make a suc-

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cessful fancier. But if you look only
at fowls from a commercial stand-
point, and think only of the money
you can make out of them, caring for
nothing except the meat and eggs you
can get from them, do not think one
moment of going into the fancy poul-
nature and willing to become cultured
Though if you have industry, patience
and love the care of poultry, you may
succeed as a market poultryman.
However, one thing you will learn
even as a market poultryman—that
there is more money in an even flock
of chickens than in one of many col-
ors. If you decide you are fitted by
nature and willing to bocem cultured
in the knowledge of fancy poultry,
make a small investment the first year
in one breed of chickens, and one of
turkeys if you are situated to handle

the latter. And whatever of exten-
sion you wish to make in the future,
let it be more of the same breed, and
if you find after a year or two you
can add another breed with profit to
your business, do not attempt to keep
the two breeds on the same place.
That is, do not try to keep them
yarded in breeding pens separated by
a fence only. Not that it cannot be
done, but because you do too much
work, and you can always find a
lover of chickens who will handle one
breed for you at less expense than
you can raise them, if you consider
labor and worry worth anything.
Your next need wil be an in-
cubator, If you are wise you will
not attempt to sell any eggs the first
season. Get the stock in the fall as
early as possible and start the in-
cubator in January. This will also
necessitate a brooder, or perhaps two.
In fact, I think two a necessity if
only you have an hundred egg incu-
bator. Crowding chicks does not pay.
Chamberlain’s Perfect Chick Feed is
the next essential to raising chicks.
And make up your mind that with all
the work and precaution possible you
will meet many disappointments. If
you do not you will certainly be an
exception to the rule. Don’t be in a
hurry to advertise. Wait until you
have something to sell. Then when
you do advertise don’t expect the
whole poultry fraternity to send you
their orders exclusively. And don’t
advertise that you have all the good
stock in the world, for smart people
are afraid of such advertisers. Go to
some first class poultry show not run
by a ring in the interest of local fan-
ciers. A state show is the most im-
partial I have ever attended. But if
you canont go to the best, do the best
you can and go to some show. If
possible, get acquainted with the
judge or judges, and get from them
all the information possible. If you
cannot do this, notice the blue ribbon
birds and compare them with those
that have no ribbons. You may not
be able to detect the superiority of
the first prize board over the fourth or
fifth prize one. If you cannot do
this there is always some one willing
to show you the superior points of
the first prize bird. If no one else
will do it, I am very sure the owner
of the bird will take pleasure in
pointing them out to you (for your
accommodation exclusively). Really
shows are great educators, and I think
every fancier should attend at least

one show a year.

If you find your birds are not first
class, then determine to make them
so. But remember that it does not

necessarily follow that they are not
first class because they do not win in
the show room. These are the points
you must study and learn to raise
from the best birds, regardless of
show record. In order to do this, get
a first class judge to visit your wards
and instruct you. But if you raise
for market only it will not be neces-
sary to spend money for the fancy
points in fowls. Get some good thor-
oughbred stock and raise all the
chickens you can. Raise early chicks
and sell as soon as possible in spring,
as the early broilers bring the high-
est prices. But be sure you’ keep
enough of the pullets to make winter
layers next winter, and enough of the
late. pullets to make early layers next
spring. Keep enough yearling hens
to have good healthy chicks next year.
I like to raise from yearling hens and
early pullets. Late pullets are not
good breeders until late in the season.
The first eggs are small and often
unfertile, and if fertilized the chicks
as a rule are not very strong. I have
spoken of stock, of incubators, brood-
ers and feed, but have said nothing
about houses.

I think a great deal more has been
said about houses than has been sen-
sible. If I were able to put up the
fine poultry houses described in the
poultry journals I should be able to
retire from business, and would not
build any, but would leave the busi-
ness in the hands of younger and
poorer people. What you need is to
have plenty of house room and range.
I prefer cheap, small houses to large,
expensive ones. Have them warm in
winter and cool in summer. Keep them
clean and dry. Do not crowd too
many fowls in a house. Writers to
the contrary notwithstanding, I do
not like a house too close in winter.
I believe the fancier goes to one ex-
treme and the farmer to the other.
The fancier rears his chicks so ten-
derly they have no constitution, and
the farmer neglects his almost to cru-
elty. Between these two extremes
will be found best results. I have
simply given general outlines in this
and will be more explicit in future.
I hear some one say, “She never
said a word about being honorable
in your dealings.” No, I believe I did
not, and I am inclined not to say any-
thing for the reason that if you have
come to years of maturity and haven’t
learned the only true success in life is
obtained through honorable conduct
in every department of business, it
would simply be a waste of time for
me to try to impress you with the
truth at this late day.

MRS. BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY.

Clarksville, Mo.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Look up the advertisement of W.
H. Bushell. He is the largest im-
porter of Buff Orpingtons in the west
and keeps nothing but first class
stock. Mr. B. is a reliable business
man and treats his customers in a
satisfactory manner. His birds are
winners wherever shown. If; “you
want something right try him.

Mrs. May Taylor of Hale, Mo., breeds
Light Brahmas, Barred P. Rocks, S.
C. B. Leghorns, each on a separate
farm by a specialist. She is in a po-
sition to furnish you stock equal to
the best at reasonable prices, and
Mrs. Taylor does an extensive poul-
try business and gives the best of
satisfaction at all times.

A. J. Williams of Clay Center is an
all-round pet stock breeder, keeps
nothing but the best in bantams,
hares and cavies. If you want a pet
for the little child write him.

Cockerel bred in yard No. One, by A. Up-
ton, Fairbury, Nebr.

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If you are in want of a good leg
band look up the ad. of Frank Meyers
of Freeport, Ill. He manufactures
the Ideal Aluminum band. Your hum-
ble servant has used several thousand
of these bands and they have given
good satisfaction and I can recom-
mend them to all. Prices right.

Those wanting good Light Brahmas
will do well to write Mrs. Ella Thom-
as at Quarles, Mo. She is an expert
at breeding prize winners and _ her
stock is in great demand. If you
want something good write her.

L. R. Oaks of Bloomington, Ind., is
an old and reliable manufacturer of
incubator and brooder supplies and
are always ready to fill your order
satisfactorily. Their goods are first
class.

David Larson,

Wahoo, Nebraska,

Expert Poultry Judge
I have had years of experience in
breeding, mating and judging. For
reference !o qualification, write POUL-
TRY INVESTIGATOR, Clay Center, Neb.
Iam open for engayements.

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Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps
Poultry; great combination. If you
want the best fruit paper, at 50c per
year, send for

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Capital City Poultry Ranch
E. EK. Smith, Prop.

Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every
Ist at State Fair and State Show. I
have the best in the west.

EK. E. Situ, Lincoln, Neb.

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We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed
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the largest and best Giant bucks of his age
in America. His ancestors present an un-
broken line of England’s best chanipions.
8 weeks old Giants $5 to $10 per head. You
cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. [
C. Stephens & Co., Oarleton, Neb.

300 Buff and Black
Wyandotte Chicks.

For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi-
bition stock. Give me a chance to
please you.

HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn.

White P. Rocks Exclusively...

My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot of
chicks tosell reasonable. Write,

MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincoln, Nebr.

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EDITORIAL.

your fowls to drink
It will cause you

Don’t allow
stagnant water.
lots of trouble.

Pure bred fowls degenerate very
rapidly under poor management. If
the weakly, deformed, runty ones are
not regularly weeded out, the flock as
a whole will in time be no better than
scrubs.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Salutatory.

We present to the poultry reading
public this month the first issue of the
PouLTRY INVESTIGATOR. We ask you
not to criticize us too harshly, as we
are new and must have time to grow.
We are aware that there is a wide field
for a good, live poultry paper in the
west, and itis our purpose to make
the PouLTRY INVESTIGATOR all that its
name implies. We shall from month
to month improve it and will push it
to the front as fast as is possible.
Everything will be done that can be
done to make it pay its advertising pa-
trons, and we want all poultry fan-
ciers to feel that the PouLTRY INVEST-
IGATOR is your paper and that its pro-
We thank

you kindly for the support you have

prietors are your friends.

given usin this, the first issue, and
hope that from the results of our ef-
forts we may merit a continuance of
your patronage.
Yours for success with poultry,
L. P. HARRIS, Editor.

Don’t allow your chicks to become
stunted. A stunted bird is a disgrace
to its owner and an unmarketable
product.

The value of the droppings depend
upon the food consumed. Hens chat
are fed upon bones and meat will dou-
ble the value of the droppings com-
pared with hens fed upon grain.

No breeder of thoroughbred fowls
can afford to have one dissatisfied cus-
tomer. If you wish to please do not
over-describe your stock, and educate
yourself to know a good bird from a
poor specimen.

Your fowls are moulting now and
should have the best of care. Give
give them the grond bone, plenty of
good, substantial food that is not
fattening. Be sure there is no lice to
sap away their vitality and keep them
where they can get plenty of green
food and where they can get plenty of
shade and fresh water.

Many a valuable hen dies this sea-
son of the year solely because they
do not have proper care during this
critical period of moulting. If ever you
should take good care of your birds
it is just now while they are putting
out their new feathers.

These late hatched chicks should
have extra good care. It will pay you
to give them a little more of your time
and more extra feed. There has been
but few chicks raised this season and
you will wish before next May comes
that you had taken better care of the
late ones. They will save you many
dollars for your extra trouble with
them. If they were worth a starting
they certainly are worth maturing and
if grain is expensive they will pay
their way by taking good care of them.

Watch the favor courting of the
editor of one of our best poultry jour-
nals this coming season and see how
many best flocks he or his judges will
find of one variety during the season.
It will be too bad if you are not the
last one he calls on. The same is ap-
plicable to many judges in show
rooms. The patrons of the first show
he judges in the season are not in it
with those of the last show. It is
“the best class of Mediterranean,”
“the best class of Rocks,” ‘‘the best
Cochins I ever saw,’’ everywhere he
goes. They are lobbying for a job.

Young and growing chicks should
be kept entirely separate from the old
fowls during the next five months by
all means. This is seldom done. A
great many times you will find old,
reliable breeders letting their chicks
and fowls run together, but more espe-
cially you will find this practiced
among farmers. Young growing birds
need more feed than old matured
fowls, and if allowed to run together
the fowls get too fat, and the chicks
are robbed of the feed they should
have, consequently they do not make
the growth they should. It really is
to your interest to separate fowls
from the chicks and if you have plenty
of room separate the males from the
females.

Now is a good time to sell off those
culls. What are you keeping them
for? They never pay you anything.
They are only worth what they will
fetch by the pound and the sooner
you get rid of them the better chance
your good birds will have and the
faster they will thrive. So do not
put off marketing them at once. If
you are keeping fowls for the eggs
only, be sure to dispose of all the
males except those to be used as
breeders. The others are a _ nui-
sance and should be taken to market
at once. See to it. Don’t put it off.
If you do you will not get the best
results from the balance of your
flock.

When your poultry business gets

dull take a good dose of printer’s ink.
If the first dose does not revive the |

trade, take a second. If followed up
at regular intervals it is a sure cure
for a dull or slow trade.

Yes, the farmers are becoming fan-
ciers. The farmers holding a poultry
show a few years ago would have been
a curiosity. Right now they are tak-
ing a hand everywhere, even holding
shows exclusively their own. This is
as it should be. It makes a friendly
rivalry in the right direction and will
help both the city fancier and the
farmer fancier.
that will be a permanent good to all
concerned.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
FARM POULTRY

By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend, Neb.

As a usual thing the farm poultry
is the property of the wives and
daughters of the farm. The farmer
himself pays very little, if any, at-
tention to it, except to scold if we
visit the wheat bin too often. All
work and no play makes the farm a
dull place, while all corn and no
wheat and oats will not make the
large frames and good muscles which
we need in our farm poultry.

We have less to contend with in
many ways on the farm than the town

poultrymen, while in others their
birds are much safer than _ ours.
Hawks very seldom bother theirs,

while to us they are a very great
source of annoyance.

On the farm our poultry can roam
at their own sweet will, and we want
a breed that is fond of roaming and
rustling.

While we still had our flock of mon-
grel fowls, with only a few white
ones that we kept yarded through the
breeding season, it was an easy mat-
ter to see which were the rustlers.
The mixed ones were on the roost at
least an hour before the white ones
in the evening and if the doors were
left open they were out at first peep
of morning. We were not Jong in dis-
posing of all the mixed flock, and
have never been sorry of our choice of
White Plymouth Rocks.

There is much room for improve-
ment in farm poultry all over the
country. Take note, any of you, in a
drive anywhere you go, or any dis-
tance, and count the farms that have
pure bred poultry. We have driven
long distances and kept note a good
many times, and have found the pure

bred poultry farms few compared
with the others.
This state of things is not as it

should be. The Poultry Investigator
company is doing a fine thing, print-
ing this poultry journal, and in giving
a subscription free with every order
for Sure Hatch incubators. We
know that their incubators go into
many a home where a_ poultry
journal is not considered a neces-
sity, so in this way our Poultry
Investigator will find a place in
the homes of thousands. We hope
it will be the means of much improve-
ment in farm poultry. We should all
have our homes as comfortable as our
financial circumstances will allow. It
is a duty we owe ourselves, our fam-
ilies and our neighbors. Farms are
worth more in a neighborhood where
things are neat and pretty.

A flock of pure bred poultry is muco

‘handsomer than the usual mongrels

found on farms. If you do not think

so, try it and see. People never drove
into our yard to ask about our mon-
grel chickens. But many a one drives
in to inquire about those “pretty
white chickens,” while others will
walk their horses by the place atid
watch the chickens. I am proud of
our poultry. They are an ovnament.

In noting the difference between
town and country bred poultry, the
farm poultry at most times of the
year hunt a good share of their liv-
ing. Pure bred will do equally as well
on the same care as the mongrel.
Many times a little different manage-
ment will make either kind pay bet-
ter. If we live in a country where
there is little gravel it pays to buy
grit. If we want lots of egg for
hatching in early spring it pays to buy
green bone or meat meal. But you
can be sure the chickens would live
and lay eggs without them. Tater
in the s2asoa poultry fincs a gogl

Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend, Nebr., breed-
er of White P. Rocks, and correspondent for
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supply of fresh meat in the form of
bugs, flies, grasshoppers and worms.

The town breeder who is obliged to
confine his poultry in small yards is
also obliged to supply many of those
things in order to make his poultry
profitable at all. A dozen hens will
soon pick the gravel off a small yard,
and as biddie has no teeth what would
she do without gravel? Simply die of
indigestion, and we would say the
poor thing had cholera. The same
with houses. While it may pay, and
does pay, to have comfortable, warm
houses for poultry, many kinds of
pure bred poultry will give us as poor
returns as mongrels if left to roost in
the machine shed, corn crib or horse
stable. In fact, many of them prefer
having a hundred and fifty dollar
binder to roost on in preference to a
common pole. Now, farm wives, get
a coop of chickens or a setting or two
of eggs, then some poultry netting for
a yard to keep them by themselves,
and in a year or two at least you can
rid the farm of the mongrels.

One Day’s Work

(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

What shall I write for the journal
that will be of interest? is often a
most perplexing question to the many
writérs, e8pecially a beginner. I
never could write fancy articles, so
with the editor’s permission I will
simply tell what I have been doing
in the poultry house.

The hatching season is practically
over and those of us who are so fortu-
nate as to have an incubator for in-
cubating don’t have the question of
how shall I keep down the lice and
mites, as those of us who have our
favorite biddies for setting, and to
keep free from those dreadful pests.
With me, I have not one of those
much wanted machines, so use hens
for incubating. These have a separate
room, made by dividing part of one
of the poultry houses. In this room
are nest boxes for twenty hens, feed
box and water fountain. I have taken
one day for cleaning this room. All
nest boxes were removed, then with
an old broom the ceiling, sides and
floor were thoroughly swept, and with
a wash boiler full of boiling water,
to which I added one quart of kero-
sene and one quart of salt, I gave the
room a scrubbing, as was each nest
cleaned of nest material, every parti-
cle of broken egg and dirt, and given
a scrubbing with the same solution,
inside and out, with a _ scrubbing
brush, put in the sun to dry, then
neatly piled in one corner of the room,
ready for next spring’s work. I did
this in one day with my other house-
hold duties, and was very tired when
night came. Yes, and how refresh-
ing was a bath, for I was not only
tired, but dirty, too. I also give my
poultry houses such a cleaning every
two weeks, and the roosts are painted

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each alternate week with Liquid Lice

Killer. I know I have not lost a

chick from lice or mites this year.
If this does not find the editor’s

waste basket I may come again, if

he will kindly correct my many er-

rors. IDA E. BARD.
Imperial, Neb.

(It is just what we are doing in the
poultry yards that interests all. Come
again. We are glad to get these every-
day experiences.—EDITOR.)

Dr. I. C. Stephens, Carleton, Neb.,
breeds Flemish Giants of a superior
quality and will sell reasonable. The
F. Giants are the largest specimen of
the hare or rabbit and are very hand-
some and profitable. They are quite
rare at present, but are fast coming
to the front and will be as popular as
the Belgian hare in time.

I. & N. M. Conner of Ponca, Neb.,
are visiting in New York for a month
or so. No doubt they will see the
good eastern birds and come back per-
fectly satisfied that they have as good
as are raised in Silver Wyandottes.
Friend Conners surely may be proud
of their stock.

William Holcomb, Clay Center, Neb.,
is offering his entire stock of Partridg2
Cochins, without reserve, at prices
that will astonish you. If you have
use for P. Cochins, now is the chance
of your life.

I recently visited the yards of Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend
Neb. I found they have a fine lot
of White Rocks in the pink of con-
dition—large, early hatched chicks,
just the kind for the early shows. If
you need any such, write them.

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Mating Light Brahmas :

By Mrs. Ella Thomas.

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(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

After eleven years of study and ex-
perience in mating Light Brahmas, I
still consider myself an amateur. Be-
sides, in one sense of the word, that
is for years I have used one or two
points and pedigree as well as proper
essential to success when it comes to
points and pedigree as wel as proper
line breeding, that I find many breed-
ers do not live up to. That is the
single mating in our Light Brahmas;
they should have a universal bluish
undercolor. We should forever dis-
eard the idea that some are even now
advocating, and that is the white un-

dercolor for our exhibition speci-
mens. We must have a bluish under-
color. I say it advisedly, because

time has proved to me that a uni-
versal blue undercolor is as essential
as the blue undercolor of our Barred
Plymouth Rocks. Unless we mean to
still practice this double mating sys-
tem in any breed we will lose hun-
dreds of amateur breeders from our
ranks. For they , after a year or two
of unsuccessful breeding, buying and
spending almost their last dollar in
the hope of producing something wor-
thy of the money they have expended,
will give up in disgust and try some-
thing else, and perhaps this something
else will be to try to support several
of the family by working by the day.
Does this sound rather strong, brother
and sister fanciers? It is putting the
matter before you in a very mild

form, indeed, so mild that many
could tell of very miserable lives,
even separations of families over

such a great stumbling block, and
money losses, as I have just men-
tioned, the double mating system. But
enough of this. It is not to harangue
the poultry fraternity that I have ded-
ieated this article and placed it in
the hands of one of our best and most
beloved western judges, who is to edit
The Poultry Investigator and helps of
more and better poultry, such as we
have worked for, planned and dreamed
about for many years. May it en-
lighten the eastern people in the next
few years fully as much or more than
the eastern people have aided the
west for so long. The east is silently
winning our laurels now, and have
been for some time, paying the west
one-half the price they charge us for
the same score, I trust we may not

always hide our light under a bushel.
We western people can explode the
idea many eastern people have, name-
ly, that the western judges score
higher than the eastern judges. Judge
Felch has scored Brahmas for me, in
customers’ hands, higher on yearling
birds than judges in our home scored
them as young birds; so has Pierce
and Butterfield. And birds sent out
by score cards from several of our
home judges, scored in our
have gone to large shows east and
south, where they scored one to one
and one-half points more in our east-
ern judges’ hands. So I consider this
talk by people in our journals just so
much wind, as many people’s fault-
finding of the birds we send them is
only wind and sometimes worse—
fabrication, pure and simple. It is

Cornish Indian Games bred by Cottle Bros.,

Edgar, Nebr. They have won largely in the
show room for the past five years.

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not always that people aim to mis-
represent us; it is ignorance of what
constitutes a bird of a certain score.
Some people judge a bird almost solely
by the wing, others by foot-feather-
ing, etc. My idea cf a bird is one
with sections cut about the same
throughout the bird. I would not give
a bird cut one-half point throughout
each section for one-half dozen birds
cut one and one-half points in one
or two particular sections and one-
half in the rest, or perhaps cut noth-
ing in several places. I know how
hard it is to overcome such defects
and get the progeny into a uniform
lot of birds, yet that is and must be
our aim in breeding for exhibition
birds. A bird is good when scored or
compared as a whole.

Our editor has asked me to give an
exhaustive article on mating and

yards,

breeding Light Brahmas according to
my idea and point of view. If I can
be of use I am always pleased to do
so, hoping always to lead out other
and more experienced minds than my
own, because I am anxious to know,
too, all that is to be learned. Mr. A.
F. Hunter of Farm Poultry used to
condemn the line breeding, yet, in the
hands of a practical breeder, I believe
it the only safe line of breeding out
Light Brahmas, or any other breed for
that matter. Do not men follow line
breeding in horses, cattle, sheep, and
hogs, and those who produce the
greatest specimens are proven from
some great sire or great dam? Why
not our fowls? It must be done if
we would succeed. I condemn Cochin
shapes in our Brahmas, because they
are the English and not the American
type, not that I wish to condemn the
English birds more than they deserve
as compared with our American-bred
birds. The English type, as I have
found them, were poor layers, poor
foragers. Our American type are rus-
tling, practical, vigorous birds, and
great layers. They will make more
pounds of meat and lay more eggs in
a year than any known breed. One
objection some people find to Light
Brahmas is the immense leg and toe
feathering, but owing to their great
size, marked yigor and hardiness and
gentle practical qualities, they are
loved by all fanciers who have studied
their gentle disposition, their response
to kind treatment with evident af-
fection. I can sympathize with the
enthusiasm of the general fancier be-
because the number is not large, that
proved exceptionally high scoring
specimens, except where those who
understood the art of mating for the
best results, and who know how to
breed their birds in line without in-
juring their utility.

Mr. I. K. Felch once spoke of being
amused because I referred to my first
95-point cockerel being the sire of
two 95-point cockerels, and the best
one of those being sire of four 95-
point and one 9514-point cockerel. Yet
when we practice what we preach, as
I did in this instance, and mated both
the best 95-point cockerels to their
dame and produced the large number
referred to. If one of her eggs pro-
duced a 95-point bird, why should not
others? Besides her pullets and those
of her sisters in the same yard pro-
duced 95-point to 96-point pullets. I
had 94, 95 to 96-point pullets, one
96% from the mating. They were the
foundation of some of the greatest
winners ever in this country. I feel
sure because old hens four years old
have won, even in the very largest
shows of the east. The past season

I had only three good yards mated,
sold no eggs except to a few old
friends to accommodate them. These
yards contained birds descendants of
the grandest blood I ever owned—the
real cream of years of study and care,
and I never had_ such promising
chicks, but the severe drouth in this
section has been most trying on our
birds, so I cannot say what the out-
come will be, yet they are very prom-
ising now, though they have not
grown as I expected them to.

I am to keep my reservoir of color
in my old hens—another idea that I
know few practice, yet the only safe
one. I consider it so important when
I find I have a hen or several hens
that hold their color at two and even
four years old like pullets, I always
put them where every egg can be care-
fully set and cared for, and in this
Way we can increase the color of our
birds, or rather produce a strain that
will not fade in one year. For such
a mating to produce a large per cent
of extra fine birds, I find we must se-
lect birds to come as near standard
requirements in each section as possi-
ble. The cockerel should, according
to my idea, be medium on legs, not
too long or too short, standing well
apart, giving breadth to breast and
body. A bird just standard weight
or a little better, in prime condition,
that is, not too fat, the comb evenly
set and deeply serrated with seven
middle points and five side _ points,
comb to extend well back on top of
head, though I find this a weak point.
With many Brahmas the comb is too
short. I like small combs and I find
that one weak point with many of my
fowls is that the comb does not ex-
tend back as far as I would like. The
head should be broad, short, with
over-hanging eyebrows, and the high-
er and more oval the top of the head,
the more handsome it is, because it
shows great vigor and intelligence,
and a quiet practical disposition. <A
well developed throat, wattles and ear
lobes. Ear lobes pendulous and bright
red; a particular point, too, is a deep
bay eye, and not only in all males,
but in all females. A bluish under-
color throughout the plumage in both
males and females—an even blue un-
dercolor, not a charcoal undercolor,
nor an inch and a half white next to
the skin, then a line of blue or black-
ish undercolor, but a blue undercolor
from the skin out, one-third or one-
half the length of the feather, the
other pure white. I know it can be
produced and bred with satisfactory
results, for I have practiced it for five
years, and am more pleased with this
blue undercolor every year. I find
such birds do not get a washed-out,

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H
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QUEEN MARY.
This hen was bred by J. W. Whitney, Chatham, Ohio, and shows what he is able to doin

the breeding line.
do well to see or correspond with Mr. Whitney.

Parties wishing advice or help in mating this wonderful breed of fowls will

faded look in the black points; they
do not become mixed up with gray
and white in wings and tails, but will
breed black wings with the proper
white vein, black tails to the skin,
coverts edged with pure white like the
hackles, and such pullets still retain
it even at four year old and will score
95 points, as old hens, under’ such
judges as Pierce, Felch and others. I
suppose these judges think them year-
ling hens, for as such they would pass.
I like the black in hackles to extend
up about four-fifths of the feather.
On such dark birds it is really proper,
in my estimation, with pure white
edging all around the feather, black
running to a sharp point in hackle of
males, but broader and more rounded
in females. Wings solid black ey-
cept the white vein at edge of each
feather, no gray should be allowed in
either males or females in the web of
the feather. This makes a beautiful
wing and one hard to improve upon,
unless we can get solid black flights.
I have had them, lost a five-year- old
hen this season that had them, and I
have several pullets from her, but the
back is full of black spots. I am
keeping them to experiment with and,
of course, have an idea of what I
hope to accomplish with them, but
cannot make a report until some time

in the future. I had two cockerels

with the same solid black flights, not
a particle of white in either, pro-
duced from tihs old hen, and a pure
white with delicate bluish undercolor,
but had bad luck with both. One was
killed and the other got a bone in
his throat, so I could not relieve him
and I lost him. I shall try to keep
these pullets to produce cockerels
again, for although the pullets have
black in hackles I found the cocker-
els had deep bluish undercolor only,
and were simply good in _ points
throughout. I shall not give up in
despair, but try again. Tails should
be black to skin, first row of coverts
the same, the row following edged
with pure white like the hackles, and
as Many rows as come after, the same.
In the hens I want every row from one
to three, whatever there are, edged
with pure white. Breast broad and
full, body long comparatively, wings
well folded, giving depth to body as
well as breadth. Feet well feathered
on outer and middle toe, and mottled
with black. Hackles full and closely
feathered, giving a close, well rounded
hack. Many of the Brahmas of today
show the loss of the broad head, heavy
eyebrows, full throat, short, well-
arched beak, broad and well spread
tails, broad, deep breasts, proper
length of body, etc., that characterize

the best Brahmas. I am a great lover

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of strong color, but do not care to
sacrifice the above to get color and
leg and toe coloring. We should try
to weed out all characteristics other
than Brahma. The young breeder has
much to learn, and who of us “knows
it all?” Are not the best of us ca-
pable of learning much more? I like
the close-feathered Brahmas best, with
rather a long body, longer thigh and
hacks, closely feathered. But in
breeding for heavy leg and toe feath-
ering we do not see as many such
close trimemd hocks as we would like.
I believe our breeding for small
combs, longer, heavier, fluffy bodies
and immense foot feathering, has
made our birds more Cochin shape
and not such good layers; besides it
is not the type that takes the eye of
any true fancier. Let us stop before
it is too late and breed for the true
American type of Light Brahmas.
After summing up this article, would
you still ask what I like in my Brah-
mas? Well, I have not gotten just
what I want yet. I am glad I have
not. I would have nothing to strive
for. But in a few specimens I have
something near it, and they are treas-
ured by their owner. I might have
had dozens of them now had I not
helped others to lay a foundation for
stock, that are in the front ranks of
Light Brahma breeders today, and I
am silently proud of the record they
are making. To sum up what I want
in my Light Brahmas: I want shape
as well as color, and color as well as
shape. I want a deep bay eye as well
as serrated comb extending back prop-
erly on the head, broad, short heads,
well ovaled on top, good sized wattles
and ear lobes. I want broad saddle
as well as broad shoulders, with
wing folded high enough to make
broad, flat back, across the shoulders
well rounded, yet broad as it sweeps
in concave to tail. Color where it
should be and plenty of it, and I like
black in feet of females as well as
males, and I believe it impossible to

POULTRY INVESTICATOR.
get proper color anywhere in our
males unless we are more particular
of the color in our females. It is non-
sense to believe the males must have
the most color. For my part the pul-
lets and hens I have with almost solid
black flights, heavy nackles, edged
with pure white, tails black to skin,
legs and toes covered with feathers
mottled with black, blue undercolor
throughout tne plumage, are absolute-
ly beautiful to me. I am cordially
yours, MRS. ELLA THOMAS,
Breeder of the “Mammoth Strain”

Light Brahmas.

NOTES.

The cheapest and most convenient
method of keeping a record of our
flock so as to be able to tell the age
of our fowls is as follows:

In the fall, while the young stock
is yet small enough that we can easily
tell them from the older ones, we
band all that were hatched the year
before. If an odd year banding them
on the left, if an even year banding
them on the right leg, and each year
banding after this plan. In this way
we can tell at a glance what age any
fowl in the flock is. With either
fancier or market poultry raiser this
is of much value, as soon an expert
would find it a difficult task to tell
the age of a fowl simply from its ap-
pearance.

Bands without figures on can be ob-
tained in large quantities for about
one-half cent each, so that the cost is
very little.

Of those who sell all their old stock
as soon as the young is ready to take
their place the foregoing will, of
course be of little interest, but to
those who know the value of one and
two year old hens as layers and
breeders it should be of interest and
may be of value. We have carefully
studied the matter and believe that it
pays to keep the hens, especially of
the laying breeds, until their third

Poultry Supplies. —™

We keep a full line of all standard goods, as follows:

Ideal Leg Bands,
Smith Seal Bands,
Score Cards,
Standards,
Oyster Shells,
Lime Stone Grit,
Mica Grit,

Anything you want.

Humphrey Bone Mills,
Spray Pumps,

Liquiid Lice Killers,
Bone Meal,

Raw Bone,

Beef Scraps,

Blood Meal,

The above isacut of Mr. E. B. Omohundro’s
White Rock cock, “White Chief,” score, 9444 by
Myers, 932 by Ropp; firstat N. C., Mo., poultry
show in 1900, also at Lincoln county poultry
show in 1900. If you want something nice write
Mr. Omohundro, Bowling Green, Mo.

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year, and as a breeder from which to

raise large, strong, healthy stock the

hen in her second or even third year

is much better than in her pullet

year. R. R. FRENCH.
Ford City, Mo.

E. A. Peglar of Lincoln, Neb., can
be found at his place of business with
a full line of poultry supplies, incu-
bators and brooders. Anything in his
line you can get as good as can be
found and as cheap as can be bought
anywhere.

Rey. G. W. Chamblin, Uniontown,
Kan., writes he has a fine lot of Ham-
burgs that show up fine at this writ-
ing, and he will make very reasonable
prices to customers. We trust the
reverend will receive the support and
hearty co-operation of Hamburg
breeders in his efforts to organize a
Hamburg club. Come one, come all,
and join hands with Rev. Chamblin.
Look up his article on the same,

Granulated Bone,
Broiler’s Teeth,

20 Century Poultry Focd,
Midland Poultry Food,
Conkey’s Roup Cure,
Chamberlin Chick Feed,
Reliable Spring Punch.

Write us; if we do not have it will get it for you.

SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebraska.

AS SEEN THROUGH
OUR SPECS

‘we we wf “ By Hattie Byfield.

(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

There is an anxious inquiry for
something new under the sun, but I
don’t believe we find much in poultry
literature, leastwise in that ema-
nates from our pen. We have quit
giving our newest discoveries to the
public as a surprise, feeling all the
while that we are benefiting the whole
poultry-loving world by so _ doing.
Nowadays when we publish our latest
discovery it is with the certain knowl-
edge that it is ancient with a great
many people, therefore the only people
the wonderful discovery can benefit
will be amateurs in the chicken busi-
ness, but there are plenty of novices
eagerly searching for the time-worn
articles that resemble each other so
nearly, no difference who edited them.
Every day we meet people who ques-
tion us as to our methods of disposing
of lice, chicken cholera, etc., just as
if these questions had not been dis-
cussed from every point of view since
ever people became aware that poultry
raising was a business worthy of at-
tention. dG

The day was when we read the ad-
vice that was time-worn to many
with great interest. It was new to us
and now we could have done without
it is not comprehensible, therefore if
We repat ourselves we may be sure
that to many the lines will be new
and helpful. Just now we would like
a little advice on fortifications. We
have neighbors, too, who would like
a share. The mysterious disappear-
ance of many chickens is the cause of
our anxiety. Watch dogs, light roost-
ing places and traps have availed us
nothing. Our neighbor discovered
that a pet cat had robbed him of 125
fine thoroughbreds. We _ banished
eats altogether and are resorting to
poison and traps for rats and mice.
A dog also assists in catching rats.
A huge Newfoundland dog is turned
loose to do guard duty at night, but
our heart is heavy over our losses.
Tell us, how shall we fortify?

The moulting season has begun and
much depends upon the management
of our fowls during the present
month. If we manage rightly our
hens will have new feathers and be
ready to begin the egg-laying busi-
ness in October. While the hens have
their clothes off is a good time to
theroughly cleanse them of vermin.
There are many ways of doing this.
If Liquid Lice Killer is used one
must use caution. We never had any
loss from its use, but very often we

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hear of disaster in other flocks. We
do not always use Lice Killer, and
when we do we repeat the treatment
several times. Do you know we are
so old-fogyish that we often resort to
grease? We first clean every crevice
of our houses, using the spray pump
and coal oil emulsion flavored with
carbolic acid, for the purpose. Then
when the biddies go to roost, assisted
by an agile boy that we raised our-
selves, we give the hens each a turn
at the grease pot. We allow a table-
spoonful of coal oil to each cup of
lard, also a few drops of carbolic acid.
This mixture is death to scaly leg, so
while we rid our fiocks of lice we
also put the feet and legs in shape.
We visit all the old mother hens with
our grease pot, greasing well under
the wings, on the head and around the

David Larson, Wahoo, Neb.
of this illustration has been a member of the
State Poultry Ass’n for several years and one

The subject

of its most foremost breeders. Mr. Larson is
an expert in breeding and judging Mediteran-
eans, in fact is a good judge on all variety of
poultry. Any association needing a good con-
scientious judge will do well to correspond with
Mr. Larson.

vent, as well as feet and legs. Later
in the season the show birds and
birds to be scored and sold will be
subjected to many good foot baths.
That pays for the extra trouble. The
old hens will lay all winter and set in
time to hatch your show birds if the
proper care is given them during the
moulting season. We all know it is
the old hens that give us most of the
show birds.

If the fowls can be turned out of
the pens but little extra care need be
used in feeding. Nebraska hen pas-
tures are provided by nature with two
of the most perfect foods, namely,
wild sunflowers and grasshopers.
There never was such a country for
poultry, even if the milk and honey
that the human race so hanker ofter

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is scarce. We can eat chicken if—if—
well, won’t some of our readers tell

us how to fortify so that we may
eat chicken?

Notwithstanding the extreme heat
the health of the fowls about here has
been good. Small chicks thrived
wonderfully, barring unseen enemies.
Eggs hatched badly with the majority
of people. Our turkey and duck eggs
hatched well, which goes to show that
some condition was wrong with the
hens. Had we been alone in this re-
spect we should have blamed our mat-
ing, but we heard of poor hatches all
about us. The vigor of the chicks
that hatched was rather mystifying,
considering the poor hatches.

The Western Fruit Grower is pub-
lished in the heart of the great fruit
growing section of the United States.
Thousands of acres are being planted
every year. These fruit growers are
the most intelligent and prosperous
farmers in the country. They use
good machinery, keep good _ poultry
and stock, buy good nursery stock and
are, in a word, a class of advertisers
we all would like to reach, and the
Western Fruit Growers of St. Joseph,
Mo., is just the medium to reach the
bulk of this trade. Try them.

The Poultry Investigator introduces
to its readers the well known writer,
Mrs. Mattie Webster of Belmont, Wis.
Her writings are much appreciated by
the poultry fraternity, and more so by
those who are acquainted with her at
her home and know her personally.
She has had valuable experience and
We will all profit by her candid, sin-
cere methods in handling her subject.
She is a breeder of White Rocks and
White Wyandottes and appreciates
the beautiful as well as the profitable.

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THE POULTRY INDUS-
TRY

By Cora Rickards, Ogden, Utah.

(Written for

There is many a delicate girl who
would think poultry culture a hard

Poultry Investigator.)

proposition from the fact that em-
broidery, needle work, music and
painting seem more like the work
that should be given to a girl. Yet

we know there are women who are a
success in nearly all lines of business.
We heard of three sisters who did
work on their farm, using machinery
and riding when doing plowing and
the most of the work in planting,
gathering grain, etc., etc. To the
writer it would seem too hard to do
as these girls did. They enjoyed and
made a success of it, and each one had
been a school teacher, so it was not
lack of learning that made them de-
sire outdoor work.

The writer, on account of being
obliged to seek outdoor work to gain
health, lost from bookkeeping in my
father’s office, went to Colorado, that
land of sunshine, where an eastern in-
valid could not think of remaining so,
for one receives renewed energy and
life and cannot long be idle in that
high altitude. The writer ,from her
earliest recollection, had a desire to
make money, and the desire increased
in Colorado. The outdoor air under
a pine tree, with the wind blowing
the leaves gently, made one feel like
sitting and dreaming of a beautiful
future and the many things most de-
sirable in life. The writer looks back
with much pleasure on those _ past
thoughts. Some of the girls will ask,
Did I realize my day dreams? They
were not so unreasonable but that
most of them have been realized.
They were in most cases for a little
home and poultry business, well estab-
lished and paid for, so my expecta-
tions have truly been realized, though
it took years, and some days’ the
work seemed so trying. We remem-
ber when we tried to have beautiful
pansies, and after so much labor and
eare of them to have a mother and her
brood scratch them all up by getting
into the garden through a gate that
some one had left open.

We have a great love for the beau-
tiful, trees, flowers, books, music,
painting, and we could hardly give
up our flowers. Since coming to Og-
den we have not had time for flowers.
The business demanded every minute
of our time.

We started to make a _ success of
poultry culture, and in order to es-
tablish a business such as we aimed

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for it took work, and while the writer
gained in health, she could never do
all that she wished. As stated, beau-
tiful flowers and fancy work always
delight and comfort me. However, I
found, and still find, a great pleasure
in fine poultry, and as that was my
chosen line, I dropped the others and
followed poultry culture, and while we
feel advanced from our continued
work, still there is so much ahead to
reach out for and mistakes in the past
that make the desire so great to keep
climbing higher.

_ Each year we have advanced and
do not feel we are going back, but that
we have a desirable poultry business.
While the thermometer on our porch
registers 101, we can hear the bid-
dies cackle over the new-laid egg, and
to count the number that are making

Neb. Breeder of

G. B. Clary, Fairbury,
“Chalk White” White Wyandottes,

the noise means that our busy workers
are coining the cash in those lovely
eggs, for that is what our customers
eall them, and we could sell many
more even though each biddie on our
place lay their share of eggs.

We would like to have the farmers
and the farmers’ wives take a more
practical view of the poultry indus-
try and lay hold of new ideas and new
breeds for the improvement and ad-
vancement of chickens on the farms.
The selection of a fine Leghorn cock-
erel or two for breeding purposes
would be a great step forward if eggs
in large numbers are wanted, and eggs
pay, especially to have them in winter
when prices are high. Better still is
the thoroughbred fowl. The idea is
prominent among a large majority of
farmers that the thoroughbred fowl is
all a myth. They seen no real merit
in well-bred poultry. Ask them why

there is no practical value in a high-
class fowl and they may tell you that
after all your fussing a chicken is
but a chicken. They may ridicule
him who has a natural love for the
feathered tribe and dub him a “‘chick-
en crank,’ but as some have grace-
fully put it, “It takes a crank to make
the wheel go around.”

If there is no utility in cultivating.
the feathered thoroughbred, is there
any in the culture of other pure bred
live stock? Let us consider the Mor-
gan, the Percheron, the Clydesdale
and the lithe thoroughbred that steps
a mile in 2:03 is of no more account
than the raw-boned, discouraged horse
hitched to the old worn delivery wag-
on; the Durham, the Jersey, the
Guernsey, the Galloway of no more
value than the native scrub cow. Is
there nothing, too, in the beautiful to
appeal to our finer senses, and to pre-
sent to us an argument of merit?
The writer has had years of prac-
tical experience with nearly every va-
riety of poultry. Here in Ogden,
Utah, eggs sell readily at good prices.
There is especially good sale for win-
ter eggs.

The Jersey cow for butter and
plenty of rich milk stands ahead, as
do the Brown Leghorns for egg pro-
ducers. We have bred Leghorns for
over fifteen years and have had a pul-
let who was a first premium bird lay
274 eggs in one year. It costs no more
to keep such a hen that it does one
that will not lay more than 80 eggs in
one year. Think of the difference.

In order to have the best results
on the farm the ground must be cul-
tivated right. The same interest must
be taken in poultry, the houses clean-
ed and kept free from lice, good
houses and nests provided, a variety
of food. Cheap stock that do not lay
are expensive in the end. It is not so
much a question of the cost as any
grain, and poultry are dear if results
are not obtained.

Why Do I Keep Poultry

(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

In the first place, I am a farmer’s
wife, and what farm is complete with-
out poultry. Oh, yes, at first I kept
dunghills. But a poultry loving sis-
ter said, “Why not keep’ thorough-
breds? The cost is no more when it
comes to feed and buildings, and your
profits are double.’ I took the advice
given me, and at first I got one pen
of S. L. Wyandottes, five hens and a
rooster. My, oh my, they were lovely
to look at and they have proved them-
selves lovely in more than one way.
I have found them good layers, winter
and summer, good mothers, good rus-

tlers, very tame, will stand confine-
ment the best of any breed I know of,
and a good table fowl, with yellow
legs and sweet, juicy meat. I was not
satisfied with one pen, so I have a fine
start in Buff Leghorns and _ Black
Langshans. I believe the Buff Leg-
horns to be the world’s egg machines.
Buff Leghorns will commence to lay
when five months old, six weeks ear-
lier than other breeds, and when my
heavier breeds are wanting to set they
keep right on laying. Leghorns for
eggs and S. L. Wyandottes for an
all-purpose fowl. I know the Buff
Leghorns to be better than the Brown.
They lay just as well and a larger
egg, and they are larger than the
Brown or White Leghorns. The first
year: I kept thoroughbreds my profits
were small, with a good income the
second, and there is pleasure in rais-
ing thoroughbreds as well as money.
Now, my poultry-loving sisters, make
a start. First study your surround-
ings, then your climate, make a choice
of some breed that will thrive both
winter and summer. The Rose Combs
for cold winters and the Single Combs
for light winters has been my experi-
ence. Of course, one with means can
build for the Single Comb varieties,
but when the comb freezes tre lay-
ing stops, or that has been my experi-
ence,

I have found the White Pekin ducks
as profitable as chickens, and they
are in good demand the year around.
One can get good prices for them and
they are very hardy and thrive well
in any climate. I don’t consider any
poultry farm complete without them.
Some say I am a poultry crank, but
I find pleasure and profit in poultry,
so I am in the poultry business to
stay. No, it is not all sunshine in
the poultry yard. One must expect
ups and downs, but if you once start
and have the right kind of backbone
you are sure to succeed.

(Many thanks, Mrs. Tibbetts. We
skall be pleased to have you tell us
more of your experiences in the poul-
try yards and shall be glad to hear
from one or all our readers in this
line. Do not be backward.—EDITOR.)

Pan-American Exhibition

Undoubtedly one of the grandest
displays of poultry to be held this
year will be at the Pan-American
exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., October
20th to 31st.

The following from the official pre-
mium list gives full information in
regard to entries, prizes, etc.:

Class E—Entries in this class will
close September 16th, but should be
sent as long before this date as pos-

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sible.

The entry fee, which includes care,
feed and coop rent, will be as follows:
Poultry pens, $2 each; single birds
in the open class, also turkeys, geese,
ducks and ornamental fowls, $1 each;
pigeons, 50 cents each.

All fowls are to be shown singly
or in breeding pens. A breeding pen
will consist of one male and four fe-

males. Prizes for pens will be award-
ed on all varieties of poultry and
ducks. Prizes will not be awarded

for birds impaired in value for breed-
ing purposes.

Toe American Standard of Perfec-
tion will be the guide in judging.
Prizes for poultry in all the open
sections, including turkeys, ducks,
geese and ornamental fowls, will be:
First prize, $4; second prize, $2;
third prize, $1; fourth prize, very
highly commended; fifth prize, highly
commended; sixth prize, commended;
seventh prize, diploma; eighth prize,
diploma. In the poultry classes

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The above cut is that of Mr. E. B. Omohun-

dro’s White Rock hen, “Belle of Pike,’’ scored
by Myers 9412, 9342 by Rapp. She wins Ist at
N. C., Mo., show, 1900, 2nd at Lincoln County,
1900, Poultry show; 1st at Quincy, IIl., in 1899,

scoring 9432.

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there will be eight awards, and a di-
ploma given with each award. Birds
entered in the open sections cannot
compete in the pen sections.

The prizes in open classes for pig-
eons will be : First prize, $3; second
prize, $1.50;

fourth prize, very highly commended;

third prize, 75 cents;
fifth prize, highly commended.
Premiums in this class will be paid
October 31, 1901.
address Frank A. Converse, Superin-
tendent Live Stock Division, Pan-

American Exposition, Buffalo, N, Y,

For premium list

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I will exchange

Belgian Hares
for
White Wandotte Pullets
I have also some fine
LIGHT BRAHMA HENS
for Sale.

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Good ones.

Address, Mrs. Hattie Byfield,
McCook,

La tet fel tol tal fol dol ae
1892. 1901 ;
Mammoth Strain

Light B’s and Bronze Turkeys. Win-
ners in America’s leading shows of
hundreds of prizes in my own and
customers’ hands. The ‘Common
Sense’’ remedies for poultry are ‘‘per-
fection’’ when properly used. Chol-
era Cure kills all disease germs and
makes blood, bone and feather. Hun-
dreds of poultrymen claim they are
making poultry breeding easy and
practical by their use. A sample of
either fora dime. 11b can post paid
for 50c. Yours for success,

MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Quarles, Mo.
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For the next sixty days I will
LOOK! sell my fine Barred Plymouth

® Rocks Cockerels and Pullets at
one half price as I have sold my place. I
have some fine large March and April Cock-
erels now ready to ship and will guarantee

satisfaction with eyery sale.
L. D. GREEN, Red Oak, Ia.

EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff
Wyandottes are bred from
best strain obtainable and
inline. We breed the pure
golden Butf, not the dark
red. ‘'hey’re prize winners.
E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb,
Chester White Hogs forsale

Rosecomb White Leghorns.

Needing room for young stock, will
sell part of my this year’s breeders,
including Ist cockerel St. Paul last
February.

J. F. REINELT, Tripp, S. D.
ORPINGTONS
Buti and COCHINS.

Bred irom from my own Importations.

I won more premiums than
any two other exhibitors at the
Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be-
fore buying anything write me
—it will be a pleasure to give
you prices,

IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb.

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FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center,‘ Nebr.

Does YourLamp Smoke?
That means uneven heat and SaCRelEe explosion.
risk. Pota

Don’t run af
Hydro-Safety Lamp
on your Ineubator and Brooder and save oll,
attention and avoid all danger. Water jacket
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F. A, CROWELL,
GRANGER, MINN.
Breeder of Strictly High Class Buff
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins;
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and

Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will
please you. Circular free.

Golden Wyandottes,

Our Wyandottes never have failed
to win in the best company. Young
steck for sale.

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb
F H. SHELLABARGER, WEST LIBERTY,

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Has bred ___ eee
Barred Plymouth Rocks

for 20 years. We have them that are
date in size, shape and color. Write
you need any. 20th annual circular
fully describes our Breeding stock is free.
Mention this Journal and address as above.

0. MO. HUN. DRO,

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS,

Stock for sule at all times. Eggs in season.

E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.
G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska.

{ Chalk White Wyandottes,

Breeder of - Mammoth Light Brahmas
Buff Orpingtons.

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-1901. Won 39

regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea-
Satisfaction assured.

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SHIPPING COOPS

By Mrs. May Taylor, Hale, Mo.

Editor Poultry Investigator:

And Nebraska is to have a new
poultry journal. Well, we hardly know
which way the congratulations belong.
To the people of the state, who will

surely appreciate the efforts of the
hustling Sure Hatch people or the S.
H. Company itself for being located
among such a wide awake, hustling
poultry people. We believe the con-
gratulations belong both ways and we
give them without stint.

We have known the Nebraska poul-
try people for many years by reputa-
tion, a few personally. They were a
success unto themselves long before
they had any poultry paper to help
them out, and long before the incu-
bator factory opened up for business
in their midst.

We hardly know what to write to
a fraternity of this kind, for although
the paper is a “‘new beginner,” the
most of the people who read it are
not. The number can be counted in
three figures who began at the be-
ginning when I did and before. But
as I don’t know it all yet and am al-
ways on the lookout for new items to
help me out, especially in artificial
hatch -, we expect to learn much
from an exchange of ideas in the
months to come. We will wait and
watch and when we have an idea that
we think will help some one out of a
difficulty we will send it along.

Just now the question of shipping
coops is uppermost. Those advertised
on the market cost too much, besides
they come in different sizes and un-
less you are in the business on the
wholesale order you don’t know how
many of each size to order. You
don’t know how your own orders are
going to run. You don’t know
whether you are going to have the
most orders for single birds or for
pairs or for trios or pens, and you
may order a dozen coops that will be
of no use to you.

Now we can get berry boxes, egg
cases, peach crates, and even tree
wrapers made of thin wood, and in
bulk, so that a few minutes time only
suffices to nail them together, and I
have often thought why can’t some
enterprising firm make chicken crates
all the same height and width and
in lengths that could be cut easily,
charging so much per running foot
for top, bottom and sides, and end
pieces out of heavier stuff, each end
piece to take the place of partition
of a coop if more than one apart-

ment is needed. Those extremely
thin boards can be sawed easily, at
home, by putting two or three of them
together and sawing through three or
four at one time. Anybody can use
a hammer and saw, that is anybody in
the hen business can, and these coops
could be cut and made at home as
easily as those elaborate affairs that
cannot be changed to suit the num-
ber of fowls sent.

R. R. French, the White Leghorn
man from Ford City, Mo., is with us
with a trial advertisement, and we
know he is a good breeder, as we have
his stock in our yards and they are
fine. If you want a square deal we
would recommend you to Mr. French.

If any of our readers want a leg
band that will surely stay on, and
one of the most essential things in
having a band is to know positively
that it will stay, try W. H. Smith &
Co.’s, Blithedale, Mo., seal leg band.
When once put on it must be cut off
if removed at all. Their advertise-
ment is in this paper. Look it up.

Frank Patton of Surprise, Neb.,
writes us that he has this season the
best Buff Rocks he ever raised, and,
readers, you know what this means.
When you show against Patton it
will take a gem to win over his.
Friend Patton always breeds winners,
and is no afraid to show them and
always carries home the most of blues
in his class.

The 5th of August we visited the
Capital City Poultry Ranch, three
miles west of Lincoln. I was shown
the finest lot of Pekin ducks I ever
saw. E. E. Smith, the proprietor,
knows how to raise ducks to perfec-
tion. Watch him sweep the platter
clean at the State fair.

A large number of our personal items
were omitted from this issue because
of lack of space. They will appear in
our next issue.

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as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.

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old. Stock for sale. Young stock for sale
after September 1. Write, describing what
you want. E. W. MATHENY,

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BARGAINS

IN BREEDING STOCK

At Golden Rule Poultry Yards. I
have a few birds that I used in my
breeding pens this season that I will
sellat a bargain. They are hens and
two cocks, White Plymouth Rocks,
Empire strain. Write for prices.

Young stock. White Plymouth Rock
and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes
for sale this fall.

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,

BELMONT, WIS.

BUFF ORPINGTONS§_t>
and,

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS...
- any. ob Penh

My stock is equal to any in the
west. My prices are right and I
will treat you right. Prices on
application. Write.

John A. Ling;
HARVARD, : NEBRASKA.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

‘Standard Silver Wyandottes

Two fine flocks on separate farms.
Lt. Brahmas, Barred Plymouth
Rocks, S. C. B Leghorns, each
kind on separate farm, cared for
by specialist of that kind. Eggs
carefully packed, have shipped oy-
er 200 this season. Not one brok-
en. Stock of the above varieties
$1.00 and $2.00 each. A sure cure
for Roup 50 cents post paid.

MRS, MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.

LOCK BOX 176.

Barred P. Rocks and
Cornish Indian Games.

8 years as breeders, 8 years as win-
ners in every exhibit where we ex-
hibited winning highest awards.

Stock for sale reasonable. Write,
COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska.

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR
when answering advertisements. It
will accomodate both the advertiser
and us.

SHOW DATES

WEST LIBERTY, Ia., July 29, 1901
—List of shows I am to judge for the
coming winter:

Plow City Poultry and Pet Stock
ee pe Moline, Ill—Dates, No-
vember 26 to 30. H. E. Biggs, secre-
tary, Moline.

Yorkville Poultry Association, York-
ville, Ill—December 2 to 6. Ike 125
Hill, secretary, Yorkville Ill.

Missouri State Poultry Association,
Chillicothe, Mo.—December 9 to 13.
C. W. Nuss, secretary, Tina, Mo.

Columbus Junction Poultry Associa-
tion, Columbus Junction, Ia.—Decem-
ber 14, 13 and 14. H. L. Duncan, sec-
retary, Columbus City, Ia.

Upper Iowa Poultry Association,
Mason City, Ia—December 17 to 20.
John D. Reeler, secretary, Mason City.

Des Moines Poultry and Pet Stock
Association, Des Moines, Ia.—Decem-
ber 23 to 28. Charles H. Clarke, sec-
retary, Des Moines, Ia.

Iowa State Poultry Association,
Bloomfield, Ia—December 31 to Jan-
uary 3, 1902. S. J. Henderson, Bloom-
field, Ia.

Galena Poultry Association, Galena,
Tll._—January 6 to 9. F. H. Turner,
secretary, Galena, Ill.

Muscatine County Poultry and Pet
Stock Association, Muscatine, lIa.—
January 8, 9 and 10. G. M. Porter,
secretary, Muscatine, Ia.

Aurelia Poultry Association, Aure-

lia, Ia—January 13, 14 and 15. H. B.
Green, secretary, Aurelia, Ia.
Luverne Poultry Association, Lu-

| verne, Minn.—January 16, 17 and 18.
N. R. Reynolds, secretary, Luverne,
| Minn,

PM

North Dakota State Poultry Asso-
ciation, Fargo, N. D—January 21 to
24, Samuel F. Crabbe, secretary,
Fargo, N. D.

Monona County Poultry Association,
Onawa, Ia.—January 28 to 31. C. M.
Willey, secretary, Onawa, Ia.

Southeastern Wisconsin Poultry As-
sociation, Delavan, Wis.—February 4
to 8. E. J. Scott, secretary, Delavan,
Wis.

Very truly,
F. H. SHELLABARGER.

JACKSONVILLE, Ill., July 29, 1901.
—Mr. L. P. Harris: Dear Sir—Your
favor of 26th received. Success to
you in your new calling. As you re-
quest my show dates for 1901 and 1902
I give them to you below. Respect-
fully yours,

D. T. HEIMLICH.

Bunceton, Mo., August 29, 1901. W.
B. Kerns, secretary.

Rockford, Ill., September 4,
J. B. Whitehead.

Pueblo, Colo., September 23-27, 1901,
State Fair. J. F. Munsey.

Booneville, Mo., November
1901. H. P. Mason.

Bowling Green, Mo.,
1901. L. T. Sanderson.

Kirksville, Mo., December 4-7, 1901.
F. A. Buckingham.

1901.

205-29,

December 2-3,

Springfield, TIIl., December 7-12,
1901. J. Lauterbach.

Jacksonville, Ill., December 12-14,
1901. F. C. Brewer.

December 16-18, 1901.
December 18-20, 1901.

Hoopston, IIl.,
Wenona, IIl.,
U. R. McAdams.
Table Grove,

Ill., December 23-28,

1901. W. D. Hall.

Salina, Kan., December 30-January
4, 1902. L. D. Arnold.

Whitewater, Wis., January 13-19,
1902. Will A. Cowles.

QUINCY, Ill., July 29, 1901.—Mr. L.

P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb.: Dear
Sir—In answer to your kind favor of
July 26th, wil say my show dates as
contracted for the present time are:

Pan-American Poultry Show, Octo-
ber 20-31, 1901.

Cleveland, December 4-8, 1901.

Elgin, December 23-26, 1901.

Peoria, December 26-29, 1901.

Illinois State Poultry Show, Joliet,
second week in January, 1902.

Cedar Rapids, third week in Janu-
ary, 1902.

These are the only shows that I
have contracted for. Please make
note in your journal that it will be
impossible for me to accept any fur-
ther contracts. I have refused at
least a hundred. My time is so taken
up with other business that it is im-

ty
nN

\z Brief Business Catchers.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR

m4

30 WORDS
SINGLE INSERTION
50 CENTS

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCK Cockerels from
first prize cock; very promising. Write for

rices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
flgin, Ill.

BLACK LANGSHAN. W. P. Rockall old
stock forsale at #1.00 each, young white

Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor-
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin,
Nebraska.

BUFF COCHINS and Rose Comb White Leg-
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize
winners. Forsale. John A Johnson, Pilot
Mound, Iowa.

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in-
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS.
No display can be allowed and all cards must be
uniform in size and style.
allowed each quarter.

1008.8. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good
condition fashionably bred and artistically
marked, Rey. G. A. Chamblin, Uniontown,
Kansas.

Ik YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New
York winners in Barred Rocks, S. C. Brown
and White Leghorns, 1 have it and can
please you in stock at low prices. Eggs in
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen-
treville, Md.

SEE HERE.
$1.25 each
$3.00
Cockerels $1 each.
Holt, Utica, Minn.

Fine Light Brabma Cockerels
Pullets $1.00. Pairs $2.00. Trios
Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock
Order now. Richard J.

possible for me-to do any judging.
With kind regards, yours very truly,
THEO. HEWES.

November 11-13, 1901—Tabor County
Poultry Association, Tabor, Ia. E. H.
Harrison, secretary.

November 14-16, 1901—Mercer Coun-
ty Poultry Association, Princeton, Mo.
Mrs. E. D. Loe, secretary.

November 19-22, 1901—Harrison
County Poultry Association, Gains-

ville, Mo. Mrs. E. A. Wilson, secre-
tary.
November 26-29, 1901—Galesburg

Poultry Association, Galesburg, III.
D. E. Blick, secretary.

December 3-6—Harvey County Poul-
try Association, Newton, Kan, C. M.
Glover secretary.

December 6-9—Kansas City Poultry
Club, Kansas City, Mo. C. S. Hunt-
ing, secretary.

December 10-14—Missouri
Poultry Association, Chillicothe,
C. W. Nuss, Tina, Mo., secretary.

December 18-21—Bloomington Poul-
try Association “Sloomington, IIl.
Israel Root, secrewry.

December 23-28—Des Moines Poultry
Association, Des Moines, Iowa. Chas.
H. Clark, secretary.

December 31-Jan. 3, 1902—Iowa State
Poultry Association, Bloomfield, Iowa.
S. J. Henderson, secretary.

January 6-11, 1902—TIllinois State
Poultry Association, Joliet, Ill. C. E.
Ellsworth, Danville, Ill., secretary.

January 13-18, 1902—Nebraska State
Poultry Association, Lincoln, Ne-
braska. L. W. Garoutte, secretary.

January 20-24, 1902—National Fan-
ciers’ Poultry Association, Chicago,
tT. F. L. Kimmey, secretary.

January 23-27, 1902—Interstate
Poultry Association, Wabash, Ind. B.

State
Mo.

I’. Clemans, secretary.

January 30-Feb. 2, 1902—South Da-

kota State Poultry Association, Mitch-

ell, 8. D. C. C. Bras, secretary.
August 26-31—Iowa State Fair.
September 2-6—Nebraska State Fair.
September 9-13—Missuori State Fair.
September 16-20—Indiana State Fair.
September 20-Oct. 5—Illinois State

fair.
October 7-12—St. Louis Fair.
October 21-283—Pan American Expo-

cition.

Ottumwa, Ia. W. S. RUSSELL.

Editor Poultry Investigator:

A change in makeup

30 WORDS
WITH INVESTIGATOR
1 YEAR $3.00

SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes.
pure Buffs Winners at Chicago and Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. Also a tine line of Bantams
such as Game Cochins, Sebrights and Jap-
anese. Write for prices. M.F. Yegge, De
Witt, Lowa. Box 26.

BLUE BARRED P. ROCKS. Choice breed-
ing and fine exhibition birds for sale. Win-
ners wherever and whenever shown. Pric-
eslow. Mustsell. Write for printed fold-
er. N. M. Holt, Marshalltown, lowa.

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a_ specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids, 1901.
150 youngsters for sale after October 1, fin-
er than ever, superior feathering, shape
and color. Always satisfaction guaran-
teed, U, J. Shanklin, Wanbeek, Iowa.

‘Pride of the West.

Is Mackey’s own Strain of Bronze
Turkeys, bred in line for 15 years.
Show record on open book. They
are inthe yards of many of the
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-

ada, B..P. Rocks, Conger (&
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.

Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship. Write for prices.
Mackey’s Magic Cholera Cure isa
sure cure.

KILDARE, Okla. July 29, 1901—|HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,

Mr. L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb.—
Dear Sir: Yours at hand. Our time
is so taken up with farm and stock
interests that we shall judge no shows
this season unless it may be one or
two as an outing.

Very truly,

JOHN C. SNYDER.

SHOW ENGAGEMENTS—1901-1902—
TOPEKA, KANSAS.

Clay County Poultry Association,
Clay Center, Kansas, Nov. 26 to 29,
1901. Mrs. J. W. Pinkenton, secre-
tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.

California Poultry Fanciers’ Club,
California, Mo., Dec. 3 to 6, 1901. R.
M. Ramsey, secretary; C. H. Rhodes,
judge.

Grand River Valley Poultry Asso-
ciation, Albany, Mo., Dec. 13, 1901. R.
R. French, secretary; C. H. Rhodes,
judge.

Jefferson County Poultry Associa-
tion, Valley Falls, Kansas, Dec. 16 to
19, 1901. E. S. Mitchell, secretary; C.
H. Rhodes, judge.

Pottawattamie County Poultry As-
sociation, Onago, Kansas, Dec. 20 to

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.

CLARKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

Single Comb Brown Leghorns.
Barred Plymouth Rocks,

First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for
years in the hands of customers as
wellas in Utah. They are bred
for money makers. Greatest egg

producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
September. Address,

Cora A. Rickards,

SOUTH - OGDEN - POULTRY - YARDS,

Ogden, Utah.

‘
POULTRYMEN one took met

unless neatly. I do it
it is PRINTED well and use good
cuts. Send for samples and prices.

N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR
when answering advertisements. It
will accommodate both the advertiser
and us.

21, 1901. Mrs. Minnie Chambers, sec-

retary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.
Manhattan Poultry Club, Manhattan,

Kansas, Dec. 23 to 25, 1901. W. H.

Lamb, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. |
Delphos, |

Delphos Poultry Ass’n,
Kansas, Dec. 26 to 28. 1901. E. M.
Swain, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.

Republican Valley District Associa-
tion, McCook, Nebraska, Dec. 30, 1901,
to January 4, 1902. B. G. Gossard,
secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.

Kansas State Poultry Association,
Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 6 to 11, 1902.
Geo. H. Gillis, secretary; judges, C. H.
Rhodes, L. P. Harris.

Nebraska State Poultry Association,
Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 13 to 18, 1902.
L. W. Garroutte, secretary; judges, W.
S. Russell, C. H. Rhodes.

Central Oklahoma Poultry
tion, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Jan. 21
to 24, 1902. H. F. Stephenson, secre-
tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.

Rooks County Poultry Association,
Plainville, Kansas, Jan. 27 to 28, 1902.
M. Melott, secretary; C. H. Rhodes,
judge.

Pondre Valley Poultry Association,
Greeley, Colorado, Jan. 28 to Feb. 1,
1902. R. T. Armstrong, secretary; C.
H. Rhodes, judge.

Kansas State Agricultural College

Exhibit, Manhattan, Kansas, February,
1902. School of instruction in judging
poultry. C. H. Rhodes, judge and in-
structor.

Ravenwood, Mo. Dates,
C. H. Rhodes, judge.

Orrsburg, Mo. Dates,
C. H. Rhodes, judge.

Associa-

Red Oak, Iowa, Nov. 23 to 28. J. M.
Scott, secretary.

Hebron, Neb., Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. F
P. Hensel, secretary.
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8, 9, 10. G. W.

D. Reynolds, secretary.
Shenandoah, Iowa, Aug. 13 to 16.
Malvern, Iowa, September 3 to 5.
Montgomery County Fair, Septem-
ber 17 to 20.
J. E. THOMPSON,
Malvern, Iowa.

We will judge at the following
shows this winter:

The Pan-American, Buffalo, N. Y.,
October.

Mount Vernon, November 19-22

Cleveland, O., December 4-10.

Mansfield, O., November 27-30.

Richwood, O., December 18-20.

Van Wert, O., first week in Janu-
ary, 1902.

Pittsburg, Pa., second week in Feb-
ruary” 1902. Yours truly,

IRA C. KELLER.

’ Prospect, O., August 7, 1901.

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Barred Plymouth Rocks
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We have some extra bargains in our this years breeders that we would
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W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY,

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BUFF ORPINGTONS—WYANMOTTES. R.
1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
Judge. Port Huron, Michigan.

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Layers and winners. An inducement to
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R. R. French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.

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A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la.

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Buff Wyandottes
Buff Leghorns

Ss. C. B. Leghorns. 8. C. W, Leghorns; Ducks

and Guineas. Young stock for sale after
Nov. ist. We will now sell 4 choice Leghorn
cocks (Buff) at #3 each, Bares and Houston's
strain; all prize winners. Our Whites are
Hawks and Wykol? strain; our Browns are
Brace strain direct; Bulfsare Harris. Barnes,
Arnold, and Brace. Write us for bargains

W. A. BLOOMER & SON, Lebanon, Kas |§ -

Toup germs. Buy the best; don't be deceived. S nd for testi-
monials. Price 50c and $1.00 per box, postpaid. Agents wanted,
J, D., W. HALL. Box60 Des Moines, Iowa,

200 White Plymouth Rocks
FOR SALE.

Our specialty. White birds; large
winter layers. Prices 75c each; $6 per 12.

F. J. KOLASCE, DeBois, Nebr.

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not take them there lousy

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Sample 10c.

D. J. LAMBERT,
Appanaug, R. I.

The Result of 25

choice
cockerels

Year’s Breeding.

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Stock Eggs
for
Hatching.

Line Bred at the
American Poultry

Farm,

from Barred and White Plymouth Rocks.
White and Silver Wyandottes. White and
Brown Leghorns, Golden Sebright Bantams.
Bronze Turkeys, and Pearl Guineas.

Belgian Hares, Jersey Cattle.

Valuable Circular.

F,M. MUNGER & SONS, DeKalb, Ill.
BARGAINS IN BARRED P, ROCKS.

Edson’'s Registered Strain, from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
aspecialty for 19 years. Now offering fine

exhibition and grand br eding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, II.

“SS Buff P. Rocks
Exclusively...

We have Judge Harris’ entire stock.
These, together with our own
best

country.

prize
winners, gives us the flock of
Buff Rocks in the We can
please you both in quality and prices.
Write us if you bred |
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ducks,

want
Pekin
ouse Geese for sale.

MRS. FLORA SHROYER,

from winners.

Clay Center, Neb.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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The Wooden Hen for 50 eggs—is
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made. Write for incubator book
6nd information—free.

CEO. H. STAHL,
114-122 S. 6th St.,
Quincy, Ill.

To obtain

HERE is an Opportunity s.c. 5. tecuonns

Two Cocks and ten Hens of superior merit for sale WAY
DOWN. Send for illustrated catalogue—it’s free.

GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska.

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cow Silver Laced Wyandottes oz
With Royal Blood in Their Veins.

See this—Winners at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebraska State show
at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, Ist, 2d, 3d cockerel, Ist,
2d, 3d pullet, 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 9234 was cut one and
one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights.
This makes him a 9414 point bird. Howis that for a S. lL. Wyandotte
If anybody in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy
I. & N M. CONNER, Ponca Neb.

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THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. —

FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.

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Scientific breeding and square dealing have made Whitney’s National
Strain line bred Barred Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb Brown Leg-
horns popular. Start right and you will always be right. If you want
birds that can win and that will produce winners send for my circular
and prices. Address, J. W. Whitney, Chatham, Ohio, P. O. box I.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, = : : Friend, Nebraska.

=IBREEDERS OFC.

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland
Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska
State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, 1st
hen, lst cock, 3d cockrel, which was a prize
on every bird entered. At the Nebraska
State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won
Ist pen chicks, Ist hen, Ist pullet, lst cock-
erel—a first prize on every bird entered.
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR when answering advertisements. It

will accomodate both the advertiser and us.

Vol. 1. Clay Center, Nebrask

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This month we present to our readers an interior view of the Lincoln Auditorium where the Nebraska State show will be held next Jan.
We last month gave notice that the show would be held Jan. 13 to 18, but at semi-annual meeting at State Fair it was changed to comply with
state law governing it, to Jan. 21 to 20,1902. Be sure toremember the dates and to show with us. L. W. Garoute, Secretary, Lincoln, Nebr.
L. P. Harris, President, Clay Center, Nebr.

NOAA ee cA Gt ele WA Da he nt ae were unknown. In the big deep win-
CHICKEN FIXINGS By ~~ dows the hens that were not laying
sang all the winter days. Wheat was

H I
Bone worth a dollar a bushel, but the hens

OR WINTER bei ve BYFIELD paid their way and some more. That

ooo POSS FSFSSHFSFSFSFSSSSSFFSOSCSHSSCSCHOOS *
house was comfortable for the chick-

Sod buildings for poultry have been We once had a good sod chicken ens and a comfort to me, but the rats
denounced as unhealthy, wet, rat house. The roof was made of boards came, and poisons, cats and dogs
breeding and vermin infested places, covered with tar paper, and well seemed useless—a real rat dog I could
the only merit being that they were sodded. Inside it was plastered in not use because it would tear the house
warm, until the rats had filled them rather a poor fashion; water would not down. The sod house eventually fell

with air-holes. freeze in that house, roup and disease down because of the perforations in

4

the walls. I was forever discouraged
from building sod buildings, although
no other had been so comfortable.

A few weeks ago I visited a lady who
lived in a pretty house newly papered.
The house was built on a stone founda-
tion and the exterior corresponded
with the interior in attractiveness;
the window seats were deep and full
of blooming plants. “Of what mate-
rial is this house constructed?” I ask-
ed. “This is a sod house,” she replied.
“Tt has stood for nine years and there

is no visible signs of decay. The ce-
ment on the outside prevents the
weather from destroying it.” “But

the rats?” I queried.
rats?” “Oh, yes, but the stone founda-
tion and the cement prevents their
working into the walls; we keep cats,
of course, to help.”

Then we can have thick, warm sod
houses, and have them durable. That
house proves it, and if we can have
the sod houses we can have plenty of
winter eggs. There are a whole lot of
people who could not afford lumber to
build. Cement is not expensive, and
in many places stone for the founda-
tion could be had for the hauling. But
laying the question of expense aside,
the sod house is a good house if well
built. Cemented on the outside, it
would not be damp. If window and
door frames are well fitted a sod house
can be successfully fumigated, and no
house that is too open for that opera-
ton is fit for a chicken to dwell in. I
am told that “ivory cement” is dis-
tasteful to insect life. Of course, it
would be if applied when moist, but
friends tell me that insects dislike to
roam over its smooth surface. Now,
say what you like, there is nothing in
common lime to discourage the pere-
erination of bedbugs, neither their
rapid breeding. Whitewash highly
flavored with “carbolic acid” is an
able assistant in destroying vermin.
Carbolized lime, with a proportion of
one ounce of carbolic acid to the
bushel of lime, is not much good; mul-
tiply the acid by six and then it will
do the work.

A neighboring poultry man intends
building a winter poultry house of
“adobe brick,” but unless such a house
were cemented outside and in, it would
be worth little more than tough sods.

If one’s means allowed of a stone
building or buildings it would prob-
ably be better, but we prefer the sod,
if it can be made rat proof, to any
cheap frame.

Feed will be high in this section.
Wheat, unthreshed, if it can be bought
at a reasonable figure, will be best for
the poultry people. Threshing out their
own wheat makes the hens lay. Bran
and shorts for the mashes will be hard

“Don’t you have

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

* 2.5 ve

ObiTRY-ANYESIGATOR.
Pn .

A flock of White Wyandottes owned by the Capitol City Poultry Ranch, Lincoln, Neb.,

EK. E. Smith, proprietor.

to obtain unless shipped in. Some of
the country people are disposing of
their chickens because they won’t lay
without feed, and they have nothing to
feed them. We never saw feed so high
in price that well hens would not pay
for it. A woman complained to me
that she got no good of her fowls be-
cause she had nothing to feed them.
This looked foolish to me, for if she
had fed, the eggs she could have-sold
would have brought back the price
of the feed. We never could get into
the new way of giving mashes at
night. We think the morning best,
and as the mashes are soon digested
the fowls are not discouraged from
scratching by their light, warm break-
fast. A cold hen is not very ener-
getic; does not seem to understand
that scratching has anything to do
with her blood circulation. The warm
breakfast makes her energetic and
bran mash alone is not all she craves.
Straw in the poultry house, in the
scratch pen and in the yards is what
we want—so much straw that Biddy
cannot get a kernel of grain unless
she earns it by the sweat of her—well,
a hen has a brow, hasn’t she?

I wish some of the poultry folks
would discuss dogs, the different
breeds and their merits, in the poul-
try yards. We have a splendid New-
foundland. He sucks eggs and likes
ducks to eat. As a watch dog, his ap-
pearance and bark would discourage
thieves. Dogs are an adjunct that no
poultryer can be without. We know
that, but our own experience with
them has been discouraging. The fer-
rets were not better and they utterly
failed to rid the place of rats. Ferrets
catch rats, but the rats do not flee, as
we were led to believe they would.

In building and in all our arrange-

ments, safe grounds
and vermin ought to occupy a large
share of our attention. Thieves are
perhaps rare, and yet when we least
expect it a raid is made. Vermin is
generally plentiful. Skunks and
weasels are great pests and if we
could keep dogs that would destroy
them. We would not hear much about
bad luck.

Who has had experience with ce-.
ment floors? Somebody tell us about
them. It will be of general interest,
we feel sure. HATTIE BYFIELD.

NOTICE.

We show on the front page of the
INVESTIGATOR this month a cut of
White Pekin ducks enjoying a morn-
ing swim on an irrigation reservoir at
the Capitol City Poultry Ranch, EB. E.
Smith, proprietor, Lincoln, Nebr.

against thieves

The first B. P. Rock ben at Friend, Nebr., at
state show, 1901. Owned and bred by C. F. Hin-
man, Friend, Nebr.

NEBRASKA STATE FAIR

The Largest and _ Best
Show This Fall.

The Nebraska State Fair has come
and gone. It was held in Lincoln,
September 1 to 6. It was a most
wonderful success. One of the best
attractions was the large and fine
display of poultry and pet stock
which numbered over 1,600 specimens
in all and they were all Nebraska
raised; stock firms out of the state
for some cause not being shown—
every exhibitor was a Nebraska
fancier. There was a large exhibit of
Belgian hares and some very fine
specimens. This exhibit took up
nearly one-half of one of the large
wings oz the building and the hares
had many admirers. There was a fair
exhibit of pigeons and pets. Four in-
cubator firms were represented in the
exhibit and it was by great odds the
best exhibit ever made in the state.
In the poultry display there were
many new fanciers and many of them
carried home the blue ribbon cn their

stock.
There were 1,360 specimens in
poultry, 54 ducks; 24 geese, 170

pigeons, 95 hares, 4 incubator dis-
plays, 158 B. P. Rocks, 78 Buff Rocks,
80 Buff Wyandottes, 60 S. C. W. Leg-
horns, 70 Brown Leghorns, 62 White
Rocks, and so on, nearly every variety
being represented by a fairly good
exhibit.

Among the best displays were B. P.
Rocks, Buff P. Rocks, Buff Wyan-
dottes, Golden Wyandottes, Buff Coch-
ins, S. C. W. Leghorns and Brown
Leghorns. In all the above were
specimens fit to show among the best
and win.

The new breeds were fairly repre-
sented, namely, Buff Orpington, a very
popular breed; the Partridge, Wyan-
dotte and Klondikes.

LIST OF PREMIUMS.

HOUDANS.
Cock—First premium, D. Larson;
second premium, D. W. Evans.
Cc. I. GAMES.
Penfowls—First premium, Robert
Black; second premium, Cottle Bros.
Pullet—First premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.; second premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co. 1
Cockerels—First premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.; second premium, Robert
Black.
Hen—First premium, Robert Black;
second premium, Robert Black.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Cock—First premium, Robert Black;
second premium, Robert Black.

Cock—First premium, Robert Black;
second premium, Robert Black.

Ss. C. BLACK LEGHORNS.

Pen fowls—All to Eggart.

Ss. C. BUFF LEGHORNS.

Pen chicks—First premium, S.
Poultry Co.

Fowls—First and second premiums,
S. H. Poultry Co.

Pullets—First premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.; second premium, J. A. Bridge.

Cockerel—First premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge.

Hen--First premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge.

Cock—-First premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge.

BUFF WYANDOTTES.

Pen chicks—First premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.; second premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.

Pen fowls—First premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.; second premium, H. C.
Young.

Pullet—First premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.; second premium, 5S. H. Poul-
try Co.

Cockerel—First premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.; second premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.

Hen—First premium, H. C. Young;
second premium, H. C. Young.

Cock—First premium, F. H. Brown;
second premium, S. H. Poultry Co.

BUFF ROCKS.

Pen chicks—First premium, G. H.
Green; second premium, Albert Le-
mon.

Pen fowls—First premium, Albert
Lemon; second premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.

Pullet—First premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.; secend premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.

Cockerel—First premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.; second premium, S. H. Foul-
try Co.

Hen—First premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.; second premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.

Cock—First premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.; second premium, Albert Lemon.

BLACK JAVA.

Pullet—First premium, J. A. Rudge.

Hen-—First premium, J. A. Rudge;
second premium, J. A. Rudge.

Cock—First premium, J. A. Rudge.

WHITE MINORCA.

Pen chicks—First premium, E. H.
Eggart.

Pen ‘owls—First premium, E. H.
Eggart.

Pullet—First premium, BH. H. Eg-
gart; second premium, E. H. Eggart.

Cockerel—First and second pre-
mium, E. H. Eggart.

H.

ANDULUSION.

All to E. H. Eggart.

HOUDAN.

Pen chicks—Second premium, D. W.
Evans.

Pen fowls—First premium, D. Lar-
son; second premium, D. W. Evans.

Pullets—First and second premium,
D. W. Evans.

Cockerels—First and
mium, D. W. Evans.

Hen—First premium, D. W. Evans.

ROSE COMB W. LEGHORN.

Pen chicks—First premium, E. H.
Eggart.

Pen fowls—First premium, E. H.
Bggart; second premium, Casper Dice.

Pullet—First and second premium,
E. H. Eggart.

Hen—First and second premium, E.
H. Eggart.

Cockerels—First and
mium, BE. H. Eggart.

Cock—First and second premium, EH.
H. Eggart.

SINGLE COMB W. LEGHORNS.

Pen chicks—First premium, Casper
Dice; second premium, J. Cook John-
son.

Pen fowls—First premium, J. C.
Johnson; second premium, L. C. Hunt-
ington.

Pullet—First premium, J. C. John-
son; second premium, Casper Dice.

Hen—First premium, Casper Dice;
second tremium, L. C, Huntington.

Cock—First premium, Casper Dice;
second premium, J. C. Johnson.

ROSH COMB BROWN LEGHORN.

Pen chicks—First premium, Jennie
Birdsall; second premium, BE. H. Eg-
gart.

Fowls—First premium, EB. H. Eg-
gart; second premium, Jennie Birdsall.

Pullet—First premium, Jennie Bird-
sall; second premium, E. H. Eggart.

Cockerel—First premium, Jennie
Birdsall; second premium, E. H. Eg-
gart.

Hen—First premium, Jennie Bird-
sall; second premium, E. H. Eggart.

Cock—First premium, Jennie Bird-
sall; second premium, E. H. Eggart.

Ss. C. BROWN LEGHORNS.

Pen chicks—First premium, J.
Rudge.

Pullet—First premium, H. C. Young;
second premium, J. A. Rudge.

Cockerel—First and second, J. A.
Rudge.

Hen—First premium, H. C. Young;
second premium, A. P. Hollenbeck.

Cock—First and second, A. P. Hol-
lenbeck. MINORCA.

Hen—First and second, Joseph Hill-
men,

Cock—First premium, Joseph Hill-
men.

second pre-

second pre-

A.

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The poultry fanciers at the 1901 Nebraska State Fair.

can tell a good chicken a mile away.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

A jolly set of cranks that

Let us meet again at the State Poultry show.

W. F. B. SPANISH.

All to R. Striker.

WHITE WYANDOTTE.

Pen chicks—First premium, Casper
Dice; second premium, A. C. Cook.

Fowls—First premium, A, C. Cook.

Pullet—First and second, F. B.
Duey.

Cockerels—First and second, Casper
Dice.

Hen—First premium, A. C. Clark;
second premium, Casper Dice.

Cock—First premium, A. C. Clark;
second premium, W. B. Swisher.

GOLDEN WYANDOTTE.

Pen chicks—First premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.; second premium, Ethiel
Payne.

Pen fowls—First and second pre-
mium, S. H. Poultry Co.

Pullets—First and second, S. H.
Poultry Co.

Cockerels—First and second, S. H.
Poultry Co.

Hen—First and _ second, Ethiel
Payne.

Cock—First premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.; second premium, Ethiel
Payne.

SILVER LACE WYANDOTTE.

Pen chicks—First premium, F. W.

Doyle; second premium, J. A. Le-
mon.

Fowls—First premium, F. W.
Doyle; second premium, A. R.
Smythe.

Hen—First premium, T. B. Wheel-
er.

Cock—First premium, T. E. Wheel-
er.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK,

Pen chicks—First premium, C. A.
Blanchard; second premium, BF. O.
Spencer.

Pen fowls—First premium, J. A.
Rudge; second premium, S. H. Poul-

try Co.

Pullets—First premium, C. is E,
Blanchard; second premium, E. O.
Spencer.

Cockerel—First premium, C. H.
Blanchard; second premium, E. O.
Spencer.

Hen—First premium, C. H. Blanch-
ard; second premium, C. H. Green.

Cockerel—First premium, E. 0.
Spencer; second premium, S§. S. Hall.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Pen chicks—First and second, T. L.
Norval. ;

Pen fowls—First premium, T. L.
Norval.

Fowls—Second
Poultry Co.

Pullets—First premium, T. L. Nor-
val; second premium, C. R. Coffin.

Cockerel—First and second, T. L.
Norval.

Hen—First and second, T. L. Nor-
val.

Cockerel—First premium, E. M. Cof-
fin; second premium, T. L. Norval.

WHITE LANGSHANGS.

Pen fowls—First premium, J. A.
Wheeler.

Pullet—Second
Wheeler.

Hen—First premium, J. A. Wheeler.

Cock—First and second, J. A.
Wheeler.

BLACK LANGSHANG.

Pen chicks—First premium, J. GC.
Johnson; second premium, Albert
Lemon.

Pen fowls—First and second, Albert
Lemon.

Pullets—First and second, J. Cook
Johnson.

premium, Ss. H.

premium, J. A.

Cockerel—First premium, J. Cook

Johnson; second premium, Albert
Lemon.
Hen—First and second, Albert
Lemon.

Cock—First premium, J. C. John-
son; second premium, R. L. Ball.
PARTRIDGE COACHINS.

Pen chicks—First premium, H. C
Bowman; second premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.

Pen fowls—First premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.

Pen pullets—First premium, H. E.
Bowman.

Pullet—Second premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.

Cockerel—First premium, H. E.
Bowman; second premium, §. H.
Poultry Co.

Hen—F¥irst and second, S. H. Poul-
try Co.
Cock—First premium, W. F. Hol-
comb.
WHITE COCHINS.
All to S. H. Poultry Co.
DARK BRAHMAS.
Pen chicks—First premium, L. J.

Barger; second premium, J. A. Rudge.
Pullet—First and second, L. J.
Barger.
Cockerel—First premium, L. J.
Barger.
Hen—First and second, J. A.
Rudge,

Cock—First premium, Robert Black;

second premium, J. A. Rudge.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.

Pen chicks—First premium, Casper
Dice.

Pen Fowls—Second premium, Cas-
per Dice.

Pullet—First premium, S. H. Poul-
try Co.; second premium, Casper Dice.

Cockerel—First premium, S. H.
Poultry Co.; second premium, Casper
Dice.

Hen—First and second, Casper
Dice.
Cock—First and second, Casper
Dice.
GEESE.

First premium—Mrs. M. M. Kirk-
patrick.
PEKIN DUCKS.
All to E. E. Smith.
B. B. RED GAMES.
Fowls—First and _ second,
Hatch.
Chicks—First premium, Sure Hatch.
W. C. BANTAM FOWLS.
First and second—Sure Hatch.
PEKIN BANTAM.
First and second—Sure Hatch.
S. S. BANTAMS.
First and second—Sure Hatch.
G. S. BANTAMS.,
First premium—Sure Hatch; second
premium, Mrs. Kirkpatrick.

Sure

PET GAMES.

Pen chicks—First premium, O. Hoff-
muster.

Pen fowls—Second Premium, Ridge-
way Poultry Co.

Pullet—First premium, O. Huffmus-
ter; second premium, Sam’l Forrest.

Cockerel—First and second, O.
Huffmuster.

Hen—First premium, Sam’! Forrest;
second premium, S. Abbott.

Cock—First premium, Sam’l
rest; second premium, S. Abbott.

B. B. RED GAMES—BANTAMS.

Ali to Sure Hatch.

S. S. HAMBURGS.

Pen fowls—First premium, J. A.
Rudge.

-Hen—First and second, S. H. Poul-
try Co.

Cock—First premium, S. H. Poultry
Co.

For-

INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS.

In spreading a knowledge of the
good qualities of this very beautiful
and wonderfully profitable duck, I feel
I am doing some good, for by only
reading of them will many become
aware of their profitable qualities and
be induced to try them.

Indian Runners were brought to
England from India by a sea captain,
hence their name India, and Runner
from their way of running over the
ground instead of waddling like other
ducks. In England their good qual-
ities quickly captivated duck fanciers.
Individual ducks there have made a
record of 225 eggs a year. In this
country a flock—not picked layers—
have made a record of 192 eggs per
duck per year. In India they were
bred for their laying qualities, no at-
tention being paid to color, and they
vary somewhat in color in a general
flock, some being fawn and white and
some gray and white, while some come
with pure white wings, while others
have dark feathers in wings and
drakes come with blue wing bars
which is a big disqualification. In
others the white becomes mixed with
the fawn, giving them a mottied ap-
pearance. Don’t think from this that
they don’t breed true, for with careful
mating they breed very true and it is
only by careful selection and culling
that we advance with any breed or
variety.

Standard weight of drake is 4% lbs.;
duck, 4 lbs.; but many far exceed these
weights.

Our first drake at Detroit, January,
1900, weighed 6 lbs. and ducks 514;
5 3-4 lbs. When young they grow very
hardy. The fertility of Indianan Run-
ner eggs is remarkable. Out of 36
eggs set at one time we got 35 young

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and of others set later every egg
hatched. At ten weeks old they are
ready to market and at five months
old they are matured. Their business
is to lay eggs and this they do to per-
fection. They lay all winter and from
first of April to moulting time every
duck will lay an egg every morning.
Such laying I never heard of before.
English breeders claim that eight year
old ducks will lay as well as yearlings,
so age is no bar to their usefulness.

Breeders of Pekins had settled down
to the idea that their favorites were
the ‘whole thing,” but Indian Runners
are casting a shadow over them as
general purpose ducks and as layers
have simply left them in the shade.
To show the profit in Indian Runners
compared with Pekins, I give here-
with the result of a test made by
Dayton Bros.:

A prize winning Barred Plymouth Rock
owned and'bred by C. F. Hinman, Friend,Nebr.

Egg production—Pekins, 112 eggs
per year.

Egg production—Runners, 192
per yeaer.

Food consumption one month, per
100—Pekins, 2,250 lbs, (about); Run-
ners, 1,500 lbs. (about.

Time required to reach market size—
Pekins, 10 weeks; Runners, 10 weeks.

Time required to reach maturity—
Pekins, 6 to 9 months; Runners, 4 to 5
months. “

This is an interesting comparison—
an average of 192 eggs from a general
flock is extraordinary and throws the
work of the speckled hen away in the
shade. It will be seen that the cost
of producing a Pekin egg is nearly
double that of producing a Runner
egg. Runners given a range will pick
up their own living and often will

eggs

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leave feed, given them, uneaten, to
range, which seems to suit their na-
ture better.

In quality, Runner eggs are much
like hen eggs, not strong like other
duck eggs. We have cooked dozens
of them and prefer them to the hen
eggs.

These ducks are bound to become
very popular. They are very beautiful
and very profitable and all lovers of
the almighty dollar will love them,
for they are manufacturers of the
‘Jong green.” They are here to stay.
Try them! THOS. H. MILLS.

Port Huron, Mich.

STATE FAIR AT YANKTON, S. D.
South Dakota State Fair came off
September 10 to 15, and as it hap-
pened it was a bad week, as it rained
from Saturday to Tuesday night and
but few entries were made to what
there would have been had the entry
days been pleasant. Still there was
a fair show, the most noticeable be-
ing that of the poultry department.
The poultry business in the Dakotas
is in its infancy as compared with
other older states, yet there was quite
a creditable exhibit and some very
fine specimens, especially, in B. P.
Rock, Golden Wyandotte, White Wy-
andotte, Buff Wyandotte and Buff P.
Rocks. There was the best trio of
B. B. Red Game Bantams shcwn
for some time. Owing to the man-
ner of making entries and keeping
books it was impossible to get list of
awards so they could be published.
There were three incubator com-
panies represented and each made a

creditable hatch on the’ grounds,
namely, Sure Hatch Incubator com-
pany, the Klondike Incubator com-

pany and the Cypress Incubator com-
pany. The little chicks bursting
forth from their pent up quarters in
the shell interested large crowds of

people, who took away with them
quantities of advertising matter and
will in the near future be raising

poultry by artificial means.

Much credit is due the superintend-
ent, H. S. Fletcher, of Watertown, S.
D., for his courteous treatment to all
and the able manner in which he
eared for every thing in his depart-
ment. He certainly is the right man
in the right place.

L. P. HARRIS.

Blue Barred Rocks

The Kind That Wins

Ist at Peoria; 1st at Geneseo; Ist at Cedar
Falls; lst at Davenport; Ist at Mason City;
1st at Marshalltown; Ist at Ottumwa. A fine
lot of breeding and exhibition birds for sale.
including early chicks for the fall shows
Write for prices and folder.

J. M. HOLT, Marshalltown, Iowa.

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October Essentials

By Mrs. ELLA THOMAS.
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The lovely fall weather is here now
with allits varied foliage of trees and
flowers, but most of our fowls show
the effect of the intense heat of sum-
mer and need extra care and feed from
now until winter. I have been very
busy going over all my chicks with a
heavy coat of insect powder, literally
filling the plumege full of it to get rid
of every semblance or vestige of ver-
min. This will greatly aid the chicks
to develop bright, beautiful plumage
and retain the deep, glossy sheen the
new feathers, just now coming in,
should have. Nothing causes so much
loss to the color of the plumage as
lice constantly sapping the feathers.
My next work was culling out all the
young stock I do not care to keep over
to sell as breeders and exhibition
stock and for next season’s breeders.
I find this very interesting work, yet
full of anxiety lest I should do as I
once did—sell off culls while yet fry-
ing size, my best fowls—but mistakes
like this cannot so often happen to the
experienced and painstaking breeder,
and I can now, even at this stage, se-
lect my Brahmas and Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks with almost an assurance
of selecting the poorer specimens, yet
all who breed Light Brahmas know it
is not the easiest matter in the world.
I have too much color in a few this
season instead of lack of color, and
that was caused by my lack of experi-
ence in breeding for the bluish under-
color spoken of in the September num-
ber, but it takes time to do all things
well, and I hope to aid others who
might make the mistakes I have made
in the past. When we bring together
as breeders fowls whose _ ancestors
were noted for deep color, we may get
too much undercolor in the progeny.
e?using so much black in back as to
disqualify the birds, but if such birds
are pullets I retain them, for no money
could purchase them all, for I keep
them as a reservoir of color exclu-
sively, because you know the male is
half the flock, and he should never be
a disqualified bird, even to bring back
or retain rich, black markings. Rather,
I select the cockerels with as intense
black points as possible, yet a very
slight bluish throughout
the plumage. You see, I am perfecting
the male first, knowing that when I
can produce perfect Brahma males I
can have the females something near
it, because as a general rule the fe-

undercolor

males score the highest. Our poultry
journals, our poultry shows, our sensi-
ble, practical breeders, are the founda-
tion of our large numbers of profitable,
beautiful breeds now given in the
Standard, all gradually climbing for
the pinnacle of fame in poultry cul-
ture. Let us be full of emulation for
the common good, feeding neither envy
nor spite, nor accusing each other of
having an “ax to grind,” but cleave to
each other as they do in any other
brotherhood. I believe the most of our
old breeders take this broad-minded
view of the work before us, else why
so much accomplished in the past two
years? We must be mutual and in-
separable friends to accomplish what
we have undertaken, not only the per-
fecting of our breeds, but a bond of
friendship’s union of the hearts of the
noblest men and women on every part
of our globe. When we take this view
of the matter, brothers and sisters, we
put our beloved vocation on a plane
that is equal to any in the world, for
it will be God-like. How many Chris-
tian men and women will work to this
end? To those who do we can prom-
ise them their names will go down in
history and be enscrolled in letters of
gold on the very pinnacle of Fame’s
temple.

Now, I have my next duty to per-
form. It is to put my fowls that I
wish to exhibit to themselves in yards
with the house filled in with from four
to six inches of sand; it is so easily
kept clean for the fowls and for my
feather-footed fowls I put nothing else,
because I do not want them to scratch.
The Barred Plymouth Rocks I put four
or six inches of straw, to induce them
to scratch; it makes the feet and legs
so bright and clean. My Brahmas I
wash the feet and legs in strong soap-
suds when I put them up, end if they
show scaly legs or feet I dip ina
strong solution of tobacco juice first,
then wash the feet, then pull out, one
by one, all the brother feathers in the
feet and all that look soiled and
broken; in fact, I generally pull out
all the feathers in wings, tails, hackles
and outside fluff feathers, jerking out
with a quick, upward jerk a very few
at atime. If done properly it does not
give much pain, and the fowl, if fed
sweet milk with a little lime in sun-
flower seed, linseed meal, etc., will
moult quickly, alternately feeding
wheat or kaffir corn, oats, etc. Any

fowl for exhibition, if not cut for
creamy color in back and on wing-
bows, must be kept out of the sun ex-
cept late of an evening, and even
black or buff breeds have a richer
sheen when kept out of the sun. If
the hens show a disposition to begin
laying change to another house, for
laying retards the process of moulting,
because it takes the life principal that
forms the white of the egg in large
quantities from the system. That is
why sweet milk is so essential. If the
fowls look pale or get pale in comb
from confinement take a quart of vine-
gar and add old irons to it; give two
to four tablespoonfuis of the liquid to
each gallon of water until the comb
gets its proper color. This prepara-
tion should not be given unless needed
to white. fowls or those having white
in plumage, because it gives them a
brassy look on back. Pure, fresh water
with plenty of grit and greed food
of some kind makes a perfect bill of
fare for fowls for exhibition, unless
you are to give meat and cut bone, but
I do not like either, unless cooked, as
it increases the size of the comb too
much. My laying or outside stock get
the range of the farm, to prey on the
insects, eat all the refuse, such as po-
tato parings, apple parings, scraps
from the table, parsley, cabbage leaves,
cte., all dumped into a large kettle,
cooked and thickened with bran, salt
added. This, fed in the morning, is
all they get, and kaffir corn or corn at
night.

No theory should be considered in
our poultry culture that cannot be put
in practice. To practice what we
preach is what counts. Our efforts
should be directed by reason, and the
work of each season should show some
improvement over that of the preced-
ing season. To excel is one of the in-
centives of the true breeder and fan-
cier. Good luck and reason, or proper
management, are very intimate ac-
quaintances—in fact, mutual friends.

MRS. ELLA THOMAS.

E E. Smith exhibit of White Pekin ducks as
shown at Nebraska State Show at Lincoln
January, 1901,

A view of a flock of Pekins at the Capitol City Rauch, Lincoln, Nebr.

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An Incubator Talk

Incubator talk seems somewhat out
of place at this time of the year, and
yet, for those who are not already in
possession of an incubator, it is the
proper time for them to begin looking
them up, in order to determine what
kind they want.

During the fall fairs and winter
poultry shows many of the different
makes are on exhibition, with good
long-winded people in attendance to
tell of their excellent qualities. While
for the defective points you have to go

fishing yourself. We have used ar-

tificial methods of hatching for sev-
eral years and would not go back to
the hens,

Many people have such funny no-
tions about just the proper place for
things. If they cannot have just what
they consider the proper place for an
incubator they won’t have one at all.

This calls to my mind a gentleman
who came to our yards last spring to
purchase a cockerel. He asked to see
our incubator, and when shown it
said, “Why! Can you run it there?”
I told him that was the only place in
the house I could find room for it,
so there was where it had run and
done nicely, even if one corner of it
was four feet from the cook stove.
He remarked: “Well, if you can run
an incubator in a place like that I am
going to have one.” At one time we
run two small machines in place of
the large one we now have. We have
Tun those machines in all parts of
the house where it was convenient to
have them sitting. An incubator is a
very nicely finished piece of furniture
and is no disgrace to the sitting room,
if that is the most convenient place
you have in which to run it.

There is no little or dirt except at
hatching time, and one can have a
basket or box for the shells and need
have no dirt them, I hear some one say
lamp. Yes, there is always a lamp,
but if it is kept proper there is no
smudge from it. If lamps are allowed
to become so miserably filthy and
dirty as you see them sometimes they
cannot help but smoke, and it is no
disgrace to the lamp, but to the one
that runs it. If you want an incuba-
tor, just hunt out the one you like the
best and buy it. Sit it wherever it is
convenient, give it proper attention
and you will see that it will do its
part. This incubator work is no long-
er an experiment, but an established
fact. Incubator inventors are obliged
to run their machines in all conditions
of wind and weather before they can
place them on the market, therefore
We are pretty sure of getting some-
thing that will hatch chickens in
whatever kind we choose.

MRS. IDA BLANCHARD.

UNITED FANCIERS’ POULTRY AND
PET STOC KASSOCIATION,
RED OAK, IOWA,

Will hold their annual poultry show
at Red Oak, Iowa, November 26 to 30,

1901, with the following judges:
Mrs. J. J. Buchin, Pierson, Ia.; J. E.
Thompson, Malvern, Ia.; Curtis Green,
New Providence, Ia.

J. M. SCOTT, Secretary.

DODGE COUNTY POULTRY. ASSO-
CIATION.

The Dodge County Poultry associa-
tion will hold its first annual exhibit
at Fremont, Neb., on January 8, 9 and
10, 1902. J. E. Thompson, judge.
Competition open to the state. For
particulars address G. W. D. Reynolds,
Fremont, Neb.

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SELECTING AND PREPARING THE
WHITE LEGHORN FOR
THE SHOW.

With the show Leghorn the head
and its appendages are of much im-
portance, but not ‘‘the whole thing.’
‘the carriage and “‘station’”’ of this va-
riety are one of its chief attractions
to those who are viewing them in the
exhibition coops. Besides the well
formed comb, not too large and coarse,
the smooth white lobe and clear white
plumage, which many seem to think
the first essential, let us look to the
breast, see that it is well developed,
round and full, when viewed from in
front, one side and above. Look now
to the carriage of the head, neck and
tail and that the back is short, espe-
cially in the male, and that the tail
does not cut into the saddle or cush-
ion and form a sharp angle. Now,
if the bird is well up in other stand-
ard points it is worth putting into
perfection for the show.

The first thing is to tame them;
if they will not tame they will not
show to any advantage. Train them to
so carry themselves as to show off
every good point to the best advan-
tage. If one carries its tail a trifle too
high, stroke it down over the back
and tail so as to teach it to carry it
lower. Induce it to carry its head
well up and somewhat back and thus
throw its breast well out. Handle them
every day, teach them to be perfectly
at home either in the exhibition coop
or in your hands.

Now for the final preparations, the
finishing touches, just before the show.
If the birds are very dirty they should
be thoroughly washed in soap and
water and rinsed in bluing water;
if only a little dirty in spots, use a
sponge, washing the dirt well off, then
sponging the surface of the feathers
all over with bluing water and dry-
ing. ;

The legs should be thoroughly clean-
ed and oiled with sweet oil in which
a little coal oil has been put. The
face, comb, wattles and beak should
receive very much the same _ treat-
ment.

The feeding of birds for show is
very much the same as feeding them
for health, growth and good condition
for any other purpose. If you want
good white lobes on your Leghorns
try feeding them white feed. If you
think this an old fogy notion—a theory
exploded years ago—just try it for
yourself or if you prefer go on feed-
ing your yellow corn, etc., and let the
fellow who does feed white score one-
half to one point on lobes over you.

R. R. FRENCH.

Ford City, Mo.

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Certainly the editor may be con-
gratulated on the first issue of Poultry
Investigator. The writers all take
hold of practical work and write in a
plain, common sense manner. My ex-
perience teaches me wnat the little ev-
eryday care and attention of fowls is
very necessary, and that in the- most
commonplace things we often need in-
struction, as amateurs. Even experi-
enced poultrymen can sometimes learn
from those he considered his inferiors
in knowledge.

However, I never write for the ben-
efit of the experienced fancier. Still
if I happen to tell the amateur some-
thing the fancier has not learned
long ago he is welcome to the infor-
mation. This is the season for the
amateur to look about for breeding
stock for next season. There are ad-
vantages and disadvantages in buying
in the fall, the advantages being you
can get the stock very much cheaper,
and should get choice stock; the dis-
advantages being the risk of taking
them through the winter. But it is
well to get rid of all your surplus as
early as possible, and this will give
you room to care for your imported
birds. Do not make the mistake of
trying to keep too many hens during
the winter. I believe there is more
profit in taking good care of a few
hens than in many neglected ones.
Most chickens and turkeys are now al-
most through moulting. Chicken hens
are beginning to lay. I do not know
how the market is generally, but I be-
lieve every person can create a special
demand for his or her produce in any
line if they only make it above the
grade put on the market. There is
never a time when I cannot sell my
butter and eggs above market price,
and the customer comes to the house
for them. Any man or woman can,
by close attention to details, soon
command a higher price for the eggs
they take to market than is given to
the general market man.

The following rules are very simple,
but it is very necessary to observe
them if you wish highest market prices
for eggs. Always gather the eggs
fresh. Do not wait to have a large
number to take to town, but take
them when fresh and on days when
there will be a demand for them. Most
farmers’ wives send or take their eggs
to market Saturday. Unless you have
them previously engaged there can

... By Mrs. B. G. MACKEY. }

searcely be a worse day. Why? Be-
cause every one else takes their eggs
tnat day, and generally eggs are cheap-
er Saturday than any other day in the
week. Now if you will take your eggs
from Thursday morning until Friday
afternoon, I mean any time interven-
ing between Thursday morning and
Friday afternoon, you will find you
will get from one to three cents more
on the dozen. Or if you take them
about Tuesday you will generally get
the highest price. The reason is clear.
People generally use more eggs Satur-
day and Sunday than any other days.
But they either buy them Friday or
very early Saturday morning, so those
brought in after early morning must
lie over until next week, and in hot
weather this is very inconvenient to
the groceryman doing a small business.
In extreme cold weather it is just as
inconvenient, as they are liable to
freeze. The better way is to have
them engaged for certain days, and
take them at the appointed time.

Yet I am aware tnat there are
times when the price is very low.
Still at these times the cost of pro-
duction is very little, in fact, on the
farm absolutely nothing. From the
time grass and clover are plentiful on
the farm a flock of one hundred hens
may be k pt without a special feed
until cold weather sets in. For these
hens will catch insects, eat grass, clo-
ver and seeds, with waste grain, for-on
a grain farm, as one where stock is
fed, there is always enough that oth-
erwise would go to waste to furnish
the necessary grain food for one hun-
dred hens during the spring, summer
and fall. Until I was able to sell my
eggs the year around above market
price, I managed to keep eggs fresh
and sold only when prices were good.
One asks how I did this? I will ex
plain first, though six and eight cents
a dozen seems low, yet during July
and August one can afford to taken
even these prices, though it has been
years since I knew eggs to be as low
as six cents on the market. Still I
may not be well posted, as I never take
eggs to market now. The first of Sep-
tember I begun to pack eggs, and af-
ter that time always received good
prices. I hear some one say, “I don’t
have any use for packed eggs.’’ Neither
did I until I learned how to pack them.
I am surprised that so few people
know this simple method of packing

eggs. I use either a keg or a very
large stone jar. I suppose a square
box would do just as well to pack in.
Have either very dry sand, sawdust or
oats. Wheat bran or hay chaff will
do for packing material. When you
have from two to ten dozens eggs, de-
pending on how many eggs you get
daily (I generally packed every other
day), beat the white of an egg for
every dozen eggs to pack, but just
as you would for cake. Glaze each
egg thoroughly with beaten white. I
applied with my hands. Put the eggs
thus glazed on a table and let them
dry thoroughly before packing. Then
cover bottom of vessel in which they
are to be packed with packing mate-
rial mixed with salt (I think a pint of
salt to half gallon of packing ma-
terial; I never measure, but put in
what I think enough to keep material
cool). Put the eggs in, small end
down. My reason for this is, the
small end contains the white and the
yellow will never settle if packed with
small end down. When I begin pack-
ing I first use a two or three gallon
jar. When this is full I use the packed
eggs and pack the fresh ones. I con-
tinue to do this until cold weather;
then I use the packed eggs and sell
the fresh ones, as there is a very just
prejudice to packed eggs. I seldom
have offered them for sale, though
once I did sell twelve dozen at twenty
cents per dozen. I could have sold
them for fresh eggs, but I asked the
groceryman to examine and tell me if
he could find any difference between
them and fresh eggs. He said he could
not and paid me twenty cents, while
a neighbor living not three miles from
me took much less per dozen and lost
half of the eggs she packed in salt
and lime. Discretion must be used in —
packing. Everything must be bone
dry, so to speak. The eggs may be
packed just close enough not to touch
each other or sides of jar. Hach layer
must be well covered with packing
material. Put it on so it will be be-
tween all the eggs and between eggs
and jar. Let it be a full half inch,
it will not hurt, on top of the
eggs. Then put another layer of eggs,
and cover in same way. Do not let
eggs come closer than one inch to
top of jar. Cover to top with packing
material, put a plank top on jar and
weight top down heavily. Keep in a
cool, dry place. If you have a dry
cellar this is the best place to keep
them. I would not advise keeping
those packed in very warm weather
during the winter, but you can keep
them fresh by using the packed ones
and packing the fresh ones. If the
family is small you can watch the
market and sell when eggs are scarce,

between the first of October and
Thanksgiving. Before taking to mar-
ket wash each egg with clear, tepid
water and a clear white cloth. Dry
with a towel. If properly packed you
can boil and eat eggs in March packed
in November, provided they have been
kept in a perfectly dry cellar and not
allowed to freeze. It will surprise you
when I tell you that a city lady taught
me to pack eggs by this method. She
bought them in the fall when they
were cheap and packed to use when
they were high in winter. Of course
the cold storage process prevents low
prices prevailing during summer, and
also prevents the excessive high prices
that once ruled in winter, but this only
evens up the egg money and does not
injure the business at all.

As long as the United States im-
ports eggs there will never be an over-
supply. Now is the time to plan for
the early chicks next spring. True,
the excessive heat has prevented us
from doing much needed work. This
will have to be done later. I think
the vermin have not bothered chicks
nearly so much this season as usual.
The exceedingly dry weather has pro-
vided dust baths in profusion and
chickens have taken advantage of
them. On account of high prices of
food it will not pay the fancier to
keep any culls through the winter.
But it will pay farmers who raise
market poultry to buy some of these
culls to grade up his mongrels. The
fancier may preach that it is dishonest
to sell one or two dollar chickens, but
I must say that all the dishonesty has
not been centered in dollar birds. I
could tell of fifty dollar pens of B.
P. Rocks with feathers on the legs,
not down feathers. But the point I
wish to make is that there are birds
in every fancier’s yard which are not
worth high prices. True, those high
up in the business may call them five
dollar birds, but the fancier will not
touch the high-priced man’s five dol-

lar chicken, for he knows that to him™

it is not worth a cent. If the amateur
buys it he loses his money and his
year’s work, but grows rich in experi-
ence. But the fancier not so high up
in prices, who cannot afford to ad-
vertise so much, can sell many as
good birds for two dollars as the top
man asks five for, and these are a
real benefit to the market poultryman,
who has only a mixed flock. Whether
he buys only cockerels or both males
and females, he can, by using these
cheap birds, even up his flock in color
and size until it will bring higher
prices on the market. When he finds
that he receives more money for an
even lot of chickens than for a mixed
lot, the argument for better birds is

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convincing. He will not in all proba-
bility, be satisfied next year with the
same quality of breeding stock he
bought this year, but will reach out
and get something better at a higher

price. He will create a demand in

his neighborhood for better fowls. His
ueighbors will buy cockerels from him
at an advance over market price at
first, until they, too, will decide that

higher grades will pay better. So
often by degrees and almost uncon-
sciously the market poultryman be-
comes a fancier, and all by being in-
duced to buy a low-priced thorough-
bred bird first. The fancier must buy
the very best his money can reach,
and then ne will often be sorely dis-
appointed, but he must not give up,
only try again.

Some persons are natural fanciers,
while others have acquired the charac-
teristics of the fancier. Still others
are not, nor never can be, made fan-
ciers, but they can always have fried
chicken before any one else and can
raise hundreds of chickens to the fan-
cier’s dozen. All we can hope to do
with such a one is to convince him
that there 1s more money in an even
colored lot of chickens than in the
lot of all colors and sizes. Yet this is
a benefit to him and to the fancier
as well. True, the fancier cannot af-
ford to advertise one and two dollar
birds, nor can he afford to be at the
expense of much correspondence and
trouble of shipping in small lots. But
there is always a local demand for
these culls, and it is preferable to sell
them at these figures to putting on
the market, as many advocate. For
unless they are decapitated they are

bought for breeding purposes from the.

market poultryman. Last spring a
huckster went through our township
offering an advanced price for chick-
ens, turkeys and eggs, assuring the
farmers who have thoroughbreds that
not one would be sold as breeders, and
that the eggs would be shipped im-
mediately for culinary purposes. Not
long after several of my friends in-
formed me they had purchased toms
from him guaranteed as pure Mackey
stock, giving names of parties from
whom he bought them. Some of them
were as good birds as I had raiseu
last year. He also sold cockerels and
eggs to be used in breeding yards and
for incubation. The parties paid him
more than he could make by shipping
and bought cheaper than they could
otherwise. have done. I prefer selling
my surplus and culls where I know
they will not be put out as Mackey’s
best, and think all fanciers feel the
same way. MRS. B. G. MACKEY.

if

CHICKENS AND TREES.

I had often thought that it would
be fine if we could supply all our
trees, especially fruit trees, with an
abundance of poultry manure. I have
almost let that idea pass, because in

advocating such a policy too often we
give the trees too much of the good
thing, and thus do more damage than
good. Let me apologize here for
speaking about trees in a poultry pa-
per, but any poultry yard is not com-
plete without trees, no home is a
model home without trees, no table is
set without fruit; then trusting I am
not intruding, I will pursue the course.

I am a lover of trees, and so are
chickens. I have known persons to
shovel out the hen manure and waste
it; others scatter it in the orchard in
scoop shovelfuls, as if they thought
like “Pat” did with the pills. When
he read the directions to take three
and expect relief in a few hours, he
thought that to take more would bring
results quicker and better, consequent-
ly he took the entire box and did
not have long to wait for results. So
I say, the poultry manure is all right,
but spread it sparingly. I remember
that some six or seven years ago I
had a pen of big Light Brahmas, and
in order to keep them separate from
the Langshans for breeding I made
a little yard and enclosed therein a
young pear tree. Just outside of the
fence were other trees, just the same.
The old hens used to pass much of
their time by sitting under that
little tree for shade. They did not
scratch much, but how that tree grew
that summer was a caution. I be-
lieve it grew three or four times as
much as the others. It was remark-
able. Now there is two reasons. One
is the manure, and the other, and by
far the most important is the fact
that the breathing pores of the under
side of the leaves took in a_ great
amount of plant food from the breath
of the chickens that went up through
the leaves. Thus you see plants and
poultry go well together. Yes, to be
sure, the turkeys and the cabbage
seem to do well, or rather the turkeys
do up the cabbage. On a farm don’t
fence up the poultry, but fence up the
garden. The chickens will destroy
many insects, furnish plenty of eggs
and lots of things. Don’t think be-
cause biddy don’t score 98 she does
not deserve your friendship and care.
The ten color hen is often nearly as
profitable as the “up there.’’ None of
them can live on wind or roost on the
fence always. Befriend your friends,
the chickens.

JAMES PEARSON.
Germantown, Neb.

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GRADING |————
FLOCK ~ [SEE

One engaged in any business, if in-
terested in the work and alive to his
or her own interest, feels disappointed

and discouraged if the close of each
year does not show that progress has
been made.

This ambition stimulates to the
bending of every energy of brain and
hand that its accomplishment may be
possible, and it is with much satis-
faction and self-congratulation that
one sees the realization of this de-
sire.

In poultry culture every earnest,
successful breeder feels this spirit of
progress within, and all the planning
and every day’s work is a consequence
of this desire.

Seldom, at the close of one season,,
does the breeder’s flock show char-
acteristics and qualities exactly as was
possessed by the flock of the previous
season. I say seldom, simply because
others may have witnessed such an
equality, but in my own experience I
never have. If the flock, as a whole,
does not show marked improvement,
deterioration is plainly discernible.
Breeders “‘grade up” their flock every
year that the desired improvement
may be attained, and not only is this
“grading up’ practiced by small
breeders, beginners and amateurs, but
by the successful, long-time breeders
as well, whose fowls, to the inexperi-
enced eye, appear already perfect in
quality. Systematic grading up con-
sists in a careful selection of the birds
possessing finest quality or marked
points of excellence, because of which
they approach most nearly the perfect
fowl as portrayed in the Standard of
Perfection, and retaining these birds
for next season's breeding pens. Often
has it been demonstrated that “like
produce like,” and such being nature’s
law, the parent stock must be fine
in quality if the young birds show
excellence in form, plumage and gen-
eral characteristics. Perhaps the be-
ginner, of only a season or two in
poultry raising, may have a flock that
are pure-blooded or thoroughbred
fowls, and yet, when compared with
the standard birds of same breed or
variety, they fall so far short of the
acknowledged requirements of their
particular breed that there is very lit-
tle satisfaction or pride in the pos-
session of such a flock. They may be
thoroughbred and still be culls, with
defects so marked that the prosperous
breeder would, if the birds belonged

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to him, doom them to the hatchet
and the block. But beginners in poul-
try culture cannot always afford to
purchase the very best stock for the
foundation of their flock, and so
sometimes feel as if second-rate or in-
ferior fowls must answer. Looking
upon such a flock, do not be utterly
discouraged and give up the business,
but set your teeth hard and with a
determination to have a flock much
better in quality another season. Go
to work inearnest, without any loss of
time, for now is the best time to
commence your work for improvement
in the quality of your birds.

Take your Standard of Perfection,
the poultry breeder’s guide (if you
have not one, get it without delay),
take your biddies, one at a time, and
section by section, compare them with
the description of the Standard’s per-
fect bird. Of course they will none
of them very closely approach per-
fection, but some will be mush better
than others, and perhaps some will
have disqualifying defects. Select only
the first, even if very few in number,
and reject the last, even if half the
flock, and keep these best for your
breeding pens the coming season.
Study the advertisements of reliable
breeders of the breed or variety of
your fowls, and write to one of these
breeders that you feel you can trust,
explaining fully your plan for the
bettering of your flock, telling of the
most glaring defects of the females,
and ask this breeder to send you a
male to head your pen the coming sea-
son. If a beginner, it is much better
to trust to the greater poultry wisdom
and experience of an old-time breeder
than to use your own judgment in
making a selection. Do not be fright-
ened if the price far exceeds your idea
of the value of a single bird, but re-
member this bird is half your pen,
and console yourself with the thought
that you are doing your best to be-
come a progressive breeder, and hope,
work and watch for the great improve-
ment in next season’s flock. This sys-
tem of grading up the flock should be
practiced every fall; that is, a selec-
tion of the most choice specimens of
hens and pullets should be retained
for the coming season's breeding pens,
and if no desirable male is found in
the home flock to head the pen, send
for one as first advised. Certainly it
is more preferable that the founda-
tion stock should be as near perfec-
tion as possible, but as it takes a
nice sum of money to buy such fowls,
many of our beginners may look may
look with longing eyes upon such de-
sirable birds, but must be content
with others—thoroughbreds, yet lack-
ing in quality, perhaps culls from the

same yards that contained the mue
desirable fowls. It is to encourage
such beginners that I advise this grad-
ing up, which patiently and persever-
ingly practiced, season after season,
will satisfy and delight you with its
final results. MATTIE WEBSTER.
Belmont Wis.

I have though perhaps my experience
with raising chickens would help some
other women to raise them without
hens, as I have done. I have not been
able to have an incubator and brooder,
so I have hatched chickens under hens
every years; then I raise them by
hand. I take a box that I can carry
around and fix it so one side is six
inches higher than the other and put
a window sash on it. I keep my chicks
in that until they are three weeks
old before I let them on the ground.
I put in some sand and earth and fine
trash from the hay mow; I take them
out of the box every night into a
basket that has a piece of woolen
stuff in it and cover them up warm.
I have better success raising them in
this way than with hens. If it is cold
and cloudy I set a jug of hot water
in with them. This year I had one
bunch of forty-eight and raised forty-
four of them. They are fine, healthy
birds; of course, this is more work
than a regular brooder would be, but
I have learned to do a good many
things for the comfort of my chicks
without buying expensive things: but
thanks to my fowls I expect tc use a
good incubator and brooder next year.

Wishing every one success in poul-
try for next year.

NANCY WATSON.

Delaware Poultry association, Dela-
ware, Ohio, will hold their first show
at Delaware, Ohio, November 26 to 29,
1901. President, C. C. Reed; secretary,
H. D. Courter; treasurer, S. S. Blair;
judge, S. B. Lane.

This is one of the largest county
poultry associations in the state, hav-
ing over 200 members, and there is
no reason why they will not have the
largest local show in the state. Their
catalogue will be ready for distribu-
tion soon,

SEND IN SHOW NEWS.

Yes, our columns are open to the
secretaries of any and all shows and
you are free to use them to boom
your shows. We will print full reports
of any and all shows where the as-
sociations take interest enough in their
shows tc send in the reports and items
of interest with list of awards. This
paper is your paper. See to it that
your secretary is aware of this fact.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Cora A. Richards, Ogden, Utah.—
Dear Madam: I read your article in
the poultry paper and take the liberty
to write you whether you know any
drawbacks in poultry raising in Seat-
tle. There are so many ranches offered
for sale, I am somewhat suspicious.
Any information will be greatly ap-
preciated. Respectfully,

Cc. E. TUCKER.

In answer to the above one can learn
of success and failure in the same
town. The right kind of climate is
a great aid to successful poultry cul-
ture.

We have heard through parties who
had poultry in Seattle that it was much
harder to make a success with poul-
try on account of so much damp, rainy
weather. Here in Utah the climate is
very favorable for successful poultry
culture, prices for eggs always good
and price of wheat very reasonable,
being less as a rule than most places
in the east. The great Salt Lake be-
ing only about eleven miles distant,
and the mountains three miles, gives
pure air that is considered very
healthy, our winters are mild, do not
have much snow or rain, not as much
as we used to have in Iowa and Ne-
braska in the spring and fall.

When a man cleans out his chicken
house once a week, or as often as is
necessary through the winter time, he
says his chickens are supplied with
fresh dirt, and they are, but the only
advantage it is to the chickens is that
it helps to promote cleanliness and
gives them a chance to scratch, but he
probably does not stop to solve the
problem far enough, for he must re-
member that earth has life the same
as a person or animal, but on a differ-
ent principle.

Earth has life the same as all living
animals and birds, and without it no
creature could live, as it requires life
to produce life. It is only living ob-
jects of the animal and _ vegetable
kingdom that can produce it, and it
is the same with earth or dirt, from
which all human beings, animals and
vegetables are fed. If earth is taken
from the ground (or in its natural
state) and is placed in barrels or
chicken houses, it becomes stagnant
or dead, and not even a louse will live
in it,

The cffect that chicken droppings or
manure has on life, earth or the open
ground, is that it will cause the land

to become so rich and of such a na-
ture that it will breed angle worms,
also start up tender blades of grass
to feed the grasshoppers and other
living insects, which will be meat for
the chickens and will promote life and
cause them to grow to be strong and
healthy; but if droppings are deposit-
ed on dead earth, or that which is
placed in the chicken houses, if the
utmost care is not taken, disease will
be the result, or lice will breed in
fast numbers and destroy the life of
the chicken.

To sum up the whole thing in a
few lines, chickens, to be raised in
winter time, should have the privilege
of the open ground, where every neces-
sary of the open ground can be offered
them.

The next thing of special im-
portance is pure, wholesome fresh
air and moisture also; and I want to
expressly impress upon your minds
that wholesome air wants to contain
a great deal of moisture and of the
right kind, too.

We know that plants and vegetables
that are raised artificially in green-
houses or hot beds, require moisture,
as they are constituted principally of
water, and they must have it in order
that they may expand and be vigorous
and healthy, and the reason that it is
so is that where air is applied arti-
ficially by the use of furnaces and
stoves, that it becomes of such a dry
nature that, unless they were watered,
they wculd soon wither and die; but
where they are raised in the open
ground they do not, in most cases, re-
quire io be watered or they seldom
obtain it, as they receive moisture
enough from the ground as well as
what is in the air.

Chickens do not require near the
amount of moisture that plants or veg-
etables do, hence a wet climate is not
good. While water promotes and ad-
vances life to the vegetables, if used
in the same manner in the brooding
houses by sprinking the water on the
surface of the dirt, it would be de-
structive and destroy the lives of the
chickens, as there would be such damp-
ness that it would cause all kinds of
disastrous diseases, as well as breed
lice by the thusands. ’

Where chickens are confined to
brooders or buildings that are heated
by furnaces or stoves and are thus
confined to dry, close air, it has a

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tendency to cause the bones and mus-
cles to become contracted and stunt
or stop the progress of the chicken
to a certain extent.

Where chickens have their liberty of
the open ground, with the natural
moisture from the air and earth, it
causes their bones and muscles to ex-
pand, und they have every advantatge
that can be offered them in this di-
rection for being strong, vigorous and
healthy chickens.

The next and last thing of special
importance is heat,

Heat is something that is not to be
trifled with for it is one of the prin-
cipal formations of all animal and veg-
etable life, and with anything of so
tender a nature as chickens and early
vegetables the greatest care must be
applied, and it is a well known fact
that vegetables grown in the open
ground are stronger in nature and far
superior to those grown in hot beds,
and it is the same with chickens, for
the less artificial heat that is applied
to them and the more natural heat of
the warm sun’s rays and having the
privilege of the open, ground, the
stronger and healthier they will be,
and the faster they will grow.

Heat promotes the life of chickens
just as much as the food they eat, or
the water they drink, and they must
have it. It makes all the difference in
the world how heat is applied to them,
but it is not a complicated matter or
hard work to determine whether one
climate would be more favorable than
another. We know that severe frost
and cold of some climates in winter
means much artificial heat to rear win-
ter chickens.

Our cwn experience has been that
February, March and April chickens
thrive best, for at that time we have
it so that the little fellows can come
out oy. the natural earth for awhile.
Sheds can be arranged so as to keep
them free from snow or such ground
space as will give chickens access to
sunshine and outdoor earth.

Dry sand in sacks we have put away
for winter use and for the early
broods, but we have found it advisable
to arrange for the outside ground as
well and see that it-is spaded up and
left in a live condition for the early
spring peepers.

We do not neglect the fall work, for
it may mean success for the next
season. Without clean, dry quarters
one need not expect to have success
in any branch of poultry culture.

The hens and pullets are carefully
selected; what is wanted for next
year’s breeders. These are kept with a
view to making the best profits for us,
and if we do not make them comfort-

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able and do the best we can for them,
we may be the loser by not having the
breeding stock in condition to lay the
eggs that will hatch the profitable
chickens, as the parent stock must
never be neglected. Hence it will be
necessary for the beginner to prepare
ahead, and even now look to it that
he is getting ready for next season’s
brood of chickens.

After chickens have been in broop
coops cr roosting in trees it is some-
times a hard matter to break young
stock of this habit. Freqeutnly the
chickens remain in such quarters un-
til snow comes and covers the earth
as well as the chickens in the trees.

Fall rains, great changes in the
weather from heat to cold is not sup-

posed to promote the health of
neglected poultry.
We all desire to make money.

if we work, to do a part of the work
well, and then from needed care allow
the profits to come up on the wrong
side of the ledger it is the way those
who claim chickens don’t pay do it.

At this time one should haye com-
fortable houses provided for the young
stock, houses built on good dry soil,
set up a little so the ground will drain
off each way, as clay or such soil as
holds dampness, loads of fine gravel
should be hauled.

The average farmer who has thought
very little about chickens may say,
“Bother the hen!’”’ she has made her
living around the barn and can con-
tinue to do so. The same farmer,
however, may have a good stable for
the horses and cows. The stable is
well cleaned every day for the horses
and kept in fine condition.

There is nothing on the farm that
needs care more than poultry and noth-
ing that pays a better profit, counting
money and labor invested. Until peo-
ple understatnd that poultry demand
attention and are the equal of any of
the stock, they cannot be expected to
pay a handsome profit.

How many city people there are as
well as farmers who do not cull out
their stock; let cockerels and pullets
run together, the good and the poor
specimens. Some may understand me
as meaning poor in flesh. It is the
best specimens of the kind that should
be saved; the disqualified birds as a
rule should be culled out, if our reader
knows what that means.

A Brown Leghorn, for instance, who
has white under color, such a bird is
not worth keeping for breeding pur-
poses. If one wants to improve his
stock in standard qualities, such a
pullet may lay as well.

We receive many letters asking how

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

White can be bred out of the Brown
Leghorn. We suggest breeding it by
selecting birds as free from it as far
back as possible. Young chickens may
show white feathers and moult them,
and when the last plumage comes
score up. We would not advise cull-
ing the stock so close if handling
thoroughbred stock to sell or show;
one may get deceived, as a friend once
sold a bird cheap on account of a very
poor comb. Later this same bird won
over the former owner’s stock in
the show room.

It is the finest thing in the world
to interest one who loves poultry to
raise exhibition birds.

Thousands of people have only an
eye to the fresh eggs and a few chick-
ens for home use; whether it is many
or few it pays to keep only the best.
A yard of good size should be made
for the cockrels and these put up and
fed on considerable corn to make fat
for market. The pullets then have
more oom to do much better. Their
main feed should be wheat, ground
bone and all the green food necessary.
If it is convenient have them where
they can have a grass run. Alfalfa is
the best of anything for green food,
as it can be cut three times in summer
and grow until winter, and when the
snow melts green leaves peep out of
the ground. It would pay to raise it
in the east as well as in the
west. People have visited our place
from ithe east who had never seen
alfalfa before. The roots run down in
the ground so far that after a few years
even in a country like this where
irrigation is necessary, it don’t need
it. We have a field of it that has not
been irrigated for eight years. We
have it cut fine in summer and put it
away for winter use.

The Leghorn that is bred right is
not so inclined to take on fat as the
Plymouth Rock or large breeds of
poultry. We would keep all pullets in
a nice thriving condition by affording
plenty of range on large yards.

Mashes made of the different ground
grains, such as ground corn, oats and
bran, fed on clean boards, or better
still, a trough, which every one ought
to feed soft feed in. We advise wheat
in the morning and mashes at night
or as the last feed.

The pullets if put in comfortable
quarters and handled right and are the
right kind of stock will soon give re-
turns in eggs when eggs are high. But
dont’ think for one minute the neglect-
ed pullet, crowded in a brood coop, left
until the last thing and until it gets
distemper or some other ailment, is
going to give satisfactory returns.

Many a breeder, even now, has the

nouses all cleaned thoroughly and
some of the poultry yards plowed and ~
sowed to rye.

We are acquainted with a lady who
hatched one thousand chickens by an
incubator; six hundred have died from
lack of proper care. The showing was
fine, there was plenty of room, but
fences were put up to fence in the little
fellows so as to crowd the chickens be-
yond reason.

Why have chickens more than can
be given proper care and proper food?

So many people start out in the
spring with a view to hundreds of
chickens—some thousands—when they
have no idea what such a number re-
quire.

Peoeple should plan for sufficient
yard and house room, also consider the
grain and food it will take to bring
the stock to maturity.

The pullets do not commence to lay
until September, October and Novem-
ber and unless cared for right will not
do so then.

CORA RICKARDS.

Ogden, Utah.

PIGEONS AT THE STATE SHOW.

At a meeting of the board of man-
agers of the Nebraska State Poultry
association the, board made provision
for an exhibit of pigeons at the an-
nual show to be held in Lincoln, Jan-
uary 21 to 27, at the Auditorium.
Since that time John Haman of To-
peka, Kan., has been secured to judge
the pigeons, and as Mr. Haman is
one of the best judges in the United
States of these beautiful pets, it is
safe to say that this attraction will
be worth the going of many miles to
see. No one who is not acquainted
with the vast amount of money paid
for pigeons every year could hardly
believe themselves. It is enormous.
Remember that this attraction at the
State Fair will be up-to-date and
worth seeing. L. P. HARRIS,

Pres. Neb. State Poultry Ass’n.

The Delaware County Poultry and
Pet Stock association has been organ-
ized with over 200 members. They
will give their first annual exhibition
November 26, 27, 28 and 29. They
have selected as poultry judge S. B.
Lane of Spiceland, Ind. The officers
are C. C. Reid, president; H. O. Cour-
ter, secretary; S. S. Blair, treasurer;
Amost Glover, G. L. Stayman, F. B.
Karl, executive committee. Many
good special cash premiums will be
given. The success of the exhibition
is assured. Any information desired
will be cheerfully furnished by either
the president or secretary. The cat-
alogue will be issued about October 1.

AMONG OURSELVES

Velma Caldwell-Melville.

And now it is the Investigator!
We like the name; it sounds busi-
ness like, and if there is a subject that
will bear investigation it is that of
poultry raising. Of course, there are
fanciers whose methods will not bear
the searchlight of truth, and whose
practices are shady, to say the least;
parties whose consciences allow them
to pull off-colored feathers and other-
wise attempt to deceive; but such peo-
ple are not numerous; indeed, we be-
lieve as a class there is none more
honest than the fancier; and as for the
business itself, it is straight, and the
more we learn of it the better pleased
we are with it.

Our ecwn start on this ‘“fortune’s
highway” (?) was the purchase of a
hen—she was nothing but a hen—and
nine chickens. We made the invest-
ment during the temporary absence of
the other one—our better-half, you
understand—and on his return had
them domiciled in a barrel of straw.
Almost immediately we added to our
possessions by the purchase of a sit-
inting hen and eonugh eggs to set
her up in housekeeping in another bar-
rel. And between those barrels we
vibrated, dreaming golden dreams; no
thought of up-to-date poultry houses,
incubators, brooders or any other mod-
ern paraphernalia of the poultry busi-
ness disturbed our serenity; we en-
joyed those chickens, dowdy little
mongrels as they were, as we could not
now enjoy a pen of birds worth fifty
dollars. Our next venture was the
Black Langshans—beautiful birds they
were, with their glossy plumage and
fine carriage. They were excellent
layers until over accumulation of fat
induced death on the nests.

Somewhat discouraged, we went out
of the business for a time, beginning
again with the Black Hamburgs. Oh,
but that was an experience. We make
pets of every living thing, but we defy
anybody to make pets or even “pass-
ing acquaintance” of that bird. The
moment one .f us appeared at the
gate of the run we were greeted by
a chorus of unearthly shrieks and a
terrible rustle of wings, and the
lot—a male and a dozen hens—
flew to the remotest and highest point
in the hen house. If we followed, the
cries and wild dashing of bodies
against anything and everything was,
to say the least, disconcerting, and
again we went out of business.

The Barred Rock came in next and

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there was no excuse for complaint save
they grew so fat and their eggs came
to lack fertility; then we adopted the
White Rock, and the White Rock it is,
just right in size, flavor of flesh, a
bird easy to dress for table use, a per-
fect beauty, tame, friendly, prolific
layers, good mothers, good sellers,
either as market or tancy fowl—whal
more carn mortai ask?

For all its blue blood, the White
Rock is a healthy bird, and, with
decent care,~an all winter egg pro-
ducer. As much, however, can be said
of most birds, and we hold that the
poultryman who does not get eggs all
the year around has himself to blame
for it. Of course, not all the hens can
lay all the time, but there should be
some of them laying all the time.

Why not plan for this by encourag-
ing early moulting as well as by hav-
ing pullets of different ages coming on
all the while? And then the hens—
we like two and even three year old
hens, a good sized pen of them. They
lay oftimes when the capricious pul-
let will do nothing but parade her
rose colored comb and sing the latest
popular songs of Hendom, and they
will sit when you don’t want them to,
of course, but sometimes when you
do. ;

As the autumn and winter comes on
we hope the Investigator will give no
uncertain sound on the subject of
“Winter Care of Poultry.” Never, un-
til the rank and file of chicken folk
provide warm, well ventilated quar-
ters, feed a well balanced ration and
intelligently fight vermin, will the
profits of the poultry business assume
anything like a proper magnitude.

We are not afraid to venture the
assertion that they are not one-half
what they ought to be or will be when
chickens are treated—well, humanely.
There is enough vitality sucked out
of many flocks every night by mites
to, if properly utilized, fill the egg
basket once or twice a week.

Plenty of people say they have no
mites, at least they never see any.
Try rumaging about among your birds
at night, handling them and the roosts
pretty freely, and then see if there are
not almost unseeable little specks on
your hands, or on your clothes, if they
are light colored. Or, even in the day,
lay white cloths where the chickens
roost and then examine them. We
once, in buying sitting hens, became
thoroughly infected with the pests be-
fore we knew it, one fine white hen
dying before her term of incubation
was over, literally devoured, so far as
blood and vitality were concerned, by
the red mites. Lice have no terror for
us compared with these. Persian In-

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sect Powder will set the lice to route,
but the mites, oh!

There are simple methods for ex-
termination, however, but it means
eternal vigilance. Thoroughly im-
mersing roosts and dropping boards, in
fact every part of the premises, with
boiling water is a cheap and reason-
ably sure method of getting rid of
them, but the operation must be oft
repeated. Then there is kerosene—not
so cheap, but efficacious if oft repeated
and thoroughly used. For those living
where they can get cedar boughs, a
strong tea made from them will ex-
terminate any vermin. If there are
other or better remedies we hope to
hear of them through these columns.

Herein lies one strong argument in
favor of the incubator; vermin do not
go with it. The poor little chicks are
not born with a heritage of lice and
mites all ready to enter into.

For ourselves we are going to test
the virtues of the wooden hen the
coming season “for all that she is
worth.”’

One of our hobbies is raising poultry
for market; someway we never expect
to raise any $100 birds for the trade,
though we have made fair profits on
those we have sold and are not in the
least discouraged along this line.

Only today we were reading of two
brothers who, six years ago, went into
the market poultry business. They
were within three or four miles of a
good sized town.

Their yearly sales were as follows:
In 1896, $750; in 1897, $1,229.49; in 1898,
$2,965.59; in 1899, $4,542.63; in 1900,
$5,062.08. We readily understand that
from such sales the profits must have
been very satisfactory.

These men only have six acres of
land; house room for 200 head of lay-
ing stock, and brooder room for 2,000
chicks.

Their sales were made by contract
with hotels and the like.

Even common market prices are not,
however, to be despised, but cne can
soon build up a reputation and trade
where he can regulate his prices for
himself.

“These men,” says the Practical
Farmer, “are at present getting 35
cents a pound for chickens, 30 cents
for ducks and 28 cents a dozen for
eggs.”

Let us go and do somewhat like-
wise.

Dr. H. P. Clark of Indianapolis, Ind.,
is the publisher of a book entitled
“Rules of the Cock Pit.” It is a rec-
ognized authority on rules governing
this sport. Price, 25 cents. We will
send this book and the Poultry In-
vestigator one year for 25 cents,

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Not many days ago we visited the
yards of C. Rockhill of Harvard,
Neb. We found everything kept in
fine order. We also were convineed
that Mrs. Rockhill is a thorough fan-
cier and breeder of pure White Wyan-
dottes and has a fine lot of chicks
started that prcmise good. We also
admired her Buff Orpingtons, of which
she has a fine start. Mrs. Rockhill
can show a large string of blue rib-
bons she has won on her White Wy-
andottes.

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PLEASANT OUT DOOR WORK.

These pleasant days are just suited
for out door work, not too hot, nor
too cold, but just comfortable to ac-
complish the many little needs in and
around the poultry house, for pres-
ently it behooves every owner of live
stock of whatever kind to be prepared
for Jack Frost and those fierce wintry
blasts, and it is well “to make hay
while the sun shines.” Now is the
time to replace with new ones the
broken window panes, plaster up the
little crevices in the foundation of the
poultry house if they are built on one,
or if the house is old and boards full
of cracks it can be made comfortable
by covering with building paper, which
is not expensive, if nothing better can
be had use waste paper such a news-
papers, etc.; tack on the inside by
using lath or small bits of boards,
these will keep it in place better than
by tacking on the paper. Look closely
that all is comfortable about the house
that will add to the comfort of our
feathered pets,

Now let us think of a scratching
shed—almost a necessity to poultry
when Mother Earth is covered with
snow. It we can’t have one made with
boards, there are many other ways to
make them with very little expense.
Some use muslin, but I found that tore
so easily in our western country, so
I will give the readers of this journal
a description of hiw I made a scratch
shed in a few years. I admit it was
a description of how I made a scratch
the purpose for a scratch bed I would
have, although not a vistage of it re-
mians, for a new poultry house was
built in its place, but another one will
be made same as the old one if boards
are not forthcoming soon. I used three
posts, set them quite deep in the
ground; these made the _ corners
and a corner of the poultry house made
the fourth corner. To these posts I
nailed boards top and bottom, also
several on top full length of pen. I
was now ready for small boards of
all lengths that were laying around;
these were nailed top and bottom to
the long boards of pen, two feet apart,
or less if they were not extra strong.
I had one hundred feet of poultry net-
ting not in use which I stapeled to each
corner of pen, leaving what I did not
need to go around pen. When the
team was hitched to.the wagon I had
coarse hay hauled to the poultry yard
(as we don’t have straw). I then pro-
ceeded to finish my scratch shed by
firmly packing the hay all around the
pen, except th e south. With the re-
mainder of the netting I stretched back
as well as I could on the outside of
hay to keep it in place and nailed end

of netting to the poultry house. The
top was made from the same way,
only I did not use netting, using
weights to keep the hay in place.
Every day that it was too cold for
my fowls to be out of doors and ey-
ery day that the snow was too deep,
I turned my fowls in the scratch shed
where they were kept busy and warm
seratching in a deep carpet of hay for
the grain. I would scatter their sing-
ing and laying as though it were not
cold, and the owner was happy, too,
for I had made a scratch shed without
any expense or trouble to any one, for
I did all the work except to haul the
hay; for would you believe it, not all
men like poultry, except when they
can revel in fried chicken, and don’t
have time to fix necessaries for bid-
dy’s comfort. My shed not only was
used for winter but of use as shade in
summer by removing the hay from end
and side.

Well do I remember a lady once
said to me she “wouldn’t do such work
—it made her hands rought and
black”; such work was left for the
men if they had time, if not it went
undone. I admire all that is beau-
tiful, even to white, smooth hands, but
if mine are not kept white by the use
of mittens and at biddy’s expense, then
black my hands must be. ~

Every one with patience can make
poultry pay, but not simply by admir-
ing their beauty. IDA E. BARD.

Barred P. Rocks can be had of H.
B. Louden of Clay Center, Neb., that
are farm raised, strong and healthy
and bred from prize winning stock.
Louden knows how to breed Rocks
as well as red hogs.

Mrs. Flora Shroyer tells us she has
a fine trade this season in Buff Rocks,
Pekin ducks, and Toulouse geese.
Mrs. Shroyer spares no money in
getting good stock and has splendid
success in mating and rearing. Her
Buff Rocks are a sight to behold and
will set some of the old timers to
thinking when they meet her stock
in the show room. You will surely
find her there, too.

I remember several years ago when
I was at the State fair at Lincoln,
Neb., I noticed in one coop three ex-
tra large, extra fine Barred Plymouth
Rock chicks. They were beauties in
every particular and up to date. I
found on making inquiries that Mr.
Cc. F. Hinman of Friend, Neb., owned
them. It is needless to say they won
it all so far as the three could. I
have seen his birds several times since
in our best shows. They always get
a place, and deserve it, too.

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Buff Orpington Cock

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Mr. Bushell Says of Orpingtons.

The Buff Orpington is of large size, vigorous and hardy, of gentle disposition, and is a wonderfully
prolific layer. It is a symmetrical bird with fine carriage, color a soft even buff. body very compactwith
broad and deep breast, back short and oroad, legs short and heavy and free from feathers, ear lobes and
face red, comb medium size.

I imported some very fine females this spring from England, and have raised some splendid stock
from them. Iam importing now this fall from England, one Gold Buff Orpington cock bird 18 months
old. He is winner of three first, two second premiums aud championship for best bird in show room for
shape and condition. Also two spring cockerels, solid Buff birds, from two of the best breeders’ yards in
England- These birds are to mate up my own yards for next year’s breeding; also a pen of six pullets
and cockerels of solid buff color. ‘These birds, with what I have now in my yards, will put me in the best
possible shape to furnish eggs of the best possible stock of Buff Orpingtons that ever came to the
United States.

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Orpington Fowls

Tuos. H. Mitts.

Many of our readers have never
seen Orpingtons and many inquiries
are received every day asking what
they are like and in what respect
they differ from the Buff Rocks.
They are much like the Buff Rocks
in color, but are different in shape,
being shorter in length of body and
leg, more like Wyandottes in body
than Kocks. They have single
combs, red ears, white beak, pinkish
white legs, and paler eye than
Rocks. Insizethey are fully heavier
than Rocks. Cocks will weigh from
9to1l pounds; hens, 7 to 9 pounds;
cockerels, 8 to 10 and pullets, 6 to 8.
They are wonderful layers for a
large fowl. ‘They mature earlier
than Buff Rocks, and lay more eggs
in a year. During last winter we
had seven Rocks, nine Leghorns
and nine Orpingtons penned in one
house. They were fed alike and
cared for alike, and the pen of Or-
pingtons laid more eggs than the
other pens put together. ‘They were
just so much more profitable.

The breeds used in the make up of
the Orpingtons were Hamburgs,
Dork.ags and Buff Cochins. ‘They
hive the great laying qualities of
the Hamburg; the meaty qualities of
the Dorkings and the size and color
of the Buff Cochins. The object of
Mr. Cook in producing these beauti-
ful and wonderfully prolific fowls
was to make a combination of merit,
the product of which would be the
long sought “ideal general purpose
fowl.” ‘That he succeeded in a
wouderful degree is attested by all
who have given them atrial. The
first importations were made in
America in February, 1898, and were
followed in March and April by
other lots. ‘They stood the long and
trying sea voyage well and at once
commenced to shell out the eggs,
and their wonderful production was
an eye opener to their importers.
They have captured America by
storm, their merit winning them
thousands of stanch friends. Som
objected to their white legs,but after
a trial their objections were all gone.
They have merit which will break
down prejudice; money talks, and
Orpingtons are money makers from
start to finish. A fowl that can
make money like Orpingtons will
never go begging for friends.

Last week I received a copy of the
Home Garden, published at Moss
Vale, New South Wales. It is de-
voted to garden, fruit and poultry.
The editor contributes an article
under the head of Farm Poultry.
He advises farmers of Australia to
keep thoroughbred poultry. Fora
general purpose fowl he advises
Wyandottes and Orpingtons as the
best breeds. He says: “The Orping-
ton is a large bird and matures
quickly; they are good layers and
make splendid mothers. The Ply-
mouth Rock is also an excellent
breed when a good strain is kept
but we do not consider them ona
whole so good as the above mention-
ed.” This is a good testimonial for
our American Wyandottes and the

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Orpingtonus from far away Australia and shows
they can. adapt themselves to any climate and
conditions. So the Orpingtons have found
friends in all parts of the world. Mr, Cook has
exported a goodly number of them to Sonpth
Africa and New Zeland and has only good ac-
counts of them,

There is plenty of rooms for Orpingtons in
this country. The fowl that can make the
most dollars will win. Some obsolete varieties
or breeds will be dropped and the Orpingtons
will take their place. Some say the Orpington
can never become popular and attract attention
when Buff Rocks are so popular, but the num-
ber of Buff Rock breeders who Lave taken them
up or are taking them up, contradicts that
statement. Many breeders of Butt Rocks say

the Rocks are not in the run with the Orping-

tons at all. There is-room for both—lots ot
They will take the place of unpopular,

‘The fittest will survive.

room,

unprofitable breeds.
Poultry Gazette.

NEBRASKA SYATE POULTRY AS-
SOCIATION SEMI-ANNUAL
MEETING.

The meeting of the Nebraska State
Poultry association was held at Lin-
coln on the State Fair grounds
‘rhursday, September 5, in a tent near
the Poultry Hall on the Fair grounds.
Of the three hundred or more mem-
bers of the association there were

twenty-two present at roll call.

The report of special committees on
legislation appointed at the annual
meeting last January was considered.
Their special work was to secure the
passage of a law so as to have the
dates of holding the show come earlier
in the month, at the discretion of the
board of managers. The bill was
prepared and introduced in both the
senate and house. It passed the sen-
ate and was reported by several mem-
bers of the house to the effect that it
had passed, but upon investigation it
was found that it had been ‘“pigeon-
holed,” and lost sight of in the scram-
ble for senator. So there is no al-
ternative except to hold our show the
same as has been before—the third
Tuesday in January, which will be
the 21st to the 25th. The officers of
the association are very sorry it has
so happened, but it couldn’t be help-
ed, so must be endured, as to hold it
on any other date without a change
of the law regulating it would lose
us our appropriation of $1,000 an-
nually, and we cannot afford that by
any means.

The treasurer’s report was read and
showed cash on hand of $530.57.

The matter of a permanent building
for the state association on the fair
grounds was taken up and after some
discussion a committee was appointed
to draw plans and solicit subscrip-
tions and report the same to the state
association in January, 1902. The
members of this committee are
Messrs. Lemen of Lincoln, Osterhout
of David City and Mickel of Lincoln.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Some of Geo. B. Clary’s prize winners at Lincoln and Hebron, Nebr., 1901.

Several communications from
judges were read and referred to the
board of managers. On motion the
board of managers were instructed to
set aside $25 of the funds of the asso-
ciation to be used as premiums for
best display of eggs at next winter’s
show, to be given as board decides.

The meeting was harmonious and
pleasant, the interest shown was good
and the prospects for a big show are
brighter than ever before.

L. P. HARRIS.

Thinking my experience with the in-
cubator would be of some help, I will
write a little. I have always raised
chickens since a little girl from the old
biddy, and I thought with an incubator
I could do so much better, so
sent for one in April. Every even-
ing for two weeks I sent to the depot,
but to my great disappointment it did
not come. Then I sat down and in
a good-natured way roasted the com-
pany, and to my great horror found
out my dear husband had carried the
order in his pocket all that time. It
came, but too late for early chicks, and
I find one can’t work on the old plan.
It’s altogether new, and the hatching
is the easiest part, but the most es-
sential part is the brooder. It makes
no difference how hot the weather is,
it wants to be kept running and the
chicks brooded until they are six weeks
old; in fact, two brooders are needed
with every incubator.

I thought the brooder was too warm
and put the chicks in coops in the
daytime and in boxes at night, and
with all of my unnecessary hard work
lost over half of them. Handling
them is very much against the busi-

ness.. I am confident if I had stuck to
the brooder my losses would have been
small.

I have my incubator filled (200 ca-
pacity) that will hatch the 16th dav
of September, and if it would interest
any of the family, will let you know
my success with fall chicks, but I as-
sure you I will pay strict attention to
my brooder and feed, for I know the
Incubator will do its part if eggs and
care are all right.

VILLA HOLLENBECK.

Salix, Ia.

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AVOID MOISTURE
and DRAUGHTS

M. M. JOHNSON.
If we avoid moisture and draughts
we will then be rooting out a large per
cent of all the failures.

It is an impossibility to succeed un-
less we guard against damp, sour quar-
ters, and draughts through the coops
or houses. Poultry is like people to a
great extent, and we should not expect
poultry to do the best in unhealthy
coops or houses any more than we
should expect to grow fat there our-
selves. If poultry were kept dry and
comfortable the “chicken doctors”
would lose their jobs. Young chickens
kept in damp, sour places get the
bowel trouble; then the feed question
is up. If the little chicks are kept dry
and comfortable there is not so much
in the feed. For the reason that they
have bowel trouble we surmise that
some kind of feed has done the mis-
chief, when in fact bowel trouble is
about all the indications that we have
that the chick is sick. Piling up and
Sweating will bring it on; damp, sour
quarters will bring it on; getting wet
and chilling will bring it on, and feed-
ing them too soon after they are
hatched will bring it on, but four
times out of five the feed is blamed.
Of course, it will not do to load them
up with soft, sloppy feed, but if they
are kept comfortable the feed question
is not so important. So many get the
idea that the feed should be soft, an
idea growing out of “such little babies
having no teeth.” The chick’s craw is
for a purpose; it is a grinding mill,
and it’s on a line with nature for the
mill to work. Small seeds, cracked
grain and the like are nature's feed,
and they will do their own mixing if
water is handy.

I did not intend to make a “small
chick” lecture out of this, but damp,
sour quarters and the question of feed
get so mixed up that I thought calling
attention might do some good. With
grown fowls, damp quarters and
draughts bring on colds, and the con-
tinued exposure brings on roup, and
prolonged exposure makes them rot-
ten. I might say it brings on genuine
consumption and not misname it very
much. It debilitates the whole flock,
brings on cholera and bowel trouble—
in fact, it aggravates all temporary
ailments and steals the profits in poul-
try raising. Fowls have feathers to
protect them from cold, but are not
protected from dampness; their feath-
ers and body absorb the moisture. It’s
different with ducks; their feathers
are oily and water does not make them
so wet, but with hens we must keep
them dry to succeed at all. Bare

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

floors or board floors should be dry,
and as a precaution they should be
covered with dust; straw and chaff ab-
sorb moisture. Use anything that will
take up the moisture and leave the
hens dry. The old-fashioned straw
sheds never bred disease, were a great
place to breed lice and mites, but
otherwise it was a healthy place for
poultry.

Before long now we will be housing
our new crop of chicks. We should be
at it right now, and they should be
forced to take to the roosts. If we
let them pile up in boxes here and
there until winter is really here then
we will have trouble on our hands
with sneezes and colds, and possibly
the roup. They should be made to
roost before the nights get cold. If
you can’t make them take to the roosts
any other way pen them up in the
house. Turn in a pet pig or a pup; it
nothing else is handy put a cat or
some ducks in, anything that will
make the chicks want to get up out
of the way will answer the purpose.

Don’t kill them off with kindness by
making the house too close and warm;
gradually toughen them up for winter.
If we are careful to get them into cold
weather in a good, healthy condition
we need not fear the cold if we keep
them dry and away from the draughts.

M. M. JOHNSON.

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No better Stock
em ___ Raised.
I never have failed to win in

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C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska

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Partridge Cochins
Golden Sebright Bantams
Fancy Pigeons

I will close out my entire stock of Cochins.
None better. Atlow prices. hey have al-
ways won for me and will for you.

Wma. HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Neb.

oe) Rocks and
Cornish Indian Games.

8 years as breeders, 8 years as win-
ners in every exhibit where we ex-
hibited winning highest awards.

Stock for sale reasonable. Write,
COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
We have Quality and Quantity.

Farm raised prize winning
cheap for quality.
write us.

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.

"Silver Laced Wyandottes, White
Wyandottes, Buff Leghorns, Black
Leghorns and White ‘Pekin Ducks.
First class birds forsale. Mrs. Willie
E. Tibbitts, Imperial, Neb.

stock,
If you want Rocks

Cornish and White Indian Games.
Stock for Sale.
J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr.

Eli-Fli Chaser...

The Man’s money saver. The animal's
friend. Try it once—Have it always. Guar-
anteed. Yourstables and stock freed from
the summer pests a a cost of less than 5 cts.
per month. Cheap, Safe, Effectiveis Eli-Fli
Ohaser. For $1 00 enough liquid for 10 cows
15 days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart
for liquid alone. Address,

The Vail Seed Co, 150 N. Delaware
St., Indianapolis.
Rperial price on 5 gallon cans.

A, J. WI LLIAMS,

io..Breeder of....

Silver & Colden Sebright,
White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red
Came BANTAMS; Belgian
Hares, White Rats, Cavies.

Write for Prices.

CLAY CENTER, NEB.

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR
when answering advertisements. It
will accommodate both the advertiser
and us.

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Probably a little talk on asbestos

will be as interesting as anything

else I could write about this morning,
as it is entering so largely into the
manufacture of the things we use in
the poultry business and is so useful

in many other forms about the prem-
ises.

It is described as a fibrous mineral
and one of nature’s unique product-
tions. In the illustration of it in its
natural state it looks like a piece of
petrified wood with little fibrous par-
ticles curling down and away from it
on all sides. “It is found in various
parts of the world, usually in nar-
row veins or seams, and when treated
mechanically it yields a soft, white,
delicate and exceeding strong fibre,
which can be spun, woven or otherwise
manufactured into many useful arti-
cles.” It is fire proof, as many of you
know, for there is scarcely a household
but what has one of those round mats
for putting on the stove, under the
preserving kettle, but it is also acid
proof, and is practically indestructi-
ble.

It is made into numberless articles;
into cloth for covering hot pipes of
all sorts, into cement for meding all
sorts of heated iron surfaces, and is
also made into what is called the as-
bestine cold water weather proof
paint.

We used in the cement in stopping
leaks in the hot water pipes in our
sectional brooder. These pipes are the
common black iron tubing and will not
take solder. They spread apart in
places at *he seams and one of our
hardware men worked faithfully for
half a day trying to stop the leaks
with solder, first pounding the seams
as near together as possible. He said
the only way to mend black pipe was
to cut the “leak” out and put in a
new piece of piping. We wrote to the
firm which makes these brooders and
they said practically the same thing.
We wrote to two big firms, who have
everything you “want or use,” ask-
ing them if they had anything for
mending pipes in the condition our
were in, but their answer was also
practically the same, but when the
harware man above mentioned gave
up and was about to start for home,
I asked him if he did not have some
kind of iron cement in his store; I
had read about it somewhere. The
thought struck him; yes, he said, they
had, and he believed it would be the
very thing. They had so little call

POULTRY. INVESTIGATOR.

for it that he had entirely forgotten
about having it in the store. We got
some of it, which is called asbestos
cement, and spread it over tne leaks.
Now on a hot dry surface it would
have hardened instantly and nothing
else would have been needed, but we
could not get the pipes hot without
the hot water flow through them, and
just as soon as the water pressure
started it forced the cement out of
the larger leaks. On these we placed
pieces of the roll felt and wrapped
them with twine. I think there were
six leaks altogether. We held the
flame of a lamp under two of them
and hardened the cement. When it
was once hard it was like the iron
itself.

The cement is made of asbestos fi-
bre and cementing material which is
fire and acid proof, and the hotter the
surface to which it is applied the bet-
ter the work can be done. It comes
already prepared and a one pound can
costs 25 cents.

The roll fire felt comes in rolls like
cloth. It is thirty-six inches wide

Shows tail, back and wing of C. F, Hinman’s
B. P. Rock. a prize winner.

and in different thicknesses, from very
think to one-fourth of an inch thick.
The kind we used was the thinnest
and is about six cents per square foot.
It is made entirely of asbestos and is
used most generally for covering hot
pipes to keep the heat in and to keep
the apartment, say like a furnace in
the cellar, from being overheated. It
cuts like cloth with the scissors, but
will not tear, but there is now on the
market an asbestos pipe covering
which would have suited our case ex-
actly, but we did not know of it then.
It comes in lengths of three feet, and
is for cold pipes, also for low pressure
and for high pressure steam. The
materials used are a little different for
each use. For high pressure the ma-
terials are carbonate of magnesia and
asbestos fibre. Outside of this there is
a canvas covering, held in place by
metal bands. While this is not given
as an article for mending leaks, yet
I feel pretty certain that it would have
answered our purpose very well. For
a one-inch pipe like ours it would cost

about 75 cents for the outfit.

One more article in the line of as-
bestos for poultry people and I will
stop and this is the cold water paint,
of which you see so much mention in
the papers. We painted our hen house
with it over a year ago and it is all
right yet. It comes in the form of a
powder and can be had in black, white
or several different colors. White is
the cheapest and black the costliest.
We got the white for the body color
of the house and one of the colors
for the strips. I don’t know the
names of the colors, as they go by
numbers. The color we_ selected
would be a cross between a red and
a brown. The contrast, I think, is
very tasty. We bought five pounds of
the white powder at 1 cents per pound
and another pound of color for the
strips. The color we selected was also
10 cents, making 60 cents for the
paint. The white powder covered 300
square feet of smooth surface (planed
pine boards), two coats. It was mixed
with cold water simply, not a particle
of oil. Five pounds is said to be
enough for one gallon of paint. We
made a little more than that out of
ours.

To the farm woman who likes to
see things tidied up and has not the
necessary cash to keep pace with her
tastes, this asbestine paint is exactly
what she wants. It dries more quick-
ly than oil paints, and is not any
harder to put on. I painted our hen
house myself, mixed the paint and put
it on, and painted the strips before
putting them up. I painted another
hen house with oil paint. It had
more surface to paint over than this,
so I know what I am talking about
I have also mixed and put on a good
many hundred square feet of white-
wash in the years I have been in the
hen business. The asbestine paint is
almost as cheap as whitewash, and it
won’t scale or rub off. It isn’t as hard
to mix as lime wash, but is a littl
harder to mix than oil paint, because
it has to be mixed slowly, and it
mixes up considerably like batter
cakes, and is a little tough at first
until thinned down to the proper con-
sistency, but it still has this tendency
of hanging together which makes it
easy to spread and not splatter about
like either oil paint or whitewash.
Yours for conveniences and looks this
time. MRS. MAY TAYLOR.

Hale, Mo., Lock Box 176.

If you want Rose Comb White Leg-
horns that are bred to the standard
and that will win for you, look up
the advertisement of J. E. Reivelt of
Tripp, S. D. He has what you want.

NOTES FROM OUR MINNESOTA
VISIT.

We have recently had the pleasure of
a visit in southwestern Minnesota,
Lyon county. I did not meet as many
of the ‘‘chicken people” as I would
like to have met. A morning walk lo-
ated the poultry yards in that part
of, town. When I came back and
asked about who lived in such a house
I was told they did not keep chickens;
those people were some of the society
folks. But I was familiar enough
with poultry yards to know one when
I saw it. A few mornings later a
lady called. She told mother she
heard there was a chicken woman vis-
iting her, and she wanted to meet her.

I afterwards visited her and had a
closer view of her yards than I had
gained from the sidewalk. I found
a@ woman something after my own
fashion, who could go from the poultry
yards to the paint easel and do both
with credit. She has a_ beautiful
home, is a woman of culture, and has
taken up the poultry business because
she likes “biddies,’ and for the out-
door exercise it will give her. There
is lots of care and not very clean
work about our poultry yards, but I
found this woman could get right
around after it just as well as I can.
She can even take hammer and nails
and build coops, for she said when
she done it herself she had it just the
way she wanted it. She was still run-
ning her incubator, and was going to
turn the surrey room into a brooder
room for those late chicks. Our
chicken women are not all found
among the farm wives and poorer
classes.

We drove about thirty miles one
way, and about twenty another. In
those drives we kept watch for pure-
bred poultry. We saw a larger per
cent of Black Langshans, that we
thought were pure, than any other
breed. One farm we passed showed
more improvements in poultry yards
than in any of the other farm building.
There was a very good start of White
Plymouth Rocks and some Barred
Rocks, but there were some mongrels
that spoiled the looks of the place.
Had I been alone I would have stopped
and had a talk with that farm wife,
but the rest of the crowd did not be-
long to the “chicken people,” so we
did not stop.

In our drives we noticed more White
Holland turkeys than any others, and
pretty well bred ones, too. Minnesota
is a good poultry country. Where so
much wheat is raised the poultry
find their share and full egg baskets
is the result.

Those immense wheat fields with the
stray wheat heads and good crop of

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

grasshoppers that always go with
them cannot help but put those
turkeys in fine trim for Thanksgiving.
MRS. C, A. BLANCHARD.
Friend, Neb.

BUFF LEGHORNS.

Every farmer and every breeder of
poultry have their favorite breeds, but
we think you will allow that no breed
has risen to such popularity in so short
a time as the Buff Leghorn, and no
breed is better adapted as a general
purpose fowl.

In almost every poultry journal we
read of some one, who has been in this
business for a long time, and who has
always made a specialty of one or two
breeds, adding to their list Buff Leg-
horns, and who can blame them? It is
a breed that finds favor wherever
known, and is a fine addition to any
yard.

They are of the Leghorn class, which
has long been called the best all pur-
pose fowl for broiler, farmer and fan-
cier. For the breeder because they
grow rapidly, make plump broilers,
have yellow legs and no dark or black
pin feathers. For the farmer because
they are great layers and a fine table
fowl, and the fancier can find satisfac-
tion and pleasure in developing their
fine qualities. And they have that
color which meets with so much ap-
proval everywhere. What looks nicer
upon a lawn than a nice flock of Buffs?
You attend an exhibition and no class
attracts more attention or it more ad-
mired than the Buff Leghorns.

Let us take better care of our birds,
let us cull our stock more carefully
and more closely, and let us take great-
er pains in mating our breeding pens,
and we will certainly receive results
that will more than pay us for our
work. We will thus develop the fine
qualities of this beautiful and useful
breed more rapidly.

GEO. S. BARNES.

Battle Creek, Mich.

-- POULTRY ..

OLENTANGY «yarns...

CHAS. C. Reip. Manager.

DELEWARE, OHIO

Barred Plymouth Rocks
Ruff Cochin Bantams
Gornish Indian Games

Stock in breeding pens score trom 91 to 9542.
Send for circular.

e
o ve
Bargains
in Buff Wyandottes, line bred
(Brey’s Strain) 4 and 4% grown.
Extra selected for exhibition

and breeding. 4 pullets and 1
cockerel only $10.00.

JOHN BREY, Specialist,Neola,la.

Aeaenenananae

I will exchange

Belgian Hares
for
White Wandotte Pullets
I have also some fine

LIGHT BRAHMA HENS

for Sale.

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Good ones,

Address, Mrs. Hattie Byfield,
McCook,

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5 Raha

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1901.

1892.
Mammoth Strain
Light B’s and Bronze Turkeys. Win-

ners in America’s leading shows of
hundreds of prizes in my own and
customers’ hands. The ‘Common
Sense’”’ remedies for poultry are ‘‘per-
fection’? when properly used. Chol-
era Cure kills all disease germs and
makes blood, bone and feather. Hun-
dreds of poultrymen claim they are
making poultry breeding easy and
practical by their use. A sample of
either fora dime. 11b can post paid
for 50c. Yours for success,

MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Quarles, Mo.

For the next sixty days I will

LOOK! sell my fine Barred Plymouth

® Rocks Cockerels and Pullets at

one half price as I have sold my place. I

have some fine large March and April Cock-

erels now ready toship and will guarantee
satisfaction with eyery sale.

L. D. GREEN, Red Oak, la.

BUFF WYANDOTTES,

EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff
Wyandottes are bred from
best strain obtainable and
inline. We breed the pure
golden Buff, not the dark
red. Vhey’re prize winners,

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb

Chester White Hogs forsale

Rosecomb White Leghorns.

For sale, Ist cockrel St. Paul, Febru-
ary 1901 and nine one year old hens,
score 92% to 94%, by Russell, for $15.

JLFAR REINELT, Tripp, S. D.

¥

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ORPINGTONS
Buti and COCHINS.

Bred Bred from my own Importations.

I won more premiums than

any two other exhibitors at the

Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be-

fore buying anything write me

; —it will be a pleasure to give
5 you prices.

IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb.

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Hens as Money Makers

(Paper read by Mrs. W. H. Parkin-
son at a meeting of Evans Grange,
Marshall County, Ill., April 13th, 1901.)

Poultry keeping is an industry, the
importance of which should not be
overlooked nor under estimated in
connection with other farm industries.
It is said France is the only nation
that recognized poultry raising as a
source of wealth to her people, giv-
ing it the same encouragement as
that of any other branch of agricul-
ture. Why should the farmers of this
country stand idly by while France is
shipping her millions of dollars worth
of eggs to this country every year,
which should be produced at home. If
France can produce eggs on _ her
high priced foods, pay transportation
and a duty for the privilege of sell-
ing them in the markets here in com-
petition with our own eggs, then what
is the American hen good for if we
cannot produce eggs at a much larger
profit than France?

The keeping of poultry seems to be
almost purely a feminine occupation,
perhaps on account of woman’s gentle-
ness and eternal vigilance, for success
or failure in poultry keeping does not
depend entirely on any one thing, but
upon many little things which men
dislike so much to do. It can scarcely
be doubted that when Noah was col-
lecting the different species of the
feathered tribes into his ark, he in-
sisted upon leaving out the old hen,
saying “she was of no account any-
way,” but, of course, Mrs. Noah had
her way about it, as most women do
when the question involved is poul-
try.

Hens as money makers? you ask.
Why, there is no doubt about it. Sta-
tistics tell us that the total value of
poultry consumed in the United
States, including eggs, foots up
in one year the neat sum of $300,-
000,000, a greater sum than that de-
rived from any other one product, not
even excepting the wheat or the min-
eral output. Can any one think of
this immense sum and then despise
the hen as a money maker? And this
with but a small outlay of capital,
and no risk of plunging into the finan-
cial pitfalls that infest the business
man’s pathway.

Of all varieties the Leghorns are
unexcelled as layers. Evidently Mr.
Grime’s legendary was a Dominique
Leghorn.

“For ten long years she lay

At morn and eve Old Grimes an egg,
But none the Sabbath day.

Her back was brown and speckled
o’er

With spots inclined to gray.”

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

As general purpose fowls, none are
more popular than Plymouth Rocks,
closely followed by Wyandottes, less
hardy but more stylish and gentler.

At present there are too many farm-
ers who would just as soon do busi-
ness With a poor scrub hen as with
a good one, unless they could get the
good one for nothing, and even then
they would soon mix them, and as a
consequence they would make no
money in the poultry business. There
is need of a larger class of poultry
raisers among farmers who would be
proud to be pointed out as poultry
cranks, and who would take as much
pride in the pure-blooded strains of
poultry as cattlemen do of their Here-
fords, or as horsemen do in their Per-
cherons. One who spends time and
food on scrub poultry will sooner or
later be heard to say, “There’s no
money in poultry.” Those raising
poultry for profit should study the
balanced or perfect rations the same
as the dairyman studies a balanced
ration for his cows. Their food should
contain a large per cent of protein.
Flesh-forming foods might be prefer-
able to feed during the moulting sea-

son. No matter what the food given,
if hens are allowed to roost in a
leafless tree, or some other unshel-
tered place, the result will not be
satisfactory, for the hen that shivers
during the night cannot be counted on
to fill the egg basket.

I am a firm believer that there is
more money in keeping poultry for
eggs than in raising poultry for the
market, and for that reason I _ be-
lieve there is more profit in a purely
egg-producing breed than in a general
purpose breed. I have the White Leg-
horns, which are my favorite breed.
I have one hundred and twenty-five
hens that occupy a comfortable house,
which keeps them well protected from
the storms of winter, and they are
at liberty to bask in the sunshine of
a southern exposure. I have twenty
hens that cannot be induced to adopt
civilized habits and in consequence
roost on fences and post piles. Those
twenty hens have been kept all winter
at a loss, producing no eggs, while the
one hundred and twenty-five hens that
have been well housed and well fed
have been a source of profit, as you
will see from the following figures:

Since this
Machine came

our 5
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LAYING EGGS

“Since this machine came out ‘our business’ is laying eggs.”’

--Mrs. Light Brahma.

When a Brahma hen gives it up, there must be something in it.

The

above photo is a sample of nearly 200 that will appear in our big new cata-
logue (out Noy. 1st); Photographs of our patrons,their Sure Hatch Incubators

and poultry yards, from all over the U. S. and several foreign countries, goes
to make our 166 page catalogue interesting, besides, it contains page after

page of useful practical poultry information.
It costs us thousagds of dollars, but it is free to all who send
Address nearest office.

poultry raiser.
forit. Mention catalogue No. 5.

It’s a book for the every day

Sure Hatch Incubator Co.

COLUMBUS, OHIO. - = fom

- CLAY CENTER, NEBR.

Sold from the first day of Janu-
uary to the first day of March,

114 dozen of eggs, at 20 cents
ERMGOZONM aeysr- wile st lelels-c oe + cepaa.00
From the ist to the 30th of
March, inclusive, 243 dozen,
ranging in price from 18 to 10
WENCH POT MCOZEIL cowie vices ic oe ae 28.64
Total 3857 dozen eggs; total
amount received ............. $51.44

It will be seen that I have sold
$11.40 worth of eggs for each of the
two winter months, and $28.64 worth
of eggs for March. In no week do I
except tc sell less than five dollars
worth of eggs until fall, when my
hens begin to moult.

I feed oats in the morning, scat-
tered on straw, where biddy will
scratch and sing all day if the sun
shines, even on the coldest days. I
feed corn at night, not shelled, but on
the cob, cutting the ear into five or
six pieces. By feeding on the cob
they necessarily eat slower, and by
cutting it into small pieces all the
hens can eat at one time, which would
not be the case if the ear was only
broken into two pieces.

I give them milk to drink when I
have it to spare, and believe it is a
profitable way to dispose of the milk.
The milk and water is given to them
warm in cold weather. Always keep

water before the hens, both summer’

and winter, to keep them from drink-
ing out of the stagnant pools. You
might as well starve a hen for food
as for water.

On our black prairie soil in central
Illinois there is a searcity of grit for
poultry, which should be supplied ar-
tificially, and if only one kind is sup-
plied it should be ground oyster shells,
as it answers very well for grit and
furnishes material for the egg shells.
Any one feeding oyster shells to their
hens cannot but observe a muck
greater quantity eaten by them in the
flush of the laying season.

We improve the dairy cow in her
production of milk, so why not im-
prove our hens in the production of

eggs. The Maine experiment station
has been experimenting along this
line, on the possibility of securing

breeds of hens that would excel in eggs
production of a flock of 236 employed,
39 laid 160 eggs or more, 35 laid less
than 10 Oeggs in a year. Breeds that
are good foragers are the best lay-
ers, and when we take into consider-
ation that a good forager will secure
its own living six months out of the
year, and if 125 hens will produce
$5 worth of eggs per week for nine
months in the year, then is not the
hen a money maker?
MRS. W. H. PARKINSON.
Wenona, IIl.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

COMMUNICATION FROM EMMA
PERKINS, RAVENWOOD, MO.
(Written for Poultry Investigator.)
I think you have chosen a wise title
for the new poultry journal, as poul-
try or anything else cannot be suc-
cessfully carried on without investi-
gation. So we hope the investor will
investigate through the columns of
The Investigator for the best plans
and results of poultry raising, and
make the coming years even more suc-

cessful than those of the past.

I will say as to this year’s work in
the poultry line, the business has not
been a failure at the Morning View
Poultry Yards by any means. As a
consequence of our untiring efforts we
have a nice lot of young, healthy
stock outgrowing their feathers.

We began last spring (or in Febru-
ary, rather) with two incubators. Our
first hatches were not good on ac-
count of unfertile eggs. I know this
was the cause, as I have run an in-
cubator long enough to know it was
not the machine’s fault, but our last
hatches were fine, and I have already
stated the results, and regardless of
the dry, parched earth and small po-
tatoes, if the water and grasshoppers
will hold out a while longer we will

Conhey’s

Roup Cure

all others.

every package, If it fails to cure money

Conkey’s Louse Killer never fails to} ill.

15 cents extra for postage,

Conkey’s Egg Food “and Poultry Tonic will
and pro uce more eggs than any similar preparation.
. E;: CONKEY & CO., Cleveland, O.
Pacifit coast agents; Petaluma Incubator Co .

office; No.8 Park Place, New York City and $.H. I. Co.,

health,
and 15 cents extra for postage.

sale by all poultry supply houses.

rcord, Get my circular its free.

Lincoln, Neb., Box 456 -

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:

One 50 cent package makes 25 gallous of medicine.

If you need big ravaler or cockerels get my prices.

LS)
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still have something to live on.

Last spring we plowed up one of
our chicken yards and sowed it in
oats, and now the chicks have a va-
riety of corm and oats and rabbits
and grasshoppers for their meat, and
I really believe they have a greater
variety than we have.

And now, while the sensible old
hen is taking her rest, is the time we
should be laying our plans and doing
our head work for the coming year.
We should not enter into any busi-
ness without first doing a lot of think-
ing and head work beforehand.

The persistent old hen will perform
her part if we will do the thinking for
her.

Begin right and you will end right.
When she lays her laying out and each
day as she leaves her precious nest,
follow her and take the eggs, so that
you can give them the proper care
until you have enough to start your
machine. Replace the deficiency by
placing china eggs in the nest, and
she will never know the difference.
It is her business to lay the eggs,
though some still claim it is her
business to hatch them, too. But we
think it is needless to try to develop
an old hen’s brain so that she may

Cure Guaranteed

Se Se Se Se Se Se Se He He Se He
Se a

HE only remedy positively
known to cure roup in all its
forms as long as the fowl can
see to drink. For Canker, es-
pecially in pigeons, this cure excels
Directions with
refund. P ostpaid small size 50c, large $l.
Try it, 25 cents per package, and

keep your fowls in perfect
25 cents per package

Petaluma, Cal. Eastern wholesale
Clay Center, Nebr. For
(= Agents wanted.

Miller’s Perfection
Folding - Exhibition
C00) ——

Folds like a book. All in one piece.
Nothing to »o astray. The neatest
and strongest coop on the market.

~ Wm. MILLER, North Bend, Neb

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learn, It

wait on her for her little clutches of

is too slow a process to

fives or tens, so we just put her in a
comfortable place till she forgets her
and set the incubators and
start the business on the fifties and
hundreds scale. But treat the old
hens kindly. Put them in a nice
clean coop, feed and water them reg-
ularly and they will be ready to fiil
the machines by the time the hatches
come off. Some people will imprison
their setting hens and try to starve
their desire to set out, and I have
heard of others who will tie a red
string fast to their tails and start them
into perpetual motion, but in either
case they will give up in despair, en-
tirely unfit for their duty which lies
out before them.

When your incubator is ready to
hatch, be the owner of a good brooder
if you can, but if you cannot afford
one, select the most motherly old hens
you have to mother the chicks.

The first few days should be spent
in solitude by the little chicks and
old hen as well, as the little chicks
need sleep as much as a tiny baby,
and the old hen is liable to get her
clumsy feet on some and kill them.
So the more quiet she is kept the
better.

The best food I find for little chicks
for the first week is hard boiled eggs.
Brown the shells in the oven, crumble
up fine, and feed this as their first
grit.

After the first few days give them
their liberty, as their strength will al-
low. Not the old hen’s strength, but
the chicks, if they be so unlucky as
to have a hen mammy, and more often
she is a step mammy than their own.
Only give her limited territory by
fastening a stout string to her leg
and tie her fast, for if you give her
an inch she will take a mile if she
can,

But if the little chicks are reared in
the brooder they will never leave
their parental roof very far, until
they are large enough to look out for
themselves.

We have nineteen youngsters from
two settings of W. S. Russell of Ot-
tumwa, Ia., from his two first pens,
one mated for fine pullets and _ the
other for fine cockerels. They are all
doing fine and I am expecting as a
natural consequence to have better
stock next year than ever before.

Wishing the new poultry journal
success and prosperity in its efforts
of trying to raise poultry onto a
higher standard, I will close and leave
space for the more efficient writer.

EMMA PERKINS.

Ravenwood, Mo.

trouble,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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For the convenience of those breed-
ers who would like to become mem-
bers of the specialty club devoted to
their favorites, we publish the fol-
lowing list of specialty clubs and the
names and postoffice addresses of the
secretaries, We believe the list is
correct and complete, but if any of our
readers know of any omissions or cor-
rections we would be under obliga-
tions to them if they will inform us
of the fact.

American
P. Schwab,
ester, N. Y.

American White Plymouth Rock
Club—Frank Heck, secretary-treas-
urer, 325 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill.

New England Barred and White
Plymouth Rock Club—W. B. Atherton,
secretary-treasurer, 30 Broad street,
Boston, Mass.

American Buff Plymouth Rock Club
—W. C. Denny, secretary-treasurer,
Rochester, N. Y.

National White Wyandotte Club—
George C. Rose, secretary-treasurer,
Shawneetown, IIl.

New England White Wyandotte
Club—G. A. Newhall, acting secretary,
Perryville, Mass.

Eastern White Wyandotte Club—C.
A. Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Mass.

Western Wyandotte Club—J. D. W.
Hall, secretary-treasurer, eDs Moines,
Iowa.

National Wyandotte
Mattison, secretary-treasurer,
Shaftsbury, Vt.

Silver Wyandotte Club of America
—E. 8. Tarbox, secretary-treasurer,
Yorkville, Il.

American Golden Wyandotte Club—
A. L. Ringo, secretary-treasurer, 333
Rookery building, Chicago, Ill.

The Partridge Wyandotte Club of
America—Theo. Haight, secretary-
treasurer, Astoria, L. I., New York.

American buff Wyandotte Club—W.
R. Wooden, secretary-treasurer, Battle
Creek, Mich,

New England Light Brahma Club
—George W. Cromack, secretary,
Stoneham, Mass.

Western Light Brahma Club—W. S.
Gregory, secretary-treasurer, Keota,
Iowa.

American Dark Brahma Club—Clark
E. Adams, secretary, Racine, Wis.

American Langshan Club—A. H.
Asche, secretary-treasurer, Princeton,
Ill.

American Cochin Club—Arthur R.
Sharp, secretary, Taunton, Mass.

American Leghorn Club—George H.

Plymouth Rock Club—H.
secretary-treasurer, Roch-

Club—C. S.
South

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Burgott, secretary,
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American Single Comb Brown Leg-
horn Club—C, M. Davison, secretary,
Chicago Lawn, II.

American Buff Leghorn Club—Geo.
S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer, Battle
Creek, Mich.

American Rose Comb Brown Leg-
horn Club—C. R. Milhous, secretary-
treasurer, Spencer, Ind.

American Houdan Club—Thomas F.
Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls,
Iowa.

Blue Andalusian Club of America—
Robert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marl-
borough street, Boston, Mass,

American Black Minorea Club—
Charles L. Blanton, secretary, Falls
Church, Va.

American White Minorca Club—Wil-_
liam Sapper, secretary, Erie, Pa.

American Indian Game Club—C. S.
Whiting, seeretary-treasurer, Darien,
N.Y.

American Polish Club—M. V. Cald-

Lawton Station,

well, secretary-treasurer, Leetonia,
Ohio.
National Exhibition Game and

Game Bantam Club—W. W. Withee,
secretary-treasurer, La Crosse, Wis.

American Dorking Club—Frank H.
Prentice, secretary, North Grafton,
Mass.

American White Wonder Club—A.
L. Merrill, secretary, Auburn, Me.

American Rhode Island Red Club—
John Crowther, secretary-treasurer,
Fall River, Mass.

National Bantam Association—BE.
Latham, secretary, Flat Bush, L. L,,
NioY.

. National Bronze Turkey Club—Mrs.
B. IF. Hislop, secretary, Milford, Ill.

Western Turkey Club—Mrs. F. A.
Hargrave, secretary-treasurer, Rich-
mond, Kan.

Water Fowl Club of America—Theo.
F. Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa.

The Cottle Bros. visited the editor
recently. They tell us they will be in
it this winter when the Cornish In-
dian class is judged. The boys know
good birds, raise good birds and ex-
hibit good birds, and take a good lot
of ribbons home, and are good people
to deal with.

We cal lthe attention of our readers
to the advertisement of W. H. Smith
& Co. They manufacture a superiur
leg band. When once sealed on will
never come off unless cut off. lt is a
sure thing.

WHAT BREED TO CHOOSE.
Editor Poultry Investigator:

Much has and is being written in
favor of this and that breed or fam-
ily of poultrydom, and each individual
writer has his or her special favorite,
and in their love and enthusiasm for
their pets leave the impression that
that particular breed is the only one
that is worth bothering with, when
in fact any of the standard breeds
will do well if properly and intelli-
gently handled.

And right here we want to say that
there is no best breeds, but there are
certain purposes for which certain
breeds are best adapted. If one wants
to breed for meat, then some of the
medium weight birds are best; if for
eggs the smaller ones are the ones to
cling to.

An over sized chicken will event-
ually get there in weight, but it takes
him several months to grow the
frame work on which to hang the
flesh and muscle to create the strength

to carry his superior weight. While
the larger breeds are laying the
foundation for large bodies, the

smaller and middle weight birds will
develop into compact and plump bod-
ies and in ten to twelve weeks are
ready for market, weighing one and a
half to two and a quarter pounds
each, while females of the mediter-
anian class are rapidly developing into
profitable layers. Another point in
favor of the small birds is the amount
of feed consumed. A Hamburg, for
instance, will live and do well on four
ounces of food per day, while the
Asiatics and kindred breeds’ will con-
sume eight to ten ounces per day per
bird. This does not seem to be a
great amount of difference, it is so
small, but when one has a flock of a
hundred or perhaps 50 birds it cuts
something of a figure in the expense
account; in other words, twice as
many Hamburgs or Leghorns can be
kept on a given amount of feed as
can those of the larger kinds. And
when it comes to eggs, take them head
for head and the small ones will pro-
duce three times as many eggs for the
same amount of feed used; besides
you will have, as a rule, as much meat
as the large ones would produce. Then
to sum up for a given amount of
feed used in producing a flock of
small birds, you have three times as
Many eggs and an equal amount of
meat to send to market.

We are asked where is the wonder-
ful profits in the laying kinds as com-
pared with the others. Well, we have
figured a great deal on the subject
and must confess that we have failed
to find the much talked of big chick-
ens in it.

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Now about the healthfulness and
strength of the young of each kind.
The young of the heavy weights are
large, strong and robust to start with
and if the two are penned or cooped
together they will trample the small-
er ones to death. They will eat and
gorge themselves and presently they
have indigestion or apoplexy or break
down in the legs and are done for.
They will chill and die, or certain oth-
er kinds will take dropsy of the heart
and thrt ends the chapter. The small-
er ones are not so strong and robust
and are not in as much danger of
over eating, and in fact rarely ever
do, and when allowed to roost’ by
themselves prove to be spry and active
and are always moving around, thus
keeping up a good healthy circulation,
and rarely if ever suffer from the
rmialadies subject to the others. Taken
all in all we are in favor of the medi-
um to small varieties, but must in-
sist that if the reader has a “hanker-
ing*’ after the big breeds that he will
do better with them than any other
kind.

Select your breed, stick to it, adver-
tise it and it will pay every time.

REV. G. A. CHAMBLIN.

Uniontown, Kan.

Mrs. Ella Patrick of Clay Center,
Neb., has long been a breeder of the
Nugget strain of Buff Rocks and
treats her patrons right. Her birds
are prize winners.

Flies are a pest these days, but if
you will look up the advertisement
of the Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis,
Ind., they have a liquid chaser that
puts them out of the way.

Judge Thomas H. Mills, Port Huron,
Mich., has something good in his line,
and sells right birds that are right.
His decisions are good in the show
room.

L. D. Green of Red Oak, Iowa,
breeds a superior strain of B. P. Rocks
and has to sell them on account of
moving at “let live” prices. His stock
was in the Red Oak show last winter
and I found them first class. If you
want good birds write him scon.

We welcome to our columns this
month Mrs. Cora Rickards of Ogden,
Utah. She has been special corre-
spondent for some of our best poultry
journals for several years and we are
pleased to be able to secure her sery-
ices for a year, and we know her
writings will be appreciated greatly
by our readers. Mrs. Rickards breeds
Barred P. Rocks and Leghorns and her
stock is first class.

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Moulting,

Moulting is a very trying experience
through which fowls have to go an-
nually, and to have them come
through with a good suit of feathers

and in good laying condition is the
problem with which evey poultry
raiser has to deal, writes Geneva

March in the “Epitomist.” The easi-
est and most profitable way of caring
for fowls during this period is to
make them moult as easily as possible.
I say easiest because the fowl that is
slow in moulting is in bad health;
then the period should be shortened as
much as possible. One of the easiest
and best methods I ever used for has-
tening the moulting season is to feed
the fowls with all the sunflower seed
they will eat, or feed with corn and
wheat and give a little sulphur in
their soft feed. In this way I can
bring the fowls to moult whenever I
wish and keep them in good health,
too. The cocks should be separated
during moulting season and each one
kept by himself, and if a hen persists
in laying change her from one place
to another; if running at liberty, coop
her up. My plan is to bring on the
moulting season by feeding as describ-
ed and make the period one of rest
as much as possible. Give shade,
plenty of cool water not exposed to
the heat of the sun, keep the coop
clean, and if fowls droop give
them a tonic of muriated tincture of
iron, one teaspoonful to a gallon of
water. Give plenty of sharp. grit
and occasionally mix clean sand in
their soft feed, and a pan of crushed
charcoal where they can have free ac-
cess to it is a good thing.

CARE OF THE LEGS—AIl fowls
must be kept free from lice during
the moult or they will become so de-
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recuperate, and in that case you will
get no eggs until the next spring. As
the legs are a part of the moult, if you
want pretty yellow, white or black
legs, as the case may be, have a shed
large enough ‘so fowls can be fed in
it. Here have about six inches. of
sand on the floor and into this scatter
the grain and rake it well under,
leaving just enough on top to encour-
age the fowls to scratch for more.
This sand should be perfectly clean
and free from lime or any foreign
substance that is apt to discolor the
legs. If the sand is nice and white
as well as clean, it will get all the
dirt out from under the scales that
one has so much trouble with at show
time. If the fowls have a few scabs
or scaly legs and the legs are yellow,
treat them with sulphur and lard,
adding a few drops of carbolic acid;
this applied to the legs about four
times, two days apart, will generally
clean the leg if it is not too scaly.
When you find one that is very’ bad
first apply coal oil the same number
of times and then follow with the lard
and sulphur. With constant scratch-
ing in the sand and the grease on
their legs it will not take long to
have them polished up like young legs,
and they should, if the right color
were there to begin with, be as
bright as those of the youngest fowl.
For white legs use oxide of zine in-
stead of sulphur.

“DOES A POULTRY PAPER PAY?”
Editor Poultry Investigator:
Belle I subscribed for these
papers at the fair today.
Another farm paper with a poultry
department. Father, don’t you think
you are taking farm papers enough?
A poultry paper is something that we
never have taken. As for poultry I
know how to raise poultry without

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any Poultry Herald assistance. I
think that dollar is just thrown away.
All poultry papers amount to anyway
is just to puff and blow the incubators
and brooders. They are no earthly
good. I just hate them, for there is
not one I know of here that makes a
success. If they hatch any chickens
they don’t many of them live, and
what do, don’t look like my chickens.

I have always wanted glasses I
could keep in place. He gave me these
glasses and this poultry manual for
$1.00.

I hope, father, you will get a dol-
lar out of the glasses.

The next week a friend called who
is raising Belgian hares. I gave him
‘the Herald. The September and
October came. I looked them over and
laid them aside. November came and
as I looked it over my eyes caught
this heading, “Chats With Feminine
Friends,” by Nellie Hawks. As I had
lost lots of chicks by hawks, I read
the article hoping to find some way
to prevent hawks from carrying away
my dear little chickens. Then I read
it over and later read it to my father.
In less than a week five postals were
sent for incubator catalogues. In
March we were taking the crate off
a 200-egg incubator and a 200-chick
brooder. April 29 my first hatch came
out—ninety-nine chicks—big balls of
down; just two eggs left. July 29, I
have hatched out 570 chickens. I
never had as lively or as strong chicks
or any as large and all are beauties.

I read everything I see about chick-
ens. Father got me two more poul-
try papers, brother lends me one, and
now Mr. Johnson comes to the front
with one more poultry paper for me.

I will tell you later what the in-
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wish I could know every farmer’s
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By A. B. RINGO.

A. L. Ringo
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Always on the alert

that poultry, bees and fruit are a
successful combination and should be
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lowing from our esteemed contempc-
rary, Commercial Poultry, which
throws additional light on our hobby
—the combination of the poultry, bee
and fruit industries—for profitable re-
sults:

After ten years’ experience as the
owner of the Burr Oaks Fruit Farms
in the St. Joe fruit belt, Berrien
county, near St. Joseph, Michigan, I
feel I can safely say to any and all
who are interested in either poultry
or fruit raising that both go hand in
hand and that each is an advantage
end benefit to the other.

This is the fruit growing time and
all nature is glad. There is inspira-
tion, hope and promise in the plan.
The poet has sung, “The groves were
God’s first temples.” Every orchard
will furnish a place “not made with
hands,” but nature’s handiwork, which
to complete needs the fowls of the
air and the homely chickens. Shade
is absolutely essential to the welfare
of fowls. To breed fowls successfully
it is necessary to have runs in which
to confine them.

After an experience of some eight
years I have successfully adopted the
following plan: My runs are 32 feet
wide by 150 feet long. In these runs
I have planted Japanese plum trees,
412 feet apart each way. These trees
have made rapid growth and have an-
nually yielded me for the past five
years an unusually heavy crop of ful-
ly developed plums; more than twice
that of those planted at the same time
outside the runs. The reason for this
is conceded to be the fact that the
hen manure falls on the trees. Then,
again, a number of times each seasou
the soil is turned over in the runs.
Bach tree is thus cultivated. In this
fresh soil the hens scratch and dust
and by this means keep away the in-
sects. Then, again, each morning my
farmer goes into the yards and with
a small mallet jars each plum tree,
the curculio falls to the ground, and
woe to his poor life—‘Mrs. Hen” is
sure to get him before he ever gets to
the tree again. Therefo~>. we 2gTow
a good crop of plums on the _ trees
and a good crop of chickens on the
ground.

We also make it a rule to run in

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the center of each alternate i2-foot
row of plum trees a row of grapes
planted 16 feet apart. The vines are
grown on trellises. Under the dense
shade of these grape vines the chicks
may be found during the day enjoying
the comfort of the cool shade or
scratching in the earth for the insects,
which in the summer months infest it
and when developed creep into the
vines and fruit trees, there to lay
their eggs and thus damage the trees.
The chickens prevent this.

After a careful observation run-
ning over some five years, by actual
tests I have satisfied myself that plum
trees and Concord grape vines in the
poultry runs will outyield trees in the
orchard and vines in the vineyard,
pound for pound, two to one, each
season, and bear every season. I
have so arranged my runs that for
four feet each side of the wire fences
no tree or vine appears. This pre-
vents the chicks getting over the
fence by means of the trees; and then
comes a row of plum trees. Midway
between this and the next row of
plum trees, a row of Concord grapes
set 16 feet apart. This produces
shade, and in three years fruit. This
plan any one can follow, whether in
country or city, no matter whether
on a farm or city lot.

A man who loves nature will make
his home surroundings as pleasing
and attractive as possible. “To suc-
ceed in the love of nature is some-
thing that may develop in every hu-
man heart.” “To embark in the rais-
ing of fancy poultry is to enjoy a rag-
ing fever.” “To utilize one to help
the other is to practice horse sense.”

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G. B. Clary, Fairbury, Neb., writes
his stock of White Wyandottes never
looked better and that they wil lhave
the best lot this season they ever
raised. They are offering extra fine
specimens low for quality of stock.
They also have a fine flock of Buft
Orpingtons.

F. A. Crowell of Granger, Minn., is
a reliable and honest breeder of Or-
pingtons, Leghorns, Cochins and
other varieties of thoroughbred fowis.
He tries at all times to satisfy his
customers, and it is an easy matter
to do so when one breeds nothing but
first class birds.

The Tiffany Co. of Lincoln, Neb.,
put up a superior article in the way of
a liquid lice killer, and their sprays
are among the best and just the thing
to whitewash your houses with or to
use the lice-killer with. Their goods
are first class in every respect and as
cheap as any. Look them up.

Kansas State Poultry Show.

Breeders, the show season will soon
be upon us. You will soon be deciding
where you will exhibit your choice
birds. J] want to urge you to not miss
the Kansas State Poultry Show this
year. You well know that for the past
four or five years it has been one of
the largest, cleanest and best shows in
the west. All premiums have been
paid in full at close of show. The
Association now has enough money in
the treasury to guarantee all premiums
and I will get our banker to so certify.
Suoh a guarantee as this is worth con-
sidering. We will this year put up
nearly a thousand dollars’ worth of
premiums, competition will be open to
the world, no favors will be shown to
any one, every bird will receive the
best of care in our hands, and I can
promise you that you will be pleased
with treatment you will receive. The
officers have all had experience and
know just what they are doing, and
they mean business. Our entry fees
will be the same popular ones hereto-
fore maintained, and premiums will
be better than ever. We have every
possible shipping facility, and with a
good hall, good light, good heating
facilities, good ventilation, and the
best of care, we know you will be

pleased. What more could you ask?
I confidently expect 1,500 birds this
year; we had over a thousand last
year. Judges Rhodes and Harris will
place the awards. We want birds
from surrounding states, and I would
like to correspond with breeders de.
sirous of exhibiting. Let me hear
from you. Our dates are January
6-11, 1902. Gro. H. GILLIES, Sec.,
Topeka, Kansas

E. W. Matheny, the Light Brahma
man has some very fine specimens to
offer this fall at reasonable prices.
You will note his ad in this issue.

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We wish to call the attention of our
readers to the valuable article written
by Mrs. B. G. Mackey of Clarksville,
Mo. She has had long experience in
breeding poultry and turkeys, and
birds from her yards have won large-
ly in the best shows east and west.
Mrs. Mackey will be one of our regular
contributors for the next year and we
welcome her to our columns, as she
has had wide experience and she is
able to tell us many things that will
be of benefit to us all. Watch for her
articles.

You will find in this issue the ad-
vertisement of J. A. Ling of Harvard,
Neb., an old and reliable breeder of
Barred P. Rocks and that new breed,
Buff Orpingtons. Ling’s Orps never
have been beaten. They are as good
as can be raised. He is an honorable
dealer.

A. Upton of Fairbury is one of the
pioneer breeders of the state, a lover
of the true blue Barred Rocks, and
the best he can get are none too good,
and by judicious line breeding he has
at last produced birds of superior
merit and up to date. Write him.

J. C. Kapser of Clay Center, Neb.,
is an expert breeder of Golden Wy-
andottes. He has by his system of
mating produced birds that have
scored in competition as high as the
best, and seen in the best shows. If
you want something fine look him up.

BARGAINS

IN BREEDING STOCK
At Golden Rule Poultry Yards. I
have a few birds that I used in my
breeding pens thisseason that I will
sell at a bargain. ‘They are hens aud
two cocks, White Plymouth Rocks,
Empire strain. Write for prices.
Young stock. White Plymouth Rock
and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes
for sale this fall.
MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, Wis.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

WES Es:
Buff Orpingtons

....Have no equal
B. Plymouth Rocks

(Thompson Ringlets.

White Wyandottes

If you want good stock I have it

John A. Ling;
HARVARD, : NEBRASKA.

Grow Fruit ..
Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps
Poultry; great combination. If you

want the best fruit paper, at 50c per
year, send for

‘Western Fruit Grower” - - St. Joe, Mo.
Gapital City Poultry Ranch
EK. E. Smith, Prop.
Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every

Ist at State Fair and State Show. I
have the best in the west.

BE. BE. Situ, Lincoln, Neb.

POULTRYMEN

Your stationery
won’t look well

unless neatly. I do it
it is PRINTE well and use good
cuts. Send for samples and prices.

N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Ducks from Door-knobs.

29

Pride of the West...

Is Mackey’s own Strain of Bronze
Turkeys, bred in line for 15 years.
Show record on open book. ‘They
are in the yards of many of the
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
ada. B. P. Rocks. Conger &
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
Felch & Robinsan. Felch Lt.
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship. Write for prices.
Mackey’s Magic Cholera Cure isa
sure cure.

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,
Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.

CLARKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

Single Comb Brown Leghorns.
Barred Plymouth, Rocks.

First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for
years in the hands of customers as
wellas in Utah. They are bred
for money makers. Greatest egg
producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
September. Address,

Cora A. Rickards,

SOUTH - OGDEN - POULTRY - YARDS,
Ogden, Utah.

ee

Some incubators promise everything in sight; either ducks from door-knobs, or
chicks from china nest eggs, and a full grown bird ina week or two.

PETAL

eggs tn the best possible way. It is made on s¢
good honest material, by honest workmen. C
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little better than any others;

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AD allthe fertile ezzs, you’ll be interested in THE PETALUMA.
Our large illustrated catalogue is sent free upon request.

We pay fre

The

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won’tdothat. It’sjusta good
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onsequently it will do
We think our construction is a
we are sure we take pains; we know we

If you are looking for a machine that will hatch

ght anywhere in the United States

ii
We make a good brooder too.

. Petaluma Incubator Co., Box 540, Petaluma, Cal.

Poultry Supplies.—™

We keepa full line of all standard goods, as follows:

Ideal Leg Bands,
Smith Seal Bands,
Score Cards,
Standards,
Oyster Shells,
Lime Stone Grit,
Mica Grit,

Anything you want.

SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Genter, Nebraska.

Humphrey Bone Mills,
Spray Pumps,

Liquiid Lice Killers,
Bone Meal,

Raw Bone,

Beef Scraps,

Blood Meal,

Granulated Bone,
Broiler’s Teeth,

20 Century Poultry Foo
Midland Poultry Food
Conkey’s Roup Cure,
Chamberlin Chick Feed
Reliable Spring Punch.

Write us; if we do not have it will get it for you.

\z Brief Business Catchers.

Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in-
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS.
No display can be allowed and all cards must be
A change in makeup

30 WORDS
SINGLE INSERTION
50 CENTS

a a ee SS EEE

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK Cockerels from

first prize cock; very promising. Write for
rices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Sigin, Ill.

BLACK LANGSHAN. W. P. Rockall old
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white

Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor-
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin,
Nebraska.

BUFF COCHINS and Rose Comb White Leg-
horns bred from the_best of stock. Prize

winners. Forsale. John A Johnson, Pilot
Mound, Iowa.

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring

and expert mating a specialty.

uniform in
allowed each quarter.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

size and style.

1008.S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good
condition fashionably bred and artistically
marked, Rey. G. A. Obamblin, Moran,
Kansas.

IF YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New
York winners in Barred Rocks, S. C. Brown
and White Leghorns, 1 have it and can
please you in stoc’ at low prices. Eggs in
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen-
treville, Md.

SEE HERE. fine Light Brahma Cockerels

#1.25each Pullets $1.00. Pairs#2.00. Trios
$3.00. Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock
Oockerels $1 each, Order now. Richard J.

Holt, Utica, Minn.

ape

30 WORDS
WITH INVESTIGATOR
1 YEAR $3.00

SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes,
pure Buffs Winn-rs at Chicago and Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Also a tine line of Bantams
such as Game Cochins, Sebrights and Jap-
anese. Write for prices. M.F. Yegge, De
Witt, Iowa. Box 26.

BLUE BARRED P. ROOKS. Choice breed-
ing and fine exhibition birds for sale. Win-
ners wherever and whenever shown. Pric-
eslow. Mustsell. Write for printed fold-
er. J.M. Holt, Marshalltown, Lowa.

PARTRIDGE COOHINS a_ specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids, 1901.
150 youngsters for sale after October 1, fin-
er than ever, superior feathering, shape
and color. Always satisfaction guaran-
teed, U, J. Shanklin, Wanbeek, Iowa.

Fowls for Exhibition

From Poultry, Bee and Fruit Jour-

nal: There is no excuse for taking

any birds that happen to be conveni-

ent a few days before the show and
sending them there to compete with
the best throughout the country.
Most birds taken to a poultry show
are selected many months before, ‘and
are given special care. The best
specimens should be selected and kept
separate from the rest of the flock.
There will be a temptation to select
some better looking birds that are
running with the flock after the se-
lection has been made, but any at-
tempt to get them in show condition
will not meet with the best results.
If the birds are some of the white
varieties they should be kept where
there is plenty of cut straw. Not two
or three inches of it, but several
inches, or even a foot. It is a good
plan to scatter millet seed where they
can scratch the straw up and let it
fall down on their plumage, which
will both polish and clean the feath-
as white as it is possible to have
them that had been kept so by this
treatment.

We do not favor much pampering
or doctoring. One of the main things
to do is to keep the birds active and
in good health, which can be done
by feeding wholesome rations, with a
little animal food. Continually cram-
ming them with all sorts of mashes
mixed with stimulants should be
avoided. Some fattening food will be
required to bring them up to the
standard weight, but beyond this there
will be but little demand for it. Too
much of this kind of feed is liable
to ruin a fowl for breeding purposes.

A bird that has to be pampered

and dosed to keep it on its feet is
not in show condition, and its true
condition will be revealed when placed
in the enervating temperature of a
heated room, and the chances are that
the bird will be left off of the list of
prize winners. Keep show birds in
specially prepared coops as much as
possible, and if it can be done show
room conditions should be arranged
for. Each coop will be made roomy,
airy and light, with a blanket over
the front, to be let down in case of
cold weather when in transit. Show
rooms are very hard on birds, and
they will have to be inured-to this
sort of trial if they are to stand the
ordeal. Stamina is worth a_ great
deal, and if the fowls do not come
home with the roup, or otherwise the
worse for the wear, they can be
counted on as being very hardy and
full of vitality.

The breeders of Kansas City, Mo.,
composing the Kansas City Fancy
Poultry Club, have taken in hand the
show matter for the coming winter,
and propose to give a show mei 6-7-8,
1901. The judges will be W. S. Rus-
sell, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and hee W-
Southard, of Kansas City. Itis pro.
posed to redeem the fair name of Kan-
sas City asa show town. They offer
areduced entry fee, a reduced price

of admission, and asquare deal. Par-

ticulars can be had by addressing the

Soggy: C. S. Hunting, 3817 E. 13th
, Kansas City, Mo.

David Larson,
Wahoo, Nebraska,
Expert Poultry Judge
I have had years of experience in
breeding, mating and judging. For
reference 'o qualification, write PoUL-
TRY INVESTIGATOR, Clay Center, Neb.

Iam open for engagements,

_ Don’t buy a bone cutter until
you have seen and trieda @

the simplest in construc-
tion, the easiest in opera- (
“Pp tion, the only open hopper

) type. Every Humphrey is\
Sold subject toreturn if itdoes not \)
cut more bone, and in less time
and with less labor, cost less for
repairs and produce better food, }
than any other type of bone cutter.
Send foF free catalogue and egg-record book.

Humphrey & Sons, Box70, Joliet, IL. };
SALES AGENTS. z
A Joseph Breck @ Sons, Boston, Mass.

Johnson @ Stokes, phsledrphtes
Griffith @ Turner

Baltimore.

Perfect Chick Feed.
ee Mo., June 17, 1gor.
Mr: W.. . Chamberlain,
Kirkwood, Mo.
Dear Sir:

You will please find enclosed a
Pacific Express money order for
$2.50, for which I will thank you
to send me another roo pound
sack of chick feed as soon as
possible, as I am nearly out of
same and find your feed worthy of
the highest praise. Yours,

D: W. CARROLL.

It Brings More Egg

Get a Dandy Green Bone Cutter and
double your eee | ield, Our new cata-
logue tells al out feeding green
bone, and the best machine

for cutting it.

Sold Direct *""°™

on 80 days’ trial. and up

Stratton Mfg, Co., Box 48, Erie, Pa,

Barred Plymouth Rocks
EXCLUSIVELY.

If you want winners bred from win-
ners that will win for you, write me.

FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr.

Does Your Lamp Smoke?
That means uneven heat eg les of explosion.
r

Hydro-Safety

Puta

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on your Incubator and Brooder and save oil,
attention and avoid all danger. Water jacket
keeps burner cool. Price, 75c. to $2.70. Cata-
logue of all incubator supplies JE*.

-R. OAKES, Mfr. No. 12 6'h St., Bloomington. Ind.

F. A. CROWELL,
GRANGER, MINN.

Breeder of Strictly High Class Buff
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins;
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and
Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will
please you. Circular free.

Golden Wyandottes,

Our Wyandottes never have failed
to win in the best company.
stock for sale.

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb
F. H. SHELLABARGER, WPST LIBERTY,

IOWA.

Has bred ___
Barred Plymouth Rocks

for 20 years. Wehave them that are
date in size, shape and color. Write
you need any. 20th annual circular
fully describes our Breeding stock is free.
Mention this Journal and address as above.

0. M0. HUN. DRO.

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock for sale at all times. Eggs in season.

E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.
G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska.

Chalk White Wyandottes,
Mammoth Light Brahmas
Buff Orpingtons.

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-1901. Won 39

regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea-
son. Satisfaction assured.

Still 10 Cents a Year.

Until further notice you can still get
the PouLTRY, BEE AND FRuIT JourR-
NAL for 10c per year. Or by getting
four of your friends to send with you,
we will either extend your subscrip-
tion one year or make youa gift of a
good poultry book. Send today—now
—before it is too late, as this offer
may be withdrawn at anytime. Send
your dime and get the neatest, boiled
down, right-to-the-point, stop-when-
you’ve-said-it, monthly journal an en-
tire year. Thirty words in Breeders’
Column for 25c. Display advertising
75c per inch, net. No discounts for
time or space.
faction written in every contract.

up to
me if

Breeder of)

POULTRY, BEE & FRUIT CO., Davenport, lowa.! and us.

which |

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A guarantee of satis-| when answering advertisements.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

MARK YOUR FOWLS

This has become a necessity for shuw, judging, pedigree and breeding pen purposes,
aa There is no meaus of marking that gives the all around satisfaction of our

RELIABLE COPPER PLATE LEG BANDS.
| Being exceedingly tough and pliable they may be used indefinitely. They willstay where
they are put, and will not chafe or eanker the fowl. Made in sizes from 2% to 4 inches long,
i with consecutive numbers on band. Assorted sizes in the same order if re que: sted. Our 20th
/ Century Poultry Book illustrates and describes full line of poultry supplies and tellsall
about our 115 yards of thoroughbred poultry. We mail it for 10c. Write while they last.

Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Box A-25, Quincy, Ills.

For the next 60 days I will sell Grit and
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It will pay youto lay in

and

Poultry Supplies...
ly reduced figures.

Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders,
Write for anything you need in poultry supplies.

your winter supply now.
Humphrey’s Bone Cutters.

E. A. PEGLER, 241 S 11 St., Lineoln, Neb. Box 463.

THE IDEAL
Aluminum
LEG BAND,

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It loosing off is impossible as it is made with a double elinch
It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put
It is absolutely the best band on ‘the market tod: 1y. Read what others say:
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me 1000 as follows: 200 No. 6, 50 No. 7,400 No. 8, 100 \o. 9. 200 No. 10. 50 No. 11.
Very Truly Yours, EF. O. WELCOME.
Prices of bands. post paid. 12 for 20c, 25 for 35c. 50 for 65c. 100 for $1. 500 for t4, 1000 for $7.
Send 4c in postage for circular of Barred Plymouth Rocks and sample bands.

FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Port, TE

Barred Plymouth Rocks
and Black Langshans

We have some extra bargains in our this years breeders that we would
be glad to tell you about and if you will drop usa card we will tell you
what we have for sale and probably can do you some good. Rocks scor-
ing to 94 points and Langshans to 95% points by Harris. stock
for sale and at a bargain considering quality.

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

Butt Orpingtons

THE COMING BREED : ;
for sale. Mention this Journal.
W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY, NEBRASKA.
Exclusively. Pure

BUFF P. ROCKS Burdick Gold Nug-

gets. ” My y Buff Rocks are as good as
can be found, and are up-to-date in
every respect. Some fine specimens

Young

No meee for “Sale! A nice lot of
young chicks for sale- in pairs and
Bred from the best matings of
imported stock. I have hundreds of

trios.

White Leghorns.

Layers and winners. An inducement to
buy at once and of us—tested breeders, hens |
$8. $10 and $12 per dozen. Cocks $1.50 to $2.50
Scottish Terrier puppies #9.

acl
uk PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, for sale; reasonable prices on applica-
RR. Er:nch, Mar. | Box 47, Ford City, Mo.| ‘100. Address
MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr.

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR
It

will accomodate both the advertiser

BUFF ORPINGTONS—WYAN"OTTES. R,
1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
Judge. Port Huron, Michigan.

32 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Imported Buff Orpingtons. THE FEED, NOT THE BREED |Micland Formulas...

Are winners at B. P. R.. Madison Square» Is responsible for results. Ready Mixed.

- - . 1. Nursery Chick Food.
Wash... N J.. Keota. lowa City Lowa State 2. Growing Chick Food,
Shows. Orpington %7 to #30 per trio Will THE BALANCED RATION 3. Faitening ¢ hick Pood.
close out Pll the Rocks, Bradley Bus, 9nd 4 and Feather Pro-
Lathans Strains One pair of ! yr ola show For Poultry is here at i ist. ducing Pood,
birds for sale cheap, 9210924. A fine lot of s : 5. Nursery Duckling Food
young show birds'in both varieties. Always 6 Growing Duckling Food
win; sure to please. Better get in the push.

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. The 200 Egg. Hen is. now a “were tht

8. Laying Duck Pood.

Possibility. —wat> V Sineke"Dacks! Sotnmer
SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE.

| 10 Growing Gosling Food
8 Grand Breeders for sale ata bar

Our effor ts to furnish the poultry world with a complete food
for » specific purpose. and built.on a scientific and practical ba.
sis by men of experience and ability. bus met with unqualified
success. Our fi od is now be ng used by the most pr gressive
m nine very state inthe Union. to prove its merits. crder a
» gor two of our No. 4, feed your flo*k through the moulting
eason and th reby shorten it one-half and they will begin lay-
ing arly and continue all winter, if fed as alrected. Don’t wait
until it is too late to recover the lo ttime. There ism thing that
W1il pul birds in as tinue a show condition as No.4. Try it and be convinced. It i- not a
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS stimu ant orcondiment Our price is $1.40 per two bushel bay at factory. Write your near-

est agent for prices and save freight charges. lt isthe most economic food you Can use.

| lt requires no accessories, as green bone, etc.:; «and will produce re sults you Cannot other-
The kind that win and lay eggs. | wise attain. Write for our booklet. “The Science of EGG Feeders.” to any of the follow.

wn 4s ar 5 ee BS ing agents: Boston, Mass.. Jos Breck and Sons. 51 N Market St, New York City. Excel
Satisfaction to all. Circular free. sior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.. 2s Vesey St Philadelphis Pa., Johnson & Stokes. 217 Mar-

. ket St.. or Midland Poultry Food Co. N. E Cor. 2nd and Main Sts.. Kansas City, Mo., the
H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. Harvey Seed Co., Baflalo N. Y. und A.C. Woolley & Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
Lock hox 500. ss

Barred P. Rocks...|

Extra fine, Extra large, Extra color
In the show room they have shown

gain. Also 300 selected Langshan
chicks. Address,

BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsville, Ind

Tiffany’s paragon Lice Killer.

Kills lice snd mites on poultry. hogsand animals, is the
strongest and best lice killer made. With our double
tube sp ay'r you can save ove half the liquid and );ene-
trate all cracks and spray the bottom of the house where -
their excellence,have scored from 90 to you find the mites or spider lice. it gets there every

time Every can is guaranteed or money refunded

94 by prominent judges. Write wants. Write and learn now to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FREE.

C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. Tiffany’s Paragon Poultry Powder.

Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys. fleas on dogs, ticks on sheep and lice on cat-
Buff P. Rocks. tle and horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps moths from your clothing and carpets,
Motto:—‘‘Good stock at moderate] 4 Jarge, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We

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W. D. SWAIN, Panora, la. 'THE TIFFANY COMPANY, =~ =eis Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Buff Wyandottes
Buff Leghorns

Ss. 0. B. Leghorns. 8. 0. W. Leghorns; Ducks

and Guineas. Young stock for sale after
Nov. Ist We will now sell 4 choice Leghorn
cocks (Buff) at $3 each, Barnes and Houston's
strain; all prize winners. Our Whites are
Hawks and Wykoff strain; our Brown: are
Brace strain direct; Buffsare Harris. Barnes.

Arnold, and Brace. Write us for bargains

W. A. BLOOMER & SON, Lebanon, Kas.

Nothing but direct external and internal treatment will kill
Toup germs, Buy the best; don't be deceived. 8 nd for testi-
nonials.
J.D, W. HALL, Box60 Des Moines, Iowa,

200 White Plymouth Rocks
FOR SALE. 4 ==

Our specialty. White birds; large
winter layers. Prices 75c each; $6 per 12.

size

F. J. KOLASCE, DeBois, Nebr.

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From Barred and White Plymouth Rocks,
White and Silver Wyandottes, White and
Brown Leghorns, Golden Sebright Bantams,
Bronze Turkeys, and Pearl Guineas.

Belgian Hares, Jersey Cattle.
Valuable Circular.

F.M. MUNGER & SONS, DeKalb, Ill.
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Edson’'s Registered Strain, from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
aspecialty for 19 years. Now offering fine

exhibition and grand br: eding stock of both |

1900 und 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, Ill.

Buff P. Rocks

We

Exclusively...

We have Judge Harris’ entire stock.
These, together with our own prize
flock of
We can

winners, gives us the best

Buff Rocks in the country.

please you both in quality and prices. |

winners bred
Pekin ducks, Toul-
ouse Geese for sale.

MRS. FLORA SHROYER,
Clay Center, Neb.

Write us if you want

from winners.

Price 50c and $1.00 per box, postpaid. Agents wanted, |

‘but Hatch Chickens by Steam

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Two Cocks and ten Hens of superior merit for sale WAY
DOWN. Send for illustrated catalogue—it’s free.

GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska.

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com Silver Laced Wyandottes of
With Royal Blood in Their Veins.

Sce this—Winners at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebraska State show
at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, Ist, 2d, 3d cockerel, Ist,
2d, 3d pullet, 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 9234 was cut one and
one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights.
This makes him a 944% point bird. Howis that for a S. L. Wyandotte
breeding? If anybody in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy
andottes, we can. I. & N. M. CONNER, Ponca Neb.

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THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.

FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue
as the sky. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN-
GLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNsS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
die. and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels
and eiegant combs In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling im the
show room If so, address. J.W. WHITNEY, Chatham, 0., P. 0. Box I.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : :
—__.._ =IBREEDERS OF.
| White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland

Friend, Nebraska

Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska
| State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, 1st
hen, Ist cock, 3d cockrel, which was a prize
on every bird entered. At the Nebraska
State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won
| lst pen chicks, Ist hen, 1st pullet, lst cock.
| erel—a first prize on every bird entered-
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

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Vol. 1.

BEGINNING

To one who desires to establish a
business that will earn him a living
and give him a reputation as a fan-
cier:

First, you must realize that in you
and in you alone lies the source of
your success. You are responsible for
your success or failure. Your rise
will not depend on some friend or on
some other breeder, but on yourself.
Hence, from the very beginning you
must depend upon yourself. Advice
is cheap and always plenty of it to be
received. But, advice very often
comes from an unreliable source. Oft-
entimes advice is given unintention-
ally wrong. Yet, whatever your

friends’ intention may have been, if)

you followed it disaster would result.
The qualifications necessary to a per-
fect breeder are many. Although a
breeder or rather the beginner has not
all the qualifications necessary to per-
fection, he may get along remarkably
well if he tries to do so, yet the better
he is qualified for the work the more
sure will be his success. The begin-
ner should be energetic. If he has en-
ergy and uses it in the right direction,
he will stand a fine chance for success.

He should be patient and persevering |

in order to be able to meet and over-
come all the difficulties of poultry life.
He must be ambitious for success. The
one who lacks ambition is seriously
handicapped for the work. Yet he
will be able to overcome some of his
defects, as I shall speak of later. He
must have good judgment and plenty
of common sense. These are neces-

By Percy W. Shepard |

sary, as any breeder, beginner or vet-
eran, will have occasion to use his
judgment several times every day. He
must be willing to do the work, in
fact, he must be anxious to perform
all the duties of a breeder’s life.
Prompt in caring for his fowls and
all his customers. Diligence in his
work will greatly help along the strug-
gle. And above all, he should love
the work. No one succeeds well in
any branch of life unless he has a
special liking for the work. So with a
breeder he needs to love the work and
delights in caring for the birds.

I have given above most of the:
characteristics of a breeder who is in
himself about perfect in his adapta-
bility for the work. Now we will
suppose that on one who is contem-
plating a start in the poultry industry
lacks some of the above valuable qual-
ities, for instance, he lacks energy.
Can he not make himself energetic?
Can he not arouse himself up and rush
into the work carefully and do it as
it should be done if he will? Yes, it
is possible for him to make of him-
self just what he wants to be, if he
works properly. So as I said before,
it depends entirely on the breeder
whether or not he will succeed. If
you are bound to succeed you will suc-
ceed. If you are bound to obtain that
which you desire you will obtain it.
Success must come. But not to him

who waits, but to him who goes af-
ter it.

I believe, in fact I know, that more
of succcess depends on the breeder

right kind of a breeder will succeeed
under the most averse circumstances,
while the wrong kind of a breeder
cannot succeed at all under the most
favorable circumstances.

I have endeavored in the fore part of
this article to give you a good de-
scription of an ideal breeder and now
will speak of the buildings, fowls and
management.

The building is the first essential
that the breeder obtains after qual-
ifying himself for the business. We
will suppose that the one who is
making the start has visited as many
different breeders as possible and has
very carefully studied their plans of
buildings and methods of manage-
ment. Also he has made a_ special
study of different breeds of fowls, he
has noted their characteristics and
qualities. He has subscribed to sev-
eral up-to-date poultry journals and
made use of the much valuable mat-
ter in their columns. He has read
several late poultry books, bought a
Standard of Perfection and learned
what a perfect bird is and knows how
he is going to breed to seek to pro-
duce winners.

Fifty fowls are enough to start with
for the first year. Twenty-five may
be a better number. Never try to
start with too many birds. This is
taking a position too high upon the
ladder and may result in disaster and
discouragement. Better begin a lit-
tle lower down and jthen rise up
than to begin higher and be compelled
to fall to the bottom. “Slow but sure”
is the maxim that seems to have had
no beginning and does not end at this
great age of advancement. So apply-
ing it to poultry life we would begin

4

with a small number of fowls and in-
crease aS we gained experience.
beginner is without experience which
becomes a valuable qualification later

on, The veteran breeder has their ad- |

vantage over a beginner—he has ex-
perience which money cannot buy. So
way of obtaining
priceless acquisition except through
the school of life, which has number-
less branches of which one is that of

there is no

poultry.

It would be almost useless for me
to give you a plan of my ideal of a
poultry building. You, living in an-
other climatic belt and surrounded by
entirely different conditions and cir-
cumstances, would not find my plans
your However,
what the plans of your building may
be, it must combine the essentials of
warmth, light and convenience. If the
poultry is warm enough, if it
plenty of light admitted to it
and is convenient, it will be very ser-

suitable for work.

house
has
viceable. The expense will depend on
the size of your pocketbook. If you
expensive and ornamental
fowls and you have
money, you can have the
building that you desire. But if you
can’t afford an expensive building, a
cheaper one must suffice. If I were to
have an extensive poultry plant I
would build the cheapest buildings
that would serve the purpose, al-
though of course they would not lack
anything that favors sucess. A cheap,
well made house does just as well as
one that is expensive without giving
any more advantages. The building
can be large enough for one pen of
be a long one divided
I favor the continuous
is convenient. Twenty-
five are enough for one pen.
This number will pay better than a
larger number kept in one pen. For
this size flock I would have a pen
say ten by fifteen feet. This will al-
low six square feet to each fowl.

want an
home for your

plenty of

fowls or
into pens.
house as it

can

fowls

building completed and your
fixed on some breed of fowls,
you are ready to purchase your birds.
Don’t start wilth more than one breed.
Buy of a reliable breeder. Select your
birds yourself if possible. You will
know how to select good ones if you
learned from your Standard of
In regard to the different
what are you going to
Is it eggs alone?. If so, then
some of the smaller breeds ac-
cording to taste. In breeding
for market alone select a larger breed,
and if seeking a general purpose fowl,
that is one for both eggs and market
fowls, get some one of the American
Of course, for whatever pur-

Your

choice

have
Perfection
breeds, for
breed?
select
your

breeds.

The |

this |

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Light Brahmas and Pekin ducks in the yards of Mrs. Alice Allen, Clay Center, Nebr.

pose you may intend to breed them
you will expect to exhibit them as it
is your ambition to get prominently
before the public. If you have no
choice for either line of work and it
makes no difference to you whether
or not you breed for eggs, fowls, or
both, then select your fowls according
to your taste. It is a question as to
which is the best breed. One breed
will pay as well as another if managed
according to their needs.

It is an apparently easy matter to
erect the building and select and buy
the fowls if you have the money. Al-
ways buy the best you can-afford and
never think of anything except pure
birds.

After you have received the birds
you must begin poultry life in earn-
est. The different breeds will need
different maagement. You will learn
this from the poultry journals and
books which you have purchased be-
fore. Be regular in your work. Feed
them regular.. Don’t feed at daylight
one morning and nearly noon the
next. Be interested in the work and
do the work yourself. If you do it
yourself you know that it is well
done.

There are is science in feeding
fowls. No secret about it. You see
that the fowls lay in summer. To
get eggs in winter just make the con-
ditions correspond with those of sum-
mer. Give them grain, green food,
animal food, grit, pure water not iced,
warmth, light, cleanliness, a good dust
bath, charcoal, a variety of grains,

|

and plenty of work. This is just

what they get in summer and just
what they must have in winter. Go
to nature and you have a_ perfect

‘teacher. This same applies to the

chickens as well as to fowls. Feed
them as nature does and they make a
remarkable growth. Of course eggs
and chicks in winter are fruits out
of season. So we must make winter
like summer as far as possible. The
first work will not be as profitable
usually as will that which is done
after you have acquired experience.
But as long as you breed fowls you
will never cease to learn something
every day. The more you learn the
better chance you will have for suc-
cess. Keep a strict account of all
receipts and expenditures, so you will
know exactly how you stand. Try
to improve your fowls, your plans,
your work and your everything about
the poultry. The world is moving on
and upward. Keep up with it. Never
fall behind when you have once made
the start. Never neglect and never
put off until tomorrow what you can
do today. Do everything in time and
just when it needs to be done. This
will save time, discouragement and
loss. You will meet discouragements,
but never give up. There is a repu-
tation for you if you press on and
get it. Give just the right amount of
care. No need of too much care. Be
kind to the fowls. Make them tame
and you will love the work better. Pay
attention to the small details. Plan
ahead. Remember that time is re-

quired to succeed. Rome wasn’t built
in a day, neither will you reach the
highest step in the ladder in a day,
or year, or even in a dozen years.
But you can make a remarkable ad-
vancement in a short time if you
know how, and you can learn how
if you will. Be a genuine fancier
and let every one know that you are
such. And last but not least, be sure
to exhibit your fowls when posssible,
as you will learn enough to pay you
even if you win no prizes.
show you where your fowls are de-
ficient and you will see how to breed

It will |

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been neglected early in life no amount
of care will make them winners. So
you see that there is something back
of merely taking the birds to the
shows and carrying off prizes. Begin
right and stay right.

P. W. SHEPARD.

SOME REASONS WHY.

The reason why the _ Investigator
will be a good advertising medium
for poultry and poultry appliances is
simply because the subscribers are
poultry people and mail order buyers.
To a very great extent the subscrib-

FORCED FEEDING.

No. 2 of the Investigator is really
about the neatest little poultry paper
it was ever my pleasure to see. Edi-
tor Harris may surely be proud of it.
Now I have a word to say about
feeding to force extreme early matur-
ity and egg production. Does it pay?
Does not the pullet that is brought to
laying at an unnaturally early age by
the feeding of egg-producing com-
pounds, etc., lose much of her value
as a layer for the next season, and
all of value as a breeder or a bird
|! from which to produce good stock?

A Lalf-tone from photo of Brandane Red Oak, an English-bred Scotch collie, owned by H. R. McLean, of Red Oak, Iowa.

ready for shipment pups sired by this wonderful dog.

to obtain better results, which’ will
atferwards give you the blue ribbons.
Here at the exhibition you will meet
dozens of breeders whom you can talk
with and learn of their ways of feed-
ing and caring for their fowls to pro-
duce winners. So you see that it pays
to exhibit, even if you cannot take to
the show your birds, go yourself and
carefully study the different birds. It
will be of value to you. Your fowls
need to be prepared for the show
room. You know this, but let me ask
you a question. Do you know just
when to begin preparing them for ex-
hibition? Well, you begin just at the
time when you mate your fowls. Mate
them to produce winners. Keep the
chicks growing and give proper care
all the way through.

If they have |

ers are the same people who have
corresponded with the Sure Hatch In-
cubator company about
poultry and poultry fixtures. The
ness.
crop and the general prosperity, the
coming season will be better than
ever. The western fairs were better
than ever the past fall. Advertising
|space in the Investigator will
worth more in the near future. Come
in on the ground floor and get ac-
| quainted while it does not cost much.

SPECIALTY CLUB.
The American Hamburg club. Rey.
G. A. Chamblin, Moran,
Kansas,

Secretary,

incubators, |

west has been a good field for busi- |
On account of the big wheat)

be!

He now has

[I do not mean to say that this feed-
j ing for early maturity and great egg-
production should not be done at all,
but it not overdone in some in-
stances, and even carried so far as to
be a positive detriment?

We have tampered very lightly with
such things ourselves and have suc-
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| ceeded in producing a strain of layers
| that I think will compare very favor-

is

ably with any, while even our two
and three-year-old hens continue to
lay well.

One thing is sure, I do not believe
in using or sending our eggs for
hatching from stock *+hat have been
fed a “forced ration.”

R. R. FRENCH.

Ford City, Mo,

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There are some facts that will bear
repeating, and this seems especially
in regard to the fundamental
facts of caring for poultry. There is
a deal of theorizing and experimenta-
tion going on, and there are poultry
writers who fill columns telling things
that when we try them won’t work.

But if the proof of the pudding is in
the eating, the proof of a well bal-
ration for fowls comes out by
the eating—their eating. At the same
time plenty of people are succeeding
admirably with chickens who feed
just the two grains, corn and oats,
with the table scraps. This fall the
remarkable growth of grass gives the
birds that have access to it a food
that is ample in place of cut hay and
the many other like foods so much
recommended. The abundant rains
and mild weather are bringing up the
worms and tempting the insect world
generally to display of itself, there-
by affording a substitute for green
bone and meat scraps; but this is
early October, and by the time these
lines are read there will doubtless ‘a
change have come over the spirit of
our dreams,” and green food and ani-
mal food must be supplied.

We are fanciers on so limited a
seale that not often shall we dare
in our chats here set ourself and our
experience up as authority, but it
shall be our aim to present only such
facts from the experience of others
as are reliable; those ‘that have
proven by long use and grand results
that they are worthy of imitation.

And now because of having spoken
at length of what we hear of the
wonderful Van Dreser poultry plant
in New York, in some other columns,
we will not dwell upon it here fur-
ther than to the extent necessary to
prove that the feeding there is of
necessity reduced to something of a
science,

It is known as a “3,000-hen plant,” |
but a recent visitor in writing of it

true

anced

says: “Its capacity today is about
2,000 head of layers, but there will
probably be 2,200 or 2,300 put into

the houses this fall.”

There is a part of the year when
the egg incoms per day is over $98.
Besides there is the selling of stock,
running up into the thousands of dol- |
lars annually. The chief business of |
the plant is, however, the production |
of eggs for market.

As regards the feeding, Mr. Van |

| grains fed,

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We present here a view of a flock*of Buff Wyandottes''in the yards of Mrs. E. W. Orr, Clay

Center, Nebr.

acre farm, and right here we want | had taken 84 bushels of the mixed

to bring in one of our strong argu-
ments in favor of poultry for profit—
the fertilizer derived. Mr. Van Dreser
put 550 pounds of hen manure on an
acre prepared for wheat and _ pro-
duced on that acre 281% bushels more
than on adjacent acres that had not
been fertilized.

The crops raised exclusively for his

fowls are sunflower, oats, Canada
peas, buckwheat and corn. Last year
he raised 140 bushels of sunflower

seed on a little less than one acre of
ground.

Now, to quote from this recent vis-
itor, Mr. Hunter of the Practical
Farmer:

“In the morning the fowls have a
grain feed of oats and peas, or wheat,
thrown into the straw upon the floor
of the pens, and this sets them to
scratching—starts the blood circulat-
ing. About 10 a. m. in winter and in
summer about 4:30 p. m. a mash is
fed of equal parts of pea meal, wheat
bran, middlings and
scraps. This is thoroughly mixed
together and wet up with boiling hot
water. Oats and peas, buckwheat
and corn (cracked or whole), are the
and all are thrown into
the litter. It is the intention to keep
the fowls just a little hungry,
avoid overfeeding, and so they shall
come to their meals with a good ap-
petite.”

This man sows Canada peas and
oats together, seeding in the propor-
tion of two bushels of oats to one
of peas. The writer says a field of
25 acres of these was. being har-

ground beef ;
jas we

to)

seed to sow the piece.

Now, of course, we cannot all be
Van Dresers. It would be a pity to
turn all our farms into hen ranches,
but there is money in poultry as
surely as in stock raising or any
other industry, and even a_e small
flock of birds intelligently fed and
humanely housed is bound to not
only meet its own expenses, but turn
quite a decent surplus into the family
pocketbook.

Before bidding adieu to Mr. Van
Dreser we want to mention that he
feeds the mashes in feed troughs
made for the purpose. He supplies
abundant dust boxes, boxes of grit
and oyster shells and water. His
method of watering is to put in each
pen a shelf some eighteen inches
from the floor and on this place the
watering pan, said pan slipping un-
der a board that leaves about two
inches all around accessible.

His pens are fifteen feet square and
he allows fifty birds to a pen, and,
understand it, two or three
males to a pen. Here we would think
it might be wiser to have twenty-bird
pens, allowing one male to each, but
Mr. Van Dreser’s birds are wonders
in that the males do not fight.

Another poultry expert advises the
feeding of new wheat at the season
it can be obtained to make hens start
laying. She has observed through
long years of experience that this is
the effect and makes a practice of
buying shocks of new wheat each har-
vest for her yarded fowls.

She deviates from the old rule of

Duser raises all the food on his 200-| vested on the day of his visit. It giving the soft food in the morning

and gives it at night. We should ad-
vocate the mash at noon in winter.

“Many men of many minds.”

Another fancier says he can make
young birds grow faster on a diet of
oats alone than an anything else;
that is they grow large, but are a bit
apt to be angular. Then he rushes
in a few weeks of wheat to plump
them out.

Our young birds do not like oats
unless it is boiled. Besides oats is
such a bulky food for the amount of
nourishment in it. Our “pet” grain
is wheat for young and old birds,
with corn for supper in very cold
weather.

Some one says, “Dry grains have
all the elements of growth, but in so

small a proportion, some of them,
that it is necessarily slower. The
soft foods are a ‘short cut’ to the

desired goal, and it is well known
that the quicker a chick can be grown
to marketable size the more delicate
and toothsome the flesh.”

This writer gives the following as
. proof of her theory:

“We recently visited a most suc-
cessful chicken raiser who marketed
4,000 birds between April 25th and
August 19th, the 4,000 bringing him
in $1,839.08, of which $1,000 was
profit. * * * He told us that it
took him nine weeks to make a 144-
pound chick and eleven weeks to
make a 2-pounder. You can’t do that
with dry feed.”

Then she goes on to say:

“Mr. T. begins with a soft—not
sloppy—mixture of meals and a very
little meat meal. This, with millet
seed and finely cracked wheat, is the
food for the first week; then finely
cracked corn is added. They are fed
five times a day until three weeks
old. After this three times a day; in
the morning a mash, at noon wheat,
and at night cracked corn: The
mash is made of either corn meal or
gluten meals and wheat bran in
equal parts, with maybe a little meat
meal added. Besides these three reg-
ular meals they have green food in
the middle of the forenoon, cut fresh
bone in the middle of the afternoon
and all the skim milk they can
drink.”

And now comes the surprising an-
nouncement that the cost in food for
this man to raise a 2-pounder is just
8 cents.

A WARM HEN HOUSE.
Poultry Investigator, Clay Center,

Neb.:

Your correspondent, Hattie By-
field, in her article on “Chicken Fix-
ings for Winter,’ concluded that
stone houses would be preferable to

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sod houses.

I would suggest that she and others
try building concrete houses for poul-
try. They can be put up cheaply, and
will keep out rats, etc., and will al-
ways be warm, without any damp-
ness whatever.

Almost any one can put one up—
without much trouble.

First excavate a trench below the
frost line, say eight inches wide, or
wider if thought best, but eight inches
will do.

Use Portland cement, gravel and
sand. To one measure of Portland
cement add three of sand and five
measures of coarse gravel. Mix the
three together very thoroughly, three
or four times hoeing, then add water
sufficient to make it damp, then hoe it
again, adding just enough water so
that you will have a stiff mortar or
paste. Shovel this into the trenches,
throwing into it loose stone or brick
bats. Continue this process until the
trench is full. Set 2x4 posts seven to
eight feet apart around the trench
both inside and out. Then by plac-
ing plank or boards on the inside of
the posts you have a mould _ into
which the cement mixture can be
placed, the same as if it was put into
the trench. The posts must be set
perpendicular and plumb and strips
nailed onto the posts to keep them in
place.

By the time the one course is filled
in around the building, the plank or
board where the cement was first put
in can be pulled up and a new course
started. For openings for doors and
windows frames can be set inside of
the moulds. Always see that these
frames are set plumb.

For a building 12x20 6x8 feet high
would take about eleven barrels of
Portland cement. The stone thrown
in promiscuously should not exceed
four or five inches in size, and too
many will weaken the structure, just
enough stone to take up the concrete.
Tamping will give it solidity. The
floors can be put in the same way,
excavating below the surface at least
six inches, fill in with sand or cinders,
making a coating of at least two
inches, giving it a slight fall to the
outside. If a smooth job is desired,
both for the floor and the outside,
use one part of cement to two parts
of clean sharp sand, troweling the
same as a plasterer does his work.
Blocks of stone can be marked off on
the wall.

Such a house would be warm and
free from insects, or the troublesome
rat. It would virtually be a stone
house.

The time is not far distant when

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most of our homes will be built in
this manner, as the price of Port-
land cement, in consequence of great
increase of its manufacture, is getting
down to where it can be economically
used for home building.

0. G. VANDERHOOF.

Brazil, Ind.

A HANDSOME, HELPFUL BOOK.

“More Money from Your Hens’ is
the title of a new book issued by the
Stratton Mfg. Co. of Erie, Pa., man-
ufacturers of the well known line of
Dandy Green Bone Cutters. It is at-
tractively printed in two colors, well
illustrated, and goes into the question
of making poultry profitable in a very
thorough manner. Of course it places
special emphasis on the value of
freshly cut green bone as an egg pro-
ducer and growth promoter. There is
no doubt in the minds of poultry
raisers that a little green bone added
to the feeding ration is productive of
the very best results in two ways: It
not only saves in the grain bill, an im-
portant feature this fall’ when grain
is high, but it also makes the poultry
more productive in every way. It is
a double-headed money maker.

The “Dandy” »wone Cutter has been
on the market a number of years
with increasing popularity. It has an
automatic feeding device, is strongly
and substantially built, has a large
cutting capacity, and we know that
numerous of our readers have demon-
strated that it is a satisfactory ma-
chine in every way. You will be in-
terested in the handsome book which
they send free.

HAMBURG BREEDERS,
TION.

The American Hamburg club will
hold its annual meeting at Topeka,
Kan., January 6th to 11th. This
will cover the dates of the Kansas
State Poultry show.

Premiums are coming in. We have
some grand ones already. Be sure
that you help in this matter.

Let us know what and how much
you will give to help out the premium
list.

Send your birds to the show, and
let us move along with the other up-
to date breeders.

G. A. CHAMBLIN, Secretary.

Morken, Kan.

ATTEN-

Butt Caching ao
Rose Comb Brown
Leghorhs

My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank Hitch-
cock and have won for two years in the show
room. Prices reasonable. Write your wants.

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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Ch RE

By far the greater number of peo-
ple who keep poultry, and especially
the farmers and villagers, are inter-
ested in practical methods. They
wish to produce the choicest eggs and |

meat at the lowest cost. The pro-
duction of eggs and market poultry
is a safe business and one that is

when conducted
a large or small scale. It |
carried on on the
farm or the village acre, the amount!
of land required depending on the ex-
tent of the business and the manner
in which it is conducted. The farmer
wishes to produce his fowls with the
least possible labor. Usually when
the chicks are of an age to require

fairly remunerative
on either

can be successfully

the most attention he is busy with
his spring work, so in many cases
where poultry is made much of an

item the care falls to the women of

the family, and lessen the labor

the chicks are allowed free range as

soon as they are large enough to leave

the hen or brooder.

A SMALL BUT COMPLETE POUL-
TRY PLANT.

Persons having less land at their
disposal must in a measure confine
their fowls and chicks, and for such
a well-arranged poultry plant is more
of a necessity. A model plant can be
constructed on two acres of land,
which will accommodate from 300 to
500 laying hens, and on which 2,000 |
or more market chickens can be com-
fortably raised to roasting size or ma-

to

turity. Such a plant should have a
good brooder house, and either long |

houses with at least twelve compart-
ments, or their equivalent in small ;
houses, with commodious yards at
both sides of buildings. The writer
was at one time actively engaged in
raising market chickens and eggs and
built a small but complete plant on
two acres which I will briefly de-
scribe, as it may interest some who),
anticipate starting in poultry.

The brooder house was a double
row building facing the south, 112
feet long by 24 wide, with a four-foot |
alley running the entire length of the
building, while in the center was a,
compartment 12x24, in which was lo-
cated the office, heating, picking and
feed rooms, and under this was the
incubator cellar and coal bin. From
this compartment the brooder house |
extended fifty feet each way. All the)
pens in one wing and half of those |
in the other were heated by a pipe!

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system. The pens not thus heated
had sectional brooders and were used
for very young chicks.. The pens in
this house were 10x6 feet, excepting
those in which were located the sec-
tional brooders, which were divided

by temporary partitions, making
them 38x10 feet. Thus the house had
forty pens and a capacity of 2,000
chicks, as we rated it, but many

poultrymen would have placed twice
that number in this house.

The houses for laying hens were
two in number, each 10x96 feet, di-
vided into six pens each 10x16 feet,
each pen having a roosting room and
an open scratching shed. At the
front of each pen was a yard 16x150
feet, and at the rear another yard
16x50 feet. The front of the scratch-
ing sheds were closed with wire net-
ting and from each shed there was a
small door into the smaller yard,
while one from the house led into
the large yard. During the winter
from 25 to 50 hens were kept in each
of these compartments, but when the
first lot of chicks were large enough
to leave the brooders, the weather
warm and then hens on the range in
the large yards, they were given the
scratching sheds end small yards.
Thus the hen houses were made to
do double service, and the brooder
house was also kept full the entire
season. This gave this apparently
small plant a very large capacity.
After the chicks were disposed of in
the fall the small yards were sown to
rye and seeded down, so as to have a
fresh lot of green food and grass for
the chicks the next season.

Such a plant as this, however, is
entirely too extensive for those who
only wish to go into the business in
a small way, and could not be rec-

ommended unless one intended to de-
vote his entire time to the business,
depending upon it for a livelihood.
In such a case it is necessary to have
a good equipment of buildings, brood-
ers and incubators, for they are the
first requisite for success. Where a
man depends upon poultry for a liv-
ing it is necessary to have a good
equipment, for if he be handicapped
by miserable makeshifts the contin-
ual loss will cut deep into his profits
and may result in a total failure.
Most people who are in the busi-
ness in a small way or contemplate
embarking in it have buildings of
some kind or have plans for cheap
and convenient structures which will
answer well their purpose, so I will
not devote valuable space in an at-
tempt to formulate plans for them,
as each must be guided by his own

individual circumstances, surround-
ings, etc. Neither was it my design
to go into detail about methods of

hatching, rearing and feeding chicks,
as most every one who has been en-
gaged in the business has a plan of
his own and will be slow to adopt any
method which is a radical change
from the one with which he has in
a measure been successful, but I may,
in a future article, as the hatching
season draws near, explain the meth-
ods which have with me proven suc-
cessful.

THE EGG THE SOURCE OF ALL

PROFIL.

The source of all profit from poul-
try is the egg, whether we sell them
in the market or use them for incu-
bation, and to produce eggs at all
seasons, and strongly fertile eggs
during the hatching season especially,
is the aim of every poulterer. Some
wish to make a specialty of eggs
only, others depend on the sale of
fowls for market, while many com-
bine both branches. Where eggs
only are desired it is only necessary
to raise enough chicks to make good
the laying stock, it being necessary

| to dispose of most of the hens after

Prize-winning Light Brahmas,’such as G. B. Clary, of Fairbury, Nebr., breeds.

they are a year old, as pullets lay
much better than hens. Even here it
is necessary to go into the market
poultry business to some extent, as
the old hens must be disposed of and
among the chicks hatched to replace
them there will be a large percentage
of cockerels. If we keep the egg
strins—fowls of the Mediterranean
class, such as Leghorns, Minorcas,
Spanish or Hamburgs—the amount re-
ceived from the sale of surplus stock
will be small and will probably not
be more than equal the cost of the
food, but in egg farming this is one
of the minor items. The main ob-
ject being eggs, we must hatch the
pullets early and get them to laying
before cold weather sets in, and by
proper housing and feeding Keep
them laying all winter. The great-
est profit is derived from winter eggs,
althougno when the nens are given
‘free range and allowed to hunt all or
the greater portion of their food sum-
mer eggs are nearly as profitable, be-
cause it costs nothing or very little
to produce them.

Most farmers and cottagers, how-
ever, desire to combine both market
poultry and eggs, and for such the
heavy-laying strains of some of the
larger breeds are to be preferred to
those of the Mediterranean class. The
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks and Wyan-
dottes are all excellent fowls for this
purpose, and when dressed their car-
casses will bring the highest price
in the market. It is not mecessary
for the farmer or market poultryman
to attempt to raise show birds or to
breed his fowls too closely to feather.
Egg-producing qualities and size
should be given preference over fancy
points, but pure bred fowls of any
breed will be found vastly superior
to mongrels, as they will be larger
and more uniform in size and appear-
ance and bring better prices when
sold. :
GRADING UP COMMON STOCK.

Where one has a mixed lot of hens
which are fairly good producers he
can build up his own strain and in
a few years have them quite uniform
both in shape and feather. Select
the best hens you have and mate them
to a thoroughbred male of such breed
as you prefer. The next season select
the largest and best pullets and
either breed them back to the same
male or secure a new male of the
same breed and as near like the old
eock bird as you can find. It is not
necessary to purchase a high-priced
bird for this purpose—one that a fan-
cier would call a cull will answer the
purpose very well—but we would in-
sist on having one of large size fairly

good shaped comb and yellow legs

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

and skin. Yellow-meated chickens
sell for better prices than white-
meated ones, and cost no more to
raise. Buyers of poultry in the west
are not as particular as those in the
east, yet as the cold storage men are
now taking many fowls which ulti-
mately find sale in the eastern mar-
kets they will discriminate more
closely every year, and it will pay to
have a flock that will meet the re-
quirements of the pest markets.

EARLY HATCHES DESIRABLE.

It is desirable to get as many
chicks hatched early in the season
as possible, but unless one has a
warm brooder house it is not desir-
able to bring off a hatch much before
the first or middle of March in most
sections. March, April and May are
the hatching months and _ chicks
hatched in these months are far su-
perior, both for layers and market
fowls, to those hatched later in the
season, unless one is raising winter
roasting chickens, when August, Sep-
tember and October chicks are re-
quired.

ADVANTAGES OF THE INCUBA-
TOR AND BROODER.

If we wish to make the most of our
opportunity we must employ the in-
cubator. Of course, many chicks may
be raised by the use of hens for in-
cubation, but it is difficult to find
many sitters early in the season, and
the work of attending to them, in
case they are found, is much greater
than caring for an incubator or two.
In fact we would as soon care for
an incubator holding 200 eggs or more
as to look after one sitting hen, and
the same is true where a_ greater
number of hens or machines are em-
ployed. It is also much easier to
care for incubator chicks in brooders
than to attend hens with their broods.
The same time required to feed and
care for a hen with a dozen chicks
will care for fifty in a brooder. We
several seasons ago discarded the use
of hens entirely for incubation pur-
poses, as we found we could do the
work much easier, cheaper and bet-
ter with the machine. One or more
good incubators, then, are really nec-
essary to carry on the business to
any great extent, and one will be
found profitable even where but a
comparatively small number ot
chicks are to be raised, as with its
use it is possible to get the chicks
at a time when they are most desired,
and thus do away with the vexation
of depending on the caprice of the
hen.

MARKETING POULTRY.
All old hens and the cockerels from
the early hatches should be marketed
as early in the season as possible.

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During July, August and September
the market is much better than later.
There is. very little good poultry in
the market at this season, excepting
broilers, and the old hens, if well
fattened, will bring a good price. The
cockerels can be sold as broilers or
held until they are ot sufficient size
to make nice roasting fowls, as the
market seems to _ indicate. Some-
times it will pay to sell when the
birds weigh but three or four pounds
to the pair, but unless the price for
such fowls is high it is better to keep
tnem until they weigh six to ten
pounds to tue pair. The additional
weight will often more than make up
for the difference in the price per
pound between a broiling and roast-
ing chicken. At any rate get all that
ls suitable off before October 15th, as
by that time the great bulk of farm
poultry will begin to come in and the
market is usually glutted and prices
rule low. Many farmers fat all their
poultry for Thanksgiving or the hol-
iday trade, and as a consequence there
is an overstock at that time. Of late
the cold storage men have helped the
commission men out in these emer-
gencies and taken large quantities of
stock at very low prices, which oth-
erwise would have spoiled on their
hands. The poultryman should watch
the markets closely and get the bulk
of his stock off before the decline in
prices.

Good business methods are essential
to make poultry pay, and these in
connection with a knowledge of the
business, good buildings, energy and
sufficient capital to successfully carry
on the work, will assure success.

COLUMBUS SHOW.

Don’t fail to be at the great Colum-
bus show, December 16 to January 2.
All railroads pulling into Columbus
will carry passengers at half rate. The
show will be held at the Columbus
Auditorium, the largest hall in the
state of Ohio, having more than 25,-
000 feet of floor space, not including
galleries, etc.

The management has engaged the
following well known udges to place
awards: Judges H. A. Budge, Charles
Kramer, S, B. Lane, M. M. Barger and
Judge Robert Champion, the well
known English judge who has judged
birds at the great Crystal Palace show
of London, England, beyond a doubt
one of the most capable judges on
the English varieties in the world.

For further information in regard
to the great Columbus shod, address
the secretary, F. A. BRIGEL,
Cor. 11th and N. 4th Sts., Columbus,

Ohio.

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Already the chill of coming winter |

may be felt in. the air, and the care-
ful “head of the house’ has completed
repairs and made all things ready for
the coming of this cold stormy old
King Winter. This forethought and
labor have been that the members of
the home circle may be warm, com-
fortable and happy within a comfort-
able home, around the glowing fire,
while wintry storms and winds are
raging without in all their fury. But
how is it witn your fowls? Have you
made every house they call home
snug and comfortable for winter, or
have you been so engrossed with win-
ter preparations around the home that
the poultry has been utterly forgot-
ten? Alas, too often, they are unshel-
tered and uncared for through driving
snow and beating storm! It is late to
commence repairs and improvements
in and around the poultry houses, but
even if late i* is better to do all that
is needful for the fowls’ comfort now
than to leave it altogether. A house
of one thickness of lumber, if the
cracks are battened, may be made suf-
ficiently warm to insure the health
and comfort of the fowls. Indeed I
think such a house, with tight fitting
windows and doors, well banked up on
the outside and with no broken win-
dow panes to let in wind and snow,
preferable to the house built of two
thicknesses of lumber with paper be-
tween, unless such a house has built
in it a good ventilator. If too warmly
housed and too closely confined the
poultry become tender and the least
exposure is a fruitful source of dis-
ease in the form of colds, roup and
consumption. Now, do not think for
one moment that I advocate the bare
limbs of trees or fence corners as
roosting places for poultry, that they
may become so hardened that they
are perfectly healthy all winter long.
Were my fowls so cruelly treated as
to remain homeless and shelterless on
cold, stormy nights, I could not rest
in my warm bed, and sleep would not
visit my eyes because of my conscious-
ness of the poor biddies’ suffering.

An open scratch shed on the south
of the poultry house is a great help
in keeping the house warm, and as
the fowls have to
scratching room they keep warm ex-
ercising,
to the cold weather, and
healthy, happy and
all winter.

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Winter Comfort for Fouls

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If on the farm, nice, fresh straw is
always handy for use in these winter
scratch sheds, but if the breeder lives
in village or town, a load should be
obtained now and placed near the
poultry house for future use. Many
flocks of farm fowls are allowed to
pick their own living all the year
around, and they live upon the waste
of the farm, but such flocks do not
prove as profitable as the poultry that

are housed and fed for winter egg
production.

A very great part of the waste grain
is corn, and while this grain is an
excellent food for fattening the fowls
and supplying warmth to their bodies,
it is not one of the best foods for egg
formation. A few years ago oats was
condemned as a food for the fowls,
because of the danger, as many de-
clared, of the sharp grains cutting
through the crop, thus causing death,
but now very many of the most suc-
cessful breeders tell us it is one of
the most desirable foods for poultry.
From my own experience with oats as
a winter food, I can recommend it
as healthful and appetizing food for
the poultry, and when I have fed it
extensively in winter my hens have
proved profitable as layers. In very
cold weather it is best to feed corn,
warmed in the oven, for one meal a
day, but let not this grain be the
main winter food. Oats, wheat and

| barley should have precedence, with a

mash of ground grains in which is
mixed vegetables, or vegetable par-
ings, or cut clover, as an evening meal,
In winter the fowls often suffer from
thirst. Water is given them occasion-
ally, but soon becomes frozen, unless
the house wherein it is placed is warm
enough to prevent it. Twice a day the
poultry should be supplied with water
slightly warmed, that they may
quench their thirst and as a help in
egg production. We know that a very
great part of the egg is water, there-
fore if we would have eggs water
must not be withheld.

Cleanliness, freedom from lice and
mites, and plenty of room are other
essentials to winter comfort of the
poultry. Because it is cold and un-
pleasant work removing the droppings
in winter, they are often allowed to
accumulate and remain undisturbed
until spring, by the careless or indif-
ferent breeder, but this is far from
the right way. At least once a week
dropping boards, if dropping

boards are used, should be scraped off
and the droppings carried out. If no
dropping boards are under the perches,
but the floor of the house catches the
droppings of the fowls, then even more
necessary is it that they be cleaned
out often, for if allowed to remain
the fowls must pick up their grain
from among the filth, and such feed-
ing cannot be conducive to health.
The nest boxes need to be emptied and
cleaned out occasionally during the
winter, else lice or mites may find a
safe hiding place in them. Winter
though it is, the lice and mites will
be always with us unless we are vigi-
lant and continue our fight against
them. Do not let us delude ourselves
with the comforting thought that they
are all frozen to death. This is the
best time to wage war against them
with lice killing machines, insect pow-
ders, kerosene, gasoline, carbolic acid
and liquid lice killers galore, as they
may be more easily exterminated now
than when they are multiplying so
fast, as they do in summer weather.
Some sunshiny corner in winter house
or scratch shed is a wonderful help
in keeping these pests in subjection,
and if one just stands and watches
biddy for a few moments as_ she
scratches, rolls and dusts herself, or
lazily lies, half covered in dust sun-
ning herself, no doubt of the happy
content the fowls find in such a bath
will be entertained. The dust bath
serves a three-fold purpose. It is a
source of the keenest enjoyment, rids
the fowls of lice that are upon them,
and cleans and brightens the plu-
mage.

Overcrowding the poultry house is
a great mistake. I know it sometimes
seems unavoidable. One has retained
only as many of the old stock as is
needed for next season’s work, but
the young stock that are intended for
home use and those that are for sale
must be housed, and if house space
is limited, often more are crowded in
together than should be. Being so
crowded no room is had for exercise,
the walls of the house become frosted
and damp from the breath of the
fowls and the air becomes fowl and
impure, and often disease and death
follow such discomforts. Better to
dispose of all except those that can
be comfortably housed, even if one
feels very loth to do so, or else pro-
vide larger or more houses.

MATTIE WEBSTER.

THE SAME OLD STORY.
Mister Editer:

Mariar’s hoppin mad and declairs
she’l never sell] anuther burd as long
es her heads warm. You see it cum
round like this: she has a lawyer

fren wat lives in Saryeues and is a
mighty smart feller. He’s rased sum
Barred Rocks this yere wat wood put
yure i out and es he has a good meny
thot he’d

show them wat good burds wuz by

frends around Dryden he

sendin sum uy them tu the fare, so he

stade to hume frum church the sundy
fore the fare and looked over every
fether and trimmed them up to the
queans taste and then wen tha wuz
already fer to put into the coops tu
ship he run each one thru his ex rap
imasheen and pernounsed em perieck.
There wuz one cockerel that wuz the
pride uv his hart and Sary Ann (his
wife) cum in frum church just as he
wuz puttin him in the box to ship; he
told her that that burd would skore
100 under any fare judge, and that as
he couldent go to Dryden on acount
uv biznis if she wood go she mite hay
the $2 that he wuz bound to win, to
by her a new caliker dress. She
jumped at the chanst and wuz around
the fare ez smilin ez a basket uv
chips and wen the judges cum to this
burd she hed that look on her face that
the poet wuz thinkin uv wen he sed
that sayin about the slips atween the
cup and the lips; and wen the boss
judge see this burd he jest stood and
lookt at him fer awile and then sed
“Put both first’ and second on that
feller, he’s a corker.’’ The other judge
sed “I spose we owt to run him thru
the new improved ex ray masheen
jest fer form; but uv corse a bird with
such breedin ez he has couldent have
anything rong with him.’’ And so in
he went. The first feller lookt and
sed “All rite,” but wen the uther fel-
ler had lookt a long time he called
for a brighter lite and then he sed he
could see sines uv fethers startin on
his legs that wood surely be purty
near the surface within the next two
yeres, and under our incomparable
Standard uv perfecshun he had to be
throne out. Everybody sed he wuz
the finest burd wat wuz ever shone
in Dryden, and folks cum fer miles
around to see him. Now Mariar says
as how the fathers wat make our
Standard had no idee uv the ex ray
masheen being used to find fethers
with, and if tha had it wood hey bin
diferenter. She says she will devote
the rest of her life to havin the Stand-
ard changed so ez there wont be no
diqualifercashuns in it. Nearly all
the hart burnins and the cuss wurds
in the chickens shows for the past
ten yere hev cum frum this pervision
uv the Standard and it aint rite, and
ort to be changed.
Yours fer reform,
ZACHARY YEAKLE.
—Praetical Poultryman.

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Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center. Nebr., feeding her prize-winning Buff Rocks.

Experience with Poultry,

Mr. Editor:—As a farmer I would
like to give my experience with poul-
try. When only a small boy I was
poultry keeper, garden tender and
chore boy, and have been nearly ever
since.

To the best of my _ recoliection I
never saw a flock of thoroughbred
chickens until after I was grown. My |
mother, like nearly all the other good
mothers, would swap a setting of eggs |
with some friend and by that way'
change or add to her flock.

This was kept up until about four
years ago, when I persuaded her to
sell all her chickens except a few
Barred Plymouth Rocks. Then I went
and bought some pure bred males and
commenced breeding up our flock. I
am now picking out the defective ones
and disposing of them and trying to
improve our flock as fast as I can.
There never was a poultry journal in
our house, not even a sample copy,
until a few months ago, Now I am tak-
ing two.

Pure bred cattle and hogs have
proven to the farmer that they were
the most profitable when properly —
cared for, and so will thoroughbred
poultry.

“Ignorance is bliss;”’ so is the mon-
gre] fowl to those who do not know |
the value of the thoroughbred and
how to care for them.

Not being able to keep but one kind
I have selected the Barred Plymouth
Rocks and think they are a good all-
purpose fowl. On the first ef last

March we reduced our flock to forty-
four. On the first of October I found
that besides supplying our table with
eggs and fry chickens, we had sold
eggs $20 worth; fry chickens, $10
worth, and had on hand about seventy- .
five frys and the original flocks, less
ten. Six we sold in August and four
were lost during the summer, two
from disease and two by accident.
The eggs averaged 8 1-3 cents per
dozen and the frys 7% cents per
pound. Counting the amount used
equal to the amount sold, I think they
have paid well for their feed and keep-
ing.

We keep our chickens healthy and in
good flesh, so whenever we want to dis-
pose of any we find a ready market.

A chicken needs clean, comfortable
quarters, pure water, plenty of range
to exercise on and sufficient food to
keep them in good flesh. If a farmer
has a span of horses the same color
and size, in good flesh and good trav-
elers, or a herd of nice cattle or hogs,
all even and the same color and in
good flesh, he need not hunt for a buy-
er; they will hunt him. The same
with your poultry.

If this finds a place in your valuable
paper I will send you our methods of
caring for our chickens. Yours re-
spectfully, R. E. L. BLACK.

TIMELY HITS.
By Perey W. Shepard.

If all preparations have not been
made, as far as is possible, for winter,
do not delay in getting everything in
readiness for the coming season.

It is past time to whitewash your

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Buff_Leghorns on G. B. Lobb’s farm, Clay Center, Nebr., owned by Sure Hatch Poultry Co.

poultry house. Yet if it has not been
done you should lose no time in doing
it. Whitewash is indispensable to
your work. It makes the poultry
house brighter, cleaner, much nicer,
and leaves no place for vermin.

If there are any repairs needed for
your buildings get them done as soon
as you can get time. Make the build-
ings wind proof and warm, fix up all
leaks and replace broken glass in the
windows.

Have all your birds selected and also
mated if you intend to raise any win-
ter chickens. Do not try to select
your birds in an hour. Get a Standard
of Perfection and study up on points.
Then go over each bird separately,
carefully noting each part and con-
sidering size, color, shape, etc., as is
mentioned in the Standard. In this
way you will be able to select your
birds to the best advantage. Do not
winter any “scrubs” nor old _ birds.
Young hens pay best.

A FEW CONTRASTS.

First we will consider line breed-
ing in its true meaning, compared
with-inbreeding or incestuous breed-
ing. There are so many who do not
seem to distinguish the difference,
though expressed rather extravagantly
For that reason I will term one as
positive and the other as negative, as
there is in reality ae wide contrast
in the two methods, or rather the first
is the embodiment of method
forethought, with an adoption of the
means to serve the ends, together with
a comprehension of cause and effect,

an original object conceived and con-|
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tinually kept in view. The latter, in-

breeding, is the opposite or negative,
and well said when called negligent
breeding, as it may not necessarily
be closer breeding, but for lack of
above principles and care, yet may
really be more incestious and dis-
astrous by far than line breeding in
results, though each are destructive
in unskilled hands, hence only those
who are systematic and painstaking
in their methods, keen in observation
and possessed of sufficient patience to
have mastered most of the problems
of reversion by weighing the propor-
tions of ancestral influence through
years of practical experience should
attempt line breeding. Again no strain
of fowls can be intelligently estab-
lished without resorting to a pedigree
system of breeding. The only substi-
tue would be the use of a breeding
chart, so systematized as to show to
a nicety and at a glance the exact
proportions of preponderance of blood
of each of the original ancestors,
though better yet is the employment
of both systems. However, one is but
a duplicate of the other, but so for-
mulated as to express a different pur-
pose.

I will not attempt here to explain
the workings and merits of either
system, as each are deserving of an
article devoted almost wholly to its
own subject. While the topic of line
breeding is in hand it may be well to

and{explain there need only be one rea-

son of close breeding and that of par-
ents to their offspring. The most vig-
orous ones then should be used in
preference to any other quality, re-

membering that uniformity is the one
great object of line breeding, hence
great care here is also necessary.

The mating of brothers to sisters is
the rankest kind of incestuous breed-
ing, and I would advise no one to
attempt it if you would succeed. There
are thousands upon thousands of peo-
ple who are greatly interested in fine
poultry, but there is a great contrast
between those who aim to perpetuate
and improve pure-bred poultry and
those who seem to possess an inher-
ent desire to continually keep cross-
ing the pure breeds, and thus undoing
that which has taken many different
fanciers years of patience and study,
yes, and sums of money, to accom-
plish. Perfect pirates, if I may be
allowed the term.

There is yet another contrast that
is quite significant to the scientific
breeder, for the same evil propensi-
ties are instigated even among some
of those who only breed one single
variety, inasmuch that they continu-
ally mate specimens possessing ex-
tremes, either in size, color, shape,
markings, early maturity, profligacy,
ete., which by laws of revertion prove
unsatisfactory.

M. L. EDSON.
Jacksonville, Ill.

ADVERTISING,

Poultry advertising pays
poultry pays. No one will question
the statement. Had the poultrymen
the competition, the full market and
the thousand and one things (that he
is free from) to deal with, would the
class of advertising placed by the ay-
erage poultryman pay? Would it pay
to answer an inquiry promptly if
competition was such that delay was
dangerous to a sale? Would it pay to
write an attractive ad. if every other
advertiser did? And would it pay to
have an ad. that appeared like a
quarantined subject (out when the
guards were away), or a live stand-
ing ad?

because

The poultry business can put up
with poor backing; the fact is no
other business could stand it, yet be-
cause it is able to stand the pressure
is no reason why it should, and the
day is not far distant when poultry-
men will consider it necessary to look
after not only the placing of ads and
the style, but answering the inquiries
in a manner aprpoved by the most
exact business methods.

Buff P. Rocks.

Motto:—‘‘Good stock at moderate

price.’’ Stock for sale after Sept. 15.
W. D. SWAIN, Paunora, Ia.

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The Belgian Hare

By S. Js Mitchell

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From the number of queries in the
question and answer department in
some of the Belgian hare journals, per-
tinent to the diseases which hares are
heir to, one would think that they
are naturally among the sickliest of
domestic animals. We see complaints
of so many different characters and
under so many different circumstances
and conditions that the question has
been raised, Are hares, under the pres-
ent system of rearing and keeping, un-
duly prone to disease? Until the
time of my recent trip to California
in the interest of the Belgian, I had
about formed the idea that this ques-
tion was at least worth discussion,
but since I have visited dozens of
very prosperous rabbitries in that
state and noticed the extreme vigor,
health and unusual activity of the
stock to be found there, I am fully
convinced that if hares give evidence
of more diseases than would appear
usual to any other class of domestic
stock, the wault is not with the hare,
but the way he is reared and man-
ner in which he is kept.

The particularly gratifying feature
which I noticed among California rab-
bitries was the large amount of room
given the stock for exercise. It is
nothing wonderful to see a California
farmer plant an acre or two of carrots
and in due season turn a hundred
head of hare into the patch to dig
carrots and feed for themselves. If
other breeders are not so fortunate
as to have a carrot patch, then hares
are very often allowed the entire
freedom of a yard or grassy lawn,
where they may choose for themselves
just what kind of vegetation they pre-
fer to eat, and not have it pulled and
poked at them as they eke out an
existence in the often filthy confines
of a hutch.

Why there are so many authorities
who still recommend raising hares in
such close confines, and in this re
spect disagree what the size of a
hutch should be, is a matter of wonder
to me. I am fully satisfied that
hutches should be used as little as pos-
sible in the hare business, and it is
a great mistake to suppose that hares
will not become ~domesticated
enough to stay about the place, the
same as dogs or poultry.

This is not only an economic plan

as to health, but will result in large
saving in feed. California breeders
give their hares but one feed per day

of some light grain or mash and the}

animals about dusk come _ through
fences and over fields in all directions
as regular as chickens to roost, that
they may receive their daily rations
of grain. In rearing hares in this
way some occasional losses may be
expected, in case an animal wanders
off too far never to be found again,
or perhaps some neighbor’s dog may
win one in a chase, but even then this
is far better than to have a lot of
droopy, drowsy-looking stock, often

Geo. H. Gillies, of Topeka, Kans. The hus-
tling secretary of the Kansas State Poultry
Association and editor of the Poultry Gazette.
Mr. Gillies is ready to mail youa premium list
of their show to be held at Topeka, Kans., Jan-
uary 6 to 11, 1902.

seen when the hutch plan is resorted
to entirely. It is proper that hutches
should be used at times, in case of a
doe after being bred, or for her young
up to a time when they are large
enough to shift entirely on their own
responsibility, but for the sake of vig-
or and health to the animals, and a
saving of feed and time, better let the
stock live half their time at least in
open yards or fields.

This has not only proven to be the
economic plan, but it must be remem-
bered in their mode of living while
not in captivity and the natural heri-
tage of the rabbit. In case of a hare
now kept in hutches,, and refusing to

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yield to medicines in case of some
ailment, just turn him out to care for
himself and he will find some herb
or grass that will supply the remedy

to cure, and in a couple of weeks
come up looking sleek, fat and
healthy.

Regarding the condition of hares,

I must say that some people suppose
that because the score card standard
specifies the long, rather spare-built
racy appearance as most desirable in
preparing an animal for the show
room, it is necessary to almost starve
him for a time to secure the neces-
sary reduction of flesh. A pot-bellied
appearance will certainly cause a
heavy cut in the rib and finak sec-
tions, but this does not mean that
the animal is to have the backbone so
protruding that the joints can
counted or that his ribs or hip bones
should be seen. I would rather risk
the alternative of having the animal
a trifle too fat than a trifle too poor,
even for the show room, for it is a
fact that an animal a little too flesny
has far the better of the proposition,
when it comes to vigor, brightness of
eyes, shape of ears and condition of
fur. The exercise a hare gets in the
field brings about that long, racy ap-
pearance so much desired in all the
shape sections of the standard.

be

When I desire to enter my finest an-
imals in the show rooms for prize
winning, I invariable give them a
imonth’s vacation out of the hutches
to do as they please, and I have no-
ticed that they select the coolest
places in the heat of the day, keep out
of draughts and all wet, damp places,
eat what they like best and trive bet-
ter than when in hutches with twice
the attention and care. About a week
before the show I catch up the ani-
mels I want to enter, and though I
find them sadly in need of cleaning
and grooming, they are as wild and
full of vigor as they are healthy. A
good warm bath, carefully administer-
ed, a few feeds of linseed meal, and
with some grooming and brushing
they are ready for the show room, and
equally as ready to win from any
stock placed in opposition to them.

S. J. MITCHELL.
Houston, Tex.

A, J. WILLIAMS,
....Breeder of....

Silver & Colden Sebright,
White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red
Came BANTAMS; Belgian
Hares, White Rats, Cavies.

Write for Prices.

CLAY CENTER, NEB.

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| Thieves
and By |
Emma

Dogs | Perkins |

As this is the time when thieves do
break in and steal chickens, and as
- Hattie Byfield ended up her good let-
ter along this line, I will take up
where she left off and write some ot
my experiences.

I am very sorry to say that three
or four farmers in our immediate
neighborhood have lost nearly all of
this year’s crop of chickens by chicken
thieves. Professionals, too, do the
work all up nicely in one night.

This is worse than any skunk or
weasel’s work, as they will only take
a part of the flock and come back the
next night, giving you a chance at
their life.

I do not mean to say that profes-
sional thieves live here, they only
drift down the river in high water
time, and stop with us just long
enough to fill themselves with chicken
and then float off down the stream
with the next rise, and the folks
down the line had better be on the
lookout for them. Now is when they
are getting in their work.

I will tell the readers of the In-
vestigator my experiences with dogs
and chicken thieves (as you all know
they are usually classed together).

We were aroused one night from our
sound sleep by loud shrieks from the
old hen. This meant an enemy in
the camp. My husband jumped up
and ran to the hen yards, but there
were such thick bushes around the
hen house the thief had time and a
good oportunity to make his escape
before he could get there.

Every few days we would hear of
neighbors losing their chickens. 1
could not sleep at night, thinking our
time would be next. I had about two
hundred very fine Barred Plymouth
Rocks all in one house. If they made
a raid on those they would leave the
platter empty.

I went out to the hen yard one
evening, sat down upon a stump near
by and set the wheels to working in
my head. There was the gate leading
from the chicken yard into the or-
chard, then the orchard was full of
bushes and surrounded by a _ large
hedge fence, with only a few open-
ings in it for the aecommodation of
tramps and movers to get their supply
of apples and peaches, and chickens,
too, if they preferred them.

The surroundings were

just as

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‘The above cut shows a pen of White Wyandottes inthe yards of Mrs. C. Rockhill, Harvard,

Nebr. She breeds Orpingtons also.

handy as could be fixed for the chick- |
en thief, and the problem to solve]
was, how could I make it handy for|
myself to know wheu they were there?

The happy thought struck me, I
will run a telephone from the hen
house to my bed room, and that will
tell me if any one enters tnat door at
night.

I placed a heavy post against the

door, fastened a piece of common
binding twine to the bottom of the)
door, let it run along on the ground}
under the fence and on .o the house. |
Passing through the key hole and at-|
tached to a flat iron setting on a bal- |
ance on the outer edge of a chair, it!
was ready to give the alarm by the)
shghtest slack of the cord.

This being done, I could go to bed |
and enjoy a good night’s rest. After
this process was kept up for several
weeks without any signs of molesta-
tion, we were awakened at the mid-
night hour by that awful alarm—the |
iron went tumbling to the floor. With
trembling hands I seized the broom
and my husband the shotgun, and we
made our way toward the hen house,
but before we got there we discovered
a passing cur had run over the string
und gave the alarm. The hen house
door was as I had left it, but had it
been a thief we surely would have!
caught him before he had spent much |
time with the chickens.

As the telephone is used in most all
kinds of business, why not use it to
catch the chicken thie.?

I knew another person who invented |
nearly the same plan to save a flock
of turkeys. He had lost turkeys at)

different times, but saved them by,

the telephone process. His plan was
like ours only he extended the string
from the door across over the head
of his bed, tied a small tin pail to the
end of the string and put a few small
rocks in the pail, and it came tum-
bling down on his head.

But this all happened before we
got a good dog to watch at night. I
write this experiment for the benefit
of those who have no watch dog. I

| have tried both and I'll take a good

dog every time. But a good poultry
dog must be trained fro ma pup to
know that that is his business. The
best one we ever hau was a large
bulldog. He was raised from a tiny
pup with the chickens. He knew
where they belonged and where they
did not belong. He knew it was
against the rules for a hen to be in
the dooryard, and if one should get
in and attempt to get out through a
place too small to admit her body to
pass through he would chew her legs
off, so she never got in but once. But
he was trained that that was his busi-
ness to look after the chickens.

His sleeping box was in the hen
yard and if anything made an attempt
to molest the chickens he was right
after it. We moved to town and had
to find Cap, as we called him, a new
home, as he had always been used
to country life and taking care of
poultry.

The family that were so lucky as to
be the owner of Cap tied him to a
post of their back porch until he
would forget the home of his puphood.
But one night loud and distressing
shrieks came from the hen yard, at
which Cap bounded up with all the
force he could rise with and away he

went to the hen house, taking the
post with him. He run the skunk un-
der a pile of wood and gave the alarm
for his new master to come to his
rescue, which he did and killed his
game.

I hope the time will soon be when
we will not have to guard against
thieves. But I do not think the time
will ever come when we will not need
a good watch dog. They are as es-
sential as an incubator, for what will
it profit us if we raise hundreds of
chickens or poultry and have them
carried off by vermin or stolen.

EMMA PERKINS.

Ravenwood, Mo.

Keeping Hens on a City Lot

Keeping poultry on a city lot has
not all the advantages of the farms,
but not as expensive as buying eggs
and fowls for the family use. Poul-
try business, like any other, can be
a success or failure if managed on a
city lot or a farm. King Solomon,
the wisest of all men, said: “He
also that is slothful in his work is
brother to him that is a_ great
waster.’ There is no failure for the
man or woman who is willing to work
with hands and head. I do not mean
that you should rush into the fancy
at a jump or a dozen hens to supply
the family table with fresh eggs,
fried chicken and roasts, and _ the
same twelve to be prize winners at
every poultry show, with a handful
of grain whenever you happen to
think about them or a house 2x4 for
a laying room, scratch shed and
roosting room, and if they happen to
scratch up a favorite flower bed in
search of insects or worms, ‘‘Chick-
ens are more bother than they are
worth.”’ The houses need not be ex-
pensive, neither is it necessary to
give chickens full possession of the
lawn. A few hens can be confined
in a small yard. Why do I say a
“few hens?’ Because an overcrowded
poultry yard is not the way to suc-
cess, and don’t try it. From a dozen
to thirty,according to space, can be
kept very reasonable. The table
scraps can be used to a good advan-
tage. Have a receptacle convenient,
gravies, meat scraps or left-overs, I
call them, that can be stirred, thicken
with meal and shorts, for half their
breakfast, leaving the fowls a little
hungry to scratch in the little for
_grain previously thrown there. Such
as leaves, tops, rinds, peelings, can
be used and much relished by the
fowls as a green food, fed at noon, or
for a change boil all together, thicken

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with meal for a warm, not hot, mash}

for morning; for the evening meal!
feed grain, corn, wheat and _ oats,
more corn in the winter to keep them
warm. Don’t feed exclusively of any)
one grain, for fowls, like persons, get
tired of one bill of fare. These, with
clean fresh water, clean quarters and
grit, cannot fail to bring success. Try
letting your fowls out every day after
four o’clock. They will not destroy
the lawn or flower beds, but scratch
for bugs and get green food, too, and
the lawn clippings can be saved, hung
up in sacks out of the way, and used
in the warm mash for winter as a
green food. Every one knows, in Ne-
braska at least, how destructive the
grasshoppers have been. I have sav-
ed my garden by letting in, during
the day, a few of my Buff Cochin

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I should keep the breed I liked best,
but by all means thoroughbreds. Then
if you have a few extra eggs they
may be sold to some one for hatch-
ing, and perhaps a few pullets and
cockerels more than can be kept over.
These will sell for a much larger sum
than mongrels, thereby helping to
pay some of the hens’s_ expenses.
Many times I have kept account of
feed consumed when the _ breeding
pens were yarded, the eggs and
chicks sold, and always came out
with profit, money to be used for the
many little things so dear to the fem-
inine heart. Try keeping a few hens
this season, and you will not only
see the profit side, but the satisfac-
tion of having eggs and chicks to
fry when wanted.
IDA

E. BARD.

PoutTRY
INVESTIGATOR.

White Rock fowls and chicks ou Sure Hatch Poultry Co. farm. *

chickens. The only damage they did
was to eat the lettuce I purposely
planted for my ducklings. Is the
“pill of fare’ I have given expensive
and requiring much labor? How
often do we send to the grocer for
eggs, especially in a small town, and
no eggs is invariably the reply, and
when we do get them they are not al-
ways fresh. I would urge, keep a
few hens. ’Tis the little things saved |
that often leads to success. As the}
little tot said when asked by her sis- |
ter if she bounced too hard when rid-
ing the horse on a trot, “No, sisser,
I’s don’t bounce hardly any. I’s jist
up all the time.” So must we to be
successful in any occupation be up all
the time and ever watchful to make
the most of our opportunities.

Which breed is best to keep?

That would be a matter of prefer-
ence. Any of the large breeds bear
confinement, and with care there is
not much difference as far as utility.
There are but few exceptions. We
all have an eye for the beautiful, and

If your neighbor’s hens are trouble-
some
And steal across the way,
Don’t let your angry passions rise,
But fix a place for them to lay.

FOLDING EXHIBITION COOPS.

It is now time to look out for your
exhibition coops and I would call your
attention to the ad of Wm. Miller, of
North Bend, Nebr. Mr. Miller makes
a No. 1 coop and makes them upon hon-
or and is just what you want. He
makes them to fold and to be station-
ary. Any one needing coops will do
well to correspond with him at once.

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15 days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart
for liquid alone. Address,

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St., Indianapolis.
Special price on 5 gallon cans.

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ERROR IN AWARDS.

In the list of awards at the State
fair published last month an error oc-
curred in the Black Langshan list for
first pen of chicks, first and second
pullet, first cockerel and first cock,
was credited to J. Cook Johnson, and
should have been credited to J. A.
Johnson of Holdrege, Neb., one of the
best breeders of Langshans in the
state. We are sorry this error oc-
curred, but mistakes will happen in
the best regulated families.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Comments on October Issue

It is seldom one issue of a journal
is as full of good things as the Octo-
ber number of the Investigator. I
thought I would decide in my own
mind which was the best article in it,
but when I had read them all I felt
so thankful I was not a judge for a
prize paper. If the editor had offered
a prize for best article in the October
issue and I had been one of the judges
I should certainly have confessed my
inability to decide between the many
good ones which is the best. I am so
interested in sod buildings spoken of
by Hattie Byfield, though we never
build them in Missouri, at least not
the part in which I live. But like her,
I have this season had to contend with
rats, minks, dogs, cats and hogs. The
dog has been taught to let fowls alone
and but for him the polecats and
minks would have devoured my chick-
ens in daytime. I have also taught
him to run the hogs. The cats are
disposed of as quickly as they are
known to be guilty. I believe in giv-
ing every cat a fair trial.

I am surprised that no turkeys were
shown at the Nebraska State fair. I
am sure it was not because the state
does not have fine turkeys. I happen
to know she can boast of prize-win-
ning bronze turkeys. I think one rea-
son turkeys are not shown in larger
numbers is the heavy expense in ship-
ping. And turkeys lost so much in
weight by shipping that one some
distance from) shows stands a very
poor chance to win. But it does seem
that nearby turkey fanciers should ex-
hibit. Again it is very hard on tur-
keys to be cooped in show rooms. I
believe that there should be an apart-
ment especially for turkeys without
any fire in it even in coldest weather.
Those visiting the show would only
be in this department a little while
at a time, so it would not hurt visit-
ors. There should be a good light
that could shine directly on them.
The best judge in the world could not
correctly judge turkeys without a good
light. Another reason, I think,
why there are not larger ex-
hibits at the winter poultry shows
is that generally speaking there have
not been very great inducements in
the way of prizes for turkeys, com-
pared with those for chickens.

I know that there is a great deal
said and written against offering val-
uable prizes, and it is a forcible argu-
ment with some that prizes cause the
eager seeker to practice fraud in or-
der to secure the prize. The person
who would practice fraud to secure a
prize would practice it to secure the

honor, since it is the advertisement
the fancier is working for princi-
pally.

I have no argument or fight to
make either for or against prizes. I
would exhibit as readily for a blue
ribbon as for an expensive prize, but
I think that all the valuable specials
should be more evenly distributed than
they generally are. Yet I know it is
hard to decide ust how they should
be placed and those interested most
in turkeys should take part in get-
ting up specials for turkeys.

I am becoming so interested in
ducks that Mr. Mills’ article on In-
dian Runner ducks fires me with a
desire to get some eggs next spring.
You see I am close to St. Louis and I
want to raise ducks for the World’s
Fair market. I tried to get a start
this year, but the dog killed them
until only three are left. He will not
kill any more, as good whippings
taught him better manners. I am con-
vinced there is money in ducks. I
want to ask if the eggs are as salable
as chicken eggs? I am not posted on
this point. You see I have only this
year decided to try duck culture.

I do not think Mr. Blanchard’s in-
cubator talk out of place, as even at
this season many are setting incu-
bators. Already I am getting inqui-
ries for incubator eggs. And certainly
her talk is very sensible. Incubators
are a necessity with the increased de-
mand for poultry. We could not af-
ford to do without them, and farmers’
Wives are finding them necessary. I
am sure the time is not far distant
when incubators will be kept in stores
just as washing machines are now.
To me it is much easier to hatch with
an incubator than with hens. I keep
one incubator in my dining room, the
other in a bed room, and an incubator
some years old did better hatching
last spring than since I had it, sim-
ply because I managed the moisture
better. I followed directions at first
to keep moisture pans filled from
start to finish. Last spring I de-
cided to keep just a little moisture
from start to finish and keep the heat
a little higher, and the hatch was
good.

Mr. French’s talk on Leghorns
gives me a desire to return to my
first love, the Leghorns.

I am so glad that Mrs. Webster
gives her talk on grading up the flock.
I think such practical advice is what
the amateur needs. They are not al-
ways able to buy the best and the ad-
vice of sO many writers to start with
the best or none deters them from
trying to become fanciers. I think the
better advice is that which Mrs. Web-

ster gives—buy the very best you can -

afford and grade up as fast as pos-
sible.

I had intended reviewing the es-
pecially good points in each paper in
order to fully impress them upon the
minds of those ust entering or con-
templating entering the poultry busi-
ness. I find that space will be too
limited for that. Yet 1 must refer to
the excellent article of Rev. G. A.
Chamblin, in which he says: “If the
breeder has a hankering after the big
breeds he will do better with them.”
In short, the breed you fancy most
is the one for you to start with. 1
have no axe to grind in advising the
amateur to consider the B. P. Rock
before he makes a final decision of
which breed he will start with. I am
not personally partial to this breed
over two others, and I have no more
of this breed to sell than I have of
two others. But I do recognize the
fact that the majority of people are
decidedly partial to the B. P. Rock.
I also know that market buyers en-
courage farmers to cross with the B.
P. Rock cockerels. Knowing this, 1
know that if one has only a small
sum to invest he will receive returns
from this breed quicker than from
any other. If he can only buy a dozen
hens and a cockerel, 1 am presuming
that he is just setting up in the busi-
ness and has no chickens to start
with. He can get a dozen B. P.
Rock pullets and nens and a cock-
erel, starting with just good thorough-
bred stock. If he will take a poultry
ournal and buy the Standard of Per-
fection and attend one good poultry
show, he can raise and learn how to
cull his fiock after the first season.
He can sell his culls on the market
at a higher price than the mongrel
would bring. Taking his best fe-
males and buying as good cockerel as
he can afford, never be afraid to pay
a good price for a cockerel. If he
proves desirable keep him two years.
I have learned that a male should be
kept two years if he is satisfactory.
The inbreeding does give a more even
flock. Now the amateur has an even,
nice appearing flock, and if they are
not prize birds, as only a small per
cent of the B. P. Rocks are prize win-
ners, still they are salable, and if you
will let people know you have them
you can sell all your cockerels as
breeders. You many not get the high
prices of the fancier, for your stock
does not merit them, but if you sell
your cockerels to your neighbors at
from one dollar to two dollars each
you are doing well. In some locali-
ties if you only get fifty cents each
you will do well. But don’t be satis-
fied with these prices. Work for

higher prices by improving your stock.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

I am candid when I say that I think
BB. P. Rocks are the hardest breed tu
get right | ever bred, except perhaps
the Wyandottes (Silver). But as iv
nas been an old adage always, “‘There
18 more pleasure in puisuit than in
possession,’ 1 certainiy have had a

sreat deal of pleasure in pursuing per- |

rection In b. vr. KockS. Lhe pleasure
ot possession is stiil reservea in tue
Vauit Of tne future. but of One thing
1 aim aliways certain, that 1 will never
wave a surplus of B. Pv. Rocks. Ail
giaaes can be soid at a price that
wilt pay, and 1 have never raised any
Ovher breed of which 1 could say tis.
there need be no misrepresenting
stock to seil it. All that ls necessary
is to have good blood and teil the
truth. ii yOu havent prize birugs ana
your customer wants prize winners,
tell him you naven’t waoat he wants.
ihere will be pienty of opoprtunities
to sell what you have. if people could
be made to believe it, there are other
preeds as good as the Piymouth Kock,
put this breed has the right of way
now and We had just as well put our
personal preferences aside and raise
this truly American breed if we want
the most popoular.

“Does a Poultry Paper Pay?” by Mrs.
Belle Utiy, shows very conclusively
that it paid her. I have sometimes
wondered at the positive ignorance on
the part of farmers in regard to poul-
ry. They come miles to ask me
questions that are answered in ‘almost
every poultry paper one takes up, and
it I suggest that twenty-five cents a
year will keep them supplied wita use-
tui information a whole year they say,
“Oh, well, I don’t have time to read
and I will just get you to tell me
what to do.’ Often they could reaa
the journal in the time it takes to
come to my house. They also forget
that the time of the fancier is as
precious as their own. Others expect
intormation for a two-cent stamp for
which poultry journals pay a good
price. lt is often amusing to read the
patronizing letters of inquiry. They
begin by fiattering the fancier and end
with the demand for information in
a maner which clearly says, “Now l
have paid you the compliment of ask-
ing your advice; send it by return
mail, as I may lose my chickens or
turkeys,’ as the case may be. I do
not feel under any obligations to an-
swer letters of this character at all,
as they never come from customers.

A person who spends money to buy
good stock always asks for informa-
tion in the most kindly manner, and
it is always cheerfully given. I often
receive postai cards demanding of me
an immediate reply, telling the writer
what to do for certain diseases. If

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A first prize Buff Wyandotte pullet at Lincoln,

Nebr., and St. Joseph, Mo. Began laying at
5 months old. Owned and bred by Mrs. EB. W.
Orr, Clay Center, Nebr.

only once in a long time we had these
demanas we could attord to sacrifice
our time for the good of others, but
every fancier knows that the demand
is often made. | am always glad to
answer through the journals tor which
1 write any question 1 am capable ol
answering. Only yesterday an inquiry
to know what is the trouble with tur-
keys. No journal is mentioned, so l
seud answer through tne investigator.
symptoms, running at the nose, eyes
and head swelled. Disease, roup.
Kemedy, Mexican Mustang Linimen,,
used as directed on bottle; or bath in
hot salted water by putting the water
in a vessel and plunging the head en-
tirely under the water; wipe with dry
cloth, pressing all the teotid matter
out of noses; rub with Hall’s Roup
Cure. Give Cushman’s Roup Cure in
drinking water. Bathe in strong al-
cohol camphor. Mix carbolic acid,
tincture of iodine, equal parts, in lard
sufiicient to make a salve, rub head
and put in nostrils. Also grease the
back where they put the head under
wing. Do not use all these remedies
at same time, but if ome is not con-
venient get one of the others. There
are Imany good roup cures. Mrs. May
Yaylor advertises one. By the way,
Mrs. Taylor, you sent me a box of
envelopes instead of sample cure.
MRS. BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY.
Clarksville, Mo.

Second annual exhibition at Butler,
Mo. December 31st, 1901, to January
3d, 1902. Thomas W. Southard, judge
of poultry; Reed Storms, judge of Bel-
gian hares. Our premium list, now in
the hands of the printer, will offer
more cash and special premiums than
any association in the west outside
of the large cities,

W. W. GRAVES, President.

c. A. ALLEN, Secretary.

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¥ The Golden Wyandottes... = §
t .» « By J.C. Kapser t

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There are a great many poultry rais-
ers who desire to learn about’ the

Golden Wyandotte chicken. So I will
attempt to give some light on the sub-
ject of their usefulness as an all-pur-
pose fowl.

It is generally conceded that the
Wyandotte fowl is one of the most
prominent of all American Glasses,
more especially as an all-purpose fowl.
Their seize is of an average medium;
cock, 8% pounds; hen 6% pounds.
Now this means when bred up to the
standard. This is a point of the great-
est importance, and above all other
points one can mention.

Their build is of rather a blocky
order, full in breast, a short back,
good strong bone, with clean yellow
legs, and skin yellow, a well curved
neck with a bay eye and rose comb
on top of head, not too meaty (as
meat is of little use there).

Our aim in breeding the Golden Wy-
an dotte should be to get fhem as
perfect as possible and up to the
Standard of Perfection, and when one
begins breeding them they should get
as correct a type formed in their
mind, observe when a mistake is
made, remedy it, try again, go to a
poultry show, bother the judge just
enough to point out your weak points
and be quite inquisitive on the subject.
You will find if persistent that your
reward will come. The G. W. as an
egg producer does not take a back
seat, but is rather at the head of the
class among all varieties of similar
weight, and better than the smaller
varieties when the question
which are the best winter layers. I
must stop right here and explain one
incident which really
choose the Wyandotte. On one cold
frosty morningin midwinter I called
onthe doctor. He invited me in his
house and I there happened to see a
basketful of eggs he had just gath-
ered.
the Leghorns, but eggs were scarce
in winter time with us, so I asked
him what kind of
The Wyandottes was his answer. I
needed but little further inducement.

As for beauty, their plumage is bay
and black.
should be a rich golden color, while
the outside is jet black. This gives a
contrast not so abrupt, but a mild
and very pleasing appearance to the
mind and eye.

When the chick first makes its ap-
pearance you have the color. You

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caused me to}

I was interested, as I then had |

chicken he had.)

The center of each feather |

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

watch them day by day and finally
you become somewhat discouraged
with regard to their beauty, but when
after about three months’ growth the
full feathering begins you will notice
a marked difference day after day.
Then you begin to speculate, admire
and choose which of them will be the
best. You will then also notice their
shape as well as the clear lacing and
compare, and now if you find those
among your flock having size, shape!
and color, you feel contented and
pleased that your year’s efforts have
not been in vain. You may depend
that it matters not how many good
ones you will raise. There is always
a demand for them at a profitable
price. (Also here is a serious prob-
lem to solve. You must let yourself
be made known through the various
poultry mediums, as would-be pur-
chasers cannot through imagination
tell where you are)). Now it is not
a mere profit to raise Golden Laced
Wyandottes, but a pleasure and recre-
ation not obtainable with any other}

breed of chicken. (That is my way
of seeing it.) Their habits are of a
docile nature, although very good for-
agers and nine times out of ten will
steal their nest if given a chance.
In hardiness they are second to none,
are good sitters, but not persistent in
being broody as some of the larger
breeds. This is one of the points
one should not overlook, as with the
excellent success we nowadays hatch
chickens with incubators we should
keep hens laying eggs and _ cackle
rather than sit and cluck. The former
is more profitable as well as pleasing
to any one. In conclusion the Golden
Wyandottes for beauty and utility com-
bined are unexcelled.
J. C. KAPSER.

POULTRY CHATS.
By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard.

I wnt to talk of several things this
month. The cold, rainy weather of
this fal] is likely to give us trouble if
our birds are not properly cared for.
Some people think that birds in the

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trees are all right until real cold
weather, but we have come to the con-
clusion that birds are better in houses.
It is no small task to teach a brood
of chicks to roost in the house after
they have become accustomed to the
tree tops. It is much easier to
move the brood coop a little at a time
towards the house, then finally set it
inside the house. After they are ac-
customed to it there it can be taken
away and they will go o nthe roost.
The brood coops must be watched and
moved before the chicks outgrow them.
Where a brood of chicks do well they
are not long outgrowing their coops,
and sometimes their houses. If they
are crowded at night or shut up too

closely they become heated and when!

let out they take cold.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Shape, houses banked up where it is
needed, hinges put on the doors and,
in fact, all those little things done
that put houses in shape for winter
weather.

Have we all been looking after lice
as closely as we ought? Our chicks
cannot fit themselves for 1 aying or
show birds if there is a hoard of in-
sects living on them; they must be
gotten rid of in some way. Kerosene
is sure and is always at hand, but be
careful in using it, as it blisters wher-
ever it touches the flesh. Lard can be
mixed with it and makes it safer to
use, but it makes such grimmy looking
birds.

In planning the winter quarters
have some place to put sick birds by

| themselves, where they can have prop-

1g
jyet successfully edit a farm journal, I
{know of a successful poultry judge
|who does not own a chicken. I also
know of a fellow who is one of the
worst sinners on earth, yet he can edit
the Christian page of a great daily
paper, and say such beautiful things,
and can paint a picture of the hap-
piness of a Christian life, so that one
can hardly doubt his sincerity. It
is possible for a man who knows
very little about poultry to success-
fully put out a mighty fine poultry
paper, yet when a poultry paper is
managed and edited by a man who
has had years of experience in the
poultry yard and show room, and 1s
acquainted with all the minute details
of the chicken man’s needs and re-
quirements, you can look for some-

White Plymouth Rocks at feed time in the yards of Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend, Nebr.

Brooders and coops must be cleaned ;
often and sprayed with lice killer or
kerosene. One of our handiest imple-
ments around the poultry house and
brooders is a hoe with the handle saw-
ed off to about six inches. It can get
into nest boxes and brooder floors
much easier than one with a longer
handle. That is one thing I can al-
ways find, as it is no use anywhere
else about the farm.

Supposing by this time that our
chicks are all in their houses, where
we can keep them protected from cold
rains and chilly nights we must not
close the houses too tightly, but must
see to it that they are in shape for
winter. Knot holes, cracks and broken
lights of glass must all be got

er care and not be tramped on by the
well ones. It is much the safer way.
If any contagious disease gets among
them and the sick ones are removed
it keeps it from spreading, thus keep-
ing the well ones in better shape and
giving the sick ores the comfort that
sick fowls need. Being by itself
would often save the life of bird, while
if it was left with the flock it would
be starved and tramped to death.
Mriend, Neb.

THE BACK YARD FANCIER.
By C. H. Icken.
It is possible for a man to live in a
city of many thousand inhabitants,
have an office in the sixth story of a

thing pretty good in the way of a
poultry paper, and such I believe is
The Poultry Investigator. Its going to
be a pretty good paper to read, and in
which to advertise your business.
First, I wish to say a word in behalf
of those whom some people sneering-
ly anl persistently are wont to call
“The Back Yard Fancier,” having ref-
erence, of course, to those who are
limited as to the size of their quar-
ters and the number of fowls on hand,
and which necessitates the carrying
on of their operations, in a small way,
usually in the back yard, or on an ad-
jacent lot. This ‘backyard’ business
|is an acknowledged drawback, when
it comes to the breding of fowls in

in|sky scraper, hardly ever seen a farm,’ large numbers, yet it is of great benefit

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in more ways than one. The ‘“back-
yard” man, having only a few fowls,
leaerns to know each individual fowl.
He can tell you the sire and the dam
of a certain choice specimen, for gen-
erations back. He can also tell you
the number of eggs she has laid, how
many broods of young she has moth-
ered, and can tell you the score and
cuts of each section, and in fact has
the history of each fowl that he owns,
right at his tongue’s end. Now don’t
you think this is of some advantage?
Dont’ you think that a man, so inform-
ed, could breed more intelligently for
a higher yearly average of eggs laid?
Don’t you think that such a breeder,
knowing his fowls so thoroughly, and
knowing the standard requirements,
could mate up a pen of his fowls more
intelligently and with more satisfac-
who owns hundreds and is not so
tory results at culling time, than one
thoroughly posted as to the quality of
his birds? This same reason is the
one which has brought out the so-
‘called specialists. The muchly adyer-
tised specialist is in most cases a
“backyard” fancier, and having only
room for a few fowls, he cannot help
being a specialist, and so advertises
to that effect. The best cockerel I ever
owned in my life I bought from a
fellow who bred fifteen varieties, yet
he had them on separate farms, ant
each farm had its own man to look
after that variety. Virtually a “back-
yard” on a little larger scale. But, if
you have that despised feeling in your
heart for a fancier who is handicapped
for want of room, and facilities other-
wise, take it out! He’s a dangerous
man to compete with in the show room
He’s a dangerous man to dispute with
when it comes to quoting the standard
requirements of, or the merits of his
variety, and, taking it all in all, just
as worthy of consideration and respect
as the great Mr. So and So. Long live
the “Backyard Fancier’! Nine times
out of ten he grows into a mammoth
plant on a 160 acre farm, before you
know it, and if he sticks faithfully to
his chickens, he will surely make a
success of the business, sooner or later.
The backyard is the kindergarten of
the fancy poultry business. Its the
primary department, so to speak,
where you and I have been taught, by
rough experience, our first lessons in
this so-called art. And by the way
few of us have as yet graduated or
received our diplomas. You can stay
in the business all your life, and rest
assured, brother, that you will never
know it all. I used to sing that good
old song, “The Half Has Never Been
Told,” and if it does not seem sacre-
ligious, the one who wrote it must

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

have at one time raised chickens. So
in going down the poultryman’s path
of life, do not despise or speak ill of

the “Backyard Fancier.” He’ll grow,
undoubtedly, and some day rise up and
call you blessed.

PERFECT CHICK FEED.
Armington, Ill., June 15, 1901.

Mr. W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood,
Mo.:

Dear Sir—Enclosed you will find
another order for your “Perfect

Chick Feed,” and again I will have to
ask you to rush this order, as some
of the parties are wanting it on ac-
count of their turkeys, as it has proved
to be an excellent feed for little tur-
keys as well as chickens. I have nev-
er had a single complaint, but instead
they all praise it highly, and I think
in another year that the people will
learn, as I have learned, that Cham-
berlain’s “Perfect Chick Feed’? means
perfect success in raising little chicks,
and no successful poultry raiser can
afford to do without it. If you could
only visit my poultry yards and see
the big, healthy fellows, and then visit
a yard where it is not fed and note
the difference. you would not won-
der at me expressing so much grat-
itude over being able to procure such
excellent feed. Yours truly,
: C. F. LIPSEY.

BARGAI

NS

IN BREEDING STOCK

At Golden Rule Poultry Yards. I
have a few birds that I used in my
breeding pens this season that I will
sell at a bargain. ‘They are hens and
two cocks, White Plymouth Rocks,
Empire strain. Write for prices.
Young stock. White Plymouth Rock
and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes
for sale this fall.
MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS.

BUFF COCHINS

Exclusively.
Just What You Are
Looking For

The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
ners in any company. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.

B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
at CUT PRICES.

POULTRY suisse

Harper Eng. Co., Columbus, 0.

Flemish Giants

We have strictly A No. | Giants, headed
by WI .USOR. imported Sept. 1900. One of
the largest and best Giant bucks of his age
in An.erica. dis ancestors present an un-
broken line of England’s best champions.
8 weeks old Giants % to $10 per head. You
cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. [
C. Stephens & Co., Uarleton, Neb.

300 Buff and Black
Wyandotte Chicks.

For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi-
bition stock. Give me a chance to
please you.

HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn.

White P. Rocks Exclusively....

My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot of
chicks tosell reasonable. Write,

MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincols, Nebr.

David Larson,

Wahoo, Nebraska,

Expert Poultry Judge
I have had years of experience in
breeding, mating and judging. For
reference 'o qualification, write PouL-
TRY INVESTIGATOR, Clay Center, Neb.
Iam open for engagements.

200°» ONE”

This is THE AVERAGE your fiock should produce; and
it is only made possible by the use of

Midland Feed Meal.. —«—

Midland Formulas...

Ready Mixed.
1, Nursery Chick Food.
2. Growing Chick Food.
3. Fattening Ohick Food.
4. Egg and Feather Pro.
ducing Food,
5. Nursery DucklingFood
6. Growing Duckling Food
7 Fattening Duckling
and Gosling Food.
8. Laying Duck Food.
9. Stock Ducks’ Summer

Food.
10. Growing Gosling Food

We make Ten Brands, as shown above, and each one is a specific for its pur-

pose.
A Combination of

Complete and ready to feed,

never has been anything on the market to compare to it.
using it and it isan acknowledged standard today.

Needs no green bone or other accessories.

They area

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THE TRUTH ABOUT BUFF OR-
PINGTONS.

Statements with referyence to newly
introduced breeds are almost invari-
ably more or less overdrawn. While
the subject of our remarks is by no
means a newly-made breed, yet to the
American fancy it is at present only
known and bred by the few, and
much is to be learned of its breeding,
tendencies and real worth by a large
majority of our fanciers. I have gone
to no little trouble to ascertain the
plain, solid facts regarding this breed,
and my investigations put the breed
in no unfavorable light. What I have
to say as regards this breed is based
on no selfish or personal interests, as
I never owned a Buff Orpington, but
have been favorably located in close
proximity to those who do. And in
my trips over the country, mating
and scoring, I have met them at sey-
eral places, and only {the highest
praise of their real utility and value
has ever come to my ears. I have
made it a point to question each
breeder very closely regarding the
breed, and the following is what I
have been able to learn or saw with
my own eyes. Perhaps we may best
start with the egg. Buff Orpingtons
lay a rather medium-sized egg, in
most cases about the size of a medium-
sized Leghorn egg. I believe a fair
statement would bs that they lay a
small egg, taking into consideration
the size of the fowl. As long as eggs
are sold by the dozen this does not
materially affect their utility value.
They are pronounced, without excep-
tion, by every breeder I have met, to
be as prolific egg producers as the
average Leghorn, laying their eggs
more evenly through the season, espe-
cially in the fall, winter and spring
months, when eggs command the
higher prices. Every breeder of Or-
pingtons has called my special at-
tention to the fact that Orpington
eggs hatch well, are wonderfully fer-
tile and the chick very active and
strong. Once hatched, the per cent
of loss is small. The feather evenly

and rapidly, are great foragers, in fact

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

range out further than any breed to
my knowledge, not excepting the
White Minorca and Leghorn families.

Just yesterday i visited a breeder of
White Leghorn, Barred P. Rocks and
Buff Orpingtons. As I saw none of
the latter in sight I inquired where
he kept them, and he replied “Right
here.” Asking where they were, he
remarked: “That’s hard to tell; they
may be half a mile away,’ and they
were nearly. We started out to hunt
them up. Passing down the farm
lane, we soon were beyond the range
limit of the B. P. Rocks. A little
later the last straggling White Leg-
horn was left behind. And away over
on the opposite side of a large corn
lot which had just been cut we came
in sight of a half a hundred golden
balls moving actively about in search
of stray kernels, bugs and worms.
This bunch of chicks were four months
and sixteen days of age, raised in a
brooder, and at that age were nearly
half a mile from the brooder and
house. This is no overdrawn state-
ment. At other places my attention
has been called to their wonderful,
active, independent disposition and
habits. Now perhaps a little compari-
son of weights at three months of age
may be of interest. As I am a breed-
er of Barred P. Rocks and 8. C. Brown
Leghorns exclusively, I have no mo-
tive to overdraw the facts in the case.
A friend of mine purchased thirty
Buff Orpington eggs of a good reli-
able party and set them . Within a
day or two of the same date I set
fifty or sixty Barred P. Rock eggs. At
three months of age he came Over to
my place with a Buff Orpington cock-
erel under his arm and challenged me
to pick out a Barred Rock cockerel
that would outweigh him. I looked
incredulous, as I thought I had him
beat easily. Upon a trial I had to
pick three times to find one that would
tie him in weight.

Now, looking at the breed from a
fancy point of view, I find they breed
very true to color, fully as much go
as the Buff Plymouth Rock. The sur-
face color on the best birds I have

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handled is a very clear true buff,
with much better undercolor than we
generally meet in Buff Rocks. Their
heavy, square-set legs, deep bodies
and broad, short backs give them a
solid, business-like appearance, which
is unmistakable evidence of a strong,
robust constitution. In fact, in the
several hundred I have examined I
have yet to recall a roupy, deformed
or ill-developed chick or fowl.
Combs run about as even as do the
Buff or Barred Rocks. Beaks and
shanks, except in one single instance,
were correct in color to a bird. The
majority of both sexes have more or
less of white or black in tail or wings,
but not more than is found in Buff
Rocks at the present time. I have
handled within a week at least ten
or twelve which showed no black or
white in wing or tail, only a little
gray in secondaries of wings and just
a trace of foreign color in tail. It is
my opinion that they may be bred
more easily and quickly to a pure
uniform light buff, with stronger un-
dercolor than the Buff Rock or Wy-
andotte. While in shape they hold a
position distinctly their own. It oc-
curs to me the breed has a bright
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future before it. If it can be kept
out of the hands of dishonest or un-
scrupulous breeders. What statements
are made here can be depended upon
as being as nearly correct as is pos-
sible at this early date in their his-
tory among American fanciers. Yours,
J. W. WHITNEY.
Chatham, Ohio.

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$3 each after Nov. Ist.

E. W. MATHENY, Clay Center, Nebr.

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and Cornish Indians. Free illus-
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Editor Poultry Investigator:

As your motto is ‘More and better
poultry,” if you will allow me space
in the Investigator I will present to
your many readers a brief account of
the origin and good quaJities of the
White Wonders.

They were originated by William
N. French of New Haven, Vt. Mr.
French was quite well known in his
section of country as a breeder of
fine stock, especially of high grade
sheep and poultry, and in 1886 began
the origination of the White Wonders
from six large pure white pullets bred
in his yards, the results of either ac-
cidental crossing, or sports, for al-
though he had several breeds of thor-
oughbred fowls, he did not have a
white breed on his farm at that time.
These six white pullets proved to be
remarkably good layers, so much so

that they attracted Mr. French’s at-.

tention, and he called them “The
White Wonders,” and began the build-
ing up of a distinctive breed by cross-
ing them with the best strains of
standard bred fowls, his object being
to produce a large, practical utility
farmer’s fowl. It has often been stat-
ed to me that White Wonders were
simply a cross of White Wyandottes
on Light Brahmas, and I believe that
is the generally accepted opinion. But
it is not the case. I think White Wy-
andottes and Light Brahmas were
used, and likely Dorkings, but the
breeding of the original six large
pure white pullets is unknown. Mr.
French died some three or four years
ago, and the record he had kept of
the standard bred fowls used and the
crosses made in originating his ideal
utility fowl was about two years ago
accidentlly destroyed, so that part of
the process will never be definitely
known. Their general characteristics
as a distinctive breed is, I believe,
as well fixed as that of any other
thoroughbred fowl, and any one at-
tempting to produce White Wonders
by crossing White Wyandottes on
Light rBahmas will be disapopinted.
They were not produced that way.
As a practical, general purpose util-
ity fowl, I believe they are as good
as the very best. They are not a
fancier’s fowl. They were not intend-
ed as such, but as hard workers I
doubt if they have a superior Under
date of April 9th, 1901, I. K. Felch of

Natick, Mass., wrote me_ regarding
White Wonders, “They are simply
working oxen, just hard working

horses for utility uses. As such they
surely have my praise as money earn-
ers in our poultry yards for praetieal

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

F. R.Mitchell, 505 Wellington St.,

Montreal, Canada.

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purposes.” That tells the story of
White Wonders. It is what they
were intended for, hard working mon-
ey earners in our poultry yards for
practical purposes. We ask no great-
er encomiums for them, nor do we
ask any better authority for its state-
ment than that of I. K. Felch.

They are not a bad looking fowl by
any means. They are a large white
fowl with rose comb, slightly feather-
ed legs, and deep ric. golden yellow
skin. The shaft of feathers has a
yellow hue which gives the under-
color a creamy white appearance.
This feature is objected to by the

fanciers. They want a chalk-white
plumage on a yellow skin, simply be-
cause it is so difficult to obtain, but
we want the creamy white undercolor
because it makes’ it so easy to get
the rich golden yellow skin in its per-
fection. Whether tnere is anything
in the superiority of the yellow-skin-
ned fowl is not the question, for it is
a well established fact that the aver-
age American customer will pick up
the yellow-skinned chicken every time.

The only objections to them from the |
fancier’s view, so far as I know, is
the creamy undercolor mentioned and

their slightly feathered shanks. The

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fancier shakes his head and _ says,!
“There should be more feathers on
their shanks or none at all.” Just
why a chicken should have feathered
shanks I do not know, and so far as
looks are concerned I prefer them
without. But White Wonders have
slightly feathered shanks. They have}
been bred that way, and they breed}
quite true to type.

As winter layers I do not think they
can be beat. In January, 1899, when |
the weather was extremely and un-|
usually cold, I had four White Wonder
pullets that layed fifty-three eggs dur-
ing the first fifteen days of that month.
It was an egg every twenty-seven
hours and ten minutes per _ pullet.
Their house consisted of one thick-
ness of seven-eighths inch boards
with tarred paper on the outside. The
house was entirely unsheltered and so
cold that a pan of water would freeze
solid in twenty minutes’ time. I have
not kept just that kind of a record
since, but have had plenty of White
Wonders that were equally good lay-

ers. -Their eggs are of good size and
a nice brown c lor. Their standard
weight is: Cock, £% pounds; hen, 8

pounds; cockerel, 8 pounds; pullet, 614
pounds. I have had cocks weighing
eleven pounds and hens nine and one-
half pounds, and although they are
large they are not a lazy fowl, but ac-
tive rustlers. I believe they combine
as Many good qualities for the farmer
and poultry man as any breed in ex-
istence.

In know this article is already too
long, but I have abbreviated all 1
could, and if not turned down this
time I may come again.

I. C. STEPHENS.

Carleton, Neb.

NEBRASKA STATE
SHOWS.

Now is the time you should make
preparation to exhibit at some of the
best shows of the country, and we
would like to call your attention to
the Nebraska State Poultry show, to
be held at Lincoln, Neb., in the new
Auditorium, January 20 to 28, 1902.
The Nebraska State Poultry associa-
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man of long and tried experience. Our
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Clay Center, Neb.

TOPICS FOR DECEMBER.

Topic No. 1—What has been your ex-
perience in feeding for eggs in win-
ter?

Topic No. 2—What has been your ex-
perience in feeding clover or alfalfa
to fowls in winter?

Topic No. 3—What has been your ex-
perience in the different varieties as
to the best all-purpose fowl?

Topic No. 4—What is your experience
in shipping fancy fowls in winter?

Topic No. 5—What is your experience
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Young or old stock, first class birds cheap.

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When we talk of warm, comfortable
poultry houses and overlook the
scratching shed, we have left out the
best part of the arrangements. I hold
to the theory that it is tom-foolish-
ness to build warm poultry houses and
let the fowls run out in the cold as
they wish. It is also nonsense to pen
them up in a warm poultry house and
allow them no room to exercise. We
can figure and theorize as much as
we feel like, but the scratching shed
has come to stay. It don’t need to be
expensive nor elaborate, just a plain,
cheap shed that has a tight roof and
sides. Instead of windows in the
south, 5-cent muslin soaked in linseed
oil will do. After it has been oiled
hang it out a day or two to dry, then
stretch it on the front of the shed.
I dont’ like the open shed, it’s all
right when the wind is in the north,
but unfortunately we have lots of un-
comfortable south winds, and an open
shed is almost equivalent to out of
dors.

Don’t be stingy with room in the
scratching shed, they can get along
with limited room in their roosting
department better than they can in
their exercising place; it costs but
little more to build a shed 16x16 than
it does 12x12. A shed 16x16 contains
256 square feet of floor room, with a
very little additional expense the floor
space can be nearly double. This 1s
on the same principle that a two inch
pipe will hold four times as much
water as a one inch pipe. Too many
of us want to make $2 out of a hen
at 10 cents’ worth of expense. It’s
no go, and we shouid be satisfied with
a $2 hen and a 50 cent expense. It
dont’ make any difference what kind
of paint you use nor how elegant
stripes you adorn the house with, you
will find the hens are color blind;
they seem to have a selfish disposition
in wanting to feel comfortable, regard-
less of all adornments. A whole lot
of us theoretical humbugs build poul-
try houses to suit us, the hens be
d—d, and what are you going to do
about it, etc. If we study the hens
more and ourselves less it would be
more appreciated by said hens. They
dont’ care a continental what we may
know about science and mechanics,
all they want or care about is com-
fortable and cheerful quarters and
plenty of grub mixed in. When it

comes right down to good hard sense,
the common every-day hen can stand
any of us off. Not long since we saw

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a chap figuring out the room for 100
hens. ‘‘Yes,’’ he says, ‘‘a hen is about
six inches wide and ten inches long,
that will do for perch room and about
twice that room will be ample for
floor space, or room to exercise.” The
writer is getting along in years and
has discovered that mortal man is a
curiosity anyhow, and I made no at-
tempt to spoil the man’s mental cal-
culations.

You know there is an old gag about
the Missourians need to be showed,
but it dont’ apply to the chicken man
who is good at figures; he just won't
be showed and that is all there is
to it; figures wont’ lie—neither will
he, but your Uncle Jack will bet a
‘coon skin that he fizzles in the poul- |
try business. It takes more than fig-
ures to win out in the poultry busi-
ness—it takes some good judgment |
and some common every-day hen
sense.

I have always had a curiosity in
finding out just why people theorize
so much in the poultry business when
they would not think of it in other
occupations. Does poultry pay? Well,
yes; it pays something like five hun-
dred per cent, but you can’t figure it)
out; somehow or other we have got to
work it out. M. M. JOHNSON.

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IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb.

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By P. W. Shepard.

It is a fact—

That it does not pay to allow the
fowls to contract colds. Colds are
rarely caused by any other ways than
exposure. Never expose the fowls to
any draughts of air and colds will not
occur so often.

That a cold may develop into a se-
vere case of roup, which is a serious
disease to a poultryman’s birds. How-
ever, a little work on the part of the
breeder will save all colds and cases
of roup from occurring.

That a sick fowl, one that has a very
bad case of any disease, never amounts
to as much as it did before becoming

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sick. A case of cholera, roup or such
had better be cured with an axe.

That time is required to accomplish
anything in this world. No fortune
has been earned in a day. Fowls have
not been brought up to the present
high standard in a single day. So
your success will not come to you in
one day.

That there is pleasure as well as
profit in breeding fowls. The true
fancier finds much enjoyment in
breeding fowls. He loves to see them
grow and develop. He loves to watch
the eggs as they are kept warm for
three weeks and then he is happy
when the little ones pop out.

That many people breed fowls just
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a change from a literary work or
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body and mind in such cases.

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There are great lessons to be learned
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

men in claiming that the smaller
breeds were so much more profitable
than the large breeds. I have been
breeding the L. Brahma, Felch strain,
for eleven years, and have had W. and
B. Leghorns, B. Spanish, P. Rocks, B.
Javas, Polish, etc., ete., but none of
the breeds mentioned have ever equal-
ed the laying of my L. Brahmas. It
is true that the Leghorn commences
to lay at an earlier age. I have had

them to lay at five months old. It is
also true that they eat less, but I
have had Brahmas (and have them

this year) to lay at six months old.
This strain hardly ever wants to sit,
so that I was compelled to buy an in-
cubator. The Brahmas have laid for
me all winter, with the thermometer
way below zero, while the Leghorns
would not dare to go out of the pens.

A Brahma egg is much larger than
a Leghorn and still larger than a
Hamburg. It is a far richer egg. My
wife claims that two Brahmas eggs
go farter in baking than three Leg-
horns.

Then the capons! I sold 22 capons
weighing 10 pounds dressed at 18 cents
per pound, or $1.80 each. How many
dozen Leghorn cockerels would it take
to bring that money?

Then the extra expense it takes to
fence for Leghorns or all the smaller
breeds. My Brahmas are confined in
a four-foot fence, while a_ six-foot
fence will not turn a Leghorn, and
they will crawl through any paling.

This is my side of the case. The
trouble is with most people, they don’t
know how to feed a Brahma or any
Asiatic fowl right. The chicks are so
much hardier, and they can _ stand
more cold than any other breed.
There now! Respectfully,

A. S. MULLER.

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A “SUCCESSFUL” SUCCESS.
(Deacon Lane's Story.)

“I s'pose you've often set a hen,

Over an’ over, time an’ again?

So have I, but never yet

Knowed a time when I could bet
How long that hen was goin’ to set.
Set a hen on a peck o’ cobs,
Brickbats, pebbles, ol’ door knobs,
An’ she'll set an’ set in spite o’ you—
Can't break her up, whatever you do.

“But set a hen on some high-priced eggs,
Soon’s she feels ’em tween her legs,
Suthin’ makes her feel like scratchin’,
An’ that ends all her hopes o’ hatchin’.
When that happens, I declare

I sometimes feel that I must swear.

I'll say right here, or any place,

A hen’s no instrument of grace.

“But s’posin’ by some accident,
After three weeks she has spent
A-settin’, you do get some chicks;
That hen knows some other tricks.
She will just take all kinds o’ pains
To get ketched out in pourin’ rains,
Till all her chicks are drownded dead,
All but one—an’, as I said,
Sometimes I’ve been so mad I vum
I was jest on the p’int o’ sayin’ dum’.
When settin’ hens is on the place,
‘Tis hard to hold to savin’ grace,

“long las’ spring—sometime in May—
I met a man from Ioway,

An’ he was tellin’ as how he'd seen
Chickens hatched in a machine.

He sais ’twas made o’ glass an’ wood,
An’ had four legs so’t could be stood
In a corner anywhere,

An’ would do its hatchin’ there.

He said the cost warn’t very much,

An’ ’twould hatch to beat the Dutch.
He said the makers give away

A book 'twould make it plain as day
How to make our profits greater

If we'd use an incubator.

“So my pen in hand TI took,

Writ an’ got a pictur’ book;

Read it through from front to back—
‘Twas convincin’, for a fac’.

An’ at last I sent and got

A “Successful.’’ Tell you what,
When I got it I was proud,

But the neighbors all allowed

'Twas a sin an’ ag’in natur’

Hatchin’ with an incubator.

“T read the rules an’ set her goin’,
Folks aroun’ done lots o’ blowin’,
Seemed to think it mighty funny
Watchin’ a fool get shet o’ money.
I just kep’ on a sawin’ wood,
Follered d’rections near’s I could,
Watched the lamp an’ regulator,
Kep’ a-watchin’ that incubator.

I warn’t talkin’—I kep’ still,
Watched things purty close, until
One day as I was a-peepin’

At them eggs I heerd a cheepin’;
Then I watched a little spell

An’'—a chicken broke the shell,

An’ afore the day was done,

Them eggs hatched out—all but one;
Had a drawer crowdin’ full

Of fuzzy chickens, soft as wool.

I know it warn’t the proper thing,
But I couldn't help cuttin’ a pigeon wing,
An’ then I called the neighbors in,
"Specially them that talked ag’in
Hatchin’ chickens in machines;
Proved to them they didn’t know beans,

f,

Made 'em look like small pertaters,
Runnin’ down them incubators.

“Waal, I kep’ the thing a-goin’;

Every hatch made a good showin’,

An’ the neighbors ‘round about

Kep’ on findin’ some things out.

When they see my chickens grow

Like ill weeds, they wanted to know

Ef I could do much better when

I used machines instid o’ hens.

When a ‘Successful’ was put to hatehin’.
I told '’em hens was not a patchin’

“Ts the “Successful” a success?’
Waal, I certainly should say yes;

An’ more than that, one on the place
May keep a man from fallin’ from grace.”’

THE HEN AS A TAXPAYER.

A few years ago, with many people,
the hen was an unknown quantity,
as far as the profit was concerned.
We raised her for an occasional fry
in summer or roast in winter, when
someone came visiting, or at picnic
times. She laid some eggs in sum-
mer, when eggs were so cheap that
we preferred to eat them to bothering
taking them to town and that was
about her status with us as well as
the country around. But that is all
changed now. She has found herself,
or rather, we have found her capa-
bilities. “The Lay of the Kansas Hen,”
who feeds the family, pays off the
mortgage and the taxes; sends the son
to college and provides the piano for
the daughter, is not so much of a joke
as you might think; for I know of
dozens of farmers around me now who
have fried chicken every day if they
want it, and hens enough left all of
the time, to pay not only the grocery
bill, but provide luxuries for the house.
And I know others who do pay their
taxes with the egg and _ chicken
money; and I know a girl who raised
enough Brown Leghorns, along with
the eggs they laid last year, to buy
herself an organ and a Jersey cow.
And now the mortgage and the col-
lege is all that, so far, we must hear
from, and they will shortly be forth-
coming.

But to make the chickens pay, we
found that we must not only get good
breeds for our purpose, but expend
some care and time upon them. If
we wanted eggs in winter, we must
provide good quarters, dry and warm,
for our chickens, though we kept none
but the non-sitting, almost daily life-
time layers, as the Minorcas or Leg-
horns. The best brood of these will
not lay to the best of their ability in
winter, if not given warm quarters
and some stimulating feed, although
it is claimed they need but half to
that which the larger breeds require.

If we would raise chickens for the
early market and for profit by weight,
then we quickly learned that we must

keep the Brahmas, Coehins and Lang-
shan; although some of our neighbors
prefer the Plymouth Rock for an all
around chicken, not only for coming
steadily up to its prime average in
weight, but also for a good layer.

We have tried all kinds, and all
have their good points, and while the
Plymouth Rock cannot come up to the
Buff Cochin and Brahma in some few
points, really after all, it has the few-
est faults of any.

It is best to keep just one breed
(and that a pure one) at a time. They
mix so badly, and we found mixed
chickens so slow of growth, and some-
times they take all of the scratching,
lazy faults of the parent stock, and
little of the good. Of course, there
are exceptions. We like the half-
breeds of the Buff Cochin and Light
Brahma,

In the old days, when the barnyard
fowl reigned supreme, with one ex-
ception, we expected her to quit her
desultory laying in August, and not
begin again until next April, and not
then, if she took a notion.

The exception came at hog killing
time. Then, from gluttening them-
selves with the offal, the lights, etc.,
we would get a surplus of eggs for
awhile. This, finally, taught us, if we
would have eggs in winter, we must
feed meat or some other heat and egg
producing food. And this is why
green bone food and linseed oil meal
cakes keep the chickens, even the
barnyard breed, hunting nests all of
the winter. The Leghorns really do
not need so much stimulation, as it 1s
their business to lay in winter as well
as summer. But it is just as well, for
the Leghorn as the other breeds, to
save all the skim milk you can spare
for them. Skim milk, helped out with
corn, is an excellent egg producer.

The first one of our neighbors who
set us the example of raising chick-
ens upon a scientific basis for profit
had the dark Brahmas. They sold
a sitting of eggs from these for, I be-
lieve, 50 cents. And the rest were
sold to the huxter or grocery at the
regular market price at the time. But,
for fear we would buy them from
these parties, each egg was perforated
with a needle before it was sold in
market. There was_ considerable
questioning among the neighbors as
to the right or wrong of this. But,
whichever it was, it certainly proved
stimulating to the pure bred chicken
trade, as for spite many of the neigh-
bors invested in different fancy breeds

of their own, and now the country is
full of mixed chickens, mixed down to
the twentieth generation.

ANNA BELL.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

HAMBURG BREEDERS, ATTEN-
TION.

The second annual meeting of the
American Hamburg club will take
place at Topeka, Kan., January ist to
6th, 1902. We have been highly suc-
cessful in securing the services of one
of the popular judges of the west.
Judge L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb.,
is the man who will score our birds,
and every one who knows him will
agree that it means a fair shake for
everybody.

Arrangements that are quite satis-
factory to all concerned have been
made by which we will meet in con-
nection with the Kansas State Poultry
association in their annual show, thus
giving every breeder an opportunity
of meeting the leading poultry people
of the west. Our premium list is
growing nicely and we expect a nice
string of prizes by show time.

Here it is to date:

G. A, Chamblin, S!S:
Moran, Kan., $5.00.

L. Cook & Bro., S. S. Hamburgs,
Oakville, Ia., $5.00.

Good Bros., S. S. Hamburgs. Cim-
arron, Kan., $2.50 cash, or $5.00 in
stock.

M. M. Johnson, Sure Hatch Poultry
Co., Clay Center, Neb., one Sure Hatch
brooder, 200 chick size, $5.75.

Now is the time to whoop it up. En-
thusiasm is growing and interest in
Hamburgs is rapidly increasing. Have
you done anything to help us? Are
you going to help now? Get a hustle
on and send in your contribution,
whether large or small. It will help.
Yours for success,

G. W. CHAMBLIN,
Secretary Pro Tem.
Moran, Kan.

Hamburgs,

Mr. and Mrs. A. Upton, Fairbury,
Neb., have an extra fine lot of Barred
Plymouth Rocks and must sell soon
to make room for winter. Their stock
this fall is much better than before,
and those wishing to buy will get full
value for money paid.

The cut we use on our first page
this month was made from a photo of
a flock of Pekin ducks and Toulouse
geese, owned by Mrs. Flora Shroyer,
Clay Center, Nebr.

P, Hostetler,

EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI.
Breeder of a good laying strain of gilt

Barred Plymouth Rocks.

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At low down prices.

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Standard of Perfection

Revised Edition, 1900.

This work is issued by the American
Poultry Association. It is a book of
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con-
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the several varieties of fowls. It is on
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base their awards. Every experienced
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requirements to which his stock must
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The Standard of Perfection

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,
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Certificate of Sale,

October 16, 1901.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I have this

day sold and shipped my first prize
winning Light Brahmas to Mr. J. P.
Newman, Bloomfield, lowa, consisting
of Ist cockerel at Nebraska State Show
at Lincoln, 1901, also Ist and 2nd prize
pullets at Kansas State Show, Topeka
1901, and good will thrown in. Any-
one wanting eggs from first class
Light Brahmas in the spring will do
well to correspond with Mr. Newman.
I will hereafter devote my time to rais-
ing Chalk White Wyandottes and Buff

Orpingtons.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. B. Clary,
Route No. 1. Fairbury, Neb.

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR
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and us.

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THE GOOD THINGS OTHERS SAY
OF US.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Poultry Investigator—

Gentlemen: I thank you for sample copy;
it was very interesting. I know some of
your correspondents; they are reliable
people. Enclosed find stamp for one year's
subscription. Respectfully, J. ES B.

Pa.—Poultry Investigator
If your paper follows the

Philadelphia,
—Gentlemen:

plan adopted it will be one of the best
poultry papers published. Yours truly,
DBS:

Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 10, 1901.—Poultry
Investigator—Dear Sir: Your paper is
surely covering a large territory, and ef-
fectively, as we hear from our ad in it
from all sections. Yours,

H. E. MOSS,

Midland Poultry Food Co.
Clay Center, Neb.—Poultry Investigator
—Gentlemen: We have had better results
from our ad in the Investigator than any
other poultry paper we ever used two to
one. Success to you. Yours, A J. Wi

Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 23, 191.—L. P.
Harris, Editor Poultry Investigator—Dear
Sir: Allow me first to congratulate you
on the style and makeup of your initial
number. It surely is a live chick and has
been well incubated and is predestined to
become a prize winner in its class. May
it continue to scratch out the golden
grain from the chaff and thrive until it
is known and heard from in every state
in the union. I have already several in-
quiries from its influence. Respectfully,

M. L. EDSON.

Pa.—The Investigator—Gen-
tlemen: Enclosed you will find stamp for
paper. It is a gem. I fell in love with
it on sight of first copy. Yours truly,
M. E. VOGEL.

Allegheny,

La Jara, Colo.—Poultry Investigator—
Dear Sirs: Sample copy of paper received
and have read it through and I like it
very much. We all want a western paper.
The eastern papers are not in touch with
the poultry business out here. We have
good poultry raised in Colorado if one
could find it, but very few advertise so
we can find them out. Very respectfully,

Crea.

Buel, Kan.—Poultry Investigator—Dear
Sirs: After reading Esq. De Puy’s ‘‘Edi-
torial Reception’’ I determined to let ‘tye
editor’ know that ‘Poultry Success’ is
not nearly the only one ‘‘Well Wisher’
for you. To the Investigator, long may
her pennant wave and may she receive
the immediate support of deserved thou-
sands, and hope her investigatory
seratchings may result in good picking
for all concerned. Yours truly,

D. Z. H.
Cottage Grove, Ore.—Poultry Investi-
gator—Gentlemen: I received sample

copy of your paper and like it fine. En-
close stamp for one year’s subscription.
Yours truly, A. J. B.

Redlands, Cal., Oct. 20, 1901.—L. P. Har-
ris, Editor Poultry Investigator—Dear
Sir: I write you for the purpose of noti-
fying the readers of the Poultry Investi-
gator that my stock {fs all sold out and

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

for you to drop my ad. I have been
swamped with letters for the last two
months from my ad in your paper. I had
‘etters from nearly every state and made
ready sales. Your paper was worth more
to me than any paper I ever advertised
in. As soon as I can raise more stock I
will send money for ad again. Yours very
truly, L. D. GREEN,
Redlands, Cal.
Formerly of Red Oak, Ia.

Chatham, O., Aug. 28, 1901.—L. P. Har-
ris, Clay Center, Neb.—Dear Sir: The
first number of the Investigator is a good
one and I have received several inquiries
already from it. Yours, J. W. W.

LIST OF SPECIALTY CLUBS.

For the convenience of those breeders
who would like to become members of
the specialty club devoted to their favor-
ites, we publish the following list of spe-
cialty clubs and the names and postoffice
addresses of the secretaries. We believe
the list is correct and complete, but if
any of our readers know of any omis-
sions or corrections we would be under
obligations to them if they will inform
us of the fact.

American Plymouth Rock Club—H. P.
Schwab, secretary-treasurer, Rochester,
Neate

American White Plymouth Rock Club—
Frank Heck, secretary-treasurer, 325
Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill.

New England Barred and White Ply-
mouth Rock Club—W. B. Atherton, sec-
retary-treasurer, 30 Broad street, Boston,
Mass.

American Buff Plymouth Rock Club—

Ww. (Os Denny, secretary-treasurer,
Rochester, N. Y.

National White Wyandotte Club—
George C. Rose, secretary-treasurer,

Shawneetown, Ill.

New England White Wyandotte Club—
G. A. Newhall, acting secretary, Perry-
ville, Mass.

Eastern White Wyandotte Club—C. A.
Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Mass.

Western Wyandotte Club—J. D. W.
Hall, secretary-treasurer, Des Moines, Ia.

National Wyandotte Club—C. S. Matti-
son, secretary-treasurer, South Shafts-
bury, Vt.

Silver Wyandotte Club of America—E.
S. Tarbox, secretary-treasurer, Yorkville,
Til.

American Golden Wyandotte Club—A.
L. Ringo, secretary-treasurer, 333 Rook-
ery building, Chicago, Ill.

The Partridge Wyandotte Club of
America—Theo. Haight, secretary-treas-
urer, “Astoria, To. Tc Noy.

American Buff Wyandotte Club—W. R.

Wooden, secretary-treasurer, Battle
Creek, Mich.

New England Light Brahma Club—
George W. Cromack, secretary, Stone-
ham, Mass.

Western Light Brahma Club—W. S.

Gregory, secretary-treasurer, Keota, Ia.
Gents: I not only found your paper an
American Dark Brahma Club—Clark E.
Adams, secretary, Racine, Wis.
American Langshan Club—A. H. Asche,
secretary-treasurer, Princeton, Ill.
American Cochin Club—Arthur R.
Sharp, secretary, Taunton, Mass.

American Leghorn Club—George H.
Burgott, secretary, Lawton Station,
a. Y.

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small syringe and full instructions 50
cents postpaid

SCORE CAKDS. U. §. Postal] card stock 50
cents per 100, $3 per 1000. Water fountain
gaivanized iron, hangs on nail, 1 gallon
size 50 cents.

REAMOLINE. Tablespoonful to quart of
water paints ycur hen roost. Trial bottle
25 cents postpaid Circula: fre.

MRS, MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.

LOCK BOX 176.

Poultry Supplies

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
per 100.

Smith Seal Bands 25¢ per dozen, $1
per 60.

Standard of Perfection each $1.

Spray Pumps each 75c.

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 25c and S0c a
box.

Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
100 pounds.

J. D. W. Hall’s Guaranteed Roup
Cure 50c and $1 a box.

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.

Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices.

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center, $12.

Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
per 100 pounds 75c.

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O.
B. Lincoln, per 100 1bs 75c.

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,

Clay Center, Nebr.

The best Folding >
Exhibition Coop.. =

Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb.

Manufactures and sells the best Exhibition
Folding Coop on the market. Prices within
the reach of all. He also has 50S. C B. LEG-
HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 75c to $2.00
each, Write your wants,

Club—C. M. Davison, secretary, Chicago
Lawn, Ill.

American Buff Leghorn Club—George
S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer, Battle
Creek, Mich.

American Rose Comb Brown Leghorn

Club—C. R. Milhous, secretary-treasurer,
Spencer Ind.
American Houdan Club—Thomas_ F.

Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls, Ia. }

Blue Andalusian Club of America—Rob-
ert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marlborough
street, Boston, Mass.

American Black Minorea Club—Charles
L. Blanton, secretary, Falls Church, Va.

American White Minorca Club—William

Sapper, secretary, Erie, Pa.

American Indian Game Club—C. S.
Whiting, secretary-treasurer, Darien,
NPE.

American Polish Club—M. V. Caldwell,
secretary-treasurer, Leetonia, O.

National Exhibition Game and Game
Bantam Club—W. W. Withee, secretary-
treasurer, La Crosse, Wis.

American Dorking Club—Frank H.
Prentice, secretary, North Grafton, Mass.

American White Wonder Club—A. L.
Merrill, secretary, Auburn, Me.

American Rhode Island Red Club—John
Crowther, secretary-treasurer, Fall River,
Mass.

National Bantam Association—E.
tham, secretary, Flat Bush, L. I.,

National Bronze Turkey Club—Mrs.
F. Hislop, secretary, Milford, Ill.

Western Turkey Club—Mrs. F. A. Har-
grave, secretary-treasurer, Richmond,
Kan.

Water Fowl Club of America—Theo.
Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa.

La-

F.

The Osceola Poultry association will
hold their next show at Osceola, Ia., De-
cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr,
Weldon, Ia.; vice president, W. S.
Luther, Osceola; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent,
J. M. Beard, Osceola, Ia.; L. P. Harris,
judge. Catalogue out November 1. Send
for one; it is free.

The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso-
ciation will hold its annual show at Og-
den, Utah, December 11, 12, 13 and 14. M.
J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning
Premium list will
Be sure to send for

will place the awards.
be out November 4.
one.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered.

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[ personally selected. while at Los Angeles reeently, the cream of the finest atock from
several rabbitries, including a variety of the popular champion strains. By
purchasing them jin herds | got rare bargains, which I offer to
my customers at prices ranging

From $3 to $6 Each, Express Paid to Any Point

I ship either

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None of these animals score less than 93. and a few run as high aS 96. from

Los Angeles or Houston.

300 ANIMALS TO SELECT FROM

Authorized Judge of American Belgian Hare Registry Association of Kansas Oity, Mo.

Dixie Rabbitry, S. J. MITCHELL, Prop., (Main Ranch), Houston, Texas.

2 Miller’s Perfection
Folding Exhibition
C00). ——

Folds like a book. All in one piece.
Nothing to 1o astray. The neatest
and strongest coop on the market.

Wm. MILLER, North Bend, Neb

May I “SHOW YOU”

That we raise as good Barred Rocks
lin Iowa as are sold by eastern breed-
ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his
equal for $5, or money back. If you
buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him
for $3 Try me. CORWIN JONES,

Sidney, Iowa.

Barred Plymouth
Roc ks. |

From Prize Winning Stock and fashionable
strains at bargain Prices. Also litter of
Scotch Collie Pups

Pure bred, Golddust strain, eligabje to reg- | ——-

| Mrs. J. B. Jones,

| Some fine Cockerels
«»FOR SALE..

ister. From imported Bench Winning St ck. 3 ba | 3
H.R. McLean, Breeder of
Red Oak, 3 Shas

towa. Barred Plymouth Rocks

and Mammoth Bronze

Barred P, Rocks ees auan oe ALE. “EGGS 0 IN SEA-

EXCLUSIVELY. SON.
IT have a number of early hatched cocker-) ABILENE, KANSAS.
erels that are good in all sections. and really | oS
poor in none, that Tam offering for a short} ; 1-2
time only at$? and s3each. A few pullets to Please mention the INVESTIGATOR

spare at #1 to $5 each. All farm raised. when answering advertise nents. It
W. S. RUSSELL, will accomodate both the advertiser

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. | and us.

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the one that will Reap the Harv-
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your share of the trade.

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30 WORDS
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50 CENTS

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK Cockerels from
first prize cock; very promising. Write for

ee Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Igin, I

BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Rockall old
stock for sule at $1.00 each, young white

Pekins ducks 6 for #4 00 all from high scor-
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin,
Nebraska.

BUFF COCHINS and Rose Comb White Leg-
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize
winners. Forsale. John A Johnson, Pilot
Mound, Iowa.

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

SILVER LAOED WYANDOTTES, White Wy-

andottes, Buff Leghorns, Black Leghorns

and White Pekin Ducks. First class birds
for sale. Mrs. W. B. Tibbits, Imperial. Neb

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy
early. Games, Heathwoods. Irish and Mex-
ican Grays, Blk. Reds, Tornadoes and Oor-
nish Indians. Free illustrated circular. OC.
D. Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y.

sertion,
No display can be allowed and all cards must be
uniform in size and style.
allowed each quarter.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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30 WORDS
WITH INVESTIGATOR
1 YEAR $3.00

these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or
ll be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in-
or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS.

A change in makeup

100 S.S. HAMBURGS. -Stock for sale. Eggs
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good
condition fashionably bred and artistically
marked, Rey. G. A. Chamblin, Moran,
Kansas.

SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes.
pure Buffs Winn rs at Chicago and Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. Also a tine line of Bantams
such as Game Cochins, Sebrights and Jap-
anese. Write for prices. M.F. Yegge, De
Witt, Iowa. Box 26.

IF YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New
York winners in Barred Rocks, 8. U. Brown
and White Leghorns, 1 have it and can
please you in stoc’ at low prices. Eggs in

PARTRIDGE COOHINS a _ specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Oedar Rapids. 1901.
150 youngsters for sale after ‘)ctober 1, fin-

season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- er than ever, superior feathering, shape
treville, Md. and color. Always satisfaction guaran-
teed, U, J. Shanklin, Wanbeek, Iowa.

SER HERE. Fine Light Brahma Cockerels
$1.25each Pullets $1.00. Pairs $2.00. Trios
$3.00. Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock
Oockerels $1 each. Ordernow. Richard J.
Holt, Utica. Minn.

FOR SALE. Two last year’s cockerels, score
90% and 89%. $350 and $2.00 respectivel
also about ten cockerels at $1.50 eac
Write soon. Harry Fleming. Hastings, Neb

BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and_ exhibilion
steck forsale. Write at once for descrip-
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Tell us what you want.
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo.

BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes. line bred
(Brey’s Strain) 4% and 4 grown. Extra se-
lected for eqhibition and breeding 4 pul-
lets and 1 cockerel only $10. John Brey,
Specialist, Neola, Iowa.

FOR EXCHANGE A 60-egg Sure Hatch In-
cubator. for Exhibition B. B. R. Games.
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams,
Olay Cecter, Nebr.

ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHGRNS for sale
1st cockerel St. Paul, February 1901 and
nine one year old hens. score 92% to 9444. aby,
Russell. for $15. “. F. Reinelt, Tripp, 8. D.

Rules of the Cock: Pit

sees neat little book of pocket size, well bound in tough tag-
rd. Contains ail the pit rules of the United States, Canada,
ak Cuba, England, Belgium and France. Also ‘has com-
prehensive chapters on Heels, Handling, Nursing and every-
thing relative to the royal sport of cocking.

By Dn. H. P. Cranxe, Indianapolis, Ind,

The Recognized Authority.

PRICE, 25 CENTS,
Address the Publisher of this Paper,

Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry
Investig ator one year

For 25 Cents.

Address, THE INVESTIGATOR,
Clay Center, Nebraska.

Morning View —
Poultry Yards. ¢ Re

HAVE...

Barred Plymouth Rocks...

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Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-
red, full above the eyes.

Eggs in Season.

James M. Perkins,

RAVENWOOD, MISSOURI. }

$1.50 per Setting |

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TAKE THE

Kansas City & Omaha Line

For all points east, south or west.
nections made onall junction points.

Close con-

For rates and information call on or address, S. M. Apsit, G. P. A.
St. Joe, Mo. S. M. WaLLack, Agent, Clay Center, Nebraska.

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200 Mammoth Pekin Ducks 100 White Wyandotte Cockerels

It you need big ilies or cockerels get my prices. Look up my
record. Get my circular its free.
Lincoln, Neb., Box 456 ~ - = - E. E. SMITH.

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Cure Tirana

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HE only remedy positively
known tocure roup in all its
forms as long as the fowl can
see to drink. For Oanker, es-
pecially in pigeons, this cure excels

Conhey’s

Roup Cure

allothers. One 50 cent package makes 25 gallons of medicine. Directions with
every package. If it fails tocure money refund. Postpaid. small size 50c, large $l.
Conkey’s Louse Killer never fails to} ill. Try it, 25 cents per package, and
15 cents extra for postage
Conkey’s Egg Food and Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect
health, and pro: uce more eggs than any similar preparation. 25 cents per package
and 15 cents extra for postage. E. CONKEY & CO., Cleveland, O
Paciti> ¢ soust age nts; Petaluma Inculaae Co, Petaluma, Cal. Eastern Se ais
office; No.8 Park Place New York City and §.H. I. Co., Olay Center, Nebr. For
sale by all poultry supply houses. GS Agents wanted.

Barred Plymouth Rocks

EXCLUSIVELY.

If you want winners bred from win-
ners that will win for you, write me.

FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr.

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SS a EES;

Does Your Lamp Smoke?
That means uneven heat and danger of explosion,
Don’t run af risk. Pita

Hydro-Safety Lamp

on your Incubator and Brooder and save oil,
attention and avoid all danger. Water jacket
keeps burner cool. Price, 75c. to $2.70. Cata-
logue of all inen}»tor supplies "TREE.

“R. OAKES, Mfr. No. 12 6'h St. Bloomington. Ind.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Glen Raven is Covered with

CHICKENS : AND : TURKEYS

Bied to standard requirements and of high quality. From Exhibition scored parents
Brown and White Leghorns. Barred and White Plymouth Rocks, Black Minorcas and
Bronze Turkeys. Prizes reasonable. Circular free Mention INVESTIGATOR. Write for.
description.

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Poultry Supplies. e Shell in lots of 500 pounds or over at great-

ly reduced figures. It will pay youto lay in
Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and
Write for anything you need in poultry supplies.

your winter supply now.
Humphrey’s Bone Cutters.

E. A. PEGLER, 241 S 11 St., Lincoln, Neb. Box 463.

F. A. CROWELL,

GRANGER, MINN.

Breeder of Strictly High Class Buff
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins;
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and
Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will
please you. Circular free.

Golden Wyandottes.

Our Wyandottes never have failed
to win in the best company. Young
stock for sale.

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb
F, H. SHELLABARGER, “PST LIBERTY,

IOWA.

Has bred ____ cement
Barred Plymouth Rocks

for 20 years. Wehavethem that are up to
date in size, shape and color. Write me if
you need any. 20th annual circular which
fully describes our Breeding stock is free.
Mention this Journal and address as above.

0. MO. HUN. DRO,

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock for sale at all times. Eggs in season.

E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.
G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska.

Chalk White Wyandottes,
Mammoth Light Brahmas
Buff Orpingtons.

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-1901. Won 39

regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea-
son. Satisfaction assured.

Still 10 Cents a Year.

Until further notice you can still get
the PouLTRY, BEE AND FRuIT Jour-
NAL for 10c per year. Or by getting
four of your friends to send with you,
we will either extend your subscrip-
tion one year or make youa gift of a
good poultry book. Send today—Now
—before it is too late, as this offer
may be withdrawnat anytime. Send
your dime and get the neatest, boiled
down, right-to-the-point, stop-when-
you’ve-said-it, monthly journal an en-
tire year. Thirty words in Breeders’
Column for 25c. Display advertising
75c per inch, net. No discounts for
time or space. A guarantee of satis-
faction written in every contract.

POULTRY, BEE & FRUIT CO., Davenport, lowa.

Breeder of

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THE IDEAL

) Aluminum
LEG BAND.

Is the acknowleged leader. It loosing off is impossible as it is made with a double elinch
and is guaranteed to stay on, It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put
on. It is absolutely the best band on the market today. Read what otherssay:

I have been thoroughly testing your
is certainly the
Please ship

Yermouth, Me.—Mr. Frank Meyers. Dear Sir:
leg band also others of the latest make. The Ideal Aluminum Leg Ban
best one that I have ever used and I believe [ have used about all of them.
me 1000 as follows: 200 No. 6, 50 No. 7,400 No, 8, 100 No. 9, 200 No. 10. 50 No. 11.

Very Truly Yours, F. O. WELCOME.

Prices of bands. post paid, 12 for 20c, 25 for 35c, 50 for 65c. 100 for $1. 500 for #4, 1000 for 87.

Send 4c in postage for circular of Barred Plymouth Rocks and sample bands.

FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Port, lil.

Barred Plymouth Rocks
200 QUICK SALE 200.

We have more young stock than we can handle in cold weather hence
make the following prices to reduce our stock. First comes first served.

35 Cockerels, well developed and very large $3.00 each.

35 Cockerels extra good breeders............--..+-.-. . 1.50 each.
50 Pullets, well developed and fine...............---+--- 1.50 each
50 Pullets, good breeders .........---- 01sec eee ee ee ees 1.00 each
25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones............ 1.50 each

Masses of correspondense. Writ us what you want
Your Truly,

5 Cock Birds.
and can do you good circular free.

MR. and MRS, A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

No Eggs for Sale! A nice lot of
young chicks for sale in pairs and
trios. Bred from the best matings of
imported stock. I have hundreds of

Butf Orpingtons

THE COMING BREED March
for sale. Mention this Journal.

W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY. NEBRASKA.
Exclusively. Pure

BUFF P, ROCKS Burdick Gold Nug-

|gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as
|can be found, and are up-to-date in
every respect. Some fine specimens
for sale; reasonable prices on applica-
tion. Address

MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr.

White Leghorns.

Layers and winners. An inducement to
buy at once and of us—terted breeders, hens
$8. 810 and $12 per dozen. Oocks $1.50 to $2.50
each Scottish Terrier puppies $5.

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,
R. R. French, Mer. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR

BUFF ORPINGTONS—WYAN"OTTES. R.
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
Judge, Port Huron, Michigan.

when answering advertisements. It
will accomodate both the advertiser
and us.

32 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. | 3

Imported Buff Orpingtons. Sure Hatch Poultry
Are winners at B. P. R., Madison Square Company / re

Wash., N. J., Keota. lowa City Iowa State
as the largest aggregation of

Shows. Orpington #7 to #30 per trio. Will
close out all the Rocks, Bradley Bus, and
| thoroughbred poultry in the west.

Lathans Strains. One pairof!yr ola show
birds for sale cheap, 92 to 9244. A fine lot ‘of
young show birds in both varieties. Always
win; sure toplease. Better get in the push.

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la.

SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE.

8 Grand Breeders for sale at a_ bar-
gain. Also 300 selected Langshan
chicks. Address,

BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsville, Ind.

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We import, breed, buy and sel
All Varieties.

Each variety is bred separately on
a farm. Nochance for mixing up.
Prices reasonable. Stock the best.
Write your wants. Address,

| Sure Hatch Poultry Co.

| Clay Center, Neb.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS a Oe 8) Brae laa
Satisfaction to all. Circclar free | Viffany’s paragon Lice Killer.

‘ Kills lice and mites on poultry. hogsand animals, is the
H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. Strongest and best lice killer made. With our double

tube sprayer you can save one half the liquid and pene-
Lock box 500. trate all cracks and spray the bottom of the house where
you find the mites or spider lice. {t gets there every
time Every can is guaranteed or money refunded!

B d P R k Write and learn how to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer Fxub.
| ae ;
arre ; OCKS...| Tiffany’s Paragon Poultry Powder.

Extra fire, Extra large, Extra color | Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys. fleas on dogs, ticks on sheep and lice on cat-
tle and horses, is 1 powerful disinfectant, keeps moths from your clothing and carpets.
In the show room they have shown] A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We

their excellence,have scored from 90 to| W2"t one in every town
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. Always use the powder before satting the hen.

C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.| THE TIFFANY COMPANY, - - - Lincoln, Nebraska.

IN BUSINESS.

which requires only afew moments time to
attend, pleasant recreation, with profit
greater than can be had from any similar

outlay of cash. Your Wife or Daughter BS

would be surprised to find how easily they Qe.
could help pay the household expenses by

using a good incubator and brooder. We manufacture the

Successful,

Eclipse and Crescent Incubators.

There are none more scientifically correct. Perfect regulation of heat
and ventilation. Made of best material. Double and _ pocketed
walls. _Non-Explosive Safety Lamps. Prices most reasonable, $9. up.

We are the only incubator firm who publish catalogues in MIRO GREE saneaa
English, German, Swedish, French and Spanish. Send 4 cents pate O.8 enegty pm lon ey
for English edition, others free. Eastern correspondence and orders “We never invested $25.00 that

will be attended to at the Buffalo house. Address nearest oflice, | brought us half the returns of our
purchase of a Successful Incuba-

DES MOINES INCUBATOR COo., We have hundreds of similar re-

Box 601, Des Moines, Iowa, or Box 601, Buffalo, N. Y. ports.

annAR

y

Nothing rect external and internal treatment will kill
Toup g°rms. uy the best; don't be deceived. S nd for testi-
monials. P. Price 50c and $1 00 per box, postpaid. Agents wanted,
J.D, W. HALL. Box60 Des Moines, Iowa,

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ae REMEDIES.

OWDER. OINTMENT. SPECIAL & LIQUID. , |

The Result of 25

Choice
Gockerels Year's Breeding.
&
Line Bred at the
Stock Eggs
for American Po ultry
Hatching. earn
‘ From Barred and White Plymouth Rocks
White and silver Wyandottes. White and
Brown Leghorns. Golden Sebright Bantams.
Bronze Turkeys, and Pearl Guineas.
Belgian Hares, Jerse attle.
Valuable Circular.

F.M. MUNGER & SONS, DeKalb, III
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Edson’s Registered Strain. from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made ‘them

a specialty for 19 years Now offering fine
exhibition and grand br eding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, ee ey en Ill.

MS Buff P. Rocks
| Exclusively..,

We have Judge Harris’ entire stock.

These, together with our own prize}-
gives us the best flock of |‘

winners,
Buff Rocks in the country.
please you both in quality and prices.
Write us if you want winners bred
Pekin ducks, Toul-
ouse Geese for sale.

MRS. FLORA SHROYER,
Clay Center, Neb.

WANTED!

250 White Wyandotte Hens
and Pullets.

250 White Leghorn Hens
and Pullets.

100 White Rock Hens and
Pullets.

100 Buff
males.

Will pay cash. Address,

Box 421, Clay Center, Neb.

We can

from winners.

Orpington Fe-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

200-Egg Incubator tor $]2”

The simplicity of the Stahl incubators created a demand that forced the produc-
tion tosuch great proportions it is now possible to offer a first-class 200-egg incu-
bator for $12.80. This mew incubator is an enlargement of the famous

WOODEN HEN

recognized the most perfect small hatcher, This mew incu-[—=
bator is thoroughly well made; is a marvel of simplicity, and
so perfect in its working that it hatches every fertile egg.
Write for anything you want to know about incubators, Send
for the new free illustrated catalogue.

CEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, Ill.

THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Are better than ever as they have farm range.
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season.
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition.
Prices reasonable.

Have 280 young and
Was winners of all

Satisfaction guaranteed.
A share of your patronage solicited.

FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue
as the sky. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN-
GLE COMB BROWN LKEGHORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
dle.and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels
and eiegantcombs In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the
show room If so, address. J.W. WHITNEY, Chatham, 0., P. O. Box I.

2 PLEVENESESENESESESESCSESES USE SESEN esesese! Ce
Barred Rocks - - White Wyandottes =

WE HAVE
Some - Choice - Exhibition
Fine Breeding Birds
For Sale!

We have always won at State Fairs and State
Shows more prizes than all other exhibits.

: L. | NORVAL, Seward, Nebraska.

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White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland
Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska
State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, Ist
hen, Ist cock, 3d cockrel, which was a prize
on every bird entered. At the Nebraska
State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won
lst pen chicks, Ist hen, 1st pullet, lst cock-
erel—a first prize on every bird entered.
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

00 Buys 5 Brown Leghorn Roosters
“~< 100 fine Birds must go soon
For illustrated circular and particulars, write,............-...-

E. W. GREER,
Farmington, Mo.

Prop. Glen Raven Egg Farm.

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Glimpses of Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm,

Judge T. L. Norval, proprietor, Seward, Nebraska.

President

L. P. Parris, Clay Center, Nebr.
of the Nebraska State Poultry Association, Ed-

itor PouttrRy INVESTIGATOR, poultry judge,
and manager Sure Hatch Poultry Co. He has
been a breeder for 28 years and has exhiblted in
all the largest shows in the east and west. Has
belonged tothe Nebraska State Poultry Associ-
ation since first organized, and hasalways been
an exhibitor and won his share of premiums.

Shipping SSSSSs
Fancy nN

RSESSS Poultry

Our business calls us to the ex-
press office very often. Having an in-
terest in every chicken we see, we will
stop to look at fowls that are ship-
ped. We noticed a coop that had
three floors. There were Brahma, Buff
Cochin and Langshan fowls in the
coop, each kind separate, neither
apartment being high enough for the
birds to stand erect, and from the
heavy weight of the birds and the
large size of the coop it had to be
made of extra heavy material. Alto-
gether it was a poor contrivance, and
the man who bought the fowls, even
though he got them cheap, was beat
when paying express on such a coop.

We have noticed fowls shipped in
cracker boxes. Another extreme was
a muslin coop, with hardly breathing
space for the fowl, as the muslin coy-
ered the coop in all but one little
place, and if something happened to
sit against that in the express car
the bird no doubt could have been
nearly smothered.

When selling a bird it is due the
customer to ship the bird and have
it arrive in as good condition as pos-
sible, with as little express charges.
It is not only due the customer, but
really necessary if a breeder wishes
to do good advertising.

A bird in an attractive, convenient
coop standing on the platform, a gen-
tleman examines coop and bird care-

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fully, takes out his note book and
puts down name and address of the
breeder, remarking that when he was
ready he would send to this breeder
for stock.

Poultry is a business that should
be advertised all along the line. The
shipping of one good bird, sent out
properly, usually sells another.

It is a sad fact that some chickens
are sent out without food and water
and from this very cause the writei

have known of several instances
where birds have died. Again fowls
has known of several instances

causes and some express agents are
not careful about feeding and water-
ing the birds.

When shipping birds we take care
that name and address
plainly and put on

written
places.

is
in two

W. A. Irving, Tecumseh, Nebr. Vice-presi-
dent of the Nebraska State Poultry Association.
Mr. Irving is one of the oldest members, and
doubtless bas shown’ more birds at its annual
shows than any other, an has won more prem-
iums than any other. He has bred several var-
jeties but now has best Barred Plymouth Rocks
and White Wyandottes. Mr. Irving may be
counted as one of the “Faithfuls,” and will be
at Lincoln January 21 to 24, 1902.

Then if birds are going a long dis-
tance a sack like a salt sack is tack-
ed on, having wheat in it, and call
attention of express messenger to this
fact and ask on a card that is tacked
on if he will please feed and water
the fowls. Such a notice is seen by
some of the men and the fowls usu-
ally receive attention. When we send
out birds the greatest danger is in
their being overfed, which we prefer
to running the risk of starving or
hunger and thirst on the road.
When a bird arrives after a long
journey it should be put in a nice
roomy place where it ean take a dust
bath, grit put before it and soaked
bread and milk. The last has the ef-
fect of helping the bird in case too

much grain has clogged the crop. If
there is much grain in the crop of a
bird on its arrival the pest thing to
give it is sweet scalded milk and
nothing else for a day or two. We
have known one instance where a
bird’s crop was packed for several
days after its arrival, and if our
friend had not handled the bird right
he would have lost it, and it was a
cockerel that cost him $15. We de-
scribe extreme cases that the reader,
if not experienced, can avoid any loss,
but in most cases only the usual care
is necessary. If only a $2 bird is sent
for, parties want the value of their
money and should be willing to give
a little extra attention to the bird and
not put it out with a lot of hens at
once. Again a bird sometimes con-
tracts disease, as one don’t always
know about the stock they are buy-
ing. We do not mention this to cause
fear, for hundreds of birds are ship-
ped every day and everything satis- .
factory.

While some shipping coops are too
heavy, other may be reduced to trap
sticks by being so light as to shake
apart by the nails getting loose. The
express rate on a muslin coop is too
expensive. The lath coop lined with
cheap muslin is the most satisfac-
cory. Sometimes a load of orange
boxes can be picked up around town
cheap. ‘hese, taken arpart and the

lumber used for coops, if well’ made,
are a satisfactory coop.

We buy lumber direct from the lum-
ber yard, using for floors the thin
stuff such as is used for backs of pic-
ture frames, with one-inch pieces for
corner posts: We have usually em-

L. W. Garroutte. Lincoln, Nebr., Secretary of
the Nebraska State Poultry Assoc!ation. Mr.
Garoutte is a hustler, and he iscertain sure the
show at Lincoln January 21 to 24, 1902, will be
the largest ever held and that the Auditorium
will be filled completely with fine poultry,
sigeons and hares. Mr. G, thinks there are no
other chickens en earth but B. P. Rocks, and
breeds good ones.

E. O. Spencer, Courtland, Nebr., handles the
cash for the Nebraska State Poultry Associa-
tion. Mr. Spencer has long been a member,
and has held some office every season. and has
an eye open for the good of the Association.
He is an expert breeder of W. P. Rocks and
can show youa big string of blues. Mr. Spen-
cer can be counted as being on hand to take the
cash January 21 to 24, 1902, at Lincoln, Nebr.

ployed a man to make our shipping
coops by the dozen. For a Leghorn or
Plymouth Rock cockerel a coop is
made as follows: One inch stuff for
corner posts twenty-four inches high.
These are for two sides. Thin muslin
is put on to within three inches of
the top; then laths are cut in three
equal parts, placing six pieces on
each side and ends, fitting and cut-
ting laths to put inside of top and
bottom so as to have double thick-
ness to nail the top laths to, and
double thickness to nail the floor on.
The laths are put so close on top as
not to allow a cockerel to get its head
out. If laths are too far apart and
one gets broken the bird might get
out. If the cotton is not put on the
sides the laths are put on as close to-
gether as tney are on top. The coop
should be high enough to allow a
cockerel to stretch its neck and crow.
For some of our birds we have had
coopes higher than those above men-
tioned, which were for young cock-
erels. The comb and plumage of tail
may be hurt if sufficient room is not
given.

A drinking cup is nailed inside to
one of the corner posts, and alfalfa
leaves and chaff put on the bottom of
the coops. The bird is kept in a
larger, roomy coop with grit feed,
water and all conveniences until as
near train time as it will do to take
it to the depot, when it is placed in
its shipping coop ready to start, with
food, water and all comforts it needs.

The lath cut in half makes just the
right size for a trio. The ends are
then cut the same length for cockerel
coop. Our man, when he makes coops

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

for us, cuts the laths in half for a
dozen coops used for trios, then the
lath in three parts for the ends. Some
coops are made the length of the lath
if hens or pullets are sold instead of
cockerels. The coops need not be as
high as for cockerels. Always give
plenty of room for a fowl to stretch
its neck and floor space so it can turn
around.

The coops are the easiest made and
most satisfactory of any we have ever
made, and we have made_ several
kinds. Our carpenter said he was sur-
prised when the writer showed him
how to make the coops, and said he
did not suppose a lady took an inter-
est in such work. We can learn how
such work is done as well as to do
embroidery. The embroidery is more
to our fancy, yet it is profitable to
be able to look after the carpenter
and show him what we want as well
as the man who cleans the houses.

CORA A. RICKARDS.

Ogden, Utah.

fJHon. T. L. Norval, Nebr., Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska,
chairman Board of Managers of the Nebraska
State Poultry Association (annual show at Lin-
coln January 21 to 24,1902). Mr. Norval is one
of the foremost breeders of B. P. Rocks and W.
Wyandottes in the state, always winning the
lion’s share of premiums. Mr. Norval attends
every board meeting and is a worker in the
cause, having the good of the Association at
heart.

Seward,

Poultry Business.

Poultry, Bee and Fruit Journal:

Poultry keeping is naturally adapted
to making waste places profitable. It
is a business that stimulates the fac-
ulties, gets people in touch with na-
ture, makes them observant, quick-
witted and careful in the methods of
doing things. It is adapted to while
away the cares of the over-burdened
business man, charm the woman
away from the dreary and endless
round of housework, absorb the en-

5

ergy of the boy who otherwise might
find some of that mischief that it is
said a certain well known character
finds for idle hands to do. It is the
business of turning waste material
into money, and adding to the wealth
of nations by the exercise of patience
and skill which otherwise would be
lost to the world. While it is all
these, there is so much room for it
that men who are capable of manag-
ing the larger affairs of life take it
up and make it worth their while to
give it their attention. No business
under the sun is so suitable for every
age and condition in life as keeping
poultry. The boy of 12 or the pa-
triarch of 80 finds in it profit or
amusement according to his needs. It
is not play to keep poultry, but it is
light work suitable for weak but will-
ing hands, and the strongest man
will not feel as if he were wasting
his strength if he devotes his time to
it. It is one of the oldest industries
of man; it has always been profit-
able; it is getting to be one of the
largest industries and it always will
be profitable.

Hutch Record Cards to all Breed-
ers, Free.

The Belgian Hare Co. of Lyndon-

ville are supplying all rabbit and Bel-
gian hare breeders with Hutch score
cards FREE. All breeders should
avail themselves of this liberal offer.
After the first order they will keep
you supplied with Hutch cards for the
future. Send stamp: remember it is
free for the asking.

Rev. L, P. Ludden,
ber of the Board of managers of the Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebr., isa mem

State Poultry Association ‘annual show to be
held at Lincoln January 21 to 24, 1902). Mr.
Ludden is a fancier at heart though he has nev-
er exhibited, but no man in the state of Nebras-
ka has ever evinced more interest in this state
association than Mr. Ludden, and he was in-
strumental in getting the appropriation from
the state for its maintenance. r. Ludden is
an expert at book-keeping and will doubtless
handle the books at the show.

PoutTRY
INVESTIGATOR

E. E. Greer, Cambridge, Nebr., isa member
of the Board of Managers of the Nebraska

State Poultry Association, (annual show at
Lincoln January 21 to 24, 1902 Mr. Greer was
one of the first to join the Association and has
nearly every year since held some important
office. We breeds White and Black Leghorns,

and is an enthusiastic worker for the Associa-
tion.

Hints About Management
By Mrs. J. W. HINES.
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The poultry
is technically

that everybody keeps
designated ‘‘fowls,’’ or
door fowls.” As a rule they
are kept in small flocks, fed chiefly
upon what no one misses. On most
a flock of forty or sixty will
pick up a living without receiving a
particle of grain from May to October.
What wonder it is that flocks thus
kept are demonstrable more profitable
than any other class of stock, or any
crop on the farm? If fowls can roost
in the trees, lay all over the farm, and
dust themselves in the road, they will |
almost surely be healthy, lay a great |
many eggs, and keep in good condi-
tion. Besides, every now and then}
they will unexpectedly appear with a|
brood of chicks, hatched under some |
brush where she had stole her nest.
Many farmers fail to provide nests |
for their hens, and then grumble be-
cause they seek their nests about un-
der the farm buildings, in fence cor-
ners and various out of the way}
places. As a rule it is better to have
all the setting hens completely under
our control. With a well arranged
poultry house it takes but little time
daily to have the hens come off for
and If they be}
made to keep the same nest three or
four days there will be little danger
that they will make any mistake
about it for the remainder of the time

“barn

farms

food exercise. can

and will save us the trouble of mov-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

ing them, but not the impossibility of
seeing that they return promptly to
their nests after feeding. When all is
right, darken the setting room again
and leave them until the next day at
feeding time. If not done before this
the poultry house should be gone over
before winter begins and all cracks
and crevices covered. If cracks are
left uncovered there will be drafts
through the house and consequently
disease, especially roup, will follow. A
teaspoon of coal oil to the gallon of
drinking water will be a great help in
breaking up colds and _ preventing
roup. I think it is with poultry the
same as with a person—a cold does
not amount to much when quickly
cured, but when allowed to run on and
another is taken it will develop in
roup and catarrh. If cared for and
they have clean, wholesome quarters,
and not crowded, poultry will always
be healthy. If a fowl merely acts a
little “cranky” do not imagine that it
is sick and commence stuffiing it with
drugs. In looking over the average
poultry house in winter, I find the
most common defects are as follows:
bare, damp floors, upon which the
fowls stand and mope, broken win-
dows, letting cold air blow upon the
roosts, damp droppings left for weeks
to heap up under the roosts; lack of
a supply of warm water, obliging the
hens to eat snow, lack of plenty of
good sharp grit, which alone is suffi-
cient cause of failure, over-feeding on
corn, overcrowding and no induce-
ment to scratch for a living. These
are the most common and important
mistakes, and those who wonder why
their hens do not lay will do well to
go over the list. Now, if you will
study their natures and wants and
learn to care for them right, like I
have you will be successful. When
the ground is bare of snow during the
winter, give the fowl a chance to run
after their first meal in the morning.

A good winter feed for laying hens
is equal parts of corn meal and shorts
or any fine feed; add to this some
beef scraps and boiled potatoes; mix
with hot water and feed every morn-
ing. Give corn, oats and wheat in
equal parts, all they will eat, at night.
When snow covers the ground keep
them confined in the scratching shed
and feed the whole grain in the shed,
in which you can put leaves, cut
hay or straw, so they will have to
scratch for the grain. I find the great
secret of eggs in winter is to make
the hens work for their food. Don’t
over-crowd, don’t over-feed, but try
to over-exercise. I provide a generous
box of dry dust by a sunny window.
Add half a pound each of lime and

sulphur to each bushel of dust used.
These greatly assist in killing lice.
Fine sifted coal ashes are excellent. If
wood ashes are used they should make
up but one-fourth of the dust, as
their potash is too strong when used
alone. I always lay in stock some
cheap vegetables and apples for win-
ter use. To prevent packing of the
crop, irregularity of the bowels, etc.,
give a little sulphur and venetian red,
mixed with soft feed, once a week and
provide of gravel and lime. Hens
should be provided with fresh meat
and bone in winter. But do not do
like Mr. Wise Man who hung some
rabbit just out of their reach in the
hen house and gave them the jaw
bones of a mule, and thought they
were all right. Not long ago I asked
a grocery merchant what effect the
poultry question had on his business.
He replied that the farmers who raise
poultry very seldom run grocery bills,
and those who do not nearly always
have to run a grocery bill and are al-
most helpless when a drouth or other
failure comes along, like it was this
year. He also named a few cases
where the farmers’ wives paid the en-
tire living of their family with poul-
try and eggs. As a usual thing the
farm poultry is the property of the
wives. The farmer pays very little
if any attention to it, except to scold
when we feed their grain. Tf
this same farmer would keep an ac-
count of the feed, care, and the
amount of products sold, he would not
scold and complain to us and say that
after all our fussing a chicken is but
a chicken, and call us women pouitry

POVLTRY
(NVESTIGATOR

Frank Patton, Surprise, Nebr., one of the
Board of Managers of the Nebraska State Poul-
try Association (annual show at Lincoln Janu-
ary 21 to 24). He is a breeder of Buff Rocks.
Mr. Patton has been a member of the state as-
sociation for several yeaes and has exhibited
at nearly every show, winning every time in
his class the best part of premiums offered. Mr.
Patton is a good judge and we oecommend him
to any association as perfectly competent and
honest.

Ben S. Myers, Crawfordsville, Ind., is one of
the judges at the Nebraska state show to be
held at Lincoln, Nebr., January 21 to 24, 1902.
Mr Myers is known the country over as an old
experienced poultryman and judge. He judges
the Denver show the week before the Nebraska
state show. and has a large list this season. He
is an.expert at breeding Langshans, and his
stock wins wherever shown.

cranks. But does it not take a crank
to make the wheel go round? Se
many people enter the poultry busi-
ness under the impression that all
they have to do is to gather eggs and
set a hen and she will do the rest.
Many a man would take it ‘as an in-
sult if told that he had not sense
enough to set a hen, and yet when
tried by the straight edge of success,
he finds more truth than poetry in
the charge. There is millions in it if
properly pursued and it is just as easy
when you know how.

Some may say chicken fever is con-
tagious and tell us chicken cranks we
need a preventive prescribed. I will
devise some kind of a tonic, such as
holding on to part of a good job. I
find it with the poultry business like
everything else—the more we learn
from experience the better we will be
prepared for success. We will find a
screw loose occasionally, but always
carry a screw driver and never give
up, as I know there is a reputation
for us if we press on to get it, and
will be found in the business for
many years, instead of one and then
in something else. There is many a
delicate girl who should raise poultry
instead of taking a trip to the moun-
tins or to Colorado. I have poor
health and know Kansas sun and air
are as good as any, if we could only
get out and stay in it. Taking care
of poultry is not always pleasant or
clean work and there are some young
ladies who are afraid of making their
“hands rough and black, and so it is
left for the men to do. I find not all

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

men like poultry, but you bet they all
like fried chicken. Some men who
look wise have asked me, “Is there
really any money or pleasure, in fact
anything at all in the way of recom-
pense, sentimental or financial, in
being a poultry crank?”
one recipe for a sure cure; it consists
in trying it yourself and prove it for
yourself. MRS. J. W. HINES.
Walnut, Kan.

How to Succeed.

I noticed in a daily paper of recent
date that the four qualities needed and
absolutely required for a first class
business men are these: Punctuality,
accuracy, steadiness and despatch. We
can well apply this to the poultry-
man of today who is running his busi-
ness in a good way. He is punctual;

Pouttay
INVESTIGATOR

Cc. H. Rhodes. Topeka, Kas. Poultry judge
at Lincoln January 21 to 24, 1902. If any one
doubts Mr. Rhodes’ popularity asa judge they
have only to read his list °f shows in Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska this season. He has
long been known as an expert breeder of Black
Cochins and his stock has won in all the best
shows in the United “tates.

that is, he is on time in everything.
He has all the buildings and fixtures
completed and ready for use before
needed. He does all his work in time.
He selects and mates his fowl at an
early date. He provides for winter
feed in ample time. He buys all neces-
sities before actually needed. And
when dealing with any one he meets
all appointments, never late and ans-
wers all letters at once. He_ ships
fowls immediately on receipt of the
order, unless for some good reason
it is unwise to do so.

He is accurate. Now we find that
nearly every poultryman intends to
be accurate in all his work, not only
that which is his own personal inter-
est, but in all his transactions with

There is only |

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other people he aims to be accurate.
It is wrong to be any other way. Yet
we do often find those who are not
so accurate. First, it is right for a
man to be accurate when considering
those things which would make a loss
or gain to himself alone. He should
keep an accurate account of all re-
ceipts and expenditures of his work
among the fowl, charge them with
feed and all that is purchased for their
use, ete., and credit them with all
returns, eggs and fowl. Thus he will
know his profit. But accuracy is
most needed when corresponding with
and selling fowl to some one. Ac-
curacy is surely necessary at these
times. It is the only aid to the build-
ing up of a reputation and paying
business.

Then comes steadiness. Who can
expect to make poultry pay if he is
unsteady and fails to keep the work
done as fast as it needs be finished?
There is always work for the poultry-
man every day in the year. So he
must necessarily be of steady habits.
He can’t leave his work and go away
when he is needed there without mak-
ing a loss. No, he cannot neglect his
work. There is work to be done and
it must be done.

Last but not least is despatch.
Despatch all business with punctual-
ity, accuracy and steadiness. Com-
bining the four qualities you have an
abundant opportunity for great suc-
cess. With one of these lacking, none
of the others can be complete. Within

all these four qualities are included all
hope of success.

David Larson, Wahoo, Nebr., is one of the
judges who will place the awards at the Ne-
braska state show held at Lincoln in the new
auditorium, January 21 to 24, 1902. Mr. Lar-
son is a well known breeder of Leghorns and an
ePpert judge in this class. He also judges
other classes, and is secretary of the Western
Pigeon Club. Address him for entry blanks,
etc.

| Poviray
INVESTIGATOR

’

A. R. Carrutte, Lincoln, Nebr, Will judge at
State show at Lincoln, all water fowls and was
recommended by the Water Fowl Club. He
understands well what he is doing.

It is suecess that we are all look-
ing and seeking for. Someone has
said that success comes to him who
This is true in one way, for
we cannot get success until we have
time to obtain it. But we cannot idly
wait for it. We must go out to seek
it. So let every breeder be punctual,
accurate, steady and prompt in all
work,

waits.

PERCY. W. SHEPARD.

I wish to answer topic No. 3. My
experience with thoroughbred poultry
dates back about twenty-five years.
When a boy of 15 I attended a poul-
try show in Hartford, Conn., and
caught the fever, which has never left
me. A brother of H. H. Stoddard,
who edited Poultry World, the paper
at that time, had three pairs of B. P.
Rocks, so-called, on exhibition. These
seemed to strike me and I bought one
pair for $10, which caused some of my
friends to hesitate when asked about
my business ability. However, those
same friends and neighbors were glad
enough to exchange common eggs
with me, of course. These were the
first B. P. R. chickens any one in our
town had ever seen. This pair weigh-
ed nineteen pounds, so were not cut on

weight, but as I remember them,
could have been cut several points
without referring to size. Legs were

willow, with black striping. Barring,
where there was any, quite splashy
and muddy. I also invested $3 in a
setting of eggs about the same time,
getting one or two weaklings. But
to come down to the past, since 1897
is what I purposed to relate of my ex-
perience. July 10th, 1897, my first
White Wyandottes were hatched—
seven, and all raised to maturity. One
cockerel, the best of the three, weigh-
ed September 10th two pounds; Octo-
ber 10th, three pounds; January 10th,
1898, at six months, seven pounds.
This is one reason I breed them ex-
clusively. No other birds I have ever
bred mature as quickly. If you wish

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

to dress a broiler it must be white
or buff or you will be tempted to

| strong thoughts, if not exclamations,
| before all the little pin feathers are

out. And when out, what are you go-
ing to do with the little black spots
where they grew? I have bred five
or six varieties, but none can fill the
White Wyandottes’ place for me.
Have had them in competition with
Brown Leghorns and they won in egg
production. The best of setters and
mothers. Easily broken up, if you
wish, and always ready to eat after
eight weeks old. It is only necessary
to look at the Boston show to prove
their popularity, where they were the
largest class last January. It is fast

moving westward. Only two or three
mostly

years ago advertisers were

H J. Smith, Lincoln, Nebr. Superintendent
of the Nebraska State Fair, held in the New
Auditorium at Lincoln, Nebr., January 21 to 24,
1902. Mr. Smith is one of our most energetic
members, and isa breeder of White Leghorns
aud Barred P. Rocks. Mr. Smith is alsoa first
class judge and has officiated .in several shows
in Iowa and Nebraska.

eastern breeders. They are now fast
crowding their older rivals, the B. P.
Rock, east and west.

I wish to speak also on topic No. 5.
My experience in showing fancy poul-
try has been entirely confined to my
one favorite variety. Of the seven
hatched July 10th, 1897, I exhibited
one breeding. pen at the National Fan-
ciers’ association show in Chicago, in
January, 1898, my first exhibit. To
those of my readers who have been
there for the first time, it is not nec-
essary to explain my feelings. There
is some little anxiety the first time.
Judge Bridge scored them and I
learned some things, as I handled
nearly all the birds, having charge of
placing the identification cards on
coops. My birds scored from 91 to
9316, but did not get a place, as they
were in too warm company. But when
they got home they laid in February
67 eggs, March 66, April 76, May 74,
June 50 (one setting the 18th), July
48, August 28 (from two birds only),

or 404 eggs in seven months, from
which I raised 100 chicks in the sea-
son of 1898. Have exhibited since, at
Omaha, December, 1898, first pen, first
cockerel, first, second and third pul-
lets, under Judge Harris. At Jeffer-
son, Iowa, January, 1901, entered five
birds and won first pen, 187 ($10
cash); first cockerel, 9314; first pullets,
95% (highest score in show); third
pullets, 94144. My experience showing
fancy fowls has been pleasant, profit-
able and instructive. To any one that
reads this who has never exhibited,
I wish to say this: Take your best
birds to a good show. Compare _ live
models, meet brother fanciers and
learn a few things. You will never re-
gret it, I am sure. If you don’t win,
try again. Perhaps you will learn
why you don’t, if you do not.

I wish you great success as a Poul-
try Investigator, which you are making
true to name. W. A. GODDARD.

Woodbine, Iowa.

The Wichita Poultry association will
hold their eleventh annual show at
Wichita, Kan., January 6th to 11th,
.JUZ. A. J, Waddell, president; H. W.
Schoff, secretary. H. B. Savage, judge.
Send for list at once and come and
show wita us. H. W. SCHOFF.

F. C. Hindman, Friend, Neb., writes
that he has purchased one of the Pan-
American winners in the Barred Rock
class and says he is a big fine fellow
weighing ten pounds and not fully de-
veloped. He says “he has a May ist
hatched cockerel that weighs eleven
pounds and others weighing 9, 8 and
10 pounds. If you want size and qual-
ity, Mr. Hinman can supply you sure.

Kas.

John Haman, Topeka, !
Nebraska State Poultry Association January

Judge at the

21 to 24,1902. Mr. Haman has long been a
breeder of pigeons and has officiated as judge ~
in many of the best shows in the United States.
Pigeon men will get fair treatment at Lincoln
this winter,and will receive liberal premiums,

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FACTS VS. FIGURES.
By M. M. JOHNSON

ee ee tae

Figures will make a man rich migh- try business.

It is referred to far and

ty quick in the poultry business—the | wide and for years as a positive proof
Klondike country is not in it. Yes, a} that poultry don’t pay.

hen will lay 200 eggs in one year (you

see figures always take the highest |

probable possibilities). At 24 cents
per dozen this makes $4 for said hen,
or we can lec her lay, say, 175 eggs
and hatch out 16 chickens. Yes, broil-
ers often bring $1; that would make
$16 for the broilers alone, not saying
anything about the $3.50 for the sur-
plus eggs. But who would fool along
with one hen? Why not have 10,000
hens and make $195,000, just as easy
as rolling off a log if you have your
pencil in order. But for goodness
sake don’t monkey with the expense
account. It would spoil the dream.
would fog the trial balance, and what’s
the use anyhow? When a man starts
out to raise poultry with a lead pencil,
a barbed wire fence wouldn’t stop
him. No sir, and more than this he
would fall out with his best friend if
-he dropped the least hint that he
doubted the figures. It’s one of the
peculiarities of these men of figures
to like the people who encourage him
to bust, better than any man _ that
dared to go back on Ray’s Arithmetic.
But it remains a cold stern fact that
they always bust. It is also a fact
that it goes on record (regardless of
the circumstances) against the poul-

Yes, poultry raising pays, but a
sharp pencil don’t help it pay, better
than it makes other occupations pay.
It is all right to keep account, espe-
cially so on the expense side, but the
more we monkey with figures other-
wise, the more we invite disappoint-
ments. When it comes to _ raising
poultry and really making it pay, the
dear women folks are the chaps—
please excuse me. Right here I want
to explain that I am a married man
and my wife gives every indication
that she is going to outlive me, there-
fore I can’t be accused of courting
in this article. No, the women folks
don’t raise all the poultry, and that’s
a fact, but they come so near raising
all of it that the men folks would get
mighty hungry for chickens if they
only got what they raised, and that’s
no lie either.

To the best of my knowledge, this
court has never caught a woman
poultry raiser mixed up with figures,
except when she was figuring on how
much groceries and dry goods and
Battle Ax plug (for her husband) that
she can get for her poultry and eggs. ~

It would be falling from grace to
mention several truths about poul-
try raising; for instance, it would not

9

be good taste to mention that thou-
sands have been able to hold down
their homesteads on the plains on ac-
count of their cows and hens, but it
remains a fact that can’t be wiped out
by the land boomer (who wants to
raise corn 16 feet high over the beau-
tiful cut and dried desert). It is also
a sober fact that thousands on the
worn-out hills in the eastern states
appreciate the help of the hens. Even
in the rich corn and wheat producing
states the hens pay over 50 per cent
of the grocery and dry goods bills.
Yes sir, the hens have demonstrated
and proven their ability to pay for
their feed and our feed, drouth or no
drouth. They are equal to the occa-
sion, and the queer part of the whole
business is that no particular locality
or person does it all. Every state and
every nook of this country does some
of it, and nearly every country on
earth helps do it. To do away with
the hens in this country, the govern-
ment and its people would go broke,
and “that’s not another lie, either.”

Pass the chicken, please. Yes,
thank you. Yours truly,

M. M. JOHNSON.

The Western Poultry Fanciers’ as-
sociation of Cedar Rapids, Ia., which
holds its seventh annual exhibition at
Cedar Rapids on January 13th to 18th,
1902, wish to call the attention of the
poultry fanciers to a few of the spe-
cial attractions of their show, The
American Buff Rock club and_ the
American Black Langshan will be two
of the special features.

Theo. Hewes of Treton, Mo., and
J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will
judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of Ma-
con, Mo., will judge the hares, and
Henry Tieman of Baltimore, Md., will
judge the pigeons.

Write for premium lists December
1, 1901.

Entries close January 4 at
night. E. E. RICHARDS,

Secretary.

mid-

When chicks are hatched we often
find some are unable to walk and soon
their knees are sore and swollen, and
if they try to follow a hen they soon
die, or kept in a brooder they are
overrun and have a discouraging short
trip of life. Take coarse yarn, tie a
loop around one leg, then pass to the
other, leaving only about one inch of
yarn between, and pass another loop
knot around the other leg. If done as
soon as you find one so afflicted, in
one week to ten days you can take off
the yarn and they spring around and
walk all right, as lively as any of
them. R. AGNES CLARK.

Greenwood, Nebraska.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

AeA SST AN LAN ST LA eC CSTE SSTLAS ELITE ATLANTEAN ASTEAESSTEM EOS
= Does Advertising Pay?

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If the question were not so often
asked by intelligent people, the title
of this article would seem to be a
foolish one. For one only has to take
up any paper, it matters not in what
line of thought it is published, to be
convinced that either one of two things
must be true. It either pays to adver-
tise or there are thousands of people
deceived into believing that it pays.
Nor does it matter whether the article
advertised has genuine merit when it
comes to advertising in general. It
seems that people will answer the
catchpenny advertisement as often as
those with genuine guarantees. The
writer would not like to tell of the
many times she has been the victim
of fraudulent advertisements, and I
am convinced by these experiences
that I am not a fool, for it is said
that fools profit by experience, and I
do not. Every little while I am caught
by some wily advertisement. When
we consider that’ many of these ad-
vertisements cost from 75 cents to
$1.25 per line, we know they must pay,
for these appear in from one to two
dozen publications each month, and
many of them in a much greater num-
ber. But my purpose is to give my
views as to whether advertising pays
the poultry fancier. I say most em-
phatically that it does pay. And I be-
lieve there will not be a dissenting
voice among experienced fanciers.

That some receive better pay for
money invested than others is also
true. And for this there is a reason,
sometimes more than one reason.
First, if you are an amateur and have
good birds which you would like to
sell, it will be necessary for you to
make a choice as to what medium
you will choose to advertise your
stock. And much depends upon this
choice. Always remember that a re-
spect for the fitness of things is a
great assistance in any line of busi-
ness. If you have fowls to sell, there
is no other medium of advertisement
as good as a poultry journal, and next
to this is a good agricultural journal.
Do not put a poultry advertisement in
a purely literary paper unless you have
come to the place in your’ business
where you take the whole realm of
the advertising world as your field in
which to advertise. I see a few fan-
ciers have arrived at that place, but
the beginner must, like
“Little fishes, keep close to the shore,
While larger ones may venture more,”

Q MRS. BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY.
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Not even a religious paper is a good
advertising medium for poultry fan-
ciers. Why? Simply for the reason
that the people, as a class, who read
the religious and literary journals,
though they may be much interested
in poultry, do not look upon advertise-
ments seen only in these journals with
as much favor as they do upon those
found in agricultural and poultry jour-
nals.

An amateur might possibly start by
advertising in his local town or county
paper. I have known a few persons
to start in this way. But my experi-
ence along this line of advertisement
was not at all satisfactory. True I can
sell stock, but the people this class
of advertising brings to me are a class
that want stock only a little above
market price. They usually come in a
two-horse wagon to stay all night or
take dinner. The horses must be fed.
They say: “I think as we came to the
house and you don’t have to take
stock to depot, you ought to let me
have these birds cheap.” In one in-
stance a family of five came with two
horses for dinner and bought one tom
for $3.50. The poultry journal is the
natural advertising medium.

After you have decided that it shall
be a poultry journal, you will have to
decide what journal or journals you
will use. In order to do this you
must take into consideration the class
of readers you wish to reach, what ter-
ritory will be the best for your ad-
vertisement to cover. Then select the
journal which in your judgment will
best meet your desires. Now, much
will depend upon the wording of your
advertisement whether it attracts or
drives. I often read advertisements
that make me think the advertiser
either has no knowledge of the power
of attraction or wants to drive custo-
mers from him or her, as the case may
be. One of the most obnoxious forms
of advertising is that of giving thrusts
at other advertisers in the same line
of business. Always advertise your
own business and let other people do
their own, is a good motto. Very fre-
quently the thrust arouses a spirit of
inquiry which throws the trade to the
other party. Never under any circum-
stances make the claim to all the best
poultry in class advertised, for should
this be true when copy is written, be-
fore it could go to press the proba-
bilities are some one else has secured
stock as good or better. This is a

progressive age and the man or wo-
man who claims all of the best is
under suspicion for lack of veracity.
I think the best way for an amateur
to advertise is to give the pedigree of
his stock, at least tell whose stock he
has. I see in this one objection, and
have sometimes advised my own cus-
tomers to build on their own merits
rather than advertise Mackey stock.
The reason for this was that those
parties were not very far from me
and I felt that persons who wished
my stock would send to me instead of
my customers if I were as near as
the customer, and he would simply be
paying to advertise my stock.

But if you are a great distance from
the party from whom you purchase
stock, you can use his name to ad-
vantage. To make clear my meaning:
I. K. Felch is the king of the Brahma
domain, and if you are a western
fancier and advertise Felch Brahmas
you may be sure of a good share of
the trade from an advertisement in a
journal circulating in the west and
middle west.

Make your headlines catchy. Last
season I headed an advertisement of
eggs as follows: “Mrs. Nation’s Hatch-
et Can’t Smash Eggs Packed by Mrs.
G. G. Mackey.” In the nineteen years
I have been in business no ad. ever
brought as many inquiries in the same
length of time. Of course that will be
out of date next season, and I must
hunt up another. I believe it a great
mistake to keep the same wording
year after year. I know some of our
best known fanciers do this, but they
can afford it. We lesser lights must
shine from different points of view.
Remember that the best written ad-
vertisement in the best advertising
journal will only give you an oppor-
tunity to do a paying business, and
that your success depends on the use
you make of the opportunity. In order
to make your advertisement pay to
the fullest extent, you must observe
certain rules. Make it a rule to re-
ply to every inquiry received concern-
ing your stock, and do so promptly.
The day letter or postal is received has
always been the rule I have observed
as nearly as possible. Sunday, as a
matter of course, I make the excep-
tion. And of course there are times
when every business man and woman
is compelled by circumstances beyond
their control to postpone business. But
promptness should be practiced by all
business people, especially those whose
business comes mainly by correspond-
ence. Answer your letters promptly
and in a business-like manner. Tell
the whole truth about the stock and
try always to give description little

below what you believe you can make
the bird if you receive order. And
when you receive the order do your
best to please your customer, for the
very best advertisement you can have
is a well pleased customer, while a
dissatisfied one is the most detrimental
advertisement. This is true even if
you are not to blame for the dissatis-
faction. In order to secure best re-
sults, an advertisement should be kept
running continually. We become fa-
miliar with names we see in our jour-
nals every month year after year and
we think they are reliable or they
could not remain so long in business.
If you canont afford much space, take
just what you can afford and as your
business increases better enlarge
space in one journal than take small
space in another. Advertise what you
have and be sure you have what you
advertise. Give prompt attention to
prospective and actual customers, and
my word for it, you will find that ad-
vertising will pay ten, twenty, sixty
and one hundred fold. Aswer postal
ecards. It pays to answer all, stamp
or no stamp.

MRS BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY.

Clarksville, Missouri.

CARE OF DUCKS.

Because ducks can be _ neglected
without killing them, they are often
left to take care of themselves the
best way they can. ‘10 use a western
slang expression, “Ducks are good
rustlers, but it is doubtful if it is well
to let them sleep and eat where they
please. Ducks will not lay in January
if housed in a damp, draughty place,
nor will they lay so early if fed grain
alone. It is not necessary to have a
house where water will not freeze for
ducks. Any place where the wind and
water cannot enter is good enough.
Mashes of scalded bran and cooked
vegetables ought to be the morning
meal for the ducks. On the farm we
never troubled ourselves about any
other meal. The ducks are greedy for
alfalfa, cane and corn iodder. After
years of experience we have come to
the conclusion that ducks are not
much of grain eaters if other food is
to be had. Raw carrots and sugar
beets are fine feed for ducks, as they are
for all poultry. Cooked they are also
valuable for the morning meal.

We would recommend the sugar beet
above all vegetables for poultry. If
one has the opportunity to raise them,
a small patch will give lots of beets.
If they are purchased, they are cheap
at the price the factory pays the far-
mers. They are easily kept, which is
more than one can say for carrots. We
do like carrots, but it is almost im-

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possible for us to keep them longer
than for the fall.

The feeding of the ducks is an im-
portant matter if one wishes the first
eggs to hatch. In duck raising we
have found the feathers quite a profit-
able part of the business. The early
ducks may be plucked several times
before they are sent to market. If
breeding stock is desired, the early
birds are generally the prize win-
ners.

It seems to me a great mistake not
to have the duck house open into a
small yard where the ducks may be
confined until they lay in the morning.
Ducks rarely lay after 9 a. m. We
have often heard people complain that
they got no duck eggs. The reason
was evident to me, for I knew the
ducks were not confined. When the
season arrives for ducks to lay they
can be depended upon to lay, and the
season will begin very early if a little
care is given to feeding and housing.

I wonder if there ever was a flock
of ducks that would go into a house
without being driven there? But how
easy to drive. Our ducks lay out on a
snow drift in the depth of winter un-
til we shout and give them a start
toward their house. We always keep
the duck trough in the yard, other-
wise the ducks would not be so much
at home there. The duck trough we
find is a convenience not enjoyed by
a great many who only keep a few
ducks. If the ducks are furnished a
low trough in a convenient place they
do not pollute horse troughs and be-
come general nuisances. At the old
home we had a water pipe and hydrant
in our duck yard. We have not as
yet a pipe of our own in this house,
but we have a pipe running through
the fence and into a large bucket, so
that we have no gate to open when
we fill the trough. As it is only a
few steps to tne hydrant, the children
can easily fill the trough. We give
this as a suggestion to others whose
yards are a little distant from a hy-
drant.

The cost of piping water to the
duck yard is saved in labor, fertility
of eggs, and, above all, in keeping
the ducks in their own house and thus
avoiding having filthy mudholes where
we least wish them.

HATTIE BYFIELD.

THE WESTERN PLYMOUTH ROCK
CLUB.

Editor Poultry Investigator: The
Western Plymouth Rock club has
been organized and this is a call for
all breeders of this grand breed to
come into our ranks and help make
the club a success.

If

It seems that a western club would
be a great, assistance to the breeders
and it shall be the aim of the officers
of this club to make it as beneficially
as it is possible to make such a club,
and we kindly ask all breeders to join
us at once and help us to make a suc-
cess of our efforts, for remember “in
union there is strength,” and to suc-
ceed we must work together.

Lady breeders will be admitted
without the payment of the member-
ship fee or the annual dues. We
earnestly invite all lady breeders to
send in their names at once and be-
come members.

The officers for the first year shall
consist of as follows: President, Sid
Conger, Shelbyville, Ind.; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. J. W. Randolph, Kenny,
Ills.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Penny,
Des Moines, Ia.; executive committee,
Sid Conger, Shelbyville, Ind.; C. A.
Penny, Des Moines, Ia.; L. P. Harris,

Clay Center, Neb.; A. L. King, Wal-
nut Grove, Ills.; J. W. Headlee, Ot-
tumwa, Ia.

The membership fee is fifty cents
and the annual dues twenty-five cents.
Send in your name, membership fee
and first annual dues to the secretary
at once and become a member and
give the ball a good start.

Constitution, by-laws and applica-
tion blanks may be had upon applica-
tion to the secretary.

CHAS, A. PENNY,
Sec’y-Treas.
U. P. Station, Des Moines, Ia, U. S. A.

SUMMER CHICKS.
Bunker Hill, Ill., Sept. 16, 1901.
Mr. Will Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.:

Gentlemen—While I am not in the
habit of “tooting my horn’ or lauding
my praises, but in justice to yourself
as the manufacturer of ‘‘Chamberlain’s
Chick Food,’ I must relate to you my
experience with your feed.

While I have used your feed for the
past three years, I have never had a
single case of bowel trouble. This
season I had a lot of Buff Rocks hatch
in July, and until they were six
months old I used nothing but your
chick food, and a healthier lot of
chicks one could not wish for, and I
have raised every one of them.

Summing up poultry raising in a
nutshell, any one that will furnish the
necessary labor, ‘“Chamberlain’s Chick

Feed” will do the rest. Yours very
truly, THEODORE BENNER.

“To keep pace with the procession
As it moves along, you know,
You must grasp new notions quickly,
Then as quickly let them go.”
VELMA CALDWELL- MELVILLE.

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POULTRY

INVESTIGATOR.

A view of B. P. Rocks and Pekin Ducks owned by H. B. Louden, Clay Cemuter, Nebr. Mr.

Louden also breeds Duroc Jersey swine.

He says the best is none too good for him.

SS OAPI.
SPOR aw OR ae Oe a Oe

By Charles L. Thayer, Chicago, in
Commercial Poultry: About five years
ago, in the spring of 1896, hearing my
neighbors tell of the number of eggs
they were getting from their hens, I
decided I would have some, too.

I had only a city lot, 50x125 feet,
and of course the house and barn
take up a portion of it, so I couldn’t
have a very extensive poultry farm,
but found I would have plenty of
room for a poultry house and yard
and have some space left. I had the
house built with a double wall, with
a four-inch space between, and lined
it with tar paper.

|

I started by buying some hens of
the butcher—mixed stock, in which
the Plymouth Rock blood predomi-
nated. They laid awhile and then
wanted to set. I got a poultry cata-
logue from a man who raised nearly
every breed in the Standard, and as
all were praised very highly, I hardly
knew which to select.

I wanted layers instead of a large
meat fowl, so determined to try the
Plymouth Rocks or the Leghorns. I
bought eggs of three varieties—Bar-
red Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns
and Buff Leghorns. At that time I
had never seen a Buff Leghorn, but
thought from the description I might
like them. Having had some experi-
ence in raising chickens when a boy,
I had very good success, and raised
about sixty. I gradually killed and
ate them until in the fall I had thin-
ned them down to sixteen—eight Ply-

mouth Rocks, five Brown Leghorns
and three Buff Leghorn pullets. I

then kept a record to see which were

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| the best layers. The Leghorns began
| laying six weeks earlier than tlie
| Plymouth Rocks; they often lay be-
|fore they are five months old, and
mine beat the Rocks every month tili
!March; during that month the Ply-
mouth Rocks laid as many eggs as
the Leghorns, but in the latter part
of the month the Plymouth Rocks
want to set, so that stopped their
good laying record, while the Leg-
horns kept right on.

I decided that the Leghorns were
the fowls I wanted for laying, and
that the Buff Leghorns were better
than the Brown Leghorns in many
ways: First, they lay fully as well if
not better than the Brown; _ second,
they lay a much larger egg, as large
or larger than a Plymouth Rock. I
have frequently weighed them when
seven eggs would weigh a pound, while
it took ten or twelve Brown Leghorn
eggs, an advantage of 50 per cent in
weight, which if eggs were sold by
the pound means 50 per cent more
per dozen; third, the Buff Leghorns
;are larger than the Brown, making a
better table fowl, and more popular
with people who prefer a larger fowl
than the Brown Leghorn.

To my mind the Buff Leghorn is
the most beautiful fowl bred when
perfected as we have them now, of an
even buff surface color from head to
tip of tail, especially the females,
bright yellow legs, white ear lobes,
and bright red comb and_ wattles.

When seen on a green lawn, or
scratching in yellow straw, almost
the color of the fowl, they are ad-

mired by all, and certainly present a

very fine appearance.
function of speed is accompanied

Well, I sold the Brown Leghorns,
bought a Buff Leghorn cockerel and
another pullet; since then I have
raised nothing but Buff Leghorns, and
am more in love with them every
year.

I find that most Buff Leghorn
breeders are increasing the weight
somewhat, as we think it an advan-
tage so long as they keep their non-
setting qualities. They rarely want
to set, btu will sometimes when they
grow older; if allowed to set when
they get old, in the only one I ever
tried, I found her an excellent setter
and a fine mother, fighting anything
that came near her chicks.

The last few years has seen a great
improvement in color of plumage and
color of legs. Where formerly there
Was more or less black or white in
plumage, especially in wing or tail,
and the legs of a greenish cast, we
now get many specimens of a solid
buff color throughout, and with bright
yellow legs; of course we have culls,
the same as with all other breeds,
but I have never had to sell a pullet
for less than $1, even if she is off
color, as she is worth that for her
laying qualities.

The first three years I raised the
chicks at home, but since that I have
used all my space for breeders, and
had the chicks raised on a farm. I
send out the eggs in the spring and
bring backs the chicks in the fall.

I find no trouble in selling all the

et =e

Please send more rats over to Wm. Delahaun
ty’s place, Lam hungry. Oh, I love to catch
th m and crush their bones!

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

White Wyandotte hen, score 96 by Russell, 1st at Nebraska state fair of 1900, 1st state show of
1901; bred and owned by Judge T. L. Norval, Seward, Nebr.

eggs and chicks I can spare, and
while it is a side issue with me, I make
it pay and get a great deal of pleasure
out of it.

Some of the large broiler plants are
using Buff Leghorns extensively now,
as they feather out so quickly, and
the yellow pin feathers do not show.

If there was as much written
about the Buff Leghorns as some of
the other breeds they would be even
more popular than at present, and I
find that the noted Buff Leghorn
breeders have sold every Buff Leghorn
they could spare from their breeding
pens. I think they stand at the head
for beauty and utility.

The American Buff Leghorn club,
of which George S. Barnes of Battle
Creek, Mich., is secretary, is bringing
the breed before the public, and doing
more active work for the Buff Leghorn
interests than ever before. The club
solicits the membership of every rep-
utable Buff Leghorn breeder and fan-
cier.

NOTICE.

All Incubator Co advertising in our
paper get out a very handsome cata-
logue. It would be well if all persons
intending to buy incubators this season
would send for catalogues of each com-
pany and then make their choice.

Mrs. Ida E. Bard of Imperial, Neb.,
sends the editor a sample feather
from a Buff Cochin pullet, and writes
as follows of it: “This pullet was
hatched 22nd, 1901, and is laying.
October 11th was the first I know
of her laying. She is a pet and kept
coming to the door singing. I plac-
ed a letter box on a bench by the
door, in which I placed a nest egg,
then placed the pullet in and in a
half hour she had laid. I am quite
sure she has been laying two weeks
prior to this time. I think that quite
good for a Cochin pullet.”

Editor Investigator: :

We are surely going to have a big
and good show at King City, Mo., De-
cember 9-14, 1901. John Preston of
that place has consented to act as su-
perintendent, which insures that that
portion of the work will be attended
to in the very best manner.

Many breeders have already written
signifying their intention of exhibit-
ing with us.

Our association has more than dou-
bled its membership since our last
show and is still growing.

We have a fine list of specials and
premium list will be sent free on re-
quest. Yours truly,

R. R. FRENCH, Secretary.

| Poultry Gazette, Topeka, Kas.

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Subscriptions Donated.

The following poultry papers have
made donations of yearly subscriptions
as follows, to be used as 4th premiums
at the Nebraska State Poultry Associ-
ation show at Lincoln, Nebr., Jan. 21
to 24, 1902.

American Poultry Journal, Chicago,10.
The Feather, Washington, D. C, De
Farmer & Breeder, Sioux City, Ia. 100.
10.
Oregon Poultry Journal, Salem, Ore. 5.
Georgia Poultry Herald,Jackson,Ga.12.
Poultry Farmer, Des Moines, Ia. 6.
Mich. Poultry Breeder, Ithaca, Mich.10.
Poultry Gem, Siloam Springs,Ark. 10.
Poultry Success, Des Moines, Ia. 5.
Western Poultry Breeder, Topeka,Ks.12

“ Fruit Grower,St.Joseph,Mo. 10,
Poultry Topics, St. Joseph, Mo. 12.
W’n P’ltry Journal,Cedar Rapids,Ia.10.

Poultry Monthly, Albany, N. Y. 4.
Poultry Keeper, Quincy, Ill. 4.
W’n Poultry News, Lincoln, Nebr. 15.

P’ltry Investigator,Clay Center,Neb.20

We evtend our thanks to the propri-
etors and editors of the above poultry
journals for their liberal offers, and,
wishing success to all, we are

Yours truly,
L. P. HARRIS.
Pres. Nebr. State Poultty Assn.

will
hold their next show at Osceola, Ia., De-
cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr,
Weldon, Ia.; vice president, W. S.
Luther, Osceola; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent,
J. M. Beard, Osceola, Ia.; L. P. Harris,
judge. Catalogue out November 1. Send
for one; it is free.

The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso-
ciation will hold its annual show at Og-
den, Utah, December 11, 12, 18 and 14. M.
J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning
will place the awards. Premium list will
be out November 4. Be sure to send for
one.

The Osceola Poultry assoclation

score 96% by
Tucker. <A first prize winner in the largest
shows in the United States. Owned and bred
by Highland Poultry Farm, Des Moines, Ia.

“Highland Queen,” from life;

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Cornish Indian Games as bred by C. D. Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y.

Shipping Coops

I wrote some time ago about ship-
ping coops, and asked why some firm
could not put them on the market in
much the same way that berry boxes
and crates are sent out. I have not
seen nor heard anything of the kind
being done yet, but have accidentally
“stumbled”’ onto the nearest thing to
it, and as usual when I have a good
idea (in my own estimation) am in
a hurry to tell it. Sometimes, though,
even I think my ideas are not worth
much, because they won’t keep. If I
don’t put them on paper while they
are fresh, I am very apt to forget it.
I am suspecting that the poultry
world is giving one great sigh of re-
lief at the escape of many of my ideas
that have grown stale and forgotten
because of lack of time to put them
down when first thought of. But please
don’t congratulate yourselves too
much or they may reappear by way of
punishment.

But about those coops. We have on
hand a quantity of tree wrappers that
were never used. They were left out
of some 2,000 bought a couple of
years ago, and as the wrapers from

the first winter’s use stood the storm
so well, many of them were taken off
in a damp time, piled evenly and a

will be made in separate sections, and
for small coops they will be nailed
around the floor of coop and together

weight put on them, and being ‘as/j at the top corners, also at the middle;

good as new,’’ were used the second
winter, and the next winter the trees
are too old, many of them, to need
wrapping, and now I am going to use
some of those out of the original pack-
ages for the construction of hen
coops for shipment. They are made
of a tough white wood and are very
thin, like berry boxes. I suppose the
thickness is meant for one sixteenth
of an inch, Each wrapper is ten inches
wide and twenty inches long (they
can be had in different sizes—12x24 is
the largest), but twenty inches high is
the kind we have and are plenty high
for an ordinary shipping coop; and
the way we intend to make the coop
is to cut laths the length we want
them for the sides and ends of the
coop, lay them on a flat surface, one
for the top, one for the bottom, and
one through the middle, for large
coops; then lay the wrappers over
them, then another lath on top ex-
actly over the under lath, and nail
them with small nails, clinching on
the under side. Each side and end

but for large coops a corner post will
be needed, the top will be sealed over
with lath and a couple of cans for
feed and water, in small coops, corn,
wheat and oyster shells for feed, put
in after weighing at the depot. We
put four cans in large coops. Speak-
ing of cans, we have them this year
without going to the hotel or restau-
rant for them. We have always
bought more or less ‘‘canned goods”
when we would get tired of the home-
grown put up, and relished it; and
we always thought it sort of a part of
speech or a myth with the town folks
who used to make faces when you
mentioned canned goods to them. It
will be canned goods or nothing with
a good many of us this winter, and
already we are on the verge of ‘““mak-
ing faces.” We have the usual amount
of fruit put up, but not a tomato nor
a grain of sweet corn dried, and will
have to buy nearly all winter vege-
tables.
Fraternally yours,
MRS. MAY TAYLOR,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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Poultry Culture.

By L. E. KEYSER,
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THE FOOD PROBLEM.

To intelligently feed fowls, either
for eggs, growth or fattening, we
must understand their various re-

quirements and the constituency of the
tood. lt stands to reason that if we
turnish those elements which go to
make up the towl and the egg and sup-
ply them in the right proportion and
sufficient quantity the towl must lay,
or if a young fowl. it must grow. We
find in the composition of the hen a
large number of different substances
which may for our purpose be grouped
under four heads—water, ash or min-
eral matter, protein, and fat.

Water is the principal ingredient
and amounts to from 40 to 60 per cent
of the weight of the live fowl.

Ash or mineral matters amount to
from 2 to 5 per cent, their presence
being most evident in the bones, but
they exist in small proportions in all
parts of the body and are as essen-
tial as any other ingredient.

Protein is a name given to an im-
uortant group of substances, all of
which contain about 16 per cent of
the elements of nitrogen, and of which
washed lean meat and the white of an
egg may be taken as a type. They
form the organic parts of the bones,
the skin, the internal organs, the
brain and nerves, in short all the
working machinery of the body are
composed largely of protein. Conse-
quently this group of substances is of
great importance.

Fat varies greatly in the body of the
hen, but seldom falls below 3 or rises
above 30 per cent.

The feeding stuffs supplied poultry
contain all four of these ingredients,
and in addition another group of sub-
stances not found to any considerable
extent in the body of the fowl, known
as carbohydrates. The most familiar
substances belonging to this group are
starch, the various kinds of sugar and
woody fiber, starch being more abun-
dant in most foods, so they are some-
times spoken of as starchy substances.
Carbohydrates have substantially the
same use in the body as fat, but a
given weight of fat is worth for this
purpose two and one-fourth times as
much as the same weight of carbohy-
drates, so when they are grouped to-
gether, as is usually the case when
considering the value of a ration, the
fat is multiplied by two and one-
fourth and added to the carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates and fat serve three pur-

* poses

-en by either carbohydrates or fat.

in the economy of the towl.
suey are burned to create heat to keep
une fowl warm; tney produce the
1orce exerted in the motions of tne
1oWl, and 1f the supply is greater
Luan 1S neeaed tor the production OL
neat aud torce, we excess gives Ilse
to the produciion and laying up OL
iat 1a the body.

1ue protem of the rood is used to
vulid Up and keep in repair tue work-
ing ussues of tne body, waich we
nave snowo consist large:y of protein.
ihat is, 1t supplies the material for
the groWtb oO: tissue, Which may be an
aclual Imcrease 10 bulk, as in the Case
ol toe growlug chick; it may simply
pe the making good of waste, as in the
mature towl, or it may take the torm
of egg proauction, which is really the
growth and breaking down of the tis-
sues of the ovaries and oviduct. For
ail these purposes protein is indis-
pensable, and its place cannot be tak-
If,
however, more protein is given the
fowl than it needs for these various
forms of tissue growth, the excess is
burned up, like fat and carbohydrates,
or perhaps furnishes material for the
production of fat.

The mineral matter in food consists
of lime, soda potash, magnesia, sul-
phur, etc., but to ascertain the amount
it is reduced to ash, which is the term
generally given to this group of sub-
stances. This ash or mineral matter
in the food serves as a source of sup-
ply for the mineral ingredients of the
body and for the formation of the
shell of the egg, in the case of laying
hens. Most food products contain suf-
ficient ash for all practical purposes,
especially when the fowls are given
meat, bones, oyster shells and grit.
Grain contains very little ash, while
clover, grass and most of the green
foods have a liberal supply. When a
ration is otherwise fairly proportioned
there is generally mineral matter suf-
ficient for all needs.

As we do not feed to supply water,
this portion of the constituency of
the diet need not concern us, but we
should always have a sufficient sup-
ply constantly at hand so that the
fowls maye take it as required.

THE EGG.

The egg, exclusive of the shell, con-
tains about 68.25 per cent of water;
albumen or protein, 13.8 per cent;
mineral matter, 1 per cent; fat and
oil, 16.8 per cent. The average egg

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is divided about as follows:. Shell, 11
per cent; white, 56.5 per cent, yolk,
sz,o per cent. ‘he shell consists of
about oU per cent of the salts of lime,
or about 20 per cent of the pure uL-
combined lime, which is calcium oOx-
ide, and the remainder carbonic acid,
water in a crystalized shape, etc.

We have now considered both the
rowl and tne egg and know the ele-
ments we wish to supply, and as ash
will be taken in sutticient quantities
if we ieed meat, clover, oyster shells
and grit, and the water supply can
be regulated by the fowls, we find we
bave only to turnish the proper pro-
portion of protein and carbohydrates
and fat to produce a ration to meet
any requirement. If there is not sufli-
cient carbohydrates and fat the hens
will not be able to keep warm, and u
too much they will become fat and
unproductive, while if the protein be
lacking there will be nothing from
which to form the egg.

For the purpose of determining the
relative proportion of protein and car-
bohydrates and fat contained in a
substance, and for better comparing
one feeding stum with another, the
term “nutritive ratio” is used, which
means the ratio of digestible protein
to digestiole carbohydrates plus fat.
Before making this comparison, how-
ever, we will explain that the fat Is
multipliea by two and one-fourth, be-
cause one pound of fat is two anu
one-fourth times as valuable as a
pound of carbohydrates. The term of
the ratio is taken as a unity; for in-
stance, if there should be five pounds
of protein and thirty pounds of carbo-
hydrates and fat in a ration, we
would express it as 1:6—there being
one part of protein to six of carbo-
hydrates and fat; but should there be
more protein than carbohydrates and
fat the ratio of the latter would be
expressed in decimals. For example,
should a substance contain twice as
much protein as carbohydrates and
fat we would express it, 1:0.5, but as
nearly all feeding stuffs contain a far
larger portion of carbohydrates and
fat than protein this seldom, if ever,
occurs.

The nutritive ratio is referred to as
being “wide” or “narrow.” A feed-
ing stuff with a wide nutritive ratio
is one which contains a large propor-
tion of carbohydrates and fat as com-
pared with protein. One with a nar-
row nutritive ratio contains a small
proportion of carbohydrates and fat
as compared with protein. Corn has
a wide nutritive ratio, 1:12, while cot-

tonseed meal has a comparatively nar-
row nutritive ratio, 1:1.2.
feeding to produce growth or eggs we

If we-.are

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should use a compartively narrow
ratio, but for fattening for market, a
wide one. It is impossible to lay
down set rules for feeding, as every
person must be governed by condi-
tions, the availability of the material,
price, etc., but we will say that for
egg production in winter and _ for
growing chicks in the early spring, a
ration with a nutritive ratio of from
1:5 to 1:7 has been found to be the
most productive, while one slightly
narrower is better in hot weather.
for fattening matured towls a ration
with a nutritive ratio of 1:10 or 1:12
is about right.

For the purpose of aiding those who
wish to compound a ration of a fixed
nutritive value we append a_ table
showing the composition of the di-
gestible parts of the feeding stuffs
usually used by poultrymen. While it
may not be absolutely correct, it is
sufficiently so for all practical pur-
poses.

Table showing mineral
matter in feeding stuffs:
INE so sneasaonaceen
Per Cent of Digest-

ible Matter........
EXROCGMU« gavasce vise coe

and digestible

(REGS aS a soerigecas

Se Ratio..... |

WDGat “Gieceeeeas 1.8|77.6| 7.1|70.5/1:9.9
AS QT sis enisisiciccie | 1.5)79.7| 6.0/73.7,1:12.3
Buckwheat | 2.0)62.6| 7.8|54.8/1:7
OBIS) Seceakea. | 3.0)62.4] 9.2/53.2[1:5.8
Barley | 2.4/77.9| 8.7/69.2]1:8
Rye 1.9:76.7| 6.4/70.3)1:11
Peas 2.7|72.3]18.8|53.5)1:2.8
Rice ... 0.4|87.5| 7.4]80.2 8
Suntflowe | 2.1/52.7/10.2)42.5 2
wnat fe | 5.8|57.4 ran ee 8

yheat shorts . 4.6|70.8|12.2/58.6 8
Wheat middling: | 3.3 43. 7(12. (60.9 8
Corn and cob me | tieho"9 4.4/66.5 Al
Cottonseed meal. | 7.2/80.9|37.2)43.7 2
pines meal, n, | 5.8/73.8]28.9]44.9)1:1.6

nseed meal, o. p...| 5.7|77.8|29.3/48.5 7
Hominy chop ... aa 2.5 36.6 7.1|79.5)1:11.2
Gluten feed .......... | 1.0)82.7|19.4/63.3)1:3.3
eaicage pa meal. ae 84027. 7[0.9 1:2.1
Sut clover hay 6.2/44.9| 6.4)38.5)1:6
Alfalfa hay ..... 7.4 53 4(10-4148-0 1:4.1
Sorghum seed 2.1\72.2| 5.4)66.8|1:13.3
tide Di lanaeie midd’gs. a slik 28 50.5/1:2.1

COL ISCIADS wctssenc'a cle 3.3)82.2/37.7/44.5]1:1.1
Dried blood ..... 4.1/61.4/32.7 28,711.08
Mangel wurzel . 1.1] 6.5] 1.1| 5.4/1:4.9
Potatoes ......... -| 1.0)16.6] 0.9)15.7/1:17.4
Sugar beets... -| 0.9)12.5) 1.6]10.9)1:0.8
Rutabagas 3 13 9.5) 1.0) 8.6]1:8.5
Skim milk ..... -| 0.8) 9.2] 3.5] 5.7)1:1.6
Buttermilk ........... 0.8| 7.8] 2.8] 5.0)1:1.8

The fat reduced to its starch equivalent.

By referring to the above table any
intelligent poultryman can prepare a
ration that will meet his requirements
with such food as he can _ secure.
Green cut bone, a most important food
for hens, is not given in the table be-
cause it varies so greatly, owing to
the amount and kind of meat adher-
ing to it, that an analysis of one sam-
ple would be of little value as show-
ing the general average. It is usually
considered by poultrymen to be a lit-
tle better than beef scraps.

While we can compound a _ ration
wholly of grain and its by-products of
the proper nutritive ratio, we find for
some reason not shown by the analy-
sis that a mixed ration—one compos-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

ed in part of meat and green fooa,
hay, grass, or roots—will produce far
better results. In order to narrow the
ration a mash is often fed, especially
in winter, and we have had better re-
sults by this method than any other,
yet it greatly increases the labor. We
compound a mash mixture of one part
by weight of wheat bran, one part
wheat middlings, two parts No. 1
mill feed( equal parts by weight of
vats and corn ground together), two
parts buckwheat middlings, one part
ground beef scraps. Where buck-
wheat middlings cannot be obtained,
Chicago gluten meal may be substitu-
ted, or half the weight of linseed or
cottonseed meal may be used. When
making our mash we take one part of
cut clover hay, steam it well, and add
two parts of this mash mixture, mak-
ing it as thick as possible. It is then
allowed to stand before feeding until
it is just lukewarm. This gives us a
ration the nutritive value of which Is
about 1:3.4, which would be too nar-
row, but as we only feed a small quan-
tity of mash, the other feed being
composed of grain, usually wheat,
corn, buckwheat or oats, it makes the
day’s ration about evenly balanced.
We do not feed all of these grains,
but alternate each day as Many as we
have, using most largely of such as can
be bought on our market at the lowest
price. Corn and oats are the staples,
and these are grains which we feel
we cannot well do without. When
supplemented by a mash with a nar-
row nutritive ration corn is undoubt-
edly the best whole grain to feed, as
it is more easily digested and pro-
duces a better quality of eggs than any
other. Wheat and rye are as good as
coru, their nutritive ratio being slight-
ly narrower, but they usually cost
more, aud when fed in connection
with a mash the slight gain in pro-
tein is more than overbalanced by the
additional cost.

A ration can be made up of grain,
roots and hay, green cut bone or beef
scraps which will give very good re-
sults, without the. trouble of mixing a
mash. Such would be an ideal diet if
we could make it fully as productive.
Nature did not intend the hen to eat
soft food, giving her a gizzard where-
in to grind it; but nature did not in-
tend the hen to lay in winter or to
produce more than forty to sixty eggs
in a year. If we change her natural
tendencies we must also change her
diet.

The amount to feed is sometimes
hard to determine and can only be

told by experimenting. The standard
given is sixty-five to seventy pounds
of food for each 1,000 pounds of fowls

weighing from three to four pounds
average weight. We have kept a
careful record for several years and
find that our Plymouth Rocks con-
sumed an average of fifty-eight pounds
of whole and ground grain, ten pounds
clover, fifteen pounds meat and ten
pounds roots each in a year when
confined in small yards. This would
allow each fowl a trifle over one-fourth
pound of food per day. Where fowls
have free range for six or eight
months in the year this amount will
be materially lessened. When fowls
are on a range it is a good plan to
give them one scant feed a day or a
highly nitrogenous food, such as cut
bone or beef scraps. A self-feeding
box of wheat bran placed where they
can help themselves to it will aid in
egg production. The fowls will not
eat a great deal of the bran after the
first day or so, but will use it to
balance their ration and supply any
deficiency in the food supply found on
the range.

In feeding for eggs we should en-
deavor to give all the exercise pos-
sible, especially if our food is of a
carbonaceous nature, as the carbon is
thus converted into heat and thrown
off from the body, while the quick
breathing throws off the carbonic acid
gas. All grain should’ therefore be
fed in deep litter and the hens be
forced to scratch and hunt it out.

American Incubators Abroad.

A great deal is said these days about
the expansion of American trade, and
everyone who has studied the figures
showing the growth in American ex-
ports, has been astonished at its mag-
nitude.

American incubator manufacturers
have not been behind other lines in
this respect. This is especially true of
the Prairie State Incubator Co. of
Homer City, Pennsylvania, which has
extended its trade to all parts of the
world, sending shipment after ship-
ment to distributing points in Europe,
Australia, South America and South
Africa, besides sending many smaller
lots of one or two machines to indi-
vidual poultrymen in the same coun-
tries. Since the 1st of August.of this
year, their foreign demand has been
especially heavy, and many car-load
shipments have been made from Hom-
er City

The new catalogue of the Prairie
State Incubator Co. is now on the press
and, by the way, we understand it to
be the handsomest book ever printed
by an incubator company. It will con-
tain good illustrations showing some
of these shipments. These, however, —
are only a few of the hundreds of fine
pictures in this handsome book, which
will be sent free to all who request it.
Ask for the 1902 catalogue, and copy
will be sent as soon as it is off the
press. We advise your sending in your
name at once. Address THE PRAT-
RIE STATE INCUBATOR CO’P’Y.,
Homer City, Pa.

Making_Prize Winners

Did you ever stop to think when you
were looking at and admiring the first-
prize bird at a poultry show that it was
not through an accident that it was
carrying off the first prize? Did you
realize the amount of labor and the
time spent in order to get that bird to
such a high state of perfection? The
time spent to produce that bird was
not the one year or less than it actual-
ly took to raise him. The work to
produce him began perhaps a dozen
years ago by some other breeder. He
kept improviing his birds and selling
some to another. The improvement
was continued until the bird here men-
tioned was produced. But then the
time and labor spent to produce the
parents of this bird was not quite all.
The parent birds had to be properly
mated and cared for to produce fertile
eggs. Then proper incubation to hatch
him strong and wel developed. Then
came the tug of life. While he was
growing, perhaps several of his mates
failed to survive. He had to be fed
well and not too much, given plenty
of exercise, kept warm, and kept from
exposure. So we see there is a vast
amount of work and time spent to
produce the prize bird. He was not
raised alone, perhaps, but we may
know that along with him grew a
hundred or more, and not one of them
near him in perfection. Do not imag-
ine that the high class breeders pro-
duce all prize birds. There is al-
ways a large number of birds raised
that are not in any way fit for breed-
ing, but are fit only for market. So
you see hat even the best breeders
must sell part of their birds in the
market. If you start out with a flock
of birds that cost a long price do not
expect to raise all as good as the pa-
rent birds. If you get a fair number
of good ones be satisfied, even if you
do not get some that are very good
and fit to win in hot competition.

Well, you say, it is easy enough to
raise “‘scrubs,’’ but to raise prize win-
ners is work. That is true; yet some
people can raise scarcely any on ac-
count of disease. You have got to be
very careful to avoid disease.

Now to raise the prize bird you must
have good stock scoring up well and
been bred from extra stock. You
must have them mated so as to pro-
duce best results. I can not tell you
here how to mate your birds because
I do not know what kind of birds you
have to mate. Keep them strong and
vigorous and healthy. Do not allow
any exposure, and feed properly. You
may ask, How do you feed properly?
The proper way to feed is to keep

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

* The Wooden Hen

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The illustration shown here is of the
famous New Wooden Hen now known
the world over as the most successful
of all small hatchers.

It 1s now six years since the Wooden
Hen put in its appearance, and each
season it has come forward with im-
provements that increased its popular-
ity until the sales are nearing 40,000,
For the coming season long legs have
been added to make it more conveni-
ent; also a moisture diffuser, which
overcomes the question of how much
artificial moisture should be supplied.

A few minor changes have been made
in the general construction, and with
the above improvements, it is a most
perfect little hatcher. Three sizes are
offered for the coming season—50, 100
and 200-egg capacity, and the prices
are surprisingly low.

Send at once to Geo. H. Stahl, Quin-
cy, ll., for his beautifully illustrated
Catalogue, which also contains a most
interesting chart showing the ‘‘Devel-
opment of the Chick” in natural colors,
also 16 other colored views. Free if
you mention PouLrrRy INVESTIGATOR.

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them busy and feed a variety; make
it a balanced ration, feed green food,
animal food, grit and all such things
as they get in a natural state. There
are no hard and fast rules for feed-
ing. One breed requires a somewhat
different feed and management. If
you want to get the prize bird, you
must know your breed, know how to
feed it to produce best results and
know how to mate and manage. The
secret is in knowing how. After you
have raised him you have got to get
him so that he will look the best in
the show. If he does not carry him-
self in the proper way, you need to
train him to pose when desired to be
judged, ete.
J. W. SHEPARD.

VALUE OF CLOVER FOR POULTRY

Clover hay contains about twenty
times as much lime as corn. This
makes it a very valuable feed for
poultry in fall or winter. It may be
chopped in a feed cutter one-fourth
of an inch long, placed in a pail, then
pour hot water on and let it stand
for one hour; then thicken or stir in
shorts and corn meal and you have a
splendid feed, a balanced ration, hard
to beat, and you will find that the egg

‘association to be

basket will soon be full, where there
are none in it now. The second crop
of clover is counted best, although
the first is good. It ought to be cut
before it is in bloom. Alfalfa is also
equally as good, treated in like man-
ner. Young oats that is cut before the
head starts to grow, cut and nicely
cured, is also good fed as above,
L. P. HARRIS.

MICHIGAN STATE SHOW.

As the show season approaches it
becomes apparent that there is going
to be a general interest taken in the
coming exhibition of the Michigan
State Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock
held in Battle
Creek, Mich., January 7-10, 1902. The
past two shows have been held at
somewhat disadvantage on account of
not knowing just how we would come
out financially, but after holding two
shows and paying every dollar earned
in premiums and specials, this year
we promise in addition to a good time
to pay every dollar won at show. Ar-
rangements will be made to accommo-
date the large number of exhibitors
and their birds in a manner both
suitable and satisfactory. For fur-
ther information address L. G. Nich-
ols, secretary, Battle Creek, Mich.

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Some time past the editor visited
Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm and was
surprised at the interest shown by the
proprietor in thoroughbred poultry,
the substantial way the houses and
yards were built, the quality of the
stock seen in the yards, the extent of
the farm and the thorough manner in
which it was kept. Cedar Lawn Poul-
try Farm consists of ten acres devoted
wholy to the breeding of Barred P.
Rocks and White Wyandottes. The
farm adjoins the city of Seward. This
is Judge Norval’s home, a sightly
place in the north part of the city. It
is a beautiful home with a beautiful
yard full of trees and shrubbery. The
one thing that struck me forcibly was
the large roomy yards; the houses
were all shingled, painted and plas-
tered and built as good as many dwel-
ling houses are. The best are none
too good for the Judge, and his birds
prove it in theshowroom. The ‘‘poul-
try fever’? has no respect of person
and it got the best of T L. Norval, if
he was Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Nebraska, and we wish there
were more like him.

ee a ee ee
Killed By Lightning.

We are sorry to chronicle, this
month, the death by lightning of H.
W. Belville of Hebron, Nebr. Mr.
Belville was a breeder and exhibitor
of B. P. Rocks; He leaves a wife,
Edith Belville, and two children, a
girl two years old and a baby boy of
two months, to mourn his loss. We
extend our deepest sympathies to Mrs.
Belville in her bereavement. In 4 let-
ter to Mr. M. M. Johnson of this place
recently she stated that she had his
business wel: straightened up, except
the funeral expenses and expressed a
wish that she had money to pay this
expense. The editor is willing to help
this worthy lady and wishes to know
how many of the readers of the INvEST-
IGATOR wiil send the editor what they
can spare and not inconvenience them
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appreciated and promptly forwarded
to Mrs. Belville in due time.

L. P. Harris,
Clay Center, Nebr.

REI, EL eR
The Clay Co. Poultry Association

will hold their fifth annual show at
Clay Center from December 10 to 13 in-

clusive. This association is made up
of real live, progressive, reliable
breeders. Some of them have blue

ribbons secured at some of the largest
shows in the west. They are striving
to make this, their fifth annual show,
second to none in the state except the
state show; have engaged two exper-
ienced judges. and the awards will be
made as promptly as possible. The
association guarantees $200 in cash
premiums, besides a long list of spec-
ials headed with an incubator. The
co-operation of the fanciers in adjoin-
ing counties is desired. If you cannot
come, send your birds: we will care
for them as ourown. Send for prem-
ium list and list of specials.
B. H. DUNN, President,
FLORA T. SHROYER, Secretary.

The Black Red Game Bantam.

“A ‘Black Red Game,’ do gaze at me;
Longest of legs have I,” said he;

“A body small,

A reach quite tall,

Head like a snake, a bright, Keen eye,
A close, hard plumage, and I try
Stylish to be in all my moves,

And not to tread in time-worn grooves.
Do I succeed? Well, don’t they sing
Praises to me and crown me King?

No other Bantams such prices bring,
Nor can they ever while ‘I’m in the ring.’ ”

—
C—O SSS"

j| Poultry Chats “SCA siancnano

asking questions
their
name and address with a little more

persons or

prices of stock would write

care, it would save much worry and
their letters would go more direct.
People become careless in signing
their names and some of the letters
are made very poor, so it is hard to
make out the right name.

All we can do is to copy as near as
possible the same scrawl and trust
to the letter going right. Now, for
example, a letter has recently came to
our desk in which the first name was
either Ernie or Emie, one can easily
see what a difference it would make
in the name not having the letters
plain. However, in that case the last
name and the name of the postofiice
were written very nicely, so we hope
our letter reached the right person.

Again, it a few more words were
used in describing the kind of stock
wanted, we could answer with much
more ease to ourselves and satisfac-
tion to our customers.

Many of our letters are something
like this: ‘‘Please give me prices on
White, P. Rocks. Yours respectfully.”
Most of those people have a good
idea of what kind of a bird or birds
they want and it would make it so
much easier if they would only say
what they want.

Any one who understands poultry
breeding knows that all the chicks
raised will not develop into prize win-
ters, while sometimes a good many
of them will even come under the dis-
qualified class.

A couple of years ago there was a
person who called round occasionally
and talked poultry with our girl as
she gave “biddies’ their supper. In
his wise judgment things were be-
ing run on a very disreputable plan.
If those chickens were pure bred as
Mrs. Blanchard, or Ida, as he termed
her, claimed they were, every comb
should be straight, with just the de-
sired number of cerations. Every leg
should be just the right color, and if
that cream on some of their backs
was not the right thing, why was it
there? It all went to show in his
wise mind that things were not as
they had ought to be, and people were
“well, you know, to come right down
to the plain truth, dishonest.’’ Thank
goodness he did not know anything
about typical carriage, shape of back,
wings, fluff or tail. When it came to

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poultry breeding he knew nothing, and
was too wise to learn. What more
could he learn about a chicken? He
knew when they were baked, fried or
boiled to perfection. Pure breed was
no better on the table than any other
kind, only if we were to call them
pure bred he could not see why they
were not all just as we wanted them.
I think we all find such people, and
we can only hope that the day will
come when they are better educated.

Anyone who tries to know anything
about poultry can easily understand
that they must be priced according
to quality, and in asking for prices
should state whether they want birds
for show purposes, or just good breed-
ing stock,

In sending out anything under the
nead of good breeding stock it should
be considered dishonest to send any
bird that would be disqualified. In
our state poultry show room last win-
ter we know of one cockerel being
disqualified whose owner had paid ten
dollars for him.

The bird had come from the yards
of an eastern breeder, who certainly
knew better than to send such a bird
out. There is no fair play about such
work as that. If we are going to raise
pure bred birds, even for the improve-
ment of our farm poultry, one of the
first things we should do is study up
the disqualifying points. Learn to
know which are our good birds and
which are our poor ones; the poor
ones can be used on the table and not
kept as breeders. Again, if we intend
taking birds to a show room we should
know what disqualifies and leave all
such birds at home, no matter how
good they are in other ways.

I presume many of the older breed-
ers will commence to read this article,
and then throw it aside in disgust.
But the time has not become so very
dim in the distance when we had all
this to learn ourselves, and we know
there is always new members in our
circle who are seeking after the same
knowledge we have gained.

A few words on preparing birds for
the show room may be of use to some
who are going to make entries for
the first time. First, we should have
our birds in good condition. The
“Standard” reads “In all the breeds
of fowls having weight clauses, ex-
cept bantams, deduct two points per
pound for any deficit from the stand-

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ard weights, or in that proportion for
any fractional part of a pound.” So
you see if a bird is one pound under
weight and is cut two points on
weight it is pretty hard for him to
gain over one that is up in weight.
Again the tandard says: “They
should be exhibited in their natural
condition.’”” That does not mean that
they should be dirty. If our birds
are white they should be washed. It
takes a good strong soap suds to cut
the dirt from feathers and give them
their natural whiteness. Then a good
tub of rinse water and plenty of tow-
els to wipe them as dry as possible.
If there is no cold wind and you have
a south corner that is sunny and
warm, they can be put out of doors
to dry; but most times the coops have
to be brought in by the stove, or the
birds would chill. Their feet and legs
must be cleaned well. When they
are dry comb wattles, earlobes and
legs can be rubbed with sweet oil. It
makes them smooth and clean, and is
all right, for I once heard a judge
make this remark to an exhibitor: “I
could have given that bird a better
score had you washed and oiled his
legs. They are good but they are in
such miserable condition.” The ex-
hibitor said, ‘“Well, the book said they
must be in their natural condition.”
The judge seid, “When you go to
church you wash your face and hands,
so when we go to the show room we
should wash our face and hands.”

MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD.
Friend, Neb.

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.
Editor Poultry Investigator:

You ask me to tell you how I came
in the poultry business. It is short. I
wanted a good table bird. I wanted
a good egg-producer. I wanted a good
rich, fine flavored egg for my own
censumption. I wanted eggs in the
winter when they were highest and
best, so I selected the “L. B.”’ and have
worked for that purpose, and I have
just what I wanted. I like the “L. B.”
They are to the chicken family what
sugar and coffee is to the groceries,
muslin and prints to the dry goods,
the gold dollars to the financiers, etc.

T have bred the “L. B.” off and on
since ’76. I have had no failures for
the reason that I commenced at the
bottom of the ladder and went up step
by step. Have never tried to over-
come but one fault at one mating.
Have never thought that I was smart
enough to handle all of the different
varieties, and have been contented
with the breed I like best.

Cc. E. BARNEY,
Kearney, Neb.

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: MOULTING TIME AND WINTER CARE OF FOWLS.

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The moulting time is here for the
fowls. and will not be over for some
time for the older hens or those who
have almost worn themselves out in|
laying all summer, and if they are
non-sitters, last winter also.

So many poultry raisers, especially
among the farmer’s wives, do _ not
seem to know this is really a critical
time for the hen. Instead of coddling
her up a little and stuffing her with
nourishing food, she is let run around
any old way to pick up her living.
No wonder so many of our finest hens
die during the fall months for no rea-
son we can see. And yet there is rea-

son enough. Weakened with laying
and perhaps starving. herself to feed
an August brood of chickens, she
in no condition to cope with the extra}
strain upon the blood to produce new |
feathers, unless we help her along}

with plenty of food.

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The moulting hen must not be left
to struggle with the others for the
moiety, often of grain thrown to them,
if you expect to make a success of

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poultry raising.
There is quite a difference in the

way fowls moult. Some begin very

early and merely shed a feather or
two at a time, the new feathers com-
ing in as soon as the others are
dropped, the fowl is not weakened,
and always is well covered, thus giv-
ing rise to the idea that some fowls
never moult. Again there are other
fowls of the same breed that with
little warning lose all or almost all of
their feathers, remaining naked a long
time. These are generally the older
fowls, and the frosty nights and morn-
ings will chill them to death if not
well housed, as well as fed.

The Rouen duck moults in a pecul-
way. The male moults twice in
the season. In the early summer he
loses all of his gay feathers and
comes out in a suit so near like the
female that he is mistaken for her.
But, later on, he moults again, and
this time he gets back his gay clothes
and pride. No other fowl that I know
of does this way, although a few

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species of birds moult in this style.

The time has come when the win-
ter comfort of the fowls must be tak-
en into consideration. Get rid of all
the surplus young cokerels as well as
the old ones. The young ones, for a
real profit, should be or have been
caponized. But so few of the numer-
ous poultry raisers, the farmer and
his wife, have ever learned to capon-
ize a fowl. And yet, it is not a dif-
ficult task after one lesson or two.
We never allow our young cockerels
to go over four pounds in weight. To
do so, is to merely get 10 or 15 cents
for them. Too much of a loss.

In separating those you would get
rid of now and those to keep over,
be sure to keep over your largest and
finest two year old hens. No use to
talk, but maturity, I find, counts in
this line as in all other lines of life.
Mark your oldest hens, so that you
will know them next spring, save their
eggs for hatching purposes and note
if these are not the most fertile eggs
as well as producing, upon a big av-
erage, the hardiest chicks.

Of course, if you are in the chicken
business to succeed, you must provide
a warm, roomy chicken house, with a
closed shed near by, into which they
can run from the chicken house and
get some exercise the coldest days,
scratching in chaff or straw. And here
should be ranged the dust boxes. Dry
dust gathered from the road or any-
where handy to get it should be kept
in sacks or barrels near by. This is
one of the necessary appliances for the
hen’s body. It is her bath and she is.
healthier for having it. If there are
little children in the family, nothing
would suit them better than filling
these barrels or sacks by hauling the
dust to them in the little wagon.

All roosts should be scalded or sat-
urated with coal oil, as you prefer;

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Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel, s%ore 93%,
by Russell, in first prize pen at Nebraska state
show, January, 1901. Bred and owned by Judge
T. L. Norval, Seward, Nebr.

the floor well ‘cleaned and scalded
and the walls whitewashed with very
thick whitewash into which a little
salt has been stirred.

There are two reasons for this last,
three in fact; the whitewash helps
kill] the mites, if any are lurking
around; the chickens dearly love light
and white quarters, and the’ thick
whitewash will get flaky and the hens
will greedily pick it from off the wall
and thus get a good supply of lime
for their egg shell formation. Many
hens, even of the winter laying breeds,
do not lay well in winter because not
enough lime is kept for them to make
the egg shells. Grit does not always
contain enough lime for them. The
main good that broken dishes, pound-
ed fine, bring for them, is because
dishes are formed from oolite, which
is simply lime after all.

If the chickens must produce eggs
for the winter market, then a variety
of food must be given them, warm,
soft feeds and mashes as well as
whole grain. I have known hens to
lay eggs all winter upon a diet of
snelled corn mainly, but it is not best
for them, unless you intend selling
many of them when the high spring
prices set in, as corn makes them very
fat, and some think diseases them,
and it is my experience that it does
to some extent. It is always a temp-
tation to me to feed exclusively upon
the whole grain, especially shelled
corn, as it satisfies the fowls so well.
They fill their craws and go off to not
bother you for hours. But it is just
the other way with soft or ground
feeds; either they like it so well or
it digests so soon, leaving them as
hungry as ever, for they are always
squalling after you when fed this last.

Fowls do not drink much in winter,
but it should be put where they can
get at it at all times, and in very cold
weather should be given luke warm.

ANNA BELL.

Barred P. Rock pullet, scored 931 by Russell,
in first prize peu, Nebraska state show, 1901,

Bred and owned by Judge T. L.
ard, Nebr. :

Norval, Sew-

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Poultry Experience
By Mrs.|Ella Dawson

My experience with different varie-
ties: Well, that would be a_ long
story, as I have tended the chicken
since a child of ten—at that time for
mother or grandma—because I ldved
to watch them scratch and throw the
litter over one another. You know
at that time we had chickens and
chickens of all shapes, color, and size;
the great big Shanghi, as we called
a gangling red mother used to have,
the little dunghill, the beautiful Buff
Cochin, stately Black Spanish and
Malay, a half dozen little bantams,
pets of the children; speckled hens,
Domanecks, and every other color
imaginable, all in one flock; the more
kinds and colors the nicer they con-
sidered their flocks. But how changed
these times from the present. I have
tried to have only one variety or
kind and have that the best I could
get, since I have had a home of my
own. My first thoroughbreds were
the dark Brahmas. We bought them
when we went to housekeeping on
the farm. Oh, such a time I had with
those Brahmas. They would get in
the barnyard and could not get them
out, unless I lifted them over the
fence or opened the horse lot gate
and drove them through like sheep.
The hogs just loved those Brahmas.
As they would creep through the fence
they would forget the place they got
in at and the hogs would get after
them. It makes me tired yet to think
how I ran after those Brahmas, twen-
ty-two years ago. I sold or killed
them and said they were not the fowl
the farmer wants. Then we got a
flock of Partridge Cochins; then how
the egg basket filled; what beautiful
plumage. I said surely this is the
kind I have long sought for; it is an
ideal fowl for the farmer. I would
have had descendants from that flock
yet if we had not sold out in Illinois
and came west. When I started here
in Nebraska I bought the Barred
Plymouth Rocks. That was thirteen
years ago, and I have B. P. Rocks yet,
but not the same, as I sell off the old
stock every year; never keep them
older than two years. I send every
season to get new stock of some re-
liable poultryman. I keep only the
best for my own yard.

The Barred Plymouth Rock is_ the
farmer’s bird; it is of good size, makes
quick growth, good layers, good color,
and the color is just suited to people
that neglect cleaning the poultry
house and sheds. The white fowls
soon show how they are cared for. If

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First White Wyandotte pullet at Nebraska
state show, 1901; score 96, by Russell. Bred
and own?d by Judge-T.L,.Norval, Seward,Nebr.

they are allowed to roost in or kept
in dirty quarters they soon show it
by their plumage. 1 always admire
a white bird of any size or shape if
they are clean. I have had the Wyan-
dottes, the Silver Laced and have a
pen of white now. They are beautiful
fowls. The best layers I ever owned
was a pen of hens I had from a cross
with Silver Laced Wyandotte hens
and Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel.
Those hens layed when all others
were on strike. The Wyandottes make
the best of mothers, so kind, and will
mother all of the chicks on the place
if they have a chance. There is al-
most a tie between them and_ the
Rocks as to which should have the
banner. They are both as good as the
best. Then we have our big pets, the
Light Brahmas. I like them because
they are so gentle, can pick them up
anywhere, and such nice large eggs,
so nice in color, both shell and egg.
They are surely worth having.

Then there is the pen of shining
B. Langshans. How pretty they look
with their coal black eyes and shining
green plumage; their big round white
eggs look so nice when we have a
basketful all together. I sometimes
think I prefer one breed, then an-
other, but I think the kind we have,
if well cared for (I mean pure breed
of the best all round fowl, the one
best suited for the people and place)
is the one to stand by; but I don’t
let them mix. If you have different
varieties, have pens to keep them
apart, shut the cracks up, give the
hens range if you are through setting,
and then there is no chance of getting
them crossed with one another.

Farmers should have all kinds they
can handle. Turkeys have the range
of stubble fields, the meadows, and
ranges of so much farther from the

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house than chickens that they utilize
what Then the
duck will warm the cabbage and not
it if kept out until the head
formed. And do you know baked duck
is very nice and a change from chick-

would go to waste.

eat is

en; so any fowl, well cared for, will
itself.
ELLA DAWSON.

more than pay for
MRS.
Cozad, Neb.

“HEN AND CHICKS.”

A Great Picture Great Book
About a Great Machine.

We reproduce in hali-tone herewith
an oil painting which many competent
judges pronounce the greatest poultry
painting woich appeared in the
past decade. It is Mr. Ben Austrian’s
$2,500 “Hen and Chicks’ picture, se-
cured by Humphrey & Sons for re-
production on the cover of their new
bone cutter catalogue. ‘This picture,

on a

has

when exhibited in the east, attracted |

universal attention, and is now on
the way to Berlin, it will be
shown this winter in the German ex-
hibitions. Humphrey & Sons may
well consider themselves extremely
fortunate in securing so valuable and
so attractive a painting for their book.
It is reproduced in the exact colors of
the original and is a fitting setting for
an extremely interesting catalogue.
Like the Humphrey book of last
year, it contains in addition to much
valuable matter on the care and treat-
ment of fowls, for money-bringing re-
sults, a set of blanks for keeping a
record for a year of every transaction
in the poultry yard. Of course con-
siderable space is devoted to the open
hopper Green Bone and Vegetable Cut-
ter, the machine which in so short a
time has leaped to such great popu-
larity among poultry keepers all over

where

the country. We attribute the suc-
cess of the Humphrey largely to its

extreme simplicity. It has practically
only three working parts—the cutter

head, which carries the knives; the
pivot wing, which holds the bone in
position, and the open hopper, in

which the bone is placed for cutting.
hop-
(a term originated by Mr. Hum-
phrey). There
screws nor apartments in

This hopper is really an “open
per”
no partitions nor
it:
chop

are
conse-
the
bone into little pieces before you be-

quently you don’t have to

gin cutting. The machine is ready to

cut when you are ready, and as the
operator controls the feed, she can
cut as fast or as slow as she likes.
We say “she’’ because the Humphrey

turns so easily that in a majority of
eases it is used by the women of the
family. It is backed by a guarantee

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to cut more bone in better condition,

in less time and with less labor, than |
the pur-.
Isn’t that |

any other bone cutter, or
chaser’s money is refunded.
a fair proposition?

We know that every one will be in-
terested in this catalogue, and we
know it means money if you buy a
Humphrey. Send for the book. Ad-
dress Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, Ill.

Editor Poultry Investigator:

You have asked me to give you an
article on the poultry industry here
in Arizona. Let me preface my ar-
ticle with a description of the coun-
try.

To most people Arizona is a barren
desert, and most of it is so, but she
has valleys that are fertile and rank
with that of the Nile, such as the
Salt River valley, on which Phoenix
is situated. We have a grand climate,
and a fine, pure air. Stock is grown
in large numbers, and is an important
industry. The poultry industry is not
to be despised. There is much chance
for growth, as we can’t produce
enough to glut the market. We have
within one hundred miles or so, min-
ing camps calling for our surplus. In
winter, Phoenix has thousands of in-
valids, enjoying a healthful climate
here, and the hotels pay large prices
for fresh eggs and poultry. Fat hens
sold for a dollar, dressed, and few to
be had. Eggs sold from 15 to 40 cents
per dozen. We hatch the chicks from
January to April, inclusive, to get our
stock pretty well grown by the hot
weather of July. Some hatch in Sep-

\ great black ticks.

have

tember and October. I
done so, but eggs naturally hatch well

never

in those months; shall try it in the
fall, myself. We have roup to look
out for; it is very bad in this country,
and I know of several who have lost
hundreds. Lice are always in evi-
dence, and must be fought hard. And
since coming to this place a year ago
I have had a hard battle with the
I have fought them
hard and am not yet a conqueror, but
have them on the run. I have never
lost birds from them. These things
are, of course, to a great extent, un-
der the control of the poultrymen,
hence hens are kept under favorable
conditions and do well. Broilers
bring good prices, 40 to 60 cents

each. There is a good opening in this
line. We have several large egg

ranches here and there is a good mar-
ket and plenty more room for the
poultry raiser.

Let me say one word to you who
have good birds to sell. Cultivate the
trade of the valleys of Arizona. We
want good stock and already have too
many mongrels.

W. W. GERARD.
Mesa, Arizona.

If you want... .

Belgian Hares

Call on or write to

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
Old Orchard, Mo.

Or 2008 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,
WM. G. STEINICKE,. Mngr.

100 Hares to choose from.

Profit in Duck Raising

Mr. Editor:—I thought perhaps my
experience in duck raising might help
some hesitating one to make a start
in the right direction, so I will jot it
down. I am a strong believer in small
beginnings, for I think we should
learn aS we go, and we have more
time to study the wants and peculi-
arities of our fowls with few than
many. You know vessels large may
venture more, etc. When I decided to
raise ducks I had very little capiial
but much determination, and being a
poor lone widdow, with one husband
and seven small children to work for,
there didn’t seem very bright pros-
pects of a surplus, but fortune favors
the: courageous, so finally it favored
me. I had the opportunity of picking
strawberries for one cent a quart and
so earned $2.00 to buy a sitting of
eggs. Now if any one thinks it is
fun picking strawberries with the
temperature 100 degrees in the shade,
they are welcome to the delusion.
Well I bought the eggs of a breeder of
prize winning Pekin ducks. When the
eggs arrived I let them stand thirly-
six hours and then tucked them into
a nice clean nest of oat straw, nicely
sprinkled with a powder which I
make by mixing one pint of crude
earbolic acid into one peck of road
dust. I cleaned a box of sufficient size
by washing all corners and crevices
with a strong solution of oxalic acid
and then put a shovel full of clean
earth in the bottom under the straw;
then dust biddie well with the powder
and set her with care on the eggs.
I have a room for sitting hens alone
and keep a good dust bath, plenty of
gravel and water before them and
leave them at liberty to come off
when they please. But they cannot
leave the room, so I have no trouble
with chilled eggs. Well, in due time,
nine lovely, lively ‘boxers’ came
hatching out and I raised eight of
them, one being carried away by a
disreputable hawk. I fed the ducks
ground corn and oats, beef scraps and
sour milk, cheese mixed with coarse
sand and gave them all the water they
want to drink, but none to swim in.
I have often read that ducks have no
crops, but mine are not built that
way; mine have both crops and giz-
zards, and when dressing them I find
small stones in their gizzards that I
never gave them, thus doing away
with the theory so often advanced
that a duck don’t know enough to
hunt such things and will surely die
unless it be fed to it. Well, those
ducks grew and waxed strong, and be-
ing two ducks and six drakes, I kept

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23

Factory and Home Offices of the Gipiicie

Incubator

Company.

On October 1 the factory and home
offices of the Cyphers Incubator Com-
pany were removed from Wayland, N.
Y., to Buffalo, N. Y., where the com-
pany now has ample space and every
modern facility for manufacturing
their popular line of goods and con-
ducting a large business. The new
factory and home offices are located at
the Corner of Court and Wilkeson Sts.,
within half a mile of the city hall. The
Buffolo Belt Line and Erie Canal par-
allel their ware house and shipping
rooms on opposite sides. Their lum-
ber is brought from the Michigan,
Wisconsin and Canadian saw mills di-
rect to the factory by boat, thus plac-
ing them in a position to buy the prin-
cipal material used in their product at
the lowest market prices. In this new
location they have unlimited power
and their equipment of machinery has
been added to until their plant is a
model one. Herewith is shown a view
of the building now occupied by this
company.

Buffalo is an ideal location for the

Ri,
br

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ce Heats

manufacture of incubators, brooders
and other poultry appliances. This
city has unexcelled shipping facilites
both by railand by waterr Bufialo'is
the natural gate way between the Kast
and the West, as much so as thoughan
arch were built and people traveling
east and west passed through it. The
Southwest and Southeast are reached
from Buffalo by direct trunk lines,
while across Lake Erie and Lake On-
tario lies the garden spot of Canada.
Buffalois the principal eastern lumber
market and one of the leading wood-
working cities of the Union. Skilled
labor is available in all departments.

The progress made by the Cyphers
Company has been rapid, and it is be-
lieved that this removal to Buffalo will
prove highly beneficial to the company
and its many customers. Withits fac-
tory and home offices at Buffalo and
branch offices and salesrooms at New
York City, Boston and Chicago, the
Cyphers Company is in position to fill
all orders entrusted to it at an import-
ant saving to customers in both time
and money.

a trio of the best ones for the next
season’s breeders; sold four for one
dollar apiece and roasted one. I then
had my eggs more than paid for and
had a trio of fine breeders besides.
The next season those two ducks be-
gan laying in March and laid two
eggs every morning until the middle
of July.

eat some, but I still have a nice flock
and have roasted a number; and let

me say if you want something fine, try |

a duck roast, sisters. I have feathers
enough for two large pillows from one
season’s picking of young ducks. I
read an article lately where a lady
was counting the profits of a flock
of ducks and she estimated a pair of

I raised eighty young ducks, |
sold eleven at ten weeks’ old for $€,75, |
the hawks got one of them, the hogs |

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Is Mackey’s own Strain of Bronze
Turkeys, bred in line for 15 years.
Show record on open book. They
are inthe yards of many of the
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-

ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger &
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.

Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship. Write for prices.
Mackey’s Magic Cholera Cure isa
sure cure.

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
CLARKSVILLE,

MISSOURI.

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Standard of Perfection

Revised Edition, 1900.

This work is issued by the American
Poultry Association. It is a book of
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con-
tains the only official descriptions of
the several varieties of fowls. It is on
this Standard that all poultry judges
base their awards. Every experienced
fancier has a copy of this book and ey-
ery poultryman needs it to learn the
requirements to which his stock must
be bred.

The Standard of Perfection

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Address,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,
CLAY CENTER,

POULTRYMEN
vis PRINTED

cuts.

NEBRARKA

Your stationery
won’t look well
neatly. I do it
welland use good
Send for samples and prices.

N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.

ORPIN GTONS

Buf LEGHORNS

and Brown Leghorns

Young or old stock, first class birds cheap.

Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time.
M. & F. HERMAN,

Bx 178, Hinsdale, Il.

BUFF ORPINGTONS—WYANDNOTTEsS. R.
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
bred to winners. Good stock, fit iy breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
Judge. Port Huron, Michigan.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

pillows at at least $5. I thought, My,
What large pillows she must make!
Anyhow I am satisfied it pays to raise
ducks and am in hopes to soon own
an incubator and go it on a much
larger scale. And, sisters, if you have
a growing desire to try duck culture,
don’t quelch it, but take my advice
and go in and win. Ducks are great
big eaters. I believe for that reason
they should have a free range, though
they are easily confined, as three feet
of poultry netting is all sufficient for
their yards. But don’t attempt to keep
them in the vegetable garden; if you
do you will surely be
Like the young lady of Nigre,
Who went out for a ride with a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
But a smile on the face of that tiger.
Ducks are very fond of “garden

sass.” I know of no fowl easier to
raise. I have never lost one from
sickness. MATTIE MATTHEWS.

Morning Sun, Iowa.

Mating Barred Plymouth Rocks

To produce both sexes of “Stand-
ard” color from the same mating has
been the study of thousands of breed-
ers for over thirty years. That some
fine specimens have been produced by
the “single mating’ system, is true,
but undoubtedly more than 90 per
cent of the winning Barred Plymouth
Rocks in the country have been the
product of the special mating sys-
tem, which is unquestionably the sur-
est, quickest and safest method that
the tyro can employ to secure the
highest scoring specimens of the
breed. To produce standard colored
females, use in the breeding pen only
females of the highest type of the
color and form with the qualities de-
sired in the female progeny, or in
other words, the very highest scoring
specimens. To these iemales, mate a
male of medium light color (not a
washed out, barrless bird) and evenly
barred all over, including wings and
tail, and if possible one whose dam
and sire’s dam were of the same high
form and color desirded in the female
progeny. He should have a_ deep,
full breast, broad concave back, small,
well serrated comb, orange yellow
legs; all important and desirable qual-
ities in his produce. From such a mat-
ing you can depend on 95 per cent of
first class breeding and exhibition fe-
males. The males from this mating
will be of about the same color as
their sire, not exhibition birds, but
useful for breeding choice females the
following season. Pullets of even
color all over, and distinctly “barred

“CHICKEN”

A Christmas Present
That Will Please

CHICKEN is the name of a new

game—consisting of a pack of
handsomely printed cards (poul-
try subjects). Is_
amusing, enter-
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tive. Fun for all,
any number of per-
sons can play the game. Send
20c in stamps or silver for a
pack-— postage paid.

“The game is a goodone. The
whole family can play; teaches the
children to think quick.’—Geo. A
Allen, Clerk of the District Court.

“The Sun Printing House is relia-
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want an amusing game for the kids
and one that the whole family will
enjoy, cheap, geta pack of “Chick-

en” cards.’’—M. M. Johnson, Mana-
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

NoticE—We do not send samples of
other papers.

Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
C. W. Leghorns, White
W yandottes.

Stock from high scoring birds and
winners wherever shown. Prices right
Send your wants.

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.

Notice! _——

I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls.
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol-
den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons
for any kind of standard bred poultry.

W. F. HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Neb.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys

Young stock for
from 20 to 27 Price, $3.50
each. My stock is as good as the best.

© PaSchroeder,

It is next. to impossible to raise poul-
try, even a small flock on a city lot to
say nothing of a large flock on a poul-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
trained

Fox Terrier Dog.

Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
Foxterrier Kennels, Nev ada, Mo.

You Can Buy Eggs

From my Prize Winning White Wy-
andottes balance of this season at $1.50
per 15. See April GoLDEN EG6, p. 21.
GRANT MOTT.

sults Minn.

My Buff Rocks

Won at Madison Square Garden this
season; at Boston and other great
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs

sale. Gobs weigh

pounds.

Clay Center,
Nebraska.

Box A-29.

for sale. Write for Circular and Show
record.

MILES H. LOUER,
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y.

Dogs! :: : Dogs!
Ihave a litter of fine Pups from a
large Bitch, % St. Bernard and % New-
foundland, bred to a great Dane.
These pups make the best of watch
dogs for farm or poultry plant. Male
pups $5 each. D. W. GRANT,

Almena, Kans.

Now Ready.._~

Young stock for sale at the Golden
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock-
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan-
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct
from Duston, and hatched from a pen
of ‘““Duston’’ hens. Also a few W. P
R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a
bargain. Write for price and descrip-
tion of stock,

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

arrow parallel lines of a dark
b it stop short of a positive
bla-k,” is kKhat we desire, and with
judicious and careful selection in the
breeding stock it is not difficult to get
the rich blue barred pullets that at-
tract the eye and win the blue rib-
bon.

To produce the medium dark blue
males called for in the standard, put
at the head of the breeding pen the
very finest exhibition male that you
can afford to buy, of standard color,
evenly serrated comb, broad, concave
back; full, deep breast; small, spread-
ing tale; orange yellow legs, bright
bay eye, and evenly barred all over,
and to the skin. Do not use a male
with any serious defect, even if he
scores high. With this male, mate fe-
males of the same line of breeding
as himself; females whose sire and
dam’s sire were high scoring, standard
colored birds. These females should
be medium dark in color, not smutty,
but evenly barred all over and to the
skin, with good form and legs. From
such a mating you can produce about
30 per cent finely colored males, suit-
able for breeding and exhibition. The
females will be too dark for exhibi-
tion, but useful the following season
for breeding choice males.

When you start, buy the best to be
had; if you can’t afford to buy the
best stock, buy some eggs from the
best. Do not expect to breed prize
winners from cheap stock. You sim-
ply cannot do it. It requires skill and
study to produce prize winners, and
life is too short to breed them up
from poorly bred stock,

Yours for more and better Barred
Plymouth Rocks. J. E. HAGE.

Goldsboro, N. C.

4 DEACON’S WARNING.

If ven’t provided a place where
your ill be warm and comfortable
next \ we think the following

“poem, which we find in an exchange,
will point a moral:
“T dreamed I was a chicken,”
Said good old Deacon Black,
“With a comb upon my head
And feathers on my back.

“T thought I was roostin’
In the top of an oak tree,

My comb wuz as hard as a brick
And I could hardly see.

“The cold north wind went whistling by
As I gripped an icy limb,

And the farmer said, as he passed by,
‘Fresh air is good fur him.’

“T flew down in the morning
And was searching fur something to

eat,

The farmer said, ‘He’s a rustler,

But I think he’ll lose his feet!’

“I done without my breakfast—

Didn't get a bit that day;
‘My chuckuns are eatin’ their heads off,’
I heard the farmer say.

“T peeped into a hoss trough,
The corn looked good and sweet,

But they pelted me with cobs and stones
And hastened to retreat.

“Then I woke up and you bet I was glad
To find it was a dream,

And now I've got me a new hen house—
The result of that ’ar dream.”

25
For Sale..

High hlass fancy pigeons, as fol-

lows: Fantails, Carriers, Magpies,
Owls, Archangles, Barbs, Homers,
Swallows, Dragoons, Nuns, Turbits,

Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts,

Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in-
side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White
Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese,

Rouen Ducks. Write for price list.

D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb.

Watch Houston’s Show Rec-
ord this Winter.
He will make some of the boys smile,
and girls too. His stock has always
won wherever shown.
B. P. R. and Buff Orpingtons.
I have 3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp-

ingtons. $5, $7 and $10, and one pair
$12. Have been booking orders for

eggs for some time. Rocks all sold.
A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la.
EGG FOOD..
Make It Yourself.
Eggs are high at this time of year.
Fill your egg basket and reap the ben-
efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re-
cipe for making the best egg food
known. Easily and quickly made. Re-
cipe price only 50c; Death To Lice,

15c; Essex Cholera and Condition Pow-
der, best on earth, 60. The 3 for $1.00.

John J. Kautzmann,
590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J.

Buff Cochins.~<=—
Rose Comb Brown
Leghorhs

My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank Hitch-
cock and have won for two years in the show
room. Prices reasonable. Write your wants.

Mrs. Ida Bard, Tepe aer Nebraska.

Barred Plymouth
hocks.

From Prize Winning Stock and fashionable
strains at bargain Prices. Also litter of

Scotch Collie Pups

Pure bred, Golddust strain, eligabfe to reg-
ister. From imported Bench Winning Stock.

H.R. McLean,

Red Oak, : :

We Sell..

‘\Hall’s Guaranteed Roup
Cure. Absolute sure
cure: price 50c and $1.00.
Hall’s guaranteed Chol-
era Cure, a preventation
for all diseases; price 50
cents and $1.00.

Hall’s Ege Model

an absolute necessity in
operating incubators
Price 50c. Address,

Poultry Investigator,

Clay Center, Neb.

Some fine Cockerels
.-FOR SALE..

Towa.

26

Hints on Raising Turkeys

Editor:
think it pays to raise turkeys

Dear People ask me if I

and
would I advise them to try raising
them, to which I reply it pays me to
raise them, but whether it would pay

them depends on whether it would

or not. When I began turkey culture

I decided to raise turkeys and I raised
them. Had I listened to “advice,” I
would never have undertaken the busi-
ness. Why, the theory was advanced
that turkeys were “unraisable,’’ that
in fact there was nothing a turkey
enjoyed so much as death. But by
being something of a reasonable being,
I wondered why a well-bred, thrifty
turkey in its right mind and pleasantly
situated, surrounded as it were with
the comforts of life should court death,
and I made up my mind there was a
screw loose somewhere. We often
hear of some persons’ turkeys dying
with cholera, when if you visit their
yards you will find them cooped up
in a filthy run with a “borrowed” hen,
inhabited with a million lice and mites
to the inch, depending of course on
the number you allow to the million.
I say borrowed hen because no other
breed has lice, not on paper at least.
Well that poor old hen looks as though
she thought “life am not worf de
libbin’ fur,” and the turkeys look pale
and poor, with wings drooping, etc.
You may suggest the possibility of
their being lousy, when their owner
will rise up in his or her dignity and
inform you that they have no lice
about their poultry; they did have a
few years back but they cleaned their
poultry house once and there has
never been lice about since, so they
continue to dope and the turkeys con-
tinue to die with lice cholera. And
their owner will proclaim that it don’t
pay to bother with turkeys; you can’t
raise them; they will just lay down
and die anyhow.

While my experience has been so
very flattering, still I am led to believe
there is a good profit for time and
money expended in raising thorough-
bred turkeys. My beginning in turkeys
was small. I first bought a sitting
of eggs from which three turkeys
hatched, two of which met an untime-
ly death by being stepped on; the
other one lived and obtained a fine
form and plumage. As it was a hen
and a fine one, I sent to a reliable
breeder for a $5 tom and I then had a
pair of Mammoth Bronze at a cost of
$7.05. The first season I raised thir-
teen turkeys, the majority of them be-
ing toms, and selling for two or three
dollars, netted me a neat little sum.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Well, I figured if one turkey hen will
vaise thirteen young turkeys, tour
turkey hens wiil raise four times thir-
ceen turkeys or fifty-two turkeys. Now
that seems dead easy. So it is—on
paper. I kept four hens and raised
just thirteen turkeys. You see I made
the tatal mistake of mating my young
hens with my forty pound tom; so lL
saiseud HO turkeys irom wy youug
it WaS a dear iesson, Dut L
searned it well. 1 wili never repeat
it; 1t Will not do, 1 care nut how iarge
vue young puliets are, he Willi crush
and bruise them until their eggs wil
ve intertile,

uens,

1 tind a good feed tor young turkeys
is ground corn and oats mixed and
wet with sweet milk or mixed with
suur Mik and soda and baked, boileu
eggs crusbed with shell and mixed
with wheat bread, sour milk cheese
with ail the coarse sand and broken
crockery they will eat, and about
twice a week ground green bone. When
they are two weeks old they will do
co search for their own feed and they
wil do it, too, “asking no odds of no-
pody.” 1 believe they grow taster and
sarger aud heaithier woen aliowea to
tolliow their own sweet wilis and seek
their bugs where they will, though
mine agont wander tar. I keep tuew
tame and gentie by treating them
Kindly and not allowing them to be
trightened or chased. ‘They wiil eat
trom my hand and answer when lL
call, if they are in hearing distance.
some peopie seem to think the correct
way to tame turkeys is with a dug
and gun, but 1 know there is no iowl
easier won by Kindness than they are.
{ have no trouble with my turkey
hens stealing their nests; 1t pays me
to keep them tame and have them lay
in nests I prepare for them, rather
than chase and frighten them away
and then spend ‘‘golden hours’ hunt-
ing their nests. Verily, I say, treat
your turkeys with kindness and they
will reward you greatly. I am not
endeavoring to instruct any but be-
ginners. 1 have learned something,
but not everything. Why, what I
don’t know would make quite a large

volue. I would raise none but
thoroughbred Bronze, even if I
raised them for market. It costs

no more to raise a large turkey
than it does to raise a small one. I
can’t understand why so many will
persist in raising the measly old mon-
grels unless they figure like the mer-
chant who claimed to be selling goods
below cost, on being asked how he
could afford to do it said he could by
selling so much more.

MATTIE MATTHEWS.
Morning Sun, Iowa,

Extra Quality

We are putting up the best dry feed on the

market to-day, It is especially prepared for
the rearing of young chicks from the time
they were hatch: d until eight weeks old.

We want reliable agents in ali parts of the
United States. The feed is all right and
when once tried is always used.~ Sample by
mailde. Circulars free.

STEINMESCH & Co.,
St. Louis, Mo.

Reference: Editor this paper.

Utility Poultry Farm

Are you looking for something fine
in the way of White and Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White
Wyandottes. Ifso we have them. Al-
so Games and Leghorns.

H.S. FULTON & CO.,

Lock Box 24 Stewartstown, Pa.

High Scoring Pen of
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS

One Cockerel, score 9644. weight 9 lbs.; two
pullets, score 97. weight 7 lbs.; three pullets,
score 96%. weight 6% lbs.; four pullets, score
9644, weight6%, 7.7, 71bs.: two pullets, score
96, weight 6%, 7 pounds.

Eggs from the abc ve pen, $3(0 per 15. Oth-
er breeding stock for sale. Judge J. W. Wall
says, this is the best lot of White plymouth
Rocks he has scored this year.

REUBEN HIATT, Lees Summit, Mo.

MAMMOTH STRAIN
LIGHT BRAHMAS

....aS bred by....
H. T. RODGERS, Caiunsville, Mo.
Are great prize
Wititers again

At the recent Cainsville, Mo. Show, against
birds that have since won at St. Louis and
other large shows, we made a remarkable
record which proves the MAMMOTH STRAIN
is as good as the best.

1st on Cock, Ist on Hen, 1st, 2d and 3d on
Pullets, Cockerels and pens: also every
special including the grand prize over all.

Blue Barred
Plymouth kocks

Our stock is first class. We have some
ling stock and young stock for sale.
reasonable.

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr.

A, J. WILLIAMS,
....Breeder of....

Silver & Golden Sebright,
White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red
Came BANTAMS; Belgian
Hares, White Rats, Cavies.

Write for Prices.

CLAY CENTER, NEB.

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rices

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(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

Two copies of this new-born paper

have been read by me. I have given
it special attention, from the fact that

its originators are good friends of
mine. I like the cut of it, also the
tone. It is of good size and fine ap-

pearance, being in its babyhood as it
is, but we must ‘never despise the
day of small things.’’ We were all
small at one time.

I was very small in the chicken busi-
ness once. Am not full grown yet.
But I am doing something every day
to build up. Also learning something
each day all along the line. I am not
in the business for glory’s sake. I am
in it to earn my bread and butter.
My fowls are all fancy. My houses
are built after the best plans known
to me to be the most servicealbe in
all seasons after seventeen years prac-
tice with keeping fowls for profit. I
have built up three plans before this
one. Used all kinds of houses from a
straw pile to a stone and concrete
house, the latter are what I have now.
My winter house for laying stock is
10x74 feet, solid concrete. The rooms,
six of them 10x10 and one 10x14 feet.
Some of the partitions are made tight
from ground to roof, others are made
tight above the heads of fighting

-cocks, and wire the balance of the way

up. The doors are made the same as
these last named partitions, with good
latches that will not allow them to
come open. There is no hallway in
this house, and some of the partitions
are made tight from floor to ceiling
to prevent a draught “through -the
house. The roosting perches (three
to each room), eight feet long, rest on
trucks so that all can be taken down
and out on short notice. In fact, all
the fixtures in this house are movahe,
as all such in chicken houses should
be. The house, of course, faces south.
There are wire runs to each room in
front, 10x20 feet, a windbreak of solid
plank 8x20 feet is at the west end of
the yards, with a solid door through
it next to the house. All the partt-
tions to these yards and around the
outside of the yards are the same as
those in the house two ana one-half
feet solid and four feet wire, making
the yard fences six and one-half feet
high. The house is eight feet high in
front by four feet at back.

The gates and yards are made of
lath frames, covered with wire net-
ting. They are solid at the bottom,
but made of light material, as they
slide on wires at the top, instead of

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

being hung on hinges. They are eas-
ily opened by the attendant and never
blow open by the wind.

Each of the rooms 10x10 and yards
10x20 feet will accommodate twenty-
four hens and one cock during the
winter season, and can be made to
lay to be profitable.

The eggs hatch to my satisfaction.
I had a hen to hatch eleven chickens
from thirteen eggs in February in one
of these rooms, and the mercury 29
below zero, and there was one chick
died in the shell.

Eggs were laid, set and hatched in
the same house in midwinter. My
old breeding stock are mated the whole
year. I am putting in this house now
(November ist) 100 Brown Leghorn
pullets hatched from January Ist to
May 21st, and four two-year-old cocks.
Most of the eggs from this mating
will be set in incubators about Decem-
ber 10th, and from that time on every
three weeks until the last of May. I
find these early hatched chicks pay
me well for my time. I usually have
more time to devote to mothering or-
phan chicks in winter than any other
season. One thing I learned well be-
fore I invested in an incubator was
to raise the chicks without a hen.
Right here is the stumbling block with
most purchasers of machines. They
get out the chicks all right and then
fail to raise them. When I get to
that part of my business I will tell
how it is done. E. W. GEER.

Farmington, Missouri.

Buff P. Rocks
Motto:—‘‘Good stock at moderate
price.’ Stock for sale after Sept. 15.

W. D. SWAIN, Pauora, Ia.

27
Single Comb Brown Leghorns.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.

First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for
years in the hands of customers as
well as in Utah. They are bred
for money makers. Greatest egg

producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
September. Address,

Cora A. Rickards,

SOUTH - OGDEN - POULTRY - YARDS,

Ogden, Utah.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.

We have Quality and Quantity.
Farm raised prize winning stock,
cheap for quality. If you want Rocks
write us.

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.

RL
CAN 4A

Buif Orpingtons

AND

White Wyandottes

No better Stock

me __Raised.

I never have failed to win in
largest shows. Birds score from
90 to 95%.

C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska.

Mammoth Light Brahmas
M. B. TURKEYS

Cockerels $2 each; trio $5; young toms
$3 each after Nov. Ist.

E. W. MATHENY, Clay Center, Nebr.

butt Orpington

___The Coming Breed.

W. H. BUSHELL, Importer and Breeder.
DAVID CITY, 5 NEBRASKA.

Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair,
Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won
1-2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker-
els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks.

very bird a prize winner. Also win-
ners at Ill. State Poultry Show of four
first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State
Poultry Show four first premiums.
Young stock for sale in pairs, trios
and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale.

chick or fowl.

splinters or pieces. I
itself--you cannot choke it.

at will of operator. .
illustrated catalogue No. 6

Shaves the Bone.

me ADAM

prepares the bone in the best possible way for the

pone CUTTER

BONE

Works on the shear principle—no
Ball Bearing—runseasily. Cleans
Large Capacity—feeds

Strongly made. Write for

We send tt free.

W. J. ADAM, JOLIET, ILL.

28

Selecting Birds for the
Breeding Pen 3 3 3

By Mattie Webster

Our veteran breeders have selected
their breeding birds for the season so
near at hand, and are even now work-
ing and planning for the flock of
chicks that are to be hatched in the
dawning of the new year. These old-
time breeders do not need hints and
Suggestions to enable them to wisely
make up their breeding pens; experi-
ence and acquired poultry wisdom
have made them “sufficient unto them-
selves.” But there are others not so
long time “in the way,” and also be-
ginners who are ready to select the
birds that are to compose their breed-
ing pens, who will appreciate a few
suggestions on the subject, so it is to
this class I write.

As everything—the whole year’s
success or failure—depends upon the
fowls in the breeding pens, should it
not be a work requiring one’s most
careful and critical attention in mak-
ing selections? Our breeding birds are
the foundation and the young stock
that will later fill our yards the super-
structure, and we all know how very
important it is to have a good founda-
tion upon which to build, even in poul-
try culture. We are all working for
and coveting success in poultry rais-
ing. Then, as the fowls in the breed-
ing pen are the prime factors in this
problem we are striving to solve, we
shoul subject them, each and every-
one to such a critical - examination,
making the test so trying that it will
be the few and not the many that
will prove eligible to such an exalted
place. The following are a few ques-
tions that should be found in the list
of examination questions, according to
my opinion and the light I have on the
work:

First: Is the fowl under considera-
tion in perfect health now, as proved
by red comb, bright eyes, good appe-
tite and active movements, and has
she always been healthy from chick-
hood up.

Second: If the applicant for posi-
tion in breeding pen has answered the
first question satisfactory, we ask an-
other question similar to it—is she in-
dustrious and alert, or lazy and sloth-
ful? The busy, active hen or pullet is
the profitable breeder; her very energy
promises eggs in goodly number for
hatching and she will keep her prom-
ise faithfully if we make right condi-
tions for the fulfillment of it.

Now we are ready for propounding
questions the answering of which will

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

be much accelerated by a careful com-
parison of bird with our ‘Standard of
Perfection.”” We have demanded that
Mrs, Biddy be healthy and energetic:
now, we demand that she possess as
nearly as possible qualities of excel-
lence as described, as belonging to our
especial breed or variety in the above
mentioned book.

Third question: Is there anything
in plumage, comb, wattles, shape—
shape should have been mentioned
first—legs or any other part that ac-
cording to our “adviser” is a disqual-
ification? If so, she is ineligible to a
place in the breeding pen. Each hen
or pullet must be separately and criti-
cally examined, and perhaps more
than once, if one is to make sure to
have only the best, and those best of
undisputable excellence in this pen
that is to decide the qualities and char-
acteristics of the season’s flocks.
Rather have only three or four hens or
pullets for breeders in the best pen
than, in order to make the number de-
sired, allow others of inferior points to
be admitted. Now, having a fine pen
of females, we know it is to our in-
terest and profit to select a ‘‘head”
for the pen that will be worthy of the
honor. If the pen is of pullets, better
results will be obtained if a cock bird
is selected as “lord of the harem.” I
prefer the sire of the pullets if he can
answer all our requirements of the
head of our pen. He must be now,
and always have been healthy, vigor-
ous, energetic and well able to defend
his rights against other trespassing
birds. I do not like to have a battle
between my males, but I have always
noticed that the ‘always conquerer
was the always good breeder.” With
hens mate a young male whose breed-
ing is known, and whose qualifications
are such that we will be pleased to
see them reproduced in the offspring.
If it is necessary to purchase a male
to head the pen, do not decide hastily
of whom you will purchase; consider
the question of “where to send” well,

F. A. CROWELL,
Granger, : Minnesota.

Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi-
tion Buff Orpingtons yet for sale, also
Indian Runner Ducks at $5 a trio.
Circular free.

BIG MONEY MAKER 2 mn

MAMMOTH BRONZE
TURKEYS, sem

That score from 94 to 974%; Barred
Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co-
chins, score from 87 to 93%; ; Pekin
Ducks that have won hundreds of
premiums, have been sold to all
parts of America and Europe.
Chester White Swine..............

Mrs. Chas. Jones, PAWPAW, ILL.

Silver Lace Wyandottes
White Wyandottes :: :
Buff Leghorns
Pekin Ducks...

All first class stock. Prices reason-

able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS,
Imperial, Neb.

—SS

They Are CUE oa ne

Prize winners and reliable breeders at
half price to make room.

Partridge Cochins, B. B. R.
Game Bantams, Buff
Plymouth Rocks.

Send for Catalogue......

L. A- NOFTZGER,
Oaklyn Place. N. Manchester, Ind.

Olentangy :
Poultry Yards

Delaware, Ohio.
Barred aie Rocks, Cornish
Indian Games, Buff Cochin Bant-
amsand Golden Wyandottes Eggs
$2 00 per 15. Send for circular....

. is the best, surest and
Cremoline cheapest lice and mite
killer on fowls, nests orroosts. Never
fails. 25c at all dealers. Circulars
free. Baker-Eidson Chemical Co., St.
Louis.

White Poultrya

Holland Turkeys, Embden Geese Indian
Geese, Rose Comb Leghorns, Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes and Lungsbans, Colored
Homing and Tumbler Pigeons, All stock
winners or bred from winners and as repre-
sented, Southdown Sheep. Rirkshire Swine.

J. A. LELAND,
Woodside Farm. Springfield, Hl.

. TRIUMPH
White Wyandottes---sraain..
Fifteen years of careful breeding has pro-
duced a strain of fowls unequalled in practi-
cal qualities and winners of the highest hon-
ors in the show room with only four birds in
the Boston show, January, 1901; I won 2nd on
Cockerel; 3rd on Hen, commended on Cock
and two specials for Best Shape Cockerel.
This isaclassof our 400 White Wyandottes
and after selling mv two best males, I breed,
raise and own my show birds. Stock and
eggs for sale,

and let it be to some one whose stock
has proved worthy in show room and
breeding pen. There are many reli-
able breeders, but, my beginner, a
breeding bird from such _ breeders’
yards can not be bought for a dollar
and a half or two dollars. Nor should
it be the bird you would buy is not
merely a “chicken,” but represents the
breeder’s time, money and days and
nights of brain work necessary to
bring the qualities possessed by the
bird to such a degree of perfection,
and if you buy the male he is the head
of your breeding pen, the half of your
young flock you are planning for.
Then, careful, critical, studied exam-
ination of the many birds in the flock
before making a selection of breeders
is the secret, primarily, of success.
MATTIE WEBSTER.
Belmont, Wis.

FREE. ADVERTISING.

Another show season is upon us and
reports from the different poultry
shows will appear in the various poul-
try journals, which will include the
winnings and scores of the exhibitors,
and this is just as it should be; but
I would like to ask some fancier who
has not only the degree but also a
“post graduate” degree in breeding
fancy stock, exhibited and advertised
the same: Is it just to publish the
winnings of a man who does not
patronize a poultry paper with an ad-
vertisement of his stock?

Although the poultry press is, and
should be, liberal toward the fancier,
and breeder, it is not, by any means,
to be classed as a charitable institu-
tion. Only to the worthy belong the
favors, while the “smart guy,’’ who
never spends a dollar to further our
cause or sustain the press, reaps the
unmerited reward.

Only the awards and scores of ad-
vertisers should be published.

HENRY HESS.

Winona, Minn.

KANSAS STATE SHOW.

Breeders who are desirous of exhib-
iting their birds in a show that will
sell stock for them should not fail to
send for a Premium List of the Kan-
sas state poultry show, Topeka, Jan-
uary 6-11, 1902. Judges C. H. Rhodes
and L. P. Harris are drawing cards
and the association has a well-earned
reputation for doing things “right’’
and paying all premiums’ promptly.
Last year’s exhibit was one of the larg-
_ est west of Chicago and this year it
will undoubtedly be much larger. Ad-
dress Geo. H. Gillies, Secretary, Tope-
ka, for all information,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 29

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glad, too, if you buy a

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WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show
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; 2d Cockerel; 1st and 2d Pullet and
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6313 Clifton Av. ST. LOUIS, MO.

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S.’DOTTES, Barred Rocks, Light Brahmas,
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er’. M. B. Turkeys $3 each. Tolouse
yeese $3 per pair.

LT. BRAHMA, 8. C. B. Leghorns $1 each;

#2 per trio.

ROUP OURE. Our make. Oures when eyes
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small syringe and full instructions 50
cents postpaid.

SCORE CARDS. U. §. Postal card stock 50
cents per 100, $3 Soe . $000. Water fountain
galvanized iron, hangs on nail, 1 gallon
size 50 cents.

OREAMOLINE. Tablespoontul to quart of
water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle
25 cents postpaid. Circular free.

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LOCK BOX 176.

Poultry Supplies

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen,
per 100.

Smith Seal Bands 25¢ per dozen, $1
per 60.

Standard of Perfection each $1.

Spray Pumps each 75c.

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 25¢ and 50c a
box.

Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
100 pounds.

J. D. W. Hall’s Guaranteed Roup
Cure 50c and $1 a box.

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.

Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center, $12.

Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
per 100 pounds 7Sc.

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O.
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs 5c.

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,

Clay Center, Nebr.

The best Folding si
Exhibition Coop.. _""
Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb.

Manufactures and sells the best Exhibition
Folding Coop on the market, Prices within
the reach of all. He also has 508. C B. LEG-
HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 75c to $2.00
euch. Write your wants.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

I OE I I

{ CLEANLINESS

RE OE RE RE RRR Ra hE RE Re RR

Mr, Editor: In the raising of poul-
try we recognize cleanliness as the
first step toward success. We have a
frame house, built of native lumber,
10 feet wide, 7 feet high inside and
16 feet long. On the west end we cut
off a six foot room for laying and
setting. On the east end we built a
shed 7x10 feet, which we use for young
chickens in the summer and as a
scratching shed in winter. We make
it a rule to gather up cine droppings
once a week and oftener when we
ean. Thess we scatter over our gar-
den or in our vineyard and hoe them
in. The oftener they are collected the
better. If those who think it too
much trouble to clean out their houses
will try gathering them and apply
them to their gardens or vineyards
they will be amply rewarded for their
labor.

After the droppings have been
gathered up we scatter air slaked lime
over the roost and on the floor or
ground where they fall. Where the
chickens scratch, lime and _ ashes
should be kept.

A whitewash composed of lime, sul-
phur and ecarbolie acid has proven val-
uable to us as a preventive of insects.

We have found that a single box
large enough for one hen to sit in
is better than several nests made in
one box. As soon as a hen is
through setting we burn the old nest
and clean the box thoroughly before
letting another hen use it.

Tobacco leaves placed in the bot-
tom of your boxes is a good preventive
for insects.

Around our shed we have a yard
fenced with wire to keep the mother
hens from wandering off with their
little ones when the weather is bad.

Our hen house is surrounded by our
orchard, where they can always find
plenty of green grass. We allow our
chickens the whole farm for range ex-
cept our yard, garden and vineyard,
when the weather will admit. I plant-
ed several of my plum trees near the
hen house and find that I have better
success with them. The chickens are
good to destroy insects.

During the warm season of the year
we spray pretty often with a strong
solution of cold water and carbolic
acid. Try it if you have mites. When
we find a sick chicken it is put to
itself for a day or two and if then with
vroper treatment it seems no better
a sharp ax is applied just behind the
ears and the remains so disposed of
as not to convey it to the others.

Where chickens have a large range
they do not require as great a variety
of food or as much, but we feed at
regular intervals a small amount.
About once a week we give ours a feed
of meal, scraps of meat and red pepper.
They like pepper and I believe it is
good for them,

A box with sand and charcoal is
very beneficial during the winter sea-
son.

The next thing to watch carefully
is their drinking water. It should be
kept clean and pure. Don’t allow
filthy water to stand around your
chicken yard; it will cause disease.
Warm their water a little during cold
weather,

Last spring*I sent for some poultry
fountains made of pottery and never
had better luck than we have had
since. They keep the water clean,
prevent the drowning of little chicks
and are easy kept clean. Sometimes
our chickens seem to drink too much,
then we put walnut hulls, leaves or
bark in their water for a few days
and give them no other water. I be-
lieve it is a good preventive of cholera.

We work upon the theory that a
“preventive is better than a cure.”
Your chickens must be kept healthy if
you expect them to be profitable. Some
of the things which I have spoken of
in this article may sound very com-
mon to many of your readers, but they
have proven practical with us and I
hope may with some one else.

R, E. L. BLACK.

Chillicothe, Mo.

A PLEA FOR BETTER POULTRY.
Abilene, Kan., Oct. 19, ’01.

Editor Poultry Investigator: Hay-
ing received a sample copy of your
paper and find so many nice letters,
but none from this part of the coun-
try, I thought I would write a few
notes. Perhaps they will be interest-
ing to some of your many readers.
While there are a great many persons
interested in good poultry, there
should be many more. There is no
stock on the farm gives quicker or
more sure returns for the amount in-
vested than a few chickens. It is true
the common mixed chickens pay their
way, but how any one can be content
to raise chickens just to lay eggs for
the market and have a few young
ones to fry, I cannot well see. Take
a flock of mixed chickens, some one
breed, some another; they do not lay
well; one reason is they are not alive
to their own interests. Such poultry
to their own interests as poultry. You
will hear their owners say there is
no use feeding chickens; they don’t

pay; they don’t cost much and don’t
bring in much money; so they are
left to themselves to rustle for a liv-
ing, and consequently only in spring
and early summer do they lay. When
eggs are up in the twenties they have
struck, for it takes all their time to
rustle a living. Such poultry do not
pay. It is where one pays a good
price for their stock that poultry pays.
Then it is we begin to think like this:
Now I have paid out so much for
these few chickens; we must get some
returns; they cannot nest in the trees
and rustle over the farm for feed,
seed and a chance grasshopper. No,
we will give them a nice warm house
of their own; in the morning when we
go to feed we think of the new chick-
ens, and when we carry them a choice
breakfast and a nice fresh drink, while
they are busy eating we stare and
look at them, all of one color, all so
near alike. The moments fiy, but
we are enjoying the beautiful. Then
it is we begin to see why these ‘“‘poul-
try cranks,” as we have called them,
do waste so much time over a few
chickens. Often during the day we
take a look at our chickens, and each
time they seem more beautiful; so
we fall in love with them and of
course they get good care. Then we
begin to talk chicken and get inter-
ested in poultry journals. We reat
and compare our chickens with oth-
ers. The work we must do seems
half a pleasure, for are not these
nice tame hens going on their nests
daily and at the end of the month the
eggs bring as much or more money
than their feed has cost, and this on
the market, and when we can sell for
hatching at good prices, and all our
surplus stock, then we are truly inter-
ested. The thoroughbred chickens
take no more feed than the common
stock should have and pays so much
better, larger fowls, more eggs and
all alike, makes them truly desirable.
If farmers would pay more attention
to poultry there need not be a cry of
hard times even in drouth years like
this. Feed is high but they will re-
pay for every kindness given them.
Give them a cozy house; it need not
be costly; feed them regularly; in fact,
treat them as well as your other stock
and they will keep the grocery Dill
paid.

For fear my letter is getting too
long, will close.

MRS. J. B. JONES.

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I am closing out my whole stock of Bel-
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included. There are a 1 Hares, 4Gold
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Augusta, Maine.

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Wyandottes,
Buff Plymouth
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Single Comb
Brown Leghorns,
Light Brahmas
and Partridge
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Breeder of
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500 young birds. $l each, 100 yeurling hens, $l

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dottes. S, C Leghorns, $, C, B, Minorcas.
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Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese.

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High class stock for sale!

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MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr.
White Leghorns.

Layers and wioners. An inducement to
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$8, 810 and 812 per dozen. Oocks 61.50 to $2.50
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description.
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Barred Plymouth Rocks
200 QUICK SALE 200.

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35 Cockerels,well developed and very large............ $3.00 each
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50 Pullets, well developed and fine.....................- 1.50 each
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25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones........ 1.50 each.

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200 Mammoth Pekin Ducks 100 White Wyandotte Cockerels

If you need big drakes or cockerels get my prices. Look up my
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Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered.

I personally selected. while at Los Angeles reeently, the cream of the finest atock from
several rabbitries, including a variety of the popular champion strains. By
purchasing them §n herds [ got rare bargains, which I offer to
my customers at prices ranging

None of these animals score less than 93. and a few run as high as 96.
Los Angeles or Houston.

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300 ANIMALS TO SELECT FROM —

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allowed each quarter.

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK Oockerels from

first prize cock; very promising. Write for

rices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Igin, Ill

BLAOK LANGSHAN, W. P. Rockall] old
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white
Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor-
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin,
Nebraska.

J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties. Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

FINER AND OHEAPER than ever. Buy
early. Games, Heathwoods, Irish and Mex-
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nish Indians. Free illustrated circular. O.
D. Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y.

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan-
dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season.
15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per ll. J. W.
Cook, Poneto, Ind.

BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorns,
B. B. Red Games, Pekin Ducks. Fancy
Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale, For
prices write, Utz Poultry Yards, Esther-
ville, Iowa,

BUFF TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout
No white wings and tails. Large birds and
ready toship. Mrs. T.G. Smith. Polo, 11].

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Rules of the Cock Pit

A neat little book of pocket size, well bound in tough tag-
board. Contains all the pit rules of the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Cuba, England, Belgium and France. Also has com+
prehensive chapters on Heels, Handling, Nursing and every+
thing relative to the royal sport of cocking.

By De. H. P. Crarxe, Indianapolis, Ind.

The Recognized Authority.

PRICE, 25 CENTS,
Address the Publisher of this Paper.

Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry
In estigator one year

For 25 Cents.

Address, ,THE INVESTIGATOR,
Clay Center, Nebraska.

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J. W. EASTES, Galesburg, Ill. Buff Orping-
tons. R. O. W. Leghorns, Barret—White
Rocks, W. C. P. Bantams, Belgian’s Pggs.
Stock in season. Agents wanted. Thirty
Prizes; silver cup last year.

PARTRIDGE COOHINS a specialty. The
cream at Ohicago and Oedar Rapids, 1901.
150 youngsters for sale after October 1, fin-
er than ever, superior feathering, shape
and color, Always satisfaction guaran-
teed. U,J.Shanklin, Wanbeek, Iowa.

BUFF ROOKS. Breeding and _ exhibilion
steck forsale. Write at once for descrip-
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Tell us what you want.
F. Whaley, Appleton City, Mo.

OC. E. DUNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor-
oughbred chickens, Can fill your order for
any breed or strain, from the yards of reli-
able specialists. Prices reasonable, Cor-
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C, E,
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans,

BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers,
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also
handsome, I take great pains to have the
best and largest stock. Large fine Okls, $1
each, Oscar Jenne, Liberty, Nebr.

FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In-
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games,
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams.
Clay Cecter, Nebr.

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30 WORDS
WITH INVESTIGATOR
1 YEAR $3.00

akeup

40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOT OHIOKENS for
sale if taken soon. The Stay White Kind
C. E. Enoways, Aurora, Nebr.

BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm
raised. Good birds, good scores, give good
satifaction and good results. BE gs that
hatch, $1.00 per 15. Prices for Birds as

reasonable. If convenient please enclose

stamp when writing for particulars,

Miss A. Lyent. Laicoxie, Mo. Box 87.

1008.8. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs
at prices to suit the seasen. Stockin good
condition fashionably bred and artistically
marked. Rey, G. A. Ohamblin, Moran,
Kansas.

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
Ducks, Light Brahma and B, Plymouth
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand-
ers, and M. Brohze Toms, at $2 each, Pol-
and China hogs a matter of correspondence
J. D, Grimes, Chambers, Neb,

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty. 1
yr old hens and this year’s pullets and
cockerels for sale, Old stock score 92 points
and up to 954%, Write for prices, Geo, N,
Wood, Weldon, Ia.

FORSALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in
singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Buff
Rock Ckls,, the best of stock for $1.25 each,
or $3 for 3, Write us at once, ©, E, Olson,
Colon, Nebr,

Miller’s Perfection
Folding Exhibition

Coop at |

Folds like a book. All in one piece.
Nothing to 50 astray. The neatest
and strongest coop on the market.

Wm. MILLER, North Bend, Neb

Feed cut raw bone and double your profits; ge
ore vigorous and healt

New design, open hopper, enlarged table, new device to
strength; never clogs.

Free cat’lg. explains all,

Chamberlain’s Perfect Hen Food will make your hens lay.

GET MORE HEN MONEY

™m
MANN’S rea. BONE
10)DAYS EREE) TRIAD wsirclon sos ora gc ee OnE

New Model will cut any kind of bone, with all adhering meat and gristle, faster and easier and #
in better shape than any other type of bone cutter. if you don’t likeit sendit back at ourexpense, f

F. W. MANN COMPANY, Box

t more eggs, more fertile eggs;

hy fowls. ros U Tr E i]

control feed; you can set it to suit any
Sent on

» Milford, Massd

.-WORLD’S CHICK FEED..

«sBeyond comparison..

100 Ibs $1.75.

Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed 100 lbs. $2.50; 50 Ibs. $1.50; 30 lbs. $1.00.

Goods shipped from St. Louis.

eS Manufactured by W., F, Ci AMBERL AIN, Kirkwood, Mo.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

‘}| Were Your Crops Injured

—F. |
Our 60-Egg by the drought? Well, even so, you needn't starve to death.
CapperTanv® | 00 A good flock of chickens will pay your taxes, buy your
Hawkeye, groceries, and leave a surplus besides. The

Hawkeye Incubators

will hatch them for you, with less bother and greater certainty than any
otherincubator sold to-day. Perfect regulation of temperature, ventilation
and moisture. In actual results the Hawkeye takes a back seat for nobody.
Three sizes—60, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices that are right. We make
brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are hatched. Our
motto is **The Hawkeye}Incubators are Good Incubators,”’and
it means exactly what it says. Better send for our catalogue.
See our special offers and guarantee. Book free, or send 10e

and getalso a year’s subscription toa leading poultry paper.

Hawkeye Incubator Co.,

Department 108. Newton, Iowa.

A Really Good Feed Cooker.

We are not the only people in the world that manufacture a feed
cooker but we do makea strictly high class one,

RELIABLE Cooker

and Water Heater Combined.

The material used in this cooker is the best that can be bought,
and brains and skill have been combined to Rroduce the best. The
less are cast separately, thus insuring perfect
safety in shipment. This is the year to buy a PRICES.
feed cooker, in order that you may get every
dollar's worth out of the feed. Write for cat- 20 sare $ 5.00
alogue and fullinformation. If you want!a cooker we can interest you. | 35 gallons, 9.00
50 gallons, 12.00
100 gallons. 16.00

Reliable Incubator and Brooder Go., Box 25 Quincy, Illinois.

= Pure crushed shell -..per 100 lbs $, 75

Poultry Supplies 7 POUNDS LOR ena 8
taw bone meal fine or coarse per 100 Ibs 2.00

The Best and Cheapest. Mica crystal grit........... ... ba 80

Lice Killers. Markers, Remedies, Incubators, Blood meal.... .. . ‘ 3.00
Exhibition Coops, Egg Oases, shipping Coops Meat meal... ........ 2.25
and Boxes and everything to make poultry Meat scraps ... 2.25
raising pleasant and profitable. Best seeds Chick feed...... 1.75
that grow. Nearly 20 years’ experlence. Send Sunflower seed.. MY 3.25

Bird seed 8c 1b; 10 Ibs 75c. Flood’s and Con-
key’s roup cure, 50c. Leg pands 80e per 100.

NS Se “© Sedalia, Missouri.

200" ONE”

This is THE AVERAGE your fiock should produce; and
it is only made possible by the use of

Midland Feed Meal., ——

We make Ten Brands, as shown above, and each one is a specific for its pur-
pose. They area
A Combination of Grains and Brains.

Complete and ready to feed, Needs no green bone or other accessories. There is not, and
never has been anything on the market to compare to it. Thousands of poultrymen are
using it and it isan acknowledged standard today. Random or haphazard feeding is no
longer profitable, and the man who persists in it must have FED TO BURN. Profit is
only assured Where every ponnd of feed is made to show returns. Our balanced feed
will do it as nothing else Gan. It costs but very little to try it and be convinced. Munufac-
tured by the MIDLAND POULTRY FOOD GO., Kansus City, Mo., and sold by

Your Nearest Feed and Grain Dealer.
Boston, Mass., Jos. Breck & Sons, 51 N Market St. New York City, Excelsior Wire & Poul-
try Supply Co.. 28 Vesey St. Philadelphia, Pa.. Johnson & Stokes, 217 Market St. Midland
Poultry Food Co.. N. Cor, 2nd and Muin Sts. Kansas Vity, Mo. Petaluma (incubator Co.,
Petaluma, Calf. O. E. White, Chestnut Hill. Pa. The Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis, Ind. A.
©. Wooley & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Rochester Poultry Supply and Seed Co., Kochester, N. Y.

for free Catalogue.
First Premium at State Fair 1901.

Archias’ Seed Store,

Midland Formulas...

Ready Mixed.
1, Nursery Chick Food.
2. Growing Ohick Food.
3. Fattening Ohick Food.
4. Egg and Feather Pro-
ducing Food,
5. Nursery DucklingFoed
6. Growing DucklingFood
7 Matroning Duck ling
and Gosling Food.
8. Laying Duck Food.
9.Stock Ducks’ Summer
Food.
10. Growing Gosling Food

BUFF COCHINS

Exclusively.
Just What You Are
Looking For

The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
ners in any company. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.

B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
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Flemish Giants

We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed
by WINDSOR, imported Sept. 1900. One of
the largest and best Giant bucks of his age
in America. His ancestors present an un-
broken line of England's best champions.
8 weeks old Giants $5 to $10 per head. You

cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. [
©. Stephens & Co., Carleton, Neb.

300 Buff and Black
Wyandotte Chicks.

For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi-
bition stock. Give me a chance to
please you.

HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn,

White P. Rocks Exclusively...

My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot of
chicks tosell reasonable. Write,

MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincolu, Nebr.

David Larson,

Wahoo, Nebraska,

Expert Poultry Judge
I have had years of experience in
breeding, mating and judging. For
reference !o qualification, write Pour-
TRY INVESTIGATOR, Clay Center, Neb.
Iam open for engagements.

in a Victor Incubator always yields
@ vigorous chick. Simplest, most re-
liable, cheapest, first-class hatcher

INCUBATOR

Thousands in use; we pay ff
freight. catalogue 6 cents,

GEO. ERTEL CO., Quincy, IIL ~

of brains, experience and high
grade material has made the,

% RELIABLE Incubator

> e— known throughout the civilized
world. If you are after results represented in dollars
and cents, you want one of our popular 20th Cen-
tury Poultry Books. Bright. instructive and worth
ten times the price asked. Sent for 10c. As ful | of meatas an eggs

Reliable Incubator & Brooder Co., Box A 25 Quincy, Ills,

M

Nivice
Buff Orpingtons
....Have no equal

B. Plymouth Rocks

(Thompson Ringlets.) :
If you want good stock I have it

JOHN A. LING,

Harvard - = Nebraska

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Alsup & Farmer, Cave Springs, Mo.
Fifth Annual catalogue
poultry information.

The above photo isa

1 sample of over 200 that are in the Sure Hatch
: It isa book of 166 big pages; contains page after page of applicable and practical
It is free to any address and should be in the hands of every poultry

raiser. Tells how to

save money as well as how to make it. SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CoO., Clay Center, Neb , or Cclumbus,O.

SPSS SHSSSSSSFSSOFSSSSHOOSSOOOSOOOOSD soeeeeoeeooe SHO OOOOH

Golden Wyandottes Ist, 24 and 3d Pullet and 3d Cocker-

el at St. Louis Shaw, January, 1901.
Highest Grade, Healthy, Vigor- No old birds exhibited; 3 seconds at
ous Stock from Careful

same show 1900. 1st and 2d on pair
Matings.

x

: at ae Louis Fair. Eggs for hatch-
ing, $2 per 18. Stock for sale Write

S, P. VAN NORT, missovgi\®”

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P75 Cas OY 42S” 42> @. Ew “SH mw! 185

DE SURE YOU GET A DAND’ Ye
; and then you will be sure ae. wise
of more money from your hens. Nothing

equals green bone as an egg producer and health
promoter. No machine equals the

Dandy Green Bone Cutter

for nay bone (either dry or fresh) to poultry food.

It is the most substantial cutter, the easiest running,

the most durable. Automatic feed; easily ad-
justed to cut coarse or fine,

We Sell Direct to Poultrymen

at wholesale prices, saving you all agents’ and
dealers’ profits. GET A DANDY, try it
30 days and if you don’t like it in every
way, send it back. Isn’t that a fair offer?
Price from only $5 up. Our new book,
“More money from your Hens.” will in-
terest every poultry-keeper. It’s yours
for the asking.

i Stratton Manfg. Co.,

Box 48, Erie, Pa.

givesa rem
tage circular end pri

FINE STANDARD
BRED BIRDS.

For sale after ‘September st of
following breeds:

Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 to
$3 each. Light Brahmas, $1.50 to
$3 each. Buff Cochin Bantams,
$1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr.
old Toulouse ganders at $3 each.
Pekin ducks of standard weight at

2 each,

MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD,
Highiand, Il.

Silver Wyandottes

1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females
for sale at $1 to $1.50 each; my last
season breeders. Want to get them
out of the way of the young birds;
these are bargains.

R. 5. TRIMBLE, Somerset,Ky.

SURE SEE THE 1902 |
:Noxall Incubator

IT HAS

many new featur eR
Ventilatingand \
perfect, |- west price
to get one FREE Our catalogue
n poultry disease, 4c. for pos-

fi.d out how

Noxail ox Co., Quincy, Ill.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

38
= a Great big, early hatched, sure
Fall Fair Show Birds winners. Silver, Golden and B. B. Red Game Bants,
White Wyandottes and a fine Buff P ki B
lot of midget G. S.and-S. S. Bantams. 100 head this season's breeders at a u eKIn ants,
great sacrifice. Fine litter of Scotch Collies for sale, bred in the purple Buff W yandottes,

R. E. JONES, Flat Rock, Indiana. Buff Leghorns,
Buff Rocks,

UNION Lock POULTRY FENCE. aS

For Poultry, Rabbits, 6 Orchards, Gardens, etc. My stock is as good as can be had

y any where and have won in all princi-
pal shows in Illinois and Iowa, and
score equal to the best.

D. LINDBECK,
Bishop Hill, : :_ Illinois.

GINSENG...

Tose eeeene sense eenenne ee 0 eee

The great Chinese Root. Im-
mensely profitable, $6 to $12
a pound. Illustrated circular,
fullest instructions, best pub-
lished, with prices for plants
pera and seeds, roc. Buy direct
and save 50 to 100 per cent in

*yiede ‘ul £ Sja4IId

All main strands are two
wires twisted together
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Stronger and closer spacing than any other make.

Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn prices. Our own farms in Cal-

Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. ifornia. Mention paper.....
Your dealer should handle this line—if not, write us for

prices. Catalogue free. Harlan P. Kelsy,

UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U.S. 7A; Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass.

There is always something doing on the place that operates
one of the

MARILLA “22
ani Brooders.

They hatch more chicks out of less eggs than any incubator you ever saw;
in fact they come mighty near hatching them all. They are built that way.
If you don’t find them all we say they are, you can get back your money.
The best system of regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation yet in-
vented. Both Hot Water and Hot Air.
Double walls, double floors, double top.
Thirteen years experience makes them
perfect, and we are proud of them.

The Brooder is as good as the Incuba-
tor, and is the only one on the market
that prevents trampling and overcrowd-
ing.

You must let us send you one of our
catalogs, telling all about these things.
Two 2e stamps for partial postage.

Marilla Incubator Co., Box 97, Rose Hill, N. Y.

Incubators...

Built on entirely new principles and the
only machine made that will allow the chitks
when hatching to come out of the machine
in the pure, fresh outside air at their own
will, just exactly the same as they do when
hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to im-
itate nature closer and to hatch equal to any
machine on the market. For further partic-
ulars address with stamp,

L. P. MEISTES, Troy, Mo.

Cornish and White Indian Games.
Stock for Sale.

J.C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr.

We have always on hand a supply of poul-
try cuts suitable for catalogs, circulars, or
advertising. These are not “stock cuts”

but in the majority of all cases are reproduc-

tions from life, photographs, painting, etc.
They represent every variety and strain of
y> fowls and all sizes. from
those here shown upward.
Write us for sample sheet

@ of proofs, prices, etc,

Reliable
Incubator ana

Brooder Co.,
4° Box A 25, Quincy,IIL

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moe March 10th, 1901,
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Announces the Opening of its

& Red River Division
coil Osee
Denison and Sherman,
Texas. %
Through Train Service will shortly

be established from St. Louis and Kansas
City over the % 2%

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Buff Wyandotte Sale!

cheap, in numbers to suit purchasers.
buy it now, a half value

R. F. D. No. 4.

39

I offer my entire sale of Buff
Wyandottes, breeding stock and
the cream of 300 chicks for sale
If you want a male bird for next year
Write me.

ARTHUR SYKES, Madison, Wis,

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ID FOIE 9¢.\ 9¢ *
Royal Blood English Belgian Hares, |
All animals English prize winners and
from imported English parents. The re-
nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis-
bury at the head of the herd. Angora
Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cay-
ies, For Pleasure and Profit. Peruvian
Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported

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P=) a and Domestic. The Angoras with their |
an Rabbitry long, silky tresses and musical little voic-
os | es have not their equal Write for special
a) descriptious/and' prices... 5.00.0-2. 405:

MRS. GEO. D. HAWLEY,
2166 Jackson Byd. Chicago, Il.

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MOMOMOMOMON

Ghe Cyphers Incubators

Are the world’s standard hatching machines.
They are in use in twenty Agricultural Colleges
and Schools in the United States and Canada.

They are self-regulating, self-ventilating and
need no added moisture.

We are shipping them to every country where
poultry is grown.

For proof of their good qualities send ten cents
in stamps for our 224-page book, No122 entitled
“Profitable Poultry Keeping in All Its Branches.”

A Poultry Supply Catalogue free to any address.

THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO.,

Chicago, IIl., Buffalo, N. Y., Boston, [lass., New York City, f

325 Dearborn St. Factory and Home Office. 34 Merchants Row. 8 Park Place.
Cor. Court aud Wilkeson Sts.

Self-Supplied
Moisture.

Reni |
: ..9t. Louis Show..
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January, 1901—1st Cock; 1st, 24 and
3d Hens; 1st and 3d Cockerel; 2d and
3d Pullets and Ist Exhibition Yard,
and N. W. Missouri and N. E. Mis-
souri, 1899-1900, more prizes than
all other Langshan exhibitors com-
bined—all my brseding. If
you want the very best at a low
price write me

own

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L.E. MEYER,

1st Pullet, N. W. Missouri, 1899; ist Hen, N.

Shortest Line to Texas

E. Missouri, 1900. Score, 95.

Bowling Green, : Missouri.

40 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Latham’s Victory at Philadelphia Show, (900.

st, 2d, 3d and 4th Hens—2d Pullet.
ist and 3rd—Exhibition Yards—Eight
Special Prizes, including the

They Won
on
Their Merits

Champion Barred pP. Mock Female.

In quality of stock shown the Philadel-
phia show stands one of the hottest ever
held. I made my GRAND RECORD ON
BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY
FARM. Send for Illustrated Circular and
descriptions of Matings.

Eggs

I will sell a LIMIT-
ED NUMBER of
Eges at $5.00
per 15.

Choice Breeding Stock
For Sale!

Satisfaction Guar-
anteed,

Cri. LATHAM, LANCASTER, MASS.

Beauty and Utility Strain Barred
% Plymouth Rocks. ™%

Address

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SECOND PULLET, BOSTON, 1900, :
HEN AND CHAMPION AT PHIL-
ADELPHIA, 1900.

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PSESESENUSUSUSES
From such Fashionable Strains as the following Champions:

Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash,
Climax, Grimsby’s Star, Priory Prince, Malten Fake | Pal-
ace Queen, Lord Britain, Ete. ; -

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Our Stud Bucks are:

Fashoda Star

Score 96 by Judge Almond, im-
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda.

RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

At prices ranging from $5 to
$75 per head, pedigree and
score card with each animal.
Unpedigreed market stock,

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Sir Crabtree
Score 934% by Judge Crabtree,
and other domestic bucks
that will score 94 to 96.

Viscount good color and size, $2.50 to

Score 95 by Judge Finley, im-] ]$5 per pair. Hardy Black

ported. Belgians (good to use as nurse

does) at $10 per pair. Cor-

T il E Lythedale Bee solicited for, spe-
Score 94 by Judge Finley, im-} [cial price list which may not

ported. be in effect long. Will re-

fund money and pay return
express charges if Hares pur-
chased are not as represent-
ed. Rabbitries at cae «|
and Fayette. ;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

304 CHEMICAL BUILDING,

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Give Fowls a Chance

To make moneg for you, by ridding them of lice,
nits, etc.. and keep them and their roosts an
nests free of all vermin and prevent diseases,

Use Cremoline
Price only 25 cents. Guaranteed. For sale by ali
Dealers. Circulars Free by return mail.
BAKER-EIDSON CHEMICAL CO., St. Lou

Farm at Swansea.......

fakes BELLEVILLE, ILL.

Stephani Poultry Company,

a | Incorporated 1901, BREEDER OF

POULTRY quTsscuraes ~ STANDARD BRED POULTRY AND THOROUGHBRED BELGIAN nes

The most complete Tey i ;
in the Mississipyi valley,

nye

JANUARY, 1902.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

That’s about all you have left when
you depend on a fussy old hen.

What You Want Is

an Incubator on the place. A good Incubator. A money maker.

We make the [Marilla Incubators and Brooders, both hot water and
hot air. Nota fairly good machine, but the very best there is. We have been
at it thirteen years, and every [arilla is the best we know how to make. To
do this, we buy the best material, and only the best. Our methods and work-
men are the results of years of selection. The survival of the fittest.

If these machines are not all we claim when you get them, send them
back. We won't keep your money.

The system of regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation is the
best that has yet been devised.

No need of watching or worrying over the [arilla. It will take care of
itself, and bring off whopping big hatches.

The Brooder is built with the same careful attention to details that
have made them so successful in the past. The only Brooder that
prevents overcrowding and trampling.

Our catalogue, a book of practical suggestions for the poultry man,
sent for four one cent stamps.

- GUARANTEED. -

= ROUP CURE =

Nothing but direct external and internal treatment will kill
Toup germs. Buy the best; don't be deceived. S nd for testi
monials. Price 50c and $1.00 per box, postpaid. Agents wanted,

J.D, W. HALL. Box60 Des Moines, Iowa,

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ATH ICE REMEDIES. '

POWDER. OINTMENT. SPECIAL & LIQUID. ,

The Result of 25

Gockerels Year’s Breeding.

&
Line Bred at the

Stock Eggs
_ for
Hatching.

American Poultry

Farm.

From Barred and White Plymouth Rocks
White and Silver Wyandottes, White and
Brown Leghorns, Golden Sebright Bantams,
Bronze Turkeys, and Pearl Guineas.

Belgian Hares, Jersey Cattle.
Valuable Circular.

F.M. MUNGER & SONS, DeKalb, Ill.
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Edson’s Registered Strain, from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
aspecialty for 19 years. Now offering fine
exhibition and grand breeding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, Ill.
Buff P. Rocks
Exclusively...

We have Judge Harris’ entire stock.
These, together with our own prize
winners, gives us the best flock of
Buff Rocks in the country. We can
please you both in quality and prices.
Write us if you want winners bred

from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul-
ouse Geese for sale.

MRS. FLORA SHROYER,
Clay Center, Neb.

250 White Wyandotte Hens
and Pullets.

250 White Leghorn Hens
and Pullets.

100 White Rock Hens and
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INTRODUCTION. \

In this series of articles it is the de-!
sign to treat of “Life in the Egg” from '
formation through all its,
stages of normal development until it
shell—a living chick. We
do not lay claim to absolute origianlity |
in the treatment of this subject, as we
been aided in our efforts by a!
number of works on zoology and em-
bryology, but all facts here presented |
have been substantiated by individual

its very

bursts the

have

research, observation and experience,
and we do not give as facts old views
which have
passed current and been accepted for
want of more perfect knowledge. Many
a pet theory has been exploded because
in the light of experience it was found
To obtain the knowl-
rather to sub-
read relative

or speculative theories

to be incorrect.
edge here imparted, or
what have
have examined,

stantiate we

to it, we broken and

dissected hundreds of fertile eggs in

all stages of development, and _ sac-
rificed hens in all stages of laying

condition, and now place our deduc-
tions before the readers of The In-|
vestigator in the hope that they may |
prove of interest and perhaps profit.
THE EGG AND ITS FORMATION.
In the ovary of.the hen is formed
the essential part of the egg—the yolk
and germ. These are very small at
first, but they increase rapidly in
size and number until near or during
the laying period, when the hen’s
ovary much resembles a bunch of
grapes, and is accurately shown in
fig. 1. There are two or three organs
in every bird, but one usually remains
undeveloped, the fertile one nearly al-
ways being on the left side of the
spine and attached to it by means of
the peritoneal membrane. These ru-
dimeniary eggs when united to the
ovary are composed of a white yolk,
yellow yolk, yolk membrane and germ
bed, all enclosed within a thin, trans-
parent ovisac. The white yolk is
formed first and on the end of this
yolk the yellow or food yolk develops
and envelops the white yolk, with the
exception of one small place where is
formed the germ dise. As these egg
cells ripen or mature, which during
the period of, laying they are constant-
ly doing in regular succession, the
enclosing membrane becomes gradual-
ly thinner and finally the sac ruptures |
at the stigma and the yolk and germ,
now surrounded by a very thin and;
delicate membrane, are received by |

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the funnel shaped opening of the ovi-
duct or egg-passage and carried on its
way to the outer world.

In its passage it is enveloped in the
white or albumen, this being in three
layers of different consistency. The
outside albumen is thin and watery,
the middle albumen thicker, and the

inside layer ‘almost as thin as the
outside one. The yolk and the layer
of thin albumen next to it are sur-

rounded by a membrane of dense al-
bumen which forms a twisted cord at
each end of the yolk termed the chala-
zae, which hold the yoke in shape
(see Fig. 3). They do not attach to
the shell, but to the denser or middle
layer of albumen, and being slightly
below the center, act as_ balance
weights to keep the side of the yolk
holding the germ always uppermost.
So if the egg is turned around the
yolk itself does not turn with it, but
retains its position with the germ on
the upper side. The yolk being slight-
ly lighter than the albumen and sup-
ported by the chalazae, floats germ
uppermost in the albumen near the
upper shell, but always separated
from it by a layer of albumen and Os-
cillating gently away from the shell
on the slightest motion. In some
cases it floats nearer to the shell, and
these are generally the cases in which
adherence takes place, or the yolk is
ruptured during incubation. The deli-
cate germ is thus protected by the al-
bumen, which is a very poor conduc-
tor of heat and thus guards it against
fatal chills during incubation and pre-
serves it from concussion or other fa-
tal injury.

By the time the egg is half way
down the oviductum the whole quan-
tity of albumen is formed and it is
then enveloped in a_ parchment-like
skin. This skin consists of two lay-
ers, which separate at the large end
of the egg forming the air cell. This
cell is small at first, but as the egg
becomes older it increases in size by
the evaporation of water and carbon
dioxide. In the last portion of the
oviduct the egg becomes coated with
a calecerous deposit of different layers
which form the shell, after which it
passes into the colaca and is ready for
expulsion. The different layers of the
shell anu also of the membrane lining
are porous, and when the egg is de-
posited in the nest a chemical and
mechanical change takes place and
the so-called respiratory stage sets in.

That is, the egg absorbs oxygen
through the ores of the shell and de-
posits it in tke air cell containing a
greater per cent of oxygen (23.5 per
cent) than the outside air (20.8 per
cent).

Fig. 2 shows the oviductum, slight-
ly modified for the purpose of illus-
tration, which in an ordinary hen is
about two feet in length and in tra-
versing this distance the egg takes on
all the changes described. Should
two yolks or egg-cells become mature
and detached at the same time they
are likely to become enveloped in the ~
same albumen and shell and thus form
a double-yolked egg.

The temperature of the oviduct is
about 106 or 107 degrees, and if the
egg is a fertile one incubation has al-
ready set in, the blastoderm being
nourished and warmed into life, but
on being deposited in the nest the

FIG. 1,

process is suspended, to be again re-
sumed when the opportunity affords.
This process of incubation varies ac-
cording to the time the egg is retained
in the oviductum, but is usually suffi-
cient to give the germ a fair start.
If the germ does not receive a suffi-
cient start in the oviduct to enable
it to resist the shock of the colder at-
mosphere into which it is expelled,
and to sustain itself during the time
incubation is suspended, it will prove
a weak germ or addled egg. This ac-
counts for the fact that the eggs from
some of our best laying hens often do
not hatch well. It is not due to a
lack of attention on the part of the
male, or to“the sterility of his seed,
but to the fact that the eggs are hur-
ried so rapidly through the oviduc-
tum that the blastoderms do not have
time to mature before the first real
stage of incubation is suspended, and
then we have weak or dead germs,

First prize Buff Rocks owned by Flora Shroyer,
Clay Center, Neb. cc

Clear or unfertile eggs, of course, are
not due to this cause.

Eggs that are retained too long in
the oviductum may become too far
developed and fail to hatch, but this
is seldom the case. One writer
claims that an egg that is developed
at night and remains in the oviduc-
tum until the next day will not hatch
well, as it is apt to dislocate the blas-
toderm. This is certainly fudge, for
a large portion of the hens retain their
eggs in the oviduct from eighteen to
twenty hours, although perhaps not
fully developed: When an egg has re-
ceived its shell and passed into the
cloaca it is seldom retained more than
twelve hours, and fhis will certainly
not injure it for hatching, as we have
repeatedly demonstrated.

Here we will break off from the
real subject in hand to advance a
theory of our own, which we have
nearly demonstrated as a fact. If the
eggs from our _ heavy-laying hens,
which only seem to produce weak or
dead germs, are placed in the incu-
bator before they are allowed to be-
come cold a large proportion of them
will hatch. The germ is not suffi-
ciently developed to stand a suspen-
sion of incubation, but if incubation
can be uninterruptedly continued it
will produce fully as strong a chick
as a germ that has developed sufficient-
ly to stand suspension for several days
or even weeks. The fact that a hen
produces weak-germed eggs does not
necessarily show a weakness in the
parent stock, as many are led to sup-
pose, but an unnatural condition in
the first process of incubation. The
blastoderm becomes weak at either too
high or too low a temperature, unless
it is subjected to a heat analogous to
that of the body of the hen.

HOW THE EGG IS FERTILIZED.

When couplation takes place the
spermal fluid of the male is injected

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into the oviductum. This-sperm is
filled with minute living organisms
which travel steadily forward, always
in the direction they are started. The
temperature of the oviductum being
the same as that of the spermal sac
of the male, these organisms will re-
tain life for a long time, and by their
active nature distribute themselves
along the walls of the passage, and
some believe they reach the ovary
and deposit themselves on the germin-
al discs of the egg-cells, but this is
hardly probable, as the blastoderm
cannot well become fertilized before
the egg-cell has matured. However,
after couplation has taken place and
an egg cell has passed into the ovi-
ductum they attach themselves to the
blastoderm, and from that moment
there is life in the egg. The number
of eggs that can be fertilized by one
sexual intercourse is variously esti-
mated, authorities placing it at from
fifteen to twenty-five. This, of course,
would depend much upon the time
couplation took place. If it should oc-
cur within a short time previous to the
hen’s laying the first egg of a clutch
quite a number might be fertilized.
Should it occur when a fully devel-
oped egg is in the oviductum the prob-
abilities are that most of the sperm
will be forced out when the egg is
expelled. Then again, even when
there is a full supply of sperm in the
passage an egg-cell may pass down
without any of these little organisms
becoming attached to the germinal
disc. So we see there are a number
of causes for unfertile eggs, and
causes which man canont alleviate.

In a fertile egg the blastoderm will
show an outer white rim and within
this a clear area, in the center of
which is a spot of less clearness, some-
times dotted and sometimes quite uni-
form. In the unfertile egg the white
dise is simply marked with irregular
clear spaces. These conditions can-
not be detected through the shell, nor
readily by the unpracticed eye even
when the shell is broken, without the
aid of a microscope.

A fertile egg contains all the ele-
ments necessary for the perpetuation
of life-protection by the shell and al-
bumen, albumen and yolk for nutri-
tion, and the vital germ. The white
of the egg has manifold uses. It
forms the chief nourishment of the
chick during its growth in the shell,
and as it forms the largest portion of
the egg it gives the growing chick
the needed increase of room as it
is absorbed or evaporated. In the first
stages, however, its use is principally
to protect the vital germ and delicate
yolk. The use of the greater portion
of the yolk, or that portion known as

the food yolk, is to supply nutrition
after the chick leaves the shell and
until it is able to hunt and assimilate

food.

This power to keep the development
already begun suspended for so long
a period as several weeks is, perhaps,
the most wonderful thing about an
egg, and when we think of it we are
surprised that as many hatch as do.
Every new laid egg, if fertile, is an
organism which has attained a certain
stage of development, and it is sub-
ject to disease, weakness and accident
the same as any other organism. The
germ may begin to develop, yet perish
at any stage of growth, such deaths
occurring within the shell being in no
essential respect different from deaths
of weakly chicks at various early
stages after leaving the shell. Is it
any wonder then that so many eggs
fail to hatch when they are subjected
to all these adverse conditions?

It is important that eggs intended
for hatching should be carefully han-
dled and incubated at the earliest pos-
sible moment. While occasionally
good hatches may be had when eggs
are kept even as long as three or
four weeks, such cases are the excep-
tion and not the rule. If kept at an
even temperature between 50 and 60
degrees the blastoderm will remain
inactive for a longer period than if
kept either warmer or colder. If eggs
are laid on their side they should be
turned or their position changed at
least every two days, but if set on
the small end no turning will be nec-
essary. A glance at Fig. 3 will show
the reason for this better than we can

explain it.

The type of Buff Cochins owned by B. H.

wherever he has shown,

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Dunn, of Clay Center, Nebr. He always win

POULTRY SHOWS.

Their Advantages and Disad-

vantages.

Many of the poultry breeders have
won the blue ribbon e’er this article
is printed, others are preparing their
best breeds for the ribbons, while oth-
ers have met with disappointment.
“Poultry shows.” How much does
those two words signify to me. I look
forward days, yes, months, for our
little show, for there I can gather
ideas, visit with sisters and brother
financiers, and get renewed courage
for another year’s work. But I am
wandering from my subject. First, dis-
advantages, the expense of exhibiting.
There are entrance fees to be paid,
express charges to be paid, coops to
be made, bought or rented.. These are
but a small part of the expenses, be-
cause to win we must prepare to ex-
hibit good fowls, but those that are
in good condition, good shape, and
plumage, and this requires time, pa-
tience and extra feed.

The winning specimens are usually

carefully prepared for exhibition be- |

fore they are presentable for public
inspection. They are fed to get them

up in weight, cooped so they can be,

handled often to make them tame or

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their feathers will be awry and some
broken. A tame bird will always
show to the best advantage, and I
have learned by experience’ that
meat scraps or chopped bone will
tame them easier than any other way,
even the flighty Leghorns will soon
eat from my hands. This all requires
time and patience as well as labor.

A much more serious disadvantage
is presented from exposure, the ex-
treme temperature of the exhibition
halls to the temperature of the open
air or express cars. This change
often causes sickness or death.

The advantages outweigh disad-
vantages many times.

There are the prizes to be consid-
ered. These some times pay in a
pecuniary sense, and are worth much
more than the expense to which one
is put to to win them.

Not only must we consider the
prizes as the only value. The adver-
tising that exhibiting gives is a great
value, for the quality of his stock

; has been proven by a competent judge,

thereby making a reputation for his
fowls, and the reputation of prize
winning stock or even scored ones
will make sales either for stock or

| eggs.

Another advantage is the educa-
tional part. One may know the value
of his fowls. If he has not won his
share of the premiums he can learn
the cause and remedy that cause per-
haps for another year, for, after all,
the mating of the breeding pens judi-
ciously helps to make the prize win-
ners.

Specially is the show room an edu-
cator to the beginner, for he may
learn in one day what it has taken
years for the experienced to learn,
step by step. The show room is open
to the public. Here we may meet
many breeders of experience who
will cheerfully answer questions about
their favorites, the competition leads
to comparison, and much may be
learned in a short time, and time is
money. By all means, beginner, take
your best birds to a poultry show.

IDA E. BARD.

The American S. C. Brown Leghorn
club emerges from infancy this month
with the vigor of youth, and will
graduate at the Chicago show during
the week of January 20 as a full
fledged specialty club, fit to solicit the
confidence and respect of breeders the
world over. Preparations for the grad-
uating exercises are completed, to
which every member is expected along
with a string of his best birds. To
bring about such results, and to make
the exercises doubly interesting, the
following list of club prizes will be
hung up: $50 challenge cup on best
cock, cockerel, two hens and two
pullets, to be won three times; $25
challenge cup on best five cockerels,
to be won twice; $10 trophy cup on
best pen; $10 trophy cup on best cock-
erel; club ribbon on best male head;
club ribbon on best colored male;
club ribbon on best shaped male; club
ribbon on best female head; club rib-
bon on best colored female; club rib-
bon on best shaped female. In the
open class the club officials have suc-
ceeded in placing a $35 trophy cup on
the largest and best display given by
the associatoin, together with other
valuable specials, fully described in
premium list. Every breeder interest-
ed should identify himself with this
club, and take a hand in pushing the
interests of the popular Brownies.
Send $1 to the secretary for member-
ship and further particulars.

Cc. M. DAVIDSON,

Judge W. S. Russell of Ottumwa, Ia.,
is offering Barred P. Rock cockerels at
$2, $3 and $5 each; pullets $1, $2 and
$3. Above prices for January only;
add $1 to each bird in ordering after
February. A few fancy exhibition
cockerels for sale; no pullets, Write
him today.

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Things as I Find Them
Poultry Business.
By Mrs. J. Hughes, Jr.

Judgment, reason, perseverance and
economy are four things essential to
success. We see so many theories ad-
vanced in the poultry journals that
will materialize all right on paper that
will not materialize in the poultry
yard. What we want is to advocate
those things that will materialize any
place you put them to the test in the
poultry yard. This is the place we go
at the end of the year to figure up
the profit and loss. We see so many
things in print on the raising and
managing of poultry that are actually
too shallow to give consideration.
Some one just happened to have an!
“jdea”’ and never waiting to test their
“idea’ ’to see if there was anything in
it, go put it in print and it is read
perhaps by thousands and many times
to the reader’s sorrow.

“Feeding for eggs.’”’ This one sub-
ject at this time of the year seems.
never to be exhausted. Every one has
the best, and if we were to follow the
instructions that some give, where
would be our profit?

My method of feeding for eggs is
simply this. Corn night and morning,
either whole or cracked, plenty of
clean straw for them to scratch in, a

in the

little screenings thrown in the straw
twice a day, half gallon each time;
this is enough for forty fowls, to keep
them in good condition for eggs. I
always see that they have nice clean
water to drink and coarse sand for
grit, with chacoal mixed with it. By
keeping my poultry house clean and
well ventilated I have no trouble to
keep my White Langshams, laying
right along, cold or warm, with this
method of feeding, my egg average has
never got above eleven with the ex-
ception of two or three days I got
twelve; nor has it ever fell below
seven since the first of November.

The Tabor Exhibition.
The first annual exhibition given by

the above association proved to be a

suecess in every particular, when the | cockerel, 1st, 2d. 3d hens, 1st, 2d, 3d

earliness of the season and the fact!
that there were to be shows in two>

other nearby towns are taken into
consideration. The quality of the
winning birds was generally good, of
some of them particularly so. U. S.
Russell gave great satisfaction as
judge. The sweepstakes silver cup of-
fered for ten highest scoring birds, all
varieties competing was won by HE.
H. Harrison’s Light Brahmas.

Barred Rocks—Ist cock, Geo. Green-

lee, Tabor; 1st hen, 38d pen, W. A.
Cole, Clarinda; 1st cockerel, ist, 2d,
3d pullets, 1st pen, O. J. Easton,
Whiting; 2d, 3d hens, 2d pen, Elmer
Johnson, Malvern; 2d cockerel, J. N.
Colby, Tabor.

White Rocks—Ilst, 2d, 3d cockerels,
Ist, 2d, 3d pullets, Ist pen, W. H. Ut-
terback, Tabor; 1st, 2d hens, 1st cock,
N. A. Prince, Tabor.

Buff Rocks—Ilst cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d
pullets, Ist pen, R. Williams, Tabor.

Silver Laced Wyandottes—lst cock,
1st, 2d, 8d cockerels, st, 2d, 3d pullets,
Ist pen, J. H. Todd, Tabor.

White Wyandottes—2d cockerel, J.
M. Scott, Red Oak; ist, 2d, 3d pullets,
1st, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, Miss Elsie
Russell, Tabor.

Light Brahmas—ist, 2d cocks, Ist
pullets, 1st pen, E. H. Harrison, Ta-
bor; 3d cock, A. A. Timson, Tabor.

Partridge Cochins—lst, 2d 38d_ pul-
lets, Ist, 2d, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, S.
M. Greenlee, Tabor; ist, 2d, 3d hens,
A. A. Timson; 1st cock, E. J. Wilson,
Tabor.

Brown Leghorns—Ist, 2d, 3d cock-
erels, A. A. Timmons.

Toulouse Geese—list pair, Mrs. L.
Carson, Tabor; 2d pair, Mrs. Swartz,
Tabor.

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Mrs. B. G.
Mackey writes for the PouULTRY INVESTIGATOR
breeds elegant M. B. Turkeys, Brahmas, Lang-

shans and Barred Rocks, and is reliable.

Mrs:

Mackey, Clarksville, Mo.

Buff Orpingtons for Eggs and Meat,

After three years’ careful breeding
of this splendid variety of poultry,
along with the Leghorns, B. Rocks and
Light Brahmas, I must say that I
have no desire to keep any of the
other breeds any longer. I get more
eggs from the Buff Orpingtons through
the fall and winter months by far
than from either the Leghorns, B.
Rocks or Brahmas, and they will hold
the Leghorns even all through the
summer.

Last year my pullets commenced
laying November 38, in good earnest,
and laid on an average of twenty-one
eggs, and for December twenty-three
eggs, for January, twenty-four; for
February, nineteen; March, twenty-
six. In March the yearling hens were
counted in with the pullets, as the
breeding yards were mated on March
1. Although my hens laid good all
through the breeding season, yet the
demand for eggs far exceeded the sup-
ply and I was obliged to turn back
several orders for Buff Orpington
eggs. I have never been able to
supply the demand for eggs or stock
in their season.

They have characteristics of their
own and as many good qualities as
other breeds, which, I think, places
them in the foremost ranks as a gen-
eral-purpose fowl. I had _ cockerels
this season that tipped the scales at
eight pounds when five months old.
I find in three years’ breeding fhat
they breed almost as true to color as
the older Buff breeds do, and I be-
lieve they are the coming Buff breed,
for all who see them take a fancy to
them at once.

I sold a farmer’s wife two sittings
of eggs this season just at the close
of the breeding season, and just the

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other day she came and told me about
the nice chickens she had raised from
those eggs she had bought. She said,
“I never saw chickens grow like them;
some of the cockerels weigh seven
pounds now and they were the last
chickens I had to hatch. I want you
to come up and see them.”

I have written this to show that the
Buff Orpingtons are rapid growers,
even in the hands of the farmer's wife,
To be sure there is no better place
than on the farm to raise fine poultry,
nor can they be produced as cheap
anywhere else, and yet it is very sel-
dom that we see a nice flock of pure
bred poultry on the farm. While it is
a fact that farmers are slow to take
up the breeding of pure bred poultry,
yet I believe the main cause for their
not being more interested in pure
bred poultry is that they buy too many
cheap birds and eggs, for it is also a
fact that when they do get good stock
they are just as proud of them as any
one, and my advice is to the farmer
and to all, not to buy cheap, inferior
stock just because it is cheap in price,
for it is dear even thought it did not
cost much. Get a good stock of some
good reliable breeder that wil not sell
culls at any price, and once you get
good stock you will never be satisfied
to go back to the common scrub fowl.

Dec. 6, 1901. F, A. CROWELL.

Prize Winners at Red Oak, lowa.
It sounds like exaggeration to say
that the fifth annual exhibition of the
United Fanciers’ Poultry and Pet
Stock association held in Red Oak,
November 26 to 30, was the greatest
poultry show ever held in the state,
but it is really a fact. There were
more fowls on exhibition than were
ever shown at a poultry show in Iowa
before, not exempting the exhibit of
the state association. In all there
were 1,420 fowls shown at the recent
exhibit in Red Oak. At last year’s
exhibit here there were about 800.

It was thought by the officers of the
association that perhaps the show
would be as large as last year, when
nearly 800 birds were on exhibition,
and a show room which was consider-
ed large enough on that basis was se-
cured, but when not only the 800 mark
was reached but the 1,000 mark also
reached and passed, and still the birds
kept coming, it began to look as
though it would be necessary to en-
deavor to secure the Armory or the
Sanitarium, in order to have the birds
properly housed. When, however, the
1,500 mark was nearly reached, the
entries closed, and there was not
room to put another bird. They were
piled coop on coop from floor to ceil-

ing in many cases, and yet so skillfully
arranged that the 500 people who came
to see the show during the five days
got full benefit of the display. There
were sixty exhibitors in all.

The judging was done by Mrs. J. J.
Buchan of Pierson, Iowa; J. E. Thomp-
son of Malvern, and Curtis Greene of
Eldora. Above is the list of premium
winners:

A new breed, Buff Orpington, was
shown. A. L. Houston of Keota got
first awards on single comb cockerel,
hen, pullet and pen. Mrs. J. A. Lash
of Osceola got first on rose comb cock-
erele, pullet and pen.

D. B. Butler, S. Heflin and J. H.
Fisher of Red Oak, had good Black
Plymouth Rocks on exhibition. E.
Kretchmer of Red Oak had a fine dis-
play of Black Plymouth Rocks shown
in exhibition coops. Mr. Kretchmer is
manufacturing a new incubator that is
a success.

L. Nazarenus of Red Oak and Royal
F. Tyler of Villisca each had a pen
of good White Wyandottes on exhibi-
tion.

Mrs. J. A. Lash of Osceola tied Rob-
erts Bros. of Farragut for third pre-
mium on Black Langshan hen.

J. S. Ressler of Red Oak exhibited
a fine coop of Buff Cothins.

Levi Barnett, John S. Pritchard and
Harry Logan of Red Oak had good
Creston Indian Games on exhibition.

J. G. Lembke of Griswold won first
premium on Toulouse geese and Pearl
guineas. He also took second premium
on pigeon display.

Marion Hite and Earl Robinson of
Red Oak exhibited some very nice
Black Minorcas.

J. W. Haglund of Red Oak took first
prize on pigeon display. His exhibit
included some of the most beautiful
Ruffle Necks, Pouters and Carriers
that were ever shown.

The officers of the associtaion are

W.F. Hol ceond’s Jeniriege Coclir lor,
prize winner at Clay Center, Neb.

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showing Mill, Broiler House, Brooder House, Office,|Storeroom and Rabbitry.

C. L. Stratton of Red Oak, president;
J. Q. Swallow of Villisca, vice presi-
dent; J. M. Scott of Red Oak, secre-
H. R. McLean of Red Oak, as-
A, W. Harding of
Red Oak, treasurer; D. B. Butler
Red Oak, superintendent.

The location for next year’s show
has not been determined yet. Osceola
and Council Bluffs are candidates
for it.

tary;
sistant secretary;
of

Barred Plymouth Rocks: Cock first,
cockerel second and third, hen first
and second, pullet second and thir!
pen first; H. R. McLean, Red Oak, Ia.
Cockerel first, pullet first and third,
pen second; O. J. Easton, Whiting.
Cockerel third, hen third; A. H. John-
son, Essex. Cock second; F. J. Draper,
Red Oak, Ia.

White Plymouth Rocks: Hen first,
pen third; Willard Hanna, Red Oak,
Ia. Hen second and third; Jos. Rob-
son, Red Oak, Ia. Cock first, pullet
first; C. E. Taylor, Nebraska City,
Neb. Cockerel first, pullet second,
pen second; A. R. Ellet, Red Oak, Ia.
Cockerel second, pullet second, pen

first; J. J. Elliott, Onawa, Ia. Cock-
erel third; Mrs. C. Simpson, Haw-
thorne, Ia.

Buff Rocks: Cock first, hen second

and third; J. J. Elliott, Onawa, Ia.
Cockerel first and second, pullet first
and second; Ed Anderson, Red Oak,

Ja. Hen first, pullet third;
Bros., Hawthorne, Ia.

White Wyandottes: Cock first,
cockerel second and third, hen first,
second and third, pullet first and sec-
ond, pens first and second; J. KE.
Thompson, Malvern. Cock second and

Ewing

third, pullet third; John Haglund,
Essex, Ia. Cockerel; Thos. Harp, Red
Oak, Ja.

S. L. Wyandottes: Cockerel sec-

ond, hen first, second and third, pul-
let first, second and third, pen first;
J. E. Thompson, Malvern, Ia. Cock
second, pen second; A. Hillman, Red
Oak.

Black Langshans: Cockerel _ first,
hen first, second and third, pullet first,
second and third, pens first and sec-
ond; Roberts Bros., Farragut. Cock-
erel second; A. R. Ellett, Red Oak,
Ta. Cockerel third; Geo. O. Still, Far-
ragut, Ia.

Light Brahmas: Pullet third; For-
rest Taylor, Red Oak. Cockerel first
and third; Mattie Weiland, Red Oak.
Cock second and third, hen second and
third, pullet second, pen second; J. Q.
Swallow, Villisca, Ia. Hen first and
third; F. J. Draper, Red Oak. Cock
first, cockerel second, pullet first, pen
first; J. G. Lembke, Griswold.

Buff Cochin: Cock first, cockerel
first anad second, pullet first and ite
pens first, second and third;

Harding, Red Oak. Hen aa a

pullet second; W. R. Gordon,

third,
Red Oak. Cockerel third; Chas. Mc-
Cauley, Red Oak.

Partridge Cochin: Cockerel first
and second; J. H. Bain, Red Oak.
Hen second; E. G. Godden, Red Oak.

C. T. Game: Cockerel first, second
and third, hen first, second and third,
pullet first, second and third, pen first,
second and third; J. W. Dodd, Red
Oak, Ia. Cock first; T. C. Penry, Red
Oak.

R. C. B. Leghorns: Cockerel second;
Max Sheffer, Red Oak, Ia. Cockerel
first, pullet first, second and third, pen
first; J. W. Dodd, Red Oak, Ia.

S. C. B. Leghorn: Cock first,
erel second and third, hens first, sec-
ond and third, pens first and second;
J. S. StahInecker, Cromwell. Cockerel
first, pullet first; Mattie Weiland, Red

cock-

Oak.

Houdans: Cockerel second, - hens
first, second and third, pullet first, pen
first; E. L. Young, Red Oak.

G. S. Bantams: Cockerel first, pul-
let first, second and third, pen first;
J. G. Lembke, Griswold, Ia.

S. S. Bantam: Cockerel first, hen
first and second; J. H. Warren, Red
Oak.

S. S. Hamburgs: Cock first, cock-

erel first, hen first, second and third;

L. D. Aashby, Red Oak, Ia.
W. H. Turkeys: Cock first, hen
first; J. Q. Swallow, Villisca.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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3 Poultry Advertising .

By C. H. ICKEN.

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I have always been
firm believer in good and continuous
advertising, and am of the belief that
the man who keeps at it all the time,
and pushing his business to the best
of his ability, need not doubt that he
will be at the top of the ladder in
the near future. Poultry advertising
is just as essential to the breeds as
good stock, for without either one
you cannot do _ business. Advertis-
ing one’s stock can be accomplished
in a number of ways. Some use noth-
ing but circulars, others depend upon
their winnings at the winter shows
for publicity, but the most of those
who have been successful in the fancy
have been those who have used the
poultry press, not once, but all the
time. Just try to name the breeders
who in your memory are at the top
of the ladder, and you will find that
they are all heavy advertisers. As to
what constitutes good advertising is
as yet a matter to be determined, for
what will sell goods today will not
bring an inquiry next time. The fel-
low who thinks he can write a good
advertisement is the fellow who has
never sat down and tried hard. The
essential points of an advertisement
are to state, in the first place, what
you have for sale. The next is why
you think your stock is worthy of pur-
chase, what qualifications it possesses
that would be an inducement to pur-
chase, and the price you will sell it
for. A mere statement of facts is all
that is necessary, and trying to be fun-
ny, or to write a freak advertisement,
never gets you a thing. A good illus-

a strong and

tration of your stock or your own
face in your advertisement is consid-
ered helpful to the attractiveness of
an ad, and goes a long way towards
pushing it out before the eyes of the
reader.

Most of the opultry papers now pub-

lished have competent men who thor-
oughly understand their business in
the composing room, and will set your
announcement in an attractive way |
and in the best position possible. An-
other thing, it would hardly pay a
manufacturer of coffins to advertise
his goods in a farm implement jour-

and it is therefore about as un-
profitable for a poultryman to adver-
tise in any other paper than a poultry
paper. If you have iron for sale ad-
vertise it in a paper devoted to that
article, and which is read by people

nal,

interested in that subject. Nothing

will bring you the returns as well as a
paper devoted to poultry. Now as to
circulation. If a fellow is out hunt-
ing, and has only one quail to shoot
at, his chances are slim for quail on
toast, but if he has twenty to shoot
at, there is a possibility of his secur-
ing some of those birds. That’s the
whole circulation business in a nut-
shell. You want to pick out a journal
in which to place your advertisement
with a guaranteed circulation, and one
that reaches those interested in that
which you have for sale. Those jour-
nals which are always blowing’ so
hard as to the millions of copies they
are printing each month are not al-
ways the best business bringers. A
journal with 5,000 subscribers, who
pay for their paper and read it after
they get it, and also interested in Its
contents, will always bring more re-
turns to the advertiser than the big
blow-hard paper, which sends Its cop-
ies to hodearriers and bootblacks, ir-
respective of their knowledge of the
poultry business, and which are not
read or even opened by those receiving
them. Investigate the journals’ claims
when they talk about the wonderful
results obtained by those using their
columns, and don’t always believe tne
smooth talking agent. Again, too
many people think that last season’s
advertising will sell this season’s
goods, some one has said, but this is
all right too. Good advertising will
live almost forever. Mr. F. J. Mar-
shall, a prominent breeder of the
south, told me not long ago “that he
had just sold a pen of fowls from an
inquiry that he had received that
week, which was the result of an old
advertisement seen in a paper twelve
years ago, and from a paper now out
of existence.” He said “that he
keyed all his advertisements, and
knew exactly where this inquiry had
come from,” so that there was no
doubt about it. I have sold stock my-
self from advertisements that appear-
ed three years ago, so that I am firm-
ly of the belief that a good advertise-
ment will live as long as it is read-
able, and will pay up to that time.
The only way to advertise is all the
time, then you are sure of it. If your
business is of such a size or nature
that you cannot carry a large adver-
tisement, take a smaller one and run
it continuously rather than a larger

one only occasionally. The breeders’
cards in most journals are cheap and
pay good returns. In fact, I heard one
old breeder say “that his small card
in breeders’ columns paid better than
a large advertisement which he had
previously carried, and that the be-
ginner or amateur buyer usually
thought that the big advertisers usu-
ally asked so much for stock, and
took it for granted that the little ad-
vertiser could sell cheaper, and give
his just as good stock, minus the ex-
tra which he must surely put on to

pay for the advertisement.” This I
am not sure of, but the text is, “Ad-
vertise continuously.” With the

great field opened up before you, you
of the west have wonderful chances
to make a name and to secure finan-
cial gain in the poultry business. With
your vast farms, your cheap lands,
your aburdant crops, you surely ought
to be heard from, even more than you
now are, and I hope that the day is
not far distant when the so-callea
leaders of the east will take their hats
off to the mighty west. And, if you
please, keep them off. You have in
the Poultry Investigator a wonderful
medium through which to sell your
goods. There is no question about the
fact that it will do so. With the
men at the head, IT HAS TO PAY.
The paper shows that those connected
with it know the needs and require-
ments of the poultry man, and one of
the essential things to the poultry
man is the disposition of his goods
at a good price and at the proper time.
Think it over, brother, and I am sure
the Investigator will do you’ good,
from an advertising standpoint as well
as from an educational and _ other
ways. Cards are all right, circulars
are all right, exhibiting stock is all
right, but for actual and satisfactory
results, get in the advertising columns

of a good poultry journal, and stay
there.
SONG OF THE GOLDEN SEBRIGHT

BANTAM.

I'm a golden yellow beauty,

Every feather laced with black,

And consider it my duty

That for pride I do not lack.

For my movements I try strutting,
Every step I take with care,

While my penciled body and my wing
I've a notion that the shaping

Of my tail is most unique,

Being the only rooster in the ring,
With a “hen tail’ all complete,

All the sickle feathers lacking,

No broad bars across my wing,

And my head looks as though backing
T’ward my tail to form a ring.

I’ve a rose comb that is perfect,
Brightest eyes and crimson face,

And with safety you'll elect me

As the “champion” of my race,

PD

POULTRY IN THE NORTHWEST
F By F. DANDO.

SA a a a a i a a a a a

I have been asked to give an article
on the poultry industry in this part
of Uncle Sam’s gountry to the readers
of your valuable paper, the Investi-
gator, which paper I think is one or
the neatest up-to-date poultry journals
that has ever reached me in my nine
years of “hen study.” To begin with
my article, I will say that I am situ-
ated in a part of the country that Is
an ideal place for this business, for
profit as well as pleasure, and this 1s
the main point in the business; the
next is market. Our market is situ-
ated 175 miles each side of this town,
that is Seattle 175 west and Spokane
175 east. Eggs are the most profitable
to supply, as the market never gets
below 10 cents and have seen it as
high as 50 cents per dozen. At present
eggs are worth 35 cents in the cities
mentioned and the home market is 30
cents per dozen.

Do not suppose from this that you
cannot dispose of broilers or roosters
at a paying figure, as broilers, two to
two and one-half pounds, sell at 14
to 16 cents per pound almost the
whole season, and roasters from 12 to
15 cents per pound, according to the
market changes and seasons of the
year, for chickens weighing from
three and one-half to five pounds or
a little better, as long as they are not
full grown.* Hens are worth from 9
to 11 cents per pound. The reason
that we go mostly in for eggs is on
account of the high express rates,
which are $1.35 per hundred, and when
the coop is counted in both ways you
can reckon on taking off 2 cents per
pound on expenses and 1 cent per
pound for commission.

So much for the location and prices.
Now for my buildings and surround-
ings. My main laying house is 8x60
feet, four feet at back and six feet
in front. The roosting room is 8x10,
also scratching shed 8x10 in connec-
tion. This makes three pens capable
in this climate of holding twenty lay-
ing hens of the small breeds each
and give ample room. 1 have other
individual pens without scratching
sheds, which + do not like as well as
the one with sheds, as it is necessary
to have the sheds of some kind, and
my roosting rdoms are fined with
building paper inside and out, with
rustic on outside of building and ship-
lap on inside, with four-inch matched
flooring. There is nothing like a good
warm roosting room.

Now as to my success with poultry,
will say that I have had better suc-

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sis

Brick Incubator Cellar of W. H. Bushell, David City. Nebr.
60 feet long built of wood and brick.
and imports nearly all his breeders from the best yards in England.

cess than I expected when I started
in. Although [ am a bachelor and try-
ing to handle eighty acres of the best
fruit land in the United States, I do
my own housework, look after my
stock, besides raising over 300 chick-
ens this season, fattened and shipped
almost 175 of these at two to five
pounds at the stated market prices.
Have over 100 pullets for winter lay-
ing, mostly Barred Plymouth Rocks,
and disposed of some to individuals
around here for breeding purposes. I
did not keep an account of poultry
sold, as I had too much other work
to do. There is one thing that 1
wish to state; here is a location for
poultry house, to any of the readers
of this journal that have an apple
orchard, or any kind of an orchard
in fact. Place your poultry house In
the center of it, facing south if pos-
sible, and if your apples are infested
with what is called coddling moth
(wormy apples), your chickens will be
worth 50 cents a piece to you just to
clean up the moth. I could give the
readers some good articles on the val-
ue of poultry to destroy this insect
pest, which would be the means of
making a double profit to those that
wish to combine the fruit industry
with that of poultry, as I am placed
in such a position that I know, living
in a county of this state that derives
four-fifths of its revenue from fruit,
and such fruit that took the gold med-
al at the Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo recently. It wasn’t wormy
fruit either. My poultry yards are sit-
uated in the center of my orchard, and
I can truthfully say that I have never

Also shows his brooder house

Mr. Bushell breeds nothing but the best Buff Orpingtons,

found

yet a owormy apple in
the orchard, and I can sell all
my apples for from 2 to 3
cents per pound, and late keep-

ing varieties bring 5 cents per pound
and are put up in 50-pound boxes. As
I am steering away from the subject
that I started on and making this ar-
ticle too long, I will close by saying
if any of the readers of this journal
(P. I.) wish to know any more about
this part of the country in regards to
poultry or fruit, I will be pleased to
inform them personally or through
the P. I. Yours for success,
F. DANDO.
Wenatchee, Washington.

SOLILOQUY OF A THOROUGHBRED
AFTER DEATH.

As I died at the tender age of one,
My life was scarcely yet begun;
Though I lived quite long enough to find,
There’s nothing much to leave behind.
I found that life was but a show,
Where creatures live, as I—to crow,
In pretense apeing majesty,
Ere downing truth by mockery.
I've flapped my wings and
enough

To keep up custom’s standard bluff;
The world called me a thoroughbred,
And tenderly (?) cut off my head.
For once, beneath the plumage grand,
The carcass was the world’s demand;
And since ’twas so, I'll say to you,
And swear a chicken oath ’tis true,
My carcass is in every way,
From ancient time to present day,
Possessed of good or depth as much
As anything that man could touch.
So eat and drink and jolly be,
For in eating up what's left of me,
Your time will be as worthy spent
As in any other, earthly bent.

W. B. R.

crowed

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Lincoln County, Mo., Poultry
Show. Dec. 3\to 5.
Third \nnual Exhibition of the}
County Association.
Dec. 3-5, 1901, at Troy, Mo.

President, W. A. Ellis.
Secretary, Stuart L. Penn.
Judge, J. M. Rapp, LaMoille, Ill.

\lthough the Lincoln County Poul-

try association had an ugly spell of

weather during their show last week,
entry list was larger and the fowls |

the

were of higher grade than in former

years. This in spite of the drought,
which was hard on chickens as well
as other crops, especially affecting
weights. The premiums awarded |

(cash and specials were of the value

of about $175, and were distributed as

follows:

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Barred Plymouth Rocks: First
cock, hen, pullet and pen, Shaffer &
Welch, Troy, Mo.; first cockerel, R.
T. Canterberry, Truxton, Mo.; second
1en, pullet, Shafer & Welch; second
cock, pen, R. T. Canterberry; seconiu |
cockerel, J. C. Ellis, Troy, Mo.; third
1en, Shafer & Welch; third cockerel,
yullet, pen, Ham Grigg, Prices Branch, |

Mo.
White Plymouth Rock: First cock,
1en, pullet, cockerel, pen, Wfl A. Ellis,

Troy, Mo.; second cockerel, puliet,
pen, J. H. Ingram, Truxton, Mo.;
second hen, W. A. Ellis; third cock-

erel, pen, J. H. Ingram; third pullet,

W. E. Ellis; third hen, Jno. Kemper,
Troy, Mo.
Buff Plymouth Rocks: First cock,

fren, cockerel, pullet, pen, Ham Grigg;
second pullet, R. T. Canterberry; third
cockerel, pen, Stuart L. Penn, Troy,

Mo.; third pullet, R. T. Canterberry.
Silver Laced Wyandottes: First
cockerel, pullet, pen, L. W. Davis,

Troy, Mo.; second pullet, L. W. Davis;

second cockerel, J. A. Welch, Moscow

Mills, Mo.; third cockerel, pullet, L.
W. Davis.

Golden Laced Wyandottes: First
cock, pullet, hen, pen, W. A. Ellis;

first cockerel, J. C. Ellis, Troy, Mo.;
second pullet, hen, W. A. Ellis; second
pen, J. C. Ellis; third hen,
Ellis; third pullet, pen, J. C.

cockerel,

W. A.

Ellis.
Black

pullet,

cockerel,
second and

Langshans: First
pen, Syd Penn;
third pullet, Syd Penn.
Black First cockerel, hen,
pullet pen, Henry Muck, Troy; second

Javas:

cockerel, pullet hen, Henry Muck;
third pullet, Henry Muck.
Buff Wyandotte: First cockerel,

Syd Penn, Troy, Mo.

Light Brahmas: First cock, cock-
erel, hen, pullet, pen, J. J. Taylor,
Auburn, Mo.; second and third hen

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

A collection of Silver Laced Wyandottes, winners at Lincoln, Neb,, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
1901, bred, owned and exhibited by J. and N. M. Connors, Ponca, Neb.

White

and dark pullet, J. J. Taylor. Minorcas: First cockerel,

Dark Brahmas: First and second| hen, pullet, pen, second pullet, W. S.
hen, Henry Muck. Cottle, Troy, Mo.; third pullet, Frank
Partridge Cochins: First cock, | Howell, Troy, Mo.
cockerel, hen, pullet, pen, D. M. Ellis,| Anconas: First cockerel, pullet,

Syd Penn.

Silver, Spangled Hamburgs: First
cockerel, pullet, second pullet, J. J.
Taylor.

Buff Orpingtons: First cock, cock-
erel, hen, pullet, pen, Geo. S. Town-
send, Troy, Mo.; second and third
hen and pullet, Geo, S. Townsend.

Troy, Mo.; second cockerel, hen, D.
M. Ellis; second pullet, pen, Hugene
Moxley, Troy, Mo.; second cock, M.
W. Sitton, Troy, Mo.; third hen, D.
M. Ellis; third cockerel, Engene Mox-
ley; third pullet, pen, M. W. Sitton.

Buff Cochins: First cockerel, pul-
let, H. S. Owings, Truxton, Mo.

Rose Comb White Leghorns: First Golden Polish: First pullet, Syd
cock, pullet; second pullet; third pul- |} Penn.
let, J. H. Ingram. Golden Sebright Bantam: First
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns: First cockerel Syd Penn.
Buff Cochin Bantam: First cock,

Frank Brackett,

hen, second hen,
Troy, Mo.

Pekin Ducks:
H. Ingram.

Indian Runner Ducks: First cock,
hen, J. J. Taylor; first pullet, Syd
Penn.

Toulouse Geese:
J. Je Taylor,

Buff Leghorns: First cock, hen,
pullet, pen; second hen, pullet; third
hen, pullet, R. T. Canterberry.

Single Comb Brown Leghorns: First
cock, hen, cockerel, pullet, pen;
ond cockerel, hen, pullet, pen;
cockerel, hen, pullet, Ham Grigg.

Black Minorcas: First,
third pullet, R. T. Canterberry.

First cock, hen, J.

sec-
third

second,

|
hen, John F. Merriwether, Troy, |
First cock, hen,

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys: First
cock, Henry Muck.

Belgian Hares: First buck, Roy
Ellis, Troy, Mo.; first doe, Grover

Huston, Troy, Mo.

The high-scoring birds in the Amer-
ican class, a White Plymouth Rock
pullet, was owned by W. A. Ellis, 9314.
Mr. Ellis also had a hen which scored
924%; in the Asiatic class, Partridge
Cochin cockerel owned by D. M. Ellis,
9144; in the Mediterranean class, An-
cona pullet owned by Syd Penn, 931%.
The highest scoring chicken was a
buff owned by Frank Brackett, 94%4.

There were about 250 birds on ex-
hibition.

In Barred Plymouth Rocks there
were 26 entries; White Plymouth
Rocks, 27; Buff Plymouth Rocks, 26;
Golden Wyandottes, 16; Silver Wyan-
dottes, 15; Black Javas, 15; Buff Leg-
horns, 10; S. C. Brown Leghorns, 19;
Partridge Cochins, 21; White Minor-
cas, 10.

ADVANTAGES OF A FARMER.

The farmer has all the advantages
of anyone for breeding fowls, except
in many cases the facilities for dis-
posing of his stock. Some one near
or in a town or city has better oppor-
tunity for supplying the market with
freshest products. The farmer in a
remote place has a little difficulty in
reaching a special market for his
fowls and eggs. The country dealers
usually pay very nearly as much as
the city dealers, after taking out the
express charges, so the farmer here
will get a fair price for his produce.
He may ship his eggs himself, and if

they are first class products he will |

get highest prices. Now, many farm-
ers do not want to bother to ship for
themselves, so they sell to the deal-
ers and store keepers. This is the
best way for them if they do not keep
a whole lot of fowls. The one living
near a city has a chance to get an
extra price for his fowls, yet in many
eases the farmer living in a remote
place can produce his eggs and fowls
cheaper than the one near the city.
The farmer has this advantage over
the one who breeds his fowls only
and has to buy all his feed—he can
raise all his grain and green food for
them. He can raise the feed for
about one-half the cost that the breed-
er has to pay for his stock. So here
is a large gain. The farmer who lives
where land is cheap can give his
fowls larger yards or even unlimited
range, so this will insure a gain and
healthier fowls. He can get his build-
ings in an ideal place and often can
build them for about half the cost
of one nearer a city. He can let his
fowls and chickens pick up about half

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of their living in the summer. Thus
the cost of the fowls will be much less.
The only fault with the farmers now-
adays is that they fail to get fowls
of good stock and fail to care for
them and manage so as to produce
eggs.

to giving such a low price. A few
cents a dozen on eggs is more than
made up on the cost of the feed when
you look at the way the breeder alone
has to pay for his feed. The farmer
really gets a much larger profit than
the breeder who raises no feed.

Look at the poultry question in
most any way and you will see him
ahead. Where he loses in one way he
makes up twice over in another. So
the farmer comes out on top every
time.

PERCY W. SHEPARD.

Morgan Park, Ill., Nov. 12, 1901.

Mr. Show, Secretary and Exhibitor:
It may interest you to know that the
American S. C. Brown Leghorn club

No use of a farmer kicking |
about the market that he must sell |

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will offer a special club ribbon for best
cockerel exhibited by a club member
at any show where two or more mem-
bers are in competition. Secretaries
are at liberty to include this in their
list of specials.

Our annual meeting will be held the
week of January 21st, or in connection
with the big Chicago show, and it is
earnestly hoped every prospective ex-
| hibitor will join us and compete for
| the club honors.

* The object of this club is to increase
,the interest in and demand for high
‘class S. C. Brown Leghorns, to obtain
,for them better recognition by the
‘poultry shows and poultry press, to
offer club pries that not only attract
general interest, but encourage fan-
ciers to renewed efforts to produce ex-
tra fine and more nearly perfect spec-
imens, and to use our best efforts to

| bring about a more uniform under-
standing of the standard requirements
| by breeders and judges. Fraternally,
M. D. WILSON, Secretary.

Novel Brooder House of Mrs. Ruuth Morris.

shows the

The above illustration
incubator house made and used by Mrs.
Ruth Morris, on her farm near Fair-
haven, Kansas. The house is what is
known in that part of the country asa
“sod house.’”’ Large blocks of mud
are dried in the sun and then placed on
top of one another with a soft mixture
between, very much after the manner
of erecting an ordinary brick building.
Across the top, timbers are placed and
covered with sod, then a layer of mud,
upon which is placed another covering
of sod. After the building is erected
it is washed off with water to close all
cracks and crevices; then grass and
flower seeds are scattered all over it,

and ina short time the structure has a
beautiful covering of green and gray,

here and there studded with beautiful
blossoms. ‘These houses are dry, clean
and comfortable. Many farmers use
them for dwellings, while the stables
and barns are similarly constructed.
In the foreground is a 100-chick capa-

city Hen brooder, and you will observe
that the chicks are as lively as those
cared for by the mother hen. Mrs.
Morris is standing beside a 100-egg
capacity Wooden Hen, which she has
refilled for the sixth time.

The following letter speaks for itself:

Fairhaven, Kans., July 3rd.
Mr. Geo. H. Stahl, Quincy, Il.

Dear Sir:—I have just finished my
fifth hatch with the .Wooden Hen pur-
chased of you last February, averaged
90 per cent of all fertileeggs. Hatched
the first setting in a Kansas blizzard,
and got 80 per cent of all fertile eggs.

Yours truly, Mrs. Ruth Morris,

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

st Pag
SNE he

Rose Comb Buff Ocpingtons, owned by Mrs. J. Lash & Son, of}Osceola,Slowa.
and 3rd pullet at Osceola in December.

birds were equal to any set of either variety of the Orpingtons.

Wiunersjofilst."pen, i1st."c’kl., Ist, 2nd,
Also Ist, pen, Ist, c’kl, 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet at RedjOak, Iowa.

In color these

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+ . .

$ .. Rearing Brooder Chicks . .
FOSS SHSSSHSFSSSSSOSHSSCSOSOOOSH

At this time of the year, when our
minds are beginning to again dwell on
our spring work, no subject is of such
great importance to us as the success-
ful management and rearing of brood-
er chicks. Most all the various makes
of incubators will. hatch a reasonable
percentage of the fertile eggs with
proper care, and we then have given
to our charge the frail creatures for
successful rearing.

No set of fixed or definite rules can
be laid down for the management of
the chicks for the reason that no two
people follow exactly the same course
of feeding, care and management, and
yet both meet with about the same
success. Again, a method which you
have tried one year and has proven
to you very successful, may not in
another year give you the same degree
of success. At this point is one of the
instances in poultry raising where
good judgment and discretion is called
for and upon its use depends success
or failure of the laborer.

In attempting to discuss the proper
method of raising brooder chicks, I
would divide it under the following
taking up the discussion of
each separately:

First—The
brooder.

heads,

proper care of the
Second—The proper feeding of the
chicks. c
Assuming that our chicks are hatch-
ing in incubators, what method shall
we pursue for their care and prepara-

tion of the brooder to receive them;
the floor must be covered with some
substance suitable for the comfort of
the chicks. While various breeders
use different articles for floors, I think
a thin covering of sand best adapted
for their wants; it also acts as a grit
for the chicks, which is very essential
for their growth. A covering of wheat
or clover chaff is very good also and
is used by many with good success.
Having the floor of our _ brooder
properly provided for, we must next
supply the proper temperature. There
is a slight diversity of opinion on the
heat question, hardly enough however
to justify us in making an error in
this regard. For the first week of
the chick’s existence I use a tempera-
ture of 80 degrees as a minimum and
100 degrees as a maximum, inclining
more to the lower degree in warm
weather and the higher in cold weath-
er. After the first week I gradually
reduce the temperature as chicks. in-
crease in age and size, having no fixed
rule for a certain temperature at a
certain age, regulating that by the
actions of the chicks, never permitting
it, however, to run below 70 degrees.

In the matter of feeding newly
hatched chicks, we find a great di-
versity of opinion among those who
are eminently successful in raising
brooder chicks. All, however, are
agreed upon one fact, viz., do not
feed chicks after they are hatched un-
til they are from forty-eight to sixty
hours’ old, on account of giving ample
time for the yolk of the egg to fully
digest, so as not to cause indigestion,
resulting in the dreaded bowel trouble.

—_—_—_—_—_— eee

No doubt the first feed is very im-
portant for depending to a great ex-
tent upon the manner in which the
chicks receive their start in life de-
pends the future growth. At the be-

ginning let me caution against over
feeding; great care must be exercised
in this regard. We must study the
habits of the wild fowl in rearing its
young and imitate the prudence used
by them. They do not overfeed, and
use a diversity of feed as well as ex-
ercise. Following up this plan after
we have omitted our feed for the re-
quired time, we begin our feeding. For
the first few days I generally use
bread crumbs, dry or pin head oat
meal, feeding only a small amount
each time, and feeding often, about
six times per day, when chicks are
small. Use great discretion in the
amount fed, being careful to feed too
little than too much. I do not believe
any chicks ever died from not receiy-
ing enough feed, where they had any
attention given them at all, but count-
less numbers have been sent to an
untimely grave by over-feeding. After
they begin to eat well and are about
a week old, I change the diet of food
as much as possible, using millet seed,
wheat and cracked corn. All through
the feeding season I use great precau-
tion to require as much exercise as
possible, placing their feed in chaff
litter or in ground loosely spaded;
after a few trials of this the little
fellows seem to delight in working for
their meal, enjoying the labor in ob-
taining it more than the feed itself.
As soon as they are large enough to

enjoy a run, say about a week or ten
days’ old, they should be placed in a
grassy spot where ample opportunity
is afforded for obtaining green food.
When this cannot be done green food
must be supplied with their other ra-
tion. Clean water should be supplied
at all times and when possible give
them boiled milk, Milk curds are also
excellent for them.

The worst enemy we have to con-
tend with in our work is bowel trou-
ble, and if we can eliminate this we
have accomplished considerable pro-
gress on our road to success. It is
likewise very peculiar in its workings.
At times a whole brood will be en-
tirely wiped out by its presence, while
another lot, with apparently the same
care, attention and feed, will scarcely
have one afflicted. Various reasons
have been assigned for it, and only by
a very careful study of these reasons,
applying each to our individual case,
will we be able to arrive at the correct
solution of our own loss. At times it
will attack the chicks when scarcely
a week old; again it will wait and
make its appearance when they are a
month old. Reasons for this discrep-
ency must be ascertained. To me, sev-
eral reasons may be assigned to cause
this evil; first, feeding too soon after
chicks are hatched, thus crowding
food into the stomach before the yolk
of the egg has had time to fully digest,
causing indigestion resulting in bowel
trouble.

Over-heating or chilling the chicks
during the first few weeks of their ex-
istence will at once cause an appear-
ance of this evil. As to the correct
reason for this, I cannot state, but
can speak from experience that it will
result in that manner.

Not using proper care for cleanli-
ness in feeding or letting filth accumu-
late, permitting this to pass into the
body of the chick, which can easily
be seen, will result injurious. Over-
feeding will also cause it, for which
the reason can easily be assigned.
Whenever an attempt is made to
over-crowd the digestive organs of
either man or beast, taxing it with
more work than it is able to do, it re-
volts against the attack, refusing to
do its work, causing indigestion to
arise, which is the precurser of bowel
complaint. Right here we should at-
tend strictly to our theory of sufficient
exercise. If, perchance, through mis-
taken kindness or eagerness for rapid
growth and quick development, we
over feed, the injurious results may
be averted by sufficient exercise. An-
other cause assigned as a reason for
bowl trouble is breeding from un-
healthy or diseased parent stock. I
think, however, this is one of the re-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

motest causes of the evil, and if it was
the only one we would be troubled
with very little of this disease.

Another evil which we must closely
guard against is that of lice. It
is advocated by some that it is a
cause of bowel trouble: It makes its
appearance mostly in warm weather
and does not seem to be so prevalent
in cold. However, when it once ob-
tains a foothold it is very difficult to
combat with. We might aptly apply
in this instance that old and _ tried
truism that “an ounce of prevention
is better than a pound of cure.’’ Seek
to prevent is the best way to avoid it.
When, however, its appearance is dis-
covered to an alarming degree an ef-
fort must be immediately made to ex-
terminate it. For the large head and
body lice I use an application of Per-
sian insect powder, dusting the chick
thoroughly with it, then place it in
a dark place where it will remin quiet
for a short time, when numbers of
the dead lice will be found where it
is standing. For exterminating mites,
I always use an application of lard or
sweet oil with a few drops of kero-
sene added, rubbing it well on the
heads and under wings of chicks. This
application to be replaced every few
weeks, depending upon the reappear-
ance of the enemy.

On the whole I have detailed to you
my plans and ideas for success | in
rearing brooder chicks. Not all agree

with me in my views, others have dif-
ferent ways.and plans and it is prac-
ticed by them with great degree of
success; thus we will find things all
through human nature.

We were cre-

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ated and born unlike. No two men
think in exactly the same channel,
work in exactly the same way, or ac-
complish exactly the same _ results;
ideas differ, results differ; you have
your plans outlined before you, the
method which you wish to pursue;
follow it up carefully and if you do
not meet with a good measure of suc-
cess, change to some other course.
Seek if possible the cause of your
failure and apply your remedy there.
The first and most important duty of
a good physician is to correctly diag-

nose his case and then apply the
proper remedy for that malady, re-
membering that the same line of

treatment works differently of differ-
ent persons. Your neighbor may be
accomplishing good results while you
are making a failure out of the same
plan he is using. Here, again, your
jood judgment -and discretion is called
for and upon its proper use depends
your future success as a poultry man.
It may require only the least thing to
throw success your way; you may
have almost reached the goal when
you surrender. Therefore, persevere,
devise means of success from the study
of the plans of others who have been
and are successful. What others have
done we can all in a measure do, and
while we may not reach that high
pinacle of fame occupied by some in
the line we are pursuing, yet the hon-
est, industrious, ambitious exertion of
our efforts and best endeavors in that
behalf will enable us to reach a high
step in the ladder of fame, even if
we fall short of the highest. All things
are possible to him who learns to
labor and to wait.

— The brick poultry house of W. H. Bushells, of David City, Nebr., where is kept Mr. Bushells’

prize-winning Orpingtons.

He won Ist and 2nd cock, 1st and 2nd hen, 1st and 2nd cockerel, 1st

and 2nd pullet, and Ist pen at Lincoln at state fair.

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A first prize Buff Orpington pullet owned by
Mrs. A. Rockhill, Harvard, Nebr. She also
breeds superior White Wyandottes that win.

JUDGES AND JUDGING AT THE
CHICAGO SHOW.

The management of the Chicago
show have selected to place the awards
at their sixth annual meet the follow:
ing named gentlemen:

Mr. W. S.. Russell, Ottumwa, Ia.

Rey. E. W. Rankin, Cedarville, Ill

Mr. M. F. Wurst, East Cleveland, O.

Mr. A. #. Shaner, Lanark, Ill.

Mr. Thomas E. Rigg, Iowa Falls, Ia.

Mrfl Frank W. McKenzie, Concord,
Mich.

Mr. D . T. Heimlich, Jacksonville,
Ill.

Mr. Charles McClave, New Lon-
don, O.

Mr. William E. Knight, Fishkill

Landing, N. Y.

Mr. R. E. Jones, Flatrock, Ind.

Mr. E. J. W. Dietz, Downer’s Grove,
Ill.

Mr. D. A. Stoner, Rensselaer, Ind.

Mr. L. W. Schimmel, Detroit, Mich.

Mr. Henry Tiemann, Baltimore, Md.

Mr. Robert Joss, Peoria, Il.

Negotiations are now in progress
with others and it is probable that
there will be additions to this list.
Pigeons, dogs, cats and pet stock will
be judged by the comparison method.

In the poultry and Belgian hare
departments the method of judging
will be decided by the exhibitors, as
per the following rules, adopted by
the board of directors:

“The entry blanks, prepared for ex-
hibitors, shall contain a column, mark-
ed ‘Method of Judging.’

“Exhibitors shall be requested to in-
dicate, in such column, for each spec-
imen, the method by which the ex-
hibitor desires such specimen shall be
judged.

“As soon as the entries are closed,
the secretary shall examine the entry

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sheets and ascertain therefrom the
wishes of the exhibitors in each vari-
ety; and each variety shall then be
judged by the method desired for the
largest number of specimens in each
variety.

If in any variety there shall be a
tie, or if all the exhibitors in the va-
riety shall fail to indicate the method
by which they wish the specimen in
the variety judged, then the commit-
tee on judges shall determine the
method by which such variety shall be
judged.”

To Poultry Investigator: A special
meeting of the American Buff Plym-
outh Rock club was held in connection
with the poultry exhibit at the Pen-
American exposition, in the Agricul-
tural building, Thursday, October 24,
at 2 p. mfl Meeting was called to or-
der by the president, Dr. O. P. Bennett,
who made some pleasant remarks on
taking the chair.

The roll call found twenty-one mem-
bers present, including the majority
of officers and executive committee.

W. C. Denny made a few remarks
on the loss we had sustained by the
death of the veteran Buff Rock breed-
er, H. S. Burdick, and moved that a
committee, consisting of Messrs. Ar- |
nold, Foster, Shepherd and Benedict,
be appointed to draft suitable resolu-
tions on the occasion. It was moved
that W. C. Denny be added to the
committee, and so carried.

An interesting talk was given by F.
C. Shepherd on the great improvement

made in color, while H. E. Benedict
called attention to the defect in color
of eye, which, by so many, must be
overcome.

Also interesting remarks by M. F.
Delano, C. W. Beman and Eugene
Sites.

The members extended a vote of
thanks to W. C. Denny for the man-
ner in which he had placed the awards
at this exhibit.

It was then announced that our an-
nual meeting would be held in con-
nection with the Boston show.

W. C. DENNY, Secretary.

THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF
AMERICAN POULTRY
JOURNAL.

The American Poultry Journal of
Chicago celebrated its thirty-third an-
niversary with its January number,
containing over one hundred pages.
The commencement of its thirty-third
volume is announced with a new cover
and contains, as frontispiece, Frank-
lane L. Sewell’s latest and grandest
work—a colored illustration of a pair
of Silver Penciled Wyandottes. The
American is making an exceptionally
strong campaign for subscriptions, and
offers prizes of over $400, including
$200 cash prizes, to the agents who
send in the largest list of subscrip-
tions. They will send, upon request, a
sample copy, containing the colored
illustrations and also will send in-
structions to agents.

With pleasure we present to our

readers an illustration of the Eclipse

Bantam. It is the most convenient

and successful small Hatcher in use

because the Incubator, Brooder, Run
and Feed-yard are all combined. They
have all the latest improvements, Au-
tomatic Egg Tray, and Automatic
Ventilation and Moisture supply. Ab-
solutely self-regulating. When the

heat raises above 103, it is taken direct-
ly away from the incubator. They
are made in three sizes, 50- 100- and
200-egg, and are the lowest in price of
any on the market. Be sure to send at
once to the Noxall Incubator & Brood-
er Co., Quincy, Ill., for their 1902 cat-
alogue describing their goods, it issent
free if you mention this paper. Their
Noxalls are used by the largest poultry
raisers.

Clay County, Neb,, Poultry Show,
December I0 to I3.

The Clay County Poultry associa-
tion of Clay Center, Neb., held their
fifth annual poultry show at Clay Cen-
ter, December 10-13. The exhibition
was a financial success in every re-
spect. The members put up over two
hundred dollars in cash and special
terms, together with a large list of
specialties donated by the fianciers and
merchants of Clay Center, and the re-
sult was that a very large class of
birds were shown, being a larger ex-
hibit than any previous and a much
better class of birds. There were
nearly four hundred and fifty birds
besides pigeons and other pet stock.
Notwithstanding the cold weather dur-
ing the week, the show was well at-
tended, the hall being crowded every
day except the last. Many birds
changed hands and much interest was
manifested during the entire show.
The display in Buff fowls was as good
as could be seen in any show in the
country, especially the Buff Cochins
shown by Byron Dunn. There was a
large display of Buff Rocks shown by
Mrs. Flora Shroyer and Mrs Ella Pat-
rick, both of Clay Center. There were
several specimens that could be justly
called solid Buffs and of the right
shade. The White Wyandottes shown
by Mrs. C. Rockhill of Harvard and
Mrs. Detweiler of Clay Center were
very fine specimens, scoring as high
as 9534 points, and justly deserved the
score. The number of Plymouth
Rock classes were quite large and con-
tained many good specimens, especi-
ally in pullets and hens. The awards
were equally divided among the exhib-
itors. The display in geese, ducks and
turkeys was better than we have ever
seen in any poultry show, and one
Mammoth Bronze gobbler weighed
forty pounds, after being cooped for
three days at the show.

The annual meeting of the Clay
County Poultry association was held
on Thursday night of the week of
the show in the office of the Sure
Hatch company. Mr. Byron Dunn was
again elected president; Mr. J. C.
Kapser, vice president; Mrs. Flora
Schroyer, secretary, and W. T. East,
treasurer. Their show will be held
at Clay Center next season, the first
full week in January, 1903, and the
patrons of the show are sure that next
season there will be a much larger
show and greater interest taken. The
poultry interest is becoming immense,
and well it should, as there is no sta-
tion in Nebraska where so many eggs
are shipped for fancy poultry hatching
as from Clay Center. One firm alone
shipped over 47,000 eggs for hatching.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

The following is a list of awards as
given by David Larson of Wahoo,
Neb., and L. P. Harris of Clay Cen-
ter, Neb.

B. P. ROCKS.

P. J. Schwab, 1: first, 2
third.

J. W. Sidders,
ond, 2 thirds.

H. B. Louden, 2 seconds, 1 third.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Schroeder, 1 first, |
1 third.

1

seconds,

Giltner, 1 first, 1 sec-

W. P. ROCKS.
Pete Dickson, 3 firsts, 1
third.
H. H. Johnson, 1 first.
BUFF P. ROCKS.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shroyer, 2 firsts,
4 seconds, 3 thirds.
Mrs. Ella Patrick, 1 third.
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES.
J. C. Kapser, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 3
thirds.
W.J. East, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 1 third. |
C. Reutzel, 1 first, 2 thirds. |
BUFF WYANDOTTES.
All to Mrs. EK. W. Orr.
WHITE WYANDOTTES.
Mrs. C. Rockhill, Harvard, 4 firsts, 1
second, 1 third.
Mrs. C. S. Detweiler, 2 seconds.
Ss. L. WYANDOTTES.
Harry Gordon, Harvard, 1 first, 1 sec-
ond, 2 thirds.
V.E.Shirley, Harvard, 1 first, 2 thirds.
BUFF ORPINGTONS.
Mrs. Lucy Marks, 1 first, 1 second, 2
hirds.
J.A. Ling, Harvard, 2 firsts,2 seconds.
Mrs. Rockhill, Harvard, 1 second, 1
third.

1

second,

BUFF COCHINS.
All to B. H. Dunn.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.
All to Mrs, Alice Allen.
B. LANGSHHNS.
W. F. Nevins, Fairfield, 2 firsts, 2
seconds.
Mrs. N. W. Johnson, 2 firsts,
onds, 4 thirds.
PARTRIDGE COCHINS.
W. F. Holcomb, 4 firsts, 2 seconds.
Mrs. John Crouse, 2 firsts, 3 seconds,
1 third.

ey,

sec-

BUFF LEGHORNS.

All to Mrs. G. B. Lobb.
S. AND R. C. B. LEGHORNS.
All to D. Meyer.
Ss. Cc. W. LEGHORNS.

All to Johnson & Dargatz.

Ww. Cc. I. GAMES.
All to J. C. Nauman.

Cc. I. GAMES.
J. C. Nauman, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2
thirds.
C.G.Cottle, Edgar, 4 seconds,2 thirds.
B. MINORCAS.

All to Pete Dickson.

S. S. HAMBURGS.
All to H. M. Wolford.

HOUDANS.

All to Reuben Kapser.

G. S. BANTAMS.
All to W. F. Holcomb.

B. B. G. BANTAMS.
All to Judge L. P. Harris.
M. B. TURKEYS, TOULOUSE GEESE AND
PEKIN DUCKS.
All to A. B. Shroyer and wife.
W. H. TURKEYS.
All to W. J. East.
MUSCOVA DUCKS.
All to B. H. Dunn.
TEN VARIETIES PIGEONS.

All to W. F. Holcomb.

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SWEEPSTAKES.

A. B. Shroyer—Sure Hatch Incuba-
tor given by M. M. Johnson for largest
and best display, any variety.

B. H. Dunn —chair given by F. C. H.

Adams for best display one variety,
having entered 41 magnificent Buff
Cochins.

Reuben Kapser—lamp given by F.
Stanton for highest scoring pen; also

poultry powder given by F. A. Thomp-
son for highest scoring hen.

W. EF. Nevins, Fairfield—carboline-
um given by F. A. Thompson for high-
est scoring cock.

B. H. Dunn—5S00 note-heads for high-
est scoring cockerel: Mrs. C. Rockhill
the 500 envelopes for highest scoring
pullet; both given by W. L. Palmer &
Son.

POLK COUNTY POULTRY SHOW.

During the last week in November
the editor visited the little city of
Osceola in Nebraska, and found in

| session in the court house a full fledg-

ed poultry show. There were on ex-
hibition some four hundred as fine
birds as have been seen in local ex-
hibits. I noticed among this exhibit
was the display of Barred Plymouth
Rocks, White Plymouth Rocks and
Buff Plymouth Rocks. There were
birds in this display that were fit to
be shown in any show in the United
States.

The show room was crowded to its
fullest capacity during the week and
much interest was evinced.

The enterprise was very satisfactory
to all those who had anything to do
with its management.

The following is a list of persons
whose stock was on exhibition:

White Plymouth Rocks were shown
by J. W. Matson of Osceola, Neb.; Roy
Roseberry of Shelby; W. W. Gierhart,
of Osceola.

Barred Rocks were shown by J. N.
Jeffrey, Osceola; Geo. Dunning of
Shelby, Neb.; E. J. Brown of Osceola,
Neb.; George Dechert of Rising City,
Neb.

Buff Orpingtons were shown by B.
F. Scott, Rising City, Neb.; D. R.
Leard and H. H. Campbell of Osceola,
Neb.

E. J. Anderson of Stromsburg
showed Golden Seabright Bantams,
Whitecapped black Polish, Partridge
Cochins, Single Combed Brown Leg-
horns.

Ralph Peterson of Stromsburg show-
ed Silver Spangled Hamburgs.

Roy Roseberry of Shelby, Neb.,
showed Buff Wyandottes and Partridge
Wyandottes.

Mrs. L. E. West of Shelby showed
White Wyandottes, as also did J. A.
Inks,

Mrs. W. O. Johnson of Osceola show-
ed Silver Laced Wyandottes, and D.
C. Burnes of Osceola showed White
Holland Turkeys.

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the eggs to be used by the board as
special premiums to be given to each
and every first exhibitor who has
never exhibited at the annual “mid-
winter show. ‘The secretary has also
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1902 Poultry Raising.

Not long since an extensive poultry
buyer told me that he was making
more money than ever, although he
had to cover twice as much territory as
he did a year ago to get a carload. It
seems to me there is a whole chapter
in his little statement for the poultry
raisers; it certainly indicates a short-
age on marketable poultry. ‘The cold
storage packing houses were swamped
with consignments of live poultry dur-
ing the dry weather and we can not ex-
pect any great rise until the packing
house goods are used up, unless it
might be possible that some long-
headed schemers corner the whole bus-
iness as they seem to have done with
the egg supply. For my part I do not
take much stock in the egg corner
question that we read so much about.
I look at it asa battle between the sup-
ply and demand. ‘The demand is so
much greater than the supply, or out-
put, that prices necessarily had to run
up. The output is very light, as the
market reports will show. I mean, the
supply of fresh eggs is away below a
year ago and I think this shortage of
fresh eggs is due to the farmers’ mar-
keting their hens very closely during
the early fall months. Of course the
weather affects theegg market to some
extent, but not responsible for only its
share in booming the egg market.
During this winter and spring the
storage house poultry will be put on
the market; after it is used up, we will
have poultry prices that will make the
chicken producers look pleasant. We
cannot expect the prices to double;
such a condition would hardly be a for-
tunate thing for the producers. If
dressed poultry were worth 25 cents on
the market and other dressed meats 12
cents, people would figure economy and
buy other meats. Poultry prices are
not going to double, but an advance of

2 cents per pound would mean millions
for the poultry raisers. A five cent ad-
vance on eggs would mean several
more millions.

No sir, we don’t want prices to run
wild; we can get along better with a
steady market. Justa little improve-
ment each year will suit us very well.
The prices can advance considerably
and yet poultry will be cheaper asa
food product than pork or beef. To
keep the demand leading the supply is
what we need and it seems to me the
poultry raisers are boss of the situa-
tion this coming season. Let us raise
some poultry: the young roosters will
be worth money by the pound,the early
pullets will pull our way with fall and
winter eggs, later ones will keep the
good work going. The question of feed
is not a serious one afterall. Corn is
high, of course, but wheat is yet a mod-
erate price; even though we fed corn
exclusively it would not bea serious
proposition. Poultry does not melt a
corn crib like hogs; a few bushels of
cracked corn mixed up with curd cheese,
stale bread and sweet milk anda doz-
en or two other things, will raise a lot
of poultry. <A little lateron when they
can run in the weeds and get bugs and
hoppers, they will nearly raise them-
selves and by fall they are ready to
raise us. This is‘no dream either. A
good drove of laying hens will buy
their own feed and help us buy corn
for the hogs. Yours truly,

M. M. JOHNSON.

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pean. ik Abe. Ace

wa

Perhaps there is no “procession”
that goes more rapidly, and has moved
more rapidiy for a dozen years past,
than the one involving the progress of
the poultry movement.

A regular manifesto of evolution!

He stood gazing over the wires at
those white birds, his lower jaw
slightly dropping, and a queer, puz-
zled look in his eyes.

“Naw, I ain’t in the poultry busi-
ness,” he said brusquely. ‘Mother's
allers kept chickens, but they don’t
pay. Allus eatin’ their heads offn’d
hardly ever layin’ Come Thanksgivin’
er Christmas er the sewin’ ‘ciety er
anything purticler, mother has me
racin’ all over the deestrict to find
eges, ‘nd I guess the neighbors are
about all in the same boat.”

“Well,” I said, laughing, “next time
you get out come to Rose Lawn, and
1 guess you won't find the egg basket
empty.”

“T ‘low yourn don’t lay in winter?”

“Oh, but they do. They have not
laid many eggs for six weeks past, be-
cause the hens are moulting and the
pullets developing into hens. It is al-
ways a critical season and a time
upon which hinges the winter lay-
ing.”

His jaw droped lower.

“T don’t know much about chickens,”
he confessed, “but I don’t s’pose these
thoroughbreds o’ yourn are any better
only for looks than ourn.”

“What kind are yours?”

“Oh, no kind in _ purticler—just
chickens.”

“Well,” I said, “ ‘just chickens’ re-
spond to proper treatment and good
care, but of course the thoroughbred in
the poultry world has the same ad-
vantage that the thoroughbred in the
horse world has. ‘Blood will tell,’ you
know.”

“What be them things along the
fence there?’ he inquired, somewhat
irrelevantly.

“Those spikes set in that
plank are to stick beets on.”

“Beets! What fur?”

“Why, you see we raise beets—bush-
els of them every year—on purpose to
feed the hens. When we give the
noon feed we stick one on each of
those spikes and for an hour or more,
after the other food is cleaned up, they
busy themselves picking those beets
to pieces and eating them. They are
good for .u.em.

“And here are the hooks we hang
the cabbage on. A little high, you
see, so the birds will have to jump a
little way. And this is the scratching

heavy

AMONG OURSELVES

J

ae oat:

shed tor tne pullets, and over there
the one for the old nens, At night
we scatter oats in the litter so there
will be work for them to do as soou
as they are off the perches in the
morning. Usually a sheaf of oats or
a tew ears of unshelled corn are with-
in their reach. In this way they nev-
er get too fat and they are well and
active.

“And this is the box of sand they
run to for grit. Over there is a heap
of broken plastering and coal ashes.
Without these they canont lay.

“Come into the shop and see our
new green bone cutter. Cut green
bone will make a wooden hen lay.”

Of course our laugh belied our
words, but the man never smiled. He
just went on gazing and looking queer.

“ vhis pile of old dishes we pound
into bits and deal out as we have time.
It is just the thing for hens and they
are ravenous for it.

“At noon we feed boiled oats or
make a warm mash of ground feed,
table scraps and potato parings.

“At night we use shelled corn that
has been in the oven, or at least near
the fire all day.

“In summer we use no corn; wheat
takes its place.”

And so we rattled on, and still the
old man was quiet,

When he did speak he said:

“Well, I swan!” and that was all.

We hear rumors, however, that he
went nome and tlked it over with
mother, and that they are going into
the poultry business. There is noth-
ing like getting into the procession.

And he is only one who literally be-
lieves that, if he has a duty toward
the chicken yard, it is done when he
lets them feed around where the hogs
eat and roost in the tree tops.

Winter is fairly here and the fowls
should have warm water twice a day.
If one wants eggs he must see to it
that the hens never chill.

November is a trying time for the
pullets and late moulting hens. Ex-
tra food should be given, such as
wheat—something new and tempting.
This is the time when the green cut
bones comes in just right. Meat
scraps will do as well. Particular at-
tention should be paid to the housing.

Drafts are pernicious to the half
clad or half developed birds, inducing
colds that may end in something more
serious—possibly roup or consumption.
Better the fowls roost in the open than
in the draft, but warm houses are
what they need and must have.

Too much attention can hardly be

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paid to details at this time of year,
and the successful, experienced fan-
cier is not the one who slights the
trifles. There is profit in poultry even
if one does not half attend to it, but
there is more when properly conducted.
There is the egg money, the broiler
money and the occasional sale, at
fancy prices, of stock. There is the
fertilizer, the feathers and the com-
fort. By the comfort we mean the
roast chickens, the cnicken pies, the
eggs for home consumption and the
pleasure one gets out of a handsome
range of birds.

Somebody sings:
“TI will sing you a song of the vege-
table man,
For women may search and women
may plan,
And look all
books,
And choose these seeds that are just
for looks;
But when they are cooking three
meals a day,
‘Tis squashes and peas and beans that
pay.”
And so itis. There may be beef and
pork and all the rest, but—

day thro’ catalogue

“When they are cooking three meals
a day,
Then the raising of chickens will pay.”

But there is a very serious side to
this business. Men and women—poor
people—are reading the papers and
then embarking in the poultry busi.
ness. It seems to them that a fortune
is all but waiting to be grasped. It is
not so, my triend. It takes capital,
time and hard work to make it any
sort of a success beyond one’s own
table supplies.

We read a letter, printed somewhere,
from a young widow to an _ editor,
saying that her husband had just died
and left her to earn a living for her-
self and 7-months-old child, and she
wanted to be advised if she could
make a living by going into chickens.

Now she may make something
worth while after a bit, but it is to be
devoutly hoped she has money to live
on meanwhile, for it takes a long time
to “amount to anything” as a fancier,
that is from a money standpoint.

If one has a living insured while
the poultry business is building up it
is a good thing to go into. Hspecial-
ly is it a good thing for people who
have some land and can raise most of
the feed, but where it is constant cash
outlay and small returns for two or
three years, he or she who is in need
of “daily bread” better go slow.

“"To keep pace with the procession

As it moves along, you know,

You must grasp new notions quickly,

And as quickly let them go.”
VELMA CALDWELL-MELVILLE.

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Central Missouri Association.

The Central Missouri Poultry asso-
ciation closed its third annual exhi-
bition at Boonville, Mo., November 29,
after a most successful four days’
show. Nearly 500 birds were in the
room, and the quality the finest. Judge
D. T. Heimlich scored the birds, and,
as usual, gave universal satisfaction.
He is a “hard cutter.” The election
of officers for 1902 resulted as follows:
H. A, Jewett, Clark’s Fork, president;
H. C. Duncan, Lamine first vice presi-
dent; L. M. Haynie, Nelson, second
vice president; Mrs. Charlotte Wilker-
son, Fayette, third vice president; H.
P. Mason, Fayette, secretary and
treasurer. The next show will be
held in Fayette, date to be chosen
later, with the veteran, J. A. Maxwell,
as superintendent. The awards were:

Barred Rocks—Mrs. T. A. Nelson,
Bunceton, 1, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 2, 3
hen, 1 pen. Mrs. W. L. Scott, Black-
water, 3 cockerel. R. <A. George,
Bunceton, 1 hen, 3 pullet. D. Barnert,
Boonville, 1 pullet. Ed G. Thoma,
Booneville, 2 pullet, 3 pen. Mrs. B.
F. Doran, Bunceton, 3 cock, 2 cockerel,
2 pen.

Buff Rocks—H. P. Mason, Fayette,
Mo., 1 cock, 1 hen, 2 cockerel, 1, 3
pullet, 1 pen. Boyd Norris, Fayette, 1
cockerel, 2, 3 hen, 3 pen. L. M. Hay-

nie, Nelson, 8 cockerel, 2 pullet, 2
pen.

White Rocks—R. A. George, 1, 3
cock, 1 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Wm.

Johnmeyer, Boonville, 1, 2 cockerel, 2
hen, 2 pullet, 2 pen. G. E. Chambers,
Boonville, 3 cockerel, 3 hen, 3 pen.
R. C. Barred and R. C. White Rocks—
all to R. A. George.

Black Langshans—C. G. Miller &
Son, Boonville, 1, 2 hen, 1 cockerel,
1 (tie), 2, 3 pullet, 1 pen. H. C. Dun-
can, Lamine, 3 hen, 2, 3 cockerel, 1
(tie) pullet, 2 pen.

White Langshans—All to C. G. Mil-
ler & Son.

Light Brahmas—All to L. M. Hay-
nie.

Buff Cochins—Wm. Johnmeyer, 1
cockerel, 3 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs.
T. A. Nelson, 2 cock, 2 hen.

White Cochins—All to Wm. John-
meyer,

Silver Laced Wyandottes—All to W.
H. Carpenter.

Golden Wyandottes—All to John.
meyer.
White Wyandottes—Mrs. Grace

Viertel, Boonville, 3 cockerel, 1, 2, 3
pullet, 1, 2 hen.

Rhode Island Reds—All to Miss Isa
Holway, New Franklin.

Red Caps—All to Rudolph Toennes,
Boonville.

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White Crested Black Polish—All to
Mrs. Jesse McMahan, Blackwater.

Golden Polish—All to Wm. A.
Adams, Jr., Booneville.
Houdans—All to Emil Mueller,
Booneville.

S. S. Hamburgs—All to Rudolph
Toennes.

5S. C. Brown Leghorns—Wm. John-
meyer, 1 cock, 2 cockerel, 1, 2, hen, 3
pullet, 2 pen. H. A. Jewett, Clark’s
ork, 1, 3 cockerel, 1, 2 pullet, 1 pen.

S. C. White and R. C. Brown Leg-
horns—All to Wm. Johnmeyer.

Buff Leghorns—John §S. Hughes,
Fayette, 1, 2 cock, 1, 2 hen, 3 (tie)
pullet, 2 pen. Wm. Johnmeyer, 1, 2
cockerel, 1, 2, 3 (tie) pullet, 1 pen.

Buff Orpingtons—Mrs, W. N. Mar-
shall, Lisbon, Mo., 1, 2, 3 cock, 1 cock-
erel, 1, 2 hen, 2 3 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs.
Grace Viertel, Boonville, 2 cockerel, 3
hen, 1 pullet, 2 pen.

Buff Cochin Bantams—All to John
S. Hughes, Fayette.

Golden Sebright Bantams—aAll to
Mrs. T. A. Nelson.

During the great International Live
Stock Exhibition at Chicago, Novem-
ber 30 to December 7, there was con-
siderable talk of the live stock display
to be made at the St. Louis world’s
fair in 1903. It was the general opin-
ion of everyone who was at Chicago
that they would be there, and hun-
dreds of others, insuring for St. Louis
the greatest live stock exhibition ever
held in the world. An appropriation
of $750,000 was asked for, with an
assurance of at least $250,000 more, to
be contributed by several states, and a
number of different stock associations,
thus making a fund of one million
dollars to be devoted entirely to the
live stock exhibit. Of this amount
$60,000 was allotted to the poultry,
pigeon and pet stock department. This
we feel will enable us to put the larg-
est, finest and best exhibit in
this line that has ever been shown in
the world. Entry fee will be small
and premiums large, and we call at-
tention to this matter thus early so
that every fancier may know that
something big will be going on at St.
Louis in 1903.

J. A. LELAND,
Springfield, Ill., Chairman,
HENRY STEINMESCH,
St. Louis, Mo.
I. K. FELCH,
Natick, Mass.
. L. N. COBBLEDICK,
Oakland Cal., and for the Pacific

Coast.

Committee on Poultry, Pigeons and
Pet Stock, Louisiana Purchase Expo-
sition, St. Louis, 1903.

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock for sale at all times, Eggs in season.

E.B. OMOMUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.

ROSE COMB BUFF ORPINGTONS
Black Langshans. Stock and

eggs for sale. See winning at Red
Oak and Osceola, Iowa.

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. lowa.

The manufacturer of the

Shanb Compartment Brooder

is not offering something for nothing,
but does offer the best brooder in the
world for the money. The best is al-
ways the cheapest. Illustrated cata-
logue. 4cin stamys.

. M. O. Sherer,
Box 19. Louisville, Ohio.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red
SIX YEARS Oak, Ia., won 1st Cock, 1st
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
At Osceola, Ia., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st
Cockerel, 1st Pullet, lst Hen, ist Pen.
Two hundred choice breeding and ex-
hibition birds for sale.

H. R. McLean,
Red Oak, = =

Buff Orpingtons ana Cochfas.

mee Coponauons
I won more premiums than
any other two exhibitors at
the Nebraska State Show,
1901. Before buying any-
thing write me—it will be a
pleasure to give you prices.

Ida J. Buehler, ‘y27°52%,.

lowa

Old Homestead Brooder.

The best onearth. All your chickens can be
saved in the Old Homestead Brooder,
Try one, Write for prices. Address
Old Homestead Brooder Co.,

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Cyphers Catalogue For 1902.

The new and complete catalogue of
the Cyphers Incubator Company for
1902 will be ready for mailing about
the 15th of January. This book will
consist of 196 pages, 8x12 inches in
size, with a handsome embossed cover
with gold lettering, and will contain
color plate reproductions of the full
line of the non-moisture, self-ventilat-
ing Cyphers Incubators. It will also
contain photographic illustrations of a
large number of America’s best known
and most successful duck, broiler, egg
and specialty plants. ‘This new cata-
logue weighs fully one pound, and will
be sent free to any address in any
country for ten cents in stamps or sil-
ver to pay cost of delivery.

A feature of this new catalogue is
the department of foreign testimonials
telling of the uniformly good work the
Cyphers patent-diaphragm, non-mois-
ture, self-ventilating incubators are
doing ‘‘the world around.’’ The sun
now never sets on ‘‘the Cyphers at
work,’’ and the department referred to

contains numerous reports from per
sons dwelling in foreign lands who are
using the Cyphers Incubator with grat-
ifying success.

So great has become the foreign de-
mand for these American-made incu-
bators that the Cyphers Company has
found it advisable to take out a trade-
mark, which has been registered in
every country where a demand for in-
cubators exists. This has been done
to protect the Company’s trade and
friends against ‘‘pirated’’ imitations,
so that foreign poultrymen may be sure
they are buying ‘‘the genuine Cyphers
made in U. S. A.”? Herewith is shown
an imprint of the new Cyphers trade-
mark and hereafter this trade-mark
will appear in gold and colors on the
front of every Cyphers Incubator man-
ufactured by the Cyphers Incubator
Company in their new and greatly en-
larged factory at Buffalo, N. Y. Note
our advertisement, 2 cuts, page 34, this
paper.

All persons who are interested inthe
development of the poultry business
and the improvemeat of poultry appli-
ances should send for a new Cyphers
catalogue. Ask for book No. 122 and
address nearest office.

CYPHERS INCUBATORCOMPANY,

Buffalo,N.Y.,cor.Court & Wilkeson sts.
Chicago, I11., 325 Dearborn st.

Boston, Mass., 34 Merchants’ Row.
New York, N. Y., 8 Park Place.

The Western Poultry Fanciers’ As-
sociation of Cedar Rapids, Ia., which
holds its seventh annual exhibition
at Cedar Rapids on January 13 to -8,
1902, wish to call the attention of
poultry fanciers to a few of the spe-
cial attractions of their show. The
American Buff Rock club and _ the
American Black Langsham will
two of the special features.

Theo. Hewes of Trenton, Mo., and
J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will
judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of
Macon, Mo., will judge the hares, and
Henry Tieman of Baltimore, Md., will

be |

judge the pigeons.

Write for premium list December 1,
1901. Emtries close January 4, at
midnight.

E. E. RICHARDS, Sec.

W.S Russell of Ottumwa, Iowa,
writes us that he has a fine lot of
Barred Plymouth Rock cocks for sale
very reasonable. Mr. Russell breeds
as good as there is and furnishes prize
winners in many of our best shows. If
you want something good, just write
him and get prices. See his ad in this
paper.

23
For Sale..

High hlass fancy pigeons, as fol,
lows: Fantails, Carriers, Magpies,
Owls, Archangles, Barbs, Homers,
Swallows, Dragoons, Nuns, Turbits-
Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts,
Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in-
side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White
Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese,
Rouen Ducks. Write for price list.

D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb.

Buff Cochins.~<t—
Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns

My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank Hitch-
cock and have won for two years in the show
room. Prices reasonable. Write your wants.

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

«

The kind that win and lay eggs.

Satisfaction to all. Circular free,

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la.

Lock hox 500.

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John J. Kautzmann,
590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J.

CAPITOL RABBITRY, Augusta, Me,

I am closing out my whole stock of Bel-
gians, over one hundred, 24 prize- winners
included. There are a 1 Hares, 4 Gold
Medal Winners, 1 choice Doe of the State
Winner of Sweepstakes. prize for’ highest
scoring animal in show: asilvercup goes
with her.

Now is the time to gather in prize win-
ners for winter shows. These prices
are reasonable and unimals way up. Will
send copy of Pedigrees and Prices.

H. F. ADAMS,
Augusta, - = Maine.

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Address, THE INVESTIGATOR
Clay Center, Nebraska.

rive

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postpaid.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

TO CHICAGO EXHIBITORS.
What,
point, goes to make up a successful

from the exhibitor’s stand-

poultry show? Fair judging by com-

petent men, liberal prizes, careful han-

dling, intelligent feeding, protection

against loss, prompt return of stock,
and settlement of prizes. Nothing is
quite so irritating to an exhibitor as
to have his stock returned in a badly
demoralized condition, showing plain-
ly that they have been ill treated,
with possibly a specimen or two
changed, or even missing. If the ex-
hibitor will use care in shipping his
stock, being particular to give all nec-
essary information on coops, remem-
bering that the management has thou-
sands of specimens to handle in the
short space of twenty-four hours, a
great deal of unnecessary confusion
will be avoided. The Chicago show
has adopted a plan that will do away
with all ‘“‘mix-ups” or tampering with
fowls. As the birds are removed from
the shipping coops they will be band-
ed with a sealed leg band marked
“Chicago, 1902,’ bearing the number
of coop the fowl will occupy during
the show. This number will be used
on all show records, including score
cards, prize certificates, and premium
list, thereby giving every bird some-
thing to show that it has been exhib-
ited at Chicago, whether judged by
comparison, or scored. With this sys-
tem how easy it will be to turn to the
catalogue at any time and convince
any skeptic that a certain bird did
so and so. How simple it will be to
keep out of the tangle found at every
show when a fowl becomes misplaced,
and what a relief to know that each
and every specimen is in the hands of
its rightful owner when it leaves the
room. Locked coops give you a false
sense of security, but any attempt to
remove an unbanded bird will open up
an investigation that will prove disas-
trous to wrongdoers. With such able
men as Mr. C. M. Davidson in charge
of poultry, Mr. Wm. Plaehn, pigeons,
and Mr. J. C. Knapp, pet stocks, ex-
hibitors may rest assured that their
stock will be fed and cared for care-
fuly and intelligently. If you intend
to show, put Chicago at the head of
your list; if you don’t intend to show,
change your mind, and come to Chi-
cago—you'll not regret it. Chicago
will have the greatest show in the land
this year without the slightest doubt,
and it will be to your advantage to
come. Don’t forget the date, January
20 to 25, inclusive. Exhibits will be
received the 19th and 20th, positively
not later. Cc. A. DAMON,
General] Superintendent.

Have you seen it?

The Fanciers’ World

America’s leading publication for fanciers.
Special departments for dogs, cats. pigeons,
hires, poultry, etc. 32 pages. Profusely
Hs a per year, 50cents. Sampiecopy
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The Fanciers’ World
F. M. Simmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III.

Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods?

Make your Own! I can send you formu-
las for all kinus of stock and poultry
foods. Here areafew; Chick food 35c;
egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder,
45c; stock condition powder, 35c; hog con-

30c, Write for others.

A. W. Collins,
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, Ia,

dition powder,

BARRED P. ROCKS »%
Pure Thompson's Ringlets er:

40 ex ri fine Ckls. for sale, with score
cardsalso. 25 Extra Fine M. Bronze
Turkey Toms 191 hatch, weighing up-
wurds 26 lbs. Write for prices

C. M. HULBURT, Fairbury, Neb.

Mrs. A. P. Rogers,

of Bowling Green, Mo.,

Has first-class stock of Barred P.
Rocks. See ad in February
number 1902.

For bargains, write quick.

For Sale....

200 Fine Black Langshans. 200
Some of the best I ever raised.

Address

Ben. S. Myers,
Crawfordsville, Ind.

QUEEN CITY3Z

BUSINESS COLLEGE.

One of the leading schools of the west.

Great demand for
Address

Large attendance.

its graduates. Expenseslow.

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb

Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company

Butt Orpin a

AND

White Wyandottes

No better Stock
Raised.

I never have failed to win in
largest shows. Birds score from
90 to 95!.

C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska.

It is next to impossible to raise poul-
try, even a small flock ona city lot to
say nothing of a large flock on a poul-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
trained

Fox Terrier Dog.

Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo.

Buff Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, 5.

A

Cowes Leghorns, White
W yandottes.

ws

Stock from high scoring birds and
winners wherever shown. Prices right
Send your wants.

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.

Notice!_—

I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls.
ata bargain if taken soon. Also Gol-
den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons
for any kind of standard bred poultry.

W, F. HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Neb.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys

Young stock for sale. Gobs weigh
from 20 to 27 pounds. Price, $3.50

each. My stock is as good as the best.

J. P. Schroeder,

Clay Center,
Nebraska.

You Can Buy Eggs

From my Prize Winning White Wy-
andottes balance of this season at $1.50

per 15. See April GoLDEN EGG, p. 21.
GRANT MOTT,
Box A-29. Austin, Minn.

My Buff Rocks

Won at Madison Square Garden this
season; at Boston and other great
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs

for sale. Write for Circular and Show
record.

MILES H. LOUER,
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y.

Dogs! : : : Dogs!
I have a litter of fine Pups from a
large Bitch, % St. Bernard and 14 New-
foundland, bred to a great Dane.
These pups make the best of watch
dogs for farm or poultry plant. Male
pups $5 each. D. W. GRANT,
Almena, Kans.

Now Ready.. ~

Young stock for sale at the Golden
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock-
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan-
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct
from Duston, and hatched from a pen
of “‘Duston’”? hens. Also a few W. P.
R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a
bargain. Write for price and descrip-
tion of stock.

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

THE GREAT CHICAGO SHOW.

Present indications are that the
coming Chicago show will be the big-
gest poultry gathering the National
Fanciers’ association has ever experi-
enced. No reader of this paper who
wants to stand in the front ranks as
a breeder of fine fowls should think
of passing this show, but make it a
point to be there with the best his
yards contain, and secure a record on
his bird that will be world wide.
With a third more floor space in the
recently completed annex to the Col-
iseum building, the association will
have ample accommodations for the
increased display that will be seeking
honors.

C. A. Damon will serve the interests
of both exhibitor and association as
president. The gentleman is too well
known in the show room as a success-
ful breeder of fine fowls to need any
introduction to the fraternity. How
ever, to the prospective exhibitor it
should be told that he is known among
his associates to possess strong ex-
ecutive ability, originality and hon-
esty of purpose in everything under-
taken. Having these qualities, coupled
with untiring energy, his superintend-
entship should assist materially in
making the next Chicago show a
hummer. The method of judging
adopted by the management is, as a
journal states editorially, “A unique
one to satisfy exhibitors in the plac-
ing of awards, and there is no doubt
but it will be appreciated.”

The plan is simply to allow the ex-
hibitor to decide how the variety in
which he has specimens entered in for
competition should be judged, each
bird to county a vote, a majority in
each variéty to rule. This method will
no doubt breed a few kickers, but with
the truth before us that every pro-
gressive step in the world’s past his-
tory has had to convert numerous
fault-finders, there need be no _ fear
that this system of judging the Chi-
cago show will prove disastrous. The
fact is that breeders throughout the
middle west in particular are pretty
evenly divided for, and against the
score card, and where you may find
exhibitors in one variety strongly in
favor of the score card,, you will find
a majority of the breeders exhibiting
another variety radically opposed to
it. Anyhow, the method of judging
the next Chicago show is in the
hands of the exhibitor, hence, do not
forget to express your. preference
when making entries.

Vermont Belgian Hare company will
furnish to all breeders free Hutch rec-
ord cards and all they ask is for
stamps to pay postage on the same,

25
rly ig 7h
MAMMOTH BRONZE
r an trl Val @)
TURKEYS, eee,
That score from 94 to 974%; Barred
Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co-
chins, score from 87 to 984%; Pekin
Ducks that have won neiareae of
premiums, have been sold to all

parts of America and Europe.
Chester White Swine..............

Mrs. Chas. Sones, PAWPAW, ILL.

Golden Wyandottes.

Our Wyandottes never have failed
to win in the best company. Young
stock for sale.

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb.

They Are Going..
RE

Prize winners and reliable breeders at

half price to make room.

Partridge Cochins, B. B. R.
Game Bantams, Buff
come Rocks.

Send for Catalogue......

L. A. NOFTZGER,

Oaklyn Place. N. Manchester, Ind.

Olentangy:
Poultry Yards

Delaware, Ohio.
Barred ee Rocks, Cornish
Indian Games, Buff Cochin Bant-
ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs
$2 00 per 15. Send for circular....

OLDEN WYANDOTTES AND
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS,

In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled.
Fifty Cockerels und Pullets to sell.
Eggs in season.

W.J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb.

WHITE POULTRY

Holland Turkeys, Embden Geese Indian
Geese, Rose Comb Leghorns, Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored
Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock
winners or bred from winners and as repre-
sented, Southdown Sheep, Birkshire Swine

J. A. LELAND,

Woodside Farm,
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

26

MY MAMMOTH Are holding their own

PEKIN DUCKS ieeeshe ys win Mien:
ase neeagre gies pa

customers. A few elegant Bulf Rox at
half real value.

OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo

-| here is a chance for running

PEKINS

HALLOCK STRAIN.

Will sell a
ducks, $1 each.
now.

few choice drakes and
Orders for eggs booked

Belgian Hares
Pedigreed, leading strains. A grand
lot of youngsters sired by a 95°4- point

buck. Bred does always on hand.
Booklet on the industry for stamp.

Stephani Poultry Co.

Belleville, Illinois.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
SCORING THE KEEPER.

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We read and write pages and pages
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a

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luck; they simply don’t amount to
anything. We have seventy-five or
more and only get two or three eggs
and every once in a while one dies.”
Say, readers, did you ever read such
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the keeper 110 points, and the lice
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By the way, Mr. Incubator Man, I
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Same and write on the face of it,

JAMES PEARSON.

Germantown, Neb.

8

Fairbury,
Nebraska

——

Ohalk White Wyandottes
Breeder of+ Mammoth Light Brahmas

Buff Orpingtons.
Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
1901. Won 39 regular premiums.
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Northeast Missouri Poultry Show
held at Bowling Green, Mo.,
December 3-6, 1901.

BARRED P. ROCKS.

J. R. Lampson, Mexico, Mo.,—1st on
cock; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st
and 2nd on hen; 1st on pullet; 1st on
pen; Also $25 cash on best pen B. P.
Rocks.

J. R. Dayball, St. Louis—
let; 2nd on pen.

Jas. D. Clarkson, Ballwin,
on cock.

Mrs. Ll. Neville, Frankford, Mo.
on cock.

Miss Jennie Ferry,
3rd on hen; 3rd on pen.

2nd on pul-
Mo.—2nd
3rd

Elsberry, Mo.

F. B. Schlotter, Keokuk, Ia.—3rd on
pullet.
W. P. ROCKS.
E. B. Omohundro, Bowling Green,

Mo.—1st on cock; 1st and 3rd on cock-
erel; lst on pen. Also $10 special on
best cock, cockerel, 2 hens and 2 pullets.

Doc Holcomb, Bowling Green, Mo.
2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pullet; 2nd
on pen.

R. C. Lawry, Bowling Green,
3rd on cock; 3rd on pullet.

J. A. Douglass, Ferguson, Mo.—l1st
on pullet; 2nd on cock; 3rd on pen.

John Kemper, Troy, Mo.—1st on hen;
2d on cockerel.

BUFF P. ROCKS.

L. T. Sanderson, Bowling Green,-
1st on cock; 1st on cockerel; Ist on hen;
2nd on pullet; 1st on pen. Also $10
cash special on best pen in Buff vari-
eties and $10 Buff Rock special on best
cock, cockerel, hen and pyllet.

B. E. Johnson, Kirkwood,—2nd on
cock; 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st on
pullet; 2nd on pen.

J. S. Fitzgerrell, Bowling Green,—
2nd and third on hen; 3rd on pen.

WHITE WYANDOTTES.

W. R. Purnell, Bowling Green,—1st
and 2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 2ndon
pullet; lst on pen. $10 cash special on
best pen in white varieties.

John A. Shaw, McKitterick,—1st and

Mo.

3rd on pullet; 2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd
on pen.
Mrs. Eva White, Cyrene,—3rd on

cockerel.
S. L. WYANDOTTES.

John A. Shaw, McKittrick,—lst on
cock; 3rd on cockerel; 3rd on pullet;
1st on pen.

Mrs. Maggie R. Appleton, Bowling
Green,—2nd on cockerel.

Henry T. Reed, Camp Point, Il1.—1st
on hen; 3rd on pen.

Mrs. lL. Neville, Frankford,—2nd on
hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen,
BUFF WYANDOTTES,

John A. Shaw,—I1st on cock; 1st and
2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st, 2nd
and 3rd on pullet; 1st and 2nd on pen.

GOLDEN WYANDOTTES.

John A. Shaw,—1st on cockerel; 1st,

2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on pen.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.

Mrs. Nathan Newby, Bowling Green,
—2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st and
2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen.

Henry T. Reed—1st on cockerel; 2nd
on hen; 1st on pen; $10 cash special on
best pen in Parti-Colored varieties.

BUFF COCHINS.

Otho N. Gay, Camp Point, I1l.—1st
and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet.
WHITE COCHINS

T. H. Sebastian, St. Louis,—1st on
cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd
on pullet; Ist on pen.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

BLACK LANGSHANS.

L. EK. Meyer, Bowling
and 3rd on cock; 2nd on cockerel; 2nd
and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pen.

Mrs. W. H. Tinsley, Edgewood,—1st
and 2nd on pullet; 3rd on pen. §2.50
special on best pullet.

John Hettich, Bowling Green—1st on
cock; 1st and 3rd on cockerel; 1st hen;
3rd on pullet: 1st on pen; $2.50 special
on each cock, cockerel and hen. Also
Silver Cup offered by American Lang-
shan Club on best pen.

BUFF LEGHORNS.

Mrs. lL. Neville—1st on cockerel; Ist
on hen; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on
pen.

Stephen Pollard, Bowling Green, —
2nd on cockerel; 1st on pullet; 2nd pen.
R. C. W. LEGHORNS.

Charlie Gibbs, Bowling Green, —1st
on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen.
S. C. W. LEGHORNS.
John Lovell, Bowling Green, —1st on
cockerel; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on hen.

Ss. C. B. LEGHORNS.
J.D. Clarkson, Ballwin,—2nd on hen,
Ogre Poultry Yards, Thompson,-

1st on cockerel.

V.S.Smith, Bowling Green,—1st and
third on pullet.

BLACK MINORCAS.

C. S. Huckstep, Elsberry,—-1st on
cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st, 2nd and 3rd
on pullet; Ist on pen.

HOUDANS.

J. C. Huckstep, Bowling Green,—I1st
on cock; 1st on cockerel; 1st and 2nd on
hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 1st on pen.

BUFF ORPINGTONS.

Mrs. R. L.. Pollact, Bowling Green,
1st on pullet; 2nd on pen.

Dodge Bros., Louisiana,
cockerel; 3rd on pen.

J.J. Peay, Bowling Green,—I1st on
hen; 3rd on cockerel.

Henry Woether, Barrett Station —1st
on cockerel; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st
on pen.

—2nd on

Green,—2nd |

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BUFF COCHIN BANTAMS.
Zumo Debertshauser--1st on cocker-
el; 2nd on hen.
Otho N. Gay, Camp
on cock: 1st on hen.
WHITE BOOTED BANTAMS.,

Point, I1l.—1st

Louisiana —1st on cock;
Ist on cockerel: 1st! on’hen; 1st pullet.
S. S. HAMBURGS.

Deyo Hendrick, Bowling Green,—1st
on cock; 1st and 2ndon hen; 1st pullet;
1st on pen.

Dodge Bros.,

Cc. I. GAMES.
Joe F. Strauss,,Bowling Green,—I1st
on cock; 1st 2nd and 3rd on hens.
M. B. TURKEY.
Mrs. M. R. Appleton, Bowling Green,

—1st on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st
on pen.
Miss Jennie Ferro, Elsberry; 2nd on

cock; 3rd on hen.
WHITE PEKIN DUCKS.

Vest Omohundro, Bowling Green,—
1st and 3rd on best pair.

Mrs. Eva White, Cyrene,—2nd pair.

WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS.

R. H. Thompson, Bowling Green,—

1st, second and 3rd’on best pair.

Maplewood, Mo., March 18, 1900.

W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.

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Winter Layers

Now that winter is again with us,
are so frequently asked what re-
sults we get from our pullets as win-
ter layers and what breed of poultry
have we found to give the most eggs
in winter, and don’t we find a serious
objection to the large single comb of

we

the Leghorn and the Minorca.
We have had Leghorns for many
years, but our experience with the

Minorca was only for a few seasons.
We would not object to the Minorca
on account of large comb and would
as soon keep them in a cold climate
as any breed, so far as comb is con-
cerned.

Our aim has always been to im-
prove any breed of poultry we -han-
dled. To do so we found that we

must study summer and winter care,
the food that would give best results,
not feeding the same during heat of
summer that we would feed in zero
weather in winter. We have found
corn and meat to be necessary as a
heat producing food for poultry in
winter. The writer does not mean
this alone, but as a last meal at night
corn excellent, We have used
eracked corn for the reason that
coarse cracked corn cannot be eaten

is

as quickly. We have noticed fowls
gorge themselves on corn, as is the

case with mashes, but mash, being a
softer food, it is not as likely to pack
a crop as harder substances that will
swell, as does corn and wheat. For
this reason some acquaintances cook
all the wheat and corn, swelling it to
its uttermost. We have tried feed-
ing in that way, but do not like it as
all hard grain or all sott food is not
the thing for poultry, and we are
much better satisfied to feed the grain
in a litter of straw and have the fowls
scratch for it, and if fed on the ground
it takes a longer time to pick the
grain up. To let a chicken stuff all
it will eat and then stand off in a
corner, especially if fed corn, it will
get too fat to be a profitable egg pro-
ducer. The active pullet that gets
plenty of food but not enougu so as
to be indolent, is the most profitable
egg producer. It is the nature of most
breeds of poultry to work, and one
can notice the chickens picking the
fine gravel and often it is too fine to
be grit. Dirt and mud is often taken
into the crop. Where the chickens
are kept in unclean houses or runs this
ground is unhealthy, especially when
picked up and eaten. If one watches
chickens they will notice them doing
this very thing.

In winter, when there is snow and
ice on the ground, we have noticed

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the pullets when a place was cleaned
or the snow shoveled off south of the
houses and the pullets allowed to ga
out. Most of them will eat snow and
ice until one would think it would
make them sick, which it has done
sometimes, causing bowel trouble.

In a climate where snow stays on
the ground so long it is hard on the
birds to keep them housed so long
and unless it is to cold when the sun
shines bright we have the snow shov-
eled away, the ground swept, and
throw down some straw. We see to
it that the fowls go in their houses
about four o’clock in the afternoon.
One can get them in when taking the
feed in their shed or house.

Scratching sheds built onto every
house so as to be opened or closed are
very desirable. Wire such as is used
on a fence can be had to enclose the
front; a small door to let the birds
out, but two large doors with a win-
dow, these closed when the weather is
very cold, make the ideal scratching
shed.

The beginner as a rule crowds the
birds, and that is one of the greatest
causes of failure. To have eggs in
winter one should have the hens to-
gether, and the pullets separated from
the hens in nouses and run by them-
selves. Then hens or older pullets
will impose on the younger birds, and
the pullet thus imposed upon, even
though a naturally thrifty bird and
good layer, will not do half as well as
it would where it did not fear being
abused when it moved, as a boss will
take advantage of timid bird, whip-
ping and abusing it at every opportu-
nity.

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Are you looking for something fine
in the way of White and Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White
Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al-
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H.S. FULTON &CO,.,
Lock Box 24 Stewartstown, Pa.

High Scoring Pen of
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS

One Cockerel, score 9644. weight 9 lbs.; two
pullets, score 97. weight 7 lbs.; three pullets,
score 9634. weight 6% Ibs.; four pullets, score
9614, weight6%, 7 7,71lbs.: two pullets, score
96, weight 6%, 7 pounds.

Eggs from the ab: ve pen, #3 (0 per 15. Oth-
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says, this is the best lot of White plymouth
Rocks he has scored this year.

REUBEN HIATT, Lees Summit, Mo.

MAMMOTH STRAIN
LIGHT BRAHMAS

....aS bred by....
H. T. RODGERS, Cainsville, Mo.

Are great prize
witiners again

At the recent Cainsville, Mo. Show, against
birds that have since won at St. Louis and
other large shows, we mude a remarkable
record which provesthe MAMMOTH STRAIN
is as good as the best.

1st on Cock, Ist on Hen, Ist, 2d and 3d on
Pullets, Cockerels and pens; also every
special including the grand prize over all.

Blue Barred x
Plymouth kocks

Our stock is first.class. Wehave some year-
ling stock and young stock for sale. Prices
reasonable.

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

ed, will never thrive or do as well as
when kindness is used toward it and
it has its freedom.

We try to grade our stock and pro-
vide good comfortable quarters for the
pullets we expect to lay during the
cold months.

The hens moult their feathers and
often begin laying with or at the
same time the pullets begin. Thus it
will be seen that all stock kept during
winter should be given the best pos-
sible care, for eggs pay a good profit
and it is our aim to always keep the
best layers of any breed we handle.

We select the next season’s breed-
ing stock early in the fall, that is we
dispose of those we do not want to
winter over early, so that any birds
we have on hand when winter comes
we consider are worth keeping, and
if we do not sell those we would not
be losing. A good layer, whether it be
a hen or pullet, is well worth keep-
ing.

To sell extra good breeding stock
and run short of eggs for hatching in
the spring is not advisable.

We have known breeders, because
offered an extra good price, to sell off
the breeding stock so close as to hard-
ly get young stock enough for the next
season. They were not in a position
to sell eggs for hatching and had so
few birds in the fall that as a business
it could not be called a success. When
one advertises and establishes a busi-
ness it is important to be fixed so one
can fill most of the orders.

CORA RICKARDS.

Ogden, Utah.

DOG ADOPTS YOUNG CHICKENS.

A curious case is reported from the
upper end of the city. This is noth-
ing more than the adoption of a flock
of motherless chickens by a dog. The
canine follows the chicks about
closely everywhere they go and when-
ever anyone approaches shows fight
at once. The animal belongs to a
family living near the Rock Island
roundhouge’ and the strange occur-
ence has created a good deal of in-
terest.

The dog was first noticed following
the chicks about and a short time
later was seen to lie down, whereat
the chicks snuggled close to the body
of their protector and were kept
warm, A curious spectator, who wit-
nessed the strange proceeding, ven-
tured close enough to look, when the
dog showed so much fight that he
retreated at once. The chicks are
thriving and threaten to live to a good
old age under the protecting care of
their new guardian.—Peoria Herald.

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Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
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Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
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Standard of Perfection each $1.

Spray Pumps each 75c.

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 25c and S0c a
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Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
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J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
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Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.

Midland Poultry Food at factory
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Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
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Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
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Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O.
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Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

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The best Folding xs
Exhibition Coop.”
Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb.

Manufactures and sells the best’ Exhibition
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HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 75c to $2.00
each, Write your wants.

30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

1890 ROYAL BLOOD 1901
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES FOR SALE.

Winners Big 4 Show at Sioux City, Ia., 98; at Lemars, Ia,, ’99; at National
Fancier’s Meet, Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1900, and at Nebraska State Show, Lincoln,
Nebr., entered 10 birds in 1901, where we won Ist cock, score 924; 1st, 2d and
8d cockerel, score 9414, Ist, 2d and 3d pullets, score 9314; 2d hen in large class
and very warm competition. We have never had but one bird defeated and
never had our birds scored except in the show room. Wehavea few breeding
pens to spare, not quite up to weight, but will soon be, at $12.50; trios $7.50.

See cut of birds on page 14. We can’t sell quite as good as these at that
price but can guarantee they will ee prize winners. Exhibition birds a
specialty. We can please you. . & N. M. CONNOR, Ponce Neb.

SAME OLD STORY.

JONES Wyandottes and Sebrights win again at
Indianapolis.

If you are looking for winners in SILVER, GOLDEN, WHITE, BUFF or

BLACK WYANDOTTES, G. S. and S.S. BANTAMS just write to JONES,

he can furnish you. I won every 1st in Silvers, but cockerel; every Ist and

2d in Goldens, including breeding pens; every Ist and 2d in Blacks; every 1st

but onein S. S. Bantams; every 1st and 2ndinG S. Bantams.

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Incubators.

Built on entirely new principles and the
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CLARKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

Single Comb Brown Leghorns.
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First prize at Salt Lake City. My
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birds. New circular free after
September. Address,

ora A. Rickards,

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Fifteen years of careful breeding has pro-
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Cockerel; 3rd on Hen, commended on Uock
and two specials for Best Shape Cockerel.
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corncribs, hog houses, granary, poultry houses and runs, 500 young, peach,
plum, cherry and apple trees just come into bearing.

Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese.

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| “Lady Blue” and the best [ have raised for three years
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end a trial order today. Due bill good 0 pete and are winners, making almost clean
for 25 c and Uatalogue in German Gr «| Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- sweep Wherever shown. Young Toms
fnglish free. WE PAY FREIGHT ON $10 «| tion Buff Orpingtons yet for sale, also $5 each; Pullets, $2.50 to $3 00 each. My
ORDERS. ? : Rocks are noted for shape and orange
25 Grafted Apple Treesfor - $100 %|10dian Runner Ducks at $5 a trio. calprenilexs: 20 point Cope ean
25 dded Peach Treesfor - $100 ; Circular free. each Pullet not scored. $1.00each.
Cries Pa ee TOL STOO a ke a Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo.

airbury Nurseries, Box 50, =
| Fairbury, ~~ - Nebraska Silver Lace Wyandottes
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White W yandottes ea fly). Wii Ele eee i Lae
Buff Leghorns| Black Langshans

1 Large. vigorous stock, free from disqualifi-
. 5 Pekin Ducks... cation: up to standard weight; winners at
when answering advertisements. It All first class stock. Prices reason-| Clay County:Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for

i 4 le. Prices reasonable, Eggs for sale in
will accomodate both the advertiser | able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, BeanOu. "addres Be
gad ea. Imperial, Neb. | mrs. N. W, JOHNSON, Clay Center, Neb.

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Time’ and time again the [Cyphers 360-egg maq™
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WARDS OF 300 CHICKS FROM 360 UNTESTED EGGS.
Allowing ten chicks to the hen, If WOULD TAKE THIRTY
aed a HENS TO HATCH 300 CHICKS.

BYP RE RS eencunsTons THE EVIDENOB:--
“My largest hatch was 345 chicks out of 360 eggs,’’—J. F.
Ramsey. Mortonville, Pa.

I got 805 chicks out of 318 fertile eggs.’’—Edw. Sharpe,

Genoa, N. Y.
“| hatched 314 chicks out of my #60-egg Cyphers.’’—Herman
Iriedl, Haskell, Ind.
“From 360 eggs we hatched 3!7 of the brightest, strongest
chicks I ever saw.’’—Frank B. Taylor, Prompton, Pa.
“From my No.3 Oyphers, holding 360 eggs. we hatched 311
chicks.’’—L. R. Hobart. Lake Crystal, Minn.
“Out of our largest size incubator I hatched 314 good,
healthy chicks’”’—H. Murr, Gordonville, Pa,
“My incubator holds 360 eggs and from one loading I got
301 chicks,”’—Jas, O. Myers, Oakes, Pa.
“One hatch I obtained 327 strong, healthy chicks from the
360-egg Oyphers.’’—Sprague Bros., Florence, UO.
Think of {the work and the worry in caring for the thirty
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SPECITATABARGAIN SALE.

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ieee hae: 9 LIGHT BRAHMAS.—»
The high price of feed compels me to close out my surplus stock of

S.C. Br. Leghorns. Will give special bargains for next thirty days. Prize-winning stock, first prize
This stock is sired by Boston and Chicago prize winners. at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of
I have some fine Pups for sale, } Newfoundland, } St. Bernard and

} Great Dane. These pups make extra fine watchdogs. . . .

I am also making a special offer on Grant’s Practical Brooder to

introduce it. Write for circular at once.

D. W. GRANT, - - - - = ALMENA, KANSAS

four entries at Kansas City, Mo.,
won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third.
Stock and eggs forsale. Write us

STECKER BROS.,

Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair

5 e
Bult ()y' Mh {OHS Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won |} —————__— — -
1-2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- d
L k els, 1-2 on Pullets, Ist on penof chicks. J. Ww. Eastes Sgr

Every bird a prize winner. Also win- Buff Orpingtons. R. 0. W. per ciny
Th C . B d ners at Ill. State Poultry Show of four Barred & White Rocks, W. C. a ads
e oming reed. first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State tame, Belgiun’s Hares, Eggs. Stock In
Poultry Show four first premiums. season, Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes;

W. H. BUSHELL, Importer and Breeder. Young stock for sale in pairs, trios silver cup last year.

DAVID CITY, : ; : NEBRASKA and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. | Galesburg, - a) Illinois-

PS

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Brief Business Catchers.

Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in-
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No display can be allowed and all cards must be
uniform in size and style.
allowed each quarter.

A change in makeup

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30 WORDS
WITH INVESTIGATOR
1 YEAR $3.00

FORSALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas inSEGas FOR SALE from Rose and Single I HAVE FOR SALP at a bargain 30 Buff

singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Buff
Rock Oxls., the best of stock for $1.25 each,
or $3 for 3, Write us atonce, OC. E, Olson,
Colon, Nebr.

BUFF ROOKS. Breeding and_ exhibilion
steck forsale. Write at once for descrip-
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Tell us what you want.
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo.

Cc. E, DUNLAP, breeder and buyer of_ thor-
oughbred chickens, Can fill your order for
any breed or strain, from the yards of reli-
able specialists. Prices reasonable, Cor-
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, 0, E,
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans,

BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers,
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also
handsome, I take great pains to have the
best and largest stock, Large fine Oxls, $1
each, Oscar Jenne, Liberty, Nebr,

FOR EXOHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In-
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games,
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams.
Olay Cecter, Nebr.

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK OCockerels from
first prize cock; very promising. Write for
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Elgin, Ill.

BLAOK LANGSHAN, W. P. Rockall old
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white
Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor-
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin,
Nebraska.

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale
cheap if taken soon.
O, E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr.

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever, Buy
early. Games, Heathwoods, Irish and
Mexican Grays, Blks, Reds; Tornadoes

and Oornish Indians, Free illustrated cir-
cular, O, D, Smith, Fort Plains, N, Y.

Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - $1.75

Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00
Pure White Rock Cockls_ - - - - £1.00
Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 |
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75

All above from prize-winning stock and line
bred, Catalogue sent.
J.C. BAKER. Proprietor,
White Plume Farm, Richtield, L111.

ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS

lf in need of a good cockerel to improve
your present stock, write me, as [ have
twenty fine cockerels bred from St. Paul

and Mitchell winners that must be dis-
posed of.

J.¥F.Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. Dakota

If you want... .

Belgian Hares

Call on or write to

OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
Old Orchard, Mo.

Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,
WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr.

100 Hares to choose from.

; Comb White Legherns, White Rocks and
Light Brahmas, $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs.
Write wants. John H.Rownd, Downs. Kas.

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
Leghorus, White and Silver Laced Wyan-
dettes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season.
15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per 1l. J. W.
Cook, Poneto, Ind.

BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorns,

B. B. Red Games, Pekin Ducks. Fancy
Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale, For
prices write, Utz Poultry Yards, Esther-
ville, Iowa,

BUFF TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout
No white wings and tails. Large birds and
ready toship. Mrs. T.G. Smith, Polo, 111,

1008.S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good
condition fashionably bred and artistically
marked. Rey. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran,
Kansas.

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
Ducks, Light Brahma and B, Plymouth
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand-
ers, and M, Brobze Toms, at $2 each, Pol-
and China hogs a matter of correspondence
J. D. Grimes, Chamber: , Neb,

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty. 1
yr old hens and this year’s pullets. and
cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points
and up to 954, Write for prices. Geo,
Wood, Weldon, Ia.

SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY
Farm, O. F. Austin, Dearing, Kan., White
Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and
John Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale
Strawberry plants—best varieties. Square
treatment.

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids, 1901.
150 youngsters for sale after October Ist.
finer than ever, superior feathering, shape
and color, Always satisfaction guaran-
teed. U.J. Shanklin, Wanbeck, Iowa.

Cochins,25 Buff Cochin Bantams, «lso Gold-
en Wyandottes and Barred P, Rocks that
are extra good. Write your wants. H.
Gregory, Wayne, Neb.

FOR SALE~—a $12 Humphrey Bone Outter,
uearly new for #8. Also a Buff Orpington
cockerel, weighs 9 pounds; will make an
excellent breeder. Price $5.00. Louis Mog-

ensen, Racine, Wisc.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively. A
few choice cockerels for sale; took Ist and

2nd premium at S. O. 8. poultry show.
Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Stroms-
burg, Nebr. Route No 2.

BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm
raised. Good birds, good scores, give good
satifaction and good results. Eggs that
hatch, $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as
reasonable. If convenient please enclose
stamp when writing for particulars.

Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87.

WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score
9444 by Russell. for sale. Also eggs from
D. Brahmas Brown Leghorn, B. Pekin and
Game Bantams. Expert Judge. P.M. Vool-
ey Milton, Ia.

PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have
afew fine Black Langshan UVockerels for
sale cheap if taken soon. Mrs. J, W. Strat-
ton, Blue Hill, Neb.

BUFF ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS—evenest lot
in the west. Have always won Ists in best

shows. Score 90% to 94% by Rhodes. Num-
Dee 90 cheap, Rob’t Larmer, Ravenwood,
oO.

NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood-
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T.
Olark, 26th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr.

MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe-
kin duck. Large fine specimens for sale at
reasonable prices. Our stock is as good as
money could procure, Mrs, E. I. Mathews,
Morning Sun, 2252?

FINE STANDARD
BRED BIRDS.

For sale after September ist of
following breeds:

Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 to
$3 each. Light Brahmas, $1.50 to
$3 each. Buff Cochin Bantams,
$1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr.
old Toulouse ganders at $3 each.
Pekin ducks of standard weight at
$2. each

MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD,
Highland, Ill.

Watch Houston’s Show Rec-
ord this Winter.

He will make some of the boys smile,
and girls too. His stock has always
won wherever shown.

B. P. R. and Buff Orpingtons.
I have 3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp-
ingtons. $5, $7 and $10, and one pair
$12. Have been booking orders for
eggs for some time. Rocks all sold,

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la.

Silver Wyandottes

1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females
for sale at $1 to $1.50 each; my last
season breeders. Want to get them
out of the way of the young birds;
these are bargains.

R. 5. TRIMBLE, Somerset,Ky.

We Sell..

‘)Hall’s Guaranteed Roup
y/Cure. Absolute sure
cure; price 50c and $1.00,
Hall’s guaranteed Chol-
era Cure, a preventation
for all diseases; price 50
cents and $1.00.

Hall’s Egg Model

an absolute necessity in
operating incubators.
Price 50c. Address,

Poultry Investigator,
Clay Center, Neb. 4s

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

WM. TYRRELL AND WIFE, Perry, Kansas.

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Ist, 2d, and 3d pulletand 3d c’k’lat
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
94-9234-9134 and 914 by Butterfield.
3 seconds at same show 1900. Ist
and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair.
Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock
for sale. Write for full information

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Poultry Supplies
The Best and Cheapest.

Lice Killers. Markers. Remedies. Incubators.
Exhibition Coops, Egg Oases, shipping Coops
and Boxes and everything to make poultry
raising pleasant and profitable. Best seeds
that grow. Nearly 20 years’ experlence. Send
for free Catalogue.

First Premium at State Fair 1901.

Archias’ Seed Store,

Pure crushed shell.............
500 poaide TON. 33,cgep dehiren <<a ee
Raw bone meal fine or course per 100 Ibs
Mica crystal grit +
Klood meal.... .
Meat meal...
Meat scraps
Chick feed. wed
Sunflower seed... ...
Bird seed 8c 1b; 10 lbs 75c.
key’s roup cure, 50c.

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Flood’s and Con.
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BUFF WYANDOTTES
BUFF P. ROCKS..

Bred from my Boston,
Omaha, Kansas City,
and Topeka prize win-
ners. Ola and young
stock for sale. A large
Prices reasonable.

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb.

flock to select from.

White Wyandottes.

First and second premiums at Min-
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 !0 2l.
Eggs from birds scoring 93, 94. 94, 94,
94, 95% cockerel 9434, $150 per se}-
ting, 2.settings $2.25. Few birds for
sole.

W.!H. Swartz,, Minneapolis, Kansas.

White Leghorns.

Layers and winners. An inducement to
buy at once and of us—tested breeders, hens
88, $10 and $12 per dozen. Cocks $1.50 to $2.50
each Scottish Terrier{puppies $5.

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,

R. . french, Mer. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.

High class stock for sale!

Barred and *Buff Plymouth Rocks
and S.C. W. Leghorns. Can furnish
chow birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric-
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldon, Mo.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.

We have Quality and Quantity.

Farm raised prize winning stock,
cheap for quality. If you want Rocks
write us.

. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.

Barred P. Rocks...

Extra fine, Extra large, Extra color

In the show room they! have shown
their excellence,have scored from 90 to
94 by prominent judges. Write wants.

Cc. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

May I “SHOW YOU”

That we raise as good Barred Rocks
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed-
ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his
equal for $5, or money back. If you
buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him
for $3 Try me. CORWIN JONES,

Sidney, Iowa.

P, Hostetler,

EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI.
Breeder of a good laying strain of gilt

enh CORE mar
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
and best laying strain of

8. C. White Leghorns..

(Barred P. Rocks

EXCLUSIVELY.

I have a number of early hatched cocker-
erels that are good in all sections. and really
poor in none, that I am ‘offering for a short
time only at$2 and $3 each. A few pullets to
spare at $1 to%5each. All farm raised.

W. S. RUSSELL,

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.

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. We willtell you how we made our
hens pay over 400 per cent profit.
Merely send your name and address
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cessful authors, criticises,corrects
and revises, as well as teaches
how to write. Write for booklet,

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Has thr a: gest 2g ~regation of

thorought <d po -:y “mi! e west.
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All Varieties.

| Each variety is bred separately on
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Prices reasonable.’ Stock the best.
Write your wants. Address,

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Clay Center, Neb.

ESTABLISED

IN 1885

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Always use the powder before setting the hen.
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BONANZA RABBITRY,
Hares in the world. The first to establish a
system of registration for Belgians. The first
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Want a
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The only ball bearing bone cutter made, is

The Adam,

runs easily, cleans itself, makes bone cutting play. Pays for itself in
the egg basket. Cuts clean, fine shaving. Noslivers, no rough
pieces, Will make your hens lay. See our new
Catalog No. 6, before you buy. Free.

W. J. ADAM,

Joliet,
Misa

. green bone.

done so much to make feeding green bone
4 Why? Simply because the
\ use without deciding that it is more
A
- machines. You find no Humphrey machines stand-
ing parts) and the easiest turning *bone cutter made. It’s
t °
@ isn’t the best machine, you don’t want it. Try it and see.
other bone cutter made; that it will cost less for repairs
self and see. It's simply great for cutting vegetables and kraut.
We send it free on request.
JOSEPH BRECK & SONS, Boston, Mass,
ae HATCH INCB. CO., Clay Center, Neb.

There is no onething which has
possible as the HUMPHREY Green Bone
AY and Vegetable CUTTER.
Humphrey is the only mach-
ine which a poultry raiser can
trouble than it is worth. That’s why the
wy Humphrey is so rapidly displacing all other
ing idle in the back yard. People who buy them, use
them. It is the simplest in construction (only three work-
the open-hopper machine—no chopping bones to pieces
with an axe to pack them ina cylinder. If the Humphrey
| We Guarantee that it will cut more bone, in less
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and give better general satisfaction all around.
If it doesn’t do it, you get your money back. Try it for your-
Send for our Book; It ¢ s much valuable information, also
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Wash, and San Francisco,

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when answering advertisements. It
will accomodate both the advertiser
and us.

Stock for Sale.
J. ©. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr.

GINSENG...

The great Chinese Root. Im-
mensely profitable, $6 to $12
a pound. Illustrated circular,
fullest instructions, best pub-
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and seeds, toc. Buy direct
and save 50 to 100 per cent in
prices. Our own farms in Cal-
ifornia. Mention paper.....

Harlan P. Kelsy,
Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass

B. B. Red Game Bants,
Buff Pekin Bants,
Buff Wyandottes,
Buff Leghorns,
Buff Rocks,
FAS

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My stock is as good as can be had
any where and have won in all princi-
pal shows in Illinois and Iowa, and
score equal to the best.

D. LINDBECK,

Bishop Hill, : : _ Illinois.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 39

CHAMBERLAIN’S PERFECT CHICK FEED.

j BEYOND COMPARISON. : iS
ee Pa ap Rar : oe te A
SN Mh Axe), WORLD’S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY.

y re Ww aes b / ; CHAMBERLAIN’S PERFECT CHICK FEED, like everything else that has merit,
Mid’ has its imitations. DON’! BUY TROUBLE, insist on having the only

tf. Original Dry Feed. Stamped on each sack “Chamberlain's Feed, Kirk-
wood, Mo.’’ All others are worthless imitations. Nothing ‘‘Just as good.”

GOOD MORNING SISTER

2, I am ready for Chamberlain’s Perfect Chick Feed. Dry AND ALWAYS 7
* Reapy FOR Use. LitTLe Gors Lone Way

‘
=

2 No Bowel Trouble when Chamberlain's Chick Feed is properly used. It is the fine N
mixture in Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For incubator chicks, for all
= chicks unlil 5 months old.
= 100 Lbs. $2.50. 50 Lbs. $1.50. 30 Lbs. $1.00. *
. For the Broiler Man, the Fancier and the Farmer. Saves Time and Money.

=> Chamberlain’s Hen Feed will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00. —

pass = wig : 5 S
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FOR SALE AT KIRKWOOD PRICES, $2.50 PER 100 LBS., AT FOLLOWING AGENCIES :

Sprague Commission Co., Chicago, Ills; Sure Hateh Incubator Co., Columbus, Ohio; J. Wilder & Co, Cincinnati, Ohio; Huntington & Page,
Indianapolis, Ind; Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, Iowa; Wermick Seed Co., Milwaukee, Wis; Sure Hatch Incubator Co., Clay Center, Neb; Ripley
Hardware Co., Grafton. Ill.; R.A. Plke & Co., Minneapolis, Minn; H. McK Wilson & Co. St. Louis, Mo If friends of my Feed in the East have
trouble getting my feed write direct to me for prices. W. F. CHAMBERLAIN. KiIRKWOOD, MO.

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& | bury at the head of the herd. Angora | ¢G

Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav-

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os | Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported

P22) s and Domestic. The Angoras with their

3 Rabbitr ! long, silky tresses and musical little voic-

Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., = es have not their equal. Write for special
“Box A«25 Quincy, Ills. =) descriptions and prices.........--.-2+e0++ Cs
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January, 1901—1st Cock; Ist, 2d and
2d Hens; 1st and 3d Cockerel; 2d and
3d Pullets and Ist Exhibition Yard,
and N. W. Missouri and N. E. Mis-
souri, 1899-1900, more prizes than
all other Langshan exhibitors com-
bined—all my own brseding. If
you want the very best at a low ‘
price write me.......-...----++---- §
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pec March 10th, 1901,
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L. E. MEYER,

Ann { ‘ st Pullet, N. W- Missouri, 1899; Ist Hen, N. 5 - z,
ounces the Opening of its | ¢..48t 28S Migsouri, 1900. a Bowling Green, : Missouri
& Red River Division.
anil
Denison and Sherman,
Texas. *%

Through Train Service will shortly

be established from St. Louis and Kansas : Aes Or Don’t Keep It.
City over the 2% ut Send 2 cents for Number 102 Catalogue

Shortest Line to Texas

SECOND PULLET, I
HEN AND CHAMPION AT PHIL-

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1900,

ADELPHIA, 1900,

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Latham’s Victory at Philadelphia ‘Show, (900.

1st, 2d, 3d and 4th Hens—2d Pullet.
1st and 3rd—Exhibition Yards—Eight
Special Prizes, including the

Address

Champion Barred f). Rock Female.

In quality of stock shown the Philadel-
phia show standszone of the hottest ever

Beauty and Utility Strain Barred
% Plymouth Rocks.

C. H. LATHAM,

Eggs

held. Imade my GRAND RECORD ON — 888.80 39.00
BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY

FARM. Send for Illustrated Circular and Choice Breeding Stock
descriptions of Matings. For Sale!

te anteed,

They Won
on
Their Merits

I will sell a LIMIT-
ED NUMBER of

Satisfaction Guar-

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HARES

SLNESUSUSE NOSES NOSES SUSESTNUSENENOSENUNE

From such Fashionable Strains as the following Champions: :

Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash;
Climax, Grimsby’s Star, Priory Prince, Malten Mystery, Pal-

ace Queen, Lord Britain,’ Etc.

Our Stud Bucks are:
Fashoda Star]

Score 96 by Judge Almond, im-

RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

At prices ranging from $5 to
$75 per head, pedigree and
score card with each animal.

ported,.son of Ch. Fashoda. =
. Unpedigreed market stock,
BY Viscount good color and size, $2.50 to
Score 95 by Judge Finley, im-] [$5 per pair. Hardy Black
ported. Belgians (good to;use as nurse
does) at $10 per pair. Cor-
T i E Lythedale Eee gplieited for spe-
Score 94 by Judge Finley, im-] |cjal price list which may not
ported. be in effect long. Will re-

HUNDREDS
ae

Sir Crabtree
Score 934% by Judge: Crabtree,
and other domestic bucks
that will sc 4 to 96.

fund money and pay return
express charges if Hares pur-
chased are not as represent-
ed. }Rabbitries at' Maplewood
and Fayette. —-

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

304 CHEMICAL BUILDING, : : ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LENE NE SESE NEN E SES ENESE SESE SESE NEN ESESES ESE:

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IMPORTED - AND - DOMESTIC

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Exclusively. Pure
BUFF P, ROCKS Burdick Gold Nug-
gets... My Buff Rocks are as good as
can {be found, and are up-to-date in
every respect. Some fine specimens
for sale; reasonable prices on applica-
tion. Address

MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr.

200 Mammoth Pekin Ducks — -

If you need big drakes or cockerels get my prices. Look’up;my 5
record. Get my circular its free. is
+

Lincoln, Neb., Box 456 - - - = - E. E. SMITH.

FEBRUARY, 1902.

A Bird in

is worth a good many in the shell.
But a bird in the shell

is aS good as hatched when

you put it ina

Hoi Air
and Hot Water

INCUBATOR.

It’s the incubator which 9ives satisfaction.

It’s the incubator which any one can operate successfully. It’s the
incubator which never fails. If you want a perfect machine, a dependable
machine, a machine certain in results, you’ll get a Marilla.

It is built of the best material throughout, by the best workmen that
we can find.

It has double walls, double floors, double top.

It is absolutely fire-proof.

lt has a regulator which is perfectly automatic and holds the temper-
ature within a fraction of a degree.

Its system of ventilation is perfect.

It has thirteen years of success behind it.

It is sold on a positive guarantee to be easier to Operate and surer in
the hatch than any other incubator made.

I@s Without an Equal

As a Practical Hatcher
For all Classes of Poultrymen.

f = Send 4c to-day for our handsomeand beauti-
} fully illustrated catalogue and judge for your-
h self. It tells all about the Marilla Incubator,

j and how to get the most profit and pleasure
out of poultry.

MARILLA INCUBATOR Ca.,
Box97, ROSE HILL, N. Y.

The Merilla Brooder is an easily managed, and carefully built
machine, which takes better care of chicks than any mother

yoever saw. Crowding and trampling in absolutely prevented. It is
fully described in our catalogue.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

From the best strains in the coun-
try ‘‘Pure White.’’ Stock and eggs
for sale. Prices reasonable.

J. W. HALL,

LAMBERT’S ~
DEATH» |ICE REMEDIES.
POWDER, OINTMENT. SPECIAL & LIQUID.
\ D.J.LAMBERT. APPONAUG,R.1. i 3

Nothing Succeeds Like Success!

If you want to succeed with poultry, buy good
breeding stock. We have then and at reason-
able prices, White and Barred Plymouth
Rcoks, White and Golden Wyandottes, Rhode
Island Reds and Pekin Dncks. Belgian Hares.
75 fine breeding cockerels at $2.00 to S6 00.
Eggs from our best matings $3 00 per 15. Duck
eggs $1.50 per 9. At Columbus shows Feb. 1901
and Dec, 1901, I won 19 1sts, 22nd 2nd, 6 3rds
and 6 4ths.

Mires Pouttry Farm, vear Worthington O.

OG. P. Miles, Prop,

26 1-2N High St. Columbus, 0.

WHITE LANGSHANS and BURF KOOKS,
Fine winter layers. Cheap for quality. Eggs
$1.50 per 15. Mrs. L. MUM'OWER. Duroc
Jersey Pigs. W.L. MUMPOWER,
Chilicothe, Mo

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Edson’s Registered Strain, from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
aspecialty for 19 years. Now offering fine
exhibition and grand br: eding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, Ill.

Buff P. Rocks

Exclusively...
We have Judge Harris’ entire stock.
These, together with our own prize
winners, gives us the best flock of
Buff Rocks in the country. We can
please you both in quality and prices.
Write us if you want winners bred
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul-
ouse Geese for sale.

MRS. FLORA SHROYER
Clay Center, Neb.

WANTED!

250 White Wyandotte Hens
and Pullets.

250 White Leghorn Hens
and Pullets.

1oo0 White Rock Hens and
Pullets

100 Buff Orpington Fe-
males.

Will pay cash. Address,

Box 427, Clay Center, Neb.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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& We Barred Rocks - - White Wyandottes
= WE HAVE
= Have Some - Choice - Exhibition

Fine Breeding Birds
For Sale! 3

We have always won at State Fairs and State
Shows more prizes than all other exhibits.

T L. NORVAL, Seward, Nebraska. <<
SG) OG OGY YO YO 1C2CD DEDENDCOACOCRCOCOCIE II
( AC MACACA COCOA N\i $ \ () MOMCY MOMOM

THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.

FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?

BARRED PLYMOUTH KOCKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue
as the sky. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks, Ur heavy weight SIN
GLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. Blegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad
die. and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels
and eiegant combs. In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling im the
show room If so, address. J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O., P. O. Box I.

_————_

O00 00 6090 0-O2 2 ODO ooo

Best in America, very cheap during

Belgian Hare special sale. We guarantee satisfac-

tion or no pay. Might exchange for fine clock, piano, gun or music box. What

have you? Book free.
E. d. WHITE HARE CO., Brighton. Colo.

Barred Plymouth Rocks
200 QUICK SALE 200.

We have more young stock than we can handie in cold weather hence
make the following prices to reduce our stock. First comes first served.

35 Cockerels,well developed and very large...........- $3.00 each.
35 Cockerels xtra good breeders........-...-. be . 1.50 each.
50 Pullets, well developed and fine..............-.-+-+-- 1.50 each.

. 1,00 each.

50 Pullets, good breeders

25 Hens, one and two years old. (Good ones.......-
5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenose. Writ us what you
andean do you good circular free. Your Truly,

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

———E in

nd MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD,

__.._ SIBREEDERS OF —

th Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
Pekin Ducks.

1.50 each.
want

MR. a

White Plymou

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, 1st hen, Ist cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
braska State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won Ist
pen chicks, Ist hen, 1st pullet, lst cockerel—-

a first prize on every bird entered.

We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

FRIEND, NEBRASKA.

4 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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AFTER THE HATCH IS OVER. D.S. GARBER, BUTLER, OHIO, HIS LITTLE CHAPS, HIS SURE HATCH
INCUBATOR, AND THE LITTLE CHICKS ON THE FLOOR.

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In practical poultry culture the hen
that lays is the hen that pays. And
right now is the time the hens should
be laying, or at least those’ early
hatched pullets should. If a pullet
does not begin to lay in the fall the
probabilities are that she will not lay
until late in the winter or spring.
Does it pay to winter these idle fowls,
in order to secure a few cheap eggs
in the spring? We believe not, with
the average fowls. Of course, there
are exceptions, such as in the case of
hens which have already earned their
keep during their first laying year and
which it is desired to breed from an-
other season.

It will take from 30 to 35 cents
worth of grain to carry a hen through
the winter, and if she does not lay
until eggs are down to ten cents a
dozen it will take nearly all she will
lay during thte summer to pay her
winter’s feed bill, and if she is not

able or is not allowed to hunt her
own food during the summer _ she
will die in debt to you.. The fault

may be with the hen or with the own-
er. Perhaps the environments an&
food are not such as to induce laying,
and then again the hens may not be
bred to lay in winter. Winter laying
is an inherent trait that is bred into
fowls, and when they are so bred this
will assert itself just as surely as will
any trait of form or feather. Many
do not pay enough attention to this
point when selecting eggs for hatching
and as a consequence have a great

many poor winter laying hens. Dur-
ing the natural winter season every
hen that ever does lay is doing her
best and when the eggs for incubation

which hen’s eggs are set.
get a lot of poultry that are non-
producers. We feed and care for them

'to the best of our ability, but they

will not lay. They were not bred for};

winter laying, but were produced from
hens that did most of their laying in
the spring and summer and cannot in
reason be expected to lay in winter.

The fact has long been apparent to
the writer, that if we want winter

laying hens we must breed them. They | are ag many as should be kept in one

must be from a line of producers and
bred in line for that purpose. Pro-
miscuous breeding will not produce
heavy winter layers any more than it
will produce show birds. But how
can we breed this trait into them?
is the question we hear asked. This
requires time, but is not difficult.
Suppose we are to start with a lot
of mixed hens and pullets, such as are
usually found on a farm or in the
flock of a village poulterer, either all
one breed or mongrel stock. For the
purpose of our illustration it matters
not what they are, but we would not
advise anyone to go to the trouble
to breed an egg strain from any but
pure bred fowls. In every flock of
this kind there are likely to be found
several hens or pullets that begin to
lay in the fall, and lay more or less
all winter. These are the fowls to

use in the breeding pen the first year.
By the use of the trap nest it will
be easy to note just what each hen
does, but trap nests are not practi-
cable in all cases, and where they
cannot be employed it is a good plan
to divide the fowls into small flocks,
say twenty-five each, when by a

| little observation we can readily per-

ceive which hens are laying. The

| practical poulterer can tell a layin
are selected, no attention is paid to |! P ying

Then we}!

hen by her appearance, but there are
many who cannot, and if the fowls
look so much alike that it is hard to
tell the layers, mark each one that
you know has laid with a legband or
by yieing a piece of flannel to her leg.

| You will then know the number that

has laid, and by keeping an egg-record

{can tell their average production. By

dividing the fowls into smal flocks
the chances of getting a good egg
yield are much increased. Fifty hens

| flock, and they do much better when

the number is reduced to twenty-five.
In the spring place only such fowls
in the breeding yard as have proven
satisfactory winter layers, and by
following this course for a number of
seasons you will have a strain of fowls
that are bred to lay.

A plan we have adopted is to breed
from two-year-old hens that as pullets
were good producers. When we com-
menced building up our strain, al-
though we started with high cost,
pure bred stock, the average yearly
egg yield per hen was only about 120.
The fourth year after breeding them
we made 180 eggs the first laying year
the requirement for a hen to enter the
breeding pen.

The greatest profit is in the winter

eggs. In order to have fowls at all

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we must winter them, and if by an
additional outlay of five or ten cents
per hen for food or other requirements
can make each hen produce three
to five dozen eggs, worth from twenty
to twenty-five cents per dozen, during
this time that she might be idle, we
have really effected a saving of from
sixty cents to one dollar on each hen
that lays. It is true that winter eggs
do not, in many sections, bring a price
in proportion to the necessary
to produce them, owing to a lack of
good local markets, yet there are few
sections of the country, especially in
the north, where a strictly prime ar-
ticle will not bring twenty cents per
dozen any time between November 1
and March 1.

In the west eggs are not so high as
in the east, owing to a lack of local
markets and the cheapness of grain
and other foods used to produce them.
A really fancy price can only be se-
cured where eggs can reach the con-
sumer within a day or two after be-
ing gathered. Such eggs will always
bring from five to ten cents per dozen
above market quotations if the pro-
duccer can reach the consumer. At
this writing strictly fresh eggs are
quoted in the Springfield, Mass., mar-
ket at forty cents per dozen whole-
sale, and to our knowledge a number
of our poultrymen in that vicinity are
getting from five to ten cents per
dozen above this price for large brown
eggs. Even with high priced grain
there is money in producing eggs at
such figures, if we have a strain of
fowls that are bred to lay in winter.

we

labor

FEEDING FOR EGGS IN WINTER.

I wish to give a few hints in regard
to topic No. 1 in November isste.
In the spring of 1900 we received more
eggs on an average per hen than ever
before. We fed a warm mash of
consisting of wheat bran
and seraps from the table, and also
gave them red pepper once or twice

mornings

a week. Then we would turn them
out and they had access to all the
cane seed they cared to eat. When
we took the ashes from the stove

we always put it where they could
seratch for the clear coal, which help-

ed to keep them healthy and in a lay- |

ing condition.
water.

They also had fresh
live on a farm they
get plenty of exercise.
B. P. Rocks are the best all-purpose
chickens.

As we

from any one in regard to sheds for
turkeys to roost in. I know some
think out doors is good enough for
them, but ours went in the chicken
house last night, as it turned quite
cold here yesterday evening.

I would be pleased to hear |

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

My Favorite Fowl.

The beantiful Black Langshans are
a grand fowl. For an all-purpose
fowl none can excel them. You may
praise up your Plymouth Rocks, your
Wyandottes and all that you consider
good all-purpose fowls and never get
any that are really better than these.
Others may be as good, or at least
nearly as good, but take it for beauty,
egg production, size and ease of man-
agement, you will find an ideal in the
Black Langshans.

Did you ever see a flock of them?
Weve you not charmed by their style
and gracefulness? And did you not
wish to be the proud possessor of
such a grand flock of living beauties?
If you never saw such a flock (I don’t
mean four or five of them, but twenty
or thirty, all together, or even more),

you have missed a really charming
sight. Well, you say that any one

kind of birds together look fine. Yes,
remarkably so, but while others look
well the Langshans look better. That’s
just the difference. Your white fowls
or your parti-colored ones can never
glisten and shine and reflect the sun-
shine as can the glossy black of the
Langshans. The male bird as he
paces to and fro among the hens is

reaily “‘the monarch of all he sur-
veys.”” Stylish, graceful, straight and
trim. Always happy unless allowed

exposure to storms and cold. In the
warm weather, as they are out on
the range, you will hear their song
of happiness and contentment. In
winter, provide them with a warm
house and good feed, with litter for
exercise, and the same joyful song is
everywhere among them.

Do you want wild fowls, those that
always want plenty of distance be-
tween you and them, and that you
must leave the house before they will
all go to eating? If so do not get a
Langshan. You will find the Lang-
shan a bird that will crowd around
you and get under your feet, so that
you will be stopped when trying to
go through the building. They will
even fly upon your arms and are never
wild if you treat them kindly.

You want pets and such ones that
you can pick up anywhere you chance
to meet them, either in the house or
in the field. The Langshans will
meet the requirements in this case

| every time.
I think the|

You want an active fowl;
Langshan. They are active.
smaller, nervous breeds may get out
of the way quicker and fly over your
highest fence more often than the
Langshan, but that does not make
you believe that the Langshans are
lazy. They might eat more than they
need and get too fat for good results

get the

The |

Mrs. Ravenwoud, Mo."

Mrs. Per-

Emma _ Perkins,
lreeder sf Barred Plymouth Rocks.
!in’s writings are read with much interest ia
everal poultry papel's, especlally Tur INVES"

TIGATOR.

1 you allowed food to lay before
them all the time. But that is not
the way to care for fowls. It is a
waste to aliow food to remain before
them all the time.

Now the practical value of them,
as regards their profitableness. While
the foregoing words have given you
a fair idea of their beauty and at-
tractiveness, I wish to show wherein
lies their true value. Every breed has
its claims. The Langshan has as
many as any of them. Some breeders
claim that no breed will excel the
Langshan in egg production. They
are good, very good, layers. We ney-
er expect a large fowl to lay as well
as a smaller one. But if we get a
fowl that lays nearly as well as the
smaller one, while at the same time
it is a large bird and raises large
chicks, we may say that we have an
ideal bird. That is just where the
Langshans come in. They are a fowl
that lays nearly as many eggs as any
of the small ones, if not just as many.
Some may be able to get more eggs
from Langshans, while some others
may get better results from different
breeds. Anyway, the Langshans will
give others a close race in producing
eggs, and if you count on _ raising
chicks, they will surprise you in re-
sults. They will give as good results
any, and even if not better re-
turns than all others they will sur-
pass many. So if they are more beau-
tiful and give as good if not better
results than others, why not breed the
noble Langshan?

as

Their large size and early maturing
qualities give them prominence for
market birds. But, you say, they
don’t mature very early. You have
Leghorns matured in much less time.
True, your Leghorns mature earlier,
but when matured are not half so

White Langshan hen owned by Mrs. Thos.
Hughes, Rock Port, Mo.

large as a Langshan. Wherein lies
the choice? Would you give a little
longer time for maturity and get a
fowl twice as large, or prefer to take
the smaller one and allow nearly as
much time for it to mature? I would
favor the former and choose the Lang-
shan, wouldn’t you?

Another objection often brought up.
They have a white skin and don’t look
well in market, you say. Well, did
vou ever eat any meat of a Langshan?
lf so you won’t cry out the objection
to their looks. No tenderer or finer
grained meat is ever placed upon
your table than the Langshan is. Their
white skin makes no difference in
price when they reach the market.
While people prefer a yellow-skinned
bird to some extent, any one who
knows what a real good table fowl
- needs to be would select one that is
fat, plum and well dressed regard-
less of its color. I have shipped Lang-
shans to city markets and always re-
ceived the very best prices. What
more can be obtained, and ought there
to be any objections to these grand
birds? I should say no.

Their solid color gives more ease in
meeting standard requirements and at
the same time their beautiful, shining
color produces an effect that other col-
ors cannot produce. They are excel-
lent setters and excellent in caring for
the chicks. They are not persistent
setters. While is is natural for them
to have a desire to set, it is easily
overcome by shutting them in a box
or coop for a few days. With an in-
cubator, a few brooders and a flock
of good Langshans with proper hous-
ing and feed, I would make a success
of it. You can do as well if not
better.

If you are starting out in the poul-
try business and want a good all-

purpose fowl you will make no mis-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

take in getting the Langshan. You
say that any one will praise their
favorite fowl. While this is true, you
can put all the praises together and
find that the Langshan is just as good

as any.and better in some respects,
that is, for certain purposes they are
better. PERCY W. SHEPARD.

Towanda, Pa.

FOR POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Having raised Belgian hares for sev-
eral years and sold numbers of them,
I will say for the industry it is a busi-
ness to be learned; and at least one
year required to learn enough to
find out if one is fit for the industry.
So many buy and simply turn the
care (which is all there is to do right)
over to the children. Children and
hares do not agree on any one point.
It takes as much care and judgment to
care and breed hares properly as to
care and breed Hereford cattle. No
wonder at so many getting disappoint-
ed after a few months handing hares.
They expect too much for a small ef-
fort. Every new beginner makes some
mistakes. Being too anxious to know
about the nest of young ones, they
must count them the first day. It is
better to stay away for a week. Pro-
vide a nest box dark and in a quiet
place. Next they will wean the
young too soon. Better leave them 3
months than only three weeks. And
then draughts must be watched. Do
not let a hutch sit in a draught for a
minute unless the hares have room to
exercise and keep warm. They will
catch cold and die. I have had them
run in the snow in Colorado, but when
I shut them in at night it was in a
room where no wind could strike them.
Heat killed some fine ones for me here
in Indian Territory. They must be
kept in the shade in hot weather.

I have had plenty of experience to
prove to me that hares are hard to
raise and many enemies stand ready
to kill—rats, cats, dogs, ants. Yes,
ants. They killed a fine litter for Mr.
Holden of Chickasha. I have had sev-
eral does eat their own young, but I
am ready to buy all high scoring does
that have got in the habit of eating
up their own young. I like the fun
of curing them; it does me good to
fool them a trip. I tan the pelts. I
have my shoes laced with strings cut
from the skin of one I tanned, at less
than half a cent. To leave the fur on
and run a sharp razor over the fur
and cut the coarse hair off makes
trimming for ladies’ gowns. Do not
neglect to place a box or platform so
the old doe can get away from the
young. Do not forget the young will

is

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come out of the nest box and get out
of sight never to return.

If you are tired of the business,
commence eating the surplus’ stock
and see if you do not change your
mind about getting rid of all of them.
The Kansas City Star started out to
bemean the business in an _ article
headed, ‘Nobody Wants Them Now,”
and ended up saying there was
mcney in them raising them for meat
prices. So there is. LEW BENSON.

Anadarko, O. T.

by

HOW MAUD SET A HEN,

Maud Muller on a summer’s day

Set a hen in a brand new way.

(Maud, you see, was a city girl,

Trying the rural life a whirl.)

She covered a box with tinsel gay,

Lined it snugly with new mown hay.

Filled it nicely with eggs, and then

Started to look for a likely hen.

Out of the fiock selected one,

And then she thought that her work
was done.

It would have been, but this stubborn
hen

Stood up and cackled ‘*Ka-doot!”
then

Maud Muller
prise

Looked coldly into the creature’s eyes;

Then tied its legs to the box. ‘You bet

I know how to make you set.”

and

came, and in hurt sur-

But still it stood, and worse and worse

Shrieked forth its wrongs to the uni-
verse.

Kicked over the box with its tinsel gay,

And ignominiously flapped away.

Then a bad boy, over the barnyard
fence,

Tee-heed: ‘‘Say, Maud, there’s a dif-
ference

*Tween hens, you know, and it is that
One says ‘Ka-doot,’ and one ‘Ka-dat!’”’
Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute
She tried to set had said ‘‘Ka-doot!”’
And ever since that historic day

She blushes in an embarrassed way
To think of the hobbie she made once

when
She tried to set a gentleman hen.

An Angora Cavie owned by Mrs. Geo. D.
Hawley, Chicago, I11., 2166 Jackson, Bvd,

Poultry Association.
Surprised Because of the Excellence of
Exhibit.

The poultry show closed on Satur-
day night. The show was a surprise
to those acquainted with such matters,
both in the quality of stock exhibited,
and in the number of birds shown.
he placing of the birds was a feature,
the classification was perfect.

The quality of the birds shown was
far above the average, every breed
some high-class representa-
tives. All in all, the show was the
best ever held in the west.

having

The prizes awarded are:

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK.

Wilson & Ellis, first prize, pen; sec-
ond prize, cock; second, third, fourth
and fifth prizes, for cockerel; second
and fifth prizes for pullets.

S. O. Day, Salt Lake, second prize
for pen; second for hen, first for
cockerel, third for pullet,

Cc. J. Trump, Salt Lake, third prize
for pen, fourth and fifth for hen.

W. J. and J. L. Hancock, Ogden,
fourth prize for pen, fourth for cock
and third for hen.

A. E. Thorgood, Ogden, fifth for pen,

J. M. Bishop, Ogden, fourth for pul-
lets, third for cock.

A. G, Harris, Ogden, first for pul-
let.

Benjamin Smalley, Ogden, first for
cock.

Harry Shibbley, Ogden, fifth fo
cock.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Frank Foulger, Ogden, first for

cockerel.

George Taysum, Salt Lake, second
for pen; first, second and third, pen;
second for cock, fifth for pullet.

Cc. F. Dinsmore, North Ogden, first
for pen; first for cock; second, third
for cockerel; fourth and fifth for hen;
first, second, third and fourth for pul-
let.

WHITE WYANDOTTES.

A. G. Maw, Ogden, second for hen,
fourth for cockerel.

J. M. Bishop, Ogden, third for cock-
erel, third and fourth for hen, fourth
for pullets.

Mrs. Grace Taysum, Salt Lake, sec-
ond for pen; first for cock.

C. F. Dinsmore, North Ogden, first
for pen, second for cockerel; first and
third for pullets.

SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES.

Frank Foulger, Ogden, second for
pen.

BUFF WYANDOTTES.
I. Thornten, first fer coekerel, first,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

seeond and third for pullet.

Golden Wayndottes—E. J. Hancock,
Ogden, second for cock, second and
third for hen.

Black Wyandottes—A. G. Harris,
Ogden, first for cock; Wm. Woodfie.d,
North Ogden, first and second for
pens, third for cock, first, fourth and
fifth for hen; first and second for
cockerel; first, second, third and
fourth for pullets; E. J. Hancock, sec-
ond for cock, second and third for
hen.

Rhode Island Reds—H. E. Peery,
Ogden, first for pens; A. G. Harris,
Ogden, first for trio, first for cockerel.

Partridge Cochins—W. J. and J. L.
Hancock, Ogden, first for pens, second
for cock, first for pullets; E. J. Han-
cock, Ogden, second and third for pul-
lets, second for cock.

Light Brahmas—E. N. Morrison, Og-
den, first for pen, first for cockerel;
first, second, third and fourth for pul-
lets; Mr. and Mrs, M. J. Hewitt, Og-
den, second for pen; first, second,
third and fourth for pen; first for
cock, second for cockerel, fifth for pul-
let; E. J. Hancock, third for cock.

Black Langshans—W. W. Carder, |

Ogden, third for cockerel; Richard
Bowbotham, Ogden, first for pen, first
and fourth for cockerel; second, third
and fourth for pullets; W. J. and J.
L. Hancock, first for hen; Mrs, E, J.
Meid, Ogden, second for cockerel;
Ashton & Son, Ogden, first and fifth
for hen, third for cockerel, first for
cockerel.

White Leghorns—P. J. Tyler, fourth
for cockerel; W. J. and J. L. Hancock,
Ogden, third for pen, second for pul-
let; W. W. Carder, Ogden, second for
cockerel, third and fifth for pullet; J.

M. Bishop, Ogden, first for pen, first |

for cockerel, second and third for hen,
fourth for pullet; Benjamin Smalley,
Ogden, second for pen, first and fourth
pullet.

Mottled Anconas—W. J. and J. LL.
Hancock, Ogden, first for pen; Louis
Peery, Ogden, second for pen.

Buff Leghorns—J. W. Haslam, Salt
Lake, first for pen, first for cockerel,
first, second, third and fourth for pul-
let; L. Thornton, Ogden, second for
cockerel; T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Og-
den, third for cockerel, fifth for pullet.

Golden Polish—T. J. and J. W.
Keogh, Ogden, first and second for
pens, first, second, third and fourth
for pullet, first for hen, first, second
for cockerel; A. G. Harris, Ogden,
third for pen, third for cockerel.

Silver Spangled Hamburg—Joseph
Covington, first for trio.

GAMB CLASS.

James Jaeobson, Smoke Balls, first

for trio; J.-H. Cunningham, Ogden,
first for trio; white tail games, first;
first for white Pyle games.
Cornish Indian Games—Harmon
Peery, Ogden, first pair.
Bantams—W. J. and J. L. Hancock,
Ogden; all on’ black tail Japanese.

Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hewitt, Ogden,
first for trio, White Crested - White
Polish. "

T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Ogden, all
on Buff Cochin; all on Silver Duck-
wing game bantams.

A. Earle Harris, Ogden, all on Red
Pyle bantams,

Bronze Turkeys—All to Chas. Bar-
nett, View, Utah.

White Pekin Ducks—All
Poulten, Ogden.

Pigeons—W. J. and J. L. Hancock,
Ogden, first for display.

Andrew Miller, Ogden,

to Carl

second for

display; first for tumblers; first for
Jocobins.

Fred Bateman, Ogden, third for
pigeons.

Belgian Hares—Roy Carver, first for
display; W. E. Archibald, second for
display.

Winnings of R. E. Jones of Flat
Rock, Ind., at Indianapolis, December
4 to 10, 1901: .

S. Wyandottes—First and 4th cocks;
1st, third and fourth hens; fourth
cockerel; first and fourth pullets; sec-
ond pen.

Golden Wyandottes—First, second
and third cocks; first, second, third
and fourth hens; first cockerel; first,
second and third pullets; first and
second pens.

Black Wyandottes—First and sec-
ond hens; first cockerel, first and sec-
ond pullets; 1st pen.

G. S. Bantams—First cock; first and
fourth hens; first and second cock-
erels; first pullet; first pen.

S. S. Bantams—Second cock; first
and second hens; first and second
cockerels; first and second pullets;
first pen.

A trio of White Wyandottes owned by G. B.
Clarey, Fairbury, Nebr.

Fancier’s Association of Indiana.

The third anual exhibition of this
association, held at Indianapolis, De-
cember 4 to 10, was a success in every
particular. The annual meeting and
election of officers was held Monday
evening, December 9, with a large at-
tendance and the following officers
were elected: President, Lora C. Hoss,
Kokomo; first vice president, C. J.
Ward, Irvington; second vice _presi-
dent, Ben S. Myers, Crawfordsville;
third vice president, N. HE. Woods,
Pecksburg; fourth vice president, W.
F. Coats, Columbus; fifth vice presi-
dent, Ed B. Murphy, Carmel; treas-
urer, H. D. Lane, Indianapolis; secre-
tary, C. W. Hackleman, Indianapolis.
The new executive committee is the
president, first vice president, treasur-
er, secretary; Wm. Tobin, Indianap-
olis, Dr. Jos. Haas, Indianapolis; Dr.
D. C. Harrold, Elwood, F. P. Johnson,
Howlands and H., B. Miller, Nashville.

Awards on poultry at the third an-
nual exhibition of the Fanciers’ asso-
ciation of Indiana, held at Indianapolis
December 4 to 10,1901:

Barred Plymouth Rocks—Entries:
Nine cocks, 23 cockerels, 18 hens, 25
pullets and 6 hens: Fourth cock, W.
H. Bolinger, Pendleton, Ind.; 4th cock-
erel, 3d and 4th hens, 4th pullet and
2d pen, Geo. Muck, Edinburg, Ind.; 2d
and 3d cocks, 2d cockerel, Ist hen and
4th pen, C. A. Porter, Flatrock, Ind.;
1st cock, 3d cockerel, 2d hen, 1st, 2d
and 3d pullets and ist and 3d pens,
Mrs. D, A. Stoner, Rensselaer, Ind.;
1st cock, A. C. Le Duc, Chenoa, Il.

White Plymouth Rocks—Entries:
Seven cocks, 14 cockerels, 18 hens, 30
pullets and 6 pens. Third pullet, Chas.
Wagner, New Albany, Ind.; 4th pullet
and 4th pen, Bowers & Husted, El-
wood, Ind.; 4th cock, 4th cockerel, 2d
hen and ist pullet, J. R. Mathis,
Boggstown, Ind.; 1st and 2d cocks, 1st
and 2d cockerels, 3d and 4th hens and
2d and 3d pens, John Landis, Edin-
burg, Ind.; 3d cock, 2d cockerel, ist
hen, 2d pullet and Ist pen, G. M.
Johnson, Boggstown, Ind.

Buff Plymouth Rocks—Entries: Four
cocks, 20 cockerels, 11 hens, 26 pullets
and 6 pens. Third pullet and 4th pen,
F. E. Gilliland, Hope Ind.; 3d hen, 1st
pullet and 2d pen, Huddleston Poultry
farm, Winamac, Ind.; 8d cock, H. A.
Armstrong, Plymouth, Ind.; 4th cock-
erel, Frank B. Smith, Danville, I1l.;
4th cock, Jos. Becker, Indianapolis,
Ind.; 1st cock, 1st hen and 2d pullet,
Ben Le Gore, Marshall, Ill.; 2d cock,
1st, 2d and 3d cockerels, 2d and 4th
hens, 4th pullet and ist and 3d pens,
F. E. Mow, Union Mills, Ind.

Silver Laced Wyandottes—Entries:

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Five cocks, 8 cockerels, 8 hens, 16 pul-
lets and 4 pens. Second hen and 4th
pen, Wesley Coffey, Spencer, Ind.; 2d
and 38d cocks, Ist and 2d cockerels, 2d
pullet and ist pen, A. C. Le Due; 3d
cockerels, 3 pullet and 3d pen, Charles
Batsch, Elwood, Ind.; Ist and 4th
cocks, 4th cockerel, Ist, 3d and 4th
hens, Ist and 4th pullets and 2d hen,
R. E. Jones, Flatrock, Ind.

Golden Wyandotes—Entries: Three
cocks, 3 cockerels, 5 hens, 3 pullets
and 2 pens. Second cockerel, Seth T.
Gallaghan, Logansport, Ind.; 1st, 2d
and 3d cocks, Ist cockerel, Ist, 2d, 3d
and 4th hens, ist, 2d and 3d pullets
and 1st and 2d pens, R. E. Jones.

White Wyandottes—Entries: Seven
cocks, 17 cockerels, 18 hens, 31 pullets
and 7 pens. First cock, 1st hen and
1st pen, D. C. Harrold, Elwood, Ind.;
2d cockerel, F. M. Meloy, Shelbyville,
Ind.; 4th cock, 8d and 4th hens, ist,
3d and 4th pullets and 3d pen, Mrs.
Geo. M. Hanley, Hoopeston, Ill.; 2d
and 3d cocks, 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels,
2d hen, 2 pullet and 3d and 4th pens,
Miller Bros., Nashville, Ind.

Buff Wyandottes—Entries: Two
cocks, 9 cockerels, 5 hens, 17 pullets
and 5 pens, 1st cock, 1st and 3d cock-
erels, Ist, 2d and 3d hens, Ist and 3d
pullets and ist pen, D. C. Harrold; 2d
cockerel, 2d pullet and 2 pen, Foster
Martin, Marshall, Ind.; 2d cock, 4th
cockerel, 4th pen, 4th pullet and 3d
pen, W. F. Rossman, Columbia City,
Ind.

Black Wyandottes—Six entries.
prizes to R. E. Jones.

Partridge Wyandottes — Entries:
Three cocks, 4 cockerels, 8 hens, 8
pullets and 2 pens. Second and 3d
cocks, 1st and 4th cockerels, Ist and
2d hens, 2d pullet and 2d pen, C. F.
Avey, Columbia City, Ind.; 1st cock,
2d and 38rd cockerels, 1st, 3d and 4th
pullets and ist pen, Earl D. Smith,
Winamac, Ind.

Buff Orpingtons—Entries: Four
cocks, 11 cockerels, 13 hens, 28 pullets
and 6 pens. First cock, 8d and 4th
cockerels, 2d and 4th pullets and 2d
pen, C. S. Byers, Hazelrigg, Ind.; 2d
cockerel, John McMillan, Bridgeport,
Ind.; 2d, 3d and 4th cocks, 1st cockerel,
1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, 3d pullet and
1st, 3d and 4th pens, Mrs. R. Senour,
1518 Shelton street, Indianapolis, Ind.

Light Brahmas—Entries: Twelve
cocks, 8 cockerels, 23 hens, 13 pullets
and 3 pens. Fourth cock, Mrs. B. D.
Courts, Anderson, Ind.; 1st cockerel, J.
F. Wheatley, Edinburg, Ind.; 4th hen
and 3d pen, N. E. Woods, Pecksburg,
Ind.; 2d cock and 3d hen, H. A. John-
son, 2050 Park avenue, Indianapolis,
Ind.; 1st and 3d cocks, 2d, 3d and 4th
cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, Ist, 2d, 3d

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and 4th pullets and Ist and 2d hens,
F. P. Johnson, Nowlands, Ind.

Buff Cochins—Entries: Four cocks,
16 cockerels, 6 hens, 15 pullets and 3
pens. Fourth cock and 2d and 3d pens,
C.J. Ward, Irvington, Ind.; 1st and 2d
cocks, 1st and 2d hens, Ist and 4th
pullets and 1st pen, T. A. Hefner, Far-
ley, Ia.; 8d cock, 4th hen and 2d pul-
let, C. A. Johnson, R. D. No. 1, Green-
field, Ind.; 3d cockerel and 2d hen, J.
B. Clark, 1114 Southport avenue, Chi-
cago, Ill.; 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels and
3d pullet, John E. Walker, Friends-
wood, Ind.

Partridge Cochins—Entries: One
cock, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 6 pullets and
2 pens. First cock, 2d cockerel, 1st
hen and 4th pullet, C. J. Ward; 1st and
3d cockerels, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets and
1st pen, C. H. Terry, Union Mills, Ind.

Black Cochins—Two entries: All
prizes to Leo P. Gillon, Hale’s Corners,
Wis.

White Cochins—Two entries: All
prizes to C. C. Freese, Laporte, Ind.

Black Langshans—Entries: Two
cocks, 13 cockerels, 10 hens, 29 pul-
lets and 5 pens. Third pen, H. J.
Rader, Lafayette, Ind.; 2d cock and
4th pen, G. W. Wilkins, New Lancas-
ter, Ind.; 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th
cockerels, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, 1st,
2d, 3d and 4th pullets and ist and 2d
pens, W. M. Mayer, Danville, Il.

S. C. Brown Leghorns—Entries:
Three cocks, 15 cockerels, 15 hens, 20
pullets and 2° pens. First cock, 2d
hen and 2d pen, Geo, Knauer, 152 W.
Main street, Louisville, Ky.; 1st, 2d
and 3d cockerels, Ist hen, 1st, 2d, 3d
and 4th pullets, and 4th pen, W. H.
Wiebke, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 3d cock, 4th
cockerel and 3d pen, Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Gault, Sycamore, O.; 4th hen, Carl
Mueller, 515 Tecumseh street, Indian-

Light Brahma cock, 1St at Neb.. State Show
1901, also lst at Hebron, Neb., owned by G. B.
Clary, Fairbury, Neb.

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apolis, Ind.; 2d cock, R. B. and F, R.
Hale, Shelbyville, Ind.

R. C. B. Leghorns—Entries: One
cock, 2 cockerels, 2 hens, 3 pullets
and 1 pen. All prizes to C. R. Mil-

hous, Spencer, Ind.
White

cocks,

Sie 1Ce Entries:
12 hens, 16
First cock, 2d and
Ist, 2d, 8d and 4th hens,

Leghorns-
four 15 cockerels,
pullets and, 4 pens.

ith cockereis,

Ist pullet and lst pen, Wm. Tobin,
4747 I. Washington street, Indianap- |

olis, Ind.; 4th pullet and 4th hen, Har-
mon Bradshaw, Ind.; 4th
cock, H. L. Harlan, Indianapolis, Ind.;
3 cock, 2d pullet and 8d pen, Jas. L.
Wood, Elwood, Ind.; 2d cock, 1st and
2d cockerels, 8 pullet and 2d pen, B.
F. Hill, Indianapolis, Ind.

Lebanon,

S. C. Buff Leghorns—Entries: Two
cocks, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 7 pullets

and 2 pens. Second cock, 2d and 3d
cockerels, 2d and 3d pullets and 2d
pen, Terre Haute, Ind.;
Ist cock, 1st cockerel, Ist and 2d hens,
Ist and 4th pullets and 1st pen, Chas.
Airgood, South Bend, Ind.

Rhode Island Reds—Two entries.
All prizes to E. L. C. Morse, 8206 Cor-
nell ave, Chicago, II].

S. C. Black Minorcas—Entries: Two
cocks, 2 cockerels, 5 hens, 4 pullets
and 2 pens. Second cock, Ist, 2d and
3d hens and 2d pen, T. M. Stocking,
Broad Ripple, Ind.; 1st cock, 2d cock-
erel and 4th hen, Louis Clem, Bunker
Hill, Ind.; 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d and
4th pullets and Ist pen, Luny Rey-
nolds, Westville, Ind.

Silver Bearded Polish—Entries: One
cock, 1 ecockerel and 8 hens. All prizes
to Dr. M. A. Young, 454 E. Washing-
ton street Indianapolis, Ind.

B. B. Red Games—Entries: Two
cocks, 7 cockerels, 8 hens, 4 pullets
and 2 pens. First cock, lst and 3d
cockerel, 2d, 3 and 4th hens, Ist, 2d

Wes Loser,

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| Two cocks, 2 cockerels, 4 hens, 2 pul- ;

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
and 3d pullets and 1st and 2d pens, H.
D. Lane, 3613 N. Meridian street, In-
dianapolis, Ind.; 2d and 4th cockerels,

. C. Wright, Mt. Healthy, 0.; 2d
cock, Ist hen and 4th pullet, J. Cc.
Pratt, La Grange, Ill.

Red Pyle Games—Two entries. All

prizes
Ind.

Pit Games—Entries: Two cocks, 4
cockerels, 4 hens and 4 pullets. Ali
prizes to D. B. Shideler, 726 W. 42d
street, Indianapolis, Ind.

Buff Cochin Bantatms—Entries: One
cock, 3 cockerels, 3 hens, 8 pullets and
1 pen. First cock, 1st cockerel, 1st
hen and 3d pullet, Chas. Airgood; 2d
and 38d cockerels, 2d and 3 hens, Ist,
2d and 4th pullets and 1st pen, W. A.
Graffis, Logansport, Ind.

B. B. Red Game Bantams—Entries:
Two cocks, 1 cockerel, 2 hens, 3 pul-
lets and 1 hen. First cock, 1st cock-
erel, Ist and 2d hens, Ist and 3d pul-
lets and 1st hen, Nicholas & Hoss, 234
W. New York street, Indianapolis,
Ind.; 2d cock, R. B. and F. R. Hale;
2d pullet, T. M. Campbell, Darlington,
Ind.

Red Pyle Game Bantams—Entries:
Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 3 hens and 3
pullets. First cock, Nicholas & Hoss;
3 cock, Ist and 3d hens, R. B. and F.
R. Hale; 2d cock, 1st cockerel, 2d hen,
1st, 2d and 3d pullets. T. M. Camp-
bell.

Black Cochin Bantams—Entries:
Two coks and 2 hens. All prizes to
Nicholas & Hoss.

Cornish Indian Games—Entries:
Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 6 hens, 1 pul-
let and 1 pen. Second cock, 1st cock-
erel and 3d pen, J. W. Andrew, War-
ren, Ind.; lst cock, Clover Bloom
Poultry yards, Thurston, Ky.; 3d cock,
1st, 2d and 4th hens, Ist pullet and ist
pen, Gettinger & Shockney, Union
City, Ind.

M. B. Turkeys—Entries: Two cocks,
4 cockerels, 8 hens, 4 pullets and 2
pens. Second cock, 2d and 3d cock-
erels, 1st and 2d hens, ist and 2d pul-
lets and ist pen, G. W. Wilkins; 1st
and 8d cocks, Ist and 3d cockerels, 3d
and 4th hens, 3d and 4th pullets and
2d and 3d pens, S. B. and S. M. John-
son, Boggstown, Ind.

Houlans—Entries: Two cocks, 1
cockerel, 2 hens, 3 pullets and 1 pen.
All prizes to Robt. L. Higert, Green-
castle, Ind.

Pekin Ducks—Entries:
erels and 2 pullets.
S. Byers.

to Wesley Lanius, Greenburg,

Two cock-
All prizes to C.

Silver Bebright Bantams—Entries:

Buff Orpington pullet owned by Mrs. | lets and 1 pen. Yirst cock, 2d, 3d and

C. KE. Browning, Fairbury, Nebr.

4th hens, T. M. Campbell; 2d cock, 1st

The Editor’s dog at his favorite pas-
time.

and 2d cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, Ist
and 2d pullets and Ist pen, R. E.
Jones,

Golden Seabright Bantams—Entries:
Three cocks, 3 cockerels, 4 hens, 5 pul-
lets and 1 pen. Second and 3d cocks,
3d cockerel, 2d and 8d hens and 2d,
3d and 4th pullets, T. M. Campbell; 1st
cock, Ist and 2d cockerels, 1st and 4th
hens, Ist pullet and 1st pen, R. E.
Jones.

Report of the annual exhibition of
the Ottawa County Poultry association
held in Minneapolis, Kan., December
18 to 21, 1901:

L. P. Harris, judge of awards.

White Plymouth Rock—First and
second pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver,
Kan.

Barred Plymouth Rocks—First and
second pen, Mrs. Belle Nelson, Ben-
nington, Kan.

Single Comb Brown Leghorn—First
pen, John Chase, Glasgow, Kan.; sec-
ond pen, G. C, Smith, Minneapolis,
Kan.

White Wyandotes—First and second
pen, W. H. Swartz, Minneapolis, Kan.;
third pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver,
Kan.

Silver Laced Wyandottes—First, sec-
ond and third pen, Lew Pickrell, Min-
neapolis, Kan.

Golden Laced Wyandottes—First and
third pen, E. Papham, Minneapolis,
Kan.; second pen, J. H. Moorman,
Solomon, Kan.-

Partridge Cochin—First pen, Frank
Sutton, Minneapolis, Kan.

White Faced Black Spanish—First
pen, Capt. Sperry, Minneapolis, Kan.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys—First
and second pen, C. H. Clark, Delphos,
Kan.; third pen, B. C. McClelland,
Ada, Kan.

Highest scoring cockerel—W. H.
Swartz, Minneapolis, Kan.

Highest scoring pullet—W. H.
Swartz, Minneapolis.

Highest scoring turkey—C. H. Clark
‘Delphos, Kan.

G. L. SMITH, Secretary.

Katisas State Poultry Show.

Held at Topeka, Kan., Jan. 6 to 11.

The exhibit was not so large as has
been in previous years, there being
only 755 birds in all, besides pigeons
and canaries. There was a fair ex-
hibit of Belgian hares, two or three
coops of Flemish Giants, a fine cage of
coons, cats, one fox, three or four
cages of Cavies or Guinea Pigs.

The quality of poultry was very fine,
but a large number of the specimens
were under weight, as has been very
common this season, consequently the
birds do not score so high on account
of their weight.

There were in the Mediterranean
classes a good many birds badly frosted
from the effects of the cold snap that
we had in December Many of the
specimens had been shown in prior
shows and had scored from 92 to 95's
points, and the exhibitors thought, of
course, that they ought to score just as
much at Topeka as they did before
they were frosted. The growlers were
present at this show, as they are in
nearly all shows. ‘Take it all in all,
the exhibit was a very creditable one
and many classes deserve great praise.
especially the exhibit of Buff Cochins,
Buff Wyandottes, White Wyandottes,
S. L. Wyandottes, Light Brahmas,
Brown Leghorns, Orpingtons, Lang-
shans, and White Plymouth Rocks.

There was no class that showed more
real merit than the Buff Cochins and
White Plymouth Rocks. ‘These two
classes showed specimens as good as
can be found in any class in any show
in the state.

The Partridge Cochin class contained
32 birds, all good in color, and very
good in shape, A. B, Jones of Waukee-
na, Kan., winning most of the prizes.

Buff Cochins were 12 in number and
were shown by Chas. Steinberger of
Waukeena, Kan., who won all pre-
miums.

Light Brahmas were good in class,
but small in size. Aaron Sheets made

One
Proprietor of

K. W. Geer, Farmington, Mo.
of our contributors. i
Glen Raven Egg Farm and breeder of
Barred and White Rocks, Brown Leg-
horns, Black Minoras and Bronze Tur-

keys.

k Mr. Geer is a first class poultry
judge.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

the best exhibit and won nearly all
prizes. There were 50 Light Brahmas.
W. A. Jones showed some very good
specimens, also G. B. Clary of Fair-
bury, Neb.

The exhibit of Langshans numbered
55 and showed very goo! specimens
throughout. There were some elegant
shaped birds, also fin in color.

The Houdans were a good class, but
smallin number, the e being only 10
birds.

Hamburgs were nota large class, but
were the finest that leversaw L. E.
Cook of Oakville, Iowa, won nearly all
the premiums. ‘There were about 3)
birds in the exhibit

There was but one coop of Dark
Brahmas shown, and they were shown
by L. R. Nye of Leavenworth, Kan
They were good in color.

Buff Pekin Bantams were exhibited
by two parties, Thos. E. Wiggins of
Topeka, Kan., winning all first pre
miums. ‘They were very good in color
and shape.

There was one coop of Silver Sea-
brights; females very good, but cock
very poor.

Of Single Comb Brown Leghorns
the exhibit was quite large, 60 in num-
ber, and showing some very fine speci-
mens. A good many were badly
frosted and plumage faded One or
two exhibits were very poor in quality,
not fit to be seen in the show room.
W. A. Land of Manhattan, Kan., had
a very fine exhibit, also M. and M. B.
Bass of Kansas City.

Silver Laced Wyandottes were a
good class,5] in number. J. W.Gause
of Fmporia, Kan., had the best part of
the exh bit. His birds were large in
size, good in shape, and fine in color.
Mr Guuse proved by his exhibit that
they were breeding the very best that
can be found.

There was a large class of Barred
Rocks, 88 in number, the largest class
in the exhibit. Among them were
some very fine specimens that did not
even geta place. The Acme Poultry
Yards won the largest number of the
premiums. There seemed to be much
dissatisfaction with the exhibitors in
this class. Mrs. Pinkerton showed
some fine pullets both in size, color
andshape. Wm. Vesper also exhibited
some very choice specimens as well as
Seeley Brown.

The Buff Rocks were 27 in number;
two exhibitors, Frank Patton of Sur-
prise and the Smiths of Manhattan,
Kan. The exhibit, though not large,
was full of quality.

White Plymouth Rocks were 63 in
number. This was one of the best
classes in the show room and showed
more merit than any other class except
the Buff Cochin. The principal exhib-
itor was C. A. Canfield of Bellevue,
Kan. Mr. Canfield demonstrated his
superior quality of stock by winning
nearly everything in this large class.
His birds were pure white in color,
extra good in shape, combs and quality
throughout. Thos. Owens of Topeka,
Kan., also showed some yery good
specimens, but was not piaced at all.
Wm. Randolph of Lawrence, Kan.,and
Mrs. H. Both of Atchison, Kan., also
showed some very fine specimens,

Buff Wyandottes were 50 in number
and was one of the finest classes in the
room. ‘The first cock and first cockerel
were the best two male birds I have
ever seen in Buff Wyandottes. There

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2nd prize, Partridge Cochin hen,
owned by DeWitt Yates, Fairbury,
Nebraska.

were several fine females, and taken in
all the class was full of merit, and
many fine specimens did not get a
place. The best exhibit was that of
W. A. Forbes of N. Topeka; second in
size was that of T.W. F. Hughes of
Topeka. Ross Bros. of Manhattan,
Kan., also showed some extra fine
specimens and won some premiums.

White Wyandottes was another large
exhibit, numbering 52, and many very
fine specimens, pure white in color and
good in shape and size, did not even
geta place. Thethird cockerel in this
exhibit was the most typical White
Wyandotte that I have ever seen in my
twenty-eight years of experience in the
show room. He was simply immense
in shape and color but, like many other
specimens, short of weight. This bir |
will be shown in Chicago if he can be
made to gain one pound in weight be-
fore the show opens, and it is very
probable that he can. Mannering
Bros. of Lawrence. Kan., won first on
pen. Birds small, very poor in shape
and good in color. H. J. Whittlsey of
Chanute, Kan., exhibited very fine
birds, and he may well be proud of the
same and deserve lots of honors. Geo.
Gally showed best cockerel in shape
and color. W. A. Forbes also showed
some elegant cockerels, a hen and pul-
let, much better in shape and color
than some of the winners to my notion.
G. B. Clary of Fairbury also had some
very fine birds in his exhibit.

B. B. Bantams were about 7 in num-
ber. Thos. 1. Herrem of Tupeka. Kas.,
showed some of the best I have ever
seen. They were good in station, color
and shape.

Marsterson Bros. of Arkansas City,
Kan., showed the finest exhibit of
B:iown Red Bantams that I have seen
since leaving New York.

The Golden Wyandottes were fine in
color, but rather small in size. First
cock an extra large, well marked spec-
imen, free from frost in breast, with
open 1 ce and fine color throughout.

The Turkey exhibit was small, but
good in quality.

The Pekin ducks were a small class,
but showed as much quality as any
other class in any show room that Iwas
ever in. ‘The best exhibit was by E. E.
Smith of Lincoln, Neb., who won four

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firsts. They were extra large in size,
good in shape and fine in color. One
could not ask tor better specimens.

The annual meeting of the Kansas
State Poultry Association was held on
Thursday evening. Practically
same officers were elected as served
this season. The show was s success
in every respect, and more especially
they are tobecongratulat don getting
out such a large attendance. The
auditorium was filled to its utmost ca-
pacity during the afternoon and even-
ing of everyday. The attendance was
simply immense. The management of
the show was first class in every re-
spect and much is due the officers for
the good work done and the able man-
ner in which they managed the exhibit.
They have already commenced to form
the plans, etc., for a greater exhibit
next season.

AWARDS.

Grand prize No. 1—M. lL. Canfield,
for largest display of any one variety
of chickens, owned by one exhibitor,
scoring over 90 points.

Grand prize No. 2—James R. Young,
for the second largest display of any
one variety of chickens, owned by one
exhibitor, scoring over 90 points.

Grand prize No. 3—Aaron Sheets,
North ‘Topeka, Kan., forthe third larg-
est display of any one variety of chick-
ens, owned by one exhibitor, scoring
over 90 points.

Grand prize No. 4—W. A. Forbes,
North Topeka, Kan., for the largest
display of two or more yarieties of
chickens, owned by one exhibitor, scor-
ing over 90 points.

Grand prize No. 5—Mrs. Henry
Shrader, Berlin, Neb., for the second
largest display of two or more varieties
of two or more varieties of chickens,
owned by one exhibitor, scoring over 90
points.

Grand prize No. 6—Col. J. W. F.
Hughes, Topeka, Kan., for the third
largest display of two or more varieties
of chickens, owned by one exhibitor,

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O. order for February ad.
ae

Enclosed P.

A. Upton, Farrpury, NEs., says: We
have had lots of inquiries and sold more
stock than from any other paper we use.

POSS SOSH SSOSHESCSFSOFSOSOSO COOH

scoring over 90 points.

Grand prize No. 7 —Mrs. Henry Shra-
der, for the largest display of chickens
by any lady exhibitor.

Barred Plymouth Rocks—James R.
Young, 1, 2, 3, 4 ckl, 1, 2, 4 hen, 1, 2, 3,
5 pul, 1, 2 pen; Frank Slater, Delphos,
Kan., 5 hen, 5 pen; Mrs. Geo. Clarke,
Topeka, Kan., 4 pul; Sealy I. Brown,
Coffeyville, Kan., 3 pen; Chris Bear-
man, Ottawa, Kan., 4 pen; Mrs. W. C.
Ellis, Mo.,5 ckl; Wm. Vesper, Topeka,
2, 3, 4 ck; J. K. Thompson, Topeka, 1
ck; 3 hen.

| White Plymouth Rocks—M. L. Can-
Pel ely 2 Ch lyi2, sD (CALs lone, oss
'hen, 1, 2, 3, 4,5 pul, 1, 2, 3 pen; Wm
| Randolph, Lawrence, Kas ,+ pen; Jno.
|B. Mills, Topeka, 3 ck; Mrs. Henry
Shrader, 4 ckl; Wm. H. Roth & Son,
| Atchison, 5 pen.

| Buff Plymouth Rocks—Frank Patton,
| Surprise, Neb., 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2, 3, 4
hen, 1, 4,5 pul, 2,3 pen; the Smiths,
| Manhattan, Kan., 1, 4, 5 ckl, 2,3 pul, 1,
|4 pen.

Golden Wyandottes—Edwin J. Kaf-
fer, Salina, Kan.,1 ckl, 2,3, 5 pul; Jno.
A. Shaw, McKittrick, No., 3ckl; Yellow
Leg Poultry Yards, Maitland, Mo., 2
ckl, 1,2 hen, 1, 4 pul, 2 pen; A. C. Smith,
‘Topeka, 1 ck, 1 pen.

Silver Laced Wyandottes— Mrs. J. W.
Gause, Emporia, Kan.,1 ck, 1, 3, 4,5
ckl, 1, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3, 4 pul, 1, 3 pen; El-
liot Marshall, St. Joseph, Mo., 5 pen;
Mrs. Geo. E. McGill, Leavenworth, 2,
2, 4 ck, 2 ckl, 3, 45 en, 5 pul, 2, 4 pen.

Buff Wyandottes—W. A. Forbes, No.
Topeka, 1, 5 ckl, 1 hen, 1, 2, 5 pul, 1, 4
pen; John A. Shaw, McKittrick, Mo., 2
hen; Ross Bros., Manhattan, 2, 4 ckl, 3,
4 pul, 2,5 pen; G A. Kittell, McPher-
son, Kas., 3 ckl, 3 pen; Col. J. W. F.
Hughes, Topeka, 3, 4, 5 hen; Allen G.
Philips, Topeka, 1 ck.

White Wyandottes—W. A. Forbes, 2
ck, 1, 5 ckl, 3, 5 hen, 3,5 pen; Manwar-
ring Bros., Lawrence, Kas., 2 ckl, 2, 3,
4 pul, 1 pen; Geo. Getty, Syracuse,
Kas., 3ckl; G. B. Clary, Fairbury, Neb.,
4 ckl, 4 hen, 4 pen; H. J. Whittlesey,
Chanute, Kas., 1 ck, 1,2 hen, 1, 5 pul, 2
pen.

Black Langshans—L. B. Myer, Bowl-
ing Green, Mo., 1, 2 ck, 1, 2, 4 ckl, 1, 4
hsn, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen; Col. J. W. F.
Hughes, 5 ck, 4 pul; H. H. Borgmann,
Kansas City, Mo., 3 ck, 5 ckl, 3, 5 hen,
3 pen; Mrs. Henry Shrader, 3 ckl, 2
pen; Mrs. E. H. Inman, Bartlett, Kas.,
4 ck, 2 hen, 5 pul, 4 pen.

White Langshans—P. L. Wise, To-
peka, 1, 2, 3 hen.

Buff Cochins —Chas. Steinberger,
Wakeeney, Kas., 1, 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 ckl, 1, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen.

Partridge Cochins—Heether & Sny-
der, Huntsville, Mo., 3 ck, 4 ckl, 2, 4+
pul, 3, 5 pen; Prof. L. L. Dyche, Law-
rence, Kan., 1 ck, 3 ckl, 3,5 hen, 2 pen;
John EK. Stone, Fayette, Mo., 2 ckl, 3
pul, 4 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones, Wakeeney,
Kas., 1,5 ckl, 1, 5 pul, 1 pen; DeWitt
Yates, Fairbury, Neb., 2 ck, 1,2, 4 hen.

Light Brahmas—Aaron Sheets, No.
Tope a,1 ck, 1,5 ckl, 1, 2, 3, 5 hen, 1,
2,4, 5 pul, 1, 2 pen; Albert Hearick,
Topeka, 4 ck, 4 hen; G. B. Clary, Fair-
bury, Neb., 3 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones, Wa-
keeney, 2 ck, 4 ckl; Stecker Bros., St.
Louis, Mo., 3 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 3 pul.

Dark Brahmas—N. R. Nye, Leaven-
worth, 1 ck, 1, 2 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen.

Single Comb Brown Leghorns—Mr.
& Mrs. N. D. Bass, Kansas City, Kas.,
1 hen, 1, 2 pul, 2 pen; H. C. Short,
Leavenworth, 2 ck, 3,5 ckl, 5 pul, 4 pen;
Clyde Patterson, Sedalia, Mo., 2 ckl, 3
pen; C. C. Smith, Topeka, 3 ck, 4 ckl;
A. J. Kerns, Salina, 4 ck, 1 ckl, 3 hen,
3, 4 pul, 1 pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhat-
tan, 1 ck, 2, 3, 5 hen, 5 pen.

Single Comb White Leghorns—H. C.
Short, 1 ck, 1 ckl, 3, 4 hen, 1, 3, 4,5 pul;
J: T. Fry, Topeka, 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2
hen, 2 pul, 2 pen.

Rose Comb Brown Leghorns—H. H.
Bair & Son, Topeka, 1 ckl, 1 pul.

Rose Comb White Leghorns—Jennie
E. Warren & Son, Cottonwood Falls, 1
ckl, 1, 2, 3 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen.

Buff Leghorns—Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Shoemaker, Narka, Kas., 2 ckl, 1, 2, 3,
4 pullet, 1 pen; B. C. Fowler, Topeka,
2 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 hen, 5 pul.

White Faced Black Spanish—Mrs.
Hattie Tyler, Fairview, Kas., 1, 2, 3
hen, 1, 3 pul; H. W. Chestnut, Birm-
ingham, Kas., 2 ckl, 2, 4,5 pul, 1 pen.

Silver Spangled Hamburgs—L,. Cook
& Bro., Oakville, Iowa, 1 ck, 1, 4 ckl,1,
4 hen, 1, 2, 3, 4,5 pul, 1, 2 pen; M. P.

A view of the extensive poultry plant owned and operated by J. C. Under-

wood, Columbus, Ohio.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Jensen, Barada, Neb., 5 hen; DeWitt |

Yates, Fairbury, Neb., 2 ckl, 2, 3 hen,
3 pen; Roy Baker, Abilene, Kas., 3 ckl.
Houdans—W. LL. Bullene, Lawrence,

1 ck, 1 ckl, 1,2, 3, 4 hen, 1, 2,3, 4,5 pul, |
1 pen.
Buff Orpingtons—Mrs. S. Rickett,

North Topeka, 1 chl, 2, 4 hen, 3, 5 pul,

1 pen; Eccleston & Son Topeka. 2 ck1, !
1, 3 hen, 2 pen; Mrs. Henry Shrader, |

Berlin, Neb., 1, 2, 4 pul.

English Gray Dorkings—Eccleston &
Son, 1 c«, 1, 2 hen.

Cornish Indian Games —Chas. Seiler,

Atchison, Kas., 1 ckl, 1, 2, 3,5 pul, 1,

pen; E, Kaub, Michigan, Kas., 3 ckl,
1,5 hen, 3 pen; Wm. Langan, Atchison,
1 ck, 2 ckl, 2, 3, 4 hen, 2 pen.

Pit Games—Cyrus L. Ward, Nara,
Kas., 1 ckl, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen;
John L,. Patterson, Topeka, 1 ck, 2, 3
ckl, 1, 3 hen; A. B. Elliott, Topeta, 2
c<, 3 hen; J. L. Brown, Kansas City,
Mo., 3 ck.

Black B. R. Game Bantams—Thos.
Herren, Topeka, 1 ct, 1 ckl, 1, 2, 3, 4
pul, 1 pen.

Brown B. Game Bantams—Master-
son Bros., 2 ckl, 1, 2’ hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1
pen.

Buff Cochin Bantams—Thos, C. Wig-
gin, Topeka, 1, 2¢-1,1, 2, 4,5 pul; Jas.
R. Young, Manhattan, 2 cx, 3 ckl, 2
hen, 3 pul.

Golden Seabright Bantams—J. Aig-
ner, Tope'a,2c , 2,3 hen.

Silver Seabright Bantams—Col. J.
W. F. Hughes, 2 c+, 1, 2, 3 hen.

White Pe in Duc's—EK. E. Smith,
Lincoln, Neb., 1c ,1c¢ 1,1 hen, 1 pul;
O. KE. Martinson, Wichita, Kas.,2c ,2
hen, 2 pul, 1 trio.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys—Mrs. A.
Griffits, Ozaw-ie, Kas., 1 adult ck, 1, 2
hen, 1 trio. ;

White Holland Turkeys—Dr. A. B.’

Jones, Wa'eeney, 1 ckl, 1, 2 pullet, 1
trio; J. R. Taylor, Topeka, 2 cxl, 3, 4,5
pul.

BELGIAN HARES.

Mature Bucks—1st, Fred Oliver; 2d,
I. H. Holliday; 3d, C. Fairfield.

Imported Does—Ist, J. P. Lucas.

Mature Does—1st, W. H. Goit; 2d, 3d,
Jape eleieas:

Bucks, 7-lb class—Ist, Fred Oliver:
2d, W. H. Goit.

Does, 7-lb class—1st, C. Fairchild; 24| yard next fall.

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| Saw a board so true.

Lucas, tied.

Buck, 6-lb class —1st, C. Fairchild.

Does, 6-1b class—I1st, D. A. Wise; 2d,
D. A. Wise two tied for 2d; 3d, D. A.
Wise.

Bucks, 5-lb class—1st, Fred Oliver;

| 2d, Clyde Herric’.

Does, 5-lb class—Ist, Fred Oliver.
White Angora Rabbits—John Ha-
man, Ist mature buc'; J. P. Lucas, 1st

|immature buck; J. P. Lucas, 1st im-

mature doe; J. P. Eucas, Flemish
Giants, Ist buck, 1s! and 2d does.

Honest Birds at Honest Prices.

Wishing to establish another breed
of fowls at Golden Dawn farm, it be-
comes necessary to have a new hen
house. You know Ella Wheeler Wil-
cox has said “there is nothing woman

|can do that a man can’t do and do

better,” which is well. But I also say
a woman can do much if she tries.
Well, I tried and in consequence have
a nice warm house with plate glass (?)
front. I set posts in the ground on
the south side of the barn and boarded
up and papered and hung a door to
shut out cold nights and a glass one
to let in sunlight on cold days.

As the building stands near the
road, people passing gazed, and still
their wonder grew to see a woman
I wasn’t like
our neighbor who bought a new dog
and wanted a house for him. He took
the lumber inside his shops to build
and when he had it all made, discov-
ered he could not get it out through
the door without tearing it to pieces.
O, no, my hen house is all right, and
I have a nice wire netting fence
around the yard, and my birds came
through this late cold spell with the
thermometer registering fifteen de-
grees below zero without a touch of
frost and I shall be advertising prize
winners bred and born from that same
Speaking of adver-

Fred Oliver; 2d, Fred Oliver and J; P.| tising, some ads. just make me “larf

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inwardly.” This, for instance, ‘the
best birds in the state,” at one, two
and three dollars apiece. I want to
say when I get the best birds in the
state I won’t sell them for one dollar
or even three. Why do people pay $25
for a bird when they can get the best
for from one to three. ’Tis naught
when woman humbugs man, for that’s
the good old style. But, O, man’s
confidence in man makes’ countless
millions smile. Some people think or
at least talk that the standard of per-
fection is all wrong because it isn’t
dead easy to raise all show birds by
following its teachings. They say the
standard should be changed to suit
their especial needs. I wonder what
our prize birds would be without a
standard to judge them by? I think I
would rather take the standard of
perfection as my guide and breed ac-
cordingly than to breed the easiest or
any old way and then convince peo-
ple that my birds were all right. I
am afraid I would be like the young
man who, when he began preaching,
thought he would surely convert the
whole world in about three months.
He was speaking before a large audi-
ence, telling what wonders he expect-
ed to perform and said he longed for
the wings of an eagle that he might
fly from place to place, converting the
people. A little boy piped up: “O,
Mr. you wouldn’t fly a mile before you
would be shot for a goose.’’ No, I
say, let the standard stand, and may
we raise honest birds at honest prices.
IT am keeping a list of the people who
advocate that pulling an off color

feather is no sin, and when I wart
to introduce new blood in my yard I
will give them the go by. I may be
in the wrong, but it seems as if one
or

who would color the legs pull

feathers to make a sale or win a

premium are that crooked that they

san’t lie straight in bed. ~
MATTIE MATTHEWS.

Wings of two Light Brahma pullets
owned by 71. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr.

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Re
bred by Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Clay

Rock cockerel owned and

Center, Kansas.

Nebraska State Poultry Show
Held at Lincoln.

One of the most successful poultry
shows ever held in the west was held
in the new auditorium at Lincoln from
January 20 to 25 inclusive.
on exhibition nearly 1600 birds, mostly
from the state of Nebraska. Stillthere
were large exhibits from the state of
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois.
As usual the most prominent classes
were those of the Barred Rocks, White
Rocks, White Wyandottes and Leg-
horns.

The White Rock class was very strong
in quality, there heing about 116 birds
represented and the five premiums of-
fered on single specimens in each class
were given to birds scoring better than
94 points. Birds scoring less than this
could not even get a mention. The
most prominent exhibitors in this vari-
ety were M. L. Canfield of Belleville,
Kansas, who won the cream of the
prizes; J. W. Hall of David City had a
good second, and also Mrs. C, A.

Blanchard of Friend, and E. E. Spen- |

cer of Cortland, Neb.

There were ten exhibitors in the
Barred Plymouth Rock class, most of
the prizes going to J. W. D. Hall of Des
Moines, Iowa, F.
and C. M. Hulburt of Fairbury. Many
right nice specimens did not receive a
mention in this class.

There were |

C, Hinman of Friend, |

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

| Bend, winning the best part of the
| prizes. L. B. Arnot won first, second,
| fourth pullets, third and fifth cockerel.
| Partridge Wyandottes were shown
by three exhibitors, Robert Black hay-
ing the best exhibit. .
| Light Brahmas were shown by five
exhibitors, M. M. Fox of Geneva and
| Jno. L. Smith of Cadams winning the
best part of the premiums.

3uff Cochins were shown by five ex-
| hibitors, B. H. Dunn of Clay Center re-
ceiving the largest number of premiums
|and Antone Coper second largest num-
ber.

Partridge Cochins were shown by
five exhibitors. There were some very
good birds and prizes were distributed
among the whole number, Ayeas & Son
| receiving the best part of the premiums.
| Buff Orpingtons were a large class
shown by seven exhibitors, H. H.
Campbell of Osceola, and Jno. A. Ling
of Harvard winning the best part of
the premiums. Mrs. Rockhill won
first on pen.

Langshans were shown by five ex-
hibitors, J A. Johnson of Holdrege and
Albert Lemon of Lincoln winning the
principal part of the prizes

In the Leghorn class there were four
exhibitors. Of the Single Comb White
Leghorns there was a large exhibit
shown by six exhibitors, lL. C. Hunt-
ington of Omaha, Casper Dise of Roca,
and C. L,. Sayler winning the principal
part of the prizes.

The exhibit in Black Minorcas, White
Minorcas, Black Spanish, Silver Span-

|gled Hamburgs, Golden Hamburgs
were small in number but full of
quality.

The Houdan class was small, four
)exhibitors. Jake Kapser of Clay Cen-
ter and D. W. Evans of University
Place won the principal part of the
premiums.

The Cornish Indian Game was a
good class and most prizes going to
Robert Black.

There was an unusually large exhibit
of Bronze and White Turkeys, and
Pekin, Rouen, and Indian Runner
Ducks. In fact, the water fowl exhibit
was the best ever seen west of Chicago.
E. E. Smith of Lincoln captured all the
first prizes in Pekin Ducks, Emden
Geese, and Indian Runner Ducks
Walter J. Camp won all the first prizes
in Rouen Ducks. Walter Cameron won
all first prizes on Toulouse Geese.

There was a fine display of eggs, W.
A. Kirkpatrick of University Place
winning first prize on eggs, E. H. Ter-
willenger winning second. There were
five exhibitors. The sweepstakes won
solid color with weight, by L. C. Hunt-

The Buff Rocks were represented by |
Frank Patton of Suprise, who won ail |
first except one, Joseph Kay of David

ington of Omaha; solid weight without
color, by M. L. Canfield of Belleville,
Kan.; part color with weight, by M. M.

City, andalso Albert Lemon of Lincoln,
who exhibited five specimens in this
class.

The Silver Wyandotte class was not

as large as some other classes, but was |
and N. M. Connor of |

full of quality. I.
Ponca won the best part of the prizes.
Antone Coper won first pen, first cock-
erel.

Golden Wyandottes were shown by
four exhibitors, W. J. East and J. C.
Kapser, both of Clay Center, winning
nearly all of the prizes.

Buff Wyandottes were shown by Mrs.
H. E. Stein of Friend, Mrs. E. W. Orr
of Clay Center, and E. B. Day of North

Fox of Geneva, and part color without
weight, E. E. Eggart of Minden. The
|largest exhibit was that of EK. E. Eg-
|gart, who showed 100 birds and won
$140 in premiums. ‘There were 127 ex-
hibitors of poultry, besides several ex-
hibits in pigeon class and hares.

One thing was noticeable at this
show and that was that there was uni-
versal good feeling among all the ex-
hibitors and very little dissatisfaction
as to the judging. The scoring was all
done the second day at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon and all prizes awarded and
premiums put up on the coops Thurs-
day morning at the opening of the

; Sree SSE FE RIE er aE,

ered Ah ee cz

Buff Orpingon owned by Sure Hatch Poul-
try Co., Clay Center, Neb.

show. The annual meeting was held
Thursday evening and the election of
officers resulted in the following: Geo.
W. Osterhout of David City as presi-
dent, T. L. Norval of Seward as vice
president, L. P. Ludden of Lincoln as
secreiary, and I. L. Lyman of Lincoln
treasurer. The show was a financial
success, and leaves a good amount of
money on hand for the commencement
of their next annual exhibit, which is
to be held the third week in January,
1903.

The following is a list of awards as
given by the judges:

Barred Plymouth Rocks—J. W. D.
Hall, 1 pen, 2 ck, 2 ckl, 1 pul; F.C.
Hinman, 2 pen, 1, 2, 3 hen, 5 ckl,2, 5
pul; T. L,. Norval, 3 pen, 4,5 hen; L. A.
Simmons, 3 ck; C. M. Hulburt, 1 ckl;
E. M. Coffin, 3 ckl; J. S. Bishop, 4 ckl;
Phil Mauer, 3 pul; E. J. Brown, 4 pul.

White Plymouth Rocks—M. L. Can-
field, 1 pen, 3 ck, 1, 2, 3 hen, 1, 3, 5 ckl,
2, 4 pul; J. W. Hall, 2 pen, 4 ck, 2 ckl,
3 pul; G. H. Terwilliger, 3 pen; E. O.
Spencer, 4, 5 pen, 5 ck, 4 hen; J. J.
Ackenback, 1 ck, 5 hen, 5 pul; C. E.
Taylor, 2ck; Henry Shrader, 4ckl; R.
G. Ruley, 1 pul.

Buff Rocks—Frank Patton, 1 pen, 3
ck, 1,3 hen, 1,2 ckis715°2, 4) puls'G eT.
Green, 1 ck, 3 ckl, 3 pul; Joseph Kay, 2
ck, 2 hen; Wm. J. Kerchenbusch, 4 ck;
A Lemon, 4, 5 hen, 5 pul.

Silver Wyandottes, Antone Coper, 1
pen, 1 ckl; A. R. Smith, 2 pen; I. & N.
M. Connor, 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 4 hen, 2,5
ckl, 1, 4 pul; V. E. Shirley, 2, 5 hen, 3
ckl, 3 pul; M. B. Caldwell, 4 ckl, 2, 5 pul.

Golden Wyandottes—W. J. East, 1
pen, 3 ck, 1, 2 hen, 1 ckl, 1, 3 pul; Jake
Kapser, 2 pen, 2 ck, 4 hen, 2, 3 ckl, 2, 4
pul; J. W. Losey, 3 pen, 3 hen, 5 ckl; I.
Payne, 5 hen, 4 ckl.

Black Wyandottes—Henry C. Witte
all premiums.

White Wyandottes—J. W. D. Hall, 1
pen, 2, 3 ck, 3 hen, 2 ckl, 2 pul; L. H
Beethe, 2 pen; E. E. Bowes, 3 pen, 4, 5
ck, 3 ckl; C. C. Wilson, 4 pen; C. Rock-
hill, 5 pen, 2 hen; E. E. Smith, 1 ck, 1,
4, 5 hen, 4, 5 ckl, 1, 3, 5 pul; Stephen
Norton, 1 ckl; W. A. Goddard, 4 pul.

Buff Wyandottes—Mrs. H. E. Stein, 1

pen, 2 ck, 4+ hen, 2 ckl; KE. W. Orr, 2 peu,
3 ck, 5 hen, 4 ckl; KE. B. Day, 1, 5 ck, 2,
3 hen, 1 ckl, 5 pul; A. R. Smith, 4 ck;
H. M. Pettigrew, 1 hen, 3 pul; L. B.
Arnot, ¢, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 4 pul.

Partridge Wyandottes—Robt. Black,
1, 2 pen, 1, 2, 3 ck, 1,2, 4 hen, 1, 2,3 ckl,
1, 2, 5 pul; E. M. Crittenden, 3 pen, 4
ck, 3, 5 hen, 4 ckl, 4 pul; E, B. Day, 5
ckl, 3 pul.

Black Javas—R. L. Newton, 1 pen, 2
ck, then ls aoicklyl2,/3, 4 pul; J. A.
Rudge, 1 ck, 2, 3 hen

Light Brahmas—M. M. Fox, 1 pen,1
ck. 2, 4 hen, 1, 2 ckl, 1, 3 pul; Casper
Dice, 3 ck; G. W. Hardin, 2 ck, 5 hen, 5
pul; E. B. Day, 4 ck, 4 ckl; John L.
Smith, 1, 3 hen, 5 ckl; G. H. Terwillin-
ger, 3ckl, 2 pul.

Dark Brahmas—All to Lucy Barger.

Buff Cochin —Antone Coper, 1 pen, 2

4 hen, 2, 4ckl; J. J. Lyell,2 pen; B. H.
Dunn, 2 ck, 3 hen, 3 ckl, 1, 4, 5 pul; C.
K. Davis, 1 hen, 1 ckl; J. M. Myers, 5
hen, 5 ckl, 2, 3 pul.
Partridge Cochins —Ayers & Sons, 1,
2 pen, 1 ck, 1 hen, 1,3, 5 ckl, 1, 4 pul; J.
J. Lyell, 3, 4 pen, 3 hen, 4 ckl; DeWitt
Yates, 2 ck, 2,5 hen; H. KE. Bowman, 4
hen, 2 ckl, 3, 5 pul; H. M. Pettygrew,
5 pul.

White Cochins—James Craig all pre-
miums.

Rose Comb Buff Orpingtons— All to
J. A. Lash.

Buff Orpingtons, Single Comb—C,
Rockhill, 1 pen; H. H. Campbell, 2 pen,
2, 3 hen, 2, 4 ckl,1, 5 pul; E. K. Jen-
ning, 3 pen; John A. Ling, 2 ck, 1,5
hen, 1 ckl, 1, 4 pul; C. E. Browning, 4
hen, 3 ckl; Mrs. M. G. Stauff, 5 ckl; W.
H. Bushel, 1 ck, 3 pul; Mrs. Henry
Shrader, 2 pul.

Black Langshans—J. A. Johnson, 1
pen, 2 cks, 2 ckl, 1, 3pul; Harry J. Hunt,
4 pen; A. Lemon, 1,2 pen, 1 ck, 1, 2hen,
2, 4, 5 pul; E. E. Bowes, 3 ck, 3, 4, Shen,
4, 5 ckl; Mrs. Henry Shrader, 3 ckl.

S. C. B. Leghorns—A. R. Carrueth, 1
pen, 2. ck, 2,3 hen, 2 ckl,1,5 pull; A.C.
Short, 1 ck, 1 hen, 1 ckl, 2 pul; Jas.
Rudge, 3 ckl, 3, 4 pul.

Rose Comb Brown Leghorus—Jennie
Birdsal, 2, 3 pen, 2 ck, 4 hen, 1, 2 pul;
K. H. Eggart, 1 pen, 1 ck, 1, 2,3 hen, 1,
2 ckl, 3, 4 pul.

Rose Comb White Leg horns—Casper
Dice, 1, 3 pen, 1, 4 hen, 1, 4 ckl, 4 pul;
KH. H. Eggart, 2, 4 pen, 1, 2 ck, 2, 3, 5
hen, 2, 3, 5ckl, 1, 2, 3 pul.

S.C. W. Leghorns—L. C. Hunting-
ton, 1, 2 pen, 5 ck, 3, 4 hen, 1 ckl, 3,5
pul; Casper Dice, 3, 4 pen, 2 ck, 1, 2hen,
4 pul; J. Cook Johnson, 5 pen, 3 ck, 3, 4
ckl, 2 pul; H. C. Short, 4 ck, 2,5 ckl; C.
L. Saylor, 1 ck, 5 hen, 1 pul.

Buff Leghorns—J. M. Clark, 1 pen, 2
ck; Wallen Cameron, 2 pen, 1 ckl, 1 pul;
D. L. Bruen, 1 | en.

Black Leghorns—E. H. Eggart, all
premiums.

Blue Andalusians—E. H. Eggart, all
premiums.

Black Minorcas—Earl Eager, 1 pen,
1, 3 ckl; 1,2 pul; D. Tipwood, 2 pen, 3
ck, 1), 2, 3, 4,hen, 2 ckl, 3, 4 pul; L. €.
Fors, 2 ck, 5 hen.

White Minorcas—All to Eggart.

Black Spanish — All to Raymond
Striker.

White Cap B. Polish—All to Fred I.
Slocum.

S. S. Hamburgs—Ernest Gibson, 2
pen, 1 ck, 3 hen, 1 chl, 4 pul; Sam J.
Gadd, 1 pen, 2 hen, 4 cl, 2 pul; D. L.
Bruen, 5 hen, 1 pal; M. P. Jenson, 1, 4
hen, 3 ck1,5 pul; DeWitt Yates, 2,5 cal,

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The concrete poultry house of E. W.

When we have a warm poultry house
and our hens lay all the year, it makes
us feel like we ought to raise chickens
all the year.

In the concrete house we have an
ideal place to run incubators. They
are warm in winter, dry and cool in
summer. Unlike the cave or hole in
the ground, they are always dry—-would
be suitable for man to live in.

So well pleased am I with my con-
crete houses for poultry andincubators
that Lintend putting up one this sum-
mer in which to ripen Kieffer pears
and as a winter store house for apples.

We have kept apples in ours this
winter and never hadthem keep any
better.

A house made of concrete would be
an ideal one in which to raise the
brooder chicks. If the floor was also
made of concrete, it would be rat proof.

Geer, Farmington, Mo.
We troubled with rats for
they and I can’t live on the same plant.

are never
I use earth floors altogether and cover
them with leaves in winter.

In building the poultry house I used
studding, one at each corner, and every
ten feet apart, to fasten the roof to and
to fasten the divisions to inside of the
house.

The incubator house hasno studding,
the gable ends of it being made of con-
crete, holds the plate in place, to which
the roof is fastened.

Mrs. Geer’s father is shown
picture sitting on the box by the coal
He is an occupant of Glen

in this

oil can.
Raven.
at
work on this plant, with a lot of chicks

Our little red incubator is now
on the way into this world, and we in-
tend keeping it at work on well up into
May.

3 pul.
Golden S. Hamburgs—All to E. E.
Bowers,

Houdans—J. C. Kapser, 1 pen, 3, 4
hen; D. W. Evans, 2, 5 hen, 2, 3 ckl, 1,
2 pul; D. L. Bruen, 1 hen; H. B. Hen-
derson, 1 c'1.

Cornish Indian Games—Rob Blac’, }
pen; 2.cks 1,2, 3 ben, 2,.3 chil; 2,4
pul; D. L. Bruen, 4 hen; Wm. J. Kerch-
enbusch, | c' 1, 3 pul.

B. B. Red Games—All to C. L. Ward.

Pit and Red Pile Games—All to Seth
Abbott.

Golden Seabrights—AlI1 to Bruen.

Black Rose Comb Bantams—AI1 to
Earl Eager.

Bronze Turkeys—W. H. Lake, I tom,
1,3 hen, 1 cl, 2,4 pul; C. EK. Browning,
2 tom, 2 hen; Wallen Cameron, 3 tom,
4 hen; C. M. Hulburt, 2 cl, 1, 3 pul;
Walter J. Camp, 3 c'l, 5 hen.

White Turkeys—J. C. Day & Son, |
tom, 1 hen, 5 c!1, 4 pul; J. C. Moffit, 3,
4 Setoms 2, 3; 4 hen, 1) '2)4>c*1, 25:3, 5
pul; Mrs. M. C. Stauff, 3 ckl, 1 pul.

Pekin Ducks—E. E. Smith, young

pair, 1, 2, 3; old pair, 1, 3, 4; old duck, !

| 1, 2,

! ton;

3; young duck, 1, 2, 3; drake, 1, 3,
5; W. B. Swisher, y pr 4, dra! e 2; Wal-
len Cameron, old pr 5, old duck 4, y d 4;
Lillian W. Taylor, old pr 2; Mrs. Henry
Shrader, y duc* 5, dra! e 4.

Rouen Duc! s—D. L. Bruen, pr 4, old
dra’e 4, old duck 3, young drate 4,
young duck 4; Walter J. Camp, pr 1, 2,
3, old drale 1,2, 3, old duck 1, 2,4, young
dra‘ e 1, 2, 3, young duc* 1, 2, 3.

Indian Runner Duc's—All to E. E.
Smith.

Toulouse Geese—Pairs all to WKirk-
patric’. Wallie Cameron, old gander
1, old goose 1, young gander 3, young
goose 1; W. A. Kirk patric’, old gander
2, 3, 4, old goose, 2, 3, 4, young gander
2, 4, 5, young goose 2, 3, 4.

Emden Geese—E. J. Babcock, pair;
RK. E. Smith, all single.|

EKees—W. A. Kir patrick, 1; E. H.
Terwilliger, 2; A. Ll. Clayberg, 3; W.
ly. Canfield, 5th eggs, E. KE. Bower, 4th
eggs.

Solid color without weight, Hunting-
with weight, Canfield. Parti-
colored with weight, Fox; without
weight, Eggart.

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Mating up our pens and _ preparing
for our supply of eggs for hatching
must occupy our full attention at the
present time, if it has not already
been done. The earlier we can get
our chicks hatched the better they are,
provided we have our pens in order to
secure the best results in breeding for
those early chicks. We have found old
hens do not pay as breeders. It may
pay to keep a few which are extra
fine as show birds—they are sure to
be up in weight—but for the business
of laying eggs and hatching chicks
they are a failure. They lay very few
eggs, and what they do lay are extra
large and very few of them will hatch,
at least such has been our experience.
We have always noticed that the very
largest eggs were the ones left in the

tray after the chicks were all done
hatching. Chicks were dead in the
shells at all stages of incubation. All

the old hens have been disposed of
and only the best of last year’s pullets
kept for this year’s breeders. We
make on extra effort to get our hens
laying in the early - fall. We want
them at their best when eggs are
needed for hatching purposes. If they
have had a good long rest after
molting their bodies are strong, they
are in prime condition and will lay
more fertile eggs.

Fertile eggs are what we are after
when hatching time comes. N either
hens or incubators can hatch strong
chicks from weak eggs. We must
have eggs that will produce strong
healthy chicks.
them we must give our poultry good
care, clean quarters, proper food and
regular attention. Haphazard, care-
less ways will not give the results we
are after.

The last two years we have raised
more of our first and second hatches
than any of the later ones. We had
to keep them in the house part of
the time, and expect to do the same
again this year, as our farm cannot
yet boast.of a brooder house.

A cosy place for sunny spring days
muslin house. A frame was
made 4x6 feet, four feet high at one
side by one at the other. We covered
it with unbleached muslin, then set
the brooder outside with a small open-
ing for chicks to run through, thus giv-
ing the chicks the full run of their

as

was a

little house. We kept ¢haff on the |

In order to produce |

Poultry Chats For February
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floor and learned chicks early in life
to scratch for their living. Our first,
second and third hatches used the
muslin house; after that it was too
warm, so the large sheet was taken off
aid laid away for this year. When we
were obliged to have the chicks in
the house lath frames were made to
he the legs of the incubator, then cov-
ered with muslin. In that way we
had a scratch pen under the incubator.
I hear some one say noise and work.
Yes, but no one need to think of mak-
ing poultry raising a business with-
out work. Children can and do save
us many steps and do lots of the work,
but there is much that calls older
heads and hands. It is an easy way to
send a child to feed and water the
chickens, but if the children are not
looked after it is feast or famine.
Enough food is put in one yard for
twenty hens where perhaps there are
six to eat it, then water put in part
of the fountains, while others are left
without any. We find it pays to get
out and be “that boy or girl’ at least
once a day ourselves. Then we know
how things are going.

During the summer months our
chief enemy to fight is lice. Te "is
quite an easy matter to keep the poul-
try house in a healthy condition oth-
erwise. In the winter it is dampness.
While the days are bright and sunny
and poultry can run at large we have
very little trouble, but when cold,
stormy days come and our birds are
confined to their houses the walls
soon become frosted. The litter on
the floor becomes damp and soggy; in
a very few days it must be removed
and fresh put in. Hens cannot live
and keep well in such a damp, foul
air. The cry we hear is, “I brought
clean straw just the other day.’’ How-
ever, clean straw it is, even if we
have to get it ourselves.

One of our very handiest imple
ments is a one-horse wagon, made
from an old worn-out buggy. The
buggy box and springs were taken off
and a box made of boards. That one-
horse wagon comes into use in many
a way and saves us much hard lug-
ging. When our good old gray horse
is hitched onto it we can soon have a
clean poultry house, and if we are the
only “boy” there is around we can go
to the stack for straw. When we go
ourselves we bring all we want. We

never ask how much we can have. I
know there is many an old buggy
standing around farms that could be
made inso something useful just as
we have ours.

MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD.
Friend, Neb.

LOST

I want to tell you a true story.
About four years ago I wanted extra
fine B. P. R. eggs and raise some 94
to 95 point birds and be up with boy’s
high mucky mucks. Well, now, I was
short of cash at the time, so one day
there came a fine catalogue finely il-
lustrated from Ohio, thirty or forty

varieties and some fine cuts, an extra
fine cockerel from Hawkins or Thomp-
son, 94%, mated with fine pullets and
hens, score 93 to 95 points honest
points, and a line written on bottom
of page, ““‘What have you to trade?”
Well, now I struck it. Now, I had a
good gold watch—it cost $38—and so
I wrote him I had it and would trade
it for eggs. He wrote back that he
would cut the price on eggs—they
were $5 per setting—and he would let
me have them for $4 per setting and
give $2, if the watch was all O. K.
I wrote back it was. He wanted the
watch first; he could not send the
eggs all at one time, but he would
send 100 and in ten days send another
100. I wrote him I would have the in-
cubator lit up and ready for the eggs.
I run it along a week, making all
trains every day looking for my eggs.
Well, I am still looking, but no hopes.
I wrote again to see what was the mat-
ter and also wrote the postmaster and
mayor, and my letter came _ back
marked “fraudulent signature, post-
master general.” Well, now, wouldn’t

that cork you. I wrote again to the

sheriff, and he said he thought he
could locate my watch and asked me
the number of it. I gave the number.
The sheriff found it. A preacher had
it. He bought it of what will I call
him, but would give it up if I paid
so much for it. Who did you say the
fellow was? No, I have not said yet,
but he was in jail in Springfield, Ohio.
I would like to ask him what time it
was by his gold watch and chain;
and when the smoke cleared away
there were poultry journals, incubator
men and a hundred others in the soup,
frogged to beat the band. After that
I had two hot water machines cook
four batches of eggs, about 1,000, and
in winding up, cats and rats got away
with 125 chicks. Well, I have a new
watch now, and am still doing busi-
ness at the old stand as though noth-
ing had happened. Many a one would
have thrown up his boots and socks,
if so fortunate as to have any, and
quit in disgust. It takes grit and
more of it and hold fast to the last
is the only sure road to success. Buy
good birds when you buy; pay a good
price; don’t say they must be cheap;
breed in line, and raise your own
show birds. Go slow, and stick ever-
lasting at it. Yours for success,
A. L. HOUSTON.

How To Make A Cheap Winter
Brooder

The problem which has been the
most difficult to solve for those wish-
ing to raise fall or winter chickens
is how to give them summer-like con-
ditions. Having purchased an exhi-
bition trio of winning Barred Rocks
at a high price and succeeded in get-
ting a nice clutch by October 25, the
question of how to get them through
the long, cold winter months of this
latitude was a puzzle that set me to
thinking, and after long hours and
several days’ study, I finally hit upon
the following plan that up to date
has proved an astonishing success, not
only to myself but the whole town,
to say nothing about the beautiful lit-
tle chicks, now a month old, not a
weakling among the lot and as large
as quail. But as to my plan. Sup-
posing you have an _ outside cellar
door usually called a cellarway, lead-
ing to your cellar; supposing it faces
to the sun, or southeast, south or
southwest, make a board floor from
the second step down to the inside
cellar door, where you cut a hole for
a common stove pipe. In this place
one joint of pipe, on top of this joint
of pipe place an elbow and next an-
other joint of stove pipe inserted in

a T joint; elevate and fasten this T

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This bird has won eleven Ist premiums, and was scored by H. A. Bridge,
95144; by E. R. Jones, 95%; by S. B. Lane, 954%; and has been given first prize

by comparison by Wick Hathaway, M. M. Bargor and Chas. McClave.

He is

the property of Maughlin Bros., of Coltmbus, Ohio.

joint to a fixture about two feet above
the floor underneath the opposite end
of pipe and beneath your’ brooder
floor place a brooder lamp; light lamp
from cellar, being careful not to turn
wick too high, causing lamp_ to
smoke; inserting the chimney in end
of pipe. For a cover to your brooder,
purchase a small storm sash, say 2x4
feet; make a box out of 1-foot boards
the size of storm window; place the
sash on the box over the brooder,
giving it a slant to shed rain and
melting snow water; fit boards around
the window box until cellarway or
your new brooder is completely cov-
ered, banking with earth to top of
hole at

sash-box, leaving a small

1

lower end for small chicks to go out
and in on warm days; make your
storm sash to slide open and shut for
ventilation to carry off lamp fumes,
giving you a chance to get in to clean
out frequently. Place in bottom of
brooder a layer of sand, on this damp

earth, then dry leaves or chaff; use
a common thermometer; use good
judgment as to amount of heat—

about 60 degrees first week, 50 degrees
third week, and gradually lower as
chicks feather. Keep hen with them

as long as she will cover them; let
her out pleasant days when not be-
low forty degrees; feed and water;

give plenty of ventilation at all times.
Clermont, Ia. E. A. FISK,

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mankind. But putting the cruelty
question aside, why will a man let
money slip out of his pocket daily be-
cause of this carelessness?

Coming home from a drive one cold
evening not long since, we noticed a
flock of fowls gone to roost in some
trees. Their owner is a man who
works hard to make ends meet and
yet was letting—but how much _ she
was wasting we may gather from the
following report of a West Virginia
eperiment station, and we presume
they know nothing about a western
winter out there.

Two houses built exactly alike and

| situated side by. side, were selected
This paper will not be sent after the|

for the experiment, in each of which
were placed twelve pullets. One house
had previously been sheathed on the

|inside and covered with paper to

make it perfectly tight. Both were
boarded with matched siding and had
shingle roofs.

The fowls were fed alike in each
case. The morning mash consisted of
corn meal, ground middlings and
ground oats, and at night whole grain
scattered in litter. They also had
fresh water, grit and bone and gran-
ulated bone. The experiment started
November 24 and continued for five
months. The following table shows

|/the number of eggs laid during each

that you say you saw it in THE Pour-!

| Warm house...87 130 138 120 154—629
| Cold house..... 39 106 103 124 114—480

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Look up their ads and send for cata-
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period of thirty days.
Result from cold and warm houses:

These experiments are interesting
and instructive and we ought to be
able to profit by them.

Now here is another
made by a man who says
Poultry:

I keep 400 hens and make my entire

experiment
in Farm

jliving from them; do no farming of

any kind and have no other income.
My eggs are sold at wholesale prices
to one man, and all poultry sold alive
to the hen man at the door.

I make from $700 to $800 a year from
my 400 hens.

He goes on to state how many eggs
he gets per month, average price, etc.,
but to the experiment.

He says he put 200 in yards and

gave 200 free range and found he
made a good deal more from the yarded
hens than those on free range.

Quite a comfort to some of us who
are compelled to yard our fowls or go
out of business.

This breeder, in common with all
others, holds that profitable poultry
must produce winter eggs.

At a farmers’ institute an Ontario
agricultural college professor said:

“A winter egg will sell for three
times as much as an egg produced in
summer. * * * One of the first con-
ditions necessary to the production of
winter eggs is regularity of food and

kindness. * * Hens have a better
idea of time than you, without the

aid of a watch, would have, and if the
fowls are not fed when they think they
ought to be, they become fretful and
uneasy, and the result is loss.”

He goes on to say that when he
is away from the college flock
as much as 25 or 30 per cent decrease
in egg production occurs, and it takes
four or five days to bring them back—
all this, although they have the very
best of care from the students.

Hens, like cows, need the same kind,
steady hand over them; they do not
even like a change in the wearing ap-
parel of their attendant.

We were reading somewhere recent-
ly where a feminine fancier said in
effect:

“It is a base slander to say that
hens have no brains. Let me appear
among my birds in ordinary costume
of blue calico and all is serene; but
if I go among them in Sunday clothes
terror reigns.”

Another feminine fancier bears this
testimony:

“Our southern trip to Florida was
the cause of dire calamity among our
feathered pets. I didn’t suppose our
birds ever knew what was the mat-
ter, but that did not make me feel
any more comfortable about it, and it
will take me at least two years to
repair damages. Who would dream that
such havoc could be wrought in scarce-
ly two months’ time!”

It goes without saying that all
creatures—human and dumb, but per-
haps more especially the latter—are
happier and more useful when kind-
ness and regularity govern their care.

How we wish we might gain the
ear of every man or boy in America
who has in any way to do with ani-
mals. We would like to at least try to
make him see the sin and folly of
cruelty or even carelessness. Much of
the misery in the dumb creation is
due to thoughtlessness rather than
downright cruelty.

A minister, past 60 years of age,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

AN UP-TO-DATE POULTRY HOUSE.

said the other evening, referring to a
little book we have in print, Master
and [’:

“After I read it I saw things that I
would never have noticed before. First
time I went down town I took note of
a weary looking horse. I said to a
man, ‘How long has it been tied here?’
‘O, all day and will probably be there
all night. Man’s in the saloon.’

““Well,’ I said, ‘go to the marshal
and have the animal cared for at
once. Put him in a livery barn and
charge it up to his master. Tell the
marshall I will back him.”

And the good man added, half
laughing, half shamefacedly. “In all
my life it never occurred to me to
meddle with such a thing.”

It is not beyond anyone to provide
warm quarters for their fowls . One of
our hen houses—we came to Rose
Lawn two years since and so far have
had to make the best of what we
found—is log, boarded outside and
painted. It is well ‘chinked and paint-
ed’’—‘‘daubed,”’ as the pioneer used to
say—well lighted and warm. Away up
above a man’s head are perches that
we suppose were used at one time in
ehicken history. Now there is a
hopping board and perches away down.
Our other hen house is a good, un-
used cow barn, or part of it; slats were
nailed inside two _ closed stalls
and straw stuffed between them and

the wall proper.
in thickness and makes a hen “bed
room” in which water rarely chills.
One of these rooms is lighted by a
regular window, the other by an open-
ing over which white muslin is firmly
stretched and tucked. A board just
filling the aperture is handy and put
into use if the night is very cold.

All floors are deep with straw and
other clean litter. Besides the scratch-
ing grounds are liberally littered, and
the birds are busy as the proverbial
bee all the day.

VELMA CALDWELL MELVILLE.

An Improved Poultry House.

The illustration shows a rear view
of E. W. Geer’s concrete poultry house
taken from the eastward. The house
is 744 feet high in front, and 4 feet at
the rear. Thirty feet of the concrete
is covered with clapboards ceiled to
rafters two-thirds the way up, the re-
maining 30 feet of concrete and the 14
foot brood house addition is covered
with matched flooring.

The row of posts at rear of house
support three foot wire netting to pre-
vent the outside stock from going over
the house into the breeding pens.

A row of Lombardy Poplars are seen
in front of the house, planted there to
shade the runs in summer time. A
part of one row of sugar maples are

This is nearly a foot the poultry house and our dwelling.

A vineyard of three hundred vines
stands in front of the house into which
all the scratch material is thrown to-
gether with the droppings of the fowls,
serving a double and valuable purpose,
as these three hundred vines yielded
$200 in fruit last season besides that
whieh was used at home. Each 10x10
foot room has as entrance for the fowls
both north and south so that they can
be turned out either way. Edna Earl,
the only child, dressed in dark, and
her little friend Bessie, are also shown
in this picture.

I can’t possibly tell everything there

is good about them at one time. If
readers want to know more let them
write me with stamp. I will write

more from time to time.

The representative of the Poultry In-
vestigator saw many nice displays at
the Nebras'a state show at Lincoln
last month, but among the very best in
the large auditorium was the Buff Or-
pington showing by H. H. Campbell of
Osceola, Neb., who was the heaviest
winner in this class. He entered one
pen and nine singles, and out of a pos-
sible ten ribbons carried off seven, and
the display of Orpingtons was the larg-
hotly contested ever
known west of Chicago. <A picture of
Mr. Campbell’s first prize pullet will
arpear in the March number of the In-

est and most

also shown along the driveway between vestigator.

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Kansas City Fancy Poultry Club.

The first poultry show given by the
Kansas City Fancy Poultry club was
held in Kansas City, Mo., December
6, 7 and 8, 1901. W. S. Russell and
T. W. Southard judged the poultry and
John Haman judged the pigeons.

This was the most successful poul-
try show ever held in Kansas City.
All promises were kept and all exhib-
itors went home satisfied. Out of
town exhibitors showed their faith in
Kansas City by attending and show-
ing their stock. There were 105 ex-
hibitors and over 1,000 entries in the
poultry and pigeon classes. The Poul-
try Breeders’ convention was held at
the Midland hotel on December 6 and
the Midland Poultry association was
formed. Its first show will be held
in January, 1903, and it will rival the
Madison Square Garden show in mag-
nitude. There were 350 entries in
pigeon classes. The awards for the
Kansas City Fancy Poultry clug show
are as follows:

Barred Plymouth Rocks—Ten cocks,
53 hens, 50 cockerels, 83 pullets and
13 pens shown. Mrs. C. O. Bailey,
Platte City, Mo., 1st cock, 3d cockerel,
5th pullet, 2d pen; J. R. Young, Man-
hattan, Kan., lst and 4th cockerel, Ist,
2d, 3d and 4th pullet, Ist and 5th pen;
Roley Bros., Sedalia, Mo., 2d and 3d
eock and 4th hen; Brackenbury Bros.,
Independence, Mo., 5th cock and 4th
hen; J. W. Faris, 3d hen; L. C. Bair,
Kansas City, Mo., 4th cock, 1st and
2d hen; Mrs. W. C. Ellis, Liberty,
Mo., 5th hen, 5th cockerel, 3d pen and
2d cockerel.

White Plymouth Rocks: Six cocks,
18 hens, 14 cockerels, 36 pullets enter-
ed. Geo. A. Tippie, Lee’s Summit,
Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th
hen, 2d and 3d cockerel, 1st pullet and
2d pen; Mrs. T. J. Kennedy, Ridgely,
Mo., 2d cock, 2d pullet, 3d pen; F. E.
and J. I. Williams, Independence, Mo.,
2d cock; E. H. Heath, Kansas City,
Mo., 3d cock and 5th pen; Wm. Mein-
hoffer, Kansas City, Mo., 4th hen and
4th pullet; Stifer & Sager, Kansas
City, Mo.

Buff Plymouth Rocks—E. M. and O.
C. Arnold, Independence, Mo., 2d cock;
the Smiths, Manhattan, Kan., 1st hen,

1st and 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th
and 5th pullets, and 1st pen.
Silver Wyandottes—Mrs. F. Mark-

ward, Kansas City, Mo., 2d cock, 3d
hen, 2d pen; John B. Gage, Kansas
City, Mo., 2d and 4th pullets; Reed
Storms, Kansas City, Kas., 1st, 2d and
5th hens, 5th pullet; W. J. Munkres,
Missouri City, Mo., 4th hen, 1st cock-
erel, Ist and 3d pullets, 1st pen.
Golden Wyandottes—A. N. Roun-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

velle, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cockere',

lst pullet.
White Wyandottes—Olney Bros.,
Kansas City, Mo., lst cockerel, Ist

hen, 4th cockerel, 5th pullet, 2d pen;
J. H. Hisey, Kansas City, Mo., 2d and
3d cocks, 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d and 4th
pullets, 1st pen; E. H. Mack, Kansas
City, Mo., 2d and 4th hens; John B.
Gage, 3d and 5th hens, Ist and 3d
cockerels, 3d pullet; Mrs. Maud Rolfe,
Wetmore, Kan., 5th cockerel, 6th pul-
let.

Rhode Island Reds—Wm. Meinhof-
fer, Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d
cockerels; 2d and 3d pullets; E. T.
Hunting, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock,
1st, 2d and 3d hen, ist pullet, Ist pen.

Buff Orpingtons—Mrs, O. H. Bugbee,
Kansas City, Kan., 1st cock; Stifer &
Sager, Kansas City, Mo. 1st and 3d
cockerel, 1st, 3d, 4th and 5th pullets,
ist pen; A. T. McAdow, Lamar, Mo.,
2d pullet, 2d cockerel.

Light Brahmas—Dr. A. B. Jones,
Wa Keeney, Kan, 1st cockerel; Steek-
er Bros., St. Louis, Mo., 2d and 3d
cockerel, 1st and 4th pullet.

Dark Brahmas—N. R. Nye, Leaven-
worth, Kan., 3d cock, Ist and 2d hen,
1st and 2d pullets, 1st pen.

Buff Cochins—Chas. Steinberger, Wa
Keeney, Kan., 1st, 2d and 3d cocks, 2d
and 3d hens, 1st and 2d cockerel, 1st
and 2d pullets, Ist pen; J. B. Clark,
Chicago, Ill., 1st hen, 3d, 4th and 5th
cockerel.

Partridge Cochins—C. M. Neff, Kan-
sas City, Mo., 2d and 3d cocks, Ist, 2d
and 3d hens, ist pullet, lst pen; Dr.
A. B. Jones, Wa Keeney, Kan., 1st
cock, 2d and 3d pullets.

Black Langshans—H. H. Borgman,
Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d cock,
Ist, 2d, 4th and 5th hen, 2d 3d and 4th
cockerels; 3d pullet, 2d, 3 and 4th pen;
Hallwood Poultry farm, Carthage,
Mo., 3d hen, 1st and 5th cockerel, 1st,
4th and 5th pullets, Ist pen; E. D.
Taylor, Independence, Mo., 4th cock,
5th pen; Gus Ortloff, Kansas City, Mo.,
2d pullet; 4 cocks, 22 hens, 35 cock-
erels, 54 pullets and 5 pens entered.

S. C. Brown Leghorns—Darby Poul-
try yards, Kansas City, 1st cock, 2d,
3d hen, 4th cock, 1st and 4th pullets,
Ist pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhattan,
Kan., 2d cock, 3d and 5th pullets, 4th
pen; J. J. Carel, Liberty, Mo., 1st, 4th
and 5th hen, 1st and2d cockerel, 3d
pen; W. S. Shockley, Kansas City,
Mo., 3d and 5th cockerel, 2d pullet, 2d
pen.

S. C. White Leghorns—J. H. Adams,
Missouri City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st and
2d hen, ist cockerel, ist, 2d, 3d and
4th pullet, 1st pen.

Buff Leghorns—J. P. Carson, Mis-
souri City, Mo., 1st cock, 4th hen, 2d

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TRADE MARK

SURE HATCH

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The above photo has the distinction
of being the first half-tone ever made
of an incubator while hatching or after
the hatch was off. We callit the Hap-
py Family for the want of a better
name; however, we think the name
suits very well. We have adopted this
scene asa trade mark. It has appear-
ed in our advertising more than any
other cut we have ever used. Have
you got the Sure Hatch Incubator
Company’s new catalogue?

and 5th pullet, I. A. Harvey, Harrison-
ville, Mo., 1st, 2d, 8d and 5th hens, 2d
cockerel, 2d pen; Clark Bros., Kansas
City, Mo., 2d cock, 1st cockerel 3d and
4th pullet, lst pen.

Cornish Indian Games—J. A. Buck-
ner, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st
hen, 2d cockerel, 1st pen; E. F. Hunt-
ing, Kansas City, Mo., 2d cock, 4th
and 5th hen, 2d pen; John B. Gage,
Kansas City, Mo., 2d and 3d hen, ist
cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th pul-
lets,

S. Duckwing Games—Clarence Hov-
elman, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock; N.
H. Achison, Kansas City, Mo., ist
cockerel.

Pet Games—E. S. Jackson, Kansas
City, Mo., 2d cock, 3d hen; Clarence
Hovelman, Kansas City, Mo., ist hen;
John B. Sage, Kansas City, Mo., 2d
hen, 3d and 4th cockerels, 1st pullet.

White Minorcas—D. V. Ault, Har-
rison, Ark., Ist and 2d hen, 1st cock-
erel, 1st trio.

S. S. Hamburgs—F. S. Schadel, Kan-
sas City, Kan., Ist and 2d cocks, 1st
hen; Eliz White, Kansas City, Mo., 3d
cock, 2d hen.

Blue Andalusians—A. F. McAdow,
Lamar, Mo., 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th pul-
lets.

White F. Black Spanish—H. W.
Chestnut, Birmingham, Kan., ist, 2d,
8d and 4th hen, 1st and 2d cockerel,
ist, 24, 3d and 4th pullets, 1st and 2d
pens.

Buff Cochin Bantame—Hellwood

A B. P. Rock cockerel owned by
Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Clay Center,
Kas. She breeds nothing but the Lest.

Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock,
1st and 3d hens, Ist cockerel, ist and
3d pullets; Clark Bros., Kansas City,
Mo., 2d cock, 2d hen, 2d cockerel, 2d
pullet.

White Cochin Bantams—H. Schmidt,
Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d
and 4th hens, Ist cockerel, 1st pen.

Red Pyle, Same Bantams—Hallwoou
Poultry farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock.
ist hen.

White Pit, Same Bantams—H. L.
James, Kansas City, Mo., 3d cock, 3d
hen.

Golden Seabright Bantams—Willard
C. Holmes, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and
2d hens, 2d and 3d pullets; Henry
Bundselm, Independence, Mo., 1st pul-
lets.

Main Bronze Turkeys—Mrs. P. H.
Harsell, Kearney, Mo., 1st old tom, 1st
and 2d hen, 1st young tom, Ist, 2d, 3d,
4th and 5th pullets, Ist pen.

White Holland Turkeys—Peter Pear-
son, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and 2d pul-
lets.

Muscovy Ducks—A. Paledjl, Kansas
City, Mo., 1st duck, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th
Ducks.

Eggs—E. M. and O. C. Arnold, In-
depence, Mo., 1st dozen.

Cavies—Ed Hills, Kansas City, Mo.,
1st collection.

Incubators—Chace Mer. Co., Kansas
City, Mo., 1st on Great Western.

GRAND SPECIALS.

Best 50 birds in the show—H. H.
Borgman, Kansas City, Mo.

Ten highest scoring birds in the
show—H. H. Borgmann, Kansas City,
Mo.

Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 cockerels, 2

POULTRY. INVESTIGATOR.

pullets in the American class—J. H.
Hisey, Kansas City, Mo.

Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 cockerels, 2
pullets in Asiatic class—H. H. Borg-
mann, Kansas City, Mo.

Ten highest scoring Indian Games—
J. B. Gage, Kansas City, Mo.

Highest scoring bird in the Ameri-

can class, J. R. Young, Manhattan,
Kan.
Best display, 10 or more Black

Langshans—H. H. Borgmann.

Ten highest scoring White Wyan-
dottes—J. H. Hisey.

Best twelve Barred Plymouth Rock
females—Mrs. W. C. Ellis, Liberty,
Mo.

Largest display of Bantams—Hall-
wood Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo.

Best 50 pigeons in the show—Dr. W.
E. Louckeer, Kansas City, Mo.

Winners at Garden City Show.

Mrs. Belle Lear, Ulrich, Mo.—Light

Brahamas and _ Bronze Turkeys—
Light Brahmas, cock, 1; hens, 1, 2,
3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Bronze turkeys,

cock, 1; hen, 1; pair, 1.

P. H. DePree, Kansas City, Mo.—
Buff Rocks, pullet, 3.

T. J. Jones, Garden City, Mo.—Bar-
red, White and Buff Rocks and Pekin

Ducks—Buff Rocks, cock, 1; hen, 1,
2, 3; cockerel, 2; pen, 2. Barred
Rocks, cockerel, 3; pen, 3. White
Rocks, pullet, 1, 2; pen, 2. Sweep-
states, 2d in American class. Display,

1st in American class. Ducks, drake,
old, 1; duck, old, 1, 2; drake, young,
1; duck, young, 1, 2; pairs, 1, 2; trios,
i 2.

W. H. Buckley, Garden City, Mo.—
Buff Cochins, Partridge Cochins,
White Langshans and B. P. Rocks—
Buff Cochins, hen, 1, 2; cockerel, 1;
pullet, 3; pen, 1. P. Cochins, cock, 1;
hens, 1, 2; cockerels, 1, 2; pullets, 1,

2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. White Lang-
shans, cock, 2; hens, 2, 3; cockerel,
22 pens 2: trio. 2: Barrred Rocks,

cock, 2; cockerel, 2; pullet, 1; pen, 2;
trio, 2; sweepstakes, 2, in class 2.

J. E. Brasfield, Garden City, Mo.—
Buff P. Rocks, cockerel, 1; pullet, 1;
pen, 1; trio, 1. Highest scoring pul-
‘et in class 1.

W. A. Kimberlin, Garden City, Mo.
—White Langshans, hen, 1; pen, 38.
Highest scoring hen in class 2.

J. P. Buckley, Garden City, Mo.—
Barred P. Rocks.

H. B. Ingham, Lucas, Mo.—White
P. Rocks, cock, 2; hen, 3; cockerel, 2;
pen, 3; trio, 2.

S. P. Byler, Garden City, Mo.—
White and Barred Rocks, White and
Black Langshans and Buff Cochins—
White Langshans, cock, 1; cockerel,

2i

1; pullet, 1, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Buff
Cochins, cock, 1; hen, 3; pullet, 1, 2;

pen, 27 trio; 2: Black Langshans,
cock, 1; hens, 1, 2, 3; cockerel, 2;
pullet, 2; pen, 1; trio, 1, 2. Barred

Rocks, cock, 3; cockerel, 1; pullet, 2.
White Rocks, hen, 2. Sweepstakes, 2,
in class 2. Display, 1, in class 2.
Highest scoring cock in class 2. High-
est scoring cock in show.

Mrs. M. E. Graves, Garden City, Mo.
—White P. Rocks, pullet, 3.

Dudley and Ralph Pringle, Garden
City, Mo.—Fan Tail Pigeons and Bel-
gian Hares—Pair, 1, on pigeons. Dis,
play, 2, on hares.

R. A. Kenagy, Garden City, Mo.—
S. C. Brown Leghorns, cock, 1; hens,

2) Sr open slemetnio; ole «cock sein:
class 3; hen, 1, in class 3.

W. B. Crooks, Garden City, Mo.—
Black Langshans, cockerel, 1; pul-
let, 1.

J. B. Schrock, Gunn City, Mo.—
Golden and Silver Wyandottes and

White and Barred Rocks—Silver Wy-

andottes, cockerel, 1; pullets, 1, 2;
trio, 1. Golden Wyandottes, cock, 1;
INeNS palin ee ONLOs we Barred Rocks,
cock, 1; hens, 1, 2; cockerel, 1; pul-

lets, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Display, 2,
in class 1. White Rocks, cock, 1, 3;
hen, 1; cockerel, 1, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1.
Sweepstakes, 1, in class 1. Pen, 2,
in class 1. Cock, 1, in class 1. Cock-
erel, 1, in class 1. Hen, 1, in class 1.

Steve and Emery Nelson, Garden
City, Mo.—White Langshans and Bel-
gian Hares—Langshans, cockerel, 3.
Hares, display, 1.

The Columbus, Ohio, Show.

The fifth annual exhibit held under
the auspices of the Columbus Fanciers’
Association, Dec. 26, 1901, to Jan. 2,
1902, was a marked improvement over
all former shows, especially in quality,
The birds seen at Columbus this year
were of better quality than those seen
at former shows. The awards were
placed with the very best of satisfac-
tion. We did not hear of a single dis-
satisfied exhibitor during the whole
show. The competent judges were:
H A. Bridge, S. B. Lane, Robert
Champion, Chas. Cranner and M. M.
Barger.

Some of the classes were not filled
up as we expected to see, but those that
were were of the highest quality.
Plymouth Rocks were out in full bloom,
some 250 Barred and the Whites num—
bering 212. There was also a very
nice display of Wyandottes. The Asi-
atics were something fine, anc the
Mediterranean, Hamburg and Bantam
classes were simply a dream. The
pigeon entries amounted to some 400
and made a very nice display.

The awards were as follows:

Barred Plymouth Rocks—F. A. Bri-
gel, 1,3 ck; 1.3 hen; 1 pul; 4 ckl; 2 pen.
O. KE. Miles secured, 1 ckl; 1 pen; 2,3
pul; 3 pen. J. M. Wilson, 8 ckl.

White Plymouth Rocks—Maughlin

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Bros. winning 1 ck; 3 ckl; + hen; 3 pen.
Ek. R. Dunn, 1 ckl; 1 hen, tie; 4 pen.
W. T. Elllott, 1 hen; 2, 3 ck; 1 pul; 2
ckl; 1 pen. M. W. Morris, 2 pen; 2 pul;
3 hen; 4ckl; 3 pul. F. A. Brigel, 4 ck.

White Wyandottes—W. O. Ruthiord,
1ckl;1,2pul;lpen. J.C. Underwood,
83 ck; 4ckl. O. E. Miles, 2 ck; 2 ckl; 1,
2, 3, 4 hen; 2 pen.

S. L. Wyandottes—Joe Pace, 1, 2 ck;
1 ck1; 1,3 pul; 1,2 hea; 1, 2 pen. C.
L,. Helsel, 3 ck; 3 hen.

G. Wyandottes—O. E. Miles secured
all the prizes with a very fine display
of birds of excellent shape and color.

Light Brahmas-—J. C. Underwood
had a clean sweep of all the prizes in
this class with a string of large, fine
station and excellent colored birds,
with a male bird scoring 94 and with
females scoring equally as good.

Black Langshans—The prizes were
divided between I. C. Price and J. .
Underwood.

White Cochins—-P. C. Gordon won 1
ck; 1ckl; | pul; 1 hen; | pen.

S.C. Brown Leghorns—Frank Mic-
Donald secured all the prizes with as
fine a lot of Brown Leghorns as we
have ever seen.

White Leghorns—J. M. Krauter won
1 ckl; 1 pul; 1 hen. C. Wy. Helsel se-
cured lck, J. C. Underwood, 1 pen; 2
ck; 2.ckl; 2, 3 hen; 2, 3 pul.

Hamburgs—Theodore Dessium won
Licks Wickit; 2; 3, 4 pul; 15253; 4 bern;
1. 2 pen.

C. M. Stilse secured all the premiums
on Black Minorcas.

White Minorcas — Harry Leibold
with a fine display of birds won 1, 2 ck;
1, 2ckl; 1. 2,3; 4 pul; 1, 2,3, 4°hen; 1,2
pen.

Buff Cochin Bantams—I). A. Jones
with a large display of little Buffs,
which seemed to be the most attractive
display in the show, won | ck; 1, 2 ckl;
1, 2, 3; 4°hen; 1, 2, 3, 4 pul; 1,2 pen:

White Cochin Bantams—Robert Sha-
wan won all the premiums offered on
this variety.

From the pigeon department, where
there were over 400 birds on exhibition,
all of which were of the very finest
type, the exhibitors were: H. A. Metz,
E. Colwell, W. T. Bergin, and G, F.
Abbe.

Theincubator exhibit was something
fine. It was made mainly by the Sure

Hatch Incubator Co. of Columbus, O.,
Clay

and Center, Neb.

lst prize Partridge Cochin hen owned
by DeWitt Yates, Rairbury, Neb.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Wim.)Metzmeier,|Independence, Iowa, owns this beautiful] B. P. Rock pul-

let anda fine flock of more of the samie stripe.

He can please you.

FROM MRS. MAY TAYLOR.

Did you ever notice the difference in
exhibitors at the show? There are
always more defeated candidates than
those winning prizes, and these latter
hold little consolation meetings up
and down between the rows of coops
and sympathize with one another, and
pass jokes among themselves, and
have a real good time. While
the lucky ones, even while receiving
the congratulations of friends and
acknowledging gracefully the ‘kind
words,’ seem to have a slight iceness
and lonesomeness thrown around
them; the distinction is hardly per-
ceptible at times and at other times
it is very marked. The winners, while
getting the money and the “honors,”
do not seem to be getting that most
prized of all prizes—happiness and
satisfaction—out of the show which
the other side does.

But one can not have it all their
own way. And again I sometimes
think the person who goes simply
as a visitor gets more real unbiased
satisfaction out of the show than any
one else. Some things you do find out
that you wish you hadn’t, little weak-
nesses in characters that you had
hitherto held in such high esteem; but
still these when banked against the
greatness of the lives of others so
fade them into insignificance that
you forget all about it and are
strengthened and gladdened because
of it.

These meetings are like—
“Ships that pass in the night

And speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown,
Then darkness again and silence!”

We are all getting ready for the
early egg trade and the early chick.
We had such a beautiful fall to live
and work in that we have this part
of our business pretty well in hand,
and think we will be ready to meet
all calls for early eggs promptly.
While our hen house under the hill
is warm and snug, yet we do not in-
tend that our fowls shall be turned
into hot house plants by any means.
We do not intend to turn them out in
the snow, but they will get plenty of
good cold air, and we expect them to
earn their keep.

When packing eggs for early ship-
ment, guard against cold as much as
possible. Line the baskets with two
or three thicknesses of paper and
wrap each egg in paper. It makes no
difference what the other manner of
packing may be, paper will keep out
the cold air as nothing else will, and
it is always handy, at least in the
home of any one who has eggs to
pack. I don’t believe any one could
be a successful poultry man or wo-
man without papers. We barely have
time to glance through many that we
get, and give them away by the
bushel basketful.

We call all our readers attention to
the advertisement of Archias’ Seed
Store, Sedalia, Mo. They have a fine
catalogue and it is free. It will soon
be time to put in your gardenand flower
j Seeds and the catalogue will do you
(good. Send for it.

A 9434 Light Brahma hen owned by
Geo. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr.

Does It Pay to Advertise?

Well, I should smile.

Do you suppose we Missourians
would have found out that our pres-
ident was assassinated had it not been
for the printers’ ink and the pulse
of our nation? Some folks say that
we Missourians have to see a thing
before we will believe it, but that is
a sad mistake. As Josh Billings has
said, “We had no kin or kin-neck-
shun” at Buffalo or Washington to
write us up his obituary and send it
to us, and as our chicken crop was too
light to take such an elaborate trip
this year, so we just turned our ears
to the harp strings as they vibrated
the sad news from shore to shore.

And so it is in the poultry business,
or any other kind of enterprise, if you
have not got your finger on the pulse
and keep in touch with the life of
your business, you had better close
your eyes and take a nap. But re-
member while you are asleep you are
losing your footing.

As I always write from my own
letter box, and if you will please par-
don me for such a slangy expression,
“Tll blow my horn from the stump.”
When we first started into the poultry
business we were very careful about
exposing our names and live stock be-
fore the public, and we would say,
“Little boats must keep near. the
shore,’’ and all such cranky ideas.

We would not advertise our young
stock in our home papers until the
cockerels’ voices sounded the mascu-
line chord and they could fly to the
top of the highest fence, flop their
wings and crow like their great an-
cestors. But I'll show you what we
missed by our short-sightedness.

One evening my husband came in
and said, “Wife, we must advertise
eur birds or we will not get to make

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
a sale this season. I met one of our
old customers in town with a bird un-

der each arm, and I said, ‘Hello, there. |
He}

Where did you get your game?’
told me very pleasantly where he
had made his purchase, saying he had
looked every week for our ‘ad.’ in
the paper and not seeing it he came to
the conclusion we had quit the busi-
ness. But I just told him that we
had only sadly neglected our busi-

ness.” The same week we had another

just such a case, and do you know
that after that we did not need to ‘be
“showed” to believe it paid to adver-
tise in time.

By the next week our ad. was in the
home paper and we concluded that
season that we had better let the world
know what we had if we expected to
live in the poultry business.

Then we were afraid to send very
far away from home for eggs _ for
hatching purposes for fear the long
ride and continued jolting might
cause the chicks to be “knock kneed”
or “pigeon-toed,”’ and then we would
have to stand accountable for such
deformity. But, psah! Eggs can be
sent from California to New York if
handled with proper care, hatch and
make as well developed birds as if the
eggs had never been taken from the
nest.

We may live in any state in the
union and know just who has fine
poultry, what kind they have, and

many times through the medium of
poultry papers can see the _ yards,
birds and into the very hen house
doors of many poultry plants,. and
you can almost put your finger down
upon the bird you want by keeping in
touch with the vibrations of poultry-
dom.

Each month I am very eager to
read the articles written by experi-
enced poultry raisers and hunt up
their ads. to see if they are still alive,
and if I do not find them, well, I think
just like the other fellow, “they’ve
quit the business.”

They say that experience teaches a
dear school, but I’ll be liberal with
the readers of the Investigator and
give you, free of charge, what it
cost me, so your advertising will not
cost you aS much as mine did, as the
first sale I lost would have more than
paid for the ad in our home paper.
But, of course, a regular poultry paper
is the place to advertise. It is the
medium through which the very life
blood of poultrydom flows, and each
month as we feel their pulsation they
quicken our energies and strengthen
our enthusiasm to delve deeper and
deeper into its hidden resources.

EMMA PERKINS.

Jersuch jurges as

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BROWN

Single-combed pee ionys.

(Exclusively)

Birds of choice breeding.

944 are in my pens fer

these pens $2.00 per dozen,
hatch gupranteed

Frank McDonald, Columbus, O.

(RoureE 1, STA. B.)

Scoring from 92 to
1102. Eggs from
A satisfactory

Caution! Don’t Read This Ad.

Por if you do you will discover where 10
get the best of White Rocks scoring from 93
to 964% at the largest shows throughout the
state of Ohio At Columbus, 1901, we showed
thirty White Rocks with an averag score of
93%. A 4-year-old cock bird scored 9514 und
Bridge. Lan:, Cranmer.
Barger and Jones. Stock forsale. Eggs $2.00
per 15.

Maughlin Bros.

Columbus, Ohio,

Columbus
the past

the

§. 5. HAMBURES, oso

three years | have won more prizes than
all other exhibitors combined, Fine shape,

»exellent color, full combs and unexcelled
aslayers. Stoc for sale at all times. Eggs
in season. A good hatch guaranteed.

THEODORE DESSIUM, COLUMBUS. Otto.

EGGS STOP!
92.50 for15 | sa- KOSH SINGLE, -@a
$4.50 for 30 ROSH and S§ x , &

Rhode Island Reds. Buff Leg-
horns. Winners wherever shown,
hardy Only strong robust stock in my
wk >q| pens and you will not regret it if
duck, brec ae alee 2
to win best | YOu send your order for eggs to
to lay- | Eric Aurelius, a
| Perry, Lake co. Ohio.

My aim,
fertile egg,

Winners Again! H gh class!

White, Barred & Buff Rocks, Silver and Laced
Wyandottes. At last St. Louis show won Ist
pen, 2c’kland special. Howling Green show

1st pullet’ 2d cock, 3d pen and special. ‘They

are sired by winners and bred to winners from

shows in Mo. Ill. and Ky.. Eggs $2.00 per 15.

2 settings $3.75.

J. A. Douglas, Ferguson, Mo.

Closing out Sale!!
rN OF STANDARD BRED
() | Toulouse geese at the fol-
lowing prices: 1-year-old
birds, $2 to $3, according to
AR} weight, 2-year-old birds $3
(\ to $4 each. Pekin ducks of

As standard weight at $1.50

) | each.
| My geese andducks have won
| many 1st and 2nd premiums
in St. Louis, Mo., and are
sure to please.
Mrs. Eugene Hollard,
“ Highiand, Ill.

Something Worth Knowing.
Money saved by making your own poultry
remedies. To cure Cholera, SURE CURE.
Roup, Scaley Leg. Lice, Mites. Cheaprem-
edy butsure. Excellent Poultry Food to
make hens jay. Celebrated Dougias Mix-
ture eic. All receipts for $1.00 or 25c each.
Address with 2c stamp,
Rk. B.D. No. 2.

A.M. HAGLAND, Goshen, Ind.,

My White Minorcas

Won Ist, 2nd and 3rd at;Delaware and Co-
lumbus on old and young stock, Scored
$0 to 9444. Kggs from my best pen $2.00
per 15; $9.00 per 45, satisfaction guaranteed

HARRY LIEBOLD, Delaware, Ohio, kK. D. 2.

24
POULTRY CHATS

Our farmers’ institute is a thing of

the past in Friend for this year. We
attended the sessions as closely as |
other business would permit. Mr. M.

¥. Greeley of South Dakota talked to
us on poultry. He advocated building
poultry in connection with
His own are built on
one side of the sheep shed. Then in
cold weather the warmth from the}
sheep keeps the poultry warm. Very |
few sheep are kept through this part
of the country, so I don’t see how
could make it work, unless we
planned things as father had them on
his Minnesota farm. They had a
large square barn with lean-to built
on the south and west sides. The
southeast corner of this lean-to part
was mother’s hen house. The hens
had full run of the barn at all times,
and in cold, storm weather they were
not so closely confined; in fact, hardly
felt that they were shut in. She al-
Ways kept from one to three hundred
hens, and shipped her eggs by the
crate to Minneapolis. Hens always
paid on that farm. They kept just

houses

stock barns.

we

common stock with a good deal of
barred rock blood mixed in. Mother’s
chicks were always tame; she could

take a handful of feed and pick one
up at any time. The care given to
baby chicks when they are young has
everything to do with making them
tame.

Most children like to care for
chicks. The extra care they give
them makes tame birds besides it is
good for the children to have some-
thing to take care of. If there is
some living creature depending on
them for food and shelter it teaches
them to be thoughtful and careful for
the lives of others besides themselves.
In many homes the children have
nothing that is their own to look after.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

, They should have an interest in some-

thing. If we do not care to have them
mixed up in the general flock of poul-
try we can give them some separate
breed. A pair or two of some pretty
bantams would be nice, as they are so
small they do not mix with the larger
breeds. Build them a house make it
snug and comfortable and let them
have them all to themselves; they
would be a pleasure and a profit to
any farm boy or girl. It is to our
interest to make things pleasant for
our boys and girls on the farm. We
want to keep them here with us.
The streets and slums of cities and
small towns are full enough now. We
do not need to contribute any of our
bright boys and girls to fill their
ranks. It is very seldom that a boy
or girl is expelled from a country
school but how often do we find it
in our town schools. We have even
known nearly a whole class of seniors
to be expelled from the high school.
If those were country scholars there
would be a big hubbub made. In last
year’s graduating class was a country
boy. One of our town ladies was feel-
ing so very sorry for him, for fear
he would not do as well as the town
boys. We took pains to be present,
and our country boy outstripped the
town boys by a long way, both in
composition and delivery. Why is it
that school boards and_ professors
want to take our country boys into
the high schools. I can tell you what
they say, at least. Because they set
a good example to the town boys, are
more. industrious, prepare their les-
sons more perfectly and by so doing
lead the town boys a race they do not
like. Professors and school boards
can see these things, so are doing all
in their power to get our country boys
into the high schools. We want them
there; farm boys can use high school
and business college educations, and
we intend they shall have them. Well,
I have wandered a long way from my
chicken talk, but my articles are
only chats anyway, and I may be ex-
cused if I don’t talk chicken all the
time,
MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD.

GLEN RAVEN EGG FARM NOTES.

(Written for Poultry Investigator.)

The past week has been a stormy
one, and a terror to the poultry tribe.
One week ago tonight lightning ap-
peared in the distance; by midnight
rain was pouring down and continued
until the evening of the following day.
Then sleet set in, followed by snow,
and a fall of temperature of 60 de-
grees. One snowfall followed another,
and finally a regular northern blizzard

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Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi-
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sale. Prices reasonable, Eggs for sale in
season. address,

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For Sale....

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Some of the best I ever raised.

Address

Ben. S. Myers,
Crawfordsville, Ind.

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Butt Orpingtons

AND

White Wyandottes

No better Stock
~ Raised.

I never have failed to win in

largest shows. Birds score from
90 to 95%.

C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska.

BADE CCCCDHDALDA®DS|

swept over us, the mercury fell to 12
below zero, and it has been playing

close around that point for severai
days. Fine sleighing is in order. But
the chicken man has no time to en-
joy such sport. It behooves us to be
up and doing to prevent the fowls
from freezing, keep them fed and
watered and also try to induce them
to keep on laying, which we are suc-
ceeding in doing much better than one
might suppose under the conditions, or
inclement weather. It has frozen the
lay out of the Barred and White
Rocks and Black Minorcas, but the
Brown and White Leghorns still keep
at it. They have the advantage of a
warmer house than the Rocks. Minor-
cas and Leghorns are all in the same
house. We have saved the combs of
nearly all our B, Leghorn cockerels
and all of our own breeding cocks that
we could possibly get into the concrete
house. Our loss will be very light,
considering the sudden change and
low temperature.

There will be a large number of
fowls perish from the affects of this
storm all over the country. Such
birds as have large combs and long
wattles that roosted where they were
exposed to the full force of the cold
will be so badly frozen as to die from
the effects. I have heard of a good
many in this condition. All laying
stock exposed to this storm will be
“done for’ for some time. They will
not lay many eggs, if any, before
warm weather comes, let that be late
or early, and the longer the cold lasts
the farther off will be the coming of
eggs from all stock so exposed. Only
for my warm concrete house, egg pro-

duction on this place would have been

cut short by this blizzard. I had
made full preparations for the com-
ing of cold and stormy weather, con-
sequently stood in readiness to meet
it, and by almost living with my
fowls during the day and closing them
in the houses securely of nights, I am
holding my own. My egg record from

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

the fowls in this house has not fal-
len off but very little. The Brown
Leghorn pullets average about the
same as before the storm. The short-
age is in the Minorcas and White Leg-
horns.

The storm and cold doesn’t affect the
turkey as it does the chicken. They
have no light combs or long wattles
to get frosted; they get up in the
trees to roost, turn their breast wind-
ward (let it be north or south), put
their heads under their wings and defy
King Winter to ‘do them anything.”
They fly down from their tree perch
rather late of a morning, wade the
snow, and don’t seem to care for a
dry spot to stand on. I take a broom
and sweep away the snow, making a
nice place for them, but they go on
wading the snow just the same. They
seem to enjoy a sun bath of a cold
day as well as the chicken. I like the
turkey and have a fine flock of them.
Some people say they will eat as much
as a hog, but that’s all stuff. Mine
don’t eat any more than a chicken,
and they are in fine condition.

Wishing all the fraternity a happy
and prosperous New Year, good night.

E. W. GEER.

Farmington, Mo.

MATE A PEN.

On most farms where poultry is
kept just for market stock and eggs,
and on some where it is kept for more
fancy sales, it is customary to gather
the eggs for hatching from the whole
flock. While many are using good
male birds each year and thus trying
to improve their flock, the improve-
ment is necessarily retarded by the
using of eggs from females of every
grade and stage of development in the
flock. No matter what you are breed-
ing for—and if you are raising poul-
try at all you surely have some pur-
pose in view—it will pay you to select
your females for breeding as well as
your males.

Try selecting ten or a dozen of your
best females, placing them with a
good male in a yard by themselves,
and compare the stock raised from
these with that raised from the flock.

Many are kept from trying this plan
because they think it is necessary to
have large yards with grass runs,
bone cutters, fancy feeds, etc., but it is
not. With two or three’ different
kinds of grain, some table scraps,
sand, gravel or something of the kind
for grit, and a reasonable amount of
care, you can keep your pen in a
yard 10x20 feet and produce good fer-
tile eggs. We know for we have
tried it. R. R. FRENCH.

Ford City Mo.

25

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26

Practical Poultry
Raising

By M. M. JOHNSON.

I like to see the Poultry Investigator
grow, even though I had no personal
interest in the paper, I live to see it
expand. Nebraska needs a live, prac-
tical poultry paper. A big poultry
raising state and deserves the best
that is going. While the editor of a
poultry paper is engineer, as it were,
he can not make the very best paper
without the help of other practical
poultry raisers. Varied experiences
are what make a paper valuable, The
Poultry Investigator is exceptionally
fortunate along this line, the articles
from the numerous real poultry rais-
ers eaech month in the Investigator
makes it a good paper. The absence
of jealousies and mud slinging makes
it a clean paper; the fairness of all ad-
vertisers makes it a safe advertising
medium. But I have slightly strayed
away from my text. Practical poultry
raising is what I am trying to talk
about. What I mean by practical, is
to really make the most _ possible
profits out of the business. Now and
then see it mentioned “Poultry raising
for profit, or pleasure,” thus separat-
ing the two ends. I have been look-
ing for the man that would object to
the profits. I want to see what he
looks like. No, sir, there is no such
a man. To the contrary, in ninety-
nine cases out of a huhdred his profits
are his pleasure. Occasionally, no
doubt, a man can be found that buys
some handsome fowls because they
are handsome. That’s the first stage
of the chicken fever. The next thing
he does is to build some nests and
watch for the eggs—the fever running
its course, that is all. Then he sets
some eggs (all pleasure, of course.)
Then he hatches out some chicks, and
before they are a day old he is figur-
ing on the profits, on what he has
really made out of his bother, etc.
This is the second stage of the fever.
Later he takes some birds to the show,
“just to be in with the boys,” he says,
but don’t I know where I am at if he
don’ tleave that show room with the
determination to do up the whole set
of them another year with his favor-
ite kind of chickens, and possibly he
sold a rooster or two at the show for
enough to raise a lot of his favorites,
and I have never caught him giving
away the price he hold the birds for,

to some charitable institution, any)

more than he would some other kind
of money.

him, and he would as soon have chick- |
en money as other money. This is

All dollars look alike to)

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

| the third stage of the disetse, and he
| seldom entirely recovers; he is a
chicken man from then on. He is
after the dolars as_well as the pleas-
ure, or in other words, he is a prac-
tical poultry raiser.

Most certainly the ultimate outcome
and chief end or practical side of pou'-
try raising is to make it pay, and the
more it pays the more practical. I do
not admit that I am a crank about
thoroughbred poultry. I positively
know the common mixed variety pays,
and am equally sure that full-bioods
pay better. Its just as true in poultry
raising as it is in horse raising—a
pony is a horse, of course, and will do
to work, but he is a poor excuse just
the same; nobody wants some like
him; he is neither very uSeful or orna-
mental; nobody proud of him and no-
body treats him decent. If full blood-
ed poultry had no other advantages,
it would have the advantage of b2ing
liked and will be taken care of. Yes,
sir, and they should be on every farm.
They command respect for their own-
er, they miake his place look like
somebody lived there, would raise the
price of the farm through respect for
it. Practical poultry raising is noth-
ing short of making it pay to the ex-
treme limit. Yours truly,

M. M. JOHNSON.

THE POUTRY SHOW AT MANHAT-
TAN KANSAS.

The annual show of the Manhattan
Poultry association is in full blast
today (Wednesday), with a very cred-
itable showing of nearly all varieties.

The largest class was S. C. B. Leg-
horns, with White Rocks a close sec-
onds. The awards were:

Buff*Rocks—Ali to the Smiths.

Buff Cochins—All to Mrs. George
Flatter.

Buff Wyandottes—All to. tive ‘Ross
Bros.

White Rocks—A. Vilven, Wamego,
first cock, first and second hen, first
and third cockerel, second and third
pullet, second pen. Mrs. L. R. Brady,
second pullet, tie; third pullet, third
hen, third pen. R. J. Barnett, first
pen, first pullet, second cockerel, and
sweepstakes for highest score.

Barred Rocks—All to T, J. Robinson
except second cockerel.

Ss. C. B. Leghorn—W. A. Lamb, first
cock, first cockerel, first pen, first hen,
first and ‘second pullet. H. Amos,
third pullet, second cock, third cock-
erel. Mrs. George F. Brown, second
and third hen, second cockerel, sec-
ond pen,

Ss, C. White Leghorns—All to Mrs.

George Flatter, except tie on first
ceck. A. J. Lamb, first cock, tie.

Ohio's Whitest White Rocks,

Winners wherever shown the past 10
year-, scoring 94 to 96 points. Also
Open Laced Wyandottes and Black
Minorcas. Eggs $1.50 per setting.

Mrs. Ella Pace,, Columbus, Olio.
(Station A, Route 2.

BUFF Exclusively. Winners

at the great Co umbus
Cae Show 1901-2, and Ohio
aan : State Exposition 1901.
——a— Stock for sale. Eggs

$1.50 per fifteen.
D. A. JONES, Columbus, O.

LIGHT BRAHMAS. White ana pz.
tiocks. White and silyer Laced Wand-
ottes. White and Brown Leghorns. Pekin
Ducks. America’s best strains. My sto.k
has won 200 premiunis in the past three
years at the great Colunibus show. Newark
and the Ohio State Exposition, Stock for
sale at all times. [Eggs $140 per dozen.

Red Oak Poultry Farm, J. 0. UNDERWOOD,Prop.
Sta. B. Columbus, Ohio,

BRIGEL’S Celebrated Strains

Barred Males scoring as high as 944 and

Rock females as high as 9444 under such
OCKS. judges as Bridze. Lane, Jones, have

Won Ist prizesa
zreat Columbus show. Newark. ¢

State Ex position. Stock forsale at all times.

Eggs $2.50 per 15, the kind that win.

F. A. BRIGEL, Columbus. Ohio,

Light Brahmas and Whit Wyandttes,

Bred from stock that score: 92 to 93%
points—I, K. Fetch strain—none bet-
ter. A fine lot of White Wyandotte
cockerels for sale. Prices reasonable.

Albert Von Bergen,

White Plymouth Rocks

Scored by Rhodes from 92% to 94.
Owens & Cumfield’s strain, ‘‘Stay
White.” Eggs $1.50 per 15.

Wm. Randolph,

Lawrence, Kansas. R.

TRAP NESTS.

Just what you have been looking for-
Cheaper than yor can make them your self.
Sendacard with your address and we will
tell you allabou’ it,

BONNIEHURST POULTRY FARM.

ROSS BROS., Manhattan, Kan,

Forbes Bred Poway:
DARK BRAHMAS
SILVER WYANDOTTES
BUFF WYANDOTTES

Stock and eggs for sale. Write.

MM. D. sabe Minden, Neh.

eee Nebr.

D. No. 1.

For pairs

100 choice young birds from winners at
Kansas and Nebraska State Shows, 1901.
S,S. Hamburgs, Partridge Cochins, Buff
Cochius, Light Brahmas and B, P, Rocks,
Show record on application, Eggs from
choicest matings #1,50 per setting.

DeWitt Yards, Fairbury, Neb.

Hartwell, Nebr.,
None but

Mr. A. B. Evans,
breeder of Barred Rocxs.
the best will do.

Black Minorcas—H. Amos, first cock,
first hen.

Houdans—All to H. Chaffee.

L. Brahma—aAll to H. Chaffee.

Black Langshans—All to H. Chaf-
fee.

Rowen Ducks—H.
duck, first drake.

Partridge Cochin—L, E. Brown, first
pullet.

White Wyandottes—All to William
Dougherty.

Trio Pekin Ducks—To K. S. A. C.

Belgian Hares—To Ross Bros. They
also showed a trap nest that was next
to perfection.

The greatest attraction was a pen of
Scarlet Leghorns.

A meeting of the association was
held during the show and the follow-
ing officers were elected for next yar:
President, H. S. Cottrell; vice presi-
dent, B. W. Smith; secretary, W. A.
Lamb; treasurer, Mrs. George Flatter.
Judge Rhodes scored the exhibit very
satisfactorily.

Chaffee, first

Three Settings of Eggs

It had been a hard winter and Mr.
Brown had each day found his finan-
cial resources growing less and less.
He was a farmer in moderate circum-
stances, but had always been able to
provide well for his family and send
the boys and girls to a nearby town
to school. The boys—three of them—
were all established in homes of their
own and only his youngest—Mary—
remained at home; but somehow
things had gone wrong and there had
been little money to be spent for
those little fineries that a girl cher-
ishes.

Mary’s mother noticed the condition

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

of affairs and after some deliberate
planning, she proposed a scheme to
Mary whereby she might earn the
money for the things which she would
want so badly when the next year’s
social season began.

This was the plan: Mrs. Brown
should give Mary ten dollars and three
setting hens and Mary should buy
three settings of eggs and set the hens
and care for the chickens when hatch-
ed and all the proceeds should be her
own, as the actual cost of feeding the
chicks would be small since they
would have the range of a large farm
and could pick up most of their liv-
ing till fall.

So Mary and her mother drove near-
ly fifteen miles to a poultry breeder
and bought the three settings of eggs
for the ten dollars and the poultry
man being very generous agreed that
on the first of November he would
take all the birds that scored 90
points or more and would sell them
at fancy prices, giving Mary one-

third of what they brought.
I shall now relate briefly Mary’s

adventure and her good fortune. She
set the three hens and cared for them
nicely, but only thirty downy chicks
peeped a welcome to her, fifteen eggs
she threw away. All that long hot
summer Mary cared for her little
brood. It was no easy labor, but she
loved to watch the little chicks as
they hunted for bugs and chased
hither and thither, and they were
growing so big and plump she felt
repaid for her labor.

The fields and the orchard were
their roaming place and Mary fed
them just-a little wheat or corn in
the evening when she shut them up.
When fall came they could no longer
scratch for themselves, but Mr.
Brown told Mary that she might turn
the chickens into the feeding room
after the cattle and sheep had been
turned out, that they might gather
up the scattered grain.

Mary had planted and raised some
turnips and her mother gave her all
the faulty cabbage, pumpkins and
carrots, so Mary was singularly for-
tunate in getting food for her flock
at a very slight expense.

With all of Mary’s tender care only
twenty chickens were to be counted
when November came, but these were
hardy fellows, full of strength and
vigor, but since they had been made
to hustle and had not been stuffed
were not fat enough for selling at
market prices.

The poultry man came and scored
them and carried ten away with him
to sell. These brought from three to
ten dollars apiece, so that he was able
to give Mary fifteen dollars as her

27
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS,

In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled.
Fifty Cockerels and Pullets to sell.
Eggs in season.

W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb.

WHITE POULTRY

Holland Turkeys, Embden Geese. Indian
Geese, Rose Comb Leghorns, Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored
Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock
winners or bred from winners and as repre-
sented, Southdown Sheep. Birkshire Swine

J. A. LELAND,

Woodside Farm,

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

We Sell..
“\Hall’s Guaranteed Roup
ti Cure. Absolute sure
cure; price 50c and $1.00.
Hall’s guaranteed Chol-
era Cure, a preventation
for all diseases; price 50
cents and $1.00.

Hall’s Egg Model

an absolute necessity in
operating incubators.
Price 50c. Address,

Poultry Investigator,

Clay Center, Neb.

Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - $1.75

Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00
Pure White Rock Cockls_ - - - $1.00
Pure White Wyandots - - $1.00

New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75
All above from prize-winning stock and line
bred, Catalogue sent.
J.C. BAKER. Proprietor,
White Plume Farm, Richtield, Ill.

Watch Houston’s Show Rec-
ord this Winter.

He will make some of the boys smile,
and girls too. His stock has always
won wherever shown.

B. P. R. and Buff Orpingtons.
I have 3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp-
ingtons. $5, $7 and $10, and one pair
$12. Have been booking orders for
eggs for some time. Rocks all sold.

A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la.

[f you want ....

Belgian Hares
Call on or write to
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
Old Orchard, Mo.
Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,
WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr.

100 Hares to choose from.

“Sir Henry J.’”’ A White Wyan-
dotte ckl owned by Geo. B. Clary,
Fairbury, Nebr. Score, 9454.
share of the profits.

By persevering efforts Mary suc-

ceeded in selling the remaining ten
among the neighboring farmers at one
and two dollars apiece, bringing her
fifteen dollars. Thus she had thirty
dollars with which to buy other
things besides the real necessities and
thus Mary not only secured a few lux-
uries she craved, but she learned the
lesson of hard work and careful man-
agement and by a closer contact with
nature and nature’s bounties she
looked with clearer eyes upon the
world and its maddening whirl of life.
O. P. GREER.

Eleven Years With Buff Leghorns

(By George S. Barnes, Battle Creek,
Michigan.)

I have been breeding and showing
this variety now eleven years. My
first start was with pure white tails
and wings. In 1893 I purchased a
cockerel that gave me a true start, and
since then great improvement have ad-
vanced, and there is plenty of chance
yet for new improvements. During
the eleven years, we have laerned
much about this valuable bred, and
know, by actual experience, we have
more to learn yet. The buff color is
harder to breed than almost any other
color, as the judges in almost all cases
have different ideas what said color
should be. I have heard breeders rec-
ommend to purchase nothing but pure
buff birds. We would like to know
how many pure buff birds these breed-
ers have seen. It seems to me—I may
be wrong—that when we get pure Buff
Leghorns, we will have them scoring
94 to 96, as common as the Whites
and Blacks. If we are right, then
we have not the pure buff we want,
or the judges are not giving them their
just dues. Our opinion is that the

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

judges are giving them about what
they are worth—from 90 to 94%, with
a chance for us to improve. We have
only seen, now and then, a bird hon-
estly worth 94 to 95 in females, and
they are as near buff as we believe we
have today. So, when you are pur-
chasing, do not think you can get the
simon pure ones for any small price,
in females or cockerels either. How
many so-called pure Buff Leghorn
cockerels ever proved to be good
cocks? We have yet to see one. In
most cases the good cocks, when they
were cockerels, were chestnut or
bronze in tail and wings, and, as
cocks, this comes in lighter, which
makes a fine buff. We have found,
in our breeding, that a cockerel with
chestnut or bronze in tail will throw
as near pure buff offspring as we have
seen. This is no guess work, but fact;
also, females with black in tail, mated
with a cockerel with buff tail mixed
with white, will bring pure buff now
and then. Any of these matings will
bring you all the white you want, and
more than we all want. For a good
breeding bird give me a cockerel with
chestnut, bronze, or even some black;
on good females will produce a nice lot
of show birds. If you can get a pure
buff cockerel with strong tail and
wings, he is worth his weight in
Klondike nuggets. A great deal, in
getting good birds, is the care, atten-
tion and feed. It is one-half the mak-
ing of a show bird. This labor com-
mences from the time the chick is
hatched until it enters the show room.
The chicks must have shade, and they
can't have too much. We feed good,
yellow corn, and plenty of it (would
hot feed white corn if it was given
us), wheat, oats, pumpkins, carrots,
buckwheat, sunflower seeds, oil meal,
potatoes and cabbage, and the last,
plenty of green bone. Six weeks be-
fore show season we separate all cock-
erels from the females and put each
show cockerel in small coops, and
handle them once a day to tame them
down, as the Buff Leghorns are high
flyers, and when we first put them in
the pens for winter and enter the coop,
they remind us of little yellow bal-
loons, poping up all over.

The Buff Leghorn is not the great-
est fowl before the public—there are
others just as good—but they are by
no means the poorest, either. They
are a beautiful breed, full of life and
activity. Take a nice pen of them
out on the lawn and they are admired
by all, as the cockerel resembles “the
only pebble on the beach.” They are
great layers—laying just as many eggs
as any Leghorns—and for size they
are larger, therefore laying a larger

It is next to impossible to raise poul-
try, even a small flock ona city lot to
say nothing of a large flock on a poul-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
trained

; Fox Terrier Dog.

Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
Koster Kennels, Nevada, Mo.

©-Males $10.00; females $5.00.

Butt Buff Orpingtons, eee Becks, eS
C. W. Leghorns, White
W yandottes.

Stock from high scoring birds and
winners wherever shown. Prices right
Send your wants.

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.
Notice!_—

I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls.
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol-
den Sebright Bantams from $1 to $2
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons
for any kind of standard bred poultry.

W. F, HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Neb.

MAMMOTH BRONZE
TURK ENS: eens

That score from 94 to 974%; Barred
Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co-
chins, score from 87 to 934%; Pekin
Ducks that have won hundreds of
premiums, have been sold to all
parts of America and Europe.
Chester White Swine

Mrs. Chas. Jones,

PAWPAW, ILL.

Golden Wyandottes.

Our Wyandottes never have failed
to win in the best company. Young
stock for sale.

J.C. ee ay Center,Neb.

WINNERS St. Paul and Cedar Rapids Show
for sale. Stay White birds of large size
Very vigorous, bay eyes, red face, brigtt
yellow legsand skin. Write your wants
and I will save you money,

GRANT MOTT,
Austin, Minn.

My Buff Rocks

Won at Madison Square Garden this
season; at Boston and other great
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs
for sale. Write for Circular and Show

record,
MILES H. LOUER,
East Onondaga, i FPA

Box A-29.

Box M.

Olentangy :
Poultry Yards

Delaware, Ohio.
Barred ieee Rocke: Cornish
Indian Games, Buff Cochin Bant-
ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs
$2 00 per 15. Send for circular....

Ist prize B. P. Rock pullet owned by
P. J. Schwab, Clay Center, Nebr.

egg.

Last season we raised seventy birds
at home, with only six cull cockerels
and eight cull pullets. We consider
this breeding as good as most of the
old standard breeds, and shows that
they are not breeding all culls. They
are quick growers, the cockerels crow-
ing at six or seven weeks old, and fe-
males begin laying at five and six
months, keeping it up all winter if
given proper care and a warm place.

We hope that every person interest-
ed in this popular breed will join the
American Buff Leghorn club, as it only
costs $1, and the benefits are worth
five times the cost to the members
and the breed.

Preparing Birds for Show
and Shipping

The cold wave came suddenly and
unexpectedly. We had a drop of 50
degrees in twenty-four hours. Per-
-sonally, I like cold weather, but even
I, who, as all my friends would tell
you, never stop for the weather, only
when it is “awful hot,’ cannot get
used to the sudden cold, but there
was work to do. Husband was gone
to the state show; son and I at home
alone. The chickens had not all tak-
en to the hen house yet, though we
had been trying to get them to, but
the boy came bravely to our help,
neglecting or leaving the other chores
until after dark—the boy and the dog,
a shepherd. The chickens scattered,
hiding in the vineyard, but the boy
and the dog went after them like
hunting rabbits. The dog would lie
down, holding the chicken under his
paws until the boy got it. They made
fun out of the work. Not a chicken
was hurt, but how did the bay man-
age it? One or two that we did did
not find that evening I tried to catch

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

with the dog afterward, when the boy
wasn’t at home, but I could not get
him to look at the chicken. He would
go off looking for rabbits every time
I pointed toward the chick.

Husband brought our birds thirty
miles across sountry. Some of the
combs were frozen stiff. We thawed
them out in cold water, then bathed
them, after drying very carefully, with
equal parts of glycerine and rosewater,
and saved every comb and wattle ex-
cept the small tip of one point.

This glycerine and rosewater is the
very best preparation for chapped
hands or faces, or to put on the combs
or wattles of birds when shipping
them in cold weather. I have always
had to keep something of the kind
for my hands, they chap so easily. I
used to keep bay rum and glycerine,
but that made such an unpleasant
burning sensation, until some five
years ago, while visiting an aunt of
my husband’s over in Illinois. One
morning while preparing for a long
drive about the country I made the
remark that I would enjoy the drive
so much, but that the wind would
make my face burn like fire when we
got back. Aunt picked up a_ bottle
from the washstand and said, “May
put some of this on your face and
the wind won’t hurt it. I always use
it before I go on a long drive.” I
did so and it had such a pleasant
soothing feeling that I asked what it
was. “Glycerine and rosewater, equal
parts mixed,” she replied, and that
drive was a revelation. We were out
half a day, and for the first time in
my life with no burning face from
the effects of the wind. Just last week
a neighbor and I went thirty miles
across the country to the poultry show.
I had bathed my face and hands in
the preparation before starting, well
knowing what I should suffer if I did
not. My friend started out without it
and at the end of the journey suffered
no little inconvenience from her burn-
ing face.

But to get back to the chickens.
When preparing them to go on a jour-
ney scrub their combs and_ wattles
with warm soapy water with a tooth-
brush. Dry at once with soft cloth
and apply immediately the glycerine
and rosewater. It dries in at once,
leaving them bright and handsome,
with no greasy or oily look afterward.
I wish you would clean one up in this
way as soon as you can, just to see
what an improvement it makes. To
be most effective they must first be
washed good and clean. So must your
face and hands if you use it on them.
Then as soon as wiping put it on.
We treat our chickens’ feet and

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Young stock for sale at the Golden
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Rocks, that are white. White Wyan-
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from Duston, and hatched from a pen
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R. hens and one male yet for sale, ata
bargain. Write for price and descrip-
tion of stock.

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS.

Poultry Supplies

Ideal Leg Bands 15ce per dozen, $1
per 100.

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
per 60.

Standard of Perfection each $1.

Spray Pumps each 75c.

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 25c and 50c a
box.

Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
100 pounds.

J. D. W. Hall’s Guaranteed Roup
Cure 50c and $1 a box.

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c,

Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center, $12.

Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
per 100 pounds $1.00

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O-
B. Lincoln, per 100 1bs $1.00

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,
Clay Center, Nebr.

The best Folding —
Exhibition Coop..."
Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb.

Manufactures and sells the best Exhibition
Folding Coop on the market, Prices within
the reach of all. He also has 508. C B. LEG-
HORN COCKERELS for sale from 75c to $2.00
each. Write your wants.

30

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

f The junior member of the firm of Mr. and Mrs. A. Upton & Son, Fairbury,
Nebr., feeding their prize-winning Rocks.

shanks in the same way. You have no
idea how it brightens them up, and
I do take a great pleasure in sending
them from the station at home look-
ing so bright and healthy. A chicken
with a red face and comb can’t help
but look healthy. They simply can’t
sit humped up in the cold when heads
and feet are so comfortably warm.

If you are subject to cold feet try it
on yourself. Give them first a good
soaking, wipe dry and put the prep-
aration on at once,

People who do much desk work will
often be troubled with cold feet, be-
cause of the rush of blood to the
head to stimulate the brain, leaving
the extremities unprovided for, and
an unnatural and unpleasant coldness
follows. MRS. MAY TAYLOR.

Keep An Account
Keep an account of every part of
your poultry business. It is necessary
to do so if you want to know how
you are getting along, whether you
have made anything and if there is a

chance to make a profit. Byeryone
wants to know how he is getting
along in his business. The store-

keeper knows how much profit he is
getting and how much he may be los-

ing. All business men know the
same things. They know it only by
keeping an account. They usually

employ a person to do nothing else
but attend to their books and write
their letters, etc. Butt o keep an ac-
count of your poultry you do not need
to employ some one for that purpose,
neither need you to understand ll
the most difficult facts of double entry
bookkeeping. You can charge your
fowls with their cost and all feed used
during the year, together with every-
thing that you have bought for them.
At the end of the year give them
credit for all the eggs laid, counting

in what you have used and set and
also what you have sold. Also give
them credit for the value of those
that you have left, as perhaps some
of them have died. Any that you
have sold or eaten should be given
proper credit. The amount received
for any other product, such as_ the
manure, if you sell it, should be cred-
ited. The difference between the debit
and credit sides of the account shows
the gain. You can balance up the ac-
count each month, instead of the end
of the year, if you desire; then you
will know how you are getting along.
You can keep an accurate account for
the chickens raised or combine it with
that of the fowls. I prefer to have it
separate. The beauty of keeping an
account is that it keeps you posted
on how your fowls are paying you
and if not paying, you will know it
and be able to correct the management
so it may pay you.
P. W. SHEPARD.

Perfect Chick Feed.
Armington, Ill., Dec. 21, 1901.
W. F. Chamberlain, Kirs wood, Mo.

Dear Sir: As it has been sometime
since you have heard from me I
thought I would write you.

This has been a successful year with
me in the poultry business. I raised
the finest lot of Light Brahmas this
year that I have ever raised and I at-
tribute a good part of my success to
CHAMBERLAIN’S PERFECT
CHICK FEED, for with this feed and
proper care there is no reason why one
cannot raise little chic's, and chicks
raised on this feed mature better.
Every one that has seen mychic s this
fall pronounce them the finest in this
part of the country. I have had a
splendid trade this fall and have not
had a single complaint, so you may
look for some big orders from me this
spring, as quite a number have already
spoke for the feed. I think I will try
to keep a supply of it on hand at all
times. Yours respectfully,

C. F. Lipsey.

GINSENG...

The great-Chinese Root. Im-
mensely profitable, $6 to $12
a pound. Illustrated circular,
fullest instructions, best pub-
lished, with prices for plants
and seeds, toc. Buy direct
and save 50 to 100 per cent in
prices. Our own farms in Cal-
ifornia. Mention paper.....

Harlan P. Kelsy,
Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass

BB. Red Game Bants,
Buff Pekin Bants,
Buff Wyandottes,
Buff Leghorns,
Buff Rocks,

Wy

om

My stock is as good as can be had
any where and have won in all princi-
pal shows in Illinois and Iowa, and
score eqval to the best.

D. LINDBECK,
Bishop Hill, : :

BUFF COCHINS

Exclusively.
Just What You Are
Looking For

Illinois.

The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
ners in -ny company. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.

B. H. DUNN, Glay Center, Neb.

White P. Rocks Exclusivelly....
My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot of
chicks tosell reasonable. Write,
MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincoln, Nebr.

David Larson,

Wahoo, Nebraska,

Expert Poultry Judge
I have had years of experience in
breeding, mating and judging. For
reference 'o0 qualification, write PouL-
TRY INVESTIGATOR, Clay Center, Neb.
Iam open for engagements.

My:iic.
Buff Orpingtons
....Have no equal

B. Plymouth Rocks

(Thompson Ringlets.) 7
If you want good stock I have it

JOHN A. LING,

Harvard - =

Nebraska

Advertising and Selling

In late fall and winter the breeder
who has been engaged in poultry cul-
ture long enough to have sufficiently
mastered the business as to be recog-
nized as a successful breeder has a
great number of birds for which pur-
chasers are wanted.

Not only has the breeder planned
and toiled to hatch and raise birds
needed for use in home pens’ and
yards, but the hope and expectation

of good demand and sale for all sur- |

plus stock of good quality has been
an everyday incentive to best care and
management of the fowls—matured
and chicks—all through the season.

These “for sale’ birds represent a
great many dollars to the breeder, but
while they remain in his yards, un-
called for, they will never realize the
dollars for him.

What does it profit one, even though
the owner of birds possessing every
every excellent quality and in great
numbers if no sale is had for them?
Such fine fowls may be the pride and
delight of the breeder, nevertheless
they are not loved so well that they
cannot be parted from. Since the
breeder has raised fine birds for pos-
sible customers, the first step toward
accamplishing his object is to let the
poultry public know that he is
ready to supply the new breeders, by
advertising the stock for sale. The
more widely the breeder advertises
and the better he is known, if known
to be reliable and honest, the more
successful is that breeder. Much de-
pends upon the medium chosen to
carry the news of surplus stock for
sale, out into the poultry world. Bet-
ter to use a small space in a poultry
journal that is one of those having
the widest circulation than to utilize
a half page in one of the “lesser
lights,’’ even though the small space
costs many times more than does the
large advertisement. It will not take
long for you to prove the worth of
your advertising medium, if the paper
is extensively read, and the copy fur-
‘nished for your advertisement

and hold the attention, you will soon
receive inquiries because of it. The
realization of the desires that insti-
gated the placing of an advertisement
with some journals depends a great
deal upon the wording and arranging
of the copy. In the effort to secure
customers, never fish for them with a
falsehood-baited hook. Better never
to sell a bird than to accomplish the
sale by misrepresentation, and so
have a dissatisfied customer. If the
fowls for sale are of some particularly

was,
“taking,” or so worded as to attract

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

noted and much sought after strain, it
is all right to so state the fact; if the
stock is scored and the score is such
as to make them desirable, let the
seeker after fowls of your breed or
variety know of it; or if unscored, if
your birds possess especially fine qual-
ities in color, size, comb, or other
parts, it may help to sell them to
speak of this excellent quality. Say
all the good things about your birds
you want to say when advertising
them, as long as there is no deviation
from the truth.

The paper or journal in which our
advertisement appears does not bring
us sales, primarily, but inquiries for
prices and description of fowls, and
whether we make sales or not the
advertising medium has done its part,
and we must secure the inquirer for a
customer by our own personal efforts,
if he or she is secured at all. If the
inquiry is explicit in making known
the wants of the writer, it is an easy
matter to answer it and so clearly and
fully that the inquirer will have no
doubt as to the appearance of the
described bird or birds as it is, or they
really are.

But, unfortunately, all letters are
not explicit; on the contrary, in my
experience at least they are more often
than otherwise, obscure. Perhaps
this very brevity may make the at-
tempt to word a reply a very difficult
undertaking. For instance, one I re-
ceived recently: ‘“‘Please give me your
price on a male.’ As I breed two
varieties of poultry, I had no way of
knowing which the male was to be
selected and priced. And study the
inquiry as carefully as I could there
was nothing in it to inform me for
what purpose the male was wanted,
or what qualities were desired. One
cannot take time to fully describe
males of different degrees of excel-
lence in a reply to such an inquiry,
and so must be confined to generalties,
and to neglect placing our advertise-
ment in some reliable, extensively cir-
culated poultry journal, or to treat
with careless in difference the letters
of inquiry—the fruit of our advertise-
ment. MATTIE WEBSTER.

Years of Experience

Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from
my different yardsI have selected 5 pullets
scored 93 and 8 which scored 92'2 and from this
pard I wish to sell a limited number of settings
of eggs at 3.00 per setting. All eggs sold will
be from thisyard and from these birds exclusive-
ly. Lhave a few pullets scering fro ™m 90 to 91%2
also a few Choice cockereis which I will sell at
prices that are right. Alleggs and birds sold
by me will be as represented or money re-
funded.

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la.

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Black Langshans. ....

Nebr., ‘State Show 1901.
Ist pen. Ist ck, Ist ckl, 2nd pullet Nebr,
Siate Pair, 1901, ist pen, lst and 3rd pul
Jet, 2nd ck, 2nd ckl. Nebr. State Poultry
Show at Lincoln, 1902, Eggs $2.00 per 13.

JA Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr.

Ist ckl, Ist hen,

BUFF WYANDOTTES!

Ist, ck, Ist, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul-
let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES,
3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State
Show. Light Brahmas. Eggs $2.50
per 15.

North Bend, Neb.

E B DAY,
BARRED and Buff Plymouth Rocks,
Buff and Partridge Cochins
Silver Lace and White
Wyandottes. Correspondence cheer-
fully answered and all orders prompt-
ly filled. Stock first class.

Wm J Kersenbrock, Columbus, Neb.

Rose Comb White Leghorns!

Cockerels and pullets from winners at St. Paul
and Mitchell, with score cards by Russell
Must sell quick to" make room for breeders

J. F. Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. Dakota

W. A. Forbes. and White Wyan-

dottes. Forthe past four yearsI have {won
the majority of the best premiums in full
classes, 221st, 10 2nd, 93rd and, 5 specials. I
am booking orders now fora limited no, of
eggs from these prize matings for $2.00 per
setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00.

North Topeka, Kan,

Please Let Me Tell You

My Buff Cochins have again won their
share of the ribbons at the McCook Show. To
make room for my breeding pens I will sell
trios, pens and singles at bargains for the
next 30 days. Also a few RC B Leghorns.
Eggs in season.

Breeder of Buff

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.

=
White Leghorns.
Incubator eggs from flock $5.00 per 100.
Prom choice maiiugs $1,50 per 13. $2.50 per 26,
LAYERS AND WINNERS. Scottish Terrier
puppies $3.00 and $5.00

PRACTICAL'POULTRY FARM, ~:
R.R. @r-nch, Mer. Box 47, Ford City, Mo

some extra Fine Whire Holland Tur-

keys for sale at $1.50 to $3.00 each. No.
1 White Rocks and White Wyandottes, both
yonag and old stock for sale cheap. Holland
Turkeys took ist prize'at Des Moines this
winter as did Embden geese, A few White
Guineas for sale at $l.00 apeice. Eggsin sea-
son from above birds also White Cochin and
White Indian Games. Mention INVESTIGA-
TOR When you write.
Mrs, H. Clark,

Wis PLUME POULTRY YARDS have

Dallas Ceuter, lowa

SILVER WYANDOTTES

Y BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last
eight State Shows and many other large
shows, Winning more Premiums than all
other competitors of this variety combined 2
Good birds for sale.- Eggs from prize pens
15 for $3. 30,$5- Erom standard bred
stock, farm range, 100, $4,

Mrs J. W. GANSE,
Emporia, Kan.

Chick Feed.

Extra (Quality.

We are putting up the best dry feed_on the
murket to-day, It is especiallyz7prepared for
the rearing of young chicks from the time

they were hatch: d until eight weeks old.

We want reliable agents in ali parts of the
United States. The feed is all right and
when once tried is always used. Sample by
mail4c. Clreulars free.

Steinmesch & Co.,
St. Louis, Mo.

Reference: Editor this paper.

Utility Poultry F. arm

Are you looking for eens fine
in the way of White and Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White
Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al-
so Games and Leghorns.

H.S. FULTON & CO.,
Lock Box 24 Stewartstown, Pa.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
EXCLUSIVELY.

Cockerels $2.00. $3.00 and $5 00 each. Pullets,

$1.00, $2.00, $3.00, Worth double what I am
asking for them, Above prices good for Jan-
uary only.

W. S. RUSSELL,

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.

MAMMOTH STRAIN
LIGHT BRAHMAS

..as bred by....
H. T. RODGERS, Cainsville, Mo.
Are great prize
wittners again
At the recent Oainsville, Mo. Show, against
birds that have since won at St. Louis and

other large shows, we mude a remarkable
record which proves the MAMMOTH STRAIN

is as good as the best.

Ist on Cock, Ist on Hen, Ist, 2d and 3d on
Pullets, Cockerels and pens: also every
special including the grand prize over all.

Blue Barred \<
Plymouth Rocks

Eggs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per 50, $5.00
per 100. Our stock is first class.
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUFF WYANDOTTES

We see by your last publication tnat
you wish to hear from your patrons |
their experiences of the different va-
rieties of poultry. Our experience has
been very limited, dating back just
some three years, although we have
been paying strict attention to all de-
tails both large and small. We are,
like many others, situated on a farm,
and when that disease (chicken fever)
struck us, we were prone to start with
five varieties, but soon discovered that
we had four kinds too many for an
amateur. t They were Barred Rocks,
R. C. B. Leghorns, S. C. B. Minorcas,
Houdans and Buff Wyandottes. We
have discarded them all for the Buff
Wyandottes, and they now have the
exclusive right of the place.

We find in them the all-purposed
fowl sought after by many—great
layers, hardy, good mothers, and the
best table fowl, and as to chicks we
find them robust, far more so than

any we ever raised. A neighbor
who is a White Wyandotte and
Barred Rock enthusiast, visited my

yard during the hatching season and
remarked that our chicks were s0
much stronger and active than his
were. Management has a good deal
to do with this. If the breeding pens
are not made up of strong, active and
healthy birds, do not expect the chicks
to be healthy. Another point in hav-
ing one variety is that a flock of one
variety, no difference what kind, pre-
sents a far better and more pleasing
appearance than do several kiuds to-
gether. Again, in every community
there are people who seem to look
down on those who are breeding
fancy poultry, and they are the very
individuals who come around in the
fall and pay from~-50 to 75 cents each
over market price for your surplus
cockerels.

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you on the tidy appearance of The
Poultry Investigator. The- last edi-
tion was well worth the price of a
year’s subscription.

CHARLEY E. BROOKS.

Palermo, Ohio.

ALFALFA FOR POULTRY.

We find alfalfa a splendid good feed
for poultry; it is a hardy plant and
comes the first green feed in the
spring. As the snow melts away the
green leaves may be seen just peering
out of the ground. When once you
get a good stand it will remain in-
definitely, grows a mass of leaves
which are rich in protiem and makes
a wonderful egg producing food. With
some green ration it forms a perfect

0. MO. HUN, DRO.

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock forsale at all times, Eggs in season.

EB. OMOHUNDRD, bowling been, No.

if te Jif yoU WANT BARKED P. ROCK
IS Ni cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev-

ery cent asked, scored or unscored,
send me your order and let me prove my prom”
ise to please you. Eggs$l. From all scored
stock by Ravp and Heimlich, ($1-50 and $2. No
secrets about these pens. Ask what you want.

Mrs. A. P. Rodgers,

Bowling Green, Mo.

The manufacturer of the

Shaub Compartment Brooder

is not offering something for nothing,
but does offer the best brooder in the
world forthe money. The best is al-
ways the cheapest. Illustrated cata-
logue. 4cin stamys.

M. O. Sherer,
Box 19. poeapiadiee. Ohio.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194
FOR PAST B. P. Rocksin class at Red
SIX YEARS Oak, Ia., won 1st Cock, Ist
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
At Osceola, Ia., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st
Cockerel, 1st Pullet, lst Hen, Ist Pen.
Two hundred choice breeding and ex-
hibition birds for sale.

H. R. McLean,
Red Salon = a lowa

Cuff Orpingtons ana Cochfns.
ee tporuons Ow"
I won more premiums than
any other two exhibitors at
the Nebraska State Show,
1901. Before buying any-

thing write me—it will be a
pleasure to give you prices.
Kenesaw,

IdaJ. St Malname

Old Homestead Brooder.

The best onearth. All your chickens can be
saved in the Old Homestead Brooder,
Try one, Write for prices. Address
Old Homestead Brooder Co.,
Middleboro, Mass....

MY MAMMOTHascnaacctnacoos |
PEKIN DUGKS firoustowt. te res

Have always won high-
est honors at Great St. Louis Fair and
Poultry Show; also in the hands of my
customers. A few eiegant Buff Rox at
half real value.

OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo

PEKINS

HALLOCK STRAIN.

Will sell a few choice drakes and
ducks, $l1each. Orders for eggs booked
now.

Belgian Hares

Pedigreed, leading strains. A grand
lot of youngsters sired by a 95%-point
buck. Bred does always on hand.
Booklet ou the industry for stamp.

Stephani Poultry Co.

Belleville, I1linois.

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feed for growing chicks; their plum-
age will glisten and their yellow beaks
and shanks seem to have perfect color-
ing. We have a large field adjoining
the poultry yard here, the growing
stock roam at will, they are bugs and
grasshoppers in abundance, so with
their morning feed of ground green
corn, wheat or barley, fresh water and
milk once a day they grow vigorous
and free from disease. For the yarded
birds they cannot have this privilege.
Three times each day we go and nip
of the tops as the young sprouts,
either of which are tender and so well
liked by all fowls, and give it to them
to eat, either on boards or a clear
space in their yards. How quickly
they wil gather around a bunch of
green alfalfa. We cut the crop three
times—three good crops, and the last
one is about a half crop; so there is
none ever gets moody, but are tender
and of a lovely green color, and if
the proper care be taken will come out
of the steck in winter green and the
leaves still on the stems and small
branches. And here is where we get
our alfalfa for winter use for the poul-
try as the armfuls are carried from
the stack or shed and fed to cattle,
horses and hogs, the leaves sheltering
down and can be gathered in a basket.
They are mostly leaves and no stems
and all poultry eat them when placed
within their reach; no scalding nor
extra work; just scatter them along
after their morning meal and soon you
will see none left over. Poultry that
have alfalfa for green feed keep in
good condition. Hens will lay all win-
ter when given this for green ration
each day. I believe it would pay all
poultry raisers to have a patch for
their fowls if not for stock and hay.
It withstood drouth so well this sum-
mer when no rain came for so long,
and the alfalfa remained green and
grew in spite of the drouth. Its roots
go deep in the ground and find moist-
ure. MRS. J. B. JONES.
Abilene, Neb.

WILL IT PAY TO BUY AN
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I was reading an article a short time
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an incubator for 150 hens. To the best
of my knowledge and experience it
will pay with only twenty-five hens.
Some people think it is too much
bother to look after an incubator, but

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) | Fairbury,
Nebraska
ere pS
Chalk White Wyandottes
Breeder ot} Mammoth Light Brahmas
Buff Orpingtons.

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
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34
BUFF ORPINGTONS,

Nostock for sale! Kose Vombs, Bull
Orpingions. A few eggs at$o 00 pr iS, Win-
ners at Red Oak and Osceola. Iowa, and Ne-
braska State Show at Lincoln, Singie
Combs. eggs, #3.00 per 13, $5.00 per 26. J

Mrs. J. A, LASH, Osceola. lowa. |

BUFF COCHINS.

Istckl score 944. Ist hen 954, at Nebraska
State Show at Lincoln. Eggs $300 per_ 13.
Breeders also of Short Horn enttle and Du-
roc Jersey swine. C. K, DAVIS, Prop.

W. J. MITCHELL, Poultry Manager,
Columbus, Nebr. |

—wWhite and Buff Wyandottes.—

Prize Winners—Ist Ckl at Elgin, Ist and 2nd

uckl. 2nd pullet, 3rd hen, 2nd pen at Rock-
ford. Ist and 2nd ckl. Ist and 8rd ck, 2nd
hen, 3rd pullet.dst, 2nd and 3rd pens at Bel-
videre, T[Il. 1902 Orders booked for eggs
#3.00 per 13

B R LUCAS, Belvidere, Ill |

Don’t Fool Yourself!
POSS HSSOCSCOOOOS

By selecting a poor vegetable cutter, Get
an OK, cuts every thing edible for the table
or for the poultry, Send $2.50 for sample
machine. Avents wanted, Address

Dep't. A., 0. K. Mfg Co. Florin, Pa.

Single Comb
White Leghorns.

=> <=
Eggs for hatching from the cream
of my flock, as I have the advyan-
tage of selecting my breeders from
among seven hundred choice birds
all bred and owned by myself.....
Nothing but the very best speci-
mens of most prolific layers are
ever used. Descendant from gen-
erations of great layers of large,
pure white Write at once
FOF CITC ATS core cup ree e sl< ery elents|ein -

E. A. TESDALL,

Slater, Story Co, lowa

POs
eggs.

Houdans. + +++++

Ist pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901, |
also Ist pen at Lincoln, Nebraska, |
State Show. 1902. No stock but eggs
at $1.50 per 13.

Reuben H, Kapser,
Clay Center, Nebr

White Plymouth Rocks.

In class*of 117 birds, 13 exhibitors, 12
penniconpawun. composed of the best
jirdsin the west, [ won 2nd pen. 2nd
ckl, 8rd pullet, 4th ckl,
15, $5.00 per 30,

J. We HALL, ox

Eggs $3.00 per

DAVID CITY,
NEBRASKA.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
BLUE PRINCE _STRAIN 100 pul-

lets and hens and a few good ckls for
sale. A few choice Paniise Bantams
for sale. Stock $1.00 to $3.00 each,

A. L. Pedick,

box A Ottumwa, Ioiva.

| Plymouth Rocks.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

a day or two before they can place the
eggs under her, and then ten chances
to one some other hen gets into the
nest and breaks her eggs. One old hen
is more bother than an _ incubator.
With an incubator you can hateh your
chickens when you want them, and all
know that one early pullet or cock-
erel is worth more than three late
ones. It is a poor hand with poultry
that cannot make an incubator pay.
An incubator is an aid in getting the
laying strain of hens, and if you keep
them laying and do not allow them
cu set they will soon be laying again
and in this way will be paying for
their feed, and perhaps for the food
on our own table as well. I know of a
man who wanted to get an incubator
and had no ready money, but the hens
were laying well (this was in the mid-
dle of the winter.) He said, “I shall
get an incubator and make the hens
pay for it.’ So to the bank he went
and borrowed the money to send for
the machine; in thirty days it was
paid for, and that was much less than
150 hens. By using an incubator fifty
hens will lay enough more eggs than
will pay for an incubator and brooder,
too. It is a poor hen that does not
bring $1 a year in eggs and I have
some that bring me $2, but it isn’t old
speckle or brownie, but pure Barred
Go away with the
old hen for hatching, an incubator
and brooder answers the purpose so

| much better. For instance, when a
|storm is coming up one can go to

the brooder and tap on the lid and

|soon have the chicks inside and not
| have to run an old hen down, and then

after the storm breaks search through
the wet grass for the lost chickens.

|Give me the incubator and brooder

every time and let old biddy lay. An

| incubator will hatch them if they will

hatch at all. N. W. FULLER.
PEKIN DUCKS.

This brand is doubtless the most
popular of the entire duck race. They
are very handsome birds and the larg-
est of all ducks. They were first
brought to this country from China,
about twenty-five years ago. I have
found them as easy to raise as chick-
ens, and the market is never over-
stocked. If they can have the run of
a pasture, field or orchard they catch
lots of bugs and eat many weeds, of
which they are very fond, such as pig-
weed, ragweed, plantine and purslane,
and only require a small amount of
grain. One fall the native grasshop-
pers were so plenty that we expected
them to take our crops when spring
came. We thought perhaps the ducks
and chickens could save the garden,

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3 by mail for $1.25.

John J. Kautzmann,
590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J.

CAPITOL RABBITRY, Augusta, Me.

I am closing out my whole stock of Bel-
gians. over one hundred, 24 prize-winners
included. There are a 1 Hares, 4Gold
Medal Winners, 1 choice Doe of the State
Winner of Swee; stakes. prize for highest
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Now is the time to gather in prize win-
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send copy of Pedigrees and Prices.

H. F. ADAMS,
Augusta, - - Maine.

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Clay Center, Nebraska.

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their young it will enrich the blood
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postpaid.

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so we raised all the early ones we
could. They were ready for the hop-
pers when they hatched, and I never
saw anything grow as fast. They only
cared for the grasshoppers, never
harming the vegetables, and soon had
them cleaned out of there, when we
turned them into the meadow and they
kept them from doing any harm, while
some of our neighbors had lost nearly
everything. The ducks were soon
nearly as large as the old ones, and
it was fun to see them waddling home
at night with their crops so full they
could searcely carry them. It really
looked as if each held a teacupful.

While these ducks like running
water they do very well without it and
may be successfully raised with only
enough to drink.

I find them very regular in their
habits. Give them a good place in
which to roost, and although allowed
the run of the fields they come home
every night.

These ducks are great layers, ofien
laying an egg every day from Febru-
ar until September or October. They
nearly always lay in the morning and
should be fed in their house and left
in until 9 or 10 o’clock during this
season, or the eggs will be lost, many
of them laying anywhere, not caring
for a nest.

One drake in a flock of five is about
right. A fence only two feet high
will confine Pekin ducks and may be
made movable, to give them fresh
grass and clean ground.

RUTH LYNCH.

HAZARDVILLE, Conn., Dec. 27,
1901.—Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen-
ter, Neb.—Dear Sir: Noticing Mr.
Henry Hess’ article in the December
issue of Poultry Investigator on “Free
Advertising,” I would like to ask him
to look at the question from the other
point of view.

Shouldn’t the readers of poultry pa-
pers be considered? I dare say that
there are very few readers who are
satisfied with a partial report of win-
nings of shows and it is policy for
poultry publications to cater to the
wants of their readers.

Most of our leading poultry journals
have seen the wisdom of this and give
winnings in full.

Parties interested in show reports
are going to have them, and if one
paper won’t supply them, they will
subscribe for one that will.

Another point. If I was a breeder
and advertiser I should want the
whole winnings reported in the pa-
per I advertised in, that the readers
might know what kind of competition

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35
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Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese.

Address, A. B. SHROYER,
Clay Center, Neb.

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Over 50 breeds Turkeys, Geese, Ducksand Chickens, Hun-
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E S Thoroughbred Barred P Rock eggs-
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den Seabright Bantams, two dollars
per setting of fifteen. Colored Muscovy ducks,
two dollars per setting of eleven. My stock
are allstrong and vigorous and have farm
Tange. All eggs shipped will be strictly fresh-

Mrs. D. T. STONE, DeKalb, mo

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White P. Rock, S.
Black Langshan, C. Buff Orpington
W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. 15
ribbons from 2 to 5. Poor hatches du-

plicated at half price.
Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb.

PURE MAPLE SYRUP!

Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon
as made, direct from the farm. If you want
something nice and that is guaranteed pure and
fresh, please send me your order and I will
please you. Putupin1 gallon cans, 6 caus to
thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order
early so not to be disappOinted and you will
want more next year.

PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM,

@e€ 6 EG EE

E. E. Miller, Fairview Farm, Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose
Montville. Ohio. Comb Brown Leghorn.
Light Brahmas! L Having disposed of all my sur-

plus stock and mated up my
pens, am prepared to book or-
| ders for eggs. Write at once

1st, 2d and 3d at the Interstate Poultry
Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win-
ning sweepstakes and grand sweep-
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Stock and eggs at reasonable prices. |

JL SMITH, Cadams, Neb.

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Cornish and White Indian Games!
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J UNAUMAN, Red'Lake Falls, Minn.

BUFF WYANDOTTES
BUFF P. ROCKS..

Bred from my Boston
Omaha, Kansas. City,
and Topeka prize win-
ners. Ola and young
stock for sale. A large
Prices reasonable.

flock to select from.

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. |

White Wyandottes.

First and second premiums at Min-
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 !o0 21.
Eggs from birds scoring 93, 94. 94, 94,
94, 95% cockerel 9434, $150 per set-
ting, 2 settings $2.25. Few birds for
sale.

W. H. Swartz, Minneapolis, Kansas.

Poultry Yards
Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks.

Turkeys «re bred from prize winners

ond are winners. making almost clean

sweep wherever shown. Young Toms
$ each; Pullets, 2.50 tog3 00each. My
Rocks are noted for shape and orange
colored legs, 90 point Corkerels, $2.50
each; 91 to 9244 poi nt Cockerels $3.00;
each Pullet not scored. $1 00 each.

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo,

F. A. CROWELL,
Granger, : : : Minnesota.

Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi-
tion Buff Orpingtons yet for sale, also
Indian Runner Ducks at $5 a trio.
Circular free.

Silver Lace Wyandottes
White Wyandottes :: :
Buff Leghorns
Pekin, Ducks...

All first class’stock. Prices reason-

able. MRS. W.E. TIBBITS,
Imperial, Neb.

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Barred Rocks.

PRIZE WINNERS at McCook, Kear-
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Don’t buy until you get my prices.
Eggs $2 per 15, $3 for 30.

A.B. Evans, Hartwell, Neb.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

I was entered against.

Again, | from the _ readers’ point,
when we want to buy stock or eggs,
we look over a man’s winnings, we
want to know who he has been com-
peting against to win those prizes.
It is worth more to know he was com-

peting against some other well
known breeder than with some un-
known party.

Free advertising? Possibly, but

there are very few who in buying will
not send to advertisers, as their first
thought is that they must be reliable,
as their ad. appeared in such and such
a paper, while they will reason that
either hasn’t anything to sell or isn’t
reliable. Yours respectfully,
E. L. PRICKETT.

In the Investigator I recently no-
ticed some one telling of trouble by
rats, ete., digging into the hen houses.
I'll give you our plan, both for old and
new houses. We had a fairly good
hen house, without foundation. After
losing several hens we decided some-
thing must be done, so Mr. B. dug a
trench around under the house and
placed a six-inch fence board upright
where the foundation should be, then
filled in the dirt and we were both-
ered no more. The little animals
would dig until they struck the board
and quit to try another place, with the
same result, and finally give it up as
a bad job. Of course the board would
decay and have to be replaced in time,
but we moved before that time and
built new houses.

In both of these we laid brick foun-
dations, consisting of brick two wide
and two deep, the top being level with
the ground. On top of this was laid
a plank 2x6 inches, and the frame
built up from this being built even
on the outside, making a sort of shelf
all around inside.

Then I nail window screens to the
window and can sleep in peace. Have
had this nearly three years and no
animal has succeeded in getting in,
though I often find places where they
have tried. whese are easily filled up,
leaving everything safe as before.

MRS. M. A. BARRANS.

Lenox, Iowa.

THE BLACK RED

A “Black Red Game”

Longest of legs have I,

A body small,

A reach quite tall,

Head like a snake, a bright, keen eye,

A close, hard plumage, and I try

Stylish to be in all my moves,

And not to tread in time-worn grooves.

Do I succeed? Well, don’t they sing

Praises to me and crown me king?

No other Bantams such prices bring,

Nor can they while “T am in the
ring.”

GAME BANTAM.
do gaze at me,
said he;

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Clay Center, Neb.

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Eggs to Hatch.

S DOTTES: Very choice pen, #2
Over3'0 hens on different farms.
pure stock. Eggs $1 per 15, #4 per 100.

BARKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys-
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Ross Bros.’ Buff Wyandottes.

Lead in the best competition.

ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan.

White Wyandottes.

At the great Chicago Show, 1902, I won
3d and 5th cockerels in closest com-
petition. 60cockerels forsale. Eggs
$2.00 per 13.

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.

Buff Orpingtons.
From the best strains in the coun-

try. Prize winners. Stock and
eggs for sale reasonable....

B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb

Wanted—At Once.
100 Black Minorca females.

100 Rose Comb Brown Leghorn females
100 Rose Comb White Leghorn females.

Will Pay Cash for Same.
Box 227,

Ciay Center, Nebr.

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FORSALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in
singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Buff
Rock Cxkls,. the best of stock for $1.25 each,

or #3 for 3. Write us atonce, O, E, Olson,
Colon. Nebr.
BUFF ROOKS. Breeding and_ exhibilion

stock forsale, Write at once for descrip-
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Tell us what you want.
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo.

Cc, E, DUNLAP, breeder and buyer of_ thor-
oughbred chickens, Can fill your order for
any breed or strain, from the yards of reli-
able specialists, Prices reasonable, Cor-
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, ©, E,
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans,

BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers,
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also
handsome, I take great pains1o0 have the
best and largest stock, Large fine Ckls, #1
each, Oscar Jenne, Liberty, Nebr.

FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In-
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games,
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams.
Clay Center, Nebr.

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCK Cockerels from
first prize cock; very promising. Write for
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Elgin, Ill.

BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Rockall old
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white
Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor-
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin,
Nebraska.

J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties. Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale
cheap if taken soon.
CO. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr.

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever, Buy
early. Games, Heathwoods, Irish and
Mexican Grays, Blks, Reds; Tornadoes

and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir-
cular. ©, D, Smith, Fort Plains, N, Y.

FREE, GAMES, Eggs $l.00 per 13, Circular,
Heathwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays,
Tornadoes, [rish Blks, Reds. Cornish In-
dians. $2.00, Fowls all times. C, D, Smith.
Fort Plain, N. Y

BIG MAIL for poultrymen, Insert your
name in our poultry director and receive
poultry papers, poultry catalogues, etc, ev-
ery day. Only teu cents silver, Poultry
Directory Co. A, Goshen, Ind,

DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand-
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and eggs
1.50 per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
Nebraska.

MRS, MATLIE STUFFT, breeder of Butf O1-
ingtons and White Holland Turkeys,
inners at Nebraska State Show. Write

for prices. Lawrence, Kansas.

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for
sale. Eggs $5.00 per 100, $1.00 per 13. My
stock is first class and have won in show
room. J. P, Schroeder, Ulay Center, Neb.

ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs, Buff
and Brown Leghorns, Buff Rocks, White
Wyandottes, Polish and Andalusian, Won
26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da-
kota state fair. Kggs for hatching, $1.00
and up. Circulars free. H. P, Larson,
Beresford, 8. D.

BUFF ORPINGTONS. ‘Cook’s Strains,”
Trios $10.00, Eggs at your risk‘ $2.00 per 13,
guaranteed $,00. A, Edward Green‘ Jo-
let, 111,

LIGHT BRAHMAS. [havea few good hens
and pullets forsale cheap. Mrs. Alice Allen,
Clay Oenter, Nebraska.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Brief Business Catchers.

Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or
less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in-
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS.
No display can be allowed and all cards must be
uniform in size and style.
allowed each quarter.

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
Light Brahmas, $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs.
Write wants. John H. Rownd, Downs. Kas.

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan-
dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season.
15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per ll. J. W.
Cook, Poneto, Ind.

BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorns,
B. B, Red Games, Pekin Ducks. Fancy
Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale, For
prices write, Utz Poultry Yards, Esther-
ville, Iowa,

BUFF TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout
No white wings and tails. Large birds and
ready toship. Mrs. T.G. Smith. Polo, 111.

1008.8. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs
at prices to suit the season. Stock in good
condition fashionably bred and artistically
marked. Rey. G. A. OChamblin, Moran,
Kansas.

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
Ducks, Light Brahma and B, Plymouth
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand-
ers. and M, Bronze Toms, at 2 each, Pol-
and China hogs a matter of correspondence
J.D, Grimes, Chamber: , Neb.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1
yr old hens and this year’s pullets and
cockerels for sale, Old stock score 92 points
and up to 95144. Write for prices. Geo. N,
Wood, Weldon, Ia.

SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND _ POULTRY
Farm, C. F. Austin, Dearing, Kan., White
Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and
Joho Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale
Strawberry plants—best varieties. Square
treatment.

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids, 1901.
150 youngsters for sale after October Ist.
finer than ever, superior feathering, shape
and color. Always. Satisfaction. guaran-
teed. U.J. Shanklin, Wanbeck, Iowa.

WHITE WYANDOTCES, cockerels scoring
to 944%. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring
to 96% sired by a Tom weighing 40 1bs and
from hens weighing to 25 ils. Prices rea-
sonablie- W, H- Lake, Hampton, Nebr.

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains. three
trios at $5.00 per trio. Choice cockereis at
one half their value, several bred from
Boston prize winners. G. W. Hardin,
Ulysses, Neb.

HATTIE BYFIELD, McCook, Nebr. Eggs
for hatching from Prize winning Light Brah-
maS and White Wyandotte chicken, White
Holland turkeys and mammoth Pekin ducks,
15 hen eggs $2.00, 9tUrkey eggs $1.50, 11 duck

$1.00. Duck eggs $6.00 per 100. A few nice
drakes to sell-

CORNISH INDIANS a specialty. Winuvers
wherever shown. Scored by Russell, Hews.
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first claSs
birds. Eggs im season $2.00 for 15. J. L.
Bannson, Sarcoxie; Mo.

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The

kind that are egg layers.Scoring 91 to 94%,
Duston strain. Eggs 2.00 for 15 or 3.50 for 30,
Mrs. D. J, Fink, Holdredge, Neb,

500 BUFF, BARRED, White Plymouth Rocks,
Light Brahmas, Fine cockerels, hens and
pee to$3 each. Eggs 15, 81.00, 100, $6.00.
Milton Brown. box 94, Middleboro, Mass.

Oo. K. S.L.WYANDOTTES are_all right.
Eggs $1 00 per 15 or $4.00 per 100. W, T. Can-
aday, Dover, Lee cOunty, Iowa.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively.
Eggs $490 fur 100, $1.00 for 15. Adam
Weir, Ciay Center, Nebr.

A change in makeup

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30 WORDS
WITH INVESTIGATOR
1 YEAR $3.00

I HAVE FOR SALE at a bargain 30 Buff
Cochins,25 Buff Cochin Bantams, also Gold-
en Wyandottes and Barred P, Rocks that
are extra govud. Write your wants. H.
Gregory, Wayne, Neb

FOR SALE—a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter,
nearly new for $8. Also a Buff Orpington
cockerel. weighs 9 pounds; will make an
excellent breeder. Price $3.00. Louis Mog-

ensen, Racine, Wisc.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively. A
few choice cockerels for sale; took Ist and
2nd premium at S O. S_ poultry show.
Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Stroms-
burg, Nebr. Route No 2.

BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm
raised. Good birds, good scores, give good
satifaction and good results. Eygs that
hatch, $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as
reasonable. If convenient please enclose
stamp when writing for particulars,

Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87.

WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score
94% by Russell. for sale. Also eggs from
D. Brahmas. Brown Leghorn, B. Pekin and
Game Bantams. Expert Judge. P.M. Cool-
ey Milton, Ia.

PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have
afew fine Black Langshan Cockerels for
sale cheap jf taken soon. Mrs. J, W. Strat-
ton, Blue Hill, Neb.

BUFF ROCKS, BUFF COCHINS—evenest lot
in the west. Have always won Ists in best

shows. Score 90% to 94% by Rhodes. Num-
nes 90 cheap, Rob’t Larmer, Ravenwood,
Oo.

NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood-
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T.
Clark, 26th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr.

MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe-
kin duck, Large fine specimens for sale at
reasona)le prices. Our stock is as good as
money could procure, Mrs, E, I. Mathews,
Morning Sun,lowa

EGGS from Singie Comb White, Brown, Buff,
Black, Dominique, Silver Duckwing and
Rose Comb White Buff and Brown Leg-
horns, Pricelist free. Syivester Shirley,
Port Clinton, Ohio,

FOR SALE, 2 trios extra cheice Silver Sebright
Bantams one year old The price is $5.00 per
trio, Address Box 227, Clay Center, Nebras-
Ka, care INVESTIGATOR.

BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin
Show, Ist cK, 1st, 2d, 3d hen. 1st, 2d, 3d ckl, 1st,
2d, 3d, 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My-
ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove, Elgin, Ill,

WHITE WYANDOTTES.
val strains direct. Score 92 to 947s by Ben S.
Myers. Quality and fair treatment guaran-
leed. Best,winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per 15.
Belgian hares. Chas. ©. Wilson, Holdrege,
Nebraska.

Duston and Nor-

R. C.B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left.
Eggs 1.00 per 15. Also a few Stay White Wy-
andottes. Eggs 1:00 per 15. C.H. Courter,
Ashley, Ohio.

FORSALE. 2 choice White Klondike hens,
first money takes them. Place order at once.
Address Pouttry INveEsTIGATOR. Clay Cen-
ter, Nebr.

BUFF ORPINGTONS, “Cook's Strains.”
Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3,00
per15, R,O. Brown and S.C. White Leg-
horn eggs $1.50 per 15. Louis Mogensen, Ra-
cine, Wis.

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de-
scribing all varieties, arranging loft. breed-
ing. feeding. caring for, 5 cents, 1,000 pig-
eons for sale. Prices f ee. Wm, A. Bart-
lett & Co, Box 27, Jacksonville, It,

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Barred Ply oath Rocks...

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peers

Breeder of

Barred Plymouth Rocks

and Mamtoth Bronze
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Eggs in Season.

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best strain obtainable and
in line. We breed the pure
golden Buff. not the dark
red. They're prize winners.

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.

Chester White Hogs forsale

$1.50 per Setting.

James M. Perkins,

MISSOURI.

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Limited number of Fancy Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each. STILL ee) “ee Jan, 1901-2 my _ birds
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Time and time again the Cyphers 360-egg ma
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WARDS OF 300 CHICKS FROM 360 UNTESTED EGGS.
Allowing ten chicks to the hen, If WOULD TAKE THIRTY
HENS TO HATCH 300 CHICKS.

THE EVIDENOE:--

“My largest hatch was 345 chicks out of 360 eggs,’—J. F.
Ramsey. Mortonville, Pa.

“L got 405 chicks out of 318 fertile eggs.”—Edw. Sharpe,
Genoa, N. Y.

“[ hatched 314 chicks out of my #60-egg Cyphers.’’—Herman
Friedl, Haskell. Lnd.

“From 360 eggs we hatched 3!7 of the brightest, ‘strongest
chicks Lever saw.’’—Irank B, Taylor. Prompton, Pa.

“From my No, 3 Cyphers, holding 360 eggs, we hatched 311
chicks ’—L. R. Hobart. Lake Crystal, Minn.

“Out of our largest size incubator I hatched 314 good,
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~My incubator holds 360 eggs and from one loading I got
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“One hatch | obtained 327 strong, healthy chicks from the
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This stock is sired by Boston and Chicago prize win-
Try GRANTS PRACTICAI, BROODER. Specifications

Trios, $2.50.

ners.

telling how to make and operate
D. W. GRANT, - - -

Bul Orpingtons

W. H.SBUSHELL, Importer and Breeder.

DAVID CITY, NEBRASKA

mum Miller’s Perfection

Barred Rocks. .
That have made a National
Reputation. Bred inall their

Grand in size and

Eggs and stock from

my yards will start you right.

Cockerels from $2.00 up; eggs

$2.00 per 13, $5.00 per 40.

GEO. H. WALLACE

Box 101,

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purity.

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LIGHT BRAHMAS. —»

Prize-winning stock, first prize
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won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third.
Stock and eggs forsale. Write us

STECKER BROS.,

4639. Cottage Ave., St. Louis.

Cockerels, $1.00,

sent upon receipt of $1.00.
ALMENA, KANSAS

Mo

Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair
Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won | ————— =
-Z on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker-
els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks.

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ners at Ill. State Poultry Show of four Barred & White Rocks, W. C. P. Ban-
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first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State
Poultry Show four first premiums. season, Agents wanted. & Thirty Prizes;
Young stock for sale in pairs, trios silver cup last year.

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has been used for twenty-three years in the
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Petaluma

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Incubators ana Brooders
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mM brooders are made of the best lumber in the

Mi world, but every other article used in their con-
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therefore these ‘‘Standard of the
World’’ Incubators and Brooders oc-
cupy the same relative position to all
other Incubators and Brooders that
the mighty California Redwoods
do to other trees.

Read ‘‘A Bit of Incubator History.” in our new
catalogue. We send it free. Address nearest
office.

Petaluma Incubator Co.,

Box 58, Petaluma, Cal., or
Box 58, Indianapolis, Ind.

J. S. Markle.

Breeder of

Imported and Domestic
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1890 ROYAL BLOOD 1901
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES FOR SALE.

Winners Big 4 Show at Sioux City, la., 98; at Lemars, Ia,, 99; at National
Fanciers Meci, Cedar iiapids, Ia., 1900, and at Nebraska State Show, Lincoln,
Nebr., entered 10 birds in 1901, where we won Ist cock, score 92'4; 1st, 2d and
3d cockerel, score 944, Ist, 2d and 3d pullets, score 9314; 2d hen iu large class
and very warm competition. Wehave never had but one bird defeated and
never had our tirds scored except in the show room. Wehavea few breeding | |
pens to spare, not quite up to weight, but will soun be, at $12.50; trios $7.50.

See cut of birds on page 14. We can’t sell quite as gocd as these at that |
price but can guarantee they will produce prize winners. Exhibition birds a
specialty. We can please you. I. & N. M. CONNOR, Ponca, Neb.

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Oakes’ Improved Wafer Thermostats—the standard reg-
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get our money-saving prices.

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LE but fertility counts for little if the
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Revised Edition, 1900.

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* ORPINGTONS
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Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time.
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Tudge. Port Huron, Michigan.

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and address nearest office.

Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer City, Pa.

New York, N. Y.,28 Vesey St. Detroit, Mich., 544 Michigan Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa., 714 Chestnut St, Dallas, Texas, 439 Cole Ave.
Columbus, O., 114.N, at St. Louisville, Ky., 400 E. Main St.
Toronto. Ont.,Can., 190 Yonge St.
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London, N. Eng., Waltham Cross.

W., J. Chene en SS Single Comb Brown Leghorns,
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3reeder of
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BOX 68~6- “@-CUBA, MO

Varieties.

¢ First prize at Salt Lake City. My
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Light Brahmas ‘ | years in the hands of customers as

Catalogues Free.

I issue a very complete catalogue illustrating
and describing Jeading varieties of thor-
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large orders of eggs and stock.

Partridge Cochins well as in Utah. They are bred
white waandottes for money makers. Greatest egg
C. C. W. Leghorns
C. C. B. Leghorns
R. C. B. Weghorns

producers as well as premium
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Black Minorcas Cora A. Rickards,

W. J. CHENEY, pekin.; Ducks SOUTH - OGDEN - POULTRY - YARDS,

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- Mackey’s Magic Cholera Cure isa
WHITE WYANDOTTES WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show January, sure cure.
1901; Ist Cock; ‘1st and 3d Hen; 2d Cockerel; 1st |
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1st Cock; one special. Eggs from best pens, $3.00 per 13, $5.00 per 26. Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
ROSS C. H. HALLOCK, 6313 Clifton Avenue, St. Louls, Mo |CLARKSVILLE, : : : : MISSOURI.

Our Barred and White Rocks.

Are good layers and excellent market birds,
Our White Leghorns are the hardy, vigor™
ous, active kind that win in the “shows and
pay a large profit as layers. Eggs $2 00 per
15. Incubator eggs $5.00 per 100.

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High class stock for sale!

Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks
and S.C. W. Leghorns. Can furni-h
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es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldon, Mo.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.

We have Quality and Quantity.

Farm raised prize winning stock,
cheap for quality If you want Rocks
write us.

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.

Barred P. Rocks...

Extra fine, Extra large, Extra color

In the show room they have shown
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94 by prominent judges. Write wants.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

May I “SHOW YOU”

Butt Orpingtons
That we raise as good Barred Rocks
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- Bronze Turkeys
ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his Wea
equal for $5, or money back. If you
buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him
tor $3 Try me. CORWIN JONES,
Sidney, lowa.

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choicest stock.
sale. Write

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Prize Winning B. Rocks.

Cockerels and Pullets scoring 90 to;
93 by Southard for $2.50 to $10.00 each.
Good breeders not scored for $1.00 to
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| Prices reasonable. Stock the best.

Write your wants. Address,

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Clay Center, Neb.

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poate | Life in the Egg

No. 1

The Embryonic

Article Development of the
| @e By L. E. Keyser Chick
Having considered the egg, its] The blastoderm, which rests on the

origin, formation and fertilization, we
will follow its embryonic development
through their various stages, for, in
order to have a comprehensive under-
standing cf the phenomena of incuba-
tion, we must have a general knowl-
edge of the embryonic development of
the chick. In our last article we noted
the difference between a fertile and un-
fertile blastoderm, and shall now deal
with the fertile one as it develops under
normal conditions. As we have shown
the volk of the egg is encased by the
vitelline membrane and immediately
under this at the top of the egg is the
blastoderm holding the embryo, which,
as incubataion progresses. is encircled
by the germinal sac.

AFTER 3 HOURS OF INCUBATION

germ disc of the white yolk, spreads
out like a thin circular sheet over the
yolk immediately under the vitelline
membrane and forms a sac termed the
germinal membrane, steadily eexpand-
ing until it reaches the opposite end,
and completely envelops it, but not un-

til quite a late period does the com-}

plete closing at the opposite pole take
place, and the extension of the blasto-
derm practically goes on during nearly
the whole period of incubation. In
only a few hours, however, the central
pellucid spot will become oval, with a
furrow down the center and blood ves-
sels appear around it. This enlarge-
ment is shown at Fig. 4. which rep-
resents the egg with the shell partial-
ly removed, lying flat, the spot which
we see being on top of the egg, though
in the illustration it might appear to be
on the side. Now there begins to de-
velop around it a double sac or mem-
brane called the amnion, which later

entirely encloses it and the germinal
‘sac, between the two folds of which is

what is called the amniotic fluid. The
embryo is thus surrounded by two
membranes which form a wall all
around it, the inner one being called
the inner or true amnion, and the one
lying near the shell the outer or false
amnion.

The allautois is an appendage of the
alimentary canal, and starts from the
naval of the embryo near the yolk sac,
traversing the space between the true
and false amnion and extends over the

See ONAN we OG

|yolk and albermen, separated from the
shell membrane only by the thin false
amnion, and in this position it gathers
nutriment for the
performs the function of a respiratory
lungs. The developments
here noted go on through the entire or
various periods of incubation and are

growing chick and

‘here explained so all may know what
organ is meant when we refer to it in
[tracing development, which we shall
now do step by step.

| First Day—After three hours of in-

|cubation the embryo presents an ap-

2’? DAY

oO.

Fig.
pearance as shown in Fig. 4. After
twelve hours the blastoderm is greatly
enlarged and the central or pellucid
spot becomes oval in outline and very
distinct. During the latter part of the
first day the head can be discerned
slightly elevated above the level of the
blastoderm and in front of it the first

fold of the amnion.

Second Day—At the beginning of the
second day the head alone is seen pro-
jecting above the surface of the blasto-

$¢™ DAY

Fig. 6.

derm. The amnion advances in growth
the
At an early hour of this day the

very rapidly and nearly covers

head.
tail makes its appearance and a little

later the first rudiments of the heat.
which is of a tubular character, ex-
tending through nearly the entire

length of he embryo, but no pulsations
or motions are seen until the thirty-
At first the
fluid,
but dark spots in the vascular area is
the same time, but
connection between them
and the heart, and it is not until a sub-

eighth or fortieth hour.
heart contains only a_ colorless
perceived about
there is no
sequent period that these cells coalesce
and form veins carrying the blood to
the
the day the heart separates into parts

heart. During the latter part of
“with a constriction around the middle.
Fig. 5 is a top view taken about the
forty-fifth hour and shows the heart
still in a tubular form.

Third Day—The tube-of the heart
now becomes bent together and it is
confined to that portion of the embryo
to which it belongs. The circulation of
the blood becomes quite vigorous, and
during the day a complete system of
blood vessels is formed with a definite
circulation, and pulsations of the heart
carry the blood to all parts of the eme-
bryo. Nutritive matter is transmitted
to the blood and quite a quantity of
yolk is absorbed, which is in turn re-
plenished by the white, and by the end
of the day the decrease in the white is
strongly marked, The blastoderm cov-
eers about half of the yolk and the’em-
bryo is almost completely covered by
the amnion folds of which
meet along the line over the back, but
their complete

several

not
Another
place on
this time

coalescence will
take place until the next day.
important change also takes
this day. The embryo up to
has been lying on the yolk with the
part which will be its face to lie on its

left side and the whole embryo begins

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to curve upon itself.

Fourth Day—The growth of the em-
bryo has been very rapid since the third
day and the white of the egg is still
further diminished, the embryo lying
almost in contact with the shell mem-
brane, separated from it only by the
thin false amnion which has also in-
creased in size to such an extent as to
make a covering almost obsuring the
view of the body of the chick beneath,
and all traces of its folds where it came
together along the line of the back are
lost. There is yet very little fluid in
the amniotic sac and the dry amnion
lies close to the embryo, which is thus
fully exposed to atmospheric influences.
At this period in artificial incubation is
overheating more disastrous than at
any Other. The tail is now quite con-
spicuous, the limbs make their appear-
ance and the curviture of the body is
increased. The now dis-
cernable and begins to push out from

allantois is

5™ DAY

Fig. fe

the digestive canal, between the two
coats of the amnion and is at first a
bag or sac protruding from the naval,
independent of the yolk sac. During
the first part of the day it is very small
and its growth slow, but during the lat-
ter half the growth is more rapid and
at the same time its blood vessels be-
come important. By reference to Fig. 6
these changes can be plainly seen.
Fifth Day—The process of develop-
ment goes on very rapidly and many
changes are noted on this day. The
germinal membrane spread over
the entire yolk sac and completely en-
closed it. The allantois has reached
far over the right side of the embryo,
between the true and false amnion an:
its network of blood vessels has ex-
tended. The amnion has made a com-
plete closure and its cavity begins to
be filled with a fluid which raaises it
some distance from the embryo. The
development is nicely shown in Fig. 7,
which was taken at the-close of the fifth

has

day. }
Sixth and Seventh Days—While de-
velopment is going rapidly on there are
no marked changes on the sixth day,
other than that each portion shows
considerable growth, as will be seen by
comparing Figs. 7 and 8, and the cavity
hetween the true and false amnion be-
comes larger and is filling rapidly with
fluid, but on the seventh day obvious
movements appear in the amnion and
it begins to pulsate regularly, which
rocks the embryo to and fro in the egg.
The allantois forms a flattened sac coy-
ering the right side of the embryo and
spreads out in all directions between
the folds of the amnions. The allantois
is filled with fluid so its walls are sep-
arated from each other in spite of its
flattened form. The veins which
Lrought back the biood to the heart
have disappeared avi the yolk 1s not
so iluid, but continues to absorb the
white, which is diminishing rapidly.
The liquid absorbed by the yolk from
the white forms the amniotic, allantoic
and other fluids and is also used as
nourishment for the embryo. The head
does not lie so near the tail as on previ-
ous days ard the neck appears mores

Sm DAY

Fig. 10.
distinctly, though the head is still large

in proportion to the body. <A white
substance appears on the face, which

‘ater develops into a beak.

Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Days—Os-
sification begins on the eighth or ninth
day and the bones commence to form,
but the skeleton is not complete until
the thirteenth day. Signs of feathers
can be distinguished on the ninth day
along the middle line of the back, and
especially the sacs of the tail feathers.
There are no important changes in the
amnion during these days; its cavity
still being filled with fluid, and on the
eighth day its pulsations are at their
heighth. The allantois has covered the
greater part of the yolk sac and is now
the chief orzan of respiration. The
change in the formation of the embryo
can be seen at Fig. 8, which represents
it at the colse of the ninth day.
it has the form of a chick, but the head
and eyes appear to be the biggest parts.

Eleventh Day—The body of the em-
bryo is practically completed on this
day, but it is still connected with its
cther appendanges by a narrow tube
or tmbilicus which can be plainly seen
tu Fig. 10; and the chick reta:ns its py-

Tere

‘| Out and the poisonous gases thus gen-

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sition the short way of the egg. The
yolk diminished rapidly and tne
the yolk sac becomes flabby, forming a
series of folds supplied with numerous

has

blood vessels. The loops of intestines,
which have been hanging down, are
drawn up into the abdomen and the ab-
The al-
lantois now surrounds the egg with the

dominal walls loosely formed.

exception of the end opposite the em-
bryo, where still remains a little of the
white or albumen, which has formed a
sticky mass tightly pressed into the
end of the egg. There is nothing now
between the allantois and the shell ex-
cept the thin membrane of the false
amnion and the vitelline membrane to
which it partially adheres.

Twelfth Day—On this day the crea-
tive forces complete their work and
the chick, though small, is fully formed.
The embryo, it will be seen (Fig. 11),
has turned partially over in the egg so
that its head is more toward the large
The allantois now alone per-
forms the function of geathtring nutri-

end.

Fig. 12.
ment for the chick, which from now on
has only to grow and develop, and to

act as lungs. The carbon in the waste
products of the blood is being burned

erated are thrown off through pores of
the shell and the amount of oxygen en-
tering the ege is quite a considerable.

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Days—On
the thirteenth day the skeleton is com-
plete and the various muscles of the
lhody can, on close examination, be dis-

cerned. On the fourteenth day the
embryo turns more completely over so
that its head comes opposite the
chorion and shell membrane which

form the inner walls of the air cells.
As this change in position is not com-
pleted until near the close of the four-
teenth day we show it in the illustra-
tion of the fifteenth day (Fig. 12).
Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Days—The embryo develops very rap-

18 ™ DAY

idly on these days and about the six-
teenth day the allantois completely en-
circles it, passing over the poll of the
yolk opposite the embryo.

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Days—On
the eighteenth day the head of the em-
bryo is turned a little to one side, so
as to be more in a position to break the
shell. In the illustration at Fig. 13 it
looks as if it might be turning its head
toward the small end of the egg, but
this is not the case, it being due to the
position from which the egg is viewed.
The fluid in the amniotic sac has en-
tirely disappeared and the chick
breathing the air it contained. The
pulmonary circulation increases and the
circulation of blood in the allantois has
greatly diminished.
day the yolk sac, which has become

is

On the nineteenth

greatly reduced in size, is drawn into
the abdominal cavity, greatly extending
it, and nothing remains-but the allan-
tois and the dry amnion.

Twentieth Day—During the early
part of the day the blood in the allen
toic vesicles is sluggish, and later as
the chick succeeds in breaking its cov-
ering the blood ceases to flow through
the umbilical arteries into the allantois
and it When the breaks

dies. chick

2O™DAY.

Fig.

the shell it commences to breathe the
through the no
need the In
from six to ten hours after breathing

outer air lungs and

longer has of allantois.
the outer air the chick throws off the
shell makes it into the

world, as shown in Fig. 15.

and entree

Buying Eggs: for Hatching

Now is the proper time to decide
what you want to buy and at what sea-
son you want your eggs delivered. Egg
orders are filled by the breeders in ro-
tation, and if a breeder treats customers
with fairness it won’t do any good to
eet an order in Saturday of one week,
to get your incubator filled the Mon-
unless your
breeder happens to have a supply of
eggs on hand and no orders booked.

When you receive your eggs, if they
are broken or not properly packed, re-

day following—that is,

port the matter at once. If you wait
too long the shipper will be suspicious
that you wish to get your order dupli-
cated free of charge.

When you test your eggs, if you find
few infertile ones it may be as well to
till the hatch is made before re-
port is made, but if the reverse is the

wait
case, report at once. Beste you prop-
erly test the eggs and not before the
tenth day.

We have had some experience that
teaches us that early reports as to re-
Last year we had but
one complaint of turkey eggs. and in
that case we replaced them, but had the
complaint came in two or three weeks
late we would have paid no heed to it.
One year when all reports of our duck
eggs were fine we received six weeks
after shipping, a doleful tale about all
those eges being infertile. It was too
long a delay in the face ‘of our other
good reports, and in view of the fact
that the receiver had tested the eggs
during incubation.

We never bought eggs of a breeder
yet who would not endeavor to make
matters right if we were prompt in
stating our case.

sults are proper.

2/57 DAY

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

15:

We never sold a setting of eggs that
turned out badly that we did not dupli-
cate the order very carefully if imme-
diate report was made.

We have waited until our patience
well-nigh gave out when we neglected
to order ahead. We have laid awake
nights because of the impatience of
some of our own customers who could
only wait a day or two.

As a matter of fact there are only a
few fowls in a good breeder’s pens, and
if you order from a certain pen you
must have patience if the breeder is
honest.

Perhaps you cannot tell when you
will have a hen setting. If you haye the
setting kind you can be reasonably cer
tain by watching the time they begin
to lay. HATTIE BYFIELD.

The Buff Leghorn

By N. K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont.
I have read many able discussions on
this beautiful. breed of fowls, and I
think they lead all other Leghorns for
beauty and~ sizes They lay as many
large, white eggs as any, and then the
shining metallic golden buff of the male
and the soft, golden of the female leads
me and many others to believe they
are the leaders.
I am comparatively a young breeder
this variety, though I have had
chickens around me since I can remem-
ber, and I get along nicely, feeding and
caring for my buffs, and seldom losing
anv by disease.

Mornings I feed a mash mixture of
barley bran and corn meal, equal parts,
a quart merely dampened for each
twelve hens; at noon, yellow corn
cracked very coarse; at night, wheat.
The corn and wheat always thrown in

of

\litter about one foot deep on the floor

of pens to keep them busy all day.
Green bone twice a week, and green
food always before them, in winter
principally cabbage and sugar beets; in
summer my birds full access to the
fields.

Three years ago when I.started with

the Buffs I bought a trio, and both of
the hens had half of their tails white,
the cockerel was very dark, but I
thought I had-it, so showed at our
county fair, but did not get a piece of
the money, but this only woke me up,
so I read all the poultry papers I could
get hold of, and found out where I
could get some good stock. I sent
away and got some birds which proved
O. K., and this year I. made a clean
sweep at the county fair. Now a word
for our Buff Leghorn club. Everyone
who has, and is interested in this beau-
tiful breed should be a member. It
only costs $1 a year, and nothing puts
a breed to the front as quick and as
well as a lot of good men united and
working.

George S. Barnes, Battle Creek,
Mich., Secretary, is well known to all
Ruff Leghorn breeders as a hustler for
the Buffs, and will give full information
on application .

The mating up of breeding stock is,
I think, the most important work a
breeder has to do, as upon the proper
performance of this depends his future
success.

The Leghorn may be mated up in
pens of from six to fifteen with good
results. The male should be of good
size and carriage, bright, active, full of
live and vigor of good color and as well
up in other standard requirements as
possible. The females shoul also show
that bright, active alertness which is
one of the most charming characteris-
tics of this variety. Let them also be
well bodied birds, the breast bearing
well forward, combs not only well ser-
rogated and properly folded, but both
comb and mottles should show size
and color to indicate good laying qual-
ities, without being coarse.

R. R. FRENCH.

a. P. Rock cockerel owned and bred
by C. M Hulburt, Fairbury, Nebr.,
“Ringlet Strain.”’

Poultry Chat
By Mrs. Albert Ray

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

a Z
Editor Investigator:

It is not so much that we busy farm-
ers’ wives need enthusiasm upon the
subject as we need help, both to lighten
the many ard‘tiresome duties that over-
come failure and lead to success.

Poultry farming is in itself fascinat-
ing and will énthuse-its devotees to in-
terest and action.

The many advantages attained by
the successful poultry woman or poul-
try man—it is not necessary to enumer-
ate—but suffice it to-say that every
thrifty farm home wishes to provide its
members with an abundance of the best
meat cleanly and carefully grown, as
well as eggs—fresh eggs—the
wholesome and nourshing food when
properly and daintly served.

While this much is being done for
the home, much more can be done with
comparatively little more expense and
effort.

There are so many things to defeat
us that sometimes we are almost dis-
couraged and say, “Well, I have so
much ‘bad luck’ that I hardly feel like
trying.” Yet we never give up and re-
new the effort each succeeding year
with varying success.

Of course, every one has chickens,
mcre or less, of some kind to begin
with. Well, whatever kind, the step
ping stones to success are first a home
for them that is comfortable—roomy,
sunny and well ventilated; next is clean-
liness, which in its fullest sense is free-
dom from vermin.

We learn each year more and more of
the value of the early hatched and well
cared for chicks. These are a real del-
icacy for the home table as well as the
market. This is indeed the “early bird
that chtches the golden worm.” Also
the pullets of the early hatches mzke
the winter layers when eggs are 1 guod
price—this making twice that the early
brood capture the highest prices for
both broilers and eggs.

As this subject is cne of expansion,
we will talk only of helps to secure re-
sults referred to. We all know to have
early chicks we must have early setters,
and if one cares to prepare for a smail
brood it only requires a little more care
and effort to raise more. It takes no
longer time for many than few. And
why not get them all early?

It is needless to recount the woes of
the housewife in caring for setting hens
which often do not seem as much in-
terested in the welfare of the eggs and

i
i

chickens as the poultry woman herself.

Finding that it was a necessity to
lighten my work (as ‘I have no house-
hold help without hiring) we were
ready to be convinced as to the best
incubator and upon perusal of our
poultry papers saw a contribution from
a well known poultry woman who had
had experience with incubators. She
said among other things that as per-
fectly as some of these machines are,
no busy woman should be without the
help of an incubator.

I wrote her and asked her to kindly
give me the benefit of her knowledge
that we might make no mistake in the

most | selection of an incubator, which favor

she granted. We bought the one she
recommended, she adding “you'll never
regret the money spent.” And we have
not, but have been very pleasantly dis-
appointed, and are so glad that there
is anything so helpful.

We sat ours March Ist, and every
three weeks thereafttr, making four
successful hatches. The first gave 96
per cent, second 95 per cent, third 90
per cent or a little more, and fourth 90
per cent. The chicks were the liveliest,
most perfect and healthy we ever had
anything to do with—doing nothing but
grow. We lost hardly any from the
first two hatches as broilers at only
fair prices, but brought more than the
cost of the incubator, leaving the early
pullets for winter layers.

We have had excellent success rais-

ing the chickens from the four hatches, |

5

excepting accidents which would not
have happened had been
enough to get a brooder, too. And my
work of raising would have been easier
by far. The hens concluded
they had nothing better to do they
would keep the egg egg
case filled, which they have done, while
their neighbors took
from laying after hatching and brood

we wise

that as
basket and
a long vacation

ing chickens. lice and mites.

A Word About HamburgsC )
reach my desk
about this remarkably beautiful as well
as useful family of chickens I have de-
cided, Mr. Editor, to call on you for a
little help. My song is always about
the Silver Spangled variety.

So many inquiries

We will begin by saying that there is
no family of chickens that will surpass
them for laying qualities. The Leghorn
people have advertised and boosted
their Brownies, Whites and Buffs until
many people believe they are the only
egg machines in the world, but here we
desire to remark that the Leghorn is
not a winter laying breed. The Hain-
burg is. It is a very rare thing, indeed,
to see a frozen comb among them.
Their low, close fitting rose comb is
an almost sure guarantee against frost.
Every poultryman knows that a hen
will not lay so long as she is suffering
with a frozen comb. The Hamburgs
are the equal of any as winter layers
and are surpassed by none during the
warmer months of the year. There are
none that will resist the encroachments
of disease any better than they. They
are bright, active and industrious, and
always manage to keep up a good di-
gestion and circulation, and there
not much chance for disease to attack

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lst prize pen of Light Brahmas, scored 188 points by Rhodes at Superior,
Nebr., owned by J. L. Smith, of Cadams, Nebr, Mr. Smith won the large part
of the premiums at Superior and 1st and 3d hen, 4th pul, and 5th c’k’l at State

Show at Lincoln, Nebr., 1902,

4
them. Being very fond of the dust box
keep themselves remarkably clear
hee and other vermin. Their non
sitting propensities saves them the loss
of much valuable time. I never knew
one to sit. In the past four years that
I have handled them there has been
just two hens that have been broody.
hey sat on the nest four or five hours
a day for a couple of days and that
ended their efforts to increase the -hen
population
rhe eggs are medium in size and are
a pure pearl white in color. They
hatch weil, in fact they are the equal of
any for hatching purposes. The chicks

are very active and strong and begin to

feather out as soon as they are out of

shell. By the time they are a week old
the wing and tail feathers have made a
good growth. For this reason they

need to be fed on such food as will fur-
nish material for feather growing. The
period of a female’s productiveness is

Hens 4

years old begin as prolific as

equal to the length of her life.
and

pullets \ friend of the writer owned
two’ hens that were 8 years old and they
as at any time during

were as active

their younger years. One should never
coop the young of any of the smaller
breeds with those of the Americans or
Asiatic classes. Keep them separate or
the larger ones will tramp and smother
little death. The

when full grown will weigh 3%

the ones to birds

to 514

pounds each. They are inclined to be

a little nervouis, but with kind treat-
ment are as gentle as one could wish
for. They are quick to notice strangers

and for that reason strangers should

not go inside of their yards. Every

change that is made in their runs or

houses is quickly noticed.

Taken all in all, the Silver Spangled

Hamburgs are among the very best

breeds of today.
REV. G.

Kan.

A. CHAMBLIN.
Moran,

A trio of Silver Spangled Hamburgs

that won first at South Dakota state
fair owned by H. P. Larson, Beresford,
S. D.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

The third prize White Wyandotte cockered at Chicago, Ill.,and Topeka, Kas.,

owned by Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kas.

‘This bird attracted more attention than

any other one bird in Kansas state show.

Premiums Awarded at the Glasco
Poultry Show

Single Comb Brown Leghorns—First
pen, John Chase, $2;
Smith, $1; third, John Chase, blue rib-
bon.

Rose Comb Brown Leghorns—Blue
cockerel and _ pullet
awarded to B. F. McMillan,

Single Comh Buff Leghorns—First
premium, B. F. McMillan, $2; third, R.
G. Pilcher, on cockerel, blue ribbon.

second,

ribbon on was

Partridge Cochins—First and second
premiums were awarded to F. H. Sut-
ton of Minneapolis.

Buff Wyandottes—First premium, J.
E.. Olmstead,

Black Minorcas—First
premiums were awarded to John Chase.

Barred Plymouth Rocks—First and
second premiums, F. L. Slater,
first on cockerel and first on pullet.

and second

also

White Wyandottes—First premium,
George D. Smith; second, C. Lee

Archer.
White Faced Black Spanish—First
and second, Captain Sperry of Minne-

apolis.

Buff Rocks—R. G. Pilcher received
first and second premums.

Buff Orpingtons—First and second

premiums went to R. G. Pilcher.
Belgian hares—Roy Ott, blue ribbon.
White rabbits—Earl Woodward, blue
ribbon,
Game Bantams—Charlie Sutton first.
Highest scoring bird in 'show—James
Pratt received first and blue ribbon.
George Chapman received blue rib-

Gos.

bon on his fine exhibit of pea fowls.
Pit games—John Chase received first.
Toulouse geese—John Chase first, al-
so premium on White Holland turkeys.
On account’ of frosted combs on
fowls the exhibit only numbered 216
birds; but great intérest was taken by
the public in the exhibition.

American Buff Leghorn Club

Officers — President, Charles L.
Thayer. Chicago, Ill.; Eastern vice
president, Harry M. Lamon, Water-

town, N. Y.: Western vice president,
Eugene N. Lacey, Kansas City, Mo.;

and treasurer, George S.
Battle Breek, Mich.

Honorary Vice Presidents—James
Dundas, Deer Park, Ont.,-Can.; F. E.
Olson, Galva, Ill; ©. A. Durling,
Hopewell, N. J.; B. F. Hislop, Milford,
Ill.; Richard - Jones, Venetia, Pa.;
George, F. Curtis, Fenton, Mich.

Executive Committee—Augustus D.
Arnold, Dillsburg, Pa.; Thomas Peer,
Fairfield, N. J.; James Dundas, Deer
Park, Ont.

secretary

Barnes,

MEMBERS.
The breeders of Single Comb Buff
Leghorns are recommended by the

club as breeders worthy of your atten-
tion when you are in need of stock cr
eggs. The club will expell any member
that does not deal fair and honest with
his customers. It is with pleasure that
the club and its officers can recommend
the brother. fanciers and
members:

Augustus D. Arnold, Dillsburg, Pa.

following

; George S. Barnes, Battle Creek, Mich.

Bill East and Bill Holcomb of Clay
Center, Neb., are both chicken cranks.
Bill East raises Golden Wyandottes
and Bill Holcomb raises the Golden
Seabright Bantams. At the poultry
show held here at Clay Center last
winter the two Bills got up an argu-
ment as to which was really the best
chicken. Holcomb claimed that the
Golden Seabright Bantams were on top
every time. Of course, Mr. East dis-
puted it. Mr. Holcomb caught Mr.
East away from the show room one day
‘and got a photo taken showing his ban-
tam ontop. We think the evidence is
entirely one sided. If the above half
tone is any evidence, most certainly
the Golden Seabright Bantams are on
top, but it is not on record that Mr.
East ever gave it up that the Golden
Wyandottes were not the best chickens.

Charles M. Clime, Terre Hill, Pa.

Nate K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont.,
Canada.

George F. Curtis, Fenton, Mich.

John I. Craig, 456 Devon st., Arlington, |’

Nes

C. A. Durling, Hopewell, N. J.

James Dundas, Deer Park, Ont., Can.

W. C. Draper, Govan, Wash.

B. W. Fellows, Big Rapids, Mich.

W. H. Fowler, Green Bay, Wis.

©. H. Fry, West Haven, Conn.

Chester B. Gleason, Sherman, N. Y.

A. W. Graham, Cortland, N. Y.

Richard Jones, Venetia, Pa.

Casper Hart, Venetia, Pa.

William L. Howell, Geneseo, N, Y.

B. F. Hislop, Milford, Il.

G. C. Howe, Aurora, III.

Eugene D. Lacy, Kansas City, Mo.,
Palace Clothing Co.

Harry M. Lamon, Watertown, N. Y.

Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind.

Arthur J. McClain, Delaware, N. J.

G. W. Maurhoff, Saxonburg, Pa.

Mrs. C. W. Harrington, Hartford Mills,
N. Y.

Gus Norton, Union City, Mich.

Fred E. Olson, Galva, IIl.

Thomas Peer, Fairfield, N. J.

M. L. Pressnall, Munden, Kas.

P. H. Ross, Waterloo, Ont., Can.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

D. R. Shaffer, Turtle Creek, Pa.

W. W. Storms, Burlington, Wis.

John J. Spillane, Lockport, Ill.

C. A. Stimson, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
Sylvester Shirley, Port Clinton, O.
Stuart D. Talbot, Edmendston. N. Y.
Charles M. Thayer, Chicago, IIl., 7036

Union ave.
F. G. Toepfer, Toledo, Q., 728 Tecum-

seh st.

William Vaude Mass, Midland Park,
INE We

T. J. Walp, Quakertown, Pa.

Edwin Wardle, Venetia, Pa.

George D. Williams. Toronto, Ont.,

Can., 100 Argyle st.

Dell Wolf, Battle Creek. Mich., 13 San-
derson st.

Daniel Wagner. Niles, Ill.

Mery Christmas has come and gone.
The New Year has begun, with many
have
often done in the past but, alas, how

resilutions for the future, as we

few of them can we live up to as we

First prize Buff Cochin cockerel at
Nebraska state show at Lincoln, owned
by C. K. Davis, Columbus, Neb.

fully expected to do, for some cause or
I spent the first of the New
Year in the show room renewing old

another.

acquaintances and making new ones—a
pleasure indeed. And as the ribbons
were put on my favorites’ coop (the
Buff Cochins) I resolved to raise more
and if possible better birds this year;
for the awards showed we I have not
toiled in vain to get better ones each
year, although I never expect to reach
the top round of the ladder of chicken-
the

many drawbacks that surround me by

fame. I will strive to overcome
doing the very best I can.

When reading the many journals that
find a way to my desk I often think

what perseverance and determination

it takes to overcome the difficulties bt

7

the what it and how

many of my sister fanciers are situated

vocation nay,

Never a word of encourage-
Many

bird in the yard for fifty cents or a set-

as I am

ment. persons want the best

ting of eggs at store prices, or perhaps
told the
prices, look aghast and think me a fiftf

want to exchange and when
subject for a house in Lincoln—well,
called the insane asylum, Others will
complain of express charges and “birds
ought to be sold cheaper when ship-
ped a long distance on account of ex-
press charges.’ Permit me here to ex-
press my thanks to Cora A. Richards
the “shipping
What
are we to do when all the thin lumber
must
purchased of the merchants?

for valuable article on

coops,’ but another drawback:
boxes
Some-

that can be got be from
times a half dozen must be bought to

Are

ered dishonest to our customers for ex-

make one coop. we to be consid-

cessive express charges? Some may
say, “but I do the best I can by making
to coops as light as I can with the ma-
terial I get.’’,

As the days and years pass on I am
determined to make the best of my sit-
uation, whatever it may be. Advyers‘ty
and sorrow is often the means of mak-
With the

new year I will wish you all success,

in gour character the better.

and disappointments

IDA E. BARD.

bear the losses
bravely.
Imperiol, Neb.

Fayette, Mo., Jan. 15, 1902.
The fourth exhibit of the
Central Missouri Poultry and Pet Stock
Association will be held Fayette,
Mo., Dec. 9th to 12th, 1902. Mr. Frank
W. Colo., will

judge the show. In our report of the

annual
in

Hitchecck of Denver,
winnings at the third annual show, we
made an error in the winnings of Mrs.
W. N. Marshall, Lisbon, Mo., on Buff
Orpingtons. Ist
and 2nd cock; Ist and 2nd hen; Ist and

She won as follows:

2nd cockerel; 2nd and 3rd pullet; Ist
In justice to Mrs. Mar-
shall we publish the corrected winnings.
MASON, Sec’y.

and 2nd pen.

EGP:

Mr. and Mrs. H. FE. Clark, Dallas
Center, Iowa,

‘This is the daughter of J. S. Markel:

of Wahoo, Nebr.,
famous Belgian Hares.
ad.

holding one of his
Look up his

The Poultry Show

Notwithstanding the Side Play of Old
3oreas and the Tightened Purse-

strings of Our Citizens, the
Show Was a Decided
Success.
The Appleton City Poultry and Pet

Stock Association held their first an-
nual exhibition Dec. 17th to 20th, in-
clusive, and despite the extreme cold
weather a most satisfactory display of
fine fowls was on exhibition, and those
who were the promoters of this organ-
ization have just cause to feel proud
over the display. True the cold weath-
er caught several of our breeders of
choice fowls napping, and, as a result
of chickens that were to
have been on exhibition were unfit for
the show room, and parties from a dis-
tance who had intended to compete for

a number

prizes did not put in their appearance.
geese
and ducks in the show room numbered
a little number
was to be as fine scoring stock
any average

The number of chickens, turkeys,
over 150 and in this
seen
as can be exhibited at
show of the same nature.

The only feature that did not come
up to the expectation of the managers
was the light patronage by our
who, would

very
city people, is was hoped,
the

presence

show encouragement by their
Below
we give a list of those who won prizes
and their fowls:

D. Gillson—Barred Plymouth Rocks

ist on enck, 2nd on cockerel, Ist on
hen, Ist pen. Black Minorcas—
Ist and 2nd on cockerel, Ist and 2nd
on hen, Ist and 2nd on pullet, 1st on
pen. White Rocks—lst on pen. First

give
and financial support.

on

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

White Holland and Narragansett
Turkeys and first on Pekin ducks.
W. C. Gates—White Wyandottes—
Ist on cockerel and Ist on pullet.
Elmer Brooks—Buff Cochins—Ist on

on

pen, Ist on cock, Ist and 2nd on pul-
lets. Rhode Island Reds—lst on
cockerel and Ist on pullet. Barred

Plymouth Rocks—2nd on pullet. White
Rocks—3rd on cockerel.

Mrs. Luther Williams—Silver Laced
Wyandottes—Ist on cock, Ist and 2nd
on cockerels, Ist on hen and Ist: and
2nd on pullets.

Mrs. Staples—Golden Laced Wyan-
dottes—Ist and 2nd on cockerel, 1st,
2nd, and 3rd on pullets.

Branch & Son—Barred Plymouth
Rocks—Ist and 8rd on cockerels, Ist on
pullet. White Rocks—Ist on pullet, 2d
pullet, Ist and 2d on cockerel.

S. H. Cotton—Black Langshans—
Ist and 2nd on pens, Ist on cock, Ist
and 2nd on cockerel, Ist, 2nd and 3rd
on pullets. Pen score 188%.

F. Whaley—Buff Rocks—Ist and 2nd
on pens, Ist on cock, Ist, 2nd and 3rd
on cockerels, Ist, 2nd and 3rd on hens,
Ist, 2d and 8rd on pullets,

Mrs. A. F. Wyckoff—Blue Andalusi-
ans—Ist and 2nd on hen, Ist and 2nd
on pullets.

P.. C. Mendenhall—Black Cochins—
Ist and 2nd on pullets. White Coch-
ins—Ist on hen, Ist and 2nd on pullet.
Buff Bantams—Ist on cockerel, Ist on
hen and Ist on pullet. Black C. Ban-
tams—lIst on hen,

H. R. Howard—Buff Cochins—lIst on
cockerel, 3rd on pullet,

A. T. Lowry—R. C. B. Leghorns—
Ist and 2nd on cockerel, Ist, 2nd and

3rd_on puilets.

J. M. Brown won Ist on pair of Buff
turkeys.

T: Ctmins Ist on trio G. C: Ban-
tams.

R. N. Burns Ist on pair Hoodans.

J. R: Waggoner and family will eat
Christmas dinner with his son, Wel-
don, at Fort Scott.

:Poultry Show Winuings

List of Prize Winners at the First
Annual Exhibition of the Areena
Poultry Association at Sterling,
T1l,—Show Closed Jan. 1, 1902.

The first annual show the Arena
Poultry show closed Wednesday even-
ing. In spite of the severe cold weather
just preceding the show, which kept
many intending exhibits away, the at-
tendance was good and the quality of
birds shown was exceptionally fine.
Premiums have been paid in full, the
enthusiasm of old fanciers has been
raised to fever heat and new members

have been added to the association. The
members of the association to whom
this kind of work is new, have every
reason to be satisfied with their<first
effort. The outlook is auspicious for a
grand exhibition next winter. Dates
have not yet been claimed for the sec-
ond annual show, but they will be made
known later.

The following is a list of the dib-
itors and awards at the Arena poultry
show, closing January 2; “1902:

Barred Plymouth Rocks: Cock birds
—First, J. B. Delp, Sterling,.-IIl.; sec-
ond, Fred Boehm, Sterling, Ill.; third,
Earl Gilbert, Sterling, Ill. Hen—First,
Earl Gilbert; second, J. B. Delp; third,
S. H. Gearhart, Sterling. Cockérel—
First, J. €. Troop, Sterling; second, J.
B. Delp; third, J. C. Troop. Pullet—
First and second, J. B. Delp; third, J.
C. Troop. First pen, J. B. Delp; sec-
ond pen, Earl Gilbert.

Buff Plymouth Rocks: Cock—First,
R. L. Leitch, Rock Falls; second, Cecil
Wheelock, Tampico; third, Hunter
Wood, Sterling. Hen—First and third,
R. L. Leitch; second, Cecil Wheelock.
Cockerel—First and second, Cecil
Wheelock; third, R. L. Leitch.. Pullet
—First and second, Franz Weimken,
Dana, Ill.; third, Sam Lowry, Rock
Fails. First pen, Cecil Wheelock; sec-
ond pen, R. L. Leitch; third pen, Sam
Lowry.

White Plymouth Rocks: Cock—First,
Giddings, Sterling; second, R. B. Mc-
Neil, Rock Falls. Hen—First and sec-
ond, Giddings: second, R. B. McNeil.
Cockerel—First and second, Giddings;
third, R. B. McNeil. Pullet—First and
second, Giddings; third, Mrs. John
Beales, Rock Falls. First pen, Gid-
dings: second pen, R. B. McNeil.

Silver Laced Wyandottes: Cock—
First, A. B. Kreider, Sterling. Hen—
First, A. B. Kreider. Cockerel—First,
Calvin Ott, Prophetstown; second and

Buff Orpington cock owned by
C. E. Browning, Fairbury; Nebr.

third, A. B. Kreider. Pullet-—First,
second and third, Calvin Ott. First
pen, Calvin Ott; second pen, A. B.
Kreider.

Golden Wyandottes: Cock—Second,
A. J. McNeil, Rock Falls. Hen—First
and second, A. J. McNeil. Cockerel—
Second and third, A. J. McNeil. Pul-
let—First, A. J. McNeil.

White Wyandottes: Cock—First, E.
R. Hopkins, Rock Falls. Hen—First
and second, E. R. Hopkins. Cockerel
—First, second and third, E. R. Hop-

kins. Pullet—First, second and third,
E. R. Hopkins. First pen, E. R. Hop-
kins.

Buff Wyandottes—E. J. Pierce, Rock
Falls, won first cock, first and second
hen, first cockerel; first, second and
third pullet, and first and second pen.

Black Wyandettes—E. R. Hopkins
won first cock, first and second hen

Light Brahmas—Dexter Woodard of| ond and third hen.

Prophetstown won first and second

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ver cup special to L, A. Kline from,
American Langshan club for the ten)
highest scoring Langshans.

Black Minorcas—E. C. Winters, Rock |
Falls, won first cock; first, second and |
third hen; first and second cockerel;
first, second and third pullet; first and
second pen.

White Minorcas—C. E. Goodrich,
Rock Falls, won first, second and third
hen.

Blue Andalusians—A. J. McNeil won
third cock, third hen, second cockerel;
first, second and third pullet; second
pen.

White Crested Black Polish—F. E.
Brown, Rock Falls, won first pullet.

Silver Spangled Hambugs—Prof. B.
F. Hendricks, Rock Falls, won first
cock, first and second pullet.

Cornish Indian Game—C. W. Brown,
Rock Falls, won first cock; first, sec-

Buff Cochin Bantams: Cock—First,

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Toulouse Geese—First pair, Charles

Pippert, Rock Falls.

Why I Breed Buff Leghorns
By Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind.

For beauty they have no superior,
and few equals. Did you ever see a
flock of those proud and haughty birds,
with their rich, even, golden buff color
challenging the world as to beauty and
utility? There may be some objections

;as to size, but by having small bone we

have more
weight than
breeds.
They are one of the most desirable
of table fowls, having a deep breast,
fine grain meat. It is a well known
fact that they are considered the best
of summer layers. I find by’ fair treat-
ment they are good winter layers, and
have so proven themselves to me. They
hare confinement nice, are hardy, good
foragers, and easily raised. They ma-
ture early, have had pullets commence

meat in proportion ro
in most of the larger

dollars and

~—s FIFTY THREE

$34 53

NOTE.—The Publisher or News Agent will please preserve thls receipt.

Postmaster.

It took 6 copies of the Poultry Investigator, in February, to weigh a pound.
pounds mailed, 3453, by 6 you will readily see what our circulation was in February.

cockerel; first, second and third pullet,
and first pen.

Buff Cochin: Cockerel—First, R. L.
Leitch; second and third, Carl Nelson,
Morrison. Hen—First, second and
third, R. L. Leitch. Pullet—First,
Carl Nelson; second and third, R. L.
Leitch. First pen, R. L. Leitch; sec-
ond pen, Carl Nelson; third pen, Rob-
ert Collins, Morrison.

Partridge Cochins: Cock—First, W.
C. Acox of Elburn; Il: Coockerel—
Second, W. C. Acox;~ third, Hunter
Wood. Pullet—First, second and third,
W. C. Acox. First pen, W. C. Acox.

Rlack Langshans: Cockerel—First,
Franz Wimken; second, L. A. Kline,
Rock Falls; third, Dr. John Kole, Wil-
liamsfield, Ill. Hen—First—L. A.
Kline; second and third, Dr. John
Kole. Pullet—First and second, L. A.
Kline; third, Dr. John Kole. First pen,
L. A. Kline; second pen, Dr. John
Kole; third pen, Franz Wimken. Sil-

R. E. Cushman, Sterling; second, A. J.}
Hen—First and second, A. J. { months.

McNeil.
McNeil; third, R. E. Cushman. Cock-
erel—First, A. J. McNeil; second, R. E.
Cushman. Pullet—First, R. E. Cush-
man.

Black Breasted Red Game Bantams
—R. E. Cushman won first and second
cock, first and second hen.

Rose Comb Black African Bantams
—R. E. Cushman won first cock and
first hen.

Golden Seabright Bantams—R. E.
Cushman won first cock and first hen.

Bronze Turkeys—Mrs. G. W. Myers,
Ashton, won first cockerel and first
pullet

Pekin Ducks: Old male—First,
Franz Wimken; second, Hunter Wood;
old female, first, Franz Wimken; sec-
ond, Hunter Wood. Young male—First,
Franz Wimken; second, Hunter Wood;
young female, first, Franz Wimken;
second, Hunter Wood.

By eae the number of
20,718.

to lay at forr and four and a_ half

The difference in the number of egws
layed, and small cost of keeping will
convince -ny reasonable person that
they are vc profitable, to both the
fancier and fari

I have had Americans an. Asiatics,
but have discarded them for e monry
Buff Leghorn getters. You may szv
they are rather wild, but it dc ends on
whose hands they are in. If 1 ea
to be very easily handled by proper
management.

We hope that every pers 1 interested
in this popular breed ill join the
American Buff Leghorn club, as ti only
costs $1. and the benefits are worth five

times the cost to the members and the
breed.

I- & N. M. CONNoR oF Ponca , NEB., says.—
We are more than pleased with the Investigator.
It has brought us good sales, the last two being
to the amount of #75. Of the five papers we" use,
none equals the Investigator to advertise in,

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First prize S. L. Wyandotte cockerel
at Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W.
Gause, Emporia, Kas.

Award

Following is a complete list of the
awards on pigeons at the state show
in Lincoln, January 21-25:

YELLOW POUTERS—D. L. Bru-
en, Oldenbush, Neb., first cock and
first hen; David Larson, Wahoo, Neb.,
second cock and second hen.

WHITE POUTERS—Bruen, first
cock; Larson, first hen and second
cock.

CARRIERS, and color—Bruen, all
premiums.

BARBS, Black, Red and Dun—Bru-
all premiums.
BARBS, any other color—Bruen,
first cock and second hen; Larson, first
hen and second cock.
PARLOR TUMBLERS — Bruen,
first cock and first hen.
BLACK JACOBINS—Bruen,
cock.
RED JACOBINS—Bruen, first hen.
YELLOW JACOBINS—Bruen, sec-
ond hen; Larson, first cock and first
hen.
ENGLISH OWLS—Bruen, first and
second hen.

en

first

AFRICAN OWLS—Bruen, first
cock and first hen.
BLUE TURBITS—Larson, first

cock and first hen.

RED TURBITS—Bruen, first cock.

TURBITS, any other color—Bruen,
first an dsecond hen.

WHITE FANTAILS— Paul E.
Cook, Lincoln, Neb., first and second
cock and first and second hen.

YELLOW FANTAILS — Bruen,
first cock and first hen.

RED FANTAILS—Bruen, first hen.

BLACK FANTAILS—Bruen, first
cock and first hen.

BLUE FANTAILS—Larson,
cock and first hen.

first

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BLACK TRUMPETERS — Bruen,
first hen.

TRUMPETERS, and other color—
Bruen, first cock.

BLACK MAGPIES—Larson,
cock and first hen.

RED MAGPIES—Bruen, first cock
and second hen; Larson, second cock
and first hen.

YELLOW MAGPIES—Bruen, first
cock and first hen.

RED SWALLOWS—Larson,
cock and first hen.

YELLOW SWALLOWS—Bruen,
first cock and first hen.

SWALLOWS, and other color—Bru_
en, first cock and first hen.

BLACK NUNS—Bruen, first cock.

NUNS, any other color—Bruen, first
cock and first hen.

ARCHANGELS, light—Larson, first
cock and first hen.

RED DRAGOONS — Bruen,
cock.

WHITE DRAGOONS—Bruen, first
cock and first hen.

BLUE FLYING HOMERS—Lar-
son, first cock and first hen.

FLYING HOMERS, any other col-
or-—Bruen, first and second cock and
first and second hen.

MOOREHEADS — Larson,
cock and first hen.

SILVER STARLINGS — Bruen,

first cock and first hen.

first

first

first

first

Poultry Show Premiums

List of winners at the second annual
exhibition of Bates County Poultry and
Pet Stock Association, held at Butler,
Mo., Dec. 31st, 1901 to January 3rd,
1902; Thomas W. Southard, Judge of
poultry, Reed Storms of Belgian hares:

Barred Plymouth Rocks—W. H.
Buckley, 1 cock, 5 hen. 4 cockerel, 4
pen; J. W. Farris, 2 cock, 1, 3, hen, 1
and 2 pullet, 2 pen; Oak Form, 3, 5
cock, 4 pullet; J. W. Ginn, 4 cock, 4
hen, 2 cockerel, 3 pen; Mrs. R. V. Wil-
liams, 2 hen, 5 pullet, P. Hostetter, 1
cockerel, 1 pen: R. A. Atkinson, 3
cockerel, 5 pen, H. A. Harrison, 3 pul-
let.

White Plymouth Rocks—Oak Park
Farm, 1, 2 cock, 3 hen; A. B. Ludwick,
1, 2, 4 hen, 1, 2 cockerel.

Buff Plymouth Rocks—J. E. Bras-
field, 1 cockerel, 1, 3, 4 pullet, Ora Mc-
Cann, 2 cockerel, 2 pullet.

White Wyandottes—C. S. Douglas, 1
cock, 1 hen; Oak Park Farm, 2 cock,
5 hen; W. W. Graves, 2, 3, 4 hen, 1, 3
cockerel, 1, 2, 4 pullet, 1, 2 pen; M. R.
Lyle, 2, 5 cockerel, 5 pullet, D. L.
Frazee, 4 cockerel, 3 pen.

S. L. Wyandottes—All to Louis A.
Osborne.

E. Gordinier, 1 pullet, 2 cockerel.

Light Brahmas—W. D. Yates, 1
cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 hen pen; Mrs. Y. E.
Winn, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 3, 4 pullet,
2 pen, Mrs. J. J. March, 2, 3 cockerel;
T. F. Weaver, 4 cockerel, 1 5, pullet,
3 pen; M. R. Lyle, 5 cockerel, 2 pul-
let, 4 pen.

Buff Cochins—D. L. Frazee 1 cock-
eral, 1, 2, 3, 5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. W. P.
Duvall, 4 pullet.

Black Langshans—H. H. Borgmann,
1, 4, cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 hen, 1, 3 cocker-
el, 1, 3, 4 pullet, 1, 2 pen; Arthur Bur-
ton, 2 cock; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 3
cock, 2 cockerel, 5 pullet, 3 pen; J. B.
Castor, 5 cock; Percy Speer, 4, 5 cock-
erel, 3 pullet, 4 pen.

White Langshans—W. H. Buckley,
1 pen; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 2 cockerel,
1 cock, 1 hen, 1 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 pullet,
4, 5 pullets.

S. C. Brown Leghorns—Clyde Pat-
terson, 1 hen, 1, 2 cockerel, 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. R. V. Williams,
2, 3 hen.

Shy ask
Graves.

S. C. Rhode Island Reds—All to W.
D. Yates.

C. I. Games—Hartwell Bros: 1 cock;
W. W. Graves, 1. 2, 3, 4, 5 hen, 1 cock-
erel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 pullet, 1 pen.

Pit Games—Hartwell Bros., all ex-
cept 2 stag: Ora McCann, 2 stag.

Bantams—W. W. Graves, 1 pair;
Miss Lizzie Burkleo, 2 pair; Mrs. Geo.
O. Thompson, 3 pair; Oak Park Farm,
4 pair; George S. Templeton, 5 pair.

Pekin Ducks—All to Bruce Steele.

M. B. Turkeys—All to I. H. Blood.

Pigeons—Louis A. Osborne, 1 pair
and hest display; Oak Park Farm, 2
pair.

Cats—All to W. O.

Hamburgs—All to W. W.

Atkeson.

Buff Rock hen owned by W. J. Ker-
senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of

Golden Wyandottes—S. B. McGow-| second at Nebraska state show at
an, 1 cockerel, 2, 8, 4, 5 pullet, 1 pen; | Lincoln.

First prize cockerel owned by M. L.
Canfield, Belleville, Kan., won at To-
peka, Kan., at state show.

POULTRY CLASS SWEEPSTAKES

American Class—W. W. Graves, 1
pen; A. D. Ludwick, 2 pen; P. Hostet-
ler, 3 pen; J. W. Farris, 4 pen; J. W.
Ginn, 5 pen.

Asiatic Class—H. H. Borgmann, 1,
2 pen; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 3 pen; W.
H. Buckley, 4 pen; W. D. Yates, 5 pen.

Medeterranean Class—Clyde Patter-
son, 1 pen.

General Class, including standard
breeds not in above, except bantams—
W. W. Graves, 1, 2 pen.

Non-Standard Class—Hartwell Bros.
1, 2 pen; W. D. Yates, 3 pen.

POULTRY GRAND SWEEP-
STAKES.

Parti-Colored Fowls—W. D. Yates,
1 pen; P. Hostetler, 2 pen; W. W.
Graves, 3 pen; J. W. Farris, 4 pen; J.
W. Ginn, 5 pen.

Solid Colored Fowls—H. H. Borg-
mann, 1, 4 pen; W. W. Graves, 2 pen;
A. B. Ludwick, 3 pen; Mrs. H. G. Wal-
ton, 5 pen.

Highest Scoring Parti-colored bird—
W. D. Yates, 1, 5; W. W. Graves 2,
4; J. W. Forris, 3.

Highest Scoring and Solid Colored
Bord—H. H. Borgmann, 1, 3, 5; A. B.
Ludwick, 2, 4.

Highest Scoring B. P. Rock, J. W.
Farris.

BELGIAN HARES.

Imported doe, Mamie Hartwell, Ist;
Domestic mature buck, J. R. Young, 1,
2, 3; domestic mature doe, J. R. Young,
1, 2; domestic buck, 6 lb. class, Mamie
Hartwell, 1; J. R. Young, 2, 3; domes-
tic buck, 5 Ib. class, A. O. Yeomans;
1, 3; J. R. Young, 2; domestic doe, 5
Ib. class, J. R. Young, 1, 3; A. O. You-
mans, 2; domestic doe and litter, J. R.
Young, J; best five Belgians in show,
JR Young: 1) 2:

At the annual meeting of the Asso-

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ciation held during the show, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
next year: W. W. Graves, president;
J. W. Ginn, vice president; C. A. Al-
len, secretary; W. D. Yates, assistant
secretary; C. A. Emerson, treasurer.
The date for the next show was fixed
for December 30, 1902 to January 2,
1908. Thomas W. Southard, who has
judged for the past two years, was
unanimously selected as judge of the
next show. The association is increas-
ing in numbers and is more than able
to meet every demand, notwithstanding
the very liberal cash premiums paid.
W. W. GATES, Pres.
@ A. ALLE:.} Sec’y:

Poultry

Standard Varieties with Comparative

Values.

Forty years ago the “twenty quart”
cow was to be a product of the future.
Today she excites no snrprise. Such
an animal as a pedigreed hog would
have been exhibited as a curiosity. To-
day almost every Ohio farm is stocked
with the finest that scientific breed-
ing can produce. Horses in those days
were beasts of burden only. Today
they are aristocrats commanding the
admiration that one gives to a work of
art. Sheep forty years ago were poor
things at best. Today silken fleece is
a living testimonial to the scientific
study that the farmer has given to that
thorough breeding that has so materi-
ally increased his profits as to enable
him to erect homes that for their ap-
pointments are elegant enough for the
occupancy of kings. Why this change?
The farmer has found out that mongrel
stock eats as much, requires as much
care and brings less profit than finely
bred stock. It is simply a matter of
dollars and cents.

But how about the old Biddie? Very
much has been done toward making
her fit company for the aristocracy of
the thoroughbreds, but distressing as it
is to say it. it is none the less true,
that what has been done is very little
indeed, comparatively. The flock of
chickens today is very much like the
flock of forty years ago. A lot of
mongrel hens who do not know that
they ever had a grandmother. Their
pedigree could not be traced further
back than the spring before and even
then it would be a question, for like
as not the same old hen stole her nest
away and was not missed until she
came out one day with half a dozen
colored chicks, born into the world of
woe. Their roost a tree, their feed
whatever they could find, their finish
the huckster, finally ending their days

‘sides.

II

as an offering to the hungry man, even
then despised, for their toughness
yielded not even’ though all the arts
of the kitchen were brought to bear in
a vain effort to make them toothsome.
These chickens are the representatives
that lead the farmer to say that “poul-
try don’t pay.”

But poultry does pay. Do you know
that if all the eggs laid annually in
the United States were laid in a contin-
uous chain that they would weigh 900,-
000 tons and encircle the earth more
than twenty times. The value of the
eggs and poultry-meat sold this year
will aggregate $300,000,000, a sum
greater by nearly $100,000,000 than the
value of all the mineral product of the
United States in the last year, and this
estimate includes iron, gold and silver.
The average cow weighs 130 times as
much as the hen, yet the hen’s year’s
earnings would buy all the cows in
the country and the entire tobacco crop
as well. Our cotton crop is a big one,
but Biddie’s product would buy every
pound of it besides paying for every
pound of tea imported. She can buy
the entire wheat crop or the entire
sheep clip and have enough left to give
to every man, woman and child in the
United States $3.44 apiece. She can
buy the entire oat crop and _ have
enough left to buy all the mules be-
She can in any one year buy at
their assessed valuation New Wexico,
Arizona, North Dakita, Montana, Ida-
ho, and Wyoming and if given but half
a chance, can pay off every mortgage
in this glorious country of ours. Every
word of this is true, the facts coming
from the Secretary of Agriculture. If
the farmer will now turn his attention
to the improving of his poultry he will

be enabled to buy more land, have a

First prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel
at Topeka, Kan., state show, owned by
W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Kan.

12

One of the poultry buildings used by
J. C. Baker, Richfield, I1.; shows also
his White Holland turkeys.

fat bank account and provide his fam-
ily with many Juxuries that are now im-
possible.

The editor this
ranged with me to furnish one article

of paper has ar-
a month for the coming three months,
upon subjects of practical interest to
every person who owns a chicken. This
series will embrace a study of those
things that you must know if you are
to make success crown your efforts.
Over fifteen years constant study in the
poultry yard, during which time many
hard knocks have followed many mis-
takes, has given to me that experience
that enables me to write those things
that will save the reader time and mon-
ey. I will show how to get out of the
hen all the money possible for her to
earn, and the easiest way to reach this
much desired goal. I have made poul-
try pay and I will tell you how to do
it. Theories and experiments will find
no place here. On paper it looks easy
to hen do but
practice she won't do it. A hen
“<tubboruer” creature than a mule.

so and so, in

make a
is'a

While 1 have had at my command all
of the best literature written upon the
subject, and while it has been of much
value to me, I have learned that the
every day study in the poultry yard is
the only way in which one can gain
that experience necessary to great suc-
I will tell you my methods but
you must put them into practice in the
yard.

cess.

First of all this statement must be
accepted as true: If we are to have
perfect success with poultry the chick-
en, the goose, the duck or the tur-

key must be a well bred bird or we will
fail to get the legitimate profits that
the business should pay. I can
that the thoroughbred hen is as much

prove

superior to the old time “dunghill,’* as
the Berkshire is superior to the “ra-
It is unnecessary to take
the space to prove it. °Taking it for
granted that you accept my statement

zor-back.”

as true. we will at once begin the study

of our this month’s subject: ‘Stan-

dard Varieties.”
That I may be of greatest benefit to
the reader of this paper I will answer

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

any and all questions that are asked

me. A stamp enclosed will bring a
personal answer, while questions of
general interest J will answer in this

column. Address all communications
to Dr. F. B. VanNuys,
STANDARD VARIETIES.

Your flock now, probably consists of
a lot of mongrel chickens of all kinds
of breeds, but none of which are purely
bred. You must improve your stock
are several ways to do it.
The best way is to buy from some re-

and there

liable dealer a breeding pen of, say six
pullets and a cock. By keeping them
separated from your stock they will in
the course of one year populate your
farm with as many finely bred fowls as
you can care for. This plan may in-
volve the expenditure of more money
than you care to invest and if so, the
next best way is to buy a setting or
more of eggs from a reliable breeder,
making your old mongrel hen do some
good work for once in her life by
But you must
be sure that she is free from lice be-

fore you give her the fine eggs. Or

hatching these eggs.

(Sunshine). Jake Kapser, Clay Cen

variety has been. honored by

choice.

your

F. B. VAN NUYS, M. D._-

Tiffany, Ohio.

Lake Charles, La., Dec. 31, 1901.
Editor Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen-
ter, Neb.
Dear Sir:
per I have read and enjoyed very much,
I have no poultry at present, but I
| love to raise chickens and hope to have
some again when we have a permanent
home. Would someone who has had
experience with raising chickens in the
South tell us all about it? ~Most peo-
ple here tell me this is a poor coun-
try for chickens. Hoping to hear some-
thing about it through your columns,

I am, Very respectfully,
MRS. VAN DEN BOSCH.
(A. Subscriber.)

Three copies of your pa-

OLD, BUT GROWING.

One of the oldest and most thriving
institutions on the Pacific coast is the
Petaluma Incubator Company of Peta-
luma, Cal. An evidence of the growth
of their business is the opening of an
Eastern branch at Indianapolis, Ind.,
where they carry a complete stock of
their machines. This, coupled with the
advantage their factory enjoys adjacent
to the alifornia Redwood forests, en-
ables them to maintain the high stand-
ard of excellence adopted for their ma-
chaines years ago, without increased
cost to the consumer.

We know our readers will be inter-
ested in a few facts regarding this con-
In the territory west of the
Rocky mountains they sell more incu-
bators and brooders than all other
makes combined. The largest poultry
and ostrich farmers in that section are

ceri.

ter, Neb., breeds Golden Laced Wyan- | — —

dottes that will win for you sure.

you can buy a thoroughbred male or
two and by allowing them to run with
your will the of
time have a fairly good stock at a very
nominal Or, wik

and want to begin, you

flock you in course

cost. have
all,
can fellow the plan of the Yankee made
famous by Fannie Fern.

you no

chickens at

He borrowed
an old broody hen from one neighbor,
a setting of eggs from another and by
putting the two together got a fine lot
of chicks. But the eggs had to be re-
turned, so she kept the hen until she
laid enough eggs to pay the debt, when
she discharged the obligation and was
well launched in the business.

Next month we will study in detail
the standard varieties in each class, and
be ready to consider the best methods
of making them~pay, no matter which

A 92% Barred Plymouth Rock cock-
erel bred by C. M. Hulburt, Fairbury,
Neb., who won first on cockerel at the
Nebraska state show at Lincoln, and
exhibited 116 birds,

The Petaluma Incubator

using the Petaluma exclusively. The
success of this machine in ostrich incu-
bation is unequaled and they give the
best satisfaction in every climate and
altitude. Their foreign trade is prob-
ably the largest of any incubator com-
pany in the country. -Large shipments
have been made this past season to
Australia, China, Japan, Philippines and
Sandwich Islands, also to various
South and Central American countries.
It is interesting to know also that a
number of their machines are in con-
stant operation in Alaska and they are
now negotiating for representation in
Great Britain.

A word about the machine itself. It
is the pioneer incubator among those
advertised and sold today. It was the
first machine made of California red-
wood selection. All the heaters are
copper, the walls are double cased,
lined throughout with heavy jute board
asbestos sheeting, deadening felt, and
the snace between the cases is packed
with wool. The machine is self venti-
lating and self regulating and has a
special feature in a self diffusion of
heat. Another feature is that the top
of the machine is clear of all regulat-
ing mecan'sm, the lever ! cing located
beneath the machine.

The Petaluma Company prepay
freight to all points in the United
States, and no one need hesitate order-
ing through any uncertainty on this
point. They issue a large and com-
plete catalogue which they mail free
to all who write them. One feature of
the catalogue is an article entitled “A
B't of Incubator History,” that will in-
terest every one. We urge our readers
to write the nearest office for a cata-
logue, which will be sent by return
mail.

Address Petaluma Incubator Co., Box
——, Petaluma, Cal., or Box , In-
dianapolis, Ind., and mention this pa-
per.

F. W. Crowell of Granger, Minn.
has been one of our advertisers since
the INVESTIGATOR was first issued.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Mr. Crowell breeds Buff Orpingtons
and has been very successful this win-
ter in the show room, winning first and
second cockerel, first and second hen,
first, second, third and fourth pullet
and first pen. Mr. Crowell’s birds are
extra large sized and fine in color.

John Nauman of Red Lake
Falls, Minn., wrote us on Feb. 8:
“Please take my advertisement
out of the INVESTIGATOR as I
have already sold all the Games
Ican spare and am getting more
inquiries than I like to answer
from all over the south and west.
The INVESTIGATOR is a fine ad-
vertising medium.”’

C. EK. Dunlap of Liberal, Kas.,
writes under date Feb. 24: ‘‘Iam
thoroughly convinced there is
not a better advertising medium
than the PouLTRY INVESTIGATOR.
It brings better results than the

of Chicago or any other
paper. It has brought me in-
quiries from every section, even
as far east as Massachusetts.”

W. L. Palmer, editor of The
Sun, published at Clay Center,
Neb., says in the Feb. 28 issue:
“Tt affords us pleasure to an-
nounce that the PouttTry INvVEs-
TIGATOR of this city is booming
both in circulation and as an ad-
vertising medium. 4,000 were
added to its circulation in the
month of February.”’

Mort Crawford, Pool, Ky.,
says: “I think the PouLrry IN-
VESTIGATOR best and cleanest
up-to-date poultry paper that
comes to my desk. I received
the worth of my money out of the
first Ccupy you sent me ’’

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COC CCCCECECCECCES

The winnings of J. T: Rein. It at the
Mitchell show recently held were as
as follows: Frst and second cock, first,
second end third hen, first, second and
third pullet, first, second and th rd pen,
scoring about 95 points, and five spe-
cials on R.C W. Leghorns. Mr. R in-
elt has some coc erels but no pullets
for sale. He is vice president of the
association at Mitchell and is a very
prominent breeder.

L:st month A. B. Evan, plecod his
ad with us for the first time with the
understanding that if he received good
results from the same he would come
back with us again, and we are glad to
note that he has continued his ad in

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the March number. Mr. Evans breeds
Barred Plymouth Rocks exclusively,
and they have been winners at McCook,
Kearney, Friend, and Lincoln. Mr.
Evans is a very successful breeder and
any of our patrons will not miss it if
they place their orders with him. He
is located at Heartwell, Neb.

The Noxall Incubator & Brooder Co.,
Quincy, Ills., have space in this issue
and request us to say that they have
thousands of sworn testimonials from
people using the Maxwell.

Absolutely self-regulating; when the
heat raises above 103 it is taken direct
ly away from the egg chomber. They
also manufacture the Eclipse Bantam
Incubator and Brooder Combined, man-
ufactured in three sizes, 50 100 and 200
egg size; they are very convenient be-
cause incubator and brooder run and
yard are all combined; they are ex-
tremely low in price. Send for their
large catalogue, which will be sent
free if you mention this paper. It
gives a remedy for every known poul-
try disease. Don’t forget the name —
Noxall Incubator & Brooder Co., Quin-
cy, Ill.

Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw, Nebr.
Importer and breeder of Buff Orping-
tons. If you want something good,
write her.

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PPSSHSSSHHSHF SSF FHSSPOOOOOSD

: TOULOUSE GEESE . .
. « By Ruth Lynoh

SOSH OSES SSE SE SFOS SSS SOOOOD

These geese are much more profit-
common ones, being the
largest of the The mature
pure bred hirds sometimes weigh fifty
They have dark slate
colored heads, while the
breast is a light gray and the under
part of the body white.

This branch of the poultry business
is somewhat neglected in most parts of
this country and offers good returns.

Geese should have a pasture of their
own and a fence three and one-half
feet high will confine the Toulouse. A
piece of swamp or marsh land that is
worthless for anything else is an ideal
place for them, but an old worn out
field or pasture on the upland will do
very well if plenty of water and some
shade is provided for them. They are
great foragers and must have plenty of
green stuff and prefer bulky food to
grain. After they are grown they do
well the entire summer on just grass
and water. During winter feed some
grain and plenty of chopped vegeta-
bles, cabbage, clover, hay, etc. In buy-
ing geese it is well to get well mated
old ones, and although they naturally
pair, three geese may be kept with
one male. As the old geese are bet-
ter mothers, their eggs produce stron-
ger goslings and the young are always
in demand in the market, it pays to
keep the old birds for breeding for
many years, as long as they are active
and vigorous.

able than the

goose tribe.

peunds per pair.

necks and

In February or March the old goose
will be seen carrying bits of straw

Secoud prize White Rock cockerel at
Lincoln Jan. 20 to 25, in a class of 115
birds owned by. J. D. Hall, David City,
Neb.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

around in her bill with which to make
a nest. If she is shut in a large box
or roomy coop until she lays, she will
usually return to deposit the rest of her
eggs. It seldom pays to give the eggs
to hens as they do not seem to suc-
ceed as well in raising goslings as the
old geese themselves.

Goslings should be fed regularly on
a mixture of ground oats, corn meal
and wheat bran, moistened with milk
water, also some cooked and
mashed turnips and potatoes, with
some scraps of mean occasionally. Af-
ter grass comes they will require very
little other food. In cold weather,
warm the drinking water for the little
ones to prevent cramps, and do not al-
low them water to swim in until they
become feathered out, as they are eas-
ily chilled. Provide a warm, dry place
for them at night. Young geese should
be penned up to fatten about two
weeks before selling. Feed three times
a day on bran, corn meal and ground
oats, scalded. Also feed chopped clov-
er once a day. RUTH LYNCH.

or

How I Think We Should Handle
Our Breeding Stock to
Obtain the Best
Results

By MRs. Jacos HuGuHes, Jr.

Don’t make captives of your fowls
but allow them full liberty of the place.
Don't keep but one variety on the
same farm or lot. Don’t let this awful
“hobby” of line-breeding scare you so
that you come to the conclusion that
you can’t raise prize winners unless
you line-breed. By experimenting you
will find out that you can. Don’t think
that you can make money out of your
poultry unless you spend money for
good poultry. Call your stock and cull
it very closely. Some people in look-
ing over their stock never can see any
culls. But there is none so blind as
those that don’t want to see.

Don’t advertise your eggs and stock
as first class and keep stock enough to
supply eggs for the fancier and _ the
market too, for you can’t do both and
do it successfully. I tried keeping
some of my best stock penned last
spring and allowed some the range of
the farm and the result was I raised
better birds from those that had their
liberty than I did from those I kept
penned, and from comparatively poor
stock. I resolved right then that I

would cull down my stock this spring
until I only kept a dozen hens, if it was
necessary, and allow them their free-
om.

First prize hen at Topeka, Kan.,
owned by M. L. Canfield, Belleville,
Kan., the man who has won more
prizes on White Plymouth Rocks this
winter than any breeder in the west.

Eggs from stock kept penned are to
a great degree infertile and the chicks
hatched are little, frail weakly things
and subject to disease and death. If
you keep your stock penned you are
always having to re-fill egg orders at
half price or some thing to that effect.
I have not come any ways near making
back the money I have spent on im-
proving my White Langshans and I
can see where I can still improve. The
rest of you are all probably in the same
boat if you will only speak the truth.
Beware of those advertisers who al-
ways have perfection and can not make
any improvement on their stock. I
have bought stock from just such
breeders and paid blue-ribbon prices
for them and before I seen them I just
“thot,” “Well when those fine birds get
here I expect they will make my birds
run off and hide. But when they were
sent to the show room the hiding went
the other way. My birds got Ist pre-
mium and their stock 3rd and one pul-
let was disqualified. So you can see
from this one incident that it is not al-
ways the perfection breeders that al-
ways have the best. I did not keep the
stock and the party returned my mon-
ey. The main thing is for us to be-
come acquainted with the breed or
breeds we are handling and then we
will he better prepared to know wheth-
er we really have good stock and and
in buying to know whether we get our
money’s worth. I try to never write
anything for the Investigator readers
to read only those things that I have
fornd to be true by experience. Keep
good breeding stock and give them

range and good results is sure to fol-
low.

- on

Two Days in the Show Room
By Mattie Webster

RAAB GAAS)

What a bright, beautiful morning
was that of January 8th, with just the
faintest breath of winter in the air; the
glad sunshine was conducive to light
spirits and happy minds, then, we were
glad, too, because of anticipations en-
tertained of an exceedingly good time
“today and tomorrow,” for were we
not on our way to take the train to the
city where the poultry show was be-
ing held? We enjoyed the five mile
drive so much that we almost wished
we had planned to drive the entire
distance—twenty-six miles—instead of
going in the train. Reaching our des-
tination, after satisfying the cravings
of appetite we inquired the way to the
show room, and bent our steps thither-
ward without the loss of any time. Our
birds had preceded us and after pre-
senting the “sentinel” at the door with
our card, we were at liberty to enjoy
the pleasure of the show. We did not
have time to feel embarrassed or
strange, for, scarcely had we entered
when acquaintances and show-room
friends of other years began to crowd
around us, and as we listened to the
kindly words of greeting we felt very
much at home.

The hall was large and well lighted,
and although we were told that over
five hundred birds were on exhibition
they were not in the least crowded. On
either side of the broad aisles were
rows of exhibition coops containing the
very cream of many breeders’ and fan-
ciers’ yards. Slowly we made our way
around the room looking for our
“white beauties,’ and when we found
them they were thrown in the straw in

First prize Buff Cochin hen at Ne-
braska state: show owned by C. K.
Davis, Columbus, Neb.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

their coops, and did not seem to fret
or worry because of imprisonment in
such confined quarters. Perhaps they
had been exchanging greetings and
bits of personal history with the “lord-
ly” Langshans just opposite them,
across the aisle. The inmates of every
coop in the hall were worth look-
ing at and we admired and_ praised
them all; but coops containing fowls
of like breeds as ours found us most
often before them. What a din there
was; one could scarcely hear their own
voice! But the crowing of the males,
the singing and cackling of the Biddies,
and the voices of the poultry enthusi-
asts all intermingled was music to our
ears, because of interest in, and love
for the fowls.

Cards were exchanged and new ac-
quaintances made—in the show room
breeders do not wait for formal intro-
ductions—and soon strangers of a few
moments before are deep in the most
friendly converse, the general subject
of which is poultry. Experiences with
fowls, their care and management, are
related and experiments that have been
made along different lines of the work,
and their results, are talked over. Sug-
gestions made, helpful ideas are re-
ceived and stored away in some one of
memory’s “‘pigeon-holes” for future
use, and breeders of the same breed or
varieties compare and discuss the qual-
ities and characteristics of each others’
birds. Seldom is a breeder met with
in the exhibition hall that is blind to
the good points in other breeders’
fowls, or seeing them is averse to
speaking of them. As a rule the breed-
ers we meet in the show room are gen-
erous, unselfish and kindly. The breed-
er likes to win the ribbons—that is the
motive that impelled to the effort to
prepare and place his (or her) birds
side by side with others that are there
because of some fond hope entertained,
but failing to win, defeat is borne
pleasantly and cheerfully. Near a win-
dow we see the judge, arrayed in linen
duster, silently and rapidly deciding the
fate of bird after bird. For a little
while we stand and watch him, as he
examines and marks the different sec-
tions, often wondering the “why” of
some cut made but not wishing to in-
terrupt or disturb the judge we just try
to learn all we can by observation with-
out attempting conversation with him.
One is not allowed to tack cards on
his or her exhibition coops if so de-
siring, because judges are counted hon-
est and impartial, and so even knowing
whose fowls they are scoring does not
influence the markings in the least. Of-

ten I have watched the judge at work,
and I do not think any one I have ever
noticed the

seen scoring birds ever

First prize White Rock cock at To-
peka, Kan., state show, owned by M.
Ll. Canfield, Belleville, Kan.

—

names on the coops as they were
brought to him, or showed the least
partiality, and we breeders, in most in-
stances, accept his judgment as right,

enjoying triumph if successful, or
meeting defeat cheerfully, congratu-
lating our more fortunate rival. Win-

ning should not puff up neither should
defeat discourage or dishearten. The
show room “lightning does not always
strike in the same place;” the defeated
of this year may be the winner of next
year. We have learned that success in
the exhibition hall is not an accidnt,
but the rsult of constant and ardous
work of hands and brain; and that in
no place is so much useful information

acquired as in the show room. Once in
a while some breeder says: “I don’t
believe in showing my poultry; don’t

think it does any good. Now I do be-
lieve it does a breeder great good to
exhibit his or her birds. If the fowls
are excellent in quality ribbons may be
won, and the crowds surging through
the showroom see the coops
adorned and pause to see the name up-
on them and can you call this anything
but an advertisement of the breeder's
stock? It is a ¢ od advertisement and
may “bear much fruit” in the way of
future sales. I think it pays to exhib-
it even if no honors‘are won, for if the
breeder’s stock is inferior, is ‘t not to
that breeder’s advantage to |no-v it,
so that better quality birds may be ob-
tained to replace those that are not
worthy a place in the show room? Our
two days were spent very pleasantly
and profitably and the memory of them
will encourage to greater effort toward
improving cur flock, and will make the
work of the coming season easier be-
cause of the expectation, if all is well,
of a repetition of our good times an-
other year.

so

MATTIE WEBSTER.

First prize Buff Orpington pullet at
Topeka, Kan., and second prize at Lin-
coln, Neb., bred and owned by Mrs.
Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb.

POSTS SSOF ESOS SSE FOSOF OOOO OS

Yarded Birds and Good Results

By Mrs. J. B. Jones

ee ee ee ee ee ee

Now is the time to get your yards
made up ready for this year’s work,
and as this is a very particular part of
the work if we wish to be successful.
Now only the best can go in this
company. If one has had experience
and can rely on our own judgment we
can take the Standard of Perfection
and mate our own yards. If not it is
best to get someone who does under-
stand mating for best results. Select
the best females and then if no male
bird seems good enough buy one of
some reliable hreeder. Write him a
plain letter, describing your females;
take time and paper, no difference if it
takes five pages; then he can select one
to suit your hens so much better than
if you merely say you wish to buy and
want one of the best, for the best
means a pretty good price and some-
times you cannot afford so much and
perhaps you could do with a cheaper
bird after asking this question and re-
ceiving a reply with prices out of your
reach you will more than likely say
“They want too much; I won’t buy of
them,” where, if your letter had con-
tained a description you would have
gotten several prices and could have
selected the birds suiting the price you
wished to pay. One can sometimes
get good stock for little money. It is
the exception not the rule. where one
has been years building a strain of
fowls that can win in good company,
will reproduce themselves each year,
so you can form a fair idea of the com-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

ing year’s stock. This confidence is
only attained by close study and much
labor. Some disappointments bravely
met, for this stock is in good demand,
and prices are not very low, especially
for the best.

When one gets stock or eggs from
these parties, don’t think we are only
getting a few chickens. We get a part
of their reputation. Our buyers ask
where did you get your stock, and if
from some prominent breeder all the
better for you. It pays to buy the
best for our yards. One can raise a
good number of chickens from six
hens and a cockerel, can spare a few
settings of eggs and have so much
pleasure from them that it does not
pay anyone to bother with scrub hens.
The returns are so much greater. Last
year from one yard of eight pullets
mated with a two-year-old bird I sold
ten settings of eggs, fifteen eggs to the
setting; set a number of settings my-
self for this was one of my best yards;
had no complaints from customers;
some letters of praise; all hatched well.
One can readily see this pays for one’s
time and care and yarded birds must
have extra care and regular feed if they
do their best. Keep an eye on the egg
basket and see it keeps well filled.
Only by selecting our best layers can
we do this. My experience has been
the best breed and most symmetrical
and those nearest standard require-
ments are the best layers and bring
the best prices. MRS. J. B. JONES.

Abilene, Kan.

Egg Markets

We read and we write. We talk and
listen to all kinds of talk about egg
markets. Oh! how we do growl about
cheap eggs in the summer. It is not

First prize Buff Wyandotte cock
owned by C. E. Day, North Bend, Neb.
First at Lincoln, Neb., state show.

A “chalk white’? White Wyandotte
owned by G. B. Clary, Fairbury, Neb.,
at the head of his best breeding pen.
Score 95%.

the market that makes the prices but
the eggs that sets the price a whirling.
In the first place little eggs bring as
much as big ones; we hear the store
keepers say, “an egg is an egg.” So
it goes. Then comes the dirty eggs
—they go to—right in with the clean
ones. Who on earth wants to buy eggs
that are filthy to behold? they would
seem like filth to hold. Here is where
the careless poultry keeper helps to
hurt the markets of good, nice eggs.
Well, that is not all; here comes the
rotten eggs. the half incubated ones;
in they go with the good ones and the
purchaser aims to make enough off of
the good ones to make up for the poor
ones. Thus you see how the good
products are crowded out of value and
position on the market. There are
thousands of people in the cities who
would gladly give 12 to 15 cents per
dozen all summer for good, fresh, clean
eggs right from your yards. Rotten
eggs act on the egg market like oleo.
does on the butter market. The one
who sells rotten eggs is like the good
sister that used to drop shirt buttons
in the church collection basket. Rot-
ten eggs are only counterfeit eggs and
should be treated accordingly. Well,
let the good and bad together mix,
but for my part I would rather keep the
eggs separated anyway. “Well,” you
say, “how can we?” It can be done,
but how soon I cannot say.

In the first place, sell your eggs to
customers upon the merits of the eggs
and not on the merits of the markets.
Have your eggs branded from whose
yards they come and the date. And
see to it that the eggs are the best.
If you can’t sell direct to the users, let
your grocer make up a case every little
while of “Select Hen Fruit.” Let each
person have a little rubber stamp and

stamp the name and date upon each
egg that is sold, and if there is a faulty
one found in the case it can be easily
told from whom it came. Or labels
about the size of postage stamps could
be got and put on very rapidly. To be
sure, where the ranch afforded a whole
case of eggs every few days, it would
be unnecessary to mark each egg. Sim-
ply mark the case and nail it up your-
self. Years ago, bee keepers adopted
the label method in order to protect
themselvees. Butter makers do so, and
in fact almost all first-class articles
bear the name of the producer. Why
can't the eggs do likewise? Then there
is another phase of the subject: In sum-
mer we have too many eggs; why
could they not be canned in form of
lunch merchandise, canned boiled eggs,
alreay seasoned, etc.? Or fried ham and
eggs just the same as pork and beans,
and so many such things that are now
upon the market. It seems to me
here is a chance for a great Western
industry. I am pleased to read the
articles of professional fanciers, but as
I can’t reach the realm of that kind of
authorship, I shall have to content my-
self chinking in a few off-hand remarks
now and then to change the tune.
Fancy poultry is good, profitable and
a pleasure, but old farm biddy and her
common, every day egg is everybody’s
friend. JAMES PEARSON,
Germantown, Neb.

Poultry Chats

By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard.

Pullets that are intended for breed-
ing, wheth4t pure bred or common
stock, should be selected with care.
To begin with they should be hatch-
ed as early as possible. The usual
custom among those having common
stock, when a “fry’’ is wanted, is to
kill the largest one in the flock. Thus

First prize S. L. Wyandotte pullet at
Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W.
Gause, Emporia, Kas.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

17

E. B. Day’s, North Bend, Neb., second prize Buff Wyandotte hen at Nebraska

state show at Lincoln Jan. 20-25, 1902.

all the very best early cockerels are
eaten, and often the pullets from the

early hatches find their way to the
frying pan.

Those very early, thrifty birds are
the ones that should be kept for
breeding purposes. By the time they
are needed they have become full

grown and have acquiesced bone and
muscle, while the weather is warm
and favorable.

During the fall and winter months
those early hatched pullets will lay
their first eggs, and by the time breed-
ing season comes will be at their very
best to furnish eggs for hatching. This
is something that every poultry raiser
needs to think of. Our earliest, best
matured pullets will give us the most
satisfaction as breeders. The chicks
from mature birds are stronger and
more easily raised than are those from
stunted, half-sized stock.

Now, I don’t want anyone to imag-
ine for a moment that I favor the use
of sickly birds for our tables. All
such should be cared for until they
are well and healthy or killed and
thrown off some place away from all
the others. Sometimes chicks become
stunted and will probably never make
nice, full-sized birds, but are all right
to eat. You would never know the
difference when they are cooked, and
one might better kill two such birds
than one of the thrifty ones. The
same rule will apply to the cockerels,
the most thrifty, large, active birds
should be kept for breeding purposes.

Again, we should never kill our
thrifty hens that work and sing all

day. Their combs are red and their
eyes are bright and their feathers are
well groomed. They would make a
good meal, but the idle, fat one, that
sits around all day, too shiftless to
hunt, will make a better dinner, and
the flock will be much more profitable
without her.

Those fast growing chicks usually
come from thrifty hens, and if care is
taken along those lines, our flocks of
farm poultry would be much improv-
ed, and our well filled egg basket go
much more oftener to market.

Farmers in general do not realize
what the hens or egg money really
amounts to. They can open their
eyes very wide at the amount of
money it takes to keep the house run-
ning at a time when there are no eggs
to turn off. Don’t imagine I see all
this at home; I can see lots of things
in the homes of others, and know
many a wife who supplies most of the
groceries, besides many of the little
luxuries for herself and daughters
that would probably be denied if the
husband were asked for money to pur-
chase them.

I have wandered away from the sub-
ject I started on, but that don’t mat-
ter, I can take it up at another time,
if I find something worth writing
about.

It would make me very tired to be
obliged to ask a man for all the money
I needed to use, and I know there are
many more like me. With poultry,
any farm wife who has a little get-
up and rustle about her can have some

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ineome of her own.

A short time ago we had one of
our poultry journal friends from near
Denver come to make us a call. Among
the things he told us was this: that
a year or two ago he had told his wife
“those hens just ate their heads off.”
When the first of January came, she
asked for grain to be weighed out
her, and during the year kept a strict
account of everything the hens ate,
also of everything sold. When Jan-
uary again rolled around she knew
just what those seven dozen hens had
done for her. The balance on the
credit side of her account was $75.
Our caller said he was fully convinced
that the hems had not eaten their
heads off, and is now willing to help
plan and build yards and houses; even
willing when he was away from home
to hunt around among poultry breed-
ers to see if something better than
they had at home could not be found.
They found in dressing poultry for the
city market the marks left from dark
pin feathers were not liked by pros-
pective buyers, therefore he was hunt-
ing white birds to replace the colored
ones. By so doing they would have
something that would sell more read-
ily, and a little higher price could be
asked for. It pays to supply our mar-
ket with the best and not the poorer
grades of poultry.

Why Did I Start in the Poultry
Business

This is a hard question for me to an-
swer. I can never remember the day
I did not love the downy little balls
that grew into nice chicken, that is, if
I did not love chickie to death.

In 1881 mother raised twelve Brown
Leghorn pullets that would not go to
the (shed I would call it now) hen

Buff Rock cock owned by W. J. Ker-
senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of
second prize at Nebraska state show at
Lincoln,

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house, but staid under the wood shed.
That fall mother was so sick and frail
her sister in California sent for us to
visit her and stay a year, which mother
and I did. Father banked the house.
In one corner they made a nest. Ey-
ery day all winter there were twelve
eggs in that nest. Eggs was a good
price that winter and this was some-
thing new. Father got interested in
poultry for the first time, raised a nice
lot of chicks himseli that summer.

A brother of my mother owned a
1500 acre ranch. His wife was a poul-
try crank, her neighbors said. I staid
with uncle six months then. I had nev-
er filled an egg case, as 15 to 20 dozen
was the most eggs mother had ever
sold at one time. You can’t imagine
how big I felt the first time Auntie
asked me to fill an egg case on her
cool porch all alone. They were sent
to Sacrament6, 20 miles away, the next
day she got a check. My! it was a lot
of money, and just think, I put every
egg in the three egg cases. Chickens
and turkeys all went the same way, the
money was all Auntie’s, such a lot!

Mother and I talked and _ planned
and when we came home we worked
and planned. In two years we had sold
all old hens and cockerels. With this
money we bought lumber and _ nails,
four window sash 8x10. Father and
brother built a new hen house 12x20,
5 feet high, with a double roof, the
roof was corn stalks and straw. The
next year it was shingled. (It is a
good building now.) All this time we
were getting eggs the year around,
paying for all our groceries and most
of our clothes, after mother gave up
on account of her health I did the best
I could raising chickens. Two years
I raised ducks. Hot weather caused a
great loss of 150 little ducks. I raised
90 nice ones, but gave them up. Tur-
keys the first year were enough for me.

Father has always made coops and
feeding racks just as I wanted them.
Mother so often said if I had only had
coops like yours 20 years ago, but no
one ever thought of making anything
nice for just hens.

Mrs. Webster, I agree with you; I
do like to be independent; I don’t have
to raise chickens. It is a pleasure to
do the work. My chickens like to be
with me. When I talk to them they
will answer in chicken language. Two
years ago I got a $20.00 bookcase af-
ter the poultry was sold in the fall;
in the spring I got a $16.00 dresser
with egg money. Both are golden oak.
I have got lots of things I show my
friends with pride. Last year I got an
incubator. It is just fine; at least, I
think so: I hatched 755 chicks out of

804 fertile eggs. How is that for a

new hand with an incubator? Only
two cripples for the whole season.
In a few weeks I am in hopes to own
a bone cutter paid for with egg money.
I sent a 30-dozen case to Chicago to-
day. MISS BELLE UTLEY.

New Hampton, Ia.

MRS. J. W. GAUSE’S WINNINGS.

First Silver Wyandotte pullet at To-
peka, 1902, score 93.

First Silver Wyandotte hen at state
show, Topeka, 1901, score 94 by
Rhodes. First at Topeka, 1902, score
93. Bred and owned by Mrs. J. W.
Gause, Emporia, Kan.

First cock at state show, Topeka,
score 91, cut % for frosted wattles and
¥5 for rough on legs. He won first at
state show, Topeka, as cockerel, score
9514. This cock will head my first prize
per. Mrs. J. W. Ganse, Emporia, Kan.

First Silver Wyandotte pullet at
state show, Topeka, 1902, score 93, bred
and owned by Mrs. J. W. Ganse, Em-
poria, Kan.

A WORD IN TIME.

We have just received a copy of Rip-
ley’s 1902 Breeders’ Supply and Spray-
er Catalog, which is a very complete
book, no breeder or farmer should be
without it, as it contains dozens of ar-
ticles that will save labor and increase
the profits to the breeder, if they are
used. One machine in particular that
is needed by every poultry breeder is
Rippley’s Whitewashing, Painting and
Spraying Machine, a cut of which we
insert, as we think that it is to the in-
terest of our readers to know that
there has at last been a machine placed
on the market at a reasonable price
that will whitewash buildings to perfec-
tion, and do it far better and save
three-fourths the time and labor over
the old way of applying with a brush.
It is also a fine machine for spraying
trees, plants, gardens, etc, and will
doubly pay for itself in a short time.
We note that it is used and endorsed
by such noted breeders as A. G. Dus-
ton, U. R. Fishel, Sid Conger and
many others. In order to get this ma-
chine introduced, please not the special
offer in their advertisement on another
page of this issue.

We are pleased to recommend the
Rippley Hardware Company, Box 7,
Grafton, Ill., to the readers of our pa-
per, as we know them to be a very re-
liable firm, and any orders entrusted
to them will be promptly filled. Mail
five cents in stamps and get copy of
their 1902 Bredders’ Supply and Spray-
er Catalog.

From Solomon Valley, Kas.

Poultry Investigator: Perhaps a few
words from the Solomon Valley of
Kansas would not be amiss in your
valuable columns. In the first place,
let me say, while you are not listening
that many of us think the Investiga-
tor is one of our very best poultry
papers, especially for the great West.
Well, in regard to poultry matters in
this part of Kansas, in one of the best
portions of our state, allow me to say
that there has been a general awaken-
ing to the business. The talk now is:
“Where can I get pure stock?” In-
stead of being content with “scrub,”
“mixed,” and common-bred fowls, the
demand is more for “‘line-bred’” pure
stock. A great many are learning the
meaning of such terms as “line-bred,”
“double-mating and single-mating.”
There is not much use in trying to win
at shows unless the exhibitor follows
the business of breeding exhibition
birds in a scientific way. The old farm
way was comparatively good enough to
raise a vigorous lot of birds, but there
was very little uniformity in color of
plumage, shape and other points in the
flocks. One man would have a flock
of Plymouth Rocks—so called—and he
thought them fine; but when we ob-
served them in regard to scoring they
were more like an _ old-fashioned
“Dominick” lot than like the Plym-
outh Rocks. Another would have the
same kind as he would call them, but
there were the leg and toe feathers,
showing that while the plumage was
tolerably fair, the Brahma or Cochin
admixture was also there. Of course
the fowls were large and good as there
were. So we found them in the past,
and so we find them at present among

A White Rock hen owned by J. D.
Hall, David City, Neb.; score 95%.
Hall breeds nothing but the best.

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the best of breeders for market, only.
But now the inquiry is for not only
pure breeds, but for the line-bred fowl
of whatever variety the fancier may se-
lect. We have learned that score cards
are as necessary to the business of
raising and selling stock to the best ad-
vantage as it is to advertise in poultry
or farm papers the stock for sale. It
stock offered for sale as pure stock
scores only 80-90, the owner might as
well sell to poultry dealers, and be
done with it. While of course such
scores are better than no scores at all,
it is far better to breed from the high-
er scoring ones, as then the progeny
will more likely be superior stock, and
fit for exhibition birds. That mysteri-
ous law of “breeding back,” as it is
called, is hard to be understood. We
see it manifested in all nature by care-
ful, common sense methods, and this is
what may be termed “line breeding,”
“double mating,” and “single mating.”
It is virtually the selection of the fit-
test in color, markings and shape. As
I understand it, it does not mean to

breed to the same exact color or
shape; it may be breeding a certain
type of color and other necessary

points, to a lighter, darker or medium
condition, to obtain the best results.
There is something more than clean,
yellow legs and barred plumage re-
quired in a Plymouth Rock. The feath-
ers must be barred to the skin, the
comb must be serregated just right,
and not be too large, and the lightest
fuzz of feather or black spots on legs
and toes lessens the scores,even if they
do not disqualify. Now some reader
may say, that man has high scoring
Plymouth Rocks for sale and he has
put his ‘ad’ into the Investigator.
But I have not a pure Rock of any kind
whatever; nor do I expect to raise
them. They are grand fowls, and the
best known of all pure breeds, and I
have simply used them as an illustra-
tion of what is required in high scor-
ing. In other words, “The Standard’
requires certain points, and these must
be met by the breeder of pure stock, or
else he might as well give his “shingle”
to the winds, and cut his “ad” on a
tree in his back lot, for the poultry to
look at. Now I say that in view of
these facts we are all waking up and
getting out of the ruts, and we mean
to renew the whole business. The in-
terest in pure stock had comewhat les-
sened in the Solomon Valley from what
it had been five to eight years ago; but
many have expressed themselves favor-
able to building up again.

At our Glasco Poultry and Pet Stock
exhibition, which came off Jan. 1 to 4,

we had a fair showing. The severe
cold and the scarcity of corn discour-

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Second prize hen at state show at
Lincoln, Neb., ina class of 116 B. P.
Rocks, owned by F. C. Hinman, Friend,
Neb.

aged many who had expected to bring
their stock. Such a lot of frosted
combs as there was at the time, hin-
dered also. We were somewhat disap-
pointed in not having Judge Harris
with us to do the scoring, but we had
an excellent substitute in Mr. David
Larson of Wahoo, Neb. He under-
stands his business and was fair in his
scores. Besides he is courteous and 1s
willing to explain as he goes along in
his work. We wish him success in his
profession. The receipts of all kinds
paid all the premiums and all expenses,
with a little left over to sprout in the
treasurer's hands, and grow for anoth-
er show next winter. I secured a few
subscribers for the Investigator, and
could have secured more, if my duties
as secretary had not hindered me.
Success to the Investigator.
BENJ. F. McMILLAN, Sec’y,
Glasco Poultry Asso.

POSITIVE SeROOE
COUNTS.
Quincy, Ill., May 22, 1899.
Noxall Incubator and Brooder Co.
Your incubator has proved very sat-
isfactory. It is simple and self-regu-
lating. I hatched 195 chicks out of 200
eggs. I am sure it will hatch every
fertile ege if operated according to in-
structions, which are very simple. I
recommend the Noxall, and prefer it to
all others—and I have seen all the lead-
ing incubators that are manufacturer at
the present time.
J. W. MORTZOLF.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22d day of May, 1899.
JOHN A. ALLEN, J. P.
Mr. Mortzolf made this hatch when
he was living at Cherryvale, Kan., and
when he was in Quincy, Ill., he made
affidavit to the same.

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In another column of this paper you
will find the advertisement of A. L.
Pedrick of Ottumwa, Ia. Mr. Pedrick
has been breeding thoroughbred poul-
try for several years and has bred sey-
eral varieties, is one of the best in-
formed men in southern Iowa as to
quality and stock. Mr. Pedrick is
doing quite a good deal of judging
this season and he is open for dates
for the season to come. He breeds
the Blue Prince strain of Barred
Plymouth Rocks and wins largely in
all the shows where he exhibits. Any

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parties wanting something fine in the
Barred Rock class would do well to
correspond with him.

W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Iowa,
won at Kansas state shows for the past
four years the majority of the best pre-
miums, against hot competition in full
classes. 1889, 4 firsts, 2 seconds, 1
third; 1900, 7 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third;
1901, 6 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third, 2 spe-
cials; 1902, 5 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 third,
3 specials.

At Lincoln, Neb., at the state show
our attention was called to the stock of
J. Il. Smith of Cadams, Neb., who
showed Light Brahmas and won first
and third hen, fourth pullet and fifth
cockerel. AtSuperior he won first and
second cock, first, second, and third
hen, first, second and third pullet, first
second, and third cockerel, first and
second pen. First pen scoring 188
points, second pen 187 by Rhodes. He
also won grand sweepstake for the
best 15 birds in the room. Anybody
wanting first class Light Brahmas will
do well to write Mr. Smith.

We are proud to have with us as an
advertiser F. C. Hinman of Friend,
Neb., who has been breeding Barred
Plymouth Rocks for 20 years and has
won a great many premiums in the
largest shows inthe west. At the state
show at Lincolnin January this season,
Mr. Hinman won on Barred Plymouth
Rocks as follows: Second pen, first,
second and third hen, fifth cockerel,
second and fifth pullet. Mr. Hinman
is reliable and any orders placed with
him will receive his prompt attention
and his patrons will get all that they
bargain for. Mr. Hinman keeps the
very best stock that can be found any-
where.

Elsewhere in this paper will be found
the advertisement of D. Ll. Buren, one
of the most extensive pigeon raisersin
Nebraska. Mr. Buren won nearly all
of the prizes at Lincoln and his sales
amounted to quite a large sum of
money. Mr. Buren is an enthusiastic
breeder and his stock is up to date.
Look up his ad.

EK. B. Omohondru of Bowling Green,
Mo., writes that he made a good win-
ning at the Northwestern Missouri
poultry show which was held in Decem-
ber. He writes the following: ‘‘My
success has been better this year than
ever before. I showed 20 birds in a
class of 70 as good as can be found any-
where, and 17 of my birds scored by
Heimlick from 90-2 to 95 points.’’ He
won first and third cockerel, first cock,

second pullet, first on pen, and the W.
R. breeders special, $10, best prize for
best cock, cockerel, two hens, and two
pullets in the Barred Rock class.

F. G. Partington, Northboro, Mass.
This gentleman is trying a new
scheme worked by some fanciers last
season, and he is selling chickens in-
stead of eggs. He ships chickens any
distance up to 1500 miles, and guaran-
tees safe arrival. This is a very good
plan as you donot have to take chances
on eggs hatching, but you have the
chickens already hatched and doing
well.

From a late letter of A. L. Houston,
recently from Keota, Ia., now located
at Red Oak, Iowa., we understand that
he has located permanently at the last
named place and will devote the larger —
part of his time to the breeding of Buff
Orpingtons, and anybody wanting
stock of this kind will do well to cor-
respond with him.

Mrs. Henry Shrader of Berlin, Neb.,
this month changes her ad from breed-
ers’ card to the display column, and
finds that the INVESTIGATOR pays as an
advertising medium. Mrs. Shrader
won first on Orpington pullet at the
Kansas state show and second pullet at
Nebraska state show. In Black Lang-
shans she won third cockerel at Ne-
braska state show, and third cockerel
and second pen at Kansas state show.

One of the new exhibitors at the re-
cent Nebraska state show was W. J.
Kersenbrock of Columbus, Neb. He
won second cock and second pen in Buff
Rocks, which was one of the best
classes inthe show room. Healso won
first cockerel and third pullet in Cor-
nish Indian Games, fourth cock in Buff
Rocks.

Perfect Chick Feed.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 14, 1902.
W. FE. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.
Dear Sir: Enclosed please find check
for $11.40, which kindly credit. I have
given the poultry men an object lesson
in your chick feed at our poultry show
here four weeks ago. I brought 48
chicks out of the incubator and am
keeping them in the window of the
store and have fed them nothing but
““Chamberlain’s Perfect Chick Feed.’’
I have never seen chicks grow so fast
and I have not lost a chick. Just
weighed one and it weighed 7 ounces.
The boys say they will feed them noth-
ingelse. Thechicksand feed attracted
a great deal of attention.
Yours truly,
L. F. Jones Seed Co,

We had with us last month also L.D.
Metcalf of Wakefield, Nebr., a promi-
nent breeder of Barred Plymouth
Rocks, White and Golden Wyandottes.
Mr. Metcalf is a very extensive breed-
er and has good stock. We are glad to
have him with us.

We are glad to welcome in our col-
umns the name of M. lL. Canfield of
Bellvue, Kas., one of the best breeders
of White Plymouth Rocks in the West.
There is no man that ever exhibited in
the West that has had better success
in winning premiums than Mr. Can-
field. Some four or five years ago, the
editor met this man at Bellvue witha
fine string of birds that took nearly
everything tn their class, and since at
Kansas City this season he won nearly
all of the first premiums; also at Tope-
ka and Lincoln. His birds are pure
white throughout; they are of excel-
lent shape and have good combs. We
produce in the INVESTIGATOR this
month several half tones of his prize
winning birds, and we would recom-
mend Mr. Canfield to any and all par-
ties wanting strictly first class Ply-
mouth Rocks.

One of the most extensive exhibitors
of poultry at Lincoln was that of the
Highland Poultry Farm made by J. D.
W. Hall, manager. These people ex-
hibited White Wyandottes and Barred
P. Rocks, and their stock was strictly
first class. Winnings in the Barred
rock class were as follows: First pen,
second cock, second cockerel, first pul-
let. In the White Wyandottes, they
won first pen, second and third cock,
third hen, second cocerel and Second
pullet.

While at Topeka, Kas., attending
the state show, my attention was called
toa White Wyandotte cockerel owned
by Geo. Getty of Syracuse, Kas., which
was one of the most typical White Wy-
andottes, and the whitest bird the writer
has ever seen. Had he not been a little
bit under size he would have won first
premium easily. This hird was the
next week shown in Chicago, where he
won third prize from a large class.
Please notice the half tone of this won-
derful bird in this issue of the INvEs-
TIGATOR. Mr, Getty has first class
stock in every respect and is a reliable
breeder.

C. M. Hurlburt of Fairbury, Neb.,
comes back this month with four inches
of space, advertising his -uperior strain
of Barred Plymouth Rocks and Mam-
moth Bronze Turkeys. Mr. Hurlburt
made his first exhibit at the Nebraska
state show in January and won first

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cockerel in a large class of 116 of the
best Plymouth Rocks produced in the
west. He also won third tom and
fourth hen on bronze turkeys. Mr.
Hurlburt has given considerable atten-
tion to the breeding of Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks and breeds nothing but
the Ringlet strain.

Another new advertiser this month
is C. J. Beedle of Holdrege, Neb., who
breeds Partridge Cochins. Mr. Beedle
has some very fine birds and will be
glad to fill orders for eggs from his su-
perior matings.

We recently purchased of Mrs. Ella
Patrick of Clay Center, Nebr., her en-
tire stock of Buff Plymouth Rocks and
she has put ina fine flock of fifty Black
Minorcas, and is ready to fill all orders
for eggs that may be placed with her.
She has bought the best and has noth-
ing else. The Minorca is one of the
best of the Mediterranean varieties.

One of the most noted breeders in
the state of Nebraska is Frank Patton
of Surprise, Neb. Mr. Patton has
made a wonderful record this winter.
He showed at the Topeka state show
and at Lincoln state show, and also at
the great show at Chicago, where he
won three prizes At Lincoln the
same week he won first pen, third
cockerel, first and third hen, first and
second cockerel, first, secondand fourth
pullet; and the week previous at the
Kansas ‘City show he won second on
cock, second and third cockerel, first,
second, third and fourth hen, first,
fourth and fifth pullet, second and third
pen. Inthese shows Mr. Patton did not
show the same bird twice, which proves
that his stock of Buff Plymouth Rocks
are superior to any bred in the west.
We are glad to note that he is an ad-
vertiser of the POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Another one of the most prominent
breeders in Nebraska is T L,. Norval
of Seward, Neb., who breeds White
Plymouth Rocks and White -Wyan-
dottes. Mr. Norval this season showed
in Chicago, and also in Lincoln the
same week, winning several prizes in
both exhibits.
~ Some of the most prominent breeders
of poultry in the west are W. H. & M.
EK. Bushell of David City, Neb. In re-
cent years they bred Buff Leghorns
and made a success of them, winning
in such shows as Lincoln, Omaha,
Kansas City, and Chicago, and since
the Buff Orpingtons have come into
prominence they disposed of their Leg-
horns and took up the breeding of Buff
Orpingtons, immigrating nearly all of

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their first breeding stock from Eng
land. They have been very successful.
Last season they exhibited at Chicago
and made some winnings and again
this winter, winning first cock, said to
be one of the finest cocks in America.
They showed the same week at Lincoln,
Winning several premiums. They won
four out of five of the first premiums,
and several of the second at the state
show at Lincoln recently held. ‘They
are very nicely situated for raising
their Orpingtons and have one of the
finest brick pen houses and incubator
houses that lever wasinto. ‘They also
have a brooder house filled inside with
brick and heat by steam, ‘They spare
no money in making their poultry pay
and breed the best that can be procured.
We would recommend them to all peo-
ple who wish to buy Orpingtons of the
highest grade.

Last month we showed a half tone of
a White Lanshan pullet of Mrs. J.
Hughes of Rockport, Mo., and ina de-
scription of the same we wrote Mrs.
Thos Hughes instead of Mrs. J.
Hughes. Mrs. J. Hughes is a very en-
thusiastic breeder of White Langshans
and her stock has won many premiums
in the west. Her winnings at Bowling
Green were first on hen, and third on
cockerel. The competition was very
strong and the half tone that was
shown in our paper was that of her
first prize hen.

Among our new advertisers this
month appears the name of Mrs. Eva
Gingrich of Aurora, Neb. Mrs. Ging-
rich has been a prominent breeder of
Barred Plymouth Rocks for several
years and has won a good majority of
premiums in such shows as Aurora,
Neb., and Clay Center, Neb. She has
a very fine flock of females from which
she is selling eggsat a very reasonable
price for the quality of stock she keeps.
Parties wanting eggs from strictly first
class birds will do well to write her.

C. F. Austin of Dearing, Kas., won
first and third pen, second and third
cockerel, first, second and third pullet
at Coffeyville, and at Chanute he won
first and third pen, first and second
cockerel, first, second and third hen,
second and third pullet. Mr. Austin is
a White Rock specialist and also has
strawberry plants for sale.

We call attention of our readers to
the advertisement of the Oletangy
Poultry Yards of Delaware, Ohio.
These people are well known through-
out the country and are reliable people.
Look up their ad if you are in want of
anything in their class.

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The Mating of Breeding
Pens

[he fanciers and breeders who have
long since learned to perfection a, b,
c of poultrydom and forgotten they
had it to learn, to insure success. need
not read this article, but it will do no
harm for a beginner and possibly be a
help in selecting the breeders for the
season ii they have not already done
so, The object of all matings should
be to constantly eliminate the greatest
fault by selection of individuals of the
highest merit. Each variety of fowls
are mated differently to obta:n certain
results. Here is where the
birds come in to a great advantage.
Color of plumage in all sections and
shape of the variety are scored by a
competent judge, who has devoted
years, perhaps to obtain the knowl-
edge of what an ideal bird should be
of the different breeds. Some has re-
marked “Why I never try to sell
birds in the show room and I always
exhibit.’ First, because I hav far
to ship birds to be scored, which 1s
expensive to ship large numbers. Sec-
ond, under no circumstances, not even
money would I sell my best birds, for
if they are good enough for another's
breeding pens for better birds they
are for mine. The best I have is none
too good for my breeding pens and
when scored by a competent judge
then I can truthfully guarantee eggs
from high scoring birds, where, bet Lt
were to sell the scored ones I could
not. I always have more than a pen
of females scored and extra cockerels,
more than I wish to keep. My first
experience of selecting my breeding
and exhibition birds was as follows: I
first got a Standard of Perfection,
caught the best specimens to my ideas.
Standard in hand I looked each one
carefully for disqualifications,
then the plumage as I understood the
colors should be by reading, color of
eye, beak, legs and toes, last, shape.
This was for the Buff Cochins and R.
Cc. B. L., a pen of one, a trio of the
other. I then went with them to the
show at McCook, Neb. Theo, Hews
was Judge. From the birds I select-
ed they scored from 90 to 93% points,
not a bad score for the first, I don't
think. I yet have the score cards, as
I keep those birds for breeders. Some
were good in wing colors, othrs breast,
etc. I plucked a feather from each of
the best color; then when I selected
more birds for breeders I compared

scored

over

the colors, getting all my birds as near
one color as possible. In the same way
I used scored birds comparing combs,
eyes, legs and toes, also shape. I then

put in the pen ‘the highest scoring male

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bird. This finished the selections for
the breeders. Far better breed from
one or two extra choice hens or pullets
than a dozen of all shapes, color and
sizes. Don’t wait until you have sold
the best birds before selecting the
breeders, better select the breeders
first, then if you have more than need-
ed for your wants, sell them, also the
cockerels. As we learn by experience
then we may branch out for pullet mat-
ings or cockerel matings. Another
good way is to have a judge mate up
the yards. There are no doubt many
improved methods other than the one
I described and as this is the season
for the mating up of yards let us hear
from some of our experienced broth-
ers and sisters. I should like to hear
from some one who breeds Buff Wyan-
dottes, as I am a lover of the buff
varieties.
IDA E. BARD.

lowa Poultry Co. Winnings

DES MOINES FANCIERS’ SHOW.
DEC. 23-28, 1901.

W. Wyandottes—110 birds in class;
1, 2, 3, 4, pullets; 1, 2, 3, 5, hens; 1, 3,
cock; 5, cockerel; 1, 3, breeding pens.
Grand sweepstakes best and largest
display, White Wyandottes. Gold spe-
cial, $15.00, best 10 birds in class; $0
gold specia!, highest scoring pair W.
Wyandottes; $5 gold special, highest
scoring W. Wyandotte cockerel, shape
and color.

B. P. Rocks—1, cockerel; 2, cock; 2,
4, hen; 2 pen.

Part Wyandottes—l, 2, 4, hen; 3,
pullet; 1, cockerel; 1, pen, $5 gold spe-
cial highest pen P. Wyandittes.

R. I. Reds—1, cock; 1, 2, 3, 4, pullet;
1, pen.

White Cochins—1, 2, 3, 4, hen; 3
cock; 1 pen; 7 specials prizes won in
competition with 250 birds.

NEBRASKA STATE SHOW.

W. Wyandottes—l, pen; 2, pullet;
3, hen; 2, cockerel; 2, cock; 3, cock.

B. P. Rocks—1, cockerel; 2, cocker-
el; 2, cock; 1 pullet; 1, pen.

The ten prizes were the most cov-
eted prizes. We took two firsts in en-
tries of 17 pens B. P. R. and Wwandot-
tes, prizes won in competition with
247 birds.

We wish to call the attention of our
readers to the ad of the Iowa Poultry
Co., of Des Moines, Ia. This plant is
fully equipped for handling all varie-
ties of land and water fowls. They
have them all farmed out at separate
farms which insures greater fertility
and vigor. Their birds are find and
buyers will get good value for their
money. Will give bank and personal
references if desired. Send for illus-

W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Kan.,
first prize White Wyandotte cockerel
at Kansas state show at Topeka.

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trated Catalogue and look up their ad
on page -—.

“The Open Door to Success With
Poultry” is the title of the attractive
new catalogue of the Natural Hen In-
cubator company of Columbus, Neb.
It describes the very ingenious and
successful method of hatching chicks
by the Natural Hen Incubator, which
is used in 100,000 poultry yards. A
number of pages in the new catalogue
contain some of the strongest testi-
monials ever written by poultrymen,
relating the remarkable success by the
use of this invention. This device was
patented in October, 1901, and another
patent is now pending. Improvements
have been made from year to year un-
til it has reached a point where the
manufacturer and those who have used
it regard it as nearly perfect. The ex-
pense is merely nominal and everyone
engaged in the poultry business should
post themselves on this method of in-
cubation, as it’s a winner and a money
saver.

Send a postal card for this free cata-
logue. Address Natural Hen Incuba-
tor Co., Columbus, Neb., and mention
this paper.

We have with us Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
Clark of Dallas Center, Ia., breeders of
White Turkeys, Emden Geese, White
Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandotes
and White Guineas. The Clarks are
very enthusiastic poultry breeders and
have good stock.

Among our new advertisers this
month appears the name of L. A. Day,
Bruning, Neb.,a very extensive breeder
of Barred Plymouth Rocks. He is
never contented unless he has the best.

(_ WHLIAM SON-MAFENERCENVER

G. D. McClaskey, Papillion, Nebr.

Introduction

It gives me great pleasure to an-
nounce myself as editor of the pigeon
department of the Poultry Investigator.
This department will be a regular fea-
ture of the paper hereafter and I trust
it will improve from month to month.
There certainly is plenty of room for
more pigeon literature in the West.
There are many farmers and breeders
of good pigeons who are seldom heard
of and I hope, with the assistance of
the officers of our new association to
bring the fanciers closer together, and
in doing this the department will be of
great help. I earnestly request all
fanciers to send me what items of in-
terest they can from month to month
and help make this department inter-
esting to all. I trust it will be better
next month than it is this.

G. D. McCLASKEY.

Nebraska State Pigeon Fanciers
Association

The first annual show of the Neb-
raska Pigeon Fanciers’ Association
was held in connection with the State
Poultry Show at Lincoln, Neb., Janu-
ary 21-24, inclusive. Prior to the show
the association was not permanently
organized and only a few fanciers were
aware of what was being done, conse-
quently the exhibit was small, only
about 100 birds being shown. The
principal exhibitors were D. L. Bruen,
of Odenbush, Neb.; David Larson, of
Wahoo, Neb., and P. E. Cook, of Lin-
coln.

White Fantails were the largest
class and _ several good birds were
shown. Mr. Cook entered three cocks

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and will devote one page, and as much more as the pigeon fanciers wish, to

these beautiful pets.

the pigeon fanciers will give him their undivided support.

G. D. McClasky will concuct the department and I hope

Mr. McClasky is

an old breeder and judge and we hope to hear often from his pen as well as

others;

and three hens and surprised the boys
by winning first, second and third on
both cock and hen. These birds are
pure Gilbert strain, direct from the
Gilbert lofts.

Undoubtedly the bird that attracted
the most attention in the entire show
was D. C. Brune’s little Yellow Par-
lor Tumbler hen. This little bird amus-
ed the visitors very much by tumbling
and turning somersaults on the floor.
By the close of the show it was pretty
well tired out.

The different varieties of Pouters,

Jacobins, Carriers, Stormers, Barbs,
Swallows, Turbits, Owls, Trumpeters,
Nuns, Mooreheads, Tumblers, Fan-

tails, Archangels and Magnies made
up a very interesting display, and at-
tracted as much attention as any de-
partment in the show room,

John Haman, the well known judge
and fancier of Topeka, Kan., placed the
awards and gave entire satisfaction.

The last day of the show a perma-
nent organization of the Nebraska
Pigeon Fanciers’ Association was ef-
fected, and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing yar:

President—D. C. Bruen of Olden-
bush, Neb.

Vice-President—W. F. Holcomb of
Clay Center, Neb.

Secretary and Treasurer—G. D. Mc-
Claskey of Papillion, Neb.

Board of Directors— D. C. Bruen,
W. F. Holcomb, G. D. McClaskey,
David Larson and P. E. Cook.

It was decided to hold the next show
in connection with the state poultry
show. The entry fee was reduced from
25 cents per bird to 25 cents a pair,
and we invite all pigeon fanciers of
the country to show with us next year.
The premium list, including valuable
specials, will be arranged later. We
also invite all fanciers to join our asso-
ciation and help to make it the best
organization of its kind in the west.
Membership fee is only $1. The ad-
vantage to western fanciers by being
members of this association are too
numerous to mention here. Don’t wait
until next month to join, but join now
and help work up a grand, big show

for next January. It is expected that
the fanciers will be out in force with
their birds at the Nebraska State Fair
next fall.

Anything fanciers desire to know in
regard to the new organization will be
cheerfully furnished upon application
to the undersigned.

G. D. McCLASKEY,

Papillion, Neb. Secy.-Treas.

Notes For Pigeon Fanciers

This year at the National Fanciers’
great show in Chicago, 1,398 pigeons
were exhibited. It was the grandest
lot of birds ever brought together in
Illinois.

At the big Philadelphia show this
year 979 grand birds were shown.

Dispose of your surplus stock by ad-
vertising in the Investigator.

Don’t keep poor birds. The best are
none too good.

The banner pigeon show in the
United States this year was at Boston,
where 2,478 of the best birds the coun-
try affords were brought together. It
was a grand show. Of Pigmy Pouters,
a breed rarely met with in the West,
over 200 were shown. Their were
nearly as many Fantails and about 400
Jacobins. There were Tumblers by the
hundred. Ten judges were employed
and it took them two long days to
place the awards on the grand collec-
tion of pigeons of superior quality. Let
us hope that the charter members of
the Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers’ Asso-
ciation will live to see a pigeon display
at Lincoln as wonderful as the recent
show at Boston.

As the breeding season is almost
here, see that your birds are properly
mated, that is, mated with some defi-
nite object in view. Haphazard breed-
ing don’t pay.

In or near any city is the proper
place for the man who desires to raise
squabs for the market. He could find
a ready sale for all the squabs he could
produce.

David Larson of Wahoo, Neb., will

make a specialty of Magpies.

D. L. Bruen has about 600 birds of
thirty varieties in his lofts at his place
near Oldenbush, Neb.

There will be no more shows to at-
tend this season. The next exhibit
will probably be at the state fair. Let
us make the pigeon display the best
ever seen in the state.

Now is the time to join the Nebras-
ka Pigeon Fanciers’ Association,

First prize Silver Laced Wyandotte
cock at Topeka, Kan., owned by Mrs.
J. W. Gause, Emporia, Kan.

A Short Incubator and
Chicken Talk

Written for the Investigator.

I wonder how many of our incubator
friends are getting ready to set their
wooden hens? I for one am thinking
very strong about getting my wooden
hen in setting order for the first of the
new year 1902. What I mean by get-
ting her in setting order is this: dust
and clean all parts well; clean lamp as
nice as new (yes, and keep it that way),
see the wick is good and clean and a
five gallon can of the best grade of oil
ready for use; have the egg trays full
of the choicest eggs and be sure they
have never been chilled. But don’t
put the eggs in till you get the heat up
to 103; now let the incubator doors be
closed with the thermometer in plain
sight for twelve hours; by that time
you will know if every thing is in good
running order. Now put your eggs in,
of course, the heat will run down now
very fast, but by no means change the
flame or the regulator for you have
had the doors open and also put in
cold trays and eggs; now be patient and
you will soon see the thermometer
gaining, but slow, and in a short time
it will be 103. Now give perfect at-
te ition to the lamp every day and turn
tke eggs twice a day regular. Now if
yeu follow these directions close you
will be well pleased on the evening of
the 22d day. I always have better suc-
cess with the early hatches, never any
buwel trouble in the little flock and not
half the trouble to raise as a summer
flock; no mites or lice to wrestle with
in the early hatch. I never give water
to incubator chicks till four or five
weeks old, but plenty of scalded new

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milk, with corn bread, choped onions,
oat meal, hread crumbs, but no raw
meal, for grit. I use sand and fine
broken glass. I keep it mixed and
where they can get it at all times. J
feed five times a day till feathered and
once a day sprinkle millet seed and
wheat in their scratch pen. Be sure
and always have fresh earth and straw
or dry litter of some kind for them
to scratch in for they enjoy it as well
a the old birds. If you try this way of
handling incubator chicks you can see
them grow from day to day. Once in
a while I give them a piece of raw meat
to eat. It is quite exciting to watch
them scramble and fight for it, enough
so that you will not forget to give them
another piece. The first time I used
this method of feeding I put 108 little
chicks in the brooder and when the
brooder got too crowded I put them
in a cool brooder but had it good and
warm. They were well feathered by
this time (they were Leghorns) and
still 108 and as hardy as quails and
ready to run at large always ready for
feed and water. With these few re-
marks I will close.
MRS. W. E. TIBBETTS.

Chickens and Strawberries

Here is a great combination. The
chickens to furnish manure, eat up the
bugs and insects, and to provide spend-
ing money while the berries are being
grown.

Bone meal and meat are the great
fertilizers for strawberries. Add a lit-
tle potash and it is superior to the best
Peruvian quano

It must be ground fine and there is
no machine on earth that can grind it
as fine as the gizzard of achicken.
Bones and scrap meat can be had dirt
cheap at all the meat markets. Feed
it liberally and the chickens will shell
out the eggs lively as well as the fer-
tilizer.

A good flock of chickens is far bet-
ter than a cow stable.

Compost the droppings with about
four times their bulk of any loamy soil
as fast as you clean out the roosts.
The compost should be put under cover
and kept dry. Mix well and sow broad-
cast and harrow in thoroughly before
setting the plants.

Never mix ashes or lime with the ma-
nure before putting it in the soil. This
absorbes the amonia and holds it until
it is in the soil.

The manure is so strong when not
diluted with soil that if any quantity
comes next to the roots it would burn
and thus injure the plants.

The above is an extract from R. M.
Kellogg’s book, “Great Crops of

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Poultry Supplies

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
per 100.

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
per 60.

Standard of Perfection each $1.
Spray Pumps each 75c.
Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 50c ‘and 1.00 a
box.

Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
100 pounds.

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
Cure 50c and $1 a box.

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.

Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices.

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center, $12.

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb.
per 100 pounds $1.20

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O°
B. Lincoln, per 100 1bs $1.00

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,

Clay Center, Nebr.

GG ORDERS, Book now for Houston,

2 matings, score from 90;to
93%. Eggs $8. per 15, $5 per 100.

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Won more first and seconds than
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Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 81.75

Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - — $1.00
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Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75

All above from prize-winning stock and line
bred, Catalogue sent.
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Strawberries and How to Grow Them.”

Mr. Kellogg is president of the
Michigan State Horticultural Society
and the most famous strawberry grow-
-er in the country, and this book tells
how he grows his remarkable crops.
We. have arranged to have it sent to all
our readers who are sufficiently inter-
ested to request it. Send a_ postal
card direct to him, the only condition
is that you must mention this paper.
You will find his advertisement in this
number.

Wichita Poultry Show

The Wichita Poultry Association has
finished judging the exhibits and at
their annual meeting last night at the
show room on North Main street elect-
ed the following officers: President, A.
J. Waddell; first vice president, Dr.
F. W. Petrie; second vice president,
Mrs. J. R. Kenworthy; third vice pres-
ident, Dr. Bartlett, fourth vice presi-
rent, H. L. Smizer; fifth vice president,
M. S. Kohl; secretary, H. W. Shopf;
assistant secretary, Asa Butler; treas-
urer, H. B. Allen; superintendent, O.
Martinson; assistant superintendent, E.
W. Groves.

The winners of the exhibit were
passed upon last night in every de-
partment but that of the pet stock.
The members of the association are
more pleased with the showing this
year than the financial success of the
exhibit. Tomorrow has been set apart

as children’s day so the school children
may enjoy the exhibition of birds. The
admission will be half price to children.
The poultry winners are as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks—M.S. Kohl,
first pullet: L. L. Cross, first and sec-

F. C. Hinman’s first prize Barred
P. Rock hen at Nebraska state show at
Lincoln, Jan. 21 to 25.

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ond cockerel, first pen; Otto Weiss,
third cock, third pullet, second and
third pen, tie on first and second hen
with C. L. Nelson; Mrs. Sternberg,
third hen; C. L. Nelson, second pul-
let, tie On first and second hen with
Otto Weiss; Mrs. J. T. Woodward,
second cook.

Buff Plymouth Rocks—A. J. Wadl-
dell, first, second and third pullet, first,
second and third cockerel, first, second
and third hen, first and second cock,
first and second pen.

Buff Arpingtons—Otto Weiss, first
and second cockerel, first and second
pullets, first and second pens.

White Plymouth Rocks—E. H. In-
man, first and second cockerel, first pul-
let, first pen; J. T. Welch, first hen,
second and third pullets, second pen;
W. E. Bartless, third cockerel, second
third hen.

White Wyandottes—Frank H. Miller,
second cock, third hen; Mrs. K. E. Cur-
tis, first cockerel, first hen, first and
second pullets, first pen; L. L. Con-
stant, third cockrel; A. G. Burr, first
cock, second hen, second cockerel,
third pullet, second pen.

Silver Laced Wyandottes—H. B. Al-
len, second cock, second and third pul-
lets, second and third hens, second and
third cock, first second and third pul-
lets, second and third hens, second and
third cockerel, third pen.

Light Brahmas—Mrs. A. C. Wright,
first and third cock, first, second and
third pullets, second pen; H. L. Smyz-
er, second cock, third hen; J. R. Ken-
worthy, third cock, first and second
hen, first and second cockerel, first and
third pen.

Buff Cochins—Mrs. M. E. Sayles,
first hen, second cockerel, first, second
and third pullets, second pen; Dr. F.
W. Petrie, first cockerel, second cock,
second and third hen, first and third
pen.

Partridge Cochins—Otto Weiss, first
cockerel, first second and third hens,
first, second and third pullets, first pen.

Black Langshans—W. M. Tipton,
first cockerel, first, second and third

_| pullets, first pen.

Anconas-—D. C. Smoke, first and sec-
ond pullets, first, second and_ third
cockerels.

Single Comb Brown Leghorns—H.
P. Swerdfeger, first, second and third
cockerel, first and second pullets, first,
second and third hens, first and second
pens; F. L. Noble, third pullet, third
pen.

Buff Laghorns—J. W. Snyder, sec-
ond cockerel, first second and _ third
pullets.

Rose Comb White Leghorns—L. C.
Wiedman, first cockerel and first pul-

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let.

Indian Games—J. W. Snyder, first,
second and third pullets.

B. B. R. Games—J. M. Smitz, second
cockerel, second and third pullets.

The following additional awards
were made at the poultry show this af-
ternoon:

M. B. Turkeys—C. W. Peckham,
first, pullet; M. S. Kohl, first, adult
tom; first, yearling tom; first, pair.
Mrs. J. T. Woodford, second, pair.

Pekin Ducks—O. E. Martinson, first,
pair; Otto Weiss, second, pair.

Pekin Ducks—O., E. Martinson, first,
pair; cockerel; Wm. Berkshire, second,
cockerel.

Belgian Hares—Wichita Belgian
Hare Co., first second and third, ma-
ture doe; first, second and third, im-
mature buck; best hare in show.

Cavies or Guinea Pigs—Peruvian
male cavies: first, Wichita Belgian
Hare Co.; second, Shuman. Female

Peruvian cavies: First, Wichita Bel-
gian Hare Co., second, Shuman; third,
Heller Ferrel, English male: First and
third, Ward; second, Mrs. Wright.
English female: First, Mrs. Wright;
second and third, Ward. Best cavie in

the show, Mrs. Wright. Broken: first
and third, Ward; second, Wichita Bel-
gian Hare Co.
Ferrets—Best display: first, Ward;
second, Wichita eBlgian Hare Co.
Tumblers—First black muff hen,
Ward; first red clean leg cock, Ward;

best pigeon in the show, Ward.

Homers—First blue cock, Ward; sec-
ond, Shuman; third, Lane.

Blue Check—First cock, Shuman;
second, Sollers; third, Lane; first hen,
Lane; second, Sollers; third, Shuman,

Red Check—First cock, Lane; sec-
ond, Shuman; third, Sollers; First hen,
Sollers; second and third, Lane. q

Turbits—First and second cock,
Wiedman; first and second hen, Wied-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

man.

Rabbits—First and second, Ward;
third, McGee. Female—First and sec-
ond, Ward; third, McGee.

I. & N. M. Conner, Ponca, Neb.,
writes that they will make a reduction
on trios of Silver Laced Wyandottes,
for the next thirty days, from $7.50 to
$6.00; pens, $12.50 to $10.00, to make
room for breeding pens, and will take
orders for future delivery at $2.50 per
fifteen. Mr. Conners won largely at
the late state show at Lincoln, Neb.

L. E. MEYER OF BOWLING
GREEN, MO.

The Langshan specialist, won at
Kansas State show, January 6 to ll,
1902, in a hot class, first and second
cocks, first and fourth hens; first, sec-
ond and fourth cockerels; first, second
and third pullets; first pen, 18914. He
had six scores tied and won every one
on weight. He breeds the big kind.
His first hen weighed 1034 pounds.
Rhodes, judge. At Northeast Missouri
show held at Bowling Green, in a class
of 82, all good ones, he tied first cock.
won second and third, tied first hen,
won second and third, second cockerel,
second pen, tied third pullet. See his
ad on last cover.

A. L. PEDRICK, OTTUMWA, IA.

Breeder of Blue Prince strain Black
Plymouth Rocks, Buff Cochin and
Buff Cochin Bantam. Breeding twelve
years, has exhibited in the leading
shows of Iowa. Has bred twenty odd
different breeds of poultry. Has been
judging the past five years. Has a
few dates open for engagements.

THE “PERFECT” HATCHER.

The Poultry Investigator is always
pleased to note the success of its incu-
bator advertisers who have won fame
and fortune by the excellence of
their hatcher. Prompt and careful at-
tention to orders and courteous treat-
ment of customers. The best exam-
ple we can cite our readers is the pro-
gress made by the firm of J. A. Chel-
ton, of Fairmount, Md. After an in-
vestigation we find that the “Perfect
Hatcher,” manufactured by this firm is
the equal of any hatcher, and superior
to many now on the market, while it
is the lowest priced hatcher made. The
200-egg size being only $1v. We ad-
vise our readers who ar¢é interested in
purchasing a good hatcher at a low
price, to write Mr. J. A. helton direct,
enclosing a two-cent stamp as he will
take pleasure in answering all such in-
iguries. He is a gentleman of the high-
est standard in the commercial world
and enterprise, as well as integrity.

Kans, State Poultry Axsectatlon

ovens Be am fie

Wyan dottes.

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
1901. Won 39 regular premiums.
Eggs and stock in season. Sat-
isfaction assured.

G.B. CLARY Fairbury, Nebr.

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Eggs from
stock scor-
ing from 90
to 95 points,
$1.50 per 15;
$2.75 per 30;
this season

only. Some

good Ckls. for sale with score
cards by Ben S. Myers.
All Stock Farm Raised.

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.,
Rock Port, Missouri

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

The Marilla Incubator

We believe our readers will be inter- ,
ested at this time in a few facts regard- |
ing this splendid machine. We present |
herewith an illustration showing the
new factory of the above company, lo- |
cated at Rose Holl, N. Y., in combina-
tion with one of their 200-egg ma«hines
and the ornamental label which decor-
ates and designates each incubator
shipped out by them. Their factory is
one of the most completely equipped of
any in the country for the manufacture
ol incubators and no machine is more
highly regarded than the Marilla by
those who have tried it. It is the re-
sult of nearly twenty years’ experience
in practical incubation, on the part of
its inventor, Mr. H. H. Blackman. His
little work “Artificial Incubation and
Brooding,”’ has been most favorably
received. Mr. Blackman first engaged
in manufacturing his machine at Maril-
la, N. Y., but two or three years ago
removed to Rose Hill, and incorporat-
ed the strong Company, with which he
is now connected. Some of the special
merits of the Marilla Incubator are
these:

First, the great care taken in its con-
struction. It is built of Georgia pine
and highly finished in the beautiful nat-
ural color of the wood. The makers
claim that it is the handsomest of all
incubators. They say it is just as easy
to make it attractive as otherwise, when
you know how. The labor entering in-
to its construction is all skilled and of
high order. Another important feature
is the system of heating and ventilat-
ing, which is as perfect as can be de-
vised. Mr. Blackman calls the regula-
tor a “thermometer regulator’ mer-
cury being the active element, and as it
is much more sensitive to variations of

temperature the control of the incuba-

ter is much more positive and instan-
taneous. There are many other ad-
vantages for which substantial claims

‘are made and these are fully described

in the catalogue which every reader
ought to have. The machine is abso-
lutely guaranteed in every respect, and

|is sold on an unconditional thirty days’

free trial. A most remarkable list of
testimonials is presented from _ those
who have used it. Last season a grand
prize of $100 was awarded to the pur-
chaser of a Marilla, who obtained the
largest percentage of hatch in three
successive trials. This was awarded to
Mrs. Miles Van Alstine, of Lansing,
Mich., who from her three trials aver-
aged 99 per cent. Many others had
records almost as high. A number of
sworn statements regarding these are
given in the catalogue, of which 100,-
000 copies have been printed and so
far as we know, this is the largest edi-
tion yet issued by any incubator com-
pany. It is most attractively gotten up
and will both interest and instruct. It
is sent to all for four cents to cover
postage. Write for éne before they
are all gone.

Address Marilla Incubator Company,
Rose Hill, N. Y.

GREEN BONE PRIZE ARIICLE.

This contribution to the Farmer's
Voice by W. F. Adams, Yoakum, Tex,
awarded the Grand Prize—$100—as the
best of 27 submitted.

Judges—F. L. Kimmey, president
American Poultry Association, Miller
Purvis, Editor Commercial Poultry; F.
H. Shellabarger, Poultry Judee and
Fancier.

My experience with cut bone as a

27
White’ Wonders!

The Farmdrs and Poultryman’s mon-
ey makers. The best combination
fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2 00
per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Dr. I.C. Stephens & Co.

Nebr.

Carleton,

White Rocks Exclusively!

Two pens mated for this year’s
breeding, scoring from 904% to 94%.
At Tabor Poultry Show won Ist, 2d,
ckl, Ist, 2d, 3d, pullet, Ist. pen; ev-
ery premium entered for; Russel,
Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. 30° for
$3.50, 50 for $35.00.

W.H. Utterbeck, Hillsdale, lowa

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS,

(Exclusively.)
Farm Range. - = - Good Stock
Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100.
$1.00 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.
Cherry Hill Poultry Yard

BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively.
100 for $6.00.

Eggs $1.50 per 15.
Mrs. EvaJ. Eingrich, Aurora, Neb.

BDOCC CL CE ® CCCEESCH

Black Minorcas.

No. 1 stock, up to weight and
the best of color. Eggs $2 per
13. No stock for sale.

Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb.
BDODOOL O22 2 O8O20800200

Ce Ceeece

EUREKA POULTRY PLACE.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of
the Stay White kind. No straw col-
or or flies on us. Nothing too good
for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per 15.
Address

L. G. French, Deep River, Iowa.

Taylor’s Otoe White scm

Plymouth Rocks are prize win-
| ners at Red Oak, Ia., and Lin-
} coln Scere 92to%% points. Eggs

5,10 and 15 cents each. Write
| for particulars.

CE Taylor, Nebraska City, Neb.

Black Langshans.

I won Ist pen, Ist pullet, Ist, 2d and
3d ckl, Ist ck, lst, hen and 2 sweep-
stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED
P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and
3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes,
at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln
Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100
$$1.50 per 15. B. P. Rock‘ $2, per 15.

J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neh.

28

food for fowls extends over two years
only with a flock of 100 hens. Prior
to that time I had not used cut bone
and my article is based on the percen-
tage of gain growth, health and eggs
of fowls over two years previous,
when I did not use bone; all other con-
ditions for the four years being about
the same.

My attention being called to the val-
ue of fresh cut green bone as a food
for poultry, I determined to experi-
ment. I crushed some hog bones as
best I could and fed it to layers. The
result was so satisfactory I bought a
small bone cutter and began to feed
green cut bone to my poultry regular-
ly twice a week. I tried all sorts of
bones and have found the hog and the
beef bones the best, being easier ob-
tained and containing more of the nu-
tritive value.

1 get a soup bone of the butcher,
shave off the meat (a little meat want
hurt if you intend feeding as soon as
cut) and J feed the same day.

Some people make the mistake of us-
ing bones that have been boiled or
lain out and sunbleached. Some of
the most essential feeding value of the
bone has thus been lost, especially as
feed for growing chicks. The animal,
as well as the mineral qualities of the
bone, is what makes it valuable. I ex-
perimented with cut chicken bone a
little and fancied I saw an improve-
ment over the other bone, but I am not
sure ,and even though there be, it is
not convenient to get green chicken
bone. Be sure that the bones used
are not those of animals that have died
of disease, old age or starvation. The
former two are dangerous to the health

of fowls, the latter worthless. Bones
of young animals are best
For growing chickens, after two

weeks old, I mix the bone meal with
corn chops, dampened with curd milk
(water will do), so that each bird gets
from a half to one teaspoonful of the
bone meal, according to age.

It is an excellent bone food for the

fowl and general invigorator

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

growth forcer.

Extra large and quick growth bone
in fowls means more meat, and more
meat means 7 to 10 cents a pound.

For laying hens I feed mixed as
above, only that each hen gets one
tablespoonful twice or three times a
week, according as I think they may
need an extra allowance. They need
more when they are laying regularly or
moulting.

The results of the bone as a feed is
seen in a very few days in the renewed
vigor health and appitite, and last, but
not least, egg product.

Taking every advantage gained by
feeding bone—i. e., general health of
flock, quick growth of broilers, in-
crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the
two years bone was not fed, I figure
it—and I keep close accounts—that the
profit derived is 15 per cent over the
two preceding years. This 15
per cent is attributed to the bone feed
and other increase in profits was cred-
ited to the source from which they
came.

Now don’t feed an overdose at first,
or at any time for that matter; feed
regularly.

Don’t expect the hens to lay two
eggs daily and the young chicks to
spring up in one night like mushrooms,
when they are fed bone. Mix well
with the other food so that each bird
gets its proportionate share.

Don’t expect to feed bone only. The
bone is only an additional feed, a sort
of tonic.

Now I am not going to go into de-
tail to explain how the bone assists—
couldn’t if I wanted to—only to say
that the component parts of all meat
bones are the same, and the mineral
part of bone may be found in egg
shells. Bone and shells must be sup-
plied from what the fowl eats, hence
we feed it to them, directly in the shape
of cut bone, instead of indirectly, in the
shape of corn, oats, etc., etc.

If you once,give fresh green cut bone
a trial as a food for fowls you will
never discontinue it. W. F. Adams,

and! Yoakum, Texas.

The Strongest Chicks

come from the strongest eggs. Such eggsin largest
quantities result from proper feeding of the hens.

combines in its make up all those elements which
impart tone and vigor to the hen and strong vital-
ity to the egg and consequently to the chick. Cures
Obolera, Koup, »

ete.in fowls ofall ages,
25 lbs. $3.00, and 50 1bs. $5.00. Net weight guaranteed
inevery cuse.
we do that,
always retains its strength.

EGGE

larrhoea, Gapes, Worms,

Pip,
Prices, 51b5. $1.00; 10 1bs. $1.50:

You don'thave to pay for the packages—

All tin packages and consequently ‘‘EGGE”
Write for circulars, etc.

AMERICAN STOCK FOOD CO.,
19 Front Street,

Quincy, IIlinois.

RN ee et

BUSINESS CATCHERS

FORSALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in
singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Buff
Rock Ckls,. the best of stock for $1.25 each,
or $3 for 3. Write us atonce, OC, E, Olson,
Colon. Nebr.

BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and_ exhibilion
stock forsale. Write atonce for descrip-
lion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Tell us what you want.
Ff. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo.

0, E, DUNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor-
oughbred chickens, Can fill your order for
any breed or strain, from the yards of reli-
able specialists, Prices reasonable, Cor-
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C, E,
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans,

FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In-
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games,
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams.
Clay Center, Nebr.

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK OCockerels from
first prize cock; very promising. Write for
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Elgin, IL.

J. W. WHLTNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale
cheap if taken soon.
C. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr.

FINER AND CHEAPER than ever, Buy
early, Games, Heathwoods, Irish and
Mexican Grays. Blks. Reds; Tornadoes

and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir-
cular, OC, D, Smith, Fort Plains, N, Y.

FREE, GAMES, Eggs $00 per 13, Circular,
Heathwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays,
Tornadoes, Irish Blks, Reds. Cornish In-
dians. 22.00. Fowls all times, C.D, Smith.
Fort Plain, N.Y.

BIG MAIL for poultrymen. Insert your
name in our poultry director and receive
poultry papers, poultry catalogues, etc, ev—
ery day. Only teu cents silver. Poultry
Directory Co. A. Goshen, Ind,

DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand-
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and eggs
1.50 per setting. Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
Nebraska.

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for
sale. Eggs $5.00 per 100. $1.00 per 13. My
stock is first class and have won in show
room. J.P, Schroeder, Clay Center, Neb.

ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs, Buff
and Brown Leghorns, Buff Rocks, White
Wyandottes, Polish and Andalusian. Won
26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da-
kota state fair. Kegs for hatching, $1,00
and up. Circulars free. H, P, Larson,
Beresford, 8, D.

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Thavea few good hens
and pullets forsale cheap. Mrs. Alice Allen,
Ciay Center, Nebraska.

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
Light Brahmas, $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs.
Write wants. John H. Rownd, Downs. Kas.

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan-
dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season.

15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs #1 per ll. J. W.
Cook, Poneto, Ina.
100S.S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs

at prices to suit the season. Stock in good
condition fashionably bred and artistically
marked. Rey. G. A. Chamblin, Moran,
Kansas.

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
Ducks, Light Brabma and B, Plymouth
Rock Cockerels at #1 each. Toulouse Gand-
ers. and M, Brouze Toms, at @ each, Pol-
and China hogs a matter of correspondence
J.D, Grimes, Chamber , Neb,

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty, 1
yr old hens and this year’s pullets and
cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points
and up to 954%. Write for prices, Geo, N,
Wood, Weldon, Ta.

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BUSINESS CATCHERS

BUFF ORPING LIONS, *‘Cook’s Strains,” eggs
15 for $300; hatch guaranteed $5,00 from
birds but? to the skin and progeny of im-
ported stock. Expressprepaid. A. Edward
Green, Joliet, Lil.

EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens
prize winning Black Laugsbans, score 9245
to 95's. But) Orpingtons and Rose Comb
Black Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole,
M. D. Williamsfield, II1.

EGGS from my Beauty Strain of of high scur-
ing Light Brahmas and prize winning
Black Sumatras, 15 for $L00, They are_up-
to-date. Chas. M, Palmers, Nettau. N, Y.

BUF COCHIN chickens, Toulouse geese,
Duro Jersey swine, Cockerels for sale
with score cards, Chicken eggs $2.00 for 15.
Geese eggs 25c euch, Chas, A. Allison, Ten-
nessee, IIL.

BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred to fine
bucks scoring 94/2 at $3.00 each, or 2 does and

a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S.
Markel, Wahoo, Neb.
WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B.

Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks, (Ringlet
Strain! S.S Wyandottes, S.C, Brown Leg-
horn. Birds forsale. Eggs in season. Mrs,
‘Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo.

THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S.C. Brown
Leghorns, Barred and White Rocks and
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south

of East Peoria. D. E. Glatfield, East Peoria,

Ill, manager.

PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice
heavily feathered pullets for sale. Eggs $1.50
per15. Pen headed by 2d cki Nebr. state
show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed, H. E.
Bowman, Lawrence, Nebr.

SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. Most
beautiful fowl and great layers, CocKerels
forsale. Eggs $1.25 for 15; $2.25 for 30; $3.00
for45. J. E. Haynes, Ames, Monroe Co. Il.

BLACK LANGSHANS, Partridge Cochins,
Silver Laced Wyandottes. tKkose Comb
Brown Leghorns. Stock and egys for sale.
Prices very reasonable for quatity of stovk
If you want something good write at once.
OC. F. Kurtz, Lawrence, Neb. Have fine
English Berkshire hogs.

EGGS. Barred Plymouth Rock birds scoring
90 to 92144, Eggs $1.50 per 15; 250 per 30;
Birds scoring 88 to 92, $1.00 per 15: 150 per 30,
4.00 per 100. J. F. Loun & Son, North Eng-
lish, Lowa. R. F. D, 2.

SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan-
dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns,
They are stute winners. Live and let live
is our motto, Dorkings, 1.50 per setting.
other settings 1.00. Circulars free, OU. Mut-
lin, Beauford. Minn.

WHITE WYANDOTTES, Line bred for fan-
cy utility, heavy laying strain. Kest shape
winning Ist ck, Ist hen, wt Ohio State show.
also at Poultry Show at Akron- Eggs 2.00
Incubator ‘eggs a specialty, 6.00 per 100.
Cockerels for sale. C. D. MeVicker-, Pleas-
ant Home, Ohio.

WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES,
Eggs 1,00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker-
els 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio.
Eggs per setting. 9c. Mrs. H. W. Clark,
Seward, Nebraska.

EGGS for sale. White Crested Black. 2.50
per 15, But? Rocks, But? Leghorns, Light
Brahmas, eggs 1.25 perl5. Stock for sxle.
Write your wants. OC. E. Olson, Coton, Neb.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Farm raised.
Egys75 cents per ls. Strawberry plants 60
cents per 100. Loudan Red Raspberry
plants, 50cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe.
Coryville, Pa.

EGGS. Barred Rocks (Thompson strain)
White Rocks (Emire) White Wyandotte
(Duston) Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette)
Light Brahma (Pelch) 13 for 125 Also a few
fine cockerels, LM. Whittaker, 385 east
Robie, St. Paul. Minn.

THE INTERNATIONAL POULTRY EX
change wants every person who has good,
mediumpriced thorougbred poultry forsale
to send description and prices, with 10c, ta
answer inquiries: also anyone wishes to buy
any breed of thoroughbred poultry to send
for prices, we can fill all your orders near
your home. ©. BE. Dunlap, Supt. Liberal,
Kansas; U.S. A. i

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

HATTIE BYFIELD, McCook, Nebr, Eggs

for hatching from Prize winning Light Bral>,

maSand White Wyandotte chicken, White
Holland turkeys and mammoth Pekin ducks,
15 hen eggs $2.00, 9tUrkey eggs $1.50, 11 duck
$1.00. Duck eggs $6.00 per 100. A few nice
drakes to sell.

SUPERIOR BLACK LANGSPANS. Eggs 14
for1.00, Lamu member ot the American
Langshan club and breed them exclusive-
ly’ Buy stock and eggs of me. 8, H. Cot-
ton, Appleton City, Mo,

POULTRY PAPERS at cost.

valuable cir-

culars free. Eggs 1.00 per 15, 4.00 per 100,
Buff Rocks Buff wyandottes. Big birds.

fertile eggs, A. B.Camier, Macedou. N. Y.

FOR SALE. Two 200 egg size Sure Hatch in-

cubators, In first class condition. will sell
very cheap, White Rock Farm, Wap llo,
Towa.

COMB’’ SINGLE Comb Brown Leghorns

Regular egg machines, Stock direct from
best eustern breeders, Eggs for sale 1.00
for 15. W. E. Combs, Julian, Neb.

BUFF and BARRwD ROOKS, Buff Leghorns
Black Breasted Red Games. Pekin ducks;
Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine stock. Get
yrica list atonce Sutisfaction guaranteed
The Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville, la

From Boston winners.
delivered. Yards

Females as good
Ulysses, Neb.

LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Eggs 2.00 per setting.
headed by prize winners,
as the best. G. W. Hard n,

CHEAP to close out, As fine a lot of birds
as youeversaw- Golden Wyandottes. Bar-
red Plymouth Rocks and Bulf Cochin Ban-
tams, H. Gregory; Wayne Neb,,

BUFF COCHINS and White Holland Tur-
keys, Eggs for sale from large healthy
stock. wWiaonersat Nebraska state show.
Chicken eggs 2.00, turkey eggs, 1.50. Mat-
tie Stuift, Lawrence, Kan,

BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st’
premium stock at leading shows, 93 to 94. 3
grand matings, eggs 2.00 per15. Robt. Lar-
mer, Ravenwood, Mo, Boq 7. S.-V, Pres. Buff
Rock Club-

EGGS 75c per 15. Farm range. Black Lang™
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From
pen No. 1, Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen
No. 2, White Wyandotte, 150 per 15 M- M.
Browning, Appleton City, Mo.

ONE DOLLAR buys 15 eggs from extra fine
stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rocks,
White Wyaneottes and Rose -Comb Brown
Leghorns, C. R. Norman, Stromsburg, Neb.

EGGS. Buff turkeys, 3.00. Barred P. Rocks,
1.25per 13 Black Langshans 1.00 per 13.
Mrs. I. G. Smith, Polo, Tl. !

SILVER LACED Wyandottes exclusively.

strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best | §
They are winners, eggs that |
will hatch, 1.00 for 15. W. O, Johnson, Stroms- }

egg production.

burg. Neb. ,

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, winners
from Norval’s strain. No stock, all sold, on™
ly eggs for hatching. Mated for prize win-
ners. Have4pens, Best, 2.50: 24. 2.00: 3d,
1.50: 4th, 1.00 only, per setting of 15. (For3
settings, twice the single price) Place your
your orders early. Mrs. M. E. Bittner, Osce-
ola, Neb.

NORTH STAR POULTRY YARDS. A few
choice Barred Rock and White Wyandotte
cocKerels left: Northwestern buyers save ex-
orbitant express rates and orderearly. J.C.
Tjaden, Lennox, South Dakota.

29

BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm
raised. Good birds, good scores, give good
satifaction and good results. Eggs that
hatch, $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as
reasonable. If convenient please enclose
stamp when writing for particulars,

Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87.

SIXTEEN EGGS, 2.00. From
City and Omaha prize winning \ Wyan-
dottes (Duston Strain) stock. Scores 9074 to
94, Incubator eggs cheap, Mention Investi-
gator. Mrs, Maud Rolfe, Wetmore, Kansas.

my Kanssas
yhite

BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at
1.50 per 15. Will replace all infertile eggs
free. Havye3 pens mated, send for descripy
tion, Wecan please you. F,. Whaley, Apple-
ton Cily, Mo,

NEW SURE HA'TCH Incubators and Brood-
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T.
Clark, 26th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr.

FOR SALE, 2 trios extra cheice Silver Sebright
Bantanis one year old- ‘The price is $5.00 per
trio, Address Box 227, Clay Center, Nebras-

Ka, care INVESTIGATOR.

BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin
Show, Ist ck, 1st, 2d, 3d hen. 1st, 2d, 3d ckl, 1st,
2d, 3d, 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My-
ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove, Elgin, Ill,

R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good _ckls left-
Eggs 1.00 per 15. Also a few Stay White Wy-
andottes. Eggs 1°00 per 15. C. H. Courter,
Ashley, Ohio.

FOR SALE. 2 choice White Klondike hens,
first money takes them. Place order at once.
Address Pouttry INVESTIGATOR. Clay Cen-
ter, Nebr.

BUFF ORPINGTONS, ‘“Cook’s Strains.”
Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3,00
per 15, R,OU. Brown and S.C. White Leg
horn eggs $1.50 per 15. Louis Mogensen, Ra-
cine, Wis.

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de-
scribing all varieties, arranging loft. breed-
ing. feeding. caring for, 5 cents, 1,000 pig-
eons for sale. Prices free. Wm, A. Bart-
lett & Co, Box 27, Jacksonville, Il1.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty.
Eggs 1.00 per15. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 per 11.
Try us. BE. J. Kolasa, DuBois, Neb.

For Sale.

Black Langshan Cockerels, 50c
and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes
$1.00 each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2
and $3r All stock pure blood.

Mrs. Albert Ray $ Son, Wilsey, Kan.

$5,000 catacocue. FREE!

It is without arival. Giveslowest prices of fowls and e
Over 50 breeds Turkeys, Geese, Ducksand Chickens. Hun-
dreds of plates from life. 15 best poultry house plans, Treat-
gise on diseases, how to feed, Ereatd etc,Send 10c. for

J. R. Brabazon, Jr. & Co., Box100, Delavan, W.

SURE SEE THE 1902
Noxall incubator

IT HAS
many new features, the Regulating,
Veutilating and Moisture system ia
perfect, lowest price, flad out how
to get one FREE. Our catalogue

————SSSS a

Toevgs ee

Fal BrooderSe\fregulatine §

givesa remedy for every known poultry disease, 4c, for pos-
tage circular and price list free. ~

Noxall Incubator Co., Quincy, Ill.

HELLO! WHOSE ARE THESE?

Why, Hall’s Famous Prize Winning

White Wyandottesand Barred Plymouth Rocks.

and special prizes in Chicago and
first prize birds are in our pens.

if you buy of us.

Won 150 regular

leading western shows. All our

B. P. R males and females score
90 to 93% —White Wyandottes 93 to 96.
Our P. Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R.C.

We always win, so can you

R. I. Reds, Blk. B. W. and. P. Cochins, I. Geese, and Pekin Ducks

are all winners.
and eggs fer sale.

Illustrated. catalogue tells you_all.

Stock and

~ Jj. D. W. HALL, ..... Des Moines, la.

Printing for
Poultrymen

We are prepared to do all kinds of
printing for poultrymen. We have the
highest grade machinery and new ma-
terial;

Free

all work guaranteed first-class.
use of standard poultry cuts to
Write us your wants and get
Address,

patrons,
our prices on your work.

Poultry Investigator
Clay Center, Neb.

Bonniedale Poultry Farm !

Eggs to Hatch.

S DOTTES: Very choice pen, #2 per 15
Over 300 hens on different farms. Good
pure stock. Eggs $1 per 15, $4 per 100.

BARKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys-
tem. 60 fine hens and pullets. 4 extra
large, stately crowers. scoring from 90 to 94
by Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs
$2 per 15, $350 per 30, Lt. Brahmas._ 8. 0.
B. Leghorns and C. 1. Games. Good pure
stock On separate farms, Eggs $1 per 15, $4
per 100,

ROUP CURE: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid.
Circulars free.

MRS, MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO,
LOCK OX 176,

J. W. Eastes 1.2%

Kuff Orpingtons, R. O. W. Leghorns.
Barred & White Rocks, W. O. P. Ban-
tams, Belgian’s Hares, Fggs. Stock in

season, Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes;
silver cup last year.

Galesburg, - < Illinois.

ania Scott’s Cure
ror Chicken Cholera...

Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera
or money refunded. Testimonials on
application. Reference: Rising City
Bank.

B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb

.

Pride of the West...
Is Mackey’s own Strain of Bronze
Turkeys, bred in line for 15 years.
Show record on open book. They
are inthe yards of many of the
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger &
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship. Write for prices.
Mackey’s Magic Cholera Cure isa
sure cure.

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
CLARKSVILLE, : : : : MISSOURI.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Notice

The German Nurseries, Beatrice,
Neb., are advertising with us this sea-
son, as they have done in former
years. This nursery is owned by Carl
Sonderegger and was formerly located
at Fairbury, Neb., but a year or two
ago removed to Beatrice, where it is
possible to have better shipping facili-
ties, which advantage our readers will
fully appreciate. Mr. Sonderegger has
equipped his nurseries with very com-
plete buildings for housing and pre-
paring his stock for shipment, so that
anyone ordering from him can feel rea-
sonably sure of getting their stock in
the best possible condition. Mr. Con-
deregger’s catalogue is printed in both
English and German and anyone con-
templating the purchase of nursery
stock will find it to their advantage to
write for this catalogue before placing
their order. Catalogue is sent free on
request. In writing kindly mention
having seen his ad and this notice in
our paper.

Puritan Incubators and Chick

Food

We beg to call the special attention
of our readers to the advertisement of
the Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc., in this
issue.

They manufacture and have for sale
the “Puritan Incubator and Brooders”
and are likewise the proprietors of the
now world renowned Puritan Chick
Food. All other hatching machines
have been discarded on the Puritan
Farms for the “Puritan Incubator,”
which is certainly the very best recom-
mendation possible. The “Puritan” is
a strictly up-to-date and excellent ma-
chine, being built of the very best pos-
sible materials, no expense being
spared in its construction. It is novel
in a great many points and differs to
quite an extent from most of other
makes now on the market.

The new catalogue of the Puritan
Poultry Farms is a veritable work of
art and contains page upon page of or-
iginal matter, in fact is a fine poultry
treatise in itself and tells you all about
Puritan Chick Food and all Puritan
products. It will be sent absolutely
free to all our readers who mention
where they saw their advertisement.

This book should be in the hands of
every lover and breeder of poultry and
we advise you to send for it today.

You will notice among our advertis-
ers this month the name of E. A. Teas-
dal of Slater, Ia. Mr. Teasdal is a
prominent breeder of S. C. W. Leg-
horns and breeds as good stock as can
be found any where in the United
States.

BROWN

Single-combed LEG HORNS,

(Exclusively)

Birds of choice breeding. Scoring from 92 to
94% are in my pens fer 1102. Eggs from
these pens $2.00 per dozen, A satisfactory
hatch guaranteed

Frank McDonald, Columbus, O.

(Rouvre 1, Sra. B.)

Caution! Don’t Read This Ad.

For if you do you will discover where to
get the best of White Rocks scoring from 93
to 9649 ut the largest shows throughout the
state of Ohio At‘ olumbus, 1901, we showed
thirty White Rocks with an averag score of
93%. A 4-year-old cock bird scored 954 und
ersuch ju: ges as Bridge, Lane, Cranmer.
Barger and Jones. Stock forsale. Eggs $2.00
ver 15.

Maughlin. ros.
At the Columbus

$$, HAMBUAGS, 2% camo

three years | have won more prizes than
all other exhibitors combined, Fine shape,
exellent color, full combs and unexcelled
as layers. Stoec» for sale at all times. Eggs
in season. A good hatch guaranteed.

THEODORE DESSIUM, COLUMBUS. otto.

Columbus, Ohio,

EGGS
$2.50 for 15
$4.50 for 30

‘STOP!

| 42% RCSE and SINGLE, -@&

My aim Rhode Island Reds, Buff Leg-
fertile egg. | horns. Winners wherever shown,
hari ‘| Only strong robust stock in my
duck, bred | pens and you will not regret it if
to win best| you send your order for eggs to
to lay. Eric Aurelius,
Perry, e co. Ohio

Winners Again!

Rocks and Wyandottes. White and

Barred. Score 92 to 95. Silver and
Buff. They are sired by winners
and bred to winners from some of
our largest shows. Eggs $2.00 per
15 straight from pens headed by 1st
and 2d prize birds.

J. A. Douglas,

Something Worth Knowing.

Money saved by making your own poultry
remedies. To cure Cholera. SURE CURE.
eaUG Scaley Leg, Lice, Mites. Cheaprem-
edy butsure. Excellent Poultry Food to
make hens lay. Celebrated Douglas Mix-
ture etc, Ail receipts for $1.00 or 25c each.
Address with 2c stamp,

A.M. HAGLAND, Goshen, Ind., R. F. D. No. 2.

Ferguson, Mo.

. .
My White Minorcas
Won Ist, 2nd and 3rd at,Delaware and Co-
lumbus on old and young stock, Scored
$0 to4. Eggs from my best pen $2.00
per 15; $5.00 per 45, satisfaction guaranteed

HARRY LIEBOLD, Delaware, Ohio, R. D. 2.

Old Homestead Brooder.
The best onearth. All your chickens can be

saved in the Old Homestead Brooder,
Try one, Write for prices. Address

Old Homestead Brooder Co.,
Lal iddleboro, Mass.

This is for You! sx_—__

Owing to my judging engagements
for season of 1902-8, will not be able
tothow my birds and will hereby
reduce the price of eggs from $3.00
to $200 per 15. I have s. O, Brown
Leghorns, Black Leghorns, Barred
Plymouth socks, (Violet Strain )

David Larson, Wahoo, Nebr.

Pekins-=Hallock strain. Will sell
a few choice drakes and ducks, $1.00
each. Egg orders booked now.

BELGIAN HARES. Pedigreed. Grand
lot of youngsters sired by a 95%
point buck, Bred does always on
hand. Booklet on the industry for
stamp.

Stephani Poultry Co. Belleville, Ill.

BUFF COCHINS

Exclusively.

Just What You Are

Looking For ...

The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
ners in -ny company. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.

B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.

x Clubbing List

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

NorickE—We do not send samples of
other papers.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

I, & N. M. Conner, Ponca, Neb., won
3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 3 fourths.
Their bird sales were so large this fall
that they did not have on early bird left
and had not intended showing until a
few days before the show. All pullets

and cockrells shown were August
hatched and cut from two to four
points on weight.

A. L. Houston, formerly of Keota,
Ia., has removed to Red Oak, Ia.,
bought a small farm near town and
will breed his Orpington and Rock on
a large scale. His place will be known
as Forest Hill Poultry Farm, and has
good range and water. We wish him
success in his new venture.

WINNINGS AT INDIANAPOLIS.
DEC, 4-10, 1901.

Winnings of R. E. Jones, Flat Rock,
Md., at Indianapolis, Dec. 4-10, 1901:

S. Wyandottes—Ist, 4th, cocks; Ist,
3rd and 4th hens; 4th cockerel; Ist and
4th pullets; 2nd pen. Golden Wyan-
dottes, Ist, 2nd and 3rd cocks; Ist,
2nd, 3rd and 4th hens; Ist cockerel;
Ist, 2nd and 3rd pullets; Ist and 2nd
pens. Black Wyandottes, Ist and 2nd
hens; Ist cockerel; 1st and 2nd pullets;
Ist pen. G.S. Bantams, Ist cock; Ist
and 4th hen; Ist and 2nd cockerels;
Ist pullet; Ist pen. S. S. Bantams—
2nd cock; Ist and 2nd hen; Ist and 2nd
cockerels; Ist and 2nd pullets; 1st pen.

We wish to call the attention of our
readers to the ad of J. D. W. Hall of
his famous winnings, w. Wyandottes
and B. P. Rocks. He has taken sev-
eral other popular breeds to raise and
we are informed that all of his stock
is of that high standard that he has
won on his W. Wyandottes and B. P.
R. in the past.

His great success in the best shows
in the United States prove his knowl-
edge of the business. This should in-
sure his customers the best treatment
and value for their money. We heart-
ily recommend this form to all buyers.
Look up his add on page —, and list
of winnings on page —.

R M. Kellog, Three Rivers, Mich.,
will send you “Great Crops of Straw-
berries and How to Grow Them.

This is much more than a catalogue. It
is a treatise on plant physiology and
shows how the fruit producing organ-
ism of a plant may be developed so it
will throw its energies to the produc-
tion of fruit instead of useless runners
and foliage.

Fruit growers will appreciate this
book and feel thankful to the paper
which puts it in their hands.

Kindly look it over carefully and crit-

icise it.

31
Houdans. t+oooe

1st pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901,
also Ist pen at Lincoln, Nebraska,
State Show.1902. No stock but eggs
at $1.50 per 13.

Reuhen H, Kapser,
Clay Center, Neb.

Eggs!
From Line Bred Stock.
Twelve years experience in mat-
ing and breeding. Eggs from fine
mated ‘hens $1.50 per 15, $2.00 per 30.

Fggs from extra fine mated pens $2,00
per 15, $3.00 per 30.

A.L. Pedick, box A Ottumwa, loiva.

—White and Buff Wyandottes.—

Prize Wintiers—Ist Ckl at ea ist and 2nd

ickl. 2nd pullet, 3rd hen, 2nd pen at Rock-
ford. Ist and 2nd ckl, Ist and 3rd ck, 2nd
hen, 3rd pullet, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pens at Bel-
videre, Il]. 1902. Orders booked for eggs
$3.00 per 13,

B R LUCAS, Belvidere, Ill

Don’t Fool Yourself!
POSS OFHSOOOFHOOD

By selecting a poor vegetable cutter. Get
an O K, cuts every thing edible for the table
or for the poultry. Send $2.50 for sample
machine. Agents wanted, Address

Dep't. A., 0. K. Mfg Co. Florin, Pa.

BUFF ORPINGTONS.

Nostock for saleI Rose Combs, Buff
Orpingtons. A few eggs at $5.00 per 18, Win-
ners at Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa, and Ne-
braska State Show at Lincoln, Single
Combs. eggs, $3.00 per 13, $5.00 per 26.

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. lowa.

For Sale.

100 choice young birds from winners at
Kansas and Nebraska State Shows, 1901.
S,S. Hamburgs, Partridge Oochins, Buff
Cochins, Light Brahmas and B. P, Rocks.
Show record on application, Eggs from
choicest matings $1.50 per setting.

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.

0. MO, HUN. DRO,

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock forsale at all times, Eggs in season,

EB. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.

—IF yOU WANT—

Barred P. Rock

cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev-
ery cent asked, scored or unscored,
send me your order and let me prove my prom”
ise to please you. Eggs$l. From all scored
stock by Rapp and Heimlich, |$1-50 and $2. No
secrets about these pens. Ask what you want.

Mrs. A. P. Rodgere,

Bowling Green, Mo.

BUTF WYANDOTTES

>>. BUFF P. ROCKS

Bred from
Omaha, Kansas’ City,
&#, and Topeka prize win.
ee. ners. Ola and young
stock for sale. A larg
Prices reasonable.

my Boston

flock to select from.

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb,

White Wyardoftes.

First and second premiums at Min
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 o 2).
Eggs from birds s:oring 93, 94, 94, 94,
94, 95% cockerel 9434, $150 per set-
ting, 2 settings $2.25. Few birds for
Sale.

W. H. Swartz, Minneancflis, Kansas.

High Hill. . .
- l — — —
Poultry Yards
er se

Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks.
Turkeys are bred from prize winners
and are winners.ms king almost clean
sweep wherever shown Young Toms
$9 each; Pullets, $2.50 to $3 00 each. My
Rocks are noted for shape and orange
colored legs, 90 point Co ker $?
each; 91 to 9214 point Cackerels
each Pullet not scored, $1 00 each,

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo

Z

CROWELL’S __
Buff Orpingtons.

Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st
and 2d, pullets Ist, 2d. 3d, 4th and 5.
Hens Ist, and 2d. Ist Pen. Eggs,
$3.00 per 15, $5.00 per 30. Two trios
Indian Runner Ducks at $5 00 per
trio. Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed.

F, A. Crowell,

Silver Lace Wyandottes
White Wyandottes : : :
: Buff Leghorns
Sr a, :
pean Pekin Ducks...
All first class stock. Eggs for sale.

MRS. W. E. TIBBITS,
Imperial, Neb.

Granger, Minn,

Barred Rock Eggs,
—For Hatching.—

Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is
What you want. Try mine this year.
$1.50 for 15, $2.50 for 30, $3.00 for 45.

A.B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb.

Se ee

Buff Orpingtons
Bronze Turkeys

YY

We keep nothing but the
choicest stock. Eggs for
Sale. rite for prices.
We Ree ere er ha
Uy

C.E BROWNING,
Fairbury, Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

The Republican Valley
District Poultry
Association

The Republican Valley District
Poultry Association has just closed a
most successful show. Perhaps the
number of birds shown this year was
not quite so large as in previous years,
but that was to be expected. We are
having hard times in this section this
winter, and it has in some cases inter-
fered with the size of our show, but
it did not interfere with the perfect har-
mony and good felowship of the ex-
hibitors, and there was no note of dis-
cord when the awards were made
known.

During the last hours spent together
there was some little discussion of
methods by which we might grow and
prosper. It struck us that we and
many other associations might be ben-
elitted by a discussion through one of
our favorite magazines. The Investi-
gator, for instance. Now, would it not
be nice and instructive if some of the
oldest and most successful of our poul-
try associations were to come forward
and tell us by what methods their asso-
ciation was run in peace and harmony
for—well, say for twenty years? Won-
der if there is an association in the
state that has run continuously for
that length of time? If there is won't
you let us hear from you? Please tell
us all about yourselves? What meth-
ods made your association the long
lived shining success that it is? Tell
us of your mistakes, too. You can date
them back quite a spell. We would not
expect you to tell any that had been
lately committed for that might have a
bad effect on your organization even
after years of success. Of course you
will never make more mistakes. We
take that for granted, but a review of
those you made years and years ago,
might steer many a young association
clear of disastrous breakers.

Do you think monthly meetings the
best plan? Or do you come at a call
of the president? How long before the
show do you think it best to distrib-
ute the premium lists? This question
has been much discussed by members
of our association, some of our mem-
bers holding that if the lists were a
little old in the hands of their possess-
ors they were quite forgotten before
the show. Personally we believe that
the premium lists should be distributed
a month at least before the show. If
any of you disagree with me please ex-
plain reasons why. We think that
when a breeder receives his lists he or
she decides very soon whether their
birds are going to that show and we

Re ht hh Re
Ain’tthese beauties.
eww

But not so fine as
chicks hatched
from B. P. Rock
and Butf Coch-
ineggsthat you
can buy of Mrs,
Kessler. I have
afew fine Bar-
red Ck'ls_ for
saleyet, Write
for prices and
be pleased,

Mrs. Ida M Kessler,
Woburn, Ill.

First Prize Hen. Weight 9 Ibs,

Be —

Highest score any B. P. Rock at the
late State Show Judge Myers said
she was the best one he had seen
this year. I won8regular premiums
at the above show. 20 years a
breeder of this variety exclusively.
Write your wants. Address

F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
We have Quality and Quantity.

Farm raised prize winning stock,
Eggs $1.50 per 15, $5.00 per 100.

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.

Single Gomb Brown Leghorns,
Barred Plymouth Rocks,

First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for
years in the hands of customers as
wellas in Utah. They are bred
for money makers. Greatest egg
producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
September. Address,

Cora A. Rickards,

SOUTH - OGDEN - POULTRY - YARDS,

Ogden, Utah,

RINGLET B. ROCKS

The Kind that Wins! We Double Mate.

Ben Hur, rst cockerel at Lincoln
Show 1602, at head of our cocker-
el breeding pen. No females in
our pullet breeding pen scoring
less than go, mated to extra choice
pullet breeders.f Stock all sold,
eggs reasonable. Write for prices.

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb.

Black Langshans---

Tho winter layers, of standard
weights, good colored plumage

| and eyes, well feathered shan‘s
no scrube among them. Score
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15,

C. M. Hurlburt, Fai.bury, Neb.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys!

None under, weight—scores 93 to
to 97. Ist and 3rd pullel at Lin-
coln, also 2d colkerel weight—31
pounds. Write for prices on eggs.

C. M. Hurlburt,
Fairbury,

Please Let Me Tell You

My Buff Cochins \have again won their
share of the ribbons at the MeCook Show. To
make room for my breeding pens I wi'l sell
trios, pens and singles at barg»ins for the
next 30 days. Also a few R C “B Leghorns.
Eggs in season.

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.
Whit Holland Turkeys and
| 8 Embden Geese,

Des Moines, Ia. Prize Winners.

W. P. Rocks and W. Wyandottes scor-
ing 92 to 95% points forsale. Eggs
for hatching from above stock, also
W. Cochins, W. I. Game- and W,
Guineas. Guinea Pigs for sale.
Write for particulars and mention
Poultry Investigator.

White Plume Poultry Yards.

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK,
Dallas Ceuter, - -

iH

Neb.

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SILVER WYANDOTTES

Y BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last
eight State Shows and many other large
shows, winning more Premiums than all
other competitors of this variety combined.
Good birds for sale. Eggs from prize pens
15 for $3. 30,$5- From standard bred
stock, farm range, 100, $4,

Mrs J. W. GAUSE,
Emporia, Kan.

BUFF COCHINS.

Ist ckl score 9434, Ist hen 954, at Nebraska
State Show at Lincoln. Eggs $300 per 13.
Breeders also of Short Horn cattle and Du-
roc Jersey swine. ©. K, DAVIS, Prop.

W. J. MITOHELL, Poulury Manager.
Columbus, Nebr,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

believe it may take some preparation
and change of plans to take in that par-
ticular show, and it is a pretty good
idea to give the breeders time to ar-
range matters. If the breeder
up his or her mind to go to a show
while the premium list is fresh in hand,
there will be no forgetting the
even if the list is mislaid. Now these
are our reasons for believing in an ear-
ly distribution of premium lists.

In the first years of the existence of
the R. V. D. P. association some of
the members thought it the fair thing
that every bird exhibited should have
been raised by the exhibitor. As a
mattr of fact a great many birds ex-
hibited at our first show were bought
at long figures out of the Nebraska
state show. We bought some ourselves
at figures that made our neighbors
question our sanity. Then we that
bought the birds we exhibited brought
our birds that we raised in by the back
door and had them scored and in many
instances found that we owned birds
quite as good as those purchased at the
state show.

After the first show we were none of
us particular to have our show held af-
ter the state show. We had learned
the lesson, some of them, that novices
must learn and now we all want to get

through with our show in time toat- |
if our birds score |

tend the state show,
high enough. There is a whole delega-
tion of us expect to go and make it
warm for the old exhibitors next win-
ter, too. Look out for us.

Finances is a subject that would bear
some discussion, we think. -Our asso-
ciation never has much money left af-
ter all the show expenses are paid,
consequently we all quake in our boots
before every show lest we come out
behind this time, and have to dive into
the immense incomes we make off our
poultry business to pay up what we run
behind, but a day or two after the show
we are all reassured by the secretary
that our incomes are safe. The show
paid out. Nevertheless we shall prob-
ably discuss the giving of balls and sup-
pers in order that no more such men-
aces to our private fortunes need exist.

Now ye twenty-year-old associations,
come forward and tell us how you keep
your coffers brimful?

Now lastly as old fashioned preach-|
ers say, how is a secretary to manage |

to come forth unspotted before his as-
sociation? We have special reasons
for wanting this last question answered
because we know a-new one that has
dene some fcult-finding with past sec-
retary that may find the coming task

not so funny.
HATTIE BYFIELD.

makes’

date

33

It is next to impossible to raise poul-
try, even a small flock on a city lot to
say nothing of a large flock on a poul-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
trained

Fox Terrier Dog.

Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
iy roses Kennels, Nevada, Mo.

3=Males $10.00; females $5.00:

— ——— eee:

Buff ite ies Barred Rocks, S.
C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes.

Forare)
Before buying anything, write to us.
It will be a pleasure'to give you
@® our prices. We respond prompt-
ly. Bargains if taken soon.

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.

Golden & Sil t Sebight Ban Bantams!

os. Golden,
$150 per 15.
Silvers, $2.00
per 15. Par.
Cochins, $2.
per 13. Price
of pigeons on
application.
8 varieties
for sale. Ad-
dress

W. F. HOLCOMB,
Clay Center, Neb.

Poultry Investigator one year with each order.

Olentangy :
Poultry Yards

Delaware, Ohio.

Reed Bros, The 6. C. Reed, Mor.

Rose Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games.
Barred P‘ Rocks. Buff C. Cochins.
Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfactory
hatch guaranteed. No birds in
breeding pens scoring less than 91
points. Send for circulars.

My Buff Rocks

Won at Madison Square Garden this
season; at Boston and other great
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs

for sale. Write for Circular and Show
record.

MILES H. LOUER,
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y.

Now Ready..=—”

Young stock for sale at the Golden
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock-
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan-
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct
from Duston, and hatched from a pen
of ‘‘Duston’’? hens. Also a few W. P.
R. hens and one male yet for sale, ata
bargain. Write for price and descrip-
tion of stock.

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS.

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Are holding their own

MY MAMMOTH
PEKIN DUCKS five sitenys won teh:

est honors at Great St. Louis Fair and
Poultry Show; also in the hands of my
customers. A few elegant Buff Rox at

half real value.

OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo

Have you seen it?

The Fanciers’ World

America’s leading publication for fanciers.
Special departments for dogs, cats. pigeons,
hares, poultry, etc. 32 pages. Profusely
JACEE: Per year, 50cents. Samplecopy
ree.

The Fanciers’ World
F. M. Simmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III.

Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods?

Make your Own! I| can send you formu-
las for all kinds of stock and poultry
foods. Here are afew; Ohick food 35c;
egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder,
45c; stock condition powder, 35c; hog con-
dition powder, 30c. Write for others,

A. W. Collins,
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, Ia,

Black Langshans

Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi-
cation: up to standard weight; winners at
Olay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for

sale. Prices reasonable, Eggs for sale in
season. Address,

MRS. N. W, JOHNSON, Clay Center, Neb.

“Twenty-Five ears in the Pal try Yard.”

A perfect Manual for Success.
Gives symptoms and remedies
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup,
Hog and Poultry cholera. 108
pages. Price 25 cents.

A. H, LANG, Covedale, Ky.

Trees and Plants

That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit.
We grow that tind. Largestock. Honest dealing.
Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach-
es6c.; Grafted Apples 5c.; Concord Grapes 2c.,
Russ. Mulberries 30c. per 100; Ash 75c. per 1000:
Black Locust $1.35 per 1000, ees or Seman
Illustrated Catalogues FRE

CARL SONDEREGGER, Proprietor, We 27, dacties Neb.

Butt ine

AND

White Wyandottes

No better Stock
Raised.

I never have failed to win in
largest shows. Birds score from
90 to 95%.

C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Standard Weight Is Most
Desirable

Written for Poulty Investigator by
Judge O. P. Green, Bourbon, Ind.

I find a number of people who think
that it is wrong for a judge to cut for
dificiency in weight. The opinion is
advanced more of ten in regard to pri-
vate scoring. They reason that if a
bird is one or two pounds under stand-
ard weight, in time it will develope and
attain the correct weight. Those who
reason in this manner are wrong, for
it is usually the late hatched fowls
which are not of correct weight and
the chances are that they never will
reach the right weight.

From my point of view, there is one
part of the standard which should be
changed, or at the very least, should
receive careful thought. The standard
says that when standard specimens are
equal in their scores, the heavier one
shall be awarded the prize. Now if
nine and one-half pounds is the proper
and standard weight for a Plymouth
Rock cock,the bird which has a weight
nearest to the above standard should
be given the preference. If the stand-
ard makes a certain weight the correct
one, I believe in standing by it and not
offering a premium for a_ heavier
weight.

Such a premium encourages people
to work and breed for birds of more
wight than required by the standard
and in consequence are very liable to
lack in quality, egg production and
general utility.

The Plymouth Rock in many yards
has been bred for large size to the de-
preciation of other desirable qualities.
It has been the plump body and medi-
um size that have added so much to
the popularity of this variety. As they
are being bred so much with seeming
disregard for these admirable qualities,
there are many people who have dis-
carded the Plymouth Rock to raise the
Wyandot, believing that it will prove
more satisfactory in size and weight.

If a certain weight receives the ap-
proval of the A. P. A. ana is erquired
by the standard, it benooves every
breeder and judge to try to secure that
weight. If a deficiency is wrong, an
excess should not be viewed with es-
pecial favor.

Early hatched birds the best, the
more vigoruos and more prolific. Such
birds will have their full weight in time
for exhibition at the winter shows and
should be cut for weight if they are
lacking in that particular, for it is al-
most a fact that an early hatched bird
which lacks in weight at a January
show will always lack in weight unless

Our Barred and White Rocks.

Are successful show birds and excel -
lent for market. Our S.C. W. Leg-
horns are winners in strongest compe-
tition and great layers of large white
eggs. Incubator eggs $5.00 per 100.
Eggs $2 00 per 15.

J. N. Krauter,

If you want .

Belgian Hares
Call on or write to
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
Old Orchard, Mo.
Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,

WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr.

100 Hares to choose from.
Buff

<* Pekin Bantams

—As Good as the Land can Afford—
—Egegs $3,00 per 13.—

A. J. WILLIAMS,
Clay Center, Nebr.

Bucyrus, Ohio.

Black

Black Langshans.. oe:

Ist ckl. Ist hen, Nebr.. State Show 1901. Ist
po: Ist ck, Ist ckl, 1st and 2d pullet Nebr,
tate Fair, 1901, 1st pe n. 1st and 3rd pul-
let, 2nd ck, 2nd'ckl. Nebr. State Poultry
Show at Lincoln, 1902, Eggs $2.00 per 13.

JA Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr.

BUFF WYANDOTTES!

ist, ck, Ist, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul-
let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES,

3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State
Show. Light Brahmas. Eggs $2.50
per 15.

E B DAY, North Bnd, Nebr.

Just a Moment Please!

Now is the time to book your orders

and WM. KERSENBROCK has
prize winning birds of Barred and Buff
P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins,
Silver Laced and White Wyandottes
and Cornish I. Games.

Wm J Kersenbrock, Columbus, Neb.

Rose Comb White Leghorns!

Made a clean sweep at Mitchell
winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds,
and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92
At three shows in last two years
won 11 firsts, 6 seconds,‘ 6 thirds
and specials, Cockerels for sale.
Eggs $1.50 per setting

J. ¥F.Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. Dakota
—Vice-President State Association,—

White Leghorns.

Incubator eggs from flock 85.00 per 100
From choice ea $1,50 per 13. #2.50 per 26,
LAYERS AND WINNERS. Scottish Terrier
puppies #3.00 and $5.00

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,
R. R. French,:Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.

But Orpingtons ana Cochins.
eae Tasorkioaa,
I won more premiums than
any other two exhibitors at
the Nebraska State Show,
1go1. Before buying any-

thing write me—it will be a
pleasure to give you prices.

Ida J. Buehler,

Kenesaw,
Nebraska.

Barred PI ymouth Rocks.
EXCLUSIVELY.

Cockerels $2.00. $3.00 and $5 00 each. Pullets,

$1.00, $2.00. $3.00. Worth double what | am
asking for them, Above prices good for Jan-
uary only.

W. S. RUSSELL,

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Blue Barred x
Plymouth kocks

Regs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per 50, $5.00
per 100. Our stock is first class.

P. J. pe giexs Center, Nebr

My...
Buff Orpingtons
-Have no equal

B. Plymouth Rocks

(Thompson Ringlets.)
If you want good stock I have it

| JOHN A. LING, |
Harvard - - Nebraska

White P. Rocks Exclusively...
My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot of
chicks tosell reasonable. Write,
MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincoln, Nebr.

Breeder of Buff
w. A. . Forbes. and White Wisin
dottes. Forthe past four yearsI have 2won

the majority of the best premiums in full
classes, 221st, 102ud,93rd and 5specials. I
am booking orders now fora Wee no, of
eggs from these prize matings for $2.00 per
setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00.

North Topeka, Kan,

Years of Experience

Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from
my different yardsI have selected 5 pullets
scored 93 and 8 which scored 92!¢ and from this
yard I wish to sella limited number of settings
of eggs at 3.00 per setting. All eggs sold will
be from uis yardand from these birds exclusive
ly. I havea few pullets scoring from 90 to 91%
alsoa fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at
prices that are right. All eggs and birds Sold
by me will be as represented or money re-
unded

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

it is the fault of the breeder, and in
that case no allowance should be made
for his carelessness.

Late hatching ought not to be en-
couraged, and this what a judge does
if he refuses to cut for deficiency in
weight. There are and always will be
many careless breeders and ti is
against the results which they secure
that the careful breeder must be guard-
ed. Because one man through neglect
has raised chickens which fall short in
weight, the other exhibitors should not
be compelled to suffer on his account.

CYPHERS INCUBATOR CATA-
LOUGUE FOR 1902.

All who have seen a copy of the
magnificent catalogue issued a year
ago by the Cyphers Incubator Com-
pany will be interested to learn that
this company’s catalogue for 1902 is
now ready for mailing and is a distinct
improvement over their great book of
last year.

This new and complete catalogue
consists of 196 pages and cover is 8xll
inches in size and weighs over one
pound. It contains a complete de-
scription of the Cyphers patent-dia-
phragm, non-moisture, self-ventilating
incubators, with fine color plate re-
productions of all sizes of the Cyphers
incubators. It contains also an illus-
trated description of the Cyphers
apartment brooders, and the full line
of poultry appliances manufactured by
this company. In it will be found
beautiful half-tone pictures of over 200
of the largest and best known poultry
plants of America, Canada and Europe
where the Cyphers incubators are in
use.

The Cyphers Incubator Company is
now completely installed in its great
factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The com-
pany is now completely installed in its
great factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The
company also has offices and _ sales-
rooms in Chicago, Boston and New
York City, and is in a position there-
fore to serve customers to advantage
in all parts of the country at a saving
of time and money in shipping by
freight.

All who are interested in the latest
developments in incubator and brood-
er manufacture should secure a copy
of the Cyphers Incubator Company’s
complete catalogue for 1902. See ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this paper.

L. G. French, of Deep Water, Iowa.,
sendsin anad.this month. Mr. French
is a reliable: breeder, and his stock is
known far,and near. Anybody want-
ing anything in his class will please
look up the advertisement.

w
on

Ohio’s Whitest White Tne

Winners wherever shown the past 10
year:, scoring 94 to 96 points. Also
Open Laced Wyandottes and Black
Minorcas. Eggs $1.50 per setting.

Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Oliio.
(Station A, Route 2.)

Exclusively. Scoring

ae 92 to 95 points. Won
at the great Co umbus

BANTAMS _ Show 1901-2, and Ohio

State Exposition 1901.
Stock for sale. Eggs
$1.50 per fifteen.

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D. A. JONES, EIA oe

LIGHT BRAHMAS. White and B
Kocks. White and silyer Laced Wand-
ottes. White and Brown Leghorns. Pekin
Ducks. America’s best strains. My stock
has won 2) premiums in the past three
years at the great Columbus show, Newark
and the Ohio State Exposition, Stock for
sale at all times. Eggs $1.50 per dozen.

Red Oak PoultryFarm, J. t. UNDERWOOD,Prop.
Sta B, Columbus, Ohio,

BRIGEL’S Celebrated Strains

Barred Males scoring as high as 944% and
Rock females as high as 94% under such

OCKS. judges as Bridge. ‘Tane, Jones, have
won Ist prizes at such shows as the
great Columbus show, Newark. and the Ohio
State Exposition. Stock forsale at all times.
Eggs $2,50 per 15, the kind that win.

F. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio.

FOR SALE! Light Brahmas,

Felch Strain. Nonebetter. Eggs
from stock scoring 92 to 93%,
$1.50 per 15. White Wyan-

dotte eggs $1.25 per 15.
Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Neb

White Plymouth Rocks,

Scored by Rhodes from 9214
Owens & Canfield’s strain,
White.”? Eggs $1.50 per 15.

Wm. Randolph,

Lawrence, Kansas. R.

to 94.
“Stay

O. No. 1.

Pure Bred Poultry.
DARK BRAHMAS
SILVER WYANDOTTES
BUFF WYANDOTTES

Stock and eggs for sale. Write.

M. D. KING, Minden, Neb.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194
FOR PAST B. P. Rocksin class at Red
SIX YEARS Oak, Ia., won 1st Cock, 1st
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
At Osceola, Ia., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st
Cockerel, 1st Pullet, lst Hen, lst Pen.
Two hundred choice breeding and ex-
hibition birds for sale.

H. R. McLean,
Red Oak, = .

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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eA: RE ES EZ 5) BOE, BARRED, White Plymouth Rocks,; WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor-
5 b Light hmas Fine cockerels, hens and val strains direct. Score 92 to 9 by Judge
ATCHERS r) pullets $2 to $3 ez Kho¢es. Quality and fair treatment guaran-
g BUSINESS C E) Milton Brown. box 94, Middleboro, Mass. leed. Hest winter layers. eees 2.00 per 15.
c . Sele res. as. O. reg
CU WWW | POR SALH—a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter, a oe Cha ilson, Holdrege,
. 4 a SOTTE. TRY nearly new for $8. Also a Buff Orpington j bs a
SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY se Bae a —— : A
Farm, C. F. Austin, Dearing, Kan., White cock¢ rel, Af ighs | 9 pounds, al mae anlo. K. S.L.WYANDOTTES are all right.
Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck und La ellent BCI Price'so 00. “houls SIOEg= Eggs $1.00 per 15 or $4.00 per 100. W, TT. Can
John Hughes strains. 15cockerels for sale | CP5°9, Racine, Wisc. aday, Dover, Lee county, Iowa.

Strawberry plants—best varieties. Square

treatment.

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a _ specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Cedar NRapias. 1901, }
150 youngsters for sale after October Ist.
finer than ever, superior feathering, shape
and color, Always satisfaction. guaran-
teed. U.J. Shanklin, Wanbeck, Iowa

WHITE WYANDOTTES, cockerels scoring
to 4%. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring
to 96% sired bya Tom weighing 40 1bs and
from hens weighing to 25 ils. Prices rea-
sonable- W, H- Lake, Hampton, Nebr.

JIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains. three |

trios at 5.00 per trio, Choice cockerels at
one half their value, several bred from
Boston prize winners. G, W. Hardin,
Ulysses, Neb.

CORNISH INDIANS a specialty Winners

wherever Shown. Scored by Russell, Hews, |
Emery and Wale Pronounce first claSs |
birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. U
Bannson, Sarcoxie; Mo.

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The

kind that are egg layers.Scoring 91 to 94%,
Duston strain. Eggs 2.00 for 15 or 3.50 for 30.

Mrs. D. J, Fink, Holdredge, Neb,

MAMMOTH BRONZB turkey and white Pe-

kin duck, Large fine specimens for sale at |
c reasonable prices. Our stock is us good as
F money could procure, Mrs, B. I. Mathews.
OMorning Sun,lowa

EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown. Buff.

Biack, Dominique, silver Duckwing and
Rose Comb White Buff and Brown Leg-|

horns. Price jist free. Sylvester Shirley. |
Port Clinton, Ohio, |

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively. A
few choice cockerels for sale; took Ist and
2nd premium at S O. S_ poultry show.
Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Stroms-
burg, Nebr. Route No 2.

WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck.,
94% by Russell. for sale. Also eggs from
D. Brahmas. Brown Leghorn, B. Pekin and
Game Bantams. Expert Judge. v. M. Vool-
ey Milton, Ia.

PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have
afew fine Black Laungshan Cockeels for
sale cheap if taken soon. Mrs. J, W. Strat-
ton, Blue Hill, Neb

\
y

and enduring.

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score }

follow the purchase of a Victor Incubator.
timony of thousands of successful poultry raisers who will
have no other machine. Absolutely self-regulating, and the

simplest, surest, most durable hatcher ever made.
anteed positively as represented or money refunded. The

VICTOR;

Incubator

is scientifically correct, me-
chanically perfeect—solid

telling how to get increased
results from almost any
machine, for 6 cents,

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively
Eggs $400 fur 100, $1.00 for 15. Adam A
Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.

lt Brings More Egg

Get a Dandy Green Bone Cutter and
double your egg yield. Our new Ccata-
logue tells all about feeding green
bone, and the best machine

for cutting it. $5

Sold Direct *"*°™ ,
and up

on 50 duys’ trial.

Stratton Mfg. Co., Box 48, Erle, Pa, *™

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Catalogue

Ceo. Ertel Co.
Quincy, fll.

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California Redwood
has been used for twenty-three years in the
manufacture of

Petaluma

Incubators ana Brooders

because we have found it superior to all other

kinds.

Several other incubator makers are giv-

ing their testimony to our good judgment by

advertising to also use California Redwood.

It

is not only true that Petaluma Incubators and

Brooders are made of the best lumber in the
a world, but every other article used in their con-
struction is of the highest grade, and

therefore these

“Standard of the

World’’ Incubators and Brooders oc-
cupy the same relative position to all
other Incubators and Brooders that
the mighty California Redwoods
do to other trees.

Read “A Bit of Incubator History.” in our new

catalogue.
office.

We send

it free. Address nearest

Petaluma Incubator Co.,
Box 58, Petaluma, Cal., or

Box 58, Indianapolis, Ind.

Barred P .Rocks.

Hawkin’s Strain!

I breed them by the Trap
nest system. Eggs that
will hatch First Prize win-
ners, $2.00 per 13, $5.00

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per 40. Send an order.
GEO. H. WALLACE
Box A. Navan, Minn.

ete eer. ct

LIGHT BRAHMAS. —»

Prize-winning stock, first prize
at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of
four entries at Kansas City, Mo.,

an inl

won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third.
4 prizes at Kansas State Show.
Stock and eggs forsale. Write us

STECKER BROS.,
4639. Cottage Ave., St. Louis. Mo

POOF SSSSSSOFOOOOO

PO ee SS | | = enn

From prize winning Golden
E $ Wyandottes, $2. per 13, scor-
ing from 90 to 93%, by Shellen’ erger.

J. Gardinier, Keota, Ill.

Silver Laced Wyandottes.

Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets #4.
Fine scoring

Albert Lisius,

1 Sell You

By selling you chicks just out of the
shell from stock the sire of which cost
$50.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00.
You get chicks for 60 cents each—thus
one cent on the dollar. W.P.R ducks
at 50 cents each. This is the best
chance in the world to start with good
solid foundation of pure bred eastern
stock. We ship lots of 10 or more and
guarantee safe arrival 1,500 miles.
Hatching all the time. Order in ad-
vance. Cash with order.

PARTINGTON. Nortbboro, Mass.

Lake Mills, Mo.

Barred Rocks at one
cent on the dollar.

+7 + + + + + oO
White Minorcas, Barred
Plymouth Rocks, Gold-
en and White Wyan-
dottes and Buff Gochin
Bantam Cockerels.

++ e+ ++ + oo.

I have cockerels in the above
named varieties for sale and
eggs iu season, (Score cards
with cockerels). The Wyan-
dottes are Dustin & Ketier
strains direct. B. P. Rocks
are Ejliotts.

Yours Respectfully,

Pine Lawn Poultry Farm.

L. D. Metcalf, Prop’r.
Wakefield - Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Single Comb
White Leghorns.

Eggs for hatching from the cream
of my flock, as I have the adyan-
tage of selecting my breeders from
_ among seven hundred choice birds
all bred and owned by myself.....
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stands for C hickens their health is preserved.
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tied rst hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd _ cockerel;
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Records of other big winnings in catalogue.

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Breeder of ¢

Thoroughbred Poultry,
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Varieties.—B. P, Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wyan-
andottes, Partridge Cochins, S.C. B. Minorcas, S, C.
W. Leghorns, S,and R.C- B. Leghorns, Pekin Ducks.
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C. C. Fitzsimmons, Wann, I. T.—Oct. 31, 1901.—I can recommend
the Sure Hatch to everyone who wants a machine that can be depended
upon in every instance. I have used two other makes of incubators,
machines that are advertised as first-class incubators, but they couldn’t
come up to the Sure Hatch. The Sure Hatch only required about one-
third the care that the other two did. My first hatch with the Sure
Hatch more than paid for the machine. I commenced hatching in
December and made six hatches in all; the last one was in May. Of the
first hatch I sold 75 at 45c a piece, and kept 30 pullets and they have been
laying since the 20th of May and show no signs of letting up. I am
going to start my incubator again the lst of December and keep it
going until June.

Mrs. Geo. A. Eby, Howard, Kan.—Novy. 4, 1901.—The Sure Hatch
is all that you claim for it. We had one hatch during the hottest weath-
er of 182 chicks out of 197 eggs. Whenever we want another machine
it will have to be the Sure Hatch.

O. O. Epley, Jefferson, Ore.—Oct. 28, 1901.—My faith is strong
in the Sure Hatch. I believe it to be the best incubator on the market.
All praise belongs to an incubator that can hatch and will hatch, and
that incubator is the Sure Hatch.

J. Fletcher, Rutherford, Tenn.—Nov. 5, 1901—We have given the
Sure Hatch another name—the Hen Beater. We are always ready and
anxious to say a good word for these machines.

W. P. Ames, Foster, Ia.—Oct. 21, 1901.—To say that I am pleased
with the Sure Hatch would be putting it mild, and the Sure Hatch Com-
pany have my thanks and best wishes for success for the kind and
courteous treatment tendered me.

Mrs. R. E. Chaplin, Navajoe, Okla—Nov. 4. 1901—We had two
Sure Hatch machines in Nebraska, but sold them when we came here.
We hope to order another before long. How I did wish for my Sure
Hatch incubator this spring! Setting hens are so unsatisfactory.

M. L. Carpenter, Ellis, Neb—Oct. 16, 1901.—It affords me great
pleasure in recommending your machine to any one who wants to raise
poultry. We never raised any poultry ta amount to anything but this
year my wife sent and got a 100 egg incubator of you and she has simply
covered the place with chickens, and she has sold more than enough
to pay for the incubator, besides, we have had all the chicken we wanted
to eat, and I consider that a whole lot.

Mrs. C. W. Chasey, Pleasant Mound, IlI—Novy. 6. 1901—We can-
not say too much for the Sure Hatch. From 107 eggs we got 105 lively
chicks; from 97 eggs we got 93 chicks, and from 88 eggs we got 83
chicks. We would like vour new catalogue. We are always pleased to
get anything from the Sure Hatch.

. Mrs. Otho Bell, Larned, Kan.—Nov. 1, 1901.—The Sure Hatch is
O K. TI always take pleasure in recommending it to my neighbors.
One of my neighbors who didn’t believe in incubators tried to beat me
with hens. She had over 200 hens, while I had 50 and my incubator,
but I came out ahead about 200 chicks.

Fay Branscombe, Marysville, Kan—Nov. 18. 1901.—We are perfect-
ly satisfied with our incubator and brooder. Last April when it was
so rainy and no sunshine for two weeks we saved 85 chicks out of 87 by
using the Common Sense brooder.

Earl Brown, Lyons, Neb —Nov. 10, 1991.—We have had splendid
success with our incubator and breoder. We do not think the Com-
mon Sense brooder can be beat for raising young chicks.

W . B. Bishop, Clehurne, Tex—Oct. 30, 1901—We made four
hatches last spring which averaged 83 per cent. We considered them
very satisfactory.

Mrs. Julius Franz, Pipestone, Minn.—Nov. 10, 1901.—I have one
of your machines and am well pleased with it; we hatched 96 chicks from
from 102 eggs.

Mrs. S. E. Froman, Staplehurst. Neb—Nov. 4, 1901.—The Sure
Hatch is all right and no mistake about that. Our last hatch was 100
chicks from 112 eggs.

Ella E. Selleck, Woodbine, Ia.—Jan. 28, 1902.—T received my in-
cubator in good condition and have made two big hatches. I am al-
ways ready to speak of its merits.

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Cyphers Incubator.

The

It is not because the Cyphers is the cheapest in price, nor
because they love the manufacturers. Then why is it?

Unquestionably it is because the poultry business has devel-
oped until now experienced poultry raisers understand that to be
successful they must be supplied with an incubator that will bring
forth a robust chick from every hatchable egg. The CYPHERS
was designed to meet this demand and we have not felt justified
in cutting down the quality of our goods to meet the prices of cheap-
er machines. A first-class article in any line of manufacture com-
mands a fair price and when quality and results are well consid-
ered, the CYPHERS is today the cheapest machine on the market.

Big Plants and Big Men.

Here is a partial list of the
ing poultrymen who use the

great poultry plants of America, and of the lead-
Cyphers and pronounce it the best on the market.

Some of the Big Platts.

Forest Lake Poultry Farm, Brown’s
Mills, N. J.—use 82 largest size.

Meadow Brook Farm, Dallas, Pa.—use
50 largest size.

Spring Lake Poultry Farm, Harris-
burg, Pa.—use 48 largest size.

Oxford Poultry Farm, Oxford, Pa.—
use 46 largest size.

Sussex Poultry Farm, Newton, N. J. —
use 30 largest size.

White Leghorn Poultry Yards, Wat-
erville, N. Y.—use 10 largest size.

Weber Bros., Wrentham Mass.—use 10

largest slze.

Wildwood Poultry Farm, St. Louis,
Mo.—use 30 incubators and brooders.

Grosse Isle Duck Ranch, Grosse Isle,
Mich.—use 28 largest size.

House Rock Poultry Farm, Wollaston,
Mass —use 23 largest size.

J F. Stocking & Co., Montvale, N. J.
—use 21] largest size.

Millville Poultry Farm, Millville, N.
J.—use 20 largest size.

Hudson River Poultry Farm, Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.—use 20 largest size.
Willowcrest Poultry Yards, Goshen,

N. Y.—use 10 largest size.

H. Fell Poultry Farm, Sewell, N. J.—
tse 20 of the largest size.

Ernest Sommerfield, Grunberg, Schl.
Germany,—use 15 largest size.

The May R. Poultry Plant, Connors’
ville, Ind.—use 12 largest size.

Fisher’s Island Farm, Fisher’s [sland,
N. Y.—use 12 largest size.

Messrs High Bros. Blackpool, Lanca-
shire, England.—use 10 largest size.

Raterman Poultry Farm, Wellston, St.
Louis Co., Mo.—use 10 largest size.

And scores of others who use 5 to 10
Cypher Incubators.

Some of the Big Mén.

A. C. Hawkins, Lancaster, Mass.
Arthur G. Duston, Marlboro, Mass.
Knapp Bros, Fabius, N. Y.

E. B. Thompson, Amenia, N. Y.
Bradley Bros., Lee, Mass.

Samuel Cushman, Bristol, R I.

C. S. Wetmore, Lockport, N. Y.

M. F. Norris, Lexington, Ky.

E. S. Nicholson, Cambridge, N. Y.
Willis J. Storke, Groton, N. M.

Philander Williams, Taunton, Mass.
H. J. Blanchard, Groton, N. Y.

J. W. Shaw, Brocton, Mass.

W.S. Russell, Ottumwa, Ia.

Geo. W. Mitchell, Bristol, Conn.
W. P. Gibson, W. Alexander, Pa,
Henry Steinsmesch, St. Louis, Mo.
P, H. Gossard, Mo. Valley, Ia

W. H. Bushell, David City, Nebr.
F. W. Richardson, Hicksville, O.
W. H. Overbaugh, Hanover, Pa.

Aug. D. Arnold, Dillsburg, Pa.
M. B. Gardner, Philadelphia, Pa.
Cc. F. A. Smith, Waltham, Mass.
O. E. Skinner, Columbus, Ohio.
J, H. Jackson, Hudson, Mass,
Dr. O. Bennett, Mason, Ill.

U. R Fishel, Hope, Ind.

L,. C. Piser, Shushan, N. Y-
Sharpe Butterfield, London, Ont.

—And hundreds of others —

Remember that the Patent-Diaphragm,,Non- Moistu :
INCUBATOR is now used on no less than 26 Government Experime
Australia and New Zealand, where the profe agt u
strate to their annual poultry classes the scientific principles of arti
letters of endorsement on pages
best incubator forthe beginner,
plete catalogue, particularly on
CYPHERS INCUBATOR is sold

fact i t haser. or it can be returned in 90 days an
oo Me ieee otal inches ini 2) complete catalogue for 1902, containing over 200 half-tone repro-
y plantsin the world, sent postpaid te

Ask for Book 122 and address nearest office.

&

Fach and every

Elegant 180-page (8x11 inches in size
ductions of photographs of the largest and best managed poultr
any address for 10 cents in silver or stamps.

65-83 of complete catalogue.
for the amateur.
pages 165-180 inclusive.

Cyphers Incubator

Boston, Mass.
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re, Self- Venti

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nt Farms in the United States, Canada
d poultry experts use them to demon-
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Furthermore the CYPHERS is by far the
See the hundreds of specimens of testimonials in com-

with the distinct understanding that it will do satis-

d money will be refunded.

Co.,

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Close connections made at all junctions. For rates

and information, call on or’address

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The “Perfect” Hatcher

ses-200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00
ses|00-Ege Hatcher, $6; Brooder, ie
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sivortne DANDY Green Bone Cutter

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factory, saving you agent’s profits and giving you privil-
ege of returning if not the easiest turning machine made.

STRATTON MANFC. CO., Box48, Erie, Pas

‘mmm Miller’s*Perfection ‘F

e eg ee Tey
Folding$ Exhibition |
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Nothing to s0 astray. The neatest
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Wm. MILLER, North Bend, Neb

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Onion Seed! Large Red Wethersfiebd, Prize
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Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to
this climate. Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn,
Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds-

Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed. fresh
at wholesale prices. Nearly $500.00 in prizes and 100,-
000 papers free seeds given to customers this year.

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White and Golden Wyandottes...
Incubators.

Built on entirely "new principles and the
only machine made that will allow the chicks
when hatching to come out of the machine
in the pure, fresh outside air at their own
will, just exactly the same as they do when
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Nearly 10,000 appointments
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Winning >
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WE WIN East and
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in hot competition,
in a class of 64
White Wyandotte
cockerels, the fin-

F est ever seen, our
birds were given two prizes out of five,
winning the 3d and 5th prizes. We
have 4 pens of high scoring females

headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13.

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.

———_

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PARTRIDGE COCHINS.

Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfaction /guar-
(_canteed. Write for particulars.._J

C.J. Beedle. Holdrege. Neb.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS

At Neb. State show 1902, in class of
117 birds, 13 exhibitors, 12 pens in com-
pet tion, won 2d pen, missing Ist by 5
point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. dth ck. Eggs
$3 per 15, $5 for 30. Write for prices
on incubator eggs.

David City, Nebr

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“Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company

“BUY STOCK and EGGS from high scoring
WHILE LANGSHANS and BUFF | ROCKS,
ci for quality. Eggs
y, MUM MPOWER, Duroc
. MUMPOWER,
Chilicothe, Mo.

BARGAINS IN BARRED P, ROCKS.

Edson’s Registered Strain, from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
-a specialty for “19 years. Now offering fine
exhibition and grand breeding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular’ with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, poeesonsile Til.

Fine winter laye ers.
$1.50 per 15. Mrs.
Jersey Pigs.

atee YE MRS. FLORA

u ocks

Pekin Ducks SHROYER,
‘Toulouse Geese Perry, o.T.

Bronze Turkeys.

Formerly at
Clay Center, Nebr.

WANTED!

250 White Wyandotte Hens
and Pullets.

250 White Leghorn Hens
and Pullets.

100 Buff Orpington Fe-
males.

Will pay cash. Address,

Box 427, Clay Center, Neb
For Sale! -

Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy
Ducks. At State Poultry Show on
four entries of geese I took first 3
premiums. Eggs for sale in season.

Wailen Cameron, Schuyler, Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

BP TNPILUNI UNIS

WOWONOWIS $

SWE? 9) Wi NOV WWE

ICICI ODE MEM? ie 9
Barred Rocks - ae ‘White Wyandotes | 3
_ _. WE HAVE es:
Some - Choice - Exhibition
a) ; AND
e Those : Fine Breeding Bide SS
& That We have always won at State Fairs and’ State SS
Wi ; Shows more prizes than all other exhibits. CS
x5 ais ates
é Mess } TL, NORVAL, Seward, Nebraska, .
CMM MORON me SN RONCS SMO MMMM

r | THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

| Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and

30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROOKS. With that nice even ring*barring to the skin as blue
as the sky, and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks, Or heavy weight SIN-
GLE COMB BROWN LKEGHORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
dle. and shape to burn Pullets with th: at soft even brown color, fine striped lackels
and eiegant combs. In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the
show room Ifso, address. J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, 0., P. O. Box I.

BRADLEY: Bros. New York winners J, R, Henderson,
is what my flock is built from. Win- Sta. B. Router

ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2:
Eggs $2.50 per 15. Columbus, O.

BARRE
ROCKS.

Stock for sale.

eee SAI.

We have no more enclterels for sale,

but have 50 choice pullets that we will
sell for One Dollareach Send in your or-
der at once, they will sell quick at this
price. Send tor egg circular describing
our five breeding vards, mated for best
results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight.

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

MR. and MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD,
___-_=IBREEDERS OF —
White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and

Pekin Ducks.

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, 1st hen, Ist cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a Paes on every bird entered. At the Ne-
braska’State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won Ist
pen chicks, Ist hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel--
a first prize on every bird entered.
We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

FRIEND, - = = NEBRASKA.

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Price, at Dealers:
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1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c’k’lat
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
94-9234 -913¢ and 91% by Butterfield.
3 seconds at same show 1900. Ist
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d.10¢. £.
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E Ss Thoroughbred Barred P. Rock eggs
44 two dollars per setting of fifteen, Gol

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per setting of fifteen. Colored Muscovy ducks,
two dollars per setting of eleven. My stock
are allstrong and vigorous ‘and have farm
range, Al] eggs shipped will be strictly fresh.

Mrs: D. T. STONE, DeKalb, mo

Clover Ridge Poultry Farm, Route No. 2.

| The Perfected Von Culin.

Successful result of 25 years’ experience.

Scientifically correct, practically perfect.

Non-explosive metal lamps.

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Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation.

Made of best materials, and highest quality
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PRICES $7.00 AND UP,
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAY.
We make Brooders, Bee Hives & Supplies.

(2 Catalog and Price List sent Free.

Tue W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO.,

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White P. Rock, S.
Black Langshan, CBee Oasmighon
W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs |
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. , Won at
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows, 15°
ribbons from 2 to 5. Poor hatches du: |’
plicated at half price. ;

Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb.

PURE MAPLE SYRUP!

Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon
as made, direct from the farm. If you want
something nice and that is guaranteed pure and
fresh, please send me your order and I will
please you. Putupini1 gallon cans, 6 cans to
thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order
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PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM.

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Eyes i in ‘Season.

$1. 50 per Setting.

James M., Perkins,
RAVENWOOD. : : MISSOURI.

Mrs. J.B. Jones, 3 3 3
Breeder of

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and Mammoth Bronze

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Chester White Hogs forsale

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Address

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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vestigator. CORWIN JONES,

Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa.

i 1. 5 s

Prize Winning B. Rocks.
Cockerels and Pullets scoring 90 to

93 by Southard for $2.50 to $10.00 each.

Good breeders not scored for $1.00 to

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A Boon for Poultry Keepers.
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ye We willtell you how we made our

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~% Wayside Poultry Co., Clintonville,Conn

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ROSS BROS.

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Manhattan, : Kan.
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Write your wants. Address,

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Clay Center, Neb.

Founders of the first herd of pedigreed Belgian
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Permanent Eastern Office and Salesroom.

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THE:TIFFANY COMPANY, - Lincoln, Nebraska:

FOULTRY_ INVESTIGATOR.

gy THIS 1S THE WAY

they come off for the man who uses

THE NATURAL HEN
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a \ Natural Hen Incubator Co.,
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OSCAR E. MILES. Owner of Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry.
MLLES’. POULTER™Y FARM,

Breeder of White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, White and. Golden Wyan-

dottes, Rhode Island Reds, Pekin Ducks and Belgian Hares. Hereafter I shall

handle but three breeds of poultry. All my White Plymouth Rocks, Golden

Wyandottes and Pekin Ducks are for sale at low prices considering quality;

nothing reserved, must! be sold by March Ist. WINNER of 47 regular prem-

iums and many specials the last two'years at Columbus shows. 22 1sts, 13 2ds,
5 3ds, 7 4ths. Eggs $3.00 per 15. near Worthington O.

O.E. 6 pone Sa gabe

Mives Pouttry Farm, (

26 1-2N High St. Columbus, 0.

AMERICA’S LARGEST BREEDERS and IMPORTERS

of Single Comh Buff Orpingtons,

Winners at the great Chicago Show. 1st. on cock, 1st on pullet, 2d and 4th
on hen, 2d on pen-and tied for lst on pen. At Lincoln, Nebr. on same date,
we won 3d on cock, Ist on hen, Ist.and 2d on pullet. At the Nebraska State
Fair, won 1st and 2d on cock, Ist and 2d on hen, Ist and 2d on cockerel, 1st
and 2d on pullet, Ist on pen of chicks. No stock for sale, all sold. Fggs
from strictly first class exhibiting stock only, $5.00 per15. Free egg circular.

W. H. & M M. E. BUSHEL, - . David City, Neb.
Grant’ S Practical Brooder.

Prevents piling up, and overheating of chic’s. Complete specifications,
telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for
your own use, for $1.00. These brooders workout doors or in can be cleaned
in two minutes, are cheap and will last a lifetime. They have a floor space

of 2x6 ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar.

Alfalta Seed, $5 OO per bushel!

I have some Extra Fine S.C. B,. LEGHORNS, Peti No. 1. is headed by the
cock which headed 3d prize pen at»Boston, 1900 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d
prize cockerel at Chicago, 1901. These birds are mated to some of any choice
females (circular giving full particulars free. ) Eggs, pen No. 1, $2.00 per 15.
Pen No. 2, $1.50per 15. Incubator eggs, $5 00 per 100.

D. W. GRANT, wa = 7

Almena, Kan.

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Free cat'lg. explains all, » W. MANN COMPANY, Box » Milford, Mass

All kinds
of fancy pig-
eons. Prices
reasonable.

| Toulouse geese eggs 20e each. Roven
duck eggs 18 for $1.00. White Hol-
land Turkey eggs, $1.50 for 9. Also
Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban-

tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg-
horns, 5. S. Hamburgs, C. I. Games,
Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff

and Silyer Laced Wyandottes. Poul-
try eggs, 15 for $1.00.. Yards score
from 90 to 94% points. Satisfaction

guaranteed.

D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb.

If youSucceed You musthave a Pull!

Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton
and Co’s Ringlet Strain of B. P.

Rocks. Winners wherever shown.
Eggs oper setting, $2.00. Two set-
tings for 33.00. Address

PINKERTON & Co. Clay Center, Neb-

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R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Mich

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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extension rod to elevate Spray. Endorsed and used by hun-
dreds of noted Kreeders. ltis used and endorsed by Sid Conger,
Shelbyville, Ind; U. R. Fishel, Hope, Ind.; Meadowbrook
Poultry Farm, Dallas, Pa.; G. W. Brown, Camden, Ark.; A. G.
Duston, Mariborn, Mass.; Texas State Fair Ass’n, Dallas, Texas.
= w. B. Dean, Sceretary of State Board of Agriculture,
Yankton, 8. Dak., says: ‘We gaveall State Fair Buildings two
coats With your machine. Itis a complete success and a great
labor saver.” Jn order to get them introduced in every locality,
we will allow freight to your station, for the

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Galvanized Steel, complete as shown in cut with 10 feet of 4 ret
hose and one 8-foot bamboo extension rod and brass cylinder
pump with agitator, €12 00. No. 7.—Sixteen Gallon size, $15.00.
Rarria cael with order, or we will ship C.O.D., if 83.00 accom-
panies order. Take advantage of our Special Offer. Send 5c in
stamps foracopy of our 1902 Sprayer and Breeders’Supply Catalog.

Rippley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton, Ills.
Western Office, Box 54, Watertown, So. Dak.

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GREER’S PEDIGREED —
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

are in my breeding pens for 1902
ers get eggs from the sume hens L

Poultry Exhibits Properly Judged.

Egys frou: my birds never fail Lo produce PRIZ# WIN-

NERS. The best place to buy eggs is from a breeder

who makes a specialty of one variety. “Blue Bird.”

“Lady Blue” and the best | have raised for three years
Every bird a beauty an4 barred tothe skin. My custom-
use for wyself. Send for booklet of matings.

0. P. GREER, Bourbon, Ind.

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Winners 1, 5, pullet, 2and 3, hen, 2, and 4,
ckl, and 2. penat Nebr. State Show, 1902 against
red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $5.00 per

BUFF ORPINGTONS.
15, 2nd, pen, $3.00 per 15, 3rd pen, $2.00 per 15.

Limited number of young Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each.

H. H. CAMPBELL,

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Canfield’s White Rocks

Still Take
the Lead!

In 1900 and 1901
at the Convention

Hall Shows. Kansas City,, my birds
made almost a clean sweep of pre-
miums including Sweepstakes in
Am. class, In 1900 at Kansas State
Show they won i4 ou’ of a possible
15 premiums, in 1901, 15 out of 15
and in 1902, 16 out of 16 possibie rib-
bons not including 4ths and 5ths.
At Nebraska State Show, 1902, they
won Ist pen, Isr, 2d, 3d, hen, 1st, 3d,
5th cockerel, 2d, 4th ; ullet, 3d cock
and sweepstakes for best 5 it solid
colors with weight. Eggs $3.00 per
setting, $5.00 for 2 settings.

M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kan

White Wyandottes Exclusively.

Score 93 to 95} points by Larson and
Eggs $1.50 to
Stock is strictly white.

Hews, Keeler strain.
$2.50 per 15.

N. B. Carver, - « Hampton, Neb,

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GALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb

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April, 1902.

No. 2

Practical and Profitable Poultry Culture
By L. E. Keyser

Preparing for Early Chicks | |

ft is time now that we mate our
breeders. There will be nothing gained
by deferring, and much may be lost if
we do not have them properly mated
in time. We shall want some of the
eggs laid the latter part of this month
for our first March broods. We can
now tell what our hens have been do-
ing and which of them are worthy of
a place in the breeding pen.

We should feed our breeders some-
what differently than we do fowls de-
signed only to produce eggs for mar-
ket.
a tendency to over-stimulate the hen
and lessen the vitality of the germ of

Too much soft or moist food has

the egg, and we therefore feed a mash

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very sparingly, not oftener than two
three times a week. Good, sound
grain, coarsely ground beef scraps or

cut green bone and plenty of green

or

food in the shape of chopped roots, cut |
‘lighter breeds may be hatched well into

clover or alfalfa hay, etc., make a good
diet for breeding fowls, and they should
be made to work for it. If sufficient
exercise is not given the hens. will be-
comefat and the germs weak. We
give our breeders a light feed of grain
in deep litter early in the morning, or
throw it in at night when making the
rounds to lock them up, so they will
commence working as soon as they
come from the roost and get nicely
warmed up for their regular breakfast,

which is fed between 8 and 9 o'clock,

and consists of finely chopped roots

with a little middlings or bran and

ground beef scraps sprinkled over it
About 4 in the afternoon we give a lib-
eral feed of grain well covered in the
litter, and if we have green cut bone
we mix it with the grain. The grain
consists of as great a variety as we
can conveniently secure, Oats,
wheat and buckwheat usually compris-
ing the bill.

The average poulterer and farmer is
yet in no hurry to get a hatch, for un-
less he has every facility for caring for
these little orphans it js not best to
bring them into the world much be-
fore the first of next month. March

corn,

and April will be busy months, how-

ever, and we should prepare now to get
off a large number. One early pullet
is worth two late ones, and will bring
it, even if sold as a market fowl, but
she will be still more valuable if kept
for a winter layer. Leghorns and the
May, but if we expect to raise fowls
that will fill the egg basket next win-
ter we should not hatch them a bit later

than the first of June, and even pullets !

hatched at this time are uncertain.
Market fowls can be raised at all sea-
sons, but the margin of profit is small
on the summer hatched chick.
Nothing is gained by bringing chicks
designed for laying and breeding stock
off before the first of March, as those
hatched earlier than this will be likely
to moult just at the time you most
wish them to lay, but if one has an in-
cubator it is a good plan to start it

the second week in February in most
localities. This will give us chicks the
first week in March, which is plenty
soon enough. We must, of course
have everything in readiness, and a
good warm brooder in a dry shed or
house will answer where no regular
brooder house is available Chicks
can be raised in out-door brooders, but
in the early spring it is best to have

them in a house or shed. Chicks con

fined to a brooder will never do well,
even if they live at all. They must have
no matter how
\fter

stand

exercise in the open air,
cold it is, 1f the weather is fair

a chick is two weeks old it can
a good deal of cold if it can run in oc
cassionally and get warmed up, but it
cannot stand to out the wind

run in

and rain.
Occasionally we find people who at-
tempt to raise early chicks in out-door
brooders and keep them in the brooder
all the time, except perhaps during the
part Most

brooders have two compartments, one

warmest of a bright day

not quite so warm the other, and

as

designed as a feeding and exercise

room. This is all right for baby chicks
but by the time they are a week old
they need to get out of the brooder

into the open air. If there is no place
under shelter they can only be allowed
out a short time, and if confined in a
warm brooder they become tender, are
liable to disease and many dic

A number of small portable
an to

houses

are excellent thing have on a

| place where poultry is made much of,

as they can be used to place brooders
in in the early spring and later be util
ized for growing stock, breeding pens
or laying hens, and can be

moved to

different points and thus obviate the

necessity and expense of building yards.

A White Rock cock owned by E. B.
Omohundro, Bowling Green, Mo.

Next month we will try to describe and
illustrate a style of house that has
proven of special value to us, both as
colony houses and when drawn near the
farm buildings for the purpose of con-

venience in caring for fowls, have
made suitable winter quarters.
Another point we have found of

great advantage is to kepp both fowls
and chicks in small flocks. Fifty hens
are a whole flock many as
should be allowed to run together, and

and as
we know we get a better egg yield
when the number is reduced to twenty-
five. Chicks in small broods will also
do better, and while there are people
who succeed excellently with 100 chicks
in a brooder, the average person will
do better if only fifty are placed in a
flock, and still better if the number be
reduced to twenty-five. In large flocks
chicks will crowd, and if they once get
into a jam and are overheated they are
of very little value afterwards. Once

overheated they are tender and will
crowd whenever a number are togeth-
er, no matter what the temperature of
I would about as

soon have a dead chick as astunted one.

the brooder may be.

It is only a waste of care and food to
bring them to maturity.

The reason some people succeed with
a large number is because they
every detail,

pay
very close attention to
never allowing the brooder to become
foul and looking well to the tempera-
ture. While one person may succeed
with 100 in a flock fifty will fail, be-
cause the average person will not give
the care and attention necessary. They

may think they have done all that can

be done, Dut some small matter may

be neglected which is seemingly unim-

portant, yet this very thing may cause

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

or lay the foundation for trouble which
may end in the death of a large num-
ber of chicks.

Another thing to be avoided is keep-
ing young chicks on board floors. They
must be gotten on the ground, and
when floors are used they should be
well covered with earth and litter. on-
tinually keeping chicks on board floors
is sure but certain death.

A due regard for little things assures
success in practical poultry culture and
by painstaking work we can make
chicken raaising both pleasant and
profitable.

Morrisville, Vt., Jan. 31, 1902.

Poultry Investigator: Up to date I
have received you and lige you very
much. The articles you contain are not
long drawn theories but are every day
practical and full of good sense that
helps one over many stumbling blocks
in the way to success in the poultry
business. May I ask you a few ques-
Is there no redress when your
neighbor’s cat catches your best chicks
—those from your high-priced eggs?
Those you would not sell for a dollar
each? If we shoot the cat what can the
neighbor do? But we can’t do that for
that makes trouble in the neighbor-
hood.

tions?

I have a cellar under my house 30x38
with four windows in it. It is all in
one room and there is a furnace in one
end of it. Opposite the furnace is a
window containing three lights 10x14
glass facing south. The window is un-
der a bay which is 4x16 feet, uot from
the cellar proper and the wall in there
only goes just below front line, so
there is a space with earth floor 3x13
or 14 feet right in front of this win-
dow, and is 4 feet above the cellar
floor. I have an idea of putting my
brooder up on horses to make it on a
level with this shelf, you might call it,
and let my chickens run on this earth
floor back to the brooder. Will this
make a good place? The cellar never
gets cooler than about 50 degrees
above zero.

for
I have an incuba-

Won’t this make a good place
my incubator also?
tor and like it very much.

This is enough for once, I may come
again. Respectfully yours,

J. A. ROBINSON.

The Rhode Island Red

For the benefit of those who do not
know the Rhode Island Red I will
briefly try to give your readers in-
formation about them as I find them.

Among my many inquiries I am
asked not only what good qualities
they have but also how do they com-
pare with Rocks and ’Dottes, and you
can read between the lines there is
something lacking, something more
wanted, something that the breed now
kept is lacking and what is it? Can
the Rhode Island Red settle their dif-
ficulties, will they fill the bill, is it the
breed looked for? And now my friends,
can I answer? Some say, ‘My birds
do not lay in winter; my chicks are
weak and iender, and still others com-
plain of poor hatches.

Let me ask you why do men and wo-
men who make a living from Poultry
take up the Reds, those that look at
the commercial side of the question,
those that want every egg count, why
do they?

Because they find the Rhode Island
Reds are just a little ahead, just a lit-
tle better, but that little means much
—it means perhaps more profit, per-
haps profit instead of loss; we are al-
ways trying to improve trying to find
something just a little better and I tell
you we have found something in the
Rhode Island Red just a little better.
They lay just a few more eggs; you
can hatch just a few more chicks from
one setting and you can raise just a few
more chicks from those eggs.

I can see a good many of those
that keep other breeds jump high, but
wait a little; perhaps the Rhode Island
Red man got just a few more eggs
from each hen than you; perhaps you
did well, but the Rhode Island Red
man did better. Don’t jump at con-
clusions because you don’t know. The
Rhode Island Reds are the utility fowl
for the twentieth century.

ERIC AURELIUS.

A White Rock hen owned by E. B.
Omohundro, Bowling Green, Mo.

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Thoughts For 1902
By Mrs. Albert Ray

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Judging from the great interest and
pleasure shown by the many who wit-
nessed the hatching of chicks by ma-
chinery at the several fairs and poultry
shows this season, there will surely be
many who will take up the poultry
work ere the new year is fairly begun.
with a new zeal and determination to
succeed in it, to a degree more profit-
able than ever before, assisted by the
modern helps which do so much to
make an already hard task much more
pleasant and remunerative.

In order that we may reap best re-
wards for our poultry work, let us be-

gin immediately and go to work
in earnest. Some may think
that there is plenty of time,

but experience has taught us much bet-
ter, for we know that many loses come
when everything is not in readiness for
the hatching and care of the early
chicks. We all must know that it is the
very early chick that pays—the chick
that is hatched before a hen begins to
think about the business at all. Begin-
ning early enough is out of the ques-
tion if we cannot have eggs—and eggs
of good quality, too. These eggs can-
not be had in readiness for the work of
1902 if our flocksare not kept in proper
condition, as many will be tempted to
cut short the rations.on account of
scarcity of food inproper variety this
particular year; now, let’s not do so, it
will not pay, for in winter poultry re-
quires more feed than in summer, for
enough must be provided to help them

E. B. Omohundro, Bowling Green,
Mo. A White Rock specialist.

overcome the effects of the cold, to
just keep them “holding their own” to
say nothing of the further and extra
amount and variety required to pro-
duce eggs. Such food should be as
near a substitute for a summer diet as
possible, and is provided in vegetables,
hot bran mashes, warmed grains, clean,
warmed water in quantity, warmed milk
and meat scraps if possible, besides
plenty of sharp grit and dust for baths
always at easy access.

First, in order to economize the food
given make the houses comfortable;
then provide litter such as leaves, hay,
straw or light trash, sowing broadcast
among it the warmed grain, thus com-
pelling the hen to “scratch for her liv-
ing.’ This warming exercise has a
most helpful tendency to induce “bid-
dy” to lay, keep well and happy.

We can not start early enough for
greatest profits if we allow our poultry
to run down in condition. Now is the
time; keep the condition they came in-
to cold weather with and improve it
if it is not the best before there is fur-
ther loss. Let us stop to consider
what a large per cent of animal tissue
is water. An egg contains a much
larger per cent. Water is the very
cheapest of egg producers; never cold
in winter, always warm and clean.

Now is the time to cull out every-
thing that lowers the quality of our
stock and properly mate our poultry
with a goodly number of better grade
fowls, that the stock of eggs may be
strongly fertile and young fowls be of
a purer, truer type; so, too, that as
large a per cent as possible, of chicks,
may be had as a reward for what we
have attempted to do, for no hen or in-
cubator can ever hatch an infertile egg
—time spent on them is simply wasted;
but most of such trouble can be saved
by proper mating, variety of food, and
in cold weather gather eggs two or
three times a day, keep them in a place
neither too cold nor too hot, turn occa-
sionally and do not keep too long.

We do not thirk it pays anyone who
raises chicks to do without an incuba-
tor, for the labor is so lessened and re-
sults so multiplied; our actual experi-
ence was that the young cockerels
from our first two hatches more than
paid for the machine, sold at only an
ordinary price as they were not extra
early and the young hens from second

hatch have been laying since second

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week of November, thus doing their
part when eggs are good price.

Let all of us care for our flocks as
aforesaid and’if we do not use a ma-
chine there is going to be a good de-
mand for setts of eggs for other peo-
ple’s incubators and let us treat each
other honestly and let our customers
know to depend, that, as far as we can
know, our eggs are fertile, fresh, and
have been carefully gathered and cared
for while waiting for enough to fill the
incubator order.

Again, if we wish to replace the mon-
ey invested in our machines or raise
poultry for market, let us use eggs of
some of the larger varieties in our first
two early settings, beginning Febru-
ary 1. Plymouth Rocks preferably, as
they will be most easily obtained, and
on marketing are uniform in size, color
and shape and readily attain a good
weight and during the months of May
and early June, we hope to capture a
price of 18 or 20 cents per Ib.

An advantage of the machine over
the hen is that we get such a number
all the same size and age at once, that
is economy; for it is no more trouble
to care for a large hatch than to care
for the chicks of two or there hens,
and much more interesting and satis-
factory; then the uniformity for mar-
ket is so desirable.

Trusting we may all conspire to
make the year 1902 memorable for the
great impetus and financial success of
our farmers in the poultry industry. I
would again urge that we have, at
least this most important branch of the

work, well looked after. The next im-
portant steps can be taken up next
month.
Mrs. Albert Ray.
Wilsey, Kansas.

A White Rock pullet. 96 point. A
prize winner owned by E. B. Omohun-
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The first essential toward getting the
incubator set is to know how to put the
machine together properly, putting all
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properly speaking, adjusting all the at-

the adjustments “just so
tachments so that they will swing and
work to a nicity without hitch or bind-
ing.

A new incubator is very liable to be
stiff and sticky and should be run at
least three days empty or until you are
perfectly satisfied that it is going to
go. An hour spent in studying the in-
struction book at that point where it
tells about unpacking and setting up
the machine is time well spent—very
well spent—and if I were selling incu-
bators I would the instruction
book by maif a few days before the ma-
chine was to arrive so that the pur-
chaser could tell at which end of the
crate to begin to loosen up. The usu-
al way is to put the book in with the
machine and the “master mechanic” of
the house goes to the case with ham-
mer and chisel, hatchet and screwdriy-

send

er, Or somethin improvised to take
their places in case the next door
neighbor has the real articles bor-

rowed. I believe too, if I were mak-
ing incubators to sell I would not only
send the instruction book out ahead of
time but I would print in big black Tet-
ters on the very first page, “Have you
tools ready,’ and make a list of what
is needed so that the buyer would not
only hunt up from barn and crib, sheds
and store rooms the things needed, but
could make call at the
neighbors for what was lacking.

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the necessary

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Years ago I knew a man, a very imi-
nent and prominent citizen, a man of
family, who had amassed a fortune, had
many broad acres with farm machin-
ery of all kinds to be had in those days,
yet when it came to opening up a new
parlor organ he took off one of the
lamp stands thinking that was the
proper way to get at the keyboard. He
broke a piece of the lamp stand, and his
wife laughingly explained how it hap-
All he needed to do was to
unlock it. And so the master mechan-
ic of the house goes at the incubator
case rightly clothed, and in good
breathing order, but before he gets
through is divested of all surplus outer
raiment in the shape of coat and vest
and with his breath coming in short
gasps. Wouldn’t a snap shot of the
group be interesting? The machine
and pieces, the family and a few “by-
standers a standin’ by,” as Samantha
This is not any fancy pic-
ture by any means. Many an incubator
buyer could paint you one in pen-
words just as real if not a little more

pened.

would say.

so.

But now having the machine ready to
set, and of course the question of where
it is to set having been duly discussed
and decided on before the day of ar-
rival, the next question is to get it
on its feet. The legs of an incubator
is one of far more importance than
anybody who never tried to steady one
on spindle shanks ever thought of. A
heavy machine set up on_ beautifully
trimmed spindly shanks that threatens
to fall over every time the egg drawer
is pulled out or pushed in is—well,

something of a nuisance. I would
rather have them plain and straight
frem top to bottom, without any or

very little tapering.

Get the machine level; to do this put
a plate of water in the center on top,
the water will tell which side needs
raising or lowering. I once: knew a
man to walk over a mile to borrow
a spirit level to level up a machine that
was only about two feet square. Any
flat vessel of water on top would have
done as well.

Den’t put water in a hot air machine.
I have heard of such things being done.
Follow al! the instructions about put-
ting the regulator together to the let-
ter; this is a very important part to be
observed. Have every part of the reg-
wlator scrupulously clean of dust. Run
the weight as far out as possible when
the first turned on and if it
still is insufficient to hold down the
damper lay a weight on the wire rod.
You see it is necessary to do this be-
cause as a general thing the blaze is
turned up full strength and the regu-
lator gets warmed up before the ma-

heat is

chine does and it will “work” or open
the damper too soon, letting the heat
pass out instead of in the machine.

1 once knew a person who bought a
second hand incubator, the former
owner had run the machine with the
weight at a certin place; it was marked
quite plainly where it had been accus-
tomed to stay, and the first party had
instructed the second party to keep it
there and it would be all right. She,
the second party, did so, but could not
get the heat up. I was called in to see
what was the matter. The damper was
two inches above the flue; the lamp
flame was on full strength but the heat
of course all went straight up and ovt.
I told her she would have to move the
weight as far out as it would go, but
even then the damper would go up. I
told her to put a weight on it, which
she did, but left the flame too high and
the lamp, a glass bowled one with no
vent for the gas, exploded. I took
over one of my Jamps from small ma-
chine, a copper bowled one with safe-
ty vent for the gas to escape, and told
her she could turn it as high as she
wanted to and there would be no dan-
ger of it exploding. The lamp burned
clear and steady for three days and
nights but she could not get the ma-
chine to work right. and the last time
I saw it she had it out in the yard for
a stand to set the cream separator on.
She was determined to use it for some-

thing. It worked well there.
When filling the machine you can
put a great many more eggs in by

leaving the turning rack out, if your
machine has one, mine has. Some peo-
ple very much prefer turning by hand;
it is simply a matter of taste. I have
the poorest success when I put the
eggs in promiscously like and turn by
hand, and I have the best success turn-
ing with the rack. I put the eggs in
the slats with the large end of first one
slightly raised and laid up against the
rack, the next egg in same position
up against the first egg and so on un-
til the row is completed. Have the
small ends of the eggs always pointed
the same way and be careful to put
them in with the points slanting toward
the way you want to turn them the
first time, so that when they are turned
the points will be standing toward the
way you want to turn them next time,
never lay them flat down in the rows
for if you do they will turn in all ‘sorts
of ways, some on big end, some on lit-
tle end, some piled up against each
other and some won't turn at all. With
the best of placing there will be a few
to turn by hand each time until the
growth, of the chick makes the egg

heavy, then it turns much better that

at first. Eggs shrink in the process of

B. P. Rock pu let ox ned by C. M.
Hu'burt, Fairbury, Neb. He breeds
tne Thump-ou “Ringlets.”

hatching, so that these which seem too
large for slats at first will turn easily
before the hatch When the
eggs are all in the tray, before you shut
them in, take a narrow strip of card
board, dip in ink and run it up and
down the rows. Let it touch each egg
as it passes over, redip in the ink as
often as necessary. Sometimes I take
a match instead of cardboard but the
card is best.-

is over.

How thankful I am that I have a
patent hatcher, not only one but three,
but specially thankful just now for the
one small machine. Have a pet hen
that 1 have been saving from
until I have 17, but no hen to put them
under, so © steamed up the machine
and set them yesterday. Those eggs
are very precious if they hatch as they
are from a special mating. The hen is
our special pet. She has her nest to
herself; no other hen is in her pen,
but we are going to put her in another
pen shortly. These eggs are an experi-
ment ,and if J did not have the ma-
chine what would become of the eggs?
I know we would grieve over them un-
till they were too old to keep longer,
then they would go into the market or
into custard pies. In times past when
we had no machine, we had laid out
many a fine setting of eggs and longed
and wished for a setting hen, until they
were too old to set then sent them to
market and it was always just that way
the hest eggs had to be sold for by the
time the hens took a notion to set the
eggs were heginning to get small and
runty. My neighbors were always good
to loan me early setters when they
had them. Have hatched many fine
pure breeds under mongrel hens donat-
ed by the neighbors. Had eleven hens
one spring from five different farms;

ten of them attended strictly to busi-

eggs

‘ness but

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the eleventh wouldn’t — set
when moved nor d.dn’t set and all my
persuasion ceuldn’t make her set.. I
walked a mile through fields of snow
slush one spring day to get a setting
My neighbor sent me word that
if | would come after her I could have
her and welcome, but not it I sent; you
see alter I went into the chicken busi-
ness I had no time to visit, and the
rebelled. That was years
ago: they are used to it now—my not
visiting—but she never dreamed of my
walk ng after her on such a day, but
hushand had gone up country on busi-
ness and would be back past there in

hen

neighbors

the evening, so I walked across fields,
starved all day, got my dinner in the
bargain, got my hen, too, took her over
a three mile ride around through town,
took her right under my arm into the
swellest millinery shop, where I used to
do my waiting when in town. Sat down
with her in an upholstered rocking
chair and held the hen in my lap until
husband got read to go home. My
milliner didn’t care, I knew. but ‘‘me
and the hey” was a subject,for much
comment and merriment among the
other “bystanders | standin’ by.” If
they had been men _ folks I suspect
there would have been a few bets as to
whether the hen would set or not when
I got her heme. Yes, she did set.
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We have an outdoor thermometer
from the Sure Hatch Incubator Co. I
suppose I ought also to add “of Clay
Center, Neb..”” but it is entirely unnec-
essary as everyone knows where the
Hatch The ther-
mometer is a beauty and we have it
hung up by the door, and it looks like
it was going to behave real nice. The
liquid is green and there is a great long
streak of it. This morning up to 30
We like to look at it and hope
it will stay up and not creep down out
of sight. It could hardly do that for
there is room for 50 degrees below.
We have never yet had the pleasure of
using a Sure Hatch incubator but quite
a number of our correspondents use
them and all are well pleased. We have
sold hundreds of eggs to hatch in the
Sure Hatch machines.

MRS. MAY TAYLOR,
Lock Bex 176, Hale, Mo.

Sure comes from.

above.

Raising Young Ducks

We have found the raising of young
ducks just as easy a chore as we ever
undertook, but we do not have to tray-
el far to find those who have no luck
with ducks. There will be a whole lot
of amateurs engage in the business this
spring, and perhaps their start will be
a solitary pair of ducks and a piano
box for a house. We do hope there

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will be a piano box, for ducks ought
aot to be housed with chickens, and
we hope there will be little pens to hold
the pair in the morning, so that none
of the eggs may be lost or chilled, for
it will be real encouraging if a good
sized flock is the result of so small a
beginning.

Now, if our beginner lacks modern
appliances perhaps this small beginning
is the better way, but one could gather
a setting of eggs quicker_and set them
fresher if there was thfee four
ducks. Duck eggs will not hatch well
when more than a week old. Pekin
ducks do not often wish to set, so the
eggs must be put in’ incubators or un-
der hens. If hatched under hens great
care must be taken to free them from
lice when they are taken
nests.

or

from the
No matter what care one gives
he setting hen the ducklings will be
‘ound with lice on them.
the first bad luck of

Herein lies
the uninitiated.
When we use a hen mother we resort
to that old fashioned remedy, grease,

and we take particular pains to apply

just a little down close to the — beak
where lice stay. Once a week the
mother hen gets a liberal supply of
lard and coal oil under the wings. We

use Lee's lice killer and insect powder
if we have them, sometimes for the
ducklings, but our grease can is always

ready and never fails of its purpose.

Ducklings should be penned until
they can go over a 16 inch board.
Small pens are all right if there is sand
and green onions and lettuce to put in
‘t. We always feed the ducklings oat-
meal for a day or two. Then almost
anything but not all corn meal. We
mix bran, shorts, corn chop and a
small quantity of sand, and if we have
it we scald the mixture with sweet
skim milk. The water must not be giv-
en in open dishes. We do not like to
feed too many potatoes, but there is
no danger of too large a potato diet
this year. In early spring ducklings
having access to water get chilled and
die. Ducklings do not require as much
heat as chickens and if care is taken
to keep the brooders clean are more
easily raised in brooders than chickens.
Badly chilled ducklings may be saved
by warming in blankets ngaf the stove,
and your saved duckling& won't behave
as little chickens do. get well only to
take diarrhea a day or two later and
die. No, you may take the brood. of
ducklings you forgot and left too long
in the cold, warm them up, eat a hearty
meal and be ready to broil jin ten
weeks. Now, when only a few ducks
are raised and there is a necessity to
shut them in rat-proof coops, thete is
danger that they grow too fast for
their house, and that they be left closed

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prize winners owned by C, B. Allison, Teunessee, Il.

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case you may find half a dozen stretch-
ed out apparently dead. Some times
air and water will revive them, but the
novice would be sure to bury them at
once,

Ducklings are easily driven into their
coops in case of a storm, but in case
of daytime storms a great many duck-
lings may be smothered if the coops
are not roomy and well ventilated. A
lot of auger holes covered with wire
screening up under the roof of the
coop, is a good idea for the coop a wo-
man perhaps builds for herself. Now
to our sister breeders and would-be
chick raisers, we would say it is easier
to drive a stake than a nail, and if you
stake the boards you use for your little
duck pens into place, they are easier to
move, and if your husband happens to
want the boards again, presuming you
borrowed them, there won't be such a
fuss about split boards. Just a little at-
tention to trifles will prevent loss.
Ducklings are hardy and easy enough
to raise if one gives a little attention to
small details. To push the duckling
food must be plenty but we have raised
ducks that were never fed after they
left the pens and that weighed up to
the standard. Grasshoppers were thick
however.

It is quite as well to give the duck-
lings no mother after warm weather
begins. We have raised fifty ducklings
in a twelve foot square pen, covering
them with an old blanket at night and
not losing one. Now this is the be-
ginning. When there are ducks enough
to fill the incubator with eggs and the
brooder with ducklings, don’t | forget
that the pens will save most of the bad

luck. HATIE BYIFLD.

Chick Life ~*~ %
‘*“ * By Mrs. M.A. Beckett.
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The time was in June. The place
was a charming spot in thé Salt Lake
Valley, just under the eaves of the

mountains. Benath a spreading apple
tree there stood a humble cottage.
Within this cottage there was great
commotion. It was the day of the

coming out of Misses Minnie and
Midge Bantam, daughters of the old
established family of Buff Cochin. Af-
ter a period of confinement of a fort-

night or more putting on the finishing

touches of their toilets, they burst forth
from their chambers of gold and of
white dressed in garments of a buff,
soft and clinging material, which
showed each curve of their perfectly
formed bodies.
birds and the fragrance of flowers they
made their debeau into the very best
society of this province.

The young ladies were twin sisters.
Their early training had been of the
best, and by the indulgent care of their
proud and matronly mamma they soon
developed into perfect buds of vivac-
ous young womanhood.

Each day saw some curve of their
hodies becoming more rounded and
firm, betokening that the time was not
far distant when they would long for a
woer to come,

Their dainty heads were carried like
a queen's. Their hair which was of
1 rich golden color, was always done
n perfect taste and style, and invaria-
ly the finishing touches were given

‘y the adjustment of a coumb of rich

cut 2% for weight; 1st

And amid the songs of

coral red,

As time went on ,and they developed
into young women they had admirers
aot a few. Their cheeks took on the
color of spirited youth and turned to
scarlet with the blushes of young maid-
synhood when Mr. L. Brahma ad-
dressed his attention to them. But he
vas not to their liking. He had seen
.oo much of the world. He was old
sray, and big and coarse. Old enough
n fact to be their great, great, grand-
ather, while they were young things,
resh as the morning dew, and when he
would endeavor to entice them to his
side by picking up and throwing at
their feet some dainty morsel, they
would turn away and hide their heads,
and laugh in their wings at him. Then,
ina quiet, dignified way, he would say,
“O ,come, my sweet little buttercups,
with my wisdom and knowledge of
those mineral hills, I can scratch forth
nuggets of gold for your gizzards.”
But they would only run away and hide
in the bushes like two little frightened
doves.

It was late in October that there was
introduced into their set a _ gallant
knight and traveler by the name of Sir
Tiddle De Winks, also of the B. Coch-
in style, who had lived long and seena
great deal of the world, much more
than fall to the lot of most young men
of his class. He had been a great
traveler. He had come West, I might
say to grow up with the country. In
his very early age, in fact, before he
had left the nursery, he had traveled
irom the great metropolis of New
York to the charming little city of
Ogden. It was there that he grew to
manhood.

One day it was decided to hold a
great function in the City of the Saints.
A real beauty show it was to be. Miss
Minnie was wild to attend and to en-
ter the contest, but Miss Midget, who
was a fidget, was compelled to remain
at home. It was for the purpose of ac-
companying Miss Minnie, that Sir Tid-
dle De Winks came to this city. The
young people took very particular
pains to prepare for the contest. The
young lady rearanged her feathers and
comb. Thy polished their nails, and
sometimes they would go bathing in
the dust pan together.

Sir Tiddle De Winks was what
might in those days be called a dandy.
He wore a suit of yellow and gold,
His Iggings were of a similar material,
and extended well down over his feet.
Upon his knightly head he wore a hel-
met of red coral not unlike the young
ladies’ combs.

But, oh, I hope it will not detract
from your good opinion of the young
man’s taste when I say that his whis-

John Hettick, Bowling Green, Mo.,
a Langshan specialist.

kers were long and thick and red. Yet
those red, round whiskers were the
ycung man’s pride, and he never lost
an opportunity to bring them _ into
prominent view and especially at
great beauty contest when he and Miss
Minnie were doing and looking their
best.

Each wore a ring of yellow metal,
just at that particular point where the
shapely leggin ended and the dainty
foot begun.

And all the time he seemed to be
dancing to the tune of old ‘‘Miservia
Ann,” and singing:

“Don’t you see my new shoes,

Ain't they handsome?

Ain't they handsome, number twos?” |

The battle was over and won. Sir
Tiddle De Winks and Miss Minnie
were voted the handsomest couple
there.

Tt was at this contest that he won

the young lady’s heart and the ar-
rangements for the wedding made. It
was to be a grand affair. But alas,

mittst we always take the bitter with
the sweet? Soon after the great con-
test was over and the young people
had returned to the home by the ap-
ple tree, Sir Tiddle De Winks fell ill.
He had a severe cold and quite a hack-
ing cough; his eyes grew dull, and his
appetite was failing him. It was

thought it was caused from excitement,’

and possibly getting too warm in the
dance. It was decided to defer the
preparations for the big wedding, and
just have a quiet little affair.

So Sir Tiddle De Winks and Miss
Minnie were married. But in spite of
her tender and loving care he gradual-
ly grew worse; he was given all kinds
of tonics and “cure-all,” but nothing

the

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seemed to relieve him. His physician
grew guite discouraged. That dread
disease, consumpt'on. was feared. <A
change of climate was advised. So pre-
parations were made. A tinny cottage
was secured, with a.bed of fresh. and

| bright straw under the box of Gerani-

ums by the window in the den of his
master and mistress. His bride 0:
course accompanied him, not for the
sake of her health, but simply for the
purpose of comforting him. and lend-
‘ng to him her consoling presence.
It was hoped that the summer condi-

jtions, the sight of the greens and the

flowers would restore him to perfect
health again. They oiten talked it over
together, and he wou'd say. “C-o0-o-ok,
c-0-0-0k,” which means in chicken talk,
“T love you, my dear,” and she would
answer in the same sweet way.

One day there was cause for great

| hilarity under the Geranium box by the

window. It seemed like old times. The
davs of the great beauty contest, even

the old song and dance were there.

Buff Wyandotte Pullet owned by E.
Day, North Bend, Neb. A winner at
Nebraska State Show in Lincoln.

and a perfect deluge of joy, for there
in a tiny little corner in a tiny little
nest, was a tiny little toy-like egg. The
invalid was so delighted that he
seemed to pick up and grow stronger.
He picked at the vines and some cer-
ials a little raw beef steak and crumbs.
His tea was sipped with a relish, and
his physician grew encouraged and
hopeful. :

Each day the tiny eggs grew in num-
ber, one by one they were deposited
in the little tiny nest, until all in all
there were eight. Little Minnie
seemed to grow dspondent and fretful.
At times she would even be cross with
her husband, even in his delicate
health. Her eyes grew dim and pos-
sessed a far-away look, and although
she used to crow amd sing so many

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pretty sengs, she weuld de nothing
now but cluck, cluck, cluck. Poor lit-

tle thing, she meant nothing harmful.
Her domestic duties and the cares of
an invalid hushand had completely out
done her. She must have a rest, so
she planted herself on those tiny little
eggs in the tiny little nest under the
window. And there she sat and sat,
day after day. Sometimes thinking of
che trasures in store for her, and some-
times dreaming of the conquests of the
days of her youth. For M:nnie is no
longer young. Or,
knows? She may have been weep ng in
silence. There were no tears in her
eyes, but it would not do for her to let
her dear husband see she was weep-
ing, and perhaps the little faint heart
was breaking, for how could she help
but see that the one who was so dear
to her was fading away. As he sat so
close to her side, could she fail to see
that the love-light in his eye was dy-
ing? Ah, no: she knew, and suffered
in silence, and as he sat by her side
so patiently and reconciled, hoping
against hope that he might yet before
the appointed time, see and caress
those who were to intherit and honor
his name.

He seldom left her side now, but sat

perhaps, who

‘| close; now and then he would careful-

ly adjust a truant straw about her, anx-
ious to help her up to the last.

It was on the eve of the twenty-first
day. There was heard a “peep, peep.”
in that tiny nest and out from beneath
the soft downy breast of the young
mother there peeped two little bright
eyes. And just as the last ravs of the
late December sun cast their glances
of purple and gold on the hill to the
east, Sir Tiddle De Winks said: “K-r-r
Kret. K-r-r-Kret,” which means “Our
God, Thy will be done,’ and his head
fell dead upon the wing of that sweet,
sad wife and mother.

One of C. H. Hinman’s, Friend, Neb.

B, P. R. pullets. Mr. H. won largely
at Lincoln, Neb., at state show,

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A party in Indiana has requested me
to give plans for a broiler-house, 500
capacity. in the Poultry Investigator,
bunt he does not state whether it is for
continued production or for 50 for the
season. From my experience
from the information I can
gather among successful broiler rais-
ers, a house to contain 500 broilers con-
tinously, or in other words to always
have 500 broilers of different ages,
should be 16x100 feet, this would make
a floor space of 1,600 feet; if the party
or person wishes to raise just 500 for
the season he could get along with
half or even less room. It is a very
hard question to settle these things
satisfactorily to all, so many things
must be taken into consideration; some
would depend a great deal on outside
yards, others would depend entirely on
the building. In.my way of viewing it,
long houses are more of a fad than the
outgrowth of a successful experience.
Long houses cost more to the square
feet of floor surface and more of
the building is exposed to the weather,
of course the yards in front fit a long
building, but for ordinary purposes.
yards can always be fitted to square
buildings. For 500 broilers for the
season a building on the plan as per

own
and

cut.20x24 will do very well, in fact, I}

have known of excellent success with
much less room where the chicks were
allowed yards. Another advantage in
a square building is its adaptability to
economical heating. I have tried var-
ious methods for warming a brooder
house and have never used anything
more successful than a hardcoal burner.

ly causing suffocation. Those skilled
in the art may, by a skilful turn of a
horsehair bent into a loop and instert-
ed in the throat, speedily remove the
offeneder. Yet it is not an inviting

I prefer the Round Oak soft coal
burner with a hard coal magazine, and
use hard coal instead of soft coal.
Coils can now be secured that fit these
stoves and from that a hot water pipe

system can be attached. I prefer a|]process, and the novice is liable to
square house and to set the heater in] give his first patient more torture than
the center of the building, making a | relief.

pit for the stove deep enough to allow} Several pears ago I was quite dis-
discharge from pipe coils to come} heartened by the outbreak of the dis-
about eight inches above the floor.}ease in a previously thrifty flock.
Several courses of pipes can be run|\ memeber of the family suggested

here or there, using the pipes to warm
hovers or what would best suit the
party. For my part I prefer keeping
the room at about 70 degrees; using
individual brooders for the different
hatches of chicks. For success some
chicks would need a warmer tempera-
ture, thus the individual brooders
would be preferable.

This paper is ready to go,to. press,
in some near future issue I will try
to suggest more definite. 't occurs
to me that the question of brooder
houses would be a good question for
some of the writers for this paper to
give their experience. I will do my
best. Let us hear from others, it is
a question that hardly any two view
alike. Yours truly,

M. M. JOHNSON.

kerosene, and for want of anything bet-
ter it was given a trial. It was ad-
ministered in bran mash, about a
teasponful in food sufficient for a doz-
en chickers. If given in such quantity
that they can detect the odor they simp-
ly refuse the food. And I find that
more can be covered up in the mash
than in bread crumbs or grain.

One of the chicks on which this ex-
periment was tried—and the remedy
was original so far os we were con-
cerned, though I have seen it in print
since—was past trying to eat before
the kerosene was thought of, and of
course died. All othe others recover-
ed, theugh several had reached an ad-
vanced stage in the disease and there
was not one that had escaped the in-
fection. Later in the season it was
given to other flocks as soon as the
first sneeze was noticed, and the gapes
gained not another victim.

We thought we had found an infal-
lible remedy. And TI still think that
if the birds could be induced to take
the medicine it might so prove. But

a ee

a

GAPES.

One of the aggravating things in
poultry raising is to discover in a
iflock nicely feathered ont and seem-
| ingly past the danger point the pre-
| monitory sneezs. And yet it is usual-
| ly after they are well started in growth
‘that this dread disease attacks them.
‘It is generally understood that it
is caused by the presence of a small
_ threadworm in the windpipe, eventual-

of late they seem to have grown more
fastidious, and not always can they be
induced to take enough to effect a cure
though at the first trial there is im-
“provement.

After the trick has once

been played they are apt to sniff at’

the food and then leave it untouched.

last season kerosene and camphor
were tried hy turn, neither being much
relished either by the birds or para-
3y this means of alternation
only one bird was lost, but the cure
Was in no case as rapid as it would
have could the birds have been
induced to fed freely.

Just how the worms got in the throat
is not fully determined. Some main-
tain that they are coughed up hy af-
flicted fowls and then passed in the
food to well ones. Others think they
pass into the ground and are trans-
mitted earthworms.

Early chicks are less liable to be in-
fested than those hatched later, And
occupied | by
should

sites.

been

through

ground that has been
chicks afflicted with this dease
he avo ded in future, as the parasites
are liable to be in the soil and will
then eventually find new hosts.

BESSIE L.. PUTNAM.

POULTRY FOR CHILDREN.

“Shall the children be paid for their
work?” is a question now mich discuss-
ed. Those who favor it, advance the
argument that in this way children
learn the value of money and how to
use it. On the other hand, the oblig-
ing boy or girl of the past. generation
is fast disappearing. He who delighted
ir doing an errand for parent or friend
has given place to the strictly busi-
ness-like boy. who expects 2 nickel or

at least a penny, for all such little at-

tentions. Business has swallowed
neighborly accomidation, and good
financiering seems to have been
thoroughly divorced from friendli-
ness.

The avenue of poultry raising is one
wnich fully solves the problem of bus-
iness applications, yet leaves a child
free to “do little favors for friends with-
out inculcating the false notion that
tiiere must be a direct money renum-
eration in every instance.

An advantage in this for the country
or village child is, that few families are
so poor as to be unable to set aside a
small stock for this purpose. A hen
and a single sitting of eggs can be
spared if the will is present. These, if
misfortune does not overtake them,
will furnish the nucleus plant
that can be made to increase in pro-
portion each year. And right here let
it be said that from the first the child
should be led to more ambitious work
in the future. Be it*in more setting
hens or an incubator, better shelter,
more scientific feeding — progress
should be the constant watchword.

Poultry raising judiciously followed,
may develop a good bit of character

for a

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building. ~ First, there is the feeling of
responsibility. A child may ffrom time
to time assist in feeding the poultry,
fel'ng that if he forgets it or it is not
convenient at-certain times for him to
attend to this, others will look after
it. In fact, the care rests with others,
and his duties, voluntary or otherwise,
are at least -spasmodic. But with
ownership, the ‘case is different. He
realizes that itis his business to look
alter matters himself. And while some
other member of the family will doubt-
less relieve him on special occasions,
it is hs place to plan and see that the
executed. Personal respon-
sibility is early learned, and self re-
liance as. well as reliability fostered.

work is

Again, he must be methodical and
punctual. Chickens to do well require
care at stated intervals. His other
duties and play can be made to con-

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form to the new requirements, and the
helter-skelter plan of doing things
when he thinks of it, when it pleases
him—or perhaps, frequently not at all,
will be abandoned.

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The money-making uart of the mat-
ter should be prominent as in any bus-
iness venture. Money is not the end
but the means; rightly gained and
used, it is a blessing; but it is by no
menas the greatest thing jn life. But
to business: Even a child will readily
acquire the principles of the industry.
If broilers are to be sold, the chickens
must be raised early, If winter eggs
are the main requisite, ditto. The lo-
cation, conditions of market, etc. modi-
fy requirements, and some guidance
may be needed at times to secure the
most profitable returns. But the idea

)

will be acquired of Joking the field
over and adjusting ones actions to ex-
isting conditions. Then there is the
risk which each business man assumes,
and one must make up his mind that
after he has done his best it is useless
to ery over spilt milk. We sametimes
have to deal with those who make a
square bargain so-and-so. un-
expected loss occurs and they want
to creep out and let the other party
share the loss or at least.a portion of
it when they themselves originally as-
sumed the risk. This is ‘‘child’s play”
which should net be tolerated, even in
children. If a rat or hawk carries
away two or three chickens, the proper
method is to catch or put to flight the
thief, and not expect mamma or some-
one else to replace the stolen goods.
There are losses in all branches of
business, and the sooner one learns to
“give and take’’ cheerfully, whatever
be the luck, the happier and more suc-
cessful will he be. “Nothing venture,
nothing have,” as a saying old but still
true.

Some

It keeps. busy fingers profitably em-
ployed Children’4 healthy children, are
proverbially active. They must always
be doing something; and when on at
work, they may find work which the
elders would call mischief. Besides,
there is nothing tiresome about this.
It is healthful exercise. No dreary
hours in a dingy shop or down a dark
shait, hut plenty of fresh air and sun-
shine.

Communion with the little downy
pets suggests many thoughts on nature
study, and if a little care is taken in
this direction, the daily observation of
their forms and habits. will create a
wholesome spirit of observation and
love for nature in general, an acquire-
ment of more value than a princely in-
heritance. Gentleness in handling
the inmates of the poultry yard begets
gentleness and patience in other mat-
ters. And the little investment may
eventually result not only in a snug
allowance of pin money each year but
a complete change in the character of
the owner. BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

The mortality with your chicks is
one the serious drawbacks attending
poultry raising; due largely toimpr :p-
er feeding. Much credit is due to Mrs.
S. E. Pinkerton of ClayfCenter, Nebr.,
who has formulated a perfect food for
young chickens that will successfully
carry them throug thecritical periods
of their lives without losing them.
The ingredients comp’ sing this food I
am well acquainted with; the compon-
ent parts serve to make a_ healthy
growth, com bining as it does every-
thing necessary to make bone, muscle
and feathers.

C. H. RHODES.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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A flock of Geo, B. Clary’s White Wyandotte and Buff Orpington cockerels

at Fairbury, Neb.

Hints on Turkey Raising.
CIs) oe
to add turkeys to

the denizens of the poultry yard, the

Having decided

question of breed became paramount.
A neighbor may have a flock of no
particular breed, yet the birds turn out
“pretty well” and are always in good
demand at Thanksgiving or the holi-
It seems a little evtravagant to
trio

days.
pay fancy prices for a pair
when one can buy plenty of them at
the market prices for the meat. Or the
eggs may be obtained near home for
a comparatively small price.

or

Well, no;
So

“Pure bred,” do you ask?
not exactly, but pretty nearly.
nearly that they will pass for pure.

Ah! there is a little mistake—in fact,

a mistake of considerable size. This
mixing of breeds may do all right in
the hands of a fancier who follows

scientific principles in his quest of im-
proved varieties; but in the hands of
the novice it or at least al-
most sure, to come to grief. The cross-
ing once begun, it is hard to tell
where it will end, and the manipuulator
his hands a

is sure,

sooner or later finds on
stock of mongrels. inferior to ances-

tors on either side, and valueless if
sale for breeding purposes is at-
tempted. It is much better to study

the breed and your own requirements
carefully, and then choose and adhere
to the breed chosen

The Mammoth Bronze is the giant

ef.the family, and is deservedly pop

a

ular. In some localities, however, me-
dium sized individuals have a prefer:
ence in market over the larger ones.
And if raising for such a market, the
White Holland is in this respect pre-
ferable. The latter, too, is more staid
in its habits, less inclined to roam; and
if there is danger of trespassing the
White Holland may be the better of
the two. Some like to cross the Mam-
moth Bronze male with the White Hol-
land female for this reason, claiming
to acquire thereby birds of superior
size, yet with the domestic proclivities
of the mother. This may work all
right on the first cross. But what have
you with the second or third? Be-
sides, the most shrewd always try to
sell the best of their flock to breeders
at a considerable advance over prices
paid for table use; and the first cross
spoils all this.

Turkeys commence to lay in March
or April, often before the snow is en-
tirely gone, and as the eggs are more
susceptible to extremes of weather,
the vagaries of the birds should be
carefully watched and the eggs re-
moved if there is danger of their
becoming chilled. Shake as little as
possible in doing this, and keep in a
cool, dry place until ready for the in-
-ubating process.

The turkey seems to defy the vig-
ilance of her owner in this respect, and
though ordinarily tame and confiding,
she becomes at nesting time the most
wary of birds, and will eften lead ene

en many false clues. She usually
chooses some neglected fence row or
brush heap if such exist in the neigh-
borhood, and each egg is carefully
concealed by leaves or dried grass as
it is deposited; consequently, the only
sure way of locating the nest is to fol-
low the bird; and the methods she
adops for misleading her pursuer
would be quite comical were they not
so vexatious,

The period of incubation is about
one month. Before the days of incu-
bators the fashion was to give the first

setting to hens and thus double the
turkey’s egg producing capacity. But
it is generally conceded that while

the hen mother trained her children to
home loving habits, she was not so pa-
tient; and that the methods of the tur-
key mother, resting frequently and
moving at all times slowly, gave the
best results. Those who have given it
a trial speak in high terms of the ad-
vantages of the incubator for turkey
raising, and in some respects it seems
decidedly preferable to the setting hen.

Bread crumbs form, a good diet for
the first few days. Cottage cheese is
an excellent food by way of variety.
The crumbs from the family table
may serve to cater to the wants of a
small flock. An acquaintance, during
one season when wheat was high and
locally scarce, fed a flock on Johnny-
cakes, and kept them growing nicely.
It was mixed with sour milk and soda,
and baked in the oven. Turkeys are
especially fond of cabbage and similar
green food, a hint which may prove of
profit during the winter months when
dependent upon their owner for all
such delicacies. The rough leaves of
the cabbage should always be convert-
ed into poultry food, as well as the
small and ill-shaped heads.

Turkeys feast upon the slugs which
infest roses bushes with a great relish.
And if one has a bush infested it is
pleasing to perch a half grown turkey
upon the hand in reach of the bush,
and notice the rapidity with which the
number of pests decreases, as well as
the keen eye which seeks out its prey.
The cure is cheaper and quicker than
with hellebore, and equally effective.

When the birds have become nicely
feathered out the feeding problem is
ruled mainly by their tendency to
wandering. Fed at night, there is an
inducement for them to come home to
roost, a most desirable feeling to the
BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

owner,

If you want to buy any Black Lang-
shans send for Ly. E. Meyers’ fine cir-
cular and read what one of our hest
judges has to say of his stock.” Mr.
Meyer is located at Bowiing Green, Mo,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

First Prize pen of Buff Orpingtons at Nebraska State Show atoLincoln:’

Bred and owned by C. Rockhill, Harvard, Neb.

competition and are as good as grow.

These birds won in strong

The Farmer’s Advantages.

Mrs. W. I. Hines.

By little things we mean chickens or; things they have around them? It is a
orchard; in fact, anything outside of| question of management, nothing else.
the grain crops or horses or cattle) a penny saved is a penny earned. If

which are raised and sold upon the
farm. When the farm fails to return
profitable crops, like the season of
1901, this should teach farmers that it
is not wise tq trust to one or two main
crops. Unfavorable weather may ruin
the prospect of the corn farmer, but it
is seldom some crops do not succeed
each year. Therefore by having sev-
eral eggs in your nest you will get
some good results. I feel I can safely
say that poultry and fruit should not
be called little things, for last year
those were fortunate who had their
fruit trees at a hearing age and could |
add some to their income as all fruit
did well last year. Our hen house is
surrounded by our orchard. Chickens
are good to destroy insects in an or-
chard and the waste fruit is good for
them. The shade is also essential
through the hot summer months. Any
farmer who has a large orchard and
does not keep a large flock of hens
upon it is wasting valuable space which
could be profitably utilized to great ad-
vantage. No one is so favored with
natural advantages for profitable poul-
_ try as the farmer and we wish we could
impress this fact upon every farmer
who is disposed to give the slightest
recognition to the part which the poul-
try pay in connection with the farm
revenues. In many cases we wil find
farmers are poor and have a mortgage
upon their farms. Do they know how

to make the most of the so-called little

this was applied to small things on the
farm, no doubt many of our farmers
would find their accounts in much bet-
ter shape. I know farmers who think
poultry is too small a fry for them to
bother with. I hope our extreme
drouth has taught some of them that
their hens are not a very small thing
after all. I think during the past sea-
son the hen has proven herself one of
the most valuable possessions we have

on the farm, for their earnings pay our
grocery bills. It seems the prevailing

idea with the average farmer is that a
25c scrub cockerel is good enough; but
what a mistake to think of the years
spent trying to do something with
nothing. Thought and action are the
great money forces on the farm. Win-
ter is the best time for thought and the
other season for action. Let us all
start in this season (as feed is high)
with a fixed purpose to raise less quan-
tity and more quality. No one is justi-
fied in raising mongrel poultry. Not in
this day and age of the world. It has
been amply proven that extra prices
can everywhere be obtained for good
stock, be it horse, cow, pig. or chicken,
and that it costs no more to raise pure
bred stock than cheap scrubs. We have
no right to expect results except as a
logical result of effort and conditions.
“We shall reap what we have sown.”
is as true today as when first uttered.
Tet us commence at the beginning and

not expect to accomplish wonders in a

I!

fortnight. If there were no obstacles, if
there were no disappointments in store
for us, and all were smooth sailing with
the almighty dollar, there would be no
money in the poultry business, for in
that case every shiltless, careless man
who tried it would succeed, and there
would be nothing left as a reward for
earnest efforts. To make poultry keep-
ing profitable it is necessary to observe
methods.
cupation makes his business a study.

A successful man in any oc-

He thinks, plans, and reasons, and his
mind never loses sight of opportunities.
If results are adverse from his expecta-
ticns he is not satisfied until he has in-
vestigated the reasons. These d scov-
ered the remedies are applied. Mis-
takes are considered as object lessons,
and the same mistakes are not made
the second time. The fact is, this man
will make a complete successin the bus-
iness, and there are other careless men
who would make a complete failure. in
the business in the same place and un-
der the same identical conditions. This
plainly indicates that knowledge is
gained from experience, reading and
using a lot of thinking and planning.
Now that feed is high is a poor time to
keep unproductive stock. Look over
your flock and see if any saving can be
made by disposing of part. The wise
farmer will keep nothing but good
stock. He should begin with but one
variety of pure bred poultry. I know
so many who keep from five to fifteen
mongrel cockrels over for breeding
stock every year. Now that feed is
high why not sell every one of them
and buy one or two nice thoroughbreds
of whatever breed your choice may be
Now select your best hens to mate
with them and only set eggs from their
pen. You may think this lots of trou-
ble, but I can assure you it will pay
you every time. But remember, dear
reader, “that like begets like’ in the
breeding pen.

The wise farmer wil try to keep his
stock comfortable. If you cannot do
this with your present facilities, then
keep them as comfortable as you can
this winter and provide proper quarters
for them before next. Many uncom-
fortable poultry houses can be greatly
improved by the judicious use of a little
lumber, suplemented with straw for
filling in. In the absence of anything
better, old newspapers will oftentimes
stop holes and cracks. Farmers, as a
class, are in the habit of looking upon
their poultry as a side issue, or as we
may plainly express it, “A gift from
God.” They give all their attention to
their corn, oats, wheat, cattle, etc., and
their poor chickens, after being raised
by their good wives, are left entirely to

nature. Now nature knows her busi-

12

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Ist Black Langshan cock at Springfield,
Ill., owned by John Hettich, Bowling Green,

Missouri.

ness, but the best farmer on earth can-

not farm unless he has the proper

things to do it with

Now, good farmer, it is just so with
your hens; if she has good material to
work with she will not disapoint you.
Furnish nature with the things needed
for the performance of her duty and
she
but
any

is perfectly willing to do her part,
cannot unless given a fair chance,
more than your horse can do a
good days plowing without food and

drink.

tions resembling cholera, and it is as

Filth and lice bring on condi-

handy to call it cholera as anything, but
I jind this does not make it so.

confident the best cure for this com-

plaint would be to start in taking care

I am|

of your poultry. “An ounce of preven-
tion is worth a pound of cure.’ On}
cold days the hens should be kept in

the hen house and scratching shed con-

nected with it, in which scatter small

grain. I find the great secret of eggs

in winter is to give clean wholesome

and make them scratch for

their grain.

quarters

If possible always lay in a stock of
cheap vegetables and apples for winter
feed,
to roam in on pleasant days.
mash cold com-
posed of cooked Indian corn meal with

I give a
warm on mornings
all the odds and ends from the table of
food I can get. At noon I
give them skimmed milk to drink. I
keep the poultry house whitewashed
and in, with the

any fine

outside following

Missouri.

Black Langshan cockerel, score 95's at
Illinois State Show.
Owned by John Hettich, Bowling Green,

Weighs 10% Ibs.

whitewash. There is nothing better for
poultry houses. It is made as follows:
Slack one bushel of good stone lime in
boiling water, keeping it covered while
slacking; strain and add one-half peck
of salt dissolved in warm water; three
peunds of ground rice boiled to a thin
paste; one-half pound powdered Span-
ish whiting and one pound clear glue
dissolved in warm water. Mix this all
thoroughly with slacked lime and let it
stand for several days. Apply as hot
as possible with a clean brush.

I find this
against lice and mites.
if you would start in taking care of

is a good preventative

I am confident

your poultry and keep accurate account
of all receipts and expenditures among

| the fowls, and also credit them with all

their returns. And if you have man-

aged right I am sure it won’t be but a
few years until success crowns your ef-
forts and you will also find you have
something and

accomplished worthy

| profitable, that will be a great pleasure

}ous poultry.
I also have a rye patch for them |

| vigorous and healthy condition.

to you or all that may see your flock
of well bred, well cared for and vigor-
My idea is to keep my
the most
To do

so I have learned the most important

Jarred Plymouth Rocks in

thing is to keep their quarters free

from filth, lice and mites. Look out
for lice. You cannot breed them and
raise healthy vigorous poultry. You
cannot neglect your work and expect
to make poultry pay.

NOTICE.

Any and alladvertisers in the Pour-
TRY INVESTIGATOR are earnestly re-
quested to send us any photographs of
their yards or birds and we will have
half-tones made of the same and they
willappearin the INVESTIGATOR and
a cCescription of the same with due
credit to the owner. This is a picture
age, nothing advertises one’s stock as
well as a nice half tone and you can’t
afford to let this opportunity pass
without accepting it, so send us any
photos of yourself, yards or birds and
we will do the rest.

This is to certify that I have sold to
Pinkerton & Co., Clay Center, Nebr.,
the following stock:

Right pullets and one cockerel mated
for cockerel breeding, and one coc' er-
el mating. ‘These birds are from my
best exhibition cockerel line and I be-
lieve will produce prize winners. Also
two cockerels of my best exhibition
pullet line, same blood as my New
York winning pullets.

KE. B. THOMPSON.

Notr.— Pinkerton & Co.. have moved
their fine stock of Barred Rocks to
Clay Center, Nebraska.

The Inland Poultry Journal of In-
dianopolis, Indiana. is one of the best
poultry papers published andis fully
up-to.date in every respect. It has at
the wheel Theo. Hughes a well known
ponltry judge, a first-class writer and
a man familiar with all the details of
journalism. The Inland Journal has

|improved very much during the past

year and we wish them a prosperous
future. Look up their ad elsewhere in

this issue.

From I. A. Harvey.
Clay

As lam a reader of

Poultry
Neb.

your valuable poultry journal and like

Investigator, Center,

Dear Sirs:

to read what other poultry raisers have
to
failure in the poultry

say in regard to their success and
business, I feel as
someth ng along
that line that might interest to
at many Gan a
person raise poultry on a town lot to
But you
will have to keep a smaller flock than

ou had

though I might say
be of

some your readers.

any advantage? I say yes.

you would 1f you were where
more room. We (that is, wife and I)
have a lot about 100 by 40 feet for our
poultry yard (you may say,

to do any good, but we get there just

too small

This we have divided off in
three Two-filths of this in one
lot and three-fiiths two
lots. All three lots are connected with
the poultry house. In the big lot we
have six fine plum trees and one fine
peach tree that bear fine fruit. About
the middle of September we turn the
birds out of this lot. Get some rye.
Sow it very thick on top of the ground
and then dig it under about four or five
inches. Of course you can’t cover it
all up, but this the sparrows will pick
up. We have to keep the birds off of
it about two weeks, and by that time
the rye is up so thick that it completely
covers the ground. This will give them
greens enough as long as the snow is
off. We have had winters that there
was one or two days in every week
that they could get green rye enough
to do them. As soon as spring opens
up and the snow leaves and from this
patch they can get green stuff enough
until the rye ripens, and then they get
the ripe grain. We usually have from
25 to 30 birds on this patch, and they
can’t keep it down, the rye being sown
so thick in the first place, will leave
plenty to go to seed, which the birds
soon find. Bread down the straw and
relish the new grain. By the time that
the rye ripens I dig up one of the
other patches and plant it in corn.
This I do for three purposes. First,
they are about out of green stuff in
the rye patch and have to have some-
thing else; second, hot weather is com-
ing on and they need some shade, and
third, why not raise a little corn while
you are doing the rest. It won't bring
very much, but it may bring you a
bushel, which will feed your hens for a
little while. You-will not have to pull
arly weeds or suckers; your birds will
do that for you. Later on I plant tur-
nips in the other lot. When the corn
doesn’t furnish any more green stuff
for the birds (but still furnishes shade)
I have plenty of turnips and tops to
feed them, and at the same time you

the same.)
parts
in

the other

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

‘have turnips for table use. Poultry to
do well must have some green stuff to
pick at. When rye sowing time comes
again I put the first lot in rye again,
and so keep things moving. We al
ways have healthy chickens and most
always have plenty of eggs and some
We have two kinds of poultry,
Buff Leghorns and Black Langshans,
both pure stock and fine birds.
Respectfully yours,
I; A. HARVEY.
Harrisonville, Mo.

to sell.

The INVESTIGATOR brought the sale
of four birds from Colorado. Inquir-
ies are coming in from Nebraska, Mis-
souri, Indiana and other states. Iam
now ona small farm } mile east of
town and am prepared to do business
in good shape; will be connected by
*phone ina fewdays. Am building a
new $1,200 church in town and preach
three times every Sunday. Yours for
success. CHAMBLIN.

INCREASE IN POULTRY.
The Incubator That Hatched the Great-
est Number of Chicks and Endows
Them With Health.

Among the hundreds of incubators
advertised broadcast throughout the
land those manufactured by the Geo
Ertel Company, Quincy, IJl., stand
preeminent for volume of product and
quality.

Any chicken raiser—farmer or poul-
try fancier—who is not familiar with
the advanced theories and successful
practice demonstrated in the Ertel in-
cubators must eventually confess him-
self behind the times.

The George Ertel Company have is-
sued a finely illustrated 178-page book-
let descriptive of the various styles
and sizes of incubators and brooders
that have made the name Ertel famous
in the poultry world. ‘This book any
one may have who will write his wants
to the George Ertel Company.

ERTEL’S ‘*VICTOR’’ INCUBATOR.
To those who do not own an Ertel

incubator or who have not seen the
book, it will be interesing to know that
this book tells how a hatch in almost
any machine may be increased, and
and how any brood may be kept in
good health, and hundreds of other
things every chicken owner should
know.

There is also an interesting chapter
on raising ducks’ and others on build-
ing poultry houses and poultry yards.

‘Tke acquaintsnce with the pleasant
business methods of Messrs George
Ertel Company which will result from
application fur this book will not Le
the least interesting experience.

Write to-day toGeorge Ertel Comp2-
ny, Quincy, Ill.

Rah ee PP

BUSINESS CATCHER 5

Pe a a RE RR! RR

FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In-
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games,
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams.
Clay Center, Nebr.

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK Cockerels from

first prize cock; very promising. Write for

a rea R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
gin, Ill.

J.W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio. Poultry
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale
cheap if taken soon.
CO. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr.

FREE, GAMES, Eggs $! 00 per 13, Circular,
Heathwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays,
Tornadoes, Irish Blks, Reds. Cornish In-
dians. $2.00. Fowls all times, C.D, Smith,
Port Plain, N.Y.

BIG MAIL for poultrymen, Insert your
name in our poultry director and receive
poultry-papers, poultry catalogues, etc, ev—
ery day. Only teu cents si:ver> Poultry
Directory Co. A, Goshen, Ind,

DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand-
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and eggs
1.50 per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
Nebraska.

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for
sale. Fggs $5.00 per 100. $1.00 per 13. My
stock is first class and bave won in show
room. J. P. Schroeder, Clay Center, Neb.

ALSEN Poultry yards hus Hamburgs, Buff
and Brown Leghorns, Buff Rocks, White
Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian, Won
26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da-
kota state fair. Kegs for hatching. $1.10
and up. Circulars free. H. arson,
Beresford. 8. D.

LIGHT BRAHMAS.
and pullets for sale cheap.
Clay Center, Nebraska.

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs.
Write wants. John H. Rownd, Downs. Kas.

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan-
dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season,
15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per 1l. J. W.
Cook, Poneto. Ind.

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
Ducks, Light Brahma and B, Plymouth
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand-
ers, and M, Bronze Toms, at @ each, Pol-
abd Chita loss a matter of correspondence
J, D., Grimes, Chamber, Neb,

WHITE PLYMOUTLIL ROCKS a specialty. 1
vr old hens and this year’s pullets and
ecorkerels for sule, Old stock score 92 points
aud ig95144. Waile for prices. Geo. N,
Wood, Weldon. Tia.

500 BUFF, PARRED, White Plymouth Rocks,
Light Brahmas, Fine cockerels, hens and
pullets $2 toS3 each. Eggs 15, #1 00. 100, #6.00.
Milton Brown box 94, Middleboro, Mass.

WHtrE PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively. A
few chuice vockerels forsile; took [st and
2nd premoum at S O S8 poultry show.
Wri-e for priees. J. W. Matson, Stroms-
burg. Nebr. Koute No 2.

WHITE HW. TURKEYS. | W. Rock ck.. score
94% by Russell. for sale. Also eggs from
D Brahuass Brown Leghorn, B. Pekin and
Game Bantanis. Expert Judge. P.M. Cool-
ey Milton, Ta.

WUITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor-
val strains direct. Score 92 to 99 by Judge
Khodes. Quality and fair treatment guaran-
le-:d. best winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per 15.
Belgian hares. thas. C. Wilson, Holdrege,
Nebraska.

Oo. K. S.L.WYANDOTTES are all right
Eggs $1.00 per 15 or $4.00 per 100. W, T. Can,
aday, Dover, Lee cvunty. Iowa.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively

Eggs $4°00 fer 100, $1.00 for 15. Adam A
Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.

I havea few good hens’
Mrs. Alice Allen,

EGGS from standard bred White and S. L. Wy-
andottes and Light Brahmas, $1.50 per setting.
C, Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb.

WHITE WYANDOTTES, pure white and as
good as the best. Eggs 51.50 per 15, 5250 for
30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray. Clay
Center, Nebr,

14

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

A pair of Barred Plymouth Rock chicks that weigh 16 pounds—cockerel
82, pullet 742—owned by J. H. Trough, of Minden, Neb.

Some Lessons Poultry Exhibitions Teach.

By J. W. Whitney.

The average poultry exhibition gives|them in their list.

food for much practical
Perhaps the young and ambitious
breeder of prize fowls receives more

I have often won-

knowledge. | dered why poultry associations did not

more generally make arrangements for
the entertaining of the distinct exhibit-

useful and lasting information from his] or by securing rates and rooms at the

first exhibit, especially if he attends
personally and is of an observing and
retentive disposition than can be ob-
tained from a year’s breeding, or read-
ing of poultry information. It is those
things that directly affect us financially
or our reputation and ability as breed-
ers which are most easily observed and
remembered. When mistakes and the
imperfections of our fowls are brought
to our notice in the show room, and
we are also aware others see them in
perhaps a stronger light than we our-
selves, our pride, our capabilities as
breeders receives and retains such les-
sons in a way to warrant renewed and
and more intelligent effort in the fu-
ture. While the above is true and al-
though poultry exhibitions, when right-
ly conducted, aid and foster the breed-
ing and popularity of the prize poultry
of today, yet there is noticeable in
many of the exhibitions I have attend-
ed this winter a very unsatisfactory
management, a poultry exhibition to
be of the most value as an educational
and financial success should be run on
strictly business principles.

Many of the premium lists which
have come to my address are wonders
of useless information. The more im-
portant things have been omitted and
those of only minor importance made
to occupy nearly the whole pamphlet.
A set of old, back-number rules and
regulations which have been regularly
inserted in each succeeding list for
perhaps 10 or 12 years occupy the first
few pages—rules that are never lived
up to and that the association knows
will not be. When they incorporate

most convenient good hotel, thus es-
tablishing a headquarters for visitors
ind exhibitors from a _ distance. It
strikes me this would be a valuable ad-
dition to every list. How often it has
taken me a day or two to find out
where the boys were stopping in a big
town, and we would hardly all get to-
gether before the closing day of the
exhibition. This might all be avoided,
a lower rate secured and all be togeth-
er upon our arrival in town by a pre-
vious arrangement and notice in the
premium list by the secretary, regard-
ing a suitable place to secure accom-
modations, reduced rates, and associa-
ion with those whose interests are in
-he same lines as your own is a great
idvantage. New acquaintances can be
made, old ones renewed. These even-
ings devoted to the interchange of ex-
periences and discussion of timely top-
‘ics of mutua! interest to us individual
and in a breeder sense to the fancy as
a whole are the more _ pleasurable
part of the meeting. Every ambitious
breeder attends these events more or
less for the information and friendships
he may there secure. The more of
this fraternal spirit there is in evidence
the more popular and successful our
exhibitions will become. Again each
premium list should contain clear and
correct information regarding the po-
sition of the show rooms and hotels to
the several depots. If by street car the
names of the proper cars to take and
the streets at which to leave the car
should be given. A still hunt in a large
city for a hotel or exhibition room, es-

pecially at night, is anything but an en-

viable undertaking. All these little
courtesies by the association will prove
to their future advantage and have a
beneficial effect upon future exhibi-
tions. The secretary of an exhibition
is a busy man and many of these ques-
tions visitors or exhibitors generally
ask might be forseen and incorporated
in the premium list in advance to his
own and the cenvenience of he who at-
tends. A hearty handshake and wel-
come to the show room upon the pre-
sentation of card or name by mombers
of an association carries with it lasting
memories and a warm feeling. Make
the distant exhibitor feel he is welsome
and give him fair and impartial treat-
ment; look after his interest as prompt-
ly and carefully as those near by, and
future successful exhibitions-are an as-
sured fact. Allow no familiarity with
the judge in the show room when at
work, His time and best judgment in
justice to every exhibitor should not be
diverted from the work he is employed
to do. No man can have his mind on
two subjects and do his best. Nse no
partiality; make this a rule and enforce
it to the letter. A judge surrounded by
interested exhibitors or curious visit-
ors, each making comments and _ re-
marks, many of which are intended for
his ears, is placed in an unfavorable
position to do good work and often
receives censure for unintentional mis-
takes. These things are all worry. No
association will receive less patronage
for prohibiting any familiarity toward
the judge by any one, member of the
assicOation or any one else when on
duty. His clerk (a competent one is
very important) should be in no way
inteested in results, or with the exhib-
it. An experienced man, expert in this
line of work is preferable even if he
must be paid for his services.

Again I have seen the door receipts
of an exhibition reduced one-half at
least by the offering of special prem-

A pair of Rose Comb Brown Leg-
horns owned by J. H. Trough of Min-
den, Neb., basking the warm sun.

“Ben Hur’’ 1st p'ize B. P. R. cock-
erel at Nebraska State show at Lin-
coln, bred and owned by C. M. Hulburt
Fairbury, Neb

inms which were of a questionable or
objectionable character, as speritous
I;quors, littery tickets, or drink tickets
at saloons, or other questionable
places. Associations should be very
caieful in their acceptation of specials;
only those of real value and of a per-
fectly reliable character should be in-
corporated in their lists.

The classification of a show and the
proper arrangment of the exhibit aids
the visitor, superintendent and judge
materially in doing quick and satisfac-
tory work. Too often we see a class
scattered all over the room, when prop-
erly it should be in one row or section
only. Where birds are shown in same
coops in which they are sent to the
show this is ditficult but somethin ap-
proaching order man be maintained.

Within two hours after a class is
judged the cards should be sighned,
card footed up and the ribbons or pre-
mitum cards upon the coops. This
can easily be done if the secretary is
onto his job and no other kind of a
secretary should be considered wirthy
the place.

The anticipation and preparation for
prompt, quick work in each depart-
ment, in advance is one-half the battle.
A management which fully realizes
these things, that is composed of hon-
orable, reliable men, always have the
satisfaction of having their exhibits well
patronized and their association well
spoken of. Not only this, a show con-
ducted on right principles fosters and
builds up the poultry interests, not only
of the section in which it occurs, but
also in a broader sense adds dignity
and eenfidenee te the whele faney in-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

terests of the country. While an im
properly run exhibition is a step back-
ward. It is said there is honor:among
thieves and criminals, but hardly of a
character to create a great deal of con-
fidence in them as desirable citizens
Place the management of our poultry
exhibitions on a basis approaching to
those empowered by our best conduct-
ed fraternal societies, backed up by a
guarantee fund sufficient to cover all
possible losses and the question of the
payment ‘of all obligation will be one
which will give little anxiety to associa-
tion or exhibitor. I refer to this as it
is one of the more common causes for
ill-feeling and dissatisfaction. No poul-
try assOciation can draw a large ex
hibit unless premiums and all obliga-
tons are met promptly and in full. A
mistake here often proves the cause of
distrust of not only the association as
a body but each of its individual mem-
bers personally often affecting them
and their reputation as men and breéd-
ers many times more than the amount
it would take to strengthen up all in-
debtedness as soon as contracted.
There are many other conditions which
have a depreciatory affect upon a poul-
try exhibition but space at this time
forbids their mention. The expression
of these few thoughts are intended for
only those whose experience is
than my own along these lines

J. W. WHITNEY.

THE SPRING RENOVATION.

One of the prominent symptoms of
“spring fever’ is the house-cleaning
mania. And the tidy home keeper ex-
tends this to the poultry house as
well. No matter how tididly the work
of caring for the flock may have been
done during the winter, with warm
weather come demands for a complete
renovation.

less

There are numerous effective meth-
oas of accomplishing this, each hav-
ing to some individuals certain advan-
tages. A popular method is to clear
out movable boxes and perches,
clean them thoroughly, and then close
the house tight and burn sulphur or
brimstone, the fumes of which are
proof against insect life. A coat of

all

whitewash serves to further cleanse
and sweetens the premises.
Finally washing the perches with

kerosene is another method of dispers-
ing vermin. By spraying the kerosene
upon walls with a common fruit tree
sprayer one can dislodge the pests;
and as the kerosene evaporates rapidly,
even a thorough drenching with the
liquid does not prevent the use of the
building for any great length of time.

Strong carbolic seap sude is another

15
valuable remedy easily aud cheaply ap-
plied. Some usually sold under this
head is not strong enough to be fully
effective as a farm insecticide, but it
may be easily concocted at home. To
five pounds of common bar soap allow
one-half pound of carblie acid
tals,

crys-
Put the soap into a pan with a
little water and heat slowly until dis-
solved. Remove the cork from the bot-
tle of acid and place the latter in a dish
of hot water. This will transform the
fluid. Pour into the
melted soap and stir thoroughly; then
set away to cool. This soap will keep
for a long time, and is extremely use-
ful not only about the poultry house,
buat in ridding vermin. A
strong suds applied to house plants in-
fested with aphis and then washed off
alter a féw

crystals* into a

cattle of

clear water
: \ natas
will be found an efficient remedy.

minutes with

Now that carbon bisulphid is used so
generally for destroying insect life, it
seems that in renovating the poultry
houses there might be made another
successful application, though I have
never seen it advocated for this pur-
pose so far as I can recall. There is
doubt but that it would be death
or any other animal life
therein, providing the building was
shut up tight for 24 or 36 hours. The
only danger would be that the sub-
stance is highly explosive, and during
this time it would be imperative to

no

to lice

guard the building from a single spark
of light in any form.

BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

We present herewith a picture of R.
R. French, Ford City, Mo. Standing
on his lap is ‘‘Missouri Boy,’’ score
94144, and a prize winner. He breeds
S. C. White Leghorns exclusively, has
been for some time, and his stock is
well and favorably known in all parts
ef the country.

16
The White Hollands.

Their

superior merits. And for a
market purpose, I think they have no
equal, While we do not think the
White oHllands outdo the bronze tur-
keys in weight, I think they average

up to them pretty well, and I am sure
Why?
Isccause you do not have to out of the
chicken to

they are much easier to ra‘se.

range hunt their nests. J]

use to spend a whole forenoon hunting
a bronze nest—yes, of them—
and then perhaps when I did find it a

skunk had got there

several

You can
same
not hard to take
fact, they just act
as if they know just what is wanted of
them. Also think they maturé a month
earlier than the bronze. They fatten

first.
fix a Holland nest just the
They

setting;

asa

chicken’s, are

up :rom in

easier. You also can drive them in a
flock anwyhere you wish. Hatched 94
Irom three hens I lost quite a good

many, too, by the hot weather while
five weeks old of the late hatch, but I
raised 54 large, fine turkeys. They
were just handsome to look at, so pret-
ty and white. We could drive them
every morning to the meadow or wheat
stubble to hunt grasshoppers. You
would enjoy hearing them chirp and
catch the hoppers. The children en-
joyed taking them out to hunt the hop-
pers. When they come home they
would have some wonderful story to
tell about the turkeys. They can soon
clean a field of these pests that are
so desructive to our fall wheat and
meadows. I can go cut any time of
day atid pick my Hollands up. If you
want to make a sale of any of them
they will all come to see a stranger,
you may be sure on that. The Toms
will do their part in showing off by
strutting. I sold a tryo to a lady that
raised the bronze. She sent
me word to catch them on a certain
night and she would be after them the
next day. When she came she seem-
ed to be quite put out about me not
catching them, though it would make
them wild to chase them. We went out
and I called them up. She being a
stranger, they soon fenced her in. I
told her now to pick out her tryo. She
just laughed and said they really seem-
ed to be making fun of her. I saw the
lady time afterward. She was
pleased with them; thought the longer
she had them the better she liked them.
This is quite a long White Holland let-
ter, but if some of you wish I will tell
you how I raised those birds, not with
a hen, but very easy I am sure.
MATTIE STUFFT.

Neb.

always

some

Lawrence,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

A prize winning White Wyandotte
cockerel owned by W. A. Forbes,
North Topeka, Kan.

Notice to Advertisers. |

After this all matter relating to ad-
vertising, such as new ads, changes,
etc., must be in the Pouyrry INvEsSTI-
GATOR office as soon as the 15th of the
month preceding the date of issue to
insure insertion as we must hereafter
print 30,000 copies to meet our circula
tion each month and we must have a
little time to ‘‘ma' e up”
paper.
[Sth will consequently lay over until

and print the
All matter received after the

the following month.

It is a well known fact that 50 per
cent of the chicks hatched throughout
the country die before they are three
weeks old.
of this mortality is improper feed.
The best feed for little chicks that has
come to my notice is Mrs. Pinkerton’s
Perfect Chick Food. It contains the
best material the market affords and
all that is essential to the life and
growth of the chick. [ would not try
to raise chic! ens without it.

L. P. HARRIS.

Socorro, N. M. March 2d, 1902.
Poultry Investigator:

Can any of your readeas tell me how
to pack and keepeggs sor six anonths
or more. Will packing in slacked
lime and storing in a cool place keep
all O, K. Willthey not keep if packed

a barrel of salt brine?

W. D. BYERTS.

One of the greatest causes |

ORIOLE FARMS, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin,
send free a Partridge Wyandotte catalogue,
A.D. Burhans,

S.C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed by 1st
and 2nd ckls and 2nd cock (Knapp strains ,1.00
per 15; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or-
ders now. M. B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa.

EGGS for hatching; White Plymouth Rocks
and White Wyandottes, 15 for 1.75. S.C. White
and Ban at Leghorns, 1.25. Belgian hares for
sale. S.S, Dunn, 4550 Chicago Ave., Minnea-
polis, Mine

WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict-
ly pure white, mated to a 94 5-6 point cockerel,
large and pure white. Eggs, 1.50 per15. No
stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W. Brehm.
Harvard, Nebr.

WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13
varieties of thoroughbred poultry. Eggs for
hatehing from 60c to 1.25 per setting. Write
for particulars. O. O. Lomen, Decorah, Iowa.

BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen, cockerel score,
93%, pullets 904 to 93; eggs 3.00 for13. Yd2
and 3, 2.00 for 15; yd 4, 1.00 for 15, 4.00 per 100.
Bronze Turkeys 2.00 for 10. Mrs. Chas. OWLY,
Dunbar, Nebr.

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. Eggs
from pen, 2.00 per 15. These are fine birds.
‘Those at large, 1.00 per 15; 4.00 per 100. Mrs.
M. A. Barrans, Lenox, Iowa.

EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded
American Dominiques, $1.50 per 13, 2.50 per 26.
Also cockerels at $3 and pullets atS2. Blue
Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick, 129 West 11th St.,
Erie, Pa.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel

Strain. Pen headed by 525 cock; every hen a
top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your chance

H.

to get the best White blood in the world.
C. Nichols, P. M., Spearville, Kan.

EGGS—Columbian Wyandottes, finest in the
land. Buff Orpingtons, White Langshans,
White Indian Games, R. C. White Leghorns
Silver Wyandottes. Also from R.C. Brown
Leghorns very cheap. Fowls, dogs, birds and
pigeons cheap. Indian Ruuner ducks. Enclose
Stamp. No circulars. _ Address Hillerest
Farm, Milledgeville, Pa3

From Silver Laced
$2.50 per 30. Known

Satisfaction guar-
Mrs. W. J.

EGGS That will hatch.
Wyandottes $1.50 per 15,
as I. X. L. Poultry Yards.
anteed or money refunded.
Barnes, Topeka, Kansas, Sta. B.

BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wyan-
dottes, White Klondikes, best obtainable.
Stock and eggs for sale in season, T. W.
Beecher & Co., Reed City, Mich,

BELGIAN HARES, $2.50 per pair. S. L. Wy-
andottes, Pekin Ducks, 20 eggs $1.00. Also
Poland China hogs, White China Geese, and
White Guinea pigs’ H. L, Felter, Washta
Cherokee county, Lowa.

MAMMOTH LIG HT BRAHMAS, prize win-

ning stock scoring from 90 to 95 points. Eggs
r 15. Mammoth Pekin Duck eggs
50 furll. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice
Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska,

Ss

0.1L Cc. SWINE forsale from one of the best
herds jn state-of Illinois. Booking orders now
for pigs, single, pairsand trios, Mated Noakin,
Prices within reach of all. Also eggs from
large, growthy Light Brahma and B. P. Rock
chickens for sale at $2.00 per 15 or 33,00 per 30.
Address Chas. Griffith, Woburn, Ill,

FINEST WHITE ROCKS in the state. Eges
$1.50 per 13. Oris B. Lewis,1123 Wabash Ave,,
Fort Wayne, Ind.

ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm

sends free a Partridze Wyandotte Catalogue.
A.D. Burhans, Twin Lakes, Wis
POULTRY

$5 000 CATALOGUE. FREE!

It is without arival. Giveslowest prices of fowls and

Over 50 breeds Turkeys, Geese, Ducksand Chickens.

dreds of plates from life. 15 best house plana Treat
ise on diseases, how to feed, bi nd 10c, for

J. R. Brabazon, Jr. & Co., Boxi09, Delavan,

For Sale.

Black Langshan Cockerels, 50c
and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes
$1.00 each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2
and $3, All stock pure blood.

Mrs. Albert Ray & Son, Wilsey, Kan..

De ie RR et ee

BUSINESS CATCHERS

whe hhh RRR ee Bure rye NTRS PEED eee RR

ROFF ORPLING1t ONS, ‘Cook's Strains,” eggs
15 for $300; hatch guaranteed $500 from
birds buff to the skin and progeny of im-
ported stock, Express prepaid. aA. Edward
Green. Joliet, LL.

EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens
prize winnins Black Langshans, score 9259
to %39'9. But) Orpingtons and Rose Comb
lack Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole,
M. 1). Willian.stield, [il.

EGGS from my Beauty Strain of high Scor-
iy Lghn Brahmas and prize winning
Riack Sumatras, 15 for $100, They are up-
to-date Chas. M, Palmers, Nassuu. N, Y.

BUEF COUNNN chickens. Toulouse geese,
Duroe Jersey swine, Cockerels for sale
with s‘ore curas, Chi ken eggs $2.00 for 15.
Geese egys 25c each, Chas, A, Allison, Ten-
nes ee. Til,

WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B.
Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks, (Ringlet
Strain) S.S Wyandottes, S.C, Brown Leg-
horn. Birds forsale. Eggs in season, Mrs,
Taylor Raker, Maguolia, Mo.

THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S.C. Brown
Leghorns. Barred and White Rocks and
White Wyandottes, Located 3 miles south
of East Peoria. D. E. Glattield, East Peoria,
Ill, manager.

SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan-
dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns,
They are state winners, Live and let live
is our motto, Dorkings, 150 per setting.
other settings 100. Circulars free. OU. Mul-
lin, Beauford. Minn,

BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. Ist
premium stock at leading shows, 93 to%4 3
grand matings. eggs250 per15. Robt. Lar-
mer, Ravenwood, Mo, Box 7. 8S. V, Pres. Buff
Rock Club.

EGGS 75c per 15. Farm range. Black Lang-
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From
pen No.1, Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen
No. 2, White Wyandotte, 150 per 15 M M.
Browning, Appleton City, Mo.

S. H. COTTON.
Eggs 15 for $2.00.
Mo.

FOR SALE. 2 choice White Klondike hens
Place order at once. Address PouLttry IN
VESTIGATOR, Clay Center, Nebr.

WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES,
Eggs 1,00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker-
eis 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 250 per trio.
Pggs per setting. 9c, Mrs. H. M, Clark,
Sumner. Nebraska.

EGGS FOR SALE! White Crested Black Pol-
ish, 2.50 per 15. Buff Leghorns, Buff Rocks,
Light Brahmas, eggs 1.25 per 15. Aliso Duroc
Jersey swine. ‘Write your wants. C. E. O1-
son, Colon, Nebr.

S.S. HAMBURGS. Eggs only for sale; 1 sit-
ting | 5u; 2 ur more sittings 1.00: 5,00 per 1:0,
Rey. G. A. CUhamblin, Moran, Kansas.

BUFP OKPINGTONS and W_ Holland Tur-
keys. Eggs for sale from large bealthy
stock. Winners at Nebraska state show.
Obick *n eggs 2.00, turkey eggs. 1.50. Mat-
tie Stutlt, Lawrence, Neb.

GET THE BEST! One dollar buys 15 eggs
from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose
Comb Black Minorcas. C.L, Norman, Stroms-
burg, Neb.

PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns. White
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg-
horus score to 95, headed by 2nd cock at Des
Moines show. Eggs 1.50 and 1.00 per 15; 4.00
per 100, Write for winnings. Fred Cramer’
Indianola, Iowa.

AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. 100 Bronze
Turkeys, sire 44 to 46 Ibs. 200 cockerels rey
Rocks. Wyandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin-
eas, Jersey cattle. Stock and eggs for sale.
25 years a breeder. F.M. Munger & Sons, De
Kalb, Ills.

WHITE WYANDO'TTE and Barred Plymouth
Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds,
1.00 per15; bred on different farms, free range.
Pekin Duck eggs, 11 for 50c. B. L. Grover,
Burton, Kas.

FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg-
horns exclusively; 10 yearsstanding; egg pro-
ducing strain. Can furnish 100 eggs per day.
Price, 15 for 1.00; 50, 2.50 and 100, 4.00. C H,

Fgiwn, Council Grove, Kansas,

B ROCKS eggs from 2 pens, 1,50 for 15,

r e’s strain, none better, Write your Wants.
J, W, Cottle, Edgar, Nebr,

eres

Superior Black Langshans;
S. H. Cotton, Appleton City,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

There is a way to advertise without
alvertising premiums won by others.
If you can’t win with your own birds
do not rob other people of their honors.
Last month one of our patrons, through
a mistake he claims, advertised that
they won first on hen, first and second
on pullet in the Orpington class at
Lincoln last January, when the facts
were they won none of these premiums.
First hen was won by John A. Ling,
Harvard, Neb., first pullet by P. H.
Campbell, Osceola, Neb, and second
pullet by Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin,
Neb

Dogs and Incubators.

Ida Shepler, Raleigh, Ind.

Dogs and incubators are not exact-
ly classed in one list, but the out-
come of the incubator, the chicken
house, and the dog go together, And,
one of my neighbors, who had 75 small
chicks taken by a chicken thief from a
brooder, lamented the absence of a dog
in his vicinity, also.

A month or more ago, on_ these
pages, some one asked what sort of
dog was best to watch a _ chicken
yard or house. Of course that de-
pends. Dogs of the same breed or
variety differ as to watchfulness. For
my part, I think the Scotch Terrier
the ideal watch dog not only for the
chicken house but dwelling house.
There is no dog more intelligent. They
are trained for show dogs with half the
training given other dogs of the show
kinds. They are shy of strangers and
resentful of strange intrusion on theit
grounds. Their bark is shrill as to be
startling, and what is better for a watch
dog, they will spring at a friend, with
loud barks, the same as a stranger.
They cannot see well and do not know
a friend until they get their nose
against him. In this case, though one
of your neighbors, a favorite of the
dog, same to the hen roost, the dog
would warn you. They seldom eat from
a strange hand, and if well fed for sup-
per, I do not believe could be induced
to eat meat given to them in the night.
The great trouble in this country in the
keeping of valuable watch dogs of the
larger breeds is in this matter of pois-
oning. Very few are allowed to live.
Thieves can easily make friends with
those large dogs, and just as easily in-
duce them to eat poisoned food.

I have a full blood Scotch Terrier,
which was bought to guard the house
inside at night, with no thought that
he was the typical chicken dog. But
that he is. Not a chicken squalls but
he runs to investigate the reason. He
can drive an old hen and her brood bet-
ter than I can, and always accompanies
me on such excursions taking his side
of the flock and quietly keeping them
in line to the place intended. He will
lie down by a basket or bex of newly

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BUSINESS CATCHERS.

Se EE EE were?

NORTH § TAR POULTRY YARDS. A few
choice Rarred Rock and White Wyandotte
cockerels left. Northwestern bu yers save ex-
orbitant express rates and order early. J. ©
Tjaden, Lendox, South Dakota.

NEW SUKE HATCH Incubators and Brood-
ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T.
Cla: k, 26th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr.

SILVER LACED Wyandottes exclusively.
strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best
egg production. They are winners, eggs that
will hatch, 1.00 for 15. WV. O, Johnson, Stroms-
burg. Neb.

LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Eggs 2.00 per setting. delivered.
headed by prize winre's, Females as
us the best. G. W. Hardin, Ulysses,

{QOULTRY PAPERS at cost. valuable cir-
culars free. Eggs 100 per 15. 4.00 per 100,
Buff Rocks Bul? wyandottes. Big birds,
fee eggs. A.B Kathamier, Macedonia,

Rahake®

From Boston winners.
Yards
ood
eb.

FORSALB. Two 200 egg size Sure Hatch in-
cubators, In first class condition, will sell
v rvcheap, Whi.e Rock Farm, Wap llo,
Towa.

O MBs’ SINGLE Comb
Regu.ar egg machines, Stock direct from
best eastern breeders, Eggs for sale 1.
forld. W.E. Combs, Julian, Neb.

HATTIE BYFIELD, Mecook. Nebr. Eges
for hatching from Prize winning Light Brah-
maSand Whive Wyandotte chicken, White
Holland tu: Keys and mammoth Pekin ducks,

15 hen eggs $2.00, 9turkey eggs $1.50, 11 duck

Brown Legborns

$1.00. Duck eggs $6.00 per 100. A few nice
drakes to sell-
THE INTEKNATIONAL POULTRY EX-

change wants every person who has good,
mediumpriced thorougbred poultry forsale
to send description and prices. with l0c, to
auswer inguirit s; also anyone wishes to buy
any breed of thoroughbred poultry to send
for prices, we can fill all your orders near
your home. C. E. Duulap, Supt, Liberal,
Kansas; U.S. A.

EGGS for sale. White Crested Black. 250
per 15. Buff Rocks, Butt Leghorns. Light
Bre hmas, eggs 125 per15 Stock for seule,
Write your wants. U. E. Olson. Coton, Neb.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Farm raised.
Beggs 75 cents per ls. Strawberry plants 60
cents per 110. Loudan Red Raspberry
plants, 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe.
Coryviile, Pa.

EGGS. Barred Rorks (Thompson strain)
White Rocks (Emire) White Wyandotte
(Dust ri) silve Liced Wyandotte (Goette)
Light Brat. (Peleb) 13 for 125 Also a few
Noe co hemos, L M. Whittaker, 385 east
Robie. St Peal. Minn.

BLACK 'tANG-H°NS. Partridge Cochins
Siver taced Wyandottes. Kose Comb
Brown Leghorns, Stock and eggs for sale.
Poe sve yr asorable for quasity of stock
If you want something good write at once.
COR Ko rz bLawrenee, Neb. Have fine
Englisi Berkshi-e hogs.

lish. Lowa. bk FLD, 2.

BELGIAN HARES. 25 voung does bred to fine
bucks scoring 9442 at $3.00 each, or 2 does and
a buck for $7 00. All first-class stock. J. S.

Markel, Wahov. Neb.

WHITE WY \NDOTTES, Line bred for fan-
cy utili y heavy laying strain. Best shape
Winnie | k L-t nen. at Ohio State show.

alsoat Pour Show at Akron. Eggs 2.00
Incubator eggs specialvy 6.00 per 100.
Cocker Is fe sal. C.D McVickers, Pleas-
ant Herne. Ole

PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice
he: vily fe: thered »ullets for sale. Eges $1.50
per 15. Pen headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state
Show, 1902. Satisfaction guaranteed, JESU os
Bowman, Lawrence, Nebr.

SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. Most
beautiful fowl and great layers, Cockerels
forsale. Eges $1-25 for 15; $2.25 for 30; $3.00
for4s, J. E. Haynes, Ames, Monroe Co. Ill.

WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first
class and my prices right. I have spared nei-
ther time or expense to get the best st ck-
Scores from 92! to 9534. Eggs for sale, $1.50

er 15, fairhatch guaranteed. Circular free,
_E, Bowers, Bradshaw, Neb,

Bros.’,

2nd

Ross
prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel at ‘fc- |
peka, Kas., state show Jan, 6-10. Ross |

Manhattan, Kas.,

Bros. make the best UrRe nest known. |

pee nate F I af oh hes him
would stay with them for days, scarce-
ly leaving them to eat. A poultry buy-
er lives-near us. The dog knows the
roll of the chicken wagon far away and |
neéyer,.fails to meet it, and nothing it
setts can coax him away from watch-
ing every those chickens un-
loaded and walking under them to the
coops kept for feeding them until ship-
ped. No one has taught the dog this.

pr Ae

one of

It ssimplysseems to be his nature to

|
lock “after ‘poultry. |

It’s'a-‘drop*up or down, I scarcely |
know which, from the chicken guard to |
the: chicken hateher. There are some

people, yet a few—the number is a di- |

minishing one—who think the hen a
proper machine to furnish heat, air and
other necessaries for hatching the egg,
and caring’ for the ducks. Despite of
this,
matner of devices for hatching eggs,
the last thousand and more years,
people who did not want to put up
with the old natural careless, shiftless
method of the hen. Nature has a habit
of wasting a bushel of everything to
produce a’ thimbleful.
of time before her is the reason, while
man in the chicken business hasn’t. If
he make anything he has got to get
there early and late while the price is
good and

his

get share, and this is
Whére the incubator helps him.

A thousand years ago, the Egyp-
tians hatched chickens in ovens pre-
pared for the purpose. Long, long
ago in China, and today also, people
make their living hatching ducks for

their neighbors and the trade far and
near on their housetops in the sun, -A
pond of water near by is the brooder.
I had a neighbor ence whe hatched lets

by |

She has plenty |

| bothered

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

of chickens around a radiator opening
‘rom her kitchen into the room above.
[There are better ways. of hatching
chickens than under a crazy old hen.
Che day is shortly coming when farm
wives and alll other wives that raise
will wonder that they ever
with hens. And the farmer
will smile upon the old way as he now
sm.les on the old cradle-for wheat cut-

chickens,

ting purposes.

There are some people yet who argue
that it is little use purchasing an incu-
unless you are going-into the
business big. That is another fallacy.

ator

| Ii you have but room enough to keep

fifty or one hundred chickens for your
table use in the summer, the
quicker your work of hatching them
out and caring for them through the

own

|most trying time of their life is over,

the better. You can have all you need
hatched out in three or six weeks at
the farthest, and then that bother
over. I have known women, lots of

is

| them, on a farm to be all’ summer long
| getting from one hundred and fifty to

two hundred chickens hatched. And
then they were of all sizes and at all
stages of trouble. And by the time the
Sulk of them were ready for market
he market was down to nothing al-
most and they actually gave all their
hard work away. But thank fortune,
they are waking up gradually.

Talk about an incubator being a
trouble. What is the trouble of flip-
ping over a couple of hundred eggs
morning and evening, and some incu-
bators do their own work even here;
to look after twelve hens sitting on the
saine amount of eggs. I’ve been there
for years, I know. There never was

|twelve hens yet that would peacefully

look after themselves, and bring out
half the number of chicks the wooden

| hen brooding the same amount of eggs
the meubator is the outcome of all

will. In the first place, they come off
at just any time of day they please to
be fed. You just run your feet off to
find them and get them fed, keep the
other chickens from eating it all up
from the crazy thing, for a setting hen
is that always. Then you must see

they all get on their own nests, which’

they never exactly do. Then there is
sure to be a fight, and you've got a
new nest to make and take out the egg:
and wash all the broken egg off. By
the time those twelve are ready te
hatch not half of them will have hal
the eggs started with, and if half tha

|half bring forth chickens strong anv

able to cheep you may consider your
self lucky. This is truth, not exagger
ation. Every farmer’s wife knows tha
to get one hundred chicks started safe
ly going almost ‘three times tha
amount of eggs must be wasted. Anv
after all: the hard*werk this is

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pay.

The next thing is raising them. You
might almest as well, especially in
early spring, let the hen hatch the
chicks as give them to her after the
incubator hatched them. For she is
sure to undo all its good work. A
chicken, like everything else that goes
afoot, is a creature of habit. The hen
takes her brood far afield in deep
brush and weeds, and not only teaches
them to be wanderers, but before she
discards them has allowed the greater
part of the brood to become the prey
of cats and many another chicken en-
emy lurking in weeds and brush to
catch their straying feet. A flock of
chickens raised in a brooder of any
kind, no difference how roughly impro-
vised, learns to stay close by that
brooder. When old enough to trust
away from it they seldom get out of
its sight, for there they know comes
their food, and there is shelter in cold
and rain. Let a dash of rain come up
and how they skurry to it. Take the
chicks raised by the hen and they will
cuddle down, after she has left them,
under a bunch of grass or other small
protection in a storm, and drown.

Feed is the next large consideration.
Small chicks do not need much at a
feed, but they require it regularly. In
the brooder they get this at a saving
‘expense. With the hen they do not.
for after the first few days. she gobbles
it all up herself. Watch and you will
see. Not only this, but she brings her
chicks up when she pleases, and you
have to be running around at all hours
feeding chickens. Though you have
a feeding pen, made to turn the old
hens, and let none in but the chicks.
some of the chickens are bound to
come up oftener and get more food
than others.

As for the best incubator, that seems
to depend on favoritism. Some will
swear by one kind, some by another.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

There never been incubator

difference how good or at

has an
made, no
what price, but what some one would
find fault with it, the fault usually ly-

ing with the finder.

It is best, so it is claimed, in buy-
ing an incubator to buy one costing

just a little more than you thought at
first you could afford to give. One is
more likely to be satisfied than if they
bought a cheap one, though it fitted
their pocketbook best. And yet a very
dear high priced one may prove a poor
source of satisfaction, if owned by a
careless person. The best incubator
that I know of was pronounced a com-
plete failure by its first owner. After
she had thrown away all the eggs her
own and her neighbors’ hens could fur-
nish her for a space of two years, her
husband bade her put the thing away
and go back to the old way of hatching
chickens. Afterward a neighbor bought
the incubator with all its attachments
cheap. ‘For his young daughter to ex-
periment with,” he explained. But the
girl was not fond of experiments, as
the first owner had been. She consid-
ered that the maker of the incubator
knew his business. Sending for a new
list of instructions she prepared to fol-
low them. Giving the incubator only
half its egg chamber space in eggs, and
following her grandmother’s rule to set
the eggs same day laid, she put in 100
eggs gathered from nests that day. She
did not venture to test these first ones,
just letting them bring what they
would, but she followed other direc-
tions closely and that incubator
brought forth 96 strong chicks from
those 100 untested eggs. Of course,
she did not always do this well after
even with eggs tested for fertility, but
she comes so near it that she is a de-
cided success with an incubator. That
girl could redeem the name of a poor
incubator, while the first owner of the
machine would ruin the reputation of
the best as far as her word could reach.

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Ohio’s Whitest White Rocks,

Winners wherever shown the past 10
year-, scoring 94 to 96 points. Also
Open Laced Wyandottes and Black
Minorcas. Eggs $1.50 per setting.

Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio.
Station A, Route 2.)

BUFF SC Meee Score
92 to 95 points. on

COCHIN at the great Co umbus

BANTAMS Show 1901-2, and Ohio

fa State Exposition 1901.
Stock for sale. Eggs
$1.50 per fifteen.

D. A. JONES, Solucabus: oO.

LIGHT BRAHMAS. White and B
Kocks. White and silver Laced Wand-
ottes. White and Brown Leghorns. Pekin
Ducks. America’s best strains. My stock
has won 200 premiums in the past three
vears at the great Columbus show. Newark
and the Vhio State & xposition, Sto-k for
sale at all times. Eggs $1 40 per dozen.

Red Oak Poultry Farm, J. ( UNDERWOOD, Prop.
Sta. B, Columbus, Ohio,

BRIGEL’S Celebrated Strains

Males scoring as high as 944 and
females as high as 94% under such
judges as Bridge. Lane, Jones, have
won Ist prizes at such shows as the
great Columbus show. Newark. and the Ohio
State Exposition. Stock forsale at all times.
Eggs $2.50 per 15, the kind that win.

F. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio,

Barred
Rocks.

FOR se!

ight bahnas

Felch Strain. Nonebetter. Eggs
from stock scoring 92 to 93%,

$1.50 per 15. White Wyan-
dotte eggs $1.25 per I5.

Albert Von Bergen, elses Neb

White Plymouth Rocks.

|Scored by Rhodes from 92% to 4.
Owens & Canfield’s strain, ‘Stay
White.” Eggs $1.50 per 1.
Wm. Randolph,
Lawrence, Kansas. R. O. No. 1.

Pure Bred Poultry.
DARK BRAHMAS
SILVER WYANDOTTES
BUFF WYANDOTTES

Stock and eggs for sale. Write.

M. D. lee ee ote

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red
SIX YEARS Oak, Ia., won 1st Cock, 1st
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
At Osceola, Ia., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st
Cockerel. Ist Pullet, lst Hen, Ist Pen.
Two hundred choice breeding and ex-
hibition birds for sale.

H. R. McLean,

Red Oak, - = lowa

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Dear Sir:—I am at home again from
the east. I attended ehe Chicago
show, had 16 birds on exhibit, won 2d
and 3d pullet. 4th hen, 4th ck, 3d and
5th pens against the Boston and Chi-
cago winners, 112 in class. At the
Kansas State Show I won 2d ck, 2d
and 3d ckl, Ist 2d, 3d, 4th hens, 1st, 4th,
5th pullets, 2d and 3d pens and special
for largest display scoring over 90,
Atthe Nebraska S'ate Show, same
week as at Chicago, I won 1st pen, 1st
2d ckl, Ist, 3d hen, 1st and 2d, pullets.
I did not in allof these shows show

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

but one bird the second time. How is
this for one winter’s shows. If we
have fair luck I shall be with the hard-
est classes I can find next season.
Yon know these fellows out west are
the ‘‘show me’’ kind. They are not
all from Missouri but they have. to be
showed before they will give up. The
Chicago show was a grand show, coops
were all filled with the finest speci-
mens and all of the leading varieties
well represented. Many of the win-
ners from Boston and New York were
there and some of them did not geta
place. The managers aud officers did
themselves and the association nobly
and gained many a staunch friend
among exhibitors from a distance as
well as their nearby brothers. The
Chicago show is nearing the point
of being the best poultry suow in the
U. S., and with a fairly good patron-
age of the best breeders of the west it
will soon be knocking at the Garden
Gate for a larger space than the new
Coliseum.

FRANK PATTON.

Mr. John Hettich of Bowling Green,
Mo., places an ad with us this month
and writes that his trade has been ex-
tra good. Could have sold more if he
had raised them. Was offered 330.00
for lst prize cockerel at Illinois State
Show. Mr. H. breeds nothing but the
best.

FEED FOR PENNED STOCK.

The custom-is becoming very gen-
eral of penning breeding stock instead
of hatching from the general flock, and
not only fanciers, but farmers and
commercial poultry raisers are now
following this method of improving
their flocks. Upon the care given this
penned stock depends to no small de
gree the success of the season’s work,
as they require a different treatment
than they would if running on range.
To give a general description of how
we feed our breeding stock might per-
haps be of interest to some of the
many of the Investigator.
While the cold weather lasts we believe
in feeding a warm mash in the morn-
ing, consisting, say, of a mixture of
cornmeal, ground oats, barley, ete.,
with potato peelings small potatoes
(big ones will not hurt them if chop-
ped fine), and table scraps. The noon
feed, whole oats well scattered around
to make them scratch, For the night
feed we fill them up on all the warm
corn they will eat. When the weather
is warm in the late spring and summer
we discontinue the mash in the morn-
ing and feed it only two or three times
a week and at noon. During this kind
of weather we feed oats in the morn-
ing, table scraps, vegetables, etc., at
noon, and the corn at night. Of course
this is only a general plan of feeding
and must be varied by the circum-
stances of surroundings, feed at hand
as obtainable, etc.

R. R. FRENCH.

readers

Ford City, Mo.

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Pekins-Uallock strain. Will sell
a few choice drakes and ducks, $1.00
each. Egg orders booked now.

BELGIAN HARES. Pedigreed. Grand
lot of youngsters sired by a 9534
point buck, Bred does always on
hand. Booklet on the industry for
stamp.

Stephani Poultry Co. Belleville, Ill.

BUFF COCHINS

Exclusively.
Just What You Are
Looking For ...

The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
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in shape, profusely feathered,
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.

B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.

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CARE OF BROODER CHICKS.

No, we do not know it all about the

care of brooder chicks; in fact,
sometimes think we know but very lit-
tle, but perhaps this little we do know
One

may help someone else. thing

sure, we are done feeding them bread
and milk. They use it for poultices for
their feet instead of for food. A little
millet seed and a great deal of oatmeal
will form the principle articles of diet
we will feed our chicks this summer.

Of course as they grow older we will
feed cracked and whole but
this article I have reference more espe-

corn, in
cially to the care of chicks for about
the first three weeks of their existence.
Plenty of fine grit will also be kept
near them, as also fresh, clean water—
and here is another problem, how to
water little chicks without their getting
into it and getting it all over them and
all over the brooder. We make a nice
little drinking fountain
quart sized earthen fruit jar, filing a
small notch in the edge of top on one

by taking a

side and a large one on the other side;
fill full of water, turn a small pie tin
over it and invert the whole thing. The
water will ooze out through the
notches and fill the trough formed by
the pie tin around the jar.
R. R. FRENCH.
Ford City, Mo.

BLACK JAVAS.
(By Ira W. Shaw.)

The Java fowls—black, white and
mottled—are distinctively American
fowls, although their very early history
is somewhat lost in obscurity. In the
production of the breed—of which the
Black is the original—great skill and
much perseverance is manifest. They
are the one breed that is “different”
from all others, although in shape they
bear some resemblance to the Rocks.
The Javas are possessed of great vital-
ity and stamina, hardy and quick matur-
ing. They have smooth black legs with
bottoms of feet yellow, and _ yellow
skin. In the latter particular they are
“different,’ as most or all other black
fowls have white or bluish-white skin.
The comb is of moderate size and sin-
ele, red lobes and black beak. Plum-
age throughout a lustrous black, with
that beautiful green sheen so much de-
sired in black fowls. Tail quite full
and flowing and plenty of finely curved
sickle feathers. The flesh of the Javas
is exceedingly fine grained and tender,
partaking much of the qualities of the
Dorking. All the many good qualities
of the Java seems to be due more to
the original composition of the breed
rather than to later scientific matings.

we

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY
Farm, ©. F. Austin. Dearing, Kan., White
Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and
Joho Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale
Strawberry plants—best varieties. Square
treatment.

PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapivs, 1901
150 young-ters for sale after October Ist

PTT eth ay

finer than ever. superior feathering. shap¢
and color, Always” satisfaction guaran-
teed. U.J. Shanklin, Wanbeck, Iowa.

WHITE WYANDOT!E8, cockerels scoring
to 944%. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring
to 96% sired by a Tom weighing 40 1bs ana
from hens weighing to 25 ils. Prices rea-
sonable- W, H- Lake, Hampton, Nebr.

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains. three
trios at 5.00 per trio. Choice cockerels at
one half their value, several bred from
Boston prize winners. G, W. Hardin.
Ulysses, Neb.

CORNISH INDIANS a snecialiy. Winners

wherever Shown. Scored by Russell, Hews.
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first claSs
birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. L
Bannson, Sarcoxie, Mo.

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The
kind that are egg layers Scoring 91 to 94%.

Duston strain. Eggs 2.00 for 15 or 3 50 for 30
Mrs. D. J, Fink, Holdredge, Neb,

MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe
kin duck, Larve tine specimens for sale at
reasonable prices, Our stock is as good as
money could procure, Mrs, E, 1, Mathews
Morning Sun.lowa

EGGS from Singie Comb White, Brown, Buft
Biack, Dommique, ~ilver Duckwing and
Rose Comb White Buff and Brown Leg
horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley
Port Clinton, Ohio,

BUFF ORPINGTOD
Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3.0
per 15, R,. Brownand S.). White Leg-
horn eggs $1.50 per 15. Touis Mogensen, Ra-
cine, Wis.

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de-
seribing all varieties, arranging loft. breed-
ing. feeding. caring for. 5 cents, 1.000 pig-
eons for sale. Prices f ee. Wm, A, Bart-
lett & Co, Box 27, Jacksonville, 11,

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty.
Eggs100 per15. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 per11
Try us. FEF. J. Kolasa, DuBois, Neb.

BLACK LANGSHANS Clean
Show, Ist ck, 1st, 2d
2d, 3d, 4th pullets,
ers, judge.

Ss “Cook’s Strains.”

sweep Elgin
3d hen, 1st, 2d, 3d ck1, Ist.
1 Silver cup. Ben My
Henry Snellgrove, Elgin, 111,

R.C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good chs left.
Eggs 1.00 per 15. Also afew Stay White Wy-

andottes. Eggs 1°00 per 15. C. H. Courter,
Ashley, Ohio.
BARRED P ROCKs: Thoroughbred, farim

raised. Goodbirds. good scores, give good
Sitifaction and good results. Exyys that
hatch, $110 per 15. Prices for birds as
reasonabie. If convenient please enclose
stamp when writing for particulars,

Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87.

SIXTEEN EGGS, 2.00. From my Kanssas
City and Omaha prize winning White Wyan-
dottes (Duston Strain) stock. Scores 907 to
94, Incubator eggs cheap, Meution Investi-
gator. Mrs, Mand Rolfe, Wetmore, Kansas.

BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at
150 per 15. Will replace all infertile eggs
free. Have 3 pens mated, send for descrip"
tion, Wecan please you. F, Whaley, Apple
tou Cily, Mo,

CHEAP to close out, As fine a lot of birds

as youeversiw- Golden Wyandoties. Bar-

dPiymouth Rocks and Bulf Cochin Ban-
tams, H. Gregory; Wayne Neb,,

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS,
from Norval’s strain.
ly eggs for hatching.

winners
No stock, all sold, on-
Mated for prize win-
ners. Have4pens, Best, 2.5): 24. 2 00: 3d
1.50: 4th, 100 only, per setting of 15. (For 3
settings. twice thesingle price) Place your
your orders early. Mrs. M. E. Wittner, Usca!
ola, Neb.
MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartley, Nebr., Barred
Rocks, well marked, extra large birds, both
cockherel and pullet, mating pens. Eggs 2.00
for 15, 3.50 for 30, general flock, 4.00 per 100,
White Wyandottes, Norval and Coffin strains
direct, 2.00 for15, 3.50 for 30,

Printing for
Poultrymen

We are prepared to do all kinds of
printing for poultrymen. We have the
highest grade machinery and new ma-
terial; all work guaranteed first-class.
Free standard poultry cuts to
patrons, Write us your wants and get
Address,

use of

our prices on your work.

Poultry Investigator
Clay Center, Neb.

Bonniedale Poultry Farm!

Eggs to Hatch.

S.DOTTES: Very choice pen, #2 per 15.

Over30 hens on different farms. Goud
ure stock. Eggs $1 per 15, #4 per 100.

BARKED ROUKs: Strictly standard sys-
tem. 60 fine hens and pullets. 4 extra
large. stately crowers, scoring frotn 90 to 4
by Judges Russelt and Stransbough. Eggs
$2 per 15, $ per 30. Lt. Brahmas. and
C |,Games. Good pure stock on separate
farms. Bggs $l per'l5, $4per 100. :

ROUP CUKEH: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid.
Circulars free.

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.

LOCK BOX 176,

J. W. EasteS «aus

Buff Orpingtons. R. ©.
Barred & White Rocks, W. C. P. Ban-
tams, Belgian’s Hares, Eggs. Stock in
season, Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes;
silver cup last year.

Galesburg, - =

W. Leghorns,

Illinois.

ah Scott’s Cure
ror Chicken Cholera........

Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera
or money refunded. Testimonials on
application. Reference: Rising City
Bank.

BF SCOTT, Rising City, Neb

Pride of the West...
Is Mackey’s own Strain of Bronze
Turkeys, bred in line for 15 years.
Show record on open book. They

are in the yards of many of the
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-

ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger &
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.

Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship. Write for prices.
Mackey’s Magic Cholera Cure isa
sure cure. ;

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
CLARKSVILLE, : : : : MISSOURI,

BUFF WYANDOTTES
BUFF P. ROCKS..

Bred from my Boston
Owuha, Kansas City,
and Topeka prize win.
Ola and young
stock for sale. A large
Prices reasonable,

ners.

flock to select from.

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb.

White Wyandottes.

First and second premiums at Min-
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 ‘o 21.
Eggs from birds scoring 93 to 95%
$1.00 per setting. Special price on
large lots for next 30 days.

W. H. Swartz, Minneapolis, Kansas.

High Hill. . .
SS ee et a
Poultry Yards

Bronze ‘Turkeys and Buff Rocks.
Turkeys are bred from prize winners
and are winners. making almost clean
sweep Wherever shown. Young Toms
i each; Pullets, & 5010$3 WWeuch. My
Rocks are noted for shape and orange
colored legs. 90 point ©o kerels. $2.50
each; 9L to 9244 point Cockerels $3.00;
euch Pullet uot scored. $1 00 each.

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo

CROWELL’S
Buff Orpingtons.

* Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels Ist
and 2d, pullets Ist, 2d. 3d, 4th and 5.
Hens Ist, and 2d. Ist Pen. Eggs,
$3.00 per 15, $5.00 per 30. Two trios
Indian Runner Ducks at $5 00 per
trio. Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed.

F, A. Crowell,

Granger, Minn,

Silver Lace Wyandottes
White W yandottes

Buff Leghorns
Pekin Ducks...
All first class stock. Eggs for sale.

MRS. W. E. TIBBITS,
Imperial, Neb.

Barred Rock Eggs,
—For Hatching.

Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is
What you want. Try mine this year.
$1.50 for 15, $2.50 for 30, $3.00 for 45.

“oa Sr

A.B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb.

Were eee ee

Butf Orpingtons
Bronze Turkeys

a7

We keep nothing but the
choicest stock. Eggs for
sale. Write for prices.

ee Ree er

C. E. BROWNING,
Fairbury, Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

asaaaa a

A view of Geo. B. Clary’s Poultry Yards, Fairbury, Neb.

THE POULTRY SHOW.

The second annual exhibition of the |
Coffeyville Poultry and Pet Stock As- |
sociation has been held this week, Jan-
uary 15-18, in the old church building,
corner Seventh and Union. The exhi-
bition of Barred Plymouth Rocks was!
White Rocks a

Some nice birds of the

unusually fine, with
close second,

Buff Cochin variety were shown and

also some fine Partridge Cochins. Pens

of Light Brahmas attracted much at-
There were also some good
The

It
together

tention.
specimens of turkeys and ducks.

show is beneficial in several ways.
brings the poultry raisers
with mutual benefit and creates an in-
John

and

terest in standard bred poultry.
Dudley of Hartford was judge
gave eminent satisfaction.
The following is the official list of
awards:
BARRED ROCKS.
S.L. Brown—First pen,

cockrel, first pullet, firt hen, first cock.

second

A. B. Carpenter—Second pen, third

hen.

J. A. Shuck—First Cockrell, third
cockrel, third pullet.

A. M. Ragle—Second cock, third
cock.

WHITE ROCKS.

E. C. Myers—First hen first cock-
rel, second pen.

C. F. Austin—Second and _ third

cockrels, first, second and tiird pullets,

first and third pens.
WHITE WYANDOTTES.
Lee Lydick—First, second and third
pullets, second cockrel.
BUFF LEGHORNS.
C. E. Davis—First, second and third
cockrels, hen, pullets and pens.
BUFF COCHINS.
Dora Herod—First cock, first, second
and third pullets, first pen.
J. M. Myers—First cockrel,
pullet.
W. C. Beachel—Second cockrel.
PARTRIDGE COCHINS.
Levi Boothby—Second cock, first
second and third hens, first cockrel,
second and third pullets, first pen.
S. Coffey—First pullet.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Mrs. Larry Powers—Second cock.
C. H. Kennedy—Seco id cockrel.
R. Y. Kennedy—First, second and
third pullets, first hen, first pen.
BRONZE TURKEYS.
A. B. Carpenter—Second tom, first,
second and third hens.
J. Swan—First tom.

third

KEEP A POULTRY RECORD.

Every poultry raiser ought to keep
an exact record of the doings of the
chicken yard. The most convenient
record we have seen is that issued by
Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, lll. It is
simple and at the same time most
complete. They will send a copy free
to every one of our readers who ask
for it. At the same time you might
ask, too, about the Humphrey Green
Bone and Vegetable Cutter—the easy
bone-cutter—guaranteed to cut more
bone in less time and with less labor
than with any other made.

A B P. Rock cockerel owned by F. C,

Hinman, Frlend, Febr.

“Among Ourselves.”

New that eggs are 25 cents a dozen—
whatever they may be when Investiga-
tor readers see these lines, we are all
anxious to do our part toward making
‘’dem hens lay.’ Ours are doing their
part and fairly fighting to see which
can lay the largest egg. Pompously
we exhibit the egg basket to our neigh-
bers, feeling a little pardonable pride
in their ejaculations of wonder and ad-
miration. One evéning recently, when
the flock was out for an airing—it is
magnificent weather here, (Jan. 20,)—
we had occasion to cross the street.
Hearing something behind us, we
glanced back only to see thirty snow
white birds following in our train, the
only disturbance in their ranks being
caused by Jack (Jack is a Maltese kit-
ten, if you please, of the bluest blue
blood) rushing here and there in high
glee.

“Well,” we remarked to our neigh-
bor, “we seem to be something of a
circus when we go abroad.”

“Oh, dear,” she replied, “if I owned
those chickens I’d be pround to have
them follow me everywhere.”

We suppose there are people too
good (?) to pet their fowls, but we
are not, even though we do not consid-
er a hen very high in the order of in-
telligence.

New what do we feed to insure eggs,
whether cold or warm the weather?
Well, we never could be scientific or
systematic; we feed in a haphazzard
way that would set some modern sci-
entific, balanced-ration men wild. In
the morning it is a mash—ground feed
and table scraps—if we have time to
make it; but when the “Other One” is
from home, as he is the most of the
time, and we ar maid and man of all

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
work, we are as apt to scatter oats in
the litter, rake it over a little and ad-

vise them to help themselves. About
ten o'clack we then throw them a sup-
ply of corn on the ear. If the weather
is at all fine they have a run out in the
afternoon. At night they have’ shelled
corn. This is one day; perhaps the
next they have mash for breakfast and
outs for dunner; then boiled oats come
into the bill of fare and so on. All
the time they have fresh water—fre-
quently tinctured with cayenne pepper
—and plenty of cord fodder and_ oat
straw to pick over.'' Most of the sea
son so far there has been grass. Coal

ashes and the charcoal from the wood-
stove is within their reach, as is also
boxes of sand and gravel. Their house
On cold days the floor is
covered with litter and the grain scat-
tered in, and they are kept confined.
That terrible cold snap in December
threw the whole flock into severe ca-
tarrhal trouble which certainly amount-
ed to roup; but warm quarters, liberal
dosing with cayenne and sulphur in the
water soft food, fumigating house and
flock together with sulphur burned on
a pan of coals, a few doses of tincture
of aconite and considerable general at-
tention, brought all but three safely
through. These grew poor and droopy
when the rest began to pick up, so they
were “beheaded to save their lives.”

is warm.

If one lives where they can it is well
to have a basket at one of the meat
markets with the request that the
scrapings of the blocks and small waste
pieces be dropped therein. Some pro-
prietors will do this gratis; others will
want a half cent per pound; but even
at a’cent a pound it is a good invest-
ment when eggs are wanted. Feed
something like ths or cut bone two or
three times pe week. Of course in
summer we would not do this as
there would be considerable “taint” to
the contents of the basket if the weath-
er was very warm.

This winter, for the most part, eggs
could have been safely shipped; now,
that shipping time draws nigh perhaps
the weather will be more rigorous.
There are many inventions and theories
as regards packing eggs for safe trans-
portation. In our opnion, however,
there is one safe, simple way and it is
the best way. We have-used it for
years and to our knowledge no egg has
ever been broken. We save peach and
grape baskets and when packing time
comes we puta thick layer of excelsior
in the bottom and a lining around the
sides. Our eggs are wrapped in soft
newspaper, using a generous piece and
folding the énds well over, 6né turning
to one side and the other turning to
the other.. Pack these’in ‘closely and

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Black Langshans.

I won Ist pen, 1st pullet, Ist, 2d ana
3d ckl, lst ck, lst, hen and 2 sweep-
stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED
P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and
3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes,
at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln
Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100
$$1.50 per 15. B. P. Rock‘ $2, per 15.

J.-E. Brown, Osceola, Neb.

White! Wonders!

The Farmdrs and Poultryman’s mon-
ey makers. The best combination
fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2 00
per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Dr. I. C. Stephens & Co,

Nebr.

Carleton,

White Rocks Exclusively!

Two pens mated for this year’s
breeding, scoring from 904% to 94%.
At Tabor Poultry Show won Ist, 2d,
ckl, Ist, 2d, 3d, pullet, Ist. pen; ev-
ery premium entered for; Russel,

Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. 30 for
$3.50, 50 for $5.00.

W.H. Utterbeck, Hillsdale, lowa

Black Minorcas. :

- No.1 stock, up to weight and
the best of color. Eggs $2 per
’ 13. No stock for sale.
@

EUREKA POULTRY PLACE.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of
the Stay White kind. No straw col-
or or flies on us. Nothing too good
for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per 15.
Address

L. G. French, Deep River, Iowa.

Taylor’s Otoe White ss

Plymouth Rocks are prize win-
| ners at Red Oak, Ia., and Lin-

coln Score 92to%%6 points. Eggs

5,10 and 15 ceuts each. Write
| for particulars.

CE Taylor, Nebraska City, Neb.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS,

(Exciusively.)

Farm Range. - o - Good Stock
Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100.
$1.00 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.

) the same old way
when our new plan
beats it 10 times.

100 Ege Hatches niy S2. Over 94,000 in use. L000ds
test'ls. 5000 agents war. sther sex. Pleasant work Big
profits. Catalog and 10¢ rmula FREE \fyou write today

ge Fo
Natural Hen Wenbator ¢o., B 11, Columbus, Neh

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firm by means of small wads of excel-
sior, Two iayers go easily in the ordi-
nary basket. Over top put a thick

cushion of the excelsior, and over this
a cloth cut to a proper shape. Turn
the edge under to make it safe and
strong and sew it around with a. stout
drawing it so close
that the top is unyielding when pressed
Write name and address of pur-
a piece of paper and stick
on the top of the _ basket.
name with “from” before it
is also admissible on another’ piece of

needle and thread,

on,
chaser on
it securely

Your own

paper. ‘

Somewhere among our poultry pa-
pers we caught the idea that this spring
is an excellent time to go into the
poultry business as there is a shortage
owing to the shortage of corn. People
have sold off their fowls very close, we
are informed, Here is a pointer,-“‘pass
it on.”

Another writer has been experiment-
ing with green bone and gives us th’s:
“Taking every advantage gained by

health. of
broilers, in-
crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the
two years bone was not fed, figured—
and [ keep close accounts—that the
profit divided is 15 per cent over the
profits of the two. preceding years.
This 15 per cent is attributed to the

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feeding bone—i. e., general

flock, quick growth of

bone feed.”

It is somethin to know how to “rush
the broilers at any rate.

And still another, feeding a handful
of green bone per day to her 12 hens,
says: “The 12 hens averaged eight eggs
a day for over a month and nearly ev-
g hatched a strong, healthy chick.

It is amusing to read poultry papers
and note the difference in opinions,
due, the writers say in all cases, to “ex-
perimentation” and “experience:”

Of course, the majority agree on one
point, viz., that the hen must have ex-
ercise if she is a success as a_ layer.
Now here comes a fancier who says
flatly that it is “no such thing,” and
cites her own flock as living, laying
refutat‘ons of she theory. She. has a
§'4 pound Barred Rock that lays every
day and Sunday too, or almost every
day: did not stop even when she went
to a poultry show. This same uncon-
ventional bird is sometimes cooped for
weeks at a time, However this may be
we agree with her owner on one point:
a hen, to be a success must be well fed,
warmly housed and never chased or
frightened.

And with the:
“You will always have a good shell on

”

ery cg

here comes a wan
the egg ii you will feed plenty of cloy-
er.’ We don’t know about the clover
alone; We should want some lime anf

other. ingredients within the’ hen’s

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

reach, Somebody else warns against
over-feeding with green cut bone, ad-
vising it in small quantities, adding:
“Other egg-producing foods are an in-

jury if you expect fertile eggs. It is_
not natiril and hens so fed will not
lay eggs whose germs are strong

enough to procuce robust chickens.”

Anather theory is that unless foreign
Slood is freauently intdoruced into a
flack, it is bound to run eut in two or
three years.

VELMA .CALDWELL-MELVILE.

If you want to buy any Black Lang-
shan endand get L. E. Mayer's fine
ine circulars and réad what one of our
best judges say of hisstock. Mr. May-
er is located'at Bowling Green, Mo,

The Art of Poultry Fattening.

‘the commercial or utility side of the
doultry industry while it has always
xcen. the moving power that drives
he wheels of Fancy has now reached
t stage in this country that will mark
in-epoch in its evolution. A new era
ias dawned. New forces are tat work
ind they are powerful and capable of
‘reating a revolution in methods. And
his power is the great packing houses
vf the west: The Swifts, Armours
ind others whose facilities for buying.
slaughtering and selling meat food
oroducts to the world are of such mag-
utude and their system so perfect that
1ot a city, town or village in this, and
out few in foreign countries in which
heir products are not sold or their in-
Iuence felt. To these great establish:
nents and not to the producers them-
selves-are we indebted for the new
conditions. More than five years ago
one of, them..stated to the writer that
1othing would please them more than
o be able to enter foreign markets,
iot with better, but only as good
youltry as those markets afforded.

The reason that it could not be done
vas because the American people have
ilways set up as their standard of
yerfection, a fat carcass. Yellow and
anmp without regard to what that
yumpness consisted of. The only
naterial known to them to produce it
Seine corn, and the result from feeding
‘'t being grease or fat, deposited in
‘ayers under the skin and a pound or
more in the abdominal cavity. The
lesh being inferior, often stringy and
tough and that poultry in this condi-
‘ion would be almost unsaleabel in
Evropean markets. The American
yreople with their reckless extrava-
zanee are willing to pay high prirces
for such poultry. because it is the best
looking the markets afford, and when
the meat ig separated from the grease
in trassing and cooking we are left
wot little edibale perfien and that not

ee
a

of the best quality, deluding ourselves
with the belief that we are eating a
delicious morsel simply because we
paid a high price for it. No such ex-
travagance is tolerated in any other
country; poultry to many there is a
luxury rarely afforded. Under such
conditions we can readily understand

why a iow! must be finished for market,

with the least possible percentage at-
tainable of edible portion as compared
to bones and offal; furthermore the tex-
ture of the skin, shape, appearance and
firmness of flesh to the touch, and en-
tire absence of layers of fat in the
dressed bird, and the white, jucy, finely
flavored qualities when cooked are the
points of excellence: In order to at-
tain this, a system of feeding for
specific resrlts became necessary.
Instead of turning the birds loose
to range at will and shoveling corn
to them, they confine them, limiting
the exercise to small coops and feed
them on material that produces these
results. The mothed of feeding varies
in manner and material in different
countries. The most stccessful and
orofitable locality perhaps in the world
s the Le aMns in Normandy. It is not
uncommon for choice specimens to sell
‘or 20 and 25 frances (four to five dol-
‘ars) in the Halles Cenrales in Paris,
and not over six pounds in weight.
Such prices, however, are not obtain-
able outside of France where their
system of cooking and serving is so
lifferent from ours, making it possible
‘or one fowl to serve three times as
many persons as in any other country.
The next most profitable district is the
countries of Survey Sussex and Kent,
England, where whole families are en-
yaged in it as were their ancestors for
generations back. They know nothing
‘Ise, they never have done and their
children never will do anything else
Sut fatten poultry for the London
market. The method employed is
ve:h trough feeding and the cramming
machine, some using one, some the
other, and many a combination of the
he two. The trough alone is not so
profitable, but enables more fowls to
Se keppt in process. Ten days of
‘rough and ten machine feeding is more
drofitable, but the best results are ob-
tained by machine feeding, from start
‘o finish, care being taken to not over
‘eed during the first week gradually
zetting them up to full feed. These
-esults are secured through the ability
of the bird to digest and assimilate
‘wo or three times as much feed as
it would consume from a trough if
left to its own inclination. The food
is made semi-liquid and no water or
grit és given if addition to it, but it
must be greand te meal and be com-

posed of just such materal as will pro
duce these results without
or injuring the bird. By this method
we are able to add three or more
pounds of meat to a four pound bird
in 21 days, at what would be in this
country a cost in feed of about eight
cents per bird for the 21 days and in
turn make a profit not only on the
weight gained but an increase pet
peund for quality and finish; the
fectly finished bird having what fat it
carries deposited in gloubles through-

per-

out the tissue, rendering it of that
superior quality demanded. If these
fatters as they are called, are able
to buy the ten to twelve weeks’ ‘old

over for this purpose
at 75 cents each, paying the enormous
prices they are compelled to for feed
and sell their products at a profit, what
is to prevent Americans not only
sending such birds to the English
markets, but from supplying their own
this most desirable meat. Mr.
Chhas, W. Armour, the head of the
Armour Packing Co., in an interview
on this subject published in the Kan-
sas City Star of December Ist 1901,
stated that: ‘The American people
-will pay more for good food than any
other people in the world.” This is a
significant statement from a man en-
gaged in supplying the world with meat
food. All the American people need
is a taste of this kind of poultry and
the demand will exceed the supply.
When this demand sets in there will
be a wide divergence in price between
the thin and the finished stock. The
best will go higher, the poor lower.
While the thin chicken will always
find sale at some price to the fatters,
the greasy ones will go begging for
buyers. Canada has for several years
been developing rapidly along this
line. England naturally looks to her
colonies first for what she needs and
they are prompt to act on any sugges-

Irish birds sent

with

tions from the mother country, and
foster such industries as are suscepti-
ble of development on their soil. At
Ottawa, Ont., Truero, Nova Scotia
and Bondville, Quebec, the fattening

of poultry for the London market 1s
carried on extensively under govern-
ment supervision, and they have stand-
ing orders for greater quantities than
they can possibly supply. The climate
of England is very unsuited to poultry
culture, being exceedingly damp and

wet. Large poultry farms such as
exist.in this country are unknown
there. While I believe it possible for

those schooled in our methods of
artificial incubation, brooding and rear-
ing to adapt these methods to English

climate and coditions, it remains to be |

done. There is no limit to the quanti-

sickening ,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

y this country can produce. We can
supply every demand the foreign and
1ome markets can impose upon us.
[f we can produce a good article the
vorld wants it, but it won’t do fc. us
to try to force them to accept our false
standard of excellence as theirs, at the
same time knowing in our hearts that
Jurs is not the proper, but simply a
convenient one. We supply the world
with the’ best ‘beef; we fnish our cat-
tle up to. the highest degree of per-
fection and the quality governs the
price. If we had refused to do so and
‘ried to sell Europe our — grass-fed
steers and insisted that such were the
dest we could produce they would have
none _of it, and our home market would
Se our only outlet. The: reader: can
‘G.m some idea as to the quality and
ippearance of the best dressed poutry
oroduced in England by the following:
At the Smithfield, (London) Table
Poultry Show held in December, theh
first prize winners shown and weighed
in couples were: Buff | Orpington
Pullets, 21_lbs, 4 0z; Dorking Cockrels,
20 Ibs,-8 oz: Farmyard Cockrels, 28
lbs, 13 0z; Farmyard-Pullets, 17 Ibs,
10 oz; Pekin Ducks, 15 Ibs, 3 oz; Tur-
Key €ocks, 59 Ibs, 3 oz; Turkey Hens,
19 Ibs, 10 oz.

There is nothing in the above that
we cannot dublicate and even excel in
weight and quality. We have only to
adopt the necessary methods. The
mum results, but trough feeding will
add from 2% to 3 pounds of flesh to
a four pound bird in 21 days by the use
of proper feed, which of course is the
foundation. A live three pound pullet
as it comes from the farm carries
about 6 ounces of bone, 21 ounces of
offal and after cooking about 18 ounces
of edible meat. Here the percentage
of waste to edible portion is excessive.
The bird is now in its best condition
to ake on flesh, but the farmer unmind-
ful of his opportunity to vonvert feed
into meat rushes her off to market.
The middleman steps in here and with
but few dollars invested in capital; no
risks incident to the production and
maturing of the bird takes advantage
of the situation and the growers in-
diiference or ignorancee, and in three
weeks makes more than double the
profit on a bird than the man who
raised it. He skims the cream.

The following market quotations
clipped from the Kansas City Star for
December 6th, 1901, perhaps tells the
story more forcible than we can, for
after all the hard cash is the best
argument:

Poutry Exchange quotations—hens,

alive, 5'4c; roosters, ,young, 20c; old,
lhe each; springs, 6%4c; ducks, 6c;
' geese, 4c; turkeys, hens, 5c; yeung,

25

- Breeder of Buff
Ww. A. Forbes. and White Wyan-
dottes. Forthe past four years I havet swou
the majority of the best premiums in full
classes, 221st, 102nd,93rd and Sspecials. I
am booking orders now fora limited no, of
eges from these prize matings for $2.00 per
setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00.

North Topeka, Kan,

nn nn nw

Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.

C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes.
xO

Before buying anything, write to us.

It will be a pleasure to give you

@® our prices. We respond prompt-
ly. Bargains if taken soon.

KING & KING, FAL BUNy: Neb.

Golden & Silver Sohight Bantams!

Eggs. Golden,
$1.50 per 15.
Silvers, $2.00
per 15. Par.
Cochins, $2.
per 13. Price
of pigeons on
application.
8 varieties
for sale. Ad-
dress

W. F. HOLCOMB,
Clay Center, Neb.

Poultry Investigator one year with each order.

Olentangy :
Poultry Yards

Delaware, Ohio.

Reed Bros, Props. c. C. Reed, Mgr.

Rose Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games.
Barred P‘ Rocks. Buff C. Cochins.
Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfactory
hatch guaranteed. No. birds in
breeding pens scoring Jess than 91
points. Send for circulars.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys!

None under weight—scores 93 to
to 97. lstand 3rd pullel at Lin-
coln, also 2d colkerel weight—31
pounds. Write for prices on eggs.

C. M. Hurlburt,
Fairbury,

O.1.C!

It is winners you would raise for next
winter’s shows and are undecided
where to send for eggs for hatching.
Just send an order to the GOLDEN
RULE POULTRY YARDS, the’
home of prize winning White Ply-
mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain,
and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and
you will be pleased with young stock
hatched. Eggs $2.00 per setting of
15. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W.
males yet for sale.

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS,

iH

Neb.

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Something Worth Knowing.
Money saved by making your own poultr
remedies, To cure Cholera. SURE CURE.
Roup, Scales Leg. Lice, Mites. Cheaprem-
edy but sure excellent Poultry Food to
make nens jay. Celebrated Douglas Mix-
ture e‘c. All receipts for $1.00 or 25c each.
Address with 2c stamp,
R.'K. D. No. 2.

A.M. HAGLAND, Goshen, Ind.,

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Only Exclusive Poultry
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All the practical poultrymen contrib-
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such information as they
may ask for.

All the news of the poultry world.
illustrated.

Well

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Ithaca, Mich.

.
A Generous Busine
has proven the best for
us. We absolutely
guarantee the

Marilla:

Incubators
and Brooders,

(both hot water and hot @
air) to be satisfactory in every way, or send back
your money. years in the business of manutactur-
ing Marilla’s have made us absolutely sure that these
machines will get big hatches, That our sy; stem of
regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation is
the beat there ia, That the Marilin Brooder isthe
only one that prevents ove -yowding and trampling.
Our new catalogue is like our incubators, the best
on the market. Send icin stamps. Don’t you wantit!

MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY,
Box 97, Rose Hill, N. Y.

ss Policy

=

Poultry Supplies

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
per 100.

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
per 60.

Standard of Perfection each $1.
Spray Pumps each 7Sc.
Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 50c {and 1.00 a
box.

Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
100 pounds.

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
Cure 50c and $1 a box.

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.

Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices.

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center, $12.

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb.
per 100 pounds $1.20

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O° |
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1 00

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,

Clay Cetiter, Nebr.

| My aim,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

§, 5, HAMBURGS,

three years | have won more prizes than
all other exhibitors combined, Fine shape,
exellent color. full combs and unexcelled
as layers. Stoc forsale atall times. Eggs
iu season. A youd hu'ch guaranteed.

THEODORE DESSIUM, ((eeMEES ome

9 19K, Che-tnut St.

At) the Columbus
shows for the past

STOP!

EGGS
$2.50 for15 | fa KCSE and SINGLE, “@0
50 for 30

Rhode Island Reds, Buff Leg-

horns. Winners wherever shown,
| Only strong robust stock in my
pens and you will not regret it if
you send your order for eggs to

Eric Aurelius,
Perry, ke co. Ohio

fertile egg,
hardy |
duck, bred |
to win best |
to lay. |

|

My White Minorcas

Won Ist, 2nd a: d 3rd at Delaware and Co-
lumbus on old and young stock, Scored
$0 to 444. Eggs from my best pen $2.00
per 15; $).00 per 45, satisfuction guaranteed

HARRY LIEBOLD, Delaware, Ohio, k. D. 2.

Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 81.75

Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00
Pure White Rock Cockls - . ° - £1.00
Pure White Wyandots - - : $1.00
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75

All above from prize-winning stock and line
bred, Catalogue sent.
J.C. BAKER. Proprietor,
White Plume Farm, Richti ld. Ll.

Cherry Hill Poultry Yard
BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively.

Eggs $1.50 per 15. 100 for $6.00.

Mrs. EvaJ. Eingrich, Aurora, Neb.

EGG ORDERS. Book now for Houston,

B. P.R 2mutings, score from 90{to
93%. Eggs $8. per 15, $5 per 100.
Buff Orpingtons, 4 yards; 2 yards
solid buff wing andand tail, eggs
$5 per 15,$8 per30 Buff Orping:
tons, 1 yard, eggs $83 per 15, ES
| per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard
| eggs $2 per 15, $5 per 40.
‘ Winners wherever shown.
Won more first and seconds than
any otherman. Guarantee good
hatches, true to name and fresh.

A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la.

FS he
| Prairie
1.§$ tate

Incubator

H has long been recognized as

the best incubator in the

world, That is why the

U. S. Department of Agriculture uses it exclus-

ively. That's why it won 342 first premiums over

all other makes of machines. This year we have

made a catalog to fit such a machine. 50 tinted

plate pages: 4 original paintings and over 700

half tone illustrations. Mailed free as long as
they last. Write for catalogue No. 56,

PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATOR CO., HOMER CITY, PA.

Largest Ineubater and Brooder Factery in the World,

weighing ever 7 lbs, 6c; yeung goblers,
Ac; culls, Sc; pigenons; 50 ¢ dozen;
squabs, per doz, $1.25@$2.00; dressed
poultry, choice scalded in good con-
dition brings 1 c¢ above live poultry
prices

From the

an adjoining column on

same page we clip the following:

“THE SPECIALLY \ FATTENED
CHICKENS THAT THE MAR-

KET AFFORDS.

Meat Particularly A-
capted to this Season of the Year.
“The newest offerings in poultry to.

be feund on the market are especially

fattened chickens which a local pack-
ing offering its patrons.

Resides being unusually tender, all the

While

have been fattened

primarily for the English trade, their
popularity is likely to become as wide-
spread at home as abroad. Like all
choice niorsels they sell at high prices.

A pound costs 18 cens in the shops,

and buyers are offering their prefer-

ence of either dry picked or scalded
stock.”

A Toothseme

house 1s
meat is as white as the breast.
these chickens

What reason or excuse can be ad-
vanced that will justify the producer
in selling his pullets (springs) at 6%
cents, less express and commission
charges, when if properly finished they

wil fetch his at least double per pound.
Not theiretically or on paperr, but in
fact as it exists today. He would
never dream of selling an unfattened
steer or hog for slaughter, because the
apportunity is his to convert grain in-
to meat as a profit. He takes advan-
tage of this slower and more expen-
sive method, but ignores the quicker
and more profitable one. His eves are
being opened, however, and the true
situation is becoming apparent. The
revolution is at hand and when the
American people undertake it aright
they will show the foreigner a clear
pair of heels in this as we have in many
other lines. The business has already
assumed large proportions in the west.
The Armour’s at Kansas City, alone
are kiling ten thousand fowls a day,
and they are but one among those
now engaged in it. They predict that
in two years they will be killing

twenty times this number daily.
There could not possibly be a greater
stimulant to the poultry industry than
these big establishments have injected
into it, and the time is close at hand
when cramming machines me be as
common as churns. We already make
a better and cheaper machine than the
English. In the meantime let the cry
go forth, better poultry and more of it.
H. E: MOSS,
Kansas Gity, Me.

‘Please Let Me Tell You

My Buff Cochins have again won their
share of the ribbons at the McCook Show. ‘To
make room for my breeding pens TI wil sell
trios. pens and singles at bargains for the
next 30 days. Also a few RC B Leghorns.
Eggs in season.

Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.

Blue Barred \
Plymouth kocks

Eggs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per 50, $5.00
per 100. Our stock is first class.

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr

My Buff Orpingtons

At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made
8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck,
1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If
you are going to buy eggs send for my
circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson)
Barred Plymouth Rocks.

JOHN A LING

Harvard - «= Nebraska

White P. Rocks Exclusively...

My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot of
chicks tosell reasonable. Write,

MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincoln, Nebr.

My Buff Rocks
a ee
Won at Madison Square Garden this

season; at Boston and other great
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs

for sale. Write for Circularand Show
record.

MILES H. LOUER,
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y.

Black Langshans---

Tho winter layers, of standard
weights, good colored plumage
and eyes, well feathered shan«s
no scrube among them. Score
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15,

C. M. Hurlburt,

NzZ
miN

SILVER WYANDOTTES

Y BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last
eight State Shows and many other large
shows, wiuning more Premiums than all
other competitors of this variety com ined.
Good birds for sale. Eggs from prize pens
15 for $3. 30,$5- From standard bred
stock, farm range, 100, 4,

Mrs J. WW. GAUSE,
Emporia, Kan.

BUFF COCHINS.
Ist ckl score 9434. Ist hen 954. at Nebraska
State Show at Lincoln. Eggs $300 per_ 13.

Breeders also of Short Horn cattle and Du-
roc Jersey swine. C. K. DAVIS, Prop.

W.J. MITCHELL, Poultry Manager.
Columbus, Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

2)
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KAMl1 ty

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PyAw
tALO

Springfield, Ill., Feb. 8, 1902.
Editor The

Springfield Fanciers’ Association will

Poultry Investigator:

hold its fourth annual show on its reg-
ular dates the second week in Decem-
ber. The judges will be announced
later.

The officers for 1902 are: J. E.
Lauterbach, president; J. A. Neison,
vice president; Louis M. Gietle, finan-
secretary and T. S. McCoy, corre-
sponding secretary. z

DVS; McCOY,
Corresponding Secretary.

cia}

THE “PERFECT” HATCHER.

The Poultry Investigator is always
pleased to note the success of its incu-
bator advertisers who have won fame
and fortune by the excellence of their
hatcher, prompt and careful atten-
tion to orders and courteous treatment
of customers. The best example we
can cite our readers is the progress

made by the firm of J. A. Chelton,
of Fairmount, Md. After an investi-
gation we find that the ‘‘Perfect

Hatcher’’ manufactured by this firm is
the equal of any hatcher and superior
to many now on the market, while it
is the lowest priced hatcher made.
The 200-egg size is only $1. We advise
ou. “faders who are interested in pur-
chasing good hatcher at a low price,
to write Mr. J. A. Chelton direct, en-
closing a two-cent stamp as he will
take {pleasure in answering all such
inquiries. He is a gentleman of the
highest standard in the commercial
world and noted for enterprise as well
integrity.

RINGLET B, ROCKS

The Kind that Win

We Double Mate.

Ben Hur, rst cockerel at Lincoln
Show 1602, at head of our cocker-
el breeding pen. No females in
our pullet; breeding pen scoring
less than go, mated to extra choice
pullet breeders.$ Stock all sold,
eggs reasonable. , Write for prices.

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
EXCLUSIVELY.

Drop mea postal card today asking for
description of matings and price of
eggs for hatching.

W. S. RUSSELL,

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Eggs for hatching from White Poultry.

Wy’ds $1.50 per 15, $4.00 per 50.
Cochins, $1-50 per 15.
I. Games, $2.00 per 15.
Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16.
H. turkeys from stock weighing
18 to 35 lbs, as fine as any in
the west, $2.00 per 12.
W. Embden eggs from extra large
stock, $2.50 per 11.
W. P. Rock eggs from birds scoring
93% to 9514, $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per 50.
Eggs for incubators from stock scor-
ing 90 to 93, $5.00 per 100. Stock for
sale at all times.

White Plume Poultry Yards.

Mr. and: Mrs. H. E, CLARK,
Dallas Ceuter, - -

Buti Orpingtons ana Cochfns.
———i gE OT my own
mportations.

I won more premiums than
any other two exhibitors at
the Nebraska State Show,
1g0t. Before buying any-
thing write me—it will be a
pleasure to give you prices.

Ida J. Buehler,

lowa.

Kenesaw,
Nebeaska.

e
Years of Experience

Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from
my different yardsI have selected 5 pullets
scored 93 and 8 which scored 92% and from this
yard I wish to sella limited number of settings
of eggs at 3.00 per setting. All eggs sold will
be from nis yardand from these birds exclusive
ly. I havea few pullets scoring from 90 to 91%
alsoa fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at
prices that are right. All eggs and birds sold

by me will be as represented or money re-
unded

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la,

28
PERSECUTED POULTRY.

L was just think about some cows of

which I once knew, that were owned
hy one ioo little interested in their
happiness to provide regular’ ac-
eomodations for them At night a
neighboring tree was their only she'ter,
even though the weather was inclement
and the temperature low. They were
expected to hunt their own feed, and
worst of all, the range was limited to
the smallest limit. Did they encroach
upon a grain field, a dog was at once
et upon them Did they wander

tcward the orchard when the fruit was

rmpe, it was the same thing. The gar

course forbidden ground,

looked;
could

den was of

tempting as it and if a gap
made, the un-
to

Foreed to seek its own

was found or be

lucky intruder was forced seek a

rapid retreat.
living, and the tempting morsels were
all forbidden, dogged and stoned if the
to
cross defined barriers, is it any wonder

that

promptings of nature induced it

such stock proved unprofitable?

“That Owner was a lunatic,” you ex

1

claim. ‘No sane man would so use his

own stock.”” Yet I can assure you that
no charges of insanity were ever pre-
ferred against him by any one, and®he
humanity

perhaps, exercises as much

as some of his neighbors. Pardon me,

however, for a slip of the pen. It was
hens instead of cows that were thus
treated.

\ lady not many miles away whx

raises an abundance of. strawberries.
raspberrries, currants and other small
prides herself
“How

ol

fruit every years, also
on her large flocks of poultry..
friend;
course you have spent some money in
Is it
enclose?”
“Feed

liberally and they will cease to be pil

do asked a

you manage?”
the birds or the
“Neither,”

poultry

poutry netting.
that
the

fruit you

was reply. your
ferers.”

While we think it would require pret
to the

in sight of a nice straw-

ty generous feeding restrain

flock

average

berry bed in full fruit, vet there is room

for considerable thought in the sug
gestion. Of course, if well fed they
wotld not be so ravenous. Further
they might not wander about sufficient-
ly to come upon = all the forbidden
fruits; or, never having been forced
to experiment upon strange miateria!

to supply their innner wants, they may

not have learned of their fine taste
These sare some of the legitimate re
sults which might be expected from
the ful feeding And while we still
doubt whether every one with every
breed could so successfully unite the
two branches so incompatible in the
average experience, the suggestion js

certainly worthy of note..

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Wyandottes.

Buff Orpingtons.

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
1901. Won 39 regular premiums.
Eggs and stock in season. Sat-
isfaction assured.

G.B. CLARY Fairbury, Nebr.

FREE..
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Never an offer like this before

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A free sample copy can te had by
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ee @ &2 @]28O888B8 B28 GO

Eggs from
stock scor-

ing from 90

to 95 points,

!

L angshans

Exclusively

this season

only. Some

good Ckls. for sale with score

All Stock Farm Raised.

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.,
Rock Port, - - Missouri

72-2. 2 = = oa 2 22 aa

¢
;
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| cards by Ben S. Myers.
!

See WeGDWEABWBW WSO OS 9

Pegs from flock #3.00 per 50. $5.00 per 100;

| from choice matings. $1 50 per 13. $250 per 26.
Can fill no more orders for over 100 egg lots.
Scottish Terrier puppies ¥3.00 and $5.00

| PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,

R. R. french, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.

| [f you want

Belgian Hares
Call on or write to
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
| Old Orchard, Mo.
|Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,

| WM. G. STEINICKE, Mner-

| Black

|= As Good as the Land can Afford—
—Eggs $3,00 per 13.—

100 Hares to choose from.
a
=" Pekin Bantams
A. J. WILLIAMS,
Clay Center, Nebr.

Black Langshans.....
| Ist ckl, Ist hen, Nebr.. State Show 1901. Ist
| pen. Ist ck, Ist ckl, ist and 2d pullet Nebr,
S ate Pair, 1901, Ist pen. Ist and 3rd pul-

| let, 2nd ck. 2nd ckl. Nebr. State Poultry
Show at Lincoln, 1902, Eggs $2.00 per 13.

JA Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr.

BUFF WYANDOTTES!

Ist, ck, Ist, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul-
let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES,
3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State
Show. Light Brahmas. Eggs $2.50
per 15:

E B DAY, North Bnd, Nebr.

Just a Moment Please!

Now is the time to book your orders

and WM. KERSENBROCK has
prize winning birds of Barred and Buff
P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins,
Silver Laced and White Wyandottes
and Cornish I. Games.

Wm J Kersenbrock, columbus, Neb.

Rose Comb White Leghorns!

Made a clean sweep at Mitchell
winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds,
and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92
At three shows in last two years
won 11 firsts, 6 seconds,‘ 6 thirds
and specials, Cockerels for sale.
Eggs $1.50 per setting

J.F.Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. Dakota

—Vice-President State Association,—

Our Barred and White Rocks.

Are successful show birds and excel
lent for market. Our S.C. W. Leg-
horns are winners in strongest compe-
tition and great layers of large white
eggs. Incubator eggs $5.00 per 100.
Eggs $2 00 per 15.

J. N. Krauter,

Bucyrus, Ohio.

Just what the woman fed her
poutry, I do not know. Doubtless
she furnished a variety; and in this

single word may reside almost as much
as in her liberality the success attained.
To expect a hen to subsist on a single
and as this
biddy

de-

is unreasonable;
nature,
the

bil of fare
designed by
to supply

was never

pluckily resolves
ficiency herself.

Chose who Jo not feel like keeping

the stock shut up vear in and year out
find - it to
which

advantageous have a
they

days at a

often
park in can enclose them
for a few occasion
ries. cr of field are
amone the incidents which render this
It is certainly much more
much hu
dogging or

at-

time as

an adjacent grain

advisable.

profitable as well as more
mane than the
stoning that too often attends their

tempts to carry out nature’s plan.

BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

merciless

THE RIGHT MIXTURE.

Asa usual thing I am a litttle sus-
picious of patent “medicines and other
mixtures, but I must say right here
that I find Mrs. Pinkerton’s Chick
Food to be of the right material, seeds,
grain and grit, in the right propor-
tion and that\it is very economical to
use, considering the price of common
grain and making a success raising

the chicks. I have known of Mrs.
Pinkerton’s level headed ideas on
Poultry raising for some time and

when she proposed to put her chick
food on the market, I encouraged her
to locate at Clay Center, Nebr., so as
to make it convenient for our patrons
to get the feed without freighting it
here and there before reaching the
consumer.

M. M. JOHNSON.

Last month the INVESTIGATOR had
Mrs. Mattie Stufft, of Laurence, Nebr,
raising Cochins and living down in
Kansas. Wedon’t blame her forraising
objections to such a procedure but our
readers will please notice that she
is located at Lawrence, Nebraska and
breeds Buff Orpingtons of the best
strains.

Winners Again!
Rocks and Wyandottes.

Barred and White, Silverand White.
Score 92 to95'%. They are sired by
winnere and bred to winners from
some of our largest shows. Fggs $2
per 15 straight from pens headed by
1st and 2d prize birds.

J, A. DOUGLAS, Ferguson, Mo.

It’s Up To You

To get 5,000 new subscribers. We
will send the Fanciers’ Guide, an up-
to-date Poultry and Hare paper 6
months for only lO cents. Special
ad rates to P. J. readers. 1 inch 3
months forl dollar. 30 words breeder
notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now
in egg season.

Fanciers’ Guide, Montpelier, Indiana.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

MY MAMMOTH ive toting inci own
PEKIN DUCKS throughout the west.

Have always won high.
est honors at Great St. Louis Fair and
Poultry Show; also in the hands of my
customers. A few eiegant But? Rox ac
half real value.

OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo

Have you seen it?

The Fanciers’ World

America’s leading publication for fanciers.
Special departments for dogs. cats. pigeons.

hares. poultry. etc. 32 pages. Profusely
oer Per year, 50cents. Samp ecopy
re

The Fanciers’ World
F. M. Simmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III.

Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods?

Make your Own! 1 can send you formu-
las for all kinus of stock and pouliry
foods, Here are afew; Chick food 35c;
egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder.
45c; stock condition powder, 35c; hog con-
dillon powder, 30¢. Write for others,

A. W. Collins,
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, Ia,

Black Langshans

Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi-
cation: up to standard weight; winners at

Olay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for
sale. Prices reasonable, Eggs for sale in
season. address,

MRS. VN. W, JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb.

“Twenty-Fivelearsin the Poultry Yard.”

A perfect Manual for Success.
Gives symptoms and remedies
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup,
Hog and Poultry cholera. 108
pages. Price 25 cents.

A. H. LANG: _Govedale, Ky.

Oh Ye: Yes! We have imported ‘stock.

R. C. R. I. Reds, R. C. Mi-
norcas, Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rock,
Anconias, Lt. Brahmas, Pekin and
Cayuga ducks. Eggs $1.50 per 15.
Duck eggs $1.00 per 12. One setting
free to best customer. Stock for sale.
5 R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for
sale cheap.

P. G. Spetby,
C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska.

CCCECOOCECCEEECCLE®D

Florin, Pa. box A.

Buff Orpingtons

AND

White Wyandottes

No better Stock
Raised.

I never have failed to win in
largest shows. Birds score from
90 to 95%.

VCODO2DCCECEECEECCeCaD

29
PASS ee a

This is for You!

Owing to my judgirg engagements
for season of 1992-3, will) ot be able
toshow my birds and will hereby
reduce the price of eggs from $3 00
to $200 per 15 I have s. ©. Brown
Legho ns. Black Leghorps Karred
Plymouth hocks, (Violet Strain )

David Larson,
SE a

Wahoo, Nebr,

—White and Buff Wyandottes.—

Prize Winners—Ist Ck] at Elgin. ist and 2nd
ckl. 2nd pullet. 3rd hen. 2nd pen at Ko k-
ford. {stand 2nd ckl. Istund 3rd ck. 2nd
hen, 3rd pullet.dst. 2nd and 3rd pens at Bel-
videre. Til. 1902, Orders booked for eggs
$3 00 per 13,

B R LUCAS, Belvidere, 8)

BUFF ORPINGTONS.

Nostock for sale! Rose Combs,
Orpingtons. A few eges ato 00 p ris,
ners at Red Oak and Osceola. lowa. and Ne
braska State Show at Lincoln, Singie
Combs, eggs, $3.00 per 13. $500 per 26.

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. lowa.

Bult
Win-

For Sale.

100 choice young birds from winners «t

Kansas and Nebraska State Shows. 1901.
S. 8. Hamburgs. Partridge Cochins: Buff
Oochins, Light Brahmas and B, P. Rocks

Show record on application, Eggs from
choicest matiugs $1.50 per setting.

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.

0. MO. HUN, DRO.

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock for sale

EB. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.

at all times, Eggs in season,

Listen!

—IF yOU WANT—

> ] .

harnreduol Rock
cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev-

ery cent asked, scored or unscored,

send me your order and let me prove my prom
ise to please you. Eggs$l. From all scored
stock by Ravup and Heimlich, $1-50 and $2. No
secrets about these pens. Ask what you want.

Mrs. A. P. Rodgers,

Bowling Green, Mo.

IT BEATS ALL.

The Natural Hen Incubator beats the
old way of setting hens ten times over,
100 egg hatcher costs only $2. 94,000 sold
principally by agents. We want 5,000 active
men and women agents for the new season. Special
terms with you—a large margin of profit. 10ce egg
formula and catalogue sent tree, if you write to-
day. Territory may be gone tomorrow.

NATURAL HEN INCUBATOR CO.,B 11, COLUMBUS, NEB.

| A CONGRETE POULTRY HOUSE |

Oe ee

The concrete poultry house has come

to stay. They are one of the best
things that I have invested in since in
the poultry business, which covers a
period of 18 years, and I have had

some experience with most all kinds of
houses, from a straw pile up. I have
had roup and kindred diseases to con-
tned with all along the line, but since
the advent of the concrete houses, doc-
tering fowls is a thing of the by-gone-
days. The walls of a concrete house
are the same as if of one solid stone,
there is no cracks to admit of cold
draughs on the fowls, consequently
there is no roup with fowls in these
houses. When we shut out wind, rain
and frost and promote health in our
stock we have taken a long stride to
success in poultry culture. A vigorous,
healthy hen is usually a good laying
hen, and the hen that lays best is the
one that pays best. When I devote
most all my time to keeping poultry
for the profit, and I must set down,
fold my arms four months of the year,
but the feed bills still run up into dol-
lars and no income from my fowls, I
wouldn’t consider that I was making
a success of it.

Let’s make some figures in the busi-
ness here today. The egg output was
33; value in the market here, 3 cents
each, or 99 cents for the day’s laying;
one months at this rate would be $30.69:
Within ten days from now we expect
to double this record, and will do it.
My house cost me just about $50 all
told for the 60 feet of concrete and 14
feet planked up for a brood house at
the east end, making a house 10x74
feet, divided into six rooms 10x10 of
the concrete and one brood room 10x
14 feet.

If my laying stock on the place will
bring me an income of $61.38 during
the months of January and February
eggs sold at market price, and pay for
my house and still have me a balance
of $11.38, it proves to me very clearly
that the concrete house is a success.
Now if every farmer in the vicinity was
getting eggs from their hens at this
time I could not give the praise all to
the warm house, and my care, but
there is very few, if any eggs coming
to market here now. Wife and I visit-
ed a well-to-do farmer near here yes-
terday who told us they had 85 Brown
Leghorn hens and pullets and were
not getting an egg. They had a barn
large enough to hold nearly all the
buildings on our place. But he said
“their coop was too cold,” and that’s
about what is the matter with the most
of farmers’ chicken business, “The
coop too ccld.”

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Mornin View SEs © | Mrs. J.B. Jones, 3 3 3
> BE SA. 2 Breeder of
8 - 0" |parred Plymouth Rocks
Poultry Yards. <= =| atid Mammoth Bronze
== a Muinrkeys tsi: sec
-cna AMIE STOCK FOR Sale EGGS | IN SEA-
Barred Plymouth Rocks.n! ce : BACINe

pa

Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-
red, full above the eyes.

BUFF WYANDOTTES,
EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff
Wyandottes are bred from
best strain obtainable and
in line. We breed the pure
golden Buff. not the dark
red. They're prize winners.

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.
Chester White Hogs forsale

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting.

James M. Perkins,

RAVENWOOD. MISSOURI. '

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Your dealer should handle this line—if not, write us for
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FRANK MYERS, ; IDEAL j Also manufacturer of?
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Bracian br eae Bande ss. 2 nanan
mu acknowledged leader, 12 fory
5 100 for
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&

Barred Plymouth Rocks

- 95 for 30c. 5 .
They are Barred Right and good ee Ra Re of
size. ee 15 for . 30 for $3.50, : es “Barred Kocks mailed
50 for 4.00, 100 for 7 00. :

for stamps.

5 Cane iaanee

SS ee
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Conhey’s
Roup Cure

all others. One 50°cent package makes 25 gallons of medicine. Directions with
every package, If it fails to cure money refund. Postpaid. small size 50c, large $1.
Conkey’s Louse Killer never fails tolill. Try it, 25 cents per package, and
15 cents extra for postage.
Conkey’s Egg Food and Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect
health, and prot uce more eggs than any similar preparation, 25 cents per package
and 15 cents extra for postage. Cc. E. CONKEY & CO., Cleveland, O.
Pacitiz coast agents: Petaluma Incubator Co., Petaluma, Cal. Eastern wholesale
office; No.8 Park Place, New York City and S.H. I. Co., Olay Center, Nebr. For
sale by all poultry supply houses. Agents wanted.

HE only remedy positively
known tocure roup in all its
forms us long as the fowl can
see to drink. For -Oanker, es-
pe tally in pigeons, this cure excels

The Marilla Incubator Co., of Rose
Hsll, N. Y., in order to care ior its in-
creasing business in the west, has es-
tablished an office in Chicago at 1531
Monadnock Block. Mr: W. L. Taylor

is the manager. Mr. Taylor has been
employed in the general offices of the
Chicago & Alton railroad. He is a
practical poultryman and has beena
breeder of Black Langshans of high
quality. His practical experience in
the operation of incubators will make
hima valuable man in his new rela-
tions. The Marilla Incubator Co., ask
that correspondence from the territory
tributary to Chicago be addressed to
W. LL. Taylor, 1531 Monadnock block,
Chicago. It is a pleasure for the Poul-
try Investigator to note the develop-
ment of this valuable patron of the
Poultry Press, and we bespeak for Mr.
Taylor the interest and patronage of
our readers.

NEMAHA COUNTY POULTRY
ASSOCIATION.

The Nemaha County Poultry As-
sociation will hold its first annual show
at Wetmore, Kans., December 22-24,
1902. We have engaged the well-
known judge, Mr. C. H. Rhodes of
Topeka, to score the birds. All
fanciers are invited to co-operate and
make the show a large one.

The membership fee is only 50 cents
per year, and all members will have
their names printed in the premium list
free with name of the variety of fowls
they brered. This alone will be worth
50 cents. ;

We need you co-operation and will
appreciate your interest. Join with us
and climb up to the top seat. Address
to Mrs. Maude
Rolfe, Secretary, Wetmore Kans,

all correspondence

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31
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Is the best 25 cent poultry journal published.
The Inland is a monthly journal of reliable poul-
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subscribe for the Inland. It is 25c a year and
everyone ordering from this ad will receive a
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The above low offer is for this season only.
Catalogue free. Member of: American Buff

Rock Club.
JAMES Q. MYERS, Oaks, Pa,

BUFF ROCKS.
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2

GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS,

In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled.
Fifty Cockerels und Pullets to sell.
Eggs in season.

W.J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb.

w

High class stock for sale!

Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks
and S.C. W. Leghorns. Can furni-h
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es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldon, Mo.

Caution! Don’t Read This Ad. —

Vor if you do you will discover where to
get the best of White Rocks scoring from 93
10 96% at the largest shows throughout the
state of Ohio At Columbus. 1901, we showed
thirty Wh te Rocks with an averag score of
9%. A 4-year-old eock bird scored 9544 und
ersuch ju ges as Bridge. Lane. Cranmer.
iarger and Jones. Stock forsale. Eggs $2.00
per 1.

Colombus, Ohio

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Single-combed

(Exclusively)

Birds of choice breeding. Scoring from 92 to
944% ure in my pens fer 1902. Eggs from
these pens $2.00 per dozen, A satisfactory
hatch guaranteed

Frank McDonald, Columbus, O.

(Route 1, Sta. B)

For Sale....

200 Fine Black Langshans. 200
Some-of the best I ever rais.d
Address

Ben. ©. Mycrs,
Crawfordsville, Ind

Ross Bros’ Trapnest

Just what every poultryman needs,

In sets of 3 for $3.00.
In sets of 5 for $4.25.

We sell them
make them.

Delivered.

cheaper than you can

Ross Bros.’ Buff Wyandottes.

Lead in the best competition.

ROSS BROS.

POULTRY

Manhattan, Kan.

at CUT PRICES
CATALOGUE FREE.

CUTS

Harper Eng. Co., Columbus,

0 |THE TIFFANY COMPANY, - - -

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. sg

May I “SHOW YOU”

That eggs bought of me will hatch
Barred Rocks for you that will sat-
isfy the most exacting. If not
treated right, publish me in the In-
vestigator. CORWIN JONES,

Poultry Judge. Sidney, lowa.

Some good cockerels for sale yet
Eggs for -ale at $2 per 15, $3 for 30.

In A&® DAW;
Bruning, Neb

Please mention the INVESTIGATOR
when answering advertisements. It
will accomodate both the advertiser
and us.

from 3 yards of prize win-
E ning Barred Rocks scor-

ing up to 9244 at $1.50 and
$200 per 15. From my S. C. White
Leghorns (Blanchard’s and Van Dres- | —
ser heavy laying strains) scoring up to
941, at $2.00 per 15.

OURNALISM

Practical, paying newspaper work,
writing short stories, etc,

TAUCHT BY MAIL
hy our successful system in per-
sonal charge of Mr. Henry ] lich-
field West, formerly manazing
editor of the Washington lost.
fnecessfol students everywhere,
Write for illustrated booklet,

NAT'L CORRESPONDENCE INSTITT™E,
2d Nat'l Bank Bldg. Washington, D.C,

ForSale. @ @
We Must Have Room!

15 Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, $1.50 and $2 50 each.

10 Extra Fine Buff Red Cockerels $2.50 and $3.00; worth $5 00 to $10.00.

10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels $1.50 to $2.00 each.

No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thorough
bred poultry, $5.00 to $7.00 per hundred, $3.00 to $4.00 per So.

SURE HATCH POULTRY 60.,

P. Hostetter, East Lynne, Mo

A Boon for Poultry Keepers

e. BETTER than o GOLD MINE.
ro We willtell you how we made om
Is hens pay over 400 per cent profit,
Merely send your name and address

> Wayside Poultry Co., Clintonyille,Conn

Clay Center, Nebr.

BONANZA RABBITRY, 2324248221885

Founders of the first herd of pedigreed Belgian
Hares in the world. The first to establish a

system of registration for Belgians. The first
to produce bares exceeding the standard
welght and develop Superior colors. Holderof

the world’s r- cord for prize winnings:

Our sales for 1900 were over 5.000 head. Send
10 cents for the nest complete and most beau-
tiful 56-puze catalog ever published,

Bona iza Rabbitry Manual. 4th edition. just
coming from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. B
O. Platt. the foremost authority on the subject,
president of the National Association of Bel-
gian Hare Judges; professional ins’ructor of
Belgian Hare institutes; originator of the Decimal System of Judging and score curd adapt-
ed to thissystem; inventor of Bunanza Tattooing Marker for Belgians; inventor of the
Perfect Beigian moulded in metal, presenting the ideal colors, also perfection in?quality
shape and size. =

Address DR. B. C. PLATT,2741N. road St. PHILADELPHIA

Permanent Eastern Office and Salesroom,

Tiffany’s paragon Lice Killer.

Kills lice »nd mites on poultry. hogs and anl- @
mals, is the strongest and best lice killey
made, With our double tube sprayer you
can save one half the liquid and penetrate
all cracks and spray the bottom of the house
where you find the mites or spider lice. it gets there
every time Every can is guaranteed or money refund d
a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FREE-

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.

etting hensand baby chicks. Always tobe used before sitting the hen. For the next (0
Soenes will send Our old and new customers. 100 Ibs Shel-grit. (coarse orfine) 100 16s lime
stoe grit, one galion Paragon Lic-killer, one Tiffany's Double Tube Sprayer, one 41b paek-
age Powder, all for $2.50, *Thele goods all go 3rd class freight—cheap.

>

Weite and learn how to ge’

Lincoln, Nebraska.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 33

Always Take

THE Kansas City & Omaha Line

For All Points

East, South and West.

ch aR eee yh RRS

Ain’ fthese beauties

wae a ee

— But not so fine as
(Z- chicks hatched
from B. P. Rock
and Bulf Ooch

ineggs that vou
can buy of Mrs.
Kessier. [have
a few fine Kar-
red Ck is -for
sale yet, Wrire

for prices and
be pleased,

Mrs. Ida M Kessler,

Woburn, !I.
Close connections made at all junctions. For rates =
and information, call on orladdress Nebraska Queen.
S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S,.M. WALLACE, Agt. a =
St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., ;

The “Perfect” Hatcher

nes-200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00.
se Oe mich $6; Brooder, -
ses-Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs, None Finer.

Testimonials:and Illustrated circular 2c,
J. A. CHELTON, Fairmount. Md.

Our Leader B. P. Rocks.
30 eggs, $2.00, from stock seoring 89 to 91. 30 eggs, $3.00, from stock scor-
ing 91 to 92%, Single settings $1.50 to “$2.00 each, Buff Cochin Bantam
eggs, $150 per 15. Buff Cochineggs $1.50 per 15. S.C. Brown Leghorn
eggs $.00 per setting. My stock is line bred and will produce 90 per cent
exhibition birds. ‘They did it last season and they will do it this season.
Send me your egg orders if you want to raise show birds.

A.L.PEDICK, box A, Ottumwa, lowa. Piet Prize Hen Weim oe

ES"

Highest score any B. P. Rock at the
late State Show Judge Myers said

e ° = 2 » had see
'Miller’s Perfection ete sear Spee

at the above show. 20 years a

Folding Exhibition rete att o saa

F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.

TEI

=a

Fret ates

Ss
Folds like a book. All in one piece. Barred Plymouth Rocks.

Nothing to 50 astray. The neatest
and strongest coop on the market. We have Quality and Quantity.

Farm raised prize winning stock.

Wm. MILLER, North Bend, Neb| Eggs $1.50 per 15, $5.00 per 100.
H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Ceuter, Nebr

Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and} @:
SEED CORN. Pure at Farmers’ Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties. Single Gomb Brown Leghorns.

Onion Seed! Large Red Wethersfieba, Prize Barred Plymouth Rocks,
Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New| ————S—~;72 ]3 ET”
seed at 80c per lb. postpaid, if yon mention this paper. First prize at Salt Lake City. My
= birds have taken premiums for
years in the hands of customers as
wellas in Utah. They are bred
for money makers. Greatest egg
producers as well as premium
i eso =a birds. New circular free after
Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh September. Address,
at wholesale prices. Nearly $500.00 in prizes and 100,-
000 papers free seeds given to Beton this year. Cora A. Rickards,

ray . SOUTH - OGDEN - POULTRY - YARDS,
Archias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo Ogden, Utab.

|
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Z eG |

Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to)
this climate. Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn, |
|

|

Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

A Chicken Chorus

FOO ONG OOGQQIGO IOC IO"

“Its All Right! It's All Right!
he Incubator That Is Out of Sight!”

The. chickens do not really say it but they feel it, and their owners
say it over and over. The

_AAll ‘Right Incubators

soidon¥O Days’ Free Trial

are such good machines, such perfect hatchers, so simple in
operation, so durable in construction, that we gladly send them
to any one on 40 days’ free trial. Take off a hatch and then
decide whether you want the machine or not. e4
Isn’t that ‘‘all right?’’ We couldn’t do it if our
machine wasn’t all right. Send for book explaining
why it does such good work. It’s free.

CLAY PHELPS INCVUBATOR Cd.,

Station 87 Cincinnati, Ohio.

2

enke that have rich yellow legs and Pri the: Editor:
white plumage, Dea Sir: . ete
ar Sir:—While the girls and boys
(Fishel strain direct) Eggs trom pen No. 1, | : f ss 5 * = = .
#1.50 per 15 from pen No, 2 $1.00 per 15, discussing fine points in the chicken
please give them the one be-

Mrs. M. C, Downing, Elk City, Kan.
In the fall of 1991 our

jturkeys and guineas layed until about
| October Ist; not wishing to market the
eges, we packed them in the celler and
we have been using them ever since
the holidays, and if you did not know
they are of last years’ stock I am cer-
tain that you could not tell the dif-

These Eggs Will Hatch
White Plymouth Rocks.

jare
| coops,

\low to crack:

Circular telling about my su-
Free Barred Plymouth Rock Ee ae ecce|

headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards’..prize winners from |
prize winning ancestry. . Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $5.00.

PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb.

The

They are no doubt the best laying breed
there is, and are larger than other Leg-
U S Orns horns. Average weight of male and fe-
male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden
Buff plumage, winners wherever shown.

The Coming Breed, Eggs 75c per 15. From trio winners, $2.50 per 15.
E.C, pei pees ag biel Les Ohio.

Winner of American Lang-
shan Cup, at Bowling
Green, Mo. They won for two years 1st ck, Ist and 3d
ckl, lst and 3d pullet, lst hen, 1st,pen. At St Louis, 1st
ckl, Ist pullet, 2d ckl 2d pullet, lstypen. At Illinois state
show my Ist ckl scored 954, 2 cks scored 9414 each, 2hens
95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen 19034. I own the
highest scoring ck, ckl, henand pulletinthe state. Eggs
$2.00 per setting.

JOHN HETTICH,

Black Langshans.

Bowling Green, Mo.

ference from a newly layed egg.
cold storage people tell us that it re-
quires 32 to 34 degrees to keep an egg
The facts above does not show
that you need to have a cold storage
plant, but a good cellar will will answer
well. There an old _— saying,
“What will keep out cold will keep out
that answers in this. case.
Pack you eggs fresh; turn the cases
two or three times a week and we are
satisfied the will keep from
August 15th to April 1.

Mr. Editor: The above are facts.as
we can show you if you will come out
to the ranch. If the above is worth
its room in your valuable paper, use it;

good.

as is

heat,”

eggs

the waste basket.
M. P. ROBERTS.

if not,

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

At Neb. State show 1902, in class of
117 birds, 13 exhibitors, 12 pens in com-
pet tion, won 2d pen, missing Ist by 5
point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. 4th ck. Eggs
$3 per 15, $5 for 80. Write fur prices
on incubator eggs.
J. W. HALL,

David neity, Nebr

a
~ LAMBERT'S ~
ves REMEDIES.

POWDER. OINTMENT. SPECIAL & LIQUID.

QUEEN. CITY?

BUSINESS COLLEGE.

One of the leading schools of the west-
Great demand for
Address

Large attendance.

its graduates. Expenses low.

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb

Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company

BUY STOCK and EGGS from high scoring
WHITE _LANGSHANS | and BUFF ROCKS,

Fine winter layers. Cheap for qu ality. Eges

$1.50 per 15. Mrs. L. MUM"’OWER. Duroc

Jersey Pigs. W.L, M UMPOWER,
Chilicothe, Mo.

BARGAINS IN BARRED P, ROCKS,

Edson’s Registered Strain, from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
a specialty for 19 years. Now offering fine
exhibition and grand br: eding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, ie sl Ill.

Buff Rock MRS. FLORA

u ocks

Pekin Ducks SHROYER,
Toulouse Geese Perry, o.T.

Bronze Turkeys.
Formerly at
Clay Center, Nebr.

WANTED!

250 White Wyandotte Hens
and Pullets.

250 White Leghorn Hens|-
and Pullets.

100 Buff Orpington Fe-

males.
Will pay cash. Address,

Box 427, Clay oa Neb.
For Sale! os

Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy
Ducks. At State Poultry Show on
four entries of geese I took first 3
premiums. Eggs for salein season.

Wailen Cameron, Schuyler. Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD,

__.._= BREEDERS OF—
White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
Pekin Ducks.

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, Ist hen, Ist cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
braska State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won Ist
pen chicks, Ist hen, 1st pullet, Ist cockerel--

a first prize on every bird entered.

We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

FRIEND, = = = NEBRASKA.
| THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
| Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue
as the sky. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN-
GLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNs. Elegant combs. fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
die. and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color. flne striped lackels
and eiegant combs’ I[n fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the
show room If so, address. J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O, P. O. Box I.

BEADERY Bros. New York winners J, R, Henderson,

Jin-
is what my flock is built from. Win Sp ReR Gute a

ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2.
Columbus, O.

BARRE
ROCKS.

Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale.

ae ULLET A).

We have no more ei ee for sale,
but have 50 choice pullets that we will
sell for One Dollareach Send in your or-
der at once, they will sell quick at this
price. Send tor egg circular describing
our five breeding vards, mated for best
results, E ¢gs, $2.50 per 15 straight.

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

RAASSAAPAAPASSASERAAS ARAN

Hello! Whose are These? Why Hall’s Famous Prize Wianing

White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won 150 regular
and special prizes in Chicago and leading western shows. All our
first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. R males and females score
90 to 9314 —White Wyandottes 93 to 96. We always win, so can you

if you buy of us. Our P. Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R. C.
R. I. Reds, Blk. B. W. and P. Cochins, ‘I. Geese, and Pekin Ducks
are all winners. Tllustrated catalogue tells you all. Stock and

eggs for sale.

J.D. W. HALL, Box 700. Des Moines lowa.

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36 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Hines’ Liquid Lice Killer.

Will destroy all animal vermin Keeps poultry healthy
used in conjunction with Hines’ Poultry Foed.
basket. Directions for making 25c each. Barred Plymouth
$1.00 for 15. Mammoth Bronze Turke y eggs $1.00 per 9.

Mrs 1. W. HINES, Walnut, Kan

Trees and Plants = SURE SEE THE 1502 |

That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit.
We grow t
Low prices

and

Rock e;

Honest dealing.
Budded Peach-!

hat kind. Large stock.
We pay freight.

IT HAS
B) many new features, the Regulating,

= Int 8
es6c.; Grafted Apples 5¢ Concord Grapes 2c., Ve jentiias fo is aan sya me
Russ. Mulberries 30c. per 100; Ash 75c. per 1000; to get one FREE Our catalogue
Black Locust $1.35 per 1000. English or Gera an give sry Known poultry disease, 4c, for pos-
Illustrated Catalogues FREE. tage oir list free.

CARL SONDEREGGER, pubes Box 27, Beatrice, Neb.

come from the strongest eggs. Such eggsinlargest
quantitie Mrésalt, from proper feeding of the hens.

EGGE_

combines in its make up all those elements which
impart tone and vigor to the hen and strong vital-
ity to the egg and consequently tothe chick. Cures
Cholern, Koup, Pip, Diarrhoea,
at ofall ages, Prices, 51b
501 Net welght cuar
nu don'thave to pay for the package:
that All tin packages and ¢ quently “EGGE"
S retains itsstrength. Write for circulars, etc

AMERICAN STOCK FOOD Co.,
19 Front Street, Quincy, Illinois.

always

PYTHIS IS THE WAY

they come off for the man who uses

THE NATURAL HEN
INCUBATOR.

Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you
nothing if you follow our plan. We
have an agents proposition that is the
best money maker you ever heard of,

Don’t wait until your neighbor gets
ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Egg
Formula free if you write to- -day.

" a r Natural Hen Incubator Co.,

B-11, Columbus, Neb.

Gold Medal and Highest ch lel at Pan-American, October, 1901,

Were Piaced on
again the Cyphers 360-egg machine in the hands of our customers has hatched

Saye ime and time
Allowing ten chicks to the hen, it

upwards of 300 ebiniks from 360 untested eggs.

would take thirty hens to hateh 300 chicks.

THE ‘EVIDENCE.

My largest hatch vy n 60

von, N.Y
5 out of my Herman
, Has kell Ind.
“From 360 eggs e hatched the brightest
licks | ever saw ~Frank Bi. THylén ton, Pa,
“From my No. 3 Cyphers, holding 360 hatched ;
R. Hobart, Lake Crystal, Minn
“Outof our largest e in ator J hat

trongest

Il chicks.”

sher 5 » Florence
Think of the and the we 1g for the thirty hens it
would require to hatch 300 chickens, te yeach hen! Klwe miuutes, mornin
will take perfect f the Cyphers 360-egy incubator—THIS WE GUARANTE]
Literally thonannds of persons in every walk of life are doing us well as the few
above quoted. and the smaller sizes of Cyphers Incubators (6 ), 120 and 220 lo precisely as good work as this
largest size ) aun at < vend W hile tit, w hy ot buy the best and know that you
are right t ¢ ale J " irculars, 1 nan or Spanish, free on request. Complete
catalo 1 stamps for post 2. Ask tor Book No, 122 and address our nearest office.

Cyphers Incubator Boas Herat BU Merchants Hows MEW YORKGN Yes 8 Part Wines

NEW YORK,N.Y., 8 Park Place.

Moisture

and ever

vigorous when
Pays for itseil in the egg

‘Noxall Incubator.

| hatching under the hen.

Do you keep Bees?

TITEN learn how to
make them pay and
send for our large il-
‘ustrated free catalog,
showing the best up-
to-date hives and oth-
er articles used by
progressiye bee keep-
ers.

| Jos E \yswauder, Des Moines, Iowa.

White and Golden Wyandottes...
incubators.

Built one tirely new principles and the
only machine made that will allow the chi -ns
when hatching to come out of the machine
in the pure. fresh outside air at their own
will. ju-1 exactly the same us they do when
Guaranteed tu im-
itate nature closer and to hatch equal to any
machine on the market. For further partice
lars address with stamp,

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo.

. OVERNMENT PO-
SITIONS.

Nearly 10,000 appointments
made last year, Chances
better for 1902. " Hundreds
ax Of those who have been ap-
poinred were prepared by
u-byn. ol Established 1x93
Ful: particwars free ¢

ce ning government. posi-

tions. Salaries and. exarm-

inations. when and where
held. our imienheos ere. Write to-d: ot
NATIONAL COLRESPONDENC E INSTI-
TUTE, 14-42 Second Naw'l. Bank tidg , Wash-

Ington, D, C,

Winning
White Wyandottes.

WE WIN East and
West. Atthe great
Chicago Snow, 1902
in hot « competition,
in a class of 64
White Wyandotte
cockerels, the fin-
est ever seen, our
birds were given two prizes out of five,
winning the 3d and 5th prizes. We
have 4 pens of high scoring females
headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13.

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.

Heavily Feathered, Highly Penciled
PARTRIDGE COCHINS.

gs $2.00 per 15. Satisfaction jguar-
anteed. Write for particulars.

C.J. Beedle. Holdrege. Neb.

Barred P .Rocks.
| Hawkin’s Strain!

I breed them by the Trap
| nest system. Eggs that
| will hatch First Prize win-
ners, $2.00 per 13, $5.00

| per 40. Send an order.
| GEO. H. WALLACE
| Box A. Navan, Minn

POSS SSSCHCOOS

LIGHT BRAHMAS. >

Prize-winning stock, first prize

at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of
four entries at Kansas City, Mo.,
.won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third.
4 prizes at Kansas State Show.
Stock and eggs forsale. Write us

STECKER BROS.,

4639. Cottage Ave., St. Louis. Mo
POSH FFSFSFSOSSCHOSOSOCO OOD

E From prize winning Golden
ggs Wyandottes, $2. per 13, scor-
ing from 90 to 93!2, by Shellenterger.

J. Gordinier, Keota, Ill.

Silver Laced Wyandottes.

Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4.
Fine scoring

Albert Lisius, Lake Mills, Mo-

I Sell You

By selling you chicks just out of the
shell from stock the sire of which cost
$50.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00.
You get chicks for 60 cents each—thus
one cent on the dollar. W.P.R. ducks
at 50 cents each. This is the best
chance in the world to start with good
solid foundation of pure bred eastern
stock. We ship lots of 10 or more and
guarantee safe arrival 1,500 miles.
Hatching ail the time. Order in ad-
vance. Cash with order.

PARTINGTON. | Northboro, Mass.

Barred Rocks at one
cent on the dollar.

+ ore eee e.

White Minorcas, Barred
Plymouth Rocks, Gold-
en and White Wyan-
dottes and Buff Gochin
Bantam Cockerels.

+++ +o Hoe

have cockerels in the above
named varieties for sale and
eggs in season, (Score cards
with cockerels). The Wyan-
dottes are Dustin & Ketier
strains direct. B. P. Rocks
are Ejllotts.
Yours Respectfully,

Pine Lawn Poultry Farm.
L. D. Metcalf, Prop’r.

Wakefield - Nebr.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Single Comb
White Leghorns.

Eggs for hatching from the cream
of my flock, asI have the advan-
tage of selecting my breeders from
among seven hundred choice birds
all bred and owned by myself.....
Nothing but the very best speci-
mens of most prolific layers are
ever used. Descendant from gen-
erations of great layers of large
pure white eggs. Writeat once,
for circulars

E. A. TESDALL,

Slater, Story Co, lowa
P stands for P uritan; pure and the best,

U stands for U sage, this stands the test.

R stands for R ation, balanced and true,

I stands for I ncome, doubled for you,

T stands for T rouble. a thing of the past.

A stands for A ctive smart chicks that will last.
N stands for N ature whose laws are observed.

C stands for C hickens their health is preserved.
H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn.

I stands for I Illness which plays them no tricks
C stands for C ostly when losses ensue

K stands for K eeping these losses from you.

F stands for F olly when boiled ex xs are fed
O stands for O 1d when some are ae dead. ,

The line should be dropped to

The Puritan Poultry Farms, Inc.

O stands for O rders, in volume they grow,
D stands for D rop us a line as below.

Meyer’s Langshans

L222

80 good
ones to
sell.

ees

The

Sidi Fad
GASES Caceres

For their superb and immen
catalogue giving full details f
this remarkable food and il!,
trating the

World’s Largest Poultry
| Plant

In all its details, also showing
which are the best Incubators
and Brooders now in use It js
absolutely free to everybody,
Write today.

Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc.
Box 357.

Stamford. Conn.

st and 2nd cock; 1st and 4th hens; rst 2nd and
4th cockerels; 1st 2nd and 3rd pullets; rst pen.
Score 189%, Rhodes and Harris, judges: At

N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all
good ones, tied 1st cock, won 2nd and 3rd;

tied rst hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd _cockerel;
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet.
== 15, $3.50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners.
Records of other big winnings in catalogue.

LE.

Bowling Green,

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Meyers,

Missouri

W. J. Cheney,

eder of

Bre
Thoroughbred Poultry,
BOX 68-@- ~@-CUBA, MO

Varieties.—B. P, Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wyan-
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W.- Leghorns, S,and R.C. B. Leghorns, Pekin Ducks.
Eggs for hatching, $1 00 per setting, $3.00 for 50.

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$5.00

Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at
CLEN RAVEN ECG FARM, Home of the _all-year-round

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Rock and Black Minorca.
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two dollars per setting of eleven. ly stock
are all strong and vigorous and haye farm
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Clover Ridge Poultry Farm, Route No. 2.

White P. Rock, S.
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W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White
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from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at
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plicated at half price.
Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin,|)Neb.

PURE MAPLE SYRUP!

Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon
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something nice and that is guaranteed pure and
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early so not to be disappOinted and you will
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E. E. Miller,
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BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
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Satisfaction to all. Circular free,

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Lock box 500.

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7I#®-Males $10.00; females $5.00.

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PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM,

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' Having disposed of all my sur-
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OSCAR E. MILES. Owner of Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry.
MILES*®? POU LPR «BeAsk Mi:

Breeder of White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, White and Golden Wyan-
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handle but three breeds of poultry. All my White Plymouth Rocks, Golden
Wyandottes and Pekin Ducks are for sale at low prices considering quality;
nothing reserved, must be sold by March 1st. WINNER of 47 regular prem-
iums and many specials the last two years at Columbus shows. 22 1sts, 13 2ds,
5 3ds, 7 4ths. Eggs $3.00 per 15. Mires Pouttry Farm, (near Worthington O.

O. E. Miles, Prop, 26 1-2N High St. Columbus, 0.

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cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1900 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d
prize cockerel at Chicago, 1901. These birds are mated to some of my choice
females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, $2.00 per 15.
Pen No. 2, $1.50per 15. Incubator eggs, $5 00 per 100.

D. W. GRANT, ‘i : =

Almena, Kan.

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Toulouse geese eggs 20c each. Rouen
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White Wyandottes Exclusively.

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Unpedigreed market stock,

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100 Black Minorca females.
100 Rose Comb Brown Leghorn females
100 Rose Comb White Leghorn females.

Will Pay Cash for Same.
Box 227, Ciay Center, Nebr.

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port of the champion flock. Get eggs for hatching from the winners.

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SOME STANDARD CHICKENS
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One of the oldest
chickens is the Dorking. So called
from Dorking, England. It is said to
have been brought to England by the
Romans.

The Dorking and the Game are our
best fowls for table purpose, having
full breasts of fine grain and flavor.

The Barred Plymouth Rock, our
general purpose fowl, is a very recent
breed. It gets its size and laying qual-
ities from Light and Dark Brahma,
which are two of its ancesters; its
roaming quality from the Pit Game in
its make up; its fine marking in part
from the Dominique and Black Java.

The Black Javas are our oldest
chickens of the American class. They
are a fine chicken, as is also, the White
and Mottled Java, and being a large
chicken there is no reason why they
should be so neglected as of late they
have been.

if our standard

The Wyandotte is a general purpose
fowl the equal almost, if not quite, of
the Plymouth Rock. It is a new fowl
and a handsome one. In its make up
is found the Breda, a French fowl;
Silver Spangled Hamburg, which gives
its fine form and proud carriage; the
Dark Brahma and a little mix of
Cochin blood.

The Brahmas, both Dark and Light,
Ah, there’s the rub, to tell just exactly
what breeds they carry in their large
bodies. All the large Asiatic breeds
combined. but principally Shanghai,
surely, to make that extra combination
called Brahma. They were first called
Brahma Pootra and specimens were
shown exceeding twelve pounds in

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weight for hens and fourteen pounds

: {fer roosters at some of the old time

shows. They were known in other var-
ious places as Gray Shanghais, Coch-
ins and what not. Today we
them simply as Brahmas, and they are
still They are
extra good layers, producing as many
eggs in a year as many of our boasted
non-sitting breeds. Their eggs are ac-
cording to their own size, the largest
eggs of all chicken eggs.

The Light Brahmas breed true to
color. They can never be mistaken for
another kind, and down to the third or
fourth generation of breeding out, they
will persist in carrying their weight as
well as color with them. ‘This of itself
proves them originally to have come
from a mix of large breds and very
likely not more than two to produce
the uniformity in shape and color.

know

our largest chickens.

There are four varieties of Cochins,
Buff, Black, White and Partridge Co-
chin. The last is most difficult to
breed true to feather. It seems to be
akin in this line, as well as others, to
the Dark Brahma.

Icannot say that I know exactly the
origin of the Cochin, but to produce
his diverse plumage, has necessitated
the mixing of one or two breeds out-
side the large Asiatic fowl from which
he gets his shape and size. I have no
doubt but that the old Brahma Pootra,
which had a tendency to pass from a
rich cream in color to a bright yellow,
with some black intermingled for the
males, had much to do in adding color
to our present day Buff Cochin. Then,
there used to be a big fowl called the
Hoang Ho, with a thick growth of
down that made the young chicks al-
most impervious to cold when other
breeds were freezing to death in the

chilly winds of spring. This fowl may
have had something to do in providing
our present Bufis with a good

coat and hardiness against cold.

such

The Langshangs are the smallest of
the Asiatic standard breeds, and are
white and black distinctively. The
white Langshangs being very white,
and the black variety very black. They
are an excellent farm chicken and great
layers, average weight for hens, seven
pounds.

The Leghorn is of the Mediterran-
ean class of fowls and the egg layer of
the fowl family. The Leghorn is close-
ly allied to the primitive breed of
chickens. They show their close kin-
ship to the wild breeds by despising the
close quarters of a chicken house, fly-
ing high to roose, and their roving
qualities. The original home of the
wild chicken is a warm climate, and
the Leghorn shows this in its lack of
an undergrowth of down to save it
from cold. Domesticated it also refuses
to produce its kind if it can get out of
doing so. But in their present form,
the Leghorns have long been domesti-
cated. There are now six standard
varieties, Buff, Black, Brown, Silver,
Dominique and White.

The Minorca is another of the stand-
ard breedg- great in laying qualities,
poor in Setting. Their origin is in
doubt. Some think them a variety of
the Black Spanish, some deny this. The
egos of the Minorca are as large as
those laid by the majority of the Brah-
mas. They are a medium sized chick-
en. Then hen when full grown weigh-
ing from 6 to 7 pounds.

The Hamburgs are the handsomest
of all fowls, especially the Silver Span-
gled. They are great egg producers
and are relatives to the famed old

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A Buff Cochin hen owned by B. H. Dunn, Clay Center, Neb.
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breed of Redcaps, called by our great
grandmothers, Everlasting Layers.
The Black Spanish is an old variety

domestic fowl. For hundreds of
years they have been noted as above
the average in winter egg laying. They
equal in size the Leghorn.

of

The Blue Andalusian is a handsome
fowl and the only variety of its breed.
It is a great egg producer.

The Black Polish are difficult to rear
in our climate. They are black with
a green lustre in the plumage, and the
topknot a pearly white. It is a very
old type of domesticated fowl. Long
ago its various names were Frizzle,
Wooly, or the Turk.

The Houdan is a handsome fowl. It
is five toed. A Houdan is a very light
feered and, like the Leghorn, prefer to
hunt for its own grub in summer. It
is called a non-setter, but my Houdans
were ready to raise a family for them-
selves in their second and third year.

There are several breeds of game
chickens that are standard. The Pit
Game I have found an excellent fowl
for table use and egg production. The
males at any age are tender and finely
flavored for roasts, with the taste of a
wild fowl imparted to dressings and
gravy. The Exhibition Games are too
numerous to mention. The White In-
dian Game is a fine bird for the epi-
cure.

ToreKA, KAN., April 23, 1902.
Mrs. A. L.. Pinkerton:

I received today the sack of chick)

food by your order of the 17th. It is
fine, and the youngsters are very fond
of it. Yours truly, C. H. Rhodes.

1COMB HONEY NOT MANUFAC-
TURED.

A statement has been going the
rounds of the press to the effect that
nearly all the comb honey on the mar-
ket manufactured by a “cute ma-
chine,” that the combs are filled with
and capped
chanical process.

is
glucose over by a me-
The facts are, there
is no such thing as manufactured comb
honey anywhere in the United States,
and in proof of this the publishers of
leading bee journals of undoubted re-
sponsibility offer one thousand dollars
for evidence to show that comb honey

is manufactured, or that such an arti-
cle is for sale in the open market. AI-
though this offer has been out for fif-
teen years and has been duplicated by
other responsible persons connected
with the industry of bee keeping, na
one has ever seen fit to take it up.

The United States Department
Agricuture has put out several publish-

of

ed statements denying the existence of
manufactured comb honey, the
American trade
organ of its class, assures it patrons

and
Grocer, the leading
that all the comb honey on the market
is absolutely the product of the bee.

NEVADA, Mo., March 4, 1902.
Editor Investigator:

As the spring approaches the chicken
fever grows higher and out one great
ambition is to raise the largest and
nicest lot of chickens in the country.
I am not an old head at the business,
only about two years, but I have got
jit bad this spring, and each year the
| fever grows worse. I brought it on by
, attending a chicken show.

While I have been more or less
cessful in raising brooder chicks, I
I have made some mistakes. My
and greatest mistake was in

suc-
find
first
starting
with too many kinds. They were all
non-setters, namely, W. F. B. Spanish,
S. S. Hamburgs and W. Leghorn Not
having a very large place. I had to
keep them in small pens. and right here
is where my trouble began I could not
find a fence that they could not fly
over, and I corresponded with a num-
ber of fence firms, too. My incubat-
ors consisted of a small Buckeye and
an old incukator I made over. I have
named it the Shure Failure, and set it
out in the back yard, as I do not want
to enter into the incubator business. I
am on a trail now for a new incubator,
which machine, I find on inquiry, gives
better satisfaction than all the rest
around here, and I have been around
some, too. I have sold all my high
flyers now and taken up my favorite,
the White Wyandotte. I have a pen
of nine hens and one rooster to com-
mence with and shall buy several set-
tings of eggs from different Wyandotte
breeders, which will give me a_ good
sendoff. I received several incubator
catalogue some time ago, which ought
to be in every family that is interested
in chickens. I am like M. M. Johnson
—a cow or two is a profitable thing
to have along with chickens. I would
like to hear through the columns of
the Investigator the experience from
some of the readers living on five or six
acres of ground. What can be done on
small capital in the way of raising
broilers or eggs? Now, don’t all speak
at once. And by the way, Mr. Editor,
can’t you make the Investigator a
weekly instead of a monthly. It is so
long between times. As this is my first
I will stop for fear of the waste basket.
Yours truly,
W. C. BARTON.

Burrton, Kan., Feb. 15, 1902.
Editor Poultry Investigator:

Dear Sir: I have just received ad-
vice from an old experienced poultry
breeder, saying that stock that was
inteded for breeders the coming sea-
son should not be fed on egg ration at
this time of year. The reason he gave
was, feeding for eggs in the winter
and having your hens all laying, that
wher sping comes the hens would not
lay as many eggs and what they did
lay would not be so fertile. If this be
so, I am up a tree, as I have a pen of
B. P. R., ten pullets and one cock, and
I average eight eggs daily from this
pen. Give me your idea through your
papers. Yours,

S. E. STOUGHTON.

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& Suggestions How to Produce Profitable Pouliry. S

by Mrs. 1. W: Hines, Walnut, Kansas.

Mocca oeeeoOOSSOOOCOOOOL,

No one will sttcceed in profitable
poultry tnless he has the proper qual-
ifications, These qualifications consist
iii love for the wofk, tot too high
strung in yout ideas, ard willing to
plah your wotk and give it a fair, hon-
est test. But if you ate great on im-
agination, want to build air castles,
have tio particular love for your fowls,
I whtld advise you to not enter the
bisSihess. This tiattfe 6f prefit in
potiltry keeping ig a thing each petson
iitist Solve fot hittiself, so ttich de-
pends upon tHe keepet, Two tiottées
(not a horseshoe) should be inserib-
ed above the door of every hen house:
“Cleanliness is next to godliness,” and
“Despise not the day of small things.”
A good farmer will get up at 4 o'clock
in the morning, feed the horses and
cattle, clean out their stalls, ete. but
his poor old hens have to roost and lay
in a dirty, filthy house from one week's
end to the other and sometimes a whole
year. Could his horses and cattle be
profitable under such conditions? It
seems that farmers cannot realize the
great improtance of the poultry pro-
duce of their farm, and that it is equal
to our state in agricultural products
marked. What other kind of live-stock
is there that can compare with it in
porportion to capital and labor invest-
ed? My experience has convinced me
that there are some things about poul-
try raising that can be taught only by
experience, and a little practice is
worth a world of theory. It takes
practical planning and patience to make
a perfect success in the business. Be-
gin moderately and acquire your own
experience. Study the wants for your
flock’s comfort and make them pay all
improvements as you go along. Get
the best stock you can afford, and keep
inmporving it, and give them good
care like you do you horses and cows
and then not results. I have learned
that the poultry profit beats that of the
dairy all to pieces, all things consider-
ed. I have found there is much more
profit in selling eggs at the low price
of 6 and 8 cents a dozen than there is
in selling butter*at 15 cents a pound.
Whatever is good to increase the flow
of milk is good to increase egg pro-
duction. Farmers frequently make a

mistake in feeding to™ much
corn, as it has been clearly proven by
experiment that corn should not form
a very large portion of the grain ration

for laying hens, it is too fattening, es-

|pecially for hens kept in close confin-

ment. The. question arises which is
the best feed for laying hens. There
is no doubt that bran, in most instances
is the most economical food... The
way I feed laying hens is to take 3
quarts of bran, 1 quart of cornmeal and
one pint of hnseed meal, I also add
one tablespoonful of Hities Poultry
Food. I pour ono boiling water and stir
it thoroughly until the consistancy of
ordiary mush and feed it warm winter
and spring, if the morning. The
quantity hamed is what I feed 200 hens
breakfast; and at hoon and evening
feed some variety of grain, and make
them work for it by Sé€attering it some
kind of chaff or straw. Never give
your hens all they can eat as it has
been said a full hen is like a full tramp,
her wants are satisfied and she won’t
do nothing but loll about until she is
hungry again. Make them scratch for
their grain as the exercise will make
them healthy and vigorous.

Fowls may have slight attacks of
various forms of disease, which a little
watchfulness and care at the start may
entirely eliminate from the flocks.
Successful poultry men spend much
time in trying to prevent disease, and
as prevention is far better than cure.
If your hen houses are kept well
cleaned and free from lice and mites
and your fowls well cared for, I am
sure you will prevent disease. Every
poultry house should have some kind
of a drinking fountain, for impure
water will bring disease.

No doubt it will pay if we occasional-
ly feed some charcoal, which can be
by burning a lot of corn cobs.

Don’t begin poultry keeping with a
vague notion that it is an easy way to
get a living—all the work being done
mainly by your hens—as such persons
inevitable fail, as they ought. Don’t
think there is any easy way that brings
success. Don’t attempt to raise poultry
this year like you did last, unless you
are sure you are right, then go ahead.
Don’t think you must raise common
poultry as your father did, such poultry
is not progressive, it is not up to date.
Quality should often be sought above
quantity. Extra quality is largely due
to extra care, it is the proper feed
and management that determines the
profit with poultry.

Don’t keep mongrels any longer than
it will require to get better ones. The
ordinary poultry raiser looses more

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mofiey in harboring and feeding cwlf
stock than in any other way, and it is
simply becatise he
breed for quality rather than quantity.
If you have only mongrel chickens and

don’t cull close and

have never been interested in thorough-
breds, why not invest in at least a set-
Make life
worth living by having stock arotd

ting of good eggs this year.

your place that will give you pleasure
that is if they are
properly cared for, but if they are not

as well as profit,

properly cared for, they will in nine
times out of ten, prove a failure.
Therefore, we wish to impress upon
the mind of the breeder at the outset,
that. this needs attention as well as
purity of breed. I take notice that
here exists gross neglect of the poor
flocks generally. This neglect is not
always confined to persons who have
fancy for line poultry but extends even
to many who have a reputation as fowl
fanciers. Still as before stated, for
poultry to be renumerative there must
be good management in their proper
cate and keeping, as this is the first
step essential to success.

A good, convenient poultry house
should be properly constructed and
should be placed in a warm, dry loca-
tion with runways ample to allow of
plenty of exercise. Above all, care
should be taken that vermin does not
get a foot hold in the hennery. The
house and its surroundings should be
kept scrupulously clean and should not
be over crowded. Nothing is made by
over crowding the hennery, on the con-
trary it will prove detrimental. Use
plenty of dry earth in the hen house and
coops-as it is a purifier. Slacked lime
is cheap, and floors, walls, roosts and
yards may be freely dusted with it..

The way some people refuse to use
whitewash would indicate that it was
expensive. All poulrty houses should
be whitewashed at least twice a year,
and frequent applications of Hines’
Liquid Lice Killer would destroy any
living vermin that may be lurking there.

Every poultry raiser should look out
for lice. If taken in time and proper
remedies used it is an easy matter to
keep them down. This is of as much
importance to the health of the bbrood
as proper food.

The habit some have of giving too

‘much food to poultry is a short space

of time is a very bad one. If you will
notice their habits you will perceive
that the process of picking up their
food under ordinary, or what we may
call the natural condition, is a very
slow one. Grain by grain, is the meal
taken, and with the aggregate no small
amount of pebbles and the like, all of
which passing into the crop, assist di-
gestion.

A Buff Cochin Hen owned by B.
H. Dunn, Clay Center, Neb.

Many disease which affect chickens
might be prevented by breeders were
a little precaution taken in the simple
matter of feeding. Do not neglect
the grit supply, even if your fowls have
range. If you will but place a good
quantity of grit before them, you will
be surprised at the quantity they will
consume.

For stock of all kinds we need an
abundance of grass. Poultry as a rule,
grow best when able to feed them-
selves, and certainly it saves a great
deal of work. We have great faith in
alfalfa clover, rye, etc., which are all
proving excellent grass range crops.
With an abundance of such feed and
a little grain the fowls can pick a liv-
ing from start to finish.

To many fanciers and farmers, other-
wise earnest in their business, are very
carless concerning their fowls in the
matter of judicious mating. Good
people, there are the same good
reasons for making choice of the best
breeds of fowls as for making the same
choice in other stock. For while 2
prune breed is as easily reared, fed and
a poorer one, there is a
in the returns in
favor of the former. If properly cared
for we do not hesitate to say that
fowls of superior order do yield the
farmer the largest interest for the out-
lay he makes of any other stock he
keeps. If you select hens well and use
nothing but first class cockerels your
young stock are certain to grow and
do well under proper care, and when
you come to sell them you can always
command top prices.

Some people may say that there is a
great deal of work and expense in
taking care of poultry in this way.
So there is, but what do you get now

heused as
decided difference

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

days without trouble?. If experience
in raising poultry does not make a man
Or woman wise, it counts but little.
We often see places where people grow
gray in the care of fowls and realize
only little profit from them. This is
years ago they decided that
they decided that they had mastered
all there was to know relating to poul-
try, and have since never tried to get
out of the rut.

Are you still satisfied to let things
drag along in the lod rut, simply be-
cause it was the way your father and
grandfather did before you? If so,
you have some few things to learn and
apply to your farm management before
you can be classed among the up to
date farmers. We have everything of
the best to work with these days. You
don’t thrash your grain with a flail,
or tramp it out with oxen. You and
your father outgrew that ancient
method. Now just go a step farther
and apply the knowledge you have to
other things.

I learn from older people that they
never hear of a poultry show unless at
Chicago, or some eastern city. But
now how changed! I hope the time
is not far distant when every county
will have its own poultry show. Then
farmers will take more interest in good
poultry, as the poultry show is the
poultry educator. Then we can place
our birds on exhibition and learn who
has the best birds, how to select and
buy stock or eggs.

It has always been a source of
wonder to the writer why farmers pay
no attention to the breeding of poultry.
It seems that the business of selling a
few dozen eggs and poultry for market
is so small that they turn it over to
to the women folks, (they are small in
business affairs you know.) Likewise
much less attention is given them than
their economic importance justifies,
and the great aggregate of money,
merchandise and substantial comforts
they bring into the homes of farmers,
mainly through the vigilant care taking
by the good house wives, which is
poorly comprehended or appreciated by
the men folks who are so largely the
beneficiaries.

The barn yard fowls are regarded
by most farmers as a very insignificant
part of their live stock. Theconditions
in the country are such that the poultry
industry is capable of indefinite ex-
pansion, and therefor able to meet
any demand that may be made upon
it, either by home or foreign markets.

Do not edspise and look upon your
wife as being beneath your dignity
and consideration. Yo must afford to
lavish on her a great big pinch of love
every day in the pear or you cannot

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expect to reach any degree of success.
Heed the good advice of your wife,
who knows more of the hen values
than you do. Give better care, better
heusing and more comfort to your
hens and they will buy your groceries
by the way of the egg basket. Have no
fears this work will ever be over
done. The demand for poultry pro-
ducts is on the increase continually.
We need to know the demands and
then meet them as nearly as we can.
To get the best prices, you must al-
ways provide the market with only
what it wants. The best is always in
demand, while the inferior is seldom
wanted.

When the markets are filled with
eggs which have lost their quality or
flavor by long keeping, and many of
which have acquired an offensive taste;
when the broilers and roosters offered
to the consumer are thin, tasteless,
tough and altogether unfit for the
table, it is not surprising that they are
passed by and beef, mutton or pork
taken in their stead. So it is with the
exporter in buying for consignment to
foreign markets, he must be able to
find at all times a good article of eggs
or poultry in sufficient quantity or he
cannot continue his trade.

The best season to sell chickens is
from January to October, as every
farmer seems to despose of his poultry
during November and December. Con-

sequently the market is always over-
stocked at that time.
We call attention to the fact that

there is a demand in the market for
finely bred broilers of a certain size,
say two pound stock, good, fat, plump
chickens. From the first of March to
the first of July this grade of stock will
always command top prices. The
demand for 3 to 5 pound chickens
on the market for the past year has
been limited, because such chickens
of this weight as have been sold are

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Toulouse Geese, Indian Runner Ducks.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

fF This half-tone shows a shipment of eggs and poultry supplies made by

Mrs. Meee Seager eee Taylor, Hale, Mo.

nearly grown cockerels and not the
finished product of the skilled poultry
growers, such as are sold in the eastern
markets at that time.

There is a great deal of difference
between a broiler that weighs from
three to five pounds that is produced
from high grade stock than mongrel
cockerels that have been kept from
April to December or January and then
offered as a spring cockerel. Settle
on but one breed of fowls and do not
keep a mixed lot. Too many young
cockerels in the poultry yard are a big
nuisance. Cull them out and sell as
son as large enough to market.

Inbreeding is bad for all kinds of
animals, and poultry is no exception to
the rule. It causes degeneration.
Breed only from perfect fowls. The
crippled, the deformed, the deaseased
or the otherwise defective bird is apt
to transmit its faults, on th well-known
scientific principle of heridity.

I take notice that in most cases the
poultry business is a feminine enter-
prise. If the women folks of the farm
have this part of the work to attend
to, why should we not do as we please |
in regard to the matter and take our
earnings, at least until we get a nice
flock of well-bred and well cared for
poultry. If your husband is to busy
with other farm work, why can’t you
do as I have done. Get
mechanic to build hen houses, coops,

a cheap |,

etc. Re a AEA Aad ai EC EP need not be elaborate in
their fittings or expensive in considera-
tion. The hen house and scratching
shed attached to it should be located
upon soil which is well drained. A
dry and gravel knoll is best, but fail-
ing to find this, the site should be
raised by the use of the plow and
scraper until there is a gentle slope in
all directions sufficient to prevent any
standing water. The fowls must have
comfortable and healthy quarters; they
must have porper food and _ nesting
facilities, but it is not at all necessary
that these should be extravagant. I
buy coffee boxes, which with a lath
front attached, make very nice, large
rat proof coops. Why not let us wo-
men prove that we can use a hammer
and saw in such cases.

“No one ever obtained anything
worth having without working for it,’
said Mrs. Brown to her husband who
was in a discourgade mood when trying
to pugice a rat-proof coop. “That’s
so,” replied Mr. Brown, reflectively.
“T remember that I obtained you with-
ovt the slightest trouble.”

Poor coops bring their trials and thin
out the broods. At night the rats have
a feast by “de glimmer of de moon.’
This could have been avoided, but the
Owner was “just agoing to mend up the
coops” when it happened.

A practical man can adopt a systema-
tic way of doing things that will be

h

‘Dowsin’

5

labor-saving, but little details must be

considered prominent factors, insig-
nificant though they be, in poultry
culture.

The poultry business is a ‘‘wheel

within a wheel,” and I find the tiniest
wheel plays as important a part as the
largest. If oné part gets out of gear,
trouble results.
If you are a poultry crank and want
to try something that will pay, but
which calls for a little personal atten-
tion every day in the year—work
where a good, clear head will be re-
quired and patience a most glorious
virtue—try poultry raising, for I am
here to say that I
Ain’t seen—I don’t know when—
Anything that comes nigh an ordinary
hen. :

You may talk about corn, and call it
king, but its plainly seen

The Kansas hen is the Kansas queen.

SETTING HENS IN VERSE.

Josh Billings says: “The time to set
a hen is when the hen is ready.”

Some there may be who will deny
this statement or rather doubt it, while
there are others who will heartily agree
with the pen picture so graphically
given by Holman Day when he tells us:
When a hen is bound to set,

Seems as though ‘taint etiket

her in water till

She’s connected with a chill.

Seems as though ’twas scarcely right,
Givin’ her a dreadful fright,

Tyin’ rags around her tail,

Poundin’ on an old tin pail,

Chasin’ her around the yard.

Seems as though it was kind of hard
Bein’ kicked and slammed and shoo’ed
’Cause she wants to raise a brood;

I sh’d say it’s gettin’ pay,

Just cause Natut wants its way.
While ago my neighbor, Penn,
Started bustin’ up a hen;

Went to yank her off the nest,

Hen, though, made a ‘peck’ and jest
Grabbed his thumb-nail good and stout
(Like to yank the darn think out),
Penn he twitched away and then
Tried again to grab that hen;

But, by ginger, she had spunk,
’Cause she took and snipped a chunk
Big as a bean right out his palm,
Swallered it, and cool and calm
H’isted up and yelled, “Cah-cah’—
Sounded like she said “Hoo-rah!”
Well, sir, when that hen did that,
Penn he bowed, took off his hat—
Sunk just suits him, you can bet.
Set” says he, “goll darn ye, set.”

Mrs. Pinkerton’s Chick Food can’t
be, beat for raising little chicks.
S. E. INGRAM,

Clay Center, Neb.

——aa

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STANDABD—Score 90 as a Ck, weight |
12 lbs. 2nd prize ck at DesMoines
Fanciers’ Show, 2nd prize at Nebras-
ka State Show, competing in hard

classes. His barring is beautiful,
clear, open color. |

BRSSIE - Score 93'4.
Judge Russell as one of the most
perfect wing barring he has seen.
She is barred 10 the skin, a perfect
black and white bar, no smut color.
Last season she layed over two hun-
dred eggs.

Pronounced by | CHIEF—Score 93%.

First prize B. P.
R. cockerel in class of 29 at Des-
Moines Fanciers’ Show. He also
headed First pen at Nebraska State
Show in class of 11 pens. He is
barred to the skin, weighs 91% lbs.

These Barred Plymouth Rocks are owned and bred by Highland Poultry Farm, DesMoines, Iowa, J, D. W.

Hall, Manager.

Among Ourselves.

The thing it)
like best to read in a poultry paper 1s |

Just among ourselves.

somebody’s personal experience to im-

press one.

A famous evangelist said the other
evening:

“The first time I ever tried to preach
I was called upon to supply the place
of a regular pastor suddenly taken ill.
It was a hard place; some of the lead-
ing members always walking out on
the appearance of a supply. However,”
“T had one sermon—the text
the Bible it
right anyway. Well, we got through
with the singing, prayer and collection.
Then I had
to keep my finger on the place for
fear of losing myself, but suddenly the

said,
out of

he

was and was all

I dove into that sermon.

from an open window carried
MMS. over into the choir

beyond

breeze
the whole
leaves
hope of rearrangement. Then I step-
ped out in front of the pulpit and gave |
my experience, and the said |
they never had a better meeting. Oh,
I tell you,” he added emphatically, “it
is a grand thing to have had an expe-

stand, scattering the

people

rience.”

Now without the slightest intention
of levity, we repeat it: “It is a grand
thing to have had an experience,” even
in the poultry business, and want of
this is the shoal upon which the aver-
age amateur fancier strikes and goes
down.

Not long

akout as much about a chicken as he:

since a man who knows

does about a Bengal tiger, said to us:

“T bought those birds when I rented
this place. They were tiny things and
the man did not want to bother moy-
ing them. I have had the _ greatest
Something ailed them in the

fall and I asked the advice of every

time!

chicken crank around here—only you,
Well,
must be ver-
They looked poor and downcast
and their fathers all fell I used
all kinds of powders and finally made
up a mess in which moth balls figured.
But I used it
faithfull and finally they began to pick

I did not know about you then.
the majority agreed it
min.

out.

Mercy, how it smells!
up. Afterward I found out they were
moulting.”

When we told the Other One, he
“Why, late hatched pullets don’t
moult in the early fall.”

So

those birds?

said:

it. What ailed
That man needs experi-

there we leave
ence—just the thing we all need.

Sure we realized this recently upon
trying for the firt time to operate an
incubator—a Sure Hatch, if you
please.

We should have given up in despair
had the Other One
about that time. It ook him at
no time to interpret those printed di-
to the machine,
all is running smoothly, what-
outcome may be.

not came home

most

rections and fit them
and now
ever the

It was wonderful how much experi-
ence some other people had to dis-
pense those three or four days when
we could not keep the mercury any-
where, least of all at “from 103 to 105.”

|One woman sent word that it was all

a terrible trouble, but that the*very
worst comes when the chicks are in
the brooder; but we are very fearless,
inasmuch as we have raised so many
large families with only a box or ,mus-
lin crate heated by bricks or hot water,
jug for brooder: Of course there were
fatalities, lots of them, but there is ever
that survival of the fittest, and we
made money some of those years.

The brooder chicks escape so many.
of the vicissitudes of those raised with
the We remember one season
when we had had good success hatch-
ing and some 6 Oor 70 fluffy Barred
Rock balls were tumbling over the
green grass. We were so proud of
them. All at once they began to die.
All the warning was they would stand
around and gap.

“Gapes!” you say at once.

If so, we could find no trace of the
worm and all directions for curing the
disease were unavailing. They died
till they got ready to stop, then stop-
ped—a few of them. However, none
raised away from the hen—at least
very few—seemed ever so afflicted.

But don’t you know there is some-
thing to experience, after all, that can
not be told? Some way one just
learns things, and it stays with them
and operates all right, but when they
come to pass it on—well, it is like ’a
cake receipt; you have told it all right,
but the amateur cannot take the direc-
tions and make a success after all.

As they say in the musical world,
“There is everything in the touch.’:

hen.

Ist Black Langshan pullet at N. E.
Mo. show, score 953, by Ben S. Myers.
Owned by John Hattick, Bowling
Green, Mo.

And so it is that we would discourage
a new beginner from going into the
poultry business too heavy. “Begin
and work up,” is as good advice here
as anywhere.

Speaking of experience—here is
what an eastern breeder has to set
forth on the feeding question, and it
really sounds more sensible than the
majority of stuff that is going the
rounds, and that we are all religiously
trying to imitate.

He provides receptacles of corn,
oats and wheat, grit and charcoal and
just invites the birds to help them-
selves. He sees that the supply is kept
good, furnishes milk and water, and
gathers the eggs. Poultry keeping
would be quite easy on these terms,
and he claims that after once having
all they want, the hens eat only what
they really need afterward. The milk
he substitutes for green bone.

We have left corn on the ear where
our birds could get it all winter and
there seems little demand for it. It is
perhaps all in line with the merchant
who, on hiring a new clerk, always in-
sisted that they eat all the candy they
wanted the first day. They were pretty
sure to want no more after that.

When all our agricultural colleges
have a “course in poultry,” then we
shall see as much progress in the busi-
ness as we now see in other lines of pet
stock raising, and there will be a call
from all parts of the country for “‘pro-
fessionals.”

Kingston, R. I., has a most com-
plete course designed to give instruc-
tion in the art and science underlying

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the
manage-

successful poultry keeping; also
latest and in practical

ment as given by the most successful

best

specialists in the various lines of work.

To my mind nothing is more stimu-
lating than knowing of others’ achieve-
ments. It never discourages us in the

least to know that someone else has
made a grand success of perhaps what
What others

we can do.

we have all but failed in.
have done and are doing,
We read of great farms devoted to
the poultry industry and sigh a little,
maybe, over our restricted quarters,
but something like this comes along:
Re Si) Kellerman (of

has a plant of 650 hens and of his room
i

Massachusetts

he says: “‘My poultry plant is located
partly on a vacant town lot 250 feet
long and 150 feet deed, and partly in
The three houses
east and west and face the south,” and

the back yard. run
he goes on to tell how they are built,
and concluding with “the entire cost
was about $1,000.”

We read this morning of a New Jer-

A fine W. Rock ckl owned by M. L.
Camfield, Belleville, Kan., a winner at
Nebraska State Show at Linculn, Ne-
braska.

sey plant that costt $50,000, but it did
not cost much of anything at first, the
founder building a little house or two
Evidently he be-
Indeed, some suc-

with his own hands.
gan at the bottom.
cessful fanciers have begun their busi-
ness career with only a few dry goods
boxes for roosting rooms. We hope
no one will adopt the plan, however,
for winter use in a cold climate. Good,
warm winter houses are essential, but
they need not be expensive. Good
drainage and a sunny front cost little.
The trouble the coming summer will
be too much “sunny front.” Provide
shade for the fowls. If you cannot

7

the run,

make a trellis—anybody can do this—

have trees or shrubbery in

a bean one will do, or one of morning
wild cucumbers or Virginia
fast
The birds will nearly

glories or

creepers ,or any growing vitie.
“dust” the roots
out, but water well at night and they
the alley night. Be

sure to provide something green for

will “stand storm”

them to forage in for an hour each day

at least. Sometimes when our fowls
look a little droopy and act dissatis-
fied, we first throw open the doors

Al-

though they have a large run of their

and let them out into the world.

own, they appreciate the difference at
Out rush
likely raise on the wing for a little way

once. they will and then
and end with a regular game of—well,
we don’t know what they call it. but it
Then they
settle down to hunting for the things

seems some like “tag.”
they want—just what they are the wis-
est fancier really knoweth not.

They always return to their domains
A hen

may be a foolish thing, but she knows

as chick and lively as possible.

some things you and I don't, and things
we can’t quite find out. If an ant can
preach, perhaps a hen can teach.

Sun Prairie, Wis.

Mrs. Pinkerton’s Chiok Food.

The question of the cost of feed to
raise chicks past the critical age is
trivial compared with making a per-
fect s' ccess raising them. Mrs. Pink-
erton’s Chick Food is better and
cheaper than oatmeal and other stuffs
usually fed to smallchicks. It is com-
posed of just such seeds, grains, grit,

etc., as the small chick needs on the

start. Itis all feed, no fan mill tail-
ings M. M. Johnson,

Inventor Sure Hatch Incubators.

A Belgian Hare owned by J. S.
Markle, Wahoo, Neb.

8

FHF OSSHSSOSSOS SOS OOSOOOOO OH
?

z From Mrs. May Taylor

FOSS SSSSSSSPS SOOO SOC + TTeT eS

[ surely think it must be getting
along toward spring, because yester-
day morning on my way up town, the
first thing when I felt the railroad at
the foot of the street, where I always
turn off, there was a group of small

A little further
on was a couple of green, glossy par-

boys playing marbles.

rots put out on a newly made perch
to sun themselves, and I passed by an-
other warm, sunny nook in another
place filled with boys playing marbles.
Today the bees are out; next thing the
air will be full of kites, and this morn-
ing I began to ponder what had be-
come of my old last summer’s sunbon-
net. poor thing. It hung over one of
slats of the sinside gate leading
the hall of the hen house for a
long time during the early winter, and
I believe was finally used up for rags.
will have to make a new
one or beg another old one from
mother. She never wears out her bon-
nets, so you see I go begging for one
she has worn last season and get her
to make a new one for herself. You
see I work headwork.

The turkey hens are keowking
around and poking into all sorts of
the lookout foor a
good nesting place. The wheat fields
in the distance look green since the
snow went off, making patches of a
veritable Oasis in the desert looking
wastes of brown and bare fields. The
apple orchard in the distance looks red,
so I think the buds must be swelling.
There are still white patches of snow
in the gullies and unsheltered spots.
The roads are dry and dusty and the
farmers are talking of sowing oats. I
hope there will be a big acreage of
oats and that it will yield abundantly.
We are also looking for an abundant
wheat harvest. We “sowed” a mixture
of small seeds on the snow in our poul-
try yards, where the weeds were the
thickest and the bare spots were last
year. We have a few briar patches
in there which we wish to kill out and
the quickest way is to smother them

the
into

So now I

stray corners on

out with grass.

Do you love trees? I do, and there
is no shade so grateful to the average
fowl than the green leaves of some
kind of living tree or vine; put trees in
your poultry yards as soon as possible.
Fruit trees if you want to; plums do
well, and the chickens pick up the sur-
plus, though I think turkeys relish
plums more than chickens do. Our
hen yards have all sorts of trees, bushes
and vines in them.

We had a hen woman friend to din-
ner the other day, and of course we

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A pen of Buff Cochins owned by B. H. Dunn, of Clay Center, Nebr.
breeds none but the best, full feathered, elegant in shape and color.

He
If you

want something nice, try some of his Cochins.

visited the poultry plant at our leisure.
Going through one of the gates she

work, if one knows how to take ad-
vantage of it, and then I have such

noticed the way it was made—out of} Perfect health.

lath—and said she must take the pat-
tern; you know women always take
patterns, so to speak, quilt patterns,
tidy patterns, sofa pillow patterns, etc.;
but in this case we did not cut a coun-
terpart out of paper, with notches and
holes where to join together. Oh, no.
She took the pattern in her head, like
the judges do when they score chick-
ens. But to get back to the gate; while
she was taking it down mentally and
saying she must have her husband
make her some, I remarked incidental-
ly, “that I had made it myself,” made
it and hung it, and that one over there,
too, and all those you saw inside, and
strung up all this wire netting.” She
said she could not do that, and I don’t
say it—ttell what I have done—as a rec-
ommendation for others to go and do
likewise, unless they have the knack for
the work and like to do it. I come
honestly by my love for a hammer and
saw, because one of my grandfathers
was a carpenter, and I used to play
around his work bench and watch him
handle his tools when I was a very lit-
tle girl. I have five gates which I
made and hung all by myself, each one
of which can be opened and shut, and
I am going to make some more before
long, since spring has come. When I
get that Kodak in running order, will
send you a picture of a few of them,
and how they open and stay shut. But
as I said before, I don’t believe in wo-
men doing this kind of work only in
exceptional acses, like myself, for in-
stance. It isn’t hard work nor heavy

One of our Barred Rock crowers has
taken a violent dislike to Ruth, our
general helper this spring, and she is
very much afraid of him. Now, Ruth
is the very soul of kindness and gentle-
ness and just why this self-important,
self-inflated stulty rooster should take
such a dislike to her is a mystery to
me. He got her cornered one day
when she went in to feed them, and
she said she never would have gotten
out, for he headed her off on every
turn, until another crower in the room
as large and powerful as himself, came
to her rescue. He engaged the atten-
tion of Sir Pugilist until Ruth made
her escape. He is a very fine speci-
men and not for sale at any price. I
mean Sir Pugilist, nor. the other one
either, for that matter, but I don’t like
fighting chickens. Do you suppose he
will ever forget her and be civil? Ruth
is a great admirer of fowls and likes
very much to work with them, and I
wish this one wasn’t quite so “fighty,”
though the way he stretches himself
up and crows when he has run her out
of the lot makes us both laugh. He
tried to run me out a time or two, but
I didn’t run, and I guess he has begun
to think I don’t intend to, and I be-
lieve if Ruth would just quietly upset
him, as I did, without in any way let-
ting him think that there was a row on
hands, he would let her alone also, but
she is afraid and runs and shies around
out of his way; says she doesn’t want
to hurt him. I don’t want to hurt him
either, and would not, for he is a val-

Black Langshan cock. Second at

Illinois state show. Score 944% by
Hewes. Owned by John Hattick,
Bowling Green, Mo

uable bird, but when he made a run-
ning shot and planted his two feet up
against me I turned him on over. I
didn’t want him to think that I was
teasing him and let him alone when he
showed no fight. I find that he doesn’t
relish turning summercaults, and that
the worst thing I could do for him
would be to run, or even stand and
take it. I helped him out with his fun
and he didn’t like it, so quit, so far as
I am concerned in the play. When he
runs Ruth out of the yard he stretches
himself up and crows and looks so im-
portant it makes us both laugh.
MRS. MAY TAYLOR.

Artificial Incubation
By Mattie WEBSTER

Again is the hatching season, that
busiest and most interesting time of all
the year for the poultry breeder, now
calling for time and almost constant
work and care, that baby chicks in
numbers sufficient to supply the latest
demand may be hatched and raised to
maturity. Incubators have been pulled
out of storerooms. firmly set upon
their legs and when the right tempera-
ture has been reached and held in egg
chamber for twenty-four hours, egzs
have been consigned to the “wooden
hen,” and whole many a hatch has al-
ready been accomplished other breed-
ers are faithfully and carefully filling
the lamp and changing the wick every
evening, that there shall be the right
degree of heat within this artificial
mother to insure a successful hatch,
and patiently turning the eggs twice
daily, that every side of each egg may
receive equally the heat of the egg
chamber. Yes, it means work and
careful attention to every detail to
manipulate an incubator successfully,
but for my part I would much prefer
to “nianage” an incubator than to try
to manage even one setting hen. We
set our incubator, place the eggs within

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and are perfectly confident that when
we come again a few hours later we
will find it ts still “set,” and the large
nest of eggs unchilled and unbroken,
which is more satisfactory behavior
than Mrs. Broody Biddy usually dis-
It is not always the
thing in the world to regulate and then
keep the heat regulated, especially for
the novice, and I admit that one must

plays. easiest

give the machine watchful care, but
there is nothing about the manage-

ment of the incubator that tries the
breeder’s patience like a setting hen
does. If we must needs depend upon
the hens to do our hatching, we per-
force, must await their individual
pleasure in the matter of
family of baby chicks; the earnestness
of ovr desire has no power to influ-
ence the biddies to become broody.
Otten when we feel that March chicks
are what we must have, not a hen will
manifest a desire to set until late April
or May. Not so witht our “wooden
hen.” She is always “broody,”’ and
can be depended upon to give us the
coveted March chicks if we ‘‘sett” her
and give her the right care. Even
when a hen does decide to set, every
breeder knows how perverse she is apt
to be. In the first place, the nest she
chooses for the process of incubation
is not suitable, according to our supe-
rior wisdom, and we prepare a cosy
nest in just tthe right place and ‘“si-
lently and by night’’ carry Mrs. Biddy
to it, and with utmost gentleness place
her upon it. Because of past experi-
ence we are wise and _ so_ securely
fasten her within the nest. After a
day or sO eggs are entrusted to our
setter’s tender care, and after a few
days more of close confinement, mov-
ed by a feeling of pity for biddy, we
decide to trust to her honor in the
keeping of her part of the contract and
remove the barriers in front of her
nest, that she may view her near sur-
roundings and be at liberty to partake
of nearby food and water, enjoy her
loved dust bath, and after a little
stretching of legs and wings, return
to her nest. While there is no objec-
tion to this proceeding once a day, it
does not meet with our idea of the fit-
ness of things to have the greater
part of each day taken as a vacation
from the hatching work. No longer
do I trust Mrs. Biddy when she prom-
ises to take such good care of the
eggs I place under her, having learned
her fickleness by previous experience,
I always make sure her garrulous
promises shall be kept by putting it
out of her power to break faith with
me. Yes, from start to finish of time
of hatching I confine my setter, letting

raising a

her off once a day for food, water and

‘such

9

exercise, and then if she does not re-
turn °
accord, in time to prevent any chilling

‘where duty calls,” of her own

of eggs (if early in season), I gently
place her upon the nest and and secure
her there. Not only does the setting
to
change nests with some neighboring

hen show a perverse desire ex-
sitter, or to desert her own cosy, filled
nest for empty or barrel,
that we cannot understand its attrac-
tions for her, but often a fit of destruc-

tion seems to possess her and when

some box

she comes off for morning food we be-
hold a sight that is anything but pleas-
ing to the eye.
these that are instact are covered with

Eggs are broken and

the contents and the nest material is
smeared also that the remaining
eggs must be washed, the straw re-
moved from the nest and a new nest
made. Now, never have I heard any
one complain of being subjected to
cantakerous behavior by the
“wooden hen.” And how little time
and trouble is needed for her right care
during the three weeks of incubation.
It is true she must be fed once a day,
but all she eats or drinks is kerosene,
and less than five minutes satisfies this
demand and the work goes on smooth-
ly and uninterruptedly. The turning of
the eggs is a few moments work morn-
ing and evening, but they are always
clean and no time is needed to wash
them every few days.

so

The superior advantages and attrac-
tions of artificial incubation over nat-
ural incubation are being so well
learned and so universally accepted,
thet no longer is the incubator looked
upon with distruct and disapproval.
Where very few were in use fifteen or
twenty years ago, today few fanciers
or breeders are without one or more
of these machines, and it is not an un-
common thing to see an_ incubator
side by side with the farmer’s wife’s
best furniture in her best room, with
lighted lamp, and attending strictly to
the business of realizing her desire for
“early chicks.’ And this is as it should
be; for if the “wooden hen” is a de-
sirable thing for breederand fancier,
is it not equally as desirable for the
farmer folk that hatch many times
more chicks each season? And do not
the farmers’ wives need to have their
labor lessened in every possible way?
Indeed, there are few idle minutes dur-
ing the day for the farm-wife, and if
incubation work and care can be less-
ened and be carried on in the house,
many steps and much worry will be

saved her. Are we sufficiently thankful
for this invention that makes the
hatching of hundreds of chicks less

work than the hatching of dozens by
the natural way?

10
POULTRY AS CLEANERS.

The pig is usually regarded as the
scavenger of the farm, the receptacle
into which all odds and ends may be
thrown with profit. And yet, whea
we come to think about it, the chicken
has as sharp an appetite for variety.
Almost everything that any farm ani-
mal will eat is relished in some form
by poultry.
ous nature is sometimes aggravating
when fowls

And while the omnivor-

are permitted to run at
large, it is on the whole a convenient
form of economy. There are so many
things on the farm that would do no
good were it not for the poultry, and
it is in saving the little things that
the farmer must depend largely for
his success.

All of the grains are acceptable, and
even the screenings and chaff that the
larger animals would scorn are thor-
oughly appreciated hv the chickens,
which enjoy scratching for the stray
grains that’ may be contained therein.
Seed of sorghum and_ millet the:
will thresh out for themselves in fine
shape; and for little chickens too
young to manage the grains of corn,
pop corn is a rich treat. The wild
millet and other grasses and
contain much nutritious food which
the fowls will glean. Oil meal and
cotton seed meal, too highly concen-
trated foods to be given alone, are ad-
vantageous in small doses with other
food.

A peculiar way .of serving green
food is to throw in fresh sods of grass
or newly scrouted rye or oats, the
energy expended in scratching the
plants apart giving the needed exer-
cise to individuals in confinement.

Few are the crumbs from the table
which escape them; and in this they
have an advantage ever everything
else; not even the cat will so persist-
ently pick up every scrap.

weeds

As soon as the fruit commences to
fall they are ready for it. No matter
how wormy or dwarfed the specimen,
it serves the purpose if it is not de-
cayed. And while converting the culis
into available flesh or eggs, they at
the same time destroy many noxious
insects.

Even in the garden the chicks
much good and little harm by their
war upon insect’ pests. If incubator
chicks, the old hen—the disturber of
peace—to the gardener—will probably
be a minus quantity. If her services
are needed, she may be cooped near

de

the garden and the chicks given free
range. It is cheaper and less work
than buying Paris green or other in-
secticide, besides furnishing them a
good living.

In fall the culls of vegetables and

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

fruits that cannot be used at the time
may with profit be set aside for later
use. If there is no room in the root
cellar apart from the rest, bury thein.
The variety which fowls consume
with avidity is indicative of the wide
assortment demanded by the system
to secure the best results. And it is
well to consider twice whether a
thing cannot be worked into edible
shape before destroying or letting it
go to waste.

The shortage of the apple crop last
year brought to the writer a prac-
tical illustration of this. In lieu of
the larger fruit, experiments were
made with the little wild crabapple.
By soaking in water over night and
then cooking until soft they were
highly relished. To hasten the prep-
aration, the crabs were cut into quar-
ters before soaking. This process, by
the way, removes the “crabby” taste,
and should not be omitted if used for
the table. One has no idea, without
giving it a trial, how much this im-
proves them; and the poultry seem
to enjoy the change as well as peo-
ple. Even when apples are plentiful
some of the crabs will be found very
convenient for late winter and early
spring use, as they keep much better
than most of the cultivated varieties.

A generation ago the housewife
would have scoffed at the idea
there being for chickens any food
value in clover save the seeds and in-
sects it might contain; yet the steamed
product is now corceded as one of
the most valuable winter foods. This
but suggests the thought that the
end of the menu is not yet. Look
out for the odds and ends and supply
them generously, and keep an open
eye for serving new dainties. The
greater the variety of good food the
greater the results. Stale amterial is
never wanted, and shows in the ill-
flavor of the eggs.

BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

of

From F. C. Hinman.
FRIEND, NEB., APR. 23, 02.

Editor Poultry Investigator,

Clay Cente1, Neb

Dear Sir:—I notice inthe W. P. N.
that the Hon. T. L, Norval still thinks
that he did not get fair treatment at
the state show and wants the people
to know that his pen figur.s out 1-16
of a point more than Ist and 2nd pens
which were a tie—1I817%. To figure
the way Mr. Norval does his best cock-
erel with best females, I would have
had one pen 184 3-16, another 1825¢,
another IS]'2, and four pens with an
average score Of 181 5-36 by one of the
hardest cutters that ever séored at
state show. Mr. N. has had it his own
way so long that he can hardly give it

up that he was fairly beaten.

Yours respectfully,
I, C. HINMAN.

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BUSINESS CATCHERS ;

FUCURUO UU
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty.
Eggs 1.00 peri5. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 per 11.
Try us. F. J. Kolasa, DuBois, Neb.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, winners
from Norval’s strain. No stock, all sold, on-
ly eegs for hatching. Mated for prize win-
ners. Have4pens, Best, 2.50: 24. 2 00: 3d.
1,50: 4th, 100 only, per setting of 15. (For 3
settings. twice thesingle price) Place your
your orders early. Mrs. M. E. Bittner, Osce-
ola, Neb.

MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartley, Nebr., Barred
Rocks, well marked, extra large birds, both
cocterel and pullet, mating pens. Eggs 2.00
for 15, 3.50 for 30, general flock, 4.00 per 100,
White Wyandottes, Norval and Coffin strains
direet, 2.00 for 15. 3.50 for 30.

ORIOLE FARMS, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin,
send free a Partridge Wyandotte catalogue,
A. D. Burhaus.

S.C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed by Ist
and 2nd ckls and 2nd cock (Knapp strains),1.00
per 15; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or-
ders now. M.B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa.

EGGS for hatching; White Plymouth Rocks
and White Wyandottes, 15 for 1.75. S. C. White
and Brown Leghorns, 1.25. Belgian hares for
sale. S.S. Dunn, 4550 Chicago Ave., Minnea-
polis, Minn.

WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict-
ly pure white, mated to a 94 5-6 point cockerel,
large and pure white. Eggs, 1.50 per15. No
stock for sale. Writeforwants. C. W. Brehm.
Harvard, Nebr.

WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13
varieties of thoroughbred poultry. Eggs for
hatching from 60c to 1.25 per setting. Write
for particulars. O. O. Lomen, Decorah, Iowa.

BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen, cockerel score,
93%, pullets 90% to 93; eggs 3.00 for13. Yd 2

hehehe

and 3, 2.00 for 15; yd 4, 1.00 for 15, 4.00 per 100.
Bronze Turkeys 2.00 for 10. Mrs. Chas. Lowry,
Dunbar, Nebr.

WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. Eggs

from pen, 2.00 per 15. These are fine birds,
Those at large, 1.00 per 15; 4.00 per 100. Mrs.
M. A. Barrans, Lenox, Iowa.

EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded
American Dominiques, $1.50 per 13, 2.50 per 26,
Also cockerels at $3 and pullets at $2. Blue
Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick, 129 West 11th St.,
Erie, Pa.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel
strain. Pen headed by $25 cock; every hena
top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your chance
to get the best White blood in the world. H.
C. Nichols, P. M., Spearville, Kan.

EGGS—Columbian Wyandottes, finest in the
land. Buff Orpingtons, White Langshaus,
White Indian Games, R. C. White Leghorns
Silver Wyandottes. Alsofrom R.C. Brown
Leghorns very cheap. Fowls, dogs, birds and
pigeons cheap. Indian Runner ducks. Enclose
stamp. No circulars. Address Hillcrest
Farm, Milledgeville, Pa.

EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced
Wyandottes $1.50 per 15, 52.50 per 30. Known
as I. X. L. Poultry Yards. Satisfaction guar-
anteed or money refunded. Mrs. W. J.
Barnes, Topeka, Kansas, Sta. B.

BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wyan-
dottes, White Klondikes, best obtainable.
Stock and eggs for sale in season, T. W.
Beecher & Co., Reed City, Mich.

BELGIAN HARES, $2.50 per pair. S. L. Wy-
andottes, Pekin Ducks, 20 eggs $1.00. Also
Poland China hogs, White China Geese, and
White Guinea pigs’ H. L, Felter, Washta
Cherokee county, Lowa.

MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMAS, prize win-
ning stock scoring from 90 to 95 points. Eggs
$1.50 per 15. Mammoth Pekin Duck eggs
$1.50 furll. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice
Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska,

0,1. C. SWINE forsale from one of the best

herds jn state of Illinois, Booking orders now

for pigs, single, pairsand trios, Mated Noakin,

Prices within reach of all, Also eggs from

large, growthy Light Brahma and B. P. Rock

chickens for sale at $2.00 per 15 or $3.00 per 30.

Address Chas. Griffith, Woburn, I11,

FINEST WHITE ROCKS in the state. Eggs
31,50 per 13. Oris B. Lewis, 1123 Wabash Ave,,
Fort Wayne, Ind. *

ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm
sends free a Partridge Wyandotte Catalogue.
A, D. Burhans, Twin Lakes, Wis

SHORT GRASS POULTRY FARM. Thomp-
son strain, B. Rocks, S. C. Brown Leghorns,
Black and White Langshans. Eggs, 2.00 per
fifteen. Pride of the est strain of M. B.
Turkeys. Pen scoring 95, to 964s, headed by
40-lb tom. Egys 3.00 per 9. T. M. Barger
Spearsville, Ky. ?

A fine Light Brahma hen owned by
G. B. Clary, Fairbury; Nebr.

Learaing to Run an Incubator.

(By Percy W. Shepard.)

The greatest and usually the only
fear of a new beginner in using an in-
cubator is that they may not be able
to learn to run it successfully. It is
not a very hard undertaking to learn
to manage an incubator. Some make
a good hatch with the first trial; oth-
ers fail with the first one and some-
times with several hatches. Most of
these different results come from the
difference in the amount of care given
the hatcher. The one who believes
that the incubator will take care of
itself and make a good hatch with only
a very few minutes of attention per
day, is the one who fails until he learns
different. The one who sees that it
needs enough attention to properly fol-
low the needs and directions in hatch-
ing, is the one who will be most likely
to learn at the first trial. A beginner
may study the directions of several dif-
ferent makes of incubators and when
he comes to run a particular kind of
machine he may try to use the direc-
tions, to some extent, of the other ma-
chine. This is not advisable. The
maker of the machine knows more
about them than you (a new beginner)
does, and he gives in his book of di-
rections the very best rules that he
krows. It would be natural for him
to do this in such cases, as he wants
to further the sales of his machines.
This he can do only by their proving
effective hatchers. Always follow
these directions to a letter 1f you want
results instead of merely experience.
To learn to be a successful hatcher de-
pends much on your aptitude for such
werk and upon your ability to give it
the proper attention. If you grasp the
ideas of successful hatching easily, and
like the work well, you will be able to
learn easier than you will if all the

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
workings of the machine are difficult
that
can’t just get the thing going in an

for you to understand and you

easy manner,

It is no small job to care for an in-

cubator—that is, it needs much atten-

tion. Some think that a machine needs
only about five minutes’ attention each
This is a You must
nearly half an hour dur-
ing the latter part of the hatch. You

may leave them that long and go to

day. mistake.

cool the eggs

do something else, yet you must keep
your mind on them or you may forget
about them and allow them to chill.
Then there is the testing. Twice this
This

an hour to

is usually done. will take
half

or more, depending upon your experi-

any-

F ,
where from an hour
It does
not pay to be too rapid in testing, as
you may out

wouid

ence in this part of the work.

take some eggs that

otherwise have hatched.

Turning the eggs once or twice a
day is something that must be done.
Some say turn them once a day; others
say twice. It is best to turn them hall
way over twice a day.

Another thing is in depending alto-
gether on the regulator
formity in temperature.

to keep a uni-
Do
regulator. It

not de-
pend too much on the
may serve well enough to regulate a
small change in temperature, but they
are not perfect and you must keep the
lamp about right or the regulator can
not do
grand, good thing, but upon the lamp
depends most of your success. Keep
it properly trimmed and cleaned and

+

plenty of oil in it,

its work. The regulator is a

so it will never go
owt. I saw an incubator become filled
with sooth over the lamp when poor
oil was used and one day fell down and
put out the blaze. It may do no seri-
ous harm to have the lamp go out if
you discover it before the get
cold, but it is better to have no such
accidents occur. Remember that you
should go to yeur incubator several
times a day and in very cold weather
quite often. If the lamp should go out
and you were following the belief that

eggs

only five minutes a day were necessary
for running it, most likely your eggs
would be wasted.

If you want to learn to run an in-
You
will learn if you are careful enough

cubator get one now and run it.

and will become a successful hatcher.
Don’t become discouraged if the first
one or two attempts are unsuccessful.
It is your fault and not that of the
machine.

When you have once learned you
will be ready to make poultry raising
an easy matter.

It
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§ BUSINESS CATCHERS

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BUFR OKPINGLONS, *Cook’s Strains,” eggs
15 for $300; hatch guaranteed $5,00 from
birds buff to the skin and progeny of im-
ported stock, Express prepaid. A. Edward
Green, Joliet, Lil.

EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens
prize winning Black Laugsbans, score 92%
to 95's. Buf) Orpingtons and Rose Comb

Black Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole,

M. D. Williamwsfield, Ill.

EGGS from my Beauty Strain of high scor-
ing Light Brahmas and prize winning
Rlack Sumatras, 15 for $100, They are _up-
to-date. Chas. M, Palmers, Nassau. N, Y

BUFF COOHIN chickens. Toulouse geese,
Duroe Jersey swine, Cockerels for sale
with score cards, Chi-ken eggs $2.00 for 15,
Geese eggs 25c each, Chas, A. Allison, Ten-
nessee, Ill.

WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. R.
Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks, (Ringlet
Strain! S.S Wyandottes. S.C, Brown Leg-
horn. 3irds for sale. Eggsin season. Mrs,
Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo.

THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S. C. Brown
Leghorns. Barred and White Rocks and
White Wyandottes. 3 miles south

Located 3
of East Peoria. D. E. Glatfield, East Peoria,
Ill, manager.

SILVER GRAY DORKINGS, White Wyan-
dottes, Singie Comb Brown Leghorns,
They are state winners. Live and let live
is our motto, Dorkings, 1.50 per setting,
other settings 1.00, Circulars free. OU. Mul-
lin, Beauford. Minn.

BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west, Ist
premium stock at leading shows, 93 to94. 3
grand matings, eggs 2.50 per15. Robt. Lar-
mer, Ravenwood, Mo, Box 7. 8. V, Pres. Buff
Rock Club.

EGGS 75c per 15. Farm range. Black Lang-
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From
pen No. 1, Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen
No. 2. White Wyandotte, 150 per 15 M. M,
Browning, Appleton Vity, Mo.

S. H. CO'TYTON. Superior Black Langshans;
Eggs 15 for $2.00. S. H. Cotton, Appleton City,
Mo.

FOR SALE. 2 choice White Klondike hens
Place order at once. Address PouLtTRY IN
VESTIGATOR, Clay Center, Nebr.

WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES
Eggs 1,00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker-
eis 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio.
Eggs per setting. 95c, Mrs. H. M, Olark,
Sumner, Nebraska.

EGGS FOR SALE! White Crested Black Pol-
ish, 2.50 per15. Buff Leghorns, Buff Rocks,
Light Brahmas, eggs 1.25 per15. Also Duroc
Jersey swine. Write your wants. C. E, O1-
son, Colon, Nebr.

8.8. HAMBUKGS. Eggs only for sale; 1 sit-
ting 150; 2 or more sittings 1,00: 5,00 per 1.0,
Rey. G. A. Chamblin, Moran, Kansas.

BUFF ORPINGTONS and W_ Holland Tur-
keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy
stock. Winnersat Nebraska state show.
Chicken eggs 2.00, turkey eggs, 1.50. Mat-

o tie Stut?t, Lawrence, Neb.

GET THE BEST! Ote dollar buys 15 eggs
from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose
Comb Black Minorecas. C. lL, Norman, Stroms-
burg, Neb.

PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns, White
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg-
horns score to 95, headed by 2nd cock at Des
Moines show. Eggs 1.50 and 1.00 per 15; 4.00
per 100. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer‘
Indianola, Lowa.

AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. 100 Bronze
Turkeys, sire 44 to 46 lbs. 200 cockerels P.
Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin-
eas, Jersey cattle. Stock and eggs for sale.
25 years a breeder. EF. M. Munger & Sons, De
Kalb, Ils.

WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth
Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds,
1.00 per 15; bred on different farms, free range.
Pekin Duck eggs, 11 for 50c. B. L. Grover,
3urton. Kas.

FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg-
hornsexclusively; 10 yearsstanding; egg pro-
ducing strain. Can furnish 100 eggs per day.
Price, 15 for 1.00; 50, 2.50 and 100, 4.00. C. H.
Brown, Council Grove, Kansas.

B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens, 1.50 for 15.
Searle’s strain, none better. Write your wants.
Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr.

12
Spring Cleaning.

At this time of the year we hear a

great deal about “house cleaning,”
and the male portion of the family
are in constant dread of cold dinners
and being asked to help. However,
this hubbub of cleaning usually ap-
plies just to the dwelling houses,
which are gone over from bottom to
top. No closet or corner is left
without a thorough overhauling.
This is all right and strictly neces-
sary in dustry Nebraska, and more
especially where we live in one house
for a number of years. Things wiil
get put away and saved until house-
cleaning time turns them out and
they find their way into the fire by
armfuls, which is the proper place for
them. A lot of useless rubbish stowed
around is only a harbor for mice and
disease germs, and we cannot be too
careful of these things. Decayed veg-
etables, making a foul cellar, can eas-
ily cause us no end of trouble. It
was in regards to our poultry houses
and yards that I started out to write
about; but by this time my poultry
friends will have found out that I get
tired talking too long on one subject,
and won’t expect anything very prim
from my pen.

On many farms the poultry house
is not a matter of consideration until
after everything else is done, and
sometimes not even then. Our own
houses and yards are perhaps not
models, but they are cleaned often
during the whole year and fresh straw
kept in them. During the spring and
summer extra care and cleaning is
necessary. In years gone by we have
used an apple tree sprayer and kero-
sene emulsion when we wanted to go
into the cracks and corners. This year
there is something of a little later pat-
tern takes its place. It is a sprayer
made for the purpose of using disin-
fectants about houses and cellars, and
for house plants, as well as for use in
the poultry house. It throws a very
fine spray which can be forced into
all the cracks, corners and crevices of
the poultry house. There is no waste,
and a gallon of lice killer will go as

far again when used with a good
sprayer. Nest boxes and_ perches
need spraying often, for lice will

hatch and multiply very fast in a
poultry house in warm weather. If
we do not keep everlastingly after
them our hens stop laying, and we
wonder why. We found a very con-
venient way of managing insect pow-
der to rid the hens of lice. Take a
good sized box and fill it about half
full of fine dust, then empty a pack-
age of insect powder into it, put it in
a sunny place, and “Biddy” will just

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
mix it to her heart’s content, and her
feathers will be dusted in much bet-
ter shape than we could possibly do
it.
better to use on the nens than liquid

Insect powder is much safer and

lice killers and for use in brooders
and around our young chicks, There
is a gas used in most liquids that is
death to many chicks, and after we
have them hatched we do not wart
them to die from lice or the effects of
lice remedies.

Our long spell of cold weather was
not very conducive to a large supply
of fertile eggs, and the supply of
early chicks will be much less than
last season. At this writing, March
25th, we have thirty-six, where we
had 150 one year ago. However, a
good large incubator is full and work-
ing in fine shape, which gives prom-
ise of a good hatch. When the three
days’ test was started every egg in
about fifty was found fertile, so we
quit, and will not test until the end
of the second week. At that time
all the poorly fertilized ones will be
dead, and everything can be taken
out except the good strong chicks.
We can see chicks through some
egg sheels much more clearly than we
can through others. If the shell is
thick and dark colored the chick will
not show up as clear as in a thin,
white shelled egg.

Another important thing in running
an incubator is to change the position
of the eggs. At each turning take
the eggs from the center of the tray
and put them to the outer edges.
Then, if there should be any aiffer-
ence in the temperature in different
parts of the incubator we have over-
come it, and will have an even hatch.
We should also change the position of
the trays. We know the outside egus
under old “Biddie” are not quite as
warm as those in the center of the
nest, but she mixes them up and
turns them over so many times that
they all hatch pretty even, so for fear
of a different temperature in an incu-
bator it is well to work on the same
plan.

Experience has taught us that our
earliest chicks were the best in every
way. We can even raise a larger per
cent of them. To be sure, there is
much cold wather when we are
obliged to keep them in the house if
we have no extra warm place pre-
pared for them, but this extra care is
what counts, and when the weather
comes out nice they are ready to rus-
tle before the tall grass and weeds
are grown to hide them. They have
all summer to gro wand mature, while
the later ones are about half grown

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MAMMOTH WHITE Pekin Ducks exclusively
Eggs for hatching, $1 per 11. Fred Gruene-
wald, Rear 347 Lowry st. Allegheny, Pa.

PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES and Single
Comb R. 1. Reds. Eggs fromas good as the
best. Partridge, $3 per setting, Reds, $1.50 per
setting. One third off after June lst. Otto B.
Cannon, Elsberry, Mo.

WHITE FACE BLACK SPANISH exclusive-
ly. Bred them 40 years on free range. Eggs
will hatch. Free circular. Eggs $1 per 13.
John Bennett, Sunman, Ripley Co, Indiana.

SUNNY HILL Poultry Yards. Barred P.
Rocks. Highclass, fine color, fine cockerels.
Eggs $1 per 15; $1.50 per 30; $2 per 45 $4 per 100,
James E. Anderson, Montezuma, Ia.

INCUBATOR EGGS—Best srain of Barred P.
Rocks; good size, prolific layers; $2.50 per 100,
Marsh & Sons, Fort Dodge, Ia.

YOU’LL NEVER REGRET it if you get a set-
ting of my Barred P. Rock eggs at “live and
let live’ prices, $1.50 per 13. They will
please you. W.F. Crigler, Nevada, Mo.

LEGHORN EGGS from the the greatest laying
Strain on earth. S.C. Brown, and White ee
horn eggs, 75c per siete Te per 100. W. P.
Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.

WHITE WYANDOTTES. At Macomb, Shan-
er, judge, 1st,2nd 3d ckls, 9534, 93%, 93%;
Ist, 2d 3d pullets, 9534, 9534, 95%; 2d, 3d hen,
95%, 95%; Ist pen, 19144, Ist for 10 best birds in
American class, 9514, Duston strain direct.
Three yards headed by cockerels with extra
good combs, eyes and lobes and white as snow
scoring 9534, 9434, 94. Eggs $l per 13. W.E.
Thompson, Box 195, Macomb, I11.

BARRED ROCKS. Large, heavy bone, fine
barring, good layers. Eggs $1 per 13.35 ete
100. Mrs. Tilla Leach, box X Cherryvile, Il.

BLACK MINORCA EGGS, large fowls, stand-
ard bred, $1.50 per 15: $2.50 per 30. Minorcas
exclusively. Mrs. J.C. Wirts, Delavan Prai-
rie Farm, Delavan, Wis.

CORNISH I. GAMES. Templeton, Moore and
Sharp strains. Eggs $1 for fifteen, Also fine
White Wyandottes and Buff Cochin Bantams
same price. Good birds cheap. I. W. Smith,
Kendallville, Ind.

BUFF ORPINGTONS. Birds and and ees
for sale. Correspondence solicited. Mrs. E.
L. Palmer, Noble, Il.

BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from our pens
of selected birds that will reproduce them-
selves at $2 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Krause Bros. cor. 29 and Burleigh St. Mil-
waukee, Wis.

TWO YARDS EACH of pullet and cockerel
mating high scoring Single Comb Brown
Leghorns. Eggs $1 per setting, 30 eggs $2.
Roy Glasgow, Science Teacher, Public high
school, Hannibal, Mo,

WHITE WYANDOTTES and S. L.
dottes. Eggs $1 per 15; $2 per 39; $4.25
dred. Frank Hardwidge, Poneto, Ind.

POULTRY RAISERS send ten cents in stamps
and get a Fumigating Nest Egg that will keep
the nest free from lice and add to your egg
production. Pollard & Couthway, Blooming-
ton, Ill.

BLACK SPANISH only. First prize winners
at Mo. state, Kansas state, Kansas City, and
Marshalltown, Ia., shows, also Valley Falls.
Egys $1.50 per13. H.W. Chestnut, Birming-
ham, Kansas.

BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorns,
Black breasted Red Games, Pekin Ducks,
Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine stock. Get

rice list at once. Satisfaction guaranteed.
he Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville, Ia.

BUFF LEGHORNS. First prize winners at
Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y. 1902- Breeders
are finer than ever. Stock for sale. Circulars
free. Chas. L. Thayer, 7036 Union Ave. Chi-.
cago, Ill.

DARK BRAHMAS, the best of all the large
varieties, for roasters, capons and wintereggs.
Hardy, bear confinement and one of the hand-
somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the
season, $2 per 13, $3.50 per 26, $4 per 40. A few
choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nye, Leaven-
worth, Kansas.

BARPED P. ROCK (Bradley& Thompson) W.
Wyandottes (Duston’s) Buff Cochins (Hares)
fine young Barred P. Rocks forsale. Eggs
for hatching in season. Write for prices. J.
Dumenil, No. 19 So. 5th st. Keokuk, Iowa.

CHEAPEST, best, 25 leading varieties, Felch,
Upson, Bond, Hawkins, Latham, Empire, Ab-
bot, Nugget, Cook, Rowlands, Jackson, and
other great English and American strains:
Brahmas, Cochins, Langshans, Sherwoods,
Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Rocks, Games, Leg-
horns, Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks,
Ponchatoula, La.

Wyan-
rT hun-

when the cold weather of fall catches
them, and there are sure to be some
that will sit round in the cold and
get stunted.

Our yards are another matter of
consideration. There are very few
fruit yards that do not receive their
proper raking in the spring. We who
live in the country can even have a
lawn mower and keep them cut close
and looking fine all summer. I once
thought that such a lot of work that
we could never do it, but last year a
lawn mower found its way out here
and the yard was kept in good shape
all summer. So I know it can be
done.

So much for our fruit yards, but
how about the back ones? They need
getting after and cleaning up, too, all
‘round the poultry yards and houses
should be raked and scraped down to
the earth. Last year two little folks
came visiting on the Saturday we had
planned to make use of our own boy
to help clean yards. But by a little
talking and the promise of a_ picnic
lunch in the grove when we were
through, all went to work, and the
yards were cleaned of their winter's
accumulations in good shape.

A cake, some cookies, and a large
pitcher of cherry juice was taken t»)
the grove, and we all had the picnic.
For myself, the dining room would
have been much more comfortable, but
the grove was much the finest place
for the rest of the company.

Our cherries are a late, sour kind,
and in canning them I seal them and
pour the juice off, then add water an/l
sugar, and can them. This first juice
that was poured off I boil down quite
thick, then put sugar into it. It keeps
nicely, and a tablespoon or two in a
glass of cold water makes such a
good summer drink.

A little extra planning in some of
these ways saves a whole lot of plan-
ning, and the work gets done in bet-
ter shape, to say nothing of the pleas-
ure of having it cheerfully performed.
Children when they work hard in
school all the week don’t always take
to a hard day’s work on Saturday, but
a little extra cooking or planning will
save hours of scolding.

ATTENTION, WHITE LANGSHAN

BREEDERS.
Recognizing the good qualities that
the White Langshans possess, and

knowing that they are deserving of
more attention than they are receiving
by those who raise them—by this I
mean that we do not try to advance
them any in the minds of the poultry
world. Those who breed the White
Langshan could not be induced to ex-

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
change them for any other breed, and
give them up entirely.

All my letters from people who are
in the poultry business, either from a
fancier’s or market standpoint, where
they are handling several varieties, and
have the White Langshan, always give
the White Langshan the top perch.
Many of our best Langshan breeders
who have been breeding only the blacks
are taking up the White Langshans this
spring, for they see that if they want to
make the most out of the poutry indus-
try they have got to take up the White
Langshans.

I have been corresponding with some
of our old time Langshan breeders in
regard to organizing a White Langshan
Club, and they seem to highly favor it,
and have agreed to help me, but the
help of a few is not sufficient. I want
the help of every White Langshan
breeder in the United States.

If we get u pthis club I want us to
make it the banner specialty club, and
we can do it if we will only all work
together. Think over this, and all who
favor the organization of such a club
will please send me their address on a
postal card. Let me see how many
names I can get by the time of the
next issue of the Investigator.

I will write more concerning the club
work in the Investigator from month
to month, and will also state the num-
ber of names I have received, so you
can all see how we are progressing.

This work is getting up this club is
not to put any feathers in my cap, only
just to add a few more to the good
points of the White Langshan.

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.

Rock Port, Mo.

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Investigator has reached a circulation
of 36,060, May Ist, 1902.

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Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Sth day of May, 1902. ~
J. L. Campbell, Notary Public.
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Yankton, South Dakota, Jan. 9, 1902.
Rippley Hardware Co., Grafton, Ill.
Gents:—The Whitewashing Machine
was a complete success. We gave all
our buildings two coats with your ma-
chine. It is a great labor saver.
Yours truly,
Walter B. Dean, Sec’y State Board of
Agriculture.

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FU UII OO IIE

BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at
1.50 per 15. Will replace all infertile eggs
free. Have3pens mated, send for descrip~
tion, Wecan please you, EF. Whaley, Apple
ton Cilv. Mo,

ENGLISH PHEASANTS. Beautiful, hardy,
great game bird. Eggs for sale in season. $3
per 15, $9 per 50. Hatched and raised with
common hens, Mrs. A. Schluckebier, Beaver
Dam, Wis, ‘

EGG machines are my Blue Andalusians and
Buff Leghorns. Mortgage lifters and will not
disappoint you. After May Ist, eggs $l per
15, $2 per 30. O. P. Nesmith, Bluford, Il.

BLACK LANGSHANS, winners at Delavan,
Wisconsin poultry show. White Wyandottes,
(Kellar Strain) Single Comb White Minorcas.
Eggs $1 for 13. Chas. Beardsley, Darien, Wis.

BUFF Poultry Yards. B.and red S.C. Leghorns
Buff P. Rocks. Eggs $1 per 13. H. Bailey,
Port Norris, New Jersey.

BUFF P. Rocks, Buff Leghorns, Cornish and
W.y]. Games. None better. Eggs $1 per set-
ting; 2 settings $175. J. W’ McNeil, R. F. D.
No. 1 Springfield, Ohio.

BUFF Wyandottes exclusively. Eggs $1 per
setting. My Wyandottes are from prize win-
ning stock, Cock heading this pen scores by
Shaner. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bert Chap-
in, Galesville, Wisconsin.

LARGE Black Minorcas Exclusively. Eggs
from Chicago prize winners, $2 per 15, $3.50 for
30, guaranteed fertile. Dr. W. A. Franklin,
Harvey, II.

NARRAGANSETT Turkeys, good size and
quiet. Eggs 15c each. B. P. Rocks and S.C.
W. Leghorns, both good laying strains. Eggs
15, $1: 40, $2; 100,$4. Money order, Salem, Ind.
Martha Hoke, Oxonia, Ind.

200 SILVER WYANDOTTES, farm raised,
scored to 93 by Heimlich. Mammoth Bronze
Turkeys, score 9614. Stock and eggs reason-
able. Quality good. Mrs.J. D. Lydia, Box 12
Atlanta, Mo.

EGGS from Golden Wyandottes, scoring up to
94, and Mammoth Pekin Ducks, $1 per setting.
W.H. Turkey eggs, $1.50 per setting. Incu-
bator eggs a specialty. W. G. Young, Che-
mung, Ill.

FOR SALE. Eggs fromS.C. Brown Leghorns.
$1.25 per 15; breeder for 15 years. Also from
Snow White Wyandottes, $1.50 per 15. Stand-
ard bred birds. Henry Walther, Clinton, Ind.

BARRED ROCKS exclusively. Eggs from
pens, headed by winners at Red Bud and
Nashville Shows, $1.50 per 15. during May
and June, if you mention Investigator. Gravy-
el Creek Poultry Farm, Sparta, I1l.

BUFF P. Rock cockerels $2. Eggs $1.50 per 15.
Double standard Polled Durham bulls ready
for use. Reds. Good individuals. Strong
polled blood. Prices reasonable. J. K. My-
er, Kempton, II11.

S.C. BLACK MINORCAS, winners at Cleve-
land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13,

four settings for fise dollars. Catalogue
aoe Jos. Krenn, 114 Beecher st., Syracuse,

EGGS FOR SALE from our Chicago prize win-
ners. White Holland Turkey eggs, $3 per 11;
W.P. Rock eggs only $1 per 15. Frank J.
Hicks, Onarga, Il].

EGGS FOR HATCHING. B. P. Rocks, two
pens Congers, one pen Bradley Bros. also Em,
pire W. Rocks. Eggs from either, $1 per 13.
Stock for sale. J. H. Howarth, Fairbury, [11

W. WYANDOTTES and W. Plymouth Rocks.
Eggs from two grand pens $1 per 15, $3 for 50.
Dr. Fred Evans, 1004 N. Syracuse st. Grand
Island, Neb.

BUFF COCHINS. My specialty is fine Buffs.
Heavy feathered, rich colored birds fit for
any company. A fewchoice cockerels for sale
at$2each. W. H. Minton, Springfield Kan.

EGGS. Barred P. Rock eggs from the Fair-
view poultry yards, 3settings, $2, per 100, $3.50.
Stock strong and vigorous. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Searle Bros. & Co., 148 S. 27st.
Lincoln, Nebr.

FOREST HILL poultry farm. R. C. B. Leg-
horns exclusively. 10 years standing, Egg
producing strain. Can furnish 100 eggs per
day. Price $1 per 15, $.250 per 50, $4.00 per 100.
C. H. Brown, Council Grove, Kan.

FOR SALE, eggs from good stock Buff and
Barred P. Rock and W. Wyandottes 15 for
$1.50, 100 for $7. S. C. Buff Orpingtons im-
ported. 3 strains, 15 $2.50, 100 for $12.00. Jacob
Bassinger, Columbiana, Ohio.

R. ISLAND Reds. White and Partridge Wy-
andottes, Barred P. Rocks, B. P. Cochins, B.
Cochin Bantams, geese, turkeys, duck, all
Winners. Illustrated circulars. Highland
Poultry Farm, Des Moines, Iowa, box 700.

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SILVER LACED Wyandottes exclusively
strong, healthy stock, bred for show anu best
, production. They are winners, eggs that
will hatch, 1.00 for 15. W. O. Johnson, Stroms- |
burg. Neb |

POR SALE.

cubators,

Two 200 egg size Sure Hatch in- |
In first class condition. will sell

very cheup, White Rock Farm, Wap Ilo, }
Iowa. |
CUMBS' SINGLE Comb Brown Leghorns |

Regular egg muchines, Stock direet from
best eustern breeders, Eggs for sale 1.00
for 15. W. E. Combs, Julian, Neb.

HATTIE BYFIELD. Me'ook. Nebr. Eggs
for hatching from Prize winning Light Brah- |
maS and Whi+e Wyandotte chicken, White
Holland turkeys and mammoth Pekin ducks,
15 hen eggs $2.00, 9turkey eggs $1.50, 11 duck |

$1.00. Duck eggs $6.00 per 100. A few nice}
drakes to sell.
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mediumpriced thorougbred poultry forsale |
lo send description and prices. with luc. to |
answer inquirivs: also anyone wishes to buy |
any breed of thoroughbred poultry to send |
for prices, we can fill ali your orders near |
yourhome. ©. &. Dunlap, Supt. Liberal, |

Kansas; U.S. A.

EGGS for sale. White Crested Black. 2.50
per 15. But? Rocks. Buff Leghorns. Light
Brahmas, eygs perils Stock for s-le. |

Write your wants. VU. E. Olson. Colon, Neb.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Eggs 75 cents per ls. Strawberry plants 60
cents per 100. Loudan Red Raspberry
plants, 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe.

Farm raised.

Rocks (Thompson strain)
(Emire) White Wyandotte
(Duston) Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette)
Light Brabma (Pelch) 13 for125 Also a few
fine cockerels, Lo M. Whittaker, 385 east
Robie, St. Paul. Minn.

BLACK LANGSHANS, Partridge Cochins
Silver Laced Wyuandottes. Kose Comb
Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale.
Prices very reasonable for quality of stock
If you want something good write at once.
QO. F. Kurtz, Lawrence, Neb. Have tine
English Berkshire hogs.

EGGS. Burred Plymouth Rock birds scoring
90 to 9244, Eggs $1.50 per 15; 250 per 30;
Birds scoring 88 to 92, $! 00 per 15: 150 per 30,
4.00 per 100. J. FF. Loun & Son, North Eng-
lish, lowa. RK. B.D, 2.

BELGIAN HARES. 25 voung does bred to fine
bucks scoring 94/4 at $3.00 each, or 2 dues and
a buck for $700. All first-class stock. J. S.
Markel, Wahoo, Neb.

PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice

heavily feathered pullets for sale. Eggs $1.50

per15. Pen headed by 2d ckl N state
show, 1902. Satisfaction guaranteed, H. E
Bowman, Lawrence, Nebr.

SILVER *SPANGLED HAMBURGS. Most

lavers. CocKerels
25 for 30; $3.00

beautiful fowl and great
forsale. Eggs $1.25 for 15
for45. J. E. Haynes, Ames, Monroe Co. Ill.
WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock first

class and my prices right. I have spared’ nei-

is

ther time or expense to get the best st..ck-
Scores from 92% to 95%. Eges for sale, $1.50
ver 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free.
i Sowers, Bradshaw, Neb.

EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown, Buff
Biack, Dominique, sjiver Duckwing and
Rose Comb White Butf and Brown Leg-
horns, Price list free. Sylvester Shirley,
Port Clinton, Ohio,

SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT
Farm, C.F. Austin. Dearing, Kan., White
Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and
Joho Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale
Strawberry plunts—best varieties. Square
treatment.

WHITE WYANDOTTES, cockerels scoring
to 4%. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring
to 96% sired by a Tom weighing 40 1bs and
from hens weighing to 25 ils. Prices rea-
sonable- W, H- Lake, Hampton, Nebr.

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de
scribing ali varieties, arranging loft. breed-
ing. feeding. caring for, 5 cents, 1.000 pig-
eons for sale. Prices free. Wm, A, Bart-
lett & Co, Box 27, Jacksonville, Il.

CHEAP to close out. As fine a lot of birds
as you eversaw- Golden Wvyuandottes. Bar-

dPiymouth Rocks and Bul? Cochin Ban-
tams, H, Gregory; Wayne Neb,,

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Some Regquisites for’ Raising
Turkeys.

In some respect the turkey is of all
the denizens of the poultry yard most
desirable. It designed for local market,
ts large size and the almost invariable
advance of at least two or three cents
per pound over the price of chickens

are in themselves sufficient argument

in its favor for profit. The supply is
not so general, hence prices are more
While if

the

firm. raised for breeding

purposes, higher prices realized

both from birds and eggs are still suffi-

cient incentives.
Yet there are certain conditions nec-

essary which render not every farm a

| desirable location for an embryo tur-

key plant. Some who can raise chick-

ens most successfully find in their
more noble relative many unlooked for
obstacles. On the other hand, there

are certain difficulties in turkey raising
that and
the poultry grower who is wise will
question before
limiting himself to the smaller birds.
Turkeys require a greater range than
chickens, and those who have only a
limited range will most likely be dis-
attempt at their
The wild blood has not yet

have been over-estimated;

certainly consider the

appointed in any
growth.
seemingly been eliminated, and non-re-
straint in the meadows and pastures is
their delight. There they find the in-
sect life, which is their standard bill of
fare. And it may be emphasized that
one of the greatest advantages in tur-
key amount of
grasshoppers and other troublesome in-
On a moderate
sized farm a flock of from thirty to
fifty turkeys will keep in check these
troublesome pests, though neighboring

raising is the large

sects they devour.

lands on all sides not similarly fortified
are stripped of living green.
have the troublesome
habit of “going: visiting,” and
times they not inclined to return
It is a curious custom, doubtless in-
duced through the love of companion-
ship; for certainly in some instances the
home abandoned has seemingly as good
inducements as the adopted one. Nev-
erthehless, it isa fact that when two
flocks once get together it is very hard
to get them separated permanently.
This is apt to lead to hardness _be-
neighbors. Perhaps both are
strictly honest. One has to endure the
inroads of the doubled flock in orchard
or garden, and of course this is un-
pleasant to the other well; for
though he may drive his flock home
repeatedly, they soon find their way
Sometimes, too, both parties are
not strictly conscientious in the matter.
It matter to feed a: little

Turkeys, too,

some-

are

tween

as

back.

is an easy

heavy and induce a flock of thrifty, al-
most grown birds to remain. If of the
same breed they will so nearly resemble
their companions that it is difficult to
separate them. The owner calls, the
trespassed upon keeps “his number”;
and though his neighbor may be fully
mind that this
number has swelled materially since
the combining of the two flocks, he has
no recourse but to accept the leavings
or resort to a quarrel unpleasant if
not disgraceful. More than one lasting
feud has arisen from just such pro-
ceedings; and those surrounded by
neighbors already engaged in turkey
well to steer clear

convinced in his own

raising will do
of it.

Likewise, those near
find their number of friends greater if
this branch of the poultry department
is not touched upon. The birds enjoy
long walks; more, they enjoy cabbage
and all similar garden dainties; and
unless they have a wide range the for-
bidden ground will be appropriated—
much to the disgust of the owner.

True, turkeys raised by a hen are
much less inclined to rove. Yet they
seldom thrive as well as when given
their freedom unrestrained. It has been
claimed that the wooden hen and
brooder will satisfactorily settle this
difficulty; and it would seem that the
latter would be a decided improvement
over the old hen, who is persistently

a village will

fussing and tiring the tender little
things out by running around hunting
bugs, when they want her to cover
them. It is also said that they may be

enclosed by poultry netting as well as

A Partridge Cochin ckl owned by
Wm. Postal, Aurora, Neb. The pul-
lets from this mating are owned by
W. F. Holcomb, Clay Center, Neb., as
well as other prize winners.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

1 PROF. E. L. C. MORSE,
South Chicago.

2 J. L. DRAPER,
Commercial Poultry, Chicago.

3 F. B, F. RHODES,

South Chicago. Am. Poultry Journal,Chicago.
4 WILLIAM PLAEHN, 8 E.J. W. DIETZ, Vice Prest.,
Chicago. Downers Grove, Ills.

EBW.C2

MMEY, Secretary,
Morgan Park, Ills.

6 E.B. EDDY, President,
U.S. Ex. Co., Chicago.

7 G.G. BATES, Treasurer,

Twelve Directors Responsible for Chicago Poultry Show-} 903.5%

9 H.N. NORTON,
10 J.C. PRATT,

Nat'l Fanciers Journal, Chicago.
11 GRANT M. CURTIS,
Reliable Poultry Journal, Quincy, Ills. fe

J2 FRANK B. WHITE,
Prest. Frank B. White Company, Chicago. fa

Oak Park, Ills.

chickens. But having seen them fly to

to the top of a moderate sized barn on
one or two occasions, it seems a little
discouraging to think of shutting them
into a roofless enclosure.

Some are deterred from undertaking
the business in the belief that turkeys
are difficult to raise. Barring the first
few weeks of their existence, when
they are more tender than chicks,
this is not the case; a half-grown tur-
key rarely fails to reach maturity un-
less some accident befalls it. Grapes
are, of curse, to be expected as with
chickens, and treated in the same way.
But aside from this, the young ones

when nicely feathered out are as hardy
as chicks. In their earlier days the
secret of health seems to be freedom
This
almost invariably leads to sickness and
to death. And
where the hen, if allowed to have her
fail.

and brooder

from wet, draggled plumage.

often just. where) vis

Own way, I believe a good in-

cubator would

many
times out-distance her in raising tur-
keys. If the little ones are kept from
the grass during the rain or while wet
with dew, much trouble will be saved
in the end.

BESSIE L, PUTNAM.

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FOR SALE. Fantail pi eons,allcolors. Write
your wants. Robert Hefti, Wayne, Neb.

A. STRANSKY, Chilton, Wis. Breeder of
Black Langshans, Buff and W. P. Kocks, W.
Golden and Buff Wyandottes, S. C. Brown
and Buff Leghorns, W. and B. Minorcas,
Houdans,. Eggs, t.50 per fifteen. KB. Turkey
eggs, 1.50 per 9. Pekin and Rouen ducks 1.50
per 11. Red Tumblers, 1.00 per pair.

FOR SALE. Light Brahmas, I. K. Felch strain
none better, Single birds or breedins pens.
Eggs from stock birds scoring 923945 by Rus-
sell, 1. 50 per fifteen. Albert von Bergen, Pe-
tersburg, Neb.

PINE BROOK Poultay Farm. Barred Rocks,
Winners at the biy Ft. Wayne show; first ckl,
first,second and third pullets; first pen. W.
Wyandottes, Buff Rocks I. R. Ducks, eggs

2.00 per setting. W.P. Smalley, Napoleon,
Ohio.
BUFF LEGHORNS. Eggs 1.00 per setting,

5.00 per 100. Grandsons of first ck. and hen,
New York 1901, head breeding pen. Females,
Arnold strain. Loring N. Kirk, 525 12th st.
Newcastle, Ind.

HOUDANS exclusively. Winners at Pen-
American, Cleveland,- Dayton, Detroit, Chi
cago, etc., orwherevr shown. Eggs only 2.00
per 15 straight. Stock reasonable. My birds
will not disappoint in breeding pen or show

room. S. D. Lance, Troy, Ohio.
HOMERS, Imported and domestic.. Strong
flyers. Runts, Pouters. Prices reasonable.

Noroom for poultry. Mustsell. Black, Red,
Red Pyle, Irish Gray Games, W. Rocks. C.
A. Newton, Naperville, I11.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively.
Eggs fifteen for2.00, from my best pens. Pure
white, good yellow legs, low combs. You are
sure of prize winners. (Fishel stock) Only a
few settings to spare. M. E. Cunningham,
Ada Ohio.

R. C. W. LEGHORNS and W. Guineas. Eggs
1.50 sixteen, or 6.00 per hundred. Mrs. Win-
nie Chambers, Onaga, Kansas.

DO YOU WANT winners? If so, buy eggs of
A. Z. Copeland, Potomac, I1l., W. Plymouth
Rock, G. S. Bantam and W. Guinea. 1.25 per
fifteen 2.25 per 30. A. Z- Copeland.

BUFF ORPINGTONS. Eggs from English
standards best select stock. Indian Runner
ducks. There are none better. Finest values
guaranteed. L. E. Coryell, Monroe, Wis-
consin. R.F.D. 1.

GOOSE BREEDERS send 10c for my book on
zoose raisin Embden and Toulouse Geese.
Imported stock. Circular Free. H.S. Price.
Specialty Breeder of ,eese.. Pres. National
Toulouse Goose Club, Wauke-an, Ill.

R. I. REDS. Choice ezys from Pan-American,
New Yorkand Boston winners, 2.00 per set-
tin 5.0) for 40. Circular and standard free.

John Crowther, Ree
River, Mass.

SHERWOOD’S Buff and Barred Rock eggs 1.75
for fifteen, 3.00 for thirty. My catalogue tells
all about them. F. B. Ritchie, Warrensburg,
Illinois.

BARRED P.

Red Club, Fall

sec.

ROCKS, Conger strain, farm
raised, large size and fine laye Eggs 1.00
per fifteen. Fine Bronze Turl eggs, 3.00
for12. Mrs. C§T. C. White, Pa Mo.

P. WYANDOTTES, 1, 2,3, 4,5, prizes, Wor-
cester Boston, New York; breed only choicest
hens; 44 years a breeder; raise prize stock on-
ly. C.O. Loring, Dedham, Mass. One-half
express paid to western points.

MONEY MAKERS are the four new
Part. Wyandottes, beautiful piumage; Silver
Penciled or Dark Brahma Wyandottes, beau-
tiful soft gray: Violet Wyandottes, bunch of
violets; Sicily Wyandottes lay at 4 months;
8 first prizes, and 3, 4, 5, 6, prizes, at great Bos-
show’ (902. Half express paid to western
points. C. O. Loring, Dedham, Mass.

ONE DOLLAR buys fifteen eggs from extra
fine stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rock,
W. Wyandottes and R. C. Brown Leghorns.
C. R. Norman, Stromsburg, Neb.

FOR SALE. Three trios oJ W. Plymouth Rock
high scoring‘ prize winning birds scoring from
92 to 95 points, are bred for their great egg

kinds—

production as well as show qualities. Each
trio consists of 3 pullets and one ckl. Price
per trio, 5.00. Eggs 1.00 per fifteen. Mrs. D.

Beerer, Rose Cottage Farm, Box 465, Butler,
Indiana,

P. NEWCOMB, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has the
largest loft of fancy pigeons in the west to se-
lect from, haying all the leading colors in Eng-

lish and Bohemian Pouters, Fantails, Arch-
angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers,

Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows, Magpies,
White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale,

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COOPS.

As we do not all own brooders, it is
time to plan and build coops, that they
may be in readiness when needed. I
usually make my own, as I am pretty
handy (for a woman) with a saw and
At any rate I make a
will turn and

hammer.
that
skunks.

can
coop water, rats

Last year when the carpenters were
building our house I gathered up all
the scraps of rustic, ceiling and floor-
ing; also some pieces of one by four,

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left from the new picket fence. With
these I made some coops in this way:
For the frame I used the picket stuff,
sawing four pieces each three feet in
length, two pieces two feet long, two
inches lolng. For the frame of the
front of the coop I used the two 24-
25 inches, two 17 inches and two 24
inch pieces and two of the 3-foot ones,
laying them in a level place in this
way:

Then I drove the eight penny nails
into each corner, taking care to have
the corners square.

Next I used the two 17-inch and the
other two 38-foot pieces in the same
way for the back, after which I nailed
a 2-foot piece from the bottom of the
back to the bottom of the front and
the 25-inch ones at the top of each
end, and the frame was done.

As some of the scraps of siding were
quite short, I nailed them up and down
at the back and larger ones at the ends,
sawing them to fit the slope at the top.

Six penny nails are large enough for
this purpose.

Across the top of the front I nailed
a 6-inch board, and used 1-inch board
below that for the door.

A small block was nailed on the
frame at each end to hold the door in
place and a button fastened it at the
top. The cover was made of boards
laid double, so there would be no leaks.
The floor was scraps of old boards,
sawed a little longer than the coop
and fastened together by nailing cleats
across the under side, but not nailed
to the coop.

Then when the chicks were out on
nice days, the coops were turned up,
the floor cleaned and allowed to sun
and dry. The floor should not extend
back of the coop far enough to catch
the water from the roof or it will run
into the coop.

I suppose all these details look un-
necessary to the men folks, but per-
haps among the readers of the Inves-
tigator there may be some other wo-
men who have to make their own
coops when the men folks are too busy.
These measurements make large
coops, but as I always give a good
many chicks to each hen and keep
them housed in bad weather, they need
lots of room.

It is well to have a door of screen
or lath to use during the day time, or
warm nights. The 3-footstrips should
be on the outside of the coop at both
the front and back, to nail the siding
Boxes that have good, tight bot-
toms may be turned up side down and
doors cut in one end and_ used for
coops, but should always have tight
floors. This keeps rats and skunks
from digging under and keeps the

to.

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BUSINESS CATCHERS

A REE RRR RR RE RRR RRR

FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In-
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games,
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams.
Olay Center, Nebr.

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCK Cockerels from
tirst prize cock; very promising. Write for
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Elgin, Ill

J. W. WHLTNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
Judge. all Vurieties Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.

FREE, GAMES, Eggs $1.00 per 13,

Circular,
Heathwoods. Irish and_ Mexican

Grays,

Tornadoes, Lrish Blks, Reds, Cornish In-
dians. $2.00. Fowls all times, C, D, Smith,
Fort Plain, N.Y.

DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand-

ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and eggs
1.50 per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
Nebraska.

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for
sule. Eggs $5.00 per 100. $1.00 per 13. My
stock is first class and have won in show
room. J.P, Schroeder, Llay Center, Neb.

ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs. Buff
and Brown Legborns, Buff Rocks, White
Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian. Won
26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da-
kota state fair. Hggs for hatching, $1.00
and up. Circulars free. H. P, Larson,
Beresford, 8, D.

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Ihavea few good hens
and pullets forsalecheap. Mrs. Alice Ailen,
Clay Center, Nebraska.

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks und
Light Brahmas, $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs.
Write wants. John H. Rownd, Downs. Kas.

ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan-
dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season,
15, $1; 39. #2. Duck eggs #1 per ll. J. W.
Cook, Poneto, Ind.

MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
Ducks, Light Brahma and B, Plymouth
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand-
ers, and M, Bronze Toms, at 2 each. Pol-
and China hogs a matter of correspondence
J. D. Grimes, Chambers, Neb,

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKSa specialty. 1
yr old hens and this year’s pullets and
cockerels for sale, Old stock score 92 points
and up to 954%. Write for prices, Geo, N,
Wood, Weldon. Ia.

500 BUFF, BARRED, White Plymouth Rocks,

Light Brahmas, Fine cockerels, hens and

ullets $2 to$3 each. Eggs 15, $1.00, 100, 86.00.
ilton Brown box 94, Middleboro, Mass.

WHITE H: TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score
94% by Russell. for sale. Also eggs from
D. Brahmas. Brown Leghorn. B. Pekin s-
Expert Judge. P.M. vooley Milton, Ia.

WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor
val strains direct. Score 92 to 9 by Judge
Rhodes. Quality and fair treatment guaran-
leed. Best winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per 15.
Belgian hares. Chas. ©. Wilson, Holdrege,
Nebraska.

o.K S.L.WYANDOTTES are all right
Eggs $1.00 per 15 or $00 per 100. W, T. Can
aday, Dover, Lee cOunty, Iowa.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively

Eygs $400 fr 100, $1.00 for 15. Adam A
Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.

EGGS from standard bred White and S. L. Wy-
andottes and Light Brahmas, $1.50 per setting.
C, Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb.

WHITE WYANDOTTES, pure white and as
good as the best. Eggs $1.50 per 15, $250 for

30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray. Clay
Genter, Nebr.
CORNISA INDIANS a specialty. Winners

wherever shown. Scored by Russell, Hews.
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first claSs
birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. L.
Bannson, Sarcoxie; Mo.

MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe-
kin duck, Large fine specimens for sale at
reasonable prices. Our stock is as good as
money could procure, Mrs, E, I. Mathews,
Morning Sun.lowa

R.C.B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left.
Eggs 1.00 per 15. Also a few Stay White Wy-
andottes. Eggs 100 per 15. C. H. Courter,
Ashley, Ohio.

Mr. Dare

Carl Dare, Oseola, lowa.
has been a breeder of exhibition fowls
for years, and comes well recommend-
ed to us asa poultry judge and is ready
to judge shows or do private scoring.
Parties wanting the services of an ex-
pert will do well to correspond with

Mr. Dare.

chicks dry during rainy weather.
When the floors are separate they
may be scalded and cleaned easily and
there is less danger of vermine finding
a hiding place. JESSTEME,.

POULTRY ASIDE FROM A
SOURCE OF PROFIT.

(By Perwas.)

Aside from their value as_ profit-
bringers, let us consider poultry in its
other phases. First, we look over the
country and see many who are not
breeding fowls for the money alone.
They are not going into the business
for a fortune, but instead they breed
them as a source of recreation from the
dull routine of work of other indus-
tries, and as a way to take their minds
from the cares of business and life, to
something that is a different work and
study. For instance, you are running
a store and perhaps have some spare
time in which you desire something
that will allow the thought of the cares
of the store to pass from your mind
at present. You can then look to poul-
try for a different study.
to come home and care for some fowls.
It is a rest’to read a poultry journal
after reading some of the sensational
stories and articles in the modern daily
papers. It is a rest after a hustling,
busy day, to go to the poultry yard
and watch the beauties as they partake
of their evening meal. It is something
helathful to spend a few hours out of
doors in the fresh air after a day’s con-
finement in the store or office. And
it is a joy to anyone to possess a pen

htisealnest

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of beauties such as we may find in the
yards of any high class breeder. Of
course there is more joy and rest to an
office or merchant
such a flock in the summer, yet there
is pleasure im caring for them in win-
ter.

Also poultry is educational: It al-
lows study and plenty of it. In poul-
try there can be as deep thinking and
careful research

There are

clerk to care for

as much as in most
many different
Opinions at present regarding feed,
hatching, mating, etc. The
differences’ are not great, yet they are
not all exactly the same. This shows
that there is a chance for some deep
thought and study on the subject yet.
Men have been studying and mating
and improving and trying to get per-
fect birds. A perfect bird must score
100 points according to the Standard
of Perfection. No bird has ever
reached that point yet. To anyone
who does not know much about poul-
try it may seem strange that no bird
has ever been produced that would
score 100 points. Yet while there are
some that come very near it, none has
reached it and probably never will.
This is where the greatest part of
the work is when profit is not consid-
ered. It is in producing birds near to
perfection as possible. There is pleas-
ure, joy and hope in watching the
work from the time that you place the
eggs in the incubator or under the
hen, until the eggs have hatched and
the birds grown to maturity. There
is no other source of pleasure and way
of recreation to a business man or of-
fice clerk who cannot leave home nor
spend a large amount of money for it,
that will compare with poultry. Of
course you can raise pigeons and other
pet animals, but yet they do not com-
pare with poultry.; It does not cost
much to start with poultry. And even
if yon don’t care for profit, they will
pay enough to allow you to make
many experiments and even then will
more than pay for their feed and the
time given them.
Poultry is all right for either profit
pleasure, or both.

anything.

houses,

or

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Winning
White Wyandottes.

WE WIN East and
West. Atthe great
Chicago Snow, 1902
in hot competition,
in a class of 64
White Wyandotte
cockerels, the fin-

3 est ever seen, our
birds were given two prizes out of five,
winning the 3d and Sth prizes. We
have 4 pens of high scoring females

headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13.

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.
PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM.

Barred Plymouth Rock.
Comb Brown Leghorn.

Rose

Having disposed of all my sur-
plus stock and mated up my
pens, am prepared to book or-
ders for eggs. Write at once
for prices......

J. H. TROUGH,

Minden, - - - Nebr,

Heavily Feathered, Highly Penciled
PARTRIDGE COCHINS.

Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfaction "cuar-
anteed. Write for particulars.

C.J. Beedle. Holdrege. Neb-

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BUSINESS CATCHERS :
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S.S. HAMBURG eggs 9c. per sitting. From
fine birds that will stand the test in any
show room. Guarantee good hatch or money
refunded. Geo. Dahlenburg, Seymour, Ind.

BARRED P. R. eggs, famous Ringlet strain,
Stock direct from Thompson. R. C. B. Leg.
horn eggs, Schreiber’s strains. Birds scoring
92 to 94 by Heimlich, One setting, 2.00, 2 set-
tings 3.50. Pope & Schwartz, Hillsboro, I11.

BARRED ROCKS exclusively. Eggs from pen
of fine birds hard to beat, 1.50 per setting,
Mrs. Alice Jackson, Champaign, Ill. R. F. D.

KENTUCKY PIT GAMES. Far downs and
Ky. Dominiques. Eggs 2.00 for 15, 3.00 for
30. Cocks 5.00, hens 1.5). Ben Lucas, George-
town, Ky.

W. P. ROCK Eggs from the very best strain
in the country’ Our birds equal to ancestors,
Eggs 1.50 for 15. Write wants and ask for
Novel Egg Folder free. Geo. F. Stanton &
Sons, Hennepin, Ill. Box F

SIX PENS of W. Rocks. Most noted strain on
earth. Our birds score from 91 to 96 by relia-
ble judges. Eggs this season only 1.50 ger 15.
Our elegant egg folder free, Geo. F. Stanton
& Sons, qox F Hennepin, 11.

NO TIME OR MONEY has been spared in se-
lecting our stock of Light Brahmas, Pekin
Ducks and Poland China swine. Eggs per
setting 100. Harry W. Garman, Parkville,
St. Jo. co. Mich,

ORDER AT ONCE. Eggs from my 9434 to 96
point S.C. W. Leghorns and Black Langshans
at 1.25 per setting. 1st premium wherever
shown. Henry Noth, Davenport, Ia.

BARRED ROCKS. 34 (bred 1st( cock, 3d ckl,
Ist and 3d pullets, and Ist pen at Kankakee,
1902. Eggs of such breeding 2.00 per15. Reeve
Holbie, Kankakee, I11.

BUFF ORPINGTONS. Large, healthy, vig-
orous birds. Clean sweep racine show. Eggs
3.00 per setting. R. C. Brown and S.C. W.
Leghorn eggs 1.50 per setting. Louis Mogen-
enson, Racine, Wis.

FRANKS’ BARRED ROCKS. First pen head-
ed by best ckl at Macomb. Score 92%@- 2d pen
by ckl score 91. Shaner, judgg. Eggs 1.50
and 1.00. F. 1. Chambers, Blandinville, 111,

BUFF ORPINGTONS are the coming general
purpose fowl. Cocks 10 to 12 1bs, hens 7 to 9
Ibs. Eggs in season, 1.50 per 15: 3.00 per 30.
Levi N. Schulte, Oregon, Missonst

S.L.WYANDOTTES. Sixteen years a breed-
er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac-
ing: laced wing bar. My strains wins prizes
in the hands of my customers. Eggs 1.50 per

15. F. D. Biair, Georgetown, Ohio.

SNOW WHITE POULTRY FARM. S.C. W.
Leghorns and W. P. Rocks. Eggs from pens
headed by our prize winners at Illinois state
fair,1.50 per 15, 7.00 per 100. W. S. McGraw,
Springfield, 11. R. D. 5.

EGGS $2 per 15 selected W. Wyandottes, scor-
ing 91 to 94, mated with males scoring 91 to 93
Shellabarger. Incubator eggs $4 per 100,
John Old, Woodbine, 111.

MAMMOTH W. H. TURKEY eggs, #2 for for
10. From prize birds at Chicago. S. C, Buff
and Brown Leghorns, Barred Rocks, (Tomp-
son’s) Collie puppies, White Guineas. Wiech
Jackson, Route, 3, South Bend, Ind.

BUFF ROCKS exclusively. Eggs from two

ne pens mated for this season’s breeding, at
$1 for 15 or 1.75 for 30. All stock farm raised.
B. E. Woods, Bluford, [11

WHITE P. ROCK eggs 1. 00 for 15; high scor-
ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. Sat-
a action guaranteed. J. H. Piper, Whitehall,

llinois.

BUFF ROCKS exclusively.
dollar.
or. Above price low for the quality.
Simons, Hamburg, Iowa.

SILVER WYANDOTTES, first and third prize
pen scoring 18734 and 185. Eggs from this fa-
mous stock, $2 per fifteen. Incubator lots
from flock, 6.00 per hundred. Martin Bender,
Winona, Minn,

PEA COMB P. ROCKS, Barred, Buff, White.
Also Rose comb White Face Black Spanish
and Blue and Black Wyandottes. O.G. Van-
hoof, Brazil. Ind.

MAHOMET, POULTRY YARDS. Barred Ps
Rocks exclusively. E. B. Thompson strain.
Eggs 82 per 15; ¢3.50 per 30. Eggs shipped in
Erie baskets. Safe arrival guaranteed.
Frank Purnell, Mahomet, Ill.

PREMIUM STOCK Poultry Yard.
Buff and White Rocks; S.C. W.
Leghorns and Black Minorcas.
15 forSl. Stock for sale.
bondale, 111.

Eggs, 15 for one
Breeding stock good weight and col-
A.A.

Barred,
and Brown
Fertile eggs
A. Starzinger,, Car-

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Gold Medal Diploma awarded the Cyphers Incu ator Co.

Ra a RG era PD

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brooder at the Pan American Exposition October, 1901,

E>

WINTER EGGS AND HOW I GET
THEM.

Editor Poultry Investigator:

At the present time 80 per cent of
my pullets are laying and have been
all through the last four weeks of cold
weather, and still shell out the golden
egg so much prized at this time of the
year. As there is not one farmer, I
will say out of twenty, that his hens
average one dozen eggs each through
the months of December, January and
February, while with the proper feed
and better care the same hens would
average twenty eggs each for each of
the three months, and with very little
extra labor. Most farmers expect the
chickens to rustle their own living and
roost wherever they can, and of course
he doesn’t expect many eggs (and well
he may), for the best of hens could
not lay under these conditions,

Every man or woman has his or her
fancy for a certain breed for winter
layers. My choice is B. P. Rocks. I
do not think they are the only breed,
but I do believe, with what experience
I have had with different breeds, they
are among the best .and my love for
old Biddy extends back to when I was
a boy of twelve years (now a man of
thirty-three years), but I have lots to

\earn yet. Something new comes up
every day. Now as to my feeding for
eggs. At night I scatter oats or wheat

in the scratching shed so they will have
something to do when they leave the
roost. I cut alfalfa hay in length one-

water over it, let stand over night,
pour off water, mix in bran and mid-
dlings. Feed warm every other day.
I mix in with this fresh lean meat, cut
fine, allowing one pound for each 12
fowls. At night I feed whole corn
warm, and often parch it. My main
idea is to keep the hens busy all the
time. Several times during the day I
throw a little wheat or oats in the
leaves to give them something to do,
for a busy hen is sure to lay, while one
that is lazy (caused by being too fat)
will seldom lay. I believe better suc-
cess can be obtained by only having
one breed of chickens on each farm,
and look after that one breed carefully
and never try to overcome but one
fault at one mating. It is slow, but I
believe surer. This is my first letter to
the Investigator and if it doesn’t find
the waste basket before it does the
typesetter, I may write again.
S. E. STOUGHTON.
Burrton, Kan.e

Through an error one of the series

of poultry articles by Dr. B. F. Van
Nuys of Tiffin, Okio, was printed in
our columns of last month. ‘This ar-
ticle was one of a series written by the
Doctor for Farm papers and had been
submitted to the editor personally with
no intention of publication in the In-
vestigator, We regret the circum-
stances but are pleased to state that
later on the Doctor has agreed to con-
tribute a series of articles for our read-

fourth of an inch long, pour boiling | ers.

on its iucubator and

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Light Brahmas, owned by Chas. M. Palmer, Nassua, N. Y.

HOME-MADE BROODERS.

Many. people buy an incubator, but
make a brooder themselves. They
realize that a incubator
would not pay, so they prefer to buy
one, but when it comes to the brooder,
they try to make one that will. serve
and be much cheaper than to buy one
of a manufacturer. It will be cheaper.
You can make a sort of a brooder for
almost nothing, but it will not be of
much value after you do get it. Now,
in the first place, to be of practical
value a brooder must be such that the
chicks will live and thrive in it. All
home-made brooders will not do this.
Very few of them do it as well as a
good one made by some reliable man-
ulacturer, Of course, you may make
just as good a brooder as any manu-
facturer if you put enough work and
proper material in it. But in that case
it will cost as much or even more than
a ready-made one would, unless your
time is not occupied with something
else and you do all the work yourself.

A brooder is as important to be
well made as is an incubator. An in-
cubator must be well made and run
properly or it will not hatch the chicks.
So a brooder must be the same or it
will not raise the chicks. You may
say that it is easy enough to raise the
chicks after théy are hatched, but that
it is hard to hatch them. You may
be able to raise some without much
care, but most likely they will not be
strong when developed and never get
full size nor be worth half as much
as those that were well taken care of.
Stich you would be able to raise in a
worthless brooder.

In a good brooder you would stand

home-made

more chances of raising as good birds
In a brooder that
would be kept at an even temperature,
admit plenty of sunlight and air, it
would be possible to valuable
birds, providing other necessities were
supplied, such as proper feed, water
and grit, together with cleanliness, etc.
A good many

as was possible.

raise

brooders
are never as easily managed as a

home-made
re-
liable factory-made one. If you have
plenty of time to spare and a good
plan it may pay you to make a brood-
But if you have not got plenty of
time and no good plan, do not try to
make a

er,
brooder unless merely
want to experiment. A properly con-
structed home-made will do
well enough, but guaranteed brooders

you
brooder

can be purchased of reliable manufac-
turers so cheap that it does not pay
to trust to A good
brooder is necessary. You need one
if you intend to raise any amount ol
chicks. Hens will take care of a few
chicks, and if you are raising only a
very few, perhaps the hens will be all
that you need. If you are raising more
than a few, then a good, trusty incu-
bator and a capable brooder are neces-
sary. Percy W. Shepard.)

untried ones.

TO BREAK HENS OF SETTING.

There is no excuse for the cruelty
practiced by some people to break a
hen of setting. Simply place her in a
good coop and feed and water her
well for three days and nights, and not
ore in a hundred will go back to the
nest.

They should be turned out in the
morning without their breakfast and

they will go right to work. JESSIE L

Bronze Turkeys

19
Eggs.
3uff Wyandottes, B.
Cochin Bantams.

Yards contain Bos-

ton, Kansas City
and Topeka prize

winners and high
Prices reasonable.

scoring birds.

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb.

White Wyandottes.

First and second premiums at Min-
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 !0 21.
Eggs from birds scoring 93 to 95%
$1.00 per setting. Special price on
large lots for next 30 days.

W. H. Swartz, Minneapolis, Kansas.

High Hill. . .

an pussies

Poultry Yards
eeu
Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks.
Turkeys are bred from prize winners
and are winners, making almost clean
sweep wherever shown. Young Toms
$5 each; Pullets, $2.50 to $3 00 each. My
tocks are noted for shape and orange
colored legs, 90 point Corkerels, $2.50

each; 91 to 9244 point Cockerels $3.00;
each Pullet not scored, $1.00 each.

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo.

CROWELL’S
Buff Orpingtons.
Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st
and 2d, pullets Ist, 2d. 3d, 4th and 5.
Hens Ist, and 2d. Ist Pen. Eggs,
$3.00 per 15, $5.00 per 30. Two trios
Indian Runner Ducks at $5.00 per

trio. Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed.

F, A. Crowell, Granger, Minn,

Silver Lace Wyandottes
White Wyandottes :: :
Buff Leghorns
Pekin Ducks...

All first class stock. Eggs for sale.
MRS. W. E. TIBBITS,
Imperial, Neb.

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—For Hatchine.—

Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is
What you want. Try mine this year.
$1.50 for 15, $2.50 for 30, $3.00 for 45.

A.B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb.

eee

Butt Orpingtons

We keep nothing but the
choicest stock. Eggs for
sale. Write for prices.

ww a

NV
C, E. BROWNING,
Fairbury, Nebr.

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; BUSINESS CATCHERS.
Ser Ae RRR RR EE Ee

“MODOCS”, *Snowballs,” **Red Cubans” and

“McGinty Warriors,” bred to fight for my own
Illustrated circulars with rules of the
E. H. MaCoy, Paw Paw, Mich.

B. WYANDOTTES, Piser strain. Good lay-
ers, good market fowl, just the right size and
a good every day color. Eggs trom fine
birds, $1 per setting. Breeders for sale. H.
F. Yarnall, Pottstown. Pa.

B.C. BANTAM eggs from selected high high
scoring stock, A few good cockerels and
pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W. J.

EC Gow, Norfolk, Neb.

FOR SALE. Eggs at $2 for 15 from Black
Langshans and Light Brahmas that are bred
and mated right. I exhibited my Langshans
at Indianapolis “Fanciers? Association Show,
1901,” winning American Langshan Club cup
in hot competition. H. J. Rader, La Fayette,
Indiana. :

S.C. W. LEGHORNS eggs from pen of birds
of the Wyckoff strain scoring 93!5, 924, 92, 91,
904 at $1.00 per 15, 55 per 100, Satisfaction
guaranteed. M,C. Sherman, Delavan, Wis-

JFRSEY STRAIN Light Brahmas, winners at
the big eastern shows. Illustrated circulars
free. Eggs $3. Fine breeding cockerels, $3

O money.
pit free.

up. F. R. Meller, 68 Freeman St. New-
ark. N. J.
BARRED ROCK EGGS for hatching. E. B.

Thompson’s Ringlet strain; 1561.
erts, Franklin, I11.

SILVER Gape worm extractors, unequaled, 3
for 25c’ Big profits to agents. Samples and
particulars l0c. Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis-
ville, Bucks Co. Pa.

ALL STANDARD Varieties, “new and old”
prize poultry, pigeons, hares, collies, Angora
cats, ferrets and supplies. Stock cheap. Eggs
$1 per 20. Catalogue free. John D. Souder,
Telford, Pa.

BUFF LEGHORNS that are buff to the skin.
Eggs from this great laying strain, $1 per 15.
G. Fischer, Elkhorn, Wis.

S.C, B. LEGHORN eggs, 30 for $1.50; 100 for $3-
50. W. Plymouth Rock eggs, 15 for$l. A. H.
Carlson, Chanute, Route, 2, Kansas.

ROSE and Single Comb White Leghorn eggs,
15 for $1; 26 for $1.50, 50 fors2.50, 100 for $4.00.

Lewis Rob-

Good stock. I bred them since 1892. Joseph
Kappes, jr. Ashton. Iowa.
BARRED P. ROCKS exclusively. Thompson

& Hawkin’s strain strain, 12 years with this
variety. Score 91 to 9445. Eygs $1 per 15; $4
per LOK Jper50. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Mrs. Re ie Hendrickson, Marion, Il].

JOHN R. GARBER, Billings, Mo. Breeder of
fine poultry. For May and June will pay ex-
press on eggs and deliver to your express of-

ce, White Holland Turkey eggs, 10 for $3.
Golden Wyandottes S. C. B. Leghorns, Barred
and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea
eggs 15 for $2. All are pure stock, Remember
express prepaid anywhere in U.S. Mention
Investigator.

ANGORA CATS. squirrels, ferrets, chip-
monks, cavies, white rats and mice, Belgian
hares, song birds, sixty varieties of poultry,
pigeons, turkeys, geese, 84 page catalogue, 10c.
A.H. Nyce, Verufield, Pa.

EGGS from White and Black Minoreas, Buff
Leghorns, Barred Rocks $1 for 15. One good
hen, four pullets and one cockerel, not related
for sale after May 1. Price of the six, $10.
Also pen of White Minorcas for sale cheap if
taken soon. A. A. Bair, Neptune, O.

HOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith,
Osceola, Ia. Large dark laying strain. Eggs
from special mated pen all winners $2 per 15

$3.50 for 30. Order now. Good hatch guaran-
teed,

EGGS from Buff Orpingtons of high class
Cook’s and Edward’s strains) $2.50 per setting,
also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Maj-
or,, 2119 7th street, Port Huron, Mich, A

INDIAN RUNNER ducks. Regular egg ma-
chines. Eggs balance of season $1.50 per set-
ting or $2 per 20, Pine Brook Poultry Farm,
Napoleon, Ohio. .

BUFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best,
picked from 250 carefully bred Buffs, none bet-
te Eggs $1.50 per 13. Herbert S. Redhead,
1757 Brooks st, Des Moines, Iowa.

ARE YOU LOOKING for eggs that will hatch
S.C. B. Leghorns. Place your order with Ed-
win W. Staebler, 36 Tremont st Cleveland O.,
Eggs $1.50 per 15. Winners of 3d ck, 3d and 5,
pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4th on the list
of great shows.

BIG MONEY for agents selling our Fumiga-
ting nestegg. Pollard & Couthway, Bloom-
ington, Il,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

THE BUFF LEGHORN.

My experience with poultry has been
short, ranging back only a few months.
But, though just a beginner, I believe
I have made a very wise choice in the
selection of a breed, it being the Buff
Leghorn. What breed is there so hand-
some, so full of life, as the noble, indus-
trious Buff Leghorn, with its pure gold-
en color, its spry, alert motions? Not
only is the Buff Leghorn nice looking,
but when it comes to filling the egg bas-
ket they are right in it. To show this
I will give you a little bit of my expe-
rience with them.

I would say right here that I have
not much time to tend to them, as I am
away from home from 7 o’clock in the
morning till 6 at night, part of the time,
but most of the time I am at home at
noon. In the morning I feel screen-
ings, for which I paid 5 cents a sack;
sometimes corn, and eery two or three
days I give a mash of bran, with just
enough water to make it crumbly. At
noon they get screenings or corn, and
sometimes mash. I do not feed them
at night, as I am seldom at home in
time, that is, gefore they go to roost.
I seldom feed any green food, for I
have none to feed. And yet from a pen
of four females I often get three eggs
per day. Right in the coldest weather,
when the mercury was away below zero,
I would often get two or three eggs
per day.

Now, as to size. Some people think
the Buff Leghorns arne’t large enough
to eat. Well, that’s all right to think
so, but I think that a hen which will
weigh up to six pounds is all right to
eat. And there are many Buff Leg-
horns which will weigh between five
and six pounds, and the cocks will of
course weigh more.

Taking it all together, I think the
Buff Leghorn is among the best gen-
eral purpose fowls of today. I suppose
I have written about enough for today,
and if this article is good enough for
the columns of the Poultry Investigator
maybe I will write again.

Success to the Investigator and Buff
Leghorns are my best wishes.

G. PAULPITT.

Watertown, S. D.

All good ones and lots of them; more
than I can use. Eggs for hatching
from my prize winnets and scored
stock at $1.00 per 13 during May and
June. Ida E. Bard, Imperial, Neb.

Red Spar Grit.

This is something New in Poultry
Grits—is hard and sharp. Blocks in-
stead of flakes. Guaranteed to please.
We like it best of all grits. Price 1%
cents per pound f.o. b. Clay Center
Nebr. Sure Hatch Incubater Co,

The poultrymen of Pontias and vi-
cinity held a meeting March 8th and
organized the Livingston County Poul-
try and Pet Stock Association, with the
following officers: President, J. R.
Iughton; vice-president,; C. M. Rice;
secretary and treasurer, Harry Herbert;
Board of Directors, W. L. Talbott, A.
T. McClanahan, Ed. Damon, F. E.
Righton, G. B. Eggert and L. L. Crum.

The first show of this association will
be held Dec. 22, 28 and 24, 1902. D. T.
Heimlich, judge. They expect to make
it one of the leading shows of the com-
ing season.

HARRY HERBERT, Secretary,
Box 344, Pontiac, [Il.

HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas and B.
P. Rocks at Nunda, 15 prizes including 7 Ists
with 16 entries. Circulars free. W.C. Hill,
113 Adams st. Yards 10,001 S. Wood st, Chi-
cago, Ill.

S.C. BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en-
tries in class of 60. I have been winner Ist, ck
2d ckl, ist, 2d and 3d pulletand Ist pen. Eggs
$1.50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. Edw.
Pietsch, Elsberry, Mo.

BUFF ORPINGTONS—WYANMOTTES. R,
I. Reds and [ndian Runner Ducks. Winners
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
Tudge. Port Huron, Michigan.

POULTRYMEN

Your stationery
won’t look well

unless neatly. I do it
it is PRINTE well and use good
cuts. Send for samples and prices.

N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.
ORPINGTONS
Buf LEGHORNS

and Brown Leghorns

Young or old stock, first Class birds cheap

Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time
M. & F. HKRMAN,

Bx 178. Hinsdale, CLL

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B. P. Rocks.

Descendants from winners. Eggs
$1.00 per 15, $5.00 per 120. Toulouse

Geese eggs 50c per 9. Satisfaction

insured.

Ludwig Uehling, R, R.1. Hooper, Neb

The Best

BUFF WYANDOTTES in the world
are t» be found at Shushan N. Y.
Ihave some of them. Forry of this
years breeders fcr sale at $2.00 each.
Eggs balance of season $1 per 15.

J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y.
I will sell my B.

After May 10th B2'R “recding

Stock at very low tigures. These birds
have brought me pul ets that scored
90, 92% and 93. All these birds will be
asI represent them. Eggs after the
10th of May will be $2.00 per 15, or
three settings for $5.00.

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la.

BRIGEL’S Celebrated Strains

Barred Mates scoring as high as 94% and
Rocks. females as high as 94% under such

judges as Bridge. Lane, Jones, have

won Ist prizes at such shows as the

rece Columbus show. Newark. and the Ohio

tate Exposition. Stock forsale at all times.
Eggs $2.50 per 15, the kind that win.

F. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio.

FOR SALE! Light Brahmas,

Felch Strain. Nonebetter. Eggs
from stock scoring 92 to 93%,
$1.50 per 15. White Wyan-

dotte eggs $1.25 per 15.
Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb

White Plymouth Rocks,

Scored by Rhodes from 92% to 94.
Owens & Canfield’s strain, ‘Stay
White.”? Eggs $1.50 per 15.

Wm. Randolph,

Lawrence, Kansas. R. D. No. 1.

Pure Bred Poultry.
DARK BRAHMAS
SILVER WYANDOTTES
BUFF WYANDOTTES

Stock and eggs for sale. Write.

M. D. KING, Minden, Neb.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194
FOR PAST B. P. Rocksin class at Red
SIX YEARS Oak, Ia., won 1st Cock, 1st
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
At Osceola, Ia., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st
Cockerel, 1st Pullet, lst Hen, lst Pen.
Eggs $2.50 per 15,

H. R. McLean,
Osceola,

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Well Pleased with Results.

A. P. Rogers, Bowling Green, Mo.,
a breeder of B. P. Rocks, says: ‘‘We
have sold all the stock we could possi-
bly spare and could have sold more if
we had had it.
May.”’

Enclosed is copy for

H. P. Larson, Beresford, Ill., breed-
of 6 varieties of pou.try, says: ‘lam
getting all the orders I can fill. Con-
tinue my ad,and hope it willdo me

still more good.”’

ttf

Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kamsas, a
White Wyandotte breeder says: “Tam
receiving lots of orders for eggs from
my ad in your paper. Continue it up

to July.” ttt

W. J. Gow, Norfolk, Neb., writes: “‘I
have sold all my surplus stock at good
I

prices. Continue my ad in May.

am well pleased.”

FROM THEODORE

HEWES.

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17, 1902.
Mr. W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood,

Mo.

Dear Sir:—It is certainly a pleasure
to write you in regard to your Rete
fect Chick Feed.” For the past year
and a half I have used and handled it
myself, both in the yards and show
room, where we were hatching young
chicks, and have sold it to hundreds of
people, but have never yet heard one
complaint. Our experience has been
in making hatches at the shows where
we have fed from four to five hundred
young chicks for’a week at a time on
this feed, that they start off and grow
and seem to thrive, and are always
healthy. It does not seem possible that
any one can ever make a better feed

LETTER

| or one cheaper, considering the growth

it makes and the healthy condition of
the chicks while growing.

Wishing you success and trusting this
year’s busines will double that of any
previous year, and assuring you that
we feel that our goods warrant it, and
with kind regards, I am,

Yours very truly,

THEO. HEWES.

The sixth annual show of the North
Missouri Poultry Association will be
held in Kirksville, Mo., December 2,
8, 4, 5 and 6, 1902. W. S. Russell,
Judge.

F. M. BUCKINGHAM, Sec.

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Black Langshans.

I won Ist pen, 1st pullet, 1st, 2d and
3d ckl, 1st ck, Ist, hen and 2 sweep-
stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED
P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and
3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes,
at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln
Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100
$$1.50 per 15. B. P. Rock‘ $2, per 15.

J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neb.

White! Wonders!

The Farmdrs and Poultryman’s mon-
ey makers. The best combination
fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2.00
per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Dr. I.C. Stephens & Co.

Nebr.

Carleton,

White Rocks Exclusively!

Two pens mated for this year’s
breeding, scoring from 904% to 94%.
At Tabor Poultry Show won Ist, 2d,
ckl, Ist, 2d, 3d, pullet, Ist. pen; ev-
ery premium entered for; Russel,

Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. 380 for
$3.50, 50 for $5.00.

W.H. Utterback, Hillsdale, lowa

CECE CCC

Black Mitiorcas.

No. 1 stock, up to weight and
the best of color. Eggs $2 per
13. No stock for sale.

8 Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb.
ee

EUREKA POULTRY PLACE.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of
the Stay White kind. No straw col-
or or flies on us. Nothing too good
for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per 15.
Address

L. G. French,

Deep River, Iowa.

Taylor’s Otoe White css

Plymouth Rocks are prize win-
| ners at Red Oak, Ia., and Lin-
Eggs
Write

coln Scere 92 to 96 points.
5,10 and 15 cents each.
for particulars.

CE Taylor, Nebraska City, Neb.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS,
(Exclusively.)

Farm Range. - o Good Stock
Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100.

$1.00 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.

the same old way
when our new plan
beats it 10 times,

wee Tsie

DON’T SET HENS

100 Ege Hatehe:

test’ls. 5000 agents warved for 190%
profits. Catalog and 10e Eeg Form ;

Natural Hen ircubator Co., B Il, (oluiutun, ve

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BLACK PRINCE

A Black Langshan

owned by John Hettich, Bowling
Green, Mo. Score 95'%.
GREEN FOOD FOR POULTRY.

When planting for spring crops be

sure to provide for the poultry. If
they are yarded they will not need
green feed all summer, and whether

they are or not they will need plenty
of it during the long winter months.
A small patch of millet will raise a
lot of chicks next year and is fine feed,
too. ducks, and tur-
keys fond vegetables

Chickens, geese
all of
and keep in better health than when

are very
kept on a diet of grain alone.
We

ver

Dan-
pump-
smail

grow lots ofmangel beets,
turnips,
the

potatoes and cull onions for the poul-

carrots, cabbage,

kins and squashes and save

try. If one has a cutter vegetables
may be fed raw, or may be sliced and
cooked.

If your garden space is limited, the

pumpkins and squashes may be grown

in the corners or along the fence, and

the cabbage plants set where hills of
corn or potatoes are missing; also
where early lettuce, radishes and peas
have grown.

To provide green summer feed for
yarded fowls sow kale, lettuce, spin-
ach, etc. You will be surprised to see

how quick young chicks will eat greens

and they should have them, too. It
is well to sow some rye in the fall,
where the poultry can run on it during
winter JESSIE wie:
We carelessly left out the ad of C. R.
Norman, of Stromsburg, Nebr. He
breeds B. P. Rocks, Buff Rocks, R. C.
W. Leghorns, and White Wyandottes.

His stock is good. Those wishing eggs
will do well to correspond with him.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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am, State foun Amon “White
Wer | Wyandottes.
a

Buff Orpingtons.

exhibited at four shows, 1900-
1901. Won 39 regular premiums.
Eggs and stock in season. Sat-
isfaction assured.

G.B. CLARY Fairbury, Nebr.
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ing from 90
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$1.50 per 15;
$2.75 per 30,

this season

‘ Exclusively

r) only. Some

) good Ckls. for sale with score
( cards by Ben S. Myers.
‘ All Stock Farm Raised.

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.,
Rock Port, - - Missouri

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Rose Comb White Leghorns!

Made a clean sweep at Mitchell
winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds,
and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92
At three shows in last two years
won II firsts, 6 seconds,‘ 6 thirds
and specials, Coc:erels for sale.
Eggs $1.50 per setting

J.F.Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. Dakota
—Vice-President State Association,—

Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes.

Eggs from the four best breeds in the
country, at $1.25 per setting for next
30 days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons
and B. P. Rockegg in100lots. Afew
trios of B. Orpingtons for sale.

KING & KING, EalPBay Neb.

Just a Moment Please!

Now is the time to book your orders

and WM. KERSENBROCK has
prize winning birds of Barred and Buff
P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins,
Silver Laced and White Wyandottes
and Cornish I. Games.

Wm J Kersenbrock,
Buff

Bul Pekin Bantams

—As Good as the Land ‘can Afford—
—Egegs $3,00 per 13.—

A. J. WILLIAMS,
Clay Pemer, Nebr.

Columbus, Neb.

Black

Black Langshans.. A ie

Of 30 of my prize-winning Black Lang-
shans entered at State Fairand Neb.
State Show the past 2 years, I won
25 Ist, 3 2d, and 12d. Eggs $2.00 for
15, $3.59'£ 130:

JA Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr.

White Leghorns.

Fggs from flock $3.00 per 450. $5.00 per 100;
from choice watings. 81.50 per 13. $250 per 26.
Oan fill no more orders for over 100 egg lots.
Scottish Terrier puppies $3.00 and $5.00

PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,
R. R. French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.

| STOPI

EGGS

ae ee |48- KOSE and SINGLE, “ea
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My aim Rhode Island Reds, Buff Leg-

fertile egg. horns. Winners wherever shown,

hardy Only strong robust stock in my

pens and you will not regret it if

you send your order for eggs to
Eric Aurelius,

Perry, e co. Ohio

duck, bred
to win best |
to lay. |

[If you want .

Belgian Hares
Call on or write to
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
Old Orchard, Mo.
Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,

WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr.

100 Hares to choose from.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
EXCLUSIVELY,

Drop me a postal card today asking for
description of matings and price of
eggs for hatching.

W. S. RUSSELL,

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Eggs for hatching from White Poultry.
Wy’ds $1.50 ver 15, $4.00 per 50.
Cochins, $1-50 per 15.

I. Games, $2.00 per 15.
Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16.
H. turkeys from stock weighing
18 to 35 lbs, as fine as any in
the west, $2.00 per 12.
W. Embden eggs from extra large
stock, $2.50 per 11.
W. P. Rock eggs from birds scoring
934 to 95%, $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per 50.
Eggs for incubators from stock scor-
ing 90 to 93, $5.00 per 100. Stock for
sale at all times.

White Plume Poultry Yards.

Mr, and Mrs. H. E, CLARK,
Dallas Ceuter,

Buff Orpingtons ana Cochfns.
eet Taponitions, oY
I won more premiums than
any other two exhibitors at
the Nebraska State Show,
I901. Before buying any-

thing write me—it will be a
pleasure to give you prices.

Ida J. Buehler,

lowa,

Kenesaw,
Nebraska.

RINGLET B, ROCKS

The Kind that' Win. We Double Mate.

Ben Hur, tst cockerel at Lincoln
Show 1902, at head of our cocker-
el breeding pen. No females in
our pullet breeding pen scoring
less than go, mated to extra choice
pullet breeders.§ Stock all sold,
eggs reasonable. Write for prices.

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb.

Brown’s Roup Remedy.

For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won-
derful antiseptic, soothing and heal-
ing, reliable safe remedy for roup,
cankered mouth, chicken pock and
cholera. Invaluable for horses and
cattle. Quickly heals galls and pre-
vents and removes proud flesh. Price
35c per package. Sole proprietorand
manufacturer. Agents wanted in

all the principal cities of the U.S.

Robert Brown. Port Richmond
Richmond Borough, N. Y.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
PRAIRIE STATE PROGRESS.

Among the first incubator advertis-
ers of which we had any knowledge
was the Prairie State Incubator Com-
of Homer City,

pany, Pennsylvania.

We can very well remember that an
incubator then was much of a curios-

ity, and that the claims of its utility

and general good qualities were re-

garded by many people as being vis-

ionary, exorbitant, and, indeed, im-

possible. We have lived to see a very

marked change in the sentiment of

the public. so that today the incubator

is regarded as not only being an ad-
junct, but a positive necessity for all
those people who desire to make the
growing of poultry success. Through
all Prairie State In-
cubator has stood out with special
prominence, and has had, by the su-
periority of its work, perhaps more to
do with the changing of this sentimeni
than any other element. Under these
conditions there could be but one re-
sult, and that leads us to complete
faith in the claims of the Prairie
State people when they assure us that
they have at Homer City the largest
and most complete exclusive incubat-
or factory in the world.

If anything were needed to further
strengthen public faith in the Prairie
State it might be found in the fact
that in keenest competition in this and
other countries it has won 342 premi-
ums, awards and medals. These things
do not occur to machines of any kind
without merit. The $15,000.00 cata-
logue put out by the Prairie State
people this season is undeniably the
finest, most elegant and comprehen-
sive work of its kind ever issued, de-
voted to the poultry subject. The
Prairie State Incubator Company
selling more machines today than at
any time in its history, and they are
very frank in attributing these im-
proved conditions to their new cata-
logue. This applies to their foreiga
trade as well, which is very large and
rapidly increasing. Within the past
few days they shipped an order of 209
Prairie State machines to England.
They have just booked an order for
1,000 machines to be shipped to far-off
New Zealand. The “Prairie State”
was awarded first premium at the
International and Crystal Palace
Shows, London, England, this winter.
They were also awarded first premi-
um at the Grand International Show,
Brussels, February 22, 23 and 24.
Space will not permit of our enlarg-
ing upon the merits of these excellent
machines. Let our readers write at
once for the catalogue.

these years the

is

These are white, fine Wyandotte shape
and heavy winter layers. Score 92
to 95 by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb.
State Show winners, $2.00 for 15.
Fair treatment insured. Eggs at

reduced prices balance of season.

CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb.

Why we ask $5.00 for 13. Barred Rock Eggs.

Because the foundation stock was
costly; $50 for cock and $10 for hen.
Because we keep up to standard re-
quirements: because it takes abontt: on
birds for us to mate up a pen of, °
when culled out; because we date ee
ery egg the day itis laid so you can
see how fresh eggs you get; because
we send you more than you order and
pay back casn of 50 cents each for ev-
ery infertile egg short of ten fertile
ones out of each setting; because this
insures you hatch of thoroughbred
best eastern stock we can procure. If
anybody treats you fairer, let us know.

Finally—we started right—why
shouldn’t you?

PARTINGTON. Northboro, Mass.

White Wyandottes Exclusively.

Score 93 to 95} points by Larson and
Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.00
perls. Stock is strictly white.

N. B. Carver, - -« Hampton, Neb.

Choice Eggs
For hatching from
fine B. P. Rocks
and big Buff Coch-
ins. Eggs $1.50
per setting from
healthy stock.

IDA M. KESLER,
Woburn, Ill.

Silver Wyandotte and
White Langshan

Eggs $1.50 per (5.
Guaranteed to hatch.

A. E. GRIMES,

Decatur, - - Ohio.
You kuow LAMB. the Leghorn man?
He ain’t so mz nly yOu may say,
But his hens win prizes as well as lay
And that is the kind of hens that pay. J!7]

Single Comb Brown Leghorn eggs
Are half price after May.

W. A. Lamb, Manhattan ,: Kan.

9;000 catacocue. FREE!

a It is <i arival, Giveslowest prices of fowls and

‘on

” dreds of pl. eee ee 15 best house pl Treat-
iteeel 3S Te Bend 102, fanpoaiea

. R. crates Jr. & Co., Box100,Delavan, Wis,

24

ot El % re ee phels AR
N throughout the west.

Have always won high.
est honors at Great st. Louis Fair and
Poultry Show; also in the hands of my
customers. A few elegant Buff Rox at
half real value.

OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo

Have you seen It?

The Fanciers’ World

America’s leading publication for fanciers.
Special departments for dogs. cats. vizeons,

hures. poultry. etc. 32 puges. Profusely
illustrated. Per year,50cenuts. Sampiecopy
free.

The Fanciers’ World
F. M. Simmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, Ill.

Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods?

Make your Own! | can send you formu-
lus for all kinus of stock and poultry
foods, Here are afew; Chick food 35c;
egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder,
45c; stock condition powder, 35c; hog con-
dition powder, 380c, Write for others,

A. W. Collins,
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, Ia,

Black Langshans

Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi-
cation: up to stundard weight; winners at

Olay County Show. Prices reasonable, Eggs
$1-00 per 15, $5 00 per 100.
address,

MRS. N. W, JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb.

“Twenty-FiveYearsin tha Poultry Yard.”

A perfect Manual for Success.
Gives symptoms and remedies
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup,
Hog and Poultry cholera. 108
pages. Price 25 cents.

A. H, LANG. Covedale, Ky,
i We have imported aa

Oh Yes! ricrt Reds, R. C. Mi-

norcas, Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rock,

Anconias, Lt. Brahmas, Pekin and
Cayuga ducks. Eggs $1.50 per 15.

Duck eggs $1.00 per 12. One setting
free to best customer. Stock for sale.
5 R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for
sale cheap.

P.G. Shelby, Florin, Pa. box A.

White Wyandottes

No better Stock
~_Raisca.

I never have failed to win in
largest shows. Birds score from
90 to 95%.

C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Nebraska State Poultry
Association

of the
February

Abstract of the proceedings
board of managers of the
meeting held at Lincoln:

All the members were
cept Mr. Irvin.

present ex-

The secretary read the written propo-
sitions of the eleven judges, and on
motion the propositions of Judges’
Russell, Rhodes, Larson ang Carruth
were accepted..

C. M. Lewelling was elected as super-
intendent.
bills from the last
show were presented properly audited
and allowed. The guarantee
bond furnished by the treasurer was
formally approved.

Several small

were

The secretary presented the formal
proposition of the Auditorium associa-
tion, tendering the free use of the
Auditorium warmed and lighted, for
the next show. Also the proposition ot
the Commercial Club, tendering the
use of their parlors for the annual
convention and business meetings.
3y motion both propositions were ac-
cepted and the show formally fixed for
Lincoln, Neb., at the time fixed by
statute, viz. January 19th to 24th, 1903.

The proposition to reduce the en-
trance fees from 25 cents to 10 cents
was formally discussed, but action
thereon was deferred until the semi-
annual meeting. The board also dis-
cussed the question of allowing exhi-
bitors of any class by vote to decide
how they would have that particular
class scored, by comparison or score
card. Action on this was also de-
ferred until the semi-annual meeting.
The matter of printing advertisements
in the premium lists was also presented
and formall discussed, but action was

deferred until the semi-annual meet-
ing,
In case any of the judges elected

failed to accept the term of our board,
that Adam Thompson be selected to
fill the vacancy.

The secretary was instructed to pro-
test in writing to the board of man-
agers of the Kansas City show against
the holding of their show upon the
same date as ours, and that he respect-
fully ask them to change the date of
as our date

their show, is fixed by

statute.

Resolutions of thanks were adopted
thanking the Auditorium Association,
Commercial Club, Telephone Co., and
the railroads for the many courtesies
extended.

LUTHER P. LUDDEN,

Secretary.

This is for You!

Owing to my judgirg engagements
for season of 5192-8. will 1 ot be able
toshow my birds and will hereby
reduce th» price of eggs trom $3 00
to $200 per 15. I have s. C, Brown
Legho ns. Black Leghorns. Barred
Plymouth socks, (Violet Strain )

David Larson, Wahoo, Nebr,

It’s Up To You

To get 5,000 new subscribers. We
will send the Fanciers’ Guide, an up-

todate Poultry and Hare paper 6
months for only 10 cents- Special
ad rates to P. readers. 1 inch 3

months for1 dollar. 30 words breeder
notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now
in egg season.

Fanciers’ Guide, Montpelier, Indiana.

R. C. and §. C. B. ORPINGTONS.,
ween

Won firsts at Lincoln,
Red Oak and Osceola,

Eggs for Sale.

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. lowa.

E S $1.50 per setting, from my
gs prize winners at Kansas and
Nebraska State Poultry Shows 1901
and 1902. Partridge Cochins, Buff
Cochins, S. S. Hamburgs, Barred
Plymouth Rock ard Light Brahmass
Write for winnings.

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.

0, MO. HUN. DRO.

Breeder of Prize-Winn ng

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock for sale at all times,

E.B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.
Barred P. Rock

Exclusively farm raised. Stock sold.
Eggs from ch ice matings, $1.50 per
15 for balance of season. All breed-
ing stock scored 90 to 92%. Look
for fine stock n xt year. Send your
orders early and secure your choice.

Mrs. A- P. Rodgers,

Bowling Green,

Eggs in season,

IT BEATS ALL.

The Natural Hen Incubator beats the
old way of setting hens ten times over.
100 egg hatcher costs only $2. 94,000sold
principally by agents. We want 5,000 active
men and women agents for the new season. Spectal
terms with you—a large margin of profit. 10c egg
formula and catalogue sent free, if you write to-
day. Territory may gone tomorrow.

NATURAL HEN INCUBATOR CO.,B 11, COLUMBUS, NEB,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Always ‘lake
THE Kansas City & Omaha Line

For All Points

East, South and West.

Close connections made at all junctions. For rates

and information, call on or address

S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt.
St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr.,

The “Perfect” Hatcher

nes”200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00.
j ee Hatcher, $6; Brooder, $5.
p: sesBarred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs, None Finer.

Testiwonialsiand Iliustrated circular 2c,
J.A. CHELTON, Fairmount."Md.

Our Leader B. P. Rocks.
30 eggs, $2.00, from stock seoring 89 to 91.
ing 91 t6.92%. Single settings $1.50 to $2.00 each. Buff Cochin Bantam
eggs, $1.50 per 15. Buff Cochin eggs $1.50 per 15. S.C. Brown Leghorn
eggs $.00 per setting. My stock is line bred and will produce 90 per cent
exhibition birds. ‘They did it last season and they will do it this season.
Send me your egg orders if you want to raise show birds.

A. L. PEDICK, box A, Ottumwa, lowa.

30 eggs, $3.00, from stock scor-

Miller’s Perfection
Folding Exhibition
C00) ——

Nothing to 10 astray. The neatest
and strongest Coop on the market.

Wm. MILLER, North Bend, Neb

Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and
Pure at Farmers’ Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties.

Onion Seed! Large Red Wethersfiebd, Prize
‘Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New
seed at 80c perlb. postpaid, if yon mention'this paper.

Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to
this climate. Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn,
Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds-

Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh
at wholesale prices. Nearly $500.00 in prizes and 100,-
000 papers free seeds given to customers this year.

Archias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo

25
Oo. | Ci

It is winners you would raise for next
winter’s shows and are undecided
where to send for eggs for hatching.
Just send an order to the GOLDEN
RULE POULTRY YARDS, the
home of prize winning White Ply-
mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain,
and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and
you will be pleased with young stock
hatched. Eggs $2.00 per setting of
15. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W.
males yet for sale.

MRS. MA TTIE WEBSTER,

ELMONT, WIS.
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
We have Quality and Quantity.

Farm raised prize winning stock.
Eggs $1.50 per 15, $5.00 per 100.

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr

Breeder ;,of Buff
W. A. Forbes, 22st: 04 Bat
dottes. Forthe past four yearsI ave§won
the majority of the best premiums in full
classes, 22 1st, 102nd,93rd and S5specials. I
am booking orders now fora limited no, of
eggs from these prize matings for $2.00 per
setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00.

North Topeka, Kan,

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys!

None under weight—scores 93 to
to 97. lst and 8rd pullel at Lin-
coln, also 2d colkerel weight—31
pounds. Write for prices on eggs.

C. M. Hurlburt,
Fairbury,

1H

Neb.

Eggs. Golden,
$1.50 per 15.
Silvers, $2.00
per 15. Par.
Cochins, $2.
per 13. Price
of pigeons on
application.
8 varieties
for sale. Ad-
dress

W. F. HOLCOMB,
Clay Center, Neb.

Poultry Investigator one year with each order.

Single Gomb Brown Leghorns,
Barred Plymouth Rocks.

First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for
years in the hands of customers as
well as in Utah. They are bred
for money makers. Greatest egg
producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
September. Address,

Cora A. Rickards,

SOUTH - OGDEN - FOULTRY - YARIS,
Ogden, Utah.

Printing for
Poultrymen

Wel are

printing for poultrymen

prepared to do all kinds of
We have the
highest grade machinery and new ma-
all work guaranteed first-class.
of standard poultry cuts to

terial;
Free use
patrons, Write us your wants and get

our prices on your work Address,

Poultry Investigator
Clay Center, Neb.

Bonniedale Poultry Farm!

Eggs to Hatch.

S.DOTTES: Very choice pen, %2 per 15
Over 300 hens on different farms. Good
pure stock. Eggs $1 per 15, 84 per 100.

BARRED ROCKS:

Strictly standard sys-
tem. 60 fine hens and pullets. 4 extra
large. stately crowers. scoring from 90 to 94

by Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs
x ee 15, $350 per 30.
). 1,Games. Good pure stock on separate
farms. Eggs $1.50 per 15,
ROUP CURE: Our make.
Circulars free.

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO,

LOCK BOX 176,

50 cents, postpaid.

J. W. EasteS zuan

W. Leghorns
W. C. P. Ban-
Eggs. Stock in
Thirty Prizes;

Buff Orpingtons. R. O.
Barred & White Rocks,
tams, Belgian’s Hares,
season, Agents wanted.
silver cup last year.

Galesburg, - = Illinois:

wine Scott’s Cure
ror Chicken Cholera........

Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera
or money refunded. Testimonials on
applicatior Reference: Rising City
Bank.

B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb

Pride of the West...

Is Mackey’s own Strain of Bronze
Turkeys, bred in line for 15 years.
Show record on open book. They
are inthe yards of many of the
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger &
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship. Write for prices.
Mackey’s Magic Cholera Cure isa
sure cure,

HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 4
CLARKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
1890 1202

EGGS! secrete ue

Prices Reduced from 3.00 to 2.00 per setting of fifteen eggs. Last
year we soldevery egg we had to spare. This year have two more fine
pens, We know that the Wyandottes are the best variety on earth.
They are the!coming fowl and to booSt them along have reduced the
price. Our Silvers have never been defeated in the show room, At Ne-
braska State Show, Jan. 24 to 28, 1902, we won _10 of the 16 ribbons, near-
ly twice as many asall other competitors. Weare now shipping eggs.
Retter book your future egg orders now or may not be able to fill them,
We are headquarters for prize-winners Stock forsale at all times at
Ponca Wyandotte Yards. Refer toexpress agt, postmaster, Security

Bank or Dun’s agency. Pe Naive Boast dag Ponca, Neb.

etdeWeVeLVesWQsWsersSIewesIssVe stb Ssetosesstswes

f IF PANDEMONIUM

Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale
you can positively check the mortality by using

PURITAN CHICK FOOD,

‘ a readily assimilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use zt

under positive guarantee. $
FREE:--Our new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever
e

issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America’s

largest plant

PURITAN POULTRY FARMS,
BOX 357 A. : STAMFORD, CONN.

eon ] ]eVSBTBWBSBSESBTSESVSEISSSESSsESEVsesVTsesvsewnrtd

MR and MRS Cc A BLANCHARD,
~_=)BREEDERS OF _.. _
White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
Pekin Ducks.

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, 1st hen, Ist cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
braska,State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won Ist
pen chicks, Ist hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel—

a first prize on every bird entered.

We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

FRIEND, = > 7 es NEBRASKA.

BARRE
ROCKS.

BRADLEY Bros. New York winners J, R, Henderson,

is what my flock is built from. Win- SraaBeRanten!

ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2.
Eggs $2.50 per15. Stock for sale. Columbus, OC.

Hines’ Liquid Lice Killer.

Will destroy all animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigerous when
used in conjunction with Hines’ Poultry Food. Pays foritself in the egg
basket. Directions for making 25c each. Barred Plymouth Rock eggs
$1.00 for 15. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs $1.00 per 9.

Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut, Kan.

1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c’k’lat
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
94-9234 -9134 and 9144 by Butterfield.
8 seconds at same show 1900. Ist
and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair.
Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock
or sale. Write for full information

Golden Wyandottes.

Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor-
ous Stock, from careful
Matings.

§, P, VAN NORT, sig.gegis®”

, MISSOURI.

SURE SEE THE 1902 Trees and Plants
= = Noxall Incubator That Grow and Bear Fine Frult.

= IT HAS We grow that Ce Largestock. Honest dealing.
| many new features, Sees Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach-

Venrissreand Moisture system ®les6c.; Grafted Apples 5c.; Concord Grapes 2c.,
tor gat one FREE. Our catalogue Russ. Mulberries 30c, per 100; Ash 75c. per 1000;
givesa remedy for every known poultry disease, 4c, for pos- Black Locust $1.35 per 1000. English or German
tage circular and price Ist free, Illustrated Catalogues FREE

Noxall Incubator Co., Quincy, TL. | o4n1 soNDEREGGER, Proprietor, BOX 27, patie Neb,

All kinds |}
of fancy p g-
eons. Prices
reasonable.

‘Toulouse geese eggs 20c each. Rouen
duck eggs 18 for $1.00. White Hol-

land Turkey eggs, $1.50 for 9. Also
Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban-

tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg-
horns, 8. S. Hamburgs, C. I. Game-,
Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff
and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul-
try eggs, 15 for $1.00. Yards score
from 90 to 94% points. Satisfaction
guaranteed.

D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb.

If you Succeed You musthave a Pull!

Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton
and Co’s Ringlet Strain of B. P.
Rocks. Winners whe ever shown.
Eggs per setting, $2.00. Two set
tings for $3.50. Address

PINKERTON & Co. Clay Center, Neb-

Lock Box 24

E For hatching from strictly
ges high bred prize-winning
Mammoth B. Turkeys, B. P. Rocks,
and Pekin Ducks’ If you are Jook-
ing for something good write for my
circular and price list.

JOHN BATCHELOR,

Thompson, lowa.

Barred Plymouth Rocks

Stock forsale. Prices rea-
sonable. Eggs Ist yard,
$2.00 per 15. 2d yard, $1.00
per 15, $4.00 per hundr d.

Mrs. A. B. Jones,

Abilene - Kansas.

POULTRY

at CUT PRICES.

CUTS CATALOGUE FREE.

Harper Eng. Co., Columbus, 0.

Morning View. Os

9
J
7 San

Poultry Yards.

Barred Plymouth Rocks...

Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-
red, full above the eyes.

$1.50 per Setting.

Eggs in Season.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27
=| The Inland Poultry Journal

t —

MARCH, 1902. 25 CENTS A

Is the best 25 cent poultry journal published.
The Inland is a monthly journal of reliable poul-
try information, profusely and handsomely illus-
lustrated. It is edited by poultrymen who have
made,a success of the poultry business and have
the pleasing faculty of telling others how to
reach success by the shortest route. The arti-
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worth more than the price of a year’s subscrip-
tion. If the best is wanted in poultry literature
subscribe for the Inland. It is 25c a year and
everyone ordering from this ad will receive a
book, ‘‘Plans for Poultry Houses,”’ free.

JOURNAL

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

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Cure Guaranteed!

en
b= ia> sali le dnl” Ze: de: deal dat de: dt
ee

HE only remedy positively
known to cure roup in all its
forms as long:as the fowl can
see to drink. For: Canker, es-

3
Conhey’s
Roup Cure

pe ially in pigeons, this'cure excels

all others. Une 505cent package makes 25 gallons of medicine. Directions with
everv package, If it fails to cure money refund. Postpaid. small size 50c. large $1.
Conkey’s Louse Killer never fails to Fill. Try it,
15 cents extra for postage

Conkey’s Egg Food and Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect
health, and pro: uce more eggs than any similar preparation. 25 cents per package
and 15 cents extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY & CO., Cleveland, O.
Pacifi> coast agents: Petaluma Incubator Co., Petaluma. Cal. Eastern wholesale
office; No.8 Park Place New York City and S.H. I. Co., Olay Center, Nebr. For
sale by all poultry supply houses. G2 Agents wanted.

25 cents per package, and

UNION Lock POULTRY FENCE.

For Poultry, Rabbits, ~ Orchards, Gardens, etc.

All main strands are two
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‘and April £5, 1899.

Stronger and closer spacing than any other make.
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn
Fence Gates, ete., guaranteed first class.

Your dealer should handle this line—if not, write us for
prices. Catalogue free.

UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A.

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‘
FRANK MYERS, g tee manufacturer of

IDEAL
ALLUMINUM

4 Free Port, Ill., U.S. A. Ideal Aluminum Leg
Box 20.
Band

Breeder of >

James M. Perkins,
RAVENWOOD. : : MISSOURI.

1 Barred Plymouth Rocks ee acknowledged leader, 12 tore
3 LEG iC, or 30c, or 50c, 100 for
They are Barred Right and good 7c. Samples and circular,of
size. Eggs 15 for $2. 30 for 83.50, BAND, Barred Rocks mailed
50 for 4.00, 100 for 7.00. tor stamps. |
RE IID I I IIE I wD wwe

28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Silver Laced Wyandottes. | Nebraska Queen.

Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 First Prize Hen. Welght 9 Ibs.
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. = = a
Fine scoring
ree = | Highest score any B. P. Rock at the
Albert Lisius, Lake Mills, Wis-! late State Show Judge Myers said
she was the best one he had Seen
i =. this year. I won8regular premiums
at the above show. 20 years a
For Sale. breeder of this variety exclusively.
Black Langshan Cockerels, 50c Write your wants. Address
and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes
$1.00 each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 F.C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.
and $3. All stock pure blood. — - - —
Mrs. Albert Ray & Son, Wilsey, Kan. When you write mention the Investigator.

aesaSTERN OLD MOTHER EXPERIENCE

bled us after 16 years to make perfect The Reliable Incubator: <
aricie raiders: You ought to have our 20th Century Poultry Boo San
in the house. It will cost you but 10 cents and will make you a master in=

eZ *hepoultry business. Retiahje Incubator & Brooder Co,. Box A 25 Quincy, Ills.

Why Hall’s Famous Prize Winning White Wyandottes
and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won 150 regular and spe-

cial prizes in Chicago and leading western shows. All
our first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. R males and
females score 90 to 98!14—White Wyandottes 93 to 96. We

always win, so can you if. you buy of us. Our P. Wyan-
dottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R. C. R. I. Reds, Blk. B. W.
and P. Cochins, B. and M. C. Bantams, ‘1. Geese, and Pe-
' kin Ducks are all winners. Illustrated catalogue tells you
Stock and eggs for sale.

J.D. W.HALL, ~~ Box 700. Des Moines la.

Golden Laced Wyandottes.

I have three pens which are second to none, con-
shape, color and as egg produ-
for eggs are promptly filled.

sidering size,

cers. Orders

J. C. Kapser,
Clay Center, Nebr.

p.p.Rocks, Pine Lawn Poultry Farm.

White and Higgs $2.00 per setting, 3 for $5.00.
Golden Wyandottes L. D. METCALF, Wakefeild, Nebr.

You can raise Chickens

—If you use—

Pinkerton’s Perfection

It contains everything that is essential
to the chick’s life. Not a pound of
material in it that is not the best
the market afiords. It is equal to
any chick food now on the market,

| Price 25 Ibs $1.00. 50 Ibs $1.50. 100 Ibs $3.00.
Manufactured by

MRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON,
Clay Center, - Nebr,

“CHICK FOOD.

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BUFF WYANDOTTES,

EXOLUSIVELY. Our Buff
Wyandottes are bred from
best strain obtainable and
in line. We breed the pure
golden Buff. not the dark
red. They’re prize winners.

E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb,
Obester White Hogs forsale

When you write mention the Investigator.

Pekins =tattock strain. Egg
ders booked now. $1.00 for 11.

BELGIAN Hares. Pedigreed. Grand
lot of youngsters sired by a 953
point buck, Bred does always on
hand. Booklet on the industry for
stamp. .

or-

Stephani Poultry Co. Belleville, tl)

When you write mention the Investigator.

BUFF COCHINS

Exclusively.
Just What You Are
Looking For ...

The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
ners in ‘ny company. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.

B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb,

Clubbing List

By taking the advantage of the
following combinations you can
get two papers often at the price

of one. Look at these offers:
Price with
Poultry
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Ponltry.Gemy prose on.4:3ep 25c 35c
Commercial Poultry...... 50c 50c
Western Poultry News. ..25c 25¢
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Nat’l Poultry Journal... 50c 50c
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otal Herre Re $1.75
We will send the three to you for $1.00.

Address,
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Notick—We do not send samples ef
ether papers.

WHITE. PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Now is the time and David City, N.b
is the place to buy eggs that will
start youright. (%ggsare atching
good. Our birds were prize wines
at the Nebraska State Show, 1902.
Write tor prices.

J. W. HALL, David City, Nebr

maar

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EATHICE REMEDIES ries
0 LAMBERT. APPONAUG Bf a?

QUEEN CITY

BUSINESS COLLEGE.

One of the leading schools of the west’
Large attendance. Great demand for

its graduates. Expenseslow. Address

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb
Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company

BUY STOCK and EGGS from high scoring
WHITE LANGS!ItANS and BUFF KOCKS,

Fine winter layers. Cheap for quality. Eggs
$1.50 per 15. Mrs. L. MUM"OWER. Duroc
Jersey Pigs. W.L. MUMPOWER,

Chillicothe, Mo.

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Edson’s Registered strain, from a long line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
uspecialty for 19 years. Now offering fine
exhibition and grand br eding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, I11.

Buff Rock MRS. FLORA

u OcKS

Pekin Ducks SHROYER,
Toulouse Geese Perry, O.T.

Bronze Turkeys.
Formerly at
Clay Center, Nebr.

Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - $1.7:

Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1. i
Pure White Rock Cockls_ - - - - $1.00
Pure White Wyandots - - . $1.00

New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75
All above from prize-winning stock and line
bred, Catalogue sent.
J.C. BAKER. Proprietor,
White Plume Farm. Richtield. 111.

E From prize winning Golden
, ggs Wyandottes, $2. per 13, scor-
ing from 90 to 934%, by Shellen: erger.

J. Gordinier, Keota, Ill.

For Sale!

Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy
Ducks. At State Poultry Show on
four entries of geese I took first 3
premiums. Eggs for salein season.

Wailen Cameron, Schuyler. Nebr.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

EGG ORDERS. Book now for Houston,

B.P.R 2 matings, score from 90 to
934%. Eggs $3. per 15. $5 per 100.
| Buff Orpingtons, 4 yards; 2yards
solid buff wing andand tail, eggs

| $5 per 15, $8 per 30 Buff Orping:

tons, 1 yaid.eggs $8 per 15, $5
Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard
$5 per 40.

per 30

| eggs $2 per 15,
Winners wherever shown.
Won mere first and seconds than
any otherman. Guarantee good
| hatches, true to name and fresh.

A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la.

Please Let ie Tell atk

My Buff Cochins have again won their
share of the ribbons at the McCook Show. To
make room for my breeding pens I will sell
trios. pens and singles at_burgains for the
next 30days. Also a few RC B Leghorns.
Eggs in season.

pimethnanct. ya
Plymouth Rocks

Eggs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per 50, $5.00
per 100. Our stock is first class.

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center. Nebr

my Buff Grainginne

At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made
8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck,
1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If
you are going to buy eggs send for my
circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson)
Barred Plymouth Rocks.

JOHN A LING

Harvard - = Nebraska

White P. Rocks Exclusively....
My Rocks are of the best strains to

be found and I have a fine lot of

chicks tosell reasonable. Write,

MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincoln, Nebr.

Black Langshans---

Tho winter layers, of standard
weights, good colored plumage
. and eyes, well featheredshan s
\' no scrube among them. Score
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15,

C- M. Hurlburt, Fal. bury, Neb.

NYZ

SILVER WYAN DOTTES

MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last

eight State Shows and many other large
shows, winning more Premiums than all
other competitors of this variety combined.
Good birds for sale. Eggs from prize pens
15 for $3. 30.$5- From standard bred
stock, farm range, 100, 4

Mrs J. W. GAUSE,
Emporia, Kan.

290

The Michigan ..W..
Poultryman... a ie

~~ —_ Only Exclusive Poultry
Papert in Michigan age

All the practical poultrymen contrib-
ube to its pages. Expert poultry-
men will give its readers free
such informatlon as they
may ask for.

All the news of the poultry world.
illustrated.

Well

Michigan Poultryman,
Ithaca, Mich.

Cherry Hill Poultry Yard

BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively
Eggs $1.50 per 15. 100 for $6.00.

Mrs. Eva J. Giugrich,

Aurora, Neb.

A Generous SUS Policy

has proven the best for ,
us. We absolutely fr
guarantee the

Marillay

Incubators
and Brooders, §
(both hot water and hot —

air) to be satisfactory in e very way, or Teta back
your money rs
ing Marilla’s have made us absolutely sure that these

machines will get big hatches. That our system of
regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation is
the best there is, That the Marilln Brooder isthe
only one that prevents overcrowding and trampling.
Our new catalogue is like our incubators, the best
on the market. Send 4c in stamps. Don’ tyou wantit?

pte Be INCUBATOR COMPANY,
Box 97, Rose Hill, N. Y.

Poultry Supplies

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
per 100.

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
per 60.

Standard of Perfection each $1.

Spray Pumps each 75c.

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 50c,and 1.00 a
box.

Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
100 pounds.

J. D. W. Hall’s Guaranteed Roup
Cure 50c and $1 a box.

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c,

Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices.

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center; $12.

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb.
per 100 pounds $1.20

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O°
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,

Clay Center, Nebr.

30

Revised Edition, 1900.

This work is issued by the American
It is a book of

over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con-

Poultry Association.

tains the only official descriptions of
the several varieties of fowls. It is on
this Standard that all poultry judges
base their awards. Every experienced
fancier has a copy of this book and ev-
ery poultryman needs it to learn the
requirements to which his stock must

be bred.

The Standard of Perfection

—AND—

The Poultry Investigator

One Year, ior... ..2--.

Address,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,

CLAY CENTER, NEBRARKA

Humphrey
@reen Bone & Vecetable
Outter is
more bone in

uaranteed to cut
ess time and with
less labor than any other cutter
made. Your money back if it
doesn’t, Handsome book and egg
record sent free upon request.

Humphrey & Sons, Box70, Jollet, tI.

IT BEATS ALL.

The Natural Hen Ineubator beats the

old way of setting hens ten times over.

100 egg hatcher costs only $2. 94,000 sold

principally by agents. We want 5,000 active
men and women agents for the new season. Special
terms with you—a large margin of profit. 10c egg
formula and catalogue sent free, if you write to-
day Térritory may be gone tomorrow.

HATURAL HEN INCUBATOR CO., BOX 11 COLUMBUS, KEB.

ina Victor Incubator always yields
a vigorous chick, Simplest, most re-
lable, cheapest, first-class hatcher

freight. catalogue 6 cents,
GEO. ERTEL CO., Quincy, Il.

for shipping eggs. §5 Burling-
ton Basket. The special sizes and
shapesot these baskets have made
them a big favorite with shippers.
We guarantee them to be strong
and well made. Write to-day.

One Setting size 490 per dozen.
Two “450 “

Three «4 “ 600 « “

. Box 101, Burlington, Ia.

PG;
x XX

oN 4

This
Lightning

Lice Killing Machine

kills all lice and mites. No injury to
birds or feathers. Handles any fowl,

smallest chick to larvest gobbler,
Mad elf first season.
Also ing ltry
B L M r. et We are # lal low
express rates Catalor il € w ror It.
CHARLES SCHILD, Ionic Mich,

When you write mention the Investigator.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Single Comb
White Leghorns.

Eggs for hatching from the cream
of my flock, as I have the advan-
tage of selecting my breeders from
among seven hundred choice birds
all bred and owned by myself.....
Nothing but the very best speci-
mens of most prolific layers are
ever used. Descendant from gen-
erations of great layers of large
pure white eggs. Writeat once,
for circulars

E. A. TESDALL,

Slater, Story Co, lowa

Meyer’s Langshans

SRE

Ist and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; rst 2nd and

Won 4th cockerels; 1st 2nd and 3rd pullets; rst pen.

80 good |
ones to
sell.

SESS

W. J. Cheney, |~-~t

Breeder of
Thoroughbred Poultry,
BOX 68-¢- ~e-CUBA, MO

Varieties.—B. P, Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wyan-
andottes, Partridge Cochins, S. C. B. Minorcas, S. C.
W. Leghorns, S,and R.C B. Leghorns, Pekin Ducks.
Eggs for hatching, $1 00 per setting, $3.00 for 50.

Write for my new illustrated poultry catalogue.
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry,
quotes Priee> on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about
The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free.

W. J. CHENEY,

Orawford Uo,

BOX 68.~¢6- ~@-CUBA, MO

Score 189%, Rhodes and Harris, judges: At

N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all
good ones, tied rst cock, won 2nd and 3rd;

tied rst hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd _ cockerel;
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet.
15, $3.50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners.
Records of other big winnings in catalogue.

L. E. Meyers,

Bowling Green,

Eggs $2.00 per

Missouri

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Eggs.

BUFF ROCKS.
W. WYANDOTTES.
BARRED ROCKS.

strains,

LIGHT BRAHMAS.

Catalogue
Rock Club.

—_.———|_ JAMES QQ. MYERS,

Only $3.00 per 50 or $5.00 per 100 from our
white breeds.
from our best pens—Hawkins, Dustin, Felch
Bred to win and to please.
antee our eggs to be as good as the best and
positively thoroughbred of the best standard.
The above low offer is for this season only.
free.

$4.00 per 50 or $7.00 per 100

We guar-

Member of American Buff

Oaks, Pa.

Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at
CLEN RAVEN ECG FARM, Home of the all-year-round

layers, Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White

Rock and Black Minorea.
for sale. Circular free.

High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls
Mention INVESTIGATOR.

Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo.

Rules of the Cock: Pit

Se Uttle book of pocket size, well bound in tough tag.

rd. Contains all the pit rules of the United States, Canada,
ae Cuba, England, Belgium and France. Also ‘has com-
prehensive chapters on Heels, Handling, Nursing and everg-
thing relative to the royal sport of cocking.

By Dz. H. P. Cranxe, Indianapolis, Ind,

The Recognized Authority.

PRICE, 25 CENTS,
Address the Publisher of this Paper.

Riles of the Cock-Pit and Poultry
Investigator one year
For 25 Cents.

Address, THE INVESTIGATOR
Clay Center, Nebraska.

Give =
Your Breed- Rabicure
ing Does WT

During gestation and while nursiug
their young it will enrich the blood
improve the appetite, increase the
flow of milk. thereby making 'he
young strong and healthy.

Give RABICURE atrial and you
will neyer be without it, 50c a box

postpaid.

Vermont Belgian Hare Co.
Lyndonville, Vt-

We Don’t Want a Cent “an

Of your money tinless you get value received.
THE Essex CHOLERACURE AND CONDITION
POWDER is absolutely pure and free from poi-
son and all other injurious substances and Pos-
ITIVELY CURES AND PREVENTS chicken cholera,
roup, gapes and all diseases of the flock. It
regulates the bowels, blood, digestive organs,
and produces bone, muscle, feathers and larger
fowls. Nothing on earth will MakE HENS Lay
like it. No matter what kind of food you use,
mix with it daily, the Essex Condition Powder.
THOUSANDS UsE It. Price, 60 cents a box by
mail, 75cents. 6 boxes for $3.50. Write for spe-
cial prices on ten pound lots. Manufactured by

, John J. Kautzmann,
Newark, N. J

590 Bergen St.

Old Homestead Brooder.

The best onearth. All your chickens can be
Saved in the Old Homestead Brooder,
Try one, Write for prices. Address
Old Homestead Brooder Co.,
Middleboro, Mass....

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. af

(rants Practical Brooder.

Prevents piling up, and overheating of chicks. Complete specifications,
telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for
your own use, for $1.00. These brooders work out doors or in§ can be cleaned
in two minutes, are cheap and will last a life time. They have a floor space
of 2x6 ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar.

I have some Extra Fine S.C. B. LEGHORNS, Pen No. 1.
cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1900 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d
prize cockerel at Chicago, 1901. These birds are mated to some of my choice
females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, $1.00 per 15.
Pen No. 2, 75c per 15. Incubator eggs, $5.00 per 100.

D. W. GRANT, = = -

is headed by the

Almena, Kan.

These Eggs Will Hatch
White Plymouth Rocks.

chicks that have rich yellow legs and snow
white plumage,

(Fishel strain direct.) s from pen No. 1,
$1.50 per 15. from pen Won 2. et, 00 per 15,

Mrs. M. C, Downing, Eik City, Kan.

Circular telling about my su-

Free Barred Plymouth Rock perb. Barred Rocks. Yards

headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards’ prize winners from
prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $5.00.

PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossitg, Neb.

They are no doubt the best laying breed
there is, and are larger than other Leg-
horns. Average weight of male and fe-
male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden

Butt Leghornts s:-"soaate

The Coming Breed. Eggs 75c per 15. From trio winners, $2.50 per 15.
E. C. Hartsock, Spring Valley, Ohio.

THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.

FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue
as the sky. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks, Or heavy weight SIN-
GLE COMB BROWN LKGHORNS. “Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
dle. and shape to burn. Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels
and eiegant combs.
show room. If so, address.

In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the
J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O., P. O. Box I.

Winner of American Lang-
shan Cup, at Bowling
They won for two years Ist ck, Ist and 3d
ckl, lst and 3d pullet, Ist hen, 1st pen. At St Louis, 1st
ckl, Ist pullet, 2d ckl 2d pullet, Ist pen. At Illinois state
show my Ist ckl scored 95%, 2 cks scored 944% each, 2 hens
95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen 19034. I own the
highest scoring ck, ckl, henand pulletinthe state. Eggs
$2.00 per setting.

JOHN HETTICH, «=6-—-

Black Langshans.

Green, Mo.

Bowling Green, Mo.

32 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
8: an 000 \SATALOGUE FREE!|May I “SHOW YOU” | Pan-American Houdan Yards,

Lad ceescr cate eee Ww
seve, Ducksand Chickena, Hun- | ; —Wauseon, Ohio.—
poultry house plans. Trea | That eggs bought of me will hatch :

: show ta feed: breel) ata en dante # « ibiti
Bal. R. ‘Brabazoa, Jr. & Co., Boxl00,Delavan, Wis, Barred Rocks for you that will sat- Breeecca Bees: RnR A ae a
Ss ps JIM4« =

isfy the most exacting. If not ie
treated right, publish me in the In- ed by cock 94%. Prices reasonable.
Thoroughbred Barred P. Rock eggs reutices -
Eggs seas pe sath ect as Belgas Se vestigator. CORWIN JONES, Henry Weichmann,
den Sebright Bantams, two dollars] Poultry Judge. Sidney, lowa. | Box 94. Wauseon, Ohio.
per setting of fifteen. Colored Muscovy ducks,
two dollars per setting of eleven My stock

are all strong and vigorous and have farm

range, All eggs shipped will be strictly fresh. [from'3 yards of prize win- $
ca * Eo Svrine Gecred Rocks scor- B. P. Rocks Exclusively.
Mrs. D. I STONE. DeKalb, MO. “ing up to 92% at $1.50 and )
Clover Ridge Poultry Farm, Route No. 2.|$200 per 15. From my S. C. White Some good cockerels for sale yet
Leghorns (Blanchard’s and Van Dres- Eggs tor ale at $2 per 15, $3 for 30,
ser heavy laying strains) scoring up to
Black Langshan, White P. Rock, S. | 941%, at $2.00 per 15. L. ASP Awe
C. Buff Orpington = ont Nish
W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White | P- Hostetter, East Lytine, Mo. Bi uning, e
Pekin Duck, E. EB. Smith strain. Eggs = 2 :
from $1.00 to $2.50 persetting. Won at
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. 15
ribbons from 1 to 5. Poor hatches du-
plicated at half price.

Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb.

INCUBATOR

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> Wayside Poultry Co., Clintonville,Conn ; and us.

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Price 30 Ibs, $1.00; 5U lbs, $1.50; 100 lbs, $2.50.
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references given. Send for Full 1l- results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight.

lustrated Circular. lowa Poultry Ce.
Box 623, Des Moines, lowa.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

The kind that win and lay eggs.

Satisfaction to all. Circular free, Ror SS ale. e &
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H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la.

kh We Must Have Room!

It is next to impossible to raise poul-

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

try, even a small flock on a city lot to 15 Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, $1.50 and $2.50 each.
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 10 Extra Fine Buff Red Cockerels $2.50 and $3.00; worth $5.00 to $10.00.
yeaa or plant, withont head: of a 10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels $1.50 to $2.00 each.

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No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thorough
bred poultry, $5.00 to $7.00 pes hundred, $3.00 to $4.00 per 5o.

Fox Terrier Dog.
Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada

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GREER’S PEDIGREED
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

are in my breed ng pe s for 1902
ers get eggs from the same hens | use for myself.

Poultry Exhibits Properly Judged.

Eggs from my birds neverfail to produce PRIZE WIN-

NERS. The best place to buy eggs is from a breeder

who makes asver alty of one variety * Blue Bird.”

Lady Blue” and the best i huve raised for three years
Every bird a beauty and barred tothe skin. My custom-
Send for bocklet of matings.

0. P. GREER, Bourbon, Ind.

Winners 1, 5, pullet, 2and 3, hen, and 4,
ckl, and 2. penat Nebr. State Show, 1902 against
red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $4.00 per
15, 2nd, pen, $2.50 per 15, 3rd pen, $1.50 per 15.

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Write for Circular.

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ON’T Set Hens the Same Old Way, |

H. H. CAMPBELL,
and let lice kill them on the nest.

D Tiffany’s Sure Death to Lice Powder

If your hens do not lay try our Grits.
We have several tons that MUST BE

will kill all vermin,and your hen will bring
herbrood off free from lice. Tiffany's Para-
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litilegoesa great way, Penetratesallcracks. Spray
bottom of house for spiderlice. It is a powerful disin-
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v4 DISPOSED OF and we will ship you
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class freight. Our Pearl Mica will make youregg
| Shells perfect—a great thing when you ship eggs
, long distance.
THE TIFFANY COMPANY. Lincoln, Neb.

PETALUMA INCUBATOR
WHY iT HATCHES

setHIGH PER CENTS.

Success in an incubator depends upon two things:
the right principle and the right construction.
The uniform success of the

Petaluma Incubator

is not a mere“‘happen so.” It hatches 100 per cent of fer-
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scientifically correct, and because the very best skill and
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tight; it does its work right. We put a guarantee behind
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in four sizes—from 54 to 324 eggs. We pay the freight anywhere in the
United States. It will pay you to send for our attractive free catalogue.
Address nearest office.

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INVES-

Canfield s White Rocks

Still Take
the Lead!

In 1900 and 1901
at the Convention
Hall Shows. Kansas City,, my birds
made almost a clean sweep of pre-
miums including Sweepstakes in
Am. class, In 1900 at Kansas State
Show they won i4 ou! of a possible
15 premiums, in 1901, 15 ont of 15
and in 1902, 16 out of 16 possible rib-
bons not including 4ths and 5ths.
At Nebraska State Show, 1902, they
won Ist pen, Isr, 2d, 3d, hen, 1st, 3d,
5th cockerel, 2d, 4th ;ullet, 3d cock
and sweepstakes for best 5 it solid
colors with weight. Eggs $3.00 per
setting, $5.00 for 2 settings.

M.L.Canfield, Belleville, Kan

White Wyandottes Exclusively.

Score 93 to 954 points by Larson and
Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.50 to
$2.50 per15. Stock is strictly white.

N.B. arver, Hampton, Neb.

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treating of all kinds of fruit, and nothing but
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Box 13, St. Joseph, Mo.

- - Kearney. Neb

Breeder of Light Brahmas Exclusively.
Now is the time to beautify and im-

CALVIN E. BARNEY,

prove your yards. Icanhely you.
Eggs $2. for 15. $3.50 for 30. Some
choice pullets for sale.

Light Brahmas!

—First and 2d cock, hen, cockerel,
and pullet at Interstate Poultry
Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win-
ning sweepstakes and grand sweep-
stakes. 1st, and 3d pens 5ckls 4 pul-
lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln.
Stock and eggs at reasonable prices.

JL SMITH, Cadams, Neb.

CHAMBERLAIN Ss PERFECT gb og FEED.

Freight charges added

Seed Co., Mi'waukee, Wis.; R.
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7 has its imitations.

BEYOND COMPARISON.

WORLD’S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY. .
CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED, like everything else that has merit, .%
DON’T BUY TROUBLE, insist on having the only
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mixture in Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous,
= chicks until 5 months old.

- FACTORY PRICE, 100 Lbs. %&.50.
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Chamberlain's Hen Feed will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00.

Factory and Shipping Depot, 302 N. Commercial St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

factory price at all distributing noipes
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Chicago, Ills.;

Mo. If friends ofmy feed in the east have trouble getting my feed, write direct to me for prices.

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For incubator chicks, for all

50 Lbs, $1.50. 30 Lbs, $1.00.
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Order from your nearest agent and savetime and freight.
Wilder & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, fowa: Wermick —
Pike & Co., Minneapolis, Minn.; B. ie Pegler, Lincoln, Neb.: Hunting & Page, Indianapolis. Ind.; Ripley Hardware:
Alexander See ed Co., Augusta, Ga.; Norton Poultry Yards, Dallas, Texas, $3.40 per 10 lbs: H. McK Wilson & Co., Agents for St. Louis,

. CHAMBERLAIN, KIRKWOOD, Mo.

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From such Fashionab'e Strains as the following Champions:

Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash,
Climax, Grimsby’s Star, Priory Prince, Malten Boe stery, Pal-
ace Queen, Lord Britain, Etc. f : : ;

Our Stud Bucks are:

RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

Fashoda Star

Score 96 by Judge Almond, im-
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda.

Viscount
Score 95 by Judge Finley, im-
ported.

Lythedale

Score 94 by Judge Finley, im-
ported.

Sir Crabtree
Score 934% by Judge Crabtree,
and other domestic bucks
that will score 94 to 96.

At prices ranging from $1 to
$75 per head. Unpedigreed
market stock, good color and
size, $2 to $3 per pair. Hardy
Black Belgians (good to use
as nurse does) at $3, to $5 per

pair. High scoring pedi-
greed stock at moderate
prices. Will refund money
and pay return express

charges if hares purchased
are not as represented. Write
for free booklet and further
particulars. Rabbitries at
Maplewood and Fayette.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

1317 Chemical Building, : :

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Smith’s Mammoth Pekin Ducks and White Wyandottes Win.

catalogue issued thatapproaches
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worth and originality 50 fall
page tinted plates. 4 reproduced
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Thirteen 1st, 5 2nds, at Nebraska state, Kansas state, Missouri state, Des Moines
Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Nebr. state show
and won 8 premiums; 1 ck, 1 hen, 1 pullet and 5 others. See circulars for re-
port of the champion flock. Get eggs for hatching from the winners.

Lincoln, Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH

We mail it free.
for Catalogue No.129. The beat

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winter’s shows and are undecided

e @ where fo send for eggs for hatching.

T if cE Just send an order to the GOLDEN
y RULE POULTRY YARDS, the

home of prize winning White Ply-

mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain,

. and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and

For All Points you will be pleaued with young stock

hatched. Eggs $2.00 per setting of

East, South and West. | wwccence

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,

Close connections made at all junctions. For rates BELMONT, WIS.

and information, call on or address from 3 yards of prize win-

nins Barred Rocks scor-
S.M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S,M. WALLACE, Agt. Eres ping Ba
é = + $2 00 per 15. From my S. C. White
St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., Leghorns (Blanchard’s and Van Dres-

hs ets ie ser heavy laying strains) scoring up to
944, at $2.00 per 15.

Y Miller’s Perfection .. ==72 =! =a
Folding Exhibition | W;.A.Forbes: Matisse

the majority of the best premium’ in full
classés, 221st, 102nd,93rd and 5specials. I

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00 ie pass eggs from these prize matings for $2.00 per
os setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00.

Folds like a book. All in one piece North, Topeka, Kan,

Nothing to so astray. The neuatest
and strongest coop on the market.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys!

None under weight—scores 93 to
BA to97. Ist and 3rd pullel at Lin-
coln, also 2d colkerel weight—31
pounds. Write for prices on eggs.

C. M. Hurlburt,
Fairbury, Neb.

Golden & Silv

STERN OLD MOTHER EXPERIENCE 2

3 bled us after 16 years to make perfect The Rellable Incubator:
se Te roodere: You ought to have our 20th Oentury Pisitey Hoo!
. inthe house. It will cost you but 10 cents and will make you a masterin=

2 the poultry business. Reliable Incubator & Brooder Co,. Box A 25 Quincy, Ills.

er Sebight Bantams!

Eggs. Golden,
’ $1.50 per 15.
Silvers, $2.00
per 15. Par.
Cochins, $2.
per 13. Price
of pigeons on
application.
8 svarieties
for sale. Ad-

np.tects, Pine Lawn Poultry Farm.

White and Eggs $2.00 per setting, 3 for $5.00.
Golden Wyandottes L. D. METCALF, Wakefeild, Nebr.
dress

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Poultry Investigator one year with each order.

15 Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, $1.50 and $2.50 each.

10 Extra Fine Buff Red Cockerels $2.50 and $3.00; worth $5.00 to $10.00. Single Gomb Brown Leghorns.

10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels $1.50 to $2.00 each.
No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thorough Barred Plymouth Rocks.
First prize at Salt Lake City. My

bred poultry, $5.00 to $7.00 per hundred, $3.00 to $4.00 per 5o.
birds have taken premiums for
Clay Center, Nebr, years in the hands of customers as

SURE HATCH POULTRY CO.,
, or well as in Utah. They are bred

if a a * a for money makers. Greatest egg
producers as well as premium

Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs.at birds. New circular free after
$5.00 CLEN RAVEN ECG FARM, Home of the all-year-round September. Address,

layers, Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White Cora A. Rickards,

Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock, Fowls

for sale. Circular free. Mention INVESTIGATOR. SOUTH bd OGDEN - POULTRY - YARDS,

Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo. Ogden, Utah. —

We will consider it a great ravur aa yer «.-

Clay Center, Nebraska, June, 1902.

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No. 4

Artificial Incubation for Beginners
By Mattie Webster

ARTICLE 1

So widely have incubators been ad-
vertised by the manufacturers of
them, so much has been said and
written of the excellent and therefore
satisfactory work done by these ma-
chines, and so much cheaper are in-
cubators than they were even a few
years ago, that every breeder, or
would-be breeder, if at all intelligent
and progressive, has either pur-
chased, or at least felt a desire, to own
one of these machines.

Having considered the incubator
question and becoming convinced that
they are a good and profitable invest-
ment for the breeder, why does he
(or she) hesitate to act according to
convictions, and, becoming the pos-
sessor of a “wooden hen,’ hatch
chicks by artificial method instead of
the natural? It is easy to wish for
something, but not always is it possi-
ble to obtain the object of our desires;
many things may combine to render it
inaccessible to us.

Reading and hearing of the suc-
cesses of others with incubators, it is
only natural for the incubatorless
breeder to carefully consider the pos-
sibilities of like hapnwy ownership.

The very first’ mental query is:
“Can I afford to purchase a machine, *
and in many instarees this question
seemingly admits of but one answer,
and that an emphatic negative. Now,
in a few cases this is true, but the
majority of those who think they can
not afford to buy an incubator with
determined planning could do _ sd.

“where there is a_ will
there is a way,” and should this sav-
ing not prove true in your case, any
brother or sister longing for a “hatch-
ing machine,’ “Find a way or make
it.” From experience I can tell you
of an incubator that will prove a sure
success every time with right man-
agement, and I think twelve dollars
and a half, (thirteen dollars, at most),
will lay one of a hundred egg capac-
ity down at your depot. If the
breeder lives on a farm, who desires
very much to possess an_ incubator,
and has no ready cash for its pur-
chase, nothing is easier than to turn
into cash some of the farm poultry if
the farm flock is large; or, if there
are no fowls to spare, surely there
may be found something in the farm
products that can be spared that will
bring sufficient money for the incu-
bator purchase. The breeder living in
town or village suburb, with so few
fowls that none can be spared, and no
farm stock or grain to convert into
an incubator, must, if unable to spare
theh money for immediate purchase,
and yet determined to have a ma-
chine, plan to save a little here and
there, or, perhaps, make some personal
sacrifices of little luxuries that the ob-
ject in view may be attained.

Having decided that by careful
management an incubator can be af-
forded, a new begimner writes and
asks: “When shall I purchase the
machine?” Although this question
was asked in the winter, my answer

You know

was: “Send for it just as soon as you
possibly can, and start it up with a
few eggs that you may learn to ma-
nipulate it before time for early
hatches.” Even if a decision to buy a
hatcher is made late in the hatching
season, I would advise the purchase
being made then rather than waiting
until the beginning of the next season,
for a trial hatch could be made and
information gained that will be invali-
able next season. No matter how in-
teligent is the breeder or how much
sound sense is at command, there is
much to be learned about an inca-
bator that must be learned by per-
sonal experience in operating the ma-
chine.

Then an immediate purchase being
possible, the breeder must decide what
particular make to buy. This is as
hard a task as planning for the
money to be expended for the incu-
bator, for the advertisements of all
machines are alike in substance, if
not in words. The manufacturers of
each separate style of incubator has
such faith in their creation that they
would impress the readers of their
advertisements with the great conf-
dence they have in the machine’s abil-
ity to do the most excellent work and
would influence the breeder to a like
opinion. There are many good incu-
bators on the market and some that
are almost worthless, so one needs to
be careful and slow in making a
choice.

The best help in choosing a machine
is not assertions of what an incubator
can do, but positive proof of what it
has done, and there are very few
breeders or would-be breeders that
have not some one, friend, acquaint-
ance, or some contributor for a favor-
ite poultry journal that, because of

prefer eggs not more
tak 42

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

A yard of B. H. Dunn’s Buff Cochins in his yards at Clay Center, Nebr.

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articles that “ring true,’ has gained
his or her confidence, to whom to
turn for positive information concern-
ing the merits of some make of ma-
chine owned and operated by them.

Manufacturers of some of the best
incubators have at poultry shows and
exhibitions proved the hatching pow-
ers of their machines by the excellent
hatches made while there on exhibi-
tion.

I was led to purchase my second
incubator by reading of trips made by
2 certain inventor of these machines
from city to city, with incubators
filled with eggs and in operation, set
in a wagon, or carried by rail, and of
the excellent hatches made under
these seemingly, at least, adverse con-
ditions for successful incubation.
Surely, I reasoned, if that make of
incubators will hatch chicks in such
numbers while subjected to the jolt
of the wagon and the jar of the train,
and to sudden changes of temperaa-
ture, with so little protection from
cold and storm, it will give me satis-
factory hatches under the conditions
of location and operation in my
home. And so I decided in its favor,
and have not been sorry.

An incubator will hatch any and all
eggs consigned to its care that a hen
could hatch, but it has no more power
than Biddy to hatch infertile or
spoiled eggs, so if the breeder would
have a satisfactory hatch, fresh and
strongly fertilized eggs should be se-
lected for the wooden hen’s incuba-
tion. I say fresh eggs, and would

than

three days old if I could obtain them,
but eggs saved for two weeks, if kept
and treated right, will be all right for

incubation. I had boxes made just

large enough that a pasteboard filled,
such as merchants use in egg cases,
would go inside them, and had the
boxes made deep enough for two fill-
ers each. Each box holds seventy-two
eggs, and as I gather the eggs I wish
to keep for my incubator I put each
one in its little compartment, smail
end down. In the bottom of each
box, under the filler, is a layer of cot-
ton batting, and between the two fill-
ers and on top of second filler, a
pasteboard square same size as egg
fillers, and then on top of second
pasteboard another layer of cotton. A
board lid is fitted over the box, and
with seven hook and eye on two op-
posite sides, is held firmly in place.
Every day this box is gently turned
completely over, and eggs kept in this
way hatch very satisfactorily. In gath-
ering eggs for very early hatchin,z,
one is quite apt to have some among
those saved that have been chilled,
and, while some breeders say: “Eggs
are not rendered useless for incuba-
tion unless they have been frozen,” I
am satisfied that chilling, even if it
does not kill the germ, so weakens it
that if it manages to live until it breaks
from the shell the chick is not vigor-
ous and strong.

All soiled and dirtw eggs should be
cleaned by wiping off with a cloth
slightly moistened in clear, lukewarm
water before putting away to await

two or(the time for their incubation.

Something About Mites.
Mrs. W.C. Downing.

I wonder if there are any readers of
The Investigator who have not hal
any experience with mites, or who
have noticed that when the hens are
setting and the mites get thick in the
nests, which they very quickly do if
not closely watched and kept cleaned
out, that the eggs will not hatch.

I have had this very trouble more
than once. The first time I was sick
and everything was full of mites be-
fore I even suspected anything was
wrong. As the eggs did not hatch
well I supposed it was because the
hens set “standing up” nearly all
night, and again I thought it was be-
cause the mites sucked the blood out
of the poor hens’ body until they had
not bodily heat enough left to com-
plete the hatch.

I concluded to investigate and know.
One hen I watched. I brought her
with her mite infested nest and set
her on the back porch where I could
see her at any time. She was a good,
faithful, old biddy, and stuck to her
nest through it all, and really didn’t
seem to mind the mites. I fed her
often an abundance of food and let
her remain until time was up for the
hatch. I would examine the eggs after
night and they would be covered with
gray mites. In the morning the mites
would many of them be red, and sev-
eral times larger than usual.

When the eggs did not hatch, as I
knew they would not from former ex-
periences, I broke and examined them.
The little chicks were nearly full
grown and seemed to be shriveled up.
Every egg contained a chick, some
of them more fully developed than
others, and I am convinced that the
mites suck the vitality out of the
chickens in the egg. I know it was
not the fault of the hen because she
kept in good condition through the
experiment. JI reset her in a new,
clean, nest, dusted her with insect
powder, gave her fifteen fresh eggs,
and she hatched thirteen little chicks,
and she raised them every one. The
eggs all come from the same pen. So
if the mites did not suck the vitality
out of the eggs, what did the mischief?
Please somebody “investigate.”

We are very careful now that our
setting hens have no mites in their
nests. It does take good care and
very thorough cleaning to keep free
of mites. Just lately a woman told
me that last summer she didn’t raise
any young chickens because the mites
got so bad in her house. She had
fifteen hens setting and she threw
away all the eggs and shut the hens
out of the house to roost in trees.

W.
W. Hall, David City, Neb.
will have none but the best.

P. Rock Cockerel owned by J.
He always

She did not know she could have put
on an old “mother hubbard” and
cleaned out that henhouse, cleaned
up those nests, or, better, used new
ones, washed the eggs, dusted the
hens with insect powder, and saved a
large per cent of the chicks.

I know it is a detestable job when
once the mites get the start of us.
Better keep clean all the time and
not get mites everywhere. We have
had them in our hen houses so bad it
seemed like we could never succeed
in routing them out, but by “keeping
everlastingly at it’ we did succeed.
Raising chickens is by no means a re-
creation if One means to succeed, but
it is a health giving work. We have
discovered that sunshine is fatal +o
mites, and it is a good plan to have
two sets of roosts and nest boxes, and
change about, keeping one set out in
the sunshine all the time. We simply
abhor the vile smelling liquid lice
killers. Yes, tYhey will kill lice and
mites and little chicks, but that ‘s
another story. One may put on old
clothes and wash them and put them
out in the sun, but the scent of that
lice killer remains with them still, and
it permeates one’s hair, and every
time one goes into the henhouse one
gets “some more smell.” And then
the eggs. Did you ever cook and try
to eat eggs that were flavored with
“lice killer?” Ugh!

Of late years we do not use “lice
killers.” We use a good lice powder
on the hens for the little chick’s ben-
efit, but mites just revel in it if we
put it in the nests. We put new
straw in the nests frequently and bura
the old; at the same time singe and
scorch the nest boxes and roost poles.
Sometimes we scald them with water

left from the family washing and

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sometimes we whitewash all with hot
whitewash and dry them in the sun.
I know it makes them mean to handle,
but we soon take an old broom and
It has served its pur-
with it. For
disinfecting we use copperas. Dis-
solve about one and one-half pounds

sweep it all off.

pose and we are done

of copperas in one gallon of water and

sprinkle it around henhouse and
chicken coops, on the floors espec-
ially. It is cheap, so use it lavishly.

Elk City, Kan.

Fron Bonniedale Poultry Farm
By Mrs. May Taylor.

“Be brief—we have our living to
make, and it takes considerable of our
time.”

The above is the beginning of a
short sermon from the “echoes” of
the street column of one of the great
St. Louis dailies. The writer claimed
to have seen them on a placard by
the cashier’s window of one of the
city’s banks, and he proceeded tc
preach a short sermon on the count-
less millions of useless words and e<-
pressions used by public speakers,
writers and persons in general in the
daily interchange of ideas between
man and man.

This is an age of intenseness; peo-
ples’ nerves are strung to the extrem-
est tension. We as a poultry people
are a busy people. If we are in the
business enough to be worthy of the
name we have no time to waste on the
enlightenment of the idly curious, no
time to listen to the useless words of
the make-talk kind, no time to read
the long articles made up principall7
ct adjectives and adverbs.

Nc doubt I have missed many good
thinws which were so deeply buried
in verbiage that I had no-time to cull
them out.

But of late years T have framed the
habit of breaking the lengthy articles
up into paragraphs, just the same as
if they were short letters, and by this
way get about all the good there is
out of them.

Cn'y a few days until Easter, the
one day of all days that the egg holds
the scepter. There will be eggs boiled
and fried, scrambled eggs, and eggs
served in every way possible for eggs
to be served.

There is a big woody pasture back
of our farm, and always on Easter
Sunday, if it is a nice day, there can
be seen small groups of boys wending
their way to the woods for an egg

roast. Last year somebody had an
egg roast under the trestle of the
railroad, where I saw the remains 9f

the feast on my way uptown next day.
But while the egg holds sway for the

3

there
the

day, we must not- ferget that
other from
merely gastronomic.
many beautiful Easter services, com-

aside
There will

are symbols

be

memorating the bursting forth of the
New Life. The first in the
March Investigator is symbolical as
well as practical. The growth of the
The development of the
chick in the shell is ever a new revela-
tion. I test the eggs every day, not
all at once, but a few at a time each

article

new life.

day, as long as I can see the living,
like to live
The opening

moving chick. I see
things grow and thrive.
up of plant life as well as the animal
life. I have a box of tulips dug up
out of the frozen ground and set near
the fire. I think they will bloom be-
fore Easter.

Near me as I write is material for
flags of all nations wherein there is a
call for mission workers. “The bright
colors remind me of the old-fashioned
Easter eggs.

Beside me also are other symbols,
a package of Easter cards, each
bearing a cross. Who has not a cross
to bear? But, blessed thought—each
of these crosses is overshadowed with
beautiful Easter lilies, so we may take
up the burden of life well knowing
that the season’s work will briny
crosses that must be borne; but if we
do our duty towards all as we would
be done by the peace of mind that
comes, with the knowing that we have
done our best, will overshadow all.

We are told that one should wear
something new on Easter Sunday to
bring them good luck through all the
year. Every article of apparel that i
shall wear on this Easter, old or
shoes, will have
poultry money,
bring me “good

new, from bonnet to
been bought with
Surely that ought to

A W. P. Rock Pullet owned by J.
W. Hall, David City, Neb., who won
largely at the Nebr. State Show,

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White Langshans in the yards of Mrs. S. Mumpower, Chillicothe Mo.
EE ee eee ee eee

The

desire for poultry knowledge is on the

luck” in the poultry business.

increase. Persons who a few years

ago thought they knew all about
chickens will now stop you on the
street or in the big road to ask about
the management of hens. Some of the
experiences you hear is quite serious,
some amusing. Not long ago an old
gentleman told me that he thought he
would raise a few chickens for past-
time, as he didn’t have much to do.
So he fenced off a9 corner jin the
orchard with netting, bought a couple
of dozen of Silver Wyandottes from
the market, kept them about two
months, and found out that they were
all “roosters.” It would keep one
busy all the time at our place to feed
the grain in litter to scratch out and
expect the hens to get much exercise
at it. Our hens can scratch a pile of
litter to riddles in ten minutes or less
aud get every grain out of it; and
they know when there is no more to
scratch out, and I never yet possessed
a hen that would continue scratching
when there was rothing there to
scratch for. When the litter is raked
into a pile they will scratch it level
ayain, but it takes only a few min-
utes; then they are done. One would
need to stand around and drop a few

grains at a time to keep. them
scratching.
This is the day of the equinox,

March 2lst, and no rain worth men-
tioning. The air is more like Indian
summer than spring, and poultry
raisers are holding back the spring
hatch fearing another drouth.

We will consiaer Ibe Etre

‘Ve could not get cut clover, so
used alfalfa. We buy it in bales, and
when making ready for use shake it
up and pick out as many of the long
straws as possible; then mix with the
rnorning mash. This alfalfa is a won-
derful “grass;” it retains its green-
aess so well and I have praised it so
much since all the stock eat it so
greedily that husband even tells the
neighbors that I make tea of it for
table use.

People often wonder why the hens
scratch so much in the ashpile. They
are after the charcoal. It is argued
that ashes has a tendency to bleach
the yellow shanks, but does anyone
know for a certainty that it does?
Wou!'d not the shanks have turnes
pale 1f they had never seen an ashpile?
Iam :sre I do not know, anj am ask
ing for information. I have been keep-
ing house twenty years, but never had
an ashpile. Husband always kept then
cleaned up for the hogs. I have
scratched ashes under the roosts and
about the yards somsétimes, but one
must always be careful not to scatter
fresh ashes if it is damp weather, for
the hens will walk over them and
make their feet sore.

We like plum trees for shade in the
hen yards because they make a quick
xrowth and the branches are wide-
spreading, making good shade. The
weod is tough and uot easily broken
by the wind. A tree seldom dies root
and branchh. If the branches die out
other will sprout out and keep com-
ing right along.

Hale, Mo.

The Cackling Hen.

Carleton, Neb., April 8, 1902.

Editor Investigator: One word for
the eackling hen; long may she live;
may her comb grow red with prosperity
and may her egg pay every bill for the
women. Please note what Uncle Sim’s
poultry did in 1896:
Earnings of poultry ...... .$290 000,096
Value of cotton crop ...... 259,146,640
Value of wheat crop ....... 237,952,998

Value of swine ..........<. 186,529,745
Value of oats ..........-.. 163,655,068
Total of school expenses .. 178,215,556

We can plainly see by the above fig-
ures that the earnings of poultry are
ot great magnitude and yet some peo-
ple will tell you there is no money in
poultry; any common breed of chick-
ens will bring almost $6 ver dozen, now
at the present price, 8% cents per lb.
What can you raise any cheaper than
one dozen fowls; besides the eggs they
have laid all winter, that is if they were
well cared for.

For the month of March past we sold
over $23.00 worth of eggs, and none at
a fancy price. We have over seventy-
five chickens at present writing and 27
hens incubating. We have not set our
wooden hen, but probably will later on.
We have a nice pen of Partridge Co-
chins and iLght Brahma, also Black
Minorca, but give me the P. Cochin and
you can keep every other breed that
is in the standard.

Will some one please give their ex-
perience how to get rid of the large
lice that bother both young and old
chicks? We are trying comphor gum
in each nest; results later on.

MRS. W. H. FERREE.
Carleton, Neb.

Among the newer of the commercial
poultry foods, and one which has been
the recipient of much favorable com-
ment, is “Egge,” which is being man-
ufactured by the American Stock Food
Co., of Quincy, Ill. It differs quite ma-
terially from other foods of this class,
being made on an entirely different for-
mula. This formula has been the pri-
vate property of an experienced poul-
tryman and feeder until it was taken up
by the company named above, and has
long been known for the excellence and
uniformity of its good results. The peo
ple who now own and control this for-
mula are splendidly equipped as to
means and machinery for the manufac-
ture of “Egge’ and are prepared to
supply it in any desired quantity. Poul-
trymen who desire those things which
are newest and best in the line of their
pursuits, should write, these people for
circulars, prices, etc.

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Two persons start into the poultry-
for-profit business at the same time, but
each has his own ideas about conduct-
ing the business and they run on alto-
gether different lines. A’s plan is to
rear poultry enough to produce the
eggs he wants for the market. B’s plan
is to rear mainly for meat stock. Now,
of course, each will get eggs and each
have some surplus fowls for sale each
year, but with A the fowls are only in-
cidental to the business and the same is
about true in regard to eggs with B.
Now let us see how results prove out:

First I will say that A never counts
on selling young chicks on the market,
his main reliance being the eggs he can
produce during the entire year, while
with Bit is a little different; he sells
some eggs for hatching besides the crop
of young chicks he raises annually, ad-
ding materially to his purse thereby.

Now you say why couldn't Mr. A do
as much with the chicks he hatches;
the answer is, because he does not and
cannot hatch more than he needs to
replenish his breeding stock each year,
for by his plan of conducting the busi-
ness he must keep all his pullets for
laying, and not having many hatched,
his extra cockerels barely supply his
table. He hatches April and May chicks
which begin laying in October or No-
vember and keep it up through the
winter, of course he has his fowls well
housed and fed and cared for at all
times; these pullets lay 20 to 30 cents
a dozen eggs for at least two months,
so of course the owner thinks he is be-
ing very well repaid for his trouble and
cost. Well, about setting time his trou-
bles begin; he sets his 200 egg machine,
attends faithfully and carefully to the
eggs and is rewarded with probably 50
chicks at the end of 21 days. They are
put in a good brooder inside of a warm
brooder house. They get all care.and
assorted rations, grit and pure water
necessary, yet by the time they reach
three weeks of age less than a half
dozen are alive. His next hatch proves
some better and the third hatch about
the same. This is his last hatch, for he
never hatches any late chicks. He prob-
ably rears 75 to 100 chicks out of all
these hatches. You ask why sucha low
per cent of chicks? It is simply be-
cause his eggs, being from pullets or
yearling stock, the eggs are not strong-
ly impregnated with fertility and those

that do hatch are very weak in vitality

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and succumb by the usual period of
about three weeks. Now he loses at
least 500 eggs valued at 12 to 15 cents
a dozen at the hatching period; of
course he gains, from his standpoint, in
the winter months, when eggs are high-
jest, but how much is his actual net
gain? I leave it to figure out; he aims
to run 100 pullets and six or eight males
through the winter; he gets say about
three to four dozen eggs each day for
an average of three months; each year
he sells off all his last year’s hens, late
in the fall, keeping only pullets.
Now, et us, for a moment ook at B’s
way of managing and then compare
them. He, too, makes one or two early
hatches, using same size and kind of in-
cubator, also same plan of brooding as
A, but unlike A he keeps one, two and
frequently three-year-old hens to fur-
nish him with eggs and instead of stop-
ping at three hatches he goes on hatch-
ing till about June 30. Well, he may
not get off his first hatch as soon as
Mr. A, but he is with him on the sec-
ond one, so that the loss of time here
really counts very little. Of course
B’s hens moult in fall and only a few
begin laying again before cold weather,
but it is a fact that he gets a few eggs
at intervals all winter, enough at least
|for home consumption, and the writer
believes that hen fruit is worth nearly
as much on his own table as on some
other fellow’s table. Therefore the
value of them is not exactly lost, but
getting more to the point, I will say
that those old hens begin operations
about March 15th and keep everlast-
ingly at it till about August 1 or when
they begin to moult again, and I want
to say that their eggs are more perfect,
the germ stronger and when hatched,
the chicks appear vigorous and strong,
and a feed or two of rations that may
not be exactly suited to their taste or
health does not seem to affect them,
and out 0 six or seven hatches or about
1,000 eggs he has rom 500 to 800 ma-
tured chicks. Some of the earlier ones
he sells for broilers at 20 cents a pound.
The balance soon get so they forage
for a part of their living, thus helping
to reduce the cost of keeping and he
runs them till Thanksgiving, Christmas
and the youngest to as late as the next
February, when they bring 9 and 10
cents a pound. He then sells off all
old and

,again having selected about one-fourth

old stock over three years

5

large and well developed pullets, keeps
them with the older females to make
up his numbr next year, he, too aims to
keep about 100 hens each year; also
like A, he shelters all his fowls, feeds
intelligently and according to the aims
he has in view.

Now, reader, I have cited you two
real cases of poultry raising, ones that
have come under my direct knowledge,
and while I have not went into detail
as to the work, prices and profits of
either, yet it seefs to me that any fair-
ly intelligent person can very easily
draw their own conclusions. It so hap-
pened that conditions of both these par-
ties were about the same, the only ex-
ception being the breeds each kept be-
ing different. A kept all pure bred
Black angshans and B had W. P. Rocks
as layers, kept under same conditions,
there is little difference, with balance
if any, in favor of the Rocks, but it
must be remembered that A’s hens,
wher he sold off each year, were two to
three pounds heavier than Plymouth
Rocks and twice as heavy as B’s chicks
he sold, so that these two points nearly
balance. Well, any one may use his
own calculations in figuring out who
came ahead, but I will say that I think
that of the two B had the broader view
of the situation and had a better chance
to “catch ’em comin’ and goin’.”’ And
in this day and age it behooves us as
bread winners and managers of our in-
comes to make as many sides count as
we can, and while A and B are still
doing business at the old stand, yet I
may add as a hint to you, reader, that
B’s prospects (other things being
equal) for occupying a front position in
the poultry world is very good indeed,
and that A is plodding along in the
same old ruts, persistently refusing to
learn the lesson from his neighbor, and
therefore is not getting any further up
the ladder of success, which B has by
tact and good judgment been climbing
so steadily. It would appear that there
is an object lesson here and the begin-
ner might with profit to himself study
it well ere he launches forth in what
may be to him an entirely new field of

business. J. C. BAKER.

The attention of the members of the
Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers’ Association
is called to the fact that the annual dues
are due and payable in advance the first
of each year The secretary-treasurer
desires all members who have not paid
this

amount at once.

their dues year to send in the
There is a right and
wrong way of doing things. Let us see
that the business connected with the N.

P. F. A. is done right.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

HPLAAHRLRRRARRARRERRLHN
“AMONG OURSELVES

ay By Velma Caldwell-Meiville

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be
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XSSSTSCSSSSSTSTSSTSTSTSTS SR

Sometimes we wonder that anybody
the
first year in the poultry business; then
fifteen or twenty

There is

survives the vicissitudes of even

multiply them by ten,
years and the wonder
no other venture
least it seems

grows.

certainly so venture-

some. Half the mornings,

as often, when one out, one or

two fine hens are lying under the perch

roe
goes

dead, and they are sure to be the larg-

est and handsomest in the lot. “Some

egg difficulty,” we say, sigh and go
right on bwiding air castles. The fin-
est cockerels get into a fight and one
retires from the field blind or maimed.
Then goes $5.00 or $10.00, as the case
may be. We crt off his heac, bury him
and proceed to set a hen, dreaming

the fine birds to come out

those eggs.

dreams of
of
Seventy-five out of 100 young chicks
die and we plume ourselves on our good
lunck, and well we may.
Such the
world would drive a man to—well,
drink perhaps, but the fancier is made
of stuff, and then—but hear

what a sensible, experienced writer says

losses in swine or sheep

sterner
in Fanciers’ Gazette:

“T have bought a good many
during the last twenty years and I have
decided from my experience as a breed-
er that if I get three good chicks ready
to begin work the next spring, I have
done well with one setting of eggs
That means however, a hatch of about
six chi ks If half the eggs produce
chicks and half the chicks live to ma-
turity,
know this proportion looks very small
to most people, but after you have been
in the business ten years it will not look
so small. Besides, the chances are that
you could not buy three chicks in win- |
ter for what you paid for the setting of ,
eggs; and this suggests another point.
If a good breeding hen is worth $2.00,
eggs from such a hen should be worth
and one chick would

eggs

$2.00 per setting,

eggs.
by
$2.00,

pay for the How much do you

expect for anyhow?”

This
wer the
settings of eggs ora trio of birds for a
start?” He “From three set-
tings of eggs you can not depend upon
raising more than 12 or 15 chickens. A
$5.00 tria, should produce
from 25 to 50 chickens. A $5.00 pullet
1dded each therefter
all the new blood you need.”

further goes on to ans-

“Shall we buy thee

writer
quest ion:

says:

in a season,

year will intro-

duce

you have no reason to kick. I;

We agree with the above. Our start

in the White Rocks was a trio, and
one of the pullets laid four or five eggs
a week for a year. She never “asked”

to set. of cource there was, we presume,
a week of rest occasionally, but we con-
sidered her remarkable. The other pul-
let did the sitting for the whole family.
|To those who are breeding alone for
this would naturally be a
the gathering of
mint of

show birds,

slow way. Indeed,

show birds, unless one has a

is slow business anyway at this
when the standard is so

money,
day and
high.

Some one has said that Mr, oJhnson
has about jar theory out of
the egg business with his long trips
overland, carrying his incubators with
him and hatching on the way or any
where. Further, he is said to have hir-
ed his engineer friends to carry bas-
kets of eggs on their engines, running
at high rate of speed; but it surely re-
mains for us to finish the experiment
for we are running a Sure Hatch and
having the house remodeled at the
same time. If the embryo chicks can
stand the jarring and noise of— well,
say the last two hours, they can do bet-
ter than we can, for we are almost
driven crazy.

age

taken the

If we have a hatch after this three
weeks of turmoil, we shall be willing to
take oath that nothing in the nature of
a commotion can interfere with incu-
bation, and we decided a long while ago
that if a chicken was destined to live,
lyou could not kill it, otherwise you
;could not keep it alive.

Owing to some trouble among the
\sitting hens, one evening some years
lao 20, we took several eggs out of a nest
and laid them down on the damp, cold
'esround immediately replacing them—
jall but one that escaped our notice, and
|was discovered the next morning. It
had been a cold night, but that
‘egg hatched all right.

raw,

| Once when walking in the wodos we
heard a chick peeping, and there in a
deserted nest by a tree root, was a tiny
fellow forsaken of kith and We
carried him to a farm house many rods
|distant where his whilom mother was

found.

kin.

These and many similar observations
prove conclusively that the natvral
chick is, or was, hardy, but about the
chick,” the product of artificral
heat and most unnatural conditions, we

“new

do not feel so sure. Indeed our exper-
ience so far is not of a nature to make
us enthusiastic.

If only some one could find a sure
cure for bowel trouble in brooder
we woitid feel better; but, ac-
cording to the theory advanced by the
writer before mentioned, we supp se we

chicks,

myst look for cnly the survivai of the
fittc st.

Tt goes withent ssying that the poul-
try business is cre the lesding in-
dustries of the country, 2 conditicn
largely due to the numerous and ex-
cellent periodicals now published in its
interest, also in a great measure due to
the habit of advertisinz, which has be-
come a fixed one with our people. Show
us a man who does not advertise and
will show you a man who makes
no sales except a few eggs and chicks
at market price. If we have anything
to sell, “tell it out.”

We remember of remarking, in the
presence of a man who claimed to be
greatly interested in chickens, and who
kept a good many, that we had ship-
ped fowls and eggs to all parts of the
United States the past season. After
an interval of silence he suddenly
queried:

“Did you publish?”

For a moment his meaning did not
come to us; then we suppressed a smile
and answered:

“Yes, oh, yes, indeed; we advertised
in any number of papers.”

“TI never tried that,’ he said reflect-
ively. A write in oPultry Farmer tells
of meeting a man with a wagon full of
coops destined to all points of the Unit-
ed States. One coop to ouisiana, an-
other to Oklahoma nad so on.

c
oO;

we

we must

He said his business of the week ag-
gregated $300 and the receipts for one
day was $153. He gave advertising the
credit.

Tt is unwise, however, to put a poor
article on the market.

White Langshan cockerel owned by
Mrs. S. Mumpower, Chillicothe. Mo.
1st at Missouri State Show.

A White Langshan hen owned by
Mrs. S. Mumpower, Chilllcothe, Mo.

“A good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches,” in the poultry world
as well as elsewhere.

A small fancier gave us his experi-
ence this afternoon. Out of 52 eggs he
hatched 37 chicks. Two died, the re-
maining 35 he keeps in the cellar.- Think
of that! But he says they are as hearty
and lively as can be. He manages it
in this wise. A platform was built up
to the window and enclosed with fine
chicken wire. In one end is the brood-
er. .The little fellows are “brooder-
wise” and back and forth they trot all
the day long. He feeds them chiefly
cracked wheat and oat meal. At night
he throws a heavy blanket over the
brooder to keep in the heat.

Another gentleman present said his
father .is a most successful incubator-
chick man. Out of 200 eggs he has
hatched 187 birds and he feeds them
alone on rolled oats until three weeks
old.

Some one has patly said that more
chicks are killed by kindness than in
any other way and we believe it.

If one is not feeding any of the pat-
ent chicken foods containing meat, it
is an excellent idea to carry a small
basket or paper box to your meat mer-
chant and ask him to put into it the
scrapings from the blocks—fine particles
of meat and bone and saw dust. This
feed while fresh and sweet makes the
the little fellows grow faster, is better
than bone meal.

Keep rusty nails in a can of drink-
ing water and add some of this to the
water in their fountain.

Some way this is the time of year
when the average fancier’s heart “turns
lightly’—more often heavily—to chick
ens, especially the brooder variety.

Velma Caldwell-Melville.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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The mating’ of Barred Plymouth
Rocks is a subject that has been dis-
cussed, debated and written upon in the
poultry journals for years, and as yet
it has not been settled to the satisfac
tion of everyone whether single or dou-
ble mating is the better.

Many breeders believe that double
mating is necessary for the production
of fine-colored males and females. I
have always advocated that the proper
and sensible way to mate Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks is by the single mating
plan, and I have found is less trouble
to produce both fine cockerels and pul-
lets by this method. Fewer culls have
been raised than when the double mat-
ing has been practiced.

I have always opposed double mating
for two reasons. In the first place, by
the Standard, or single matings, we
have fewer unsightly culls running
around our yard, at which visitors may
crack jokes, and more birds scoring 90
points. I have followed the sthandard
mating for several years, and do not
believe in the policy of extreme mating
in any standard variety of fowls. What
we desire in Barred» Plymouth Rocks
is a uniform color that will breed the
same in both males and females, and
as long as we continue to double mate
we will not reach the desired end.

Another serious reason why we op-
pose the double mating is that we can
never send out a cockerel or pullet
from a double mating and guarantee
them to breed true to color and repro-
duce themselves, as we are able to do
with line-bred, pedigreed and standard
mating.

The standard mating is the reason-
able, the practical, the natural way to
breed all kinds of domestic fowls, and
therefore is the most successful. If a
good line-bred, standard colored cock-
erel, which is well barred dut free from
wide bars, with good undercolor, show-
ing no sign of cotton, is mated with a
standard-bred pullet, good in barring
and color, standard colored cockerels
and pullets will be produced if the pair
are from line-bred stock. There is no
mistake in this plan, as many of the
best Plymouth Rock breeders are pro-
ducting good birds by this method.

The plan of crossing from dark to
light and from light to dark is contrary
to nature, and the system of mating
based upon it will but a zig-zag way
of producing a few good males and a
few good females, with a number of
black and white culls, without even a

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pedigree to recommend them.
When birds have been purchased

from double mating, the buyer does not
anything
their reproductive qualities.

concerning
He pays
his money, mates his birds or crosses

know definite

them with another strain, and takes the
of birds.
Like will not produce like unless the

chance raising some good
same line of breeding has been estab-
lished for several years, and then occa-
sionally we see freaks of nature.

I have never said that fine birds can
not be bred by double mating, for such
is not fact. Very fine males and
females can be produced, and it may
be that there is more money made by
the double than by the single mating.
Nine-tenths of my or-
ders are for male birds, especially cock-
erels. It I I could make
special mating each season to produce

the

I will explain:

desired, a

strong-colored, well-barred .cockerels,
which would find a ready sale among
the fanciers who have $5 or $10 to pay
for such a fowl. The pullets in this
pen could be sold for 6 cents a pound.
I am not sure the above statement in
regard to theire being more money in
the double mating is true, but the dou-
ble mating advocates cling to the plan,
and it is probable that it is to their
pecuniary advantage to do so. It is
possible the double mathing system will
produce more high-scoring cockerels
than the standard mating, and as long
as the trade demands mostly such birds
there is money in supplying the de-
mand. Every breeder knows that ex-
hibition males bring the best prices, and
by sacrificing everything else they may
be produced.

The question arises, When such a sale
is made, does the buyer receive value

If the birds have been

bred with nothing in view but to catch

for his money?

the trade, the buyer may have a bird
with a good present value, but with no

reproductive worth.

White Wyandotte pullet owned by
Chas. E. Wilson, Holdrege, Neb.

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The Jacobin seems to be very pop-
ular with the amateur fancier.

J. R. Byers, of Gathenberg, Neb., has
recently started in the fancy. He has
started right by joining the N. P. F. A.
He is all right. He sent in his dollar.

The writer hasn’t heard from any ol
the boys since the state show. Remem-
her your promises. Tell us what you
are doing, and tell it often.

Jesse Gibson of Florence, Neb.,
writes that he intends to become a
member of the N. P. F. A. Let others
do the same.

A century ago the pigeon flocks of
Modena were not only the marvels of
Europe, but of the world. For centur-
ies the inhabitants of Modena had been
pigeon trainers and flyers, and the sport
became an art. The men who conduct-
ed it took their positions in tall towers
and by means of flags directed the
movements of their flocks, some of
which were all dark birds, others white
or blue. The original pigeon fliers
fought their flocks by training them to
dart into each other, knives being at-
tached to their feet. When a contest of
this kind took place in mid-air, bodies
and feathers dropped, telling of the
slaughterdone. But in later days the
fliers merely strive to develop beauti-
ful figures and evolutions and to show
the perfection of training.

We have lost one of our leading
western fanciers in the person of John
Haman, who has moved from Topeka,
Kan. to Chicago.

Arrange the nests in your loft near
the floor and hang the perches low and
your birds will be tamer.

Have salt in some form when the
birds have free access to it at all times.

The show season has its attractions,
but it is hard to beat the pleasure the
true fancier experiences during the
breeding season.

THE ANCIENT PIGEON.

A breed of pigeons that seems to be
but little known, and which is handled
by only a very few fanciers, is the pret-
ty little German toy pigeon, the An-
cient. We know of but one fancier who
handles this breed, and he raises hun-
dreds of them annually. The Ancient
is found in all colors, and a flock of
them is indeed a pretty sight. In flight
the Ancient has the action of the Tum-
bler, although it does not tumble as

much as the latter, as its tumbling pro-
clivities are not sought after by the fan-
In motion it has a very slight vi-

cier.

bration of the neck, as does the Fan-
tail. The skull of the Ancient is round,
and the front quite predominant. The
beak is short. The eye cere is red and
quite prominent; the eye itself being
large and bright. The Ancient thas a
shell crest, and is heavily booted. It
is marked as even as the Magpie, and
the colors are very lustrous. Its body
is very compact and feathers are hard
and close. The Ancient has a hardy
constitution and merry disposition. We
do not see why this breed is not more
generally bred and admired, as in beau-
ty it is far ahead of many of the breeds
that are bred quite extensively. The
German Ancient is recommended to all
those who desire a pretty toy pigeon.

A short time ago some one entered
the writer's poultry and pigeon house
and carried away some of our best
birds, not only pigeons, but a fine pen
of Buff Cechin bantams. The birds
were not found, neither was the thief.
It seems to us that about the meanest
thing a man (of cousre no woman
would) can do is to steal chickens or
pigeons. Anyone who does do it ought
to be caught and hung by the neck
until he is dead, dead, dead!

The Best General Purpose Food--
How and What to Feed.

As we have been asked repeatedly
the question, what is the best all-
round food for the production of eggs,
meat and market poultry. This ques-
tion has been asked us mostly by the
farmers and contemplating fanciers,
etc., and our answer was and is the
White Plymouth Rocks. They are the
most popular of all breeds. There is
no breed of fowls that has won the re-
\ spect of the fancier, farmer and market
poultryman as the White Plymouth
Rock. Why shouldn’t they, as they are
a beautiful bird and the best layers of
the Plymouth Rock family, good for-
lagers if given the range of the farm,
‘and they also bear confinement well.
tand make the best of matters; and the
finest table fowl and demand a better
price in the market than any _parti-
colored fowl. The White Plymouth
Rocks are undoubtedly the best gener-
al purpose fowl in existence. When I
say White Plymouth Rocks I am
speaking of the pure bred White Plym
outh Rocks with pure white plumage.
true rock shape, with two combs, rich
yellow shanks and beaks. Not these
little, narrow, contracted, high tailed,

White Plymouth Rocks, like some we
have seen,

I started six years ago with a pen
of eight White Plymouth Rocks, and
ever since have bred and raised from
three to twenty-three different varie-
ties, and still make and will make a
specialty of the White Plymouth
Rocks, as we have so far failed to find
any other breed that can take their
place as an all round fowl, and again
say I do consider this the best general
purpose fowl in existence, but too
much booming is not good for any-
thing. What the beginner wants is
more facts and not so much foolish-
ness. I also wish to say that there are
too many people writing for the poul-
try papers without experience. They
have probably been breeding pure bred
poultry for three months to a year,
and think they know it all; hence write
it up. They know more then than they
will know in ten years after.

I am like Mr. Benedict. I do not
know now nearly as much as I thought
I did six years ago. As to what to
feed and how to feed, people should use
more good common judgment in feed-
ing their poultry, and not listen to
every one who chooses to write a lot
of stuff about the poultry business (and
some of whom, no doubt, have never
owned a hen). The best material for
food is wheat, corn, oats and buck-
wheat. Do not feed much corn to lay-
ing hens. Feed it at night only, and
feed it hot in cold weather. What is
the best for the main food for laying

hens? If the hens haven’t a farm
range, make them work for all the
grains. Feed by scattering it in straw

or litter of some kind, and keep them
working all day if you want ‘lots of
eggs and happy, singing hens. For
my part I do not believe in soft feed
for a steady diet, but it is good as a
morning mash two to four times a
week. Scalded oats, bran, ete., and
feed it hot in cold weather, and make
it crumbly, not sloppy. And give your
poutry plenty of good grit and oyster

shells, and if the are confined to small

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R. C. W. LEGHORNS and W. Guineas. Eggs
1.50 sixteen, or 6.00 per hundred. Mrs. Win-
nie Chambers, Onaga, Kansas.

DO YOU WANT winners? If so, buy eggs of
A. Z. Copeland, Potomac, I1l., W. Plymouth
Rock,G. S. Bantam and W. Guinea. 1.25 per
fifteen 2.25 per 30. A. Z- Copeland.

GOOSE BREEDERS send 10c for my book on
goose raising. Embden and Toulouse Geese.
Imported stock. Circular Free. H.S. Price.
Specialty Breeder of geese.. Pres. National
Toulouse Goose Club, Waukegan, I11.

PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de-
scribing al] varieties, arranging loft. breed-
ing. feeding. caring for, 5 cents. 1,000 pig-
eons for sale. Prices free. Wm, A, Bart-
lett & Co, Box 27, Jacksonville, Il.

ards they must have plenty of green
food of some kind.

This advice is not intended for the
old poultryman, but for the beginner,
and those contemplating breeding pure
bred poultry. Hence I will say that
anyone that is induced to use one of
the pure bred egg producing breed for
the production of eggs in the place of
scrubs, will never use scrubs again.
The same is true when a man is en-
gaged in producing broilers. And for
general purposes almost any of the
pure bred varieties of Plymouth Rocks
and Wyandottes will drive the scrubs
ofi the farm, whenever given a trial,
never to return again.

We could say lots more, but think it
best not to say too much at once, so
we bed to remain,

Yours respectfully,

J. B. McQUEEN.

Palermo, Ohio.

GEMS

By Percy W. Shepard.

There is no royal road to success. It
is a common, well trodden road to start
with, but becomes somewhat rough and
tiresome as you advance. But after you
get there it is yery nice.

Practically, there’s as much sunshine
in your life when caring for poultry <s
there is in any work. How much
brighter and healthier too, is a life
among the fowls rather than in a hot
tiresome office?

Fresh air is good for the fowls. It’s
good for you, too. A breeder’s life is
ful! of pleasure. A very few find it dif-
ferent, however. You must love to see
the fowls grow and then the shows,
why, they are simply grand.

It’s a continual work, ‘tis true; but
then what of that? It’s easy although
it takes time. Not a long vacation at
any one time. But still in the autumn
there is time to get prizes. It won't
do any harm to try for them.

Do you think the poultry business is
being over done? Not when eggs get
as high as thirty or forty cents a dozen,
as they were this past winter. At that
rate it will take some time yet to over-
do the poultry industry. You will be
safe in saying that it never will be a
“failed industry.”

It’s a good thing everybody don’t
want to raise poultry. Everybody would
soon run it ashore. But never worry
about that. There’s room for a few (?)
yet. And at the top notch of success
there’s room for a vast number. Try
to get there yourself.

If you don’t get quite to the top, you
may get far enough up to make it real
interesting and profitable. Success is

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

waiting for you. It waits for all. Some
went and received it; others sat still and
waited in vain. Waiting never amounts
to dollars.

It’s a good thing, push it along.
What? Why the poultry business. We
need a few more energetic, lively hust-
lers to help build up the business to a
higher state of perfection. In your as-
sistance you will make a _ profit and
learn what really good poultry is.

The world is moving on. So is poul-
try. Are you moving with the world?
You don’t have to go backward to get
behind. Just stand still and the others
will move on. eKep up. You run in
the race. The entry fee is light. Don’t
cost much to start. It may cost some-
thing in time and labor to win, but then
the prize is a grand one. Get it.

Did you ever stop to think how long
it took to get poultry up to its present
high state of perfection? If not, just
think how long it has been. It has
been a few (?) years hasn’t it? Well,
the point is this: You can’t expect ic
get the very best at a very insignificant
price. Good birds come high. So de
good profits. This seems to favor buy-
ing the bes34t, doesn’t it? Yes, buy
the best.

Do you know all about the poultry
business? No, I guess you don’t. There
are lots of others in the same fix. “All”
is a whole Jot to know even if it is all
about the little (?) poultry industry.
We don’t expect to know it all. Of
course we learn a little every day. And
these little !earnings build up our work
and place us where we can manage bet-
ter and be more successful.

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It pays to be a little particular about
learning. Go into every part deeper
than to give just a glance and pass on
without learning all that is possible.
Close observation, a few experiments,
some study and common sense will
teach you a vast amount about poultry.
But then learning is of no value unless
you apply some of the knowledge to
your work. Use your learned facts and
plans to an advantage.

Perseverance is a good thing to pos-
sess. The persevering business man
gets along well. So does a_ similar
poultryman. If you do not already pos-
sess such qualities you can acquire them
if you try. You ca nmost always make
yourself just what you want to be. If
you want to be persevering and are not
naturally so, get a hustle on and shove
the poultry business right along.

Tt don’t pay. What don’t pay? Why,
many things often done by out-of-date
breeders never pay. Neglect, cheap
birds, poor feed, poor buildings, waste,
lice, disease and a number of other
things never pay very well. Try some-
ways that pay.

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BOFF PLYMUUTHA ROOK Cockerels from
first prize cock; very promising. Write for
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Elgin, Ill.

BUFF ORPINGTONS, “Cook's Strains,” eggs
15 for $300; hatch guaranteed $5.00 from
birds buff to the skin and progeny of im-

orted stock. Expressprepaid. A. Edward
reen, Joliet, Ll.

EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens
prize winning Black Laugsbans, score 924%
to 954%. Buff Orpingtons and Rose Comb
Blak Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole,
M. D. Williamsfield, Ill.

BUFE COCHIN chickens, Toulouse geese,
Duroe Jersey swine, Cockerels for sale
with score cards, Chi'ken eggs $2.00 for 15,
Geese eggs 25c each, Ohas, A. Allison, Ten-
nessee, III,

THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S.C. Brown
Leghorns. Barred and White Rocks and
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south
of East Peoria. D. E. Glatfield, East Peoria,
Ill, manager.

SILVER GRAY DORKINGS, White Wyan-
dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns,
They are state winners. Live and let live
is our motto. Dorkings, 1.50 per setting,
other settings 1.00. Circulars free, O. Mul-
lin, Beauford. Minn.

BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st
premium stock at leading shows, 93 to94. 3
grand matings, eggs 2.50 per15. Robt. Lar-
mer, Ravenwood, Mo, Box 7. 8. V, Pres. Buff
Rock Club.

EGGS 75c per 15. Farm range. Black Lang-
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From
pen No. 1, Black Langshan, 2.00 per15. Pen
No. 2. White Wyandotte, 1.50 per 15 M. M.
Browning, Appleton City, Mo.

S. H. COTTON. Superior Black Langshans;
Eggs 15 for $2.00, S. H. Cotton, Appleton City,
Mo.

WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES
Eggs 1.00 per 13> White Wyandotte cocker-
els 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio.
Eggs per setting. 95c. Mrs, H. M, Clark,
Sumner, Nebraska,

8.S. HAMBURGS. Eggs only for sale; 1 sit-
ting 1 5u; 2 or more sittings 1.00: 5,00 per 1U0,
Rey. G. A. Chamblin, Moran, Kansas.

BUFF ORPINGTONS and W_ Holland Tur-
keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy
stock. Winners at Nebraska state show.
Ohicken eggs 2.00, turkey eggs, 1.50. Mat-
tie Stutft, Lawrence, Neb.

GET THE BEST! One dollar buys 15 eggs
from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose
Comb Black Minorcas. C, 4, Norman, Stroms-
burg, Neb.

PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns, White
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg-
horns score to 95, headed by 2nd cock at Des
Moines show. Eggs 1.50 and 1.00 per 15; 4.00
per 100. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer‘
Indianola, Iowa.

AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. 100 Bronze
Turkeys, sire 44 to 46 lbs. 200 cockerels P.
Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin-
eas, Jersey cattle. Stock and eggs for sale.
25 years a breeder. F. M. Munger & Sons, De
Kalb, Ills.

WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth
Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds,
1.00 per15; bred on different farms, free range.
Pekin Duck eggs, 11 for 50c. B. Ll. Grover,
Burton, Kas.

B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens, 1.50 for 15.
Searle’s strain, none better. Write your wants.
Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr.

HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas and B.
P. Rocks at Nunda,15 prizes including 7 1sts
with 16 entries. Circulars free. W.C. Hill,
113 Adams st. Yards 10,001 S. Wood st, Chi-
cago, Ill.

S.C. BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en-
tries in class of 60. I have been winner Ist, ck
2d ckl, 1st, 2d and 3d pulletand Ist pen. Eggs
$1.50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. Edw.
Pietsch, Elsberry, Mo.

BUFF ORPINGTONS—WYANPOTTEsS. R.
I. Reds and [ndian Runner Ducks. Winners
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
Judge, Port Huron, Michigan,

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Some of Mrs. S. P. Rogers’ prize winners at Pleasanton, Iowa.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Look up

her ‘tad’? and see what she has good for sale.

FOSS SSSESOCSCHSSFOS OSC? Pooeoy

} Poultry Experiences
; By Ida E. Bard t
FOFSSSOSS SESS FOF ES FSF OOOH
At this season of the year every
breeder of poultry is interested in one
subject—“How can I have fertile eggs
and setting hens?” There are
than thin
flesh and the numerous other causes
that infertile eggs
are found each season, and one which

more

causes overfat or too in

we often read of
I have not yet seen any experienced
breeder write on. I will
give my experience which may be th
means of saving beth time and birds
for someone else.

There fore

My experience is
Those that I have
out to road at their pleasure I never
trouble with; they take care of them-
selves as far as matings are concern-
ed.

with yarded fowls.

Some years aga I had a widow
lady and her baby living with me who,
like myself, liked to work with chick-
ens. As my time was needed in other
places she wanted to care for the
chickens in the pens. After telling
her just what to feed, and I knew they
were made to scratch in litter for ali
the grain, hens were laying well and
every bird the ot

looked picture

health, but after using three settings|and no fertile eggs.

of eggs and getting no chicks hatched
from the eggs from the pens, I knew

something must be wrong there, for;in coop out or vice versa.

cared for just the same, for caring for
the setting hens I don’t allow no one
else to do unless I am too ill to do so.
I finally told the lady I would feea
and care for the fowls in the yards
for a week and see if I could learn the
cause of infertile eggs. We may read
about science and theory in poultry
rearing, but I learned we must use
observation and intelligence (such as
most of us are endowed with) in mat-
ing up the breeding pens. My first
work was to examine fowls and sez
if they were overfat; learning they
were not, I must seek elsewhere for
the cause of infertile eggs, which |!
soon did. Wanting to hatch as many
chicks as possible to get started in
that breed and not having but one
large yard, after selecting the best of
the females I then had too many for
one male, so I put in two, one a cock,
the other a cockerel. I had noticed
the cock bird was gallant to extremes.
He would find grain of some kind, or
a tempting morsel, and call the hens
to eat it instead of eating it himself.
This gallantry prevented him from
getting as much to eat as his needs
required to keep up vitality. The rest
of the time he spent watching the
cockerel and giving a chase around
the pen. The result was no matings
I shut one male
in a coop, leaving one in the pen a
day, then changed by leaving the one
After that

the broody hens had all done so well|I had plenty of fertile eggs and A9
with hatching other eggs and all were! more poor hatches.

Another time in

ENGLISH PHEASANTS.
great game bird. Eggs for sale in season. 33
per 15, $9 per 50. Hatched and raised with
common hens. Mrs, A, Schluckebier, Beaver
Dam, Wis,

EGG machines are my Blue Andalusians and
Buff Leghorns. Mortgage lifters and will not
disappoint you. After May Ist, eggs Sl per
15, $2 per 30. O. P. Nesmith, Bluford, Il.

BUFF Poultry Yards. B.and red S.C. Leghorns
Buff P. Rocks. Eggs $1 per 13. H. Bailey,
Port Norris, New Jersey.

BUFF P. Rocks. Buff Leghorns, Cornish and
W.y. Games. None better. Eggs Sl_per set-
ting: ettings $175. J. W’ McNeil, R. F. D.
No. pringfield, Ohio.

LARGE Black Minoreas lusively. Egys
from Chicago prize winners, $2 per 15, $3.50 for
30, guaranteed fertile. Dr. W. A. Franklin,
Harvey, Ill.

NARRAGANSETT Turke
quiet. Eggs i5c each. B. Rocks and S.C.
W. Leghorns, both good laying strains. Eggs
15, $1: 40, $2; 100,$4. Money order, Salem, Ind.
Martha Hoke, Oxonia, Ind.

EGGS from Golden Wyandottes, scoring up to
94, and Mammoth Pekin Ducks, $1 per setting.
W. 4H. Turkey eggs, $1.50 per setting. Incu-
bator eggs a Specialty. W. G. Young, Che-
mune, Ill.

FOR SALE.

Beautiful, hardy»

good size and

Eggs from S. C. Brown Leghorns.
$1.25 per 15; breeder for years. Also from
Snow White Wyandottes, $1.50 per 15. Stand-
ard bred birds. Henry Walther, Clinton, Ind.

BARRED ROCKS exclusively. Eggs from
pens, headed by winners at Red Bud and
Nashville Shows, $1.50 per 15. during May
and June, if you mention Investigator. Gray-
el Creek Poultry Farm, Sparta, Il.

BUFF P. Rock cockerels $2. Eggs $1.50 per 15.
Double standard Polled Durham bulls ready
for use. Reds. Good individuals. Strong
polled blood. Prices reasonable. J. K. My-
er, Kempton, Ill.

S.C. BLACK MINORCAS, winners at Cleve-
land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13,

four settings for fise dollars. Catalogue
free. Jos. Krenn, 114 Beecher st., Syracuse,
N. Y

EGGS FOR SALE from our Chicago prize win-
ners. White Holland Turkey eggs, $3 per 11;
W.P. Rock eggs only $1 per 15. Frank J.
Hicks, Onarga, Il.

EGGS FOR HATCHING. B. P. Rocks, two
pens Congers, one pen Bradley Bros. also Em,
pire W. Rocks. Eggs from either, $1 per 13.
Stock for sale. J. H. Howarth, Fairbu ry, Il

W. WYANDOTTES and W. Plymouth Rocks.
Eggs from two grand pens $1 per 15, $3 for 50,
Dr. Fred Evans, 1004 N. Syracuse st. Grand
Island, Neb.

BUFF COCHINS. My specialty is fine Buffs
Heavy feathered, rich colored birds fit for
any company. A fewchoice cockerels forsale
atS2each. W. H. Minton, Springfield Kan.

EG Barred P. Rock eggs from the Fair-
view poultry yards, 3settings, $2, per 100, $3.50.

Stock strong and vigorous. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Searle Bros. & Co., 1485S. 27st.

Lincoln, Nebr.

FOREST HILL poultry farm. R. C. B. Leg-
horns exclusively. 10 years standing. Egg
producing strain. Can furnish 100 eggs per
day. Price $1 per 15. 50 per 50, $4.00 per 100.
C. H. Brown, Council Grove, Kan,

FOR SALE, eggs from good stock Buff and
Barred P. Rock and W. Wyandottes 15 for
$1.50, 100 for $7. S. C. Buff Orpingtons im-
ported. 3 strains, 15 $2. 50,100 for $12.00. Jacob
Bassinger, Columbiana, Ohio.

R. ISLAND Reds. White and Partridge Wy-
andottes. Barred P. Rocks, B. P. Cochins, B.

Cochin Bantams, geese, turkeys, duck, all
Winners. Illustrated circulars. Highland

Poultry Farm, Des Moines, Iowa, box 700,

SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND _ POULTRY
Farm, C. F. Austin, Dearing. Kan., White
Rock Svecialist. Eggs Frank Heck and
Jobo Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale
Strawberry plants—best varieties. Square
treatment,

WHITE WYANDOTTE®. cockerels scoring
to 944%. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring
to 96% sired by a Tom weighing 40 1hs and
from hens weighing to 25 Ils. Prices rea-
sonahle. W. H. Lake. Hampton. Nebr.

SHER WOOD'S Buff and Barred Rock eggs 1.75
for fifteen, 3.00 for thirty. My catalogue tells
all about them. F. B. Ritchie, Warrensburg,
Illinois.

BARRED P. ROCKS, Conger strain, farm
raised, large size and fine layers. Eggs 1.00
per fifteen. Fine Bronze Turkey eggs, 3.00
for 12. Mrs. CT. C. White, Paris, Mo.

Buff Cochin
Krause Bros., Milwaukee, Wis

cockerel owned by

one season with two yards I had the
male birds die before the breeding
season was over. For a long time [
could not tell why. In my ignoranc=
I thought feed, water, grit and all that
the hens ate; if they were hungry
they would eat if they wanted it, but
after the second one died from no dis-
ease I could see, I wrote a friend giv-
ing description. Not long before, she
replied, “that she had the same ex-
perience when she started in the poul-
try business and that a noted poultry
judge who mates up her yards annu-
ally gave her the cause of the male
birds dying and the remedy, which [
will briefly tell.” The male bird’s gal-
lantry caused death by starvation and
the remedy is to remove from the pen
at least once a day and feed separate-
ly. Close observation at night by ex:
amining the crop when on the roosi,
to see if crop is full, is a very good
way to learn if they are getting
enough to eat. There may be females

in the flock the eggs of which will be.

deficient in fertility which can be
traced to unnatural mating. Domestic
animals assert their nature as well as
the human race and have likes and
dislikes. Our eyes must be used here
and judgment also. Uf we see a fe-
male in the flock where this absence
of fondness on the part of the male
is displayed it should be removed from

the pen.

“Setting hens.’— Anyone knows
enough to set hens. So thought Soc-
rates, when he attempted to set “the
old blue hen,” but what a dismal fail-
ure. There will be better results if
broody hens are put in a pen where
other hens cannot disturb them. [

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
move my setting hens in the evening
to the pen purposely prepared for set:
ting hens; give them a couple of next
eggs, put a board in front of the box
to make the nest dark. The
evening, if they stay on the nest all

next

day, I remove the nest eggs, give hens
a dusting with insect powder and the
eggs I want them to have, take the
board from the front of nest and they
can go off of nest when they wish t»
get feed and water, which is kept in
the pen. Thus far I have not had one
broken egg in the nest and _ other
years when I kept the hens shut up
and let them out every evening to eat.
I usually had many eggs to wash,
caused by being broken in the nest,
and there was so much work to clean
nest boxes too that I wished there
were no setting hens, or I might have
a wooden hen, and I am going to have
one, too, for my hens persist in lay-
ing eggs and I like early chicks, but
I shall set eggs, too. I will tell the
readers of the Investigator next time
how I care for chicks.

IDA E. BARD.

Reading Notice

Our enterprising advertisers, The
Mississippi Valley Belgian Hare Com-
pany, advise us that their extensive stud
is in fine condition and increasing rap-
dly: they are weaning 400 young this
They have constantly on hand
about a thousand head of hares of their
own raising and are therefore at all
times ready to fill orders for either ped-
igreed or unpedigreed Rufus Red or
Black Belgian hares, singly or in pairs,
trios or herds. Anyone wishing to em*
bark in the hare industry, or those de-
siring to improve their stock, cannot
do better than to correspond with these
people who have been in business for
years and are well known for honesty
and reliability.

month.

Notice to W. andotte Breeders

I have recently been appointed Sec-
retary of the Western Wyandotte Club
and | earnestly wish every breeder in
the West to become a member of our
club. We expect to make this club
secend to none in the country, and by
putting our heads together we will have
no difficulty in making it such. Send
me your name, and get as many other
breeders of this “beauty breed” as pos-
sible to become members. We expect
to be heard from this fall at the differ-
nt shows over the West. Give this your
earliest attention.

JOE. C. RUSSELL, Secretary,
Western Wyandotte Club,
Breckenridge, Mo,

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BUSINESS CATCHERS

Or ed Dek tel del del dol dol dol het hat del WO > ee
S.S. HAMBURG evgs 9c. per sitting. From
fine birds that will stand the test in any
show room. Guarantee good hatch or money
refunded. Geo. Dahlenburg, Seymour, Ind.

waa

3ARRED P. R. eggs, famous Ringlet strain,
Stock direct from Thompson. R. C. B. Leg-
horn eggs, Schreiber’s strains. Birds scoring
92 to 94 by Heimlich, One setting, 2.09, 2 set-
tings 3.50. Pope & Schwartz, Hillsboro, I11.

BARRED ROCKSexclusively. Eggs from pen
of fine birds hard to beat, 1.5) per setting,
Mrs. Alice Jackson, Champaign, Ill. R. F. D.

KENTUCKY PIT GAMES. Far downs and
Ky. Dominiques. Eggs 2.00 for 15, 3.00 for
30, Cocks 5.00, hens 1.50. Ben Lucas, George-
town, Ky.

W. P. ROCK Eggs from
in the country"

the very best strain

Our birds equal to ancestors.
Eggs 1.50 for15. Write wants and ask for
Novel Egg Folder free. Geo. F. Stanton &
Sons, Hennepin, Ill. Box I

SIX PENS of W. Rocks. Most noted strain on
earth. Our birds score from 9] to % by relia-
ble judges. Eggs this season only 1.50 ger 15.
Our elegant egg folder free. Geo. F. Stanton
& Sons, qox F Hennepin, 111.

NO TIME OR MONEY has been spared in se-
lecting our stock of Light Brahmas, Pekin
Ducks and Poland China swine. Eggs per
setting 10). Harry W. Garman, Parkville,
St. Jo. co. Mich.

BUFF ORPINGTONS. Large, healthy, vig-
orous birds. Clean sweep racine show. Eggs
3.00 per setting. R. C. Brown and S.C. W.
Leghorn eggs 1 per setting. Louis Mogen-
enson, Racine, Wis.

BUFF ORPINGTONS are the coming general
purpose fowl. Cocks 10 to 12 lbs, hens 7 to 9
lbs. Eggs in season, 1.50 per 15; 3.00 per 30.
Levi N. Schulte, Oregon, Missouri.

S.l.WYANDOTTES, Sixteen years a breed-
er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac-
ing: laced wing bar. My strains wins prizes
in the hands of my customers, Eggs 1.50 per
15. EF. D. Blair, Georgetown, Ohio.

EGGS $32 per 15 selected W. Wyandottes, scor-
ing 91 to 94, mated with males scoring 91 to 93
Shellabarger. Incubator eggs $4 per 100.
John Old, Woodbine, 111.

WHITE P. ROCK eggs 1. 00 for 15; high scor-
ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. J, H. Piper, Whitehall,
Illinois.

BUFF ROCKS exclusively.
dollar. Breeding stock good weight and col-
or. Above price low for the quality. A.A.
Simons, Hamburg, Iowa.

SILVER WYANDOTTES, first and third prize
pen scoring 1873g and 185. Eggs from this fa-
mous stock, $2 per fifteen. Incubator lots
from flock, 6.00 per hundred, Martin Bender,
Winona, Minn.

MAHOMET, POULTRY YARDS. Barred P.
Rocks exclusively. E. B. Thompson strain.

Eggs, 15 for one

Eggs #2 per 15; »3.50 per 30. Eggs shipped in
Erie baskets. Safe arrival guaranteed.

Frank Purnell, Mahomet, I11.

PREMIUM STOCK Poultry Yard. Barred,
Buff and White Rocks; S.C. W. and Brown
Leghorns and Black Minorcas. Fertile eggs
15 forSl. Stockforsale. A. Starzinger,, Car-
bondale, 111.

P. WYANDOTTES, 1, 2,3, 4,5, prizes, Wor-
cester Boston, New York; breed only choicest
hens; 44 years a breeder; raise prize stock on-
ly. C.O. Loring, Dedham, Mass. One-half
express paid to western points.

MONEY MAKERS are the four new kinds—
Part. Wyandottes, beautiful piumage; Silver
Penciled or Dark Brahma Wyandottes, beau-
tiful soft gray; Violet Wyandottes, bunch of
violets; Sicily Wyandottes lay at 4 months;
8 first prizes, and 3,'4, 5, 6, prizes, at great Bos-
show‘ 1902. Half express paid to western
points. C. O. Loring, Dedham, Mass.

ONE DOLLAR buys fifteen eggs from extra
fine stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rock,
W. Wyandottes and R. C. Brown Leghorns.
C. R. Norman, Stromsburg, Neb.

FOR SALE. Threetrios of W. Plymouth Rock
high scoring* prize winning birds scoring from
92 to 95 points, are bred for their great egg
production as well as show qualities. Each
trio consists of 3 pullets and one ckl. Price
per trio, 5.00. Eggs 1.00 per fifteen. Mrs. D.
Beerer, Rose Cottage Farm, Box 465, Butler,
Indiana.

EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown, Buff
Biack, Dominique, ~ilver Duckwing and
Rose Comb White But? and Brown Leg-
horns, Price list free. Syivester Shirley
Port Clinton, Ohio,

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Change of Name and
Ownership.

With this issue, I close my year’s
work as editor of the Poultry Inves-
tigator, and I thank the many patrons
who have given it their hearty support.
It has given me great pleasure to see
its patrons grow into thousands from
so small a beginning, and it has given
me much more pleasure to know that
my feeble efforts to give the readers
of the Investigator a clean and good
paper were appreciated, and I amsorry

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

that lam now obliged to give up the
work, but I find that there is an end to
man’s endurance. As the Draper Pub-
lishing Company could give the readers
of the Investigator so much better ser-
vice, I felt, as well as the owners of the
Investigator (the Sure Hatch Incubator
Co.), that we would be justified in
turning the Investigator over to them.
In fact, the new management will
enter upon the duties with a full sense
of the obligation to an expectant pub-
lic, with a clear conception of the far-
reaching influence of their policy upon
one of the most important industries of
this country, and with a renewed zest
and a new dignity to the poultry pur-
suits and an increased influence and
remuneration to those engaged in it
With the assurance tha' all will be for
the best, and that the patrons of the
Investigator will in the end be the
gainers, as well as for the best inter-
ests of the poultry industry at large.

With best wishes for the success of

the Investigator, patrons, and the
Draper Publishing Co., Iam
Respectfully,

L. P. HARRIS.

This is the last number of the Poul-
try Investigator. The subscribers will
receive the Commercial Poultry from
now on. Advertising contracts up to
and including this June issue, is a mat-
ter between the advertisers and the
Sure Hatch Incubator Company.

We have negotations under way in
which we expect to dispose of our fine
poultry business to a new company
which will continue the business here
at Clay Center, Nebr. The growth of
our incubator business has reached
such proportions that it requires my
entire time and attention. To give the
reader a more definite idea of the ex-
tent of our incubator, poultry, and
poultry paper business, will mention
that we have sold nearly 11,000 incu-
bators and brooders since Jan. Ist, 1902,
we have shipped over 100,000 eggs
since March 15th, 1902, and in the last

10 months we have built upa subscrip-

tion list of 18,000 subscribers for the
Poultry Investigator.

Mr. Harris finds the poultry business
enough to look after,and I am satisfied
with having done a thorough job at the
incubator business, hence the sale of
the Investigator, to give us beth a bet-
ter show another year.

I here wish to thank all our patrons
for their patronage. I hope our pleasant
business relations will continue. I
promise you my best effort. I can also
promise you a good friend in the Com-
mercial Poultry and from time to time
you will hear from me through that pa-
per. I will feel more at liberty in the

BUSINESS CATCHERS.

¥
RO I EE Sl al al lal

“MODOCS”, “Snowballs,” **Red Cubans” and
“McGinty Warriors,” bred to fight for my own
money. Illustrated circulars with rules of the
pit free. E. H. MaCoy, Paw Paw, Mich.

B.C. BANTAM eggs from selected high high
scoring stock, A few good cockerels and
pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W. J.
Gow, Norfolk, Neb.

FOR SALE. Eggs at $2 for 15 from Black
Langshans and Light Brahmas that are bred
and mated right. I exhibited my Langshans
at Indianapolis **Fanciers’ Association Show,
1901,” winning American Langshan Club cup
in hot competition. H. J. Rader, La Fayette,
Indiana.

JFRSEY STRAIN Light Brahmas, winners at
the big eastern shows. Illustrated circulars
free. Eggs $3. Fine breeding cockerels, $3
ee z= Sag Meller, 68 Freeman St. New-
ark. aJe

SILVER Gape worm extractors, unequaled. 3
for 25c’ Big profits to agents. Samples and
particulars 10c, Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis-
ville, Bucks Co, Pa.

S.C. B. LEGHORN eggs, 30 for $1.50; 100 for $3-
50. W. Plymouth Rock eggs, 15 for $1. A. H.
Carlson, Chanute, Route, 2, Kansas.

BARRED P. ROCKS exclusively. Thompson
& Hawkin’s strain strain, 12 years with this
variety. Score 91 to 9444. EggsSl per 15; $4
per 100; $2.50 per50. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Mrs. Rosalie Hendrickson, Marion, Ill.

JOHN R. GARBEE, Billings, Mo. Breeder of
fine poultry. For May and June will pay ex-
pes on eggs and deliver to your express of-

ce. White Holland Turkey eggs, 10 for $3.
Golden Wyandottes S. C. B. Leghorns, Barred
and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea
eggs 15 for $2. All are pure stock. Remember
express prepaid anywhere in U.S. Mention
Investigator,

EGGS from White and Black Minorcas, Buff
Leghorns, Barred Rocks $1 for15. One good
hen, four pullets and one cockerel, not related
for sale after May 1. Priceof the six, $10.
Also pen of White Minorecas for sale cheap if
taken soon, A. A. Bair, Neptune, O.

HOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith,
Osceola, Ia, Large dark laying strain. Eggs
from special mated pen all winners $2 per 15
$3.50 for 30. Order now. Good hatch guaran-
teed.

EGGS from Buff Orpingtons of high class
(Cook’s and Edward’s strains) $2.50 per setting,
also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Maj-
or,, 2119 7th street, Port Huron, Mich.

INDIAN RUNNER ducks. Regular egg ma-
chines. Eggs balance of season $1.50 per set-
ting or #2 per 20. Pine Brook Poultry ,Farm,
Napoleon, Ohio.

BUFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best,
picked from 250 carefully bred Buffs, none bet-
ter, Eggs $1.50 per 13. Herbert S. Redhead,
1757 Brooks st, Des Moines, Lowa.

ARE YOU LOOKING for eggs that will hatch
S.C. B. Leghorns. Place your order with Ed-
win W. Staebler, 36 Tremont st Cleveland O.,
Eggs $1.50 per 15. Winners of 3d ck, 3d and 5,
pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4thon the list
of great shows.

BIG MONEY for agents selling our Fumiga-
ting nestegg. Pollard & Couthway, Bloom-
ington, Ill.

DARK BRAHMAS, the best of all the large
varieties, for roasters, Capons and wintereggs.
Hardy, bear confinement and one of the hand-
somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the
season, $2 per 13, $3.50 per 26, $4 per 40. A few
choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nye, Leaven-
worth Kansas.

BARPED P. ROCK (Bradley& Thompson) W.
Wyandottes (Duston’s) Buff Cochins (Hares)
fine young Barred P. Rocks forsale. Eggs
for hatching in season. Write for prices. J.
Dumenil, No. 19 So. 5th st. Keokuk, Iowa.

CHEAPEST, best, 25 leading varieties, Felch,
Upson, Bond, Hawkins, Latham, Empire, Ab-
bot, Nugget, Cook, Rowlands, Jackson, and
other great English and American strains:
Brahmas, Cochins, Langshans, Sherwoods,
Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Rocks, Games, Leg-
horns, Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks,
Ponchatoula, La.

BUFF LEGHORNS. First prize winners at
Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y. 1902- Breeders
are finer than ever. Stock for sale. Circulars
free. Chas. L. Thayer, 7036 Union Ave, Chi-
cago, Ill.

BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff! Leghorns,
Black breasted Red Games, Pekin Ducks,
Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine stock. Get
price list at once. Satisfaction guaranteed,

he Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville, Ia,

Commercial Poultry,than I could in the
Poultry Investigator, for the reason
that some might have construed my
little write ups as boomers to selfish-
ly advance our own incubator interests.
By the way, have you noticed the fair-
-ompetitors in the
Poultry Investigator? The question
often confronts me as to whether they
would do the same by us if we had
changed places. No doubt some of
them would and others would not.

ness shown our

During the summer and fall months
Iam going to write a book on poultry
raising. The name of this book will be
Sure Hatch Catalogue. It will be
ready for mailing about Christmas
time. I hope every poultry raiser will
want a Christmas gift. I will try to
have eneugh books to go around. Talk
about poultry guides and such things,
mine will not be that kind. It will be
catalogue unanomously,but it will have

‘enough honest poultry information to

entitle it to a front seat. It’s not going
to copy anything or anybody; it’s going
to be itself and if I know where Iam
at, this book will be the kind that the
people will keep for the good there is
in it.

Now about incubators. We are go-
ing to put out the best and suit our-
selves and our patrons on prices, will
do this regardless of all the nations on
earth. We are getting rid of side is-
sues for the express purpose of being
on hands when the ball opens.

Yours truly,
M. M. JOHNSON.

This will be the last issue of the
Poultry Investigator under the present
name and ownership, as the paper has
peen sold to the Draper Publishing
Company of Chicago and will be merg-
ed with Commercial Poultry.

The Poultry Investigator has been
heartily supported during its entire
life,and we feel confident that this sup-
port will not be withdrawn now that it
is to become a part of the most widely
circulated poultry paper in the world.
The Draper Publishing Company will
carry out allour subscription contracts,
and our readers will receive two num-
bers of that paper every month for the
same length of time that their sub-
scriptions to the Poultry Investigator
are credited, thus getting twice as
many papers as they would have re-
ceived under the old arrangement. We
ask for Commercial Poultry the same
support and friendship that has been
accorded to us.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR CO.

ee

The most graceful pigeon that walks
—the White Fantail.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
WHITE LANGSHANS.

Being a breeder of the White Lang-
shans for seven or eight years, I will
describe them as I have found them.

I have had some experience with most
breeds of poultry, but have yet to see
the fowl that will beat the White Lang-
shans for utility. I do not claim that
they are the best all-purpose fowl in
existence, but one of the best.

The alngshans are natives of the
extreme northern part of China and
were first introduced into this country
in 1878. The White angshans vLariety
has not been bred so long, but have
gained rapidly in popularity.

As a general purpose fowl they have
no superior and as winter layers they
have stood without a rival. They are
one of the hardiest fowls in existence.
Have smaller bones than any other
large breeds and the flesh is juicy and
tender: are géntle in disposition, mak-
ing good setters and mothers; bear
confinement well, but if given their lib-
erty are great foragers; are not lazy
like most Asiatic breeds.

They are a handsome fowl in appear-
ance, being pure white in plumage,
therefore free from those objectionable
black pin feathers. At the great dress-
ed poultry and egg show in December,
1898, held under the auspices of the
oBard of Agriculture, a pair of White
angshans took first prize for dressed
poultry, also first prize for brown eggs.

They have bright red combs, wattles
and earlobes, shanks slate color; bot-
toms of feet and skin between toes,
pink, producing a combination of col-
ors not possessed by any other breed
of fowls. They are a very handsome
fowl and a flock of White Langshans
look beautiful on a green lawn.

The White Langshan is a good breed
for either fancier or farmer. The young
chicks when first hatched are a blue or
mole color, but moult white. I think
the bluer the chick when hatched the
bluer the blood, the whiter the chick
will be when matured.

T have had my customers write me
saying, “The eggs I bought of you have
hatched, but none of the chicks are
white.”

But in a few days their little wings
begin to grow and show white feath-
ers, so of course by this time they have
seen their mistake, their fears have van-
ished and they are pleased.

With a fair and unprejudiced trial,
the White angshans, will establish it-
self as one of the best of the utility and
fancy breeds.

They have had no great boom, as
most other breeds, but have come erad-
ually to front on their own good merits.

MRS. L. MUMPOWER.

Chillicothe, Mo.

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BUSINESS CATCHERS.

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MAMMOTH WHITE Pekin Ducks exclusively
Bygs for hatching, Sl per ll. Fred Gruene-
wald, Rear 347 Lowry st- Allegheny, Pa.

PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES and Single
Comb R. I. Reds. Eggs from as good as the
best. Partridge, $3 per setting, Reds, $1.50 per
setting. One third off after June Ist. Otto B.
Cannon, Elsberry, Mo.

WHITE FACE BLACK SPANISH exclusive-
ly. Bred them 40 years on free range. Eggs
will hatch. Eggs 90 cts. per 13 $150 per 26
Johu Bennett, Sunman, Ripley Co. Indiana

YOU’LL NEVER REGRET it if you get a set-
ting of my Barred P. Rock eggs at “live and
fet live’ prices, $1.50 per 13. They will
please you. W. F. Crigler, Nevada, Mo.

LEGHORN EGGS from the the greatest laying
strain on earth. S.C. Brown, and White Leg-
horn eggs, 75¢ per setting, $4 per 100. w.P
Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.

WHITE WYANDOTTES. At Macomb, Shan-
er, judge, Ist, 2nd 3d ckls, 95%, 93%, 93% 3
ist, 2d 3d pullets, 9534, 95%, 95345 2d, 3d hen,
95%, 95%; Ist pen, 191%2, 1st for 10 best birds in
American class, 95142, Duston strain direct.
Three yards headed by cockerels with extra
good combs, eyes and iobesand white as snow
scoring 9534, 9412, 94. Eggs $1 per 13. W.E.
Thompson, Box 195, Macomb, Ill.

BARRED ROCKS. Large, heavy bone, fine
barring, good layers. Eggs $1 per 13.35 per
100. Mrs. Tilla Leach, box X Cherryvile, Ill.

CORNISH I. GAMES. ‘Templeton, Moore and
Sharp strains. Eggs $1 for fifteen. Also fine
White Wyandottes and Buff Cochin Bantams
same price. Good birds cheap. I. W. Smith,
Kendallville, Ind.

BUFF ORPINGTONS: Birds and and eggs

for sale. Correspondence solicited. Mrs. E

L. Palmer, Noble, Til.

BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from our pens
of selected birds that will reproduce them-
selves at R2 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Krause Bros. cor. 29 and Burleigh St. Mil-
waukee, Wis.

TWO YARDS EACH of pullet
mating high scoring Single Comb Brown
Leghorns. Eggs $1 per 26, 30 eggs $2.
Roy Glasgow, Science eacher, Public high
school, Hannibal, Mo.

POULTRY RAISERS send ten cents in stamps
and get a Fumigating Nest Egg that will keep
the nest free from lice and add to your egg
production. Pollard & Couthway, Blooming-
ton, Ill.

BLACK SPANISH only. First prize winners
at Mo. state, Kansas state, Kansas City, and
Marshalltown, Ia., shows, also Valley Falls.
Egys $1-50 perl3. H. W. Chestnut, Birming-
ham, Kansas.

BARRED ROCK EGGS for hatching. E. B.
Thompson’s Ringlet strain; 151. Lewis Rob-
erts, Franklin, I.

DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand-
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and eggs
1.50 per setting. Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
Nebraska.

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for
sule. Bggs $5.00 per 100. $1.00 per 13. My
stock is first class and have won in show
room. J.P. Schroeder, Vlay Center, Neb.

LIGHT BRAHMAS. Ihavea few good hens
and pullets for sale cheap- Mrs. Alice Allen,
Clay Center, Nebraska.

EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
Light Brahmas, 1.50 per eerine of 15 eggs.
Write wants. John H. Rownd, Downs. Kas.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. L
yr old hens and this year’s pullets and
cockerels for sale, Old stock score 92 points
and up to 954. Write for prices. Geo, N,
Wood, Weldon, Ia.

WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score
94% by Russell. for sale. Also eggs from
D. Brahmas. Brown Leghora, B. Pekin s-
Expert Judge. P. M. Vooley Milton, Ia.

EGGS from standard bred White and S. L. Wy-
andottes and Light Brahmas, $1.50 per setting.
C, Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb.

CORNISH INDIANS a specialty. Winners
wherever shown. Scored by Russell, Hews.
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class
birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for- 15. J. La
Bannson, Sarcoxie; Mo-

R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckis left.
Begs 1.00 per 15. Also a few Stay White Wy-
andottes. Eges 1:00 per 15. C. H. Courter,
Ashley. Ohio.

FOR SALE.
your wants.

Pre ke

and cockerel

Fantail pigeons, all colors. Write
Robert Hefti, Wayue, Neb.

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FOULIRY INVESTIGATOR.

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CARE CF LITTLE CHICKS

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Yes, we like the Inve tigator, the
ime aprropriate an? it flls a long
We realy did neea a western

pou try peper with articles written by
prac pcople who have ‘nvestigated
the t out whe. ticy are writ-

Ing.

We don’t like theoretical poultry cul
ture unless we find it also practical in
our every-day work with our chickens.

For ourselves, we have raised and
said chickens for some twenty years in
farm

four different states, both on a

with unlimited range and on a village
lot where they were necessarily yarded
in small pens. We have had many “up
and downs,” been bothered with many
rats,

skunks, minks, hawks, snakes, wolves,

pests and “varmints,” including
pet cats, hogs and the most discourag-
ing of all, the midnight thief who comes
and steals our best by the dozens. and
leaves no clue whereby he may be
caught,

‘What we have written, and what we
may in the future write about the poul-
try pusiness in any of its branches, will
be irom our own experience or of some
Our best and most

pensive teacher: has

near friend. ex-

been experience,
and we hope that we may be able to
keep some of the readers from having
any very great loss.

We have never had an entire failure
of the chicken crop. We have
through two entire crop failures with

passed

the accompanying drouth, but there has
not been any year in all our experience
that we have not had eggs and chickens
to sell, and when our account with the
hens has been counted up, they have
each year been a source of profit.

But there are many things we do not
know and we are always to
We make mistakes sometimes,

willing
learn,
and try to learn a lesson from each and
every one. We learn some new things
each year, either from our own obser-
vation or from the experience of others
given in the various poultry papers that
regularly reach our table,

A good supply of poultry literature is
profitable

almost indispensible in the

handling of thoroughbred poultry.

You have, no doubt, been advised
many times “how to begin,” but my ad-
Don't think you
Begin

at the bottom and climb up, for if you

vice is to begin right.

can learn it all in one season.

try to begin at the top you are very apt
to climb down and at a faster pace than

jyou may desire. If you can only care
|for and have room for 100 chickens, do
|not {00 and

diesease and

try to raise 300 or lose
most of them by

crowding.

over-

Little chickens must have good care
the and
food of the proper kind, and they ab-
either

and ymust have sweet clean

solutely must have mother,

natural or artificail.

a

The isn’t any use to hatch out chick-

ens by the hundred to die by the
hundred, because you cannot take care
of them, it is foolish and cruel. We

know of two men, brothers, who intend-
ed to go into the poultry business on

a large scale; intended to raise and
keep a thousand hens, 17 hey bought
two 400 egg incubators and set them

both. When we were there they had
out 750 little chickens and the incuba-
tors set again.
they thought brooders were not neces-
such
small coops and one yard for all of
They fed them
various things, but all to no purpose.

It was in August and

sary warm weather. They had

them on a village lot.

Of those 750 poor motherless little
chickens they raised not one. Of the
later hatch we did not hear, but we

know they borrowed a brooder from a
friend, and last spring one of their in-
cubators was offered for sale at a re-
duced price. They told us they had
found out by experimenting that there
wasn’t any use hatching out a lot of
chickens unless they were prepared to
take care of them and one
would hatch more than they could take
care of with their present conveniences.
How much better if they had only
profited by some one eise’s experience

incubator

and saved the lives of those 750 poor
little helpless chickens?

them
coops

The main thing is to keep
warm and dray. Make

with board floors and tight roofs, and

good

ahve them set so the rain cannot blow
We have a board for
them

comes

inthe open front.
each coop and we close every
night and when the rain up,
until they are well feathered ot at last.

We have always raised on rchickens
with hens. While she is setting we dust
her with lice powder and again when

we put her in the coop with her babies,
‘and again when they are two weeks
fold. If it cold put some
straw or hay in the bottom of the coop
jand put an old piece of carpet or some

is very we

sacks over the top of it for a few days.

RS
. .
This is for You! |
Owing to my jodvirg engagements
for Season of 19 will) ot be able

and will hereby
rednee the price of eves from $300
to $200 ner 15 T have s. G. Brown
Levho ns, Black Leghorns. 1 orred
Plymouth nocks, (Violet Strain )

David Larson, Wahoo, Nebr, |
fhe emer a

Its Up To You

To get 5,000 new subscribers. We
will send the Fanciers’ Guide, an up-
todate Poultry and Hare paper 6
months for only 10 cents. Special
ad rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3
months forl dollar. 30 words breeder
notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now
in egg season.

Fanciers’ Guide,

to how my bir

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Montpelier, Indiana.

R. C. and S.C. B. ORPINGTONS.

Won firsts at Lincoln, Nebr.,
Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa.

Eggs for Sale.

Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. lowa.

Eges $1.50 per setting, from my

prize winners at Kansas and
Nebraska State Poultry Shows 1901
and 1902. Partridge Co hinus, Buff
Coch ns, S. S. Hamburgs. Barred
Piymouth Rock ai d Light Brahmass
Write for winnings.

DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.

0. MO. HUN, DRO

Breeder of Prize-Winning

IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,

Stock forsale at ali times,

EB. OMOHUNDRO

Eggs in season,

All breed-
ing stock scored 90 to 92%. Look
for fine stock n xt year. Send your
orders early and secure your choice.

Mrs. A- P. Rodgers,

Bowling Green, Mo.

IT BEATS ALL.

The Natural Hen Incubator beats the

old way of setting hens ten times over.

100 egg hatcher costs only $2. 94,000sold

principally by agents. We want 5,000 active
men and women agents for the new season. Special
terms with you—a large margin of profit. 1 cere
formula and catalogue sent free, if you write to-
day. Territory may be gone tomorrow,

NATURAL HEN INCUBATOR CO.,B- 11, COLUMBUS, NEB,

Mrs. Jacob Hughes, Rock Port, Mo.,
breeder of White Langshans.

We put the little chickens in a basket
or box, covering them with a cloth,
heavy enough to keep them warm and
to their home with their
We shut the coop up until

carry them
“mammy.”
evening and then if they run out and act
hungry, we feed them, be they 12 hours
or 48 hours old, but first, we place a
this
pound up some broken white dish into
a fine grit which they eat readily, aiter
this we feed them most anything we
happen to have, Kafiir corn, millet seed,
wheat, oatmeal, bread crumbs or corn-
bread.
years ago, we fed them raw wet corn-
meal, and our
cousins and aunts told us that was the
proper feed, and we buried more chicks
We wet
feed now and seldom feed soft feed.
Chickens have gizzards made on pur-

rock near the coop and on we

When we first raised chickens

because our mother

than we raised. never feed

pose to grind their own feed and it is
a saving of time and chickens to feed
only dry, natural grains. We have fed
boiled eggs and potatoes, but they al-
ways caused more or less bowel trouble,
so we have them off our bill of fare for
taty chicks. We feed
them cornmeal, but we put it down per-
fectly dry.

do sometimes

Do not kill them with kindness by
feeding them too often and too much,
baby chicks are like baby boys and
girls, when the eat too much they suf-
fer. Keep pure water before the little
chicks all the time then they will never
drink too much.

We seldom feed oftner than four
times a day the first week; thre times
a day the second week, and after that

We

have feed coops made of lath and in

only in the morning and evening.

these we put feed in the evening and
they come and eat all they want and go
to roost. In the morning we put in

|coffee

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

more than they will eat and they eat
all they want; run get a dring and then
go to the fields bug hunting till night.
If they do
them, they come back to the feed coop;

not find enough to satisfy

eat a little more. run get a drink and off
the

this plan, we are not

to Since adopting

with

fields again.
bothered

ttle chickens running after us every

ltime we happen to go out of doors, and

they grow so fast and are healthy.

After all your care if they do get
bowel trouble, bake some corn bread
the same os you do for your own
little

mixed

just

dinner, with a cold
boiled

enough Venetian red to color

dampen it

milk. or even water in

it, and
feed it to them for a few feeds, alter-

inating with dry grains again.

We feed some corn chops after chicks
are two weeks old, but we are very par
tial to Kafiir corn, which we think an
ideal We in the
first two three

chick food. grind
mill
after that they can swallow the

is con-

for the or
feeds,
whole grains easily, and as it
will never
have caused by
something other than the feed..

This season we have to pay $1.75 per
bushel for Kaffir corn, but we must
can save by

stipating in its action they

bowel trouble unless

have it as the chicks we
using it as a part of their feed will
more than pay the bill. Last year out
of about 400 hatched, we did not lose
one by disease. We accidentally killed
eight by letting a board fall
on them, and we got carless and let the
lice’ kill several. We had some late
late ones hatched that all died. The
so hot and dry that the
ground got unbearaby hot that the lit-
feet and legs actually
shriveled up. We had shade, but they
would not stay there—they were bound
ovt in the hot sun until they

I saw several
drink like they
die.

seven OF

weather was

tle chickens

to run
would give up and die.
come to the water dish,
were famished and immediately
These were small chicks not yet fully
feathered. The older ones came through
all right.

SAVING—ECONOMY.
(By Percy W. Shepard.)

Many men have made their way into
the world and have built up fortunes
from a start with nothing but willing
hands and energy. They began at the
bottom and worked their way w. Did
they save what they earned aside from
the natural and necessary expenses of
life2 Yes ,certainly they did. They
were willing to economize and saw the
These early savings are
in after

wisdom of it.
what resulted in a fortune
years.

A poultryman just starting out in the
poultry world is in the same way start-

| in the pure,

15
Incuhators.

Built on entirely “new principles and the
only machine made that will allow the chicks
when hatching to come out of the machine
fresh outside air at their own
will. just exactly the same as they do when

hen. Guaranteed to im-
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For further partic-

hatching under the
itate nature closer
machine on the market.

ulars address with stamp,

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo.

Winning

White Wyandottes.
7 ; WE WIN East and
West. Atthe great
Chicago Snow, 1902
in hot competition,
in a class of 64
White Wyandotte
cockerels, the fin-
= est ever seen, our
birds were given two prizes out of five,
winn'ng th2 3d and 5th prizes. We
have 4 pens of high scoring females
headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13.

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.
PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM.

Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose
Comb Brown Leghorn.

Having disposed of all my sur-
plus stock and mated up my

pens, am prepared to book or-
ders for eggs. Write at once
for prices.....- dodiguoaeaadcdaD

J. H. TROUGH,

Minden, - - - Nebr.

Silver Wyandotte and
White Langshan

Eggs $1.50 per 15.

Guaranteed to hatch.

A. E. GRIMES,

Decatur, - - Ohio.

Bonniedale Poultry Farm!
Eggs to Hatch.

S.DOTTES: Very choice pen,
Over3.0 hens on different farms.
pure stock. Eggs $1 per 15, $4 per 100.

BARKED ROUKsS: Strictly standard sys-
tem. 60 fine hens and pullets. 4 extra
large. stately crowers,. scoring from 90 to 94
hy Judges Russell and Strausbough. Eggs
2 per 15, $850 per 30. :
© 1,Games. Good pure stock on separate
farms. Eggs $1.50 per 15,

ROUP OURE: Our make. 50 cents,
Circulars free.

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.

LOCK BOX 176,

$2 per 15.
Goud

postpaid.

Chcice Eggs

For hatching from

fine B. P. Rocks
and big Buff Coch-
ins. Eggs $1.50
per setting from
healthy stock.

IDA M. KESLER,
Woburn, Ill.

I POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

For Sale - -
FOX AND WOLF HOUNDS

Of the best Kentucky and English blood. Write

for circular, Also Red Fox, Grey Fox, Wolves
and all kinds of pet stock. Write me for prices.
F. D. PAGE,

Missouri.

RINGLET B, ROCKS

The Kind that Win We Double Mate.

Miltondale, -

Ben Hur, tst cockerel at Lincoln
Show 1902, at head of our cocker-
el breeding pen. No females in
our pullet breeding pen scoring
less than go, mated to extra choice
pullet breeders.$ Stock all sold,
eggs reasonable. Write for prices.

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb.

R. C. W. LEGHORNS,
Sr ee

Imported males scoring 94%
and 96; females to 95%. Af-
ter June 10th, 15 eggs $1.00;
39, $1.50; 100, $3.00, Barred
Rocks: 12 hens scoring 89 and
90, and pullet mating, line bred, Rus-
sell and Headle male and 12 of their
pullets, closing out sale, 25 Birds for
$15.00. Mrs. S. P. ROGERS,
R. D. 0. Pleasanton, Ia.

Standard Poultry Book.

Just from the press. Over

2000 copies have been sold.

Contains 100 pages, 90 illus-

trations. The most complete

book on poultry ever issued for

the price. Just the thing for the noy-
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CHICAGO BOOK CO, 3642 S. State St., Chicago.

Bargains Did You Say?

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You can get a good start in Barred
Rocks from Pinkerton & Co.’s prize
winters the balance of the season at
half price. Remember Pinkerton &
Co. keep nothing but the pure E. B.
Thompson strain.

PINKERTON & CO, Clay Center,Neb.

ing at the bottom and ready to work
his way up. It is mainly the beginner
who needs to save what he can. The
One who is far advanced in the work
does not need such advice, as he knows
his own “business.” But the beginner
is apt to fail to work it properly and
keep himself from getting along as
rapidly as he might do. A young
breeder needs to save feed and Save his
fowls from disease and save money by
watching the markets and selling just
when the most profit can be realized;
also save in other wals.

Now, in saving feed—lots of people
don’t know how to save feed. They
really don’t and you can see it by the
way in which they care for the fowls.
In the first place a fowl must have
enough feed to repair the waste tissues
of the body, furnish heat and form eggs
from. In winter the most feed is used
to keep up the warmth of the body. It
is in this point that lots of people fail.
They do not realize that a fowl living
out of doors most of the time and
roosting in an open shed needs more
food t keep it warm than it des when
kept in a warm house. So one way to
save feed is to keep the fowls warm.
A fowl in a warm building does not
need so much food as one half frozen
all the time. Another way to save feed
is to give such as will make the foowls
lay plenty of eggs. Corn as an exclu-
sive ration for the hens in winter will
not cause them to lay much. While if
you had feed some different feed at a
slight additionaal cost you could get
them to lay enough to pay for the feed
and a profit besides.

Still another wa to save feed. Are
you feeding several million of lice
along with your hens? Do you allow
lice to swarm your hens and coops, or
do ou keep them in check? It costs to
keep lice. A hen covered with lice will
not keep in good condition on the same
amount of feed as would make her fat
if she were free from them.

Saving from disease. Of course this
is economy. A fowl lost by disease
Tepresents a profit varying from part
of that of one hen to that of several
hens, according to the value of the
fowl. Besides, a sick fowl, if it gets
apparently well, loses much time that
might be profitable were it kept well,
and also after it gets well it may never
amount to much afterward.

Practically speaking, it is economy to
get the most profit from the fowls.
And it is a loss to allow them to be
idle at any part of the time. It is this
kind of work that makes the people
say there is no profit in fowls. They
fail to care for them and a loss results.

Same in all the ways that you can.
Be economical at least during the time

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BUSINESS CATCHERS :
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MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartley, Nebr., Barred
Rocks, well marked, extra large birds, both
cocherel aud pullet, mating pens. Eggs 2.00
for 15, 3.50 for 30, general flock, 4.00 per 100.
White Wyandottes, Norval and Coffin strains
direct, 2.00 for 15. 3.50 for 30.

S.C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed by 1st
and 2nd ckls and 2nd cock (Knapp strains),1.00
per 15; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or-
ders now. M.B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa.

EGGS for hatching; White Plymouth Rocks
and White Wyandottes, 15 for 1.75. S.C. White
and Brown Leghorns, 1.25. Belgian hares for
sale. S.S. Dunn, 4550 Chicago Ave., Minnea-
polis, Minn.

WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict-
ly pure white, mated to a 94 5-6 point cockerel,
large and pure white. Peers, 1,50 per15. No
stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W. Brehm,
Harvard, Nebr.

WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13
varieties of thoroughbred poultry. Eggs for
hatching from 60c to 1.25 per setting. Write
for particulars. O. O. omen, Decorah, Iowa.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel
strain. Pen headed by 525 cock; every hen a
top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your chance
to get the best White blood in the world. H.
C. Nichols, P. M., Spearville, Kan.

EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced
Wyandottes $1.50 per 15, $2.50 per 30. Known
as I. X. L. Poultry Yards. Satisfaction guar-
anteed or money refunded. Mrs. W. J.
Barnes, Topeka, Kansas, Sta. B.

MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMAS, prize win-
ning stock scoring from 90 to 95 points. Eggs
$1.50 per 15. Mammoth Pekin Duck eggs
$1.50 forll. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice
Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska,

O,1.C. SWINE forsale from ore of the best
herds jn state of Illinois, Bookit g orders now
for pigs, single, pairsand trios, \.ated Noakin,
Prices within reach of all. Also eggs from
large, growthy Light Brahma and B. P. Rock
chickens for sale at $2.00 per 15 or $3,00 per 30.
Address Chas. Griffith, Woburn, [11],

FOR SALE. Two 200 egg size Sure Hatch in-
cubators, In first class conditions will sell
very cheap, While Rock Farm, Wap llo,
Towa.

COMBS’ SINGLE Comb
Regular egg machines, Stock direct from
best eastern breeders, Eggs for sale 1.00
for 15. W. E. Combs, Julian, Neb.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Eggs 7ocents per 15. Strawberry plants 60
cents per 110. Loudan Red Raspberry
plants. 50 cents per12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe.
Cory viile, Pa.

EGGS. Barred Rorks (Thompson strain)
White Rocks (Emire) White Wyandotte
(Duston) Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette)
Light Brahma (Felch) 13 for125 Also a few
fine covkerels, L. M. Whittaker, 385 east
Robie, St. Paul, Minn,

BLACK LANGSHANS, Partridge Cochins
Silver Laced Wyandottes. Kose Comb
Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale.
Prices very reasonable for quality of stock
If you want something good writé at once.
0. F. Kurtz, Lawrence, Neb. Have fine
English Berkshire hogs.

BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred to fine
bucks scoring 94% at $3.00 each, or 2 does and
a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S.
Markel, Wahoo, Neb.

PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice
heavily feathered pullets for sale. Eggs $1.50
per15. Pen headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state
show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed, H. E

owman, Lawrence, Nebr.

WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first
class and my prices right. I have spared nei-
ther time or expense to get the best stock-
Scores from 92% to 9534. Eggs for sale, $1.50

er 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free.
. E. Bowers, Bradshaw, Neb.

P. NEWCOMB, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has the
largest loft of fancy pigeons in the west to se-
lect from, having all the leading colors in Eng-
lish and Bohemian Pouters, Fantails, Arch-
angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers,
Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows, Magpies,
White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale.

DAINTY FOLDER FREE telling all about
our noted strain of White Plymouth Rocks
and why I sell 15 eggs for $1.50. Geo. FP.
Stanton & Sons, Box F, Hennepin, 111.

DON’T YOU TELL if we sell you White Ply-
mouth eggs from a strain that others are sell-
ing for3 to 5 dollars a setting and we charge
but $1.50 per setting. Our novel folder free.
treo. F. Stanton & Sons Hennepin, I11.

Brown Lezborps

Farm raised,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

before youo have reached an independ-
ent business. By this, I mean that you
should be more economical when you
are struggling to get a business built
up. After you have got your business
well started and paying exceedingly
well, then you can waste more than
you could at the start and not make
a serious loss.

Yet after your business is well built
up you cannot lose anything by being
economical then.

CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS.

Oatmeal is often recommended as
a feed for young chicks, but is rather
expensive in most localities.

I have found bread crumbs and
cernmeal, slightly moistened with
sweet milk or water, a good feed; also
millet seed and the timothy and clover
seed that is wasted on many barn
floors.

Some hemp seed may be given for a
change and as soon as they can swal-
low whole wheat it may be given for
the evening feed. Never make the food
wet enough to be slopped, and pro-
vide plenty of clean water in clean,
shallow drinking vessels. Sardine or
the square, flat cans that raw oysters
are put up in are very good if one
hasn’t a drinking fountain. Give them
warm coops on cold nights and cool
Ones on warm nights, by having
boards or screens for doors. Keep the
coops clean and dry. Scald once a
week to kill any vermin that may have
found a hiding place. Diarrhoea is the
most common of all complaints among
chicks, and may be caused by cold,
lice, raw food and hard boiled eggs.

Should this disease appear and no
lice are present, make a complete
change in the feed. A good remedy is
to break a raw egg into a cup of boiled
mill, after cooling, and thicken with
dry bread, adding a pinch of ginger.

A laxative is seldom needed, but
mey be given in the form of cour milk
or bran.

If the chicks are kept housed or
yarded, some green food, such as let-
tuce, cabbage, kale, turnip tops, etc..
must be given. Also keep fine gravel
or broken dishes pounded quite fine,
sand and charcoal where they can al-
ways get it.

The mother hens must have wood
ashes or dust. This is a great help to-
ward ridding them of vermin.

JESSIE SE:

To those who wish to join our State
Pigeon Association we will say ths
membership fee is one dollar. This
amount includes your dues for the first
vear. You pay one dollar a year into
the treasury each year thereafter.

17
White Plume Poultry Yards

will sell W. P. Rock eggs from prize
winners at $1.50 per 15 or $4.00 per 45;
incubator eggs at $5.00 per 1U0.

White Wyandotte eggs at $1.25 per
15 or $3.00 per 45.

White Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16

¢ or
$2.00 per 30.
Guinea Pigs for sale.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK,

Dallas Center, — - lowa.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS,
(Exclusively.)

Farm Ratige. - - - Good Stock

Eggs that will hath, $4.00 per 100,
$1.00 per 15.

Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.

White Wyandottes Exclusively . .

Pullets Scoring as high as 933 by
Green. Pen headed by cock scoring
94 by Myers, the Pan-American
Judge. Eggs $1 per 15; $8. per
SU. Orders filled promtly.

G. T. Karges, - Fairbury, Neb.

WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS

No show birds for sale now, but havea lot of
nice pets (good breeders) at 75c, $1 and $1.50 per
pair. Can spare a few pairs of YELLOW AN-
CIENTS, the beautiful German Toy Pigeon at
two dollars per pair. Watch for my fall sale
announcement of fine poultry and bantams.

G. D. McCLASKY,

Judge and Breeder. Papillion, Neb

tia Sec’y Treas. Neb. Pigeon Pancier’s Ass'n.

NOW IS YOUR TIME to get a start in pure
White P. Rocks, 30 eggs for $1.00 balance of

season. They are good as the best. F. J.
Kolasa, DuBois, Neb.
BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN, Yards,

50, pen $5;

aE Wiss

EGGS HALF PRICE—Barred Rocks, Hawkins
Strain, 30 for $1.00, $2.50 per 100, bronze ‘Tur-
key eggs $1.50 per ten; Pedigreed Belgian

Hares. Catalogue. Elmer Gimlin, Rose-
mond, Ill.
A. STRANSKY, Chilton, Wis. Breeder of

Black Langshans, Buff and W. P. Kocks, W.
Golden and Buff Wyandottes, S. C. Brown
and Buff Leghorns, W. and B. Minorcas,
Houdans,. Eggs, 1.50 per fifteen. B. Turkey
eggs, 1.50 per9. Pekin and Rouen ducks 1.50
per 11. Red Tumblers, 1.00 per pair.

FOR SALE. Light Brahmas, I. K. Felch strain
none better. Single birds or breeding pens.
Eggs from stock birds scoring 923914 by Rus-
sell, 1. 50 per fifteen. Albert von Bergen, Pe-
tersburg, Neb.

PINE BROOK Poultiy Farm. Barred Roeks,
Winners at the big Ft. Wayne show; first ekl,
first,second and third pullets; first pen. W.
Wyandottes, Buff Rocks I. R. Ducks, eggs
ae per setting. W.P. Smalley, Napoleon,

10,

HOUDANS exclusively. Winners at Pen-
American, Cleveland,- Dayton, Detroit, Chi-
cago, etc., orwherevr shown. Eggs only 2.00
per 15 straight. Stock reasonable. My birds
will not disappoint in breeding pen or show
room. S. D. Lance, Troy, Ohio.

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively.
Eges fifteen for 2.00, from my best pens. Pure
white, good yellow legs, low combs. You are
sure of prize winners. (F’chel stock) Only a
few settings to spare. NM E, Cunningham,
Ada, Ohio,

18
B. P. Rocks.

Descendants from winners. Eggs
$1.00 per 15, $5.00 per 120. ‘Toulouse
Geese eggs 50c per 9. Satisfaction
insured.

Ludwig Uehling, R.R.1. Hooper, Neb

The Best

BUFF WYANDOTTES in the world
are t: be found at Shushan. N. Y.
Ihave some of them. Forry of this
years breeders fer sale at $2.00 each.
Eggs balance of season $1 per 15.

J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y.
I will sell my B.

After May 10th P. R. breeding

Stock at very low figures. These birds
have brought me pullets that scored
90, 9214 and 93. All these birds will be
as I represent them. Eggs after the
10th of May will be $2.00 per 15, or
three settings for $5.00.

Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la.

FOR SALE! Light Bretmes,

Felch Strain. Nonebetter. Eggs
from stock scoring 92 to 93%,
$1.50 per 15. White Wyan-

dotte eggs $1.25 per 15.
Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb

EGG REDUCTION...

We are done hatching and have
turned our breeding pens together on
range—egg~ $1.00 per 15; $1.50 per 30.
From flocks on other farms $4.00 per
100. Now, as always, first class White

Leghorns.
PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,
R. R. French, Mer. Box 47, Ford City, Mo

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194
FOR PAST B. P. Rocksin class at Red
SIX YEARS Oak, Ia., won 1st Cock, 1st
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
At Osceola, Ia., Dec. 3d-6th, won Ist
Cockerel. 1st Pullet, Ist Hen, Ist Pen.
Eggs $2.50 per 15.

H. R. McLean,
Osceola, - -

lowa

It is next to impossible to raise poul-
try, even a small flock ona city lot to
say nothing of a large flock on a poul-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
trained

Fox Terrier Dog.

Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo.

Jat Males $10.00; females $5.00,

From prize winning Golden
Eggs Wyandottes, $2. per 15, scor-
ing from 90 to 93%, by Shellenherger.
Keota, Hl.

* YeRat

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Cornish Indian Games

Our poultry papers are filled w ith the
praise of Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes
and other attractive birds, but we sel-
dom the Cornish Indian Games
mentioned or hear their praise. Yet
they’ are gaining popularity very rap-
idly and bid fair to take the lead as a
general purpose fowl in the near future.
Having moved to our new home at Bel-
ton, Mo., I have resolted to devote my
entire time to the caring for and breed-
ing of my fowls, to try to meet my cus-
tomers’ demand for stock and eggs.

see

I began breeding
thoroughbred fowls. I tried twelve dif-
ferent varieties, but soon discarded all
but the Cornish Indian Games, and have
never had cause to regret my choice.
I have bred them exclusively for six
years. As egg producers, games rank
with any of the ordinary breeds, I have
had hens three years old Jay as well
as pullets, and this in January, too.

The eggs of the Cornish Indian
Games vary in color from very light to
a dark brown. I am a little partial to
a nice brown egg, therefore am select-
ing nice brown eggs to set, and when
I get my strain established they shall
be known as the brown egg strain. As
mothers they are excellent, setting well,
and as protectors of their young they
have no superiors. They will attack
dogs, cats, and almost any of the depre-
dators of the chicken yard. The yare
not clumsy, and do not step on and
crush their chicks, as do many of the
large breeds. They stand confinement
well, but are the best of foragers if
allowed to roam. Give them free range
and I will guarantee they will not
starve if theire is a single bug or worm
on the farm, for they will find him.
Their chief delight is to work.

The Cornish Indian Games
more admirers among the fanciers and
breeders for broilers than any other
breed, being noted for a very delicious
flavor of meat. They dress excellently,
having a nice yellow skin and
which is a quality admired very much
in market poultry.

Eight years ago

have

legs,

While I am not in favor of breeding
for beauty alone, I think it should not
be entirely ignored. What fowl is more
beautiful than a well-bred Indian game
hen, the bright brown shaft and glossy
green lacing making a beautiful con-
trast. In them we have a fowl for the
farmer, the broiler raiser, the egg pro-
ducer, and the fancier. Anyone who
has haldled game fowls is aware of
their deceptive appearance. While slim
in outline and small in stature, their
weight, when compared with birds of
the same size, is generally one-third

High Hill. ..
or Pe

Poultry Yards
Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks.

Turkeys are bred from prize winners
and are winners. making almost clean
sweep wherever shown. Young Toms
$ each; Pullets, $2.50 togs 00each. My
Rocks are nored for shape and orange
colorea legs. 90 point Covkerels. $2.50
each; 91 to 924 point Cockerels $3 00;
exch Pullet not scored. $1 00 each,

Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo.

CROWELL’S
Buff Orpingtons.
Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st
and 2d, pullets Ist, 2d. 3d, 4th and 5.
Hens Ist, and 2d. Ist Pen. Eggs,
$3.00 per 15, $5.00 per 30. ‘Two trios
Indian Runner Ducks at $500 per

trio. Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed.

F, A. Crowell,

Granger, Minn.

Silver Lace Wyandottes
White Wyandottes :: :
Buff Leghorns
Pekin Ducks...
All first class stock. Eggs for sale.

MRS. W. E. TIBBITS,
Imperial, Neb.

mS

Barred Rock Eggs,
—For Hatchineg.—

Ferule eggs and big healthy chicks is
What you want. Try mine this year.
$1.50 for 15, $2.50 for 30, $3.00 for 45.

A.B. Evans, Heartwelil, Neb.

A ee

We keep nothing but the
choicest stock. Eggs for
sale. Write for prices.

Butt Orpingtons
Bronze Turkeys

NY
' § C. E. BROWNING,
Fairbury, Nebr.

A RE ee

MOCCCE CE CCC

Black Minorcas.

No. 1 stock, up to weight and
the best of color. Eggs $2 per
13. No stock for sale.

Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb.
COC OOCOO CeO)

D WT SET HENS: same old way
0 when our new plan
bears it 10 times,

100 Ege Mutehes "5 Oniy 32. Over 94,000 in use. 1000de

reat’ls, 5000 agents warced for 1905, ther sex. Pleasant work. Big

profits, Catalogand 1c Eee Formula FREE | fyou write today

Natural Hen ircubator (o., B 11, Columbus, Neb

COO)

CeCCeee

BUY STOCK and EGGS from high scoring
WHITE LANGSHANS and BUFF ROCKS,
Cheap for quality. Eggs
L. MUMPOWER.,. Duroc
W.L. MUMPOWER,

Chilicothe, Mo,

Tine winter layers.
$1.50 per 15, Mrs,
Jersey Pigs.

greater.

This is a nohle breed, and is destined
to become one of the leading varieties
when their, merits are better
known. MRS. E. CORDER.

Grand River Valley Poultry Farm,

Belton, Mo.

once

Each season we leran something nev
and maybe several things—that is, it is |

new to us. For a number of seasons
I ‘have operated from one to three in-
cubators during the season and several
diiferent makes, and yet I don’t know
it all about running an incubator—tact.
One thing is, that with an incubator
which has a nursery underneath the egg
try it is unnecessary to open the ma-
chine from the time the first egg is pip-
ed until the hatch is completed. If there
are any chicks that cannot get out ot
the shell alone, they better be left in,

for they will never be worth anything |

anyway.

And now about that “moisture ques-
tion?” We run ovr incubator all last
season and have took off two
hatches this season without the use oi
moisture.

good

One hatch this season we
had &7 chicks from 89 tested eggs. Our
incunbators are not supposed to be non-
moisture and are fitted up with moist-
ure pans, etc.

Query, if we can make good hatches
without moisture in a dry season, how
mich moisture must we use during a
wet season? R. R. FRENCH.

Ford City, Mo.

The Richmond County Poultry As-

sociation will hold its third annual show {

at Olney, Ill, Jan. 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1903.
Chas. McClave, judge. The officers are
H. I. Morse, president; Mrs. E. E. Ed-
wards, vice-president; Geo. B. Hall,
assistant secretary, all of Olney; Edw.
E. Dalton, secretary-treasurer, Parkers-
burg, Ill. EDW. E. DALTON.

Troy, Mo., March 20, 1902.
The Lincoln oCunty Poultry Associa-
tion will hold its next show at Troy,
Mo., Jan. 13-15, 1903. The officers are
as fololws: President, Geo. S. Town-
send; secretary, Stuart L. Penn; treas-

urer, J. L. Shafer; supt., Jno. Kemper; |

Judge, J. W. Wale. Please put us on
your list of show dates. Yours truly,
SRUART L PENN, Sec’y.
Viola, Ill.
Anna L. Pinkerton, Clay Center, Neb.
Dear Madam:—Received the 25 lbs.
Chick Food, and I cannot praise it too
much. Have not lost one from my
last hatch. I never saw chicks grow
so fast. J give your food the entire
credit, Yours respectfully,
Mrs. Gilbert Chijrchil.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19

Circular telling about my su-
Free Barred Plymouth Rock perb Barred Rocks. Yards

headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards’ prize winners from
prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $5.00.

PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb.

You can Raise Chickens

—if you use—
Pinkerton’s Perfection
Chick Food.

The Critical Age of Small Chicks.

More small chicks die between the fourth
and eighth days than any other ten days of
their growth. Several things havea tendency
to bowel trouble. The kind of food comes in
for its share. It usually takes about four days
to get sick and two to four days to die in. The
first feeds are the importantones. C n grain,
seeds, grit and muscle grower mate is what
they need. The first food is the yolk which
they absorb. This should be their entire feed
the first thirty to fifty hours. Then they are
ready for small feeds of Kknick-knacks. The
material‘in Mrs Pinker on’s Chick Food
takes the place of green stuff, bugs wormis, etc.,
to the greatest degree possible with a well bal-
anced ration for small chicks. Chicks twenty
days old are practically raised. To save a
large per cent of them past eight days old is
where the profits come in. Chicks can be raised
without this food, but they can be raised more
A 25 pound sack goes a long way with young chicks. It is far more econom-
Try a dollar sack of this food,

with it.

ical than oatmeal and far more successful. . f
. ¥ : M. M. JOHNSON, Inventor Sure Hatch Incubator.

easily

Price 25 lbs. $!.00; 50 Ibs. $1.50; 100 Ibs $3.00.
Address MIRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON,
Clay Center, - - = - = 5 Nebraska.

HIGH CI ASS RARPFD P, ROCKS

(MILES STRAINS. |
BLACK LANGSHANS

We are selling all our this year’s breeding hens at a bargain. Write us for

description and prices.
... BIG BARGAINS...

MR. andiMRS. A. UPTON & SON,
Former address Fairbury, Neb. MOHASKA, KAS.

7p]
COS.
Hees

Only $3.00 per 50 or $5.00 per 100 from our
white breeds. $4.00 per 50 or $7.00 per 100
from our best pens—Hawkins, Dustin. Felch
strains. Bred to win and to please. We guar-
antee our eggs to be as good as the best and
positively thoroughbred of the best sta. dard.
The above low offer is for this season only.
Catalogue free. Member of American Buff
Rock Club.

JAMES Q. MYERS,

BUFF ROCKS.

W. WYANDOTTES.
BARRED ROCKS.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.

_ACBCCAECCCE ES

Oaks, Pa,

chicks that have 1ich yellow legs and snow
white plumage. “
(Fishel strain direct) Eggs trom pen No. 1,
$1.50 per 15. from pen No. 2. 31,00 per 15,

These Eggs Wiil Hatch
White Plymouth Rocks.

Mrs. M.C, Downing, Elk City, Kan. ane

20
LARGE PIGEON RANCH.

According to recent reports publish-
ed in several poultry and pigeon
pers and in several of the leading mag-
azines of this country, the largest pig-
eon ranch in the world is located near
]_os Angeles, Calif. About fifteen thou
sand pigeons are kept on this ranch,
which we believe is the only establish-
ment of its king in America.

pa-

The pigeon ranch covers about eight
acres of sandy ground and there
plenty of running water on the place.
The main building is sixty feet in length
and twenty feet high and contains five
or six thousand nests. There are five
other good sized pigeon houses on the
place. At any time of the day these
houses are literally covered with birds.

is

The owner of this ranch sends about
forty thousand squabs to market an-
nually. The price per dozen for the
birds is generally about $3.00, but some-
times it runs up to $10. The gross in-
come is estimated at about $9,000 per
hnnum. The expense of keeping the
enormous flock of pigeons averages
$5.00 a meal, the birds being fed three
times a day. The amount of food con-
sumed daily is about twelve sacks of
screenings, eight sacks of wheat and a
large amount of boiled meal.

Once a week the houses and nests are
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and
the thousands of birds appear to be per-
fectly healthy.

We would like to see some of our
Western fanciers take up the breeding
of Pigmie Pouters. These little fellows
are one of the most interesting breeds
we have.

GLEN RAVEN EGGG FARM
NOTES.
Written for The Investigator.

The thorough poultry industry is a
great and growing enterprise. The
country is covered with fanciers of
many classes. Selling eggs for hatch-
ing is one of about the best paying
branches of the business, and one of
about the most vexing. There is a
great deal of disappointment experi-
enced in this part of it. So many
breeders of limited range yard their
fowls entirely too close, the stock be-
come overfat and worn out of their
prison that their vitality is worn out
and they are “done for” for a_ life
time. All the attention possible will
not bring such stock back to their
former health and vigor. This applies
more to the heavy breeds than the
light ones, but it can be found true of
both classes. We all know full well
that it is no more difficult to get a
ch_ from the eggs of the

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
EXCLUSIVELY.

Drop mea postal card today asking for
description of matings and price of
eggs for hatching.

W. S. RUSSELL,

Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.

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Gare the standards for others.
Oakes’ Hydro Safety Lamp 75c to 82.70.
Onkes’ Imp. Wafer Thermostat, $1.25.
Oakes’ New Aluminum Regulator.
All kinds of incubator and
brooder fixtures. Write for free
catalog and special circulars.

0. A Lampsand

re
L. R. OAKES, Mfr. No. 12 6th Street, Bloomington, Ind.

|

These are white, fine Wyandotte shape
and heavy winter layers. Score 92
to 95 by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb.
State Show winners, $2.00 for 15.
Fair treatment insured. Eggs at
reduced prices balance of season.

CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb.

Brown’s Roup Remedy.

For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won-
derful antiseptic, soothing and heal-
ing, reliable safe remedy for roup,
cankered mouth, chicken pock and

cholera. Invaluable for horses and
cattle. Quickly heals galls and pre-
vents and removes proud flesh. Price
35c per package. Sole proprietor and
manufacturer. Agents wanted in
all the principal cities of the U.S.

Robert Brown. Port Richmond
Richmond Borough, N. Y

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IT HAS

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A BABG ALIN.

| have two pens of Barred Plymouth Rocks
each containing one male and eight females,
E. B. Thompson stock, will sell at....

.. $15.00 PER PEN..

if taken soon as I am obliged to move and
cannot take them. The cockerels cost
$10.00 each. All one year old,

PINKERTON Geese
Clay Center, Neb

(rant’s Practical Broder,

Prevents piling up, and overheating of chicks. Complete specifications,
telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for
your own use, for $1.00. ‘These brooders work out doors or inj can be cleaned
in two minutes, are cheap and will last a lifetime. They have a floor space
of 2x6 ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar.

I have some Extra Fine S, C. B,. LEGHORNS, Pen No. 1. is headed by the
cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1900. Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d
prize cockerel at Chicago, 1901. These birds are mated to some of my choice
females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, $1.00 per 15.
Pen No. 2, 75c per15. Incubator eggs, $5.00 per 100.

D. W. GRANT,

Almena, Kan.

THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS

Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.

FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr.

a aw ANDED TO

Bee Ra

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Kans. State pares Assen 4 White
sy sess eis lial
=
Buff Orpingtons.

Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
1901. Won 39 regular premiums.
Eggs and stock in season. Sat-
isfaction assured.

G.B. CLARY Fairbury, Nebr.
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When you write mention the Investigator.

Standard of Perfection

Revised Edition, 1900.

This work is issued by the American
Poultry Association. It is a book of
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con-
tains the only official descriptions of
the several varieties of fowls. It is on
this Standard that all poultry judges
base their awards. Every experienced
fancier has a copy of this book and ev-
ery poultryman needs it to learn the
requirements to which his stock must
be bred.

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Address,
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,

CLAY CENTER, NEBRARKA

a@q]e ]etOQoeowsedsoevsosnsds

Eggs from
stock scor-
ing from 90 ¢
to 95 points,
$1.50 per 15;

$2.75 per 30;
this season

good Ckls.

cards by Ben S. Myers.

All Stock Farm Raised.

MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.,

Rock Port, - - Missour!

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only. Some
for sale with score ¢
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When you write mention the Invescigator.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Rose Comb White Leghorns!

Made a clean sweep at Mitchell
winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds,
and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92
At three shows in last two years
won Il firsts, 6 seconds,‘ 6 thirds
and specials, Cockerels for sale.
Eggs $1.50 per setting

J.F.Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. Dakota
—Vice-President State Association,—

Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes.

Eges from the four best breeds in the
country, at $1.25 per setting for next
30 days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons
and B. P. Rockegg in100lots. Afew
trios of B. Orpingtons for sale.

KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.

Black Langshans..

Of 30 of my prize-winning Black Lang-
shans entered at State Fairand Neb.
State Show the past 2 years, I won
25 Ist, 32d, and12d: Eggs $2.00 for
15, $3.59 f. r 30.

JA Johnson, Holdrege, | Nebr.

A RARE CHANCE..
To get a start in W. P. Rocks from
as good stock as can be found in
America. [will selleggs from my
noted prize winners the balance of
the season for half price. Don’t
miss a bargain.

M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kas.

pee STOP!

2. or15 | ga- SE Ss 5
$4.50 for 30 KC and INGLE, “@8
My aim, Rhode Island Reds, Buff Leg-
fertile egg, horns. Winners wherever shown,
hardy Only strong robust stock in my
duck, bred} Pens and you will not regret it if
to win best | you send your order foreggs to
to lay. Erle Aurelius,

Perry, ke co. Ohio

If you want. .

Belgian Hares
Call on or write to
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
Old Orchard, Mo.
Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,
WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr.

100 Hares to choose from.

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AND

White Wyandottes

une better Stock

: m__ Raised.
I never have failed to win in

largest shows. Birds score from
90 to 95%.

C. ROCKHILL,

Harvard, Nebraska °
COCCOOCCCEEE@GCAE DO

Buff Orpingtons s
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heavy breeds than of the light ones.
I have purchased eggs from the lead-
ing fanciers of the heavy breeds and
I know how I came out, using “moth-
all the time as an incubator.
fanciers

er hen”
There are few of the leading
of today who live with their fowls. If
they trust the care of them to hired
help it may be well in some cases, but
I venture it is poor attention in many
instances.

Most every one knows how to mate
fowls, but how many make it their
individual business to see to it that all
conditions are favorable for best re-
sults in the hatching and the progeny
of their stock. Most everyone who
has lived on a farm and paid any at-
tention to fowls know that the farm
range hens’ eggs will produce a bet-
ter per cent of chicks from the same
number of eggs than the fanciers who
yard their stock close year in and
year out. Then if we would bring
about best results we must so yard
our breeding stock that they will
have ample range to exercise, as does
the farm hen. They don’t need all
outdoors for this purpose, but they do
require room enough that they dont
feel confined, and so that when a
strange person enters the yards they
can get out of the way, and not fly
out of the pens. The grass should
support the fowls, or, in other words,
when the yards are kept bare ail
summer they are overstocked. I have
known this a long time. I have
tried -both kinds of yards and have
noted results. I have ample room to
spread (although our land is worta
$400 or $500 per acre) we are spread-
ing out in the business about as fast
as our business requires, our land is
planted to fruit and our yards are in
the orchards. Pears, cherries, plums,
etc. The fowls are a benefit to the
trees and the falling fruit the same
to the fowls.

We are running three incubators,
one (lamp) brooder, and three hot
water jug brooders at this writing.
Keep five lamps burning all the time
and 500 eggs in process of incubation,
and it may be of interest to mention
that we have one hot air and one
hot water and one hot air and hot
water combined incubators at work.
We don’t have much time to play mar-
bles or go out pleasure seeking.

Giving the stock more range means
more steps each day for the attend-
ant, but there is a whole lot of com-
fort in it to know that when we set
or sell eggs that there will be a sat-
isfactory hatch come off.

E. W. GEER.

Farmington, Mo.

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WHITE, PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Now is the time and David City, Neb,
is the place to buy eggs that will
start you right. QC%ggs are i atching

Our birds were prize winners

1902.

good.
at the Nebraska State Show,
Write for prices.

J. W. HALL, David City, Nebr

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QUEEN CITYS

BUSINESS COLLEGE.

One of the leading schools of the west*
Great demand for
Address

Large attendance.

its graduates. Expenses low.

H. S. Miller, Pres,, Hastings, Neb

Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

The kind that win and lay eggs.
Satisfaction to all.

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la.
Lock box 500.

Circular free,

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Edson's Registered Strain, from a Jong line
of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
u specialty for 19 years. Now offering fine
exhibition and grand breeding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, I11.

Pan-American Houdan Yards,

—Wauseon, Ohlo.—
Breeder of yne exhibition Houdans.
Breeders score from 92 to 9534. Head-
ed by cock 94%. Prices reasonable.

Henry Weichmann,

Box 94, Wauseon, Ohio.

E s Thoroughbred Barred P. Rock eggs
£8 two dollars per setting of fifteen, Gol
Sebright Bantams, two dollars
Colored Muscovy ducks,
My stock

den
per setting of fifteen.
two dollars per setting of eleven.
are allstrong and vigorous and have farm
range. Alleggs shipped will be strictly fresh.

Mrs. D. T. STONE, DeKalb, Mo.

Clover Ridge Poultry Farm, Route No. 2.

White P. Rock, S.
C,. Buff Orpington

Black Langshan,

W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting.
Lincoln and Kansas. State Shows.
ribbons from | to 5.

plicated at half price.

Mrs Henry Shrader,

Won at
15
Poor hatches du-

Berlin, Neb.

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

EGG ORDERS, Book now {or Houston, The Michigan

B. P.R 2 matings, score from 90 to
934%. Eggs $3. per 15. $5 per 100.
Buff Orpingtons, 4 yards; 2 yards
solid buff wing andana tail, eggs
$5 per 15, $8 per380 Buff Orping:
|| tons, 1 yard.eggs $3 per 15, $5
| per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard
eggs $2 per 15, $5 per 40.

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Winners wherever’ shown.
Won more first and seconds than
| any otherman. Guarantee good
hatches, true to name and fresh.

A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la.

Please Let Me Tell You

My Buff Cochins have again won their
share of the ribbons at the McCook Show. To
make room for my breeding pens I will sell
trios, pens and -ingles at bargains for the
next 30 days. Also a few RC B Leghorns.
Eggs in season.

Blue Barred <<
Plymouth Rocks

Eggs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per 50, $5.00
per 100. Our stock is first class.

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr

My Buff Orpingtons

At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made
8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck,
1st and Sth hen, 3dand 4th pullet If
you are going to buy eggs send for my
circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson)
Barred Plymouth Rocks.

JOHN A LING
Harvard Nebraska

Black Langshans---

Tho winter layers, of standard
weights, good colored plumage
and eyes, well feathered shanks
no scrube among them. Score
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15,

C. M. Hurlburt, Fai.bury, Neb.

WZ
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SILVER WYANDOTTES

Y BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last
eight State Shows and many other large
shows, winning more Premiums than all
other competitors of this variety combined.
Good birds for sale. Eggs from prize pens
15 for $3. 30,$5- From standard bred
stock, farmirange, 100, #,

Mrs J. W. GAUSE,
Emporia, Kan.

MRS. FLORA
SHROYER,
Perry, O.T.

Formerly at
Clay Center, Nebr.

Buff Rocks
Pekin Ducks
Toulouse Geese
Bronze Turkeys.

MW
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BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively.
Eggs $1.50 per 15. 100 for $6.00,

Mrs. Eva J. Gingrich,

Aurora, Neb.

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| Poultry Supplies

Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
per 100.

Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
per 60.

Standard of Perfection each $1.

Spray Pumps each 75c.

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

Conkey’s Roup Cure 50c|and 1.00 a
box.

Chamberlain’s Chick Food $2.50 per
100 pounds. :

J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
Cure 50c and $1 a box.

Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.

Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices.

Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center, $12.

Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb.
per 100 pounds $1.20

Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O-
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00

Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.

Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,
Clay Center, Nebr,

All kinds
of fancy p'g-
eons. Prices
reasonable.

Toulouse geese eggs 20c each. Rouen
duck eggs 18 for $1.00. White Hol-
land Turkey eggs, $1.50 for 9. Also
Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban-
tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg-
horns, 5. S. Hamburgs, C. I. Games,
Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff

and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul-
try eggs, 15 for $1.00. Yards score
from 90 to 94% points. Satisfaction

guaranteed.

D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb.

If you Succeed You musthave a Pull!

Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton
and Co’s Ringlet Strain of B. P.
Rocks. Winners whe ever shown.
Eggs per setting, $2.00. Two set
tings for $3.50. Address

PINKERTON & Co- Clay Center, Neb-

Lock Box 24.

Barred Plymouth Rocks

Stock forsale. Prices rea-
sonable. Eggs Ist yard,
$2.00 per 15. 2d yard, $1.00
per 15, $4.00 per hundr d.

Mirs. A. B. Jones,
Abilene - - - =

POULT RY on aes,
Morning View oe ae
Poultry Yards. 52> 2

....HAVE....
Barred Plymouth Rocks...

Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-
red, full above the eyes.

$1.50 per Setting.
James M. Perkins,

Kansas.

Eggs in Season.

RAVENWOOD. MISSOURI.
ORPINGTONS
Buf LEGHORNS

and Brown Leghorns

Young or old stock, first class birds cheap

Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time
f.& F. HERMAN,

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eder of
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Varieties.—B. P, Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wyan-
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Eges for hatching, $1.00 per setting, $3.00 for 50.

Write for my new illustrated poultry catalogue.
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry,
quotes PrieeS on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about
The ee Heney Poultry Farm. Cataloenre free,

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MR and MRS Cc A BLANCHARD,
~—=IBREEDERS OF _.._
White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
Pekin Ducks.

At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won Ist pen, 1st hen, Ist cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
braska}jState Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won Ist
pen chicks, Ist hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel--

a first prize on every bird entered.

We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.

FRIEND, = > at NEBRASKA.

| BARRE
ROCKS.

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BRADLEY Bros. New York winners J, RR, Henderson,
is what my flock is built from. Win- Sta Bo Route

ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2.
Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. Columbus, OC.

Hines’ Liquid Lice Killer.

Will destroy all animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigerous when
used in conjunction with Hines’ Poultry Foed. Pays foritself in the egg
basket. Directions for making 25c each. Barred Plymouth Rock eggs
$1.00 for 15. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs $1.00 per 9.

Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut, Kan.

Ist, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c’k’lat
St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
94-9234 -9134 and 914 by Butterfield.
3 seconds at same show 1900. 1st
and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair.
Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock

OLD ORCHARD,
MISSOURI. or sale. Write for full information

Golden Wyandottes.

Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor-
ous; Stock, from careful
Matings.

§, P, VAN NORT,

Meyer’s Langshans
SRKEF

1st and 2nd cock; 1st and 4th hens; 1st 2nd and

4th cockerels; rst 2nd and 3rd pullets; rst pen.
Won Score 189%, Rhodes and Harris, judges’ At
At N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all
Kansas good ones, tied rst cock, won 2nd and 3rd;

tied 1st hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel;
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per
15, $3.50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners.
Records of other big winnings in catalogue.

L. E. Meyers,

Bowling Green,

Missouri.

You can raise Chickens

—If you use—
Pinkerton’s Perfection

CHICK
FOOD.

It contains everything that is essential
to the chick’s life. Not a pound of
material in it that is not the best
the market afiords. It is equal to
any chick food now on the market.

Price 25 Ibs $1.00. 50 Ihs $1.50. 100 Ibs $3.00
Manufactured hy

MRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON,
Nebr.

Clay Center, -

Eggs from my birds never'fail to produce PRIZE W1N-

NEKS. The best place to buy eggs is from a breeder

who makes a specialty of one variety. “Blue Bird,”

Lady Blue” and the best [ have raised for three years
Every bird a beauty an4 barred tothe skin. My custom-
Send for booklet of matings.

0. P. GREER, Bourbon, Ind.

GREER’S PEDIGREED
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

are in my breeding pens for 1902
ers get eggs from the same hens L use for myself.

Poultry Exhibits Properly Judged.

BUFF ORPINGTONS Winners 1, 5, pullet, 2and 3, hen, 2, and 4,
'

ckl, and 2. penat Nebr. State Show, 1902 against
red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $4.00 per
15, 2nd, pen, $2.50 per 15, 3rd pen, $1.50 per 15.

Write for Circular.

H. H. CAMPBELL, Osceola, Nebr.

ON’T Set Hens the Same Old Way,

JS and let lice kill them on the nest.
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Success in an incubator depends upon two things:
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The uniform success of the

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If your hens do not lay try our Grits.
We have several tons that MUST BE
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Silver Laced Wyandottes.

Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4.
Fine scoring

Albert Lisius, Lake Mills, Wis-

When you write mention the Investigator.

Nebraska Queen.
‘First Prize Hen. Weight 9 Ibs.

Highest score any B. P. Rock at the
late State Show Judge Myers said
she was the best one he had seen
this year. I won8regular premiums
at the above show. 20 years a
breeder of this variety exclusively.
Write your wants. Ardress

F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.

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BUFF WYANDOTTES,
EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff
Wyandottes are bred from
best strain obtainable and
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golden Buff, not the dark
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E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.
Chester White Hogs forsale

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THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER,
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CALVIN E. BARNEY,

- - Kearney. Neb
Breeder of Light Brahmas Exclusively.
Now is the time to beautify and im-

prove your yards. Icanhely yaqu.
Eggs $2. for 15. $3.50 for 30. Some
choice pullets for sale.

When you write mention the Investigator.

Light Brahmas!

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and pullet at Interstate Poultry
Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win-
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Stock and eggs at reasonable prices.

J L SMITH,. Cadams, Neb.

When you write mention the Investigator.

BEYOND COMPARISON. f
WORLD’S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY.

CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED, like everything else that has merit, .\
has its imitations. DON’T BUY TROUBLE, insist on having the only
“t- Original Dry Feed. Stamped on each sack ‘*Chamberlain’s Feed, Kirk- Sj ¥ “- P

@ wood, Mo.” Aj) others are worthless imitations. Nothing ‘Just as good.”’ : ;

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; Lam ready for Chamberlain’s Perfect Chick Feed. Dry anD ALWayYs
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No Bowe! Trouble when Chamberlain's Chick Feed is properly used. Itis the fine 7\
mixture in Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For Incubator chicks, for all’:
chicks until 5 months old. 6
FACTORY PRICE, 100 Lbs.$2.50. SOLbs, $1.50. 30 Lbs, $1.00.

For the Broiler Man, the Fancier and the Farmer, Saves Time and Money, Z

Chamberlain’s Hen Feed will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00.

Factory and Shipping Depot, 302 N. Commercial St., ST. LOUIS, MO. =

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Freight charges added to factory price at all distributing points. Order from your nearest agent and savetime and freight. | t “ie

FOR SALE AT $2.75 PER 100 LBS., BY Sprague Com. Co., Chicago, Ills.; J. Wil *o., Cincinnati, Ohio; Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, fowa; Wermick __
Seed Co,, Milwaukee, Wis.; R. A. Pike & Co., Minneapolis, Minn.: EB. A. Pegle. ‘In, \Neb.; Hunting & Page, Indianapolis. Ind.; Ripley Hardware.
Oo., Grafton, Ills.; Alexander Seed Co., Augusta, Ga.; Norton Poultry Yards, Dal. .s, Texus, $3.40 per 100 lbs: H. McK Wilson & Co., Agents for St. Louis
Mo. If friends of my feed in the east have trouble getting my feed, write direct to me for prices. W. F. CHAMBERLAIN, KiIRKWOOD, MO. he

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and other domestic bucks particulars. Rabbitries at
that will score 94 to 96. Maplewood and Fayette.

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IMPORTED - AND - DOMESTIC 1317 Chemical Building, : : : : ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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