VOL. 1. September/ 1901. NO. 1.

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POUI/rRV IXVKSTIC,.\T( )R. .<y
BufF Wyandottes_
Buff Leghorns^
S. <. It. l.r'.-hoiris, S. 1'. W. l,..L'h.irMs:
;ui<I Cuimsi-^. \'<iiiiij; stork for siilf
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DiicUs
;ifliT
Let The but Hatch Chickens by
Kt
Steam
economlcHl method

Nov. 1st,. We will now sell 4 choir.- l,.'^'llol ii

(oc-U,(Bull) at ttfiiK'h. Hiiiucsiiiiil lloii>lmi~
EXCELSIOR
-r.-iii.: all prizr iiiii.-i-..
llawUs ami
Hr.ir.' -,lr:nri
Am. .111. ail. I II
Our Wliitrs im
VVykcir -liaiii; our Itrowni art-
Oil".-,UiilVsaif Harris U.irn.s.
1 ;

W rilv IIS for lial'.'ain^

HensLdij
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Simple, yet thoroaghly dorablp;

pki:h at Ih.' least .'xpciiMe

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Incubalof
lilp; ahsolnteir
pr.ip.irtiim ii<
Mr. A. BLOOMER t, 80M, Lebanon, Kaa. y littler lirrtt-olass tiatetiti

GUARANTEED
^ROUPCURE -^

i. D. W.llALL. BiisniDcsMolilea, Ioa.

To ohtaiu
200 White Plymouth Rocks HERE is an Opportunity S. C. B. LEGHORNS
FOR SAl.K.
Dur spiTiall White size
Two Clicks :iii(l ten Hens
of suj;. merit fur .>alc WAY
winter layers.
V. liird.s;i
earh;
lari-'r DOWiSI. Scud for iUu.stfatecl catalu
I'lin-s Tfir $1! per IJ.

F J. KOLASCE, DeBois, Nebr. GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska.

A Fall Fair
Is a jlooci place to show
your poultry and other live
slock, but fur uity's sake do
not take them there lousy C c^o^ Silver Liaced Wyandottes ^<^^
Lamberts Death to Lice With Royal Blood in Their Veins.
Remedies an* adiipteii forex.

thiii^' anywheie. Sample lOi

my- See this Wintiers at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebra.ska State show
M pajro book free. at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, 1st. 2d. 3d cockerel, 1st,
D. J. LAMBERT, 2d. ,5d pullet. 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 92'^ was cut one and
An/tanaug, R. I,
one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights.
This makes him a !M'4 point bird. How is that for a S. L. Wyandotte
The Result of 25 breeding? If anybody in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy
Choice andottes. we can. I. & IS. M. CO^^ER, Pouca Neb.
Cockerels Year's Breeding.

& Line Bred at the

Stock Eggs
for American Poultry
THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Haichingm Farm. Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 2.S0 young and
30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
il anil While I'lyn, until Kii firsts and part second in state show the last two j-ears. aiso have been
Iver Wvamliittes. Ulilte winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
IS. iMilii.'ii .'-iel,ri..-lil llaiilii
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
Belgian Hares, Jersey Oaf tie. FRANK PATTON. Surprise, Nebr.

F. M.MUNGER& SONS, DeKalb, III.

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

^o$ BLOOD TELLS.
Scientific breidine- and square dealing have made Whitney's National
^^
K.N Ke
Strain line bred Harred Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb lirown IvCg-
iln. fi
If pri rs; h^i
a specially fur Hi y...irs Now ullerini: line horns popular. Start right and you will always be right. If you want
exhibition anil irranil br edinu' stock of both birds that can win and that will produce winners send for my circular
I'.HIOand IIHtl hatch iil moving' price If taken
soon. Send for llUlstrHted circular with and prices. Address. J. W. Whitney, Chatham, Ohio, P. ). box I. (

lialf-tonos of meritorious birds. Address.

M. L. EDSOIN, Jacksonville, III.

? Buff P. Rocks Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : Friend, Nebraska.

. Exclusively... - ^BREEDERS 0F:=
We have Judge Harris" entire stock. White riynunith Ilocks. Wliito Holland TurWeys
I'ekin liucks and Toulouse Ceese. .\t Nebraska
These, together with our own prize Slate Show, I'.iOI. we won 1 hen. 1 cock. 1 pen, cock- :i

winners, gives us the best flock of erel. Entered three sincle birds and one pen, so
Buff Rocks in the country. We can got prize on every entry. Won 3 pen, H cock, and
please you both in ((uality and prices. missed the *r, special by 'j point at Orete. Neb,. De-
cember. ISIOO. Best display. pen fowls, i pen
1

Write us if you want winners bred chicks, 1 and 2 hen. 1 cock. 1 and cockerel at Sew-:)

frotii winners. Pekin ducks. Toul- ard. Neb,. Nov. liiou. S'ock and egj;s In season.
ouse (locsc for sale.
MRS. FLORA SHROYER, Please mention the Invk.stic.^tok when answering advertisements. It

Clay Center, Neb. will accomodate both the advertiser and us.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR
^ ^ For Pra.ctical Poviltry R^aisers. 5 5

>h. 1. CLAY CENTER, NEBR., SEPTEMBER, I'lOl. N< >.

(S)^.^^^-^-^--^^-^? IS)
of ability to turn it into a profitable
channel.
Three Requisites of Success. Raising poultry is a peculiar and at
the same time a fascinating pursuit.

^
By R. Upton, Fainbupy, Neb. | The person who enters it must, above
all, have a great fondness for it. It
at no time becomes mechanical or
(Written for Poultry Investigator.) both, large and small, are run on commonplace.
Failures in the various pursuits call- strictly business principles, as theii The foreman of a canning factory
ed "business," or, in other words, success, year after year, denotes, and would not therefore succeed in rais-
mercantile ventures, are usually at- the profit realized from them shows ing chickens if he ran them on the
tributed to three causes first, lack of conclusively the ability of the men same principles he had been running
ability; second, lack of capital; and, running them. his canning room.
third, too much competition, whereby When this ability can accumulate As each season comes round there
the supply is rendered greater than money it is turned into capital, which is something new, something different
the demand, and hence a cutting of is invested in enlarging the plant, to about chickens. As a rule,
learn
prices to get rid of an overstock, and the business continues to grow in it is all improvement,
in the line of
which results in such a sacrifice that proportion. and with an aim to be more success-
the firm cannot prosper, and therefore There is a class of enthusiastic nov- ful each (year. When diaaster and
fails. ices who write to know if they can bad luck overtake the breeder, it is
Raising poultry for profit, when it make a living at the poultry business. his great fondness for the pursuit
takes the nature of a business, can They might as well ask if they can which carries him through. He must
be compared to other pursuits of a make a living at watch making. A also have a sufficient quantity of com-
similar object, and must, like all mer- living can be made at watch making mon sense and knowledge of his busi-
cantile ventures, be run on business by one who knows all about it, but ness to be able to make up losses and
principles, or certain failure will be for one who knows nothing about it, finally come out with a prosperous
the result. The majority of poultry itwould certainly be a complete fail- season.
plants are run for profit, and are ure, and he would soon be in the The secret of the failures of well-
either a distinct business by them- poor house, for he would not know equipped poultry plants, where cap-
selves, or a part of a general dairy, how to begin. ital is plentiful, lies in the fact
fruit or farm business. The minor- One can make a living at the poul- that the owners think to make a
ity are run at a loss, and are usually try business he knows how.
if No profit by hiring some man (of course
conducted by wealthy amateurs who novice can do It, and we are frank to a poultry man preferred) to run the
enter into the pursuit of a fad, or to say so, but it will at least cost the establishment and make it succeed for
gratify a love for poultry keeping, or novice less to begin and try to learn them. This is not an impossible thing
perhaps to improve the different at the poultry business than in any to do, but one of the first requisites
breeds, willing to sacrifice the money other direction. It is rather strange is the poultryman, or, in other words,
for the good of the industry, and with that a man should expect to succeed the ability.
no idea of profit. in a business in which he has no ex- First class poultrymen out of em-
Raising Poultry for profit is subject perience, yet we find every day men ployment are as scarce as hens with
to two or three influences which gov- rushing into poultry keeping, certain teeth. Again, a first class poultryman
ern any other business pursuit. It that they will succeed, without a mo- hired by a man who knows nothing
requires ability and capital, but so far ment's experience in poultry raising. about raising poultry soon becomes a
has not been affected by the third, Now, when any pursuit is prosper- second class man at everything.
namely, competition, over-production ous, it does not attract out attention There may be exceptions to this
and consequent disasters.
its specially, because we see at a glance rule, but they are scarce.
The first quality necessary therefore, that with its system and business Of course, there are many instances
either in any ordinary business pur- principles and the business principals in other business enterprises where
suit, or in raising poultry, is ability. running it, it is bound to succeed. one man invests capital and another
There are thousands and thousands of We therefore pass it by and stop at man tries by ability to make a profit
small flocks of poultry throughout this a well-equipped plant, where we real- for the concern, but in such a case
country which add many welcome dol- ize at once that plenty of capital has the capitalist must have confidence in
lars to the other crops of a farm and been invested, and where in appear- the ability of his partner to make a
produce the bulk of all our eggs. There ance everything should be prosperous, success, or he would not entrust mon-
are also a few hundred large poultry but where, on the contrary, everything ey to him. So it should be in the
plants, housing from three hundred to is a failure. The capital in this case poultry business.
a thousand or more head. These, is being sacrificed through the lack If a capitalist hires a poultryman
 POUT.TRY INVESTIGATOR.
to provide the ability, which means, other may
fail who invests largely and ing they will lead the leghorns. The
or should mean, successful experience,goes into the venture on an extended pullets lay at four to six months old.
the former ought to get a fair return scale. One should learn to creep be- I had one lay at four months, five
for his wages at least; but the truth fore he walks in this as in any other months steady and hardly missed a
of the matter is that there are no business. Master the numerous de- day. They are very hardy birds, not
first class poultrymen to be had. tails step by step, and eventually mas- subject to disease like other varieties
They are either all working for ter the business. and always on the go. These points
some one There may not be any very large are bound to put them to the front,
else or are in business for
themselves. fortune in poultry raising, but there ahead of all others. This is an im-
The second quality necessary for a is a handsome living for one who has portant point and they will sell where
successful poultry plant is capital. the love for the pursuit, the ability others will not.
Without this all the ability in the to raise and care for the stock, and a To new beginners: If you are
world cannot succeed. The capital small capital to start with. thinking of starting in the poultry
may be great or small, but capital it These three things must go hand in business, select some good leading
must be, and available at the start. hand; separately, they cannot bring breed. There are cheap and dear birds
There is really more chance for a success. A. UPTON. in all varieties. Get good ones, go

5^e Auditorixjm at Lincoln, Nebracska,

The auditorium at Lincoln. Nebr.. is one of the larsrest con- premiums. The cash is always ready, and we pay out in i

vention halls in the west. This hall has been secured by the Ne-
braska Stall" Poultry Association for its annual exhibit, which
will be h.ld Jan. 13. 14. 15. 16 and 17, IWi. It is a model place to
hold .1 poullry show, and everythinp points to there beinir one of
the largest shows ever held in the west on the above dates at Lin-
iunis more money every year than any other association
kind in the U. S. The Nebraska State Poultry Associatic
tends a cordial invitation to all fanciers to show with us this
ine winter. We will treat you nice: come and see if we di
The semi-annual meeting of the association takes jilace :

coln. Nebraska leirislators are loyal to the iwultry industry and state fair srrounds on Thursdav. Sept. 5. I hope to see all
annually appropriate $1,U00 to this association for exhibition pur- bers present. L. P. HARRIS.
poses. "Nobody need go away without the nionej- they earn in Pres. Nebr. State Poultry Associatio

man with capital who is willing to THE BUFF ORPINGTONS. slow and stick to it.

learn by experience than for a
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- They make good mothers and for
man Editor Poultry Investigator: Yours respectfully,
There is no breed in America to- A. L. HOUSTON.
day that has made as much headway Keota, Iowa.
as the Orpington in the last two years.
While yet a new breed, they are com- Do not away your flock of poul-
fool
ing to the front rapidly. As a table try because you can't sell at once or
and market fowl they are unsurpassed, at a big figure. A good flock is good
with smooth, white, pinkish legs. property in dull times.
They are large, the cocks weighing
ten to twelve pounds, cockrels, nine Stop the first symptom of disease
to ten pounds; hens, eight to ten unless you wish an "eternal worry."
and pullets seven to nine pounds.
lay- Inspect your flock often these days.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 5

^ O' blood elements in his fowls subjected

method and ideas of breeding.
^ Barred Plymouth Rocks of Today. ^ to his
This may take one year; it may take
^ ^i_i.i- ^
By U. LU- LUhltney, Chatham, O- iV
T TTi TTit^-L.
tendepending upon his judgment

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^
^'^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^'^'^
and intelligence and also the material
he has to work with. Great care and
* intelligence should be used in the
(Written for Poultry Investigator.)proved a decided failure, and the choice of blood as a foundation. If

The past few years have been char- cause is not difHcult to find. I was in blood can be procured that has been
t ^'^ a hurry for satisfactory re- bred along these lines until it has
acterized by a steady and marked im-
suits. The American people are al- become subdued, and takes kindly to
provement in the methods of mating
^^^^ j^ ^ j^^^^y ^^^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^.^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^i^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^
and catering to thoroughbred fowls, things move. They do not take kindly and annoyance can be saved.
Much more of thought and system is to slow but sure methods in any line As a sample of what can be accom-
in evidence. The better class of of employment, and right here lies plished by intelligent line breeding, I
breeds have cut loose from old worn the secret of their aversion to line wish to call your attention to the il-
and unsatisfactory methods and have breeding. For the benefit of those lustration of "Queen Mary" in this is-
shown their intelligence by their new who have had no experience in line sue of The Poultry Investigator. She
and progressive ideas. Fancy poultry breeding, I will hint at a few of the is the seventh generation removed
culture of today is fast taking on the more salient points to be kept steadily from the foundation cross of a line-
serious and thoughtful attention it de- in mind in its successful operation, bred strain of Barred Rocks known as
serves. It is no longer the simple Probably the better way with most the "National strain," the foundation
means of recreation for the invalid, breeders is to start with a single pair, of which was made from a single
the child, or professional man, as for- thus saving much attention, labor male and female, and no other blood
merly. It has asserted its right to a and care. The selection of this pair added up to the time she was pro-
place among the legitimate and pay- is a very important consideration. A duced, except two males containing
ing industries of the age in and of mistake here means failure or a loss 75 per cent of pure National strain
itself. of much time. There must not be the bleed before they were used in the
Among others, the Barred Plymouth least suspicion of serious defects or breeding pen. Her sire contained 87%
Rock fowls have been receiv- disqualifying tendencies. Size, con- per cent of same blood as the founda-
ing their share of deserving stitution, blood elements, all must be tlon cock seven generations back and
attention. We are of the opin- of the very best. The first year's her dam contained 75 per cent of same
ion no other breed requires more production of chicks must not be blood as the foundation hen seven
judgment or intelligence in its sue- criticised too close. If you get a pair generations back. She has won seven
cessful production. The later meth- or more which at maturity are the first, three second and several third
ods of mating are seriously handicap- equal and resemble their sire and dam prizes, and scored by two judges
ped by the previous handling of the in shape, color and general makeup, (Felch and Northrop) to 94 points,
breed, as old tendencies are in evi- you can feel yourself fortunate. In I desire those who have heretofore

dence, and a disposition to revert to case you do not, especially in color, been so determined in their opposi-
former systems of mating very annoy- don't feel disappointed or discouraged, tlon to single mating and line breed-
ing to the hopes of champions of pro- They will come if you have the pa- ing, and *hose alarmists who have
gressive line breeding. Perhaps no tience to wait. The more important rushed into print with the intelligence
breed is more so, from the fact that features to be avoided are crooked that inbreeding reduces size and con-
they are a made breed and were ere- backs, beaks, wry tails, weakly con- stitution, to point out the weak points
ated from foundation stock, possess- stitutions and disease of any kind. It in this pullet. Her weight when pic-
ing marked extremes in color and these crop out your doom is sealed ture was taken, one and one-half years
have been in the past almost univer- with that pair as a foundation. The ago, at eleven months of age, was nine
sally bred along these lines. While I only safe thing to do is to start over, and one-fourth pounds, and she has
have no radical views regarding the If you are so fortunate as to start sisters and daughters as heavy and
double or two-mating system of breed- right, the rest, while not easy, will her equal in every way, and some her
ing Barred Plymouth Rocks, and not come. Line breeding requires pa- superior, except in comb, and as pro-
wishing to be understood as in any tience and judgment above everything ducers of eggs this strain of Rocks has
way belittling that system (for I else, and is a slow but sure way of few, if any, superiors. The pullet
know by past experience most of our making the most possible out of your whose picture is presented has pro-
highest scoring birds have been so matings when blood lines once become duced 56 eggs in 56 days. Many of
produced), I believe the time is com- firmly established. I seek no quarrel her sisters and daughters are as good,
ing when such practices by our more or controversy with the breeder of and perhaps, were they tested and a
progressive breeders will become un- Barred Plymouth Rocks who chooses record kept, her superior. It has
popular. Line breeding is fast receiv- to cut cross-lots and by the two- been my experience in line breeding
ing the attention and consideration it mating system of breeding produce 50 that to be assured of success requires
deserves by those who have intelli- per cent of standard colored birds. If strict attention to every little detail,
gently given it time to assert its su- he chooses to sacrifice half his pro- No guess work, no item of care oi-
periority, and many old and sup- duct for the privilege of saving a judgment must be overlooked. Houses,
posedly correct theories have been ex- year or two of time, he is the loser,
^^^^^^ feeding, mating, and, above all,
ploded and proven fallacious. not I.
P^t'e^ce, is required. Never give up
I am free to admit my first attempt Now. to come down to solid facts,
to produce Barred Plymouth Rocks I will say no breeder has any reason is 1-he price of the production of line-
by the standard or one-mating system to expect good results from his mat- bred fowls. Be sure your foundation
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
stock is 0. then go ahead.
K., If

yon have patience and good judgment,

each year maltes their production
more easy and the Quality produced
of a higher degree of perfection.
With the hope the above remarks
may he of value to the breed and the
fancy in general. I am, yours for bet-
ter and higher scoring fowls.

CURB FOR INDIGESTION AND LEO

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, Ave 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 SIR HENRY.
Score, 95!^, the foundation of Mr. G. B. Clary's flock
house up on the winter style until we ntinifsomething fine address him at Fairbury. Nebr.
have winter. Lots of trouble grows
out of cooping them up too close in
the fall months. We have never yet have the poultry house comfortable, PERSONAL MENTION.
picked a sick chick off the apple and but do not shut off the ventilation Among
our advertisers you will
in order to have the house too much name of E. B. Omohundro, of
find the
plum trees in the fall. It seems to be
good for them to grow up where the of a contrast from out of doors. We Bowling Green, Mo., a breeder of
air is pure and plenty. Twice we have noticed lots of warm houses White Rocks and BlacK Langshans.
have gathered them up in the fall and where the flocks were allowed to run Mr. O. has been a very successful ex-
stored them away in their winter in the cold all day. Can't see any hibitor and has won highest honors
quarters, both times we were too good good logic in this; would prefer aver- in the best of company. You will find
to them and they got sick on our aging thing up a little better. his stock strictly first class and up to
hands. They get the sneezles and a M. M. JOHNSON. date,and you will be treated right if

variety of complaints and finally got you place your orders with him.
the roup. We
don't pick them off the
trees so early now and we don't shut Mr. and Mrs. nic3
.1. Ix)ok up the advertisement of
W. Wells own a
the house up so closely. We remem- few days ago E. W. Orr of Clay Center, Neb., if
tri-colored house cat. A
ber one fall we could hardly get the she became the mother of flv? kittens. you wish to buy Buff Wyandottes
half grown chicks to perch on the In a cay or so after the iidve'.it of that are buff. They breed nothing but
roosts. We put a small pet pig in tbr kittens an old hen with motherly the best and are reliable people to
the house and every chick was glad to notions spied the little felines and deal with.
roost. Our doctrine is that fowls are when mamma cat returned to he- ba-
clothed with feathers to protect them. bies she was surprised to find biddy
A chick hatched in the fall will feath- in full possession of her home and We have with us as a correspondent
er out very quickly. In various ways children. She lias continued ever J.W. Whitney of Chatham. Ohio. Mr.
nature Is getting ready for winter. since to watch over the young family Whitney has spent years in the breed-
We haven't so much faith in hot with as much care as though '.hey ing of thoroughbred poultry, and is
houses for poultry in winter as we were so many chicks. The kittens expert authority on the subject of
did at one time. It is true that a have learned to come when she calls mating, and his services are in great
warm house and suitable feed will and if one of them wanders too far demand during winter and spring
bring some winter eggs, but taking months. His article this month con-
away biddy tenderly, with her beak,
everything into consideration, is It not tains a good many good things, and
will roll the little fellow back in the
very profitable Wouldn't the flock be his remarks are worthy of careful con-
healthier we conformed
if to nature's nest again. The cat nurses them, but sideration. His stock is first class,
plan a little closer. By all means the hen does the rest. line bred, and "down to date."
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
pocket money. Suppose your begin-

Poultry Cultvire for Women ning must be small, so very small

that it must necessarily consist of a
sitting of eggs from some reliable
By Mrs. Mattie Webster, Belmont. Wis. breeder's yard of thoroughbred fowls,
do not be afraid to make the venture.
Buy the eggs and set them under
Editor Poultry Investigator: poultry culture, but are deterred be-
some good old Biddy that you bought
Women anxious to earn money for cause they have so little outdoor space, for a few cents, and when the
themselves are to be found in all might find a small pen of fowls a
chicks hatch, furnish them with '

classes of society and in all conditions pleasure and a profit. It is surprising ^ ,

n, the
tv.^ .

. ,. -, ,.
ti.- ^ .
v.-
"iry, snug coop,

and give them
1

of life. Sometimes this desire is en- what can be done with V,

a few chick
best of care; remember they are the
tertained because circumstances make ens iu a very limited space. While
foundation of your future flock. Wo-
self-support necessary, but often wo- dressmaking, millinery work and
men whom necessity compelled to
men who are not dependent upon many other like occupations exclusive-
make just as small a beginning as
their own efforts for a living have ly for women are very confining and
you would have to make have through
this wish, born of an independent wearing on nerves and general health,
careful management, wise planning,
spirit to have some money of their poultry raising is a very healthful
stick-to-it-ive-ness, perseverance and
"very own," earned by themselves, work; so much of one's time, if en-
determination, become well known,
Pick up any one of the many maga- gaged in it, is spent out of doors in
successful fanciers, and stand today
zines for ladies and many inquiries the fresh air and sunshine. If one
witnesses to the fact that poultry cul-
will be seen upon its pages as to ways has a love for the beautiful, a flock
ture is a profitable business.
and suggestions for earning pocket of thoroughbred fowls, uniform in
What these women have done you
money, and many different plans are size and color, will delight the eye,
may do if you have their determina-
unfolded and work described that are and because of a love and admiration
tion and perseverance.
designed to accomplish the desired for and a pride in such a flock, much
end, in reply to these queries. A
wo- pleasure will be found in working
man may have a good husband among and for them. Caring for a We take pleasure in referring to the
advertisement of the Midland Poultry
comfortable home and have all pen or two of fowls means work.
Food Co., of Kansas City, Mo., and
mediate needs supplied and yet have pleasant work, but often hard work;
little money to expend for the many but I do not mind it for I enjoy be-
can say this company are surely put-
little things so dear to the feminine ing out among my birds and I know
"ng up a good food and are good peo-
be well repaid for the Pl^ to deal with. You will find their
heart. that I shall
balanced rations not only good, but
Perhaps pocket money could be had labor of my
hands, as poultry cul-
Profitable to feed. This is proven by
for the asking, but an independent ture is a profitable occupation or
their satisfactory sales and^
woman feels a reluctance to ask for business as well as a pleasant and ___'_'

money to buy that which is to give healthful one. Should the women de-
creasingdemand for their goods.

pleasure only, and might not be sirous of earning pocket money have
Look them up.
thought useful or necessary by the a home on the farm, then indeed, are
good man of the house. her chances excellent to make a suc- Among all the breeders in Nebraska
A man and his wife are partners, cess of poultry raising, if the venture there are none more enthusiastic
whether this fact is recogniezd or not, is made. Her advantages over her sis- than Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw,
and should, as in all other partner- ter in town or village suburb are Neb., and there are none that breed
ship business, have equal rights and many. Perhaps the farm fowls are con- a better class of stock than what she
privileges. If the business is suffi- sidered her especial property, and has in her yards. Many of the speci-
ciently prosperous to justify the head although hitherto unappreciated and mens came to her direct from England
of the firman indulgence in luxuries, unadmlred, now represent her capital and are as good as money could buy.
then also should some of the "divi- for a beginning in better fowls with Those wanting something "gilt-edged"
dends" accruing therefrom find their better accommodations. Then the try her.
way into the pocket of the "lesser" farm wife has nearly
necessary all
member of the firm. This is as it food for her fowls right at hand, and We call your attention to the ad-
of
should be; but, alas, not always as it no ready money must be paid out for vertisement of F. H. Shellabarger
is. Hence, woman's desire to engage them. If the business is to be con- West Liberty, Iowa. He Is
known all
breeder.
in something that will bring in money, ducted in a business like way, as over the states as a first-class
poultry
This wish is nothing to be ashamed every business should be, all articles an honest and painstaking
popularity
of. used for food for the poultry should Judge, and if you doubt his
season
Among all the occupations and work be charged up to them, and all eggs read the list of his shows this
open to women, there is none more and fowls consumed on the home table and be convinced,
pleasant, suitable or profitable than credited to them. On town or village
poultry culture. Women are well lots not so great or immediate profits You will find in our columns the
adapted to this work because of their will be realized because of the outlay advertisement of George H. Stahl,
love for pets, their painstaking per- in cash for all supplies, but if rightly Quincy, 111., manufacturer of Incu-
formance of little duties and their managed the work will grow into a bators and brooders. This is one of
persevering efforts to maintain clean- money making business, improving the oldest companies in the states
liness and neatness in all places that from year to year just in proportion that put out these goods, and wher-
know their presence. Some of the to the time, energy and brain work ever you go you will find the Excel-
would-be money earners may be so spent upon it. My sisters, if you are sior incubator and brooder. This is
situated that it Is impossible to en- willing to work, and have a love for proof positive that their goods are
gage in the work of raising poultry, fine fowls, try poultry culture as a popular. The company are thorough-
but many who think they would like means to earn the much longed for ly reliable and send out good goods.

How to Succeed with Poultry.
(Written for Poultry
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 ran 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
ciers who can spend hundreds of dol- belongs to you, and also discern the cubator in
lars in advertisements. Do not un- good in stock not your own, you will,
derstand me as objecting to these other things being equal, make a suc-
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
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 because
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 vo-
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.
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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
By Mrs. Bettie Glover Mackey, Clarksville, Mo. ^
; your business, do not attempt to keep
the two breeds on the same place.
That is, do not try to keep them
Investigator.) I believe theinvestment of a large
yarded in breeding pens separated by
amount of money has stranded the a fence only. Not that it cannot be
done, but because you do too much
barque of more amateurs than the
lack of funds to carry on the business
work, and you can always find a
lover of chickens who will handle one
ever has. Decide what you wish to
do, that is, what branch of the poul-
breed for you at less expense than
try business you wish to take up, you can raise them, if you consider
and be sure, don't take up too many labor and worry worth anything.
branches or breeds. If you love the Tour next need wHl be an In-
cubator. If you are wise you will
beautiful and are quick to appreciate
not attempt to sell any eggs the first
color and form and can be unselfish
season. Get the stock in the fall as
a few fan- enough to see the faults of that which early as possible and start the 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
willmeet 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 have ever attended.
I But if
Heii bred by A. lT,,i,i, Fairburv. Ni-bi you canont go to the best, do the best
you can and go to some show. If
possible, get acquainted with the
indispensable.
judge or judges, and get from them
cessful fancier. But if you look only all the information possible. If you
at fowls from a commercial stand-
cannot do this, notice the blue ribbon
point, and think only of the money
birds and compare them with those
you can make out of them, caring tor that have no
ribbons. You may not
nothing except the meat and eggs you be able
to detect the superiority of
can. get fron> tbem, do not think one
the first prize board over the fourth or
moment of going into the fancy poul- fifth prize one. If you
cannot do
nature and willing to become cultured this there
is always some one willing
Though if you have industry, patience to show you the
superior points of
and love the care of poultry, you may the first prize
bird. If no one else
succeed as a market poultryman. will do it, I am very sure the
owner
However, one thing you will learn of the bird
will take pleasure in
even as a market poultryman that pointing them out to you (for your
there is more money in an even flock accommodation
exclusively). Really
of chickens than in one of many col-
shows are great educators, and I think
ors. It you decide you are fitted by
every fancier should attend at least
nature and willing to bocem cultured
one show a year.
in the knowledge of fancy poultry,
make a small investment the first year If you find your birds are not first
in one breed of chickens, and one of class, then determine to make them
turkeys if you are situated to handle so. But remember that it does not
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
necessarily follow that they are not Look up the advertisement of W.
first class because they do not win in H. Bushell. He is the largest im-
David Larson,
Wahoo, Nebraska,
the show room. These are the points porter of Buff Orpingtons in the west
you must study and learn to raise and keeps nothing but first class
Expert Poultry Judge
I have had years of experience in
from the best birds, regardless of stock. Mr.
a reliable business breeding, mating and judging. For
B. is

show record. In order to do this, get man and customers in a reference lo ciualification, write PouL-
treats his
a first class judge to visit your wards satisfactory manner. His birds are TKV Invp:stigator, Clay Center, Neb.
and instruct you. But if you raise winners wherever shown. If you I am open for engagements.
for market only it will not be neces- want something right try him.
sary to spend money for the fancy mmGrow Fruit
points in fowls. Get some good thor- Mrs. May Taylor of Hale, Mo., breeds Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps
oughbred stock and raise all the Light Brahmas, Barred P. Rocks, S. Poultr3-; gfreat combination. If you
want the best fruit paper, at SOc per
chickens you can. Raise early chicks C. B. Leghorns, each on a separate
year, send for
and sell as soon as possible in spring, farm by a specialist. She is in a po-
as the early broilers bring the high- sition to furnish you stock equal to "Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo.
est prices. But be sure you keep the best at reasonable prices, and
enough of the pullets to make winter
Mrs. Taylor does an extensive poul- Capital City Poultry Ranch
layers next winter, and enough of the try business and gives the best of E. E. Smith, Prop.
late pullets to make early layers next satisfaction at all times.
Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every
spring. Keep enough yearling hens 1st at State Fair and State Show. I
to have good healthy chicks next year. A. J. Williams of Clay Center is an have the best in the west.
I like to raise from yearling hens and all-round pet stock breeder, keeps E. E. Smith, Lincoln, Neb.
early pullets. Late pullets are not nothing but the best in bantams,
good breeders until late in the season. hares and cavies. If you want a pet at CUT PRICES.

The first eggs are small and often for the little child write him.
unfertile, and if fertilized the chicks
POULTRYSK
CATALOGUE FREE.
Enf. Co.,Coliimbu>, 0.

as a rule are not very strong. I have Flemish Giants...

spoken of stock, of incubators, brood- We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed
byWINUSON, imported Sept. 1800. One of
ers and feed, but have said nothing the largest and best Giant bucks of his age
in America. His ancestors present an un-
about houses. brolien line of England's best chanipions.
I think a great deal more has been S weeks old Giants $3 to $10 per head. You
cannot get belter ones at any price. Dr. I
said about houses than has been sen- C. Stephens & Co.. (Jarleton, Neb.
sible. If I were able to put up the
fine poultry houses described in the 300 Buff and Black
poultry journals I should be able to
retire from business, and would not
Wyandotte Chicks.
build any, but would leave the busi- For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi-
ness in the hands of younger and bition stock. Give me a chance to
poorer people. What you need is to please you.
have plenty of house room and range. HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn.
I prefer cheap, small houses to large,
expensive ones. Have them warm in White p. Rocks Exclusively....
winter and cool in summer. Keep them M3' Rocks are of the best strains to
clean and dry. Do not crowd too be found and I have a fine lot of
many fowls in a house. Writers to chicks to sell reasonable. Write,
the contrary notwithstanding, I do
MRS. NANCY WATSON,
not like a house too close in winter.
Lincolti, Nebr.
I believe the fancier goes to one ex-

treme and the farmer to the other. If you are in want of a good leg
The fancier rears his chicks so ten- band look up the ad. of Frank Meyers
derly they have no constitution, and
the farmer neglects his almost to cru-
of Freeport, 111.
the Ideal Aluminum
He manufactures
band. Your hum-
INCUBATOR
elty. Between these two extremes thousand
ble servant has used several
will be found best results. I have
simply given general outlines in this
and will be more explicit in future.
of these bands and they have given
good satisfaction and I can recom-
mend them to all. Prices right.
ON TRIAL
I hear some one say, "She never
said a word about being honorable Those wanting good Light Brahmas The Perfected Von Culin.
in your dealings." No, I believe I did will do well to write Mrs. Ella Thom- Successful result of 25 years' experience.
Scientifically correct, practically perfect.
not, and I am inclined not to say any- as at Quarles, Mo. She is an expert
Non-eiplosivo metal lamps.
thing for the reason that if you have at breeding prize winners and her Double and packed walls.
come to years of maturity and haven't stock is in great demand. If you Perfect regulation of heat and Tentilation.
learned the only true success in life is want something good write her. Made of best materials, and highest quality
of workmanship and finish.
obtained through honorable conduct
PRICES $7.00 AND UP.
in every department of business, it L, R. Oaks of Bloomington, Ind., is
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAT.
would simply be a waste of time for an old and reliable manufacturer of We make Brooders, Bee Hives &, Supplies.
me to try to impress you with the incubator and brooder supplies and ZS^ Catalog and Price List sent Free.
truth at this late day. are always ready to fill your order The W.T. FALCONER MFG. GO.,
MRS. BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY. satisfactorily. Their goods are first
Dept. 2I3< Jamestown, N.Y.
Clarksville, Mo. class.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
These late hatched chicks should
Sa.l\ita.tory.
have extra good care. It will pay you
Poultry Investigator We present to the poultry reading to give them a little more of your time
Is publislied the tirst of each month at public this month the first issue of the and more extra feed. There has been
Poultry IxvksTic.ator. We ask you but few chicks raised this season and
Clay Center, Nebraska.
you will wish before next May comes
not to criticize us too harshly, as we
BY that you had taken better care of the
are new and must have time to grow. late ones. They will save you many
Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. We are aware that there is a wide field dollars for your extra trouble with
for a good, live poultry paper in the them. If they were worth a starting
L. P. HARRIS, Editok. they certainly are worth maturing and
it is our purpose to make
west, and
if grain is expensive they will pay
Poultry Investigator all that its
the
their way by taking good care of them.
Subscription price, 25Gts. a Year. name implies. We shall from month

to month improve it and will push it

Advertising R^aLtes. Watch the favor courting of the
to the front as fast as is possible.
editor of one of our best poultry jour-
$1.00 per inch each in.sertion. One Everything will be done that can be nals this coming season and see how
inch one year $10.00. These are our done to make it pay its advertising pa- many best flocks he or his judges will
only rates for advertising and will be
strictly adhered to. We treat all alike trons, and we want all poultry fan- find of one variety during the season.
both g^reat and small. Payment on ciers to feel that the Poultry Invest- It will be too bad if you are not the
yearly contracts quarterly in advance. last one he calls on. The same is ap-
All other contracts cash with order. igator is your paper and that its pro-
plicable to many judges in show
prietors are your friends. We thank rooms. The patrons of the first show
All communications and advertise- you kindly for the support you have he judges in the season are not in it
ments must be in our hands by the
l.")th to insure insertion in i.s-
given us in this, the first issue, and with those of the last show. It is

"the best class of Mediterranean,"

sue of following' month. hope that from the results of our ef-
"the best class of Rocks," "the best
Parties wishiny to change their ad- forts we may merit a continuance of Cochins I ever saw," everywhere he
dress should give the old as well your patronage. goes. They are lobbying tor a job.
as the new address.
Yours for success with poultry,
This paper be sent after the
will not
year's subscription expires so be
L. P. HARRIS, Editor.
Young and growing chicks should
sure and renew promptly. be kept entirely separate from the old
Don't allow your chicks to become fowls during the next five months by
In Rega-rd to Advertisers. stunted. A stunted bird is a disgrace all means. This is seldom done. A
to its owner and an unmarketable great many times you will find old,
We are very careful in soliciting product. reliable breeders letting their chicks
advertisements, to see that all are re-
liable. If at any time anyone answer-
and fowls run together, but more espe-
ing any display advertisement found cially you will find this practiced
in the columns of Poultry Investi-
The value of the droppings depend
among farmers. Young growing birds
(;aT )R is in any way swindled, will upon the food consumed. Hens i,nat
need more feed than old matured
please write us at once, we will look are fed upon bones and meat will dou-
into the matter, and if such an adver- fowls, and if allowed to run together
ble the value of the droppings com-
tisement has been inserted for the the fowls get too fat, and the chicks
purpose of defrauding our readers, we pared with hens fed upon grain.
are robbed of the feed they should
will drop the advertisement and pub-
have, consequently they do not make
lish the swindler's name. We wish to
keep our advertising columns free the growth they should. It really is
No breeder of thoroughbred fowls
from all such advertisers, and when to your interest to separate fowls
writing to an advertiser whose adver- can afford to have one dissatisfied cus-
from the chicks and if you have plenty
tisement was found in these columns, tomer. If you wish to please do not
of room separate the males from the
we would ask it as an especial favor over-describe your stock, and educate
that you say you saw it in The Poul- yourself to know a good bird from a
females.
try Investigator.
poor specimen.
Now
a good time to sell off those
is
Address all communicationsto What
are you keeping "chem
culls.
Poultry Investigator Com, Your fowls are moulting now and for? They never pay you anything.
t'lav Conter, Nebraska. should have the best of care. Give They are only worth what they will
give them the grond bone, plenty of fetch by the pound and the sooner
good, substantial food that is not you get rid of them the better chance
EDITORIAL. Be sure there is no lice to your good birds will have and the
fattening.
sap away
and keep them faster they will thrive.
their vitality So do not
Don't allow your fowls to drink where they can get plenty of green put off marketing them at once. If
stagnant water. It will cause you food and where they can get plenty of you are keeping fowls for the eggs
lots of trouble. shade and fresh water. only, be sure to dispose of all the
Many a valuable hen dies this sea- males except those to be used as
Pure bred fowls degenerate very son of the year solely because they breeders. The others are a nui-
rapidly under poor management. If do not have proper care during this sance and should be taken to market
the weakly, deformed, runty ones are critical period of moulting. If ever you at once. See to it. Don't put it off.
not regularly weeded out, the flock as should take good care of your birds If you do you will not get the best
a whole will in time be no better than it is just now while they are putting results from the balance of your
scrubs. out their new feathers. flock.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
When your poultry business gets
dull take a good dose of printer's ink.
If the dose does not revive tlie
first
trade, take a second. If followed up
at regular intervals it is a sure cure
Were Your Crops Injured
liy tbr (houglitV Well, cvcu .so, you nrcdii't .starve to (k-atb.
for a dull or slow trade. A good flock of chickens will pay your taxes, buy your
groceries, aud leave a surplus besides. The
Yes, the farmers are becoming fan-
ciers. The farmers holding a poultry
show a few years ago would have been
Hacwkeye Ii\c\ib9Ltors
will hatcli thcui foryuu, with less bother aud greater certainly than any
a curiosity. Right now they are tak- otlierincubator sold to-day. Perfect regulation of temperature, veutilatioii
ing a hand everywhere, even holding and moisture. In actual results the Hawkeye takes a back seat for nobody.
shows exclusively their own. This is
Three sizes 60, 100 and 200 egg.s, at prices that are right. AVe lunke
as it should be. It makes a friendly
brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are liatelieil. Our
niiitto is 'The Havvkeyellncubators are Good Inciibator.s,"aiKl
rivalry in the right direction and will it means exactly what it says. Better seuj lor our cataloprin'
help both the city fancier and the S-p iiur special nlTers and guarantee. B nk free, or .send li)c
amlgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry papi-i-.
farmer fancier. It works up a pride
that will be a permanent good to all Hawkeye Irvc\ibator Co.,
concerned. Department 108. Newton, Iowa.
IS^B^^^^^S^ISgm^^X!^BS!S^:dm*i^mSBS!^S^
Some time ago we ordered a four-
roller Century press especially for this
paper, but owing to the machinists'
strike in the east the press was de-
Sure Hatcli Poultry
layed. We have hardly had time to
let the foundation set until we com-
Tftuipnuy ,
mence printing this paper. It has
Has the largest aggreg^ation of
been a hurry-up job and possibly a thoroughbred poultry in the west.
few mistakes will occur. Hereafter
we promise a nice job of printing on
The Investigator. Our press is es-
We import, breed, buy and sell
All Varieties.
pecially suitable for bringing out half-
tones in good shape and each month Each variety is bred separately on
will mark an improvement in illustra- a farm. No chance for tnixitig up.
tions. Prices reasonable. Stock the best.
Write your wants. Address,

This is the time when the flock Sure Hatch Poultry Co.
wants watching on account of symp- Clay Center. Neb.
toms of diseases. If you let roup,
canker or diarrhoea get started in your ooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo
flock now it will be almost an im-
before
TAKE THE o
possibility
will
to get rid of
practically ruin your flock. We
it it
o
soon be getting cold nights and
Kansas City & Omaha Line S
will
the wants looking after. See
flock
that tUey do not huddle or too many
o
get into your small houses and sweat,
For points east, south or west. Close con- o
all
then run out in the cold morning air
and catch cold; then in a few days
nections made on junction points.
all o
you will see a lot of well developed o
cases of roup and you will wonder o
how these chickens came to have the For rates
aud
St. Joe, Mo. Wallack,
S.M. o
information call on or address, S.
M. Adsit, G. P.
Agent, Clav Center. Nebraska.
roup. Be sure to keep them from
o
sweating.
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m.Beyond Comparison,,
ii^

Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed lOo lbs. $2.50; 50 lbs. Si. 50; 30 lbs. ^i.oo.

Chamberlain's Perfect Hen Food will make your hens lay. 100 lbs $1.75. Goods shipped from St. Louis.

ManufactureaByyil^ f^ CHAMBERLAIN, '^''^'^''' '*^'-

 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
FARM POULTRY so, try it and see. People never drove

By Mrs. ^.,
>- ^ JC-, jiuu into our yard to ask about our mon-
C. A. BlancKard. Friervd. Neb. ,. _ , , .

But many a one drives

, ,
grel chirkens.
I Buff Orpingtons ^ ,.
. ., , ,,
As a usual thing the farm poultry f ^
,
.

in to inquire about
. v,.

those ,.*
,,
'pretty
..

white chickens," while others -Will

White Wyandottes walk their horses by the place and

watch the chickens. I am proud of
I
h No better stock
|
^^ (J
our poultry. They are an o-nament.
In noting the difference between
I never have failed to win in town and country bred poultry, the
largest shows. Birds score from ffl

9.")';. farm poultry at most times of the

9(1 to
year hunt a good share of their liv-
Pure bred will do equally as well
C. ROCKIIILL, I
ing.
on the same care as the mongrel.
Harvard, ^eb^aBka. *
Many times a little different manage-
ment will make either Uind pay bet-
ter. If we live in a coa;itry where
Partridge Cochins there is little gravel it pays to buy
Golden Sebright Bantanns grit. If we want lots of eggs for

Fancy Pigeons hatching in early spring it pays to buy

I will i-loso uiit my entire stock of Cochins. green bone or meat meal. ?3ut you
None lielter. At low prices. Tliey have al-
ways won for me and will for you. can be sure the chickens would live
Wm. HOLCOMB. Clay Center. Neb. and lay eggs without the m. 1 ater

iji the sjaiiTi poultry tlni's a good

Blue Barfed Plpoutti Rocks

Choice brccdinfj and fine exhibition
birds for sale. Winners wherever and
whenever shown. Prices low. Must
<fr_:'

sell. Write for printed folder.

M. M. HOLT, Marshalltown, Iowa.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.

We hove Quality aid yuaiitity.
Farm raised prize winning stock,
cheap for quality If you want Rocks
write us.
H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.

Silver Laced Wyandottes, White

Wyandottes, Buff Leghorns, Black
Le'ghorns and White Pekin Ducks.
First class birds for sale. Mrs. Willie
E. Tibbitts, Imperial, Neb.

Cornish and White Indian Games.

stock for Sale.
.). C. INAUMAN, Clay CeBter, ISebr.

Eli-Fli Chaser...
riie
friend,
anleed.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 13

One DaLy's Work

(Written for Poultry Investigator.)
Wliat ghall I write (or tiie Journal
that will be of interest? is often a
most perplexing question to tlie many
writers, especially a beginner. I

never could Write fancy articles, so

witli 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 liero-
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
 POri/rRV IXVI'STIGATOR.

oooooooooooooooooooooooooo breeding Light Brahmas according to

my idea and point of view. If I can
be of use I am always pleased to do

Malting Light BraLhmas g so, hoping always to lead out other

and more experienced minds than my
By Mrs, Ella. Thonrva.s. o own, because I am anxious to know,

o o too, all that is to be learned. Mr. A.

F. Hunter of Farm Poultry used to
oooooooooooooooooooooooooo condemn the line breeding, yet, in the
OVritten for Poultry Investigator.) always hide our light under a bushel, hands of a practical breeder, I believe
After eleven years of study and ex- We western people can explode the it the only safe line of breeding out
perience in mating Light Brahmas, I idea many eastern people have, name- Light Brahmas, or any other breed for
still consider myself an amateur. Be- ly, that the wegjtern judges score that matter. Do not men follow line
sides, in one sense of the word, that higher than the eastern judges. Judge breeding in horses, cattle, sheep, and
is for years I have used one or two Felch has scored Brahmas
for me, in hogs, and those who produce the
points and pedigree as well as proper customers' hands, higher on yearling greatest specimens are proven from
essential to success when it comes to birds than judges in our home scored some great sire or great dam? Why
points and pedigree as wel as proper them as young birds; so has Pierce not our fowls? It must be done if
line breeding, that I find many breed- and Butterfield. And birds sent out we would succeed. I condemn Cochin
ers do not live up to. That is the by score cards from several of our shapes in our Brahmas, because they
single mating in our Light Brahmas; home judges, scored in our yards, are the English and not the American
they should have a universal bluish have gone to large shows east and type, not that I wish to condemn the
undercolor. We should forever dis- south, where they scored one to one English birds more than they deserve
card the idea that some are even now and one-half points more in our east- as compared with our American-bred
advocating, and that is the white un- ern judges' hands. So I consider this birds. The English type, as I have
dercolor for our exhibition speci- talk by people In our journals just so found them, were poor layers, poor
mens. We must have a bluish under- much wind, as many people's fault- foragers. Our American type are rus-
color. I say it advisedly, because finding of the birds we send them is tling. practical, vigorous birds, and

time has proved to me that a uni- only wind and sometimes

worse great layers. They will make more
versal blue undercolor is as essential fabrication, pure and simple. It is pounds of meat and lay more eggs in
as the blue undercolor of our Barred =^=^^^==^^^^==^=^=^^=r a year than any known breed. One
Plymouth Rocks. Unless we mean to objection some people find to Light
still practice this double mating sys- Brahmas is the immense leg and toe
tem in any breed we will lose hun- feathering, but owing to their great
dreds of amateur breeders from our size, marked vigor and hardiness and

ranks. For they ,after a year or two gentle practical qualities, they arc
of unsuccessful breeding, buying and loved by all fanciers who have studied
spending almost their last dollar in their gentle disposition, their response
the hope of producing something wor- to kind
treatment with evident af-
thy of the money they have expended, fection. can sympathize with the
I

will give up in disgust and try some- ' utbusiasm of the general fancier be-
thing else, and perhaps this something l.'cause the number is not large, that
else will be to try to support several proved exceptionally high scoring
of the family by working by the day. specimens, except where those who
Does this sound rather strong, brother Cornish Indi.Tti r.amos understood the art of mating for the
Edirar, Nebr. Tliey havs
and sister fanciers? It is putting the show rood! for the past tiv best results, and who know how to
matter before you in a very mild breed their birds in line without in-
form, indeed, so mild that many juring their utility.
could tell of very miserable lives, not always that people aim to mis- Mr. I. K. Felch once spoke of being
even separations of families over represent us; it is ignorance of what amused because I referred to my first
such a great stumbling block, and constitutes a bird of a certain score. 9.5-point cockerel being the siire of
money losses, as I have just men- Some people judge a bird almost solely two 95-point cockerels, and the best
tioned, the double mating system. But by the wing, others by toot-feather- one of those being sire of four 95-
enough of this. It is not to harangue ing, etc. My idea cf a bird is one point and one 95^4-point cockerel. Yet
the poultry fraternity that I have ded- with sections cut about the same when we practice what we preach, as
Icated this article and placed it in throughout the bird. I would not give l did in this instance, and mated both
the hands of one of our best and most a bird cut one-half point throughout the best 95-point cockerels to their
beloved western judges, who is to edit each section for one-half dozen birds dame and produced the large number
The Poultry Investigator and helps of cut one and one-half points in one referred If one of her eggs pro-
to.
more and better poultry, such as we or two particular sections and one- duced a 95-point bird, why should not
have worked for, planned and dreamed half in the rest, or perhaps cut noth- others? Besides her pullets and those
about for many years. May it en- ing in several places. I know how of her sisters in the same yard pro-
lighten the eastern people in the next hard it is to overcome such defects duced 95-point to 96-point pullets. I
few years fully as much or more than and get the progeny into a uniform had 94, 95 to 96-point pullets one
the eastern people have aided the lot of birds, yet that is and must be 9G14 from the mating. They were the
west for so long. The east is silently our aim in breeding for exhibition foundation of some of the greatest
winning our laurels now, and have birds. A bird is good when scored or winners ever in this country. I feel
been for some time, paying the west compared as a whole. sure because old hens four years old
one-half the price they charge us for Our editor has asked me to give an have won, even in the very largest
the same score. I trust we may not exhaustive article on mating and 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
chicks, but the severe drouth in this
section has been most trying on our
birds, cannot say what the out-
so I
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
in my old hens another
know few practice,
one. I it so important when
consider
I lindhave a hen or several hens
I
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
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 in my estimation, with pure white
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 of course, have an idea of what I arched beak, broad and well spread
years, and am more pleased with this hope to accomplish with them,
blue undercolor every year. I find cannot make a report until some time length of body, etc., that characterize
such birds do not get a washed-out, in the future. I had two cockerels the best Brahmas. I am a great lover
POULTRY IXVKSTIGATOR. 15
such promising
reservoir of color
idea that I
yet the only safe
we must se-
QUEEN MARY.
This as bred bv J . W. Whitney. Chatham. Ohi.
le. Parties v ishing- advice or help in niatii
do well 1 correspond nth Mr. Whitney.
~
'
faded look in the black points; they
with the same solid black flights, not
do not become mixed up with gray
a particle of white in either, pro-
and white in wings and tails, but will
duced from tihs old hen, and a pure
breed black wings with the proper
white with delicate bluish undercolor,
white vein, black tails to the
but had bad luck with both. One was,
skin,
coverts edged with pure white like the
killed and the other got a bone in
hackles, and such pullets still retain
his throat, so I could not relieve him
it even at four year old and will score
and I lost him. I shall try to keep
95 points, as old hens, under
these pullets to such
produce cockerels
judges as Pierce, Felch and others. I
again, for although the pullets have
suppose these judges think them year-
black in hackles I found the cocker-
ling hens, for as such they would pass.
els had deep bluish undercolor only,
and were simply good in points
I like the black in hackles to extend
up about four-fifths of the feather,
throughout. I shall not give up in
On such dark birds it is really proper,
despair, but try again. Tails should
be black to skin, first row of coverts
edging all around the feather, black
the same, the row following edged
running to a sharp point in hackle of
with pure white like the hackles, and
as many rows as come after, the same,
males, but broader and more rounded
in females. Wings solid black ev-
In the hens I want every tow from one
cept the white vein at edge of each
to three, whatever there are, edged
feather, no gray should be allowed in
with pure white. Breast broad and
either males or females in the web of
full, body long comparatively, wings
the feather. This makes a beautiful
well folded, giving depth to body as
wing and one hard to improve upon,
well as breadth. Feet well feathered
unless we can get solid black flights,
on outer and middle toe, and mottled
I have had them, lost a five-year- old
with black. Hackles full and closely
hen this season that had them, and I
feathered, giving a close, well rounded
bave several pullets from her, but the
hack. Many of the Brahmas of today
back is full of black spots. am
show the loss of the broad head, heavy
I
keeping them to experiment with and,
eyebrows, full throat, short, well-
but tails, broad, deep breasts, proper
i6 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
of strong color, but do not care to get proper color anywhere in our
sacrifice the above to get color and males unless we are more particular
leg and toe coloring. We should try of the color in our females. It is non-
to weed out all characteristics other sense to believe the males must have
than Brahma. The young breeder has the most color. For my part the pul-
much to learn, and who of us "knows lets and hens I have with almost solid
it all?" Are not the best of us ca- black flights, heavy nackles, edged
pable of learning much more? I like with pure white, tails black to skin,
the close-feathered Brahmas best, with legs and toes covered with feathers
rather a long body, longer thigh and mottled with black, blue undercolor
hacks, closely feathered. But in throughout tne plumage, are absolute-
breeding for heavy leg and toe feath- ly beautiful to me. I am cordially
ering we do not see as many such yours, MRS. ELLA THOMAS,
close trimemd hocks as we would like. Breeder of the "Mammoth Strain"
I believe our breeding for small Light Brahmas.
combs, longer, heavier, fluffy bodies
and immense foot feathering, has
made our birds more Ck)chin shape
NOTES.
and not such good layers; besides it The cheapest and most convenient
is not the type that takes the eye of method of keeping a record of our
any true flock so as to be able to tell the age
fancier. Let us stop before The above is a cut of Mr. E. B. Omohundro's
it is too late and breed for the true
of our fowls is as follows: White Rock cock, "White Chief." score. 9*'A by
In the fall, while the young stock Myers. 93J2 by Ropp; first at N. C. Mo., poultry
American type of Light Brahmas. show in 1900, also at Lincoln county poultry
show in 1900. If you want something- nice write
After summing up this article, would is yet small enough that we can easily Mr. Omohundro. BowlinK (Jreen, Mo.
you still ask what I like in my Brah- tell them from the older ones, we
mas? Well, I have not gotten just band all that were hatched the year
before. If an odd year banding them year, and as a breeder from which to
what Iwant yet. I am glad I have
on the left, if an even yeai' banding raise large, strong, healthy stock the
not. would have nothing to strive
I
them on the right leg, and each year hen in her second or even third year
for. But in a few specimens I have
something near it, and they are treas- banding af'er this plan. In this way is much better than in her pullet
ured by their owner. I might have we can tell at a glance what age any year. R. R. FRENCH.
had dozens of them now had I not fowl in the flock is. With either Ford City, Mo.
helped others to lay a foundation for fancier or market poultry raiser this
stock, that are in the front ranks of is of much value, as soon an expert E. A. Peglar of Lincoln. Neb., can
Light Brahma breeders today, and I would find it a difficult task to tell be found at his place of business with
am silently proud of the record they the age of a fowl simply from its ap- a full line of poultry supplies, incu-
are making. To sum up what I want pearance. bators and brooders. Anything in his
in my Light Brahmas: I want shape Bands without figures on can be ob- line you can get as good as can be
as well as color, and color as well as tained in large quantities for about found and as cheap as can be bought
shape. I want a deep bay eye as well one-half cent each, so that the cost is anywhere.
as serrated comb extending back prop- very little.
erly on the head, broad, short heads, Of those who sell all their old stock Rev. G. W. Chamblin, Uniontown,
well ovaled on top, good sized wattles as soon as the young is ready to take Kan., writes he has a fine lot of Ham-
and ear lobes. I want broad saddle their place the foregoing will, of burgs that show up fine at this writ-
as well as broad shoulders, with course be of little interest, but to ing, and he will make very reasonable
'

wing folded high enough to make those who know the value of one and prices to customers. trust the We
broad, flat back, across the shoulders two year old hens and reverend will receive the support and
as layers
well rounded, yet broad as it sweeps breeders it should be of interest and hearty co-operation of Hamburg
in concave to tail. Color where it may be of value. We have carefully breeders in his efforts to organize a
should be and plenty of it, and I like studied the matter and believe that it Hamburg club. Come one, come all,
black in feet of females as well as pays to keep the hens, especially of and join hands with Rev. Chamblin.
males, and I believe It impossible to the laying breeds, until their third Look up his article on the same.

Poultry Supplies,
We keep a full lino of all standard floods, as follows:
Ideal Leg Bands, Humphrey Bone Mills, Granulated Bone,
Smith Seal Bands, Spray Pumps, Broiler's Teeth,
Score Cards, Liquiid Lke Killers, 20 Century Poultry Food,
Standards, Bone Meal, Midland Poultry Food,
Oyster Shells, Raw Bone. Conkey's Roup Cure,
Lime Stone Grit, Beef Scraps, Chamberlin Chick Peed,
Mica (irit, Blood Meal, Reliable Spring Punch.
Anything you want. Write us; if we do not have it will get it for you.

SURE HA TCH POUL TRY CO., Clay Center, Nebraska.

AS SEEN THROUGH
i8 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
it took work, and while the writer
for there Is no practical value in a high-
THE POULTRY INDUS- gained in health, she could never do
all that she wished. As stated, beau-
class fowl and they may tell you that
your fussing a chicken is
TRY tiful flowers and fancy work always
after all
but a chicken. They may ridicule
By Cortv RIckards. Osclen, Utah. him who has a natural love for the
delight and comfort me. However, I
found, and still find, a great pleasure feathered tribe and dub him a "chick-
(Written for Poultry Investigator.) in fine poultry, and as that was my en crank," but as some have grace-
There is many a delicate girl who chosen line, I dropped the others and fully put it, "It takes a crank to make
would think poultry culture a hard followed poultry culture, and while we the wheel go around."
proposition from the fact that em- feel advanced from our continued If there is no utility in cultivating,
broidery, needle work, music and work, still there is so much ahead to the feathered thoroughbred, is there
painting seem more like the work reach out for and mistakes in the past any in the culture of other pure bred
that should be given to a girl. Yet that make the desire so great to keep live stock? Let us consider the Mor-
we know there are women who are a climbing higher. gan, the Percheron, the Clydesdale
success in nearly all lines of business. Each year we have advanced and and the thoroughbred that steps
lithe
We heard of three sisters who did do not feel we are going back, but that a mile in 2:03 is of no more account
work on their farm, using machinery we have a desirable poultry business. than the raw-boned, discouraged horse
and riding when doing plowing and While the thermometer on our porch hitched to the old worn delivery wag-
the most of the work in planting, registers 101, we can hear the bid- on; the Durham, the Jersey, the
gathering grain, etc., etc. To the dies cackle over the new-laid egg, and Guernsey, the Galloway of no more
writer it would seem too hard to do to count the number that are making value than the native scrub cow. Is
as these girls did. They enjoyed and there nothing, too, in the beaatiful to
made a success of it, and each one had appeal to our finer senses, and to pre-
been a school teacher, so it was not sentto us an argument of merit?
lack of learning that made them de- The writer has had years of prac-
sire outdoor work. tical experience with nearly every va-
The writer, on account of being riety of poultry. Here in Ogden,
oblig(?d to seek outdoor work to gain Utah, eggs sell readily at good prices.
health, lost from bookkeeping in my There is especially good sale for win-
went to Colorado, that
father's office, ter eggs.
land of sunshine, where an eastern in- The Jersey cow for butter and
valid could not think of remaining so, plenty of rich milk stands ahead, as
for one receives renewed energy and do the Brown Leghorns for egg pro-
life and cannot long be idle in that ducers. We have bred Leghorns for
high altitude. The writer ,from her over fifteen years and have had a pul-
earliest recollection, had a desire to let who was a first premium bird lay
make money, and the desire increased 274 eggs in one year. It costs no more
in Colorado. The outdoor air under to keep such a hen that it does one
a pine tree, with the wind blowing that will not lay more than SO eggs in
the leaves gently, made one feel like one year. Think of the difference.
sitting and dreaming of a beautiful In order to have the best results
future and the many things most de- on the farm the ground must be cul-
sirable inlife. The writer looks back tivated right. The same interest must
with much pleasure on those past be taken in poultry, the houses clean-
thoughts. Some of the girls will ask. ed and kept free from lice, good
Did I realize my day dreams? They houses and nests provided, a variety
were not so unreasonable but that of food. Cheap stock that do'not lay
most of them have been realized. the noise means that our busy workers are expensive in the end. It is not so
They were in most cases for a little are coining the cash in those lovely much a Question of the cost as any
home and poultry business, well estab- eggs, for that is what our customers grain, and poultry are dear if results
lished and paid for, so my expecta- call them, and we could sell many are not obtained.
tions have truly been realized, though more even though each biddie on our
it took years, and some days the place lay their share of eggs.
work seemed so trying. We remem- Wo would like to have the farmers Why Do I Keep
Poultry
ber when we tried to have beautiful and the farmers' wives take a more (Written for Poultry Investigator.)
pansies, and after so much labor and practical view of the poultry indus- In the first place, I am a farmer's
care of them to have a mother and her try and lay hold of new ideas and new wife, and what farm is complete with-
brood scratch them all up by getting breeds for the improvement and ad- out poultry. Oh, yes, at first I kept
into the garden through a gate that vancement of chickens on the farms. dunghills. But a poultry loving sis-
some one had left open. The selection of a fine Leghorn cock- ter said, "Why not keep thorough-
We have a great love for the beau- erel or two for breeding purposes breds? The cost is no more when It
tiful, trees, flowers, books, music, would be a great step forward if eggs comes to feed and buildings, and your
painting, and we could hardly give in large numbers are wanted, and eggs profits are double." I took the advice
up our flowers. Since coming to Og- pay, especially to have them in winter given me, and at first I got one pen
den we have not had time for flowers. when prices are high. Better still is of S. L. Wyandottes, five hens and a
The business demanded every minute the thoroughbred fowl. The idea is rooster. My, oh my, they were lovely
of our time. prominent among a large majoritj' of to look at and they have proved them-
We started to make a success of farmers that the thoroughbred fowl is selves lovely in more than one way.
poultry culture, and in order to es- all a myth. They seen no real merit I have found them good layers, winter
tablish a business such as we aimed in well-bred poultry. Ask them why and summer, good mothers, good rus-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19

tiers, very tame, will stand confine- sible.

ment the best of any breed I know of, The entry fee, which includes care,

and a good table fowl, with yellow feed and coop rent, will be as follows: I I will exchange 9T
legs and sweet, juicy meat, I was not Poultry pens, $2 each; single birds
satisfied with one pen, so I have a fine in the open class, also turkeys, geese, \ Belgian Hares ^
start in Buff Leghorns and Black
Langshans. I believe the Buff Leg-
ducks and ornamental fowls, $1 each;
pigeons, 50 cents each.
I
for ^
horns to be the world's egg machines. fowls are to be shown singly
All \ White Wandotte Pullets^
Buff Leghorns will commence to lay or in breeding pens. A breeding pen ! I have also some nne
when five months old, six weeks ear- will consist of one male and four fe-
I LIGHT BRAHMA HENS OW
lierthan other breeds, and when my males. Prizes for pens will be award-
for Sale. Good ones.
heavier breeds are wanting to set they ed on all of poultry
varieties and
keep right on laying. Leghorns for ducks. Prizes not be
will awarded
eggs and S. L. Wyandottes for an for birds impaired in value for breed-
Mrs. Hattie Byfield.L^
>.

all-purpose fowl. I know the Buff ing purposes. McCook, Neb. 0^

Leghorns to be better than the Brown. Ine American Standard of Perfec-
They lay just as well and a larger tion will be the guide in judging.
egg, and they are larger than the Prizes for poultry in all the open 1892. 1901.
Brown
year
or White Leghorns.
I kept thoroughbreds my profits
The first sections, including turkeys,
geese and ornamental fowls, will be:
ducks,
Mammoth Strain
were small, with a good income the First prize, $4; second prize, $2; Light
B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win-
ners in America's leading shows of
second, and there is pleasure in rais- third prize, fourth prize, very
$1; hundreds of prizes in my own and
ing thoroughbreds as well as money. highly commended; fifth prize, highly customers' hands. The "Common
Now, my make commended; sixth prize, commended; Sense" remedies for poultry are "per-
poultry-loving sisters,
a start. First study your surround- seventh prize, diploma; eighth prize, fection" when properly used. Chol-
era Cure kills all disease germs and
ings, then your climate, make a choice diploma. In the poultry classes
makes blood, botie and feather. Hun-
of some breed that will thrive both dreds of poultrymen claim they are
winter and summer. The Rose Combs making poultry breeding easy and
for cold winters and the Single Combs practical by their use. A sample of
either for a dime. 1 lb can post paid
for light winters has been my experi-
for SOc. Yours for success,
ence. Of course, one with means can
build for the Single Comb varieties, MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Queries, Mo.
but when the comb freezes the lay- _ /v/-v|r| For the next si,\ty days I will
ing stops, or that has been my experi- I I II In I
sell toy fine Barred Plymouth
ence,
lj\j\Jn. Rocks Cociierels and Pullets at
one Iiiilf price as I have sold my place. I
have found the White Pekin ducks
I
li.ue some fine large March and April Cock-
as as chickens, and they
profitable erels now ready to ship and will guarantee
are in good demand the year around. s ititfdction with every sale.

One can get good prices for them and L. D. GREEM, Red Oak, la.

they are very hardy and thrive well

in any climate. I don't consider any

poultry farm complete without them.

^ ^
BUFF WYANDOTTES,
EXCURSIVELY. Our
Wyandottes are bre^i
Buff
from
Some say I am a poultry crank, but best strain obtainable and
in lin^. We
breed the pure
I find pleasure and profit in poultry, ;;olden Butf. not ihe dark
so I am in the poultry business to red. Tiiey'ie prize winners.

stay. No, it is not all sunshine in ^ E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.

the poultry yard. One must expect 'jyigMB^'C Chester While Hogs forsale
ups and downs, but if you once start
and have the right kind of backbone The above cut is that of Mr. E. B. Omohuii-
dro's White Rock hen. "BeUe ol Pike." .scored
Rosecomb White Leghorns.
you are sure to succeed.
bv Myers 94'2. 93!i by Rapp. She wins 1st at Needing room for young stock, will
N. C. Mo., show. 1900, 2nd at Lincoln County.
1900, Poultry show; 1st at Quincy, 111., in 199.
sellpart of my this year's breeders,
(Many thanks, Mrs. Tibbetts. We scoring- 94';. including 1st cockerel St. Paul last
shall be pleased to have you tell us February.
more your experiences in the poul-
of
J. F. REINELT, Tripp, S. D.
try yards and shall be glad to hear there will be eight awards, and a di-

M
from one or all our readers in this ploma given with each award. Birds
line. Do not be backward. EDITOR.) entered in the open sections cannot
compete in the pen sections.
Parv-AmericaLn Exhibition
ORPINGTONS \
The prizes in open classes for pig-
Undoubtedly one of the grandest eons will be First prize, $3; second :
J
and COCHINS. \
displays of poultry to be held this cents;
prize, $1.50; third prize, 75
year will be at the Pan-American \ Bred from my own Importations. ^
highly commended;
exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., October fourth prize, very I won more premiums than
J
20th to 31st. fifth prize, highly commended. J any two other exhibitors at the
The following from the official pre- Premiums in this class will be paid ( Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be-
5 fore buying anything write me
mium list gives full information in October 31, 1901. For premium list
{ it will be a pleasure to give
regard to entries, prizes, etc.: you prices.
address Frank A. Converse, Superin- \

Class e; Entries in this class will
tendent Live Stock Division, Pan- IDA BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb.
J.
close September 16th, but should be \
{
American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y,
sent as long before thja date as pos-

Barred Plymouth Rocks
EXCLUSIVELY.
If you want winners bred from win-
ners that will win for you, write tne
FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center/
Hydro-Safety
1 v<'ur Incubator and Uroodpr and save oil,
Wnter jacket
;u'ntioa and avoid all donirer.
-fps burner cool. Prlfo, 75c, tn J2. 7fl. Cata- I
.^L nf all iiirf,.tnr st.pHirs
"Tr.OAKES. Mfr. No 12 6'hSt.. Bloomlneton. 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
to win in the best company.
stck for sale.
J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb
F. H. SHELLABARGER,
Barred Plymouth Rocks
for20years. We liiive therji that are up to
dale in size, stiape and color. Write me if
you ne'd any. iOtli annual circular wliich
fully describes our Breeding stocit is free.
Mention this Journal and address as above
0. MO. HUN. DRO.
Breeder of Prize-^\ inning
IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS.
Sto-k for sale at all tin.es. El'Ss in season.
E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.
G. B. CLARY, Falrbury, Nebraska. wholesale order you don't know how tion. Watch him sweep the platter
( Chalk White Wyandottes, many of each size to order. You clean at the State
Breeder of ! Mammoth Light Brahmas don't know how your own orders are
Buff Orpingtons.
(
Exhibited at four shows. 1900-lSIOl. Won 39
regular premiums. Errs and slock in sea-
son. Sallsfactlon assured.
Still 10 Cents a Year.
Until further notice you can still get
the Poultry, Bke .\ni) Friit Jour-
NAI, for 10c per year. Or by getting
four of your friends to send with you,
we will either extend your sub.scrip-
tion one year or make you a gift of a
good poultry book. Send today now
before it is too late, as this offer
may be withdrawn at any time. 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 fr 2.ic. Display advertising
7.5c per inch, net. No discounts for
time or space. A guarantee of sati.s-
f action written in every contract.
POULTRY, BEf A, FRUIT CO.,
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
ment is needed. Those extremely
thin boards can be sawed easily, at
SHIPPING COOPS home, by putting two or three of them
By Mrs. May Taylor, Hale, Mo. together and sawing through three or
four at one time. Anybody can use
a hammer and saw, that is anybody In
Nebr. Editor Poultry Investigator: the hen business can, and these coops
And Nebraska is to have a new could be cut and made at home as
poultry journal. Well, we hardly know easily as those elaborate affairs that
which way the congratulations belong. cannot be changed to suit the num-
To the people of the state, who will ber of fowls sent.
Lamp surely appreciate the efforts of the
hustling Sure Hatch people or the S. French, the White Leghorn
R. R.
:b*je<,:es:e. H. Company itself for being located man from Ford
City, Mo., is with us
among such a wide awake, hustling with a trial advertisement, and we
poultry people. We believe the con- know he is a good breeder, as we have
gratulations belong both ways and we his stock in our yards and they are
give them without stint. fine. If you want a SQuare deal we
We have known the Nebraska poul- would recommend you to Mr. French.
try people for many years by reputa-
tion, a few personally. They were a If any of our readers want a leg
success unto themselves long before band that will surely stay on, and
they had any poultry paper to help one of the most essential things in
them out, and long before the incu- having a band is to know positively
bator factory opened up for business that it will stay, try W. H. Smith &-
in their midst. Co.'s, Blithedale, Mo., seal leg band.
failed We hardly know what to write to When once put on it must be cut oft
Young a fraternity of this kind, for although if removed at all. Their advertise-
the paper is a "new beginner," the ment is in this paper. Look it up.
most of the people who read it are
not. The number can be counted in Frank Patton of Surprise, Neb.,
west^uberty,
three figures who began at the be- writes us that he has this season the
ginning when I did and before. But best Buffi Rocks he ever raised, and,
as I don't know it all yet and am
you know what this means.
al- readers,
ways on the lookout for new
you show against Patton It
i'tems to When
help me out, especially in artificial will take a gem to win over his.
hatch( /, we expect to learn much Friend Patton always breeds winners,
from an exchange of ideas in the and is no afraid to show them and
months to come. We will wait and always carries home the most of blues
watch and when we have an idea that in his class.
we think will help some one out of a
difficulty we will send It along. The 5th of August we visited the
Just now the question of shipping Capital City Poultry Ranch, three
miles west of Lincoln. I was shown
coops is uppermost. Those advertised
on the market cost too much, besides the finest lot of Pekin ducks I ever
they come in different sizes and un- saw. E. E. Smith, the proprietor,
less you are in the business on the knows how to raise ducks to perfec-
fair.
going know
to run. You don't A large number of our personal items
whether you are going to have the were omitted from this issue because
most orders for single birds or for of lack of space. They will appear in
pairs or for trios or pens, and you our next issue.
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
BUFF COCHINS
ExclHsively.
bulk, so that a few minutes time only
suffices to nail them together, and I Just What You Are
have often thought why can't some
enterprising firm make chicken crates
Looking For ....
all the same height and width and
The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
in lengths that could be cut easily, ners in any company. Elegant
charging so much per running foot in shape, profusely feathered,
for top, bottom and sides, and end
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.
pieces out of heavier stuff, each end
piece to take the place of partition
B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
Davenport, Iowa. of a coop if more than one apart-


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
North Dakota State Poultry Asso-
Standard Silver Wyandottes ciation, Fargo, N. D. January 21 to
Two fine flocks on separate farms. 24. Samuel F. Crabbe, secretary,
Lt. Brahmas, Barred Plymouth Fargo, N. D.
Rocks, S. C. B Leghorns, each Monona County Poultry Association,
kind on separate farm, cared for Onawa, la. January
by specialist of that kind. Esgs
28 to 31. 0. M.
carefully packed, have shipped ov- Willey, secretary, Onawa, la.
Rules ofthe Cock Pit er 200 this season.
en.
Not one brok-
Stock of the above varieties
Southeastern Wisconsin Poultry As-
sociation, Delavan, Wis. February
A neat little book of pocket siie. well bound Id toagh tg-| 4
board. Contains all the pit rulea of Ihe United States, Canada,
Mexico, Cuba, England, Belgium and France. Also has com.
$1.00 and $2.00 each. sure cure A to 8. E. J. Scott, secretary, Delavan,
prehensive chapters on Heels, Handling, Nursing and every- for Roup SO cents post paid.
thing relative to the royal sport of cucking. Wis.
By Db. H. p. Clarkb. Indiauapolifl. Ind.
MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. Very truly,
The Recognized Authority. LOCK BOX 176. P. H. SHELLABARGER.
PBIOE. 26 CENTS.
Address ths FubUsber of tbls Paper.
Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry Barred P. Rocks and JACKSONVILLE, 111., July 29, 1901.

Investig-ator_one year Cornish Indian Games. Mr. L. P. Harris: Dear Sir Your
8 years as breeders, 8 years as win- favor of 26th received. Success to
For 25 Cents. ners in ever)' exhibit where we ex- you in your new calling. As you re-
Address, THE INVESTIGATOR, hibited winning- highest awards. quest my show dates tor 1901 and 1902
Clay Center, Nebraska. Stock for sale reasonable. Write,
give them to you below. Respect-
COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska. I

fully yours,
Please mention the Investigator HEIMLICH.
Mammoth Light Brahma when answering advertisements. It
D. T.
Bunceton, Mo., August 29, 1901. W.
will accomodate both the advertiser
Exclusively.. and us. B. Kerns, secretary.

MaDimoth Bronze Turkeys, some 1 year

Rockford, 111., September 4, 1901.
old. Stock for sale. Younjr stock tor sale J. B. Whitehead.
after September
you want. "
1. Write, desr-ribing
E. W. MATHENY.
(Jlay Center,
what
SHOW DATES Pueblo, Colo., September 23-27, 1901,
Neb.
State Fair. J. F. Munsey.
WEST LIBERTY, la., July 29, 1901
Booneville, Mo., November 2o-29,
List of shows I am to judge for the
1901. H. P. Mason.
The SMITH SEALED coming winter: Bowling Green, Mo., December 2-3,
Plow City Poultry and Pet Stock
LEG BANDS. 1901. L. T. Sanderson.
Association, Moline. 111. Dates, No-
Before banding your vember 26 to 30. H. E. Biggs, secre- Kirksville, Mo., December 4-7, 1901.
birds don't tail to send F. A. Buckingham.
tor c;it;ilcisue. They are the only band that tary, Moline.
can't he beat. 10 for 25c, 25 tor oOc. 100 for Springfield, 111., December 7-12,
JI.50 Plain sealer and 100 bands SI. 75. Send Yorkville Poultry Association, York-
stainD for two samples and price-list. Hun- 1901. J. Lauterbach.
ville, 111. December 2 to 6. A. P.
dreds of testimonials received. Greatest Jacksonville, 111., December 12-14,
show band on eartli. Hill, secretary, Yorkville 111.
1901. F. C. Brewer.
W. H.SMITH & CO., Blythedale, Mo. Missouri State Poultry Association,
111., December 16-18, 1901.
Hoopston,
Chillicothe, Mo. December 9 to 13.
Wenona, 111., December 18-20, 1901.

BARGAINS C. W. Nuss, secretary, Tina. Mo.

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.
Columbus Junction Poultry Associa-
tion, Columbus Junction, la. Decem-
U. R. McAdams.
Table Grove, 111., December 23-28,
ber li, 13 and 14. H. L. Duncan, sec-
1901. W. D. Hall.
Salina, Kan., December 30-January
retary, Columbus City, la.
4, 1902. L. D. Arnold.
Upper Iowa Poultry Association,
Whitewater, Wis., January 13-19,
Mason City, la. December 17 to 20.
1902. Will A. Cowles.
John D. Reeler, secretary, Mason City.
Des Moines Poultry and Pet Stock
Association, Des Moines, la. Decem-
QUINCY, 111., July 29, 1901.Mr. L.
ber 23 to 28. Charles H. Clarke, sec- P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb.: Dear
retary, Des Moines, la. Sir In answer to your kind favor of
Iowa State Poultry Association, July 26th, wil say my show dates as
WIS.
Bloomfield, la. December 31 to Jan- contracted for the present time are:
uary 3, 1902. S. J. Henderson, Bloom- Pan-American Poultry Show, Octo-
field, la. ber 20-31, 1901.
Galena Poultry Association, Galena, Cleveland, December 4-8, 1901.

111. January 6 to 9. F. H. Turner, Elgin, December 23-26, 1901.

secretary, Galena, 111. Peoria, December 26-29, 1901.

Muscatine County Poultry and Pet Illinois State Poultry Show, Joliet,

Stock Association, Muscatine, la. second week in January, 1902.

January 8, 9 and 10. G. M. Porter, Cedar Rapids, third week In Janu-
secretary, Muscatine, la. ary, 1902.
My stock is equal to any in the
west. My prices are right atid I Aurelia Poultry Association, Aure- These are the only shows that I
will treat you right. Prices on 11a, la.-^anuary 13, 14 and 15. H. B. have contracted tor. Please make
application. Write. note in your journal that it will be
Green, secretary, Aurelia, la.
Luverne Poultry Association, Lu- impossible for me to accept any fur-
John A. Liing^ verne, Minn. January
and 18, 16, 17 ther contracts. I have refused at

least a hundred. My time is so taken

N. R. Reynolds, secretary, Luverne
HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. Minn. up with other business that it is im-


I'on.TRV IXVHSTIC.ATOR.

^ Brief Busir^ess Co^tchers. ^

rndcr tVicsc heading's cards of THIRTY or WORDS
30 WORDS less will be inserted for FIFTY a single in- CENTS 30 WORDS
sertion, or twelve insertions for DOLLARS THREE WITH INVESTIGATOR
SINGLE INSERTION No display can be allowed and all cards must be
50 CENTS uniform in size and style. A clianj,'e in makeup 1 YEAR $3.00
allowed each quarter.

BCFK I'r>YMOUTII UOCK Cockerels from lOOS. S. HAMBlUtOS. Stock for sale. Eggs SPECIAL HAR(;AINS In ButT Wyandottes.
prize cock; very promising. Write for
first at prices to suit the season. Stock in good pure Huffs Winm-rs at Chicago and Cedar
prices. Ailjert K. Swctt. :ili4 Mosley St., condition fastiionably bred and artistically Rapids. I"wa. Also a line line of Bantams
k\gin. III. marked. Rev. li. A. Chamblin, Unionlown, such as tiame Cochins. Sebriglits and Jap-
Kansas. anese. Write for prices. M. F. Yegge, I)e
BLACK LANGSHAN. W. I'. Rock.ill old Witt, Iowa. Bo.N -26.
stock for sale at $1.00 ench. young wliilc IF YOU WANT the blood nf Boston and New
Heklns ducks (i for W 00 uli from high scor- York winners in Barred Hocks. S. C Brown BLUE BARRED P. ROCKS. Choice breed-
ing stock. Mrs. Henry tfhrader. Berlin. and White Leghorns. I l>ave it and can ing and fine ixliil)iiion l>irds for sale. Win-
Nebraska. please you in stock at low prices. Eggs in ners wherever arul wln-inever shown. Pric-
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- es low. .Musi Mil. Wriie for printed fold-
BUFF roOHINS and Rose Comb White Leg- treville, Md. er. N. M. doit. Marsljalilown, Iowa.
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize
winners. For sale, -'ohn A Johnson, Pilot PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
Mound, Iowa. SEE HERE. Fine Light Brahma Cockerels cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901.
1.23each Pullets ifl.OO. PairsJ2.00. Trios 150 youngsters for sale after October 1, fin-
J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham. Ohio, Poultry $a.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock er than ever, superior feathering, "^hape
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring Cockerels $1 each. Order now. Richard J. and color. Always satisfaction gUJiran-
and expert mating a specialty. Holt. Utica. Minn. teed. U, J. Slianklln, Wanbeek, Iowa.

possible for me to do any judging. F. Clemans, secretary.

With kind regards, yours very truly, January 30-Feb. 2, 1902 South Da- Pride of the West....
THEO. HEWES. kota State Poultry Association, Mitch-
Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze
ell, S. D. C. C. Bras, secretary.
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
November 11-13. 1901 Tabor County August 20-31 Iowa State Fair.
Show record on open book. They
Poultry Association, Tabor, la. E. H.
September 2-6 Nebraska State Fair.
are in the yards of many of the
Harrison, secretary.
September 9-13 Missuori State Fair.
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
November 14-16, 1901 Mercer Coun-
September 16-20 Indiana State Fair.
ada. B. P. Rocks, Cong-er &
ty Poultry Association, Princeton, Mo. September 20-Oct. 5 Illinois State
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
Mrs. E. D. Loe, secretary. fair.
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
November 19-22, 1901 Harrison October 7-12 St. Louis Fair.
Brahmas. eggs at all seasons
County Poultry Association, Gains- October 21-23 Pan American Expo-
from hens. Young stock now
ville, Mo. Mrs. E. A. \v'iIson, secre- cition.
ready to ship. Write for prices.
tary. Ottumwa, la. W. S. RUSSELL.
Mackej's Magic Cholera Cure Is a
November 26-29, 1901Galesburg
sure cure.
Poultry Association, Galesburg, III. Editor Poultry Investigator:
D. E. Blick, secretary. KILDARE, Okla., July 29, 1901. HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,
December 3-6 Harvey
County Poul- Mr. L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb. Mrs. B. G. Mackej-, Proprietor.
try Association, Newton, Kan. C. M. Dear Sir: Yours at hand. Our time CLARKSVll,i,E, MISSOURI. : : : :

Glover secretary. is so taken up with farm and stock

December 6-9 Kansas City Poultry interests that we shall Judge no shows
Club, Kansas City, Mo. C. S. Hunt- this season unless it may be one or Single Comb Brown L eghorns.
ing, secretary. two as an outing.
December 10-14 Missouri
State Very truly, Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Poultry Association, Chillicothe, Mo. JOHN C. SNYDER.
C. W. Nuss, Tina, Mo., secretary. First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for

December 18-21 Bloomington Poul-
SHOW ENGAGEMENTS 1901-1902 years in the hands of customers as
try Association 'bloomington. III. well as in Utah. They are bred
TOPEKA, KANSAS. for money makers. Greatest egg
Israel Root, secrevnvy.
Clay County Poultry Association,
December 23-28 Des Moines Poultry
Clay Center, Kansas, Nov. 26 to 29,
producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
Association, Des Moines, Iowa. Chas.
1901. Mrs. J. W. Pinkenton, secre- September. Address,
H. Clark, secretary.
tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. Cora A. Rickards,
December 31-Jan. 3, 1902 Iowa State
California Poultry Fanciers' Club,
Poultry Association, Bloomfield, Iowa. SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS,
California, Mo., Dec. 3 to 6, 1901. R.
S. J. Henderson, secretary. Ogdeti, Utah.
M. Ramsey, secretary; C. H. Rhodes,
January 6-11, 1902 Illinois State
judge.
Poultry Association, Joliet, 111. C. E.
Grand River Valley Poultry Asso-
Ellsworth, Danville, 111., secretary.
ciation, Albany, Mo., Dec. 13, 1901. R.
POUITRVHEN :Z', -T^Z
January 13-18, 1902 Nebraska State unless ppijWTCn I do it
neatly.
R. French, secretary; C. H. Rhodes,
Poultry Association, Lincoln, Ne- it is mill 1 LV and use good
-ell
judge.
braska. L. W. Garoutte, secretary.
Jefferson County Poultry Associa-
cuts. Send for samples and prices.
January 20-24, 1902 National Fan- tion, Valley Falls, Kansas, Dec. 16 to N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.
ciers' Poultry Association, Chicago, 19, 1901. E. S. Mitchell, secretary; C.
111. F. L. Kimmey, secretary. H. Rhodes, judge. Please mention the Investigator
1902 Interstate when answering advertisements. It
January 23-27, Pottawattamie County Poultry As- will
accommodate both the advertiser
Poultry Association, Wabash, Ind. B. sociation, Onago, Kansas, Dec. 20 to and us.
 I'On/rRV IXX'KSTIC.ATOR. 23
21. 19U1. Mrs. Minnie Oliambers. sec-
retary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU
monev
BUY.^
'9wantP'iri'iJBtiiiiiHr.i tu te perlclW datistie^i bbffiff . he\ Bpend their . iDvesUgste U<

Manhattan Poultry Club, Manhattan, cliiiJLSOt nil liicubatorH in.Uheu decide. We l-elieve you wil 1 tindlhat the

Kansas, Dec. 23 to
Lamb, secretary;
25,
C. H. Rhodes, judge.
1901. W. H. SURE HATCH EMGUBATORS
AND C4IMMON 8ENPE FOLWINO HROOOEK8
"e ^rWng better eaitsfacMoti
ibHn any other made. It'a becauee tbtry are so simple, Bt^nsible and ompc. ^^7 '"4" ^.
"Our cataloKUe U ITKh-E. We Uon
.

busy people, who haveVt time to fuss and bcher.

t
Delphos Poultry Ass'n. Delphos. - worth fiiaminlngt
Mk voato pay for Isn't . it. 1 1

Kansas. Dee. 26 to 28. 1901. E. M. SURE HATCH INCUBATOR COWPANY, CLAY CENTER. NEBRASKA.
Swain, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.
Republican Valley District Associa-
Tj ij rj l For the next (iU days I will wil sell Grit and
tion, McCook, Nebraska, Dec. 30, 1901,
to January 4, 1902. B. G. Gossard, i OUltrV
ijlippllGS.. t Shell in lots of 500 pounds or o over at great-
ly reduced fig-ures. It will pay you to lay in
secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.
Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and
Kansas State Poultry Association, your winter supply now. Agent for
Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 6 to 11, 1902. Humphrey's Bone Cutters.
Write for anything you need in poultry supplies.
Geo. H. Gillis, secretary; judges, C. H. E. fl. PEGLiEt^, 241 11 St., Liineoln, fleb. S 463. Box
Rhodes, L. P. Harris.
Nebraska State Poultry Association,
1 1 3
Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 13 to 18, 1902. IDEAL THE
L. W. Garroutte, secretary; judges, W.
S. Russell, C. H. Rhodes. Aluminum
Central Oklahoma Poultry Associa-
tion, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Jan. 21 LEG BAND.
to 24, 1902. H. P. Stephenson, secre-
tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge.
Rooks County Poultry Association,
/hncli
leader. It loosing off is impossible as it is iiKide witli a double
Is tlie iioknuwIei;t'd
Plainville, Kansas, Jan. 27 to 28, 1902. put
and i'i guaranteed to stay on.It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly
M. Melott, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, on. absolutely the be=t band on the market today. Read what others say:
It is
Yeinioatb.Me.-Mr. Frank Meyers. Dear Sir: I have been tboroughly testing your
leg band also others of the latest make. Tlie Ideal Aluminum Leg B;ind is certainly
judge. ttie
snip
best one that I have ever used and I believe have u.sed about all of them. Please
1
Pondre Valley Poultry Association, me 1000 as follows: 200 No. (i, 60 No. 7,400 No. 8, 100 vo. 9. 200 No. 10. No. 11. O. Welcome. ,,,,^ M
Greeley, Colorado, Jan. 28 to Feb. 1,
Very Truly Yours. F.
Prices of bands, po-st paid. 13 for 20c. 3;i for a.if. 5(1 for fi.-.c. 100 for *1. r>00 for U, 1000 for h.
1902. R. T. Armstrong, secretary; C. Send 4c in postage f.ir eirruhir of Barred Plymouth Kocks and sample bands.
H. Rhodes, judge.
Kansas State Agricultural College
FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Pari, III.

E.xhibit,Manhattan, Kansas, February,

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

Ravenwood, Mo. Dates

Barred Plymouth Rocks
C. H. Rhodes, judge.
Orrsburg, Mo. Dates, and Black Langshans
C. H. Rhodes, judge.
Wehave some e.xtra bargains in our this years breeders that we would
be glad to tell you about and if you will drop us a card we will tell you
Red Oak, Iowa, Nov. 23 to 28. J. M.
Scott, secretary.
what we have for sale and probably can do you some good. Rocks scor-
ing to 1)4 points and Langshans to 95,'i points by Harris. Young stock
Hebron, Neb., Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. F
for sale and at a bargain considering- quality.
P. Hensel, secretary.
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8, 9, 10. G. W.
D. Reynolds, secretary. MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.
Shenandoah, Iowa, Aug. 13 to 16.
Malvern, Iowa, September 3 to 5.
Montgomery County Fair, Septem- No Kggs for Sale! A nice lot of
ber 17 to 20. young chicks for sale in pairs and
J. E. THOMPSON,
Malvern, Iowa.
Buff Orpingtons imported trios. Bred from the best matings of
stock. I have hundreds of

THE COMING BREED February and March hatched chicks

for sale. Mention this Journal.
We will judge at the following
shows this winter: W. H. BLSHELL, IMPORTER A^D BREEDER, DAVID CITY. NEBRASKA.
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- R. R. Fri;iich, iWgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. tion. Address
ary, 1902.
Pittsburg, Pa., second
ruary,' 1902. Yours truly,
IRA
Prospect, O., August
Pure
White Leghorns. RUFF
durr P nuuj^ E.xcluslvely.
r. RnnK^
Burdick gow Nug-
Layers and winners. An inducement to gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as
buy at once and of us tested breeders, hens can be found, and are up-to-date in
$8. $10 and *rj per dozen. Cocks *1.50 to iii.M
each Scott isli Terrier puppies $i. every respect. Some fine specimens
for sale: reasonable prices on applica-
PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM.
MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr.
week in Feb-
Please mention the InvE.STIg.\TOi<
BUFF ORPINGTONS- WYANriOTTES. E.
when answering advertisements. It 1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
C. KELLER. bred to winners. Good stock, lit to breed
will accomodate both the advertiser and exhibit for sale. Thos. II. Mills. Poultry
7, 1901. and us. Judge. Port Huron, Michigan.
24 POULTRY IXVKSTIGATOR.
Imported Buff Orpingtons. THE FEED, NOT THE BREED Midland Formulas...
Is responsible for results. Ready Mixed.
Ar<i wlnniTs lit li. 1'. U.. Madison Siiiliuc. 1. Nursery Chick Food.
Wash.. N. .1. Keotii. Iowa city Iowa SMiti- 2. Orowins Chick Food.
Shows. Orpliiglon *" to $30 per trio. Will
close out xll the Kocks, Hradley Kus. -uid ThTBALANCED RATION I. Fattening Chick Food.
4. Egg and Feather Pro.
Lathans Strains. One pair of I vr nla hliinv
For Poultry is here at last. duclne Food.
hlrds for sale cheap, fli io92'2. A line lot of 5. Nursery DuckllngFood
yoUDR show birds both varieties. Always
In 0. GrowlngDui-kllngFood
win; sure to please. Uetter get In the push.
A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la.
The M Egg Hen is now a
7 Fattening Duck ling
and Gosling Food.
s. Laying Duck Food.
9. Stock Ducks' Summer
Food.
Growing Gosling Food
SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE.
Uur
10.

elTorts to furnish the poultry world with a complete food

.S Ureeders for sale at a bar-
tiraiid for a speciHc purpose, and built on a scientific and practical ha.
sis by men of e.xperience and ability, has met with unqualified
gain. Also TOO selected Laiigshati Our food is now being used by the most pr gresslve
success.
chicks. Address, men in every stale in the Cnlon. To prove its merits, order a
hag or two of our No. 4. feed your Ho'^k through the moulting
season and thereby shorten it one-half and they will begin lay-
BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsvllle, lud. ing early and continue all winter, if fed as directed. Don't wait
until it is too late to recover the lost time. There Is nothing that
will put birds ni as line a show condllion as No. 4. Try it and be convinced. It is not a
stimulant or condiment. Our price is $1.40 per two bushel bag at factory. Write your near-
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS est agent for prices and save freight charges. It is the most economic food you can use.
It requires no accessories, as green bone, etc.: and will produce results you cannot other-
The kind tliat win and lay e},'{;.s. wise attain. Write for our booklet The Science of Poultry Feeders," to any of the follow,
Satisfaction to ing agents: Boston. Mass.. ,Ios. Breck and Sons. 51 N Market St New York City. E.vcel-
all. Circular free. sior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.. 38 Vesey St. I'hiladelphii. Pa.. Johnson & Stokes. 317 Mar-
ket St.. or Midland Poultry Food Co.. N. E. Cor. 3nd and Main Sts., Kansas City, Mo.
H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la.
Lock box 500.

r=4 Tiffany's Paragon Lice Killer.

Barred P. Rocks... Kills lice and tiiites on poultry. hoj?s and animaU. Is the
strongest and best lice killer made. Willi our double
Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color tube sp'ayer you can save one half the liijuid and pene-
In the show room the)- have shown trate all cracks and spray the bottom of the house where
you find the miles or spider lice. It gets there every
their excellence, have scored f roni 9U II' time Every can is euaranteed or money refunded
94 by prominent judges. Write vpants. iiid learn now to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE.
C. F. HINMAN, Friead, Nebraska.
Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.
Buff P. Rocks. Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, lleas on dogs, ticks on sheep and lice on cat-
Motto: "tiood stock at moderate
tleand horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps moths from your clolhing and carpels.
A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We
price." Stuck for sale after Sept. l.s.

W. D. SWAIN, PaHora, la. THE TIFFANY COMPANY, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Vol. Clay Center, Nebraska. October, I90I

Interior View of tKe Lincoln Auditorium.

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 ffave 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 3ft, 1902. Be sure to remember the dates and to show with us. L,. W. Garoute, Secretary, Lincoln, Nebr.
L. P. Harris, President, Clay Center, Nebr.

were unknown. In the big deep win-

CHICKEN FIXINGS By ^ "^

HATTIE
dows the hens that were not laying
sang all the winter days. Wheat was

FOR. WINTER, vv BVFIELD

worth a dollar a bushel, but the hens
paid their way and some more. That
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
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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.
"It 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. "Don't you have
rats?" "Oh, yes. but the stone founda-
tion and the cement prevents their
working into the walls; we keep cats,
of course, to help."
A flock i)f White W.\ ndottes owned by' the Capitol City Poultry Ranch, Lincoln. Ni-b..
Then we can have thick, warm sod E. E. Smith, proprietor.
houses, and have them durable. That
house proves it, and if we can have
to obtain unless shipped in. Some of ments, safe grounds against thieves
the sod houses we can have plenty of
the country people are disposing of and vermin ought to occupy a large
winter eggs. There are a whole lot of
their chickens because they won't lay
people who could not afford lumber to share of our attention. Thieves are
without feed, and they have nothing to
build. Cement is not expensive, and perhaps rare, and yet when we least
teed them. We never saw feed so high
in many places stone for the founda- expect it a raid is made. Vermin is
in price that well hens would not pay
tion could be had for the hauling. But generally plentiful. Skunks and
for it. A woman complained to me
laying the question of expense aside, weasels are great pests and if we
that she got no good of her fowls be-
the sod house is a good house if well could keep dogs that would destroy
cause she had nothing to feed them.
built. Cemented on the outside, it them. We would not hear much about
This looked foolish to me, for if she
would not be damp. If window and bad luck.
had fed, the eggs she could have sold
door frames are well fitted a sod house Who has had experience with ce-.
would have brought back the price
can be successfully fumigated, and no ment floors? Somebody tell us about
of the feed. We never could get into
Uouse that is too open for that opera- them. It will be of general interest,
the new -way of giving mashes at
ton is fit for a chicken to dwell in. I we feel sure. HATTIE BYFIELD.
am told that "ivory cement" is dis-
night. We think the morning best,
and as the mashes are soon digested
tasteful to insect life. Of course, it
the fowls are not discouraged from NOTICE.
would be if applied when moist, but
scratching by their light, warm break-
friends tell me that insects dislike to We show on the front page of the
fast. A cold hen is not very ener- Investigator this month a cut of
roam over its smooth surface. Now,
getic; does not seem to understand
say what you like, there is nothing in White Pekin ducks enjoying a morn-
that scratching has anything to do ing swim on an irrigation reservoir at
common lime to discourage the pere-
with her blood circulation. The warm the Capitol City Poultry Ranch. E. E.
grination of bedbugs, neither their
breakfast makes her energetic and
rapid breeding. Whitewash highlv Smith, proprietor, Lincoln, Nebr.
bran mash alone is not all she craves.
flavored with "carbolic acid" is an
Straw in the poultry house, in the
able assistant in destroying vermin.
scratch pen and in the yards is what
Carbnlized lime, -with a proportion of
one ounce of carbolic acid to the

we want so much straw that Biddy
cannot get a kernel of grain unless
bushel of Urae, is not much good; mul-
tiply the acid by six and then it will
she earns it by the sweat of her well,
a hen has a brow, hasn't she?
do the work.
I wish some of the poultry folks
A neighboring poultry man Intends
building a winter poultry house of would discuss dogs, the different

"adobe brick," but unless such a house breeds and their merits, in the poul-
were cemented outside and in, it would try yards. We have a splendid New-
be worth little more than tough sods. foundland. He sucks eggs and
likes

If one's means allowed of a stone

ducks to eat. As a watch dog, his ap-
building or buildings it would prob- pearance and bark would discourage
ably be better, but we prefer the sod, thieves. Dogs are an adjunct
that no
poultryer can be without. We know
If it can be made rat proof, to any

cheap frame. that, but our own experience with

Feed will be high In this section. them has been discouraging. The fer-
Wheat, unthreshed. if it can be bought rets were not better and they utterly
failed to rid the place of rats. Ferrets
at a reasonable figure, will be best for
the poultry people. Threshing out their catch rats, but the rats do not
flee, as
The first B. p. Rock hen at Friend. Nebr.. at
own wheat makes the hens lay. Bran we were led to believe they would. tale show, 1901. Owned and bred by C. F. Hin-
nan. Friend. Nebr.
and shorts for the mashes will be hard In building and in all our arrange-
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Cock First premium, Robert Black; .4.NDULUSI0N.
NEBRASKAJTATE FAIR second premium, Robert Black. All to E. H. Eggart.

Cock First premium, Robert Black; HOUDAN.
The Largest aLnd Best second premium, Robert Black. Pen chicks Second premium, D. W.
Show This Fall. S. C. BLACK LEGHORNS. Evans.
Pen fowls All to Eggart. Pen fowls First premium, D. Lar-
The Nebraska State Fair has come S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS. son; second premium, D. W. Evans.

and gone. It was held in Lincoln,

Pen chicks First premium, S. H. Pullets First and second premium,
September 1 to 6. It was a most Poultry Co. D. W. Evans.
wonderful success. One of the best Fowls First and second premiums, Cockerels First and second pre-
attractions was the large and fine s. H. Poultry Co. mium, D. W. Erans.
display of poultry and pet stock PulletsFirst premium, S. H. Poul- Hen First premium, D. W. Evans.
which numbered over 1,600 specimens try Co.; second premium, J. A. Bridge. ROSE COMB W. LEGHORN.
In all and they were all Nebraska Cockerel First premium, S. H. Poul- Pen chicks First premium, E. H.

ralsed; stock firms out of the state try Co.; second premium, .1. A. Rudge. Eggart.
for some cause not being shown Hen- -First premium, S. H. Poultry
Pen fowls First premium, E. H.
every exhibitor was a Nebraska Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge. Eggart; second premium, Casper EMce.
fancier. There was a large exhibit of Cock First premium, S.' H. Poultry
Pullet First and second premium,

Belgian hares and some very fine Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge. E. H. Eggart.

specimens. This exhibit took up BXTFF WYANDOTTES. Hen First and second premium, E.

nearly one-half of one of the large pen chicks First premium, S. H. H. Eggart.
wings of the building and the hares poultry Co.; second premium, S. H. Cockerels First and second pre-
had many admirers. There was a fair Poultry Co. mium, E. H. Eggart.
exhibit of pigeons and pets. Four In- pen fowls First premium, S. H.
Cock First and second premium, B.
cubator firms were represented In the poultry Co.; second premium, H. C. H. Eggart.
exhibit and it was by great odds the Young, SINGLE COMB W. LEGHORNS.
best exhibit ever made In the state. Pullet First premium, S. H Foul- Pen chicks First premium, Casper
were try Co.; second premium, S. H. Poul- Dice; second premium, J. Cook John-
In the poultry display there
many new fanciers and many of them try Co. son.
carried home the blue ribbon on their Cockerel First premium, S. H. Pen fowls First premium, J. C.
stock. Poultry Co.; second premium, S. H. Johnson; second premium, L. C. Hunt-
There were 1,360 specimens in poultry Co. ington.
poultry, 54 ducks; 24 geese, 170 HenFirst premium, H. C. Young; PulletFirst premium, J C. John-
pigeons, 95 hares, 4 incubator dis- second premium, H. C. Young, son; second premium, Casper Dice.
plays, 158 B. P. Rocks, 78 Buff Rocks, Cock First premium, F. H. Brown;
Hen First premium, Casper Dice;
80 Buff Wyandottes, 60 S. C. W. Leg- second premium, S. H. Poultry Co. second premium, L. C. Huntington.
horns, 70 Brown Leghorns, 62 White BUFF ROCKS. Cock First
premium, Casper Dice;
Rocks, and so on, nearly every variety
pen chicks First premium, G. H. second premium, J. C. Johnson.
being represented by fairly good Green; second premium, Albert Le- ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN.
exhibit. mon. Pen chicks First premium, Jennie
Among the best displays were B. P. Pen fowls-First premium, Albert Birdsall; second premium, E. H. Eg-
Rocks, Buff P. Rocks, Buff Wyan- Lemon; second premium, S. H. Poul- gart.
dottes. Golden Wyandottes, Buff Coch- try Co. FowlsFirst premium, E. H. Eg-
ins, S. C. W. Leghorns and Brown Rillat- First premium, S. H. Poultry gart; second premium, Jennie Birdsall.
Leghorns. In all the above were Co.; second premium, S. H. Poultry Pullet First premium, Jennie Bird-
specimens fit to show among the best Co. sail; second premium, E. H. Eggart.
and win. Cockerel First premium, S. H. Poul- Cockerel
First premium, Jennie
The new breeds were fairly repre- try Co.; second premium, S. H. Pwal- Birdsall; second premium, E. H. Eg-
sented, namely. Buff Orpington, a very try Co. gart.
popular breed; the Partridge, Wyan- HenFirst premium, S. H. Poultry Hen First
premium, Jennie Bird-
dotte and Klondikes. Co.; second premium, S. second premium, E. H. Eggart.
H. Poultry sail;

Co. Cock First premium, Jennie Bird-

LIST OP PREMIUMS. Cock First premium, S. H. Poultry sail; second premium, E. H. Eggart.
Co.; second premium, Albert Lemon. S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS.

HOUDANS. BLACK JAVA. Pen chicks First premium, J.

Cock nrst premium, D. Larson; Pullet First premium, J. A. Rudge. Rudge.
second premium, D. W. Evans. Hen First premium, J. A. Rudge; Pullet First premium, H. C. Young;
C. I. GAMES. second premium, J. A. Rudge. second premium, J. A. Rudge.

Penfowls First premium, Robert CockFirst premium, J. A. Rudge. Cockerel First and second, J. A.
Black; second premium, Cottle Bros. WHITE MINORCA. Rudge.
Pullet First premium, S. H. Poul- Pen chicks First premium, E. H. Hen First premium, H. C. Young;
try Co.; second premium, S. H. Poul- Eggart. second premium, A. P. Hollenbeck.
try Co. Pen fowlsFirst premium. E. H.
Cock First and second, A. P. Hol-

Cockerels First premium, S. H. Eggart. lenbeck. MINORCA.
Poultry Co.; second premium, Robert
Pullet First premium, E. H. Eg-
Hen First and second, Joseph Hill-
Black. gart; second premium, E. H. Eggart. men.

Hen First premium, Robert Black; Cockerel First
and second pre- Cock First premium, Joseph Hill-
second premium, Robert Black. mium, E H. Eggart. men.
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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. H.
Poultry Co.
Cockerel First premium. H. E.
Bowman; second premium S. H.
Poultry Co.
HenFirst and second, S. H. Poul-
try Co.

The poultry fanciers at the I'lJl Nebraska Stale I"air. A j. .11 v set iif cranks that
Cock First premium, W. F Hol-
can tell a good chicken a mile away. Let us meet a^ain at the State Poultry show. comb.
WHITE COCHINS.
W. P. B. SPANISH.
Pen fowls First premium, J. A. All to S. H. Poultry Co.
All to R. Striker. Rudge; second premium, S. H. Poul- DARK BRAHMAS.
WHITE WYANDOTTE. try Co. Pen chicks First premium, L. J.
Pen (hicks First
premium, Casper PulletB First premium, C.
H. Barger; second premium, J. A. Rudge.

Dice; ffcond premium, A. C. Cook. Blanchard; second premium, E. O. Pullet First and second, L. J.

Fowls First premium, A. C. Cook. Spencer. Barger.

Pullet First and second, F. B. Cockerel First premium, C. H. Cockerel First premium, L. J.
Duey. Blanch.ard; second premium, E. 0. Barger.

Cockerels First and second, Casper Spencer. Hen First and second A.
Dice.
Hen First premium, C. H. Blanch- Rudge.

Hen First premium, A. C. Clark; ard; second premium, C. H. Green. Cock First premium, Robert Black;
iiecond premium, Casper Dice. Cockerel First premium, E. O. second premium, J. A. Rudge.

Cock First premium, A. C. Clark; Spencer; second premium, S. S. Hall. LIGHT BRAHMAS.
second jremium, W. B. Swisher. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Pen chicks First premium, Casper
GOLDEN WYANDOTTE. Pen chicks First and second, T. L. Dice.

Pen chicks First premium, S. H. Nerval. Pen Fowls Second premium, Cas-
Poultry Co.; second premium, Ethlel Pen fowlsFirst premium, T. L. per Dice.
Payne. Norval. Pullet First premium, S. H. Poul-

Pen fowls First and second pre- Fowls Second premium, S.
H. try Co.; second premium, Casper Dice.
mium, S. H. Poultry Co. Poultry Co. Cockerel First premium, S. H.
Pull.^ts
First and second, S. H. Pullets First premium, T. L. Nor- Poultry Co.; second premium, Casper
Poultry Co. val; second premium, C. R. Coffin. Dice.

Cockerels First and second, S. H. Cockerel First and second, T. L.
Hen First and second, Casper
Poultry Co. Norval. Dice.
Hen First and second, Ethiel Hen First and second, T. L. Nor- Cock First and second, Casper
Payne. val. Dice.
Cock First premium, S. H. Poul- Cockerel First premium, E. M. Cof- GEESE.
try Co.; second premium, BIthlel fin;second premium, T. L. Norval. First premiumMrs. M. M. Kirk-
Payne. WHITE LANGSHANGS. patrick.
SILVER LACE WYANDOTTE. Pen fowls First premium, J. A. PEKIN DUCKS.
Pen chicks First premium, P. W. Wheeler. All to E. E. Smith.
Doyle; second premium, J. A. Le- Pullet Second premium, J. A. B. B. RED GAMES.
mon. Wheeler. Fowls First
and second, Sure
Fowls First premium, F. W. HenFirst premium, J. A. Wheeler. Hatch.
Doyle; second premium, A. R. CockFirst and second, J. A. Chicks First premium. Sure Hatch.
Smythe. Wheeler. W. C. BANTAM FOWLS.
Hen First premium, T. E. Wheel- BLACK LANGSHANG. First and second Sure Hatch.
er. Pen chicks First premium, .T. C. PEKIN BANTAM.
Cock First premium, Wheel- .Tohnson;
T. E. second premium, Alhert First and second Sure Hatch.
er. Lemon. S. S. BANTAMS.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK. Pen fowls First and second, Albert First and second Sure Hatch.

Pen chicks First premium, C. A. Lemon. G. S. BANTAMS.
Blanchard; second premium, E. O. PulletsFirst and second, J. Cook
First premium Sure Hatch; second
Spencer. Johnson. premium, Mrs. KIrkpatrick.


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
PET GAMES. and of others set later every egg leave feed, given them, uneaten, to
Pen chicks First premium, 0. Hoff- hatched. At ten weeks old they are range, which seems to suit their na-
muster. ready to market and at five months ture better.
Pen fowls Second
Premium, Ridge- old they are matured. Their business In quality. Runner eggs are much
is to lay eggs and this they do to per- like hen eggs, not strong like
other
way Poultry Co.

Pullet First premium, 0. Huflmus- fection. They lay all winter and from duck eggs. We have cooked dozens
them and prefer them to the hen
ter; second premium, Sam'l Forrest. first of April to moulting time every of
Cockerel First and second, 0. duck will lay an egg every morning. eggs.
Huffmuster. Such laying I never heard of before. These ducks are bound to become

Hen First premium, Sam'l Forrest; English breeders claim that eight year very popular. They are very beautiful
second premium, S. Abbott. old ducks will lay as well as yearlings, and very profitable and all lovers of
Cock First premium, Sam'l For- so age is no bar to their usefulness. the almighty dollar will love them,
second premium, S. Abbott. Breeders of Pekins had settled down they are manufacturers
for of the
rest;
B. B. RED GAMES BANTAMS. to the idea that their favorites were "long green." They are here to stay.
All to Sure Hatch. the "whole thing," but Indian Runners Try them! THOS. H. MILLS.
S. S. HAMBURGS. are casting ashadow over them as Port Huron, Mich.
Pen fowls First premium, J. A. general purpose ducks and as layers
Rudge. have simply left them in the shade. STATE FAIR AT YANKTON, S. D.

Hen First and second, S. H. Poul- To show the profit in Indian Runners South Dakota State Fair came off
try Co. compared with Pekins, I give here- September 10 to 15, and as it hap-
Cock First premium, S. H. Poultry with the result of a test made by pened it was a bad week, as it rained
Co. Dayton Bros.: from Saturday to Tuesday night and
but few entries were made to what
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. there would have been had the entry
spreading a knowledge of the days been pleasant. Still there was
In
good qualities of this very beautiful a fair show, the most noticeable be-
and wonderfully profitable duck, I feel ing that of the poultry department.
I am doing some good, for by only The poultry business in the Dakotas
reading of them will many become is in its infancy as compared with

aware of their profitable qualities and other older states, yet there was quite
be induced to try them. a creditable exhibit and some very
Indian Runners were brought to fine specimens, especially, in B. P.

England from India by a sea captain, Rock, Golden Wyandotte, White Wy-
hence their name India, and Runner andotte, Buff Wyandotte and Buff P.

from their way of running over the Rocks. There was the best trio of
ground instead of waddling like other B. Red Game Bantams shown
B.

ducks. In England their good qual- for some time. Owing to the man-
ities quickly captivated duck fanciers.
ner of making entries and keeping
Individual ducks there have made a books it was impossible to get list of
record of 225 eggs a year. In this awards so they could be published.
country a flock not picked layers There were three incubator com-
have made a record of 192 eggs per panies represented and each made a
creditable hatch on the grounds,
duck per year. In India they were
namely. Sure Hatch Incubator com-
bred for their laying qualities, no at-
pany, the Klondike Incubator com-
tention being paid to color, and they
vary somewhat in color in a general pany and the Cypress Incubator com-
A prize winning Barred Plymoutli Roclt
iwned and'bred by C.F. Hinman, Friend.Nebr. pany. The little chicks bursting
flock, some being fawn and white and
some gray and white, while some come forth from their pent up quarters in

with pure white wings, while others Egg production Pekins, 112 eggs the shell crowds of
interested large
people, who took away with them
have dark feathers in wings and per year.
drakes come with blue wing bars Egg production Runners, 192 eggs quantities of advertising matter and
will in the near future be raising
which is a big disqualification. In per yeaer.
Food consumption one month, per poultry by artificial means.
others the white becomes mixed with
the fawn, giving them a mottled ap- 100 Pekins, 2,250 lbs. (about); Run- Much credit is due the superintend-
ners, 1,500 lbs. (about. ent, H. S. Fletcher, of Watertown, S.
pearance. Don't think from this that
Time required to reach market size D., for his courteous treatment to all
they don't breed true, for with careful
mating they breed very true and it is Pekins, 10 weeks; Runners, 10 weeks. and the able manner in which he
Time required to reach maturity cared for every thing in his depart-
only by careful selection and culling
that we advance with any breed or Pekins, 6 to 9 months; Runners, 4 to 5 ment. He certainly is the right man
months. in the right place.
variety.
This is an interesting comparison L. P. HARRIS.
Standard weight of drake is 4% lbs.;
duck, 4 lbs.; but many far exceed these an average of 192 eggs from a
general
weights. flock is extraordinary and throws the

Ourfirst drake at Detroit, January, work hen away in the

of the speckled
Blue Barred Bocks
shade. It be seen that the cost
will
The Kii\d Thatt Wins
1900, weighed 6 lbs. and ducks 5%; 1st at Peoria: 1st at Geneseo; 1st at Cedar
5 3-4 lbs. When young they grow very of producing a Pekin egg is nearly Falls; 1st at Daveuport; 1st at Mason City;
at Mars>ialltown 1st at Ottumwa. A fine
hardy. The fertility of Indianan Run- double that of producing a Runner 1st ;

lot of bpeeding and exhibition birds for sale,

ner eggs is remarkable. Out of 36 egg. Runners given a range will pick including early chicks for the fall shows
Write for prices and folder.
eggs set at one time we got 35 young up their own living and often will J. M. HOLT, Marshalltown. Iowa.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
fowl for exhibition, if not cut for

creamy color in back and on wing-

October Essenti^s bows, must be kept out of the sun ex-

cept late of an evening, and even

^^^^ ELLA THOMAS. black or buff breeds have a richer

By Mrs
sheen when kept out of the sun. It
the hens show a disposition to begin
~~
laying change to another house, for
lovely fall weather is here
The now males Our poultry
score the highest. laying retards the process of moulting,
and journals, our poultry shows, our sensi-
with all its varied foliage of trees because it takes the life principal that
flowers, but most of our fowls show ble, practical breeders, are the founda- ^^j.^^ ^^Q white of the egg in large
the effect of the intense heat of sum- tion of our large numbers of profitable, quantities from the system. That is

mer and need extra care and feed from beautiful breeds now given in the ^^y sweet milk is so essential. If the
now until winter. I have been very Standard, all gradually climbing for fowls look pale or get pale in comb
busy going over all my chicks with a the pinnacle of fame in poultry cul- f^om confinement take a quart of vine-
heavy coat of insect powder, literally ture. Let us be emulation for
full of gar and add old irons to it; give two
filling the plumrge full of it to get rid the common good, feeding neither envy ^^ f^^^. tablespoonfuis of the liquid to
of every semblance or vestige of ver- nor spite, nor accusing each other of gach gallon of water until the comb
min. This will greatly aid the chicks having an "ax to grind," but cleave toggjg j^g proper color. This prepara-
to develop bright, beautiful plumage eirh other as they do in any other ^jon should not be given unless needed
and retain the deep, glossy sheen the brotherhood. I believe the most of our^o white fowls or those having white
new feathers, just now coming in, old breeders take this broad-minded j^ plumage, because it gives them a
should have. Nothing causes so much view of the work before us, else why brassy look on back. Pure, fresh water
loss to the color of the plumage as so much accomplished in the past two .^hy^ plenty of grit and greed food
lice constantly sapping the feithers. years? We must be mutual and in- of some kind makes a perfect bill of
My next work was culling out all the separable friends to accomplish what fare for fowls for exhibition, unless
young stock I do not care to keep over we have undertaken, not only the per- you are to give meat and cut bone, but
to sell as breeders and exhibition fecting of our breeds, but a bond of j not like either, unless cooked, as
(jo

stock and for next season's breeders, friendship's union of the hearts of the ;(increases the size of the comb too
I find this very interesting work, yet noblest men and women on every part much. My laying or outside stock get
full of anxiety lest I should do as I of our globe. When we take this view the range of the farm, to prey on the
once did sell off culls whi'.e yet fry- of the matter, brothers and sisters, we insects, eat all the refuse, such as po-

ing size, my best fowls but mistakes put our beloved vocation on a plane tato parings, apple parings, scraps
like this cannot so often happen to the that is equal to any in the world, for from the cabbage leaves,
table, parsley,
experienced and painstaking breeder, it will be God-like. How many Chris- (.tc, all dumped into a large kettle,
and I can now, even at this stage, se- tian men and women will work to this cooked and thickened with bran, salt
lect my Brahmas and Barred Ply- end? To those who do we can prom- added. This, fed in the morning, is
mouth Rocks with almost an assurance ise them their names will go down in all they get, and kafiir corn or corn at
of selecting the poorer specimens, yet history and be enscrolled in letters of night.
all who breed Light Brahmas know it gold on the very pinnacle of Fame's No theory should be considered in
isnot the easiest matter in the world, temple. our poultry culture that cannot be put
I have too much color in a few this Now, I have mynext duty to per- in practice. To practice what we
season instead of lack of color, and form. It is my fowls that I
to put preach is what counts. Our efforts
that was caused by my lack of experi- wish to exhibit to themselves in yards should be directed by reason, and the
ence in breeding for the bluish under- with the house filled in with from four work of each season should show some
color spoken of in the September num- to six inches of sand; it is so easily improvement over that of the preced-
ber, but it takes time to do all things kept clean for the fowls and for my ing season. To excel is one of the in-
well,and I hope to aid others who feather-footed fowls I put nothing else, centives of the true breeder and fan-
might make the mistakes I have made because I do not want them to scratch, pier Good luck and reason, or proper
in the past. When we bring together The Barred Plymouth Rocks I put four management, are very intimate ac-
as breeders fowls whose ancestors or six inches of straw, to induce them quaintances in fact, mutual friends.
were noted for deep color, we may get to scratch; it makes the feet and legs MRS. ELLA THOMAS.
too much undercolor in the progeny, so bright and clean. My Brahmas I
causing so much black in hack as to wash the feet and legs in strong soap-
disqualify the birds, but if such birds suds when I put them up. rnd if they
are pullets I retain them, for no money show scaly legs or feet I dip in a
couldpurchase them all, for I keep strong solution of tobacco juice first.
them as a reservoir of color exclu- then wash the feet, then pull out, one
sively. because you know the male is by one, all the brother feathers in the
half the flock, and he should never be feet and all that look soiled and
a disqualified bird, even to bring back broken: in fact. I generally pull out
or ret-'in rich, black markings. Rather, all the feathers in wings, tails, hackles
I select the cockerels with as intense and outside fluff feathers. Jerking out
black points as possible, yet a very with a quick, upward jerk a very few
slight bluish undercolor throughout at a time. If done properly it does not
the plumage. You see, I am perfecting give much pain, and the fowl, if fed
the male first, knowing that when I sweet milk with a little lime in sun-
can produce perfect Brahma males I flower seed, linseed meal, etc., will
can have the females something near mnult quickly, alternately feeding
wheat or kaffir corn, oats, etc. Any January, 1101.
it, because as a general rule the fe-
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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.
I'he carriage and "station" of this va-
riety are one of its chief attractions
to those who are viewing them in the
e.\hibition 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 aDo^'e. 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,
h. Lincoln, Nebr.
if the bird is well up in other stand-

ard points it is worth putting into

An IncxibaLtor Talk There is no little or dirt except at
hatching time, and one can have a
perfection for the show.

Incubator talk seems somewhat out basket or box for the shells and need The
first thing is to tame them;

and
of place at this time of the year,
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
have no dirt them. I hear some one say if they will not tame they will not
lamp. Yes, there is always a lamp, show to any advantage. Train them to
but if it is kept proper there is no so carry themselves as to show off
smudge from it. If lamps are allowed every good point to the best advan-
to become so miserably filthy and tage. If one carries its tail a trifle too

kind they want. dirty as you see them sometimes they high, stroke it down over the back
During the fall fairs and winter cannot help but smoke, and it is no and tail so as to teach it to carry it

poultry shows many of the different disgrace to the lamp, but to the one lower. Induce it to carry its head
makes are on exhibition, with good that runs it. If you want an incuba- well up and somewhat back and thus
long-winded people in attendance to tor, just hunt out the one you like the throw its breast well out. Handle them
tell of their excellent qualities. While best and buy it. Sit it wherever it is every day, teach them to be perfectly
for the defective points you have to go convenient, give it proper attention at home either in the exhibition coop
fishing yourself. We have used ar-' and you will see that it will do its or in your hands.
tificial methods of hatching for sev- part. This incubator work is no long- Now for the final preparations, the
eral years and would not go back to er an experiment, but an established finishing touches, just before the show.
the hens. fact. Incubator inventors are obliged If the birds are very dirty they should
Many people have such funny no- to run their machines in all conditions be thoroughly washed in soap and
tions about just the proper place for of wind and weather before they can water and rinsed in bluing water;
things. If they cannot have just what place them on the market, therefore if only a little dirty in spots, use a
they consider the proper place for an we are pretty sure of getting some- sponge, washing the dirt well off, then
incubator they won't have one at all. thing that will hatch chickens in spongiag the surface of the feathers
This calls to my mind a gentleman whatever kind we choose. all over with bluing water and dry-
who came to our yards last spring to MRS. IDA BLANCHARD. ing.
purchase a cockerel. He asked to see The legs should be thoroughly clean-
UNITED FANCIERS' POULTRY AND
our incubator, and when shown it ed and oiled with sweet oil in which
PET STOC KASSOCIATION,
said, "Why! Can you run it there?" a little has been put. The
coal oil
RED OAK, IOWA,
I told him that was the only place in face, comb, wattles and beak should
Will hold their annual poultry show
the house I could find room for it, receive very much the same treat-
at Red Oak, Iowa, November 26 to 30,
so there was where it had run and ment.
1901, with the following judges:
done nicely, even if one corner of it The feeding of birds for show is
Mrs. J. J. Buchin, Pierson, la.; J. E.
was four feet from the cook stove. very much the same as feeding them
Thompson, Malvern, la.; Curtis Green,
He remarked: "Well, if you can run for health, growth and good condition
an incubator in a place like that I am
New Providence, la.
for any other purpose. If you want
J. M. SCOTT, Secretary.
going to have one." At one time we good white lobes on your Leghorns
run two small machines in place of DODGE COUNTY POULTRY ASSO- try feeding them white feed. If you
the large one we now have. We have CIATION. think this an old fogy notion a theory
run those machines in all parts of The Dodge County Poultry associa- exploded years ago just try it for
the house where it was convenient to tion will hold its first annual exhibit yourself or if you prefer go on feed-
have them sitting. An incubator is a at Fremont, Neb., on January 8, 9 and ing your yellow corn, etc., and let the
very nicely finished piece of furniture 10, 1902. J. E. Thompson, judge. fellow who does feed white score one-
and no disgrace to the sitting room, Competition open to the state. For
is half to one point on lobes over you.
if that is the most convenient place particulars address G. W. D. Reynolds, R. R. FRENCH.
you have in which to run it. Fremont. Neb. Ford City, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
eggs. use either a keg or a very
I

large I suppose a square

stone jar.

^Packing Eggs... box would do just as well to pack in.

Have either very dry sand, sawdust or
By Mrs. B. G. MACKEY. 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
Certainly the editor may be con- scarcely be a worse day. Why? Be- daily (I generally packed every other
gratulated on the first issue of Poultry cause every one else takes their eggs day), beat the white of an egg for
Investigator. The writers all take tnat day, and generally eggs are cheap- every dozen eggs to pack, but just
hold of practical work and write in a er Saturday than any other day in the as you would for cake. Glaze each
plain, common sense manner. My ex- week. Now if you will take your eggs egg thoroughly with beaten white. I
perience teaches me mat the little ev- from Thursday morning until Friday applied with my hands. Put the eggs
eryday care and attention of fowls is afternoon, I mean any time interven-
thus glazed on a table and let them
very necessary, and that in the most ing between Thursday morning and
dry thoroughly before packing. Then
commonplace things we often need in- Friday afternoon, you will find you
cover bottom of vessel in which they
struction, as amateurs. Even experi- will get from one to three cents more
are to be packed with packing mate-
enced poultrymen can sometimes learn on the dozen. Or if you take them rial mixed with salt (I think a pint of
from those he considered his inferiors about Tuesday you will generally get salt to half gallon of packing ma-
in knowledge. the highest price. The reason is clear.
terial; I never measure, but put in
However, 1 never write for the ben- People generally use more eggs Satur- what I think enough to keep material
efit of the experienced fancier. Still day and Sunday than any other days. cool). Put the eggs in, small end
if I happen to tell the amateur some-
But they either buy them Friday or down. My reason for this is, the
thing the fancier has not learned very early Saturday morning, so those small end contains the white and the
long ago he is welcome to the infor- brought in after early morning must yellow will never settle if packed with
mation. This is the season for the lie over until next week, and in hot small end down. When I begin pack-
amateur to look about for breeding weather this is very inconvenient to ing I use a two or three gallon
first
stock for next season. There are ad- the groceryman doing a small business. jar. When
this is full I use the packed
vantages and disadvantages in buying In extreme cold weather it Is just as eggs and pack the fresh ones. I con-
in the fall, the advantages being you inconvenient, as they are liable to
tinue to do this until cold weather;
can get the stock very much cheaper, freeze. The better way is to have then I use the packed eggs and sell
and should get choice stock; the dis- them engaged for certain days, and the fresh ones, as there is a very just
advantages being the risk of taking take them at the appointed time. prejudice to packed eggs. I seldom
them through the winter. But it is Yet I am aware tnat there are have offered them for sale, though
well to get rid of all your surplus as times when the price is very low. once I did sell twelve dozen at twenty
early as possible, and this will give Still at these times the cost of pro- cents per dozen. I could have sold
you room to care for your imported duction is very little, in fact, on the them for fresh eggs, but I asked the
birds. Do not make the mistake of farm absolutely nothing. From the groceryman to examine and tell me if
trying to keep too many hens during time grass and clover are plentiful on he could find any difference between
the winter. I believe there is more the farm a flock of one hundred hens them and fresh eggs. He said he could
profit in taking good care of a few may be k pt without a special feed not and paid me twenty cents, while
hens than in many neglected ones. until cold weather sets in. For these a neighbor living not three miles from
Most chickens and turkeys are now al- hens will catch insects, eat grass, clo- me took much less per dozen and lost
most through moulting. Chicken hens ver and seeds, with waste grain, for on half of the eggs she packed in salt
are beginning to lay. I do not know a grain farm, as one where stock is and lime. Discretion must be used in
how the market is generally, but I be- fed, there is always enough that oth- packing. Everything must be bone
lieve every person can create a special erwise would go to waste to furnish dry, so to speak. The eggs may be
demand for his or her produce in any the necessary grain food for one hun- packed just close enough not to touch
line if they only make it above the dred hens during the spring, summer each other or sides of jar. Each layer
grade put on the market. There is and fall. Until I was able to sell my must be well covered with packing
never a time when I cannot sell my eggs the year around above market material. Put it on so it will be be-
butter and eggs above market price, price, I managed to keep eggs fresh tween all the eggs and between eggs
and the customer comes to the house and sold only when prices were good. and jar. Let it be a full half inch,
far them. Any man or woman can, One asks how I did this? I will ex it will not hurt, on top of the
by close attention to details, soon plain first, though six and eight cents eggs. Then put another layer of eggs,
command a higher price for the eggs a dozen seems low, yet during July and cover in same way. Do not let
they take to market than is given to and August one can afford to taken eggs come closer than one inch to
the general market man. even these prices, though it has been top of jar. Cover to top with packing
The following rules are very simple, years since I knew eggs to be as low material, put a plank top on jar and
but it is very necessary to observe as six cents on the market. Still I weight top down heavily. Keep in a
them If you wish highest market prices may not be well posted, as I never take cool, dry place. If you have a dry
for eggs. Always gather the eggs eggs to market now. The first of Sep- cellar this is the best place to keep
fresh. Do not wait to have a large tember I begun to pack eggs, and af- them. I would not advise keeping

number to take to town, but take ter that time always received good those packed in very warm weather
them when fresh and on days when prices. I hear some one say, "I don't during the winter, but you can keep
there will be a demand for them. Most have any use for packed eggs." Neither them fresh by using the packed ones
farmers' wives send or take their eggs did I until I learned how to pack them. and packing the fresh ones. If the
to market Saturday. Unless you have I am surprised that so few people family is small you can watch the
them previously engaged there can know this simple method of packing market and sell when eggs are scarce.

between the first of October
Thanksgiving. Before taliing to
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 theUnited 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 he loses his money and his
it
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
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. II
and convincing. He will not in all proba- CHICKENS AND TREES.
mar- bility, be satisfied next year with the I had often thought that it would
same quality of breeding stock he be fine if we could supply all our
bought this year, but will reach out trees, especially fruit trees, with an
and get something better at a higher abundance of poultry manure. I have
price. He will create a demand in almost let that idea pass, because in
his neighborhood for better fowls. His advocating such a policy too often we
ueighbors will buy cockerels from him give the trees too much of the good
thing, and thus do more damage than
at an advance over market price at
good. Let me apologize here for
first, until they, too, will decide that
speaking about trees in a poultry pa-
higher grades will pay better. So per, but any poultry yard is not com-
often by degrees and almost uncon- plete without trees, no home is a
sciously the market poultryman be- model home without trees, no table is
comes a fancier, and all by being in- set without fruit; then trusting I am
duced to buy a low-priced thorough- not intruding, I will pursue the course.
bred bird first. The fancier must buy I am a lover of trees, and so are
the very best his money can reach, chickens. I have known persons to
and then ne will often be sorely dis- shovel out the hen manure and waste
appointed, but he must not give up, it; others scatter it in the orchard in
only try again. scoop shovelfuls, as if they thought
Some persons are natural fanciers, ILke "Pat" did with the pills. When
while others have acquired the charac- he read the directions to take three
teristics of the fancier. Still others and expect relief in a few hours, he
are not, nor never can be, made fan- thought that to take more would bring
ciers, but they can always have fried results quicker and better, consequent-
chicken before any one else and can ly he took the entire box and did
raise hundreds of chickens to the fan- not have long to wait for results. So
cier's dozen. All we can hope to do I say, the poultry manure is all right,
with such a one is to convince him but spread it sparingly. I remember
that there is more money in an even that some six or seven years ago I
colored lot of chickens than in the had a pen of big Light Brahmas, and
lot of all colors and sizes. Yet this is in order to keep them separate from
a benefit to him and to the fancier the Langshans for breeding I made
as well. True, the fancier cannot af- a little yard and enclosed therein a
ford to advertise one and two dollar young pear tree. Just outside of the
birds, nor can he afford to be at the fence were other trees, just the same.
expense of much correspondence and The old hens used to pass much of
trouble of shipping in small lots. But their time by sitting under that
there is always a local demand for little tree for shade. They did not
these culls, and it is preferable to sell scratch much, but how that tree grew
them at these figures to putting on that summer was a caution. I be-
the market, as many advocate. For lieve it grew three or four times as
unless they are decapitated they are much as the others. It was remark-
bought for breeding purposes from the able. Now there is two reasons. One
market poultryman. Last spring a is the manure, and the other, and by
huckster went through our township far the most important is the fact
offering an advanced price for chick- that the breathing pores of the under
ens, turkeys and eggs, assuring the side of the leaves took in a great
farmers who have thoroughbreds that amount of plant food from the breath
not one would be sold as breeders, and of the chickens that went up through
that the eggs would be shipped im- the leaves. Thus you see plants and
mediately for culinary purposes. Not poultry go well together. Yes, to be
long after several of my friends in- sure, the turkeys and the cabbage
formed me they had purchased toms seem to do well, or rather the turkeys
from him guaranteed as pure Mackey do up the cabbage. On a farm don't
stock, giving names of parties from fence up the poultry, but fence up the
whom he bought them. Some of them garden. The chickens will destroy
were as good birds as I had raiseu many insects, furnish plenty of eggs
last year. He also sold cockerels and and lots of things. Don't think be-
eggs to be used in breeding yards and cause biddy don't score 98 she does
for incubation. The parties paid him not deserve your friendship and care.
more than he could make by shipping The ten color hen is often nearly as
and bought cheaper than they could profitable as the "up there." None of
otherwise have done. I prefer selling them can live on wind or roost on the
my surplus and culls where I know fence always. Befriend your friends,
they will not be put out as Mackey's the chickens.
best, and think all fanciers feel the JAMES PEARSON.
same way. MRS. B. G. MACKEY. Germantown, Neb.
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 13
tendency to cause the bones and mus-
become contracted and stunt
Po\iltry 'N
Washir^gton cles
or stop
to
the progress of the chicken
to a certain extent.
Where chickens have their liberty of
By COR.A R.ICKARDS. the open ground, with
the natural
moisture from the air and earth, it
Cora A. Richards, Ogden, Utah. to become so rich and of such a na- causes their bones and muscles to ex-
Dear iladam; 1 read your article in ture that it breed angle worms,
will pand, >ind they have every advantatge
the poultry paper and take the liberty also start up tender blades of grass that can be offered them in this di-
to write you whether you know any to feed the grasshoppers and other rection for being strong, vigorous and
drawbacks in poultry raising in Seat- living insects, which will be meat for healthy chickens.
tle. There are so many ranches offered the chickens and will promote life and The next and last thing of special
for sale, I am somewhat suspicious. cause ttem to grow to be strong and importance is heat.
Any information will be greatly ap- healthy; but if droppings are deposit- Heat is something that is not to be
preciated. Respectfully, ed on dead earth, or that which is trifled v/ith for it is one of the prin-
C. B. TUCKER. placed in the chicken houses, if the cipal formations of all animal and veg-
In answer to the above one can learn utmost care is not taken, disease will etable life, and with anything of so
of success and failure in the same be the result, or lice will breed in tender a nature as chickens and early
town. The right kind of climate is fast numbers and destroy the life of vegetables the greatest care must be
a great aid to successful poultry cul- the chicken. applied, and it is a well known fact
ture. To sum up the whole thing in a that vegetables grown in the open
We have heard through parties who few lines, chickens, to be raised in ground are stronger in nature and far
had poultry in Seattle that it was much winter time, should have the privilege superior to those grown in hot beds,
harder to make a success with poul- of the open ground, where every neces- and it is the same with chickens, for
try on account of so much damp, rainy sary of the open ground can be offered the less artificial heat that is applied
weather. Here Utah the climate is them.
in to them and the more natural heat of
very favorable for successful poultry The next thing of special im- the warm sun's rays and having the
culture, prices for eggs always good portance is pure, wholesome fresh privilege of the open, ground, the
and price of wheat very reasonable, air and moisture also; and I want to stronger and healthier they will be,
being less as a rule than most places expressly impress upon your minds and the faster they will grow.
in the east. The great Salt Lake be- that wholesome air wants to contain Heat promotes the life of chickens
ing only about eleven miles distant, a great deal of moisture and of the just as much as the food they eat, or
and the mountains three miles, gives right kind, too. the water they drink, and they must
pure air that is considered very We know that plants and vegetables have it. It makes all the difference in
healthy, our winters are mild, do not that are raised artificially in green- the world how heat is applied to them,
have much snow or rain, not as much houses or hot beds, require moisture, but it is not a complicated matter or
as we used to have in Iowa and Ne- as they are constituted principally of hard work to determine whether one
braska in the spring and fall. water, and they must have it in order climate would be more favorable than
When a man cleans out his chicken that they may expand and be vigorous another. We know that severe frost
house once a week, or as often as is and healthy, and the reason that it is and cold of some climates in winter
necessary through the winter time, he so is that where air is applied arti- means much artificial heat to rear win-
says his chickens are supplied with ficially by the use of furnaces and ter chickens.
fresh dirt, and they are, but the only stoves, that it becomes of such a dry Our own experience has been that
advantage it is to the chickens is that nature that, unless they were watered, February, March and April chickens
it helps to promote cleanliness and they would soon wither and die; but thrive best, for at that time we have
gives them a chance to scratch, but he where they are raised in the open it so that the little fellows can come
probably does not stop to solve the ground they do not, in most cases, re- out or. the natural eaith for awhile.
problem far enough, for he must re- quire to be watered or they seldom Sheds can be arranged so as to keep
member that earth has life the same obtain it, as they receive moisture them fjee from snow or such ground
as a person or animal, but on a differ- enough from the ground as well as space as will give chickens access to
ent principle. what is in the air. sunshine and outdoor earth.
Earth has life the same as all living Chickens do not require near the Dry sand in sacks we have put away
animals and birds, and without it no amount of moisture that plants or veg- for winter use and for the early
creature could live, as it requires life etables do, hence a wet climate is not broods, but we have found it advisable
to produce life. It is only living ob- good. While water promotes and ad- to arrange for the outside ground as
jects of the animal and vegetable vances life to the vegetables, if used well and see that it is spaded up and
kingdom that can produce it, and it in the same manner in the brooding left in a live condition for the early
is the same with earth or dirt, from houses by sprinking the water on the spring peepers.

which all human beings, animals and surface of the dirt, it would be de- We do not neglect the fall work, for
vegetables are fed. If earth is taken structive and destroy the lives of the it may mean success for the next
from the ground (or in its natural chickens, as there would be such damp- season. Without clean, dry quarters
state) and is placed in barrels or ness that it would cause all kinds of one need not expect to have success
chicken houses, it becomes stagnant disastrous diseases, as well as breed in any branch of poultry culture.
or dead, and not even a louse will live lice by the thusands. The hens and pullets are carefully
in it. Where chickens are confined to selected; what is wanted for next
The effect that chicken droppings or brooders or buildings that are heated year's breeders. These are kept with a
manure has on life, earth or the open by furnaces or stoves and are thus view to making the best profits for us,
ground, is that it will cause the land confined to dry, close air, it has a and if we do not make them comfort-
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able and do the best we can White can be bred out of the Brown nouses all cleaned thoroughly and
for them,
we may be the loser by not having the Leghorn. We suggest breeding it by some of the poultry yards plowed and
breeding stock in condition to lay the selecting birds as free from it as far sowed to rye.
eggs that will hatch the profitable back as possible. Young chickens may We are acquainted with a lady who
chickens, as the parent must show white feathers and moult them, hatched one thousand chickens by an
stock
never be neglected. Heace it will be and when the last plumage comes incubator; six hundred have died from
necessary for the beginner to prepare score up. We would not advise cull- lack of proper care. The showing was
ahead, and even now look to it that ing the stock so close if handling fine, there was plenty of room, but
he is getting ready for next season's thoroughbred stock to sell or show; fences were put up to fence in the little
brood of chickens. one may get deceived, as a friend once fellows so as to crowd the chickens be-
sold a bird cheap on account of a very yond reason.
After chickens have been in broop poor comb. Later this same bird won Why have chickens more than can
coops or roosting in trees it is some- over the former owner's stock in be given proper care and proper food?
times a hard matter to break young the show room. So many people start out in the
stock of this habit. Freqeutnly the It is the finest thing in the world spring with a view to hundreds of
chickens remain in such quarters un- to interest one who loves poultry to
chickens some thousands when they
til snow comes and covers the earth raise exhibition birds. have no idea what such a number re-
as well as the chickens in the trees. Thousands of people have only an quire.
Fall rains, great changes in the eye to the fresh eggs and a few chick- Peoeple should plan for sufficient
weather from heat to cold is not sup- ens for home use; whether it is many yard and house room, also consider the
posed to promote the health of or few it pays to keep only the best. grain and food it will take to bring
neglected poultry. A yard of good size should be made the stock to maturity.
We all desire to make money, for the cockrels and these put up and The pullets do not commence to lay
if we work, do a part of the work
to fed on considerable corn to make fat until September, October and Novem-
well, and then from needed care allow for market. The pullets then have ber and unless cared for right will not
the profits to come up on the wrong more I'oom to do much better. Their do so then.
side of the ledger it is the way those main feed should be wheat, ground CORA RICKARDS.
who claim chickens don't pay do it. bone and all the green food necessary. Ogden, Utah.
At this time one should have com- If it is convenient have them where
fortable houses provided for the young they can have a grass run. Alfalfa is PIGEONS AT THE STATE SHOW.
stock, houses built on good dry soil, the best of anything for green food,
At a meeting of the board of man-
set up a little so the ground will drain as it can be cut three times in summeragers of the Nebraska State Poultry
off each way, as clay or such soil as and grow and when the association the board made provision
until winter, ,

holds dampness, loads of fine gravel snow melts green leaves peep out of for an exhibit of pigeons at the an-
should be hauled. the ground. It would pay to raise it nual show to be held in Lincoln, Jan-
The average farmer who has thought in the east as well as in the uary 21 to 27, at the Auditorium.
very little about chickens may say, west. People have visited our place Since that time John Haman of To-
"Bother the hen!" she has made her from the east who had never seen peka, Kan., has been secured to judge
living around the barn and can con- alfalfa before. The roots run down in the pigeons, and as Mr. Haman is
tinue to do so. The same farmer, the ground so far that after a few years one of the best judges in the United
however, may have a good stable for even in a country like this where States of these beautiful pets, it is
the horses and cows. The stable is irrigation is necessary, it don't need safe to say that this attraction will
well cleaned every day for the horses it. We have a field of it that has not be worth the going of many miles to
and kept in fine condition. been irrigated for eight years. We see. No one who is not acquainted
There is nothing on the farm that have it cut fine in summer and put it with the vast amount of money paid
needs care more than poultry and noth- away for winter use. for pigeons every year could hardly
ing that pays a better profit, counting The Leghorn that is bred right believe themselves.
is It Is enormous.
money and labor invested. Until peo- not so inclined to take on fat as the Remember that this attraction at the
ple understatnd that poultry demand Plymouth Rock or large breeds of State Fair will be up-to-date and
attention and are the equal of any of poultry. We would keep all pullets in worth seeing. L. P. HARRIS,
the stock, they cannot be expected to a nice thriving condition by affording Pres. Neb. State Poultry Ass'n.
pay a handsome profit. plenty of range on large yards.
How many city people there are as Mashes made of the different ground The Delaware County Poultry and
well as farmers who do not cull out grains, such as ground corn, oats and Pet Stock association has been organ-
their stock; let cockerels and pullets bran, fed on clean boards, or better ized with over 200 members. They
run together, the good and the poor still, a trough, which every one ought will give their first annual exhibition
specimens. Some may understand me to feed soft feed in. We advise wheat November 26, 27, 28 and 29. They
as meaning poor in flesh. It is the in the morning and mashes at night have selected as poultry judge S. B.
best specimens of the kind that should or as the last feed. Lane of Spiceland, Ind. The officers
be saved; the disqualified birds as a The pullets if put in comfortable are C. C. Reid, president; H. O. Cour-
rule should be culled out. If our reader quarters and handled right and are the ier, secretary; S. S. Blair, treasurer;
knows what that means. right kind of stock will soon give re- Amost Glover, G. L. Stayman, F. B.
A Brown I>eghorn, for instance, who turns in eggs when eggs are high. But Karl, executive committee. Many
has white under color, such a bird Is dont' think for one minute the neglect- good special cash premiums will be
not worth keeping for breeding pur- ed pullet, crowded In a brood coop, left given. The success of the exhibition
poses. one wants to improve his until the last thing and until it gets
If Is assured. Any information desired
stock standard qualities, such a distemper or some other ailment, is
in will be cheerfully furnished by either
pullet may lay as well. going to give satisfactory returns. the president or secretary. The
cat-
We receive many letters asking how Many a breeder, even now, haa the alogue will be issued about October 1.
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there was no excuse for complaint save sect Powder will set the lice to route,
they grew so fat and their eggs came but the mites, oh!
There are simple methods for ex-
AMONG OURSELVES to lack fertility; then we adopted the
White Rock, and the White Rock it is, termination, however, but it means
Velma Caldwell-Melville.
Thoroughly im-
just right in size, flavor of flesh, a eternal vigilance.

bird easy to dress for table use, a per- mersing roosts and dropping boards, in
And now it is the Investigator!
premises, with
feet beauty, tame, friendly, prolific fact every part of the
We Uke the name; it sounds busi-
boiling water is a cheap and reason-
layers, good mothers, good sellers,
ness and there a subject that
market or lancy fowl what ably sure method of getting rid of
like, if is
either as
will bear investigation that of ^^^.^ it is ^.^j, mortal ask? them, but the operation must be oft
poultry raising. Of course, there aie For all its blue blood, the White repeated. Then there is kerosene not
fanciers whose methods will not bear j^Qg^ is a healthy bird, and, with so cheap, but efficacious if oft repeated
the searchlight of truth, and whose jjggent ^^re, "^n all winter egg pro- and thoroughly used. For those living
practices are shady, to say the least; ^m-er. As much, however, can be said where they can get cedar boughs, a
parties whose consciences allow them ^j ^jq^^ birds, and we hold that the strong tea made from them will ex-
to pull off-colored feathers and other- poultryman who does not get eggs all terminate any vermin. If there are

wise attempt to deceive; but such peo- ^^le year around has himself to blame other or better
remedies we hope to
pie are not numerous; indeed, we be- fj,,. j^ Qf course, not all the hens can hear of them through these columns,
lieve as a class there is none more i^y all the time, but there should be Herein lies one strong argument in
honest than the fancier; and as for the gome of them laying all the time. favor of the incubator; vermin do not
business itself, it is straight, and the go with it. The poor little chicks are
-^iiy Qot, plan for this by encourag-
more we learn of it not born with a heritage of lice and
the better pleased i^g early moulting as well as by hav-
we are with it. ing pullets of different ages coming on fpites all ready to enter into.
Our own start on this "fortune's all the while? And then the hens For ourselves we are going to test
highway" I?) was the purchase of a .^^e like two and even three year old the virtues of the wooden hen the
henshe was nothing but a hen and ijens, a good sized pen of them. They coming season "for all that she is
nine chickens. We made the invest- lay oftimes when the capricious pul- worth."
ment during the temporary absence of let will do nothing but parade hei One of our hobbies is raising poultry
the other oneour better-half, you rose colored comb and sing the latest for market; someway we never expect
understand and on his return had popular songs of Hendom, and they to raiseany $100 birds for the trade,
them domiciled in a barrel of straw, will sit when you don't want them to, though we have made fair profits on
Almost immediately we added to our of course, but sometimes when you those we have sold and are not in the
possessions by the purchase of a sit- (Jq. least discouraged along this line,

inting hen and eonugh eggs to set As the autumn and winter comes on Only today we were reading of two
her up in housekeeping in another bar- we hope the Investigator will give no brothers who, six years ago, went into
rel. And between those barrels we uncertain sound on the subject of the market poultry business. They
vibrated, dreaming golden dreams; no "Winter Care of Poultry." Never, un- were within three or four miles of a
thought of up-to-date poultry houses, til the rank and file of chicken folk good sized town.
incubators, brooders or any other mod- provide warm, well ventilated quar- Their yearly sales were as follows:
ern paraphernalia of the poultry busl- ters, feed a well balanced ration and In 1896, $750; in 1897, $1,229.49; in 1898,
ness disturbed our serenity; we en- intelligently fight vermin, will the $2,965.59; in 1899, $4,542.63; in 1900,
joyed those chickens, dowdy little profits of the poultry business assume $5,062.08. We readily understand
that

mongrels as they were, as we could not anything like a proper magnitude. from such sales the profits must have
now enjoy a pen of birds worth fifty We are not afraid to venture the been very satisfactory,
dollars. Our next venture was the assertion that they are not one-half These men only have six acres of
Black Langshans beautiful birds they what they ought to be or will be when land; house room for 200 head of lay-
were, with their glossy plumage and chickens are treated well, humanely, ins stock, and brooder room for 2,000
fine carriage. They were excellent There is enough vitality sucked out chicks.

layers until over accumulation of fat of many flocks every night by mites Their sales were made by contract

induced death on the nests. to, if properly utilized, fill the egg with hotels and the like.
Somewhat discouraged, we went out basket once
or twice a week. Even common market prices are not,
Plenty of people say they have no however, to be despised, but one
can
of business for a time, beginning
the
again with the Black Hamburgs. Oh, mites, at least they never see any. soon build up a reputation and
trade
prices for
but that was an experience. We make Try rumaging about among your birds where he can regulate his
pets of every living thing, but them and the roosts himself.
we defy at night, handling
anybody to make pets or even "pass- pretty and then see if there are "These men," says the Practical
freely,
ing acquaintance" of that bird. The not almost unseeable little specks on Farmer, "are at present getting 35
moment one .of us appeared at the your hands, or on your clothes, if they cents a pound for chickens, 30 cents
cents a dozen for
gate of the run we were greeted by are light colored. Or, even in the day, for ducks and 28
a chorus of unearthly shrieks and a lay white cloths where the chickens eggs.'
terrible rustle of wings, and the roost and then examine them. We Let us go and do somewhat like-
lot a male and a dozen hens^ once, in buying sitting hens, became wise.

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
thoroughly infected with the pests be- Dr. H. P. Clark of Indianapolis, Ind.,
fore we knew it, one fine white hen is the publisher of a book entitled
dying before her term of incubation "Rules of the Cock Pit." It is a rec-
was over, literally devoured, so far as ognized authority on rules governing
blood and vitality were concerned, by this sport. Price, 25 cents. We will

again wo went out of business. the red mites. Lice have no terror for send this book and the Poultry In-
The Barred Rock came in next and us compared with these. Persian In- vestigator one year for 25 cents.
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PLEASANT OUT DOOR WORK. of netting to the poultry house. The
These pleasant days are just suited top was made from the same way,
Poultry Investigator for oui door work, not too hot, nor only I did not use netting, using
Is piiblislied the first ofeach uiontli nt too cold, but just comfortable to ac- weights to keep the hay in place.
complish the many little needs in and Every day that it was too cold for
Clay Center, Nebraska.
around the poultry house, for pres- my fowls to be out of doors and ev-
BY ently it behooves every owner of live ery day that the snow was too deep,
stock of whatever kind to be prepared I turned my fowls in the scratch shed
Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. for Jack Frost and those fierce wintry where they were kept busy and warm
blasts, and it is well "to make hay scratching in a deep carpet of hay for
L. P. HARRIS, Editor. while the sun shines." Now is the the grain. I would scatter their sing-
time to replace with new ones the ing and laying as though it were not
broken window panes, plaster up the cold, and the owner was happy, too,
Subscription price, 25 cts. a Year.
little crevices in the foundation of the for I had made a scratch shed without
poultry house if they are built on one, any expense or trouble to any one, for
Advertising R^attes. or if the house is old and boards full I did all the work except to haul the
of cracks it can be made comfortable hay; for would you believe it, not all
$1.00 per inch each insertion. One men like poultry, except when they
inch one year $10.00. These are our
by covering with building paper, which
only rates for advertisinff and will be is not expensive, if nothing better can can revel in fried chicken, and don't
strictly' adhered to. We treat all alike be had use waste paper such a news- have time to fix necessaries for bid-
both yreat and small. Payment on papers, etc.; tack on the inside by dy's comfort. My
shed not only was
yearly contracts quarterly in advance.
All other contracts cash with order. using lath or small bits of boards, used for winter but of use as shade in
these will keep it in place better than summer by removing the hay from end
All communications and advertise-
by tacking on the paper. Look closeiy and side.
ments must be in our hands by the that all is comfortable about the house Well do I remember a lady once
15th to insure in-ertion in is- said to me she "wouldn't do such work
that will add to the comfort of our
sue of following^ month. feathered pets. ^it made her hands rought and
Parties wishing^ to change their ad- Now let us think of a scratching black"; such work was left for the
diess shiuld g-ive the old as vfell
shed almost a necessity to poultry men if they had time, if not it went
as the new address. when Mother Earth is covered with undone. I admire all that is beau-
This paper will not be sent after the snow. It we can't have one made with tiful, even to white, smooth hands, but
year's subscription expires so be boards, there are many other ways to if mine are not kept white by the use
sure and renew promptly. make them with very little expense. of mittens and at biddy's expense, then
Some use muslin, but I found that tore black my hands must be.
In RegaLrd to Advertisers. so easily in our western country, so Every one with patience can make
I will give the readers of this journal poultry pay, but not simply by admir-
We are very cartful in soliciting- a description of hiw I made a scratch ing their beauty. IDA B. BARD.
advertisements, to see that all are re-
liable. If at any time anyone answer- shed in a few years. I admit it was
ing- any di.splay advertisement found a description of how I made a scratch Barred P. Rocks can be had of H.
in the columns of POULTRY INVESTI-
the purpose for a scratch bed I would I!. Louden of Clay Center, Neb., that
GATOR is in any way swindled, will
have, although not a vistage of it re- are farm raised, strong and
healthy
please write us at once, we will look
mians, for a new poultry house was and bred from prize winning
stock.
into the matter, and if such an adver-
tisement has been inserted for the built in its place, but another one will
Louden knows how to breed Rocks
purpose of defrauding our readers, we as well as red hogs.
will drop the advertisement and pub-
be made same as the old one if boards
lish the swindler's name. We wish to are not forthcoming soon. used three
I
keep our advertising columns free Mrs. Flora Shroyer tells us she has
posts, set them quite deep
in the
from all such advertisers, and when a fine trade this season in Buff Rocks,
ground; these made the corners
writing to an advertiser whose adver- Pekin ducks, and Toulouse geese.
tisement was found in these columns, and a corner of the poultry house made
Mrs. Shroyer spares no money in
we would ask it as an especial favor the fourth corner. To these posts I
that you say you saw it in The Poul- getting good stock and has splendid
nailed boards top and bottom, also
try Investigator. success in mating and rearing. Her
several on top full length of pen. I
Buff Rocks are a sight to behold and
was now ready for small boards of
will set some of the old timers to
Address all communications to all lengths that were laying around;
thinking when they meet her stock
Poultry Investigator Com, these were nailed top and bottom to
in the show room. You will surely
Clay Center, Nebraska. the long boards of pen, two feet apart,
find her there, too.
or less they were not extra strong.
if

I had one hundred feet of poultry net-

Not many days ago we visited the
yards of C. Rockhill of Harvard,
Neb. We found everything kept in
fine order. We also were convinced
that Mrs. Rockhill is a thorough fan-
cier and breeder of pure White Wyan-
dottes and has a fine lot of chicks
started that premise good. We also
admired her Buff Orpingtons, of which
she has a fine start. Mrs. Rockhill
Iremember several years ago when
ting not in use which I stapeled to each I was at the State fair at Lincoln,
corner of pen, leaving what I did not Neb., I noticed in one coop three ex-
need to go around pen. When the tra large, extra fine Barred Plymouth
team was hitched to the wagon I had Rock chicks. They were beauties in
coarse tay hauled to the poultry yard every particular and up to date. I
(as we don't have straw). I then pro- found on making inquiries that Mr.
ceeded to finish my scratch shed by C. F. Hinman of Friend, Neb., owned
firmly packing the hay all around tl)e them. needless to say they won
It is
pen, except th e south. With the re- it all so far as the three could. I

can show a large string of blue rib- mainder of the netting I stretched back have seen his birds several times since
bons she has won on her White Wy- as well as I could on the outside of in our best shows. They always get
audottes. bay to keep it in place and nailed end a place, and deserve it, too.
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B\iff Orpington Cock Orpington Fowls

Thos. H. Mills.

Many have never

of our readers
seen Orpingtons and many inquiries
are received every day askingr 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,
beiner shorter in leneth of body and
leg-, more like Wyandottes in body

than Bocks. They have single

combs, red ears, white beak, pinkish
white legs, and paler eye than
Rocks. In size they are fully heavier
than Rocks. Cocks will weigh from
'>toll 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,
Uork.Mg, and Buff Cochins. They
hue tVe 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
wonderful degree is attested by all
who have given them a trial. 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
Owned by W. H. Bushell. Da.vid City, Nebr.
Vale, New South Wales, It is de-
voted to garden, fruit and poultry.
The editor contributes an article
under the head of Farm Poultry.
Mr. Bushell Sa.ys of Orpingtons. He advises farmers of Australia to
keep thoroughbred poultry. For a
The Buff Orpington is of large size, vig-orous and liaxdy, of g-entle disposition, and is a wonderfully general purpose fowl he advises
prolific layej-. It is a symmetrical bird with fine carriage, color a soft even buff, body very compact, with Wyandottes and Orpingtons as the
broad and deep breast, back short and oroad, legs short and heavy and free from feathers, ear lobes and best breeds. He says: "The Orping-
face red, comb medium size. ton is a large bird and matures
I imported some very fine females this spring from England, and have raised some splendid stock quickly; they are good layers and
from them. I am importing now this fall from England, one Gold Buff Orpington cock bird 18 months make splendid mothers. The Plj'-
old. He is winner of three first, two second premiums aud championship for best bird in show room for mouth Rock is also an excellent
shape and condition. Also two spring cockerels, solid Buff birds, from two of the best breeders' j-ards in breed when a good strain is kept
England- These birds are to mate up my own j-^ard^s for next year's breeding; also a pen of six pullets but we do not consider them on a
and cockerels of solid buff color. These birds, with what I have now in my yards, will put me in the best whole so good as the above mention-
possible shape to furnish eggs of the best possible stock of Buff Orpingtons that ever came to the ed." This is a good testimonial for
United States. our American Wyandottes and the
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Orpinfirtons from far away Australia and shows
they can. adapt themselves to any climate and
conditions. So the Orpinfftons have found
friends in all parts of the world. Mr. Cook has
e.xported a goodly number of them to South
Africa and New Zeland and has only i^ood ac-
counts of them.
There is plenty of rooms for Oriiinsrtons in
this country. The fowl that can make the
most dollars will win. Some obsolete varieties
or breeds will be dropped and the Or]>infirtons
will take their place. Some say the OrpinBton
can never become popular and attract attention
when Huff KocUs are so i>o|iular. but the num-
ber of Buff Kock breeders who Uave taken them
up or are takintr them ui>, contradicts that
statement. Many breeders of Bulf Kocks say
the Rocks are not in the run with the urpinu-
lons at all. There is room for both -lots ol
room. They will take the place ol unpopuiai-.
unprofitable breeds. The fittest will survive.
i*oultry tiazette.

NEBRASKA STATK i'OUL.rRY AS-

SOCIATION SEMI-ANNUAL
MKETING.
The meeting of the Nebraska Stale
Poultry association was held at Lin-
coln on the State Fair grounds
Some of Geo. B. Clary's prize ers at Lincoln and Hebron, Nebr., 1901.
^

Thursday, September 5, in a tent ne.tr

the Poultry Hall on the Fair grounds. Several communications from ness. I am confident if I had stuck to
Of the three hundred or more mem- judges were read and referred to the the brooder my losses would have been
bers of the association there were board of managers. On motion the small.
twenty-two present at roll call. board of managers were instructed to I have my incubator filled (200 ca-
The report of special committees on set aside $25 of the funds of the asso- pacity) that will hatch the 16th day
legislation appointed at the annual ciation to be used as premiums for of September, and if it would interest
meeting last January was considered. best display of eggs at next winter's any of the family, will let you know
Their special work was to secure the show, to be given as board decides. my success with fall chicks, but I as-
passage of a law so as to have the The meeting was harmonious and sure you I will pay strict attention to
dates of holding the show come earlier pleasant, the interest shown was good my brooder and feed, for I know the
in the month, at the discretion of the and the prospects for a big show are Incubator will do its part if egg:5 and
board of managers. The bill was brighter than ever before. care are all right.
prepared and introduced in both the L. P. HARRIS. VILLA HOLLENBECK.
senate and house. It passed the sen- Salix, la.
ate and was reported by several mem- Thinking my experience with the in-
bers of the house to the effect that it cubator would be of some help, I will
had passed, but upon investigation it write a little. I have always raised The SMITH SEALED
was found that it had been 'pigeon- chickens since a little girl from the old LEG BANDS.
holed," and lost sight of in the scram- biddy, and I thought with an incubator
ble for senator. So there is no al- I could do so much better, so
ternative except to hold our show the sent for one in April. Every phon- r- PAN AMERICAN v-
same as has been before the third ing for two weeks I sent to the depot, and other leading shows. Ten for 25 cents.
Tuesday in January, which will be Sixty for $1.00. 1( for SL-IO 100 bands and
but to my great disappointment it did plain sealing tool $1 V3. Illustrated circular
the 21st to the 25th. The ofiicers of not come. Then I sat down and in free, sample for stamp.
the association are very sorry it has a good-natured way roasted the com- W. H. SMITH & GO., BIythedale, Mo.
so happened, but it couldn't be help- pany, and to my great horror found
ed,so must be endured, as to hold it out my dear husband had carried the
on any other date without a change order in his pocket all that time. It Bonniedale Poultry Farm !

of the law regulating it would lose came, but too late for early chicks, and S. WVANDOTI'ES. Barred Kooli.s. J2 eacli;
$:i 50 per pair.
us our appropriation of $1,000 an- I find one can't work on the old plan. LT. BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns $1 each;
nually, and we cannot afford that by ti per trio.
It's altogether new, and the hatching KOrr Cl'KE. Our make. Cures when eyes
any means. is the easiest part, but the most es- ate swelled shut. Powder for half pint.
small syringe and full instructions 50
The treasurer's report was read and sential part is the brooder. It makes cents postpaid.
showed cash on hand of $530.57. no difference how hot the weather is, SCOUE CAKDS. U. ?. Postal ard stock 50
i

cents per 100. $3 per 1000. Water fountain

The matter of a permanent building it wants to be kept running and the galvanized iron, hangs on nail. 1 gallon
for the state association on the fair chicks brooded until they are six weeks CKEaMOLIwE. TablesDoonful to quart of
grounds was taken up and after some water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle
old; in fact, two brooders are needed 25 t'ents postpaid Circula' free.
discussion a committee was appointed with every incubator.
to draw plans and solicit subscrip- I thought the brooder was too warm MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.
tions and report the same to the stateand put the chicks in coops In the LOCK BOX 176.
association In January, 1902. The daytime and in boxes at night, and
Please mention the Investigator
members of this committee are with all of my unnecessary hard work when answering' advertisements. It
Messrs. Lemen of Lincoln, Osterhout lost over half of them. Handling will accomodate both the advertiser
of David City and Mlckel of Lincoln. them is very much against the busi- and us.

AVOID MOISTURE
and DR.AUGHTS
M. yi. JOHNSON.
If we avoid moisture and draughts take
we will then be rooting out a large per hens dry. The old-fashioned straw
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
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. i9
board floors should be dry,
floors or
and as a precaution they should be
covered with dust; straw and chaff ab-
sorb moisture. Use anything that will I
Buff Orpingtons
1 AND
up the moisture and leave the
I
White Wyandottes
sheds never bred disease, were a great
place to breed lice and mites, but
otherwise it was a healthy place for
'S I never have failed to win in
poultry.
S largest shows. Birds score from 1

or houses. Poultry is like people to a Before long now we will be housing I) 90 to 95;^ I

great extent, and we should not expect our new crop of chicks. We should be
poultry to do the best in unhealthy at it right now, and they should be
If we
I C ROCKHILL, !

coops or houses any more than we forced to take to the roosts. Harvard, Nebraska. '

should expect to grow fat there our- let them pile up in boxes here and
selves. If poultry were kept dry and
there until winter is really here then
comfortable the "chicken doctors"
we will have trouble on our hands
Partridge Cochins
would lose their jobs. Young chickens with sneezes and colds, and possibly
the roup. They should be made to
Golden Sebright Bantams
kept in damp, sour places get the
Fancy Pigeons
bowel trouble; then the feed question roost before the nights get cold. It I will close out my entire stock of Cochins.
is up. If the little chicks are kept dry
you can't make them take to the roosts >Jone better. At low prices. They have al-
ways won for me and will for you.
and comfortable there is not so much any other way pen them up in the
Wm. HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Net.
in the feed. For the reason that they house. Turn in a pet pig or a pup; it
have bowel trouble we surmise that nothing else is handy put a cat or
some kind of feed has done the mis-
some ducks in, anything that will Barred P. Rocks and
chief, when in fact bowel trouble is
make want to get up out Cornish Indian Games.
the chicks
about of the way will answer the purpose. 8 years as breeders, 8 years as win-
all the indications that we have
that the chick is sick. Piling up and Don't kill them off with kindness by ners in every exhibit where we ex-
hibited winning- highest awards.
sweating will bring it on; damp, sour making the house too close and warm;
Stock for sale reasonable. Write,
Quarters will bring it on; getting wet gradually toughen them up for winter. COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska.
and chilling will bring it on, and feed- If we are careful to get them into cold

ing them too soon after they are weather in a good, healthy condition Barred Plymouth Rocks.
hatched will bring it on, but four we need not fear the cold if we keep We have Quality atid Quantity.
times out of five the feed is blamed. them dry and away from the draughts. Farm raised prize winning stock,
Of course, it will not do to load them M. M. JOHNSON. cheap for quality If you want Rocks
up with soft, sloppy feed, but if they write us.
are kept comfortable the feed question H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.
"'^"'m^^
is not so important. So many get the
Silver Laced Wyandottes, White
idea that the feed should be soft, an Wyandottes, Buff Leghorns, Black
idea growing out of "such little babies Leghorns and White Pekin Ducks.
having no teeth." The chick's craw is First class birds for sale. Mrs. Willie
E. Tibbitts, Imperial, Neb.
for a purpose; it is a grinding mill,
and it's on a line with nature for the
Cornish and White Indian Games.
mill to work. Small seeds, cracked Rules ofthe Cock Pit stock for Sale.
little hook of pockei \veli bouad ID tOQgh tag-
grain and the like are nature's feed, t ,

[he UQiied States, Canada,

and they will do their own mixing if Mexico, Cuba.
pretieQBive chapters od Heels, Uaodliiig, Nursiog aud eiery
thing relative to the royal sport of cocking.
water is handy.
By Db. H. p. CLi.REE, iDdianapolIs, Ind.
I did not intend to make a "small
chick" lecture out of this, but damp, The
Recognized Authority.
PRICE. 25 CENTS.
sour quarters and the question of feed
Addreea tho f ubUetier of tbla Paper.
get so mixed up that I thought calling Rules of tae CoCi\-ir'it and Poultry
attention might do some good. With Investig-ator one year
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. Your stables and stock freed from
the summer pests at a cost of less than 5 cts.
per month. Cheap. Sate. Effective is Eli-FLi
Ohaser. For SI 00 enough liquid for 10 cows
days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart
li't

grown fowls, damp quarters and for liquid alone. Address.

draughts bring on colds, and the con- For 25
Cents. The Vail Seed Co , 150 N. Delaware
tinued exposure brings on roup, and Address, THE INVESTIGATOR, St., Indianapolis.
prolonged exposure makes them rot- Clay Center, Nebraska. Special price on .'i gallon cans.

ten. I might say it brings on genuine

consumption and not misname it very

Mammoth
Light Brahmas
A. J. WILLIAMS,
much. It debilitates the whole flock, . . .Breeder of . . .

brings on cholera and bowel trouble^

in fact, it aggravates all temporary
M. B. TURKEYS Silver
White & Buff Pekin,
& Golden Sebright,
B. B. Red
Cockerels $2 each; trio $5; young- toms
ailments and steals the profits in poul- $3 each after Nov. 1st. Came BANTAMS; Belgian
try raising. Fowls have feathers to
E. W. MATHENY, Clay Center, Nebr.
Hares, White Rats, Cavies.
protect them from cold, but are not Write for Prices.
protected from dampness; their feath-
Finer and Cheaper CLAY CENTER, NEB.
ers and body absorb the moisture. It's than fver. Buy early. Games.
different with ducks; their feathers Ileaihwoods. 1 ish ami Mexican
Grays. Irish BIk Kef s. Tornadoes, Please mention the Investigator
are oily and water does not make them and Cornish Indians. K'ree illus- when answering advertisements. It
trated circular. will accommodate both the advertiser
so wet, but with hens we must keep
them dry to succeed at all. Bare C. D. SMITH, rt. Pla^in, N. Y. and us.
 POULTRY. INVESTIGATOR.
for it that he had entirely forgotten about 76 cents for the outfit

S
ASBESTOS Mrs. MAY TAYLOR.
about having it in the store. We got
some of
cement, and spread it over me leaks,
it, which is
one more article in the line of as-
cailea asbestos bestos for poultry people and I will
stop and this is the cold water paint.
Now on a hot dry surface it would of which you see so much mention in
Probably a little talK on asbestos ]j^yg hardened instantly and nothing the papers. We painted our hen house
will be as interesting as anything else would have been needed, but we with it over a year ago and it is all
else I could write about this morning.
could not get the pipes hot without right yet. It comes in the form of a
, . , t^^ the hot water flow through them, and
. powder and can be had in black, white
*^
aa
,
it
,
it; pnterine
CUI.C B so ,
lareelv
6 into the ,
flja i
^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ |,jjg ^^jg^ pressure ^ or several different colors. White is
manufacture of the things we use in
g^^^^g^ j^ forced the cement out of the che^est and black the costliest.
the poultry business and is so useful jjjg larger leaks. On these we placed we got the white for the body color
in many other forms about the prem pieces of the rolland wrapped of the house and one of the colors
felt

ises. them with twine. I think there were for the strips. I don't know the
It Is described as a fibrous mineral six leaks altogether. We held the names of the colors, as they go by
and one of nature's unique product- flame of a lamp under two of them numbers. The color we selected
tlons. In the illustration of it in its and hardened the cement. When it would be a cross between a red and
natural state it looks like a piece of was once hard it was like the iron a brown. The contrast, I think, is
petrified wood with little fibrous par- itself. very tasty. We bought five pounds of
tides curling down and away from it The cement is made of asbestos fi- the white powder at 1 cents per pound
on all sides. "It is found in various bre and cementing material which is and another pound of color for the
parts of the world, usually in nar- flre and acid proof, and the hotter the strips. The color we selected was also
row veins or seams, and when treated surface to which it is applied the bet- lo cents, making 60 cents for the
mechanically it yields a soft, white, ter the work can be done. It comes paint. The white powder covered 300
delicate and exceeding strong fibre, already prepared and a one pound can square feet of smooth surface (planed
which can be spun, woven or otherwise costs 25 cents. pine boards), two coats. It was mixed
manufactured into many useful arti- The roll fire felt comes in rolls like with cold water simply, not a particle
cles." It is fire proof, as many of you cloth. It is thirty-six inches wide of oil. Five pounds is said to be
know, for there Is scarcely a household ^= =^=~- : :^^ enough for one gallon of paint. We
but what has one of those round mats made a little more than that out of

for putting on the stove, under the ours.

preserving kettle, but it is also acid To the farm woman who likes to
proof, and is practically indestructi- see things tidied up and has not the
ble. necessary cash to keep pace with her
It is into numberless articles;
made tastes, this asbestine paint is exactly
into cloth for covering hot pipes of what she wants. It dries more quick-
all sorts, into cement for meding all ly than oil paints, and is not any
sorts of heated iron surfaces, and is harder to put on. I painted our hen
also made into what is called the as- house myself, mixed the paint and put
bestine cold water weather proof it on, and painted the strips before

paint. ws tail, back and wiue of C. F. Hinmans putting them up. I painted another
We used in the cement in stopping Kock. a prize winner. hen house with oil paint. It had
leaks in the hot water pipes in our more surface to paint over than this,
and in different thicknesses, from very
sectional brooder. These pipes are the so I know what I am talking about
one-fourth of an inch thick.
common black iron tubing and will not think to ^^ mixed and put
I have also ^ good
on a ^
They spread apart in The kind we used was the
thinnest
take solder. ^^^^ i^unAred square feet of white
is about six cents per square foot.
places at 'he seams and one of our and ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ .^ ^^^
" is made entirely of asbestos and is
hardware men worked faithfully for ^^^ business. The asbestine paint is
half a day trying to stop the leaks used
most generally for covering hot
to keep the heat in and to keep
^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^
whitewash, and it ^
with solder, first pounding the seams Pipes ^^^,^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^ ^
the apartment, say like a furnace in
as near together as possible. He said
cellar, from being overheated. It
^^ ^.^ ^
^.^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ .^ ^ jj^^j
the only way to mend black pipe was the ^^^^^ ^^ ^^
^^^^ ^.^ p^^^^^ )ieca.uze
like cloth with the scissors, but
to cut the "leak" out and put in a cuts ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ j^
not but there is now on the
new piece of piping. We wrote to the will tear,
mixes up considerably like batter
market an asbestos pipe covering
firm which makes these brooders and cakes, and is a little tough at first
they said practically the same thing, which would
have suited our case ex-
until thinned down to the proper con-
We wrote to two big firms, who have actly, but we did not know of it then.
sistency, but it still has this tendency
"want It comes in lengths of three feet, and
everything you or use," ask- "^^"^^^^^^1^^ together which makes it
them they had anything for is for cold pipes, also for low pressure
ing if ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^p^^^^^^ ^^^^^
The
mending pipes in the condition our and for high pressure steam. ^.^^ ^.^^^^^ ^.^ ^^.^^ ^^ whitewash,
different for
were In, but their answer was also materials used are a little ^^^^^ ^^^ conveniences and looks this
the same, but when the each use. For high pressure the ma-
practically time. MRS. MAY TAYLOR.
and
harware man above mentioned gave terials are carbonate of magnesia Hale, Mo., Lock Box 176.
asbestos fibre. Outside of this there is
up and was about to start for home.
covering, held in place by -
I 'asked him it he did not have some a canvas TZ,^-. t
given If you want Rose Comb White Leg-
kind of Iron cement in his store; I metal bands. While this is not
somewhere. The as an article for mending leaks, yet horns that are bred to the standard
had read about it
and that will win for you^ look up
thought struck him; yes, he said, they I feel pretty certain that it would have
well. For the advertisement of J. E Reivelt of
had, and he believed It would be the answered our purpose very
cost Tripp, S. D. He has what you want.
very thing. They had bo litUe call a one-inch pipe like ours It would
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
NOTES FROM OUR MINNESOTA
VISIT.
grasshoppers that always go with
them cannot help but put those _* * Jo * * Jo4o 3o * JoJo* *
We have recently had the pleasure of turkeys in fine trim tor Thanksgiving. J I will exchange P*
a visit in southwestern Minnesota, MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD.
Lyon county. I did not meet as many Friend, Neb. ( Belgian Hares ^
of the "chicken people" as I would
\ for J*
like to have met. A morning walk lo- BUFF LEGHORNS.
.eated the poultry yards in that part Every farmer and every breeder of ; White Wandotte Pullets^
o^ town. When I came back and poultry have their favorite breeds, but 1 I have also some fine ,

asked about who lived in such a house we think you will allow that no breed LIGHT BRAHMA HENS off
I was told they did not keep chickens; has risen to such popularity in so short
for Sale. Good ones.
those people were some of the society a time as the Buff Leghorn, and no
folks. But I was familiar enough breed is better adapted as a general
with poultry yards to know one when purpose fowl. Address, Mrs. Hattie Byfield,%
}
I saw it A few mornings later a In almost every poultry journal we I McCook, Neb. 0^
lady called. She told mother she read of some one, who has been in this
heard there was a chicken woman vis- business for a long time, and who has
iting her,and she wanted to meet her. always made a specialty of one or two 1892. r90l.
I afterwards visited her and had a
closer view of her yards than I had
breeds, adding to their list Buff Leg-
horns, and who can blame them? It is
Mammoth Strain
gained from the sidewalk. I found a breed that finds favor wherever Light B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win-
ners in America's leading shows of
a woman something after my own known, and is a fine addition to any hundreds of prizes in my own and
fashion, who could go from the poultry yard. customers' hands. The "Common
yards to the paint easel and do both They are of the Leghorn class, which Sense" remedies for poultry are "per-
with credit. She has a beautiful fection" when properly used. Chol-
has long been called the best all pur-
era Cure kills all disease germs and
home, is a woman of culture, and has pose fowl for broiler, farmer and fan- makes blood, bone and feather. Hun-
taken up the poultry business because cier. For the breeder because they dreds of poultryraen claim they are
she likes "biddies," and for the out- grow rapidly, make plump broilers, making poultry breeding easy and
door exercise it will give her. There practical by their use. A sample of
have yellow legs and no dark or black either for a dime. 1 lb can post paid
is lots of care and not very clean
pin feathers. For the farmer because for SOc. Yours for success,
work about our poultry yards, but I they are great layers and a fine table MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Quarles, Mo.
found this woman could get right
fowl, and the fancier can find satisfac-
around after it just as well as I can. tion and pleasure in developing their _ /\/\vr| For the next sixty days I will
She can even take hammer and nails fine qualities. And they have that L/Vf I lllllif sell my fine Barred Plymouth

and build coops, for she said when vflV* Eocks Cockerels and Pullets at
color which meets with so much ap- one halt price as I have sold my place. I
she done it herself she had it just the
proval everywhere. What looks nicer have some fine large March and April Cock-
way she wanted it. She was still run- upon a lawn than a nice flock of Buffs? erels now ready to ship and win guarantee
ning her incubator, and was going to satisfaction with every sale.
You attend an exhibition and no class L. a. GREEN, Red Oak, la.
turn the surrey room into a brooder
attracts more attention or it more ad-
room for those late chicks. Our
mired than the Buff Leghorns. BUFF WYANDOTTES,
chicken women are not all found
Let us take better care of our birds, EXCLUS-IVELY. Our Buff
among the farm wives and poorer more Wyaudoties are bred from
let us cull our stock carefully
classes. i)est strain obtainable and
and more closely,and let us take grea;- n linp. We brt-ed the pure
We drove about thirty miles one er pains in mating our breeding pens, golden Buff, not the dark
In red. They're prize winners.
way, and about twenty another.
and we will certainly receive results
those drives we kept watch for pure-
that will more than pay us for our
^ E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb

Chester White Hogs for sale

bred poultry. We saw a larger per MeMB^I.
we work. We
will thus develop the fine
cent of Black Langshans, that
qualities of this beautiful and useful
thought were pure, than any other
passed showed
breed more rapidly. Rosecomb White Leghorns.
breed. One farm we
GEO. S. BARNES. For sale, 1st cockrel St. Paul, Febru-
more improvements in poultry yards ary 1901 and nine one year old hens,
Battle Creek, Mich.
than in any of the other farm building. score 92,14 to 94,"<, by Russell, for fi5.
There was a very good start of White POULTRY. J. F. REINELT, Tripp, S. D.
Plymouth Rocks and some Barred
Rocks, but there were some mongrels OLENTANGY ....YAR.DS....
FfcFkFfc^ ^U*1t^U fc^^^'k^'*' ***^^^
Chas. C. Keid. Manaiier.
that spoiled the looks of the place.
Had I been alone I would have stopped
DELEWARE. OHIO
and had a talk with that farm wife, Barred Plymouth Rocks ORPINGTONS
but the rest of the crowd did not be- Ruff Cochin Bantams Buff
long to the "chicken people," so we Cornish Indian Games and COCHINS. I

stock in b^eedin^ pens score from 91 to 65!i. ^

did not stop. Send for circular.

Bred from my own Importations. \
In our drives we noticed more White I

Holland turkeys than any others, and

pretty well bred ones, too. Minnesota
is a good poultry country. Where so
Bargains i

J
5
I won more premiums than
any two other exhibitors at the
Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be-
i
J
{
in Buff Wvandottes, line bred i fore buying anything write me t
much wheat is raised the poultry (Brey's Strain) ji and }4 grown. J it will be a pleasure to give 5
find their share and full egg baskets Extra selected for exhibition 5
you prices. J

is the result.
and breeding. 4 pullets and 1
cockerel only $10.00. I IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb.
Those immense wheat fields with the \

stray wheat heads and good crop of JOHN BREY. Specialist.NeoIa.IaL.

 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
No
Hens as Money Makers As general purpose fowls, none are
more popular than Plymouth Rocks,
son.
if hens
matter what the food given,
are allowed to roost in a
(I'aper read by Mrs. W. H. Parkin- closely followed by Wyandottes, less leafless tree, or some other unshel-
son at a meeting of Evans Grange, hardy but more stylish and gentler. tered place, the result will not be
Marshall County, III., April 13th, 1901.) At present there are too many farm- satisfactory, for thehen that shivers
Poultry keeping is an industry, the ers who would just as soon do busi- during the night cannot be counted on
importance of which should not be ness with a poor scrub hen as with to the egg basket.
fill

overlooked nor under estimated in
connection with other farm industries.
It is said France is the only nation they would soon
that recognized poultry raising as a consequence
a good one, unless they could get the
good one for nothing, and even then
mix them, and as a
they would make no
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-

source of wealth to her people, giv- money in the poultry business. There lieve there is more profit in a purely

ing it the same encouragement as is need of a larger class of poultry egg-producing breed than in a general
that of any other branch of agricul- raisers among farmers who
would be purpose breed. I have the White Leg-
ture. Why should the farmers of this proud to be
pointed out as poultry horns, which are my favorite breed.
country stand idly by while Prance is cranks, and who would take as much I have one hundred and twenty-five
shipping her millions of dollars worth pride in the pure-blooded strains of hens that occupy a comfortable house,
of eggs to this country every year, poultry as cattlemen do of their Here- which keeps them well protected from
which should be produced at home. If fords, or as horsemen do in their Per- the storms of winter, and they are
France can produce eggs on her cherons. One who spends time and at liberty to bask in the sunshine of

high priced foods, pay transportation food on scrub poultry will sooner or a southern exposure. I have twenty
and a duty for the privilege of sell- later be heard to say, "There's no hens that cannot be induced to adopt
ing them in the markets here in com- money in poultry." Those raising civilized habits and in consequence

petition with our own eggs, then what poultry for profit should study the roost on fences and post piles. Those
is the American hen good for if we balanced
or perfect rations the same twenty hens have been kept all winter
cannot produce eggs at a much larger as the dairyman studies a balanced at a loss, producing no eggs, while the

proiit than France? ration for his cows. Their food should one hundred and twenty-five hens that
The keeping of poultry seems to be contain a large per cent of protein. have been well housed and well fed
almost purely a feminine occupation, Flesh-forming foods might be prefer- have been a source of profit, as you
perhaps on account of woman's gentle- able to feed during the moulting sea- will see from the following figures:

ness and eternal vigilance, for success

or failure In poultry keeping does not
depend entirely on any one thing, but
upon many which men

r^
little things
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, fooits 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."

Sold from the first day of Janu-
uary to the first day of March,
114 dozen of eggs, at 20 cents
per dozen
From the 1st to the 30th
March, inclusive. 243 dozen,
ranging in price from 18 to 10
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 23
COMMUNICATION FROM EMMA still have something to live on.
PERKINS, RAVENWOOD, MO. Last spring we plowed up one of
(Written for Poultry Investigator.) our chicken yards and sowed it in
$22. SO I think you have chosRU a wise title oats, and now the chicks have a va-
of for the new poultry journal, as poul- riety of corn and oats and rabbits
try or anything else cannot be suc- and grasshoppers for their meat, and
cessfully carried on without investi- I really believe they have a greater

cents per dozen 28.64 gation. So we hope the investor will variety than we have.
Total 357 dozen eggs; total investigate through the columns of And now, while the sensible old
amount received $51,44 The Investigator for the best plans hen is taking her rest, is the time we
It will seen that I h^ve sold and results of poultry raising,
be and should be laying our plans and doing
J11.40 worth of eggs for each of the
make the coming years even more suc- our head work for the coming year.
two winter months, and $28.64 worth cessful than those of the past. We should not enter into any busi-
of eggs for March. In no week do I I will say as to this year's work in ness without first doing a lot of think-
except to soil less than five dollars the poultry line, the business has not ing and head work beforehand.
worth of eggs until fall, when my been a failure at the Morning View The persistent old hen will perform
hens hegin to moult. Poultry Yards by any means. As a her part if we will do the thinking for
I feed oats in the morning, scat- consequence of our untiring efforts we her.
tered on straw, where biddy will have a nice lot of young, healthy Begin right and you will end right.
scratch and sing all day if the sun stock outgrowing their feathers. \Yhen she lays her laying out and each
shines, even on the coldest days. I We began last spring (or in Febru- day as she leaves her precious nest,
feed corn at night, not shelled, but on ary, rather) with two incubators. Our follow her and take the eggs, so that
the cob, cutting the ear into five or first hatches were not good on ac- you can give them the proper care
six pieces. By feeding on the cob count of unfertile eggs. I know this until you have enough
to start your
they necessarily eat slower, and by was the cause, as I have run an in- machine. Replace the deficiency by
cutting it into small pieces all the cubator long enough to know it was placing china eggs in the nest, and
hens can eat at one time, which would not the machine's fault, but our last she will never know the difference.
not be the case if the ear was only hatches were fine, and I have already It is her business to lay the eggs,
broken into two pieces. stated the results, and regardless of though some still claim it Is her
I give them milk to drink when I the dry, parched earth and small po- business to hatch them, too. But we
have it to spare, and believe it is a tatoes, if the water and grasshoppers think it is needless to try to develop
profitable way to dispose of the milk. will hold out a while longer we will an old hen's brain so that she may
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- Cure Guaranteed
ing out of the stagnant pools. You
might as well starve a hen for food
Donkey's
only remedy posiiively
as for water. TllK
On our black prairie soil in central
Illinois there is a scarcity of grit for
Roup Cure Ifnowntocure roup
forms as long as the fowl can
see to drink. For Canker, es-
in all its

poultry, which should be supplied ar- pecially in pigeons, this cure e.xcels
ill! Dtliers. Une r>0 cent package Tiuikes3.') frallori.i of medicine. Dir^ci Ions with
tificially,and if only one kind is sup- every package, cure money refund. Postpaid, sruall size 50c, large $1.
if it faiis to
plied it should be ground oyster shells, Conkey's Lovjse Killer never faiis tu ill. Try it. 5 cents per package
I nd
as it answers very well for grit and \d Poultry Tonic fill keep your fowls in perfect
e eggb LLian any .sitiiii:if prepaiMlion. 25 cents per package
furnishes material for the egg shells. siaue C. E. CONKEY * CO.. Clevela^rvd, O .
!' ihirna Incubator
Any one feeding oyster shells to their PaClH ^ coast aut-nl-.: Co . rnialuma. Oal. Eastern wholesale
office; No. ^ I'liik I'l; f New York City and S.H. I. Co.. Cl^iy Center,Nebr. For
hens cannot but observe a much sale Ijy all imulii y s ipply houses. {S^Agents vanted.
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- Miller's Perfection
prove our hens in the production of
eggs. The Maine experiment station
has been experimenting along this
Folding Exhibition
line, on the possibility of securing
breeds of hens that would excel in eggs
production of a flock of 236 employed,
Folds like a book. All in one piece.
39 laid 160 eggs or more, 35 laid less Nothing to o astray. The neatest
>

than 10 Oeggs in a year. Breeds that and strongest coop on the market.
are good foragers are the best lay-
ers, and when we take into consider-
Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb
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
m Mammoth Pekin Ducks 100 White Wyandotte Cockerels
months in the year, then is not the
hen a money maker?
MRS. W. H. PARKINSON. ^ Lincoln, Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH. ^
Wenona, III.
24 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
learn. It is too slow a process to
wait on her for her little clutches of
fives or tens, so we just put her in a
comfortable place till she forgets her
trouble, For the convenience of those breed- Burgott, secretary,
and set the incubators and Lawton Station,
start the business on the fifties and ers who would
like to become mem- N. Y.
hundreds scale. But treat the old bers of the specialty club devoted to American Single Comb Brown Leg-
hens kindly. Put them in a nice their favorites, we publish the fol- horn Club C. M. Davison, secretary,
clean coop, feed and water them reg- lowing list of specialty clubs and the Chicago Lawn, 111.
ularly and they will be ready to fi.I names and postoffice addresses of the American Buff Leghorn ClubGeo.
the machines by the time the hatches secretaries. We believe the list is S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer. Battle
come off. Some people
will imprison correct and complete, but if any of our Mich. Creek,
their setting hens and try to starve readers know of any omissions or cor- American Rose Comb Brown Leg-
their desire to set out, and I have rections we would be under horn Club C. R. Milhous, secretary-
obliga-
heard of others who will tie a red treasurer, Spencer, Ind.
tions to them if they will inform us
string fast to their tails and start them of the fact. American Houdan Club Thomas F.
into perpetual motion, but in either American Plymouth Rock Club H. Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls,
case they will give up in despair, en- P. Schwab, secretary-treasurer, Roch- Iowa.
tirely unfit for their duty which lies ester, N. Y. Blue Andalusian Club of America-
out before them. American White Plymouth Rock Robert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marl-
When your incubator is ready to ClubFrank Heck, secretary-treas- borough street, Boston, Mass.
hatch, be the owner of a good brooder urer, 325 Dearborn street, American Black Minorca Club-
Chicago, 111.
if you can, but if you cannot afford New England Barred and White Charles L. Blanton, secretary, Falls
one, select the most motherly old hens Plymouth Rock ClubW. B. Church, Va.
Atherton,
you have to mother the chicks. secretary-treasurer, 30 Broad
American White Minorca Club Wil-
street,
The first few days should be spent Boston, Mass. liam Sapper, secretary, Erie, Pa.
in solitude by the little chicks and American Buff Plymouth Rock Club American Indian Game ClubC. S.
old hen as well, as the little chicks
W. C. Denny, secretary-treasurer, Whiting, secretary-treasurer, Darien,
N. Y.
need sleep as much as a tiny baby, Rochester, N. Y.
and the old hen is liable to get her National White Wyandotte Club- American Polish Club M. V. Cald-
clumsy feet on some and kill them. George C. Rose, secretary-treasurer, well, secretary-treasurer, Leetonia,
So the more quiet she is kept the Shawneetown, 111. Ohio.
better. New England White Wyandotte National Exhibition Game and
The best food I Club G. A. Newhall, acting secretary, Game Bantam Club W. W. Withee,
find for little chicks
for the first week
hard boiled eggs. Perryville, Mass.
is secretary-treasurer. La Crosse, Wis.
Brown the shells in the oven, crumble Eastern White Wyandotte Club C. American Dorking Club Frank H.
up fine, and feed this as their first A. Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Prentice, secretary. North Grafton,
Mass.
grit. Western Mass.
Wyandotte Club J. D. W.
After the first few days give them Hall, secretary-treasurer, eDs Moines, American White Wonder Club A.
their liberty, as their strength will al- L. Merrill, secretary. Auburn, Me.
Iowa.
low. Not the old hen's strength, but National Wyandotte Club C. American Rhode Island Red Club-
S.
the chicks, they be so unlucky as Mattison, secretary-treasurer. South
if John Crowther, secretary-treasurer.
to have a hen mammy, and more often Shaftsbury, Vt. Fall River, Mass.
she is a step mammy than their own. Silver Wyandotte Club of America National Bantam Association E.
Only give her limited territory by E. S.
Tarbox, secretary-treasurer,
Latham, secretary. Flat Bush, L. I.,

fastening a stout string to her leg Yorkville, 111. N. Y.

and tie her fast, for if you give her American Golden Wyandotte Club . National Bronze Turkey Club Mrs.
an inch she will take a mile if she A. L. Ringo, secretary-treasurer, 333 B. F. Hislop, secretary, Milford, 111.

can. Rookery building, Chicago, 111. Western Turkey Club Mrs. F. A.

But if the little chicks are reared in The Partridge Wyandotte Club of Hargrave, secretary-treasurer, Rich-
the brooder they will never leave America Theo. mond, Kan.
Haight, secretary-
their parental roof very far, L. I., New York.
until treasurer, Astoria, Water Fowl Club of AmericaTheo.
they are large enough to look out for American tsuff Wyandotte Club W. F. Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa.
themselves. R. Wooden, secretary-treasurer. Battle
We have nineteen youngsters from CreeK, Mich. The Cottle Bros, visited the editor
two settings of W. S. Russell of Ot- New England Light Brahma Club recently. They tell us they will be in
tumwa, la., from his two first pens, George W. Cromack, secretary, it this winter when the Cornish In-
one mated for fine pullets and the Stoneham, Mass. dian class is judged. The boys know
other for fine cockerels. They are all Western Light Brahma Club W. S. good birds, raise good birds and ex-
doing fine and I am expecting as a Gregory, secretary-treasurer,
Keota, hibit good birds, and take a good lot
natural consequence to have better Iowa. of ribbons home, and are good people
stock next year than ever before. American Dark Brahma Club Clark to deal with.
Wishing the new poultry journal E. Adams, secretary, Hacine, Wis.

success and prosperity in its efforts American Langshan Club A. H. We cal Ithe attention of our readers
of trying to raise poultry onto a Asche, secretary-treasurer, Princeton, to the advertisement of W. H. Smith
higher standard, I will close and leave 111.
& Co. They manufacture a supeil'.r
space for the more efficient writer.

American Cochin Club Arthur R. leg band. When once sealed on will
EMMA
PERKINS. Sharp, secretary, Taunton, Mass. never come off unless cut off. it is a
Ravenwood, Mo. American Leghorn Club George H. sure thing.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25
WHAT BREED TO CHOOSE. Now about the healthfulness and
Editor Poultry Investigator: strength of the young of each kind.
Mucli has and is being written in The young of the heavy weights are BUFE COCHINS
favor of this and that breed or fam- large, strong and robust to start with Exclusively.
ily of poultrydom, and each individual and if the two are penned or cooped
writer has his or her special favorite, together they will trample the small-
Just What You Are
and in their love and enthusiasm for er ones to death. They will eat and Looking For ....
their pets leave the impression that gorge themselves and presently they
that particular breed is the only one have indigestion or apoplexy or break The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
ners in any company. Eleg^ant
that isworth bothering with, when down in the legs and are douf for. in shape, profusely feathered,
in fact any of the standard breeds They will chill and die, or certain oth- as good as the best. Prices
will do well if properly and in'telli- er kinds will take dropsy of the heart low, write me.
gently handled. and thrt ends the chapter. The small-
And right here we want to say that er ones are not so strong and robust B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
there is no best breeds, but there are and are not in as much danger of
certain purposes for which certain over eating, and in fact rarely ever
breeds are best adapted. If one wants do, and when allowed to roost by
to breed for meat, then some of the themselves prove to be spry and active
medium weight birds are best; if for and are always moving around, thus
eggs the smaller ones are the ones to keeping up a good healthy circulation, Poultry Investigator
cling to. and rarely if ever suffer from the I J |
An over sized chicken will event- naladies subject to the others. Taken
ually get there in weight, but it takes all in all we are in favor of the medi- ^3^4 Is edited by a practical poul-
yvV{ tryman of 30 years experi-
him several months to grow the um to small varieties, but must in- r^leuce and is full of plain, (

frame work on which to hang the sist that if the reader has a "hanker- i^y^k common sense articles by ;

flesh and muscle to create the strength ing" after the big breeds that he will yf'l those that breed poultry and ;
to carry his superior weight. While do better with them than any other ^*) work instead of theorizing. I

)itAu jit is just what you want.?

the larger breeds are laying the kind. Send us the names and ad-J;
foundation for large bodies, the Select your breed, stick to it, adver-
smaller and middle weight birds will tise it and it will pay every time. m ) dresses of IS persons inter-
(js'jested in breeding good poul-p
develop into compact and plump bod- REV. G. A. CHAMBLIN. Vv\/ try and we will send you the _

(W) Poultry Investig.4.tor one(

ies and in ten to twelve weeks are Uniontown, Kan. j*3^'; year for your trouble. Sub
ready for market, weighing one and a yA{ scription price 25c. Address
half to two and a quarter pounds Mrs. Ella Patrick of Clay Center,
'^^ Poultry Investigator Co., .^,
each, while females of the mediter- Neb., has long been a breeier of the
anian class are rapidly developing into Nugget strain of Buff Rocks and ^^( Clay Center, : : Mraska. )^'
profitable layers. Another point in treats her patrons right. Her birds
favor of the small birds is the amount are prize winners.
of feed consumed. A Hamburg, for at CUT PRICES.
instance, will live and do well on four Flies are a pest these days, but if
ounces of food per day, while the you will look up the advertisement POULTRY HI?. CATALOGUE FREE.
Ene. Co., Columbus, 0.

Asiatics and kindred breeds will con- of the Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis,
sume eight to ten ounces per day per Ind., they have a liquid chaser that Flexnish Griants
We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed
bird. This does not seem to be a puts them out of the way. by WIiNHSOR, imported Sept. 1*00. One of
great amount of difference, it is so the largest and best Giant bucks of his age
in America, hlis ancestors present an un-
small, but when one has a flock of a broken line of England's best champions.
Judge Thomas H. Mills, Port Huron, 8 weeks old Giants S5 to Jlo per head. You
hundred or perhaps 50 birds it cuts Mich., has something good in his line, cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. I
C. Stephens & Co.. Carleton, Neb.
something of a figure in the expense and sells right birds that are right.
account; in other words, twice as His decisions are good in the show
many Hamburgs or Leghorns can be room. 300 Buff and Black
kept on a given amount of feed as Wyandotte Chicks.
can those of the larger kinds. And L. D. Green of Red Oak, Iowa, For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi-
when it comes to eggs, take them head breeds a superior strain of B. P Rocks bition stock. Give me a chance to
for head and the small ones will pro- and has to sell them on account of
please you.
duce three times as many eggs for the moving at "let live" prices. His stock HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn.
same amount of feed used; besides was in the Red Oak show Hst winter
you will have, as a rule, as much meat and I found them first class. If you
Wtiite P. Rocks Exclusively....
as the large ones would produce. Then want good birds write him scon.
to sum up for a given amount of
My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot of
feed used in producing a flock of We welcome to our columns this
chicks to sell reasonable. Write,
small birds, you have three times as month Mrs. Cora Rickards of Ogden,
many eggs and an equal amount of Utah. She has been special corre- MRS. ISANCY WATSON,
meat to send to market. Littcolu, Nebr.
spondent for some of our best poultry
We are asked where is the wonder- journals tor several years and we are
ful profits in the laying kinds as com- pleased to be able to secure her serv-
ORPINGTONS
pared with the others. Well, we have ices for a year, and we know her Bviff LEGHORNS
figured a great deal on the subject writings will be appreciated greatly aLfid Bro^vnl Leghorrvs
and must confess that we have failed by our readers. Mrs. Rickards breeds Y. iHiROroId stock, first class birds cheap.
to find the much talked of big chick- Barred P. Rocks and Leghorns and her Hundreds to select from. Egfrsall the time.
M. & F. HERMAN.
ens in it. stock is first class. Bx 178, Hinsdale, 111
26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Moulting. recuperate, and in that case you will any Poultry Herald assistance. I

get no eggs until the next spring. As think that dollar is just thrown away.
Moulting is a very trying experience the legs are a part of the moult, if you All poultry papers amount to anyway
through which fowls have to go an- want pretty yellow, white or black is just to puff and blow the incubators
come legs, as th.' case may be, have a shed and brooders. They are no earthly
nually, and to have them
through with a good suit of feathers large enough so fowls ran be fed in good. I just hate them, for there is

and in good laying condition is the it. Here have about six inches of not one I know of here that makes a
problem with which evey poultry sand on the floor and into this scatter success. If they hatch any chickens
raiser has to deal, writes Geneva the grain and rake it well under, they don't many of them live, and
March in the "Epitomist." The easi- leaving just enough on top to encour- what do, don't look like my chickens.
est and most profitable way of caring age the fowls to scratch for more. I have always wanted glasses I

to This sand should be perfectly clean

could keep in place. He gave me these
for fowls during this period is

make them moult as easily as possible. and free from lime or any foreign glasses and this poultry manual for
I say easiest because the fowl that is substance that is apt to discolor the $1.00.

slow in moulting is in bad health; legs. If the sand is nice and white I hope, father, you will get a dol-
then the period should be shortened as as well as clean, it will get all the lar out of the glasses.
much as possible. One of the easiest dirt out from under the scales that The next week a friend called who
and best methods I ever used for has- one has so much trouble with at show is raising Belgian hares. I gave him
tening the moulting season is to feed time. If the fowls have a few scabs the Herald. The September and
the fowls with all the sunflower seed or scaly legs and the legs are yellow, October came. I looked them over and
they will eat, or feed with corn and treat them with sulphur and lard, laid them aside. November came and
wheat and give a little sulphur in adding a few drops of carbolic acid; as looked it over my eyes
I caught
their soft feed. In this way I can this applied to the legs about four this heading, "Chats With Feminine
bring the fowls to moult whenever I times, two days apart, will generally Friends," by Nellie Hawks. As I had
wish and keep them in good health, clean the leg it it is not too scaly. lost lots of chicks by hawks, I read
too. The cocks should be separated When you find one that is very* bad the article hoping to find some way
during moulting season and each one first apply coal oil the same number to prevent hawks from carrying away
kept by himself, and if a hen persists of times and then follow with the lard my dear little chickens. Then I read
in laying change her from one place and sulphur. With constant scratch- itover and later read it to my father.
to another; if running at liberty, coop ing in the sand and the grease on In less than a week five postals were
her up. My plan is to bring on the their legs it will not take long to sent for incubator catalogues. In
moulting season by feeding as describ- have them polished up like young legs, March we were taking the crate off
ed and make the period one of rest and they should, if the right color a 200-egg incubator and a 200-chick
as much as possible. Give shade, were there to begin with, be as brooder. April 29 my first hatch came
plenty of cool water not exposed to bright as those of the youngest fowl. out ninety-nine chicks big balls of
the heat of the sun, keep the coop For white legs use oxide of zinc in- down; just two eggs left. July 29, I
clean, and if fowls droop give stead of sulphur. have hatched out 570 chickens. I

them a tonic of muriated tincture of never had as lively or as strong chicks

iron, one teaspoonful to a gallon of "DOES A POTTLTRY PAPER PAY?" or any as large and all are beauties.
water. Give plenty of sharp grit Editor Poultry Investigator: read everything I see about chick-
I

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 All
must be kept free from lice during
Belle I subscribed for these two ens. Father got me two more poul-
papers at the fair today. try papers, brother lends me one, and
Another farm paper with a poultry now Mr. Johnson comes to the front
department. Father, don't you think with one more poultrj- paper for me.
fowls you are taking farm papers enough? I will tell you later what the in-
A poultry paper is something that we terest on $1 for a year has been. I

the moult or they will become so de- never have taken. As for poultry I wish I could know every farmer's
bilitated that it will take all fall to know how to raise poultry without wife or children had an incubator,

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/v There were but tew chicks raised this
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27
two brooders, three buildings little
for chicks of different ages, one inch
mesh poultry netting, enough for two
good big yards.
much netting as
I could not get as
wanted and shall
I
Were Yo\ir Crops Injured
l)y the drouglitV Well, even .so, you needn't starve to death.
order a roll next year myself and not A good flock of chickens will pay your taxes, buy your
depend on our dealers here. groceries, and leave a surplus besides. The
I have raised 15S chicks in one
flock,
faster
but I think fifty would grow
while in the enclosed netting
two more
Ha^wkeye Ii\c\ib8Ltors
will hatcli them for yo\i, with less bother and greater certainty than any
yard. I shall run out
other incubator sold today. Peifect regulation of temperature, ventilation
hatches, then rest awhile and try and
and moisture. In actual results the Hawkey e takes a back seat for nobody.
do better next year. Tliree sizes 60, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices tliat are right. We
make
I shall get a Humphrey bone cutter brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are hatched. Our
this fall, and hope then to have more motto is '"The Hawkeyellncubators are Good Incubators,"aini ^^^^^^^^
fertile eggs for hatching.
it means exactly what it s.iys. B.-ttei- send for our cataloKue.
See our special offers ami guarantee. Bocik free, or send 10c
^^^&t lHQ/t,

MRS. BELLE UTLEY. and getalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry paper.
New Hampton, Iowa.
Hawkeye Incvibator Co.,
AMERICAN WHITE WONDER CLUB
President Dr. I. C. Stephens, Car-
leton. Neb.
Vice President H. F. Corning,
Hartford, Conn.; A. H. Heath, Pier- Sure Hatch Poultry
mont, N. H.;- Albert Young, Aber-
deen, Neb.
Secretary and Treasurer A. L. Mer- Has the largest aggregation of
rill, Auburn, Me.
thoroughbred poultry in the west.
Directors Henry E. Ham-
Voigt,
burg, Wis.; Mrs. May French, New
Haven, Vt.; T. Stockwell, Dodge
E. We import, breed, buy and sell
City, Kan.; Ramsey, London, Ont.,
E. All Varieties.
Canada; Dr. A. W. Possum, Aber-
Each variety is bred separately on
deen, S. D.; Dr. L. F. Diffendorf, Ab-
a farm. No chance for mixing up.
erdeen, S. D.; E. V. Guthrie, Bruning,
Prices reasonable. Stock the best.
Neb.
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o
Mo. She has a lot of good things to ^p For rates and information call on or address, S. M. AdSiT, G. P.
say. She is an old breeder of B. P. jTV St. Joe, Mo. S. M. Wallace, Agent, Clay Center, Nebraska.
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28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
the center of alternate 12-foot
each Kansas State Poultry Show.
POULTRY. BEE and row of plum a row of grapes
trees Breeders, the show season will soon
FRUIT INDUSTRY planted 16 feet apart. The vines are be upon us. You will soon be deciding
grown on trellises. Under the dense where you will exhibit your choice
By A. B. R.INGO.
shade of these grape vines the chicks urge you to not miss
birds. I want to
A. L. Ringo in Bee and may be found during the day enjoying
Poultry, the Kansas State Poultry Show this
JYuit Journal: Always on the alert the comfort of the cool shade or year. You well know that for the past
for anything which tends to show scratching in the earth for the insects, four or five years it has been one of
that poultry, bees and fruit are a which in the summer months infest
it
the larg'est, cleanest and best shows in
successful combination and should be and when developed creep into the the west. All premiums have been
trees, there to lay
cultivated as such, we glean the fol- vines and fruit paid in full at close of show. The
lowing from our esteemed contempo- their eggs and thus damage the trees. Association now has enough money in
rary, Commercial Poultry, which The chickens prevent this. the treasury to guarantee all premiums
throws additional light on our hobby After a careful observation run- and I will get our banker to so certify.
the combination of the poultry, bee ning over some five years, by actual
Suoh a guarantee as this is worth con-

and fruit industries for profitable re- tests I have satisfied myself that plum sidering. We will this year put up
sults: trees and Concord grape vines in the nearly a thousand dollars' worth of
After ten years' experience as the poultry runs will outyield trees in the premiums, competition will be open to
owner of the Burr Oaks Fruit Farms orchard and vines in the vineyard, the world, no favors will be shown to
in the St. Joe fruit belt. Berrien pound for pound, two to one, each any one, every bird will receive the
county, near St. Joseph, Michigan, I season, and bear every season. I
best of care in our hands, and I can
feel can safely say to any and all
I have so arranged my runs that for promise you that you will be pleased
who are interested in either poultry four feet each side of the wire fences
with treatment you will receive. The
or fruit raising that both go hand
in no tree or vine appears. This pre- oflficers have all had experience and
over the
hand and that each is an advantage vents the chicks getting know just what they are doing, and
rnd benefit to the other. fence by means of the trees; and then they mean business. Our entry fees
This is the fruit growing time and comes a row of plum trees. Midway will be the same popular ones hereto-
all nature is glad. There Is inspira- between this and the next row of fore maintained, and premiums vrill
tion, hope and promise in the plan. plum trees, a row of Concord grapes be better than ever. We have every
produces possible shipping facility, and with a
The poet has sung, "The groves were set 16 feet apart. This
God's first temples." Every orchard shade, and In three years fruit. This good hall, good light, good heating
will furnish a place "not made
with plan any one can follow, whether in facilities, good ventilation, and the
hands," but nature's handiwork, which country or city, no matter whether best of care, we know you will be
to complete needs the fowls of
the on a farm or city lot. pleased. What more could you ask?
air and the homely chickens.
Shade A man who loves nature will make I confidently expect 1,500 birds this
year; we had over a thousand last
is absolutely essential to
the welfare his home surroundings as pleasing
year. Judges Rhodes and Harris will
of fowls. To breed fowls
successfully and attractive as possible. "To suc- place the awards. We want birds
It is necessary to have
runs in which ceed in the love of nature is some- from surrounding stales, and I would
thing that may develop in every hu- like to corre^pond with breeders de.
to confine them.
sirous of exhibiting. Let me hear
After an experience of some eight man heart." "To embark in the rais- from you. Our dates are January
years I have successfully adopted the ing of fancy poultry is to enjoy a rag- 6-11, 1902. Geo. H. Gilliks, Sec,
help Topeka, Kansas
following plan: My runs are 32 feet ing fever." "To utilize one to
wide by 150 feet long. In these runs the other is to practice horse sense."
have planted Japanese plum trees, E. W. Matheny, the Light Brahma
I
writes man ha.s some very fine specimens to
12 feet apart each way. These trees G. B. Clary, Fairbury, Neb.,
offer this fall at" reasonable prices.
never
have made rapid growth and have an- his stock of White Wyandottes You will note his ad in this issue.
wil Ihave
nually yielded me for the past five looked better and that they
of season they ever
years an unusiially heavy crop ful- the best lot this
ly developed plums; more
than twice raised. They are offering extra fine
that of those planted at the same
outside the runs. The reason for
time specimens low for Quality of stock.
this They also have a fine flock of Buf.
JNCOBATOR
is conceded be the fact that the Orpingtons.
to
ben manure falls on the trees. Then,
again, a number of times each
the soil is turned over in the
P. A. Crowell of Granger, Minn., is
seasot a reliable and honest breeder c? Or-
runs. pingtons, Leghorns, Cochins and
ON TRIAL
this other varieties of thoroughbred fowls.
Each tree is thus cultivated. In The Perfected Von Culin.
dust He tries at all times to satisfy his
fresh soil the hens scratch and
Successful resuU of 25 years' experience.
in- customers, and it is an easy matter
and by this means keep away the ScicntiflcaUy correct, practicaUy perfect.
again, each morning my to do so when one breeds nothing
but
sects. Then, Non-eiploaive metal lamps.
with
farmer goes into the yards and first class birds. Double and packed walls.
Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation.
a small mallet jars each plum tree,
Neb., Made of best materials, and highest quaUty
the curcuUo falls to th-J
ground, and The Tiffany Co. of Lincoln,
of workmanship and finish.
put up a superior article in the way of
woe to his poor life"Mr?. Hen" is PRICES $7.00 AND UP.
evci- gets to a liquid lice and their sprays
killer,
sure to get him before he SATISFACTION OUABAXTEED OR NO PAT.
the tree again. Thereto-,
we grow are among the best and just the thing Wo make Brooders, Bee Hives .. SuppUes.
trees to whitewash your houses with or to tir Catalog and Price List sent Free.
a good crop of plums on
the

and a good crop of chickens

on the use the lice-killer with. Their goods The W.T. FALCONER MFG. 00.,
ground. are first class in every respect and as Dept. 213' Jamestown, N.Y.
to run in cheap as any. Look them up.
We also make it a rule
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 29
We wish to our
call the attention of
readers to the valuable article written ]Sd:Y Pride of the West....
by Mrs. B. G. Mackey of Clarksville, Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze
Mo. She has had long experience in Buff Orpingtons Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
breeding poultry and turkeys, and .Have no equal
. . .
Show record on open book. They
birds from her yards have won large-
are in the yards of many of the
ly in the best shows east and west. B. Plymouth Rocks
.Tli.Hnii-<..Ti Kiiit;lfts.
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
Mrs. Mackey will be one of our regular Conger &
.\^M) ada. B. P. Rocks.
contributors for the next year and we
White Wyandottes Felch; 'Black Langshans, Emry
welcome her to our columns, as she
Felch &
Robinson. Felch Lt.
has had wide experience and she is
If you want good stock I have it Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
able to tell us many things that will
from hens. Young stock now
be of benefit to us all. Watch for her
articles.
John A. Liing^ ready to ship.Write for prices.
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a
HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. sure cure.
You will find in this issue the ad-
vertisement of J. A. Ling of Harvard, . HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,
Neb., an old and reliable breeder of GfOW
ri'Ult
Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps

jyjrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
Barred P. Rocks and that new breed,
Poultry; great combination. If you CLARKSVillH, Missouri. : : ; :
Buff Orpingtons. Ling's Orps never
want the best fruit paper, at 50c per
have been beaten. They are as good year, send for
as can be raised. He is an honorable
"Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo. Single Comb Brown Le ghorns.
dealer.

A. Upton of Fairbury is one of the

Capital City Poultry Ranch Barred Plymouth. Rocks.
E. E. Smith, Prop.
pioneer breeders of the state, a lover
of the true blue Barred Rocks, and
Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every First prize at Salt Lake City. My
1st at State Fair and State Show. I
birds have taken premiums for
the best he can get are none too good, have the best in the west. years in the hands of customers as
and by judicious line breeding he has E. E. Smith, Lincoln, Neb. well as in Utah. They are bred
at last produced birds of superior for money makers. Greatest egg
merit and up to date. Write him. producers as well as premium
POILTRYMEN IZ, ^"ZZ
September. Address,
birds. New circular free after

J. C.Kapser of Clay Center, Neb., unless PPIIWTPR neatly. I do it

is an expert breeder of Golden Wy- it is r Hin 1 LiV well and use good Cora A. Rickards,
andottes. He has by his system of cuts. Send for samples and prices. YARDS,
SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY =

mating produced birds that have N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. OgdeM, Utah.
scored in competition as high as the
best, and seen in the best shows. If

you want something fine look him up.

WargaIJis Ducks from Door-knobs.

miso everything' in sitrht; either diioka from doo

IN BREEDING STOCK fromchi

IICKS iroui
chicks cuiuu Jie^i- ^ebo, and a
'gg3, "- full gruwu
" "* t bir d
___ I

At Golden Rule Poultry Yards.

have a few birds that I used in rny
I
DCTAI Ulik INCUBATOR
breeding pens this season that I will I yik^vlwl^l
|_ I incubatnr-madeforhatchint;
L ei-M In the best possible way. It 1 made on ciitlBc
prlnclpl'". of
sell at a bargain. They are hens and ^ eood honest material, by hone.t workmi think
bught do. We
n. Consequently .t
our constructs
'all that a Rood incubator to
two cocks. White Plymouth Rocks, kuttle better Iban any other-; we are sure we take pains; we ku
Empire strain. Write for prices. nicn-o the people. If you are lookinn for amachine that will hatch
PETALUMA.
,

tall the fertile e^-cs, vouMl be interested in THE

Young stock. White Plymouth Rock OurhuKeilUistrated catalogue is sent free upon request.
and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes .We pay freight anywhere in the United States
^ We make a good brooder too. i
for sale this fall.
Petaluma Incubator Ca., Box 510, Petalutna, Cat.
MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMOMT, WIS.

Poultry Supplies.
We keep a full line of all standard goods, as follows:
Humphrey Bone Mills, Granulated Bone,
Ideal Leg Bauds,
Spray Pumps. Broiler's Teeth,
Smith Seal Bauds, 20 Century Poultry Foo
Score Cards, Liquiid Lice Killers,
Standards, Bone Meal, Midland Poultry Food
Raw Bone, Conkey's Roup Cure.
Oyster Shells, Chamberlin Chick Feed
Lime Stone Grit, Beef Scraps,
Blood Meal, Reliable Spring Punch.
Mica Grit,
Write us; if we do not have it will get it for you.
Anything you want.
SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebraska.
30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

>^ Brief Busir\.ess C^ctchers. ^

Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or
30 WORDS less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in- 30 WORDS
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS WITH INVESTIGATOR
SINGLE INSERTION No display can be allowed and all cards must be
50 CENTS uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 1 YEAR $3.00
allowed each quarter.

imi'F PLYMOnTrTROCK Cockerels from IOCS. S. IlA.MBl'RGS!. Stock for sale. Eggs SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes.
lirst prize cock; very promising. Write for .It prices to sui^ the season. Stock In good pure Buffs Winn rs at Chicago and Cedar
prlres. Albert K. Swctt, 384 Mosley St., condition fashionaljly bred and artistically Rapids, I"wa. Also a dne line of Bantams
ElRln. 111. m'lrked. Rey. G. A. Chambliu, Moran, such as Game COL'hlns. Sebrights and ,Iap-
Kansas. anese. Write for prices. M. V. Yegge, De
BLACK LANGSHAN. W. P. RockiiU old Witt, Iowa. Box 26.
stock for at *1.00 each, young wliite
K;ile IF YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New BLUE BARRED ROOKS. Choice breed-
Pckins ducks (i for MOO ill! froui high scor- York winners In Barred Rocks, S. C. Brown P.
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin. and White Leghorns, 1 have It and can ing and fine exhibition birds for sale. Win-
Nebraska. please you in st.oci' at low prices. Kggs In ners wherever and whenever shown. Pric-
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- es low. Must sell. Write for printed fold-
BUFF COCHINS and Rose Comb White Leg- trevillo, Md. er. J. M. Holt. Marshalltown, Iowa.
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize
winners. For sale. -Tohn A Johnson, Pilot PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
Mound, Iowa. SEE HERE. Fine Light Brahma Cockerels cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901.
Jl. 25each Pullets tl.OO. Pairs$2 00. Trios 150 youngsters for sale after October 1. fin-
J. W. WIIITNEV. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry $3.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Kock er than ever, superior feathering, shape
Judsie. All Varieties Private scoring Cockerels $1 each. Order now. Richard J. and color. Always satisfiiction guaran-
and expert mating a specialty. Bolt, Utica, Minn. teert. D. J. Shanklin. Wanbeek, Iowa.

and dosed to keep on -asjj^.y AKirfT^ cT'i^

Fowls for Exhibition it

not in show condition, and its true

its feet is

condition will be revealed when placed

From Poultry, Bee and Fruit Jour-
in the enervating temperature of a f
nal: There is no excuse for taking
heated room, and the chances are that
any birds that happen to be conveni- the bird will be left off of the list of
ent a few days before the show and prize winners. Keep show birds in Don't buy a bone cutter until
sending them there to compete with specially prepared coops as much as you have seen and tried a
the throughout the
best country. possible, and if it can be done show HUMPHREY,
Most birds taken to a poultry show room conditions should be arranged J the simplest in construc-

are selected many months before, 'and for. Each coop will be made roomy, "^
Jtion. the easiest in opera-
-,'^lion. the only open hopper'*
are given special care. The best airy and light, with a blanket over type. Every Humphrey is^
subject to reti;rn if it does not
specimens should be selected and kept the front, to be let down in case of cut
i
more bone, and in less time
'

separate from the rest of the flock. cold weather when in transit. Show and
with less labor, cost less for
rooms are very hard on birds, and produce better food,
repairs and
There a temptation to select
will be
than any other type of bone cutter.
some looking birds that are
better they will have to be inured- to this Send for free catalogue anci egg-record book.
running with the flock after the se- sort of trial if they are to stand the Humphrey & Sons, Boi70 Jo liet, I
lection has been made, but any at- ordeal. Stamina is worth a great
SALES AGENTS.
tempt to get them in show condition deal, and if the fowls do not come )o>cpk Brcck <& Sons. Boston. Nasi.
Jokiison <2> Slokes. PkiladclpKiiL.
will not meet with the best results. home with the roup, or otherwise the GriffKh <& Turner Co. Biltlmore.

It the birds are some of the white

^Surt Hatch Incb.Co.Clay C\ltr.Neb.
worse for the wear, they can be
E. J. Bowen. Portl&nd, Oregon:
varieties they should be kept where counted on as being very hardy and
there is plenty of cut straw. Not two full of vitality.
or three inches of it, but several
inches, or even a foot. It is a good The breeders of Kansas City, Mo.,
plan to scatter millet seed where they composing the Kansas City Fancy Perfect Chick Feed.
can scratch the straw up and let It Poultrj- Club, have taken in hand the HEMATITE, Mo., June 17, 1901.
fall down on their plumage, which show matter for the coming winter, Mr. W. F. Chamberlain,
will both polish and clean the feath- and propose to give a show Dec. 6-7-8,
Kirkvvood, Mo.
as white as it is possible to have 19(11. The judges will be W. S. Rus- Dear Sir:

them that had been kept so by this sell, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Thos. W- You find enclosed a
will please
treatment. Southard, of Kansas Citj'. It is pro. Pacific Express money order for
We do not favor much pampering posed to redeem the fair name of Kan- $2.50, for which I will thank you
One of the main things sas City as a show town. They offer to send me another 100 pound
or doctoring.
to do is to keep the birds active and a reduced entry fee, a reduced price
sack of chick feed as soon as
possible, as I am nearly out of
in good health, which can be done of admission, and a square deal. Par-
same and find your feed worthy of
by feeding wholesome rations, with a ticulars can be had bv addressing the
secretary, C. S. Hunting, 3817 E. 13th the highest praise. Yours,
little animal food. Continually cram-
St., Kansas City, Mo.
mashes D. W. Carroll.
ming them with all sorts of
mixed with stimulants should be
avoided. Some fattening food will be David Larson,
It Brings More" Eggs
required to bring them up to the Koniij Grec ~ eCutt'

standard weight, but beyond this there

Expert Poultry Judge 11

Me yiur
le tells all
ek-g yi Id.
a>).
Ourne%
feeding green
Too I have had years
of experience in
will be but little demand for it.
breeding, mating and juciging. For
much of this kind of feed is liable reference 'o qualification, write Poi'L-
to ruin a fowl for breeding purposes. TKv Investigator, Clay Center, Neb.
A bird that has to be pampered I am open for engagements. Strait'on Mfg. Co., Boi 48, Erie, Pa.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31

Barred Plymouth Rocks

EXCLUSIVEI^Y.
you want winners bred from win-
If
MARK YOUR FOWLS --, 111!-, ii^i- i.r.-i-iiir ii

RELIABLE COPPER
II II \

PLATE LEG BANDS.

I'T *Imm\ . jinliriiiir. pdi(rrcc and hri-.-d iii^r peu purposes*

ners that will win for you, write me .\i'.i-.iri-l\ loiitrli una piiiilfU-
thc> ustd Thi-y etay where iiiuy tiu will
iiiduliiiUt.-l> .

ar< I'ui ni'l \\ ill not c'hulc or conker tli'e fowl. Made in sizes fromil.'i to* inches
,
lone,
~( III jv<
, niiiiibei-s on band. Assorted sizes in the same order if requested. OurSOth
FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr. iiry r.Miltry Itook illustrates and describes full line of poultry supplies and tellsall
We mail it for lOe. Write while they last*
IMiir 1.1 .nrUs of thoroughbred poultrv.
1

Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Box A-25, Quincy, Ills.

IMu'truiiany risk. I'l-t a

T) li , Cj 1*- days I will sell Grit and
For the next 60

Hydro-Safety Lamp r OUlirV ijllppilOS.. pounds or over at great-

. Shell in lots of .500

ou youT Inrubator and Brooder and save oil

'^^^^^^-'-^-^---^^'^^-^-^^^-^^-^-^-^-^^ ly reduced figures. It will pay you to lay in
atleolioa aod avoid all daneer. Water jacke'
keeps burner cool. Prlct, 76c. to^2. 70. Cata' your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and
logne of all InniMlor supplies Jf'JrCEIlES.
OAKEM[fMM26MiS^BIooj^^ Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies.
E. R. PEGliEt^, 241 S 11 St., Liineoln, fleb. Box 463.
F. A. CROWELL,
GRAINGER, MINN.
THE IDEAL
Breeder of Strictly High Class Buflf
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins;
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and Aluminum
Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will
please you. Circular free. LEG BAND.

Golden Wyandottes.
ackuowlesecl leader. It loosing off is impossible as it is iiiaUe wiili a double rlinch
Is tlie
Our Wyandottes never have failed and guaranteed to stay on. It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put
i."!

to win in the best company. Young on. absolutely (be beot band on the market today. Bead what others say:
It is
stock for sale. Yerraouth, Me. Mr. Frank Meyers. Dear Sir: I have been thoroughly testing your
leg band also others of the latest make. The Ideal Aluminum Leg B md is certainly the
I

best one that I have ever used and I believe have used about all of them. Please ship
I

J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb me 1000 as follows: 200 No. 8, 50 No. 7,400 No. 8. 100 ^o. 9. 300 No. 10. HO No. 11.
Very Truly Yours. F. O. Welcome.
Prices of bands, po^t paid. 12 for 20c. 2.t for 35c. 50 for 6.ic. 100 for SI. 500 for H, 1000 for $7.
P. H. SHELLA BARGER, west^uberty. Send 4c in postage tor circular of Barred Plymouth Rocks and sample bands.
FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Port, III.

Barred Plymouth Rocks

for 20 years. We have them that are up
to
date
you
in size, shape and color. Write rue if
nef-d any. 20th annual circular which
fully describes our Breeding stock is free.
Mention this Journal and address as above.
Barred Plymouth Rocks
0. MO. HUN. ORG.
and Black Langshans
Breeder of Prize-Winning have some extra bargains in our this years breeders that we would
We
be glad to tell you about and if you will drop us a card we will tell you
IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS.
Stojk for sale at all times. Eggs in season. what we have for sale and probably can do you some good. Rocks scor-
ing to !I4 points and Langshans to 9S;-2 points by Harris. Young stock
E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo.
for sale and at a bargain considering quality.

G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska.

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.
1 Chalk White Wyandottes,
Breeder of -I Mammoth Light Brahmas
( Buff Orpingtons.
Exhibited at four sliows. 1900-1901. Won 39 No Eggs for Sale! A nice lot of
regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea- young chicks for sale in pairs and
son. Satisfaction assured.
Buff Orpingtons imported trios. Bred from the best matings of
stock. I have hundreds of
Still 10 Cents a Year. February and March hatched chicks
Until further notice you can still get
THE COMING BREED
for sale.Mention this Journal.
the Poultry, Bee and Fruit Jour-
nal for 10c per year. Or by getting W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY NEBRASKA.
four of your friends to send with you,
we will either extend your subscrip-
Exclusively. Pure
tion one year or make you a gift of a
good poultry book. Send today now
White Leghorns. RUFF r. RfinK^
Durr P ^uu^;i Burdick gow Nug-
before it is too late, as this offer Layers and winners. An inducement to gets. My
Buff Rocks are as good as
buy at uiH'i' and of us tested breeders, hens can be found, and are up-to-date in
may be withdrawn at any time. Send $S.'*I0 and *12 ptT d(jzen- Cocks il.50 to K..5U
your dime and get the neatest, boiled earh S..-iiiiish Terrier puppies $i. every respect. Some fine specimens
for sale; reasonable prices on applica-
down, right-to-the-point, stop-when- PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, tion. Address
you've-said-it, monthly journal an en- R. R. Fr.nch, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.
tire year. Thirty words in Breeders' MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr.
Column for 2.5c. Display advertising
75c per inch, net. No discounts for Please mention the Investigator
BUFF ORPINGTONS WYANnOTTKS. R.
time or space. A guarantee of satis- when answering advertisements. It 1.Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
faction written in every contract. bred to winners. Good stock, lit to breed
will accomodate both the advertiser and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
POULTRY, BEE & FRUIT CO., Davenport, Iowa. and us. Judge. Port Huron, Michigan.
2>2 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Imported Buff Orpingtons. THE FEED, NOT THE BREED M\M Formulas
Is responsiblr f(ir results. Readv .t.\cd.
Arc wlnmis :it II. I'. K.. iMadisoli .Si|ii:ir( .
I Nui-ury'Clil.k K.iod.
Wiisli.. N .1 . Iveolii lowii lily limii StiMu :;. i^iowin^' < hick hood.
Shows UrplnEton $7 lo $aO per trio Wll hick Koiid.
close out p\\ the Rocks. Krarlley Hus. "ii< THE BALANCED RATION :i.

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Kciilli.T Pro-
L:ith:tns Ptrlns One piilr of vr nlu shov i
For P<.ultry is here at la.st duclnL-I"o..d.
birds for sale chPap.K <o92'2. A fine lot. o !>. Nursi ry lUicklliisFood
yound show blrtlsiii Ixith vmictius. Always li Oiowin^'Uu.-klinKKood
win; sure to plPase. Hettcr jfrt In the push.
Ihe 200 Hen oow a
7 KHiteiiins.' Duck Mug
A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. [gg is
S.
and Goslins
LayiiiK
i'"ood
Duck Food
9 .Stock Ducks' Suninicr
Possib Food.
GiowinsGosllns Food
SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE.
Our cfloMs to furnish the poultry world wiih a complete food
10

H Cirand Breeders fur sale at a bar >r n SiiecKic purpose, and Imlli on a .sclentitic and practical ha.
s by nun of H.xperii-nce and ability, has niet ith unqualified
g^ain. Also 300 selected Laiigfshaii Jewess Uur f< oil is now he ng usi d by the most pr tiresslve
Address, n in very state in the Union, lo pr..ve Its ineilis. ider a
chicks. I . i

B or two of our No. 4. feed your flo^k llirou}:Ii ilie moultiiej

ason iind h' loby shorten ii one-half ai^d they will lie-in hiy-
BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsvtile, Ind iir

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arly and com inue all winter, if fed as olrecied. Don't wait
ntil it is too late to recover the lo t time. TI.eicisn. thinj-'tliat
will pill I), r.i~ 111 ..^ nil a show condition as No. 4. Try it and he convinced. It I- not a
sliinu ant or condiment Our nrice is.$l.JO per two husliel li:ij :ii rartorv. Wrile vour near-
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS est agent for prices and save frelL'hl charfies. Itisiheiiinvi cniji.niH-" uiod youcau use.
It requires no acce.s~orie8. a- sreen bone. etc. and will piinin.e n--ii!is yuu cannot other-
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The kind that win and lav e.!,'S-s. wise attain. Write for our booklet -The .science of Poolirv I'li ihi;.. lo any of the follow,
insratrenis: Bo^^ton. Muss, .los Breck and Sons, .il N Market St. .New Vork City. Excel
Satisfaction tu all. Circular free. siorWire & Pouliry Supply Co.. 28 Vesey Si I'liiladelplii I'a .lotinson &Slokes. 217 Mar-
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ketSt.. or Midland PouM rv F'lodtM.N. E C.ii- :;ii(l iind Main Sts.. Kansas Oity. Mo., the
H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. Harvey Seed Co.. liuflalo N. Y. i.ud A C. Woolley Co Atlanta. Ga. .'v: .

lock box 500.

Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer.

Barred P. Rocks... Kills lice .nd mit. -son poultrv. ho^'sand animals. Is the
Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color slrongest and best lice killer made. Wiih our double
tube sp ayi r you can save one half the liquid and ene-
In the show room they have shown
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Irate all cracks and spray Ihe boi toni of the house where

their excellence, have scored from 90 to you find the miles or spider lice, it gets theie every
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. time Ev'-ry can is L'liaianteed or money refunded
to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE.
C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.
Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.
Buff P, Rocks. Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on dOits. ticks on sheep and lice on cat-
tle and horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps ruotbs from your clothing and carpets.
Motto: "Good stock at moderate A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We
price." Stock for sale after Sept. 15. want one in every town
W. D. SWAIN, Pauora, la. THE TIFFANY COMPANY, - - Lincoln, Nebraska.
 NOVEMBER. 1901. NO. 3.

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Advance to Success

25 <^ ayear
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BufT Wyandoites
ButF Leghorns
p. C.
and
n. I.i't'liorns. S.
GiilnPiis.
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YouiiK stm-U
VV. LcL'lini-ns:
foi- sale
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Let The but Hatch Chickens by Steam
Tlio beat, surest anil most economical method

Nov. 1st. We will now soil 4 .-lioi.-i- ,_ 1

cooUs (BufT) lit n each. Harncs and lions

EXCELSIOR
.strain; all prl/.p
Hawks and Wykoff
winniis.
strain; our Brown
Bracp strain direct; Buffsare Harris. Ka
Arnold, and Brace. Write ils for barnai
Our Wlilti':

HensLdij incubator

50c nnd fl.no per box. postpaid. Agents wai

J. D. W.HALL. Box60De8>toiuB, IoVb.

To obtain
200 White Plymouth Rocks HERE is an Opportunity S. C. B. LEGHORNS
FOR SALE. fSi B ^^ Two Cocks and ten Hens of superior merit for sale WAY
Our specialty. White birds; lariie size
Prices 7.ic each $6 per 12.
DOWN. Send for illustrated catalogue it's free.
winter layers. ;

F. J. KOLASCE, DeBols, Nebr. GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska.

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cv^o^ Silver Laced IVyandottes <$o^
: With Royal Blood Their Veins.
in

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Ste this Winners at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebraska State show
at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d cockerel, 1st,
5 2d, 3d pullet, 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 92?^ was cut one and
one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights.
j
This makes him a 04^ point bird. How is that for a S. L. Wyandotte
The Result of 25
Choice J breeding? If anybodj' in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy
andottes, we can. I. & N. M. CONNER, Ponca Net).
Cockerels Year's Breeding, i

& Line Bred at tlie

Stock Eggs
for American Poultry
THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Haichingm Farm. Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
no old ones to draft frotn the coming sale season. Was winners of all
Kroni Barred and While IMyinouth Rocks. firsts and part second in state show the last twt) years, also have been
White and Silver Wyandoites. White and
Brown Leghorns. Uolden Sehrisht Bantams. winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Bronze Turlu'ys. .and I'earl Guineas. Prices reasonable. A share of vour patronage solicited.
Belgian Hare, Jersey Cattle. FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr^
Valuable circular.
F.M.MUNGER&SONS, DeKalb, III.

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?

Kdsoii's liexistered .Strain, tioiii line BAIlItEl) I'LV.MOUTII KoiKS. ^ at nice even rin;; barring to the skin as blue
of prl/.t'-witming ancesters; have made them as the sky. and with elejianl i-imib: n beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN-
aspeclally for 10 year" Now offeiinu' line GLECOiNIB llliOWN LuGHDKN.- ;ant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
exhibition and grand br' edtnK stock of both dle. and shape to liurn Pullets w I soft even lirown color, fine striped lackels
1900 and liKIl hatch at niovins price if taken and eiesant c-ombs In fact birds ve Hie other felh.w that tired feeling in the
soon. .Srnd for illu.strated circular with show room If so. address. .1 W. WHITNEY. Chatham, O P. O. Bo.x I.
,

half-tones of merlloi lous birds. Address.

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III.

^ Buff P. Rocks Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : : Friend, Nebraska

Wi exclusively... ._=]BREEDERS OFC=_o
We have Judge Harris" entire stock. White Plymouth Rocks White Holland
These, together with our own prize Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska
State Poultry show 1001 we won 1st pen, 1st
winners, gives us the best flock of hen, 1st cock. 3d cockrei, which was a prize
Buff Rocks in the country. We can on every bird entered. At the Nebraska
please you both in quality and prices. State Fair, 'id to 6th of Sept., 1901. we won
Write us if you want winners bred pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock,
1st
erel-a first prize on every bird entered-
from winners. Pekiu ducks, Toul- We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.
ouse (leese fi>r sale.
MRS. FLORA SHROYER, ution the Invkstig.\Tor when answering advertisements. It
Clay Center, Neb. wi.. .^ .iteboth the advertiser and us.
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chased the Golden Egg
of 8t. Louis, Mo., and
the Poultry Investigator will be sent to all unex-
pired subscriptions and all contracts for advertising
made by the Golden Egg Publishing Co. will be
r faithfully filled.

Poultry Investigator Publishing Co.

~^>, L. P. Harris, Editor and Manager

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Vol. 1. Cla-y Center, Nebra.skat, November. 1901. No. 3.

than on the buildings and fowls. The

BEGINNING right kind of a breeder will succeeed

under the most averse circumstances,
while the wrong kind of a breeder
By Percy W. Shepard cannot succeed at all under the most
favorable circumstances.
To one who desires to establish a sary, as any breeder, beginner or vet-
I have endeavored in the fore part of
business that wiU earn him a living eran, will have occasion to use his
this article to give you a good de-
and give him a reputation as a fan- judgment several times every day. He
scription of an ideal breeder and now
cier: must be willing to do the work, in
will speak of the buildings, fowls and
First, you must realize that in you fact, he must be anxious to perform
management.
and in you alone lies the source of all the duties of a breeder's life.
your success. You are responsible for Prompt in caring for his fowls and The building is the first essential

your success or failure. Your rise all his customers. Diligence in his that the breeder obtains after qual-
will not depend on some friend or on work will greatly help along the strug- ifying himself for the business. We

some other breeder, but on yourself. gle. And above all, he should love wim suppose that the one who is
Hence, from the very beginning you the work. No one succeeds well in making the start has visited as many
must depend upon yourself. Advice any branch of life unless he has a different breeders as possible and has

Is cheap and always plenty of it to be special liking for the work. So with a very carefully studied their plans of
received. But, advice very often breeder he needs to love the work and buildings and methods of manage-
comes from an unreliable source. Oft- delights in caring for the birds. ment. Also he has made a special
entimes advice is given unintention- I have given above most of the study of different breeds of fowls, he
ally wrong. Yet, whatever your characteristics of a breeder who is in has noted their characteristics and
friends' intention may have been, if himself about perfect in his adapta- qualities. He has subscribed to sev-
you followed it disaster would result. bility for the work. Now we will eral up-to-date poultry journals and
The qualifications necessary to a per- suppose that on one who is contem- made use of the much valuable mat-

fect breeder are many. Although a plating a start in the poultry industry ter in their columns. He has read
breeder or rather the beginner has not lacks some of the above valuable qual- several late poultry books, bought a
all the qualifications necessary to per- ities, for instance, he lacks energy. Standard of Perfection and learned
fection, he may get along remarkably Can he not make himself energetic? what a perfect bird is and knows how
well if he tries to do so, yet the better Can he not arouse himself up and rush he is going to breed to seek to pro-
he is qualified for the work the more into the work carefully and do it as duce winners.
sure will be his success. The begin- it should be done if he will? Yes, it Fifty fowls are enough to start with
ner should be energetic. If he has en- is possible for him to make of him- for the first year. Twenty-five may
ergy and uses it in the right direction, self just what he wants to be, if he be a better number. Never try to
he will stand a fine chance for success. works properly. So as I said before, start with too many birds. This is
He should be patient and persevering it depends entirely on the breeder taking a position too high upon the
in order to be able to meet and over- whether or not he will succeed. If ladder and may result in disaster and
come all the difficulties of poultry life. you are bound to succeed you will suc- discouragement. Better begin a lit-
He must be ambitious for success. The ceed. If you are bound to obtain that tle lower doiwn and ithen rise up
one who lacks ambition is seriously which you desire you will obtain it. than to begin higher and be compelled
handicapped for the work. Yet he Success must come. But not to him to fall to the bottom. "Slow but sure"
will be able to overcome some of his who waits, but to him who goes af- is the maxim that seems to have had
defects, as I shall speak of later. He ter it. no beginning and does not end at this
must have good judgment and plenty I believe, in fact I know, that more great age of advancement. So apply-
of common sense. These are neces- of succcess depends on the breeder ing it to poultry lite we would begin
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
with a small number of fowls and in-
crease as we gained experience. The
beginner is without experience which
l>ecomes a valuable qualification later
on. The veteran breeder has their ad-
vantage over a beginner^he has ex-
perience which money cannot buy. So
there is no way of obtaining this
priceless acquisition except through
the school of life, which has number-
less branches of which one is that of

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
suitable for your work. However,
what the plans of your building may
be. it must combine the essentials of
warmth, light and convenience. If the
poultry house is warm enough, if it
has plenty of light admitted to it

and is convenient, it will be very ser-

viceable. The expense will depend on
the size of your pocketbook. If you

want an expensive and ornamental Lifflit Brahmas and Pekin ducks in the yards of Mrs. Alice Allen. Clay Center, Nelii
home for your fowls aud you have pose you may
intend to breed them and plenty of work. This is just
plenty of money, you can have the you will expect to exhibit them as it what they get in summer and just
building that you desire. But if you is your ambition to get prominently
what they must have in winter. Go
can't afford an expensive building, a before the public. If you have no
to nature and you have a perfect
cheaper one must suffice. If I were to choice for either line of work and it
have an extensive poultry plant I makes no difference to you whether teacher. This same applies to the
would build the cheapest buildings or not you breed for eggs, fowls, or chickens as well as to fowls. Feed
that would serve the purpose, al- both, then select your fowls according them as nature does and they make a
though of course they would not lack to your taste. It is a question as to remarkable growth. Of course eggs
anything that favors sucess. A cheap, which is the best breed. One bred and chicks in winter are fruits out
well made house does just as well as will pay as well as another if managed of season. So we must make winter
one that is expensive without giving according to their needs. like summer as far as possible. The
any more advantages. The building an apparently easy matter to
It is first work will not be as profitable
can be large enough for one pen of erect the building and select and buy usually as will that which is done
fowls or can be a long one divided the fowls if you have the money. Al- after you have acquired experience.
into pens. I favor the continuous ways buy the best you can afford and But as long as you breed fowls you
house as it is convenient. Twenty- never think of anything except pure will never cease lo learn something
five fowls are enough for one pen. every day. The more you learn the
birds.
This number will pay better than a better chance you will have for suc-
larger number kept in one pen. For
After you have received the birds
cess. Keep a strict account of all
this size flock I would have a pen
you must begin poultry life in earn-
receipts and expenditures, so you will
by fifteen feet. This will al- est. The different breeds
will need
say ten know exactly how you stand. Try
different maagement. You will learn
low six square feet to each fowl. to improve your fowls, your plans,
this from the poultry journals and
Your building completed and your your work and your everything about
books which you have purchased be- The world is moving on
choice fixed on some breed of fowls, the poultry.
fore. Be regular in your work. Feed
you are ready to purchase your birds. and upward. Keep up with it. Never
them regular.. Don't feed at daylight fall behind when you have once made
Don't start wilth more than one breed.
one morning and nearly noon the
Buy of a reliable breeder. Select your the start. Never neglect and never
next. Be interested in the work and
birds yourself if possible. You will put off until tomorrow what you can
do the work yourself. If you do it
know how to select good ones if you do today. Do everything in time and
yourself you know that it is well
have learned from your Standard of just when it needs to be done. This
done. will save time, discouragement and
Perfection In regard to the different
breeds, for what are you going to There are is science in feeding loss. You will meet discouragements,
breed? eggs alone?. If so, then fowls. No secret about it. You see
Is it but never give up. There is a repu-
select some of the smaller breeds ac- that the fowls lay in summer. To tation for you if you press on and
cording to your taste. In breeding get eggs in winter just make the con- get it. Give just the right amount of
for market alone select a larger breed, ditions correspond with those of sum- care. No need of too much care. Be
and if seeking a general purpose fowl, mer. Give them grain, green food, kind to the fowls. Make them tame
that is one for both eggs and market animal food, grit, pure water not iced, and you will love the work better. Pay
fowls, get some one of the American warmth, light, cleanliness, a good dust attention to the small details. Plan
breeds. Of course, for whatever pur- hath, charcoal, a variety of grains, ahead. Remember that time is re-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
quired to succeed. Rome life no amount
wasn't built been neglected early in FORCED FEEDING.
in a day, neither will you reach the of care will make them winners. So No. 2 of the Investigator is really
you see that there is something back
highest step in the ladder In a day, about the neatest little poultry paper
of merely taking the birds to the
or year, or even in a dozen years. it was ever my pleasure to see. Edi-
shows and carrying off prizes. Begin
But you can make a remarkable ad- tor Harris may surely be proud of it.
right and stay right.
vancement in a short time it you Now I have a word to say about
P. W. SHEPARD.
know how, and you can learn how feeding to force extreme early matur-
if you will. Be a genuine fancier ity and egg production. Does it pay?
and let every one know that you are SOME REASONS WHY. Does not the pullet that is brought to
such. And last but not least, be sure The reason why the Investigator laying at an unnaturally early age by
to exhibit your fowls when posssible, will be a good advertising medium the feeding of egg-producing com-
as you will learn enough to pay you for poultry and poultry appliances is pounds, etc., lose much of her value
even if you win no prizes. It will simply because the subscribers are as a layer for the next season, and
show you where your fowls are de- poultry people and mail order buyers. all of value as a breeder or a bird
ficient and you will see how to breed To a very great extent the subscrib- from which to produce good stock?

A Lalf-tone from photo of Brandane Red Oak, Eng-lish-bred Scotch collie, owned by H. R. McLean, of Red Oak. Iowa. He now ha
eady for shipment pups sired by this wonderful doff.

to obtain better results, which' will are the same people who have I do not mean to say that this feed-
ers |

atferwards give you the blue ribbons. corresponded with the Sure Hatch In- ing for early maturity and great egg-
Here at the exhibition you will meet cubator company about incubators, production should not be done at all.
dozens of breeders whom you can talk poultry and poultry fixtures. The but is it not overdone in some in-
with and learn of their ways of feed- west has been a good field for busi- stances, and even carried so far as to
|

ing and caring for their fowls to pro- ness. On account of the big wheat be a positive detriment?
i

duce winners. So you see that it pays crop and the general prosperity, the We have tampered very lightly with
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to exhibit, even if you cannot take to coming season will be better than such things ouTselves and have suc-
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the show your birds, go yourself and ever. The western fairs were better 36 Jessup i

nalzth iSajouro
carefully study the different birds. It than ever the past fall. Advertising ceeded in producing a strain of layers
1

will be of value to you. Your fowls space in the Investigator will be that I think will compare very favor-
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need to be prepared for the show worth more in the near future. Come ably with any, while even our two
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room. You know this, but let me ask in on the ground floor and get ac- and three-year-old hens continue to
Do you know just quainted while does not cost much. lay well.
you a question. it |

when to begin preparing them

for ex- One thingis sure, 1 do not believe

Well, you begin just at the

in using or sending our eggs for
hibition? SPECIALTY CLUB. hatching from stock 'hat have been
time when you mate your fowls. Mate
The American Hamburg club. Rev. fed a "forced ration."
them to produce winners. Keep the
chicks growing and give proper care G. A. Chamblin,
Secretary, Moran, R. R. FRENCH.
all the way through. If they have Kansas, Ford City, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

FOODS o
By VELMA
CALDKELL-
MELVILLE.

There are some facts that will bear

r^ "M
repeating, and this seems especially
true in regard to the fundamental
facts of caring for poultry. There is
a deal of theorizing and experimenta-
tion going on, and th^re 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-
anced 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
scale 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
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 incom:, per day is over $98.
Besides there is the selling of stock,
running up into th? 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
Duser raises all the food on his 200-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
and gives It at night. We should ad-
sod houses. most of our homes will be built in
vocate the mash at noon I would suggest that she and others
in winter. this manner, as the price of Port-
"Many men of many minds." try building concrete houses for poul- land cement, in consequence of great
Another fancier says he can make try. They can be put up cheaply, and increase of its manufacture, is getting
young birds grow faster on a diet of will keep out rats, etc., and will al- down to where it can be economically
oats alone than an anything else; ways be warm, without any damp- used for home building.
that is they grow large, but are a bit ness whatever. O. G. VANDERHOOF.
apt to be angular. Then he rushes Almost any one can put one up Brazil, Ind.
In a few weeks of wheat to plump without much trouble.
them out. First excavate a trench below the A HANDSOME, HELPFUL BOOK.
Our young birds do not like oats frost line, say eight inches wide, or "More Money from Your Hens" is
unless it is boiled. Besides oats is wider if thought best, but eight inches the title of a new book issued by the
such a bulky food for the amount of will do. Stratton Mfg. Co. of Erie, Pa., man-
nourishment in it. Our "pet" grain ufacturers of the well known line of
Use Portland cement, gravel and
is wheat for young and old birds, sand. To Dandy Green Bone Cutters. It is at-
one measure of Portland
with corn for supper in very cold tractively printed in two colors, well
cement add three of sand and five
weather. illustrated, and goes into the question
measures of coarse gravel. Mix the
Some one says, "Dry grains have three together very thoroughly, three of making poultry profitable in a very
all the elements of growth, but in so thorough manner. Of course it places
or four times hoeing, then add water
small a proportion, some of them, special emphasis on the value of
sufficient to make it damp, then hoe it
that it is necessarily slower. The freshly cut green bone as an egg pro-
again, adding just enough water so
soft foods are a 'short cut' to the ducer and growth promoter. There is
that you will have a stiff mortar or
desired goal, and it is well known no doubt in the minds of poultry
paste. Shovel this into the trenches',
that the quicker a chick can be grown raisers that a little green bone added
throwing into it loose stone or brick
to marketable size the more delicate to the feeding ration is productive of
bats. Continue this process until the
and toothsome the flesh." the very best results in two ways: It
trench is full. Set 2x4 posts seven to
This writer gives the following as not only saves in the grain bill, an im-
eight feet apart around the trench
proof of her theory portant feature this fall when grain
both inside and out. Then by plac-
.

"We recently visited a most suc- is high, but it also makes the poultry
ing plank or boards on the inside of
cessful chicken raiser who marketed more productive in every way. It is
the posts you have a mould into money maker.
4,000 birds between April 25th and a double-headed
which the cement mixture can be The "Dandy" iDone Cutter has been
August 19th, the 4,000 bringing him
placed, the same as if it was put into
in $1,839.03, of which $1,000 was on the market a number of years
the trench. The posts must be set with increasing popularity. It has an
proflt. * * * He told us that it
perpendicular and plumb and strips automatic feeding device, is strongly
took him nine weeks to make a 114-
nailed onto the posts to keep them in
pound chick and eleven weeks to and substantially built, has a large
place. cutting capacity, and we know that
make a 2-pounder. You can'tdo that
with dry feed." By the time the one course is filled numerous of our readers have demon-
Then she goes on to say: in around the building, the plank or strated that ita satisfactory ma-
is

"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
boaid where the cement was first put chine in every way. You will be in-
in can be pulled up and a new course terested in the handsome book which
started. For openings for doors and they send free.
windows frames can be set inside of
the moulds. Always see that these HAMBURG BREEDERS, ATTEN-
frames are set plumb. TION.
For a building 12x20 6x8 feet high The American Hamburg club will
would take about eleven barrels of hold its annual meeting at Topeka,
Portland cement. The stone thrown Kan., January 6th to 11th. This
in promiscuously should not exceed will cover the dates of the
Kansas
four or five inches in size, and too State Poultry show.
many will weaken the structure, just Premiums are coming in. We have
enough stone to take up the concrete. some grand ones already. Be sure
Tamping will give it solidity. The that you help in this matter.
floors can be put in the same way, Let us know what and how much
excavating below the surface at least you will give to help out the premium
six inches, fill in with sand or cinders, list.

and all the skim milk they can making a coating of at least two Send your birds to the show, and
drink." inches, givinga slight fall to the
it let us move along with the other up-
And now comes the surprising an- outside. If a smooth job is desired, to date breeders.

nouncement that the cost in food for both for the floor and the outside, G. A. CHAMBLIN, Secretary.

this man to raise a 2-pounder is just use one part of cement to two parts Morken, Kan.
8 cents. of clean sharp sand, troweling the

A WARM HEN HOUSE.

same as a plasterer does his work.
Blocks of stone can be marked oft on Buff Cochins. ^
Poultry Investigator, Clay Center, the wall. Rose Comb Brown
Neb.: Such a house would be warm and
Your correspondent, By- free from insects, or the troublesome
Hattie
Leghorhs
M.v hirds score from SO to 95 by Frank Oitch-
field, in her article on "Chicken Fix- rat. It would virtually be a stone coc-U and have won for two years in the show
ings for Winter," concluded that house. room. Trices reasonable. Write your wants.
Nebraska.
stone houses would be preferable to The time is not far distant when Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial,
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
ommended unless one intended to de-

\ PraLcticQLl and Profitable! By vote his entire time to the business,

depending upon it for a livelihood.
In such a case it is necessary to have
>L E.
Poultry Cviltvire I
Keyser
a good equipment of buildings, brood-
ers and incubators, for they are the
first requisite for success. Where a
By far the greater number of peo- ,
system. The pens not thus heated man depends upon poultry for a liv-
pic who keep poultry, and especially
had sectional brooders and were used ing it is necessary to have a good
the farmers and villagers, are inter- for very young chicks.
|
The pens in equipment, for if he be handicapped
ested in practical methods. They this house were lOxG feet, excepting by miserable makeshifts the contin-
wish to produce the choicest eggs and those in which were located the sec-
| ual loss will cut deep into his profits
meat at the lowest cost. The pro- tional brooders, which were divided and may result in a total failure.
duction of eggs and market poultry by temporary partitions,
| making Most people who are in the busi-
is a safe business and one that is them 3x10 feet. Thus the house had ness in a small way or contemplate
fairly remunerative when conducteu forty pens and a capacity of 2,000
j
embarking in it have buildings of
on either a large or small scale. It chicks, as we rated it, but
j
many some kind or have plans for cheap
can be successfully carried on on the poultiymen would have placed twice
|
and convenient structures which will
farm or the village acre, the amount that number in this house.
i
answer well their purpose, so I will
of land required depending on the ex- The houses for laying hens were not devote valuable space in an at-
tent of the business and the manner two in number, each 10x96 feet, di- tempt to formulate plans for them,
in which it is conducted. The farmer vided into six pens each 10x16 feet, as each maist be guided by his own
wishes to produce his fowls with the each pen having a roosting room and individual circumstances, surround-
least possible labor. Usually when an open scratching shed. At the ings, Neither was it my design
etc.
the chicks are of an age to require front of each pen was a yard 16x150 to go into detail about methods of
the n(nst attention he is busy with feet, and at the rear another yard hatching, rearing and feeding chicks,
his -spring work, so in many cases 16x50 feet. The front of the scratch- as most every one who has been en-
where poultry is made much of an ing sheds were closed with wire net- gaged in the business has a plan of
item the care falls to the women of was a
ting and from each shed there his own and will be slow to adopt any
the family, and to lessen the labor small door into the smaller yard, method which is a radical change
the chicks are allowed free range as while one from the house led into from the one with which he has in
soon as they are large enough to leave the large yard. During the winter a measure been successful, but I may,
the hen or brooder. from 25 to 50 hens were kept in each in a future article, as the hatching
A SMAI,L RUT COMPLETE POUL- of these co^mpartments, but when the season draws near, explain the meth-
TRY PLANT. first lot of chicks were large enough ods which have with me proven suc-
Persons having less land at their to leavethe brooders, the weather cessful.
disposal a measure confine
must in warm and then hens on the range in THE EGG THE SOURCE OF ALL
their fowls and chicks, and for such the large yards, they were given the PROFir.
a well-arranged poultry plant is more scratching sheds fnd small yards. The source of all profit from poul-
of a necessity. A model plant can be Thus the hen houses were made to try is the egg, whether we sell them
constructed on two acres of land, do double service, and the brooder in the market or use them for incu-
which will accommodate from 300 to house was also kept full the entire bation, and to produce eggs at all
500 laying hens, and on which 2,000 season. This gave this apparently seasons, and strongly fertile eggs
or more market chickens can be com- small plant a very large capacity. during the hatching season especially,
fortably raised to roasting size or ma- After the chicks were disposed of in is the aim of every poulterer. Some
turity. Such a plant should have a the fall the small yards were sown to wish to make a specialty of eggs
good brooder house, and either long rye and seeded down, so as to have a only, others depend on the sale of
houses with at least twelve compart- fresh lot of green food and grass for fowls for market, while many com-
ments, or their enuivalent in small the chicks the next season. bine both branches. Where eggs
houses, with commodious yards at Such a plant as this, however, is only are desired it is only necessary
both sides of buildings. The writer entirely too extensive for those who to raise enough chicks to make good

wa.s at one time actively engaged in only wish to go into the business in the laying stock, it being necessary
raising market chickens and eggs and a small way, and could not be rec- to dispose of most of the hens after
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 the soiith, 112
facing
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 heating, picking and

office,

fetd 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 halt of those
in the other were heated by a pipe I'lize-wiilniiiB I.it-lit Hr.ilii cli .IS r.. ]!. Cl:i ftf F.iirbury. Nebr.. l>reeds
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
they a year old, as pullets lay and skin.
ai'e Yellow-meated chickens During July, August and September
much better than hens. Even here it sell for better prices than white- the market is much better than later.
is necessary to go into the market meated ones, and cost no more to There is very little good poultry in
poultry business to some extent, as raise. Buyers of poultry In the west the market at this season, excepting
the old hens must be disposed of and are not as particular as those in the broilers, and the old hens, if well
among the chicks hatched to replace east, yet as the cold storage men are fattened, will bring a good price. The
them there will be a large percentage now taking many fowls which ulti- cockerels can be sold as broilers or
of cockerels. If we keep the egg mately find sale in the eastern mar- held until they are of sufficient size

sw'ins ^fiowls of the Mediterranean kets they will discriminate more to make nice roasting fowls, as the
class, such as Leghorns, Minorcas, closely every year, and it will pay to market seems to indicate. Some-
Spanish or Hamburgs the amount re- have a flock that will meet the re^ times it will pay to sell when the
ceived from the sale of surplus stock quirements of the oest markets. birds weigh but three or four pounds
will be small and will probably not EARLY HATCHES DESIRABLE. to the pair, but unless the price for
be moi'e than equal the cost of the It is desirable to get as man> such fowls is high it is better to keep
food, but in egg farming this is one chicks hatched early in the season mem until they weigh six to ten
of the minor items. The main ob- as possible, but unless one has a pounds to tae pair. The additional
ject being eggs, we must hatch the warm brooder house It is not desir- weight will often more than make up
pullets early and get them to laying able to bring off a hatch much before for the difference in the price per
before cold weather sets in, and by the first or middle of March in most pound between a broiling and roast-
proper housing and feeding Keep sections. March, April and May are ing chicken. At any rate get all that
them laying all winter. The great- the hatching months and chicks IS suitable off before October 15th, as
est profit is derived from winter eggs, hatched in these months are far su- by that time the great bulk of farm
althougn when the nens are given perior, both for layers and market poultry will begin to come in and the
free range and allowed to hunt all or fowls, to those hatched later in the market is usually glutted and prices
the greater portion ot their food sum- season, unless one is raising winter rule low. Many farmers fat all their
mer eggs are nearly as profitable, be- roasting chickens, when August, Sep- poultry for Thanksgiving or the hol-
cause it costs nothing or very little tember and October chicks are re- iday trade, and as a consequence there
to produce them. quired. an overstock at that time. Of late
is

Most farmers and cottagers, how- ADVANTAGES OF THE INCUBA- men have helped the
the cold storage
ever, desire to combine both market TOR AND BROODER. commission men out in these emer-
poultry and eggs, and for such the gencies and taken large quantities of
If we wish to make the most of our
heavy-laying strains of some of the opportunity we must employ the in- stock at very low prices, which oth-
larger breeds are to be preferred to cubator. Of course, many chicks may erwise would have spoiled on their
those of the Mediterranean class. The be raised by the use of hens for in- hands. The poultryman should watch
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks and Wyan- cubation, but it is difficult to find the markets closely and get the bulk
dottes are all excellent fowls for this many sitters early in the season, and of his stock off before the decline in
purpose, and when dressed their car- the work of attending to them, in prices.
casses will bring the highest price case they are found, is much greater Good business methods are essential
in the market. It is not necessary than caring for an incubator or two. to make poultry pay, and these in
for the farmer or market poultryman In fact we would as soon care for connection with a knowledge of the
to attempt to raise show birds or to an incubator holding 200 eggs or more business, good buildings, energy and
breed his fowls too closely to feather. as to look after one sitting hen, and sufficient capital to successfully carry
Egg-producing qualities and size the same is true where a greater on the work, will assure success.
should be given preference over fancy number of hens or machines are em-
points, but pure bred fowls of any ployed. It is also much easier to
breed will be found vastly superior care for incubator chicks in brooders COLUMBUS SHOW.
to mongrels, as they will be larger than to attend hens with their broods. Don't fail to be at the great Colum-
and more uniform in size and appear- The same time required to feed and bus show, December 16 to January 2.
ance and bring better prices when care for a hen with a dozen chicks All railroads pulling intoColumbus
sold. will care for fifty in a brooder. We will carry passengers at half rate. The
GRADING UP COMMON STOCK. several seasons ago discarded the use show will be held at the Columbus
Where one has a mixed lot of hens of hens entirely for incubation pur- Auditorium, the largest hall in the
which are fairly good producers he poses, as We found we could do the state of Ohio, having more than 25,-
can build up his own strain and in work much easier, cheaper and bet- 000 feet of floor space, not including
a few years have them quite uniform ter with the machine. One or more galleries, etc.
both in shape and feather. Select good incubators, then, are really nec-
The management has engaged the
the best hens you have and mate them essary to carry on the business to following well known udges to place
to a thoroughbred male of such breed any great extent, and one will be
awards: Judges H. A. Budge, Charles
as you prefer. The next season select found profitable even where but a Kramer, S. B. Lane, Ivi. M. Barger and
the largest and best pullets and comparatively small number of Judge Robert Champion, the well
either breed them back to the same chicks are to be raised, as with its
known English judge who has judged
male or secure a new male of the use it is possible to get the chicks birds at the great Crystal Palace show
same breed and as near like the old at a time when they are most desired, of London, England, beyond a doubt
cock bird as you can find. It is not and thus do away with the vexation one ot the most capable judges on
necessary to purchase a high-priced of depending on the caprice of the the English varieties in the world.
bird for this purpose one that a fan- hen. For further information in regard
cier would call a cull will answer the
MARKETING POULTRY. to the great Columbus shod, address

purpose very well but we would In- All old hens and the cockerels from the secretary, F. A. BRIGEL,
sist on having one of large size fairly the early hatches should be marketed Cor. 11th and N. 4th Sts., Columbus,
good shaped comb and yellow legs as early in the season as possible. Ohio.
16 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
boards are used, should be scraped otf
and the droppings carried out. If no
Winter Cointfori {@r F^i^ls? dropping boards are under the perches,
but the floor of the house catches the
droppings of the fowls, then even more
I , . . By ma-UI^W?&ilrr - . .
I necessary is it that they be cleaned
out often, for if allowed to remain
Already the chill of coming winter If on the farm, nice, fresh straw is the fowls must pick up their grain
may be felt in. the air, and the care- always handy for use in these winter from among the filth, and such feed-
ful "head of the house" has completed scratch sheds, but if the breeder lives ing cannot be conducive to health.
repairs and made all things ready for in village or town, a load should be The nest boxes need to be emptied and
the coming of this cold stormy old obtained now and placed near the cleaned out occasionally during the
King Winter. This forethought and poultry house for future use. Many winter, else lice or mites may find a
labor have been that the members of flocks of farm fowls are allowed to safe hiding place in them. Winter
the home circle may be warm, com- pick their own living all the year though it is, the lice and mites will
fortable and happy within a comfort- around, and they live upon the waste be always with us unless we are vigi-
able home, around the glowing fire, of the farm, but such flocks do not lant and continue our fight against
while wintry storms and winds are prove as profitable as the poultry that them. Do not let us delude ourselves
raging without in all their fury. But are housed and fed for winter egg with the comforting thought that they
how is it wim your fowls? Have you production. are all frozen to death. This is the
made every house they call home A
very great part of the waste grain best time to wage war against them
snug and comfortable for winter, or is and while this grain is an
corn, with lice killing machines, insect pow-
have you been so engrossed with win- excellent food for fattening the fowls ders, kerosene, gasoline, carbolic acid
ter preparations around the home that and supplying warmth to their bodies, and liquid lice killers galore, as they
the poultry has been utterly forgot- it is not one of the best foods for egg may be more easily exterminated now
ten? Alas, too often, they are unshel- formation. A few years ago oats was than when they are multiplying so
tered and uncared for through driving condemned as a food for the fowls, fast, as they do in summer weather.
snow and beating storm! It is late to because of the danger, as many de- Some sunshiny corner in winter house
commence repairs and improvements clared, of the sharp grains cutting or scratch shed is a wonderful help
in and around the poultry houses, but through the crop, thus causing death, in keeping these pests in subjection,
even if late i* is better to do all that but now very many of the most s>ic- and if one just stands and watches
is needful for the fowls' comfort now cessful breeders tell us it is one of biddy for a few moments as she
than to leave it altogether. A house the most desirable foods for poultry. scratches, rolls and dusts herself, or
of one thickness of lumber, If the From my own experience with oats as lazily lies, half covered in dust sun-
cracks are battened, may be made suf- a winter food, I can recommend it ning herself, no doubt of the happy
ficiently warm to insure the health as healthful and appetizing food for content the fowls find in such a bath
and comfort of the fowls. Indeed I the poultry, and when I have fed it will be entertained. The dust bath
think such a house, with tight fitting extensively in winter my hens have serves a three-fold purpose. It is a
windows and doors, well banked up on proved profitable as layers. In very source of the keenest enjoyment, rids
the outside and with no Iwoken win- cold weather it is best to feed corn, the fowls of lice that are upon them,
dow panes to let in wind and snow. warmed in the oven, for one meal a and cleans and brightens the plu-
preferable to the house built of two day, but let not this grain be the mage.
thicknesses of lumber with paper be- main winter food. Oats, wheat and Overcrowding the poultry house is
tween, unless such a house has built barley should have precedence, with a a great mistake. I know it sometimes
in it a good ventilator. If too warmly mash of ground grains In which is seems unavoidable. One has retained
housed and too closely confined the mixed vegetables, or vegetable par- only as many of the old stock as is
poultry become tender and the least an evening meal. needed for next season's work, but
ings, or cut clover, as
exposure is a fruitful source of dis- In winter the fowls often suffer from the young stock that are intended for
ease in the form of colds, roup and thirst. Water is given them occasion- home use and those that are for sale
consumption. Now, do not think for ally, but soon becomes frozen, unless must bo housed, and if house space
one moment that I advocate the bare the house wherein it is placed is warm is limited, often more are crowded in
limbs of trees or fence corners as enough to prevent it. Twice a day the together than should be. Being so
roosting places for poultry, that they poultry should be supplied with water crowded no room is had for exercise,
may become so hardened that they slightly warmed, that they may the walls of the house become frosted
are perfectly healthy all winter long. quench their thirst and as a help in and damp from the breath of the
Were my fowls so cruelly treated as egg production. We know that a very fowls and the air becomes fowl and
to remain homeless and shelterless on great part of the egg is water, there- impure, and often disease and death
cold, stormy nights, I could not rest fore if we would have eggs water follow such discomforts. Better to
in my warm bed, and sleep would not must not be withheld. dispose of all except those that can
visit my eyes because of my conscious- be comfortably housed, even if one
Cleanliness,freedom from lice and
ness of the poor biddies' suffering. feels very loth to do so, or else pro-
mites, and plenty of room are other
An open
scratch shed on the south winter comfort of the
essentials to
vide larger or more houses.
of the poultry house is a great helppoultry. Because it is cold and un-
MATTIE WEBSTER.
in keeping the house warm, and as pleasant work removing the droppings
the fowls have access to such ain winter, they are often allowed to THE SAME OLD STORY.
scratching room they keep warm ex- accumulate and remain undisturbed Mister Editer:
ercising, while becoming accustomed until spring, by the careless or indif-
I
Mariar's hoppin mad and declairs
to the cold weather, and will keep ferent breeder, but this is far from she'l never sell anuther burd as long
[

healthy, happy and prove profitable the right way. At least once a week es her heads warm. You see it cum
|

all winter. the dropping boards, dropping round like this:

if she has a lawyer
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
fren wat lives ia 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
freuds around Dryden he thot he'd
show them wat good burds wuz by
sendiu sum uv them tu the fare, so he
stade to hume frum church the suiidy
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 t li

ship he run each one thru his ex rap

masheen and pernounsed em perfeck.
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 bizuis if she wood go she mite hav
the $2 that he wuz bound to win, to
by her a new caliker dress. She
jumped at the chanst and wuz around Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center. Nebr., feeding her prize-winninsr Buff Kocks.
the fare smilin ez a basket uv
ez
chips and the judges cum to this
wen March we reduced our flock to forty-
burd she hed that look on her face that Experience with Poultry.
four. On the October I found
first of
the poet wuz thinkin uv wen he sed
that besides supplying our table with
that sayin about the slips alween the Mr. Editor: As a farmer I would
eggs and fry chickens, we had sold
cup and the lips; and wen the boss like to give my experience with poul-
eggs $20 worth; fry chickens, $10
judge see this burd he jest stood and try. When
only a small boy I was
worth, and had on hand about seventy-
lookt at him fer awile and then sed poultry keeper, garden tender and
and the original flocks, less
five frys
"Put both first and second on that chore boy, and have been nearly ever
we sold in August and four
ten. Six
feller, he's a corker. The other judge
"
since.
were lost during the summer, two
sed "I spose we owt to run him thru To the best of my recollection 1
from disease and two by accident.
the new improved ex ray masheen never saw a flock of thoroughbred The eggs averaged 8 1-3 cents per
jest fer form; but uv corse a bird with
chickens until after I was grown. My dozen and the frys IVz cents per
such breedin ez he has couldent have mother, like nearly all the other good pound. Counting the amount used
anything rong with him." And so in
mothers, would swap a setting of eggs equal to the amount sold, I think they
he went. The first feller lookt and
with some friend and by that way have paid well for their feed and keep-
sed "All rite," but wen the uther fel-
change or add to her flock. ing.
ler had lookt a long time he called
This was kept up until about four We keep our chickens healthy and in
for a brighter lite and then he sed he
years ago, when I persuaded her to good flesh, so whenever we want to dis-
could see sines uv fethers startin on
sell all her chickens except a few pose of any we find a ready market.
his legs that wood surely be purty
Barred Plymouth Rocks. Then I went A chicken needs clean, comfortable
near the surface within the next two
and bought some pui'e bred males and quarters, pure water, plenty of range
yeres, and under our incomparable
commenced breeding up our flock. I to exercise on and suflicient food to
Standard uv perfecshun he had to be
throne out. Everybody sed he wuz
am now picking out the defective ones keep them in good flesh. If a farmer
and disposing of them and trying to has a span of horses the same color
the finest burd wat wuz ever shone
In Dryden, and folks cum fer miles
improve our flock as fast as I can. and size, in good flesh and good trav-
I'here never was a poultry journal in elers, or a herd of nice cattle or hogs,
around to see him. Now Mariar says
as how the fathers wat make our our house, not even a sample copy, all even and the same color and in
Standard had no idee uv the ex ray until a few months ago. Now I am tak- good flesh, he need not hunt for a buy-

masheen being used to find fethers ing two. er; they will hunt him. The same
with, and if tha had it wood hev bin Pure bred cattle and hogs have with your poultry.
diferenter. She says she will devote proven to the farmer that they were If this finds a place in your valuable
the rest of her life to havin the Stand- the most profitable when properly paper I will send you our methods of
ard changed so ez there wont be no cared for, and so will thoroughbred caring for our chickens. Yours re-
diqualifercashuns in it. Nearly all poultry. spectfully, R. B. L. BLACK.
the hart burnins and the cuss wurds "Ignorance is bliss;" so is the mon-
in the chickens shows for the past grel fowl to those who do not know TIMELY HITS.
ten yere hev cum frum this pervision the value of thoroughbred and
the By Percy W. Shepard.
uv the Standard and it aint rite, and how them.
to care for If all preparations have not been
ort to be changed. Not being able to keep but one kind made, as far as is possible, for winter,
Yours fer reform, I have selected the Barred Plymouth do not delay in getting everything in
ZACHARY YEAKLE. Rocks and think they are a good all- readiness for the coming season.
Praetical Poultryman. purpose fowl. 0& the first ef last It is past time to whitewash your
 12 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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
Buff.Lef horns on G. B. Lobb's farm, Clay Center, Nebr., owned by Sure Hatch Poultry Co.
variety, inasmuch that they continu-
ally mate specimens possessing ex-
poultry house. Yet has not been tinually kept in view. The latter, in- tremes, either in size, color, shape,
if it

done you should lose no time in doing breeding, is the opposite or negative, markings, early maturity, profligacy,
it. Whitewash is indispensable to and well said when called negligent etc., which by laws of revertion prove
your work. It makes the poultry breeding, as it may not necessarily unsatisfactory.
house brighter, cleaner, much nicer, be closer breeding, but for lack o
M. L. EDSON.
and leaves no place for vermin. above principles and care, yet may
Jacksonville, 111.
If there are any repairs needed for really be more incestious and dis-
your buildings get them done as soon astrous by far than line breeding in
as you can get time. Make the build- results, though each are destructive ADVERTISING.
ings wind proof and warm, fix up all in unskilled hands, hence only those Poultry advertising pays because
leaks and replace broken glass in the who are systematic and painstaking poultry pays. No one will question
windows. in their methods, keen in observation the statement. Had the poultrymen
Have all your birds selected and also and possessed of sufficient patience to the competition, the full market and
mated if you intend to raise any win- have mastered most of the problems the thousand and one things (that he
ter chickens. Do not try to select of reversion by weighing the propor- is free from) to deal with, would the
your birds in an hour. Get a Standard tions of ancestral influence through class of advertising placed by the av-
of Perfection and study up on points. years of practical experience should erage poultryman pay? Would it pay
Then go over each bird separately, attempt line breeding. Again no strain to answer an inquiry promptly if
carefully noting each part and con- of fowls can be intelligently estab- competition was such that delay was
sidering size, color, shape, etc., as Is lished without resorting to a pedigree dangerous to a sale? Would it pay to
mentioned in the Standard. In this system of breeding. The only substi- write an attractive ad. if every other
way you will be able to select your tue would be the use of a breeding advertiser did? And would it pay to
birds to the best advantage. Do not chart, so systematized as to show to have an ad. that appeared like a
winter any "scrubs" nor old birds. a nicety and at a glance the exact quarantined subject (out when the
Young hens pay best. proportions of preponderance of blood guards were away), or a live stand-
of each of the original ancestors, ing ad?
A FEW CONTRASTS. though better yet is the employment The poultry business can put up
First we will consider line breed- of both systems. However, one is but with poor backing; the fact is no
ing in its true meaning, compared a duplicate of the other, but so for- other business could stand it, yet be-
with-iubreeding or incestuous breed- mulated as to express a different pur- cause it is able to stand the pressure
ing. There are so many who do not pose. is no reason why it should, and the

seem to distinguish the difference, I will not attempt here to explain day is not far distant when poultry-
though expressed rather extravagantly the workings and merits of either men will consider it necessary to look
For that reason I will term one as system, as each are deserving of an after not only the placing of ads and
positive and the other as negative, as article devoted almost wholly to its the style, but answering the inquiries
there is in reality ac wide contrast own subject. While the topic of line iu a manner aprpoved by the most
in the two metho<is, or rather the first breeding is in hand it may exact business methods.
be well to
is the embodiment of method
and explain ihere need only be one rea-
forethought, with an adoption of the son of close breeding and that of par-
Buff P. Rocks.
means to serve the ends, together withents to their offspring. The most vig- Motto: "Good stock at moderate
a comprehension of cause and effect, orous cues then should be used in price." Stock for sale after Sept. IS.
an original object conceived and con- preference to any other quality, re- W. D. SWAIN, Pauora, la.

I The Belgian Hare
4^ By $. J. Mitchell
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 circiunstances
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 uf.ed as little as pos-
sible in the hare business, and it is
a great mistake to suppose that hares
will not bjecome domesticated
enough to stay about the place, the
same as dogs or poultry.
This is not only an economic plan
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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^ come up looking sleek, fat and
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
(ieo. H. Gillies, of Topeka. Kans. The hus-
tling- secretary of the Kansas Slate Poultry
Association and editor of the Poultry Gazette.
Jlr. Gillies is ready to mail you a premium list
of their show to be held at Topeka. Kans., Jan-
uary 6 to 11, 1003.
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
13
yield medicines in case of some
to
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
healthy.
Regarding the condition of hares,
I must say that some people suppose
that because the score card standard
specifiesthe 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 flnak sec-
tions, but this does not mean that
the animal is to have the backbone so
protruding that the joints can be
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 fleshy
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.
When I desire to enter my finest an-
imals in the show rooms for prize
winning, I invariable give them a
month's vacation out of the hatches
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-
m8ls 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
wjith (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 & Golden Sebright,
White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red
Came BANTAMS; Belgian
Hares, White Rats, Cavles.
Write for Prices.
CLAY CENTER, NEB.
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Thieves

and

Dogs
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went to hen house, taking the
the with meal for a warm, not hot, mash I should keep the breed I liked best,
post with him. He run the skunk un- for morning; for the evening meal but by all means thoroughbreds. Then
der a pile of wood and gave the alarm feed grain, corn, wheat and oats, if you have a few extra eggs they
for his new master to come to his more corn in the winter to keep them may be sold to some one for hatch-
rescue, which he did and killed his warm. Don't feed exclusively of any ing, and perhaps a few pullets and
game. one grain, for fowls, like persons, get cockerels more than can be kept over.
I hope the time will soon he when tired of one bill of fare. These, with These will sell for a much larger sum
we will not have to guard against clean fresh water, clean quarters and than mongrels, thereby helping to
thieves. But I do not think the time grit, cannot fail to bring success. Try pay some of the hens's expenses.
will ever come when we will not need letting your fowls out every day after Many times I have kept account of
a good watch dog. They are as es- four o'clock. They will not destroy feed consumed when the breeding
sential as an incubator, for what will the lawn or flower beds, but scratch pens were yarded, the eggs and
it profit us if we raise hundreds of for bugs and get green food, too, and chicks sold, and always came out
chickens or poultry and have them the lawn clippings can be saved, hung with profit, money to be used for the
carried off by vermin or stolen. up in sacks out of the way, and used many little things so dear to the fem-
EMMA PERKINS. in the warm miash for winter as a inine heart. Try keeping a few hens
Ravenwood, Mo. green food. Every one knows, in Ne- this season, and you will not only
braska at least, how destructive the see the profit side, but the satisfac-
grasshoppers have been. I have sav- tion of having eggs and chicks to
Keeping Hens on a City Lot ed my garden by leiting in, during fry when wanted.
the day, a few of my Buff Cochin IDA E. BARD.
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 White Rock fowls and chicks on Sure Hatch Poultry Co. farm.

think about them or a house 2x4 for

a laying room, scratch shed and chickens. The only damage they did If your neighbor's hens are trouble-
roosting room, and if they happen to was to eat the lettuce I purposely some
scratch up a favorite flower bed in planted for my ducklings. Is the And steal across the way.
search of insects or worms, "Chick- "bill of fare" I have given expensive Don't let your angi'y passions rise,

ens are more bother than they are and requiring much labor? How But fix a place for them to lay.
worth." The houses need not be ex- often do we send to the grocer for
pensive, neither is it necessary to eggs, especially in a small town, and
no eggs invariably the reply, and
FOLDING EXHIBITION COOPS.
give chickens full possession of the is

lawn. A few hens can be confined when we do get them they are not al- It is now time to look out for your
in a small yard. Why do I say a ways fresh. I keep a exhibition coops and I would call your
would urge,
"few hens?" Because an overcrowded few hens. saved attention to the ad of Wm. Miller, of
'Tis the little things
poultry yard is not the way to suc- that often leads to success. As the North Bend, Nebr. Mr. Miller makes
cess, and don't try it. From a dozen little tot said when asked by her sis- a No. 1 coop and makes them upon hon-

to thirty.according to space, can be ter if she bounced too hard when rid- or and is just what you want. He
kept very reasonable. The table ing the horse on a trot, "No, sisser, makes them to fold and to be station-
scraps can be used to a good advan- I's don't bounce hardly any. I's jist ary. Any one needing^ coops will do
tage. Have a receptacle convenient, up all the time." So must we to be well to correspond with him at once.
gravies, meat scraps or left-overs, I successful in any occupation be up all
call them, that can be stirred, thicken the time and ever watchful to make
with meal and shorts, for half their the most of our opportunities.
Eli-FJi Chaser...
The Man's money saver. The animal's
breakfast, leaving the fowls a little Which breed is best to keep? friend. Try it once Have It always. Guar-
anteed. Your stables and stock freed from
hungry to scratch in the little for That would be a matter of prefer- the summer pests at a cost of less than 5 cts.
.grain previously thrown there. Such ence. Any of the large breeds bear per mom h. Cheap. Safe. Etteetive is Ell-Pll
Dhaser. For SI 00 enough liquid for 10 cows
as leaves, tops, rinds, peelings, can confinement, and with care there is days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart
l.")

for liquid alone. Address.

be used and much relished by the not much difference as far as utility.
We The Vail Seed Co., 150 N. Delaware
fowls as a green food, ted at noon, or There are but few exceptions. St., Ifldiauapolis.
for a change boil all together, thicken all have an eye for the beautiful, and Special price on gallon cans. .5
 i6 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
honor, since it is the advertisement
Poultry Investigator Comments on October issue the fancier is working for princi-
pally.
Is published the first of each month at I have no argument or fight to
is seldom one issue of a journal
It
Clay Center, Nebraska. is as full of good things as the Octo-
make either for or against prizes. I

ber number of the Investigator. would exhibit as readily for a blue

BY thought I would decide in my own
I
ribbon as for an expensive prize, but

Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. mind which was the best article in it, I think that all the valuable specials
but when I had read them all I felt
should be more evenly distributed than
they generally are. Yet I know it is
so thankful I was not a judge for a
L. P. HARRIS, Editor. hard to decide ust how they should
prize paper. If the editor had offered
a prize for best article in the October be placed and those interested most
in turkeys should take part in get-
Subscription price, 25 cts. a Year. issue and I had been one of the judges
ting up specials for turkeys.
I should certainly have confessed my

inability to decide between the many

I am becoming so interested in
Advertising Ra.tes. ducks that Mr. Mills' article on In-
good ones which is the best. I am so
dian Runner ducks fires me with a
$1.00 per inch each insertion. One interested in sod buildings spoken of desire to get some eggs next spring.
inch one year SIO.OO. These are our by Hattie Byfield, though we never
only rates for advertising and will be build them in Missouri, at least not You see I am close to St. Louis and I
strictly adhered to. We treat all alike the part in which I live. But like her, want to raise ducks for the World's
both great and small. Payment on Fair market. I tried to get a start
yearly contracts quarterly in advance. I have this season had to contend with
this year, but the dog killed them
All other contracts cash with order. rats, minks, dogs, cats and hogs. The
dog has been taught to let fowls alone
until only three are left.He will not
kill any more, as good whippings
All communications and advertise- and but for him the polecats and
taught him better manners. I am con-
ments must be in our hands by the minks would have devoured my chick-
15th to insure insertion in is- vinced there is money in ducks. I
ens in daytime. I have also taught
sue of following month. want to ask if the eggs are as salable
him to run the hogs. The cats are
as chicken eggs? I am not posted on
Parties wishing to change their ad- disposed of as quickly as they are
dress should give the old as well known to be guilty. I believe in giv-
this point. You see I have only this
as the new address. ing every cat a fair triaJ.
year decided to try duck culture.

I am surprised that no turkeys were

This paper will not be sent after the
year's subscription expires so be
sure and renew promptly.
shown at the Nebraska State fair. I
am sure it was not because the state
does not have fine turkeys. I happen
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-

In RegaLrd to Advertisers.
We are very careful in soliciting ning bronze turkeys. I think one rea-
advertisements, to see that all are
liable. If at any time anyone answer-
ing any display advertisement found
in the columns of Poultry Investi-
gator is in any way swindled, will
please write us at once, we will look
into the matter, and if such an adver-
tisement has been inserted for the
purpose of defrauding our readers, we
will drop the advertisement and pub-
lish the swindler's name. We wish to
keep our advertising columns free
from all such advertisers, and when
writing to an advertiser whose adver-
tisement was found in these columns,
we would ask it as an especial favor
that you say you saw it in The Poul-
try Investigator.
to know she can boast of prize-win-
son turkeys are not shown in larger
re-
numbers the heavy expense in ship-
is
And
ping. 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-
ries for incubator eggs. And certainly
her talk is very sensible. Incubatore
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 1 had it, sim-
ply because I managed the moisture
better. I followed directions at first

ors. There should be a good light to keep moisture pans filled from
that could shine directly on them. start to finish. Last spring I de-
Address all communications to
The best judge in the world could not cided to keep just a little moisture
Poultry Investigator Co., from start to finish and keep the heat
correctly judge turkeys without a good
Clay Center, Nebraska.
light. Another reason, think,
a little higher, and the hatch was
I
why there are good.
not larger ex-
ERROR IN AWARDS. hibits Mr. French's talk on Leghorns
at winter poultry shows
the
In the list of awards at the State
is that generally speaking there have gives me a desire to return to my
fair published last month an error oc-
not been very great inducementi; in first love, the Leghorns.
curred in the Black Langsban list for
the way of prizes for turkeys, com- I am so glad that Mrs. Webster
first pen of chicks, first and second
pared with those for chickens. gives her talk on grading up the fiock.
pullet, first cockerel and first cock,
I know that there is a great deal I think such practical advice is what
was credited to J. Cook Johnson, and said and written against offering val- the amateur needs. They are not al-
should have been credited to J. A. uable
prizes, and it is a forcible argu- ways able to buy the best and the ad-
Johnson of Holdrege, Neb., one of the ment with some
that prizes cause the vice of so many writers to start with
best breeders of Langshans in the eager seeker to practice fraud in or- the best or none deters them from
state. We are sorry this error oc- der to secure the prize. The person trying to become fanciers. I think the
curred, but mistakes will happen in who would practice
fraud to secure a better advice is that which Mrs. Web-
the best regulated families. prize would practice it to secure the
ster gives buy the very best you can
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 17
aftoid and grade up as fast as pos- 1 am candid when I say that I think
sible. B. P. Kocks are the hardest breed to
I intended reviewing the es- got right 1 ever bred, except perhaps
had
pecially good points in each paper in Che Vvyandottes (Silver). But as u
order to fully impress them upon the nas been an old adage always, "There
minds of those ust entering or con- is more pleasure in puisuu than in
templating entering the poultry busi- possession," 1 cerlainiy have had a
ness. 1 find that space will be too oreat deal of pleasure in pursuing per-
limited for that. Yet 1 must refer to lection in b. r'. HocKS. rhe pleasure
the excellent article of Rev. G. A. of possebsiou IS still reservea in me
Chamblin, in which he says: "If the vauit 01 tne future. But ui oue ihiug
breeder has a hankering after the big 1 am always certain, that i wul never
breeds he will do better with them." uave a SLirplus ul B. P. HocKS. Ail
In short, the breed you fancy most giaues can he soid at a price that
is the one for you to start with. 1 vviU pay, and i have never raised any
have no axe to grind in advising the ocher DiebU of wuich i could say ims.
amateur to consider the B. P. Rock mere neeu be no misrepreseuung
before he makes a final decision of stuCK to seil It. All that is necessaii
which breed he will start with. I am IS tohave good hlood and teil tue
not personally partial to this breed trutn. it you haven i prize birus ana A first prize Buff Wy.indotte pullet at Lincoln,
Nebr., and St. Joseph. Mo. Began laying at
over two others, and I have no more your customer wants prize winners, S months old. Owned and bred by Mrs. E. W.
Orr, Clay Center, Nebr.
of this breed to sell than I have of tell him you uaveu't wnat he wants,
two others. But I do recognize the there will be plenty of opoprtunities
only once in a long time we had these
fact that the majority of people are to sell what you have, if people coula
decidedly partial to the B. P. Rock. aemauus we could aftord to sacrifice
he made to ueUeve it, there are other
I also know that market buyers en-
our time for the good of others, but
uieeas as good as the Plymouth Rock,
courage farmers to cross with the B. every lancier knows that the demand
out this Dreed has the right of way
IS 01 ten made. 1 am always glad to
P. Rock cockerels. Knowing this, 1 now and we had just as well put our
know that if one. has only a small answer through the journals for which
personal preferences aside and raise
i write any question 1 am capable ot
sum to invest he will receive returns this truly American breed if we want
from this breed quicker than from answering. Only yesterday an inquiry
the most popoular.
any other. It he can only buy a dozen to know what is tne trouble with tur-
"Does a Poultry Paper Pay?" by Mrs.
hens and a cockerel, 1 am presuming Belle Utly, shows very conclusively Keys. No journal is mentioned, so i

that he is just setting up in the busi- that it paid her. I have sometimes send answer through tne investigator.
ness and has no chickens to stari wonderea at the positive ignorance on Symptoms, running at the nose, eyes
and head swelled. Disease, roup.
with. He can get a dozen B. P. the part of farmers in regard to poul-
Rock pullets and nens and a cock- try. Remedy, Mexican Mustang l^inimeu.,
They come miles to ask me
erel, starting with just good thorough- used as directed on bottle; or bath in
are answered in almost
(luestions that
bred stock. If he will take a poultry every poultry paper one takes up, and hot salted water by putting the water
in a vessel and plunging the head en-
ournal and buy the Standard of Per- if X suggest that tweuty-tive cents a
tirely under the water; wipe with dry
fection and attend one good poultry year v/ui keep them supplied witn use-
show, he can raise and learn how to lui information a whole year they say, cloth, pressing all the feotid matter

cull his flock after the first season. out of noses; rub with Hall's Roup
"Oh, well, I don't have time to reaa
He can sell his culls on the mai'ket and I will just get you to tell me cure. Give (Jushmau s Roup Cure lu
at a higher price than the mongrel drinking water. Bathe in strong al-
what to do." Often they could reaa Mix
would bring. Taking his best fe- cohol camphor. carbolic acid,
the journal in the time it takes to
males and buying as good cockerel as come to my house. They also forget tincture of iodine, equal parts, in lard

he can afford, never be afraid to pay that the time of the fancier is as sutucient tomake a salve, rub head
a good price for a cockerel. If he piecious as their own. Others expect and put in nostrils. Also grease the
proves desirable keep him two years. information for a two-cent stamp for back where they put the head under
wing. Do not use all these remedies
I have learned that a male should be
which poultry journals pay a good one is not con-
kept two years if he is satisfactory. price, it is often amusing to read the at same time, but if

The inbreeding does give a more even venient get one of the others. There
patronizing letters of inquiry. They
flock. Now the amateur has an even, uegin by flattering the fancier and ena are many good roup cures. Mrs. May
nice appearing flock, and if they are i'aylor advertises one. By the way,
with the demand for information in
not prize birds, as only a small per a maner which clearly says, "Now I Mrs. Taylor, you sent me a box of
cent of the B. P. Rocks are prize win- envelopes instead of sample cure.
have paid you the compliment of ask-
ners, still they are salable, and if you MRS. BKTTIE GLOVER MACKEY.
ing your advice; send it by return
Clarksville, Mo.
will let people know you have them
mail, as I may lose my chickens or
you can sell all your cockerels as turkeys," as the case may be. I do
breeders. You many not get the high not feel under any obligations to an- Second annual exhibition at Butler,
prices of the fancier, for your stock swer letters of this character at all, Mo. December 31st, 1901, to January
does not merit them, but if you sell as they never come from customers. 3d, 1902. Thomas W. Southard, judge
your cockerels to your neighbors at of poultry; Reed Storms, judge of Bel-
A person who spends money to buy
from one dollar to two dollars each good stock always asks for informa- gian hares. Our premium list, now in
you are doing well. In some locali- tion in the most kindly manner, and the hands of the printer, will offer

often
more cash and special premiums than
ties if you only get fifty cents each it is always cheerfully given. I
any association in the west outside
you will do well. But don't be satis- receive postal cards demanding of me of the large cities,
fled with these prices. Work for an immediate reply, telling the writer W. W. GRAVES, President.
higher prices hy improving your stock. what to do for certain diseases. If C. A. ALLEN, Secretary.
i8 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
watch them day by day and finally breed of ohicken. (That is my way
you become somewhat discouraged of seeing it.) Their habits are of a
I The Goldeo Wfaodottes ... i with regard to their beauty, but when docile nature, although very good for-
after about three months' growth the agers and nine times out of ten will
i ... II) J. C. Kapser i
full feathering begins you will notice steal their nest if given a chance.
marked difference day after day.
a In hardiness they are second to none,
There are a great many poultry rais-
are good sitters, but not persistent in
Then you begin to speculate, admire
ers who desire to learn about the being broody as some of the larger
and choose which of them will be the
Golden Wyandotte chicken. So I will best. You will then also notice their This is one of the points breeds.
attempt to give some light on the sub- one should not overlook, as with the
shape as well as the clear lacing and
ject of their usefulness as an all-pur- compare, and now if you find those excellent success we nowadays hatch
pose fowl. among your flock having size, shape chickens with incubators we should
It is generally conceded that the and color, you feel contented and keep hens laying eggs and cackle
Wyandotte fowl is one of the most pleased that your year's efforts have rather than sit and cluck. The former
promanent of all American Glasses, not been in vain. You may depend is more profitable as well as pleasing
more especially as an all-purpose fowl. that it matters not how many good to any one. In conclusion the Golden
Their seize Is of an average medium; ones you will raise. There is always Wyandottes for beauty
and utility com-
cock, SVi pounds; hen ^Vz pounds. a demand for them at a profitable bined are unexcelled.
J. C. KAPSBR.
Now this means when bred up to the price. (Also here is a serious prob-
standard. This Is a point of the great- lem to solve. You must let yourself
est importance, and above all other be made known through the various POULTRY CHATS.
points one can mention. poultry mediums, as would-be pur- By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard.
Their build rather a blocky
is of chasers cannot through imagination I w nt to talk of several things this
order, full in a short back,
breast, tellwhere you are)). Now it is not month. The cold, rainy weather of
good strong bone, with clean yellow a mere profit to raise Golden Laced this fall Is likely to give us trouble if

legs, and skin yellow, a well curved Wyandottes, but a pleasure and recre- our birds are not properly cared for.
neck with a bay eye and rose comb ation not obtainable with any other Some people think that birds in the
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 ftiem 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 question arises
the
which are the best winter layers. I
must stop right here and explain one
incident which really caused me to
choose the Wyandotte. On one cold
frosty morning in midwinter I called
on the doctor. He invited me in his
house and I there happened to see a
basketful of eggs he had just gath-
ered. I was interested, as I then had

the Leghorns, but eggs were scarce

in winter time with us, so I asked
him what kind of chicken he had.
The Wyandottes was his answer. 1
needed but little further inducement. ^-r^
As for beauty, their plumage is bay
and black. The center of each feather
should be a rich golden color, while
the outside is jot black. This gives a
contrast not so abrupt, but a mild
and very pleasing appearance to the
mind and
When
eye.
the chick first makes its ap-
I.
[;'^:'^tm^- ^#^^^ $m^^'.
A sample of Black Lanjshan Virert by Bii S. Myers, of CrawfordsTille, Ind. Winner in the
paxajice I'ou have the color. You arreat Chi a^o Score-card show.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19
trees are all right until real cold shape, houses banked up whera it is yet successfully edit a farm journai I
weather, but we have come to the con- needed, hinges put on the doors and, know of a successful poultry Judge
clusion that birds are better in houses. in fact, all those little things done who does not own a chicken. I also
It is no small task brood
to teach a that put houses in shape for winter know of a fellow who Is one of the
house after
of chicks to roost in the weather. worst sinners on earth, yet he can edit
they have become accustomed to the Have we all been looking after lice the Christian page of a great daily
tree tops. It is much easier to as closely as we ought? Our chicks paper, and say such beautiful things,
move the brood coop a little at a time cannot fit themselves for 1 aying or and can paint a picture of the hap-
towards the house, then finally set it show birds if there is a hoard of in- piness of a Christian life, so that one
inside the house. After they are ac- sects living on them; they must be can hardly doubt his sincerity. It
customed to it there it can be taken gotten rid of in some way. Kerosene is possible for a man who knows
away and they will go o nthe roost. is sure and is always at hand, but be very little about poultry to success-
The brood coops must be watched and careful in using it, as it blisters wher- fully put out a mighty fine poultry
moved before the chicks outgrow them. ever touches the flesh. Lard can be
it paper, yet when a poultry paper is
Where a brood of chicks do well they mixed with it and makes it safer to managed and edited by a man who
are not long outgrowing their coops, use, but it makes such grimmy looking has had years of experience in the
and sometimes their houses. If they birds. poultry yard and show room, and is
are crowded at night or shut up too In planning the winter quarters acquainted with all the minute details
closely they become heated and when have some place to put sick birds by of the chicken man's needs and re-
let out they take cold. themselves, where they can have prop- quirements, you can look for some-

White Plymouth Roclts at feed time in the yards of Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend. Nebr.

Brooders and coops must be cleaned er care and not be tramped on by the thing pretty good in the way of a
often and sprayed with lice killer or well ones. It is much the safer way. poultry paper, and such I believe is

kerosene. One of our handiest imple- If any contagious disease gets among The Poultry Investigator. Its going to
ments around the poultry house and them and the sick ones are removed be a pretty good paper to read, and in
brooders is a hoe with the handle saw- it keeps it from spreading, thus keep- which to advertise your business.
ed off to about six inches. It can get ing the well ones in better shape and First, I wish to say a word in behalf
into nest boxes and brooder floors giving the sick ones the comfort that of those whom some people sneering-
much easier than one with a longer sick fowls need. Being by itself ly anl persistently are wont to call
handle. That is one thing I can al- would often save the life of bird, while "The Back Yard Fancier," having ref-
ways find, as it is no use anywhere if it was left with the flock it would erence, of course, to those who are
else about the farm. be starved and tramped to death. limited as to the size of their quar-
Supposing by this time that our Friend, Neb. ters and the number of fowls on hand,
chicks are all in their houses, whert and which necessitates the carrying
we can keep them protected from cold THE BACK YARD FANCIER. on of their operations, in a small way,
rains and chilly nights we must not By C. H. Icken. usually in the back yard, or on an ad-
close the houses too tightly, but must It is possible for a man to live in a jacent lot. This "backyard" business
see to it that they are in shape for city of many thousand inhabitants, is an acknowledged drawback, when
winter. Knot holes, cracks and broken have an office in the sixth story of a it comes to the breding of fowls in
lights of glass must all be got in sky scraper, hardly ever seen a farm, large numbers, yet it is of great benefit
20 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
in more ways than one. The "back- have at one time raised chickens. So
yard" man, having only a few fowls, in going down the poultryman's path
leaerns to
He
know each individual fowl. of life, do not despise or speak ill of
can tell you the sire and the dam the "Backyard Fancier." He'll grow,
BUFF COCHINS
Exclusively.
of a certain choice specimen, for gen- undoubtedly, and some day rise up and
erations back. He can also tell you call you blessed. Just You Are What
the number of eggs she has laid, how Looking For ....
many broods of young she has moth- PERFECT CHICK FEED.
ered, and can tell you the score and Armington. 111., June 15, 1901. The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
cuts of each section, and in fact has Mr. W. F. Chamberlain. ners in any company. Elegant
Kirkwood,
in shape, profusely feathered,
the history of each fowl that he owns, Mo.: as good as the best. Prices
right at his tongue's end. Now don't
Dear Sir Enclosed you will find low, write me.
you think this is of some advantage? another order for your "Perfect
Dont' you think that a man, so inform- Chick Feed," and again I will have to B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
ed, could breed more intelligently for ask you to rush this order, as some
a higher yearly average of eggs laid? of the parties are wanting it on ac-
at CUT PRICES.
Don't you think that such a breeder, count of their turkeys, as it has proved
knowing his fowls so thoroughly, and to be an excellent feed for little tur-
POULTRY
CATALOGUE FREE.
n(. Co., Columbus, 0. CH
knowing the standard requirements, keys as well as chickens. I have nev-
could mate up a pen of his fowls more er had a single complaint, but instead
Flemish Giants
We have sliictly A No. Ginnts. headed 1

intelligently and with more satisfac- they all praise it highly, and I think by Wl .D.SOR. imported Si-pt. IBOO. One of
tlie largest and be^'t Giant buoliii of his age
who owns hundreds and is not so in another year that the people will in A erica uis ancestors present an un- II.

learn, as I have learned, that Cham- broki'n liiif of En!:land's best chatjiplons.
tory results at culling time, than one wei|<s old Giants $5 to tlo per head. You
berlain's "Perfect Chick Feed" means cannot get better ones at any price. Dr.
thoroughly posted as to the quality of I

perfect success in raising little chicks, C. Stephens & Co.. (Jarleton, Neb.
his birds? This same reason is the
and no successful poultry raiser can
one which has brought out the so-
afford to do without it. If you could 300 Buff and Black
called specialists. The muchly adver-
only visit my poultry yards and see Wyandotte Chicks.
tised specialist is in most cases a
the big, healthy fellows, and then visit
"backyard" fancier, and having only For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi-
a yard where it is not fed and note
room for a few fowls, he cannot help bition stock. Give me a chance to
the difference, you would not won-
being a specialist, and so advertises please you.
der at me expressing so much grat-
to that effect. The best cockerel I ever HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn.
itude over being able to procure such
owned in my lite I bought from a
excellent feed. Yours truly,
fellow who bred fifteen varieties, yet White P. Rocl(S Exclusiveiy....
C. F. LIPSEY.
he had them on' separate farms, ana My Rocks are of the best strains to
each farm had its own man to look
after that variety. Virtually a "back-
yard" on a little larger scale. But, if
BARGAINS be found and I have a fine lot
chicks to sell reasonable. Write,
MRS. NANCY WATSON,
of

you have that despised feeling in your IN BREEDING STOCK LlncolH, Nebr.
At Golden K'lilc Poultry Yards. I
heart for a fancier who is handicapped have a few bird.-, that I used in my
for want of room, and facilities other- breeding pens this season that I will David Larson,
wise, take it out! He's a dangerous sell at a bargain. They are hens and Wahoo, Nebraska,
man to compete with in the show room two cocks, White Plymouth Rocks,
Empire strain. Write lor prices. Expert Poultry Judge
He's a dangerous man to dispute with Young stock. White Plymouth Rock I have had years of experience in
when it comes to quoting the standard and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes breeding, mating and judging. For
for sale this fall. reference 'o qualification, write Poul-
requirements of, or the merits of his
try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb.
variety, and, taking it all in all, just MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, I am open for engagements.
BELMOMT, WIS.
as worthy of consideration and respect
as the great Mr. So and So. Long live
the "Backyard Fancier"! Nine times
HEN Midland Formulas...
Ready Mixed.
out of ten he grows into a mammoth
plant on a 160 acre farm, before you
know it, and
he sticks faithfully to
if

his chickens, he will surely make a

200" ONE 1. Nursery L'hick Food.
2.
:i
Giowin;; Chicl< Food.
Fattening (Jhicii Food.
4. Egi.'

5.
anii Featlier Pro-
ducinff Food.
Nursery DuoklingFood
success of the business, sooner or later.
This is TiiK WEKACH your fiock should produce: and 6.
7
GrowingDur'tclingFood
Fattening Ducl{ ling
it is only made possible by the use of and Gosling Food.
The backyard is the kindergarten of 8. Laying Uuol Food.

the fancy poultry business. Its the 9 Stock Pucks' Summer

primary department, so to speak, Midland Feed Meal..^^

where you and I have been taught, by Wo make Ton Brands, as shown above, and each one is a specific for its pur-
Food.
10 Growing Gosling Food

rough experience, our first lessons in pose. They are a

this so-called art. And by the way A
CombinaLtion of Grains Brains. and
Complete and ready to food. Needs n(^ green bone or otlier accessories. 'I'liere is not. and
few of us have as yet graduated or never Ims lieeii anyiliiu;: on the market to oomoare to it. Thousands of poultrymeii are
received our diplomas. 'Y'ou can stay using it and it ;iii :iokninvlpiigeil standard toduv.
i*. Random or haphazard feedtne is no
loncer profit able, and tin m li.i pcrsisls In it "must have Fr>El) TO BFRV. Profit is
in the business all your life, and rest only assured ""here evcr\ ponnd of feed is made to show returns. Our balanced feed
will do II as iioiliiiig else can It c. sts hut very little to try It and be convinced. Manufac-
assured, brother, that you will never tured by Ihe .MIMLANI) I'lill.Tia Fcmli CO.. Kansas City. Mo., and sold by
know it all. I used to sing that good Nea-restYour Feed
a.nd Gra-in Dea-ler.
old song, "The Half Has Never Been Boston. Mass.. Jos, Hreck & Sons. N Market St. New York City. Excelsior Wire & Foul,
.">l

try Supply Co.. 2S Vesey St. IMilladelphia, I'a.. .Inlmson & Stakes. 317 Market St. Midland
Told," and if it does not seem sacre- Poultry Food Co.. N. E. Cor, 3nd and Main Sts. Kansas ('itv. Mo. Petaluma Incubator Co.,
Pelaluma. Calf. C. E. White. Chestnut Hill. Pa. The Vail Seed Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. A.
llgious, the one who wrote it must c. Wonley \ Co.. Atlanta. Ga. Rochester Poultry Supply and Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y,
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 21
THE TRUTH ABOUT BUFF OR- range out further than any breed to handled is a very clear true buff,
PINGTONS. my knowledge, not excepting the with much better undercolor than we
Statements with referyence to newly White Minorca and Leghorn families. generally meet in Buff Rocks. Their
introduced breeds are almost invari- Just yesterday i visited a breeder of heavy, square-et legs, deep bodies
ably more or less overdrawn. While White Leghorn, Barred P. Rocks and and broad, short backs give them a
the subject of our remarks is by no Buff Orpingtons. As I saw none of solid, business-like appearance, which
means a newly-made breed, yet to the the latter in sight I inquired where is unmistakable evidence of a strong,
American fancy it is at present only he kept them, and he replied "Right robust constitution. In fact, in the
Jinown and bred by the few, and here." Asking where they were, he several hundred I have examined I
much is to be learned of its breeding, remarked: "That's hard to tell; they have yet to recall a roupy, deformed
tendencies and real worth by a large may be half a mile away," and they or ill-developed chick or fowl.
majority of our fanciers. I have gone were nearly. We started out to hunt Combs run about as even as do the
to no little trouble to ascertain the them up. Plassing down the farm Buff or Barred Rocks. Beaks and
plain, solid facts regarding this breed, lane, we soon were beyond the range shanks, except in one single instance,
and my investigations put the breed limit of the B. P. Rocks. A little were correct in color to a bird. The
in no unfavorable light. What I have later the last straggling White Leg- majority of both sexes have more or
to say as regards this breed is based horn was left behind. And away over less of white or black in tail or wings,
on no selfish or personal interests, as on the opposite side of a large corn but not more than is found in Buff
I never owned a Buff Orpington, but lot which had just been cut we came Rocks at the present time. I have

have been favorably located in close in sight of a half a hundred golden handled within a week at least ten
proximity to those who do. And in balls moving actively about in search or twelve which showed no black or
my trips over the country, mating of stray Kernels, bugs and worms. white in wing or "tail, only a little
and scoring, I have met them at sev- This bunch of chicks were four months gray in secondaries of wings and just
eral places, and only Ithe highest and sixteen days of age, raised in a a trace of foreign color in tail. It is
praise of their real utility and value brooder, and at that age were nearly my opinion that they may be bred
has ever come to my ears. I have half a mile from the brooder and more easily and quickly to a pure
made it a point to question each house. This is no overdrawn state- uniform light buff, with stronger un-
breeder very closely regarding the ment. At other places my attention dercolor than the Buff Rock or Wy-
breed, and the following is what I has been called to their wonderful, andotte. While in shape they hold a
have been able to learn or saw with active, independent disposition and position distinctly their own. It oc-
my own eyes. Perhaps we may best habits. Now perhaps a little compari- curs to me the breed has a bright
start with the egg.
Buff Orpingtons son of weights at three months of age 11 Jessup .. ..one,ub -t,ul n wwi
lay a rather medium-sized egg, in may be of interest. As I am a breed- future before it. If it can be kept
most cases about the size of a medium- er of Barred P. Rocks and S. C. Brown out of the hands of dishonest or un-
sized Leghorn egg. I believe a fair Leghorns exclusively, I have no mo- scrupulous breeders. What statements
statement would be that they lay a tive to overdraw the facts in the case. are made here can be depended upon
small egg, taking into consideration A friend of mine purchased thirty as being as nearly correct as is pos-
the size of the fowl. As long as eggs Buff Orpington eggs of a good reli- sible at this early date in their his-
are sold by the dozen this does not able party and set them Within a tory among American fanciers. Yours,
.

materially affect their utility value. day or two of the same date I set J. W. WHITNEY.
They are pronounced, without excep- fifty or sixty Barred P. Rock eggs. At Chatham, Ohio.
tion, by every breeder I have met, lo three months of age he came over to
be as prolific egg producers as the my place with a Buff Orpington cock-
average Leghorn, laying their eggs erel under his arm and challenged me Mammoth Light Brahmas
more evenly through the season, espe- to pick out a Barred Rock cockerel
cially in the fall, winter and spring that would outweigh him. I looked
M. B TURKEYS
months, when eggs command the incredulous, as I thought I had him Cockerels $2 each; trio $5; young toms
$3 each after Nov. 1st.
higher prices. Every breeder of Or- beat easily. Upon a trial I had to
pingtons has called my special at- pick three times to find one that would E. W. MATHENY, Clay Center, Nebr.
tention to the fact that Orpington tie him in weight.
eggs hatch well, are wonderfully fer- Now, looking at the breed from a Finer and Cheaper
tile and the chick very active and fancy point of view, I find they breed than ever. Buy early. Games.
Heaihwoods. I'ish and Mexican
strong. Once hatched, the per cent very true to color, fully as much so Grays. Irnh Blk Kers, Tornadoes,
of loss is small. The feather evenly as the Buff Plymouth Rock. The sur- and Cornish Indians. Kree illus-
trated circular.
and rapidly, are great foragers, in fact face color on the best birds I have
C. D. SMITH, Ft. PlaLtn. N. Y.

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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
^he White Wonder
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 qualities 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 1S86 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 F. K.Milchell, 505 Wellington St., Montreal, Cauadu.

remarkably good layers, so much so is one of nearly 250 that are in the new Sure
The above photo
that they attracted Mr. French's at-
Hatch Incubator Catalogue. The book is now ready formailing and is
tention, and he called them "The
White Wonders," and began the build- free to any address, contains 166 big pages and chuck full of applica-
ing up of a distinctive breed by cross- ble and practical poultry informrtion; plans for good and cheap poul-
ing them with the best strains of try-houses; about broiler raising and egg farming, how the hens hold
standard bred fowls, his object being down the homestead when crops fail, etc., etc.; winter care of poultry
to produce a large, practical utility
and how to make a living with a small investment. Address nearest
farmer's fowl. It has often been stat-
oflBce.
ed to me that White Wonders were
simply a cross of White Wyandottes S\ire Ha-tcK
Inc\iba.tor Co.,
on Light Brahmas, and I believe that
Clay Center, Nebraska. Columbus, Ohio.
is the generally accepted opinion. But

it is not the case. I think White Wy-

andottes and Light Brahmas were purposes." That tells the story of
used, and likely Dorkings, but the White Wonders. It is what they
breeding of the original six large were intended for, hard working mon-
pure white pullets Is unknown. Mr. ey earners in our poultry yards for
French died some three or four years practical purposes. We ask no great- jPonltry Investigator
ago, and the record he had kept of er encomiums for them, nor do we J
the standard bred fowls used and the ask any better authority for its state-
crosses made in originating his ideal ment than that of I. K. Felch. f^ Is edited by a practical poul-
utility fowl was about two years ago
yvV^trymanof 30 years experi-
They are not a bad looking fowl by
r^lence a:id is full of plain,
accidentlly destroyed, so that part of any means. They are a large white 1^^ common sense articles by
the process will never be definitely fowl with rose comb, slightly feather- W{ those that breed poultry and
known. Their general characteristics ed legs, and deep ric golden yellow r*l work instead of theorizing^.
^26>It is just what you want.
as a distinctive breed is, I believe skin. The shaft of feathers has a
ilW Send us the names and ad-
as well fixed as that of any other yellow hue which gives the under- f^l dresses of 15 persons inter-
thoroughbred fowl, and any one at- color a creamy white appearance. r^ested in breeding' good poul-
tempting to produce White Wonders This feature is objected to by the y//try and we will send you the
r^) Poultry Investigator one
by crossing White Wyandottes on fanciers. They want a chalk-white Sub-
)j^( year for your trouble.
Light rBahmas will be disapopinted plumage on a yellow skin, simply be- y,A^ scription price 25c. Address,
They were not produced that way. cause it is so difficult to obtain, but
As a practical, general purpose util- we want the creamy white undercolor ^^^ Poultry Investigator Co.,
ity fowl, I believe they are as good because it makes it so easy to get ^i^ Clay Center, Jiebraska?
: :

as the very best. They are not a the rich golden yellow skin in its per-
fancier's fowl. They were not intend fection. Whether tnere is anything
ed as such, but as hard workers I in the superiority of the yellow-skin-
doubt if they have a superior Under ned fowl is not the question, for it is
date of April 9th, 1901, I. K. Felch of a well established fact that the aver-
Natlck, Mass., wrote me regarding age American customer will pick up
White Wonders, "They are simply the yellow-skinned chicken every time.
Blue Barred ^
working oxen, just hard working The only objections to them from the Plymouth Rocks
horses for utility uses. As such they fancier's view, so far as I know, is Our stock Is first class. We have some year-
lins stonk and young stock for sale. Prices
surely have my praise as money earn- the creamy undercolor mentioned and reasonable.
ers In our poultry yards for pratlal their slightly fathsred shanks. Tha P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
fancier shakes his head and says,
"Tliere 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 fitty-three eggs dur-
ing the first fifteen days of that month.
It was an egg every twenty-seven
Why Not Buy fhi P?* ?*^ IF
hours and ten minutes per pullet.
mure than We claim that
It costs no
Their house consisted of one thick- GreenonlyBone Cutter
iiifLTiorst> its. ^
ITS AN
Adam's
ness of seven-eighths inch boards
with tarred paper on the outside. The
the
is bt-cause
bi bC
on the market.
the
It
B.lU Bearing machine
it is
workson tlie shear I'lintiple, turns
easier, cuts faster and ch^aner, and prepares the bone
ADAMl
house was entirely unsheltered and so
la better shape than any other.
Cataloeue
Write at once.
Jio. 6 Is Free.
its THE,
cold that a pan of water would freeze W.J.ADAM, JOLIET, ILL.
solid in twenty minutes' time. I have

not kept just that kind of a record

since, but have had plenty of White
Poultry Supplies Pnre crushed shell
500 pounds for
per 100
Uaw bone meal fine or coarse per 100
lbs $ .75
3.50
The Best aad Cheapest. Mica crystal grit
lbs 2.00
.80
Wonders that were equally good lay- Lice Killer.s. Markers, Remedies. Incubators. Hlood meal 300
K.xhlbition Coops. E^}; biases, shipping Coops Meat meal "
ers. Their eggs are of good size and 2 25
anil Boxes and everythius to make poultry Meat scraps 2.25
a nice brown cjlor. Their standard raising pleasant and' piotitable. Best seeds Chick feed. 1.75
that grow. Nearly 20 years' perlence. .Send Sunflower seed 3 25
weight is: Cock, C-/^ pounds; hen, S for free Cafilosue Bird seed 8c lb; 10 lbs 75c. Flood's and Con-
pounds; cockerel, 8 pounds; pullet, 6i/^ First Premium at State Fair 1901. key's roup cure, 50c. Li"g pands 80c per 100.

pounds. I have had cocks weighing ArchiaLs' Store, " Seed Sedalia, Missouri. ^ ^
eleven pounds and hens nine and one-
half pounds, and although they are will handle. We have engaged six efit to yourself as well as to others.
large they are not a lazy fowl, but ac- judges that the awards may be up at We will award the premiums each
tive rustlers. I believe they combine
noon of the second day. Our entry month for best and most practical
as many good qualities for the farmer fees will be the same popular ones article $2.00, $1.50 and 50 cents. The
and poultry man as any breed in ex- maintained beiore and our premiums only condition is that you are a sub-
istence. will be on pens: First, $6.00; second, scriber to the paper. Write one one
In know this article is already too .|4.00; third, $2.00; fourth, ribbon and side of the paper only. Be sure to
long, but I have abbreviated all I special; fifth, ribbon. On single birds: give the number of the topic you are
First, $3.00; second, $2.00; third, $1.00; writing on. All articles must be in
could, and if not turned down this
time I may come again.
fourth, special and ribbon; fifth, rib- this ofiice by the 20.h of the month.
I. C. STEPHENS. bon, and every premium will be paid Do not forget to suggest a head for
Carleton, Neb. in full the lastday of the show. Re- topics for discussion. Address all
member our doors are open to every communications to
fancier in the United States, and we POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,
NEBRASKA STATE POULTRY would like to say to you no favors Clay Center, Neb.
SHOWS. will be shown to any one. Every ex-
Now the time you should make
is
hibitor will be treated like his brother TOPICS FOR DECEMBER.
preparation to exhibit at some of the
best shows of the country, and we
exhibitor, whether he is present or at Topic No. 1 What has been your ex-
home. Every bird will be cared for perience in feeding for eggs in win-
would like to call your attention to in the best possible manner. We shall ter?
the Nebraska State Poultry show,
be held at Lincoln, Neb., in the new
to be glad to see you with your birds Topic No. 2 What has been your ex-
and we promise you fair and honor- perience in feeding clover or alfalfa
Auditorium, January 20 to 28, 1902. able treatment in every instance. Our to fowls in winter?
The Nebraska State Poultry associa-
tion is the oldest poultry association
premium list is now ready to mail and Topic No. 3 What has been your ex-
it is a beauty. Send to L. W. GAR- perience in the different varieties as
west of the Mississippi and does pay ROUT, Lincoln, Neb., for one. to the best all-purpose fowl?
out more money annually in premi-
ums than any

Topic No. 4 What is your experience
association in the Uni- OUR EXPERIENCE POOL. in shipping fancy fowls in winter?
ted
the
States. It is
laws of the state and receives
incorporated under Experience is the best teacher.
Topic No. 5 What is your experience
This experience pool will be a month- in showing fancy poultry?
$1,000 a year from the state to be ly poultry raisers' institute for the
used in paying premiums at its an-
nual show. Every officer in the asso-
exchange of practical ideas by practi-
cal poultry men and women. We
0_VlII
D ~rr ORPINGTONS
LEGHORNS
ciation is an old reliable breeder, a want them to give their experience
man of long and tried experience. Our a-nd
on the following topics, as well as to Yiungorold
Brown Leghorrvs
stock, first class birds cheap.
judges are experienced judges and per- suggest topics for future discussion. Hundreds to selecl from. Eggs all the time.
fectly familiar with the breeds they
M & P. HKRMAN.
Let all contribute. It will be a ben- B.\ 178. Hinsdale, 111
24 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
a chap figuring out the room for 100 a^)i^>^* B^a^^*^^ ^k^^^^^ ^%^a^h* JM>a^a*teJrk^^^kV*

hens. "Yes," he says, "a hen is about

i SCRATCHING SHEDS... t six inches wide and ten inches long,
t By M. M. JOHNSON t that will do for perch room and about ORPINGTONS
twice that room will be ample for Buff and COCHINS.
or room to exercise." The
When we warm, comfortable floor space,
talk of
writer is getting along in years and Bred from my own Importations.
poultry houses and overlook the
scratching shed, we have left out the has discovered that mortal man is a
curiosity anyhow, and I made no at- I won more premiums than
best part of the arrangements. I hold any two other exhibitors at the
to the theory that it is tom-foolish-
tempt to spoil the man's mental cal-
Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be-
ness to build warm poultry houses and
culations. fore buving- anything write me
let the fowls run out in the cold as
You know thereis an old gag about it will be a pleasure to give
the Missourians need to be showed, you prices.
they wish. It is also nonsense to pen
but it dont' apply to the chicken man IDA BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb.
them up in a warm poultry house and J.

allow them no room to exercise. We

who is good at figures; he just won't
be showed and that is all there is
can figure and theorize as much as
we feel like, but the scratching shed to it; figures wont' lie neither will BUFF WYANDOTTES,
has come to stay. It don't need to be
he, but your Uncle Jack will bet a
EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff
'coon skin that he fizzles in the poul- Wyandottes :ire from
brefi
expensive nor elaborate, just a plain, best strain ol)tainable and
try business. It takes more than fig-
cheap shed that has a tight roof and in line. We Ijreed tlie pure
ures to win out in the poultry busi- golden Buff, not the dark
sides. Instead of windows in the red. 'riiey're prize winners.
south, 5-cent muslin soaKed in linseed

ness it takes some good judgment
and some common every-day hen - B^ ^' * '"'' ""** Center, Neb.
oil will do. After it has been oiled MEMB'I. Cliesler White [logs torsale
hang it out a day or two to dry, then sense.
I have always had a curiosity in
stretch on the front of the shed.
it
finding out just
people theorize why
.POV LTRY.
I dont' the open shed, it's all
like
right when the wind iS in the north,
so much in the poultry business when OLENTANGY ...YARDS
they would not think of it in other Chas. C. Reid. Manager.
but unfortunately we have lots of un- DELEWARE, OHIO
occupations. Does poultry pay? Well,
comfortable south winds, and an open
shed is almost equivalent to out of
yes; it pays something like five hun- Barred Plymouth Rocks
dors.
dred per cent, but you can't figure it Ruff Cochin Bantams
Don't be stingy with room in the
out; somehow or other we have got to Cornish Indian Games
scratching shed, they can get along
work it out. M. M. JOHNSON.
with limited room in their roosting
department better than they can m
FACTS. Barred P. Rocks and
their exercising place; it costs but By P. W. Shepard. Cornish Indian Games.
littlemore to build a shed 16x16 than It a fact
is 8 years as breeders, 8 years as win-
it does 12x12. A shed 16x16 contains That does not pay to allow the ners in every exhibit where we ex-
it
256 square feet of floor room, with a fowls contract colds.
to Colds are hibited winning highest awards.
very little additional expense the floor Stock for sale reasonable. Write,
rarely caused by any other ways than COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska.
space can be nearly double. This is exposure. Never expose the fowls to
on the same principle that a two inch any draughts of air and colds will not
pipe will hold four times as much occur so often. POULTRYMEN :::^t lt weTi
water as a one inch pipe. Too many That a cold may develop into a se- do
of us want, to make 2 out of a hen
unless PDIVITpn neatly. I it
vere case of roup, which is a serious it is * ft*! '
i 1^" well and use good
at 10 cents' worth of expense. It's disease to a poultryman's birds. How- cuts. Send for samples and prices.
no go, and we should be satisfied with ever, a little work on the part of the
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.
a |2 hen and a 50 cent expense. It breeder will save all colds and cases
dont' make any difference what kind of roup from occurring.
of paint you use nor how elegant That a sick fowl, one that has a very Cornish and White Indian Games.
stripes you adorn the house with, you bad case of any disease, never amounts stock for Sale.
will find the hens are color blind; to as much as it did before becoming J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr.
they seem to have a selfish disposition
in wanting to feel comfortable, regard-
A whole lot
less of all adornments.
of us theoretical
try houses to
humbugs
hens be
suit us,
build poul-
the The Bes< Bone Cu^ter^
nUNPHI Why the Humphrey

d d, and what are you going to do is the one y_ou like best. is Displacing others.'^
about it, etc. If we study the hens
The Humphrey
more and ourselves less it would be J

guarantee to cut
is sold on
more bone,
,i posilive It1has an open hopper you don't
have to chop the bone to pieces with

in bel-
more appreciated by said hens. They ter condition, in less time and with less axe.
1 You turn it with one hand and
labor than any other bone cutter made regulate the feed with the other.
dont' care a continental what we may doesn't do
It has
If it it, you get your money) only three working parts nothing to get
know about and mechanics,
science back. Try it for yourself and judge which nut of order. It turns ea.sier and is e.i.sier

all they want or care about is com- machine you like the best. That's the to keep clean. It produces bone in bet-

only way. beats the world as tor shape for the fowls. Send for free
fortable and cheerful quarters and It

vegetable or kraut cutter. It will hook and egg record blanks for
plenty of grub mixed in. When It pav for itself in six months year the handsomest book of
comes right down to good hard sense, the season

the common every-day hen can stand . JllHNSUN & .STiiKKS,

L i.-'.r.ii "'., ijuiiiiiii.rt.. ..M ivr. ti.vi ).. Clav Center. Nel.. K
any of us off. Not long since we saw
I

Uret'un, Seattle, VVa^jli. and .Sail 1-

3 MOLNKS INCl'BATOK ( , Ilull'alo, .\. Y.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25
men in claiming that
breeds were so much more profitable
than the large breeds. I have been
the smaller
MY
breeding the L. Brahma, Felch strain, Baff Orpingtons
for eleven years, and have had W. and . . . .Have no equal
B. Leghorns, B. Spanish, P. Rocks, B.
.Tavas, Polish, etc., etc., but none of B. Plymoath Rocks
(Thomrson Rinclets.)
the breeds mentioned have ever equal- AND
ed the laying of my L. Brahmas. It
is true that the Leghorn commences White Wyandottes
to lay at an earlier age. I have had
If you want good stock I have it
them to lay at five months old. It is

also true that they eat less,

have had Brahmas (and have them
but I
John A. laing^
this year) months old.
to lay at six HARVARD, : NEBRASKA.
This strain hardly ever wants to sit,
so that I was compelled to buy an in-
cubator. The Brahmas have laid for .. Grovf Fruit
Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps
me all winter, with the thermometer Poultry; great combination. If you
way below zero, while the Leghorns want the best fruit paper, at 50c per
Mrs. E. W. Orr, Clay Ce
would not dare to go out of the pens. year, send for
A Brahma egg is much larger than
"Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo.
sick. A case of cholera, roup or such
a Leghorn and than a
still larger
had better be cured with an axe. Hamburg. a far richer egg. My
It is
That time is required to accomplish wife claims that two Brahmas eggs Single
Comb Brown Leghorns.
anything in this world. No fortune go farter in baking than three Leg-
has been earned in a day. Fowls have horns. Barred Plymouth Rocks.
not been brought up to the present Then the capons! I sold 22 capons
high standard in a single day. So First prize at Salt Lake City. My
weighing 10 pounds dressed at 18 cents
your success will not come to you in birds have taken premiums for
per pound, or $1.80 each. How many years in the hands of customers as
one day.
dozen Leghorn cockerels would it take well as in Utah. They are bred
That there is pleasure as well as
to bring that money? for money makers. Greatest eg'g'
profit in breeding fowls. The true producers as well as premium
the extra expense it takes to
Then
fancier finds much enjoyment in birds. New circular free after
fence for Leghorns or all the smaller September. Address,
breeding fowls. He loves to see them
breeds. My Brahmas are confined in
grow and develop. He
loves to watch
a four-foot while a six-foot
fence, Cora A. Rickards,
the eggs as they are kept warm for and POULTRY YARDS,
fence will not turn a Leghorn, SOUTH = OGDEN = =
three weeks and then he is happy Ogdea, Utah.
they will crawl through any paling.
when the little ones pop out.
This is my side of the case. The
That many people breed fowls just
for the pleasure there is in it. It is
trouble is with most people, they don't Barred Plymouth Rocks.
know bow to feed a Brahma or any We have Quality and Quantity.
a change from a literary work or
The chicks are so
Asiatic fowl right. winning stock,
clerkship or such work, to care for a ^arm raised prize
much hardier, and they can stand cheap for quality. If you want Rocks
flock of beautiful birds. It rests the
more cold than any other breed. write us.
body and mind in such cases.
There now! Respectfully, H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.
That it requires study and thinking A. S. MULLER.
to fathom the depths of poultrydom. i\@.@^^a
There are great lessons to be learned
from poultry. How to further develop ALWAYS READY. Buff Orpingtons ^
them and increase their usefulness, oc- il I\ il TkM Green Bone

cupies the minds of hundreds of men

is always clean and ready
ADAPl CUTTER AND S
and women a large part of the time. for work. Impossible to
cliokeitup. Cleans itself.
White Wyandottes
That there is no best breed, and that
TKe Only Bone Cutter No better Stock
|
it is only a matter of taste that makes
^^ ffi

with all ball bearings. ^^.^Haised. ^

one breed selected in preference to an- Works quicklyand easily.
No choking or injuring o
other. One person will claim a certain fowls by slivers or sharp I never have failed to win in
pieces. Cuts a clean light ffi larg-est shows. Birds score from ffi
breed to be the most profitable, while shave that is easily di-
gested by smallest chicks.
90 to 95;^. (S
at the same time another breeder will
Send for Catalog No. 6,
condemn them as worthless. Contams much valuable
information on the cut
n. You will be pleased with
I C ROCKHILL,
Harvard, Nebraska.
I
Poultry Investigator, Clay Center, Sent free upon request. ^ ^
J. ADAM, JOLIET, ILLS.
Neb.
I have read with much pleasure and
satisfaction a copy of your October is-
sue, and I have nothing but praise
for it. I avail myself of your offer Rather Risky Business,
B- r -=-=i-^-.^ =^^aia>- .tM. bujlng untried incub.itors in these days of the perfectly
and enclose herewith 15 cents and ikP'-l >-nn39S ly ^iJU^i workintr and siirprisinely simple

coupon for a year's subscription. Reliable Incubators and Brooders,

e every fertile e^n means a strong' healthy chu-k.
In reading an article by Rev. G-. A. anteed to do the work and do it as it has never been done before. The tOtll
iiry Poultry lEook outrhtto be In every chickenman's house. You will not
Chamblin, I was rather suprised at with it for many times its cost. Discusses the poultry business from your view
.SentauywhereforlOc. Kellablelncb, ABrdr. C'o.,Boi. A>*.!6 QulncT<Ill*
the argument of the reverend gentle-
26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
A "SUCCESSFUL" SUCCESS. Made 'em look like small pertaters,
(Deacon Lane's Story.) Runnin' down them incubators.
Clubbing List "I s'pose you've often set a hen,
"Waal, I kep' the thing a-goin';
Over an' over, time an' again?
So have I, but never yet
Every hatch made a good showln'.
By taking the advantage of the Knowed a time when I could bet An' the neighbors 'round about
Kep' on findin' some things out.
following combinations you can How long that hen
was goln' to set.
Set a hen on a peck o' cobs, When they see my chickens grow
get two papers often at the price Brickbats, pebbles, ol' door knobs. Like weeds, they wanted to know
ill

Ef could do much better when

of one. Look at these offers: An' she'll set an' set In spite o' you I

I used machines instid o' hens.

Can't break her up, whatever you do.
Price with When a 'Successful' was put to hatchln'.
Poultry I told 'em hens was not a patchin'
"But set a hen en some high-priced eggs.
Regular Invisti-
Soon's she feels 'em 'tween her legs,
price gator. " 'Is the"Successful" a success?'
Suthin' makes her feel like scratchin',
Reliable Poultry Journal 50c SOc An' that ends all her hopes o' hatchln'. Waal, certainly should say yes:
I
Poultry Tribune 50c SOc When that happens, I declare An' more than that, one on the place
Poultry Herald SOc SOc
I sometimes feel that I must swear.
May keep a man from fallin' from grace."
Poultry Gem 25c 35c
I'll say right here, or any place.
Commercial Poultry 50c BOc
A hen's no instrument of grace. THE HEN AS A TAXPAYER.
Western Poultry News. .25c . 25c
A few years ago, with many people,
Poultry Success SOc 40c
by some accident.
"But s'posin' the hen was an unknown quantity,
Poultry Topics 25c i'Jc
After three weeks .she has spent
Poultry Gazette 25c 25c as tar as the profit was concerned.
A-settin', you do get some chicks;
Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc We raised her for an occasional fry
Golden Egff 50c 40c That hen knows some other tricks.
She will just take all kinds o' pains in summer or roast in winter, when
Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00
American Poultry Journal .")0c 50c To get ketched out in pourin' rains, someone came visiting, or at picnic
Feather 50c .50c Till all her chicks are drownded dead. times. She laid some eggs In sum-
Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00
All but one an', as I said.
mer, when eggs were so cheap that
Sometimes I've been so mad I vum
.mJusi Think of ## I was jest on the p'lnt o' sayin' dum'.
we preferred to eat them to bothering
When settln' hens Is on the place, taking them to town and that was
Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00
'Tis hard to hold to savin' grace. about her status with us as well as
Any SOc paper yon choose above. . ..50

The Poultry Investigator 25 the country around. But that Is all

" 'long las' spring sometime in May changed now. She has found herself,
I met a man from loway,
Total $1.75 or rather, we have found her capa-
An' he was tellin' as how he'd seen
We will send the three to you for $1.00.
Chickens hatched In a machine. bilities. "The Lay of the Kansas Hen,"
Address,
He sais 'twas made o' glass an' wood. who feeds the family, pays off the
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. An' had four legs so't could be stood mortgage and the taxes; sends the son
Notice We do not send samples of In a corner anywhere,
to college and provides the piano for
other papers. An' would do its hatchln' there.
He said the cost warn't very much. the daughter, is not so much of a joKe
An' 'twould hatch to beat the Dutch. as you might think; for I know of
1892. r90l. He said the makers give away dozens of farmers around me now who
A book 'twould make it plain as day
Mammoth Strain How to make our profits greater
If we'd use an incubator.
have fried chicken every day if they
want it, and hens enough left all of
Light B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win- the time, to pay not only the grocery
ners in America's leading shows of
"So my pen in hand I took, bill, but provide luxuries for the house.
hundreds of prizes in my own and
customers' hands. The "Common Writ an' got a pictur' book; And I know others who do pay their
Sense" remedies for poultry are "per- Read it through from front to back taxes with the egg and chicken
fection" when properly used. Chol- 'Twas convincin', for a fac'.
money; and I know a girl who raised
era Cure kills all disease germs and An' at last I sent and got
makes blood, bone and feather. Hun- A "Successful." Tell you what. enough Brown Leghorns, along with
dreds of poultrymen claim they are When I got It I was proud. the eggs they laid last year, to buy
making poultry breeding easy and But the neighbors all allowed herself an organ and a Jersey cow.
practical by their use. A sample of 'Twas a sin an' ag'ln natur'
either for a dime. 1 lb can post paid
And now the mortgage and the col-
Hatchln' with an incubator.
for SOc. Yours for success, lege is all that, so far, we must hear
MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Quarles, Mo. from, and they will shortly be forth-
"I read the rules an' set her goin',
Folks aroun' done lots o' blowin', coming.
Seemed to think it mighty funny But to make the chickens pay, we
The SMITH SEALED Watchin' a fool get shet o' money. found that we must not only get good
LEG BANDS. I just kep' on a sawin' wood.
breeds for our purpose, but expend
Follered d'rectlons near's I could.
Watched the lamp an' regulator. some care and time upon them. If
Kep' a-watchln' that incubator. we wanted eggs in winter, we must
^ PAN AMERICAN li
I warn't talkin' I kep' still. provide good quarters, dry and warm,
and oXh'iT leadlnK shows. Ten tor 25 cents. Watched things purty close, until for our chickens, though we kept none
Sl.xty for f 1.00. 100 for $1.50 100 bands and
plain sealini! tool $1 75. illustrated circular
Ono day as I was a-peepin' but the non-sitting, almost daily life-
free, sample (or stamp. At them eggs I heerd a cheepin';
Then I watched a little spell time layers, as the Minorcas or Leg-
W. H. SMITH & UO., BIythedale, Mo. An' a chicken broke the shell, horns. The best brood of these will
An' aforo the day was done, not lay to the best of their ability In
Partridge Cochins Them eggs hatched out all but one; winter, if not given warm quarters
Had a drawer crowdin' full
Golden Sebright Bantams Of fuzzy chickens, soft as wool.
and some stimulating feed, although
Fancy Pigeons I know it warn't the proper thing. it is claimed they need but half to
I have no more Partridpe t'ochln females But I couldn't help cuttin' a pigeon wing. that which the larger breeds require.
for sale. I have a fine lot of fam-y PlKeons An' then I called the neighbors in.
at 50 cents a pair. 3 pairs of Golden Sebrieht If we would raise chickens for the
Ban's at*3 a pair. Cockerels at *1 each. Par- 'Specially them that talked ag'ln
early market and for profit by weight,
tredge Cochin Cockerels from Jl to each.W Hatchln' chickens In machines;
W. K- HOLCUM, Clay Center, Neb. Proved to them they didn't know beans. then we quickly learned that we must
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27
keep the Brahmas, Cochias and Lamg- HAMBURG BREEDERS, ATTEN-
shan; although some of our neighbors TION. Pride of the West....
prefer the Plymouth Rock tor an all The second annual meeting of the Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze
around chicken, not only for coming American Hamburg club will take Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
steadily up to its prime average in place at Topeka, Kan., January 1st to
weight, but also for a good layer.
Show record on open book. They
6th, 1902. We have been highly suc- are in the yards of many of the
We have tried all kinds, and all cessful in securing the services of one best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
have their good points, and while the of the popular judges of the west. ada. B. P. Rocks, Cong-er &
Plymouth Rock cannot come up to the Judge L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb.,
Felch; Black Langshans, Fmry
Buff Cochin and Brahma in some few is the man who will score our birds,
points, really after all, it has the few-
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
and every one who knows him will
est faults of any.
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
agree that it means a fair skake for
It is keep just one breed
best to
from hens. Young stock now
everybody.
(and that a pure one) at a time. They
ready to ship. Write for prices.
Arrangements that are quite satis- Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a
mix so badly, and we found mixed factory to all concerned have been
chickens so slow of growth, and some- sure cure.
made by which we will meet In con-
times they take all of the scratching, nection with the Kansas State Poultry HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,
lazy faults of the parent stock, and association in their annual show, thus Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
little of the good. Of course, there giving every breeder an opportunity
are exceptions. We like the half- CLARKSVII,I<K, MISSOURI. : : : :

of meeting the leading poultry people

breeds of the Buff Cochin and Light of the west. Our premium list is
Brahma. growing nicely and we expect a nice The New .

In the old days, when the barnyard string of prizes by show time.
fowl reigned supreme, with one ex- Here it is to date; Standard of Perfection
ception, we expected her to quit her G. A. Chamblin, S. S. Hamburgs,
desultory laying in August, and not Revised Edition, 1900.
Moran, Kan., fS.OO.
begin again until next April, and not L. Cook & Bro., Hamburgs,
S. S.
then, if she took a notion. Oakville, la., $5.00.
This work is issued by the American
The exception came at hog killing Good Bros., S. S. Hamburgs. Cim- Poultry Association. It is a book of
time. Then, from gluttening them- arron, Kan., cash, or $5.00
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con-
$2.50 in
selves with the offal, the lights, etc., tains the only official descriptions of
stock.
we would get a surplus of eggs for M. M. Johnson, Sure Hatch Poultry the several varieties of fowls. It is on
awhile. This, finally, taught us, if we Co., Clay Center, Neb., one Sure Hatch
this Standard that all poultry judges
would have eggs in winter, we milst brooder, 200 chick size, $5.75.
base their awards. Every experienced
feed meat or some other heat and egg Now is the time to whoop it up. En- fancier has a copy of this book and ev-
producing food. And this is why thusiasm is growing and interest in ery poultryman needs it to learn the
green bone food and linseed oil meal Hamburgs is rapidly increasing. Have requirements to which his stock must
cakes keep the chickens, even the you done anything to help us? Are be bred.
barnyard breed, hunting nests all of you going to help now? Get a hustle
the winter. The Leghorns really do The Standard of Perfection
on and send in your contribution,
not need so much stimulation, as it is whether large or small. It will help. AND
their business to lay in winter as well
Yours for success,
as summer. But it is just as well, for The Poultry Investigator
G. W. CHAMBLIN,
the Leghorn as the other breeds, to Oae Year, for $1.00
Secretary Pro Tem.
save all the skim milk you can spare Moran, Kan. Address,
for them. Skim milk, helped out with POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,
corn, is an excellent egg producer.
and Mrs. A. Upton, Falrbury, CLAY CENTER,
Mr. NBBRARKA. : : : :

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
Neb., have an extra fine lot of Barred
Plymouth Rocks and must sell soon Certificate of Sale.
to make room for winter. Their stock
this fall is much better than before,
October 16, 1901.
and those wishing to buy will get full
This is to certify that I have this
value for money paid.
day sold and shipped my first prize
winning Light Brahmas to Mr. J. P.
Newman, Bloom field, Iowa, consisting
The cut we use on our first pag-e of 1st cockerel at Nebraska State Show
at Lincoln, 1901, also 1st and 2nd prize
this month was made from a photo of
pullets at Kansas State Show, Topeka
a flock of Pekin ducks and Toulouse 1901, and good will thrown in. Any-
g'eese, owned by Mrs. Flora Shroyer, one wanting eggs from first class
Clay Center, Nebr. Light Brahmas in the spring^ will do
well to correspond with Mr. Newman.
I will hereafter devote my time to rais-

stimulating to the pure bred chicken P. Hostetler^ ing Chalk White Wyandottes and Buff
Orpingtons.
trade, as for spitemany of the neigh- E.\ST LYNNE, MISSOURI. Respectfully Submitted,
bors invested in different fancy breeds Breeder of a g-ood laying strain of gilt G. B. Clary,
.... edg'e .... Route No. 1. Fairbury, Neb.
of their own, and now the country is

full of mixed chickens, mixed down to

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
and best laying: strain of Please mention the Investigator
the twentieth generation. when answering advertisements. It
..S. C. White Leghorns.. will accommodate both the advertiser
ANNA BELL. At low down prices. and us.
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THE GOOD THINGS OTHERS SAY for you to drop my ad. I have been

Buffalo.
OF US.
N. Y. Poultry Investigator-
swamped with letters for the last two
months from my ad In your paper. I had
The Michigan g||
Gentlemen: I thank you for sample copy;
it was very Interesting. I know some ol
etters from nearly every state and made
ready sales. Tour paper was worth more Poultry man... w
your correspondents; they are reliahU to me than any paper I ov. r advertised
people. Enclosed find stamp for one year's in. As soon as I can raise more stock I Only Exclusive Poultry
subscription. Respectfully, J. H. B. will send money for ad again. Yours very ~
Paper in Michigan
truly, L. D. GREEN.
Philadelphia. Pa. Poultry Investigator Redlands, Cal. All the practical poultrynien contrib-
Gentlemen: If your paper follows the Formerly of Red Oak, la. ube to its pages. Expert poultry-
plan adopted it will be one of the besi men will give its readers free
poultry papers published. Tours truly, Chatham, O.. Aug. 28. 1901 L. P. Har- such information as they
T. B. S. ris.Clay Center, Neb. Dear Sir: The niav ask for.
firstnumber of the Investigator is a good
the news of the poultry world, Well
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 10. 1901. Poultry one and I have received several inquiries
Investigator Dear Sir: Your paper Is already from It. Tours, J. W. W. illustrated.
surely covering a large territory, and ef- For a short time j'ou can get this pa-
fectively, as we hear from our ad in it per one year for l.'ic._Send postal for
LIST OF SPBCIALTT CLUBS.
from all sections. Yours, sample.
H. E. MOSS, For the convenience of those breeders
who would like to become members of MichigaLn Po\iltrymaLrv,
Midland Poultry Food Co. the specialty club devoted to their favor- Ithaca., Mich
Clay Center. Neb. Poultry Investigator ites, we publish the following list of spe-

Gentlemen: We have had better results cialty clubs and the names and postoffice
from our ad in the Investigator than any addresses of the secretaries. We
believe
Bonniedale Poultry Farm
other poultry paper we ever used two to the list is correct and complete, but if
S. 'DOT
ES. Barred hocks. Liglu Brahmas,
any of our readers know of any omis-
I

one. Success to you. Tours. A. J. W. Golden Dottes. S B. Lefihorn^. C. I,

(.'.

sions or corrections we would be under Games. B Minorca Cockerels $2 each. 85

obligations to them if they will inform per 3 M. B Turkeys S3 each. Toiouse
Jacksonville. 111., Aug. 23, 1901. L. P. Geese s^i per pair.
Harris, Editor Poultry Investigator Dear us of the fact. LT. BKAUMA. S. C. B. Leghorns 81 each;
Sir: Allow me first to congratulate you American Plymouth Rock Club H. P. K per trio.

Schwab, secretary-treasurer. Rochester, ROUP LURE. Our make. Cures when eyes
on the style and makeup of your initial ure swelled shut Powder for bait pint,
number. It surely Is a live chick and has N. T. snjall syringe and full instructions 50
been well Incubated and is predestined to American White Plymouth Rock Club- cents uostpald
Frank Heck, secretarj'-treasurer. SCORE CAKDS. U S. Postal .ard slock 50
become a prize winner In Its class. May 32.5
cents per 100, *3 per 1000. Water fountain
it continue to scratch out the golden Dearborn street. Chicago. 111. gaivanized iron, hatjgs on nail. 1 gallon
grain from the chaff and thrive until It New England Barred and White Ply- REaMOL1i>E.' TablesDOonful to quart of
is known and heard from In every state mouth Rock Club W. B. Atherton. sec- water paints y( ur hen root. Trial bottle
In the union. I have already several in- retary-treasurer, 30 Broad street, Boston. 25 cents postpiiid Circula fre-
quiries from Its influence. Respectfully. Mass.
M. L EDSON. American Buff Plymouth Rock Club MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.
W. C. Denny. secretary-treasurer. LOCK BOX 176.
Allegheny, Pa.The Investigator Gen- Rochester. N. T.
tlemen: Enclosed you will find stamp for National White Wyandotte Clul>
paper. It Is a gem. T fell in love with George C. Rose. secretary-treasurer. Poultry Supph'es
it on sight of first copy. Tours truly, Shawneetown, 111.
M. E. VOGEL. New England White Wyandotte Club Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
G. A. Newhall, acting secretary, Perry- per 100.

ville,Mass. Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, %1

L>a Jara. Colo Poultry Investlgntor
per 60.
Dear Sirs: Sample copy of paper received Eastern White Wyandotte Club C. A.
and have read It through and I like It Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Mass. Standard of Perfection each $1.
very much. We all want a western paper. Western Wyandotte Club J. D. W. Spray Pumps each 75c.
Hall, secretary-treasurer, Des Moines, la.
The eastern papers are not In touch with Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can T5c.
the poultry business out here. We have
National Wyandotte Club C. S. Matti-
son, secretary-treasurer. South Shafts- Conkey's Roup Cure 2oc and SOc a
good poultry raised In Colorado If one box.
could find it, but very few advertise so bury, Vt.
Silver Wyandotte Club of America E. Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per
we can find them out Very respectfully.
S. Tarbox, secretary-treasurer, Torkville, 100 pounds.
C. A. L.
111. J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
American Golden Wyandotte Club A. Cure 50c and SI a box.
Buel, Kan. Poultry InvestigatorDear L. RIngo, secretary-treasurer, 333 Rook-
Sirs: After reading Esq. De Puy's "Edi- Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
ery building. Chicago, 111. Midland Poultry Food at factory
torial Reception" I determined to let "ye
The Partridge Wyandotte Club of prices.
editor" know that "Poultry Success" Is America Theo. Haight, secretary-treas-
not nearly the only one "Well Wisher" Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
urer, Astoria, L. I,, N. T. Center, 12.
for you. To the Investigator, long may
American Buff Wyandotte Club W. R. Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
her pennant wave and may she receive
Wooden, secretary-treasurer. Battle per 100 pounds T5c.
the Immediate support of deserved thou-
sands, and hope her Investigatory
Creek, Mich. Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O.
scratchlngs may result In good picking
New England Light Brahma Club- B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs 75c.
for all concerned. Tours truly,
George W. Cromack. secretary. Stone- Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
ham. Mass. Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.
D. Z. H.
Western Light Brahma Club W. S.
Gregory, secretary-treasurer, Keota, la.
Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,
Cottage Grove, Ore. Poultr>' Investi-
Gents: I not only found your paper an Clay Center, Nebr.
gatorGentlemen: I received sample
copy of your paper and like it fine. En- American Dark Brahma ClubClark E
close stamp for one year's subscription.
Adams, secretary. Racine. Wis.
American Langshan Club A. H. Asche.
The best Folding,
Tours truly, A. J. B.
secretary-treasurer. Princeton. 111. Exhibition Coop.
American Cochin Club Arthur R. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb.
Redlands, Ca!., Oct.
Jas. A.
20, Har-
1901.L. P. Sharp. secretar>-. Taunton. Mass.
ris, Editor Poultry Investigator Dear American Leghorn ClubGeorge H. Manufactures and sells the best Exhibition
Sir: I write you for the purpose of noti- Burgott, secretary, Lawton Station, Foldlnjr Coop on the niaiUet. Prices within
fying the readers of the Poultry Investi- the reach of all. He alfo has .50 S. C B.LEO-
... T.
HORN COCKERELS for sale srom ".5c to *i no
gator that my stock Is all sold out and American Single Comb Brown Leghorn each. Write your wants,
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 29
Club C. M. Davison, secretary, Chicago
Lawn, III.
American Buff Leghorn Club George
Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered,
S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer. Battle
personally selected, while at Los Angeles reeently, the cream of the finest atock from
Creek, Mich. several rabbitries. including a variety of Ibe pnpular champion strains. By
American Rose Comb Brown Leghorn purchasing them >n herds I trot rare bargains, which I offer to
ClutH- C. R. Milhous, secretary-treasurer, my customers at prices ranging
Spencer Ind.
American Club Thomas F.
Houdan
Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls, la.
From $3 to $6 Each, Express Paid to Any Point
Blue Andalusian Club of America Rob-
None of these ; core ie than !IJ. .tnd a few run as liigh as '.ifi. I ship either from
ert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marlborough r OS Angeles or Houston.
Boston, Mass.
street,
American Black Minorca Club Charles
300ANIMALSTO SELECT FROM
Authorized Judge of American Belgian llari' Keiiistry Association of Kansas City, Mo.
L. Blanton, secretary, Falls Church, Va.
American White Minorca Club William Dixie Rabbltry, S. J, MITCHELL, Prop., (Main Ranch), Houston, Texas.
Sapper, secretary, Brie, Pa.
American Indian Game Club C. S.
Whiting, secretary-treasurer, Darien,
N. T.
American Polish Club M. V. Caldwell,
ym^ Miller's Perfection
secretary-treasurer, Leetonia, O.
National Exhibition Game and Game Folding Exhibition
Bantam Club W. W. Withee, secretary-
treasurer. La Crosse, Wis.
American Dorking Club Frank H. Coop
Prentice, secretary. North Grafton, Mass.
American White Wonder Club A. L. Folds like a book. All in one piece.
Merrill, secretary. Auburn, Me. Nothing to o astray. The neatest
1

and strongest coop ou the market.

American Rhode Island Red Club John
Crowther, secretary-treasurer. Fall River,
Mass. Wm. MILLER, North Bend. Neb
National Bantam Association E. La-
tham, secretary. Flat Bush, L. I., N. Y.
National Bronze Turkey Club Mrs. B.
F. Hislop, secretary, Milford, 111.
Barred Plymouthlayi"SHow vor
Western Turkey Club Mrs. F. A. Har- That we raise as good Barred Rocks
grave, secretary-treasurer, Richmond, Some fine Cockerels I
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed-
Eastern price $10, will sell his
Kan.
Water Fowl Club of America Theo. F.
Rocks. ..FOR SALE.. ers.
equal for $5, or money back. If you
Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa. buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him
for $8 Try me. CORWIN JONES,
Scotch Collie Pups Sidney, Iowa.
The Osceola Poultry association will Pure bred, tiolddust strain, eiigahje to res-
hold their next show at Osceola, la., De-
cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr,
isier. From imported Bench Winning St ck. Mrs. J. B. Jones, 9 ^ ^
Weldon, la.; vice
president, W. S. H. R. McLean, Breeder of
Red Oak, Iowa.
Luther, Osceola: secretary and treasurer, : : : : :
Barred Plymoutli E.ocks
Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent,
J, M. Beard, Osceola, la.; L. P. Harris,
and Mammoth Bronze
Turkeys
judge. Catalogue out
for one; it is free.
November 1. Send
Barred P. Rocks STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA-
The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso- EXCLUSIVELY. SON.
ciation will hold its annual show at Og- I have a number of early hatched cocker- .\BILENE, : : : : KANSAS.
den, Utah, December 11, 12, 13 and 14. M. erels thnt are jioofi in all sections, and really
poor in none, that I am oflerins for a short
J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning time only at s' and sa each. A few pullets to Please mention the Investigator
will place the awards. Premium list will spare at $1 lo *5 each. All farm raised. when answering: advertise nents. It
be out November 4. Be sure to send tor W. S. RUSSELL, will accomodate both the advertiser
one. Bo.x I. <_)ttumwa, Iowa. and us.

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<> the one that will Reap the Harv-
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^ Brief Busit^ess Co^tchers. ^

Under these heading^s cards of THIRTY WORDS or
30 WORDS less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sinjjle in- 30 WORDS
SINGLE INSERTION
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS WITH INVESTIGATOR
No display can be allowed and all cards must be
5 CENTS uniform in size and style. A change in makeup I YEAR $3.00
allowed each quarter.

BUFF PLYMOnTIl ROCK Cockerels from 100 S.S.HAMBURGS. -Stock for sale. Eggs SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes.
firstprize cock; very promising. Write for at prices to suit the season. Stock In good pure Buffs Winn rs at Chicago and Cedar
prices. Albert R. Swett, 34 Mosley St., condition fashionably bred and artistically Rapids. I'^wa. Also a tine line of Bantams
Elgin, III. marked. Rev. G. A. Chamblin, Moran, such as Game Coi'hins. Sebriglits and .Jap-
Kansas. anese. Write for prices. M. F. Yegge, De
BLACK LANGSHAN, W. I'. RorU.-iIl old Witt, Iowa. Bo.x 26.
stock for siile at $1.00 ('ch. youne white
Peklns duck-s6foriM00all from lilfcti .scor-
IFYOU WANT the blood of Boston and New
York winners in Barred Rnrks, S. (). Brown PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
ing stork. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, and White Leghorns. 1 ><ave it and can cream at I'hicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901.
Nebraska. please you in stoci' at low prices. Eggs In 150 youngsters for sale after ictober 1. fin-
'

BUFF COCHINS and Rose Oomb White Leg-
horns bred from the best of stock. Prize
winners. For sale. -Tohn A Johnson, Pilot
Mound. Iowa.
W WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
J.
Judse. All Varieties Private scoring
and expert mating a specialty.
SILVFR LACKD WYANDOTTS.S, White Wy- FOR S* LE. Two last
andottes. Buff Leghorns. Black Leghorns
and White Pekln lim-ks. First class Mrrts
for sale. Mrs. W
E. Tlbbltf, Imperial. Neb
FINER AND CHEAPER
arly. Games. Heathwoods.
ican Grays. BIk. Rfds, Tornadoes and Cor-
nish Indians. Free Illustrated circular. C.
D. Smith. Fort Plain, N. Y.
season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- er than evr, superior feathering, =bape
treville, Md. and color. Always satisfaction guaran-
teed, U, J. Shanklln, Wanbcek, Iowa.
SEE HERE. Fine Light Bnihma Cockerels
$1.25each Pullets tl.OO. Palrs$2 00. Trios BARGAINS in Buff Wyandotteo. line bred
$3.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock (Brey's str-ain) >2 and ki yrown. E.xtra se-
Cockerels .11 each. Order now. Richard J. lected for eqhlhltlon and br- eding 4 pul-
Holt, Utica. Minn. lets and I cockerel only $10. .John brey.
Specialist, Nrola, Iowa.
year's cockerels, score
FOR EXCHANGE
9UJiand BWi- $3 50 and $2.00 respectively; A 60-egK Pure Hatch In-
also about ten cockerels at $1.50 each cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games.
Write soon. Harry Fleming. Hastings. Neb Must be first cla-s stock. A. J. Williams,
Clay Cecter, Nebr.
than ever. Buy BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and e.\hiblllon
Irish and Mex- steck for sale.Write at once for descrip- ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS for sale
tion and Satisfaction guaranteed
prices. 1st cockerel St. Paul. Febru.iry 1!1 and
or money refunded.
Tell us what you want. nine one year old hens, score 824 to W/,. by
F. Whaiey. Appleton City, Mo. Russell, for $15 T. F. Reinelt, Tripp, S. D.

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Addreu tbs FublUber of tUs Vtv.
jy. St, Joe,
rates M. 8 information call
S.
or address, S. Adsit, G. P.
Agent, Clay Center, Nebraska.

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Address, THE LNVESTIGATOR, Mammoth Pekin Ducks 100 While Wpndotte Cockerels
Clay Center, Nebraska.
n If you need bid drakes or cockerels get my prices. Look up ray
? n cord. Get my circular its free.
I Lincoln, Neb.. Box 456 E. E. SMITH.
Morning View <>

PouUry Yards. <^^ Cur e Guaranteed

.HAVE. Donkey's
only remedy positively
..Barred Plymouth Rocks... THE
Roup Cure known
to cure roup In all Its
forms as long as the fowl can
see to drink. For Oanker, es-
Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- pecially in pigeons, this cure excels
others. One rent package makes 25 yallotis of medicine. Dlr<>ctlons with
red, full above the eyes.
.'.0

rv packa^i'. If i' falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1.
nkey's Lovise Killer never fails to ill. Try it. 25 cents per package, and
I

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting Conkey's Egg Food and Poxiltry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect
healili. and pm an\ -imiiMr prenaratinn. 25 cents per piickage
u.i- iiiiirf t-trcsiliaii
ami l.icenisexin. for posta-e C. E. CONKEY &
CO.. Clovel&rvd, O .
Paclli coast aj-'ents: Petaluma Iiicubamr Co P. laluiija. t'lii. Eastern wholesale

.

mce: No.SP.uk Pla,-e .New Vork fitv and S 11, I. Co.. CImv Center. N'ehr. For
James M. Perkins, I

!.;ili' hy all poollTV Mll))ily Imiuscs.

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KAVENWOOD, : MISSOURI.
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Gleti RaveH is Covered with

Barred Plymoath Rocks
KXCLUSIVELY.
If you want winners bred from win-
CHICKENS : AND : TURKEYS
Bied to standard requirem"nts and if hlnh quality. Prom E.vhibition scored parents
ners that will win for you, write me.
Brown and White Leahorns. Barred and White Plymouth Rocks, Black Minorcas and
Bronze Turkeys. Pri?es reasonable. Circular free Mention Investigator. Write for.
description.
FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr. E. W.GEER, Farmington, Missouri.

For the next 6O days I will sell Grit and

Pnnl+rv QnrkrklioC!
1 UUlll Y OUUIJllCO. Shell in lots of 500 pounds or over at great-

^'^.'^'^'^^^'^'^'^'^-^'^'^'^'^^-^^^'^'^^
ly reduced figures. It will pay you to lay in
Hydro-Safety Lamp your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and
myo'rini-uljiilcirnnd llrnclor and save oil,
^^t;4 attentionand avoid all diuiu'vr. Wattr jacket
keeps burner coo!. Price, 7fic. (n $2.70. Cata- Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies.
loeueof allln-o'->.-.rurn.li.s J<'.Irt.:E:E:.
OtKES. Mfr. Wo 12 6'h St., Blnoitilngton. Inil. ^
E. n. PEGliEH, 241 S 11 St., Liincoln, Neb. Box 463.

F. A. CROWELL, THE IDEAL

GRANGER, MINN.
Breeder of Strictly High Class Buff
Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins; Aluminuni
Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and
Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will LEG BAND.
please you. Circular free.

Golden Wyandottes. Is the acknowleged leader. It loosing off is Impossible as it Is made with a double nlinch
It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put
I

and is guaranteed to stay on.

Our Wyandottes never have failed on. It is absolutely the be=t band on the market today. Read what others say:
to win in the best company. Young Vermouth, Me. Mr. Frank Meyers. Dear Sir: I have been thoroughly testing your
leg band also others of the latest make The Ideal Aluminum Leg Bi,nd Is certainly the
stock for sale. best one that I have ever used and I believe I have used about all of them. Please ship
me lOOU as follows: 200 No. 6, ."^0 No. 7,400 No, 8, 100 \o. 9. 200 No. 10. 50 No. 11. Welcome.
J.C.KAPSER, Clay Centep,Neb Very Truly Yours. F. O.
I Prices of bunds, pn-t paid. 12 for 20c, 2.=. for 35c, 50 tor 8.5c. 100 for II. ,500 for M, 1000 for 7.

Send 4c in postage for circular of Barred Plymouth Rocks and sample bands.
west^liberty.
F. H. SHELlABA RfiEB, FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Port, III.
'""'
Has I
Barred Plymouth Rocks
for 20 years.
date in
you
We have tlieni that are up to
size, shape and color. Write me if
ne*"d any. 20^h annual circular which
fully describes our Breedin;; stock is free.
Barrett Plymouth Rocks
Mention this Journal and address as above.
..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.
OTMO. HUN. DRO. 35 Cockerels, well developed and very large $3.00 each.
1.50 each.
Breeder of Prize-Winning Cockerels extra good breeders
li.'i

50 Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each.

IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS. .)0 Pullets, good breeders 1.00 each.
Stoek for sale at all times. Eggs in season. 25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones l.SO each.
5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want
E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling 6reen, Mo.
Your Truly,
and can do you good circular free.

G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska. MR. and MRS. 1. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.
( Chalk White Wyandottes,
Breeder of ! Mammoth Light Brahmas
( Buff Orpingtons.
Exhibited at four shows, 1900-1901. Won 39
No Eggs for Sale! A nice lot of
regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea- young chicks for sale in pairs and
son. Satisfaction assured.
Buff Orpingtons trios. Bred from the best matings of
imported stock. I have hundreds of
Still 10 Cents a Year. February and March hatched chicks
TBE COMING BREED
Until further notice you can still get for sale. Mention this Journal.
the Poultry, Bke and Frdit Jour-
nal for 10c per year. Or by getting W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER,
DAVID CITY NEBRASKA.
four of your friends to send with you,
we will either extend your subscrip-
tion one year or make you a gift of a White Leghorns.
BUFF P. ROCKS ^.^.^itTl^id S""
Burdick Gold Nug-
good poultry book. Send today now Layers and winners. An Inducement to gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as
before it is too late, as this offer buy at once and of us tented breeders, hens can be found, and are up-to-date in
may be withdrawn at anytime. Send $8. 110 and J12 per dozen. Cocks 11.50 to *2.50 every respect. Some fine specimens
your dime and get the neatest, boiled each Scottish Terrier puppies S5. for sale; reasonable prices on applica-
down, right-to-the-point, stop-when- PRACTIOAL POULTRY FARM, tion. Address
you've-said-it, monthly journal an en- R. R, Fr.nch, Mgr. Bo.i 47, Ford City, Mo.
tire year. Thirty words in Breeders' MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Gentsr, Nebr.
Column for 25c. Display advertising
75c per inch, net. No discounts for Please mention the Investigator BUFF ORPINGTONS WYANf^OTTES. R.
time or space. A guarantee of satis- when answering advertisements. It I.Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
faction written in every contract. will accomodate both the advertiser and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultr y
POULTRY, BK A, FRUIT CO., Davenport, Iowa. and us. Judge. Port Huron, Michigan.
 32 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Imported Buff Orpingfons. Sure Hatch Poultry
Arfl winners at B. P. R.. Madison Squaro
Wiish., N. J. Keota. Iowa ( ity Iciwa State
Shows, Orplnirton 7 to $.10 per trio. Will
cloBe out nil the Rooks. Hradlev Kii.s, niid
Latlians Strains. One pair of vr ola show i as the largest aggregation of
birds for sale cheap. 92 to 92!s. A Hne lot of
younK show birds In both varieties. Always thoroughbred poultry in the west.
win; sure to please. Better j:et In the pns"li.

A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la.

We import, breed, buy and sel|
All Varieties.
SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. Each variety is bred separately on
8 Grand Breeders for sale at a bar- a farm. No chance for mixing up.
gain. Also 300 selected Langshan Prices reasonable. Stock the best.
chicks. Address, Write your wants. Address,
BEN S. MYERS, CrawfordsvlUe, lad. Sure Hatch Poultry Co.
Clay Ceater, Neb.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
The kind that win and lay eggs.
Satisfaction to all. Circular free. Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer.
Kills lice Mnd niites on poultry, hogs and Mnimals. is the
H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. strongest and be.st lice killer made. With our double
tube sp'-ayer you can save one half the tinuirt and pene-
Lock box 500. trate ail cracks and spray the bottom of tho house where
you find the mites or spider lice. It uets there every
time Every can is guaranteed or money refunded'
Write and learn how to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FttliK.
Barred P. Rocks... Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.
Extra Extra large. Extra color Kills Hoe on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on doss, ticks on sheep and lice on cat^
fiae,
t.le and horses, is a 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 want one in every town
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. Always use the powder before sattin? the hen
C. F. HINMAN, Frlead, Nebraska. TIFFANY THE - -COMPANY,
- Lincoln, Nebraska.

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would be surprised to find how easily they
coukl help pay the household expenses b)-
vising a good incubator and brooder. We manufacture the

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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 arc the only incubator firm wlio imblish catalo.siics in
Mrs. O. M. Sc.itt of Mt. Zio
Eiiftlisli, German, .Swedish, Ficnch and Simni.sh. Send 4 ctMits
for Kiijriish edition, others free. Eastern ciirrespoiidenoe and orders er invested J'ii.nn that
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 ? DECEMBER. 1901.

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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

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so perlcct In its working tliat it hatches every fertile egg.
WrUe for nnvtlilng you want to know about Incubators, Send
for the now free Illustrated catalogue.
CEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III.

THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

The Result of 25 Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
Choice .30old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
Cockerels Year's Breeding. firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
& Line Bred at tlie
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
Stock Eggs FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr.
for American Po ultry

Hatchingm Farm.

Krnrn Biirrpd aiul While I'lyniouth Riifks

Whilp and Silver Wyandoites. WiiHe iind
rtiDwn lyi-nliDrn.s. Gulden Hebrislit Bantiims.
Bronze Turkeys, and I'eiirl Guineas.
Belgian Hares, Jerae j attle.
ValiKiliie Cireiilar.
F.M.MUNGER&SONS,
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK.S. With that uice even ring barring 10 the skin as blue
as the sky. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN-
GLECOMB BROWN Ll<,GHORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Haeket and Sad-
dle, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels
and elegant combs In fact birds that give the other fell"w that tired feeling in ihe
DeKalb, III
show room If so. address J w. WHITNEY, Chatham, O P. O. Box I. ,

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Kelson's Ke;.'islered Strain, from a Ions line
of prize-winninj; anreslers; li;ive made them
a specially for lit year" Now offering line ?J
e.xhibition and srand br eding stock of both Barred Rocks - - White Wyandottes |
1900
>oon.
and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
Send for Illustrated circular with
half-tones of meriioi ious birds. Address.
We WE HAVE ^
M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville,
I Have
III.
Some -Choice- Exhibition ^=
I AND
^ Buff P. Rocks Fine Breeding Birds
W Exclusively... i Those

For Sale!
We
own
a That
have Judge Harris" entire stock.
These, together with our prize
We have always won
Shows more
at State Fairs and State
prizes than all other exhibits.
winners, gives us the best flock of
Buff Rocks in the country. We can Win... tTl. NORVAL, Seward, Nebraska.
please you both in <|uaHty and prices.
Write us if you want winners bred mavrnm
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul-
ouse Geese for sale.

MRS. FLORA SHROYER, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : : Friend, Nebraska

Clay Center, Neb. ,. "^^BREEDERS OFB .

~
.

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland

WANTED! Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska
State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st
hen, 1st cock, 3d cockrel, which was a prize
on every bird entered. At the Nebraska
25o\Vhite Wyandotte Hens State Fair, id to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won
1st pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock-
and Pullets. erela first prize on every bird entered.
250 White Leghorn Hens We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.
and Pullets.
100 White Rock Hens and Buys 5 Brown Leghorn Roosters
Pullets.
100 Buff Orpington Fe- 00
Y2L >00 fine Birds must go soon
males.
Will pay cash. Address,
Box 421, Clay Center, Neb. 5 For and particulars, write
illustrated circular
E. W. GREER,
Prop. Glen Kaven Egg Farm.
- ^L
FarmingtOn,
Mo.
Vol.3 Cla.y Center, Nebratskak. December, 1901. No. 10

Glimpses of Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm, Judge T. L. Nerval, proprietor, Seward, Nebraska.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
fully, takes out his note book and much grain has clogged the crop. If
puts down name and address of the there is much
grain in the crop of a
breeder, remarking that when he was bird on its oest thing to
arrival the
ready he would send to this breeder give it is sweet scalded milk and
for stock. nothing else for a day or two. We
Poultry is a business that should have known one instance where a
he advertised all along the line. The bird's crop was packed for several
shipping of one good bird, sent out days after its arrival, and if our
properly, usually sells another. friend had not handled the bird right
It is a sad fact that some chickens he would have lost it, and it was a
are sent out without food and water cockerel that cost him $15. We de-
and from this very cause the writei scribe extreme cases that the reader,
have known of several instances if not experienced, can avoid any loss,
where birds have died. Again fowls but in most cases only the usual care
has known of several instances is necessary. If only a $2 bird is sent
causes and some express agents are for, parties want the value of their
not careful about feeding and water- money and should be willing to give
ing the- birds. a little extra attention to the bird and
When shipping birds we take care not put it out with a lot of hens at
that name and address is written once. Again a bird sometimes con-
plainly and put on in two places. tracts as one don't always
disease,
know about the stock they are buy-
L. P. "arris. Clay Center, Nebr. President
uf the Nebraska State Poultry Association, Ed- ing. We
do not mention this to cause
itor Poultry Investigator, poultry judge,
fear, for hundreds of birds are ship-
and manager Sure Hatch Poultry Co. He has
been a breeder for 28 years and has exhibited in ped every day and everything satis-
all the largest shows in the east and west. Has
belonged to the Nebraska State Poultry Associ- factory.
ation since first organized, and has always been While some shipping coops are too
an exhibitor and won his share ot premiums.
heavy, other may be reduced to trap
sticks by being so light as to shake
Shipping ^'^^^^ apart by the nails getting loose. The
express rate on a muslin coop is too
M Fancy ftl expensive. The lath coop lined with

^M^^^
Our business calls us
press office very often. Having an
terest in every chicken we
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 tor 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
Poultry
to the ex-
cheap muslin is the most satisfac-
tory. Sometimes a load of orange
boxes can be picked up around town
cheap, rhese, taken arpart and the
in-
lumber used for coops, if well made,
see, we will
are a satisfactory coop.
We direct from the lum-
buy lumber
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-
W. A. Irving. Tecumseh. Nebr. Vice-presi-
dent of the .Nebraska State Poultry Association.
Sir. Irving is one of the oldest members, and
doubtless ban shown more birds at its annual
shows than any other, an has won more prem-
iums than any other. He has bred several var-
ieties but now has best Barred Plymouth Rocks

the man who bought the fowls, even and White Wvandottes. Mr. Irving may be
counted as one of the "Faithfuls," and will be
though he got them cheap, was beat at Lincoln January 21 to 24. 1902.

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 cov-
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 chargee.
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-
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
L. W. Garroutte. Lincoln. Nebr., Secretary of
journey should be put in a nice
it the Nebraska State Poultry Association. Mr.
(iaroutte is a hustler, and he is certain sure the
roomy place where it can take a dust show at Lincoln January 21 to 24. 1<)02. will be
bath, grit put before it and soaked the largest ever held and that the Auditorium
will be tilled ctmipletely with fine poultry,
bread and milk. The last has the ef- sigeons and hares. Mr. G. thinks tbera are no
other chickens an earth but B. P. Rocks, and
fect of helping the bird In case too
breeds good ones.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
for us, cuts the ergy of the boy who otherwise might
laths in half for a
then the find some of that mischief that it is
dozen coops used for trios,
Some said a certain well known character
lath in three parts for the ends.
coops are made the length of the lath finds for idle hands to do. It is the
if hens or pullets are sold instead of business of turning waste material
cockerels. The coops need not be as into money, and adding to the wealth
high as for cockerels. Always give of nations by the exercise of patience
plenty of room for a fowl to stretch and skill which otherwise would be
its neck and floor space so it can turn lost to the world. While it is all
around. these, there is so much room for it
The coops are the easiest made and that men who are capable of manag-
most satisfactory of any we have ever ing the larger affairs of life take it
made, and we have made several up and make it worth their while to
kinds. Our carpenter said he was sur- give it their atiention. No business
prised when the writer showed him under the sun is so suitable for every
how to make the coops, and said he age and condition in life as keeping
did not suppose a lady took an inter- poultry. The boy of 12 or the pa-
est in such work. We can learn how triarch of 80 finds in it profit or
such work is done as well as to do amusement according to his needs. It
embroidery. The embroidery is more is not play to keep poultry, but It Is
to our fancy, yet it is profitable to
light work suitable for weak but will-
be able to look after the carpenter man
E. O. Spencer. Courtland. Nebr.. handles the ing hands, and the strongest
cash for the Nebraska State Poultry Associa- and show him what we want as well
tion. Mr. Spencer has long^ been a member, will not feel as if he were wasting
and has held some office every season, and has as the man who cleans the houses. his strength if he devotes his time to
an eve open for the pood of the Association. CORA A. RICKARDS.
He is an expert breeder of W. P. Rocks and it. It is one of the oldest industries
can show you a biff string of blues. Mr. Spen- Ogden, Utah.
cer can be counted as being on hand to take the of man; it has always been profit-
cash January 2] to 24. 10(12. at Lincoln. Nebr.
able; it is getting to be one of the
largest industries and it always will
ployed a man to make our shipping
be profitable.
coops by the dozen. For a Leghorn or
Plymouth Rock cockerel a coop is
made as follows: One inch stuff for Hutch Record Ca.rdstoalI Breed-
corner posts twenty-four inches high.
ers, Free.
These are for two sides. Thin muslin
is put on to within three inches of
The Belg-ian Hare Co. of Lyndoti-
ville are supplying- all rabbit and Bel-
the top; then laths are cut in three
gian hare breeders with Hutch score
equal pirts, placing six pieces on cards FREE. All breeders should
each side and ends, fitting and cut- avail themselves of this liberal otler.
ting lathsto put inside of top and .\fter the first order they will keep
YOti supplied with Hutch cards for the
bottom so as to have double thick-
future. Send stamp: remember it is
ness to nail the top laths to, and free for the asking-.
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
ope 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 S^IIon. T. L. Nnrval, Seward, Nebr.. Chief
should be high enough to allow a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska,
chairman Board of Manag"ers of the Nebraska
cockerel to stretch its neck and crow. State Poultry Association lannual show at Lin-
For some of our birds we have had coln January 21 to 24. \noZi. Mr. Norval is one
of the foremost breeders of B. P. Rocks and W.
coopes higher than those above men- Wyandottes in the state, always winniner the
lion's share of premiums. Mr. Norval attends
tioned, which were for young cock- every board meeting' and a worker in the i.s

cause, having- the good of the Association at

erels.The comb and plumage of tail
heart.
may be hurt if sufficient room is not
given.
A drinking cup is nailed inside to Poultry Business.
one of the corner posts, and alfalfa
Poultry, Bee and Fruit Journal:
leaves and chaff put on the bottonl of
the coops. The bird is kept in a Poultry keeping is naturally adapted
larger, roomy coop with grit feed, to making waste places profitable. It
water and all conveniences until as is a business that stimulates the fac-
near train time as it will do to take ulties, gets people in touch with na-

it to the depot, when it is placed in ture, makes them observant, quick-

its shipping coop ready to start, with witted and careful in the methods of
food, water and all comforts it needs. doing things. It is adapted to while
The makes just the away the cares of the over-burdened
lath cut in half
right size for The ends are business man, charm the woman
a trio.
then cut the same length for cockerel away from the dreary and endless
coop. Our man, when he makes coops round of housework, absorb the en-
 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
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 a*Hl
alone. always lay in stock some
I

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.
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
E. E- Greer, Cambridge, Nebr-. is a member they have clean, wholesome quarters,
of the Board of Manairer of the Nebraska
State Poultry As-..ci.ili..iK annual -Iimw al and not crowded, poultry will always
Lincoln January :i i.. ^4. 1'": M r. ;i r u a-
i .-.
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,
A 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 busine3.s.
He replied that the farmers who rai?e

one of the first 1.. i"irl lllr A^~,.l lal loii a

ll.l lla, be healthy. If a fowl merely acts a poultry very seldom run grocery bills,
nearly eyery year -nuc li.lil -on,,- .ini..irlaiit
office. He breeds White anil Black L.'i; horns, little "cranky" do not imagine that it and those who do not nearly always
and is an enthusiastic worker for the Associa- is sick and commence stufliing it with
have to run a grocery bill and are al-
drugs. In looking over the average most helpless when a drouth or other
poultry house in winter, I find the failure comes along, like it was this
most common defects are as follows: year. He also named a few cases
^ Hints About Management | bare, damp floors, upon which the where the farmers' wives paid the en-

^ By Mrs. J. W. MINES.
S ^
The iioultry that everybody keeps
is technically designateti "fowls," or
"barn door fowls." As a rule they
are kept in small flocks, fed chiefly
upon what no one misses. On most
farms 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
food and exercise. If they can be
made to Keep the same nest three or
four days there will be little danger
that they will make any mistake to over-exercise.
about It for the remainder of the time box of dry dust by
and will save us the trouble of mov- Add halt a pound each of lime and
fowls stand and mope, broken win- tire living of their family with ixjul-
^
dows, letting cold air blow upon the try and eggs. As a usual thing the
roosts, damp droppings left for weeks farm poultry is the property of the
to heap up under the roosts; lack of wives. The farmer pays very little
a supply of warm water, obliging the if any attention to it, except to sco'd
hens to eat snow, lack of plenty of when we feed their grain. If
good sharp grit, which alone is suSi- this same farmer would keep an ac-
cient cause of failure, over-feeding on count of the feed, care, and the
corn, overcrowding and no induce- amount of products sold, he would not
ment to scratch for a living. These scold and complain to us and say that
are the most common and important after all our fussing a chicken is but
mistakes, and those who wonder why a chicken, and call us women poultry
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 Frank I'ai Ni th.
Board of MaTiauers of the Nebraska State Poul-
secret of eggs in winter is to make try Association annual show at Lincoln Janu-
ary 21 to 24 He is a breeder of BuE Rocks.
the hens work for their food. Don't .Mr. Patton has been a member of the state as-
sociation for seyeral yeaes and has exhibited
over-crowd, don't over-feed, but try
at nearly every show, winning eyery time in
I provide a generous his class the best part of premiums offered Mr.
Patton is a enoA judge and we oecommend him
a sunny window. to any association as perfectly competent and
honest.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
men like poultry, but you bet they all other people he aims to be accurate.
like fried chicken. Some men who It is wrong to be any other way. Yet
look wise have asked me, "Is there we do often find those who are not
reallyany money or pleasure, in fact so accurate. First, it is right for a
anything at all in the way of recom- man
when considering
to be accurate
pense, sentimental or financial, in those things which would make a loss
being a poultry crank?" There is only or gain to himself alone. He should
one recipe for a sure cure; it consists keep an accurate account of all re-
in trying it yourself and prove it for ceipts and expenditures of his work
yourself. MRS. J. W. HINES. among the fowl, charge them with
Walnut, Kan. feed and all that is purchased for their
use, etc., and credit them with all
returns, eggs and fowl. Thus he will
How to Succeed. know his profit. But accuracy is
I noticed in a daily paper of recent
most needed when corresponding with
date that the four qualities needed and
and selling fowl to some one. Ac-
absolutely required for a first class
curacy is surely necessary at these
business men are these: Punctuality,
times. It is the only aid to the build-
accuracy, steadiness and despatch. We ing up of a reputation and paying
can well apply this to the poultry-
business.
man of today who is running his busi- Then comes steadiness. Who can
Ben S. Myers. Crawfordsville, Ind., is one of ness in a good way. He is punctual;
Ihe judges at the Nebraska state show to be expect to make poultry pay if he is
held at Lincoln, Nebr., January 21 to 24, 1902. unsteady and fails to keep the work
Mr Myers is known the country over as an old
experienced poultrynian and judge. He judges done as fast as it needs be finished?
the Denver show the weel< before the Nebraska
state show, and has a lartre list this season. He There is always work for the poultry-
is an expert at breeding Langslians. and
.

stock wins wherever shown ,

cranks. But does it not take a crank
to make the wheel go round?
many people enter the poultry
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
tagious and tell us chicken cranks
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 know there is a reputation needed. He does all his work in time.
I
iiis
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-
So
ing a loss. No, he cannot neglect his
busi-
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
nope of success.
is con-
we
C. H. Rliodes. Topeka, Kas. Poultry judee
at Lincoln January 21 to 24, 1902. If any one
doubts Mr. Rhodes" popularity as a judge thev
have only to read his list of shows in Kansas.
.Missouri and Nebra.ska this season. He has
long been known as an expert breeder of Black
Cochins and his stock has won in all the best
sh(iws 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

for us if we press on to get it, and He selects and mates his fowl at an
will be found in the business for early date. He provides for winter
many years, instead of one and then feed in ample time. He buys all neces-
in something else. There is many a sities before actually needed. And
delicate girl who should raise poultry when dealing with any one he meets
instead of taking a trip to the moun- all appointments, never late and ans-
tins or to have poor
Colorado. I wers all letters at once. He ships
health and know Kansas sun and air fowls immediately on receipt of the
are as good as any, if we could only order, unless for some good reason
get out and stay in it. Taking care It is unwise to do so.
David Larson, Wahoo, Nebr., is one of the
of poultry is not always pleasant or He is accurate. Now we find that judges who will place the awards at the Ne-
braska state show held at Lincoln in the new
clean work and there are some young nearly every poultryman intends to auditorium, January 21 to 24, 1902. Mr. Lar-
ladies who are afraid of making theii be accurate in all his work, not only son is a well known breeder of Leghorns and an
ebpert judge in this class. He also judges
hands rough and black, and so it is that which is his own personal inter- other classes, and is secretary of the Western
Pigeon Club. Address him for entry blanks.
left for the men to do. I find not all est, but in all his transactions with etc.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
to dress abroiler it must be white or 404 eggs in seven months, from
or or you will be tempted to which I raised 100 chicks in the sea-
buff
strong thoughts, if not exclamations, son of 1898. Have exhibited since, at
before all the little pin feathers are Omaha, December, 1898, first pen, first
out. And when out. what are you go- first, second and third pul-
cockerel,
ing to do with the little black spots
under Judge Harris. At Jeffer-
lets,
where they grew? I have bred five son, Iowa, January, 1901, entered five
or six varieties, but none can fill the birds and won first pen, 187 (flO
White Wyandottes' place for me. cash); first cockerel, 93%; first pullets,
Have had them in competition with 95% (highest score in show) third ;

Brown Leghorns and they won in egg pullets, 94%. My experience showing
production. The best of setters and fancy fowls has been pleasant, profit-
mothers. Easily broken up, if you able and instructive. To any one that
wish, and always ready to eat after reads this who has never exhibited,
Carrutte. Litui.ln. Nc r. Will iudireat eight weeks old. It is only necessary I wish to say this: Take your best
jw at Lincoln, all \va er fowls and was to look at the Boston show to prove birds to a good show.
ended bv the Water Fowl Club. Hi- Compare live
under tnds weli what he is d their popularity, where they were the models, meet brother fanciers and
largest class last January. It is fast learn a few things. You will never re-
lt is we are all look-
success that
moving westward. Only two or three gret it, I am sure. If you don't win,
ing and seeking Someone has
for.
years ago advertisers were mostly try again. Perhaps you will learn
said that success comes to him who
why you don't, if you do not.
waits. This is true in one way, for
I wish you great success as a Poul-
we cannot get success until we have
try Investigator, which you are making
time to obtain it. But we cannot idly
true to name. W. A. GODDARD.
wait for it. We must go out to seek
Woodbine, Iowa.
it. So let every breeder be punctual,
accurate, steady and prompt in all The Wichita Poultry association will
work. hold their eleventh annual show at
PERCY. W. SHEPARD. Wichita, Kan., January 6th to 11th,
^JM. A. J. Waddell, president; H. W.
My Schoff, secretary. H. B. Savage, judge.
I wish to answer topic No. 3.

experience with thoroughbred poultry Send for list at once and come and
dates back about twenty-live years. show witu us. H. W. SCHOPF.
When a boy of 15 I attended a poul- F. C. Hindman, Friend, Neb., writes
try show in Hartford, Conn., and that he has purchased one of the Pan-
caught the fever, which has never left American winners in the Barred Rock
me. A brother of H. H. Stoddard, class and says he is a big fine fellow
who edited Poultry World, the paper weighing ten pounds and not fully de-
at that time, had three pairs of B. P. H J. Smith. Lincoln. N'ebr. Superintendent veloped. He says "he has a May 1st
of the Nebraska State Fair, held in the New-
Rocks, so-called, on exhibition. These Auditorium at Lincoln. Nebr.. January 21 to 24. hatched cockerel that weighs eleven
seemed to strike me and I bought one 1'>I12. Mr. Smith is one of our most energetic
members, and is a breeder of White Le&horns pounds and others weighing 9, 8 and
pair for $10, which caused some of my ad Barred P. Rocks. Mr. Smith is also a first 10 pounds. If you want size and qual-
class judire and has officiated in several shows
friends to hesitate when asked about in Iowa and Nebraska. ity, Mr. Hinman can supply you sure.
my business ability. However, those
same friends and neighbors were glad eastern breeders. They are now fast
enough to exchange common eggs crowding their older rivals, the B. P.
with me, of course. These were the Rock, east and west.
first B. P. R. chickens any one in our I wish to speak also on topic No. 5.

town had ever seen. This pair weigh- My experience in showing fancy poul-
ed nineteen pounds, so were not cut on try has been entirely confined to my
weight, but as I remember them, one favorite variety. Of the seven
could have been cut several points hatched July 10th, 1897, I exhibited
without referring to size. Legs were one breeding pen at the National Fan-
willow, with black striping. Barring, ciers' association show in Chicago, in
where there was any, quite splashy January, 1898, my first exhibit. To
and muddy. I also invested $3 in a those of my readers who have been
setting of eggs about the same time, there for the first time, it is not nec-
getting one or two weaklings. But essary to explain my feelings. There
to come down to the past, since 1897 is some little anxiety the first time.
is what I purposed to relate of my ex- Judge Bridge scored them and I
perience, .luly 10th, 1897, my first learned some things, as I handled
White Wyandottes were hatched nearly all the birds, having charge of
seven, and all raised to maturity. One placing the identification cards on
cockerel, the best of the three, weigh- coops. My birds scored from 91 to
ed September 10th two pounds; Octo- 931/4, but did not get a place, as they
ber 10th, three pounds; January 10th, were in too warm company. But when
John Haman. To: :as. Judg^e at the
1898, at six months, seven pounds. they got home they laid In February Nebraska State Pou :sociation January
21 to 24, 1')I12. Mr. has lonff been a
breed them ex- 67 eggs, March 66, April 76, May 74, breeder of pi^.'eons ai
1
This is one reason I jfficiatcd as judjre
clusively. No other birds I have ever June 50 (one setting the 13th), July in many tif the best s the United States-
Pigeon men w-ill cret fail treatment at Lincoln
bred mature as quickly. If you wish 43, August 28 (from two birds only), thi! intertand will receive liberal premiums.

It gives u8 pleasure to present to our readers this month a halftone of The Perfection E>
HiBiTioN Coop, manufactured by Wni. Miller. Nor^h. B*nd. Nebr. His g cods are first-class.' anc
can be relied upon as such.
\ FACTS VS. FIGUR.es
t By M. M.
I Cedar Rapids on January 13th to 18th,
Figures will make a man rich migh-
ty quick in the poultry business the
Klondike country is not in it. Yes, a
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 leu 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 say"ing
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? Wben 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-
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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-
tifulcut 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'
sociation of Cedar Rapids, la., which
as-
JOHNSON holds its seventh annual exhibition at
try business. It is referred to far and
1902, wish to call the attention of the
wide and for years as a positive proof poultry fanciers to a few of the spe-
that poultry don't pay. cial attractions of their show. The
Yes, poultry raising pays, but a American Buff Rock club and the
sharp pencil don't help it pay, better American Black Langshan will be two
than it makes other occupations pay. of the special features.
It is all right to keep account, espe- Theo. Hewes of Treton. Mo., and
cially so on the expense side, but the J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will
more we monkey with figures other- judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of Ma-
wise, the more we invite disappoint- con, Mo., will judge the hares, and
ments. When it comes to raising Henry Tieman of Baltimore. Md., will
poultry and really making it pay, the judge the pigeons.
dear women folks are the chaps Write for premium lists December
please excuse me. Right here I want 1, 1901.
to explain that I am a married man Entries close January 4 at mid-
and my wife gives every indication night. E. E. RICHARDS,
that she is going to outlive me, there- Secretary.
fore I can't be accused of courting
in this article. No, the women folks When chicks are hatched we often
don't raise all the poultry, and that's find some are unable to walk and soon
a fact, but they come so near raising their knees are sore and swollen, and
all of it that the men folks would get if they try to follow a hen they soon
mighty hungry for chickens if they die. or kept in a brooder they are
only got what they raised, and that's overrun and have a discouraging short
no He either. trip of life. Take coarse yarn, tie a
To the best of my knowledge, this loop around one leg, then pass to the
court has never caught a woman other, leaving only about one inch of
poultry raiser mixed up with figures, yarn between, and pass another loop
except when she was figuring on how knot around the other leg. If done as
much groceries and dry goods and soon as you find one so afflicted, in
Battle Ax plug (for her husband) that one week to ten days you can take off
she can get for her poultry and eggs. the yarn and they spring around and
It would be falling from grace to walk all right, as lively as any of
mention several truths about poul- them. R. AGNES CLARK.
try raising; for instance, it would not Greenwood, Nebraska.
lo POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
progressive age and the man or wo-
man who claims all of the best Is

^ Does Advertising Pay? g under suspicion for lack of veracity.

3 MR.S. BETTIE GLOVER. MACKEY.
the question were not so often
If
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
lino 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
Nor does it matter whether the article
advertised has genuine merit when it
Not even a religious paper is
advertising medium poultry fan-
for
Why?Simply for the reason
ciers.
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
pays. found in agricultural and poultry jour-
nals.
An amateur might possibly start by
I think the best way for an amateur
^ to advertise is to give the pedigree of
his stock, at least tell whose stock he
a good
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 that persons who wished
felt
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 you are a great distance from
if

comes to advertising in general. It advertising in his local town or county the party from whom you purchase
seems that people will answer the paper. I have known a few persons stock, you can use his name to ad-

catchpenny advertisement as often as to start in this way. But my experi- vantage. To make clear my meaning:
I. K. Felch is the king of the Brahma
those with genuine guarantees. The ence along this line of advertisement
writer would not like to tell of the was not at all satisfactory. True I can domain, and if you are a western
many times she has been the victim sell stock, but the people this class fancier and advertise Felch Brahmas
of fraudulent advertisements, and I of advertising brings to me are a class you may be sure of a good share of
am convinced by these experiences that want stock only a little above the trade from an advertisement in a
that I am not a fool, for it is said market price. They usually come in a journal circulating in the west and
that fools profit by experience, and I two-horse wagon to stay all night or middle west.
do not. Every little while I am caught take dinner. The horses must be fed. Make your headlines catchy. Last
by some wily advertisement. When They say: "I think as we came to the season I headed an advertisement of
we consider that many of these ad- house and you don't have to take

eggs as follows: "Mrs. Nation's Hatch-
vertisements cost from 75 cents to stock to depot, you ought to let me et Can't Smash Eggs Packed by Mrs.
$1.25 per line, we know they must pay, have these birds cheap." In one In- G. G. Mackey." In the nineteen years
for these appear in from one to two stance a family of five came with two I have been in business no ad. ever

dozen publications each month, and horses for dinner and bought one tom brought as many inquiries in the same
many of a much greater num- for $3.50. The poultry journal is the
them in length of time. Of course that will be
ber. But purpose is to give my natural advertising medium.
my out of date next season, and I must
views as to whether advertising pays After you have decided that it shall hunt up another. I believe it a great
the poultry fancier. I say most em- be a poultry journal, you will have to mistake to keep the same wording
phatically that does pay. And I be- decide what journal or journals you
it year after year. I know some of our
lieve there not be a dissenting will use. In order to do this you
will best known fanciers do this, but they
voice among experienced fanciers. must take into consideration the class can alTord it. We lesser lights must
That some receive better pay for of readers you wish to reach, what ter- shine from different points of view.
money invested than others Is also ritory will be the best for your ad- Remember that the best written ad-
true. And for this there is a reason, vertisement to cover. Then select the vertisement in the best advertising
sometimes more than one reason. journal which in your judgment will journal will only give you an oppor-
First, if you are an amateur and have best meet your desires. Now, much tunity to do a paying business, and
good birds which you would like to will depend upon the wording of your that your success depends on the use
sell, it will be necessary for you to advertisement whether it attracts or you make of the opportunity. In order
make a choice as to what medium drives. I often read advertisements to make your advertisement pay to
you will choose to advertise your that make me think the advertiser the fullest extent, you must observe
stock. And much depends upon this either has no knowledge of the power certain rules. Make it a rule to re-
choice. Always remember that a re- of attraction or wants to drive custo- ply to every inquiry received concern-
spect for the fitness of things is a mers from him or her, as the case may ing your stock, and do so promptly.
great assistance in any line of busi- be. One of the most obnoxious forms The day letter or postal is received has
ness. It you have fowls to sell, there of advertising is that of giving thrusts always been the rule I have observed
is no other medium of advertisement at other advertisers in the same line as nearly as possible. Sunday, as a
as good as a poultry journal, and next of business. Always advertise your matter of course, I make the excep-
to this Is a good agricultural journal. own business and let other people do tion. And of course there are times
Do not put a poultry advertisement In their own, is a good motto. Very fre- when every business man and woman
a purely literary paper unless you have quently the thrust arouses a spirit of is compelled by circumstances beyond
come to the place in your business inquiry which throws the trade to the their control to postpone business. But
where you take the whole realm of other party. Never under any circum- promptness should be practiced by all
the advertising world as your field in stances make the claim to all the best business people, especially those whose
which to advertise. I see a few fan- poultry in class advertised, for should business comes mainly by correspond-
ciers have arrived at that place, but this be true when copy is written, be- ence. Answer yourpromptly
letters
the beginner must, like fore it could go to press the proba- and manner.
in a business-like Tell
"Little fishes, keep close to the shore, bilities are some one else has secured the whole truth about the stock and
While larger ones may venture more." stock as good or better. This is a try always to give description little
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. II

below what you believe you caa make possible for us to keep them longer It seems that a western club would
the bird if you receive order. And than for the fall. be a great assistance to the breeders
when you receive the order do your The feeding of the ducks is an im- and it shall be the aim of the officers
best to please your customer, for the portant matter if one wishes the first of this club to make it as beneficially
very best advertisement you can have eggs to hatch. In duck raising we as it is possible to make such a club,
is a well pleased customer, while a have found the feathers Quite a profit- and we kindly ask all breeders to join
dissatisfied onethe most detrimental
is able part of the business. The early us at once and help us to make a suc-
advertisement. This is true even if ducks may be plucked several times cess of our efforts, for remember "in
you are not to blame for the dissatis- before they are sent to market. If union there is strength," and to suc-
faction. In order to secure best re- breeding stock is desired, the early ceed we must work together.
sults, an advertisement should be kept birds are generally the prize win- Lady breeders will be admitted
running continually. We become fa- ners. without the payment of the member-
miliar with names we see in our jour- It seems to me a great mistake not ship fee the annual dues.
or We
nals every month year after year and to have the duck house open into a earnestly invite all lady breeders to
we think they are reliable or they small yard where the ducks may be send in their names at once and be-
could not remain so long in business. confined until they lay in the morning. come members.
If you canont afford much space, take Ducks rarely lay after 9 a. m. We The officers for the first year shall
just what you can afford and as your have often heard people complain that consist of as follows: President, Sid
business increases better enlarge they got no duck eggs. The reason Conger, Shelby ville, Ind.; vice presi-
space in one journal than take small was evident to me, for I knew the dent, Mrs. J. W. Randolph, Kenny,
space in another. Advertise what you ducks were not confined. When the Ills.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Penny,
have and be sure you have what you season arrives for ducks to lay they Des Moines, la.; executive committee,
advertise. Give prompt attention to can be depended upon to lay. and the Sid Conger, ShelbyvlUe, Ind.; C. A.
prospective and actual customers, and season will begin very early if a little Penny, Des Moines, la.; L. P. Harris,
my word for it, you will find that ad- care is given to feeding and housing. Clay Center, Neb.; A. L. King, Wal-
vertising will pay ten, twenty, sixty I wonder if there ever was a flock nut Grove, Ills.; J. W. Headlee, Ot-
and one hundred fold. Aswer postal of ducks that would go into a house tumwa, la.
cards. It pays to answer all, stamp without being driven there? But how The membership fee is fifty cents
or no stamp. easy to drive. Our ducks lay out on a and the annual dues twenty-five cents.
MRS BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY. snow drift in the depth of winter un- Send in your name, membership fee
Clarksville, Missouri. til we shout and give them a start and first annual dues to the secretary
toward their house. We always keep at once and become a member and
the duck trough in the yard, other- give the ball a good start.
CARE OF DUCKS. wise the ducks would not be so much Constitution, by-laws and applica-
Because ducks can be neglected at home there. The duck trough we
tion blanks may be had upon applica-
without killing them, they are often find is a convenience not enjoyed by
tion to the secretary.
left to take care of themselves the a great many who only keep a few
CHAS. A. PENNY,
best way they can. 'lo use a western ducks. If the ducks are furnished a
Sec'y-Treas.
slang expression, "Ducks are good low trough in a convenient place they
U. P. Station, Des Moines, la, U. S. A.
rustlers, but it is doubtful if it is well do not pollute horse troughs and be-
to let them sleep and eat where they come general nuisances. At the old
please. Ducks will not lay in January home we had a water pipe and hydrant
SUMMER CHICKS.
if housed in a damp, draughty place, in our duck yard. We have not as Bunker Hill, III., Sept. 16, 1901.
nor will they lay so early if fed grain yet a pipe of our own in this house,
Mr. Will Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.:
alone. It is not necessary to have a but we have a pipe running through
house where water will not freeze for the fence and into a large bucket, so

Gentlemen While I am not in the
habit of "tooting my horn or lauding '

ducks. Any place where the wind and that we have no gate to open when
my praises, but in justice to yourself
water cannot enter Is good enough. we fill the trough. As it is only a
as the manufacturer of "Chamberlain's
Mashes of scalded bran and cooked few steps to tne hydrant, the children Chick Food," I must relate to you my
vegetables ought to be the morning can easily fill the trough. We give
experience with your feed.
meal for the ducks. On the farm we this as a suggestion to others whose While I have used your feed for the
never troubled ourselves about any yards are a little distant from a hy-
past three years, I hava never had a
other meal. The ducks are greedy for drant. single case of bowel trouble. This
alfalfa, cane and corn lodder. After The cost of piping water to the season I had a lot of Buff Rocks hatch
years of experience we have come to duck yard is saved in labor, fertility in July, and until they were six
the conclusion that ducks are not of eggs, and, above all, in keeping
months old I used nothing but your
much of grain eaters if other food is the ducks in their own house and thus chick food, and a healthier lot of
to be had. Raw carrots and sugar avoiding having filthy mudholes where chicks one could not wish for, and I
beets are fine feed for ducks, as they are we least wish them. have raised every one of them.
for all poultry. Cooked they are also HATTIB BYFIELD. Summing up poultry raising in a
valuable for the morning meal.
nutshell, any one that will furnish the
We would recommend the sugar beet THE WESTERN PLYMOUTH ROCK necessary labor, "Chamberlain's Chick
above all vegetables for poultry. If CLUB. Feed" will do the rest. Yours very
one has the opportunity to raise them,
Editor Poultry Investigator: The truly, THEODORE BBNNER.
a small patch will give lots of beets.
If they are purchased, they are cheap
Western Plymouth Rock club his
at the price the factory pays the far- been organized and this is a call for
all breeders of this grand breed to "To keep pace with the procession
mers. They are easily kept, which is As it moves along, you know.
more than one can say for carrots. We come into our ranks and help make You must grasp new notions quickly.
Then as quickly let them go."
do like carrots, but it is almost im- the club a success. VBLMA CALDWELL-MELVILLE.
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Subscriptions DonaLted.
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. 2.
Parmer & Breeder, Sioux City, la. 100.
Poultry Gazette, Topeka, Kas. 10.
Oregon Poultry Journal, Salem, Ore. 5.
Georgia Poultry Herald, Jackson, Ga. 12.
Poultrj' Farmer, Des Moines, la. 0.
Mich. Poultry Breeder, Ithaca, Mich. 10.
Poultry Gem, Siloam Springs, Ark. 10.
Poultry Success, Des Moines, la. 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, la. 10.
Poultry Monthly, Albany, N. Y. 4.
Poultry Keeper, Ouincy, 111. 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 Poultjy Assn.

The Osceola Poultry association will

hold their next show at Osceola, la., De-
While Wyandotte hen, score 96 by Russell, 1st at Nebraska state fair of 1900, 1st state show of
cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr,
1901;bred and owned by Judg-e T. L- Norval, Seward, Nebr-
WeldOn, la. ;vice president, W. S.
Luther, Osceola; secretary and treasurer,
eggs and chicks I can spare, and Mrs. Ida E. Bard of Imperial, Neb., Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent,
while it is a side issue with me, I make sends the editor a sample feather J. M. Beard, Osceola, la.; L. P. Harris,

from a Buff Cochin pullet, and writes judge. Catalogue out November 1. Send
it pay and get a great deal of pleasure
for one; it Is free.
out of it. follows of it:
as "This pullet was
The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso-
Some hatched 22nd, 1901, and is
of the large broiler plants are
laying.
ciation will hold its annual show at Og-
October 11th was the first I know den, Utah. December
using Buff Leghorns extensively now, 11, 12, 13 and 14. M.
laying. She is a pet and kept J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning
as they feather out so quickly, and of her
coming to the door singing. I plac- will place the awards. Prenuum list will
the yellow pin feathers do not show.
the be out November 4. Be sure to send for
If there was as much written ed a letter box on a bench by one.
about the Buff Leghorns as some of door, in which I
placed a nest egg,

the other breeds they would be even

then placed the pullet in and in a
I am quite
more popular than at present, and I half hour she had
laid.
laying two weeks
find that the noted Buff Leghorn sure she has been
prior to this time. I think that quite
breeders have sold every Buff Leghorn
good for a Cochin pullet."
they could spare from their breeding
pens. I think they stand at the head
for beauty and utility. Editor Investigator: : :

The American Buff Leghorn club, We are surely going to have a big
of which George S. Barnes of Battle and good show at King City, Mo., De-
Creek, Mich., is secretary, is bringing cember 9-14, 1901. John Preston
of

the breed before the public, and doing that place has consented
to act as su-

more active work for the Buff Leghorn perintendent, which insures that that
The club portion of the work will be attended
interests than ever before.
membership of every rep- to in the very best manner.
solicits the
utable Buff Leghorn breeder and fan- Many breeders have already written
cier. .signifying their intention of exhibit-
ing with us.

NOTICE. Our association has more than dou-

All IncubatorCo advertising in our bled its membership since our last
paper get out a very handsome cata- show and is still growing.
logue. It would be well if all persons
We have a fine list of specials and
intending to buy incubators this season premium list will be sent free on re-
"Iliglilantl Uiieeri," tnini
would send for catalogues of each com- quest. Yours truly, Tnclier. A first prize wi
shinvs in the United Sl.Uf
pany and then make their choice. R. R, FRENCH, Secretary.
by llig-hland Poultry Farn;
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lish Indian Gan , bred by L'. I), th, Fc

the first will be made in separate sections, and

winter's use stood the storm
Shipping Coops so well, many of them were taken off for small coops they will be nailed
I wrote some time ago about ship- in a damp time, piled evenly and a around the floor of coop and together
ping coops, and aslied why some firm weight put on them, and being "as at the top corners, also at the middle;
could not put them on the market in good as new," were used the second but for large coops a corner post will
much the same way that berry boxes winter, and the next winter the trees be needed, the top will be sealed over
and crates are sent out. I have not are too old, many of them, to need with lath and a couple of cans for
seen nor heard anything of the kind wrapping, and now I am going to use feed and water, in small coops, corn,
being done yet, but have accidentally some of those out of the original pack- wheat and "oyster shells for feed, put
"stumbled" onto the nearest thing to ages for the construction of hen in after weighing at the depot. We
it, and as usual when I have a good coops for shipment. They are made put four cans in large coops. Speak-
idea (in my own estimation) am in of a tough white wood and are very ing of cans, we have them this yeat
a hurry to Sometimes, though,
tell it. thin, like berry boxes. I suppose the without going to the hotel or restau-
even I think my ideas are not worth thickness is meant for one sixteenth rant for them. We have always
much, because they won't keep. If I of an inch. Elach wrapper is ten inches bought more or less "canned goods"
don't put them on paper while they wide and twenty inches long (they when we would get tired of the home-
are fresh, I am very apt to forget it. can be had in different sizes 12x24 is grown put up, and relished it; and
I am suspecting that the poultry the largest), but twenty inches high is we always thought it sort of a part of
world is giving one great sigh of re- the kind we have and are plenty high speech or a myth with the town folks
lief at the escape of many of my ideas for an ordinary shipping coop; and who used to make faces when you
that have grown stale and forgotten the way we intend to make the coop mentioned canned goods to them. It
because of lack of time to put them is to cut laths the length we want will be canned goods or nothing with
down when first thought of. But please them ends of the
for the sides and a good many of us this winter, and
don't congratulate yourselves too coop, lay them on a flat surface, one already we are on the verge of "mak-
much or they may reappear by way of for the top, one for the bottom, and ing faces." We have the usual amount
punishment. one through the middle, for large of fruit put up, but not a tomato nor
But about those coops. We have on coops; then lay the wrappers over a grain of sweet corn dried, and will
hand a -auantity of tree wrappers that them, then another lath on top ex- have to buy nearly all winter vege-
were never used. They were left out actly over the under lath, and nail tables.
of some 2,000 bought a couple of them with small nails, clinching on Fraternally yours,
years ago, and as the wrapers from the under side. Each side and end MRS. MAY TAYLOR.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. IS
is divided about as follows: Shell, 11
per cent; white, 56.5 per cent; yolk,
' Practical and Profitable \
By L E KEYSER. 62.0 per cent. The shell consists of
5 Poxiltry Culture. V V?' sayre.px
Sayre, Pa.- i about oU per cent of the salts of lime,
or about 20 per cent of the pure uu-
combmed lime, which is calcium ox-
THE FOOD PROBLEM. poses in the economy of the fowl, ide, and the remainder carbonic aciu,
iiiey are burneu to create heat to keep water in a crystalized shape, etc.
To intelligently teed fowls, either
fowl warm; tney
Lue produce the We have now considered both the
for eggs, growth or fattening, we lowl and tne egg and know the ele-
lorce exerted in the motions of tne
must uuderstancl their various re- iowi, anu If tne supply is greater ments we wish to supply, and as ash
quirements ana the constituency of the luau IS neeued for tne production oi will be taken in sufficient quantities
food, it stanus to reason that if we ubai aua force, tne excess gives rise u we leed meat, clover, oyster shells
luruish those elements which go to LO tne production and laying up oi and grit, and the water supply can
mate up the fowl and the egg and sup- lat 111 tue body. be regulated by the fowls, we find we
ply them in the rignt proportion and lue protein of the food is used to nave only to furnish the proper pro-
sufficient quantity the lowl must lay, juuu up and keep in repair tne work- portion of protein and carbohydrates
or it a young fowl, it must grow. We ing iisBues of tne body, which we and fat to produce a ration to meet
and in the composition of the hen a uave snown consist largeiy of protein, any requirement. If there is not suffi-
large numiier of different substances mat is, It supplies the material for cient carbohydrates and fat the hena
which may for our purpose be grouped tne growth oi tissue, which may be an will not be able to keep warm, and ii

under four heads water, ash or min- actual increase in bulk, as in tne case too muchthey will become fat ana
eral matter, protein, and fat. Lii tne growing chick; it may simply unproductive, while if the protein be
Water is the principal ingredient
ue tne making good of waste, as in the lacking there will be nothing from
and amounts to from 4U to BO per cent
mature fowl, or it may take the torni which to form the egg.
of the weight of the live fowl. of egg proQUction, which is really the li'or the purpose of determining the

Ash or mineral matters amount to giowtn and breaking down of the tis- relative proportion of protein and car-
from 2 to 5 per cent, their presence sues of the ovaries and oviduct. For bohydrates and fat contained in a
being most evident in the bones, but ail these purposes protein is indis- substance, and for better comparing
they exist in small proportions in all pensable, and its place cannot be tak- one feeding stun: with another, tne
parts of the body and are as essen- en by either carbohydrates or fat. If, term "nutritive ratio" is used, which
tial as any other ingredient. however, more protein is given the means the ratio of digestible protein
Protein is a name given to an im- fowl than it needs for these various to carbohydrates plus fat.
digestiQle
uortant group of substances, all of forms of tissue growth, the excess is before making this comparison, how-
which contain about 16 per cent of burned up, like fat and carbohydrates, ever, we will explain that the fat is
the elements of nitrogen, and of which or perhaps furnishes material for the multipliea by two and one-fourth, be-
washed lean meat and the white of an production of fat. cause one pound of fat is two anu
egg may be taken as a type. They The mineral matter in food consists one-fourth times as valuable as a
form the organic parts of the bones, of lime, soda potash, magnesia, sul- pound of carbohydrates. The term of
the skin, the internal organs, the phur, etc., but to ascertain the amount the ratio is taken as a unity; for in-
brain and nerves, in short all the it is reduced to ash, which is the term stance, if there should be five pounds
working machinery of the body are generally given to this group of sub- of protein and thirty pounds of carbo-
composed largely of protein. Conse- stances. This ash or mineral matter hydrates and fat in a ration, we
quently this group of substances is of in the food serves as a source of sup- would express it as 1:6 there being
carbo-
great importance. ply tor the mineral ingredients of the one part of protein to six of
Fat varies greatly in the body o the body and for the formation of the hydrates and fat; but should there be
hen, but seldom falls below o or rises
shell of the egg, in the case of laying more protein than
carbohydrates and
above 30 per cent. hens. Most food products contain suf- fat the ratio of the latter
would be
The feeding stuffs supplied poultry ficient ash for all practical purposes, expressed in decimals. For example,
contain all four of these ingredients, especially when the fowls are given should a substance contain twice as
and in addition another group of sub- meat, bones, oyster shells and grit. much protein as carbohydrates and
stances not found to any considerable Grain contains very little ash, while fat we would express it, 1:0.5, but as
extent in the body of the fowl, known clover, grass and most of the green nearly all feeding stuffs contain a far
as carbohydrates. The most familiar foods have a liberal supply. When a larger portion of carbohydrates and
substances belonging to this group are ration is otherwise fairly proportioned fat than protein this seldom, if ever,
starch, the various kinds of sugar and there is generally mineral matter suf- occurs.
woody fiber, starch being more abun- ficient for all needs. The nutritive ratio is referred to as
dant in most foods, so they are some- As we do not feed to supply water, being "wide" or "narrow." A
feed-
times spoken of as starchy substances. this portion of the constituency of ing stuff with a wide nutritive ratio
Carbohydrates have substantially the the diet need not concern us, but we is one which contains a large propor-
same use in the body as fat, but a should always have a sufiBcient sup- tion of carbohydrates and fat as com-
given weight of fat is worth for this ply constantly at hand so that the pared with protein. One with a nar-
purpose two and one-fourth times as fowls maye take it as required. row nutritive ratio contains a small
much as the same weight of carbohy- proportion of carbohydrates and fat
drates, so when they are grouped to-
THE EGG.
as compared with protein. Corn has
gether, as is usually the case when The egg, exclusive of the shell, con- a wide nutritive ratio, 1:12, while cot-
considering the value of a ration, the tains about 68.25 per cent of water; tonseed meal has a comparatively nar-
fat is multiplied by two and one- albumen or protein, 13.8 per cent;
row nutritive ratio, 1:1.2. If we are
fourth and added to the carbohydrates. mineral matter, 1 per cent; fat and
feeding to produce growth or eggs w
Carbohydrates and fat serve three pur- oil 16.8 per cent. The average egg
i6 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
should use a compartively narrow ed in part of meat and green foou, weighing from three to four pounds
ratio, but for fattening for market, a
hay, grass, or roots will produce tar average weight. We have kept a
wide one. It is impossible to lay better results. In order to narrow the record for several years and
careful
Uown set rules for feeding, as every ration a mash is find that our Plymouth Rocks con-
often fed, especially
person must be governed by condi- in winter, and we have had better re-sumed an average of fifty-eight pounds
tions, the availability the material,
oi' ifults by this method than any other, of whole and ground grain, ten pounds
price, but
etc., we will say that for yet it greatly increases the labor. We clover, fifteen pounds meat and ten
egg production in winter and for compound a mash mixture of one part pounds roots each in a year when
growing chicks in the early spring, a by weight of wheat bran, one pan confined in small yards. This would
ration with a nutritive ratio of from wheat middlings, two parts No. 1 allow each fowl a trifie over one-fourth
1:5 to 1:7 has been found to be the mill feed( equal parts by weight of pound of food per day. Where fowls
most productive, while one slightly oats and corn ground together), two have free range for six or eight
narrower is better in hot weather. parts buckwheat middlings, one part mouths in the year this amount will
t'oi- fattening matured fowls a ration ground beef scraps. Where buck- be materially lessened. When fowls
with a nutritive ratio of 1:10 or 1:VZ v/heat middlings cannot be obtained, are on a range it is a good plan to
is about right. Chicago gluten meal may be substitu- give them one scant feed a day or a
For the purpose of aiding those who ted, or half the weight of linseed or highly nitrogenous food, such as cut
wish to compound a ration of a fixed cottonseed meal may be used. When bone or beef scraps. A self-feeding
nutritive value we append a table making our mash we take one part of box of wheat bran placed where they
showing the composition of the di- cut clover hay, steam it well, and add can help themselves to it will aid In
gestible parts of the feeding stuffs two parts of this mash mixture, mak- egg production. The fowls will not
usually used by poultrymen. While it ing it as thick as possible. It is then eat a great deal of the bran after the
may not be absolutely correct, allowed to stand before feeding until
it Is first day or so, but will use It to
sufficiently so for all It is just lukewarm.
practical This gives us a
pur- balance their ration and supply any
poses. ration the nutritive value of which is deficiency in the food supply found on

Table showing mineral and digestible about 1:3.4,

which would be too nar- the range.
matter in feeding stuffs: row, but as we only feed a small quan- In feeding for eggs we should en-
Ash
Per Cent of Digest- tity of mash, the other feed being deavor to give all the exercise pos-
ible Matter composed of grain, usually wheal, sible, especially if our food is of a
Protein
Carbohydrates and corn, buckwheat or oats, it makes the carbonaceous nature, as the carbon is
Kat day's ration about evenly balanced. thus converted into heat and thrown
Nutritive Ratio
Wheat I
1.8|77.li| 7.1|70.5|1:9.9 We do not feed all of these grains, off from the body, while the quick
Corn 1.5|79.7| 6.0|73.7|1:12.3
Buckwheat
I

| 2.U|ti2.6| 7.8|54.|1:7
but alternate each day as many as we breathing throws off the carbonic acid
Oats I
3.062.41 9. 2|53. 211:6.8 have, using most largely of such as can gas. All grain should' therefore be
Barley 2.4|77.9| 8.7i69.2|l:8
be bought on our market at the lowest
|

Rye 1.9176. 71 6.4ri0.3|l:U ted in deep litter and the hens be

Peas 2.7|72.3|1S.S|53.5I1:2.S
price. Corn and oats are the staples, forced to scratch and hunt it out.
Rice I
0.4|ST.a| 7.4|Sti.l|l:10.S
Sunflower sed |
2.1 ::.': 1".:, 1J.:|1;4.2 and these are grains which we feel
Wheat bran |
.i_ - i
1,1:3.8
we cannot well do without. When
Wheat shorts |
l ' i. - 'i,l:4.8 American Incubators Abroad.
Wheat middlings :;.:;,. ;-i i:.^,i.'i,;i|l:4.8 supplemented by a mash with a nar-
Corn and cob meal..|
|

l.olTU.S,' 4. 4, Oij. 011:15.1 A great deal is .said these davs about

Cottonseed meal | 7.2|80.9|37.2|43.7|1:1.2 row nutritive ration corn is undoubt- the expansion of American trade, and
L,lnseed meal, n, p...| 5.8 73. S|28.9|44. 911:1.6
everyone who has studied the figures
edly the best whole grain to feed, as
Unseed meal, o. p. ..I 5.7l77.8|29.3|48.5 1:1.7
Hominy chop 2.5|86.6| 7.1|79.5|1:U.2
|
it is more easily digested and pro- shovs'ing' the growth in American ex-
Gluten feed 1.0 82.7119.4163.311:3.3 ports, has been astonished at its mag--
\

Chicago gluten meal. 1.1 84.6127.7156.91:2.1 duces a better quality of eggs than any
iiitude.
Cut clover hay 6.2 44.9J 6.4|38.5|1:6 other. Wheat and rye are as good as American incubator manufacturers
Alfalfa hay 7.4 :53. 4110.4143.011:4.1
corn, their nutritive ratio being slight- have not been behind other lines in
I

Sorghum seed 72.21 5.4|66.8|1:13.3

Buckwheat midd'gs. "4.2123.7150.511:2.1
ly narrower, but they usually cost this respect. This is especially true of
Beef scraps 3.3|82.2i37.7 44.5 1:1.1 the Prairie State Incubator Co. of
Dried blood 4.1|61.4|32.7|28.7 1:0.8 more, and when fed in connection
Mangel wurzel 1.11 6.5 1.11 5.4 1:4.9
Homer City, Pennsylvania, which has
Potatoes 1.0|16.6 0.9 15.7 1:17.4
with a mash the slight gain in pro- extended its trade to all parts of the
Sugar beets 0.9{12.5| 1.6|10.9 l:b.8 tein is more than overbalanced by the world, sending- shipment after ship-
Kutabagas 1.2 9.51 1.0| 8.5 ment to distributing points in Europe,
Skim milk O.S 9.2 3.5| 5.7 1:1.6 additional cost.
South America and South
Buttermilk 0.8| 7.81 2.81 5.0|1:1.S A ration can be made up of grain, Australia.
Africa, besides sending many smaller
The fat reduced to its starch equivalent.
roots and hay, green cut bone or beef lots of one or two machines to indi-
By referring to the above table any
scraps which will give very good re- vidual poultrymen in the same coun-
intelligent poultryman can prepare a tries. Since the 1st of August. of this
sults, without the trouble of mixing a
ration that will meet his requirements year, their foreign demand has been
mash. Such would be an ideal diet if especially heavy, and many car-load
with such food as he can secure.
we could make it fully as productive. shipments have been made from Hom-
Green cut bone, a most important food
Nature did not intend the hen to eat er City
for hens, is not given in the table be- The new catalogue of the Prairie
soft food, giving her a gizzard where-
cause it varies so greatly, owing to State Incubator Co. is now on the press
in to grind it; but nature did not in- and. by the way, we understand it to
the amount and kind of meat adher-
tend the hen to lay in winter or to be the handsomest book ever printed
ing to it, that an analysis of one sam-
produce more than forty to sixty eggs by an incubator company. It will con-
ple would be of little value as show- tain good illustrations showing some
in a year. If we change her natural
ing the general average. It is usually of these shipments. These, however,
tendencies we must also change her are only a few of the hundreds of fine
considered by poultrymen to be a lit-
diet. pictures in this handsome book, which
tle better than beef scraps. sent free to all who request it.
While we can compound a ration The amount to feed is sometimes will be the 19()2 catalogue, and copy
Ask for
wholly of grain and its by-products of hard to determine and can only be will be sent as soon as it is off the
press. We advise vour sending in vour
the proper nutritive ratio, we find for told by experimenting. The standard
name at once. Address THE PRAI-
some reason not shown by the analy- given is sixty-five to seventy pounds RIE STATE INCUBATOR CO'P'Y.,
sis that a mixed ration
one compos- of food for each 1,000 pounds of fowls Homer City, Pa.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 17
Making.Prize Winners
Did you ever stop to think when you V The Wooden. Hen V
were loolimg at and admiring the tirst-
prize bird at a poultry show that it was
not through an accident that it was
carrying off the lirst prize? Did you
I'ealizethe 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 tor to produce fertile The illustration shown here is of the A few minor changes have been made
eggs. Then proper incubation to hatch famous New Wooden Hen now known in the general construction, and with
him strong and wel developed. Then the world over as the most successful the above improvements, it is a most
came the tug of life. While he was of all small hatchers. perfect little hatcher. Three sizes are
growing, perhaps several of his mates It is now six years since the Wooden offered for the coming season 50, 100 ,

failed to survive. He had to be fed Hen put in its appearance, and each and 200-egg capacity, and the prices
well and not, too much, given plenty season it has come forward with im- are surprisingly low.
of exercise, kept warm, and kept from provements that increased its popular- Send at once to Geo. H. Stahl, Quin-
exposure. So we see there is a vast ity until the sales are nearing 40,0(X). cy, 111., for his beautifully illustrated
amount of work and time spent to For the coming season long legs have Catalogue, which also contains a most
produce the prize bird. He was not been added to make it more conveni- interesting chart showing the "Devel-
raised alone, perhaps, but we may ent; also a moisture diffuser, which opment of the Chick" in natural colors,
know that along with him grew a overcomes the question of how much also 1() other colored views. Free if
hundred or more, and not one of them artificial moisture should be supplied. you mention Potii,TKY Investigator.
near him in perfection. Do not imag-
ine that the high class breeders pro- them busy and feed a variety; make basket will soon be full, where there
duce all prize birds. it a balanced ration, feed green food, are none in it now. The second crop
There is al-
ways a large number of birds raised animal food, grit and all such things of clover is counted best, although
that are not in any way fit for breed- as they get in a natural state. There the first is good. It ought to be cut
are no hard and fast rules for feed- before it is in bloom. Alfalfa is also
ing, but are fit only for market. So
you see hat even the best breeders ing. One breed somewhat equally as good, treated in like man-
requires a

must sell
different feed and
part of their birds in the
management. If ner. Young oats that is cut before the
you start out with a flock you want to get the prize bird, you
market. If
head starts to grow, cut and nicely
of birds that cost a long price do not must know your breed, know how to
cured, is also good fed as above.
L. P. HARRIS.
expect to raise all as good as the pa- feed it to produce best results and
rent birds. If you get a fair number know how to mate and manage. The MICHIGAN STATE SHOW.
of good ones be satisfied, even if you secret is in knowing how. After you As the show season approaches it
do not get some that are very good have raised him you have got to get becomes apparent that there is going
and fit to win in hot competition. him so that he will look the best in
to be a general interest taken in the
Well, you say, it is easy enough to the show. If he does not carry him- coming exhibition of the Michigan
self in the proper way, you need to
raise "scrubs," but to raise prize win- State Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock
ners is work. That is true; yet some train him to pose when desired to be association to be held in Battle
people can raise scarcely any on ac- judged, etc. Creek, Mich., January 7-10, 1902. Thfe
count of disease. You have got to be J. W. SHEPARD. past two shows have been held at
very careful to avoid disease. somewhat disadvantage on account of
Now to raise the prize bird you must VALUE OP CLOVER FOR POULTRY not knowing just how we would come
have good stock scoring up well and Clover hay contains about twenty out financially, but after holding two
been bred from extra stock. You times as much lime as corn. This shows and paying every dollar earned
must have them mated so as to pro- makes it a very valuable feed for in premiums and specials, this year
duce best results. I can not tell you poultry in fall or winter. It may be we promise in addition to a good time
here how to mate your birds because chopped in a feed cutter one-fourth to pay every dollar won at show. Ar-
I do not know what kind of birds you of an inch long, placed in a pail, then rangements will be made to accommo-
have to mate. Keep them strong and pour hot water on and let it stand date the large number of exhibitors
vigorous and healthy. Do not allow for one hour; then thicken or stir in and their birds in a manner both
any exposure, and feed properly. You shorts and corn meal and you have a suitable and satisfactory. For fur-
may ask. How do you feed properly? splendid feed, a balanced ration, hard ther information address L. G. Nich-
The proper way to feed Is to keep to beat, and you will find that the egg ols, secretary. Battle Creek, Mich.
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Rocks, He 'eaves a wife,
creased amount of business, which we Edith and two children, a
Belville,

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Parties wishing to change their ad- All advertisers will be entitled to ment. Any donation will be grea'ly
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We are very careful in soliciting
advertisements, to see that all are re- Thanking all for past favors, we are The Clay Co. Poultry Association
liable. any time anyone answer-
If at Yours for success, will hold their fifth annual show at
ing any display advertisement found L. P. HARRIS.
in the columns of Poultry Investi-
Clay Center from December 10 to 13 in-
gator is in any way swindled, will clusive. This association is made up
please write us at once, we will look Some time past the editor visited of real live, progressive, reliable
into the matter, and if such an adver- breeders. Some of them have blue
Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm and was
tisement has been inserted for the
purpose of defrauding our readers, we surprised at the interest shown by the ribbons secured at some of the largest
will drop the advertisement and pub- proprietor in thoroughbred poultry, shows in the west. They are striving
lish the swindler's name. We wish to the substantial way the houses and to make this, their fifth annual show,
keep our advertising columns free second to none in the state except the
yards were built, the quality of the
from all such advertisers, and when
writing to an advertiser whose adver- stock seen in the yards, the extent of state show; have engaged two exper-
tisement was found in these columns, the farm and the thorough manner in ienced judges, and the awards will be
we would ask it as an especial favor which it was kept. Cedar Lawn Poul- made as promptly as possible. The
that jou say you saw it in The Pool-
try Farm consists of ten acres devoted association guarantees $200 in cash
Try Investigator.
wholy to the breeding of Barred P. premiums, besides a long list of spec-
Rocks and White Wyandottes. The ials headed with an incubator. The
Address all communications to
farm adjoins the city of Seward. This co-operation of the fanciers in adjoin-
Poultry Investigator Co,. is Judge Norval's home, a sightly ing counties is desired If you cannot
Clay Center, Nebraska. place in the north part of the city. It come, send your birds: we will care
is a beautiful home with a beautiful for them as our own. Send for prem-
yard full of trees and shrubbery. The ium list and list of specials.
Golden Egg. one thing that struck me forcibly was B. H. DUNN, President,
the large roomy yards; the houses FLORA T. SHROYEK, Secretary.
were all shingled, painted and plas-
Since our last issue we have pur-
tered and built as good as many dwel-
chased the Golden Egg of St. Louis, ling houses are. The best none
TKe Black Red G&me Banta.iT\.
are
of Miss E. Merceret. She, being in too good for the Judge, and his birds "A 'Bl.ick Red Game." do g.ize at me:
Longest of leg-s have I." said he:
very poor health, was obliged to dis- prove it in the show room. The "poul- "A body smalL
A reach quite taU,
pose of the paper and we took this try fever" has no respect of person Head like a snake, a briErht. keen eye,
A close, hard plumage, and I trv
and it got the best of T L. Norval, if Stylish to be in all my moves.
chance to increase our present circula- And not to tread in time-worn grooves.
he was Chief Justice of the Supreme
tion. This and other improvements Court of Nebraska, and we wish there Do I succeed? Well, don't they singr
me and crown me kingr?
Prai-ses to
we anticipate making soon will make were more like him. No other Bantams such prices bring.
Nor can they ever while I'm in the ring.'

I Poviltry Chats
If persons asking
prices of stock would
name and address with a little more
care, it would save much worry and
their would go more direct.
letters
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 Ernie, one can easily
see what a difference it
in name not having the letters
the
plain. However, in that case the last
name and the name of the postofflce
were written very nicely, so we hope
our letter reached the right person.
Again, il 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.
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 the show room may be of use to some
wise mind that things were not as who are going to make entries for
they had ought to be, and people were the first time. First, we should have
"well, you know, to come right down our birds in good
to the plain truth, dishonest."
goodness he did not know anything
about typical carriage, shape of back,
wings, fluff or tail. When
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19
ard weights, or in that proportion for
any fractional part of a pound." So
^ MRS
C. A BLANCHARD
if a bird is one pound under
you see
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 Standard says: "They
questions or poultry breeding he knew nothing, and
should be exhibited in their natural
write their was too wise to learn. What more condition." That does not mean that
could he learn about a chicken? He
they should be dirty. It our birds
knew when they were baked, fried or are white they should be washed. It
boiled to perfection. Pure breed was takes a good strong soap suds to cut
no better on the table than any other the dirt from feathers and give them
kind, only if we were to call them
their natural whiteness. Then a good
pure bred he could not see why they
tub of rinse water and plenty of tow-
were not all just as we wanted them. els to wipe them as dry as possible.
I think we all find such people, and
If there is no cold wind and you have
we can only hope that the day will a south corner that is sunny and
come when they are better educateu. warm, they can be put out of doors
Anyone who tries to know anything to dry; but most times the coops have
about poultry can easily understand
to be brought in by the stove, or the
that they must be priced according birds would chill. Their feet and legs
to quality, and in asking tor prices
would make must be cleaned well. When they
should state whether they want birds comb
wattles, earlobes and
are dry
for show purposes, or just good breed-
rubbed with sweet oil.
legs can be It
ing stock.
makes them smooth and clean, and is
In sending out anything under the all right, for I once heard a judge
nead of good breeding stock it should make this remark to an exhibitor: "I
be considered dishonest to send any could have given that bird a better
bird that would be disqualified. In score had you washed and oiled his
our state poultry show room last win- legs. They are good but they are in
ter we know of one cockerel being such miserable condition." The ex-
disqualified whose owner had paid ten hibitor said, "Well, the book said they
dollars for him. must be natural condition."
in their
The bird had come from the yards The judge said, "When you
go to
of an eastern breeder, who certainly church you wash your face and hands,
knew better than to send such a bird so when we go to the show room we
out. There is no fair play about such should wash our face and hands."
work as that. If we are going to raise MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD.
pure bred birds, even for the improve- Friend, Neb.
ment of our farm poultry, one of the
first things we should do is study up THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.
the disqualifying points. Learn to Editor Poultry Investigator:
know which are our good birds and You ask me to tell you how I came
which are our poor ones; the poor in the poultry business. It is short. I
ones can be used on the table and n(5t wanted a good table bird. I wanted
kept as breeders. Again, if we intend a good egg-producer. I wanted a good
taking birds to a show room we should rich, fine flavored egg for my own
know what disqualifies and leave all consumption. I wanted eggs in the
such birds at home, no matter how winter when they were highest and
good they are in other ways. best, so I selected the "L. B." and have
I presume many of the older breed- worked for that purpose, and I have
ers will commence to read this article, just what I wanted. I like the "L. B."
and then throw it aside in disgust. They are to the chicken family what
But the time has not become so very sugar and coffee is to the groceries,
dim in the distance when we had all muslin and prints to the dry goods,
this to learn ourselves, and we know the gold dollars to the financiers, etc.
there is always new members in our I have bred the "L. B." off and
on
Every leg
circle who are seeking after the same since '76. I have had no failures for
knowledge we have gained. the reason that I commenced at the
A few words on preparing birds for 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
condition. The enough to handle all of the different
varieties, and have been contented
Thank "Standard" reads "In all the breeds
with the breed I like best.
of fowls having weight clauses, ex-
C. E. BARNEY,
cept bantams, deduct two points per
Kearney, Neb.
it came to pound for any deficit from the stand-
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species of birds moult in this style.
The time has come when the win-
tercomfort 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 should be or have been
profit,
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-
ficulttask 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 proviae
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
^ MOULTING TIME AND WINTER CARE OF FOWLS. ^ 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
The moulting time is here for the poultry raising. healthier for having it. If there are

fowls and will not be over for some There is quite a difference In the little children in the family, nothing
would suit them better than filling
time for the older hens or those who way fowls moult. Some begin very
these barrels or sacks by hauling the
have almost worn themselves out in early and merely shed a feather or dust to them in the little wagon.
laying all summer, and if they are two at a time, the new feathers com- All roosts should be scalded or sat-
non-sitters, last winter also. ing in as soon as the others are
urated with coal oil, as you prefer;
So many poultry raisers, especially dropped, the fowl is not weakened,
among the farmer's wives, do not and always is well covered, thus giv-
seem to know this is really a critical ing rise to the idea that some fowls
time for the hen. Instead of coddling never moult. Again there are other
her up a little and stuffing her with fowls of the same breed that with
nourishing food, she is let run around little warning almost all of
lose all or
any old way to pick up her living. their feathers, remaining naked a long

No wonder so many of our finest hens time. These are generally the older
die during the fall months for no rea- fowls, and the frosty nights and morn-
son we can see. And yet there is rea- ings will chill them to death if not
son enough. Weakened with laying well housed, as well as fed.
and perhaps starving, herself to feed The Rouen duck moults in a pecul-
an August brood of chickens, she is iar way. The male moults twice in
in no condition to cope with the extra the season. In the early summer he
strain upon the blood to produce new loses all of his gay feathers and
feathers, unless we help her along comes out
in a suit so near like the
with plenty of food. female that he is mistaken for her.
The moulting hen must not be left But. later on, he moults again, and
to struggle with the others for the this time he gets back his gay clothes
l!:irro>l I'lynuiuth Kock cockfrel. s^orc ')3'4,
moiety, often of grain thrown to them, and pride. No other fowl that I know by Russfll. in lirsl prizt- pen al Nebraska state
sliiiw. January. \'hn Bred and owned by Judtfc
if you expect to make a success of of does this way, although a few
.

T t,. Norval, Seward, Nebr.

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the floor well cleaned and, scalded
Poultry Experience
and the walls whitewashed with very By Mrs. lElIa. Dawson
thick whitewash into which a little
salt has been stirred. My experience with different varie-
There are two reasons for this last, ties; Well, that would be a long
three in fact; the whitewash helps story,
as I have tended the chicken
if any are lurking
kill the mites,

since a child of ten at that time for
around; the chickens dearly love light mother
and white quarters, and the thick to watch
or grandma because I loved
them scratch and throw the
whitewash will get flaky and the hens litter
over one another. You know
will greedily pick it from off the wall
at that time we had chickens and
and thus get a good supply of lime
chickens of all shapes, color, and size;
for their egg shell formation. Many
the great big Shanghi, as we called
hens, even of the winter laying breeds,
a gangling red mother used to have,
do not lay well in winter because not
the little dunghill, the beautiful Buff
enough lime is kept for them to make
Cochin, stately Black Spanish and
the egg shells. Grit does not always
Malay, a half dozen little bantams,
contain enough lime for them. The
pets of the children; speckled hens,
main good that broken dishes, pound- White Wyandotte pullet at Nebraska
Domauecks, and every other color I
ed fine, bring for them, is because ihow, 1901; score 90, by Kussell. Bred
imaginable, all in one flock; the more vn^d by Judg-eT.L.Norval, Seward. Nebr.
dishes are formed from oolite, which
kinds and colors the nicer they con-
is simply lime after all.
sidered their flocks. But how changed they are allowed to roost in or kept
If the chickens must produce eggs
these times from the present. I have in dirty quarters they soon show ft
for the winter market, then a variety
tried to have only one variety or by their plumage. 1 always admire
of food must be given them, warm,
kind and have that the best I could a white bird of any size or shape if
soft feeds and mashes as well as
get, since I have had a home of my they are clean. I have had the Wyan-
whole grain. I have known hens to
lay eggs all winter upon a diet of
own. My first thoroughbreds were dottes, the Silver Laced and have a
the dark Brahmas. We bought them pen of white now. They are beautiful
snelled corn mainly, but it is not best
when we went to housekeeping on fowls. The best layers I ever owned
for them, unless you intend selling
many of them when the high spring the farm. Oh, such a time I had with was a pen of hens I had from a cross
those Brahmas. They would get in with Silver Laced Wyandotte hens
prices set in, as corn makes them very
fat, and some think diseases them, the barnyard and could not get them and Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel.
and it is my experience that it does out, unless I lifted them over the Those hens layed when all others
to some extent. It is always a temp-
fence or opened the horse lot gate were on strike. The Wyandottes make
tation to me to feed exclusively upon
and drove them through like sheep. the best of mothers, so kind, and will
the whole grain, especially shelled The hogs just loved those Brahmas. mother all of the chicks on the place
corn, as it satisfies the fowls so well. As they would creep through the fence if they have a chance. There is al-
They fill their craws and go off to not they would forget the place they got most a tie between them and the
bother you for hours. But it is just in at and the hogs would get after Rocks as to which should have the
the other way with soft or ground them. It makes me tired yet to think banner. They are both as good as the
feeds; so well or
either they like it how ran after those Brahmas, twen-
I best. Then we have our big pets, the
it digests so soon, leaving them as ty-two years ago. I sold or killed Light Brahmas. I like them because
hungry as ever, for they are always them and said they were not the fowl they are so gentle, can pick them up
squalling after you when fed this last. the farmer wants. Then we got a aiywhere, and such nice large eggs,
Fowls do not drink much in winter, flock of Partridge Cochins; then how so nice in color, both shell and egg.
but it should be put where they can the egg basket filled; what beautiful They are surely worth having.
get at itat all times, and in very cold plumage. I said surely this is the Then there is the pen of shining
weather should be given luke warm. kind I have long sought for; it is an B. Langshans. How pretty they look
ideal fowl for the farmer. I would with their coal black eyes and shining
ANNA BELL.
have had descendants from that flock green plumage; their big round white
yet if we had not sold out in Illinois eggs look so nice when we have a
and came west. When I started here basketful all together. I sometimes
in Nebraska I bought the Barred think I prefer one breed, then an-
Plymouth Rocks. That was thirteen other, but think the kind we have,
I

years ago, and I have B. P. Rocks yet, if well cared for(I mean pure breed

but not the same, as I sell off the old of the best all round fowl, the one
stock every year; never keep them best suited for the people and place)
older than two years. I send every is the one to stand by; but I don't
season to get new stock of some re- let them mix. If you have different
liable poultryman. I keep only the varieties, have pens to keep them
best for my own yard. apart, shut the cracks up, give the
The Barred Plymouth Rock is the hens range if you are through setting,
farmer's bird; it is of good size, makes and then there is no chance of getting
quick growth, good layers, good color, them crossed with one another.
and the color is just suited to people Farmers should have all kinds they
that neglect cleaning the poultry can handle. Turkeys have the range
Barred P- Rock pullel, scored I3'i liy Russell,
illfirst prize pen. Nebraska state show, 19tH house and sheds. The white fowls of stubble the meadows, and
fields,
Bred and owned hy Jndire T. L. Nerval, Sew- soon show how they are cared
ard, Nebr.
for. If ranges of so much farther from the
22 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
house than chickens that they utilize
what would go to waste. Then the
duck will wann the cabbage and not
eat it if kept out until the head is
formed. And do you know baked duck
is very nice and a change from chick-

en; so any fowl, well cared for, will

more than pay for itself.
MRS. ELLA DAWSON.
Cozad, Neb.

HEN AND CHICKS."

A Great Picture on a Great Book

About a Great Machine.
We reproduce in hali-tone herewith
an oil painting which many competeni
judges pronounce tue greatest poultry
painting wnich has 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. Tuis picture,
when exhibited in the east, attracted
universal attention, and is now on
the way to Berlin, where it will be
shown this winter in the German ex- to cut more bone in better condition, tember and October. I have never
hibitions. Humphrey & Sons may in less time and with less labor, than done so, but eggs naturally hatch well
'

well consider themselves extremely any other bone cutter, or the pur- '

in those months; shall try it in the

fortunate in securing so valuable ana chaser's money is refunded. Isn't that have roup to look
fall, myself. We
so attractive a painting for their book. a fair proposition? out for; it is very bad in this country,
I

It is reproduced iu the exact colors of We know that every one will be in- and I know of several who have lost
the original and is a fitting setting tor terested in this catalogue, and we hundreds. Lice are always in evi-
'

an extremely interesting catalogue. know it means money if you buy a dence, and must be fought hard. And
Like the Humphrey book of last Humphrey. Send for the book. Ad- since coming to this place a year ago
1

year, it contains in addition to much dress Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, 111. I have had a hard battle with the
valuable matter on the care and treat- great black ticks. I have fought them
I

ment of fowls, for money-bringing re- hard and am not yet a conqueror, but
Editor Poultry Investigator: I

sults, a set of blanks for keeping a have them on the run. I have never
record for a year of every transaction You have asked me to give you an lost birds from them. These things
in the poultry yard. Of course con- article on the poultry industry here
of course, to a great extent, un- are,
siderable space is devoted to the open in Arizona. Let me preface
der the control of the my ar-
poultrymen,
hopper Green Bone and Vegetable Cut- ticle with a description of the coun-
hence hens are kept under favorable
ter, the machine which in so short a try. and do well. Broilers
conditions
time has leaped to such great popu- To most people Arizona is a barren bring good prices, 40 to 60 cents
larity among poultry keepers all over desert, and most of it is so, but she each. There is a good opening in this

the country. We attribute the suc- has valleys that are fertile and rank line. We have several large egg
cess of the Humphrey largely to its with that of the Nile, such as the ranches here and there is a good mar-
extreme simplicity. It has practically Salt River valley, on which Phoenix ket and plenty more room for the
only three working parts the cutter is situated. We have a grand climate, poultry raiser.
head, which carries the knives; the and a fine,pure air. Stock is grown
Let me say one word to you who
pivot wing, which holds the bone in in large numbers, and is an important
have good birds to sell. Cultivate the
position, and the open hopper, industry. The poultry industry is not
trade of the valleys of Arizona. We
in
which the bone is placed for cutting. to be despised. There is much chance
want good stock and already have too
This hopper is really an "open hop- for growth, as we can't produce
many mongrels.
per" (a term originated by Mr. Hum- enough to glut the market. We have
W. W. GERARD.
phrey). There are no partitions nor within one hundred miles or so, min-
Mesa, Arizona.
screws nor apartments in it; conse- ing camps calling for our surplus. In
quently you don't have to chop the winter, Phoenix has thousands of in-
If you watit ....
bone into little pieces before you be- valids, enjoying a healthful climate
gin cutting. The machine is ready to here, and the hotels pay large prices Belg:ian Hares
cut when you are ready, and as the for fresh eggs and poultry. Fat hens Call oil or write to
operator controls she can
the feed, sold for a dollar, dressed, and few to
cut as fast or as slow as she likes. be had. Eggs sold from 15 to 40 cents
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
per dozen. We hatch the chicks from
Old Orchard, Mo.
We say "she" because the Humphrey
turns so easily that in a majority of January to April, inclusive, to get our Or :>(io:! Clark, Ave., St. Luui.s, Mo.,
cases It Is used by the women of the stock pretty well grown by the hot WM.
G. STEINICKE. Mngr-
family. It is backed by a guarantee weather of July. Some hatch in Sep- 100 Hares to choose from.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 23
Profit in Duck R^aising Factory and Home Offices of tKe Cyphers
Mr. Editor: thought perhaps my
I Inc\iba.tor Corrvpa.ny.
experience in ducli 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 capilal
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 favois
the courageous, so finally it favored
me. I had the opportunity of picking On October 1 the factory and home manufacture of incubators, brooders

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 ol
prize winning Pekin ducks.
eggs arrived I let them stand thirty-
six hours and then tucked them into
a nice clean nest of oat straw, nicely
sprinkled with a powder which I
offices of theCyphers Incubator Com- and other poultry appliances. This
city has unexcelled shipping facilites
pany were removed from Wayland, N.
both by rail and by waterr Bufialo'is
Y.,to Buffalo, N. Y., where the com-
the natural gate way between the East
pany now has ample space and every and the West, as much so as though an
modern facility for manufacturing arch were built and people traveling
their popular line of goods and con- east and west passed through it. The
When the ducting a large business. The new Southwest and Southeast are reached
factory and home offices are located at from Buffalo by direct trunk lines,
the Corner of Court and Wilkeson Sts., while across Lake Erie and Lake On-
within half a mile of the city hall. The tario lies the garden spot of Canada.
Buft'olo Belt Line and Erie Canal par- Buffalo is the principal eastern lumber

make by mixing one pint of crude allel their ware house and shipping market and one of the leading wood-

carbolic acid Into one peck of road rooms on opposite sides. Their lum- working cities of the Union. Skilled
dust. I cleaned a box of sufficient size ber is brought from the Michigan, labor is available in all departments.
by washing all corners and crevices Wisconsin and Canadian saw mills di- The progress made by the Cyphers
with a strong solution of oxalic acid rect to the factory by boat, thus plac- Company has been rapid, and it is be-

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
model one. Herewith is shown a view Cyphers Company is in position to fill
gravel and water before them and
leave them at liberty
ing them in a position to buy the prin- lieved that this removal to Buffalo will
prove highly beneficial to the company
cipal material used in their product at
the lowest market prices. In this new and its many customers. With its fac-
location they have unlimited power tory and home offices at Buffalo and
and their equipment of machinery lias branch offices and salesrooms at New
been added to until their plant is a York City, Boston and Chicago, the
to come now occupied by this all orders entrusted to it at an import-
off
of the building

when they please. But they cannot company. ant saving to customers in both time
Buffalo is aij ideal location for the and money.
leave the room, so I have no trouble
with chilled eggs. Well, in due time,
nine lovely, lively "boxers" came a trio of the best ones for the next
hatching out and I raised eight of season's breeders; sold four for one
them, one being carried away by a dollar apiece and roasted one. I then
of Pride
West.... the
disreputable hawk. I fed the ducks had my eggs more than paid for and Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze
ground corn and oats, beef scraps and had a trio of fine breeders besides. Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
sour milk, cheese mixed with coarse The next season those two ducks be- Show record on open book. They
sand and gave them all the water they gan laying in March and laid two are in the yards of many of the
want to drink, but none to swim in. eggs every morning until the middle best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
I have often read that ducks have no of July. I raised eighty young ducks, ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger &
crops, but mine are not built that sold eleven at ten weeks' old for $g^75, Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
way; mine have both crops and giz- the hawks got one of them, the hogs Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
zards, and when dressing them I find eat some, but I still have a nice flock Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
small stones in their gizzards that I and have roasted a number; and let from hens. Young stock now
never gave them, thus doing away me say if you want something fine, try ready to ship. Write for prices.
with the theory so often advanced a duck roast, sisters. I have feathers Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure is a
that a duck don't know enough to enough for two large pillows from one sure cure.
hunt such things and will surely die season's picking of young ducks. I
HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,
unless it be fed to it. Well, those read an article lately where a lady
ducks grew and waxed strong, and be- was counting the profits of a flock Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
ing two ducks and six drakes, I kept of ducks and she estimated a pair of CLARKSVIHB, : : : : MISSOURI.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
pillows at at least$5. I thought, My,

wnat 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
$ Poaltry Investigator { larger scale. And, sisters, if you have
VH
a growing desire to try duck culture,
^3j4 Is edited by a practical poul- don't quelch it, but take my advice
trymau of 30 years experi-
j
A Christmas Present
;
and go in and win. Ducks are great
ience and is full of plain,!
t commonsense articles by;
'those that breed poultry and )
big eaters. I believe for that reason
they should have a free range, though
^Cj CHICKEN
That Will Please
is the name of a new
work instead of theorizing.
) ( they are easily confined, as three feet (^ game consisting- of a pack of
:It is just what you want.;
of poultry netting .s all sufficient for ^, handsomely ]>rinted cards (poul-
Send us the names and ad- W try subjects). Is
Jdressesof IS persons inter- their yards.But don't attempt to keep * amusing, enter-
''^/^/-t
nested in breeding- good poul-; them in the vegetable garden; if you * *'-'
^\wC, ^^
taining, instruc-
try and we will send you the do you will surely be i ti^g P for all,
PoDLTKY Investigator one( any number of per-
t
)

year for your trouble. Sub-?

ascription price 2.')c. Address/
Poultry Iflvestigator Co.,
^ Clay Center, : :
Like the young lady of Nigre,
Who went out for a ride with a tiger;
They returned from the ride
^ With the lady inside
Nekraska^ But a smile on the face of that tiger.
Ducks are very fond of "garden
4^ sons can play the game. Send
20c in stamps or silver for a
pack -postage paid.
"The same is a yood one. The
whole family can plav; teaches the
children to think quick. "-Geo. A.
Allen, Clerk of the District Court.

sass." I Imow of no fowl easier to

"The Sun Printing House is relia-
ble The same is a dandy. If >ou
raise. I have never lost one from want an aniusintc Kanie for the kids
and one that the whole family will
sickness. MATTIE MATTHEWS. liov, cheap, get a pack of "Chick-
Morning Sun, Iowa.
Standard of Perfection
Mating BaLrred Plymouth Rocks
Revised Edition, 1900.
To produce both sexes of "Stand-
^jSlN PRINTING HOUSE
This work is issued by the American ard" color from the same mating has S^1 ~1.' CLAY CENTER, NEB.
Poultry Association. It is a book of been the study of thousands of breed- C)?8 *^ "^ "A* ^ if* *^ *if>
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- ers for over thirty years. That some i\%J^ *J^ .^ fc^ K^ V^ K^
tains the only official descriptions of fine specimens have been produced by
the several varieties of fowls. It is on the "single mating" system, is true,
this Standard that all poultry judges but undoubtedly more than 90
FUN FUN FUN
per
base their awards. Every experienced cent of the winning Barred Plymouth
fancier has a copy of this book and ev- Rocks in the country have been the
ery poultryman needs it to learn the product of the special mating sys-
requirements to which his stock must tem, which is unquestionably the sur- Clubbing List
be bred. est, quickest and safest method that
the tyro can employ to secure the By taking the advantage of the
The Standard of Perfection highest scoring specimens of the following combinations you can
AXD- breed. To produce standard coIoretJ get two papers often at the price
females, use in the breeding pen only of one. Look at these ofiFers:
Tlie Poultf^ Investigatof females of the highest type of the Price with
One Year, for $1.00 color and form with the qualities de- Poultry
Address, sired in the female
progeny, or in Regular Invisti-
price gator.
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, other words, the very highest scoring
Poultry Tribune 50c 50c
specimens. To these lemales, mate a Poultry Herald SOc
CI,AV CENTER, NKBRARKA .50c
male of medium light color (not a Poultry Gem 25c 35c
washed out, barrless bird) and evenly Commercial Poultry SOc 50c
Western Poultry News... 25c 25c
POILTRYMEN IZ, ^'"'.7, barred all over, including wings and
Poultry Success SOc 40c
tail, and rt possible one whose dam Poultry Topics 2oc 25c
unless PpiWTpn neatly. I do it
and sire's dam were of the same high Poultry Gazette 25c 25c
it is inll'l 1 LV well and use good
form and color desirded in the female Nat'l Poultrv Journal SOc . . SOc
cuts. Send for samples and prices. Farm Poultry Sl.OO $1.00
progeny. He should have a deep, American Poultrv Journal 50c .50c
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. full breast, broad concave back, small, Feather oOc .'
SOc
wW serrated comb, orange yellow Nebraska Farmer Sl.OO Sl.OO

ORPINGTONS legs; all important and desirable qual-

..Just Think of It..
B\iff LEGHORNS produce. From such a mat-
ities in his
ing you can depend on 95 per cent of
Farmer and Breeder, price Sl.OO
a.nd Brown Leghorns first classbreeding and exhibition fe-
Any SOc paper yon choose above.
The Poultry Investigator
. ..50
25
YuuuKorold stock, first class birds cheap.
Hundreds to selen from. EgKs all the time. males. The males from this mating
M.& F. f-TKKMAN. Total $1.75
will be of about the same color as
B.\ 178. Hinsdale. 111.
We will send the three to you for $1.00.
their sire, not exhibition birds, but Address,
BUFF ORPINGTONS- WYANOOTTES. R
I.Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners useful for breeding choice females the POULTRY INV'ESTIGATOR.
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed following season.
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultxy Pullets of even Notice We do not send samples of
Judse. Fort Huron, Michigan'. color all over, and distinctly "barred other papers.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25
Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. arrow parallel lines of a dark
b at stop short of a positive
For Sale..
C. W. Leghorns, White bh.^K," khat we High hlass fancy pigeons, as fol-
is desire, and with lows: Fantails, Carriers, Magpies,
Wyandottes. judicious and careful selection in the Owls, Archangles, Barbs, Homers,
breeding stock it is not difficult to get Swallows, Dragoons, Nuns, Turbits,
Stock from high scoring- birds and Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts,
winners wherever shown. Prices right the rich blue barred pullets that at-
Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in-
Send your wants. tract the eye and win the blue rib- side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White
KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. bon. Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese,
To produce the medium dark blue Rouen Ducks. Write for price list.
males called for in the standard,
Notice! >- at the head of the breeding pen the
put D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb.

I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls. very finest exhibition male that you Watch Houston's Show Rec-
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- can afford to buy, of standard color, ord this Winter.
den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2 He will make some of the boys smile,
evenly serrated comb, broad, concave
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons and girls too. His stock has always
for any kind of standard bred poultry. back; full, deep breast; small, spread- won wherever sliown.
ing tale; orange yellow legs, bright B. P. R a^nd Buff Orpingtons.
W.F.HOLGOMB, Clay Center, Neb. bay eye, and evenly barred all over, I have 3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp-
ingtons. $5, $7 and $10. and one pair
and to the skin. Do not use a male
$12. Have been booking orders for
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys with any serious defect, even if he eggs for some time. Rocks all sold.
With this male, mate fe- A. L.
scores high.
Keota, la. HOUSTON,
Young stock for sale. Gobs weigh
males of the same line of breeding
from 20 27 pounds. Price, 3.50
to
each. My stock is as good as the best. as himself; females whose sire and
EGG FOOD..
dam's sire were high scoring, standard
J. P. Schroeder, '"''i,2Sr^%M^. colored birds. These females should
It Make
Eggs are high at this time of year.
Yourself.
be medium dark in color, not smutty, Fill your egg basket and reap the ben-
It is next to impossible to raise poul- but evenly barred all over and to the efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re-
try, even a small flock on a city lot to cipe for making the best egg food
skin, with good form and legs. From
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- known. Easil3' and quickly made. Re-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a such a mating you can produce about cipe price only SOc; Death To Lice,
trained 90 per cent finely colored males, suit- 15c; Essex Cholera and Condition Pow-
Fox Terrier Dog. able for breeding and exhibition. The
der, best on earth. liO. The for $1.00. :{

Our dogs are taught to parole the

females
John J. Kautzmann,
will be too dark for exhibi- 590 Bergen St.
place night and day. Write, Nevada Newark, N. J.
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. tion, but useful the following season

You Can Buy Eggs

for breeding choice males.
When you
start, buy the best to be
Buff Cochins. ^
had; you can't afford to buy the Rose
if Comb Brown
From my Prize Winning White Wy- best stock, buy some eggs from the
andottes balance of this season at SI. SO best. Do not expect to breed prize Leghorhs
per 15. See April Golden Egg, p. 31. winners from cheap stock. You sim- My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank nitch-
oocii and have won for two years in the show
GRANT MOTT ply cannot do it. It requires skill and room. Prices ri':ison!ible. Write your wants.
Box A-2!. study to produce prize winners, and Mrs. Ida Bard, imperial, Nebraska.
Austin. Minn-
life is too short to breed them up
from poorly bred stock.
My Buff Rocks
"^^^^ Yours for more and better Barred Barred Plymouth
Won at Madison Square Garden this Plymouth Rocks. J. E. HAGE.
IJ /^ /- 1 7- o Some fine Cockerel s\
season; at Boston and other great 1

shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs

Goldsboro, N. C.
KOCKS.
..FOB SALE.. I I

for sale. Write for Circular and Show DEACON'S WARNING.

record. If ven't provided a place where
MILES H. LOUER, your ill be warm and comfortable
next \ we think the following Scotch Collie Pups
Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y. "poem, ./hich we find in an exchange, Pure bred, (nilddust --i ain, eligabje to reg-
i

will point a moral: ister. From inipoiii-d Hi-n.-li Winning Stock.

Dogs! : : : Dogs! "I dreamed I was a chicken."

Saidi good old Deacon Black,
H. R. McLean,
"With a comb upon my head Red Oak, : : : : : Iowa.
I have alitter of fine Pups from a And feathers on my back.
large Bitch, W St. Bernard and yz New-
foundland, bred to a great Dane.
"I thought I was roostin'
In the top of an oak tree.
These pups make the best of watch My comb wuz as hard as a brick
And I could hardly see.
We Sell..
dogs for farm or poultry plant. Male Hall's Guaranteed Roup
pups $5 each. D. W." GR.ANT, "The cold north wind went whistling by
As I gripped an icy limb. Cure. Absolute sure
Almena, Kans. And the farmer said, as he passed by,
'Fresh air is good fur him.' cure: price .50c and $1.00.

Now
Young
Ready..^*- "I flew

stock for sale at the Golden The eat.

down in the morning
And was searching fur something to
Hall's guaranteed Chol-
era Cure, a preventation
farmer said, 'He's a rustler, for all diseases; price 50
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- But I think he'll lose his feet!"
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth "I done without my cents and SI. 00.
breakfast
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- Didn't get a bit that day;
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 'My chuckuns are eatin' their heads oft,' Hall's Egg Model
I heard the farmer say.
from Duston, and hatched from a pen an absolute necessity in
of "Duston" hens. peeped into a hoss trough.
Also a few W. P. "IThe corn looked good and sweet, operating incubators.
R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a But they pelted me with cobs and stones
bargain. Write for price and descrip- And hastened to retreat. Price .""lOc. Address,
tion of stock. "Then I woke up and you bet 1 was glad
To find it was a dream.
MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, And now I've got me a new hen house^- Poultry Investigator,
BELMONT, WIS. The result of that 'ar dream." Clay Center, Neb.
26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Well, figured if one turkey hen will
I
Hints orv Raising T\irkeys
laise thuieeu youug turkeys, lour
Lurkey hens wul raise lour times thr-
Dear Editor: People ask me If I
iten turkeys or fiuy-lwo turkeys. Now
think it pays to raise turkeys and Luat sieems uead easy. So it is uu
would I advise them to try raising paper. kept four hens and raiseu
1

them, to which I reply it pays me to just thirteen turkeys. \ou see 1 made

raise them, but whether it would pay

ine latal mistake of maiing my young
uens with my forty pound torn; so 1
Chick Feed
them depends on whether would
it
lUiseu no Lurkeys iiom uiy youug Quality Extra
or not. When I began turkey culture uens. it was a uear icsson, uul l We are putting up the best dry teed on the
I decided to raise turkeys and I raised learned it well. 1 will never repeat market to-day. It is esperially prepared for
the rearing of young chicks from the time
them. Had I listened to "advice," I il; It will not uo, i care nut now laige
they were hatch' d until eight weeks old.
would never have undertaken the busi- iiie young puliets are, he win crusn We want reliable agents In all parts of the
ness. Why, the theory was advanced and oruise them until their eggs wi.l United States. The feed Is all right and
that turkeys were "unraisable," that ue intertile. when once tried is always used. "Sample by
mail 4c. Circulars free.
in fact there was nothing a turkey lind a good teed lor young tuikeys
1
enjoyed so much as death. But by grouuu corn and oats mixed and
IS
STEINMESCH & Co.,
being something of a reasonable being, wet with sweet milk or mixed with
St. Louis, Mo
Reference: Editor tliis paptT.
I wondered why a well-bred, thrifty aour milk auu soda anu baked, boileu
turkey in its right mind and pleasantly eggs crusued with shell and mixeu
situated, surrounded as it were with wiin wheat bread, sour milk cheese UWiiy Poultry Farm
the comforts of life should court death, v>'iLn ail tne coarse sand and broken
Are you looking- for something- fine
and I made up my mind there was a crockery they will eat, and about in theway of White and Barred Ply-
screw loose somewhere. We often twice a week ground green bone. Wuen mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White
hear of some persons' turkeys dying they are two weeks old ihey will ao Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al-
so Games and Leghorns.
with cholera, when if you visit their 10 search lor their own feed and they
yards you will find them cooped up will CO It, too, "asking no odds ot nu- H S. FULTON &CO,
Lock Box 24 StewartstowB, Pa.
in a filthy run with a "borrowed" hen, uody." 1 believe
they grow faster and
inhabited with a million lice and mites laiger auu neaiinier wueu auoweu to
to the inch, depending of course on louow High Scoring Peti of
their own sweet wills and seek
the number you allow to the million.
their bugs where they will, though
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
I say borrowed hen because no other
One Cockerel, score 9 lbs.; two
%H. weight
mine con t wander far. 1 keep tuem pullet.s, scores", weight 7 lbs.; three pullets,
breed has lice, not on paper at least. tame and gentle si-ore Sll)9i. weight li'/i lbs.; four pullets, score
by treating them UtiM. weighted. 7. 7. 7 lbs.: two pullets, score
Well that poor old hen looks as though Kinuly and not allowing them %. weight li'^, 7 pounds.
to be Eggs from the ab< ve pen. %'i per 15. Oth-
she thought "life am not worf de irightened er breeding stock for sale. .lodge J. W. Wall
1

or chased. They will eat

libbin' fur," and the turkeys look pale ays. thU is ihe best lot of White Plymouth
irom my hand and answer when 1 Kncks he bus scored this year.
and poor, with wings drooping, etc. call, 11 they are
in hearing distance, REUBEN HIATT, Lees Sututnit, Mo.
You may suggest the possibility of rfome people seem to think the correct
their being lousy,
will rise
when
up in his or her dignity and
their owner way to tame turkeys is with a dog
and gun, but 1 know there is no lowl
MAMMOTH STRAIN
inform you that they have no lice easier won by Kindness than they are.
LIGHT BRAHMAS
about their poultry; they did have a ... as bred by
1 have no trouble with my tuikey . . .

few years back but they cleaned their

nens stealing their nests; it pays me
H. T. RODGERS. Cainsville, Mo.
poultry house once and there has to keep them tame and have them lay
Are great prize
never been lice about since, so they witmcrs again
in nests 1 prepare for them, rather
continue to dope and the turkeys con- At the recent Cainsville. .Mo .Show, against
than chase and frighten them away birds that have since won at St. Louis and
tinue to die with lice cholera. And other large shows, we inacic a rPniarkable
and then spend "golden hours" hunt- record which proves theMAMMOTH STRAIN
their owner will proclaim that it don't is as good a* the best.
ing their nests. Verily, I say, treat
1st on Cock. 1st on Hen. 1st, 2d and 3d on
pay to bother with turkeys; you can't your turkeys with kindness and they Pullets, Cockerels and pen.s: also every
raise them; they will just lay down special inrlnding the grand prize over all.
will reward you greatly. 1 am not
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 thoroiugh-
endeavoring to instruct any but be-
ginners.
Uut
don't
1 have learned something,
not everything. Why, what 1
know would make quite a large
Blue Barred ^
bred turkeys. My beginning in turkeys
volue.
thoroughbred
I would raise
even
Bronze, if I
none but Plymouth Rocks
was small. I first bought a sitting Our stock Is first cla.'.s. We have some year-
raised them for market. It costs ling stock and young stock tor sale. Prices
of eggs from which three turkeys reasonable.
no more to raise a large turkey
hatched, two of which met an untime-
than it does to raise a small one. I
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr.
ly death by being stepped on; the
cant understand why so many will
other one lived and obtained a fine
form and plumage. As it was a hen
persist in raising the measly old mon- A. J. WILLIAMS,
grels unless they figure like the mer-
and a fine one, I sent to a reliable . . . Breeder of . . .

chant who claimed to be selling goods

breeder for a %5 torn and I then had a Silver fit Golden Sebright,
below cost, on being asked how he
pair of Mammoth Bronze at a cost of White Buff Pekin, B. B, Red
t
could afford to do it said he could by
$7.05. The first season I raised thir-
selling so much more.
Came BANTAMS; Belgian
teen turkeys, the majority of them be- Hares, White Rats, Cavies.
ing toms, and selling for two or three
MATTIE MATTHEWS. Write for Prices.
dollars, netted me a neat little sum. Morning Sun, Iowa. CLAY CENTER, NEB.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27
being hung on hinges. They are eas-
X I ily opened by the attendant and never Single Co mb Brown Leghorns.
I Glen Raven Egg Farm Notes. } blow open by the wind.
Each of the rooms 10x10 and yards Barred Plymouth Rocks.
(Written for Poultry Investigator.) 10x20 feet will accommodate twenty-
First prize at Salt Lake City. My
Two four hens and one cock during the
copies of this new-born paper birds have taken premiums for
have been read by me. I have given winter season, and can be made to years in the hands of customers as
lay to be profitable. well as in Utah. They are bred
it special attention, from the fact that
for money makers. Greatest egg
originators are good friends of The eggs hatch to my satisfaction.
its producers as well as premium
mine. I lilve the cut of it, also the I had a hen to hatch eleven chickens birds. New circular free after
tone. It is of good size and fine ap- from thirteen eggs in February in one September. Address,
pearance, being in its babyhood as it of these rooms, and the mercury 29 Cora A. Rlckards,
is, but we must "never despise the below zero, and there was one chick SOUTH OGDEN - POULTRY YARDS,
day of small things." We were all died in the shell.
Ogdea, Utah.
small at one time. Eggs were laid, set and hatched in
I was very small in the chicken busi-
the same house in midwinter. My Barred Plymouth Rocks.
ness once. Am not full gi-own yet. old breeding stock are mated the whole We have Quality and Quantity.
But I am doing something every day year. I am putting in this nouse now Farm raised prize winning- stock,
Also learning something (November 1st) 100 Brown
to build up.
L.eghorn cheap for quality. If you want Rocks
each day all along the line. I am not pullets hatched from January 1st to write us.
in the business for May 21st, and four two-year-old cocks. H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr.
glory's sake. I am
this mating
Most of the eggs from
in it earn
to my bread and butter. ^^^'^^''VS'XS'X^'VSi'VSi'VS'^S'^
My about Decem-
will be set in incubators
fowls are all fancy. My houses
are built after the best plans known ber 10th, and from that time on every
to me to be the most servicealbe in three weeks until the last of May.
I Bnff Orpingtons
all seasons after seventeen years prac- find these early hatched
chicks pay AND
me well for my time. I usually have
tice with keeping fowls for profit. I
have built up three plans before this more time to devote to mothering or-
White Wyandottes
one. Used all kinds of houses from a phan chicks in winter than any
other
straw pile to a stone and concrete season. One thing I learned well be-
house, the latter are what I have now. fore I Invested in an incubator was W I never have failed to win in
ffi largest shows. Birds score from
My winter house for laying stock is to raise the chicks without a hen.
$ 90to95>^.
10x74 feet, solid concrete. The rooms, Right here is the stumbling block with
six of them 10x10 and one 10x14 feet. most purchasers of machines. They
Some of the partitions are get out the chicks all right and then
made tight
I C ROCKHILL,
Harvard, Nebraska.
from ground to roof, others are made fail to raise them. When I get to ^
heads of fighting that part of my business I
tight above the will tell

cocks, and wire the balance of the way how it is done. E. W. GEER.
up. The doors are made the same as Farmington, Missouri. Mammoth Light Brahmas
these last
latches
named
that
partitions, with
not
allow them to
will
good
Buff P. Rocks.
M. B TURKEYS
come open. Cockerels $2 each; trio $5; young toms
There is no hallway in Motto: "Good stock at moderate $3 each after Nov. 1st.
this house, and some of the partitions price." Stock for sale after Sept. 15.
are made tight from floor to ceiling W. D. SWAIN, Pattora, la. E. W. MATBENY, Clay Center, Nebr.
to prevent a draught 'through the
house. The roosting perches (three Winnings at the Nebra.ska State Fair,
to each room), eight feet long, rest on Sept. Entered 13 birds, won
1-7, 1901.
2 on Cock, on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker-
1-2
trucks so that all can be taken down
and out on short notice. In fact, all
Biiff ilrpiiigtoiisj els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks.
Every bird a prize winner. Also win-
the fixtures in this house are movable, ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four
as all such in chicken houses should
^The Coming Breed. first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State
Poultry Show four first premiums.
be. The house, of course, faces south. W. H. BUSHEIL, Importer and Breeder. Young stock for sale in pairs, trios
There are wire runs to each room in DAVID CITY, : : : nkbk.\ska. and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale.
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 parti-
tions to these yards and around the Shaves the Bone.
outside of the yards are ttoe same as
those in the house two anu one-half
feet solid and four feet wire, making
The ADAM^KCVTTER
prepares the bone in the best possible way for the
the yard fences six and one-half feet I chick or fowl. Works on the shear principle no
splinters or pieces. Ball Biarins runs easily. Cleans
high. The house is eight feet high in
itself you cannot choke it. Large Capacity feeds
front by four feet at back. at will of operator. Strongly made. Write for
The gates and yards are made of illustrated catalogue No. 6
lath frames,
covered with wire net- We send it free.

ting. They are

solid at the bottom, W. J. ADAM, JOLIET. ILL.
but made of light material, as they ?g"
slide on wires at the top, instead of /<>Arr
28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Selectirvg Birds for the be much accelerated by a careful com-
MAMMOTH BRONZE
Breeding Pen 5^5 parison of bird with our "Standard jf
Perfection." We
have demanded that TURKEYS.^-^
That fromscore 94 to 97 X; Barred
By M&ttie Webster Mrs. Biddy be healthy and energetic:
now, we demand that she possess as
Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buif Co-
chins, score from 87 to 93 J^"; Pekin
Our veteran breeders have selected nearly as possible qualities of excel- Ducks that have won hundreds of
their breeding birds for the season so
lence as described, as belonging to our premiums, have been sold to all
especial breed or variety in the above parts of America and Europe.
near at hand, and are even now work- Chester White Swine
ing and planning for the of
mentioned book.
flock
Third question: Is there anything Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, iu.
chicks that are to be hatched in the
in plumage, comb, wattles, shape
dawning of the new year. These old-
time breeders do not need hints and shape should have been mentioned Silver Lace Wyandottes
suggestions to enable them to wisely first legs or any other part that ac- White Wyandottes : : :

make up their breeding pens; experi- cording to our "adviser" is a disqual-

^^^ .
Buff Leghorns
ification? If so, she is ineligible to a
ence and acquired poultry wisdom Pekin Ducks...
have made them "sufficient unto them- place in the breeding pen. Each hen
All first class stock. Prices reason-
or pullet must be separately and criti-
selves." But there are others not so
cally examined, and perhaps more
able. MRS. W. E.TIBBITS,
long time "in the way," and also be- Imperial, Neb.
ginners who than once, if one is to make sure to
are ready to select the
have only the best, and those best of
compose their breed-
birds that are to
ing pens, who will appreciate a few undisputable excellence in this pen They Are Going . .

suggestions on the subject, so that is to decide the qualities and char-

it is to
this class I write.
acteristics of the season's flocks.
Prize winners and reliable breeders at
As everything the whole year's
Rather have only three or four hens or half price to make room.
success or failure depends upon the
pullets for breeders in the best pen
than, in order tomake the number de-
fowls in the breeding pens, should it Partridge Cochins, B. B. R.
not be a work requiring one's most sired,allow others of inferior points to Game Bantams, Buff
be admitted. Now, having a fine pen Plymouth Rocks.
careful and mak-
critical attention in
ing selections?Our breeding birds are
of females, we know it is to our in-
terest and profit to select a "head" Send for Catalogue
the foundation and the young stock
that will later our yards the super-
fill
for the pen that will be worthy of the L A- NOFTZGER,
honor. If the pen is of pullets, better Oaklyn Place. N. IHaucliester, lud.
structure, and we all know how very
important it is to have a good founda-
results will be obtained if a cock bird
tion upon which to build, even in poul-
is selected as "lord of the harem."
prefer the sire of the pullets he can if
I
Olentangy : : :
try culture. We are working for
and coveting success
all
in poultry rais-
answer all our requirements of the Poultry Yards
head of our pen. He must be now,
ing. Then, as the fowls in the breed- Delaware, Oliio.
ing pen are the prime factors in this
and always have been healthy, vigor- Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish
ous, energetic and well able to defend
problem we are striving to solve, we Indian Games, BuiT Cochin Bant-
his rights against other trespassing
shoul subject them, each and every- ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs
birds. I do not like to have a battle
one to such a critical examination, $2 00 per 15. Send for circular. . .

making the test so trying thai it will between my males, but I have always
noticed that the "always conquerer
be the few and not the many that PrAiMAliMA '^ *^^ best, surest and
will prove eligible to such an exalted
was the always good breeder." With wreinOlllle cheapest Hce and mite
hens mate a young male whose breed- killer on fowls, nests or roosts. Never
place. The following are a few ques-
ing is known, and whose qualifications fails. 25c at all dealers. Circulars
tions that should be found in the list
are such that we will be pleased to free. Baker-Eidson Chemical Co., St.
of examination questions, according to
my opinion and the light I have on the see them reproduced in the offspring. Louis.
If is necessary to purchase a male
it
work:
head the pen, do not decide hastily
First: under considera-
Is the fowl
to
of whom you will purchase; consider
White Poultry^
tion in perfect health now, as proved
the question of "where to send" well, llolliLDd Turkeys. Enibden Ueese Indian
by red comb, bright eyes, good appe- Geese. Rose OomI) Leehorns, Plymouth
tite and active movements, and has Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbuns, Colored
she always been healthy from chick- Hotiiinii and Tumbler PItieons. All stock

hood up.
F. A. CROWELL, winners or bred from winners and as repre-
sented. Southdown Sheep. Hirl<shipe Swine.
Second: It the applicant for posi-
Granger, Minnesota.
tion in breeding pen has answered the
: : :
J. A. LELAND,
Woodside Farm. Spring-field, 111.
first question satisfactory, we ask an-
Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi-
other question similar to it is she in- tion Buft' (Jrping'tons yet for sale, also TRIUMPH
dustrious and alert, or lazy and sloth- Indian Kunner Ducks at $5 a trio. White Wyandottes STRAIN...
ful? The busy, active hen or pullet is Circular free. Fiflticii years of ciLrt-ful lirct'din^' has pro-
(incfti a si rain of fowls unequalled in practi.
the profitable breeder; her very energy
c:il quJi lilies and winner^ of the highest hon-
ur-. in Uie show rooiii with only four birds in
promises eggs in goodly number for no 1*1
the Ito^ton show. January. 1901; I won 2od on
hatching and she will keep her prom- BIG MONEY MAKER (.'ockerel; ;irdon Hen. romniended on Cock
vr Priat4 CDUiKa 4*U&n of iBfera*- and two specials for Hest Shape Cockerel.

ise faithfully if we make right condi- B&DdMcnalT Ultntod. i tmnuymm padtt. This is a class of our 4(Xt White Wyardottes
tions for the fulfillment of it.
iind after selling uiv two hest males. I breed.
raise and own my show birds. Stock and
Now we are ready for propounding . Hiililiji IMM
lOW^A PO0IiTB^
[TliTBT OO
OO,
questions the answering of which will Box rmili'iiB Dm IColBM la W.kTMack, '""**"^^^'.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
and let it some one whose stock
be to
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.
MATTIB 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 Hatch Every Good Egg
fancy stock, exhibited and advertised Or Don't Keep It.
the same: Is it just to publish the Send 2 cents for Number 102 Cataloane

winnings of a man who does not

patronize a poultry paper with an ad-
vertisement of his stock?
nilElHHill
Although the poultry press is, and
yir Best in America, very cheap during-
should be, liberal toward the fancier,
and breeder, it is not, by any means,
Belg ^^^ ^,^
A*t*M^/iJ
- j-i rn
special sale. We guarantee satisfac-
to be classed as a charitable institu- tion or no pay. Might exchange for fine clock, piano, gun or music box. What
tion. Only to the worthy belong the have you? Book free.
favors,while the "smart guy," who
never spends a dollar to further our
E. J. WHITE HAR.E CO., Brlghton.^^Col.
cause or sustain the press, reaps the
unmerited reward. WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show
Only the awards and scores of ad-
vertisers should be published.
WHITE WYANDOTTES January, 1901; 1st Cock; 1st and 3rd,
Hen; 2d Cockerel; 1st and 2d Pullet and
pen. Two specials: At the Chicago Show, January, 1001, 1st Cock; one spec-
HENRY HESS. ial. Eggs from best pens, $3.00 per 13, S.5.00 per 20.
Winona, Minn.
ROSS C. H. HALLOCK.
6313 CUflon Av. ST. LOUIS, MO.
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- f^ V Ducks from Door-knobs.
uary 6-11, 1902. .Judges C. H. Rhodes tilcKS irom caiaa uest Kgiso, "-"i* * "" ^n^"'
and L. P. Harris are drawing cards liyCUBATOB
and the association has a well-earned
reputation for doing things "right" PETALUMA ^
won't do that. It's just a good
incubator made for hatching
on f>c entlflc prtnclpl>A. of
nsequently it will do
and paying all premiums promptly. all that* c
k little bet
Last year's exhibit was one of the larg- okin- for a ma.-hine that will hatch j

ymi'li be interested in THE PETALUMA.

ek'iT'i.
est west of Chicago and this year it illustrated catalog'ue is sent free upon
9 r

will undoubtedly be much larger. Ad- .We pay freight anywhere In the United States
^^ We make a good brooder too. ^
dress Geo. H. Gillies, Secretary, Tope- Petaluma Incubator Co., Box 510, Petaluma, Cal.
ka, for all information.
 30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Where chickens have a large range
The Michigan ^f^^ CLEANLINESS they do not require as great a variety
I \ of food or as much, but we feed at
Poultrymaii... iV"
Mr. Editor: In the raising of poul-
regtilar intervals a small amount.
About once a week we give ours a feed
^^^^....^Only Exclusive Poultry we recognize cleanliness as the
try
meat and red pepper.
of meal, scraps of
""Paper in Michigan first step toward success. We have a
frame house, built of native lumber,
They like pepper and I believe it is
All the practical poultrymen contrib- good for them.
ube to its pag-es. Expert poultry- 10 feet wide, 7 feet high inside and
men will pive its readers free Ifi feet long. On the west end we cut
A box with sand and charcoal is
such information as they very beneficial during the winter sea-
off a six foot room for laying and
may ask for. setting. On the east end we built a
son.
The next thing to watch carefully
All the news of the poultry world. II W
shed 7x10 feet, which we use for young
their drinking water.
is It should be
illustrated. chickens in the summer and as a
kept clean and pure.Don't allow
For a short time you can get this pa- scratching shed in winter. We maKe filthy water to stand around your
per one year for 15c. Send postal for It a rule to gather up ine droppings
sample. chicken yard; it will cause disease.
once a week and oftener when we
can. Thes3 we scatter over our gar-
Warm their water a little during cold
MicKigaLH PoultrymaLn. weather.
IthacaL, Mich. den or in our vineyard and hoe them
Last spring I sent for some poultry
in. The oftener they arecollected the
fountains made of pottery and never
better. If those who
think it too
Bonniedale Poultry Farm !
much trouble to clean out their houses had better luck than we have had
.S. 'DOTTES. Barred RiJCks, Light Brahmas.
will try gathering them and
since. They keep the water clean,
Golden Dotles, S. C. B. Leghorni. C. I, apply
(ianies. B. Minorca Cockerels $2 each. $5 prevent the drowning of little chicks
them to their gardens or vineyards
per 3. M. B. Turkeys $3 each. Tolouse and are easy kept clean. Sometimes
I'.eese $3 per pair. they will be amply reiwarded for their
LT.BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns SI each; our chickens seem to drink too much,
K per trio. labor.
then we put walnut hulls, leaves or
ROUP OURE. Our make. Cures when eyes After the droppings have been
are swelled shut. I'owder tor half pint.
small syringe and full instructions 50
bark in their water for a few days
gathered up we scatter air slaked lime
cents postjjald. and give them no other water. I be-
SCORE CAKD.-^. II. S. Postal card stock 50 over the roost and on the floor or
rents per 100, $3 per 1000. Water fountain lieve it is a good preventive of cholera.
galvanized Iron, hangs on nail, 1 gallon ground where they fall. Where the
sl?,e iJO cents. chickens scratch, lime and ashes
We work upon the theory that a
OREAMOLINE. Tablespoonful to quart of "preventive is better than a cure."
water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle should be kept.
23 cents postpaid Circuhi' free.
A whitewash composed of lime, sul- Your chickens must be kept healthy if
you expect them to be profitable. Some
MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. phur and carbolic acid has proven val-
of the things which I have spoken of
LOCK BOX 176. tiable to us as a preventive of insects.
this article may sound very com-
We have found that a single box in mon to many of your readers, but they
large enough for one hen to sit in
Poultry SuppHes is better than several nests made in
have proven practical with us and I
Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, SI hope may with some one else.
one box. As soon as a hen is
per 100. R. E. L. BLACK.
through setting we bum the old nest
Smith Seal Bands 2Sc per dozen, $1 Chillicothe, Mo.
per 60. and box clean the
before thoroughly
Standard of Perfection each SI. letting another hen use it.

Spray Pumps each 75c. Tobacco leaves placed in the bot- A PLEA FOR BETTER POULTRY.
Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. tom of your boxes is a good preventive Abilene, Kan., Oct. 19, '01.
Conkey's Roup Cure 2ac and SOc a for insects. Editor Poultry Investigator: Hav-
box. Around our shed we have a yarB ing received a sample copy of your
Chamberlain's Chick Food I2..50 per fenced with wire to keep the mother paper and find so many nice letters,
100 pounds.
hens from wandering off with their but none from this part of the coun-
J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
little ones when the weather Is bad. try, I thought I would write a few
Cure .50c and $1 a box.
Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
Our hen house is stirrotmded by our notes. Perhaps they will be interest-
Midland Poultry Food at factory orchard, where they can always find ing to some of your many readers.
prices plenty of green grass. We allow our While there are a great many persons
Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay chickens the whole farm for range ex- interested in good poultry, there
Center, S12.
cept our yard, garden and vineyard, should be many more. There is no
Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
per lOOpounds 7Sc. when the weather will admit. I plant- stock on the farm gives (juicker or
Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O. ed several of my plum trees near the more sure returns for the amount in-
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs 75c.
hen house and find that I have better vested than a few chickens. It is true
Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. success with them. The chickens are the common mixed chickens pay their
way, but how any one can be content
Sure Hatch Poultry Co., good to destroy Insects.
During the warm season of the year to raise chickens just to lay eggs for
Clay Center, Nebr.
we spray pretty often with a strong the market and have a few young
The best Folding ^^
solution of cold wa,ter and carbolic ones to fry, I cannot well see.
acid. Try It If you have mites. When a flock of mixed chickens, some one
Take

^
.

Exhibition Coop.. we find a sick chicken it Is put to breed, some another; they do not lajf

Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. itself for a day or two and if then with well; one reason is they are not alive
nroper treatment it seems no better to their own Interests. Such poultry
Manufactures and sells the best E.xhibltion
Koldlng Coop on the niarkel. Prices within a sharp ax is applied just behind the to their own interests as poultry. You
the reach of all. He aUo has.'iO S. C B.LEO- will hear their owners say there Is
HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 7.Sc to $3.00 ears and the remains so disposed of
each. Write your wants. as not to convey it to the others. no use feeding chickens; they don't
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31
pay; they don't cost much and
bring in much money; so they are
left to themselves to rustle for a liv-
don't

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Western Fruit-Grower is the best paper
ing, and consequently only in spring
treating of all kinds of fruit, and nothing but
and early summer do they lay. When fruit; monthly: Illustrated; 16 to 48 pages: 50
eggs are up in the twenties they have
cts. a year. UV- for three months' trial sub-
Incubators
struck, for it talces all their time to
rustle a living. Such poultry do not
'fffE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER.
Box 13. St. Joseph. Mo.
Ad Brooders.
pay. It is where one pays a good
price for their stock that poultry pays. Fine Warn. Whi^e Holland Turkeys - - 1 73 A large free Catalogue tells you
Then it is we begin to think like this: Pure Bred Bed Belgians - - - $1.00
all about them.
Now have paid out so much for
I
Pure White Rock Cockls - . $1.00
. -

Pure White Wyandots - - $1.00 -

these few chickens; we must get some New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75
returns; they cannot nest in the trees All above from prize-winning stock and line Our New No. 2 Double Walled
and rustle over the farm for feed, bred. Catalogue sent. Dead Air Space Self-

seed and a chance grasshopper. No,

Regulating
we will give them a nice warm house
of their own; in the morning when we CAPITOL RABBITRY, Augusta, Me,
go to feed we think of the new chick- I aril closing out tny whole stock of Bel-
BROODERS
are without an equal. See cut.
ens, and when we carry them a choice gians, over one hundred. 24 prize-winners
breakfast and a nice fresh drink, while included. There are a 1 Hares, 4 Gold
they are busy eating we stare and
Medal Winners. 1 choice Doe of the State Price $12.00.
Winner of Sweepstakes, prize for highest
look at them, all of one color, all so scoring animal in show: asilvercup goes
Our New A-i just the same, only
near alike. The moments fly, but with her. with single walls at $10.00
we are enjoying the beautiful. Then Now is the time to gather in prize win- is the real thing. GOOD
ners for winter shows. These prices Brooders for $5.00.
it is we begin to see why these "poul- are reasonable and animals way up. Will
try cranks," aswe have called them, send copy of Pedigrees and Prices. Send for Circulars and Price
do waste so much time over a few List
chickens. Often during the day we H. F- fltDnms,
take a look at our chickens, and each Augusta, - - Maine.
time they seem more beautiful; so
we fall in love with them and of OUEEN CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE,
course they get good care. Then we
begin to talk chicken and get inter- Hastings, Neb,
ested in poultry journals. We real
and compare our chickens with oth- A Hve, wide-awake school of business.
Thorough in all departments. Courses:
ers. The work we must do seems Business. Shorthand, Typewriting. Pen-
half a pleasure, for are not these manship. Correspondence. Normal and
nice tame hens going on their nests Preparatory. Well equipped. Expenses
month the re.isonable. Our graduates are in demand
daily and at the end of the
More calls for them than we^cin supply
eggs bring as much or more money Students can enter at any time. Enter
than their feed has cost, and Ibis on now and pay afterward. Dead Chicks Don't Pay.
the market, and when we can sell for Write for particulars. Reference, Sure
hatching at good prices, and all our Hatch Incubator Co.
Chicks thrive best on a balanced
surplus stock, then we are truly inter- feed of meaty, cereal and
ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
ested. The thoroughbred chickens grain element. That's
If in need of> good cockerel to improve
take no more feed than the common your present stock, write nie. as f have
stock should have and pays so much twenty fine cockerels bred from St. Paul STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7.
better, larger fowls, more eggs and and Mitchell winners that must be dis-
posed of. It medicine, but a health
isn't a
all alike, makes them truly desirable.
J. F. Relnelt. - - Tripp, S. D&kota and strength builder. It prevents
If farmers would pay more attention
most of the diseases that kill chicks.
to poultry there need not be a cry of DON'T SET HEHS:
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
S Nstantl Heo Treabator t olonboB, Sebk
CarefuUj' compounded from re-
sults of expert experimenting and
study.

Price, at Dealers:
be costly; feed them regularly; in fact, 1 lb. pkg- lOc. .50 1b. bag-.. $2.25
treat them as well as your other stock pkg- 35c. 100 lb. bag. .$3.50
S lb.
and they will keep the grocery bill
paid. Star Incubator Co.,
For fear my letter is getting too
12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J-
long, will close.
MRS. J. B. JONES. Star Specifics
Is guaranteed to cure.
CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb No 1.Cholera in old No .=>, For Inactive
Please mention the Investigator Breeder of Light Brahmas ExcloslTelj.
Fowls. Males.
No 2 Same, for chicks No 6. For Indigestion
when answering advertisements. It My birds are heavy weight fine markings, No 3 Egs Food and No 7. Food for Small
close feathered. Eggs. $2.00 for 15; $3.50 for 30 Tonic. Chicks.
wiU accommodate both the advertiser Choice birds, old and young, for sale. Write No 4. For Cold and No 8. Disinfect In-
and us. your wants. No circulars. Oroup. sect Powder.
ja POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Morning View ^0 ^/S .^

]
Mrs J B Jones.
Breeder of
^ ? ?

Cockerels
I

Pniilfrv YjirHc ^Oa^gi ^^^**^^ Plymouth JRocks

r UUili y J^ai us. I

OS^^I ""
Turkeys
Mammoth Bronze
HAVF
A FEW _
.. Barred Plymouth
. ,.
Rocks...!
STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA-
^^
'

White
Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-
BUFF WYANDOTTES,
Wyandottes, red, full above the eye.s.
EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff
Wyandoiies are brerl from
best strain obtainable and
Buff Plymouth Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. in line. We breed the pure
'olden Butr. not the dark
red. They're prize winners.

Rocks, Jamc3 M. Perkins, E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.

White Hogs for sale
RAVENWOOD. . : MISSOURI.
:
t'ljester

Barred
Plymouth Rocks, W. J.
l!rc.-clft
CHENEY,
,.l

TKoroughbred Fancy Poultry,

Single Comb BOX
ilHl
fiH-^mr.

V'lUii- biril- -I I uh KHl yi iilln.

-^-CL'BA, MO.
Inns l
rill- -iMi hud nn nn
ust
Brown Leghorns, i\.
t i< li 1 I li fill
md IS hi-.! . I I" lii\. iiifii. th m Ii((|Uin
Mill
rcir nis hn .lin_ |i. n \ \ 1, 1 1 I I I I's H
Koi ks
I V'lit l!i Uiiii i~ 1' .iiii.l-( < o( Inns rthlt W V m
d.ities s ( \\ L. ^Iiiirns s H \Iini)ii ab
(

Light Brahmas Wtuc tor |j utlLUl lis uirtuUrsPree

W J CHENEY.
MO
and Partridge (JriwfoidCo -J^CUBA,

Cochins IJ* -.
* ^-'^
^5V Ifi'
VJ^X.*5
SUNNY SLOPE POULTRY FARM 'A mile east
of Clay Center; a good 8 room house with cellar,

at $1.50 each. a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Russian cave, good barn,
corncribs, hog houses, granary, poultry houses and runs, 500 j-oung, peach,
plum, cherry and apple trees just come into bearing.
PEKIN DUCKS, Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese.

Choice Pekin 'Address, A. B. SHROYER,

Cla-y Center, Neb.
breeding ducks
FRANK MYERS, Also manufacturer of]
at $1.00 each or I

tFree Port, III., U. S. A Ideal Aluminum Leg i

J Box 20.
6 for $4.00. i Ureeder of jt_^ Band
Barred Plymouth Rocks ; rhe acknowledged leader. 12 for s
1.5c. 25 for 30c. 50 for 50c. 100 tor t
Theyare Barred Kitrlil and sood 1
7.5c. Samples and circular of i
5 size. No Culls fur sale Choice
J Barred Kocks mailed 1
breeding Ckls. J2 to $5 eaoh. }
PLACE YOUR OR-
5 for stamps. i

DERSJARLY. ooooooooooooo+ooooooooooooo
X TAKE THE

Wildwood
I
Kansas City & Omaha Line

8 For points east, south or west.
all Close con- O
Poultry _ nections made on all junction points. O
Farm. For rates and information call on or address, S. M. AdsiT, G. .P. A.
St. Joe,Mo. S. M. Wallace. Agent, Clay Center, Nebraska."
^S
X
815 Chestnut St., St Louis, Mo. >ooooooo<x>oooo^oooooooo<x>o
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 33

Imported Buff Orpingtons. May I "SHOW YOU" Barred P. Rocks

Are winners at B. P. K.. Madison Square That we raise as good. Barred Rocks
Wash., N. J. Keota. Iowa City Iowa State in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- EXCLUSIVELY.
Shows. Orpington $7 to $30 per trio. Will I have a number of early hatched cocker-
close out bU the Rocs. Bradley Bus, nnd ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his
that are good in all sections, and really
Lathans Strains. One pair of yr ola show equal for $5, or money back. If you erels
i
poor none, that I am 'otTerinj: for a short
birds for sale cheap. 93 to 92',i. A fine lot of buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him time only at
in
$3 and S^i each. A few pullets to
youns show birds in both varieties. Always for Try me CORWIN JONES, spare at $1 to $5 each. All farm raised.
win; sure to please. Better get in the push. $3
Sidney, Iowa. W. S. RUSSEL ,
Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.
SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. P. Hostetler^
EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI. Please mention the Investigator
8 Grand Breeders for sale at a bar-Breeder of a good laying strain of gilt when answering advertisements. It
.... edge ... will accomodate both the advertiser
gain. Also 300 selected L,angshan and us.
chicks. Address, Barred Plymouth Rocks.
BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsville, liid.
and best laying strain of HORT STORIES
..S. C. White Leghorns.. I'l I' '-- I

I- lit
housandsofgood
easily be made
At low down prics. '
"tn- great mass of
" I'-i III. Hill, iririts,' OurSchool
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS A Boon
BETTER
for Poultry Keeper..
than a OLl Ml>E.
.loun.iiiENMi. in ctiarge of suc-
cesstul aiitliors. criticises.corrects
and revises, as well as teaehes
We will tell you liow we made our how to write. Write for booklet.
that win and lay eggs.
The kind hens pay over -HX) per cent profit, NAT'L rOBRESP0SDE\rE INSTITITE
^lerefy send yotlrname and address
Satisfaction to all. Circular free. ~lde PonUryCo., Clintonville.Conn 2d NufI nonk tldg. tVashlngtoo, D.C.

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la.

Lock box 500. Sure Hatch Poultry
Company^.^^
Barred P. Rocks... as the largest aggregation of
Extra Extra large. Extra color
fine, thoroughbred poultry in the west.
In the show room they have showu
their excellence, have scored from 90 to
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. We import, breed, buy and sell
C. F. HINMAIS,. Friend, Nebraska. All Varieties.
Each variety is bred separately on
HOR.THAND a.i\d a farm. No chance for mixing up.
BOOKKEEPING. Prices reasonable. Stock the best.
study. at home and take i
Write your wants. Address,
lii'jher salary, invfstiiii:
little time and a little mm
Sure Hatch Poultry Co.
Clay Center, Neb.
"taught by mail
Coiiiplett- course also In En
gineering. .^ourralism. Sni
ence ,.1^^ Languages, etc. Write for f'pi
booklet. NVTIONAL CORRi- SPONDENCI Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer.
INSTITUTE. 14(iO Second Nat'l. Bank Bldg,
Washington. I), u. - <^ Kills liceand mites on poultry, hoes and ani-
J^witHl.t mals. is the strongest and best lice killer
^Miiijffr "
made. With our double tube sprayer you
Send Stamp for catalogueiof ...
"^Y^ can save one half the liquid and penetrate
...WM.H. WIGMORE'S... all cracks and spray the bottom of the house

POULTRY where you find the mites or spider lice. It sets there
every time Every can is guaranteed or money refanded.
a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FRKE-

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.

i.
u . *
Write and learn how to get

mECATTLE -SPECIALTIES-
Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on dogs, ticks on sheep and lice on cat-
tleand horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps moths from your clothing and carpets.
A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We
want one in every town
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Always use the powder before salting the hen,
THE TIFFANY COMPANY, - - Lincoln, Nebraska.
Catches Them Coming and Going,
BONANZA RABBITRY, ESTABLISED
Founders of the first herd of pedigreed Belgian
IN 1885

Hares in the world. The first to establish a

PATENTED system of registration for Belgians. The first
to produce "hares exceeding the standard

EUREKA weight and develop superior colors. Holder of

the world's record for prize winnings-
Our sales for 1900 were over 5.000 head. Send
OI Cup Brae ket 10 cents for the most complete and most beau-
tiful 56-page catalog ever published.
arvd Perch Supporter lionarjza Rabbitry Manual. 4th edition, just
The Greatest Boon to Poultrymen. coming from he press. $1.00. written by Dr. B.
I

Practical. Curable. Cbeap. Oonvenienl
A permanent fi.xture for all times, llie
Spider or Midge Louse can not e.xist where
this systfui Is in use. Do not put it off, but
C. Piatt, the foremost authority on the subject,
president of the National Aissociation of Bel-
gian Hare Judges; professional instructor of
Belgian Hare institutes; originator of the Deci: ilsystemof luil-'in/ md ard adapt-
ed to this system; inventor of Bonanz; " Tattooing Marker for Belgians; inventor

ntor of the
send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen Perfect Belgian moulded in etal, presenting, the' ideal colors, also" perfection in quality
and be convinced. shape and size.

SHRADER & BUCK, Address DR. B. C. PL ATT, 2741 N Broad St , PHILADELPHIA

BUCYRUSOHIO- \aLnent ai.sterrv Office OLnd Sa.lesroom.s.
34 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Glen Raven is Covered with
High class stock for sale!
Barred and lUifT Plymouth Kocks
CHICKENS : :

Bjed to standard requirements and of high ijuality. Prom Exhibition scored parents
AND TURKEYS
and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furnish Brown and White Leghorns, Barred and White Plymouth Rocs, Blac MInorcas and
Bronze Tureys. Pri'ies reasonable. Circular free Mention Investigator. Write for.
show birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- description.
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldoti, Mo. E. W. GEER, Farmington, Missouri.

-C , OoesYourLampSmoke?^
TbAt iiiAiisuriev.^D beataniidaDft-r of uiploslOD.

Hydro-Safety
Hon'tninaovrlak. IM
Lamp
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,
3.S Cockerels xtra good breeders 1.50 each,
Golden Wyandottes. SO Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each.
50 Pullets, good breeders 1 ,00 each.

Our Wyandottes never have failed 25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones 1.50 each.
to win in the best company. Young 5 Cock Birds, Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want
stock for sale. andean do you good circular free. Your Truly,
J.C.KAP8ER, Clay Center,Neb
MR. and MRS. 1. UPTON & SON, Falrbury, Heb.
BUF^ jiOCKS g-^tri^;. ^:.
gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as
can be found, and are up-to-date in No Eggs for Salel A nice lot of
every respect. Some fine specimens young chicks for sale in pairs and
for sale; reasonable prices on applica-
tion. Address Buff Orpingtons trios. Bred from the best matings of
imported stock. I have hundreds of
MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. February and March hatched chicks
THE COHING BIEED
for sale. Mention this Journal.
WkliB Leghorns. W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY. NEBRASKA.
Layers and winners. An Inducement to
buy at onco and of us tested breeders, hens
18, 110 and 112 per dozen. Cocks H.liO to $2.50
each Bcottlsn Terrier puppies 15
MIAOTIOAL POULTRY FARM.
^ R. Priiich, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.
Cure Guaranteed
OVER.NMENT PO- Donkey's
SITIONS. only remedy positively
THE
NtNirly 10,000 appointments
iiiiule la.stveai.
l)i-tterlor 1903.
Oliances
Hundreds
nf those who have been ap-
Roup Cure Ijnown
to cure roup in all its
forma as long as the fowl can
see to drinlj. For Oanker, es-
pointed were prepand liy pe ially In pigeons, this cure excels
MS by mall. Establisbed IH'.iJ all others. One 50 cent package makes 25 gallous of medicine.
Full particulars free con-
Diroctlons with
every package. If It falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1.
ccTtilng government posi-
t,ion.s. salaries and, exam-
Conkey's Louse Killer never fails to i ill. Try it, 35 cents per package, and
15 cents e.xtra for post:it,'e
inations, when and wliere
held, our methods, e'c. Write to-day
Corvkey's Egg Food arvd Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect
health, and pro, uce more eggs than any similar preparation. 35 cents per package
NATIONAL CORRESPONUENtE INSTI- and 15 cents extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY * CO., Clevela^nd, O.
TUTE. 1-1-42 Second Nat'l, Banli Bldg , Wasli-
PaclH", coast agents: Petaluma Incubator Oo. Petaluma, Oal. Eastern wholesale
Ington, I). 0. office; No. 8 Park Place. New York City and S.H. I. (^o., CUiy Center. Nebr. For
sale by all poultry .supply liouses. t^-.\.'erits \ anted.

Still 10 Cents a Year.

Until further notice you can still get
the Poultry, Bke and Fkuit Jodr-
y ^e^*^^ e^ *
NAL for 10c per year. Or by getting
four of your friends to send with you, 200 Mammotli Pekin Ducks IPO White Wyandotte Cockerels
we will either extend your subscrip-
tion one year or make you a gift of a oy prices. Look up my
good poultry book. Send today NOW
before it is too late, as thi offer ^ Lincoln. Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH. ^
may be withdrawn at any time. Send A 3ft JB^Q^QCQjQ^F)^Q3Q^^3^^Q^Q^ir)JQ^iiJ t cS^cS^fQt^tS^ J^t0.fi^f8% cQcOfQcQ iQfQcQtQ-l
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' Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered.
Column fr 25c. Display advertising
75c per inch, act. No discounts for porsonally aolectod, while at Los Angeles reeently. the cream of the finest alock from
1

time or space. A guarantee of satis- several rabbltrtes. Including a variety of the popular champion strains. By
faction written in every contract. purchasinz them tn herds I got rare bargains, which I offer to
my customers at prices ranging
POyiTRY, US. h. FRUIT CO., Davenport, Iowa
None of these animals I ship either from

Please mention the Investigator 300 ANIMALS TO SELECT FROM

when answering advertisements. It Authorized Judge of American Belgian Hare Registry Association of Kansas Olty. Mo.
will accomodate both the advertiser
and OS. Dixie Rabbltry, S. J, MITCHELL, Prop., (Main Ranch), Houston, Texas
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35

^ Brief Busir^ess Ce^tchers. ^

Under these heading's cards of THIRTY or WORDS
3 WORDS less will be inserted for FIFTY a sing-le in- CENTS 30 WORDS
SINGLE INSERTION
sertion, or twelve insertions for DOLLARS. THREE
No display can be allowed and all cards must be WITH INVESTIGATOR
SI CENTS uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 1 YEAR aoe
allowed each quarter.

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK Oockerels from J. W. EASTES, Galesburs, 111. Huff Oroing- 40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTOHIOKENS for
first prize cock; very promising. Write for tons. II. O. W. Legliorns. Barret White sale if taken soon. The Stay White Kind
grices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., Rocks, W. C. P. Bantams, Belgian's R,ggs. C. E. Enoways, Aurora. Nebr.
Igln, 111. Stock In season. Agents wanted. Thirty
Prizes; silver cup last year. BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm
BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Eockall old raised. Good birds, good scores, give good
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The satlfaction and good results. Eggs that
Peking ducks 6 for 14.00 all from high scor- cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. hatch, $1.00 per 1.5. Prices for birds as
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin. 150youngsters for sale after October 1. fln- reasonable. It convenient please enclose
Nebraska. 8r than ever, superior feathering, shape stamp when writing for particulars.
and color. Always satisfaction guaran- Miss A. Lyent. Laicoxie, Mo. Box 87.
J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, Ohio, Poultry teed. U, J. Shanklin, Wanbcek, Iowa.
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs
and expert mating a specialty. BDFF ROCKS. Breeding and exhiblllon at prices to suit th season. Stock in good
steck for sale.Write at once for descrip- condition fashionably bred and artistically
FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy tion and Satisfaction guaranteed
prices, marked. Rey, G, A, Ohamblln, Moran,
Karly. Games. Heathwoods. Irish and Mex- or money refunded. Tell us what you want. Kansas,
ican Grays, Blk, Reds, Tornadoes and Oor- F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo,
nlsh Indians. Free illustrated circular. C. MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
D. Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y, C. E, DITNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor- Ducks, Light Brahma and B. Plymouth
ought)red chickens. Can fill your order for Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand-
ROSE COMB White and Kcse Comb Brown any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- ers,and M. Brohze Toms, at $3 each. Pol-
Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan- able specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- and China hogs a matter of correspondence
dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in .season. respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C, E. T. D. Grimes, Chambers, Neb,
15. $1; 39.
$3. Duck eggs *1 per 11. J. W. Dunlap. Liberal, Kans,
Cook. Poneto. Ind. WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1
BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, yr old hens and this year's pullets and
BDFF and BARRED Rocks, Buflf Leghorns best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also cockerels for sale. Old stock score 93 points
B. B, Red Games, Pekin Ducks, Fancy handsome, 1 take great pains to have the and up to O.i'i. Write for prices, Geo. N.
Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for saJe.For best and largest stock. Large fine Ckls. $1 Wood, Weldon, la.
each. Oscar Jenne, Liberty, Nebr,
FOR SALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in
FOR EXCHANGE, A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- singles or trios also Buflf Leghorns and Butf
BITPP TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout cubator, for E.\hibltion B. B. R. Games, Rock Ckls., the best of stock for S1.25 each,
No white wings and talis, Larse birds and Must be first class stock, A. J. Williams. or *3 for 3. Write us at once. O. E. Olson,
ready to ship, Mrs. T. G. Smith, Polo, 111, Clay Cecter, Nebr. Colon. Nebr.

Miller's Perfection

Folding Exhibition

Rules ofthe Cock Fit Folds like a book. All in one piece.
A neat little book of pocket size, well boond in tongh tag<
board. CoDtatoa all the pit rules of ifae Ualted States, Canada, Nothing to lo astray. The neatest
Oaba, England, Belginm and Fraooe. Also baa oom*
Ifexioo, and strongest coop on the market.
prebeoBUe ohaptera on Heela, Haodllng;, Nuialng and ereiy*
ChiDg relative to the royal aport of cocking.
By Da. H. P. Olabki, Indiaoapolis, Ind.
Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb
The Recognized Authority.
FBICE, 26 CENTS.
Addreae tbe Pablisber of thla Papiiw

Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry

GET MORE HEN MONEY
Feed cut 7 bone and d-uble y<i fertile egg
In estigator one year

For 25 Oentsm
IVI ANN'S ^9o|;
New design, opea hopper,
EiQ^g; OUTTER
enlarged table, new device to control feed; jou can set it to suit any
strength; neverclogs. Sent on

Address, iTHE INVESTIGATOR,

lA n A VQ F^OITir
'-' M^^^ 1 VJ J- *X1 < r < M. EKH^^M^^ TDI A I No money asked for until you nrove our
guarantee on ynur own premises,' that our
New Model will cut any kind of hone, with all adhering meat and gristle, faster and easier and
Clay Center, Nebraska. In better shape than any other type of bone cutter, if yon don't like it bend it ba'-k at ourexnense.
Free cat'lg. explains all. p- W. MANN COMPANY, Box Mllford, Ma88
,

.WORLD'S CHICK FBBD. mmBoyond comparison,

Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed lOo lbs. 2.50; 50 lbs. $1.50; 30 lbs. $1.00.

Chamberlain's Perfect Hen Food will make jour hens lay. lbs $1.75. Goods shipped from St. Louis.

MBnufaaturoaby\il^ F. CHAMBERLAIN, '^''^^''''' '*^-

 36 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Were Your Crops Injured

BUFF COCHINS
Exclusively.
0ur6lfEgg7 cn by tliL' (Irouirlit? Well, even so, starve to death.
Copper Tankv/.UU A good
_v(.u
lloek of cliiekens will pay your taxes,
neeiiii't
buy your
Just What You Are
Nawheire,
groceries, and leave a surplus besides. The Looking For . . .

Hawkeye
will hateli thciu for yon, with less hullicr
Ii\c\ibaLtors
and greater certainty than any
The Pure Golden
ners in
Win-
any company'. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
Buff.

other incubator sold to-day. Peifect n'gulation of temperature, as good as the best. Prices
ventilation
and moisture. In artual results the Ilawkevc takes a back seat for nobodv low, write me.
Three sizes 60, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices that arc right. make We
brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they arc hatrhpil.
Our B.,H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
motto is '-The HawIieye;ineubators are Good Iiiciibators,"anci
it inrans ex:ctly wli;it it snys. Better .semi for our catalogue.
.S.-c our spei-ial offers and zuarantee.
Booli free, or send liic
aiidgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry paper.
Flemish CS-iants
Hawkeye Inc\ibator Co., We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed
byWINliSOR. imported Sept. IdOO. One of
Department 108. Newton, Iowa. the largest and best Giant bucks of his age
In Anjerica. hlls 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. I
C. Stephens & Co.. Carleton, Neb.

300 Buff and Black

Wyandotte Chicks.
A Really Good Feed Cooker.
We are not the onty people rid that manufacture a feed
For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi-
coolier but we do rictly liigh class one, bition stock. Give me a chance to

RELIABLE COOKER
and Water Heater Combined.
please you.

White P.
HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn.

Rocks Exclusively....
The material use.i in this enoker is the best th:U can be boucbt,
and brains and sliiU have been combined to produce the Ijest ~" My
Rocks are of the best strains to
le.'sare cast separately, thus insuring perfect ""
safety in shipment. be found and I have a fine lot of
This is the year to buy a
feed cooker, in order that vou may get every
PRICES.
dollar's worth out of the feed. 20 gallons, $ 5.00 chicks to sell reasonable. Write,
Write for cat-
ftloeneand full If you want'a conker we can interest you. 35 gallons, 9. 00
MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Box 25 so gallons, 12.00
ijuincy, Illinois. Lincolii, Nebr.
100 gallons 16.00

David Larson,
Wahoo, Nebraska,
Poultry Supplies Pure crushed shell
oOO pounds for
per 100 lbs$ 75
Raw bone meal fine or coarse per 100 lbs 350 Expert Poultry Judge
The Best attd Cheapest. Mica crystal grit
aioo
I have had years of
Lice Killers. Markers. Remedies. Incubators, Blood meal .
81'

experience in
Exhibition Coops. Egg Oases, shipping Coops Meat meal "
300 breeding, mating and judging. For
2'25
and Boxes and everythine to make poultry Meat scraps \
reference to qualification, write Poul-
raising pleasant and proBtable. Best seeds Chick feed 225
j'75 try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb.
that grow. Nearly 20 years' experience. Send Sunflower seed
for free Catalogue. 325
Bird seed 8c lb; 10 lbs 75c. Flood's and Con-

I am open for engagements.
First Premium at State Fair 1901. key's roup cure, SOc. Leg pands 80c per 100.
Archia-s' Seed Store, ^ ^ ^ Sedalia. Missouri. Victor Incubator always yields

HEN Midland Formulas.,. VICTOR]

Ready'Mlxed.
INCUBATOR
1. Nursery Chick p'ood.
Thoapanda in use; wr- ,>nT

ONE
freight. calaloKue 6ciiita".
2. Crowing Chick Food.

200""ro H. Fattening Chick Food.

i. Egg and Feather Pro-
ducing Food.
5. Nursery DuckllngFood
GEO. ERTEL CO., I)uliic;,

This is THE AVERAGE your fiock should produce; and 6. GrowingDuckllngFood jEma./5^gi>j Combination
it is only made pos.sible by the use of 7 Fattening Duckling
and Gosling Food.
8. Laying Duck Food.
9. Stock Ducks' Summer jREUiBLE'liMLr
Midland Feed
We make Ten
MeaL.-^i^
Brands, as shown above, and each one
10.
P'ood.
Growing Gosling Food world If you are after results rtprtsi'Dtt-tl in uulhirs
andcetits,you *-ant one of nur poimlnr atMh Cen.
turyPoullrj- Bookn. Briprlil. instructive and worth
is a specific for its pur- ten llmeethe price aslied. Sen! Inr lOc. A. fui Jotmealasanecg.
pose. They are a &
p .
, ^
A Combina.tion of Grains and Brains.
Bllble Incubalnr Btooder Co , Bi? < 25 Ouinc,llls.

.,'*>'''''';'''/,'''" """" '" ""'>" "-^^cessorles. There is not, and

S"e? has Wnan'l^hi'nfon,
S^ng It and ft is ^r^ckL^lel, 7,1'
?;'"",''''
[? "j
Tbou>ands of poultrymen are
Random or haphazard feeding Is no
My . ..

lonfernmfl.,t,V?nrl^h.
iif..'i I; ^
''vV^ '"'''*'-^'^'""
'""'"' ''"'^r .

"'"^' have Fh.ED TO BtlRN. Profit is Buff Orpingtons

w^fdo7r,^''"^,r,[J,=r''^'""',';''"','''i""'""'"?'= *" "" retnrs. Cur balanced fe,^ .... Have no equal
",'-"'' '" "'>' " "'"' '"' '"nvlnced. Manufac.
tured Dy Ml *\\1h '? il'l,
bv the nlll>l,A^ inv J- B, Plymoutli Roclis
1
tiired l-i -M'. co Kansas Citv.
',l',",,'';'''y
l-(i(il) Mo., and sold by
I I ( 1
.

Nea.rest Feed a^nd GraLin Dea^Ier. (Thompson Ringlets.)

p .
Boston, Mass..T^^*"
M Jos. Breck &.Sons, 51 N Market St. NewVork(Mlv
Fvcnlslnr Wire X.- Pr.,.i
If you want good stock I have it

romiry
KfuitTp^o'd cf n" f'coV
l'OOdt>o..N.h. 2nd and Main Sts. Kansas CItv. Mo. Petaluma Incubator c.i
Cor, >n^''"^'lv^''^''''.'"^^^^^^
Chestnut Hill, Pa. The Vail Seed Co. Ind^anapSlU.
JOHN A. LING,
C^wi^'levl
C. Wooley & Co..
no- Atlanta, Ga. Rochester Poultry Supply and Seed Co., Rochester, Ind. a!
A^.l?;*^"^'^'
N. Y.
Harvard Nebraska
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 37

Alsup & Farmer, Cave Springes, Mo. The aboi'e photo is a sample of over 200 that are in Ihe Sure Hatch
Fifth Annual catalog'ue It is a book of l(i(5 big' pag'es; contains pag'e after pag'e of applicable and practical
poultry information. It is free to any address and should be in the hands of ever)' poultry raiser. Tells how to
save money as well as how to make it. SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO., Clay Center, Neb or Cclumbus.O. ,

FINE ST ANDARD
1st, 2d and 3d Pullet and 3d Cocker-
Golden Wyandottes Louis Shaw, January, 1901.
el at St.
BRED BIRDS.
t Highest Grade, Healthy, Vigor- No old birds exhibited; 3 seconds at
I ous Stock from Careful same show 1900. 1st and 2d on pair For sale after September ist of
* Matings. at St. Louis Fair. Eggs for hatch- following breeds:
ing, S2 per 13. Stock for sale Write
for full information Barred Plymouth Rocks, $i to
I S. p. VAN NORT, S.'iis''o1Pr'"''
each. Light Brabmas, $1.50 to
each. Buif Cochin Bantams,
J>^U J^ S^ %iJ^ ^JfL'iWW $1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr.
old Toulouse ganders at $3 each.

5UREY01GETA
?;5y
T^ ^^ "S^
Pekin ducks of standard weight at
each.
MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD,
and then you will be sure .
Highland, ill.
-f more money from your liens. Nothing
equals green bone as an egK proihicer :ind health
promoter. No machme equals the
Silver Wyandottes
Dandy Green Bone Cutter 1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females
for sale at $1 to $1.50 each; ray last
bone (either dry or fresh) to poultry food.
for reducing
It is the most substantial cutter, the easiest running,
season breeders. Want to get them
the most durable. Automatic feed; easily ad- out of the 'way of the young birds;
justed to cut coarse oi' line. these are bargains.

We Sell Direct to Poultrymen R. S. TRIMBLE, Somerset, Ky.

at wholesale prices, saving you all aerents' and
dealers' profits. GET A DANDY, try it
31) days and if you don't like it in every
SSTJIftK SEE THE lOOa
way, send it back. Isn't that a fair offer? Noxall Incubator
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^t i-ne FliRK O'lr calnlogue
Stratton Manfg. Co.^ J riultry disease. 4:0. lor pos-

Box 48, Erie, Pa. batok* Co., Q,uincy, 111.

38 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Great big, early hatched, sure
winners. Silver, Golden and B B. Red Game Bants,
Fall Fair _Show Birds White Wyaudottes and a fine
Buff Pekin Bants,
lot of midget G. S.and S. S. Bantams. 100 head this season's breeders at a
great sacrifice. Fine litter of Scotch Collies for sale, bred in the purple Buff VVyandottes,
R. E. JONES, Flat R.ock, Indiana- Buff Leghorns,
B uff Rock s.
Union Lock Poultry Fence.
For Poultry, Rabbits, Orchards, Gardens, etc. 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.

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, loc. Buy direct
and save 50 to 100 per cent in
Stronzer and closer spacing than any other make. Our own farms in Cal-
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn prices.
Mention paper
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. .. ,
ifornia.
Your dealer should handle this lineif not, write US for
.

prices. Catalogue free. Hadrian P. Kelsy.

Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass.
UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A.

There is always something doing on the place that operates

one of the

MARILLA
Tliov hiitch
Iivcubaiors
and

more chicks out of less eggs than any incubator you ever saw;
Brooders.
They are built that way.
in fact they come mighty near hatching them all.
If vou don't find them all we say they are, you
can get back your money.
Tlie best system of regulating teniiierature, moisture and
ventilation vet in-
vented. Both Hot Water aiul Hot Air.
Double walls, double tloors, double top.
1'hirteeu years experience makes them
perfect, and wc are proud of them.
The Brooder is as good as the Incuba-
tor, and is the only one on the market pj
that prevents trampling and overcrowd-
^
ng. u=====^^
You must us send you one of our
let a ^
catalogs, telling all about these things. H
Two 2c stamps for partial iwstage. H*"

MaLFillaL Incubo^tor Co., Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y.

f'Tr
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 39
I offer my entire sale of Buff
Incubators, . Buff Wyandotte Sale! Wyandottes, breeding stock and
the cream of 300 chicks for sale
Built on entirely new principles and the
only machine made that will allow the chicles cheap, in nuinbers to suit purchasers, If you want a male bird for next year
when hatching to come out of the machine buy it now, a half value. Write me.
in the pure, fresh outside air at their own
will, ju^t exactly the same as they do when
hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to im-
itate nature closer and to hatch equal to any
R. F. D. No. 4. ARTHUR SYKES, Macdison. Wis.
niachinp on the market. For further partic-
ulars address with stamp,

L. P. MEISTES, Troy, Mo.

Royal Blood English Belgian Hares.
Cornish and White Indian Games. All animals English prize winners and
stock for Sale. from imported Engli.sh parents. The re-
nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis-
J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. Jackson bury at the head of the herd. Ang-ora
Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav-
ies. For Pleasure and Profit. Peruvian
Boulevard Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported
and Domestic. The Angoras with their
Poultry Babbitry
long, silky tresses and musical little voic-
es have not their equal Write for special
descriptions and prices
MRS. GEO. D..HAWLEY,

We
Cuts r^'iSSR. _:Jr-i'~^^-i

have always on h.ind a supply of poul-

2166 Jacksoa Bvd. Chicago, III.

try cuts suitable for catalogrs, circulars, or

advertising. These are not "stocli cuts"
but in the majority of all cases are reproduc-
tions from life, photographs, painting, etc.
They represent every variety and strain of
fowls and all sizes, from
those here sliown upward.
Write us for sample sheet
^ of proofs, prices, etc,
R^eliable
6Ae Cyphers Incubators
IncvibaLtor and
Brooder Co., Are the world's standard hatching machines.
Box A 25,Quincy,III. 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

^ RACKS ^
I
in stamps for our 224-page book. No 122 entitled
"Profitable Poultry Keeping in All Its Branches.^'
A Poultry Supply Catalogue free to any address.

THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR. CO.,

Chicago, 111., Buffalo, N. Y., Boston, Hass., New York City,

EXAS^ "^
34 Mercbaols Row.

Effective March 1 0th, 1 90 1, At the Big

^^^
..St. Louis Show.

January, 1901 1st Cock; 1st, 2d and

3d Hens; 1st and 3d Cockerel; 2d and
3d Pullets and 1st Exhibition Yard,
and N. W. Missouri and N. E. Mis-
Announces the Opening of its souri, 1809-1900, more prizes than
^ Red River Division
allother Langshan exhibitors com-
binedall my own brseding. If
...To...
you want the very best at a low
Denison and Sherman, price write me
Texas, e^ ^
Through Train Service will shortly
be established from St. Louis and Kansas
City over ikt ^ jt ^
; Pullet, N. W. Missouri, 1899; 1st Hen, N.
L. E. MEYER,
Shortest Line to Texas
E. Missouri, 1900. Score, 95. Bowling Green, : Missouri.
 40 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900.

ist, 3d and 4th Hens 2d Pullet.
2d,
ist and 3rd
Exhibition Yards Eigbt They Won
Special Prizes, including the on
Their Merits

Champion Barred ^. Ifiocb female. Eggs

In quality of stock shown the Philadel- I will sell a LIMIT-
phia show stands one of the hottest ever ED NUMBER of
Eg-a.s at
held. GRAND RECORD ON
I made my per
$.1.(10
15.
BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY
FARM. Send for Illustrated Circular and Choice Breeding Stock
descriptions of Matings.
For Sale!

Bea\ity and Utility Strain Barred Satisfaction Guar-

SECOND PULLET, liOS^TO.N, I'juu. riIt.~T ^ Plymouth Rocks. ^ anteed.
HEN AND CHAMPION AT PHIL-
ADELPHIA. 1900. Address
^ JJ LATHAM, BOX G
LANCASTER, MASS.

Our Motto, "YirtntenonAstntia'

From such Fasliionable Strains as the follo wing Champiojis:
% Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash,
Climax, Grimsby's Star, Priory Prince, Malten Mystery, Pal-
ace Queen, I^ird Britain, Etc

Our Stud Bucks are: RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

At prices ranging from $5 to
HARES \
Fashoda Star
Score 90 by Judge Almond, im- $75 per head, pedigree and
score card with each animal.
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda.
Unpedigreed market stock,
BY \ Score 9.T
Viscount
by Judge Finley, im-
good color and size, $2.50 to
$5 per pair. Hardy Black
ported. Belgians (good to use as nurse

THE \
Lythedale
Score 94 by Judge Finley, im-
does) at $io per pair. Cor-
respondence solicited for spe-
cial price list which may not
ported. be in effect long. Will re-

HUNDREDS \
Sir Crabtree
Score 93'+ by Judge Crabtree,
fund money and pay return
express charges if Hares pur-
chased are not as represent-
and other domestic buck.s ed. Rabbitries at Maplewood
that will score 94 to 9(i.
and Fayette

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

304 CHEMICAL BUILDING, : ; : : ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
IMPORTED - AND DOMESTIC.

Give Fowls a Chance

you. by ridding them
To make money
nlte. etc..
for
and keep them and their roosts and
of llee. Stephatni Poviltry CompaLi\y
nests free of all vermin and prevent diseases,

Price only 25
Use Cremoline Incorporated 1901. BREEDER Of c most complete Plain
the Mississipyi valley.
centB. Guarantepd.For Hale by all I

Dealers. Circulars Free bv rt>uirn mall.

BAKER-EIDSON CHEMICAL CO., Si. Louis.
STANDARD BRED POULTRY AND THOROUGHBRED BELGIAN HARES
I UUL I II I Harper Eng. Co., Columbus, I
Farm at Swansea BELLEVILLE, ILL.
VOL. 5. .JANUARY. 1902. NO. U.

ii

ir.,x^-.?^i2^s=^W?m^^M?a^^

Ai>viNCE TO Success

25 <^ a. year
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

\4^ 1

TKa-t's abovit all yovi hsLve left wKen

you depend on a fussy old hen.

Whact Yo\i Wa^rvt Is

an Incubator on the place. A good Incubator. A money maker.

hot ah'.
A MARILLA
We
make the flarilla Incubators and Brooders, both hot water and
Not a fairly yixjd machine, but the very best there is. We have been
at it thirteen years, and every flarilla 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 Harilla. It will take care of
itself, and bring off whopping big hatches.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Barred Rocks - - VVhite Wyandottes

GUARANTEED
^ROUPCUREv^
iWe I
WE HAVE
Have \
Some'- Choice - Exhibition
I). W.HALL. BoxCODesho I AND
Fine Breeding: Birds
I Those \
For Sale!
I That
We have always won at State Fairs and State
Shows moie prizes than all other exhibits.

I Win... T. L. NORVAL, Seward, Nebraslca.

mm
The Result of 25
Choice
THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Cockerels Year's Breeding.
Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280
young and
& Line Bred at
SO from the coming sale season. Was winners ot all
old ones to draft
have- been
and part second in state show the last two years, also guaranteed.
tite
Stock Eggs firsts
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction
for American Poultry
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
Hktchingm Farm. FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr.

From Barred and White Plymoutli Rooks

White and i-ilver Wyandottes. White and
Brown Le>;horns, Golden Sebright Bantams.
Bronze Turkeys, and I'earl Guineas.
Belgian Hares, Jersey Cattle. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?
Valuable Circular.
F.M.MUNGER&SONS, DeKalbJII. SlEOO^Vb BROWN LKGHORNS. "Elegant^ combs, fine strip.ng toHa<;ket and Sad-
or "/trip?f lackels
dle,and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown cotl'/tl tired '""liiig in nie
and elegant combs. In fact birds that give the other fell'^w
Chatham, 0., P. O. Box I.
sliow room address. J W. WHITNEY,
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. If so,

Edson's Registered Strain, from a Ions line

of prize-winning ancesters; have n)ade them
a specialty for IB years. Now offerlns line
exhibition and srand breeding stock of both Best in America, very cheap during
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
Belgian
^-^ Hares special sale. Weguarantee satisfac-
What
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address, tion or no pay. Might exchange for fine clock, piano, gun or music box.

M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111. have you? Book free ^ ^ ^^^^^ HARE CO., Brighton. Colo.

M Buff P. Rocks
^ Sxclusively...
Barred Plymouth Rocks
We have Judge Harris" entire stock.
These, together with our own prize
winners, gives us the best flock of
..200 QUICK SALE 200..
hence
Buff Rocks in the country. We can Wehave more young stock than we can handle in cold weatherserved.
please you both in quality and prices.
make the following prices to reduce our stock. First comes first
$3.00 each.
35 Cockerels,well developed and very large
Write us if you want winners bred 3.S Cockerels xtra good breeders ,
.;n^^'^
1-SU eacn. v,'
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 50 Pullets, well developed and fine
.50 Pullets, good breeders
'"" e^*^"'
ouse Geese for sale. eacn.
Good ones i.su
25 Hens, one and two years old.
MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want
Clay Center, Neb. an dean do you good circular free. Your Truly,

UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

WANTED! MR. and MRS. A.

25oWhite Wyandotte Hens

C. A. BLANCHARD,
MR. and MRS.
and Pullets. ___SBREEDERS 0F:S_>
250 White Leghorn Hens
White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
and Pullets. Pekin Ducks.
100 White Rock Hens and
hen, 1st cock, 3d
Pullets. At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st At the Ne-
entered.
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird
100 Buff Orpington Fe- braska State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st

males. pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel--

a first prize on every bird entered.
Will pay cash. Address, We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.
Box 421, Clay Center, Neb. FRIEND, NEBRASKA.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

BUFF COCHINS
Were Your Crops Injured Exclusively.
by the (irouffht? Well, even so, you needn't starve to death. Just What You Are
A good tioek of chickens will pay your taxes, buy your
groceries, and leave a surplus besides. The
Looking For ....

Ha.wkeye Incuba-tors
will hatch them for you, with less bother and greater certainty than any
The Pure Golden
ners in ny compan)'. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
Buff. Win-

as g-ood as the best. Prices

other incubator sold to-day. Perfect regulation of temperature, ventilation
low, write me.
and moisture. In actual results the Hawkoye takes a back seat fornobody.

Three sizes 60, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices that are right. make We
browiers, that regally take care of the chicks after they are liat ched. Our B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
motto is "The Hawkeyejlncubators are Good Incubators,'*anfi
it means exactly wliatit says. Better send for our catalo^ie.
See our special offers and guarantee. Book free, or send 10c
andgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry paper. Flemish
We A have strictly
G-iants
No. 1 Giants, headed
Hawkeye Irvc\ibator Co., by WUNUSOR. Imported
the largest and best Giant bucks of his age
Sept. IKX). One of

Departn"vent 108. Newton. Iowa.. in America, flls ancestors present an un-

broken line of England's best cbumpions.
8 weeks old Giants $5 to 110 per bead. You
cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. I
0. Stephens & Co.. Oarleton, Neb.

White P. Rocks Exclusively....

and
WE DIDN'T KNOW
it is reasonable to suppose that the average man who is
My Rocks are of the best strains to
be found and I have a fine lot
chicks to sell reasonable. Write,
of

interested in Poultry does not know and cannot know

the many points brought out in this new book, MRS. NANCY WATSON,
Lincoln, Nebr.

The Poultry Book

Filled from cover to cover with the rich, ripe wisdom of the
DeLux David Larson,
Wahoo, Nebraska,
hard years of disappointment and success of men wlio stand at
the top in the poultry business to-day, it is absolutely alone Expert Poultry Judge
among publications of this kind. There is not a phase of the poultry business I have had years of experience in
that is not exhausted in this wonderful book. Experience that has cost thous- breeding, mating and judging. For
ands of dollars, boi led down and put within the reach of all for reference to qualification, write Poul-
^L1
>^A* try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb.
13,000 copies already svld. Write for full informal inn.
ReliaLble IncxibaLtor aLf\d Brooder Co., Box A 25 Quincy, Illinois. I am open for engagements.

My.. ..

Buff Orpingtons
. . . .Have no equal
Fresh Opportunities Bm Plymouth Rooks
(Thompson Rinelets.)
follow the purchase of a Victor Incubator. That is the tes- If you want good stock I have i

timony of thousands of successful poultry raisers who will

have no other machine, .\bsolutely self-reguiating, and the
simplest, surest, most durable ha'tclier ever made, (jiuar-
JOHN A. LING,
anteed positively as represented or mouev refunded. The Harvard Nebraska

VICTOR OURNALISM
Practical, payinff newspaper work,
Incubator
fsacientiticHlly correct,
^g
ihp-^^t^
wrilintr short storit'S, elc.
TAUGHT BY MAIL
by our successlul syHtcra in
chHnlcally perfect-solid
SMiuil charge of Mr. Henry I
bik! enduring. CntaloRue
telling how to get Increased
li'-M West, formerly managing
f.litnr of the Washington Post.
results fnjm almost any SiirccsBiiil.students everywhere.
machine, for 6 centa.
Wriif Inr illustrated booklet.
NAT'I, fOKflF^PONnKNTK INSTITITE,
Sd Nsl'l Bank BIdg. Haahlo(;toii

THIS IS THE
tiiey come off for the
WAY
man who uses
BlfiMOIIEYMAKERf^

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 Does Your Lamp Smoke?!
best money maker you ever heard of, That meaoj uneven heal and .langer of iploe
I'no't run anv rifik. Put*
Don't wait until your neighbor gets
ahead of you. Catalosue and 10c Egg Hydro-Safety Lamp
Formula free if you write to-day. on ynur Infubatorand Brooder nd sav -"
atlentioQ and avoid all damrer. Wslr ]
Natural Hen Incubaiop Co>f kesps burner cool.
lojnie of all
Pr lee. 76c.
InrnbMor upplles
to ta.-JO. Cata-
f*fLXIl
B-1 1, Columbus, Neb. DIKES. Mfr. Ho 12 6th St.. Bloomlngion.ini.
Vol. 3 Cla-y Center. NebraLskat, JaLnua-ry, 1902. No. 11

Nebraska State Poultry Show

Jatnuary 21st to 24th, 1902.

Do not neglect to show your birds. Do not fail to come and see the largest collection of thoroughbred fowls

ever shown in the West. Write L, W. Garroutte for list and entry blanks.

LINCOLN AUDITORIUM

Where the Nebraska State Poultry Show will be held uanuary 21st to 24th, 1902.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
That is. the egg absorbs oxygen
I

'

;
through the pores of the shell and de-

Life In the Egg i

i posits it in the air cell containing a
greater per cent of oxygen (23.5 per
By L,. E. Keyser cent) than the outside air (20. S per
cent).
Fig. 2 shows the oviductum. slight-
INTROUrCTION I
the funnel shaped opening of the ovi- ly modified for the purpose of illus-
In this series of articles it is the de- duct or egg-passage and carried on its tration, which in an ordinary hen is
sign to treat of "Life in the Egg" from '
way to the outer world. about two feet in length and in tra-
its very formation through all its j
In passage it is enveloped in the
its versing this distance the egg takes on
stages of normal development until u white or albumen, this being in three all the changes described. Should
bursts the shell a living chick. We j
layers of different consistency. The two yolks or egg-cells become mature
do not lay claim to absolute origianlity outside albumen is thin and watery,
I
and detached at the same time they
in the treatment of this subject, as we the middle albumen thicker, and the are likely to become enveloped in the
I

have been aided in our efforts by a inside layer almost as thin as the
!
same albumen and shell and thus form
number of works on zoology and em- outside one. The yolk and the layer
j
a double-yolked egg.
bryology, but all facts here presented of thin albumen next to it are sur- The temperature of the oviduct is
have been substantiated by individual rounded by a membrane of dense al- about 106 or 107 degrees, and if the
research, observation and experience, bumen which forms a twisted cord at
1
egg is a fertile one incubation has al-
and we do not give as facts old views each end of the yolk termed the chala- ready set in, the blastoderm being
or speculative theories which have zae, which hold the yoke in shape nourished and warmed into life, but
passed current and been accepted for (see Fig. 3). They do not attach to on being deposited in the nest the
want of more perfect knowledge. Many the shell, but to the denser or middle
a pet theory has been exploded because layer of albumen, and being slightly
in the light of experionre it was found below the center, act as balance
ti) be incorrect. To obtain the knowl- weights to keep the side of the yolk
edge here imparted, or rather to sub- holding the germ always uppermost.
stantiate what we have read relative So if the egg is turned around the
to it, we have examined, broken aud yolk itself does not turn with it, but
dissected hundreds of fertile eggs in retains its position with the germ on
all stages of development, and sac- the upper side. The yolk being slight-
rificed hens in all stages of laying ly lighter than the albumen and sup-
condition, and now place our deduc- ported by the chalazae. floats germ
tions before the readers of The In- uppermost in the albumen near the
vestigator in the hope that they may upper shell, but always separated
prove of interest and perhaps profit. from it by a layer of albumen and os-
THE EGG AND ITS FORMATION. cillating gently away from the shell
In the ovary of. the hen is formed on the slightest motion. In some

the essential part of the egg the yolk cases it floats nearer to the shell, and
and germ. These are very small at these are generally the cases in which
first, but they increase rapidly in adherence takes place, or the yolk is
size and number until near or during ruptured during incubation. The deli-
the laying period, when the hen's cate germ is thus protected by the al-
ovary much resembles a bunch of bumen, which is a very poor conduc-
grapes, and is accurately shown in tor of heat and thus guards it against
fig. 1. There are two or three organs fatal chills during incubation and pre- process is suspended, to be again re-
in every bird, but one usually remains serves it from concussion or other fa- sumed when the opportunity affords.
undeveloped, the fertile one nearly al- tal injury. This process of incubation varies ac-
ways being on the left side of the By the time the egg is half way cording to the time the egg is retained
spine and attached to it by means of down the oviductum the whole quan- in the oviductum, but is usually suffi-
the peritoneal membrane. These ru- tity of albumen is formed and it is cient to give the germ a fair start.
dimeniary eggs when united to the then enveloped in a parchment-like If the germ does not receive a sufii-
ovary are composed of a white yolk, skin. This skin consists of two lay- cient start in the oviduct to enable
yellow yolk, yolk membrane and germ ers, which separate at the large end it to resist the shock of the colder at-
bed, all enclosed within a thin, trans- of the egg forming the air cell. This mosphere into which It is expelled,
parent ovisac. The white yolk is cell is small at first, but as the egg and to sustain itself during the time
formed first and on the end of this becomes older it increases in size by incubation is suspended, it will prove
yolk the yellow or food yolk develops the evaporation of water and carbon a weak germ or addled egg. This ac-
and envelops the white yolk, with the dioxide. In the last portion of the counts for the fact that the eggs from
exception of one small place where Is oviduct the egg becomes coated with some of pur best laying hens often do
formed the germ disc. As these egg a calcerous deposit of different layers not hatch well. It is not due to a
cells ripen or mature, which during which form the shell, after which it lack of attention on the part of the
the period o^ laying they are constant- passes into the colaca and is ready for male, or to *the sterility of his seed,
ly doing in regular succession, the expulsion. The different layers of the but to the fact that the eggs are hur-
enclosing membrane becomes gradual- shell anil also of the membrane lining ried so rapidly through the oviduc-
ly thinner and finally the sac ruptures are porous, and when the egg is de- tum that the blastoderms do not have
at the stigma and the yolk and germ, posited in the nest a chemical and time to mature before the first real
now surrounded by a very thin and mechanical change takes place and stage of incubation is suspended, and
delicate membrane, are received by the so-called respiratory stage sets In. then we have weak or dead germs.

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-
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
into the oviductum. This sperm is
filledwith 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- the food yolk, is to supply nutrition
cur within a short time previous to the after the chick leaves the shell and
hen's laying the first egg of a clutch until it is able to hunt and assimilate

tum until the next day will not hatch quite a number might be fertilized. food.

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 this will certainly
not injure it for hatching, as we have
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
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

repeatedly demonstrated. of causes for unfertile eggs, and the same as any other organism. The
Here we will from the
break off causes which man canont alleviate. germ may begin to develop, yet perish
real subject in hand
advance a
to In a fertile egg the blastoderm will at any stage of growth, such deaths
theory of our own, which we have show an outer white rim and within occurring within the shell being in no
nearly demonstrated as a fact. If the this a clear area, in the center of essential respect different from deaths
which is a spot of less clearness, some- of weakly chicks at various early
eggs from our heavy-laying hens,
which only seem to produce weak or times dotted and sometimes quite uni- stages after leaving the shell. Is it
dead germs, are placed in the incu- form. In the unfertile egg the white any wonder then that so many eggs
bator before they are allowed to be- disc is simply marked with irregular fail to hatch when they are subjected

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
clear spaces. These conditions can- to all these adverse conditions?
not be detected through the shell, nor It is important that eggs Intended
readilyby the unpracticed eye even for hatching should be carefully han-
when the shell is broken, without the dled and incubated at the earliest pos-
aid of a microscope. sible moment. While occasionally
good hatches may be had when eggs
A egg contains all the ele-
fertile
are kept even as long as three or
ments necessary for the perpetuation
tour weeks, such cases are the excep-
of life-protectionby the shell and al-
tion and not the rule. If kept at an
bumen, albumen and yolk for nutri-
even temperature between 50 and 60
tion, and the vital germ. The white
degrees the blastoderm will remain
of the egg has manifold uses. It
inactive for a longer period than if
forms the chief nourishment of the
kept either warmer or colder. If eggs
chick during its growth in the shell,
are laid on their side they should be
and as it forms the largest portion of
the egg it gives the growing chick turned or their position changed at
the needed increase of room as it least every two days, but it set on
is absorbed or evaporated. In the first
the small end no turning will be nec-
stages, however, its use is principally
essary. A glance at Fig. 3 will show
to protect the vital germ and delicate
the reason tor this better than we can
yolk. The use of the greater portion
of the yolk, or that portion known as explain it.
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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

H. ays win
which every member is expected along
,V...M ^^...= .. Ne..
with a string of his best birds. To
bring about such results, and to make

POULTRY SHOWS. their feathers will be awry and some the exercises doubly interesting, the
broken. A tame bird will always following list of club prizes will be
Their Adva^r\ta.ges arvd Disad- show to the best advantage, and 1 hung up: ?50 challenge cup on best
have learned by experience that cock, cockerel, two hens and two
vantages.
Many of the poultry breeders have meat scraps or chopped bone will pullets, to be won three times; ?25
won the blue ribbon e'er this article tame them easier than any other way, challenge cup on best five cockerels,
is printed, others are preparing their
even the flighty Leghorns will soon to be won twice: $10 trophy cup on
eat from my hands. This all requires
best pen; $10 trophy cup on best cock-
best breeds for the ribbons, while oth-
erel; club ribbon on best male head;
ers have met with disappointment. time and patience as well as labor.
club ribbon on best colored male;
"Poultry shows." How much does A much more serious disadvantage club ribbon on best shaped male; club
those two words signify to me. I look is presented from exposure, the ex-
ribbon on best female head; club rib-
forward days, yes, months, for our treme temperature of the exhibition
bon on best colored female; club rib-
little show, for there I can gather halls to the temperature of the open
bon on best shaped female. In the
ideas, visit with sisters and brother air or express cars. This change
open class the club officials have suc-
financiers, and get renewed courage often causes sickness or death.
ceeded in placing a $35 trophy cup on
for another year's work. But I am
The advantages outweigh disad- the largest and best display given by
wandering from my subject. First, dis-
vantages many times. the associatoin. together with other
advantages, the expense of exhibiting.
There are the prizes to be consid- valuable specials, fully described in
There are entrance fees to be paid,
ered. These some times pay in a premium list. Every breeder interest-
express charges to be paid, coops to
pecuniary sense, and are worth much ed should identify himself with this
be made, bought or rented.. These are
more than the expense to which one club, and take a hand in pushing the
but a small part of the expenses, be-
is put to to win them. interests of the popular Brownies.
cause to win we must prepare to ex-
secretary for member-
hibit good fowls, but those that are Not only must we consider the Send $1 to the
ship and further particulars.
in good condition, good shape, and prizes as the only value. The adver-
C. M. DAVIDSON,
plumage, and this requires time, pa- tising that exhibiting gives is a great
tience and extra feed. value, for the quality of his stock
The winning specimens are usually has been proven by a competent judge, Judg^e W. S. Russell of Ottiiniwa. la.,
is offeriiifj Barred P. Rock cockerels at
carefully prepared for exhibition be- thereby making a reputation for his 52, S3 and 65 each: pullets ?1. S2 and
fore they are presentable for public fowls, and the reputation of prize 53. Above prices for January only;
inspection. They are fed to get them winning stock or even scored ones add SI to each bird in ordering after
February. A few fancy exhibition
up in weight, cooped so they can be will make sales either for stock or cockerels for sale: no pullets. Write
bandied often to make them tame or eggs. him today.
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'Of the Stephani Poultry Plant. Belleville. 111., sliinving Duck House. Mill. Rabbitry, Hen Hr

Things as I Find Them in the littlescreenings thrown in the straw lee, Tabor; 1st hen, 3d pen, W. A.
Poultry Business. twice a day, half gallon each time; ! Cole, Clarinda; 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d,
By Mrs. J. Hvjghes, Jr this is enough for forty fowls, to keep 3d pullets, 1st pen, O. J. Easton,
Judgment, reason, perseverance and Whiting; 2d, 3d hens, 2d pen, Elmer
them in good condition for eggs. I
economy are four things essential to Johnson, Malvern; 2d cockerel, J. N.
always see that they have nice clean
success. We see so many theories ad- Colby, Tabor.
water to drink and coarse sand for
vanced in the poultry journals that By White Rocks 1st, 3d cockerels,
grit, with chacoal mixed with it. 2d,
will materialize all right on paper that W. H. Ut-
keeping my poultry house clean and 1st, 2d, 3d pullets, 1st pen,
will not materialize in the poultry terback, Tabor; 1st, 2d hens, 1st cock,
well ventilated I have no trouble to
yard. What we want is to advocate keep my White Langshams, laying N. A. Prince, Tabor.
those things that will materialize any Buff Rocks 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d
right along, cold or warm, with this
place you put them to the test in the
method of feeding, my egg average has pullets, 1st pen, R, Williams, Tabor.
poultry yard. This is the place we go
never got above eleven with the ex- Silver Laced Wyandottes 1st cock,
at the end of the year to figure up 3d cockerels, st, 2d, 3d pullets,
ception of two or three days I got 1st, 2d,
the profit and loss. We see so many 1st pen, J. H. Todd, Tabor.
twelve; nor has it ever fell below
things iu print on the raising and
seven since the first of November.
White Wyandottes 2d cockerel, J.
managing of poultry that are actually M. Scott, Red Oak; 1st, 2d, 3d pullets,
too shallow to give consideration. TKe Ta.hor Exhibition. 1st, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, Miss Elsie
Some one just happened to have an The first annual exhibition given by Russell, Tabor.
"idea" and never waiting to test their the above association proved to be a Light Brahmas 1st, 2d cocks, 1st
"idea' 'to see if there was anything in success in every particular, when the cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d hens, 1st, 2d, 3d
it, go put it in print and it is read and the fact pullets. 1st pen, E. H. Harrison, Ta-
earliness of the season
perhaps by thousands and many times that there were to be shows in two bor; 3d cock, A. A. Timson, Tabor.
to the reader's sorrow. other nearby towns are taken into
Partridge Cochins 1st, 2d 3d pul-
"Feeding for eggs." This one sub- consideration. The quality of the
lets, 1st, 2d, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, S.
ject at this time of the year seems winning birds was generally good, of
M. Greenlee, Tabor; 1st, 2d, 3d hens,
never to be exhausted. Every one has some of them particularly so. U. S.
A. A. Timson; 1st cock, E. J. Wilson,
the best, and if we were to follow the Russell gave great satisfaction as
Tabor.
instructions that some give, where judge. The sweepstakes silver cup of-
would be our profit?
Brown Leghorns 1st, 2d, 3d cock-
fered for ten highest scoring birds, all erels, A. A. Timmons.
My method of feeding for eggs is
varieties competing was won by E. Toulouse Geese 1st pair, Mrs. L.
simply this. Corn night and morning,
either whole or cracked, plenty of H. Harrison's Light Brahmas. Carson, Tabor; 2d pair, Mrs. Swartz,
clean straw for them to scratch in, a Barred Rocks 1st cock, Geo. Green- Tabor.
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other day she came and told me about ing in many cases, and yet so skillfully
the nice chickens she had raised from arranged that the 500 people who came
those eggs she had bought. She said, to see the show during the five days
"1 never saw chickens grow like them; got full benefit of the display. There
.some of the cockerels weigh seven were sixty exhibitors in all.
pounds now and they were the last The .iudging was done by Mrs. J. J.
chickens I had to hatch. I want you
Buchan of Pierson, Iowa; J. B. Thomp-
to come up and see them." son of Malvern, and Curtis Greene of
I have written this to show that the Eldora. Above is the list of premium
Buff Orpingtons are rapid growers, winners:
even in the hands of the farmer's wife. A new breed. Buff Orpington, was
To be sure there is no better place shown. A. L. Houston of Keota got
than on the farm to raise fine poultry, first awards on single comb cockerel,
nor can they be produced as cheap hen, pullet and pen. Mrs. J. A. Lash
anywhere else, and yet it is very sel- of Osceola got first on rose comb cock-
dom that we see a nice flock of pure erele, pullet and pen.
bred poultry on the farm. While it is D. B. Butler, S. Heflin and J. H.
a fact that farmers are slow to take Fisher of Red Oak, had good Black
up the breeding of pure bred poultry, Plymouth Rocks on exhibition. E.
yet I believe the main cause for their Kretchmer of Red Oak had a fine dis-
Mrs. n. (;. Mackey. Clarksv.lle. Mci. Mrs- not being more interested in piire play of Black Plymouth Rocks shown
Mackey writes for the Pox'ltrv Investigator
breeds eleitant M. B. Turkeys, Brahmas, Laiie- bred poultry is' that they buy too many in exhibition coops. Mr. Kretchmer is
shaus and Barred Rocks, and is reliable.
cheap birds and eggs, for it is also a manufacturing a new incubator that is
fact that when they do get good stock a success.
Buff Orpingtons for Eggs and Meat. they are just as proud of them as any L. Nazarenus of Red Oak and Royal
After three years' careful breeding one, and my advice is to the farmer F. Tyler of Villisca each had a pen
of this splendid variety of poultry, and to all, not to buy cheap, inferior of good White Wyandottes on exhibi-
along with the Leghorns, B. Rocks and stock just because it is cheap in price, tion.
Light Brahmas, I must say that I for it is dear even thought it did not Mrs. J. A. Lash of Osceola tied Rob-
have no desire to keep any of the cost much. Get a good stock of some erts Bros, of Farragut for third pre-
other breeds any longer. I get more good reliable breeder that wil not sell mium on Black Langshan hen.
eggs from the Buff Orpingtons through culls at any price, and once you get J. S. Ressler of Red Oak exhibited
the fall and winter months by far good stock you will never be satisfied a fine coop of Buff Cochins.
than from either the Leghorns, B. to go back to the common scrub fowl. Levi Barnett, John S. Pritchard and
Rocks or Brahmas, and they will hold Dec. 6, 1901. F. A. CROWELU Harry Logan of Red Oak had good
the Leghorns even all through the
Creston Indian Games on exhibition.
summer.
J. G. Lembke of Griswold won first
Last year my pullets commenced Prize Winners at Red Oal(, Iowa.
premium on Toulouse geese and Pearl
laying November good earnest,
3, in It sounds exaggeration to say
like
guineas. He also took second premium
and laid on an average of twenty-one that the fifth annual exhibition of the
on pigeon display.
eggs, and for December twenty-three United Fanciers' Poultry and Pet
Marion Hite and Earl Robinson of
eggs, twenty-four;
for January, for Stock association held in Red Oak,
Red Oak exhibited some very nice
February, nineteen; March, twenty- November 26 to 30, was the greatest
Black Minorcas.
six. In March the yearling hens were poultry show ever held in the state,
J. W. Haglund of Red Oak took first
counted in with the pullets, as the but it is really a fact. There were
prize on pigeon display. His exhibit
breeding yards were mated on March more fowls on exhibition than were
included some of the most beautiful
1. Although my hens laid good all ever shown at a poultry show in Iowa
Ruffle Necks, Pouters and Carriers
through the breeding season, yet the before, not exempting the exhibit of
that were ever shown.
demand for eggs far exceeded the sup- the state association. In all there
The officers of the associtaion are
ply and I was obliged to turn back were 1,420 fowls shown at the recent
several orders for Buff Orpington exhibit in Red Oak. At last year's
eggs. I have never been able to exhibit here there were about 800.
supply the demand for eggs or stock It was thought by the officers of the
in their season. association that perhaps the show
They have characteristics of tBeir would be as large as last year, when
own and as many good qualities as nearly 800 birds were on exhibition,
other breeds, which, I think, places and a show room which was consider-
them in the foremost ranks as a gen- ed large enough on that basis was se-
eral-purpose fowl. I had cockerels cured, but when not only the 800 mark
this season that tipped the scales at was reached but the 1,000 mark also
eight pounds when five months old. reached and passed, and still the birds
I find in three years' breeding fhat kept coming, it began to look as
they breed almost as true to color as though it would be necessary to en-
the older Buff breeds do, and I be- deavor to secure the Armory or the
lieve they are the coming Buff breed, Sanitarium, in order to have the birds
for all who see them take a fancy to properly housed. When, however, the
them at once. 1,500 mark was nearly reached, the
I sold a farmer's wife two sittings entries closed, and there was not
of eggs this season Just at the close room to put another bird. They were
of the breeding season, and just the piled coop on coop from floor to cell-
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12
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O Poviltry Advertising o .
V ICKEN. X
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCO
1 have always been a strong and
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 besi
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 your memory are at the top
in
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 w-ould be an inducement to pur-
chase, and the price you will sell
for. A mere statement of facts is
that necessary, and trying to be fun-
is
ny, or to write a freak advertisement,
never gets you a thing. A good illus-
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-
nal, 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
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
one only occasionally. The
cards in most journals are cheap and
breeders'
pay good returns. In fact, I heard one
. old breeder say "that his small card
i-By C. H.
in breeders'
a
columns paid better than
large advertisement which he had
previously carried, and that the be-
ginner or amateur buyer usually
interested in that subject. Nothing
thought that the big advertisers usu-
will bring you the returns as well as a ally asked so much for stock, and
paper devoted to poultry. Now as to took it for granted that the little ad-
circulation. If a fellow is out hunt- vertiser could sell cheaper, and give
ing, and has only one quail to shoot his just as good stock, minus the ex-
at, his chances are slim for quail on tra which he must surely put on to
toast, but if he has twenty to shoot pay for the advertisement." This I
at, there is a possibility of his secur- am not sure of, but the text is, "Ad-
ing some of those birds. That's the vertise continuously." 'With the
whole circulation business in a nut- great field opened up before you, you
shell. You want to pick out a journal of the west have wonderful chances
in which to place your advertisement to make a name and to secure finan-
with a guaranteed circulation, and one cial gain in the poultry business. With
that reaches those interested in that your vast farms, your cheap lands,
which you have for sale. Those jour- your abundant crops, you surely ought
nals which are always blowing so to be heard from, even more than you
hard as to the millions of copies they now are, and I hope that the day is
are printing each month are not al- not far distant when the so-callea
ways the best business bringers. A leaders of the east will take their hats
journal with 5,000 subscribers, who off mighty west. And, if you
to the
pay for their paper and read it after please, keep them off. You have In
they get it, and also interested in Its the Poultry Investigator a wonderful
contents, will always bring more re- medium through which to sell your
turns to the advertiser than the big goods. There is no question about the
blow-hard paper, which sends its cop- fact that it will do so. With the
ies to hodcarriers and bootblacks, ir- men at the head, IT HAS TO PAY.
respective of their knowledge of the The paper shows that those connected
poultry business, and which are not with it know the needs and require-
read or even opened by those receiving ments of the poultry man, and one of
them. Investigate the journals' claims the essential things to the poultry
when they talk about the wonderful man is the disposition goods
of his
results obtained by those using their at agood price and at the proper time.
columns, and don't always believe tne Think it over, brother, and I am sure
smooth talking agent. Again, too the Investigator will do you good,
many people think that last season's from an advertising standpoint as well
advertising will sell this season's as from an educational and other
it goods, some one has said, but this Is ways. Cards are all right, circulars
all all right too. Good advertising will are all right, exhibiting stock is all
live almost forever. Mr. P. J. Mar- right, but for actual and satisfactory
shall, a prominent breeder of the results, get in the advertising columns
south, told me not long ago "that he of a good poultry jo\irnal, and stay
had just sold a pen of fowls from an there.
inquiry that he had received that
week, which was the result of an old
advertisement seen in a paper twelve SONG OF THE GOLDEN SEBKIOHT
years ago. and from a paper now out BANTAM.
of existence." He said "that he I'm a golden yellow beauty.
keyed all his advertisements, and Every feather laced with black.
knew exactly where this inquiry had And consider it my duty
come from." so that there was no That for pride I do not lack.
For my movements I try strutting.
doubt about it. I have sold stock my- Every step I take with care.
self from advertisements that appear- While my penciled body and my wing
ed three years ago, so that I am firm I've a notion that the shaping
ly of the belief that a good advertise Of my tail is most unique.
Being the only rooster in the ring,
ment will live as long as it is read-
With a "hen tail" ail complete.
able, and will pay up to that time. All the sickle feathers lacking.
The only way to advertise is all the No broad bars across my wing.
time, then you are sure of it. If And my head looks as though backing
your
nature T'ward my tail to form a
ring.
business is of such a size or
I'vea rose comb that is perfect.
that you cannot carry a large adver-
Brightest eyes and crimson face.
tisement, take a smaller one and run And with safety you'll elect me
it continuously rather than a larger As the "champion" of my race.
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POULTRY IN THE NORTHWEST |
*, By F. DANDO. .

1 have been asked to give an article

on the poultry industry in this part,

of Uncle Sam's (jountry 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, 1 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 is
the main point in the business; tue
next is market. Our marKet is situ-
ated 175 miles each side of this town,
that is and Spokane
Seattle 175 west
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
Brick Incubator Cellar i)f\V. H. Busliell. David City. Nebr. Also shows his brooder housf
eggs are worth 35 cents in the cities oOfeet long- built ot wood and brick. Mr. Bushell breeds nothing but the best Buff Orpingtons
mentioned and the home market is 30 and imports nearly all his breeders from the best yards in England.

cents per dozen.

Ek) not suppose from this that you cess than expected when I started
I yet found a wormy apple in
cannot dispose of broilers or roosters in. 1 am a bachelor and try-
Although the orchard, and I can sell all

at a paying figure, as broilers, two to ing to handle eighty acres of the best my apples for from 2 to 3

two and one-half pounds, sell at 14 fruit land in the United States, I do cents pound, and late keep-
per
to 16 cents per pound almost the my own housework, look after my ing varieties bring 5 cents per pound
whole season, and roasters from 12 to stock, besides raising over 300 chick- and are put up in 50-pound boxes. As
15 cents per pound, according to the ens this season, fattened and shipped 1 am steering away from the subject
market changes and seasons of the almost 175 of these at two to five that I started on and making this ar-
year, for chickens weighing from pounds at the stated market prices. ticle too long, I will close by saying
three and one-half to five pounds or Have over 100 pullets for winter lay- if any of the readers of this journal
a little better, as long as they are not ing, mostly Barred Plymouth Rocks, (P. I.) wish to know any more about
full grown. Hens are worth from 9 and disposed of some to individuals this part of the country in regards to
to 11 cents per pound. The reason around here for breeding purposes. 1 poultry or fruit, I will be pleased to
that we go mostly in for eggs is on did not keep an account of poultry inform them personally or through
account of the high express rates, sold, as I had too much other work the P. I. Yours for success,
which are $1.35 per hundred, and when to do. There is one thing that 1 F. DANDO.
the coop is counted in both ways you wish to state; here is a location for Wenatchee, Washington.
can reckon on taking off 2 cents per poultry house, to any of the readers
pound on expenses and 1 cent per of this journal that have an apple
SOLILOQUY OF A THOROUGHBRED
pound for commission. orchard, or any kind of an orchard
AFTEIR DEATH.
So much for the location and prices. in fact. Place your poultry house in
As died at the tender age of one,
I
Now for my buildings and surround- the center of it, facing south if pos- My was scarcely yet begun;
lite
ings. My main laying house is 8x60 sible, and if your apples are infested Though I lived quite long enough to find.

feet, four feet at back and six feet with what is called coddling moth There's nothing much to leave behind.
in front. The roosting room is 8x10, (wormy apples), your chickens will be I found that life was but a show.
Where creatures live, as I to crow,
also scratching shed 8x10 in connec- worth 50 cents a piece to you just to
In pretense apeing majesty,
tion. This makes three pens capable clean up the moth. I could give the Ere downing truth by mockery.
in this climate of holding twenty lay- readers some good articles on the val- I've flapped my wings and crowed
ing hens of the small breeds each ue of poultry to destroy this insect enough
and give ample room, i have other pest,which would be the means ot To keep up custom's standard bluff;
j. ,. ^1
, . , n,,
that
The world called me a thoroughbred.
I

individual pens without scratching making a double profit to those ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^,^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^
sheds, which 1 do not like as well as wish to combine the fruit industry p^,^ ^^^^^ beneath the plumage grand.
|

the one with sheds, as it is necessary with that of poultry, as I am placed The carcass was the world's demand;
|

to have the sheds of some kind, and in such a position that I know, living |
And since 'twas so, I'll say to you,
And swear a chicken oath 'tis true,
my roosting rboms are Jined with in a county of this state that derives |

My carcass is in every way,

building paper inside and out, with four-fifths of its revenue from fruit, From ancient time to present day.
rustic on outside of building and ship- and such fruit that took the gold med- Possessed of good or depth as much
lap on inside, with four-inch matched al at the Pan-American exposition As anything that man could touch.
There is nothing like a good at Buffalo recently. It wasn't wormy So eat and drink and jolly be,
flooring.
For in eating up what's left of me,
warm roosting room. fruit either. My poultry yards are sit- Your time will be as worthy spent
Now as to my success with poultry, uated in the center of my orchard, and As In any other, earthly bent.
will say that I have had better suc- I can truthfully say that I have never W. B. R.
14 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Lincoln County, Mo., Poultry
Show-
|

Dec. 5 to 5.

Third Annual 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, 111.

Although the Lincoln County Poul-

try association had au ugly spell of
weather during their show last week,
the entry list was larger and the fowls
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 fl75, and were distributed as
follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks: First
cock, hen, pullet and pen, Shaffer &
Welch, Troy, Mo.; first cockerel, R.
T. Canterberry, Truxton, Mo.; second
hen, pullet, Shafer & Welch; second
cock, pen, R. T. Canterberry; seconfl
cockerel, J. C. Ellis, Troy, Mo.; third
hen, Shafer & Welch; third cockerel,
pullet, pen, Ham Grigg, Prices Branch,
Mo.
White Plymouth Rock: First cock,
hen, pullet, cockerel, pen, Wfl A. Ellis,
Troy, Mo.; second cockerel, pullet,
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,
hen, cockerel, pullet, pen. Ham Grigg;
second pullet, R. T. Canterberry; third
cockerel, pen, Stuart L. Penn, Troy,
and dark pullet, J. J. Taylor. White Minorcas: First cockerel,
Mo.; third pullet, R. T. Canterberry. Dark Brahmas: First and second hen, pullet, pen, second pullet, W. S.

Silver Laced hen, Henry Muck. Cottle, Troy, Mo.; third pullet, Frank
Wyandottes: First
cockerel, L. W. Davis,
Howell, Troy, Mo.
pullet, pen, Partridge Cochins: First cock,
Troy, Mo.; second pullet, L. W. Davis; cockerel, hen, pullet, pen, D. M. Ellis, Anconas: First cockerel, pullet,
second cockerel, J. A. Welch, Moscow Troy, Mo.; second cockerel, hen, D. Syd Penn.
Mills, Mo.; third cockerel, pullet, L. M. Ellis; second pullet, pen, Eugene Silver Spangled Hamburgs: First
W. Davis. Moxley, Troy, Mo.; second cock, M. cockerel, pullet, second pullet, J. J.

Golden Laced Wyandottes: First W. Sitton, Troy, Mo.; third hen, D. Taylor.
cock, pullet, hen, pen, W. A. Ellis; M. Ellis; third cockerel, Engene Mox- Buff Orpingtons: First cock, cock-
first cockerel, J. C. Ellis, Troy, Mo.; ley; third pullet, pen, M. W. Sitton. erel, hen, pullet, pen, Geo. S. Town-
second pullet, hen, W. A. Ellis; second Buff Cochins: First cockerel, pul- send. Troy, Mo.; second and third
cockerel, pen, J. C. Ellis; third hen, let, H. Owings, Truxton, Mo.
S. hen and pullet, Geo. S. Townsend.
W. A. Ellis; third pullet, pen, J. C. Rose Comb White Leghorns: First Golden Polish: First pullet, Syd
Ellis. cock, pullet; second pullet; third pul- Penn.
Black Langshans: First cockerel, let, J. H. Ingram. Golden Sebright Bantam: First
pullet, pen, Syd Penn; second and Rose Comb Brown Leghorns: First cockerel Syd Penn.
third pullet, Syd Penn. hen, John F. Merriwether, Troy, Mo. Buff Cochin Bantam: First cock,
Black Javas: First cockerel, hen, Buff Leghorns: First cock, hen, hen, second hen, Frank Brackett,
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pullet pen, Henry Muck, Troy; second pullet, pen; second hen, pullet; third Troy, Mo.
cockerel, pullet hen, Henry Muck; hen, pullet, R. T. Canterberry. Pekin Ducks: First cock, hen, J.
third pullet, Henry Muck. Single Comb Brown Leghorns: First H. Ingram.
Buff Wyandotte: First cockerel, cock, hen, cockerel, pullet, pen; sec- Indian Runner Ducks: First cock,
Syd Penn, Troy, Mo. ond cockerel, hen, pullet, pen; third hen. J. J. Taylor; first pullet, Syd
Light Brahmas: First cock, cock- cockerel, hen, pullet, Ham Grigg. Penn.
erel, hen, pullet, pen, J. J. Taylor, Black Minorcas: First, second, Toulouse Geese: First cock, hen,
Auburn, Mo.; second and third hen third pullet, R. T. Canterberry. J. J. Taylor.

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, 93%.
Mr. Ellis also had a hen which scored
92%; in the Asiatic class. Partridge
Cochin cockerel owned by D. M. Ellis,
91 V4; in the Mediterranean class, An-
cona pullet owned by Syd Penn, 93%.
The highest scoring chicken was a
buff owned by Frank Brackett, 94%.
There were about 250 birds on ex-
hibition.
Plymouth Rocks there
In Barred
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 OP A FARMER.
The farmer has all the advantages
of anyone for breeding fowls, except
in many cases the facilities for dfs-
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
cases 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
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 15
of their living in the summer. Thus will offer a special club ribbon for best
the cost of the fowls will be much less. cockerel exhibited by a club member
The only fault with the farmers now- at any show where two or more mem-
adays is that they fail to get fowls bers are in competition. Secretaries
of good stock and fail to care for are at liberty to include this in their
them and manage so as to produce list of specials. '
eggs. No use of a farmer kicking Our annual meeting will be held the
i
about the market that he must sell week of January 21st, or in connection
'
to giving such a low price. A few with the big Chicago show, and it is
cents a dozen on eggs is more than earnestly hoped every prospective ex-
j
made up on the cost of the feed when hibitor will join us and compete for
j
you look at the way the breeder alone the club honors.
!
has to pay for his feed. The farmer The object of this club is to increase
'
really gets a much larger profit than the interest in and demand for high
I
the breeder who raises no feed. class S. C. Brown Leghorns, to obtain
[
Look at the poultry question in tor them better recognition by the
,
most any way and you will see him poultry shows and poultry press, to
'
ahead. Where he loses in one way he offer club pries that not only attract
makes up twice over in another. So general interest, but encourage fan-
the farmer comes out on top every ciers to renewed efforts to produce ex-
time. tra fine and more nearly perfect spec-
PERCY W. SHEPARD. imens, and to use our best efforts to
bring about a more uniform under-
Morgan Park, 111., Nov. 12, 1901.
standing of the standard requirements
Mr. Show, Secretary and Exhibitor:
It may interest you to know that the by breeders and judges. Fraternally,
American S. C. Brown Leghorn club M. D. WILSON, Secretary.
Novel Brooder House of Mrs. R\ith Morris.
The abi)\e ilUi^u iti n -h av iK-n- and tliiK studded with beautiful
incubator house made and used by Mr.s. blossoms. These houses are dry, clean
Ruth Morris, on her farm near Fair- and comfortable. Manj' farmers use
haven, Kansas. The house is what is them for dwellings, while the stables
known in that part of the country as a and barns are similarly constructed.
"sod house." Large blocks of miid In the foreground is a 100-chick capa-
are dried in the sun and then placed on city Hen brooder, and you will observe
that the chicks are as lively as those
top of one another with a soft mixture
cared for by the mother hen. Mrs.
between, very much after the manner Morris is standing beside a 100-egg
of erecting an ordinary brick building. capacity Wooden Hen, which she has
Across the top, timbers are placed and refilled for the sixth time.
The following letter speaks for itself:
covered with sod, then a layer of mud, Fairhaven, Kans., July 3rd.
upon which is placed another covering Mr. Geo. H. Stahl, Quincy, 111.
of sod. After the building is erected
Dear Sir: I have just finished my
it is washed off with water to close all
fifth hatch with the .Wooden Hen pur-
chased of you last February, averaged
cracks and crevices; then grass and
9o per cent of all fertile eggs. Hatched
flower seeds are scattered all over it, the first setting in a Kansas blizzard,
and in a short time the structure has a and got 80 per cent of all fertile eggs.
beautiful covering of green and gray, Yours truly, Mrs. Ruth Morris.
i6 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Rose Comb Bull Orpinffions, owned by Mrs. J. Lash & Son, of]Osceola,"Iowa. WianersloE'lst.'pen, ilst.'cMd., l^;t. 2nd.
and 3rd pullet at Osceola in December. Also 1st, pen, 1st, c'Ul, 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet at RedJOak, Iowa. In color these
birds wcrccciual to any set of either variety of the Orpinetons.

tion of the brooder to receive them; No doubt the first feed is very im-
t . . Rearing Brooder Chicks . . t the floor must be covered with some portant for depending to a great ex-
substance suitable for the comfort of
tent upon the manner in which the
the chicks. While various breeders
At this time of the year, when our use different articles for floors, I think
chicks receive their start in life de-
minds are beginning to again dwell on a thin covering of sand best adapted pends the future growth. At the be-
our spring work, no subject is of such for their wants; it ginning let me caution against over
also acts as a grit
great importance to us as the success- very essential feeding; great care must be exercised
for the chicks, which is
ful management and rearing of brood-
for their growth. A covering of wheat in this regard. We must study the
er chiclxs. Most all the various makes
or clover chaff is very good also and habits of the wild fowl in rearing its
of incubators will hatch a reasonable
is used by many with good success. young and imitate the prudence used
percentage of the fertile eggs with
Having the floor of our brooder by them. They do not overfeed, and
proper care, and we then have given
properly provided for, we must next use a diversity of feed as well as ex-
to our charge the frail creatures for
supply the proper temperature. There ercise. Following up this plan after
successful rearing.
is a slight diversity of opinion on the we have omitted our feed for the re-
No set of fixed or definite rules can heat question, hardly enough however quired time, we begin our feeding. For
be laid down for the management of to justify us in making an error in generally use
the first few days I
the chicks for the reason that no two
this regard. For the first week of bread crumbs, dry or pin head oat
people follow exactly the same course amount
the chick's existence I use a tempera- meal, feeding only a small
of feeding, care and management, and
ture of 80 degrees as a minimum and each time, and feeding often, about
yet both meet with about the same
100 degrees as a maximum, inclining six times per day, when chicks are
success. Again, a method which you
more to the lower degree in warm small. Use great discretion in the
have tried one year and has proven weather and the higher in cold weath-
amount fed. being careful to feed too
to you very successful, may not in
er. After the first week I gradually little than too much. I do not believe
another year give you the same degree
reduce the temperature as chicks in- any chicks ever died from not receiv-
of success. At this point is one of the
crease in age and size, having no fixed ing enough feed, where they had any
instances in poultry raising where rule for
a certain temperature at a attention given them at all, but count-
good judgment and discretion is called certain age, regulating that by the
less numbers have been sent to an
for and upon its use depends success
actions of the chicks, never permitting untimely grave by over-feeding. After
or failure of the laborer.
it, however, to run below 70 degrees. they begin to eat well and are about
In attempting to discuss the proper newly a week old, I change the diet of food
In the matter of feeding
method of raising brooder chicks, 1
hatched chicks, we find a great di- as much as possible, using millet seed,
would divide it under the following versity of opinion among those who wheat and cracked corn. All through
heads, taking up the discussion of
are eminently successful in raising the feeding season I use great precau-
each separately:
brooder chicks. All, however, are tion to require as much exercise as
First The proper care of the
agreed upon one fact, viz., do not possible, placing their feed in chaff
brooder. spaded;
feed chicks after they are hatched un- litter or in ground loosely

Second The proper feeding of the til they are from forty-eight to sixty after a few trials of this the little
chicks. hours' old, on account of giving ample fellows seem to delight in working for
Assuming that our chicks are hatch- time for the yolk of the egg to fully their meal, enjoying the labor in ob-
ing in incubators, what method shall digest, so as not to cause indigestion, taining it more than the feed itself.
we pursue for their care and prepara- resulting in the dreaded bowel trouble. As soon as they are large enough to
,
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 17
motest causes of the evil, and if it was ated and born unlike. No two men
enjoy a run, say about a week or ten
the only one we would be troubled think in exactly the same channel,
days' old, they should be placed in a
with very little of this disease. work in exactly the same way, or ac-
grassy spot where ample opportunity
complish exactly the same results;
is afforded for obtaining green food. Another evil which we must closely
ideas differ, results differ; you have
When this cannot be done green food guard against is that of lice. It
your plans outlined before you, the
must be supplied with their other ra- is advocated by some that it is a
method which you wish to pursue;
tion. Clean water should be supplied cause of bowel trouble. It makes its
follow it up carefully and if you do
at all times and when possible give appearance mostly in warm weather
not meet with a good measure of suc-
them boiled milk. Milk curds are also and does not seem to be so prevalent
cess, change to some other course.
excellent for them. in cold. However, when it once ob-
Seek if possible the cause of your
The worst enemy we have to con- tains a foothold it is very difficult to
failure and apply your remedy there.
tend with in our work is bowel trou- combat with. We might aptly apply
The first and most important duty of
ble, and if we can eliminate this we in this instance that old and tried
a gpod physician is to correctly diag-
have accomplished considerable pro- truism that "an ounce of prevention
nose his case and then apply the
gress on our road to success. It is is better than a pound of cure." Seek
proper remedy for that malady, re-
likewise very peculiar in its workings. to prevent is the best way to avoid it.
membering that the same line of
At times a whole brood will be en- When, however, its appearance is dis-
treatment works differently of differ-
tirely wiped out by its presence, while covered to an alarming degree an ef-
tnt persons. Your neighbor may be
another lot, with apparently the same fort must be immediately made to ex-
accomplishing good results while you
care, attention and feed, will scarcely terminate it. For the large head and
are making a failure out of the same
have one afflicted. Various reasons body lice I use an application of Per-
plan he is using. Here, again, your
have been assigned for it, and only by sian insect powder, dusting the chick
iood judgment and discretion is called
a very careful study of these reasons, thoroughly with it, then place it in
for and upon its proper use depends
applying each to our individual case, a dark place where it will remin quiet
your future success as a poultry man.
will we be able to arrive at the correct for a short time, when numbers of
solution of our own loss. At times it the dead lice will be found where it
It may require only the least thing to
throw success your way; you may
will attack the chicks when scarcely is standing. For exterminating mites,
have almost reached the goal when
a week old; again it will wait and I always use an application of lard or
you surrender. Therefore, persevere,
make its appearance when they are a sweet oil with a few drops of kero-
devise means of success from the study
month old. Reasons for this discrep- sene added, rubbing it well on the
of the plans of others who have been
ency must be ascertained. To me, sev- heads and under wings of chicks. This
and are successful. What others have
eral reasons may be assigned to cause application to be replaced every lew
done we can all in a measure do, and
this evil; first, feeding too soon after weeks, depending upon the reappear-
crowding ance of the enemy. while we may not reach that high
chicks are hatched, thus
pinacle of fame occupied by some in
food into the stomach before the yolk On the whole I have detailed to you the line we are pursuing, yet the hon-
of the egg has had time to fully digest,
my plans and ideas for success in est,industrious, ambitious exertion of
causing indigestion resulting in bowel rearing brooder chicks. Not all agree
our efforts and best endeavors in that
trouble. with me in my views, others have dif-
behalf will enable us to reach a high
Over-heating or chilling the chicks ferent ways and plans and it is prac-
step in the ladder of fame, even it
during the first few weeks of their ex-
ticed by them with great degree of we fall short of the highest. All things
istence will at once cause an appear-
success; thus we will find things all are possible to him who learns to
ance of this evil. As to the correct
through human natui'e. We were ere- labor and to wait.
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
The brick poultry house of W. H. Bushells. of David City. Nebr.
prize-winoinfT Orpinetoos. He won 1st and 2nd cock, 1st and 2nd he
think, however, this is one of the re- and 2nd pullet, and 1st pen at Lincoln at state fair.
i8 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
sheets and ascertain therefrom the made in color, while H. E. Benedict
wishes of the exhibitors in each vari- called attention to the defect in color
ety; and each variety shall then be of eye, which, by so many, must be
judged by the method desired for the overcome.
largest number of specimens in each Also interesting remarks by M. F.
variety. Delano, C. W. Beman and Eugene
If in any variety there shall be a Sites.
tie, or it all The members extended a vote of
the exhibitors in the va-
method thanks to W. C. Denny for the man-
riety shall fail to indicate the
by which they wish the specimen in ner in which he had placed the awards
the variety judged, then the commit- at this exhibit.
tee on judges shall determine the It was then announced that our an-
method by which such variety shall be nual meeting would be held in con-
judged." nection with the Boston show.
W. C. DENNY, Secretary.
To Poultry Investigator: A special
meeting of the American Buff Plym-
outh Rock club was held in connection THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF
with the poultry exhibit at the Pen- AMERICAN POULTRY
American exposition, in the Agricul-
A owned liv
fust prize liuB Orpiinrton pullet
JOURNAL.
tural building, Thursday, October 24,
Mrs. A. Rockhill, Harvard, Nebr. She alsi
breeds superior White W.vandottes that win. at 2 p. mfl Meeting was called to or- The American Poultry Journal of
der by the president. Dr. 0. P. Bennett, Chicago celebrated its thirty-third an-
who made some pleasant remarks on niversary with its January number,
JUDGES AND JUDGING AT THE taking the chair. containing over one hundred pages.
CHICAGO SHOW.
The found twenty-one mem-
roll call The commencement of its thirty-third
The management of the Chicago
show have selected to place the awards
bers present, including
the majority volume is announced with a new cover
of officers and executive committee. and contains, as frontispiece. Prank-
at their sixth annual meet the follow-
ing named gentlemen:
W. C. Denny made a few remarks lane L. Sewell's latest and grandest

Mr. W. S. Russell, Ottumwa, la.

on the loss we had sustained by the
work a colored illustration of a pair
death of the veteran Buff Rock breed- of Penciled Wyandottes.
Silver The
Rev. E. W. Rankin, Cedarville, III
er, H. S. Burdick, and moved that a American is making an exceptionally
Mr. M. F. Wurst, East Cleveland, O.
committee, consisting of Messrs. Ar- strong campaign for subscriptions, and
Mr. A. B. Shaner, Lanark, 111.
nold, Foster, Shepherd and Benedict, offersprizes of over 1400, including
Mr. Thomas E. Rigg, Iowa Falls, la.
be appointed to draft suitable resolu- $200 cash prizes, to the agents who
Mrfl Frank W. McKenzie, Concord,
tions on the occasion. It was moved send in the largest list of subscrip-
Mich.
that W. C. Denny be added to the tions. They will send, upon request, a
Mr. D . T. Heimlich, Jacksonville,
committee, and so carried. sample copy, containing the colored
III.
An interesting talk was given by F. illustrations and also will send in-
Mr. Charles McClave, New Lon-
C. Shepherd on the great improvement structions to agents.
don, O.
Mr. William E. Knight, Fishkill
I.ianding, N. Y.
Mr. R. E. Jones, F'latrock, Ind.
Mr. E. J. W. Dietz, Downer's Grove,
111.

Mr. D. A. Stoner, Rensselaer, Ind.

Mr. L. W. Schimmel, Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Henry Tieniann, Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Robert Joss, Peoria, 111.
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:
With pleasure we present to our heat raises above 103, it is taken direct-
"The entry blanks, prepared for ex- They
readers an illustration of the Eclipse ly away from the incubator.
hibitors, shall contain a column, mark-
are made in three sizes, SO- 100- and
ed 'Method of Judging.' Bantam. It is the most convenient
200-egg-, and are the lowest in price of
"Exhibitors shall be requested to In- and successful small Hatcher in use any on the market. Be sure to send at
dicate, in such column, for each spec- because the Incubator, Brooder, Run once to the Noxall Incubator & Brood-
imen, the method by which the ex- and Feed-yard are all combined. They er Co., Quincy, 111., for their 1902 cat-
hibitor desires such specimen shall be have all the latest improvements, Au- alofjue describing their goods, it is sent
judged. tomatic Egg Tray, and Automatic free if you mention this paper. Their
"As soon as the entries are closed, Ventilation and Moisture supply. Ab- Noxalls are used by the largest poultry
the secretary shall examine the entry .solutely self-regulatiny. When the
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19
Clay County, Neb Poultry Sho^v, The following a list of awards as
is SWEEPSTAKES.
December 10 to 13. given by David Larson of Wahoo, A. B. Shroyer Sure Hatch Incuba-
tor g-iven by M. M. Johnson for largest
Neb., and L. P. Harris of Clay Cen-
and best display, any variety.
The Clay County Poultry associa- ter, Neb. B. H. Dunn -chair given by F. C. H.
tion of Clay Center, Neb., held their
B. p. ROCKS. Adams for best display one variety,
fifth annual poultry show at Clay Cen- P. J. Sciiwab, 1 first, 2 seconds. 1
having entered 41 magnificent Buft'
Cochins.
ter, December 10-13. The exhibition third.
J. W. Bidders, Giltner, 1 first, 1 sec- Reuben Kapser lamp given by F.
was a financial success In every re- Stanton for highest scoring pen; also
ond, 2 thirds.
spect. The members put up over two poultry powder given by F. A. Thomp-
H. B. Louden, 2 seconds, 1 third.
hundred dollars in cash and special Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Schroeder. 1 first, son for highest scoring hen.
\V. F. Nevins, Fairfield carboline-
terms, together with a large list of 1 third.
uni given by F. A. Thompson for high-
\V. P. ROCKS.
specialties donated by the fianciers and est scoring cock.
Pete Dickson, 3 firsts, 1 second. 1
merchants of Clay Center, and the re- third. B. H. Dunn 500 note-heads for high-
sult was that a very large class of est scoring cockerel: Mrs. C. Rockhill
H. H. Johnson, 1 first.
the 500 envelopes for highest scoring
birds were shown, being a larger ex- BUFF P. KOCKS.
pullet: both given by W. L. Palmer &
hibit than any previous and a much Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shroyer, 2 firsts,
Son.
4 seconds, 3 thirds.
better class of birds. There were Mrs. Ella Patrick, 1 third.
nearly four hundred and fifty birds GOLDEN WYANDOTTKS. POLK COUNTY POULTRY SHOW.
besides pigeons and other pet stock. J. C. Kapser,- 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 3 During the last week in November
Notwithstanding the cold weather dur- thirds. the editor visited the little city of
W. J. East, 2 firsts, 3 seconds. 1 third.
Osceola Nebraska, and found in
ing the week, the show was well at-
C. Reutzel, 1 first, 2 thirds.
in
tended, the hall being crowded every BUFF WYANDOTTES. session in the court house a full fledg-
day except the last. Many birds All to Mrs. E. W. Orr. ed poultry show. There were on ex-
changed hands and much interest was WHITE WYANDOTTES. hibition some four hundred as fine
Mrs. C. Rockhill, Harvard, 4 firsts, 1
manifested during the entire show. second, 1 third. birds as have been seen in local ex-
The display in Buff fowls was as good Mrs. C. S. Detweiler, 2 seconds. hibits. I noticed among this exhibit

as could be seen in any show in the S. I.. WYANDOTTES. was the display of Barred Plymouth
country, especially the Buff Cochins
Harry Gordon, Harvard, 1 first, 1 sec- Rocks, White Plymouth Rocks and
ond, 2 thirds.
shown by Byron Dunn. There was a Buff Plymouth Rocks. There were
V.E.Shirley, Harvard, 1 first, 2thirds.
large display of Buff Rocks shown by BUFF OKPINGTONS. birds in this display that were fit to
Mrs. Flora Shroyer and Mrs Ella Pat- Mrs. Lucy Marks, 1 first, 1 second, 2 be shown in any show in the United
birds.
rick, both of Clay Center. There were States.
J. A. Ling-, Harvard, 2 firsts, 2 seconds.
several specimens that could be justly Mrs. Rockhill, Harvard, 1 second, 1 The show room was crowded to its
called solid Buffs and of the right third. fullest capacityduring the week and
shade. The White Wyandottes shown BUFF COCHINS. much interest was evinced.
All to B. H. Dunn. The enterprise was very satisfactory
by Mrs. C. Rockhill of Harvard and
LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Mrs. Detweiler of Clay Center were All to Mrs, Alice Allen. to all those who had anything to do
very fine specimens, scoring as high B. LANGSHHNS. with its management.
as 95% points, and justly deserved the W. F. Nevins, Fairfield, 2 firsts, 2 The following is a list of persons
score. The number Plymouth seconds.
of whose stock was on exhibition:
Mrs. N. W. Johnson, 2 firsts, 2 sec-
Rock classes were quite large and con- onds, 4 tiiirds. White Plymouth Rocks were shown
tained many good specimens, especi- PARTRIDGE COCHINS. by J. W. Matson of Osceola, Neb.; Roy
ally in pullets and hens. The awards W. F. Holcomb, 4 firsts, 2 seconds. Roseberry of Shelby; W. W. Gierhart,
Mrs. John Grouse, 2 firsts, 3 seconds,
were equally divided among the exhib- of Osceola.
1 third.
itors. The display in geese, ducks and BUFF LEGHORNS. Barred Rocks were shown by J. N.
turkeys was better than we have ever All to Mrs. G. B. Lobb. Jeffrey, Osceola; Geo. Dunning of

seen in any poultry show, and one S. AND R. C. B. LEGHORNS. Shelby, Neb.; E. J. Brown of Osceola,
All to D. Meyer. George Dechert of Rising City,
Mammoth Bronze gobbler weighed
S. C. W. LEGHORNS.
Neb.;
forty pounds, after being cooped tor All to Johnson & Dargatz. Neb.
three days at the show. W. C. I. GAMES. Buff Orpingtons were shown by B.
The annual meeting of the Clay All to J. C. Nauman. P. Scott, Rising City, Neb.; D. R.
C. I. GAMES.
County Poultry association was held Leard and H. H. Campbell of Osceola,
J. C. Nauman, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2
on Thursday night of the week of thirds. Neb.
the show in the office of the Sure C.G.Cottle, Edg:ar, 4 seconds, 2 thirds. B. J. Anderson of Stromsburg
Hatch company. Mr. Byron Dunn was B. MINORCAS. showed Golden Seabright Bantams,
All to Pete Dickson. Whitecapped black Polish, Partridge
again elected president; Mr. J. C.
S. S. HAMBURGS.
Kapser, vice president; Mrs. Flora All to H. M. Wolford. Cochins, Single Combed Brown Leg-
Schroyer, secretary, and W. T. East, HOUDANS. horns.
treasurer. Their show will be held All to Reuben Kapser. Ralph Peterson of Stromsburg show-
G. S. BANTAMS.
at Clay Center next season, the first ed Silver Spangled Hamburgs.
All to W. F. Holcomb.
full week in January, 1903, and the Roy Roseberry of Shelby, Neb.,
B. B. G. BANTAMS.
patrons of the show are sure that next All to Judge L. P. Harris. showed Buff Wyandottes and Partridge
season there will be a much larger M. B. TURKEYS, TOULOUSE GEESE AND Wyandottes.
show and greater interest taken. The PEKIN DUCKS. Mrs. L. E. West of Shelby showed
poultry interest is becoming immense, All to A. B. Shroyer and wife. White Wyandottes, as also did J. A.
and well it should, as there is no sta- W. H. TURKEYS. Inks.
All to W. J. East. Mrs. W. 0. Johnson of Osceola show-
tion in Nebraska where so many eggs
MUSCOVA DUCKS. ed Silver Laced Wyandottes, and D.
are shipped for fancy poultry hatching All to B. H. Dunn.
as from Clay Center. One firm alone TEN VARIETIES PIGEONS. C. Burnes of Osceola showed White
shipped over 47,000 eggs for hatching. All to W. F. Holcomb. Holland Turkeys.
20 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
the eggs to be used by the board as 2 cents per pound would mean millions

Poultry Investigator
Is published the first
Clay Center, Nebraska.
BY
Poultry Investigator Publishing Co.
L,. P. HARRIS, Editor.
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yearly contracts quarterly in advance.
All other contracts cash with order.
special premiums to be given to each for the poultry raisers. A five cent ad-
and every first exhibitor who has vance on eggs would mean .several
of each month at never exhibited at the annual mid- more millions.
winter show. The secretary has also No sir, we don't want prices to run
secured from the Sure Hatch Incubator wild; we can get along better veith a
Co. the donation of the free use of steady market. Just a little improve-
enough show coops to accommodate all ment each year will suit us very well.
those who will show for the first time, The prices can advance considerably
providing they will notify that com- and yet poultry will be cheaper as a
pany in time to secure them. All food product than pork or beef. To
breeders of standard- bred poultry are keep the demand leading the supply is
asked to send in their donations with- what we need and it seems to me the
out further solicitation, with the name poultry raisers are boss of the situa-
of breed, etc. tion this coming season. Let us raise
If you have not yet received a prem- some poultry: the young roosters will
ium list, write the secretary for one, be worth money by the pound, the early
and if you will name this paper, one pullets will pull our way with fall and
will be sent vou. winter eggs, later ones will keep the
good work going. The question of feed
is not a serious one after all. Corn is
1902 Poultry RsLising. high, of course, but wheat is yet a mod-

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please write us at once, we will look
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Not long since an extensive poultry erate price; even though we fed corn
buyer told me that he was making exclusively it would not be a serious
more money than ever, although he proposition. Poultry does not melt a
is- had to cover twice as much territory as corn crib like hogs; a few bushels of
cracked corn mixed up with curd cheese,
he did a year ago to get a carload. It
seems to me there is a whole chapter stale bread and sweet milk and a doz-
in his little statement for the poultry
en or two other things, will raise a lot
of poultry. A little later on when they
raisers; it certainly indicates a short-
age on marketable poultry. The cold can run in the weeds and get bugs and
storage packing houses were swamped hoppers, they will nearly raise them-
with consignments of live poultry dur- selves and by fall they are ready to
ing the dry weather and we can not ex- raise us. This is'no dream either. A
good drove of laying hens will buy
pect any great rise until the packing
house goods are used up, unless it their own feed and help us buy corn
for the hogs. Yours truly,
might be possible that some long-
headed schemers corner the whole bus- M. M. JOHNSON.
iness as they seem to have done with
the egg supply. For ray part I do not
The Reliable Poultry Journal, Ouin-
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,

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In order to make the Januarj' show
a record-breaker in point of new mem-
bers secured for the state poultry asso-
ciation, and also first exhibitors at the
annual show to be held in the new
Auditorium, Lincoln, from January 21
to 25, the secretary is soliciting set-
tings of eggs from breeders of pure-
bred poultry in and out of the state,
I look at it as a battle between the sup- cember and January three special color
ply and demand. The demand is so plate editions, containing reproductions
much greater than the supply, or out- of recent
put, that prices necessarily had to run
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is
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 closelj' during
the early fall months. Of course the
weather afl'ects the egg 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
oil paintings by the world's
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York prize-winning White Leghorns;
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the January number a pair of Madison
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 21
paid to details at this time of year,
V AMONG OURSELVES v and the successful, experienced fan-
cier is not the one who slights the
^
trifles. There is profit in poultry even
Perhaps there is no "processioii" &nea tur tiie pullets, and over there if one does not half attend to it, but
that goes more rapidly, and has moved the one tor the old nens. At night there is more when properly conducted,
more rapidiy for a dozen years past, we scatter oats in the litter so there rhere is the egg money, the broiler
than the one involving the progress of will be work for them to do as soon money and the occasional sale, at
the poultry movement. as they are off the perches in the fancy prices, of stock. There is the
A regular manifesto of evolution! morning. Usually a sheaf of oats or fertilizer, the feathers and the com-
He stood gazing over the wires at a lew ears of unshelled corn are with- fort. By the comfort we mean the
those white birds, his lower jaw in their reach. In this way they nev- roast chickens, the cnicken pies, the
slightly dropping, and a queer, puz- er get too fat and they are well and eggs for home consumption and the
zled look in his eyes. active. pleasure one gets out of a handsome
"Naw, I ain't in "And this is the bo.x of sand they
the poultry busi- range of birds.
ness," he said brusquely. "Mother's run to for grit. Over there is a heap Somebody sings:
allers kept chickens, but they don't of broken plastering and coal ashes. you a song of the vege-
"I will sing
pay. Alius eatin' their heads offn'd Without these they canont lay. man.
table
hardly ever layin' Come Thanksgivin' "Come into the shop and see our For women may search and women
er Christmas er the sewin' 'ciety er new green bone cutter. Cut green may plan.
anything purticler, mother has me bone will make a wooden hen lay." And look all day thro' catalogue
racin' all over the deestrict to find Of course our laugh belied our books.
eggs, 'ud I guess the neighbors are words, but the man never smiled. He And choose these seeds that are just
about all in the same boat," just went on gazing and looking queer. for looks;
"Well," 1 said, laughing, "next time "Jihis pile of old dishes we pound But when they are cooking three
you get out come to Rose Lawn, and into bits and deal out as we have time. meals a day,
1 guess you won't find the egg basket It is just the thing for hens and they Tis squashes and peas and beans that
empty." are ravenous for it. pay."
"I 'low yourn don't lay in winter?" "At noon we feed boiled oats or
And so it is. There may be beef and
"Oh, but they do. They have not make a warm mash of ground feed,
pork and all the rest, but
laid many eggs for six weeks past, be- table scraps and potato parings.
cause the hens are moulting and the "At night we use shelled corn that "When they are cooking three meals
a day,
pullets developing into hens. It is al- has been in the oven, or at least near
ways a critical season and a time the fire all day. Then the raising of chicKens will pay."

upon which hinges the winter lay- "In summer we use no corn; wheat But there a very serious side to
is

ing." takes its place." this business. Men and women poor
His jaw droped lower. And so we rattled on, and still the
people are reading the papers and
"I don't know much about chickens," old man was quiet. then embarking in the poultry busi.
he confessed, "but I don't s'pose these When he did speak he said: ness. It seems to them that a fortune
thoroughbreds o' yourn are any better "Well, I swan!" and that was all. is all but waiting to be grasped. It is

only for looks than ourn." We hear rumors, however, that he not so, my friend. It takes capital,
"What kind are yours?" went nome and tlked it over with time and hard work to make it any
"Oh, no kind in
purticler just mother, and that they are going into sort of a success beyond one's own
chickens." the poultry business. There is noth- table supplies.
"Well," I said, " 'just chickens' re- ing like getting into the procession. We read a letter, printed somewhere,
spond to proper treatment and good And he is only one who literally be- from a young widow to an editor,
care, but of course the thoroughbred in lieves that, if he has a duty toward saying that her husband had just died
the poultry world has the same ad- the chicken yard, it is done when he and left her to earn a living for her-
vantage that the thoroughbred in the lets them feed around where the hogs self and 7-months-old child, and she

horse world has. 'Blood will tell,' you eat and roost in the tree tops. wanted to be advised if she could
know." Winter is fairly here and the fowls make a living by going into chickens.
"What be them things along the should have warm water twice a day. Now she may make something
fence there?" he inquired, somewhat If one wants eggs he must see to it worth while after a bit, but it is to be
irrelevantly. that the hens never chill. devoutly hoped she has money to live
"Those spikes set in that heavy November is a trying time for the on meanwhile, for it takes a long time
plank are to stick beets on." pullets and late moulting hens. Ex- to "amount to anything" as a fancier,
"Beets! What fur?" tra food should be given, such as that is from a money standpoint.

"Why, you see we raise beets bush- wheat something new and tempting. If one has a living insured while

els of them every year

on purpose to This is the time when the green cut the poultry business is building up it
feed the hens. When we give the bones comes in just right. Meat is a good thing to go into. Especial-
noon feed we stick one on each of scraps will do as well. Particular at- ly is it a good thing for people who
those spikes and for an hour or more, tention should be paid to the housing. have some land and can raise most of
after the other food is cleaned up, they Drafts are pernicious to the half the feed, but where it is constant cash
busy themselves picking those beets clad or half developed birds, inducing outlay and small returns for two or
to pieces and eating them. They are colds that may end in something more three years, he or she who is in need
good for ix^em.
serious possibly roup or consumption. of "daily bread" better go slow.
"And here are the hooks we hang Better the fowls roost in the open than "To keep pace with the procession
the cabbage on. A little high, you in the draft, but warm houses are As it moves along-, you know.
You must grasp new notions quickly.
see, so the birds will have to jump a what they need and must have.
And as quickly let Ibeni go."
little way. And this is the scratching Too much attention can hardly be VELMA CALDWEI<L-MEI,VI1,I,E.
 POrjLTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Cerktrai.1 Missouri Association. White Crested Black Polish All to
Mrs. Jesse McMahan, Blackwater.

The Central Missouri Poultry asso-

Golden Polish All to Wm. A. 0. MO. HUN. DRO.
Adams, Jr., Booneville. Breeder of Prize-Wiimng
ciation closed its third annual exhi- HoudansAll to Emil Mueller,
bition at Boonviile, Mo., November 29, Booneville. IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS.
after a most successful four days' S. S. Hamburgs All to Rudolph .Stock for sale at all tiiiii's. E^'^'s in season.
show. Nearly 500 birds were in the foennes.
room, and the quality the finest. Judge S. C. Brown LeghornsWm. John- LBJMOHUIIDRO, Bowling Greeo Jo.
D. T. Heimlich scored the birds, and, meyer, cock, 2 cockerel,
1 1, 2, hen, 3
as usual, gave universal satisfaction. pullet, 2 pen. H. A. Jewett, Clark's
He is a "hard cutter." The election I'ork, 1, 3 cockerel, 1, 2 pullet, 1 pen. ROSE COMB BUFF ORPINGTONS
of officers for 1902 resulted as follows: White and
S. C. R. C. Brown Leg- Black Langshans. Stock and
H. A. Jewett, Clark's Fork, president; horns All to Wm. Johnmeyer.
eggs for sale. See winning at Red
H. C. Duncan, Lamine first vice presi- Buff Leghorns John S. Hughes, Oak and Osceola, Iowa.
dent; L. M. Haynie, Nelson, second Fayette, cock, hen, 3
1, 2 1, 2 Uie}
vice president; Mrs. Charlotte 'Wilker- pullet, 2 pen. Wm. Johnmeyer, 1, 2 Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa.
son, Fayette, third vice president; H. cockerel, 1, 2, 3 (tie) pullet, 1 pen.
P. Mason, Fayette, secretary and Buff Orpingtons Mrs. W. N. Mar-
The manufacturer of ihe
treasurer. The next show will be shall, Lisibon, Mo., 1, 2, 3 cock, 1 cock-
held in Fayette, date to be chosen erel, 1, 2 hen, 2 3 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs. Shaiib Compartment Brooder
later, with the veteran, J. A. Maxwell, Grace Viertel, Boonviile, 's not offering something' for nothing',
2 cockerel, 3
as superintendent. The awards were: hen, 1 pullet, 2 pen. but does offer the best brooder in the
world for the money. The best is al-
Barred Rocks Mrs. T. A. Nelson, Buff Cochin Bantams All to John ways the cheapest. Illustrated cata-
Bunceton, 1, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 2, 3 S. Hughes, Fayette. logue. 4cinstam|s.
hen, 1 pen. Mrs. W. L. Scott, Black- Golden Sebright Bantams All to M. O. Sherer,
water, 3 cockerel. R. A. George, Mrs. T. A. Nelson. Box 19. Louisville, Ohio.
Bunceton, 1 hen, 3 pullet. D. Barnert,
Boonviile, 1 pullet. Ed G. Thoma,
During the great International Live
Booneville, 2 pullet, 3 pen. Mrs. B.
Stock Exhibition at Chicago, Novem-
BARRED PLYMIUTH ROCKS
F. Doran, Bunceton, 3 cock, 2 cockerel,
2 pen.
ber 30 to December 7, there was con- ^'^^'- -'^*''- 3'^*'^' 1901194
WINNERS
siderable talk of the live stock display B. P. Rocks in class at Red
Buff RocksH. P. Mason, Fayette, FOB PAIT
to be made at the St. Louis world's Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st SixYEARS
Mo., 1 cock, 1 hen, 2 cockerel, 1, 3
pullet, 1 pen. Boyd Norris, Fayette, 1
fair in 1903. was the general opin- Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
It
ion of everyone who was at Chicago At Osceola. la.. Dec. 3d-6tli, won 1st
cockerel, 2, 3 hen, 3 pen. L. M. Hay-
that they would be there, and hun- Cockerel, Ist Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen.
nie, Nelson, 3 cockerel, 2 pullet, 2
pen. dreds of others, insuring for St. Louis Two hundred choice breeding and ex-
White Rocks R. A. George, 1, 3
the greatest live stock exhibition ever hibition birds for sale.
cock, 1 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Wm. held in the world. An appropriation
of $750,000 was asked
for, with an
H. R. McLean,
Johnmeyer, Boonviile, 1, 2 cockerel, 2
hen, 2 pullet, 2 pen. G. E. Chambers, assurance of at least $250,000 more, to Red Oak, - - Iowa
Boonviile, 3 cockerel, 3 hen, 3 pen. be contributed by several states, and a
R. C. Barred and R. C. White Rocks- number of different stock associations,
all to R. A. George.
Black Langshans C. G. Miller &
thus making a fund of one million
dollars to be devoted entirely to the
wUff ^fPtwgtong and Cocbfii8

Son, Boonviile, 1, 2 hen, 1 cockerel, live stock exhibit. Of this amount

1 (tie), 2, 3 pullet, 1 pen. H. C. Dun- $GD,000 was allotted to the poultry,
pigeon and pet stock department. This I won more premiums than
can, Lamine, 3 hen, 2, 3 cockerel, 1

(tie) pullet, 2 pen. we feel will enable us to put the larg- any other two exhibitors at
finest and best exhibit in the Nebraska State Show,
White Langshans All to C. G. Mil- est,

& Son. this line that has ever been shown in igoi. Before buying any-
ler
Light Brahmas All to L. M. Hay- the world. Entry fee will be small thing write me it will be a
nie. and premiums large, and we call at-
pleasure to give you prices.

Buff Cochins Wm. Johnmeyer, 1 tention to this matter thus early so

tdaJ. Buehler, %%l%%Vt;k.
cockerel, 3 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs. that every fancier may know that
T. A. Nelson, 2 cock, 2 hen. something big will be going on at St.

White Cochins All to Wm. John- Louis in 1903.

meyer. J. A. LELAND,
Silver Laced Wyandottes All to W. Springfield, 111., Chairman.
H. Carpenter. HENRY STEINMESCH,
Golden Wyandottes All to John, St. Louis, Mo.
meyer. I. K. FELCH,
White Wyandottes Mrs. Grace Natick, Mass.
Viertel, Boonviile, 3 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 , L. N. COBBLEDICK,
pullet, 1, 2 hen. Oakland Cal., and for the Pacific Old Homestead Brooder.
Rhode Island Reds All to Miss Isa Coast. The best on earth. All your chickens can be
Holway, New Franklin. Committee on Poultry, Pigeons and saved in the Old Homestead Brooder.
Try one. Write for prices. Address

Red Caps All to Rudolph Toennes, Pet Stock, Louisiana Purchase Expo-
Old Homtmlead Brooder Co.,
Boonviile. sition, St Louis, 1903. _i MIddleboro, Mam*....
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Cyphers' Catalogue For 1902. 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. BRUEH, - Oldenbusch, Neb.

Buff Cochins. ^
Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns
My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank Hitch-
The new and complete catalogue of contains numerous reports from per cock and have won for two years in the show
room. Prices reasonable. Write your wants.
the CyphersIncubator Company for sons dwelling in foreign lands who are
1902 will be ready for mailing- about using the Cyphers Incubator with grat-
Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.
the ISth of January. This book will ifying success.
consist of 196 pages, 8x12 inches in So great has became the foreign de-
size, with a handsome embossed cover mand for these American-made incu- BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
with gold lettering, and will contain bators that the Cyphers Company has
color plate reproductions of the full found it advisable to take out a trade-
' The kind that win and lay eggs.
line of the non-moisture, self-ventilat- mark, which has been registered in Satisfaction to all. Ciicular free,
ing Cyphers Incubators. It will also every country where a demand for in-
H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la.
contain photographic illustrations of a cubators exists. This has been done
large number of America's best known to protect the Company's trade and Lock box 500.

and most successful duck, broiler, egg friends against "pirated" imitations,
and specialty plants. This new cata- so that foreign poultrymen may be sure
logue weighs fully one pound, and will they are buying "tlie genuine Cyphers GREAT CROPS OF
be sent free to any address in any made in U. S. A." Herewith is shown
country for ten cents in stamps or sil- an imprint of the new Cyphers trade-
ver to pay cost of delivery. mark and hereafter this trade-mark
A feature of this new catalogue is will appear in gold and colors ou the
STRAWBERRIES
the department of foreign testimonials front of every Cyphers Incubator man- AND HOW TO CROW THEM
telling of the uniformly good work the ufactured by the Cyphers Incubator
Cyphers patent-diaphragm, non-mois- Company in their new and greatly en-
ture, self-ventilating incubators are larged factory at Buifalo, N. Y. Note
doing "the world around." The sun our advertisement, 2 cuts, page 34, this
now never sets on "the Cyphers at paper.
work," and the department referred to All persons who are interested in the
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 INCUBATOR COMPANY,

Buffalo, N.Y.,cor.Court & Wilkeson sts.
Chicago, 111., 325 Dearborn st.
Boston. Mass., 34 Merchants' Row.
New York, N. Y., 8 Park Place.

The Western Poultry Fanciers' As- judge the pigeons. a Book which as worked
Is the title of 1

sociation of Cedar Rapids, la., which Write tor premium December

list 1,
volution in straw' erry growin?,
a r
holds seventh annual exhibition
its 1901. Entries close January 4, at
and C.USED TWO BUi BKRRIES TOOROW WHERE
at Cedar Rapids on January 13 to -8, midnight.
LITTLE 0,^E grew before.
OSiE The Muth.r
1902, wish to call the attention ot E. B. RICHARDS, Sec.
has grown the LARGEST CROPS OF BERRIE
poultry fanciers to a few of the spe-
EVER PROOlt^EB on an acre. The book
cial attractions of their show. The W. S Russell of Ottumwa, Iowa, explains how VOL (AS 00 THE SAME. It
American BufC Rocli club and the writes us that he has a fine lot of wi 1 be sent to you EREE IE VOL' JlEJiTION
American Black Langsham will be Barred Plymouth Rock cocks for sale
THE PAFER \\ WHICH VOl! SAW THIS MTICE.
two of the special features. very reasonable. Mr. Russell breeds The only scientiticaily developed THOR-
Theo. Hewes of Trenton, Mo., and as good as there is and furnishes prize
Oi;HBRE STRAWBERRY FIASITS to be l,ad
J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will
winners in many of our best shows. If for spring planting. One of them is
judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of you want something good, just write
w.rth a dozen common scrub plants. '

Macon, Mo., will judge the hares, and him and get prices. See his ad in this
Henry Tieman of Baltimore, Md., will paper. R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Micf,
24 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
TO CHICAGO EXHIBITORS. Havo you aon
EGG FOOD.. What, from the exhibitor's stand-
II?
The Fanciers' World
Make It Yourself. point, goes to make up a successful
Anierlca'H leading publi'/atlon for fanciers.
Special deuartments for do^'s. cats, pigeons,
are higli at this time of year. h ires, poultry, etc. :t2 pages. Profusely
E(,'^frs poultry show? Fair judging by com- illustrated, per year. ,'iO cents. Sampiecopy
Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- free.
petent men, liberal prizes, careful han-
efit Guaranteed re-
of the high prices. The Fanciers' World
dling, intelligent feeding, protection
cipe for makings the best egg food F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III.

known. Easily and quickly made. Re- against loss, prompt return of stock,
cipe price only 50c; Death To L,ice, and settlement of prizes. Nothing is

15c; Essex Cholera and Condition Pow-

Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods?
quite so irritating to an exhibitor as
der, best on earth, (JO. The 3 for *1.00. to have his stock returned in a badly Make your Own!
1 can send you formu-
las for all kiniis of stock and pnultry
John J. Kautzmann, demoralized condition, showing plain- food.s. Here are a few; Chick food .3.5e;
590 Bergen SI. NewarK, N. J. ly that they have been ill treated,
egg food. 3oc; poultry condition powder.
4nc; stock condition powder. 3oc: hog con-
with possibly a specimen or two dlilon powder. HOc. Write for others.
changed, or even missing. If the ex- A. W. Collitis,
CAPITOLRABBITRY, Augusta, Me, 630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la.
hibitor will use care in shipping his
I iiin closing out mj' whole stock of Bel-
stock, being particular to give all nec-
Klaus, over one hundred. 24 prize-winners
Included. There are a 1 Hares. 4 Gold essary information on coops, remem-
BARRED
P. ROCKS
Medal Winners. 1 choice Doe of the State
Winner of Sweepstakes, prize for' highest
SL'orlnj; animal In show: a sliver cup goes
bering that the management has thou-
sands of specimens to handle in the Pure Thompson's Ringlets
40 ex p I fine C'kla. for sale, with score
^
short space of twenty-four hours, a
Willi her. CHrdsalsn. 25 Extra^ Fir\e M. Bronze
Now Is the time to gather in prize win- great deal of unnecessary contusion TvjrkeyToms I!*"! lialcli. wt-ighing up^
wards 2ti lbs. Write f'^r prices
ners for winter shows. These prices will be avoided. The Chicago show
are reasonable and animals way up. Will has adopted a plan that will do away C. M. HULBURT,
Falrbury, Neb.
Send copy of Pedigrees and Prices.
with all "mix-ups" or tampering with
H. F- flDRcns, fowls. As the birds are removed from Mrs. A.
P. Rogers,
the shipping coops they will be band-
Augusta. - - Maine. of Bowling Green. Mo..
ed with a sealed leg band marked
"Chicago, 1902," bearing the number Has first-class stock of Barred P.
of coop the fowl will occupy during
Rocks. See ad in February
the show. This number will be used number 1902.
on all show records, including score For bargains, write quick.
cards, prize certificates, and premium
list,thereby giving every bird some- For Sale....
thing to show that it has been exhib-
ited at Chicago, whether judged by 200 Fine Black Langshans. 200
Rules ofthe Cock Pit comparison, or scored. With this sys- Some of the best I ever raised.
A book of pocket hIxo. veil boand Id tooeb Ug-
DCftt little
(mmM. CoDtalos ail the pit rules of the UoUed Sutes, CuiMlft, tem how easy it will be to turn to the Address
Hftzloo, Oabft. EnKlaud, Belgium aod France. AIo baa oom-
prebeoflre obapters oo Heels, Uaodllnii, Nurslog aod waj- catalogue at any time and convince Ber\. S- Myers,
tblDg nlftUT to the royal sport of cookiog.
Bj any skeptic that a certain bird did
De. H. p. OLABKa. iDdiaoapoIla, tnd. Crs\vfordsvitle, Ind.
The Recognized Authority. so and so. How simple it will be to
keep out of the tangle found at every
PBICE, 26 CENTS.
Addreu tha FublUtier of ttiti Papas. show when a fowl becomes misplaced, SilQUEEN CITY*^
Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry and what a relief to know that each
Investigator one year and every specimen is in the hands of
its rightful owner when it leaves the
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
For 25 Oonis. room. Locked coops give you a false One of the leading schools of the west.
Address, THE INVESTIGATOR sense of security, but any attempt to Larg-e attendance. Great demand for
Clay Center, Nebraska. remove an unhanded bird will open up
its jrraduates. Expenses low. Address
an investigation that will prove disas-
trous to wrongdoers. With such able
Give H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb
men as Mr. C. M. Davidson in charge
Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company
Your of poultry, Mr. Wm. Plaehn, pigeons,
Breed- Rabicure and Mr. J. C. Knapp, pet stocks, ex-
ing Does \\/^ hibitors may rest assured that their
During gestation and whi e nursing stock will be fed and cared for care-

Iheir young it
and intelligently. If you intend
will enrich the blood
fuly Buff Orpingtons
show, put Chicago at the head of
to
Improve the appetite, increase the your list; if you don't intend to show,
(low of milk, theieby making he change your mind, and come to Chi-
I
White Wyandottes
young strong and healthy.
cago you'll not regret it. Chicago
will have the greatest show in the land
Give RABICURE a trial and you this year without the slightest doubt, never have failed to win in
I
and it will be to your advantage to largest shows. Birds score from
will never be without it, SOc a box
come. Don't forget the date, January 90 to 95 >i.
postpaid. 20 to 25, inclusive. Exhibits will be
received the 19th and 20th, positively C. ROCKHILL,
Vermont Belgian Hare Co., not later. C. A. DAMON, Harvard, Nebraska.
General Superintendent.
Lyndonville, Vt-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25
THE GREAT CHICAGO SHOW.
It isnext to impossible to raise poul-
try, even a small flock on a city lot to Present indications are that the
MAMMOTH BRONZE
say nothing- of a larye flock on a poul-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
coming Chicago show
gest poultry gathering
will be the big-
National
the
TURKEYS.^-^
That score from !)4 to ^1%; Barred
trained
Fanciers' association has ever experi- Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co-
Fox Terrier Dog. chins, score from 87 to 9^%; Pekin
Our dogs are taught to parole the enced. No reader of this paper who
place night and day. Write, Nevada Ducks that have won hundreds of
wants to stand in the front ranks as premiums, have been sold to all
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo.
a breeder of fine fowls should think parts of America and Europe.
of passing this show, but make it a Chester White Swine
Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
point to be there with the best his Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, ill.
yards contain, and secure a record on
W^'andottes. his bird that will be world wide.
With a third more floor space in the Golden Wyandottes.
Stock from high scoring birds and recently completed annex to the Col-
winners wherever shown. Prices right Our Wyandottes never have failed
Send your wants. iseum building, the association will to win in the best company. Young
have ample accommodations for the stock for sale.
KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.
increased display that will be seeking
J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center.Neb.
honors.
Notice!. C. A. Damon will serve the interests
of both exhibitor and association as
I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls.
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- president. The gentleman is too well
den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2 known in the show room as a success-
They Are Going..
each. Will exchange fancy pigeons ful breeder o fine fowls to need any
for any kind of standard bred poultry.
introduction to the fraternity. How
W.F.HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Neb. ever, to the prospective exhibitor it
Prize winners and reliable breeders at
should be told that he is known among
half price to make room.
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys his associates to possess strong ex-
ecutive ability, originality and hon-
Young stock for sale. Gobs weigh
esty of purpose in everything under-
from 20 to 27 pounds. Price, $3.5U Partridge Cochins, B. B. R.
taken. Having these qualities, coupled
each. My stock is as good as the best.
with untiring energy, his superintend- Game Bantams, Buff
J. P. Schroeder, "'"'H^Srilk.,. entship should assist materially in
Plymouth Roclcs.
making the next Chicago show a
hummer. The method of judging
You Can Buy Eggs adopted by the management is, as a Send for Catalogue.
From my Prize Winning White Wy- journal states editorially, "A unique
andottes balance of this season at $1 .50 one to satisfy exhibitors in the plac- L. A. NOFTZGER,
per 15. See April Golden Egg, p. 31. ing of awards, and there is no doubt
Oaklyn Place. N. Maachester, lad.
but will be appreciated."
GRANT MOTT, it

The plan simply to allow the ex-

is
Box A-2i). Austin. Minn-
hibitor to decide how the variety in
which he has specimens entered in for Olentangy : : :

My Buff Rocks
Won at Madison Square Garden this
competition should be judged, each
bird to county a vote, a majority In Poultry Yards
season; at Boston and other great each variety to rule. This method will Delaware, : : : Ollio.
:

shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs no doubt breed a few kickers, but with Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish
for sale. Write for Circular and Show Indian Games, Buff Cochin Bant-
the truth before us that every pro-
record.
MILES H. LOLER, gressive step in the world's past his- ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs
Box M. East Onondaga, has had to convert numerous
N. Y. tory $2 00 per 15. Send for circular
need be no fear
fault-finders, there
that this system of judging the Chi-
Dogfs! : : : Dog:s!
cago show will prove disastrous. The
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND
I have a litter of fine Pups from a
the WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS -.
fact is that breeders throughout
large Bitch. >> St. Bernard and '2 New- In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled.
foundland, bred to a great Dane. middle west in particular are pretty Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell.
These pups make the best of watch evenly divided for, and against the Eggs in season.
dogs for farm or poultrv plant. Male score card, and where you may find
W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb.
pups $.") each. D. W." GRANT,
exhibitors in one variety strongly in
Alniena, Kans.
favor of the score card,, you will find
a majority of the breeders exhibiting
Now Ready..^^ another variety radically opposed to
Young stock for sale at the Golden it. Anyhow, the method of judging
WHITE POULTRY
Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- the next Chicago show is in the Holland Turkeys. Embden Geese Indian
Geese, Rose Comb Leehorns. Plyniouth
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth
hands of the exhibitor, hence, do not Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan-
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct forget to express your preference Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock
from Duston, and hatched from a pen when making entries. winners or bred from winners and as repre-
of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. sented. Southdown Sheep, Birksbire Swine
R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a
bargain. Write for price and descrip-
tion of stock.
Vermont Belgian Hare company will
furnish to all breeders free Hutch rec-
J. A. LELAND,
ord cards and all they ask Is for Woodside Farm,
MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, stamps to pay postage on the same.
BELMONT, WIS. SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
SCORING THE KEEPER.
MY MAMMOTH hi'LliriL' ihfir (

EKIN DUCKS
III! lU'll. Ihf
nliiKli.
We read and write pages and pages
fsi honors iit Great. St. Luuls Fair and
Poultry Show; also In tlie liands of niy of feathered literature about fancy
custoniera. A few elesranl Ituir Ko.\ at
balf real value. birds and how to score and how to
Fairbury,
OTTO STOECKER. Box 18. Manchester. Mo mate them for way up there blue rib-
bon catchers. Nebraska
There is a chance for running a
("halk White Wyandottes
1
score card on the keepers of poultry Breeder of A .Mamniulh Light Brahmas

PEKINS U.\LLOCK STRAIN.

or in fact anything not
the fancy poultry that furnishes the
millions of commercial wealth, but it
is the rustling,
else.

bustling
It

old
is

farm
1901.
I Butr Orpingtons.
Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
Won 39 regular premiums.
Eggs and stock in season. Sat-
isfaction assured.
Will soil a few choice drakes and
d ucks, $1 each. Orders for eggs booked
biddy. It does not make any difference
now. whether her plumage will bear inspec-
tion for a fancy Rock or Cochin or

Belgian Hares anything of that sort, but will her nest

bear inspection every day at egg hunt-
I'edisreed. leading- strains.
Idlof yoim^'siers sired l)y a i)5',i-point
.V grand ing time. Well, here comes the point, FREE..
buck. Bred Goes always on hand. some hens lay well, others do not,
UdOklet on the indn-.Iry for stamp.
and when the bosses of the farm poul-
Stephani Poultry Co. try, viz., the old ladies, meet at some
carpet-rag sewing, or birthday party,
THINK OF IT!
Belleville, Illinois.
the subject of "hen luck" comes up. By special arrangement you
You know how the story goes. Mrs. can get all three (3) of the fol-
A. tells the others how poor her hens lowing one year for only SO cts.
Never an offer like this before
do, like this; "0, dear me, such bad
simply don't amount to
luck; they
Clubbing List We have seventy-five or
anything.
more and only get two or three eggs The Poultry Investigator
Ci,.>vv Ckntkr, Neb.
By taking the advantage of the and every once in a while one dies." The only e.\clu-ive poultry paper
publl-hed in the west. Original,
Say, readers, did you ever read such up-io-date. instrutiive. I'rofuseiy
following combinations you can
a story; did you ever se such a il.ustrated and never nrinlsadead
get two papers often at the price flock of chickens? line. Contains from IE lo.40 pages
I have. Is the each month.
of one. Look at these offers: trouble luck or the chickens, or the Fancy Fowls, HopkiasTille, Ky
Price with
Poultry
keeper. I'll tell you
score the chick- The leading poultry organ
sciutli. Three years old. well es-
of the

ens, and then the keeper and I will tabiisiied and prosperous. :itVto40
Regular Invi.sti- pages nth-
price g-ator. guarantee the chickens will out-score
Michigan Poultry Breeder
Poultry Tribune .50c SOc the keeper 110 points, and the lice
Poultry Herald 50c 50c
BATTLE CKEKIC, MICH.
will eat up the chickens and "luck" Established Iss.i. The publislier
Poultry Gem 25c S.^c has devoted II years of his entire
both.
Commercial Poultry 50c 50c time and attention to the poultry
Western Poultry News... 25c 25c Then Mrs. B. spealcs up in a some- Industry. Its a 8uocess^24 pages.
The price asked for these papers
Poultry Success SOc 40c what prompted tone and says some- all one year Is only 50 cents, which
Poultry Topics 25c 2,5c any of tliem are wonli. and you
thing to this effect: "Why, it's too get the others tree. Send your
Poultry Gazette 25c 25c
subscription lo any one of them.
Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc bad, Mrs. A. Our chickens are doing A free sample copy can be had by
Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 so well we get lots of eggs; the hens addressing each one. Better send
American Poultryjournal SOc .50c your order now.
have red combs and go around sing-
Feather 50c 50c
ing and seem cheerful." Well, now,
Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00
readers, compare in your own minds
..Just Think of It.. the difference in the way the fowls
are fed, watered and looked after, and
Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 Eggs from
the whole secret will be as open day-
Any SOc paper yon choose above. . .50
The Poultry Investigator Don't always look at the feath-
25 light. stock scor-

ers, but look at the nest. Don't ex- White . . ing from 90
Total $1.75
pect the hen to do all. Do some your-
We will send the three to you for $1.00. to 95 points,
Address, self. It is not generally ignorance, Langshans $1.50 per 15;
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. but genuine neglect that makes fail- S2.7S per 30;
ures. Now is a good time to care for
Notice We do not send samples of the flock In winter, when you are not Exclusively this season
other papers.
so busy. Get an Incubator and be only. Some
happy.
f good Ckls. for sale with score
SURE SEK -X-IIE By the way, Mr. Incubator Man, I
100
expect to get another machine this f cards by Ben S. Myers.
Noxall incubator year and if you want to send a cata-
logue of your goods, give It to Uncle J
All Stock Farm Raised.
Our oftUlogue
Same and write on the face of It, i MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.,
i foultry diicftsc. ^0. for poa-
JAMES PEARSON. i Rock Port, MIsaourl
cubatok* Co., Qnlncy, 111. Germantown, Neb.


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27
Northeast Missouri Poultry Show BL.^CK LANGSHANS. BUFF COCHIN BANTAMS.
held at Bowlirvg Greerv, Mo., L. E. Meyer, Bowling Green, 2nd Zumo Debertshauser -1st on cocker-
and 3rd on cock; 2nd on cockerel; 2nd el; 2nd on hen. Z 1

December 3-6, 1901. and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pen. Otho N. Gay, Camp Point, 111. 1st
BARRED ROCKS.P. Mrs. W. H. Tinsley, Edgewood, 1st on cock: 1st on hen.
J. R. Lampson, Mexico, Mo., 1st on and 2nd on pullet; 3rd on pen. t;2.50
special on best pullet.
WHITE BOOTED BANTAMS.
cock; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st Dodge Bros., Louisiana 1st on cock;
and 2nd on hen; l.st on pullet; 1st on John Hettich, Bowling Green 1st on 1st on cockerel: 1st' on^hen; 1st pullet.
pen; Also $25 cash on best pen B P. cock; 1st and 3rd on cockerel; 1st hen; S. S. HAMBURGS.
Rocks. 3rd on pullet: 1st on pen; $2.50 special Deyo Hendrick, Bowling Green, 1st
J. R. Dayball, St. Louis 2nd on pul-
on each cock, cockerel and hen. Also on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen;;lst pullet;
let; 2nd on pen.
Silver Cup offered by American Lang- 1st on pen.
Jas. D. Clarkson, Ballwin, Mo. 2nd shan Club on best pen.
BUFF LEGHORNS.
C. I. GAMES.
on cock. Joe F. Strauss, Bowling Green, 1st
Mrs. L. Neville, Frankford, Mo. 3rd Mrs. L. Neville 1st on cockerel; 1st on cock; 1st 2nd and 3rd on hens.
on hen; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on
on cock. M. B. TURKEY.
Miss Jennie Feiry, Elsberry, Mo. pen. Mrs. M. R. Appleton. Bowling Green,
3rd on hen; 3rd on pen. Stephen Pollard, Bowling Green, - 1st on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st
F. B. Schlotter, Keokuk, la. 3rd on 2nd on cockerel; Istonpullet; 2ndpen. on pen.
R. C. W. LEGHORNS.
pullet. Miss Jennie Ferro, Elsberry; 2nd on
W. P. KOCK.S. Charlie Gibbs, Bowling Green, -1st cock; 3rd on hen.
on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen.
E. B. Omohundro, Bowling^ Green, S. C. \V. LEGHORNS.
WHITE PEKIN DUCKS.
Mo. 1st on cock; 1st and 3rd on cock- John Lovell, Bowling Green, 1st on Vest Omohundro, Bowling Green,
erel; .1st on pen. Also $10 special on 1st and 3rd on best pair.
cockerel; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on hen.
best cock, cockerel, 2 hens and 2 pullets.
Doc Holcomb, Bowling- Green, Mo.
S. C. B. LEGHORNS. Mrs. Eva White, Cyrene, 2nd pair.
J. D. Clarkson, Ballwin, 2nd onhen. WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS.
2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pullet; 2nd Yards, Thompson,
Ogre Poultry R. H. Thompson, Bowling Green,
on pen. 1st on cockerel.
R. 0. Lawry, Bowling Green, Mo. 1st, second and 3rd "on best pair.
V. S.Smith, Bowling Green, 1st and
3rd on cock; 3rd on pullet.
third on pullet.
J. A. Douglass, Ferg-uson, Mo. 1st BLACK MINORCAS.
on pullet; 2nd on cock; 3rd on pen. Maplewood, Mo., March 18, 1900.
C. S. Huckstep. Elsberry, -1st on
John Kemper, Troy. Mo. -1st onhen; cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st, 2nd and 3rd W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.
2d on cockerel.
BUFF P. ROCK.S.
on pullet; 1st on pen.
Dear Sir: The sample order of
HOUDANS.
L. T. Sanderson, Bowling Green, chick feed I bought of you sometime
J. C. Huckstep, Bowling Green, 1st
1st on cock; 1st on cockerel; 1st on hen; best
on cock; 1st on cockerel; 1st and 2nd on ago has been fed with the very
2nd on pullet; 1st on pen. Also $10
hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 1st on pen. results. You have beyond a doubt, the
cash special on best pen in Buff vari-
BUFF ORPINGTONS. very best feed for little chicks ever put
eties and $10 Butt' Rock special on best
cock, cockerel, hen and pallet. Mrs. R. L. Pollact, Bowling Green, on the market it is a wonder. I feed
B. E. Johnson, Kirkwood, 2nd on 1st on pullet; 2nd on pen.
Louisiana,- 2nd on them your feed
all the time and they
cock; 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st on Dodge Bros.,
cockerel; 3rd on pen. never tire of it, eating up clean all that
pullet; 2nd on pen.
J. S. Fitzgerrell, Bowling Green, Peay, Bowling Green, 1st on
J. J. is given them. As I cannot be without
2nd and third on hen; 3rd on pen. hen; 3rd on cockerel. it, send me another order like the last.
WHITE \VY.\NDOTTE.S. Henry Woether, Barrett Station 1st Yours respectfully,

W. R. Purnell, Bowling Green, 1st on cockerel; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st W. Clement.
and 2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 2nd on on pen.
pullet; 1st on pen. $10 cash special on
best pen in white varieties.
John A. Shaw, McKitterick, 1st andoooooooooooootooooooooooooo
3rd on pullet; 2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd

on pen.

Mrs. Eva White, CjTene, 3rd on o
cockerel.
WYANDOTTES. Hatch Chickens by Steam o
John A.
S.
Shaw,
I,.

McKittrick, 1st on o with Simple, Perfect, Self-regulating
cock; 3rd on cockerel; 3rd on pullet;
o tlie

1st on pen.
Mrs.
Green,
Maggie R. Appleton,
2nd on cockerel.
Bowling NE'W WOODEN HEN oo
Henry Camp
T. Reed, Point, 111. 1st The most efficient incubator for
on hen; 3rd on pen. o
raising poultry on a small scale
ever invented. A perfect liatcher

Mrs. L. Neville, Frankford, 2nd on
hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen. o
automatic, self-regulating, thor-
ouglily constructed, fully guar-
anteed.
BUFF WYANDOTTES. >
Tliousands in successful opera-
Shaw,
John A.
2nd on cockerel;
and
1st on cock; 1st
1st on hen; 1st, 2nd
tion. Guaranteed
o to hatch aiarger
p rcentage of fertile eggs, at less
and 3rd on pullet; 1st and 2nd on pen. cost,
o
than any other hatcher.

John
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES.

A. Shaw, 1st on cockerel; 1st, o
2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on pen. o
Mrs.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Nathan Newby, Bowling Green, Three Sizes: o
2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st and Egg 50 o
Capacity, only $ 6 80
2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen.
Henry T. Reed 1st on cockerel; 2nd o
on hen; 1st on pen; $10 cash special on o 12 80
best pen in Parti-Colored varieties.
BUFF COCHINS.
The New o \\ >

Otho N. Gay, Camp Point, 111. 1st

FREE K Send for large
o catalog rith colored vlev

and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet.

WHITE COCHINS GEO. H. STAHL,
114-122 6th
o
QUINCY, ILL, o S. St.,
T. H. Sebastian, St. Louis, 1st on
cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd
on pullet; 1st on pen. oooooooooooootooooooooooooo
28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Now
Winter La-yers
that winter is again with us,
the pullets
or the
when a
snow shoveled
was cleaned
place
south of the
off
houses and the pullets allowed to go
STAR -^^ ^ ^
Most of them will eat snow and
out.
we are so frequently aslied what re-
ice until one would think it would
we get from our pullets as win-
sults
ter layers and what breed of poultry
make them sick, which it has dont Incubators
sometimes, causing bowel trouble.
have we found to give the most eggs
in winter, and don't we find a serious
In a climate where snow stays on AMd Brooders.
the ground so long it is hard on the
objection to the large single comb of
birds to keep them housed so long
the Leghorn and the Minorca. A large free Catalogue tells j'ou
and unless is to cold when the sun
We have had Leghorns for many shines brightit we have the snow shov-
all about them.
years, but our experience with the
eled away, the ground swept, and
Alinorcawas only for a few seasons.
throw down some straw. We see to Our New No. 2 Double Walled
We would not object to the Minorca
Dead Air Space Self-
it that the fowls go in their houses
on account of large comb and would
about four o'clock In the afternoon. Regulating
as soon keep them in a cold climate
One can get them in when taking the
as any breed, so far as
cerned.
Our aim has always been to im-
comb is con-
feed in their shed or house.
Scratching sheds built onto every
house so as to be opened or closed are
BROODERS
are without an equal. See cut.
prove any breed of poultry we han-
very desirable. Wire such as is used
To do so we found that we
dled.
must study summer and winter care,
on a fence can be had to enclose the Price $12.00.
the food that would give best results,
front; a small door to let the birds Our New A-i just the same, only
out, but two large doors with a win- with single walls at $10.00
not feeding the same during heat of
summer that we would feed in zero
dow, these closed when the weather is is the real thing. GOOD
very cold, make the ideal scratching Brooders for $5.00.
weather in winter. We have found
shed.
corn and meat to be necessary as a Send for Circulars and Price
The beginner as a rule crowds the
heat producing food poultry in
for List
birds,and that is one of the greatest
winter. The writer does not mean
causes of failure. To have eggs in
this alone, but as a last meal at night
winter one should have the hens to-
corn is excellent. We have used
gether, and the pullets separated from
cracked corn for the reason that
the hens in nouses and run by them-
coarse cracked corn cannot be eaten
selves. Then hens or older pullets
as quickly. We have noticed fowls
will impose on the younger birds, and
gorge themselves on corn, as is the
the pullet thus imposed upon, even
case with mashes, but mash, being a
though a naturally thrifty bird and
softer food, it is not as likely to pack
good layer, will not do iialf as well as
a crop as harder substances that will
it would where it did not fear being
swell, as does corn and wheat. For
abused when it moved, as a boss will
this reason some acquaintances cook
take advantage of timid bird, whip-
all the wheat and corn, swelling it to
ping and abusing it at every opportu-
its uttermost. We have tried feed- nity.
Dead Chicks Don't Pay.
ing in that way, but do not like it as
all hard grain or all soft food is not
A child or any living thing, if abus-
Chicks thrive best on a balanced
the thing for poultry, and we are feed of meaty, cereal and
much better satisfied to feed the grain grain element. That's
in a litter of straw and have the fowls
scratch for it, and if fed on the ground
BEST FRUIT PAPER STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7.
it takes a longer time to pick the
Western Fruit-Grower I3 the best paper
treating of all kinds of (ruU. and notliing but It isn't but a health
a medicine,
grain up. To let a chicken stuff all fruit; monthly; Illustrated; 16 to 48 pages: 50
cts. a year. lOc for three .months' trial sub- and strength builder. It prevents
it will eat and then stand off in a scriDiion.
most of the diseases that kill chicks.
corner, especially if fed corn, it will
THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER. Carefullj' compounded from re-
get too fat to be a profitable egg pro-
Box 13. St. Joseph, Mo. sults of expert experimenting and
ducer. The active pullet that gets
study.
plenty of food but not enougu so as
to be indolent, is the most profitable
egg producer. It is the nature of most Price, at Dealers:
breeds of poultry to work, and one lib. pkg 10c. .'iOlb. bag..S2.25

can notice the chickens picking the S lb. pkg .Sue. 100 lb. bag. .$.3..')0

fine gravel and often it is too fine to

be grit. Dirt and mud is often taken
Star Incubator Co.,
Into the crop. Where the chickens 12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J-
are kept in unclean houses or runs this Star Specifics
ground is unhealthy, especially when Is guaranteed to cure.
picked up and eaten. It one watches
CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb No Cholera In old
1. No .5, For Inactive
chickens they will notice them doing Fowls. Males.
ItreediT of Light Itrahnias l:lxrlusheiy.
this very thing. No 3 Same, for chicks No 6. For Indigestion
Mv birds ;ire heavy weight tine markings, No 3 Egg Food and No 7. Food for Small
In winter, when there is snow and .lose feathered. Kggs. J2.0O for 15; $:i.50 for :iO Tonic. Chicks.
t'hoice birds, old and young, for sale. Write No 4. For Cold and No 8. Disinfect In-
Ice on the ground, we have noticed your wants. No circulars. Oroup. sect Powder.
 .

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 29
ed, will never thrive or do as well as
when kindness is used toward it and The Michigan ^||
has freedom.
its
it

We try to grade our stock and pro- Poultrymaii... %

vide good comfortable quarters for the
pullets we expect to lay during the Only Exclusive Poultry
cold months.
Paper in Michigan
The hens moult their feathers and All the practical poultrymen contrib-
often begin laying with or at the ube to its pages. Expert poultry-
men will give its readers free
Chick Feed. same time the pullets begin. Thus it
will be seen that all stock kept during
such information as they
may ask for.
winter should be given the best pos-
Extra Quality. sible care, for eggspay a good profit All. the news of th3 poultry world. W II

We are putting up the best dry feed ou the and it is our aim to always keep the illustrated.

market to-day. It is especially prepared for best layers of any breed we handle. For a short time you can get this pa-
We select the next season's breed- per one year for 15c. Send postal for
the rearing of young chicks from the tluie
sample.
they were hatch' d until eight weeks old.
ing stock early in the fall, that is we

We want reliable agents in all parts of the dispose of those we do not want to Michiga^n Po\iltryma.n,
The teed is all right and winter over early, so that any birds Ithaca^, Mich.
United States.
when once tried is always used. Sample by we have on hand when winter comes
mall 4c. Circulars free.
we consider are worth keeping, and Bonniedale Poultry Farm !
if we do not sell those we would not
S. I'Eri. Barred Kocks, Light Brahmas,
'DOT
be losing. A good layer, whether it be Golden Dottes. S C. B. Leghorns. (). I.
Steinmesch & Co., a hen or pullet, is well worth keep-
Games. B. Minorca Cockerels $3 each. $5
per 3. M. B. Turkeys 13 each. Tolouse
ing.
Geese Si per pair.
LT. BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns SI each;
St. Louis, Mo. To sell extra good breeding stock $3 per trio,
ROUP (JURE. Our make. Cures when eyes
Ilefcrence: Fdilor this p;iper. and run short of eggs for hatching in are swelled shut. Powder for half pint,
the spring is not advisable. small syringe and full instructions 50
cents postjjald.
We have known breeders, because SCORE CARDS. U. S. Postal <-ard stock 50
Utility Poultry Farm offei-ed an extra good price, to sell off
cents per 100. $3 per 1000. Water fountain
galvanized iron, hangs ou nail, 1 gallon
the breeding stock so close as to hard-
Are you looking' for something^ fine dEEaMOLImB. Tablesooonful to quart of
in the White and Barred Ply- ly get young stock enough for the next
way of water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle
25 cents postpaid Circula fre.-.
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White season. They were not in a position
Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al-
to sell eggs for hatching and had so MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.
so Games and Leghorns.
few birds in the fall that as a business LOCK ax 178,
H S. FULTON &CO, it could not be called a success. When
Lock Box 24 StewartstowM, Pa. one advertises and establishes a ^lusi-

ness it is important to be fixed so one

Poultry Supplies
High Scoring Pen of can fill most of the orders. Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1
per 100.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS CORA RICKARDS.
Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
Une Cockerel, score Se"-!. weight 9 lbs.; two Ogden, Utah.
97. weight 7 lbs.; three pullets,
per IJO.
pullets, score
score weight BH lbs.; four pullets, score
9654- Standard of Perfection each $1.
96!4, weight 6^4. 7 7, 71bs.:two pullets, score
96, weight 614, 7 pounds. DOG ADOPTS YOUNG CHICKENS. Spray Pumps each 75c.
Eggs from the abi ve pen. S3 per 15. Oth- i

Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.

er breeding stock for sale. .Tudge J. W. Wall
iays, this is A curious case is reported from the
the best lot of White Plymouth Conkey's Roup Cure 2.5c and 50c a
Eocks he has scored this year.
upper end of the city. This is noth- box.
REUBEN HI ATT, Lees Summit, Mo. Chamberlain's Chick Food S2..50 per
ing more than the adoption of a flock
100 pounds.
of motherless chickens by a dog. The
J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
MAMMOTH STRAIN canine follows the chicks about
Cure ,'30c and |1 a box.
LIGHT BRAHMAS closely everywhere they go and when-
ever anyone approaches shows fight
Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
Midland Poultry Food at factory
as bred by
. . . .

at once. The animal belongs to a prices

. .

H. T. RODGERS, Caiasville, Mo. family living near the Rock Island H umphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Are great prize Center, $12.
roundhout,ie and the strange occur- Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
winners again '

ence has created a good deal of in- per lOOpounds Sl.OO

At the recent
Cainsville. Mo. Show, against
birds that have since won at St. Louis and terest. Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O.
other large shows, we niaae a r-niarkabie B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1 00
record which proves theMAMMOTH STRAIN The dog was first noticed following
Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
isas good a^ the best. about and a short time
1st on Cock. 1st on Hen, 1st, 2d and 3d on
the chicks Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.
Pullets, Cockerels and pens; also every later was seen to lie down, whereat
special including the grand prize over all.
the chicks snuggled close to the body
Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,
Clay Center, Nebr.
protector and were kept

^
of their
warm. A curious spectator, who wit- .^^
Blue Barred nessed the strange proceeding, ven-
The best Folding
tured close enough to look, when the Exhibition Coop.. ^
Plymouth Rocks dog showed so much fight that he
retreated at once. The chicks are
Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb.
Our stock We have some year- Manufactures and sells the best E.xhilntion
ling stock
is first.class.
and young stock for sale. Prices
thriving and threaten to live to a good Folding Coop on the luaiket. Pricesw iihm
the reach of all. He al.<o has 50 S. G B. LEO-
reasonable. old age under the protecting care of HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 75c to $2.00

P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr, their new guardian. Peoria Herald each. Write your wants.
30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
I890 ROYAL BLOOD I90I
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES FOR SALE.
Winners Bigf t Show at Sioux City, la., OS; at Lemars, la., 'it'J; at National
Fancier's Meet, Cedar Rapids, la., I'^'OO, and at Nebraska State Show, Lincoln,
Nebr., entered 10 birds in 1901, where we won 1st cock, score 92'2; 1st, 2d and
Sd cockerel, score 94'+, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets, score 93;<; 2d hen in large class Poultry Investigator
J {
and very warm competition. We have never had but one bird defeated and
never had our dirds scored except in the show room. We have a few breeding-
pens to spare, not quite up to weight, but will soon be, at $12.59; trios S7.S0. ^-'- Is edited by a practical poul-j
See cut of birds on page 14. We cati't sell (juite as gocd as these at that y^ try man of 30 years experi-;
price but can guarantee they will produce prize winners. Exhibition birds a f^ence and is full of plain, (

specialty. We can please you. I. Se N. M. CONNOR, Pouca, Neb. jJjS common sense articles by?
yfl those that breed poultry and ;
ff^l work instead of theorizing. (
SAME OLD STORY. 73^^11 is just what you want.;
Vv^. Send us the names and ad->
JONES Wyandottes and Sebrights win again at r*1 dresses of IS persons inter-
?j^^ested in breeding good poul-p
Indianapolis. y// try and we will send you the ;
If vou are looking for winners inSILVER, GOLDEN, WHITE, BUFF or (?;i Poultry Investigator one(
BLACK WYANDOTTES, G. S. and S. S. BANTAMS just write to JONES, jij^^ year for your trouble. Sub->
he can furnish you. I won every 1st in Silvers, but cockerel; every 1st and Vv scription price 2.5c. Address, ^
2d in Goldcus, including breeding pens; every 1st and 2d in Blacks; every 1st
but one in S. S. Bantams; every 1st and 2nd in G S. Bantams.
A Record Unequaled by any Wyandotte Breeder in the
^ Poultry Investigator Co., ?

^i( Clay Center, : : Nebraska?

Country.
This only proves that the World's Record is upheld from year to year
and that my strains keep ahead of the times.
700 Grand Birds for Sale. 700
Egg orders booked now S3 per setting, $5 for two settings. Send stamp
for catalogue, it tells it all. SO Bronze and White Turkeys for sale at a low
figure. Toulouse and Embdeu Geese. Scotch Collie dogs best blo6d.
Standard of Perfection
R. E. JONES, Box 2, Flat Rock, Ind.
Revised Editioti, 1900.

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This work is issued by the American
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over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con-
you can positivelv check the mortalitv bv using
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the several varieties of fowls. It is on
a readily assimilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it
this Standard that all poultry judges
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FRlL;E:--Our new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever base their awards. Every experienced
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The uniform success of the

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\' POULTRVMEN IZ, 'T"Z
not unless
is li nitiri'"li:i|ii>fTi
tilupKijs liicausi' it's
so."
hutches loo per cent of ter-
It
on the right principles; Ills
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scientifically correct, and because the very liest skill and it is 1 nil" 1 Li) ,vell and use good
woi'knianship obtaiuuble are put into its makius. It is built
right; It does its work right. We put a guarantee Ijehind
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^*
it which means something. It isa hot air machine, and has
demonstrated tliat Its regulatian of heat, air and moisture Is perfect M ) li N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.
in fr)iir sizes from. M
to *.il eggs. Wc pay the freight anywhere in the
United States. It will pay you to send for our attractive free catalogue.
ORPINGTONS
PETALIJMA INCtBATOR CO.,
Box 58 Petaluma, California.
Bxiff LEGHORNS
a.nd Browrv Leghorns
Yuungorold stocl^, first class birds cheap.
Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time.
M.& K. HERMAN.
Bxl78. Hinsdale, 111.
WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show Januarv,
WHITE^WYANDOTTES/^;:;! _ _lstCock; Island 3d Hen: 2d Cockerel: Ist
BDFF ORPINGTONS WYANnOTTES. R.
and 2d I'uUct and pen. Two specials: At the Chicago Show, January, I'^Ol. I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
1st Cock: one special. Eggs from best pens, S3.oo per 13, S.'^.OO per 2ti. bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
:ind exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
ROSS C. H. HAILOCK, 63t3 Clifton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Judge. Port Huron, Michigan.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31

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Incubatorsm
Built on entirely new principles and the
s^^lOOEgg Hatcher, $6; Brooder. $5. only machine made that will allow the chiiks
when hatching to come out of the machine
tt-iS^Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. in the pure, fresh outside air at their own
'IV'Stlinoiiialsaiul 1 ll.i-il ralcil clrcul.ir frv... will, jur^t e.vactly the same as they do when
J. A. CHELTON, Fairmonnt Md. hatching uniler the hen. Guaranteed to im-
itate nature closer and to hatch equal to any
machine on the market. l>'oi' further partic-
ulars address with stamp,

Rather Risky Business,^: tills buying vintried incubators in the.'iedaysrif the i erft
L. P. MEISTES, Troy, Mo.
?l3SEa.Dlj^gy&;^ working- and surprisiiiKly simple
'XJll'
Reliable Incubators and Brooders, ^ ^'' OVER.NMENT PO-
where every fertile et:t! means a string healthy el k. i
SITIONS.
Guaranteed to do the vork and do it as it has never been done befur Nearly 10,000 appointments
'i''-^f Century Poultry Hook oupht to be_in every chitkenn
ith it formally t s the poulti^ busin made last year. Chances
^.SentanywhereforlOc. Kcllublclneb, A Itr .Co., Bo better tor 1903. Hundreds
of those who have been ap-
pointed were prepared by
usbyn. il Established 1893
Full particulars free con-
reining government posi-
tions, salaries and, exam-
inations, when and where
held, n^-ds. e'c. Write to-day
I't a Bandy Keep it Get a l>,nhi,nidseeh,. NATIONAL CuERESPONUBNCE INSTI-
SO (Idt/s ami if you don't .
L enny it is to get more money
TUTE, 14-42 Second Nat'I. Bank Bldg ,Wash.
Ington, D. O.
like it send it hacl:. from your hens.

Bhe Dandy %m Cutter Pride of the West....

isbuilt to increase the profits of poultry keepers. should like We IsMackey's own Strain of Bronze
to send you one (price from $5 up.) If you don't think it does the Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
work after you have tried it 30 days, send it back and we won't find
fault with you. Without question it's the most substantial bone Show record on open book. They
cutter built to-day. It has a perfect automatic are in the yards of many of the
feed. Produces better poultry food than any other, and Can-
best fanciers in the U. S.
and it turns more easily. ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger &

We Sell Direct
to poultrymcn at wholesale prices, saving you all
Fetch; Black Langshans, Emry
Fetch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
middlemen's and dealer's profits. Get a Dindy and from hens. Young stock now
try it for yourself. Our new book, "More Money ready to ship. Write for prices.
from Your Hens," is full of good, common-sense
suggestions and handsome illustrations. Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a
sure cure.
Stratton Mf^. Co., HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,
Box 48, Erie, Pa.. Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
ci,ARKSvii,r,E, : : : : Missouri.

Sin gle Comb Brown Leghorns.

Union Lock Poultry Fence. Barred Plymouth Rocks.
For Poultry, Rabbits, ax Orchards, Gardens, etc.
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
2 5 producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
tn o September. Address,
ora A. Rickards,
SOUTH . OQDEN = PODLTRY = YARDS,
Ogdea, Utah.

Whife Wyandottes-'smr
Fifteen years of careful breeding has pro-
duced strain of fowls unequalled in practi-
:i

cal quH lilies and winner'^ of the high- st hon-

ors in tbe show room with only four birds in
thf Boson .show, Jnnuary. 1901; I won 3nd on
stronger and closer spacing than any other make. tlockercl; 3rd on lien, commended on Cock
and two specials for Best Shape Cockerel.
Our Union Lock Hog, FielcJ and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn This i, a class of our 400 White Wyai dottes
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. antl after seliing mv two best males. I breed,
Your dealer should handle this line if not, write us for raise and own my show birds. Stock and
egj:s for sale.
prices. Catalogue free.
UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL.. U. S. A. W.E.Mack, '*' r-g^/^-o"^:
32 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
M^^^l^^ \Ji^ k'^k'^'^Cb 1
Mrs- J- B. Jorves, ? 5 5
Morning Viewg^Sg" -'"'
Barred Plymouth Eocks
Poultry Y ards, ^i atid Mammoth Bronze
Turkeys
HAVE STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA-
SON.
.Barred Plymouth Rocks..
ABILENE, : : : : KANSAS.

EOQS! Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-

red, full above the eyes. BUFF WYANDOTTES,
EXILUSIVELV. Our Buff
Wyandottcs are brprt from
bi'si strain obtainable and
Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. in line. We
breed the pure
From good, healthy and ^'alden Buff, not the dark
n-d. Tliey're prize winners.

vigorous stock James M. Perkins, E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.

RAVENWOOD. . ; MISSOURI.
:
Ui0K Cliesler Wliilu Ho(!s for sale

**^i^^i^^*^*rf^rfi ^n^m^njtw^^jm^%^^^%^%^^^'

$6 per 100 W. J. CHENEY,

li Thoroughbred Fancy Poultry,
O BOX 68-^tr- -^./-ClIBA, MO;
500 youna birds $1 each. 100 yearlini; he
eac-h. Tliis stock I have bred for own use. my
and is liist olass; have more tlian 1 will reciuire

$3.50 per 50 for mvbreeding pens. VAKIETI

ICS-B, P. Kock.s
l.iglitBrahuias. Partridjie rocliins. White Wyan-
S
.

dottes. S. O. W. Leghorns. S. ('. B. Mini)rc;as. ^

Write tor particulais. <-i ' . Free.
'"

W. J. CHENEY. i
Crawford Co. -^'-CliBA, MOJ

White Wyaiidottes, SUNNY SLOPE POULTRY FARM mile east

Light Brahmas, For Satle! of Clay Center; a g^ood 8 room house with
ji
cellar,

a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Russian cave, g-ood barn,
Partridge Cochins, granary, poultry houses and runs, 500 young, peach,
corncribs, hog- houses',

White Rocks, plum, cherry and apple trees just come into bearing.
Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese.
Barred Rocks, Address, A. B. SHROYER.
Buff Rocks, Cla.y Center, Neb.

S. C. B. Leghorns, F*^%^fc*^rf*^jr* rf^M^a^** r^H^tf^jn^Fk^^Fw

j
FRANK MYERS, IDEAL Also manufacturer of^
AI.I.UMINUM
J
Free Port, III., U.S. A. Ideal Aluminum Leg
Bo.\ 20.
J
5 Breeder of . - Band :::::: |

Barred Plymouth Rocks The acknowledfjed leader. \2 for5

Send your orders early I
Tliey are Barred Rleht and good
15c. 25 for 50 for 50c. 100 for 5
.iOc.
1

7.5c. Samples and circular of S

size. No Oulls for sale. Choice Barred Kocks mailed
and we will take breeding Ckls. 12 to J5 each. ! for stamps.
J
(

care of yon.

Cure fiuaranteed
Donkey's
only remedy positively

THE WILDWOOD THE

Roup Cure known to cure roup In all its
forms as long as the fowl can
see to drinl<. For Canker, es-
pe ially in pigeons, this cure excels
POULTRY FARM, Iothers. One 50 cent package makes 35 gallons of medicine. Directions with
erv package. If it fails to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size .50c. large $1.
onkev's Louse Killer never fails to ill. Try It. 25 cents per package, and
I

iTMls extra for postage.

ST. LOUIS, MO. jrvkey's Egg Food ar\d Povjltry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect
altii. and prm nee more eggs than any similar preparation. 25 cents per package
,d 1.-. ,-enise.vtr;i for |i..slage. C. E. CONKEY &
CO., Clevel&rvd. O.
815 Chestnut St. iriH-,-,iasi a-'ciit--; i'l-uiluiH.a
I 111.'.'; No, s l';,rk
Incubator Co.. I'elaluma.Cal. Eastern whole.sale
l'l:ir.'. Nrw York
I'ilv and S.Il. I. Co., Clay Center. Nebr. For
Farm at sale bv all poultiv supply houses. " ^^Agents wanted.
WEBSTER OROVE.MO.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 33

^"^ Reading
Man
yy\ ^ts5s '^ ^^^ vnzn who makes the most money now-
/ I
I
^vv^ a-days. He reads up on what he wants,
and then goes after Do you read? it.

Would you like to read our poultry book, "All Right"? It tells a lot of practical*

things about poultry, and how to care for and raise it. It tells about our "All Right"
Incubators and brooders, and how we ship them anywhere on

40 DAYS FREE TRIAL,

that they may be tested before bought. We send the book free
upon request.

Clay PKelps Incubator Co.,

Station 87, Cincinnati, OHio.

ADPPD'C Eggs frommy birds never fail to produce Prize WiN-

UHCEH O PFDIIiPFFIl
rLUlURCCW !l
The best place to buv eggs Is from a breeder
DlDDCn DI
nbrs.
who makes a specialty of one variety. 'Blue Bird." IT BEATS ALL.
rL VMnilTH

S
DAHHClf DnriTC
I miFU 1 U HUl/ll J || -Lady Blue" and the best I liave raised for three years
are in my breeding pens for 1903 Every bird a beauty an'' Ijirred to the sliin. My custom-
ers get ega" from the samts hens I use for myself. Send for booklet of matings. 100egg'hatcher costs only 8. 94.01X1 sold
principally by agent.i. We want 5,000 active

0. p. GREER, Bonrbon, Ind. men and women ayrents for the new season. Speolnl
PoDltr; E.ihibits Properly Judged. tennM with you a large margin of profit. 10c effir
lormulBomlcotiiloKuc sent free, if you write to-
day. Territory may lie gone tomorrow.

GET MORE HEN MONEY land Jiealthy fowls:

.iloeggs;
HATUAAL HEN INCUBATOR CO., fr 11, COLUMBUS. NEB.

IVI A.IMIM'S Mcii

1002 DON'T SET HENS:
Hew design, open hopper,

10 DAYS FREE
Free OLt'lg. explains alL
enlarged table,
_ _

F.
^,

TRIAL,
i

W. MANN COMPANY, Box

device to control feed
verciogfl. Sent on
^^^.r.Ztlo'S}lL%T^XZ''
and! ptie, faster
set it

Mllford,
to suit any

that our

expense,
Mase
s NaturBl
c Erb Formalii I'REE f jon write today
Hen Ircubator i'o. B lit tolumbDB, Neth
i

I High Hill . . .|

F. A. GROWELL, GS I I

I
Poultry Yards j

Fruit Trees. Shrubsor Vines. Ourswill { Granger, : : : Minnesota. Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks.
grow. Tliey
healthy and
a'l'will rooted,
true to name.
r..^^^
I fBBS 1
? Turkeys are bred from prize winners
Send a trial order today. Due bill good \ and are winners, making almost ciean
for 35 c and Catalogue in Gorman or % Has some Breeding and Exhibi-
fine sweep wiierever shown. Young Toms
English free. We pay freight on $10 s tion Buff Orpingtons yet for sale, also $5each; Pullets, S:3 50 to$a 00 each. My
ORIIERS. J
Kocks are noted for shape and orarif^e
Indian Runner Ducks at $5 a trio. colored legs. 90 point Co kerels, $:.50
25 Graf ted Apple Trees for - $1 00 (
eacli; 91 to fl2!-4 point Ci"-kerels $3.00;
25 u ddcd Peach Trees for - $1 00 J Circular free. each Pullet not scored. $1.00 each.
40 Concord Grape Vines for - $1 00 ^ Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo.
Falrbury Muracrlem, Box SO,
Falrbury, . . . Hebraska
S
\
Lace Wyandottes
Silver
White Wyandottes : : :

^^ Buff Leghorns ,
Black Liangshans
Please mention the Investigator Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi-
Pekin Ducks... cation: up to standard weight; wlnnero at
when answering advertisements. It All first class stock. Prices reason- Olay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for
sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in
will accomodate both the advertiser able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, season. Address,
and us. Imperial, Neb MES. N. W, JOHNSON, Olay Center, Neb.
34 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

4^ GOLD MEDAL AND HIGHEST AWARD

AT THE PAN AMERICAN, OCTOBER, 1901, WERE PLACED ON

THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR

Time' and time again the [^Cyphers 360-egg ma"
^^'^fy chine in the hands of our customers has hatched up-
wards OF 30(1 CHICKS FROM 360 UNTESTED KGGS.
Allowing ten chicks to the hen, it would take thirty
HENS TO HATCH 300 CHICKS.
THE EVIDENCE:--
"My largest hatch waa 345 chicks out of .160 eggs," J. F.
Ramsey. Mortonvllle, Pa.
"I got 305 chicks out, of 318 fertile eggs." -Edw. Sharpe,
Gt-noii. N. y.
"1 hatched 314 chicks out of my HliO-cgg Cyphers." Herman
Erledl, Haskell. Ind.
"From 380 eggs we hatched 3'7 of the brightest, strongest
chicks ever saw."- Frank B. Taylor. Prompton, Pa.
I

"From my No. 3 Cyphers, holding 3ti0 eggs, we hatched 311

chicks " L. R. Hobart. Lake Crystal. Minn-
'Out of our largest size Incubator I hatched 314 good,
healthy chicks "- U. Murr, Gordonville, Pa,
"My incubator holds 360 eggs and from one loading I got
:ini chlcKs." .las. O. Myers. Oakes, I'a.
"One hatch 1 obtained 327 strong, healthy chicks from the
Cyphers." Sprague Bros.. Florence, O.
:i(>0-egg
Think of;the work and the worry In caring for the thirty
4S hens it. would require to hatch 300 chickens, ten to each hen!
Five minutes, morning and evening will take perfect care of
the Cyphers 3ii0.egg incubator-THIS WE GUARANTEE:
THOUSANOS of persons in every w*i.k of life ARE DOING AS WELT, AS THE FEW ABOVE
ERALLY THOUSAN'
LITERALLY
()Tf:i)..and sizes of Cyphers Incubators (60. 120 and 220 eggs) do precisely as good work as this largest
the smaller si;
and tlie
Whill^y^oTaVeVbdut it,VHY''N6T BUY THE BEST anO know that you are hight?
Illustrative descriptive 33 page circulars. Engll.sh. German orSpHnisb. FUEti, ON KEQUEfel
ages, 8.\11 inches. 10 cents In stamps for postage. Ask for Book No. 123 and address our neare

CYPHTCRS INCUBATOR COJMP^ISrY

4^
t^'^^'^^'^'^'^'^'<i'^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^'^^^'^'^^5^n^^i^^nF^'^

Barred Rocks . .
Miller's Perfection
That have made a National
Reputation. Bred in all their
Folding Exhibition purity. Grand in size and
color. Eggs and stock from
my yards will start you right.
Cockerels from $2.00 up; eggs
Folds like a book. All in one piece.
Nothing to o astray. The neatest

$2.00 per 13, $5.00 per 40.
and strongest coop on the market.
GEO. H WALLACE
Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb
Box 101, Navau, Minn

SPECIAL B^Pia^IlS^ S^LE.

The high price of feed compels me to close out my surplus stock of
LIGHT BRAHMAS.^
S. C. Br. Leghorns. Will give special bargains for next thirty daj-s. 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, i Nevpfoundland, i St. Bernard and
four entries at Kansas City, Mo.,
^ Great Dane. These pups make extra tine vratch dogs.
I am also making a special ofter on Grant's Practical Brooder to
won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third.
introduce it. Write for circular at once. Stock and eggs for sale. Write us
D. W. GRANT, ALMENA, KANSAS STECKER BROS,,
4639. Cottaee Ave., St. Louis. Mo
Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair
Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won

Buff llrpiiigtoiiH
1-2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker-
els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks.
/. Wm Eastes . > >
Kiiff K. C. W. Leghorns,
Orpingtons.
Every bird a prize winner. Also win-
ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four Barred & White Hocks, W. U. P. Ban-
The Coming Breed. first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State tams, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. 8tock In
Thirty Prizes;
Poultry Show four first premiums. season, .\gents wanted.
W H. BUSHELl. Importer and Breeder.
Young stock for sale in pairs, trios silver cup last year.

n.wiD CITY, : ; nebkaska aud pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. Galesburg, - * Illinois-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35

'
Brief Busir^ess Csctchers. ^
Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or
30 WORDS less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 30 WORDS
SINGLE INSeiTION
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS.
No display can be allowed and all cards must be WITH INVESTIGATOR
59 CENTS uniform in size and style. A change in makeup I YEAR $3.00
allowed each quarter.

FORSALK! Rose Comb Black Mlnorcas in"!|HGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single I HAVE FOR SALE at a bargain 30 Buff
singles or trios also BufT Leghiorns and Buff ! Comb White Leghorns. White Rocks and Cochins.25 Butt Cochin Bantams, lso Gold-
Rock Okls.. tiio best of stock for S1.35 each, Light Brahnias, $1.50 per setting of eggs. !.=>
en Wyandoites and Barred P. Rocks that
or $3 for 3. Write us at once. C. E. Olson, Write wants. .John H. Kownd, Downs. Kas. are eitra good. Write your wants. H.
Colon. Nebr. Gregory, Wayne. Neb.
ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and exhibillon Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan- FOR SALE-a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter,
steclt for sale. Write at once for descrip- rtottP-s, also Rouen Ducks'. Eggs In .season. nearly new for J8. Also a Buff Orpington
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per II. J. W. cockerel, weighs 9 pounds; will make an
or money refunded. Tell ui wliat you want. Cook, Poneto. Lnd. excellent breeder. Price $5.00. Louis Mog-
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo. ensen, Racine, Wise.
BDFFand BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorn^,
B. B. Red Games. Pekln Ducks. Fancy WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively, A
any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale. For few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and
able specialis^s. Prices reasonalile. Cor- prices write, Utz Poultry Yards, Esther- 2nd premium at S- O. S poultry show.
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C. E. ville, Iowa. Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Stroms-
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans, burg, Nebr. Route No 2.
BUFF TBRKEYS; Pure buff throughout
BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, No white wings and tails. Large birds and BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also ready to ship. Mrs. T. G. Snjith. Polo, 111. raised. Good birds, good scores, give good
handsome. 1 take great pains to have the SHtifactlon and good results. Eggs that
best and largest stock. Large fine Okls. $1 100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs hatch, $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as
each. Oscar Jenne. Liberty. Nebr. at prices to suit the season. Stock in good reasonable. If convenient please enclose
condition fashionably bred and artistically stamp when writing for particulars.
FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- marked. Rey. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran, Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87.
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games, Kansas.
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score
Clay Cecter, Nebr. MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 94'/j hy Russell, for sale. Also eggs from
Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth I; Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekln and
B0FF PLYMOUTH ROOK Cockerels from Bock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand- Game Bantams. Expert Judge. P. M. Cool-
Write for ers, and M. Brohze Toms, at $;3 each. Pol- ey Milton. la.
first prize cock; very promising.
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., and China hogs a matter of correspondence
Elgin, 111.
.1. D. Grimes. Chamber:, Neb. PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have
a few fine Black Langshan Cockcels for
BLAOK LANGSHAN. W. P. Rockall old WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 sale cheap It taken soon. Mrs. J, W. Strat-
stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white yr old hens and this year's pullets, and ton. Blue Hill, Neb.
Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor- cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, and up to 9o\. Write for prices. Geo. N. BUFF ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS-Gvenest
Wood, Weldon, la. lot
Nebraska. in the west. Have always won Ists in best
shows. Score 90'/4 to 94'/S by Rhodes. Num-
J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY ber 90 cheap, Rob't Larmer, Ravenwood,
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring Farm, C. F. Austin. Dearlng. Kan., White Mo.
and expert mating a specialty. Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and
John Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale
40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale Strawberry plants best varieties. Square NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood-
cheap if taken soon. treatment. ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T.
C. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr. Olark, 3(;th &Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr.
PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy cream at Chicago and Cedar RapiSs. 1901. MAMMOTH BRONZE urkey and white Pe-
I

early. Games. Heathwoods, Irish and 150 youna-ters for sale after October 1st. kin duck. Large fine specimens for sale at
Mexican Grays, Blks. Reds; Tornadoes finer than ever, superior feathering, shape reasonable prices. Our stock is as good as
and Oornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- and color. Always satisfaction guaran- money could procure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews,
cular. C, D. Smith, Fort Plains, N, Y. teed. U. .1. ShaiikliD. Wanbeck. Iowa. Morning Sun, ??J??

Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - $1 75

Pure Bred Red Belgians S FINE TANDARD
Pure.White Rock Cockis -
- -

.
- $1.00
- $1.00 .
Silver Wyandottes
Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 bTr'DS. BRED 1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 for sale at $1 to 50 each; my last
All above from prize-winning stock and line For sale after September ist of season breeders. SI.
Want to get them
bred. Catalogue sent. following breeds: out of the way of the young birds;
J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor, Barred Plymouth Rocks, $i to these are bargains.
White Plame Farm, Richtield, 111.
$3 each. Light Brahmas, $1.50 to R. S. TRIMBLE, Somerset, Ky.
$3 each. Buff Cochin Bantams,
ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS
If in need of a good cockerel to improve
$1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr.
old Toulouse ganders at $3 each.
We Sell..
your present stock, write me. as I have Pekin ducks of standard weight at Hall's Guaranteed Roup
twenty fine cockerels bred from St. Paul
$2. each Cure. Absolute sure
and .Mitchell winners that must be dis-
poned of. MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD, cure; price 50c and $1.00.
J. F. Relnelt, - - Tripp, S. DsLkota Highland, 111. Hall's guaranteed Chol-
era Cure, a preventation
If you want .... Watch Houston's Show Rec- for all diseases; price 50
ord this Winter. cents and SI. (10.
Belgian Hares He will make some of the boys smile,
Hall's Egg Model
Call on or write to and girls too. His stock has always
won wherever shown. an absolute necessity in
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, B. P. R a.nd Buff Orpingtons. operating iticuba tors.
Old Orchard, Mo. I have .3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp-
Price 50c. Address,
ingtons. $5, $7 and $10, and one pair
Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,
$12. Have been booking orders for
WM. C. STEINICKE, Mngr- eggs for some time. Rocks all sold. Poultry Investigator,
100 Hares to choose from. Keota, la. HOUSTON, Clay Center, Neb.
A. L.
36 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

WM. TYRRELL AND WIFE. IVny, Kaii-.a>.

The above is a sample of over 200 photos that are in the Sure Hatch IncubaTok Company's Fifth Annual
Catalogue. The catalogue is free for the asking. Contains pag-e after page of practical poultry information, it should
be in the hands of every poultry-raiser. Those who use the Suke Hatch IncubaToks are making a success, are proud
of their Sure Hatch Incubators and are friends to the Sure Hatch Incubator Company. Nothing short of good
honest machines and sciuare treatment would do this. Good material, simple and positive in construction and opera-
tion is wliat counts -hatching the eggs is the thing.
Good work for the inexperienced as well as for the experienced. The machine and results guaranteed. This is
a safe propostion. The purchaser runs no risk. A jxistal card will bring you the handsome, big catalogue.
Address nearest office. SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO., Clay Center, Neb. or Columbus, O.

> -- ^ BUFF WYANDOTTES

and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at
UOlClGIl WytillQ.0ll6S Louis Show, Jan., 1!>01. Score
St. BUFF P. ROCKS . .

Highest (irade. Healthy Vigor- 94-92X-91-. and 01 , by Butterfield Bred from my Boston
^ seconds at same show 1000. 1st
ous Stock, from coreful Omaha, Kansas City
Matinas ^ " P^"' Louis fair.
and Topka prize win.
s. p. VAN NORT. 1^^^^^- ^:J:^^i^i^!^zi^rr^^ ners. Ola and
sto,-k for sale. A
yi

1
ng

Prk-ivs reasonable

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb.

Poultry Supplies Pure crushed shell

500 pounds for
per
Raw bone meal fln" or coarse per
100 lbs$. 75
350
White WyandoHes.
The Rest and Cheapest. Mica crystal grit
100 lbs zioo
'
.sii
Lice Killers. Markers. Remedies. Inoubiitors. Hlood meal 300 First and second premiums at Min-
Kxhlbltlon ('oops. Esc "aies. shipping Coops Meat meal

and Boxes and evervthine to make poultry Meat scraps *

2^25 neapolis, poultry show Dec. l!i lo 21.
2!2o
raising pleasant and profitable. Best seeds C'hlck feed * 1*75 Eggs from birds scoring 113, 94. !t4, !)4,
that grow. Nearly 20 years' e.xperlence. Send Sunflower seed '
325 94, 95,W cockerel 04 '4, SI SO per sal-
for free Latalomie. HIrd seed 8e lb; 10 lbs 75c. Flood's and Con- Few birds for
ting, 2 .settings S2.25.
First Premium at State Fair IQOI. key's roup (Mire. .iOo. Leg pands ,S0c per 100.
Archia.s' Seed Store, ^ ^ ^ Sedalia. Missouri
sole.
W.JH. SwarlXf'. Mlnnespolls, Kanaas.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 37

WhH Leghorns. May I "SHOW YOU" Barred P. Rocks

Layers and winners. An Inducement to
buy
.
at
i..
onni> and of us tested breeders, hens
.. .
That we raise as good Barred Rocks
.
Coclis $1,150 to *3.50
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- EXCLUSIVELY.
ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his I have a number of early batched cocker-
PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, erels that are eood In all sections, and really
equal for $5, or money back. If you poor in none, that I am 'offering for a short
. French, Mar. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him time only at $2 and $3 each. A few pullets to
for $.3 Try me. CORWIN JONES, spare at $1 to $5 each. All farm raised.
Sidney, Iowa. W. S. RUSSELL,
High class stock for sale! Box I,.Ottumwa, Iowa.
Barred and ^BufF Plytnouth Rocks P. Hostetler, Please mention the Investigator
and W. Leg-horns. Can furni>h EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI.
S. C.
Breeder of a g-ood laying strain of gilt when answering- advertisements. It
=h'>w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric-
.... edge ....
will accomodate both the advertiser
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldoti, Mo. and us.
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
and bes t laying strain of HORT STORIES
Barred Plymouth Rocks. ..S. C. White Leghorns.. ing high prices. Thousands of good
iones which might tuHiIy be made
salaole make up thegrt-at masa of
We have Quality and Quantity. At low down prices.
rejected manuscripts.' Our School
Farm raised prize yyinning stock, of Journalism, in charge of suc-
cheap for quality. If you want Rocks A Boon for Poultry Keeper.. cessful authors, crlticises.corrects
BETTEK than a tlOLU MINE. and revises, as well as teaches
write us. We will tell you how we made onr how to write. Write lor booklet.
hens pay over 400 per eent protlt. NAT'L CORRESPONDENCE INSTITtTE
. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. Merely send yonr name and address 2d Nat'l Rank Bldg, Uashlngtoo, D.t.
WnjJile Poultry Co., Clintonvllle.Conn

Barred P. Rocks... Sure Hatch Poultry

Extra Extra large. Extra color
flue. Companv r^
In the show room they have shown
their excellence, have scored from 90 to Has th' Si gtis't aggregation of
94 by prominent judges. Write wants. thorought -id pc .J 'a '
e west.

C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.

We import, bree^ y and sel|

HORTHAND a.i\d All Varieties.
BOOKKEEPING.
Kach variety is bred separately on
Study at home and take a
higher salary, investing a a farm. No chance for mixing up.
little time and a little mon-
y in a business course with Prices reasonable.^ Stock the best.
us and llie dividend will Write your wants. Address,
never erase all sub.iects
TAUCHTBYMAIL
Coniplete course also In En-
gineering. .lournalism. Sci-
Sure Hatch Poultry Co.
ence aud Languages, etc. Write for free Clay Center, Neb.
booklet. NATIONAL CORRF SPONDENCE
INSTITUTE. U60 Second Nat'l. Bank Bldg.;
Washington. D. C.

Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer.

j^ Kllls'llce and mites'on'poultry, hogs and am-

POULTRY ,3>?rtTOfSfc.
SSMllUJP
'V-;"
made.
mals,' Is the strongest and best lice killer]
With our double tube sprayer you I
can save one half the liquid and peuet rate I
all cracks and spray the bottom of the bouse '^^^^^
whereiyou find the mites or spider lice, it gets there

ANiOATTLE -SPECIALTIES-
every time
a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE-
Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.
hnw to ge
,,.,rf i..r how
Every can is guaranteed or money refanded. Write and learn
ite*

PHILADELPHIA, PA. Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on dogs, ticks on
sbeeP and lice on cat-
tle and horses, is a powerful disinfectant, keeps moths .from
your cloUiing
agents, Wewe
A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to ^/ents
want one in every town.
Catches Them Coming and Going, Always use the powder before satting the hen.
THE TIFFANY COMPANY, - - Lincoln, Nebraska.

PATENTED BONANZA RABBITRY, ESTABLISED IN 1885

EUREKA Founders of the first herd of ipedigreed Belgian

Hares In the world. The first to establish a
Oil Cup Bra^cket system of registration for Belgians. The first
to produce hares exceeding the standard
and Perch Supporter'" weight and develop superior colors. Holder of
Poultryme the world's record for prize winnings-
The Greatest Boon to Our sales for 1900 were over 5,000 head." Send
Practical. Curable, Cheap, Convenient | 10 cents for the most complete and most.beau-
A permanent fixture for all times. The tiful 56.page catalog ever published.
Spider or Midge Louse can not e.xist where Bonanza Rabbltry Manual. 1th edition, just
this system'ls in use. Do not put it off, but coming from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. B.
send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen O. Plait, the foremost authority on the subject,
and be convinced. president of the National Association of Bel-

SHRADER & BUCK,

BUCYRUSOHIO Perfect Belgi
shape and size.

atCUT PRICES.
CATALOQCEFREE-
Address DR. B. C.|PLATT,274rN. Broad St PHILADELPHIA .

POULTRY ET?. g. Co., Columbus, Perma.nent Ea.9terr\ Office e.r\d

 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

W-AUt
GINSENG...
GREEN
Bone Cutter ? The great Chinese Root. Im-
The only ball bcariug bone cutter made, is
mensely profitable, $6 to $12
The Adam,
^ruQS easily, cleans itself, makes bone cutting play.
a pound. Illustrated circular,
fullest instructions, best pub-
Pays for itself
the egg basket. Cuts clean, tine shaving. No slivers, no rough lished, with prices for plants
pieces. Will make your hens lay. See our new and seeds, loc. Buy direct
Catalog No. 6, before you buy. Free. and save 50 to xoo per cent in
W. J. ADAM, prices. Our own farms in Cal-
Joliet, ifornia. Mention paper
Ills.
Hadrian P. Kelsy.
Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass

B. B. Red Game Bants,

Buff Pekin Bants,
Buff Wyandottes,
Buff Lesjhorns,
Buff Rocks.

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.
There is no one thing which lias done more to make
D. LINDBECK,
poultry raising profitable than the feeding of
Bishop Hill, Illinois.
green bone. There is no ouething which has '

done so much to make feeding green bone

possible as the HUMPHREY Green Bone
and Vegetable CUTTER. JUST ISSUED
Why? Simply because the
Humphrey is the only mach-^
N E, W
ine which a poultry raiser can E. D I TI O N
use without deciding that it is more
trouble than
Humphrey is
it is worth. That's
so rapidly displacing all other
why the
Webster's
machines. You find no Humphrey machines stand-
ing idle in the back yard. People who buy them, use '
International
them. It is the simplest in construction (only three work-
ing parts) and the easiest turning iione cutter made.
the open-hopper machine no chopping bones
It's Dictionary
to pieces
wit han a.\e to pack them in a cylinder. If the Humphrey New Plates Throughout
the best machine, you don't want it.
We Guarantee
isn't
that it will cut more bone, in less^
Try it and see.
25,000 New Words
*'mf^ with less labor than any Phrases a.nd Definitions
thi-r liiiiic I iitlcr made
that it will cost less for repairs
;
^ Prepared under the direct
liciter general satisfaction all around.
supervision of W.T.HARRIS
n't d" it, yoii get your money back. Try it for your-
'< It's simply Kreatfor cutting ve^^etabies and kraut. Ph.D., LL.D., United States
I'Urliook; It u'ives much valuable information, also Commissioner of Education,
blanks lur a y.-ai-'s cj.-l.' rec.rd. assisted by a large corps of
We send it tree on request.
competent specialists and
^HUMPHREY & SON S, Box 7 0, JOLIET, ILL. editors.

Rich Bindings. 2364 Pages

JOSEPH BRECK & SONS. Boston. Miss.
5000 nil
JOHNSON L STOKES. Ptilladelpliia.
GRIFFITH & TURNER CO Baltimore.
,
Better Than Ever for Home,
SURE HATCH INCB. CO.. ClarCenter, Heb.
E. J. BOWEN. Portland. Oregon, Seallla.
School, and Office.
Wssti. and San Francisco

publish
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Specimen pages, etc. of both

Please mention the Investigator Cornish and White Indian Games. books sent on application.
when answering advertisements. It G.6C.MERRIAM CO.
stock for Sale. Publishers
will accomodate both th advertiser
and us. J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. Springfield, Mass.
 j

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 39

PERFECT
CHAMBERLAIN'SBEYOND CHICK FEED
COMPARISON.
WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY.
CHAMBERLAINS PERFECT CHICK FEED, like everythine else that has
inert
his Us niiit:itl.ins 1)(>N BUY TROUBLE, insist c.n haviliK the
1'

st;iiiipe.l i.n each sack "Chamberlain's feed,

hirk
()rii.in'il l>rv F.lmI
"Just as good.
wood. Mo." X\\ nthcrs are worthless imitations. Nothing

I -im reaMy for

GOOD MORNING SISTER
Dry and Alwa\
Chamberlain's Perfect Chick feed.
Kn WaV-
No'BoweT T;ouble xvl.c, Chamberlain's Chick' Feed Is properly uscril^
't
i

V^'n/'Ju
For incubator chicks, toe aU
mixture In Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous.
chicks unlil 5 months old.
100 Lbs. S2 50. 50 Lbs. SI. 50. 30Lbs. Sl.OO
For the Bioller iVIan, the Fancier and the Farmer. Saves Time and IVIoney.

Chamberlain's Hen Feed will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00

_^ Factory and Shipping Depot, 302 N. Commercial

St., ST. LOUIS, MO
PRICES, $2.50 PER 100 LBS AT FOLLOWING AGENCIES
FOR SALE AT KIRKWOODHati-h ^
^^^^^^^^^
Incubator Co ^9^"t.us, Ohio J. wiio. a r
Spraeue Commission Co., Chicaso, Ills; Sure h r Neb Ripley
Indianapolis, Ind Iowa Seed Co Des Moines, owa; 'Werinick Seed Co M 'waukee Wis Mire ii. i.
^1 ^ p^^^ ^^^^
McK Wilson & C^. St.
KIRKWOOD MO
: , I

Hardware Co., Grafton. 111.: R. A Pike & Co., Minneapolis, Mmn: H. " L^'^;,,^BE'?L>//V
trouble eettine my feed write direct to me for prices.

Royal Blood English Belgian Hares.

All animals English prize winners and
If the CRtr-* ar ^ land you put tbem in a from imported English parents. The re-
ReliaLble Irvc\iba.tor nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis-
andf 11 ^ ...tru t, n, y > bury at the head of the herd. Angora
jfj^';,';:^'-';,',?^"^
Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav-
RELIABLE BROODER one that oould be raisrii in any ies, For Pleasure and Profit. Peruvian
vmi will raise everv
Other way. Our aOTH CEHTURV POULTRV BOOK Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported
tellB whyand a hundred other th ery poul-
Sent for'
and Domestic. The Angoras with their
try owner ehould know.
10 cents. We have 115 yards of long, silky tresses and musical little voic-
thoroughbred poultry- es have not their equal. Write for special
Reliable I Qcabator and Brooder COi descriptions and prices
Box A'i5 QalDCf, Ills.
MRS. OEO. D. HAWLEY,
2166 Jackson Bvd. Chicago, HI

WOe^ At the Big

e# RACKS ^ ..St. Louis Show.

January, 1901 1st Cock; 1st, 2d and

:;d Hens; 1st and ,3d Cockerel; 3d
and
EXAS^ :!d Pullets and 1st Exhibition

and N. W. Missouri and N. E. Mis-

Yard,

souri, 1899-1900, more prizes than

all other Langshan exhibitors com-
Effective March lOth, J901,
binedall my own brseding. If
the you want the very best at a low
price write me

L. E. MEYER,
Announces the Opening of its Bowling Green, : Missouri
^ Red River Division
...To...

Denison and Sherman,

Texas. ^ e^
Through Train Service -will sfaortl-y

be established from St. Louis and Kansas

City over the ^ ..?* ^
Shortest Line to Texas
40 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900.

ist, 3d and 4th Hens 2d Pullet.
2d,
ist and 3rd
Exhibition Yards Eight They Won
Special Prizes, including the on
Their Merits

Cbampion IBaitcd |). IRocIt female.

Eggs
In quality of stock shown the
Philadel- I will sell a LIMIT-
phia show stands^one of the hottest ever ED NUMBER of
EgKsatSo.OO
held. GRAND RECORD ON
I made my per IS.
BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY
FARM. Send for Illustrated Circulai* and Choice Breeding Stock
descriptions of Matings.
For Sale!

Beauty and Utility Strain Barred SatisfactiCR GUBF-

SEUUNU PULLET. H(.)STc\ ]'<
V* Plymouth Rocks. ^ 311166(1.
HEN AND CHA:\I[MoN' AT 1'

ADELPHIA. liWO.
C^. 11. LA 1 rl AiVl., LAINCASTER, MASS.

Our Motto, "Virtnte non Astutia"

From such Fashionabl6 Strains as the follo wing Championsj
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: RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

Fashoda At
HARES Score 96 by Judge Almond, im-
Star] prices ranging from $5 to
$75 per head, pedigree and
score card with each animal.
ported,. son of Ch. Fashoda.
Unpedigreed market stock,
BY Score 9.5
Viscount
by Judge iFinley, im-
good color and size, $2.50 to
$5 per pair. Hardy Black
ported. Belgians (good tojuse asnurse

THE Lythedale
Score 04 by Judge Finley, im-
does) at $10 per pair. Cor-
respondence
cial price list
solicited for spe-
which may not
ported. be in effect long. Will re-

HUNDREDS Sir Crabtree

Score OSX by Judge Crabtree, .
fund money and pay return
express charges if Hares pur-
chased are not as represent-
and other domestic bucks ed. .Rabbitries at'Maplewood
that will sc )4 to 98.
and Fayette

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

;
304 CHEMICAL BUILDING, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC

)^{^{y^m,

ILFF P. ROCKS L^^^ict^o^id ^17-

gets.^MyBuff Rocks are as good as
lU Mammotti Peldn Ducks 100 White Wyandotte Cockerels I
can |be found, and are up-to-date in
every respect. Some fine specimens If you need big drakes or cockerels get my- prices. Look'up.'my S)
for sale; reasonable prices on applica- record. Get my circular its free. i*.

tion. Address
Lincoln, Neb.. Box 456 E. E. SMITH. |
MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr.
 FEBRUARY, 1902. NO. 12.

CI

.^.

Advance TO Success

25 <^ a. year
A Bird in
the ilandX <*,. *
is worth a good many in the shell.
But a bird in the shell
is as good as hatched when

you put it in a

MARILLA Hot Air

and Hot Water
INCUBA TOR.
It's the incubator which gives 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 nnd.
It has double walls, double floors, double
top.
It is absolutely fire-proof.
li: has a regulator which is perfectly automatic
and holds the temner-
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 mcubator made.

it's Wiihoui an Ei^uai

As a Practical Hatciier
For all Classes of Poultrymen.
Send 4c to-day for our handsome and beauti-
lu ly illustrated catalogue and judge for your-
self. It tells all about the Marilla Incubator
and how to get the most profit and pleasure
out of poultry.

IVIARILLA INCUBATOR CO.,

Box97, HOSE HILL, H. Y.
machiirp whi^h,t*'''^'*''<'*'*"-^'"""'Ked. an.l carefully built
''"'!"'=''? mother
F^u r-veriSrCro^mnVn.f1 'w''''i^
">''' '^^'V
ftilly descrilx^d ii o,^ '"""^ ^"^ "" absolutely prevented. It is
ca?aloKu
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
From the best strains in the coun- Barred Rocks - - White Wyan doHes
try "Pure White." Stock and eg-g-s
for sale. Prices reasonable.
I
We WE HAVE
J. W. HALL, David City, Nebr
I Have
Some - Choice - Exhibition
AND
^ Those Fine Breeding Birds
For Sale!
SThat I We have always won at State Fairs and State
Shows more prizes than all other exhibits.

"Il^ \ T L. NORVAL, Seward, Nebrasica.

Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry.

Nothing Succeeds Like Success!

If you want with poultry, buy H"ood
to succeed
breeding; stock. We have them nnd at reason-
THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH R3CXS.
able prices. White and Barred Plymouth
RcoUs. White and Golden Wvandottes, Rhode Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
Island Reds and Pekin Dncks- Relirian Hares. Was winners of all
75 fine breeding- cockeels at S2.i'n to ?<i I'li. :W old ones to draft from the coming sale season
E^trs from our best matings S3 Wper 15. Duck firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
eirg-^ $1.5l) per 9. At Columbus shows Feb. 1901 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
and Dec. 19J1, I won I'Hsts. 22nd 2nd, 3rds
and 4tlis.
(j
(.

Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.

Miles PorLTKv Farm, near Worthing-ton O. FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr.
O. P. Miles, Prop,
26 1-2 N High St Colnrabus, O.

HUV STOCK and EGliS fnmi hitfh scorine

WHITE LANGSHANS and BUFF KOOKS. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?
Fine winter layers. Cheap for quality. Egrgs
Ml'MOWER. Dunic BARRED rLYMDUTll ROUKS. Wiih that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue
S1.50 per 15. Mrs. L. astlieskv. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Ur h;avy weight SIN-
.lersey PijTS. W.L. MUMroWER, GLE COMB BROWN LJiGHORNS. Elegant comb.s. fine striping line to Hacket and bad-
Chilicolhe, Mo. die, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, striped lackels
and elegant combs In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in ihe
showroon) If so, address J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O, P. O. Box I.
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.
Edson's Registered Strain, from ii Ions line
of prize-winning ancesters; hn,ve made tlieni
a specialty for IP yedr". Now otlerin:; Bne Best in America, very cheap during
exhibition and grand br eding stock of both
1900 and 1901 batch at moving price it talien
.'-{3'.~-.>o Hares
Belgian
' . ~ .
special sale.We guarantee satisfac-
soon. Send for illustrated circular with tion or no pay. Might exchange gun or music box. What
for iine clock, piano,
half-tones of meriioi ious birds. Address, have you? Book free. _ .
M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, HI. E. J. WHire HARE CO,, Brighton. Colo.

M Buff P. Rocks
We
^ Exclusively...
have Judge Harris" entire stock.
Barred Plyntouth Rocks
These, together with our own prize ..200 QUICK SALE 200..
winners, g'ives us the best flock of We have more young stock than we can handle in cold weather hence
Buff Rocks in the country. We can make the following prices to reduce our stock. First comes first served.
please you both in quality and prices. 35 Cockerels, well developed and very large $3.00 each.
:!> Cockerels xtra good breeders 1.50 each.
Write us if you want winners bred
SO Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each.
from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul-
ouse Geese for sale.
M Pullets, good breeders LOO each.
1.50 each.
25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones
MRS. FLORA SHROYER 5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want
andean do you good circular free. Your Truly,
Clay Center, Neb.
MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.
WANTED!
250 White Wyandotte Hens
and Pullets. MR. and MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD,
250 White Leghorn Hens
and Pullets.
White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
Pekin Ducks.
100 White Rock Hens and
Pullets At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
100 Buff OrpintJton Fe- braska State Fair, 3d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st
males. pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel -
a first prize on every bird entered.
Will pay cash. Address,
Box 427, Clay Center, Neb. FRIEND,
We
....
have a fine lot of young stock for sale.
NEBRASKA.
 FOULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

AFTER THE HATCH IS OVER. D. S. GARBER, BUTLER. OHIO, HIS LITTLE CHAPS. HIS SURE HATCH
mCUBATOR, AND THE LITTLE CHICKS ON THE FLOOR.
The above photo is a sample of over 200 that are in the SURE HATCH INCUBATOR Catalosfue. Besides the il-
lustrations there is page after page of practical and applicable poultry information. SURE HATCH the name
means something: the results verify the name. They are simple and positive in construction and operation. Anyone
can run them they run themselves. Anyone can own them the price is right. Made of California Redwood and 12
ounce copper. The Redwood cases and copper tanks are guaranteed for ten years, also the results. Sent on trial. If
not as represented the purchase price is refunded. If you have not made yourself acquainted with the SURE HATCH
INCUBATORS you have missed a good thing. Our Common Sense Brooders make winter out of summer: they
make dollars out of baby ohicks. Eor handsome free catalogue address

SURE HATCH INCUBATOR CO., Clay Center, Neb., or Columbus, 0.

White
Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and
ninorcaii
Knrr SEED CORN. Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties.
Corhins
and Onion Seed! Larga Red Wethersfiebd, Prize
Bantam*. Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New
seed at W)c per lb. postpaid, if yon mention this paper.
*-->
t huve cockerels In tbe above Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to
named varieties for sale and Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn,
KKKS in season. {Score cards this climate.
with cnokercis). The Wyan- Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds-
dottes are Oustin & Ksilcr
strains direct. B. P Kocks
are Elliotts. Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh
Yours Ktspectfuiiy. Nearly ?5I>1.00 in prizes and 100,-
HJ.H.IJMIii at wholesale prices.
Pine Lawn Poultry l^'arni. given
iinn papers free seeds customers this year.
L, D. Meicalff prop
;
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Vol. 3 Cla.y Center, NebraLskat. Februa.ry, 1902.
(:as(s ^ ^^e Winter
In practical poultry culture the hen
that lays is the hen that pays. And
rightnow 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 pay to winter these idle fowls,
it
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 heavy winter layers any more than it
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 ana
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 lay in the
and as a consequence have a great all winter.
Layers. ^ ^s
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
are selected, no attention is paid
which hen's eggs are set. Then we
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
must be from a line of producers and
bred in line for that purpose. Pro-
miscuous breeding will not produce
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
fall,and lay more or less
I
These ar 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,
cable
but trap nests are not practi-
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 laying
to
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
j
I you know has laid with a legband or
by yieing a piece of flannel to her leg.
i
i 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 hen's
are as many as should be kept in one
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
Siatisfactory 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

we must winter tliem,
additional outlay of five or ten cents
per lien for food or other requirements
we can make each hen produce three fowl none can
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 labor necessary
to produce them, owing to a lacli 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
and March 1.
In the west eggs are not so high as
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
and if by an My Fakvorite Fowl.
The beantiful Black I.angshans are
a grand fowl. For an all-purpose
You may
excel them.
praise up your Plymouth Rooks, 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?
W^ere you not charmed by their style
and gracefulness? And did you not
wish to be the proud possessor of
1 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 1
ii;i Perkiii.s,
r.ed^r sf H.ivred Plymouth Rucks. Mrs. Per-
K;ivt-nw(id. iM..."

in the east, owing to a lack of local or thirty, all together, or even more), 1 ill's wrniiiffs are read with much interest in
everal poullrv papels. t-speclally Thk Ixvkj-
markets and the cheapness of grain you have missed a really charming
and other foods used to produce them. sight. Well, you say that any one
A really fancy price can only be se- kind of birds together look fine. Yes, u you allowed food to lay before
cured where eggs can reach the con- remarkably so. but while others look them all the time.
not But that is
sumer within a day or two after be- well the Langshans look better. That's the way
to care for fowls. It is a
ing gathered. Such eggs will always just the difference. Your white fowls waste to allow food to remain before
bring from five to ten cents per dozen or your parti-colored ones can never them all the time.
above market quotations if the pro- glisten and shine and reflect the sun- Now the practical value of them,
duccer can reach the consumer. At shine as can the glossy black of the as regards their profitableness. While
this writing strictly fresh eggs are
Langshans. The male bird as he the foregoing words have given you
quoted in the Springfield, Mass., mar- paces to and fro among the hens is a fair idea
beauty and at-
of their
ket at forty cents per dozen whole- reaily 'the monarch of all he sur- tractiveness, show wherein
I wish to
sale, and to our knowledge a number
veys." Stylish, graceful, straight and lies their Every breed has
true value.
of our poultrymen in that vicinity are trim. Always happy unless allowed its claims. The Langshan has as
getting from five to ten cents per
exposure to storms and cold. In the many as any of them. Some breeders
dozen above this price for large brown
warm weather, as they are out on claim that no breed will excel the
the range, you will hear their song Langshan in egg production. They
eggs. Even with high priced grain
of happiness and contentment. In are good, very good, layers. We nev-
there is money in producing eggs at
winter, provide them with a warm er expect a large fowl to lay as well
such figures, if we have a strain of
house and good feed, with litter for as a smaller one. But if we get a
fowls that are bred to lay in winter.
exercise, and the same joyful song is fowl that lays nearly as w^ell as the
everywhere among them. smaller one, while at the same time
FEEDING FOR EGGS IN WINTER.
Do you want wild fowls, those that it is a large bird and raises large
I wish to give a few hints in regard always want plenty of distance be- chicks, we may say that we have an
to topic No. 1 in November issue. tween you and them, and that you ideal bird. That is just where the
In the spring of 1900 we received more must leave the house before they will Langshans come in. They are a fowl
eggs on an average per hen than ever
all go to eating? If so do not get a that lays nearly as many eggs as any
before. We fed a warm mash of Langshan. You will find the Lang- of the small ones, if not just as many.
mornings consisting of wheat bran
shan a bird that will crowd around Some may be able to get more eggs
and scraps from the table, and also
you and get under your feet, so that from Langshans, while some others
gave them red pepper once or twice
you will be stopped when trying to may get better results from different
a week. Then we would turn them
go through the building. They will breeds. Anyway, the Langshans will
out and they had access to all the
even fly upon your arms and are never give others a close race in producing
cane seed they cared to eat. When
wild if you treat them kindly. eggs, and if you count on raising
we took the ashes from the stove You want pets and such ones that chicks, they will surprise you in re-
we always put it where they could you can pick up anywhere you chance sults. They good results
will give as
scratch for the clear coal, which help-
to meet them, either in the house or as and even if not better re-
any.
ed to keep thera healthy and in a lay-
in the field. The Langshans will turns than all others they will sur-
ing condition. They also had fresh pass many. So if they are more beau-
meet the requirements in this case
water. As we live on a farm they
every time. tiful and give as good if not better
get plenty of exercise. I think the You want an active fowl; get the results than others, why not breed the
B. P. Rocks are the best all-purpose
langshan. They are active. The noble Ijangshan?
chickens. I would be pleased to hear smaller, nervous breeds may get out
Their large size and early maturing
from any one in regard to sheds for of the way quicker and
fly over your qualities give them prominence for
turkeys to roost in. I know some highest fence more often than the market birds. But, you say. they
think out doors is good enough for Langshan, but that
does not make don't mature very early. You have
them, but ours went in the chicken you believe that the Langshans
are Leghorns matured in much less time.
house last night, as it turned quite lazy. They might eat more than they
True, your leghorns mature earlier,
cold here yesterday evening. need and get too fat for good results but when matured are not half so
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
take in the Laiigslian. You come out of the nest box and get out
getting
say any one will praise their of sight never to return.
that
favorite fowl. While this is true, you If you are tired of the business,
can put all the praises together and commence eating the surplus stock
find that the Langshan is just as good and see if you do not change your
as any and better in some respects, mind about getting rid of all of them.
that is, for certain purposes they are The Kansas City Star started out to
better. PERCY W. SHEPARD. bemeau the busine&fs in an article
Towanda, Pa, headed, "Nobody Wants Them Now,"
and ended up by saying there was
FOR POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. uiLney in them raising them for meat
Having raised Belgian hares for sev- prices. So there is. LEW BENSON.
eral years and sold numbers of them, Anadarko, O. T.

I will say for the industry it is a busi-

ness to be learned; and at least one HOW MAUD SET A HEN.

year to learn enough to
is required
Maud Muller on a summer's day
one is fit for the industry.
find out if
Set a hen in a brand new way.
So many buy and simply turn the
White Lang-Shan hen owned liv Mrs. Thos care (which is all there is to do right) Maud, you see, was a city girl,
(

Huifhes, Rock Port, Mo.

over to the children. Children and Trying the rural life a whirl.)
hares do not agree on any one point. She covered a box with tinsel gay,
large as a Langshan. Wherein lies Lined it snugly with new mown hay.
It takes as much care and judgment to
the choice? Woiild you give a little
care and breed hares properly as to Filled it nicely with eggs, and then
longer time for maturity and get a
care and breed Hereford cattle. No Started to look for a likely hen.
fowl twice as large, or prefer to take
wonder at so many getting disappoint- Out of the iiock selected one.
the smaller one and allow nearly as
ed after a few months handing hares. And then she thought that her work
much time for it to mature? I would
They expect too much for a small ef- was done.
favor the former and choose the I>ang-
fort. Every new beginner makes some It would have been, but this stubborn
shan, wouldn't you?
mistakes. Being too anxious to know hen
Another objection often brought up.
about the nest of young ones, they Stood up and cackled "Ka-doot!" and
They have a white skin and don't look must
count them the first day. It is then
well in market, you say. Well, did
better to stay away for a week. Pro- Maud Muller came, and in hurt sur-
you ever eat any meat of a Langshan?
vide a nest box dark and in a quiet prise
If so you won't cry out the objection
place. Next they will wean the Looked coldly into the creature's eyes;
to their looks. No tenderer or finer
young too soon. Better leave them 3 Then tied its legs to the box. "You bet
grained meat placed
is everupon
months than only three weeks. And I know how to make you set."
your table than the Langshan is. Their
then draughts must be watched. Do But still it stood, and worse and worse
white skin makes no difference in
not let a hutch sit in a draught for a Shrieked forth its wrongs to the uni-
price when they reach the market.
minute unless the hares have room to verse.
While people prefer a yellow-skinned
bird to some extent, any one who exercise and keep warm. They will Kicked over the box with its tinsel gay,
knows what a real good table fowl catch cold and die. I have had them And ignominiously flapped away.

needs to be would select one that Is run in the snow in Colorado, but when Then a bad boy, over the barnyard
fat, plum and well dressed regard- I shut them in at night it w?.s in a fence.

less of its color. I have shipped Lang-

room where no wind could strike them. Tee-heed: "Say, Maud, there's a dit
shans to city markets and always re- Heat killed some fine ones for me here ference
ceived the very best prices. What in Indian Territory. They must be 'Tween hens, you know, and it is that
more can be obtained, and ought there kept in the shade in hot weather. One says 'Ka-doot,' and one 'Ka-dat!' "
to be any objections to these grand I have had plenty of experience to
Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute
birds? I should say no. prove to me that hares are hard to She tried to set had said "Ka-doot!"
Their solid color gives more ease in raise and many enemies stand ready And ever since that historic day
meeting standard requirements and at to kill rats, cats, dogs, ants. Yes, She blushes in an embarrassed way
the same time their beautiful, shining ants. They killed a fine litter for Mr. To think of the hobble she made once

color produces an effect that other col- Holden of Chickasha. I have had sev- when
ors cannot produce. They are excel- eral does eat their own young, but 1 She tried to set a gentleman hen.
lent setters and excellent in caring for am ready to buy all high scoring does
the chicks. They are not persistent that have got in the habit of eating
setters. While is is natural for them up their own young. I like the fun
to have a desire to set, it is easily of curing them; it does me good to
overcome by shutting them in a box fool them a trip. I tan the pelts. I
or coop for a few days. With an in- have my shoes laced with strings cut
cubator, a few brooders and a flock from the skin of one I tanned, at less
of good Langshans with proper hous- than half a cent. To leave the fur on
ing and feed, I would make a success and run a sharp razor over the fur
of it. You can do as well if not and cut the coarse hair off makes
better.
trimming for ladies' gowns. Do not
If you are starting out in the poul- neglect to place a box or platform so
try business and want a good all- the old doe can get away from the
purpose fowl you will make no mis- young. Do not forget the young will An Angora <'avie owned by Mrs. (ieo. D,
Hawley, Ohicaifo, IH., 2106 Jackson, Bvd,
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Poultry Associa.tioi\. sstoud and third for pullet. for trio; Cunningham, Ogden,
.J. H.
Golden Wayndottes E. J. Hancock, first white tail games, first;
for trio;

Surprised Because of the Excellence of

Ogden, second for cock, second and first for white Pyle games.

Exhibit.
third for hen. Cornish Indian Games Harmon
Black Wyandottes A. G.
Harris, Peery, Ogden, first pair.
Ogden, first for cock; Wm. Woodfie.d, Bantams W. J. and J. L. Hancock,
The poultry show closed on Satur- North Ogden, first and second for Ogden, all on' black tail Japanese.
uay night. The show was a surprise pens, third for cock, first, fourth and Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hewitt, Ogden,
to thoie acquainted with such matters, fifth for hen; first and second for first for trio. White Crested White
both in the quality of stock exhibited, cockerel; first, second, third and Polish.
and in the number of birds shown. fourth for pullets; B.Hancock, sec- J. T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Ogden, all
The placing of the birds was a feature, ond for cock, second and third for on Buff Cochin; all on Silver Duck-
the classification was perfect. hen. wing game bantams.
The quality of the birds shown was Rhode Island Reds H. E. Peery, A. Earle Harris, Ogden, all on Red
far above the average, every breed Ogden, first for pens; A. G. Harris, Pyle bantams.
having some high-class representa- Ogden, first for trio, first for cockerel. Bronze Turkeys All to Chas. Bar-
tives. All in all, the show was the
Partridge Cochins W. J. and J. L. uett.View, Utah.
best ever held in the west. Hancock, Ogden, first for pens, second White Pekin Ducks All to Carl
The prizes awarded are: for cock, first for pullets; E. J. Han- Poulten, Ogden.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK. cock, Ogden, second and third for pul- Pigeons W. J. and J. L. Hancoik,
Wilson & Ellis, first prize, pen; sec- lets, second for cock. Ogden, first for display.
ond prize, cock; second, third, fourth
Light Brahmas E. N. Morrison, Og- Andrew Miller, Ogden, second for
and fifth prizes, for cockerel; second den, first for pen, first for cockerel; display; first for tumblers: first for

and fifth prizes for pullets. first, second, third and fourth for pul- Jocobins.

S. O. Day, Salt Lake, second prize

lets; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hewitt, Og- Fred Bateman, Ogden, third for

for pen; second for hen,

den, second for pen; first, second, pigeons.
first for
cockerel, third for pullet.
third and fourth for pen; first for Belgian Hares Roy Carver, first for

C. J. Trump, Salt Lake, third prize

cock, second for cockerel, fifth for pul- display; W. E. Archibald, second for

for pen, fourth and fifth for hen.

let; E. J. Hancock, third for cock. display.

W. J. and J. L. Hancock, Ogden, Black Langshans W. W. Carder,

fourth prize for pen, fourth for cock Ogden, third for cockerel; Richard Winnings of R. E. Jones of Flat
and third for hen. Bowbotham, Ogden, first for pen, first Rock, Ind., at Indianapolis, December
A. E. Thorgood, Ogden, fifth for pen. and fourth for cockerel; second, third 4 to 10. 1901:
J. M. Bishop, Ogden, fourth for pul- and fourth for pullets; W. J. and J. S. Wyandottes First and 4th cocks;
lets, third for cock. L. Hancock, first for hen; Mrs. E. J. 1st, third and fourth hens; fourth
A. G. Harris, Ogden, first for pul- Meid, Ogden, second for cockerel; cockerel; first and fourth pullets; sec-
let. Ashton & Son, Ogden, first and fifth ond pen.
Benjamin Smalley, Ogden, first for for hen, third for cockerel, first for Golden Wyandottes First, second
cock. cockerel. and third cocks; first, second, third
Harry Shibbley, Ogden, fifth foi White Leghorns P. J. Tyler, fourth and fourth hens; first cockerel; first,

cock. for cockerel; W. J. and J. L. Hancock, second and third pullets; first and
second pens.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Ogden, third for pen, second for pul-
Prank Foulger, Ogden, first for let; W. W. Carder, Ogden, second for Black Wyandottes First
and sec-

cockerel. cockerel, third and fifth for pullet; J. ond hens; first cockerel, first and sec-
M. Bishop, Ogden, first for pen, first ond pullets; 1st pen.
George Taysum, Salt Lake, second
for pen; first, second and third, pen; for cockerel, second and third for hen, G. S. Bantams First cock; first and
fourth for pullet; Benjamin Smalley, fourth hens; first and second cock-
second for cock, fifth for pullet.
Ogden, second for pen, first and fourth erels; first pullet; first pen.
C. F. Dinsniore, North Ogden, first
for pen; first for cock; second, third pullet. S. S. Bantams
Second cock; first
and second hens; first and second
for cockerel; fourth and fifth for hen;
Mottled Anconas W. J. and J. -L.
cockerels; first and second pullets;
first, second, third and fourth for pul- Hancock, Ogden, first for pen; Louis
first pen.
let. Peery, Ogden, second for pen.
WHITE WYANDOTTES. Buff Leghorns J. W. Haslam, Salt
A. G. Maw, Ogden, second for hen, Lake, first for pen, first for cockerel,
fourth for cockerel. first, second, third and fourth for pul-
J. M. Bishop, Ogden, third for cock- let; L. Thornton, Ogden, second for
erel, third and fourth for hen, fourth cockerel; T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Og-
for pullets. den, third for cockerel, fifth for pullet.
Mrs. Grace Taysum, Salt Lake, sec- Golden Polish T. J. and J. W.
ond for pen; first for cock. Keogh, Ogden, first and second for
C. F. Dinsmore, North Ogden, first pens, first, second, third and fourth
for pen, second for cockerel; first and for pullet, first for hen, first, second
third for pullets. for cockerel; A. G. Harris, Ogden,
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. third for pen, third for cockerel.
Frank Foulger, Ogden, second for Silver Spangled HamburgJoseph
pen. Covington, first for trio.

BUFF WYANDOTTES. GAME CLASS. A trio of White Wyandottes owned b.\-

1. Thorn tD, first far aekerl. first. .Tams Jacebson, Smoke Balls, first Clarev. Fairbury. Nebr.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Fa.i\cier's Association of Indiana. Five cocks, 8 cockerels, 8 hens, 16 pul- and 4th pullets and 1st and 2d hens,
lets and 4 pens. Second hen and 4th F. P. Johnson, Nowlands, Ind.
The third anual exhibition of this pen, Wesley Coffey, Spencer, Ind.; 2d Buff Cochins Entries: Four cocks,
association, held at Indianapolis, De- and 3d cocks, 1st and 2d cockerels, 2d 16 cockerels, 6 hens, 15 pullets and 3
cember was a success in every
4 to 10, pullet and 1st pen, A. C. Le Due; 3d pens. Fourth cock and 2d and 3d pens,
particular. The annual meeting and cockerels, 3 pullet and 3d pen, Charles C.J. Ward, Irvington, Ind.; 1st and 23
election of officers was held Monday Batsch, Elwood, Ind.; 1st and 4th cocks, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 4th
evening, December 9, with a large at- cocks, 4th cockerel, 1st, 3d and 4th pullets and 1st pen, T. A. Hefner, Far-
tendance and the following officers hens, 1st and 4th pullets and 2d hen, ley, la.; 3d cock, 4th hen and 2d pul-
were elected: President, Lora C. Hoss, R. E. Jones, Flatrock, Ind. let, C. A. Johnson, R. D. No. 1, Green-
Kokomo; first vice president, C. J.
Golden Wyandotes Entries: Three field, Ind.; 3d cockerel and 2d hen, J.
Ward, Irvington; second vice presi- cocks, 3 cockerels, 5 hens, 3 pullets B. Clark, 1114 Southport avenue, Chi-
dent, Ben S. Myers, Crawfordsville; and 2 pens. Second cockerel, Seth T. cago, 111.; 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels and
third vice president, N. E. Woods, Gallaghan, Logansport, Ind.; 1st, 2d 3d pullet, John E. Walker, Friends-
Pecksburg; fourth vice president, W. and 3d cocks, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d wood, Ind.
F. Coats, Columbus; fifth vice presi- and 4th hens, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets Partridge Cochins Entries: One
dent, Ed B. Murphy, Carmel; treas- and 1st and 2d pens, R. E. Jones. cock, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 6 pullets and
urer, H. D. Lane, Indianapolis; secre- White Wyandottes Entries: Seven 2 pens. First cock, 2d cockerel, 1st
tary, C. W. Hackleman, Indianapolis. cocks, 17 cockerels, 18 hens, 31 pullets hen and 4th pullet, C. J. Ward; 1st and
The new executive committee is the and 7 pens. First cock, 1st hen andi 3d cockerels, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets and
president, first vice president, treasur- 1st pen, D. C. Harrold, Elwood, Ind.; 1st pen, C. H. Terry, Union Mills, Ind.
er, secretary; Wm.
Tobin, Indianap- 2d cockerel, F. M. Meloy, Shelbyville, Black Cochins Two entries: All
olis, Dr. Jos. Haas, Indianapolis; Dr. Ind.; 4th cock, 3d and 4th hens, 1st, prizes to Leo P. Gillon, Hale's Corners,
D. C. Harrold, Elwood, F. P. Johnson, 3d and 4th pullets and 3d pen, Mrs. Wis.
Rowlands and H. B. Miller, Nashville. Geo. M. Hanley, Hoopeston, 111.; 2d White Cochins Two entries: All
Awards on poultry at the third an- and 3d cocks, 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels, prizes to C. C. Freese, Laporte, Ind.
nual exhibition of the Fanciers' asso- 2d hen, 2 pullet and 3d and 4th pens. Black Langshans Entries: Two
ciation of Indiana, held at Indianapolis Miller Bros., Nashville, Ind. cocks, 13 cockerels, 10 hens, 29 pul-
December 4 to 10,1901: Buff Wyandottes Entries: Two
and 5 pens. Third pen, H. J.
lets
Barred Plymouth Rocks Entries: cocks, 9 cockerels, 5 hens, 17 pullets Rader, Lafayette, Ind.; 2d cock and
Nine cocks, 23 cockerels, 18 hens, 25 and 5 pens, 1st cock, 1st and 3d cock- 4th pen, G. W. Wilklns, New Lancas-
pullets and 6 hens: Fourth cock, W. erels, 1st, 2d and 3d hens, 1st and 3d ter, Ind.; 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th
H. Bolinger, Pendleton, Ind.; 4th cock- pullets and 1st pen, D. C. Harrold; 2d cockerels, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, 1st.
erel, 3d and 4th hens, 4th pullet and cockerel, 2d pullet and 2 pen, Foster 2d, 3d and 4th pullets and 1st and 2d
2d pen, Geo. Muck, Edinburg, Ind.; 2d Martin, Marshall, Ind.; 2d cock, 4th pens, W. M. Mayer, Danville, 111.
and 3d cocks, 2d cockerel, 1st hen and cockerel, 4th pen, 4th pullet and 3d S. C. Brown Leghorns Entries:
4th pen, C. A. Porter, Flatrock, Ind.; pen, W. F. Rossman, Columbia City, Three cocks, 15 cockerels, 15 hens, 20
1st cock, 3d cockerel, 2d hen, 1st, 2d Ind. pullets and pens. First cock, 2d 2'

and 3d pullets and 1st and 3d pens, Black Wyandottes Six hen and 2d pen. Geo. Knauer, 152 W.
entries. All
Mrs. D. A. Stoner, Rensselaer, Ind.; prizes to R. E. Jones. Main street, Louisville, Ky.; 1st, 2d
1st cock, A. C. Le Due, Chenoa, 111. Partridge Wyandottes
Entries: and 3d cockerels, 1st hen, 1st, 2d, 3d
White Plymouth Rocks Entries: Three cocks, 4 cockerels, 3 hens, 8 and 4th pullets, and 4th pen, W. H.
Seven cocks, 14 cockerels, 18 hens, 30 pullets and 2 pens. Second and 3d Wiebke, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 3d cock, 4th
pullets and 6 pens. Third pullet, Chas. cocks, 1st and 4th cockerels, 1st and cockerel and 3d pen, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Wagner, New Albany, Ind.; 4th pullet 2d hens, 2d pullet and 2d pen, C. F. F. Gault, Sycamore, 0.; 4th hen, Carl
and 4th pen. Bowers & Husted, El- Avey, Columbia City, Ind.; 1st cock, Mueller, 515 Tecumseh street, Indian-
wood, Ind.; 4th cock, 4th cockerel, 2d 2d and 3rd cockerels, 1st, 3d and 4th
hen and 1st pullet, J. R. Mathis, pullets and 1st pen. Earl D. Smith,
Boggstown, Ind.; 1st and 2d cocks, 1st Winamac, Ind.
and 2d cockerels, 3d and 4th hens and Buff Orpingtons Entries: Four
2d and 3d pens, John Landls, Edin- cocks. 11 cockerels, 13 hens. 23 pullets
burg, Ind.; 3d cock, 2d cockerel, 1st and 6 pens. First cock, 3d and 4th
hen, 2d pullet and 1st pen, G. M. cockerels, 2d and 4th pullets and 2d
Johnson, Boggstown, Ind. pen, C. S. Byers, Hazelrigg, Ind.; 2d

Buff Plymouth Rocks Entries: Four cockerel. John McMillan, Bridgeport,
cocks, 20 cockerels, 11 hens, 26 pullets Ind.; 2d, 3d and 4th cocks, 1st cockerel,
and 6 pens. Third pullet and 4th pen, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens. 3d pullet and
F. E. Gilliland, Hope Ind.; 3d hen, 1st 1st, 3d and 4th pens, Mrs. R. Senour,
pullet iind 2d pen, Huddleston Poultry 1518 Shelton street, Indianapolis, Ind.
farm, Winamac, Ind.; 3d cock, H. A. Light Brahmas Entries:
Twelve
Armstrong, Plymouth, Ind.; 4th cock- cocks, 8 cockerels, 23 hens, 13 pullets
erel, Frank B. Smith, Danville, III.; and 3 pens. Fourth cock, Mrs. B. D.
4tli cock, Jos. Becker, Indianapolis, Courts, Anderson, Ind.; 1st cockerel, J.
Ind.; 1st cock, 1st hen and 2d pullet, F. Wheatley, Edinburg, Ind.; 4th hen
Ben Le Gore, Marshall, 111.; 2d cock, and 3d pen, N. E. Woods, Pecksburg,
1st, 2d and 3d cockerels, 2d and 4th Ind.; 2d cock and 3d hen, H. A. John-
hens, 4th pullet and 1st and 3d pens, son, Park avenue, Indianapolis,
2050
F. E. Mow, Union Mills, Ind. Ind.; 1st and 3d cocks, 2d, 3d and 4th Liy^Ut Brahma cock, ist at Neb.. State Show
1901.also 1st at Hebron, Neb owned bv G. B-
,

Silver Laced Wyandottes Entries: cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st, 2d, 3d t'lary. Fairbnrv. Neb.
lO POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
apolis, Intl.; 2(1 cock, K. 13. and K. R. and 3d pullets and 1st and 2d pens, 11.
Hale, Shelbyville, Ind. D. Lane, 3G13 N. Meridian street, In-
R. C. B. Leghorns Entries: One dianapolis, Ind.; 2d and 4th cockerels,
MK-k, 2 cockerels, 2 hens, 3 pullets !'. C. Wright, Mt. Healthy, O.; 2d
and 1 pen. All prizes to C. R. Mil- cock, 1st hen and 4th pullet, J. 0. ^^^HI^^^H
holis, Spencer, Ind. Pratt, La Grange, 111.

S. C. White Leghorns- Entries: Red Pyle Games Two entries. All

l-'our cocks, 15 cockerels, 12 hens, 16 prizes to Wesley Lanius, Greeuburg,
ixillets and. pens. First cock, 2d and
! Ind.
1th cockerels, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, Pit Games Entries: Two cocks, 4
1st and 1st pen, VVm. Tobin, cockerels, 4 hens and 4 pullets. All
pullet
1747 E. Washington street, Indianap- prizes to D. B. Shideler, 726 W. 42d
olis, Ind.; 4th pullet and 4th hen, Har- street, Indianapolis, Ind.
mon Bradshaw, Lebanon, Ind.; 4th Buff Cochin Bantatms Entries: One
The Editor's dog at his favorite pas-
time.
cock, H. L. Harlan, Indianapolis, Ind.; cock, 3 cockerels, 3 hens, S pullets and
3 cock, 2d pullet and 3d pen, Jas. L. 1 pen. First cock, 1st cockerel, 1st
and 2d cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st
Wood, Elwood, Ind.; 2d cock, 1st and hen and 3d pullet, Chas. Airgood; 2d and 2d pullets
and 1st pen, R. E.
2d cockerels, 3 pullet and 2d pen, B. and 3d cockerels, 2d and 3 hens, 1st,
Jones.
K. Hill, Indianapolis, Ind. 2d and 4th pullets and 1st pen, W. A.
Golden Seabright Bantams Entries:
S. C. Buff Leghorns Entries:
Two GrafBs, Logansport, Ind.
Three cocks, 3 cockerels, 4 hens, 5 pul-
cocks, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 7 pullets B. B. Red Game Bantams Entries:
lets and 1 pen.

Second and 3d cocks,
and 2 pens. Second cock, 2d and Sd Two cocks, 1 cockerel, 2 hens, 3 pul-
3d cockerel, 2d and 3d hens and 2d,
cockerels, 2d and 3d pullets and 2d lets and 1 hen. First cock, 1st cock-
3d and 4th pullets, T. M. Campbell; 1st
pen, Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind.; erel, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 3d pul-
cock, 1st and 2d cockerels, 1st and 4Lh
1st cock, 1st coclterel, 1st and 2d hens, lets and 1st hen, Nicholas & Hoss, 234
hens, 1st pullet and 1st pen, R. E.
1st and 4th pullets and 1st pen, Chas. W. New York street, Indianapolis,
Jones.
Airgoud, South Bend, Ind. Ind.; 2d cock, R. B. and F. R. Hale;
Rhode Island Reds Two entries. 2d pullet, T. M. Campbell, Darlington,
All prizes to E. L. C. itforse, 8206 Cor- Ind. Report of the annual exhibition of
nell ave, Chicago, 111. Red Pyle Game Bantams Entries: the Ottawa County Poultry association
S. C. Black Minorcas Entries: Two Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 3 hens and 3 held in Minneapolis, Kan., December
cocks, 2 cockerels, 5 hens, 4 pullets pullets. First cock, Nicholas & Hoss; 18 to 21, 1901;
and 2 pens.Second cock, 1st, 2d and 3 cock, 1st and 3d hens, R. B. and F. L. P. Harris, judge of awards.
3d hens and 2d pen, T. M. Stocking, R. Hale; 2d cock, 1st cockerel, 2d hen, White Plymouth Rock First and
Broad Ripple, Ind.; 1st cock, 2d cock- 1st, 2d and 3d pullets. T. M. Camp- second pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver,
erel and 4th hen, Louis Clem, Bunker bell. Kan.
Hill, Ind.; 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d and Black Cochin Bantams Entries: Barred Plymouth Rocks First and
4th pullets and 1st pen. Luny Rey- Two coks and 2 hens. All prizes to second pen, Mrs. Belle Nelson, Ben-
nolds, Westville, Ind. Nicholas & Hoss. nington, Kan.
Silver Bearded Polish Entries: One Cornish Indian Games Entries: Single Comb Brown Leghorn First
cock, 1 cockerel and 8 hens. All prizes Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 6 hens, 1 pul- pen, John Chase, Glasgow, Kan.; sec-
to Dr. M. A. Young, 4.54 E. Washing- let and 1 pen. Second cock, 1st cock- ond pen, G. C. Smith, Minneapolis,
ton street Indianapolis, Ind. erel and 3d pen, J. W. Andrew, War-
Kan.
B. B. Red Games Entries: Two ren, Ind.; 1st cock, Clover Bloom White Wyandotes First and second
cocks, 7 cockerels, 8 hens. 4 pullets Poultry yards, Thurston, Ky. 3d cock, ;
pen, W. H. Swartz, Minneapolis, Kan.;
and 2 pens. First cock, 1st and 3d third pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver,
1st, 2d and 4th hens, 1st pullet and 1st
cockerel, 2d, 3 and 4th hens, 2d Kan.
1st, pen, Gettinger & Shockney, Union
City, Ind.
Silver Laced Wyandottes First, sec-
ond and third pen, Lew Pickrell, Min-
M. B. Turkeys Entries: Two cocks.
neapolis, Kan.
4 hens, 4 pullets and 2
cockerels, 8
Golden Laced Wyandottes First and
pens. Second cock, 2d and 3d cock-
third pen, E. Papham, Minneapolis,
and 2d hens, 1st and 2d pul-
erels, 1st
Kan.; second pen. J. H. Moorman,
lets and 1st pen, G. W. Wilkins; 1st
Solomon, Kan.
and 3d cocks, 1st and 3d cockerels, 3d
and 4th hens, 3d and 4th pullets and

Partridge Cochin First pen, Frank
Sutton. Minneapolis, Kan.
2d and 3d pens. S. B. and S. M. John-
White Faced Black Spanish First
son. Boggstown, Ind.
pen, Capt. Sperry, Minneapolis, Kan.
Houlans Entries: Two cocks. 1
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys First
I ockerel, 2 hens. 3 pullets and 1 pen.
and second pen, C. H. Clark, Delphos,
All prizes to Robt. L. Higert. Green- McClelland,
Kan.; third pen. B. C.
castle, Ind.
Ada, Kan.
Pekin Ducks Entries: Two cock- Highest scoring cockerel W. H.
erels and 2 pullets. All prizes to C. Swartz. Minneapolis, Kan.
R. Byers. Highest scoring pullet W. H.
Silver Bebright Bantams Entries: Swartz. Minneapolis.
Two cocks, 2 cockerels, 4 hens. 2 pul- Highest scoring turkey C. H. Clark
Bufl" < )r|)iii!^toi) pullet owned by Mrs. lets and 1 pen. First cock, 2d, 33 and Delphos, Kan.
C. E. Urowiiinir, Fairbiirv. Nebr.
4th hens, T. M. Campbell; 2d cock, 1st G. L. SMITH, Secretary.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Kansas State Poultry Show. the best exhibit and won nearly all
prizes. There were .50 Light Brahmas.
Held at Topeka, Kan.. Jan. (i to 11.
W. A. Jones showed some verv good
The exliibit was not so large as has
specimens, also G. B. Clary of Fair-
been in previous years, there being bury, Keb.
only 755 birds in all, besides pig-eons The exhibit of Langshans numbered
and canaries. There was a fair ex- .i5 and showed very goo specimens i

hibit of Belgian hares, two or three throughout. There were some elegant
coops of Flenii.sh Giants, a fine cage of
shaped birds, also fin in color.
coons, cats, one fox, three or four The Houdans were a good class, but
cages of Cavies or Guinea Pigs.
small in number, the e being only 10
The quality of poultry was very fine, birds.
but a large number of the specimens Hamburgs were not a large class, but
were under weight, as has been very were the finest that I ever saw L- E.
common this season, consequently the Cook of tfakville, Iowa, won nearly all
birds do not score so high on account
the premiums. There were about 3.")
of their weight.
birds in the exhibit
There were in the Ivlediterranean There was but one coop of Dark
classes a good many birds badly frosted
Brahmas shown, and they were shown
from the effects of the cold snap that by L. R. N^e of Leavenworth, Kan
we had in December Many of the They were good in color.
specimens had been shown in prior Buff Pekin Bantams were exhibited
shows and had scored from 92 to it5'2 by two parties, Thos. E. Wiggins of
points, and the exhibitors thought, of
Topeka, Kan., winning all first pre
course, that they ought to score just as Luchia hen,
miums. They were very good in color 2iid pri/;e, l'aitri'l>;c
much at Topi'ka as they did before and shape. owned by DeWitt Yates, Fairbury,
they were frosted. The growlers were There was one coop o^ Silver Sea- Nebraska.
present at this show, as they are in brights; females very good, but cock
nearly all shows. Take it all in all, very poor.
the exhibit was a very creditable one ( )f Single Comb Brown Leghorns were several fine females, and taken in
and many classes deserve great praise, the exhibit was quite large, (>0 in num- all the class was full of merit, and
especially the exhibit of Buff Cochins,
ber, and showing some very fine speci- many fine specimens did not g^et a
BuiT Wyandottes, White Wyandottes, mens. A good many were badly place. The best exhibit was that of
S. L. Wyandottes, Light Brahnias, W. A. Forbes of N. Topeka: second in
frosted and plumage faded ijiie or
Brown Leghorns, Orpingtons, Lang- two exhibits were very poor in quality, size was that of T. W. F. Hughes of
shans, and White Plymouth Rocks. show room. Topeka. Ross Bros, of Manhattan,
not fit to be seen in the
There wasnuclas^ that showed more W. A. Land of Manhattan, Kan., had Kan., also showed some extra fine
real merit than the Buff Cochins and specimens and won some premiums.
a very fine exhibit, also M. and M. B.
White Plymouth Rocks. These two Bass of Kansas City. White Wyandottes was another large
classes showed specimens Hs good as exhibit, numbering 52, and many very
Silver Laced Wyandottes were a
can be found in any class in any show
good class, fil in number. J. W. Gause fine specimens, pure white in color and
in the state.
of Fmporia, Kan., had the best part of good in
shape and size, did not even
The Partridge Cochin class contained the exh bit. His birds were large in get a place. The third cockerel in this
32 birds, all good in color, and very and exhibit was the most typical White
size, good in shape, tine in color.
good in .'hape, A. B.Jones of Waukee- in my
na, Kan., winning most of the prizes.
Mr Gause proved by his exhibit that Wyandotte that I have ever seen in
tiey were breeding the very best that twentv-eight years of experience the
Buff Cochins were 12 in number and show room. lie was simply immense
can be found.
were shown by Chas. Steinberger of There was a large class of Barred in shape and color but, like many other
Waukeena, Kan., vrho won all pre- Rocks, S8 in number, the largest class specimens, short of %veight. Thisbir
i

miums. in the exhibit. Among them were will be shown in Chicago if he can be
Light Brahmas were good in class, some very fine specimens that did not made to gain one pound in weight be-
but small in size. Aaron Sheets made The Acme Poultry fore the show opens, and it is very
even get a place.
Yards won the largest number of the probable that he can. Mannering
premiums. There seemed to be much Bros, of Lawrence. Kan., won first on
Birds small, very poor in shape
dissatisfaction with the exhibitors in pen.
this class. Mrs. Pinkerton showed and good in color. H. J. Whittlsey of
some fine pullets both in size, color Chanute, Kan., exhibited very fine
and shape. Wm. Vesper also e.Khibited birds, and he may well be proud of the
some very choice specimens as well as same and deserve lots of honors. Geo.
St'eley Brown. Gaily showed best cockerel in shape
The Buff Rocks were 27 in number: and color. W. A. Forbes also showed
two exhibitors, Frank Patton of Sur- some elegant cockerels, a hen and pul-
prise and the Smiths of Manhattan, let, much bttter in shape
and color
Kan. The exhibit, tnough not large, than someof the winners to my notion.
was full of quality. G. B. Clary of Fairbury also had some
White Plymouth Rocks were ()3 in very fine birds in his exhibit.
B. B. Bantam> were about 7 in num-
number. This was one of the best
classes in the show room and showed ber. Thos. I Herrem
of T.ipeka. Kas.,
more merit than any other class except showed .-onie of the best I have ever
the Bufl' Cochin. The principal exhib- seen.
They were good in station, color
itor was C. A. Canfiefd of Bellevue,
and shape.
Kan. Mr. Canfield demonstrated his Marsterson Bros, of Arkansas City,
superior quality of stock by winning Kan., showed the finest exhibit of
nearly everything in this large class. Biown Red Bantams that I have seen
His birds were pure uhite in color, since having New York.
extra good in shape, combs and quality The Golden Wyandottes were fine in
throughout. Thos. Owens of Topeka, color, but rather small in size. First
large, well marked spec-
Kan., also showed some very good cock an e.xtra
specimens, but was not placed at all. imen, free from frost in breast, with
and open ce and fine color throughout.
Wm. Randolph of Lawrence, Kan., 1

E. W. Geer. Farmington, Mo. (Jne Mrs. H. Both of Atchison, Kan., also The I'urkey exhibit was small, but
of our contributors. Proprietor of showed some very fine specimens. good in quality.
Glen Raven Egg Farm and breeder of Buff Wyandottes were .50 in number The Pekin ducks were a small class,
Barred and White Rocks, Brown Leg- and was one of the finest classes in the but showed as much quality as any
horns, Black Minoras and Bronze Tur- room. T;->e first cock and first cockerel other class in any show room that I was
keys. Mr. Geer is a first class poultry were the best two male birds I have ever in. The best exhibit was by E. E.
judge. ever seen in Buff Wyandottes. There Smith of Lincoln, Neb., who won four

A'liite
firsts. They were extra larg-e in size,
ffood in shape and fine in color. One
could not ask tor better specimens.
The annual meeting of the Kansa.s
State Poultry Association was held on
Thursday evening. Practically the
s.Tme otticers were elected as served
this season. The show was s success
in every respect, and more especially
they are tube cougratulat d on getting
out such a large attendance. The
auditorium was filled to its utmost ca-
pacity during the afti'rnoon and even-
ing of everyday. The attendance was
simply immense. The management of
the show was first class in ever3' 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.
LIST OF AWARD.S.
Grand prize No. 1 M. h- 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., for the third larg-
est display of any one variety of chick-
ens, owned by one exhibitor, scoring
over 90 points.
(irand prize No. 4 W. A. Forbes,
North Topeka, Kan., for the largest
display of two or more varieties of
chickens, owned by one exhibitor, scor-
ing over 90 points.
Grand prize No. S - Mrs. Henry
Shrader. IJerlin, Neb., for the second
largest display of two or more varieties
of two or more varieties of chickens, Shmder, 4 ckl; Wm. H. Roth & Son,
owned by one exhibitor, scoring over 90 Atchison,
])oints.
Buff Ply mouth Rocks Frank Patton. hen, 1. 3" pul; H. W. Chestnut, Birm-
Grand prize No. 6 Col. J. W. F. Surprise, Neb.. 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2, 3, 4 ingham. Kas.. 2 ckl. 2, 4, 5 pul, 1 pen.
Hughes. Topeka. Kan., for the third hen, 1, 4, ,S pul, 2. 3 pen; the Smiths.
largest display of two or more varieties Manhattan. Kan.. 1, 4. .S ckl, 2,3 pul. 1. 6 Bro., Oakville. Iowa, 1 ck, 1. 4 ckl, 1,
of chickens, owned bv one exhibitor. 4 pen.
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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 Wj'andottes 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. Mctiill, Leavenworth, 2,
2 4 ck, 2 ckl, 3, 4 S en, S pul, 2, 4 pen.
Bufl" Wyandottes W. A. Forbes, No.
Topeka, 1, .^ 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, S 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, S ckl, 3, 5 hen, 3. 5 pen; Manwar-
1,
iiiig Bros., Lawrence, Kas., 2 ckl, 2, 3,
4 pul. 1 pen; Geo. Getty, Syracuse,
Kas., 3 ckl; G. B. Clary, Fairburv, 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, pul, 1 pen; Col. J. W. F.
2, 3
Hughes, .S ck, 4 pul; H. H. Borgmann,
Woiuler fowls. Carlton. Xebr. 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, .t pul. 4 pen.
White Langshans -P. L. Wise, To-
peka, 1. 2, 3 hen.
Advertise Where it Pays Buff Cochins
Chas. Steinberger,
You
Wakeeney, Kas., 1, 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4,
Kino ii Kin<; of F.iikkuky says: The 5 ckl, 1, 2 hen. 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen.
Investifirator is the best advertising med-
ium we have used yet. Partridge Cochins Heether A- Sny-
der, Huntsville, Mo., 3 ck, 4 ckl, 2, 4
I. & N. M. Connor oi- Ponca, Neb..
says: We are more than pleased with pul, 3, S pen; Prof. L. L. Djxhe, Law-
the Investitrator. It has brought us trood rence, Kan., 1 ck. 3 ckl, 3, 5 hen, 2 pen;
sales, the last two beinp to the amuuiii
Of *7.=:. Of the five papers we use none John E. Stone, Fayette, Mo., 2 ckl, 3
equal the Investigator to advertise in. pul, 4 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones. Wakeeney,
J. T. RiiiNELT. Tkipp. S. D.
: Enclosed Kas., 1, 5 ckl, 1, 5 pul, 1 pen; DeWitt
chanire. I am well pleased with the In- Yates, Fairburv. Neb., 2 ck, 1, 2, 4 hen.
vestitrator as an advertising- medium.
CoKwiN JoNKS. Sidney, Iow.-v, says:
Light Brahmas Aaron Sheets, No.
The Investigator is all O K.. therefore Tope a, 1 ck, 1, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 3. 5 hen, 1,
continue my ad. Enclosed P O. order. 2, 4, S pul, 1, 2 pen; Albert Hearick,
D. W. Gkant. Almbna. Ka.s.: We are Topeka. 4 ck, 4 hen; G. B. Clary, Fair-
more than pleased with our ad in the In- bury, Neb., 3 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones, Wa-
vestigator for December. Enclosed P. keeney, 2 ck, 4 ckl; Stecker Bros., St.
O- order for February ad.
A. Upton, Faikbuky. Neb., say.": We
Louis; Mo., 3 ck. 2. 3 ckl, 3 pul.
have had lots of inquiries and sold more
Dark Brahmas N. R. Nye, Leaven-
stock than from any f>ther pai^or we use- worth. 1 ck. 1, 2 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen.
Single Comb Brown Leghorns Mr.
iSr Mrs. N. D. Bass, Kansas City, Kas.,
1 hen, 1, 2 pul, 2 pen; H. C. Short,
scoring over 90 points. Leavenworth, 2 ck, 3, S ckl, 5 pul. 4 pen;
Grand prize No. 7 Mrs. Henry Shra- Clyde Patterson, Sedalia, Mo., 2 ckl, 3
der, for the largest display of chickens pen; C. C. Smith, Topeka, 3
ck, 4 ckl;
by any lady exhibitor. A. J. Kerns, Salina, 4 ck, 1 ckl, 3 hen,
Barred Plymouth Rocks James R. 3, 4 pul, 1 pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhat-
Young, 1, 2, 3, 4 ckl, 1, 2. 4 hen, 1, 2, 3, tan, 1 ck. 2, 3, 5 hen, .S pen.
.^ pul, 1. 2 pen; Frank Slater, Delphos, Single Comb White Leghorns H. C.
Kan., S hen, .")
pen; Mrs. Geo. Clarke, Short, 1 ck, 1 ckl, 3, 4 hen, 1, 3, 4. S pul;
Topeka, Kan., 4 pul; Sealy L. Brown, J. T. Fry. Topeka. 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2
Cofreyville, Kan., 3 pen; Chris Bear- hen, 2 pul. 2 pen.
man, Ottawa, Kan., 4 pen; Mrs. W. C. Rose Comb Brown Leghorns H. H.
Ellis, Mo.,,S ckl; Wm. Vesper, Topeka, Bair & Son, Topeka. 1
ckl, 1 pul.
2, 3, 4 ck; J. K. Thompson, Topeka. 1 Rose Comb White Leghorns-Jennie
ck; 3 hen. E. Warren & Son, Cottonwood Falls, 1
White Plymouth Rocks M. L. Can- ckl, 1, 2. 3 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen.
Buff Leghorns Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
field, 1, 2 ck, 1, 2. 3. S ckl; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
hen, 1, 2, 3. 4, .5 pul, 1, 2. 3 pen; Wm Shoemaker, Narka, Kas., 2 ckl. L 2, 3,
Randolph, Lawrence. Kas ,f pen; Jno. 4 pullet. 1 pen; B. C. Fowler, Topeka,
B. Mills. Topeka, 3 ck; Mrs. Henry 2 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5 hen, 5 pul.
White Faced Black Spanish Mrs.
pen. ,'^ Hattie Tyler, Fairview. Kas., 1, 2, 3
Silver Spangled Hamburgs L. Cook
4 hen. 1, 2. 3. 4, S pul, 1, 2 pen; M. P.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 13
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
A view of the extensive poultry plant owned and operated by J. C. Under- our prize birds would be without a
wood, Columbus, Ohio. standard to judge them by? I think I
would rather take the standard of
perfection as my guide and breed ac-
Jensen, Barada, Neb., 5 hen; DeWitt Lucas, tied.
Yates, Fairburj', Neb., 2 ckl, 2, 3 hen, Buck, 6-lb class 1st, C. Fairchild. cordingly than to breed the easiest or
3 pen: Roy Baker, Abilene, Kas., 3 ckl. Does, 6-lb class 1st, D. A. Wise; 2d, any old way and then convince peo-
Houdans \V. L. Bullene, Lawrence, D. A. Wise two tied for 2d; M, D. A. ple that my birds were all right. I
1 ck, 1 ckl, 1,2, 3, 4 hen, 1, 2,3, 4,5 pul, Wise,
1 pen. Bucks, S-lb class-lst, Fred Oliver; am afraid I would be like the young
Buff Orpingtons Mrs. S. RicUett, 2d, Clyde Herric". man who, when he began preaching,
North Topeka, 1 cul, 2, 4 hen, 3, 5 pul,
Does, ,S-lb class 1st, Fred Oliver. thought he would surely convert the
1 pen; Eccleston & Son Topeka. 2 ci-l, White Angora Rabbits John Ha- whole world in about three months.
1, 3 lien, 2 pen; Mrs. Henrv Shrader, man, 1st mature buc J. P. Lucas, 1st
:

Berlin, Neb., 1, 2, 4 pul. immature buck; J. P. Lucas, 1st im- He was speaking before a large audi-

English Gray Dorkings Eccleston & mature doe; J. P. Lucas, Flemish ence, telling what wonders he expect-
Son, 1 c , 1, 2 hen. Giants, 1st buck, Isi and 2d does. ed to perform and said he longed for
Cornish Indian Games Chas. Seiler,
the wings of an eagle that he might
Atchison, Kas., 1 cid, 1, 2, 3, 5 pul, 1
pen; E, Kaub, Michigan, Kas., 3 ckl, Honest Birds a-t Honest Prices. fly from place to place, converting the
1, 5 hen, 3 pen; Wm. Langan, Atchison, people. A little boy piped up: "O,
1 cU, 2 ckl, 2, 3, 4 hen, 2 pen. Wishing to establish another breed
Mr. you wouldn't fly a mile before you
Pit Games Cyrus L. Ward, Nar^a, of fowls at Golden Dawn farm, it be-
Kas., 1 ci<l, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen; comes necessary to have a new hen would be shot for a goose." No, I
John L,. Patterson, Topeka, 1 c'-, 2, 3 say, let the standard stand, and may
house. You know Ella Wheeler Wil-
ci.l, 1, 3 hen; A. B. Elliott, Topei-a, 2 we raise honest birds at honest prices.
c, 3 hen; J. L. Brown, Kansas City, cox has said "there is nothing woman I am keeping a list of the people who
Mo., 3 cw. can do that a man can't do and do

Black B. R. Game Bantams Thos. better." which is well. But I also say advocate that pulling an off color
Herren, Topeka, 1 ci--. 1 cl<l, 1, 2, 3, 4 feather Is no sin, and when I wart
pul, 1 pen. a woman can do much if she tries.
to introduce new blood in my yard I

Brown B. Game Bantams Master- Well, I tried and in consequence have
may be
son Bros., 2 cul, 1, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 a nice warm house with plate glass (?) will give them the go by. I

pen. seems as one

front. I set posts in the ground on in the wrong, but it if
Buff Cochin Bantams Thos. C. Wig-
gin, Topeka, 1, 2 c 1, 1, 2, 4, 5 pul; Jas. the south side of the barn and boarded who would color the legs or pull
R. Young, Manhattan, 2 c'-, 3 ckl, 2 up and papered and hung a door to
feathers to make a sale or win a
hen, 3 pul. shut out cold nights and a glass one

Golden Seabright Bantams J. Aig-
to let in sunlight on cold days.
premium are that crooked that they
ner, Tope'a, 2 c , 2, 3 hen.
san't lie straight in bed.

Silver Seabright Bantams Col. J. As the building stands near the
W. F. Hughes, 2 c 1, 2, 3 hen.
, road, people passing gazed, and still MATTIE MATTHEWS.
White Pe in Due's E. E. Smith, their wonder grew to see a woman
Lincoln, Neb., 1 c ,1c 1, 1 hen, 1 pul; saw a board so true. I wasn't like
0. E. Martinson, Wichita, Kas., 2 c 2
our neighbor who bought a new dog
,

hen, 2 pul, 1 trio.

Mammoth Bronze Turl-eys Mrs. A. and wanted a house for him. He took
Griffits, Ozaw-ie, Kas., 1 adult ck, 1, 2 the lumber inside his shops to build
hen, 1 trio. and when he had it all made, discov-
White Holland TurWeys-Dr. A. B. ered he could not get it out through
Jones, Wa-eeney, 1 ckl, 1, 2 pullet, 1
the door without tearing it to pieces.
trio; J. R. Taylor, Topeka, 2 ckI, 3, 4, 5
pul. 0, no,my hen house is all right, and
I have a nice wire netting fence
BELGIAN HAKE.S.
around the yard, and my birds came
Mature BucUs 1st, Fred Oliver; 2d,
through this late cold spell with the
1. H. Holliday; 3d, C. Fairfield.
Imported Does 1st, J. P. Lucas. thermometer registering fifteen de-
Mature Does 1st, W. H. Goit; 2d, 3d, grees below zero without a touch of
J. P. Lucas.
frost and I shall be advertising prize
Bucks, 7-lb class 1st, Fred Oliver:
2d. W. H. Goit. winners bred and born from that samfi
Does, 7-lb class 1st, C. Fairchild: 2d yard next fall. Speaking of adver- Wings of two Light Brahma pullets
Fred Oliver; 2d, Fred Oliver and J." P. tising, some ads. just make me "larf owned by 1. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr.
14 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 hav-
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.
Biifi 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
live exhibitors. There were some very
good birds and prizes were distributed
among the whole number, Ayeas & Son
receivingthe best partfif the premiums.
ButV 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- Buff Orpinynn owned bv Sure Hatch
A B. I'. Rock cockerel owned and hibitors, J A. Johnson of Holdrege and I'.iul-

hred by Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Clay Albert Lemon of Lincoln winning the try Co Ctay Center. Neb-
.

Center, Kansas. principal part of the prizes

In the Leghorn class there were four show. The annual meeting was held
exhibitors. Of the Single Comb White Thursday evening and the election of
Nebraska State Poultry Show Leghorns there was a large exhibit officers resulted in the following: Geo.
Held at Lincoln. shown by six exhibitors, L. C. Hunt- W. Osterhout of David City as presi-
One of the must successful poultry ington of Omaha, Casper Disc of Roca, dent, T. L. Norval of Seward as vice
shows ever held in the west was held and C. L. Sayler winning the principal president, L. P. Ludden of Lincoln as
in the new auditorium at Lincoln from part of the prizes. secreiary, and I. L- Lyman of Lincoln
January 20 to 25 inclusive. There were The exhibit in Black Minorcas, White treasurer. The show was a financial
on exhibition nearly 1600 birds, mostly Miuorcas, Black Spanish, Silver Span- success, and leaves a good amount of
from the state of Nebraska. Still there gled Hamburgs, Golden Hamburgs money on hand for the commencement
were larg-e exhibits from the state of were small in number but full of of their next annual exhibit, which is
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. quality. to be held the third week in January,
As usual the most prominent classes The Houdan class was small, four 1903.
were those of the Barred Rocks, White i;xhibitors. Jake Kapser of Clay Cen-
Rocks, White Wyandottes and Leg- ter and D. W. Evans of The following is a list of awards as
University given bj- the judges:
horns. Place won the principal part of the
The White Rock class was very strong Barred Plymouth Rocks -J. W. D.
premiums.
Hall, 1 pen,' 2 ck, 2 ckl, 1 pul; F. C.
in quality, there heing about 116 birds The Cornish Indian Game was a
represented and the five premiums of- Hinman, 2 pen, 1, 2, 3 hen, 5 ckl, 2, 5
good class and most prizes going to pul; T. L. Norval, 3 pen, 4, 5 hen; L. A.
fered on single specimens in each class Robert Black.
were given to birds scoring better than Simmons. 3 ck: C. M. Hulburt, 1 ckl;
'4 points. Birds scoring less than this There was an unusually large exhibit E. M. Coffin, 3 ckl: J. S. Bishop. 4 ckl;
could not even get a mention. The of Bronze and White Turkeys, and Phil Mauer. 3 pul; E. J. Brown. 4 pul.
most prominent exhibitors in this vari- Pekin, Rouen, and Indian Runner White Plymouth Rocks M. L. Can-
ety were M. L. Cantield of Belleville,
Ducks. In fact, the water fowl exhibit field. 1 pen, 3 ck. 1, 2. 3 hen. 1. 3. ckl, ,=;

Kansas, who won the cream of the was the best ever seen west of Chicago. 2. 4 pul; J. W. Hall. 2 pen, 4 ck. 2 ckl.
prizes: J. W. Hall of David City had a E. E. Smith of Lincoln captured all the 3 pul; G. H. Terwilliger. 3 pen: E. O.
good second, and also Mrs. C. A. first prizes in Pekin Ducks, Emden Spencer, 4, .^ pen. ck. 4 hen; J. J. .'i

tieese, and Indian Runner Ducks Ackenback. 1 ck. .^ hen, pul; C. E.

Blanchard of F"riend, and E. E. Spen- .'^

cer of Cortland, Neb. Walter J. Camp won all the first prizes Taylor, 2 ck; Henry Shrader. 4 ckl; R.
in Rouen Ducks. Walter Cameron won G. Ruley, 1 pul.
There were ten exhibitors in the all first prizes on Toulouse Geese.
Biirred Plymouth Rock class, niost of Buft' Rocks Frank Patton, 1 pen, 3
the prizes going to J. W. D. Hall of Des There was a fine display of eggs, W. ck, 1. 3 hen, 1. 2 ckl; 1, 2, 4 pul; C. H.
Moines, Iowa, F. C. Hinman of Friend, A. Kirkpatrick of University Place Green. 1 ck, 3 ckl, 3 pul; Joseph Kay, 2
and C. M. Hulburt of Fairbury. Many winning first prize on eggs, E. H. Ter- ck. 2 hen; Wm.
J. Kerchenbusch, 4 ck;
right nice specimens did not receive a willenger winning second. There were A Lemon, 4. 5 hen. .^ pul.
mention in this class. five exhibitors. The sweepstakes won Silver Wyandottes, Antone Coper, 1
solid color with weight, by L. C. Hunt-
The Buff Rocks were represented by ington of Omaha: solid weight pen. 1 ckl; A. R. Smith. 2 pen; I. & N.
without M. Comior. 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 4 hen, 2, 5
Frank Patton of Suprise, who won all color, by M.
L. Canfield of Belleville, ckl, 1, 4 pul; V. E. Shirley. 2. 5 hen, 3
tirst except one. Joseph Kay of David
Kan.; part color with weight, by M. M.
City, and also Albert Lemon of Lincoln, Fox of ckl. 3 pul M. B. .Caldwell. 4 ckl,
: 2, 5 pul.
Geneva, and part color without
who exhibited five specimens in this weight, E. E. Eggart of Minden. The Golden Wyandottes W. J. Ea.st, 1
class.
largest exhibit was that of E. E. Eg- pen. 3 ck, 1, 3 pul; Jake
2 hen, 1 ckl, 1,

The Silver Wyandotte class was not gart, who showed 100 birds and won Kapser, 2 pen, 2 ck. 4 hen, 2, 3 ckl, 2, 4
as large as some other classes, but was #140 in premiums. There were 127 ex- pul; J. W. Lo.sey, 3 pen, 3 hen. ckl; I. .'^

full of quality. I. and N. M. Connor of hibitors of poultry, besides several ex- Payne. hen. 4 ckl. .^

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.
hibits in pigeon class and hares. Black Wyandottes Henry C. Witte
One thing was noticeable at this all premiums.
show and that was that there was uni- White Wyandottes J. W. D. Hall, 1
versal good feeling among all the ex- pen. 2, 3 ck, 3 hen. 2 ckl, 2 pul; L. H
hibitors and very little dissatisfaction Beethe, 2 pen; E. E. Bowes, 3 pen, 4. 5
as to the judging. The scoring was all ck. 3 ckl: C. C. Wilson. 4 pen: C. Rock-
done the second day at 3 o'clock in the hill. pen. 2 hen; E. E. Smith, 1 ck, 1,
.=;

Buft' Wyandottes were shown bv Mrs. afternoon and all prizes awarded and 4. 5 hen, 4, 5 ckl, 1, 3, .5 pul; Stephen
H. E. Stein of Friend, Mrs. R. W. Orr premiums put up on the coops Thurs- Norton, 1 ckl: W. A. Goddard, 4 pul.
of Clay Center, and E. B. Day of North day morning at the opening of the Buff Wyandottes Mrs. H. E. Stein, 1
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 15

pen, 2 ck, 4 hen, 2 ckl; E. W. On-, 2 pen.

3 ck, 5 hen, 4 ckl; E. B. Dav, 1, 5 ck, 2.
3 hen, 1 ckl, 5 pul; A. R. Smith. 4 ck;
H. M. Pettigrew, 1 hen. .5 pul; L. H.
Arnot, f, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 4 pul.
Partridg-e Wvandottes Robt. Black.
1, 2 pen, 1. 2, o'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. Dav, .=;

ckl, 3 pul.
Black Java.sR. L. Newton. 1 pen. 2
ck, 1 hen, 1, 2, 3 ckl. 1,2,3, 4 pul: .1. A.
Rudg-e, 1 ck, 2, 3 hen
Lig'ht 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-
g-er, 3 ckl, 2 pul.
Dark Brahmas All to Lucy Barger.
Buff Cochin Antone Coper, 1 pen, 2
4 hen, 2, 4 ckl; J. J. Lvell. 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, ,S
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 pe-n, 3 hen, 4 ckl; DeWitt The concrete poultry house of E. W. Geer, Farraington, Mo.
Yates, 2 ck, 2. 5 hen; H. E. Bowman, 4
hen, 2 ckl, 3, 5 pul; H. M. Pettvgrew, When we have a warm poulti-y house We are never troubled with rats for
5 pul.
it makes they and I can't live on the same plant.
White Cochins James Craig all pre- and our hens lay all the year,
miums. us feel like we ought to raise chickens I use earth floors altogether and cover
Rose Comb Buff Orpingtons All to all the year. them with leaves in winter.
J. A. Lash. In building the poultry house I used
In the concrete house we have an
Buff Orpingtons, Single Comb C.
incubators. They studding, one at each corner, and eveiy
Rockhill, 1 pen; H. H. Campbell, 2 pen, ideal place to run

I 2, 3 hen, 2, 4 ckl, 1, 5 pul; E. E. Jen- are warm in winter, dry and cool in ten feet apart, to fasten the
ning-, 3 pen; John A. Ling-, 2 ck, 1, 5 summer.
roof to and
Unlike the cave or hole in to fasten the divisions to inside of the
hen, 1 ckl, 1, 4 pul; C. E. Browning-, 4 the ground, the^' are always dry would house.
hen, 3 ckl; Mrs. M. G. Stauff, 5 ckl; W.
H. Bushel, 1 ck, 3 pul; Mrs. Henry be suitable for man to live in. The incubator house has no studding,
Shrader. 2 pul. So well pleased am I with my con- the gable ends of it being made of con-
Black Lang-shans J. A. Johnson, 1 crete houses for poultrj' and incubators crete, holds the plate in place, to which
pen, 2 cks, 2 ckl, 1, 3pul; Harry J. Hunt,
that I intend putting up one this sum- the roof is fastened.
4 pen; A. Lem.on, 1, 2 pen, 1 ck, 1, 2 hen,
2, 4, 5 pul; E. E. Bowes, 3 ck, 3. 4, 5 hen,
mer in which to ripen Kiefl'er pears Mrs. Geer's father is shown in this
4, 5 ckl; Mrs. Heury Shrader, 3 ckl. and as a winter store house for apples. picture sitting on the box by the coal
S. C. B. Leghorns A. R. Carrueth, 1 We have kept apples in ours this oil can. He is an occupant of Glen
I pen, 2 ck, 2, 3 hen. 2 ck). 1, 5 pull; A. C.
Short, 1 ck. 1 hen, 1 ckl, 2 pul; Jas.
winter and never had them keep any Raven.
better. Our little red incubator is now at
Rudge, 3 ckl, 3, 4 pul.
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns Jennie A house made of concrete would be work on this plant, with a lot of chicks
Birdsal, 2, 3 pen, 2 ck, 4 hen, 1, 2 pul; an ideal one in which to raise the on the way into this world, and we in-
E. H. Eggart. 1 pen, 1 ck, 1, 2, 3 hen, 1,
brooder chicks. If the floor was also tend keeping it at w-ork on well up into
2 ckl, 3, 4 pul.
Rose Comb White Leghorns Casper made of concrete, it would be rat proof. Ma v.
Dice, 1, 3 pen, 1, 4 hen, 1, 4 ckl, 4 pul;
E. H. Eggart, 2, 4 pen, 1, 2 ck, 2, 3, 5
hen, 2, 3, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 3 pul. 3 pul. 1, 2, 3; young duck, 1, 2, 3; dral-e, 1, 3,

S. C. W. Leghorns L. C. Hunting- Golden S. Hamburgs All to E. E- 5; W. B. Swisher, y pr 4, dra' e 2; Wal-
I ton, 1, 2 pen, 5 ck, 3, 4 hen, 1 ckl, 3, 5 Bowers.
pul; Casper Dice, 3, 4 pen, 2 ck, 1, 2 hen,
len Cameron, old pr .S, old duck 4, y d 4;
Houdans J. C. Kapser, 1 pen, 3, 4 Lillian W. Taylor, old pr 2; Mrs. Henry
4 pul; J. Cook Johnson, 5 pen, 3 ck, 3, 4 hen; D. W. Evans, 2, 5 hen, 2, 3 cM, 1, Shrader, y due', dra' e 4.
.'i.

ckl, 2 pul; H. C. Short, 4 ck. 2, 5 ckl; C. 2 pul; D. L. Bruen, 1 hen; E. B. Hen-

L. Savior, 1 ck, 5 hen, 1 pul.
Buff Leghorns -J. M. Clark, 1 pen, 2
Rouen Due' s D. L. Bruen. pr 4, old
derson, 1 c' 1. dra' e 4, old duck 3, young dra' e 4,
Cornish Indian Games Rob Blac' ,young duck 4; -^^ralter J. Camp, pr 1, 2,
1

ck; Wallen Cameron, 2 pen, 1 ckl, 1 pul; pen, 1 2 cl.-, 1, 2, 3 hen, 2, 3 c'- 1, 1 2, 4 3, old dra' e 1,2,3, old duck 1,2, 4, young
, ,

D. L. Bruen, 1 en.
1
pul; D. L. Bruen, 4 hen; Wm. J. Kerch- dra' e 1, 2, 3, young due'-- 1, 2, 3.
Black Leghorns E. H. Eggart, all enbusch. 1 C 1. 3 pul.
Indian Runner Due's All to E. E.
premiums. B. B. Red Games All to C. L. Ward. Smith.

Blue Andalusians E. H. Eggart. all Pit and Red Pile Games All to Seth
Toulouse Geese Pairs all to Kirk-
premiums. Abbott. patric''. Wallie Cameron, old gander
Black Minorcas Earl Eager, 1 pen,
Golden Seabrights All to Bruen. 1, old goose 1, young gander 3, j'oung
1, 3 ckl; 1, 2 pul; D. Tipwood, 2 pen, 3
Blac'' Rose Comb Bantams All to goose 1; W. A. Kirkpatric'--, old gander
ck, 1, 2, 3, 4 hen, 2 ckl. 3, 4 pul; L. C. Earl Eager. 2, 3, 4, old goose, 2, 3, 4, young gander
Fors, 2 ck, 5 hen.
Bronze Turl-eys W. H. Lal.e, 1 toni, 2, 4, "), young goose 2, 3, 4.
White Minorcas All to Eggart.
1,3 hen, 1 c'l, 2,4 pul; C. E. Browning,
Emden Geese E. J. Babcock, pair;
Black Spanish All to Raymond 2 torn, 2 hen; Wallen Cameron, 3 torn, E. E. vSmith, all single.)

I Striker. 4 hen; C. M. Hulburt, 2 ci<l, 1, 3 pul;

White Cap B. Polish All to Fred I. Walter J. Camp, 3 c'l, 5 hen.
Slocum.
Egg.s W. A. Kir Patrick, 1; E. H.
Terwilliger, 2; A. L. Clayberg, 3; W.
White TurLeys J. C. Dav & Son, 1 L. Canflekl, Sth eggs, E. E. Bower, 4th

S. S. Hamburgs Ernest Gibson, 2 toni, 1 hen, 5 c'-l, 4 pul; J. C. Moffit, 3. eggs.
Solid color without weight, Hunting-
pen, 1 ck, 3 hen, 1 ci.l, 4 pul; Sam J. 4, ^ torn, 2, 3, 4 hen. 1, 2, 4 c' 1, 2, 3, 5
Gadd, 1 pen, 2 hen, 4 c'l. 2 pul; D. L. pul; Mrs M. C. Stauff", 3 cWl. 1 pul. ton; with weight, Canfield. Parti-
Bruen, 5 hen, 1 pul; M. P. Jensdn, 1, 4 Pel' in Duel's
E. E. Smith, young colored with weight. Fox; without
hen, 3 ckl,.3 pul; DeWitt Yates, 2,5 Chl, pair, 1, 2, 3; old pair, 1, 3, 4; old duck. weight, Eggart.
 i6 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Poultry Chats For February

By Mrs. C. A. Bla nchard |||

Mating up our pens and preparing floor and learned chicks early in life
,

for our supply of eggs for hatching to scratch for their living. Our first,
must occupy our full attention at the second and third hatches used the
present time, if it has not already muslin house; after that it was too
been done. The earlier we can get warm, so the large sheet was taken oft
our chicks hatched the better they are, aid laid away for this year. When we
provided we have our pens In order to were obliged to have the chicks in
secure the best results in breeding for the house lath frames were made to
those early chicks. We have found old tit the legs of the incubator, then cov-
hens do not pay as breeders. It may ered with muslin. In that way we
pay to keep a few which are extra had a scratch pen under the incubator.
fine as show birds
they are sure to I hear some one say noise and work.
be up in weight but for the business Yes, but no one need to think of mak-
of laying eggs and hatching chicks ing poultry raising a business with-
they are a failure. They lay very few out work. Children can and do save never ask how much we can have. I
eggs, and what they do lay are extra us many steps and do lots of the work, know there is many an old buggy
large and very few of them will hatch, but there is much that calls older stauding around farms that could be
at least such has been our experience. heads and hands. It is an easy way made inso something useful just as
to
We have always noticed that the very send a child to feed and water the we have ours.
largest eggs were the ones left in the chickens, but if the children are not MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD.
tray after the chicks were all done looked after it is feast or famine. Friend, Neb.
hatching. Chicks were dead in the Enough food is put in one yard for
shells at all stages of incubation. All twenty hens where perhaps there are
the old hens have been disposed of six to eat it, then water put in part LOST
and only the best of last year's pullets of the fountains, while others are left want to tell you a true story.
I
kept for this year's breeders. We without any. We find it pays to get About four years ago I wanted extra
make on extra effort to get our hens out and be "that boy or girl" at least fine B. P. R. eggs and raise some 94
laying in the early fall. We want once a day ourselves. Then we know to 95 point birds and be up with boy's
them at their best when eggs are how things are going. high mucky mucks. Well, now, I was
needed for hatching purposes. If they During the summer months our short of cash at the time, so one day
have had a good long rest after chief enemy to fight is lice. It Is there came a fine catalogue finely il-
molting their bodies are strong, they quite an easy matter to keep the poul- lustrated from Ohio, thirty or forty
are in prime condition and will lay try house in a healthy condition oth- varieties and some fine cuts, an extra
more fertile eggs. erwise. In the winter it is dampness. fine cockerel from Hawkins or Thomp-
what we
Fertile eggs are are after j
While the days are bright and sunny son, 94%, mated with fine pullets and
when hatching time comes. N either and poultry can run at large we have hens, score 93 to 95 points honest
hens or incubators can hatch strong very little trouble, but when cold, points, and a line written on bottom
chicks from weak eggs. We must stormy days come and our birds are of page, "What have you to trade?"
have eggs that will produce strong confined to their houses the walls Well, now I struck it. Now, I had a
healthy chicks. In order to produce
soon become frosted. The litter on good gold watch it cost $33 and so
them we must give our poultry good the floor becomes damp and soggy; in I wrote him I had it and would trade
care, clean quarters, proper food and a very few days it must be removed it for eggs. He wrote back that he
regular attention. Haphazard, care and fresh put in. Hens cannot live would cut the price on eggs they
less ways will not give the results we and keep well in such a damp, foul were $5 per setting and he would let
are after. air. The cry we hear is, "I brought me have them for f4 per setting and
The last two years we have raised clean straw just the other day." How- give $2, if the watch was all O. K.
more of our first and second hatches ever, clean straw it is, even if we I wrote back it was. He wanted the
than any of the later ones. We had have to get it ourselves. watch first; he could not send the
to keep them in the house part of One 01 our very handiest imple- eggs all at one time, but he would
the time, and expect to do the same ments is a one-horse wagon, made send 100 and in ten days send another
again this year, as our farm cannot from an old worn-out buggy. The 100. I wrote him I would have the in-
as yet boast of a brooder house. buggy box and springs were taken oft cubator lit up and ready for the eggs.
A cosy place for sunny spring days and a box made of boards. That one- I run it along a week, making all
was a muslin house. A frame was horse wagon comes into use in many trains every day looking for my eggs.
made 4x6 feet, four feet high at one
a way and saves us much hard lug- Well, I am still looking, but no hopes.

side by one at the other. We

covered ging. When our good old gray horse I wrote again to see what was the mat-
it with unbleached muslin, then set is hitched onto it we can soon have a ter and also wrote the postmaster and
the brooder outside with a small open- clean poultry house, and if we are the mayor, and my letter came back
ing for chicks to run through, thus giv- only "boy" there is around we can go marked "fraudulent signature, post-
ing the chicks the full run of their to the stack for straw. When we go master general." Well, now, wouldn't
little house. We kept ehaff on the ourselves we bring all we want. We that cork you. I wrote again to the


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 17
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, hut 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 Ma.ke A Chea.p Winter

Brooder
The problem which has been the
most those wish-
difficult to solve for
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 This bird has won eleven 1st premium.s, and was scored by H. A. Bridg-e,
latitude was a puzzle that set me to 95',; by E. R. Jones, 95'2\ by S. B. Lane, 9,5'4; and has been g-iven first prize
by comparison by Wick Hathaway, M. M. Bargor and Chas. McClave. He is
thinking, and after long hours and the property of Maughlin Bros., of Coltmbus, Ohio.
several days' study, I finally hit upon
the following plan tha.t up to date
joint to a fixture about two feet above lower end for small chicks to go out
has proved an astonishing success, not
the floor underneath the opposite end and in on warm days; make your
only to myself but the whole town,
of pipe and beneath your brooder storm sash to slide open and shut for
to say nothing about the beautiful lit-
floor place a brooder lamp; light lamp ventilation to carry off lamp fumes,
tle chicks, now a month old, not a
to turn giving you a chance to get in to clean
weakling among the lot and as large from cellar, being careful not
as quail. But as to my plan. Sup- wick too high, causing lamp to out frequently. Place in bottom of
posing you have an outside cellar smoke; inserting the
chimney in end brooder a layer of sand, on this damp
door usually called a cellarway, lead-
of pipe. For a cover to your brooder, earth, then dry leaves or chaff; use
purchase a small storm sash, say 2x4 a common thermometer; use good
ing to your cellar; supposing it faces
to the sun, or southeast, south or
feet; make a box out of 1-foot boards judgment as to amount of heat
the size of storm window; place the about 60 degrees first week, 50 degrees
southwest, make a board floor from
sash on the box over the brooder, third week, and gradually lower as
the second step down to the inside
cellar door, where you cut a hole for
giving it a slant to shed rain and chicks feather. Keep hen with them
melting snow water; fit boards around as long as she will cover them; let
a common stove pipe. In this place
one joint of pipe, on top of this joint the window box until cellarway or her out pleasant days when not be-
of pipe place an elbow and next an- your new brooder is completely cov- low forty degrees; feed and water;
other joint of stove pipe inserted in ered, banking with earth to top of give plenty of ventilation at all times.

a T joint; elevate and fasten this T sash-box, leaving a small hole at Clermont, la. E. A. FISK.
i8 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Among Ourselves gave 200 free range and found he
made a good deal more from the yarded
Poultry Investigator hens than those on free range.
At this season or year one's miud
Is published the first of each month at Quite a comfort to some of us who
naturally turns to the subject of "the
are compelled to yard our fowls or go
Clay Center, Nebraska. weather," and we wonder if anything
out of business.
is suffering from cold, just as last July
BY we had pitied the heat victims, our-
This breeder, in common with all
others, holds that profitable poultry
selves included. A person can keep
Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. must produce winter eggs.
warm, but not always can he keep
At a farmers' institute an Ontario
cool; a dumbcreature can do neither,
L. P. HARRIS, Editor. it is
just at the mercy anything but
agricultural college professor said:
"A winter egg will sell for three

mercy sometimes of careless, selfish
times as much as an egg produced in
Subscription price, 25cts. a Year. mankind. But putting tfie cruelty
man summer. * * * One of the first con-
question aside, why will a let
ditions necessary to the production o
money out of his pocket daily be-
slip
Advertising R-a-tes. cause of this carelessness?
winter eggs is regularity of food and

kindness. * * Hens have a better

SI. ".'5 per inch each insortioii. One Coming home from a drive one cold idea of time than you, without the
inch one year S12.00. These are our evening not long since, we noticed a aid of a watch, would have, and if the
only rates for advertising- and will be flock of fowls gone to roost in some
strictly adhered to. We treat all alike fowls are not fed when they think they
both trreat and small. Payment en Their owner is a man who ought to be, they become fretful and
trees.
yearly contracts quarterlj- in advance. works hard to make ends meet and uneasy, and the result is loss."
All other contracts cash with order. yet was letting but how much
she He goes on to say that when he
was wasting we may gather from the is away from the college flock
All communications and advertise-
ments must be in our hands by the following report of a West Virginia as much as 25 or 30 per cent decrease
loth to insure ins-ertion in is- eperiment station, and we presume in egg production occurs, and it takes
sue of following month. they know nothing about a western four or five days to bring them back
Parties wishing to change their ad- winter out there. all this, although they have the very
dress should give the old as well Two houses built exactly alike and best of care from the students.
as the new address.
situated side by side, were selected Hens, like cows, need the same kind,
This paper will not be sent after the for the experiment, in each of which steady hand over them; they do not
year's subscription expires so be were placed twelve pullets. One house even like a change in the wearing ap-
sure and renew promptly.
had previously been sheathed on the parel of their attendant.
inside and covered with paper to We were reading somewhere recent-
In Rega.rd to Advertisers. make it perfectly tight. Both were ly where a feminine fancier said in
We are very cartful in soliciting hoarded with matched siding and had effect:
advertisements, to see that all are re- shingle roofs. "It is a base slander to say that
liable. If at any time anyone answer-
The fowls were fed alike in each hens have no brains. Let me appear
ing any display advertisement found
in the columns of Poui-Tky Investi- case. The morning mash consisted of among my birds in ordinary costume
GATOK is in any way swindled, will com meal, ground middlings and of blue calico and all is serene; but
please write us at once, we will look ground oats, and at night whole grain if I go among them in Sunday clothes
into the matter, and if such an adver-
tisement has been inserted for the scattered in litter. They also
had terror reigns."
purpose of defrauding our readers, we fresh water, grit and bone and gran- Another feminine fancier bears this
will drop the advertisement and pub- ulated bone. The experiment started testimony:
lish the swindler's name. We wish to November 24 and continued for five "Our southern trip to Florida was
keep our advertising columns free
from all such advertisers, and when months. The following table shows the cause of dire calamity among our
writing to an advertiser whose adver- the number of eggs laid during each feathered pets. I didn't suppose our
tisement was found in these columns, period of thirty days. birds ever knew what was the mat-
we would ask it as an especial favor Result from cold and warm houses: ter, hut that did not make me feel
that vou say you saw it in The POUL-
TRY Investigator. Warm house... 87 130 13S 120 154629 any more comfortable about it, and it
Cold house 39 106 103 124 114480 will take me at least two years to
Address all communications to These experiments are interesting repair damages. Who would dream that
Poultry Invesiigaior Go,, and instructive and we ought to be such havoc could be wrought in scarce-
Clay Center, Nebraska. able to profit by them. ly two months' time!"
Now here is another experiment It goes without saying that all

The Poultry Investigator has i-e-

made by a man who says In Farm creatures human and dumb, but per-
ciivcd beautiful catalogues fmni the Poultry: haps more especially the latter are
following companies this month: Cy- I keep 400 hens and make my entire happier and more useful when kind-
phers Incubator Co.. Hawkcye Incuba- living from them; do no farming of ness and regularity govern their care.
tor Co., Prairie State Incubator Co.,
Clay Phelps Incubator Co.. Petalunia
any kind and have no other income. How we wish we might gain fhe
Incubator C".. Reliable Incubator Co., My eggs are sold at wholesale prices ear of every man or hoy in America
Stahl Incubator Co.. The Marilla In- to one man, and all poultry sold alive who has in any way to do with ani-
cubator Co., The Huniphrev Bone Mill to the hen man at the door. mals. We would like to at least try to
Co., The Adams Bone ilill Co., The
I make from $700 to $800 a year from make him see the sin and folly of
Mann Bone Mill Co. The Stratton Bone
.

Mill Co. These people, as well as sev- my 400 hens. cruelty or even carelessness. Much of
eral other of our patrons, are .sending He goes on to state how many eggs the misery in the dumb creation is
out tine catalogues free. They are in-
he gets per month, average price, etc., due to thoughtlessness rather than
structive, iirnamental, and useful.
Look up their ads and send for cata- but to the experiment. downright cruelty.
logues at once. He says he put 200 in yards and A minister, past 60 years of age.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19

AX UP-To I'.vil, I'l .ULTRY HOUSE.

said the other evening, referring to a the wall proper. This is nearly a foot the poultry house and our dwelling.
little book we have in Master in thickness and makes a hen "bed
print, A vineyard of three hundred vines
and I": room" in which water rarely chills. stands in front of the house into which
"After I read it I saw things that I One of these rooms is lighted by a all the scratch material is thrown to-
would never have noticed before. First regular window, the other by an open- gether with the droppings of the fowls,
time I went down town I took note of ing over which white muslin is firmly serving a double and valuable purpose,
a weary looking horse. I said to a stretched and tucked. A board just as these three hundred vines yielded
man, 'How long has it been tied here?' filling the aperture is handy and put $200 in fruit last season besides that
'0. all day and will probably be there into use if the night is very cold. whieh was used at home. Each 10x10
all night. Man's in the saloon.' All floors are deep with straw and foot room has as entrance for the fowls
'" Well,' I said, 'go to the marshal other clean litter. Besides the scratch- both north and south so that they can
and have the animal cared for at ing grounds are liberally littered, and be turned out either way. Edna Earl,
once. Put him in a livery barn and the birds are busy as the proverbial the only child, dressed in dark, and
charge it up to his master. Tell the bee all the day. her little friend Bessie, are also shown
marshall I will back him." VELMA CALDWELL MELVILLE. in this picture.

And the good man added, half can't possibly tell everything there
I

laughing, half shamefacedly. "In all

is good about them at one time. If
An Improved Poultry House. readers want to know more let them
my life It never occurred to me to
The illustration shows a rear view write me with stamp. I will write
meddle with such a thing."
of E. W. Geer's concrete poultry house more from time to time.
It is not beyond anyone to provide The house
taken from the eastward.
warm quarters for their fowls . One of
is 7 '< feet high in front, and 4 feet at The representative of the Poultry In-
our
hen houses we came to Rose the rear. Thirty feet of the concrete vestigator saw many nice displays at
Lawn two years since and so far have iscovered with clapboards ceiled to the Nebras a state show at Lincoln
had to make the best of what we rafters two-thirds the way up, the re- last mouth, but among the very best in

found is log, boarded outside and maining- 30 feet of concrete and the 14 the large auditorium was the Buff Or-
painted. It is well "chinked and paint- foot brood house addition is covered pington showing by H. H. Campbell of
ed" "daubed," as the pioneer used to with matched 0ooring. Osceola, Neb., who was the heaviest
say well lighted and warm. Away up The row of posts at rear of house winner in this class. He entered one
above a man's head are perches that support three foot wire netting to pre- pen and nine singles, and out of a pos-
we suppose were used at one time in vent the outside stock from going over sible ten ribbons carried off seven, and
chicken history. Now there is a the house into the breeding pens. the display of Orpingtons was the larg-
hopping board and perches away down. A row of Lombardy Poplars are seen est and most hotly contested ever
Our other hen house is a good, un- in front of the house, planted there to known west of Chicago. A picture of
used cow barn, or part of it; slats were shade the runs in summer time. A Mr. Campbell's first prize pullet will
nailed inside two closed stalls part of one row of sugar maples are arpear in the March number of the
.
In-

and straw stuffed between them and also shown alonj the driveway between vestisrator.
20 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
KaLi\sBS City Fancy Poultry Club. velle, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cockere',
1st pullet.
The first poultry show given by the White Wyandottes Olney Bros.,
Kansas City Fancy Poultry club was Kansas City, Mo., 1st cockerel, 1st
held in Kansas City, Mo., December hen, 4th cockerel, 5th pullet, 2d pen;
Vi.7 and 8, 1901. W. S. Russell and J. H. Hisey, Kansas City, Mo., 2d and
T. W. Southard judged the poultry and 3d cocks, 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d and 4th
John Haman judged the pigeons. pullets, 1st pen; E. H. Mack, Kansas
This was the most successful poul- City, Mo., 2d and 4th hens; John B.
try show ever held in Kansas City. Gage, 3d and 5th hens, 1st and 3d
All promises were kept and all exhib- cockerels, 3d pullet; Mrs. Maud Rolfe,
itors went home satisfied. Out of Wetmore, Kan., 5th cockerel, 6th pul-
town exhibitors showed their faith in let.

Kansas City by attending and show- Rhode Island Reds Wm. Meinhof-
ing their stock. There were 105 ex- fer, Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d
hibitors and over 1,000 entries in the cockerels; 2d and 3d pullets; E. T.
poultry and pigeon classes. The Poul- Hunting, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock,
try Breeders' convention was held at 1st,2d and 3d hen, 1st pullet, 1st pen.
the Midland hotel on December 6 and Buff Orpingtons Mrs. 0. H. Bugbee,
the Midland Poultry association was Kansas City, Kan., 1st cock; Stifer &
formed. Its first show will be held Sager, Kansas City, Mo. 1st and 3d
The above pli'il.. lias the distinction
in January, 1903, and it will rival the cockerel, 1st, 3d, 4th and 5th pullets, of being- the tir.st half-tone ever made
Madison Square Garden show in mag- 1st pen; A. T. McAdow, Lamar, Mo., of an incubator while hatching or after
nitude. There were 350 entries in 2d pullet, 2d cockerel. the hatch was off. We call it the Hap-
pigeon classes. The awards for the Light Brahmas Dr. A. B. Jones, py Family for the want of a better
name; however, we thini< the name
Kansas City Fancy Poultry dug show Wa Keeney, Kan, 1st cockerel; Steek- suits very well. We have adopted this
are as follows: er Bros., St. Louis, Mo., 2d and 3d scene as a trade mark. It has appear-
ed in our advertising more than any

Barred Plymouth Rocks Ten cocks, cockerel, 1st and 4th pullet. other cut we have ever used. Have
53 hens, 50 cockerels, 83 pullets and Dark Brahmas N. R. Nye, Leaven- you got the Sure Hatch Incubator
13 pens shown. Mrs. C. O. Bailey, worth, Kan., 3d cock, 1st and 2d hen, Company's new catalogue?
Platte City, Mo., 1st cock, 3d cockerel, 1st and 2d pullets, 1st pen.
5th pullet, 2d pen; J. R. Young, Man- Buff Cochins Chas. Steinberger, Wa and 5th pullet, I. A. Harvey, Harrison-
hattan, Kan., 1st and 4th cockerel, 1st, Keeney, Kan., 1st, 2d and 3d cocks, 2d ville, Mo., 1st, 2d, 3d and 5th hens, 2d
2d, 3dand 4th pullet, 1st and 5th pen; and 3d hens, 1st and 2d cockerel, 1st cockerel, 2d pen; Clark Bros., Kansas
Roley Bros., Sedalia, Mo., 2d and 3d and 2d pullets, 1st pen; J. B. Clark, City, Mo., 2d cock, 1st cockerel 3d and
cock and 4th hen; Brackenbury Bros., Chicago, 111., 1st hen, 3d, 4th and 5th 4th pullet, 1st pen.
Independence, Mo., 5th cock and 4th cockerel. Cornish Indian Games J. A. Buck-
hen; J. W. Faris, 3d hen; L. C. Bair, Partridge Cochins C. M. Neff, Kan- ner, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st

Kansas City, Mo., 4th cock, 1st and sas City, Mo., 2d and 3d cocks, 1st, 2d hen, 2d cockerel, 1st pen; E. F. Hunt-
2d hen; Mrs. W. C. Ellis. Liberty, and 3d hens, 1st pullet, 1st pen; Dr. ing, Kansas City, Mo., 2d cock, 4th
Mo., 5th hen, 5th cockerel, 3d pen and A. B. Jones, Wa Keeney, Kan., 1st and 5th hen, 2d pen; John B. Gage,
2d cockerel. cock, 2d and 3d pullets. Kansas City, Mo., 2d and 3d hen, 1st
White Plymouth Rocks; Six cocks, Black Langshans H. H. Borgmau, cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th pul-
18 hens. 14 cockerels. 36 pullets enter- Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d cock. lets.

ed. Geo. A. Tipple, Summit,

Lee's 1st, 2d,4th and 5th hen, 2d 3d and 4th S. Duckwing Games Clarence Hov-

Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th cockerels; 3d pullet, 2d, 3 and 4th pen; elman, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock; N.
hen, 2d and 3d cockerel, 1st pullet and Hallwood Poultry
farm, Carthage, H. Achisou, Kansas City, Mo., 1st

2d pen; Mrs. T. J. Kennedy, Ridgely, Mo., 3d hen, 1st and 5th cockerel, 1st, cockerel.
Mo., 2d cock, 2d pullet, 3d pen; F. E. 4th and 5th pullets, 1st pen; E. D. Pet Games E.
S. Jackson, Kansas

and J. I. Williams, Independence. Mo., Taylor, Independence, Mo., 4th cock. City, Mo.,2d cock, 3d hen; Clarence
2d cock; E. H. Heath, Kansas City, 5th pen; Gus Ortloff, Kansas City, Mo., Hovelman, Kansas City, Mo., 1st hen;
Mo.. 3d cock and 5th pen; Wm. Mein- 2d pullet; 4 cocks, 22 hens, 35 cock- John B. Sage, Kansas City, Mo., 2d
hoffer. Kansas City, Mo., 4th hen and erels, 54 pullets and 5 pens entered. hen, 3d and 4th cockerels, 1st pullet.
4th pullet; Stifer & Sager, Kansas S. C. Brown Leghorns Darby Poul- White Minorcas D. Y. Ault, Har-
City, Mo. try yards, Kansas City, 1st cock, 2d, rison, Ark., 1st and 2d hen, 1st cock-
Buff Plymouth RocksE. M. and 0. 3d hen, 4th cock, 1st and 4th pullets, erel, 1st trio.

C. Arnold, Independence, Mo., 2d cock; 1st pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhattan, S. S. HamburgsF. S. Schadel, Kan-
the Smiths, Manhattan. Kan., 1st hen, Kan., 2d cock, 3d and 5th pullets, 4th sas City, Kan., 1stand 2d cocks, 1st
1st and 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d. 3d. 4th pen; J. J. Carel, Liberty, Mo., 1st, 4th hen; Eliz White, Kansas City, Mo., 3d
and 5th pullets, and 1st pen. and 5th hen. 1st and2d cockerel, 3d cock, 2d hen.

Wyandottes Mrs. P. Mark-
Silver pen; W. S. Shockley, Kansas City, Blue Andalusians A. F. McAdow,
ward. Kansas City. Mo., 2d cock, 3d Mo., 3d and 5th cockerel, 2d pullet, 2d Lamar, Mo., 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th pul-
hen. 2d pen; John B. Gage. Kansas pen. lets.

City, Mo., 2d and 4th pullets; Reed S. C. White Leghorns J. H. Adams, White F. Black Spanish H. W.
Storms, Kansas City, Kas.. 1st. 2d and Missouri City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st and Chestnut. Birmingham, Kan., 1st, 2d,
5th hens, 5th pullet; W. J. Munkres, 2d hen, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d and 8d and 4th hen, 1st and 2d cockerel,
Missouri City. Mo., 4th hen, 1st cock- 4th pullet. 1st pen. 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th pullets, 1st and 2d

erel, 1st and 3d pullets, Ist pen. Buff Leghorns J. P. Carson, Mis- pens.
Golden Wyandottes A. N. Roun- souri City, Mo., Iflt eock, 4th hn. 2d Buff CocWb BantamHellwood


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. ^1
pullets in the American class J. K. 1; pullet, 1, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Buff
Hisey, Kansas City, Mo. Cochins, cock, 1; hen, 3; pullet, 1, 2;

Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 cockerels, 2 pen, 2; trio, 2. Black Langshans,

pullets in Asiatic class H. H. Borg- cock, 1; hens, 1, 2, 3; cockerel, 2;

mann, Kansas City, Mo. pullet, 2; pen, 1: trio, 1, 2. Barred

Ten highest scoring Indian Games Rocks, cock, 3; cockerel, 1; pullet, 2.
J. B. Gage, Kansas City, Mo. White Rocks, hen. 2. Sweepstakes, 2,
Highest scoring bird in the Ameri- in class 2. Display, 1, in class 2.
can class, J. R. Young, Manhattan, Highest scoring cock in class 2. High-
Kan. est scoring cock in show.

Best display, 10 or more Black Mrs. M. E. Graves, Garden City, Mo.

Langshans H. H. Borgmann. White P. Rocks, pullet, 3.
Ten highest scoring White Wyan- Dudley and Ralph Pringle, Garden

dottes J. H. Hisey. City, Mo. Fan Tail Pigeons and Bel-
Best twelve Barred Plymouth Rock gian Hares Pair, 1, on pigeons. Dis,
females Mrs. W. C. Ellis, Liberty, play, 2, on hares.
Mo. R. A. Kenagy, Garden City, Mo.
Largest display of Bantams Hall- S. C. Brown Leghorns, cock, 1; hens,
wood Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo. 1, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio. 1; cock, 1, in

Best 50 pigeons in the show Dr. W. class 3; hen, 1, in class 3.

E. Louckeer, Kansas City, Mo. W. B. Crooks, Garden City. Mo.

Black I^angshans, cockerel, 1; pul-
let, 1.
Winners a.t GaLrden City Show. J. B. Schrock, Gunn City, Mo.
A B. P. Rock cockerel owned by
W. Pinkerton, Clay Center, Golden and Silver Wyandottes and
Mrs.
Kas.
J.
She breeds nothing but the Lest.
Mrs. Belle Lear, Ulrich, Mo. Light White and Barred Rocks Silver Wy-
Brahamas and Bronze Turkeys
pullets,
andottes. cockerel, 1; 1, 2;
Light Brahmas, cock, 1; hens, 1, 2,
trio, 1. Golden Wyandottes, cock, 1;
Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Bronze turkeys,
hens, 1. 2; trio, 1. Barred Rocks,
1st and 3d hens, 1st cockerel, 1st and cock, 1; hen, 1; pair, 1.
cock, 1; hens, 1, 2; cockerel, 1; pul-
3d pullets; Clark Bros., Kansas City, H. DePree, Kansas City, Mo.
P.
lets, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Display, 2,
Mo., 2d cock, 2d hen, 2d cockerel, 2d Buff Rocks, pullet, 3.
in class White Rocks, cock, 1, 3;
pullet. T. J. Jones, Garden City, Mo. Bar- hen, 1;
1.

cockerel, 1, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1.

White Cochin Bantams H. Schmidt, red, White and Buff Rocks and Pekin
Sweepstakes, 1, in class 1. Pen, 2,
Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d
Ducks Buff Rocks, cock, 1; hen, 1,
in class 1. Cock, 1, in class 1. Cock-
and 4th hens, 1st cockerel, 1st pen. 2. 3; cockerel, 2; pen, 2. Barred
erel, 1, in class 1. Hen, 1, in class 1.
Red Pyle, Same Bantams Hallwooc Rocks, cockerel, 3; pen, 3. White
Steve <tnd Emery Nelson, Garden
Poultry farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock. Rocks, pullet. pen, Sweep-
1st hen. American
1. 2;
class.
2.

Display,
City,
Mo. White Langshans and Bel-

White Pit, Same Bantams E. L.

states, 2d in
1st in American class. Ducks, drake,
gian
Hares Langshans, cockerel, 3.
Hares, display, 1.
James, Kansas City, Mo., 3d cock, 3d old, 1; duck, old, 1, 2; drake, young,
hen. 1; duck, young, 1, 2; pairs. 1, 2; trios,

Golden Seabright Bantams Willard 1, 2.

The Columbus, Ohio, Show.
C. Holmes, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and W. H. Buckley, Garden City, Mo.
fifth annual exhibit held under
The
2d hens, 2d and 3d pullets; Henry Buff Cochins, Partridge Cochins,
the auspicesof the Columbus Fanciers'
Bundselm, Independence, Mo., 1st pul- White Langshans and B. P. Rocks- Association, Dec. 2(i, inOl, to Jan. 2,
lets. Buff Cochins, hen, 1, 2; cockerel, 1; 1902, was a marked improvement over
all former shows, especially in quality,
Main Bronze Turkeys Mrs. P. H. pullet, 3; pen, 1. P. Cochins, cock, 1;
The birds seen at Columbus this year
Harsell, Kearney, Mo., 1st old torn, 1st hens, 2; cockerels, 1, 2; pullets, 1,
1,
were of better quality than those s:;en
and 2d hen, 1st young tom, 1st, 2d, 3d, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. White Lang- at former shows. The awards were
4th and 5th pullets, 1st pen. shans, cock, 2; hens, 2, 3; cockerel, placed with the very best of satisfac-
White Holland Turkeys Peter Pear- 2; pen, 2; trio, 2. Barrred Rocks, tion. We did not hear of a sing-le dis-
satisfied exhibitor during the whole
son, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and 2d pul- cock, 2; cockerel, 2; pullet, 1; pen, 2; show. The competent judges were:
lets. trio, 2; sweepstakes, 2, in class 2. H A. Bridge, S. B. Lane, Robert
Muscovy Ducks A. Paledjl, Kansas J. E. Brasfield, Garden City, Mo. Champion, Chas. Cranner and M. M.
Barger.
City, Mo.. 1st duck, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th Buff P. Rocks, cockerel, 1; pullet, 1;
Some of the classes were not filled
Ducks. pen, 1; trio, 1. Highest scoring pul-
up as we expected to see, but those that
Eggs E. M. and O. C. Arnold, In- "et in class 1. were were of the highest quality.
depence. Mo.. 1st dozen. W. A. Kimberlin, Garden City, Mo. Plymouth Rocks were out in full bloom,
some 2.50 Barred and the Whites num-
Cavies Ed Hills, Kansas City, Mo., White Langshans, hen, 1; pen, 3. bering 212. There was also a very
1st collection. Highest scoring hen in class 2. nice display of Wyandottes. The Asi-
Incubators Chace
Mer. Co., Kansas J. P. Buckley, Garden City, Mo. atics were something fine, and the
Mediterranean, Hamburg and Bantam
City, Mo., 1st on Great Western. Barred P. Rocks.
classes were simply a dream. The
GRAND
SPECIALS. H. B. Ingham, Lucas, Mo. White
pigeon entries amounted to some 400
Best 50 birds in the show H. H. P. Rocks, cock, 2; hen, 3; cockerel, 2; and made a very nice display.
Borgnian, Kansas City, Mo. pen, 3; trio, 2. The awards were as follows:
S. P. Byler, Garden City, Mo. Barred Plymouth Rocks F. A. Bri-
Ten highest scoring birds in the gel. 1, 3 ck; 1. 3 hen; pul; 4 ckl; 2 pen. 1

show H. H. Borgmann, Kansas City. White and Barred Rocks, White and O. E. Miles secured, ckl; 1 pen; 2, 1 :}

Mo. Black Langshans and Buff Cochins- pul; 8 pen. J. M. Wilson, 3 ckl.
cockerels, White Langshans, cock, 1; cockerel. White Plymouth Rocks Maughlin
Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 2
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Bros, winnini; 1 ck; U ckl; 4 hen; :! pen.
E. R. Dunn, 1 ckl; 1 hen, tie; 1 pen.
W. T. Elliott, 1 hen; 2, :! ck; 1 pnl; 2
ckl; 1 pen. M. W. Morris, 2 pen; 2 pul;
hen; 4 ckl; li pul.
:'. F A. Brifrel, 4 ck.
White VVyandottes W. (>. Ruthiord,
1 ckl; 1,2 pul; 1 pen. J. C. Underwood,
:i ck; 4 ckl. < >. E. Miles, 2 ck; 2 ckl; 1,
2, 3, 4 hen; 'i pen.
S. L, Wvandottes Joe Pace, 1, 2 ck;
1 3 pul;
ckl; 1, 1, -' hen; 1, 2 pen. C.
L. Helsel, :! ck; :i hen.
G. Wvandottes (). E Miles secured
all the prizes with a very fine display
of birds of excellent shape and color.
Light Brahinas-J. C. Underwood
had a clean sweep of all the prizes in
this class with a string- of larg-e, fine
station and e.xcellent colored birds,
with a male bird scoring ')4 and with
females scoring equally as good.
Black Langshans The prizes were
divided between I. C. Price and J. r.
Underwood.
While Cochins P. C. Gordon won 1

ck; 1 ckl; I pul; 1 hen; 1 pen.

S. C. Brown Leghorns Frank Mc-
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; hen. C. L. Helsel se-
1

cured 1 ck. J. C. Underwood, 1 pen; 2

\Vn!.JMetzmeier,lIndepen(li lice, lnwa, ^.wii.-, thi- beautifulJB. P. Rock pul-
ck; 2 ckl: 2, :t hen; 2, I! pul.
let and a fine flock of more of the same stripe. He can please you.
Haniburgs Theodore Dessium won
1 ck; ckl; 1, .', :!. 4 pul; 1, 2, :i, 4 hen;
1. 2
1

pen.
FROM MRS. MAY TAYLOR. And speak each other In passing;
C. M. Stilse secured all the premiums Only a signal shown,
on BlacK Minorcas. Did you ever notice the difference in Then darkness again and silence!"
White Minorcas
Harry Leibold exhibitors at the show? There are We are all getting ready for the
with a tine display of birds won 2 ck; 1 ,

L-'ckl: 1. .',:;, 4 pul; 1, 2, 4 hen; 1,2

always more defeated candidates than
.'i,
early egg trade and the early chick.
pea. those winning prizes, and these latter We had such a beautiful fall to live
Buff Cochin Bantams 1>. A. Jones hold little consolation meetings up and work in that we have this part
with a large display of little Buffs, and down between the rows of coops of our business pretty well in hand,
which seemed to be the most attractive
display in the show, won 1 ck; L ckl; and sympathize with one another, and '-
and think we will be ready to meet
1, 2, 3,4 hen; 1, 2, 3, 4 pul; 1, pen. pass jokes among themselves, and
"-'
all calls for early eggs promptly.
White Cochin Bantams Robert Sha- have a real good time. While W^hile our hen house under the hill
wan won all the premiums offered on the lucky ones, even while receiving is warm and snug, yet we do not in-
this variety.
From the pigeon department, where the congratulations of friends and tend that our fowis shall be turned
acknowledging gracefully the "kind
there were over 400 birds on exhibition, into hot house plants by any means.
all of which were of the very finest words," seem to have a slight iceness We do not intend to turn them out in
type, the exhibitors were; H. A. Metz,
and lonesomeness thrown around the snow, but they will get plenty of
E. Colwell, W. T. Bergin, and G. F.
Abbe. them; the distinction is hardly per- good cold air, and we expect them to
The incubator exhibit was something ceptible at limes and at other times earn their keep.
fine. It was made mainly by the Sure it is very marked. The winners, while When packing eggs for early ship-
Hatch Incubator Co. of Columbus, O., getting the money and the "honors," ment, guard against cold as much as
and Clay Center, Neb. Line the baskets with two
do not seem to be getting that most possible.
prized of all prizes happiness and or three thicknesses of paper and
satisfaction out of the show which wrap each egg in paper. It makes no
the other side does. difference what the other manner of
But one can not have it all their packing may paper will keep out
be,
own way. And again I sometimes the cold air as nothing else will, and
think the person who goes simply it is always handy, at least in the

as a visitor gets more real unbiased home of any one who has eggs to
satisfaction out of the show than any pack. I don't believe any one could

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
of it.
Partridge Cochin hen owned
1st prize
These meetings are like
by DeWitt Yates, Eairbury, Neb. "Ships that pass in the night
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
because Store. Sedalia, Mo. They have a fine
catalogue and it is free. It will soon
be time to put in your garden and flower
seeds and the catalogue will do you
1
jfood. Send for it.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 23
a sale this season. I met one of our
old customers in town with a bird un- LEGHOKNS.
(Exclusively)
der each arm, and I said, 'Hello, there.
Birds of clioice brroiliii;;. Scoring from 93 to
Where did you get your game?' He fl4!4 aru in my p,>ris for 1H02. Esrg.s from
iliese pens $2.00 per dozen, A satisfactory
told me very pleasantly where he ii.itch ^uaranlet'd,
had made his purchase, saying he had Frank McDonald, Columbus, O.
looked every week for our 'ad.' in (fvOUTE 1. STA. li.)

the paper and not seeing it he came to

the conclusion we had quit the busi-
ness. But 1 just told him that we Caution! Oon'tRead Thia Ad.
had only sadly neglected our busi- Korifyiu do vnu will di-covcr wberelo
jiut tiii- be^l id' \Uiiir lli.iks scoring from !):i
ness." The same week we had another to !li)"o ;ii, tlif i:ir.:.-i -IhM,^ li rou^houtIhe 1

state of Ohio A uluini.iis. 1301. weshowed

just such a case, and do you know
i i

thirty Whili; K.irlis wiiii an averag score of

that after that we did not need to -be !):i'. A 4-year-old cock hird scored SS'i und
ersucli .111' sies a.s Bridge. Lan' Crannier. .

"showed" to believe it paid to adver- Barger and .tones. Stock forsale. Eggs <!, Oil
uei- 1.5.
tise in time.

By the next' week our ad. was in the

Maughlin Bros. (Jolunibiis, Oliiii.

home paper and we concluded that

A94;'4 Li.ylit liiMlniia
season that we had better let the world At the Columbus
shows for the past
know what we had if we expected to
lieii nwnedby live in the poultry business.
three years li;ive won more prizes tjian
1

all other e.xhibitiirs combined. Fine shape.

Geo. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr. e-xellent color, full combs and unexcelled
Then we were afraid to send very .

as layers. Stoci.- for sale at all times. Egeis

far away from home for eggs for in season. .\ good hatch guaranteed.

Does It Paty to Advertise? hatching purposes for fear the long

Well, I should smile. THEODORE OESSIUM, i::^"?^"^^;""-
ride and continued jolting might
Do you suppose we
Missourlans
cause the chicks to be "knock kneed "

would have found out that our pres- STOP!

or "pigeon-toed," and then we would
ident was assassinated had it not been S- KOSE and SINGLE,
have to stand accountable for such Rhode Island Reds. Buff I
for the printers' ink and the pulse
deformity. But, psah! Eggs can be fertile eg'g'. horns. Winners wherever sho
of our nation? Some folks say that hardy Only strong- robust st

we Missourians have to see a thing

sent from California to New York if
duck, bred pen ill not jret i

handled with proper care, hatch and to win best you send j-our order for ei/g
before we will believe it, but that is Erlo Aurelius,
make as well developed birds as if the Peppy, Lake co. Ohio.
a sad mistake. As Josh Billings has
eggs had never been taken from the
said, "We had no kin or kin-necfi.-
nest.
shun" at Buffalo or Washington to
write us up his obituary and send it We may live in any state in the
WWlnneps Again! H 0A class!
White. Barred A- Buff Rocks, Silver and Laced

to us, and as our chicken crop was too

union and know just who has fine Wyandottes. At last St. Louis show won 1st
pen, 2 c"kl and special. Bowling- Green show
poultry, what kind they have, and 1st pullet' 2d cock, 3d pen and special. They
light to take such an elaborate trip
this year, so we just turned our ears
many times through the medium of are sired by winners and bred to winners from
sho-ws in Mo. III. and Ky.. Efcrgs$2.00 per l.S.
to the harp strings as they vibrated
poultry papers can see the yards, 2 settings $3.75.
birds and into the very hen house J. A. Douglas, Ferguson, Mo.
the sad news from shore to shore.
doors of many poultry plants, and
And so it is in the poultry business,
you can almost put your finger down
or any othr kind of enterprise, if you
upon the bird you want by keeping in dosing out SaieFF
have not got your finger on the pulse
and keep in touch witt the life of
touch with the vibrations of poultry- OF STANDARD BRED
dom. Toulouse g-eese at the fol-
your business, you had better close lowing- prices: 1-year-old
your eyes and take a nap. But re- Each month I am very eager to birds, $2 to $3, according to
weig-ht, 2-year-old birds $3
member while you are asleep you are read the articles written by experi-
enced poultry raisers and hunt up to $4 each. Pekin ducks of
losing your footing. standard weight at $1.5*
As I always write from my own their ads. to see if they are still alive, each.
letter box, and if you will please par-
and if I do not find them, well, I think My geese and ducks have won
don me for such a slangy expression, just like the other fellow, "they've many 1st and 2iid premiums
quit the business." illSt. Louis, Mo., and are
"I'll blow my horn from the stump."
sure to please.
When we first started into the poultry They say that experience teaches a Mrs. Eugene Hollard,
business we were very careful about dear school, but I'll be liberal with Highland, III.
exposing our names and live stock be- the readers of the Investigator and
fore the public, and we would say, give you, free of charge, what it

"Little boats must keep near
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
the cost me, so your advertising will not Something Worth Knowing.
.Money saved by making your own poultry
cost you as much as mine did, as the remedies. To cure (Jholera. SOKE (UJK'E.
first sale I lost would have more than Roup. Scales Leg. Lice. Jlites. Cheaprem-
edvbutsure. E.vcellent Poultry Food lo
paid for the ad in our home paper. nuike hens lay. I'eiebraled Douglas Mi.\-
ture eic. All receipts for S' 00 or 25c each.
But, of course, a regular poultry paper Address with 2c stamp.
is the place to advertise. It is the \. Jl. HAdLWll, fioshen, Ind., It. F. D. !\'o. 2.

top of the highest fence, flop their medium through which the very life

blood of poultrydom flows, and each

wings a,nd crow like their great an-
cestors. But I'll show you what we month as we feel their pulsation they
My White Minorcas
missed by our short-sightedness. quicken our energies and strengthen Won 1st, 2nd aLd 3rd at;Delaware and Co-
lumbus on old and young stock. Scored
One evening my husband came in our enthusiasm to delve deeper and 90 to W'i. Eggs from my best pen $2.00
per 1.") Sn.CO per satisfaction guaranteed
-iri,

and said, "Wife, we must advertise deeper into its hidden resources.
;

eur birds or we will not get to make EMMA PERKINS. HARRY LiEBOLD, Delaware, Ohio, 11. V. 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.
F. Greeley of South Dakota talked to
us on poultry. He advocated building
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
They should have an interest in some- Have you Been U9
thing. If we do not care to have them
The Fanciers' World
mixed up in the general flock of poul- America's leading puljllcatloQ for fanciers.
try we can give them some separate Special deoartments for clogs, calfi. pigeons,
liiires. poultry, etc. 32 pages. Profusely
breed. A pair or two of some pretty illiislrated. per year.nOcents. Sampiecopy
free.
bantams would be nice, as they are so
small they do not mix with the larger
The Fanciers' World
F. M. Simmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III.

poultry houses
breeds. Build them a house make it
in connection with
snug and comfortable and let them
stock barns. His own are built on
one side of the sheep shed. Then in have them all to themselves; they Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods?
cold weather the warmth from
would be a pleasure and a profit to
the Make your Own! 1 can send you formu-
sheep keeps the poultry warm. Very any farm boy or girl. It is to our las for all kinus of stock and poultry
foods. Uere arc a few; Chick food 35c;
tew sheep are kept through this part interest to make things pleasant for egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder.
our boys and girls on the farm. We 45c: stock condition powder. 35c; hog con-
of the country, so I don't see how dliion powder, 30c. Write for others.
we could make it work, unless we want to keep them here with us.
A. W. Collins.
planned things as father had them on
The streets and slums of cities and 630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la,

his Minnesota farm.

small towns are full enough now. We
They had a
large square barn with lean-to buiit
do not need to contribute any of our
on the south and west sides. The
bright boys and girls to fill their BARRED P. ROCKS _^^
southeast corner of this lean-to part
ranks. It is very seldom that a boy
Pure Thompson's Ringlets ^^
or girl is expelled from a country
was mother's hen house. The hens 40 exir.i line Ckls. for sale, with score
school but how often do we find it cardsalsn 25 Extrs*. Fine M. Bronze
had full run of the barn at all times, Turkey Toms 1!1"1 halcli. weighing up-

and in cold, storm weather they were in our town schools. We have even wards 21) lbs. Write for prices.

not so closely confined; in fact, hardly

known nearly a whole class of seniors C. M. HULBURT, Fairbury, Neb-
to be expelled from the high school.
felt that they were shut in. She al-
If those were country scholars there
ways kept from one to three hundred
hens, and shipped her eggs by the
would be a big hubbub made. In last Black Liangshans
year's graduating class was a country Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi-
crate to Minneapolis. Hens always
boy. One of our town ladies was feel- cation: up to standard weight; winners at
paid on that farm. They kept just
ing so very sorry for him, for fear Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for
common stock with a good deal of sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in
he would not do as well as the town season. Address,
barred rock blood mixed in. Mother's
chicks were always tame; she could
boys. We took pains to be present, MRS. N. W, JOHNSON, Clay Center, Neb.

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
chicks. The extra care they
them makes tame birds besides
good for the children to have some-
thing to take care of.
some
It there
living creature depending
and our country boy outstripped the
town boys by a long way, both in For Sale....
composition and delivery. Why is it
that school boards and professors 200 Fine Black L,angshans. 200
want to take our country boys into Some of the best I ever raised.
the high schools. I can tell you what Address
care for
they say, at least. Because they set Ber\. S. Myers,
give
a good example to the town boys, are Crawfordsvllle, Ind.
it Is
more industrious, prepare their les-
sons more perfectly and by so doing
is

on
lead the town boys a race they do not 5;QUEEN CITYS^
like. Professors and school boards
them for food and shelter it teaches
can see these things, so are doing all
them to be thoughtful and careful for
in their power to get our country boys
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
the lives of others besides themselves.
into the high schools. We want them
In many homes the children have One of the leading' schools of the west
there; farm boys can use high school
nothing that is their own to look after. Larg'e attendance. Great demand for
and business college educations, and
we intend they shall have them. Well, its graduates. Expenses low. Address
I have wandered a long way from my

chicken talk, but my articles are H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb

only chats anyway, and I may be ex- Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company
cused if I don't talk chicken all the
time.
MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD.

GLEN RAVEN EGG FARM NOTES.

Bnff Orpingtons
AND
(Written for Poultry Investigator.)
The past week has been a stormy White Wyandottes
one, and a terror to the poultry tribe.
One week ago tonight lightning ap-
peared in the distance; by midnight
I never have failed to win in r
rain was pouring down and continued largest shows. Birds score from .

until the evening of the following day. 90to95>^. >

Then sleet set in, followed by snow,

and a fall of temperature of 60 de-
grees. One snowfall followed another,
. C ROCKHILL, Harvard, Nebraska.
I

^ ^
and finally a regular northern blizzard
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25
the fowls in this house has not fal-
len off but very little.

Leghorn pullets average about the

The Brown STAR <i^ ^i^
same as before the storm. The short-
age is in the Minorcas and White Leg-
horns. Incubators
The storm and cold doesn't affect the
turkey as it does the chicken. They 4d Brooders.
have no light combs or long wattles
to get frosted; they get up in the A large free Catalogue tells you
trees to roost, turn their breast wind- all about them.
ward (let it be north or south), put
their heads under their wings and defy
King Winter to "do them anything." Our New No. 2 Double Walled
They fly down from their tree perch Dead Air Space Self-
rather late of a morning, wade the Regulating
snow, and don't seem to care for a
swept over us, the mercury fell to 12
below zero, and it has been playing
dry spot to stand on. I take a broom
and sweep away the snow, making a
nice place for them, but they go on
BROODERS
are without an equal. See cut.
close around that point for several
days. Fine sleighing is in order. Bui wading the snow Just the same. They
the chicken man has no time to en- seem to enjoy a sun bath of a cold Price $12.00.
joy such sport. It behooves us to be day as well as the chicken. I like the Our New A-i just the same, only
up and doing to prevent the fowls turkey and have a fine flock of them. with single walls at $10.00
from freezing, keep them fed and Some people say they will eat as much is the real thing. GOOD
watered and also try to induce them as a hog, but that's all stuff. Mine Brooders for $5.00.
to keep on laying, which we are suc- don't eat any more than a chicken, Send for Circulars and Price
ceeding in doing much better than one and they are in fine condition. List
might suppose under the conditions, or Wishing all the fraternity a happy
inclement weather. It has frozen the and prosperous New Year, good night.
lay out of the Barred and White E. W. GEER.
Rocks and Black Minorcas, but the Farmington, Mo.
Brown and White Leghorns still keep
at it. They have the advantage of a MATE A PEN.
warmer house than the Rocks. Minor- On most farms where poultry la
cas and Leghorns are all in the same kept just for market stock and eggs,
house. We have saved the combs of and on some where it is kept for more
nearly all our B. Leghorn cockerels fancy sales, it is customary to gather
and all of our own breeding cocks that the eggs for hatching from the whole
we could possibly get into the concrete flock. While many are using good
house. Our loss will be very light, male birds each year and thus trying
considering the sudden change and to improve their flock, the improve- Dead Chicks
Don't Pay.
low temperature. ment is necessarily retarded by the
There will be a large number of using of eggs from females of every Chicks thrive best on a balanced
fowls perish from the affects of this grade and stage of development In the feed of meaty, cereal and
storm all over the country. Such flock. No matter what you are breed- grain element. ^That's
birds as have large combs and long
ing tor and if you are raising poul-
wattles that roosted where they were try at all you surely have some pur- STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7.
exposed to the full force of the cold
pose in view it will pay you to select It isn't a medicine, but a health
will be so badly frozen as to die from your females for breeding as well as and strength builder. It prevents
the effects. I have heard of a good your males. most of the diseases that kill chicks.
many in this condition. All laying Try selecting ten or a dozen of your Carefully compounded from re-
stock exposed to this storm will be best females, placing them with a sults of expert experimenting and
"done for" for some time. They will good male in a yard by themselves, study.
not lay many eggs, if any, before and compare the stock raised from
warm weather comes, let that be late these with that raised from the flock.
Price, at Dealers:
or early, and the longer the cold lasts Many are kept from trying this plan
the farther off will be the coming of
1 lb. pkg .$2.25
10c. 50 1b. bag.
because they think it is necessary to
Sib. pkg 35c. 100 1b. bag.. $3.50
eggs from all stock so exposed. Only have large yards with grass runs,
for my warm concrete house, egg pro- bone cutters, fancy feeds, etc., but it is Star Incubator Co.,
duction on this place would have been not. With two or three different
cut short by this had kinds of grain, some table
blizzard. I scraps, 12
Church St. Bound Brook, N- J-
made full preparations for the com- sand, gravel or something of the kind Star Specifics
ing of cold and stormy weather, con- for grit, and a reasonable amount of Is guaranteed to cure.
sequently stood in readiness to meet care, you can keep your pen in a
No 1. Cholera in old No For Inactive ."J.

it, and by almost living with my yard 10x20 feet and produce good fer- Fowls. Males.
No 6. For Indigestion
fowls during the day and closing them tile eggs. We know for we have No 2 Same, for chicks
No 3 Egg Food and No 7, Food for Small
in the houses securely of nights, I am tried it. R. R. FRENCH. No
Tonic.
4, For Cold and No
Chicks.
8, Disinfect In-
holding my own. My egg record from Ford City Mo. Oroup. sect Powder.
26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
the third stage of the disetse, and he
Practica.1 Poxiltry Ohio's Whitest White Mh.
seldom entirely recovers; he is a
Raising chicken man from then on. He is
Winners wherever shown the past 10
Ui M. M. .lliUNSIP.N. year-, scoring 01 to 9(> points. Also
after the dolars as. well as the pleas-
Open Laced Wyandottes and Black
ure, or in other words, he is a prac- MiiKjrcas. Eggs SI.")!! per setting.
I like to see the Poultry Investigator tical poultry raiser.
Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio.
grow, even though I Most certainly the ultimate outcome
had no personal Station A, Routr 2.|

Interest in the paper, I live to see it and chief end or practical side of poul-
expand. Nebraska needs a live, prac- try raising is to make it pay, and the
tical poultry paper. A big poultry more it pays the more practical. I do BUFF Exclusively. Winners
COCHIN at the great Co urabus
raising state and deserves the best not admit that I am a crank about Show lOOl-.', and Ohio
RAMTAMQ
that is going. While the editor of a thoroughbred poultry. I positively
poultry paper is engineer, as it were, know the common mixed variety pays,
he can not make the very best paper and am equally sure that full-b:oo.1s
-^
BANTAMS state E.xpcition 1901.
Stock for sale.
$1..50 per fifteen.
Eggs

without the help of other practical pay better. Its just as true in poultry D.A.JONES, Columbus, O.
poultry raisers. Varied experiences raising asraising
it is in horse
are what make pony is a horse, of course, and will do
a paper valuable. The LIGHT
H.Tk^
BRAHMAS-
Whiu'
white
~ilviT ;iinl
u,<i k.
Luocd WhiicI-
Poultry Investigator is exceptionally to work, but he is a poor excuse just (.11, > Wliilc Mini lln.ivn LHL-horris, lVI<in
fortunate along this line, the articles the same; nobody wants some like
lliu-ks. Ann rioaS IJL-l siiauis. Mvslo.li
has wnn am pn-uiiiliiis in lii. ] a-l ti rt-e
from the numerous real poultry rais- him; he is neither very useful or orna- tl Ci . -I,, .^r
anrl ilie ul.io ^SIatl t.xijMsi
ers eaech month in the Investigator mental; nobody proud of him and no-
makes It a good paper. The absence body treats him decent. If full blood- He'd Oak FoiiKiy't'arni, "t. C. l \'l'i'K'K'H'fl(llI!l'i(ip.

of jealousies and mud slinging makes ed poultry had no other advantages, Sta. B, Columbus, Ohio,

it a clean paper; the fairness of all ad- it would have the advantage of b3ing

vertisers makes it a safe advertising liked and will be taken care of. Yes, BRIGEL'S Celebrated Strains
medium. But I have slightly strayed sir, and they should be oh every farm. Rarr(!(l .Mates scoring as high as 94V.i and
Un^Lu females us Ijli^h us 94',j uuder suc't
away from my text. Practical poultry They command respect for their own- nocks. as Krid'-'e. Lane. Jones, have
j,i(i._.e5i

raising is what I am trying to talk er, they nlake his place look like won
1st prizes at such shows as the
;rc:a Coluinbus >liow. N.Mvail;. and the Ohio
about. What I mean by practical, is somebody lived there, would raise the .state K\positiim. yiock forsale at all times.
EfS-'s $--'''J I'd- IJ. the l.inU tliat win.
to really make the most possible price of the farm through respect for
P. X. BRIGEL, Coluttibus Ohio.
profits out of the business. Now and it. Practical poultry raising is noth-
then see it mentioned "Poultry raising ing short of making it pay to the ex-
for profit, or pleasure," thus separat- treme limit. Yours truly,
Light Bfalifnas aod Wtiite Wyanilottes,
ing the two ends. I have been look- M. M. JOHNSON.
ing for the man that would object to Bred from stock that .score- '.2 to 9:1),
points I. K. Fetch strain none bet-
the profits. I want to see what he THE POUTRY SHOW AT MANHAT- ter. A tine lot of White Wyandotte
looks like. No, sir, there is no such TAN KANSAS. cockerels for sale Prices reasonable.
a man. To the contrary, in ninety- The annual show of the Manhattan Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Nebr.
nine cases out of a huhdred his profits Poultry aesociation is in full blast
are his pleasure. Occasionally, no today (Wednesday), with a very cred-
doubt, a man can be found that buys White Plymouth Rociis,
itable showing of nearly all varieties.
some handsome fowls because ihey The
was S. C. B. Leg- Scored by Rhodes from 92'i to 94.
largest class
are handsome. That's the first stage horns, with White Rocks a close sec- Owens & Cumfield's strain, "Stay
of the chicken fever. The next thing onds. The awards were: White." Egs-s SI. 50 per 1.").

he does is to build some nests and IJuff Rocks All to the Smiths.
watch for the eggs the fever running Buff Cochins All to Mrs. George Randolph, Wm,
Lawrence, Kansas. R. O. Mo, 1,
its course, that is all. Then he sets Flatter.
some eggs (all pleasure, of course.) Buff Wyandottes All to. the Ross
Then he hatches out some chicks, and Bros. TRAP NESTS.
before they are a day old he is figur-
lust what you have heeii
White Rocks A. A'^ilven, Wamego, L'heaper lookinK for-
tiian yo" can make tlieni your self.
ing on the profits, on what he has first cock, first and second hen, first .Send a card willi your addi'ess and tte win
leil %(>u all ahnii II.
really made out of his bother, etc. and third cockerel, second and third BoNNiKiiiiiST I'on.iin IMni.
This is the second stage of the fever. pullet, second pen. Mrs. L. R. Brady,
Later he takes some birds to the show, second pullet, tie; third pullet, third
ROSS BROS., Manfiatlan, Kan.
"just to be in with the boys," he says, hen, third pen. R. .1. Barnett, first
but don't I know where I am at if he pen, first pullet, second cockerel, and Ir*nre Bred Poiiltry.
don' tleave that show room with the sweepstakes for highest score. DARK BRAHMAS
determination to do up the whole set Barred Rocks All to T. J. Robinson SILVER WYANDOTTES
of them another year with his favor- except second cockerel. BUFF WYANDOTTES
ite kind of chickens, and possibly he B. Leghorn W. A. Lamb,
S. .C. first Stock and eggs for sale. Write.
sold a rooster or two at the show for cook, first cockerel, first pen, first hen,
enough to raise a lot of his favorites, first and -second pullet. H. Amos,
M.D.KING, Minden,Neb.
and I have never caught him giving third pullet, second cock, third cock-
away the price he hold the birds for, erel. Mrs. George P. Brown, second For Sale.
to some charitable Institution, any and third hen, second cockerel, sec- lOOolioice youne birds fnwii winners at
Kansas and NelitasUa Stale Shows. nX)l.
more than he would some other kind ond pen. S. Hanilini^'s. I'.iririd'.'o Cochins. Buff
.S.

of money. All dollars look alike to Cochins, Li-liI Hi,ilniias and B, P. KooliS.
S. C. White Leghorns All to Mrs.
Show record on aijplicaiion. Kggs from
bint, and h would ai toon havs chick- Georee Flatter, except ti on first . choicest niallngs ^l.aO per setting,
B BOBty am atliar Mvaay. TkU is cck. A. J. LaMb, first cock, tie. DeWitt Yards, Fairbury, Neb.


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27
of and after some deliberate
affairs
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND
planning, she proposed a scheme to
Mary whereby she might earn the WHITE HOLLAND TIIRI^FYS
In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled.
money for the things which she would Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell,
want so badly when the next year's in season.
social season began. W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb.
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-
WHITE POULTRY
Holland Turkeys. Embden Geese Indian
ed and all the proceeds should be her Geese. Kose Oomb Lp-ehorns. Plymouth
own, as the actual cost of feeding the Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored
thicks would be small since they Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock
would have the range of a large farm winners or bred from winners and as repre-
sented. .Southdown Sheep. Birkshire Swine
and could pick up most of their liv-
ing till fall.
J. A. LELAND,
So Mary and her mother drove near-
ly miles to a poultry breeder
fifteen Woodside Farm,
and bought the three settings of eggs SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
Mr. A. B. Evans, Hartwell, Nebr., tor the ten dollars and the poultry
breeder of Barred Roc>s. None but man being very generous agreed that
the best will do.
on the first of
take all the birds that scored
November he would
90
We Sell..
Black Minorcas H. Amos, first cock, points or more and would sell them Hall's Guaranteed Roup
first hen. at fancy prices, giving Mary one- Cure. Absolute sure
cure; price 50c and $1.00.
Houdans All to H. Chaffee. third of what they brought.
I shall now Mary's
relate briefly Hall's guaranteed Chol-
L. Brahma All to H. Chaffee.
adventure and her good fortune. She era Cure, a preventation
Black Langshans All to H. Chaf-
set the three hens and cared for them for all diseases; price .")0
fee.
nicely, but only thirty downy chicks cents and $1.00.
Rowen Ducks H. Chaffee, first
peeped a welcome to her, fifteen eggs
duck, first drake. Hall's Egg Model
she threw away. All that long hot
Partridge Cochin L. E. Brown, first
summer Mary cared for her little an absolute necessity in
pullet.
brood. It was no easy labor, but she operating incubators.
White Wyandottes All to William
loved to watch the little chicks as
Price .50c. Address,
Dougherty. they hunted for bugs and chased
Trio Pekin Ducks To K. S. A. C. Poultry Investigator,
hither and thither, and they were

Belgian Hares To Ross Bros. They growing so big and plump she felt
Clay Center, Neb.
also showed a trap nest that was next repaid for her labor.
to perfection. Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - I1.7.S
fields and the orchardThe
were
The greatest attraction was a pen of Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00
roaming place and Mary fed
their Pure White Rock Cockls - . - Jl.OO
.

Scarlet Leghorns. them just a little wheat or corn In Pure White Wyandots - - $1.00
-

A meeting of the association was the evening when she shut them up. New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75
held during the show and the follow- When fall came they could no longer All above from prize-winnins stock and line
bred. Catalogue sent.
ing officers were elected for next yar: scratch for themselves, but Mr. J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor.
President, H. S. Cottrell; vice presi- Brown told Mary that she might turn White Plume Farm, RichUeld, 111.
dent, B. W. Smith; secretary, W. A. the chickens into the feeding room
Lamb; treasurer, Mrs. George Flatter. after the cattle and sheep had been
Judge Rhodes scored the exhibit very turned out, that they might gather Watch Houston's Show Rec-
satisfactorily. up the scattered grain. ord this Winter.
Mary had planted and raised some will make some of the boys smile,
He
turnips and her mother gave her all and girls too. His stock has always
Three Settings of Eggs won wherever shown.
the faulty cabbage, pumpkins and
B. P. R. aLi\d Buff Orpingtons.
It had been a hara winter and Mr. carrots, so Mary was singularly for- I have n Trios left to sell of Buff Orp-
Brown had each day found his finan- tunate in getting food for her flock ingtons. $5, $1 and $10, and one pair
cial resources growing less and less. at a very slight expense. $12. Have been booking orders for
eggs for some time. Rocks all sold.
He was a farmer in moderate circum- With all of Mary's tender care only
stances, but had always been able to twenty chickens were to be counted A. L. HOUSTON,
Red Oak, la.
provide well for his family and send when November came, but these were
the boys and girls to a nearby town hardy fellows, full of strength and
[f you want ....

to school. The boys three of them vigor, but since they had been made
were all established in homes of their to hustle and had not been stuffed Belg:ian Hares
own and only his youngest Mary were not fat enough for selling at Call on or write to
remained at home; but somehow market prices.
things had gone wrong and there had The poultry man came and scored
OLD ORCHARD
RABBITRY,
been little money to be spent for them and carried ten away with him Old Orchard, Mo.
those little fineries that a girl cher- to sell. These brought from three to Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. L,ouis, Mo.,
ishes. ten dollars apiece, so that he was able WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr-
Mary's mother noticed the condition to give Mary fifteen dollars as her 100 Hares to choose from.
28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
judges are giving them about what
It is next to impossible to raise poul-

"Sir Henry J." A White Wyan-
dotte ckl owned by Geo. B. Clary,
Fairbury, Nebr. Score, !)4^4.
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
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.
0.
Eleven Years With Buff L,eghorns
(By George S. Barnes, Battle Creek,
Michigan.)
they are worth from 90 to 94%, with try, even a small flock on a city lot to
of a large flock ou a poul-
a chance for us to improve. We have say nothing-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
only seen, now and then, a bird hon- trained
estly worth 94 to 95 in females, and Fox Terrier Dog.
they are as near buff as we believe we Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
have today. So, when you are pur- Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo.
chasing, do not think you can get the r/^- Males $10.00; females $5.00.
Simon pure ones for any small price,
in females or cockerels either. How Bufif Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
many so-called pure Buff Leghorn
C. W. Leghorns, White
cockerels ever proved to be good
cocks? We have yet to see one. In Wyandotteg.
most cases the good cocks, when they Stock from high scoring- birds and
were cockerels, were chestnut or winners wherever shown. Prices right
bronze in tail and wings, and, as Send your wants.
cocks, this comes in which
lighter, KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.
makes a fine buff. We
have found,
in our breeding, that a cockerel with
Notice!..--^
chestnut or bronze in tail will throw
I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls.
as near pure buff offspring as we have
at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol-
seen. This is no guess work, but fact; den Sebrignt Bantams from $1 to $2
also, females with black in tail, mated each. Will exchange fancy pigeons
with a cockerel with buff tail mixed for any kind of standard bred poultry.
with white, will bring pure buff now
W.F.HOLGOMB, Clay Center, Neb.
and then. Any of these matings will
bring you all the white you want, and
more than we all want. For a good MAMMOTH BRONZE
breeding bird give me a cockerel with
chestnut, bronze, or even some black;
TURKEYS.^^
That score from 94 to 9~;{; Barred
on good females will produce a nice lot Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co-
chins, score from 87 to 9'(i'4; Pekin
careful man- of show birds. If you can get a pure Ducks that have won hundreds of
buff cockerel with strong tail and premiums, have been sold to all
wings, he is worth his weight in parts of America and Europe.
Klondike nuggets. A great deal, in Chester White Swine
getting good birds, is the care, atten- Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, ill.
P. GREER. tion and feed. It is one-half the mak-
ing of a show bird. This labor com-
mences from the time the chick is Golden Wyandottes.
hatched until it enters the show room. Our Wyandottes never have failed
The chicks must have shade, and they to win in the best company. Young
can't have too much. We feed good, stock for sale.

1 have been breeding and showing yellow corn, and plenty of it (would J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center.Neb
this variety now eleven years. My hot feed white corn if it was given
first start was with pure white tails us), wheat, oats, pumpkins, carrots, WINNERS St. Paul and Cedar Rapids Show

and wings. In 1893 I purchased a buckwheat, sunflower seeds, oil meal, for sale. Stay While birds of lartre size
potatoes and cabbage, and the last, Very vigorous, bay eyes, red face, briellt
cockerel that gave me a true start, and yellow letrs and skin. Write your wants
since then great improvement have ad- plenty of green bone. Six weeks be- I
111 ill !

vanced, and there is plenty of chance fore show season we separate all cock-
yet for new improvements. During erels from the females and put each GRANT MOTT.
the eleven years, we have laerned show cockerel in small coops, and Box A-2!). Austin. Minn-
much about and
this valuable bred, handle them once a day to tame them
know, by actual experience, we have down, as the Buff Leghorns are high My Buff Rocks
more to learn yet. The buff color is flyers, and when we first put them in
the pens for winter and enter the coop,
Won at Madison
Sqtiare Garden this
harder to breed than almost any other season; at Boston and other great
color, as the judges in almost all cases they remind us of little yellow bal- shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs
have different ideas what said color loons, poping up all over. for sale. Write for Circular and Show
record.
The Buff Leghorn is not the great-
should be. I have heard breeders rec-
MILES H. LOLER.
ommend to purchase nothing but pure est fowl before the public there are Box M.
East Onondaga, N. Y.
buff birds. We would like to know others just as good but they are by
how many pure buff birds these breed- no means the poorest, either. Thoy

ers have seen. It seems to me I may are a beautiful breed, full of life and : : :Olentangy

be wrong that when we get pure Buff activity. Take a nice pen of them
Leghorns, we will have them scoring out on the lawn and they are admired Poultry Yards
94 to 96, as common as the Whites by all. as the cockerel resembles "the Delaware. Ohio.
and Blacks. If we are right, then only pebble on the beach." They are Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish
we have not the pure buff we want, great layers laying just as many eggs Indian Games, Buff' Cochin Bant-
or the judges are not giving them their as any Leghorns and for size they
ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs
just duM. Our oplntoD is that th* are larger, therefore laying a larger $2 00 per 15. Send for circular
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. *9
with the dog afterward, when the boy
wasn't at home, but I could not get The Michigan ^%^
him to look at the chicken. He would
go off looking for rabbits every time Ponltryman... w
I pointed toward the chick.
Husband brought our birds thirty Only Exclusive Poultry
miles across sountry. Some of the
"Paper in Michigan
combs were frozen stiff. We thawed All the practical poultrymen contrib-
them out in cold water, then bathed ube to its pages. Expert poultry-
them, after drying very carefully, with
men will give its readers free
such information as they
equal parts of glycerine and rosewater, may ask for.
and saved every comb and wattle ex-
All the news of the poultry world. Well
cept the small tip of one point.
This glycerine and rosewater is the Illustrated.

very best preparation for chapped For a short time you can get this pa-
hands or faces, or to put on the combs per one year for l.'ic. Send postal for
sample.
or wattles of birds when shipping
them in cold weather. I have always MicKiga-n PoultrymaLn,
1st prize B. P. Rock pullet owned by had to keep something of the kind Ithaca., Mich.
P. J. Schwab, Clay Center, Nebr. for my hands, they chap so easily. I

egg.
used to keep bay rum and glycerine,
but that made such an unpleasant
Now Ready..-^
some five Young stock for .sale at the Golden
Last season we raised seventy birds burning sensation, until Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock-
ago, while visiting an aunt of erels of pure Empire White Plymouth
at home, with only six cull cockerels years
and eight cull pullets. We consider my husband's over in
Illinois. One Rocks, that are white. White Wyan-
this breeding as good as most of the
morning while preparing for a long dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct
from Duston, and hatched from a pen
old standard breeds, and shows that drive about
the country I made the
of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P.
they are not breeding all culls. They remark that I would enjoy the drive R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a
that the wind would bargain. Write for price and descrip-
are quick growers, the cockerels crow- so much, but
ing at six or seven weeks old, and fe- make my face
burn like fire when we tion of stock.
males begin laying at five and six got back. Aunt picked
up a bottle MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
and said, "May BEIMOMT, WIS.
months, keeping it up all winter if from the washstand
given proper care and a warm place. put some of this
on your face and
We hope that every person interest- the wind won't hurt it. I always use
ed in this popular breed will join the it before I go
on a long drive." I
pleasant
Poultry Supplies
American Buff Leghorn club^ as it only did so and it had such a
that I asked what it Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1
costs $1, and the benefits are worth soothing feeling
five times the cost to the members was.
"Glycerine and rosewater, equal per 100.
parts mixed," she replied, and that Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, SI
and the breed.
per 60.
drive was a revelation. We were out
Standard of Perfection each $1.
day, and for the first time in
Prepa-ring Birds for SKo>v half a Spray Pumps each 75c.
my life with no burning face from
a.nd Shipping Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.
the effects of the wind. Just last week
Conkey's Roup Cure 25c and 50c a
Tlie cold wave came suddenly and a neighbor and I went thirty miles
box.
unexpectedly. We had a drop of 50 across the country to the poultry show.
Chamberlain's Chick Food $2..50 per
degrees in twenty-four hours. Per- I had bathed my face and hands In 100 pounds.
sonally, I like cold weather, but even the preparation before starting, well J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
I, who, as all my friends would tell knowing what I should suffer if I did Cure .50c and II a box.
you, never stop for the weather, only not. My friend started out without it Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
when it is "awful hot," cannot get and at the end of the journey suffered Midland Poultry Food at factory
prices
used to the sudden cold, but there no little inconvenience from her burn-
was work to do. Husband was gone ing face. Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center, S12.
to the state show; son and I at home But to get back to the chickens.
Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb.,
alone. The chickens had not all tak- When preparing them to go on a jour- per 100 pounds $1.00
en to the hen house yet, though we ney scrub their combs and wattles
Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O-
had been trying to get them to, but with warm soapy water with a tooth- B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00
the boy came bravely to our help, brush. Dry at once with soft cloth Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
neglecting or leaving the other chores and apply immediately the glycerine Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.
until after dark
the boy and the dog, and rosewater. It dries in at once, Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,
a shepherd. The chickens scattered, leaving them bright and handsome, Clay Center, Nebr.
hiding in the vineyard, but the boy with no greasy or oily look afterward.
and the dog went after them like I wish you would clean one up in this

hunting rabbits. The dog would lie way as soon as you can, just to see The best Foldina:^^^
down, holding the chicken under his
paws until the boy got They made
what an improvement it makes. To
be most effective they must first be
Exhibition Coop.. ^
It.
Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb.
fun out of the work. Not a chicken washed good and clean. So must your
was hurt, but how did the bay man- face and hands if you use it on them.
M;inutactures and sells the best Exhibition
Folding (Joop on the mailiet. Prices within
age it? One or two that we did did Then as soon as wiping put it on. the reach of Mil. He alfO has .W S. C B. LEG-
and HORN COCKBRBl.^ (or sale from 75c to $2.00
not find that evening I tried to catch We treat our chickens' feet each. Write your wants.
30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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, loc. Buy direct
and save 50 to 100 per cent in
prices. Our own farms in Cal-
ifornia. Mention paper
H&rlan P. Kelsy,
Tremont Bld|g. Boston, Mass

B B. Red Game Bants,

Buff Pekin Bants
Buff Wyandottes,
The junior iiiciiiIki ii h. iinn .if Mi.
. i
^ il Mr>. A. Mptoii \' Son, Fairbury, Buff Leuhorns,
Nebr., feeding their prizc-winuing Rocks.
B uff Rock s.
shanks in the same way. You have nowhat you have used and set and
in
^^
idea how brightens them up, and
it what you have sold. Also give
also
My stock is as good as can be had
do take a great pleasure in sending any where and have won in all princi-
I them credit for the value of those
them from the station at home look- that you have left, as perhaps some pal shows in Illinois and Iowa, and
ing so bright and healthy. A chicken of them have died. score equal to the best.
Any that you
with a red face and comb can't help have sold or eaten should be given D. LINDBECK,
but look healthy. They simply can't proper credit. The amount received Bishop Hill, Illinois.
sit humped up in the cold when heads for any other product, such as the
and feet are so comfortably warm. manure, if you sell it, should be cred-
If you are subject to cold feet try it ited. The difference between the debit
on yourself. Give them first a good and credit sides of the account shows BUFf COCHINS
soaking, wipe dry and put the prep- the gain. You can balance up the ac- Exclusively.
aration on at once. count each month, instead of the end What
J ust You Are
People who do much desk work of the year, if you desire; then you
will
often be troubled with cold feet, be- will know how you are getting along. Loolcing For ....
cause of the rush of blood to the You can keep an accurate account for
The Pure Golden BufiF. Win-
head to stimulate the brain, leaving the chickens raised or combine it with
ners in ny company. Elegant
the extremities unprovided for, and that of the fowls. I prefer to have It in shape, profusely feathered,
an unnatural and unpleasant coldness separate. The beauty of keeping an as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.
follows. MRS. MAY TAYLOR. account i= that it keeps you posted
on how your fowls are paying you
Keep An Account and if not paying, you will know it
B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
Keep an account of every part of and be able to correct the management
your poultry business. It is necessary so it may pay you.
to do so if you want to know how P. W. SHEPARD. White P. Rocks Exclusively....
you are getting along, whether you My Rocks are of the best strains to
have made anything and if there is a Perfect Chick Feed. be found and I have a fine lot of
chance to make a profit. Everyone Arminjj;tun, III., Dec. 21. 19111. chicks to sell reasonable. Write,
wants to know how he is getting W. F. Chamberlain, Kir', wood. Mo. MRS. NANCY WATSON,
along in his business. The store- Dear Sir: As it has been sometime
since you have heard from me I LlncolH, Nebr.
keeper knows how much profit he is
thought I would write you.
getting and how much he may be los- This has been a successful year with
ing. All business men know the me in the poultry business. I raised
David Larson,
Wahoo, Nebraska,
same things. They know it only by the finest lot of Lig'ht Brahmas this
keeping an account.
year that I have ever raised and I at-
They usually tribute a good part of my success to
Expert Poultry Judge
I have had years of experience in
employ a person to do nothing else CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT breeding, mating and judging. For
but attend to their books and write CHICK FEED, for with this feed and reference 'o qualification, write Poul-
their letters, etc. proper care there is no reason why one try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb.
Butt o keep an ac-
cannot raise little chic s. and chicks I am open for engagements.
count of your poultry you do not need raised on this feed mature better.
to employ some one for that purpose, Every one that has seen my chic sthis
neither need you to understand all fall pronounce them the finest in this My .. .

part of the country. I have had a

the most difficult facts of double entry
splendid trade this fall and have not
Orpingtons Buff
bookkeeping. You can charge your had a single complaint, so you may Have no equal . . .

fowls with their cost and all feed used look for some big orders from me this Bm Plymouth Rocks
spring, as quite a luimber have already (Thompson Ringlets.)
during the year, together with every- If you want good stock I have i

thing that you have bought for them. spoteforthe feed. I think I will try

At the end of the year give them

to Keep a supply of
tim6.
it
Yours respectfully,
on hand at all
JOHN A. LING,
crsdlt for all th eggs laid, ceumtlag Harvard Nebraska
C. F. Lipsey.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31
noted and much sought
Advertising e4.rvd Selling
is all right to so state the fact;
after strain,
if
it

the
Black Langshans.
1st cltl, 1st ben, Neljr.. State Show litoi.
In late fall and winter the breeder stock is scored and the score is such 1st ppn. 1st ck. 1st ckl. 2nd pullet Nelir.
as to make them desirable, the Siate Fail. ISIOl, 1st pen. 1st and 3rfl pul-
who has been engaged in poultry cul- let
iel, 2nd cli. 2nd ckl. Nehr. State Poultry

ture long enough to have sufficiently seeker after fowls of your breed or Show iit i.incoln, 1902. Eggs $2.00 per i:i.
mastered the business as to be recog- variety know
of it; or it unscored, if
J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr.
nized as a successful breeder has a your birds possess especially fine qual-
great number of birds for which pur- ities in color, size, comb, or other

chasers are wanted. parts, it may help to sell them to BUFF WYANDOTTES!
Not only has the breeder planned speak of this excellent quality. Say 1st, ck, l.st. ckl. 2d, and.Id, hens.id, pul-
and toiled to hatch and raise birds all the good things about your birds let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES,
you want to say when advertising 3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State
needed for use in home pens and vShow. Light Brahmas. Eggs S2.S0
yards, but the hope and expectation them, as long as there is no deviation per 15.
of good demand and sale for all sur- from the truth.
plus stock of good quality has been The paper or journal iu which our B DAY, North Bend, Neb.
an everyday incentive to best care and advertisement appears does not bring

management of the fowls matured us sales, primarily, but inquiries for nMnnrit
DAnnCU
and Buff Plymotith Rocks,

and chicks all through the season. prices and description of fowls, and Buff and Partridge Cochins
Silver Lace and White
These "for sale" birds represent a whether we make sales or not the Wyandottes. CoiTespondence cheer-
great many dollars to the breeder, but advertising medium has done its part, fully answered and all orders prompt-
while they remain in his yards, un- and we must secure the inquirer for a ly filled. Stock first class.

called for, they will never realize the customer by our own personal efforts,
Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus. Neb.
dollars for him. if he or she is secured at all. It the

What does it profit one, even though inquiry is explicit in making known
the owner of birds possessing every the wants of the writer, it is an easy Rose Comb White Leghorns!
every excellent quality and in great matter to answer it and so clearly and Cockerels and pallets from winners at St. Paul
numbers if no sale is had for them? fully that the inquirer will have no and Mitchell, with score cards by Russell
Such fine fowls may be the pride and doubt as to the appearance of the Must sell quick to ? make room for breeders
delight of the breeder, nevertheless described bird or birds as it is, or they J. F. Relnelt, Tripp, S. Dakota
they are not loved so well that they really are.
cannot be parted from. Since the But, unfortunately, all letters are \U A W-\Jtkt\S9.
WW. *. PnrlKkQ Breeder of Buff
and White Wyan-
breeder has raised fine birds for pos- not explicit; on the contrary, in my
dottes. For the past four years I have [won
sible customers, the first step toward experience at least they are more often the majority of the best premiums in full
classes, 22 1st, 10 2nd, 9 3rd and, 5 specials. I
accamplishing his object Is to let the than otherwise, obscure. Perhaps am booking orders now for a limited no, of
poultry public know that he is this very brevity may make the at- eg^-s from these prize mating-s for S2-00 per
setting, 2 settings S3. 50. 3 setting's $5.0<1.
ready to supply the new breeders, by tempt to word a reply a very diflicult
North Topeka, Kan,
advertising the stock for sale. The undertaking. For instance, one I re-
more widely the breeder advertises ceived recently: "Please give me your
and the better he is known, if known price on a male." As I breed two Please Let Tell Me You
to be reliable and honest, the more varieties of poultry, I had no way of My ButI Cochins have again won their
share of the ribbons at the McCook Show. To
successful Is that breeder. Much de- knowing which the male was to be make room for my breeding pens I will sell
pends upon the medium chosen to selected and priced. trios, pens and singles at bargains for the
And study the next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns.
carry the news of surplus stock for inquiry as carefully as I could there Eggs in season.
sale, out into the poultry world. Bet- was nothing in it to inform me for Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.
ter to use a small space in a poultry what purpose the male was wanted,
journal that one of those having or what qualities were desired. One
is

the widest circulation than to utilize

White Leghorns.
cannot take time to fully describe Incubator eggs from liocktsoo perKHi.
a half page in one of the "lesser males of different degrees of excel- Fro,,, ,_-ii,,i,-e ,i,am,gs $1,.W per 1.3. S3 50per2li,
lights," even though the small space
LAVRUSAM) \VINNEt{S. Scottish Terrier
lence in a reply to such an inquiry, puppies Jli.OU and S'l.OO

costs many times more than does the and so must be confined to generaltles, PRACTICAUPOULTRY FARM, ";
large advertisement. It will not take and to neglect placing our advertise- R. R. fr.nch, Mgr. Bo.x 47, Ford City, Mo
long for you to prove the worth of ment in some reliable, extensively cir-
your advertising medium, if the paper culated journal, or to treat
poultry WHITE
PLUIWE POULTRY YARDS hnvi
some extra Fine White Holland Tur-
is extensively read, and the copy fur- with careless in difference the letters keys for sale at $1..TO to ta.OO each. No.
nished for your advertisement was of inquiry
the fruit of our advertise- White Rocks and White Wyandottes. both
1

yunng and old stock for sale cheap. Holland

"taking," or so worded as to attract
and hold the attention, you will soon
receive inquiries because of it.
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
ment. MATTIE WEBSTER. Tuik.iys took Ist prize at Des Moines this
winter as did Enibden geese, A few White
Guineas for sale it $1.00 apeice. Eggs in sea-
The son from above birds also White Cochin and
White Indian Games. Mention Investiga-
Years of Experience tor when you write.
Mrs. H. Clark, Dallas Ceater, Iowa
Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply-
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from
niv different
scored
yards I haye selected 5 pullets
')3 and S which scored ^2'^ and from this
SILVER WYANDOTTES
pard I wish to sell a limited number of settinjrs BIRDS have been on exhibition at tbe last
MY eig-ht
of eiTBfs at 3 00 per setting- All ee?s sold will State Shows and many other larg-e
be from thisyardand from these birdsexclusive- shows, winning" more premiums than aU
other competitors of this variety combined
ly. I haye a few pullets scaring fro m ''0 to ll'.- _

also a few Choice cockerels which I will sell at Good birds for sale. Egrg-s from prize pens'
to sell a bird than to accomplish the prices that are right. All eggs and birds Sold 15 for $3. 30. $5- From standard bred
by me will be as represented or money re- stock, farm range. 100, $4.
sale by misrepresentation, and so
have a dissatisfied customer. If the
funded.
mps J. UX. CAflSE,
fowls for sale are of some particularly Wm Metzmier, Independence, la EmpoPia, K^"-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUFF WYANDOTTES
We see by your last publication tnat
0. MO. HUN. DRO.
you wish to hear from your patrons Breeder of Prize-Wiiimng
their experiences of the different va-
IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS,
Our experience has
rieties of poultry.
Stock for salt.' at iiii times. Eggs in season
been very limited, dating baclc just
some three years, although we have [.e.OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Greeo, Mo.
been paying strict attention to all de-
Chick Feed. tails both large and small. We are,
YOtI WANT
HAKKEI) 1>. HOCK
I ictonl'I'
like many others, situated on a farm, LIOlCll I cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev-
aud when that disease (chicken fever) ery cent asked, scored or unscored.
Extra Quality. send nie our order and let me prove my prom*
.\

struck us, we were prone to start with ise to please vou. EegsSl. From all scored
We are putting up the. best dry. teed on the five varieties, but soon discovered that stock by Ralip and Heimlich. ;Sl-50 and il. No
secrets about these pens. Ask what you want.
market to-day. It Iscspeelally^preparefl for we had four kinds too many for an
Mrs. A- P. Rodgers.
the rearing of young chicks from the time amateur, t They were Barred Roclcs,
Bowling Green, Mo.
they were hatch' d until eight weeks old. R. C. B. Leghorns, S. C. B. Minorcas,
We want reliable agents In all parts of the Houdans and Buff Wyandottes. We
United Slates. The feed is all right and have discarded them all for the Buff The manufacturer of i he
when once tried Is always used. Sample by Wyandottes, and they now have the Shaub Cofflpartmeot Brooder
mail 4c. CMrculars tree. exclusive right of the place. Is not oftering something for nothing,
but does offer the best brooder in the
We
them the all-purposed world for the money. The best is al-
find in

Steinmesch Co., &

fowl sought after by many great ways the cheapest.
Illustrated cata-
layers, hardy, good mothers, and the logue. 4cinstam|s.
St. Louis, Mo.
best table fowl, and as to chicks we M. O. Sherer,
Referenco: Editor this paper.
find them robust, far more so than Box 19. Louisville, Ohio.
any we ever raised. A neighbor
who is a White Wyandotte and
UiUiiy Poultry Farm
Barred Rock enthusiast, visited my BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
yard during the hatching season and
Are you lookitig for something- fine remarked that our chicks were so WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901194
in the way of White and Barred Ply- much stronger and active than his FOB PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red
mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White were. Management has
a good deal Six YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st
Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al-
so Games and Leghorns. to do with this. If the breeding pens Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
are not made up of strong, active and At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st
H S. FULTON & CO ,
healthy birds, do not expect the chicks Cockerel, 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen.
Lock Box 24 Stewartstowii, Pa.
to be healthy. Another point in hav- Two hundred choice breeding and ex-
ing one variety is that a flock of one hibition birds for sale.

Barred Plymouth Rocks. variety,no difference what kind, pre-

sents a far better and more pleasing
H. R. McLean,
EXCLUSIVELY. appearance than do several kiuds to- Red Oak, - - Iowa
Cockerels $1.00. $3.0u and $:> no eiirh.
Pullets. gether. Again, in every community
Uorih double whiit 1 am

W
fl.OO. $2.00. $^.00.
asking for them. Above prices good for Jan-
there are people who seem
look to
uary only. down on those who are
breeding Cocbfng.
W. S. RUSSELL, fancy poultry, and they are the very HBUff nfltons and

Box I, Ottuniwa, Iowa. individuals who come around in the ^^^^^^^^ Bred
^^^^^^^^^^
from mj^ own
fall and pay from 50 to 75 cents each
Importations.
over market price for your surplus I won more premiums than
MAMMOTH STRAIN cockerels. any other two exhibitors at
me
LIGHT BRAHMAS In conclusion, let
you on the tidy appearance of The
congratulate the
1901.
Nebraska State Show,
Before buying any-

H. T.
...

RODGERS.
.as bred by.
Caitisvltle,
. .

Mo.
Poultry Investigator. The- last edi- thing write me it will be a
tion was well worth the price of a pleasure to give you prices.
Are great prize year's subscription.
winners again Ida J. Buehler,
CHARLEY E. BROOKS. %%Z%%%Z;..
At the recent C'alnsvlUe. Mo. Show, against
birds that have since won at St. Louis and Palermo, Ohio.
other large shows, we made a remarkable
record which proves the MAMMOTH STRAIN
is as good .> Miu best.
1st on (Jock. 1st on lien, 1st, 2d and 3d on
ALFALFA FOR POULTRY.
Pullets, Oookerels and pens; also every
special including the grand prize over all.
We find alfalfa a splendid good feed
for poultry; ita hardy plant and
is

Blue Barred ^ 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
Plymouth Rocks get a good stand it will remain in-
definitely, grows a mass of
Old Homestead Brooder.
leaves The best on earth. All your chickens can be
Eggs SI. 50 per IS, S3.00 per SO, S5.00 which are rich in protiem and makes saved in the Old Homestead Brooder.
Try .me. Write (or prices. Address
per 100. Our stock is first class. a wonderful egg producing food. With Old Homamlaad Brooder Co.,
P, J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr, om grn ration It forms a prfeot middloboro, Mmam....
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 33
feed for growing chicks; plum-their
llY MAMMOTH Areholdiugihelrowo
age will glisten and their yellow beaks
ICI/IM DIIPI^C throughout, the west.
CMn UUU^O nave always won high. and shanks seem to have perfect color- G.B. CLARY
est honors at Great St. Louis Fair and
Poultry Show; also in the hands of my ing. We have a large field adjoining
customers. A few elegant Huff Kox at
half real value. the poultry yard here, the growing
Fairbury,
OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo stock roam at will, they are bugs and
grasshoppers in abundance, so with Nebraska
their morning feed of ground green
corn, wheat or barley, fresh water and
1 Chalk WbitB Wyandottes
milli once a day they grow vigorous Mairmiuth Light Brahrnas

PEKINS
Breeder of <

( Buff Orpingtons.
and free from disease. For the yarded
birds they cannot have this privilege. Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
1901. Won
39 regular premiums.
HALI.OCK STK.^IN. Three times each day we go and nip Eggs and stock in season. Sat-
Will sell a few choice drakes and of the tops as the young sprouts, isfaction assured.
d ucks, $1 each. Orders lor eggs booked 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

Belgian Hares space in their yards. How quickly

they wil gather around a bunch of
Pedigreed, leading strains. A grand
lot of yotingsters sired by a 95?4-point green alfalfa. We cut the crop three
FREE..
buck. Bred does always on band.
Booklet on the industry for stamp. times three good crops, and the last

Stephatti Poultry Co.

one is about a half crop; so there is
none ever gets moody, but are tender
THINK OF IT!
Belleville, lllltiois. and of a lovely green color, and if
the proper care be taken will come out
By special arrangement you
can get all three (3) of the fol-
of the steck in winter greenand the lowing one year for only 50 cts.
leaves still on the stems and small Never an offer like this before
branches. And here is where we get
Clubbing List our alfalfa for winter use for the poul-
try as the armfuls are carried from The Poultry investigator
the stack or shed and fed to cattle, Cl.\y Center, Neb.
By taking the advantage of the horses and hogs, the leaves sheltering The only e.\clu-ive poultry paper
OriRlnal.
published in the west.
following combinations you can down and can be gathered in a basket. up-to-date, Inj^trutlive. Profusely
iliustrate'1 and never iirints adead
get two papers often at the price They are mostly leaves and no stems line. Contains from 33 to 40 pages
eacti month.
of one. Look at these oflfers: and all poultry eat them when placed
Hopkiflsville, Ky.
Fancy Fowls,
Price with within their reach; no scalding nor The leading poultry organ of the
Poultry extra work; just scatter them along Sleuth. ThnM- yfars old. well es-
Regular Invisti- i.ibli-liiMi iinii iHiisperous. ,16'to40
after their morning meal and soon you pM-i'S.M^-li n,..ntli
price g-ator.
Poultry Tribune 50c SOc will see none left over. Poultry that Michigan Poultry Breeder
Poultry Herald SOc SOc have alfalfa for green feed keep in BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
Poultry Gem 25c 35c good condition. Hens will lay all win- Esfabli.shed 1885. The publisher
has devoted 1" years of his entire
Commercial Poultry SOc SOc time and attention to the poultry
Western Poultry News. .25c 25c ter when given this for green ration
. industry. Its a success 24 pages
Poultry Success SOc 40c each day. I believe it would pay all The price aslied for these papers
all one year is only 50 cents, which
Poultry Topics 25c 2.5c poultry raisers to have a patch tor any of them are worth, and you
Poultry Gazette 25c 25c get the others free. Send your
their fowls if not for stock and hay. subscription to any one of them.
Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc
A free sample copy can be had by
Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 It withstood drouth so well this sum- addressing each one. Better send
American Poultry Journal .SOc .SOc mer when no rain came for so long, your order now.
Feather SOc SOc and the alfalfa remained green and
Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00
grew in spite of the drouth. Its roots

..Just Think af /#.. go deep in the ground and find moist-

ure. MRS. J. B. JONES.
Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 Abilene, Neb. Eggs from
Any SOc paper yon choose above. . .50
The Poultry Investigator 25 stock scor-

WILL IT PAY TO BUY AN INCU- White . ing from 90

Total $1.75
We will send the three to you for $1.00. BATOR? to 95 points,
Address, I was reading an
article a short time L angshans $1.50 per IS;
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. ago in regard to incubators. The
$2.75 per 30;
question was asked will it pay to buy
Notice We do not send samples of Exclusively this season
an incubator for 150 hens. To the best
other papers. Some
of my knowledge and experience it only.
will pay with only twenty-five hens.
good Ckls. for sale with score
SURE SEE THE 190J Some people think it is too much
cards by Ben S. Myers.
bother to look after an incubator, but
Noxali Incubator
the same people will work and carry
IT H.\S
many new featur'S. the Regulation,
All Stock Farm Raised.
VeutilatiagaD,! Molnture aystem fa old boxes or barrels around and use
perfect, I. west price. Bud out how
to get one FREE. Our catalogue different kinds of lice killers to satu- MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.,
glvesa remedy for every kuowu poultry diseafle, 4o. for poa- Rook Port, Missouri
tage circular aud piioe list free. - rate the boxes and barrels and will
Noxall Incubator Co., ^aincy. 111.
have to pen old biddy on the nest for
 34 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUFF ORPINGTONS.
Momtock for malel
a day or two before they can place the
eggs under her, and then ten chances
EGG FOOD..
Oipin^'inns.
ners at Iti'd
Kuso CoDibji. Bull
A fuw I'Kics at $5 p' r IS. win-
OiiU and Osceolii. Iowa, and Ne-
till to one some other hen gets into the
nest and breaks her eggs. One old hen
Make It Yourself.
braska State Show at Lincoln, .Single Eggs are high at this time of year.
Combs, eggs. J.I.OO per la. 15 00 per 2B. is more bother than an incubator. Fill your egg basket and reap the ben-
Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. With an incubator you can hatch your efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re-
chickens when you want them, and all cipe for makinj'' the best egg food
known. Easily and quickly made. Re-
know that one early pullet or cock-
BUFF COCHINS. worth more than three late
erel is
cipe price only 50c; Death To Lice,
l.Sc box; Essex Cholera and Condition
I>lrkl scoif 111',. Isl hen :i:.'.i. iit Nebraska Powder, best on earth, fiOc ho.\-. The
State Sliow at Lincoln. i;;.'tfs j;i ix) per la.
a poor hand with poultry
ones. It is
T! by mail for $1.3.=i.
Breeders also of Sbort Horn cuttle and Du- that cannot make an incubator pay.
roc Jersey swine, r. K. DAVIS, I'rop.
W. .J. SIITOHELL. I'ouKry Manager.
An incubator is an aid in getting the John J. Kautzmann,
laying strain of hens, and if you keep 590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J.
Columbus, Nebr.
them laying and do not allow them
M set they will soon be laying again
White and Buff Wyandottes. and in this way will be paying for CAPITOL BABBITRY, Augusta, Me,
I am closing out my whole stock of Bel-
Prize Winners 1st CUl :tt El>;in. 1st and 2nd their feed, and perhaps for the food
ckl. :Jud pullet, ard ben. ijnd pen at Kork- gians, over one hundrt d, 24 prize-winners
ford. 1st and 2nd ckl. 1st and ard ck. 2nd
on our own table as well. I know of a included. There are a 1 Hares. 4 Gold
hen 3rd puUet.ilst. 2nd and 3rd pen.s at Bel- man who wanted to get an incubator
vldere. 111. 1002. Orders Ijookcd for esgs
Medal Winners. 1 choice Uoe of the State
la.Ofl per la. and had no ready money, but the hens Winner of Sweei stakes, prize tor highest
scoring animal in show: a silver cup goes
B R LUCAS, Belvidere, III wore laying well (this was in the mid- wlih her.
dle of the winter.) He said, "I shall
Now is the time to gather In prize win-
Doti't Fool Yourself!
an incubator and make the hens
get ners for winter shows. These prices
pay for it." So to the bank he went are reasonable and;animals way up. Will
send copy of Pedigrees and Prices.
By selecting a poor vegetable cutter. Got and borrowed the money to send for
an O K. cuts every tblni; ed'.ble for the table the machine; in thirty days it was
nr for the poultry. Send S3..i0 for sample H. F- HDflms,
mnchlne. Auenis wanted. Address paid for, and that was much less than
Augusta. - - Maine.
Dep't. A., 0, K. MfgGo. Florin, Pa- 150 hens. By using an incubator fifty
hens will lay enough more eggs than
pay for an incubator and brooder,
Single Comb will
too. It Is a poor hen that does not
White Leghorns. 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
Eggs for hatching' from the cream Plymouth Rocks. Go away with the
of my flock, as I have the advan- old hen for hatching, an incubator
tage of .selecting my breeder-s from
arnotig seven hundred choice birds and brooder answers the purpose so
Rules ofthe Cock Fit
all bred and owned by myself much better. For instance, when a liexloo, Cuba. Kuglaud, Belgium and Franw
Nothing but the very best speci- storm is coming up one can go to prelieDBlve obaptera on Heela. HnDtlilnf;. Nursing &ad OTeiy*
thiag relfttlve lo tbe royal sport oT cocking.
mens of most prolific layers are
ever used. Descendant from gen- the brooder and tap on the lid and By Dr. B. P. Ci.a.bee. laiiiaDapolla, Ind.

erations of great layers of large, soon have the chicks inside and not The Recognized Authority.
pure white eggs. Write at once have to run an old hen down, and then PEICE, 26 CENTS.
for circulars. ."
after the storm breaks search through Address tbe Fablisber of this Pspv.
. .

TESDALL,

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the wet grass for the lost chickens. Rules of the [Cock-Pit and Poultry
E. A. Give me the incubator and brooder Investigator one year
Slater, Story Co, Iowa every time and let old biddy lay. An
incubator will hatch them if they will
For 25 Cents.
Houdansm hatch at all. N. W. FULL,ER. Address, THE INVESTIGATOR
Clay Center, Nebraska.
1st pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901,
PEKIN DUCKS.
also 1st pen at Lincoln, Nebraska,
State Show 1902. No stock but eggs This brand is doubtless the most
Give
at SI. 50 per 13. popular of the entire duck race. They
Reuben H, Kapser, are very handsome birds and the larg- Breed- Rabicure
Your
Clay Center, Nebr est of all ducks.were first ing Does
They
~^^u^
brought to this country from China,
During gestation and whi'e nursiug
about twenty-flve years ago. I have
White Plymouth Rocks.
found them as easy to raise as chick- iheir young it will enrich the blood
In class of IK birds, la exhibitors. 12
pens competing, composed of the best ens, and the market is never over-
Improve the appetite, increase the
birds In the west. I won 2nd pen. 2nd stocked. If they can have the run of
ckl. ard pullet. 4lh ckl. Eggs $:i.00 per
15, S3.00per:. a pasture, field or orchard they catch flow of milk, thereby making he I

" "^ lots of bugs and eat many weeds, of

" N E BK A S a".
'
young strong and healthy.
which they are very fond, such as pig-
Give RABICURE a trial and you
weed, ragweed, plantine and purslane,
Barred Plymouth Rocks. and only require a small amount of win never be without it, 50c a box
DLUK PKIN'CK STKAIX 100 pul- grain. One fall the native grasshop-
postpaid.
lets and hens and a few good ckls for ners were so plenty that we expected
sale. Afew choice Cochin Bantams them to take our crops when spring
for sale. Stock $1.00 to $3.00 each. Vermont Belgian Hare Co.,
came. We thought perhaps the ducks
). L Pedifk, boi .1 Ottumna, lo>va. and chickens could save the garden, Lyndonville, Vt


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35
so
could.
we
They
raised all the early ones we
were ready for the hop-
THE PIONEER INCUBATOR lia^ invented a lirnoder. It differs
WOMAN
widely frMm all otliers. It
isthe accumulated result i>f deep thought, wide exf-eriruent
and lung experience. Like tlie old hen
pers when they hatched, and I never
saw anything grow as fast. They only Thia Mother Nature i

cared grasshoppers, never

for the Brooder
harming the vegetables, and soon had
them cleaned out of there, when we
turned them into the meadow and they
l^i^^f^^El!^!isS^it"''- ''"'^;^
aiEN wEsf i;oiip;NY:"fioi"r2V ml islano. iuihois.
kept them from doing any harm, while
some of our neighbors had lost nearly SUNNY vSIvOPE POULTRY FARM % mile east
everything. The ducks were soon For SsLle! of Clay Center; a g-ood 8 room house with cellar,
nearly as large as the old ones, and a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Rus!^ian cave, good barn,
it was fun to see them waddling home
corncribs, hog houses, granary, poultry houses and runs, SCO young, peach,
at night with their crops so full they
could scarcely carry them. It really
plum, cherrj' and apple trees just come into bearing.
looked as if each held a teacupful. Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese.
While these running
ducks like Address, A. B. SHROYER..
water they do very well without it and Cla.y Center, Neb.
may be successfully raised witli only
enough to drink.
I find them very regular in their S5,000 cir.'illls FREE!
- - _ _- fowls
- -
ips.

INCUBATOR
Ilia wfthi .

habits. Give them a good place in I E

breeds TurkeyB, Oeese, Duc^aand Chiukei

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dreds of plateaEromltfe. ISbest poultry house plana. Treat-
which to roost, and although allowed yilae 0QdiseaBes,howtofed,breea. etcSendlOc. for postage.

the run of the fields they come home Ij. R. Bratwzoo, Jr. & Co.. BoxLOO.Delavao. Wk
every night.
These ducks are great layers, ofLen
laying an egg every day from Febru-
ar until September or October. They
Eggs orouetibred Barred P RoclfeBTtf^-
5

I
doUars per setting of fifteen. <1'>1
Seabriffht Bantamo, two dollars
L)f fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks,
ON TRIAL
per setting of eleven. My stock
nearly always lay in the morning and and vigorous and h; The Perfected Von Culin.
All eegs shipped will be ctly fresh.
should he fed in their house and left Successful result of 25 years' experience.
in until 9 or 10 o'clock during this Mrs. D. T. STONE, DeKalb, mo Scientifically correct, practically perfect.
NoD-explosive metal lamps.
season, or the eggs will be lost, many UUlse Poultry Far
Double and packed walls.
of them laying anywhere, not caring Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation.
for a nest. Made of best materials, and highest quality
One drake about
in a flock of five is Black Langshan,
* ^^A%^;,^'^'^;'^
of workmanship and finish.
C. Bull Orpington
A fence only two feet high PRICES $7.00 AND UP.
right.
W. Hollatid Turkevs, Mammoth White
SATISFACTION" GUARANTEED OR NO PAY.
will confine Pekin ducks and may be Pekin Duck, E. E. 'Smith strain. Eggs
We make Brooders, Bee Hives & Supplies.
made movable, to give them fresh from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. 15
jy Catalog and Price List sent Free.
grass and clean ground.
ribbons from 2 to Poor hatches du-
:">.
The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO.,
RUTH LYNCH. plicated at half price.
Dept. 2I3J Jamestown, N.Y.
Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb.
HAZARDVILLE, Conn., Dec. 27,
1901. Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen-
ter, Neb. Dear Sir: Noticing Mr. PURE MAPLE SYRUP!
Henry Hess' article in the December Orders booked now and svrup shipiied as soon PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM.
as made, direct from the farm If you want
issue of Poultry Investigator on "Free somethingr nice and that is guaranteed pure and
Advertising," I would like to ask him fresh, please send me your order and I will
please vou. Put up in 1 gallon cans. 6 cans to @ & & & @ @
to look at the question from the other thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order
early so not to be disappointed and you will
point of view. want more next year.
Fairview Farm. Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose
Shouldn't the readers of poultry pa- E. E. Miller,
pers be considered? I dare say that Montville. Ohio. Comb Brown Leghorn.
there are very few readers who are
with a partial report of win-
satisfied
Having disposed of all my sur-
nings of shows and it is policy for Light BrahmasF plus stock and mated up my
poultry publications to cater to the 1st, 2d and 3d at the Interstate Poultry pen.s, am
prepared to book or-
wants of their readers. Show Red Cloud, Neb., also win-
at
ning sweepstakes and grand sweep- ders for eggs. Write at once
Most of our leading poultry journals stakes. 1st, and 3d pens 5ckls 4 pul- for prices
have seen the wisdom of this and give lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln.
winnings in full. Stock and eggs at reasonable prices.

Parties interested in show reports J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb. J. H. TROUGH,

are going to have them, and if one Minden, - - - Nebr,
paper won't supply them, they will money maker. Send
10c for greatest cat"
subscribe for one that will. alogue ever printed. (Contains dollars of
information. Handsomely illustrated. A
famous guide based on practical e-vper" Cornish and White Indian Games!
Another point. If I was a breeder
e. 35 varieties land- and water fowls, dis-
and advertiser I should want the s and sure cures, houses, how to feed, high
whole winnings reported in the pa- lity stock, low prices. Bank and personal
rences. Absolutely reliable.
stock for Sale.
per I advertised in, that the readers Iowa Poultry Company, JUNAUMAN, RedlLake
might know what kind of competition 39. copyrighted Des Moines. Iowa Falls. Minn-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUFF WYANDOTTES 1 was entered against.
Again, from the readers' point,
BUFF ROCKS when we want to buy stock or eggs,
P. . .

we look over a man's winnings, we

Printing for
Bred from ray Boston
Omaha. Kunsas Oily, want to know who he has been com- Poultrymen
and Toppka prize win. peting against to win those prizes.
ners. Ola and young It is worth more to know he was com- We are prepared to do alt kinds of
stock for sale. A largt printing' for poultrjrmen.. We have the
peting against some other well
(lock to select frouj. Prices reasonable. hitrhest grrads machinery and new ma-
known breeder than with some un-
terial: all work guaranteed first-class.
W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. known party. Free u^^e of standard
poultry cuts to
Free advertising? Possibly, but patron^. Write us your wants and (jet
there are very few who in buying will our prices on your work Address,
White Wyandoiies.
.

not send to advertisers, as their first

First and second premiums at Min- thought is that they must be reliable, Poultry Investigator
neapolis, poultry show Dec. U) lo 21.
Eggs from birds s-'oring <J3, '.)4. 01, 04, as their ad. appeared in such and such Clay Center, Neb.
94, 9o% cockerel 9434:, $1.50 per set- a paper, while they will reason that
ting, 2 settings J2.2S. Few birds for either hasn't anything to sell or isn't
sale.
reliable. Yours respectfully,
W. H. SwartM, Mlnneapollm, Kmnmamm
E. L. PRICKETT.
Bonniedale Poultry Farm !

It. the Investigator recently no- I Efcgs to Hatch.

High Hill ticed some one telling of trouble by S IJOTTES: Very choice pen, $2 per 13.
Over.ro hens on dilTcrent farms. Good
rats, etc.. digging into the hen houses. pure stock. Esgs $1 per l.i. H per 100.
Poultry Yards I'll give you our plan, both for old and
BARKED ROUKS: Strictly standard sys-
tem. 60 tin- hers and pullei>. 4 e.stra
new houses. We had a fairly good large, stately croweis. coring froiri 90 to W f

Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. by Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs
Turkfys are bred from prizewinners hen house, without foundation. After $3 per l.i. $:^ 50 per 30. Lt Brahrnas. S. C.
nd aie winners, muring Hiniosti-lean B. Leghorns and t'. 1. Games. Good pure
:

sweep wlierever shown. Young Toms losing several hens we decided some- stock 00 separate farni.s. Eggs f I per 1.5. $4
$5each: Pullets. -K 50 to};) OOeach. My thing must be done, so Mr. B. dug a per UIO.
Kocks are noted for shape and orange
colored legs. 90 point t^ofkerels. $J.50 trench around under the house and
each; 91 to 9214 poi nt Cockerels gi.OO;
placed a six-inch fence board upright
each Pullet not .scored. l 00 each. MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.
Mrs. Wm, where the foundation should be, then
Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. LOCK OX 176,
filled in the dirt and we were both-
ered no more. The little animals
F. A. CROWELL,
would dig until they strucK the board Bros' Ross Trapnest
and quit to try another place, with the Just what every poultrymaii needs.
Granger, : : : Minnesota. same result, and finally give it up as
a bad job. Of course the board would
In sets of 3 for $3.00.
Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- decay and have to be replaced in time, In sefs of 5 for $4.25.
nli.ii.<J
UcllVcieUi
but we moved before that time and
tionBuff Orpingtons yet for sale, also We sell them cheaper than y<iu can
built new houses.
Indian Runner Ducks at $S a trio. make them.
In both of these we laid brick foun-
Circular free.
dations, consisting of brick two wide
and two deep, the top being level with Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes.
SilverLace Wyandottes the ground. On top of this was laid Lead in the best coinpetition.
White Wyandottes : : :
a plank 2x6 inches, and the frame
^^^^^ Buff Leghorns
.
built up from this being built even ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan.
Pekin Ducks... on the outside, making a sort of shelf
All first class'stock. Prices reason- all around inside.

able. MRS. W. E.TIBBITS, Then I nail window screens to the White Wyandottes.
Imperial, Neb. window and can sleep in peace. Have At the great Chicago Show, 1902, I won
had this nearly three years and no 3d and Sth cockerels in closest com-
animal has succeeded in getting in, petition. 60 cockerels for sale. Effps
2.00 per 13.
GOT A DOLLAR? nvest It In
i or choice
(
<
though I often find places where they
',
Fruit Trees. Shrubs or Vines, ours will t have tried, ihese are easily filled up, GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.
,
grow. They a-e well rooted,
healihy and irue lo name. I
f _^
fOBS
".

", leaving everything safe as before.

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Send a trial order today. Due bill good 1 MRS. M. A. BARRANS.
,
for 35 c and Catalogue In German or ;
I Kngllsh free. We pay freiOht on $10 \ Lenox. Iowa. Buff Orpingtons.
I ORDERS. {
25 Oraftcd Apple Trees for - $1.00 J From the best strains in tlic coun-
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2% Budded Peach Trees (or - $1.00 THE BLACK RED GAME BANTAM. trj'. Prize winners. Stock and
\ A "Black Red Game"
40 Concord Grape Vines for - $I.O0 do graze at me, egg^s for
I
\ sale reasotiable
I.ongre-.st of legs have I. said he;
Falrbury Muraerlam, Box tO,
Falrbury, ... Mabraatta
\
\
A body small,
A reach quite tall.
B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb
Head a snake, a bright, keen eye.
like
A close, hard plumage, and I try
Barred Rocks. Stylish to be In all my moves.
And not to tread in time-worn grooves.
Wanted At Once.
PRIZE WINNERS at McCook, Kear- Do I succeed? Well, don't they sing 10(1Black Minorca females.
ney and Nebraska State Show. Praises to me and crown me king? 100 Rose Comb Brown Leghorn females
Don't buy until you get my prices. 100 Rose Comb White Leghorn females.
N'o other Bantams such prices bring.
Eggs S2 per l.l. ?.'! for :!0.
Xor can th^-y evfr while 'I am in the Will Pav Cash for Same.
A. B. Evans, Hartwell, Neb. ring.'
Box 227, Clay Center, Mebr,
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Brief Business Cs^tchers. ^

Under these heading-s cards of THIRTY WORDS or
30 WORDS less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 30 WORDS
sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS. WITH INVESTIGATOR
SINGLE INSERTION No display can be allowed and all cards must be
50 CENTS uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 1 YEAR $3.00
allowed each quarter.

FOR SALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single I HAVE FOR SALE at a bargain 30 Buff
singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Bufl" Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and Oochins,25 Buff Cochin Bantams, also Gold-
Rock Ckls.. tlie best of stock for $1 35 each, Light Brahnias. $1.50 per settinB of eggs. l.'i en Wyandoites and Barred P. Rocks that
or $3 for 3. Write us at once. O. E. Olson. Write wants. .lolin H. Rownd, Downs. Has. are extra Koud. Write your wants. H.
Colon. Nebr. Gregory. Wayne. Neb.
ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
BUFF ROOKS. Breeding and exhibllion Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- FOR SALE a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter,
stock for sale. Write at once for descrip- rtotte.s.also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season. nearly new for $8. Also a Buff Orpington
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 15. $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per II. .1, W. cockerel, weighs 9 pounds; will make an
or money refunded. Tell us what you want. Cook. Poneto. Ind. excellent breeder. Price $5 00. Louis Mog-
F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo. ensen. Racine. Wise.
BDFF and BARRED
Rocks. Buff Leghorn-;.
C E. DUNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor- B. B. Red Games. Pekin Ducks. Fancy WHITEPLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively. A
oughbred chickens. Can fill your order for Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale. For few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and
any breed or strain, from the yards of reii- prices write. Utz Poultry Yards, Esther- 2nd premium at s O. S poultry show.
ablR specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- ville, Iowa. Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Strom.s-
respondence solicited. Yours Truly, O. E. burg. Nebr. Route No 2.
Dunlap. Liberal, Kans. BUFF TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout
No white wings and tails. Large hlrus and BARRED P ROCKS; Thoroughbred, farm
BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, ready to ship. Mrs. T. G. Smith. Polo, 111. raised. Good birds, good .scores, give good
best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also satifaction and good results. Eggs that
handsome. I take great pains lo have the 100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs hatch. $1 00 per 1.5. Prices for birds as
best and largest stock. Large fine Ckls. $1 at prices to suit the season. Stock in good reasonaljie. If convenient please enclose
each. Oscar Jenne. Liberty, Nebr. condition fashionably bred and artistically stamp when writing for particulars.
marked. Rev. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran. Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87.
FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- Kansas.
cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games. WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 94'i by Russell, for sale. Also eggs from
Clay Center. Nebr. Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth D. Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekin and
Rock Cockerels at $1 each. Toulouse Gand- Game Bantams. Expert .fudge. P. M. Oool-
BUFF PLYMODTH ROOK Coclterels from ers, and M. Bronze Toms, at $2 each. Pol- ey Milton. Ia.
firstprize cock; very promising. Write for and China hogs a matter of corrtspondence
prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., .1. D. Grimes. Chamber. Neb. , PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have
Elgin, 111. a few Black Langshan Cockerels for
fine
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty. 1 sale cheap if taken soon. Mrs. .1, W. Strat-
BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Rockall old yr old hens and this year's pullets and ton. Blue Hill, Neb.
stock for sale at 11.00 each, young white cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points
Peking ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor- andupto95}4. Write for prices. Geo. N. BUFF ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS-evenest lot
ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, Wood, Weldon, la. in the west. Have always won Isis In best
Nebraska. shows. Score 90H to 94V4 by Rhodes. Num-
J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry
SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY ber 90 cheap. Rob't Larmer, Ravenwood,
Farn], C. F. Austin. Dearing. Kan.. White Mo.
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and
and expert mating a specialty. Hughes strains. 15 cockerels fnr sale
.lobn
Strawberry plants best varieties. Square
NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood-
40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T.
treatment. Clark, 2i5th & Y Sts.. Lincoln, Nebr.
cheap If taken 50on.
C. E. Genoways. Aurora, Nebr. PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The
cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe-
FINER ANU CHEAPER than ever. Buy 150 youngsters for sale after October 1st. kin duck. Large fine specimens for sale at
early. Games, Heathwoods, Irish and finer than ever, superior feathering, shape reasonaDie prices. Our stock is as good as
Mexican Grays. Blks. Reds; Tornadoes and color. Always satisfaction guaran- money could procure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews,
and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- teed. U. ,F. Shanklin. Wanbeck. Iowa. Morning Sun. Iowa
cular. C, D. Smith, Fort Plain", N. Y.
WHITE WY'ANDOTrE*. cockerels scoring EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown, Buff,
FREE, GAMES, Eggs Si 00 per 13. Circular. to 943i. Mammoth Bronze Tuikeys scoring Black. Dominique, -Silver Duckwing and
Heathwoods. Irisii and Mexican Grays. to 9B'/j sired by a Tom weighing 40 lbs and Rose Comb White Buff and Brown Leg-
Tornadoes. Irish Biks, Reds. Cornish In- from hens weighing to 25 lis. Prices rea- horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley,
dians. $3.00. Fowls all times. C. IJ. Smith. sonable- W, H- Lake, Hampton, Nebr. Port Clinton. Ohio.
Fort Plain, N. Y.
LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three FOR SALE. 2 trios extra cheice Silver Sebright
BIG MAIL for pouitrynien. Insert your trios at $5.00 per trio. Choice cockerels at Bantams one year old The price is $5.00 per
name in our poultry director and receive one half their value, several bred from trio. Address Box 227. Clay Center. Nebras-
poultryipapers, poultry catalogues, etc. ev- Boston prize winners. G W. Hardin, ka, care Investig.\tor.
ery day. Only teu cents silver. Poultry Ulysses. Neb.
Directory Co. A. Goshen. Ind. BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin
HATTIE BYFIELD. McCook. Nebr. Eggs Show. 1st ck. 1st. 2d. 3d hen. 1st. 2d. 3d ckl. 1st.
DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand- for hatching from prize winning Light Brah" 2d. 3(1. 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben M\-
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and esrg's mas and White Wyandotte chicken. White ers. judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin. Ill,
1.50 per setting Alice Trenary. Palmyra. Holland turkeys and mammoth Pekin duck.s,
Nebraska. IShen eggs S2.00, 9turkey eggs $1.50, 11 duck WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Ner-
$1.00.Duck eggs $6.00 per UIO. A few nice val strains direct.
Score 92 to 94"s by Ben S.
MRS. MATriESTUFFT. breeder of Butf Oi. drakes to sell. Myers. Quality and fair treatment guaran-
pingtons and White Holland Tuikeys. leed. Best;winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per 15.
Winners at Nebra.ska State Show. Write CORNISH INDIANS a specially. Winners Belgian hares. Chas. C. Wilson. Holdrege.
forprKes. Lawrence, Kansas. wherever shown. Scored by Russell, Hews. Nebraska.
BARRED Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class
I'LY'MOl'TH Kocks, No stock for birds. Eggs ia season $2.00 for 15. J. L. R. C B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left.
sale. Eggs s=i.00 per 100. $1.00 per 13. My Eggs l.Ki per IS. Also a few Stay White Wy-
stock is drst class and have won in show
Bannson. Sarcoxie^ Mo.
andottes. Eggs I'OO per 15. C. H. Courte'r.
room. Schioeder, Clay Center, Neb.
J. P.
WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The Ashley. Ohio.
kind that are egg layers. Scoring 91 to 'M'A.
ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs. Butt' Duston strain . Eggs 2.00 for IS or 3.50 for 30. FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens.
and Brown Leghorns. Buff Rocks. White Mrs. D. J. Fink. Holdredge, Neb. money takes them. Place order at once.
first
Wyandottea. Polish and Andalusian. Won Address PorLXHv Investigator. Clay Cen-
31) premiums out of 27 entries at South Da- ter. Nebr.
kota state fair. Egijs for hatchine". $1.00
500 BUFF. BARRED. White Plvmouth Rocks.
Light Brahmas, Fine cockerels, hens and BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook's
and UB. Circulars free. H. P Larson, pullets $2 to $3 each. Eggs IS. $1.00. $6.(ki.
Strains."
Beresford. S. D.
10(.).
Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock. $3.00
Milton Brown, box 94. Middleboro. M.iss. peris. R.O.Brown and B.C. White Leg-
BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook's Strains." horn eggs SI. 50 per IS. Louis Mogensen, Ra-
Trios SIO.OO EggS at your risk' ii.OO per 13, O. K. S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right. cine. Wis.
guaranteed $.i,00. A. Edward Green- Jo- Eggs $100 per 15 or $4.00 per li. \^ T. Can- .

llet. 111. aday, Dover. Lee count.v, Iowa. PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de-
scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed-
LIGHT BRAHMaS. I hav w good hens BARRED PL Y'MOUTH ROCKS exclusively. ing, feeding, caring for. 5 cents. 1.000 pig-
and pullets for sale cheap. Alice Allen, Eggs *4-90 fur 100, Sl.OO for 15. Adam A. eons for sale. Prices f ee. Wm, A. Bart-
Clay Center, Nebraska. Weir. Clay Center, Nebr. lett & Co. Box 27. .lacksonville. III.
38 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Mrs J. B
Morning View 1
1^^
Poultry Yards, o^ L^
...HAVE ...

..Barred Ply Jiouth Rocks..,

EOOS! Extra large heavy bone, finely

red, full above the eyes.
bar-

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting

From good, healthy and
vigorous stock James M. Perkins,
RAVENWOOD. . : MISSOURI.
:

$6 Oer 100 Union Lock Poultry Fence.

r j
For Poultry, Rabbits, /^^ Orchards, Gardens, etc.

$3.50 per 50 U
White Wyandottes,
Light Brahmas,
Partridge Cochins,
White Rocks,
Barred Rocks,
Buff Rocks,
S. C. B. Leghorns,

Send your orders early

and we will take
care of you.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 39

^Chicken Chcras
s All 'Right! It's All 'Rtght!
yin Incubator That Is Out of SightV*

&l^i^^^
The chickens do not really say it but they feel it, and their owners
say it over and over. The

Sold on 4'0 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 thm
decide whether you want the machine or not. ,... P*^
Isn't that "all right?" couldn't do it if our We
machine wasn't all right. Send for book explaining
why it does such good work. It's free.
CLAy PHELPS IJ^CVBATOTi CO.,
Stat'on 87 Cincinnati, Ohio.

RiPPLEY'S Whitewashing, Sitfaying

and Painting IVIachine.
t
1
Golden Wyandottes
Higbest Grade, Healthy Vigor-
t
I
I ous Stock, from careful i
t Matiiigs. t
GUARAKTEED 1% AS REPRESENTED
Read Our 30 Days Special Offer Below. p. VAN NORT, S.'ilsSK^r'"'!
r\VU-h l-Jll Wnlls, 11: JS.
Poultry IlMuses, d.jiii^' it hiv Ijettr:
over tile old method of usiu!,' bn
Buildings, or Spray Trees any height 1

extension rod to elevate Sjjrav. I'.iiH

dreds otnoted breeders. Itis ii^eda'r
ShelbyviUe. Ind
I
r. K. FKlirl. II..
;

Poultry Farm, tiillas. )'a. (i. AV. ];r.v

:
VUtUOy CATALOCUE fnCCg
'"
IS wfthoul a rival. Giveslowesi prices of fowls &D(1 eggs.
Duston, Murili...... Mas^ T.\asSi;iu.
; rerodbreedBTurkevs.Geesa, Diicksand Chickens. Kun-
W. B. Keiiii. s^er.tiiiy of stale 1 edsofi.lite3froiclie. Ubestpoullry house plans. TreAt-
ak.,-,,}": '\V,.gav,.an ; on diseaseSihow to feed, breed, etc. Send !0c. forpostaee.

in every locality,
R. Brabazoa. Jr. X Co., BoslOQiDeUTaa, Wia,

NEXT SIX! Y DAYS ONLY,

vitli tof !-iich
d brass cylinder
Trees and Plants
Terms
.*I'J l)l>. N... 7. -Sixteen Gallonsize. $15.00.
1-, oi
J. we ivill ship C. O. D., it J3.00 accom-
That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit.
idvantaf^e ot oiirSipeeifll Ofl'er. Send ^c in We grow that kind. Large stock. Honest dealine.
stamps for a copy of ou r 1902 .Sprayer and Breeders'Snpply Catalog. - Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach-
RIppley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton, Ills. es6c.; Grafted .\pples5c.: Concord Grapes 2c.,
Russ. Mulburries 30c. per 10(1; Ash 7Sc. per 1000;
Western Office. Box E4. Waterlown. So. Dak.
Black Locust 51.35 per KK10. English or German
Illustrated Catalogues FREE.
CARL SjNBEREGGER, Proprietor, Box 27, Beatrice, Neb.
WiiuiLi-.s 1, 4, 5, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4,
BUFF ORPINGTONS. ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 against
red list competition. Eggs 1st pen, $5.00 per
15, 2nd, pen, S3. 00 per IS. 3rd pen. 2.00 per 15.
Canfield's White Rocks
Limited number of Fancy Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each. STILL AHEAD! In Jan. 1901-3 my birds
made almost a clean sweep at K. C, and
##, H. CAMPBELL, Osceola, Nebr. Kansas State Show. At Topeka, Kansas
State Show. 1902, they won 10 out of a pos-
Egtjs from uiy birds never
fail to produce Prize Win- sible 1() premiums in strong coniDetiton and
GREER'S PEDIGREED ners. The best place to buv egsrs is from a bruodpr at Nebraska State Show at Lincoln in a
who makes a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird." class of lie birds thev won 1. pen, 1, 2.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS "Lady Blue" and the best havertiised for three years
1
hen. 1. 3. 3. ckl, 3, 4. pullet.. 3. ck. Egss and
:!,

are In my breeding pens for 1903 Every bird a beauty an''' barred to the skin. My cnstom- stock in season.
from the same hens I use for myself. Send for booklet o"
Poaltry Exhibits Properly Judged. 0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Ind.
M L Canfield, Belleville, Kan
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
For Sale..
Hif,'-h hlass faticy pigeons, as fol,
lows:
Were Your Crops Injured Owl.s.
Fantails. Carriers,
Archangles, Barbs, Homers,
Magpies,

by the drouirlit? Well, even so, you needn't starve to death. Swallows, Dragoons. Nuns, Turbits-
A good Hock of cliickens will pay your taxes, buy your Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts,
groceries, and h'ave a surplus besides. The Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in-
side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White
Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese,
HsLwkeye Incubators
will hatch them
for you, with less hothcr and greater certainty than any
Rouen Ducks.
D. L. BRUEN,
Write for price
Oldenbusch, Neb.
list.

other incubator sold today. Perfect regulation of temperature, ventilation

and moisture. In actual results the Ilawkevi^ takes a back seat for nobody.
Tliree sizes(iO, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices tliat are right. make We
brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are liatched.
motto is "The IIawkcyc;ineubators are Good Incubators,"anrt
Our BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
it means exact ly what it says. Better senil tor our catalogue.
See our special ofTere anil guarantee. Book free, or send lOc
The kind that win and lay eggs.
andgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry paper. Satisfaction to all. Circular free,

Hawkeye Irvcvibator Co., H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la.

Department 108. Newton, Io^va..
Lock box 5Q0.

HORT STORIES
bring hlKl, prices. Tliousandsofgood

ITHIS IS THE WAY

"' H wlm-li niifrht Mtsily
be mude
--
- -i- make up the great mass of
rejected mannscripts."OurSctiool
they come man who off for the uses v. f"'!"" 'J-
cessfiil
'" 'harge of sue.
autliors. criticiaes.corrects

THE NATURAL HEN 1 and revises, as well as teaches

how IO write. Write lor booklet.
INCUBATOR. MT'l (OlIRESPONDEXCE INSTITtTE
ad Nufl llanb Bldg. Wanbloflon,
Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you D.C.

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
GREAT CROPS OF
ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Egg
Formula you write

4'*. i
free
NatHral Hen Incubator Co..'
B>1
if to-day.
STRAWBERRIES
Columbus, Neb.
1,
AND HOW TO CROW THEM

MffESS
and
WE DIDN'T
it is reasonable to suppose that the average man
KNOW
who is
interested in Poultry does not know and cannot know
the many points brought out in this new book,

The Poultry Book

Filled from cover to cover with the rich, ripe wisdom of the
DeLux
hard years of disappointment and success of men who stand at
the^top in the poultry business today, it is absolutely alone
among publications of this kind. There^ is . not a phase of the poultry business
that IS not exhausted in tliis wonderful
book. Experience
^^p^..w..ww that
t^, has cost thous-
ands of dollars, boiled down and put within the
reach of all for
l.'i.ooo copies alraidi/ sold. Write for full iifor
Relia-ble lncMba.for a.t\d Brooder Co.. Box A 23
$1.
Quincy, Illinois.

Is the titleof a Book which bas worked

a r volution in straw' erry growin?,
and I'USKB TWO BKi BKRRIES TO GROW WBEItK
0\E IITTIE OJiE grew before. The .-uthnr
has grown the URilEST CROI'S OK BERRIE
EVER PROIirCED on an acre. The book
expiaitis how voii en 00 tde sajie. it

GET MORE HEN MONEY wi be sent to you EREE IF VOl' )IE.\Tlfl\

I

THE PAPER ! WDICH YOI> S.IW THIS \0TI(E.

The only scientifically developed THOR-
Kow dualKUt opL-u Luppe uiarKt'
torSii E
.Sc.
OUTTI
i"l feeiJ; i ou can set it to
OKiHRRED STR.JWRERRV 'PH\TS to be bad
for spring planting. One of them is
10 DAYS FREE TRIAL ley asked for until you
"".''" ""> ""' "' '"""' 111! ll a.lherinit meat and "itrlsllc. fas'tcr
"
tlmt
W'-rth a dozen common scrub plants.
?
InV.?'"^r'
better 8ha|>e than ai.y other l^po ot l.oiu> ruticr. if j i.n rtnn't Mk"it ^endlt lia.'k
Froaf.g.p,..a... ',. w. MANN COMPANv" R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Mich
kor''''rMMfor"drMaM
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 41

^ioioioio^io^^4oioio^ftio^iJo!feiojfe^ioio:ioioio^:ioioio^jfe4oio^ife^^^>?'

GOLD MEDAL AND HIGHEST AWARD

AT THE PANAMERICAN, OCTOBER, 1901, WERE PLACED ON

THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR

4^ Time and time again the Cyphers 360-egg ma
chine in the hands of our customers has hatched tjp-
4^ WARDS OF 300 CHICKS FROM 360 UNTESTED EGGS.
4^ Allowing ten chicks to the hen, it woci.d take thirty
HENS TO HATCH 300 CHICKS.
THE EVIDENCE:-
My largest batch was 345 chicks out of 360 eggs," J. V.
Raiiisey. Morlonville, P.
I got Mo chicks out of 318 fertile eggs." Edw. Sharpe,
Ge N. Y.
'1 hatched 314 chicks out of my 360.egg Cypbe -Herman
Filedl. Haskell. Ind.
'From 3G0egrgs we hatchPd 317 of the brightest, 'strongest
chicks 1 ever saw." Frank B. Taylor. Prompton, Pa.
Proni my No. 3 Cypfiers. holding 36n eggs, we batched 311
chicks " L. K. Ilobart. Lake Crystal, Minn. J*
Uut of our largest size incubator 1 hatched 314 good,
healthy chicks " H. Murr, Grordonville. Pa,

My incubator holds 360 eirgs and from one loading I got
.101 cliicKs." .(as. O. Myers, Oakes, Pa
'One hatch 1 obtained 327 strong, healthy chicks from the
3h0-egg Cyphers." Sprague Bros., Florence, O.
Think of' the work and the worry inlcarlng for the thirty
4^ bens It would require to hatch 300 chickens, ten to each hen I

Five minutes, "morning and evening will take perfect care of

4S the Cyphers 3ii0.egg incubator THIS GUARANTEE: WE
^ LITERALLY THOUSANDS
QITOTSD, and the smaller si
of persons in evkky w*lk of i,ife

s'lze. on tliis you can absolutely depend.

DOING AS ABE
good work
es of Cyphers Incubators (60, 12u and 220 eggs) do precisely as
WELL AS THE FEW aBOVK
as this largest

4S ^ .,
While you are about It, WHY NOT BUY THE BEST and know that YOU are bight?
, .

Illustrative descriptive 32 page circulars, English, Germa.i or Spanish. RE&_ON REQUEST. 1-

4^ 1% pages. 8.\11 inches. 10 cents in stamps for posta!

4=^

^ CYPHERS I:N^CUB^T0R COMP^lsrY CHICAGO.ILL.,

335 Dearborn St.
"' " '
"
" ""

4S
4=^
|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^'<^^^^^^^$^^^'^

Barred Rocks . .
Miller's Perfection
That have made a National
Reputation. Bred in all their
Folding Exhibition purity. Grand in size and
color. Eggs and stock from
my yards will start you right.
Cockerels from $2.00 up; eggs
Folds like a book. All In one piece.
Nothing to 1 o astray. The neatest $2.00 per 13, $5.00 per 40.
and strongest coop on the market.
GEO. H WALLACE
Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb
Box 101, Navau, Minn

Special Bargain Saiel LIGHT BRAHMAS..

Prize-winning stock, first prize
am selling choice S. C. B. I^eghorns as follows: Cockerels, $i.oo, at the Great St. Eouis Fair. Of
I
four entries at KansasiCity, Mo., (
t
Trios, $2.50. This stock is sired by Boston and Chicago prize win-
ners. Try GRANT'S PRACTICAL BROODER. Specifications won 1 first, 2 seconds.
s, 1 third. I
Stock and eggs for sale. Write us
telling how to make and operate sent upon receipt of $i.oo.
D. W. GRANT, ALMENA, KANSAS STECKER BROS.,
4639. Cottage Ave., St. Louis. Mo
Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair
Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won

Buff Orpingtons
1-2 on Cock, 1-2
els, 1-3
on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- </
on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks.
Wm Eastes . >
Huff K. C. W. Leghorns,
Orpingtons.
Every bird a prize veiuner. Also win-
ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four Barred & White Rocks, W. C. P. Ban-
The Coming Breed. first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State tamf, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. Stock In
Poultry Show four first premiums. season. Agents wanted, t Thirty Prizes;
W. H.^BUSHELL, Importer and Breeder. silver cup last year.
Young stock for sale in pairs, trios
DAVID CITY, : : : NEBRASKA and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. Galesburg, - Illinois-
42 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

California ^edti^ood
has been used for twenty-three years in the
manufacture of

'Peialuma
Inctihator^ and 'Brooders
because we have found superior to all other
it

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

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. We send it free. Address nearest
office.

"Petattima. Incubator Co.,

Box 58, Petaluma, Cal., or
Box 58, Indianapolis, Ind.

0000000000000:0000000000000 S. Markle, /.
o Breeder 01

o Domestic Imported and

o Hatch Chickens by Steam Fine Beigian Hares,
o wiih the Simple, Perfect, Self-regulating
wnu. for .K.^. Box 511. Wahoo, Nebr.
o
o
o
NEW
WOODEN HEN
1 he most
BEST FRUIT PAPER
efflcli-nt ini'ubiilor <

o lining poiilliy
viT InvenietJ.
on small
A
perfect, luncli
sr:i

Westciri Frnit-Giowcr is t.ho best paper

o :iiitiiii.:itic.
imlily
self-riKulailLix. iluj
ronstructeU. fully j;u:i rreaiingiif all kinds of fruit, and nothing but
fruit; monthly; Illustrated; 16to48pMges: 50
o hoiisiiiirls In sin-ci CIS. a year. lOe; for three months' trial sub-

o ri (iniiiMnfidiohii-
i-tntaj;'' of fcrl ih' et'Si
li

o t. (hiiu uny THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER.

ollii-r liiitili

o
o
o Three Sizes:
o Egg 50 Capacity, only $ 6 8t

o
o
o
o GEO. H. STAHL,
o QUINCY, ILL,
o 114-122 6th S. St.,
CALVIN BARNEY, - Kearney. Neb
oooooooooooootooooooooooooo My E. -

Itreedrr of Light Brahmas E.ulu8irely.

birds are heavy welRlit lino markings,
We will coiisiiler it a great favor if ynu will mention TuK PoVLTRy Inves- close feathered. Eggs. tl.tX) for 15; $;).50 for 30
Choice birds, old and young, for sale. Write
TlG.\TOK when writing to advertisers. I

your wants. No circulars.

 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
1890 ROYAL BLOOD i90l
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES FOR SALE.
Winners Big- Show at Sioux City, la., 11!^; at Lemais, la,, 'W); at National
I

Fancier j> Weci, Cedar ivapido, la., I'fOO, and at Nebraska State Show, Lincoln,
Nebr., entered 10 birds in 1901, vfhere we won 1st cock, score 92'2; 1st, 2d and
Dd cockerel, score 94 '4, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets, score Ki'i; 2d hen in large class \ Poultry Investigator \
and very warm competition. We have never had but one bird defeated and
never had our irds scored except in the show room. We have a few breeding-
^i Is edited
r

pens to spare, not quite up to weight, but will oon be, at $12.50; trios $7 50. by a practical poul-
See cut of birds on page 14. We can't sell quite as goc d as these at that .y^trymanof 30' years experi-];
price but can guarantee they will produce prize winners. Exhibition birds a faience and is full of plain, (

specialty. We can please you. I. & N. M. CONNOR, Potica, Neb.

V^ ciiinmon sense articles by ;

y^ those that breed poultry and.

r^l work instead of theorizing.
y^ want.
IF PANDEMONIUM
Reigns supreme in ynr br. cders and the chicks die wholesale
''3&V* ^* J"*- "''i^*
Send us the names and ad-
Vv\(.
r^l dresses of IS persons inter-

vou Con posiiivelv cheLk the mortality by using

^^ ested in breeding good poul-
yvV try and we will send you the
CHICK FOOD,
: : : :

PU TAN
^

R. I r^ PoDLTRV Investigator one(

t a readily assimilated and scientiticaHy balanced ration. Use it ^ year for your trouble. Sub-?
A under positive guarantee. yV scription price 2oc. Address,;
\ FRtt:--( )ur new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever
f issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's ^^ Poultry Investigator Co.,
i largest plant Nebraska
i
>
PURITAN
BOX 357
POULTRYSTAMFORD,
A.
FARMS. CONN. - -
^X*i Clay Center, r

The New
Why
It costs
Not Buy
no more than inferiorstyU-s.
tSie Best?
Wo cl.iim that Standard of Perfection
Adam's Green Bone Cutter
the only Ba-U Bearing niachine Revised Edition, 1900.
Is best bf^cause
the It is
on the market. It worksonthe shear liiiiKipIe, turns
easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone
la better shapethan any ottier. Write atonce. American
Cataloeue No. 6 Is Free. This work is issued by the
W.J.ADAM, JOLIET, ILL. 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

OaAesi
tifill MaKe your Stipplie^, WE
this Standard that all poultry judges
base their awards. Every experienced
Old Incubator J^ctu.
Oakes' Hydro Safety Lamp, (with wick-tube sur-
MAKE fancier has a copy of this book and ev-
ery poultryman needs it to learn the
rounded by water jacket), the only safe and sure lamp.
Never goes out nor smokes. Price, 7Sc to J2.70.
THEM requirements to which his stock must
be bred.
New Aluminum Regulator gives perfect (

control of heat.
Oakes' Improved Wafer Thermostats the standard Ilie Standard of Perfection
reg-
ulator. We
manufacture incubator and brooder fi.xtures of all i
AND
kinds, Tanks, Heaters, Egg Testers, etc. Write for catalogue and
get our money-saving prices. The Poultrf Investigator
L. R-. OAKES, Mfr., No. 12 6tK St.. Blooinii\g<on, Ind.
Dae Year, for $1 .00
Address,
POUIvTRY INVESTIGATOR,
CLAY CBNTKR, NBBRARKA
mWaiiTftrfiletggsA.
^^^^ h\it fertility cnimts for little if the^ POILTRYMEN IZ. ItTeTi
^^i;^' cliick hasn't sufficient vitality to get out
^^'^~ of the shell, and stand the trials of chick-
unless PDIMTPn
r Ain VIjV
"S^'^'v. I do it

hood. Cut green bone promotes both it is ^eii and use good
^^^^^^
""^S^^^^:^ fertility
j

and vitality. Grecu bone is cuts. Send for samples and prices.
N^$j5~^ easily and rapidly cut by the
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.

HUMPHeEY n^VlII
wW ORPINGTONS
m m ANDCREEN BONE
VEGETABLE CtVi
CITTER.
\j\i\

naryliniier. You finish the job with a Humphrey befuro'you get

tarted with other types of uiachines. Sold on a positive guar-
D LEGHORNS
a-nd Brown Leghorns
iitee to cut more bone, in less time, with less labor than any other
niachine made. Your money back if you are not wholly satisfied-
Young or old stock, first class birds cheap.
It's a rapid ves^'table cutter, too. Send for free catalogue (hand-
Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time.
somest of the season./ and egg record book.
M.& F. HERMAN,
Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill
HUMPHREY & SONS, BOX 70, JOLIET, ILL.
Sales AgentsSose^h Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass.; Johnson &
Stokes, Philadelphia; Griffith & Turner Co., Baltim.ne; Sure Hatch BDFF ORPINGTONS WYANnOTTES. R.
^"^^^ Incubator Co., Clay Center. Neb.; E. J. Bowen, Portland, Orepon- I.Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
Wash., and San Francisco. Des Moines Incubator Co., Buffalo. N.Y.
tieattle,
bred lo winners. Good stock, iit to breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
ludge. Port Huron. Michigan.
44 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

^ou Get them Alt

You sjet all the chicks that it is possible to get from
a lot of cg<^s when you put them into the

Pii
iRAIRIE STATE
INCUBATOR.
AI^Ki./ V//KAf^f^l^
I IXIC"" 1
J^.i-m. A V^1V
Yon remember it.
i^a3 ^akeiv 342
Ifs
First
ilie

Premiums
one that

more than all other incubators conibined. Used exclusively by the Department of Agriculture
at Washington. Used on the largestand most successful pouhry and duck farms in the world.
Still doing business
more of it than ever at the old stand. Largest ex-
clusive Incubator Factory in the World. Our new catalogue is the most
complete, comprehensive and artistic ever issued by any Incubator Com-
pany. Over 700 original photographs, taken by our own artist; four
original oil paintings (reproduced in colors) nice for framing and 50
tinted plates. These cover every phase of the poultry industry. We
mail a copy free if you request it. Write for Catalogue Ko. 120
and address nearest office.
Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer City. Pat.
New Vork, N. Y.,28 Vesey St. Detroit, Mich., 544 MichiEran Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa., 714 Chestnut St Dallas, Texas, 439 Cole Ave.
Columbus, O., 114 N. HiErh St. Louisville, Kv.,400 E. Main St.
lndianapolis,lDd.l50 N.Delaware St. Toronto. Ont.,Can., 190 Yonge SL
Chicago, Ul., 86 Randcilph St. Baltimore, Md . 315 N. Paca St.
Ciccinnati, O., 141 W. 6th St. Washington. D. C 712-12th St..N.W..

Denver, Col., 1519 Wazee St. Seattle, Wash., Main Jackson Sts. &
Boston, Mass., 47 N. Market St. Smyrna. Ga., Belmont Farms.
Norfolk, Va.,38 Union St. Buffalo, N. Y.. K) Ellicotl St.
Minneapolis, Minn. ,32 Hennepin Av. Pittsburgh, Pa., Uu iSt. .

London, N. Eng., Waltham Cross.

lY. Jm Cheneyf '

Eggs $1.00 Per Setting
Single Comb Brown Leghorns.
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Breeder ..t
Varieties.
Thoroughbred Fancy Poultry. i
BOX 68-^*^ -^V-CUBA, MO V First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for
B. P. Rocks.
Light Brahmas years in the hands of customers as
Catalogues Free. well as in Utah. They are bred
Partridge Cochins
I issue a verj- complete catalogue illustrating-
f White Wvaiidottes for money makers. Greatest egg
and describing leading varieties of thor- ^ C. C. \V.Leghorns producers as well as premium
'
ouglibred poultry, giving special prices on C. C. B. Leghorns i)irds. New circular free after
large orders of eggs and stock. f R. C. B. Leghorns September. Address,
Black Minorcas Cora A. Rickards,
Pekiii Ducks
W. J. CHENEY. SOUTH . OGDEN POULTRY - YARDS,
BOX 68.-^*/- Crawford Co.
Ogden, Utah.
P stands for P uritan; pure and the best, The line should be dropped t(
U stands for U sage, this stands the test.
R stands for R ation, balanced and true, The PuntanPoultfv Farms, Ific,''
Pride of the West...
I stands for I ncome, doubled for you,
Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze
T T
stands for rouble, a thing of the past.Kor their superb and immense
A A
stands for catalogue giving f'lll details of
ctive smart chicks that will last.
this remarkable food and illus-
j
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
N N ature whose laws are observed.
stands for trating the Show record on open book. They
C stands for C hickens their health is preserved. World's Largest Poultry are in the yards of many of the
H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn. Plant best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
I stands for I llness whicli plaj's them no tricks In all its details, also showing ada. B. P. Rocks. Conger &
C stands for C ostly when losses ensue whirh are tin' best Incubators
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
K stands for K eeping these losses from you. and Broofier.* now in use It Is !

absoiutejj' free to everybody

\\ rite today.
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
F stands for F oily when boiled eggs are fed. Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
O stands for O Id when some are not dead. Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc. from hens. Young stock now
O stands for O rders, in volume they grow,
D stands for D rop us a line as below. Box 357. Stamford. Conn. ready to ship.Write for prices.
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a
WINNINGS: At
the St. Louis Show January, sure cure.
WHITE WYANDOTTES 1901: 1st Cock; 1st and 3d Hen: 2d Cockerel; 1st
and 2d Pullet and pen. Two specials: At the Chicago Show, January, 1901. HILLSIDE YARDS, POULTRY
1st Cock: one special. Eggs from best pens. S3. 00 per 13, S5.00 ])er 26. Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
ROSS C. H. HAILOCX, 6313 Clifton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo CtARKSViLLK, MISSOURI. : : : :
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 45

Our Barred and White Rocks- May I "SHOW YOU" Buff OfpifigtoDS We keep nothing but the
Are (rood layers and excellent market birds. choicest stock. Effg"s for
Our White Letchorns are the hardy, viiror" Tiiat we
raise as good Barred Rocks sale. Write for prices.
ous, active kind that win in the -shows and Bronze lurkeys
in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed-
pay a laree profit as layers. Ecrirs $2 iN per
15. Incubator eeirs $5.0i) per liil>. ers. Eastern price SIO, will sell his
equal for $5, or money back. If you C. E BROWNING,
J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio- buy a $S eastern bird I will beat him Fairbury, Nebr.
tor $3 Try me. CORWIN JONES,
Sidney, Iowa.
High class stock for sale! Please mention the Investigator
when answering^ advertisements. Tt
Barred and Bttff Plynioutli Rocks
Prize Winning B. Roclcs. will accomodate both the advertiser
atid S. C. W. Legfhorns. Can furni-h
and us.
' '^w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- Cockerels and Pullets scoring- 90 to
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldou, Mo. 93 by Southard for S2.50 to $10.00 each.
Good breeders not scored
SI.,SO each-
for $1.00 to
OURNALBSM al.pri It per V

Barred Plymouth Rocks. P. Hostetter, East Lyaae, Mo.

itiii^ sho
TAUCHT BY MAIL
our successful sysicra in por-
We have Quality and Quantity. uil charge of Mr. Henry I.irch-

Farm raised prize winiaing stock, Iil West, formerly manaL'iPig

A Boon for I'oultry Ki-opcr,
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cheap for quality If you want Rocks BETTER than a ;OI.l .Ml.NE. >'\\i-.-'-^^\u\ students everywhere.
We will tell you how we made our Wiiie l..r illustrated boolvler.
write us. hens pay over 4oo per eetit prollt.
Merely send yonr. KAT'I. (0|{ItKSPONnE>TK INSTITITE,
H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. ,.
PjuUryCo., Clii onviIIe.CoDn 2(1 Nul'l Uaok DIUg. Weshlug ton, !>.(;.

Barred P. Rocks... Sure Hatch Poultry

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In the show room they have shown
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94 by prominent judges. Write wants. thoroughV fcClp<} iT 'j e west.
;

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We import, breeu y and sel

HORTHAND a.nd All Varieties.
BOOKKEEPING.
Study at home and take a Each variety is bred separately on
higher salary, investin)^ a a farin. No chance for mixing up.
ittle lime and a little mon-
V in a business course witli Prices reasonable. Stock the best.
IS and the dividend will
ii-ViT pease Write your wants. Address,
|| suhiecls
TAUGHT Y HAIL
Coniplett course aiso lu En.
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Founders of the herd of pedigreed BelKian
IN 1885

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I

C. Piatt, the foreiiinst authority on the subject,

president of the National Ai^sociation of Bel- v>
gian Hare Judees; professional ins'ructorof
.

-
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Write and learn how to get
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THE TIFFANY COMPANY. Lincoln, Nebraska.
46 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Healthy Infants
must bo raised among liealthy suiTouml-
iiigsor thoy will not have tlie vigor ami
health that will carry them through to
sueeessful henhood. In the iirst place the
chick must be started right, and the way
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progressive bee keep-
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'

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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 47

CHAMBERLAIN'SBEYOND
PERFECT
COMPARISON.
CHICK FEED.
WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY.
CH/liyiBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED, like cverythinE else that tias merit
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m \lll

lint
t fllisr lii'illltles

not so tine as
Royal Blood English Belgian Hares. chicks hatched
from B. P. Rock
All animals Enjfli.sh prize winners and md Buff Coch-
from imported English parents. The re- in e^gs that you
in buy of Mrs,
nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis- Kesslep. have
Jackson bury at the head of the herd. Angora
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I

k'ls
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^
w Black
Buff
White Pekin Bantams
-As Good as the Land can Afford
RED GAME BANTAMS
Meyer's Langshans B. B.

tall reachy birds fashionably bred.

,

SILVER SEBRI GHT BANTAMS,

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At N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all A.J. WILLIAMS,
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State tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel;
Show 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per
15. $3-50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. Winners, EAST and WEST!!!
8o good Records of other big winnings in catalogue.
ones to Oaklytl Fowls have won in nearly ev-
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Pedigreed stock is no guesswork
Bu3-s 1011 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at
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RARRFn Bradley Bros, New York winners J. 17. Henderson, Oaklyn Place.
what my flock is built from. Win-
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48 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900.

ist, 3d and 4th Hens 2d Pullet.
2d,
ist and 3rd
Exhibition Yards Eight They Won
Special Prizes, including the on
Their Merits

Cbampion IBamd |p. IRoctt female. Eggs

In quality of stock shown
the Philadel- I will sell a LIMIT-
phia show stands one of the hottest ever ED NUMBER of
EgKs at &").!"
held. GRAND RECORD ON
I made my per 15.
1

BIRDS BRED AND RAISED OX MY

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descriptions of Matings.
For Sale!

Beauty and Utility Strain Barred Satisfaction Guar-

SEL^UiNU FULLhiT. H()^T()^^ I'.KKi. Kil;.-.T
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HEN AND CUAMPION AT I'll II.-
BOX G
ADELPHIA. 1900.
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Our Motto, "Yirtate oon Astntia"

^ From such Fashionable Strains as the following Champions;
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Our Stud Bucks are: RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

HARES Fashoda Star

Score 96 by Judge Almond, im-
At prices ranging from $5 to
$75 per head, pedigree and
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ported, son of Ch. Fashoda.
Unpedigreed market stock,
BY Score 9")
Viscount
by Judge iFinley, im-
good color and size, $2.50 to
$5 per pair. Hardy Black
ported. Belgians (good to use as nurse

THE Score 94
Lythedale
bj' Judge Finley, im-
does) at $10 per pair. Cor-
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cial price list which may not
ported .
be in eflfect long. Will re-

HUNDREDS Score 93
Sir Crabtree
by Judge Crabtree,
fund money and pay return
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'4^
chased are not as represent-
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that will sc ore 94 to 9fi.
and Fayette

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

;
304 ChetnicalBulldIng' : : : ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC

VA'/SMAvXviSrj

RUFF P
Durr nuujj Exclusively.
r. RflRK^
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can be found, and are up-to-date in Thirteen l.st. 5
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and won 8 premiums: 1 ck. 1 hen. 1 pullet and others. See circulars for r - .=;

for sale; reasonable prices on applica- for hatching from the winners.
l)ort of the champion flock. Get eggs
tion. Address
MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. Lincoln. Nob.. Box 456 E- E. SMITH
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VOL. 3. MARCH. 1902. NO. 15.

i\)Miti2:

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Advance to StccEss

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Dont FiddleAround
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Get an

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it
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'
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With Open
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INCUBATORS
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Vol.4 CIslv Center, Nebratskak.. Matrch, 1902. No. 1

yolk and albermen, separated from the

Secoud The Embryonic shell membrane only by the thin false

Article
Life in the Egg Developmetit of the
amnion, and in this position it gathers
nutriment for the growing chick and
By L. E. Keyser Chick performs the function of a respiratory
organ or lungs. The developments
here noted go on through the entire or
Having considered the egg, its The blastoderm, which rests on the
variious periods of incubation and are
origin, forrnation and fertilization, we germ disc of the white yolk, spreads
here explained so all may know what
will follow its embryonic development out like a thin circular sheet over the
organ is meant when we refer to it in
through their various stages, for, in yolk immediately under the vitelline
tracing development, which we shall
order to have a comprehensive under- membrane and forms a sac termed the
now do step by step.
standing of the phenomena of incuba- germinal membrane, steadily eexpand-
First Day After three hours of in-
tion, we must have a general knowl- ing until it reaches the opposite end,
cubation the embryo presents an ap-
edge of the embryonic development of and completely envelops it, but not un-
the chick. In our la^t article we noted til quite a late period does the com-
the difference between a fertile and u;;- plete closing at the opposite pole take
fertile blastoderm, and shall now deal and the extension of the blasto-
place,
with the fertile one as it develops under derm
practically goes on during nearly
normal conditions. As we have shown whole
the period of incubation. In
the yolk of the egg is encased by the only a few hours, however, the central
vitelline membrane and immediately pc-llucid spot will become oval, with a
under this at the top of the egg is the furrow down the center and blood ves-
blastoderm holding the embryo, which, sels appear around it. This enlarge-
as incubataion progresses, is encircled ment is shown at Fig. 4. which rep-
by the germinal sac. 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 ai-ound it a double sac or mem-
brane called the amnion, which later
.entrr^l^ encloses it and the germinal
sac, between the two folds of which is Fig. 5.

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
Fig. 4. and false .amnion and extends over the
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 elevatedabove 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-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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 with the shell mem-
in contact
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 Fig. 8.

Fig. r,.

my other. The tail is now quite con-

day.
Thr amnion advances growth spicuous, the limbs make their appear-
derm.
and nearly
in
covers
the ance and the curviture of the body is
Sixih and Seventh Days While de-
very rapidly
velopment is going rapidly on there are
head. At an early hour of this
increased. day the
The allantois is now dis- no marked changes on the sixth riiy,
tail makes its appearance and a little cernablc and begins to push out from than that each portion shows other
later the first nidiinents of the heat,
considerable growth, as will be seen by
which is of a tubular character, ex-
comparing Figs. 7 and 8, and the cavity
t ending through nearly the entire
between the true and false amnion be-
length of he embryo, but no pulsations
comes larger and is filling rapidly with
or motions are seen until the thirty-
fluid, but on the seventh day obvious
eighth or fortieth hour. .At first the
movements appear in the amnion and
heart contains only a colorless fluid.
it begins to pulsate regularly, which
hut dark spots in the vascular area is
rocks the embryo to and fro in the egg.
perceived about the same time, but
The allantois forms a flattened sac cov-
there is no connection between them
ering the right side of the embryo and
and the heart, and it is not until a sub- spreads out in all directions between
sequent period that these cells coalesce The
the folds of the amnions. allantois
and form veins carrying the blood to is filled with fluid so its walls are sep-
the heart. During the latter part of
arated from each other in spite of its
the day the heart separates into parts The veins which
flattened form.
with a constriction around the middle.
Iriiught back the biood. to the heart
Fig. 5 top view taken about the
is a
h;i-i' disappeared a"'i the yolk is not
forty-fifth hour and shows the heart
S'l lluid. but continues to absorb the
'^till in a tubular form.
v'hile. which is dnninishing rapidly.
Third DayThe tube of the heart The liquid absorbed by the yolk from
the digestive canal, between the tv/o
now^ becomes bent together and it is
the white forms the amniotic, allantoic
confined to that portion of the embryo coats of the amnion and is at first a
and other fluids and is also used as
to which belongs. The circulation of bag or sac protruding from the naval,
it nourishment for the embryo. The head
the blood becomes independent of the yolk sac. During
quite vigorous, and does not lie so near the tail as on previ-
day it is very small
during the day a complete system of the first part of the ous day.< and the neck appears mor-.;
slow, but during the lat-
blood vessels is formed with a definite and its growth
half the growth is more rapid and
cirfulation. and pulsations of the heart ter
carry the blood to all parts of the enie- at the
same time its blood vessels be-
bryo. Nutritive iiiatter is transmitted come important. By reference to Fig. ti

these changes can be plainly seen.

to the blood and quite a quantity of
yolk is absorbed, which is in turn re- Fifth DayThe process of develop-
plenished by the white, and by the end ment goes on very rapidly and many
of the day the decrease in the white is changes are noted on this day. The
strongly marked. The blastoderm cov- germinal membrane has spread over
ccrs about half of the yolk and theem- the entire yolk sac and completely en-
bryo is almost completely covered by closed it. The allantois has reached
the amnion, several folds of which far over the right side of the embryo,
meet along the line over the back, but between the true and false amnion an 1

their complete coalescence will not its network of blood vessels has ex-

take place until the next day. .Another
important change also takes place on
this day. The embryo up to this time
has been lying on the yolk with the
part which \v\\\ be its face to lie on its
left side and the whole embryo begins
tended. The amnion has made a com-
plete ilosure and its cavity begins to
be filled wilh 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
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
'iti(.ii the short way of the egg. The
yolk has diminished rapidly and '.i;.'
the yolk sac becomes flabby, forming a
series of folds supplied with numerous
blood vessels. The loops of intestines,
whicli have been hanging down, are
drawn up into the abdomen and the ab-
dominal walls loosely formed. The al-
lantois now surrounds the egg with the
exception of the end opposite the em-
bryo, where still remains a little of the
wh'le ur allnimen, which has formed a
sticky mass tightly pressed into the
Olid ofthe 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 Fig. Hi.

Fig-. 10. this day the crea-

(iistinctly, though the head is still

complete their work and idly on these days and about the six-
largo
tive forces
111 proportiop to the body. A white the chick, though small, is fully formed. teenth day the allantois completely en-
Jiilijtance appears on the face, which The embryo, it will be seen (Fig. 11),
circles it, passing over the poll of the

;iler develops into a beak. has turned partially over in the egg so yolk opposite the embryo.

Eighth. Ninth and Tenth Days Os-

that its head is more toward the large Eighteenth and Nineteenth Days On
end. The allantois now alone per- the eighteenth day the head of the em-
sification begins on the eighth or ninth
forms the function of geathtring nutri- bryo is turned a little to one side, so
day and the bones commence to form,
as to be more in a position to break the
but the skeleton is not complete until
shell. In the illustration at Fig. 1.3 it
the thirteenth day. Signs of feathers
looks as if it might be turning its head
lan be di;'i;iguished on the ninth du-
toward the small end of the egg, but
along the middle line of the back, am!
this is not the c^se, it being due to the
especially ihe sacs of the tail feathers.
position from which the egg is viewed.
There are no important changes in the
The fluid in the amniotic sac has en-
amnion during these days; its cavity
tirely disappeared and the chick is
still being filled with fluid, and on the
breathing the air it contained. The
eighth day its pulsations are at their
pulmonary circulation increases and the
heighth. The allantois has covered the
circulation of blood in the allantois has
greater part of the yolk sac and is now
the chief ort^an
greatly diminished. On the nineteenth
of respiration. The day the yolk sac, which has become
change in theformation of the embryo
greatly reduced in size, is drawn into
can be seen at Fig. 8, which represents
the abdominal cavity, greatly extending
it at the colse of the ninth day.
f-[erc
it, and nothing remain^ but the allan-
it has the form of a chick, but
the head
tois and the dry amnion.
and eyes appear to be the biggest parts.
Eleventh Day The body of the em-

Twentieth Day During the early
part of the day the blood in the alien
bryo is practically completed on this Fig. 12.
toic vesicles is sluggish, and later as
day, .but it is still connected with its nient for the chick, which from now on the chick succeeds in breaking its cov-
< (her appendanges by a narrow tube has only to grow and develop, and to ering the blood ceases to flow through
or rmbilicus which can be plainly seen act as lungs. The carbon in the waste the umbilical arteries into the allantois
Ml Fig. 10, and the chick reta.ns its
pj- products of the blood is being burned and it dies. When the chick breaks
out and the poisonous gases thus gen-
erated are thrown off through pores of
the shell and the amount of oxygen en-
tering the egg is quite a considerable.
Tliirteenth and Fourteenth Days On
the thirteenth day the skeleton is com-
plete and the various muscles of the
body 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-
pileted until near J:he close of the four-
teenth day we show it in the illustra-
tion of the fifteenth day (Fig. 12).

Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth

Fig. 11. Day.s ^The embryo develops very rap- Fig. it.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
the Buffs I bought a trio, and both of
eti'JDAV 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
th'' 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
forour 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 put-;

Kig. 15. a breed to the front as (luick and as

shell commences to breathe the We never sold a setting of eggs that well as a lot of good men united and
tlie :t

(iiUer through the lungs and no

air turned out badly that we did not dupli- working.
longer has need of the allantois. In cate the order very carefully if imme- George S. Barnes, Battle Creek,
from six to ten hours after breathing diate report was made. Mich.. Secretary, is well known to all
the outer air the chick throws off the We have waited until our patience Buff Leghorn breeders as a hustler for
shell and makes it entree into the well-nigh gave out when we neglected the Buffs, and will give full information
worUl, as shown m Fig. 15. to order ahead. We have laid awake on application .

nights because of the impatience of

Buying Eggsfor Hatching some of our own customers who could The mating up of breeding stock is,
Now is the proper time to decide only wait a day or two. I think, the most important work a

what you want to buy and at what sea- As a matter of fact there are only a breeder has to do, as upon the proper
son you want your eggs delivered. Egg
few fowls in a good breeder's pens, and performance of this depends his future
orders are filled by the breeders in ro- if you order from a certain pen you success.
tation, and if a breeder treats customers
must have patience if the breeder is The Leghorn may be mated up in
honest. pens of from six to fifteen with good
with fairness it won't do any good to
Perhaps you cannot tell when you results. The male should be of good
get an order in Saturday of one week,
will have a hen setting. If you have the
to get your incubator filled the Mon- size and carriage, bright, active, full of
settitig kind you can be reasonably cer

day following that is, unless your live and vigor of good color and as well
tain by ' watching the time they begin up in other standard requirements as
breeder happens to have a supply of
eggs on hand and no orders booked. to lav. HATTIE BYFIELD. possible. The females shoul also show
When you receive your eggs, if they that bright, active alertness which is
arc broken or not properly packed, re- The Buff Leghorn one of the most charming characteris-
port the matter at once. If you wait By N. K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont. tics of this variety. Let them also be
too long the shipper will be suspicious I have read man-y able discussions on well bodied birds, the breast bearing
that you wish to get your order dupli- this beautiful breed of fowls, and I well forward,combs not only well ser-
cated free of charge. think they lead all other Leghorns for rogated and properly folded, but both
When you test your eggs, beauty and- size. They lay as many
if you find comb and mottles should show size
few infertile ones it may be
large, white eggs as any, and then the
as well to and color to indicate good laying qual-
wait til! the hatch is made
before re- shining metallic golden buff of the male ities, without being coarse.
port is made, but if the reverse is the and the soft, golden of the female leads R. R. FRENCH.
case, report at once. Be sure you prop- me and many others to believe they
erly test the eggs and not before the are the leaders.
tenth day. I am comparatively a young breeder

We have had some experience that of this variety, though I have had
teaches us that early reports as to re- chickens around me since I can remem-
sults arc proper. Last year we had but ber, and I get along nicely, feeding and
one complaint of turkey eggs, and in caring for my buffs, and seldom losing
that case we replaced them, but had the any by disease.
complaint came in two or three weeks Mornings I feed a mash mixture of
late we would have paid no heed to it. barley bran and corn meal, equal part>.
One year when all reports of our duck a o.uart merely dampened for each
eggs were fine we received six weeks twelve hens; at noon, yellow corn
after shipping, a doleful tale about all cracked very coarse; at night, wheat.
those eggs being infertile. It was too The corn and wheat always thrown in
long a delay in the face of our other litter about one foot deep on the floor

good reports, and in view of the fact of pens to keep them busy all day.
thit the receiver had tested the eggs Green bone twice a week, and green
during incubation. food always before ihem, in winter
We never bought eggs of a breeder principally cabbage and sugar beets; in
yet who would not endeavor to make summer my birds full access to the
g. P. Rock cockerel owned and bred
matters right if we were prompt in fields. by C. M
Hulburt, Fairbury, Nebr.,
stating our case. Three years aco when T started with "Ringlet Strain,"
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
excepting accidents which would not
have happened had we been wise
Poultry Chat enough to get a brooder, too. And my
work of raising would have been easier
By Mrs. Albert Ray by far. The hens concluded that as

cliickens as the poultry woiii.in licisilf.

.i they had nothing better to do they
would keep the egg basket and egg
Ivlitur Investigator;
case filled, which they have done, while
It isnot so much that we busy farm- Fni.iing that it was a necessity ij
my work their neighbors took a long vacation
ers' wives need enthusiasm upon the liglitcn T have no house-
(as
from laying after hatching and brood-
subject as v;e need help, both to Hghten hold help without hiring) we were
ready to be convinced as to the best ing chickens, lice and mites.
themany and tiresome duties that over-
come failure and lead to success. incubator and upon perusal of our
poultry papers saw a contribution from
Poultry farming is in itself fascinat-
A Word About Ha.mburg9CIl
ing and vAli enthuse its devotees to in- a well known poultry woman who had
inquiries reach my desk
So many
terest and action. , had experience with incubators. She
about
remarkably beautiful as well
this
The many advantages attained by said among other things that as per-
as useful family of chickens I have de-
the successful poultry woman or poul- fectly as some of these machines are,
cided, Mr. Editor, to call on you for a
try man it
not necessary
is to enumer- no busy woman should be without the
little help. My song is always about

ate but suffi'ce it to say that every help of an incubator.
the Silver Spangled variety.
thrifty farm home wishes to provide its I wrote her and asked her to kindly
members with an abundance of the best give me the benefit of her knowledge
We will begin by saying that there is
meat cleanly and carefully grown, as no family of chickens that will surpass
that we might make no mistake in the
well as eggs fresh eggs the most selection of an incubator, which favor
them for laying qualities. The Leghorn
wholesome and noiirshing food when people have advertised and boosted
she grante.i. We bought the one she
their Brownies, Whites and Buffs until
properly and daintly served. recommended, she adding "you'll never
While this much is being done for many people believe they are the only
regret the money spent." And we have
the home, much more can be done with
egg machines in the world, but here we
not, but have been very pleasantly dis-
desire to remark that the Leghorn is
comparatively little more expense and appointed, and are so glad that there
not a winter laying breed. The Hahi-
effort. is anything so helpful.
burg is. It is a very rare thing, indeed,
There are so many things to defeat We sat ours March 1st. and every to see a frozen comb among them.
us that sometimes we are almost dis- three weeks thereafttr, making four Their low, close fitting rose comb is
couraged and say, "Well, I hav; so The first gave 96 an almost sure guarantee against frost.
successful hatches.
much 'bad luck' that I hardly feel like
per cent, second 95 per cent, third 90 Every
poultryman knows that a hen
trying." Yet we never give up and re- per cent or a little more, and fourth 90
will not lay so long as she is suffering
new the effort each succeeding year per cent. The chicks were the liveliest,
with a frozen comb. The Hamburgs
with varying success. most perfect and healthy we ever had are the equal of any
as winter layers

Of course, every one has chickens, anything to do with doing nothing but and are surpassed by none during
the
mere or less, of some kind to begni grow. We lost hardly any from the warmer months of the year.
There are
with. Well, whatever kind, the step first two hatches as broilers at only
none that will resist the encroachments
pmg stones to success are first a home fair prices, but brought more than the of disease any better than they. They
for them that is comfortable
roomy, cost of the incubator, leaving the early are bright, active and industrious, and
sunny and well ventilated; next is clean- pullets for winter layers. always manage to keep up a good di-
liness, which in its fullest sense is free- We have had excellent success rais- gestion and circulation, and there is
dom from vermin. ing the chickens from the four hatches, not much chance for disease to attack '

We learn each year more and more of

the value of the early hatched aiid 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 m^ke
the winter layers when eggs arc g jjd i

price this making twice that the early

brood capture the highest prices for
both broilers and eggs.
As this subject is one 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 onj 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 isneedless to recount the woes of
the housewife in caring for setting hens l>t 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
which often do not seem as much in- of the premiums at Superior and 1st and 3d hen, 4th pul, and 3th c'k'l at State
terested in the welfare of the eggs and Show at Lincoln, Nebr., 1902.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
them. Bcinpr very fnntl of the dust hox
they keep ilienisclves remarkably clear
of Hoc and other vermin. Their non-
sitting propensities- saves them the loss
of mnch never knew
valuable time. I

one to sit. In the past four years that

Iiave handled them there
1 has been
just two hens tlial have been l)roody.
Thty sat on tilt nest four or five hours
a day for a couple of days and that
ended their efforts to increase the hen
pojiulation.

The efigs are medium in size and are

a pure pearl white in color. They
hatch well, in fact they are the equal of
any for hatching purpose?. 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
g-ood 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
equal to the length of her life. Hens 4
and 5 years old begin as prolific as
The third prize White Wyandotte cockerel at Cfiicago, 111., and Topeka, Kas.,
pullets, A owned owned by Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kas. This bird attracted more attention than
friend of the writer
two' hens thatwere 8 years old and they any other one bird in Kansas state show.
were as active as at any time during
their younger years. One should never Premiums AwaLrded at the Glasco
coop the young of any of the smaller Poultry Show
breeds v,ith those of the .Americans or
Asiatic classes. Keep their separate or
the larger ones will tramp and smother
the little ones to death. The birds
when full grown will weigh S'A to 5;4
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
net 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.
KFA'. G. A. CIIAMBI.IN.
Moran. Kan.

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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
D. R. Shaffer, Turtle Creek, Pa. the vocation what it may, and how
W. W. Storms, Burlington. Wis. many of my sister fanciers are situated
John J. Spillane, Lockport, 111. as I am Never a word of encourage-
C. A. Stimson, Eaton Rapids, Mich. nieul. Many persons want the best
Sylvester Shirley, Port Clinton, O. bird in the yard for fifty cents or a set-
Stuart D. Talbot, Edmendston. N. Y. ting of eggs at store prices, or perhaps
Charles M. Thayer, Chicago, 111., 7036 want exchange and when told the
to
Union ave. prices, look aghast and think me a fiftf
F. G. Toepfer, Toledo, O.. 7-?X Tccum- subject for a house in Lincoln well,
seh St. called the insane asylum. Others will
William Vaude Mass. Midland Park. coinida n of express charges and "birds
N. J. ought to be sold cheaper when ship-
r. Walp. Quakertown, Pa.
J. ped a long distance on account of ex-
Kdwin Wardle, Venetia, Pa. press charges." Permit me here to ex-
George D. Williams. Toronto. Ont.. press my thanks to Cora A. Richards
Can., 100 Argyle St. for the valuable article on "shipping
Dell Wolf. Battle Creek. Mich.. 13 San- coops," but another drawback: What
der'ion st. are we to do when all the thin lumber
Daniel Waener. Niles, 111. that can be got must be from boxes
East aiui Bill H..lcimib of Clay
Bill purchased of the merchants? Some-
Center, Neb., are both chicken cranks. times a half dozen must be bought to
Bill East raises Golden Wyandottes
Mery Christmas has come and gone.
make one coop. Are we to be consid-
and Bill Holcoinb raises the Golden The New Year has begun, with many
Seabrigfht Bantams. At the poultry resilutions for the future, as we have ered dishonest to our customers for ex-
show held here at Clay Center last often done in the past but. cessive express charges? Some may
alas, how
winter the two Bills got up an argu- say, "but I do the best I can by making
ment as to which was really the best few of them can we live up to as we to coops as light
as I can with the ma-
chicken. Holcomb claimed that the
Golden Seabright Bantams were on top terial I get.".
every time. Of course, Mr. East dis- As the days and years pass on I am
puted it. Mr. Holcomb caught Mr. determined to make the best of my sit-
East away from the show room one day
uation, whatever it may be. Adversity
"and got a photo taken showing his ban-
tam on top. We think the evidence is and sorrow is often the means of mak-
entirely one sided. If the above half in gour character the better. With the
tone is any evidence, most certainly new year I will wish you all success,
the Golden Seabright Bantams are on
jiear the losses and disappointments
top, but it is not on lecord that Mr.
East ever gave it up that the Golden bravely. IDA E. BARD.
Wyandottes were not the best chickens. Imperiol, Neb.

Charles M. Clime, Terre Hill, Pa. Fayette, Mo., Jan. ].5. 1902.
Nate K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont. 'Ihe fourth annual exhibit
the of
Canada. Central Missouri Poultry and Pet Stock
George F. Curtis, Fenton, Mich. Association will be held in Fayette.
John I. Craig, 45fi Devon st,, Arlington Mo., Dec. fth to lith. 19n2. Mr. Frank
N. J. W. Hitchcock of Denver, Colo., will
C. A. Durling, Hopewell, N. judge the show.
J. In our report of the
James Dundas, Deer Park, Ont., Can. winnings at the third annual show, we
VV. C. Draper, Govan, Wash. made an error in the winnings of Mrs.
B. W. Fellows, Big Rapids, Mich. First prize Buff Cochin cockerel at W. N. Marshall. Lisbon, Mo., on Buff
W. H. Fowler, Green Bay, Wis. Nebraska t-tate show at Lincoln, owned Orpingtons. She won
as follows: 1st
C. H. Fry. West Haven, Conn. by C. K. Davis, Columbus, Neb.
and 2nd cork: 1st and 2nd hen; 1st and
Chester B. Gleason, Sherman, N. Y. 2nd cockerel: 2nd and 3rd pullet; 1st
A. W. Graham, Cortland, N. Y. fully expected to do. for some cause or
and 2nd pen. In justice to Mrs. Mar-
Richard Jones, Venetia, Pa. another. I spent the first of tlie New shall we pu!)lish the corrected winnings.
Casper Hart, Venetia, Pa. Year inshow room renewing old
the H. P. MASON, Sec'y.
William L. Howell, Geneseo, N. Y. acquaintances and making new ones
B. F. Hislop, Milford, III. pleasure indeed. And as the ribbons
G. C. Howe, Aurora, III. were put on my favorites' coop (the
Eugene D. Lacy, Kansas City, Mo., Buff Cochins) I resolved to raise more
Palace Clothing Co. and if possible better birds this year;
Harry M. Lamon, Watertown. N. Y. lor the awards showed we I have not
Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind. toiled in vain to get better ones each
Arthur J. McClain, Delaware, N. J. year, although I never expect to reach
G. W. Maurhoff, Saxonburg, Pa. the top round of the ladder of chicken-
Mrs. C. W. Harrington, Hartford Mills, fame. I will strive to overcome the
N. Y. snany drawbacks that surround me by
Gus Norton, Union City, Mich. doing the very best I can.
Fred E. Olson, Galva, 111. When reading the many journals that
Thomas Pe^r, Fairfield. N. J. find a way to my desk I often think
M. L. Pressnall, Munden, Kas. what perseverance and determination Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Clark, Dallas
P. H. Ross, Waterloo, Ont,, Can. it takes to overcome the difficulties bt Center, Iowa,

is the daughter of J. S. Markel-
This
Wahoo, Nebr., holding one of his
of
famous Belgian Hares. Look up his
ad.
The Poultry Show^
Notwithstanding the Side Play of Old
Boreas and the Tightened Purse-
strings of Our Citizens,
Show Was a Decided
Success.
The Appleton City Poultry and Pet
Stock Association held their first an-
nual exhibition Dec. 17th to
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 proudfeel
over the display. True the cold weath-
er caught several of our breeders of
choice fowls napping, and, as a result
a number 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
prizes did not put in their appearance.
1 he number of chickens, turkeys, geese
and ducks in the show room numbered
a little over 150 and in this number
was to be seen as fine scoring stock
as can be exhibited at any average
show of the same nature. List of Prize Winners at the First
The only feature that did not come
up to the expectation of the managers
was the very light patronage by our
city people, who, is was hoped, would
give the show encouragement by their
presence and financial support. Below Poultry show closed Wednesday even-
we give a list of those who won prizes ing. In spite of the severe cold weather
and their fowls:
D. Gillson
Barred Plymouth Rocks
1st on cock, 2nd on cockerel, 1st on
hen, 1st on pen. Black Minorcas
1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st and 2nd
on hen, 1st and 2nd on pullet, 1st on
pen. White Rocks 1st on pen. First
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
on White Holland and Narragansett have been added to the association. The
Turkeys and first on Pekin ducks. members of the association to whom
W. C. Gates While Wyandottes this kind of work is new, have every
1st on cockerel and 1st on pullet. reason to be satisfied with their.: first
Elmer Brooks Buff Cochins 1st on effort. The outlook is auspicious for a
pen, 1st on cock, 1st and 2nd on pul- grand exhibition next winter. Dates
lets. Rhode Island Reds 1st on hive not yet been claimed for the sec-
cockerel and 1st on pullet. Barred ond annual show, but they will be made
Plymouth Rocks 2nd on pullet. White known later.
Rocks 3r(l on cockerel. The following is a list of the exl^b-
Mis. Luther Williams Silver Laced itorsand awards at the Arena pbuUry
Wyandottes 1st on cock, 1st and 2nd show, closing January 2, 1902:
on cockerels, 1st on hen and 1st and Barred Plymouth Rocks: Cock birds
2nd on pullets. First, J. R. Delp, Sterling, 111.;; sec-
Mrs. Staples Golden Laced Wyan- ond, Fred Boehm, Sterling, 111.; third,
dottes 1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, Earl Gilbert, Sterling, 111. Hen FPrst,
2nd. and 3rd on pullets. Earl Gilbert; second, J. B. Delp; third,
Branch & Son Barred Plymouth S. H. Gearhart, Sterling. Cock^l
Rocks 1st and 3rd on cockerels, 1st on First, J. C.Troop, Sterling; second, J.
pullet.
White Rocks 1st on pullet, 2d e. Delp; tlvrd, J. C. Troop. Pullet-
pullet, Ibt and 2d on cockerel. First and second, J. B. Delp; third, J.
S.
H. Cotton Black Langshans C. Troop. First pen. J. B. Delp; sec-
1st and 2nd on pens, 1st on cock, 1st ond pen. Earl Gilbert.
and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Buff Plymouth Rocks: Cock First,
on pullets. Pen score 18SJ4. R. L. Leitch, Rock Falls; second, Cecil
F. Whaley Buff Rocks Isl and 2nd Wheelock, Tampico; third. Hunter
on pens, 1st on cock, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Wood, Sterling. Hen First and third,
on cockerels, 1st, 2nd and 3rd on hens, R. L. Leitch; second, Cecil Wheelock.
1st, 2d and 3rd on pullets. Cockerel First and
second, Cecil
the Mrs. A. F. Wyckoff Blue Andalusi- Wheelock; third, R. L. Leitch. Pullet
ans 1st and 2nd on hen, 1st and 2nd
First and second, Franz Weimken,
on pullets. Dana, 111.; third, Sam Lowry, Rock
P. C. Mendenhall Black Cochins Fails. First pen, Cecil Wheelock; sec-
1st and 2nd on pullets. White Coch- ond pen, R. L. Leitch; third pen, Sam
ins 1st on hen, 1st and 2nd on pullet. Lowry.
20th. in-
Buff Bantams 1st on cockerel, 1st on White Plymouth Rocks: Cock First,
hen and 1st on pullet. Black C. Ban- Giddings, Sterling; second, R. B. Mc-
tams 1st on hen. Neil, Rock Falls. Hen First and sec-
H. R. Howard Buff Cochins 1st on ond, Giddings; second, R. B. M<:Neil.
cockerel, 3rd on pullet.
Cockerel First and second, Giddings;
A. T. Lowry R. C. B. Leghorns third, R. B. McNeil. Pullet First and
1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 2nd and second, Giddings; third, Mrs. John
3rd on pullets. Beales, Rock Falls. First pen, Gid-
J. M. Brown won 1st on pair of Buff
dings: second pen, R. B. McNeil.
turkeys. Silver Laced Wyandottes: Cock
T. Cumins 1st on trio G. C. Ban- First, A. B. Kreider, Sterling. Hen
tams. First, A. B. Kreider. Cockerel First,
R. N. Burns 1st on pair Hoodans. Calvin Ott, Prophetstown; second and
J. R. Waggoner and family will eat
H
Christmas dinner with his son, Wel-
don, at Fort Scott.
'Poultry Show Winuings
Annual Exhibition of the Areena
Poultry Association at Sterling,
111. Show Closed Jan. 1, 1902.
The first annual show the Arena
just preceding the show, which kept
many intending exhibits away, the at-
tendance was good and the quality of
birdsshown was exceptionally fine.
Premiums have been paid in full, the
enthusiasm of old fanciers has been
raised to fever heat and new members


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
third, A. B. Kreider. Pullet First, ver cup special to L. A. Kline from Toulouse Geese First pair, Charles
second and third, Calvin Ott. First American Langshan club for the ten Pippert, Rock Falls.

pen, Calvin Ott; second pen, A. B. highest scoring Langshans. Why I Breed Buff Leghorns
Kreider.
Black Minorcas E. C. Winters, Rock By Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind.
Golden Wyandottes: Cock Second, Falls, won first second and
cock; first, For beauty they have no superior,
A. J. McNeil, Rock Falls. Hen First third hen; first and second cockerel; and few equals. Did you ever see a
and second, A. J. McNeil. Cockerel first, second and third pullet; first and flock of those proud and haughty birds,

Second and third, A. J. McNeil. Pul- second pen. with their rich, even, golden buff color
let First, A. J. McNeil.
White Minorcas C. E. Goodrich, challenging the world as to beauty and
White Wyandottes: Cock First, E. Rock Falls, won first, second and third utility? There may be some objection!;
R. Hopkins, Rock Falls. Hen First hep. as to size, but by having small bone we
and second, E. R. Hopkins. Cockerel
Blue Andalusians A. J. McNeil won have more meat in proportion ro
First, second and third, E. R. Hop- third cock, third hen, second cockerel; weight than in most of the largf-r
kins.
Pullet First, second and third, first, second and third pullet; second breeds.

E. R. Hopkins. First pen, E. R. Hop- pen. They are one of the most desirable
kins. White Crested Black Polish F. E. of table fowls, having a deep breast,
Buff Wyandottes E. J. Pierce, Rock Brown, Rock Falls, won first pullet. fine grain meat. It is a well known
Falls, won first cock, first and second Silver Spangled Hambugs Prof. B. fact that they are considered the best
hen, first first, second and
cockerel; F. Hendricks, Rock Falls, won first of summer layers. I find by fair treat-
and first and second pen.
third pullet, cock, first and second pullet. ment they are good winter and layers,
Black Wyandottes E. R. Hopkins Cornish Indian Game C. W. Brown, have so proven themselves to me. They
won first cock, first and second hen Rock Falls, won first cock; first, sec- hare confinement nice, are hardy, good

Light Brahmas Dexter Woodard of ond and third hen. foragers. anJ easily raised. They ma-
Prophetstown won first and second Buff Cochin Bantams: Cock First, tare early, have had pullets commence

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Date, Feb'y 15th. 1902.

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cockerel; first, second and third Cushman, Sterling; second, A. J. to lav at foi'r and four and a half
pullet, R. E.
and first pen. Hen First and second, A. J. months.
!\IcNeil.

Buff Cochin: Cockerel First, R. L. McNeil; third, R. E. Cushman. Cock- The difference in the number of eg^-s

Leitch; second and third, Carl Nelson, erel First, A. J. McNeil; second, R. E. layed, and small cost of keeping will
Morrison. Hen First, second and Cushman. Pullet First, R. E. Cush- convince -ny reasonable person that
third, R. L. Leitch. Pullet First, man. they are vl profitable, to both tt e
Carl Nelson; second and third, R. L. Black Breasted Red Game Bantams fancier and fan
Leitch. First pen, R. L. Leitch; sec-
R. E. Cushman won first and second I have had Americans an Asiatic*,
on.1 pen. Carl Nelson; third pen, Rob- cork, first and second hen. but have discarded them for e monrv
ert Collins, Morrison. Rose Comb Black African Bantams Buff Leghorn getters. You 'nay Sfcv
Partridge Cochins: Cock First, W.
R. E. Cushman won first cock and they are rather wild, but it dt ends ('T
C. Acox of Flbtara; 111. -
Co'b'ckerel first hen. whose hands they are in. I f 1 len
Second, W. C. Acox; third, Hunter Golden Seabright Bantams R. E. to be very easily handled hr _,rop'r
Wood. Pullet First, second and third, Cushman won first cock and first hen. management.
W. C. Acox. First pen, W. C. Acox. Bronze Turkeys Mrs. G. W. Myers. We hope that every per' interested
Black Langshans: Cockerel First, Ashton. won first cockerel and first
i

in popular breed
this /ill join the
Franz Wimken; second, L. A. Kline, pullet
American Buff Leghorn club, as ti only
Rock Falls; third. Dr. John Kole, Wil- Pekin Ducks: Old male First, costs $1. and the benefits are worth five
liamsfield, 111.
Hen First L. A. Franz Wimken; second. Hunter Wood; times the cost to the members and the
Kline; second and third. Dr. John old female, first, Franz Wimken; sec-
breed.

Kole. Pullet First and second, L. A. ond. Hunter Wood. Young male First,
Kline; third, Dr. John Kole. First pen, Franz Wimken; second. Hunter Wood; & N. M. CONNOR OF PoNCA Neb.. says.
I- .

We are more than pleased with the Ini-estierator.

L. A. Kline; second pen. Dr. John young female, first, Franz Wimken; It has brought ns Erood sales, the last two beintr
to the amount of *"S- Of the five papers we'use,
Kole'; third pen, Franz Wimken. Sil- second. Hunter Wood. none equals the Investigator to advertise in.
10 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BLACK TRUMPETERS Bruen, E. Gordinier, 1 pullet, 2 cockerel.
first hen. Light Brahmas W. D. Yates, 1

TRUMPETERS, and other color cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, .5 hen pen; Mrs. Y. E.

Bruen, first cock. Winn, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 3, 4 pullet,
BLACK MAGPIES Larson, first 2 pen, Mrs. J. J. March, 2, 3 cockerel;
cock and first hen. T. F. Weaver, 4 cockerel, 1 6, pullet,
RED MAGPIES Bruen, first cock 3 pen; M. R. Lyle, 5 cockerel, 2 pul-
and second hen; Larson, second cock let, 4 pen.
and first hen. Buff Cochins D. L. Frazee 1 cock-
YELLOW MAGPIES Bruen, first eral, 1, 2, 3, 5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. W. P.
cock and first hen. Duvall, 4 pullet.
RED SWALLOWS Larson, first Black Langshans H. H. Borgmann,
cock and first hen. 1. 4; cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 hen. 1, 3 cocker-
YELLOW SWALLOWS Bruen. el, 1, 3, 4 pullet, 1, Arthur Bur-
2 pen;
first cock and first hen. ton. 2 cock; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 3
SWALLOWS, and other color Bru. cock, 2 cockerel, 5 pullet, 3 pen; J. B.
cii, first cock and first hen. Castor, 5 cock; Percy Speer, 4, 5 cock-
BLACK NUNS Bruen, first cock. erel, 3 pullet, 4 pen.
.\'UNS, any other color Bruen, first White Langshans W. H. Buckley,
cock and first hen. 1 pen; Mrs. H. G. Walton. 2 cockerel.
First prize S. L. Wvamlolte cockerel ARCHANGELS, light Larson, first 1 cock, 1 hen, 1 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 pullet,
at Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. cock and first hen. 4, 5 pullets.
Cause, Emporia, Kas. RED DRAGOONS Bruen, first S. C. Brown Leghorns Clyde Pat-
cock. terson. 1 hen, 1, 2 cockerel, 1. 2, 3, 4.

Awatrds a-t the State Show WHITE DRAGOONS Bruen. first 5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. R. V. Williams,
cock and first hen. 2, 3 hen.
Following is a complete of the
list
BLUE FLYING HOMERS Lar- S. S. Hamburgs All to W, W.
awards on pigeons at the state show
son, first cock and first hen. Graves.
in Lincoln, January 21-25:
FLYING HOMERS, any other col- S. C. Rhode Island Reds All to W.
YELLOW POUTERS D. L. Bru-
or--Bruen, first and second cock and D. Yates.
Oldcnbush, Neb., first cock and
Games Hartwell
en,
first and second hen. C. I. Bros. 1 cock;
first hen; David Larson, Wahoo, Neb.,
second cock and second hen.
MOOREHEADS Larson, first W. W. Graves, 1. 2, 3, 4, 3 hen. 1 cock-
cock and first hen. erel, 1, 2, ,3, 4, 5 pullet, 1 pen.
WHITE POUTERS Bruen, first SILVER STARLINGS Bruen, Pit Games Hartwell Bros., all ex-
cock; Larson, first hen and second
first cock and first hen. cept 2 stag; Ora McCann. 2 stag.
cock.
CARRIERS, and color Bruen, all
Bantams W. W. Graves, 1 pair;
Miss Lizzie Burkleo, 2 pair; Mrs. Geo.
premiums. Poultry Show Premiums
O. Thompson, 3 pair; Oak Park Farm,
BARBS. Black. Red and Dun Bru- List of winners at the second annua! 4 pair; George S. Templeton,
5 pair.
en premiums.
all

BARBS, any other color Bruen,

exhibition of Bates County Poultry and Pekin Ducks All to Bruce Steele.
Pet Stock Association, held at Butler, M. B. Turkeys All to I. H. Blood.
first cock and second hen; Larson, first Mo.. Dec. .31st, 1901 to January 3rd,
hen and second cock. 1902; Thomas W. Southard, Judge of
Pigeons Louis A. Osborne, 1 pair
and best display; Oak Park Farm, 2
PARLOR TUMBLERS Bruen, poultry. Reed Storms of Belgian hares:
pair.
first cock and first hen. Barred Plymouth Rocks W. H.
BLACK JACOBINS Bruen. first
Cats All to W. O. Atkeson.
Buckley, 1 cock, 5 hen. 4 cockerel, 4
cock. pen; W. Farris, 2 cock. 1, 3, hen, 1
J.
RED JACOBINS Bruen, first hen. and 2 pullet, 2 pen; Oak Form, 3. 5
YELLOW JACOBINS Bruen, sec- cock, 4 pullet; J. W. Ginn, 4 cock, 4
ond hen; Larson, first cock and first hen. 2 cockerel, 3 pen; Mrs. R. V. Wil-
hen. liams, 2 hen, 5 pullet, P. Hostetter, 1
ENGLISH OWLS Bruen. first and cockerel, 1 pen: Atkinson. 3
R. A.
second hen. cockerel. .5 pen. H. A. Harrison, 3 pul-
AFRICAN OWLS Bruen, first let.
cock and first hen. White Plymouth Rocks Oak Park
BLUE TURBITS Larson. first Farm. 1. 2 cock. 3 hen; A. B. Ludwick,
cock and first hen. 1. 2, 4 hen, 1. 2 cockerel.
RED TURBITS Bruen, first cock. Buff Plymouth RocksJ. E. Bras-
TURBITS. any other color Bruen, field, 1 cockerel. 1, 3, 4 pullet, Ora Mc-
first an dsecond hen. Cann. 2 cockerel. 2 pullet.
WHITE FANTAILS Paul E. White Wyandottes C. S. Douglas, 1
Cook, Lincoln, Neb., first and second cock, 1 hen; Oak Park Farm. 2 cock,
cock and first and second hen. 5 hen; W. W. Graves, 2. 4 hen. 3 3, 1,
YELLOW FANTAILS Bruen, cockerel, 1, 2, 4 pullet. 1, 2 pen; M. R.
first cock and first hen. Lyie. 2, 5 cockerel. .5 pullet. D. L.
RED FANTAILS Bruen, first hen. Frazee, 4 cockerel. 3 pen.
BLACK FANTAILS Bruen. first S. L. Wyandottes .Ml to Louis A.
cock and first hen. Buff Rock hen owned by W. J. Ker-
Osborne. senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of
BLUE FANTAILS Larson, first Golden Wyandottes S. B. McGow- second at Nebraska state show at
cock and first hen. an, 1 cockerel, 2, 3, 4. .5 pullet, 1 pn; Lincoln.


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. II

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.
pen; A. D. Ludwick, 2 pen; P. Hostel-
ler, 3 pen; J. W. Farris, 4 pen; J. W.
Ginn, 5 pen.
Asiatic Class H. H. Borgmann,
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, e.xcept bantams
W. W. Graves, 1, 2 pen.
Non-Standard Class Hartwell Bros.
1, 2 pen; W. D. Yates, 3 pen.
POULTRY GRAND SWEEP-
STAKES.
Fowls W. D. Yates,
Parti-Colored
1 pen; P. Hosteller, 2 pen; W. W.
Graves, 3 pen; J. W. Farris, 4 pen; J.
W. Ginn, 5 pen.
Solid Colored Fowls H. H. Borg-
ciation held during the show, the fol- an offering to the hungry man, even
as
lowing officers were elected for the then despised, for their toughness
next year: W. W. Graves, president; yielded not even' though all the arts
J. W. Ginn, vice president; C. A. Al- of the kitchen were brought to bear in
len, secretary; W. D. Yates, assistant a vain effort to make them toothsome.
secretary; C. A. Emerson, treasurer. These chickens are the representatives
The date for the next show was fi.Ked that lead the farmer to say that "poul-
for December 30, 1902 to January 2, try don't pay."
lf03. Thomas W. Southard, who has But poultry does pay. Do you know
judged for the past two years, was that if all the eggs laid annually in
unanimously selected as judge of the the LTnited States were laid in a contin-
next show. The association is increas-
uous chain that they would weigh 900,-
ing in numbers and is more than able 000 tons and encircle the earth more
to meet every demand, notwithstanding than twenty times. The value of the
the very liberal cash premiums paid. eggs and poultry-meat sold this year
W. W. GATES, Pres. will aggregate $300,000,000, a sum
C. A. ALLE. ., Sec'y. greater by nearly $100,000,000 than the
value of all the mineral product of the
United States in the last year, and this
Poultry
estimate includes iron, gold and silver.
The average cow weighs 1.30 times as
Standard Varieties Comparative much
with
as the hen, yet the hen's year's
Values.
earnings would buy all the cows in
Forty years ago the "twenty quart"
the country and the entire tobacco crop
as well. Our cotton crop is a big one,
Graves, 1
cow was to be a product of the future. but Biddie's
product would buy every
Today she excites no surprise. Such pound of it
besides paying for every
an animal as a pedigreed hog would pound
of tea imported. She can buy
have been exhibited as a curiosity. To-
the entire wheat crop or the entire
1,
day almost every Ohio farm is stocked sheep
clip and have enough left to give
with the finest that scientific breed-
to every man, woman and child in the
ing can produce. Horses in those days
were beasts of burden only.
United States $3.44 apiece.
Today buy the entire oat
She can
crop and have
they are aristocrats commanding the
enough left to buy all the mules be-
admiration that one gives to a work of
sides. She can in any one year buy at
art. Sheep forty years ago were poor their
assessed valuation New Wexico,
things at best. Today silken fleece is
a living testimonial to
Arizona, North Dakita, Montana, Ida-
the scientific ho,
and Wyoming and if given but half
study that the farmer has given to that
a chance, can pay off every mortgage
thorough breeding that has so materi- in
this glorious country of ours. Every
ally increased his profits as to enable
word of this is true, the facts coming
him to erect homes that for their ap- from
the Secretary of Agriculture. If
pointments are elegant enough for the
the farmer will now turn his attention
occupancy of kings. Why this change?
to the improving of his poultry he will
The farmer has found out that mongrel
stock eats as much, requires as much
be enabled to buy more land, have a

mann, 1, 4 pen; W. W. Graves, 2 pen; care and brings less profit than finely
A. B. Ludwick, 3 pen; Mrs. H. G. Wal- bred stock. It is simply a matter of
ton, 5 pen. dollars and cents.
Highest Scoring Parti-colored bird But how about the old Biddie? Very
W. D. Yates, 1, 5; W. W. Graves 2, much has been done toward making
4; J. W. Ferris. 3.
her fit company for the aristocracy nf
Highest Scoring and Solid Colored the thoroughbreds, but distressing as it
Bord H. H. Borgmann, 1, 3, 5; A. B.
is to say it. it is none the less true,
Ludwick, 2, 4. that what has been done is very little
Highest Scoring B. P. Rock. J. W. indeed, comparatively. The flock of
Farris.
chickens today is very much like the
BELGIAN HARES. flock of forty years ago. A lot of
Imported doe, Mamie Hartwell, 1st; mongrel hens who do not know that
Domestic mature buck, J. P. Young, 1, they ever had a grandmother. Their
2, 3; domestic mature doe, J. R. Young, pedigree could not be traced further
1. 2; domestic buck, 6 lb. class, Mamie back than the spring before and even
Hartwell, 1; J. R. Young, 2, 3: domes- then it would be a question, for like
tic buck, 5 lb. class, A. O. Yeomans; as not the same old hen stole her nest
1. 3; J. R. Young, 2; domestic doe, 5 away and was not missed until she
lb. class, J. R. Young, 1, 3; A. O, You- came out one day with half a dozen
mans, 2; domestic doe and litter, J. R. colored chicks, born into the world of
Young. 1 best five Belgians in show. woe. Their roost a tree, their feed
:
First prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel
J. R. Young, 1, 2. whatever they could find, their finish at Topeka, Kan., state show, owned by
At the annual meeting of the Asso- the huckster, finally ending their days W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Kan.
12 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
your
any and all C|uestions that are asked variety has been honored by
me. A stamp enclosed will bring a choice. '

personal answer, while questions of F. B. VAN NUYS, M. D.

general interest I will answer in this Tiffany, Ohio.

column. .Address all communications
to Dr. F. B. VanNuys, Lake Charles, La.. Dec. 31, 1901.
STANDARD VARIETIES. Editor Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen-
Your flock now, probably consists of ter, Neb.

a lot of mongrel chickens of all kinds Dear Sir: Three copies of your pa-
of breeds, but none of which are purely per I have read and enjoyed very much.

by
bred. You must improve your stock I have no poultry at present, but I
of the poultrv buildings used
One and there are several ways to do it. love to raise chickens and hope to have
J. C. Baker, Kichtield, 111.;
shows also
The best way is to buy from some re- some again when we have a permanent
his White Holland turkeys.
lia'ole dealer a breeding pen of, say six home. Would someone who has had
his fam-
pullets and a cock. By keeping them experience with raising chickens in the
fat bank account and provide
now im- separated from your stock they will in South tell us all about it? Most peo-
ily with many luxuries that arc
the course of one year populate your ple here tell me this is a poor coun-
possible.
has ar- farm with as many finely bred fowls as try for chickens. Hoping to hear some-
The editor of this paper
you can care for. This plan may in- thing about it through your columns.
ranged with to furnish one article
mc
volve the expenditure of more money I am. Very respectfully,
a month for the coming
three months,
to than you care to invest and if so, the MRS. VAN DEN BOSCH.
upon subjects of practical interest best way is to buy a setting or
This ne.'ct (A Subscriber.)
every person who owns a chicken.
more of eggs from a reliable breeder,
series embrace a study of those
will
making your old mongrel hen do some
things that you must know if you
are
good work for once in her life by
OLD, BUT GROWING.
to make success crown your efforts. One of the oldest and most thriving
the hatching these eggs. But you must
Over fifteen years constant study in lie sure that she is free from lice be- institutions on the Pacific coast is the
poultry yard, during which time many Incubator Company of Peta-
fmc you give her the fine eggs. Or Petaluma
hard knocks have followed many
mis-
lunia, Cal. An evidence of the growth
takes, has given to me that experience of their business is the opening of an
that enables me to write those things Eastern branch at Indianapolis, Ind.,
that will save the reader time
and mon-
where they carry a complete stock of
T will show how to get
out of the
ey. their machines. This, coupled with the
hen all the money possible for her
to
advantage their factory enjoys adjacent
earn, and the easiest way to reach
this
to the alifornia Redwood forests, en-
much desired goal. I have made poul- ables them to maintain the high stand-
do
try pay and I will tell you how to ard of excellence adopted for their ma-
it. Theories and experiments will find chaines years ago, without increased
no place here. On paper it looks easy
cost to the consumer.
but m
to make a hen do so and
s(i,
We know our readers will be inter-
practice she won't do it. A hen is a ested in a few facts regarding this con-
'stubl)oruer" creature than a nuile. cern. In the territory west of the
While 1 have had at my command all
Rocky mountains they sell more incu-

of the best literature written

upon the bators and brooders than all other
subject, and while has been of much
it makes combined. The largest poultry
the
value to me, I have learned that and ostrich farmers in that section arc
(Sunshine). Jake Kapser, Clay Cen
every day study in the poultry yard
is
ter, Neb,, breeds Golden Laced Wyan-
the only way in which one can gain dottes that will win for yon sure.
that experience necessary to great suc-
I will tell you my
cess. methods but
you must put them into practice in the you can buy a thoroughbred male or
yard, two and by allowing them to run with
flock you will in the course of
Kirst ol all this statement must be y(Uir
fairly good stock at a very
accepted as true: If we are to have time have a
perfect success with poultry the chick- iK^niinal
cost. Or, if yon have no
tur- chickens at all, and want to begin, you
en, the goose, the duck or the
follow the plan of the Yankee made
key must be a well bred bird or we will can
fail to get the legitimate profits
that famous by Fannie Fern. He borrowed
the business should pay. I can prove an old broody hen from one neighbor,
netting of eggs from another and by
that the thoroughbred hen is as much a
superior to the old time 'dunghill."' as putting the two
together got a fine lot

the Berkshire is superior to the "ra- of

chicks. But the eggs had to he re-
7or-back," It is unnecessary to take turned, so she kept the
hen until she
the space to prove it. Taking it for laid enough eggs to pay the debt, when
granted that you accept iny statement she discharged the obligation
and was
we will at once begin the study well launched in the business.
as true,
of our this month's subject: "Stan- Next month we will study A *I2'^ 1 Jarred Plymouth Rock cock-
in detail
bred by C, M, Hulburt, Fairbury,
erel
dard Varieties." the standard varieties in each class, and
Neb., who won first on cockerel at the
That T may be of greatest benefit to be ready to consider the best methods Nebraska .state show at Lincoln, and
answer of making them pay, no matter which exhibited 116 birds.
the reader of this paper I will
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 13
Mr. Crowell breeds Bufl Orpingtons the March number. Mr. Evans breeds
and has been very successful this win. Barred Plymouth Rocks exclusively,
ter in the show room, winning first and and they have been
winners at McCook,
second cockerel, first and second hen, Kearney, Friend, and Lincoln. Mr.
first, second, third and fourth pullet Evans is a
very successful breeder and
and first pen. Mr. Crowell's birds are any of our patrons will not miss it if
extra large sized and fine in color. they place their orders with him. He
is located at Heartwell, Neb.

g Advertise Where it Best Pays *

m John Nauman of Red Lake ^
Falls, Minn., wrote us on Feb. 8:
(J) ^
ffi| "Please take my advertisement (A
The PetaLlvimaL IrvcubaLtor
^ out the Investig.aT(jk as I
of (g
using the Petaluma exclusively. The have already sold all the Games S)

success of this machine in ostrich incu- w I can spare and am getting more (j)

bation is iinequaled and they give the ^ inquiries than I like to answer
best satisfaction in every clrmate and SJ
from all over the south and west.
altitude. Their foreign trade is prob- S The Investigatok is a fine ad- ^
ably the largest of any incubator com- V vertising medium." T.

pany in the country. Large shipments ^ C. E. Dunlap of Liberal, Kas., fttj The Noxall Incubator i^: Brooder Co.,
have been made this past season to writes under date Feb. 24: "lam ffi Ouincy, Ills., have space in this issue
Australia, China, Japan, Philippines and W thoroughly convinced there is IJ) and request us to say that they have
Sandwich Islands, also to various not a better advertising medium (S thousands of sworn testimonials from
South and Central American countries. than the Poultry Investig.\ tor. vP people using the Maxwell.
It is interesting to know also that a It brings better results than the S;
Absolutely self-regulating; when the
number machines are in con-
of their of Chicago or any other
^ heat raises above 103 it is taken direct
stant operation in Alaska and they are paper. It has brought me in- (x\
ly away from the egg chomber. They
now negotiating for representation in quiries from everj' section, even
^ alsomanufacture the Eclipse Bantam
Great Britain. as far east as Massachusetts." M Incubator and Brooder Combined, man-
A word about the machine itself. It W. L. Palmer, editor of The (S ufactured in three sizes, 50 100 and 200
is the pioneer incubator among tliose Sun, published at Clay Center,
^ egg size; they are very convenient be-
advertised and sold today. It was the Neb., says in the Feb. 28 issue: S cause incubator and brooder run and
first machine made of California red- "It affords us pleasure to an- -jj yard are all combined; they are ex-
wood selection. All the heaters are nounce that the Poultry Inve.s- S tremely low in price. Send for their
copper, the walls double cased,
are TIGATOR of this city is booming x< large catalogue, which will be sent
lined throughout with heavy jute board both in circulation and as an ad-
^ free if you mention this paper. It
asbestos sheeting, deadening felt, and vertising medium. -t,Ol)0 were
(J) gives a remedy for every Pnown poul-
the space between the cases is packed added to its circulation in the l
try disease. Don't forget the name -
with wool. The machine is self venti- month of February." (j)
Noxall Incubator & Brooder Co., Quin-
lating and self regulating and has a A Mort Crawford, Pool, Ky., S cy. 111.
special feature in says: "I think the Poultky In-
a self diffusion of *
heat. Another feature is that the top % vestigator best and cleanest M
of the machine is clear of all regulat-
up-to-date poultry paper that flt)

ing mecan^sm. the lever ,;ing located '.

comes to my desk. I received (j)
l)oncath the machine. W the worth of my money out of the
he Cupy me "
'1
Petaluma Company prepay fir.st y< sent
freight to
States,
all points
and no one need hesitate order-
in the United e'Q^ e
ing through any uncertainty on this
point. They issue a large and com- The winnings of J. T: Rein It at the
plete catalogue which they mail free Mitchell show recently held \^eie as
to all who write them. One feature of and second cnck, first,
a^ follows: Frst
the catalogue is an article entitled '\\ second i.nd third hen, first, second and
B't of Incubator History," that will in- third pullet, first, second and th rdpen,
terest every one. We urge our readers scoring about 95 points, and five spe-
t.j write the nearest office for a cata- cials on R. C W. Legh'irns. Mr, R in
h'.yue, which will be elt has some coo erels tut no pullets
sent by return
iiKiil. for sale. He is vice president of the
association at Mitchell and is a very
Address Petaluma Incubator Co., Box
prominent breeder.
Petaluma, Cal., or Box , In-
dianapolis, Ind.. and mention this pa-
L st month A. B. Evan plr c d his ,

ad with us for the first time with the

understanding that if he received g'ood
F. W. Crowell of Granger, Minn, results from the same he would come
Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw, Nebr.
has been one of our advertisers since Importer and breeder of Buff Orping-
back with us again, and we are glad to tons. If you want something good,
the Investigator was first issued. note that he has continued his ad in write her.
14 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
around in her bill with which to make
a nest. If she is shut in a large box
I
TOULOUSE GEESE . .
\
or roomy coop until she lays, she will
usually return to deposit the rest of her
I . . By Ruth Lynoh 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
These geese are much more profit-
old geese themselves.
able than the common ones, being the
Goslings should be fed regularly on
largest of the goose tribe. The mature
a mixture of ground oats, corn meal
pure bred birds sometimes weigh fifty
and wheat bran, moistened with milk
pounds per pair. They have dark slate
the or water, also some cooked and
colored necks and heads, while
mashed turnips and potatoes, with
breast is a light gray and the under
some scraps of mean occasionally. Af-
part of the body white.
ter grass comes they will require very
This branch of the poultry business
little other food. In cold weather,
is somewhat neglected in most parts of
warm the drinking water for the little
this country and offers good returns.
ones to prevent cramps, and do not al-
Geese should have a pasture of their
low them water to swim in until they
own and a fence three and one-half
Toulouse. A become feathered out, as they are eas-
feet high will confine the
ily chilled. a warm, dry place
Provide
piece of swamp or marsh land that is First prize hen at Topeka, Kan.,
for them at night. Young geese should
worthless for anything else is an ideal owned by M. L. Can field, Belleville,
place for them, but an old worn out
be penned up to fatten about two Kan., the man who has won more
weeks before selling. Feed three times prizes on White Plymouth Rocks this
field or pasture on the upland will do winter than any breeder in the west.
a day on bran, corn meal and ground
very well if plenty of wAter and some
oats, scalded. Also feed chopped clov-
shade is provided for them. They are
great foragers and must have plenty of
er once a dav. RUTH LYNCH. Eggs from stock kept penned are to

green stuff and prefer bulky food to

and the chicks
a great degree infertile

grain. After they are grown they do hatched are little, frail weakly things
How I Think We Should Ha^ndle and subject to disease and death. If
well the entire summer on just grass
and water. During winter feed some Our Breeding Stock to you keep your stock penned you are
grain and plenty of chopped vegeta- always having to re-fill egg orders at
Obtain the Best
bles, cabbage, clover, hay, etc. In buy- half price or some thing to that effect.
R.esults have not come any ways near making
I
ing geese it is well to get well mated
old ones, and although they naturally back the money I have spent on im-
pair, three geese may be kept with By MRS. Jacob Hughes. Jk. proving my White Langshans and I
one male. As the old geese are bet- Don't make captives of your fowls can see where I can still improve. The
ter mothers, theireggs produce stron- but allow them full liberty of the place. rest of you are all
probably in the same
Don't keep but one variety on the boat if yon will only speak the
truth.
ger goslings and the young are always
in demand in the market, it pays to same farm or lot. Don't let this awful Beware of those advertisers who al-
keep the old birds for breeding for "hobby" of line-breeding scare you so ways have perfection and can not make
many years, as long as they are active that you come to the conclusion that
any improvement on their stock. I

and vigorous. you can't raise prize winners unless have bought stock from just such
In February or March the old goose you line-breed. By experimenting you breeders and paid blue-ribbon prices
will be seen carrying bits of straw will find out that you can. Don't think for them and before I seen them I just
"thot," "Well when those fine birds get
that you can make money out of your
spend money for here I expect they will make my
birds
poultry unless you
your stock and cull run off and hide. But when they
were
good poultry. Call
very closely. Some people in look- sent to ihe show room the
hiding went
it

ins; over their stock never can see any

the other '^vay. My birds got 1st pre-

Secoud prize White Kock cockerel at until I only kept a dozen hens, if it was good breeding stock and give them
Lincoln Jan. 20 to 2i, in a class of 115 necessary, and
birds owned bv.J. D. Hall. David City,
Neb.
cii!I. Rut there is none so blind as mium and their stock 3rd and one pul-
those that don't want to see. let was disqualified. So you can see
from this one incident that it is not al-
Don't advertise your eggs and stock
ways the perfection breeders that al-
as first class and keep stock enough to
ways have the best. I did not keep the
supply eggs for the fancier and the
stock and the party returned my mon-
market too. for you can't do both and
ey. The main thing is for us to be-
do it successfully. I tried keeping
come acquainted with the breed or
some of my best stock penned last
breeds we are handling and then we
spring and allowed some the range of
will he better prepared to know wheth-
the farm and the result was I raised
er we really have good stock and and
better birds from those that had their
in buying to know whether we get our
liberty than I did from those I kept
money's worth. I try to never write
penned, and from comparatively poor
anything for the Investigator readers
stock. I resolved right then that I
to read only those things that I have
would cull down my stock this spring fornd to be true by experience. Keep
allow them their free- range and good results is sure to fol-
dom. low.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 15
their coops,and did not seem to fret
or worry because of imprisonment in
such confined quarters. Perhaps they
had been exchanging greetings and
personal history with the "lord-
bits of
ly" Langshans iust opposite them,
across the aisle. The inmates of every
What a bright, beautiful morning
coop in the hall were worth look-
was that of January 8th, with just the
ing at and we admired and praised
faintest breath of winter in the air; the
thr-m all;coops containing fowls
but
glad sunshine was conducive to light
of like breeds as ours found us most
spirits and happy minds, then, we were
often before them. What a din there
glad, too, because of anticipations en-
was: one could scarcely hear their own
tertained of an exceedingly good time
voice! But the crowing of the males,
"today and tomorrow," for were we
the singing and cackling of the Biddies,
not on our way to take the train to the
and the voices of the poultry enthusi-
city where the poultry show was be-
asts all intermingled was music to our
ing held? We enjoyed the five mile
ears, because of interest in. and love
drive so much that we almost wished
we had planned to drive the entire for the fowls.
First prize White Rock cock at To-

distance twenty-six miles instead of Cards were exchanged and new ac-
peka, Kan., state show, owned bv M.
going in the train. Reaching our des- quaintances made in the show rooni L. Caufield, Belleville, Kan.
tination, after satisfying the cravings breeders do not wait for formal intro-
of appetite
we inquired the way to the ductions and soon strangers of a few names on the coops as they were
show room, and bent our steps thither- moments before are deep in the most brought to him, or showed the least
ward without the loss of any time. Our friendly converse, the general subject partiality, and
which
we breeders, in most in-
birds had preceded us and after pre- of is poultry. Experiences with
stances, accept his judgment as right,
senting the "sentinel" at the door with fowls, their care and management, are
enjoying triumph if successful, or
our card, we were at liberty to enjoy related and experiments that have been
meeting defeat cheerfully, congratu-
the pleasure of the show. We did not made along different lines of the work,
lating our more fortunate rival. Win-
have time to feel embarrassed or and their results, are talked over. Sug-
ning should not puff up neither should
strange, for, scarcely had we entered gestions made, helpful ideas are re-
ceived and stored away in some one of
defeat discourage or dishearten. The
when acquaintances and show-room show room "lightning does not always
friends of ether years crowd memory's "pigeon-holes" for future strike in the same place;"
began to
the defeated
around us, and as we listened to the use, and breeders of the same breed or of
this year may be the winner of next
kindly words of greeting we felt very varieties compare and discuss the qual-
year. We have learned that success in
much at home. ities and characteristics of each others'
the exhibition hall is not an accidnt,
The hall was large and well lighted, birds. Seldom is a breeder met with but the rsult
of constant and ardous
and although we were told that over in the exhibition hall that is blind to work
of hands and brain; and that in
five hundred birds were on exhibition the good points in other breeders'
no place is so much useful information
they were not in the least crowded. On fowls, or seeing them is averse to
acquired as in the show room. Once in
either side of the broad aisles were speaking of them. As a rule the breed-
a while some breeder says: "I don't
rows of exhibition coops containing the ers we meet in the show room are gen- believe in showing my poultry; don't
very cream of many breeders' and fan- erous, unselfish and kindly. The breed-
think does any good. Now I do be-
ciers' yards. Slowly we made our way er likes to win the ribbons that is the it

lieve it does a breeder great good to

around the room looking for our motive that impelled to the effort to exhibit his or her birds. If the fowls
"white beauties," and when we found prepare and place his (or her) birds
are excellent in quality ribbons may be
them they were thrown in the straw in side by side with others that are there won, and the crowds surging through
because of some fond hope entertained,
the showroom see the coops so
but failing to win, defeat is borne
adorned and pause to see the name up-
pleasantly and cheerfully. Near a win-
on them ,Tid can you call this anything
dow we see the judge, arrayed in linen
but an advertisement of the breeder's
duster, silently and rapidly deciding the
stock? It is a fe od advertisement and
fate of bird after bird. For a little
may "bear much fruit" in tl.e way of
while we stand and watch him, as he
future sales.
I think it pays to exhib-
examines and marks the different sec-
it even if no honors' are won, for if the
tions, often wondering the "why" of
breeder's stock is inferior, is it not to
some cut made but not wishing to in-
that breeder's advantage to I:no-v it,
terrupt or disturb the judge we just try
so that better quality birds may be ob-
to learn all we can by observation with-
tained to replace those that are not
out attempting conversation with him.
worthy a place in the show room? Our
One is not allowed to tack cards on
two days were spent very pleasantly
his or her exhibition coops if so de-
and profitably and the memory of them
siring,because judges are counted hon-
will encourage to greater effort toward
est and impartial, and so even knowing
improving our flock, and will make the
whose fowls they are scoring does not
work of the coming season easier be-
influence the markings in the least. Of-
cause of the expectation, if all is well,
ten I have watched the judge at work,
First prize Buff Cochin hen at Ne- of a repetition of our good times an-
braska state show owned by C. K. and I do not think any one I have ever other year.
;

Davis, Columbus, Neb. seen scoring birds ever noticed the MATTIE WEBS'FER.
i6 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 scriib hens. A "chalk white" White Wyandotte
The returns are so much greater. Last owned by G. B. Clary, Fairburv, Neb.,
pullets at the head of his
best breeding pen.
First prize Buff Orpington pullet at year from one yard of eight Score 9.5;4
Topeka, Kan., and second prize at Lin- mated with a two-year-old bird I sold
coln, Neb., bred and owned by Mrs. ten settings of eggs, fifteen eggs to the
Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. number of settings my- the market that makes the prices but
setting; set a
self for this was one of my best yards; the eggs that sets the price a whirling.

had no complaints from customers: In the first place little eggs bring as
some letters of praise; all hatched well. much as big ones; we hear the store
h\M Ml and Good Results \ One can readily see this pays for one's
keepers say, "an egg is an egg." So
time and care and yarded birds must it goes. Then comes the dirty eggs
By Mrs. J. B. Jones I
have extra care and regular feed if they ^they go to right in with the clean
do their best. Keep an eye on the egg ones. Who on earth wants to buy eggs
Now is the time to get your yards basket and see it keeps well filled. that are filthy to behold? they would
made up ready for this year's work, Only by selecting our best layers can seem like filth to hold. Here is where
and as this is a very particular part of we do this. My experience has been the careless poultry keeper helps to
the work if we wish to be successful. the best breed and most symmetrical hurt the markets of good, nice eggs.
Now only the best can go in this and those nearest standard require- Well, that is not all; here comes the
company. If one has had experience ments are the best layers and bring rotten eggs, the half incubated ones;
and can rely on our own judgment we the best prices. MRS. J. B. JONES. in they go with the good ones and the

can take the Standard of Perfection Abilene, Kan. purchaser aims to make enough off of
and mate our own yards. If not it is the good ones to make up for the poor
best to get someone who does under- Egg Ma-rkets ones. Thus you see how the good
stand mating for best results. Select products are crowded out of value and
the best females and then if no male position on the market. There are
We read and we write. We talk and
thousands of people in the cities who
bird seems good enough buy one of
listen to all kinds of talk about egg
some reliable breeder. Write him a would gladly give 12 to 15 cents per
markets. Oh! how we do growl about
plain letter, describing your females; dozen all summer for good, fresh, clean
cheap eggs in the summer. It is not
take time and paper, no difference if it eggs right from your yards. Rotten
takes five pages; then he can select one eggs act on the egg market like oleo.
to suit your hens so much better than does on the butter market. The one
if you merely say you wish to buy and
who eggs is like the good
sells rotten

want one of the best, for the best sister thatused to drop shirt buttons
means a pretty good price and some- in the church collection basket. Rot-
times you cannot afford so much and ten eggs are only counterfeit eggs and
perhaps you could do with a cheaper should be treated accordingly. Well,
bird after asking this question and re- let the good and bad together mix,

ceiving a reply with prices out of your but for my part I would rather keep the
reach you will more than likely say eggs separated anyway. "Well," you
"They want too much; I won't buy of say, "how can we?" It can be done,

them." where, if your letter had con- but how soon I cannot say.
tained a description you would have In the first place, sell your eggs to
gotten several prices and could have customers upon the merits of the eggs
selected the birds suiting the price you and not on the merits of the markets.
wished to pay. One can sometimes Have your eggs branded from whose
get good stock for little money. It is yards they come and the date. And
the exception not the rule, where one see to it that the eggs are the best.
has been years building a strain of If you can't sell direct to the users, let

fowls that can win in good company,
will reproduce themselves each year,
so you can form a fair idea of the com-
prize Bufif Wyandotte cock
First
owned by C. E. Day, North Bend, Neb.
First at Lincoln, Neb., state show.
your grocer make up a case every little
while of "Select Hen Fruit." Let each
person have a little rubber stamp and
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 17
stamp the name and date upon each
egg that is sold, and if there is a fauky
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
isanother 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
E. B. Day's, North Bend, Neb., second prize Buff Wyandotte hen at Nebraska
articles of professional fanciers, but as
state show at Lincoln Jan. 20-25, 1902.
I can't reach the realm of that kind of
authorship, I shall have to content my-
all the very best early cockerels are day. Their combs are red and their
self chinking in a few off-hand remarks
now and eaten, and often the pullets from the eyes are bright and their feathers are
then change the tune.
to
early hatches find their way to the well groomed. They would make a
Fancy poultry is good, profitable and
frying pan. good meal, but the idle, fat one, that
a pleasure, but old farm biddy and her
Those very early, thrifty birds art sits around all day, too shiftless to
common, every day egg is everybody's
friend. JAMES PEARSON, the ones that should be kept for hunt, will make a better dinner, and
breeding purposes. By the time they the flock will be much more profitable
Germantown, Neb.
are needed they have become full without her.
grown and have acquiesced bone and Those fast growing chicks usually
Poultry ChaLts muscle, while the weather is warm come from thrifty hens, and if care is
By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard. and favorable. taken along those lines, our flocks of
Pullets that are Intended for breed- During the fall and winter months farm poultry would be much improv-
ing, wheth < pure bred or common those early hatched pullets will lay ed, and our well fllled egg basket go
stock, sbuuld be selected with care. their first eggs, and by the time breed-
much more oftener to market.
To begin -with they should be hatch- ing season comes will be at their very
Farmers in general do not realize
ed as early as possible. The usual best to furnish eggs for hatching. This
what the hens or egg money really
custom among those having common is something that every poultry raiser
amounts to. They can open their
stock, when a "fry" is wanted, is to needs to think of. Our earliest, best
eyes very wide at the amount of
kill the largest one in the flock. Thus matured pullets will give us the most
money takes to keep the house run-
it
satisfaction as breeders. The chicks
ning at a time when there are no eggs
from mature birds are stronger and
to turn off. Don't imagine I see all
more easily raised than are those frora
this at home; I can see lots of things
stunted, half-sized stock.
in the homes of others, and know
Now, I don't want anyone to imaf;-
many a wife who supplies most of the
ine for a moment that I favor the use
groceries, besides many of the little
of sickly birds for our tables. All
luxuries for daughters
herself and
such should be cared for until they
that would probably be denied if the
are well and healthy or killed and
husband were asked for money to pur-
thrown off some place away from all
chase them.
the others. Sometimes chicks become
stunted and will probably never make I have wandered away from the sub-
ject I started on, but that don't mat-
but are all right
nice, full-sized birds,
to eat. You would never know the ter, I can take it up at another time,
difference when they are cooked, and if I find something worth writing
one might better kill two such birds about.
than one of the thrifty ones. The It would make me very tired to be
same rule will apply to the cockerels, obliged to ask a man for all the money
the most thrifty, large, needed to use, and I know there are
active birds I

should be kept for breeding purposes. many more like me. With poultry,
First prize S. L,. Wyandotte pullet at
Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. Again, we should never kill our any farm wife who has a little get-
Gause, Emporia, Kas. thrifty hens that work and sing all up and rustle about her can have some
'
i8 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
ineome of her own. house, but Etaid under the wood shed. new hand with an incubator? Only
A short time ago we had one of That fall mother was so sick and frail two cripples for the whole season.
our poultry journal friends from near her sister in California sent for us to In a few weeks I am in hopes to own
Denver come to make us a call. Among visither and stay a year, which mother a bone cutter paid for with egg money.
the things he told us was this: that and I did. Father banked the house. I sent a 30-dozen case to Chicago to-
a year or two ago he had told his wife In one corner they made a nest. Ev- day. MISS BELLE UTLEY.
"those hens Just ate their heads off." ery day all winter there were twelve
New Hampton, la.
When the first of January came, she eggs in that nest. Eggs was a good
asked for grain to be weighed out ID price that winter and this was some-
her, and during the year kept a strict thing new. Father got interested in MRS. J. W. CAUSE'S WINNINGS.
account of everything the hens ato, poultry for the first time, raised a nice First Silver Wyandotte pullet at To-
also of everything sold. When Jan- ot of chicks himself that summer. peka, 1902, score 93.
uary again rolled around she knew A brother of my mother owned a First Silver Wyandotte hen at state
just what those seven dozen hens had 1500 acre ranch. His wife was a poul- show, Topeka, 94 by
1901, score
done for her. The balance on the try crank, her neighbors said. I staid Rhodes. First Topeka, 1902, score
at
credit side of her account was $75. with uncle six months then. I had nev- 93. Bred and owned by Mrs. J. W.
Our caller said he was fully convinced er filled an egg case, as 15 to 20 dozen Cause, Emporia, Kan.
that the htcs had not eaten their was the most eggs mother had ever First cock at state show, Topeka,
heads off, and is now willing to help sold at one time. You can't imagine score 91, cut lA for frosted wattles and
plan and build yards and houses; even how big I felt the first time Auntie J--2
rough on legs. He won first at
for
willing when he was away from home asked me to fill an egg case on her state show, Topeka. as cockerel, score
to hunt around among poultry breed- cool porch all alone. They were sent 93'4- This cock will head my first prize
ers to see if something better than to Sacraments, 20 miles away, the next per. Mrs. J. W. Cause, Emporia, Kan.
they had at home could not be found. day she got a check. My! it was a lot First Silver Wyandotte pullet at
They found in dressing poultry for the of money, and just think, I put every
state show, Topeka, 1902, score 93, bred
city market the marks left from dark egg in the three egg cases. Chickens
and owned by Mrs. J. W. Cause, Em-
pin feathers were not liked by pros- and turkeys all went the same way, the
poria, Kan.
pective buyers, therefore he was hunt- money was all Auntie's, such a lot!
ing white birds to replace the colored
Mother and I talked and planned
ones. By so doing they would have
and when we came home we worked A IN TIME. WORD
something that would sell more read-
and planned. In two years we had sold
ily, and a little higher price could be
all old hens and cockerels. With this
asked for. It pays to supply our mar- We have jusc received a copy of Rip-
money we bought lumber and nails, ley's 1902 Breeders' Supply and Spray-
ket with the best and not the poorer
four window sash 8x10. Father and
grades of poultry. er Catalog, which is a very complete
brother built a new hen house 12x20,
book, no breeder or farmer should be
5 feet high, with a double roof, the
without it, as it contains dozens of ar-
Why Did I Sta.rt in the Poultry roof was corn stalks and straw. The ticles that will save labor and increase
Business next year it was shingled. (It is a
breeder, if they are the profits to the
This a hard question for me to an- good building now.) All this time we
is used. One machine in particular that
swer. I can never remember the day were getting eggs the year around,
is needed by every poultry breeder is
I did not love the downy little balls paying for all our groceries and most
Rippley's Whitewashing, Painting and
that grew into nice chicken, that is, if of our clothes, after mother gave up
Spraying Machine, a cut of which we
I did not love chickie to death.
on account of her health I did the best
insert, as we think that it is to the in-
In 1881 mother raised twelve Brown I could raising chickens. Two years
terest of our readers to know that
Leghorn pullets that would not go to I raised ducks. Hot weather caused a
there has at last been a machine placed
the (shed would call now) hen great loss of 150 little ducks. I raised
I it
on the market at a reasonable price
90 nice ones, but gave them up. Tur-
that will whitewash buildings to perfec-
keys the first year were enough for me. and save
tion, and do it far better
Father has always made coops and three-fourths the time and labor over
feeding racks just as I wanted them. the old way of applying with a brush.
Mother so often said if I had only had It is also a fine machine for spraying
coops like yours 20 years ago, but no trees, plants, gardens, etc, and will
cine ever thought of making anything doubly pay for itself in a short time.
nice for just hens. We note that it is used and endorsed
Mrs. Webster, I agree with you; I by such noted breeders as A. G. Dus-
do like to be independent; I don't have ton, U. R. Fishel, Sid Conger and
to raise chickens. It is a pleasure to many others. In order to get this ma-
do the work. My chickens like to be chine introduced, please not the special
with me. When I talk to them they offer in their advertisement on another
will answer in chicken language. Two page of this issue.
years ago I got a $20.00 bookcase af- We are pleased to recommend the
ter the poultry was sold in the fall; Rippley Hardware Company, Box 7,
in the spring I got a $16.00 dresser Grafton, 111., to the readers of our pa-
with egg money. Both are golden oak. per, as we know them to be a very re-
I have got lots of things I show my liable and any orders entrusted
firm,
friends with pride. Last year I got an to them be promptly filled. Mail
will
Buff Rock cock owned by W. J. Ker incubator. It is just fine; at least, I five cents in stamps and get copy of
senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of
think so: I hatched 755 chicks out of their 1902 Bredders' Supply and Spray-
second prize at Nebraska state show at
Lincoln, 804 fertile eggs. How is that for a er Catalog.
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From Solomon Valley, Kas. the best of breeders for market, only.
But now the inquiry is for not only
Poultry Investigator: Perhaps a few pure breeds, but for the line-bred fowl
words from the Solomon Valley of of whatever variety the fancier may se-
Kansas would not be amiss in your lect. We have learned that score cards
valuable columns. In the first place, are as necessary to the business of
let me say, while you are not listening raising and selling stock to the best ad-
that many of us think the Investiga- vantage as it is to advertise in poultry
tor is one of our very best poultry or farm papers the stock for sale. It

papers, especially for the great West. stock offered for sale as pure stock
Well, in regard to poultry matters in scores only 80-90, the owner might as
this part of Kansas, in one of the best well sell to poultry dealers, and be
portions of our state, allow me to say done with it. While of course such
that there has been a general awaken- scores are better than no scores at all.
ing to the business. The talk now is: it is far better to breed from
the high-
"Where can I get pure stock?" In-
er scoring ones, as then the progeny
stead of being content with "scrub," will more likely be superior stock, and
"mixed," and common-bred fowls, the fit for exhibition birds. That mysteri-
demand is more for "line-bred" pure ous law of "breeding back," as it is
stock. A great many are learning the called, is hard to be understood. We
meaning of such terms as "line-bred," see it manifested in all nature by care-
"double-mating and single-mating.' ful, common sense methods, and this is
There is not much use in trying to win what may be termed "line breeding,"
at shows unless the exhibitor follows "double mating," and "single mating."
the business of breeding exhibition It is virtually the selection of the fit-

The old farm

birds in a scientific way. test in color, markings and shape. As
way was comparatively good enough to I understand it, it does not mean to
raise a vigorous lot of birds, but there breed to the same exact color or
was very little uniformity in color of shape; it may be breeding a certain
plumage, shape and other points in the type of color and other necessary
flocks. One man would have a flock points, to a lighter, darker or medium
of Plymouth Rocks
so called and he condition, to obtain the best results.
thought them fine; but when we ob- There is something more than clean,
served them in regard to scoring they yellow legs and barred plumage re-
were more like an old-fashioned quired in a Plymouth Rock. The feath-
"Dominick" lot than like the Plym- ers must be barred to the skin, the
outh Rocks. Another would have the comb must be serregated just right,
same kind as he would call them, but and not be too large, and the lightest
there were the leg and toe feathers, fuzz of feather or black spots on legs
showing that while the plumage was and toes lessens the scores, even if they
tolerably fair, the Brahma or Cochin Now some reader
do not disqualify.
admixture was also there. Of course may say, that man has high scoring
the fowls were large and good as there Plymouth Rocks for sale and he has
were. So we found them in the past, put his "ad" into the Investigator.
and so we find them at present among But I have not a pure Rock of any kind
whatever; nor do I expect to raise
theni. 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 waking up and
are all

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,
A White Rock hen owned by J. D.
we had a fair showing. The severe
Hall, David City, Neb.; score 95 >^.
Hall breeds nothing but the best. cold and the scarcity of corn discour-

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Is published the first of each month at
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
partieswanting something fine in the second pullet, first on pen, and the W.
Barred Rock class would do well to R. breeders special, $10, best prize for
correspond with him. best cock, cockerel, two hens, and two
pullets in the Barred Rock class.

Clay Center, Nebraska.

W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Iowa,
won at Kansas state shows for the past F. G. Partington, Northboro, Mass.
BY four years the majority of the best pre- This gentleman is trying a new
miums, against hot competition in full scheme worked by some fanciers last
Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. classes. 1889, 4 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 season, and he is selling chickens in-
third; 1900, 7 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third; stead of eggs. He ships chickens any
L. P. HARRIS, Editor. 1901, 6 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third, 2 spe- distance up to 1500 miles, and guaran-
cials; 1902, 5 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 third, tees safe arrival. This is a very good
3 specials. plan as you do not have to take chances
Subscription price, 25 cts. a Year.
on eggs hatching, but j'ou have the
At Lincoln, Neb., at the state show chickens already hatched and doing
Advertising R.aLtes. our attention was called to the stock of well.
Sl.'JS per inch each insertion. One
J. L,. Smith of Cadams, Neb., who
inch one year $12.00. These are our showed Light Brahraas and won first From a late letter of A. L. Houston,
only rates for advertising and will be and third hen, fourth pullet and fifth recently from Keota, la., now located
strictly adhered to. We treat all alike cockerel. At Superior he won first and at Red t)ak, Iowa., we utiderstand that
both great and small. Payment on he has located permanently at the last
yearly contracts quarterly in advance. second cock, first, second, and third
All other contracts cash with order. hen, first, second and third pullet, first named place and will devote the larger
second, and third cockerel, first and part of his time to the breeding of Buff
All communications and advertise- second pen. First pen scoring 188 Orpingtons, and anybody wanting
ments must be in our hands by the points, second pen 187 by Rhodes. He stock of this kind will do well to cor-
15th to insure insertion in is-
sue of following month. also won grand sweepstake for the respond with him.
best 15 birds in the room. Anybody
Parties wishing to change their ad- wanting first class Mrs. Henry Shrader of Berlin, Neb.,
Light Brahmas will
dress should give the old as well this month changes her ad from breed-
as the new address. do well to write Mr. Smith.
ers' c^rd to the display column, and
This paper will not be sent after the
year's subscription expires so be
We are proud to have with us as an finds that the Investigator pays as an
sure and renew promptly. advertiser F. C. Hiuman of Friend, advertising medium Mrs. Shrader
Neb., who has been breeding Barred won first on Orpington pullet at the
Plymouth Rocks for 20 years and has Kansas state show and second pullet at
In Reg&rd to Advertisers.
won a great many premiums in the Nebraska state show. In Black Lang-
We are very careful in soliciting largest shows in the west. At the state shans she won third cockerel at Ne-
advertisements, to see that all are re-
liable. If at any time anyone answer-
show at Lincoln in January this season, braska state show, and third cockerel
and second pen at Kansas state show.
ing any display advertisement found Mr. Hinman won on Barred Plymouth
in the columns of Poultry Investi- Rocks as follows: Second pen, first,
gator is in any way swindled, will second and third hen. fifth cockerel, One of the new exhibitors at the re-
please write us at once, we will look
into the matter, and if such an adver-
second and fifth pullet. Mr. Hinman cent Nebraska state show was W. J.
tisement has been inserted for the is reliable and any orders placed with Kersenbrock of Columbus, Neb. He
purpose of defrauding our readers, we him will receive his prompt attention won second cock and second pen in Buff
will drop the advertisement and pub- and his patrons will get all that they Rocks, which was one of the best
lish the swindler's name. We wish to Hinman keeps the classes in the show room. He also won
keep our advertising columns free bargain for. Mr.
from all such advertisers, and when very best stock that can be foutid any- first cockerel and third pullet in Cor-
writing to an advertiser whose adver- where. nish Indian Games, fourth cock in Buff
tisement was found in these columns, Rocks.
we would ask it as an especial favor
that you say you saw it in The POUL- Elsewhere in this paper will be found
TRY Investigator. the advertisement of D. L. Buren, one Perfect Chick Feed.
of the most extensive pigeon raisers in Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 14, 1902.
Address all communications to Nebraska. Mr. Buren won nearly all W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.
Poultry Investigator Co,m of the prizes at Lincoln and his sales Dear Sir: Enclosed please find check
Clay Center, Nebraska. amounted to quite a large sum of for SI 1.40, vrhich kindly credit. I have
money. Mr. Buren is an enthusiastic given the poultry men an object lesson
In another column of this paper you breeder and his stock is up to date. in your chick feed at our poultry show
will find the advertisement of A. L. Look up his ad. here four weeks ago. I brought 48
Pedrick of Ottumwa, la. Mr. Pedrick chicks out of the incubator and am
has been breeding thoroughbred poul- Oinohondru of Bowling Green, keeping them in the window of the
E. B.
try for several years and has bred sev- Mo., writes that he made a good win- store and have fed them nothing but
eral varieties, is one of the best in- ning at the Northwestern Missouri "Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed."
formed men in southern Iowa as to poultry show which was held in Decem- I have never seen chicks grow so fast
quality and stock. Mr. Pedrick is ber. He writes the following: "My and I have not lost a chick. Just
doing quite a good deal of judging success has been better this year than weighed one and it weighed 7 ounces.
this season and he is open for dates ever before. I showed -'0 birds in a The boys say they will feed them noth-
for the season to come. He breeds class of 70 as good as can be found any- ing else. The chicks and feed attracted
the Blue Prince strain of Barred where, and 17 of my birds scored by a great deal of attention.
Plymouth Rocks and wins largely in Heimlick from 9<3-"3 to 95 points." He Yours truly,
all the shows where he exhibits. .Xnv won first and third cockerel, first cock. L. F. Jones Seed Co.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. dl
We had with us last month also L-D. cockerel in a large class of 116 of the their first breeding stock from Eng
Metcalf of Wakefield, Nebr. a promi- , best Plymouth Rocks produced in the latid They have been very successful.
nent breeder of Barred Plj-mouth west. He also won third tom and Last .season they exhibited at Chicago
Rocks, White and Golden Wyandottes. fourth hen on bronze turkeys. Mr. and made some winnings and again
Mr. Metcalf is a very extensive breed- Hurlburt has given considerable atten- this winter, winning first cock, said to
er and has good stock. We are glad to tion to the breeding of Barred Ply- be one of the finest cocks in America.
have him with us. mouth Rocks and breeds nothing but They showed the same week at Lincoln,
the Ringlet strain. winning several premiums. They won
We are glad to welcome in our col-
four out of five of the first premiums,
umns the name of M. L. Canfield of
Another new advertiser this month and several of the second at the state
is C. J. Beedle of Holdrege, Neb., who show at Lincoln recently held. They
Bellvue, Kas., one of the best breeders
of White Plymouth Rocks in the West.
breeds Partridge Cochins. Mr. Beedle are very nicely situated for raising
There is no man that ever exhibited in has some very fine birds and will be their Orpingtons and have one of the
the West that has had better success
glad to fill orders for eggs from his su- finest brick pen houses and incubator
in winning premiums than Mr. Can-
perior mating^. houses that I ever was into. They also
field. Some four or five j-ears ago, the have a brooder house filled inside with
editor met this man at Bellvue with a We recently purchased of Mrs. Ella brick and heat by steam. They spare
fine string of birds that took nearly Patrick of Clay Center, Nebr., her en- no money in making their poultry pay
everything m their class, and since at tire stock of Buff Plymouth Rod-s and and breed the best that can be procured.

Kansas City this season he won nearly she has put in a fine flock of fifty Black We would recommend them to all peo-
all of the first premiums; also at Tope- Minorcas, and isready to fill all orders ple who wish to buy Orpingtons of the
ka and Lincoln. His birds are pure for eggs that may be placed with her. highest grade.
white throughout; thej' are of excel- She has bought the best and has noth-
lent shape and have good combs. We ing else. The Minorca is one of the Last month we showed a half tone of
produce in the Investigator this best of the Mediterranean varieties. a White Lanshan pullet of Mrs. J.
month several half tones of his prize Hughes of Rockport, Mo., and in a de-
winning birds, and we would recom- One of the most noted breeders in scription of the same we wrote Mrs.
mend Mr. Canfield to any and all par- the state of Nebraska is Frank Patton Thos Hughes instead of Mrs. J.
ties wanting strictly first class Ply- of Surprise, Neb. Mr. Patton has Hughes. Mrs. J. Hughes is a very en-
mouth Rocks. made a wonderful record this winter. thusiastic breeder of White Langshans
He showed at the Topeka state show and her stock has won many premiums
One of the most extensive exhibitors and at Lincoln state show, and also at in the west. Her winnings at Bowling
of poultry at Lincoln was that of the the great show at Chicago, where he Green were first on hen, and third on
Highland Poultry Farm made by J. D. won three prizes At Lincoln the cockerel. The competition was very
W. Hall, manager. These people ex- same week he won first pen, third strong and the half tone that was
hibited White Wyandottes and Barred cockerel, first and third hen, first and shown in our paper was that of her
P. Rocks, and their stock was strictly second cockerel, first, second and fourth first prize hen.
first class. Winnings in the Barred pullet; and the week previous at the
rock class were as follows: First pen, Kansas 'City show he won second on Among our new advertisers this
second cock, second cockerel, first pul- cock, second and third cockerel, first, month appears thename of Mrs. Eva
let. In the White Wyandottes, they second, third and fourth hen, first; Gingrich of Aurora, Neb. Mrs. Ging-
won first pen, second and third cock, fourth and fifth pullet, second and third rich has been a prominent breeder of
third hen, second coc'erel and second pen. In these shows Mr. Patton did not Barred Plymouth Rocks for several
pullet. show the same bird twice, which proves years and has won a good majority of
that his stock of Buff Plymouth Rocks premiums in such shows as Aurora,
While at Topeka, Kas., attending are superior to any bred in the west. Neb., and Clay Center, Neb. She has
the state show, my attention was called We are glad to note that he is an ad- a very fine flock of females from which,
to a White Wyandotte cockerel owned vertiserof the Poultky Inve.stigatok. she is selling eggs at a very reasonable
by Getty of Syracuse, Kas., which
(tco. price for the quality of .stock she keeps.
was one of the most typical White Wy- Another one of the most prominent Parties wanting eggs from strictly first

andottes, and the whitest bird the writer breeders in Nebraska is T L. Norval class birds will do well to write her.
has ever seen. Had he not been a little of Seward, Neb., who breeds White
bit under size he would have won first Plymouth Rocks and White Wyan- C. F. Austin of Bearing, Kas., won
premium easil}'. This bird was the dottes. Mr. Norval this season showed and third pen, second and third
first
next week shown in Chicago, where he in Chicago, and also in Lincoln the cockerel, first, secortd and third pullet
won third prize from a large class. same week, winning several prizes in at Coft'eyville, and at Chanute he won
I Please notice the half tone of this won- both exhibits. first and third pen, first and second
derful bird in this issue of the InvES- cockerel, firat, second and third hen,
TIGATOK. Mr. Getty has first class Some of the most prominent breeders second and third pullet. Mr. Austin is
stock in every respect and is a reliable of poultry in the west are W. H. & M. a White Rock specialist and also has
breeder. E. Bushell of David City, Neb. In re- strawberry plants for sale.
cent years they bred Buff Leghorns
C. M. Hurlburt of Fairbury, Neb., and made a success of them, winning We call attention of our readers to
comes back this month with four inches in such shows as Lincoln, Omaha, the advertisement of the Oletangy
of space, advertising his -uperior strain Kansas City, and Chicago, and since Poultry Yards of Delaware, Ohio.
of Barred Plymouth Rocks and Mam- the Buff Orpingtons have come into These people are well known through-
moth Bronze Turkeys. Mr. Hurlburt prominence they disposed of their Leg- out the country and are reliable people.
made his first exhibit at the Nebraska horns and took up the breeding of Buff Look up their ad if you are in want of
state show in January and won first Orpingtons, immigrating nearly all of anything in their class.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
bird. This finished the selections for
The Mating of Breeding I
the breeders. Far better breed from
Pens one or two extra choice hens or pullets
color and
who have than a dozen of all shapes,
lilt fanciers ami breeders
b, sizes. Don't wait until you have sold
long since learned to perfection a,
forgotten they the best birds before selecting the
c of poultrydom and breeders
to insure snccc<;^. need breeders, belter select the
had it to learn,
it will do no first, then if you have
more than need-
Uiii read this article, but
also the
luirni tor a beginner and
possibly be a ed for your wants, sell them,
for the cockerels. As wc learn by experience
help in selecting the breeders
season if they have not already
done then we may branch out for pullet mat-
should ings or cockerel matings. Another
so. The object of all matings
greatest good way is to have a judge mate
up
be to constantly eliminate the
selection of individuals of the the yards. There are no doubt many
fault by
other than the one
highest merit. Each variety of fowls improved methods
certam I described and as this is the season
are mated differently to olia'.n
Here is where the mating up of yards let us hear
sco.ed for the
results.
birds come in to a from some of our experienced broth-
great advantage.
ers and sisters. I should like to hear
Color of plumage in all sections and
a from some one who breeds Buff
Wyan-
shape of the variety are scored by buff
competent judge, who has devoted dottes, as I am a lover of the A. K.'i-lies, North T.-i.c-kii, Kan.,
W.
knowl- varieties. prize White Wyaiidotle cockerel
years, perhaps to obtain the
first
IDA E. BARD. at Kansas state show at Topeka.
edge of what an ideal bird should be
of the different breeds. Some has re-
their ad
marked '-Why I never try to sell
Iowa Poultry Co. Winnings trated Catalogue and look up

birds in the show room and I always on page .

because I hav far

DES MOINES FANCIERS' SHOW.
exhibit." First,
which is 'The Open Door to Success With
to ship birds to be scored,
DEC. 23-28, 1901.
Poultry" is the title of the attractive
expensive to ship large numbers. Sec-
even W. Wyandottes 110 birds in class; new catalogue of the Natural Hen In-
ond, under no circumstances, not hens; 3,
my
best birds, for 1, 2, 3, 4, pullets; 1, 2, 3, 5, 1,
cubator company of Columbus, Neb.
money would I sell
breeding pens.
enough for another's cock; 5, cockerel; 1, 3,
describes the very ingenious and
if they are good It
best and largest
breeding pens for better birds they Grand sweepstakes method of hatching chicks successful
Gold spe-
are for mine. The best I have is
none display. White Wyandottes. by the Natural Hen Incubator,
which
cial. $15.00, best 10 birds
in class; $5
too good for my breeding pens and is used in 100,000 poultry yards. .\

judge
competent gold special, highest scoring pair W. number of pages in the new catalogue
when scored by a
highest
eggs Wyandottes; $5 gold special, contain some of the strongest testi-
then I can truthfully guarantee
scoring W. Wyandotte cockerel, shape monials ever written by poultrymen,
from high scoring birds, where, if I
and color. relating the remarkable success by
the
were to sell the scored ones I could cock;
pen B. P. Rocks 1, cockerel; 2. 2,
use of this invention. This device
was
not. I always have more than a
and extra cockerels, 4, hen; 2 pen. patented in October, 1901, and another
of females scored hen;
My first Part Wyandottes 1. patent is now pending. Improvements
2, 4, 3,
more than I wish to keep.
pullet; 1, cockerel; 1. pen, $5
gold spe-
experience of selecting my breedmg have been made from year to year un-
cial highest pen P. Wyandittes.
and exhibition birds was as follows: I til it has reached a point where the
pullet;
Perfection, R. I. Reds 1, cock; 1, 2, 3, 4, manufacturer and those who have used
first got a Standard of

caught the best specimens to my ideas. 1, pen.

it regard it as nearly perfect. The ex-
White Cochins 1, 2, 3, 4, hen; 3
Standard in hand 1 looked each one merely nominal and everyone
cock; 1 pen; 7 specials prizes won m pense is

over carefully for disqualifications, engaged in the poultry business should

competition with 250 birds.
then the plumage as I understood the post themselves on this method of in-
colors should be by reading, color of
NEBRASKA ST.ATE SHOW. cubation, as it's a winner and a money
cyp, beak, legs and toes, last, shape.
W. Wyandottes 1, pen; 2, pullet; saver.
hen; 2, cockerel; 2, cock; 3, cock.
This was for the Buff Cochins and R. a postal card for this free cata-
3,
cocker-
Send
the B. P. Rocks 1, cockerel; 2.
Address Natural Hen Incuba-
C. B. L., a pen of one. a trio of logue.
cock; 1 pullet; 1, pen.
other. I then went with them
to the el; 2,
Co., Columbus, Neb., and mention
Hews The ten prizes were the most cov- tor
show at McCook, Neb. Theo, this paper.
was Judge. From the birds I select- eted prizes. We took two firsts in en-

tries of 17 pens B. P. R. and Wwandot-

ed they scored from 90 to 93,'4 points,
tes. prizes won in competition with We have with us Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
not a bad score for the first, I don't
as 247 birds.
Clark of Dallas Center, la., breeders of
I yet have the score cards,
White Turkevs, Emden Geese, White
think.
I keep those birds for breeders.
Some We wish to call the attention of our
readers to the ad of the Iowa Poultry Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandotes
were good in wing colors, othrs breast,
of Co., of Des Moines, la.
This plant is and White Guineas. The Clarks are
I plucked a feather from each and
varie- very enthusiastic poultry breeders
etc.
fully equipped for handhng all
the best color; then when I selected
breeders I compared ties of land and water fowls. They have good stock.
more birds for
have them all farmed out at separate
the colors, getting all my birds as near Among our new advertisers this
farms which insures greater fertility
one color as possible. In the same way Their birds are find and month appears the name of L. A. Day,
and vigor.
Bruning, Neb. a very extensive breeder
used scored birds comparing combs,
,

I buyers will get good value for their He is

of Barred Plymouth Rocks.
eyes, legs and toes, also shape. I then money. Will give bank and personal
never contented unless he has the best.
Send for illus-
references desired.
put in the pen the highest scoring male
if
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 33

^ PIGEON DEPARTMENT ^
This month the PoULTKV Invkstig.\to.< i,omiiie:ices a pigeon department
and will devote one page, and as much more as the pigeon fanciers wish, to
these beautiful pets. G. D. McClasky will concuct the department and I hope
the pigeon fanciers will give him their undivided support. 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 for next January. It is expected that
by winning first, second and third on the fanciers will be out in force with
both cock and hen. These birds are their birds at the Nebraska State Fair
pure Gilbert strain, direct from the next fall.
Gilbert lofts. Anything fanciers desire to know in
Undoubtedly the bird that attracted regard to the new organization will be
the most attention in the entire show cheerfully furnished upon application
was D. C. Brune's little Yellow Par- to the undersigned.
lor Tumbler hen. This little bird amus-
G. D. McCLASKEY,
ed the visitors very much by tumbling Papillion, Neb. Secy.-Treas.
G. D. McClaskey, Papillion, Nebr.
and turning somersaults on the floor.
By the close of the show it was pretty
Notes For Pigeon Fa.nciers
Introduction well tired out.

It gives me great pleasure to an- The varieties of Pouters,

different
Jacobins, Carriers, Stormers, Barbs, This year the National Fanciers'
at
nounce myself as editor of the pigeon great show Chicago, 1,398 pigeons
in
department of the Poultry Investigator. Swallows, Turbits, Owls, Trumpeters, were exhibited. It was the grandest

This department will be a regular fea- Nuns, Mooreheads, Tumblers, Fan- lot of birds ever brought together in

ture of the paper hereafter and I trust

tails, Archangels and Magnies made Illinois.

up a very interesting display, and at- At the big Philadelphia show this
it will improve from month to month.
year 979 grand birds were shown.
There certainly is plenty of room for tracted as much attention as any de-
Dispose of your surplus stock by ad-
more pigeon literature in the West. partment in the show room. vertising in the Investigator.
John Haman, the well known judge Don't keep poor birds. The best are
There are many farmers and breeders
none too good.
of good pigeons who are seldom heard and fancier of Topeka, Kan., placed the
The banner pigeon show in the
of and I hope, with the assistance of awards and gave entire satisfaction.
United States this year was at Boston,
the officers of our new association to The last day of the show a perma- where 2,478 of the best birds the coun-
bring the fanciers closer together, and nent organization of the Nebraska try affords were brought together. It
was a grand show. Of Pigmy Pouters,
in doing this the department will be of Pigeon Fanciers' Association was ef-
a breed rarely met with in the West,
great help. I earnestly request all fected, and the following officers were over 200 were shown. Their were
fanciers to send me what items of in- elected for the ensuing yar: nearly as many Fantails and about 400
There were Tumblers by the
terest they can from month to month President D. C. Bruen of Olden- Jacobins.
hundred. Ten judges were employed
and help make this department inter- bush, Neb.
and it took them two long days to
esting to all.
next month than
I trust it will be better

it is this.

Vice-President W. F. Holcomb of place the awards on the grand collec-
tion of pigeons of superior quality. Let
Clay Center, Neb.
G. D. McCLASKEY, us hope that the charter members of
Secretary and Treasurer G. D. Mc- the Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers' Asso-
Claskey of Papillion, Neb. ciation will live to see a pigeon display
NebraLsksL State Pigeon Fa.i\ciers at Lincoln as wonderful as the recent
Board of Directors D. C. Bruen, show at Boston.
AssociaLtion W. Holcomb,
F. G. D. McClaskey, As the breeding season is almost
David Larson and P. E. Cook. here, see that your birds are properly
The first annual show of the Neb- It was decided to hold the next show
mated, that is, mated with some defi-
raska Pigeon Fanciers' Association in connection with the state poultry nite object in view. Haphazard breed-
ing don't pay.
was held in connection with the State show. The entry fee was reduced from
In or near any city is the proper
Poultry Show at Lincoln, Neb., Janu- 25 cents per bird to 25 cents a pair, place for the man who desires to raise
ary 21-24, inclusive. Prior to the show and we invite all pigeon fanciers of squabs for the market. He could find
the association was not permanently a ready sale for all the squabs he could
the country to show with us next year.
organized and only a few fanciers were produce.
The premium list, including valuable
aware of what was being done, conse- David Larson of Wahoo, Neb., will
specials, will be arranged later. We make a specialty of Magpies.
quently the exhibit was small, only also invite all fanciers to join our asso-
about 100 birds being shown. The p. L. Bruen has about 600 birds of
ciation and help to make it the best thirty varieties in his lofts at his place
were D. L. Bruen, organization of its kind in the west. near Oldenbush, Neb.
principal exhibitors
of Odenbush, Neb.; David Larson, of Membership fee is only $L The ad- There will be no more shows to at-
Wahoo, Neb., and P. E. Cook, of Lin- vantage to western fanciers by being tend this season. The next exhibit
coln. will probably be at the state fair. Let
members of this association are too us make the pigeon display the best
White Fantails were the largest numerous to mention here. Don't wait ever seen in the state.
class and several good birds were until next month to join, but join now Now is the time to join the Nebras-
shown. Mr. Cook entered three cocks and help work up a grand, big show ka Pigeon Fanciers' Association.
 2[ POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
milk, with corn bread, choped onions,
oal meal,bread crumbs, but no raw The Michigan g9|g
meal, for grit. I use sand and fine
broken glass. T keep it mi.xed and Poultryman... h
where they can get it at all times. I
feed five times a day till feathered and ,^^^^^Only Exclusive Poultry
once a day sprinkle millet seed and
Paper in Michigan
wheat in their scratch pen. Be sure All the practical^poiiltrymen contrib-
and always have fresh earth and straw ube to its pages. Expert poultry-
or dry litter of some kind for them
men will give its readers free
such infurmatlon as they
to scratch in for they enjoy it as well mav ask for.
a the old birds. If you try this way of
All the news of the poultry world, Well
handling incubator chicks you can see
them grow from day to day. Once in illustrated.

a while I give them a piece of raw meat

to eat. It is quite exciting to watch MichigaLn Poultrynna.n,
them scramble and fight for it, enough Ithaca.. Mich
so that yon 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
Poultry Supphes
First prize Silver Laced Wyandotte
cock at Topeka, Kan., owned by Mrs. brooder got too crowded I put them Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1
J. W. Gause, Emporia, Kan. in a cool brooder but had it good and per 100.
warm. They were well feathered by Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, SI
this time (they were Leghorns) and per 60.
A Short Incubator and still 108 and as hardy as quails and Standard of Perfection each $1.
Chicken Talk ready to run at large always ready for Spray Pumps each 7Sc.
fed and water. With these few re- Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc.
Written for the Investigator. marks I will close. Conkey's Roup Cure '50c and 1.00 a
box.
I wonder how many of our incubator MRS. W. E. TIBBETTS.
Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per
friends are getting ready to set their 100 pounds.
wooden hens? I for oneam thinking Chickens and St^a^vbe^^ies J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
very strong about getting my wooden Cure .50c and SI a box.
Here is a great combination. The Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
hen in setting order for the first of the
chickens to furnish manure, eat up the
new year 1902. What I mean by get- Midland Poultry Food at factory
bugs and insects, and to provide spend- prices.
ting her in setting order is this: dust
ing money while the berries are being Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
and clean all parts well; clean lamp as
grown. Center, $12.
nice as new and keep it that way),
(yes,
Bone meal and meat are the great Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb.
see the wick is good and clean and a
five gallon can of the best grade of oil
fertilizers for strawberries. Add a lit- per 100 pounds $1.20
tle potash and it is superior to the best
Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O'
ready for use; have the egg trays full B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1,00
Peruvian quano
ol the choicest eggs and be sure they Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
It must be ground fine and there is
have never been chilled. But don't Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.
no machine on earth that can grind it
put the eggs in till you get the heat up
as tine as the gizzard of achicken. Sure Hatch
Poultry Co.,
to 103; now let the incubator doors be
Bones and scrap meat can be had dirt Clay Center, Nebr.
closed with the thermometer in plain
cheap at all the meat markets. Feed
sight for twelve hours; by that time
it liberally and the chickens will shell
you will know if every thing is in good
running order. Now put your eggs in,
out the eggs lively as well as the fer- 5yBS_Bo^wJof|^
tilizer.
o( course, the heat will run down now
very fast, but by no means change the
A good flock of chickens is far bet- B. P. R. 2 matinfrs, score from OO^to
!3'/2. Eggs S3, per 15, S5 per 100.
ter than a cow stable.
flame or the regulator for you have Buff Orpingtons, yards; 2 yards !

Compost the droppings with about solid buff wing and and tail, eggs
had the doors open and also put in
four times their bulk of any loamy soil S5 per 15, SS per 30 Buff Orping:
cold trays and eggs; now be patient and tons, 1 yard, eggs S3 per 15, $5
as fast as you clean out the roosts.
you will soon see the thermometer per 30. Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard
The compost should be put under cover eggs, S2 per 15, $5 per 40.
gaining, but slow, and in a short time
and kept dry. Mix well and sow broad-
it will be 103. Now give perfect at- r Winners wherever shown.
cast and harrow in thoroughly before
tt ition to the lamp every day and turn Won more first and seconds than
setting the plants. any other man. Guarantee good
tie eggs twice a day regular. Now if hatches, to name and fresh.
true
y> u follow these directions close you Never mix ashes or lime with the ma-
will be well pleased on the evening of nure before putting it in the soil. This A. L. Red Oak, la. HOUSTON,
the 22d day. I always have better suc- absorbes the amonia and holds it until
cess with the early hatches, never any it is in the soil. Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 11.73
bowel trouble in the little flock and not The manure is so strong when not Pure Bred Red Belgians . - - ji.oo
Pure White Kock Cockls - . . - JI.OO
hj)( the trouble to raise as a summer diluted with soil that if any quantity Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00
flock; no mites or lice to wrestle with comes next to the roots it would burn New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75
in the early hatch. I never give water and thus injure the plants. All above from prize-winning stock and line
to incubator chicks
bred. Catalogue sent.
till four or five The above is an extract from R. M. J. C. BAKER. Proprietor,
weeks old, but plenty of scalded new Kellogg's book, "Great Crops of White Plume Farm, RlchHeld, 111.

J
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25
Strawberries and How to Grow Them." ond Otto Weiss,
cockerel,
Mr. Kellogg is president of the third cock, third pullet, second and
first pen;
EGG FOOD.. -WS
Michigan State Horticultural Society third pen, tie on first and second hen
and the most famous strawberry grow- with C. L. Nelson; Mrs. Sternberg,
Make It Yourself.
Eggs are high at this time'of year.
er in the country, and this book tells tliird hen; C. L. Nelson, second pul- Fill your egg basket and reap the ben-
how he grows his remarkable crops. let, tie on first and second hen with efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re-
We have arranged to have it sent to all Otto Weiss; Mrs. J. T. Woodward, cipe for making- the best egg food
known. Easily and quickly made. Re-
our readers who are sufficiently inter- second cook.
cipe price only SOc; Death To Lice,
ested to request it. Send a postal Buff Plymouth Rocks A. J. Wadl- 15c box; Essex Cholera and Condition
card direct to him, the only condition dell, first,second and third pullet, first, Powder, best on earth, COc box. The
is that you must mention this paper. second and third cockerel, first, second 3.by mail for $1.25.
Vou will find his advertisement in this and third hen, first and second cock, John J. Kautzmann,
number. first and second pen. 590 Bergen St. Newark, N.J.

Buff Arpingtons Otto Weiss, first
and second cockerel, first and second
Wichita Poultry Show pullets, first and second pens. CAPITOL r!/EEllRY,Augusta,Me,
The Wichita Poultry Association has White Plymouth Rocks E. H. In- I' am closing out my whole stock of Bel-

finished judging the exhibits and at glans.'over^one hundred, 24 prize-winners

man, first and second cockerel, first pul-
their annual meeting last night at the Included. There are a 1 Hares, 4 Gold
let, first pen; J. T. Welch, first hen, Medal Winners, 1 choice Doe of the State
show room on North Main street elect-
second and third pullets, second pen; Winner of Sweepstakes, prize for highest
ed the following officers: President, A. W. E. Bartless, third cockerel, second scoring animal in show: a silver cup goes
J. Waddell; first vice president. Dr. with her.
third hen.
F. W. Petrie; second vice president, Now is the time to gather in prize win-
T^hite Wyandottes Frank H. Miller, ners for winter shows. These prices
Mrs. R. Kenworthy; third vice pres-
J.
second cock, third hen; Mrs. K. E. Cur- are reasonable and animals way up. Will
ident, Dr. Bartlett, fourth vice presi- hen, and send copy of Pedigrees and Prices.
tis, first cockerel, first first
H. L. Smizer; president,
rent,
M. S.
fifth vice
Kohl; secretary, H. W. Shopf;
second pullets,pen; L. L. Con-
first
H. F. AOAms,
stant, third cockrel; A. G. Burr, first
assistant secretary, Asa Butler; treas-
cock, second hen, second cockerel, Axigusta. - - Maine.
urer, H. B. Allen; superintendent, O.
third pullet, second pen.
Martinson; assistant superintendent, E.
Silver Laced Wyandottes H. B. Al-
W. Groves.
len, second cock, second and third pul-
The winners of the exhibit were
and
lets, second and third hens, second
passed upon last night in every de-
third cock, first second and third pul-
partment but that of the pet stock. and
lets, second and third hens, second
The members of the association are
third cockerel, third pen.
more pleased with the showing this
Light Brahmas Mrs. A. C. Wright,
year than the financial success of the
first and third cock, first, second and
Rules of the Cock Pit
exhibit. Tomorrow has been set apart
third pullets, second pen; H. L. Smyz- Uexloo, Oaba, Eoglaad, Belglam aad PraDC. Also hu
as children'.": day so the school children eom-
prebeDsiTe ohaplers oa Heela, HsndllDg, Nursing and mroj*
er, second cock, third hen; J. R. Ken-
may enjoy the exhibition of birds. The tMng rel&tlve to the royal sport of oocking.

worthy, third cock, first and second B7 Db. H. p. CLAass. ladlaDapolli, Ind.
admission will be half price to children.
hen, first and second cockerel, first and The Recognized Authority.
The poultry winners are as follows:
third pen. PBICE. 36 CENTS.
Barred Plymouth Rocks M. S. Kohl,
Address tha FublUher of tbls Pspaiw
L. L. Cross, first and sec- Buff Cochins Mrs. M. E. Sayles,
first pullet;
first first, second
hen, second cockerel, Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry
and third second pen; Dr. F.
pullets, Investigator one year
W. Petrie, first cockerel, second cock, For 25 Gentsm
second and third hen, first and third
pen. Address, THE INVESTIGATOR
Clay Center, Nebraska.
Partridge Cochins
Otto Weiss, first
cockerel, first second and third hens,

second and third pullets, first pen. """

first,

Black Langshans W. M. Tipton,

Give ^
Your Breed- RablCUfe
cockerel, second and third
first

pullets, first pen.

first,
ing Does ^

Anconas D. C. Smoke, first and sec- Duriufi gestation and while nursing
ond pullets, first, second and third
iheir young it will enrich the blood
cockerels.
Single Comb Brown Leghorns H. improve the appetite, increase the
P. Swerdfeger, first, second and third flow of milk, thereby making the
cockerel, first and second pullets, first,
young strong and healthy.
second and third hens, first and second
pens; F. L. Noble, third pullet, third Give RABICURE a trial and you
pen. never be without SOc a box
will it,

Buff Laghorns J. W. Snyder, sec-
postpaid.
ond cockerel, first second and third
pullets.
F. C. Hinman's first prize Barred Vermont Belgian Hare Co.
P. Rock hen at Nebraska state show at Rose Comb White Leghorns L. C.
Lincoln, Jan. 21 to 25. Wiedman, first cockerel and first pul- Lyndonville, Vt-
 26 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
$0.00; pens, $12.50 to $10.00, to make
room for breeding pens, and will take
orders for future delivery at $'_'.50 per
fifteen. Mr. Conners won largely at Exhibited at four shows, 1900-
the late state show at Lincoln, Neb. 1901. Won 39 regular premiums.
Eggs and stock in season. Sat-
isfaction assured.
L, E. MEYER OF BOWLING
GREEN, MO.
lir>t pn,:c S. I,. Wyaudutte heu at
The Langshan specialist, won at G.B. CLARY Falrbury, Nebr
Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W.
Gause, Emporia, Kas. Kansas State show, January 6 to 11,
1902, in a hot class, first and second
cocks, first and fourth hens; first, sec-
let.

Indian Games J. W. Snyder,

ond and fourth cockerels; first, second FREE..
first,
second and third pullets.
and third pullets; first pen, 189K. He
B. B. R.
cocl<erel,
GamesJ. M.
second and third
Smitz, second
pullets.
had six scores tied and won every one
on weight. He breeds the big kind.
THINK OF IT!
His first hen weighed lOj^ pounds. By special arrangement you
The following additional awards
Rhodes, judge. At Northeast Missouri can get all three (3) of the fol-
were made at the poultry show this af-
show held at Bowling Green, in a class lowing one year for only SO cts.
ternoon: Never an offer like this before
of 82, all good ones, he tied first cock,
M. B. Turkeys C. W. Peckham,
won second and third, tied first hen,
first, pullet; M. S. Kohl, first, adult
torn;
won second and third, second cockerel,
first, yearling torn; first, pair. The Poultry
second pen, tied third pullet. See his Investigator
Mrs. J. T. Woodford, second, pair. Clay Center, Neb.
ad on last cover. The only exclusive poultry paper
Pekin Ducks O. E. Martinson, first,
published In the west. Original,
pair; Otto Weiss, second, pair. up-to-date, Instruttlve. Profusely
Pekin Ducks O. E. Martinson, first, A. L. PEDRICK, OTTUMWA, lA. Ulustrate't and never prints adead
Contains from
line. 32 to 40 pages
pair; cockerel; Wm. Berkshire, second, Breeder of Blue Prince strain Black each month.
cockerel. Plymouth Rocks, Buff Cochin and Fancy Fowls, Hopkiflsvilie, Ky.
Buff Cochin Bantam. Breeding twelve The leading poultry organ of the
Belgian Hares Wichita Belgian south. Three years old. well es-
Hare Co., first second years, has exhibited in the leading tablished and prosperous. 36' to 40
and third, ma- pages eanh month,
ture doe; first, second and third, im-
shows of Iowa. Has bred twenty odd
different breeds of poultry.
Michigan Poultry Breeder
mature buck; best hare in show. Has been
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
Cavies or Guinea Pigs Peruvian judging the past five years. Has a Established ISS.'i. The publisher
has devoted 14 years of his entire
male cavies: first, Wichita Belgian few dates open for engagements. time and attention to the poultry
Hare Co.; second, Shuman. industry. Its a success 24 pages.
Female The price asked for these papers
Peruvian cavies: First, Wichita Bel- THE "PERFECT" HATCHER. all one year Is only 50 cents, which
any of them are worth, and you
gian Hare Co., second, Shuman; third. The Poultry Investigator is always get the other? free. Send your
Heller Ferrel, English male: First and pleased to note the success of its incu- subscription to any one of them.
A free sample copy can be had by
third. Ward; second, Mrs. Wright. bator advertisers who have won fame addressing each one. Better send
your order now.
English female: First, Mrs. Wright; and fortune by the excellence of
second and third. Ward. Best cavie in their hatcher. Prompt and careful at-
the show, Mrs. Wright. Broken: first tention to orders and courteous treat-
and third. Ward; second, Wichita Bel- ment of customers. The best exam-
gian Hare Co. ple we can cite our readers is the pro-
Eggs from
Ferrets Best display: gress made by the firm of J. A. Chel- stock scor-
first, Ward;
second, Wichita eBlgian Hare Co. ton, of Fairmount, Md. After an in-
White .
. ing from 90
Tumblers First black muff hen, vestigation we find that the "Perfect to 95 points,
Ward; first red clean leg cock. Ward; Hatcher," manufactured by this firm is L angshans $1.50 per IS;
best pigeon in the show, Ward. the equal of any hatcher, and superior
S2.7S per 30;

Homers First blue cock. Ward; sec- to many now on the market, while it Exclusively this season
IS the lowest priced hatcher made.
ond, Shuman; third, Lane. The
200-egg size being only $H;. We ad- only. Some
Blue Check First cock, Shuman; vise our readers who are interested in
second. Sellers; third. Lane; first hen. good Ckls. for sale with score
purchasing a good hatcher at a low
Lane; second. Sellers; third, Shuman.
price, to write Mr. J. A. hclton direct, cards by Ben S. Myers.

Red Check First cock. Lane; sec- enclosing
a two-cent stamp as he will
ond, Shuman; third, SoUers; First hen,
take pleasure in answering all such in-
All Stock Farm Raised.
Sellers; second and third, Lane. ,. ;,
quries. He is a gentleman of the high- MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR.,
Turbits First and second cock. est standard in the commercial world Rook Poft, MImaoufI
Wiedman; first and second hen, Wied- and enterprise, as well as integrity.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27

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The Farnidrs and Poultryman's mon-
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per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Dr. I. C. Stephens & Co.

White Rocks Exclusively!

Two pens mated fur this year's
breeding, scoring from 90'4 to 94 '4.
At Tabor Poultry bhow won lt, 2d,
ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev-
ery premium entered for; Russel,
Judge. Eggs, per l.", $2.0<). .'iO for
S!..iO, .SO for $.').00.

W. H. Utterbeck, Hillsdale, Iowa

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(Exclusively.)
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The MaLrilla. Incvibator Eggs
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11.00 per 1,=^. Satisfaction guaranteed.
We believe our readers will be inter- tor is much more positive and iustan-
ested at this time in a few facts regard- , taneous. There are many other ad- Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.
ing this splendid machine. We present
vantages for whicli substantial claims
!

herewith an illustration showing the are made and these are fully described
Cherry Hill Poultry Yard
I

new factory of the above company, lo- in the catalogue which every reader
cated at Rose HoU, N. Y., in combina- ought to have. The machine is abso- BARRED p. ROCKS, Exclusively.
tion with one of their 200-egg machines lutely guaranteed in every respect, and
Eggs $1.50 per 15. 100 for S6.00.
and the ornamental label which decor- is sold on an unconditional thirty days'
ates and designates each incubator free trial. A most remarkable list of Mrs. Eva J. Eingrich, Aurora, Neb.
shipped out by them. Their factory is testimonials is presented from those
one of the most completely equipped of who have used it. Last season a grand
any in the country for the manufacture prize of $100 was awarded to the pur-
of incubators and no machine is more chaser of a Marilla, who obtained the I Black Mitiorcas. ffi

highly regarded than the Marilla by largest percentage of hatch in three X No. 1stock, tip to weight and S^

those who have tried it. It is the re- successive trials. This was awarded to
w the best of color. Eggs $2 per
^
(z) 13. No stock for sale W
sult of nearly twenty years' experience Mrs. Miles Van Alstine, of Lansing,
in practical incubation, on the part ot Mich., who from her three trials aver- ^ Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb X
its inventor, Mr. H. H. Blackman. His aged 99 per cent. Many others had
little work "Artificial Incubation and records almost as high. A number of
Brooding," has been most favorably sworn statements regarding these are
EUREKA POULTRY PLACE.
received. Mr. Blackman first engaged given in the catalogue, of which 100.-
in manufacturing his machine at Maril- 000 copies have been printed and so WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of
la, N. Y., but two or three years ago
the Stay White kind. No straw col-
far as we know, this is the largest edi-
or or flies on us. Nothing too good
removed to Rose Hill, and incorporat- tion yet issued by any mcubator com- for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per l.S.
ed the strong Company, with which he pany. It is most attractively gotten up Address
is now connected. Some of the special and will both interest and instruct. It
L. G. French, Deep River, Iowa.
merits of the Marilla Incubator are is sent to all for four cents to cover
these: postage. Write for one before they
'"'''
First, the great care taken in its con- are all gone. Taylor's Otoe mm
struction. It is built of Georgia pine Address Marilla Incubator Company,
Plymouth Rocks are prize win-
Rose Hill. N. Y.
I

and highly finished in the beautiful nat- ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin-
ural color of the wood. The makers !
coin Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs
the handsomest of 10 and IS cents each. Write
claim that it is all GREEN BONE PRIZE ARIICLE. 5,
for particulars.
incubators. They say it is just as easy I

tomake it attractive as otherwise, when C E Taylor. Nebraska City, Neb.

This contribution to the Farmer's
you know how. The labor entering in-
Voice by W. F. Adams. Yoakum, Tex,
to its construction is all skilled and of
high order. Another important feature,
awarded the Grand Prize $100 as the Black Langshans-
best of 27 submitted.
the system of heating and ventilat- I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, 2d and
is

ing, which is as perfect as can be de-

Judges F. L. Kimmey, president M ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep-
vised. Mr. Blackman calls the regula-
American Poultry Association, Miller stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED
Purvis, Editor Commercial Poultry; F. P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and
tor a "thermometer regulator" mer- 3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes,
H. Shellabarger, Poultry Judr^e and at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln
cury being the active element, and as it Fancier. Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100
is much more sensitive to variations of $$1.50 per 15. B. P. Rock- $2, per 15.
temperature the control of the incuba- My experience with cut bone as a J' E. Brown, Osceola, Neb.
28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
food for fowls extends over two years growth forcer.
only with a flock of 100 hens. Prior Extra large and quick growth bone
BUSINESS CATCHER^
to that time had not used cut bone
I in fowls means more meat, and more
and my based on the percen-
article is meat means 7 to 10 cents a pound.
tage of gain growth, health and eggs For laying hens I feed mixed as FOKSAI.E! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in
singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Buff
of fowls over two years previous, above, only that each hen gets one Uock Ckls.. the best of stock for J1.25 each,
or $3 for 3. Write us at once. C. E. Olson,
when I did not use bone; all other con- tahlespoonful twice or three times a Colon. Nebr.
ditions for the four years being about week, according as I think they may
BDKF ROCKS. Breeding and e.xhlbillon
the same. need an extra allowance. They need stock for sale. Write at once for descrip-
tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed
My attention being called to the val- more when they are laying regularly or or money refunded. Tell us what you want.
F. Whaley. Appleton Ulty, Mo.
ue of fresh cut green bone as a food moulting.
for poultry, I determined to experi- The results of the bone as a feed is O. E. DUNLAP. breeder and buyer of thor-
oughbred chickens. Can All your order for
ment. I crushed some hog bones as seen in a very few days in the renewed any breed or strain, from the yards of reli-
able specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor-
best I could and fed it to layers. The vigor health and appitite, and last, but respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C. E.
result was so satisfactory I bought a not least, egg product. Dunlap. Liberal, Kans.
small bone cutter and began to feed Taking every advantage gained by FOR EXCnANGE. A 60-ege gore Hatch In-
green cut bone to my poultry regular- feeding bone e., general health of
cubator,
i.
for E.xhlbltlon B. B. K. Games,
Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams.
ly twice a week. I tried all sorts of flock, quick growth of broilers, in- Clay Center. Nebr.
bones and have found the hog and the crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the BDFP PLYMOUTH ROCK Cockerels from
first prize cock; very promising. Write for
beef bones the best, being eas'ier ob- two years bone was not fed, I figure prices. Albert B. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,

tained and containing more of the nu- it and I keep close accounts that the KIgln. 111.
tritive value. profit derived is 15 per cent over the J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham. Ohio, Poultry
Judge. All Varieties Private scoring
1 get a soup bone of the butcher, two preceding years. This lo and expert mating a specialty.
shave meat (a little meat want per cent is attributed to the bone feed
off the 40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale
hurt ifyou intend feeding as soon as and other increase in profits was cred- cheap if taken soon.
ited to the source from which they C. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr.
cut) and J feed the same day.
came. FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy
Some people make the mistake of us- early. Games. Heathwoods, Irish and
ing bones that have been boiled or
Now don't feed an overdose at first, Mexican Grays. Blks. Reds; Tornadoes
and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir-
or at any time for that matter; feed cular. i-mith. Fort Plain", N. Y.
lain out and sunbleached. Some of C. I),
regularly.
the most essential feeding value of the FREE, GAMES. Eggs $100 per 13. Circular,
Don't expect the hens to lay two Heatbwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays.
bone has thus been lost, especially as
eggs daily and the young chicks to Tornadoes. Irish Blks. Reds. Cornish In-
feed for growing chicks. The animal, dians. $200. Fowls all times. C. U, Smith.
spring up in one night like mushrooms, Fort Plain, N. Y.
as well as the mineral qualities of the
when they are fed bone. Mix well
bone, is what makes it valuable. I ex- BIG MAIL for poultrymen. Insert your
with the other food so that each bird name in our poultry director and receive
perimented with cut chicken bone a poultry papers, poultry catalogues, etc. ev-
gets its proportionate share. ery day. Only teu centi silver. Poultry
little and fancied I saw an improve-
Don't expect to feed bone only. The Directory Co. A. Goshen. Ind,
ment over the other bone, but I am not
bone is only an additional feed, a sort DARK BRAHMaS exclusively. A few stand-
sure ,and even though there be, it is
of tonic. ard bred pullets for for sale for 1.50 and esr^s
not convenient to get green chicken l.SO per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
bone. Be sure that the bones used Now I am not going to go into de- Nebraska.
tail to explain how the bone assists
are not those of animals that have died BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks. No stock for
of disease, old age or starvation. The
couldn't if I wanted to only to say sale. Eggs $.i.00 per 100. 11.00 per 13. My
that the component parts of all meat
stock is first class and have won in show
former two are dangerous to the health room. J. P. Schioeder, Clay Center, Neb.
bones are the same, and the mineral
of fowls, the latter worthless. Bones ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs. Buff
part of bone may be found in egg and Brown Leghorns, Buff Rocks. White
of young animals are best
shells. Bone and shells must be sup- Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian. Won
For growing chickens, after two plied from what the fowl eats, hence 26premiums out of 27 entries at South Da-
kota state fair. KggS for hatching. 11.00
weeks old, I mix the bone meal with we feed it to them, directly in the shape and up. Circulars free. 11. P Larson,
Beresford.S. D.
corn chops, dampened with curd milk of cut bone, instead of indirectly, in the
(water will do), so that each bird gets shape of corn, oats, etc., etc. LIGHT BRAHMaS. I have a few good hens
and pullets for sale cheap. Mrs. Alice Alien.
from a half to one teaspoonful of the If you once,give fresh green cut bone Clay Center, Nebraska.
bone meal, according to age. a trial as a food for fowls you will EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
It is an excellent bone food for the never discontinue it. W. F. Adams. Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs.
fowl and general invigorator and Yoakum, Texas. Write wants. ,Iohn H. Rownd. Downs. Kas.

ROSE COMB White and Rose CJonib Brown

Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan-
dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs In season.

The^trongest Chicks rom thestroMt-est ei;t;s. Such egt'sin largest

15. fl; 39. *2. Duck eggs $1 per 11. .1. W.
Cook. Poneto. Ina.

100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs

ies result from proper feediny of the hens.
at prices to suit the season. Stock In good
condition f;ishionably bred and artistically

EGGE ers,
marked.
Kansas.

Ducks.
Rev. G. A. Ohamblln. Moran,

.MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin

Light Bruhma and B. Plymouth
Rock Cockerelsat .^l each. Toulouse Gand-
and M. Bronze Tom.s. at $3 each. Pol-
Prli'co, eihs. )i.0O; ioiis.51.60:
and China hogs a matter of correspondence
.1. I). Grimes. Chamber Neb. ,

-.luently EGGE' WHITE PLYMODTH ROCKS a specialty. 1

yr old hens and this year's pullets and
AMERICAN STOCK FOOD CO., cocki'rels for sale. Old stock score 92 points
9 Front Street, Quincy, IMInols and up to 9.514. Write for prices. Geo, N.
Wood, Weldon, la.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 29
HATTIE BYFIELD. McCooli. Nebr, EggS BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm
for hatchiTig from prize winning Liglil Bralr, liiised. Good birds, good scores, give good
BUSINESS CATCHERS mas and White Wvandotte chicken. While
H,)lland turkeys and mammoth Pekin ducks,
sattfaclion and good results.
hatch. $1.00 per 15.
Eggs that
Prices for birds as
15 hen i-ggs $2.00. Iturkev eggs $1.50. U duck reasonable. If convenient please enclose
$1.00. Duck eggs $o.a) per 100. A few nice stamp when writing for particulars.
BUFF OKPINGl'ONS, -Cook's Strains." pggs drakes lo sell. Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87.
15 (or $:i 00; hatch guaranteed $5.00 from
birds butr to the skin and progeny of ini- SUPERIOR BLACK L\NGSPANS. Eggs U Sixteen EG(;S. 2.00. From my
poited -slock. Express prepaid. A.Edward for 1.00 am a member of the American
. I
City and Omaha prize winning White Wyan-
Green, Joiiet, 111. them exclusive-
Langshan club and breed dotles (Duston Strain) stock. Scores 90js to
ly Buy stock and esrss of me. S, II. Cot- 94, Incubator eggs cheam Mention Investi-
EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens ton. Appleton City, Mo, gator. Mrs, Maud Rolfe, Wetmore, Kansas.
prize winnin>; Black Laugsbans. score 92*2
to USSj. Buff Orpingtons and Kose (Jomb POULTRY PAPERS at cost, valualde cir-
Ula^k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole, culars free. Eggs 1.00 per 15. 4,0n per 100. BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at
M. U. WilliaujsHeld, III. l.SO per 15. all infertile eggs
Will replace
Buff Rocks Buff wyandottes. Big birds,
fertile eggs. A. B. Camier, Macedou. N. Y. free. Have 3 pens mated, send for descrip-
EGGS from my Beauty Strain of of high sour- tion. We can please you, F. Whaley. Apple"
ing Liglir. Hrahmas ana prize winning ton Cily. Mo,
Black Sumatras, 15 tor $1 00, They are up- FOR SALE. Two 2iXl egg size Sure Hatch in-
to-date. Uhas. M. Palmers, Nettau. N. Y. cubators. In first class condition, will sell
very cheap. White Rock Farm. Wap llo, NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood-
BUFF COUHIN chickens. Toulouse geese, Iowa. ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T.
Uuroc swine, Cockerels for sale
-Tersey Clark, 26th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr.
wiHi srore cards, Chii-ken eggs $:J.nO for 15. CUMB-i' SINGLE Comb Brown Lesthorns
Geese eggs i')C each. Ohas. A. Allison, Ten- Regular egg machines. Stock direct from FOR SALE. extra chsice Silver Sebright
2 trios
nessee, 111. best eastern breede's. Eggs for sale 1.00 Bantams one year old- The price is J5.00 per
trio. Address Box 227, Clay Center, Nebras-
BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred tofine for 15. W. E. Combs. J ullan. Neb. ka, care Investigator.
bucks scoritiff 94 at $3.00 each, or 2 does and
,'2

a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S. BUFF and BARRi<;D ROUKS. Buff Legliorns
Markel, Wahoo, Neb. Black Breasted Red Gaines. Pekin ducks;
BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin
Show, l.st ck, 1st, 2d, 3d hen. 1st. 2d, 3d ckl,. 1st,
WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B. Fancy Pigeons. Eggs froni fine stock. Get 2d, 3d, 4th-pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My-
Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks, (Ring-let ^rica list at once Satisfaction guaranteed ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin, 111,
Strain; S. S Wyaudottes, S. C. Brown Lee- The Iltz Poultry Farm, Esthervilie, la.
horn. Birds for sale. Eeres in season. Mrs, R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left.
Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo. LIGHT BRAHM.\S. From Boston winners. Eggs 1.00 per is. Also a few Stay White Wy-
Eggs 2.00 per setting, delivered. Yards andottes. Eggs I'OO per IS. C. H. Courier,
THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S. C. Brown headed by prize winners. Females as good Ashley, Ohio.
Leghorns. Barred and White Rocks and asthebest. G. W. Hard n. Ulysses. Neb.
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south
of East Peoria. D. E- Glatfield. East Peoria, FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens,
111, manae'er. CHEAP to close out. As -fine a lot of birds firstmoney takes them. Place order at once.
as you evers.uv- Golden wvandottes. Bar- Address Poultry Investigator. Clay Cen-
PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice red Plymouth Rocks and Buff Cochin Ban- ter, Nebr.
heavily feathered pullets for sale. Eg-gs$1.50 tams. H Gregory; Wayne Neb,,
per 15. Pen headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state BUFF ORPINGTONS, "Cook's Strains."
show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed. H. E. Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3,(X)
Bowman, Lawrence, Nebr.
BUFF COCHINS and White Holland Tur-
per 15. R.C.Brown and S. l^ White Leg"
keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy
stock, winners at Nebraska state show. horn eggs SI. 50 per 15. Louis Mogensen, Ra-
Silver s^pangled hamburgs. Most Chicken eirgs 2.00, turkey eggs, 1..50. Mat- cine.Wis.
beautiful fowl and great layers. Cockerels tie Stu lit, Lawrence, Kan.
for sale. Eggs $1-25 for 15; $2-25 for ,10; $3.00 PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de-
for4S. J. E. Haynes. Ames, IVlonroeCo. 111. scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed-
BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st'
ing, feeding, caring tor. 5 cents. 1.000 pig-
BLACK LANGSHAXS, premium stock at leading shows, 93 to 94. 3
Partridge Cochins, eons for sale. Prices ftee. Wm, A. Bart-
.Silver I.aced Wyandottes. Kose Comb grand matiags. eggs 200 per IS. Robt. Lar-
lett & Co. Box 27. Jacksonville, 111.
Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale. mer. Ravenwood.'INlo. Bo<l 7. .*. V, Pres. Buff
Prices very reasonable for quality of stock Rock Club.
If you want something good write at once. White PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty.
C. P. Kurtz, Lawrence, Neb. Have tine EGGS 75c per 15. Farm range. Black Lang"
Eggs 1 00 peris. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 peril-
English Bei-kshire hogs, Shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From Try us. P. J. Kolasa, DuBois, Neb.
pen No. 1. Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen
EGGS. Barred Plymouth Rock birds scoring No. 2, White Wyandotte, 1 SO per 15 M M.
90to92H. Eggs $1.50 per 15; 2 50 per 30; Browning. Appleton City, Mo. For Sale.
Birds scoring St*to 92. $1.00 per 15: 1 50 per 30,
4.00 per 100. F. Loun s Son, North Eng-
lish, Iowa.
.1.

K. F. D. 2. ONE DOLLAR buys 15 eggs from extra fine Black Laiig-shan Cockerels, SOc
stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rocks. aud pullets 75c each, Pekin drakes
SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- White Wyaneottes and Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns. C. R. Norman, Stromsburg, Neb. Sl.OU each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2
dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns. and S3r All stocli pure blood,
They are state winners. Live and let live
is our motto. Dorkings, 1.50 per setting, EGGS. Buff turkeys, 3.O0. Barred P. Rocks. Mrs. Albert Ray $Soi, Wilsey, Ka.
other settings 1.00. Circulars free. o. Mul- 1.25per 13 Black Langshans 100 iier 13.
lin, Beauford. Minn. Mrs. T. G. Smith, Polo, 111.

WHITE WYANDOTTES, POULTRY

Line bred for fan-
cy utility, heavy laying strain. Uest shaoe
winning 1st ck, 1st hen, at Ohio State show,
Silver laced wyandottes exclusively,
strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best
egg production. They are winners, eggs that
SMOO CATALOGUE- FREE!
Giveslowtst i.ricesof fowls and eegH.
.

oubreeiis Turkeys, Gees, Duilisaud ChickeDS. Hon-

t-r
also at Poultry Show at Akron. Egirs 2 00 will hatch, 1.00 for 15. W. O. Johnson, Stroms- :ds of ^ilat^sfromlife. ISbestpoultrr bouse plans. Treat-
Incubator eggs a specially. 6 00 per 100. burg. Neb. ou dtseases,liow to feed, breed, etcSend lOc. for postage.
Cockerels for sale. C. D. McVicker.-, Pleas- R. Brabazoo. Jr. & Co., BoxlOo,Oelavao, Wb,
ant Home, Ohio. Barred PLY'MOUTH rocks, winners
WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTE*. from NorvaTs strain. No stock, all sold, on"
Eggs 1.00 per 13
els 1.00 each. Pekin
Eggs per setting. 95c.
White Wyandotte cocker-
ducks
Mrs. H.
2.50
W.
per trio.
Clark,
ly eggs for hatching. Mated for prize win-
ners. Have 4 pens. Best. 2.SI: 21. 2 00: 3d,
1.50: 4th.lOOimly, per setting of IS. (For 3
SURE SEE THE lOO*
Seward, Nebraslva. settings, twice the single i>rice) Place your Noxal! Incubator
vour orders early. Mr.s. -M. E. Bittner, Osce-
EGGS for sale. White Crested Black. 2 50 ola, Neb.
peris. Bull Rocks. Buff Leghorns, Light
Bra h mas, eggs 125 per 15. Stock for sile. NORTH STAR POULTRY YARDS. A few
,. ^^
perfect, 1
to get one FREE-
,

Our catalogue
Write your wants. C. E. Olson. Colon, Neb. choice Barred Rock and White Wyandotte glvesa remedy Tor every known poultry diseafle, 4c. (or pes-
cockerels left. Northwestern buyers save ex- UgQ Circular and price list free.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKi. Farm raised. orbitant express rates and order early. J. C. Noxall litcabator Co., ^aincy. 111.
Eggs 75 cents perls. Strawberry plants 60 Tjaden. Lennox, South Dakota.
cents per 100. Loudan Red Raspberry
plants, 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydla Beebe.
Ooryville. Pa.
EGGS. Barred Ro''ks (Thompson strain) HELLO! WHOSE ARE THESE?
White Rocks (Emire) White Wyandot le
(Dustou) Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette) Why, Hall's Famous Prize Winning
Light Brahma (Felch) 13 for 1 25 Also a few White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won 1.50 reg-tilar
fine cockerels. L M. Whltlaker. 385 east and special prizes in Chicago and leading western shows. All our
Robie. St. Paul. Minn.
first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. R males and females score
THE INTERNATIONAL POOLTRY' EX 90 to 9;i>< White Wyandottes 93 to 9(i. We always win, so can you
change wants every person who has good, if vou buy of us. Our P. Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R. C,
mediumpriced thorougbred poultry forsale
to send description and prices, with 10c, to R,"I, Red's, Blk. B. W. and P. Cochins, T. Geese, and Pekin Ducks
answer intjuiries; also anyone wishes to buy are all winners. Illustrated, catalog-ue tells you all. Stock aud
any breed of thoroughbred poultry to send and eg-g-s fr sale.
for prices, we can fill all your orders near
your home. O. E. Dunlap, Supt.
Kansas; U. S. A.
Liberal,
J. D.W.HALL. Des Moines, la.
30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Notice
LEGHORlJiS.
Tlie German Nurseries, Beatrice, (Exclusively)
Printing for Neb., are advertising with us this sea- Birds of chuiix- bitudiiig. Scoring troui 92 to
94!/, are in my p,!ns fer 11102. Eggs from
son, as they
have done in former these pens $3.00 per dozen, A satisfactory
Poultrymen years. This nursery is owned by Carl h.itch guaranteed
Sonderegger and was formerly located Frank McDonald, Columbus, O.
We are prepared to do all kinds of (Route I, Sr.\. 1!)
printing for poultrymen. We have the at Fairbury, Neb., but a year or two
hierhest srrade machinery and new ma- ago removed to Beatrice, where it is
terial; all work (guaranteed first-class. possible to have better shipping facili- Caution! Don't Read Thim Ad.
Free use of standard poultry cuts to Korify you will discover whereto
ties, which advantage our readers will II d,,
patrons. Write us your wants and ifet get Ml' iji M nf w hiif KiM'ks scoring from 93
our prices on your work Address. .
fully appreciate. Mr. Sonderegger has to96;2:ii III. laiLi^i ^liiiws throughout ihe
equipped his nurseries with very com- state iif iliin I \i . oliiiiibus. 1901, weshowed
l;.irl<^ wiih an averag score of
thirty Uliii,.
plete buildings for housing and pre- A cock bird scored 95!4 und
4-yi'ai-old
Poultry Investigator 9:j'a.
ersuch ju ges as Bridge. Lanr, Cranmer.
paring his stock for shipment, so that Burger and Jones. .Stock for sale. Eggs ^.00
Clay Center, Neb. :\nyone ordering from him can feel rea-
iier 1.5.

sonably sure of getting their stock in Maughlin res. Columbus, Ohio.

the best possible condition. Mr. Con-

deregger's catalogue is printed in both
At Ihe Columbus
English and German and anyone con- shows for the past
Bonniedale Poultry Farm !
templating the purchase of nursery three years have won more prizes than
I

Eggs to Hatch. all other exhibitors combined. Fine shape,

stock will find it to their advantage to exellent color, full combs and unexcelled
S DOT FES: Very choice pen, J3 per 15 write tor this catalogue before placing as layers. Stoc- for sale at all times. Eg?s
Over 3f,0 hens on dilTereut farms. Good in si-asoii. .\ iiooil hatch guaranteed.
pure stoclf. Eags $1 per 13, ti per 100. their order. Catalogue is sent free on
BARKED KOCKS: Slrlctly standard sys- OLUIIBUS. OHIO.
tem. 60 lln- hens and pullets. 4 extra request. In writing kindly mention THEODORE DESSiUM, '
',

19 E, Chestnut St.
lurfje. stately croweis. tcorUiKtroni 90 to 94
by .Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eges having seen his ad and this notice in
tper 1.5, $.1 per 30. M. Brahmas. S. O.
."iO
our paper. EGGS STOPI
.Leghorns and C. 1. Games. Good pure
stock on separate farms. Eggs $1 per 15, $4 $2.50 for IS - KCSE and SINGLE, =
per 100. $4.50 for 30
Puritan Irvcubators Rhode Island Reds. Buff
ROUP <^UKE: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid. and Chick .My aim,
fertile egg, horns. Winners wherever shown.
Letr-
Circulars free. Only strong robust stock in niv
Food hardy
duck, bred pens and you will not regret it it
MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. We beg to call the special attention to win best you send your order for eggrs to
LOCK OX 176, of our readers to the advertisement of
to lay. >/c Aurellua,
Perry, Lmke co. Ohio
the Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc., in this
i/> Wm Easies .... issue.
WWlnnerm Agalnl
They manufacture and have for sale
Kutr Orpingtons. R. O. W.
Leghorns
the "Puritan Incubator and Brooders" Rocks and Wjandottes. White and
Burred & White Rocks, W. (J. P. Ban- Barred. 95. Silver and
Score 92 to
tams, Belgian's Hares, Fggs. Stock in and are likewise the proprietors of the They
Buflf. are sired by winners
season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes; now world renowned Puritan Chick and bred to winners from some of
sliver cup last year.
Food. All other hatching machines our largest shows. Eggs S2.00 per
Calesburg, imois- have been discarded on the Puritan IS straight from pens headed by 1st
and 2d prize birds.
Farms for the "Puritan Incubator."
J. A. Douglas, Ferguson, Mo.
which is certainly the very best recom-
Scott's Cure
mendation possible. The "Puritan" is
I r Chicken Cholera a strictly up-to-date and excellent ma- Something Worth Knowing.
IMouey saved by making your own poultry
Guaranteed Chicken Cholera chine, being built of the very best pos-
to cure remedies. To cure cholera. SUKECTRE.
or money refunded. Testimonials on sible materials, no expense being Roup. Scalej Leg. Lice, Mites. Cheaprem-
edy but sure. Excellent Poultry Food to
application. Reference: Rising City spared in its construction. It is novel make hens lay. Celebrated Douglas Mix-
Bank. ture eic. All receipts tor $100 or 3oc each.
in a great many points and differs to Address with 2c stamp,
B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb quite an extent from most of other \. in, U;ILA\D, Goshen, Ind., R. V. D. No. 2.
makes now on the market.
The new catalogue of the Puritan
Poultry Farms is a veritable work of
My White Minorcas
Pride of the West.... art and contains page upon page of or- Won Isi, 2nd aid 3rd at;Delaware and Co-
lumbus on old and young stock. Scored
Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze iginal matter, in fact is a fine poultry 60 to n^i. Eggs from my best pen $2.00
per ir,:$.i.00 per 4.1. satisfaction guaranteed
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. treatise in itself and tells you all about
Show record on open book. They Puritan Chick Food and all Puritan HARRY LIEBOLD, Delawun'. Obio, K. D. 2.

are in the yards of many of the products. It will be sent absolutely

best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- free to all our readers who mention
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & where they saw their advertisement.
Felch; Black Lang-shans, Emry This book should be in the hands of
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. every lover and breeder of poultry and
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons we advise you to send for it today.
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship. Write for prices. You will notice among our advertis-
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is o ers this month the name of E. A.Teas-
sure cuf-e. dal of Slater, la. Mr. Teasdal is a Old Homestead Brooder.
prominent breeder of S. C. W. Leg- The best on earth. All your chickens can be
HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, horns and breeds as good stock as can saved in the Old Homestead Brooder,
Try one. Write for prices. Address
Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. be found any where in the United
Old Homoatead Brooder Co.,
CI<ARKSVII,I,8, MIS80DKI. States. MIddleboro, Maaa....
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31
I. & N. M. Conner, Ponca, Neb., won
Houdans.
3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 3 fourths.
This is for You!. 1st pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901,
Their bird sales were so large this fall
Owins to my iudzlug engagements also 1st pen at Lincoln, Nebraska,
for season of 1902-3, will not be able that they did not have on early bird left
to 'how my biids and will heiehy
State Show. 1902. No stock but eggs
reduce th" price iif eggs from 13 00
and had not intended showing until a at $1.50 per 13.
to $2 00 per 15. I have S. C. Brown few days before the show. All pullets
Leghoins. Hlack Leghorns, Harred
and cockrells shown were August
Reuben H, Kapser,
Plymouth uoclis. (Violet Strain
Neb.
)
Clay Center,
wahoo, Nebr. hatched and cut from two to four
David Larson,
points on weight.

A. L. Houston, formerly of Keota,

Eggsf
Pe#riflS-Hallock Will sell la., has removed to Red Oak, la.,
strain.
From Line Bred Stock.
a few choice drakes and ducks, $1.00 bought a small farm near town and Twelve years experience in mat-
each. Egg orders booked now. ing and breeding. Eggs from fine
will breed his Orpington and Rock on
Belgian Hares. Pedigreed. Grand a large scale. His place will be known mated ;hens $1.50 per IS, $2.00 per 30.
lot of youngsters sired by a 9SX Fggs from extra fine mated pens $2,00
point buck, Bred does always on as Forest Hill Poultry Farm, and has per 15, $;{.00 per 30.
hand. Booklet on the industry for good range and water. We wish him Ottnmna, lo*a.
stamp. A. L. Pedicit, box A
success in his new venture.
Stephaui Poultry Co. Belleville, III.

WINNINGS AT INDIANAPOLIS. White and Buff Wyandottes.

DEC. 4-10, 1901.
Prize Winners 1st CM at Elgin, 1st and 2nd
Winnings of R. E. Jones, Flat Rock, uclii. 2nd puilet, 3rd hen, 2nd pen at Kocl-

BUFF COCHINS Md., at Indianapolis, Dec. 4-10, 1901:

ford. 1st and 2nd ckl, 1st and 3rd CK, 2nd
hen 3rd pullet.ilst, 2nd and 3rd pens at Bel-
vldere. 111. 1902. Orders boolted for eggs
Exclusively. S. Wyandottes 1st, 4th, cocks; 1st,
t3.00 per 13.
3rd and 4th hens; 4th cockerel; 1st and
Just Wtiat You Are 4th pullets; 2nd pen. Golden Wyan- B R LUCAS, Belvidere, III

Looking For . . . dottes, 2nd and 3rd cocks; 1st,

1st,

2nd, 3rd and 4th hens; 1st cockerel; Don't Fool Yourself!
The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 1st, 2nd and 3rd pullets; 1st and 2nd
ners in ny company. Elegant By selecting a poor vegetaljle cutter. Get
pens. Black Wyandottes, 1st and 2nd
in shape, profusely feathered, an O K, cuts every thini; ed'.blp for the table
as good as the best. Prices hens; 1st cockerel; 1st and 2nd pullets; or for the poultry. .Send J2.50 for sanjple
machine. Agents wanted. Address
low, write me. 1st pen. G. S. Bantams, 1st cock; 1st
and 4th hen; 1st and 2nd cockerels; Dep't. A., 0. K. MfgCo- Florin, Pa-

B. H, DUNN, Clay Center, Neb, 1st pullet; 1st pen. S. S. Bantams

2nd cock; and 2nd hen; 1st and 2nd
1st
cockerels; 1st and 2nd pullets; 1st pen BUFF ORPIHGTONS.
Ho stock for salel Rose Combs, Buff
Orpingtons. A few eggs at $5 00 pt r IS. Win-
Clubbing List Wewish to call the attention of our ners at Red Oak and Osceola. Iowa, and Ne-
braska State Show at Lincoln, Single
readers to the ad of J. D. W. Hall of Combs, eggs, J3.00 per 13, 15.00 per 26.
his famous winnings, w. Wyandottes
By taking the advantage of the and B. P. Rocks. He has taken sev- Mrs. J. A. LASH,
Osceola. Iowa.

following combinations you can eral other popular breeds to raise and

get two papers often at the price we are informed that all of his stock For Sale.
is of that high standard that he has 100 choice young birds from winners at
of one. Look at these offers: Kansas and Nebraska State Shows, 1901.
won on his W. Wyandottes and B. P.
Price with S S, Hamburgs, Partridge Cochins, Buff
R. in the past. Cochins, Light Brahmas and B. P. Rocks.
Poultry Show record on application. Eggs from
Regular Invisti- His great success in the best shows choicest matings$1..50 per setting.
price gator. in the United States prove his knowl-
Poultry Tribune 50c SOc DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.
edge of the business. This should in-
Poultry Herald 50c SOc
sure his customers the best treatment
Poultry Gem 25c 35c
Commercial Poultry SOc 50c and value for their money. We heart-
Western Poultry News. .25c
Poultry Success SOc
. 25c
40c
ilyrecommend this form to
Look up his add on page
all
,
buyers.
and list
0. MO. HUN. DRO.
Poultry Topics 25c 25c
Breeder of Prize- Winning
Poultry Gazette 25c 25c of winnings on page
Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS.
Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 R M. Kellog, Three Rivers, Mich.,
stock for sale at all tiuies. Eggs in season.
American Poultry Journal SOc SOc
send you "Great Crops of Straw-
will
Feather SOc SOc
Nebraska Farmer fl.OO $1.00 berries
and How to Grow Them. y.OMOHUNOeO, Bowling Gfeen, Mo.
This is much more than a catalogue. It
..Just Think of it.. is a treatise on plant physiology and

shows how the fruit producing organ- Listen!

Farmer and Breeder, price
Any SOc paper yon choose above.
The Poultry Investigator
Total
We will send the three to you for $1.00.
Address,
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
$1.00
.50
ism of a plant may be developed so it
.
-IF YOU WANT
25 will throw its energies to the produc-
tion of fruit instead of useless runners
Barred P. Rock
$1.75 and foliage. cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev-
ery cent asked, scored or unscored,
Fruit growers will appreciate this send me your order and let me prove my prom-
ise to please you. Kees $1. From all scored
book and feel thankful to the paper stock by Rapp and Heimlich, 'i$l-50 and $2. No
which puts it in their hands. secrets about these pens. Ask what you want.

Notice We do not send samples of Kindly look it over carefully and crit- Mrs. A- P. Rodgere.
other papers. icise it. Bowlliis Green, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUrF WYANOOTTES The Repvjblican Va.Iley
BUFF P. ROCKS . .
District Poviltry Ain'tth-se beanties^

Bred from my Boston Association But not so fine as

Ouialm. Kansas eliy, chicks hatched
and Top'ka prize win. The Republican Valley District from B. P. Uock
ners. Ola ajid yoniiff and Buir Oocli.
Poultry Association has just closed a In esKs that you
stock for sale. A larj: can buy of Mrs,
flock to select 'rnm. most successful show. Perhaps the Kissier. I have
Prices re;isniiable.
number of birds shown this year was a few fine Bar-
W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb.
red C k'ls for
not quite so large as in previous years, .sale yet. Write
for prices and
l)ut that was to be expected.
We are be Pleased,
WhSie Wyandoites. having hard times in this section this
winter, and
.'Irs. Ida ffl Kessler,
it has in some cases inter-
First and second premiums at Min- WobDrn, III.
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 o 21. fered with the size of our show, but
it did not interfere with
Effg-s from birds s orinff !)3, ".t4. 04 ')4 the perfect har-
94, 9.J>^ cockerel 943^, SI 50 per
set- mony and good felowship of the ex-
ting, 2 settings $2.25.
saie.
Few birds for hibitors, and there was no note of dis-
Kebraska Queen,
cord when the awards were made
W. H. SwaMx, Minneapolis, Itanaaa.
known.
During the last hours spent together
there was some
High Hill little discussion oi
methods by which we might grow and
TT prosper. It struck
us that we and
Poultry Yards many other associations might be ben-
Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. efitted by a discussion through one ol
Tiirk-y> are bred frnn, prize
nnd are winners. mnUn;.' alnjo.sl wlr..,ers our favorite magazines. The Investi-
sweep wlM-rever shown ^our.g clean Tors gator, for instance. Now,
S^each; I'ullcis. $:i 50to$:) OOeach. My would it not
Kock- are noted fur shape and oranire be nice and instructive if some of the
colored legs, go point co kerels. e' 50
each 91 to K'^ pot nt Cncker.ds $.xoo-
;
and most successful of our poul-
oldest
each Pullet not scored. try associations
1 00 ear-h were to come forward
Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo and us by what methods their asso-
tell

ciation was run in peace and harmony

for well, say for twenty years? Won-
CROWELL'S der
state
if there is an association in the
that has run continuously
Buff^rpin gtons. that length of time? If there won't
is
for

Win at St. Paul Show.

you let us hear from you? Please tell
Cockerels 1st
and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. us all about yourselves? What meth- First PrUe Hen. WelgM 9 Iba.
Hens iRt, and 2d. 1st Pen.
.'{d, 4th and
Efffi-s
5.
ods made your association the long 53 ^w
S;j.00per 1,-., S.-..00 Two trios lived shining success that it is? Tell
per 30. Highest score any B. P. Rock at the
Indian Knnner Ducks at $5 00 per late State Show
trio. us of your mistakes, too. You can date Judge Myers said
Eg-fTS S2,on per l.i. Satisfac- she was the best one he bd seen
tion gruaranteed. them back quite a spell. We would not this year. I won 8 regular premiums
e.xpectyou to tell any that had been at the above show. 20 years a
F. A. Crowell, Granger, breeder of this variety exclusively.
latelycommitted for that might have a
bad effect on your organization even
Write your wants. Address
Lace Wyandottes
Silver after years of success. Of course you
F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska.
White Wyandottes :
will never make more mistakes. We
take that for granted, but a review of Barred Plymouth Rocks.
-^^^^2,^^ Buff Legfhorns
those you made years and years ago.
Pekin Duck.s... might We have Quality and Quatttity.
steermany a young
association
All first class stock. Egg-s for sale. clear of disastrous breakers. Farm raised prize winning stock.
MRS.W. TIBBITS,
E.
Do
yon think monthly meetings the
Eggs SI. SO per IS, S5.00 per 100.
Imperial, Neb. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center,
best plan? Or do you come at a call Nebr.
of the president? How long before the
Barred Rock Eggs, show do you think it best to distrib-
ute the premium lists? This question Singje Gomb^Br^wn Leghorns.
For Hatching. liasbeen much discussed by members
Fertile egg.'? and big healthy chicks is of our association, some Barred Plymoufh Rocks^
What you of our mem-
want. Try mine this year
bers holding that if the lists
$1.50 for I.-), $2..50 for .30, $:5.00 for 45, were a
First prize at Salt
old in the hands of their possess-
little
birds have taken premiums for
Lake City. My
A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. ors they were quite forgotten before years in the hands of customers as
the show. Personally we believe that well as in Utah. They are bred
the premium lists should be distributed for money makers. Greatest egg
Boff Ofpingloos We a month at least before the show. li producers as well as premium
keep tiothiiic l>ui tlie
choicest stock. Efcs for any
birds. New circular free after
sale. Write for prices. you disagree with me please ex-
of September. Address,
Bronze Turkeys
plain reasons why. We think that Cora A. Rlckards,
when a breeder receives his lists he or
C. E BROWNING, she decides very soon whether SODTB - OfiDEN PODLTBY
their - YABDS,
Fairbury, Nebr. birds are going to that show and we Ogden, Utah.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 33
believe it may take some preparation It isnext to impossible to raise poul-
try, even a small flock on a city lot to
and change of plans to take in that par-
RINGLET B. BOCKS ticular show, and it is a pretty good
say nothing of a large flock on a poul-
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
idea to give the breeders time to ar- trained
The Kind that Wi We Double Mate.
range matters. If the breeder makes' Fox Terrier Dog.
Ben Hur, ist cockerel at Lincoln up his or her mind to go to a show Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
Show 1602, at head of our cocker while the premium list is fresh in hand,
Foxterrier Kennel., Nevada, Mo.
el breeding pen. No females in there will be no forgetting the date JsS-Mai^s $10.00; females $5.00.
our pullet breeding pen scoring even if the list is mislaid. Now these
less than 90, mated to extra choice are our reasons for believing in an ear-
pullet breeders.J Stock all sold, ly distribution of premium lists. Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
eggs reasonable. Write for prices. In the first years of the existence of C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes.
C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. the R. V. D. P. association some of
the members thought it the fair thing
Before buying anything, write to us.
that every bird exhibited should have
Black Langshans been raised by the exhibitor. As a
It will be a pleasure to give you
our prices. We respond prompt-
Tho winter layers, of standard mattr of fact a great many birds ex- ly. Bargains if taken soon.
weights, good colored plumage hibited at our first show were bought
and eyes, well feathered shan'^s
KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.
no scrube among them. Score at long figures out of the Nebraska
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, state show. We bought some ourselves Golden & Silvrr Sebight Bantams!
at figures that made our neighbors
Fai.bury, Neb-
question our sanity. Then we that ^ Eggs. Golden,
C. M. Hurlburt,
bought the birds we exhibited brought \^ \ $1 50 per IS.
our birds that we raised in by the back :^, Silvers, $2.00
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! door and had them scored and in many r' per 15. Par.
\ Cochins, $2.
None under, weight scores 93 to instances found that we owned birds /A per 13. Price
^
^ to 87. 1st and 3rd puUel at Lin-
coin, also '2d colkernl weight
quite as good as those purchased at the
31 M of pigeons on
Write for prices on eggs. state show. y application.
pounds. 8 varieties
After the first show we were none of for sale. Ad-
C. M. Hurlburt, us particular to have our show held af- dress
Fairbury, Neb. ter the state show. We had learned W. F. HOLCOWB,
the lesson, some of them, that novicei Clay Center, Neb.
Please Let Me Tell You must learn and now we all want to get
through with our show in time toat- Poultry Investigator one year with each order.
My Buff I'orhins '.have :is;aiQ won their
share of the ribbons at tlie Mc('ool< Sliow. Tn tend the state show, if our birds score
make room tor my breeding pens I wi sell 1
high enough. There is a whole delega-
trios, pens and singles at biirg'>ins for the
ne.xt 30 days. Also a few K C B Leghorns.
Eggs in season.
tion of us expect to go and make it Oientangy : : :

Mrs. Ida Bard, Inperial, Nebraska.

warm for the old exhibitors next win-
ter, too. Look out for us.
Poultry Yards
Delaware, Ohio.
Finances is a subject that would bear
Holland Turkeys and some discussion, we think. -Our asso-
Reed Bros, Props- c. C. Reed, Mgr.
White Embden Geese. ciation never has much money left af-
Ro.^e Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games.
Des Moines, la. Prize Winners. ter all the show expenses are paid, Barn d P' Rocks. Buff C. O.chins.
W. p. Rocks and W. Wyaudottes scor- consequently we all quake in our boots Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfactory
ing 92 to 95K points for sale. Eggs before every show lest we come out hatch guaranteed. No birds in
for hatching from above stock, also bleeding peiis scoring less than 91
behind this time, and have to dive into
W. Cochins, W. I. Game and W, points. Send for circulars.
Guineas. Guinea Pigs for sale. the immense incomes we make off our
Write for particulars and mention poultry business to pay up what we run
Poultry Investigator.
White Plume Poultry Yards
behind, but a f^ay or two after the show My Buff Rocks
we are all reassured by the secretary
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK,
Won at Madison Square Garden this
that our incomes are safe. The show season; at Bost('n and other great
Dallas Ceuter, - - Iowa, paid out. Nevertheless we shall prob- shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs
ably discuss the giving of balls and sup- for sale. Write for Circular and Show
record.
pers in order that no more such men-
SILVER WYANDOTTES aces to our private fortunes need exist.
Box M.
MILES H. LOUER,
East Onondaga, N.. Y.
BIRDS have
MY eight State Shows and many other lar^e Now ye twenty-year-old associations,
been on exhibition at the last

shows, winning- more premiums than all

other competitors of this variety combined. come forward and tell us how you keep
Good birds for sale. Egsrs
15 for $3. 30, $5- From
stock, farm rangre, 100, $4.
from prize pens
standard bred
your coffers brimful?
Now
Now Ready..^^
lastly as old fashioned preach- Young stock for sale at the Golden
mps J. m. GflOSE, ers say, how is a secretary to manage Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock-
erels of pure Empire White Plymouth
Hmpopia, i^ein. to come forth unspotted before his as-
Rocks, that are white. White Wyan-
sociation? We
special have reasons
dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct
for wanting this last question answered from Duston, and hatched from a pen
BUFF COCHINS. because we know a new one that has of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P.
1st ckl score 9t?ii. 1st hen Oii^, at Nebraska R. hens and one male yet for sale, 3.t a
State Show at Lincoln. Egg.s S3 00 per 13. dene some foult-finding with past sec-
Breeders also of Short Horn fattle ard Du- retary that may find the coming bargain. Write for price and descrip-
roc Jersey swine. 0. K, DAVIS. Prop. task tion of stock.
W.J. MITOHELL, Poultry Manager. not so funny.
MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS.
Columbus, Nebr. HATTIE BYFIELD.
34 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
StaLndard Weight Is Most
MY MAMMOTH' Our Barred and White Rocks.
DesiraLble Are successful show birds and excel-
ill ve always won high.
est houors at (iiuat St. Liouls Fair and Our S. C. W. Leg-
lent for market.
Poultry Show; also In the hands of my horns are winners in strongest compe-
customera. A few elegant Buff Rox at Written for Poulty Investigator by
half real value.
Judge O. P. Green, Bourbon, Ind.
tition md great layers of large white
eggs. Incubator eggs S5.CX) per 100.
OTTO STOECKER. Box t8. Manchester, Mo Eggs $2 00 per IS.
I number of people who think
find a
N. Krauter.
J. Bucyrus. Ohio-
that it is wrong for a judge to cut for
Harm you soan Hf dificiency in weight. The opinion is If you want ....
The Fanciers' World advanced more of ten in regard to pri-
America's leading publication tor fanciers.
Special deoartQients for dogs. cats, pigeons,
vate scoring. They reason that if a Belgian Hares
hares, poultry. et<;. .12 pages. Profusely bird one or two pounds under stand-
is Call on or write to
Illustrated, per year. .'tO cents. Saiupiecopy
free.
ard weight, in time it will develope and
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
The Fanciers' World attain the correct weight. Those who
reason in this manner are wrong, for
Old Orchard, Mo.
F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III.
hatched fowls
it is usually the late
Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,
which are not of correct weight and WM.G. STEINICKE. Mngr-
Why Buy Stock artd Poultry Foods? the chances are that they never will 100 Hares to choose from.
Make your Own! I can send you formu- reach the right weight.
las for all kinds of stock and poultry From my point of view, there is one Black
foods. Here are a few; Chick food 3i>c; Buff
egg food, 33c; poultry condition powder. part of the standard which should be
45c: stock condition powder, 35c; hog con-
White Pekin Bantams
dition powder, 30c. Write for others. changed, or at the very least, should -Aa Good aa the Land can Atford-
A. W. Collltis, receive careful thought. The standard Eggs m,m per i:i.
630 Qraad Ave. Keoknfc, la, says that when standard specimens are
equal in their scores, the heavier one
A.J. WILLIAMS,
Clay Center, Nebr.
shall be awarded the prize. Now if
Black Langshans nine and one-half pounds is the proper
l^arge, vigorous stock, free and standard weight for a Plymouth
from disqualifl. Black Langshans.
cation: up to standard weight; winners at Rock cock, the bird which has a weight
1st ck-1. 1st hen. Nebr.. State .>l]ow 1901. 1st
Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for pen. 1st ck. 1st ckl, isi and 2d pullet. Netir
sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in nearest to the above standard should Slate Fail. 1901, 1st pen. 1st and 3rd pul-
season. Address, be given the preference. If the stand- let, 3nd ck. 2nd ckl. Nelir. State Poul'ry

MRS. N. W, JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb. ard makes a certain weight the correct Siiow at Lincoln, 1902. Esj;s S3.00 per 13.

one, I believe in standing by it and not J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr.

offering a premium for a heavier
"Twent^-FiveYeafsinthe Poult[f Yard, weight.
Such a premium encourages people
BUFF WYANDOTTES!
A Manual for Success.
perfect to work and breed for birds of more 1st, ck, 1st, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul-
Gives symptoms and remedies wight than required by the standard
let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES,
3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, and in consequence are very liable to Show. Light Brahmas. Eggs $2.50
lack in quality, egg production and per 15.
Hog and Poultry cholera. io8
general utility.
pages. Price 25 cents. EBDAY, North Bnd, Nebr.
The Plymouth Rock in many yards
has been bred for large size to the de-
A. H. LANG. Govedale, Ky.
preciation of other desirable qualities. Just a Moment Please!
It has been the plump body and medi-

Trees and Plants um size that have added so much to now is the time to book your orders
the popularity of this variety. As they and Wm. Kersenkkock has
That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit, prize winning birds of Barred and Buff
are being bred so much with seeming
We crow tliat kind. L.irce stock. Honest dcilinc. P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins,
Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peacli- disregard for these admirable qualities, Silver Laced and White Wyandottcs
i

es6c. Grafted Apples 5c.; Concord Grapes 2c..

;

Russ. Mulberries 30c. per 100; Ash 7Sc. per 1000; there are many people who have dis- and Cornish I. Games.
Black Locust $l..'i5 per 1000. English or German
carded the Plymouth Rock to raise the
Illustrated Catalogues FREE. f
Wyandot, believing that it will prove
Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Neb.
CARL SONDEREGGER, Proprietor, Roi 27, Beatrice, Neb.
more satisfactory in size and weight.
If a certain weight receives the ap- Rose Comb White Leghorns!
proval of the A. P. A. ana is erquired Made a clean sweep at Mitchell
by the standard, it behooves every winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds,
Buff Orpingtons breeder and judge to try to secure that and 4 specials, birds sccring to 92
At three shows in last two years
weight. If a deficiency is wrong, an won 11 fiists, (!seconds,' 6 thirds
excess should not be viewed with es- and specials, Cocl-erels for sale.
White Wy^ndottes pecial favor. Eggs SI. .50 per setting
Early hatched birds the best, the J. F. Relnelt, - . Tripp, S. DoLkots
more vigoruos and more prolific. Such Vice-President State Association.
I never have failed to win in birds will have their full weight in time
largest shows. Birds score from
90 to95>i.
for exhibition at the winter shows and
should be cut for weight if they are
WMie Leghornsa
lacking in that particular, for it is al-
Incubator ogga from Rock 1.5.00 per 100
From ohiiii-e nuuinKs {L.-iO per 13. JS.'iDperSe,
C. ROCKHILL, most a fact that LAVF.KS AN 1) W N NEKS. Scottisti Terrier
an early hatched bird puppies tt.OO and $.i.iiO I

Harvard, Nebraska. which lacks weight at a January

in
PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,
>;liow will always lack in weight unless H- R. Frc1icli,:Mer. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35
it is the fault of the breeder, and in
made Ohio's Whitest White Rocl(S.
^rpi wfltotig and Cocbfns^ tliat case no allowance should be
lIBuff for his carelessness. Winners wherever shown the past 10
9(5 points. Also year-, scoring 04 to
Late hatching ought not to be en- Open Laced Wyandottes and Black
couraged, and this what a judge does Minorcas. Eggs $1..50 per setting.
I won more premiums than he refuses to cut for deficiency in Mrs. Ella Pace,
if
Columbus, Ohio.
any other two exhibitors at weight. There are and always will be (Station A,Routp S.l
the Nebraska State Show, many careless breeders and ti is
igoi. Before buying any- against the results which they secure Exclusively. Scoring
thing write me it will be a
that the careful breeder must be guard- 02 to 9,T points. Won
pleasure to give you prices. Because one man through neglect at the great Co umbus
ed.
Show li)01-2, and Ohio
has raised chickens which fall short in
Ida J. Buehler, 'iVl.llttk. weight, the other exhibitors should not
State Exposition 1901.
Stock for sale. Eggs
be compelled to suffer on his account. $1.50 per tif teen.

Barred Plymouth Rocks. D.A.JONES, Columbus, O.

CYPHERS INCUBATOR CATA-
EXCLUSIVELY. LOUGUE FOR 1902. LIGHT
Kocks.
BRAHMAS- white and b
White and Silver Laced VVand-
Cockerels $! no. $:i no and $."> 00 each. Pullets,
$1.00, $3.00. $i 00. Worth double what, am I
All who have seen a copy of the ottes. White and Brown Leghorns. Pekin
asliiD^ for tUeni. Above prices good for Jan- Ducks. America's best strains. M.v stock
magnificent catalogue issued a year has won a<iO premlunn In the past three
uary OQly.
ago by the Cyphers Incubator Com- years at the great Columbus show. Newark
W. S. RUSSELL, pany be interested to learn that
will
and the Ohio State Exposition. Stock for
sale at all times. Eggs $1 50 per dozen.
Box I, Ottuniwa, Iowa. Red Oak Ponltry Farm, J. C liSDERWOOD.Prop.
this company's catalogue for 1902 is

now ready for mailing and is a distinct Sta B, Columbus, Ohio,

Blue Barred ^ improvement over their great book of

last year.

This
and complete catalogue Barred
Rnrlis
consists of 196 pages and cover is 8x11 nUfKS.
Maiesscorlng'as high as 94'-i and
new
females as high as 94V2 under such
judges as Bridge. ILane. Jones, have
BRIGEL'S Celebrated Straitis

Plymouth Rocks won 1st prizes at such shows as the

inches in size and weighs over one great Columbus show, Newark, and the Ohio
Exposition. Stock for sale at all times.
Eggs $1.50 per 15, 3.00 per SO, $5.00 pound. It contains a complete de- State Eggs $;.50 per 15, the kind that win.
per 100. Our stock is first class. scription of the Cyphers patent-dia-
P. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio.
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, ISebr
phragm, non-moisture, self-ventilating
incubators, with fine color plate re-
productions of all sizes of the Cyphers
SALE! Light Bfahmas,
My . .. incubators. It contains also an illus-
Buff Orpingtons Cyphers Felch Strain.
trated None better. Eggs
description of the
.Have no equal
.
apartment brooders, and the full line
. .
from stock scoring 92 to 93^^,
Bm Plymouth Rocks of poultry appliances manufactured by $1.50 per 15. White Wyan-
(Thumpson Riaerlets.]
If you want good stock I have it this company. In it will be found dotte eggs $1.25 per 15.
beautiful half-tone pictures of over 200 Albert Von Bergen,
JOHN
A. LING, of the largest and best known poultry
Humphrey, Neb
Harvard - - Nebraska
plants of America, Canada and Europe
where the Cyphers incubators are in White Plymouth Rocks,
White P. Rocks Exclusively.... use. Scored by Rhodes from 92}i to 94.
My Rocks are of the best strains to The Cyphers Incubator Company is Owens'& Canfield's strain, "Stay
be found and I have a fine lot of now completely installed in its great White." Eggs $1.50 per 15.
chicks to sell reasonable. Write, factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The com- Wnim Randolph,
MRS. NANCY WATSON, pany is now completely installed in its Lawrence, Kanaaa. R. O. Ho. 1.
Liiicolti, Nebr, great factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The
company also has offices and
rooms in Chicago, Boston and
sales-
New
Pure Bred I-*o\iltry.
W. A. Forbes. York City, and is in a position there-
DARK BRAHMAS
and White Wyan-
fore to serve customers to advantage
SILVER WYANDOTTES
For the past four years
dottes.
the majority of
tue oi me oest premiums
the best preniiu lu lun
full
in all parts of the country at a saving
BUFF WYANDOTTES
classes. 22 1st. 10 2nd. 9 3rd and 5 specials. I
am booking- orders now for a limited no. of Stock and eggs for sale. Write.
of time and money in shipping by
eeffs from these prize matings for $300 per
setting". 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5 00. freight. M.D.KING, Mhiilen,Neb.
North Topeka, Kan, All who are interested in the latest
developments in incubator and brood-
er manufacture should secure a copy BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Years of Experience of the Cyphers Incubator Company's WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901194
Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply- complete catalogue for 1902. See ad- FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red
mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from vertisement elsewhere in this paper. SIX YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st
my different yards I have selected 5 pullets
scored 93 and 8 which scored 92^2 and from this Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
yard I wish to sell a limited number of settings
of eggs at 3.00 per setting All eggs sold will
L. G. French, of Deep Water, Iowa.,
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st
be from ais yard and from these birds exclusive
ly. I have a few pullets scoring from 90 to 91^^ sends in an ad. this month. Mr. French Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen.
also a fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at
prices that are right. All eggs and birds sold is a reliable: breeder.^and his stock is
Two hundred choice breeding and ex-
by me will be as represented or money re- known far_ and near. Anybody want- hibition birds for sale.
unded
ing anything in his class will please H. R. McLean,
Wm. Metzmler, Independence, la. look up the advertisement. Red Oak, - - Iowa
3^^ POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
.=;oillSUFF, BARRED. White Plvim.ulh Rocks. WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor-
Light Brahmas. Fine cockerels, hens and val strains direct.Score 92 to 9."i byJudtie
BUSINESS CATCHERS Kirgs IS. 1 -Otl. ItXl. *<).00.
pullets S2 to S3 e.ich .

Milton Brown. 1)0x94. Mlddleboro, Mass.

Utio"es.
leed.
Quality and fair treatment guaran-
Best winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per IS.
I Belgian hares. > has. t^. W ilson, Hi>ldrcge.
FOR SALE a $1:; Humphrey Bone Cutter, Nebraska.
AND POUI/PKV nearly new for $8. Also a ButT UrplnKton
St;NNY SLOPE FRUIT cockerel, welsbs 9 pounds; will make an
Karoi. U. F. Austin. Deurins, Kan., White excellent breeder. Price ^
00. Louis Mok-
O. K S. L. WYANDOTTES
are all right.
Rock Specialist. EgRS. Frank Heck and Eggs Sl.dO per 15 or $400 per 100. W, T. Can
ensen. Racine. Wise. aday, Dover, Lee county, Iowa,
.lohn Hughes strains. IS cockerols fur sale
Strawberry plants best varieties. Square WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively. A
treatment. few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and
I'.MtTRinGF f'OnnNS a specialty. The 2nd premium at SOS
poultry show.
Wrile for prices. .1. W. Matson, Slroins-
cream at fliicaiio and Cedar Haplus. liWl. burK. N-'br. Itoute No 2.
1.W youn;:-ter.s for sale after OcioImt 1st.
liner than ever, superior fiatherins. shape
and color. Always satisfaction jruaran- WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score
!I4'4 by Russell, for sale. Also e^-rs from
It Brings More Eggs
teed. U..I. Shanklin, Wanljeck. Iowa.
'^
Ct< ta llondy Green BoneCuttcr and
D. Biabniiis Brown L"Khorn. B. Pekln and di.iit'le your e-^g yield. OurnewcaUi-
Oami' Bantams. Expert, I udge. P. M. Cool- In^'iie tells all aDout feeiiing green
WHITE WYANDOTTE^, cockerels Rcorlnp ey Milton. la. \m!\\ b'liie. and the best machiue
to94ii. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoiine
to 9(jy, sired by a Tom woitrhitiu 40 lbs and PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM I have '"*'
from hens welBliint' to 2.-> lis. Prices rea- a few fine Black Lansshan ocke'cis for i
Sold Direct
sonable- W. U- Lake, Hampton, Nebr. Mrs. ,1, W. Strat-
sale cheap If taken soon. on .'JOiIuys' trial. and
tOQ, Blue Hill, Neb. Stralton Mfg. Co., Box 48. Erie, Pa,
LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three
trios at 5.00 per Choice cockerels at
trio.
one half their value, sevenu bred frniii
Uoston prize winners. G. W. Hardin,
Ulysses. Neb.
CORNISH INDIANS a soecially. Winners
wherever shown. Scored bv Russell, Hews.
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class follow the purchase of a Victor Incubator. That is the tes-
birds. Ekksseason $2.00 for
in IS. J. L timony of thousands of euocessfnl poultry raisers who will
Bannson, Sarcoxie; Mo. have no other machine. AbsohitL-iy self-reyulating, and the
simplest, surest, most durable batcher ever made. Guar-
WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The anteed positively a.s represented or money refunded. The
kind thai .ire eec lavers.Scorinsr 91 to 94'^.
Duslc.n strain Etrgs 2.1KI for 1.' or 3 50 for
. .10.

Mrs. I). J. Fink, Holdredire, Neb,

MAMMOTH BRONZE
kin duck.
lurkeyand white Pe
Larffe Une speciniuns for sale at
reasonable prices. Our slock Is :is pood as
VIGTOR
Incubator
t
rmoney could nrocure. Mrs, E. I. Matliews. Jfei
is Mcientitically correct, me-
aMornIng Sun. Iowa cliiinirally per f en t solid
and enduring. Catalogue
EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown. BntT. telling bow to get increased
Black. Dominique, silver Duckwinf; and
Rose Comb White BulT and Blown Leg-
horns. Price list tree. Sylvester ShlMey.
Port Clinton. Ohio,

California ^edtvood
has been usetJ for twenty-three years in the
manufacture of

'Peialuma
Incubator's and ^rooder^
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
world, but every other article used in their con-
struction isof 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. We send it free. Address nearest
office.

Pefa/uma Jncubafor Co.,

Box 58, Petaluma, Cal., or
Box 58, Indianapolis, Ind.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Single Comb
Barred P .Rocks. White Leghorns.
Hawkin's Strain! Eggs for hatching from the cream
of my flock, as I have the advan-
1 breed them by the Trap tage of selecting my breeders from
nest system. Eggs that _ among seven hundred choice birds
all bred and owned by myself
"
will hatch First Prize win-
Nothing but the very best speci-
ners. $2.00 per 13, $5.00
mens of most prolific layers are
per 40. Send an order. ever used. Descendant from gen-
erations of great layers of large
GEO. H WALLACE pure white eggs.
for circulars
Write at once,

Box A. Navan, Minn.

E. A. TESDALL,
Slater, Story Co, Iowa
LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ P stands for P uritan; pure and the best, The line should be dropped to
Prize-winning stock, first prize U stands for U sage, this stands the test.
at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of R stands for R ation, balancedand true, Ttie Puritan Poultry Farms, Inc.
four entries at Kansas City, M I stands for I ncome, doubled for you,
won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third T stands for T rouble, a thing of the past. For their superb and immense
catalogue giving full details of
4 prizes at Kansas State Show. A
IW. * A stands for ctive smart chicks that will last. this remarltabie food and illus-
Stock and eggs for sale. Write us N stands for N ature whose laws are observed. trating the

STECKER BROS,, C stands for C hickens their health preserved.

is
World's Largest Poultry .

H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn. Plant

4639. Cottage Ave,, St. Louis, Mo
I stands for I llness which plays them no tricks In allits details, also showing
C stands for C ostly when losses ensue which are the best Incubators
and Brooders now in use It Is
K stands for K eeping these losses from you. absolutely free to everyl)ody.
Write today.
^ From prize winning Golden F stands for F oily when boiled eggs are fed.
tggS Wyandottes, $2. per 18, scor- O stands for O Id when some are not dead. Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc.
ing from 90 to 93 U, by Shellen' erger. O stands for O rders, in volume they grow,
D stands for D rop us a line as below. Box 357. Stamford. Conn.
J. Gardinier, Keota, III,

Silver Laced Wyandottes. Meyer's Langshans

Eggs for hatching. S3.00 per 26
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. ist and 2nd cock; and 4th hens; ist 2nd and
ist
Fine scoring 4th cockerels; 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen.
ist

Albert Lisius> Lake Mills. Mo- Won Score 189^, Rhodes and Harris, judges' At
At N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 I.angshans all
A II Vj,, Barred Rocks at one Kansas good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd;
I 06ll I OU cent on the doUa^.
State tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel;
By selling you chicks just out of the
shell from stock the sire of which cost Show 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per
.S0.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00. 15. $3-5 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners.
You get chicks for 60 cents each thus Records of other big winnings in catalogue.
one cent on the dollar. W. P. R ducks 8o good
at 50 cents each. This is the best ones to
chance in the world to start with good
solid foundation of pure bred eastern
sell. L. E. Meyers,
stock. We ship lots of 10 or more and Bowling Green, Missouri
guarantee safe arrival 1,.')00 miles.
Hatching all the time. Order in ad-
vance. Cash with order.
PARTINGTON. Nortbboro, Mass. W. /. Cheney^

-
Breeder of
Thoroughbred Poultry,
BOX 68-^1^ -^Ir-CUBA, i0

White Minorcas, Barred

Varieties. B. P. Rocks, Liuht Brahmas. W. Wyan-
Plymouth Rocks, Gold- andottes. Partridge Cochins. S. C. B. Minorcas. S, C.
en and White Wyan- W. Legliorns, S, and R. C
B. Leg-horns, Peliin Ducks.
Eggs for hatching. *1 (M per setting, $3.00 for SO.
dottes and Buff Gochin Write tor my new illustrated poultry catalogue.
Bantam Cockerels. Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry,
quotes'priee on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about
The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free.

have cockerels in the above

I

named varieties for sale and W. J. CHENEY.

eggs ill season. (Score cards BOX 68.-^/- Crawford Co. -^V-CUBA, IHO
wiih cockerels). The Wyan-
dottes are Du&tin & Keller Bronze Turkey eggs at
Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten
strains direct. B. P Kocks
are Elliotts.
Yours Respectfully, $5.00 CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the all-year-round

Pine Lawn Poultr; Farm. layers, Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White
Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls
L. D. Metcalf. Prop'r- for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator.
Wakefield r Nobr. Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo.
38 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
S From Those Who Use The SURE HATCH Incubator,
g
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
C. C
Fitzsimmons, Wann, I. T, Oct. 31. 1001. 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 ot incubators,
machines that arc 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 7-5 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 1st of December and keep it
going until June.
Mrs. Geo. A. Eby. Howard, Kan. Nov. 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 107 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, la. Oct. 21. 1901To 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 to 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. Ill Nov. 6. 1901. We can-
not say too much for the Sure Hatch. From 107 eggs we got 105 lively
chicks; from 97 eees 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. I 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. 13. 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. 1901. We have had splendid
success with our incubator :\nd brooder. We do not think the Com-
mon Sense brooder can be beat for raising voung chicks.
W B. Bishop,
. Cleburne, 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, la.- Jan. 28. 1902. I received my in-
cubator in good condition and have made two big hatches. I am al-
ways ready to speak of its merits.

For free 160 page cat"

alogue describing Clay Center, Neb.
SURE HATCH In-
cubator, address the
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ColumbuSf Dm
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 39

Why Do You Suppose

The best known and most successful
Poultrymen of America use and swear by <iX i^

The Cyphers Incubator.

It isnot because the Cyphers is the cheapest in price, nor
because they love the manufacturers. Then why is it?

Unauestionably 't 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 egp. The
CYPHERS
was designed to meet this demand and we have not felt justified
prices of cheap-
in cutting down the quality of our goods to meet the
er machines. A first-class article in any line of manufacture
com-
mands a fair price and when quality and results are well consid-
market.
ered the CYPHERS is machine on
today the cheapest the

America, and of the lead-

Here is a partiallist of the great poultry plants of
ing poultry men wh o use the Cyphers and
pronounce it the best on the market
Big Plants and Big Men.
.

H. Fell Poultry Farm, Sewell, N. J.

Some of the Big Plants. largest size.
use 20 of the largest size.
Wildwood Poultry Farm, St. Louis,
Forest Lake Poultry Farm, Brown's Mo. use 30 incubators and brooders. Ernest Sommerfield, Grunberg, Schl.
Mills, N. J. use 82 largest size. Grosse Isle Duck Ranch, Grosse Isle, Germany,- use \r> largest size.
Meadow Brook Farm, Dallas, Pa. usf Mich. use 28 largest size. The May R. Poultry Plant, Connors-
ville, Ind. use 12 largest size.
50 largest size. House Rock Poultry Farm, Wollaston,
Spring Lake Poultry Farm, Harris- Mass use 23 largest size. Fisher's Island Farm, Fisher's Island,
burg, Pa. use 48 largest size. J F. Stocking & Co., Montvale, N. J. N. Y. use 12 largest size.
Oxford Poultry Farm, Oxford, Pa.-- use 21 largest size. Messrs High Bros. Blackpool, Lanca-
use 46 largest size. Millville Poultry Farm, Millville, N. shire, England. use 10 largest size.
Sussex Poultry Farm, Newton, N. J. J. use 30 largest size. Raterman Poultry Farm, Wellston, St.
use .30 largest size. Hudson River Poultry Farm, Pough- Louis Co., Mo. use 10 largest size.
White Leghorn Poultry Yards, Wat- keepsie, N. Y. use 20 largest size. who use 5 to 10
erville, N. Y. use
10 largest size. Willowcrest Poultry Yards, Goshen,
And scores of others
Cypher Incubators.
Weber Bros., Wrentham Mass. use 10 N
Y. use 10 largest size.
.

Some of tlie Big Men.
A. C. Hawl<ins, 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. Aug. D. Arnold, Dillsburg, Pa.
H. J. Blanchard, Groton, N. Y.
M. B. Gardner, Philadelphia, Pa.
C. F. A. Smith, Waltham, Mass.
J. W. Shaw, Brocton, Mass.
O. E. Skinner, Columbus, Ohio.
W. S. Russell, Ottumwa, la.
J. H. Jackson, Hudson, Mass,
Geo. W. Mitchell, Bristol, Conn.
Dr. O. Bennett, Mason, 111.
W. P. Gibson. W. Alexander, Pa.
Henry Steinsmesch, St. Louis, Mo. U. R Fishel, Hope, Ind.
L. C. Piser, Shushan, N. Y.
P, H. Gossard, Mo. Valley, la
Sharpe Butterfield, London, Ont.
W. H. Bushell, David City, Nehr.
F. W. Richardson, Hicksville, O. And hundreds of others
W. H. Overbaugh, Hanover, Pa.

^. V. MoUture S.eltve
.M Moisture, g and Self
Self- Ventilating Regulating CYPHERS
Remember that the Patent-Diaphragm,.Non- Experiment r ^^.^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^_^^^^
INCUBATOR is now used on no less than 26 Government ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^_
Australia and New Zealand, where the projes.ors ^^ ^/J'"^^ ^^.^'^..^'^^XTinc^bat'^on;
prxnc.plesoi note their fac-simile
strate to their annual poultry passes the scientific ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ CYPHERS
is by far the
letters of endorsement on pages 65-83 of
complete caiag. specimens of testimonials in corn-
See the hunareas oi spc
best incubator forthe beginner, for the amateur.
inclusive.
plete catalogue, particularly on papes 165-180 distinct understanding that it will do satis-
Each and every CYPHERS OK
YPHERS INCUBATOR
INCUB A'i is 'ollril^,
^ money will be refunded
d^vs and mone^ refunded.
'J'l\Vrnedtj^^^ffnin 90 days
.

factory work in the hands of the purchaser, or '* " tor lyu, containing
rep
s over 200 half-tone repro-
'='?"P/^" catalogue
^,*.'^!'^f*^^^^
size) complete
Elegant 180-page (8x11 inches in i^^) ^^ ^
^^^^ postpaid t.
'^^^^' ^^''^
^"^'d'^^ouuW^'pla^
ductions of photographs of the largest and best nearest
aooK m'a^d address
^^^^^^if^k office,
any address for 10 cents in silver or stamps. A.k tor

Cyphers Incubator Co.,

Chicago, Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y.
Buffalo, N. Y. III.
t Park Place.
Dearborn 34 Merchants Row.
Cor. Court & Wllkesou Sts. 325 St.
40 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
^lAvays Take Do you
THEX
Keep* Bees?
learn how to
make them pay and
111 for our large il-

THE Kansas City & Omaha Line

i\m ^lustrated free catalofir,
'
-ihowing- the best upi-
to-date hives and oth-
articles used by
progressiye bee keep-

Jos E Vyswfloder, Des i)loines, Iowa-

For All Points White and Golden Wyandottes.

East^ South and West. Incubators^

Built on entirely 'new principles and the
Close connections made at all junctions. For rates only machine made that will allow the chicks
when hat<:hlng to come out of the machine
and information, call on or'address In the pure, fresh outside air at their own
will, just exactly the same as they do when

S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S. M. WALLACE, Agt. hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to im-
itate nalurecloser and to hatch equal to any
machine on the market. For further partic-
St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., ulars address with stamp,

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo.

OVER.NMENT PO-
SITIONS.
The "Perfect" Hatcher made
Nearly lO.OOn appointments
last year. Chances
8^200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00 better for 1902. Hundreds
of thoso.who have been ap-
s-|00-Eeg Hatclier. $6; Brooder, $5, pointed were prepared by
usbyn.^.l Established 189a
B~Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None
"''*'-
Finer. Full particulars free con-
-onlalsiHiid lUustrattd circular 2c. cerning government posi-
J. A. CHBLTON, Pairmount'Md. tions, salaries and. exam-
inations, when and where
held, our methods, e'c. Write to-day.
NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTI-
TUTE. 14-42 Second Nafl. Bank Bldg ,Wash-
ington, D. 0.

MORE MONEY FROM YOUR HENS"

i of a handsome bnok telliug about
tilt' title greate Winning
DANDY
le
Lviiiff
urninc
Green Bone Cutter
that really cuts Kreen bone. Solddli
youaireiit's pn-flts and giving j
if not the easiest turning mac
STRATTON MANFG. CO., BoX48t Erie, Pa
White W yandottes.
WE WIN East and
West. At the great
Chicago Snow, 1902
in hot competition,
in a class of 64
White Wj-andotte
cockerels, the fin-
Miller's?Perfection 'I est ever seen, our
birds were given two prizes out of five,
winning the .Id and .ith prizes. We
FoldingfExhibition l^^ have 4 pens of high scoring females
headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13.

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.

Folds like a book. All in one piece.
Nothing to o astray. The neate^i
I

and strongest coop on the market.

^ Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb

Prize Winners and Mortg^age Lifters. Tested and

SEED CORN. Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties.

Onion Seed! Larpa Red Wethersfiebd, Prize

Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New
seed at 80c per lb. 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 Heavlty Feathered. Highly Penciled
at wholesale prices. Nearly $500.00 in prizes and 100,- PARTRIDGE COCHINS.
000 papers free seeds given to customers this ^year. ^
^o
$2.00
.
lo. c ^
Satisfaction
.
Eggs
'guar- per
,

I
anteed. Write for particulars. . i

Archias Seeti Store, [Setiatia, Mo\c.j. Beedie. Hoidre^e. Neb.

 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
At Neb. State show 1902, in class of
117 birds, 13 exhibitors, 12petis in coin- Barred Rocks - White Wyandoites
pet tion, won 2d pen, missing 1st by >s
point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. 4th ck. Egg's
We WE HAVE
Hi per 15, ij.5 for 30. Write for prices
on incubator eggs. Have Some- Choice - Exhibition
J. W. HALL, David CJty, Nebr AND
Those Fine Breeding Birds
For Sale!
That ,
We have always won at State Fairs and State
Shows mote prizes than all other exhibits.

Win... T L. NORVAL, Seward, Nebraska.

a^QUEEN CITY 8^
THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
BUSINESS COLLEGE. 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
One of the leading schools of the west* firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been

Large attendance. Great demand for winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
graduates. Expenses low. Address
it's
FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr.

:t1. S. Miller, Pros., Hastings, Neb

'Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company

BUY STOC K and EGGS from hieh scorint

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?
WH ITE LANGSHANS and RTTFF KO CKS.
BARRED PLYMOUTH KOCKS. With that nice even ring:barring to the skin as blue
as the slty. and with elegant comljs. golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN-
Fine winter layers. L'he.in for quality. Bees GLE COMB BROWN LiLGtlORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
il.BO per 15. Mrs. L. MU M POWER. Duroc dle,and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels
Jersey Pig-s. and elegant combs. In tact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the
showroom If so, address. J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O, P. O. Box I.

BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.

Kelson's Et'sistcred Strain, from a Ions! line Bradi,EY Bros. New York winners J, R. Henderson,
of prize-winning aacesters; have made them
a specially for 19 years. Now offerina fine BARRED is what my flock is built from. Win- Sta. B. Route i.
e.\bll)ition and grand brf eding stock of both ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2;
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if talien
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
ROCKS. Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. Columbus, Om
half-tones of meritorious birds. Address,
M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III.

Buff Rocks
Pekin Ducks
MRS. FLORA
SHROYER,
P UL LET S ALE.
Toulouse Geese
Bronze Turkeys.
Perry, O. T. We have no more cockerels for sale,
but have 50 choice pullets that we will
sell for One Dollar each Send in your or-
der at once, they will sell quick at this
WANTED! price. Send tor t^g circular describing
our five breeding vards, mated for best
25oWhite Wyandotte Hens results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight.
and Pullets.
250 White Leghorn Hens MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.
and Pullets.
100 Buff Orpington Fe-
niales. MR. and MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD,
Will pay cash. Address,
Box Clay Center, Neb White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
427, Pekin Ducks.
For Sale! - - - At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy
braska;State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st
Ducks. At State Poultry Show on 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel-
took
pen chicks,
four entries of geese I first 3
prize on evei-y bird entered.
premiums.
Wailen Cameron,
Eggs for sale in season.

Schuyler. Nebr.
We
FRIEND,
a
have a
....
first
fine lot of young stock for sale.
NEBRASKA.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
STAR -^^ -^ ^ THE PIONEER INCUBATOR WOMAN
ntrd .1 \^rr.c,(icr. It differs widely from all others. It
luniulaied result of deep thought, wide experiment

Th/B Mother Nature i

"^E Brooder
Incubators
Mother Notiire llatohern are of equal superiority. Brood
And Brooders. free trial, write for free Illustrated catalogue THE ELLEN WEST COMPANY, Box 125 BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

A large free Catalogue tells you

all about them. 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at
Golden Wyandottes St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
9i-92^-9\ii and 91 X by Butterfield.
Our New No. 2 Double Walled Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 3 .'-econds at same show 1900. 1st
Dead Air Space Self- ous Stock, from careful and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair.
Matlngs. Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock
Regulating
or sale. Write for full information
S. p. VAN NORT, ^'iisS*'"'-
BROODERS
arc without an equal. See cut. S5.000 CATALOCU E FREE!
Price $12.00.
II IS
<

^' dreds
.fthoui
wftl
'ver 50 breednTurke;
ofpli poultry hooBe plans. Treat.
diseasea,howtofee(i,breeo,etc.SeDd 10c. forp08tae.
R. Brabuoo, Jr. & .. BoilOd.DcUvao Wb.
INCUBATOR
Our New A-i just the same, only IJ.

with single walls

is the real thing.
Brooders for
$5.00.
at $10.00
GOOD Eggs Thorouffhbred Barred P. Rock eg-g-s
two dollars per setting- of fifteen, Gul
den Sebright Bantam's, two dollars
ON TRIAL
rpettinifof fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks,
Send for Circulars and Price o dollars per settintr of eleven. My stnck
Tie Perfected
List and viR-orous and have farm Von Gulin.
ange. AIJ eegs shipjied will be ictly fresh.
Successful reBult of 25 years' experience.
!

Scientifically correct, practically perfect.

Mrs. D. T- STONE. DeKalb, MO Non-explosiTe metal lamps.
lover Kidge Poultry Farm, Koulc No. Double and packed walls.
Perfect regulation of heat and ventilatioo.
Made of best materials, and highest quality
of workmanship and finish.
Black Langshan,
*" ]Y^I*^Ja^'"''.^
C. Buff Orpington PRICES $7.00 AND UP.
W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAT.
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs We make Brooders, Bee Hives fc Supplies.
from $1.00 to 2..S0 per setting. . Won at ZW Catalog and Price List sent Free.
Lincoln and Kansas State ShoWs, I^
ribbons from 2 to 5. Poor hatches du- The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO.,
plicated at half price. Bept. 2l3t Jamestown, N.Y.
Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb.

Dead Chicks Don't Pay.

PURE MAPLE SYRUP!
Chicks thrive best on a balanced Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon
PL[AS11NI HILL POULTRY FARM.
as made, direct from the farm. If you want
feed of meaty, cereal and something- nice and that is guaranteed pure and
grain element. That's fresh, please send me your order and I will
please you. Put up in 1 gallon cans. 6 cans to e @ e e e e
thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order
STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. early so not to be disappointed and you will
want more next year.
E. E. Miller, Fairview Farm, Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose
It isn't a medicine, but a health
and strength builder. It prevents Montville. Ohio. Comb Brown Leghorn.
most of the diseases that kill chicks.
Carefully compounded from re-
Having disposed of all my sur-
sults of expert experimenting and HORT STORIES plus stock and mated up my
study. bring high prices. Thousands of good
Bluiif.s w Inch might tasilv ht made
salable, make up thegrt-a"t mass of
pens, am prepared to book or-
"Tejected manuscripts. 'Our School ders for eggs. Write at once
of Journahsm. In charge of suc-
Price, at Dealers: cessful authors, crltlclses.correcls for prices
1 lb. pkg....lOc. .501b. bag.. $2.25 and reviBf. as well a.i teaches
how to write. Write lor booklet.
Sib. pkg 35c. 100 1b. bag.. $.3. 50 KlfL (ORRESPOXnFNrK INSTITI TE
ill N.1'1 llanl BidK. llialilngloD, D.t.
J. H. TROUGH,
Star Incubator Co., Minden, - - - Nebr.
12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J-

Star Specifics BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

Is guaranteed to cure.
The kind that win and lay egg's. GREAT BARGAINS
No Cholera In old No 5. For In.ictlve Importers and Exporters ot 35 va"
t.
Satisfaction to all. Circular free, ifties land and water fowls. Stock
Fowls. Males.
No 2 Snnie. for chicks No 6. For Indigestion :,nd ei,-i;s lor s.ile al all times. Write
No Ext Food No 7. Food for Small before you buy. Bank and personal
3 ;ind H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvilie, la. references given. Send for Full Il-
Tonic. Chicks.
No 4. For Cold and No 8. Disinfect In- lustrated Circular. Iowa Poultry Co.,
Oroup. sect Powder. Lock box 500. Box 623, De< Moloo, Iswa.
 ^
(

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
1902
From our Royal Blood Sil-
EGGS! ver Wyandottes.
Prices Reduced froi 1 3AI0 tu 2.ai per < ;tting- of tifteen effffs. Last Poultry Investigator}
..Id I e had to spare. This year have two more fine J |
\V>' kiii.w tliat I i VVyandoltes ai -
the best variety on eartli-
re the comintr f lem alontf have reduced the
Our Silver? have never been def. ed in the show room. At Ne-
State Show. Jan. 24 to 2, riii2. w ron 1(1 of the 16 ribbons, near- f^ Is edited by a practical poul- ^
e as many aall other competitors. We y^trymanof 30 years experi- J;

book your future etrur orders now or ma' r^y ence and is full of plain, ^
headquarters for prize-winners Stocli inr^.il.- .it ,iU tiiiu-..al
^\andotte Yards Refer to express aet. i"'^tiM.i..i.r. Sei:uril\ 'jK C'lmmoii sense articles by j^

r Hun-' auency. 1. &

IN. M. CONNOR, PoHCa, INetJ, y/y those that breed poultry and i;

f*! work instead of theorizing.!^

^^ It is what you want.?
just
Send us the names and ad-
i IF PANDE^MONIUM and the chicks die whole-sale
yotir br. (jder-s
yvVc
r*1 dresses of IS persons inter-
^^ested in breeding good poul-?
yvV try and we will send you the
you Call posi.ivolv check the mortality by u.siiiji ^

PU R. I TAN CHICK FOOD.

a readily assitnilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it
f*") f OULTKY lNVESTIG-\TOR one'
^y^ year for your trouble. Sub-?
y,V scription price 2.5c. Address,^
under positive gitarantee.
FRlL;E:--Oiir uew and beautiful 64-page catalog-ue. Finest ever
issued. A
mine of information. Send at once to America's
^ Poultry Investigator Co., ^

largest plant
^, Clay (Jen ter, : : Nebraska-
'
yd
PURITAN
BOX 357
POULTRYSTAMFORD,
FARMS.
A. CONN.
. r ,

Why Not Buy the WeBest ?

It costs no more than inferiorstyles. claim that
Standard of Perfection
Adam's Green Bone Cutter
lathe only Ball Bearlni; niai^lune
Revised Editloti. 1900.
is bocaase
the best It
onthe market. It workson the shear i riiuiple, tuins
easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone
In better shape than any other. Write at once. This work is issued by the American
Catalogue Ko. 6 Ib Ft Poultry Association. It is a book of
W. J. ADAM, JOLIET^ILL.
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con-
tains the only official descriptions of
the several varieties of fowls. It is on

OMes\ teJIII MaKe your

Old Incubator JVetu. Supplies. WE
this Standard that all poultry judges
base their awards. Every experienced
fancier has a copy of tnis book and ev-
Oakes' Hydro Safety Lamp, (with wick-tube sur-
MAKE ery poullryman needs it to learn the
rounded by water jacket), the only safe and sure lamp.
Never goes out nor smokes. Price, 7Sc to J2.70.
THEM requirements to which his stock must
be bred.
Ne>v Aluminum Regulator gives perfect/
control of heat.
I
Itie Standafd of Perfection
=a Oakes' Improved Wafer Thermostats the standard reg-
IL, ulator. We
manufacture incubator and brooder fixtures of " AND
IH kinds, Tanks, Heaters, Egg Testers, etc. Write for catalogue and '

^S^ get our money-saving prices. Ihe Poultrf Investigatof

^ L. R.. OAKES, Mfr.. No. 12 6tK St., Bloomington. Ind.
One Year, for $1.00
Address,
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,
CLAY CKNTHK, NKBRARKA

YoonaiiflBililetesA. Your stationery

.
but fertility counts for little if the POULTRYMEN won't look well
chick hasn't sufficient vitality to get out
| unless PDI\ITpn neatly. I do it
of the shell, and stand the trials of chick-
hond. Cut green bone promotes both it is rlllll ICU ^ell and use good
1 fertility and vitality. Green bone is |
cuts. Send for samples and prices.
: easily and rapidly cut by the
N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich.

HIMPHREY
M CREEN BONE
AND VEGETABLE PlII ORPINGTONS
CUTTER.
\fVi
No fuss and bother about it. No liackinR with an axe nor packing
in a oylindf r. You finish the job with a Humphrey before you get;
Bviff LEGHORNS
started witb other types of niacliiues. Sold on a positive guar- ek.nd Bro\vi\ Leghorns
antee to cut more bone, in less time, with less labor than any other Y<uing or old stock, first class birds cheap
machine made. Tour money baclj if you are not wholly satisfied. Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time
It's a rapid vegetable cutter, too. Send for free catalogue (hand-
somest of the season/ and egg record book.
M.& F. HERMAN.
Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill
HUMPHREY & SONS, BOX 70, JOLIET, ILL.
Sales AgentsJoseph Breclc & Sons, Boston, Mass.; Johnson &
Stokes, Philadelphia; GrlfBth &
Turner Co., Baltlnwre; Sure Hatch BUFF ORPINGTONS WYANHOTTES. B.
Incubator Co., Clay Center. Keb.; E. J. Bowen, Portland, Oregon; 1.Reds and Indian Runner Ducka. \^lDnera
Seattle, Wash., and San Francisco. Des Moines Incubator Co., Buflfalo.N.Y.
bred to winners. Good stock, fit to* breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
Judge. Port Huron, irtlchigaii.
44 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
A j
Mrs J B. Jones, ^ 9 ^
Morning View ;<c>
Breeder of

Barred Plymoutli JRocks

Poultry Yards. ^%& and Mammoth Bronze
Turkeys
HAVE STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA-
SON.
..Barred Plymouth Rocks. ABII,ENK, KANSAS.

EOOS! Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-

red, full above the eyes. BUFF WYANDOTTES,
EXCLUSIVELY. Our
Wyandottes are brert
Buff
from
liBst strain obtainable and
Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting in line. Webreed the pure
From good, healthy and t'oilden Butf, not the dark
rud. They're prize winners.

vigorous stock James M. Perkins, E.W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.

Chester White Hogs for sale
RAVENWOOD. MISSOURI.

$6 per 100 Union Lock Poultry Fence.

For Poultry, Rabbits, /-^. Orchards, Gardens, etc.

$3.50 per 50 ^ 5"

5
0)
S
a 3
^0$.
S 5
White Wyatidottes,
Light Brahttias,
= ^
Partridge Cochins,
White Rocks, stronger and closer spacing than any other make.
Barred Rocks, Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class.
Your dealer should handle this line if not, write US for
Buff Rocks, prices. Catalogue free.

S. C. B. Leghorns, UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A.

k^k^^^^^tf^MV^^tf*^'k^^^^^r%tf^^v^v^^^^aJ>u^'U*'^^^*i

FRANK MYERS, Also manufacturer ofj

^0$)
iPree Port, III., U.S. A. Ideal Aluminum Leg ;
Box 20.
I

Breeder "f . _ Band ::;::: \

Send your orders early
r

I
Barred Plymouth Rocks acknowledged leader. 12 fors
25 for 30o, 50 for 50c. 100 for t
and we will take I

I
They are Barred Ulebtand'Kood
size. F.Kgs 15 for J2. :iO for 8:5.50.
,

5c. Samples and clrcular.of

Barred Uocks mailed
i
i
\
50 for 4.00. 100 for 7 00. for stamps, S
care of you. rf.rf.rf^.#^*.^**. .*^^.^*. .^.^^^^^.^^^rf^*. .^M.^^*.

Cnre fiuaranteed
Donkey's
only remedy positively
THE
THE WILDWOOD Roup Cure known to cure roup in all Its
forms as longas'thetfowl can
see to drink. For; Canker, es-
pe i illy in pigeons, tblS'Cure ( ;els

POULTRY FARM, Dthers. '50 cent package makesikes 25

5 gallons of medicine. Directions with
everv package, if it fulls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1.
Conkev's Loxjse Killer never, fails to I ill. Try It. 25 cents per package, and
^

ir.c.Mil.s i-.\tra t(ir po-^t:ii.'e.

ST. LOUIS, MO. Corvkev's Egg Food ard Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect
heali h. ancl pni. uoe more eggs than any ^imihir preparation. 25 cents per package
and .-.ni^ i-xtr:i for postage.
1.-.
C. E. CONKEY * CO., Clevel&nd, O.
at5 Ohosinui St. Paoili rciasi Hsents: PeialuiMa Incubator Co.. Petaluma, Cal, Eastern wholesale
iifflce; No, 8 Park Place New York City and S.H. I. Co., Clay Center, Nebr. For

fmrm mt sale by all poultry supply bouses. ^^Agents wanted.

WCBSICB OROVC,MO.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 45

GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND May I "SHOW YOU" B. P. Rocks Exclusively.

WHITE HOLLAND' TURKEYS ^ Some good cockerels for sale yet

In Lacing-, shape and size unexcelled.
That eggs bought of me will hatch
Barred Rocks for you that will sat- Eggs for ^ale at $2 per 15, $3 for 30.
Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell.
isfy the most e.vacting. If not
Eggs in season.
EAST, Clay Center, Neb.
treated right, publish me in the In- L. j^. DA?Y,
\V. J. vestigator. CORWIN JONES, Brianing, N^eb
Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa.
Please mention the Investigator
High class stock for sale! when answrering advertisements. It
Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks Prize Winning B. Rocks. will accomodate both the advertiser
and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furnish and us.
Cockerels and Pullets scoring 90 to
= "W birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 93 by Southard for $2.50 to $10.00 each.
es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldou, Mo. Good breeders not scored for $1.00 to
$1.50 each-
OURNALISM
Practical, paying ncwspaperwojk,
writiim Bhort stories, etc.
P. Hostetter, East Lyatie, Mo. TAUGHT BY MAIL
HOR.THAND a.nd tiv our succeasrul system In per-
BOOKKEEPING. Bonal charge of Mr. Henry I>ltch-"
fiflil West, formerly managing
study at home and take a A Boon for I'oultry Kccpcpn editor of the M^ashington I'ost.
higher salary, investing a
BETTER than a OI.I> MIIVE. Siiprc'SHfiil students everywhere.
We will tell you how we made our Write tor illustrated booklet.
little time and a little mon- hens pay over 400 per cent profit.
y in a business course, with " relysendyonrnameandaadreas NAT'I. rOKRESPONPEXrE INSTITTTK,
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IS and the dividend will IJe P..ttltrr Co.,
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Complete course also In En.
gineering. -'ourLaiism, Sci-
ence auu L^ianguages, etc. Write for free Sure Hatch Poultry
booklet.
INSTITUTE.
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Washington. D. O.
1460 Second Nafl. Bank Bldg.: Company i
Has th' lai ge&\ ag.-regation of

For Sale.... thorough! ed po^ r^ ? 'te west.

^

200 Fine Black Langshans. ioo

Some of the best I ever rais.d. We import, breeu ' y and sel
All Varieties.
Address
Ben. S. Myers, Each variety is bred separately on
Crawfordsvllle, Ind. a farm. No chance for mixing up.
Prices reasonable. Stock the best.
Write your wants. Address,
Catches Them Coming and Going,
Sure Hatch Poultry Co.
Clay Center, >Neb.

PATENTED
'EUREKA BONANZA RABBITRY, ESTABLISED
Founders of the first herd of, pedigreed Belgian
IN 1885

"^On Cup BrsLcket Hares In the world. The first to establish a

and Perch Supporter' systeiu of registration for Belgians. The first
to produce hares exceeding the standard
weight and develop superior colors. Holder of
the world's r'Cord for prize winnings"
A permanent fixture for all times. The Our sales for 1900 were over 5.000 head. Send
Spider or Midge Louse can not exist where 10 cents for the most complete and most beau-
this system is in use. Do not put it off, but tiful 56-pa2e catalog ever published.
send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen Bonanza Rabbitry Munual. 4th edition, just
and be convinced, coming from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. B.
0. Piatt, the foremost authority on the subject,
SHRADER & BUCK, president of the National Association of Bel-
gian Hare Judges; professional Ins'ructorof
BUCYRUSOHIO- Belgian Hare institutes; originator of the Decimal System of .Judging and score card adapt-
ed to this system; inventor of Bonanza Tattooing Marker for Belgians; Inventor of the
Perfect Belgian moulded in metal, presenting the Ideal colors, also perfection in quality
shape and size.

Ross Bros' Trapnest Address DR. B. C. PL ATT,274I N. Broad St . PHILADELPHIA

Just what every poultryman need? Perm&nent EaLStern Office &nd Se^Iesroom.

In sets of 3 for $3.00.

Ilnliuarail
UBllVeiBlli
In sets of 5 for $4.25. Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer.
We sell them cheaper than you can V Kills lice and mites on poultry, hogs and anl-
make them. ^ffj^S^fit mals, is the strongest and best lice killer
ffl[[[((m)Elmade; With our double tube sp'ayer you
^"^jKt^; can save one half the liquid and penetrate
all cracks and spray the bottom of the house
Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. where you find the mites or spider lice. It gets there
every time. , '

Lead in the best competition. a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer PREB-

ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan.

Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.
For setting hens and babv chicks Always to be used before sitting the hen. For the next 60
days we will send our old and new customers, 100 lbs Shel-grli, (coarse orflne) 100 lbs lime
stoe grit, one gallon Paragon Llc-klller, one Tiffany's Double Tube Sprayer, one 4-lb pack-
at CUT PRICES age Powder, all for $2,50. Thele goods all go 3rd class freight cheap.
CATALOGUE FREE
POULTRY ET?. r^er ^n|. (i)., Columbus, THETIFFANY COMPANY, Lincoln, Nebraska^
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

THIS IS THE
tliey come off for the
WAY
man who uses
THE NATURAL HEN All kinds
INCUBATOR. of fancy pig-
Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you eons Prices
nothing if you follow our plan. We reasonable.
have an agents proposition that is the
best money maker you ever heard of,
Don't wait until your neighbor gets Toulouse geese e"ggs 20c each. Rouen
ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Kgg duck' eggs IS for 51.00. White Hol-
Formula free you write land Turkey eggs, 5^1. .50 for 9. Also
if to-day.
Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban-
Natural Hen Incubatop Co-* tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg-
B-11, Columbus, Neb. horns, s. S. Hamburgs, C. I. Games,
Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff
and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul-
OSCAR E. MILES. Owner Of Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry.
try eggs, for SI. 00.
1.") Yards score
from 01) to 94 ,'2 points. Satisfaction
MILES' POXJX.TRY F^RM. guaranteed.
Breeder of White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, White and Golden Wyan-
Rhode Island Reds, Pekin Ducks and Belgian Hares. Hereafter I shall D. L. BRUEN, Oldenbusch, Neb.
-
dottes,
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. Winxkk of 47 regular prem-
iums and many specials the last two years at Columbus shows. 22 Ists, 13 2ds, If you.SucceedYoumustliaveaPull!
.')
3ds, T 4ths. Eggs S3.00 per 15. Miles Poultky Farm, near Worthineton O. Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton
O. E. Miles, Prop, and Co's Ringlet Strain of B. P.
26 l'2NHig;li St. Colnmbas, O.
Rocks. Winners whcever shown.
Eggs (.per setting, >i;.(in. Two set-
tings for Sli.liii. Address
AMERICA'S LARGEST BREEDERS and IMPOR TERS
or Single Comb Buff Orpingtons, PINKERTON & Co. Glay Center, Neb.

Winners at the great Chicago Show. 1st. on cock, 1st on pullet, id and 1th
on hen, 2d on pen and tied for 1st on pen. At Lincoln, Nebr. on same date, GREAT CROPS OF
we won 3d on cock, 1st on hen, 1st and 2d on pullet. At the Nebraska State
Fair, won 1st and 'id on cock. 1st and 2d on hen, 1st and 2d on cockerel, 1st
and :M on pullet, 1st on pen of chicks. No stock for sale, all sold. Fggs
from strictly first class exhibiting stock only, S.S.00 per IS. Free egg circular.
STRAWBERRIES
W. H. & M. E. BUSHELL, David
AND HOW TO CROW THEM
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 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 '-'xi; ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar.

Alfalfa S6ea, $5 OO per bushel

I have some Extra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS. Pen No. 1. is headed by the
cock which headed .?d prize pen at Boston, IDOO Pen No. 2 is headed by .'id
prize cockerel at Chicago, lllOl. These birds are mated to some of my choice
females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, S2.U0 per l."i.
Pen No. -i, SI. 50 per Incubator eggs, $5 00 per 100.
1.=^.

D. W. GRANT, Almena, Kan.

Is the titleof a Book which as worked I

a r volution in strawi erry growini.',

and CAIISKD TWO Bill BERRIES TO'fiROW WHERE
OSE LITTIE U.VE grew before. The .utlv r
has grown the LARGEST f ROI'S OF BERRIES
EVER rROBICED on an acre. The book
.xplains how VOl ('\ Wt THE SAflE. It

GET MORE HEN MONEY wi be sent to you FREE IF VOl JIESiTIOH

1

THE I'AI'ER K HHIfH VOli SAW THIS VOTKE.

The only scientifically devel.iped TIIOR-
OKiHRREB STRAWBERKV l'LA\TS to be had
Kew deBltfn, optin hopper, ciiiarKe<l
for spring planting. One of them is
10 DAYS FREE TRIALrir
New Model wUI cut any Lln-l of hone, with aU adheriiiK r
wiirth a dozen common scrub plants.

lnbi.ucr.h.|.<Mlii.n.iy bertj.-p', iif hone cut tpr. if yn don't lUe H sel

i'n cat'ltf . explaluH oil. F. W. MANN COMPANY, Box R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Mich
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Canfield's White Rocks

RIPPLEY'S Whitewashing, Saraying

antt Painting IVIachinem
Still Take
the Leadl
GUARANTEED be AS REPRESENTED
Read Our 30 Days Special Offer Below.
This Jhi.hni.- uill Willi, wa.-h l;iiil.liiii.-s, Wiills. Harns,
Poultry Ileuses, dciiiK it fai- better, sanuK -J* tliu time
over tiiB ulil iiictlicid of usiug brush. Will whitewash In 1900 and 1901
Bulldln^rs, orS|.ray Trt-i-H any height by usint,' extra lioBe and
extension ri>.1 to elevnie Spmy. Endorsed and used by iiun- at the Convention
dredrt of noted i:reederti. It is used and endorsed by Sid Conger,
Shelbyville, Ind ; U. R. KIshel, Hope, Ind. Meadowbrook
;
Hall Shows. Kan.sas City,, my birds
PoultryKarni. Dallas. Pa.; O. W. Brown. Camden. Ark. A. O. ;
made almo-t a clean sweep of pre-
Texa
I of I miums including Sweepstakes in
"We
gavoall State Fair Buildings
Am. class, In 1!(00 at Kansas State
coats witn your niaetiine. it is a eoiiiplete success and a great
labor saver." In onier to get tlieni introduced in every locality, Show they won i4 ou of a possible
e wi^an,^f^i.M .^ m^t^^^^ IS premiums, in lilOl, IS out of l.*)
^^^
No. 6 -Kight <>UoM Heavy
and in 1SI02, 16 out of Ki possible rib-
St tlielollonlnciiet ei.shi.rlee.l
Galvanized isteel, coinplele as shown in cut with 10 leet of K Inch bons not including 4ths and "jths.
hose and one 8-foot bitmhoo extension rod and brass cylinder At Nebraska State Show, 1902, they
pump with agitator. ia 00. No. 7.- Sixteen Qallon size, 15. 00.
Termscash with order, or we will ship C. O. D^
accom-
it MOO won 1st pen. Isr, 2d, ."id, hen, 1st, :id,
panies order. Take advantage of our Hpeelal Utter, Send 6c In
stamps for a copy of our 1902 Sprayer and Hreeders'Supply Catalog. .5th cockerel, 2d, 4th ullet, 3d cock
i

RIppley Hardware Co., Box 64, Grafton, Ills. and swewpstakes for best 5 iL solid
Western Office, Box 54. Watertown, So. Dak. colors wiih weight. Eggs #3.00 per
setting, gS.OO for :l settings.

GREEK'S PEDIGREED
BARRED PLYNOIITU ROCKS
Kgu'S ftuiii my birds mjver fail Lo piutluce pKizu WlN-
NEH9. TliH best place to buv t'ggs Is fnirn a breeder
M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kan
w bo makrs a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird."
"Lady Blue" and the best have raised for three years I

are In my breetiinff pens 1902 Every bird a beauty an^ barred to the sl<ln. My custom-
ersgeteggw from the san
PoQitry Exhibits Properly Judged.
BUFF ORPINGTONS.
Limited number of young
uus I use fur myself. Send for bocklet of (riatin;s.
White Wyandottes Exclusively.
0. P. GREER, Bourbon, Ind.
Score 93 to 9SJ points by Larson and
Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.50 to
$2.50 perls. Stock is strictly white.
Winners 1, 5, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4,
ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 against M. B, Carver, Hampton, Mob.
red kot competition. Egg's 1st pen, SS.OO per
15, 2nd, pen, $3.00 per IS, 3rd pen, $2.00 per l.S.
Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each.

H. H. CAMPBELL, Osceola, Nebr, BEST FRUIT PAPER

Western Frult-Growcr Is the best paper
treating of all kinds of fruit, and nothing but
fruit; monthly; Illustrated; 16 to 48 pages; 50
ooooooooooocotooooooooooooo eta. a year. lOo for three months' trial sub-
scrlotlun.

THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER.

^ Hatch Chickens by Steam 8 Box 15, St. Joseph, Mo.

with the Simple, Perfect, Self-regulating

WOODEN HEN ooo

NEW
The most efficient incubator for
raising poultry on a small scale
ever Invented, a perfect hatcher
nuloinatic. self-regulatiDfr. thor-
oughly coustrucied, fully guar-
anteed.
Thousands In successlnl opera-
tion. Guaranteed toLaich a larffer
p rcentage of fertile eggs, at less
cost, than any other hatcher.

CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb

Itreeder of Light Brahinas Exdusivel;.

Three Sizes: My birds are heavy weight fine marklng.s.
feathered. Eggs, 2.00 fnr 15; $.3.50 for
L-lose m
50 Egg Capacity, only $ 6 8c holce birds, old and young, for sain. Write
/our wants. No circulars;.

Send fnr Inrge FREE ciitalocun ritli Hi

The New
colorKl views.
VV
Light BrahmasI
First and 2d cock, hen, cockerel,
5 GEO. H. STAHL, and pullet at Interstate Poultry
^ fl4-122 6th QUINCY, ILL, S. St., Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win-
ning sweepstakes and grand sweep-
oooooooooooootooooooooooooo stakes. 1st, and 3d pens Sckls 4 pul-
lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln.
Stock and eggs at reasonable prices .

We will consider it a great favor if you will meation ThK PoULTRy InvES-
TieATOR when writing to advertisers. J L SMITH, Cf.dams, Neb.
 i
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
CHAMBERLAIN^SBEYOND
PERFECT
COMPARISON.
CHICK FEED
WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY.
CHIMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED, like everythinE else that hns merit
IS
itB imiliitioiis. liciN T BUY 'I'KUfBLE. hisiet fin haviiiK the oiilj S^J
iinmi il Hry ieeil. Stunuied <iii each sack "Chamberlain's feed. Kirk- ^.
woodi Mo. " All tjthers are worthless imitations. Nothing "Just as good."

I im
GOOD MORNING SISTER
rea<ly f<.r Dry and Always
Chembertetn's Perfect Chick feed.
y// Kfai ^ FiiK IsK, Little (Ji-fs I r.Nt; Way.
^^''
No Bowel Trouble \vheii Chamberlain's Chick Feed is properly used. It is the fine
miiture in Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For Incubator chicks, for all
chicks until 5 months old.
FACTORY PRICE, 00 1 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 Feod will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00
Factory and Shipping Depot, 302 N. Commercial St., ST. LOUIS, MO.
Freight clnr^f". uldul to ficton price at all Order from vonr nearest agent in
distributing points. time an Vlit
FOB SILE T $2 75 PER tOO LBS BY srirnEue
, nm. Co., Chiraco, Ills
( Wilder & To Cincinnati. Ohio: Iowa Seeil Co Di ! M ine* Iowa W
; .1 , [

Seed Co.. Milwaukee. Wis li A Pike & Co.. Minneanolis, Minn.: B. A. Peeler. Lincoln, Neh.: Huntine & Pace Inilianarr "> li id Kiiile% Ha rih^ are
;

Co., Grafton, Ills.: Alexander ,See.i Co., AuEusta, Oa,: Norton Poultry Yards. Dallas. Texas. $.3.40 per 100 lbs: H. McK Wilson ( o ^pents for St ouis tl I
Mo. If friends of my feed in the east have trouble getting my feed, write direct to me for prices. W. F. CHAMBERLAIN, KfRKWOOO, MO.

K?eX ie ^ae^K^'^^e

From such Fashionable Strains as the follo wing 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: RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

Fashoda Star At prices ranging from $5 to

Score 96 by Judg-e Almond, iin- $75 per head, pedigree and
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. score card with each animal.
Unpedigreed market stock,
Viscount good color and size, $2.50 to
Score 95 by Judge iFinley, im- $5 per pair. Hardy Black
ported. Belgians (good^to use as^nurae
does) at $10' per pair. Cor-
Lythedale respondence solicitedfor spe-
Score !)4 by Judge Finley, im- cial price list which may not
ported. be in effect long. Will re-
fund money and pay return
Sir Crabtree express charges if Hares pur-
Score 03,'4by Judge Crabtree, chased are not as represent-
and other domestic bucks ed. ,Rabbitries at Maplewood
that will score 94 to 96.
and Fayette

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

304 ChemlcalBuildIng' ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

'1^2

Smltli's Mammoth Peklii Duck s and White Wyatidottes Win

Wanted At Once.
Thirteen 1st, 5 2nds, at Nebraska state, Kansas state, Missouri state, Des Moines
100 Black Minorca females.
Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Nebr. state show
100 Rcse Comb Brown Leghorn females
and won 8 premiums; 1 ck, 1 hen. 1 pullet and 5 others. See circulars for re-
100 Rose Comb White Leghorn females.
port of the champion iJock. Get eggs for hatching- from the winners.
Will Pay Cash for Same.
Box 227, Clay Canter, Mebr. Lincoln. Neb.. Box 456 , . . . . E.E.SMITH

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 CaLfry Off ike Ribbon.
'his matter of bringing home the ribbon is merely a matter of getting started ri
in tlie first place. There are Chicken Men at

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men who have
Reliable Poultry
been working for years to make perfect the thoroughbred stock
Farm
shown in the 126 pens on the most complete poultry farm in tlie country.
These Men Know. They have studied the strains for
years and are producing the kind of stock you want.
They have gotten out a book for this season, the

20*^ Ceivtury Poyltry Book

,X/^that be of infinite value to you as poultry
will
'''- breeders. This book is replete with informa-
tion regarding Reliable Strains, Reliable Incuba-
-tors and Reliable Supplies. Much space is also given
,to discussion on Breeding-, Feeding, Raising, etc. 10
S-'^iT-
cents in stamps will put this book in the family library.
:_ .^ Write v/iile t!ie>/ lant.

^ Reliable Poultry Farm, Box a 23,Quincy,III.

LiK.e an Old
Friend.
We have been making incubators and brooders for so long a tini
that to most people seeing the name

**Pratrie ^tafe'*
is meeting an old friend. Well, we are still doing business at the old stand,
like
and merely ask you to remember the name and the place. It's the "Prairie
State" that is used exclusively by the Department of Agricidturo at Wash-
ington. It's the "Prairie State" tliat has taken 342 first premiums more
than all other makes of incubators combined. It's the "Prairie State" that is
used on the largest and most successful poultry and duck farms in the entire
world. It's the "Prairie State" that is made in the largest and most com-
pletely equipped, exclusive incubator and brooder factory in tlie world. It's
the "Prairie State" that this year issues the most complete, comprehensive
and artistic catalogue ever put out by any incubator company. 50 tinted
plates 4 original paintings, reproduced in colors, 700 original photographs.
;

These are but a few of the good things it contains. We mail it free to every in-
terested inquirer. Send for catalogue Xol29.
Tratrie State Incubator Co.,
New York. N. Y,, 28 Vesey St. Boston, Mas-s., 47 N. Market St.
Philadelphia, Pa., 714 ChestnutSt. Norfolk, Va.,.38 Union St.
Columbus, O.. 114 N. High St. Minneapolis, Minn.,32 Hennepin Av.
Indianapolis.Ind.lSON.DelawareSt. Detroit, Mich., &M Michigan Ave.
Chicago, ni., 86 Randolph St. Dallas, Texas, 439 Cole Ave.
Cincinnati, O., 141 W. 6th St. Louisville, Ky., 400 E. Main St.
Denver, Col., 1519 Wazee St. Toronto, Out.. Can., 190 Yonge St.
Addrejj Jfeare-il Office,
Homer City, Ta.
Baltimorp, Md., 205 N. PacaSt.
Washington, D.C.,T12-I2tliSt., N.W.
;eattle, Wash., Jlain & Jackson Sts.
Smyrna, Ga., Belmont Farms.
Buffalo, N. Y.. 65 El licott St.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 5 lUiinn St;.
London, N, Eng., Waltham Cross
 I Tha-t's aboxit all yo\i ha-ve left when
I
you depend on a fussy old hen.

Whact Yo\i Wa^r^t Is

an Incubator on the place. A good Incubator. A money maker.

hot air.
We
A MARILLA
make the Harilla Incubators and Brooders, both hot water and
Not a fairly good machine, but the very best there is. We have been
at it thirteen years, and every flarilla 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 flarilla. It will take care of
itself, and bring off whopping big hatches.
The Brooder is built witli the same careful attention to details that
have made tbem so successful in tlie past. The only Brooder that
overcrowding and trampling.
jirevcnts
Our catalogue, a book of practical suggestions for the poultry man,
sent for four one cent stamps.
 APRIL. 1902. NO. 2.

"teS^
Ai>v^NCE TO Success

25 ^ a year
id

i i

% Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton and Miss Kincaid of Clay Center, Kansas, exhibited the Sure Hatch incu-
bator and Comn-on Sense Brooder at the Kansas Agricultural College at Manhattan. Kansas,' Feb, 17 to

22, 1902, making an average hatch of 93 per cent, and showed to th; satisfaction of some twelve hundred
to fifteen hundred students that the Sure Hatch Incubators and Common Sense Brooders are leaders in

the incubator and Brooder class.

There were other incubators there, Ijut they were not in operation. Incubators in operation Is oUr
hobby. People buy them to operate them; more than this tney buy them to hatch the eggs with and the
brooders to raise the chicks with, it is very doubtful if there is a machine made that has been exhibited
in competition more times than has the Sure Hatch in the last three years.
We do not r.laim to make the only good incubator, but we do claim to make the only good incuba-
tor that is sold at a low price. The cases are made of California redwood and the tanks are made of 12

ounce cold rolled copper and are furnished with the Cakes Hydro-Safety lamps, and the other fixtures are
first quality. We are able to make a moderate price in consequence of our many sales and our other ad-
vantages in manufacturing. We are contented with a fair profit. We carry in stock the goods that we
advertise and can make prompt shipments. While we do not advertise on trial for 30 days, yet every in-
cubator we send out is sent out on trial and the machine must be as represented or the money is refunded.
Write for our on trial plan. Let us tell you about prices and prepaid freight shipments. Our plan will in-

terest anyone looking for good incubators and brooders. We have a new proposition for late spring and
summer orders. We do business on quick sales and small profits. Address nearest house for free cata-

logue and prices.

t
SURC HATCH INCUBATOR. CO..
Box 1, CIoly Center, Nebra.ska.
Box 1, Colvimbvis, OKio
6''@^@6^@@@^@^@&@.
Vol.4 Cla-y Center. NebratskaL. April, 1902. No. 2

the second week in February in most

Pra-ctical and Profitable Poviltry Cviltvire localities. This will give us chicks the
first week in March, which is plenty
By L. E. Keyser SOI in enough. Wc niust, of course,
liavc e\erything in readiness, and a
Preparing for Early Chicks Kill id warm brooder in a dry .shed or
house will answer where no regular
lirooder house is available. Chicks
[t is now tliat \vc mate our
time ground beef scraps sprinkled over it.
can be raised in out-door brooders, but
breeders. There will be nothing gained About 4 in the afternoon we give a lib-
in the early spring it is best to have
by deferring, and much may be lost if eral feed of grain well covered in the
them in a house or shed. Chicks con-
we do not have them properly mated litter, and if we have green cut bone
fined to a brooder will never do well,
in time. We shall want some of the we mix it with the grain. The grain
even if tliey live at all. They must have
eggs laid the latter part of this month consists of as great a variety as we
exercise in tire open air, no matter how
for our first March broods. We can can conveniently secure, corn, oats,
cold it is, if the weather is fair. After
now what our hens have been do- wheat and buckwheat usually compris-
tell
a chick is two weeks old it can stand
ing and which of them are worthy of ing the bill.
a good deal of cold if it can run in oc-
a place in the breeding pen. The average poulterer and farmer is
cassionally and get warmed up, but it
We should teed our breeders some- yet in no hurry to get a hatch, for un- cannot stand to nui out in the wind
wliat differently than we do fowls de- less he has every facility for caring for
and rain.
signed only to prodiice eggs for mar- these little orphans it is not best to
Occasionally we find people who at-
ket. Too much soft or moist food has bring them into the world much be-
tempt to raise early chicks in out-donr
a tendency to over-stimulate the hen fore the first of next month. March
brooders and keep them in the brooder
and lessen the vitality of the germ of and April will be busy months, how-
all the time, except perhaps during the
the egg, and we therefore feed a mash ever, and we should prepare now to get
warmest part of a bright day. Most
very sparingly, not oftener than two off a large number. One early pullet
brooders have two compartments, one
or three times a week. Good, sound is worth two late ones, and will bring
not quite so warm as the other, and
grain, coarsely ground beef scraps or it, even if sold as a market fowl, but
designed as a feeding and exercise
cut green bone and plenty of green she will be still more valuable if kept
room. This is all right for baby chicks
food in the .shape of chopped roots, cut for a winter layer. Leghorns and the
but by the time they are a week old
clover or alfalfa hay, etc., make a good lighter breeds may be hatched well into
they need to get out of the brooder
diet for breeding fowls, and they should May, but if we expect to raise fowls
into the open air. If there is no place
be made to work for it. If sufficient that will fill the egg basket next win-
under shelter they can only be allowcl
exercise is not given the hens- \yill be- ter we should not hatch them a bit later
out a short time, and if confined in a
comefat and the germs weak. We than the first of June, and even pullets
warm brooder they become lender, are
give our breeders a light feed of grain hatched at this time are itncertain.
liable to disease and many die.
in deep litter early in the morning, or Market fowls can be raised at all sea-

throw it in at night when making the sons, but the margin of profit is small
A number of small portable houses
are an excellent thing to have on a
rounds to lock them up, so they will on the summer hatched chick.
commence working as soon as they Nothing is gained by bringing chicks place where poultry is made much of.
as they can be used to place brooders
come from the roost and get nicely designed for laying and breeding stock
warmed up for their regular breakfast, off before the first of March, as those in in the early spring and later be util-
ized for growing stock, breeding pens
which is fed between 8 and 9 o'clock, hatched earlier than this will be. likely
to moult just at the time
or laying hens, and can be moved to
and consists of finely chopped roots you most
wish them to lay, but if one has an in- different points and thus obviate the
with a little middlings or bran and cubator
it is a good plan to start it necessity and expense of building yards.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
or lay the foundation for trouble which Among my many inquiries I am
may end in the death of a large num- asked not only what good qualities
ber of chicks. they have but also how do they com-
Another thing to be avoided is keep- pare with Rocks and 'Dottes, and you
ing young chicks on board floors. They can read between the lines there is
must be gotten on the ground, and something lacking, something more
when floors are used they should be wanted, something that the breed now
well covered with earth and litter, on- kept is lacking and what is it? Can
tinually keeping chicks on board floors the
Rhode Island Red settle their dif-
ficulties, will they fill the bill, is it the
is sure but certain death.
breed looked for? And now my friends,
A due regard for little things assures
can I answer? Some say, "My birds
success in practical poultry culture and
do not lay in winter; my chicks are
by painstaking work we can make others com-
weak and tender, and still
chicken raaising both pleasant and
poor hatches.
plain of
profitable.
Let me ask you why do men and wo-
men who make a living from Poultry
Morrisville, Vt., Jan. 31, 1902. take up the Reds, those that look at
Poultry Investigator: Up to date I the commercial side of the question,
have received you and lige you very those that want every egg count, why
much. The articles you contain are not do they?
A White Rock cock owned by E. B. long drawn theories but are every day Because they find the Rhode Island
Omohundro, Bowling Green, Mo. practical and full of good sense that Reds are just a little ahead, just a lit-

helps one over many stumbling blocks tle better, but that little means much
Next month we will try to describe and in the way to success
in the poultry it means perhaps more profit, per-
illustrate a style of has
house that business. May
ask you a few ques- haps profit instead of loss; we are al-
I

proven of special value to us, both as tions? Is there no redress when your ways trying to improve trying to find

colony houses and when drawn near the neighbor's cat catches your best chicks something just a little better and I tell
farm buildings for the purpose of con- those from your high-priced eggs? you we have found something in the
venience in caring for fowls, have Those you would hot sell for a dollar Rhode Island Red just a little better.
made winter quarters.
suitable each? If we shoot the cat what can the They lay just a few more eggs; you
Another point we have found of neighbor do? But we can't do that for can hatch just a few more chicks from
great advantage is to kepp both fowls that makes trouble in the neighbor- one setting and you can raise just a few
and chicks in small flocks. Fifty hens hood. more chicks from those eggs.
are a whole flock and as many as I have a cellar under my
can see a good many of those
house 30.x38 I

should be allowed to run together, and with four windows in it. It is all in keep other breeds jump high, but that
we know we get a better egg yield one room and there is a furnace in one wait a little; perhaps the Rhode Island
when the number is reduced to twenty- end of it. Opposite the furnace is a Red man got just a few more eggs
five. Chicks in small broods will also window containing three lights 10,xl4 from each hen than you; perhaps you
do better, and while there are people glass facing south. The window is un- did well, but the Rhode Island Red
who succeed excellently with 100 chicks der a bay which is 4x16 feet, uot from man did better. Don't jump at con-
in a brooder, the average person will the cellar proper and the wall in there
clusions because you don't know. The
do better if only fifty are placed in a only goes just below front line, so
Rhode Island Reds are the utility fowl
flock, and still better if the number be there is a space with earth floor 3.xl3
reduced to twenty-five. In large flocks or 14 feet right in front of this win- for the twentieth century.

chicks will crowd, and if they once get dow, and is 4 feet above the cellar ERIC AURELIUS.
into a jam and are overheated they are floor. have an idea of putting my
I

of very little value afterwards. Once brooder up on horses to make it on a

overheated they are tender and will level with this shelf, you might call it,

crowd whenever a number are togeth- and my

chickens run on this earth
let

er, no matter what the temperature of floor back to the brooder. Will this
the brooder may be. I would about as make a good place? The cellar never
soon have a dead chick as astunted one. gets cooler than about 50 degrees
It is only a waste of care and food to above zero.
bring them to maturity. Won't this make a good place for
The reason some people succeed with my incubator also? I have an incuba-
a large number is because they pay tor and like it very much.
very close attention to every detail,
This is enough for once, I may come
never allowing the brooder to become
again. Respectfully xours,
foul and looking well to the tempera-
ture. While one person may succeed J. A. ROBINSON.
with 100 in a flock fifty will fail, be-
cause the average person will not give
the care and attention necessary. They The Rhode IsIaLnd Red
may think they have done all that can For the benefit of those who do not
be done, but some small matter may know the Rhode Island Red I will
be neglected which is seemingly unim- briefly try to give your readers in-
A White Rock hen owned by E. B,
portant, yet this very thing may cause formation about them as I find them. Oraohundro, Bowling Green, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
week of November, thus doing their

part when eggs are good price.

of us care for our flocks as
Timely Thoughts For 1902 Let all

aforesaid and "if we do not use a ma-

By Mrs. Albert Ray ^ chine there

mand
going to be a good de-
is
eggs for other peo-
for setts of
ple's incubators and let us treat each
other honestly and let our customers
Judging from the great interest and overcome the effects of the cold, to know to depend, that, as far as we can
pleasure shown by the many who wit- justkeep them "holding their own" to know, our eggs are fertile, fresh, and
nessed the hatching of chicks by ma- say nothing of the further and extra have been carefully gathered and cared
chinery at the several fairs and poultry amount and variety required to pro- tor while waiting for enough to fill the
shows this season, there will surely be duce eggs. Such food should be as incubator order.
many who will take up the poultry near a substitute for a summer diet as we wish to replace the mon-
Again, if
work ere the new year is fairly begun, possible, and is provided in vegetables, machines or raise
ey invested in our
with a new zeal and determination to hot bran mashes, warmed grains, clean, poultry for market, let us use eggs of
succeed in it, to a degree more profit- warmed water in quantity, warmed milk
some of the larger varieties in our first
able than ever before, assisted by the and meat scraps if possible, besides
two early settings, beginning Febru-
modern helps which do so much to plenty of sharp grit and dust for baths
Rocks preferably, as
Plymouth
ary 1.
make an already hard task much more always at easy access. they will be most easily obtained, and
pleasant and remunerative. First, in order to economize the food on marketing are uniform in size, color
In order that we may reap best re- given make the houses comfortable;
and shape and readily attain a good
wards for our poultry work, let us be- then provide litter such as leaves, hay,
weight and during the months of May
gin immediately and go to work straw or light trash, sowing broadcast
and early June, we hope to capture a
in earnest. Some may think among it the warmed grain, thus com-
price of 18 or 20 cents per lb.
that there is plenty of time, pelling the hen to "scratch for her liv-
An advantage of the machine over
but experience has taught us much bet- ing." This warming exercise has a
the hen is that we get such a number
ter, for we know that many loses come most helpful tendency to induce "bid-
all the same size and age at once, that
when everything is not in readiness for dy" to lay, keep well and happy.
is economy; for it is no more trouble
the hatching and care of the early
chicks. We all must know that it is the
We can not start early enough for to care for a large hatch than to care
greatest profits if we allow our poultry for the chicks of two or there hens,

very early chick that pays the chick
to run down in condition. Now is the and much more interesting and satis-
that is hatched before a hen begins to
time; keep the condition they came in- factory; then the uniformity for mar-
think about the business at all. Begin-
to cold weather with and improve it ket is so desirable.
ning early enough is out of the ques-
if it is not the best before there is fur
tion if we cannot have eggs and eggs Trusting we may all conspire to
ther loss. Let us stop to consider make the year 1902 memorable for the
of good quality, too. These eggs can-
what a large per cent of animal tissue great impetus and financial success of
not be had in readiness for the work of
is water. An egg contains a much our farmers in the poultry industry. I
1902 if our flocks are not kept in proper
larger per cent. Water is the very would again urge that we have, at
condition, as many will be tempted to
cheapest of egg producers; never cold least this most important branch of the
cut short the rations; on account of
in winter, always warm and clean.
scarcity of food inproper variety this work, well looked after. The next im-
particular year; now, let's not do so, it
Now is the time to cull out every- up next
portant steps can be taken
will not pay, for in winter poultry re-
thing that lowers the quality of our
properly mate our poultry month.
quires more feed than in summer, for stock and
grade Mrs. Albert Ray.
enough must be provided to help them with a goodly number of better
fowls, that the stock of eggs may be Wilsey, Kansas.
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 think 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
A White Rock pullet. 96 point. A
early and theyoung hens from second prize winner owned by E. B. Omohun-
E. B. Omohundro, Bowling Green,
Mo. A White Rock specialist. hatch havK been laying since second dro, Bowling Green, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Years ago I knew a man, a very imi- chine does and it will "work" or open
nent and prominent citizen, a man of the damper too soon, letting the heat
family, who had amassed a fortune, had pass out instead of in the machine.
many broad acres with farm machin- once knew a person who bought a
1
ery of all kinds to be had in those days, second hand incuba.tor, the former
yet when it came to opening up a new owner had run the machine with the
parlor organ he took off one of the weight at a certin place; it was marked
lamp stands thinking that was the quite plainly where it had been accus-
proper way to get at the keyboard. He tomed to stay, and the first party had
broke a piece of the lamp stand, and his instructed the second party to keep it
wife laughingly explained how it hap- there and it would be all right. She,
needed to do was to pened. AH he the second party, did so, but could not
unlock it. And so the master mechan- get the heat up. 1 was called in to see
ic of the house goes at the incubator
what was the matter. The damper was
case rightly clothed, and in good two inches above the flue: the lamp
breathing order, but before he gets flame was on full strength but the heat
through is divested of all surplus outer of course all went straight up and out.
r.iiment in the shape of coat and vest I told her she would have to move the
and with his breath coming in short weight as far out as it would go, but
gasps. Wouldn't a snap shot of the even then the damper would go up. I
One of E. B. Dmohiindro's White group be interesting? The machine
Rock hens. Bowling- Green, Mo. told her to put a weight on it, which
and pieces, the family and a few "by- she did. but left the flame too high and
slanders a standin' by," as Samantha the bimp, a glass bowled one with no
would say. This is not any fancy pic- vent for the gas, exploded. I took
ture by any means. Many an incubator over one of my lamps from small ma-
\ Setting the Incubator , , ,
| luiytr coidd paint you one in pen- chine, a copper bowled one with safe-
words just as real if not a little more ty vent for the gas to escape, and told
... By Mrs. May Taylor {
so. her she could turn it as high as she
I ,
But now having the machine ready to wanted to and there would be no dan-
The first essential toward getting the set, and of course the question of where ger of it exploding. The lamp burned
incubator set is to know liow to put the it is having been duly discussed
to set clear and steady for three days and
niacliine together properly, putting all and decided on before the day of ar- nights but she could not get the ma-
the adjustments "just so," or more rival, the next question is to get it chine to work right, and the lasttime
properly speaking, adjusting all the at- on its feet. The legs of an incubator I saw it she had it out in the yard for
taclin'.ents so that they will swing and is one of far more importance than a stand to set thecream separator on.
work to a nicity without hitch or bind- anybody who never tried to steady one She was determined to use it for some-
ing. on spindle shanks ever thought of. A thing. It worked well there.

A new incubator is very liable to be

heavy machine set up on beautifully When filling the machine you can
stiff and sticky and should be run at
trimmed spindly shanks that threatens put a great many more eggs in by
to fall over every time the egg drawer leaving the turning rack out, if your
least three days empty or until you are
perfectly satisfied that it is going to is pulled out or pushed in is well, machine has one, mine has. Some peo-

go. An hour spent in studying the in-

something of a nuisance. I would ple very much prefer turning by hand;

struction book at that point where it

rather have them plain and straight it is simply a matter of taste. I have
tellsabout unpacking and setting up from top to bottom, without any or the poorest success when I put the

the machine is time well spent very very little tapering. eggs promiscously like and turn by
in

well spent and if I Get the machine level; to do this put

were selling incu-
hand, and I have the best success turn-
ing with the rack. I put the eggs in
bators I send the instruction a plate of water in the center on top.
-.vould
book by maif a few clays before the ma- the water will tell which side needs the slats with the large end of first one

chine was to arrive so that the pur- raising or lowering. I once knew a slightly raisedand laid up against the
ch.iser could tell gt which end of the man to walk over a mile to borrow
rack, the egg in same position
next
crate to begin to loosen up. The usu- a spirit level to level up a machine that up against the first egg and so on un-
al way is to put the book in with the was only about two feet square. Any til the row is completed. Have the
ni.ichine and the "master mechanic" of flat vessel of water on top would have
small ends of the eggs always pointe<l

the house goes to the case with ham- dfiue as well. the same way and be careful to put

mer and chisel, hatchet and screwdriv- Dcn't put water in a hot air machine.
them in with the points slanting toward
er, or somethin
the way you want to turn them the
improvised to take I have heard of such things being done.
their places in case the next door Follow all the instructions about put-
first time, so that when they are turne<l

neighbor has the real articles bor- ting the regulator together to the let- the points will be standing toward the

rowed. I believe too, if I were mak- ter; this is a very important part to be way you w?nt to turn them next time,
ing Incubators to would not only observed. Have every part of the reg-
sell I
never lay them flat down in the rows
send the instruction book out ahead of ulator scrupulously clean of dust. Run for if you do they will turn in all sorts

time but I would print in big black fet- the weight as far out as possible when of ways, some on big end, some on lit-
tle end, some piled up against each
lirs on the very first page, "Have you the heat is first turned on and if it
iMcIs ready," and make a list of what still is insufficient to hold down the other and some won't turn at all. With
i^ needed so that the buyer would not
the best of placing there will be a, few
damper lay a weight on the wire rod.
only hunt up from barn and crib, sheds You see it is necessary to do this be- to turn by hand each time until the

and store rooms the things needed, but cause as a general thing the blaze is growth of the chick makes the egg
could make the necessary call at the turned up full strength and the regu- heavy, then it turns much better that
neighbors for what was lacking. lator gets warmed up before the ma- at first. Eggs shrink in the process of
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
nc^s bul the eleventh wouldn't set will bea pi.uio bo.x. for ducks ought

when moved nor d dn't set and all my .lot be housed with chickens, and
to
persuasion couldn't make her set.. I ivc hope there will be little pens to hold

walked a mile through fields of snow ;he pair in the morning, so that none
slush one spring day to get a setting of the eggs may be lost or chilled, for
lun My neighbor sent me word that it will be real encouraging if a good

1 1would come alter her I could have

I sized flock is the result of so small a
her and welcome, but not if I sent; you beginning.
sec .TUer I went into the chicken busi-
Now, if our beginner lacks modern
ness I had no time to visit, and the
appliances perhaps this small beginning
nciifhliors rebelled. That was years is the better way, but one could gather
ago: they are used to it now my not 1 setting of eggs quicker.^and set them
visiting
but she never dreamed of my fresher if there was th^e or four
walk ng after her on such a day, but ducks.Duck eggs will not hatch w.l!
Inishnnd had gone up country on busi- when more than a week old. Pekin
ness and would be back past there in ducks do not often wish to set, so the
the evening, so I walked across fields,
eggs must be put in incubators or un-
stayed all dinner in the
day, got my der hens. If hatched under hens great
haif,'ain. got my hen, too, took her over
care must be taken to free them from
ned by C. M. a three mile ride around through town,
B. P Rock pu let o <
lice when they are taken from the
Hu'.burt, Fairbpry, Neb. He breeds took her right under my arm into the
nests. No
matter wdiat care one gives
tne Thomp-oj '-Ringlets." swellest millinery shop, where I used to
he setting hen the ducklings will be
do my waiting when town. Sat down
in
onnd with lice on them. Herein lies
with her in an upholstered rocking
hatching, so that these which seem too the first bad luck of the uninitiated.
large for slats at first will turn easily
and held the hen in my lap until
chair When we use a hen mother we resort
before the hatch is over. When the husband got read to go home. My to that old fashioned remedy, grease,
milliner didn't care, I knew, but "me
eggs are all in the tray, before you shut and we take particular pains to apply
for much
them in, take a narrow strip of card and the heq" was a subject, iust a little down close to the beak
board, dip in ink and run it up and
C( mment and merriment among the where lice stay. Once a week the
down the rows. Let it touch each egg other bystanders standin' by." If
mother hen gets a liberal supply of
they had been men folks I suspect
as it passes over, redip in the ink as lard and co.il oil under the wings. We
there would have been a few bets as to
often as necessary. Sometimes I take use Lee's lice killer and insect powder
or not when
a match instead of cardboard t>ut the wlii'tber the hen would set if we have thein, sometimes for the
I jjiit her h''me. Yes, she did set,
card is best. ducklings, but our grease can is always
* * * ** * *
How thankful I am have a
that I ready and never fails of its purpose.
patent hatcher, not only one but three,
We
have an outdoor thermometer
Ducklings should be penned until
liut specially thankful just now for the
from the Sure Hatch Incubator Co. I
they can go over a 10 inch board.
Have a hen suppose I ought also to add "of Clay
one small machine. pet Small pens are all right if there is sand
that 1 have been saving eggs from Center, Neb.." but it is entirely unnec- and green onions and lettuce to put in
essary as everyone knows where the
until I have IT, but no hen tn put them t. We always feed the ducklings oat-
under, so I steamed up the machine
Sure Hatch comes from. The ther- meal for
a day or two. Then almost
mometer is a beauty and we have it
and set them yesterday. Those eggs anything but not all corn meal. We
are very precious if they hatch as they
hung up by the door, and it looks like
mix bran, shorts, corn cho|> and a
are from a special mating. The hen is
it was going to behave real nice. The small
quantity of sand, and if we have
liqu'd is green and there is a great long
om- special pet. She has her nest to it we scald the mixture with sweet
herself; no other hen is in her pen, streak of it. This morning up to 30
skim milk. The water must not be giv-
above. We like to look at it and hope
but we are going to put her in another en in open dishes. We do not like to
pen shortly. These eggs are an experi- it will stay up and not creep down
out
feed too many potatoes, but there is
ment ,and if I did not have the ma- of sight. It could hardly do that for no danger of too large a potato diet
cliine what would become of the eggs?
there is room for .'iO degrees below. this
year. Tn early spring ducklings
I know we would grieve over them un-
We have never yet had the pleasure of having access to water get civilled and
lill (hey were too old to keep longer,
using a Sure Hatch incubator but quite
die. Ducklings do not re<|uirc as nnich
llien they would go into the m.irket or
a number of our correspondents use
heat as chickens and if care is taken
them and all are well pleased. We have
into custard pies. In times past when to keep tlie brooders clean are more
we had no machine, we had laid out sold hundreds of eggs to hatch in the easily raised in brooders than chickens.
many a fine setting of eggs and longed Sure Hatch machines. Badly chilled ducklings may be saved
and wished for a setting hen, until they MRS. TAYLOR, MAY
by warming in blankets ns/r the stove,
were too old to set then sent them to Lock Box 176, Hale, Mo. and your saved ducklingS^won't behave
market and it was always just that w-ay as little chickens do. get well only to
the best eggs had to be sold for by the Raising Young Ducks
take diarrhea a day or two later and
lime the hens took a notion to set the We have found the raising of young die. No. you may take the brood of
eggs were beginning to get small and ducks just as easy a chore as we ever ducklings vou forgot and left too long
runty. My neighbors were always good undertook, but we do not have to trav- in the cold, warm them up, cat a hearty
to loan me early setters when they el far to find those who have no luck meal and be ready to broil in ten
had them. Have hatched many fine with ducks. There will be a whole lot weeks. Now, when only a lew ducks
pure breeds under mongrel hens donat- of amateurs engage in the business this are raised and there is a necessity to
ed by the neighbors. Had eleven hens spring, and perhaps their start will be shut them in rat-proof coops, there is
one spring from five different farms; a solitary pair of ducks and a piano danger that they grow too fast for
ten of them attended strictlv to busi- box for a house. We do hope there their house, and that they be left closed
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
coral red.
As time went on .and they developed
into young women they had admirois
lot a few. Their cheeks took on the
jolor of spirited youth and turned to
,carlet with the blushes of young niai'l-
iihood when Mr. I^. Brahma ad-
Jrcssed his attention to them. But he
.vas not to their liking. He had seen
oo much of the world. He was old
,'ray, and big and coarse. Old entnigh
n fact to be their great, great, grand-
ather, young thnigs,
while they were
morning dew, and when he
re.sh as the
would endeavor to entice them to his
iide by
picking up and throwing at
Llicir some dainty morsel, they
feet
would turn away and hide their heads,
md laugh in their wings at him. Then,
in a quiet. <Iignified way, he would say,
'O ,comc, my sweet little buttercups,
with my wisdom and knowledge of
Buff Cochin Cockci-cl, score '13'4, pullot score 92;-;, cut 2".i for weiirhf 1st those mineral
' hills, I can scratch forth
prize winners uvviied t).v C. 15. Allison, Tennessee, III.
nuggets of gold for your gizzards."
But they would only run away and h de
up too long in the morning in which in the bushes like two little frightened
case .vou may find half a dozen stretch- do\'es.
ed out apparently dead. Some times M CKick Life v v v | It was late in October that there was
air and water will revive them, but tlie X V V By Mrs. M. A. Beckett. S introduced into their set a gallant
novice would be sure to bury llicin at knight and traveler by the name of Sir
once. Tiddle De Winks, also of the B. Coch-
The time was in June. The place
Duckling.s are easily driven into their
was a charming spot in the Salt Lake
in style, who had lived long and seen a
coops in case of a storm, but in case great deal of the world, much more
\'allcy, just under the eaves of the
of daytime storms a great many duck- than fall to the lot of most young men
mountains. Benath a spreading apple
lings may be smothered if the coops of his He had been a great
class.
tree there stood a humble cottage.
are not roomy and well ventilated. A traveler. He
had come West, I might
Within this cottage there was great
lot of auger holes covered with wire say to grow up with the country. In
cfimmotion. It was the day of the
screening up under the roof of the his very early age, in fact, before he
coming out of Misses Minnie and
coop, is a good idea for the coop a wo- had left the nursery, he had traveled
Midge Bantam, daughters of the old
man perhaps builds for herself. Now irom the great inetropolis of New
established family of Buff Cochin. Af-
to our sister breeders and would-be ter a period York to the charming little city of
of confinement of a fort-
chick raisers, we would say it is easier Ogden. It was tlicre that he grew to
night or more putting on the finishing
to drive a stake than a nail, and if you manhood.
touches of their toilets, they burst forth
stake the boards you use for your little One day
from their chambers of gold and of it was decided to hold a
duck pens into place, they are easier to great function the City of the Saints.
white dressed in garments of a buff, in
move, and if your husband happens to A real beauty show
it was to be.
soft and clinging material, which Miss
want the boards again, presuming you Minnie was wild to attend and to en-
showed each curve of their perfectly
borrowed them, there won't be such a ter the contest, but Miss Midget, who
formed bodies. And amid the songs of
fuss about split boards. Just a little at- was a fidget, was compelled to remain
birds and the fragrance of flowers they
tention to trifles will prevent loss. at home. It was for the purpose of ac-
made their debeau into the very best
Ducklings are hardy and easy enough companying Miss Minnie, that Sir Tid-
society of this province.
to raise if one gives a little attention to dle De Winks came
The young ladies were twin sisters. to this city. The
small details. To push the duckling young people took very particular
Their early training had been of the
food must be plenty but we have raised pains to prepare for the contest. The
'lest, and by the indulgent care of their
ducks that were never fed after they young lady rearanged her feathers and
proud and matronly mamma they soon
left the pens and that weighed up to
developed into perfect buds of vivac-
comb. Thy polished their nails, and
the standard. Grasshoppers were thick sometimes they would go bathing in
ous young womanhood.
however. the dust pan togetlier.
It is quite
Each day saw some curve of their
as well to give the duck- Sir Tiddle De Winks
bodies becoming more was what
lings no mother
after warm weather
rounded and
might those days be called a dandy.
in
firm, betokening that the time was not
begins. V^e have raised fifty ducklings He wore a suit of yellow and gold.
far distant when tlicy would long for
in a twelve foot square pen, covering a
His Iggings were of a similar material,
w<>er to come.
them with an old blanket at night and and extended well down over his feet.
not losing one. Now this is the be- Their dainty heads were carried like
Upon his knightly head he >vore a hel-
ginning. When there are ducks enough I queen's. Their hair which was of met
of red coral not unlike the young
to fill the incubator with eggs and the 1 rich golden color, was always done
ladies' combs.
brooder with ducklings, don't forget n perfect taste and style, and invaria- But, oh. I hope it will not detract
that the pens will save most of the bad ily the finishing touches were given from your good opinion of the young
luck. HATIE BYIFLD. 'ly the adjustment of a coumb of rich man's taste when I say that his whis-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
termed to relieve him Tils physicimi pretty sng5. she \viild d nething
grew quite discouraged. That dread now but cluck, cluck, cluck. Poor lit-

disease, consumpt on. was feared. A tle meant nothing harmful.

thing, she
change of climate was advised. So pre- Her domestic duties and the cares of
parations were made. .A t.nny cottagt an invalid husband had completely out
w.Ts secured. wi{h a bed of fresh and done her. She must have a rest, so
bright straw under the box
die planted herself on those tiny little
of Gerani-
ums by the w.indow in den of
eggs in the tiny little nest under the
tlie his
master and tnistress. His bride o; window. And tliere she sat and sat,
course accompanied him, not for the day after dny. Sometimes thinking of
s.ike of her health, hut simply for the .he trasures in store for her, and soine-
lii.pnse of comforting him. and lend- times dreaming of the conquests of the
W'^ to him her consoling presence. days of her youth. For Minnie is no
It v\'as hoped that the summer condi- longer yotJng. Or, perhaps, who
tions, the sight of the greens and tht knows? She may have been weep'ng in
flowers would restore him to perfect silence. There were no tears in her
health again. They oiten talked it over eyes, but it would not. do for her to let
together, and he wnu'd say, "C-o-o-ok, her dear husband see she was weep-
c-o-o-ok," which means in chicken talk, ing, and perhaps the. little faint heart
"I love you, my dear," and she would was breaking, for how could she help
answer in the same sweet way. but see that the one who. was so dear
One day there was cause for great to her was fading away. .As he sat so
hilarity under the Geranium box by the close to her side, could she fail to see
John HetticK, Bowling Green, Mo., window. It seemed like old times. The that the love-light in his eye was dy-
a Lang-shan specialist. days of the great beauty contest, even ing? Ah, no: she knew, and suffered
the old song and dance were there. in silence, and as he sat by her side
kers were long and thick and red. Yet so patiently and reconciled, hoping
those red, round whiskers were the against hope that he might yet before
young man's pride, and he never lost the appointed time, see and caress
an opportunity to bring them into those who were to intherit and honor
prominent view and especially at the his name.
great beauty contest when he and Miss He seldom left her side now, but sat
Minnie were doing and looking their close; now and then he would careful-
best. ly adjust a truant straw about her, anx-
Each wore a ring of yellow metal, ious to help her up to the last.
just at that particular point where the It was on the eve of the twenty-first
shapely leggin ended and the dainty day. There was heard a "peep, peep."
foot begun. in that tiny nest and out from beneath
-And all the time he seemed to be the soft downy breast of the young
dancing to the tune of old "Miservia mother there peeped two little bright
.Ann." and singing: eyes. .And just as the last rays of the
"Don't you see my new shoes. late December sun cast their glances
.Ain't handsome?
they of purple and gold on the hill to the
-Ain't number twos?"
they handsome, east, Sir TiddleDe Winks said: "K-r-r
The battle was over and won. Sir Kret. K-r-r-Kret," which means "Our
Tiddle Dc Winks and Miss Minnie God, Thy will be done," and his head
were voted the handsomest couple fell dead upon the wing of that sweet,
Buff Wyandotte Pullet owned by E.
there. sad wife and mother.
Day, North Bend, Neb. A winner at
It was at this contest that he won Nebrasi<a State Show in Lincoln.
the young lady's heart and the ar-
rangements for the wedding made. It and a perfect deluge of joy, for there
was to be a grand affair. But alas, a tiny little corner in a tiny little
nu'.st we Tlways take the bitter with nest, was a tiny little toy-like egg. The

the sweet? Soon after the great con- invalid was so delighted that he
test was over and the young people seemed to pick up and grow stronger.
had returned to the home by the ap- He picked at the vines and some cer-
ple tree. Sir Tiddle De Winks fell ill. ials a little raw beef steak and crumbs.
He had a severe cold and quite a hack- His tea was sipped with a relish, and
ing cough: his eyes grew dull, and his his physician grew encouraged and
appetite was failing him. It was hopeful.
thought it was caused from excitement, Each day the tiny eggs grew in num-
and possibly getting too warm in the ber, one by one they were deposited
dnnce. It was decided to defer the in the little tiny nest, until all in all

preparations for the big wedding, and there were eight. Little Minnie
just have a quiet little affair. seemed to grow dspondent and fretful.

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 .i.nd "cure-all," but nothing
.At times she v/ould even be cross with
her husband, even in his delicate
health. Her eyes grew dim and pos-
sessed a far-away look, and although
One of C. H. Hinman's, Friend, Neb.
B, P. R. pullets. Mr. H. won largely
she used to crow and sing so many at Lincoln, Neb., at state show.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,

I preler the Round Oak soft coal ly causing suffocation. Those skilled

Broiler House For burner with a hard coal magazine, and

500 Broilers. in the art may, by a skilful turn of a
use hard coal instead of soft coal. horsehair bent into a loop and instert-
Coils can now be secured that fit these ed in the throat, speedily remove the
A party in Indiana has requested me stoves and from that a hot water pipe offeiieder. Yet it is not an inviting
to iiive plans for a liroiler-house, 600
system can be attached. I prefer a process, and the novice is liable to
capacity, in the Poultry Investigator,
square house and to set the heater in give his first patient more torture than
but he does not state whether it is for
the center of the building, making a relief.
continued production or for 50 for the
pit for the stove deep enough to allow Several pears ago I was quite d's-
season. From my own experience discharge from pipe coils to come
heartened by the outbreak of the dis-
and from the information I can
about eight inches above the floor. ease in a previously thrifty flock.
gather among successful broiler rais-
Several courses of pipes can be run \ memeber of the family suggested
ers, a house to contain 600 broilers con-
here or there, using the pipes to warm kerosene, and for want of anything bet-
tinously. or in other words to always
hovers or what would best suit the ter it was given a trial. Tt was ad-
liavc 600 broilers of different ages,
party. For my part T prefer keeping ministered bran mash, about a
in a
should be IfixlOO feet, this wouhl make
the room at about 70 degrees; using teasponful in food sufficient for a doz-
a floor space of 1.000 feet; if the party
individual brooders for the different en chickers. If given in such quantity
or person wishes to raise just 600 for For success some
h.->tchcs of chicks. that they can detect the odor they simp-
the season he could get along with
chicks would need a warmer tempera- ly refu>^e the food. And I find that
half or even less room. It is a very
ture, thus the individual brooders more can be covered up in the mash
hard question to settle these things would be preferable..
than in bre.'id crumbs or grain.
satisfactorily to so many
all, things
This paper is ready to go, to. press, One of the chicks on which this ex-
must be taken into consideration; some
would depend a great deal on outside
in some near future issue I will try periment was tried and the remedy'
to suggest more definite, ^t occurs was original so far os wc were con-
yard^. others would depend entirely on
to me that the question of brooder cerneil. though. I have seen it in print
the building. In my way of viewing it.

long houses arc more of a fad tlian the

houses would be a good question for since was past trying to cat before
some of the writers for this paper to the kerosene was thought of. and of
outgrowth of a successful experience.
give their experience. I will do my course died. All othe others recover-
Long houses cost more to the square
best. Let us hear from others, it is ed, thf ugh several had reached an ad-
feet of floor surface and more of
a question that hardly any two view vanced stage in the disease and here I

the building is exposed to the weather, Yours he

alike. truly, was not one that had escaped I in-
of course the yards in front fit a long
M. M. JOHNSON. fection. Later in the season it wns
building, but for ordinary purposes,
given to otl'.cr flocks as soon as the
yards can always be fitted to square GAPES. first sneeze was noticed, and the gapes
buildnigs. For 500 broilers for the
per One of the aggravating things in
gained not another victim.
season a building on the plan as
I pou.Ilry raising is to discover in a \\'e thought we had found an infal-
cu1.20x24 will do very well, in fact,
with flock nicely feathered out and seem- lible remedy. .And I still think that
have known of excellent success
ingly past the danger point the pre- the birds could be induced to take
much less room where the chicks were
if

monitory sneezs. And yet it is usual- the medicine it might so prove.

But
allowed yards. Another advantage
in

adaptability to ly after they are well started in growth of late they seem to have grown more
a square building is its
var- that this dread disease attacks them. fastidious, and not always can they be
economical heating. I have tried
brooder understood
generally that it induced to take enough to effect a cure
ious methods for warming a It is
small though at the trial there is im-
crused by the presence of a first
house and have never used anythmg is

threadworm the windpipe, e\-entuaU prcvemerit. Affr the trick has once
more successful than a hardcoal burner. in
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
bpcp fi1ny?rl tliey arc apl lo <-niff at InnldiiiL;. "First, there is llic feeling of will be acquired of loking the field
tile food and tlifii leave it untouched. respoiiMbil'ty. A child may ffrora time over and adjusting ones actions to ex-
Last 5-easoii kerosene and camiihor to time assist in feeding the poultry, isting conditions. Then ihcre is the
were tried by turn, neither being much febng that if he forgets it or it is not risk which each business man assumes,
reli^licd citlur by the birds nr para- c.-invcnieht at certain times for him to and one must make up his mind that
S'tes. liy tiiis means of ahernation attend to this, others will look after after he has done his best it is useless
only line bird was lost, but the cure it. In fact, the care rests with others, to cry over spilt milk. We sametimes
was in no ea^e as rapid as it would and his duties', voluntary or otherwise, have to deal with those who make a
b,,ve l^ten emdd the birds ha\e been are at least spasmodic. But with square bargain so-and-so. Some un-
i'ldnced to fed freely. tiwncrship. t.i'.c case is different. He expected loss occurs and they want
Just Immv the worms got in tlie throat realises that it. is his business to look to creep out and let the other party
i' not fidlv determined. Some main- after n.:itt.et;sniimse!f. And while some share the loss or at least, a portion of
tain that coughed up by af-
they are other meriiBer of the family will doubt- it when they themselves originally as-
flicted and then passed in the
fowls less relieve him on special occasions, sumed the risk. This is "child's play"
food to well ones. Others think they it 's h s place to plan and see that the which should not be tolerated, even in
pass into the ground and arc trans- work is executed. Personal respon- children. If a rat or hawk carries
mitted tliT'Ugh earthworms. sibility is e.^rly learned, and self re- away two or three chickens, the proper
R.-irly chicks are less liable to be in- liance as well as reliability fostered. method is to catch or put to flight the
fested than those hatched later. And
Again, he must be methodical and thief, and not expect mamma or soine-
gnmnd I hat has been
by punctual. Chickens to do well require one else to replace the stolen goods.
occupied
chicks affl'ctcd with this dease should His other There are losses in all branches of
care at stated intervals.
lie avo'ded in future, as the parasites
duties and play can be made to con- business, and the sooner one learns to
are liable to he in the soil and will "give and take" cheerfully, whatever
then eventually find new hosts. be the luck, the happier and more suc-
BESSIE L. PUTNA^r. will he be.
cersfiil "Nothing venture,
^ THIS IS TO CERTIFY that
| nothing have," as a saying old but still
POULTRY FOR CHILDREN. g) the circulation of the Foi'LTRV
^ true.
"Shall the children be paid for their n^ 1nvesti(..\toi< on April 1. 1902, ffi
It keeps. busy fingers profitably cm-
work?" is a que.stion now inich discuss- rf) numbers 2fa,(il4 copies. ff
ployed Children'.^ healthy children, are
ed. Those who favor it, advance the Iv. P. H.\KKis, i) proverbially active.They must always
argument that in this way children Editor and Manager, ffi
be do!!ig something; and when on at
learn the value of money and how to Sii Inscribed and swornto before
S^ 2J work, they may find work which the
use it. On the other hand, the oblig- S me this first day of April, 1902. S lers would
e' call mischief. Besides,
ing boy or girl of the past generation J. L. CamI'BF.i.i,,
is fast disappearing. He who delighted ^ (ji
there nothing tiresome about this.
is

^ (.SK.^i.. Notary Public.

j
It is healthful exercise. No dreary
in doing an errand for parent or friend hours in a dingy shop or down a dark
has given place to the strictly busi- THIS IS TO CERTIFY that shaft, but plenty of fresh air and sun-
ness-like boy. who
expects a nickel or we have printed for the Poultry shine.
at least a penny, for all such little at- Investigator Publishing- Co. 28,-
tentions. Business has swallowed 001) copies of the Poultry In- f Communion with the little downy

neighborly accomidation, and good VE,STi(;.\TiiR for April number. S pets suggests many thoughts on nature
financiering seems to have been Jks.sl-i' Bhcs.
study, and care is taken in
if a little
(
this direction, the daily
observation of
thoroughly divorced from friendli- Subscribed and sworn to before
(J) theirforms and habits will create a
ness. (S me this first day of A pril, 1902.
.

wholesome spirit of observation and

The avenue of poultry raising is one J. L. C.\Mi'iiiii.i,. *l
love for nature in general, an acquire-
which fully solves the problem of bus- '$ \ss.M..] Notary Public.
iness applications, yet leaves a child ^ ment of more value than a princely in-

free to'do little favors for friends with-

heritance. Gentleness in handling
out inculcating the false notion that the inmates of the poultry yard begets

there must be a direct money rcnunr form tf) the new requirements, and the gentleness and patience in other mat-

eration in every instance. helter-ske'ter plan of doing things ters. And the little investment may
An advantage in this for the country when he thinks of it, when it pleases eventually result not only iu a snu.g
or tillage child is. that few families are him or perhaps, frequently not at all, allowance of pin money each year but
so poor as to be unable to set aside a will be abandoned. a complete change in the character of

small stock for this purpose. A hen The money-making uart of the mat-
the owner. BESSIE L. PUTNAM.
and a single can be
sitting of eggs ter should be prominent as in any bus-
spared if the willThese, itis present. iness venture. Money is not the end The mortality with your chicl's is
misfortune docs not overtake them, but the means; rightly gained and one the serious drawtiacks attending
used, poultry raising; due largely toimpr p-
will furnish the nucleus for a plant it is a blessing; but it is by no
er feeding. Much credit is due to Mrs.
that can be made to increase in pro- mena? the greatest thing In life. But S. E. Pinkerton of ClayrCenter, Nebr.,
portion each year. And right here let to business: Even a child will readily who has formnlafed a perfect food for
itbe said that from the first the child acquire the principles of the industry. young chickens that will successfully
carry them throug the critical periods
should be le<! to more ambitious work If broilers are to be sold, the chickens
of the'r lives without losing them.
in the future. Be it " in inore setting must be raised early. If winter eggs The ingredients comp sing this food I
hens or an incubator, better shelter, are the main requisite, ditto. The lo- am well acquainted with; the compon-
tnore scientific feeding progress cation, conditions of market, etc. modi- ent parts serve to make a healthy
griwth, com bining as it does every-
should be the constant 'watchword. fy requirements, and some guidance
thing necessary to make bone, muscle
Poultry raising judiciously followed, may be needed at times to secure the and feathers.
may develop a good bit of character most profitable returns, Biit the idea C. H, RHODES.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
many false clues. She usually
chooses same 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 nnt
so vexatious.

The period of incubation is about

on? month. Before the days of incu-
bators the fashion was to give tlie first
setting hens and thus double the
to
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.
A flock of Geo. B. Clary's White Wyaiiaotte and Buff Orping-ton cockerels Bread crumbs form,
at Fairburv, Neb. a good diet for
the
few days. Cottage cheese is
first

an excellent food by way of variety.

Hints on Turkey Ra^ising. ulnr. In some localities, however, me- The crumbs from the family table
(II.) '
dium sized individuals have a prefer- may serve to cater to the wants of a
Having decided to add turkeys ence in market over the larger ones. small flock. A-n acquaintance, during
to
the denizens of the poultry yard, the And if raising for such a market, the one season when wheat was high and
<iuestinn of breed became paramount. White Holland is in this respect pre- locally scarce, fed a flock on Johnny-
A neighbor may have a flock of no ferable. The latter, too, is more staid cakes, and kept them growing nicely.
in its habits, less inclined to roam; and It was mixed with sour milk and soda,
particular breed, yet the birds "turn out
"pretty well" and are always in good if there is danger of trespassing the and baked in the oven. Turkeys are
demand atThanksgiving or the holi- White Holland may be the better of especially fond of cabbage and similar
days. It seems a little evtravagant to the two. Some like to cross the Mam- green food, a hint which may prove of
pay fancy prices for a pair or trio
moth Bronz male with the White Hol- profit during the winter months when
when one can buy plenty land female for this reason, claiming dependent upon their owner for all
of them at
the market prices for the meat. Or the
to acquire thereby birds of superior such delicacies. The rough leaves of
eggs may be obtained near size, yet with the domestic proclivities the cabbage should always be convert-
home for
a comparatively small price. of the mother. This may work all ed into poultry food, as well as the
right on the first cross. But what have small and ill-shaped heads.
"Pure bred." do you ask? Well, no;
not
you with the second or third? Be- Turkeys
upon the slu^s which feast
exactly, but pretty nearly. So
sides, the most shrewd always try to bushes with a great relish.
infest roses
nearly that they will pass for pure.
Ah! there is a little mistake in fact, sell the best of their flock to breeders And if one has a bush infested it is
at a considerable advance over prices pleasing to perch a half grown turkey
a mistake of considerable size. This
paid for table use-; and the first cross upon the hand in reach of the bush,
mixing of breeds may do all right in
spoils all this. and notice the rapidity with which the
the hands of a fancier wlin follows
scientific principles in his quest of im- Turkeys commence to lay in March number of pests decreases, as well as
or April, often before the snow is en- the keen eye which seeks out its prey.
proved varieties; but in the hands of
the novice it is sure, or at least al- tirely gone, and as the eggs are more The cure is cheaper and quicker than
The susceptible to extremes of weather, with hellebore, and equally effective.
most sure, to come to grief. cross-
ing once hard to tell
begun, it is
the vagaries of the birds should be When the birds have become nicely
carefully watched and the eggs re- feathered out the feeding problem is
where it will end, and the manipuulator
sooner or later finds on his hands a moved if there is danger of their mainly by their tendency
ruled to

stock of mongrels, inferior to ances- becoming chilled. Shake as little as wandering. Fed at night, there is an
possible in doing this,and keep in a inducement for them to come home to
tors on either side, and valueless i(
sale for breeding purposes is at- cool, dry place until ready for the in- roost, a most desirable feeling to the

tempted. much better to study

It is
"ubating process. owner. BESSIE L. PUTNAM.
the breed and your own requirement* The turkey seems to defy the vig-
carefully, and then choose and adhere lance of her owner in this respect, and If you want to buy anv BlacK Lantr-
to the breed chosen. 'hough ordinarily tame and confiding. shans send for h. E. Mever<;' fine cir-
what one of our he<<t
cular and read
The Mammoth Bronze is the giant ;he becomes at nesting time tbe most
indges has to sav of hi.s stocK. ' Mr.
f tJie family, and is deservedly pop warv of bir'ts. and will ften lead one Meyer islocated at BowiingGreen, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. II

fortnight. If there were no obstacles, if

there were no disappointments in store

lor us, and all were smooth sailing witli
the almighty dollar, there would be no
money in the poultry business, for in
that case every shiftless, careless man
wlio tried would succeed, and there
it

would be nothing left as a reward for

earnest efforts. To make poultry keep-
ing profitable it necessary to observe
is

methods. A successful man in any oc-

cupation makes his business a study.
He thinks, plans, and reasons, and his
mind never loses sight of opportunities.
If results are adverse from his expecta-
tions he is not satisfied until he has in-
vestigated the reasons. These d scnv-
ered the remedies are applied. Mis-
takes are considered as object lessons,
and the same mistakes are not made
First Prize pea of Buff Orping-toiis at Nebraska State Show at" Lincoln' the second time. The fact is, this man
Bred and owned by C. Rockhill, Harvard, Neb. These birds won in strong will make a complete success in the bus-
coinpetition and are as good as grow.
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
The Farmer's Advantages. plainly indicates that knowledge is
Mrs. W. I. Mines. gained from experience, reading and
using a lot of thinking and planning.

By little tilings 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 made by disposing of part. The wise
which are raised and sold upon the
th;s was applied to small things on the farmer will
farm. When the farm fails to return farm, no doubt many of our farmers
profitable crops, like the season of
would find their accounts in much bet- variety of pure bred poultry. I know
1901, this should teach farmers that it
is not wise tp 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 bearing age and could
add some to their income as all fruit
did well last year. Our hen house is
surrounded by our orchard. Cliickens
are good to destroy insects inan 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
Now that feed is high is a poor time to
keep unproductive stock. Look over
your flock and see if any saving can be
keep nothing but good
stock. He should begin with but one
ter shape. I know farmers who think so many who keep from five to fifteen
poultry is too small a fry for them to
mongrel cockrels over for breeding
bother with. I hope our extreme stock every year. Now that feed is
drouth has taught some of them that high why not sell every one of them
their hens are not a very small thing and buy
one or two nice thoroughbreds
after all. I think during the past sea- of whatever breed your choice may be
son the hen has proven herself one of Now select your best hens to mate
the most valuable possessions we have with them and only
set eggs from their
on the farm, for their earnings pay our pen. You may think this lots of trou-
grocery bills. It seems the prevailing
ble, but I can assure you it will pay
idea with the average farmer is that a
you every time. But remember, dear
"26c scrub cockerel is good enough; but
reader, "that like begets like" in the
what a mistake to think of the years
spent trying to do something with breeding pen.
nothing. Thought and action are the The wise farmer wil try .to keep his
great money forces on the farm. Win- stock cornfortable. If you cannot do
ter is the best time for thought and the this with your present facilities, then
other season for action. Let us all keep them as comfortable as you can
start in this season (as feed is high) this winter and provide proper quarters
with a fixed purpose to raise less quan- for them before next. Many uncom-
tity and more quality. No one is justi- fortable poultry houses can be greatly
fied in raising mongrel poultry. Not in improved by the judicious use of a little
this day and age of the world. It has lumber, suplemented with straw for
been amply proven that extra prices filling in. In the absence of anything
can everywhere be obtained for good better, old newspapers will oftentimes
stock, be it horse, cow, pig. or chicken, stop holes and cracks. Farmers, as a
and that it costs no more to raise pure class, are in the habit of looking upon
bred stock than cheap scrubs. We have their poultry as a side issue, or as we
no right to expect results except as a may plainly express it, "A gift from
logical result of effort and conditions. God." They give all their attention to
"We shall reap what we have sown." their corn, oats, wheat, cattle, etc., and
is as true today as when first uttered. their poor chickens, after being raised
Let us commence at the beginning and by their good wives, are left entirely to
not expect to accomplish wonders in a nature. Now nature knows her busi-
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From I. A. Harvey. have turnips for table use. Poultry to
I^iultry lin estigator, Chiy Center, do well must have some green stuff to BUSINESS CATCHERS
pick at. When rye sowing time comes
Xil.. Dear Sirs: A> 1 am a reader of
, again I put the first lot in rye again, FOR EXCBANGE. A 60-egf; Sure Hatch In-
ycur \alualile[njnltry juuriial ami like
and so keep things moving. We al- cubator, for E.xhlbition B. B. K. Games,
til reailuhat uther pimltry raisers have Must be first class stock. A. J, WlUlau.s.
ways have healthy chickens and most Clay Center. Nebr.
ti) say ill regard to their success and
always have plenty of eggs and some BUFF PLYMOTITH ROOK Cockerela from
failure in the poultry business, 1 feel as firstprize cock; very promising. Write fur
to sell. We have two kinds of poultry. prices. Alljert U. Swett. 'iU Mosley SI,,
though I might say someth ng along Elgin, lil,
Buff Leghorns and Black Langshans,
tli.Li hue that might be of interest to W, WHITNEY. f;hatbam, Ohio. Poultry
both pure stock and fine birds. J.
smile of your many readers. Can a Judge. All Varieties Private scoring
Respectfully yours. and expert mating a specialty
l;erMiii raise poultry on a town lot to
I. A, HARVEY, 40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale
any aiKantagc' 1 say yes. But you cheap if taken sdon.
Harrisonville, INIo. U. E Genoways. Aurora. Nebr.
\sill ]ia> e to keep a smaller flock than

yiiu would if you were where ou had

more room. VVc (that is, wife and I)
ha\c a lot about luo by 4il feet for our ies are coming in from Nebraska, Mis-
poultry yard (you may
to do any .good, but we get there just
the same.) his we have divided off in
'i
Two-fifths of this in one
three parts
lot and the other three-fifths in two
lots. All three lots are connected with
The InvE-STicator brought the sale
of four birds from Colorado. Inquir-
say, too small souri, Indiana and other states. I am
now on a small farm j mile east of
town and am prepared to do business
in good shape; will be connected by
'phone in a few days. Am building a
new $1,2(J0 church in town and preach
three times every Sunday. Your-s for
FREE. GAIMES, Eggs $1 00 per 13. (Hrcular,
lleatbwoods, Irish and Mexican Grays,
Totnadnes. Irish BIks. Reds. Cornish In-
dians. $200, Fowls all times. C. U, Smith.
Fort Plain. N. Y.
BIG MAIL for poullrymen. Insert your
name in our poultry dlrecior and receive
pounrypapers. poultry cata!ngue.s, etc. ev-
ery day. Only teu cents siiver." Poultry
Diieclbry Co, A. Goshen. Ind,
DARK BRA HMAS exclusively. A few stand-
ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and egys
1.5l>per setting- Alice Trenary, Palmyra.

the poultry house. In the big lot we success. CHAMBLIN. .Nebraska,

BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks. No stocl< for
have six fine plum trees and one fine sale. Fggs s'l.OO per 100, $1.00 per VS. My
INCREASE IN POULTR.V. stock is tirst clfiss and In have won show
peach tree that bear fine fruit. About room. J, P. Scbioeder. clay Center, Neb.

tl;e middle of September we turn the ALSEN Poultry yards has Haniborgs. Buff
TKe Incubator That Ha.tched the Great.
and Brown Leghorns. Buff Rocks. While
birds out of this lot. Get some rye. est Nvimber of Chicks and Endows Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian. Won
Sow it very thick on top of the ground Therrv With HealtK. 20premiums nut of 27 eniries at South Da-
kota state fair, t ggs for halehiPe. $1.(0
and then dig it under about four or five Among the hundred.s of incubators and up. Circulars free. II. P, Carson.
inches. Of course you can't cover it advertised broadcast throughout the Beresford. S. D.
land those manufactured by the Geo LIGHT BRAHMaS, I have a few good hens
all sparrows will pick
up. but this the
Ertel Company, Ouincy, 111., stand and pulleis for sale cheap. J^lrs. Alice Allen,
up. We
have to keep the birds off of preeminent for volume of product and Clay Center, Nebraska.
it about two weeks, and by that time quality. EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
the rye is up so thick that it completely Any chicken raiser farmer or poul- Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
try fancier who is not familiar with Light Brahmas, $1.60 per seitine of l^ eggs.
covers the ground. This will give them Wiite wants. .lolin H, Rownd. Downs, Kas.
the advanced theories and successful
greens enough as long as the snow is practice demonstrated in the Ertel in- IIO.SE COMB
Wliile and Rose Comb Brown
Legliorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan-
off. We have had winters that there cubator.s must eventually confess him- dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season.
self behind the times. 15. n-. 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per 11. J, W.
was one or two days in every week Cook, Poneto. Ind.
The George Ertel Company have is-
that they could get green rye enough sued a finely illustrated 178- page book- MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekln
to do them. As soon as spring opens let descriptive of the various styles Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth
Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand-
up and the snow leaves and from this and sizes of incubators and brooders ei>. iui.i :.l. Hiui./.o Toms, at $2 each. Pol-
that have made the name Ertel famous ai,vl t.i- ii.js iiiaMer of cirri.spoudence
patch they can get green stuff enough
I ;i ! :i

in the poultry world. This book any .1. I). Grimes. Chamber Neb. ,

until the rye ripens, and then they get one may have who will write his wants Wliri'K PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1
the ripe grain. We usually have from to the (ieorge Ertel Company. ' r old hens and Ibis year's pullets and
Cue l,rr- li f'lr aale. Old stork score 92 points
25 to 30 birds on this patch, and they au.l 'I' ijiri'i. WiiLc for prices. Geo. N,
Wood. Welilun. La.
can't keep it down, the rye being sown
so thick in the first place, will leave
50.) nUFF. PARKED, White Plymouth Rocks.
Lifflit Brahnias. Fine cockerels, hens and
plenty to go to seed, which the birds pullets J2 t" S3 each. Eg-gs 15. +1 00. 100, $6.00.
Wilton Brown box W. Middleboro, Mass.
soon find. Bread down the straw and
Willi EPLYMlXIT'H exclusively. A ROCKS
relish the new grain. By the time that fevvchoice coeki rels ^or s ile: look 1st and
2nil prem uin at S O S poultry show.
the rye ripens I dig up one of the Wii e for prices. J. W. Maisun, Slroms-
other patches and plant it in corn. burg. S-hi: Route No 2.

This I do for three purposes. First, WHITE H. TIIKKEVS. 1 W. Rock ck.. s^ore
"\ ICIOK 11414 l>y Russell, for -ale. Also esgs from
they are about out of green stuff in ERTbL s l\(-Uli\10K D Biiiiiniis Brown Leghorn. B. Pekin and
To those who do not own an Ertel Game Uauiams. E.tpert Judge. P. M. Cool-
the rye patch and have to have some- ey .Milton, la.
incubator or who have not seen the
thing else; second, hot weather is com-
book, it will be interesing to know that WHITE W'YANDGTTES. Duston and Nor
ing on and they need some shade, and val strains direct. Score 92 to 9.> by Judge
this book tells how a hatch in almost Rhodes. Quality and fair treatment gruaran-
third, why not raise a little corn while any machine may be increased, and le.'d. Best winter layets. Eggs 2-00 per 15-
you are doing the rest. It won't bring and how any brood may be kept in Belgiaii hares, i has. C. Uilsun. Holdrege.
Nebraska.
good health, and hundreds of other
very much, but it may bring you a things every chicken owner should O. K S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right
busli'-l, which will feed your hens for a Know. Eggs Sl.OO per 15 or 54 00 per 100. W, T. Can
aday, Dover. Lee ci'unty. Iowa.
little while. You will not have to pull There is also an interesting chapter
on raising ducks' and others on build- BARRFD PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively
any weeds or suckers; your birds will Eggs S4-00 fi r 100. $1.00 for Vt. Adam A
ing poultry houses and poultry yards. Weir, Clay Center. NeOr.
do that for you. Later on I plant tur- The acquaintsnce with the pleasant
from standard bred White and S. L. Wy-
nips in the other lot. When the corn business methods of Messrs George EtiCS andottes and Light Brahmas. #1.50 per setting.
doesn't furnish any more green stuff Ertel Company which will result from C. Feldman. 2035 N. Main st. Fremont. Neb.
application fur this book will not te
for the birds (but still furnishes shade) WHITE WYANDOTTES. pure white and as
the least interesting experience. t'oixi as the best. Kggs 51.50 per 15. S2 So for
I have plenty of turnips and tops to Write to-day to George Ertel Compa- 30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray, Clay
feed them, and at the same time you ny, Quincy, ill. Center. Nbr.
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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 members
of an association carries with it lasting
memories and a warm feeling. Make
the distant exhibitor feel he is welsome
A Plymouth Rock chicks that weigh
pair of Barred 16 pounds cockerel and give him fair and impartial treat-
8,'^, puUet 7)4 owned by J. H. Troug-h, of Minden, Neb.
ment; look after his interest as prompt-
ly and carefully as those near by, and

future successful exhibitions are an as-

Some Lessons Poultry Exhibitions Teacli. sured fact. Allow no familiarity with
By W. Whitney. the judge in the show room when at
J.
vvcrk. His time and best judgment in
The average poultry exhibition gives them in theirlist. I have often won- justice to every exhibitor should not be
lood for much practical knowledge. dered why poultry associations did not diverted from the work he is employed
Perhaps the young and ambitious more generally make arrangements for to do. No man can have his mind on
breeder of prize fowls receives more the entertaining of the distinct exhibit- two subjects and do his best. Nse no
useful and lasting information from his or by securing rates and rooms at the partiality; make this a rule and enforce
exhibit, he attends
especially
first if most convenient good hotel, thus es it to the letter. A judge surrounded by
personally and is of an observing and tablishing a headquarters for visitors interested exhibitors or curious visit-
retentive disposition than can be ob- uul exhibitors from a distance. It ors, each making comments and re-
tained from a year's breeding, or read- strikes me this would be a valuable ad- marks, many of which are intended for
ing of poultry mtormation. It is those dition to every list. How often it has his ears, is placed in an unfavorable
things that directly affect us financially me
taken day or two to find out
a position to do good work and often
or our reputation and ability as breed- where the boys were stopping in a big receives censure for unintentional mis-
ers which are most easily observed and town, and we would hardly all get to- takes. These things are all worry. No
remembered. When mistakes and the gether before the closing day of the association will receive less patronage
imperfections of our fowls are brought exhibition. This might all be avoided, for prohibiting any familiarity toward
to our notice in the show room, and a lower rate secured and all be togeth- the judge by any one, member of the
we are also aware others see them in er upon our arrival in town by a pre- assicoation or any one else when on
perhaps a stronger light than we our- vious arrangement and notice in the His clerk
duty. competent one is
(a
selves, our pride, our capabilities as premium list by the secretary, regard- very important) should be in no way
breeders receives and retains such les- ing a suitable place to secure accom- inteested in results, or with the exhib-
sons in a way to warrant renewed and modations, reduced rates, and associa- An experienced man, expert
it. in this
and more intelligent effort in the fu- :ion with those whose interests are in line of work is preferable even if he
ture. While the above is true and al- :he same lines as your own must be paid for his services.
is a great
though poultry exhibitions, when right- idvantage. New acquaintances can be Again I have seen the door receipts
ly conducted, aid and foster the breed-
made, old ones renewed. These even- of an exhibition reduced one-half at
ing and popularity of the prize poultry ngs devoted to the interchange of ex- least by the offering of special prem-
of today, yet there is noticeable in periences and discussion of timely top-
many of the exhibitions I have attend- ics of mutual interest to us individual
ed this winter a very unsatisfactory and in a breeder sense to the fancy as
management, a poultry exhibition to a whole are the more pleasurable
be of the most value as an educational part of the meeting. Every ambitious
and financial success should be run on breeder attends these events more or
strictly business principles.
less for the information and friendships
Many of the premium
lists which he may there secure. The more of
have come to my
address are wonders this fraternal spirit there is in evidence
of useless information. The more im- the more popular and successful our
portant things have been omitted and exhibitions will become. Again each
those of only minor importance made jremium should contain clear and
list
to occupy nearly the whole pamphlet. -orrect information regarding the po-
A set of old, back-number rules and sition of the show rooms and hotels to
regulations which have been regularly the several depots. If by street car tlie
inserted in each succeeding list for names of the proper cars to take and
perhaps 10 or 12 years occupy the first the streets at which to leave the car
few pages rules that are never lived should be given. A still hunt in a large
up to and that the association knows city for a hotel or exhibition room, es- A pair of Kuse Comb Brown Leg-
horns owned by J. H. Trough of Min-
will not be. When they incorporate pecially at night, is anything but an en- deu, Neb., basking the warm sua.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Uresis of the country. While an ini \akiable remedy and cheaply ap-
easily
properly run e.xhibition is a step back- pbed. Some usually under this
sold
\vard. It is said there is honor among head is not strong enough to be fully
thieves and criminals, but hardly of a effective as a farm insecticide, but it
character to create a great deal of con- may be easily concocted at home. To
iidence in them as desirable citizens five pounds of common bar soap allow
Place the management of our poultry one-half pound of carblic acid crys-
exhibitions on a basis approaching to tals. Put the soap into a pan with a
those empowered by our best conduct- little water and heat slowly until dis-
ed fraternal societies, backed up by a solved. Remove the cork from the bot-
guarantee fimd sufficient to cover all tle of acid and place the latter in a dish
possible losses and the question of the of hot water. This will transform the
payment of all obligation will be one crystals' into a fluid. Pour into the
which will give little anxiety to associa- melted soap and thoroughly; then
stir .

tion or exhibitor. I refer to this as it set away to cool. This soap will keep
is one of the more common causes foi for a long time, and is extremely use-
ill-feelingand dissatisfaction. No poul- ful not only about the poultry house,
try association can draw a large ex but in ridding cattle of vermin. .\
hibit unless premiums and all obliga- strong suds applied to house plants in-
tions are met promptly and in full. A vested with aphis and then washed off
mistake here often proves the cause of liter a few minutes with clear water
distrust of not only the association as will be found an efficient remedy.
a body but each of its individual mem- Now that carbon bisulphid is used so
"Ben Hur" 1st p' ize B. P. R. cocK- bers personally often affecting them generally for destroying insect life, it
erel at NebrasKa State show at Lin- and their reputation as men and breed- seems that renovating the poultry
in
coln, bred and owned by C. M. Hulburt ers many times more than the amount
Fairbury, Neb houses there might be made another
it would take to strengthen up
all in- successful application, though I have
uims which were of a questionable or debtedness as soon as contracted. never seen it advocated for this pur-
objectionable character, as speritous There are many other conditions which pose so far as I can recall. There is
I'quors, littery tickets, or drink tickets have a depreciatory affect upon a poul- no doubt but that it would be death
at saloons, or other questionable try exhibition but space at this time to lice or any other animal life
places. Associations should be very forbids their mention. The expression
therein, providing the building was
caieful in their acceptation of specials; of these few thoughts are intended for
shut up tight for 24 or 36 hours. The
only those of real value and of a per- only those whose experience is less only danger would be that the sub-
fectly reliable character should be in- than my own along these lines
stance is highly explosive, and during
corporated :n their lists. J. W. WHITNEY. this time it would be imperative to
The classification of a show and the guard the building from a single spark
proper arrangment of the exhibit aids THE SPRING RENOVATION. of light in any form.
the visitor, superintendent and judge
One BESSIE L. PUTNAM.
of the prominent symptoms of
materially in doing quick and satisfac-
"spring fever" is the house-cleaning
tory work. Too often we see a class
mania. And the tidy home keeper ex-
scattered all over the room, when prop-
tends this to the poultry house as
erly it should be in one row or section
only. Where birds are shown in same
well. No matter how tididly the work
of caring for the flock
may have been
coops which they are sent to the
in
done during the winter, with warm
show this is difficult but somethin ap-
weather come demands for a complete
proaching order man be maintained.
renovation.
Within two hours after a class is
judged the cards should be sighned, There are numerous effective meth-
ods of accomplishing this, each hav-
card footed up and the ribbons or pre-
ing to 'iome individuals certain advan-
mium cards upon the coops. This
can easily be done if the secretary is tages. A
popular method is to clear
onto his job and no other kind of a movable boxes
out and perches,
all

secretary should be considered wirthy cle?n them thoroughly, and then close
the place. the house tight and burn sulphur or

The anticipation and preparation for brimstone, the fumes of which are
prompt, quick work in each depart- prnof against insect life. A coat of

ment, in advance is one-half the battle. whitewash serves to further cleanse

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 sens* adds dignity
and (onfidenee ta the whale fany in-
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
We present herewith a picture of R.
sprayer one can dislodge the pests; R. French, Ford City, Mo. Standing
and as the kerosene evaporates rapidly, on his lap is "Missouri Boy." score
even a thorough drenching with the 94'2, and a prize winner. He breeds
S. C. White Leghorns exclusively, has
liquid does not prevent the use of the
been for some time, and his stock is
building for any great length of time. well and favorably kuowu in all partu
Strong carbelic saap sud^ is another af the country.
 i6 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
The White Hollands. ORIOLE FARMS. Twin Lalies. Wisciiiislil,
send free a Partridee WraiKjolte catalogue,
A. D. Burhaus.

'I'frcir superior nierlu. And inr

S. C. ^\'. LEGHORNS, three pens lieaded bv 1st
.1
and 2iid cklsaild 2nd cock strains ,l.n() Knapp
market piirpose, per 15: 4.00 per lIKi tliis season. Bookinir or-
1 iliirk they liave no ders now. M. li. Plymett, Watsoulown, Pa.
While we dn not think
e.,tial.
the FA.CS for hatchintr; Wliite Plymouth Rocks
White oHllands outdo the hron/e and White VN'vanrtottes. LS for 1.75. S.C.White
tnr and Brown Leirhorns, 1.25. Belirian hares for
K<ys in weight, sale. S. S.-Dunn. 4550 Chicago Ave., Minnea-
] lliink they average polis, Minn.
U]) !o them pretty well, and I am sure WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict-
ly pure white, mated to a '*4 5.0 point cockerel,
thi.y are much easier to ra se. Why? large and pure white. Euk's, l..":!) per 15. No
stoolc for sale. Write for wants. C.W.Brehni.
I'.ecause you do not have to out of the Harvai-d, Nebr.
chicken range to hunt their lusts. 1 WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. U
use to spend a whole forenoon liunting varietii-s of thorouifhbr.id poultrv. E|.r(.'S for
liHichLiiif from 6i)c to 1.25 p,r si-tilinr. Writ.-
a bronze nest yes. several of them for particulars. O. O. L,inu-ii. Decorah. Iowa.
and then perhaps when di<l find it a 1 BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen. cockerel score.
skunk had got there first. Vou can
ly,, pullets WJj lo'>3: eL'trs 3.01) for 13. Yd 2
and 3, 2.1111 for 15; vd 4, l.(Kl for 15, 4.i)tl per \m.
fix a Holland nest just the Bronze Turkevs 2.IKI for 10. Mrs. Clias. Lowrv,
same as a
Dunbar. Nebr.
ch'eken's. They are not hard to take
up from setting: in fact, they just act
WHITE WYANDOTTES exclu4iv,.U. Et-'irs
from pen, 2.1X1 per These are line birds.
1.5.
as if they know justwhat is wanted of Those at larg-e. per 15; 4.00 per lOO. Mrs.
I.IH)
M. A. Barrans. LeMo.v. Iowa.
them. .^Iso think they mature a month
earlier "than the bronze. EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded
They fatten American Domini. [ues, 51..=o per l.\ i.fii per 20.
easier. You also can drive them in a
Also c.ckerels at 53 and pullets at f2. Blue
Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick. U' W.-si 11th St..
flock anwyhere you wish. Hatched 9} A prize winning White Wyauflotte Erie, Pa.
from three hens I lost quite a good cockerel owned by W. A. Forbes, WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel
many, too, by the hot weather while North Topeka, Kan. strain. Pen headed byS25c.)ck: every hen a
lop-notcher. E(ftrs 2.50 per 15. Your chance
.five weeks old of the late to get the t>est White blood in the world. H.
hatch, but ]
raised C. Nichols, P. M.. Spearville. Kan.
54 large, fine turkeys. They
were just handsome to look at, so pret- Notice ta Advertisers. E(;GS Columbian Wvand.ittes, Hnest in the
land. Buff Orpinirt.'ins. White Lansrshans,
ty and white. We could drive them After this matter relating
White Indian (.ames. R. C. White Lejrhorns
all to ad- Silver Wyand.>ttes. Also fr.pm R. C. Brown
every morning to the meadow or wheat Legrhorns very cheap. F.iwls. d.)irs, birds and
.stubble to hunt vertising, such as new ads, changes, pipeons cheap. Indian Runner ducks. Enclose
grasshoppers. Vou stamp. N.i circulars. Address Hillcrest
would enjoy hearing them chirp and must be in the Poui,TRY Invksti-
etc., Farm, Millediu'eville, Pa.J
catch the
hoppers. The children en- GATOR office as soon as the loth of the EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced
joyed taking them out to hunt the hop- Wvandottes 51.50 per 15. S2.50per3O. Known
month preceding the date of issue to as I. X. L. Poultry Y'ards. Satisfaction g^uar-
pers. When they come home they anteed or nionev refunded. Mrs. W. J.

would have some wonderful story to

insure insertion as we must hereafter Barnes, Topeka, Kansas. Sta. B.

tell about the turkeys. They can soon

print 30,000 copies to meet our circula BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wvan-
dottes, White Kloitdikes, best ..btainable.
clean a field of these pests that are
tion each month and we must have a Stock and ejTffs for sale in .seas.m. T. W.
Beccher & Co., Reed City, Mich.
so desructive to our time to "ma' e up" and print the
wheat and fall little
meadows. I can go out any time of BELGIAN H.\RES.J2..50 per pair. S. L. Wv-
paper. All matter received after the andottes. Pekin Ducks. 20 esrirs Sl.OO. Als.)
dayMiM pick my Hollands up. If you Poland China h.)jrs. While China Geese, and
ISth will consequently lay over until White Cruinea pig-s- H. L. Felter. Washta
want to make a sale of any of them Cherokee county. Iowa.
they will the following month.
all come to see a stranger, MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMAS, prize wiu-
you inay be sure on ninjf stock scorinj.' from 'Hi to 05 p.>ints El'i-'s
that. The Toms SI. 50 per IS. Mammoth Pekin Duck efu's
will d<5 their paft in showing off by It is a well known fact that 50 per S1..50 No
stock for sale.
fur 11. Mrs. Alice
Allen. Glay Center. Nebr.iska.
strutting. sold a tryo to a lady that
I cent of thj chicks hatched throughout
always raised the bronze. She sent the country die before they are three O. I. C. SWINE f.irsale from one of the best
herds in state ..f Illinois. Bo.)kini.' orders now-
me \crd to catch them on a certain weeks One of the greatest causes forpitr.s, sinjrle, pairsand tri.is. Mated Noakin.
old.
I'rices within reach of all. .\lso ejTK's from
night and she would be after them the .)f mortality is improper feed. lari,'e. frrowthv Llirht Brahma and B.
this P. R.)ck
next day. When she came she seem- The l)et feed for little chicks that has chickens for sale at ?2.(H) per 15 .ir S3.ll per .3(1.

.\ddress Chas. Griffith. Woburn. 111.

ed to be quite put out about me not come to my notice is Mrs. Pinkerton's
Perfect Chick Food. It contains the
FINEST WHITE ROCKS in the slate. Eifirs
catching them, though it would make SI.50 per 13. Oris B. Lewi-,, Il.'.l Wabash Av.-..
ihem wild to chase them. best material the market affords and Fort Wayne, lud.
went out We
and I called them up. She being a
all that is essential to the life and ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm
sends free a Partrid,<e Wvandotte Catal.ijfue.
slrarger, they soon fenced her in. growth of the chick. I would not try A. D. Burhaus. Twin Lakes. Wis
I
told her now to pick out her tryo. She to raise chic' ens without it.
itisl laughed and said they really
seem- L. P. HARRIS.
ed to be making fun of lier. I saw the S5,000
w
It wrtb(^ut a rival.
cl^iYLll^
Glve8lowt i.Hoesof fowls and ecgB.
FREE!
breedH Turkeys, Gee^e. I>uAand ChlckeDa. Hoii-
lady some time afterward. She was Socorro, N. M. March 2(1, 1902.
5.)

of plutesfromlife. 1 5 best ooultry boose pluia Trest-

Be oodlsesse9,howto teed, bred. etc. Send lOc. forpoflta^
pleased with them; thought the longer Poultry Investigator: J. K. Brabaiou. Jr. k Co., B<nlOo.Oclnu, Wb,
she had them the better she liked them. Can any of your readeas tell me how
This is quite a long White Holland let- to pack and keep- eggs sor s>ix ^months
ter, but if some of you wish I will
For Sale.
tell or more. Will packing in slacked
you how those birds, not with
I raise<l lime and storing in a cool place keep
lilack Ivaiig-shan Cocl-erels, ,^0c
a hen, but very easy I am sure.
and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes
all O. K. Will they not keep if packed Sl.ai each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2
mVttie STUFFT. in a ban'el of alt brine? and S3. All stock pure blood.
Lawrence, Neb. W. D. BYERTS. Mrs, Albert Ray & Son, VVltsey, Kan.
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
There to adverti.se without
is a way
alvertising premiums won by others. BUSINESS CATCHERS. \
BUSINESS CATCHERS If you can't win with your own birds
do not rob other people of their honors.
Last month one of our patrons, through North 1-TAR POULTRY yards a few
HOl'l" OKinNU lONS, Uook's StrHlns,"' SKS choice Karred Rock and ^N hite Wyandotte
li for SiiOO; hnwh g luriiniet'd $.1 0(1 from a mistake he claims, advertised that cockerels left. Northwestern bii yers save ex-
l)lrds biitf to pro;;iny of im-
the skin Kiirt they won first on hen, first and second orbitant express rates and order early- J *j.
piitml slock. Express piopiiiU. A. Kdward on pullet in the Orpington class at Tjaden, Lentiox. South Dakota.
(ire-n. .lollet, 111.
Lincoln last January, when the facts NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood-
Kroiii 2 spUndld p-ns Address Mrs. 1.
K.i;GS f.ir hutt-hins.
Li'iKsliai.s. s.Mi-e flJ'/2
were they won none of these premiums. ers for sale cheap. .1.
piiZf! vvinniii.' Bliii-k Cla' k, 26th & Y Sis.. Lincoln, Nebr.
III !i5's Kufl Urpii.j:tons and Kose (Joiiib First hen was won by John A. Ling,
l!l.t 'k Biintanis. Uirrulars free. John Cule, Harvard, Neb., first pullet by P. H. -ILVER LACED Wyandottes exclusively,
M II \Villian.sti,!ld. III. Campbell. Osceola. Neb and second .
strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best
egg production. They are winners, eggs that
KCOS fnirn my Baiii.v Strain of bigh scor- pullet by Mrs. Henry Shrader. Berlin, will hatch, 1,00 for 15. W. O. Johnson. Stroms-
! K 1. iilir. Itriihnias imn prize winning
Net) hurg. Neb.
Kiiick .SiiniatT-as, 15 f.i-$l 00. They are up-
to-date Cbas. M. Palmers, Nassau. N. Y. LIGHT BRAHMAS. From Boston winners.
EgBs2 0nper setting, delivered. Yards
lUKK CO MIl.V cbi'kens. Toulouse giese. Dogs a-rvd Incubattors. headed hv prize wini e's. Females as good
Diiro- TiMspy swine. Cuckerels for sale lis the beat. G. W. Hardin. Ulysses. Neb.
wiih s -ore cmV.is, (.:iii ken eggs J:;.no for l.'i.
i;.-p.se pff'-'s i.ioeacli. r'has. A. Allison, Ten-
Ida Shepler, Raleigli, Ind. OJLTKY PAPRKS nt cost, valuable cir-
1

are not exact- Eggs 1 00 per 15. 4.00 per 100.

nrs ee. 111. Dogs and incubators culiirs free.
Buff UocKs Huir wyandottes. Big birds,
WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B. ly classed in one list, but the out- eggs
fertile A. B Kathamler, Macedoniii.
Turkevs. prize winner B. P, Rocks. (Rinflet N. Y.
Strain S. S W.vandoties. S. C, Brown Leir- come 01 the incubator, the chicken
FOR SALE. Two 200 egg size Sure Hatch In-
hiirn. Bi'ds for sale. E^es in season. Mrs, house, and the dog go together. And.
Taylor Raker, Maenolia. Mo. cubatois. In Hrsi class condition, will sell
V rv cheap. Whi.e Kock Farm, Wap Ho.
one of my neighbors, who had 7-5 small
THE STAR POULTRY YardshasS C.Brown Iowa,
Leirlior.is. Barred and White Rocks and chicks taken by a chicken thief from a 'MBs- SINGLE Comb Brown Leghorns
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south Reguar egg machines. Stock direct from
..I East Peoria. I). E. Glatlield, East Peoria. brooder, lamented the absence of a dog besi eastern breedeis. Eggs forsale 1.00
111. nianaerer.
in his vicinity, also. for l.j. W. E Combs, J ulUu. Neb.
SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- HATTIE BYFIELD. Mc'ook. Nebr. Eggs
dottes. Single Coinb Brown Loghornf A month or more ago, on tliese for hatching from Prize winning Light Brah-
T bey are stale winners. Live and let live mas and White Wyandotte chicken. White
U our pages, some one asked what sort of
motto. Dorkings. 150 per setting, Holland u' keys and mammoth Pekin ducks
I

other settings 1 00. Circulars free. O. Mul- dog was best to watch a chicken 15 hen eggs $2.00, turkey eggs 1..50, 11 ducK <l

lin. Beauford. Minn. $1.00. Duck eggs SO.OO per UXi. A few nice
yard or house. Of course that de- drakes to sell.
lUTFF ROCKS. Erenest lot in the west. 1st
premium stock at leading shows. W to 14 pends. Dogs of the same breed or POULTRY E.\
Robt. Lar-
3 THE INTEKNATIONAL
person who has good,
grand matings. eggs 2 ?0 per 15 variety differ as to watchfulness. For change wants every
nier. Rarenwood. Mo. Box 7. .S. V. Pres. Buff mediumpriced thotougbred poultrv forsale
Rock Club. my part, I think the Scotch Terrier to send aescriptiou and prices, with 10c.
to

EGGS Farm range. Black Lang- dog not only for the answer intiulrii s: also anyone wishes to boy
7,Sc per 15. the ideal watch any breed of thoioughbred oultry to send
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn From
1

dwelling house. we can all your orders near

pen No 1. Black Langshan. 200 per 15. Pen chicken house but for prices, fill
Liberal,
No. 2. White Wyandotte. 1 SO per 15 M your home. O. E. Duulap, Supt.
There is no dog more intelligent. They tCansas; U. S. A.
Browning. Appteton City, Mo-
are trained for show dogs with half the EGGS While Crested Black 250
for sale.
'. H. COTTON. Superior Black Langslians;
Buff Rocks. Butt Leghorns. Light
per 15
Eggs l5forS2.iK1. S. H.Cotton. Appleti.n City. training given other dogs of the show Hrhmas. e.ggsl25 per 15 Stock for sMe.
kinds. They are shy of strangers and Write your wants. C. E. Ulson. Colon, Neb.
FOR SALE. 2 cht White Klondike hens
Place order at or Address Poultry In resentful of strange intrusion on theii WHITE PLYMOUTH KOCK5. Farm raised.
VESTIGATOB. Clay enter. Nebr. ""8 Strawberry plants 60
75 cents pei 15.
grounds. Their bark is shrill as to be Loudan Ked Raspberry
WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTE-^. cents per liO.
Eggs per i:i White Wyandotte rocker-
1.00 startling, better for a watch
and what is plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe.
eis 100 each. Pekin dui Rs 2 .tO per trio. Coryvlile. Pa.
Eggs per si/ttinsr. fl.ii;. Mr=. U. M. Clark, dog, they will spring at a friend, with
EGGS Barred Rcks (Thompson strain)
Sumner. Nebra.'-ka. loud barks, the same as a stranger. Wbi e (Rmire) White Wyandotte
Ki.cks
know ilins'. .
L old Wynndotle (Goette)
-.ijye
EliGS Foil SALE! White Crested Black Pol- They cannot see well and do not
ish, 2.50 per 15.Buff Leghorns. Buff Rocks. Light Urai.m (Fel.-h) la f ir 1 2.5 Also a few
.

Light Brahmas. eggs 1.25 per 15. Also Duroc a friend until they get their nose L M. Whltiaker. 38o east
Si, P 111. Ml
Jersey swine. Write vour wants. C. E. Ol- .

against him. In this case, though one

son. Colon. Nebr. BI.A aNG-HNS. Partridge Cochins
favorite of the Wvandintos. Kose Comb
Eggs only for shIle:lsit- of your neighbors, a ,,,.. il .

S. S. HA.MUUKGS.
;ii

I! own Le-horns. Stock and eggs for sale.

ting .iu; 2ur uioresiirmgsl.OO: S.OOperbO. dog, same to the hen roost, the dog stock
v r aso lalile for quality of
1

Key. G. A. Chamblln, Moran. Kansas. I'nr - V

at once.
would warn you. They seldom eat from If vou waiii i-omethin- good write
HUFF UhPINGToNS and W Holland Tur- t; F K z La., rei.ce. Neb. Have hne
1

keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy a strange hand, and if well fed for sup- English Berksl.l e hogs.
slock, winners at Nebraska state show.
Chick 01 eegs 2.00, turkpy tgg.s, 1.50. Mat- per, I do not
believe could be induced EGGS. Barred P.ymoi.tli It ^-k birds scoring
H.iiiii'U KsJ-s 1 .111 pi 15; 2 51) per M; 1
tie Siuflt. Lawrence. Neb. to eat meat given to them in the night. Ui.il, v,i " ss In !i; ; ou per 15: 1 50 per 30,
1- .

tiET THE best: One dollar buys 15 eggx The great trouble in this country in the 4 00 per 100. F Li n & Son. North Eng-
,1

from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose lish. 1 K F. 1>. 2.

Comb Black Minorca.s. C.L. Norman, Stioras- keeping of valuable watch dogs of the
burg. Neb. BELGIAN HARES 25 voung does bred to fine
larger lirceds is in this matter of pois- bucks scoring 'H'l at S3.ilO each, or 2 does and
S.
PRIZE WIXN'ING S. C. W. Li-gb. .nis. White oning. \'cry lew are allowed to live. a bu.h fiir*7 00. All lirst-class stock.
J .

lams. Leg- MarUel. ahoo. Neb.

Click at Des
Thieves can easily make friends with WHITK WV
\N'I)oTTES. Line bred for fan-
per 15; 4.1H)
-ed Cramer- those large dogs, and just as easily in- cy utlli V lieiiw layiui strain. Best shape
ii.iiii, k -I neii. at Ohio State
I
show, 1

duce them to eat poisoned food, il-o ii Poll ir Sliott at Akron. Eggs 2
AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. KX) Bronze inrobilor "V- x specialty 6.00 per 100.

Tnrkeys sire 44 to 44 lbs. 2lX1 cockerels P.1 have a full blood Scotch Terrier, locker. Is fi. sal C D McVlckers, Pleae-
Rocks.W\ andijttes. Legnnrns. Bantams. Guin-
which was bought to guard the house aiil II O li 1

eris. Jersev cattle. Stuck and eggs for .sale.

F. M. Munger & Sons. De in-ide at ivght. with no thought that
P\KTRlDGEiOCHlN ONLY. A few choice
25 years a breeder. heviiy fe- thered pullets for sale. EggsJl.-sO
Kalb, Ills. P.-n headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state
he was ihe typical chickon dog But per 15.
guaranteed, H. h-
S:iiisfaction
WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth shew. 1'02.
Kock e'lrgs for hatching, from my best birds. that he is. Not a chicken
squalls 1)Ut ijowman. Lawrence. Nebr.
l.m perl5: bred on different farms, free range. he runs to investigate the reason. He SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. Most
Pekii eggs 11 for 50c. B. L. (i layers. Cockerels
beautiful fowl and great
Uur Ka^ ,
can drive an old hen and her brood bet- for sale. Eggs $1.25 for 15: $2^25 for X: $.1,011

FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg- ter than 1 can, and always acconipajiies for45. J. E Haynes. Ames. Monroe CO. HI.
horns i-.xcUisiyt-lv 10 years standing: egg pro-
:

ducing slr.vin. Can furnish 1110 eggs per d.ay. me on such excursions taking his side WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first
I have spared nei-
Price. 15 lor l.iKi; 50, 2..50 and 100,4.00. C H. class and mv prices right.
Fywn. Council Grove, Kansas. of the flock and quietly keeping them ther time or expense to get the best st. ck-
Scores from tZh to ''S\. Eggs for sale, J1..50
B ROCKS eggs from 2 pen. 1.50 lor 15. in line to the place intended. He will per 15. fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free.
r e"s strain, none better. Write your
want*.
lie iewn by a basket or bx of newly E E. Bowers. Bradehaw. Neb.
J. W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr.
 POTJLTRY INVESTIGATOR.
}\

roll)
chickens around
her kitchen into the
a radiator opening
room above.
EGG FOOD..
There arways of hatching
better Make It Yourself.
chickens than under a crazy old hen.
Eggs are high at this time of year.
The day is shortly coming when farm Fill your egg basket and reap the ben-
rt'i\es and alU other wives that raise efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re-
.hickens, will wonder that they ever cipe for makinjf the best egg food
known. Easily and quickly made. Re-
'withered with hens. And the farmer cipe price only SOc; Death To Lice,
will smile upon the old way as he now 15c box; Essex Cholera and Condition
sni les on the old cradle for wheat cut- Powder, best on earth, 00c box. The
ting purposes. i by mail for $1.2,S.

'I here are some people yet who argue John J. Kautzmann,
that il is little use purchasing an incu- 590 Bereen St. Newark, N. J.
'i.it"r you are going into the
tmless
lni<incss big. That is another fallacy.
If you have but room enough to keep

fifty or one hundred chickens for your

own table use in the summer, the

[uicker your work of hatching them
out and caring for them through the
most trying time of their life is over,
the better. You can have all you need
Ross Bros.', Manhattan, Kas.. 2nd
prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel at To- hatched out in three or six weeks at Rules of the Cock Pit
peka, Kas., stale show Jan, b 10. Ross the farthest, and then that bother is
Bros make the best trap nest known. over. I have known womeiV,' lots of
them, on a farm to be all' summer long By Da. H. P. Clakbs. lodi&Qa^lii, Ind.
hatched chicles and if I allowed him getting from one hundred and fifty to
would stay with them for days, scarce- And
The Recognized Authority.
two hundred chickens hatched. PRICE. 36 CENTS.
ly leaving them to eat. A poultry buy- then they were of all sizes and at all Address tba Fubllsber f this Pspan
er lives near us. The dog knows the stages of trouble. And by the time the Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry
roll of the chicken wagon far away and 'uilk of them were ready for market Investigator one year
i\eyj;r,.iiils meet it, and nothing it
to he market was down to nothing al-
sefrHs cSn coax him away from watch- most and they actually gave all their For 25 Cents,
ing every one of those chickens un- hard work away. But thank fortune, Address, THE INVESTIGATOR
loaded and walking under them to the they are waking up gradually. Clay Center, Nebraska.
coops kept for feeding them until ship- Talk about an incubator being a
ped. No one has taught the dog this. trouble. What is the trouble of flip-
It simply .seems to be his nature to ping over a couple of hundred eggs Give
iodk'^affer 'poultry. morning and evening, and some incu- Your Breed- Rabicure
It's' a 'drop up or down, I scarcely bators do their own work even here;
know which, from the chicken guard to ing Does
to look after twelve hens sitting on the -\v^
the- chicken hatcher. There are some same amount been there
of eggs. I've During gestation and while nursing
people, yet a few tlie number is a di- for years, I know. There never wa? their young will enrich the blood

minishing one who think the hen a twelve hens yet that would peacefully
it

proper machine to furnish heat, air and look after themselves, and bring out Improve the appetite, increase the
other necessaries for hatching the egg, half the number of chicks the wooden flow of milk, thereby making the
and caring for the ducks. Despite of hen brooding the satne amount of eggs
young strong and health}-.
this, the incubator is the outcome of all will. In the first place, they come off
manner of devices for hatching eggs, at just any time of day they please tn
Give RABICURE a trial and you
the last thcui^nd and more years, by be fed. You just run your feet off Ui win nevt r be without it, SOc a box
people who did not want to put up find them ?nd
them fed, keep the
get postpaid,
with the old natural careless, shiftless other chickens from eating it all up
method of the hen. Nature has a habit from the crazy thing, for a setting her
of wasting a bushel
Vermont Belgian Hare Cos
of everything to is that always. Then you must set
produce a thimbleful. She has plenty they all get on their own nests, which' Lyndonville, Vt-
of time before her is the reason, while they never exactly do. Then there i>
man in the chicken business hasn't. If sure to be a fight, and you've g-^t
he make anything he has got to get new nest to make and take out the cjl
there early and late while the price is and wash all the broken egg off. !

f!noA and get his share, and this is the time those twelve are ready i

xthfre the incubator helps him. hatch not half of them will have h
A thousand years ago, the Egyp- the esrgs started with, and if half tha
tians hatched chickens in ovens pre- half bring forth chickens strong an'
pared for the purpose. Long, long able to cheep you may consider your
ag-> in China, and today also, people self lucky. This is truth, not exagger
make their living hatching ducks for ation. Every farmer's wile knows tha OIU Homestead Brooder
their neighbors and the trade far and to get one hundred chicks started saft The t>eston earth. All your chickens can be
near on their housetops in the sun, A ly going saved in Uie Old Homestead Broody.
almost three times tha Try one. Write for prices. Address
p'jnd of water near by is the broodtr. amount of eggs must b watted. An'
Old Homastead Brooder Co.,
I had a naighbor snce wh* hatchtd late after all the hard 'w*rk this is 'yut middleboro. Mama....
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19
There never has been ;in incubator
Ohio's Whitest White Rocks.
made, no difference how good or at
what price, but what some one would Winners wherever shown the past 10
year-, scoring 04 to 9(> points. Also
find fault with it, the fault usually ly-
Open Laced Wyandoties and Black
ing with the finder. Minorcas. Eggs $1.50 per setting.
It is best, so it is claimed, in buy- Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Ella Pace,
ing; an incubator buy one costing
to (Station A, Route 'i.)

just a little more than you thought at

iirst 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
so'.-rce of satisfaction, if owned by a
careless person. The best incubator
was pronounced a com-
that I know of
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
Tlie next thing is raising them. You
chickens. Afterward a neighbor bought
might almost as well, especially in
the incubator with all its attachments
early spring, let the hen hatch the
cheap. "For his young daughter to ex-
chicks as give them
her after the
to
periment with," he explained. But the
incubator hatched them. For she is girl was not fond of experiments, as
sure to undo all its good work. A the first owner had been. She consid-
chicken, like everything else that goes ered that the maker of the incubator
afoot, is a creature of habit. The hen knew his business. Sending for a new
takes her brood far afield in deep
list of instructions she prepared to fol-
brush and weeds, and not only teaches low them. Giving the incubator only
them to be wanderers, but before she half its egg chamber space in eggs, and
discards them has allowed the greater following her grandmother's rule to set
part of the brood to become the prey the eggs same day laid, she put in 100
of cats and many another chicken en- eggs gathered from nests that day. She
emy lurking in weeds and brush to did not venture to test these first ones,
catch their straying feet. A flock oi just letting them bring what they
cliickens raised in a brooder of any
would, but she followed other direc-
kind, no difference how roughly impro- incubator and that
tions closely
vised, learns to stay close by that
from
brought forth OG strong chicks
brooder. When old enough to trust
those 100 untested eggs. Of course,
away from it they seldom get out of
she did not always do this well after
its sight, for there they know comes even with eggs tested for fertility, but
their food, r.nd there is shelter in cold
she comes so near it that she is a de-
and rain. Let a dash of rain come up cided success with an incubator. That
and how they skurry to it. Take the girl could redeem the name of a poor
chicks raised by the hen and they will incubator, while the first owner of the
cuddle down, after she has left them, machine would ruin the reputation of
under a bunch of grass or other small the best as far as her word could reach.
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 up herself. Watch and you will
all

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 .n^^l^M
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.
for the best incubator, that seems
As
to depend on favoritism. Some will
swear by one kind, some by another.
26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
but one bird the second time. How is DoBt Fool Y o Hrself!
for one winter's shows. If we
tliii
Poultry Investigator have
fair luck I shall be with the hard-
By ^electlns ii poor vegetable cutter. Get
est classes I can find next season. an O K, cuts every thini; ed'.blo for the table
Is publi.-.hed the first of each month at Yon know these fellows out west are or fur tbe poultry. Send J2.50 for sample
the "show me" kind. They are not machine. AkcqIs wanted. Address
Clay Center, Nebraska. all from Missouri but they have to be
showed before tlicy will give up. The p't. A., 0. K. MfgCo- Florin, Pa
BY Chicago show was a grand show, coops
were all tilled with the finest speci-
Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. mens and all of the leading varieties
well represented. Many of the win-
PelrIS-HaIlock strain. Will sell
a few choice drakes and ducks, $1.00
ners from Boston and New York were
h. p. HARRIS, Editok. each. Egg orders booked now.
there and some of them did not get a
place. The managers and officers did Belgian Hare.s. Pedigreed. Grand
themselves and the association nobly lot of youngsters sired by a 9.^*4
Subscription price, 25cts, a Year, and gained many a staunch friend point buck. Bred does always on
among exhibitors from a distance as hand. Booklet on the industry for
well as their nearby brothers. The stamp.
Advertising R-a^tes. Chicago show is nearing the point
of being the best poultry suow in the Stephaul Poultry Co. Belleville, III.
Sl.MS per inch each insertion. One U. S., and with a fairly good patron-
inch one year Sl'J.OO. These are our age of the best breeders of the west it
only rates for advertisinjr and will be will soon be knocking at the Garden
strictly adhered to. We treat all alike Gate for a larger space than the new
both great and mall. Payment cn Coliseum.
yearly contracts quarterly in advance.
All other contracts cash with order.
FRANK
PATTON. BUFF COCHINS
Exclusively.
Mr, John Hettich of Bowling Green,
All communications and advertise- Mo., places an ad with iis this month Just Are What You
ments must be in our hands by the and writes that his trade has been ex-
15th to insure insertion in is- tra good. Could have sold more if he Looking For . . .

sue of following month. had raised them. Was offered S30.0(i

for 1st prize cockerel at Illinois Statt The Pure Golden Buff. Win-
Parties wishing to change their ad- Show. Mr. H. breeds nothing but the ners in -ny company. Elegant
dress should give the old as well best. in shape, profusely feathered,
as the new address. as good as the best. Prices
This paper will not be sent after the FEED FOR PENNED
STOCK. low, write me.
year's subscription expires so be The custom is becoming very gen-
sure and renew promptly. eral of penning breeding stock insteati B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
01 hatching from the general flock, and
In Reg&rd to Advertisers. not only fanciers, but farmers and
commercial poultry raisers are no\\
We are very careful in soliciting
following this method
advertisements, to see that all are re- of improving
If at any time anyone answer- Upon
liable.
ing any display advertisement found
their flocks. the care given thi^
penned stock depends to no small de-
Clubbing List
in the columns of Poultry Investi- gtee the success of the season's work,
gator is in any way swindled, will
please write us at once, we will look as they require a different treatment By taking the advantage of the
into the matter, and if such an adver- than they would if running on range. following combinations you can
tisement has been inserted for the To give a .general description of how
purpose of defrauding our readers, we get two papers often at the price
we feed our breeding stock might per-
will drop the advertisement and pub- of one. Look at these offers:
lish the swindler's name. We wish to haps be of interest to some of the
many readers of the Investigator Price with
keep our advertising columns free
Poultry
from all such advertisers, and when While the cold weather lasts we believe
writing to an advertiser whose adver-
Regular Invisti-
tisement was found in these columns,
in feeding a warm mash in the morn- price gator.
we would ask it as an especial favor ing, consisting, say, of a mixture of Poultry Tribune 50c SOc
that you say you saw it in Thk Poul-
Poultry Herald 50c SOc
cornmcal, ground oats, barley, etc..
try Investigator. Poultry Gem 25c 35c
with potato peelings small potatoes Commercial Poultry 50c 50c
(big ones will not hurt them if chop- Western Poultry News. .2.5c . 25c
Address all communications to ped and table scraps. The noon
fine), Poultry Success SOc 40c
Poultry Topics 2,5c
Poultry Investigator Co,m feed, whole oats well scattered around Poultry Gazette
2.'>c

2.5c 25c
Clay Center, Nebraska. to make them scratch. For the night Nat'l Poultrv Journal SOc. . SOc
feed we fill thcni up on all the warm Farm Poultry fl.OO $1.00
corn they will eat. When the weather American Poultry Journal SOc 50c
Surprise, Nebr., Feb. 5, 1902. Feather .50c .50c
is warm in the late spring and summer
Mr. I.,. P. Harris, Clay Center, Nebr Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00
we discontinue the mash in the morn-
,

Dear Sir: I am at home again from ing

the east. I attended ehe Chicago
and feed it only two or three times ..Just Think of it..
show, had lb birds on exhibit, won "M a week and at noon. During this kind
Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00
and 3d pullet. 4th hen. 4th ck. 3d and of weather we feed oats iti the morn- Any 5Cic paper yon choose above. . ..50
.^th pens against the Boston and Chi- ing, table scraps, vegetables, etc.. at
The Poultry Investigator 25
cago winners. 112 in class. At the
noun, and the corn at night. Of course
Kansas State Show I won
2d ck, 2d
Total $1.75
and .^d ckl. 1st 2d, 3d, 4th htns, 1st, 4th, this is only a general plan of feeding
.^th pullets. 2d and M pens and special and must be varied by tlie circum-
We will send the three to you for $1.00.

for largest display scoring over 9(), st.inces of surroundings, feed at hand Address,
At the Nebraska Sate Show, same POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
week as at Chicago, I won 1st pen, 1st as obtainable, etc.
2<1 ckl. 1st. 3d hen, 1st and 2d. pullets. R. R. FREN'CH. Notice We do not send samples of
I did not in all of these shows show Ford City, Mo. other papers.


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 2t
CARE OF BROODER CHICKS.
No, we do not know it all al)out the BUSINESS CATCHERS
care of brooder chicks; in fact. \vc
Printing for
SUNNY SLOPE FRDIT AND POULTRY
sometimes think we know but very lit- Farui, i;. V. Austin. Bearing. Kiui., White
Rock Soecialist. Eggs. Frank lieck and
Poultrymen
tle, l)ut perhaps this little we do know .Tohn II ugh-s strains. 15 cockerels fiirsale
Strawbeny plants best varieties. Square We are prepared to do all kinds of
may hel]) someone else. One tliJig treatment.
printing- for poultrymen. We have the
sure, we are done feeding them bread PARTRIDGE COCHINS specialty. Tiie a hig-hest grade machinery and new ma-
cream at Cliicago and Ceriar Rapios. lUOl.
terial; all work guaranteed first-class.
and milk. 'I'hey use it lor poultices for 150 young.ters fur sale after Oeuiljer 1st.
finer tluin e\or. superior feathering. shap( Free use of standard poultry cuts to
their feet instead of for food. A little and color. Always satisfaction guaran- patrons. Write us your wants and get
teed. U. .1. Shanklin, Wanl)eck. Iowa.
oatmeal our prices on yuur work Address,
millet seed and a great deal of
WHITE WYANDOT
-

I
E^. cockerels scoring
will form the principle articles of diet to94Ji. Mammoth Bronze Tuikeys scorine

sumnur.
to OtHi fcired b.v a Toni weig-hiner 40 lbs ana
from hens weighinpr to 25 lis. Prices rea-
Poultry Investigator
we will feed our chicks th s
sonable- W. H- Lake, Hampton, Nehr. Clay Center, Neb.
Of course as they grow older we wdl LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three
trios at 00 per trio. Choice cneliereis at
feed cracked and whole corn, but in >.

one half their value, several bred from

this article I have reference more espe- Boston prize winners. G. W. Hardin.
Ulysses, Neb.
cially to the care of chicks for about
CORNISH INDIANS a snecially. Winner.'-
the first three weeks of their existence, wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews.
plenty of fine grit will also be kept Emery and Wale. Proaotince first class Bonniedale Poultry Farm!
birds. Eggs in season S2.00 for 1.= J, L.
Egas to Hatch.
,

near them, as also fresh, clean water Bannson, Sarcoxie. Mo.

and here is another problem, how to WHITE WyaNDOTTES exclufivcly. The S.DOTTES: Very choice pen. $2 per 15.
kind that are egg layers Scoring 91 to 94}2. Over hens on different farms. Good
a
water little chicks without their getting Dnston strain. Eggs 2.00 for 15 or 3 50 for 30 pure stock. Eggs SI per l.i. J4 per 100.
Mrs. D. J. Fink. Holdredge, Neb. BARKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys-
into it and getting it all over them and tem. 60 fim- hens and pullets. 4 extra
VIAMMOTa BRONZE turkey and white Pe large, stately croweis. scoring from 90 to W
all over the brooder. We make a nice kin duck. LarL'e line speeiniens foe sale at by .ludges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs
little drinking fountain by taking a reasonable prices. Our stock is as good a^ $S per 1.5, $:i 50 per aO. Lt. Brahnias. and
money could nrocure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews C I. Games. Good pure stock on separate
quart sized earthen fruit jar, filing a Morning Suu. Iowa farms. Eggs $1 perl.i. $4per 100.
small notch in the edge of top on one
ROUP I'DKKt Our make. 50 cents, postpaid.
EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown. BuO Circulars free.
Black. Dominique, ^ilver Duekwirig anC
side and a large one on the other side; RoseCrmb White Buff and Btown Leg
fill full of water, turn a small pie tin horns. Price list free.
Sylvester Sbiiley MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.
Port Clinton. Oiiio, LOCK BOX 176,
over it and invert the whole thing. The
BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook-s Strains."
water will ooze out through the Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3.0li
tier IS. R, 'i. Brown and S. IL White Leg-
notches and fill the trough formed by horn eggs $1.50 per 15. Louis Mogensen. Ra- </. IV. Easies > > > >
the pie tin around the jar. cine, Wis.
RiilT K. C. W. Leghorns,
Orpingtons.
R. R. FRENCH. PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de-
Barred &, White Rocks. W. C. P. Ban-
scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed-
Ford City. Mo. ing, feeding, caring for. 5 lents. 1.000 pig- tamf. Belgian's Hares. Eggs. Stock In
eons for >aie. Prices f ee. Wrn, A. Bart- season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes:
lett& Co. Box 27. .lacksonville. 111.
silver cup last year.
BLACK JAVAS. WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty.
(By Ira W. Shaw.) Eggs 1 (HI peris. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 per 11 Calesburg, - * Illinois-
Try us. F. J. Kolasa. DuBois. Neb.
The Java fowls black, wdiite and
BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin

mottled are distinctively American Show. 1st ck, 1st. 2d. 3d hen. 1st. 2d. 3d ckl. 1st.
Scott's Cure
2d. 3d. 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My-
fowls, although their very early history ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin. Ill,
somewhat lost in obscurity. In the I r Chicken Cliolera
is
R. C B. LEGHORNS. A few good cl-ls left-
production of the breed of which the Eggs 1-00
andottes. Eggs POO
per 13. Also a few Stay White Wy-
per 15. C. H. Courier.
Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera
Black is the original great skill and Ashley, Ohio. or money refunded. Testimonials on
application. Reference: Rising- City
much perseverance is manifest. They BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm
raised. Goodbirds. good scores, give good Bank.
are the one breed that is ''different" sitifaclion and good refUlts. Eggs that
from all others, although in shape they hatch. $li0 P'-r l.'i. Prices for bird^ a>
reasonable. If convenient please enclosi B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb
bear some resemblance to the Rocks, stamp when writing for particulars.
Miss A. Sargenl. SarcOAle, Mo. Box 87.
The Javas are possessed of great vital-
SIXTEEN EGGS. 2.00. From my Kanssas
ity and stamina, hardy and quick matur- City and Omaha prize winning White Wy.-iii-
ing. They have smooth black legs with dottesiDuston Strain) .stock. Scores 'in', tu Pride of tlie West....
94. Incubator eggs cheap. Mention Itnesti-
bottoms of feet yellow, and yellow gator. Mrs. Maud Rolfe, Wetmore. Kansas- Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze
skin. In the latter particular they are BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
1 50 per 15- Will replace all infertile egg>?
"different," as most or all other black free. Have 3 pens mated, send for descrip' Show record on open book. They
fowls have white or bluish-white skin. tion. We can please you. F. Whaley. Apple- are in the yards of many of the
ton Cily. Mo.
The comb is of moderate size and sin- best fanciers in the U. S. and Can-
Plum- CHEAP to close out. As fine a Tot of bird^
Conger &
gle, red lobes and black beak. as you eversaw- lioiden Wvandoties. Bar- ada. B. P. Rocks,
age throughout a lustrous black, with dPlymouth Rocks and BulT Cochia Ban- Felch; Black Langshans, Emry
tams. H Gregory; Wayne Neb.,
that beautiful green sheen so much de- Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
sired black fowls. Tail quite full
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, winners
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
in from Norv.trs straiu. No
stock, all sold, on-
curved ly eggs for hatching. INIaled for prizewin- Young stock now
and flowing and plenty of finel\'
ners. Have 4 pens. Best. 2.5i: 2 1. 2 00: 3d
from hens.
sickle feathers. The flesh of the Javas l.SO; 4th. IIH) only, per setting of 15. IFor t ready to ship. Write for prices.
settings, twice the single price) Place your
is exceedingly fine grained and tender, your orders early. Mrs. .M. E. Bittner, Oscai Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a
ola, iNeb- sure cure.
partaking much "'of the qualities of the
Dorking. All the many good qualities MRS. E. M. DOWNS,
Bartlcv, Nehr., Barred

of the Java seems to be due more to

Rocks, well marked, extra lar'je birds, both
cockerel and pullet, mating pens. Eggs 2.00
HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS,
the original composition of the breed
for 15. 3.50 for 30, general flock, 4.00 per 100. Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor.
White Wvandottes, Nerval and Coffin strains
rather than to later scientific matings. direct, 2M for 15, 3.50 for 30. ri.ARKSVlLLS, MISSOURI.
: : : :
2^ POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUFFWYANDOTTES
BUFF P. ROCKS . .

Hred from
rny Itoston
o.iiHhH. Kansas Cliy,
and Toppka prize win.
tiers. DIu and yonn)!
stOL-k fur sale. A lartfi
I'ric nUle

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb.

White Wyandoites.
First and second premiums at M'n-
neapolis, poultry show Dec. li) 'o 21.
Kg^ffs from birds si onng 93 to OS^i
Sl.UO per seltinj,'-. Special price on
large lots for next 30 days.
W, H. SwartM, Mlaneapollm, Kanmam.

High Hill

Poultry Yards
Bronze Turkeys and Buff Kocks. A view of Geo. B. Clary's Poultry Yards, Fairbury, Neb.
Tuikcys ate bred frfnn prize winners
Hiid are winners. niM-l^lu^ almost (!lean
Fweep where ver shown Vouuc Ton.s
f.Teach; Piilleis. -' 50 io$:i OOeac-h. My
Koi k- are noipd for shape and oran;;e
THE POULTRY SHOW. first and third pens.
colored legs. 90 polnl o kerels, $'.50
(
The second annual exhibition of the
WHITE WYANDOTTES.
each; 91 to '.IJI4 p.ii iii ('. i.-kenis $.! (10:
eaeh I'nilet rjoi scored. l IK) each,
Lee Lydick
First, second and third
Coffeyville Poultry and Pet Stock As- pullets, second cockrel.
Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo
sociation has been held this week, Jan-
BUFF LEGHORNS.
uary 15-18, in the old church building, C. E. Davis First, second and third

CROWELL'S corner Seventh and Union.

bition of Barred Plymouth Rocks was
The exhi- cockrels, hen, pullets
BUFF COCHINS.
and pens.

Buff Orpin gto n . unusually fine, with White Rocks a

Dora Herod First cock, first, second
and third pullets, first pen.
Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st close second. Some nice birds of the
J. M. Myers First cockrel, third
and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. :id, 4ih and 5. Buff Cocliin variety were shown and pullet.
Hens and Pen. Kggs,
Si.W) per
1st, 'id.
1."), S'").00 per .iO.
1st
Two trios also some fine Partridge Cochins. Pens W. C. Beachel Second cockrel.
Indian Runner Ducks at $S 00 per of Light Brahmas attracted much at- PARTRIDGE COCHINS.
trio. Eg-fjs $2,011 per l.j. Satisfac- Levi Boothby^Second cock, first
tion guaranteed. tention. There were also some good
second and third hens, first cockrel,
specimens of turkeys and ducks. The second and third pullets, first pen.
F. A. Crowell, Granger, Minn.
sliow is beneficial in several ways. It S. Coffey
First pullet.
brings the poultry raisers together LIGHT BRAHMAS.
Lace Wyandottes
Silver with mutual benefit and creates an in-
Mrs. Larry Powers Second cock.
White Wyandottes : :
terest in standard bred poultry. John
C. H. Kennedy Seco cockrel.id

Buff Leghorns R. Y. Kennedy First, second and

^^
.
,
Dudley of Hartford was judge and tliird pullets, first hen, first pen.
Lekin l)ucl<s...
gave eminent satisfaction. BRONZE TURKEYS.
All class stock. Kgjjs for sale.
first
The following is the official list of A. B. Carpenter Second toin, first,
MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, second and third hens.
Imperial, Neb. awards: J. Swan First torn.
BARRED ROCKS.
S L. Brown First pen, second
Barred Rock Eggs, KEEP A POULTRY RECORD,
.

cockrel, first pullet, firt hen, first cock.

- Every poultry raiser ought to keep
For Hatchine;.
A. B. Carpenter Second pen, third an exact record of the doings of the
Fertile eggs and big Healthy chicks is
hen. chicken yard. The most convenient
What you want. Try mine this year.
SI. 50 for 1.5, $2. .50 for :>, $:i.00 for J5. J. A. Shuck First Cockrell, third recordwe have seen is that issued by
Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, 111. It is
cockrel, third pullet.
A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. simple and at the same time most
A. M. Ragle Second cock, third complete. They will send a copy free
cock. to every one of our readers who ask
Buff Orpingtons We keep nnthins' but the WHITE ROCKS. for it. At the same time you might
choicest^ stock. Eire's for
sale. Write for prices. E. C. Myers First hen first cock- ask, too, about the Humphrey Green
Bfonze lufkeys
rel, second pen.
Bone and Vegetable Cutter the easy

Austin Second and

bone-cutter guaranteed to cut more
C. E. BROWNINti, C. F. third bone in less time and with less labor
Falrbury, INebr. cockrels, first, second and tiiird pullets, than with any other made.


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 23
work, r- are as apt to scatter oats in
tlu- litter, rake it over a little and ad- Black Langshans-
vise- ihiin to help themselves. .A.bout I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, '2d anri

U-ii ('clock we then throw them a sup- M ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep-
the weather
stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED
ply of corn on the ear. li
P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and
is at all fi"i' tlu y have a run out in the 3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes,
aftrrni'on. .\t n ght they have shelled at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln
corn, Thi-i is one day; perhaps the Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100
$$I.S0perl5. B. P. Rock' $2, per 15.
next tlu y have mash for breakfast and
oals for (Inner; then boiled oats come J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neb.
into tlu- bill of fare and so on. .-\11

tlu tmu llu-y ha\e fresh water fre-

White'. Wonders!
i|U(.ntl\ tinctured with cayenne pepper
and plenty of cord fodder and oat
The Farmdrs and Poultryman's mon-
ey makers. The best combination
stiaw to pick over. 'Most of the sea fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2 00
son ^ I ir thurc has been grass. Coal per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed.
from the wood
islu s
sto\e
iii<!

IS
the charcoal
within their r.eaclr, as is also
Dr. I. C. Stephens & Co.
Ik \(.s of sand and gravel. Their house Carleton, Nebr.
lb warm. On cold days the floor is
covered with litter and the grain scat-
A B p. KoCK cockerel owned bv I'". C. tered in, and they are kept confined.
White Rocks Exclusively!
Hinman, Friend, Febr. That terrible cold snap in December Two peas mated for this year's
threw the whole flock into severe ca- breeding, scoring from 90';^ to 94% .

At Tabor Poultry Show won 1st, 2d,

"Among Ourselves." tarrhal trouble which certainly amount- ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev-
Now that eggs are 25 cents a dozen ed to roup; but warm quarters, liberal ery premium entered for; Russel,
whatever they may be when Investiga- dosing with cayenne and sulphur in the Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. .'iO for
$.').50, SO for $5.00.
tor readers see these lines, we are all water soft foO'^, fumigating house and
anxious to do our part toward making flock together with sulphur burned on W. H. Utterbeck, Hillsdale, Iowa
'"(leni hens lay." Ours are doing their a pan of coals, a few doses of tincture
part and fairly fighting to see which of aconite and considerable general at-
can lay the largest egg. Pompously tention,brought all but three safely
we exhibit the egg basket to our neigh- through. These grew poor and droopy
I Black Mitiorcas.
bors, feeling a little pardonable pride when the rest began to pick up, so they * No. stock, up to weight and
1 S^
in their ejaculations of wonder and ad- were "beheaded to save their lives." S the best of color. Eggs $2 per ^
W
miration. One evening recently, when If one lives where they can it is well S 13. No stock for sale.
the flock was out for an airing it is to have a basket at one of the meat * Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center, >eb. V
magnificent weather here, (Jan. 20,) markets with the request that the
we had occasion to cross the street. scrapings of the blocks and small waste
Hearing something behind us, we pieces be dropped therein. Some pro-
glanced back only to see thirty snow prietors will do this gratis; others will EUREKA POULTRY PLACE.
white birds following in our train, the want a half cent per pound; but even
only disturbance in their ranks being at a cent a pound it is a good invest-
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of
the Stay White kind. No straw col-
caused by Jack (Jack is a Maltese kit- ment when eggs are wanted. Feed or or flies on us. Nothing too good
ten, if you please, of the bluest blue something like th'S or cut bone two or for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per IS.
blood) rushing here and there in high three times pt Address
>veek. Of course in
glee. sumirier we would not do this as L. G. French, Deep River, Iowa.
"Well," we remarked to our neigh- there would be considerable "taint" to
bor, "we seem to be something of a the contents of the basket if the weath-
circus when we go abroad."
"Oh, dear," she replied, "if
er was very warm.
1 owned This winter, for the most part, eggs
Taylor's Otoe
"^'''
^
Plymouth Rocks are prize win-
those chickens I'd be pround to have could have been safely shipped; now, ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin-
them follow me everywhere." that shipping time draws nigh perhaps coln Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs
more rigorous. 10 and 15 cents each. Write
We suppose there are people too the weather will be 5,
for particulars.
good (?") to pet their fowls, but we There are many inventions and theories
are not, even though we do not consid- as regards packing eggs for safe trans- C E Taylor. Nebraska City, Neb.
er a hen very high in the order of in- portation. In our opnIon, however,
telligence. there is one safe, simple way and it is
Now what do \\t feed to insure eggs, the best way. We have used it for BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS,
whether cold or warm the weather? years and to our knowledge no egg has (ExclHsively.)
Well, we never could be scientific or ever been broken. We save peach and Farm Ranee. - - - Oood Stock
systematic; we feed in a haphazzard grape baskets and when packing time Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
way that would set some modern sci- comes we puta thick layer of e.xcelsior SI. 00 per 15.

entific, balanced-ration men wild. In in the bottom and a lining around the Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.
the morning itmash ground feed
is a sides. Our eggs are wrapped in soft
and table scraps
we have time to
^if newspaper, using a generous piece and
DON'T SET HENS-
make it; but when the "Other One" is folding the ends well over, cine turning
from home, as he is the most of the to one side and the other turning to
time, and we ar maid and man of all the other.. Pac-k these' in closely and i Natonl Heo Vcnl^alorro., B 11* rolambui, Nlk
2i POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
iriii !iy moans of small wads of cxccl- reach. Somebody cUe warns againsl of the best t|uality, deluding ourselves
Mor. Two layers go easily in the ordi- over-feeding with green cut bone, ad- with the belief that we are eating a
nary basket. Over top put a thick iiing it in small quantities, adding. delicious morsel simply because we
lU'hioii ol the excelsior, I'.nd over this Other egg-producing foods are an in- p.iid a high price for it. Xo such ex-
a cut to a proper shape.
c-ldili Turn jury if you expect fertile eggs. It is travag-ance is tulerateil in any other
the edge under to make it safe and not nat ir il and hens so fed will not country: imultry lo many there is a
strong arid sew it around with a stout lay eggs whose germs are strong luxury rarely afforded. Under such
needle and thread, drawing it so close enough to prof'uce robust chickens." conditions we can readily understand
thai the tv is unyielding when pressed Anniher tlieory is that unless foreign why market,
a fowl .niust be finished for
(in, Write name and address of pur- "ilood is frenuently intdoruced into a with Ihe least possible percentage at-
chaser on a piece of paper and stick flock, it is l)..i:ii(J Id run ut in two oi tainable of edible portion as compared
it securely on the top of the basket. :h;ee years. to bones and furthermore the tex-
offal;
^|>nr own name with "from" before it .lil.M.X C\l.U\VKLI.-.\li:i.\ll.H. ture of the skin, shape, appearance and
is al.so admissible on another piece of firtnness of flesh to the touch, and en-
paper. If you want to buy any Black Laiig- tiro absence of layers of fat in the
Somewhere among our poultry pa- ihan end ami get L. E. Mayer's tine dressed bird, and the white, jucy, finely
ine irculars and read w hat one of our
pers we caught the idea that this spring flavored ((inlities when cooked are the
best judges t,ay of his stock. Mr. May-
is an excellent time to go into the er is located at Bowling Green, Mo. points of excellence: In order to at-
poultry business as there is a shortage tain this, a system of feeding tor
owing t') the shortage of corn. People The An of Poultry F^ttenlnf. specific res'dts became necessary.
have sold off their fowls very close, wc | he conipicrcial or utility side of the Insteai! of turning the birds loose
are informed. Here is a pointer, "pass loultry industry while it has always to range at will and shoveling corn
it oil." >eeh the moving jjower that drives to them, they confine them, limiting
Another writer has been experiment- he wheels oi Fancy has now reached the exercise to small coops and feed
inpr with green bone and gives us ths: I stage in this country that will mark them on material that produces these
"Taking every advantage gained by m epoch in its evolution. A new era results. The mothed of feeding varies
feeding bone
e.. general health of
i.
las dawned. New forces are tat work n manner and material in different
flock, <|uick growth of broilers, in- ind they arc powerful and capable of countries. The most successful and
crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the reating a revolution in methods. And irofitable locality perhaps in the world
two years bone was not fed, figured his power is s the Lc a Mils in Normandy.
the great packing houses It is not
and I keep close accounts that the if the The Swifts, .Armours uncommon for choice specimens to sell
west:
profit divided is l.l per cent over the md others whose facilities for buying, .'or 9A) and "25 francs (four to five dol-
profits ol the two preceding years. daughtering and selling meat food 'ars) in the Halles Cenrales in Paris,
This 15 per cent is attributed to the irod'.ict* to the world are of such mag- ind not over six pounds in weight,
bone feed." litudc and their system so perfect that such prices, however, are not obtain-
It is somethin to know how to "rush" lot a city, town or village in this, and ible outside oi France where their
the broilers at any rale. )ut few in foreign countries in which >y.-.tem of cooking and serving is so
.'\nd still another, feeding a handful heir products are not sold or their in- iifferent from ours, making it possible
of green bone per day to her 12 hens, lucnce felt. To these great establish- or one fowl to serve three times as
says: "The 12 hens averaged eight eggs nents and not to the producers them- many persons as in any other country.
a day for over a month and nearly ev- ;e!ves arewe indebted for the new The next most profitable district is the
ery egg hatched a strong, healthy chick. :onditions. More than five years ago ountries of Survey Sussex and Kent,
It is amusing to read poultry papers me ofthem stated to the writer that England, where wlude families are en-
and r>ote the difference in opinions, lothing would please them more than jaged in it as were their ancestors for
due, the writers say in
all cases, to "ex- n be able to enter foreign markets, generations back. They know nothing
perimentation" and "experience." ml with better, but only as good dse, they never have done and their
Of course, the majority agree on one Poultry as those markets afforded. rhildren never will do anything else
point, viz., that the hen must have ex- The reason that it could not be done )i:t fatten poultry for the London
ercise if she is a success as a layer. vr>s because the American people have market. The method employed is

Now here conies a fancier who says dways set up as their standard of lOlh trough feeding and the cramming
flatly that it is "no such thing," and icrfection. i fat carcass. Yellow and machine, some using one, some the
cites her own flock as living, laying iliMiip without regard to what that ither. and many a combination of the
refulat'rns of ;hc theory. She has a >lvnipness consisted of. The only he two. The trough alone is not so
pound Barred Rock that lays every uatcrial known to them to produce it
'.>'/4
profitable, but enables more fowls to
day and Sunday too, or almost every 'leing corn, and the result from feeding )e keppt in process. Ten days of
day: did not stop even when she went f bring crease or fat, deposited in "rough and ten machine feeding is more
to a poultry show. This same uncon- avers under the skin and a pound or orofitablc. but the best results are ob-
ventional bird is sometimes cooped for more in the abdominal cavity. The tained by machine feeding, from start
weeks at a time. However this may be lesh being inferior, often stringy and 'o finish, care being taken to not over
ve agree with her owner on one point: ough and that poultry in this condi eed during the first week gradually
a hen, to be a success must be well fed, ion would be almost nnsaleabel in :;etting them up to full feed. These
warndy housed and never chased or f^uropean markets. The American esults arc secured through the ability
frightened. icople with their reckless extrava- -)i the bird to digest and assimilate
.'\nd here conies wan with the:
a gance arc willing to pay high prirces 'wo or three times as much feed as
"\i> will always have a good shell on for uch poultry, because it is the best t would consume from a trough if
the egg if you will feed plenty of clov- looking the markets afford, and when 'eft to its own inclination. The food
er." We don't know about the clover the meat is separated from the greasi is made semi-liquid and no water or
alone; We should want some lime anfl in tfwsisijiif aitd ccn^ng we are left ?rit is fiven ia aQdition to it, but it
other ingredients within the ben's ktit little edia1e prf^n anJ that not rnuft 'fee jreani ta meal and ke com-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25
posed uf just such niateral as will pro y this country can produce. We can W. A. Forbes.
duce these results without iupply every demand the foreign and
i';rwM.V?a"n"
sickening
dotteB. For the paet four years I have Iwoti
or injuring the bird. method By this lome markets can impose upon us. the majority of the best premiums in full
classes. 221st, 10 2nd. 9 3rd and S specials. I
we are able to add three or more (f we can produce a good article the am booking orders now for a limited no. of
pounds of meat to a four pound bird A-orld wants it, but it won't do fc. us effgs from these prize matines for $2-tlo per
setting-, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $j.ou.
in 21 days, at what would be in this CO try to force them to accept our false
North Topeka, Kan,
country a cost in feed of about eight standard of excellence as theirs, at the
cents per bird for the 'Jl days and in iame time knowing in our hearts that
turn make a profit not only on the ours is not the proper, but simply a
Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
weight gained but an increase pel :onvenient one. We supply the world
C. W. IvCghorns, W. Wyandottes.
pound for and finish; the per-
quality with the best beef; we fnish our cat-
fectly finished bird having what fat it tle up to the highest degree of per-
carries deposited in gloubles through- fection and the quality governs the Before buying anything, write to us.
It will be a pleasure to give you
o'.it the tissue, rendering of that price. If we had refused to do so and
it
our prices. We respond prompt-
superior quality demanded. If these ried to sell Europe our grass-fed ly. Bargains if taken .soon.
fathers as they are called, are alile steers and insisted that such were the
to b'.iy the ten to twelve weeks' 'old '>est we could produce they would have
KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.
Irish birds sent over for this purpose none, of it, and our home market would
at 75 cents each, paying the enormous "le our only outlet. The reader can Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams!
prices they are compelled to for feed 'o.m some idea as to the quality and
and sell their products at a profit, what "ippearance of the best dressed pou.try Eggs. Golden,
is to prevent Americans not only oroduced England by the following:
in $1.50 per 15.
Silvers, $2.00
sending such birds to tlie English \t -the (London) Table
Smithfield.
per 15. Par.
markets, but from supplying their own Poultry Show held in December, theh Cochins, $2.
with this most desirable meat. Mr. first prize winners shown and weighed per i:i. Price
Chhas. W. Armour, the head of the in couples were: Buff of pigeons on
Orpington
application.
Armour Packing Co., in an interview Pullets, 31,lbs, 4 oz; Dorking Cockrels,
8 varieties
on this subject published in the Kan- -'0 ibs. 8 oz; Farmyard Cockrels. 23 for sale. Ad-
sas City Star of December Ist 1901, lbs, 13 oz; Farmyard Pullets, 17 lbs. dress
stated "The American people
that: 10 oz; Pekin Ducks, 15 lbs, 3 oz; Tur-
W. F. HOLCOMB,
will pay more for good food than any Key Cocks, 59 lbs, 3 oz; Turkey Hens. Clay Center, Neb.
other people in the world." This is a t9 Ibs, 10 oz.
significant statement from a man en- There is nothnig in the above that Poultry Investigator one year with each order.
gaged in supplying the world with meat we cannot dublicate and even excel in
food. All the American people need weight and quality. We have only to
is a taste of this kind of poultry and adopt the necessary methods. The : : : Olentangy
the demand will exceed the supply. mum results, but trough feeding will
When this demand sets in there will add from 2;/2 to 3 pounds of flesh to Poultry Yards
be a wide divergence in price between a four pound bird in 21 days by the use Delaware, Ohio.
the tliin and the finished stock. The of prpper feed, which of course is the
Reed Bros, Props, c. c. Reed, Mgr.
best will go higher, the poor lower. found'i'tion. A live three pound pullet
While the thin chicken will always as it comes from the farm carries Rose Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games.
Barred P' Rocks. Buff C. Cochins.
find sale at some price to the fatters, about 6 ounces of bone, 21 ounces of
Eggs $2.00 per IS. Satisfactory
the greasy ones will go begging for offal and after cooking about 18 ounces
hatch guaranteed. No birds in
buyers. Canada has for several years of edible meat. Here the percentage breeding pens scoring leas than 91
been developing rapidly along this of "waste to edible portion is excessive. points. Send for circulars.
line. England naturally looks to her The bird is now in its best condition
colonies first for what she needs and to ake on flesh, but the farmer unmind- Bronze Turkeys! Mammoth
they are prompt to act on any sugges- ful of his opportunity to vonvert feed
and
None under weight scores 93 to
tions from the mother country, nto meat rushes her off to market. to 97. Island 3rd puUel at Lin-
foster such industries as are suscepti- The middleman steps in here and with
r^
coin, also 2d colkerel weight 31^
lile of development on their soil. At but few dollal"s invested in capital; no pounds. Write for prices on eggs.
Ottawa, Ont., Truero, Nova Scotia risks incident to the production and
and Bondville, Quebec, the fattening maturing of the bird takes advantage
C. Hurlburt, M.
of poultry for the London market is of the situation and the growers in-
Fairbury, Neb.
carried on e.xtensively under govern- difference or ignorancee, and in three
ment supervision, and they have stand- weeks makes more than double the /. O. Cf
ing orders for greater quantities than profit on a bird than the man who It is winners you would raise
for next
they can possibly supply. The climate raised it. He skims the cream. winter's shows and are undecided
of England is very unsuited to poultry The following market quotations where to send for eggs for hatching.
Just send an order to the GOLDEN
culture, being exceedingly damp and clipped from the Kansas City Star for
RULE POULTRY YARDS, the
wet. Large poultry farms such as December 6th, 1901, perhaps tells the home of prize winning White Ply-
exist in this country are unknown story more forcible than we can, for mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain,
there. While I believe it possible for after all the hard cash is the best and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and
you will be pleased with young stock
those schooled in our methods of argument:
hatched. Eggs $2.00 per setting of
artificial incubation, brooding and rear- Poutry Exchange quotations hens, IS.
A few fine W. P. R. and W. W.
ing to adapt these methods to English alive, 5'/2c; roosters, young, 20c; old, males yet for sale.
,

climate and coditions, it remains to be 15c each; springs, 6?^c; ducks, 6c;
done. There is no limit to the quanti- geese, 4c; turkey.s,' hens, 5c; ysung.
MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,
BELMONT, WIS.
26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Worth Knowing. ColuiiibUK weighing ver 7 lbs, 6c: yung goblers,
Something s.s.
te

M.iriey siivfd !>> iiiakin>; your un poiillry for the past .5c; culls, oc; pigenons; 50 c dozen;
i.Mi.odifs. Tinur." c1io1.t;i^ ^ilJl:E CfKE. three years have won f prizes than
1 squabs, per doz, $l.'25(a;$2.UO; dressed
Roup. Scalei l,<;p. Lice, Mites. Chi'iiprcin- all other ixhlbltors ,011 d. I'Ine shape,
rdv Oiit>ure. Kxcelleiu Poultry Food lo exellenl color, full com nd Uliixcelled poultry, choice scalded in good con-
iii;iKe m-ns iiiy. Ceieh'ated Uouclin Mix- Sior for sal ill limes. Eggs
as layers dition above poultry
ture ec. All receipts for $1.00 or 25c eacli. irauleed. briiitjb 1 c live
Address with ir. stamp, prices.
MHl'S. OHIO.
.t. M. HAiiLHD. (ioshen, Ind., K. F. D. .Vo. 2.
THEODORE DESSIUM, la K. che-tmit St. From a;i adioitiiiig cohimn on tlie

snnie page we clip the following:

EGGS STOPl THE SHFXI.ALLY FATTENED

The Michigan
>

g|>!- S2 50 for IS
.S0 for 30
ft^ UCSE d SINGLE. -ffi CHICKEN'S THAT THE MAR-
My
.ly Rhode Island Reds. Buff I-eif- KET AFFORD.S
herns. Winne s wherever shown.
Poultrymaii... i^ fertile etrtf.
hardy Only stronsr robust stock
cluck, bred pens and yuu will nut retr
to win best
you send your order for eui A Tlllllh^( tnc Meat Paiticiilarly \-
Only Exclusive Poultry to lay. Epic Aurellum,
Michig an Lake co. Id this Season u: the Year.
'':i]ptccl
Paper in Parry,
"The neucst offerings in puultry to
All the practical poultrymen contrib- he found on the market are especially
ube to its pag-es. Expert poultry- My White Minorcas
men will n'lve its readers free fattened chickens which a local pack-
such information as they Won Ut. 2nd ap d 3rd at Delaware and Co- ing house IS offering its patrons.
mav ask for. lumbus on old and youii;; stock. S<-oretl
90 to ('4'4. KflL's from my best pen 2.00 Resides being unusually tender, all the
per ln;$.">,00 pel 4.1. satisfaction uiiaran teed meat is ns white a-; the 'Teast. While
the news of the poultry world, Well
illustrated. HARRY LIEBOLD, Mamn, Ohi, K. I). 2. these chickens hax e been fattened
primarily for the English trade, their
popularity is likely to become as wide-
Michiga-rv Poultryma.i\, F'ne Warn. While Holland Turkeys - - 11.75
spread at home as abroad. Like all
Ithac&, Mich. Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $I.0O
choice Hiorsels they sell at high prices.
Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - fl.OO
Pure White Wyandots - - . $1.00 A pr.und costs 18 cens in the shops,
New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.7.') and buyers are offering their prefer-
A Generous Business Policy All above from prize-winning stock and line
ence of either dry picked or scalded
bred. (.Catalogue sent.
stock."
J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor,
White Plume Farm, RlchH Id. HI. What reason or excuse can be ad-
vanced that will justify the producer
in selling his pullets (springs) at 6^-2

Cherry Hill Poultry Yard cents, express

less and commission
charges, when if properly finished they
BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively.
wi! fetch his at least double per pound.
Eggs SI. 50 per IS. 100 for $0.00. Not theiretically or on paperr, but in
Mrs. Eva J. Elugrlch, Aurora, Neb. fact as it exists today. He would
never dream of selling an unfattened
MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY. steer or hog for slaughter, because the
Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y. apportunity is his to convert grain in-
[GCORDEeS, OoohowforWon. to meat as a profit. He takes advan-
B 2 miting'* , score from OO'to tage of this slower and more expen-
93'.;. Eggs m. per l.i. per 100. M sive method, but ignores the quicker
Poultry Supplies Biiflf Orpingtons, (yards; 2 yards and more profitable one. His eyes are
solid buff wing and and tail, eggs
heing opened, however, and the true
Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1 r> per 1.5, S.H per 30 Buff Orping:
tons, 1 yard, eggs $3 per l.'i, $5 situation is becoming apparent. The
per 100.
per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard revolution isat hand and when the
Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1
eggs S2 per 1.5, $5 per 40.
per 60. .American people undertake it aright
Standard of Perfection each $1.
wherever
'WMnners shown. ihey will show the foreigner a clear
Spray Pumps each 7Sc.
Won more and seconds than pair of heels in this as we have in many
first
any other man. Guarantee good
Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. hatches, true to name and fresh. other lines. The business has already
Conkey's Roup Cure .lOc land 1.00 a assumed large proportions in the west.
box. A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. The Armour's at Kansas City, alone
Chamberlain's Chick Food S2.,50 per are kiling ten thousand fowls a day,
100 pounds. and they are but one among those
J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup now engaged in it. They predict that
Cure 50c and $1 a box. The
in two years they will be killing
Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
Midland Poultry Food at factory
'Prairie twenty times this number daily.

There could not possibly be a greater

prices.
Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
State stimulant to the poultry industry than
Center, $12. Incubator these big establishments have injected
has long been recoyuized as
Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. the hest incubator in the into it, and the time is close at hand
per 100 pounds $1. '20 world. That is why the when cramming machines me be as
V. S. Pcnnrtment of Acrirulture uses it exclus-
Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O' ivelv. That's why it won 342 first premiums over common as churns. We already make
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1 00 all other makes of machines. This year we have
made a cataloe to fit such a machine. SO tinted a better and cheaper machine than the
Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, plate paBCs; 4 orieinal paintings and over 700 English. In the meantime let the cry
Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. hiilf tone illustrations. Mailed free as Ions as
thcv last. Write for catalogue No. 56. go forth, better poultrv and more of it.
Sure Hatch Poultry Co., PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATOR CO., HOMER CITY, PA. H. E. MOSS,
Clay Center, Piebr. Kansas Vity, M.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27

Please Let Me Tell You

Jly Buff roi-lilns have ngain won their
sh:ire of the rihijons at the MeOook Show. To
RINGLET B. ROCKS
iiinke ruoiii for my lireedinK pens I wi.l sell
trios,pens and singles at bargains for the The Kind that Win Kc Double Mate.
n.-xt30days. Also a few EC
B Leghorns.
Eg^a in season.
BenHiir, ist cockerel at Lincoln
Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. Show i6o2, at head of our cocker-
el breeding pen. No females in

Blue Barred ^ our pullet breeding pen scoring

;

less than go, mated to e.xtra choice

pullet breeders.J Stock all sold,
eggs reasonable. ^Write for prices.
Plymouth Rocks C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb.
Kggs fl.SO per IS, $3.00 per SO, fS.OO
per 100. Our stock is first class.
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center. Nebr Barred Plymouth Rocks.
My Buff Orpingtons Springfield, 111., Feb. 8, 1902.
EXCLUSIVELY.
At Nebra.sika State Show, 1902, made Drop me a postal card today asking for
8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, Editor Poultry Investigator: The description of matings and price of
1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If Springfield Fanciers' Association will eggs for hatching.
you are going to buy eggs send for my
circular.Orpingtons and (Thompson) hold its fourth annual show on its reg- W. S. RUSSELL,
Barred Plymouth Rocks. ular dates the second week in Decem- Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa.
JOHN A LING ber. The judges will be announced
Harvard - - ISebraska later.
Eggs for hatching from White Poultry.
The officers for 1902 are: J. E.
White P. Rocks Exclusively.... !$4.00 per SO.
Lauterbach, president; J. A. Neison, WWy'dsSl.SOperlS,
Cochins, $1-50 per 15.
My Rocks are of the best strains to vice president; Louis M. Gietle, finan- I.Games, $2.00 per 15.
be found and I have a fine lot of Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16.
cial secretary and T. S. McCoy, corre-
H. turkeys from stock weighing
chicks to sell reasonable. Write,
sponding secretary. 18 to 35 lbs, as fine as any in
MRS. NANCY WATSON, T. S. McCOY. the west, $2.00 per 12.
Liticolti, Nebr. W. Embden eggs from extra large
Corresponding Secretary.
stock, $2.50 per 11.
W. P. Rock eggs from birds scoring
My Buff Rocks
Eggs
93>^ to 95><, $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per 50.
for incubators from stock scor-
Won at Madison Square Garden this ing 90 to 93, $5.00 per 100. Stock for
season; at Boston and other great sale at all times.
shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs White Plume Poultry Yards.
for sale. Write for Circular and Show
record. Mr. and'Mrs. H. E. CLARK,
MILES H. LOUER,
Dallas Ceuter, - - Iowa.
Box M. East Oaoudaga, N. Y.
THE "PERFECT" HATCHER.
Black Langshans The Poultry Investigator is always
pleased to note the success of its incu- !l6uff ^rp^ nfltong and Cocbfiis
Tho winter layers, of standard bator advertisers who have won fame
weights, good colored plumage ^^^ Bred from my own
and eyes, well feathered shau' s and fortune by the excellence of their .^"^^^^^^^ Importations.
^t^
'/|V no scrube among them. Score hatcher, prompt and careful atten-
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, tion to orders and courteous treatment
I won more premiums than
of customers. The best example we
any other two exhibitors at
the Nebraska State Show,
C M- Hurlburt, Fai.bury, Neb- can cite our readers is the progress
1901. Before buying any-
made by the firm of J. A. t helton.
of Fairmount, Md. After an investi-
thing write me it will be a
SILVER WYANDOTTES gation we find that the "Perfect
pleasure to give you prices.
MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last
Hatcher" manufactured by this firm is
eight State Shows and many other laree
shows, winning more premiums Ih.nnall
the equal of any hatcher and superior
tdaJ. Buehler, %n%%tXk.
other competitors of this variety coml iiied.
Good birds for sale. Keg's from prize pens to many now on the market, while it
15 for $3. 30. $S- From standard bred
stock, farm range. RW. $4. is the lowest priced hatcher made. Years of Experience
mps J. UX. GflUSE, The 200-egg size is only $1. We advise
T^as brought me the very best of Barred Ply*
ou. 'eaders who are interested in pur-
Emporia, KaJ^- mouth Rocks to be
yards
found anywhere and from
have selected 5 pallets
chasing good hatcher at a low price, ray different I
scored 93 and 8 which scored 92/^ and from this
to write Mr. J. A. Chelton direct, en- yard I wish to sell a limited number of settings

BUFF COCHINS. closing a two-cent stamp as he will of eetrs at 3.00 per setting-
be from
All egg's sold will
nis yard and from these birdsexclusive
answering all such I have a few pullets scoring from 90 to 91^4
1st ckl score 94?i. 1st hen S'l^. at Nebraska take (pleasure in ly.
State Show at Lincoln. EsKs $a 00 per li. inquiries. also a fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at
Breeders also of Short Horn cattle and Du-
He is a gentleman of the pi ices that are right. All eggs and birds ^oM
by me will be as represented or money re-
roc .Jersey swine. C. K. DAVIS. Prop. highest standard in the commercial unded
VP. J. MITCHELL. I'ouUry Manager.
world and noted for enterprise as well
Columbus, Nebr. integrity. Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la.
 28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
ITiRSECUTliD POULTRY.
1 A'as just think about some cowr, <' White Leghorns.
Fggs from Ihx-k *:ii(i per per
whJcli I nncc knew, that were owmd ri.im choice matings.Ji
.in.

perlij
$.-,.r,o lOO;
.">0
2 30 per 2ii.
I'V one ;i)0 little intercsteil
I an hit no mote orders for over 100 egg lots,
in their
Scottish Terrier puppies ;i.00 and $.i.00
hai)|)ine<s to jirovide regiihir ac-
PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,
romndations for them. .At ni.?lit .i R. R, French, Mjir. Bo.\ 47, Ford City, Mo.
nei({hl>uriiitc tree was tlieir only shelter,
even weather was inclement
thi.uj^h the
If you want ....
anil the temijeratnre low. They were
expected to hunt their own feed, and Belgian Hares
worst of all, the ranjje was limited to fall on or write to
the smallest limit. Did they encroach OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
niion a dog was at onci-
grain field, a
'1 upon tlunv Buff Orpingtons Old Orchard, Mo.
Did they wander
Exhibited four shows, 1900-
at Or 2(I0:! Clark, Ave., St.
Inward tin- orchard when the fruit was Louis, Mo.,
1901. Won 39 regular premiums.
ripe, it was the same thin.?. The gar Eggs and stock in season. Sat- WM.G. STEINICKE. Mngr-
d<'n was of course forbidden ground, Iisfaction assured. 100 Hares to choose from.
tempting as it looked; and if a gap
was foimd or could be made, the un-
G.Bi CLARY I-airbury, Nebr.
Black
Buff
lucky intruder was forced to seek a
White Pekin Bantams
rapid retreat. Forced to seek its own
living, and the tempting morsels were FREE, -As Good as the Land can Afford
Eggs :i,(lii per i;;,
-

all forbidden, dogged and stoned if the

A.J. WILLIAMS,
promptings of nature induced it tr.
cross defined barriers, is it any wonder
THIIMK OF IT! Clay Center, Nebr.
that such stock proved unprofitable? By special arrangement you
"That Owner was a lunatic," you ex- can get all three (3) of the fol-
lowing one year for only SO cts.
Black Langshanss
chim. "No sane man would so use his
Never an offer like this before 1st ikl. i>t hen. Nebr.. .'it ate Show IWI. 1st
own slock." Yet I can assure you that P'-n. 1st ek. 1st ckl, 1st and :.'d pullet Nebr
f* ate Fait, 1901, 1st pen, 1st and 3rd pul-
no charges of insanity were ever pre- let, 2nd2nd<kl. Nebr. State Poul'ry
clt.

ferred against him by any one. and he

Show at Lincoln, 1902. Eggs K.OO per i:j.
perhaps, exercises as much humanity
The Poultry Investigator
J A Johnson,
Ci.AY Center, Neb, Holdrege, Nebr.
as some of his neighbors. Pardon me. The only e.velu^lve poultry paper
however, for a slip of the pen. It was published In the west. Original,

hens instead of cows that were thus

iip-to-datp. instrutiive. Profusely
illustrated and never iirluts adead
BUFF WYANDOTTES!
line. Contains from 32 to to pages 1st, ck, 1st, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul-
treated. eaeh month.
A many
let, PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES,
lady not miles away who Faocj Fowls, Dopkinsville, Kj. 3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr, State
raises an abundance of strawberries, The leading poultry oigan of the Show. Light Brahnias. Eggs S2..=aj
.snnlh. Three years old. well es-
raspbcrrries, currants and other small tablished ami prosperous, ai to 40
per 15.
pages ca.-ll ninntll.
fruit every years, also prides herself
Michigan Poultry Breeder EBDftY, North Bnd, Nebr.
on her large flocks of poultry.. "Hov.
BA'rrj^E CREEK, MICH,
do you manage?" asked a friend; oi Established Is8.i. The publisher
course yo'.i have spent some money in has devoted 1' years of his entire
time and attention to the poultiy
Just a Moment Please!
poutry netting. Is it the birds or the industry. Its a success24 pages
fruit that you enclose?" "Neither."
The price asked for these papers
all one year is only 50 cents, which
Now is the time to book j-our orders
was the reply. "Feed your poultrv any of them are woitli, and you and Wm. Kersenbkock has
get the others free. Send your prize winning birds of Barred and Buff
liberally and they will cease to be pil- suljscription to any one of Ihcin. P, Rocks, Partridge and Buft Cochins,
A free sample copy can t.e had by
ferers." addressing each one. Betier send Silver rLaced and White Wyandottcs
While we thinkit would require pret-
your order now. and Cornish L Games.
ty generous feeding to restrain the Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Meb.
average flock in sight of a nice straw-
berry bed in full fruit, yet there is room
frtr considerable
Eggs from Rose Comb White Leghorns!
thought in the sug-
stock
ge.stipn. Of course, if well fed they
White
scor-
Made a clean sweep at Mitchell
.
Voidd not be so ravenous. Further. ing from 90 winning 5 firsts, seconds, 1 thirds, .1

they might not wander about sufficient- and 4 specials, birds scoring to Wi
to 95 points,
At three shows in last two years
ly to conie upon all the forbidden L angshans $1.50 per 15; won 11 fiists, I) seconds,' (> thirds
fruits; or, never having been forced and specials. Cockerels for sale.
$2.75 per 30;
to experiment upon strange materia' Eggs SI. 50 per setting
Exclusively this season
to supply their innncr wants, thiy ma\ J. F. Reinelt, . Tripp, S, De^kota
not have learned of their fine taste onlv. Some Vice-President State Association,
TIksc are smne of the legitimate re
good Ckls. for sale with score
suits which might be expected from
Our Barred and White Rocks.
,jhe fid feeding. And while we cards by Ben S. Myers.
still
Are successful show birds and excel
doubt whether every one with every lent for market. Our S, C. W, Leg-
All Stock Farm Raised. horns are winners in strongest compe-
breed couUl so successfully unite the
MRS. JACOB HUGHES. JR., tition and great layers of large white
two branches so incompatible in the
eggs. Incubator eggs $.5.00 per 100,
average experience, the suggestion is Rock Poi-t, Missouri Eggs S2 00 per 15.
certainly worthy of note..
J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio-
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR
what
Just the v. (Jinan fed lier
MY MAMMOTHTeHc,imn..,...wn
poutry, I do not know. Doubtless
slie (urni-lied a variety; and in this
'EKiN DUCKS ya^e"ii'w:j;s'^,?nS',;t
huncira ;u. (Jieat St. L.ouis Fair and
sin.ulo wnrd may reside almost as much
i-^i
Poll 1 ry shuw; also in the hands of my
1

few A
This is for You!
cii>toii.er-i. elegant Buff Rox at
as in lier Idierality tlie success attained. lialf real value.

To expect a hen to subsist on a single OTTO STOECXER, Box 18, Manchester. Mo Owina to tuy .iudslig engagetiients
for s-ason of I9i';.'.3. will of, i,h alile
bd of fare is inircasonable; and as tliis
.

to'how my birds and will heiehy

reduce th- pri.e of egss from $:i (H)
was never designed by nature, biddy toJaOOper 15 have f, c. Brown
1

plurkily resoh-cs Xo supply the de- I.eiii.o ns. Black h'-irhornsU tired
Have you seen II? Plymouth hocks. (Violet strain )
fii-itncy herself.
The Fanciers' World
I hose whr !.. not l\-fl like keeping AniPrlca'.s leading publication for fanciers. David Larson, Wahoo Nebr.
tlir stf'ck shut up \ear in and year out Special depai-Muents for dogs. cats, i.isteon-.
lures, poultry, etc. 32 pattes. Profusely
(I'len f.nd it advantageous to have a lllu-traled, l>i-r year, SOceiits. Saii.p e c-.iny
free.
park in which they can enclose them
for a few days at a time as occasion
The Fanciers' WarIII
F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, Hi. White and
r'cs. cr of an adjacent grain field are Buff Wyandottes.
anuni'j the incidents which render this Prize Winners- Ckl at RIgin. Isl and 2nd
1st

a'ivisal le. It is certainly much more Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? ckl. :.'nd hen. 3nd pen at Ucf k-
imllet. ;jrd
ford 1st and 2nd ckl. Is- and 3rd ck. 2nd
profitable as well as much more hu Make your Own! 1 can send you formu-
hen, 3rd pullet. .lt. 2nd and 3rd pens at Hel-
virlnre. 1.1. 1(102. Orders booked for eits.s
dogging or las (or all kiiins of stock and pouliry
mane than the merciless
foods. Here are a few; Cliick food aSc: 3 00 per 1:1.

stoning that too often attends their at- egK food. 35c; poulory conalMon powder.
4.'ic; stork condition powder. 3dc; liog con- B R LUCAS, Belvidere, ll!
temnts to carry out nature's plan. diii.u powder. Mc. Write for others.
BESSIE L. PUTNA]\r. A. W. Collins,
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la.
BUFF ORPINGTONS.
THE RIGHT MIXTURE.
Moatock for aalet Rose Comlis, Kuir
As a usual thing I am a litttle sus-
picious of patent medicines and other Black Langshans Orpinjiioiis. A few eiiit, at. $.>Oir p r IS.
ners at Ited Ouk and Os-.-eola. Iowa, and
braska State Show at Lincoln,
Win-
Ne-
Sin'Mc
mixtures, but I must say right here Large, vigorous stock, free from di.sqiialifl. Coombs, egiis. J:i.0O per 1:1. ?5 (10 pp- 20.
that I find Mrs. Pinkerton's Chick cation: up to standard weight; winners at
Food to be of the right material, seeds, Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa.
grain and grit, in the right propor- sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in
season. Address.
tion and that, it is very economical to
use, considering the price of common MRS. V. W, .lOnNSON. Clay Center, Neb.
grain and making a success raising For Sale.
the chicks. I have known of Mrs. 100 choice V0U112 birds from winners it,
Pinkerton's level headed ideas on Kans;is and Nebraska Slate Shows. 11101.
Ponltrv raising for some time and 'Twsntf-FiveyearsifithePoultrf yard." S. S. Hamiuir-s. I'aitrid^'e Oidiins. BiilT
Cochins, l.iL'hl Hrahmasand B. P. Rocks
when she proposed to put her chick Show recdiii on Hppiication. Kegs from
food on the market, I encouraged her A perfect Manual for Succes.s. choicesl inali.,g.tl.:-.0 perseltlnj;.
to locate at Clay Center, Nebr., so as
to make it convenient for our patnms Gives symptoms remedies anti DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.
to get the feed without freighting it for all diseases. Gapes, Roup,
here and there betore reaching the
consumer. Hog and Poultry cholera. io8
M. M. JOHNSON. pages. Price 23 cents.

Last month the Investigator had A. H, LANG,

0. MO. HUN. DRO.
Covedaie, Ky. Breeder of Prize-Winiiiig
Mrs. Mattie St;ii=ft, of Laurence, Nebr,
raising Cochins and living down in
Kansas. We don't blame her for raising IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS.
AL Vm*! We have imported stock.
objections to such a procedure but our Un leSi R. C.R.I. Reds, R.C. Mi- stock foi sale at all tii.ics Kg-.s in .season.
readers will please notice that she norcas, Bufi' Orpingtons, Barred Rock.
is located at Lawrence, Nebraska and AncDnias, Brahmas, Pekin
Lt. and [iB.OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Gfeeo Jo.
breeds Buff Orpingtons of the best Cayuga ducks. Eggs $[..S0 per 15.
strains. Duck eggs SI. (XI per 12. Oae setting
free to best customer. Stock for sale.
5 R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for
Winners Again! sale cheap.
Listen!
-fF YOU WANT-
Rocks and Wyandott6s- P. (i. Shelby. Horiii. Pa. box A.
15arred and White, Silverand White.
Score 92 to95'2 They are sired by .
Bai'i'ecl P.
cockerels, hetis or pullets, worth ev-
Hock
winnere and bred winners from to erj' cent asked, scored or unscored.
some of our largest shows. Fggs $2 send nie your order and let me prove my proni"
ise to please you. E&gs $1. From all scored
per 15 straight from pens headed by
I Baff Orpin srtons stock bv Kaup and Heimlich. Sl-Ri and ?2. No
1st and 2d prize birds.
AND* secrets al)OUt tht-sepens. Ask what you want.
I
J. A. DOUGLAS, Ferguson, Mo. I Mrs. A- P. Rodgers*
White Wyandottes Bowliug Green, Mo.
It's
To
Up To You
get .5,00(1 new subscribers. We
^
,^^ No better Stock
Raised.
|
*
J
never have failed to win in
will send the Fanciers' Guide, an up- I (S
IT BEATS ALL.
to-date
months
Poultry and Hare paper
Special
for only 10 cents-
ad rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3
months for 1 dollar. .W words breeder
notice, 3 months, .5(1 cents. Try it
6

now
I C.
largest shows. Birds score from
90to9.5;4.

ROCKIIILL, i
Harvard, Nebraska.

I
9
men and women
too CKB liatcher
costs only 2. 94.000 sold
principally by agents. We want 6,000 active
agents for the new season. Special
term, with you a larjre margin of profit. tOe eec
rormula and PBtnlocueaent tree, if yon write ti>
in egg season. ^ day, Terntor.v may he gone tomorrow^
?1 (?)
NATURIIL HEN INCUBATOR CO., B 11, COLUMBUS, NEB.
Faticiers' Guide, Montpelier, Indiana.
30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Mrs J B Jones. ^ ^ ^
A COMCRtTE POULTRY HOUSE
Morning View ipi Barred Plymouth Rocks
Breeder of

to
The concrete poultry house has come
stay.
tlnngs that
the
They arc one of the best
have invested in since in
I

which covers a
poultry business,
Poultry Yards.
. ...HAVE ...
Ml and Mammotli Bronze
Turkeys
STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA-
period of 18 years, and I have had SON.
some experience with most all kinds of
..Barred Plymouth Rocks...
houses, from a straw pile up. I have

had roup and kindred diseases to con- Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-
tned with all along the line, but since red, full above the eyes. BUFF WYANDOTTES,
the advent of the concrete houses, doc- K.VCLIISIVELY. Our Buff
Wyaiidoties are brfl fnini
tering fowls is a thing of the by-gone- best strain olilain'ible and
days. The walls of a concrete house Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. in line. We breed the pure
(.'ildt-n BulT. nut, the dark
are the same as if of one solid stone, red. They're priz.e winners.
there is no cracks to admit of cold E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.

draughs on the fowls, consequently

James M. Perkins,
Chester White Hogs for sale
there is no roup with fowls in these
RAVENWOOD. MISSOURI.
houses. When we shut out wind, rain
and and promote health in our
frost
stock we have taken a long stride to
Union Lock Poultry Fence.
success in poultry culture. A vigorous,
For Poultry, Rabbits, ^g. Orchards, Gardens, etc.
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.
stronger and closer spacing than any other make.
Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union LaNvn
My house cost me just about $50 all Fence Gates, etc., first class. guaranteed
told for the CO feet of concrete and 14 Your dealer should handle this line if not, -write US for
feet planked up for a brood house at prices. Catalogue free.
the east end, making a house 10x74 CO., UNION FENCE ILL., U. S. A. DE KALB,
feet, rooms 10x10 of
divided into six
the concrete and one brood room lOx
14 feet. I
FRANK MYERS, IDE.\L ^ Also manufacturer ofj
.\I.I.UMlN'rM
my laying stock
If on the place will
J
Free Port, III., U. S. A. ; Ideal Aluminum Leg
Box ^
bring me an income of $61.38 during \ 2(1.

the months of January and February J nr-eeder r^f r ,

'} Band :::::: ;

eggs sold at market price, and pay for \ Barred Plymouth Rocks ; The arknowledsed lender. 13 fori
; 15c. 25 for 30(:. 50 fr)r 50<\ 100 for
my house and still have me a balance jTlii-y are Barred KiL'ht and ennd ? 75c. Samples and circular of
J
\
J size. Rl-u's l.i fur le :il) for JitSO. i Barred liocks mailed \
of $11.38, it proves to me very clearly J .W for +.00. HKI tor 7 0(1. for stamps. \
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 Cure Guaranteed
the warm house, and my care, but
there is very few, if any eggs coming
Donkey's
to market here now. Wife and I visit- only remedy positively
TllE
ed a well-to-do farmer near here yes-
terday who told us they had 85 Brown
Roup Cure known to cure roup
forms as long as the fowl can
see to drink. For Oanker. es-
In all Its

Leghorn hens and pullets and were pe lally In plseons, this cure excels
not getting an egg. They had a barn all others. Une SOtcent package makes 35 gallon edtclne. r)lrcllons with
everv package. f It falls to cure money refund. Po^^tpald
I 11 size 50c. large $1.
large enough to hold nearly all the Conkey's Lovise Killer never falls to 111. Try It. 26 cents per packageTand
1

buildings on our place. But he said Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poxjltry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect
"their coop was too cold." and that's lieali h, ami
u.e ijrore eggs than any -lnill:,r preparation. 25 cents per package
proi
.inO l.i cents extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY &
CO., CleveleiLnd, O.
about what is the matter with the most Paciti- coast agents: Petaluma Incubator Co Petaluma. Cal. Eastern wholesale
.

office; No. 8 Park Place, New York City and S.H. I. Co.. Clay Center. Nebr. Kor
of farmers' chicken business. "The sale by all poultry supply houses. ^'"Agents wanted.
coop too ccld."
 "

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. v
MABCn ,5
!, ,V?IaV
CENTS
The inland Poultry Journal
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 poultrymea who have
madeja success of the poultry business and have
the pleasing faculty of telling others how to
reach success by the shortest route. The arti-
cles it contains arc original, concise and practi-
cal, covering every phase of the fancy and com-
mercial poultry business. Every number is
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.

The inland Poultry Journal Co .

box 14, Indianapolis, Indiana.

oooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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. Taj'lor has been
employed in the ganeral oflfices of the
Chicago & Alton railroad. He is a
practical poultryman and has been a
breeder of Black Langshans of high
quality. His practical experience in
the operation of incubators will make
him a valuable man in his new rela-
tions. The Marilla Incubator Co., ask
that correspondence from the territory
tributary to Chicago be addressed to
W. L. Taylor, 1531 Monadnock block,
Chicago. It is a plea.sure 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.

NEM.\HA COUNTY POULTRY

ASSOCIATION.
The Nemaha County Poultry As-
sociation will hold its first annual show
at Wetmore, Kans., December 22-24.
1902. Wehave 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 "iO cents
per year, and members will have
all

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
all correspondence to Maude
Mrs.
Rolfe, Secretary, Wetmore Kans.
32 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND
May I "SHOW YOU" ^' Rocks Exclusively
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS._^ f^"e good cockerels for sale yet
111 Lacing, shape and size unexcelled.
That eg-gs bought of me will hatch
Barred Rocks for you that will sat- Eg-gs for -ale at S2 per IS, $3 for .30.
Fifty Cockerels mid Pullets to sell.
isfy the most exacting. If not
~
Bggs in season.
W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. treated right, publt.sh me in the In- Xj. A. DA_~5l ,
vestigator. coRwiN JONES, Bruning,
Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa " ISTeb
High class stock for sale! Please mention the Investigator
Barred and Plymouth Rocks
BuflF
from 3 yards of prize win- p
ning Barred Rooks scor- when answering advertisements.
P^U OrO It

and S. C.
"w birds for fall fairs.
W. Leghorns. Can furni-h ing up to 92,'/2 atS1.50and
Drouth pric- $2 (10 per 1.'). From my S. C. White and
will
"OO"
accomodate both the advertiser
us.

es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldon. Mo. Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres-
ser heavy laving strains) scoring up to
94 '4 , at #2.06 per 15. OURNALISM
I'racticui. piiylni? newspaper work.
Caution! Oofl RamOThim Ad. P. Hostetter, East Lynue, Mo nhortt . etp

Fur If ym rio vou will fll'Covcr where to TAUCHT BY MAIL

tiy our succeasrul system In per-
^.,-t ii , iH-.t of White Kocks scorin;,' froiu !W sorml charge of Mr. Henry ii. h- I

liiHliii:it the larnest shiiws Ihriiuirhout he i

lifld West, formerly manaixins
slHle of iMiin At (iluiiilnis. liWl. wcshowed
A Boon for Poultry Krpcr e.liior of the Washington
IIETTKK than u l;OI,l> MINE. rut. 1

thirty \Mi te K.ioks wiih iiii iiverii^' si'iire of We will tell you how we made oui f-i e?;priilptndentfl evervwlu-re.
%m. A 4-yer-old r-ook hlid scored !i.')'i un<l hens pay over *I0 per pent protlt.
W.lic lor Illustrated houUlei.
er such )ii' ftes as Hrldije. Lan-. Orttnnier. M erely send yotu-nn me and addreK
narjter liiid Jones. Stoi-k foissHle. Eggs $2.00 W.j.lJrP.rullrjt'o., niulonville.Conii

Maughlin Bros. Colnnibusi, Ohio

HOKTHAND
BOOKKEEPING.
a.nd
F^or* Sale.
SMKly at hmne mid take a
higher ^ali^rv. liiv.stinu a
little time and a Utile inon.
We Must Have Room!
y In a businesscourKe with
VIS and the dividend will
nev.reeae II .siihlects ISPure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, SI 50 and S2 50 each.
TAUGHTBYMAiL 10Extra Fine Buff Red Cockerels S2.50 and S3. 00; worth $.5 0(i to Slu.oO.
C'omplt I. oiiuinua :,o lii En.
gtneerlnjf. .'oiirnalisni. .Sei-
_-nguaees. etc. Write tiw free
10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels $1.50 to S2.00 each.
N XTTONAL COUUI-SI'()NnF.N('F No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thunjuj.
ITUTE I4ti0 Second Nafl. Bank Bidg.
iilnalun. IJ. (.;. bred poultry, ?5.ii to S7.IKI per hundred, S3. 00 to S4.IKI per .^o.

Single-combed ^^KfxoK^^. SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebr.

(Exclusively)
Birds i.f i-hnlce breeding. Seorlns: from 2 to
are In my p.-ns fer H102. Ebes from
il4'i
these pens 12.00 per dozen. A satisfactory
h itc-h .'iiaranleed BONANZA RABBITRY, ESTABLISED IN I8S5-

Frank McDonald, Columbus, O. Founders of the Hrst herd of pedigreed Belgian

iKcun-K 1. Sta. H > Hares In the world. The first tn establl'^h a
system nf re(fl!i ration for Belgians, The Hrst
to prialiiee hares e.xceedin!^ the ftandard
weight and develop superior colors. Holder iif
the world's r eord for prize winnlncs
For Sale.... Our Hales for 1900 wer.- over 5.000 head. Send
10 cents for the m^st complete and most be.iu-
200 Fine Black Lang.shan.s. ioo tlful 5fi-pa-'e cfttaloir ever puhll'ert.
Bona ,za Uabbltry M.iiual. Uh edition, just
Some'of the best I ever rais.d corning from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. It.
0. Piatt, the toremnst authority on the subject,
Address president of the National Association of Bel-
gian Hare Judees; professional Insruclorof
Ben F. Kytr.-, Belclan Hare Institute*; originator of the Decimal System of .ludjring and
Ctawfoidsvllle. Ind ed to this system; Inventor of Bi-nanza Tattooing Marker for Belgians
Perfect Belgian moulded In metal, presenting the Ideal colors, also perfi cilon In'qiiallty
shape and size.

Ross Bros' Trapnest Address DR. B. C. PL ATT,2741 N. road St , PHILADF LP HI A

Perm&nent Cn.KtAm Office &.nd SaLlAsroom.
1st what every piniltryman iieed

In sets ot 3 for $3.00.

naliuArail
UeilfBreOi
In sets of 5 lor $4.25.
Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer.
We sell them cheapi than vou can
Kills ll.-e 'nd miteson poultry, hogs and ani-
make then". mals, is the strongest and best lice killei
made. VViih our double tube sprayer you
can save one half the liquid and penetran
all craclis and spray tlie boilom of the housi
Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. where you find the mitres or spldir lice, it gets theie
every time F.VMry can Is juaranteed or money refundi a
Eead in the best competition. a Sprayer and can .if Lice Killer FREE-

ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan. Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder.

the heii. For the next CO
For setting bens and babv chicks- Alway-tobe used before sitting
(.warse orflne) lOu ibs lime
days we will send our old and new ruMomcrs. 100 lbs Shel-grlt. Tube ^^pray, r, one 411) paek-
stoegTft, one gallon Paragon Llc-kiiler. one Tiffany's Doijb e
at CUT PRICES age Powder, all for$2..W. Tbele goods all gn 3rd class freight-cheap.

POULTRY mi CATALOGUEFRKF.
It. Co., Columbus, THE TIFFANY COMPANY. Lincoln, Nebraska.
 POULTRY INVISTISATOR. 33

^l^^^ays Take Ai n'tthf se beaiitii's

But not so fine fis

chirks liatrlml
from H. I'. Uoili
and Buir (Jodi
THE Kansas City & Omaha Line
Inea^'slhal vmi
can buy or Mr-.
KpsMrr. lui'
1

For All Points

East, South and West.
Close coiinections 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

B^200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder ccmbined, $10.00.
8^100-Eeg Hatcher, $6; Brooder, $5.
si^Barrea Plymouth Rock Fowls and tggs. None Finer.
Ti'stlmoulalsand Illustrated circuUr Uc.
J A. CHELTON, Falrmount Md.

Our Leader B. P. Rocks.

30 ejfgs, $2.00, from stock seorinp 89 to 91. 30 eggs, S3. 00, from stock scor-
ing 91 to 92"2. vSingle settings SI. 50 to S-J. 00 each. Buff Cochin Bantam
egg-s, $1 SO per IS. 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
e.xhibition birds. They did it last season and they will do it this season.
Send me your egg orders if you want to raise sJiow birds.
First Prixe Hen. Weight 9 Iba.
A. L. PEDICK, ' box A, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Highest score any B. P. Rock at the
late State Show Judge Myers said
she was the best one he bad seen
I won Sregular premiums
Miller's Perfection this year.
20 years a
at the above show.
breeder of this variety e.xclusivcly.
Folding Exhibition Write your wants Ar'dress
F. C. HINMAIS, Friend, Nebraska.

Kolds like a book. All in oae piece.

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
NothlDK to (o astray. The neatest We have Quality aad Quantity.
and strongest coop on the market.
Farm raised prize winning stock.
Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb Eggs fl.SO per 15, $.'i.00 per 100.

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr

Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and

'

Single Gomb Brown Leghorns.

SEED CORN. Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties.

Onion Seed! Larga Red Wethersfiebd, Prize Barred Plymouth Rocks.

Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New
seed at 80c per lb. postpaid, if yon mention this paper. First prize at Salt Lake City. My
birds have taken premiums for
Soja Beans and Stock Peas. years in the hands of customers as
Best kinds suited to
well as in Utah. They are bred
this climate. Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn, for money makers. Greatest egg
Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds- producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh September. Address,
at wholesale prices.Nearly SSOO.OO in prizes and 100,- Cora A. RIcKards,
given to customers this year.
000 papers free seeds
SOITH . OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS,
Archias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo Ogden, Utalr.
^ Chicken Choras
34

'irs AH 'Rig hi
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

i It's Alt 'Rtghi!

yin Incubator That Is Out of Sight!*

'&M^^^
The chickens do not really say it but they feel it, and their owners
say it over and over. The

jylll *Righi Incub<i1ors

Sold c 4-0 7}ay^' F'ree 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. ,

Isn't that "all right ?" couldn't do it if our We

machine wasn't all right. Send for book explaining
why it does such good work. It's free.

CLAy PHELPS I/^ClZ-BATOTi CO.,

station 87 Cincinnati, Ohio.

To the Editor:
These Eggs Will Hatch chicks that liave
wlilte pliiiiiafe,
rich yellow leers and stioM
Dear Sir: While the girls and boys
.50 per 15 from pen No. i ifl.OO per 1.5, are discussing fine points in the chicken
Mrs. M. C, Oowiilfig, Elk City, Kan. one be-
coop,'!, please give them the
low to crack: In the fall of 1001 our
turkeys and guineas laved until about
Free Barred Plymouth Rock Circular tellinq- about my su- October 1st; not wisliing to market the
perb Barred Rocks. Yards
headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prize winners from eggs, we packed them in the celler and
prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per K?, 3 settings ?.").00.
. we have been using them ever since
PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb. the holidays, and if you did not know
they are of last years' stock I am cer-
tain you could not tell the dif-
that
ference from a newly layed egg. The
They are no doubt the best laying breed
there is, and are larger than other Leg- cold storage people tell us that it re-

Buff Legnorns
Leghi horns. Average weight of male and fe-
male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden
quires 32 to
good. The
degrees to keep an egg
.34

above does not show

facts
Bufi plumage, winners wherever shown.
that you need to have a cold storage
The Coming Breed. Eggs "5c per 15. From tri.0 winners, i'i.SQ per 15.
plant, but a good cellar will will answer
Em C, HaHsook, Spring Valley, Ohiom ns well. There is an old saying,
"What will keep out cold will keep out
heat." that answers in this case.
Black LangshattS. winner of American Lang- turn the cases
Pack you eggs fresh;
shan Cup, at Bowling week and we are
two or three times a
<ireen. Mo. They won for two years 1st ck,
1st and 3d
satisfied the eggs will keep from
cl.1, 1st and 3d pullet, Ist hen, At St Louis, 1st
1st, pen.
.\ugi'ft 15th to .^pril 1.
ckl, 1st pullet, 2d ckl 2d pullet, 1st pen. At Illinois state
show my 1st ckl scored Q5'2, 2 cks scored '14'4 each, 2hens Mr. Editor; The above are facts as
95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen 190:V. I own the
we can show you if you will come out
to the ranch. If the above is worth
highest scoring ck, ckl, hen and pullet in the state. Eggs
$2.00 per setting. its room in your valuable paper, use it;
if not. the waste basket.
JOHN HETTIGH, Bowling Green, Mo, M. P. ROBERTS.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD,

At Neb. State show 1902, in class of ____SIBKBEDERS 0F :^=^

1 17 birds, 13 exhibitors, 2 pens in com-

1
White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
pet tion, V oa I'd pen, missing 1st by %
point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. 4ih ck. Eggs Pekin Ducks.
$."! per 15, $.'5 for HO. Write fur prices
on incubator eggs. At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d
J. W. HALL, David City, Nebr cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
braska State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st
pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet. 1st cockerel-
a first prize on every bird entered.
We have a tine 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 frotn 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.
BUSINESS COLLEGE. Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr,
One of the leading schools of the west-
Large attendance. Great demand for
its graduates. Expenses low. Address

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?
BAKKEI) PLYMOUTH KOCKS. With that nice even tin- b.LiilnK to the skin as blue
Reference; Sure Hatch Incubator Company as tlie sky. and with elejiant
ootiiljs. jinlden beaks and siianks. Or hi'a vy weJL'hi SIN-
GLE (^UMB BROWN LfcCHOKM.-^, Elegant conilis. fine stripin-r lo Harkei and Sad-
die, and shape to burn
Pullets with hat soft even brown color, tine si rip* d lacUels
i

and eii-sant cotubs In fact birds that give the other fell"W thai tl'ed feelinc i 'he
BITY STOni v and EGGS from hi^h scoring showroom If so, address. J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O P. O Box I.,

WIlfrK LANGSHANW an d BUFF KOdKS.

Fine winter layers, ciieap for quality. Eetrs
Jl.SO per IS. Mrs. L. MUM''0\VER. Duroc
Jersey Pies. W.L. MUMPOWER,
Chilicothe, Mo.
RARRFn ^"^ADi-KY Bros New York
winners J. R, Henderson,
is what my ilock is Win-
built from.
BAR^UNFlirBARREiprROCKS. ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2.
Sta. B. Route i.

ROOKS. Eggs $2.50 per IS. Stock for sale.

Edson's Reslstered Strain, from a lon line
of piize-winiiinjr ancesters; have made them
Columbus, Om
a specialty for 19 yed.r. Now offet-inst fine
e.xhibttion and zraijd br' eding stock of both
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken

P ULLET S^LE.
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
half-tones of nieritot-ious birds. Address,
M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111.

Rocks
MRS. FLORA We have no more cockerels for sale,
Buflf
Pekin Ducks
SHROYER. but have 50 choice pullets that we will
Toulouse Geese Perry, O. T. sell for One Dollar each Send in your or-
Bronze Turkeys.
der at once, they will sell quick at this
price. Send tor eg:g: circular describinii
our five breeding^ vards, mated for best

WANTED! results, E
ggs, $2.50 per 15 straight.

25oWhite Wyandotte Hens MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Falrbury, Neb.
and Pullets.
250 White Leghorn Hens
and Pullets.
'^io^ioio4oioioioioioio^ioioioX*^jfe^jfeioioio>?'
100 Buff Orpington Fe-
males. Hello! Whose are These? ^
Why Hall's Famous Prize Witmjug
Will pay cash. Address, ^
Box 427, Clay Center, Neb.
?
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. K tnales and females score
90 to 93,'/, White Wyandottes 93 to 90. We always win, so can you

ForSaief if YOU l>uv of us. ^

Our P. Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R. C.
~ ~ ~
^
R.'l. Reds, Blk. B. W. and P. Cochins, 1. Geese, and Pekin Ducks
Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy
Ducks. At State Poultry Show on eggs for sale. ^
are all winners. Illustrated catalogue tells jou all. Stock and

Moines Iowa- ^
four entries of geese took 49
J D W HALL,
I first 3
Box Des
premiums.
Wailen Cameron.
Eggs for sale in season.

Schuyler. Nebr.
49
^^'^<^<^orcr^or<^'^c^^'^^<^^^^(^orcj'^(^(^^ ? 700.
36 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Mines' Liquid Lice Killer. Do you l(eep Bees?
Will destroy all animal veriiiin 1 li'iiiltrv liciillhy ^. ,. , ,
,
THEN learn how to
used in conjunction with Hities' Poultry Food. Pays for itseH
in'The c'sff
-"'^,1',**'_ ,-"'''^1'""'' *''' '"^'<'"S' -''C each. Harred Plymouth Rock. ef;{rs
?1.UU for ]-,. Maui iioth Bronze Turkey eggs SI. 00 per lie the Lest up-
jnd olh-
Mrs I. W. HUMES, Walnuf. Kan used by
bee keep-

Trees and Plants ^m^E se e the loo^ ^

Jfls H; Vjsiviiiiilcr, Dfs Moines, lown.

That Grow and Bear Fine

Fruit. Noxall incubator White and Golden Wyandottes***
We srrow that kind. L.irtestork. Honest dealing
Low prices. We
pay freight, Uudded Peach
es6c.: Gr;ifted .\r.plus5i.: Concord Grapes 2c.,
Kuss. Mull.erries3<lc. per WO; Ash 7Sc. per IttX);
Black Locust SI. 35 per llHK).
Illustrated Catalogues FREE.
Enelish
/
3 riultr^ dii
Incubators^
CARL S3N0ERF.66ER, batoi- Co., Q,nincy, III, II on e tirely new |,rhu-lp|ps and II, e
Proprietor, Boi 27, Beatrice, Neb
only inKehiiie made thai will allow tlieclii hS
lipt h:iic-hlniriocninP nut nf thp macliliie
in ih purn. rn-.sh oiiisjdi- all ai tl.i-ir own
exactly the same as they do h. n
111 -t

The Strongest Chicks iiri;runder the ben. Guaranteed t.' im-

iiauiienloser and to hatch equal tn aoy
in.' on the market.
a.ldross with alatnp.
Kor further pariic-

L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo.

OVER.NMENT PO-
6tp)^ iPfiE V-
/ ^^^""'
/'
Ijinpurt tone and M
/ity to the eggand
SITIONS
Ni-arly lli,U<H'a|)p.ilntiiii-nis
made last
l.eitpr f,,r IWK.
K.of il.o.^,. who
vai. r-haii.-es
Ilurn'rels
li:,vp liepniiii-

5 LAY /-"'
I , .

""""' poinied wi-re piepared hy

MAI u-Hy n... ,1 Eviahljshed IHHa
F'lli pailicu'ai.-i flee (n-
CP nins sfovrrnniPnt po.si-
linns. salaiii>> and. p.xan,-
AMERICAN STOCK FOOD CO., tiPld our meibi'ds ot.
inaili.n^. when
Wriio iii-dav
and where
19 Front Street, Quincy, Illinois. V'TTOVM. r.( lJ!K.l'()\l)K\f R INSTI-
TUTE. 14-42 Second Nat'l. hank bldg Wash. ,

Ington. D. C.

Winning:
ITHIS IS THE WAY White
come man who Wyandottes.
tliey off for the uses
THE NATURAL HEN WE WIN East and
West. At INCUBATOR. the great
Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you Chicag-oSnow, 1902
in hot competition,
nothing if you follow our plan. We a class of 64
have an agents proposition that is the ill

be.st money maker you ever heard of, White Wyandotte

Don't wait until your neighbor gets cockerels, 'the fin-
ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Egg est ever seen, our
Formula birds were given two prizes out of five,
free if you write to-day.
wiiiiiiiig the :id and .'ith prizes. We
#i#". Natural Hen Incubator Co..
B'l 1, Columbus, Neb.
have t pens of high scoring females
headed by prize birds. Eggs S'i per 1.?.

GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.

Gold Medal and Highest Award at Pan-American. October, 1901

Were Placed on
The
I line .inil
CYPHERS
time ai;ain
upwards of 300 chicks from 360 untested eggs
tli,: (.M.lins 3(.n-egu inacliine
IWCyBATOR
wouhl take thirty Inns to li:,i, h JllHl chicks.

^, , ,
THE EVIDENCE.
M
I get am chlclt.s out of .1I fertile eggs.'
i Tiatchnt 3U chicls out'of
I'rtedl. lUskell, liul.
"l-romMO cgiri we have hut lie.1 317 of the briglitest. Mraiigest
'^"'
clucks 1 ever s.lw."- Trmk n. Tvlo,. lT,pi, p.,.
"'''"'''''' '''''''''''*''
-LR"llT,KmV,V''<''"''''r'"'-*''^^'
"' '",'."'?.'"' ' '""'^l'"' "* good, henlthy
rJ.'i.'"' iT'm'".;''^' I'C.
r gs and from loading I got :101
i.ikc.. Pa.
, ..,,.
CyjiherN
.. .. ir
S|'f;g"c llr.., Fliirence. O.
healthy chicks
.it-tMij
> ^l^..lIg.
; iTiiiii the 3fi0-egg
i.iii,.K3 froi

Think ..t the w->rk and the worry in caring for the thirty hens
It
wvjul.l re iiilre to liakh W chickens, ten
to each hen
will take perfect care of the Cyphers SOO-egg
incuK-il -Tills
LItrralljr tllail.nndli of nFr<on> in every walk .

ivi-qn
abovi'aiiotoil.
largest
est si/,
and the smaller sizes of Cyiihers Ir Heovlly Feathered, Highly Penciled
'Ti this yfiii can at>s<<Iiitclv
depend. Wl.
,1 ...
-- descriptive Iri-pngc
cat3l,.n,K-. IKnnnl..,-,.^^|||c|,c,. liuenttinswiiii.
"
PARTRIDGE COCHINS.
I , . - ;,
Egg's $".!.iili per l.'i. Satisfaction fguar-
Cyphers Incubator Co., !.'o"ov''.i\.V.-.'i,'i'V,.;';i,::!,'a::
aiiteed. Write for particulars.
C. J. Beedle. Holdres^e. Neb.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Barred P .Rocks. Singfie Comb
Hawkin's Strain!
White Leg:horns.
Eggs for hatching from the cream
I breed them by the Trap
of my flock, as I have the advan
tage of selecting my breeders from
nest system. Eggs that among seven hundred choice birds
will hatch First Prize win- all bred and owned by myself.
ners, $2.00 per 13, $5.00 Nothing but the very best speci
per 40. Send an order. mens of most prolific layers are
ever used. Descendant from gen
erations of great layers of large
GEO. H WALLACE pure white eggs. Write at once
for circulars
Box A. Navau, Mltm
E. A. TESDALL,
Slater, Story Co, Iowa
LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ P stands for P uritan; pure and the best, The line should be dropped to
Prize-vvinning^ stock, first prize U stands for U sage, this stands the test,
at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of R stands for R ation, balanced and true,
four entries at Kansas City, Mo., stands for IliE Puntan Poultrf Fafuis, Inc.
I I ncome, doubled for you,
won 1 first, 2 .seconds, 1 third. T stands for T rouble, a thing of the past, For their superb and imnien
4 prizes at Kansas State Show. A stands for A catalogue giving full details
ctive smart chicks that will last. f
Stock and eggs for sale. Write us N stands for N ature whose laws are observed.
this remarkable food and W.^
trating the
STECKER BROS., C stands for C hickens their health is preserved, World's Largest Poultry
4639. Cottaise Ave., St. Louis. Mo H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn. Plant
I stands for I llness which plays them no tricks In all its details, also showing
C stands for C ostly when losses ensue which are the best Incubators
K stands for K eeping these losses from you. and Brooders now in use It Is
absolutely free to everybody.
I'rom prize winning Golden F stands F Write today.
Ftt'A'e for oily when boiled eggs are fed.
So* Wyandottes, $2. per i:i, scor- O stands for O Id when some are not dead,
ing from IK) to 93'., by Shellen' erger.
O Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc.
stands for O rders, in volume they grow,
J. Gordinier, Keota, III.
D stands for D rop us a line as below. Box 357. Stamford, Conn.

Silver Laced Wyandottes. Meyer's Langshans

Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 1stand 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and
Fine scoring
4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen.
Albert Lisius. Lake Mills. Mo- Score i89>^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At
N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all
Barred Rocks at one good ones, tied
I Sell You cent on the dollar.
ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd;

By selling you chicks just out of the

tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel;
shell from stock the sire of which cost 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per
S50.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00.
15. $3-5 for 30. $5-00 for 45, from winners.
You get chicks for 60 cents each thus
one cent on the dollar. W. P. R ducks Records of other big winnings in catalogue.
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
L. E. Meyers,
guarantee safe arrival 1,500 miles. Bowling Green, Missouri
Hatching all the time. Order in ad-
vance. Cash with order.
PARTINGTON. Northboro, Mass. lY. Jm Cheney,
Breeder of
Thoroughbred Poultry,
BOX 68-^*.- -^1/-CIIBA, MO
White Minorcas. Barred
Varieties. B. P, Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wvan-
Plymouth Rocks, Gold- andotles. Partridire Cochios, S. C. B. Minnrca.s, S, C.
en and White Wyan- W. Leeborns. S. and R.C. B. Leghorns. Pekin Ducks.
Et't's for hatching-, tl 00 per setting. *3.00 for 50.
dottes and Buff Gochin Write for ray new illustrated poultry catalogue.
Bantam Cockerels. Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry,
quotesprieeS on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about
------ The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free.

have cockerels in the above

I
named varieties for sale and W. J. CHENEY. .

eggs In season. (Score cards BOX 68.-^ Crawford Co. -Or-CUBA, MO f

with cockerels). The Wyan-
dottes are Dustin & Keller
strains direct. B. P Kocks Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at
are Elliotts.
Yours Respectfully, $5.00 CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the all-year-round
Pine Lawn Poultry Parm. layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White
Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls
L. D. Metcalf. Prop'r- for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator.
Wakefield - Nebr. Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo.
38 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
STAR -^ik i^ t^ Why
It costs
Not Buy the Best?
no more Ihau iiifL.norBt> U-s. Wb claim that
Adam's Green Bone Cutter
li.causu Ills the only
Is tlie b.sl, IJ.ill Bearini,' ma. hine
on the mark! t. It workson Ihe sluar liruulple, (urns
Incubators easier, cuts faster and cleaner,
la Ijetter shape than any other.
CalalaEue No.
and prepares the bone
Wrltealouce.
la Free.
W.J.ADAM, JOLIET, ILL.
Ad Brooders.
A large free Catalogue tells you
all about them. 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at
Golden Wyandottes St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
9i-92ii-9\H and 91 X by Butterfield.
Our New No. 2 Double Walled Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 8 seconds at same show 1900. 1st
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It medicine, but a health E. E. Miller,
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prize cockerel at Chicago, 11101. These birds are mated to some of mj' choice
females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, $2.00 per \'>.
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Vol.4 Cla-y Center, NebraLska.. May, 1902. No. 3

weight for hens and fourteen pounds chilly winds of spring. This fowl may
for roosters at some of the old time have had something to do in providing
SOME STANDARD CHICKENS
shows. They were known in other var- our present Buffs with such a good
ious places as Gray Shanghais, Coch- coat and hardiness against cold.
One of the oldest if our standard ins and what not. Today we know The Langshangs are the smallest of
chickens is the Dorking. So called them simply as Brahmas, and they are the Asiatic standard breeds, and are
from Dorking, England. It is said to still our largest chickens. They are white and black distinctively. The
ha\e been brought to England by the extra good layers, producing as many white Langshangs being very white,
Rornans. eggs in a year as many of our boasted and the black variety very black. They
The Dorking and the Game are our non-sitting breeds. Their eggs are ac- are an excellent farm chicken and great
best fowls for table purpose, having cording to their own size, the largest layers, average weight for hens, seven
full breasts of fine grain and flavor. eggs of all chicken eggs. pounds.
The Barred Plymouth Rock, our The Light Brahmas breed true to The Leghorn is of the Mediterran-
general purpose fowl, is a very recent color. They can never be mistaken for ean class of fowls and the egg layer of
breed. It gets its size and laying qual- another kind, and down to the third or the fowl family. The Leghorn is close-
ities from Light and Dark Brahma, fourth generation of breeding out. they ly allied to the primitive breed of
which are two of its ancesters; its will persist in carrying their weight as chickens. They show their close kin-
roaming quality from the Pit Game in well as color with them. This of itself ship to the wild breeds by despising the
its make up; its fine marking in part proves them originally to have come close quarters of a chicken house, fly-
from the Dominique and Black Java. from a mix of large breds and very ing high to roose, and their roving
The Black Javas are our oldest likely not more than two to produce qualities. The original home of the
chickens of the American class. They the uniformity in shape and color. wild chicken is a warm climate, and
is also, the White
are a fine chicken, as There are four varieties of Cochins, the Leghorn shows this in its lack of
and Mottled Java, and being a large Buff, Black, White and Partridge Co- an undergrowth of down to save it
chicken there is no reason why they chin. The last is most difficult to from cold. Domesticated it also refuses
should be so neglected as of late they breed true to feather. It seems to be to produce its kind if it can get out of
have been. akin in this line, as well as others, to doing so. But in their present form,
The Wyandotte is a general purpose the Dark Brahma. the Leghorns have long been domesti-
fowl the equal almost, if not quite, of Icannot say that I know exactly the cated. There are now six standard
the Plymouth Rock. It is a new fowl origin of the Cochin, but to produce varieties. Buff, Black,
Brown, Silver,
and a handsome one. In its make up his diverse plumage, has necessitated Dominique and White.
is found the Breda, a French fowl; the mixing of one or two breeds out- The Minorca is another of the stand-
Silver Spangled Hamburg, which gives side the large Asiatic fowl from which ard breed*- great in laying qualities,
its fine form and proud carriage; the he gets his shape and size. I have no poor in ^tting. Their origin is in
Dark Brahma and a little mix of doubt but that the old Brahma Pootra, doubt. Some think them a variety of
Cochin blood. which had a tendency to pass from a the Black Spanish, some deri^this. The
The Brahmas, both Dark and Light. rich cream in color to a bright yellow, eggs of the Minorca are as large as
Ah, there's the rub, to tell just exactly with some black intermingled for the those laid by the majority of the Brah-
what breeds they carry in their large males, had much to do in adding color mas. They are a medium sized chick-
bodies. All the large Asiatic breeds to our present day Buff Cochin. Then, en. Then hen when full grown weigh-
combined, but principally Shanghai, there used to be a big fowl called the ing from 6 to 7 pounds.
surely, to make that extra combination Hoang Ho, with a thick growth of The Hamburgs are the handsomest
called Brahma. They were first called down that made the young chicks al- of all fowls, especially the Silver Span-
Brahma Pootra and specimens were most impervious to cold when other gled. They are great egg producers
shown exceeding twelve pounds in breeds were freezing to death in the and are relatives to the famed old
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
While
I have been more or less suc-

cessful in raising
brooder chicks, I find
r have made some mistakes. My first
and greatest mistake was in starting
uitli 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. Aly incubat-
ors consisted of a small Buckeye and
an old incubator 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,

A Buff Cochin hen owned by B. H. Dunn, Clay Center, Keb.
the White Wyandotte. I have a pen

of nine hens and one rooster to com-

breed of Redcaps, called by our great COMB
HONEY
NOT MANUFAC- mence with and shall buy several set-
grandmothers, Everlasting Layers. tings of eggs from different Wyandotte
TURED.
The Black Spanish is an old variety A statement has been going the breeders, which will give me a good
of domestic fowl. For hundreds ot rounds of the press to I received several incubator
the effect that sendoff.
years they ha\e been noted as above nearly
all the comb honey on the mar- catalogue some time ago, which ought
the average in winter egg laying. They ket
if manufactured by a "cute ma- to be in every family that is interested
equal in size the Leghorn. chine." that the in chickens. I am like M. 'M. Johnson
combs are filled with
The Blue Andalusian is a handsome glucose and capped over by a me- a cow or two is a profitable thing
fowl and the only variety of its breed. chanical process. Thewould to have along with chickens. I
facts are, there
It is a great egg producer. is no such thing as manufactured
comb like to hear through the columns of
The Black Polish are difficult to rear honey anywhere in the United States, the Investigator the experience from
in our climate. They are black with and in proof of this the publishers of some of the readers living on five or six
a green lustre in the plumage, and the leading bee iournals of undoubted re- acres of ground. What can be done on
topknot a pearly white. It is a very sponsibility offer one thousand dollars small capital in the way of raising
old type of domesticated fowl. Long for evidence to show that comb honey broilers or eggs? Now, don't all speak
ago its various names were Frizzle, IS manufactured, or that such an arti- at once. And by the way, Mr. Editor,
Wooly, or the Turk. clc is for sale in the open market.
.'Al- can't you make the Investigator a
The Houdan is a handsome fowl. It
though this offer has been out for fif- weekly instead of a monthly. It is so
is five toed. A Houdan is a very light teen years and has been duplicated by long between times. As this is my first

feered and, like the Leghorn, prefer to other responsible persons connected I will stop for fear of the waste basket.
hunt for its own grub in summer. It
with the industry of bee keeping, no Yours truly,

is called a non-setter, but my Houdans one has ever seen fit to take it up. W. C. BARTON.
were ready to raise a family for them- The United States Department of
selves in their second and third year. .Agriruture has put out several publish- Burrton, Kan., Feb. 1.5, lOO'J.
There are several breeds of game ed statements denying the existence of
Editor Poultry Investigator:
chickens that are standard. The Pit manufactured comb honey, and the
Game have found an excellent fowl American Dear
Sir: I have just received ad-
I Grocer, the leading trade
for table use and egg production. The vice from an old experienced poultry
organ of its class, assures it patrons
males at any age are tender and finely breeder, saying that stock that was
that all the comb honey on the market
flavored for roasts, with the taste of a intedcd for breeders the coming sea-
is .nhsnlutely the product of the bee.
wild fowl imparted to dressings and
son should not be fed on egg ration at
gravy. The Exhibition Games arc too this time of year. The reason he gave
NEVADA, Mo., March 1, If)02,
was, feeding for eggs winter
numerous to mention. The White In- in the
Editor Investigator: and having your hens
dian Game is a fine bird for the epi- all laying, that
.As the spring approaches the chicken when sping comes the hens would not
cure.
fever grows higher and out one great lay as many eggs and what they did
ambition is to raise the largest and lay would not be so fertile. If this be
ToPKKA. Kan., April '-':!, 1302. nicest lot of chickens in the country. so. I am up a tree, as I have a pen of
Mrs. A. L
Pinkerton: I am not an old head at the business, B. P. R., ten pullets and one cock, and
I received today the sack of chick only about two years, but I have got I average eight eggs daily from this
food by your order of the 17th. It is it bad this spring, and each year the pen. Give me your idea through your
fine, and the youngsters are very fond fever grows worse. I brought it on by papers. Yours,
of it. Yours truly, C, H. Rhodes. attending a chicken show. S. E. STOUGHTON.
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il POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
looooooooooootooooooooooooe money in harboring and feeding
stock than in any other way, and
c'aJf

it is^

% Suggestions How to Produce Profitable Pouliry. x>

simply because he don't cull close and
lireej for quality rather than quantity.
Q l!v Jlrs. I. W. Iliiics, Walnut, kiinsas.
If you have only mongrel chickens and

^OOOOOOCOOOOO:OOOOCOOOOOOOii have never been interested in thorough-

breds, why not invest in at least a set-
No one will succeed in profitable I
pecially for hens kept in close confin-
ting ofgood eggs this year. Make life
liDUltry unless lie has ment. The question arises which is
tile proper qual-
worth living by having stock aroiitndl
ifications. These qualifications consist the best feed for laying hens. There
your place that will give you pleasUJe;
ill luv-e for the wofk,- not too high is no doubt that bran, in most instances
as well as profit, that is if they are
Slrling in .VoUf- ideas, aiid williiig to is the most economical food.. The
properly cared for. but if they are not
pluli yoUf wot-k and give it a fair, hon- way I feed laying hens is to take 3
properly cared for, they will in nine
tSt test. Silt if ydii are gfeat on im- (juarts of bran, 1 quart of cornmeal and
times out prove a failure.
of ten,
agination, want to build air castles, one pint of linseed meal. I also add
Therefore, we wish to impress upon
have fib particular love for your fowls, one tablespoonful Of Hines Poultry
the mind of the breeder at the outset.
t Whhld advise J-oii to not enter the Food. I pour ono boiling wat^r add stir
that this needs attention as well as
MiMhes,! this ttiattt-fe Bf J)rfifit in it thoroughly until the consistancy of
purity of breed. I take notice that
poiiltr^ keet>ihg is i. thln^ each pefson ordiary mush and feed it warm winter
here exists gross neglect of the poor
iiiiist Solve foi- hitlfseif, SO ttitich de- and spring, in the morning. The flocks generally. This neglect is not
pends upon the keepleh T\*d iiiotlWes quantity tiamed is what I feed 200 hens
always confined to persons who have
(not a horseshoe) should be inscrib- breakfast, atid at noon and evening
fancy for line poultry but extends even
ed above the door of every hen house: feed soitife vatiety of grain, and make
to many who have a reputation as fowl
"Cleanliness is next to godliness," and them work for it by scattering it some
fanciers. Still as before stated, for
''Despise not the day of small things." kind of chaff or straw. Never give
poultry to be renumerative there mast
A good farmer will get up at 4 o'clock your hens all they can eat as it has
be good management in their proper
in the morning, feed the horses and been said a full hen is like a full tramp,
care and keeping, as this is the first
cattle, clean out their stalls, etc., but her wants are satisfied and she won't
step essential to success.
his poor old hens have to roost and lay do nothing but loll about until she is
A good, convenient poultry house
in a dirty, filthy house from one week's hungry again. Make them scratch for should be properly constructed and
end to the other and sometimes a whole their grain as the exercise will make
should be placed in a warm, dry loca-
year. Could his horses and cattle be them healthy and vigorous.
tion with runways ample to allow of
profitable under such conditions? It Fowls may have slight attacks of
plenty of exercise. Above all, care
seems that farmers cannot realize the various forms of disease, which a little
should be taken that vermin does not
great improtance of the poultry pro- watchfulness and care at the start may
get a foot hold in the hennery. The
duce of their farm, and that it is equal entirely eliminate from the flocks.
house and its surroundings should be
to our state in agricultural products Successful poultry men spend much
kept scrupulously clean and should not
marked. What other kind of live-stock time in trying to prevent disease, and
be over crowded. Nothing is made by
is there that can compare with it in as prevention is far better than cure.
over crowding the hennery, on the con-
porportion to capital and labor invest- If your hen houses are kept well
trary it will prove detrimental. Use
ed? My experience has convinced me cleaned and free from lice and mites
plenty of dry earth in the hen house and
that there are some things about poul- and your fowls well cared for, I am
coops as it is a purifier. Slacked lime
try raising that can be taught only by sure you will prevent disease. Every is cheap, and floors, walls, roosts and
expedience, and a little practice is poultry house should have some kind
yards may be freely dusted with it..
worth a world of theory. It takes of a drinking fountain, for impure
The way some people refuse to use
practical planning and patience to make water will bring disease.
whitewash would indicate that it was
a perfect success in the business. Be- No doubt it will pay if we occasional- expensive. All poulrty houses should
gin moderately and acquire your own ly feed some charcoal, which can be
be whitewashed at least twice a year,
experience. Study the wants for your by burning a lot of corn cobs.
and frequent applications of Hines'
flock's comfort and make them pay all Don't begin poultry keeping with a
Liquid Lice Killer would destroy any
improvements as you go along. Get vague notion that it is an easy way to
living vermin that may be lurking there.
the best stock you can afford, and keep get a living all the work being done Every poultry raiser should look out
inmporving it, and give them good mainly by your hens as such persons for lice. If taken in time and proper
care like you do you horses and cows inevitable fail, as they ought. Don't
remedies used it is an easy matter to
and then not results. I have learned think there is any easy way that brings
keep them. down. This is of as much
that the poultry profit beats that of the success. Don't attempt to raise poultry
importance to the health of the bbrood
dairy all to pieces, all things consider- this year like you did last, unless you
as proper food.
ed. I have found there is much more are sure you are right, then go ahead.
The habit some have of giving too
profit in selling eggs at the low price Don't think you must raise common
much food to poultry is a short space
of and 8 cents a dozen than there is poultry as your father did, such poultry
fi
of time isbad one. If you will
a very
in selling butter "at 15 cents a pound. is not progressive, it is not up to date.
notice their habits you will perceive
Whatever is good to increase the flow Quality should often be sought above that the process of picking up their
of milk is good to increase egg pro- quantity. Extra quality is largely due food under ordinary, or what we may
duction. Farmers frequently make a to extra care, it is the proper feed
call the natural
condition, is a very
mistake in feeding to much and management that determines the
-
slow one. Grain by grain, is the meal
corn, as it has been clearly proven by profit with poultry.
taken, and with the aggregate no small
experiment that corn should not form Don't keep mongrels any longer than amount of pebbles and the like, all of
a very large portion of the grain ration it will require to get better ones. The
which passing into the crop, assist di-
for laying hens, it is too fattening, es- ordinary poultry raiser looses more gestion.
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
abor-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 one 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-
(juired and patience a most glorious
virtue try poultry raising, for I am
here to say that I
.\in't seen I don't know when
Anything that comes nigh an ord'inary
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
f This half-tone shows a shipment of eggs and poultry supplies made by pen picture so graphically
with the
Mrs. May Taylor, Hale, Mo.
piven by Holman Day when he tells us:

hen is bound to set,

When a
nearly grown cockerels and not the etc. They need not be elaborate in
Seems as though 'taint etiket
finished product of the skilled poultry their fittings or expensive in considera- Dowsin' her in water till
growers, such as are sold in the eastern tion. The hen house and scratching She's connected with a chill.
markets at that time. shed attached to it should be located Seems as though 'twas scarcely right,

There is a great deal of difference upon soil which is well drained. A Givin' her a dreadful fright,
between a weighs from
broiler that dry and gravel knoll is best, but fail- Tyin' rags around her tail.
ing to find this, the site should be
three to five pounds that is produced Poundin' on an old tin pail.
from high grade stock than mongrel raised by the use of the plow and Chasin' her around the yard.
cockerels that have been kept from scraper until there is a gentle slope Seems as though it was kind of hard
in
sufficient to prevent any
April to December or January and then all directions Bein' kicked and slammed and shoo'ed
offered as a spring cockerel. Settle standing water. The fowls must have 'Cause she wants to raise a brood;
on but one breed of fowls and do not comfortable and healthy quarters; they I sh'd say it's gettin' pay.

keep a mixed lot. Too many young must have porper food and nesting Just cause Natu^ wants its way.
cockerels in the poultry yard are a big facilities, but it isnecessary While ago my neighbor, Penn,
not at all

nuisance. Cull them out and sell as that these should be extravagant.
1
Started bustin' up a hen;
son as large enough to market. buy coffee boxes, which with a lath Went to yank her off the nest.
front attached, make very nice, large Hen, though, made a 'peck' and jest
Inbreeding is bad for all kinds of
no exception
rat proof coops. Why not let us wo- Grabbed his thumb-nail good and stout
animals, and poultry is to
men prove that we can use a hammer (Like to yank the darn think out).
the rule. It causes degeneration.
and saw in such cases. Penn he twitched away and then
Breed only from perfect fowls. The
crippled, the deformed, the deaseased "No one ever anything Tried again to grab that hen;
obtained
or the otherwise defective bird is apt worth having without working for it," But, by ginger, she had spunk.
said Mrs. Brown to her husband who 'Cause she took and snipped a chunk
to transmit its faults, on th well-known
scientific principle of heridity. was in a discourgade mood when trying Big as a bean right out his palm,
to make a rat-proof coop. "That's Swallered it. and cool and calm
take notice that in most cases the
I
so," replied Mr. Brown, reflectively. H'isted up and yelled, "Cah-cah"
poultry business is a feminine enter-
"I remember that I obtained you with- Sounded like she said "Hoo-rah!"
prise. If the women folks of the farm
that.
out the slightest trouble." Well, sir. when that hen did
have this part of the work to attend
to, why should we not do as we Poor coops bring their trials and thin Penn he bowed, took off his hat-
please
bet.
just suits him. you can
in regard to the matter and take our out the broods. At night the rats have Sunk
ye. set."
earnings, at least until we get a nice a feast by "de glimmer of de moon."
"Set," says he, "goll darn

flock of well-bred and well cared forThis could have been avoided, but the
Mrs. Pinkerton's Chick Food
can't
poultry. your husband is to busy owner was "just agoing to mend up the
If
with other farm work, why can't you coops" when it happened. be.beat
*
for raising little chicks.
do as I have done. Get a cheap A practical man can adopt a systema- ""^
S. E. Ingr.^m,
mechanic to build hen houses, coops, tic way of doing things that will be Clay Center, Neb.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

StandakI) Score HO as a ok, weight BussiK - Score Dli';. Pronounced by Chief Score 9'.iJ2- First prize B. P.
12 lbs. 2iicl prize ck at DesMoines Judge Russell as one of the most R. cockerel in class of 20 at Des-
perfect wing barring he has seen. Moines Fanciers' Show. He also
Fanciers' Show, 2ik1 prize at Nebras- She is barred to the skin, a perfect
ka State Show, competing- in hard black and white bar, no smut color. headed First pen at Nebraska State
classes. His barring is beautiful, Last season she laved over two hun- Show in class of 11 pens. He is
clear, open color. dred eggs barred to the skin, weighs i)>2 lbs.
These Barred Plyiuouth Rocks are owned and bred by Highland Poultry Farm, DesMoines, Iowa, J, D. W.
Hall, Manager.

does about a Bengal tiger, said to us: One woman sent word that it was all
Among: Ourselves. "I bought those birds when I rented a terrible trouble, but that the ^ very

Ju<l among ourselves. The thing I this place. They were tiny things and worst comes when the chicks are in
like best to read in a poultry paper is
the man did not want to bother mov- the brooder; but we are very fearless,

somebody's personal experience to im- ing them. I have had the greatest inasmuch as we have raised so maay.
press one. time! Something ailed them in the large families with only a box or .mus-
A famous evangelist said the other fall and I asked the advice of every lin crate heated by bricks or hot w.ater
evening:
chicken crank around here only you, jug for brooder.' Of course there were
"The first time I ever tried to preach I did not know about you then. Well, fatalities, lots of them, but there is ever
I was called upon to supply the place the majority agreed it must be ver- that survival of the fittest, and we.
of a regular pastor suddenly taken ill. min. They looked poor and downcast made money some of those years.
It was a hard place; some of the lead-
and their fathers all fell out. I used The brooder chicks escape so many
ing members always walking out on all kinds of powders and finally made of the vicissitudes of those raised with
the appearance of a supply. However," up a mess in which moth balls figured. the hen. We remember one season
he said. "I had one sermon the text Mercy, how it smells! But I used it when we had had good success hatch-
was out of the Bible and it was all faithfull and finally they began to pick ing and some 6 Oor 70 fluffy Barred
right anyway. Well, we got through up. .\fterward I found out they were Rock balls were tumbling over the
with the singing, prayer and collection. moulting." green grass. We were so proud of
Then dove into that sermon. I had
I
When we told the Other One, he them. All at once they began to die.

to my finger on the place for said: "Why, late hatched pullets don't
keep .'Ml the warning was they would stand
fear of losing myself, but suddenly the moult in the early fall." around and gap.
breeze from an open window carried So there we leave it. What ailed "Gapes!" you say at once.

the whole MMS. over into the choir those birds? That man needs experi- If so, we could find no trace of the
stand, scattering the leaves beyond ence
just the thing we all need. worm and all directions for curing the

hope of rearrangement. Then I step- Sure we realized this recently upon disease were unavailing. They died

ped out in front of the pulpit and gave trying for the firt time to operate an tillthey got ready to stop, then stop-

my experience, and the people said incubator a Sure Hatch, if you
ped a few of them. However, none
they never had a better meeting. Oh, please. raised away from the hen at least
T ell you," he added emphatically, "it
I
We should have given up in despair
very few seemed ever so afflicted.
is a grand thing to have had an expe-
had not the Other One came home But don't you know there is some-
rience." about that time. It ook him at most thing to experience, after all, that can
Nowwithout the slightest intention no time to interpret those printed di- not be told? Some way one just

of levity,we repeat it: "It is a grand rections and fit them to the machine, learns things, and it stays with them
thing to have had an experience," even and now all is running smoothly, what- and operates all right, but when they
in the poultry business, and want of ever the outcome may be. com.e to pass on well, it is like a
it
thisis the shoal upon which the aver-
It was wonderful how nnich experi- cake receipt; you have told it all right,
age amateur fancier strikes and goes ence some other people had to dis- but the amateur cannot take the direc-
down. pense those three or four days when tions and make a success after all.
we could not keep the mercury any- As they the musical world.
Not long since a man who knows say in

about as much about a chicken as he where, least of all at "from 103 to 10,"i." "There is everything in the touch."
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
successful poultry keeping; also the have trees or shrubbery in the run,
latest and best in practical manage- make a trellis anybody can do this^
ment as given by the most successful a bean one will do, or one of morning
specialists in the various lines of work. glories or wild cucumbers or Virginia
To my mind nothing ismore stimu- creepers ,or any fast growing vine. .

lating than knowing of others' achieve- The birds will nearly "dust" the roots
ments. It never discourages us in the out, but water well at night and they
least to know that someone else has will "stand the storm" all right. Be
made a grand success of perhaps what sure to provide something green for
we have all but failed in. What others them to forage in for an hour each day
have done and are doing, we can do. at least. Sometimes when our fowls
We read of great farms devoted to look a little droopy and act dissatis-
the poultry industry and sigh a little, fied, we first throw open the doors
m;iybe, over our restricted quarters, and let them out into the world. Al-
but soinething like this coines along: though they have a large run of their
R. S. Kellerman of Massachusetts own, they appreciate the difference at
has a plant of fi50 hens and of his room once. Out they will rush and then
he says: "My poultry plant is located likely raise on the wing for a little way
partly on a vacant town lot 2.50 feet and end with a regular game of well,
long and 150 feet deed, and partly in we don't know what they call it. but it
the back yard. The three houses run seems some like "tag." Then they
east and west and face the south." and settle down to hunting for the things
he goes on to tell how they are built,
they want just what they are the wis-
Black Lang-Shan pullet at N. E. and concluding with "the entire cost
1st knoweth not.
est fancier really
Mo. show, score 95^.; by Ben S. Myers. was about $1,000." They always return to their domains
Owned by John Hattick, Bowling- We read this morning of a New Jer- as chick and lively as possible. A hen
Green, Mo.
may lie a foolish thing, but she knows
some things you and I don't, and things
And so it is that we would discourage w'e can't quite find out. If an ant can
a new beginner from going into the preach, perhaps a hen can teach.
poultry business too heavy. "Besin '

Sun Prairie. Wis.

and work up," is as good advice hri.
as anywhere.
Mr?. Pir\kertor\'s Chiok Food.
Speaking of experience here i

The question of the cost of feed to

what an eastern breeder has to set
raise chicks past the critical ag-e is
forth on the feeding question, and it
trivial compared with making- a per-
really sounds more sensible than the
fectS' ccess raising them. Mrs. Pink-
majority of stuff that is going the
erton's Chick Food is and better
rounds, and that we are all religiously
cheaper than oatmeal and other stuffs
trying to imitate.
usually fed to small chicks. It is com-
He provides receptacles of corn,
posed of just such seeds, grains, grit,
oats and wheat, grit and charcoal and
etc., as the small chick needs on the
just invites the birds to help them-
start. It is all feed, no fan mill tail-
selves. He kept
sees that the supply is
ing's M. M. Johnson,
good, furnishes milk and water, and
Inventor Sure Hatch Incubators.
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

A fine W. Rock ckl owned by M. L.
Canitield, Belleville, Kan., a winner at
he substitutes for green bone. Nebraska State Show at Linculn, Ne-
We have left corn on the ear where braska. t
our birds could get it all winter and
there seems little demand for it. It is sey plant that costt $-50,000, but it did
perhaps all in line with the merchant not cost much of anything at first, the
who, on hiring a new clerk, always in- founder building a little house or two
sisted that they eat all the candy they with his own hands. Evidently he be-
wanted the first day. They were pretty gan at the bottom. Indeed, some suc-
sure to want no more after that. cessful fanciers have begun their busi-
When all our agricultural colleges ness career with only a few dry good-
have a "course in poultry," then we boxes for roosting rooms. We hope
shall see as much progress in the busi- no one will adopt the plan, however,
ness as we now see in other lines of pet for winter use in a cold climate. Good,
stock raising, and there will be a call warm winter houses are essential, but
from all parts of the country for "pro- they need not be expensive. Good
fessionals." drainage and a sunny front cost little.

Kingston, R. I., has a most com- The trouble the coming summer will

plete course designed to give instruc- he too much "sunny front." Provide
tion in the art and science underlying shade for the fowls. If you cannot
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.

From Mrs. May Taylor

I 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
boys playing marbles. A little further
on was a couple of green, glossy par-
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 oi
the slats of the sinside gate leading
into hen house for a
the hall of the
long time during the early winter, and
I believe was finally used up for rags.
A pen of Buff Cochins owned by B. H. Dunn, of Clay Center, Nebr. He
breeds none but the best, full feathered, elegant in shape and color. If you
So now I will have to make a new want something nice, try some of his Cochins.
one or beg another old one from
mother. She never wears out her bon-
visited the poultry plant at our leisure. work, if one knows how to take ad-
nets, so you see I go begging for one
vantage of it, and then I have such
she has worn last season and get her Going through one of the gates she
to make a new one for herself. You noticed the way it was made out of perfect health.
see I work headwork. lath
and said she must take the pat- One of our Barred Rock crowers has
The turkey hens are keowking tern; you know women always take taken a violent dislike to Ruth, our
around and poking into all sorts of patterns, so to speak, quilt patterns, general helper this spring, and she is
stray corners on the lookout foor a tidy patterns, sofa pillow patterns, etc.; very much afraid of him. Now, Ruth
good nesting place. The wheat fields but in this case we did not cut a coun- is the very soul of kindness and gentle-
in the distance look green since the terpart out of paper, with notches and I ness and just why this self-important,

snow went off, making patches of a holes where to join together. Oh, no. self-inflated stulty rooster should take
I

veritable oasis in the desert looking She took the pattern in her head, like such a dislike to her is a mystery to
wastes of brown and bare fields. The the judges do when they score chick- me. He got her cornered one day
apple orchard in the distance looks red, ens. But to get back to the gate; while when she went in to feed them, and
.she was taking it down mentally and she said she never would have gotten
so I think the buds must be swelling.
There are still white patches of snow saying she must have her husband out. for he headed her off on every

in the gullies and unsheltered spots.

make her some, I remarked incidental- turn, until anothercrower in the room
ly, "that I had made it myself," made and powerful as himself, came
The roads are dry and dusty and the as large
farmers are talking of sowing oats. I it and hung it. and that one over there, to her rescue". He engaged the atten-

hope there will be a big acreage of too, and all those you saw inside, and tion of Sir Pugilist until Ruth made
oats and that it will yield abundantly. strung up all this wire netting." She her escape. He is a very fine speci-
We are also looking for an abundant said she could not do that, and I don't men and not for sale at any price. I
wheat harvest. We
"sowed" a mixture
say it tell what I have done as a rec- mean Sir Pugilist, nor the other one
of small seeds on the snow in our poul-
ommendation for others to go and do either, for that matter, but I don't like

try yards, where the weeds were the

likewise, unless they have the knack for fighting chickens. Do you suppose he
the work and like to do it. I come ever forget her and be civil? Ruth
thickest and the bare spots were last will

year. We
have a few briar patches honestly by my love for a hammer and is a great admirer of fowls and
likes

in therewhich we wish to kill out and saw, because one of my grandfathers very much to work with them, and I
the quickest way is to smother them
was a carpenter, and I used to play wish this one wasn't quite so "fighty."
out with grass. around hiswork bench and watch him though the way he stretches himself
handle his toolswhen T was a very lit- up and crowds when he has run her out
Do you love trees? I do. and there
the average tle girl. I have five gates which I of the lot makes us both laugh. He
is no shade so grateful to

fowl than the green leaves of

some made and hung all by myself, each one tried to run me out a time or two. but
of which can be opened and shut, and I didn't run. and I guess he has begun
kind of living tree or vine; put trees
in

I am going to make some more before to think I don't intend to. and I be-
your poultry yards as soon as possible.
do long, since spring has come. When I just quietly upset
Fruit trees if you want to; plums lieve if Ruth would
well, and the chickens pick up
the sur- get that Kodak in running order, will him. as I did. without in any way let-

though T think turkeys relish send you a picture of a few of them,

him think that there was a row on
ting
plus,
plums more than chickens do. Our and how they open and stay shut. But
hands, he would let her alone also, but
bushes as I said before, I don't believe in wo- she is afraid and runs and shies around
hen yards have all sorts of trees,
and vines in them. men doing this kind of work only in out of his way; says she doesn't want
We had a hen woman friend to dm- exceptional acses, like myself, to hurt him. I don't want to hurt him
for in-

other day, and of course

we stance. It isn't hard work nor heavy either, and would not, for he is a val-
ner the
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
and art- perfectly confident that when exercise, and then if she does not re-
we come again a few hours laterwe turn "where duty calls," of her own
will find it ts still and the large
"set," accord, in time to prevent any chilling
nest of eggs unchilled and unbroken, of eggs (if early in season), I gently
which is more satisfactory behavior place her upon the nest and and secure
than Mrs. Broody Biddy usually dis- her there. Not only does the setting
plpys. It is not always the easiest hen show a perverse desire to ex-
thing in the world to regulate and then change nests with some neighboring
keep the heat regulated, especially for sitter, or to desert her own cosy, filled
the novice, and I admit that one must nest for some empty box or barrel,
give the machine watchful care, but that we cannot understand its attrac-
there is nothing about the manage- tions for her, but often a fit of destruc-
ment of the incubator that tries the tion seems to possess her and when
breeder's patience like a setting hen she comes off for morning food we be-
does. If we must needs depend upon hold a sight that is anything but pleas-
the hens to do our hatching, we per- ing to the eye. Eggs are broken and
Black Lang-shaii cock. Second at force, must await their individual those that are instact are covered with
state show.
Illinois Score '.H}{ by pleasure in the matter of raising a the contents and the nest material is
Hewes. Owned by John Hattick, family of baby chicks; the earnestness so smeared also that the remaining
Bowling- Green, Mo straw re-
of our desire has no power to influ- eggs must be washed, the
ence the biddies to become broody. moved from the nest and a new nest
uable bird, but when he made a run- Often when we feel that March chicks made. Now, never have I heard any
ning shot and planted his two feet up are what we must have, not a hen will one complain of being subjected to
against me I turned him on over. I manifest a desire to set until late April such cantakerous behavior by the
didn't want him to think that I was or May. Not so witht our "wooden "wooden hen." And how little time
teasing him and let him alone when he hen." She is always "broody," and and trouble is needed for her right care
showed no fight. I find that he doesn't can he depended upon to give us the during the three weeks of incubation.
relish turning summercaults, and that coveted March chicks if we "sett" her It is true she must be fed once a day,
the worst thing I could do for him and give her the right care. Even but all she eats or drinks is kerosene,
would be to run, or even stand and when a hen does decide to set, every and less than five minutes satisfies this
take it. I helped him out with his fun breeder knows how perverse she is apt demand and the work goes on smooth-
and he didn't like it, so quit, so far as to be. In the first place, the nest she ly and uninterruptedly. The turning of
I am concerned in the play. When he chooses for the process of incubation the eggs is a few moments work morn-
runs Ruth out of the yard he stretches is not suitable, according to our supe- ing and evening, but they are always
himself up and crows and looks so im- rior wisdom, and we prepare a cosy clean and no time is needed to wash
portant it makes us both laugh. nest in just and "si- them every few days.
tthe right place
MRS. MAY TAYLOR. lently and by night" carry Mrs. Biddy The superior advantages and attrac-
Artificial IncubaLtion to it, and with utmost gentleness place tions of artificial incubation over nat-
By MatTIE WkHSTKK her upon it. Because of past experi- ural incubation are being so well

Again is the hatching season, that ence we are wise and so securely learned and so universally accepted,
fasten her within the nest. After a that no longer is the incubator looked
busiest and most interesting time of all
the year for the poultry breeder, now day or so eggs are entrusted to our upon with distruct and disapproval.
setter's tender care, and after a few Where very few were in use fifteen or
calling for time and almost constant
work and care, that baby chicks in days more of close confinement, mov- twenty years ago, today few fanciers
numbers sufficient to supply the latest ed by a feeling of pity for biddy, we or breeders are without one or more
demand may be hatched and raised to decide to trust to her honor in the of these machines, and it is not an un-
maturity. Incubators have been pulled keeping of her part of the contract and common thing to see an incubator

out of storerooms, firmly upon set remove the barriers in front of her side by side with the farmer's wife's
their legsand when the right tempera- nest, that she may view her near sur- best furniture in her best room, with

ture has betin reached and held in egg roundings and be at liberty to partake lighted lamp, and attending strictly to
chamber for twenty-four hours, eg,.;s of nearby food and water, enjoy her the business of realizing her desire for

have been consigned to the "wooden loved dust bath, and after a little "early chicks." And this is as it should
hen," and whole many a hatch has al- stretching of legs and wings, return be; for if the "wooden hen" is a de-
ready been accomplished other breed- to her nest. While there is no objec- sirable thing for breederand fancier,
ers are faithfully and carefully filling tion to this proceeding once a day, it is it not equally as desirable for the

the lamp and changing the wick every does not meet with our idea of the fit- farmer folk that hatch many times
evening, that there shall be the right ness of things to have the greater more chicks each season? And do not
degree of heat within this artificial part of each day taken as a vacation the farmers' wives need to have their

mother to insure a successful hatch, from the hatching work. No longer labor lessened in every possible way?
and patiently turning the eggs twice do I trust Mrs. Biddy when she prom- Indeed, there are few idle minutes dur-
ises to take such good care of the ing the day for the farm-wife, and if
daily, that every side of each egg may
receive equally the heat of the egg eggs I place under her, having learned incubation work and care can be less-
chamber. Yes, it means work and her fickleness by previous experience, ened and be carried on in the house,
to I always make sure her garrulous many steps and much worry will be
careful attention to every detail
saved her. Are we sufficiently thankful
manipulate an incubator successfully, promises shall be kept by putting
it

but for my part I would much prefer out of her

power to break faith with for this invention that makes the
to "manage" an incubator than to try
me. Yes, from start to finish of time hatching of hundreds of chicks less
to manage even one setting hen. We of hatching I confine my setter, letting work than the hatching of dozens by
set our incubator, place the eggs within her off once a day for food, water and the natural way?
 10 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
POULTRY AS CLEANERS. fruits that cannot be used at the time #^^^^^>%*m>

The pig is usually regarded as the may with profit be set aside for later BUSINESS CATCHERS
scavenger of the farm, the receptacle use. If there is no room in the root
into which all odds and ends may be cellar apart from the rest, bury them. WHITE
PLYMtlUTH ROCKS our specialty.
thrown with profit. And yet, whi^.i The variety which fowls consume Ek'lfs I 00 per 15. Pekin duck egifnl.OOperU.
we come to think about it, the cliicken Try us. F. J. Kolasa. DuBois, Neb.
with avidity is indicative of the wide
Barred Plymouth rocks, winners
has as sharp an appetite for variety. assortiTient demanded by the systerii from Norv.-il's strain. No stock, all sold, on-
Almost everything that any farm ani- ly eirgs for hatcllinif. Mated for prizewin-
to secure the best results. And it is ners. Have4pens, Best, 2.50: ZH. 2 00: 3d.
mal will eat is relisbc<l in sunie form well to consider twice whether a
1.50: 4tli. 1 (JO only, per setting- of IS. (For '!

settings, twice the siug-le price) Place vour

by poultry. And while the omnivor- thing cannot be worked into edible your orders early. Mrs. M. E. Bittner, 'Osce-
ous nature is sometimes aggravating ola. Neb
shape before destroying or letting it MRS. E. M. DOWNS,
Hartley, Nebr., Barred
when fowls are permitted to run at go to waste. Rocks, wen marked, c^ctra large birds, bottj
cocl-erel and pullet, mating- pens. Eggs 2.00
large, it is on the whole a convenient
The shortage of the apple crop last for IS, 3.50 for 30. ir.-ni-ral flock, 4.00 per 100.
form of ecimomy. There are so many White Wvandottes. Norval and Coffin strains
year brought to the writer a prac- direct, 2.()11 forlj. 3.50 for .>IJ.
things on the farm that would do no ORIOLE FARMS, Twin
tical illustration of this. In lieu of Lakes. Wi.sconstn,
good were il not for the poultry, and send free a Partridg-e Wyandotte catalogue,
the larger fruit, experiments were A. D. Burliaus.
it is in saving the little things that S. C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed bv 1st
made with the little wild crabapple.
the farmer must depend largely for and 2nd cklsand 2nd cock Knapp strains',, l.UO
By soaking water over night and
in per IS; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or-
his success. ders now. M. B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa.
then cooking until soft they were
All of the grains arc acceptable, and EGGS for hatching; White Plymouth Rocks
highly relished. To hasten the prep- and White Wyandottes, IS tor i.75. S.C.White
even the screenings and chafi that the aration, the crabs were cut into quar- and Brown Leghorns, 1.25. Belgian hares for
sale. S. S. Dunn, 4550 Chicago Aye., Minnea-
larger animals would scorn are thor- polis, Minn.
ters before soaking. This process, by
oughly appreciated hv the chickens, the way, removes
the ''crabby" taste.
WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict-
ly pure white, mated to a '*4 5-6 point cockerel,
which enjoy scratching for the str.iy and should not large and pure white. Eggs, 1.50 per 15. No
be omitted if used for
grains that- may be contained therein. stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W. Brehm.
the table. One has no idea, without Harvard. Nebr.
Seed of sorghum and millet they giving it a trial, how much this im- WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13
will thresh out for varieties of thoroughbred poultry. Eggs for
themselves in fine proves them; and 'he poultry seem hatching from oOc to 1.25 per setting. Write
shape; and for little chickens too to enjoy the change as well as peo-
for particulars. O. O. Lomen, Decorah, Iowa.

young to manage the grains of corn. ple. Even when apples are plentiful BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen, cockerel score,
nH. pullets WA to 93: eggs 3.00 for 13. Yd 2
pop corn is a rich treat. The wild some of the crabs will be found very and 3, 2.LI0 for IS; yd 4, l.OO for IS. 4.00 per 100.
Bronze Turkeys 2.00 for 10. Mrs. Chas. Lowry,
millet and other grasses and weeds convenient for late winter and early Dunbar, Nebr.
contain much nutritious food which spring use, as they keep much better
WHITE WYANDOTTES e.tclu4ivelv. Eggs
from pen, 2.IK1 per IS. These are line birds.
the fowls will glean. Oil meal and Those at large, 1.00 per 15: 4.00 per 100. Mrs.
than most of the cultivated varieties.
cotton seed meal, too highly concen- M. A. Barrans, Leno.x. Iowa.
trated foods to be given alone. ;irc a
A generation ago the housewife EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded
American Dominiques, Sl.Slt per 13, 2.50 per 26.
1
would have scofifed at the idea of Also cockerels at $3 and pullets at S2. Blue
vantageous in small doses with other Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick, 129 West 11th St.,
there being
any food for chickens
food. Erie, Pa.
value in clover save the seeds and in-
A peculiar way of serving green sects it might contain; yet the steamed WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Flshel
strain. Pen headed by?2Scock: every hen a
food is to throw in fresh sods of grass product is now top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your'chance
conceded as one of to get the best While blood in the world. H.
or newly scrouted rye or oats, the the C. Nichols. P. M.. Spearvllle, Kan.
most valuable winter foods. This EGGS-Columbian Wvandottes, finest in the
energy expended in scratching th- but suggests
the thought that the land. Buff Orpingtons. White Langshans,
plants apart giving the needed exer- While Indian Games. R. C. White Leghorns
end of the menu is not yet. Look Silver Wyandottes. Also from R. C. Brown
cise to individuals in confinement. Leghorns very cheap. I-'owls. dogs, birds and
out for the odds and ends and suppiv
pigeons cheap. Indian Runtierducks.Enclo.se
Few are the crumbs from the table them generously, and keep an opci stamp. No circulars. Address Hillcrest
which escape them; and in this they eye for serving new Farm, Milledgeville, Pa.
dainties. The EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced
have an advantage ever everything greater Wyandottes SI. SO per 15. S2.S0 jjer 30. Known
the variety of good food the
else; not even the cat will so persist- as I. X. L. Poultry Yards. Satisfaction guar-
greater the results. Stale amterial is anteed or money refunded. Mrs. W. J.
ently pick up every scrap. Barnes, Topeka. Kansas, Sta. B.
never wanted, and shows in the ill-
As soon Havor of the eggs.
BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wyan-
as the fruit commences to dottes, White Klondlkes, best obtainable.
Stock and eggs for sale in season. T. W.
fall they arc ready for it. No matter BESSIE L. PUTNAM. Beecher & Co., Reed City, Mich.
how wormy or dwarfed the specimen, BELGIAN HARES. J2.50 per pair. S. L. Wy-
it serves the purpose if it an<l(>tl,-s. Pekiii Hacks.
20 eggs SI.IXI. Also
is not de- From F. C. Hirtman. Poland China hogs. White China Geese, and
cayed. And while converting the culis Fkiknd, Neb., H. L. Felter, Washta
Ai'k. Zi, O'l.
Che lo'
into available flesh or eggs, they at Editor Poultry Investigator, MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMA.S, prize win-
the same time destroy many noxious Clay CenteJ, Neb ning slock scoring from 90 to 95 points Eggs
insects. Di'ar Sir: I notice in the W. P. N. $1.50 per 15. Mammoth Pekln Duck eggs
that the Hon. T. L, Nerval still thinks
Jl.ai for 11. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice
Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska.
Even in the garden the chicks that he did not get fair treatment at
d' O. I. C. SWINE for sale from one of the best
much good and little harm by their the state show and wants the people herds in state of Illinois. Booking orders now
to know that his pen figur. s out 1-16 for pigs, single, pairsand trios. Mated Noakin.
war upon insecf pests.
incubator If Prices within re:u-h of all. Also eggs from
of a point more than 1st and 2nd pens la^ge. growUn Light Brahma and B. P. Rock
chicks, the old hen the disturber of
which were a tic ISKs. To figure chickens for sale at S2.IH1 per IS or W.OO per 30.
peace to the gardener will probably the way Mr. Norv.il does his best cock- Address Chas. Griffith, Woburn. 111.
be a minus quantity. If her services erel with best females. I would have
J1.50 per 13. Oris 1

are needed, she may be cooped near had one pen 184 ."!-lfi, another IS-^Js. Fort W;yne. Ind.
another l.Sl ',, and four pens with an ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm
the garden and the chicks given free
average score of 181 5-U6 by one of the sends free a Partridge W'vandotte Catalogue.
range. It is cheaper and less work hardest cutters that ever scored at A. D. Burhans, Twin Lakes, Wis
than buying Paris green or other in- state show. Mr. N. has h.id it his own SHORT GRASS POULTRY FARM. Thonii)-
son strain. B. Rocks. S. C.Brown Leghorns.
secticide, besides furnishing them a way so long that he can hardly give it Black and Whiu- Langshans. Eggs. 2.00 per
up that he was fairly beaten. fifteen. Pride of the West strain of M. B.
good living.
Yours respectfully, Turkeys. Pen scoring 95, to 'ib'.s. headed by
40-lb tom. Eggs 3.00 per 9. T. M. Bargef
In fall the culls of vegetables and F. C. HlXMAN. Spearsvllle, Ky. '
 POtjLtkV iisfVlEStlGAlok.
workings of the machine are difficult

for you to understand and that you BUSINESS CATCHERS

can't just get the thing going in an
easy manner. BU1<'1'' OKPlNUiONS. "Cook's strains," fjiiis
15 for $3 OOt hateh guaranteed $5,00 from
It no small job to care for an in- blidsbuff to the skin and progeny of im-
is
poited .slock. Express prepaid. A.Edward
cubator that is, it needs much atten- Green. .Joliet. 111.
tion. Some think that a machine needs EGGS tor hatching. From 2 splendid pens
prize winniui; Black Laugsbaiis. score 92'/i
only about five minutes' attention each to !i5';. Bull Orpingtons and Kose Oonib
d.jy. This is a mistake. You must Ula^k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole,
M. U. Willlaujslield. III.
cool the eggs nearly half an hour dur- EGGS from my Beauty Strain of high scor-
ing the latter part of the hatch. You ing Light Brahuias and prize winning
Klaek Suniatras. 15 fo'- $1 00, They are up-
may them that long and go to
leave to-date. Chas. M. Palmers. Nassau. N. Y.
do something else, yet you must keep BUFF COCHIN chickens. Toulouse geese,
your mind on them or you may forget
Uurc .'eisey swine. Cockerels for sale
with score cards, Chi ken eggs $2.00 for 15.
about them and allow them to chiH. Geese esss 25c each. Chas. A. Allison, Ten.
nessee, III.

Then there is the testing. Twice this WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. T.

Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks. (Rinslet
is usually done. This will take any- Strain, S- S Wvandotles. S. C. Brown Lee-
where from half an hour to an hour horn. Birds for sale. Ettcs in season. Mrs.
Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo.
A Light Brahma hen owned by or more, depending upon your experi-
tine
THE STAR POULTRY Yards has SO. Brown
G. B. Clary, Fairbury; Nebr. ence in this part of the work. It does Leifhorns. Barred and White Rocks and
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south
not pay to be too rapid in testing, as of East Peoria. D. E. GlatSeld. East Peoria,
you may take out some eggs that 111, manager.
Learning to Run an Incubator.
would otherwise have hatched. SILVER GRAY DoKKINGS. White Wyan-
(P,y Percy \Y. Shepard.) dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns.
They are state winners. Live and let live
The greatest and usually the only Turning the eggs once or twice a i= our motto. Dorkings, 1.50 per setting,
day is something that must be done. other settings 1.00. Circulars free. U. Mul-
fear of a new beginner in using an in- lin, Beautord. Minn.
cubator is that they may not be able Some say turn them once a day; others BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st
to learn to run it successfully. It is say twice. It is best to turn them hall premium stock at leading" shows. 93 to 94. 3
errand matings. eetrs 2 So per IS. Robl. Lar-
not a very hard undertaking to learn way over twice a day. mer. Ravenwood. Mo. Box 7. S. V, Pres. Buf
Rock Club.
to manage an incubator. Some make Another thing is in depending alto- EGGS 75c per IS. Farm range. Black Lang-
a good hatch with the first trial; oth- gether on the regulator to keep a uni- shan and sing-le comb Brown Leghorn. From
ers with the first one and some- pen No 1, Black Langshan. 200 per IS. Pen
fail
formity in temperature. Do not de- No. 2. White Wyandotte. 150 per 15 M. M.
times with several Most of
hatches. pend too much on the regulator. It Browning. Appleton City. Mo.
these different results come from the may serve well enough to regulate a S. H. COTTON. Superior Black Lang-shans;
Etrg-s IS forS2.00. S. H. Cotton, Applelon City,
difference in the amount of care given small change in temperature, but they Mo.
the hatcher. The one who believes are not perfect and you must keep the FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens
Place order at once- Address Poultry In
that the incubator will take care of
lamp about right or the regulator can VESTIGATOK. Clay Center. Nebr.
itselfand make a good hatch with only not do its work. The regulator is a WHITE AND la GOLDEN WYANDOTTES
Eggs 1.00 per White Wyandotte cocker-
a very few minutes of attention per granij, good thing, but upon the lamp els 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio.
day, is the one who fails until he learns Eggs per setting. 95c. Mrs. H. M. Clark,
depends most of your success. Keep Sumner. Nebraska.
different. The one who sees that it it properly trimmed and cleaned and EGGS FOR SALE White Crested Black Pol- 1

needs enough attention to properly fol-
plenty of oil in it, so it will never go
low the needs and directions in hatch- out. I saw an incubator become filled
ing, is the one who will be most likely with sooth over the lamp when poor
to learn at the first trial. A beginner
oil was used and one day fell down and
ish, 2.50 per 15. Buff Leghorns, Buff Rocks,
Light Brahmas. eggs 1.25 per 15. Also Duroc
Jersev swine. WrTle vour wants. C. E. Ol-
son. Colon. Nebr.
S. S. HAMBUKGS. Eggs only for sale: 1 sit-
ting 5U; 2 or more sittings 1.00: 5.00 per liO.
1

may study the directions of several dif-
ferentmakes of incubators and when
he comes to run a particular kind of
machine he may try to use the direc-
put out the blaze. It may do no seri-
ous harm to have the lamp go out if BUFF
ycu discover it before the eggs get
cold, but it is better to have no such
Key. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran. Kansas.
ORPINGTONS and W Holland Tur-
keys. Eggs tor sale from large healthy
stock, wiuners at Nebraska state show.
Chicken ei?gs 2.00. turkey eggs, 1..50. Mat-
tie StuBt, Lawrence, Neb. '

tions, to some extent, of the other ma- accidents occur. Remember that you GET THE BEST: One dollar buys IS eggs
chine. This is not advisable. The from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose
should go to your incubator several Comb Black Minorcas. C. L. Norman, Stroms-
maker of the machine knows more times a day and in very cold weather burg. Neb.
about them than you (a new beginner") quite often. If the lamp should go out PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns. White
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg-
does, and he gives in his book of di- and you were following the belief that horns score to 95, headed hv 2nd cock at Des
rections the very best rules that he Moines show. Eggs 1.50 arid 1.00 per 15; 4.U0
only five minutes a day were necessary per 1110. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer'
knows. It would be natural for him for running it, most likely your eggs
Indianola. Iowa.
to do this in such cases, as he wants would be wasted. AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. 100 Bronze
Turkeys, sire 44 to 46 lbs. 200 cockerels P.
to further the sales of his machines. Rocks.Wvandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin-
If you want to learn to run an in- eas, Jersev cattle. Stock and eggs for sale.
This he can do only by their proving F. M. Hunger & Sons, De
Always follow cubator get one now and run it. You 25 years a breeder.
effective hatchers. Kalb. Ills.
will learn you are careful enough
these directions to a letter if you want
if
WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth
and will become a successful hatcher. Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds,
results instead of merely experience. 1.00perlS; bred on different farms, free range.
To learn to be a successful hatcher de- Don't become discouraged
if the first PekMi Duck eggs, 11 for SOc. B. L. Grover.
Burton. Kas.
one or two attempts are unsuccessful.
pends much on your aptitude for such FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg-
that of the
work and upon your ability to give it It is your fault and not hornsexclusivelv; 10 years standing: eggpro-
machine. ducing strain. Can furnish lOO eggs per day.
the proper attention. If you grasp the Price. 15 for 1.00; SO. 2.50 and 100,4.00. C. H.

ideas of successful hatching easily, and When you have once learned you Brown, Council Grove. Kansas.
B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens. 1.50 for 15.
like the work well, you will be able to will be ready to make
poultry raising
SearleV strain, none better. Write your wants.
Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr.
learn easier than you will if all the an easy matter. I
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Spring CleaLfving. mix it to her heart's content, and her
At this time of the year we liear a feathers will be dusted in much bet- BUSINESS CATCHERS. \
great about "house
deal cleaning,'" ter shape than 'we could possibly do
and the male portion of the family it. Insect powder is much safer and MAMMOTH WHITP: P.-kin Ducks L-xclusivelv
Ktsu^ for halchinir. Jl per U. Fri-d Gruetie-
are in constant dread of cold dinners wald. Ki-ar 347 Lowry st. Allegheny, Pa.
better to use on the hens than liquid
and being asked to help. PARTRIDliE WYANDOTTES and Sin^rle
However, lice Comb R. I. Reds. Euirs from as good as the
killers and for use in brooders
this hubbub of cleaning usually ap- best. Partridfre, S3 per setting. Reds, Sl.SOpcr
and around our young chicks. There setting. One third off after June 1st. Otto B.
plies just to the dwelling houses, Cannon, Elsberry, Mo.
is a gas used in most liquids that is
which are gone over from bottom to WHITE FACE BLACK SPANISH exclusive-
death to many chicks, and after we ly. Bred them 40 years on free range. Eggs
top. No closet or corner is left will hatch. Free circular. Eggs $i per 13.
have them hatched we do not want John Bennett, Sunman, Ripley Co. Indiana.
without a thorough overhauling.
them to die from lice or the effects of SUNNY HILL Poultry Yards. Barre P.
This is all right and strictly neces- Rocks Highclass, fiiie color, fine cockerels.
.

lice remedies. Eggs SI per iS; S1.50 per 30; S2 per 45 $4 per 100.
sary in dustry Nebraska, and more James E. Anderson, Montezuma, la.
especially where we live in one house Our long spell of cold weather was INCUBATOR EGGS Best srain of Barred P.
not very conducive to a large supply Rocks; good size, prolific layers; $2.50 per 100.
for a number of years. Things will Marsh & Sons. Fort Dodge,' la.
get put away and saved until house- of fertile eggs, and the supply of YOU'LL NEVER REGRET it if you get a set-
early chicks will be much less than tingof mv Barred P. Rock eggs'at "liveand
cleaning time turns them out and let live" prices, }\.5n per 13. They will
they find their way into the fire by last season. At this writing, March please you. W. F. Crigler, Nevada. Mo.

armfuls, which is the proper place fo," 25th, we have thirty-six, where we
LEGHORN EGtiS from the the greatest laying
strain on earth. S. C. Brown, and White Leg-
them. A lot of useless rubbish stowed had 150 one year ago. However, a horn eggs. 75c per setting, *4 per 100. W. P.
Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.
around is only a harbor for mice and good large incubator is full and work- WHITE WYANDOTTES. At Macomb, Shan-
disease germs, and we cannot be too ing in fine shape, which gives prom- er, judge. 1st. 2n(i 3ri ckls, 'i5';, i3'A,93}i;
'

1st, 2d 3d pull. t^. ''5>,. '1?',, 'IS',; 2d, 3d hen,

careful of these things. Decayed veg-good hatch. When the three
ise of a ')S;4,95"4; IM I"". I'M'.. Isi for lUbest birds in
was started every egg in
days' test American cl.i----. '5] '.. Duston strain direct.
etables, making a foul
cellar, can eas- Three yards headed by cockerels with extra
ily cause us no end of trouble.
about fifty was found fertile, so we good combs, eves and lobes and white as snow
It scoring'tSij, 94!2, 94. Eggs Jl per 13. W. E.
was in regards to our poultry houses quit, and will not test until the end Thompson, Box 195. Macomb, 111.
and yards that I started out to write of the second week. At that time BARRED ROCKS. Large, heavv bone, fine
barring, good layers. Eggs *i per i3. :5 per
about; but by this time my poultry all the poorly fertilized ones will be lot). Mrs. Tilla Leach, box X Cherryvile, III.
friends will have found out that I get dead, and everything can be taken BLACK MINORCA EGGS, large fowls, stand-
ard bred. tl.SO per 15: $2.50 per 30. Minorcas
tired talking too long on one subject. out except the good strong chicks. exclusively. Mrs. J. C. Wirts, Delavan Prai-
and won't expect anything very prim We can see chicks through some CORNISH I. GAMES. Templeton, Moore and
rie Farm, "Delavan, Wis.

from my pen. egg sheels much more clearly than we Sharp strains. Eggs II for fifteen. Also fine
can through others. If the shell is
White Wyando
On many farms the poultry hou-,e same price. Gi
is not a matter of consideration until
thick and dark colored the chick will Kendallville, Ind
not show up as clear as in a thin, BUFF ORPINGTONS. Birds and and egg
after everything else is done, and for sale. Correspondence solicited. Mrs. 1
white shelled egg. L. Palmer, Noble, 111.
sometimes not even then. Our own
BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from .

houses and yards are perhaps not Another important thing in running of selected birds that will reproduc
selves at *2 per l5. Satisfaction guaranteed.
models, but they are cleaned often an incubator is to change the position - cor. 29 and Burleigh St. Mil-
.

during the whole year and fresh straw of the eggs. At each turning take , Wi!

kept in them. During the spring and the eggs from the center of the tray TWO YARDS EACH of pullet and cockerel
mating high scoring Single Comb Brown
summer and put them to the outer Leghorns. Eggs $1 per setting, 30 eggs $2.
extra care and cleaning is edg-':..
Rov Glasgow, Science Teacher, Public high
necessary. In years gone by we have Then, if there should be any aifFer- school, Hannibal, Mo.

used an apple tree sprayer and kero- ence in the temperature in different WHITE WYANDOTTES and S. L. Wvan-
dottes. Eggs $1 per 15; $2 per 39; $4.25 per hun-
sene emulsion when we wanted to go parts of the incubator we have over- dred. Frank Hard idge, Ponelo. Ind.

and corners. This year come it, and will have an even hatch. POULTRY
into the cracks RAISERSs.iidten centsin stamps
and get a Fumigating Nest Egg that will keep
there is something of a little later pat- We should also change the position jf the nest free from lice and add to vour egg
production. Pollard & Couthwav, B'looming-
tern takes its place. It is a sprayer
the trays. We know the outside eg^s ton. 111.
made for the purpose of using disin- under old "Biddie" are not quite as BLACK SPANISH only. First prize winners
at Mo. state, Kansas state, Kansas City, and
fectants about houses and cellars, and warm as those in the center of the Marshalltown, la., shows, also Valley Falls.
for house plants, as. well as for use in nest, but she mixes them up and Eggs $1.50 peris. H. W. Chestnut, Birming-
ham. Kansas.
the poultry house. It throws a very turns them over so many times that BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorns,
they all hatch pretty even, so for fear Black breasted Red Games, Pekin Ducks,
fine spray which can be forced into Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine .stock. Get
all the cracks, corners and crevices of of a diflferent temperature in an incu- price list at once. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville. la.
the poultry house. There is no waste, bator it is well to work on the same BUFF LEGHORNS. First prize winners at
and a gallon of plan. Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y. 1902- Breeders
lice killer will go as are finer than ever. Stock for sale. Circulars
far again when
used with a good Experience has taught us that our free. Chas. L. Thayer, 7036 Union Ave. Chi-
cago. 111.
sprayer. Nest boxes and perches earliest chicks were the best in every
DARK BRAHMAS, the best of all the large
need spraying often, for lice will way. We can even raise a larger per varieties, for roasters, captms and wintereggs.
Hardy, l)ear confinement and one of the hand-
hatch and multiply very fast in a cent of them. To be sure, there is somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the
poultry house in warm weather. If much cold wather when we are season, $2 per 13. 43.50 per 20. per 40. A few
choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nve, Leaven-
^
we do not keep everlastingly after obliged to keep thein in the house if worth, Kansas.
them our hens stop laying, and we we have no extra warm place pre- BARPED P. ROCK (Bradley,* Thompson! W.
Wyandotles Duston'sj Buff Cochins iHares)
wonder why. We found a very con- pared for them, but this extra care is fineyoun^ Barred P. Rocks for sale. Eggs
for hatching in season. Write for prices. J.
venient way of managing insect pow- what counts, and when the weather Dumenil. No. 19 So. 5th st. Keokuk, Iowa.
der to rid the hens of lice. Take a comes out nice they are ready to rus- CHEAPEST, best. 25 leading varieties. Felch,
Upson. Bond. Hawkins. Latham. Empire, Ab-
good box and fill it about half
sized tle before the tall grass and weeds bot, Nugget, Cook. Rowlands. Jackson, and
full of fine dust, then empty a pack- are grown to hide tbem. otlu-r great English and American strains:
They ha\c Brahnias. Cochins, Langshans, Sherwoods,
age of insect powder into it, put it in all summer to gro wand mature, while Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Rocks, Games, Leg-
a sunny place, and "Biddy" will just the later ones are about half grown
lu>rns. Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks,
Ponchatoula, La.

when the cold weather of
catches change them for any other breed, and
fall
them, and there are sure to be some give them up entirely.
that will sit round in the cold and All my letters from people who are
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,
round the poultry yards and houses
should be raked and scraped down to
the earth. Last year two little folks
came on the Saturday we had
visiting
planned to make use of our own boy
to help clean yards. But by a little
talking and the promise of a
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 tj
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 themI seal them and
pour the juice ofT, then add water and
sugar, and can them. This first juice
that was poured oflf I boil down quite
thick, then put sugar into it. It
nicely,and a tablespoon or two in
glass of cold water makes such
good summer drink.
A little extra planning in some
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 che'^rfuUy 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.
in the poultry business, either from a
fapcier's or market standpoint, where
they are handling several varieties, and
have the White Langshan, always give ENGLISH PHEASANTS. Beautiful, hardy,
the White Langshan the top perch.
Many of our best Langshan breeders
who have been breeding only the blacks
arc taking up the White Langshans this
spring, for they see that if they want to IS, $2 per 30.
make the most out of the poutry indus- BLACK LANGSHANS, winners at Delavan,
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,
all and have agreed to help me, but the BUFF Wyandottes exclusively. Eggs $1 per
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
picnic together, Think over this, and all who
favor the organization of such a club
will please send me their address on a 200 SILVER WYANDOTTES, farm raised,
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- FOR SALE. Eggs from S.C.Brown Leghorns.
ber of names I have received, so you
can all see how we are progressing.
This work is getting up this club is BjVRRED ROCKS exclusively. Eggs from
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.
keeps
a land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13,
a Ovir Circulation.
Guaranteed circulation for
March
of
Guaranteed circulation for
April
This i.s to certify that the Poultry
Investigator has reached a circulation
of 36,0<iO, May l.st, 1902.
h. P. Harris, Editor and Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before
this 5th day of May, 1903.
L. Cannpbell, Notary Public.
J.
Commission expires Jan. 10, 1905.
Yankton, South Dakota, Jan. ii. 1902.
Rippley Hardware Co., Grafton, 111.
Gents: The Whitewashing Machine
was a complete success.
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.
ii
BUSINESS CATCHERS
BUFF ROCKS. Eeeo from prize winners at
LSI per 15- Win
replace all infertile eggs
free. Have pens mated, send for descrip-
7,
tion. We can please you. F. Whaley, Apple-
ton Cilv. Mo.
grreat pame bird. Etr^s for sale in season. $3
per IS, $9 per SO. Hatched and raised with
common hens. Mrs. A. Schluckebier, Beaver
Dam, Wis,
EGG machines are my Blue Andalusians and
BuS Leg-horns. Mortgage lifters and will not
disappoint you. After May 1st. eges SI per
O. P. Nesmitli, Bluford, 111.
Wisconsin poultry show. White Wyandottes,
(Kellar Strain) Sing-le Comb White Minorcas.
Efrsrs $1 for 13. Chas. Beardsley, Darien, Wis.
BUFF Poultry Yards. B. and red S. C. Leshorns
Buff P. Rocks. Etft's $1 per 13. H.Bailey,
Port Norris, New Jersey.
BUFF P. Roclis. Buff Leg-horns, Cornish and
W. I. Games. None better. Eggs $1 per set-
ting: 2 settings $1'75. J. W' McNeil, R. F. D.
No. 1 Springfield, Ohio.
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 E.xclusively. Eggs
from Chicago prize winners, S2 per 15. S3.S0 for
30, guaranteed fertile. Dr. W. A. Franklin,
Harvey. 111.
NARRAGANSETT Turkeys, good size and
quiet. Eggs ISc each. B. P. Rocks and S. C.
W. Leghorns, both good laying strains. Eggs
15,$1: -10. $2: 100.$4. Money order, Salem, Ind.
Martha Hoke, Oxonia, Ind.
scored to 93 by Heimlich. Mammoth Bronze
Turkeys, score %J.i. 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. 111.
$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.
pens, headed bv winners at Red Bud and
Nashville Shows, S1.50 per IS. during May
and June, if you mention Investigator. Grav-
el Creek Poultry Farm, Sparta, III.
BUFF P. Rock cockerels $2. Eggs Sl.SO per IS.
Double standard Polled Durham bulls ready
for use. Reds. Good individuals. Strong-
polled blood. Prices reasonable. J. K. My-
er, Kempton, 111.
S. C.BLACK MINORCAS, winners at Cleve-
four settings for fiie dollars. Catalogue
free. Jos. Krenn, 114 Beecher St., Syracuse,
N. Y.
36,014 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, 111.
36,060
EGG.S FOR HATCHING. B. P. Rocks, two
pens Congers, one pen Bradley Bros, also Era.
pire W. Rocks. Eggs from either, $1 per 13.
Stock for sale. J. H. Howarth, Fairbury, 111
W. WYANDOTTES and W. Plymouth Rocks.
Eggs from two grand pens SI per 15, $3 for So.
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 few choice cockerels for sale
me at $2 each.W. H. Minton. Springfield Kan.
EGGS. Barred P. Rock eggs from the Fair-
view poultry yards, 3settings, $2, per 100, $3.50.
Slock strolig and vigorous. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Searle Bros. & Co., 148 S. 27 st.
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 SO, $4.00 per 100.
C. H. Brown, Council Grove, Kan.
FOR SALE, eggs from good stock Buff and
We gave all Barred P. Rock and W. Wyandottes 15 for
Sl.SO, 100 for S". S. C. Buff' Orpingtons im-
ported. 3 strains, IS $2.50,100 forSU.OO. 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 70U.
14 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Some R.equisites for R.aLtsir\g heavy and induce a flock of thrifty, al-
BUSINESS CATCHERS. Turkeys. most grown birds to remain. If of the
same breed they will so nearly resemble
In some respect the turkey
their companions that it is difficult to is of all
SILVER LA' 'ED Wvaiiddttes exclusively.
stock, bred for show anu best
Ktroiiif. healtliy most separate them. The owner calls, the
the denizens of the poultry yard
eirirproduction. Tliey are winners, etrirs that
desirable. II designed for local market, trespassed upon keeps "his number";
will hatch. 1.00 for 15. W. O. Johnson, .'troms-
burif. Neb. ts large size and the almost invariable and though his neighbor may be fully
FOK SALE. Two 20(1 ega size .>Jure llntch In- advance of at least two or three cents convinced in his own mind that this
cubators, la Hrst uliiss conriiiion. will sull
v.-ry cheap. White Kock Farm. Wap llo, per pound over the price of chickens number has swelled materially since
Iowa.
CuMU-i' SINGLE Comb Brown Leithorns are in themselves sufficient argument the combining of the two flocks, he has
ItPeolar e,'K niachines. Stock direct from in ils favor for profit. The supply is no recourse but to accept the leavings
best I'listorn brci'deis. for sale l.Od Ejit'S
for 15. W. E. Combs, .lullnn. Neb. not so general, hence prices are more or resort to a quarrel unpleasant if

HATTIE BYEIELD. 'ook. Nebr.Mc'Ecks firm. While if raised for breeding not disgraceful. More than one hist'ng
for halchini,' from prize winiiin? Linht Brah"
mas and Whi.i- Wvandotte chicken. White purposes, the higher prices realized feud has arisen from just such pro-
Holland lu'keys and mammoth Pekin ducks, both from birds and eggs are still suffi- ceedings; and those surrounded by
15 hen et'k's S2.II0. 1 turkey eirfs $1.50. U duck
$1.00. Duck eiffi-s $6.00 per 100. A few nice cient incentives. neighbors already engaged in turkey
drakes to sell.
Yet there are certain conditions nec- raising will do well to steer clear
THE INTEHNATIONAL TOULTHY EX-
Chair.i(' w;inlN f\fiy pfwon wliii li.t- troud, essary which render not every farm a of it.
medliinipnciil ilioiuuu'brcd pooltrv forsale
lo send (U'M-ftpi iofi and prices with loc. to desirnble location for an embryo tur- Likewise, those near ;i village will
answer iiMjuirii-s; :ilsc> anyunc wishes to buy key plant. Some who can raise chick- find their number of friends greater if
any breed of ihoioimhbred iioultry losend
for prices, we can fill all your orders near ens most successfully find in their this branch of the poultry department
your home. O. K. liuulap, Siipt. Liberal,
Kansas; U. S, A. more noble relative many unlooked for is not touched upon. The birds enjoy
ECiUS for While Crested Black 3 50 obstacles.
sale. On the other hand, there long walks; more, they enjoy cabbage
per 15. Buir Kocks. BnlT Lechorns. Light are certain difficulties in turkey raising and all similar garden dainties; and
Uriihnias. eh'Ks 1 3.? per 15 Stock for sle.
Write your wants, c. E. Olson. Colon, Neb. that have been over-estimated; and unless they have a wide range the for-
WHITE I'LYMDUTH KOCKS. Farm raised. the poultry grower who is wise will bidden ground will be appropriated
EgKs 75 cents pei Id. Strawberry plants 60
cents per ItO. Loudau Bed Kaspherry certainly consider the question before much to the disgust of the owner.
plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe. limiting himself to the smaller birds. True, turkeys raised by a hen are
Cory vi lie. Pa.
Turkeys require a greater range than much less inclined to rove. Yet they
EGGS. Barred Ro'-ks (Tlionipson strain)
White Kocks (Erjiirci Wljiir Wvandoite who have only a seldom thrive as well as when given
chickens, and those
lI)usU)n) Silver Liu-id Wyiirnlotii- iCoeite)
dis- their freedom unrestrained. It has been
Lisht Brahma (Felch) fi.r Also a f.'W limited range will most likely be
i:i 1 2.-.

tine cockerels. L M. Whiliaker. ai45 east appointed in any attempt at their claimed that the wooden hen and
Roble. St. I'aul. Minn.
BLACK LANGSHANS. Partridge Cochins growth. The wild blood has not
yet brooder will satisfactorily settle this
Sliver f.aced Wyandottes. Kose Comb seemingly been eliminated, and non-re- difficulty; and it would seem that the
Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale.
Prices very reasonable for quality of stock straint in the meadows and pastures is latter would be a decided improvement
If you want something good write at once.
C. P. Kurtz. Lawrence, Neb. Have tine
their delight. There they find the in- over the old hen, who is persistently
English Berkshire hogs. sect !ife. which is their standard bill of fussing and tiring the tender little
EGGS. Barred PlytTiouth R.ick birds scoring fare. And it may be emphasized that things out by running around hunting
90to!t2;4. Eggs $150 per 15; 3 511 per ;jO;
Birds scoring w to 113. $i 00 per 15: 1 50perao, one of the greatest advantages in tur- bugs, when they want her to cover
4.00 per 100. K. Loun s Son, North Eng-
key raising is the large amount of them. It is also said that they may be
.1.

lish. Iowa. K. F. 1), 2.

grasshoppers and other troublesome in- enclosed by poultry netting as well as

BELGIAN HARES. 25 voungdoes bred toBne
bucks scoring 'Hii at $3.00 each, or 2 does and
a buck for $7 00. All first-class stock. J S. .
sects they devour. On a moderate
Markel. Wahoo. Neb. sized farm a flock of from thirty to
PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice fifty turkeys will keep check thesein
heavily feather.-d pulU-t.. for sale. Eeifs$l.5l)
per 15. Pen lKa<leil l.v 2d ckl Nebr. state troublesome pests, though neighboring
show, l'i.)2. Satisfaction guaranteed, H.E lands on all sides not similarly fortified
Bowman, Lawrence. Nebr.
are stripped of living green.
SILVER >PANt;LEI) HaMBURGS. Most
beautiful fowl and (freat lavers. Cockerel Turkeys, too, have the troublesome
forsale. Begs $1.25 for 15: $2-25 for .TO; $3 00
for4S. J. E. Haynes. Ames, Alonroe Co. 111. habit of "going visiting," and some-
WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first times they are not inclined to return
class and my prices right. I have spared nei-
ther time or expense to gel the best sli.ck- It is a curious custom, doubtless in-
Scores from )2'/5 to OS*^. Eggs for sale, $1.50 duced through the love of companion-
per 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular fr*e.
E. E. Bowers, Bradshaw. Neb. ship; for certainly in some instances the
EGGS from .Single Comb White, Brown. Hull home abandoned has seemingly as good
Black. Dominique, ~iiver Duckwing and
Rose Comb Wlute Buff and Brown Le^. inducements as the adopted one. Nev-
horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley,
Port Clinton. Ohio, erlhehless, it is a fact that when two
SUNNY SLOPE FKl'IT AND POULTRY flocks once get together it is very hard
Farm, C. F. Austin. Hearing. Kan.. White
Kock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and to get them separated permanently.
.lohn Hughes strains. 15 cockerels forsale
This is apt to lead to hardness be-
Strawberry plants best varieties. Square
treatment. tween Perhaps both are
neighbors.
WHITE WYANDOT PE^. cockerels scoring
strictly honest. One has to endure the
to iMX. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring
to 9IH4 sired by a Torn weighing 40 lbs ana inroads of the doubled flock in orchard
from hens weighlnir to 25 lis. Prices rea-
sonable. W, H- Liike, Hampton. Nebr. or g.-irden, and of course this is un-
PIGEON BOOIv complete. Illustrating, de pleasant to the other as well; for
scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed
ing. feeding, caring for. 5 cents. 1.000 pig though he may drive his flock home
eons for sale. Prices f ce. Wni, A. Bart '
repeatedly, they soon find their way A Partridge Cochin ckl owned by
lett& Co. Box Jacksonville. III.
37.
Wm. Postal, Aurora, Neb. The pul-
OHE.AP to close out. As fine a lot of birds back. Sometimes, too, both parties are
lets from this mating are owned by
as you cversaw- Golden Wvandotles. Bar- not strictly conscientious in the matter.
dPiyiiiouth Kocks and Buff Cochin Ban W. F. Holcomb, Clay Center, Neb., as
tauis, U.Gregory; Wayne Neb,, It is an easy matter to feed a little well as other prize winners.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOk. IS

BUSINESS CATCHERS
,il pi einis, allciilo Wr
y.iur wants. Robert Hefti, Wayiif, Neb.
A. STRANSKY,Chiltmi. Wis. Breeder iif
Black Laiigshans, Buff and W. P. Kocks, W.
lliilden and Buff Wvaridottes. S. C. Brown
and Buff Lejfborns, W. and B. Minorcas,
Houdans,. Eugs, per tifteen. B. Turke.v
l..=;(l

effg-s, i.so per f. Pekin and Rouen duck.s 1.50

per 11. Red Tumblers, i.uti per pair.
KOR SALE. Li-'ht Brahmas, I. K. Felch strain
none better. Sin(rle birds or breedin.' pens.
Etrs-s from stock birds scorinir ')23y(2 by Rus-
sell, 1. 50 per fifteen. Albert von Bergen, Pe-
tersburg-. Neb.
PINE BROOK PoultJv Farm. Barred Rocks,
wirin.r- .it ih,- big- Ft. Wayne show; first ckl.
Iii~l.~.. .111,1 jiid third puUets; first pen. W.
\V\.ui.l.iii. -, Huff Rocks I. R. Ducks, efg-s
i.iiii p. 1 s,-uing. W. P. Smalley, Napoleon.

BUFF LEtlHORNS. Eirffs i.UO per setting,

per llMl. Grandsims of first ck. and hen.
5.0,1
New York i'oi, head breedinir pen. Females,
Arnold strain. Loring- N. Kirk, 525 l2th st.
Newcastle, Ind.
HOUDANS e.tclusively. Winners at PKn-
Cleveland,- Dayton, Detroit, Chi
,

cago, etc., orwherevr shown. Eg-g-sonly 2.00

per l5 straig-ht. Stock reasonable. My birds
will not disappoint in breeding pen or show
S. D. Lance, Troy, Ohio.
HOMERS. Imported and domestic. Strong
flyers. Runts, Pouters. Prices reasonable.
for poultry. Must sell. Black, Red,
Red Pyle, Irish Gray Games, W. Rocks. C.
A. New-ton. Naperville, 111.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS e.iclusively.
EgffS tifteen for2.uO. from my best pens. Pure
w-hite. f,'-ood vellow legs, low combs. You are
sure of prize 'winners. (Pishel stock) Only a
spare. M. E. Cunningham,

R. C. W. LEGHORNS and W. Guineas. Eg-g-s

1.50 sixteen, or O.oO per hnndred. Mrs. Win-
nie Chambers, Onaga, Kansas.
DO Y'OU WANT winners? If so. buv eggs of
A. Z. Copeland, Potomac, 111., 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
k;uaraiit.-ed. L. E. Coryell, Monroe, V\ is-
.,.ii..iii. K.F. D. 1.
(.IM1S1-; BREEDERS send 10c for my book on
-,,sv- raisin.. Embden and Toulouse Geese.
Imported stock. Circular Free. H.S.Price.
Specialty Breeder of (.eese.. Pres. National
Toulouse Goose Club, Waukejan. 111.
R. I. REDS. Choice e.'L-s from Pan-American,
New York and Boston winners, 2.00 per set-
tiii 5.0,1 for 40.
. Circular and standard free,
.lolin Crovvther. .sec. R. I. Red Club, Fall
River. Mass.
SHERWOOD'S Buff and Barred Rock ejrgs 1.75
for fifteen, 3.00 for thirty. My catalogrue tells
all about them. F. B. Ritchie, Warrensburg-,

BARRED P. ROCKS. Conger strain, farm

raised, larjre size and fine layers. Effg-s l.Oo
per fifteen. Fine Bronze Turkey eg-gs. 3.0o
for 12. Mrs. C.JT. C. White, Paris, Mo.
P. WYANDOTTES. 1,2.3,4,5, prizes, Wor-
cester Boston. New York; breed only choicest
hens; 44 vears a breeder; raise p -ize stock (

ly. C. O'. Lorinjj, Dedham, Ma

e.Kpress paid to western points.

chickens. But having seen them when nicely feathered out are as hardy
MONEYMAKERS are the four new kinds-
fly to Part. Wyandottes. beautiful plumage: Silver
Penciled or Dark Brahma Wyandottes, beau-
to the top of a moderate sized barn on as chicks. In their earlier days the tiful soft gray; Violet Wyandottes, bunch of
violets; Sicil.y W.vandottes lay at 4 months;
one or two occasions, it seems a little secret of health seems to be freedom 8 first prizes.'and 3, 4. 5. 6, prizes, at great Bos-
show* i''02. Half express paid to western
discouraging to think of shutting them from wet, draggled plumage. This points. C. O. Loring, Dedham, Mass.

into a roofless enclosure. almost invariably leads to sickness and ONE DOLLAR buys fifteen eggs from extra
fine stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rock.
Some are deterred from undertaking often to death. And just here is W, Wyandottes and R. C. Brown Leghorns.
C. R. Norman. Stromsburg. Neb.
the business in the belief that turkeys where the hen, if allowed to have her FOR SALE. Three trios oj W. Plymouth Rock
are difficult to raise. Barring the first high scoring' prize winning birds scoring from
own way, fail. I believe a good in- 'J2 to ''5 points, are bred for their great egg
few weeks of their existence, when production as well as show qualities. Each
cubator and brooder would many trio consists of 3 pullets and one ckl. Price
they are more tender than chicks, per trio. 5.00. Eggs i.OO per fifteen. Mrs. D.
times out-distance her in raising tur- Beerer, Rose Cottage Farm, Box 4bS, Butler,
this not the case; a half-grown tur-
is
Indiana.
key rarely fails to reach maturity un- keys. If the little ones are kept from P. NEWCOMB. of Cedar Rapids. Iowa, has the
less some accident befalls it. Grapes the grass during the rain or while wet largest loft of fanc.v pigeons in the west to se-
lect from, having ail the leading colors in Eng-
are, of curse, to be expected as with with dew, much trouble will be saved lish and Bohemian Pouters, Fantails. Arch-
angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers,
chickens, and treated in the same way. in the end. Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows. Magpies,
But aside from this, the young ones BESSIE L. PUTNAM. White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale.
i6 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
from the new picket fence. With
left

I made some coops in this way:

Poultry Investigator these BUSINESS CATCHERS
For the frame I used the picket stuff,
Is published the first of each month at sawing four pieces each three feet in
FOR K.XCH ANGE. A liO-egK gure Hatch In-
length, two pieces two feet long, two cubalur. for E.\htbltlon B. B. K. Games.
Clay Center, Nebraska. Must first cla^s stocl;.
I).-A. J. WUliunis.
inches lolng. For the frame of the Clay Ceuter. Nebr.
BY front of the coop I used the two 24- RDFP FLYMODTH ROCK Cockerels from
Bist- prize cock; very promtsing. Write fur
inches, two 17 inches and two 24
-'">
prires. Allien K. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. inch pieces and two of the 3-foot ones, Elgin, 111.

laying them in a level place in this J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio. Poultry

Judire. All Varieties Private scoring
L. P. HARRIS, Editoh. way aud expert mating a specialty.
Then I drove the eight penny nails FREE. GAMES, Eggs $1,00 per 13. Circular,
Heathwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays,
into each corner, taking care tn have Tornadoes, Irish Elks. Reds. Cornish In-
Subscription price, 25cts. a Year.
iho corners square. dians. $3.00. Fowls all times. C.U.Smith.
Fort Plain. N. Y.
Next I used the two 17-inch and the
Advertising R.a>.tes. DARK BRAHMaS exclusively. A few stand-
other two 3-foot pieces in the same ard bred pullets for for sale for 1.50 and effers
1.50 per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
way for the back, after which I nailed Nebraska-
$1.')S per inch each insertion. One
inch one year fr2.00. These are our a 2-foot piece from the bottom of the BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for
only rates for advertising and will be back to the bottom of the front and sale. Fggs $.i.00 per 100. Jl.OO per 13. My
stock is first class and have won In show
strictly adhered to. We treat all alike the 25-inch ones at the top of each room. J. P. Schioeder. clay Center, Neb.
both great and small. Payment on end. ALSEN Poultry yards has Haniburgs. Buff
and the frame was done.
yearly contracts quarterly in advance. and Brown Leghorns. BulT Rocks. White
All other contracts cash with order. As some of the scraps of siding were Wyandottes. Polish and Andaiusian. Won
26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da-
quite short, I nailed them up and down
kota state fair. Egg-s for hatching. 11.00
All communications and advertise- at the back and larger ones at the ends, and up. Circulars free. U. P, Larson,
ments must be in our hands by the Beresford. S. D.
sawing them to fit the slope at the top.
15th to irisure in-ertion in is- LIGHT BRAHMas. have a few good hensI
Six penny nails are large enough for and pullets fur sale cheap. Mrs. Alice Allen,
sue of following- month.
this purpose. Clay Center. Nebraska.
Parties wishing to change their ad- Across the top of the front I nailed EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single
dress should give the old as well Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and
a G-inch board, and used 1-inch board Light Brahmas. $1.50 per settinp of eggs.
as the new address. Write wants, .lobn H. Rownd. Downs. Kas.
l-'i

below that for the door.

This paper will not be sent after the A small block was nailed on the ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown
year's subscription expires so be Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan-
frame at each end to hold the door in dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season.
sure and renew promptly. 15. $1; 39.
$-Z. Duck eggs *1 per 11. J. W.
place and a button fastened it at the Cook, Poneto. InU.

In RegaLrd to Advertisers.
top. The cover was made of boards MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin
Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth
laid double, so there would be no leaks. Rock Cockerels at *! each. Toulouse Gand-
We are very careful in soliciting The floor was scraps of old boards, ers, and M. Bronze Toms, at $i each. Pol-
and China hogs a matter of correspondence
advertisements, to see that all are re- sawed a little longer than the coop J. D. Grimes. Chambert, Neb.
liable. If at any time anyone answer-
ing any display advertisement found
and fastened together by nailing cleats WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1
yr old hens and this year's pullets and
in the columns of Poultry Investi- across the under side, but not nailed cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points
gator is iu any way swindled, will to the coop. and up to 95t-4. Write for prices. Geo. N,
Wood, Wetdon. la.
please write us at once, we will look Then when the chicks were out on
into the matter, and if such an adver- SCO BUFF. BARRED. White Plymouth Rocks.
nice days, the coops were turned up, Light Brahnias. Fine cockerels, hens and
tisement has been inserted for the pulletsSJ tn $3 each. Eggs 15. *1-00. 100. $6.00.
purpose (.f defrauding our readers, we the floor cleaned and allowed to sun Milton Brown bo.\ ')4. Middleboro. Mass.
will drop the advertisement and pub- and dry. The floor should not extend WHITE h! TURKEYS. W. Rock 1 ck.. score
lish the swindler's name. We wish to back of the coop far enough to catch by Russell, for sale. Also et'gs from
94*/^

keep our advertising columns free D. Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. PekIn s-

E.xpert Judge. P. M. cooley Milton. la.
from all such advertisers, and when the water from the roof or it will run
writing to an advertiser whose adver- into the coop. WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor
val strains direct.Score '12 to '<5 by Judge
tisement was found in these columns, I suppose all these details look un- Rhodes. Quality and fair treatment guaran-
we would ask it as an especial favor leed. Best winter layers. Eggs 200 per 15.
that you say you saw it in The Poul- necessary to the men folks, but per- Belgian hares, chas. Wilson, Holdrege, C
haps among the readers of the Inves- Nebraska.
try Investigator.
tigator there may be some other wo- O. K S. I.. WYANDOTTES are all right
Eggs Sl.aiper 15 or:^^^lo per 100. W, T. can
Address all communications to men who have to make their own aday. Dover. Lee county. Iowa.

Poultry Investigator Co,m coops when the men folks are too busy. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively
E^'g-- $400 f r lOti. SI. 00 for 13. Adam A
Clay Center, Nebraska. These measurements make large Weir. Clay Center, NeUr.
coops, but as I always give a good EGGS from standard bred While and S. L. Wy-
many chicks to each hen and keep andottes and Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting.
C. Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb.
COOPS. them housed in bad weather, they need
As we do not all own brooders, it is lots of room. WHITE WYANDOTTES, pure white and as
good as the best. Egg's 51.50 per 15. $2 50 for
time to plan and build coops, that they 30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray. Clay
It is well to have a door of screen Center, Nebr.
may be in readiness when needed. I
or lath to use during the day time, or
usuallymake my own, as I am pretty warm nights. The 3-footstrips should CORNISH INDIANS a soecialtv. Winners
wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews.
handy (for a woman) with a saw and be on the outside of the coop at both Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class
birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. L.
hammer. At any rate I can make a the front and back, to nail the siding Bannson. Sarcoxie; Mo.
coop that will turn water, rats and
Boxes that have good, tight bot-
to. MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe-
kin duck. Large tine specimens for sale at
skunks. toms may be turned up side down and reasotiat)ie prices. Our stock is as good as
money could procure. Mrs, E. I.
.
Mathews,
Last year when the carpenters were doors cut in one end
,

and used for Morning Sun. Iowa

building our house I gathered up all coops, but should always have tight R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good cl-ls left.
the scraps of rustic, ceiling and floor- floors. This keeps rats and skunks Eggs 1-00 per 15- Also a few Stay White Wy.
andottes- Eggs 100 per IS- C H- Courier,
ing; also some pieces of one by four. from digging under and keeps the Ashley, Ohio.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 17
of beauties such as we may find in the Do you keep Bees?
yards of any high class breeder. Of THEN learn how to
ie iheni pay and
course there is more joy and rest to an -iend for our lar^e il-

or merchant to care for trated free catalog.

clerk

4!E>
office
Showing the best up-
such a flock in the summer, yet there i(>-date hives and oth-
articles used by
is pleasure in" caring for them in win- progressiye bee keep-
ter.

Also poultry is educational. It al-

Jos K \)s\vaiuler, Des moines, Iowa.
lows study and plenty of it. In poul-
try there can be as deep thinking and
as much careful research as in most
anything. There are many different
IncubatorSm
Built on entirely 'new principles and the
opinions at present regarding feed,
only machine made that will allow the chl-^lis
houses, hatching, mating, etc. The when hatching to come out of the machine
In the pure, fresh outside air at their own
differences are not great, yet they are win. ju..^t exactly the same as tbey do when
hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to Im-
nut all exactly the same. This shows itate natutecloser and to hatch equal to any
that there is a chance for some deep machine on the market. For further partic-
ulars address with stamp,
thought and study on the subject yet.
L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo.
Men have been studying and mating
and improving and trying to get per-
Carl Dare, Oseola, luwa. Mr. Dare fect birds. A perfect bird must score Winning
has been a breeder of exhibition fowls 100 points according to the Standard
for years, and comes well recommend-
ed to us as a poultry judjfe and is ready of Perfection. No bird has ever White Wy ando ttes.
to judge shows or do private scoring-. reached that point yet. To anyone WE WIN East and
Parties wanting the services of an ex- who does not know much about poul- West. At the great
pert will do well to correspond with Chicago Snow, 1902
try it may seem strange that no bird
hot competition,
Mr. Dare. in
has ever been produced that would in a class of 64
score 100 points. Yet while there are White Wyandotte
chicks dry during rainy weather. some that come very near it, none has cockerels, the fin-
est ever seen, our
When the floors are separate they reached it and probably never will. birds were given two prizes out of five,
may be scalded and cleaned easily and This is where the greatest part of winning the lid and .ith prizes. We
there is less danger of vermine finding the work is when profit is not consid- have 4 pens of high scoring females
a hiding place. JESSIE L. ered. It is in producing birds near to
headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13.
perfection as possible. There is pleas- GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.
ure, ioy and hope watching the
POULTRY ASIDE FROM A in

SOURCE OF PROFIT. work from the time that you place the
eggs in the incubator or under the PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM.
(By Perwas.)
hen, until the eggs have hatched and Rose
Barred Plymouth Rock.
the birds grown to maturity. There
Aside from their value as profit- Comb Brown Leghorn.
is no other source of pleasure and way
bringers, let us consider poultry in its
of recreation to a business man or of- Having disposed of all my sur-
other phases. First, we look over the plus stock and mated up my
fice clerk who cannot leavehome nor pens, am prepared to book or-
country and see many who are not money for
spend a large amount of it.
ders for eggs. Write at once
breeding fowls for the money alone. Of for prices
that will compare with poultry.
They are not going into the business
course you can raise pigeons and other
for a fortune, but instead they breed
pet animals, but yet they do not com- J. H. TROUGH,
them as a source of recreation from the Minden, - - - Nebr,
pare with poultry.- It does not cost
dull routine of work of other indus-
much to start with poultry. And even
tries, and as a way to take their minds
if yon don't care for profit, they will
from the cares of business and life, to
pay enough to allow you to make
something that is a different work and
inany experiments and even then will
study. For instance, you are running
more than pay for their feed and the
a store and perhaps have some spare
time given them.
tim.e in which you desire something
Poultry is all right for either profit
that will allow the thought of the cares
or pleasure, or both.
of the store to pass from your mind
at present. You can then look to poul-
try for a different study. It is a rest Notice to Advertisers.
to come home and care for some fowls. After this all matter relating to ad-
It is a rest to read a poultry journal vertising, such as new ads, changes,
after reading some of the sensational etc., must be in the Poultry Investi-
stories and articles in the modern daily gator office as soon as the loth of the
papers. It is a rest after a hustling, month preceding the date of issue to
busy day, to go to the poultry yard insure insertion as we must hereafter
a'nd watch the beauties as they partake print 30,000 copies to meet our circula
Heavily Feathered, Highly Penciled
of their evening meal. It is something tion each month and we must have a
little time to "male up" and print the
PARTRIDGE COCHINS.
helathful to spend a few hours out of
Eggs $2.00 per Satisfaction "guar-
doors in the fresh air after a day's con- paper. All matter received after the 1.5.

anteed. Write for particulars.

finement in the store or office. And 15th will consequently lay over until
it is a joy to anyone to possess a pen
the following month. C. J. Beedle. Holdre^e. Neb
 t8 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUSINESS CATCHERS
S. S. HAMBURG uL'fc's 'Wc. pi-r sitting. From
hue- birds that will stand tin- test in any
show room. Guarantee (rood liatch or money
refunded. Ceo. Dalilenbur^, Seymour, Ind.
BARRED P. R. et'us. famous RinMet strain
Stock direct from Tliompson. R. C. B. Lcl'
horn eirp. Schreiber-s strains. Birds scoring
"2 to 04 by Heimlicli. One scttin,r. 2.00, 2 set
tintfs 3.50. PoiH- & Schwartz. Hillsboro. 111.
BARRED ROCKSexclusively. Ej-'ifs f rom pen
fi"e I'irds hard to beat, l..";,) per
"I settinir
Mrs. Alice Jackson, Champaiirn, 111. R. F. D,
KENTUCKY PIT GAMES. Far downs and
Ky. Domiiiuiues. Etrgs 2.(X) for Is, 3.00 for
30. Cocks 5.00, hens 1.S,. Ben Lucas. George-
town, Ky.
ifciiE^ilifllijsJlcjpffiltiB^S!^
W. ROCK Etrt's from the very best strain
P.
m the country Our birds equalto ancestors.
Eeirs 1 50 for IS. Write wants and ask for
Novel Epir bolder free. Geo. F. Stanton
Sons, Hennepin, 111. Bo.x F
&
SIX PENS of W. Rocks. M.ist noted strain on
rarth. Our birds score from
Qi to 96 bv relia-
ble judtres. huK'i this sea.son only
Our ele^rant .y,, folder free. Geo.F.l.soaer i^ Stltnt in
& Sons, qox P Hennepin, III.
NO TIME OK MONEY has been spared in se-
lecting our .s^tock of Liffht Brahmas, Pekin
Ducks and Poland China swine. Eifirs oer
setting 100 Harry W. Garman, ParkTille,
St. Jo. CO. Mich.
ORDER AT ONCE. Et't's from my 94J, to 06
point S.C. W Let'llornsand Black
.
tan^shans
at 1.2S per selling,. Kt premium wherever
shown. Henry N,.th. Davenport, la.
BARRED ROCKS. 3d bred 1st: cock, 3d ckl,
vm""^ ''1>'"'[
pullets and1st pen at Kankakee, p' awarded the Cyphers Iticu ator Co. on its iucubator and
H IK- Kankakee.
Holbie,
^!"^^ breeding 3.(K) peris. Reeve Drooderat the
broode^'L'f ;'hP Pan'"{"'"'"i^
American P:.\position October, lilOl.
111.
BUFF ORPINGTONS. Large, healthy, vig-
orous birds Clean sweep racine show."
W WINTER EGGS AND
Eggs
3.00 per setting. R. C.Brown and S. C.
Leghorn eggs 1 5<) per setting. Louis Mogen-
HOW I GET water over it, let stand over night,
enson, Racine, Wis. THEM. pour off water, mix in bran and mid-
FRANK.S' BARRED ROCKS. First pen head- Editor Poultry Investigator: dlings. Feed warm every other day.
ed by best ckl at M.-icomb. .Score
by ckl score ''i. Shaner, judgg. Eires pen
OZjf- 2d
I mix in with this fresh lean meat,
1 50 At the present time 80 per cent ol cut
and l.on. F. L. Chambers, BlandinviH^!
Ill fine, allowing one pound for each
BUFF ORPI.NGTONS are the coming general my pullets are laying and have been 12
purpose fowl. Cocks
10 to 12 lbs, hens 7 to 9
allthrough the last four weeks of cold
fowls. At night I feed whole corn
'''^"n- 1-SO per 15: 3.00 per 30.
I : ^''t'"','",
Levi N. ScliuUe, Oregon, Missouri. weather, and still shell out the golden
warm, and often parch it. My main
S.L. WYANDOTTE.S. Sixteen years a breed- egg so much prized at this time of the idea is to keep the hens busy all the
er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac-
ing: laced wing bar. My time. Several times during the day I
strains wins prizes
in the h.^nds of my customers.
year. As there is not one farmer, I
Eggs I.SO per throw a little wheat or oats in the
15. J. D. Blair, Georgetown, Ohio. will say out of twenty, that his hens
SNOW WHITE POULTRY FARM. S C W
average one dozen eggs each through
leaves to give them something to do,
Leghorns and W P. Rocks. Eggs from pens for a busy hen sure to lay, while one
is
state the months of December, January and
he.ided by our prize winners at Illinois
fair,1..5(l per 1.^
7^1 per lOo. W. S. McGraw. that is lazy (caused by being too fat)
Springfield, 111. R. D. 5. February, while with the proper feed
EGGS;^ per 15 s.-u-cted W. Wyandottes, scor- and better care the same hens will seldom lay. I believe better suc-
would
""', "'"' "^s scoring 91 to 93 cess can be obtained by only having
h*Lii,I"
Shellabarg.r. average twenty eggs each for each oi
John Old, VV...,dl.ine. 111. ^
Incubator eggs S4 uer 1011
the three months, and with very little
one breed of chickens on each farm,
MAMMOTH W. H. TURKEY eggs. for for and look after that one breed carefully
10. r rom prize birds at Chicago. S. C Buflf e.xtra labor. Most farmers expect the
and Brown Leghorns, Barrel Rocks, T"p
chickens to rustle their own living and
and never try to overcome but one
son s, Colhe puppies. White (luineas. W.
C. fault atone mating. It is slow, but I
Jackson, Route, 3, .South Bend, Ind. roost wherever they can, and of course
BUFF ROCKS exclusively. EgL's from tw,> he doesn't believe surer. This is my first letter to
fine p.-ns mated for this seasonSi'"bre'. "/ V. expect many eggs (and well
''"!? or "o for .TO. All stock fa he may), for the best of hens could the Investigator and if it doesn't find
fj lised.
B. E.Woods, lihiford. 111.
the waste basket before it does tlie
WHITE P. ROCK ,.ggs 1. 00 for IS: not lay under these conditions.
high scor
ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. typesetter, I may write again.
isfaction guaranteed. J.B. Piper,
Sat- Every man or woman has
or her his
Whitehall,
fancy for S. E. STOUGHTON.
winter a certain breed for
BUFF ROCKS exclusively. Egg.s. 15 for one layers. Burrton, Kan.e
dollar. Breeding stock good weight and
col-
My choice is B. P. Rocks. I
or. Alwve price low for the quality. A. A. do not think they are
Simons, Hamburg, Iowa. the only breed,
SILVER WYANDOTTES. first and third prize but I do believe, with what experience Through an error one of the series
pen scoring iKDJ and ISS. Eggs from this I have had with different breeds, they of poultry
f,-,-
mous stock, $2 ller fifteen. Incubator lots articles by Dr. B. F. Van
ck. 6.(K) per hundred. Martin Bender, are among the best ,and my love
Wi for Nuys of Tiffin, Ohio, was printed in
Mi,

old Biddy extends back to when I was our

PEA COMB P. ROCKS, Barred, Buff, White. columns of last month. This ar-
Also Rose eonib Wliite Fiice Black Spanish a boy of twelve years (now
a man of ticle was one of a series written by the
hoof^^^^-'iisir"^''^""""'"^^-
-'^^- thirty-three years), but I have lots
to Doctor for Farm papers and had been
MAHOMET, POULTRY YARDS. Barred P >earn yet. Something new comes up submitted to the editor
Kocksi-xclusively. E. B. Thompson strain. personally vrith
Eggs K per 1=; 13.50 per 30. Eggs shipped in every day. Now as to my feeding for no intention of publication in the In-
Erie baskets. Safe arrival guaranteed. eggs. At night
Frank Purnell, Mahomet, III. I scatter oats or wheat vestigator, We regret the circum- |

PREMIUM STOCK Poultry Yard. Barred, in the scratching shed so they will have stances but are pleased to state that
Buff and White Rocks: S. C. W. and Brown something to do when
Leghorns and Black Minorcas. Fertile eg^s they leave the later on the Doctor has agreed to con-
IS for SI. Stock for sale. A. Starzinger,,
Car-
most. I cut alfalfa hay in length one- tribute a series of articles for our
liondalc, III.
read-
fourth of an inch long, pour boiling
 .

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19
Eggs.
Huff Wyandotles, B.
Cochin Bantams. .

Yards contain Bos-

ton, Kansas City
and Topeka prize
winners and high
Prices reasonable.

W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb.

White Wyandoites.
First and second premiums at Min-
neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 lo 21.
Eggs from birds scoring 93 to dS'/i
$1.00 per setting. Special price on
large lots for next 30 days.
W. H, Swarlx, Mlaneapolla, Kaaaas.

High Hill .

Poultry Yards
Light Brahmas, owned by Chas. M. Palmer, Nassua, N. Y.
Bronze Turkeys and Buflf Rocks.
Turkeys are bred from prize winners
and are winoers. making almost clean
HOME-iMADE BROODERS. more chances of raising as good birds sweep wherever sliown. Young Toms
geach; Pullets. $:3.50to$.3 OOeach. My
Manypeople buy an incubator, but as was possible. In a brooder that Rock*.; are noted for shape and orange
would be kept at an even temperature, colored legs. 90 point (JO'-lierels, $1.50
make brooder themselves. They
a each; 91 to 93^ POi ut Cockerels $a.OO;
realize that a home-made incubator admit plenty of sunlight and air, it each Pullet not scored. $1 00 each.
would not pay, so they prefer to buy would be possible to raise valuable Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo.

one, but when it comes to the brooder, birds, providing other necessities were
they try to make one that will, serve supplied, such as proper feed, water
and be much cheaper than to buy one and
of a manufacturer. It will be cheaper.
grit,
A good many
together with cleanliness, etc.
home-made brooders
CROWELL'S
You can make a sort of a brooder for are never as easily managed as a re- Buff Orpingtons.
almost nothing, but it will not be of li^iblefactory-made one. If you have
Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st
much value after you do get it. Now, plenty of time to spare and a good
and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. .Sd, 4th and 5.
in the first be of practical
place, to plan it may pay you to make a brood- Hens 1st, and 2d. 1st Pen. Eggs,
value a brooder must be such that the er. But if you have not got plenty of $;!.00 per 1.""), $r,.00 per 30. trios Two
time and no good plan, do not try to Indian Runner Ducks at $5.00 per
chicks will and thrive in it. All
live
trio. Eggs $2.0U per 15. Satisfac-
home-made brooders will not do this. make a brooder unless you merely tion guaranteed.
Very few of them do it as well as a want to experiment. A properly con-
good one made by some reliable man- structed home-made brooder will do F. A. Growell, Granger, Minn.
ufacturer. Of course, you may make well enough, but guaranteed brooders
iust as good a brooder as any manu- can be purchased of reliable manufac-
facturer if you put enough work and turers so cheap that it does not pay
Silver Lace Wyandottes
proper material in it. But in that case to trust to untried ones. A good White Wyandottes : : :

it will cost as much more than brooder is necessary. You need one
or even .,^.^;^^^^_,^~~. Buff Leghorns
a ready-made one would, unless your if you intend to raise any amount ol Pekin Ducks...
time is not occupied with something chicks. Hens will take care of a few All first class stock. Eggs for sale.
else and you do all the work yourself. chick?, and if you are raising only a MRS.W. TIBBITS,
E.
A brooder as important to be very few, perhaps the hens will be all
is Imperial, Neb.
well made asan incubator. An in- that you need. If you are raising more
is

cubator must be well made and run than a few, then a good, trusty incu-
properly or it will not hatch the chicks. bator and a capable brooder are neces-
Barred Rock Eggs,
So a brooder must be the same or it sary. Percy W. Shepard.) For Hatchina;.
will not raise the chicks. You may eggs and big healthy chicks is
Fertile
say that it is easy enough to raise the TO BREAK HENS OF SETTING. What you want. Try mine this year.
There is no excuse for the cruelty $1.50 for 1.5, $2.50 for .SO, $3.00 for 45.
chicks after thfy are hatched, but that
it is hard to hatch them. You may practiced by some people to break a A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb.
be able to raise some without much hen of setting. Simply place her in a
care, but most likely they will not be good coop and feed and water her
strong when developed and never get well for three days and nights, and not Buff Orpingtons We keep nothintr but the
full size nor be worth half as much ore in a hundred will go back to the choicest stock. Eg-gs for
sale. Write for prices.
as those that were well taken care of. ne=t. Bronze Turkeys
Such you would be able to raise in a They should be turned out in the
worthless brooder. morning without their breakfast and C. E. BROWNING,
In a good brooder you would stand they will go right to work. JESSIE L Fairbury, Nebr.
20 POULtKY INVESTIGATOR.
iW^Pt^^^M^^^
THE BUFF LEGHORN. The poultrymen of Pontias and vi-
BUSINESS CATCHERS. My experience with poultry has been cinity held a meeting March 8th and
short, ranging back only a few months. organized the Livingston County Poul-
"MODOCS". Siimvballs." "R.-d Cubans" and But, though just a beginner, I believe tryand Pet Stock Association, with the
"Mc<;inty Warriors," brl tofiirht for my own I have made a very wise choice in the following officers: President, R.
aniouiv. Illuslrati-d circulars with rulvsof the J.
l)it fr;-c-. E- H. MaCoy, Paw I'aw, Mich. selection of a breed, it being the Buff lughton; vice-president,' C. M. Rice;
B. VVY.\NDOTTES, Pisi-r strain. Good lay- Leghorn. What breed is there so hand- secretary and treasurer, Harry Herbert;
t-rs,t'ood market fowl, just the rif^ht size and
a ^'u<)d every day color. Ejtk's from fine some, so full of life, as the noble, indus- Board of Directors, W. L. Talbott, A.
birds, $1 per settini;. Breeders for sale. H. trious Buff Leghorn, with its pure gold-
K. Yarnall, Pottstown. Pa.
T. McClanahan, Ed. Damon, F. E.
B. C. BANTAM eirus from selected hifrh hijfh
en color, its spry, alert motions? Not Righton, G. B. Eggert and L. L. Crum.
scoricii; stock. A few (food cockerels and only is the Buff Leghorn nice looking, The first show of this association will
pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W.J.
C<;'>w, Norfolk, Neb. but when it comes to filling the egg bas- be held Dec. 22, 23 and 24, 1902. D. T.
FOK SALE. Et'L's at S2 for 1? fr.mi Black ket they are right in it. To show this Heimlich, judge. They expect to make
r-anu-haiis anil Litflit I!r.ilim.i~
ili.it .in- lin-d
anil iiKil.-il ri^-lit. I .-xl, ,l.,i, ,1 nn l..iMtrshans I will give you a little bit of my expe- itone of the leading shows of the com-
al liiilianaimlis-Kaiiei,-,-- A-s,,.,.,, Show.
winning' American Lau^rsluu. Club cup
l'.H." rience with them. ing season.
in hotcompetition. H. J. Kader, La Fayette,
Indiana.
I would say right here that I have HARRY HERBERT, Secretary,
S. C. W. LEGHORNS et'irs from pen of birds notmuch time to tend to them, as I am Box 344, Pontiac, 111.
of the Wyckoff strain scorinir ')3U, ''2^^, 92, >1, away from home from 7 o'clock in the
W, al Jl.(.i per li;, 55 per I(X). Satisfaction
Ifuaranteed. M.C.Sherman, Delavan, Wis- morning till 6 at night, part of the time,
JFRSKY STRAIN Liirht Brahnias, winners at but most of the time I am at home at HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas and B.
the bivr eastern shows. Illustrated circulars P. Rocks al Nunda. 15 prizes includine 7 Ists
free. El.'(,'s S3. Fine breedinif cockerels, S3 noon. In the morning I feel screen- with to entries. Circulars free. W. C. Hill.
up. F. R. Mu'ller, OS Freeman St. New- ings, for which 113 Adams St. Yards iO,001 S. Wood st, Chi-
ark. N. J. I paid 5 cents a sack; cag-o. III.
BARRED ROCK EGGS for hatchintr. E. B. sometimes corn, and eery two or three BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en-
Thompson's Ringlet strain; S. C.
ISel. LewisRob-
days give a mash of bran, with just tries in class of 60. I have been winner 1st, ck
erts. Franklin, 111. I
2d ckl, 1st, 2d and 3d pullet and 1st pen. Efrgs
SILVER Gap.- worm enough water to make it crumbly, .^t
extractors, unequaled. 3 Sl.SO per 15. Satisfaction g-uaranteed. Edw.
for2.'^- Hiif prnlits to aL'enls. Samples and Pietsch, Elsberry, Mo.
particulars Inc. Satisfaction (ruarautced or noon they get screenings or corn, and
money refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis-
ville. Bucks Co. Pa. sometimes mash. I do not feed them BDFP ORPINGTONS WYANOOTTES. R.
I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks Winners
ALL STA.N-DAKD Varieties, "new and old" at night, as I am seldom at home in bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed
pnzi- |.i.ultr\. pigeons, hares, collies, Anjrora
els and supplies. Stock cheap. E(,').'s
time, that is, gefore they go to roost. and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
'' Tndffe. Port Huron. Michigan.
free. John D. Souder, I seldom feed any green foiod, for I
BUFF LEGHORNS tlml are buff to have none to feed. And yet from a pen
the skin.
Eir^s from this t'real laying- strain, SI per IS. I often get three eggs
stat.onery
^"""^
G. Fischer. Elkhorn. Wis.
of four females Pnill TffVMFN
I ULILl ni lllLll won't look well
S. C. B. LEGHORN l'us. 30 forSl.50; 100
per day. Right in the coldest weather,
for$3-
tt>. W. Plymimth Rockets,
.

IS for $1. A. H. when the mercury was away below zero, unless pniVT'Tpn neat! v. I do it
Carlson, Chanule, Route. 2, Kansas.
would often get two or three eggs it is mi^ a uv well and use g'ood
ROSE and Sinirle Comb White Lcphorn eirirs,
I

15 for SI; 20 for SI. .5(1. Sll forS2.S0, 100 for S4.ai. per day. cuts. Send for samples and prices.
Good stock.bred them since 1892. Joseph
I
Kappes, jr. Ashton. Iowa. Now, as to size. Some people think N. K. MEND ELS, Grand Rapids, illich.

BARRED P. ROCKS exclusively. Thompson the Buff Leghorns arne't large enough
4: Hawkin's strain strain, 12 years with this
variety. Score 'ii n, 1)41,. E'(,')fs $1 per IS; S4 to eat. Well, that's all right to think
p-r l(i; S2.5iiper.50. Satisf-action guaranteed.
but think that a hen which will
ORPINGTONS
Mrs. Rosalie Hendrickson, Marion, 111.
JOHN
fine
R.
pnuUry.
GARBEE,
For
Killinirs.
Mav and June
Mo.
will
Breedcrof
pay ex-
so,
weigh up to
I

six pounds is all right to Bviff LEGHOR.NS

press i.n eiri,"- ami il, -liver In vour express of-
eat. And there are many Buff Leg- ak.rvd Bro\vn LegKorrvs
li.e. While Hollanil Turkev .x'i:s, in forS3. horns which will weigh between five Y. uiiKoriild st k. (irst class lilrd-, i^heap
liolilen Wyaiiili.ties S. C. Barred I!. Let'hi.rns, Hundreds to seleci from. Egi-'s hII the time
and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea and six pounds, and the cocks will of M.& F. MKK.MAN,
eirits 15 for S2. All are pure slock. Remember Bx irts Hlusilitle. Ill
express prepaid anywhere in U. S. Mention course weigh more.
Investigator.
Taking it all together. I think the
ANGORA CATS, squirrels,, ferrets ehii)-
monks. cavies. while rats and mice. Bel^'ian Buff Leghorn is among the best gen-
hares. sonL' birds, sixty varieties of poultry,
eral purpose fowls of today. I suppose
piireons. turkeys, treese, 4 pairecalaloifue, llic.
A.H. Nyce. VeniHeld, Pa. I have written about enough for today,
EGGS from While and Black Minorcas, Buff and if this article is good enough for
Leifhorns, Barred Rocks SI for 15. One (rood
hen, four pullets and one cockerel, not related the columns of the Poultry Investigator
for sale after May 1. Price of the six, $10. Poultry Investigator
Also pen of While Minorcas for sale cheap if maybe I will write again. J {
taken Slum. A. A. Bair, Neptune, O.
Success to the Investigator and Buff
UOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith,
Osceola, la. Larj^e dark lavin(f strain. Ecffs Leghorns are my best wishes. ? Is edited by a practical poul-

from spi-cial mated iM-n all' winners S2 per 15

G. PAUL PITT. ;trymanof 30 years experi-
S3..50 for 30. Order now. GoihI hatch (fuaran- )ence and is full of plain, (
teed. Watertown, S. D.
EGGS from Buff Orpinptons of hiph class ! common sense articles by;
[Cook's and Edward's strainsjS2.50 per sett injj, ; those that breed poultry and^
also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Mai- A.11 and lots of them; more
g-ood ones ) work instead of theorizing. (*)
or.. ili'i Tlh street. Port Huron, Mich.
than can use. Eggs for hatching
I jit is just what vou want.:
INDIAN KINXER ducks. Rei.'ular etrir ma- 'Send us the names and ad-
chines. Kt'L'- balance of season Sl.SO per sel- from my
prize winners and scored
lini.' or 2 p. r 20. Pine Brook Poultry Farm, dresses of IS persons inter-
stock at $1.00 per 13 during May and )

NajKil 1. Ohio. tested in breeding good poul-

BITFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best, June. Ida E. Bard, Imperial, Neb. '
try and we will send you the^
picked from isO carefully bred Buffs, none bet-
ter, Ki.'t'sS1.5o iK-r 1.3. Herbert S. Redhead,
I Poultry Investigator one(
1757 Itr.ii.ks si, Des Moines, Iowa. R.ed Spar Grit. ! year for your trouble. Sub-
ARE von LOOKING hatch for .(rirs that will This is sonicthinf,'^ New inPoultry y V scription price 2.')c. Address,
S. C. B. Leirhorns. Place vour order with Ed-
win W. Staebler. 36 Tremont st Cleveland O., Grits is hard and sharp. Blocks in-
Ei.'trs Sl.50 per IS. Winners of 3<l ck, 3d and 5 ^ Poultry Investigator Co., Wj
stead of flakes. Guaranteed to please.
pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4th on the list ^^Claj tenter, Nebraska )j^
of (jnat shows.
BIG MONEY
tinf nest eifif.
for ajrents sellinir our Fumiira-
Pollard & Couthway, Bloom-
We like it best of all grits. Price 1 '^
cents per pound f. o. b. Clay Center
m ,
: :

m
ioiftun, III, Nebr. Sure Hatch lucubater Co.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 21

B. P. Rocks. Well Pleased with Results. Black Langshans-

Descendants from winners. Eggs A. P. Rogers, Bowling Green, Mo., I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, 2d and
$1.00 per 15, $5.00 per 120. Toulouse "We 3d ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep-
a breeder of B. P. Rocks, says: BARRED
Geese eggs 50c per 9. Satisfaction stakes at Osceola. Neb.
in-ured. have sold we could possi-
all the stock P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and
3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes,
Ludwig Uehling, R. R. 1. Hooper, Neb bly spare and could have sold more if
at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln
we had had it. Enclosed is copy for Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100
$$1.50 per IS. B. P. Rock' $2, per 15.
May."
The Best J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neb.
t t t
BUFF WYANDOTTES in the world
are be found at Shnshan N. Y.
t H. P. Larson, Beresford, 111., breed-
Ihave some of them. Ferry of this
years breeders fcr sale at S'J.OO each.
of varieties of pou.try, says: "I am WhiteC Wonders!
Eggs balance of season $1 per 15. getting all the orders I can Con- The Farmdrs and Poultrymau's mon-
fill.

will do me
ey makers. The best combination
J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y. tinue my ad, and hope it
fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2.00
still more good." per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed.

After May 10th p"'r. %re?ding t t t Dr. I.e. Stephens & Co.
stock at very low tig-ures. These birds Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kansas, a Carletoii, Nebr.
have brought me pul ets that scored
90, 92 ,'2 and
All these birds will be
93. White Wyandotte breeder says: "I am
as I represent them. Eggs after the receiving lots of orders for eggs from
10th of May will be $2.00 per l.">, or White Rocks Exclusively!
three settings for .$0 00. my ad in your paper. Continue it up
Two pens mated for this year's
to July." breeding, scoring from 90 '4^ to 94X-
Wm. Metzmier, Independence, ia.
t t t At Tabor Poultry Show won 1st, 2d,
W. J. Gow, Norfolk, Neb., writes: "I ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev-
BRIGEL'S Celebrated Stralas ery premium entered for; Russel,
have sold all my surplus stock at good Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. 30 for
Rnrrfiil Males scoring as high as 94^ and
females a high as 94'/j under such prices. Continue ray ad in May. I $3.50, SO for $5.00.
lln/l.
aucus. Judges as Bridge. Lane. Jones, have
won 1st prizes at such shows as ihe am well pleased." W. H. Utterback, Hillsdale, Iowa
freat Columbus show. Newarli. and the Ohio
tate Exposition. Stock tor sale at all times.
Eggs $2.50 per 15, the kind that win.
F. \. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio. LETTER FROM THEODORE
HEWES. Black Minorcas. ffi

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17, 1902.

No. stock, up to weight and
1 x
FOB SALE! Light Bratimas. Mr. W. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, the best of color. Eggs $2 per
F. ^
Felch Strain. None better. Eggs Mo. 13. No stock for sale.
from stock scoring 92 to 93 J^, Dear Sir: It is certainly a pleasure Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb.

fi.50 per 15. White Wyan- to write you in regard to your "Per-
dotte eggs $1.25 per 15. fect Chick Feed." For the past year
used and handled it
Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb and a half I have
myself, both in the yards and show EUREKA POULTRY PLACE.
room, where we were hatching young
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of
White Plymouth Rocks, chicks, and have sold it to hundreds ol the Stay White kind. No straw col-
people, but have never yet heard one or or flies on us. Nothing too good
Scored by Rhodes from 92>^ to 94.
has been for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per IS.
complaint. Our experience
Owens & Canfield's strain, "Stay Address
making hatches at the shows where
in
White." Eggs $1.50 per 1.1.
we have fed from four to five hundred L. G. French, Deep River, Iowa.
Wntm Randolph, young chicks for a week at a time on
Lawrenee, Kanaaa. R. D. Mo. 1. this feed, that they start off and grow
'*"''*"
and seem to thrive, and are always Taylor's Otoe r-
It does not seem possible that
Ir*LT.re 13red 3r*oiiltry. healthy. Plymouth Rocks are prize win-
any one can ever make a better teed ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin-
DARK BRAHMAS or one cheaper, considering the growth coln Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs
SILVER WYANDOTTES makes and the healthy condition of S, 10 and IS cents each. Write
BUFF WYANDOTTES it

the chicks while growing.

for particulars.
Stock and eggs for sale. Write.
Wishing you success and trusting this CE Taylor, Nebraska City. Neb.
M.D.KING, Minden,Neb. year's busines will double that of any
previous year, and assuring you that

we feel that our goods warrant it, and BARRED PLYMOUTH ROOKS,
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS with kind regards, I am.
(Exclusively.)
Yours very truly. Farm Range. . - . Good Stock
WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901194
Red
THEO. HEWES. Eggsthat will hatch, $4.00 per 100.
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at
guaranteed.
$1.00 per 15. Satisfaction
SIXYEARS Oak, Cock, 1st
la., won 1st
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. The sixth annual show of the North Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st Missouri Poultry Association will be
Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. held in Kirksville, Mo., December 2,
Eggs $2.50 per 15. 4, 5 and 6, 1902. W. S. Russell, D0N7 SET HENS;
i
3,

H. R. McLean, Judge.
Osceola, - - Iowa F. M. BUCKINGHAM, Sec.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Rose Comb White Leghorns!
Made a clean sweep at Mitchell
winning firsts, seconds, 4 thirds,
i) ')

and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92

At three shows in last two years
won 11 fiists, U seconds,' 6 thirds
and specials, Cocerels for sale.
Eggs SI. 50 per setting

J. F. Relnelt, - Tripp, S. DaJcota

Chalk Vice-President State Association,
Vthltm
Wyandottes.
BuflF Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes.
Buff Orpingtons
E.xhibited at four shows, 1900- Eggs from the four best breeds in the
1901. Won 39 regular premiums. I Sl.i.'i per setting for next
MUiitry, at
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- :^0days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons
isfaction assured. and B. P. Rock egg in 100 lots. A few
trios of B. )rpingtons for sale.
<

CLARY Fairbury Nebr

G.B. KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb.

Just a Moment Please!

FREE,. How is the time to book your orders
and Wm. Kkrsknbkock has
Bi.ackPkinli a i;;,uk Lang-shan prize winning birds of Barred and Buff
owned by Juhn Hcuicli, Bowling
Green, Mo. Score ilS'j.
THINK OF IT! P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins,
Silver Laced and White Wyandottes
and Cornish I. Games.
By special arrangement you
GREEN FOOD FOR POULTRY. can get all three (3) of the fol-
lowing one year for only 50 cts.
Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Neb.

When planting for spring crops be Never an offer like this before
sure to provide for the poultry. If Black
Buff
they are yarded they
green feed all summer, and whether
will not need
The Poultry Investigator
White Pekin Bantams
they are or not they will need plenty Clay Ckntkr, Neb. Aa Good as the Landlcan Altord
The only exclusive poultry paper Eggs $:i,00 per i:i.
of it during the long winter months. publislied In the west. Original,
A small patch of millet will raise a up-to-datfi. instruttlve. Profustly A.J. WILLIAMS,
UuistrateH and never nrluts adead
lot of chicks next year and is fine feed, linp. Contains from 33 to 40 pages Clay Center, Nebr.
each month.
too. Chickens, ducks, geese and tur-
Fancy Fowls, Hopkinsville, Kj.
keys are all very fond of vegetables The Icadinf: poultiy orsan of the Black Langshans,
and keep in better health than when
Of iiO of my prize-winning Black Lang-
kept on a diet of grain alone. shans entered at State Fair and Neb.
We grow lots ofmangel beets, Dan- Michigan Poultry Breeder State Show the past -.'
years, I won
ver cabbage, turnips, pump-
carrots, BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 25 1st, a 2d, and 1 :<&. Eggs $'J.00 for
Established ISS.'i. The publisher 15, S3.59f r3U.
kins and squashes and save the small has devoted 1^ years of his entire
potatoes and cull onions for the poul- time and attention to the poultry J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr.
industry. Its a success 34 pages
try. If one has a cutter vegetables The price asked for these papers
all one year is only 50 cents, wiiich
m.ny be fed raw, or may be sliced and
cooked.
any of them are worth, and you
get the others free. Send your White Leghorns,
suijscripilon to any one of them. Fggs from \\nr\i :j.ii(i per .".ii, *5.u0 per 100;
If your garden space is limited, the A free sample copy can he had by froni choi.-e liiatings.li M
per la 2 .W per 26.
addressing each one. Belter send Can till no more order... for ovtjr lOu egg lots.
pumpkins and squashes may be grown your order now. Scottish Terrier puppies .(! and $.i.(iO
in the corners or along the fence, and PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM,
the cabbage plants set where hills of R. R. French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo.
corn or potatoes are missing; also
where early lettuce, radishes and peas Eggs from EGGS STOPl
have grown. stock scor-
$2.50 for IS *' kOSE and SINGLE, "
it.SO for 30
White iMj- aim, Rhode Island Reds. Buff Leg-
To provide green summer feed for . ing from 90 fertile egrg. horns. Winners wherever shown.
yarded fowls sow kale, lettuce, spin- hardy Only strong robust stock in my
to 95 points, duck, bred pens and you will not regret it if
ach, etc. You will be surprised to see L angshans SI. 50 per
to win best you send your order for eggs to
15; to lay. rfc Aui^llua,
how quick young chicks will cat greens Parry, Lake co. Ohio
$2.75 per 30;
and they should have them, too. It

is well to sow some rye in the fall.

Exclusively this season
where the poultry can run on it during only. Some
If you want ....
winter. JESSIE L.
good Ckls. for sale with score
Belgian Hares
Call on or write to
We carelessly left cards by Ben S. Myers.
out the ad of C. K. OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY,
Norman, of Stronisburg, Nebr. He All Stock Farm Raised. Old Orchard, Mo.
breeds B. P. Kocks, Buff Kocks, K. C.
W, Leghorns, and White Wyandottes. MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo.,
His stock is good. 'I hose wishing eggs Rook Port, Mlaaourl G. STEINICKE. Mngr- WM.
will do well to correspond with him. .^,'^..^.^.^'^..^,.^..^.^.^t^.^9 100 Hares to choose from
I
 POULTRY INVESTlGATuft.
Barred Plymouth Rocks. PRAIRIE STATE PROGRESS.
.'^mong the first i'-cubator advertis-
EXCLUSIVELY. ers of which we
any knowledge liad

Drop me a postal card today asking for was tlie Prairie State Incubator Com-
description of matings and price of pany, of
Homer City. Pennsylvania.
eggs for hatching-.
We can very well remember that an
W. S. RUSSELL, incubator then was mucli of a curios-
Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. These are white, tine Wyandotte shape
ity, and that the claims of its utility
and heavy winter layers. Score 92
and general good qualities were re- to 9.^ by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb.
Eggs for hatching from White Poultry. State Show winners, $2.00 for 15.
garded by many people as being vis-
Fair treatment insured. Eggs at
$1.50 uer IS, $4.00 per SO. ionary, exorbitant, and, indeed, im- reduced prices balance of season.
WWv'ds Cochins, $1-S0 per IS.
possible. We have lived to see a very CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb.
I. Games, $2.00 per IS.

Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16. marked change in the sentiment of

H. turkeys from stock weighing
18 to 35 lbs, as fine as any in
the west, $2.(10 per 12.
W. Embden eggs from extra large
stock, $2.50 per 11.
W. P. Rock eggs from birds scoring
93}i to 95>|, $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per SO.
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, - - Iowa.
wUff ^fPtifltoflg a"" gocbTns< State people
Why we ask $5.00 for 13 Barred Rock Eggs.
the public, so that today the incubator
Because the foundation stock was
regarded as not onlv being an ad-
is
costly; $.')0 for cock and 110 for hen.
junct, but a positiv" necessity for all Because we keep up to standai;d re-
those people who desire to make the quirements: because it takes about'300
growing of poultry success. Through birds for us to mate up a pen of, 20
all these years the Prairie State In-
when culled out; because we date ev-
ery egg the day it is laid so you can
cubator has stood out with special see how fresh eggs you get; because
prominence, and has had, by the su- we send you more than you order ard
periority of its work, perhaps more to pay back casT of .")0 cents each for ev-
ery infertile egg short of ten fertile
do with the changing of this sentiment ones
out of each setting; because this
than any other element. Under the.^e insures you hatch of thoroughbred
conditions there could be but one re- best eastern stock we can procure. If
sult, and that leads us to complele anybody treats you fairer, let us know.
Finally we started right - why
faith in the claims of the Prairie shouldn't
when they assure us that
vou?

they have at Homer City the largest PARTINGTON. Northboro, Mass.

and most complete exclusive incubat-
I won
or factory in the world. White Wyandottes Exclusively.
more premiums than
If anything were needed to further
any other two exhibitors at Score 93 to 95i points by Larson and
the Nebraska strengthen public faith in the Prairie
State Show, Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.00
State it might be found in the fact
1901. Before buying any- per Hi. Stock is strictly white.

thing write me it will be a that in keenest competition in this and
other countries it has won 342 premi- JV. B. Oarver, - Hamilton, Meb.
pleasure to give you prices.
ums, awards and medals. These things
iaaJ. Buehier, %%Zt%%n do not occur to machines of any kind Choice Eggs
without -merit. The $15,000.00 cata- For hatching from
logue put out by the Prairie State fine B. P. Rocks
people this season is undeniably the and big Buff Coch-
RINGLET B. ROCKS finest,
sive
most
work of
elegant and comprehen-
its kind ever issued, de-
ins. Eggs
per setting from
Sl.-'iO

healthy stock.
The Kind that' Win We Double Male. voted to the poultry subject. The
lOA M. KESLER,
Prairie State Incubator Company is
Woburrv, III.
Ben Hur, cockerel at Lincoln
ist selling more machines today than at
Show 1902, at head of our cocker- any time in its history, and they are
el breeding pen. No females in very frank in attributing these im- Silver Wyandotte and
our pullet breeding pen scoring proved conditions to their new cata- White Langshan
less than 90, mated to extra choice logue. This applies to their foreig.i Eggs $1.50 per 15,
pullet breeders.; Stock all sold, trade as well, which is very large and
Guaranteed to hatch.
eggs reasonable. Write for prices. rapidly increasing. Within the past
few days they shipped an order of 209 A. E. GRIMES,
C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. Prairie State machines to England. "^^^ Decatur, Ohio.

They have just booked an order for

Brown's Roup Remedy. 1,000 machines to be shipped to far-off
New
Do
Zealand. The "Prairie State"
For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won- was awarded first premium at the
LAMB. Uu' LeH-lii.
derful antiseptic, soothing and heal-
But his liens wiii iii prizes
prii as well as lay
ing, reliable safe remedy for roup, International and Crystal Palace And tUat is the Itind of hens that pay. J[3
cankered mouth, chicken pock and Shows, London, England, this winter.
cholera. Invaluable for horses and 1 hey were also awarded first premi-
cattle. Ouickly heals galls and pre-
vents and removes proud flesh. Price um at the Grand Intprnational Show, W. A. Lamb, IVlaHhattaii ,' Kan.
35c per package. Sole proprietor and Brussels, February 22, 23 and 24.
manufacturer. Agents wanted in Space will not permit of our enlarg-
all the principal cities of the U. S.
ing upon the merits of these excellent
S5,000 c:?!;1:;SI;e FREE!
without arival. Givi-sloweat iiricesof fowls and egg&
k It IS
>ver 50 liretdsTurkeya,
I ' Geese, Duoksand Chtckenfl, Haa-
Robert Brown. Port Richmond machines. Let our readers write at ^ dreds of platesfromllfe. 1 5 best poultry boose plana Treat-
gise oadifleasB8,howto feed, breed, etc.SendlOc. forpnfliaeti.
Richmond Borough, N. Y. once for the catalogue. iJ. R. Brabazoa, Jr. & Co.. BoilOcDelavsi;, Wia,
24 POULTRY INVfiSTiGAtOR.
MY MAMMOTH . ,. Are hdldlni? Ihelr own NebraskaL StaLte Poultry
PEKIN DUCKS }i'aTe"srwa"i/v!;?i:rKt
AssociaLtion
est honors ui Ureut St. Louis Fair and
Poultry Show; also In the hands of uiy Abstract of the proceedings of the
customers. A few elegant UulT Kox at
tialf real value. board of managers of the February
Owins to my iiidsit g engag'-nients
OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo meeting held at Lincoln: for sHa>on of ,l9i'2-3. will ol be able 1

to how my birds and will heiehy

All the members were present ex- reduce th- price of eg^.s from $3 00
cept Mr. Irvin. to $2 00 per 15 liavp r^. C. Brown
I

Legho lis. Ulack Leithorns. Unrred

War* you aamn It?
The secretary read the written propo- Plymouth Kocks. (Violet Strain )
The Fanciers' World sitions of the eleven judges, and on
America's leading publi<:atlon for fanciers. David Larson, wahoo. Nebr.
Special departments for dogs. cais. ilireon.-, motion the propositions of Judges'
hares, poultry, etc. 32 pages. Profusely Russell, Rhodes, Larson and Carruth
lllustralerl. l-er yi-ar. .iOceuls. Sampiecopy
free. were accepted..
The Fanciers' WorIII C. M. Lewelling was elected as super-
F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III.
intendent. It's Up To You
Several small bills from the last To g-et 5,01111 new subscribers. We
Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods?
show were presented properly audited will send the Fanciers' (iuide, an up-
and were allowed. The guarantee to date Poultry and Hare paper 6
Make your Own! can send you formu-
1

las for all kiuus of stock and poultry bond furnished by the treasurer was months for only 10 cents- Special
foods, nere are a few; Chick food 35c: ad rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3
egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder. formally approved. months for 1 dollar. 30 words breeder
4.')C: stock cotidltion powder. 35c; hog con-
dition powder. 30c. Write foi- others. The secretary presented the formal notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now
A. W. Collitts, in egg season.
proposition of the Auditorium associa-
630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la.
tion, tendering the free
Faticlers' Guide, Montpeller, Indiana.
use of the
Auditorium warmed and lighted, for
the next show. Also the proposition ol
Black Ixangshans the Commercial Club, tendering the
R. C. and S. C. B. ORPINGTONS.
Large, vlgontus stock, free from dlsquallti- use of their parlors for the annual Won firsts at Lincoln, Nebr.,
catton: up to standard weight; winners at Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa.
convention and business meetings.
Clay County Show. I'rlces reasonable. Eggs
$1-00 per 15. $5 00 per 100. By motion both propositions were ac- Cgga for Sale.
Address.
cepted and the show formally fixed for
MRS. N. W. JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb.
Lincoln,
Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa.
Neb., at the time fixed by
statute, viz. January 19th to 24th, 1903.

The proposition to reduce the en- FO'CC 51 P^*" setting, from my

^'^*

'Twenl^-FiveyearsinttiiPoultrf Yard.
trance fees from 25 cents to 10 cents
"Oo' prizewinners at Kansas and
Nebraska State Poultry Shows 1901
was formally discussed, but action
A perfect Manual for Success. and 19U2. Partridge Cochins, Bufi'
Cochins, S. S. Hamburgs, Barred
thereon was deferred until the semi-
Gives symptoms and remedies Plymouth Rock ai d Light Brahmass
armual meeting. The board also dis-
for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, Write fur winnings.
cussed the question of allowing exhi-
Hog and Poultry cholera. io8 bitors of any class by vote to decide DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.
pages. Price 25 cents. how they would have that particular
class scored, by comparison or score
A. H. LANG. Covedale, Ky. card. Action on this was also de-
ferred until the semi-annual meeting. 0. MO. HUN. DRO.
Ml, Vl ^^ have imported stock. The matter of printing advertisements Breeder of Prize-Win n ui^
Ull leSi R. C. R. I. Reds, R. C. Mi- in the premium lists was also presented
iiorcas. Buff ()rpint,'totus. Barred Rock, and formall discussed, but action was IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS.
Anconia.s, Lt. Brahmas, Pekiii and Stock for sale at an tlirics. Esr^'s In reason.
deferred until the semi-annual meet-
Cayug^a duck.s. Kggs SI. .SO per 15.
Duck Oi.e setting- ing.
esffs $1.00 per 12.
free to best customer. Stock for sale. [.B,OMOHUflORO,BowliogGrEeoJo.
In case any of the judges elected
S R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for
failed to accept theterm of our board,
sale cheap.
P. G. Shelby, Horln, Pa. box A
that Adam Thompson be selected to
fill the vacancy.
Banned P. Rock
Exclusively farm raised. Stock sold.
The secretary was instructed to pro- E>,'gs from ch ice matings, SL.'iO per
test in board of man-
writing to the for balance of season.
1.") All breed-
ing stock scored itO to iri',. Look
afiers of theKansas City show against Send your
Buff Orpingtons tlie holding of their show upon the
for fine stock n xt year.
ordt rs early and secure )-our choice.
ADD same date as ours, and that he respect-
Mrs. A- P. Rodgers,
fully ask them to change the date ot
White Wyandottes their show, as our date is fixed by
Bowling Green, Mo.

statute.

Resolutions of thanks were adopted

never have failed to win in W IT BEATS ALL.
9
I
thanking the Auditorium .Association.
largest shows. Birds score from (X Tlie No I the
Commercial Club, Telephone Co.. and of
90 to 95^4. $
'

111

g hatclier costs only 8. il4,0008old

liKl ejf
the railroads for the many courtesies principally by agents. We want 5,000 active

C ROCKHILL,
Nebraska. Harvard,
I extended.
LUTHER LUDDEN,
men
term,
and women agents for the new season. Speelal
witli you a
day. Territory may be gone tomorrow.
lar^re
rorinulaniufeatalojrue 1,0111 free. It you write
margin of profit. lOe ecs
to-

^ P.
NITURIL HEN INCUBITOR CO., B 11, COtUMBUS. NEB.
Secretary.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 25

^l^^^ays Take o.
It is
#. a
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
THE Kansas City & Omaha Line RULE POULTRY YARDS,
home of prize winning White Ply-
the

mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain,

and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and
For All Points you will be pleased with young stock
hatched. Eggs S2.00 per setting of
A few fine W. P. R. and W. W.
East^ South and VtTest. IS.
males yet for sale.

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,

Close connections made at all junctions. For rates BELMOMT. WIS.

and information, call on or address

Barred Plymouth Rocks.
S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt. We have Quality and Quantity.
St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., Farm raised prize winning stock.
Eggs $1.S0 per IS, $5.00 per 100.

H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr

The "Perfect" Hatcher W

W. A #%. FOrhP^
rurueo. Breeder i, of Buff
s^200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00- ^^^ ^^^'^^ wyan-
dottes. For the past four years I ave Swoa
B^IOO-Egg Hatcher, $6; Brooder, $5. the majority of the best premiums in full
classes, 22 1st, 10 2ad, 9 3rd and 5 specials. I
s<^Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. am booking orders now for a limited no. of
T<-sthii.>ulalvanci lUuslialptl circular 2(', eggs from these prize matings for $2-00 per
J. A. CHBLTON, Falrmount.'Md. setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00.

North Topeka, Kan,

Our Leader B. P. Rocks. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys!

None under weight scores OS to
30 eggs, $2.00, from stock scoring 89 to 91. 30 eggs, $3.00, from stock scor-
to 97. 1st and 3rd pullel at Lin-
ing 91 t(i92'2. Single settings SI..=^0 to $2.00 each. Buff Cochin Bantam
egers, $1 SO per IS. Buff Cochin eggs Sl.SO per IS. S. C. Brown Leghorn
^J coin, also 2d colkerel weight 31
pounds. Write for prices on eggs.
eggs S.OO 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. C. M. Hurlburt,
Send me your egg orders if you want to raise show birds.
A. L. PEDICK, box A, Ottumwa, Iowa. Fairbury, Neb.

Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams!

Eggs. Golden,
Miller's Perfection $1.50 per IS.
Silvers, $2.00
per 15. Par.
Folding Exhibition Cochins, $2.
per 13. Price
of pigeons on
application.
8 varieties
Folds llko a bonk. All In one piece. for sale. Ad-
Nothlni: to lo astray. Tlie neatest dress
and sironge.st coop on the market.
W. F. HOLCOMB,
Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb Clay Center, Neb.

Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and

Single^ombJrowM^giioii^
SEED CORN. Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties.

Onion Seed! Larga Red Wethersfiebd, Prize Barred Plymouth Rooks.

Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New
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
Soja Beans and Stock Peas. Best kinds suited to
well as in Utah. They are bred
this climate. Big yielder. Cane Seed, Kaffir Corn,
for money makers. Greatest egg
Rape, Speltz, Grass and Flower Seeds- producers as well as premium
birds. New circular free after
Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh September. Address,
Nearly SSOO.OO in prizes and 100,-
at wholesale prices. Cora X. Rlckards,
given to customers this year.
000 papers free seeds
SOUTH CfiDEN FOCITRY YAEIS,
A rChias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo Oedeit, Utah.
 26 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
1890 r902

Printing for From our Royal Blood Sil-

EGGS! ver Wyandottes.
Poultrymen Prices Reduced from
year WL' sold
3.00 to 2.00 per setting of fifteen eg-g-s.
etfir we had to spare.
every
Last
This year have two more fine
pens. We know
that the Wyandottes are the best variety on earth.
We! are prepared to do all kinds of They are theJcominir fowl and to boost them along have reduced the
printing- for iTOulirymeu. We have the price. Our Silvers have never been defeated in tlie shf>w loom. At Ne-
braska State Show. Jan. 24 to 28. IW2. we won 10 of the 16 ribbons, near-
hiirbest errade machinery and new ma- ly twice as many as all other competitors. We are now shipping eggs.
terial: all work iruaranteed first-class. Vetter book your future egg orders now or may not be able to fill them.
Free use of standard poultry cuts to We are headquarters for prize-winners Stock for sale at all times at
patrons. Write us your wants and (jet
Ponca Wyandotte Yards. Refer to express agt. postmaster. Security
our prices on your work. Address,
Bank or Dun's agency. I. &
T^. M. CONNOR,
Ponca, Neb.

Poultry Investigator
Clay Center, Neb. {
4
IF PANDEMONIUM
Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale
\ '
you can positively check the mortality by using
iPURITAN CHICK FOOD,
: : : :

{
f a readily assimilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it
i under positive guarantee.
Bonniedale Poultry Farm! r FRli;E:--Our new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever
Eees to Hatch. r issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's
S.DOTTES: Very choice pen. J2 per Ih i largest plant
Over hens on different farms. Good
300
Sure stock. Eeus Jl per 15. U per 100.
RKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys-
i PURITAN
BOX 357
POULTRYSTAMFORD,
A.
FARMS, CONN. - -
tem. 60 finf hens and pullels. 4 extra i
large, stately crowers. f coring from 90 to 94
hy Judges Russell and Stransboufth. Ekks
g per 15. $:i 50 per 30.
C.
farms.
ROUP
1, Games. Good pure stoci< on separat
Eges $1..^0 per In.
ODKE: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid.
MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD,
Circulars free. C=1 BPRRnRP; OFIT^l ,

MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and
LOCK BOX 176, Pekin Ducks.
At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock,
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
Jm Wm Castes > > >
braska, State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st
ButT Orpingtons. R. O. W. Leghorns pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel
Barred & White
Rocks. W. C. P. Ban- a first prize on every bird entered.
tams, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. Stock In We have a fine lot of young stock for sale.
season. Agents wanted.
silver cup last year.
Thirty Prizes: FRIEND, . - - NEBRASKA.
Galesburg, - - Illinois- Bradley Bros New York
RARRFn winners /. Rm Henderson,
iswhat my flock is built from. Win-
Sta. B. Route i.
ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2.
Scott's Cure ROCKS. Eggs $2.50 per IS. Stock for sale. Columbus, Om
I < Chicken Cholera
Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera
or money refunded. Testimonials on
Mines' Liquiil Lice Killer.
applicatior Reference: Rising- City Will destroy animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigorous when
all
Bank. used in conjunction with Hities' Poultry Food. Pays foritself in the egg
basket. Directions for making 25c each. Barred Plj'mouth Rock eggs
B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb $1.00 for 15. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs SI. 00 per 9.
Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut, Kan.
Pride of the West....
Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze
1st, 2d, and .3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at
Turkeys, bred in line for IS years.
Show record on open book. They
Golden Wyandottes. St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
94-92^ -91 M and 9\% by Butterfield.
are in the yards of many of the Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 3 seconds at same show 1900. 1st
ous Stock, frota careful and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair.
best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- Matlags. Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock
ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & or sale. Write for full information
Felch; Black Langshans, Emry S. p. VAN NORT, Si-iisS*""-
Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt.
Brahmas, eggs at all seasons
from hens. Young stock now
ready to ship.Write for prices. aSUR.E SEE THE 190S Trees and Plants
Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a Noxali Incubator That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit.
sure cure. We grow that kind. Large stock. Honest dealing.
Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach-
es 6c. ; Grafted Apples Concord Grapes
HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, Riiss.
5c.:
Mulberries 30c. per UX1; Ash 7Sc. per 1000;
2c.,

Black Locust fl.35 per 1000. Enclish or German

Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. H Illustrated Catalogues FREE. *
tor Co., Q,aincy, HI.
CLARKSviLLB, Missouri.
: : : : CARL SOKDERF.GGER, Proprietor, Boi 27, Beatrice, Neb.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 27
^ The Inland Poultry Journal
Is the best 25 cent poultry journal published.
The Inland is a monthly journal of reliable poul-
try information, profusely and handsomely illus-
All kinds lustrated. It is edited by poultrymen who have

of fancy p g- made, a success of the poultry business and have

eons. Prices the plea.-ing faculty of telling others how to
reasonable. reach success by the shortest route. The arti-
cles it contains are original, concise and practi-
cal, covering every phase of the fancy and com-
Toulouse geese eg-gs 20c each. Rouen mercial poultry business. Every number is
duck eggs 18 for fl.OO. White Hol- worth more than the price of a year's subscrip-
land Turkey eggs, Sl.-W for 9. Also tion. If the best is wanted in poultry literature
Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- subscribe for the Inland It is 2,Sc a year and
tams, Buflf, Brown and Black Leg- everyone ordering from this ad will receive a
horns, S. S. Hatnburgs, C. I. Game-, book, "Plans for Poulti'y Houses," free.
Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff
and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul- w* The Inland Poultry Journal Co-.
try eggs. l:i for $1.00. Yards score box 14, Indlanapolla, Indiana,
from i)0 to 94 >^ points. Satisfaction
guarantefd.

D. L. BRUEN, Oldenbusch, Neb.

Cure Ouaranteed!
If you Succeed You musthave a Pull!
Donkey's
only remedy positively
Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton TUE
and Co's Ringlet Strain of B. P.
Rocks. Winners whe ever shown.
Two set
Roup Cure known to cure roup In all Its
forma as long' as the fowl can
see to drink. For Oanker, es-
Eggs per setting, $2.00. pp inlly In plueons, thiscure excels
tings for $3.50. Address all orhers. une 50'cent packaiff makes 25 gallons of medicine. Dlr>ctlons with
pverv paokaBe. If If falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c. large $1.
Conkey's Lovise Killer never falls tu I 111. Try It. 25 cents per package, and
PINKERTON & Go. Clay Center, Neb. 15 ct'tils HXt' a fni- posr.age
Corvkey's Egg Food and Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect
Lock Box 24 health, and uri" uce mure eggs than any -iniili.r preparation. 25 cents per package
,ui.i l.icenis extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY * CO.. Clovela-nd, O.
PaclH c-oast agents: Petaluma Incuhator Co., Peialuma. Oal. Eastern wholesale
fflce; No. 8 Park Place New York City and S.H. I. Oo.. Cltiy Center. Nebr. For
Foi" hatching from strictly
(

JCryry^ sHle hy all poultry ^iipi.lv houses. ta^Agents wanted.

"OO^ high bred prize-winning
Mammoth B. Turkeys, B. P. Rocks,
and Pekin Ducks If you are look-
ing for something good write for my
circular and price list.
Union Lock Poultry Fence.
For Poultry, Rabbits, /g. Orchards, Gardens, etc.
JOHN BATCHELOR, Thompson, Iowa.

Barred Plymouth Eocks

Stock for sale. Prices rea-
sonable. Eggs 1st yard,
$2.00 per 15. 2d yard, $1 .00
per 15, $4 00 per hundr d.

Mrs. A. B. Jones,
Abilene . - - - Kansas.

at CUT PRICES.
_ CATALOGUE FREE.
POULTRY. fng. Co., Columbus,

Stt-ongei" and closer spacing than any other make.

Morning ViewfH' Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn
Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class.
Your dealer should handle this lineif not, -write us for
Poultry Yards. g|l prices. Catalogue free.
UNION FENCE CO.. DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A.
...HAVE ..

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..Barred Plymouth Rocks... FRANK MYERS, Also manufacturer ofj
I
Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- tFree Port, III., U. S. A. Ideal Aluminum Leg \
red, full above the eyes. S Box 20.
Breeder ot_i_,^^
Band
J
Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting.
\ Barred Plymouth Rocks The acknowledged leader. 13 fors
15c. 25 for 30c. 50 tor 50c. 100 for \
\ They are Barred Rleht and good 7i)C. Samples and circular. of i
Eirgs 15 f or $3.
30 for $:i.50, Barred Kocks mailed
James M. Perkins, i
{
size.
50 for 4.00, 100 for 7.00. for stamps.
t
^
RAVENWOOD. . : MISSOURI.
:
I ^^^^rf*.****^*rf^
 28 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
silver Laced Wyandottes.
Nebraska Queen. BUFF WYANDOTTES,
EXCLUSIVELY. Our
Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 rirmt PriMe Han, WalgM 9 ibm. Wyaudottes are
Buff
brefi froiu
pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. best strain obtainable and
Fine scoring In line. Webreed the pure
Highest score any B. P. Rock at the R.ilden Buff, not the dark
red. They're prize winners.
Albert Lisius. Lake Mills. Wis- late State Show Judge Myers said
she was the best one he had seen E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb.
this year. I won 8 regular premiums Uliester White Ilogii forsale
For Sale. at the above show. 20 years a
nention the Investigator.
breeder of this variety exclusively.
lilack Ivaneshan Cockerels, SOc Write your wants. A' dress
and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes
f l.0<) each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. Pe#r/lfS-Hallock strain. Egg or-
and $3. All stock pure blood. ders booked now. $1.00 for 11.
Mrs. Albert Ray St Son, Wilsey. Kan. When you write mention the Investigato Belgian Hares. Pedigreed. Grand
lot of youngsters sired by a
^5%
point bock. Bred does always on
hand. Booklet on the industry for
^i^^ipstern mother experience
old o make perfect
The Reliable Incubcito
stamp.
ht to have our 2mii tVnUiri PoullrjBo.
u but 10 ceuts and >slll make you a master lo Steptiaul Poultry Co. Belleville, III
.' the poultry bu.lnes8. ,,||,^|, ||, 4 gjj c_. j ^ 25 tuloci, lilt. When you write mention the Investigator.

Why Hall's Famous Prize Winning White Wyandottes

and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won l.TO regular and spe-
cial prizes in Chicago and leading western shows All
our first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. U males and
BUFF COCHINS
females score 90 to 9.S;2 White Wyandottes 93 to 9fi. We Exclusively.
always win, so can vou if vou buy of us. Our P. Wyan-
dottes, W. P. Rocks, S. aiid R. C. R. I. Reds, Blk. B. W.
Just What You Are
and P. Cochins, B. and M. C. Bantams, 1. Geese, and Pe-
kin Ducks are all winners. Illustrated catalogue tells jou
Looking For . . .

otocK and eggs for sale.

The Pure Golden Win-
Buflf.
J D- W. HALL, Box 700. Des Moines la ners in ny company. Elegant
in shape, profusely feathered,
as good as the best. Prices
low, write me.
Golden Laced Wyandottes.
I have three pens which are second to none, con-
B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb.
sidering size, shape, color and as egg produ-
cers. Orders for eggs are promptly filled.

J. C. Kapser, Clubbmg; List

Clay Center, Nebr.
By taking the advantage of the
following combinations you can
B. P. Rocks, Pine Lawn Poultry Farm. get two papers often at the price
of one. Look at these ofifers:
nniie ana ^^^^ ^2 qq p^^ setting, 3 for $5.00.
Price with
Poultry
Golden Wyandottes l. d. metcalf, Wakefeiid, Nebr. Regular Invisti-
price gator.
Poultry Tribune 50c SOc
Poultry Herald 50c 50c
Poultry Gem
You can raise Chickens Commercial Poultry
25c
50c
35c
50c
If you use
Western Poultry News. .2.5c
Poultry Success SOc
.
25c
40c
Poultry Topics 25c 25c
Poultry Gazette 25c
PInkerton's Perfection Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc
25c
SOc
Farm Poultry $l.oo $1.00
CHICK American Poultry Journal ."iOc
I^eather .50c
50c
goc
FOOD. Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $l.oo

..Just Think of it..

It contains everything that Is essential
to the chick's life. Not a pound of Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00
material in it that is not the best Any 50c paper yon choose above. . .50
the market afiords. It is equal to The Poultry Investigator 25
niiy chick food now on the market.
Total 5175
ice 25 lbs $1.00. 50 lbs $1.50. 100 lbs $3.00. We will send the three to you for $1.00.
Manufactured by Address,

MRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON,

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Notice We do not send sampls sf
Clay Center, Nebr. ther papers.
 .

POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 29

WHITE, PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Now
IS
is the lime and David City, N. b
the place to buy eggs that will
start ) oil ritrht. OOg'g's are atching
,
[GG

_
P.
ORO[RS,

R 2
!13J^.
Book now for Houston,

mating.e, score from 90 to

Eggs v.. per LI. $.'5 per 100.
The Michigan
roultryman...
Jg
^
pfood. Our birds were prize wiiincs
at the Nebraska State Show, 1902.
Buff Orpingtons, 4 yards; 2 yards
!-olid butf wing and and tail, eggs Only Exclusive Poultry
Write tor prices.
%a per 1.-1, $8 per ISO Buff Orping: Paper in Michigan
J. W. HALL, David City. Nebr tons, 1 yaid, eggs 53 per l.i, $5
per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard All the practical poultrymen contrib-
eggs %2 per 1."), $5 per 40. ube to its pages. Expert poultry-
Winners wherever shown. men will give its readers free
Won nf re and seconds than
first such information as they
any otner man. Guarantee good may ask for.
hatches, true to name and fresh.
All the news of tlie poultry world, Well
A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. illustrated.

Michiga-n PoultrymaLn,
Please Let Me Tell You Ithaca.. Mich.
My Buff f'oi-hlns have again won their
shai'e of ihe ril)l)ons at the McCook Show. To
mako room for my breeding pens I will sell
BUSINESS COLLEGE. trios, pens and singles at bargMins for the
next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns.
Cherry Hill Poultry Yard
Eggs in season.
One of the leading schools of the west' BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively
Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.
Large attendance. Great demand for Eggs $1.50 per IS. 100 for $6.00.

its graduates. Expenses low. Address

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings,

Reference: Sure Hatcli Incubator
Neb
Company
Blue Barred ^ Mrs. Eva J. Gingrich, Aurora, Neb.

A Generous Business Policy

Plymouth Rocks has proven the best for
U.S. We absolutely
BUY STQOK and KGGS from high Eggs $1.50 per IS, $3.00 per SO, $S.00
guarantee the
WHITE LAXUWi ANS and BITFF K QfKS .

Fine winter laj-ers. Cheap for quality. Eg'B's per 100. Our stock is first class.
L. MUM"0\VE1{. Duroc P. J. SCHWAB. Clay Center Nebr
W.L. MUMFOWEK. IncubaLlors
Chilicothe, Mo. and Brooders,
My Buff Orpingtons (both hot water and hut
air) to be satisfactory in every wa
your money. 12 years in the Imsinesi
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS.
At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made inp Mari Ma's have made us absolute!
machines will gret big hatches. That our svstem of
Edson's Reslsiter-ed citrain. from a Ions line 8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation is
of prize-winning ancesters; h^ve made them the bemt I here . That the Mnrilhi Brooder is the
specially Now offerins 1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If that prevents overcrowding and trampling.
a for 10 yed.r. fine
exhibition and grand br eding stocit of both you are going to buy eggs send for my 3 our incubators, the best
stamps. Don't you want it!
1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson)
soon. Send for illustrated circular with
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY,
half-tones of meritor ious birds. Address. Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y.
M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111. JOHN A LING
Harvard - - Nebraska

MRS. FLORA Poultry Supplies

Buff Rocks SHROYER, White P. Rocks Exclusively....
Pekin Ducks
Toulouse Geese
My Rocks are of the best strains to Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1
Perry, O. T. be found and I have a fine lot of per 100.
Bronze Turkeys.
Formerly at chicks to sell reasonable. Write, Smith Seal Bands 2Sc per dozen, $1
Clay Center, Nebr. per 60.
MRS. NANCY WATSON, Standard of Perfection each $1,
Lincola, Nebr. Spray Pumps each 75c.
Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 11.75
Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.
Pure White Rock Cockls - Conkey's Roup Cure 50c laud 1.00 a
Pure White Wyandots -
.

-
.

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- Jl.OO

New Strain Whlte-Breastpd Guineas - JO.re

$1.00 Black Langshans box.
Tho winter layers, of standard Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per
All above fn>m prize-winning stock and line
weights, good colored plumage 100 pounds.
bred. Catalogue sent.
^1^ and eyes, well feathered shan s J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor,
White Flume Farm. HichHeld. 111.
71^ no scrube among them. Score Cure 50c and $1 a box.
93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
F'" prize winning Golden Midland Poultry Food at factory
Fo'O'e Fai.bury, Nab- prices
So Wyandottes, $2. per i;), scor- C M- Hurlburt,
ing from 90 to itSyi, by Shellen' erger. Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Center#12.
J. Gordinier, Keota, III.
SILVER WYANDOTTES Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb.
BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last per 100 pounds $1.20
MY eight State Shows and many other large
For Salef ~ ~ ~ shows, winning- more premiums than all
other competitors of this variety combined.
Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O-
B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00
Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy Good birds for sale- Eptrs from prize pens
Ducks. J At State Poultry Show on 15 for $3. 30. $5- From standard bred Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
four entries of geese I took first 3 stock, farm ranee. 100. $4. Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.
premiums. Eggs for sale in season. mps J. LU. GflUSE, Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,
Wailen Cameron. Schuyler. Nebr. Emporia, Kan. Clay Center, Nebr.
3 K)ULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Single Comb
Standard of Perfection White Legfhorns.
Revised Edition. 1900. Eggs for hatching from the cream
of my flock, as I have the advan-
tage of selecting my breeders from
This work is issued by the American among seven hundred choice birds
all bred and owned by myself
Poultry Association. It is a book of
Nothing but the very best speci-
over 250 papes, cloth cover, and con- mens of most prolific layers are
tains the only official descriptions of ever used. Descendant from gen-
the several varieties of fowls. It is on erations of great layers of large
pure white eggs. Write at once,
this Standard that all poultry judges
for circulars
base their awards. Every experienced
fancier has a copy of this book and ev-
ery poultryman needs it to learn the
E. A. TESDALL,
requirements to which his stock must Slater, Story Co, Iowa
be bred.

The Standard
.VND
of Perfection Meyer^s Langsh^ns
1stand 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and
Ttie Poultff Investigator
4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen.
One Year, for $1.00 Won
Score 189!^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At
Address, At
N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, Kansas good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd;
CLAY CENTER, : : : : NEBRARKA State tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel;
Show 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,
c^o^o^c^ Bowlins Green, Missouri

IT BEATS ALU
Wm Jm Cheney,
s III.

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BOX 68-^*^
Breeder of
Thoroughbred Poultry,
-^e^CCBA,

Varietles.^B. P. Roclis. Lieht BraUmas. W. Wyan-

aiKlottes, Partridire Cocliins.'S, C. B Miiiorcas. S. C.
MO

W. Leeiiorns. S, and R. C B. Leg-liorns. PeUin Duclis.

UtTURlL HEN INCUBATOR CO., SOI 11 COLUMBUS, NEI. Euk's for hatchintr. 1 0(1 per setting. *3.00 for 5tl.
\Vrite for my new illustrated poultry catalogue.
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry,
quotes priee^" on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about
In B Victor Incubator always yields The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues fiee.

W. J. CHENEY.
L.rii4 YICTORi Urawfui'd Uu. -^irCVKX, MO
l*^ I INCUBATOR '

ii:i
I W.O. KBTKL CO., QiUsc;, III.

BUFF ROCKS. Only $3.00 per ."^O or ^SMil per lilO from our
white breeds. S4.C0 per 50 or ?7.00 per 100

L;r.. m Good Strong Basket W. WYANDOTTES.

BARRED ROCKS.
strains.

from our best pens Hawkins, Dustin, Felch
Bred to win and to please. We guar-
antee our eggs to be as good as the best and
// \ %'"" '^-"t*?!. Tilt, special izi-san(
positively thoroughbred of the best standard.
fvorttwithahlpperR.
ift
LIGHT BRAHMAS. The above low offer is for this season only.
&Dlv ihpm to bo strong
Wfllmade. WHl to-day. Catalogue free. Member of American Buff
Rock Club.

JAMES Q. MYERS, Oaks. Pa.

igmn^ns Lic e Killing Machine Buys 1011 eggs, 81.25 one setting, S2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at

$5.00 GLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the a ll-y ear-round

layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White
CHARLES SCHIID. Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls
lonii llich.
for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator.
When you write mention tlic Investigator. Write E. W. GEER, Farmineiton, Mo.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 3

{\mh Pradical 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
Rules ofthe Cock Fit in two minutes, are cheap and will last a life time. They have a floor space
of 'ixi') ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar.
A Best little book of pocket sIes. well boon'l la tongh tag'
Iw&rd. CoQtalDB all tbe pit rules of ihe Untied States, O&oftdft,
Uezloo, Oaba, Knglaad, Belgium and Praoae. Also has eom-
prebeoslre ohapiers oa Heels, HaDdllng, Nuiilog and erexy-
thiog relative to the royal sport of cocking. I have some Extra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS, Pen No. 1. is headed by the
By Db. H. p. Clabki, iDdlaaapoltB, Xnd. cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1900 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d
prize cockerel at Chicago, 1001. These birds are mated to some of my choice
The Recognized Authority. females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, $1.00 per 15.
PBICE, 36 0BNT8. Pen No. 2, 75c per IS. Incubator eggs, $5.00 per 100.
Address tbs Fubllsber of tbls Psm>.
Rnles of the Cock-Pit and Poultry D. W. GRANT, Almena, Kan.
Investigator one year

For 25 Cents,
Address, THE INVKSTIGATOR
These Eggs Will Hatch chicks that have rich yellow legs and snow
white plumage.
Clay Center, Nebraska. White Plymouth Rocks. ^^^S'^^^l^i^f^^'^^, No. 1,

Mrs. M. C, Dowultig, Elk City, Kan.

Give -
Your Breed- RabicUfe Free Barred Plymouth Rock circular teiiing about my su-
ing Does -^ perb- Barred Rocks. Yards
headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prize winners from
Durinff gestation and while nursing prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $.5.00.
their young it will enrich the blood PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb.
Improve the appetite, increase the
flow of milk, thereby makins'he
young strong and healthy.
They are no doubt the best laying breed
there is, and are larger than other Leg-
RABICURE
will
Give
never be without
a trial and you
it, 50c a box
Buff Legnorns
Leghi horns. Average weight of male and fe-
male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden
Buff plumage, winners wherever shown.
postpaid. The Coming Breed. Eggs 7.5cper 15. From trio winners, $2.50 per 15.

Vermont Belgian Hare Co.

E. C, HaHsock, Spring Valley, Ohiom

Lyndonvllle, Vt.

THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS

We Don't Want a Cent Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
Of 1 gal 1 '
received.
from the coming sale season. Was winners of all
30 old ones to draft
The Essex CholeraCure and Condition and part second in state show the last two years, also have been
firsts
Powder is absolutely pure and free from poi- winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
son and all other injurious substances and Pos-
itively Cures and Prevents chicken cholera,
Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited.
roup, grapes and all diseases of the flock. It
regulates the bowels, blood, dif^restive ort^ans.
FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr.
and produces bone, muscle, feathers and larger
fowls. Nothing on earth will Make Hens Lav
like it. No matter wh.%t kind of f.icid vou use.
mix with it daily, the Essex Conditiini Powder.
Thousands Use It. Price, 00 cents a bo.x by
mail, 75 cents, b boxes for S3. SO. Write for spe-
cial prices on ten pound lots. Manufactured by
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS?
John J. Kautzmann, BARRED PLYMOUTH ROUKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue
astite skv. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN-
590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J GLE COMB BROWN LUiGHORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad-
dle,and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, line striped lankeis
and elegant combs. In fact birds that give the other fellow that tired feeling in the
showroom If so. address. J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O, P. O. Box 1.

Black LangshanS. winner of American Lang-

shan Cup, at Bowling
Green, Mo. They won for two years 1st ck, 1st and 3d
cl<l, 1st and 3d pullet, 1st hen, 1st pen. At St Louis, 1st
ckl, 1st pullet, 2d ckl 2d pullet, 1st pen.At Illinois state
show my 2 cks scored 94^ each, 2 hens
1st ckl scored 95j< ,

Old Homestead Brooder. 95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen \90%. I own the
The best on earth. All your chickens can b highest scoring ck, ckl, hen and pullet in the state. Eggs
saved iu the Old Homestead Brooder $2.00 per setting.
Try one. Write for prices. Addres:
Old Homamtead Brooder Co.,
MIddleboro, Maaa.... JOHN HETTICH, BowliJig Green, Mo.
32 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
$5,000 c:?;;i:;S'uB FREE! May 1 "SHOW YOU" Pan-American Houdan Yards,
lem, GoMe, Duel
dre^of pUtcsfromlue. ISbtpcultryhooaeplE Tliat eggs bought of me will hatch
Wauseon, Ohio.
liM ODdlMaKS,howtofeed,breed, etc.SQ(110c. forposUgc
IJ. R. Bnbazoo, Jr. & Co.. BoilOo.DeUvao, Wb, Barred Kocks for you that will sat- Breeder of yno exhibition Houdans.
isfy the most exacting. If not
Breeders .score from 92to9534. Head-
treated right, publish tne in the In- ed by cock 91^. Prices reasonable.
Cm>^c ThoroufiThbred Barred P- Rock eircrs
CORWIN JONES,
^OO* twodoJIars per seitiiip of fifteen, (lol
vestigator. Henry Weichmann,
dcit Sebriffht Barttanis. two dollars Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa. Box 94. Wauseon, Ohio.
I>er settinjr of fifteen. Colored ducks, Muscow
two dollars per setlint^ of eleven. stock Mv
ar.' all strnnjf and vitMnons ;iiid have farm
All shii.pL-.l will In- tl.V fr
p 'from'3 yards of
^ P" W C''ninir Barred Rocks
prize win-
scor- Bi P. RochS Exclusively.
Mrs. D. T. STONE. DeKalb, MO. ^OO^-ing up to 92,'/^ at $1.50 and
Clover Rldjje Poultry Ka $2(Ki per From my S. C. White
l.">. Some good cockerels for sale yet
Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres- Eggs lor ale at $2 per 15, $3 for .30.
ser heavy laving strains) scoring^
up to
Black Langshan,
'^^}}^J'^^^\^-
C. Buft Orpiiifrton
94 '4, at S2.06 per IS. L. A.. DA^Y,
W. HollaiKl Turkeys, Mammoth White P. Hostetter, East Lytme, Mo. Bruning, ISJ^eb
Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eg-g-s
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting-. Won at
A Boon for Poultry Keoper.. Please mention the Investigator
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS BETTER than a OOLU MI.NE.
ribbons from 1 to '>. Poor hatches du- We will tell you how we made our when answering advertisements. It
hens pay over 400 per cent profit.
plicated at half price. Merely send yotlrname and address will accomodate both the advertiser
Waj.ldc rooltr^Co., Cliiitonvllle,CoDn and us.
Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb.

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Price 30 lbs, SI. 00; 5U Iba, fl.50; 100 lbs, %2.H\. (J^
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GREAT BARGAINS
Importers and Exporters ol
ieties land and water lowls.
and CKKS for sale at all limes.
before vou buy. Bank and personal
references piven. Send (or Full Il-
lustrated Circular. low Poultry O..
Bi 623, Des Moines, Iowa.
Wehave no more cockerels for sale,
but have 50 choice pullets that we will
sell for 0(16 Dollar each Send in your or-
der at once, they will sell quick at this
-^s
Stock
'fl' price. Send tor egfg circular describing'
Write our five breeding^ vards, mated for best
results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight.

MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
The kind that win and lay eggs.
Satisfaction to all. Circular free,

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvllle, la.

locK box 500.
We Must Have Room!
impossible to raise poul-
It is ne.xt to
try, even a small flock on a city lot to 15Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, Sl.SO and S2.50 each.
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 10 E.xtra FineBiifl' Red Cockerels $2.50 and S3.00; worth $5.00 to $10.00.
try farm or plant, without the aid of a
10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels SI. .50 to S2.00 each.
trained
No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thorough
Fox Terrier Dos;. bred poultry, $5.00 to $7.00 per hundred, $3.00 to $4.00 per So.
Our dogs are taught to parole the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo.
.^arMales $10.00: females $5.00. SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebr.
 Canfield s White Rocks

RIPPLEY'S Whitewashing, Spnaying

and Painting IVIachincm
Still Take
the Leatll
GUARANTEED le AS REPRESENTED
Read Our 30 Days Speciai Offer Below.
This Ma. -liiiie will Whifwash iJuildintrs. \V;,l]s, Barns,
Poultry Houses, doing it far better, saving '*i^*^**^ time
over the old method of using brush. Will Whitewash In 1900 and inoi
Buildings, or Spray Trees any height by using extra hose and
esteuaion rod to elevate Spray. Endorsed and used by hun- at the Convention
dreds of noted Breeders. It is used and endorsed by Sid Conger,
Shelby ville, Ind.; V. R. Fishel, Hope, Ind.; Meadowbrook Hall Shows. Kansas City,, my birds
Poultry Farm, Dallas. Pa.; G. W. Brown, Camden. Ark.; A. U.
Duston, Marlboro, Mass.; Texas State Fair Ass'n, Dalla?, Texas.
made almost a clean sweep of pre-
W. B. ]eun, Secretary of State Board of Acrleulture, miums including- Sweepstakes in
ToiiLton, K. |uk.. Hayst "We gaveall State Fair Buildings two Am. class. In 1900 at Kansas State
coats with your machine. It is a complete success and a great
labor paver." In order to get. tlieni iiitnidnced in every locality,
alioM' freight t'.ithe
Show they won i4 ou' of a possible
ill .

15premiums, in lilOl, IS out of 1.5

t
NEXT SIXTY DAYS ONLY,Heavy
the followini; net<'iir*h prlcep-: ^o. 6.~E)ght Gallon
and in 1002, 16 out of 11! possible rib-
Gal zed Steely complete as shown in cut with 10 feet of M inch bons not incluilins:' 4ths and oths.
id one 8-foot bitmboo extension rod and brass cylinder
?ump with agitator, 13 00. No. 7. Sixteen Gallonsize. 15.00. At Nebraska State Show, 1902, they
ermscash with order, or we will ship C. O. D^ if $3.00 accom- won l&t pen. Isr, 2d. :id, hen, 1st, lid,
panies order. Take advantage of our Speelal Offer. Send 5c in
stamps f ora copy of our 1903 Sprayer and Breeders'Supply Catalog. 5th cockerel, 2d, 4th uUet, 3d cock
i

Rippley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton^ Ills. and sweepstakes for best 5 it ."^olid
Western Office, Box 54, Watertown, So. Da!<. colors with weig-ht. Eggs S3. 00 per
setting, gS.OO for 2 settings.

E^es from mybirds ni ver.fall to produce Prize Win- M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kan
GREER'S PEDIGREED ners. Till' bfst plHfe to huv nggs Is troin a breeder
who makes a S')'"' ;iltv of one vaiiei> -Blue Bird."
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Lady Blue" and the *iest have ra.sed ifor three years
y breed ni: i^e s for IDOi Every bird a beauty an'1 b.irred to tlie skin. My custotu.
ej-o fn.ui Ihi ^amt hens 1 use for myself. Send for booklet of luMtinas.
0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Ind. White Wyandottes Exclusively.
I'oiillr) Exkiiiits I'roperly Jndgeil.

Score 93 to 95^ points by Larson and

Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.50 to
Winners 1, 5, puUet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, $2.50 per IS. Stock is strictly white.
BUFF ORPINGTONS. ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 ag-ainst
M. B. arver, Hamnton, Meb.
red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $4.00 per
15. 2nd, pen, S2.50 per 15, 3rd pen, $1.50 per IS.
Write for Circular.

//. H. CAMPBELL, Osaeola, Nebr.

BEST FRUIT PAPER
ON'T Set Hens the Same Old Way,
Western Fruit-Grower is the best paper
your hens do not lay try our GritSm treating of all l<uids of fruit, and nothing but
D' and let lice kill tbeai on the nest.
Tiffaiiy'8 Sure Brath to Lice Powdn'
will kill all vermin, and your hen will bring
If
We have several tons that MUST BE
DISPOSED OF and we will ship you
fruit;
cts.
monthly; lUustrati-d; 16 to 48 pnges: 50
a year. lOo for tbree months' trial sub-
t^ .

berbrood off free from lice. Tiffany's Para- at our ton rates F.O.B.: 100 lbs. Pearl
Mica Grit, 75c 100 lbs. Oyster or Clam
scription.
JSp gon I-iice Killer "Liquid," guaranteed to kill ;

v^ all lice and mites. Instantly kills lice on Shell Grit, 75c 100 lbs. Limestone Grit,
colts.calves, and hogs. By usin^ our Sprayer a v^ry
;

65c; orall three to one address, $2.00. At this THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER.
Mtile goes a great way, Penetrates all cracks. Spray
bottom of bouse for spider ice. ll\s & poiofv/nl disin-
I
price you can ship 1000 miles, as they go fourth
class freight. Our Pearl Mica will make your egg
Box 13, St. Joseph, Mo.
jectav/. fl par gal. can; 65c '2 gal. One gallon and shells perfect a great thing when you ship eggs
Sprayer, 11.50. Can get it free where no agents bya 1
long distance.
littleworkforus. The Tiffany Co., Lincoln, Neb. '
THE TIFFANY COMPANY- Lincoln. Neb.

PETALUMA NCUBATDR
WHY ITPERHATCHES
...HIGH CENTS...
Success in an incubator depends upon two things :

the right principle and the right construction.

The uniform success of the
CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb
of Light Bralimas
Petaluma incubator ^
Breeder
Now is the time to beautify and im-
E.xclusively.

is not a mere"happen so." It hatches loo per cent of fer- t;rove your yards. I can hely you.
tile eggs because it's built on ttie riglit principles; it is ,X Eg-gs $2. for 15. $3.50 for 30. Some
scientifically correct, and because the very best skill and
workmanship obtainable are put into its making. It is built choice pullets for sale.
right; it does its work
right. We
put a guarantee behind
it which means s<mething. It is a hot air machine, and has
demonstrated that its regulation of heat, air and moisture Is perfect
infour sizes from M
to 3li4 eggs. We pay the freight anywhere in the ^>^ Light Brahmas!
United States. It will pay you to send for our attractive free catalogue*
Address nearest office.
First and 2d cock, hen, cockerel,
PETALUMA INCUBATOR CO., and
Show
pullet at Interstate Poultry
at Red Cloud, Neb., also win-
Box 58, Pet aluma, Cal., or Box 58; Indianapolis, Ind.
ning sweepstakes and grand sweep-
stakes. 1st, and 3d pens Sckls 4 pul-
lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln.
Stock and eggs at reasonable prices.
We will consider a great favor if you will mention
it The PouLTRy Inves-
tigator when writing to advertisers. J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb.
 PERFECT
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CHICK FEED
WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY.
CHIMBERUIM'S PERFECT CHICK FEED, like cverythinK else that has merit.
has its iniitiiti<jiis. HUNT ELY TKOUULf;, iijsift on having the only
OriKinal Ury Feed. Stiimped on each sack "Chamberlain's feed. Kirk-
wood, Mo." All others are worthless imitations. Nothing "Just as good."

I am
GOOD MORNING SISTER
Dry and Always
ready for Chamberlain's Perfect Chick feed.
KkaI>V VOH I'SE. I-ITTI,H OoES I-ONll WaY.
No Bowel Trouble whtM) Chamberlain's Chick Feed i& properly usod. It is the fine

mliture InChamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For incubator chicks, (or all
chict^s until 5 months old.
FACTORY PRICE, 00 1 Lbs. ? .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.

Faciorj and Shipping Depoi, 302 N. Commercial Si., ST. LOUIS, MO.
Froi{;lit chart;?', added to facton- price at all distributing points. Ordpr from vour nearest aeent and -T\ptiraeand iifi^lit
FOB SALE T J2.75 PEB 100 LBS, BY Snracue Com. Co.. Chicaeo. Ills.; ,T. Wilder & Co.. Cincinnati. Ohio; Iowa Seed Co lips Moines Iowa Wermick
Seed Co.. Mi'waukee. Wis,; \< A. Pike * Co.. Minneapolis. Minn.: B. A. Pesler. Lincoln. Keb.; Huntine & Paee. Indianu is ln(i Riple\ Hiinlwnre
Oc. Grafton. Ills.: Ale.^iaiidcr Heed Co.. AuKusta. <)a.; Norton Poultry Yards, Dallas. Texas. $3.40 per lon Ihs; H. McK Wileon \, c o Aeents for '^t 1 ouvt
Mo. If friends of my feed iu the east have trouble getting my feed, write direct to me for prices. W. F. CHAMBERLAIN.
KIRKWOOO, MO

Oar Motto, "Virtnte noo Astutia'

From such Fasliionab'e Strains as the following Cham pions;
Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash,
Climax, Grimsby's Star, Priory Prince, Malten Mystery, Pal-
ace Queen, Lord Britain, Etc

mm Our Stud Bucks are;

Fashoda Star
HARES Score 9G by Judge Almond, im-
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda.

BY Score 9.5
Viscount
by Judge Finley, im-
ported.

THE Lythedale
Score 94 by Judge Finley, im-
ported .

HUNDREDS I
Score
Sir Crabtree
93)4^ by Judge Crabtree,
m and other domestic bucks
that will s< ore 94 to 96.

i
VOL. 4. JUNE. 1902. NO. 4.

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Advance TO Sueeili
^

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Swa,iiii4>,j|^J'

25 <^ a^jj/ear
j^lAvays Take O.
It is
I. OF
wini ers >o would raise for next
1

winter's shows and are undecided

where send for eggs for hatching.
fo

THE Kansas City & Omaha Line

Just send n order to the GOLDEN
RULE POULTRY YARDS, the
home of prize winning M'hite Ply-
mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain,
and White Wyaiidottes, (Duston) and
For All Points you will be pleased with young stock
hatched. Eggs S2 dd per setting of
A few fine W. P. R. and W. W.
Bast, South and West.
15.
males yet for sale.

MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER,

Close connections made at all junctions. For rates BCLMOMT, VnS.

and information, call on or address

p
^OTuC
from
niii^
3yards of prize win-
Barred Rocks scor-
S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt. "00* ing up to 9i'.2 at S1.50 and

St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., S20(1 per l.i. From my S. C. White
Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres-
ser heavy laying strains) scoring
up to
94 "4, at S2.00per 15.

P. Hostetter, East Lyaae, Mo.

^ Miller's Perfection
W
WT. A rurues.
M. Forbes Breeder .of
^nd Wh''e Wyan-
Buff

Folding Exhibition dottes. For the past four yearsi "ave won
the majority of the best premium^ in full
classes, 22 1st. 10 2nd. 9 3rd and S specials. I
am bookingr orders now for a limited no, of
Coop eg-trs from these prize matinsrs for $2.00 per
setting, 2 settinirs $3.50. 3 settings $5.00.

Folds like a book. All In one piece North. Topeka, Kan,

Nothlne to lo astray. The neatest
and strongest coop on tbe market.
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys!
V/m. MILLER. North Bend, Neb
None under weight scores 93 to
to 97. 1st and 3rd pullel at Lin-
^
J.
coin, also id colkerel '-eight 31
pounds. Write for prices on eggs.
^^STERN has
OLD MOTHER
make
enalle<Ji8 after 16
EXPERIENCE
The Reliable IncubaJtOrB
years to perfect
Ccntiiry Poultry Boob C. M. Hurlburt,
aiid Brooders. You oUEht to have onr aOth
inthe h<s It will cost you but 10 cents and n-lll make you a master in
[- tbe poultry business. |i,|i,j||, ||,tubalor & Brooder Co.. Boi A 25 Qulnci. lilt.
Fairbury, Neb.

Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams!

B. P. Rocks, Pine Lawn Poultry Farm. Eggs. Golden,

$1.50 peris.
Silvers, $2.00
iVnilC fiHll Eggs $2. CO per setting, 3 for $5.00. per 15. Par.
Cochins, $2.
Golden WyandoHeS L. D. METCALF, Wakefelld, Nebr. per 13. Price
of pigeons on
application.
8 varieties
for sale. Ad-
dress

W. F. HOLCOMB,

We Must Have Room!

Clay Center, Neb.

one year with each order.

IS Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, S1.50 and $2.50 each.

10 E.Ntra Fine Buff Red Cockerels S2.50 and 53.00; worth SS.OO to $10.00.
Single Gomb Br own Leghorns.
10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels SI. SO to S2.00 each.
No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching- from 20 varieties of thorough
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
bred poultry, S.^.OO to ?7.(HI per hundred, S3. 00 to S4.0U per 5o.

First prize at Salt Lake City. My

birds have taken premiums for
SURE HITCHlPOULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebr. years in the hands of customers as
well as in Utah. They are bred
for money makers. Greatest egg
producers as well as premium
Buys 100 eggs, $1.2u one setting, S2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggsat birds. New circular free after
September. Address,
$5.00 CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of th e all-year-round
layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White Cora A, Rlckards,
Rock and Black Minorca, High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls
for sale. Circular free. Mention I>r\-ESTIGAT0K. SOUTH OQDEN PODLTRY YABDS,
Write E. W. GEER, Farmine^ton, Mo. Onden, Utab.

We will consider it a great lavui

Vol.4 Cla-y Center, Nebra-ska., June, 1902. No. 4
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Sonrvethirvg About Mites.
Mrs. W. C. Downing.
I wonderif there are any readers of

Tlie Investigator who have not ha 1

any experience with mites, or whrj

have noticed that when the hens arc
setting and the mites get thick in the
nests, wliich 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 hatcli
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.
concluded to investigate and know.
I

One henI watched. I brought her

with her mite infested nest and set
A yard of B. H. Dunn's Buff Cochins in liis yards at Clay Center, Nebr. her on the back porch where I could
see her at any time. She was a good,
faithful, old biddy, and stuck to her
articles that "ring true," has gained three days old if I could obtain them,
nest through it all, and really didn't
his or her confidence, to whom to but eggs saved for two weeks, if kept
seem to mind the mites. I fed her
turn for positive information concern- and treated right, will be all right for
often an abundance of food and let
ing the merits of some make of ma-
incubation. I had boxes made just her remain until tirp. was up for the
chine owned and operated by them.
large enough that a pasteboard filled, hatch. I would examine the eggs after
Manufacturers of some of the best
such as merchants use in egg cases, night and they wouM be covered with
incubators have at poultry shows and
would go inside them, and had the gray mites. In the morning the mites
exhibitions proved the hatching pow-
boxes made deep enough for two fill- would many of them be red, and sev-
ers of their machines by the excellent
ers each. Each box holds seventy-two eral times larger than usual.
hatches made while there on exhibi-
eggs, and as I gather the eggs I wish When the eggs did not hatch, as I
tion.
to keep for my incubator I put eacli knew they would not from former ex-
I was led to purchase my second one in its little compartment, smaM periences, I broke and examined them..
incubator by reading of trips made by end down. In the bottom of eac!i The little chicks were nearly full
.\ certain inventor of these machines box, under the filler, is a layer of cot- grown and seemed to be shriveled up.
from city to city, "vith incubators
ton batting, and between the two fill- Every egg contained a chick, some
filled with eggs and in operation, set ers and on top of second filler, a of them more fully developed than
in a wagon, or carried by rail, and of
pasteboard square same size as egg others, and I am convinced that the
the excellent hatches made under fillers, and then on t.op of second mites suck the vitality out of the
these seemingly, at least, adverse con- pasteboard another layer of cotton. A chickens in the egg. I know it was
ditions for successful incubation.
board lid is fitted over the box, and not the fault of the hen because she
Surely, I reasoned, if that make of with seven hook an'' eye on two op- kept in good cond-tion through the
incubators will hatch chicks in such posite sides, is held firmly in place. experiment. I reset her in a new,
numbers while subjected to the jolt Every day this box is gently turned clean, nest, dusted her with insect
of the wagon and the jar of the train,
completely over, and eggs kept in this powder, gave her fifteen fresh eggs,
and to sudden changes of tempcraa- way hatch very satisfactorily. In gath- and she hatched thirteen little chicks,
ture, with so little protection from
ering eggs for very early hatchin,;, and she raised them every one. The
cold and storm, it will give me satis- one is quite apt to have some among eggs all come from the same pen. So
factory hatches under the conditions those saved that have been chilled, if the mites did not suck the vitality
of location and operation in my
and, while some breeders say: "Eggs out of the eggs, what did the mischiefs'
home. And so I decided in its favor, are not rendered useless for incuba- Please somebody "investigate."
and have not been sorry. tion unless they have been frozen," I We are very careful now that our
An incubator will hatch any and all am satisfied that chilling, even if it setting hens have no mites in their
eggs consigned to its care that a hen does not kill the germ, so weakens it nests. It does take good care and
could hatch, but it has no more power that if it manages to live until it breaks very thorough cleaning to keep free
than Biddy to hatch infertile or from the shell the chick is not vigor- of mites. Just lately a woman told
spoiled eggs, so if the breeder would ous and strong. me that last summer she didn't raise
have a satisfactory hatch, fresh and All soiled and dirtv eggs should be any young chickens because the mites
strongly fertilized eggs should be se- cleaned wiping off with a cloth got so bad in her house.
by She had
lected for the wooden hen's incuba-
slightly moistened in clear, lukewarm fifteen hens setting and she threw
tion. I say fresh eggs, and would water before putting away to await away all the eggs and shut the hens
pri cpKS not more than two or lh(- time for their iiicubatimi.
; nnt of the house to rnost in trees.
f< 1

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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
sometimes we whitewash all with hot day, we must not- forget that there
whitewash and dry them in the sun. are other symbols aside from the
I know it makes them mean to handle, merely gastronomic. There will be
Initwe soon take an old broom and many beautiful Easter services, com-
sweep it all off. It has served its pur- memorating the bursting forth of the
pose and we are done with it. For New Life. The fi-st article in the
disinfecting we use copperas. Dis- March Investigator is symbolical as
solve about one and one-half pounds well as practical. The growth of the
' >{ one gallon of water and
copperas in new life. The development of the
sprinkle around henhouse and chick
it in the shell is ever a new revela-
chicken coops, on the floors espec- tion. I eggs every day, not
test the
ially. It is cheap, so use it lavishly. all at once, but a few at a time ea :h
Elk City, Kan. day, as long as I can see the living,
moving chick. I like to see live

Fron Bonniedale Poultry Farm things grow and thrive. The opening
up of plant life as well as the animal
By Mrs. Jlaj Taylor.
life. I have a box of tulips dug up

"Be brief we have our living to out of the frozen ground and set near
make, and it takes considerable of our the fire. I think they will bloom be-
time."
fore Easter.
W. p. Rock Cockerel owned by J. The above is the beginning of a
W. Hall, David City, Neb. He always Near me as I write is material for
short sermon from the "echoes" of
will have none but the best. flags of all nations wherein there is a
the street column of one of the great
call for mission workers. "The bright
St. Louis dailies. The writer claimed
She did not know she could have put to have seen them on a placard by colors remind me of ihe old-fashioned
on an old "mother hubbard" and the cashier's windov of one of the Easter eggs.
cleaned out that henhouse, cleaned city's banks, and he proceeded co Beside me also are other symbols,
up those nests, or, better, used new preach a short sermon on the count- a package of Easter cards, each
ones, washed the eggs, dusted the less millions of useless words and e <.- bearing a cross. Who has not a cross
hens with insect povder, and saved a pressions used by public speakers, to bear? But, blessed thought each
large per cent of the chicks. writers and persons in general in the of these crosses is overshadowed with
I know it is a detestable job when daily interchange of ideas betwe:;n beautiful Easter lilies, so we may take

once the mites get the start of us. man and man. up the burden of life well knowing
Better keep clean all the time and This is an age of intenseness; peo- that the season's work will bring
not get mites everywhere. We
have ples' nerves are strung to the extrem- crosses that must be borne; but if we
had them in our hen houses so bad it est tension. as a poultry people We do our duty towards all as we would
seemed like we could never succeed are a busy people. If we are in the be done by the peace of mind that
in routing them out, but by "keeping business enough to be worthy of the
comes, with the knowing that we have
everlastingly at it" we did succeed. name we have no time to waste on the done our best, will overshadow all.
Raising chickens is by no means a re- enlightenment of the idly curious, no We are told that one should wear
creation one means to succeed, but
if time to listen to the Mseless words jf something new on Easter Sunday to
it is a health giving work. We have the make-talk kind, no time to read bring them good luck' through all the
discovered that sunshine is fatal to the long articles made up principall/ year. Every article cf apparel that I
mites, and it fs a good plan to have cl adjectives and adverbs. shall wear on this Easter, old o r
two sets of roosts and nest boxes, and "^Ic doubt I have missed many good new, from bonnet to shoes, will have
change about, keeping one set out in ihuiiis h'Ch were so deeply buried
\'. been bought with poultry money.
the sunshine all the time. We simply ill verlji.T^-' that I had no time to cull Surely that ought to bring me "good
abhor the vile smelling liquid lice them out.
killers. Yes, tYhey will kill lice and But of late years T Vjave framed the
mites and little chicks, but that is habit of breaking the lengthy articles
another story. One may put on old up into paragraphs, just the same as
clothes and wash them and put them if they were short letters, and by this
out in the sun, but the scent of th.it v.':iy get about all the good there is
lice killer remains with them still, and oi'.t of them.

it permeates one's hair, and every (^n'y a few days until Easter, the
time one goes into the henhouse one one day of all days that the egg holds
gets "some more smell." And then the scepter. There
will be eggs boiled
the eggs. Did you ever cook and try and fried, scrambled eggs, and eggs
to eat eggs that were flavored with served in every way possible for eggs
"lice killer?" Ugh! to be served.
Of years we do not use "lice
late There is a big woody pasture back
killers." We use a good lice powder of our farm, and always on Easter
on the hens for the little chick's ben- Sunday, if it is a nice day, there can
efit, but mites just revel in it if we be seen small groups of boys wending
put it in the nests. We put nev/ their way to the woods for an egg
straw in the nests frequently and burn roast. Last year somebody had an
the old; at the same time singe and egg roast under the trestle of the
scorch the nest boxes and roost poles. railroad, where I saw the remains Df
Sometimes we scald thsm with water A W. P. Rock Pullet owned by J.
the feast on my way uptown next day. W. Hall, David City, Neb., who won
left from the family washing and But while the egg holds sway for the largely at the Nebr. State Show.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
The Cackling Hen.

Carleton, Neb., April 8, 1902.

Editor Investigator: One word for
the cackling hen; long may she live;
may her comb grow red with prosperi'.y
and may her egg pay every bill for the
women. Please note what Uncle .Stm's
poultry did in 1896:
Earnings of poultry $290 000.0 ifi

Value of cotton crop 259,140,640

Value of wheat crop 237,9.10,998
Value of swine 186,529,74'.
\'alue of oats 163,65.'i.008
Total of school expenses .. 178,215,556
We can plainly see by the above fig-
I'.res that the earnings of poultiy arc
01 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 per dozen, now
at the present price, 8H 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
White Lang^shans in the yards of Mrs. S. Munipower, Chillicothe Mo.
well cared for.
For the month of March past we sold
luck" in the poultry business. The We could not get cut clover, so over !f23.00 worth of eggs, and none at
desire for poultry knowledge is on the used alfalfa. We buy it in bales, and a fancy price. We have over seventy-
increase. Persons who a few years v/h'.n making ready (or use shake it five chickens at present writing and 27
up and pick out as many of the long hens incubating. We
ago thought they knew all about have not set our
.strav.s as possible; then mix with the
wooden hen, but probably will later on.
chickens will now stop you on the morning
mash. This alfalfa is a won- We have a nice pen of Partridge Co-
street or in the big road to ask about
derful "grass;" it retains its green- cliins and iLght Brahma, also Black
the management of hens. Some of the ness
so well and I Ivve praised it so Minorca, but give me the P. Cochin and
experiences you hear is quite serious, miich
since all the stock eat it so you can keep every other breed that
some amusing. Not long ago an old g'-ecdily that husband
even tells the is in the standard.
gentleman told me that he thought he neighbors that
I make tea of it for
would raise a few chickens for past- table use. Will some one please give their ex-
time, as he didn't have much to do. perience how to get rid of the large
So he fenced ofT a corner in the People often wonder why the hens lice that bother both young and old
orchard with netting, bought a couple scratch so much in the ashpile. They chicks? We are trying comphor gum.
of dozen of Silver Wyandottes from are a^ter the charcoal. It is argued in each nest; results later on.

the market, kept them about iwo that ashes has a tendency to bleach MRS. W. H. FERREE.
months, and found out that they were the yellow shanks, but does anyone
Carleton, Neb.
all "roosters." It would keep one
know for a certainty that it does?
busy all the time at our place to feed Wor.'d not the shanks have turner
.-Xniong the newer of the commercial
rale if they had never seen an ashpile?
the grain in litter to scratch out and
poultry foods, and one which has been
expect the hens to jj'et much exercise I bill yjit' I do not know, an! am ask
the recipient of much favorable com-
Bt it. Our hens can scratch a pile of ing for information. I have been keep- ment, is "Egge," which
is being man-
litter to riddles in ten minutes or less
ing house twenty years, but never had
ufactured by the .American Stock Food
and get every grain out of it; and an ashpile. Husband always kept them
Co., of Quincy, 111. It differs quite ma-
they know when there is no more to cleaned up for the hogs. I have
terially from other foods of this class,
scratch out, and I never yet possessed scratched ashes undT the roosts and
a hen that would continue scratching
about the yards somttimes, but one being made on an entirely different for-
mula. This formula has been the pri-
.vltn there was nothing there to must always be careful not to scatter
vate property of an experienced poul-
scratch for. When the litter is raked fresh ashes if it is damp weather, for
the hens will walk over them tryman and feeder until it was taken up
into a pile they will scratch it level and
make their feet sore. by the company named above, and has
at'ain, but it takes only a few min-
ong been known for the excellence and
utes; then they are done. One would We like plum trees for shade in the uniformity of its good results. The peo
need to stand around and drop a few hen yards because they make a quick
pie who now own and control this for-
grains at a time to Iceep them growth and the branches are wide- mula are splendidly equipped
as to
sciatching. spreading, making good shade. The means and machinery for the manufac-
This is the day of the equino.x, wood is tough and not easily broken ture of "Egge" and are prepared to
March 21st, and no rain worth men- by the wind. A tree seldom dies root supply it in any desired quantity. Poul-
tioning. The air is nore like Indian and branchh. If the branches die out
trymen who desire those things which
summer than spring, and poultry other will sprout out and keep com- are newest and best in the line of their
raisers are holding back the spring ing right along.
pursuits, should write, these people for
hatch fearing another drouth. Hale, Mo. circulars, prices, etc

We will consiaer ii a b>.o

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largeand well developed pullets, keeps
them with the older females to make
g EGOS OR m:e^tp up his numbr next year, he, too aims to
keep about 100 hens each year; also
^ J. C- Baker like A, he shelters all his fowls, feeds
intelligently and according to the aims
he has in view.
'w.

Two
persons start into the poultry- and succumb by the usual period of
Now, have cited you two
reader, I

real cases of poultry raising, ones that

same time, but about three weeks.
for-profit business at the Now he loses at
have come under my direct knowledge,
each has his own ideas about conduct- least 500 eggs valued at 12 to 15 cents
and while I have not went into detail
ing the business and they run on alto- a dozen at the hatching period; of
as to the work, prices and profits of
gether different hnes. A's plan is to course he gains, from his standpoint, in
either, yet it seefs to me that any fair-
rear poultry enough to produce the the winter months, when eggs are high-
ly intelligent person can very easily
eggs he wants for the market. B's plan est, but how much is his actual net
draw their own conclusions. It so hap-
is to rear mainly for meat stock. Now. gain? I leave it to figure out; he aims
pened that conditions of both these par-
of course, each will get eggs and each to run 100 pullets and six or eight males
ties were about the same, the only ex-
have some surplus fowls for sale each through the winter; he gets say about
ception being the breeds each kept be-
year, but with A the fowls are only in- three to four dozen eggs each day for
cidental to the business and the same is an average of three months; each year
ing different. A kept all pure bred
Black angshans and B had W. P. Rocks
about true in regard to eggs with B. he sells off all his last year's hens, late
as layers, kept under same conditions,
Now let us see how results prove out: in the fall, keeping only pullets.
there is little difference, with balance
First I will say that A never counts Now, et us, for a moment ook at B's
if any, in favor of the Rocks, but it
on selling young on the market, way of managing and then compare
chicks
must be remembered that A's hens,
his main reliance being the eggs he can them. He, too, makes one or two early
when he sold off each year, were two to
produce during the entire year, while hatches, using same size and kind of in-
three pounds heavier than Plymouth
with B it is a little different; he sells cubator, also same plan of brooding as
Rocks and twice as heavy as B's chicks
some eggs for hatching besides the crop A, but unlike A he keeps one, two and
he sold, so that these two points nearly
of young chicks he raises annually, ad- frequently three-year-old hens to fur-
balance. Well, any one may use his
ding materially to his purse thereby. nish him with eggs and instead of stop-
own calculations in figuring out who
Now you say why couldn't Mr. A do ping at three hatches he goes on hatch- came ahead, but I will say that I think
as much with the chicks he hatches; ing till about June 30. Well, he may
that of the two B had the broader view
the answer is, because he does not and not get off his first hatch as soon as of the situationand had a better chance
cannot hatch more than he needs to Mr. A, but he is with him on the sec- to "catch 'em comin' and goin'." And
replenish his breeding stock each year, ond one, so that the loss of time here in this day and age it behooves us as
for by his plan of conducting the busi- really counts very little. Of course
bread winners and managers of our in-
ness he must keep all his pullets for B's hens moult in fall and only a few
comes to make as many sides count as
laying, and not having m'any hatched, begin laying again before cold weather, we can, and while A and B are still
his barely supply his but it is a fact that he gets a few eggs
extra cockerels doing business at the old stand, yet I
table. He hatches April and May chicks at intervals all winter, enough at least
may add as a hint to you, reader, that
which begin laying in October or No- for home consumption, and the writer B's prospects (other things being
vember and keep it up through the believes that hen fruit is worth nearly equal) for occupying a front position in
winter, of course he has his fowls well as much on his own table as on some the poultry world is very good indeed,
housed and fed and cared for at all other fellow's table. Therefore the
and that A is plodding along in the
times; these pullets lay 20 to 30 cents value of them is not exactly lost, but same old ruts, persistently refusing to
a dozen eggs for at least two months, getting more to the point, I will say learn the lesson from his neighbor, and
so of course the owner thinks he is be- that those old hens begin operations therefore is not getting any further up
ing very well repaid for his trouble and about March 15th and keep everlast- the ladder of success, which B has by
cost. Well, about setting time his trou- ingly at it till about August 1 or when tact and good judgment been climbing
bles begin; he sets his 200 egg machine, they begin to moult again, and I want so steadily. It would appear that there
attends faithfully and carefully to the to say that their eggs are more perfect, is an object lesson here and the begin-
eggs and is rewarded with probably 50 the germ stronger and when hatched, ner might with profit to himself study
chicks at th# end of 21 days. They are the chicks appear vigorous and strong, it well ere he launches forth in what
put ^n a good brooder inside of a warm and a feed or two of rations that may may be to him an entirely new field of
brooder house. They get all care .and not be exactly suited to their taste or business. C. BAKER.
J.
assorted rations, grit and punn water health does not seem to affect them,
necessary, yet by the time they reach and out o six or seven hatches or about The attention of the members of the
three weeks of age less than a half 1,000 eggs he has rom 500 to 800 ma-
Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers' Association
dozen are His next hatch proves tured chicks. Some of the earlier ones
alive.
the annual dues
some better and the third hatch about he sells for broilers at 20 cents a pound. is called to the fact that
the same. This is his last hatch, for he The balance soon get so they forage are due and payable in advance the first
never hatches any late chicks. prob- for a part of their living, thus helping
He of each year The secretary-treasurer
ably rears all to reduce the cost of keeping and he
to 100 chicks out of
7.5
desires all members who have not paid
these hatches. You ask why such a low runs them till Thanksgiving, Christmas
their dues this year to send in the
per cent of chicks? It is simply be- and the youngest to as late as the next
amount at once. There a right and
cause his eggs, being from pullets or February, when they bring 9 and 10
is

yearling stock, the eggs are not strong- cents a pound. He then sells off all wrong way of doing things. Let us see
ly impregnated with fertility and those old stock over three years old and that the business connected with the N.
that do hatch are very weak in vitality |
again having selected about one-fourth P. F. A. is done right.
 f, POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
do not feel so sure. Indeed our exper-
ience so far is not of a nature to rrnUe

^ AMONG OURSELVES ^ us enthusiastic.

If
cure
only
for
some one could find
bowel trouble in b.-ooder
,t sure

$ By Velma Caldwell-Melville ^ chicks, we would feel better; but, ac-

cf'rding to the theory advani.ed by the
wriier before mentioned, we suppose we
Sonu'timcs woiuler that anybody
\vc We agree with the above. Unr start mi'St look for cnly the survivu of ihe
survives the of even the in the White Rocks was a trio, and filKst.
vicissitudes
first year in the poultry business; then one nf the pullets
laid four or five eggs It goes withf 111 r.-iv'ng that th.? poul-

multiply thcni by ten, fifteen or twenty a week for year. She never "asked" try business is ore of the le; ding in-
<i

years and the wonder grows. There is to set. of cource there was, we
presume, diirtrics of the country, a condition
certainly no other venture so venture- a week of rest occasionally, but we con- largely due to the numerous and ex-
some. Half the mornings, least it seems sidered her remarkable. The other
pul-
cellent periodicals now published in its

as often, when one goes out. one or let did the sitting for the whole family. measure due to'
interest, also in a great
two fine hens are lying under the perch To those who are breeding alone for the habit of advertisinz. which has be-
naturally be a
dead, and they are sure to be the larg- show birds, this would come a fixed one with our people. Show
est and hand!;omest in the lot. "Some slow way. Indeed, tlie gathering of us a man who does not advertise and
egg difliiulty." we say, sigh and go show birds. \nik'ss one has a mint of we will show you a man who makes
right on Inilding air castles. The fin- money, is slow business anyway at this no sales except a few eggs and chicks
est cockerels get into a fight and one day and age
when the standard is so at market price. If we have anything

retires from the field bl'nd or maimed. high. to sell, we must "tell it out.'
goes $.">." or $l(l.oi), as the case Some one has said tliat Mr. ojhnson We remember of remarking, in the
Then
be. We cft off his hea.:, bury him has about taken
the jar theory out of man who
may presence of a claimed to be
and proceed to set a hen, dreaming the egg business with his long
trips
greatly interested in chickens, and who
with
dreams of the fine birds to come out overland, carrying his incubators kept a good many, that we had ship-
of those eggs. him and hatching on the way or any ped fowls and eggs to all parts of the
where. Further, he is said to have hir- United States the past season. After
out of l^O young chicks
Seventy-five
ed his engineer friends to carry bas- an interval of silence he suddenly
die and we plume ourselves on our good
kets of eggs on their engines, running queried:
lunck. and well we may.
at high rate of speed; but it surely re-
"Did you publish?"
Such losses in the swine or sheep mains for us to finish the experiment
world would drive a man lo well, to For a moment his meaning did not
for we are running a Sure Hatch and come to us; then we suppressed a smile
drink perhaps, but the fancier is made
having the house remodeled at the and answered:
of sterner stuff, and then but hear
same time. If the embryo chicks can "Yes, oh, yes, indeed; we advertised
what a sensible, experienced writer says stand the jarring and noise of well,
in any number of papers."
in Fanciers' Gazette:
say the last two hours, they can do bet- "I never tried that," he said reflect-
"I have bought a good many eggs ter than we can, for we are almost
ively. A write in oPultry Farmer tells
during the last twenty years and I have driven crazy.
of meeting a man with a wagon full of
decided from my experience as a breed-
If we have a hatch after this three coops destined to all points of the Unit-
er that if I get three good chicks ready
weeks of turmoil, we shall be willing to ed .States. One coop to ouisiana, an-
to begin work the next spring, I have
take oath that nothing in the nature of other to Oklahoma nad so on.
done well with one setting of eggs
a commotion can interfere with incu-
That means however, a hatch of about He said his business of the week ag-
bation, and we decided a long while ago gregated $300 and the receipts for one
six chi. k* If half the eggs produce
that if a chicken was destined to live,
chicks and half the chicks live to ma- day was $1.j3. He gave advertising the
you could not kill it, otherwise you credit.
turity, you have no reason to kick. I
could not keep it alive.
know this proportion looks very small It is unwise, however, to put a poor
Owing to some trouble among the article on the market.
to most people, but after you have been I

sitting hens, one evening some years

in the business ten years it will not look
ago, we took several eggs out of a nest
I

so small. Besides, the chances are that

land laid them down on the damp, cold
you could not buy three chicks in win-
ground immediately replacing them
'

ter for what you paid for the setting of

iall but one that escaped our notice, and
eggs; and this suggests another point.
worth 'was discovered the next morning. It
If a breeding hen
good is $2.00,
had been a raw. cold night, but that
eggs from such a hen should be worth
;

egg hatched all right.

$2.00 per setting, and one chick would
pay for the eggs. How much do you Once when walking in the wodo? wc
I

expect for $2.0i), anyhow?" heard a chick peeping, and there in a

deserted nest by a tree root, was a tiny
This writer further goes on to ans-
fellow- forsaken of kith and kin. We
wer the quest ion: "Shall we buy thee
carried him to a farm house many rods
settings of eggs or a trio of birds for a
was
start?" He says:"From three set- distant where his whilom mother
tings of eggs you can not depend upon found.
raising more than 12 or 15 chickens. .A These and many similar observations
$0.00 tria, in a season, should produce piove conclusively that the naf'rai

from 25 to 5<i chickens. A $5.00 pullet chick is, or was, hardy, but about the White Lang.shan cockerel owned by
"new chick," the product of artificial Mrs. S. Mumpower, Chillicothe. Mo.
ad'^cd each year there" fter will intro-
unnatural conditions, we
Missouri State Show.
1st at
duce nil the new Mood you need." heat and most

We will consiaer
 FOULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
pedigree to recommend them.
When birds have been purchased
Which is the Better, from double mating, the buyer does' not
Double or Single Mating? know anything definite concerning
ilieir reproductive qualities. He pays
his money, mates his birds or crosses

Plymouth them with another strain, and takes the

The mating of Barred
chance of raising some good birds.
Rocks is a subject that has been dis-
Like will not produce like unless the
cussed, debated and written upon in the
poultry journals for years, and as yet
same line of breeding has been estab-
lished for several years, and then occa-
it has not been settled to the satisfac-
sionally we see freaks of nature.
tion of everyone whether single or dou-
ble mating is the better. I have never said that fine birds can

iVlany breeders believe that double not be bred by double mating, for such
mating is necessary for the production is not the fact. Very fine males and
fine-colored males and females.
of I females can be produced, and it may
have always advocated that the proper be that there is more money made by
and sensible way to mate Barred Ply- the double than by the single mating.
mouth Rocks is by the single mating I will explain: Nine-tenths of my or-
plan, and I have found is less trouble ders are for male birds, especially cock-
A White Langshan hen owned by to produce both fine cockerels and pul- erels. If I desired, I could make a
Mrs. S. Mumpower, ChilUcothe, Mo. lets by this method. Fewer culls have special mating each season to produce
been raised than when the double mat- strong-colored, well-barred .cockerels,
ing has been practiced. which would ready sale among
find a
"A good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches," in the poultry world Ihave always opposed double mating the fanciers who have $5 or $10 to pay
for two reasons. In the first place, by for such a fowl. The pullets in this
as well as elsewhere.
or single matings, we pen could be sold for 6 cents a pound.
A small fancier gave us his experi- the Standard,
have fewer unsightly culls running I am not sure the above statement in
ence this afternoon. Out of 52 eggs he
around our yard, at which visitors may regard to theire being more money in
hatched 37 chicks. Two died, the re-
Think crack jokes, and more birds scoring 90 the double mating is true, but the dou-
maining 35 he keeps in the cellar.
plan,
points. I have followed the sthandard ble mating advocates cling to the
of that! But he says they are as hearty
mating for several years, and do not and it is probable that it is to their
and lively as can be. He manages it
of extreme mating pecuniary advantage to do so. It is
in this wise. A platform was built up believe in the policy What possible the double mathing system will
in any standard variety of fowls.
to the window and enclosed with fine
we desire in Barred Plymouth Rocks produce more high-scoring cockerels
chicken wire. In one end is the brood-
is a uniform color that will breed the than the standard mating, and as long
er. The little fellows are "brooder-
same in both males and females, and as the trade demands mostly such birds
wise" and back and forth they trot all
continue to double mate there is money in supplying the de-
the day long. He feeds them chiefly as long as we mand. Every breeder knows that ex-
we will not reach the desired end.
cracked wheat and oat meal. At night
.Another serious reason why we op- hibition males bring the best prices, and
he throws a heavy blanket over the
pose the double mating is that we can by sacrificing everything else they may
brooder to keep in the heat.
never send out a cockerel or pullet be produced.
Another gentleman present said his from a double mating and guarantee
The question arises. When such a sale
father .is a most successful incubator-
them to breed true to color and repro- is made, does the buyer receive value
chick man. Out of 200 eggs he has
duce themselves, as we are able to do for his money? If the birds have been
hatched 187 birds and he feeds them with line-bred, pedigreed and standard
alone on rolled oats until three weeks mating. bred with nothing in view but to catch

The standard mating is the reason- the trade, the buyer may
old. have a bird
Some one has patly said that more able, the practical, the natural way to with a good present value, but with no
chicks are killed by kindness than in breed all kinds of domestic fowls, and reproductive worth.
any other way and we believe it. therefore is the most successful. If a

If one is not feeding any of the pat- good line-bred, standard colored cock-
ent chicken foods containing meat, it which is well barred dut free from
erel,

is an excellent idea to carry a small wide bars, with good undercolor, show-
basket or paper box to your meat mer- ing no sign of cotton, is mated with a
chant and ask him to put into it the standard-bred pullet, good in barring

scrapings from the blocks fine particles and color, standard colored cockerels
of meat and bone and saw dust. This and pullets will be produced if the pair
feed while fresh and sweet makes the are from line-bred stock. There is no
the little fellows grow faster, is better mist.ake in this plan, as many of the
than bone meal. best Plymouth Rock breeders are pro-
Keep rusty nails in a can of drink- ducting good birds by this method.
ing water and add some of this to the The plan of crossing from dark to
water in their fountain. light and from light to dark is contrary
Some way this is the time of year to nature, n.nd the system of mating

when the average fancier's heart "turns based upon it will but a zig-zag way

lightly'"
more often heavily to chick- of producing a few good males and a
ens, especially the brooder variety. fev.- eood females, with a number of White WvandoUe pullet oviiprl by
black and white culls, without even a
Chas. E. Wilson, Holdrege, Neb.
Velma Caldwell-Melville.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
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-
The Ja-.-obiii seonis to be very pop- liraticm of tin- nock, as docs the Fan- ties, and still make and will make a
ular with the amateur fancier. tail. The skull of the .Xncient is round, specialty of the White Plymouth
J. R. Bycrs. of Gathenbcrg. Neb., has and the front quite predominant. The Rocks, as we have so far failed to find
recently started in the fancy. He has beak is short. The eye cere is red and any other breed that can take their
started right by joining the N. P. F. A. quite prominent; the eye itself being place as an all round fowl, and again

He is all right. He sent in his dollar. large and bright. The Ancient has a say do consider this the best general
I

The writer hasn't heard from any ol shell crest, and is heavily booted. It
purpose fowl in existence, but too
the boys since the state show. Remem- is marked as even as the Magpie, and
much booming is not good for any-
ber your promises. Tell us what you the colors are very lustrous. Its body thing. What the beginner wants is
are doing, and tell it often. is very compact and feathers are hard
more facts and not so much foolish-
Jesse Gibson of Florence, Neb., and close. The Ancient has a hardy ness. I also wish to say that there are

writes that he intends to become a constitution and merry disposition. We too many people
writing for the poul-
member of the N. P. F. A.Let others do not see why this breed is not more try papers without experience. They
do the same. generally bred and admired, as in beau- have probably been breeding pure bred
A century ago the pigeon flocks of ty it is far ahead of many of the breeds poultry for three months to a year,

Modena were not only the marvels of that are bred quite extensively. The and think they know it all; hence write
Europe, but of the world. For centur- German Ancient is recommended to all it up. They know more then than they
ies the inhabitants of Modena had been those who desire a pretty toy pigeon. will know in ten years after.
pigeon trainers and flyers, and the sport I am like Mr. Benedict. I do not
became an art. The men who conduct- A short time ago some one entered know now nearly as much as I thought
ed it took their positions in tall towers the writer's poultry and pigeon house I did six years ago. As to what to
and by means of flags directed the and carried away some of our best feed and how to feed, people should use
movements of their flocks, some of birds, not only pigeons, but a fine pen more good common judgment in feed-
which were all dark birds, others white of Buff Cochin bantams. The birds ing their poultry, and not listen to
or blue. The original pigeon fliers were not found, neither was the thief. every one who chooses to write a lot
fought their flocks by training them to It seem.s to us that about the meanest of stuff about the poultry business (and
dart into each other, knives being at- thing a man (of cousre no woman some of whom, no doubt, have never
tached to their feet. When a contest of would) can do is to steal chickens or owned a hen). The best material for
this kind took place in mid-air, bodies pigeons. Anyone who does do it ought food is oats and buck-
wheat, corn,
and feathers dropped, telling of the to be caught and hung by the neck wheat. Do not feed much corn to lay-
slaughterdone. But in later days the until he is dead, dead, dead! ing hens. Feed it at night only, and
fliers merely strive to develop beauti- feed it hot in cold weather. What is

ful figures and evolutions and to show The Best General Purpose Food the best for the main food for laying
the perfection of training. How aLfid Wha^t to Feed. hens? If the hens haven't a farm
We have lost one of our leading As we have been asked repeatedly range, make them work for all the
western fanciers in the person of John the question, what is the best all- grains. Feed by scattering it in straw
Haman, who has moved from Topeka, roimd food for the production of eggs, or litter of some kind, and keep them
Kan. to Chicago. meat and market poultry. This ques- working all day if you want "lots of
Arrange the nests in your loft near tion has been asked us mostly by the eggs and happy, singing hens. For
the floor and hang the perches low and farmers and contemplating fanciers, my part I do not believe in soft feed
your birds will be tamer. etc., and our answer was and is the for a steady diet, but it is good as a

Have salt in some form when the White Plymouth Rocks. They are the morning mash two to four times a
birds have free access to it at all times. most popular of all breeds. There is week. Scalded oats, bran, etc., and
The show season has its attractions, no breed of fowls that has won the re- feed it hot in cold weather, and make
but it is hard to beat the pleasure the spect of the fancier, farmer and market it crumbly, not sloppy. And give your
true fancier experiences during the poultryman as the White Plymouth poutry plenty of good grit and oyster
breeding season. Rock. Why shouldn't they, as they are shells, and if the are confined to small
a beautiful bird and the best layers of
THE ANCIENT PIGEON. the Plymouth Rock family, good for-
j

A breed of pigeons that seems to be agers if given the range

j
of the farm.
but little known, and which is handled and they also bear confinement well.
' BUSINESS CATCHERS
by only a very few fanciers, is the pret- and make the best of matters; and the
i

\V. LECHOKXS .itid W. Guineas. E^irs

ty little German toy pigeon, the An- finest table fowl and demand a better R. C.
1.^1 -;ixlei-n. or (..ii pfr hnndri-d. Mrs. Win-
cient. We know of but one fancier who price in the market than any parti- iii.- Cliambers. Onaca. Kansas.

handles this breed, and he raises hun- colored fowl. The White Plymouth DO YOU WANT winners? If so. buv eg^s of
A. Z. Copeland, Potomac, 111., W. Plvmouth
dreds of them annually. The Ancient Rocks are undoubtedly the best gener- Rock.G. .S. Banlam and W. Guinea. 1.25 per
fifteen 2.2,': per jtl. A. Z- Copeland.
is found in all. colors, and a flock of al purpose fowl in existence. When I GOOSE BREEDERS send loc for mv book on
them is indeed a pretty sight. In flight say White Plymouth Rocks I am Koose raisinK. Embden and Toulouse Geese.
Imported stock. Circular Free. H.S.Price.
the Ancient has the action of the Tum- speaking of the pure bred White Plym Specialty Breeder of geese.. Pres. Nati<nial
Toulouse Goose Club. Waukegan. 111.
bler, although it tumble as
docs not outh Rocks with pure white plumage,
PIGEON BOOK complete. Illustrating, de-
much as the latter, as its tumbling pro- true rock shape, with two combs, rich scrlblnj; all varieties, arranging loft, (breed-
ing, feeding, caring for. 3 cents. 1.000 pig-
clivities are not sought after by the fan- yellow shanks and beaks. Not these eons for sale. Prices f'ee. Wm. A. Bart-
cier. In motion it has a very slight vi- little, narrow, contracted, high tailed. lett & Co. Box 37. Jacksonville, III.

We will consiaer
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
ards tlicy must have plenty of green waiting for you. It waits for all. Some
food of some kind. went and received it; others sat still and BUSINESS CATCHERS
This advice is not intended for the waited in vain. Waiting never amounts
old poultryraan, but for the beginner, to dollars. ,
BUKF PLYMuDTH KOOK Uockerels from
and those contemplating breeding pure It's a good thing, push it along. Hi-stprize cuck; very pruinising. Write for
prices. Albert K. Swett, 364 Mosley St.,
bred poultry. Hence I will say that What? Why the poultry business. We Elgin, 111.
anyone that is induced to use one of need a few more energetic, lively hust- BDFF OKPINGl'ONS, 'Cook's Strains." pgK3
the pure bred egg producing breed for lers to help build up the business to a 15 for $:j 00; batch guaranteed $5.00 from
birds butf to the skin and progeny of Im-
the production of eggs in the place of higher state of perfection. In your as- ported stock. Express prepaid. A.Edward
scrubs, will never use scrubs again. sistance you will make a profit and Green, Jollet, 111.

The same is true when a man is en- learn what really good poultry is. EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens
prize winnluir Black Langshans. score 92 '/i
gaged in producing broilers. And for The world is moving on. So is poul- to 9D!i. Buff Orpingtons and Rose Comb
general purposes almost any of the try. Are you moving with the world? Bla:k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole,
M. U. Willlamstield, 111.
pure bred varieties of Plymouth Rocks You don't have to go backward to get
BUFF COi!HIN chifkens. Toulouse geese,
and Wyandottes will drive the scrubs behind. Just stand still and the others Uuroc .Tersey swine. Cockerels for sale
off the farm, whenever given a trial, with S'-ore cards. Chi ken eggs $3.00 for l.'i.
will move on. eKep up. You run in Geese egirs 35c each. Ohas. A. Allison, Ten-
never to return again. the race. The entry fee is light. Don't nessee, 111.
We could say lots more, but think it cost much to start. It may cost some- THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S. C. Brown
best not to say too much at once, so thing in time and labor to win, but then Lefe'horns. Barred and White Rocks and
White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south
we bed to remain. the prize is a grand one. Get it. of East Peoria. D. E- Glatfleld, East Peoria,
111, manaerer.
Yours respectfully, Did you ever stop to think how long
SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan-
J. B. McQUEEN. it took to get poultry up to its present dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns.
Palermo, Ohio. They are stale winners. Live and let live
high state of perfection? If not, just isour motto. Dorkings, 1 .50 per setting,
think how long it has been. It has other settings l.OO. Circulars free. O. Mul-
lin,Beauford. Minn.
GEMSbeen a few (?) years hasn't it? WelJ,
the point is this: You can't expect to
BUFF ROCKS.
premium stock
Evenest lot in the west. 1st
at leading shows, 93 to 94. 3
grand matingrs. eggs 2-50 per 15. Robt. Lar-
get the very best at a very insignificant mer, Ravenwood, Mo, Box 7. S. V, Pres. Buff
By Percy W. SKepard. Rock Club.
price. Good birds come high. So do
There is no royal road to success. It good profits. This seems to favor buy- EGGS 75c per IS. Farm range. Black Lang-
shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From
is a common, well trodden road to start ing the besj^t, doesn't it? Yes, buy pen No- 1. Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen
with, but becomes somewhat rough and the best. No. 2. White Wyandotte. 1 50 per 15 M. M.
Browning. Appleton City, Mo.
tiresome as you advance. But after you Do you know all about the poultry S. H. COTTON. Superior Black Lang-shans;
get there it is very nice. business? No, I guess you don't. There Eggs IS for $2.00. S. H. Cotton, Appleton City,
Mo.
Practically, there's as much sunshine are lots of others in
the same fix. "All" WHITE AND
in your life when caring for poultry ES
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES
is a whole lot to know even if it is all Eggs 1.00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker-
there is in any work. How much about the little poultry industry. (?)
els 1.00 each. Pekin ducljs 2.50 per trio.
Eggs per settina. 95o. Mrs. H. M. Clark,
brighter and healthier too, is a life
We don't expect to know it all. Of Sumner. Nebraska.
among the fowls rather than in a hot course we learn a every day. And
little
S. S. HAMBURGS. Eggs only for sale: 1 sit-
ting I 5u; 2 or more sittings 1.00: 5.00 per UO.
tiresome office? these little learnings build up our work Rev. G. A. Chamblln, Moran. Kansas.
Fresh air is good for the fowls. It's and place us where we can manage bet- BUFF ORPINGTONS and W Holland Tur-
good for you, too. A breeder's life is
ter and be more successful.
keys. Eggs (or sale from large healthy
stock, winners at Nebraska state show.
full of pleasure. A very few find it dif-
It pays to be a little particular about
Chicken esjgs 2.00. turltey eggs, 1.50. Mat-
tie Stutl't, Lawrence. Neb.
ferent, however. You must love to see
learning. Go into every part deeper GET THE BEST! One dollar buys 15 eggs
the fowls grow and then the shows, from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose
than to give .iust a glance and pass on Comb Black Minorcas. C.L.Norman, Stroms-
why, they are simply grand.
without learning all that is possible. burg. Neb.
It's a continual work, 'tis true: but Close observation, a few experiments, PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns. White
then what of that? easy although
It's
Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg-
some study and common sense will horns score to 95, headed bv 2nd cock at Des
it takes time. Not a long vacation at teach you a vast amount about poultry.
Moines show. Eggs l.SO and 1.00 per 15; 4.00
per 100. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer'
any one time. But still in the autumn But then learning is of no value unless Iiidianola, Iowa.
there time to get prizes.
is It won't you apply some of the knowledge to AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. KW Bronze
Turkeys, sire 44 to 4(, lbs. 200 cockerels P.
do any harm to try for them. your work. Use your learned facts and Rocks.Wyandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin-
eas, Jersey cattle. Stock and eggs for sale.
Do you think the poultry business is plans to an advantage. 25 years a breeder. F. M. Munger & Sons, De
being over done? Not when eggs get Perseverance is a good thing to pos-
Kalb, Ills.

as high as thirty or forty cents a dozen, sess. The persevering business man WHITE WY'ANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth
Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds,
as they were this past winter. At that gets along well. So does a similar 1.00per 15; bred on different farms, free range.
Pekin Duck eggs, 11 for 50c. B. L. Grover,
rate it will take some time yet to over- poultryman. If you do not already pos- Burton, Kas.
do the poultry industry. You will be sess such qualities you can acquire them B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens, l.SO for 15.
Searle's strain, none belter. Write vour wants.
safe in saying that it never will be a if you try. You ca nmost always make Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr.
"failed industry." yourself just what you want to be. If
HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas andB.
It's a good thing everybody don't you want to be persevering and are not P. Rocks at Nunda. 15 prizes including 7 Ists
with 16 entries. Circulars free. W. C. Hill,
want to raise poultry. Everybody would naturally so, get a hustle on and shove 113 Adams st. Yards 10,001 S. Wood st, Chi-
soon run- it ashore. But never worry the poultry business right along. cago, III.

about that. There's room for a few (?) It don't pay. What don't pay? Why, S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en-
tries in class of 60. I havel>een winner 1st, ck
yet. And at the top notch of success
many things often done by out-of-date 2d ckl. 1st. 2dand 3d pullet and 1st pen. Eggs
there's room Try breeders never pay.
for a vast number. $1.50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. Edw.
Neglect, cheap Pielsch, Elsberry, Mii.
to get there yourself. birds, poor feed, poor buildings, waste,
BUFF ORPINGTONS WYANDOTTES. K.
If you don't get quite to the top, you lice, disease and a number of other I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners
may get far enough up to make it real things never pay very well. Try some- bred to winners. Good stock, Bt to breed
and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry
interesting and profitable. Success is ways that pay. Judge, Port Huron, Michigan.
 fUULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
BUSINESS CATCHERS
ENdLISH I'HEASANTS. Beauliful, hardy
jrrcul (raiiif bird. Eis^'^ tor sale in season. S3
per 1,";. $'' |).T Hatched and raised with
.';;i.

conimi.n hens. Mrs. A. Schluckebier, Beaver

Dam, Wis,
ECG m.ichines are mv Blue Andalusians and
Buff Leehorns. MortsraL'e lifters and will not
disappoint vou. After May 1st. efl-'s $1 per
15. per .VI.' O. P. Nesmilh". Bluford, 111.
BUl'F Poultrv Yards. K. and red S. C. Leirhorns
Buff P. Roc-ks. Eirt's SI per 13. H. Bailey,
Port Norris, New Jersey.
BUFF P. Rocks, BufI Leffhorns, Cornish and
W. I. Games. None better. Etftrs SI per set-
tinir: 2 setting's Sl'T.^.
No. 1 Spriny-field, Ohio.
J. W
McNeil, R. F. D.

LARC.K Black Minorc^s Exclusively. Epifs

from Chicago prize winners, S2 per 15, S3.50 for
.3(1. puaranteed fertile. Dr. W. A. Franklin,
Harvev, III.

NARRA(;.\NSETT Turkevs, pood size and

HUiet. Eirps 1.5c each. B. P. Rocks and S. C.
W. Lephorns. both (rood laving-strains. Eires
15, SI : 40, $2; ll). Si. Money order, Salem, Ind.
Martha Hoke, Oxonia. Ind.
EGIIS from Golden Wvandottes. scoring up to
'14. Mammoth Peliin Ducks, SI per setting.
and
W. H. Turkey eirtrs. Sl.SO per setting. Incu-
bator eirL's a "specialty. W. G. Youne, Che-
munt'. III.
FOR SALE. Etrps from S. C.Brown Leirhorns.
$1.25 per 15; breeder for 15 years. Also from
Snow White Wvandotte.s. Si.SO per 15. Stand-
ard bred birds.' Henry Walther, Clinton, Ind.
BARRED ROCKS exclusively. Ejjps from
pens, headed by winners at Red Bud and
Nashville Shows, S1..50 per 15. during May
and June, if you mention Investigator. Grav-
el Creek Poultry Kami. Sparta. 111.
Some of Mrs. S. P. Rogers' prize winners at Pleasanton, Iowa. Look up
BUFF P. Koc-k cockerels 2. Eggs $1.50 per 15.
her "ad" aud see what she has good for sale. Double standard Poll.-d Durham bulls ready
for use. Reds. Good individuals. Strong
polled blood. Prices reasonable. J. K. My-
er, Kempton. 111.
cared for just the same, for caring for
S.C. BLACK MINORCAS. winners at Cleve-
the setting hens I don't allow no one land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13,
Poultff [xpeiiences four .settings for (iac dollars. Catalogue
else to do unless I am too ill to do so. free. Jos. Krenn, 114 Bcecher St., Syracuse,
N. Y.
C) ld E. iiurd I finally told the lady I would feerl
EGGS FOR SALE from our Chicago prize win-
and care for the fowls in the yards ners. White Holland Turkey eggs, $3 per 11;
W. P. Rock eggs only $1 per 15. Frank J.
season of the year every for a week and see if I could
learn the Hicks, Onarga. 111.
At this
cause of infertile eggs. We may read EGGS FOR HATCHING. B. P. Rocks, two
breeder of poultry is interested in cm-- pens Congers, one pen Br.adley Bros, also Em.

subject "How can I have fertile eggs
about science and theory in poultry
rearing, but I learned we must use
pireW. Rocks. Eggs from either. $1 per 13.
Slock for sale. J. H. Howarth, Fairbu ry. 111
W. WVANDOTTES and W. Plymouth Rocks.
and setting hens?" There are more observation and intelligence (such as Eggs frcmi two grand pens SI per 15. S3 for .So.
Dr. Fred Evans. 1004 N. Syracuse st. Grand
causes than overfat or too thin in most of us are endowed with) in mat- Island, Neb.
flesh and the numerous other causes ing up the breeding pens. My first BUFF COCHINS. My specialty is fine Buffs
Heavy feathered, rich colored birds fit for
we often read of that infertile eggs work was to examine fowls and se.- any c'ompanv. A few choice cockerels for sale
are found each season, and one which if they were overfat; learning they at $2 each. 'W. H. Minton. Springfield Kan.

I have not yet seen any experienced

EGGS. Barred P. Rock eggs from the Fair-
were not, I must seek elsewhere for view poultry yards, 3 settings. $2, per 100. $3.50.
Stock stroiig and vigorous. Satisfaction
breeder write on. There fore I will the cause of infertile eggs, which I

guaranteed. Searle Bros. & Co., 148 S. 27 st.

give my experience which may be tho soon did. Wanting to hatch as manv Lincoln. Nebr.
means of saving boih time and birds chicks as possible to get started in FOREST HILL poultry farm. R. C. B. Leg-
horns exclusively. 10 years standing. Egg
for someone else. My experience is that breed and not having but one producing strain. Can furnish 100 eggs per
day. Price $1 per 15. S.250 per SO. $4.00 per 100.
with yarded fowls. Those that I have large yard, after selecting the best of C.H. Brown. Council Grove, Kan.
out to road at their pleasure I never the females I then had too many for FOR SALE, eggs from good stock Buff and
Barred P. Rock and W. Wvandottes 15 for
trouble with; they take care of them- one male, so I put in two, one a cock, SI.50. 100 for S7. S. C. Buff Orpingtons im-
selves as far as matings are concern- the other a cockerel. I had noticed ported. 3 strains, lSS2.5;1,10l)forS12.00. Jacob
Bassinger, Columbiana, Ohio.
ed. Some years ago I had a widow the cock bird was gallant to extremes. R. ISLAND Reds. White and Partridge Wy-
lady and her baby living with me who. some andottes. Barred P. Rocks. B. P. Cochins, B.
He would find grain of kind, or
Cochin Bantams, geese, turkeys, duck, all
like myself, liked to work with chick- a tempting morsel, and call the hens Winners. Illustrated circulars. Highland
Poultry Farm, Des Moines, Iowa, box 700.
ens. As my time was needed in other to eat it instead of eating it himself.
SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY
places she wanted to care for the This gallantry prevented him from SUNNY
Fartii. c. F. Austin. Denrinj;. Kan.. Wbita
chickens in the pens. After telling getting as much to cat as his needs Itnck s,.,.i:,|isi F,'_'i:s Frank Heck and
.lohn lIuL'his strains, l.i eockerPis for sale
her just what to feed, and I knew they required to keep up vitality. The rest Strawberry plaiits best varieties. Square
treatment.
were made to scratch in litter for all of the time he spent watching the
WHITE WYANDOTTE*, coekerel^ scorlnjr
the grain, hens were laying well and cockerel and giving a chase around to94?i.MnTiinioth Bronze Tnikeys scorliiir
every looked the picture of
bird the pen. The result was no matings
tomm sired hv Tom welfrhing40 Ihs and
from hens weighing to 25 lis. Prices rea.
I shut one male
snnahie. W. 11- Lake. Hamot/in. Nebr.
health, but after using three settings and no fertile eggs.
SHERWOOD'S Buff and Barred Rock eggs 1.75
of eggs and getting no chicks hatched in a coop, leaving one in the pen a for fifteen. ,3.00 for thirty. My
catalogue tells
all about them. F. B. Ritchie, Warrensburg,
from the eggs froir <he pens, I knew day, then changed by leaving the one Illinois.
something must be wrong there, for in coop out or vice versa. After that BARRED P. ROCKS. Conger strain, farm
raised, large size and fine layers. Eggs l.Oo
the broody hens had all done so well I had plenty of fertile eggs and no per fifteen. Fine Bronze Turkey eggs, 3.00
with hatching other eggs and all were more poor hatches. Another time in for 12. Mrs. C.JT. C. White, Paris, Mo.

WC will CUIIBIU,.

Buff Cochin cockerel owned
POULTRY INVESTiGATOK. a
move my setting hens in the evening
to the pen purposely prepared for set- BUSINESS CATCHERS
ting hens; give them a couple of ne\t
eggs, put a board in front of the box S. S. HAMBURG eirg-s per sittiuR-. From
90c.
to make the nest dark. The next flni' birds that will stand the test in any
show room. Guarantee jrood liatch or money
if they stay on the nest all
evening, refunded. Geo. Dahlenbur,;, Seymour, Ind.
day, remove the nest eggs, give hens BARRED P. R. eg-ffs, famous Ringlet strain.
I
Stock direct from Thompson. R. C. B. Leg--
a dusting with insectpowder and the. horn eg-gs, Schreiber's strains. Birds scorinV
eggs I want them *o have, take the 12 to '14 bv Heimlich, One settinsr, 2.0n, 2 set-
tinifs Pope & Schwartz, Hlllsboro. 111.
.I.Sti.
board from the front of nest and they
BARRED ROCKS e.xclusivcly. Ejtitb from pen
can go off of nest when they wish tj of tine birds hard to beat, 1.5u per setting-,
Mrs. Alice Jackson, ChanipaiiLfn, 111, R, F, D.
get feed and water, which is kept in
the pen. Thus far I have not had one
KENTUCKY PIT GAMES. Far downs and
Ky. Dominiques. Eggs 2.00 for 15, 3.00 for
broken egg in the nest and other 30. Cocks S.OO, hens l.So. Ben Iiucas, George-
town, Ky,
years when I kept the hens shut up W. P. ROCK Et'gs from the very best strain
and let them out every evening to eat. in the country Our birds equal to ancestors.
Eggs I. so for 15. Wrile wants and ask for
I usually had many eggs to wash, Noycl Effg- Folder free. Geo. F. Stanton &
Sons, Hennepin, 111. Bo.\ F
caused by being broken in the nest, SIX PENS of W. Rocks. Most
noted strain on
and there was so much work to clean earth. Our birds score from 41 to 96 by relia-
ble judges. Eggs this season only l.so qer 15.
nest boxes too that I wished there Our elegant egg folder free. Geo. F. Stanton
were no setting hens, or I might have A Sons, qo.x F Hennepin, 111,
NO TIME OR MONEY has been spared in se-
a wooden hen, and I am going to have lecting our stock of Light Brahmas, Pekin
one, too, for my hens persist in lay- Ducks and Poland China swine. Eggs per
setting 1 Oj^ Harry W. Garman, ParkviUe,
by ing eggs and I like early chicks, but St. Jo. Mich. I ,

Krause Bros., Milwaukee, Wis I shall set eggs, too.
readers of the Investigator next time
one season with two yards I had the how I care for chicks.
I will tell the 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.

male birds die before the breeding IDA E. BARD. BUFF ORPINGTONS are the coming general
purpose fowl. Cocks 10 to 12 lbs, hens 7 to 9
season was over. For a long time I lbs. Eggs in season, 1.50 per IS; 3.00 per 30.
Levi N. Schulte, Oregon, Missouri.
could not tell why. In my ignoranc Reading Notice S. L. WYANDOTTES. Sixteen years a breed-
I thought feed, water, grit and all that er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac-
ing: laced wing bar. M3' strains wins prizes
the hens ate; if they were hungry Our enterprising advertisers, The in the hands of mv customers. Eggs 1.50 per
Mississippi Valley Belgian Hare Com- 15. F. D. Blair, Georgetown, Ohio.
they would eat if they wanted it, but
pany, advise us that their extensive stud
EGGS S2 per 15 selected W. Wvandottes, scor-
after the second one died from no dis- ing 91 to 94. mated with males scoring 91 to 93
is in fine condition and increasing rap- Shellabarger. Incubator eggs S4 per 10l>.
ease I could see, I wrote a friend giv- John Old, Woodbine, 111,

ing description. Not long before, shj dly; they are weaning 400 young this WHITE P. ROCK eggs 1. 00 for 15; high scor-
month. They have constantly on hand ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. Sat-
replied, "that she had the same e.t- isfaction guaranteed. J. H. Piper, Whitehall,
perience when she started in the poul- about a thousand head of hares of their Illinois.

try business and that a noted poultry own raising and are therefore at all
judge who mates up her yards annu-
ally gave her the cause of the mak"
birds dying and the remedy, which f
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 b;.
deficient in fertility which can
be
traced to unnatural mating. Domestic
animals assert their nature as well a.-,
the human race and have likes and
dislikes. Our eyes must be used hero
and judgment also. \i 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.
Anyone
"Setting hens." knows
enough to set hens. So thought Soc-
rates, when he atte"'>pted 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. I
times ready to fill orders for either ped-
igreed or unpedigreed Rufus
Bhick Belgian hares, singly or
trios or herds. Anyone wishing
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.
Notice to W arvdotte Breeders
have recently been appointed Sec-
1 ly. C. O. Loring, Dedhani, Mass. One-half
retary of the Western Wyandotte Club
.tnd I earnestly wish every breeder in
the West to become a member of our
club. We expect to make this club
second 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
arliest attention.
JOE. C. RUSSELL. Secretary,
Western Wyandotte Club,
Breckenridge, Mo.
BUFF ROCKS exclusively. Eggs, 15 for one
dollar. Breeding stock good weight and col-
or. Above price low for the quality. A. A.
Simons, Hamburg, Iowa.
Red or SILVER WYANDOTTES, first and third prize
in pairs, pen scoring 187H and 18s. Eggs from this fa-
mous stock, $2 per fifteen. Incubator lots
to em- from flock, 0.00 per hundred. Martin Bender,
Winona, Minn.
MAHOMET, POULTRY YARDS. Barred P.
Rocks exclusivelv. E. B. Thompson strain.
Eggs J2 per 15; 3.S0 per 30. Eggs shipped in
al guaranteed.
PREMIUM STOCK Poultry Yard. Barred,
Buff and White Rocks; S. C. W. and Brown
Leghorns and Black Minorcas, Fertile eggs
IS for SI. Stock for sale. A. Starzinger,, Car-
hondale. lU.
P. WYANDOTTES, 1.2,3,4,5, prizes. Wor-
cester H.istoii, New York; breed only choicest
hens; 44 vears a breeder; raise prize stock on-
e.xpress paid to western points.
MONEY MAKERS are the four new kinds
Part. Wvandottes, beautiful plumage; Silver
Penciled or Dark Brahma Wvandottes, beau-
tiful soft gray; Violet Wvandottes, bunch of
violets; Sicily Wyandottes lay at 4 months;
8 first prizes, and 3, 4, 5, 6, prizes, at great Eos-
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. Three trios oj 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, S.OO. Eggs 1.00 per fifteen. Mrs. D.
Beerer, Rose Cottage Farm, Box 465, Butler,
Indiana.
EGGS from Single Comb WhitP, Brown. BulT
Rlaok. nomiiiique. -iiver Durkwing and
Rose Com h White Butf and Brown Leg.
horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley
Port Clinton, Ohio,
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TRY Investigator.
Address all communications to
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Clay Center, Nebraska.
ChaLnge of Na.n\e aLnd
Ownership.
With this issue, I close my
work as editor of the Poultry Inves- the Investigator, to give us both a
and I thank the many patrons ter show another year.
tigator,
who have given it their hearty support.
Ithas given me great pleasure to see
its patrons grow into thousands from business relations will continue. I
so small a beginning, and it has given promise you my best eflort. I can also
me much more pleasure to know that promise you a good friend in the Com-
my feeble efforts to give the readers mercial Poultry and from time to time
of the Investigator a clean and good you will hear from me through that pa-
paper were appreciated, and I am sorry per. I will feel more at liberty in the
We will coiiBi'
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
that I am now obliged to give up the
work, but I find that there is an eiul to BUSINESS CATCHERS.
man's endurance. As the Draper Pub-
month at lishing Company could give the readers
of the Investigator so much better ser-
li-d . ith 1 i>f Ihe
vice, I felt, as well as the owners of thepit trie. E. H. MaCoy, Paw Paw. Mich.
Investigator (the Sure Hatch Incubator li. C. BANTAM i-irifs from selected hifli hit'li
scoriiiff stock. A few (jood cockerels ami
Co.), that we would be justified in pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W.J.
(low, Norfolk, Neb.
turning the Investigator over to them.
FOR SALE. Et';,'s at S2 for 15 from Black
In fact, the new management will Lan^shans and Litrht Brahmas that are bred
and mated rit'ht. I e.\hibited mv Langshans
enter upon the duties with a full sense at Indianapolis "Fanciers' Association Show,
of the obligation to an expectant pub- 1901," winninj,' Amerrcan Lang-shan Club cup
in hot competition. H. J. Rader, La Fayette,
lic, with a clear conception of the far- Indiana.
reaching intluence of their policy upon JFRSEY STRAIN Lijfht Brahmas, winners at
the big eastern shows. Illustrated circulars
one "f the most important industries of free. Etrgs S3. Fine breedinff cockerels, S3
up. F. R. Mceller, 08 Freeman St. New-
this country, and with a renewed zest ark. N. J.
and a new dignity to the poultry pur- SILVER Gape worm extractors, unequaled. 3
suits and an increased influence and
for 25c' Biy- profits to ajfents. Samples and
particulars H)c. Satisfaction gruaranteed or
nionev refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis-
remuneration to those engaged in it
ville. Bucks Co. Pa.
With the assurance iha' all will be for S. C. B. LECHORN .irys. 3(1 for S1.50; 100 for S3-
the best, and that the patrons of the 5(1. W. Plvmoulh Rock ei/t's, IS for$l. A. H.
Carlson. Clianuu-. Kuute. 1. Kansas.
Investigator will in the end be the BARKED P. KOCKS exclusively. Thompson
gainers, as well as for the best inter- & Hawkin's strain strain. 12 years with this
variety. Score 91 to 94 '2. EtfsrsSlper 15; $4
ests of the poultry industry at large. per lOU: S2.50per5o. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Mrs. Rosalie Hendrickson, Marion. 111.
With best wishes for the success of
JOHN R. GARBEE, Billinys, Mo. Breeder of
is- the Investigator, pairons, and the line iMjultry. For May aiid June will pay e.x-
press on et.r;rs and deliver to vour express of-
Draper Publishing Co., I am fice. White Holland Turkey egrg-s, 10 for S3.
Respectfully, Golden W^yandoltes S. C. B. Leghorns, Barred
and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea
L. P. HARRIS. eggs 15 for 32. All are pure stock. Remember
express prepaid anywhere in U. S. Mention
Investigator.
This is the last number of the Poul- EGGS from
Leghorns,
White and Black Minorcas, Buff
Barred Rocks SI for 15. One good
try Investigator. The subscribers will
receive the Commercial Poultry from Also pen of White Minorcas for sale cheap if
taken soon. A. A. Bair, Neptune, O.
now on. Advertising contracts up to
HOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith,
and including this June issue, is a mat- Osceola. la. Large dark laying strain. Eggs
ter between the advertisers and the
from special mated pen all winners S2 per 15
S3.5() for 30. Order now. Good hatch guaran-
Sure Hatch Incubator Company. teed.
We have negotations under way in EGGS from Buff Orpingtons of high class
(Cook's and Edward's strains) $2.50 per setting,
which we expect to dispose of our fine also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Maj-
or.. 2119 7th street. Port Huron, Mich.
poultry business to a new company INDI.\N RUNNER ducks. Regular egg ma-
chines. Eggs balance of season S1.50 per set-
which will continue the business here
ting or *2 per 20. Pine Brook Poultry ^Farm,
at Clay Center, Nebr. The growth of Napoleon. Ohio.
our incubator business has reached BUFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best,
picked from 2.sO carefully bred Buffs, none bet-
such proportions that it requires mj- ter, EggsS1.5ll per 13. Herbert S. Redhead,
IT.sT Brooks St, Des Moines, Iowa.
entire time and attention. To give the
ARE YOU LOOKING for eggs that will hatch
reader a more definite idea of the ex- S. C. B. Leghorns. Place your order with Ed-
win W. Staebler, 36 Tremont st Cleveland O.,
tent of our incubator, poultry, and Eggs Si. 50 per 15. Winners of 3d ck, 3d and 5.
pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4th on the list
poultry paper business, will mention
of great shows.
that we have sold nearly 11,000 incu- BKi MONEY for agents selling our Fumig.a-
bators and brooders since Jan. 1st, 190i, ting nest egg. Pollard & Couthway, Bloom-
ineton. III.
we have shipped over 10(i,0O0 eggs D.\RK BRAHMAS. the best of all the large
since March loth, l!l()2, and in the last varieties, for roasters,capons and wintereggs.
Hardy, bear confinement and one of the hand-
10 months we have built up a subscrip- somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the
season. $2 per 13. J3.50 per 20. $4 per 40. A few
tion list of 18,000 subscribers for the choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nye, Leaven-
Poultry Investigator. worth Kansas.
li.\RPED P. ROCK BradlevA Thompson! W.
Mr. Harris finds the poultry business Wvandottes Huston's Bilff Cochins Hares) ,
enough to look after, and I am satisfied
fine young Barred 1>. Rocks for sale.
for hatching in season.
Eggs
Write for prices. J.
with having done a thorough job at the Dumenil. No. 19 So. 5th St. Keokuk. Iowa.
CHEAPEST, best. 25 leading varieties, Felch,
year's incubator business, henoe the sale of Upson. Bond, Hawkins, Latham, Empire, Ab-
bot, Nugget, Cook, Rowlands, Jackson, and
bet-
other gr.-at English and American strains:
Brahmas. (.ochins. Langshans. Sherwoods,
Orpingtons, Wvandott.-s. Rocks, Games. Leg-
I here wish to thank all our patrons horns. Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks,
Ponchatoula, La.
for their patronage. I hope our pleasant BUFF LEGHORNS. First nrize winners at
Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y. 1902- Breeders
are finer than ever. Stock for sale. Circulars
free. Chas. L. Thayer, 7o30 Union Ave. Chi-
cago, 111.
BUFF and BARRED Rocks. Buff' Leghorns,
Black breasted Red tJanies. Pekin Ducks,
Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine stock, liel
price"list at once. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville, la.
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
Commercial Poultry .than I could in the WHITE I.ANGSHANS.
Poultry Investigator, for the reason Being a breeder of the White Lang- BUSINESS CATCHERS. |

that some might have construed

my slians for seven or eight years, I will

I have found them.

write ups as boomers to selfish- de=cribe them as
little
with most AUe^Mieny, Pa.
advance our own incubator interest". I have had some experience w^iur kUu-M- LnwrV si.
ly
have yet to see PAKTKU.r.E WYANDOTTKS^ '."od llThe
By the way, have you noticed the fair- breeds of poultry, but Reds, $1.50 per
Lang-
shown our onipetitors in the the fowl that will beat the White
'

ness b"r, Punru;e.'$3 pe^-tlint., Otto B. une 1st.

.,'., Vml' one Ihird off after J

Poultry Inve>tigator? The question shans tor utility. I do not claim that Canii'm. Elsl).-rr.v, Mo.
they they are the best all-purpose fowl in WHITE 1-AlE black SPANISH exclusive.
often confronts me as to whether 1^ l'r,',l ih.in 411 range. Eggs
VL-ars on free
would do the same by us if we had existence, but one of the best. &,X;neU^ISn.^ie^!l<='^J^?a^
changed places. No doubt some of The aLngshans are natives of the
them would and others would not. extreme northern part of China and ^^^^K^Ba'^rSfp^.'^go^^ ll.://aTC^In;i
S1.50 per 13. They
will
country Ip?*'l iv.'^' orices,
first introduced into this W.F. Crig-ler, Nevada, Mo.
During the summer and fall months were vLariety
ple.isi-you
.-a^-t^'-y^"/.
The White angshans LEGHORN EGGS |r"-^^e^lhe
I am going to write a
book on poultry n 1878.
will be has not been bred so long, but
have 100. W. P.
raising. The name of this book hon;";;L;sV75cper seU,n,sM per
gained rapidly in popularity. Chamberlain, KirUwood, Mo.
It will be
Sure Hatch Catalogue. WHITE WYANDOTTES.^, At Macomb Shan.

ready for mailing about

Christmas As a general purpose fowl they have 2nd 3d
judg-e, 1st,
iBYi, 93!^, ,.
93'/!;;
,,., '1?';; 2d, 3d hen,
no superior and as winter layers they 1st,2d 3d pullets. ''.= ,

I hope every poultry

raiser will best birds in
1(1
9S'4,9Sy,; 1st pen. 1 M
,1
time.
have stood without a rival. They are in strain direct.
to American class, '>'\
want a Christmas gift. I will try Three yards head.,1 ,. Ills with extra
snow
have enough books to go around.
Talk one of the hardiest fowls in existence. I,
';'"=''"
.....^ uu, ,,,,,. ~.,na white as
W. E.
f."rM ICircsJlper 13.
Have smaller bones than any other
:,i.,;l4.
things,
about poultry guides and such Th..n,p,,;u,'V.,..xl'i5. Macomb. 111.

will be large breeds and the flesh is juicy and BAKREU HOSKS.^La,^. heavy^bone fine
mine will not be that kind. It
have tender; are gentle in disposition, mak-
catalogue unanomously.but it will ?W Mrl- TU.a leach, b.'x X
'dherryvile. 111.
to ing good setters and mothers; bear CORNISH I. GAMES. Templeton, Moore and
enough honest poultry information lib- Sharo strains. Eggs $1 for fifteen. Also fine
not going confinement well, but if given their Whit? Wyandottef Ind Buff Cochn
Bantams
entitle it to a front seat. It's W. Smith,
anybody it's going erty are great foragers; are not
lazy same price. Good birds cheap. I.
to copy* anything or ;
kendallville, Ind.
to be and if I know where I am like most Asiatic breeds.
itself BUFF ORPINGTONS; Birds and and eg|s
solicited. Birs. r..
book will be the kind that the They are a handsome fowl in appear- for s.ale. Correspondence
at, this L Palmer, Noble, 111.
there is ance, being pure white in plumage,
will keep for the good BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from our pens
people reproduce them-
objectionable nf selected birds that will
therefore free from those guaranteed.
in it. s,.lves at if2 per l5. Satisfaction
great dress- St. Mil-
We are go- black pin feathers. At the Krluse- Bros. cor. 29 and Burleigh
Now about incubators. waukee, Wis.
and egg show in December,
and suit our- ed poultry YARDS EACH of pullet and co^kere^
ing to put out the best
auspices of the
TWO
prices, will 1898, held under the
selves and our patrons on of White Leghonis'*'"Erg"'l I'r'""^, M 'eggs $2
nations on oBard of Agriculture, a pair RofciliTgow, i?ience 'teacher, P.bhc
high
do this regardless of all the first prize for dressed school, Hannibal, Mo.
of side is- angshans took
earth. We are getting rid
for brown eggs.
send ten cents in stamps
POULTRY RAISERS will keep
purpose of being poultry, also first prize indVet a Fumigating Nest Egg that
sues for the express ?he nest free from lice and
add to your egg
They have bright red combs, wattles Blooming-
on hands when the ball opens. production. Pollard & Couthway,
bot-
Yours truly, and earlobes, shanks slate color; ton, 111.
winners
prize
JOHNSON. toms of feet and skin between toes, HT ACK SPANISH only. First Kansas City, and
M. M. at Mo stall, Kansas state, Falls.
pink, producing a combination
of col- Marshalltown, la., shows, also Valley Birming-
Eg^'S $^S0 pe"i3. H.
'
W. Chestnut,
other breed
ors not possessed by any ham, Kansas.
of the
This will be the last issue of fowls. Thev are a very handsome I'^S^iV:'' LfwisVbl

Poultry Investigator under

the present Langshans ^^rlfn^'^o'S^s^R^Sr^;
fowl and a flock of White nkli ,111.
the paper has A few stand-
name and ownership, as look beautiful on a green lawn. nARK BRAHMASforexclusively.
for sale for 1.50 and e^gs
Publishing tr^b."d pullets
been sold to the Draper The White Langshan is a good breed Alice Trenary, Palmyra.
f.50 per setting.
of Chicago and will te
merg- farmer. The young [Nebraska.
Company for either fancier or PLYMOUTH Koeks. No stock tor
Commercial Poultry. a blue or BARKED per U. My
ed with chicks when first hatched are sale E-ss $5.00 per 100. Jl.OO won in show
been I think
and have
stork is first class
The Poultry Investigator has mole color, but moult white. ?ooru J P.Schioeder. Way
Center. Neb.

heartily supported during

its entire
the bluer the chick
when hatched the LIGHT BRAHMAS. ^,I^have aj/ew^^^-'^^^ens
that this sup- whiter the chick and pullets for sale cheap.
life,and we feel confident bluer the blood, the
Clay Center, Nebraska.
port will not be withdrawn
now that it will be when matured. cfips FOR SALE from Rose and Single
?o,nh White Le-horns. White Rocks
and
part of the most widely had my customers write me of 15 eggs.
is to become a 1 have L"ght Brahmas fl.50 per setting Downs. Kas.
circulated poultry paper in
the world.
,aying, "The eggs I bought
of you have Write wants. John a. Rownd.
chicks are WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty.and1
Thp Draper Publishing Company
will
hatched., but none of the pullets
contracts, vr old hens and this year's i points
carry out all our subscription white." cockerels tor sale. Old stock score Geo. N.
two num- wings and up to 95H. Write tor prices.
and our readers will receive But in a few days their little
Wood. Weldon. la.
month for the white feath-
bers of that paper every begin to grow and show WHITE H. TUKIvEYS. 1 W. Rock ck..
hioto
sub- time they have w/byKus'sell. for sale Also eggs from
same length of time that their ers so of course by this TiK rill mas Brown Leghorn. B.
Pekln 9-
scriptions to the Poultry
Investigator fears have van- E.xpert Judge. P. M. uSoley
Milton, la.
seen their mistake, their
getting twice as bred White and S. L. Wy-
are credited, thus ished and they are pleased. EGGS from standard Brahmas.
Light $1.50 per setting.
andottes and
many papers as they would have
re- trial,
With a fair and unprejudiced C. Feldman, 2035 N.
Main st. Fremont, Neb.
ceived under the old
arrangement. We will establish it- Winners
the Wh=le angshans, CORNISH INDIANS a specialty.
the same and wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews
ask for Commercial Poultry self as one of the
best of the utility
Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class
has been J. L.
support and friendship that birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15.
fancy breeds.
boom, as Bannson, Sarcoxie. Mo.
accorded to us. Thev have had no great A few good ckls
C. B. LEGHORNS.
left.
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR CO. most other breeds, but have come grad- R.Eggs 1.00 per 15. Also a few Stay White Wy-
own good merits. andottes. Eggs 100 per 15. C. H. Courier,
on their
ually to front Ashley. Ohio.
The most graceful pigeon that walk MRS. L. MUM POWER. FOR SALE. Fantail pigeons, all colors. Write
Neb.
voui- wants. Robert Hefti, Wayne,
Chillioothe, Mo.
-the White Fantail. 1
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By Mrs. Mumpower o L.
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fMi-
to my jihI-I. e enpa?. nionts
s-Mso.. of .19' :.'-:(. will ,ot b.-j.l)le
to-how my biiUs jirid will liei.-bv
rfrille.. til- pri.e (if I'fts fvoiri $3 00
Vc.-,. c like tlK- Invc-ligalor. thciyou may desire, ll you can only care I.eL'i.i, ns. Hlack I,.-i.'hnriis. li.rrt-d
name i- cTp; ropriale an' it a long for and have room for IW chickens,
f'lls I lyinoma nocks. iV'iulet strain)
do
lih : 1 !. We re;J;y did neeo a western not Iry to raise 'tOO or llM) and
lose
poi: iry i.;i)er willr articles
David Larson, wahoo. Nebr.
written !y most of them by diesea-^e and
over-
praiiici! people who hnvc nvestigateJ crowding.
the -tifU .;"-r>it w:i c 1 t'uy are writ- Little chickens must have good
care
ing. and the ymust have sweet and clean
We don't lilce theoretical poultry cul- food of the proper kind, and they ab- ti's Up To You
ture unles.s we find it al.so practical in solutely must have a mother, either
our every-dav work with our chickens. natural or artificail. To get 5,0(10 new siib.scribers. We
will .send tlie Koucier.s' Guide, an up-
For our.sclves, we have raised and
The isn't any use to hatch riut chick- to date Poultry and Hare paper 6
soil! chickens i"or some twenty
years in ens bv the hundred to die by the
months for only 10 cents- Special
four different states, both on a od rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3
farm hundred, because you cannot
with unlimited range and on take care months for 1 dollar. 30 words breeder
a village of them, it is foolish
lot where they were necessarily
and cruel. We notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now
yarded know oftwo men, brothers, who intend- in egg scdsoD.
in r-mall pen,-=. We have had many "up to go into the poultry business on Fanciers' Guide, Montpeller, Indiana.
and downs," been bothered with many
large scale; intended to
pests and "varmints," including
raise and
rats, keep a thousand hens. They bought
skunks, minks, hawks, snakes,
wolves, two 400 egg incubators and set them R. C. and S.C. B. ORPINGTONS.
pet cats, hogs and the most
discourag- both. When we were there
ing of all, the midnight thief who they had Won
comes Lincoln, Nebr.,
firsts at
out TMl little chickens and the incuba- Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa.
and steals our best by the dozens, and tors set again. It was in August and ^B0S for Sale.
leaves no due whereby he may bo they thought brooders were not neces-
caught.
sary such warm weather. They had Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa.
What we have written, and what we small
|

coops and one yard for all of

may in the future write about the poul-
them on a village lot. They fed them
try pusiness in any of its branches, will P^"" s^"'"g'. from my
various things, but all to no purpose. EffSS
DB
'^

prizewinners at Kansas and

be irom our own experience or of
some Of those 750 poor motherless little Nebraska State Poultry Show.* 1901
near friend. Our best and most and 1902. Partridge Co his. Buff
ex- chickens they raised not one.
pensive teacher has been experience,
Of the
later hatch we did not hear, Coch ns, S. S. Hambiirgs. Barred
but we Plymouth Rock a. d Light Brahmass
and we hope that we may be able
to know they borrowed a brooder
keep some of the readers from having from a write for winnings.
friend, and last spring one of their
in-
any very great loss. DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb.
cubators was offered for sale at a re-
We have never had an entire failure duced price. They
told us they had
of the chicken crop. We have passed found out by experimenting that there
through two entire crop failures with
wasn't any use hatching
the accompanying drouth, but there
out a lot of
has chickens unless they were prepared
to
0. MO. HUN. DRO.
not been any year in all our
experience take care of them and one incubator Breeder of Prize-Winn iig
that we have not had eggs and chickens
would hatch more than they could take
to sell, and when our account
with the care of with their present
IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS.
conveniences.
hens has been counted up. they have
How much better if they had only stock for sale at all tiuies. Ep-s in season.
each year been a source of profit.
profited by some one else's experience
and saved the lives of those 750 poor E-B.OMOHUNOROJowliogGfeefiJo.
But there are many things we do not
know and we are always willing to little
helpless chickens?
learn. We make mistakes sometimes,
and try to learn a lesson from each and
every one. We learn some new things
The main thing is to keep them
"arm and dray. Make good coops
I
Bari'ed P.
Exclusively farm raised. Stock sold.
Rock
with board floors and tight roofs, and Eggs from ch ice matings, $1..">0 per
each year, either from our own obser-
|ahve them set so the rain cannot blow 1.5 for balance of season.
vation or from the experience of others All breed-
I
ing stock scored 00 to 92',. Look
given in the various poultry papers that
inthe open front. have a board for We for fine stock n xt year.
each coop and we close them every Send your
regularly reach our table. orders early and secure your choice.
mght and when the rain comes up,
\ good supply of poultry literature is until they arc well
Mrs. A P. Rodgers.
feathered ot at last.
almost indispensible in the profitable Bowling Green, Mo.
handling of thoroughbred poultry.
We have always raised ou rchickens
with hens. While she is setting we dust
You have, no doubt, been advised her with lice powder and again when
many times "how to begin," but my ad- we
vice is to begin right.
put her in the coop with her babies, IT BEATS ALL.
Don't think you and again when they are
two weeks S^lK old "} of setting: heiis ten
can learn in one season.
it all Begin jOld. If it is very cold we i>ut some ^^^^
^"^^ lOOe^fKliatcher cot^ts oniT 2
principally b.v ngtnts. Wo wrd
at the bottom and climb up, men and women ak'ents for the new seas Knee
for if you straw or hay in the bottom of term* with you-a large margin of pn
the coop lOet
try to begin at the top you are very forinula iind eiitnlaEut- ent IVcc. ir v
apt an<l put an old piece of carpet or some day. Territory mayXe gone tomorrow'.
to climb down and at a faster pace than HITURIL HEK IKCU8AT0R
sacks over the top of it for a few days. CO., B 11, COLUMBUS. NEB.

\VC win CUIlBIuca ,

 15
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
more
all
tliaii they will eat and they eat

they want; run get a dring and

then Incubators.
go 1.1 the fields bug hunting till night.
oJi;;'L?M^e^:;^^^tS^^f!?sintj^
If ihey do not find enough
to satisfy machine of t'^
when hutching to come out
air at the'r own
them, lluy come back to the feed coop: In the pure, fresh outside do when
will. 1u-te.xactly the same s they
to im-
at a little more, run get a drink and off h-.tehine under the hen. Guaranteed
to any
adopting u'atP
."
tu"e .Moser and to ha.ch equal partic-
Since
to the fields again. n.ichin- on the market. For further
plan, we are not bothered with ulars address with stamp.
this
Ittle cliickens running after us every L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo.
we happen to go out of doors, and
time
healthy.
they grow so fast and are Winning
.\fter your care if they do get
all

bowel trouble, bake some corn

bread White Wyandottes.
for your own
iust the same os you do WE WIN East and
dinner, dampen
it with a little cold West. At the great
boiled milk, or even water
mixed m Chicago Snow, 1903
.iml in hot competition,
enough Venetian red to color it, 111 a class of 64
feeds, alter-
feed it to them for a few White Wyandotte
nating with dry grains again. cockerels, the fin-
est ever seen, our
We feed some corn chops after chickb ^_
two prizes out of five,
Mrs. Jacob Hughes, Rock Port, Mo., very par- were given
are two weeks old. but we are
birds
th; :!d and ."ith prizes. We
breeder of White Langhans. tial to Kaiiir corn,
which we think an Winn ng females
have 4 pens of high scoring
ideal chick food. We grind in the headed oy prize birds. Eggs W^ per l.i.
the two or three
nut the little chickens in a basket coffee mill for
first
Wo GETTY, Syracnse, Kan.
they can swallow the GEORGE
or box, covering them with a cloth, feeds, after that
and as it is con-
heavy enough to keep them warm and whole grains easily,
their stipating in its action they will never \m.
carry them to their home with FLE^SftNT HILL POULTR!
We shut the coop up until have bowel trouble unless caused by
mammy." Rose
they run out and act something other than the feed.. _ Barred Plymouth Rock.
evening and then if

This season we have to pay

$l.i5 per Comb BrownJ-Xghorn^___
hungry, we feed them, be they \1 hours
or IS hours old, but first, we
place a bushel for Kaffir corn, but we must
Having disposed of all my sur-
we have it as the chicks we can save by plus stock and mated up my
rock near the ccop and on this pens, am prepared to book or-
of their feed will
pound up some broken white dish into u'sin<^ it as a part out ders for eggs. Write at once
the Last year
a fine grit which they eat
readily, after more than pay bill.
for prices
lose
this we feed them most
anything we of about 400 hatched, we did not
happen to have, Kaffir corn, millet seed, one by disease. We
accidentally killed jTHrtROUGlT,
wheat, oatmeal, bread crumbs or
corn- seven or eight by letting a board fall Minden, - - - Nebr.
When we first raised chickens on them, and we got earless and let the
bread.
We
had some late
silver Wyandotte and
years ago, we fed them raw wet
corn- lice kill several
mother and our late ones hatched that all died.
The White Langshan
meal, because our
the weather was so hot and dry that the
cousins and aunts told us that was $1.50 per 15.
Eggs
chicks grotmd got imbearaby hot that the lit-
proper feed, and we buried more Guaranteed to hatch.
actually
than we raised. We never feed wet tle chickens feet and legs
soft feed. We
had shade, bm they A. E. GRIMES,
iced now and seldom feed shriveled up.
pur- wotild not stay there-they were bound Ohio.
Chickens have gizi'ards made on
Decatur,
the hot sun until they
m
pose to grind their own feed and
it is
to run out
chickens to feed would give up and die, I saw several
a saving of time and Poultry Farm!
We have fed come to the water dish, drink like they Bonniedale
only dry, natural grains.
die. Esgs to Hatch.
eggs and potatoes, but they al- were famished and immediately
bo'led
troulile. These were small chicks not yet fully 3 DOTTES: Very choice pen, S2 per 15.
ways caused more or less bowel Over 30 hens on different farms Good
through
so we have them off our bill
of fare for feathered. The older ones came pure stock. Eess $1 per l.i, U per 100. sys-
BAKKED ROCKS: Strictly standard
lal.y chicks. Wedo sometimes feed all right. tem. 60 fin. hens and pullets. 4
e^t^a
down per- large, stately crowei s. i-coring from HO to 4
them cornmeal, but we put it liy .Judges Russell and Strausbough.
Ji-gRs

fectly dry.
S.VVING ECONOMY. S3 per Si 50
"l5. per 30.
C 1, Games, Good pure stock on separate
them with kindness by (By Percy W. Shepard.) farms.F.gss $1.50 per 15.
Do not kill
ROUP'iUK^: <Jur make. 50 cents, postpaid.
Many men have made their way
into
much,
feeding them too often and too Circulars free.
and the world and have built up fortunes
bahy chicks are like baby boys
much they suf- from a start with nothing but wdling MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO.
girl's, when the eat too
began at the LOCK BOX 176,
fer. Keep pure water before the Httle hands and energy. They Uid
will never bottom and worked their way
u.
chicks all the t'me then they
too much. thev save what they earned aside from Che ice Eggs
drink
expenses of
feed oftner than four the" natural and necessary For hatching from
We seldom Ihey
thre times life' Yes .certainly they did. fine B. P. Rocks
times a day the first week; economize and saw the
week, and after that were willing to and big Buff Coch-
a day the second are Eggs
only in the morning and
evening. We wisdom of it. These early savmgsalter ins.
per setting
$1.50
from
fortune in
and in what resulted in a
have feed coops made of lath healthy stock.
evening and years.
these we put feed in the m ttie ,

IDA M. KESIER,
they come and eat all they
want and go A poultryman just starting out start- Woburn,
world is in the same
way III.

morning
In the we put in poultry I

to roost.
 For Sale - -
FOX AND WOLF HOUNDS
Of III,- l>,.^l KrnliaKvaiul Eilflisll tilciod. Write
for circular. Alsii K.-.I Fox, flri-v Fox. Wolves
and all kinds of |k-i stock. Write me for prices.

F. D. PAGE,
Miltondale, - Missouri.

RlflSLET B. B0GKS
the kind tbnt Kin Wc Uoubic Male.

Ben Hur, ist ci.ckerel at

Lincoln
Show igo2, at
head of our cocker-
el breeding pen. No females in
our pullet breeding pen scoring
less than 90, mated to extra choice
pullet breeders.,' Stock all sold,
eggs reasonable. Write for prices!

C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb.

R. C. W. LEGHORNS,
Imported males scoring- yp,
aud Oo; females to HSji. Af-
ter June loth, 15 eggs S1,00;
.^H, SI. .^11: 100, $3.00. Barred
Rocks: 12 hens scoring ,S9 and
yo, 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,
H- J>. O, PleasaatOM, la.

Standard Poultry Book.

^
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Just from the press.
copies have been .sold.
Over
VV Contains 100 pages, 90 illus-
j-jTj, trations. The most complete
^^^ l^ook on poultry ever issued for
the price. Just tne thing for the nov-
ice. Send for it today. Price 25 cts.
CHICAGO BOOK CO 3642 S. Stale SI., Chicago.
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 17
before youo have reached an independ-
BUSINESS CATCHERS ent business. By this, I mean that you White Plume Poultry Yards
should be more economical when you
MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartlev, Nebr., Barred are struggling to get a business built will sellW. P. Rock eggs from prize
Rocks, well marked, extra larg-e birds, both winners at $1.50 per 1.5 or $4.00 per 45;
cocherel and pullet, matiiif? pens. Eg^ys 2.00 up. After you have got your business
for 15, 3.50 for 30, g-eneral flock, 4.00 per lOO. well started and paying exceedingly incubator eggs at -SS.OO per 100.
White Wvandottes, Norval and Coffin strains
direct, 2.tJ0 for 15. 3.50 for 30. well, then you can waste more than White Wyandotte eggs at $1.25 per
S. C.W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed by Isl you could at the start and not make 15 or $3.00 per 45.
and 2nd cklsand 2nd cock (Knapp strainsj.l.OO
per IS; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or- a serious loss. White Guinea eggs
ders now. M. B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa.
$1.2.3 per Hi or
Yet after your business is well built $2.00 per 30.
E(;r,S for hatching-; White Plymouth Rocks
and White Wyandottes, IS for 1.75. S.C.White up you cannot lose anything by being
and Brown Leg-horns, 1.25. Belgian hares for Guinea Pig^s for sale.
sale. S. S. Dunn, 4S50 Chicago Ave., Minnea- economical theru
polis, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK,
WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict- CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS.
ly pure white, mated to a ^4 5-6 point cockerel, Dallas Center, - - lowa.
large and pure white. F."-''=. 1.50 per IS. No Or.tmeal is often recommended as
stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W.Brehm.
Harvard, Nebr. a teed for young chicks, but is rather
WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13 expensive in most localities.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS,
varieties of thoroughbrad poultry. Eggs for
(Exclusively.)
hatching from 60c lo 1.25 per setting. Write
for particulars. O. O. Loraen, Decorah, Iowa.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel
1 have found bread
cornmeal, slightly
crumbs and
moistened with Farm Ranee.
Eggs
...
oood Stock
that will hatch, $i.00 per 100.
strain. Pen headed by S25 cock; every hen a sweet milk or water, a good feed; also
top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your'chance $1.00 per 15.
to gel the best White blood in the world. H. millet seed and the timothy and clover
C. Nichols, P. M., Spearville. Kan.
seed that is wasted on many barn Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr.
EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced
Wyandottes Sl.SO per IS, S2.50 per 30. Known floors.
as X. L. Poultr.v Yards. Satisfaction guar- may
I.
anteed or monev refunded. Mrs. W. J. Some hemp seed be given for a
Barnes, Topeka, Kansas, Sta. B. change and as soon as they can swal- White Wyandottes Exclusively . .

MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMA.S.prize win-

low whole wheat it may be given for Pullets Scoring as high as 93'4 by
ning stock scoring from 90 to 95 points. Eggs
Mammoth Pekin Duck eggs Green. Pen headed by cock scoring
SI. 50 per 15. the evening feed. Never make the food
$1.50 fiirll. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice 94 by Myers, the Pan-American
Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska, wet enough to be slopped, and pro- Judge. Eggs $1 per 15; $i. per
O. I C. SWINE for sale from ore of the best vide plenty of clean water in clean, 50. Orders tilled promtly.
herds in state of Illinois. Bookii g order.s now
for pigs, single, pairs and trios, ft. a'ed Noakin. shallow drinking vessels. Sardine or G.T. Kar&;es, - Fairbury, Neb.
Prices within reach of all. Also eggs from
large, growlhv Light Brahma and B. P. Rock the square, flat cans that raw oysters
chickens for 'sale at $2.00 per 15 or S3.00 per 30.
Addre.ss Chas. Griffith, Woburn. 111.
are put up in are very good if one WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS
hasn't a drinking fountain. Give them
FOR SALE. Two 20U egg size Sure Hntch In- No ^In.u l.ii.N l.,r ...il,. ii.uv, but have a lot of
cubators. In first class conrtiiiou., will sell warm coops on cold nights and cool nice pets l' l.ncd.-is .u 7.V. Si and Sl.SO per
1

very cheap, Wtiitu Kock Farm, Wap Ho. ''"

Iowa. ones on warm nights, by having P?;i'i"''"' 'I'-''"' ' I''''""* "' "VEhhOVf AN-
CIENTS, the beautiful (lerman Toy Pig-eon at
OuMB-^' SINGLE Oo-nb Brown LegborDS boards or screens for doors. Keep the two dollars per pair. Watch for my fall sale
Regular egg niachiues. Stock direct from announcement of fine poullrv and ba'ntani.s.
best eastern hreedeis. Eggs for sale 1.01' coops clean and dry. Scald once a
for 15. W. E. Combs, Julian. Neb.
week to kill any vermin that may have C- D. McCLASKY,
Judge and Breeder.
WHITE PLYMOUTH R0CK5. F,irm raised. found a hiding place. Diarrhoea is the
Papillion, Neb.
Eggs 75 cents perls. Strawberry plants 60 S-Sec'y Treas. Neb. Piy-eun Fancier's Ass'n.
cents per II 0. Loudan Red Raspberry most common of all complaints among
plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe.
(Joryville. Pa. chicks, and may be caused by cold, NOW IS YOUR TIME to get a start in pure
EGGS. Barred Roeks (Thompson strain) lice, raw food and hard boiled eggs. White P. Rocks, 30 ejrps for Sl.OO balance of
White Rocks (Enilre) White Wyandotte season. The.v are good as the best. F. J.
(Dustor) .Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette) .Should this disease appear and no Kolasa, DuBois, Neb.
J.ight Brahma (Felch) la for 1 2S Also a tew lice are present, make a complete BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN, Poultry Yards,
fine cockerels. L M. Whittaker, aS5 east High .scoring Buff Cochins, Black Langshans
Robie, St. Paul. Minn. change in the feed. A good remedy is a specialty; cockerels $1.50; trios S3.S0, pen SS;
Eggs $1 per 15; $1.75 per 30. Satisfaction
BLACK LANGSHANS. Partridge Cochins to break a raw egg into a cup of boiled Guaranteed. D. R. Walker, Boscobel, VV is.
Silver r.aced Wyandottes. Kose Uonib
Brown Leghorns. Stuck and eggs for sale. milk, after cooling, and thicken with EGGS HALF PRICE Barred Rocks, Hawkins
Price.s very reasonable for quality of stock Strain, 30 forSl.OO, $2.50 per 100, brimze Tur-
dry bread, adding a pinch of ginger. key eggs $1.50 per ten; Pedigreed Belgian
If you want something good write at once.
O. P. Kurtz, Lawrence,^ Neb. Have tine A laxative is seldom needed, but Hares.
mond. 111.
Catalogue. Elmer Gimlin, Rose-
English Berkshire hogs.
m?y be given in the form of cour milk A. STRANSKY,
BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred to fine
or bran.
Chilton, Wis. Breeder
Black Langshans, Buff and W. P. Kocks,
of
bucks scoring 94!-2 at $3-00 each, or 2 does and W.
a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S. Golden and Buff Wvandottes, S. C. Brown
If the chicks are kept housed or and Buff Leghorns, W. and B. Minorcas
Markel, Wahoo. Neb.
yarded, some green food, such as let- Houdans,. Eggs, 1.50 per fifteen. B. Turkey
PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice eggs, 1.50 per 'I. Pekin and Rouen ducks 1.50
heavily feathered pullets for sale. Egffs$1.50 tuce, cabbage, kale, turnip tops, etc.. per 11. Red Tumblers, nm per pair.
per 15. Pen headed bv 2d ckl Nebr. state
show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed, H. E must be given. Also keep fine gravel FOR SALE. Lisdit Brahmas. I. K. Felch strain
Bowman. Lawrence, Nebr. none better. Single birds or brcedini: pens.
or broken dishes pounded quite fine, Eggs from stock birds scoring 't23'l", bv Rus-
WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first sell, I. 50 per fifteen. Albert von Befge'n, Pe-
class and my prices right. I have spared nei- sand and charcoal where they can al- tersburg, Neb.
ther time or expense to get the best stock-
Scores from 92'-^ to 95K. Eggs for sale, $1.50 ways get it. PINE BROOK PoultJT Farm. Barred Roks,
per 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free The mother hens must have wood winners at the big F"t. Wayne show; first ckl,
E. E. Bowers, Bradshaw, Neb. first,second and third pullets; first pen. W.
P. NEWCOMB, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has the ashes or dust. This is a great help to- Wyandottes, Buff Rocks I. R. Ducks, errgs
largest loft of fancy pigeons in the west to se- ward ridding them of vermin. 2.00 per setting. W. P. Smalley, Napoleon.
'^

lect from, having ail Iheleading colors in Eng- Ohio.

lish and Bohemian Pouter.s. Fantails, Arch- JESSIE L.
HOUDANS exclusively. Winners at Peu-
angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers, American, Cleveland,- Dayton, Detroit, Chi-
Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows, Magpies, cago, etc., orwherevr shown. Eggs only 2.00
White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale. per i5 straight. Stock reasonable. My birds
DAINTY FOLDER FREE telling all about To those who wish to join our State will not disappoint in breeding pen or show-
our noted strain of While Plymouth Rockn room. S. D. Lance. Troy, Ohio.
and why I sell 15 eggs for '$1.50. Geo. F. Pigeon Association we will say th
Stanton & Sons, Bo.-c F, Hennepin, 111. membership fee is one dollar. This WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS e.vclusively.
DON'T YOU TELL if we sell you White Ply- Eggs fifteen for 2.00. from my best pens. Pure
mouth eggs from a strain that others are sell- amount includes your dues for the first white, good yellow legs, low combs. You are
ing for 3 to 5 dollars a setting and we charge sureof prize w-inners. (F' ihel stock) Only a
but Sl.SO per setting. Our novel folder free. vear. You pay one dollar a year into few settings to spare. K E, Cunningham,
'^
Geo. P. Stanton & Sons Hennepin, 111. Ada. Ohio. ^.
the treasury each year thereafter.
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
B. P. Rocks. Cornish Indiatrv GaLmes
Descendants from winners. Eggs High Hill .

$1.00 per IS, S.^.OO per V20. Toulouse Our poultry papers are filled w itli the
(ieese eggs r)Oc per 9. Satisfactiou
inured.
praise of Plymouth Rocks, Wvandottes Poultry Yards
and other attractive birds, but we sel-
ludwlg Uehling, R K. 1. Hooper, Neli dom see the Cornish Indian Games Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks.
Tnikf-y-- Hte bred fi-otii urlzn winners
mentioned or hear their praise. Yet Hiid are winuers. utaUing almost clefLn
sweep wheriviT sliown. Youiic Tophs
The Best they' are gaining popularity very rap- $.")t>aeh; ['uUet.s,
Kock-* aPB noierl fnr
K 50 t,o$:i
shape and
oratitre
OOeaeh. My

BUFF WY.VNDOTTRS in the world idly and bid fair to take the lead as a COUired legs. 90 point (. o kercl.s. $;.r.O
eacli; HI to 9214 point CMrl<er(ls$iOO:
are be found at Shnshan N. Y. general purpose fowl in the near future.
t

piieh Piiliei, Dot .cored. l 00 earh.

Ihave some of them. Forry of this Having moved to our new home at Bel-
years breeders for sale at $2.00 each.
Mrs. Wm. Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo.
ton, Mo., I have resolved to devote my
Eggs balance of season $1 per 15.
entire time to the caring for and breed-
J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y. ing of my fowls, to try to meet my cus-
tomers' demand for stock and eggs. CROWELL'S
After May lOth l^'^;t::i^ Eight years ago I began breeding
Buff Orping t ons.
stock at very low figures. These birds tlioroughbred fowls. I tried twelve dif-
hav<- brought me pullets that scored ferent varieties, but soon discarded all Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st
i)0, il'Jji and '.13. All these birds will be l)ut the Cornish Indian Games, and have and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. lid, 4th and 5.
as I represent them. Eggs after the Hens I'it, and 2d. 1st Pen. Eggs,
never had cause to regret my choice.
10th of May will be $-.MlO per l.'>, or $.S.OO per 15, $.").00 per :iO. trios Two
three settings for $.")-0(). I have bred them exclusively for six Indian Runner Ducks at $5 00 per
years. As egg producers, games rank trio. Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfac-
Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la with any of the ordinary breeds. I have tion guaranteed.

had hens three years old lay as well

F. A. Croweil, Granger, Minn.
as pullets, and this in January, too.
FOeSllLE! Light Brahmas,
The eggs of the Cornish Indian
l'"elch vStrain. None better. Hggs Games vary in color from very light to Silver Lace Wvandottes
from stock scoring 92 to 93}^, a dark brown. I am a little partial to White Wyandottes : : :

$1.50 per 15. White Wj'an- brown egg, therefore am select-

a nice
j^^j
Buff Leghorns
dot"te eggs $1.25 per 15. ing nice brown eggs to set, and when
,
,

Pekin Ducks...
Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb I get my strain established they shall
As
All first class stock. Eggs for sale.
be known as the brown egg strain.
mothers they are excellent, setting well, MRS.W. TIBBITS,
E.
EGG REDUCTION . . .
and as protectors of their young they Imperial, Neb.
We are done hatching and have have no superiors. They will attack
turned our breeding pens together on
range-egg- $1.00 per KS; $1 .^0 per 30. dogs, cats, and almost any of the depre- Barred Rock Eggs,
From (locks on other farms $4 OJ per dators of the chicken yard. The yare For Hatchlns;.
100. Now, as always, first class White not chmisy, and do not step on and
Leghorns. crush their chicks, as do many of the Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is
PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, What you want. Try mine this year.
R. R.French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo large breeds. They stand confinement $1.50 for 15, $2.50 for ,S0, $3.00 iior 45.
well, but are the best of foragers if

allowed to roam. Give them free range A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb.

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS and I will guarantee they will not
starve if theire is a single bug or worm
^'"V. 26th, 30th, 1901194
WINNERS on the farm, for they will find him.
FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red
Their chief delight is to work. sale. Write for prii
SIX YEARS Oak, la., won
Cock, 1st l.st Bronze lufieys
The Cornish Indian Games have
Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen.
At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st more admirers among the fanciers
and
C. E. BROWNING,
breeders for broilers than any other
Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. Falrbury, Nebr.
breed, being noted for a very delicious
Eggs $2. .50 per !'>.
flavor of meat. They dress excellently,
H. R. McLean, having a nice yellow skin and legs,
Osceola, - - Iowa which is a quality admired very much ffi Black Minorcas. a
in market poultry.
No. stock, up to weight and
1

next to impossible to raise poul-

While I am not in favor of breeding the best of color. Eggs S2 per
It is
try, even a small flock on a city lot to for beauty alone, I think it should not
13. No stock for sale.
say nothing of a large flock on a poul- be entirely ignored. What fowl is more Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb.
try farm or plant, without the aid of a beautiful than a well-bred Indian game
trained brown shaft and glossy
lien, the bright
Fox Terrier Doe;. green lacing making a beautiful con-
Our dogs are taught to parole the trast. In them we have a fowl for the
place night and day. Write, Nevada
Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo.
,^-Males $10.00: females $5.00.
farmer, the broiler raiser, the egg pro-
ducer, and the fancier. Anyone who
has haldled game fowls is aware of
1 DON'T SET HENSr
umbUH, Npb.

winning Golden their deceptive appearance. While slim BU Y STOOK and EGGS from hiph scoring-
g ^ From prize
WIlIl'E LAXIJSHANS and BTTKF KOCKS.
CggS Wvandottes, $2. per i:!, scor- in outline and small in stature, their
e winter layer.s. Clieap for quality. Esrirs
inir from '.to'to n^'-i, by Shellenherger. wo'clit. \\lu-n r.>nipared with birds of $1.50 per 1.";. Mrs. L. MUMi'OWKli. Duroc
"
;ev rics. \V.Jj. MnMPOWER.
..'^':.H''"'iei, Keota, III. '
I' '"' Lrf-nerallv one-third Clulicnlhe. Mo,


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 19
Circular telling about my su-
greater. Free Barred Plymouth Rock perb Barred Rocks. Yards
This is a noble breed, and is destined
headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prizewinners from
to become one of the leading varieties prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $5.00.
when once their merits are better .
PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb.
known. MRS. E. CORDER.
Grand River Valley Poultry Farm,
Belton, Mo.
You can Raise Chickeus
Each season we leran something ne\?
and maybe several things tliat is, it is
if you use

new to us. For a number of seasons Pinkerton's Perfection

I have operated from one to three in-

cubators during the season and several Chick Food.

different makes, and yet I don't know
it all about running an incubator lacl. The Critical Age of Small Chicks.
One thing is, that with an incubator
Mim- small chit bet llii- fourth
which has a nursery underneath the egg and fiirhth days than any olber ten days of
their ^Towth. 'Several thin;^'s have a tendency-
try it is unnecessary to open the ma- to bowel trouble. The kind of food comes in
chine from the time the first egg is pip- for its share. It usually takes abi>ut four days
t.. a-et sick and two to f.>ur days to die in. The
ed until the hatch is completed. If there first feeds are the important ones. Clean grain,
seeds irrit and muscle irrt)wer ni.-iterial is what
arc any chicks that cannot get out ot Ihev need. The liisl hn.l is lb,, volk which
lh.-\ .ibsorb. This sli,,uM ir ili.-ir entire feed
1

the shell alone, they better be left in,

the lirst iliirtv t.ililtv h.Hiis. I'lien Ulev are
for they will never be worth anything small f.-e,ls ,,l k m 1,1,-iiacks. The
reailv for ii

material-in nr- Pinker on- chick Food

anyway. takes the place of frn-eii siuh. hi
to the g'reatest decree possiMe rll bal-
."Vnd now aliout that "moisture ques- anced ration for smalU hicks, rliicks twenty
tion?" \\c run our incubator all last days old are practically raised. To saye a
lafire per cent of them past eight days old is
season and have took off two good where the profits come in. Chicks can be raised
without this food, but they can be raised more
hatches this season without the use of It is far more econom-
2s pound sack fjoes a long way with young- chicks.
mo'sture. One hatch this season we and far more successful. Try a dollar sack ot this food.
M. M. JOHNSON, Inventor Sure Hatch Incubator.
had 87 chicks from 89 tested eggs. Our
incunbators are not supposed to be non- Price 25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $1.50; lOO lbs$3.00.
moisture and are fitted up with moist- Add ress MRS. Al^NA L. PINKERTON,
ure pans, etc.
Clay Center Nebraska-
Query, if we can make good hatches
without moisture in a dry season, how
much moisture must we use during a
wet season? R. R. FRENCH. HiQH Qi A^-^ RAf?P=^P P.
""""
ROCKS
Ford City, Mo. MILES STRAINS.!
The Richmond County Poultry As-
its third annual show
sociation will hold
BLACK LAIMGSHANS
at Olney, 111., Jan. T, 8, 9 and 10, 190.3. Write us for
Chas. McCIave, judge. The officers are
We are selling all our this year's breeding hens at a bargain.

H. I. Morse, president; Mrs. E. E. Ed- description and prices.

wards, vice-president; Geo. B. Hall,
assistant secretary, all of Olney; Edw, . . . BIG BARGAINS . . .

E. Dalton, secretary-treasurer, Parkers-

burg, 111. EDW. E. DALTON. MR. and3MRS. A. UPTON & SON,
Troy, Mo., March 20, 1902.
Former address Falrbury, Neb. MOHASKA, KAS.
The Lincoln oCunty Poultry Associa-
tion will hold its next show at Troy,
Mo., Jan. 13-1.5, lfl03. The officers are Eggs.
as fololws: President, Geo. S. Town-
send: secretary, Stuart L. Penn; treas- BUFF ROCKS. Only $3.00 per SO or $5.00 per 100 from our
white breeds. $4.00 per SO or $7.00 per 100
urer, J. L. Sbafer; supt., Jno. Kemper; W. WYANDOTTES. from our best pens Hawkins. Dustin. Felch
Judge, J. W. Wale. Please put us on strains. Bred to win and to plea.^e. We guar-
your list of show dates. Yours truly. BARRED ROCKS. antee our eggs to be as srood as the best and
positively thoroug-hbred of the best stai.dard.
STUART L PENN, Scc'y. LIGHT BRAHMAS. The above low oflf.r is for this season only.
Catalofrue free. Member of American Buflf
Rock Club.
Anna L. Plnkerton, Clay Center, Neb.
Viola. 111.
-s- e@-

Dear Madam: Received the 25 lbs. JAMES Q. MYERS, Oaks, Pa.
Chick Food, and I cannot praise it too
much. Have not lost one from my
cbiclcs that liHve lich yellow li- aud snow
last hatch. I never saw chicks grow These Eggs Hatch Will white plumage.
so fast. I give your food the entire '"' ''

credit. Yours respectf ullyi, White Plymouth Rocks. iri)'per'irf'r"or^peu':^o.''l;^l(i)Trrr

Mrs. Gilbert Chiirchil. Mrs. M. C, Downing, ElkCjtj, Kao^

20 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
LARGE PIGEON RANCH. Barred Plymouth Rocks.
According to recent reports publisli-
c(l in several poultry and pigeon pa- EXCLUSIVELY.
l)ers and in several of the leading mag-
Drop me a postal card today asking for
azines of this coyntry, the largest pig- description of niatings and price of
eon ranch in the world is located near eggs for hatchiiif,'.
l-os Angeles, Calif. About fifteen thou
sand pigeons are kept on this ranch,
W. S. RUSSELL,
Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. These are white, fine Wyandotte shape
which we believe is the only establish-
and heavy winter layer.s. Score 92
ment of its kind in America. , to by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb.
!!.')

The pigeon ranch covers about eigiit State Show winners, $2.00 for l.">.
acres of sandy ground and there i'-
Fair treatment insured. Eggs at
reducid prices balance of season.
plenty of running water on the place. OAKESii: ^:^^im.
the standards fur others. CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb.
The main building is sixty feet in length OUeH'Hjrdro Safely I.nnip75f- to #2.70,
OnltPB* Imp. Uftfer ThtrmDHtnt, SI. 35.
and twenty feet high and contains five Oakea* New Aluminum R<>Eiilnlor.

or six thousand nests. There are five Brown's Roup Remedy.

other good sized pigeon houses on the For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won-
L. R. OAKES, Mfr. No. 12 Gth Street, Bloomlngton, derful antiseptic, soothing and heal-
place. At any time of the day these
ing, reliable safe remedy for roup,
houses are literally covered with birds.
cankered mouth, chicken pock and
The owner
forty
of this ranch sends about
thousand squabs to market an-
aSUBS IS:S THE lOOS cholera.
cattle.
Invaluable for horses and
Ouickly heals galls and pre-
nually. The price per dozen for the
Noxall Incubator vents and removes proud flesh. Price
IT HAS 3Sc per package. Sole proprietor and
birds is generally about $3.00, but some- VeDtllitiDgaod M
eRegtiUtlng,
manufacturer. Aijents wanted in
times it runs up to $10. The gross in- _ tlfget ine'FREE!
1 out bow
_- a&ulogue all the principal cities of the U. S.
plvesa remedy for every known poultry discftae, 4c. (or poB-
come is estimated at about $9,000 per tBgo circular aod price llat Tree. * Robert Brown. Port RichmDnd
lannum. The expense of keeping the Noxall Incabntor Co., Q,ali>cy, 111,
Richmond Borough, N. Y
enormous flock of pigeons averages
$5.00 a meal, the birds being fed three
times a day. The amount
of food con-
about twelve sacks of
J^ B^RG^IISr ...
sumed daily is
I have two pens of Barred Plymouth Rocks
screenings, eight sacks of wheat and a
each containing one male and eight females.
large amount of boiled meal.
Once a week the houses and nests are E^ B. Thompson stock, will sell at ... .

thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and

the thousands of birds appear to be per-
. . $15.00 PER PEN . .

fectly healthy. if taken soon as 1 am obliged to move and

cannot take them. The cockerels cost
We would like to see some of our $10.00 each. All one year old,
Western fanciers take up the breeding
of Pigmie Pouters. These little fellows
are one of the most interesting breeds
ph^kerton & CO
we have. Clay Center, Neb
GLEN RAVEN EGGG FARM
NOTES.
Written for The Investigator. tail's Practical Brooder.
The thorough poultry industry is a
great and growing enterprise. The Prevents piling up, and overheating of chicks. Complete specifications,
country is covered with fanciers of telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for
many classes. Selling eggs for hatch- 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
ing is one of about the best paying of 2x0 ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar.
branches of the business, and one of
about the most vexing. There is
I have some Extra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS. Pen No. 1. is headed by the
:i

great deal of disappointment experi- cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1000 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d
enced in this part of it. So inany prize cockerel at Chicago, I'.IOl. These birds are mated to some of my choice
yard females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, fl.OO per l.i.
breeders of limited range their
per
Pen No. 2, 75c per IS. Incubator eggs, $5.00 100.
fowls entirely too close, the stock bi;-
come overfat and worn out of their D. W. GRANT, Almena, Kan.
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 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS
former health and vigor. This applies Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and
more to the heavy breeds than the 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
light ones, but it can be found true of
winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed.
both classes. We all know full well
Prices reasonable. A
share of your patronage solicited.
that it is no more difficult to get a
FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr.
- ,'rl__)iatch frnni i '
' .- - i ''i'
W
e "w iIi'uu'unu^.
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 2i

Rose Comb heavy breeds than of the light ones.

White Leghorns!
purchased eggs from the lead-
Made a clean sweep at Mitchell Iinghave fanciers of the heavy breeds and
winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds,
and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92 I know how I came out, using "moth-
At three shows in last two years er hen" all the time as an incubator.
won II firsts, seconds,' 6 thirds There are few of the leading fanciers
(i

and specials, Coci^erels for sale. of today vcho live with their fowls. If
Eggs $1.50 per setting
they trust the care of them to hired
J. F. Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. D&kota
help it may be' well in some cases, but
Chalk Vice-President State Association,
Whito I venture it is poor attention in many
Wyandottes. instances.
BuflF Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S.
Most every one knows how to mate
C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes. fowls, but how many make it their
Buff Orpingtons- Eggs from the four best breeds in the individual business to see to it that all
Exhibited at four shows, 1900- country, at $1.25 per setting for next
1901. Won39 regular premiums. conditions are favorable for best re-
'Ml days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons
progeny
Eggs and stock in season. Sat- and B. P. Rock egg in 100 lots. A few sults in the hatching and the
isfaction assured. trios of B. Orpingtons for sale. of their stock. Most everyone who

GiB. CLARY ^aibtt^y, Nebr. KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. has lived on a farm and paid any at-
When you write mention the Investigator Black Langshansm
Of 30 of my prize-winning Black Lang-

tention to fowls know that the farm
range hens' eggs will produce a bet-
ter per cent of chicks from the same
fanciers who
shans entered at State Fair and Neb. number of eggs than the
State Show the past 2 years, I won yard their stock close year in and
2d, and 1 Sd; Eggs $2.00 for year out. Then if we would bring
Standard of Perfection 25 1st, ;i

15, $3.59 t r 30.

about best results we must so yard
Revised Edition, 1900.
J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. our breeding stock that they well
have ample range to exercise, as does
This work is issued by the American the farm hen. They don't need all
Poultry Association. It is a book of
A RARE CHANCE . .
purpose, but they do
get a start in W. P. Rocks from outdoors for this
To
over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- as good stock as can be found in require room enough that they don t
tains the only official descriptions of America. I will sell eggs from my feel confined, and so that when a
the several varieties of fowls. It is on noted prize winners the balance of strange person enters the yards they
the season for half price. Don't
this Standard that all poultry judges miss a bargain. can get out of the way, and not fly
base their awards. Every experienced The grass should
M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kas. out of the pens. or, in other words,
fancier has a copy of this book and ev- support the fowls,
ery poultryman needs it to learn the
EGGS STOPI when the yards are kept bare all
requirements to which his stock must $3.50 for 15 S- KCSE and SINGLE, -S* summer they are overstocked. I have
$4.50 for 30 have
be bred. IMy aim, Rhode Island Reds. Buff Leg- known this a long time. I
horns. Winners wherever shown. have
Only strong robust stock in my tried both kinds of yards and
fertile e^gr,
hardy
Ttie Standard of Peffection duck, bred pens and you will not regret it if noted results. I have ample room to
to win best you send j'our order for eggs to
AND to lay. Erie Aurollus, spread (although our land is worth
Ohio $400 or $500 per acre) we are spread-
Perry, Lake ce.
Ttie Poultff InvEstigatof ing out in the business about as fast
$1.00 you want .... as our business requires, our land is
One Year, for If
planted to fruit and our yards are in
Address,
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR,
Belg:ian Hares the orchards. Pears, cherries, plums,
Call on or write to etc. The fowls are a benefit to the
CLAY CENTER, nKBRARKA and the the same
OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, falling fruit
: : : :
trees
to the fowls.
Old Orchard, Mo.
Louis, Mo.,
We are running three incubators,
Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St.
one (lamp) brooder, and three hot
Eggs from WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- water jug brooders at this writing.
stock scor- 100 Hares to choose from. Keep five lamps burning all the time
White . ing frotn 90 and 500 eggs in process of incubation,
to 95 points, (] and it may be of interest to mention
Langshans that we have one hot air and one
$1.50 per 15;
hot water and one hot air and hot
$2.75 per 30; Buff Orpingtons water combined incubators at work.
Exclusively this season S AND We don't have much time to play mar-
only. Some
I
White Wyandottes bles or go out pleasure seeking.
Giving the stock more range means
good Ckls. for sale with score
more steps each day for the attend-
cards by Ben S. Myers.
whole lot of com-
W I never have failed to win in ant, but there is a
All Stock Farm Raised. ffl largest shows. Birds score from fort in it to know that when we set
90to95>^.
MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., or sell eggs that there will be a sat-

Rock Port, - Missouri i

$
C ROCKHILL, Harvard, Nebraska.
isfactory hatch come off.

E. W. GEER.
When you write mention the Invepiigator. Farmington, Mo.
 22 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
WHITE, PLYMOUTH ROCKS. EGG ORDEfiS. Book now fof Houston,
The Michigan
l>iOw is the
is
start you
time and David City,
the place to
(Kgg's are
rijfht.
buy epgs that
i
Neb
will
atching-
,

p. R 2 mating.", score from 90 to

Poultryman...
g|

(food. Our
birds were prize winners
_ O^'/z. Eggs $.'i. per I.'). $r> per 100.
Buff Orpingtons, (yards; 2 yards
at the Nebraska State Show, 1902.
Write for prices.
solid buff wing and ami tail, eggs Only Exclusive Poultry
$,') per 1,'), $S per :)0 Buff Orping: Paper in Michigan
J. W. HALL, David City. Nebr ton;, 1 yaid, eggs Sli per 15, $5
per 30 Buff' Orpingtons, 1 yard All the practical poultrymen contrib-
eggs S2 per 1,5, $5 per -lO. ube to its pages. Expert poultry-
Winners wherever shown.
men will give its readers free
such information as they
Won more and seconds than
first
may ask for.
any other man. Guarantee good
hatches, true to name and fresh. All the news of the poultry world, Well

A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. illustrated.

Michigo-n PoviltrymaLn,
^iQUEEN CITYa^ Please Let Me Tell You IthacaL. Mich
My BuiT Cochins have again won their
share of the ribbons at tlie McUook SIiow. To
make room for mv breeding pens 1 will sell
BUSINESS COLLEGE. trios, pens and -ingles at bargnins for the
next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns.
Cherry Hill Poultry Yard
Eggs In season.
One of the leading^ schools of the west' BARRED p. ROCKS, Exclusively.
Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska.
Larg'e attendance. Great demand for Eggs $1.50 per IS. 100 for $6.00.
its graduates. Expenses low.

H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings,

Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator
Address

Neb
Company
Blue Barred ^ Mrs. Eva J. Gingrich, Aurora, Neb.

Satisfied People.
That's the kind thatrun the

Plymouth Rocks MARILLA

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Eggs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per SO, $S.OO Incubators and Brooders.
are not Balmtieil we rtfuurf thtir
If tht^y
per 100. Our stock is first class. moDt-y. L&rgerbBlchea, pel feci BVHteai
The kind that win and lay eggs. M reirulatiog temperature, moiBturv and
P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr Hot **'1q oDr
'TentilatioD.
catalog'.
All these polotsezpUined
Seat for two 2c stamps.
Satisfaction to all. Circular free, Air.

HARILU IHcilBATOB COMPAKY. BOI 97, ROSE HILL. H. X.

H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. My Buff Orpingtons

Lock box 500. At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made IFWEKMEWr;o^?^.^r,%
8 single entriesand took 1st ckl, 2d ck, you our 20TH CENTURY CATALOG
1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If
BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. you are going to buy eggs send for my
lOc pets this book. I

Edson's Keslstered Strain, from a long line circular.Orpingtons and (Thompson)

of prize-winning ancesters; have made them
a spi'cliilty for 19 yeara. Now oCFerlnK fine Barred Plymouth Rocks.
pxlilblllon and grand bfpeding stock of both
IWHiand 1901 hatch at moving price if tal<en
Mion. t^rnd for illustrated circular with
JOHN A LING
half-tnnes of meritorious birds. Address, Harvard - - Nebraska
M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. Poultry Supplies
Pan-American Houdan Yards,
Black Langshans Ideal
per 100.
Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1
Tho winter layers, of standard
Wauseon, Ohio. weights, good colored plumage Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen,
per 60.
fl
Breeder of yne exhibition Houdans. \S/_^ and eyes, well feathered shanks
Breeders score from 92toi)534. Head- "Tl^" no scrube among them. Score Standard of Perfection each $1.
ed by cock 94 >2. Prices reasonable. 9.3 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, Spray Pumps each 75c.
Henry Weichmann, Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c.
Box 94. Wauseon, Ohio. C U. Hurlburt, Fai.bury, Neb. Conkey's Roup Cure 50c land 1.00 a
box.
Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per
Eggs Thorouehbred Barred P. Rock eees
two dullars per setting of fifteen, (iol
SILVER WYANDOTTES 100 pounds.
den Sebright Kantatns, two dollars J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup
citing of fifteen. Col.>rcd Muscovy ducks,
BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last
MY eight
lollars per setting of eleven. My stock State Shows and many other large Cure 50c and $1 a box.
shows, winning more premiums than all
nil str.>iiii and vigorous and have farm
other competitors of this variety combined.
Reliable Spring Punches each 25c.
e. All eirgs shipped will be strictly fr<
(Jood birds for sale. Eggs from prize pens Midland Poultry Food at factory
15 for $3. 30. $S- From standard bred prices.
Mrs. D. T. STONE. DeKalb, MO. stock, farmrange. lUO. $4.
Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay
Clover liidge Poultry Kurm. Route No.
mps J. Ul. CAUSE, Center, $12.
Empofia, I^an. Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb.
Black Langshan,
" )yh''^J*A '*?<:'' i^-
per 100 pounds $1.20
C. Buff Orpington
W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White Litne Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O*
Pekin Uuck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs MRS. FLORA B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00
from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at Buff Rocks SHROYER, Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops,
Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS Pekin Ducks Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest.
ribbons from to 5. Poor hatches du- Toulouse Geese
1
Perry, O. T. Sure Hatch Poultry Co.,
plicated at half price. Bronze Turkeys.
Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. Clay Center, Nebr,


POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 23

For
Cure (iuaranteed!
All kinds
Conkey's
of fancy pg- only remedy positively
THEknown
eons. Prices
reasonable. Roup Cure to cure roup In all Its
forma as loug^as-the-fowl can
see to drink. For Oanker, es-
pe ally In pigeons, this cure excels
Toulouse g-eese eg-g-s 20c each. Rouen all others. Uno manes 35 gallons of medicine. Directions with
50;cent package
duck eg-ffs 18 for 11.00. White Hol- cTerv package. cure money refund. Postpaid, small sIzb 50c. large $1.
If It falls to

land Turkey eggs, $1..TO for 9. Also Conkey's Louse Killer never falls to Hll. Try It. 35 cents per package, and
I.T cents ext' a for postage

Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poultry Tonlo will keep your fowls In perfect
tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg-- health, and pro. uce uiorv eggs than any -.linll:.r prenaratlnn. 25 cents per package
horns, S. S. Hamburg's, C. I. Game;-,
and cenis extra for postage.
I.'i
C. E. CONKEY
<S. CO.. Clevelcvnd, O.
Faclfl roast agi^tits; Petaluma Incubator Co.. I'etaluma. (Jal. Eastern wholesale
Buflf Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buif office; .No.s Park Place, New York City and S,H. I. Co., t^hiy Center. Nehr. Knr
and Silver Laced Wy a ndottes. Poul- s:ile liy all pcmltry supply houses. ^?-AirHnIs wanted.
try eggs, 1.5 for $1.00. Yards score
from 90 to 94J2 points. Satisfaction
guaranteed.

D. L. BRUEN, Oldenbusch, Neb.

Union Lock Poultry Fence.
For Poultry, Rabbits, ^g. Orchards, Gardens, etc.
If you Succeed You musthave a Pull!
Get it hy buying- eggs from Pinkerton
and Go's Ring-let Strain of B. P.
Rocks. Winners whe ever shown.
1^ ^ r
Eg-gs per setting, $2.00.
tings for fn.SO. Address
Two set S5
m.
PINKERTON & Co. Clay Center, Neb.
L,ock Box 24.

Barred Plymoutli Kocks

E4
stock for sale. Prices rea-
sonable. Egg.s 1st yard,
$2.00 per IS. 2d yard, $1.00
per 15, $4.00 per hundr d.
Stronger and closer spacing than any other make.
Mrs. A. B. Jones, Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn
Abilene - . . - Kansas. Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class.
Your dealer should handle this line if not, -write us for
prices. Catalogue free.
CUT
at PRICEb
CATALO0UK>'"Ki;i UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A.
POULTRY ff?. Ent. Co.Cnlumbui. C

\ FRANK MYERS, Also manufacturer of|

Morning Viewggoi (Free Port, III., U.S. A. Ideal Aluminum Leg \
S Box 20.
Poultry Yards. i Breeder "f * Band
I
Barred Plymouth Rocks The acknowledged leader. 12 fors
.HAVE. %Thpy are Barred Rlsht and eood
15c. 25 for 30c. 50 for 50c. 100 for (
75c. Samples and circular. of t
5 size. KefTs 15 for I3. 30 for |:t.50.
Barred Kocks mailed t
50 for 4.00. 100 for 7.00.
..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 5 for stamps. i
k^a^^^^^k'^iV^Fk^ v^k^.^^^ k^^^^^^^ tf^jtfm tfVM^^.^^ ^^^i^^r^^

Extra large heavy bone, finely bar-

red, full above the eyes.

Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting.

lY. / Cheneyf ^

Breeder of
James M. Perkins, Thoroughbred Pouhry,
BOX 68-^ ~trCVBK, MO
RAVENWOOD. . : MISSOURI.
:

Varieties. B. P. Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wyan-

andottes. Partridge Cochins. S. C. B. Minorcas. S, C.
W. Lee-horns, S. and R. C. B. Leehorns. PeUin Ducks.
H.-.
DVIII LEGHORNS wW ORPINGTONS Euffs tor hatching. 1 00 per setting, $3.00 for SO.
Write for my new illustrated poultry catalogue.
Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry,
quotes prieeS on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about
a^nd Brown Leghorns The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free.
Young or old stock, first class birds cheap
Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time
M.& F. HERMAN. W. J. CHENEY.
Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill Crawford Co. -^%r-CUBA, MO
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Printing: for PANDEMONIUM

Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale
Poultrymen vou can positively check the mortality by using
PUR.ITAN CHICK FOOD,
: : : :

Wei are prepared to do all kinds of a readily assimilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it
printinsr for poultrymen. We hare the under positive guarantee.
hichcsl srrade machinery and new ma- FRlLE:--()ur new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever
terial; all work guaranteed first-class.
issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's
Free use of standard poultry cuts to largest plant
patrons. Write us your wants and get
our prices on your work. Address,
PURITAN
BOX 557
POULTRYSTAMFORD.
A.
FARMS, CONN.- -

Poultry Investigator
Clay Center, Neb.
MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD,
c^ii BPP.p.np.pg op r:^ ,

White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and

Cure Pekin Ducks.
.Scott's
For Cliicken Cholera At Nebraska State Poultry show 1901 we won 1st pen, 1st hen, 1st cock, 3d
cockerel, which was a prize on every bird entered. At the Ne-
Guaranteed Chicken Cholera
to cure braska;State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st
or money refunded. Testimonials on pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel -
a first prize on every bird entered.
applicatior
Bank.

B F SCOTT,
Reference: Rising City

Rising City, Neb

FRIEND,
We have a
....
fine lot of young stock for sale.
NEBRASKA.

RARRFII B'^^^^^'^ Bros. New York

winners </. R, Hendarson,
is what my flock is Win-
built from.
Sta. B. Route i.
ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2.
Clubbing List ROCKS. Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. Columbus, Om

By taking the advantage of the Mines' Liquid Lice Killer.

following combinations you can
Will destroy all animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigorous when
get two papers often at the price used in conjunction with Hlties' Poultry Food. Pays foritself in the egg
basket. Directions for making 2.5c each. Barred Plymouth Rock eggs
of one. Look at these offers:
$1.00 for IS. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs $1.00 per 9.
Price with

Regular
Poultry
Invisti-
Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut., Kan.
price. gator.
Poultry Tribune 50c SOc
Poultry Herald 50c SOc
Poultry Gem 25c 35c
1st, 2d,and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at
Commercial Poultry SOc 50c
Western Poultry News... 25c 25c Golden Wyandottes. St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score
and 91,4' by Butterfield.
94-9234: -91 34
Poultry Success SOc 40c Highest Grade, Healthy Vlgor- 3 seconds at same show 1900. Ist
Poultry Topics 25c 2.5c
ousji Stock, from careful and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair.
Poultry Gazette 25c 25c Matlngs. Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock
Nafl Poultry Journal... 500 SOc
or sale. Write for full information
Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 S. p. VAN NORT, S.'igsS*'"''
American Poultry Journal 50c 50c
Feather SOc SOc
Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00

..Just Think of ##..

Farmer and Breeder, price
Any SOc paper yon choose above. .
$1.00
.SO
Meyer's Langshans
The Poultry Investigator 25
ist and 2nd cock; and 4th hens; ist 2nd and
ist
Total $1.75
4th cockerels; 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen.
ist
We will send the three to you for $1.00.
Score iSgJ^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At
Address,
N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR.
good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd;
Notice We do not send samples of
tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel;
ther papers.
2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per
15, $3.50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from
winners.
Your stationery
POULTRYMEN 80 good
Records of other big winnings in catalogue.
unless pnivjcn neatly. I do ones to
it IS
for samples
well and use good
and
L. E. Meyers,
Send prices.
o^o^o^o^ Bowling Green, Missouri.
N. K. MENDELS, Brand Rapids, MIoh.
^^^^^^
 PERFECT
CHAMBERLAIN'SBEYOND COMPARISON.
CHICK FEED.
WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY.
CHMBERLm'S fERFECT CHICK FEED. like everythine else that has i
has its iiniitttiDiis. DUXT BCY TKOl'BLE. iijsift on haviiiu the
OriKiniil Iiry Feed. Stamped on each saok "Chamberlain's Feed, HIrk-
wood. Mo." All others are worthless imitations. Nothing "Just as good."

I am ready
GOOD MORNING SISTER
fnr Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed.
Dey and Always
f.,
1/ REiT.V K.IK C.NE, LiTTLK (iOES I.ON.l WaV.
No Bowel Trouble wlii-n Chamberlain's Chick Feed is properly used. It is the fine .

mlilure in Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For Incubator chicks, for tU'r^},
'c chicks until 5 months old.

V FACTORY PRICE, I 00 Lbs. S2.S0. 50 Lbs. S 1 .50. 30 Lbs. $ 1 .00.'^^

For the Broiler ftlan, (he Fancier and the Farmer. Sates Time and Money.
Chambsriain's Hen Fead will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00.':^

Factory and Shipping Depof, 302 N. Commercial St., ST. LOUIS, f

Freight chargps adflod to facton' price at all distributing points. Ordpr from vour nearest agent and savptinie and freight. '

FOB SILE T S2.75 PER 100 IBS BY SnraEue Torn. Co.. Chioaeo. Ills.: .1. Wil
. 'o Cincinnati. Ohio; Iowa Seed Co.. Des Moines. Iowa- Wermick
.

Seed Co.. Milwaukee. Wis.: K A. Pike & Co.. Minneapolis. Minn.: B. A. Pe?le. In. Neh Huntine & Pace. Indianapolis Ind Ripley Hardware
: :

Co., Grafton. Ills.: Alexander Seed Co.. Aucusta. (ia.: Norton Poultry Yards. Dal .s. Tex^i. $3 40 per KiO Ihs: H McK Wilson & Co Aeents for St. Louis. .

Wo. H friends of my feed in the eaBt have trouble gettinB my feed, write direct to me for prices \N. F. CHAMBERLAIN, KIRKWOOD. MO.

^ Our Motto, "Virtute aon Astutra" ^

From such Fashionable Strains as th e following Champions;
Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash,
Climax, Grimsby's Star, Priory Prince, Malttn Mystery, Pal-
ace Queen, Lord Britain, Etc

Our Stud Bucks are; RUFUS]IED^BELGIAN HARES

HARES Fashoda Star

Score 90 by Judge Altnond, im-
At prices ranging from $i
$75 per head.
to
reed
ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. market stock, good color and
size, $2 to $3 per pair. Hardy
BY Score 9.)
Viscount
by Judge Finlev, im-
as nk Belgians (good
pairurse does) at $3 to $5 per
to use

ported.
High scoring pedi-
THE Lythcdale
Score 04 by Judg'e Finlev, im-
greed
prices.
stock

pay
at moderate
Will refund money
return express
ported
charges if hares purchased
HUNDREDS Sir Crabtree
Score 93)4 by Judge Crabtree,
are not as represented. Write
for free booklet and further
and other domestic bucks particulars. Rabbitries at
that will sc ore 94 to 00. Maplewood and Fayette.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY,

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
IMPORTED^

A Book Beautiful. Smith's Mattimoth Pekin Ducks aad White Wyandottes Win.

Thirteen 1st, 5 2iids, at Nebraska state, Kansas state. Missouri state, Des Moines
Prairie State Incubator Company Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Xebr. state show
lLa\. it. :" liilli-'iu'tMlntedplritcd,
i-irial palntliiKs,
and won 8 premiums; 1 ck, 1 hen. 1 pullet and 5 others. See circulars for re-
: niu^tratlons. port of the champion flock. Get eggs for hatching from the winners.

Lincoln. Neb.. Box 456 E. E. SMITH

PralneSlaloIri:!). Co., Homer City, P.

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