VOL. 1. 
 
 September/ 1901. 
 
 NO. 1. 
 
POUI/rRV IXVKSTIC,.\T( )R. 
 
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 BufF Wyandottes_ 
 Buff Leghorns^ '_\ 
 
 S. <■. It. l.r'.-hoiris, S. 1'. W. l,..L'h.irMs: DiicUs 
 ;ui<I Cuimsi-^. \'<iiiiij; stork for siilf ;ifliT 
 Nov. 1st,. We will now sell 4 choir.- l,.'^'llol ii 
 (•oc-U,(Bull) at ttfiiK'h. Hiiiucsiiiiil lloii>lmi~ 
 -■r.-iii.: all prizr « iiiii.-i-.. Our Wliitrs im 
 llawUs ami VVykcir -liaiii; our Itrowni art- 
 Hr.ir.' -,lr:nri Oil".-, 1 ; UiilVsaif Harris U.irn.s. 
 
 Am. .111. ail. I II W rilv IIS for lial'.'ain^ 
 
 Mr. A. BLOOMER t, 80M, Lebanon, Kaa. 
 
 GUARANTEED 
 ^■ROUPCURE -^ 
 
 Let The 
 HensLdij 
 
 ■illlli' ^^^^u 
 
 but Hatch Chickens by Steam 
 
 Kt economlcHl method 
 
 EXCELSIOR Incubalof 
 
 Simple, yet thoroaghly dorablp; ahsola 
 
 pki:h at Ih.' least .'xpciiMe 
 y littler lirrtt-olass tiatetiti 
 
 lilp; ahsolnteir 
 pr.ip.irtiim ii< 
 
 i. D. W.llALL. BiisniDcsMolilea, Io»a. 
 
 200 White Plymouth Rocks 
 
 FOR SAl.K. 
 
 Dur spiTiall V. White liird.s;i lari-'r size 
 winter layers. I'lin-s Tfir earh; $1! per IJ. 
 
 F J. KOLASCE, DeBois, Nebr. 
 
 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 
 
 Lamberts Death to Lice 
 Remedies an* adiipteii forex. 
 
 my- 
 
 thiii^' anywheie. Sample lOi 
 M pajro book free. 
 
 D. J. LAMBERT, 
 
 An/tanaug, R. I, 
 
 Choice 
 Cockerels 
 
 & 
 Stock Eggs 
 
 for 
 Haichingm 
 
 The Result of 25 
 Year's Breeding. 
 
 Line Bred at the 
 
 American Poultry 
 
 Farm. 
 
 •il anil While I'lyn, until Kii 
 Iver Wvamliittes. Ulilte 
 IS. iMilii.'ii .'-iel,ri..-lil llaiilii 
 
 Belgian Hares, Jersey Oaf tie. 
 
 F. M.MUNGER& SONS, DeKalb, III. 
 BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 
 
 HERE is an Opportunity 
 
 To ohtaiu 
 
 S. C. B. LEGHORNS 
 
 Two Clicks :iii(l ten Hens of suj;. 
 DOWiSI. Scud for iUu.stfatecl catalu 
 
 merit fur .>alc WAY 
 
 GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska. 
 
 C c^o^ Silver Liaced Wyandottes ^<^^ 
 
 With Royal Blood in Their Veins. 
 
 See this — Wintiers at Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Nebra.ska State show 
 at Lincoln. At the latter show we took 1st cock, 1st. 2d. 3d cockerel, 1st, 
 2d. ,5d 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. 
 This makes him a !M'4 point bird. How is that for a S. L. Wyandotte 
 breeding? If anybody in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy 
 andottes. we can. I. & IS. M. CO^^ER, Pouca Neb. 
 
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 rs; h^i 
 
 a specially fur Hi y...irs Now ullerini: line 
 exhibition anil irranil br edinu' stock of both 
 I'.HIOand IIHtl hatch iil moving' price If taken 
 soon. Send for llUlstrHted circular with 
 lialf-tonos of meritorious birds. Address. 
 
 M. L. EDSOIN, Jacksonville, III. 
 
 ?• Buff P. Rocks 
 . Exclusively... 
 
 We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
 These, together with our own prize 
 winners, gives us the best flock of 
 Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
 please you both in ((uality and prices. 
 Write us if you want winners bred 
 frotii winners. Pekin ducks. Toul- 
 ouse (locsc for sale. 
 
 MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 ^o$ BLOOD TELLS. ^©^ 
 
 Scientific breidine- and square dealing have made Whitney's National 
 Strain line bred Harred Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb lirown IvCg- 
 horns popular. Start right and you will always be right. If you want 
 birds that can win and that will produce winners send for my circular 
 and prices. Address. J. W. Whitney, Chatham, Ohio, P. ( ). box I. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : 
 
 - ^BREEDERS 0F:= 
 
 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 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 
 firsts and part second in state show the last two j-ears. aiso have been 
 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. Surprise, Nebr. 
 
 Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 White riynunith Ilocks. Wliito Holland TurWeys 
 I'ekin liucks and Toulouse Ceese. .\t Nebraska 
 Slate Show, I'.iOI. we won 1 hen. 1 cock. 1 pen, :i cock- 
 erel. Entered three sincle birds and one pen, so 
 got prize on every entry. Won 3 pen, H cock, and 
 missed the *r, special by 'j point at Orete. Neb,. De- 
 cember. ISIOO. Best display. 1 pen fowls, i pen 
 chicks, 1 and 2 hen. 1 cock. 1 and :) cockerel at Sew- 
 ard. Neb,. Nov. liiou. S'ock and egj;s In season. 
 
 Please mention the Invk.stic.^tok when answering advertisements. It 
 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) 
 
 Three Requisites of Success. 
 
 
 
 
 ^ By R. Upton, Fainbupy, Neb. | 
 
 both, large and small, are run on 
 strictly business principles, as theii 
 success, year after year, denotes, and 
 the profit realized from them shows 
 conclusively the ability of the men 
 running them. 
 
 When this ability can accumulate 
 money it is turned into capital, which 
 is invested in enlarging the plant, 
 and the business continues to grow in 
 proportion. 
 
 There is a class of enthusiastic nov- 
 ices who write to know if they can 
 make a living at the poultry business. 
 They might as well ask if they can 
 make a living at watch making. A 
 living can be made at watch making 
 by one who knows all about it, but 
 for one who knows nothing about it, 
 it would certainly be a complete fail- 
 ure, and he would soon be in the 
 poor house, for he would not know 
 how to begin. 
 
 One can make a living at the poul- 
 try business — if he knows how. No 
 novice can do It, and we are frank to 
 say so, but it will at least cost the 
 novice less to begin and try to learn 
 at the poultry business than in any 
 other direction. It is rather strange 
 that a man should expect to succeed 
 in a business in which he has no ex- 
 perience, yet we find every day men 
 rushing into poultry keeping, certain 
 that they will succeed, without a mo- 
 ment's experience in poultry raising. 
 
 Now, when any pursuit is prosper- 
 ous, it does not attract out attention 
 specially, because we see at a glance 
 that with its system and business 
 principles and the business principals 
 running it, it is bound to succeed. 
 
 We therefore pass it by and stop at 
 a well-equipped plant, where we real- 
 ize at once that plenty of capital has 
 been invested, and where in appear- 
 ance everything should be prosperous, 
 but where, on the contrary, everything 
 is a failure. The capital in this case 
 is being sacrificed through the lack 
 
 (Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
 
 Failures in the various pursuits call- 
 ed "business," or, in other words, 
 mercantile ventures, are usually at- 
 tributed to three causes — first, lack of 
 ability; second, lack of capital; and, 
 third, too much competition, whereby 
 the supply is rendered greater than 
 the demand, and hence a cutting of 
 prices to get rid of an overstock, 
 which results in such a sacrifice that 
 the firm cannot prosper, and therefore 
 fails. 
 
 Raising poultry for profit, when it 
 takes the nature of a business, can 
 be compared to other pursuits of a 
 similar object, and must, like all mer- 
 cantile ventures, be run on business 
 principles, or certain failure will be 
 the result. The majority of poultry 
 plants are run for profit, and are 
 either a distinct business by them- 
 selves, or a part of a general dairy, 
 fruit or farm business. The minor- 
 ity are run at a loss, and are usually 
 conducted by wealthy amateurs who 
 enter into the pursuit of a fad, or to 
 gratify a love for poultry keeping, or 
 perhaps to improve the different 
 breeds, willing to sacrifice the money 
 for the good of the industry, and with 
 no idea of profit. 
 
 Raising Poultry for profit is subject 
 to two or three influences which gov- 
 ern any other business pursuit. It 
 requires ability and capital, but so far 
 has not been affected by the third, 
 namely, competition, over-production 
 and its consequent disasters. 
 
 The first quality necessary therefore, 
 either in any ordinary business pur- 
 suit, or in raising poultry, is ability. 
 There are thousands and thousands of 
 small flocks of poultry throughout this 
 country which add many welcome dol- 
 lars to the other crops of a farm and 
 produce the bulk of all our eggs. There 
 are also a few hundred large poultry 
 plants, housing from three hundred to 
 a thousand or more head. These, 
 
 of ability to turn it into a profitable 
 channel. 
 
 Raising poultry is a peculiar and at 
 the same time a fascinating pursuit. 
 The person who enters it must, above 
 all, have a great fondness for it. It 
 at no time becomes mechanical or 
 commonplace. 
 
 The foreman of a canning factory 
 would not therefore succeed in rais- 
 ing chickens if he ran them on the 
 same principles he had been running 
 his canning room. 
 
 As each season comes round there 
 is something new, something different 
 to learn about chickens. As a rule, 
 it is all in the line of improvement, 
 and with an aim to be more success- 
 ful each (year. When diaaster and 
 bad luck overtake the breeder, it is 
 his great fondness for the pursuit 
 which carries him through. He must 
 also have a sufficient quantity of com- 
 mon sense and knowledge of his busi- 
 ness to be able to make up losses and 
 finally come out with a prosperous 
 season. 
 
 The secret of the failures of well- 
 equipped poultry plants, where cap- 
 ital is plentiful, lies in the fact 
 that the owners think to make a 
 profit by hiring some man (of course 
 a poultry man preferred) to run the 
 establishment and make it succeed for 
 them. This is not an impossible thing 
 to do, but one of the first requisites 
 is the poultryman, or, in other words, 
 the ability. 
 
 First class poultrymen out of em- 
 ployment are as scarce as hens with 
 teeth. Again, a first class poultryman 
 hired by a man who knows nothing 
 about raising poultry soon becomes a 
 second class man at everything. 
 
 There may be exceptions to this 
 rule, but they are scarce. 
 
 Of course, there are many instances 
 in other business enterprises where 
 one man invests capital and another 
 man tries by ability to make a profit 
 for the concern, but in such a case 
 the capitalist must have confidence in 
 the ability of his partner to make a 
 success, or he would not entrust mon- 
 ey to him. So it should be in the 
 poultry business. 
 
 If a capitalist hires a poultryman 
 
to provide the ability, which means, 
 or should mean, successful experience, 
 the former ought to get a fair return 
 for his wages at least; but the truth 
 of the matter is that there are no 
 first class poultrymen to be had. 
 
 They are either all working for 
 some one else or are in business for 
 themselves. 
 
 The second quality necessary for a 
 successful poultry plant is capital. 
 Without this all the ability in the 
 world cannot succeed. The capital 
 may be great or small, but capital it 
 must be, and available at the start. 
 
 There is really more chance for a 
 
 POUT.TRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 other may fail who invests largely and 
 goes into the venture on an extended 
 scale. One should learn to creep be- 
 fore he walks in this as in any other 
 business. Master the numerous de- 
 tails step by step, and eventually mas- 
 ter the business. 
 
 There may not be any very large 
 fortune in poultry raising, but there 
 is a handsome living for one who has 
 the love for the pursuit, the ability 
 to raise and care for the stock, and a 
 small capital to start with. 
 
 These three things must go hand in 
 hand; separately, they cannot bring 
 success. A. UPTON. 
 
 ing they will lead the leghorns. The 
 pullets lay at four to six months old. 
 I had one lay at four months, five 
 months steady and hardly missed a 
 day. They are very hardy birds, not 
 subject to disease like other varieties 
 and always on the go. These points 
 are bound to put them to the front, 
 ahead of all others. This is an im- 
 portant point and they will sell where 
 others will not. 
 
 To new beginners: If you are 
 thinking of starting in the poultry 
 business, select some good leading 
 breed. There are cheap and dear birds 
 in all varieties. Get good ones, go 
 
 5^e Auditorixjm at Lincoln, Nebracska, 
 
 The auditorium at Lincoln. Nebr.. is one of the larsrest con- 
 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- 
 coln. Nebraska leirislators are loyal to the iwultry industry and 
 annually appropriate $1,U00 to this association for exhibition pur- 
 poses. "Nobody need go away without the nionej- they earn in 
 
 premiums. The cash is always ready, and we pay out in i 
 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 : 
 state fair srrounds on Thursdav. Sept. 5. I hope to see all 
 bers present. L. P. HARRIS. 
 
 Pres. Nebr. State Poultry Associatio 
 
 man with capital who is willing to 
 learn by experience than for a man 
 with ability and no capital. 
 
 At the beginning of one's career in 
 poultry raising, there are houses and 
 yards to make, stock and eggs to be 
 bought, and a living to be paid for 
 before any returns can be counted on. 
 Investment of capital should be by 
 easy stages, never putting in more 
 money than you can control. One 
 man may succeed with a hundred 
 hens who invests a few hundred for 
 their housing and keeping, and an- 
 
 THE BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 There is no breed in America to- 
 day that has made as much headway 
 as the Orpington in the last two years. 
 While yet a new breed, they are com- 
 ing to the front rapidly. As a table 
 and market fowl they are unsurpassed, 
 with smooth, white, pinkish legs. 
 They are large, the cocks weighing 
 ten to twelve pounds, cockrels, nine 
 to ten pounds; hens, eight to ten 
 and pullets seven to nine pounds. 
 They make good mothers and for lay- 
 
 slow and stick to it. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON. 
 Keota, Iowa. 
 
 Do not fool away your flock of poul- 
 try because you can't sell at once or 
 at a big figure. A good flock is good 
 property in dull times. 
 
 Stop the first symptom of disease 
 unless you wish an "eternal worry." 
 
 Inspect your flock often these days. 
 
^ Barred Plymouth Rocks of Today. ^ 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 5 
 
 ^ O' blood elements in his fowls subjected 
 
 to his method and ideas of breeding. 
 This may take one year; it may take 
 ^ *~, T TTi TTit^-L. ^i_i.i- «^ ten— depending upon his judgment 
 
 ^ By U. LU- LUhltney, Chatham, O- iV 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 
 acterized by a steady and marked im- t°° ^'^ a hurry for satisfactory re- bred along these lines until it has 
 
 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. 
 
 I am free to admit my first attempt Now. to come down to solid facts, P^t'e^ce, is required. Never give up 
 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. K., then go ahead. 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 
 house up on the winter style until we 
 have winter. Lots of trouble grows 
 out of cooping them up too close in 
 the fall months. We have never yet 
 picked a sick chick off the apple and 
 plum trees in the fall. It seems to be 
 good for them to grow up where the 
 air is pure and plenty. Twice we 
 have gathered them up in the fall and 
 stored them away in their winter 
 quarters, both times we were too good 
 to them and they got sick on our 
 hands. They get the sneezles and a 
 variety of complaints and finally got 
 the roup. We don't pick them off the 
 trees so early now and we don't shut 
 the house up so closely. We remem- 
 ber one fall we could hardly get the 
 half grown chicks to perch on the 
 roosts. We put a small pet pig in 
 the house and every chick was glad to 
 roost. Our doctrine is that fowls are 
 clothed with feathers to protect them. 
 A chick hatched in the fall will feath- 
 er out very quickly. In various ways 
 nature Is getting ready for winter. 
 We haven't so much faith in hot 
 houses for poultry in winter as we 
 did at one time. It is true that a 
 warm house and suitable feed will 
 bring some winter eggs, but taking 
 everything into consideration, is It not 
 very profitable Wouldn't the flock be 
 healthier if we conformed to nature's 
 plan a little closer. By all means 
 
 SIR HENRY. 
 Score, 95!^, the foundation of Mr. G. B. Clary's flock 
 ntinif something fine address him at Fairbury. Nebr. 
 
 have the poultry house comfortable, 
 but do not shut off the ventilation 
 in order to have the house too much 
 of a contrast from out of doors. We 
 have noticed lots of warm houses 
 where the flocks were allowed to run 
 in the cold all day. Can't see any 
 good logic in this; would prefer aver- 
 aging thing up a little better. 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
 PERSONAL MENTION. 
 Among our advertisers you will 
 find the name of E. B. Omohundro, of 
 Bowling Green, Mo., a breeder of 
 White Rocks and BlacK Langshans. 
 Mr. O. has been a very successful ex- 
 hibitor and has won highest honors 
 in the best of company. You will find 
 his stock strictly first class and up to 
 date, and you will be treated right if 
 you place your orders with him. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Wells own a nic3 
 tri-colored house cat. A few days ago 
 she became the mother of flv? kittens. 
 In a cay or so after the iidve'.it of 
 tbr kittens an old hen with motherly 
 notions spied the little felines and 
 when mamma cat returned to he- ba- 
 bies she was surprised to find biddy 
 in full possession of her home and 
 children. She lias continued ever 
 since to watch over the young family 
 with as much care as though '.hey 
 were so many chicks. The kittens 
 have learned to come when she calls 
 and if one of them wanders too far 
 away biddy tenderly, with her beak, 
 will roll the little fellow back in the 
 nest again. The cat nurses them, but 
 the hen does the rest. 
 
 Ix)ok up the advertisement of 
 E. W. Orr of Clay Center, Neb., if 
 you wish to buy Buff Wyandottes 
 that are buff. They breed nothing but 
 the best and are reliable people to 
 deal with. 
 
 We have with us as a correspondent 
 J. W. Whitney of Chatham. Ohio. Mr. 
 Whitney has spent years in the breed- 
 ing of thoroughbred poultry, and is 
 expert authority on the subject of 
 mating, and his services are in great 
 demand during winter and spring 
 months. His article this month con- 
 tains a good many good things, and 
 his remarks are worthy of careful con- 
 sideration. His stock is first class, 
 line bred, and "down to date." 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Poultry Cultvire for Women 
 
 By Mrs. Mattie Webster, Belmont. Wis. 
 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 Women anxious to earn money for 
 
 poultry culture, but are deterred be- 
 cause they have so little outdoor space, 
 
 themselves are to be found in all might find a small pen of fowls a 
 
 pocket money. Suppose your begin- 
 ning must be small, so very small 
 that it must necessarily consist of a 
 sitting of eggs from some reliable 
 breeder's yard of thoroughbred fowls, 
 do not be afraid to make the venture. 
 Buy the eggs and set them under 
 some good old Biddy that you bought 
 for a few cents, and when the 
 chicks hatch, furnish them with 
 
 classes of society and in all conditions pleasure and a profit. It is surprising ^ ' , . n,„„ tv.^ 
 
 . ,.„ -, ,. ti.- ^ ■ . ■ • V, « v.- 1 "iry, snug coop, and give them the 
 
 of life. Sometimes this desire is en- what can be done with a few chick 
 tertained because circumstances make ens iu a very limited space. While 
 self-support necessary, but often wo- dressmaking, millinery work and 
 men who are not dependent upon many other like occupations exclusive- 
 their own efforts for a living have ly for women are very confining and 
 this wish, born of an independent wearing on nerves and general health, 
 spirit to have some money of their poultry raising is a very healthful 
 "very own," earned by themselves, work; so much of one's time, if en- 
 Pick up any one of the many maga- gaged in it, is spent out of doors in 
 zines for ladies and many inquiries the fresh air and sunshine. If one 
 will be seen upon its pages as to ways has a love for the beautiful, a flock 
 and suggestions for earning pocket of thoroughbred fowls, uniform in 
 money, and many different plans are size and color, will delight the eye, 
 unfolded and work described that are and because of a love and admiration 
 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 
 
 best of care; remember they are the 
 foundation of your future flock. Wo- 
 men whom necessity compelled to 
 make just as small a beginning as 
 you would have to make have through 
 careful management, wise planning, 
 stick-to-it-ive-ness, perseverance and 
 determination, become well known, 
 successful fanciers, and stand today 
 witnesses to the fact that poultry cul- 
 ture is a profitable business. 
 
 What these women have done you 
 may do if you have their determina- 
 tion and perseverance. 
 
 man may have a good husband 
 comfortable home and have all 
 
 among and for them. Caring for a 
 pen or two of fowls means work. 
 
 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- 
 
 We take pleasure in referring to the 
 advertisement of the Midland Poultry 
 Food Co., of Kansas City, Mo., and 
 can say this company are surely put- 
 little things so dear to the feminine ing out among my birds and I know "ng up a good food and are good peo- 
 heart. that I shall be well repaid for the Pl^ to deal with. You will find their 
 
 Perhaps pocket money could be had labor of my hands, as poultry cul- balanced rations not only good, but 
 for the asking, but an independent ture is a profitable occupation or Profitable to feed. This is proven by 
 woman feels a reluctance to ask for business as well as a pleasant and their satisfactory sales and^ ___'°_' 
 money to buy that which is to give healthful one. Should the women de- 
 
 creasing demand for their goods. 
 
 pleasure only, and might not be sirous of earning pocket money have Look them up. 
 
 thought useful or necessary by the 
 good man of the house. 
 
 a home on the farm, then indeed, are 
 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 
 
 is made. Her advantages over her sis- than Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw, 
 ter in town or village suburb are Neb., and there are none that breed 
 
 whether this fact is recogniezd or not, 
 and should, as in all other partner- 
 
 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 firm an 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 all necessary 
 
 member of the firm. This is as it food for her fowls right at hand, and We call your attention to the ad- 
 should be; but, alas, not always as it no ready money must be paid out for vertisement of F. H. Shellabarger of 
 is. Hence, woman's desire to engage them. If the business is to be con- West Liberty, Iowa. He Is known all 
 in something that will bring in money, ducted in a business like way, as over the states as a first-class breeder. 
 This wish is nothing to be ashamed every business should be, all articles an honest and painstaking poultry 
 of. used for food for the poultry should Judge, and if you doubt his popularity 
 
 Among all the occupations and work be charged up to them, and all eggs read the list of his shows this season 
 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. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 How to Succeed with Poultry. 
 
 By Mrs. Bettie Glover Mackey, Clarksville, Mo. ; ^ 
 
 (Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
 
 It Is always a pleasure to me to see 
 a good poultry journal launched on 
 the sea of life, and if any word of 
 mine 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 a few fan- 
 ciers who can spend hundreds of dol- 
 lars in advertisements. Do not un- 
 derstand me as objecting to these 
 fanciers or their advertisements; they 
 are all right. But they can live and 
 thrive regardless of obstacles and dis- 
 appointments, while the amateur, 
 either on the farm, as a market poul- 
 tryman, or as a fancier, needs encour- 
 agement, instruction and words of 
 cheerful sympathy. And the amateur 
 of today is blessed far beyond his 
 power to appreciate the blessings. 
 Only we who commenced almost a dec- 
 ade ago can see the advantage the be- 
 ginner of today has over one of twen- 
 ty years ago. He is reaping the bene- 
 fit of our experience and disappoint- 
 ments. And yet every one must have 
 a personal experience before he can 
 attain success. 
 
 Perhaps it will be well to give in 
 this, the first issue of The Investi- 
 gator, an inventory of what I believe 
 to be essentials to success in poultry 
 culture. I may not give them all, but 
 the elements and articles I shall men- 
 tion are to my mind indispensable. 
 First, a good stock of practical com- 
 mon sense. There are a great many 
 learned people in the world who never 
 can amount to anything in a business 
 way. Some of the brightest intellects 
 are financial failures simply 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. 
 
 I believe the investment of a large 
 amount of money has stranded the 
 barque of more amateurs than the 
 lack of funds to carry on the business 
 ever has. Decide what you wish to 
 do, that is, what branch of the poul- 
 try business you wish to take up, 
 and be sure, don't take up too many 
 branches or breeds. If you love the 
 beautiful and are quick to appreciate 
 color and form and can be unselfish 
 enough to see the faults of that which 
 belongs to you, and also discern the 
 good in stock not your own, you will, 
 other things being equal, make a suc- 
 
 Heii bred by A. lT,,i,„i, Fairburv. Ni-bi 
 
 cessful fancier. But if you look only 
 at fowls from a commercial stand- 
 point, and think only of the money 
 you can make out of them, caring tor 
 nothing except the meat and eggs you 
 can. get fron> tbem, do not think one 
 moment of going into the fancy poul- 
 nature and willing to become cultured 
 Though if you have industry, patience 
 and love the care of poultry, you may 
 succeed as a market poultryman. 
 However, one thing you will learn 
 even as a market poultryman — that 
 there is more money in an even flock 
 of chickens than in one of many col- 
 ors. It you decide you are fitted by 
 nature and willing to bocem cultured 
 in the knowledge of fancy poultry, 
 make a small investment the first year 
 in one breed of chickens, and one of 
 turkeys if you are situated to handle 
 
 the latter. And whatever of exten- 
 sion you wish to make in the future, 
 let it be more of the same breed, and 
 if you find after a year or two you 
 can add another breed with profit to 
 your business, do not attempt to keep 
 the two breeds on the same place. 
 That is, do not try to keep them 
 yarded in breeding pens separated by 
 a fence only. Not that it cannot be 
 done, but because you do too much 
 work, and you can always find a 
 lover of chickens who will handle one 
 breed for you at less expense than 
 you can raise them, if you consider 
 labor and worry worth anything. 
 Tour next need wHl be an In- 
 cubator. If you are wise you will 
 not attempt to sell any eggs the first 
 season. Get the stock in the fall as 
 early as possible and start the in- 
 cubator in January. This will also 
 necessitate a brooder, or perhaps two. 
 In fact, I think two a necessity if 
 only you have an hundred egg incu- 
 bator. Crowding chicks does not pay. 
 Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed is 
 the next essential to raising chicks. 
 And make up your mind that with all 
 the work and precaution possible you 
 will meet many disappointments. If 
 you do not you will certainly be an 
 exception to the rule. Don't be in a 
 hurry to advertise. Wait until you 
 have something to sell. Then when 
 you do advertise don't expect the 
 whole poultry fraternity to send you 
 their orders exclusively. And don't 
 advertise that you have all the good 
 stock in the world, for smart people 
 are afraid of such advertisers. Go to 
 some first class poultry show not run 
 by a ring in the interest of local fan- 
 ciers. A state show is the most Im- 
 partial I have ever attended. But if 
 you canont go to the best, do the best 
 you can and go to some show. If 
 possible, get acquainted with the 
 judge or judges, and get from them 
 all the information possible. If you 
 cannot do this, notice the blue ribbon 
 birds and compare them with those 
 that have no ribbons. You may not 
 be able to detect the superiority of 
 the first prize board over the fourth or 
 fifth prize one. If you cannot do 
 this there is always some one willing 
 to show you the superior points of 
 the first prize bird. If no one else 
 will do it, I am very sure the owner 
 of the bird will take pleasure in 
 pointing them out to you (for your 
 accommodation exclusively). Really 
 shows are great educators, and I think 
 every fancier should attend at least 
 one show a year. 
 
 If you find your birds are not first 
 class, then determine to make them 
 so. But remember that it does not 
 
necessarily follow that they are not 
 first class because they do not win in 
 the show room. These are the points 
 you must study and learn to raise 
 from the best birds, regardless of 
 show record. In order to do this, get 
 a first class judge to visit your wards 
 and instruct you. But if you raise 
 for market only it will not be neces- 
 sary to spend money for the fancy 
 points in fowls. Get some good thor- 
 oughbred stock and raise all the 
 chickens you can. Raise early chicks 
 and sell as soon as possible in spring, 
 as the early broilers bring the high- 
 est prices. But be sure you keep 
 enough of the pullets to make winter 
 layers next winter, and enough of the 
 late pullets to make early layers next 
 spring. Keep enough yearling hens 
 to have good healthy chicks next year. 
 I like to raise from yearling hens and 
 early pullets. Late pullets are not 
 good breeders until late in the season. 
 The first eggs are small and often 
 unfertile, and if fertilized the chicks 
 as a rule are not very strong. I have 
 spoken of stock, of incubators, brood- 
 ers and feed, but have said nothing 
 about houses. 
 
 I think a great deal more has been 
 said about houses than has been sen- 
 sible. If I were able to put up the 
 fine poultry houses described in the 
 poultry journals I should be able to 
 retire from business, and would not 
 build any, but would leave the busi- 
 ness in the hands of younger and 
 poorer people. What you need is to 
 have plenty of house room and range. 
 I prefer cheap, small houses to large, 
 expensive ones. Have them warm in 
 winter and cool in summer. Keep them 
 clean and dry. Do not crowd too 
 many fowls in a house. Writers to 
 the contrary notwithstanding, I do 
 not like a house too close in winter. 
 I believe the fancier goes to one ex- 
 treme and the farmer to the other. 
 The fancier rears his chicks so ten- 
 derly they have no constitution, and 
 the farmer neglects his almost to cru- 
 elty. Between these two extremes 
 will be found best results. I have 
 simply given general outlines in this 
 and will be more explicit in future. 
 I hear some one say, "She never 
 said a word about being honorable 
 in your dealings." No, I believe I did 
 not, and I am inclined not to say any- 
 thing for the reason that if you have 
 come to years of maturity and haven't 
 learned the only true success in life is 
 obtained through honorable conduct 
 in every department of business, it 
 would simply be a waste of time for 
 me to try to impress you with the 
 truth at this late day. 
 MRS. BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY. 
 
 Clarksville, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Look up the advertisement of W. 
 H. Bushell. He is the largest im- 
 porter of Buff Orpingtons in the west 
 and keeps nothing but first class 
 stock. Mr. B. is a reliable business 
 man and treats his customers in a 
 satisfactory manner. His birds are 
 winners wherever shown. If you 
 want something right try him. 
 
 Mrs. May Taylor of Hale, Mo., breeds 
 Light Brahmas, Barred P. Rocks, S. 
 C. B. Leghorns, each on a separate 
 farm by a specialist. She is in a po- 
 sition to furnish you stock equal to 
 the best at reasonable prices, and 
 Mrs. Taylor does an extensive poul- 
 try business and gives the best of 
 satisfaction at all times. 
 
 A. J. Williams of Clay Center is an 
 all-round pet stock breeder, keeps 
 nothing but the best in bantams, 
 hares and cavies. If you want a pet 
 for the little child write him. 
 
 David Larson, 
 
 Wahoo, Nebraska, 
 
 Expert Poultry Judge 
 
 I have had years of experience in 
 breeding, mating and judging. For 
 reference lo ciualification, write PouL- 
 TKV Invp:stigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
 I am open for engagements. 
 
 Grow Fruit mm 
 
 Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps 
 Poultr3-; gfreat combination. If you 
 want the best fruit paper, at SOc per 
 year, send for 
 
 "Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo. 
 Capital City Poultry Ranch 
 
 E. E. Smith, Prop. 
 
 Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every 
 1st at State Fair and State Show. I 
 have the best in the west. 
 
 E. E. Smith, Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 Those wanting good Light Brahmas 
 will do well to write Mrs. Ella Thom- 
 as at Quarles, Mo. She is an expert 
 at breeding prize winners and her 
 stock is in great demand. If you 
 want something good write her. 
 
 L, R. Oaks of Bloomington, Ind., is 
 an old and reliable manufacturer of 
 incubator and brooder supplies and 
 are always ready to fill your order 
 satisfactorily. Their goods are first 
 class. 
 
 POULTRYSK 
 
 at CUT PRICES. 
 
 CATALOGUE FREE. 
 
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 Flemish Giants... 
 
 We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed 
 byWINUSON, imported Sept. 1800. One of 
 the largest and best Giant bucks of his age 
 in America. His ancestors present an un- 
 brolien line of England's best chanipions. 
 S weeks old Giants $3 to $10 per head. You 
 cannot get belter ones at any price. Dr. I 
 C. Stephens & Co.. (Jarleton, Neb. 
 
 300 Buff and Black 
 Wyandotte Chicks. 
 
 For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi- 
 bition stock. Give me a chance to 
 please you. 
 
 HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn. 
 
 White p. Rocks Exclusively.... 
 
 M3' Rocks are of the best strains to 
 be found and I have a fine lot of 
 chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
 MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
 Lincolti, Nebr. 
 
 If you are in want of a good leg 
 band look up the ad. of Frank Meyers 
 of Freeport, 111. He manufactures 
 the Ideal Aluminum band. Your hum- 
 ble servant has used several thousand 
 of these bands and they have given 
 good satisfaction and I can recom- 
 mend them to all. Prices right. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 Sa.l\ita.tory. 
 
 We present to the poultry reading 
 public this month the first issue of the 
 Poultry IxvksTic.ator. We ask you 
 not to criticize us too harshly, as we 
 are new and must have time to grow. 
 We are aware that there is a wide field 
 for a good, live poultry paper in the 
 west, and it is our purpose to make 
 the Poultry Investigator all that its 
 name implies. We shall from month 
 to month improve it and will push it 
 to the front as fast as is possible. 
 Everything will be done that can be 
 done to make it pay its advertising pa- 
 trons, and we want all poultry fan- 
 ciers to feel that the Poultry Invest- 
 igator is your paper and that its pro- 
 prietors are your friends. We thank 
 you kindly for the support you have 
 given us in this, the first issue, and 
 hope that from the results of our ef- 
 forts we may merit a continuance of 
 your patronage. 
 
 Yours for success with poultry, 
 L. P. HARRIS, Editor. 
 
 These late hatched chicks should 
 have extra good care. It will pay you 
 to give them a little more of your time 
 and more extra feed. There has been 
 but few chicks raised this season and 
 you will wish before next May comes 
 that you had taken better care of the 
 late ones. They will save you many 
 dollars for your extra trouble with 
 them. If they were worth a starting 
 they certainly are worth maturing and 
 if grain is expensive they will pay 
 their way by taking good care of them. 
 
 Watch the favor courting of the 
 editor of one of our best poultry jour- 
 nals this coming season and see how 
 many best flocks he or his judges will 
 find of one variety during the season. 
 It will be too bad if you are not the 
 last one he calls on. The same is ap- 
 plicable to many judges in show 
 rooms. The patrons of the first show 
 he judges in the season are not in it 
 with those of the last show. It is 
 "the best class of Mediterranean," 
 "the best class of Rocks," "the best 
 Cochins I ever saw," everywhere he 
 goes. They are lobbying tor a job. 
 
 In Rega-rd to Advertisers. 
 
 We are very careful in soliciting 
 advertisements, to see that all are re- 
 liable. If at any time anyone answer- 
 ing any display advertisement found 
 in the columns of Poultry Investi- 
 (;aT )R 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. 
 
 Address all communicationsto 
 
 Poultry Investigator Com, 
 
 t'lav Conter, Nebraska. 
 
 EDITORIAL. 
 
 Don't allow your chicks to become 
 stunted. A stunted bird is a disgrace 
 to its owner and an unmarketable 
 product. 
 
 The value of the droppings depend 
 upon the food consumed. Hens i,nat 
 are fed upon bones and meat will dou- 
 ble the value of the droppings com- 
 pared with hens fed upon grain. 
 
 No breeder of thoroughbred fowls 
 can afford to have one dissatisfied cus- 
 tomer. If you wish to please do not 
 over-describe your stock, and educate 
 yourself to know a good bird from a 
 poor specimen. 
 
 Young and growing chicks should 
 be kept entirely separate from the old 
 fowls during the next five months by 
 all means. This is seldom done. A 
 great many times you will find old, 
 reliable breeders letting their chicks 
 and fowls run together, but more espe- 
 cially you will find this practiced 
 among farmers. Young growing birds 
 need more feed than old matured 
 fowls, and if allowed to run together 
 the fowls get too fat, and the chicks 
 are robbed of the feed they should 
 have, consequently they do not make 
 the growth they should. It really is 
 to your interest to separate fowls 
 from the chicks and if you have plenty 
 of room separate the males from the 
 females. 
 
 Don't allow your fowls to drink 
 stagnant water. It will cause you 
 lots of trouble. 
 
 Pure bred fowls degenerate very 
 rapidly under poor management. If 
 the weakly, deformed, runty ones are 
 not regularly weeded out, the flock as 
 a whole will in time be no better than 
 scrubs. 
 
 Your fowls are moulting now and 
 should have the best of care. Give 
 give them the grond bone, plenty of 
 good, substantial food that is not 
 fattening. Be sure there is no lice to 
 sap away their vitality and keep them 
 where they can get plenty of green 
 food and where they can get plenty of 
 shade and fresh water. 
 
 Many a valuable hen dies this sea- 
 son of the year solely because they 
 do not have proper care during this 
 critical period of moulting. If ever you 
 should take good care of your birds 
 it is just now while they are putting 
 out their new feathers. 
 
 Now is a good time to sell off those 
 culls. What are you keeping "chem 
 for? They never pay you anything. 
 They are only worth what they will 
 fetch by the pound and the sooner 
 you get rid of them the better chance 
 your good birds will have and the 
 faster they will thrive. So do not 
 put off marketing them at once. If 
 you are keeping fowls for the eggs 
 only, be sure to dispose of all the 
 males except those to be used as 
 breeders. The others are a nui- 
 sance and should be taken to market 
 at once. See to it. Don't put it off. 
 If you do you will not get the best 
 results from the balance of your 
 flock. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 When your poultry business gets 
 dull take a good dose of printer's ink. 
 If the first dose does not revive tlie 
 trade, take a second. If followed up 
 at regular intervals it is a sure cure 
 for a dull or slow trade. 
 
 Yes, the farmers are becoming fan- 
 ciers. The farmers holding a poultry 
 show a few years ago would have been 
 a curiosity. Right now they are tak- 
 ing a hand everywhere, even holding 
 shows exclusively their own. This is 
 as it should be. It makes a friendly 
 rivalry in the right direction and will 
 help both the city fancier and the 
 farmer fancier. It works up a pride 
 that will be a permanent good to all 
 concerned. 
 
 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- 
 layed. We have hardly had time to 
 let the foundation set until we com- 
 mence printing this paper. It has 
 been a hurry-up job and possibly a 
 few mistakes will occur. Hereafter 
 we promise a nice job of printing on 
 The Investigator. Our press is es- 
 pecially suitable for bringing out half- 
 tones in good shape and each month 
 will mark an improvement in illustra- 
 tions. 
 
 This is the time when the flock 
 wants watching on account of symp- 
 toms of diseases. If you let roup, 
 canker or diarrhoea get started in your 
 flock now it will be almost an im- 
 possibility to get rid of it before it 
 will practically ruin your flock. We 
 will soon be getting cold nights and 
 the flock wants looking after. See 
 that tUey do not huddle or too many 
 get into your small houses and sweat, 
 then run out in the cold morning air 
 and catch cold; then in a few days 
 you will see a lot of well developed 
 cases of roup and you will wonder 
 how these chickens came to have the 
 roup. Be sure to keep them from 
 sweating. 
 
 Were Your Crops Injured 
 
 liy tbr (houglitV Well, cvcu .so, you nrcdii't .starve to (k-atb. 
 
 A good flock of chickens will pay your taxes, buy your 
 
 groceries, aud leave a surplus besides. The 
 
 Hacwkeye Ii\c\ib9Ltors 
 
 will hatcli thcui foryuu, with less bother aud greater certainly than any 
 otlierincubator sold to-day. Perfect regulation of temperature, veutilatioii 
 and moisture. In actual results the Hawkeye takes a back seat for nobody. 
 Three sizes — 60, 100 and 200 egg.s, at prices that are right. AVe lunke 
 brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are liatelieil. Our 
 niiitto is 'The Havvkeyellncubators are Good Inciibator.s,"aiKl 
 it means exactly what it says. Better seuj lor our cataloprin' 
 S-p iiur special nlTers and guarantee. B nk free, or .send li)c 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 FARM POULTRY 
 
 Partridge Cochins 
 Golden Sebright Bantanns 
 Fancy Pigeons 
 
 I will i-loso uiit my entire stock of Cochins. 
 None lielter. At low prices. Tliey have al- 
 ways won for me and will for you. 
 
 Wm. HOLCOMB. Clay Center. Neb. 
 
 Blue Barfed Plpoutti Rocks 
 
 Choice brccdinfj and fine exhibition 
 birds for sale. Winners wherever and 
 whenever shown. Prices low. Must 
 sell. Write for printed folder. 
 
 M. M. HOLT, Marshalltown, Iowa. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We hove Quality a«id yuaiitity. 
 Farm raised prize winning stock, 
 cheap for quality If you want Rocks 
 write us. 
 H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 so, try it and see. People never drove 
 
 •>»- ^.„, ^ JC-, jiuu into our yard to ask about our mon- 
 By Mrs. C. A. BlancKard. Friervd. Neb. , ,. , _ , , . 
 
 , ,. . ., , ,, grel chirkens. But many a one drives 
 
 As a usual thing the farm poultry f ^ . . ,, . »v, „ .. ,.„*»„ 
 
 in to inquire about those 'pretty 
 
 white chickens," while others -Will 
 walk their horses by the place and 
 watch the chickens. I am proud of 
 our poultry. They are an o-nament. 
 In noting the difference between 
 town and country bred poultry, the 
 farm poultry at most times of the 
 year hunt a good share of their liv- 
 ing. Pure bred will do equally as well 
 on the same care as the mongrel. 
 Many times a little different manage- 
 ment will make either Uind pay bet- 
 ter. If we live in a coa;itry where 
 there is little gravel it pays to buy 
 grit. If we want lots of eggs for 
 hatching in early spring it pays to buy 
 green bone or meat meal. ?3ut you 
 can be sure the chickens would live 
 and lay eggs without the m. 1 ater 
 iji the sjaiiTi poultry tlni's a good 
 
 <fr_:' 
 
 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... 
 
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 friend, 
 anleed. 
 
 Miin's money 
 Try llonce^I 
 Yourstiil.les 
 
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 saver. The anini; 
 ave it always. Gii 
 Old stiirl< freed fr 
 
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 ^tli: 
 
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 •»1 Odendlll-'li liquid for 10 cows 
 I.'-, days and a Sprayer, or i". rents per iniaft 
 fur liipiid alnne. Address. 
 
 The Vail Seed Co , 150 N. Delaware 
 
 St., Indlatiapolis 
 Special price on .5 gallnn cans. 
 
 A. J. WTLTJAMS, 
 
 . . .Breeder of . . . . 
 
 Silver & Colden Sebright, 
 White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red 
 Came BANTAMS; Belgian 
 Hares, White Rats, Cavies. 
 
 Write for Prices. 
 
 CLAY CENTER, NEB. 
 
 Please mention the Invkstic.atok 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accommodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 the property of the wives and 
 
 daughter.s of the farm. The farmer 
 
 himself pays very little, if any, at- 
 tention to it, except to scold if we 
 
 visit the wheat bin too often. All 
 
 work and no play makes the farm a 
 
 dull place, while al! corn and no 
 
 wheat and oats will not make the 
 
 large frames and good muscles which 
 
 we need in our farm poultry. 
 We have less to contend with in 
 
 many ways on the farm than the town 
 
 poultrymen, while in others their 
 
 birds are much safer than ours. 
 
 Hawks very seldom bother theirs, 
 
 while to us they are a very great 
 
 source of annoyance. 
 On the farm our poultry can roam 
 
 at their own sweet will, and we want 
 
 a breed that is fond of roaming and 
 
 rustling. 
 
 While we still had our flock of mon- 
 grel fowls, with only a few white 
 
 ones that we kept yarded through the 
 
 breeding season, it was an easy mat- 
 ter to see which were the rustlers. 
 
 The mixed ones were on the roost at 
 least an hour before the white ones 
 in the evening and if the doors were 
 left open they were out at first peep 
 of morning. We were not long in dis- 
 posing of all the mixed flock, and 
 have never been sorry of our choice of 
 White Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 There is much room for improve- 
 ment in farm poultry all over the 
 country. Take note, any of you, in a 
 drive anywhere you go, or any dis- 
 tance, and count the farms that have 
 pure bred poultry. We have driven Povi 
 long distances and kept note a good siipply of fresh meat in the form of 
 many times, and have found the pure bugs, flies, grasshoppers .md worms, 
 bred poultry farms few compared The town breeder who is obliged to 
 with the others. confine his poultry in small yards is 
 
 This state of things is not as it also obliged to supply many of those 
 should be. The Poultry Investigator things in order to make his poultry 
 company is doing a fine thing, print- profitable at all. A dozen hens will 
 ing this poultry journal, and in giving soon pick the gravel off a small yard, 
 a subscription free with every order and as biddie has no teeth what would 
 for Sure Hatch incubators. We she do without gravel? Simply die of 
 know that their incubators go into indigestion, and we would say the 
 many a home where a poultry poor thing had cholera. The same 
 journal is not considered a neces- with houses. 'WTiile it may pay, and 
 sity, so in this way our Poultry does pay, to have comfortable, warm 
 Investigator will find a place In houses for poultry, many kinds of 
 the homes of thousands. We hope pure bred poultry will give us as poor 
 it will be the means of much improve- returns as mongrels if left to roost in 
 ment in farm poultry. We should all the machine shed, corn crib or horse 
 have our homes as comfortable as our stable. In fact, many of them prefer 
 financial circumstances will allow. It having a hundred and fifty dollar 
 is a duty we owe ourselves, our fam- binder to roost on in preference to a 
 ilies and our neighbors. Farms are 
 worth more in a neighborhood where 
 things are neat and pretty. 
 
 A flock of pure bred poultry is much 
 handsomer than the usual mongrels 
 
 Mrs. C. A. Ulan 
 if White P. R< 
 
 iNVKSTIfl 
 
 ;hard. Fi 
 
 common pole. Now, farm wives, get 
 a coop of chickens or a setting or two 
 of eggs, then some poultry netting for 
 a yard to keep them by themselves, 
 and in a year or two at least you can 
 
 found on farms. If you do not think rid the farm of the mongrels. 
 
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 
 
 
 
 
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 each alternate week with Liquid Liice 
 Killer. I know I have not lost a 
 chick from lice or mites this year. 
 
 If this does not find the editor's 
 waste basket I may come again, if 
 he will kindly correct my many er- 
 rors. IDA E. BARD. 
 
 Imperial, Neb. 
 
 I. & N. M. Conner of Ponca, Neb., 
 are visiting in New York for a month 
 or so. No doubt they will see the 
 good eastern birds and come back per- 
 fectly satisfied that they have as good 
 as are raised in Silver Wyandottes. 
 Friend Conners surely may be proud 
 of their stock. 
 
 (It is just what we are doing in the 
 poultry yards that interests all. Come 
 again. We are glad to get these every- 
 day experiences. — EDITOR.) 
 
 Dr. I. C. Stephens, Carleton, Neb., 
 breeds Flemish Giants of a superior 
 quality and will sell reasonable. The 
 F. Giants are the largest specimen of 
 the hare or rabbit and are very hand- 
 some and profitable. They are quite 
 rare at present, but are fast coming 
 to the front and will be as popular as 
 the Belgian hare in time. 
 
 William Holcomb, Clay Center, Neb., 
 is offering his entire stock of Partridge 
 Cochins, without reserve, at prices 
 that will astonish you. If you have 
 use for P. Cochins, now is the chance 
 of your life. 
 
 I recently visited the yards of Mr. 
 and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, Friend 
 Neb. I found they have a fine lot 
 of White Rocks in the pink of con- 
 dition—large, early hatched chicks, 
 just the kind for the early shows. It 
 you need any such, write them. 
 
 
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 There were but few chicks raised this 
 
 ^ year and the Early Advertiser \s 
 
 Sthe one that will Reap the Harv- 
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 O your share of the trade. 
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 Malting Light BraLhmas 
 
 By Mrs, Ella. Thonrva.s. 
 
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 breeding Light Brahmas according to 
 my idea and point of view. If I can 
 be of use I am always pleased to do 
 so, hoping always to lead out other 
 and more experienced minds than my 
 own, because I am anxious to know, 
 too, all that is to be learned. Mr. A. 
 F. Hunter of Farm Poultry used to 
 condemn the line breeding, yet, in the 
 
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 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 
 
 fabrication, pure and simple. It is pounds of meat and lay more eggs in 
 =^=^^^==^^^^==^=^=^^=r a year than any known breed. One 
 
 objection some people find to Light 
 Brahmas is the immense leg and toe 
 feathering, but owing to their great 
 size, marked vigor and hardiness and 
 gentle practical qualities, they arc 
 loved by all fanciers who have studied 
 their gentle disposition, their response 
 to kind treatment with evident af- 
 fection. I can sympathize with the 
 ' utbusiasm of the general fancier be- 
 l.'cause the number is not large, that 
 proved exceptionally high scoring 
 specimens, except where those who 
 understood the art of mating for the 
 best results, and who know how to 
 breed their birds in line without in- 
 juring their utility. 
 
 Mr. I. K. Felch once spoke of being 
 
 Cornish Indi.Tti r.amos 
 Edirar, Nebr. Tliey havs 
 show rood! for the past tiv 
 
 versal blue undercolor is as essential 
 as the blue undercolor of our Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks. Unless we mean to 
 still practice this double mating sys- 
 tem in any breed we will lose hun- 
 dreds of amateur breeders from our 
 ranks. For they , after a year or two 
 of unsuccessful breeding, buying and 
 spending almost their last dollar in 
 the hope of producing something wor- 
 thy of the money they have expended, 
 will give up in disgust and try some- 
 thing else, and perhaps this something 
 else will be to try to support several 
 of the family by working by the day. 
 Does this sound rather strong, brother 
 and sister fanciers? It is putting the 
 matter before you in a very mild 
 form, indeed, so mild that many 
 
 could tell of very miserable lives, not always that people aim to mis- 
 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 to. If one of her eggs pro- 
 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 
 
POULTRY IXVKSTIGATOR. 
 
 15 
 
 ■as bred bv J 
 le. Parties v 
 ■ correspond 
 
 QUEEN MARY. 
 . W. Whitney. Chatham. Ohi. 
 ishing- advice or help in niatii 
 nth Mr. Whitney. 
 
 I had only three good yards mated, 
 
 sold no eggs except to a few old 
 
 friends to accommodate them. These 
 
 yards contained birds descendants of 
 
 the grandest blood I ever owned — ^the 
 
 real cream of years of study and care, 
 
 and I never had such promising 
 
 chicks, but the severe drouth in this 
 
 section has been most trying on our 
 
 birds, so I cannot say what the out- 
 come will be, yet they are very prom- 
 ising now, though they have not 
 
 grown as I expected them to. 
 I am to keep my reservoir of color 
 
 in my old hens — another idea that I 
 
 know few practice, yet the only safe 
 
 one. I consider it so important when 
 
 I lind I have a hen or several hens 
 
 that hold their color at two and even 
 
 four years old like pullets, I always 
 
 put them where every egg can be care- 
 fully set and cared for, and in this 
 
 way we can increase the color of our 
 
 birds, or rather produce a strain that 
 
 will not fade in one year. For such 
 
 a mating to produce a large per cent 
 
 of extra fine birds, I find we must se- 
 lect birds to come as near standard 
 
 requirements in each section as possi- 
 ble. The cockerel should, according 
 
 to my idea, be medium on legs, not 
 
 too long or too short, standing well This 
 
 apart, giving breadth to breast and do well 1 
 
 body. A bird just standard weight 
 
 or a little better, in prime condition, ' ~ 
 
 that is, not too fat, the comb evenly faded look in the black points; they with the same solid black flights, not 
 set and deeply serrated with seven do not become mixed up with gray a particle of white in either, pro- 
 middle points and five side points, and white in wings and tails, but will duced from tihs old hen, and a pure 
 comb to extend well back on top of breed black wings with the proper white with delicate bluish undercolor, 
 head, though I find this a weak point, white vein, black tails to the skin, but had bad luck with both. One was, 
 With many Brahmas the comb is too coverts edged with pure white like the killed and the other got a bone in 
 short. I like small combs and I find hackles, and such pullets still retain his throat, so I could not relieve him 
 that one weak point with many of my it even at four year old and will score and I lost him. I shall try to keep 
 fowls is that the comb does not ex- 95 points, as old hens, under such these pullets to produce cockerels 
 tend back as far as I would like. The judges as Pierce, Felch and others. I again, for although the pullets have 
 head should be broad, short, with suppose these judges think them year- 
 over-hanging eyebrows, and the high- ling hens, for as such they would pass. 
 er and more oval the top of the head, I like the black in hackles to extend 
 the more handsome it is, because It up about four-fifths of the feather, 
 shows great vigor and intelligence. On such dark birds it is really proper, 
 and a quiet practical disposition. A in my estimation, with pure white be black to skin, first row of coverts 
 well developed throat, wattles and ear edging all around the feather, black the same, the row following edged 
 lobes. Ear lobes pendulous and bright running to a sharp point in hackle of with pure white like the hackles, and 
 red; a particular point, too, is a deep males, but broader and more rounded as many rows as come after, the same, 
 bay eye, and not only in all males, in females. Wings solid black ev- In the hens I want every tow from one 
 but in all females. A bluish under- cept the white vein at edge of each to three, whatever there are, edged 
 color throughout the plumage in both feather, no gray should be allowed in with pure white. Breast broad and 
 males and females — an even blue un- either males or females in the web of full, body long comparatively, wings 
 dercolor, not a charcoal undercolor, the feather. This makes a beautiful well folded, giving depth to body as 
 nor an inch and a half white next to wing and one hard to improve upon, well as breadth. Feet well feathered 
 the skin, then a line of blue or black- unless we can get solid black flights, on outer and middle toe, and mottled 
 ish undercolor, but a blue undercolor I have had them, lost a five-year- old 
 from the skin out, one-third or one- hen this season that had them, and I 
 half the length of the feather, the bave several pullets from her, but the 
 other pure white. I know it can be back is full of black spots. I am 
 produced and bred with satisfactory keeping them to experiment with and, 
 results, for I have practiced it for five of course, have an idea of what I 
 years, and am more pleased with this hope to accomplish with them, but tails, broad, deep breasts, proper 
 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 
 
 black in hackles I found the cocker- 
 els had deep bluish undercolor only, 
 and were simply good in points 
 throughout. I shall not give up in 
 despair, but try again. Tails should 
 
 with black. Hackles full and closely 
 feathered, giving a close, well rounded 
 hack. Many of the Brahmas of today 
 show the loss of the broad head, heavy 
 eyebrows, full throat, short, well- 
 arched beak, broad and well spread 
 
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 of strong color, but do not care to 
 sacrifice the above to get color and 
 leg and toe coloring. We should try 
 to weed out all characteristics other 
 than Brahma. The young breeder has 
 much to learn, and who of us "knows 
 it all?" Are not the best of us ca- 
 pable of learning much more? I like 
 the close-feathered Brahmas best, with 
 rather a long body, longer thigh and 
 hacks, closely feathered. But in 
 breeding for heavy leg and toe feath- 
 ering we do not see as many such 
 close trimemd hocks as we would like. 
 I believe our breeding for small 
 combs, longer, heavier, fluffy bodies 
 and immense foot feathering, has 
 made our birds more Ck)chin shape 
 and not such good layers; besides it 
 is not the type that takes the eye of 
 any true fancier. Let us stop before 
 it is too late and breed for the true 
 American type of Light Brahmas. 
 After summing up this article, would 
 you still ask what I like in my Brah- 
 mas? Well, I have not gotten just 
 what I want yet. I am glad I have 
 not. I would have nothing to strive 
 for. But in a few specimens I have 
 something near it, and they are treas- 
 ured by their owner. I might have 
 had dozens of them now had I not 
 helped others to lay a foundation for 
 stock, that are in the front ranks of 
 Light Brahma breeders today, and I 
 am silently proud of the record they 
 are making. To sum up what I want 
 in my Light Brahmas: I want shape 
 as well as color, and color as well as 
 shape. I want a deep bay eye as well 
 as serrated comb extending back prop- 
 erly on the head, broad, short heads, 
 well ovaled on top, good sized wattles 
 and ear lobes. I want broad saddle 
 as well as broad shoulders, with 
 wing folded high enough to make 
 broad, flat back, across the shoulders 
 well rounded, yet broad as it sweeps 
 in concave to tail. Color where it 
 should be and plenty of it, and I like 
 black in feet of females as well as 
 males, and I believe It impossible to 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 get proper color anywhere in our 
 males unless we are more particular 
 of the color in our females. It is non- 
 sense to believe the males must have 
 the most color. For my part the pul- 
 lets and hens I have with almost solid 
 black flights, heavy nackles, edged 
 with pure white, tails black to skin, 
 legs and toes covered with feathers 
 mottled with black, blue undercolor 
 throughout tne plumage, are absolute- 
 ly beautiful to me. I am cordially 
 yours, MRS. ELLA THOMAS, 
 
 Breeder of the "Mammoth Strain" 
 Light Brahmas. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 The cheapest and most convenient 
 method of keeping a record of our 
 flock so as to be able to tell the age 
 of our fowls is as follows: 
 
 In the fall, while the young stock 
 is yet small enough that we can easily 
 tell them from the older ones, we 
 band all that were hatched the year 
 before. If an odd year banding them 
 on the left, if an even yeai' banding 
 them on the right leg, and each year 
 banding af'er this plan. In this way 
 we can tell at a glance what age any 
 fowl in the flock is. With either 
 fancier or market poultry raiser this 
 is of much value, as soon an expert 
 would find it a difficult task to tell 
 the age of a fowl simply from its ap- 
 pearance. 
 
 Bands without figures on can be ob- 
 tained in large quantities for about 
 one-half cent each, so that the cost is 
 very little. 
 
 Of those who sell all their old stock 
 as soon as the young is ready to take 
 their place the foregoing will, of 
 course be of ' little interest, but to 
 those who know the value of one and 
 two year old hens as layers and 
 breeders it should be of interest and 
 may be of value. We have carefully 
 studied the matter and believe that it 
 pays to keep the hens, especially of 
 the laying breeds, until their third 
 
 The above is a cut of Mr. E. B. Omohundro's 
 White Rock cock, "White Chief." score. 9*'A by 
 Myers. 93J2 by Ropp; first at N. C. Mo., poultry 
 show in 1900, also at Lincoln county poultry 
 show in 1900. If you want something- nice write 
 Mr. Omohundro. BowlinK (Jreen, Mo. 
 
 year, and as a breeder from which to 
 raise large, strong, healthy stock the 
 hen in her second or even third year 
 is much better than in her pullet 
 year. R. R. FRENCH. 
 
 Ford City, Mo. 
 
 E. A. Peglar of Lincoln. Neb., can 
 be found at his place of business with 
 a full line of poultry supplies, incu- 
 bators and brooders. Anything in his 
 line you can get as good as can be 
 found and as cheap as can be bought 
 anywhere. 
 
 Rev. G. W. Chamblin, Uniontown, 
 Kan., writes he has a fine lot of Ham- 
 burgs that show up fine at this writ- 
 ing, and he will make very reasonable 
 prices to customers. We trust the 
 reverend will receive the support and 
 hearty co-operation of Hamburg 
 breeders in his efforts to organize a 
 Hamburg club. Come one, come all, 
 and join hands with Rev. Chamblin. 
 Look up his article on the same. 
 
 Poultry Supplies, 
 
 We keep a full lino of all standard floods, as follows: 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands, 
 Smith Seal Bands, 
 Score Cards, 
 Standards, 
 Oyster Shells, 
 Lime Stone Grit, 
 Mica (irit, 
 
 Humphrey Bone Mills, 
 Spray Pumps, 
 Liquiid Lke Killers, 
 Bone Meal, 
 Raw Bone. 
 Beef Scraps, 
 Blood Meal, 
 
 Granulated Bone, 
 Broiler's Teeth, 
 20 Century Poultry Food, 
 Midland Poultry Food, 
 Conkey's Roup Cure, 
 Chamberlin Chick Peed, 
 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 
 
 OUR SPECS 
 
 ^ -« v< v< By H&ttie Byfield. 
 
 (Written for Poultry iQvestigator.) 
 There is an anxious inquiry for 
 something new under the sun, but I 
 don't believe we find much in poultry 
 literature, leastwise in that ema- 
 nates from our pen. We have quit 
 giving our newest discoveries to the 
 public as a surprise, feeling all the 
 while that we are benefiting the whole 
 poultry-loving world by so doing. 
 Nowadays when we publish our latest 
 discovery it is with the certain knowl- 
 edge that it is ancient with a great 
 many people, therefore the only people 
 the wonderful discovery can benefit 
 will be amateurs in the chicken busi- 
 ness, but there are plenty of novices 
 eagerly searching for the time-worn 
 articles that resemble each other so 
 nearly, no difference who edited them. 
 Every day we meet people who ques- 
 tion us as to our methods of disposing 
 of lice, chicken cholera, etc., just as 
 if these questions had not been dis- 
 cussed from every point of view since 
 ever people became aware that poultry 
 raising was a business worthy of at- 
 tention. I I 
 The day was when we read the ad- 
 vice that was time-worn to many 
 with great interest. It was new to us 
 and now we could have done without 
 it is not comprehensible, therefore if 
 we repat ourselves we may be sure 
 that to many the lines will be new 
 and helpful. Just now we would like 
 a little advice on fortifications. We 
 have neighbors, too, who would like 
 a share. The mysterious disappear- 
 ance of many chickens is the cause of 
 our anxiety. Watch dogs, light roost- 
 ing places and traps have availed us 
 nothing. Our neighbor discovered 
 that a pet cat had robbed him of 125 
 fine thoroughbreds. We banished 
 cats altogether and are resorting to 
 poison and traps for rats and mice. 
 A dog also assists in catching rats. 
 A huge Newfoundland dog is turned 
 loose to do guard duty at night, but 
 our heart is heavy over our losses. 
 Tell us, how shall we fortify? 
 
 The moulting season has begun and 
 much depends upon the management 
 of our fowls during the present 
 month. If we manage rightly our 
 hens will have new feathers and be 
 ready to begin the egg-laying busi- 
 ness in October. While the hens have 
 their clothes off is a good time to 
 thoroughly cleanse them of vermin. 
 There are many ways of doing this. 
 If Liquid Lice Killer is used one 
 must use caution. We never had any 
 loss from its use, but very often we 
 
 POUI.TRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 hear of disaster in other flocks. We 
 do not always use Lice Killer, and 
 when we do we repeat the treatment 
 several times. Do you know we are 
 so old-fogyish that we often resort to 
 grease? We first clean every crevice 
 of our houses, using the spray pump 
 and coal oil emulsion flavored with 
 carbolic acid, for the purpose. Then 
 when the biddies go to roost, assisted 
 by an agile boy that we raised our- 
 selves, we give the hens each a turn 
 at the grease pot. We allow a table- 
 spoonful of coal oil to each cup of 
 lard, also a few drops of carbolic acid. 
 This mixture is death to scaly leg, so 
 while we rid our flocks of lice we 
 also put the feet and legs in shape. 
 We visit all the old mother hens with 
 our grease pot, greasing well under 
 the wings, on the head and around the 
 
 17 
 is scarce. We can eat chicken if — if— 
 well, won't some of our readers tell 
 us how to fortify so that we may 
 eat chicken? 
 
 Notwithstanding the extreme heat 
 the health of the fowls about here has 
 been good. Small chicks thrived 
 wonderfully, barring unseen enemies. 
 Eggs hatched badly with the majority 
 of people. Our turkey and duck eggs 
 hatched well, which goes to show that 
 some condition was wrong with the 
 hens. Had we been alone in this re- 
 spect we should have blamed our mat- 
 ing, but we heard of poor hatches all 
 about us. The vigor of the chicks 
 that hatched was rather mystifying, 
 considering the poor hatches. 
 
 David Larson. Wahoo, Neb. The subject 
 of this illustration has been a member of the 
 State Poultry Ass'n for several years and one 
 of its most foremost breeders. Mr. Larson is 
 an expert in breediner and judg"ing" Mediteran- 
 eans, in fact is a good judge on all variety of 
 poultry. Any association needing a good con- 
 scientious judge will do well to correspond with 
 Mr. Larson. 
 
 vent, as well as feet and legs. Later 
 in the season the show birds and 
 birds to be scored and sold will be 
 subjected to many good foot baths. 
 That pays for the extra trouble. The 
 old hens will lay all winter and set in 
 time to hatch your show birds if the 
 proper care is given them during the 
 moulting season. We all know it is 
 the old hens that give us most of the 
 show birds. 
 
 If the fowls can be turned out of 
 the pens but little extra care need be 
 used in feeding. Nebraska hen pas- 
 tures are provided by nature with two 
 of the most perfect foods, namely, 
 wild sunflowers and grasshopers. 
 There never was such a country for 
 poultry, even if the milk and honey 
 that the human race so hanker ofter 
 
 The Western Fruit Grower is pub- 
 lished in the heart of the great fruit 
 growing section of the United States. 
 Thousands of acres are being planted 
 every year. These fruit growers are 
 the most intelligent and prosperous 
 farmers in the country. They use 
 good machinery, keep good poultry 
 and stock, buy good nursery stock and 
 are, in a word, a class of advertisers 
 we all would like to reach, and the 
 Western Fruit Growers of St. Joseph, 
 Mo., is just the medium to reach the 
 bulk of this trade. Try them. 
 
 The Poultry Investigator introduces 
 to its readers the well known writer, 
 Mrs. Mattie Webster of Belmont, Wis. 
 Her writings are much appreciated by 
 the poultry fraternity, and more so by 
 those who are acquainted with her at 
 her home and know her personally. 
 She has had valuable experience and 
 we will all profit by her candid, sin- 
 cere methods in handling her subject. 
 She is a breeder of White Rocks and 
 White Wyandottes and appreciates 
 the beautiful as well as the profitable. 
 
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 those that breed poultry and ; 
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 THE POULTRY INDUS- 
 TRY 
 
 By Cortv RIckards. Osclen, Utah. 
 
 (Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
 There is many a delicate girl who 
 would think poultry culture a hard 
 proposition from the fact that em- 
 broidery, needle work, music and 
 painting seem more like the work 
 that should be given to a girl. Yet 
 we know there are women who are a 
 success in nearly all lines of business. 
 We heard of three sisters who did 
 work on their farm, using machinery 
 and riding when doing plowing and 
 the most of the work in planting, 
 gathering grain, etc., etc. To the 
 writer it would seem too hard to do 
 as these girls did. They enjoyed and 
 made a success of it, and each one had 
 been a school teacher, so it was not 
 lack of learning that made them de- 
 sire outdoor work. 
 
 The writer, on account of being 
 oblig(?d to seek outdoor work to gain 
 health, lost from bookkeeping in my 
 father's office, went to Colorado, that 
 land of sunshine, where an eastern in- 
 valid could not think of remaining so, 
 for one receives renewed energy and 
 life and cannot long be idle in that 
 high altitude. The writer ,from her 
 earliest recollection, had a desire to 
 make money, and the desire increased 
 in Colorado. The outdoor air under 
 a pine tree, with the wind blowing 
 the leaves gently, made one feel like 
 sitting and dreaming of a beautiful 
 future and the many things most de- 
 sirable in life. The writer looks back 
 with much pleasure on those past 
 thoughts. Some of the girls will ask. 
 Did I realize my day dreams? They 
 were not so unreasonable but that 
 most of them have been realized. 
 They were in most cases for a little 
 home and poultry business, well estab- 
 lished and paid for, so my expecta- 
 tions have truly been realized, though 
 it took years, and some days the 
 work seemed so trying. We remem- 
 ber when we tried to have beautiful 
 pansies, and after so much labor and 
 care of them to have a mother and her 
 brood scratch them all up by getting 
 into the garden through a gate that 
 some one had left open. 
 
 We have a great love for the beau- 
 tiful, trees, flowers, books, music, 
 painting, and we could hardly give 
 up our flowers. Since coming to Og- 
 den we have not had time for flowers. 
 The business demanded every minute 
 of our time. 
 
 We started to make a success of 
 poultry culture, and in order to es- 
 tablish a business such as we aimed 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 for it took work, and while the writer 
 gained in health, she could never do 
 all that she wished. As stated, beau- 
 tiful flowers and fancy work always 
 delight and comfort me. However, I 
 found, and still find, a great pleasure 
 in fine poultry, and as that was my 
 chosen line, I dropped the others and 
 followed poultry culture, and while we 
 feel advanced from our continued 
 work, still there is so much ahead to 
 reach out for and mistakes in the past 
 that make the desire so great to keep 
 climbing higher. 
 
 Each year we have advanced and 
 do not feel we are going back, but that 
 we have a desirable poultry business. 
 While the thermometer on our porch 
 registers 101, we can hear the bid- 
 dies cackle over the new-laid egg, and 
 to count the number that are making 
 
 the noise means that our busy workers 
 are coining the cash in those lovely 
 eggs, for that is what our customers 
 call them, and we could sell many 
 more even though each biddie on our 
 place lay their share of eggs. 
 
 Wo would like to have the farmers 
 and the farmers' wives take a more 
 practical view of the poultry indus- 
 try and lay hold of new ideas and new 
 breeds for the improvement and ad- 
 vancement of chickens on the farms. 
 The selection of a fine Leghorn cock- 
 erel or two for breeding purposes 
 would be a great step forward if eggs 
 in large numbers are wanted, and eggs 
 pay, especially to have them in winter 
 when prices are high. Better still is 
 the thoroughbred fowl. The idea is 
 prominent among a large majoritj' of 
 farmers that the thoroughbred fowl is 
 all a myth. They seen no real merit 
 in well-bred poultry. Ask them why 
 
 there Is no practical value in a high- 
 class fowl and they may tell you that 
 after all your fussing a chicken is 
 but a chicken. They may ridicule 
 him who has a natural love for the 
 feathered tribe and dub him a "chick- 
 en crank," but as some have grace- 
 fully put it, "It takes a crank to make 
 the wheel go around." 
 
 If there is no utility in cultivating, 
 the feathered thoroughbred, is there 
 any in the culture of other pure bred 
 live stock? Let us consider the Mor- 
 gan, the Percheron, the Clydesdale 
 and the lithe thoroughbred that steps 
 a mile in 2:03 is of no more account 
 than the raw-boned, discouraged horse 
 hitched to the old worn delivery wag- 
 on; the Durham, the Jersey, the 
 Guernsey, the Galloway of no more 
 value than the native scrub cow. Is 
 there nothing, too, in the beaatiful to 
 appeal to our finer senses, and to pre- 
 sent to us an argument of merit? 
 The writer has had years of prac- 
 tical experience with nearly every va- 
 riety of poultry. Here in Ogden, 
 Utah, eggs sell readily at good prices. 
 There is especially good sale for win- 
 ter eggs. 
 
 The Jersey cow for butter and 
 plenty of rich milk stands ahead, as 
 do the Brown Leghorns for egg pro- 
 ducers. We have bred Leghorns for 
 over fifteen years and have had a pul- 
 let who was a first premium bird lay 
 274 eggs in one year. It costs no more 
 to keep such a hen that it does one 
 that will not lay more than SO eggs in 
 one year. Think of the difference. 
 
 In order to have the best results 
 on the farm the ground must be cul- 
 tivated right. The same interest must 
 be taken in poultry, the houses clean- 
 ed and kept free from lice, good 
 houses and nests provided, a variety 
 of food. Cheap stock that do'not lay 
 are expensive in the end. It is not so 
 much a Question of the cost as any 
 grain, and poultry are dear if results 
 are not obtained. 
 
 Why Do I Keep Poultry 
 
 (Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
 In the first place, I am a farmer's 
 wife, and what farm is complete with- 
 out poultry. Oh, yes, at first I kept 
 dunghills. But a poultry loving sis- 
 ter said, "Why not keep thorough- 
 breds? The cost is no more when It 
 comes to feed and buildings, and your 
 profits are double." I took the advice 
 given me, and at first I got one pen 
 of S. L. Wyandottes, five hens and a 
 rooster. My, oh my, they were lovely 
 to look at and they have proved them- 
 selves lovely in more than one way. 
 I have found them good layers, winter 
 and summer, good mothers, good rus- 
 
tiers, very tame, will stand confine- 
 ment the best of any breed I know of, 
 and a good table fowl, with yellow 
 legs and sweet, juicy meat, I was not 
 satisfied with one pen, so I have a fine 
 start in Buff Leghorns and Black 
 Langshans. I believe the Buff Leg- 
 horns to be the world's egg machines. 
 Buff Leghorns will commence to lay 
 when five months old, six weeks ear- 
 lier than other breeds, and when my 
 heavier breeds are wanting to set they 
 keep right on laying. Leghorns for 
 eggs and S. L. Wyandottes for an 
 all-purpose fowl. I know the Buff 
 Leghorns to be better than the Brown. 
 They lay just as well and a larger 
 egg, and they are larger than the 
 Brown or White Leghorns. The first 
 year I kept thoroughbreds my profits 
 were small, with a good income the 
 second, and there is pleasure in rais- 
 ing thoroughbreds as well as money. 
 Now, my poultry-loving sisters, make 
 a start. First study your surround- 
 ings, then your climate, make a choice 
 of some breed that will thrive both 
 winter and summer. The Rose Combs 
 for cold winters and the Single Combs 
 for light winters has been my experi- 
 ence. Of course, one with means can 
 build for the Single Comb varieties, 
 but when the comb freezes the lay- 
 ing stops, or that has been my experi- 
 ence, 
 
 I have found the White Pekin ducks 
 as profitable as chickens, and they 
 are in good demand the year around. 
 One can get good prices for them and 
 they are very hardy and thrive well 
 in any climate. I don't consider any 
 poultry farm complete without them. 
 Some say I am a poultry crank, but 
 I find pleasure and profit in poultry, 
 so I am in the poultry business to 
 stay. No, it is not all sunshine in 
 the poultry yard. One must expect 
 ups and downs, but if you once start 
 and have the right kind of backbone 
 you are sure to succeed. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 sible. 
 
 The entry fee, which includes care, 
 feed and coop rent, will be as follows: 
 Poultry pens, $2 each; single birds 
 in the open class, also turkeys, geese, 
 ducks and ornamental fowls, $1 each; 
 pigeons, 50 cents each. 
 
 All fowls are to be shown singly 
 or in breeding pens. A breeding pen 
 will consist of one male and four fe- 
 males. Prizes for pens will be award- 
 ed on all varieties of poultry and 
 ducks. Prizes will not be awarded 
 for birds impaired in value for breed- 
 ing purposes. 
 
 Ine American Standard of Perfec- 
 tion will be the guide in judging. 
 Prizes for poultry in all the open 
 sections, including turkeys, ducks, 
 geese and ornamental fowls, will be: 
 First prize, $4; second prize, $2; 
 third prize, $1; fourth prize, very 
 highly commended; fifth prize, highly 
 commended; sixth prize, commended; 
 seventh prize, diploma; eighth prize, 
 diploma. In the poultry classes 
 
 (Many thanks, Mrs. Tibbetts. We 
 shall be pleased to have you tell us 
 more of your experiences in the poul- 
 try yards and shall be glad to hear 
 from one or all our readers in this 
 line. Do not be backward.— EDITOR.) 
 
 The above cut is that of Mr. E. B. Omohuii- 
 dro's White Rock hen. "BeUe ol Pike." .scored 
 bv Myers 94'2. 93!i by Rapp. She wins 1st at 
 N. C. Mo., show. 1900, 2nd at Lincoln County. 
 1900, Poultry show; 1st at Quincy, 111., in 1»99. 
 scoring- 94';. 
 
 Parv-AmericaLn Exhibition 
 
 Undoubtedly one of the grandest 
 displays of poultry to be held this 
 year will be at the Pan-American 
 exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., October 
 20th to 31st. 
 
 The following from the official pre- 
 mium list gives full information in 
 regard to entries, prizes, etc.: 
 
 Class e; — Entries in this class will 
 close September 16th, but should be 
 sent as long before thja date as pos- 
 
 there will be eight awards, and a di- 
 ploma given with each award. Birds 
 entered in the open sections cannot 
 compete in the pen sections. 
 
 The prizes in open classes for pig- 
 eons will be : First prize, $3; second 
 prize, $1.50; third prize, 75 cents; 
 fourth prize, very highly commended; 
 fifth prize, highly commended. 
 
 Premiums in this class will be paid 
 October 31, 1901. For premium list 
 address Frank A. Converse, Superin- 
 tendent Live Stock Division, Pan- 
 American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y, 
 
 19 
 
 I I will exchange 9T 
 
 \ Belgian Hares ^ 
 
 I for ^ 
 
 \ White Wandotte Pullets^ 
 
 ! I have also some nne 
 
 I LIGHT BRAHMA HENS OW 
 
 >. Mrs. Hattie Byfield.L^ 
 
 McCook, Neb. 0^ 
 
 for Sale. Good ones. 
 
 1892. 1901. 
 
 Mammoth Strain 
 
 Light B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win- 
 ners in America's leading shows of 
 hundreds of prizes in my own and 
 customers' hands. The "Common 
 Sense" remedies for poultry are "per- 
 fection" when properly used. Chol- 
 era Cure kills all disease germs and 
 makes blood, botie and feather. Hun- 
 dreds of poultrymen claim they are 
 making poultry breeding easy and 
 practical by their use. A sample of 
 either for a dime. 1 lb can post paid 
 for SOc. Yours for success, 
 
 MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Queries, Mo. 
 
 _ /v/-v|r| For the next si,\ty days I will 
 I I II In I sell toy fine Barred Plymouth 
 lj\j\Jn.» Rocks Cociierels and Pullets at 
 one Iiiilf price as I have sold my place. I 
 li.ue some fine large March and April Cock- 
 erels now ready to ship and will guarantee 
 s ititfdction with every sale. 
 
 L. D. GREEM, Red Oak, la. 
 
 ^ BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 ^ EXCURSIVELY. Our Buff 
 
 Wyandottes are bre^i from 
 best strain obtainable and 
 in lin^. We breed the pure 
 ;;olden Butf. not ihe dark 
 red. Tiiey'ie prize winners. 
 
 ^ E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 'jyigMB^'C Chester While Hogs forsale 
 
 Rosecomb White Leghorns. 
 
 Needing room for young stock, will 
 sell part of my this year's breeders, 
 including 1st cockerel St. Paul last 
 February. 
 
 J. F. REINELT, Tripp, S. D. 
 
 M ORPINGTONS \ 
 J and COCHINS. \ 
 
 \ Bred from my own Importations. ^ 
 
 J I won more premiums than 
 
 J any two other exhibitors at the 
 
 ( Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be- 
 
 5 fore buying anything write me 
 
 { — it will be a pleasure to give 
 
 \ you prices. 
 
 \ IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb. 
 { 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 If you want winners bred from win- 
 ners that will win for you, write tne 
 
 FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center/ Nebr. 
 
 Hydro-Safety Lamp 
 
 1 v<'ur Incubator and Uroodpr and save oil, 
 ;u'ntioa and avoid all donirer. Wnter jacket 
 -fps burner cool. Prlfo, 75c, tn J2. 7fl. Cata- I 
 
 .^L nf all iiir„f,.tnr st.pHirs :b*je<,:es:e. 
 "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 failed 
 to win in the best company. Young 
 st«ck for sale. 
 
 J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb 
 
 F. H. SHELLABARGER, west^uberty, 
 
 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. 
 
 ( Chalk White Wyandottes, 
 Breeder of ■! Mammoth Light Brahmas 
 ( Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Exhibited at four shows. 1900-lSIOl. Won 39 
 regular premiums. Errs and slock in sea- 
 son. Sallsfactlon assured. 
 
 SHIPPING COOPS 
 
 By Mrs. May Taylor, Hale, Mo. 
 
 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 f«r 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., Davenport, Iowa. 
 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 And Nebraska is to have a new 
 poultry journal. Well, we hardly know 
 which way the congratulations belong. 
 To the people of the state, who will 
 surely appreciate the efforts of the 
 hustling Sure Hatch people or the S. 
 H. Company itself for being located 
 among such a wide awake, hustling 
 poultry people. We believe the con- 
 gratulations belong both ways and we 
 give them without stint. 
 
 We have known the Nebraska poul- 
 try people for many years by reputa- 
 tion, a few personally. They were a 
 success unto themselves long before 
 they had any poultry paper to help 
 them out, and long before the incu- 
 bator factory opened up for business 
 in their midst. 
 
 We hardly know what to write to 
 a fraternity of this kind, for although 
 the paper is a "new beginner," the 
 most of the people who read it are 
 not. The number can be counted in 
 three figures who began at the be- 
 ginning when I did and before. But 
 as I don't know it all yet and am al- 
 ways on the lookout for new i'tems to 
 help me out, especially in artificial 
 hatch( /, we expect to learn much 
 from an exchange of ideas in the 
 months to come. We will wait and 
 watch and when we have an idea that 
 we think will help some one out of a 
 difficulty we will send It along. 
 
 Just now the question of shipping 
 coops is uppermost. Those advertised 
 on the market cost too much, besides 
 they come in different sizes and un- 
 less you are in the business on the 
 wholesale order you don't know how 
 many of each size to order. You 
 don't know how your own orders are 
 going to run. You don't know 
 whether you are going to have the 
 most orders for single birds or for 
 pairs or for trios or pens, and you 
 may order a dozen coops that will be 
 of no use to you. 
 
 Now we can get berry boxes, egg 
 cases, peach crates, and even tree 
 wrapers made of thin wood, and in 
 bulk, so that a few minutes time only 
 suffices to nail them together, and I 
 have often thought why can't some 
 enterprising firm make chicken crates 
 all the same height and width and 
 in lengths that could be cut easily, 
 charging so much per running foot 
 for top, bottom and sides, and end 
 pieces out of heavier stuff, each end 
 piece to take the place of partition 
 of a coop if more than one apart- 
 
 ment is needed. Those extremely 
 thin boards can be sawed easily, at 
 home, by putting two or three of them 
 together and sawing through three or 
 four at one time. Anybody can use 
 a hammer and saw, that is anybody In 
 the hen business can, and these coops 
 could be cut and made at home as 
 easily as those elaborate affairs that 
 cannot be changed to suit the num- 
 ber of fowls sent. 
 
 R. R. French, the White Leghorn 
 man from Ford City, Mo., is with us 
 with a trial advertisement, and we 
 know he is a good breeder, as we have 
 his stock in our yards and they are 
 fine. If you want a SQuare deal we 
 would recommend you to Mr. French. 
 
 If any of our readers want a leg 
 band that will surely stay on, and 
 one of the most essential things in 
 having a band is to know positively 
 that it will stay, try W. H. Smith &- 
 Co.'s, Blithedale, Mo., seal leg band. 
 When once put on it must be cut oft 
 if removed at all. Their advertise- 
 ment is in this paper. Look it up. 
 
 Frank Patton of Surprise, Neb., 
 writes us that he has this season the 
 best Buffi Rocks he ever raised, and, 
 readers, you know what this means. 
 When you show against Patton It 
 will take a gem to win over his. 
 Friend Patton always breeds winners, 
 and is no afraid to show them and 
 always carries home the most of blues 
 in his class. 
 
 The 5th of August we visited the 
 Capital City Poultry Ranch, three 
 miles west of Lincoln. I was shown 
 the finest lot of Pekin ducks I ever 
 saw. E. E. Smith, the proprietor, 
 knows how to raise ducks to perfec- 
 tion. Watch him sweep the platter 
 clean at the State fair. 
 
 A large number of our personal items 
 were omitted from this issue because 
 of lack of space. They will appear in 
 our next issue. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS 
 
 ExclHsively. 
 Just What You Are 
 Looking For .... 
 
 The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
 ners in any company. Elegant 
 in shape, profusely feathered, 
 as good as the best. Prices 
 low, write me. 
 
 B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
Rules ofthe Cock Pit 
 
 A neat little book of pocket siie. well bound Id toagh t»g-| 
 board. Contains all the pit rulea of Ihe United States, Canada, 
 Mexico, Cuba, England, Belgium and France. Also has com. 
 prehensive chapters on Heels, Handling, Nursing and every- 
 thing relative to the royal sport of cucking. 
 
 By Db. H. p. Clarkb. Indiauapolifl. Ind. 
 
 The Recognized Authority. 
 
 PBIOE. 26 CENTS. 
 Address ths FubUsber of tbls Paper. 
 Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry 
 Investig-ator_one year 
 
 For 25 Cents. 
 
 Address, THE INVESTIGATOR, 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Standard Silver Wyandottes 
 
 Two fine flocks on separate farms. 
 Lt. Brahmas, Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks, S. C. B Leghorns, each 
 kind on separate farm, cared for 
 by specialist of that kind. Esgs 
 carefully packed, have shipped ov- 
 er 200 this season. Not one brok- 
 en. Stock of the above varieties 
 $1.00 and $2.00 each. A sure cure 
 for Roup SO cents post paid. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK BOX 176. 
 
 Mammoth Light Brahma 
 Exclusively.. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks and 
 Cornish Indian Games. 
 
 8 years as breeders, 8 years as win- 
 ners in ever)' exhibit where we ex- 
 hibited winning- highest awards. 
 
 Stock for sale reasonable. Write, 
 COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska. 
 
 MaDimoth Bronze Turkeys, some 1 year 
 old. Stock for sale. Younjr stock tor sale 
 after September 1. Write, desr-ribing what 
 you want. " E. W. MATHENY. 
 
 (Jlay Center, Neb. 
 
 The SMITH SEALED 
 LEG BANDS. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 SHOW DATES 
 
 Before banding your 
 birds don't tail to send 
 tor c;it;ilcisue. They are the only band that 
 can't he beat. 10 for 25c, 25 tor oOc. 100 for 
 JI.50 Plain sealer and 100 bands SI. 75. Send 
 stainD for two samples and price-list. Hun- 
 dreds of testimonials received. Greatest 
 show band on eartli. 
 
 W. H.SMITH & CO., Blythedale, Mo. 
 
 BARGAINS 
 
 IN BREEDING STOCK 
 
 At Golden Rule Poultry Yards. I 
 have a few birds that I used in my 
 breeding pens this season that I will 
 sell at a bargain. They are hens and 
 two cocks. White Plymouth Rocks, 
 Empire strain. Write for prices. 
 
 Young stock. White Plymouth Rock 
 and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes 
 for sale this fall. 
 
 MRS, MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BELMONT. WIS. 
 
 My stock is equal to any in the 
 west. My prices are right atid I 
 will treat you right. Prices on 
 application. Write. 
 
 John A. Liing^ 
 
 HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. 
 
 WEST LIBERTY, la., July 29, 1901 
 — List of shows I am to judge for the 
 coming winter: 
 
 Plow City Poultry and Pet Stock 
 Association, Moline. 111. — Dates, No- 
 vember 26 to 30. H. E. Biggs, secre- 
 tary, Moline. 
 
 Yorkville Poultry Association, York- 
 ville, 111.— December 2 to 6. A. P. 
 Hill, secretary, Yorkville 111. 
 
 Missouri State Poultry Association, 
 Chillicothe, Mo.— December 9 to 13. 
 C. W. Nuss, secretary, Tina. Mo. 
 
 Columbus Junction Poultry Associa- 
 tion, Columbus Junction, la. — Decem- 
 ber li, 13 and 14. H. L. Duncan, sec- 
 retary, Columbus City, la. 
 
 Upper Iowa Poultry Association, 
 Mason City, la. — December 17 to 20. 
 John D. Reeler, secretary, Mason City. 
 
 Des Moines Poultry and Pet Stock 
 Association, Des Moines, la. — Decem- 
 ber 23 to 28. Charles H. Clarke, sec- 
 retary, Des Moines, la. 
 
 Iowa State Poultry Association, 
 Bloomfield, la. — December 31 to Jan- 
 uary 3, 1902. S. J. Henderson, Bloom- 
 field, la. 
 
 Galena Poultry Association, Galena, 
 111.— January 6 to 9. F. H. Turner, 
 secretary, Galena, 111. 
 
 Muscatine County Poultry and Pet 
 Stock Association, Muscatine, la. — 
 January 8, 9 and 10. G. M. Porter, 
 secretary, Muscatine, la. 
 
 Aurelia Poultry Association, Aure- 
 11a, la.-^anuary 13, 14 and 15. H. B. 
 Green, secretary, Aurelia, la. 
 
 Luverne Poultry Association, Lu- 
 verne, Minn. — January 16, 17 and 18, 
 N. R. Reynolds, secretary, Luverne 
 Minn. 
 
 North Dakota State Poultry Asso- 
 ciation, Fargo, N. D. — January 21 to 
 24. Samuel F. Crabbe, secretary, 
 Fargo, N. D. 
 
 Monona County Poultry Association, 
 Onawa, la. — January 28 to 31. 0. M. 
 Willey, secretary, Onawa, la. 
 
 Southeastern Wisconsin Poultry As- 
 sociation, Delavan, Wis. — February 4 
 to 8. E. J. Scott, secretary, Delavan, 
 Wis. 
 
 Very truly, 
 
 P. H. SHELLABARGER. 
 
 JACKSONVILLE, 111., July 29, 1901. 
 — Mr. L. P. Harris: Dear Sir — Your 
 favor of 26th received. Success to 
 you in your new calling. As you re- 
 quest my show dates tor 1901 and 1902 
 I give them to you below. Respect- 
 fully yours, 
 
 D. T. HEIMLICH. 
 
 Bunceton, Mo., August 29, 1901. W. 
 B. Kerns, secretary. 
 
 Rockford, 111., September 4, 1901. 
 J. B. Whitehead. 
 
 Pueblo, Colo., September 23-27, 1901, 
 State Fair. J. F. Munsey. 
 
 Booneville, Mo., November 2o-29, 
 1901. H. P. Mason. 
 
 Bowling Green, Mo., December 2-3, 
 1901. L. T. Sanderson. 
 
 Kirksville, Mo., December 4-7, 1901. 
 F. A. Buckingham. 
 
 Springfield, 111., December 7-12, 
 1901. J. Lauterbach. 
 
 Jacksonville, 111., December 12-14, 
 1901. F. C. Brewer. 
 
 Hoopston, 111., December 16-18, 1901. 
 
 Wenona, 111., December 18-20, 1901. 
 U. R. McAdams. 
 
 Table Grove, 111., December 23-28, 
 
 1901. W. D. Hall. 
 
 Salina, Kan., December 30-January 
 4, 1902. L. D. Arnold. 
 Whitewater, Wis., January 13-19, 
 
 1902. Will A. Cowles. 
 
 QUINCY, 111., July 29, 1901.— Mr. L. 
 P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb.: Dear 
 Sir — In answer to your kind favor of 
 July 26th, wil say my show dates as 
 contracted for the present time are: 
 
 Pan-American Poultry Show, Octo- 
 ber 20-31, 1901. 
 
 Cleveland, December 4-8, 1901. 
 
 Elgin, December 23-26, 1901. 
 
 Peoria, December 26-29, 1901. 
 
 Illinois State Poultry Show, Joliet, 
 second week in January, 1902. 
 
 Cedar Rapids, third week In Janu- 
 ary, 1902. 
 
 These are the only shows that I 
 have contracted tor. Please make 
 note in your journal that it will be 
 impossible for me to accept any fur- 
 ther contracts. I have refused at 
 least a hundred. My time is so taken 
 up with other business that it is im- 
 
I'on.TRV IXVHSTIC.ATOR. 
 
 ^ Brief Busir^ess Co^tchers. ^ 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 SINGLE INSERTION 
 
 50 CENTS 
 
 rndcr tVicsc heading's cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
 less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in- 
 sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS 
 No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
 uniform in size and style. A clianj,'e in makeup 
 allowed each quarter. 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 WITH INVESTIGATOR 
 
 1 YEAR $3.00 
 
 BCFK I'r>YMOUTII UOCK Cockerels from 
 first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
 prices. Ailjert K. Swctt. :ili4 Mosley St., 
 k\gin. III. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHAN. W. I'. Rock.ill old 
 stock for sale at $1.00 ench. young wliilc 
 Heklns ducks (i for W 00 uli from high scor- 
 ing stock. Mrs. Henry tfhrader. Berlin. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 BUFF roOHINS and Rose Comb White Leg- 
 horns bred from the best of stock. Prize 
 winners. For sale, -'ohn A Johnson, Pilot 
 Mound, Iowa. 
 
 J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham. Ohio, Poultry 
 Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty. 
 
 lOOS. S. HAMBlUtOS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
 at prices to suit the season. Stock in good 
 condition fastiionably bred and artistically 
 marked. Rev. li. A. Chamblin, Unionlown, 
 Kansas. 
 
 IF YOU WANT the blood nf Boston and New 
 York winners in Barred Hocks. S. C Brown 
 and White Leghorns. I l>ave it and can 
 please you in stock at low prices. Eggs in 
 season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- 
 treville, Md. 
 
 SEE HERE. Fine Light Brahma Cockerels 
 »1.23each Pullets ifl.OO. PairsJ2.00. Trios 
 $a.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock 
 Cockerels $1 each. Order now. Richard J. 
 Holt. Utica. Minn. 
 
 SPECIAL HAR(;AINS In ButT Wyandottes. 
 pure Huffs Winm-rs at Chicago and Cedar 
 Rapids. I"wa. Also a line line of Bantams 
 such as tiame Cochins. Sebriglits and Jap- 
 anese. Write for prices. M. F. Yegge, I)e 
 Witt, Iowa. Bo.N -26. 
 
 BLUE BARRED P. ROCKS. Choice breed- 
 ing and fine ixliil)iiion l>irds for sale. Win- 
 ners wherever arul wln-inever shown. Pric- 
 es low. .Musi Mil. Wriie for printed fold- 
 er. N. M. doit. Marsljalilown, Iowa. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
 cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
 150 youngsters for sale after October 1, fin- 
 er than ever, superior feathering, "^hape 
 and color. Always satisfaction gUJiran- 
 teed. U, J. Slianklln, Wanbeek, Iowa. 
 
 possible for me to do any judging. 
 With kind regards, yours very truly, 
 THEO. HEWES. 
 
 November 11-13. 1901— Tabor County 
 Poultry Association, Tabor, la. E. H. 
 Harrison, secretary. 
 
 November 14-16, 1901 — Mercer Coun- 
 ty Poultry Association, Princeton, Mo. 
 Mrs. E. D. Loe, secretary. 
 
 November 19-22, 1901— Harrison 
 County Poultry Association, Gains- 
 ville, Mo. Mrs. E. A. \v'iIson, secre- 
 tary. 
 
 November 26-29, 1901— Galesburg 
 Poultry Association, Galesburg, III. 
 D. E. Blick, secretary. 
 
 December 3-6 — Harvey County Poul- 
 try Association, Newton, Kan. C. M. 
 Glover secretary. 
 
 December 6-9 — Kansas City Poultry 
 Club, Kansas City, Mo. C. S. Hunt- 
 ing, secretary. 
 
 December 10-14 — Missouri State 
 Poultry Association, Chillicothe, Mo. 
 C. W. Nuss, Tina, Mo., secretary. 
 
 December 18-21 — Bloomington Poul- 
 try Association 'bloomington. III. 
 Israel Root, secrevnvy. 
 
 December 23-28 — Des Moines Poultry 
 Association, Des Moines, Iowa. Chas. 
 H. Clark, secretary. 
 
 December 31-Jan. 3, 1902— Iowa State 
 Poultry Association, Bloomfield, Iowa. 
 S. J. Henderson, secretary. 
 
 January 6-11, 1902— Illinois State 
 Poultry Association, Joliet, 111. C. E. 
 Ellsworth, Danville, 111., secretary. 
 
 January 13-18, 1902— Nebraska State 
 Poultry Association, Lincoln, Ne- 
 braska. L. W. Garoutte, secretary. 
 
 January 20-24, 1902— National Fan- 
 ciers' Poultry Association, Chicago, 
 111. F. L. Kimmey, secretary. 
 
 January 23-27, 1902— Interstate 
 Poultry Association, Wabash, Ind. B. 
 
 F. Clemans, secretary. 
 
 January 30-Feb. 2, 1902— South Da- 
 kota State Poultry Association, Mitch- 
 ell, S. D. C. C. Bras, secretary. 
 
 August 20-31— Iowa State Fair. 
 
 September 2-6 — Nebraska State Fair. 
 
 September 9-13 — Missuori State Fair. 
 
 September 16-20 — Indiana State Fair. 
 
 September 20-Oct. 5— Illinois State 
 fair. 
 
 October 7-12— St. Louis Fair. 
 
 October 21-23— Pan American Expo- 
 cition. 
 
 Ottumwa, la. W. S. RUSSELL. 
 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 KILDARE, Okla., July 29, 1901.— 
 Mr. L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb. — 
 Dear Sir: Yours at hand. Our time 
 is so taken up with farm and stock 
 interests that we shall Judge no shows 
 this season unless it may be one or 
 two as an outing. 
 
 Very truly, 
 JOHN C. SNYDER. 
 
 SHOW ENGAGEMENTS— 1901-1902— 
 TOPEKA, KANSAS. 
 
 Clay County Poultry Association, 
 Clay Center, Kansas, Nov. 26 to 29, 
 1901. Mrs. J. W. Pinkenton, secre- 
 tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 California Poultry Fanciers' Club, 
 California, Mo., Dec. 3 to 6, 1901. R. 
 M. Ramsey, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, 
 judge. 
 
 Grand River Valley Poultry Asso- 
 ciation, Albany, Mo., Dec. 13, 1901. R. 
 R. French, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, 
 judge. 
 
 Jefferson County Poultry Associa- 
 tion, Valley Falls, Kansas, Dec. 16 to 
 19, 1901. E. S. Mitchell, secretary; C. 
 H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Pottawattamie County Poultry As- 
 sociation, Onago, Kansas, Dec. 20 to 
 
 Pride of the West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks, Cong-er & 
 Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas. eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackej's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackej-, Proprietor. 
 CLARKSVll,i,E, : : : : MISSOURI. 
 
 Single Comb Brown L eghorns. 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A. Rickards, 
 
 SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 
 
 Ogdeti, Utah. 
 
 POUITRVHEN :Z', -T^Z 
 
 unless ppijWTCn neatly. I do it 
 it is mill 1 LV „-ell and use good 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accommodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
I'On/rRV IXX'KSTIC.ATOR. 
 
 23 
 
 21. 19U1. Mrs. Minnie Oliambers. sec- 
 retary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Manhattan Poultry Club, Manhattan, 
 Kansas, Dec. 23 to 25, 1901. W. H. 
 Lamb, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Delphos Poultry Ass'n. Delphos. 
 Kansas. Dee. 26 to 28. 1901. E. M. 
 Swain, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Republican Valley District Associa- 
 tion, McCook, Nebraska, Dec. 30, 1901, 
 to January 4, 1902. B. G. Gossard, 
 secretary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Kansas State Poultry Association, 
 Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 6 to 11, 1902. 
 Geo. H. Gillis, secretary; judges, C. H. 
 Rhodes, L. P. Harris. 
 
 Nebraska State Poultry Association, 
 Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 13 to 18, 1902. 
 L. W. Garroutte, secretary; judges, W. 
 S. Russell, C. H. Rhodes. 
 
 Central Oklahoma Poultry Associa- 
 tion, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Jan. 21 
 to 24, 1902. H. P. Stephenson, secre- 
 tary; C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Rooks County Poultry Association, 
 Plainville, Kansas, Jan. 27 to 28, 1902. 
 M. Melott, secretary; C. H. Rhodes, 
 judge. 
 
 Pondre Valley Poultry Association, 
 Greeley, Colorado, Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, 
 1902. R. T. Armstrong, secretary; C. 
 H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Kansas State Agricultural College 
 E.xhibit, Manhattan, Kansas, February, 
 1902. School of instruction in judging 
 poultry. C. H. Rhodes, judge and in- 
 structor. 
 
 Ravenwood, Mo. Dates 
 
 C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Orrsburg, Mo. Dates, 
 
 C. H. Rhodes, judge. 
 
 Red Oak, Iowa, Nov. 23 to 28. J. M. 
 Scott, secretary. 
 
 Hebron, Neb., Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. F 
 P. Hensel, secretary. 
 
 Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8, 9, 10. G. W. 
 D. Reynolds, secretary. 
 
 Shenandoah, Iowa, Aug. 13 to 16. 
 
 Malvern, Iowa, September 3 to 5. 
 
 Montgomery County Fair, Septem- 
 ber 17 to 20. 
 
 J. E. THOMPSON, 
 Malvern, Iowa. 
 
 We will judge at the following 
 shows this winter: 
 
 The Pan-American, Buffalo, N. Y.', 
 October. 
 
 Mount Vernon, November 19-22. 
 
 Cleveland, O., December 4-10. 
 
 Mansfield, O., November 27-30. 
 
 Richwood, O., December 18-20. 
 
 Van Wert, O., first week in Janu- 
 ary, 1902. 
 
 Pittsburg, Pa., second week in Feb- 
 ruary,' 1902. Yours truly, 
 
 IRA C. KELLER. 
 
 Prospect, O., August 7, 1901. 
 
 INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU BUY.^ 
 
 '9wantP'iri'iJBtiiiiiHr.i tu te perlclW datistie^i bbffiff . he\ Bpend their monev . iDvesUgste U»<« 
 cliiiJLSOt nil liicubatorH in.Uheu decide. We l-elieve you wil 1 tindlhat the 
 
 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" . °^. 
 busy people, who haveVt time to fuss and bcher. "Our cataloKUe U ITKh-E. We Uon t 
 
 »— . - — Mk voato pay for it. Isn't 1 1 worth fiiaminlngt 
 
 SURE HATCH INCUBATOR COWPANY, CLAY CENTER. NEBRASKA. 
 
 Tj ij rj l« For the next (iU days I wil 
 
 i OUltrV ijlippllGS.. t Shell in lots of 500 pounds o 
 
 will sell Grit and 
 or over at great- 
 ly reduced fig-ures. It will pay you to lay in 
 your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and 
 Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies. 
 
 E. fl. PEGLiEt^, 241 S 11 St., Liineoln, fleb. Box 463. 
 
 1 1 3 
 
 THE IDEAL 
 Aluminum 
 LEG BAND. 
 
 Is tlie iioknuwIei;t'd leader. It loosing off is impossible as it is iiKide witli a double /•hncli 
 and i'i guaranteed to stay on. It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put 
 on. It is absolutely the be=t band on the market today. Read what others say: 
 
 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 ttie 
 best one that I have ever used and I believe 1 have u.sed about all of them. Please snip 
 me 1000 as follows: 200 No. (i, 60 No. 7,400 No. 8, 100 vo. 9. 200 No. 10. M No. 11. ,,,„,^„„„ 
 
 Very Truly Yours. F. O. Welcome. 
 
 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. 
 Send 4c in postage f.ir eirruhir of Barred Plymouth Kocks and sample bands. 
 
 FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Pari, III. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 and Black Langshans 
 
 We have 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 
 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 
 for sale and at a bargain considering- quality. 
 
 MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 No Kggs for Sale! A nice lot of 
 young chicks for sale in pairs and 
 trios. Bred from the best matings of 
 imported stock. I have hundreds of 
 February and March hatched chicks 
 for sale. Mention this Journal. 
 W. H. BLSHELL, IMPORTER A^D BREEDER, DAVID CITY. NEBRASKA. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 THE COMING BREED 
 
 White Leghorns. 
 
 Layers and winners. An inducement to 
 buy at once and of us— tested breeders, hens 
 $8. $10 and *rj per dozen. Cocks *1.50 to iii.M 
 each Scott isli Terrier puppies $i. 
 
 PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM. 
 
 R. R. Fri;iich, iWgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 
 
 Please mention the InvE.STIg.\TOi< 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 RUFF P RnnK^ E.xcluslvely. Pure 
 
 durr r. nuuj^ Burdick gow Nug- 
 
 gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
 can be found, and are up-to-date in 
 every respect. Some fine specimens 
 for sale: reasonable prices on applica- 
 tion. Address 
 
 MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS- WYANriOTTES. E. 
 1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
 bred to winners. Good stock, lit to breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. II. Mills. Poultry 
 Judge. Port Huron, Michigan. 
 
24 
 
 Imported Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Ar<i wlnniTs lit li. 1'. U.. Madison Siiiliuc. 
 Wash.. N. .1. Keotii. Iowa city Iowa SMiti- 
 Shows. Orpliiglon *" to $30 per trio. Will 
 close out xll the Kocks, Hradley Kus. -uid 
 Lathans Strains. One pair of I vr nla hliinv 
 hlrds for sale cheap, fli io92'2. A line lot of 
 yoUDR show birds In both varieties. Always 
 win; sure to please. Uetter get In the push. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 
 
 SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 
 
 .S tiraiid Ureeders for sale at a bar- 
 gain. Also TOO selected Laiigshati 
 chicks. Address, 
 
 BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsvllle, lud. 
 
 POULTRY IXVKSTIGATOR. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind tliat win and lay e},'{;.s. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free. 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 
 
 Lock box 500. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks... 
 
 Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color 
 
 In the show room the)- have shown 
 their excellence, have scored f roni 9U II' 
 94 by prominent judges. Write vpants. 
 C. F. HINMAN, Friead, Nebraska. 
 
 Buff P. Rocks. 
 
 Motto: — "tiood stock at moderate 
 price." Stuck for sale after Sept. l.s. 
 W. D. SWAIN, PaHora, la. 
 
 THE FEED, NOT THE BREED 
 
 Is responsible for results. 
 
 ThTBALANCED RATION 
 
 For Poultry is here at last. 
 
 The M Egg Hen is now a 
 
 Midland Formulas... 
 
 Ready Mixed. 
 
 1. Nursery Chick Food. 
 
 2. Orowins Chick Food. 
 ■I. Fattening Chick Food. 
 
 4. Egg and Feather Pro. 
 duclne Food. 
 
 5. Nursery DuckllngFood 
 0. GrowlngDui-kllngFood 
 7 Fattening Duck ling 
 
 and Gosling Food. 
 s. Laying Duck Food. 
 
 9. Stock Ducks' Summer 
 Food. 
 
 10. Growing Gosling Food 
 
 Uur elTorts to furnish the poultry world with a complete food 
 for a speciHc purpose, and built on a scientific and practical ha. 
 sis by men of e.xperience and ability, has met with unqualified 
 success. Our food is now being used by the most pr gresslve 
 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- 
 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- 
 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- 
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 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. 
 
 r=4 Tiffany's Paragon Lice Killer. 
 
 Kills lice and tiiites on poultry. hoj?s and animaU. Is the 
 strongest and best lice killer made. Willi our double 
 tube sp'ayer you can save one half the liijuid and pene- 
 trate all cracks and spray the bottom of the house where 
 you find the miles or spider lice. It gets there every 
 time Every can is euaranteed or money refunded 
 iiid learn now to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE. 
 
 Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 
 
 Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, lleas on dogs, ticks on sheep and lice on cat- 
 tle and 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 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY, 
 
 Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
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 200 White Plymouth Rocks 
 
 FOK SALE. 
 
 Our specialty. Wliite birds;i laree size 
 winter layers. Prices 75i' eaeli ; $6 per 13. 
 
 F. J. KOLASCE, DeBois, Nebr. 
 
 A Fan Fair 
 
 Is a -nod plai-e 10 slinw 
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 Remedies an- ad .iili-ci fon-v. 
 
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 W paire lin..k fn^i-. 
 
 D. J. LAMBERT, 
 
 Appanaug, R. I. 
 
 choice 
 cockerels 
 
 & 
 Stock Eggs 
 
 for 
 Hatchingm 
 
 The Result of 25 
 Year's Breeding. 
 
 Line Bred at the 
 
 American Poultry 
 
 Farm. 
 
 I'roni Haired and Wliiie Plymouth RorUs. 
 
 WliUe anil Silver Wyandortes. While and 
 
 Hniwn ■..■'.'lioins. (Jolden Seliri'_'lit Hantams. 
 
 nriin/... Turkeys, and Pearl Cuinias. 
 
 Belgian Hare*, Jersey Cattle. 
 
 Valualii.^ c'ii.^iilar. 
 
 F.M.MUNGER&SONS, DeKalb, III. 
 
 BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 
 
 Ill' 
 
 of priz«--winiiin;; anresliTs; liave made tli 
 aspech.lly f..r l!l years Nnw nlTeiini; fine 
 «.\hll)llliili anil L-'ranil lir eilin;; sli.ek of bolli 
 1900 and I'.KII baleli at leiivin- price if taken 
 .soon. Send for Illustrated circular Willi 
 half-tones of ineritoi lous birds. Addre.ss. 
 
 M. L. EDSOM, Jacksonville, III. 
 
 ^ Buff P. Rocks 
 [hI Exclusively... 
 
 We have Jiid(,'e Harris' entire stock. 
 These, toffether with our own prize 
 winners, gives us the best tlock of 
 Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
 please j'ou both in quality and prices. 
 Write us if you want winners bred 
 from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 
 ouse (Jeese for sale. 
 
 MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Let The 
 Hens Lay 
 
 ■UK' ^ '•^u 
 
 I but Hatch Chickens by Steam 
 
 g The best, surest and most economical method 
 2 of hatching is with the 
 
 EXCELSIOR Incubator 
 
 CEO. H. STAHL, 
 
 114-122 S. 6th St., 
 
 Quincy, III. 
 
 HERE is an Opportunity 
 
 To obtain 
 
 S. C. B. LEGHORNS 
 
 Two Cocks and ten Hens of superior merit for sale WAY 
 DOWN. Send for illustrated catalog-ue — it's free. 
 
 GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska. 
 
 c^0^ Silver Liaced 'Wyandottes ^o^ 
 
 With Royal Blood in Their Veins. 
 
 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, 
 2d, 3d pullet, 2d hen. The cockerel which scored 925+ was cut one and 
 one-half points on weight, having been on road two days and two nights. 
 This makes him a !)4J4' point bird. How is that for a S. L. Wyandotte 
 breeding? If anybody in America can please you on Silver Laced Wy 
 andottes, we can. I. & N M. CONNER, Ponca Neb. 
 
 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 Are better than ever as thej' have farm range. Have 280 young and 
 liO old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
 tirsts and part second in state show the last twto years, also have been 
 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 
 
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 BLOOD TELLS. 
 
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 Scientific breeding and s(iuare dealing have made Whitney's National 
 Strain line bred Barred Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb Brown Leg- 
 horns popular. Start right and you will always be right. If j'ou want 
 birds that can win and that will produce winners send for my circular 
 and prices. Address, .T. W. Whitney, Chatham, Ohio, P. O. box I. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. 
 
 Blaachard, : : : Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 S3BREEDEUS OF f=' <■ 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland 
 Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska 
 State Poultry show 11)01 we won 1st pen, 1st 
 hen, 1st cock. 3d cocUrel, which was a prize 
 on every bird entered. At the Nebraska 
 State Fair, '^d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 
 1st pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock- 
 erel—a first prize on every bird entered. 
 We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 
 
 Please mention tlie iNVKsric.^TdK when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser and us. 
 
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. 
 
 CHICKEN FIXINGS 
 FOR. WINTER, v v 
 
 By ^ "^ 
 HATTIE 
 BVFIELD 
 
 Sod buildings for poultry have been 
 denounced as unhealthy, wet, rat 
 breeding and vermin infested places, 
 the only merit being that they -were 
 warm, until the rats had filled them 
 with air-holes. 
 
 We once had a good sod chicken 
 house. The roof was made of boards 
 covered with tar paper, and well 
 sodded. Inside it was plastered in 
 rather a poor fashion ; water would not 
 freeze in that house, roup and disease 
 
 were unknown. In the big deep win- 
 dows the hens that were not laying 
 sang all the winter days. Wheat was 
 worth a dollar a bushel, but the hens 
 paid their way and some more. That 
 house was comfortable for the chick- 
 ens and a comfort to me, but the rats 
 came, and poisons, cats and dogs 
 seemed useless — a real rat dog I could 
 not use because it would tear the house 
 down. The sod house eventually fell 
 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." 
 
 Then we can have thick, warm sod 
 houses, and have them durable. That 
 house proves it, and if we can have 
 the sod houses we can have plenty of 
 winter eggs. There are a whole lot of 
 people who could not afford lumber to 
 build. Cement is not expensive, and 
 in many places stone for the founda- 
 tion could be had for the hauling. But 
 laying the question of expense aside, 
 the sod house is a good house if well 
 built. Cemented on the outside, it 
 ■would not be damp. If window and 
 door frames are well fitted a sod house 
 can be successfully fumigated, and no 
 Uouse that is too open for that opera- 
 ton is fit for a chicken to dwell in. I 
 am told that "ivory cement" is dis- 
 tasteful to insect life. Of course, it 
 would be if applied when moist, but 
 friends tell me that insects dislike to 
 roam over its smooth surface. Now, 
 say what you like, there is nothing in 
 common lime to discourage the pere- 
 grination of bedbugs, neither their 
 rapid breeding. Whitewash highlv 
 flavored with "carbolic acid" is an 
 able assistant in destroying vermin. 
 Carbnlized lime, -with a proportion of 
 one ounce of carbolic acid to the 
 bushel of Urae, is not much good; mul- 
 tiply the acid by six and then it will 
 do the work. 
 
 A neighboring poultry man Intends 
 building a winter poultry house of 
 "adobe brick," but unless such a house 
 were cemented outside and in, it would 
 be worth little more than tough sods. 
 
 If one's means allowed of a stone 
 building or buildings it would prob- 
 ably be better, but we prefer the sod, 
 If it can be made rat proof, to any 
 cheap frame. 
 
 Feed will be high In this section. 
 Wheat, unthreshed. if it can be bought 
 at a reasonable figure, will be best for 
 the poultry people. Threshing out their 
 own wheat makes the hens lay. Bran 
 and shorts for the mashes will be hard 
 
 A flock i)f White W.\ 
 E. E. Smith, proprietor. 
 
 ndottes owned by' the Capitol City Poultry Ranch, Lincoln. Ni-b.. 
 
 to obtain unless shipped in. Some of 
 the country people are disposing of 
 their chickens because they won't lay 
 without feed, and they have nothing to 
 teed them. We never saw feed so high 
 in price that well hens would not pay 
 for it. A woman complained to me 
 that she got no good of her fowls be- 
 cause she had nothing to feed them. 
 This looked foolish to me, for if she 
 had fed, the eggs she could have sold 
 would have brought back the price 
 of the feed. We never could get into 
 the new -way of giving mashes at 
 night. We think the morning best, 
 and as the mashes are soon digested 
 the fowls are not discouraged from 
 scratching by their light, warm break- 
 fast. A cold hen is not very ener- 
 getic; does not seem to understand 
 that scratching has anything to do 
 with her blood circulation. The warm 
 breakfast makes her energetic and 
 bran mash alone is not all she craves. 
 Straw in the poultry house, in the 
 scratch pen and in the yards is what 
 we want — so much straw that Biddy 
 cannot get a kernel of grain unless 
 she earns it by the sweat of her — well, 
 a hen has a brow, hasn't she? 
 
 I wish some of the poultry folks 
 would discuss dogs, the different 
 breeds and their merits, in the poul- 
 try yards. We have a splendid New- 
 foundland. He sucks eggs and likes 
 ducks to eat. As a watch dog, his ap- 
 pearance and bark would discourage 
 thieves. Dogs are an adjunct that no 
 poultryer can be without. We know 
 that, but our own experience with 
 them has been discouraging. The fer- 
 rets were not better and they utterly 
 failed to rid the place of rats. Ferrets 
 catch rats, but the rats do not flee, as 
 we were led to believe they would. 
 
 In building and in all our arrange- 
 
 ments, safe grounds against thieves 
 and vermin ought to occupy a large 
 share of our attention. Thieves are 
 perhaps rare, and yet when we least 
 expect it a raid is made. Vermin is 
 generally plentiful. Skunks and 
 weasels are great pests and if we 
 could keep dogs that would destroy 
 them. We would not hear much about 
 bad luck. 
 
 Who has had experience with ce-. 
 ment floors? Somebody tell us about 
 them. It will be of general interest, 
 we feel sure. HATTIE BYFIELD. 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 We show on the front page of the 
 Investigator this month a cut of 
 White Pekin ducks enjoying a morn- 
 ing swim on an irrigation reservoir at 
 the Capitol City Poultry Ranch. E. E. 
 Smith, proprietor, Lincoln, Nebr. 
 
 The first B. p. Rock hen at Friend. Nebr.. at 
 tale show, 1901. Owned and bred by C. F. Hin- 
 nan. Friend. Nebr. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 NEBRASKA JTATE FAIR 
 
 The Largest aLnd Best 
 Show This Fall. 
 
 The Nebraska State Fair has come 
 and gone. It was held in Lincoln, 
 
 Cock — First premium, Robert Black; 
 second premium, Robert Black. 
 
 Cock — First premium, Robert Black; 
 second premium, Robert Black. 
 S. C. BLACK LEGHORNS. 
 
 Pen fowls— All to Eggart. 
 
 S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, S. H. 
 September 1 to 6. It was a most Poultry Co. 
 
 wonderful success. One of the best Fowls— First and second premiums, 
 attractions was the large and fine s. H. Poultry Co. 
 
 display of poultry and pet stock Pullets— First premium, S. H. Poul- 
 which numbered over 1,600 specimens try Co.; second premium, J. A. Bridge. 
 In all and they were all Nebraska Cockerel— First premium, S. H. Poul- 
 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 
 every exhibitor was a Nebraska Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
 fancier. There was a large exhibit of Cock— First premium, S.' H. Poultry 
 Belgian hares and some very fine Co.; second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
 specimens. This exhibit took up BXTFF WYANDOTTES. 
 
 nearly one-half of one of the large pen chicks— First premium, S. H. 
 wings of the building and the hares poultry Co.; second premium, S. H. 
 had many admirers. There was a fair Poultry Co. 
 
 exhibit of pigeons and pets. Four In- pen fowls— First premium, S. H. 
 cubator firms were represented In the poultry Co.; second premium, H. C. 
 exhibit and it was by great odds the Young, 
 best exhibit ever made In the state. Pullet— First premium, S. H Foul- 
 
 .4.NDULUSI0N. 
 All to E. H. Eggart. 
 
 HOUDAN. 
 Pen chicks — Second premium, D. W. 
 Evans. 
 
 Pen fowls — First premium, D. Lar- 
 son; second premium, D. W. Evans. 
 
 Pullets — First and second premium, 
 D. W. Evans. 
 
 Cockerels — First and second pre- 
 mium, D. W. Erans. 
 Hen — First premium, D. W. Evans. 
 
 ROSE COMB W. LEGHORN. 
 Pen chicks — First premium, E. H. 
 
 Pen fowls — First premium, E. H. 
 Eggart; second premium, Casper EMce. 
 
 Pullet — First and second premium, 
 E. H. Eggart. 
 
 Hen — First and second premium, E. 
 H. Eggart. 
 
 Cockerels — First and second pre- 
 mium, E. H. Eggart. 
 
 Cock — First and second premium, B. 
 H. Eggart. 
 
 SINGLE COMB W. LEGHORNS. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, Casper 
 In the poultry display there were try Co.; second premium, S. H. Poul- Dice; second premium, J. Cook John- 
 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 Hen— First premium, H. C. Young; Pullet— First premium, J 
 pigeons, 95 hares, 4 incubator dis- second premium, H. C. Young, 
 plays, 158 B. P. Rocks, 78 Buff Rocks, Cock— First premium, F. H. Brown; 
 80 Buff Wyandottes, 60 S. C. W. Leg- second premium, S. H. Poultry Co. 
 horns, 70 Brown Leghorns, 62 White BUFF ROCKS. 
 
 Rocks, and so on, nearly every variety pen chicks — First premium, G. H. 
 fairly good Green; second premium, Albert Le- 
 mon. 
 Pen fowls-First 
 
 being represented by 
 exhibit. 
 Among the best displays were B. P. 
 
 C. John- 
 son; second premium, Casper Dice. 
 
 Hen — First premium, Casper Dice; 
 second premium, L. C. Huntington. 
 
 Cock — First premium, Casper Dice; 
 second premium, J. C. Johnson. 
 ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN. 
 Pen chicks — First premium, Jennie 
 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. Fowls— First 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- Hen — First premium, S. H. Poultry Hen— First premium, Jennie Bird- 
 Co.; second premium, S. H. Poultry sail; second premium, E. H. Eggart. 
 Co. Cock— First premium, Jennie Bird- 
 
 Cock— First premium, S. H. Poultry sail; second premium, E. H. Eggart. 
 
 dotte and Klondikes. 
 
 LIST OP PREMIUMS. 
 
 Co.; second premium, Albert Lemon. 
 BLACK JAVA. 
 
 Pullet— First premium, J. A. Rudge. Rudge. 
 
 HOUDANS. 
 
 Cock— nrst premium, D. Larson; 
 second premium, D. W. Evans. 
 C. I. GAMES. 
 
 Penfowls — First premium, Robert 
 Black; second premium, Cottle Bros. 
 
 Pullet — First premium, S. H. Poul- 
 try Co.; second premium, S. H. Poul- Eggart. 
 try Co. Pen fowls— First premium. 
 
 Cockerels — First premium, S. H. Eggart. 
 Poultry Co.; second premium, Robert Pullet — First premium, E. H. Eg- 
 
 S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 
 Pen chicks — First premium, J. 
 
 Hen— First premium, J. A. Rudge; 
 second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
 Cock— First premium, J. A. Rudge. 
 
 WHITE MINORCA. 
 Pen chicks — First premium, E. H. 
 
 E. H. 
 
 Pullet — First premium, H. C. Young; 
 second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
 
 Cockerel — First and second, J. A. 
 Rudge. 
 
 Hen— First premium, H. C. Young; 
 second premium, A. P. Hollenbeck. 
 
 Cock — First and second, A. P. Hol- 
 lenbeck. MINORCA. 
 
 Hen — First and second, Joseph Hill- 
 
 gart; second premium, E. H. Eggart. men. 
 
 Black. 
 
 Hen — First premium, Robert Black; Cockerel — First and 
 second premium, Robert Black. mium, E H. Eggart. 
 
 second pre- Cock — First premium, Joseph Hill- 
 men. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The poultry fanciers at the I'lJl Nebraska Stale I"air. A j. .11 v set iif cranks that 
 can tell a good chicken a mile away. Let us meet a^ain at the State Poultry show. 
 
 W. P. B. SPANISH. 
 
 All to R. Striker. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE. 
 
 Pen (hicks — First premium, Casper 
 Dice; ffcond premium, A. C. Cook. 
 
 Fowls — First premium, A. C. Cook. 
 
 Pullet — First and second, F. B. 
 Duey. 
 
 Cockerels — First and second, Casper 
 Dice. 
 
 Hen — First premium, A. C. Clark; 
 iiecond premium, Casper Dice. 
 
 Cock — First premium, A. C. Clark; 
 second jremium, W. B. Swisher. 
 GOLDEN WYANDOTTE. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, S. H. 
 Poultry Co.; second premium, Ethlel 
 Payne. 
 
 Pen fowls — First and second pre- 
 mium, S. H. Poultry Co. 
 
 Pull.^ts — First and second, S. H. 
 Poultry Co. 
 
 Cockerels — First and second, S. H. 
 Poultry Co. 
 
 Hen— First and second, Ethiel 
 Payne. 
 
 Cock — First premium, S. H. Poul- 
 try Co.; second premium, BIthlel 
 Payne. 
 
 SILVER LACE WYANDOTTE. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, P. W. 
 Doyle; second premium, J. A. Le- 
 mon. 
 
 Fowls — First premium, F. W. 
 Doyle; second premium, A. R. 
 Smythe. 
 
 Hen— First premium, T. E. Wheel- 
 er. 
 
 Cock— First premium, T. E. Wheel- 
 er. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, C. A. 
 Blanchard; second premium, E. O. 
 Spencer. 
 
 Pen fowls — First premium, J. A. 
 Rudge; second premium, S. H. Poul- 
 try Co. 
 
 PulletB — First premium, C. H. 
 Blanchard; second premium, E. O. 
 Spencer. 
 
 Cockerel — First premium, C. H. 
 Blanch.ard; second premium, E. 0. 
 Spencer. 
 
 Hen — First premium, C. H. Blanch- 
 ard; second premium, C. H. Green. 
 
 Cockerel — First premium, E. O. 
 Spencer; second premium, S. S. Hall. 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 Pen chicks — First and second, T. L. 
 Nerval. 
 
 Pen fowls— First premium, T. L. 
 Norval. 
 
 Fowls — Second premium, S. H. 
 Poultry Co. 
 
 Pullets— First premium, T. L. Nor- 
 val; second premium, C. R. Coffin. 
 
 Cockerel — First and second, T. L. 
 Norval. 
 
 Hen— First and second, T. L. Nor- 
 val. 
 
 Cockerel— First premium, E. M. Cof- 
 fin; second premium, T. L. Norval. 
 WHITE LANGSHANGS. 
 
 Pen fowls— First premium, J. A. 
 Wheeler. 
 
 Pullet — Second premium, J. A. 
 Wheeler. 
 
 Hen— First premium, J. A. Wheeler. 
 
 Cock— First and second, J. A. 
 Wheeler. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANG. 
 
 Pen chicks— First premium, .T. C. 
 .Tohnson; second premium, Alhert 
 Lemon. 
 
 Pen fowls— First and second, Albert 
 Lemon. 
 
 Pullets— First and second, J. Cook 
 Johnson. 
 
 H. 
 
 H. E. 
 S. H. 
 
 Hol- 
 
 L. J. 
 
 L. J. 
 
 A. 
 
 Cockerel — First premium, J. Cook 
 Johnson; second premium, Albert 
 Lemon. 
 
 Hen — First and second, Albert 
 Lemon. 
 
 Cock — First premium, J. C. John- 
 son; second premium, R. L. Ball. 
 PARTRIDGE COACHINS. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, H. C. 
 Bowman; second premium, S. H. 
 Poultry Co. 
 
 Pen fowls — First premium, S. H. 
 Poultry Co. 
 
 Pen pullets — First premium, H. E. 
 Bowman. 
 
 Pullet^Second premium. 
 Poultry Co. 
 
 Cockerel — First premium. 
 Bowman; second premium 
 Poultry Co. 
 
 Hen — First and second, S. H. Poul- 
 try Co. 
 
 Cock — First premium, W. F 
 comb. 
 
 WHITE COCHINS. 
 
 All to S. H. Poultry Co. 
 DARK BRAHMAS. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, 
 Barger; second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
 
 Pullet — First and second, L. J. 
 Barger. 
 
 Cockerel — First premium, 
 Barger. 
 
 Hen — First and second 
 Rudge. 
 
 Cock— First premium, Robert Black; 
 second premium, J. A. Rudge. 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, Casper 
 Dice. 
 
 Pen Fowls — Second premium, Cas- 
 per Dice. 
 
 Pullet— First premium, S. H. Poul- 
 try Co.; second premium, Casper Dice. 
 
 Cockerel — First premium, S. H. 
 Poultry Co.; second premium, Casper 
 Dice. 
 
 Hen— First and second, Casper 
 Dice. 
 
 Cock— First and second, Casper 
 Dice. 
 
 GEESE. 
 
 First premium— Mrs. M. M. Kirk- 
 patrick. 
 
 PEKIN DUCKS. 
 
 All to E. E. Smith. 
 
 B. B. RED GAMES. 
 
 Fowls — First and second, Sure 
 Hatch. 
 
 Chicks— First premium. Sure Hatch. 
 W. C. BANTAM FOWLS. 
 
 First and second— Sure Hatch. 
 PEKIN BANTAM. 
 
 First and second— Sure Hatch. 
 S. S. BANTAMS. 
 
 First and second— Sure Hatch. 
 G. S. BANTAMS. 
 
 First premium — Sure Hatch; second 
 premium, Mrs. KIrkpatrick. 
 
PET GAMES. 
 
 Pen chicks — First premium, 0. Hoff- 
 muster. 
 
 Pen fowls — Second Premium, Ridge- 
 way Poultry Co. 
 
 Pullet — First premium, 0. Huflmus- 
 ter; second premium, Sam'l Forrest. 
 
 Cockerel — First and second, 0. 
 Huffmuster. 
 
 Hen — First premium, Sam'l Forrest; 
 second premium, S. Abbott. 
 
 Cock — First premium, Sam'l For- 
 rest; second premium, S. Abbott. 
 B. B. RED GAMES— BANTAMS. 
 
 All to Sure Hatch. 
 
 S. S. HAMBURGS. 
 
 Pen fowls — First premium, J. A. 
 Rudge. 
 
 Hen — First and second, S. H. Poul- 
 try Co. 
 
 Cock— First premium, S. H. Poultry 
 Co. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 and of others set later every egg 
 hatched. At ten weeks old they are 
 ready to market and at five months 
 old they are matured. Their business 
 is to lay eggs and this they do to per- 
 fection. They lay all winter and from 
 first of April to moulting time every 
 duck will lay an egg every morning. 
 Such laying I never heard of before. 
 English breeders claim that eight year 
 old ducks will lay as well as yearlings, 
 so age is no bar to their usefulness. 
 Breeders of Pekins had settled down 
 to the idea that their favorites were 
 the "whole thing," but Indian Runners 
 are casting a shadow over them as 
 general purpose ducks and as layers 
 have simply left them in the shade. 
 To show the profit in Indian Runners 
 compared with Pekins, I give here- 
 with the result of a test made by 
 Dayton Bros.: 
 
 leave feed, given them, uneaten, to 
 range, which seems to suit their na- 
 ture better. 
 
 In quality. Runner eggs are much 
 like hen eggs, not strong like other 
 duck eggs. We have cooked dozens 
 of them and prefer them to the hen 
 eggs. 
 
 These ducks are bound to become 
 very popular. They are very beautiful 
 and very profitable and all lovers of 
 the almighty dollar will love them, 
 for they are manufacturers of the 
 "long green." They are here to stay. 
 Try them! THOS. H. MILLS. 
 
 Port Huron, Mich. 
 
 INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. 
 In spreading a knowledge of the 
 good qualities of this very beautiful 
 and wonderfully profitable duck, I feel 
 I am doing some good, for by only 
 reading of them will many become 
 aware of their profitable qualities and 
 be induced to try them. 
 
 Indian Runners were brought to 
 England from India by a sea captain, 
 hence their name India, and Runner 
 from their way of running over the 
 ground instead of waddling like other 
 ducks. In England their good qual- 
 ities quickly captivated duck fanciers. 
 Individual ducks there have made a 
 record of 225 eggs a year. In this 
 country a flock — not picked layers — 
 have made a record of 192 eggs per 
 duck per year. In India they were 
 bred for their laying qualities, no at- 
 tention being paid to color, and they 
 vary somewhat in color in a general 
 flock, some being fawn and white and 
 some gray and white, while some come 
 with pure white wings, while others 
 have dark feathers in wings and 
 drakes come with blue wing bars 
 which is a big disqualification. In 
 others the white becomes mixed with 
 the fawn, giving them a mottled ap- 
 pearance. Don't think from this that 
 they don't breed true, for with careful 
 mating they breed very true and it is 
 only by careful selection and culling 
 that we advance with any breed or 
 variety. 
 
 Standard weight of drake is 4% lbs.; 
 duck, 4 lbs.; but many far exceed these 
 weights. 
 
 Our first drake at Detroit, January, 
 1900, weighed 6 lbs. and ducks 5%; 
 5 3-4 lbs. When young they grow very 
 hardy. The fertility of Indianan Run- 
 ner eggs is remarkable. Out of 36 
 eggs set at one time we got 35 young 
 
 A prize winning Barred Plymoutli Roclt 
 iwned and'bred by C.F. Hinman, Friend.Nebr. 
 
 Egg production — Pekins, 112 eggs 
 per year. 
 
 Egg production — Runners, 192 eggs 
 per yeaer. 
 
 Food consumption one month, per 
 100— Pekins, 2,250 lbs. (about); Run- 
 ners, 1,500 lbs. (about. 
 
 Time required to reach market size — 
 Pekins, 10 weeks; Runners, 10 weeks. 
 
 Time required to reach maturity — 
 Pekins, 6 to 9 months; Runners, 4 to 5 
 months. 
 
 This is an interesting comparison — 
 an average of 192 eggs from a general 
 flock is extraordinary and throws the 
 work of the speckled hen away in the 
 shade. It will be seen that the cost 
 of producing a Pekin egg is nearly 
 double that of producing a Runner 
 egg. Runners given a range will pick 
 up their own living and often will 
 
 STATE FAIR AT YANKTON, S. D. 
 South Dakota State Fair came off 
 September 10 to 15, and as it hap- 
 pened it was a bad week, as it rained 
 from Saturday to Tuesday night and 
 but few entries were made to what 
 there would have been had the entry 
 days been pleasant. Still there was 
 a fair show, the most noticeable be- 
 ing that of the poultry department. 
 The poultry business in the Dakotas 
 is in its infancy as compared with 
 other older states, yet there was quite 
 a creditable exhibit and some very 
 fine specimens, especially, in B. P. 
 Rock, Golden Wyandotte, White Wy- 
 andotte, Buff Wyandotte and Buff P. 
 Rocks. There was the best trio of 
 B. B. Red Game Bantams shown 
 for some time. Owing to the man- 
 ner of making entries and keeping 
 books it was impossible to get list of 
 awards so they could be published. 
 
 There were three incubator com- 
 panies represented and each made a 
 creditable hatch on the grounds, 
 namely. Sure Hatch Incubator com- 
 pany, the Klondike Incubator com- 
 pany and the Cypress Incubator com- 
 pany. The little chicks bursting 
 forth from their pent up quarters in 
 the shell interested large crowds of 
 people, who took away with them 
 quantities of advertising matter and 
 will in the near future be raising 
 poultry by artificial means. 
 
 Much credit is due the superintend- 
 ent, H. S. Fletcher, of Watertown, S. 
 D., for his courteous treatment to all 
 and the able manner in which he 
 cared for every thing in his depart- 
 ment. He certainly is the right man 
 in the right place. 
 
 L. P. HARRIS. 
 
 Blue Barred Bocks 
 
 The Kii\d Thatt Wins 
 
 1st at Peoria: 1st at Geneseo; 1st at Cedar 
 Falls; 1st at Daveuport; 1st at Mason City; 
 1st at Mars>ialltown ; 1st at Ottumwa. A fine 
 lot of bpeeding and exhibition birds for sale, 
 including early chicks for the fall shows 
 Write for prices and folder. 
 
 J. M. HOLT, Marshalltown. Iowa. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 October Essenti^s 
 
 By Mrs ELLA THOMAS. 
 
 fowl for exhibition, if not cut for 
 creamy color in back and on wing- 
 bows, must be kept out of the sun ex- 
 cept late of an evening, and even 
 black or buff breeds have a richer 
 sheen when kept out of the sun. It 
 
 the hens show a disposition to begin 
 
 ^^^^ ~~ laying change to another house, for 
 
 The lovely fall weather is here now males score the highest. Our poultry laying retards the process of moulting, 
 with all its varied foliage of trees and journals, our poultry shows, our sensi- 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 full of emulation for 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 to ggjg 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 (jo not like either, unless cooked, as 
 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 table, parsley, cabbage leaves, 
 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 
 is not 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 my next duty to per- in practice. To practice what we 
 season instead of lack of color, and form. It is to put my fowls that I 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 
 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 
 could purchase 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 
 it, because as a general rule the fe- wheat or kaffir corn, oats, etc. Any 
 
 MRS. ELLA THOMAS. 
 
 January, 1101. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 h. Lincoln, Nebr. 
 
 An IncxibaLtor Talk 
 
 Incubator talk seems somewhat out 
 of place at this time of the year, and 
 yet, for those who are not already in 
 possession of an incubator, it is the 
 proper time for them to begin looking 
 them up, in order to determine what 
 kind they want. 
 
 During the fall fairs and winter 
 poultry shows many of the different 
 makes are on exhibition, with good 
 long-winded people in attendance to 
 tell of their excellent qualities. While 
 for the defective points you have to go 
 fishing yourself. We have used ar-' 
 tificial methods of hatching for sev- 
 eral years and would not go back to 
 the hens. 
 
 Many people have such funny no- 
 tions about just the proper place for 
 things. If they cannot have just what 
 they consider the proper place for an 
 incubator they won't have one at all. 
 
 This calls to my mind a gentleman 
 who came to our yards last spring to 
 purchase a cockerel. He asked to see 
 our incubator, and when shown it 
 said, "Why! Can you run it there?" 
 I told him that was the only place in 
 the house I could find room for it, 
 so there was where it had run and 
 done nicely, even if one corner of it 
 was four feet from the cook stove. 
 He remarked: "Well, if you can run 
 an incubator in a place like that I am 
 going to have one." At one time we 
 run two small machines in place of 
 the large one we now have. We have 
 run those machines in all parts of 
 the house where it was convenient to 
 have them sitting. An incubator is a 
 very nicely finished piece of furniture 
 and is no disgrace to the sitting room, 
 if that is the most convenient place 
 you have in which to run it. 
 
 There is no little or dirt except at 
 hatching time, and one can have a 
 basket or box for the shells and need 
 have no dirt them. I hear some one say 
 lamp. Yes, there is always a lamp, 
 but if it is kept proper there is no 
 smudge from it. If lamps are allowed 
 to become so miserably filthy and 
 dirty as you see them sometimes they 
 cannot help but smoke, and it is no 
 disgrace to the lamp, but to the one 
 that runs it. If you want an incuba- 
 tor, just hunt out the one you like the 
 best and buy it. Sit it wherever it is 
 convenient, give it proper attention 
 and you will see that it will do its 
 part. This incubator work is no long- 
 er an experiment, but an established 
 fact. Incubator inventors are obliged 
 to run their machines in all conditions 
 of wind and weather before they can 
 place them on the market, therefore 
 we are pretty sure of getting some- 
 thing that will hatch chickens in 
 whatever kind we choose. 
 
 MRS. IDA BLANCHARD. 
 
 UNITED FANCIERS' POULTRY AND 
 PET STOC KASSOCIATION, 
 RED OAK, IOWA, 
 Will hold their annual poultry show 
 at Red Oak, Iowa, November 26 to 30, 
 1901, with the following judges: 
 Mrs. J. J. Buchin, Pierson, la.; J. E. 
 Thompson, Malvern, la.; Curtis Green, 
 New Providence, la. 
 
 J. M. SCOTT, Secretary. 
 
 DODGE COUNTY POULTRY ASSO- 
 CIATION. 
 The Dodge County Poultry associa- 
 tion will hold its first annual exhibit 
 at Fremont, Neb., on January 8, 9 and 
 10, 1902. J. E. Thompson, judge. 
 Competition open to the state. For 
 particulars address G. W. D. Reynolds, 
 Fremont. Neb. 
 
 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, 
 if the bird is well up in other stand- 
 ard points it is worth putting into 
 perfection for the show. 
 
 The first thing is to tame them; 
 if they will not tame they will not 
 show to any advantage. Train them to 
 so carry themselves as to show off 
 every good point to the best advan- 
 tage. If one carries its tail a trifle too 
 high, stroke it down over the back 
 and tail so as to teach it to carry it 
 lower. Induce it to carry its head 
 well up and somewhat back and thus 
 throw its breast well out. Handle them 
 every day, teach them to be perfectly 
 at home either in the exhibition coop 
 or in your hands. 
 
 Now for the final preparations, the 
 finishing touches, just before the show. 
 If the birds are very dirty they should 
 be thoroughly washed in soap and 
 water and rinsed in bluing water; 
 if only a little dirty in spots, use a 
 sponge, washing the dirt well off, then 
 spongiag the surface of the feathers 
 all over with bluing water and dry- 
 ing. 
 
 The legs should be thoroughly clean- 
 ed and oiled with sweet oil in which 
 a little coal oil has been put. The 
 face, comb, wattles and beak should 
 receive very much the same treat- 
 ment. 
 
 The feeding of birds for show is 
 very much the same as feeding them 
 for health, growth and good condition 
 for any other purpose. If you want 
 good white lobes on your Leghorns 
 try feeding them white feed. If you 
 think this an old fogy notion — a theory 
 exploded years ago — just try it for 
 yourself or if you prefer go on feed- 
 ing your yellow corn, etc., and let the 
 fellow who does feed white score one- 
 half to one point on lobes over you. 
 R. R. FRENCH. 
 
 Ford City, Mo. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^Packing Eggs... 
 
 By Mrs. B. G. MACKEY. 
 
 Certainly the editor may be con- 
 gratulated on the first issue of Poultry 
 Investigator. The writers all take 
 hold of practical work and write in a 
 plain, common sense manner. My ex- 
 perience teaches me mat the little ev- 
 eryday care and attention of fowls is 
 very necessary, and that in the most 
 commonplace things we often need in- 
 struction, as amateurs. Even experi- 
 enced poultrymen can sometimes learn 
 from those he considered his inferiors 
 in knowledge. 
 
 However, 1 never write for the ben- 
 efit of the experienced fancier. Still 
 if I happen to tell the amateur some- 
 thing the fancier has not learned 
 long ago he is welcome to the infor- 
 mation. This is the season for the 
 amateur to look about for breeding 
 stock for next season. There are ad- 
 vantages and disadvantages in buying 
 in the fall, the advantages being you 
 can get the stock very much cheaper, 
 and should get choice stock; the dis- 
 advantages being the risk of taking 
 them through the winter. But it is 
 well to get rid of all your surplus as 
 early as possible, and this will give 
 you room to care for your imported 
 birds. Do not make the mistake of 
 trying to keep too many hens during 
 the winter. I believe there is more 
 profit in taking good care of a few 
 hens than in many neglected ones. 
 Most chickens and turkeys are now al- 
 most through moulting. Chicken hens 
 are beginning to lay. I do not know 
 how the market is generally, but I be- 
 lieve every person can create a special 
 demand for his or her produce in any 
 line if they only make it above the 
 grade put on the market. There is 
 never a time when I cannot sell my 
 butter and eggs above market price, 
 and the customer comes to the house 
 far them. Any man or woman can, 
 by close attention to details, soon 
 command a higher price for the eggs 
 they take to market than is given to 
 the general market man. 
 
 The following rules are very simple, 
 but it is very necessary to observe 
 them If you wish highest market prices 
 for eggs. Always gather the eggs 
 fresh. Do not wait to have a large 
 number to take to town, but take 
 them when fresh and on days when 
 there will be a demand for them. Most 
 farmers' wives send or take their eggs 
 to market Saturday. Unless you have 
 them previously engaged there can 
 
 scarcely be a worse day. Why? Be- 
 cause every one else takes their eggs 
 tnat day, and generally eggs are cheap- 
 er Saturday than any other day in the 
 week. Now if you will take your eggs 
 from Thursday morning until Friday 
 afternoon, I mean any time interven- 
 ing between Thursday morning and 
 Friday afternoon, you will find you 
 will get from one to three cents more 
 on the dozen. Or if you take them 
 about Tuesday you will generally get 
 the highest price. The reason is clear. 
 People generally use more eggs Satur- 
 day and Sunday than any other days. 
 But they either buy them Friday or 
 very early Saturday morning, so those 
 brought in after early morning must 
 lie over until next week, and in hot 
 weather this is very inconvenient to 
 the groceryman doing a small business. 
 In extreme cold weather it Is just as 
 inconvenient, as they are liable to 
 freeze. The better way is to have 
 them engaged for certain days, and 
 take them at the appointed time. 
 
 Yet I am aware tnat there are 
 times when the price is very low. 
 Still at these times the cost of pro- 
 duction is very little, in fact, on the 
 farm absolutely nothing. From the 
 time grass and clover are plentiful on 
 the farm a flock of one hundred hens 
 may be k pt without a special feed 
 until cold weather sets in. For these 
 hens will catch insects, eat grass, clo- 
 ver and seeds, with waste grain, for on 
 a grain farm, as one where stock is 
 fed, there is always enough that oth- 
 erwise would go to waste to furnish 
 the necessary grain food for one hun- 
 dred hens during the spring, summer 
 and fall. Until I was able to sell my 
 eggs the year around above market 
 price, I managed to keep eggs fresh 
 and sold only when prices were good. 
 One asks how I did this? I will ex 
 plain first, though six and eight cents 
 a dozen seems low, yet during July 
 and August one can afford to taken 
 even these prices, though it has been 
 years since I knew eggs to be as low 
 as six cents on the market. Still I 
 may not be well posted, as I never take 
 eggs to market now. The first of Sep- 
 tember I begun to pack eggs, and af- 
 ter that time always received good 
 prices. I hear some one say, "I don't 
 have any use for packed eggs." Neither 
 did I until I learned how to pack them. 
 I am surprised that so few people 
 know this simple method of packing 
 
 eggs. I use either a keg or a very 
 large stone jar. I suppose a square 
 box would do just as well to pack in. 
 Have either very dry sand, sawdust or 
 oats. Wheat bran or hay chaff will 
 do for packing material. When you 
 have from two to ten dozens eggs, de- 
 pending on how many eggs you get 
 daily (I generally packed every other 
 day), beat the white of an egg for 
 every dozen eggs to pack, but just 
 as you would for cake. Glaze each 
 egg thoroughly with beaten white. I 
 applied with my hands. Put the eggs 
 thus glazed on a table and let them 
 dry thoroughly before packing. Then 
 cover bottom of vessel in which they 
 are to be packed with packing mate- 
 rial mixed with salt (I think a pint of 
 salt to half gallon of packing ma- 
 terial; I never measure, but put in 
 what I think enough to keep material 
 cool). Put the eggs in, small end 
 down. My reason for this is, the 
 small end contains the white and the 
 yellow will never settle if packed with 
 small end down. When I begin pack- 
 ing I first use a two or three gallon 
 jar. When this is full I use the packed 
 eggs and pack the fresh ones. I con- 
 tinue to do this until cold weather; 
 then I use the packed eggs and sell 
 the fresh ones, as there is a very just 
 prejudice to packed eggs. I seldom 
 have offered them for sale, though 
 once I did sell twelve dozen at twenty 
 cents per dozen. I could have sold 
 them for fresh eggs, but I asked the 
 groceryman to examine and tell me if 
 he could find any difference between 
 them and fresh eggs. He said he could 
 not and paid me twenty cents, while 
 a neighbor living not three miles from 
 me took much less per dozen and lost 
 half of the eggs she packed in salt 
 and lime. Discretion must be used in 
 packing. Everything must be bone 
 dry, so to speak. The eggs may be 
 packed just close enough not to touch 
 each other or sides of jar. Each layer 
 must be well covered with packing 
 material. Put it on so it will be be- 
 tween all the eggs and between eggs 
 and jar. Let it be a full half inch, 
 it will not hurt, on top of the 
 eggs. Then put another layer of eggs, 
 and cover in same way. Do not let 
 eggs come closer than one inch to 
 top of jar. Cover to top with packing 
 material, put a plank top on jar and 
 weight top down heavily. Keep in a 
 cool, dry place. If you have a dry 
 cellar this is the best place to keep 
 them. I would not advise keeping 
 those packed in very warm weather 
 during the winter, but you can keep 
 them fresh by using the packed ones 
 and packing the fresh ones. If the 
 family is small you can watch the 
 market and sell when eggs are scarce. 
 
between the first of October and 
 Thanksgiving. Before taliing to mar- 
 ket wash each egg with clear, tepid 
 water and a clear white cloth. Dry 
 with a towel. If properly packed you 
 can boil and eat eggs in March packed 
 in November, provided they have been 
 kept in a perfectly dry cellar and not 
 allowed to freeze. It will surprise you 
 when I tell you that a city lady taught 
 me to pack eggs by this method. She 
 bought them in the fall when they 
 were cheap and packed to use when 
 they were high in winter. Of course 
 the cold storage process prevents low 
 prices prevailing during summer, and 
 also prevents the excessive high prices 
 that once ruled in winter, but this only 
 evens up the egg money and does not 
 injure the business at all. 
 
 As long as the United States im- 
 ports eggs there will never be an over- 
 supply. Now is the time to plan for 
 the early chicks next spring. True, 
 the excessive heat has prevented us 
 from doing much needed work. This 
 will have to be done later. I think 
 the vermin have not bothered chicks 
 nearly so much this season as usual. 
 The exceedingly dry weather has pro- 
 vided dust baths in profusion and 
 chickens have taken advantage of 
 them. On account of high prices of 
 food it will not pay the fancier to 
 keep any culls through the winter. 
 But it will pay farmers who raise 
 market poultry to buy some of these 
 culls to grade up his mongrels. The 
 fancier may preach that it is dishonest 
 to sell one or two dollar chickens, but 
 I must say that all the dishonesty has 
 not been centered in dollar birds. I 
 could tell of fifty dollar pens of B. 
 P. Rocks with feathers on the legs, 
 not down feathers. But the point I 
 wish to make Is that there are birds 
 in every fancier's yard which are not 
 worth high prices. True, those high 
 up in the business may call them five 
 dollar birds, but the fancier will not 
 touch the high-priced man's five dol- 
 lar chicken, for he knows that to him 
 it is not worth a cent. If the amateur 
 buys it he loses his money and his 
 year's work, but grows rich in experi- 
 ence. But the fancier not so high up 
 in prices, who cannot afford to ad- 
 vertise so much, can sell many as 
 good birds for two dollars as the top 
 man asks five for, and these are a 
 real benefit to the market poultryman, 
 who has only a mixed flock. Whether 
 he buys only cockerels or both males 
 and females, he can, by using these 
 cheap birds, even up his flock in color 
 and size until it will bring higher 
 prices on the market. When he finds 
 that he receives more money for an 
 even lot of chickens than for a mixed 
 lot, the argument for better birds is 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 convincing. He will not in all proba- 
 bility, be satisfied next year with the 
 same quality of breeding stock he 
 bought this year, but will reach out 
 and get something better at a higher 
 price. He will create a demand in 
 his neighborhood for better fowls. His 
 ueighbors will buy cockerels from him 
 at an advance over market price at 
 first, until they, too, will decide that 
 higher grades will pay better. So 
 often by degrees and almost uncon- 
 sciously the market poultryman be- 
 comes a fancier, and all by being in- 
 duced to buy a low-priced thorough- 
 bred bird first. The fancier must buy 
 the very best his money can reach, 
 and then ne will often be sorely dis- 
 appointed, but he must not give up, 
 only try again. 
 
 Some persons are natural fanciers, 
 while others have acquired the charac- 
 teristics of the fancier. Still others 
 are not, nor never can be, made fan- 
 ciers, but they can always have fried 
 chicken before any one else and can 
 raise hundreds of chickens to the fan- 
 cier's dozen. All we can hope to do 
 with such a one is to convince him 
 that there is more money in an even 
 colored lot of chickens than in the 
 lot of all colors and sizes. Yet this is 
 a benefit to him and to the fancier 
 as well. True, the fancier cannot af- 
 ford to advertise one and two dollar 
 birds, nor can he afford to be at the 
 expense of much correspondence and 
 trouble of shipping in small lots. But 
 there is always a local demand for 
 these culls, and it is preferable to sell 
 them at these figures to putting on 
 the market, as many advocate. For 
 unless they are decapitated they are 
 bought for breeding purposes from the . 
 market poultryman. Last spring a 
 huckster went through our township 
 offering an advanced price for chick- 
 ens, turkeys and eggs, assuring the 
 farmers who have thoroughbreds that 
 not one would be sold as breeders, and 
 that the eggs would be shipped im- 
 mediately for culinary purposes. Not 
 long after several of my friends in- 
 formed me they had purchased toms 
 from him guaranteed as pure Mackey 
 stock, giving names of parties from 
 whom he bought them. Some of them 
 were as good birds as I had raiseu 
 last year. He also sold cockerels and 
 eggs to be used in breeding yards and 
 for incubation. The parties paid him 
 more than he could make by shipping 
 and bought cheaper than they could 
 otherwise have done. I prefer selling 
 my surplus and culls where I know 
 they will not be put out as Mackey's 
 best, and think all fanciers feel the 
 same way. MRS. B. G. MACKEY. 
 
 II 
 CHICKENS AND TREES. 
 
 I had often thought that it would 
 be fine if we could supply all our 
 trees, especially fruit trees, with an 
 abundance of poultry manure. I have 
 almost let that idea pass, because in 
 advocating such a policy too often we 
 give the trees too much of the good 
 thing, and thus do more damage than 
 good. Let me apologize here for 
 speaking about trees in a poultry pa- 
 per, but any poultry yard is not com- 
 plete without trees, no home is a 
 model home without trees, no table is 
 set without fruit; then trusting I am 
 not intruding, I will pursue the course. 
 
 I am a lover of trees, and so are 
 chickens. I have known persons to 
 shovel out the hen manure and waste 
 it; others scatter it in the orchard in 
 scoop shovelfuls, as if they thought 
 ILke "Pat" did with the pills. When 
 he read the directions to take three 
 and expect relief in a few hours, he 
 thought that to take more would bring 
 results quicker and better, consequent- 
 ly he took the entire box and did 
 not have long to wait for results. So 
 I say, the poultry manure is all right, 
 but spread it sparingly. I remember 
 that some six or seven years ago I 
 had a pen of big Light Brahmas, and 
 in order to keep them separate from 
 the Langshans for breeding I made 
 a little yard and enclosed therein a 
 young pear tree. Just outside of the 
 fence were other trees, just the same. 
 The old hens used to pass much of 
 their time by sitting under that 
 little tree for shade. They did not 
 scratch much, but how that tree grew 
 that summer was a caution. I be- 
 lieve it grew three or four times as 
 much as the others. It was remark- 
 able. Now there is two reasons. One 
 is the manure, and the other, and by 
 far the most important is the fact 
 that the breathing pores of the under 
 side of the leaves took in a great 
 amount of plant food from the breath 
 of the chickens that went up through 
 the leaves. Thus you see plants and 
 poultry go well together. Yes, to be 
 sure, the turkeys and the cabbage 
 seem to do well, or rather the turkeys 
 do up the cabbage. On a farm don't 
 fence up the poultry, but fence up the 
 garden. The chickens will destroy 
 many insects, furnish plenty of eggs 
 and lots of things. Don't think be- 
 cause biddy don't score 98 she does 
 not deserve your friendship and care. 
 The ten color hen is often nearly as 
 profitable as the "up there." None of 
 them can live on wind or roost on the 
 fence always. Befriend your friends, 
 the chickens. 
 
 JAMES PEARSON. 
 
 Germantown, Neb. 
 
t2 
 
 
 
 GRADING 
 
 Up the 
 FLOCK ^ 
 
 
 MATTIE 
 WEBSTER 
 
 »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦-I 
 
 One engaged in any business, if in- 
 terested in ttie work and alive to his 
 or her own interest, feels disappointed 
 and discouraged if the close of each 
 year does not show that progress has 
 been made. 
 
 This ambition stimulates to the 
 bending of every energy of brain and 
 hand that its accomplishment may be 
 possible, and it is with much satis- 
 faction and self-congratulation that 
 one sees the realization of this de- 
 sire. 
 
 In poultry culture every earnest, 
 successful breeder feels this spirit of 
 progress within, and all the planning 
 and every day's work is a consequence 
 of this desire. 
 
 Seldom, at the close of one season,, 
 does the breeder's flock show char- 
 acteristics and qualities exactly as was 
 possessed by the flock of the previous 
 season. I say seldom, simply because 
 others may have witnessed such an 
 equality, but in my own experience I 
 never have. If the flock, as a whole, 
 does not show marked improvement, 
 deterioration is plainly discernible. 
 Breeders "grade up" their flock every 
 year that the desired improvement 
 may be attained, and not only is this 
 "grading up" practiced by small 
 breeders, beginners and amateurs, but 
 by the successful, long-time breeders 
 as well, whose fowls, to the inexperi- 
 enced eye, appear already perfect in 
 quality. Systematic grading up con- 
 sists in a careful selection of the birds 
 possessing finest quality or marked 
 points of excellence, because of which 
 they approach most nearly the perfect 
 fowl as portrayed in the Standard of 
 Perfection, and retaining these birds 
 for next season's breeding pens. Often 
 has it been demonstrated that "like 
 produce like," and such being nature's 
 law, the parent stock must be fine 
 in quality it the young birds show 
 excellence in form, plumage and gen- 
 eral characteristics. Perhaps the be- 
 ginner, of only a season or two in 
 poultry raising, may have a flock that 
 are pure-blooded or thoroughbred 
 fowls, and yet, when compared with 
 the standard birds of same breed or 
 variety, they fall so far short of the 
 acknowledged requirements of their 
 particular breed that there is very lit- 
 tle satisfaction or pride in the pos- 
 session of such a flock. They may be 
 thoroughbred and still be culls, with 
 defects so marked that the prosperous 
 breeder would, if the birds belonged 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 to him, doom them to the hatchet 
 and the block. But beginners in poul- 
 try culture cannot always afford to 
 purchase the very best stock for the 
 foundation of their flock, and so 
 sometimes feel as if second-rate or in- 
 ferior fowls must answer. Looking 
 upon such a flock, do not be utterly 
 discouraged and give up the business, 
 but set your teeth hard and with a 
 determination to have a flock much 
 better in quality another season. Go 
 to work inearnest, without any loss of 
 time, for now is the best time to 
 commence your work for improvement 
 in the quality of your birds. 
 
 Take your Standard of Perfection, 
 the poultry breeder's guide (if you 
 have not one, get it without delay), 
 take your biddies, one at a time, and 
 section by section, compare them with 
 the description of the Standard's per- 
 fect bird. Of course they will none 
 of them very closely approach per- 
 fection, but some will be mush better 
 than others, and perhaps some will 
 have disqualifying defects. Select only 
 the first, even if very few in number, 
 and reject the last, even if half the 
 flock, and keep these best for your 
 breeding pens the coming season. 
 Study the advertisements of reliable 
 breeders of the breed or variety of 
 your fowls, and write to one of these 
 breeders that you feel you can trust, 
 explaining fully your plan for the 
 bettering of your flock, telling of the 
 most glaring defects of the females, 
 and ask this breeder to send you a 
 male to head your pen the coming sea- 
 son. If a beginner, it is much better 
 to trust to the greater poultry wisdom 
 and experience of an old-time breeder 
 than to use your own judgment in 
 making a selection. Do not be fright- 
 ened if the price far exceeds your idea 
 of the value of a single bird, but re- 
 member this bird is half your pen, 
 and console yourself with the thought 
 that you are doing your best to be- 
 come a progressive breeder, and hope, 
 work and watch for the great improve- 
 ment in next season's flock. This sys- 
 tem of grading up the flock should be 
 practiced every fall; that is, a selec- 
 tion of the most choice specimens of 
 hens and pullets should be retained 
 for the coming season s breeding pens, 
 and if no desirable male is found in 
 the home flock to head the pen, send 
 for one as first advised. Certainly it 
 is more preferable that the founda- 
 tion stock should be as near perfec- 
 tion as possible, but as it takes a 
 nice sum of money to buy such fowls, 
 many of our beginners may look may 
 look with longing eyes upon such de- 
 sirable birds, but must be content 
 with others — thoroughbreds, yet lack- 
 ing in quality, perhaps culls from the 
 
 same yards that contained the mme 
 desirable fowls. It is to encourage 
 such beginners that I advise this grad- 
 ing up, which patiently and persever- 
 ingly practiced, season after season, 
 will satisfy and delight you with its 
 final results. MATTIE WEBSTER. 
 Belmont Wis. 
 
 I have though perhaps my experience 
 with raising chickens would help some 
 other women to raise them without 
 hens, as I have done. I have not been 
 able to have an incubator and brooder, 
 so I have hatched chickens under hens 
 every years; then I raise them by 
 hand. I take a box that I can carry 
 around and fix it so one side is six 
 inches higher than the other and put 
 a window sash on it. I keep my chicks 
 in that until they are three weeks 
 old before I let them on the ground. 
 I put in some sand and earth and fine 
 trash from the hay mow; I take them 
 out of the box every night into a 
 basket that has a piece of woolen 
 stuff in it and cover them up warm. 
 I have better success raising them in 
 this way than with hens. If it is cold 
 and cloudy I set a jug of hot water 
 in with them. This year I had one 
 bunch of forty-eight and raised forty- 
 four of them. They are fine, healthy 
 birds; of course, this is more work 
 than a regular brooder would be, but 
 I have learned to do a good many 
 things for the comfort of my chicks 
 without buying expensive thing-j: but 
 thanks to my fowls I expect tc use a 
 good incubator and brooder next year. 
 
 Wishing every one success in poul- 
 try for next year. 
 
 NANCY WATSON. 
 
 Delaware Poultry association, Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, will bold their first show 
 at Delaware, Ohio, November 26 to 29, 
 1901. President, C. C. Reed; secretary, 
 H. D. Courier; treasurer, S. S. Blair; 
 judge, S. B. Lane. 
 
 This is one of the largest county 
 poultry associations in the state, hav- 
 ing over 200 members, and there Is 
 no reason why they will not have the 
 largest local show in the state. Their 
 catalogue will be ready for distribu- 
 tion soon. 
 
 SEND IN SHOW NEWS. 
 Yes, our columns are open to the 
 secretaries of any and all shows and 
 you are free to use them to boom 
 your shows. We will print full reports 
 of any and all shows where the as- 
 sociations take interest enough in their 
 shows tc send in the reports and items 
 of interest with list of awards. This 
 paper 's your paper. See to it that 
 your secretary is aware of this fact. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Po\iltry 'N Washir^gton 
 
 By COR.A R.ICKARDS. 
 
 Cora A. Richards, Ogden, Utah. — 
 Dear iladam; 1 read your article in 
 the poultry paper and take the liberty 
 to write you whether you know any 
 drawbacks in poultry raising in Seat- 
 tle. There are so many ranches offered 
 for sale, I am somewhat suspicious. 
 Any information will be greatly ap- 
 preciated. Respectfully, 
 
 C. B. TUCKER. 
 
 In answer to the above one can learn 
 of success and failure in the same 
 town. The right kind of climate is 
 a great aid to successful poultry cul- 
 ture. 
 
 We have heard through parties who 
 had poultry in Seattle that it was much 
 harder to make a success with poul- 
 try on account of so much damp, rainy 
 weather. Here in Utah the climate is 
 very favorable for successful poultry 
 culture, prices for eggs always good 
 and price of wheat very reasonable, 
 being less as a rule than most places 
 in the east. The great Salt Lake be- 
 ing only about eleven miles distant, 
 and the mountains three miles, gives 
 pure air that is considered very 
 healthy, our winters are mild, do not 
 have much snow or rain, not as much 
 as we used to have in Iowa and Ne- 
 braska in the spring and fall. 
 
 When a man cleans out his chicken 
 house once a week, or as often as is 
 necessary through the winter time, he 
 says his chickens are supplied with 
 fresh dirt, and they are, but the only 
 advantage it is to the chickens is that 
 it helps to promote cleanliness and 
 gives them a chance to scratch, but he 
 probably does not stop to solve the 
 problem far enough, for he must re- 
 member that earth has life the same 
 as a person or animal, but on a differ- 
 ent principle. 
 
 Earth has life the same as all living 
 animals and birds, and without it no 
 creature could live, as it requires life 
 to produce life. It is only living ob- 
 jects of the animal and vegetable 
 kingdom that can produce it, and it 
 is the same with earth or dirt, from 
 which all human beings, animals and 
 vegetables are fed. If earth is taken 
 from the ground (or in its natural 
 state) and is placed in barrels or 
 chicken houses, it becomes stagnant 
 or dead, and not even a louse will live 
 in it. 
 
 The effect that chicken droppings or 
 manure has on life, earth or the open 
 ground, is that it will cause the land 
 
 to become so rich and of such a na- 
 ture that it will breed angle worms, 
 also start up tender blades of grass 
 to feed the grasshoppers and other 
 living insects, which will be meat for 
 the chickens and will promote life and 
 cause ttem to grow to be strong and 
 healthy; but if droppings are deposit- 
 ed on dead earth, or that which is 
 placed in the chicken houses, if the 
 utmost care is not taken, disease will 
 be the result, or lice will breed in 
 fast numbers and destroy the life of 
 the chicken. 
 
 To sum up the whole thing in a 
 few lines, chickens, to be raised in 
 winter time, should have the privilege 
 of the open ground, where every neces- 
 sary of the open ground can be offered 
 them. 
 
 The next thing of special im- 
 portance is pure, wholesome fresh 
 air and moisture also; and I want to 
 expressly impress upon your minds 
 that wholesome air wants to contain 
 a great deal of moisture and of the 
 right kind, too. 
 
 We know that plants and vegetables 
 that are raised artificially in green- 
 houses or hot beds, require moisture, 
 as they are constituted principally of 
 water, and they must have it in order 
 that they may expand and be vigorous 
 and healthy, and the reason that it is 
 so is that where air is applied arti- 
 ficially by the use of furnaces and 
 stoves, that it becomes of such a dry 
 nature that, unless they were watered, 
 they would soon wither and die; but 
 where they are raised in the open 
 ground they do not, in most cases, re- 
 quire to be watered or they seldom 
 obtain it, as they receive moisture 
 enough from the ground as well as 
 what is in the air. 
 
 Chickens do not require near the 
 amount of moisture that plants or veg- 
 etables do, hence a wet climate is not 
 good. While water promotes and ad- 
 vances life to the vegetables, if used 
 in the same manner in the brooding 
 houses by sprinking the water on the 
 surface of the dirt, it would be de- 
 structive and destroy the lives of the 
 chickens, as there would be such damp- 
 ness that it would cause all kinds of 
 disastrous diseases, as well as breed 
 lice by the thusands. 
 
 Where chickens are confined to 
 brooders or buildings that are heated 
 by furnaces or stoves and are thus 
 confined to dry, close air, it has a 
 
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 tendency to cause the bones and mus- 
 cles to become contracted and stunt 
 or stop the progress of the chicken 
 to a certain extent. 
 
 Where chickens have their liberty of 
 the open ground, with the natural 
 moisture from the air and earth, it 
 causes their bones and muscles to ex- 
 pand, >ind they have every advantatge 
 that can be offered them in this di- 
 rection for being strong, vigorous and 
 healthy chickens. 
 
 The next and last thing of special 
 importance is heat. 
 
 Heat is something that is not to be 
 trifled v/ith for it is one of the prin- 
 cipal formations of all animal and veg- 
 etable life, and with anything of so 
 tender a nature as chickens and early 
 vegetables the greatest care must be 
 applied, and it is a well known fact 
 that vegetables grown in the open 
 ground are stronger in nature and far 
 superior to those grown in hot beds, 
 and it is the same with chickens, for 
 the less artificial heat that is applied 
 to them and the more natural heat of 
 the warm sun's rays and having the 
 privilege of the open, ground, the 
 stronger and healthier they will be, 
 and the faster they will grow. 
 
 Heat promotes the life of chickens 
 just as much as the food they eat, or 
 the water they drink, and they must 
 have it. It makes all the difference in 
 the world how heat is applied to them, 
 but it is not a complicated matter or 
 hard work to determine whether one 
 climate would be more favorable than 
 another. We know that severe frost 
 and cold of some climates in winter 
 means much artificial heat to rear win- 
 ter chickens. 
 
 Our own experience has been that 
 February, March and April chickens 
 thrive best, for at that time we have 
 it so that the little fellows can come 
 out or. the natural eaith for awhile. 
 Sheds can be arranged so as to keep 
 them fjee from snow or such ground 
 space as will give chickens access to 
 sunshine and outdoor earth. 
 
 Dry sand in sacks we have put away 
 for winter use and for the early 
 broods, but we have found it advisable 
 to arrange for the outside ground as 
 well and see that it is spaded up and 
 left in a live condition for the early 
 spring peepers. 
 
 We do not neglect the fall work, for 
 it may mean success for the next 
 season. Without clean, dry quarters 
 one need not expect to have success 
 in any branch of poultry culture. 
 
 The hens and pullets are carefully 
 selected; what is wanted for next 
 year's breeders. These are kept with a 
 view to making the best profits for us, 
 and if we do not make them comfort- 
 
H 
 
 able and do the best we can for them, 
 we may be the loser by not having the 
 breeding stock in condition to lay the 
 eggs that will hatch the profitable 
 chickens, as the parent stock must 
 never be neglected. Heace it will be 
 necessary for the beginner to prepare 
 ahead, and even now look to it that 
 he is getting ready for next season's 
 brood of chickens. 
 
 After chickens have been in broop 
 coops or roosting in trees it is some- 
 times a hard matter to break young 
 stock of this habit. Freqeutnly the 
 chickens remain in such quarters un- 
 til snow comes and covers the earth 
 as well as the chickens in the trees. 
 
 Fall rains, great changes in the 
 weather from heat to cold is not sup- 
 posed to promote the health of 
 neglected poultry. 
 
 We all desire to make money, 
 if we work, to do a part of the work 
 well, and then from needed care allow 
 the profits to come up on the wrong 
 side of the ledger it is the way those 
 who claim chickens don't pay do it. 
 
 At this time one should have com- 
 fortable houses provided for the young 
 stock, houses built on good dry soil, 
 set up a little so the ground will drain 
 off each way, as clay or such soil as 
 holds dampness, loads of fine gravel 
 should be hauled. 
 
 The average farmer who has thought 
 very little about chickens may say, 
 "Bother the hen!" she has made her 
 living around the barn and can con- 
 tinue to do so. The same farmer, 
 however, may have a good stable for 
 the horses and cows. The stable is 
 well cleaned every day for the horses 
 and kept in fine condition. 
 
 There is nothing on the farm that 
 needs care more than poultry and noth- 
 ing that pays a better profit, counting 
 money and labor invested. Until peo- 
 ple understatnd that poultry demand 
 attention and are the equal of any of 
 the stock, they cannot be expected to 
 pay a handsome profit. 
 
 How many city people there are as 
 well as farmers who do not cull out 
 their stock; let cockerels and pullets 
 run together, the good and the poor 
 specimens. Some may understand me 
 as meaning poor in flesh. It is the 
 best specimens of the kind that should 
 be saved; the disqualified birds as a 
 rule should be culled out. If our reader 
 knows what that means. 
 
 A Brown I>eghorn, for instance, who 
 has white under color, such a bird Is 
 not worth keeping for breeding pur- 
 poses. If one wants to improve his 
 stock in standard qualities, such a 
 pullet may lay as well. 
 
 We receive many letters asking how 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 White can be bred out of the Brown 
 Leghorn. We suggest breeding it by 
 selecting birds as free from it as far 
 back as possible. Young chickens may 
 show white feathers and moult them, 
 and when the last plumage comes 
 score up. We would not advise cull- 
 ing the stock so close if handling 
 thoroughbred stock to sell or show; 
 one may get deceived, as a friend once 
 sold a bird cheap on account of a very 
 poor comb. Later this same bird won 
 over the former owner's stock in 
 the show room. 
 
 It is the finest thing in the world 
 to interest one who loves poultry to 
 raise exhibition birds. 
 
 Thousands of people have only an 
 eye to the fresh eggs and a few chick- 
 ens for home use; whether it is many 
 or few it pays to keep only the best. 
 A yard of good size should be made 
 for the cockrels and these put up and 
 fed on considerable corn to make fat 
 for market. The pullets then have 
 more I'oom to do much better. Their 
 main feed should be wheat, ground 
 bone and all the green food necessary. 
 If it is convenient have them where 
 they can have a grass run. Alfalfa is 
 the best of anything for green food, 
 as it can be cut three times in summer 
 and grow until winter, and when the 
 snow melts green leaves peep out of 
 the ground. It would pay to raise it 
 in the east as well as in the 
 west. People have visited our place 
 from the east who had never seen 
 alfalfa before. The roots run down in 
 the ground so far that after a few years 
 even in a country like this where 
 irrigation is necessary, it don't need 
 it. We have a field of it that has not 
 been irrigated for eight years. We 
 have it cut fine in summer and put it 
 away for winter use. 
 
 The Leghorn that is bred right is 
 not so inclined to take on fat as the 
 Plymouth Rock or large breeds of 
 poultry. We would keep all pullets in 
 a nice thriving condition by affording 
 plenty of range on large yards. 
 
 Mashes made of the different ground 
 grains, such as ground corn, oats and 
 bran, fed on clean boards, or better 
 still, a trough, which every one ought 
 to feed soft feed in. We advise wheat 
 in the morning and mashes at night 
 or as the last feed. 
 
 The pullets if put in comfortable 
 quarters and handled right and are the 
 right kind of stock will soon give re- 
 turns in eggs when eggs are high. But 
 dont' think for one minute the neglect- 
 ed pullet, crowded In a brood coop, left 
 until the last thing and until it gets 
 distemper or some other ailment, is 
 going to give satisfactory returns. 
 
 Many a breeder, even now, haa the 
 
 nouses all cleaned thoroughly and 
 some of the poultry yards plowed and 
 sowed to rye. 
 
 We are acquainted with a lady who 
 hatched one thousand chickens by an 
 incubator; six hundred have died from 
 lack of proper care. The showing was 
 fine, there was plenty of room, but 
 fences were put up to fence in the little 
 fellows so as to crowd the chickens be- 
 yond reason. 
 
 Why have chickens more than can 
 be given proper care and proper food? 
 
 So many people start out in the 
 spring with a view to hundreds of 
 chickens — some thousands — when they 
 have no idea what such a number re- 
 quire. 
 
 Peoeple should plan for sufficient 
 yard and house room, also consider the 
 grain and food it will take to bring 
 the stock to maturity. 
 
 The pullets do not commence to lay 
 until September, October and Novem- 
 ber and unless cared for right will not 
 do so then. 
 
 CORA RICKARDS. 
 
 Ogden, Utah. 
 
 PIGEONS AT THE STATE SHOW. 
 At a meeting of the board of man- 
 agers of the Nebraska State Poultry 
 association the , board made provision 
 for an exhibit of pigeons at the an- 
 nual show to be held in Lincoln, Jan- 
 uary 21 to 27, at the Auditorium. 
 Since that time John Haman of To- 
 peka, Kan., has been secured to judge 
 the pigeons, and as Mr. Haman is 
 one of the best judges in the United 
 States of these beautiful pets, it is 
 safe to say that this attraction will 
 be worth the going of many miles to 
 see. No one who is not acquainted 
 with the vast amount of money paid 
 for pigeons every year could hardly 
 believe themselves. It Is enormous. 
 Remember that this attraction at the 
 State Fair will be up-to-date and 
 worth seeing. L. P. HARRIS, 
 
 Pres. Neb. State Poultry Ass'n. 
 
 The Delaware County Poultry and 
 Pet Stock association has been organ- 
 ized with over 200 members. They 
 will give their first annual exhibition 
 November 26, 27, 28 and 29. They 
 have selected as poultry judge S. B. 
 Lane of Spiceland, Ind. The officers 
 are C. C. Reid, president; H. O. Cour- 
 ier, secretary; S. S. Blair, treasurer; 
 Amost Glover, G. L. Stayman, F. B. 
 Karl, executive committee. Many 
 good special cash premiums will be 
 given. The success of the exhibition 
 Is assured. Any information desired 
 will be cheerfully furnished by either 
 the president or secretary. The cat- 
 alogue will be issued about October 1. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
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 AMONG OURSELVES 
 
 Velma Caldwell-Melville. 
 
 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! 
 to lack fertility; then we adopted the There are simple methods for ex- 
 White Rock, and the White Rock it is, termination, however, but it means 
 just right in size, flavor of flesh, a eternal vigilance. Thoroughly im- 
 bird easy to dress for table use, a per- mersing roosts and dropping boards, in 
 feet beauty, tame, friendly, prolific fact every part of the premises, with 
 layers, good mothers, good sellers, boiling water is a cheap and reason- 
 either as market or lancy fowl— what ably sure method of getting rid of 
 
 them, but the operation must be oft 
 
 For all its blue blood, the White repeated. Then there is kerosene— not 
 
 and, with so cheap, but efficacious if oft repeated 
 
 And now it is the Investigator! 
 We Uke the name; it sounds busi- 
 ness like, and if there is a subject that 
 
 will bear investigation it is that of ^^^.^ ^.^j, mortal ask? 
 poultry raising. Of course, there aie 
 
 fanciers whose methods will not bear j^Qg^ is a healthy bird, 
 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 -^iiy Qot, plan for this by encourag- go with it. The poor little chicks are 
 more we learn of it the better pleased i^g early moulting as well as by hav- not born with a heritage of lice and 
 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 
 hen— she 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 one— our 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 raise any $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, 
 
 of the business for a time, beginning Plenty of people say they have no however, to be despised, but one can 
 again with the Black Hamburgs. Oh, mites, at least they never see any. soon build up a reputation and trade 
 but that was an experience. We make Try rumaging about among your birds where he can regulate his prices for 
 pets of every living thing, but we defy at night, handling them and the roosts himself. 
 
 anybody to make pets or even "pass- pretty freely, and then see if there are "These men," says the Practical 
 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 
 gate of the run we were greeted by are light colored. Or, even in the day, for ducks and 28 cents a dozen for 
 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 thoroughly infected with the pests be- Dr. H. P. Clark of Indianapolis, Ind., 
 in the hen house. If we followed, the fore we knew it, one fine white hen is the publisher of a book entitled 
 cries and wild dashing of bodies dying before her term of incubation "Rules of the Cock Pit." It is a rec- 
 against anything and everything was, was over, literally devoured, so far as ognized authority on rules governing 
 to say the least, disconcerting, and 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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 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 
 can show a large string of blue rib- 
 bons she has won on her White Wy- 
 audottes. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 PLEASANT OUT DOOR WORK. 
 
 These pleasant days are just suited 
 for oui door work, not too hot, nor 
 too cold, but just comfortable to ac- 
 complish the many little needs in and 
 around the poultry house, for pres- 
 ently it behooves every owner of live 
 stock of whatever kind to be prepared 
 for Jack Frost and those fierce wintry 
 blasts, and it is well "to make hay 
 while the sun shines." Now is the 
 time to replace with new ones the 
 broken window panes, plaster up the 
 little crevices in the foundation of the 
 poultry house if they are built on one, 
 or if the house is old and boards full 
 of cracks it can be made comfortable 
 by covering with building paper, which 
 is not expensive, if nothing better can 
 be had use waste paper such a news- 
 papers, etc.; tack on the inside by 
 using lath or small bits of boards, 
 these will keep it in place better than 
 by tacking on the paper. Look closeiy 
 that all is comfortable about the house 
 that will add to the comfort of our 
 feathered pets. 
 
 Now let us think of a scratching 
 shed — almost a necessity to poultry 
 when Mother Earth is covered with 
 snow. It we can't have one made with 
 boards, there are many other ways to 
 make them with very little expense. 
 Some use muslin, but I found that tore 
 so easily in our western country, so 
 I will give the readers of this journal 
 a description of hiw I made a scratch 
 shed in a few years. I admit it was 
 a description of how I made a scratch 
 the purpose for a scratch bed I would 
 have, although not a vistage of it re- 
 mians, for a new poultry house was 
 built in its place, but another one will 
 be made same as the old one if boards 
 are not forthcoming soon. I used three 
 posts, set them quite deep in the 
 ground; these made the corners 
 and a corner of the poultry house made 
 the fourth corner. To these posts I 
 nailed boards top and bottom, also 
 several on top full length of pen. I 
 was now ready for small boards of 
 all lengths that were laying around; 
 these were nailed top and bottom to 
 the long boards of pen, two feet apart, 
 or less if they were not extra strong. 
 I had one hundred feet of poultry net- 
 ting not in use which I stapeled to each 
 corner of pen, leaving what I did not 
 need to go around pen. When the 
 team was hitched to the wagon I had 
 coarse tay hauled to the poultry yard 
 (as we don't have straw). I then pro- 
 ceeded to finish my scratch shed by 
 firmly packing the hay all around tl)e 
 pen, except th e south. With the re- 
 mainder of the netting I stretched back 
 as well as I could on the outside of 
 bay to keep it in place and nailed end 
 
 of netting to the poultry house. The 
 top was made from the same way, 
 only I did not use netting, using 
 weights to keep the hay in place. 
 Every day that it was too cold for 
 my fowls to be out of doors and ev- 
 ery day that the snow was too deep, 
 I turned my fowls in the scratch shed 
 where they were kept busy and warm 
 scratching in a deep carpet of hay for 
 the grain. I would scatter their sing- 
 ing and laying as though it were not 
 cold, and the owner was happy, too, 
 for I had made a scratch shed without 
 any expense or trouble to any one, for 
 I did all the work except to haul the 
 hay; for would you believe it, not all 
 men like poultry, except when they 
 can revel in fried chicken, and don't 
 have time to fix necessaries for bid- 
 dy's comfort. My shed not only was 
 used for winter but of use as shade in 
 summer by removing the hay from end 
 and side. 
 
 Well do I remember a lady once 
 said to me she "wouldn't do such work 
 ^it made her hands rought and 
 black"; such work was left for the 
 men if they had time, if not it went 
 undone. I admire all that is beau- 
 tiful, even to white, smooth hands, but 
 if mine are not kept white by the use 
 of mittens and at biddy's expense, then 
 black my hands must be. 
 
 Every one with patience can make 
 poultry pay, but not simply by admir- 
 ing their beauty. IDA B. BARD. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks can be had of H. 
 I!. Louden of Clay Center, Neb., that 
 are farm raised, strong and healthy 
 and bred from prize winning stock. 
 Louden knows how to breed Rocks 
 as well as red hogs. 
 
 Mrs. Flora Shroyer tells us she has 
 a fine trade this season in Buff Rocks, 
 Pekin ducks, and Toulouse geese. 
 Mrs. Shroyer spares no money in 
 getting good stock and has splendid 
 success in mating and rearing. Her 
 Buff Rocks are a sight to behold and 
 will set some of the old timers to 
 thinking when they meet her stock 
 in the show room. You will surely 
 find her there, too. 
 
 I remember several years ago when 
 I was at the State fair at Lincoln, 
 Neb., I noticed in one coop three ex- 
 tra large, extra fine Barred Plymouth 
 Rock chicks. They were beauties in 
 every particular and up to date. I 
 found on making inquiries that Mr. 
 C. F. Hinman of Friend, Neb., owned 
 them. It is needless to say they won 
 it all so far as the three could. I 
 have seen his birds several times since 
 in our best shows. They always get 
 a place, and deserve it, too. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 I? 
 
 B\iff Orpington Cock 
 
 ^^! 
 
 Owned by W. H. Bushell. Da.vid City, Nebr. 
 
 Mr. Bushell Sa.ys of Orpingtons. 
 
 The Buff Orpington is of large size, vig-orous and liaxdy, of g-entle disposition, and is a wonderfully 
 prolific layej-. It is a symmetrical bird with fine carriage, color a soft even buff, body very compact, with 
 broad and deep breast, back short and oroad, legs short and heavy and free from feathers, ear lobes and 
 face red, comb medium size. 
 
 I imported some very fine females this spring from England, and have raised some splendid stock 
 from them. I am importing now this fall from England, one Gold Buff Orpington cock bird 18 months 
 old. He is winner of three first, two second premiums aud championship for best bird in show room for 
 shape and condition. Also two spring cockerels, solid Buff birds, from two of the best breeders' j-ards in 
 England- These birds are to mate up my own j-^ard^s for next year's breeding; also a pen of six pullets 
 and cockerels of solid buff color. These birds, with what I have now in my yards, will put me in the best 
 possible shape to furnish eggs of the best possible stock of Buff Orpingtons that ever came to the 
 United States. 
 
 Orpington Fowls 
 
 Thos. H. Mills. 
 
 Many of our readers have never 
 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 
 Vale, New South Wales, It is de- 
 voted to garden, fruit and poultry. 
 The editor contributes an article 
 under the head of Farm Poultry. 
 He advises farmers of Australia to 
 keep thoroughbred poultry. For a 
 general purpose fowl he advises 
 Wyandottes and Orpingtons as the 
 best breeds. He says: "The Orping- 
 ton is a large bird and matures 
 quickly; they are good layers and 
 make splendid mothers. The Plj'- 
 mouth Rock is also an excellent 
 breed when a good strain is kept 
 but we do not consider them on a 
 whole so good as the above mention- 
 ed." This is a good testimonial for 
 our American Wyandottes and the 
 
POULTRY INVF^TiG\Tor? 
 
 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 
 Thursday, September 5, in a tent ne.tr 
 the Poultry Hall on the Fair grounds. 
 Of the three hundred or more mem- 
 bers of the association there were 
 twenty-two present at roll call. 
 
 The report of special committees on 
 legislation appointed at the annual 
 meeting last January was considered. 
 Their special work was to secure the 
 passage of a law so as to have the 
 dates of holding the show come earlier 
 in the month, at the discretion of the 
 board of managers. The bill was 
 prepared and introduced in both the 
 senate and house. It passed the sen- 
 ate and was reported by several mem- 
 bers of the house to the effect that it 
 had passed, but upon investigation it 
 was found that it had been 'pigeon- 
 holed," and lost sight of in the scram- 
 ble for senator. So there is no al- 
 ternative except to hold our show the 
 same as has been before — the third 
 Tuesday in January, which will be 
 the 21st to the 25th. The ofiicers of 
 the association are very sorry it has 
 so happened, but it couldn't be help- 
 ed, so must be endured, as to hold it 
 on any other date without a change 
 of the law regulating it would lose 
 us our appropriation of $1,000 an- 
 nually, and we cannot afford that by 
 any means. 
 
 The treasurer's report was read and 
 showed cash on hand of $530.57. 
 
 The matter of a permanent building 
 for the state association on the fair 
 grounds was taken up and after some 
 discussion a committee was appointed 
 to draw plans and solicit subscrip- 
 tions and report the same to the state 
 association In January, 1902. The 
 members of this committee are 
 Messrs. Lemen of Lincoln, Osterhout 
 of David City and Mlckel of Lincoln. 
 
 Some of Geo. B. Clary's prize ^ 
 
 ers at Lincoln and Hebron, Nebr., 1901. 
 
 Several communications from 
 judges were read and referred to the 
 board of managers. On motion the 
 board of managers were instructed to 
 set aside $25 of the funds of the asso- 
 ciation to be used as premiums for 
 best display of eggs at next winter's 
 show, to be given as board decides. 
 
 The meeting was harmonious and 
 pleasant, the interest shown was good 
 and the prospects for a big show are 
 brighter than ever before. 
 
 L. P. HARRIS. 
 
 ness. I am confident if I had stuck to 
 the brooder my losses would have been 
 small. 
 
 I have my incubator filled (200 ca- 
 pacity) that will hatch the 16th day 
 of September, and if it would interest 
 any of the family, will let you know 
 my success with fall chicks, but I as- 
 sure you I will pay strict attention to 
 my brooder and feed, for I know the 
 Incubator will do its part if egg:5 and 
 care are all right. 
 
 VILLA HOLLENBECK. 
 
 Salix, la. 
 
 Thinking my experience with the in- 
 cubator would be of some help, I will 
 write a little. I have always raised 
 chickens since a little girl from the old 
 biddy, and I thought with an incubator 
 I could do so much better, so 
 sent for one in April. Every phon- 
 ing for two weeks I sent to the depot, 
 but to my great disappointment it did 
 not come. Then I sat down and in 
 a good-natured way roasted the com- 
 pany, and to my great horror found 
 out my dear husband had carried the 
 order in his pocket all that time. It 
 came, but too late for early chicks, and 
 I find one can't work on the old plan. 
 It's altogether new, and the hatching 
 is the easiest part, but the most es- 
 sential part is the brooder. It makes 
 no difference how hot the weather is, 
 it wants to be kept running and the 
 chicks brooded until they are six weeks 
 old; in fact, two brooders are needed 
 with every incubator. 
 
 I thought the brooder was too warm 
 and put the chicks in coops In the 
 daytime and in boxes at night, and 
 with all of my unnecessary hard work 
 lost over half of them. Handling 
 them is very much against the busi- 
 
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 W. H. SMITH & GO., BIythedale, Mo. 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 
 
 S. WVANDOTI'ES. Barred Kooli.s. J2 eacli; 
 
 $:i 50 per pair. 
 LT. BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns $1 each; 
 
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 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
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AVOID MOISTURE 
 and DR.AUGHTS 
 
 M. yi. JOHNSON. 
 
 If we avoid moisture and draughts 
 we will then be rooting out a large per 
 cent of all the failures. 
 
 It is an impossibility to succeed un- 
 less we guard against damp, sour quar- 
 ters, and draughts through the coops 
 or houses. Poultry is like people to a 
 great extent, and we should not expect 
 poultry to do the best in unhealthy 
 coops or houses any more than we 
 should expect to grow fat there our- 
 selves. If poultry were kept dry and 
 comfortable the "chicken doctors" 
 would lose their jobs. Young chickens 
 kept in damp, sour places get the 
 bowel trouble; then the feed question 
 is up. If the little chicks are kept dry 
 and comfortable there is not so much 
 in the feed. For the reason that they 
 have bowel trouble we surmise that 
 some kind of feed has done the mis- 
 chief, when in fact bowel trouble is 
 about all the indications that we have 
 that the chick is sick. Piling up and 
 sweating will bring it on; damp, sour 
 Quarters will bring it on; getting wet 
 and chilling will bring it on, and feed- 
 ing them too soon after they are 
 hatched will bring it on, but four 
 times out of five the feed is blamed. 
 Of course, it will not do to load them 
 up with soft, sloppy feed, but if they 
 are kept comfortable the feed question 
 is not so important. So many get the 
 idea that the feed should be soft, an 
 idea growing out of "such little babies 
 having no teeth." The chick's craw is 
 for a purpose; it is a grinding mill, 
 and it's on a line with nature for the 
 mill to work. Small seeds, cracked 
 grain and the like are nature's feed, 
 and they will do their own mixing if 
 water is handy. 
 
 I did not intend to make a "small 
 chick" lecture out of this, but damp, 
 sour quarters and the question of feed 
 get so mixed up that I thought calling 
 attention might do some good. With 
 grown fowls, damp quarters and 
 draughts bring on colds, and the con- 
 tinued exposure brings on roup, and 
 prolonged exposure makes them rot- 
 ten. I might say it brings on genuine 
 consumption and not misname it very 
 much. It debilitates the whole flock, 
 brings on cholera and bowel trouble^ 
 in fact, it aggravates all temporary 
 ailments and steals the profits in poul- 
 try raising. Fowls have feathers to 
 protect them from cold, but are not 
 protected from dampness; their feath- 
 ers and body absorb the moisture. It's 
 different with ducks; their feathers 
 are oily and water does not make them 
 so wet, but with hens we must keep 
 them dry to succeed at all. Bare 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 floors or board floors should be dry, 
 and as a precaution they should be 
 covered with dust; straw and chaff ab- 
 sorb moisture. Use anything that will 
 take up the moisture and leave the 
 hens dry. The old-fashioned straw 
 sheds never bred disease, were a great 
 place to breed lice and mites, but 
 otherwise it was a healthy place for 
 poultry. 
 
 Before long now we will be housing 
 our new crop of chicks. We should be 
 at it right now, and they should be 
 forced to take to the roosts. If we 
 let them pile up in boxes here and 
 there until winter is really here then 
 we will have trouble on our hands 
 with sneezes and colds, and possibly 
 the roup. They should be made to 
 roost before the nights get cold. It 
 you can't make them take to the roosts 
 any other way pen them up in the 
 house. Turn in a pet pig or a pup; it 
 nothing else is handy put a cat or 
 some ducks in, anything that will 
 make the chicks want to get up out 
 of the way will answer the purpose. 
 
 Don't kill them off with kindness by 
 making the house too close and warm; 
 gradually toughen them up for winter. 
 If we are careful to get them into cold 
 weather in a good, healthy condition 
 we need not fear the cold if we keep 
 them dry and away from the draughts. 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
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 Finer and Cheaper 
 
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 Ileaihwoods. 1 ish ami Mexican 
 Grays. Irish BIk Kef s. Tornadoes, 
 and Cornish Indians. K'ree illus- 
 trated circular. 
 
 C. D. SMITH, 
 
 rt. Pla^in, N. Y. 
 
 I Buff Orpingtons 
 
 1 AND 
 
 I White Wyandottes 
 
 'S I never have failed to win in 
 
 S largest shows. Birds score from 1 
 
 I) 90 to 95;^ . I 
 
 I C ROCKHILL, ! 
 
 § Harvard, Nebraska. ' 
 
 Partridge Cochins 
 Golden Sebright Bantams 
 Fancy Pigeons 
 
 I will close out my entire stock of Cochins. 
 >Jone better. At low prices. They have al- 
 ways won for me and will for you. 
 
 Wm. HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Net. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks and 
 Cornish Indian Games. 
 
 8 years as breeders, 8 years as win- 
 ners in every exhibit where we ex- 
 hibited winning- highest awards. 
 
 Stock for sale reasonable. Write, 
 COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality atid Quantity. 
 
 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 
 Leghorns and White Pekin Ducks. 
 First class birds for sale. Mrs. Willie 
 E. Tibbitts, Imperial, Neb. 
 
 Cornish and White Indian Games. 
 
 stock for Sale. 
 J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Eli-Fli Chaser... 
 
 The Man's money saver. The animal's 
 friend. Try it once— Have It always. Guar- 
 anteed. 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 
 li't days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart 
 for liquid alone. Address. 
 
 The Vail Seed Co , 150 N. Delaware 
 St., Indianapolis. 
 
 Special price on .'i gallon cans. 
 
 A. J. WILLIAMS, 
 
 . . .Breeder of . . . . 
 
 Silver & Golden Sebright, 
 White & Buff Pekin, B. B. Red 
 Came BANTAMS; Belgian 
 Hares, White Rats, Cavies. 
 
 Write for Prices. 
 CLAY CENTER, NEB. 
 
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 when answering advertisements. It 
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POULTRY. INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 for it that he had entirely forgotten about 76 cents for the outfit 
 about having it in the store. We got one more article in the line of as- 
 some of it, which is cailea asbestos bestos for poultry people and I will 
 cement, and spread it over me leaks, 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 
 
 ASBESTOS 
 
 S Mrs. MAY TAYLOR. 
 
 else I could write about this morning. 
 
 could not get the pipes hot without right yet. It comes in the form of a 
 
 white 
 
 , , , . , , . ,„ t^^ the hot water flow through them, and powder and can be had in black, 
 
 flja it it; pnterine so lareelv into the *^ 
 
 aa i» CUI.C B 6 ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ |,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 
 
 pieces of the roll felt and wrapped of the house and one of the colors 
 
 them with twine. I think there were for the strips. I don't know the 
 
 in many other forms about the prem 
 ises. 
 
 It Is described as a fibrous mineral six leaks altogether. We held the 
 
 and one of nature's unique product- 
 tlons. In the illustration of it in its 
 
 flame of a lamp under two of them 
 and hardened the cement. When it 
 
 names of the colors, as they go by 
 numbers. The color we selected 
 would be a cross between a red and 
 a brown. The contrast, I think, is 
 very tasty. We bought five pounds of 
 the white powder at 1 cents per pound 
 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 
 
 natural state it looks like a piece of was once hard it was like the iron 
 
 petrified wood with little fibrous par- itself. 
 
 tides curling down and away from it The cement is made of asbestos fi- 
 
 manufactured into many useful arti- 
 cles." It is fire proof, as many of you cloth. 
 know, for there Is scarcely a household ^= 
 but what has one of those round mats 
 for putting on the stove, under the 
 preserving kettle, but it is also acid 
 proof, and is practically indestructi- 
 ble. 
 
 It is made into numberless articles; 
 into cloth for covering hot pipes of 
 all sorts, into cement for meding all 
 sorts of heated iron surfaces, and is 
 also made into what is called the as- 
 bestine cold water weather proof 
 paint. 
 
 We used in the cement in stopping 
 leaks in the hot water pipes in our 
 
 The roll fire felt comes in rolls like with cold water simply, not a particle 
 It is thirty-six inches wide of oil. Five pounds is said to be 
 
 =^=~- : :^^— enough for one gallon of paint. We 
 
 made a little more than that out of 
 ours. 
 
 To the farm woman who likes to 
 see things tidied up and has not the 
 necessary cash to keep pace with her 
 tastes, this asbestine paint is exactly 
 what she wants. It dries more quick- 
 ly than oil paints, and is not any 
 
 ws tail, back and wiue of C. F. Hinmans 
 Kock. a prize winner. 
 
 harder to put on. I painted our hen 
 house myself, mixed the paint and put 
 it on, and painted the strips before 
 putting them up. I painted another 
 hen house with oil paint. It had 
 more surface to paint over than this, 
 so I know what I am talking about 
 I have also mixed and put on a good 
 
 sectional brooder. These pipes are the and in different thicknesses, from very 
 
 common black iron tubing and will not think to one-fourth of an inch thick. ^^ ^ ^ 
 
 take solder. They spread apart in The kind we used was the thinnest ^^^^ i^unAred square feet of white 
 
 places at 'he seams and one of our and is about six cents per square foot. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ .^ ^^^ 
 
 hardware men worked faithfully for " is made entirely of asbestos and is ^^^ business. The asbestine paint is 
 
 half a day trying to stop the leaks used most generally for covering hot ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ whitewash, and it 
 
 with solder, first pounding the seams Pipes to keep the heat in and to keep ^^^,^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^ ^^^^ 
 
 as near together as possible. He said the apartment, say like a furnace in ^^ ^.^ ^ ^.^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ .^ ^ jj^^j 
 
 the only way to mend black pipe was the cellar, from being overheated. It ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^.^ p^^^^^ )ieca.uze 
 
 to cut the "leak" out and put in a cuts like cloth with the scissors, but ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ j^ 
 
 new piece of piping. We wrote to the will not tear, but there is now on the 
 
 firm which makes these brooders and market an asbestos pipe covering 
 
 they said practically the same thing, which would have suited our case ex- 
 
 We wrote to two big firms, who have actly, but we did not know of it then. 
 
 everything you "want or use," ask- It comes in lengths of three feet, and "^^"^^^^^^1^^ together which makes it 
 
 ing them if they had anything for is for cold pipes, also for low pressure ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^p^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 mending pipes in the condition our and for high pressure steam. The ^.^^ ^.^^^^^ ^.^ ^^.^^ ^^ whitewash, 
 
 were In, but their answer was also materials used are a little different for ^^^^^ ^^^ conveniences and looks this 
 
 practically the same, but when the each use. For high pressure the ma- 
 
 harware man above mentioned gave terials are carbonate of magnesia and 
 up and was about to start for home. 
 
 mixes up considerably like batter 
 cakes, and is a little tough at first 
 until thinned down to the proper con- 
 sistency, but it still has this tendency 
 
 time. MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 
 
 Hale, Mo., Lock Box 176. 
 
 asbestos fibre. Outside of this there is 
 
 I 'asked him it he did not have some a canvas covering, held in place by - TZ,^-. t 
 kind of Iron cement in his store; I metal bands. While this is not given If you want Rose Comb White Leg- 
 had read about it somewhere. The as an article for mending leaks, yet horns that are bred to the standard 
 thought struck him; yes, he said, they I feel pretty certain that it would have and that will win for you^ look up 
 had, and he believed It would be the answered our purpose very well. For the advertisement of J. E Reivelt of 
 very thing. They had bo litUe call a one-inch pipe like ours It would cost Tripp, S. D. He has what you want. 
 
NOTES FROM OUR MINNESOTA 
 VISIT. 
 
 We have recently had the pleasure of 
 a visit in southwestern Minnesota, 
 Lyon county. I did not meet as many 
 of the "chicken people" as I would 
 like to have met. A morning walk lo- 
 .eated the poultry yards in that part 
 o^ town. When I came back and 
 asked about who lived in such a house 
 I was told they did not keep chickens; 
 those people were some of the society 
 folks. But I was familiar enough 
 with poultry yards to know one when 
 I saw it A few mornings later a 
 lady called. She told mother she 
 heard there was a chicken woman vis- 
 iting her, and she wanted to meet her. 
 
 I afterwards visited her and had a 
 closer view of her yards than I had 
 gained from the sidewalk. I found 
 a woman something after my own 
 fashion, who could go from the poultry 
 yards to the paint easel and do both 
 with credit. She has a beautiful 
 home, is a woman of culture, and has 
 taken up the poultry business because 
 she likes "biddies," and for the out- 
 door exercise it will give her. There 
 is lots of care and not very clean 
 work about our poultry yards, but I 
 found this woman could get right 
 around after it just as well as I can. 
 She can even take hammer and nails 
 and build coops, for she said when 
 she done it herself she had it just the 
 way she wanted it. She was still run- 
 ning her incubator, and was going to 
 turn the surrey room into a brooder 
 room for those late chicks. Our 
 chicken women are not all found 
 among the farm wives and poorer 
 classes. 
 
 We drove about thirty miles one 
 way, and about twenty another. In 
 those drives we kept watch for pure- 
 bred poultry. We saw a larger per 
 cent of Black Langshans, that we 
 thought were pure, than any other 
 breed. One farm we passed showed 
 more improvements in poultry yards 
 than in any of the other farm building. 
 There was a very good start of White 
 Plymouth Rocks and some Barred 
 Rocks, but there were some mongrels 
 that spoiled the looks of the place. 
 Had I been alone I would have stopped 
 and had a talk with that farm wife, 
 but the rest of the crowd did not be- 
 long to the "chicken people," so we 
 did not stop. 
 
 In our drives we noticed more White 
 Holland turkeys than any others, and 
 pretty well bred ones, too. Minnesota 
 is a good poultry country. Where so 
 much wheat is raised the poultry 
 find their share and full egg baskets 
 is the result. 
 
 Those immense wheat fields ■with the 
 stray wheat heads and good crop of 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 grasshoppers that always go with 
 them cannot help but put those 
 turkeys in fine trim tor Thanksgiving. 
 MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 
 Friend, Neb. 
 
 BUFF LEGHORNS. 
 
 Every farmer and every breeder of 
 poultry have their favorite breeds, but 
 we think you will allow that no breed 
 has risen to such popularity in so short 
 a time as the Buff Leghorn, and no 
 breed is better adapted as a general 
 purpose fowl. 
 
 In almost every poultry journal we 
 read of some one, who has been in this 
 business for a long time, and who has 
 always made a specialty of one or two 
 breeds, adding to their list Buff Leg- 
 horns, and who can blame them? It is 
 a breed that finds favor wherever 
 known, and is a fine addition to any 
 yard. 
 
 They are of the Leghorn class, which 
 has long been called the best all pur- 
 pose fowl for broiler, farmer and fan- 
 cier. For the breeder because they 
 grow rapidly, make plump broilers, 
 have yellow legs and no dark or black 
 pin feathers. For the farmer because 
 they are great layers and a fine table 
 fowl, and the fancier can find satisfac- 
 tion and pleasure in developing their 
 fine qualities. And they have that 
 color which meets with so much ap- 
 proval everywhere. What looks nicer 
 upon a lawn than a nice flock of Buffs? 
 You attend an exhibition and no class 
 attracts more attention or it more ad- 
 mired than the Buff Leghorns. 
 
 Let us take better care of our birds, 
 let us cull our stock more carefully 
 and more closely, and let us take grea;- 
 er pains in mating our breeding pens, 
 and we will certainly receive results 
 that will more than pay us for our 
 work. We will thus develop the fine 
 qualities of this beautiful and useful 
 breed more rapidly. 
 
 GEO. S. BARNES. 
 
 Battle Creek, Mich. 
 
 OLENTANGY 
 
 ■ POULTRY. 
 ....YAR.DS.... 
 
 _* * Jo * * Jo4o 3o * JoJo* * 
 J I will exchange P* 
 
 ( Belgian Hares ^ 
 
 \ for J* 
 
 •; White Wandotte Pullets^ 
 
 1 I have also some fine , 
 
 off 
 } Address, Mrs. Hattie Byfield,»% 
 
 I McCook, Neb. 0^ 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMA HENS 
 for Sale. Good ones. 
 
 1892. r90l. 
 
 Mammoth Strain 
 
 Light B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win- 
 ners in America's leading shows of 
 hundreds of prizes in my own and 
 customers' hands. The "Common 
 Sense" remedies for poultry are "per- 
 fection" when properly used. Chol- 
 era Cure kills all disease germs and 
 makes blood, bone and feather. Hun- 
 dreds of poultryraen claim they are 
 making poultry breeding easy and 
 practical by their use. A sample of 
 either for a dime. 1 lb can post paid 
 for SOc. Yours for success, 
 
 MRS. ELLA THOMAS, Quarles, Mo. 
 
 _ /\/\vr| For the next sixty days I will 
 I lllllif sell my fine Barred Plymouth 
 L/Vf vflV* Eocks Cockerels and Pullets at 
 one halt price as I have sold my place. I 
 have some fine large March and April Cock- 
 erels now ready to ship and win guarantee 
 satisfaction with every sale. 
 
 L. a. GREEN, Red Oak, la. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 EXCLUS-IVELY. Our Buff 
 Wyaudoties are bred from 
 i)est strain obtainable and 
 n linp. We brt-ed the pure 
 golden Buff, not the dark 
 red. They're prize winners. 
 
 ^ E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb 
 MeMB^I. Chester White Hogs for sale 
 
 Rosecomb White Leghorns. 
 
 For sale, 1st cockrel St. Paul, Febru- 
 ary 1901 and nine one year old hens, 
 score 92,14 to 94,"<, by Russell, for fi5. 
 
 J. F. REINELT, Tripp, S. D. 
 
 Chas. C. Keid. Manaiier. 
 DELEWARE. OHIO 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 Ruff Cochin Bantams 
 Cornish Indian Games 
 
 stock in b^eedin^ pens score from 91 to 65!i. 
 Send for circular. 
 
 Bargains 
 
 in Buff Wvandottes, line bred 
 (Brey's Strain) ji and }4 grown. 
 Extra selected for exhibition 
 and breeding. 4 pullets and 1 
 cockerel only $10.00. 
 
 JOHN BREY. Specialist.NeoIa.IaL. 
 
 ■■FfcFkFfc^ »^U*1t^U» fc^^^'k^'*' »***^^^ • 
 
 Buff 
 
 ORPINGTONS 
 
 ^ and COCHINS. I 
 
 I Bred from my own Importations. \ 
 
 i I won more premiums than i 
 
 J any two other exhibitors at the J 
 
 5 Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be- { 
 
 i fore buying anything write me t 
 
 J — it will be a pleasure to give 5 
 
 5 you prices. J 
 
 I IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb. \ 
 
Hens as Money Makers 
 
 (I'aper read by Mrs. W. H. Parkin- 
 son at a meeting of Evans Grange, 
 Marshall County, III., April 13th, 1901.) 
 
 Poultry keeping is an industry, the 
 importance of which should not be 
 overlooked nor under estimated in 
 connection with other farm industries. 
 It is said France is the only nation 
 that recognized poultry raising as a 
 source of wealth to her people, giv- 
 ing it the same encouragement as 
 that of any other branch of agricul- 
 ture. Why should the farmers of this 
 country stand idly by while Prance is 
 shipping her millions of dollars worth 
 of eggs to this country every year, 
 which should be produced at home. If 
 France can produce eggs on her 
 high priced foods, pay transportation 
 and a duty for the privilege of sell- 
 ing them in the markets here in com- 
 petition with our own eggs, then what 
 is the American hen good for if we 
 cannot produce eggs at a much larger 
 proiit than France? 
 
 The keeping of poultry seems to be 
 almost purely a feminine occupation, 
 perhaps on account of woman's gentle- 
 ness and eternal vigilance, for success 
 or failure In poultry keeping does not 
 depend entirely on any one thing, but 
 upon many little things which men 
 dislike so much to do. It can scarcely 
 be doubted that when Noah was col- 
 lecting the different species of the 
 feathered tribes into his ark, he in- 
 sisted upon leaving out the old hen, 
 saying "she was of no account any- 
 way," but, of course, Mrs. Noah had 
 her way about it, as most women do 
 when the question involved is poul- 
 try. 
 
 Hens as money makers? you ask. 
 Why, there is no doubt about It Sta- 
 tistics tell us that the total value of 
 poultry consumed in the United 
 States, including eggs, 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." 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 As general purpose fowls, none are 
 more popular than Plymouth Rocks, 
 closely followed by Wyandottes, less 
 hardy but more stylish and gentler. 
 
 At present there are too many farm- 
 ers who would just as soon do busi- 
 ness with a poor scrub hen as with 
 a good one, unless they could get the 
 good one for nothing, and even then 
 they would soon mix them, and as a 
 consequence they would make no 
 money in the poultry business. There 
 is need of a larger class of poultry 
 raisers among farmers who would be 
 proud to be pointed out as poultry 
 cranks, and who would take as much 
 pride in the pure-blooded strains of 
 poultry as cattlemen do of their Here- 
 fords, or as horsemen do in their Per- 
 cherons. One who spends time and 
 food on scrub poultry will sooner or 
 later be heard to say, "There's no 
 money in poultry." Those raising 
 poultry for profit should study the 
 balanced or perfect rations the same 
 as the dairyman studies a balanced 
 ration for his cows. Their food should 
 contain a large per cent of protein. 
 Flesh-forming foods might be prefer- 
 able to feed during the moulting sea- 
 
 son. No matter what the food given, 
 if hens are allowed to roost in a 
 leafless tree, or some other unshel- 
 tered place, the result will not be 
 satisfactory, for the hen that shivers 
 during the night cannot be counted on 
 to fill the egg basket. 
 
 I am a firm believer that there is 
 more money in keeping poultry for 
 eggs than in raising poultry for the 
 market, and for that reason I be- 
 lieve there is more profit in a purely 
 egg-producing breed than in a general 
 purpose breed. I have the White Leg- 
 horns, which are my favorite breed. 
 I have one hundred and twenty-five 
 hens that occupy a comfortable house, 
 which keeps them well protected from 
 the storms of winter, and they are 
 at liberty to bask in the sunshine of 
 a southern exposure. I have twenty 
 hens that cannot be induced to adopt 
 civilized habits and in consequence 
 roost on fences and post piles. Those 
 twenty hens have been kept all winter 
 at a loss, producing no eggs, while the 
 one hundred and twenty-five hens that 
 have been well housed and well fed 
 have been a source of profit, as you 
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 "Since this ma.chine ca.nrie out 'our business' is IsLyirvg egis." 
 --Mrs. Light Brahma.. 
 
 When a Brahma Hon gives it up, there must be something- in it. The 
 above photo is a sample of nearly 200 that will appear in our big new cata- 
 logue (out Nov. 1st); Photographs of our patrons, their Sure Hatch Incubators 
 and poultry yards, from all over the U. S. and several foreign countries, goes 
 to make our 16(i page catalogue interesting, besides, it contains page after 
 page of useful practical poultry information. It's a book for the every day 
 poultry raiser. It costs us thousands of dollars, but it is free to all who send 
 for it. Mention catalogue No. S. Address nearest office. 
 
 Svire Hatch IncvibsLtor Co. 
 
 COLUMBUS. OHIO. 
 
 CLAY CENTER., NEBR.. 
 
Sold from the first day of Janu- 
 uary to the first day of March, 
 114 dozen of eggs, at 20 cents 
 
 per dozen $22. SO 
 
 From the 1st to the 30th of 
 March, inclusive. 243 dozen, 
 ranging in price from 18 to 10 
 
 cents per dozen 28.64 
 
 Total 357 dozen eggs; total 
 
 amount received $51,44 
 
 It will be seen that I h^ve sold 
 J11.40 worth of eggs for each of the 
 two winter months, and $28.64 worth 
 of eggs for March. In no week do I 
 except to soil less than five dollars 
 worth of eggs until fall, when my 
 hens hegin to moult. 
 
 I feed oats in the morning, scat- 
 tered on straw, where biddy will 
 scratch and sing all day if the sun 
 shines, even on the coldest days. I 
 feed corn at night, not shelled, but on 
 the cob, cutting the ear into five or 
 six pieces. By feeding on the cob 
 they necessarily eat slower, and by 
 cutting it into small pieces all the 
 hens can eat at one time, which would 
 not be the case if the ear was only 
 broken into two pieces. 
 
 I give them milk to drink when I 
 have it to spare, and believe it is a 
 profitable way to dispose of the milk. 
 The milk and water is given to them 
 warm in cold weather. Always keep 
 water before the hens, both summer 
 and winter, to keep them from drink- 
 ing out of the stagnant pools. You 
 might as well starve a hen for food 
 as for water. 
 
 On our black prairie soil in central 
 Illinois there is a scarcity of grit for 
 poultry, which should be supplied ar- 
 tificially, and if only one kind is sup- 
 plied it should be ground oyster shells, 
 as it answers very well for grit and 
 furnishes material for the egg shells. 
 Any one feeding oyster shells to their 
 hens cannot but observe a much 
 greater quantity eaten by them in the 
 flush of the laying season. 
 
 We improve the dairy cow in her 
 production of milk, so why not im- 
 prove our hens in the production of 
 eggs. The Maine experiment station 
 has been experimenting along this 
 line, on the possibility of securing 
 breeds of hens that would excel in eggs 
 production of a flock of 236 employed, 
 39 laid 160 eggs or more, 35 laid less 
 than 10 Oeggs in a year. Breeds that 
 are good foragers are the best lay- 
 ers, and when we take into consider- 
 ation that a good forager will secure 
 its own living six months out of the 
 year, and If 125 hens will produce 
 $5 worth of eggs per week for nine 
 months in the year, then is not the 
 hen a money maker? 
 
 MRS. W. H. PARKINSON. 
 Wenona, III. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 COMMUNICATION FROM EMMA 
 
 PERKINS, RAVENWOOD, MO. 
 (Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
 
 I think you have chosRU a wise title 
 for the new poultry journal, as poul- 
 try or anything else cannot be suc- 
 cessfully carried on without investi- 
 gation. So we hope the investor will 
 investigate through the columns of 
 The Investigator for the best plans 
 and results of poultry raising, and 
 make the coming years even more suc- 
 cessful than those of the past. 
 
 I will say as to this year's work in 
 the poultry line, the business has not 
 been a failure at the Morning View 
 Poultry Yards by any means. As a 
 consequence of our untiring efforts we 
 have a nice lot of young, healthy 
 stock outgrowing their feathers. 
 
 We began last spring (or in Febru- 
 ary, rather) with two incubators. Our 
 first hatches were not good on ac- 
 count of unfertile eggs. I know this 
 was the cause, as I have run an in- 
 cubator long enough to know it was 
 not the machine's fault, but our last 
 hatches were fine, and I have already 
 stated the results, and regardless of 
 the dry, parched earth and small po- 
 tatoes, if the water and grasshoppers 
 will hold out a while longer we will 
 
 23 
 still have something to live on. 
 
 Last spring we plowed up one of 
 our chicken yards and sowed it in 
 oats, and now the chicks have a va- 
 riety of corn and oats and rabbits 
 and grasshoppers for their meat, and 
 I really believe they have a greater 
 variety than we have. 
 
 And now, while the sensible old 
 hen is taking her rest, is the time we 
 should be laying our plans and doing 
 our head work for the coming year. 
 We should not enter into any busi- 
 ness without first doing a lot of think- 
 ing and head work beforehand. 
 
 The persistent old hen will perform 
 her part if we will do the thinking for 
 her. 
 
 Begin right and you will end right. 
 \Yhen she lays her laying out and each 
 day as she leaves her precious nest, 
 follow her and take the eggs, so that 
 you can give them the proper care 
 until you have enough to start your 
 machine. Replace the deficiency by 
 placing china eggs in the nest, and 
 she will never know the difference. 
 It is her business to lay the eggs, 
 though some still claim it Is her 
 business to hatch them, too. But we 
 think it is needless to try to develop 
 an old hen's brain so that she may 
 
 Cur e Guaranteed ! 
 
 TllK only remedy posiiively 
 Ifnowntocure roup in all its 
 forms as long as the fowl can 
 see to drink. For Canker, es- 
 pecially in pigeons, this cure e.xcels 
 ill! Dtliers. Une r>0 cent package Tiuikes3.') frallori.i of medicine. Dir^ci Ions with 
 every package, if it faiis to cure money refund. Postpaid, sruall size 50c, large $1. 
 Conkey's Lovjse Killer never faiis tu I ill. Try it. ™5 cents per package 
 
 Donkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 nd 
 
 \d Poultry Tonic 
 
 PaClH ^ coast aut-nl-.: !'•■ 
 office; No. ^ I'liik I'l; 
 sale Ijy all imulii y s 
 
 fill keep your fowls in perfect 
 e eggb LLian any .sitiiii:if prepaiMlion. 25 cents per package 
 siaue C. E. CONKEY * CO.. Clevela^rvd, O . 
 
 ihirna Incubator Co . rnialuma. Oal. Eastern wholesale 
 ■ f New York City and S.H. I. Co.. Cl^iy Center, Nebr. For 
 ipply houses. {S^Agents vanted. 
 
 Miller's Perfection 
 Folding Exhibition 
 
 Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
 Nothing to > o astray. The neatest 
 and strongest coop on the market. 
 
 Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb 
 
 ♦®®®«®®®«^®«®«^®®®®*®^®®®^®^®^®®®®®®®< 
 
 m Mammoth Pekin Ducks 
 
 100 White Wyandotte Cockerels 
 
 ^ Lincoln, Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH. ^ 
 
24 
 
 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, and set the incubators and 
 start the business on the fifties and 
 hundreds scale. But treat the old 
 hens kindly. Put them in a nice 
 clean coop, feed and water them reg- 
 ularly and they will be ready to fi.I 
 the machines by the time the hatches 
 come off. Some people will imprison 
 their setting hens and try to starve 
 their desire to set out, and I have 
 heard of others who will tie a red 
 string fast to their tails and start them 
 into perpetual motion, but in either 
 case they will give up in despair, en- 
 tirely unfit for their duty which lies 
 out before them. 
 
 When your incubator is ready to 
 hatch, be the owner of a good brooder 
 if you can, but if you cannot afford 
 one, select the most motherly old hens 
 you have to mother the chicks. 
 
 The first few days should be spent 
 in solitude by the little chicks and 
 old hen as well, as the little chicks 
 need sleep as much as a tiny baby, 
 and the old hen is liable to get her 
 clumsy feet on some and kill them. 
 So the more quiet she is kept the 
 better. 
 
 The best food I find for little chicks 
 for the first week is hard boiled eggs. 
 Brown the shells in the oven, crumble 
 up fine, and feed this as their first 
 grit. 
 
 After the first few days give them 
 their liberty, as their strength will al- 
 low. Not the old hen's strength, but 
 the chicks, if they be so unlucky as 
 to have a hen mammy, and more often 
 she is a step mammy than their own. 
 Only give her limited territory by 
 fastening a stout string to her leg 
 and tie her fast, for if you give her 
 an inch she will take a mile if she 
 can. 
 
 But if the little chicks are reared in 
 the brooder they will never leave 
 their parental roof very far, until 
 they are large enough to look out for 
 themselves. 
 
 We have nineteen youngsters from 
 two settings of W. S. Russell of Ot- 
 tumwa, la., from his two first pens, 
 one mated for fine pullets and the 
 other for fine cockerels. They are all 
 doing fine and I am expecting as a 
 natural consequence to have better 
 stock next year than ever before. 
 
 Wishing the new poultry journal 
 success and prosperity in its efforts 
 of trying to raise poultry onto a 
 higher standard, I will close and leave 
 space for the more efficient writer. 
 EMMA PERKINS. 
 
 Ravenwood, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 For the convenience of those breed- 
 ers who would like to become mem- 
 bers of the specialty club devoted to 
 their favorites, we publish the fol- 
 lowing list of specialty clubs and the 
 names and postoffice addresses of the 
 secretaries. We believe the list is 
 correct and complete, but if any of our 
 readers know of any omissions or cor- 
 rections we would be under obliga- 
 tions to them if they will inform us 
 of the fact. 
 
 American Plymouth Rock Club— H. 
 P. Schwab, secretary-treasurer, Roch- 
 ester, N. Y. 
 
 American White Plymouth Rock 
 Club— Frank Heck, secretary-treas- 
 urer, 325 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. 
 
 New England Barred and White 
 Plymouth Rock Club— W. B. Atherton, 
 secretary-treasurer, 30 Broad street, 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 American Buff Plymouth Rock Club 
 — W. C. Denny, secretary-treasurer, 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 National White Wyandotte Club- 
 George C. Rose, secretary-treasurer, 
 Shawneetown, 111. 
 
 New England White Wyandotte 
 Club — G. A. Newhall, acting secretary, 
 Perryville, Mass. 
 
 Eastern White Wyandotte Club— C. 
 A. Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Mass. 
 
 Western Wyandotte Club— J. D. W. 
 Hall, secretary-treasurer, eDs Moines, 
 Iowa. 
 
 National Wyandotte Club— C. S. 
 Mattison, secretary-treasurer. South 
 Shaftsbury, Vt. 
 
 Silver Wyandotte Club of America 
 — E. S. Tarbox, secretary-treasurer, 
 Yorkville, 111. 
 
 American Golden Wyandotte Club— 
 A. L. Ringo, secretary-treasurer, 333 
 Rookery building, Chicago, 111. 
 
 The Partridge Wyandotte Club of 
 America — Theo. Haight, secretary- 
 treasurer, Astoria, L. I., New York. 
 
 American tsuff Wyandotte Club— W. 
 R. Wooden, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
 CreeK, Mich. 
 
 New England Light Brahma Club 
 — George W. Cromack, secretary, 
 Stoneham, Mass. 
 
 Western Light Brahma Club— W. S. 
 Gregory, secretary-treasurer, Keota, 
 Iowa. 
 
 American Dark Brahma Club — Clark 
 E. Adams, secretary, Hacine, Wis. 
 
 American Langshan Club— A. H. 
 Asche, secretary-treasurer, Princeton, 
 111. 
 
 American Cochin Club — Arthur R. 
 Sharp, secretary, Taunton, Mass. 
 
 American Leghorn Club — George H. 
 
 Burgott, secretary, Lawton Station, 
 N. Y. 
 
 American Single Comb Brown Leg- 
 horn Club— C. M. Davison, secretary, 
 Chicago Lawn, 111. 
 
 American Buff Leghorn Club— Geo. 
 S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
 Creek, Mich. 
 
 American Rose Comb Brown Leg- 
 horn Club— C. R. Milhous, secretary- 
 treasurer, Spencer, Ind. 
 
 American Houdan Club— Thomas F. 
 Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Blue Andalusian Club of America- 
 Robert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marl- 
 borough street, Boston, Mass. 
 
 American Black Minorca Club- 
 Charles L. Blanton, secretary, Falls 
 Church, Va. 
 
 American White Minorca Club— Wil- 
 liam Sapper, secretary, Erie, Pa. 
 
 American Indian Game Club— C. S. 
 Whiting, secretary-treasurer, Darien, 
 N. Y. 
 
 American Polish Club— M. V. Cald- 
 well, secretary-treasurer, Leetonia, 
 Ohio. 
 
 National Exhibition Game and 
 Game Bantam Club— W. W. Withee, 
 secretary-treasurer. La Crosse, Wis. 
 
 American Dorking Club — Frank H. 
 Prentice, secretary. North Grafton, 
 Mass. 
 
 American White Wonder Club — A. 
 L. Merrill, secretary. Auburn, Me. 
 
 American Rhode Island Red Club- 
 John Crowther, secretary-treasurer. 
 Fall River, Mass. 
 
 National Bantam Association — E. 
 Latham, secretary. Flat Bush, L. I., 
 N. Y. 
 
 . National Bronze Turkey Club — Mrs. 
 B. F. Hislop, secretary, Milford, 111. 
 
 Western Turkey Club — Mrs. F. A. 
 Hargrave, secretary-treasurer, Rich- 
 mond, Kan. 
 
 Water Fowl Club of America— Theo. 
 F. Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa. 
 
 The Cottle Bros, visited the editor 
 recently. They tell us they will be in 
 it this winter when the Cornish In- 
 dian class is judged. The boys know 
 good birds, raise good birds and ex- 
 hibit good birds, and take a good lot 
 of ribbons home, and are good people 
 to deal with. 
 
 We cal Ithe attention of our readers 
 to the advertisement of W. H. Smith 
 & Co. They manufacture a supeil'.r 
 leg band. When once sealed on will 
 never come off unless cut off. it is a 
 sure thing. 
 
WHAT BREED TO CHOOSE. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 Mucli has and is being written in 
 favor of this and that breed or fam- 
 ily of poultrydom, and each individual 
 writer has his or her special favorite, 
 and in their love and enthusiasm for 
 their pets leave the impression that 
 that particular breed is the only one 
 that is worth bothering with, when 
 in fact any of the standard breeds 
 will do well if properly and in'telli- 
 gently handled. 
 
 And right here we want to say that 
 there is no best breeds, but there are 
 certain purposes for which certain 
 breeds are best adapted. If one wants 
 to breed for meat, then some of the 
 medium weight birds are best; if for 
 eggs the smaller ones are the ones to 
 cling to. 
 
 An over sized chicken will event- 
 ually get there in weight, but it takes 
 him several months to grow the 
 frame work on which to hang the 
 flesh and muscle to create the strength 
 to carry his superior weight. While 
 the larger breeds are laying the 
 foundation for large bodies, the 
 smaller and middle weight birds will 
 develop into compact and plump bod- 
 ies and in ten to twelve weeks are 
 ready for market, weighing one and a 
 half to two and a quarter pounds 
 each, while females of the mediter- 
 anian class are rapidly developing into 
 profitable layers. Another point in 
 favor of the small birds is the amount 
 of feed consumed. A Hamburg, for 
 instance, will live and do well on four 
 ounces of food per day, while the 
 Asiatics and kindred breeds will con- 
 sume eight to ten ounces per day per 
 bird. This does not seem to be a 
 great amount of difference, it is so 
 small, but when one has a flock of a 
 hundred or perhaps 50 birds it cuts 
 something of a figure in the expense 
 account; in other words, twice as 
 many Hamburgs or Leghorns can be 
 kept on a given amount of feed as 
 can those of the larger kinds. And 
 when it comes to eggs, take them head 
 for head and the small ones will pro- 
 duce three times as many eggs for the 
 same amount of feed used; besides 
 you will have, as a rule, as much meat 
 as the large ones would produce. Then 
 to sum up for a given amount of 
 feed used in producing a flock of 
 small birds, you have three times as 
 many eggs and an equal amount of 
 meat to send to market. 
 
 We are asked where is the wonder- 
 ful profits in the laying kinds as com- 
 pared with the others. Well, we have 
 figured a great deal on the subject 
 and must confess that we have failed 
 to find the much talked of big chick- 
 ens in it. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Now about the healthfulness and 
 strength of the young of each kind. 
 The young of the heavy weights are 
 large, strong and robust to start with 
 and if the two are penned or cooped 
 together they will trample the small- 
 er ones to death. They will eat and 
 gorge themselves and presently they 
 have indigestion or apoplexy or break 
 down in the legs and are douf for. 
 They will chill and die, or certain oth- 
 er kinds will take dropsy of the heart 
 and thrt ends the chapter. The small- 
 er ones are not so strong and robust 
 and are not in as much danger of 
 over eating, and in fact rarely ever 
 do, and when allowed to roost by 
 themselves prove to be spry and active 
 and are always moving around, thus 
 keeping up a good healthy circulation, 
 and rarely if ever suffer from the 
 naladies subject to the others. Taken 
 all in all we are in favor of the medi- 
 um to small varieties, but must in- 
 sist that if the reader has a "hanker- 
 ing" after the big breeds that he will 
 do better with them than any other 
 kind. 
 
 Select your breed, stick to it, adver- 
 tise it and it will pay every time. 
 
 REV. G. A. CHAMBLIN. 
 
 Uniontown, Kan. 
 
 25 
 
 Mrs. Ella Patrick of Clay Center, 
 Neb., has long been a breeier of the 
 Nugget strain of Buff Rocks and 
 treats her patrons right. Her birds 
 are prize winners. 
 
 Flies are a pest these days, but if 
 you will look up the advertisement 
 of the Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis, 
 Ind., they have a liquid chaser that 
 puts them out of the way. 
 
 Judge Thomas H. Mills, Port Huron, 
 Mich., has something good in his line, 
 and sells right birds that are right. 
 His decisions are good in the show 
 room. 
 
 L. D. Green of Red Oak, Iowa, 
 breeds a superior strain of B. P Rocks 
 and has to sell them on account of 
 moving at "let live" prices. His stock 
 was in the Red Oak show Hst winter 
 and I found them first class. If you 
 want good birds write him scon. 
 
 We welcome to our columns this 
 month Mrs. Cora Rickards of Ogden, 
 Utah. She has been special corre- 
 spondent for some of our best poultry 
 journals tor several years and we are 
 pleased to be able to secure her serv- 
 ices for a year, and we know her 
 writings will be appreciated greatly 
 by our readers. Mrs. Rickards breeds 
 Barred P. Rocks and Leghorns and her 
 stock is first class. 
 
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 in shape, profusely feathered, 
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 low, write me. 
 
 B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
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 We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed 
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 in America, hlis ancestors present an un- 
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 Moulting. 
 
 Moulting is a very trying experience 
 through which fowls have to go an- 
 nually, and to have them come 
 through with a good suit of feathers 
 and in good laying condition is the 
 problem with which evey poultry 
 raiser has to deal, writes Geneva 
 March in the "Epitomist." The easi- 
 est and most profitable way of caring 
 for fowls during this period is to 
 make them moult as easily as possible. 
 I say easiest because the fowl that is 
 slow in moulting is in bad health; 
 then the period should be shortened as 
 much as possible. One of the easiest 
 and best methods I ever used for has- 
 tening the moulting season is to feed 
 the fowls with all the sunflower seed 
 they will eat, or feed with corn and 
 wheat and give a little sulphur in 
 their soft feed. In this way I can 
 bring the fowls to moult whenever I 
 wish and keep them in good health, 
 too. The cocks should be separated 
 during moulting season and each one 
 kept by himself, and if a hen persists 
 in laying change her from one place 
 to another; if running at liberty, coop 
 her up. My plan is to bring on the 
 moulting season by feeding as describ- 
 ed and make the period one of rest 
 as much as possible. Give shade, 
 plenty of cool water not exposed to 
 the heat of the sun, keep the coop 
 clean, and if fowls droop give 
 them a tonic of muriated tincture of 
 iron, one teaspoonful to a gallon of 
 water. Give plenty of sharp grit 
 and occasionally mix clean sand in 
 their soft feed, and a pan of crushed 
 charcoal where they can have free ac- 
 cess to it is a good thing. 
 
 CARE OF THE LEGS— All fowls 
 must be kept free from lice during 
 the moult or they will become so de- 
 bilitated that it will take all fall to 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 recuperate, and in that case you will 
 get no eggs until the next spring. As 
 the legs are a part of the moult, if you 
 want pretty yellow, white or black 
 legs, as th.' case may be, have a shed 
 large enough so fowls ran be fed in 
 it. Here have about six inches of 
 sand on the floor and into this scatter 
 the grain and rake it well under, 
 leaving just enough on top to encour- 
 age the fowls to scratch for more. 
 This sand should be perfectly clean 
 and free from lime or any foreign 
 substance that is apt to discolor the 
 legs. If the sand is nice and white 
 as well as clean, it will get all the 
 dirt out from under the scales that 
 one has so much trouble with at show 
 time. If the fowls have a few scabs 
 or scaly legs and the legs are yellow, 
 treat them with sulphur and lard, 
 adding a few drops of carbolic acid; 
 this applied to the legs about four 
 times, two days apart, will generally 
 clean the leg it it is not too scaly. 
 When you find one that is very* bad 
 first apply coal oil the same number 
 of times and then follow with the lard 
 and sulphur. With constant scratch- 
 ing in the sand and the grease on 
 their legs it will not take long to 
 have them polished up like young legs, 
 and they should, if the right color 
 were there to begin with, be as 
 bright as those of the youngest fowl. 
 For white legs use oxide of zinc in- 
 stead of sulphur. 
 
 "DOES A POTTLTRY PAPER PAY?" 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 Belle I subscribed for these two 
 papers at the fair today. 
 
 Another farm paper with a poultry 
 department. Father, don't you think 
 you are taking farm papers enough? 
 A poultry paper is something that we 
 never have taken. As for poultry I 
 know how to raise poultry without 
 
 any Poultry Herald assistance. I 
 think that dollar is just thrown away. 
 All poultry papers amount to anyway 
 is just to puff and blow the incubators 
 and brooders. They are no earthly 
 good. I just hate them, for there is 
 not one I know of here that makes a 
 success. If they hatch any chickens 
 they don't many of them live, and 
 what do, don't look like my chickens. 
 
 I have always wanted glasses I 
 could keep in place. He gave me these 
 glasses and this poultry manual for 
 $1.00. 
 
 I hope, father, you will get a dol- 
 lar out of the glasses. 
 
 The next week a friend called who 
 is raising Belgian hares. I gave him 
 the Herald. The September and 
 October came. I looked them over and 
 laid them aside. November came and 
 as I looked it over my eyes caught 
 this heading, "Chats With Feminine 
 Friends," by Nellie Hawks. As I had 
 lost lots of chicks by hawks, I read 
 the article hoping to find some way 
 to prevent hawks from carrying away 
 my dear little chickens. Then I read 
 it over and later read it to my father. 
 In less than a week five postals were 
 sent for incubator catalogues. In 
 March we were taking the crate off 
 a 200-egg incubator and a 200-chick 
 brooder. April 29 my first hatch came 
 out — ninety-nine chicks — big balls of 
 down; just two eggs left. July 29, I 
 have hatched out 570 chickens. I 
 never had as lively or as strong chicks 
 or any as large and all are beauties. 
 
 I read everything I see about chick- 
 ens. Father got me two more poul- 
 try papers, brother lends me one, and 
 now Mr. Johnson comes to the front 
 with one more poultrj- paper for me. 
 
 I will tell you later what the in- 
 terest on $1 for a year has been. I 
 wish I could know every farmer's 
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 two brooders, three little buildings 
 for chicks of different ages, one inch 
 mesh poultry netting, enough for two 
 good big yards. I could not get as 
 much netting as I wanted and shall 
 order a roll next year myself and not 
 depend on our dealers here. 
 
 I have raised 15S chicks in one 
 flock, but I think fifty would grow 
 faster while in the enclosed netting 
 yard. I shall run out two more 
 hatches, then rest awhile and try and 
 do better next year. 
 
 I shall get a Humphrey bone cutter 
 this fall, and hope then to have more 
 fertile eggs for hatching. 
 
 MRS. BELLE UTLEY. 
 
 New Hampton, Iowa. 
 
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 POULTRY. BEE and 
 
 FRUIT INDUSTRY 
 
 By A. B. R.INGO. 
 
 A. L. Ringo in Poultry, Bee and 
 JYuit Journal: Always on the alert 
 for anything which tends to show 
 that poultry, bees and fruit are a 
 successful combination and should be 
 cultivated as such, we glean the fol- 
 lowing from our esteemed contempo- 
 rary, Commercial Poultry, which 
 throws additional light on our hobby 
 —the combination of the poultry, bee 
 and fruit industries — for profitable re- 
 sults: 
 
 After ten years' experience as the 
 owner of the Burr Oaks Fruit Farms 
 in the St. Joe fruit belt. Berrien 
 county, near St. Joseph, Michigan, I 
 feel I can safely say to any and all 
 who are interested in either poultry 
 or fruit raising that both go hand in 
 hand and that each is an advantage 
 rnd benefit to the other. 
 
 This is the fruit growing time and 
 all nature is glad. There Is inspira- 
 tion, hope and promise in the plan. 
 The poet has sung, "The groves were 
 God's first temples." Every orchard 
 will furnish a place "not made with 
 hands," but nature's handiwork, which 
 to complete needs the fowls of the 
 air and the homely chickens. Shade 
 is absolutely essential to the welfare 
 of fowls. To breed fowls successfully 
 It is necessary to have runs in which 
 to confine them. 
 
 After an experience of some eight 
 years I have successfully adopted the 
 following plan: My runs are 32 feet 
 wide by 150 feet long. In these runs 
 I have planted Japanese plum trees, 
 12 feet apart each way. These trees 
 have made rapid growth and have an- 
 nually yielded me for the past five 
 years an unusiially heavy crop of ful- 
 ly developed plums; more than twice 
 that of those planted at the same time 
 outside the runs. The reason for this 
 is conceded to be the fact that the 
 ben manure falls on the trees. Then, 
 again, a number of times each seasot 
 the soil is turned over in the runs. 
 Each tree is thus cultivated. In this 
 fresh soil the hens scratch and dust 
 and by this means keep away the in- 
 sects. Then, again, each morning my 
 farmer goes into the yards and with 
 a small mallet jars each plum tree, 
 the curcuUo falls to th-J ground, and 
 woe to his poor life— "Mr?. Hen" is 
 sure to get him before he evci- gets to 
 the tree again. Thereto-, we grow 
 a good crop of plums on the trees 
 and a good crop of chickens on the 
 ground. 
 •We also make it a rule to run in 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 the center of each alternate 12-foot 
 row of plum trees a row of grapes 
 planted 16 feet apart. The vines are 
 grown on trellises. Under the dense 
 shade of these grape vines the chicks 
 may be found during the day enjoying 
 the comfort of the cool shade or 
 scratching in the earth for the insects, 
 which in the summer months infest it 
 and when developed creep into the 
 vines and fruit trees, there to lay 
 their eggs and thus damage the trees. 
 The chickens prevent this. 
 
 After a careful observation run- 
 ning over some five years, by actual 
 tests I have satisfied myself that plum 
 trees and Concord grape vines in the 
 poultry runs will outyield trees in the 
 orchard and vines in the vineyard, 
 pound for pound, two to one, each 
 season, and bear every season. I 
 have so arranged my runs that for 
 four feet each side of the wire fences 
 no tree or vine appears. This pre- 
 vents the chicks getting over the 
 fence by means of the trees; and then 
 comes a row of plum trees. Midway 
 between this and the next row of 
 plum trees, a row of Concord grapes 
 set 16 feet apart. This produces 
 shade, and In three years fruit. This 
 plan any one can follow, whether in 
 country or city, no matter whether 
 on a farm or city lot. 
 
 A man who loves nature will make 
 his home surroundings as pleasing 
 and attractive as possible. "To suc- 
 ceed in the love of nature is some- 
 thing that may develop in every hu- 
 man heart." "To embark in the rais- 
 ing of fancy poultry is to enjoy a rag- 
 ing fever." "To utilize one to help 
 the other is to practice horse sense." 
 
 Kansas State Poultry Show. 
 
 Breeders, the show season will soon 
 be upon us. You will soon be deciding 
 where you will exhibit your choice 
 birds. I want to urge you to not miss 
 the Kansas State Poultry Show this 
 year. You well know that for the past 
 four or five years it has been one of 
 the larg'est, cleanest and best shows in 
 the west. All premiums have been 
 paid in full at close of show. The 
 Association now has enough money in 
 the treasury to guarantee all premiums 
 and I will get our banker to so certify. 
 Suoh a guarantee as this is worth con- 
 sidering. We will this year put up 
 nearly a thousand dollars' worth of 
 premiums, competition will be open to 
 the world, no favors will be shown to 
 any one, every bird will receive the 
 best of care in our hands, and I can 
 promise you that you will be pleased 
 with treatment you will receive. The 
 oflficers have all had experience and 
 know just what they are doing, and 
 they mean business. Our entry fees 
 will be the same popular ones hereto- 
 fore maintained, and premiums vrill 
 be better than ever. We have every 
 possible shipping facility, and with a 
 good hall, good light, good heating 
 facilities, good ventilation, and the 
 best of care, we know you will be 
 pleased. What more could you ask? 
 I confidently expect 1,500 birds this 
 year; we had over a thousand last 
 year. Judges Rhodes and Harris will 
 place the awards. We want birds 
 from surrounding stales, and I would 
 like to corre^pond with breeders de. 
 sirous of exhibiting. Let me hear 
 from you. Our dates are January 
 6-11, 1902. Geo. H. Gilliks, Sec, 
 
 Topeka, Kansas 
 
 G. B. Clary, Fairbury, Neb., writes 
 his stock of White Wyandottes never 
 looked better and that they wil Ihave 
 the best lot this season they ever 
 raised. They are offering extra fine 
 specimens low for Quality of stock. 
 They also have a fine flock of Buf. 
 Orpingtons. 
 
 P. A. Crowell of Granger, Minn., is 
 a reliable and honest breeder c? Or- 
 pingtons, Leghorns, Cochins and 
 other varieties of thoroughbred fowls. 
 He tries at all times to satisfy his 
 customers, and it is an easy matter 
 to do so when one breeds nothing but 
 first class birds. 
 
 E. W. Matheny, the Light Brahma 
 man ha.s some very fine specimens to 
 offer this fall at" reasonable prices. 
 You will note his ad in this issue. 
 
 The Tiffany Co. of Lincoln, Neb., 
 put up a superior article in the way of 
 a liquid lice killer, and their sprays 
 are among the best and just the thing 
 to whitewash your houses with or to 
 use the lice-killer with. Their goods 
 are first class in every respect and as 
 cheap as any. Look them up. 
 
 JNCOBATOR 
 
 ON TRIAL 
 
 The Perfected Von Culin. 
 
 Successful resuU of 25 years' experience. 
 ScicntiflcaUy correct, practicaUy perfect. 
 Non-eiploaive metal lamps. 
 Double and packed walls. 
 Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation. 
 Made of best materials, and highest quaUty 
 of workmanship and finish. 
 
 PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 
 
 SATISFACTION OUABAXTEED OR NO PAT. 
 
 Wo make Brooders, Bee Hives .•■. SuppUes. 
 tir Catalog and Price List sent Free. 
 
 The W.T. FALCONER MFG. 00., 
 Dept. 213' Jamestown, N.Y. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 We wish to call the attention of our 
 readers to the valuable article written 
 by Mrs. B. G. Mackey of Clarksville, 
 Mo. She has had long experience in 
 breeding poultry and turkeys, and 
 birds from her yards have won large- 
 ly in the best shows east and west. 
 Mrs. Mackey will be one of our regular 
 contributors for the next year and we 
 welcome her to our columns, as she 
 has had wide experience and she is 
 able to tell us many things that will 
 be of benefit to us all. Watch for her 
 articles. 
 
 ]Sd:Y 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 . . . .Have no equal 
 
 B. Plymouth Rocks 
 
 .Tli.Hnii-<..Ti Kiiit;lfts. 
 .\^M) 
 
 White Wyandottes 
 
 If you want good stock I have it 
 
 You will find in this issue the ad- 
 vertisement of J. A. Ling of Harvard, 
 Neb., an old and reliable breeder of 
 Barred P. Rocks and that new breed, 
 Buff Orpingtons. Ling's Orps never 
 have been beaten. They are as good 
 as can be raised. He is an honorable 
 dealer. 
 
 A. Upton of Fairbury is one of the 
 pioneer breeders of the state, a lover 
 of the true blue Barred Rocks, and 
 the best he can get are none too good, 
 and by judicious line breeding he has 
 at last produced birds of superior 
 merit and up to date. Write him. 
 
 29 
 
 Pride of the West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks. Conger & 
 Felch; 'Black Langshans, Emry 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 . HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 GfOW ri'Ult » jyjrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
 
 Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps 
 Poultry; great combination. If you CLARKSVillH, : : ; : Missouri. 
 
 want the best fruit paper, at 50c per 
 
 year, send for 
 
 "Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo. Single Comb Brown Le ghorns. 
 Capital City Poultry Ranch 
 
 E. E. Smith, Prop. 
 
 John A. Liing^ 
 
 HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. 
 
 Barred Plymouth. Rocks. 
 
 J. C. Kapser of Clay Center, Neb., 
 is an expert breeder of Golden Wy- 
 andottes. He has by his system of 
 mating produced birds that have 
 scored in competition as high as the 
 best, and seen in the best shows. If 
 you want something fine look him up. 
 
 WargaIJis 
 
 IN BREEDING STOCK 
 
 At Golden Rule Poultry Yards. I 
 have a few birds that I used in rny 
 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, 
 
 BELMOMT, WIS. 
 
 Mammoth Pekin Ducks. I won every 
 1st at State Fair and State Show. I 
 have the best in the west. 
 
 E. E. Smith, Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 POILTRYMEN IZ, ^"ZZ 
 
 unless PPIIWTPR neatly. I do it 
 it is r Hin 1 LiV well and use good 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A. Rickards, 
 
 SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 
 
 OgdeM, Utah. 
 
 chicks fromchi 
 
 Ducks from Door-knobs. 
 
 miso everything' in sitrht; either diioka from doo 
 
 'gg3, and a full gruwu bir d 
 
 IICKS iroui cuiuu Jie^i- ^ebo, »"■-» " •"■* t ___ I 
 
 DCTAI Ulik INCUBATOR 
 
 I |_ I yik^vlwl^l incubatnr-madeforhatchint; 
 L ei-M In the best possible way. It 1« made on «• ciitlBc prlnclpl'". of 
 ^ eood honest material, by hone.t workmi n. Consequently .t 
 'all that a Rood incubator bught to do. We think our constructs 
 kuttle better Iban any other-; we are sure we take pains; we ku 
 
 nicn-o the people. If you are lookinn for amachine that will hatch , 
 tall the fertile e^-cs, vouMl be interested in THE PETALUMA. 
 OurhuKeilUistrated catalogue is sent free upon request. 
 
 .We pay freight anywhere in the United States 
 
 ^ We make a good brooder too. i 
 
 Petaluma Incubator Ca., Box 510, Petalutna, Cat. 
 
 Poultry Supplies. 
 
 We keep a full line of all standard goods, as follows: 
 
 Ideal Leg Bauds, 
 Smith Seal Bauds, 
 Score Cards, 
 Standards, 
 Oyster Shells, 
 Lime Stone Grit, 
 Mica Grit, 
 
 Humphrey Bone Mills, 
 Spray Pumps. 
 Liquiid Lice Killers, 
 Bone Meal, 
 Raw Bone, 
 Beef Scraps, 
 Blood Meal, 
 
 Granulated Bone, 
 Broiler's Teeth, 
 20 Century Poultry Foo 
 Midland Poultry Food 
 Conkey's Roup Cure. 
 Chamberlin Chick Feed 
 Reliable Spring Punch. 
 
 Anything you want. Write us; if we do not have it will get it for you. 
 
 SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 >^ Brief Busir\.ess C^ctchers. ^ 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 SINGLE INSERTION 
 
 50 CENTS 
 
 Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
 less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a single in- 
 sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS 
 
 No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
 uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
 allowed each quarter. 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 WITH INVESTIGATOR 
 
 1 YEAR $3.00 
 
 imi'F PLYMOnTrTROCK Cockerels from 
 lirst prize cock; very promising. Write for 
 prlres. Albert K. Swctt, 384 Mosley St., 
 ElRln. 111. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHAN. W. P. RockiiU old 
 stock for K;ile at *1.00 each, young wliite 
 Pckins ducks (i for MOO ill! froui high scor- 
 ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS and Rose Comb White Leg- 
 horns bred from the best of stock. Prize 
 winners. For sale. -Tohn A Johnson, Pilot 
 Mound, Iowa. 
 
 J. W. WIIITNEV. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
 Judsie. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty. 
 
 IOCS. S. IlA.MBl'RGS!. Stock for sale. Eggs 
 .It prices to sui^ the season. Stock In good 
 condition fashionaljly bred and artistically 
 m'lrked. Rey. G. A. Chambliu, Moran, 
 Kansas. 
 
 IF YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New 
 York winners In Barred Rocks, S. C. Brown 
 and White Leghorns, 1 have It and can 
 please you in st.oci' at low prices. Kggs In 
 season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- 
 trevillo, Md. 
 
 SEE HERE. Fine Light Brahma Cockerels 
 Jl. 25 each Pullets tl.OO. Pairs$2 00. Trios 
 $3.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Kock 
 Cockerels $1 each. Order now. Richard J. 
 Bolt, Utica, Minn. 
 
 SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes. 
 pure Buffs Winn rs at Chicago and Cedar 
 Rapids, I"wa. Also a dne line of Bantams 
 such as Game COL'hlns. Sebrights and ,Iap- 
 anese. Write for prices. M. V. Yegge, De 
 Witt, Iowa. Box 26. 
 
 BLUE BARRED P. ROOKS. Choice breed- 
 ing and fine exhibition birds for sale. Win- 
 ners wherever and whenever shown. Pric- 
 es low. Must sell. Write for printed fold- 
 er. J. M. Holt. Marshalltown, Iowa. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
 cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
 150 youngsters for sale after October 1. fin- 
 er than ever, superior feathering, shape 
 and color. Always satisfiiction guaran- 
 teert. D. J. Shanklin. Wanbeek, Iowa. 
 
 Fowls for Exhibition 
 
 From Poultry, Bee and Fruit Jour- 
 nal: There is no excuse for taking 
 any birds that happen to be conveni- 
 ent a few days before the show and 
 sending them there to compete with 
 the best throughout the country. 
 Most birds taken to a poultry show 
 are selected many months before, 'and 
 are given special care. The best 
 specimens should be selected and kept 
 separate from the rest of the flock. 
 There will be a temptation to select 
 some better looking birds that are 
 running with the flock after the se- 
 lection has been made, but any at- 
 tempt to get them in show condition 
 will not meet with the best results. 
 It the birds are some of the white 
 varieties they should be kept where 
 there is plenty of cut straw. Not two 
 or three inches of it, but several 
 inches, or even a foot. It is a good 
 plan to scatter millet seed where they 
 can scratch the straw up and let It 
 fall down on their plumage, which 
 will both polish and clean the feath- 
 as white as it is possible to have 
 them that had been kept so by this 
 treatment. 
 
 We do not favor much pampering 
 or doctoring. One of the main things 
 to do is to keep the birds active and 
 in good health, which can be done 
 by feeding wholesome rations, with a 
 little animal food. Continually cram- 
 ming them with all sorts of mashes 
 mixed with stimulants should be 
 avoided. Some fattening food will be 
 required to bring them up to the 
 standard weight, but beyond this there 
 will be but little demand for it. Too 
 much of this kind of feed is liable 
 to ruin a fowl for breeding purposes. 
 
 A bird that has to be pampered 
 
 and dosed to keep it on its feet is 
 not in show condition, and its true 
 condition will be revealed when placed 
 in the enervating temperature of a f 
 heated room, and the chances are that 
 the bird will be left off of the list of 
 prize winners. Keep show birds in 
 specially prepared coops as much as 
 possible, and if it can be done show 
 room conditions should be arranged 
 for. Each coop will be made roomy, 
 airy and light, with a blanket over 
 the front, to be let down in case of 
 cold weather when in transit. Show 
 rooms are very hard on birds, and 
 they will have to be inured- to this 
 sort of trial if they are to stand the 
 ordeal. Stamina is worth a great 
 deal, and if the fowls do not come 
 home with the roup, or otherwise the 
 worse for the wear, they can be 
 counted on as being very hardy and 
 full of vitality. 
 
 ■-asjj^.y AKirfT^ cT'i^ 
 
 Don't buy a bone cutter until 
 you have seen and tried a 
 
 HUMPHREY, 
 
 J the simplest in construc- 
 Jtion. the easiest in opera- 
 "^ -,'^lion. the only open hopper'* , 
 type. Every Humphrey is^ 
 i subject to reti;rn if it does not 
 cut more bone, and in less time ' 
 and with less labor, cost less for 
 repairs and produce better food, 
 than any other type of bone cutter. 
 Send for free catalogue anci egg-record book. 
 
 Humphrey & Sons, Boi70 Jo liet, I 
 
 SALES AGENTS. 
 )o>cpk Brcck <& Sons. Boston. Nasi. 
 Jokiison <2> Slokes. PkiladclpKiiL. 
 GriffKh <& Turner Co. Biltlmore. 
 ^Surt Hatch Incb.Co.Clay C«\ltr.Neb. 
 E. J. Bowen. Portl&nd, Oregon: 
 
 The breeders of Kansas City, Mo., 
 composing the Kansas City Fancy 
 Poultrj- Club, have taken in hand the 
 show matter for the coming winter, 
 and propose to give a show Dec. 6-7-8, 
 19(11. The judges will be W. S. Rus- 
 sell, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Thos. W- 
 Southard, of Kansas Citj'. It is pro. 
 posed to redeem the fair name of Kan- 
 sas City as a show town. They offer 
 a reduced entry fee, a reduced price 
 of admission, and a square deal. Par- 
 ticulars can be had bv addressing the 
 secretary, C. S. Hunting, 3817 E. 13th 
 St., Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Perfect Chick Feed. 
 
 HEMATITE, Mo., June 17, 1901. 
 Mr. W. F. Chamberlain, 
 
 Kirkvvood, Mo. 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 You will please find enclosed a 
 Pacific Express money order for 
 $2.50, for which I will thank you 
 to send me another 100 pound 
 sack of chick feed as soon as 
 possible, as I am nearly out of 
 same and find your feed worthy of 
 the highest praise. Yours, 
 
 D. W. Carroll. 
 
 David Larson, 
 
 Expert Poultry Judge 
 
 I have had years of experience in 
 breeding, mating and juciging. For 
 reference 'o qualification, write Poi'L- 
 TKv Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
 I am open for engagements. 
 
 It Brings More Eggs 
 
 11 Koniij Grec ~ " ' 
 
 Me yiur ek-g yi 
 le tells all a>). 
 
 eCutt 
 
 Id. Ourne% 
 
 feeding green 
 
 Strait'on Mfg. Co., Boi 48, Erie, Pa. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 31 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 EXCLUSIVEI^Y. 
 
 If you want winners bred from win- 
 ners that will win for you, write me 
 
 FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 IMu'truiiany risk. I'l-t a 
 
 Hydro-Safety Lamp 
 
 ou youT Inrubator and Brooder and save oil 
 atleolioa aod avoid all daneer. Water jacke' 
 keeps burner cool. Prlct, 76c. to^2. 70. Cata' 
 logne of all InniMlor supplies Jf'JrCEIlES. 
 
 OAKEM[fMM26MiS^BIooj^^ 
 
 F. A. CROWELL, 
 
 GRAINGER, MINN. 
 
 Breeder of Strictly High Class Buflf 
 Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins; 
 Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and 
 Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will 
 please you. Circular free. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Our Wyandottes never have failed 
 to win in the best company. Young 
 stock for sale. 
 
 J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center,Neb 
 P. H. SHELLA BARGER, west^uberty. 
 
 MARK YOUR FOWLS 
 
 --,„„ 111!-, ii^i- i.r.-i-iiir ii II — II \ I'T *Imm\ . jinliriiiir. p«di(rrcc and hri-.-d iii^r peu purposes* 
 
 RELIABLE COPPER PLATE LEG BANDS. 
 
 ■ .■\i'.i-.iri-l\ loiitrli una piiiilfU- thc> iiiuy tiu ustd iiiduliiiUt.-l> . Thi-y will etay where 
 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 
 
 iiry r.Miltry Itook illustrates and describes full line of poultry supplies and tellsall 
 I Miir 1 1.1 •.nrUs of thoroughbred poultrv. We mail it for lOe. Write while they last* 
 Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Box A-25, Quincy, Ills. 
 
 T) li , Cj 1*- For the next 60 days I will sell Grit and 
 
 r OUlirV ijllppilOS.. . Shell in lots of .500 pounds or over at great- 
 '^^•^■^^^■-'■-■^-^---^^■■'^^-^-^^^■-■^•^■-^-^•-^-^■^ ly reduced figures. It will pay you to lay in 
 your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and 
 Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies. 
 
 E. R. PEGliEt^, 241 S 11 St., Liineoln, fleb. Box 463. 
 
 THE IDEAL 
 Aluminum 
 LEG BAND. 
 
 Is tlie ackuowlesecl leader. It loosing off is impossible as it is iiiaUe wiili a double rlinch 
 and i."! guaranteed to stay on. It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put 
 on. It is absolutely (be beot band on the market today. Bead what others say: 
 I 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 
 best one that I have ever used and I believe I have used about all of them. Please ship 
 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. 
 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 in size, shape and color. Write rue if 
 you nef-d any. 20th annual circular which 
 fully describes our Breeding stock is free. 
 Mention this Journal and address as above. 
 
 0. MO. HUN. ORG. 
 
 Breeder of Prize-Winning 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS. 
 
 Stojk for sale at all times. Eggs in season. 
 
 E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
 G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska. 
 
 1 Chalk White Wyandottes, 
 Breeder of -I Mammoth Light Brahmas 
 ( Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Exhibited at four sliows. 1900-1901. Won 39 
 regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea- 
 son. Satisfaction assured. 
 
 Still 10 Cents a Year. 
 
 Until further notice you can still get 
 the Poultry, Bee and Fruit Jour- 
 nal for 10c per year. Or by getting 
 four of your friends to send with you, 
 we will either extend your subscrip- 
 tion one year or make 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 for 2.5c. Display advertising 
 75c per inch, net. No discounts for 
 time or space. A guarantee of satis- 
 faction written in every contract. 
 POULTRY, BEE & FRUIT CO., Davenport, Iowa. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 and Black Langshans 
 
 We have some extra bargains in our this years breeders that we would 
 be glad to tell you about and if you will drop us a card we will tell you 
 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 
 for sale and at a bargain considering quality. 
 
 MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 No Eggs for Sale! A nice lot of 
 young chicks for sale in pairs and 
 trios. Bred from the best matings of 
 imported stock. I have hundreds of 
 February and March hatched chicks 
 for sale. Mention this Journal. 
 W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY NEBRASKA. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 THE COMING BREED 
 
 White Leghorns. 
 
 Layers and winners. An inducement to 
 buy at uiH'i' and of us— tested breeders, hens 
 $S.'*I0 and *12 ptT d(jzen- Cocks il.50 to •K..5U 
 earh S..-iiiiish Terrier puppies $i. 
 
 PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 
 
 R. R. Fr.nch, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 
 
 RUFF P RfinK^ Exclusively. Pure 
 
 Durr r. ^uu^;i Burdick gow Nug- 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
 can be found, and are up-to-date in 
 every respect. Some fine specimens 
 for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 
 tion. Address 
 
 MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANnOTTKS. R. 
 1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
 bred to winners. Good stock, lit to breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
 Judge. Port Huron, Michigan. 
 
2>2 
 
 Imported Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Arc wlnmis :it II. I'. K.. iMadisoli .Si|ii:ir( . 
 Wiisli.. N .1 . Iveolii lowii lily limii StiMu 
 Shows UrplnEton $7 lo $aO per trio Wll 
 close out p\\ the Rocks. Krarlley Hus. "ii< 
 L:ith:tns Ptr«lns One piilr of i vr nlu shov 
 birds for sale chPap.K <o92'2. A fine lot. o 
 yound show blrtlsiii Ixith vmictius. Always 
 win; sure to plPase. Hettcr jfrt In the push. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 
 
 SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 
 
 H Cirand Breeders fur sale at a bar 
 g^ain. Also 300 selected Laiigfshaii 
 chicks. Address, 
 
 BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsvtile, Ind 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lav e.!,'S-s. 
 Satisfaction tu all. Circular free. 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 
 
 lock box 500. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks... 
 
 Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color 
 
 In the show room they have shown 
 their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
 94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
 C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 Buff P, Rocks. 
 
 Motto: — "Good stock at moderate 
 price." Stock for sale after Sept. 15. 
 W. D. SWAIN, Pauora, la. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 THE FEED, NOT THE BREED M\M Formulas 
 
 Is responsiblr f(ir results. 
 
 THE BALANCED RATION 
 
 For P<.ultry is here at la.st 
 
 Readv .«t.\cd. 
 
 I Nui-ury'Clil.k K.iod. 
 :;. i^iowin^' < hick hood. 
 :i. I'liit' mil!.' I hick Koiid. 
 4 V.-s-A iiii'i Kciilli.T Pro- 
 
 duclnL-I"o..d. 
 !>. Nursi ry lUicklliisFood 
 li Oiowin^'Uu.-klinKKood 
 7 KHiteiiins.' Duck Mug 
 
 and Goslins i'"ood 
 S. LayiiiK Duck Food 
 
 9 .Stock Ducks' Suninicr 
 Food. 
 
 10 GiowinsGosllns Food 
 
 Ihe 200 [gg Hen is oow a 
 Possib 
 
 Our cfloMs to furnish the poultry world wiih a complete food 
 >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 
 Jewess Uur f< oil is now he ng usi d by the most pr tiresslve 
 I n in . very state in the Union, lo pr..ve Its ineilis. i ider a 
 B or two of our No. 4. feed your flo^k llirou}:Ii ilie moultiiej 
 •ason iind 1 h' loby shorten ii one-half ai^d they will lie-in hiy- 
 iir • 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- 
 est agent for prices and save frelL'hl charfies. Itisiheiiinvi 1 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- 
 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 
 sior Wire & Pouliry Supply Co.. 28 Vesey Si I'liiladelplii i I'a , .lotinson &Slokes. 217 Mar- 
 ket St.. or Midland PouM rv F'lodtM.N. E C.ii- :;ii(l iind Main Sts.. Kansas Oity. Mo., the 
 Harvey Seed Co.. liuflalo N. Y. i.ud A C. Woolley .'v: Co . Atlanta. Ga. 
 
 Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 
 
 Kills lice .nd mit. -son poultrv. ho^'sand animals. Is the 
 slrongest and best lice killer made. Wiih our double 
 tube sp ayi r you can save one half the liquid and i ene- 
 Irate all cracks and spray Ihe boi toni of the house where • 
 you find the miles or spider lice, it gets theie every 
 time Ev'-ry can is L'liaianteed or money refunded 
 to get a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE. 
 
 Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 
 
 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. 
 A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We 
 want one in every town 
 
 - - Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY, 
 
NOVEMBER. 1901. 
 
 NO. 3. 
 
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 Advance to Success 
 
 25 <^ ayear 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 BufT Wyandoites 
 ButF Leghorns 
 
 p. C. n. I.i't'liorns. S. (). VV. LcL'lini-ns: 11 
 and GiilnPiis. YouiiK stm-U foi- sale 
 Nov. 1st. We will now soil 4 .-lioi.-i- 1 ,■■_• 
 cooUs (BufT) lit n each. Harncs and lions 
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 Hawks and Wykoff strain; our Brown 
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 but Hatch Chickens by Steam 
 
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 EXCELSIOR incubator 
 
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 200 White Plymouth Rocks 
 
 FOR SALE. fSi B ^^ 
 
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 F. J. KOLASCE, DeBols, Nebr. 
 
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 Cockerels 
 
 & 
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 The Result of 25 
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 Kroni Barred and While IMyinouth Rocks. 
 
 White and Silver Wyandoites. White and 
 
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 Bronze Turlu'ys. .and I'earl Guineas. 
 
 Belgian Hare», Jersey Cattle. 
 
 Valuable circular. 
 
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 BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 
 
 line 
 
 Kdsoii's liexistered .Strain, tioiii 
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 ^ Buff P. Rocks 
 Wi exclusively... 
 
 We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
 These, together with our own prize 
 winners, gives us the best flock of 
 Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
 please you both in quality and prices. 
 Write us if you want winners bred 
 from winners. Pekiu ducks, Toul- 
 ouse (leese fi>r sale. 
 
 MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 HERE is an Opportunity 
 
 To obtain 
 
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 Two Cocks and ten Hens of superior merit for sale WAY 
 DOWN. Send for illustrated catalogue — it's free. 
 
 GEO. W. OSTERTROUT, David City, Nebraska. 
 
 ^ cv^o^ Silver Laced IVyandottes <$o^ 
 
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 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
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 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : : 
 
 ._=]BREEDERS OFC=_o 
 
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 Friend, Nebraska 
 
 White Holland 
 Turkeys and Pekin Ducks. At Nebraska 
 State Poultry show 1001 we won 1st pen, 1st 
 hen, 1st cock. 3d cockrei, which was a prize 
 on every bird entered. At the Nebraska 
 State Fair, 'id to 6th of Sept., 1901. we won 
 1st pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock, 
 erel-a first prize on every bird entered- 
 We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 
 
 ution the Invkstig.\Tor when answering advertisements. It 
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 W I I W CI 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 
 faithfully filled. 
 
 Poultry Investigator Publishing Co. 
 
 L. P. Harris, Editor and Manager 
 
 Vol. 1. 
 
 Cla-y Center, Nebra.skat, November. 1901. 
 
 No. 3. 
 
 BEGINNING 
 
 By Percy W. Shepard 
 
 To one who desires to establish a 
 business that wiU earn him a living 
 and give him a reputation as a fan- 
 cier: 
 
 First, you must realize that in you 
 and in you alone lies the source of 
 your success. You are responsible for 
 your success or failure. Your rise 
 will not depend on some friend or on 
 some other breeder, but on yourself. 
 Hence, from the very beginning you 
 must depend upon yourself. Advice 
 Is cheap and always plenty of it to be 
 received. But, advice very often 
 comes from an unreliable source. Oft- 
 entimes advice is given unintention- 
 ally wrong. Yet, whatever your 
 friends' intention may have been, if 
 you followed it disaster would result. 
 The qualifications necessary to a per- 
 fect breeder are many. Although a 
 breeder or rather the beginner has not 
 all the qualifications necessary to per- 
 fection, he may get along remarkably 
 well if he tries to do so, yet the better 
 he is qualified for the work the more 
 sure will be his success. The begin- 
 ner should be energetic. If he has en- 
 ergy and uses it in the right direction, 
 he will stand a fine chance for success. 
 He should be patient and persevering 
 in order to be able to meet and over- 
 come all the difficulties of poultry life. 
 He must be ambitious for success. The 
 one who lacks ambition is seriously 
 handicapped for the work. Yet he 
 will be able to overcome some of his 
 defects, as I shall speak of later. He 
 must have good judgment and plenty 
 of common sense. These are neces- 
 
 sary, as any breeder, beginner or vet- 
 eran, will have occasion to use his 
 judgment several times every day. He 
 must be willing to do the work, in 
 fact, he must be anxious to perform 
 all the duties of a breeder's life. 
 Prompt in caring for his fowls and 
 all his customers. Diligence in his 
 work will greatly help along the strug- 
 gle. And above all, he should love 
 the work. No one succeeds well in 
 any branch of life unless he has a 
 special liking for the work. So with a 
 breeder he needs to love the work and 
 delights in caring for the birds. 
 
 I have given above most of the 
 characteristics of a breeder who is in 
 himself about perfect in his adapta- 
 bility for the work. Now we will 
 suppose that on one who is contem- 
 plating a start in the poultry industry 
 lacks some of the above valuable qual- 
 ities, for instance, he lacks energy. 
 Can he not make himself energetic? 
 Can he not arouse himself up and rush 
 into the work carefully and do it as 
 it should be done if he will? Yes, it 
 is possible for him to make of him- 
 self just what he wants to be, if he 
 works properly. So as I said before, 
 it depends entirely on the breeder 
 whether or not he will succeed. If 
 you are bound to succeed you will suc- 
 ceed. If you are bound to obtain that 
 which you desire you will obtain it. 
 Success must come. But not to him 
 who waits, but to him who goes af- 
 ter it. 
 
 I believe, in fact I know, that more 
 of succcess depends on the breeder 
 
 than on the buildings and fowls. The 
 right kind of a breeder will succeeed 
 under the most averse circumstances, 
 while the wrong kind of a breeder 
 cannot succeed at all under the most 
 favorable circumstances. 
 
 I have endeavored in the fore part of 
 this article to give you a good de- 
 scription of an ideal breeder and now 
 will speak of the buildings, fowls and 
 management. 
 
 The building is the first essential 
 that the breeder obtains after qual- 
 ifying himself for the business. We 
 wim suppose that the one who is 
 making the start has visited as many 
 different breeders as possible and has 
 very carefully studied their plans of 
 buildings and methods of manage- 
 ment. Also he has made a special 
 study of different breeds of fowls, he 
 has noted their characteristics and 
 qualities. He has subscribed to sev- 
 eral up-to-date poultry journals and 
 made use of the much valuable mat- 
 ter in their columns. He has read 
 several late poultry books, bought a 
 Standard of Perfection and learned 
 what a perfect bird is and knows how 
 he is going to breed to seek to pro- 
 duce winners. 
 
 Fifty fowls are enough to start with 
 for the first year. Twenty-five may 
 be a better number. Never try to 
 start with too many birds. This is 
 taking a position too high upon the 
 ladder and may result in disaster and 
 discouragement. Better begin a lit- 
 tle lower doiwn and ithen rise up 
 than to begin higher and be compelled 
 to fall to the bottom. "Slow but sure" 
 is the maxim that seems to have had 
 no beginning and does not end at this 
 great age of advancement. So apply- 
 ing it to poultry 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 
 home for your fowls aud you have 
 plenty of money, you can have the 
 building that you desire. But if you 
 can't afford an expensive building, a 
 cheaper one must suffice. If I were to 
 have an extensive poultry plant I 
 would build the cheapest buildings 
 that would serve the purpose, al- 
 though of course they would not lack 
 anything that favors sucess. A cheap, 
 well made house does just as well as 
 one that is expensive without giving 
 any more advantages. The building 
 can be large enough for one pen of 
 fowls or can be a long one divided 
 into pens. I favor the continuous 
 house as it is convenient. Twenty- 
 five fowls are enough for one pen. 
 This number will pay better than a 
 larger number kept in one pen. For 
 this size flock I would have a pen 
 say ten by fifteen feet. This will al- 
 low six square feet to each fowl. 
 
 Your building completed and your 
 choice fixed on some breed of fowls, 
 you are ready to purchase your birds. 
 Don't start wilth more than one breed. 
 Buy of a reliable breeder. Select your 
 birds yourself if possible. You will 
 know how to select good ones if you 
 have learned from your Standard of 
 Perfection In regard to the different 
 breeds, for what are you going to 
 breed? Is it eggs alone?. If so, then 
 select some of the smaller breeds ac- 
 cording to your taste. In breeding 
 for market alone select a larger breed, 
 and if seeking a general purpose fowl, 
 that is one for both eggs and market 
 fowls, get some one of the American 
 breeds. Of course, for whatever pur- 
 
 Lifflit Brahmas and Pekin ducks in the yards of Mrs. Alice Allen. Clay Center, Nelii 
 
 pose you may intend to breed them 
 you will expect to exhibit them as it 
 is your ambition to get prominently 
 before the public. If you have no 
 choice for either line of work and it 
 makes no difference to you whether 
 or not you breed for eggs, fowls, or 
 both, then select your fowls according 
 to your taste. It is a question as to 
 which is the best breed. One bre«d 
 will pay as well as another if managed 
 according to their needs. 
 
 It is an apparently easy matter to 
 erect the building and select and buy 
 the fowls if you have the money. Al- 
 
 and plenty of work. This is just 
 what they get in summer and just 
 what they must have in winter. Go 
 to nature and you have a perfect 
 teacher. This same applies to the 
 chickens as well as to fowls. Feed 
 them as nature does and they make a 
 remarkable growth. Of course eggs 
 and chicks in winter are fruits out 
 of season. So we must make winter 
 like summer as far as possible. The 
 first work will not be as profitable 
 usually as will that which is done 
 after you have acquired experience. 
 
 ways buy the best you can afford and But as long as you breed fowls you 
 
 never think of anything except pure 
 birds. 
 
 After you have received the birds 
 you must begin poultry life in earn- 
 est. The different breeds will need 
 different maagement. You will learn 
 this from the poultry journals and 
 books which you have purchased be- 
 fore. Be regular in your work. Feed 
 them regular.. Don't feed at daylight 
 one morning and nearly noon the 
 next. Be interested in the work and 
 do the work yourself. If you do it 
 yourself you know that it is well 
 done. 
 
 There are is science in feeding 
 fowls. No secret about it. You see 
 that the fowls lay in summer. To 
 get eggs in winter just make the con- 
 ditions correspond with those of sum- 
 mer. Give them grain, green food, 
 animal food, grit, pure water not iced, 
 warmth, light, cleanliness, a good dust 
 hath, charcoal, a variety of grains, 
 
 will never cease lo learn something 
 every day. The more you learn the 
 better chance you will have for suc- 
 cess. Keep a strict account of all 
 receipts and expenditures, so you will 
 know exactly how you stand. Try 
 to improve your fowls, your plans, 
 your work and your everything about 
 the poultry. The world is moving on 
 and upward. Keep up with it. Never 
 fall behind when you have once made 
 the start. Never neglect and never 
 put off until tomorrow what you can 
 do today. Do everything in time and 
 just when it needs to be done. This 
 will save time, discouragement and 
 loss. You will meet discouragements, 
 but never give up. There is a repu- 
 tation for you if you press on and 
 get it. Give just the right amount of 
 care. No need of too much care. Be 
 kind to the fowls. Make them tame 
 and you will love the work better. Pay 
 attention to the small details. Plan 
 ahead. Remember that time is re- 
 
quired to succeed. Rome wasn't built 
 in a day, neither will you reach the 
 highest step in the ladder In a day, 
 or year, or even in a dozen years. 
 But you can make a remarkable ad- 
 vancement in a short time it you 
 know how, and you can learn how 
 if you will. Be a genuine fancier 
 and let every one know that you are 
 such. And last but not least, be sure 
 to exhibit your fowls when posssible, 
 as you will learn enough to pay you 
 even if you win no prizes. It will 
 show you where your fowls are de- 
 ficient and you will see how to breed 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 been neglected early in life no amount 
 of care will make them winners. So 
 you see that there is something back 
 of merely taking the birds to the 
 shows and carrying off prizes. Begin 
 right and stay right. 
 
 P. W. SHEPARD. 
 
 SOME REASONS WHY. 
 The reason why the Investigator 
 will be a good advertising medium 
 for poultry and poultry appliances is 
 simply because the subscribers are 
 poultry people and mail order buyers. 
 To a very great extent the subscrib- 
 
 FORCED FEEDING. 
 
 No. 2 of the Investigator is really 
 about the neatest little poultry paper 
 it was ever my pleasure to see. Edi- 
 tor Harris may surely be proud of it. 
 
 Now I have a word to say about 
 feeding to force extreme early matur- 
 ity and egg production. Does it pay? 
 Does not the pullet that is brought to 
 laying at an unnaturally early age by 
 the feeding of egg-producing com- 
 pounds, etc., lose much of her value 
 as a layer for the next season, and 
 all of value as a breeder or a bird 
 from which to produce good stock? 
 
 A Lalf-tone from photo of Brandane Red Oak, 
 eady for shipment pups sired by this wonderful doff. 
 
 Eng-lish-bred Scotch collie, owned by H. R. McLean, of Red Oak. Iowa. He now ha 
 
 to obtain better results, which' will 
 atferwards give you the blue ribbons. 
 Here at the exhibition you will meet 
 dozens of breeders whom you can talk 
 with and learn of their ways of feed- 
 ing and caring for their fowls to pro- 
 duce winners. So you see that it pays 
 to exhibit, even if you cannot take to 
 the show your birds, go yourself and 
 carefully study the different birds. It 
 will be of value to you. Your fowls 
 need to be prepared for the show 
 room. You know this, but let me ask 
 you a question. Do you know just 
 when to begin preparing them for ex- 
 hibition? Well, you begin just at the 
 time when you mate your fowls. Mate 
 them to produce winners. Keep the 
 chicks growing and give proper care 
 all the way through. If they have 
 
 ers are the same people who have | 
 corresponded with the Sure Hatch In- 1 
 cubator company about incubators, 
 poultry and poultry fixtures. The 
 west has been a good field for busi- | 
 ness. On account of the big wheat i 
 crop and the general prosperity, the I 
 coming season will be better than I 
 ever. The western fairs were better i 
 than ever the past fall. Advertising 1 
 space in the Investigator will be i 
 worth more in the near future. Come I 
 in on the ground floor and get ac- 1 
 quainted while it does not cost much. | 
 
 SPECIALTY CLUB. 
 The American Hamburg club. Rev. 
 G. A. Chamblin, Secretary, Moran, 
 Kansas, 
 
 I do not mean to say that this feed- 
 ing for early maturity and great egg- 
 production should not be done at all. 
 but is it not overdone in some in- 
 stances, and even carried so far as to 
 be a positive detriment? 
 
 We have tampered very lightly with 
 such things ouTselves and have suc- 
 
 36 — Jessup nalzth iSajouro 
 
 ceeded in producing a strain of layers 
 that I think will compare very favor- 
 ably with any, while even our two 
 and three-year-old hens continue to 
 lay well. 
 
 One thing is sure, 1 do not believe 
 in using or sending our eggs for 
 hatching from stock 'hat have been 
 fed a "forced ration." 
 
 R. R. FRENCH. 
 
 Ford City, Mo. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 FOODS 
 
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 By VELMA 
 CALDKELL- 
 MELVILLE. 
 
 There are some facts that will bear 
 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- 
 
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 acre farm, and right here we want 
 to bring In one of our strong argu- 
 ments in favor of poultry for profit — 
 the fertilizer derived. Mr. Van Dreser 
 put 550 pounds of hen manure on an 
 acre prepared for wheat and pro- 
 duced on that acre 28% bushels more 
 than on adjacent acres that had not 
 been fertilized. 
 
 The crops raised exclusively for his 
 fiowls are sunflower, oats, Canada 
 peas, buckwheat and corn. Last year 
 he raised 140 bushels of sunflower 
 seed on a little less than one acre of 
 ground. 
 
 Now, to quote from this recent vis- 
 itor, Mr. Hunter of the Practical 
 Farmer: 
 
 "In the morning the fowls have a 
 grain feed of oats and peas, or wheat, 
 thrown into the straw upon the floor 
 of the pens, and this sets them to 
 scratching — starts the blood circulat- 
 ing. About 10 a. m. in winter and in 
 summer about 4:30 p. m. a mash is 
 fed of equal parts of pea meal, wheat 
 bran, middlings and ground beef 
 scraps. This is thoroughly mixed 
 together and wet up with boiling hot 
 water. Oats and peas, buckwheat 
 and corn (cracked or whole), are the 
 grains fed, and all are thrown into 
 the litter. It Is the intention to keep 
 the fowls just a little hungry, to 
 avoid overfeeding, and so they shall 
 come to their meals with a good ap- 
 petite." 
 
 This man sows Canada peas and 
 oats together, seeding in the propor- 
 tion of two bushels of oats to one 
 of peas. The writer says a field of 
 25 acres of these was being har- 
 vested on the day of his visit. It 
 
 had taken 84 bushels of the mixed 
 seed to sow the piece. 
 
 Now, of course, we cannot all be 
 Van Dresers. It would be a pity to 
 turn all our farms into hen ranches, 
 but there is money in poultry as 
 surely as in stock raising or any 
 other industry, and even a small 
 flock of birds intelligently fed and 
 humanely housed is bound to not 
 only meet its own expenses, but turn 
 quite a decent surplus into the family 
 pocketbook. 
 
 Before bidding adieu to Mr. Van 
 Dreser we want to mention that he 
 feeds the mashes in feed troughs 
 made for the purpose. He supplies 
 abundant dust boxes, boxes of grit 
 and oyster shells and water. His 
 method of watering is to put in each 
 pen a shelf some eighteen inches 
 from the floor and on this place the 
 watering pan, said pan slipping un- 
 der a board that leaves about two 
 inches all around accessible. 
 
 His pens are flfteen feet square and 
 he allows fifty birds to a pen, and, 
 as we understand it, two or three 
 males to a pen. Here we would think 
 it might be wiser to have twenty-bird 
 pens, allowing one male to each, but 
 Mr. Van Dreser's birds are wonders 
 in that the males do not fight. 
 
 Another poultry expert advises the 
 feeding of new wheat at the season 
 it can be obtained to make hens start 
 laying. She has observed through 
 long years of experience that this is 
 the effect and makes a practice of 
 buying shocks of new wheat each har- 
 vest for her yarded fowls. 
 
 She deviates from the old rule of 
 Riving the soft food in the morning 
 
and gives It at night. We should ad- 
 vocate the mash at noon in winter. 
 "Many men of many minds." 
 Another fancier says he can make 
 young birds grow faster on a diet of 
 oats alone than an anything else; 
 that is they grow large, but are a bit 
 apt to be angular. Then he rushes 
 In a few weeks of wheat to plump 
 them out. 
 
 Our young birds do not like oats 
 unless it is boiled. Besides oats is 
 such a bulky food for the amount of 
 nourishment in it. Our "pet" grain 
 is wheat for young and old birds, 
 with corn for supper in very cold 
 weather. 
 
 Some one says, "Dry grains have 
 all the elements of growth, but in so 
 small a proportion, some of them, 
 that it is necessarily slower. The 
 soft foods are a 'short cut' to the 
 desired goal, and it is well known 
 that the quicker a chick can be grown 
 to marketable size the more delicate 
 and toothsome the flesh." 
 
 This writer gives the following as 
 . proof of her theory : 
 
 "We recently visited a most suc- 
 cessful chicken raiser who marketed 
 4,000 birds between April 25th and 
 August 19th, the 4,000 bringing him 
 in $1,839.03, of which $1,000 was 
 proflt. * * * He told us that it 
 took him nine weeks to make a 114- 
 pound chick and eleven weeks to 
 make a 2-pounder. You can't do that 
 with dry feed." 
 Then she goes on to say: 
 "Mr. T. begins with a soft — not 
 sloppy — mixture of meals and a very 
 little meat meal. This, with millet 
 seed and finely cracked wheat, is the 
 food for the first week; then finely 
 cracked corn is added. They are fed 
 five times a day until three weeks 
 old. After this three times a day; in 
 the morning a mash, at noon wheat, 
 and at night cracked corn. The 
 mash is made of either corn meal or 
 gluten meals and wheat bran in 
 equal parts, with maybe a little meat 
 meal added. Besides these three reg- 
 ular meals they have green food in 
 the middle of the forenoon, cut fresh 
 bone in the middle of the afternoon 
 and all the skim milk they can 
 drink." 
 
 And now comes the surprising an- 
 nouncement that the cost in food for 
 this man to raise a 2-pounder is just 
 8 cents. 
 
 A WARM HEN HOUSE. 
 Poultry Investigator, Clay Center, 
 
 Neb.: 
 
 Your correspondent, Hattie By- 
 field, in her article on "Chicken Fix- 
 ings for Winter," concluded that 
 stone houses would be preferable to 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 sod houses. 
 
 I would suggest that she and others 
 try building concrete houses for poul- 
 try. They can be put up cheaply, and 
 will keep out rats, etc., and will al- 
 ways be warm, without any damp- 
 ness whatever. 
 
 Almost any one can put one up — 
 without much trouble. 
 
 First excavate a trench below the 
 frost line, say eight inches wide, or 
 wider if thought best, but eight inches 
 will do. 
 
 Use Portland cement, gravel and 
 sand. To one measure of Portland 
 cement add three of sand and five 
 measures of coarse gravel. Mix the 
 three together very thoroughly, three 
 or four times hoeing, then add water 
 sufficient to make it damp, then hoe it 
 again, adding just enough water so 
 that you will have a stiff mortar or 
 paste. Shovel this into the trenches', 
 throwing into it loose stone or brick 
 bats. Continue this process until the 
 trench is full. Set 2x4 posts seven to 
 eight feet apart around the trench 
 both inside and out. Then by plac- 
 ing plank or boards on the inside of 
 the posts you have a mould into 
 which the cement mixture can be 
 placed, the same as if it was put into 
 the trench. The posts must be set 
 perpendicular and plumb and strips 
 nailed onto the posts to keep them in 
 place. 
 
 By the time the one course is filled 
 in around the building, the plank or 
 boaid where the cement was first put 
 in can be pulled up and a new course 
 started. For openings for doors and 
 windows frames can be set inside of 
 the moulds. Always see that these 
 frames are set plumb. 
 
 For a building 12x20 6x8 feet high 
 would take about eleven barrels of 
 Portland cement. The stone thrown 
 in promiscuously should not exceed 
 four or five inches in size, and too 
 many will weaken the structure, just 
 enough stone to take up the concrete. 
 Tamping will give it solidity. The 
 floors can be put in the same way, 
 excavating below the surface at least 
 six inches, fill in with sand or cinders, 
 making a coating of at least two 
 inches, giving it a slight fall to the 
 outside. If a smooth job is desired, 
 both for the floor and the outside, 
 use one part of cement to two parts 
 of clean sharp sand, troweling the 
 same as a plasterer does his work. 
 Blocks of stone can be marked oft on 
 the wall. 
 
 Such a house would be warm and 
 
 free from insects, or the troublesome 
 
 rat. It would virtually be a stone 
 
 house. 
 
 The time is not far distant when 
 
 most of our homes will be built in 
 this manner, as the price of Port- 
 land cement, in consequence of great 
 increase of its manufacture, is getting 
 down to where it can be economically 
 used for home building. 
 
 O. G. VANDERHOOF. 
 Brazil, Ind. 
 
 A HANDSOME, HELPFUL BOOK. 
 
 "More Money from Your Hens" is 
 the title of a new book issued by the 
 Stratton Mfg. Co. of Erie, Pa., man- 
 ufacturers of the well known line of 
 Dandy Green Bone Cutters. It is at- 
 tractively printed in two colors, well 
 illustrated, and goes into the question 
 of making poultry profitable in a very 
 thorough manner. Of course it places 
 special emphasis on the value of 
 freshly cut green bone as an egg pro- 
 ducer and growth promoter. There is 
 no doubt in the minds of poultry 
 raisers that a little green bone added 
 to the feeding ration is productive of 
 the very best results in two ways: It 
 not only saves in the grain bill, an im- 
 portant feature this fall when grain 
 is high, but it also makes the poultry 
 more productive in every way. It is 
 a double-headed money maker. 
 
 The "Dandy" iDone Cutter has been 
 on the market a number of years 
 with increasing popularity. It has an 
 automatic feeding device, is strongly 
 and substantially built, has a large 
 cutting capacity, and we know that 
 numerous of our readers have demon- 
 strated that it is a satisfactory ma- 
 chine in every way. You will be in- 
 terested in the handsome book which 
 they send free. 
 
 HAMBURG BREEDERS, ATTEN- 
 TION. 
 
 The American Hamburg club will 
 hold its annual meeting at Topeka, 
 Kan., January 6th to 11th. This 
 will cover the dates of the Kansas 
 State Poultry show. 
 
 Premiums are coming in. We have 
 some grand ones already. Be sure 
 that you help in this matter. 
 
 Let us know what and how much 
 you will give to help out the premium 
 list. 
 
 Send your birds to the show, and 
 let us move along with the other up- 
 to date breeders. 
 
 G. A. CHAMBLIN, Secretary. 
 
 Morken, Kan. 
 
 Buff Cochins. ^ 
 Rose Comb Brown 
 Leghorhs 
 
 M.v hirds score from SO to 95 by Frank Oitch- 
 coc-U and have won for two years in the show 
 room. Trices reasonable. Write your wants. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 \ PraLcticQLl and Profitable! 
 
 By 
 
 Poultry Cviltvire 
 
 >L E. 
 
 I Keyser 
 
 By far the greater number of peo- , system. The pens not thus heated 
 pic who keep poultry, and especially had sectional brooders and were used 
 the farmers and villagers, are inter- | for very young chicks. The pens in 
 ested in practical methods. They this house were lOxG feet, excepting 
 wish to produce the choicest eggs and | those in which were located the sec- 
 meat at the lowest cost. The pro- tional brooders, which were divided 
 duction of eggs and market poultry | by temporary partitions, making 
 is a safe business and one that is them 3x10 feet. Thus the house had 
 fairly remunerative when conducteu j forty pens and a capacity of 2,000 
 on either a large or small scale. It j chicks, as we rated it, but many 
 can be successfully carried on on the | poultiymen would have placed twice 
 farm or the village acre, the amount i that number in this house. 
 
 of land required depending on the ex- 
 tent of the business and the manner 
 in which it is conducted. The farmer 
 wishes to produce his fowls with the 
 least possible labor. Usually when 
 the chicks are of an age to require 
 the n(nst attention he is busy with 
 his -spring work, so in many cases 
 where poultry is made much of an 
 item the care falls to the women of 
 the family, and to lessen the labor 
 the chicks are allowed free range as 
 soon as they are large enough to leave 
 the hen or brooder. 
 A SMAI,L RUT COMPLETE POUL- 
 TRY PLANT. 
 
 Persons having less land at their 
 disposal must in a measure confine 
 their fowls and chicks, and for such 
 a well-arranged poultry plant is more 
 of a necessity. A model plant can be 
 constructed on two acres of land, 
 which will accommodate from 300 to 
 500 laying hens, and on which 2,000 
 or more market chickens can be com- 
 fortably raised to roasting size or ma- 
 turity. Such a plant should have a 
 good brooder house, and either long 
 houses with at least twelve compart- 
 ments, or their enuivalent in small 
 houses, with commodious yards at 
 both sides of buildings. The writer 
 wa.s at one time actively engaged in 
 raising market chickens and eggs and 
 built a small but complete plant on 
 two acres which I will briefly de- 
 scribe, as it may interest some who 
 anticipate starting in poultry. 
 
 The brooder house was a double 
 row building facing the soiith, 112 
 feet long by 24 wide, with a four-foot 
 alley running the entire length of the 
 building, while in the center was a 
 compartment 12x24, in which was lo- 
 cated the office, heating, picking and 
 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 
 
 The houses for laying hens were 
 two in number, each 10x96 feet, di- 
 vided into six pens each 10x16 feet, 
 each pen having a roosting room and 
 an open scratching shed. At the 
 front of each pen was a yard 16x150 
 feet, and at the rear another yard 
 16x50 feet. The front of the scratch- 
 ing sheds were closed with wire net- 
 ting and from each shed there was a 
 small door into the smaller yard, 
 while one from the house led into 
 the large yard. During the winter 
 from 25 to 50 hens were kept in each 
 of these co^mpartments, but when the 
 first lot of chicks were large enough 
 to leave the brooders, the weather 
 warm and then hens on the range in 
 the large yards, they were given the 
 scratching sheds fnd small yards. 
 Thus the hen houses were made to 
 do double service, and the brooder 
 house was also kept full the entire 
 season. This gave this apparently 
 small plant a very large capacity. 
 After the chicks were disposed of in 
 the fall the small yards were sown to 
 rye and seeded down, so as to have a 
 fresh lot of green food and grass for 
 the chicks the next season. 
 
 Such a plant as this, however, is 
 entirely too extensive for those who 
 only wish to go into the business in 
 a small way, and could not be rec- 
 
 ommended unless one intended to de- 
 vote his entire time to the business, 
 depending upon it for a livelihood. 
 In such a case it is necessary to have 
 a good equipment of buildings, brood- 
 ers and incubators, for they are the 
 first requisite for success. Where a 
 man depends upon poultry for a liv- 
 ing it is necessary to have a good 
 equipment, for if he be handicapped 
 by miserable makeshifts the contin- 
 ual loss will cut deep into his profits 
 and may result in a total failure. 
 
 Most people who are in the busi- 
 ness in a small way or contemplate 
 embarking in it have buildings of 
 some kind or have plans for cheap 
 and convenient structures which will 
 answer well their purpose, so I will 
 not devote valuable space in an at- 
 tempt to formulate plans for them, 
 as each maist be guided by his own 
 individual circumstances, surround- 
 ings, etc. Neither was it my design 
 to go into detail about methods of 
 hatching, rearing and feeding chicks, 
 as most every one who has been en- 
 gaged in the business has a plan of 
 his own and will be slow to adopt any 
 method which is a radical change 
 from the one with which he has in 
 a measure been successful, but I may, 
 in a future article, as the hatching 
 season draws near, explain the meth- 
 ods which have with me proven suc- 
 cessful. 
 
 THE EGG THE SOURCE OF ALL 
 PROFir. 
 
 The source of all profit from poul- 
 try is the egg, whether we sell them 
 in the market or use them for incu- 
 bation, and to produce eggs at all 
 seasons, and strongly fertile eggs 
 during the hatching season especially, 
 is the aim of every poulterer. Some 
 wish to make a specialty of eggs 
 only, others depend on the sale of 
 fowls for market, while many com- 
 bine both branches. Where eggs 
 only are desired it is only necessary 
 to raise enough chicks to make good 
 the laying stock, it being necessary 
 to dispose of most of the hens after 
 
 I'lize-wiilniiiB I.it-lit Hr.ilii 
 
 cli .IS r.. ]!. Cl:i 
 
 ftf F.iirbury. Nebr.. l>reeds 
 
they ai'e a year old, as pullets lay 
 much better than hens. Even here it 
 is necessary to go into the market 
 poultry business to some extent, as 
 the old hens must be disposed of and 
 among the chicks hatched to replace 
 them there will be a large percentage 
 of cockerels. If we keep the egg 
 sw'ins — ^fiowls of the Mediterranean 
 class, such as Leghorns, Minorcas, 
 Spanish or Hamburgs— the amount re- 
 ceived from the sale of surplus stock 
 will be small and will probably not 
 be moi'e than equal the cost of the 
 food, but in egg farming this is one 
 of the minor items. The main ob- 
 ject being eggs, we must hatch the 
 pullets early and get them to laying 
 before cold weather sets in, and by 
 proper housing and feeding Keep 
 them laying all winter. The great- 
 est profit is derived from winter eggs, 
 althougn when the nens are given 
 ■free range and allowed to hunt all or 
 the greater portion ot their food sum- 
 mer eggs are nearly as profitable, be- 
 cause it costs nothing or very little 
 to produce them. 
 
 Most farmers and cottagers, how- 
 ever, desire to combine both market 
 poultry and eggs, and for such the 
 heavy-laying strains of some of the 
 larger breeds are to be preferred to 
 those of the Mediterranean class. The 
 Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks and Wyan- 
 dottes are all excellent fowls for this 
 purpose, and when dressed their car- 
 casses will bring the highest price 
 in the market. It is not necessary 
 for the farmer or market poultryman 
 to attempt to raise show birds or to 
 breed his fowls too closely to feather. 
 Egg-producing qualities and size 
 should be given preference over fancy 
 points, but pure bred fowls of any 
 breed will be found vastly superior 
 to mongrels, as they will be larger 
 and more uniform in size and appear- 
 ance and bring better prices when 
 sold. 
 GRADING UP COMMON STOCK. 
 
 Where one has a mixed lot of hens 
 which are fairly good producers he 
 can build up his own strain and in 
 a few years have them quite uniform 
 both in shape and feather. Select 
 the best hens you have and mate them 
 to a thoroughbred male of such breed 
 as you prefer. The next season select 
 the largest and best pullets and 
 either breed them back to the same 
 male or secure a new male of the 
 same breed and as near like the old 
 cock bird as you can find. It is not 
 necessary to purchase a high-priced 
 bird for this purpose— one that a fan- 
 cier would call a cull will answer the 
 purpose very well — but we would In- 
 sist on having one of large size fairly 
 good shaped comb and yellow legs 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 and skin. Yellow-meated chickens 
 sell for better prices than white- 
 meated ones, and cost no more to 
 raise. Buyers of poultry In the west 
 are not as particular as those in the 
 east, yet as the cold storage men are 
 now taking many fowls which ulti- 
 mately find sale in the eastern mar- 
 kets they will discriminate more 
 closely every year, and it will pay to 
 have a flock that will meet the re^ 
 quirements of the oest markets. 
 EARLY HATCHES DESIRABLE. 
 It is desirable to get as man> 
 chicks hatched early in the season 
 as possible, but unless one has a 
 warm brooder house It is not desir- 
 able to bring off a hatch much before 
 the first or middle of March in most 
 sections. March, April and May are 
 the hatching months and chicks 
 hatched in these months are far su- 
 perior, both for layers and market 
 fowls, to those hatched later in the 
 season, unless one is raising winter 
 roasting chickens, when August, Sep- 
 tember and October chicks are re- 
 quired. 
 
 ADVANTAGES OF THE INCUBA- 
 TOR AND BROODER. 
 If we wish to make the most of our 
 opportunity we must employ the in- 
 cubator. Of course, many chicks may 
 be raised by the use of hens for in- 
 cubation, but it is difficult to find 
 many sitters early in the season, and 
 the work of attending to them, in 
 case they are found, is much greater 
 than caring for an incubator or two. 
 In fact we would as soon care for 
 an incubator holding 200 eggs or more 
 as to look after one sitting hen, and 
 the same is true where a greater 
 number of hens or machines are em- 
 ployed. It is also much easier to 
 care for incubator chicks in brooders 
 than to attend hens with their broods. 
 The same time required to feed and 
 care for a hen with a dozen chicks 
 will care for fifty in a brooder. We 
 several seasons ago discarded the use 
 of hens entirely for incubation pur- 
 poses, as We found we could do the 
 work much easier, cheaper and bet- 
 ter with the machine. One or more 
 good incubators, then, are really nec- 
 essary to carry on the business to 
 any great extent, and one will be 
 found profitable even where but a 
 comparatively small number of 
 chicks are to be raised, as with its 
 use it is possible to get the chicks 
 at a time when they are most desired, 
 and thus do away with the vexation 
 of depending on the caprice of the 
 hen. 
 
 MARKETING POULTRY. 
 All old hens and the cockerels from 
 the early hatches should be marketed 
 as early in the season as possible. 
 
 During July, August and September 
 the market is much better than later. 
 There is very little good poultry in 
 the market at this season, excepting 
 broilers, and the old hens, if well 
 fattened, will bring a good price. The 
 cockerels can be sold as broilers or 
 held until they are of sufficient size 
 to make nice roasting fowls, as the 
 market seems to indicate. Some- 
 times it will pay to sell when the 
 birds weigh but three or four pounds 
 to the pair, but unless the price for 
 such fowls is high it is better to keep 
 mem until they weigh six to ten 
 pounds to tae pair. The additional 
 weight will often more than make up 
 for the difference in the price per 
 pound between a broiling and roast- 
 ing chicken. At any rate get all that 
 IS suitable off before October 15th, as 
 by that time the great bulk of farm 
 poultry will begin to come in and the 
 market is usually glutted and prices 
 rule low. Many farmers fat all their 
 poultry for Thanksgiving or the hol- 
 iday trade, and as a consequence there 
 is an overstock at that time. Of late 
 the cold storage men have helped the 
 commission men out in these emer- 
 gencies and taken large quantities of 
 stock at very low prices, which oth- 
 erwise would have spoiled on their 
 hands. The poultryman should watch 
 the markets closely and get the bulk 
 of his stock off before the decline in 
 prices. 
 
 Good business methods are essential 
 to make poultry pay, and these in 
 connection with a knowledge of the 
 business, good buildings, energy and 
 sufficient capital to successfully carry 
 on the work, will assure success. 
 
 COLUMBUS SHOW. 
 
 Don't fail to be at the great Colum- 
 bus show, December 16 to January 2. 
 All railroads pulling into Columbus 
 will carry passengers at half rate. The 
 show will be held at the Columbus 
 Auditorium, the largest hall in the 
 state of Ohio, having more than 25,- 
 000 feet of floor space, not including 
 galleries, etc. 
 
 The management has engaged the 
 following well known udges to place 
 awards: Judges H. A. Budge, Charles 
 Kramer, S. B. Lane, Ivi. M. Barger and 
 Judge Robert Champion, the well 
 known English judge who has judged 
 birds at the great Crystal Palace show 
 of London, England, beyond a doubt 
 one ot the most capable judges on 
 the English varieties in the world. 
 
 For further information in regard 
 to the great Columbus shod, address 
 the secretary, F. A. BRIGEL, 
 
 Cor. 11th and N. 4th Sts., Columbus, 
 
 Ohio. 
 
16 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Winter Cointfori {@r F^i^ls? 
 
 I , . . By ma-UI^W?&ilrr - . . I 
 
 Already the chill of coming winter 
 may be felt in. the air, and the care- 
 ful "head of the house" has completed 
 repairs and made all things ready for 
 the coming of this cold stormy old 
 King Winter. This forethought and 
 labor have been that the members of 
 the home circle may be warm, com- 
 fortable and happy within a comfort- 
 able home, around the glowing fire, 
 while wintry storms and winds are 
 raging without in all their fury. But 
 how is it wim your fowls? Have you 
 made every house they call home 
 snug and comfortable for winter, or 
 have you been so engrossed with win- 
 ter preparations around the home that 
 the poultry has been utterly forgot- 
 ten? Alas, too often, they are unshel- 
 tered and uncared for through driving 
 snow and beating storm! It is late to 
 commence repairs and improvements 
 in and around the poultry houses, but 
 even if late i* is better to do all that 
 is needful for the fowls' comfort now 
 than to leave it altogether. A house 
 of one thickness of lumber, If the 
 cracks are battened, may be made suf- 
 ficiently warm to insure the health 
 and comfort of the fowls. Indeed I 
 think such a house, with tight fitting 
 windows and doors, well banked up on 
 the outside and with no Iwoken win- 
 dow panes to let in wind and snow. 
 preferable to the house built of two 
 thicknesses of lumber with paper be- 
 tween, unless such a house has built 
 in it a good ventilator. If too warmly 
 housed and too closely confined the 
 poultry become tender and the least 
 exposure is a fruitful source of dis- 
 ease in the form of colds, roup and 
 consumption. Now, do not think for 
 one moment that I advocate the bare 
 limbs of trees or fence corners as 
 roosting places for poultry, that they 
 may become so hardened that they 
 are perfectly healthy all winter long. 
 Were my fowls so cruelly treated as 
 to remain homeless and shelterless on 
 cold, stormy nights, I could not rest 
 in my warm bed, and sleep would not 
 visit my eyes because of my conscious- 
 ness of the poor biddies' suffering. 
 
 An open scratch shed on the south 
 of the poultry house is a great help 
 in keeping the house warm, and as 
 the fowls have access to such a ! 
 scratching room they keep warm ex- 1 
 ercising, while becoming accustomed I 
 to the cold weather, and will keep [ 
 healthy, happy and prove profitable | 
 all winter. 
 
 If on the farm, nice, fresh straw is 
 always handy for use in these winter 
 scratch sheds, but if the breeder lives 
 in village or town, a load should be 
 obtained now and placed near the 
 poultry house for future use. Many 
 flocks of farm fowls are allowed to 
 pick their own living all the year 
 around, and they live upon the waste 
 of the farm, but such flocks do not 
 prove as profitable as the poultry that 
 are housed and fed for winter egg 
 production. 
 
 A very great part of the waste grain 
 is corn, and while this grain is an 
 excellent food for fattening the fowls 
 and supplying warmth to their bodies, 
 it is not one of the best foods for egg 
 formation. A few years ago oats was 
 condemned as a food for the fowls, 
 because of the danger, as many de- 
 clared, of the sharp grains cutting 
 through the crop, thus causing death, 
 but now very many of the most s>ic- 
 cessful breeders tell us it is one of 
 the most desirable foods for poultry. 
 From my own experience with oats as 
 a winter food, I can recommend it 
 as healthful and appetizing food for 
 the poultry, and when I have fed it 
 extensively in winter my hens have 
 proved profitable as layers. In very 
 cold weather it is best to feed corn, 
 warmed in the oven, for one meal a 
 day, but let not this grain be the 
 main winter food. Oats, wheat and 
 barley should have precedence, with a 
 mash of ground grains In which is 
 mixed vegetables, or vegetable par- 
 ings, or cut clover, as an evening meal. 
 In winter the fowls often suffer from 
 thirst. Water is given them occasion- 
 ally, but soon becomes frozen, unless 
 the house wherein it is placed is warm 
 enough to prevent it. Twice a day the 
 poultry should be supplied with water 
 slightly warmed, that they may 
 quench their thirst and as a help in 
 egg production. We know that a very 
 great part of the egg is water, there- 
 fore if we would have eggs water 
 must not be withheld. 
 
 Cleanliness, freedom from lice and 
 mites, and plenty of room are other 
 essentials to winter comfort of the 
 poultry. Because it is cold and un- 
 pleasant work removing the droppings 
 in winter, they are often allowed to 
 accumulate and remain undisturbed 
 until spring, by the careless or indif- 
 ferent breeder, but this is far from 
 the right way. At least once a week 
 the dropping boards, if dropping 
 
 boards are used, should be scraped otf 
 and the droppings carried out. If no 
 dropping boards are under the perches, 
 but the floor of the house catches the 
 droppings of the fowls, then even more 
 necessary is it that they be cleaned 
 out often, for if allowed to remain 
 the fowls must pick up their grain 
 from among the filth, and such feed- 
 ing cannot be conducive to health. 
 The nest boxes need to be emptied and 
 cleaned out occasionally during the 
 winter, else lice or mites may find a 
 safe hiding place in them. Winter 
 though it is, the lice and mites will 
 be always with us unless we are vigi- 
 lant and continue our fight against 
 them. Do not let us delude ourselves 
 with the comforting thought that they 
 are all frozen to death. This is the 
 best time to wage war against them 
 with lice killing machines, insect pow- 
 ders, kerosene, gasoline, carbolic acid 
 and liquid lice killers galore, as they 
 may be more easily exterminated now 
 than when they are multiplying so 
 fast, as they do in summer weather. 
 Some sunshiny corner in winter house 
 or scratch shed is a wonderful help 
 in keeping these pests in subjection, 
 and if one just stands and watches 
 biddy for a few moments as she 
 scratches, rolls and dusts herself, or 
 lazily lies, half covered in dust sun- 
 ning herself, no doubt of the happy 
 content the fowls find in such a bath 
 will be entertained. The dust bath 
 serves a three-fold purpose. It is a 
 source of the keenest enjoyment, rids 
 the fowls of lice that are upon them, 
 and cleans and brightens the plu- 
 mage. 
 
 Overcrowding the poultry house is 
 a great mistake. I know it sometimes 
 seems unavoidable. One has retained 
 only as many of the old stock as is 
 needed for next season's work, but 
 the young stock that are intended for 
 home use and those that are for sale 
 must bo housed, and if house space 
 is limited, often more are crowded in 
 together than should be. Being so 
 crowded no room is had for exercise, 
 the walls of the house become frosted 
 and damp from the breath of the 
 fowls and the air becomes fowl and 
 impure, and often disease and death 
 follow such discomforts. Better to 
 dispose of all except those that can 
 be comfortably housed, even if one 
 feels very loth to do so, or else pro- 
 vide larger or more houses. 
 
 MATTIE WEBSTER. 
 
 THE SAME OLD STORY. 
 Mister Editer: 
 
 Mariar's hoppin mad and declairs 
 she'l never sell anuther burd as long 
 es her heads warm. You see it cum 
 round like this: she has a lawyer 
 
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 
 the fare ez smilin ez a basket uv 
 chips and wen the judges cum to this 
 burd she hed that look on her face that 
 the poet wuz thinkin uv wen he sed 
 that sayin about the slips alween the 
 cup and the lips; and wen the boss 
 judge see this burd he jest stood and 
 lookt at him fer awile and then sed 
 "Put both first and second on that 
 feller, he's a corker. " The other judge 
 sed "I spose we owt to run him thru 
 the new improved ex ray masheen 
 jest fer form; but uv corse a bird with 
 such breedin ez he has couldent have 
 anything rong with him." And so in 
 he went. The first feller lookt and 
 sed "All rite," but wen the uther fel- 
 ler had lookt a long time he called 
 for a brighter lite and then he sed he 
 could see sines uv fethers startin on 
 his legs that wood surely be purty 
 near the surface within the next two 
 yeres, and under our incomparable 
 Standard uv perfecshun he had to be 
 throne out. Everybody sed he wuz 
 the finest burd wat wuz ever shone 
 In Dryden, and folks cum fer miles 
 around to see him. Now Mariar says 
 as how the fathers wat make our 
 Standard had no idee uv the ex ray 
 masheen being used to find fethers 
 with, and if tha had it wood hev bin 
 diferenter. She says she will devote 
 the rest of her life to havin the Stand- 
 ard changed so ez there wont be no 
 diqualifercashuns in it. Nearly all 
 the hart burnins and the cuss wurds 
 in the chickens shows for the past 
 ten yere hev cum frum this pervision 
 uv the Standard and it aint rite, and 
 ort to be changed. 
 
 Yours fer reform, 
 
 ZACHARY YEAKLE. 
 — Praetical Poultryman. 
 
 Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center. Nebr., feeding her prize-winninsr Buff Kocks. 
 
 Experience with Poultry. 
 
 Mr. Editor: — As a farmer I would 
 like to give my experience with poul- 
 try. When only a small boy I was 
 poultry keeper, garden tender and 
 chore boy, and have been nearly ever 
 since. 
 
 To the best of my recollection 1 
 never saw a flock of thoroughbred 
 chickens until after I was grown. My 
 mother, like nearly all the other good 
 mothers, would swap a setting of eggs 
 with some friend and by that way 
 change or add to her flock. 
 
 This was kept up until about four 
 years ago, when I persuaded her to 
 sell all her chickens except a few 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. Then I went 
 and bought some pui'e bred males and 
 commenced breeding up our flock. I 
 am now picking out the defective ones 
 and disposing of them and trying to 
 improve our flock as fast as I can. 
 I'here never was a poultry journal in 
 our house, not even a sample copy, 
 until a few months ago. Now I am tak- 
 ing two. 
 
 Pure bred cattle and hogs have 
 proven to the farmer that they were 
 the most profitable when properly 
 cared for, and so will thoroughbred 
 poultry. 
 
 "Ignorance is bliss;" so is the mon- 
 grel fowl to those who do not know 
 the value of the thoroughbred and 
 how to care for them. 
 
 Not being able to keep but one kind 
 I have selected the Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks and think they are a good all- 
 purpose fowl. 0& the first ef last 
 
 March we reduced our flock to forty- 
 four. On the first of October I found 
 that besides supplying our table with 
 eggs and fry chickens, we had sold 
 eggs $20 worth; fry chickens, $10 
 worth, and had on hand about seventy- 
 five frys and the original flocks, less 
 ten. Six we sold in August and four 
 were lost during the summer, two 
 from disease and two by accident. 
 The eggs averaged 8 1-3 cents per 
 dozen and the frys IVz cents per 
 pound. Counting the amount used 
 equal to the amount sold, I think they 
 have paid well for their feed and keep- 
 ing. 
 
 We keep our chickens healthy and in 
 good flesh, so whenever we want to dis- 
 pose of any we find a ready market. 
 
 A chicken needs clean, comfortable 
 quarters, pure water, plenty of range 
 to exercise on and suflicient food to 
 keep them in good flesh. If a farmer 
 has a span of horses the same color 
 and size, in good flesh and good trav- 
 elers, or a herd of nice cattle or hogs, 
 all even and the same color and in 
 good flesh, he need not hunt for a buy- 
 er; they will hunt him. The same 
 with your poultry. 
 
 If this finds a place in your valuable 
 paper I will send you our methods of 
 caring for our chickens. Yours re- 
 spectfully, R. B. L. BLACK. 
 
 TIMELY HITS. 
 By Percy W. Shepard. 
 If all preparations have not been 
 made, as far as is possible, for winter, 
 do not delay in getting everything in 
 readiness for the coming season. 
 It is past time to whitewash your 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Buff.Lef horns on G. B. Lobb's farm, Clay Center, Nebr., owned by Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 
 
 poultry house. Yet if it has not been 
 done you should lose no time in doing 
 it. Whitewash is indispensable to 
 your work. It makes the poultry 
 house brighter, cleaner, much nicer, 
 and leaves no place for vermin. 
 
 If there are any repairs needed for 
 your buildings get them done as soon 
 as you can get time. Make the build- 
 ings wind proof and warm, fix up all 
 leaks and replace broken glass in the 
 windows. 
 
 Have all your birds selected and also 
 mated if you intend to raise any win- 
 ter chickens. Do not try to select 
 your birds in an hour. Get a Standard 
 of Perfection and study up on points. 
 Then go over each bird separately, 
 carefully noting each part and con- 
 sidering size, color, shape, etc., as Is 
 mentioned in the Standard. In this 
 way you will be able to select your 
 birds to the best advantage. Do not 
 winter any "scrubs" nor old birds. 
 Young hens pay best. 
 
 A FEW CONTRASTS. 
 First we will consider line breed- 
 ing in its true meaning, compared 
 with-iubreeding or incestuous breed- 
 ing. There are so many who do not 
 seem to distinguish the difference, 
 though expressed rather extravagantly 
 For that reason I will term one as 
 positive and the other as negative, as 
 there is in reality ac wide contrast 
 in the two metho<is, or rather the first 
 is the embodiment of method and 
 forethought, with an adoption of the 
 means to serve the ends, together with 
 a comprehension of cause and effect, 
 an original object conceived and con- 
 
 tinually kept in view. The latter, in- 
 breeding, is the opposite or negative, 
 and well said when called negligent 
 breeding, as it may not necessarily 
 be closer breeding, but for lack o£ 
 above principles and care, yet may 
 really be more incestious and dis- 
 astrous by far than line breeding in 
 results, though each are destructive 
 in unskilled hands, hence only those 
 who are systematic and painstaking 
 in their methods, keen in observation 
 and possessed of sufficient patience to 
 have mastered most of the problems 
 of reversion by weighing the propor- 
 tions of ancestral influence through 
 years of practical experience should 
 attempt line breeding. Again no strain 
 of fowls can be intelligently estab- 
 lished without resorting to a pedigree 
 system of breeding. The only substi- 
 tue would be the use of a breeding 
 chart, so systematized as to show to 
 a nicety and at a glance the exact 
 proportions of preponderance of blood 
 of each of the original ancestors, 
 though better yet is the employment 
 of both systems. However, one is but 
 a duplicate of the other, but so for- 
 mulated as to express a different pur- 
 pose. 
 
 I will not attempt here to explain 
 the workings and merits of either 
 system, as each are deserving of an 
 article devoted almost wholly to its 
 own subject. While the topic of line 
 breeding is in hand it may be well to 
 explain ihere need only be one rea- 
 son of close breeding and that of par- 
 ents to their offspring. The most vig- 
 orous cues then should be used in 
 preference to any other quality, re- 
 
 membering that uniformity is the one 
 great object of line breeding, hence 
 great care here is also necessary. 
 
 The mating of brothers to sisters is 
 the rankest kind of incestuous breed- 
 ing, and I would advise no one to 
 attempt it if you would succeed. There 
 are thousands upon thousands of peo- 
 ple who are greatly interested in fine 
 poultry, but there is a great contrast 
 between those who aim to perpetuate 
 and improve pure-bred poultry and 
 those who seem to possess an inher- 
 ent desire to continually keep cross- 
 ing the pure breeds, and thus undoing 
 that which has taken many different 
 fanciers years of patience and study, 
 yes, and sums of money, to accom- 
 plish. Perfect pirates, if I may be 
 allowed the term. 
 
 There is yet another contrast that 
 is quite significant to the scientific 
 breeder, for the same evil propensi- 
 ties are instigated even among some 
 of those who only breed one single 
 variety, inasmuch that they continu- 
 ally mate specimens possessing ex- 
 tremes, either in size, color, shape, 
 markings, early maturity, profligacy, 
 etc., which by laws of revertion prove 
 unsatisfactory. 
 
 M. L. EDSON. 
 
 Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 ADVERTISING. 
 
 Poultry advertising pays because 
 poultry pays. No one will question 
 the statement. Had the poultrymen 
 the competition, the full market and 
 the thousand and one things (that he 
 is free from) to deal with, would the 
 class of advertising placed by the av- 
 erage poultryman pay? Would it pay 
 to answer an inquiry promptly if 
 competition was such that delay was 
 dangerous to a sale? Would it pay to 
 write an attractive ad. if every other 
 advertiser did? And would it pay to 
 have an ad. that appeared like a 
 quarantined subject (out when the 
 guards were away), or a live stand- 
 ing ad? 
 
 The poultry business can put up 
 with poor backing; the fact is no 
 other business could stand it, yet be- 
 cause it is able to stand the pressure 
 is no reason why it should, and the 
 day is not far distant when poultry- 
 men will consider it necessary to look 
 after not only the placing of ads and 
 the style, but answering the inquiries 
 iu a manner aprpoved by the most 
 exact business methods. 
 
 Buff P. Rocks. 
 
 Motto: — "Good stock at moderate 
 price." Stock for sale after Sept. IS. 
 W. D. SWAIN, Pauora, la. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 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 
 
 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 
 
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 yield to medicines in case of some 
 ailment, just turn him out to care for 
 himself and he will find some herb 
 or grass that will supply the remedy 
 to cure, and in a couple of weeks 
 come up looking sleek, fat and 
 healthy. 
 
 Regarding the condition of hares, 
 I must say that some people suppose 
 that because the score card standard 
 specifies the long, rather spare-built 
 racy appearance as most desirable in 
 preparing an animal for the show 
 room, it is necessary to almost starve 
 him for a time to secure the neces- 
 sary reduction of flesh. A pot-bellied 
 appearance will certainly cause a 
 heavy cut in the rib and 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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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Thieves 
 and 
 Dogs 
 
 By 
 Bmma 
 Perkins 
 
 As this is tlie time wlien thieves do 
 break In and steal chicliens, and as 
 Hattie Byfield ended up her good let- 
 ter along this line, I will take up 
 where she left off and write some ol 
 my experiences. 
 
 I am very sorry to say that three 
 or four farmers in our immediate 
 neighborhood have lost nearly all of 
 this year's crop of chickens by chicken 
 thieves. Professionals, too, do the 
 work all up nicely in one night. 
 
 This is worse than any skunk or 
 weasel's work, as they will only take 
 a part of the flock and come back the 
 next night, giving you a chance at 
 their life. 
 
 I do not mean to say that profes- 
 sional thieves live here, they only 
 drift down the river in high watei 
 time, and stop with us just long 
 enough to fill themselves with chicken 
 and then float off down the stream 
 with the next rise, and the folks 
 down the line had better be on the 
 lookout for them. Now is when they 
 are getting in their work. 
 
 I will tell the readers of the In- 
 vestigator my experiences with dogs 
 and chicken thieves (as you all know 
 they are usually classed together). 
 
 We were aroused one night from our 
 sound sleep by loud shrieks from the 
 old hen. This meant an enemy in 
 the camp. My husband jumped up 
 and ran to the hen yards, but there 
 were such thick bushes around the 
 hen house the thief had time and a 
 good oportunity to make his escape 
 before he could get there. 
 
 Every few days we would hear of 
 neighbors losing their chickens. 1 
 could not sleep at night, thinking our 
 time would be next. I had about two 
 hundred very fine Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks all in one house. If they made 
 a raid on those they would leave the 
 platter empty. 
 
 I went out to the hen yard one 
 evening, sat down upon a stump near 
 by and set the wheels to working in 
 my head. There was the gate leading 
 from the chicken yard into the or- 
 chard, then the orchard was full of 
 bushes and surrounded by a large 
 hedge fence, with only a few open- 
 ings in it for the a«commodation of 
 tramps and movers to get their supply 
 of apples and peaches, and chickens. 
 too, if they preferred them. 
 
 The surroundings were just as 
 
 ■ ' . 
 
 :,t^,r^ mii 
 
 
 
 the yards of Mrs,. C. Kockliill. lla 
 
 handy as could be fixed for the chick- 
 en thief, and the problem to solve 
 was, how could I make it handy for 
 myself to know when they were there? 
 
 The happy thought struck me, I 
 will run a telephone from the hen 
 house to my bed room, and that will 
 tell me if any one enters tnat door at 
 night 
 
 I placed a heavy post against the 
 door, fastened a piece of common 
 binding twine to the bottom of the j 
 door, let it run along on the ground j 
 under the fence and on ^o the house. ; 
 Passing through the key hole and at- 1 
 Cached to a flat iron setting on a bal- ; 
 ance on the outer edge of a chair, it 
 was ready to give the alarm by the i 
 slightest slack of the cord. j 
 
 This being done, I could go to bed 
 and enjoy a good night's rest. After 
 this process was kept up for several 
 weeks without any signs of molesta- 
 tion, we were awaKened at the mid- 
 night hour by that awful alarm — the 
 iron went tumbling to the floor. With 
 trembling hands I seized the broom 
 and my husband the shotgun, and we 
 made our way toward the hen house, 
 but before we got there we discovered 
 a passing cur had run over the string 
 md gave the alarm. The hen house 
 door was as I had left it, but had it 
 been a thief we surely would have 
 caught him before he had spent much 
 lime with the chickens. 
 
 As the telephone is used in most all 
 kinds of business, why not use it to 
 catch the chicken thiei? 
 
 I knew another person who inventea 
 nearly the same plan to save a flock 
 of turkeys. He had lost turkeys at 
 different times, but saved them by [ 
 
 the telephone process. His plan was 
 like ours only he extended the string 
 from the door across over the head 
 of his bed, tied a small tin pail to the 
 end of the string and put a few small 
 rocks in the pail, and it came tum- 
 bling down on his head. 
 
 But this all happened before we 
 got a good dog to watch at night. I 
 write this experiment for the benefit 
 of those who have no watch dog. I 
 have tried both and I'll take a good 
 dog every time. But a good poultry 
 dog must be trained fro ma pup to 
 know that that is his business. The 
 best one we ever haa was a large 
 bulldog. He was raised from a tiny 
 pup with the chickens. He knew 
 where they belonged and where they 
 did not belong. He knew it was 
 against the rules for a hen to be in 
 the dooryard, and if one should get 
 in and attempt to get out through a 
 place too small to admit her body to 
 pass through he would chew her legs 
 off, so she never got in but once. But 
 he was trained that that was his busi- 
 ness to look after the chickens. 
 
 His sleeping box was in the hen 
 yard and if anything made an attempt 
 to molest the chickens he was right 
 after it. We moved to town and had 
 to find Cap. as we called him, a new 
 home, as he had always been used 
 to country life and taking care of 
 poultry. 
 
 The family that were so lucky as to 
 be the owner of Cap tied him to a 
 post of their back porch until he 
 would forget the home of his puphood. 
 But one night loud and distressing 
 shrieks came from the hen yard, at 
 which Cap bounded up with all the 
 force he could rise with and away he 
 
went to the hen house, taking the 
 post with him. He run the skunk un- 
 der a pile of wood and gave the alarm 
 for his new master to come to his 
 rescue, which he did and killed his 
 game. 
 
 I hope the time will soon he when 
 we will not have to guard against 
 thieves. But I do not think the time 
 will ever come when we will not need 
 a good watch dog. They are as es- 
 sential as an incubator, for what will 
 it profit us if we raise hundreds of 
 chickens or poultry and have them 
 carried off by vermin or stolen. 
 
 EMMA PERKINS. 
 
 Ravenwood, Mo. 
 
 Keeping Hens on a City Lot 
 
 Keeping poultry on a city lot has 
 not all the advantages of the farms, 
 but not as expensive as buying eggs 
 and fowls for the family use. Poul- 
 try business, like any other, can be 
 a success or failure if managed on a 
 city lot or a farm. King Solomon, 
 the wisest of all men, said: "He 
 also that is slothful in his work is 
 brother to him that is a great 
 waster." There is no failure for the 
 man or woman who is willing to work 
 with hands and head. I do not mean 
 that you should rush Into the fancy 
 at a jump or a dozen hens to supply 
 the family table with fresh eggs, 
 fried chicken and roasts, and the 
 same twelve to be prize winners at 
 every poultry show, with a handful 
 of grain whenever you happen to 
 think about them or a house 2x4 for 
 a laying room, scratch shed and 
 roosting room, and if they happen to 
 scratch up a favorite flower bed in 
 search of insects or worms, "Chick- 
 ens are more bother than they are 
 worth." The houses need not be ex- 
 pensive, neither is it necessary to 
 give chickens full possession of the 
 lawn. A few hens can be confined 
 in a small yard. Why do I say a 
 "few hens?" Because an overcrowded 
 poultry yard is not the way to suc- 
 cess, and don't try it. From a dozen 
 to thirty.according to space, can be 
 kept very reasonable. The table 
 scraps can be used to a good advan- 
 tage. Have a receptacle convenient, 
 gravies, meat scraps or left-overs, I 
 call them, that can be stirred, thicken 
 with meal and shorts, for half their 
 breakfast, leaving the fowls a little 
 hungry to scratch in the little for 
 .grain previously thrown there. Such 
 as leaves, tops, rinds, peelings, can 
 be used and much relished by the 
 fowls as a green food, ted at noon, or 
 for a change boil all together, thicken 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 with meal for a warm, not hot, mash 
 for morning; for the evening meal 
 feed grain, corn, wheat and oats, 
 more corn in the winter to keep them 
 warm. Don't feed exclusively of any 
 one grain, for fowls, like persons, get 
 tired of one bill of fare. These, with 
 clean fresh water, clean quarters and 
 grit, cannot fail to bring success. Try 
 letting your fowls out every day after 
 four o'clock. They will not destroy 
 the lawn or flower beds, but scratch 
 for bugs and get green food, too, and 
 the lawn clippings can be saved, hung 
 up in sacks out of the way, and used 
 in the warm miash for winter as a 
 green food. Every one knows, in Ne- 
 braska at least, how destructive the 
 grasshoppers have been. I have sav- 
 ed my garden by leiting in, during 
 the day, a few of my Buff Cochin 
 
 15 
 
 I should keep the breed I liked best, 
 but by all means thoroughbreds. Then 
 if you have a few extra eggs they 
 may be sold to some one for hatch- 
 ing, and perhaps a few pullets and 
 cockerels more than can be kept over. 
 These will sell for a much larger sum 
 than mongrels, thereby helping to 
 pay some of the hens's expenses. 
 Many times I have kept account of 
 feed consumed when the breeding 
 pens were yarded, the eggs and 
 chicks sold, and always came out 
 with profit, money to be used for the 
 many little things so dear to the fem- 
 inine heart. Try keeping a few hens 
 this season, and you will not only 
 see the profit side, but the satisfac- 
 tion of having eggs and chicks to 
 fry when wanted. 
 
 IDA E. BARD. 
 
 White Rock fowls and chicks on Sure Hatch Poultry Co. farm. 
 
 chickens. The only damage they did 
 was to eat the lettuce I purposely 
 planted for my ducklings. Is the 
 "bill of fare" I have given expensive 
 and requiring much labor? How 
 often do we send to the grocer for 
 eggs, especially in a small town, and 
 no eggs is invariably the reply, and 
 when we do get them they are not al- 
 ways fresh. I would urge, keep a 
 few hens. 'Tis the little things saved 
 that often leads to success. As the 
 little tot said when asked by her sis- 
 ter if she bounced too hard when rid- 
 ing the horse on a trot, "No, sisser, 
 I's don't bounce hardly any. I's jist 
 up all the time." So must we to be 
 successful in any occupation be up all 
 the time and ever watchful to make 
 the most of our opportunities. 
 
 Which breed is best to keep? 
 
 That would be a matter of prefer- 
 ence. Any of the large breeds bear 
 confinement, and with care there is 
 not much difference as far as utility. 
 There are but few exceptions. We 
 all have an eye for the beautiful, and 
 
 If your neighbor's hens are trouble- 
 some 
 
 And steal across the way. 
 Don't let your angi'y passions rise, 
 
 But fix a place for them to lay. 
 
 FOLDING EXHIBITION COOPS. 
 
 It is now time to look out for your 
 exhibition coops and I would call your 
 attention to the ad of Wm. Miller, of 
 North Bend, Nebr. Mr. Miller makes 
 a No. 1 coop and makes them upon hon- 
 or and is just what you want. He 
 makes them to fold and to be station- 
 ary. Any one needing^ coops will do 
 well to correspond with him at once. 
 
 Eli-FJi 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 mom h. Cheap. Safe. Etteetive is Ell-Pll 
 Dhaser. For SI 00 enough liquid for 10 cows 
 l.") days and a Sprayer, or 25 cents per quart 
 for liquid alone. Address. 
 The Vail Seed Co., 150 N. Delaware 
 
 St., Ifldiauapolis. 
 Special price on .5 gallon cans. 
 
i6 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
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 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 ERROR IN AWARDS. 
 In the list of awards at the State 
 fair published last month an error oc- 
 curred in the Black Langsban list for 
 first pen of chicks, first and second 
 pullet, first cockerel and first cock, 
 was credited to J. Cook Johnson, and 
 should have been credited to J. A. 
 Johnson of Holdrege, Neb., one of the 
 best breeders of Langshans in the 
 state. We are sorry this error oc- 
 curred, but mistakes will happen in 
 the best regulated families. 
 
 It is seldom one issue of a journal 
 is as full of good things as the Octo- 
 ber number of the Investigator. I 
 thought I would decide in my own 
 mind which was the best article in it, 
 but when I had read them all I felt 
 so thankful I was not a judge for a 
 prize paper. If the editor had offered 
 a prize for best article in the October 
 issue and I had been one of the judges 
 I should certainly have confessed my 
 inability to decide between the many 
 good ones which is the best. I am so 
 interested in sod buildings spoken of 
 by Hattie Byfield, though we never 
 build them in Missouri, at least not 
 the part in which I live. But like her, 
 I have this season had to contend with 
 rats, minks, dogs, cats and hogs. The 
 dog has been taught to let fowls alone 
 and but for him the polecats and 
 minks would have devoured my chick- 
 ens in daytime. I have also taught 
 him to run the hogs. The cats are 
 disposed of as quickly as they are 
 known to be guilty. I believe in giv- 
 ing every cat a fair triaJ. 
 
 I am surprised that no turkeys were 
 shown at the Nebraska State fair. I 
 am sure it was not because the state 
 does not have fine turkeys. I happen 
 to know she can boast of prize-win- 
 ning bronze turkeys. I think one rea- 
 son turkeys are not shown in larger 
 numbers is the heavy expense in ship- 
 ping. And turkeys lost so much in 
 weight by shipping that one some 
 distance from shows stands a very 
 poor chance to win. But it does seem 
 that nearby turkey fanciers should ex- 
 hibit. Again it is very hard on tur- 
 keys to be cooped in show rooms. I 
 believe that there should be an apart- 
 ment especially for turkeys without 
 any fire in it even in coldest weather. 
 Those visiting the show would only 
 be in this department a little while 
 at a time, so it would not hurt visit- 
 ors. There should be a good light 
 that could shine directly on them. 
 The best judge in the world could not 
 correctly judge turkeys without a good 
 light. Another reason, I think, 
 why there are not larger ex- 
 hibits at the winter poultry shows 
 is that generally speaking there have 
 not been very great inducementi; in 
 the way of prizes for turkeys, com- 
 pared with those for chickens. 
 
 I know that there is a great deal 
 said and written against offering val- 
 uable prizes, and it is a forcible argu- 
 ment with some that prizes cause the 
 eager seeker to practice fraud in or- 
 der to secure the prize. The person 
 who would practice fraud to secure a 
 prize would practice it to secure the 
 
 honor, since it is the advertisement 
 the fancier is working for princi- 
 pally. 
 
 I have no argument or fight to 
 make either for or against prizes. I 
 would exhibit as readily for a blue 
 ribbon as for an expensive prize, but 
 I think that all the valuable specials 
 should be more evenly distributed than 
 they generally are. Yet I know it is 
 hard to decide ust how they should 
 be placed and those interested most 
 in turkeys should take part in get- 
 ting up specials for turkeys. 
 
 I am becoming so interested in 
 ducks that Mr. Mills' article on In- 
 dian Runner ducks fires me with a 
 desire to get some eggs next spring. 
 You see I am close to St. Louis and I 
 want to raise ducks for the World's 
 Fair market. I tried to get a start 
 this year, but the dog killed them 
 until only three are left. He will not 
 kill any more, as good whippings 
 taught him better manners. I am con- 
 vinced there is money in ducks. I 
 want to ask if the eggs are as salable 
 as chicken eggs? I am not posted on 
 this point. You see I have only this 
 year decided to try duck culture. 
 
 I do not think Mr. Blanchard's in- 
 cubator talk out of place, as even at 
 this season many are setting incu- 
 bators. Already I am getting inqui- 
 ries for incubator eggs. And certainly 
 her talk is very sensible. 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 
 to keep moisture pans filled from 
 start to finish. Last spring I de- 
 cided to keep just a little moisture 
 from start to finish and keep the heat 
 a little higher, and the hatch was 
 good. 
 
 Mr. French's talk on Leghorns 
 gives me a desire to return to my 
 first love, the Leghorns. 
 
 I am so glad that Mrs. Webster 
 gives her talk on grading up the fiock. 
 I think such practical advice is what 
 the amateur needs. They are not al- 
 ways able to buy the best and the ad- 
 vice of so many writers to start with 
 the best or none deters them from 
 trying to become fanciers. I think the 
 better advice is that which Mrs. Web- 
 ster gives — buy the very best you can 
 
aftoid and grade up as fast as pos- 
 sible. 
 
 I had intended reviewing the es- 
 pecially good points in each paper in 
 order to fully impress them upon the 
 minds of those ust entering or con- 
 templating entering the poultry busi- 
 ness. 1 find that space will be too 
 limited for that. Yet 1 must refer to 
 the excellent article of Rev. G. A. 
 Chamblin, in which he says: "If the 
 breeder has a hankering after the big 
 breeds he will do better with them." 
 In short, the breed you fancy most 
 is the one for you to start with. 1 
 have no axe to grind in advising the 
 amateur to consider the B. P. Rock 
 before he makes a final decision of 
 which breed he will start with. I am 
 not personally partial to this breed 
 over two others, and I have no more 
 of this breed to sell than I have of 
 two others. But I do recognize the 
 fact that the majority of people are 
 decidedly partial to the B. P. Rock. 
 I also know that market buyers en- 
 courage farmers to cross with the B. 
 P. Rock cockerels. Knowing this, 1 
 know that if one. has only a small 
 sum to invest he will receive returns 
 from this breed quicker than from 
 any other. It he can only buy a dozen 
 hens and a cockerel, 1 am presuming 
 that he is just setting up in the busi- 
 ness and has no chickens to stari 
 with. He can get a dozen B. P. 
 Rock pullets and nens and a cock- 
 erel, starting with just good thorough- 
 bred stock. If he will take a poultry 
 ournal and buy the Standard of Per- 
 fection and attend one good poultry 
 show, he can raise and learn how to 
 cull his flock after the first season. 
 He can sell his culls on the mai'ket 
 at a higher price than the mongrel 
 would bring. Taking his best fe- 
 males and buying as good cockerel as 
 he can afford, never be afraid to pay 
 a good price for a cockerel. If he 
 proves desirable keep him two years. 
 I have learned that a male should be 
 kept two years if he is satisfactory. 
 The inbreeding does give a more even 
 flock. Now the amateur has an even, 
 nice appearing flock, and if they are 
 not prize birds, as only a small per 
 cent of the B. P. Rocks are prize win- 
 ners, still they are salable, and if you 
 will let people know you have them 
 you can sell all your cockerels as 
 breeders. You many not get the high 
 prices of the fancier, for your stock 
 does not merit them, but if you sell 
 your cockerels to your neighbors at 
 from one dollar to two dollars each 
 you are doing well. In some locali- 
 ties if you only get fifty cents each 
 you will do well. But don't be satis- 
 fled with these prices. Work for 
 higher prices hy improving your stock. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 1 am candid when I say that I think 
 B. P. Kocks are the hardest breed to 
 got right 1 ever bred, except perhaps 
 Che Vvyandottes (Silver). But as u 
 nas been an old adage always, "There 
 is more pleasure in puisuu than in 
 possession," 1 cerlainiy have had a 
 oreat deal of pleasure in pursuing per- 
 lection in b. r'. HocKS. rhe pleasure 
 of possebsiou IS still reservea in me 
 vauit 01 tne future. But ui oue ihiug 
 1 am always certain, that i wul never 
 uave a SLirplus ul B. P. HocKS. Ail 
 giaues can he soid at a price that 
 vviU pay, and i have never raised any 
 ocher DiebU of wuich i could say ims. 
 mere neeu be no misrepreseuung 
 stuCK to seil It. All that is necessaii 
 IS to have good hlood and teil tue 
 trutn. it you haven i prize birus ana 
 your customer wants prize winners, 
 tell him you uaveu't wnat he wants, 
 there will be plenty of opoprtunities 
 to sell what you have, if people coula 
 he made to ueUeve it, there are other 
 uieeas as good as the Plymouth Rock, 
 out this Dreed has the right of way 
 now and we had just as well put our 
 personal preferences aside and raise 
 this truly American breed if we want 
 the most popoular. 
 
 "Does a Poultry Paper Pay?" by Mrs. 
 Belle Utly, shows very conclusively 
 that it paid her. I have sometimes 
 wonderea at the positive ignorance on 
 the part of farmers in regard to poul- 
 try. They come miles to ask me 
 (luestions that are answered in almost 
 every poultry paper one takes up, and 
 if X suggest that tweuty-tive cents a 
 year v/ui keep them supplied witn use- 
 lui information a whole year they say, 
 "Oh, well, I don't have time to reaa 
 and I will just get you to tell me 
 what to do." Often they could reaa 
 the journal in the time it takes to 
 come to my house. They also forget 
 that the time of the fancier is as 
 piecious as their own. Others expect 
 information for a two-cent stamp for 
 which poultry journals pay a good 
 price, it is often amusing to read the 
 patronizing letters of inquiry. They 
 uegin by flattering the fancier and ena 
 with the demand for information in 
 a maner which clearly says, "Now I 
 have paid you the compliment of ask- 
 ing your advice; send it by return 
 mail, as I may lose my chickens or 
 turkeys," as the case may be. I do 
 not feel under any obligations to an- 
 swer letters of this character at all, 
 as they never come from customers. 
 A person who spends money to buy 
 good stock always asks for informa- 
 tion in the most kindly manner, and 
 it is always cheerfully given. I often 
 receive postal cards demanding of me 
 an immediate reply, telling the writer 
 what to do for certain diseases. If 
 
 17 
 
 A first prize Buff Wy.indotte pullet at Lincoln, 
 Nebr., and St. Joseph. Mo. Began laying at 
 S months old. Owned and bred by Mrs. E. W. 
 Orr, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 only once in a long time we had these 
 aemauus we could aftord to sacrifice 
 our time for the good of others, but 
 every lancier knows that the demand 
 IS 01 ten made. 1 am always glad to 
 answer through the journals for which 
 i write any question 1 am capable ot 
 answering. Only yesterday an inquiry 
 to know what is tne trouble with tur- 
 Keys. No journal is mentioned, so i 
 send answer through tne investigator. 
 Symptoms, running at the nose, eyes 
 and head swelled. Disease, roup. 
 Remedy, Mexican Mustang l^inimeu., 
 used as directed on bottle; or bath in 
 hot salted water by putting the water 
 in a vessel and plunging the head en- 
 tirely under the water; wipe with dry 
 cloth, pressing all the feotid matter 
 out of noses; rub with Hall's Roup 
 cure. Give (Jushmau s Roup Cure lu 
 drinking water. Bathe in strong al- 
 cohol camphor. Mix carbolic acid, 
 tincture of iodine, equal parts, in lard 
 sutucient to make a salve, rub head 
 and put in nostrils. Also grease the 
 back where they put the head under 
 wing. Do not use all these remedies 
 at same time, but if one is not con- 
 venient get one of the others. There 
 are many good roup cures. Mrs. May 
 i'aylor advertises one. By the way, 
 Mrs. Taylor, you sent me a box of 
 envelopes instead of sample cure. 
 MRS. BKTTIE GLOVER MACKEY. 
 Clarksville, Mo. 
 
 Second annual exhibition at Butler, 
 Mo. December 31st, 1901, to January 
 3d, 1902. Thomas W. Southard, judge 
 of poultry; Reed Storms, judge of Bel- 
 gian hares. Our premium list, now in 
 the hands of the printer, will offer 
 more cash and special premiums than 
 any association in the west outside 
 of the large cities, 
 
 ■W. W. GRAVES, President. 
 
 C. A. ALLEN, Secretary. 
 
i8 
 
 I The Goldeo Wfaodottes ... i 
 
 i ... II) J. C. Kapser i 
 
 There are a great many poultry rais- 
 ers who desire to learn about the 
 Golden Wyandotte chicken. So I will 
 attempt to give some light on the sub- 
 ject of their usefulness as an all-pur- 
 pose fowl. 
 
 It is generally conceded that the 
 Wyandotte fowl is one of the most 
 promanent of all American Glasses, 
 more especially as an all-purpose fowl. 
 Their seize Is of an average medium; 
 cock, SVi pounds; hen ^Vz pounds. 
 Now this means when bred up to the 
 standard. This Is a point of the great- 
 est importance, and above all other 
 points one can mention. 
 
 Their build is of rather a blocky 
 order, full in breast, a short back, 
 good strong bone, with clean yellow 
 legs, and skin yellow, a well curved 
 neck with a bay eye and rose comb 
 on top of head, not too meaty (as 
 meat is of little use there). 
 
 Our aim in breeding the Golden Wy- 
 an dotte should be to get 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 the question arises 
 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. 
 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 eye. 
 
 When the chick first makes its ap- 
 p«axajice I'ou have the color. You 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 watch them day by day and finally 
 you become somewhat discouraged 
 with regard to their beauty, but when 
 after about three months' growth the 
 full feathering begins you will notice 
 a marked difference day after day. 
 Then you begin to speculate, admire 
 and choose which of them will be the 
 best. You will then also notice their 
 shape as well as the clear lacing and 
 compare, and now if you find those 
 among your flock having size, shape 
 and color, you feel contented and 
 pleased that your year's efforts have 
 not been in vain. You may depend 
 that it matters not how many good 
 ones you will raise. There is always 
 a demand for them at a profitable 
 price. (Also here is a serious prob- 
 lem to solve. You must let yourself 
 be made known through the various 
 poultry mediums, as would-be pur- 
 chasers cannot through imagination 
 tell where you are)). Now it is not 
 a mere profit to raise Golden Laced 
 Wyandottes, but a pleasure and recre- 
 ation not obtainable with any other 
 
 breed of ohicken. (That is my way 
 of seeing it.) Their habits are of a 
 docile nature, although very good for- 
 agers and nine times out of ten will 
 steal their nest if given a chance. 
 In hardiness they are second to none, 
 are good sitters, but not persistent in 
 being broody as some of the larger 
 breeds. This is one of the points 
 one should not overlook, as with the 
 excellent success we nowadays hatch 
 chickens with incubators we should 
 keep hens laying eggs and cackle 
 rather than sit and cluck. The former 
 is more profitable as well as pleasing 
 to any one. In conclusion the Golden 
 Wyandottes for beauty and utility com- 
 bined are unexcelled. 
 
 J. C. KAPSBR. 
 
 POULTRY CHATS. 
 By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard. 
 I w nt to talk of several things this 
 month. The cold, rainy weather of 
 this fall Is likely to give us trouble if 
 our birds are not properly cared for. 
 Some people think that birds in the 
 
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 $m^^'. 
 
 A sample of Black Lanjshan Virert by B«ii S. Myers, of CrawfordsTille, Ind. Winner in the 
 arreat Chi a^o Score-card show. 
 
trees are all right until real cold 
 weather, but we have come to the con- 
 clusion that birds are better in houses. 
 It is no small task to teach a brood 
 of chicks to roost in the house after 
 they have become accustomed to the 
 tree tops. It is much easier to 
 move the brood coop a little at a time 
 towards the house, then finally set it 
 inside the house. After they are ac- 
 customed to it there it can be taken 
 away and they will go o nthe roost. 
 The brood coops must be watched and 
 moved before the chicks outgrow them. 
 Where a brood of chicks do well they 
 are not long outgrowing their coops, 
 and sometimes their houses. If they 
 are crowded at night or shut up too 
 closely they become heated and when 
 let out they take cold. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 shape, houses banked up whera it is 
 needed, hinges put on the doors and, 
 in fact, all those little things done 
 that put houses in shape for winter 
 weather. 
 
 Have we all been looking after lice 
 as closely as we ought? Our chicks 
 cannot fit themselves for 1 aying or 
 show birds if there is a hoard of in- 
 sects living on them; they must be 
 gotten rid of in some way. Kerosene 
 is sure and is always at hand, but be 
 careful in using it, as it blisters wher- 
 ever it touches the flesh. Lard can be 
 mixed with it and makes it safer to 
 use, but it makes such grimmy looking 
 birds. 
 
 In planning the winter quarters 
 have some place to put sick birds by 
 themselves, where they can have prop- 
 
 19 
 
 yet successfully edit a farm journai I 
 know of a successful poultry Judge 
 who does not own a chicken. I also 
 know of a fellow who Is one of the 
 worst sinners on earth, yet he can edit 
 the Christian page of a great daily 
 paper, and say such beautiful things, 
 and can paint a picture of the hap- 
 piness of a Christian life, so that one 
 can hardly doubt his sincerity. It 
 is possible for a man who knows 
 very little about poultry to success- 
 fully put out a mighty fine poultry 
 paper, yet when a poultry paper is 
 managed and edited by a man who 
 has had years of experience in the 
 poultry yard and show room, and is 
 acquainted with all the minute details 
 of the chicken man's needs and re- 
 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 
 often and sprayed with lice killer or 
 kerosene. One of our handiest imple- 
 ments around the poultry house and 
 brooders is a hoe with the handle saw- 
 ed off to about six inches. It can get 
 into nest boxes and brooder floors 
 much easier than one with a longer 
 handle. That is one thing I can al- 
 ways find, as it is no use anywhere 
 else about the farm. 
 
 Supposing by this time that our 
 chicks are all in their houses, whert 
 we can keep them protected from cold 
 rains and chilly nights we must not ' 
 close the houses too tightly, but must 
 see to it that they are in shape for 
 winter. Knot holes, cracks and broken 
 lights of glass must all be got in 
 
 er care and not be tramped on by the 
 well ones. It is much the safer way. 
 If any contagious disease gets among 
 them and the sick ones are removed 
 it keeps it from spreading, thus keep- 
 ing the well ones in better shape and 
 giving the sick ones the comfort that 
 sick fowls need. Being by itself 
 would often save the life of bird, while 
 if it was left with the flock it would 
 be starved and tramped to death. 
 Friend, Neb. 
 
 THE BACK YARD FANCIER. 
 
 By C. H. Icken. 
 
 It is possible for a man to live in a 
 
 city of many thousand inhabitants, 
 
 have an office in the sixth story of a 
 
 sky scraper, hardly ever seen a farm, 
 
 thing pretty good in the way of a 
 poultry paper, and such I believe is 
 The Poultry Investigator. Its going to 
 be a pretty good paper to read, and in 
 which to advertise your business. 
 
 First, I wish to say a word in behalf 
 of those whom some people sneering- 
 ly anl persistently are wont to call 
 "The Back Yard Fancier," having ref- 
 erence, of course, to those who are 
 limited as to the size of their quar- 
 ters and the number of fowls on hand, 
 and which necessitates the carrying 
 on of their operations, in a small way, 
 usually in the back yard, or on an ad- 
 jacent lot. This "backyard" business 
 is an acknowledged drawback, when 
 it comes to the breding of fowls in 
 large numbers, yet it is of great benefit 
 
20 
 
 in more ways than one. The "back- 
 yard" man, having only a few fowls, 
 leaerns to know each individual fowl. 
 He can tell you the sire and the dam 
 of a certain choice specimen, for gen- 
 erations back. He can also tell you 
 the number of eggs she has laid, how 
 many broods of young she has moth- 
 ered, and can tell you the score and 
 cuts of each section, and in fact has 
 the history of each fowl that he owns, 
 right at his tongue's end. Now don't 
 you think this is of some advantage? 
 Dont' you think that a man, so inform- 
 ed, could breed more intelligently for 
 a higher yearly average of eggs laid? 
 Don't you think that such a breeder, 
 knowing his fowls so thoroughly, and 
 knowing the standard requirements, 
 could mate up a pen of his fowls more 
 intelligently and with more satisfac- 
 who owns hundreds and is not so 
 tory results at culling time, than one 
 thoroughly posted as to the quality of 
 his birds? This same reason is the 
 one which has brought out the so- 
 called specialists. The muchly adver- 
 tised specialist is in most cases a 
 "backyard" fancier, and having only 
 room for a few fowls, he cannot help 
 being a specialist, and so advertises 
 to that effect. The best cockerel I ever 
 owned in my lite I bought from a 
 fellow who bred fifteen varieties, yet 
 he had them on' separate farms, ana 
 each farm had its own man to look 
 after that variety. Virtually a "back- 
 yard" on a little larger scale. But, if 
 you have that despised feeling in your 
 heart for a fancier who is handicapped 
 for want of room, and facilities other- 
 wise, take it out! He's a dangerous 
 man to compete with in the show room 
 He's a dangerous man to dispute with 
 when it comes to quoting the standard 
 requirements of, or the merits of his 
 variety, and, taking it all in all, just 
 as worthy of consideration and respect 
 as the great Mr. So and So. Long live 
 the "Backyard Fancier"! Nine times 
 out of ten he grows into a mammoth 
 plant on a 160 acre farm, before you 
 know it, and if he sticks faithfully to 
 his chickens, he will surely make a 
 success of the business, sooner or later. 
 The backyard is the kindergarten of 
 the fancy poultry business. Its the 
 primary department, so to speak, 
 where you and I have been taught, by 
 rough experience, our first lessons in 
 this so-called art. And by the way 
 few of us have as yet graduated or 
 received our diplomas. 'Y'ou can stay 
 in the business all your life, and rest 
 assured, brother, that you will never 
 know it all. I used to sing that good 
 old song, "The Half Has Never Been 
 Told," and if it does not seem sacre- 
 llgious, the one who wrote it must 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 have at one time raised chickens. So 
 in going down the poultryman's path 
 of life, do not despise or speak ill of 
 the "Backyard Fancier." He'll grow, 
 undoubtedly, and some day rise up and 
 call you blessed. 
 
 PERFECT CHICK FEED. 
 Armington. 111., June 15, 1901. 
 Mr. W. F. Chamberlain. Kirkwood, 
 
 Mo.: 
 
 Dear Sir — Enclosed you will find 
 another order for your "Perfect 
 Chick Feed," and again I will have to 
 ask you to rush this order, as some 
 of the parties are wanting it on ac- 
 count of their turkeys, as it has proved 
 to be an excellent feed for little tur- 
 keys as well as chickens. I have nev- 
 er had a single complaint, but instead 
 they all praise it highly, and I think 
 in another year that the people will 
 learn, as I have learned, that Cham- 
 berlain's "Perfect Chick Feed" means 
 perfect success in raising little chicks, 
 and no successful poultry raiser can 
 afford to do without it. If you could 
 only visit my poultry yards and see 
 the big, healthy fellows, and then visit 
 a yard where it is not fed and note 
 the difference, you would not won- 
 der at me expressing so much grat- 
 itude over being able to procure such 
 excellent feed. Yours truly, 
 
 C. F. LIPSEY. 
 
 BARGAINS 
 
 IN BREEDING STOCK 
 
 At Golden K'lilc Poultry Yards. I 
 have a few bird.-, 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 lor prices. 
 
 Young stock. White Plymouth Rock 
 and pure Dustons. White Wyandottes 
 for sale this fall. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BELMOMT, WIS. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS 
 
 Exclusively. 
 
 Just What You Are 
 Looking For .... 
 
 The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
 ners in any company. Elegant 
 in shape, profusely feathered, 
 as good as the best. Prices 
 low, write me. 
 
 B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 at CUT PRICES. 
 
 CATALOGUE FREE. 
 
 n(. Co., Columbus, 0. 
 
 POULTRY CH 
 
 Flemish Giants 
 
 We have sliictly A No. 1 Ginnts. headed 
 by Wl .D.SOR. imported Si-pt. IBOO. One of 
 tlie largest and be^'t Giant buoliii of his age 
 in A II. erica uis ancestors present an un- 
 broki'n liiif of En!:land's best chatjiplons. 
 » wei|<s old Giants $5 to tlo per head. You 
 cannot get better ones at any price. Dr. I 
 C. Stephens & Co.. (Jarleton, Neb. 
 
 300 Buff and Black 
 Wyandotte Chicks. 
 
 For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi- 
 bition stock. Give me a chance to 
 please you. 
 
 HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn. 
 
 White P. Rocl(S Exclusiveiy.... 
 
 My Rocks are of the best strains to 
 be found and I have a fine lot of 
 chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
 MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
 LlncolH, Nebr. 
 
 David Larson, 
 
 Wahoo, Nebraska, 
 
 Expert Poultry Judge 
 
 I have had years of experience in 
 breeding, mating and judging. For 
 reference 'o qualification, write Poul- 
 try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
 I am open for engagements. 
 
 HEN 
 
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 4. Egi.' anii Featlier Pro- 
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THE TRUTH ABOUT BUFF OR- 
 PINGTONS. 
 
 Statements with referyence to newly 
 introduced breeds are almost invari- 
 ably more or less overdrawn. While 
 the subject of our remarks is by no 
 means a newly-made breed, yet to the 
 American fancy it is at present only 
 Jinown and bred by the few, and 
 much is to be learned of its breeding, 
 tendencies and real worth by a large 
 majority of our fanciers. I have gone 
 to no little trouble to ascertain the 
 plain, solid facts regarding this breed, 
 and my investigations put the breed 
 in no unfavorable light. What I have 
 to say as regards this breed is based 
 on no selfish or personal interests, as 
 I never owned a Buff Orpington, but 
 have been favorably located in close 
 proximity to those who do. And in 
 my trips over the country, mating 
 and scoring, I have met them at sev- 
 eral places, and only Ithe highest 
 praise of their real utility and value 
 has ever come to my ears. I have 
 made it a point to question each 
 breeder very closely regarding the 
 breed, and the following is what I 
 have been able to learn or saw with 
 my own eyes. Perhaps we may best 
 start with the egg. Buff Orpingtons 
 lay a rather medium-sized egg, in 
 most cases about the size of a medium- 
 sized Leghorn egg. I believe a fair 
 statement would be that they lay a 
 small egg, taking into consideration 
 the size of the fowl. As long as eggs 
 are sold by the dozen this does not 
 materially affect their utility value. 
 They are pronounced, without excep- 
 tion, by every breeder I have met, lo 
 be as prolific egg producers as the 
 average Leghorn, laying their eggs 
 more evenly through the season, espe- 
 cially in the fall, winter and spring 
 months, when eggs command the 
 higher prices. Every breeder of Or- 
 pingtons has called my special at- 
 tention to the fact that Orpington 
 eggs hatch well, are wonderfully fer- 
 tile and the chick very active and 
 strong. Once hatched, the per cent 
 of loss is small. The feather evenly 
 and rapidly, are great foragers, in fact 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 range out further than any breed to 
 my knowledge, not excepting the 
 White Minorca and Leghorn families. 
 
 Just yesterday i visited a breeder of 
 White Leghorn, Barred P. Rocks and 
 Buff Orpingtons. As I saw none of 
 the latter in sight I inquired where 
 he kept them, and he replied "Right 
 here." Asking where they were, he 
 remarked: "That's hard to tell; they 
 may be half a mile away," and they 
 were nearly. We started out to hunt 
 them up. Plassing down the farm 
 lane, we soon were beyond the range 
 limit of the B. P. Rocks. A little 
 later the last straggling White Leg- 
 horn was left behind. And away over 
 on the opposite side of a large corn 
 lot which had just been cut we came 
 in sight of a half a hundred golden 
 balls moving actively about in search 
 of stray Kernels, bugs and worms. 
 This bunch of chicks were four months 
 and sixteen days of age, raised in a 
 brooder, and at that age were nearly 
 half a mile from the brooder and 
 house. This is no overdrawn state- 
 ment. At other places my attention 
 has been called to their wonderful, 
 active, independent disposition and 
 habits. Now perhaps a little compari- 
 son of weights at three months of age 
 may be of interest. As I am a breed- 
 er of Barred P. Rocks and S. C. Brown 
 Leghorns exclusively, I have no mo- 
 tive to overdraw the facts in the case. 
 A friend of mine purchased thirty 
 Buff Orpington eggs of a good reli- 
 able party and set them . Within a 
 day or two of the same date I set 
 fifty or sixty Barred P. Rock eggs. At 
 three months of age he came over to 
 my place with a Buff Orpington cock- 
 erel under his arm and challenged me 
 to pick out a Barred Rock cockerel 
 that would outweigh him. I looked 
 incredulous, as I thought I had him 
 beat easily. Upon a trial I had to 
 pick three times to find one that would 
 tie him in weight. 
 
 Now, looking at the breed from a 
 fancy point of view, I find they breed 
 very true to color, fully as much so 
 as the Buff Plymouth Rock. The sur- 
 face color on the best birds I have 
 
 21 
 
 handled is a very clear true buff, 
 with much better undercolor than we 
 generally meet in Buff Rocks. Their 
 heavy, square-«et legs, deep bodies 
 and broad, short backs give them a 
 solid, business-like appearance, which 
 is unmistakable evidence of a strong, 
 robust constitution. In fact, in the 
 several hundred I have examined I 
 have yet to recall a roupy, deformed 
 or ill-developed chick or fowl. 
 
 Combs run about as even as do the 
 Buff or Barred Rocks. Beaks and 
 shanks, except in one single instance, 
 were correct in color to a bird. The 
 majority of both sexes have more or 
 less of white or black in tail or wings, 
 but not more than is found in Buff 
 Rocks at the present time. I have 
 handled within a week at least ten 
 or twelve which showed no black or 
 white in wing or "tail, only a little 
 gray in secondaries of wings and just 
 a trace of foreign color in tail. It is 
 my opinion that they may be bred 
 more easily and quickly to a pure 
 uniform light buff, with stronger un- 
 dercolor than the Buff Rock or Wy- 
 andotte. While in shape they hold a 
 position distinctly their own. It oc- 
 curs to me the breed has a bright 
 11 — Jessup .. ..one,ub -t,ul n wwi 
 future before it. If it can be kept 
 out of the hands of dishonest or un- 
 scrupulous breeders. What statements 
 are made here can be depended upon 
 as being as nearly correct as is pos- 
 sible at this early date in their his- 
 tory among American fanciers. Yours, 
 J. W. WHITNEY. 
 
 Chatham, Ohio. 
 
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 Cockerels $2 each; trio $5; young toms 
 $3 each after Nov. 1st. 
 
 E. W. MATHENY, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Finer and Cheaper 
 
 than ever. Buy early. Games. 
 Heaihwoods. I'ish and Mexican 
 Grays. Irnh Blk Kers, Tornadoes, 
 and Cornish Indians. Kree illus- 
 trated circular. 
 
 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 
 remarkably good layers, so much so 
 that they attracted Mr. French's at- 
 tention, and he called them "The 
 White Wonders," and began the build- 
 ing up of a distinctive breed by cross- 
 ing them with the best strains of 
 standard bred fowls, his object being 
 to produce a large, practical utility 
 farmer's fowl. It has often been stat- 
 ed to me that White Wonders were 
 simply a cross of White Wyandottes 
 on Light Brahmas, and I believe that 
 is the generally accepted opinion. But 
 it is not the case. I think White Wy- 
 andottes and Light Brahmas were 
 used, and likely Dorkings, but the 
 breeding of the original six large 
 pure white pullets Is unknown. Mr. 
 French died some three or four years 
 ago, and the record he had kept of 
 the standard bred fowls used and the 
 crosses made in originating his ideal 
 utility fowl was about two years ago 
 accidentlly destroyed, so that part of 
 the process will never be definitely 
 known. Their general characteristics 
 as a distinctive breed is, I believe 
 as well fixed as that of any other 
 thoroughbred fowl, and any one at- 
 tempting to produce White Wonders 
 by crossing White Wyandottes on 
 Light rBahmas will be disapopinted 
 They were not produced that way. 
 
 As a practical, general purpose util- 
 ity fowl, I believe they are as good 
 as the very best. They are not a 
 fancier's fowl. They were not intend 
 ed as such, but as hard workers I 
 doubt if they have a superior Under 
 date of April 9th, 1901, I. K. Felch of 
 Natlck, Mass., wrote me regarding 
 White Wonders, "They are simply 
 working oxen, just hard working 
 horses for utility uses. As such they 
 surely have my praise as money earn- 
 ers In our poultry yards for pra«tl«al 
 
 F. K.Milchell, 505 Wellington St., Montreal, Cauadu. 
 
 The above photo is one of nearly 250 that are in the new Sure 
 Hatch Incubator Catalogue. The book is now ready formailing and is 
 free to any address, contains 166 big pages and chuck full of applica- 
 ble and practical poultry informrtion; plans for good and cheap poul- 
 try-houses; about broiler raising and egg farming, how the hens hold 
 down the homestead when crops fail, etc., etc.; winter care of poultry 
 and how to make a living with a small investment. Address nearest 
 oflBce. 
 
 S\ire Ha-tcK Inc\iba.tor Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 purposes." That tells the story of 
 White Wonders. It is what they 
 were intended for, hard working mon- 
 ey earners in our poultry yards for 
 practical purposes. We ask no great- 
 er encomiums for them, nor do we 
 ask any better authority for its state- 
 ment than that of I. K. Felch. 
 
 They are not a bad looking fowl by 
 any means. They are a large white 
 fowl with rose comb, slightly feather- 
 ed legs, and deep ric golden yellow 
 skin. The shaft of feathers has a 
 yellow hue which gives the under- 
 color a creamy white appearance. 
 This feature is objected to by the 
 fanciers. They want a chalk-white 
 plumage on a yellow skin, simply be- 
 cause it is so difficult to obtain, but 
 we want the creamy white undercolor 
 because it makes it so easy to get 
 the rich golden yellow skin in its per- 
 fection. Whether tnere is anything 
 in the superiority of the yellow-skin- 
 ned fowl is not the question, for it is 
 a well established fact that the aver- 
 age American customer will pick up 
 the yellow-skinned chicken every time. 
 The only objections to them from the 
 fancier's view, so far as I know, is 
 the creamy undercolor mentioned and 
 their slightly f«athsred shanks. Tha 
 
 jPonltry Investigator J 
 
 f^ Is edited by a practical poul- 
 yvV^trymanof 30 years experi- 
 r^lence a:id is full of plain, 
 1^^ common sense articles by 
 W{ those that breed poultry and 
 r*l work instead of theorizing^. 
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 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Our stock Is first class. We have some year- 
 lins stonk and young stock for sale. Prices 
 reasonable. 
 
 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 
 hours and ten minutes per pullet. 
 Their house consisted of one thick- 
 ness of seven-eighths inch boards 
 with tarred paper on the outside. The 
 house was entirely unsheltered and so 
 cold that a pan of water would freeze 
 solid in twenty minutes' time. I have 
 not kept just that kind of a record 
 since, but have had plenty of White 
 Wonders that were equally good lay- 
 ers. Their eggs are of good size and 
 a nice brown cjlor. Their standard 
 weight is: Cock, C-/^ pounds; hen, S 
 pounds; cockerel, 8 pounds; pullet, 6i/^ 
 pounds. I have had cocks weighing 
 eleven pounds and hens nine and one- 
 half pounds, and although they are 
 large they are not a lazy fowl, but ac- 
 tive rustlers. I believe they combine 
 as many good qualities for the farmer 
 and poultry man as any breed in ex- 
 istence. 
 
 In know this article is already too 
 long, but I have abbreviated all I 
 could, and if not turned down this 
 time I may come again. 
 
 I. C. STEPHENS. 
 
 Carleton, Neb. 
 
 NEBRASKA STATE POULTRY 
 SHOWS. 
 Now is the time you should make 
 preparation to exhibit at some of the 
 best shows of the country, and we 
 would like to call your attention to 
 the Nebraska State Poultry show, to 
 be held at Lincoln, Neb., in the new 
 Auditorium, January 20 to 28, 1902. 
 The Nebraska State Poultry associa- 
 tion is the oldest poultry association 
 west of the Mississippi and does pay 
 out more money annually in premi- 
 ums than any association in the Uni- 
 ted States. It is incorporated under 
 the laws of the state and receives 
 $1,000 a year from the state to be 
 used in paying premiums at its an- 
 nual show. Every officer in the asso- 
 ciation is an old reliable breeder, a 
 man of long and tried experience. Our 
 judges are experienced judges and per- 
 fectly familiar with the breeds they 
 
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 K.xhlbition Coops. E^}; biases, shipping Coops 
 
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 will handle. We have engaged six 
 judges that the awards may be up at 
 noon of the second day. Our entry 
 fees will be the same popular ones 
 maintained beiore and our premiums 
 will be on pens: First, $6.00; second, 
 .|4.00; third, $2.00; fourth, ribbon and 
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 First, $3.00; second, $2.00; third, $1.00; 
 fourth, special and ribbon; fifth, rib- 
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 in full the last day of the show. Re- 
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 will be shown to any one. Every ex- 
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 exhibitor, whether he is present or at 
 home. Every bird will be cared for 
 in the best possible manner. We shall 
 be glad to see you with your birds 
 and we promise you fair and honor- 
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 premium list is now ready to mail and 
 it is a beauty. Send to L. W. GAR- 
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 OUR EXPERIENCE POOL. 
 Experience is the best teacher. 
 This experience pool will be a month- 
 ly poultry raisers' institute for the 
 exchange of practical ideas by practi- 
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 want them to give their experience 
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 suggest topics for future discussion. 
 Let all contribute. It will be a ben- 
 
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 We will award the premiums each 
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 Do not forget to suggest a head for 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 TOPICS FOR DECEMBER. 
 
 Topic No. 1 — What has been your ex- 
 perience in feeding for eggs in win- 
 ter? 
 
 Topic No. 2 — What has been your ex- 
 perience in feeding clover or alfalfa 
 to fowls in winter? 
 
 Topic No. 3 — What has been your ex- 
 perience in the different varieties as 
 to the best all-purpose fowl? 
 
 Topic No. 4 — What is your experience 
 in shipping fancy fowls in winter? 
 
 Topic No. 5 — What is your experience 
 in showing fancy poultry? 
 
 0_ ~rr ORPINGTONS 
 D VlII LEGHORNS 
 
 a-nd Brown Leghorrvs 
 
 Yiungorold stock, first class birds cheap. 
 Hundreds to selecl from. Eggs all the time. 
 M & P. HKRMAN. 
 
 B.\ 178. Hinsdale, 111 
 
24 
 
 i SCRATCHING SHEDS... t 
 
 t By M. M. JOHNSON t 
 
 ♦ ♦ 
 
 When we talk of warm, comfortable 
 poultry houses and overlook the 
 scratching shed, we have left out the 
 best part of the arrangements. I hold 
 to the theory that it is tom-foolish- 
 ness to build warm poultry houses and 
 let the fowls run out in the cold as 
 they wish. It is also nonsense to pen 
 them up in a warm poultry house and 
 allow them no room to exercise. We 
 can figure and theorize as much as 
 we feel like, but the scratching shed 
 has come to stay. It don't need to be 
 expensive nor elaborate, just a plain, 
 cheap shed that has a tight roof and 
 sides. Instead of windows in the 
 south, 5-cent muslin soaKed in linseed 
 oil will do. After it has been oiled 
 hang it out a day or two to dry, then 
 stretch it on the front of the shed. 
 I dont' like the open shed, it's all 
 right when the wind iS in the north, 
 but unfortunately we have lots of un- 
 comfortable south winds, and an open 
 shed is almost equivalent to out of 
 dors. 
 
 Don't be stingy with room in the 
 scratching shed, they can get along 
 with limited room in their roosting 
 department better than they can m 
 their exercising place; it costs but 
 little more to build a shed 16x16 than 
 it does 12x12. A shed 16x16 contains 
 256 square feet of floor room, with a 
 very little additional expense the floor 
 space can be nearly double. This is 
 on the same principle that a two inch 
 pipe will hold four times as much 
 water as a one inch pipe. Too many 
 of us want, to make ¥2 out of a hen 
 at 10 cents' worth of expense. It's 
 no go, and we should be satisfied with 
 a |2 hen and a 50 cent expense. It 
 dont' make any difference what kind 
 of paint you use nor how elegant 
 stripes you adorn the house with, you 
 will find the hens are color blind; 
 they seem to have a selfish disposition 
 in wanting to feel comfortable, regard- 
 less of all adornments. A whole lot 
 of us theoretical humbugs build poul- 
 try houses to suit us, the hens be 
 d — d, and what are you going to do 
 about it, etc. If we study the hens 
 more and ourselves less it would be 
 more appreciated by said hens. They 
 dont' care a continental what we may 
 know about science and mechanics, 
 all they want or care about is com- 
 fortable and cheerful quarters and 
 plenty of grub mixed in. When It 
 comes right down to good hard sense, 
 the common every-day hen can stand 
 any of us off. Not long since we saw 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 a chap figuring out the room for 100 
 hens. "Yes," he says, "a hen is about 
 six inches wide and ten inches long, 
 that will do for perch room and about 
 twice that room will be ample for 
 floor space, or room to exercise." The 
 writer is getting along in years and 
 has discovered that mortal man is a 
 curiosity anyhow, and I made no at- 
 tempt to spoil the man's mental cal- 
 culations. 
 
 You know there is an old gag about 
 the Missourians need to be showed, 
 but it dont' apply to the chicken man 
 who is good at figures; he just won't 
 be showed and that is all there is 
 to it; figures wont' lie — neither will 
 he, but your Uncle Jack will bet a 
 'coon skin that he fizzles in the poul- 
 try business. It takes more than fig- 
 ures to win out in the poultry busi- 
 ness — it takes some good judgment 
 and some common every-day hen 
 sense. 
 
 I have always had a curiosity in 
 finding out just why people theorize 
 so much in the poultry business when 
 they would not think of it in other 
 occupations. Does poultry pay? Well, 
 yes; it pays something like five hun- 
 dred per cent, but you can't figure it 
 out; somehow or other we have got to 
 work it out. M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
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 FACTS. 
 By P. W. Shepard. 
 
 It is a fact — 
 
 That it does not pay to allow the 
 fowls to contract colds. Colds are 
 rarely caused by any other ways than 
 exposure. Never expose the fowls to 
 any draughts of air and colds will not 
 occur so often. 
 
 That a cold may develop into a se- 
 vere case of roup, which is a serious 
 disease to a poultryman's birds. How- 
 ever, a little work on the part of the 
 breeder will save all colds and cases 
 of roup from occurring. 
 
 That a sick fowl, one that has a very 
 bad case of any disease, never amounts 
 to as much as it did before becoming 
 
 Buff 
 
 ORPINGTONS 
 and COCHINS. 
 
 Bred from my own Importations. 
 
 I won more premiums than 
 any two other exhibitors at the 
 Nebraska State Show, 1901. Be- 
 fore buving- anything write me 
 — it will be a pleasure to give 
 you prices. 
 
 IDA J. BUEHLER, Kenesaw, Neb. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
 Wyandottes :ire brefi from 
 best strain ol)tainable and 
 in line. We Ijreed tlie pure 
 golden Buff, not the dark 
 red. 'riiey're prize winners. 
 
 - B^ ^' *• °'"'' ""** Center, Neb. 
 
 MEMB'I. Cliesler White [logs torsale 
 
 OLENTANGY 
 
 .POV LTRY. 
 ...YARDS 
 
 Chas. C. Reid. Manager. 
 DELEWARE, OHIO 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 Ruff Cochin Bantams 
 Cornish Indian Games 
 
 Barred P. Rocks and 
 Cornish Indian Games. 
 
 8 years as breeders, 8 years as win- 
 ners in every exhibit where we ex- 
 hibited winning highest awards. 
 
 Stock for sale reasonable. Write, 
 COTTLE BROS., Edgar, Nebraska. 
 
 POULTRYMEN :::^t lt° weTi 
 
 it 
 
 unless PDIVITpn neatly. I do 
 it is *■ ft*! ' i 1^" well and use good 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Cornish and White Indian Games. 
 
 stock for Sale. 
 J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 nUNPHI 
 
 The Bes< Bone Cu^ter^ 
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 Why the Humphrey 
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 1 It has an open hopper — you don't ' 
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 year— the handsomest book of 
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Mrs. E. W. Orr, Clay Ce 
 
 sick. A case of cholera, roup or such 
 had better be cured with an axe. 
 
 That time is required to accomplish 
 anything in this world. No fortune 
 has been earned in a day. Fowls have 
 not been brought up to the present 
 high standard in a single day. So 
 your success will not come to you in 
 one day. 
 
 That there is pleasure as well as 
 profit in breeding fowls. The true 
 fancier finds much enjoyment in 
 breeding fowls. He loves to see them 
 grow and develop. He loves to watch 
 the eggs as they are kept warm for 
 three weeks and then he is happy 
 when the little ones pop out. 
 
 That many people breed fowls just 
 for the pleasure there is in it. It is 
 a change from a literary work or 
 clerkship or such work, to care for a 
 flock of beautiful birds. It rests the 
 body and mind in such cases. 
 
 That it requires study and thinking 
 to fathom the depths of poultrydom. 
 There are great lessons to be learned 
 from poultry. How to further develop 
 them and increase their usefulness, oc- 
 cupies the minds of hundreds of men 
 and women a large part of the time. 
 
 That there is no best breed, and that 
 it is only a matter of taste that makes 
 one breed selected in preference to an- 
 other. One person will claim a certain 
 breed to be the most profitable, while 
 at the same time another breeder will 
 condemn them as worthless. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 men in claiming that the smaller 
 breeds were so much more profitable 
 than the large breeds. I have been 
 breeding the L. Brahma, Felch strain, 
 for eleven years, and have had W. and 
 B. Leghorns, B. Spanish, P. Rocks, B. 
 .Tavas, Polish, etc., etc., but none of 
 the breeds mentioned have ever equal- 
 ed the laying of my L. Brahmas. It 
 is true that the Leghorn commences 
 to lay at an earlier age. I have had 
 them to lay at five months old. It is 
 also true that they eat less, but I 
 have had Brahmas (and have them 
 this year) to lay at six months old. 
 This strain hardly ever wants to sit, 
 so that I was compelled to buy an in- 
 cubator. The Brahmas have laid for 
 me all winter, with the thermometer 
 way below zero, while the Leghorns 
 would not dare to go out of the pens. 
 
 A Brahma egg is much larger than 
 a Leghorn and still larger than a 
 Hamburg. It is a far richer egg. My 
 wife claims that two Brahmas eggs 
 go farter in baking than three Leg- 
 horns. 
 
 Then the capons! I sold 22 capons 
 weighing 10 pounds dressed at 18 cents 
 per pound, or $1.80 each. How many 
 dozen Leghorn cockerels would it take 
 to bring that money? 
 
 Then the extra expense it takes to 
 fence for Leghorns or all the smaller 
 breeds. My Brahmas are confined in 
 a four-foot fence, while a six-foot 
 fence will not turn a Leghorn, and 
 they will crawl through any paling. 
 
 This is my side of the case. The 
 trouble is with most people, they don't 
 know bow to feed a Brahma or any 
 Asiatic fowl right. The chicks are so 
 much hardier, and they can stand 
 more cold than any other breed. 
 There now! Respectfully, 
 
 A. S. MULLER. 
 
 25 
 
 Poultry Investigator, Clay Center, 
 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 
 and enclose herewith 15 cents and 
 coupon for a year's subscription. 
 
 In reading an article by Rev. G-. A. 
 Chamblin, I was rather suprised at 
 the argument of the reverend gentle- 
 
 MY 
 
 Baff Orpingtons 
 
 . . . .Have no equal 
 
 B. Plymoath Rocks 
 
 (Thomrson Rinclets.) 
 AND 
 
 White Wyandottes 
 
 If you want good stock I have it 
 
 John A. laing^ 
 
 HARVARD, : NEBRASKA. 
 
 Grovf Fruit .. 
 
 Poultry helps Fruit; Fruit helps 
 Poultry; great combination. If you 
 want the best fruit paper, at 50c per 
 year, send for 
 
 "Western Fruit Grower" - - St. Joe, Mo. 
 
 Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest eg'g' 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A. Rickards, 
 
 SOUTH = OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 
 
 Ogdea, Utah. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality and Quantity. 
 
 ^arm raised prize winning stock, 
 cheap for quality. If you want Rocks 
 write us. 
 H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
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 J. ADAM, JOLIET, ILLS. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons ^ 
 
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 White Wyandottes | 
 
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 I never have failed to win in ® 
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 Rather Risky Business, 
 
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 Mammoth Strain 
 
 Light B's and Bronze Turkeys. Win- 
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 hundreds of prizes in my own and 
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 Partridge Cochins 
 Golden Sebright Bantams 
 Fancy Pigeons 
 
 I have no more Partridpe t'ochln females 
 for sale. I have a fine lot of fam-y PlKeons 
 at 50 cents a pair. 3 pairs of Golden Sebrieht 
 Ban's at*3 a pair. Cockerels at *1 each. Par- 
 tredge Cochin Cockerels from Jl to W each. 
 W. K- HOLCUM, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 A "SUCCESSFUL" SUCCESS. 
 (Deacon Lane's Story.) 
 "I s'pose you've often set a hen, 
 Over an' over, time an' again? 
 So have I, but never yet 
 Knowed a time when I could bet 
 How long that hen was goln' to set. 
 Set a hen on a peck o' cobs, 
 Brickbats, pebbles, ol' door knobs. 
 An' she'll set an' set In spite o' you— 
 Can't break her up, whatever you do. 
 
 "But set a hen en some high-priced eggs. 
 Soon's she feels 'em 'tween her legs, 
 Suthin' makes her feel like scratchin', 
 An' that ends all her hopes o' hatchln'. 
 When that happens, I declare 
 I sometimes feel that I must swear. 
 I'll say right here, or any place. 
 A hen's no instrument of grace. 
 
 "But s'posin' by some accident. 
 After three weeks .she has spent 
 A-settin', you do get some chicks; 
 That hen knows some other tricks. 
 She will just take all kinds o' pains 
 To get ketched out in pourin' rains, 
 Till all her chicks are drownded dead. 
 All but one — an', as I said. 
 Sometimes I've been so mad I vum 
 I was jest on the p'lnt o' sayin' dum'. 
 When settln' hens Is on the place, 
 'Tis hard to hold to savin' grace. 
 
 " 'long las' spring— sometime in May— 
 
 I met a man from loway, 
 
 An' he was tellin' as how he'd seen 
 
 Chickens hatched In a machine. 
 
 He sais 'twas made o' glass an' wood. 
 
 An' had four legs so't could be stood 
 
 In a corner anywhere, 
 
 An' would do its hatchln' there. 
 
 He said the cost warn't very much. 
 
 An' 'twould hatch to beat the Dutch. 
 
 He said the makers give away 
 
 A book 'twould make it plain as day 
 
 How to make our profits greater 
 
 If we'd use an incubator. 
 
 "So my pen in hand I took, 
 
 Writ an' got a pictur' book; 
 
 Read it through from front to back— 
 
 'Twas convincin', for a fac'. 
 
 An' at last I sent and got 
 
 A "Successful." Tell you what. 
 
 When I got It I was proud. 
 
 But the neighbors all allowed 
 
 'Twas a sin an' ag'ln natur' 
 
 Hatchln' with an incubator. 
 
 "I read the rules an' set her goin', 
 
 Folks aroun' done lots o' blowin', 
 
 Seemed to think it mighty funny 
 
 Watchin' a fool get shet o' money. 
 
 I just kep' on a sawin' wood. 
 
 Follered d'rectlons near's I could. 
 
 Watched the lamp an' regulator. 
 
 Kep' a-watchln' that incubator. 
 
 I warn't talkin'— I kep' still. 
 
 Watched things purty close, until 
 
 Ono day as I was a-peepin' 
 
 At them eggs I heerd a cheepin'; 
 
 Then I watched a little spell 
 
 An'— a chicken broke the shell, 
 
 An' aforo the day was done, 
 
 Them eggs hatched out— all but one; 
 
 Had a drawer crowdin' full 
 
 Of fuzzy chickens, soft as wool. 
 
 I know it warn't the proper thing. 
 
 But I couldn't help cuttin' a pigeon wing. 
 
 An' then I called the neighbors in. 
 
 'Specially them that talked ag'ln 
 
 Hatchln' chickens In machines; 
 
 Proved to them they didn't know beans. 
 
 Made 'em look like small pertaters, 
 Runnin' down them incubators. 
 
 "Waal, I kep' the thing a-goin'; 
 Every hatch made a good showln'. 
 An' the neighbors 'round about 
 Kep' on findin' some things out. 
 When they see my chickens grow 
 Like ill weeds, they wanted to know 
 Ef I could do much better when 
 I used machines instid o' hens. 
 When a 'Successful' was put to hatchln'. 
 I told 'em hens was not a patchin' 
 
 " 'Is the "Successful" a success?' 
 Waal, I certainly should say yes: 
 An' more than that, one on the place 
 May keep a man from fallin' from grace." 
 
 THE HEN AS A TAXPAYER. 
 
 A few years ago, with many people, 
 the hen was an unknown quantity, 
 as tar as the profit was concerned. 
 We raised her for an occasional fry 
 in summer or roast in winter, when 
 someone came visiting, or at picnic 
 times. She laid some eggs In sum- 
 mer, when eggs were so cheap that 
 we preferred to eat them to bothering 
 taking them to town and that was 
 about her status with us as well as 
 the country around. But that Is all 
 changed now. She has found herself, 
 or rather, we have found her capa- 
 bilities. "The Lay of the Kansas Hen," 
 who feeds the family, pays off the 
 mortgage and the taxes; sends the son 
 to college and provides the piano for 
 the daughter, is not so much of a joKe 
 as you might think; for I know of 
 dozens of farmers around me now who 
 have fried chicken every day if they 
 want it, and hens enough left all of 
 the time, to pay not only the grocery 
 bill, but provide luxuries for the house. 
 And I know others who do pay their 
 taxes with the egg and chicken 
 money; and I know a girl who raised 
 enough Brown Leghorns, along with 
 the eggs they laid last year, to buy 
 herself an organ and a Jersey cow. 
 And now the mortgage and the col- 
 lege is all that, so far, we must hear 
 from, and they will shortly be forth- 
 coming. 
 
 But to make the chickens pay, we 
 found that we must not only get good 
 breeds for our purpose, but expend 
 some care and time upon them. If 
 we wanted eggs in winter, we must 
 provide good quarters, dry and warm, 
 for our chickens, though we kept none 
 but the non-sitting, almost daily life- 
 time layers, as the Minorcas or Leg- 
 horns. The best brood of these will 
 not lay to the best of their ability In 
 winter, if not given warm quarters 
 and some stimulating feed, although 
 it is claimed they need but half to 
 that which the larger breeds require. 
 
 If we would raise chickens for the 
 early market and for profit by weight, 
 then we quickly learned that we must 
 
keep the Brahmas, Cochias and Lamg- 
 shan; although some of our neighbors 
 prefer the Plymouth Rock tor an all 
 around chicken, not only for coming 
 steadily up to its prime average in 
 weight, but also for a good layer. 
 
 We have tried all kinds, and all 
 have their good points, and while the 
 Plymouth Rock cannot come up to the 
 Buff Cochin and Brahma in some few 
 points, really after all, it has the few- 
 est faults of any. 
 
 It is best to keep just one breed 
 (and that a pure one) at a time. They 
 mix so badly, and we found mixed 
 chickens so slow of growth, and some- 
 times they take all of the scratching, 
 lazy faults of the parent stock, and 
 little of the good. Of course, there 
 are exceptions. We like the half- 
 breeds of the Buff Cochin and Light 
 Brahma. 
 
 In the old days, when the barnyard 
 fowl reigned supreme, with one ex- 
 ception, we expected her to quit her 
 desultory laying in August, and not 
 begin again until next April, and not 
 then, if she took a notion. 
 
 The exception came at hog killing 
 time. Then, from gluttening them- 
 selves with the offal, the lights, etc., 
 we would get a surplus of eggs for 
 awhile. This, finally, taught us, if we 
 would have eggs in winter, we milst 
 feed meat or some other heat and egg 
 producing food. And this is why 
 green bone food and linseed oil meal 
 cakes keep the chickens, even the 
 barnyard breed, hunting nests all of 
 the winter. The Leghorns really do 
 not need so much stimulation, as it is 
 their business to lay in winter as well 
 as summer. But it is just as well, for 
 the Leghorn as the other breeds, to 
 save all the skim milk you can spare 
 for them. Skim milk, helped out with 
 corn, is an excellent egg producer. 
 
 The first one of our neighbors who 
 set us the example of raising chick- 
 ens upon a scientific basis for profit 
 had the dark Brahmas. They sold 
 a sitting of eggs from these for, I be- 
 lieve, 50 cents. And the rest were 
 sold to the huxter or grocery at the 
 regular market price at the time. But, 
 for fear we would buy them from 
 these parties, each egg was perforated 
 with a needle before it was sold in 
 market. There was considerable 
 questioning among the neighbors as 
 to the right or wrong of this. But, 
 whichever it was, it certainly proved 
 stimulating to the pure bred chicken 
 trade, as for spite many of the neigh- 
 bors invested in different fancy breeds 
 of their own, and now the country is 
 full of mixed chickens, mixed down to 
 the twentieth generation. 
 
 ANNA BELL. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 HAMBURG BREEDERS, ATTEN- 
 TION. 
 
 The second annual meeting of the 
 American Hamburg club will take 
 place at Topeka, Kan., January 1st to 
 6th, 1902. We have been highly suc- 
 cessful in securing the services of one 
 of the popular judges of the west. 
 Judge L. P. Harris, Clay Center, Neb., 
 is the man who will score our birds, 
 and every one who knows him will 
 agree that it means a fair skake for 
 everybody. 
 
 Arrangements that are quite satis- 
 factory to all concerned have been 
 made by which we will meet In con- 
 nection with the Kansas State Poultry 
 association in their annual show, thus 
 giving every breeder an opportunity 
 of meeting the leading poultry people 
 of the west. Our premium list is 
 growing nicely and we expect a nice 
 string of prizes by show time. 
 
 Here it is to date; 
 
 G. A. Chamblin, S. S. Hamburgs, 
 Moran, Kan., fS.OO. 
 
 L. Cook & Bro., S. S. Hamburgs, 
 Oakville, la., $5.00. 
 
 Good Bros., S. S. Hamburgs. Cim- 
 arron, Kan., $2.50 cash, or $5.00 in 
 stock. 
 
 M. M. Johnson, Sure Hatch Poultry 
 Co., Clay Center, Neb., one Sure Hatch 
 brooder, 200 chick size, $5.75. 
 
 Now is the time to whoop it up. En- 
 thusiasm is growing and interest in 
 Hamburgs is rapidly increasing. Have 
 you done anything to help us? Are 
 you going to help now? Get a hustle 
 on and send in your contribution, 
 whether large or small. It will help. 
 Yours for success, 
 
 G. W. CHAMBLIN, 
 Secretary Pro Tem. 
 
 Moran, Kan. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. A. Upton, Falrbury, 
 Neb., have an extra fine lot of Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks and must sell soon 
 to make room for winter. Their stock 
 this fall is much better than before, 
 and those wishing to buy will get full 
 value for money paid. 
 
 The cut we use on our first pag-e 
 this month was made from a photo of 
 a flock of Pekin ducks and Toulouse 
 g'eese, owned by Mrs. Flora Shroyer, 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 P. Hostetler^ 
 
 E.\ST LYNNE, MISSOURI. 
 
 Breeder of a g-ood laying strain of gilt 
 
 .... edg'e .... 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 and best laying: strain of 
 
 ..S. C. White Leghorns.. 
 
 At low down prices. 
 
 27 
 
 Pride of the West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks, Cong-er & 
 Felch; Black Langshans, Fmry 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
 CLARKSVII,I<K, : : : : MISSOURI. 
 
 The New . 
 
 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Edition, 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
 Poultry Association. It is a book of 
 over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
 tains the only official descriptions of 
 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
 this Standard that all poultry judges 
 base their awards. Every experienced 
 fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
 ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
 requirements to which his stock must 
 be bred. 
 
 The Standard of Perfection 
 
 — AND— 
 
 The Poultry Investigator 
 
 Oae Year, for $1.00 
 
 Address, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
 CLAY CENTER, : : : : NBBRARKA. 
 
 Certificate of Sale. 
 
 October 16, 1901. 
 This is to certify that I have this 
 day sold and shipped my first prize 
 winning Light Brahmas to Mr. J. P. 
 Newman, Bloom field, Iowa, consisting 
 of 1st cockerel at Nebraska State Show 
 at Lincoln, 1901, also 1st and 2nd prize 
 pullets at Kansas State Show, Topeka 
 1901, and good will thrown in. Any- 
 one wanting eggs from first class 
 Light Brahmas in the spring^ will do 
 well to correspond with Mr. Newman. 
 I will hereafter devote my time to rais- 
 ing Chalk White Wyandottes and Buff 
 Orpingtons. 
 
 Respectfully Submitted, 
 G. B. Clary, 
 Route No. 1. Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accommodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
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 THE GOOD THINGS OTHERS SAY 
 OF US. 
 Buffalo. N. Y.— Poultry Investigator- 
 Gentlemen: I thank you for sample copy; 
 it was very Interesting. I know some ol 
 your correspondents; they are reliahU 
 people. Enclosed find stamp for one year's 
 subscription. Respectfully, J. H. B. 
 
 Philadelphia. Pa.— Poultry Investigator 
 —Gentlemen: If your paper follows the 
 plan adopted it will be one of the besi 
 poultry papers published. Tours truly, 
 T. B. S. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 for you to drop my ad. I have been 
 swamped with letters for the last two 
 months from my ad In your paper. I had 
 etters from nearly every state and made 
 ready sales. Tour paper was worth more 
 to me than any paper I ov. r advertised 
 in. As soon as I can raise more stock I 
 will send money for ad again. Yours very 
 truly, L. D. GREEN. 
 
 Redlands, Cal. 
 Formerly of Red Oak, la. 
 
 Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 10. 1901.— Poultry 
 Investigator— Dear Sir: Your paper Is 
 surely covering a large territory, and ef- 
 fectively, as we hear from our ad in it 
 from all sections. Yours, 
 
 H. E. MOSS, 
 
 Midland Poultry Food Co. 
 Clay Center. Neb.— Poultry Investigator 
 —Gentlemen: We have had better results 
 from our ad in the Investigator than any 
 other poultry paper we ever used two to 
 one. Success to you. Tours. A. J. W. 
 
 Jacksonville. 111., Aug. 23, 1901.— L. P. 
 Harris, Editor Poultry Investigator — Dear 
 Sir: Allow me first to congratulate you 
 on the style and makeup of your initial 
 number. It surely Is a live chick and has 
 been well Incubated and is predestined to 
 become a prize winner In Its class. May 
 it continue to scratch out the golden 
 grain from the chaff and thrive until It 
 is known and heard from In every state 
 In the union. I have already several in- 
 quiries from Its influence. Respectfully. 
 M. L EDSON. 
 
 Allegheny, Pa.— The Investigator— Gen- 
 tlemen: Enclosed you will find stamp for 
 paper. It Is a gem. T fell in love with 
 it on sight of first copy. Tours truly, 
 M. E. VOGEL. 
 
 L>a Jara. Colo— Poultry Investlgntor— 
 Dear Sirs: Sample copy of paper received 
 and have read It through and I like It 
 very much. We all want a western paper. 
 The eastern papers are not In touch with 
 the poultry business out here. We have 
 good poultry raised In Colorado If one 
 could find it, but very few advertise so 
 we can find them out Very respectfully. 
 C. A. L. 
 
 Buel, Kan.— Poultry Investigator— Dear 
 Sirs: After reading Esq. De Puy's "Edi- 
 torial Reception" I determined to let "ye 
 editor" know that "Poultry Success" Is 
 not nearly the only one "Well Wisher" 
 for you. To the Investigator, long may 
 her pennant wave and may she receive 
 the Immediate support of deserved thou- 
 sands, and hope her Investigatory 
 scratchlngs may result In good picking 
 for all concerned. Tours truly, 
 
 D. Z. H. 
 
 Cottage Grove, Ore.— Poultr>' Investi- 
 gator—Gentlemen: I received sample 
 copy of your paper and like it fine. En- 
 close stamp for one year's subscription. 
 Tours truly, A. J. B. 
 
 Redlands, Ca!., Oct. 20, 1901.— L. P. Har- 
 ris, Editor Poultry Investigator— Dear 
 Sir: I write you for the purpose of noti- 
 fying the readers of the Poultry Investi- 
 gator that my stock Is all sold out and 
 
 Chatham, O.. Aug. 28. 1901— L. P. Har- 
 ris. Clay Center, Neb.— Dear Sir: The 
 first number of the Investigator is a good 
 one and I have received several inquiries 
 already from It. Tours, J. W. W. 
 
 LIST OF SPBCIALTT CLUBS. 
 For the convenience of those breeders 
 who would like to become members of 
 the specialty club devoted to their favor- 
 ites, we publish the following list of spe- 
 cialty clubs and the names and postoffice 
 addresses of the secretaries. We believe 
 the list is correct and complete, but if 
 any of our readers know of any omis- 
 sions or corrections we would be under 
 obligations to them if they will inform 
 us of the fact. 
 
 American Plymouth Rock Club— H. P. 
 Schwab, secretary-treasurer. Rochester, 
 N. T. 
 
 American White Plymouth Rock Club- 
 Frank Heck, secretarj'-treasurer. 32.5 
 Dearborn street. Chicago. 111. 
 
 New England Barred and White Ply- 
 mouth Rock Club— W. B. Atherton. sec- 
 retary-treasurer, 30 Broad street, Boston. 
 Mass. 
 
 American Buff Plymouth Rock Club— 
 W. C. Denny. secretary-treasurer. 
 Rochester. N. T. 
 
 National White Wyandotte Clul>— 
 George C. Rose. secretary-treasurer. 
 Shawneetown, 111. 
 
 New England White Wyandotte Club— 
 G. A. Newhall, acting secretary, Perry- 
 ville, Mass. 
 
 Eastern White Wyandotte Club— C. A. 
 Briggs, secretary, Taunton, Mass. 
 
 Western Wyandotte Club— J. D. W. 
 Hall, secretary-treasurer, Des Moines, la. 
 National Wyandotte Club— C. S. Matti- 
 son, secretary-treasurer. South Shafts- 
 bury, Vt. 
 
 Silver Wyandotte Club of America— E. 
 S. Tarbox, secretary-treasurer, Torkville, 
 111. 
 
 American Golden Wyandotte Club— A. 
 L. RIngo, secretary-treasurer, 333 Rook- 
 ery building. Chicago, 111. 
 
 The Partridge Wyandotte Club of 
 America— Theo. Haight, secretary-treas- 
 urer, Astoria, L. I,, N. T. 
 
 American Buff Wyandotte Club— W. R. 
 Wooden, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
 Creek, Mich. 
 
 New England Light Brahma Club- 
 George W. Cromack. secretary. Stone- 
 ham. Mass. 
 
 Western Light Brahma Club— W. S. 
 Gregory, secretary-treasurer, Keota, la. 
 Gents: I not only found your paper an 
 American Dark Brahma Club— Clark E 
 Adams, secretary. Racine. Wis. 
 
 American Langshan Club— A. H. Asche. 
 secretary-treasurer. Princeton. 111. 
 
 American Cochin Club— Arthur R. 
 Sharp. secretar>-. Taunton. Mass. 
 
 American Leghorn Club— George H. 
 Burgott, secretary, Lawton Station, 
 ... T. 
 American Single Comb Brown Leghorn 
 
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 water paints y( ur hen root. Trial bottle 
 25 cents postpiiid Circula fre- . 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK BOX 176. 
 
 Poultry Supph'es 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, %1 
 per 60. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each $1. 
 
 Spray Pumps each 75c. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can T5c. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure 2oc and SOc a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure 50c and SI a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices. 
 
 Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center, §12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
 per 100 pounds T5c. 
 
 Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O. 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs 75c. 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 The best Folding, 
 Exhibition Coop. 
 
 Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 
 
 Manufactures and sells the best Exhibition 
 Foldlnjr Coop on the niaiUet. Prices within 
 the reach of all. He alfo has .50 S. C B.LEO- 
 HORN COCKERELS for sale srom ".5c to *i no 
 each. Write your wants, 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 29 
 
 Club— C. M. Davison, secretary, Chicago 
 Lawn, III. 
 
 American Buff Leghorn Club— George 
 S. Barnes, secretary-treasurer. Battle 
 Creek, Mich. 
 
 American Rose Comb Brown Leghorn 
 ClutH- C. R. Milhous, secretary-treasurer, 
 Spencer Ind. 
 
 American Houdan Club— Thomas F. 
 Rigg, secretary-treasurer, Iowa Falls, la. 
 
 Blue Andalusian Club of America— Rob- 
 ert W. Lovett, secretary, 234 Marlborough 
 street, Boston, Mass. 
 
 American Black Minorca Club— Charles 
 L. Blanton, secretary, Falls Church, Va. 
 
 American White Minorca Club — William 
 Sapper, secretary, Brie, Pa. 
 
 American Indian Game Club— C. S. 
 Whiting, secretary-treasurer, Darien, 
 N. T. 
 
 American Polish Club— M. V. Caldwell, 
 secretary-treasurer, Leetonia, O. 
 
 National Exhibition Game and Game 
 Bantam Club— W. W. Withee, secretary- 
 treasurer. La Crosse, Wis. 
 
 American Dorking Club — Frank H. 
 Prentice, secretary. North Grafton, Mass. 
 
 American White Wonder Club — A. L. 
 Merrill, secretary. Auburn, Me. 
 
 American Rhode Island Red Club— John 
 Crowther, secretary-treasurer. Fall River, 
 Mass. 
 
 National Bantam Association— E. La- 
 tham, secretary. Flat Bush, L. I., N. Y. 
 
 National Bronze Turkey Club— Mrs. B. 
 F. Hislop, secretary, Milford, 111. 
 
 Western Turkey Club— Mrs. F. A. Har- 
 grave, secretary-treasurer, Richmond, 
 Kan. 
 
 Water Fowl Club of America— Theo. F. 
 Jager, secretary, Pingrove, Pa. 
 
 The Osceola Poultry association will 
 hold their next show at Osceola, la., De- 
 cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr, 
 Weldon, la.; vice president, W. S. 
 Luther, Osceola: secretary and treasurer, 
 Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent, 
 J, M. Beard, Osceola, la.; L. P. Harris, 
 judge. Catalogue out November 1. Send 
 for one; it is free. 
 
 The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso- 
 ciation will hold its annual show at Og- 
 den, Utah, December 11, 12, 13 and 14. M. 
 J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning 
 will place the awards. Premium list will 
 be out November 4. Be sure to send tor 
 one. 
 
 Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered, 
 
 personally selected, while at Los Angeles reeently, the cream of the finest atock from 
 
 several rabbitries. including a variety of Ibe pnpular champion strains. By 
 
 purchasing them >n herds I trot rare bargains, which I offer to 
 
 my customers at prices ranging 
 
 From $3 to $6 Each, Express Paid to Any Point 
 
 None of these ; 
 
 core ie 
 
 than !IJ. .tnd a few run as liigh as '.ifi. I ship either from 
 r OS Angeles or Houston. 
 
 300ANIMALSTO SELECT FROM 
 
 Authorized Judge of American Belgian llari' Keiiistry Association of Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Dixie Rabbltry, S. J, MITCHELL, Prop., (Main Ranch), Houston, Texas. 
 
 ■ym^ Miller's Perfection 
 Folding Exhibition 
 Coop 
 
 Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
 Nothing to 1 o astray. The neatest 
 and strongest coop ou the market. 
 
 Wm. MILLER, North Bend. Neb 
 
 Barred Plymouthl»ayi"SHow vor 
 Rocks. 
 
 Some fine Cockerels I 
 ..FOR SALE.. 
 
 Scotch Collie Pups 
 
 Pure bred, tiolddust strain, eiigahje to res- 
 isier. From imported Bench Winning St ck. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 
 Red Oak, : : : : : Iowa. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 I have a number of early hatched cocker- 
 erels thnt are jioofi in all sections, and really 
 poor in none, that I am oflerins for a short 
 time only at s' and sa each. A few pullets to 
 spare at $1 lo *5 each. All farm raised. 
 
 W. S. RUSSELL, 
 
 Bo.x I. <_)ttumwa, Iowa. 
 
 That we raise as good Barred Rocks 
 in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
 ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his 
 equal for $5, or money back. If you 
 buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him 
 for $8 Try me. CORWIN JONES, 
 Sidney, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. J. B. Jones, 9 ^ ^ 
 
 Breeder of 
 
 Barred Plymoutli E.ocks 
 
 and Mammoth Bronze 
 Turkeys 
 
 STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
 SON. 
 
 .\BILENE, : : : : KANSAS. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering: advertise nents. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 ",!!» yV a^^BBa^iBi^ iClir 
 
 \ Catch The.... 
 
 o The Poultry Investigator's Rate 
 
 1-^ ...Early Trade 8 «" ^PPl'^ation -^^^ 
 
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 ADVERTISING 
 ..NOW.. 
 
 X There were but tew chicks raised this 
 X year and the Early Advertiser is 
 <> the one that will Reap the Harv- 
 O est. Send copy at once and g-et 
 O your share of the trade. 
 X Neglecting Advertising is neglecting 
 
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30 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^ Brief Busit^ess Co^tchers. ^ 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 SINGLE INSERTION 
 
 5« CENTS 
 
 Under these heading^s cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
 less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sinjjle in- 
 sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS 
 
 No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
 uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
 allowed each quarter. 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 WITH INVESTIGATOR 
 
 I YEAR $3.00 
 
 BUFF PLYMOnTIl ROCK Cockerels from 
 first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
 prices. Albert R. Swett, 3«4 Mosley St., 
 Elgin, III. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHAN, W. I'. RorU.-iIl old 
 stock for siile at $1.00 ('«ch. youne white 
 Peklns duck-s6foriM00all from lilfcti .scor- 
 ing stork. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS and Rose Oomb White Leg- 
 horns bred from the best of stock. Prize 
 winners. For sale. -Tohn A Johnson, Pilot 
 Mound. Iowa. 
 
 J. W WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
 Judse. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty. 
 
 SILVFR LACKD WYANDOTTS.S, White Wy- 
 andottes. Buff Leghorns. Black Leghorns 
 and White Pekln lim-ks. First class Mrrts 
 for sale. Mrs. W E. Tlbbltf, Imperial. Neb 
 
 FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
 «arly. Games. Heathwoods. Irish and Mex- 
 ican Grays. BIk. Rfds, Tornadoes and Cor- 
 nish Indians. Free Illustrated circular. C. 
 D. Smith. Fort Plain, N. Y. 
 
 100 S.S. HAMBURGS. -Stock for sale. Eggs 
 at prices to suit the season. Stock In good 
 condition fashionably bred and artistically 
 marked. Rev. G. A. Chamblin, Moran, 
 Kansas. 
 
 IF YOU WANT the blood of Boston and New 
 York winners in Barred Rnrks, S. (). Brown 
 and White Leghorns. 1 ><ave it and can 
 please you in stoci' at low prices. Eggs In 
 season. Elm Lodge Poultry Yards, Cen- 
 treville, Md. 
 
 SEE HERE. Fine Light Bnihma Cockerels 
 $1.25 each Pullets tl.OO. Palrs$2 00. Trios 
 $3.00 Also fine Barred Plymouth Rock 
 Cockerels .11 each. Order now. Richard J. 
 Holt, Utica. Minn. 
 
 FOR S* LE. Two last year's cockerels, score 
 9UJi and BWi- $3 50 and $2.00 respectively; 
 also about ten cockerels at $1.50 each 
 Write soon. Harry Fleming. Hastings. Neb 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and e.\hiblllon 
 steck for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
 tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
 or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
 F. Whaiey. Appleton City, Mo. 
 
 SPECIAL BARGAINS in Buff Wyandottes. 
 pure Buffs Winn rs at Chicago and Cedar 
 Rapids. I'^wa. Also a tine line of Bantams 
 such as Game Coi'hins. Sebriglits and .Jap- 
 anese. Write for prices. M. F. Yegge, De 
 Witt, Iowa. Bo.x 26. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
 cream at I'hicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
 150 youngsters for sale after ' ictober 1. fin- 
 er than ev«r, superior feathering, =bape 
 and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
 teed, U, J. Shanklln, Wanbcek, Iowa. 
 
 BARGAINS in Buff Wyandotteo. line bred 
 (Brey's str-ain) >2 and ki yrown. E.xtra se- 
 lected for eqhlhltlon and br- eding 4 pul- 
 lets and I cockerel only $10. .John brey. 
 Specialist, Nrola, Iowa. 
 
 FOR EXCHANGE A 60-egK Pure Hatch In- 
 cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games. 
 Must be first cla-s stock. A. J. Williams, 
 Clay Cecter, Nebr. 
 
 ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS for sale 
 1st cockerel St. Paul. Febru.iry 1!«1 and 
 nine one year old hens, score 824 to W/,. by 
 Russell, for $15 T. F. Reinelt, Tripp, S. D. 
 
 Rules ofthe Cock Pit 
 
 A neat little book of pocket siti 
 
 I bouDil Id tough Ca^ 
 
 , NuralDg ftod cwerj' 
 
 By Db. H. p. Clabkb. IndiaDapoHi, Ind* 
 
 The Recognized Authority. 
 
 FRICB. 36 CENTS. 
 Addreu tbs FublUber of tUs Vtv—. 
 Rules of the Cock-Pil and Poultry 
 Investigator one year 
 
 For 25 Centsm 
 
 Address, THE LNVESTIGATOR, 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 
 Morning View » <> 
 PouUry Yards. <^^ 
 
 .HAVE. 
 
 ..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eyes. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting 
 
 James M. Perkins, 
 
 KAVENWOOD, : ; MISSOURI. 
 
 ooooooooooooo+ooooooooooooo 
 
 TAKE THE 
 
 S Kansas City & Omaha Line 8 
 
 Q For all points east, south or west. Close con- O 
 O nectionsmadeonall junction points. O 
 
 8 
 
 ^ For rates and information call on or address, S. M. Adsit, G. P. 
 jy. St, Joe, Mo. S. M. Wallace, Agent, Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 OOOOOOOCOOOOOOO^OOOOOOOOOOO 
 
 ► ®® e« &&&^-&^&^'&& ®^*®«««^®®®® ®«e«®® ®« ®* 
 
 Mammoth Pekin Ducks 
 
 100 While Wpndotte Cockerels 
 
 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. 
 
 Cur e Guaranteed ! 
 
 THE only remedy positively 
 known to cure roup In all Its 
 forms as long as the fowl can 
 see to drink. For Oanker, es- 
 pecially in pigeons, this cure excels 
 others. One .'.0 rent package makes 25 yallotis of medicine. Dlr<>ctlons with 
 rv packa^i'. If i' falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1. 
 nkey's Lovise Killer never fails to I ill. Try it. 25 cents per package, and 
 
 Donkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 Conkey's Egg Food and Poxiltry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect 
 healili. and pm u.i- iiiiirf t-trcsiliaii an\ -imiiMr prenaratinn. 25 cents per piickage 
 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 
 I mce: No.SP.uk Pla,-e .New Vork fitv and S 11, I. Co.. CImv Center. N'ehr. For 
 !.;ili' hy all poollTV Mll))ily Imiuscs. " |»-.\s.'eiils Vitril,-d. 
 
Barred Plymoath Rocks 
 
 KXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 If you want winners bred from win- 
 ners that will win for you, write me. 
 
 FRED TOWNSEND, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Hydro-Safety Lamp 
 
 myo'rini-uljiilcirnnd llrnclor and save oil, 
 
 ^^t;4 attention and avoid all diuiu'vr. Wattr jacket 
 
 keeps burner coo!. Price, 7fic. (n $2.70. Cata- 
 
 loeueof allln-o'->.-.r»urn.li.s J<'.Irt.:E:E:. 
 
 OtKES. Mfr. Wo 12 6'h St., Blnoitilngton. Inil. ^ 
 
 F. A. CROWELL, 
 
 GRANGER, MINN. 
 Breeder of Strictly High Class Buff 
 Orpingtons, Leghorns, and Cochins; 
 Light Brahmas, Indian Runner and 
 Pekin Ducks. Stock for sale that will 
 please you. Circular free. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Our Wyandottes never have failed 
 to win in the best company. Young 
 stock for sale. 
 
 J.C.KAPSER, Clay Centep,Neb 
 F. H. SHELlABA RfiEB, west^liberty. 
 
 Has '""•' I— 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 for 20 years. We have tlieni that are up to 
 date in size, shape and color. Write me if 
 you ne*"d any. 20^h annual circular which 
 fully describes our Breedin;; stock is free. 
 Mention this Journal and address as above. 
 
 OTMO. HUN. DRO. 
 
 Breeder of Prize-Winning 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P. ROCKS. 
 
 Stoek for sale at all times. Eggs in season. 
 
 E. B. OMOHUNDRO, Bowling 6reen, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 31 
 
 Gleti RaveH is Covered with 
 
 CHICKENS : AND : TURKEYS 
 
 Bied to standard requirem"nts and if hlnh quality. Prom E.vhibition scored parents 
 Brown and White Leahorns. Barred and White Plymouth Rocks, Black Minorcas and 
 Bronze Turkeys. Pri?es reasonable. Circular free Mention Investigator. Write for. 
 description. 
 
 E. W.GEER, Farmington, Missouri. 
 
 Pnnl+rv QnrkrklioC! For the next 6O days I will sell Grit and 
 1 UUlll Y OUUIJllCO. • Shell in lots of 500 pounds or over at great- 
 ^'^.'^'^'^^^'^'^'^'^-^'■^'^'^'^^-^^^'^'^^ ly reduced figures. It will pay you to lay in 
 your winter supply now. Agent for Cyphers Incubators and Brooders, and 
 Humphrey's Bone Cutters. Write for anything you need in poultry supplies. 
 
 E. n. PEGliEH, 241 S 11 St., Liincoln, Neb. Box 463. 
 
 THE IDEAL 
 
 Aluminuni 
 LEG BAND. 
 
 I Is the acknowleged leader. It loosing off is Impossible as it Is made with a double nlinch 
 and is guaranteed to stay on. It is light, neat, strong and durable, easily and quickly put 
 on. It is absolutely the be=t band on the market today. Read what others say: 
 
 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 
 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. 
 
 Very Truly Yours. F. O. Welcome. 
 
 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. 
 
 FRANK MYERS, Box 14, Free Port, III. 
 
 G. B. CLARY, Fairbury, Nebraska. 
 
 ( Chalk White Wyandottes, 
 Breeder of •! Mammoth Light Brahmas 
 ( Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Exhibited at four shows, 1900-1901. Won 39 
 regular premiums. Eggs and stock in sea- 
 son. Satisfaction assured. 
 
 Still 10 Cents a Year. 
 
 Until further notice you can still get 
 the Poultry, Bke and Frdit Jour- 
 nal for 10c per year. Or by getting 
 four of your friends to send with you, 
 we will either extend your subscrip- 
 tion one year or make you a gift of a 
 good poultry book. Send today — now 
 — before it is too late, as this offer 
 may be withdrawn at anytime. Send 
 your dime and get the neatest, boiled 
 down, right-to-the-point, stop-when- 
 you've-said-it, monthly journal an en- 
 tire year. Thirty words in Breeders' 
 Column for 25c. Display advertising 
 75c per inch, net. No discounts for 
 time or space. A guarantee of satis- 
 faction written in every contract. 
 POULTRY, BK A, FRUIT CO., Davenport, Iowa. 
 
 Barrett 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. 
 
 li.'i Cockerels extra good breeders 1.50 each. 
 
 50 Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each. 
 
 .■)0 Pullets, good breeders 1.00 each. 
 
 25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones l.SO each. 
 
 5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want 
 and can do you good circular free. Your Truly, 
 
 MR. and MRS. 1. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 TBE COMING BREED 
 
 W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY 
 
 No Eggs for Sale! A nice lot of 
 young chicks for sale in pairs and 
 trios. Bred from the best matings of 
 imported stock. I have hundreds of 
 February and March hatched chicks 
 for sale. Mention this Journal. 
 
 NEBRASKA. 
 
 White Leghorns. 
 
 Layers and winners. An Inducement to 
 buy at once and of us— tented breeders, hens 
 $8. 110 and J12 per dozen. Cocks 11.50 to *2.50 
 each Scottish Terrier puppies S5. 
 
 PRACTIOAL POULTRY FARM, 
 
 R. R, Fr.nch, Mgr. Bo.i 47, Ford City, Mo. 
 
 BUFF P. ROCKS ^.^.^itTl^id S"" 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 Burdick Gold Nug- 
 gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
 can be found, and are up-to-date in 
 every respect. Some fine specimens 
 for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 
 tion. Address 
 
 MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Gentsr, Nebr. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANf^OTTES. R. 
 I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
 bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultr y 
 Judge. Port Huron, Michigan. 
 
32 
 
 Imported Buff Orpingfons. 
 
 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 i vr ola show 
 birds for sale cheap. 92 to 92!s. A Hne lot of 
 younK show birds In both varieties. Always 
 win; sure to please. Better j:et In the pns"li. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 
 
 SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 
 
 8 Grand Breeders for sale at a bar- 
 gain. Also 300 selected Langshan 
 chicks. Address, 
 
 BEN S. MYERS, CrawfordsvlUe, lad. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lay eggs. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free. 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 
 
 Lock box 500. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry 
 
 as the largest aggregation of 
 thoroughbred poultry in the west. 
 
 We import, breed, buy and sel| 
 All Varieties. 
 
 Each variety is bred separately on 
 a farm. No chance for mixing up. 
 Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
 Write your wants. Address, 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 
 
 Clay Ceater, Neb. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks... 
 
 Extra fiae, Extra large. Extra color 
 
 In the show room they have shown 
 their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
 94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
 C. F. HINMAN, Frlead, Nebraska. 
 
 Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 
 
 Kills lice Mnd niites on poultry, hogs and Mnimals. is the 
 strongest and be.st lice killer made. With our double 
 tube sp'-ayer you can save one half the tinuirt and pene- 
 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. 
 
 Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 
 
 Kills Hoe on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on doss, ticks on sheep and lice on cat^ 
 t.le and 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 
 
 Always use the powder before sattin? the hen 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY, - - - Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
 A START 
 
 IN BUSINESS. 
 
 which requires only a few moments time to 
 attend, pleasant recreation, with piofit 
 greater than can be had from aii\- similar 
 outlay of cash. Your Wife or Daughter 
 
 would be surprised to find how easily they 
 coukl help pay the household expenses b)- 
 vising a good incubator and brooder. We manufacture the 
 
 Successful, 
 
 Eclipse dLnd Crescent IivcubaLtors. 
 
 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 
 Eiiftlisli, German, .Swedish, Ficnch and Simni.sh. Send 4 ctMits 
 for Kiijriish edition, others free. Eastern ciirrespoiidenoe and orders 
 will be nUeiicUd lo at the RtilTalo house. .Vildress ue:irest oilico. 
 
 DES MOINES INCUBATOR CO., 
 
 Box 601, Des Moines, lowaL, or Box 601, BuffaLlo, N. Y. I 
 
 Mrs. O. M. Sc.itt of Mt. Zio 
 
 cliasi 
 have h' 
 
 er invested J'ii.nn that 
 halt the returns of our 
 'f a Successful Incuba- 
 
? DECEMBER. 1901. 
 
 fe?Vr 
 
 Advance to Success 
 
 25 <" a. year 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 GUARANTEED 
 --ROUP CURE -^ 
 
 i«. Bay the bo^t; dnn't bo de( 
 ~ ■ &0o BOdtl.no pert 
 J. D. W.KAUI.. 
 
 Choice 
 Cockerels 
 
 & 
 Stock Eggs 
 
 for 
 Hatchingm 
 
 The Result of 25 
 Year's Breeding. 
 
 Line Bred at tlie 
 
 American Po ultry 
 
 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, DeKalb, III 
 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 
 e.xhibition and srand br eding stock of both 
 1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken 
 >oon. Send for Illustrated circular with 
 half-tones of meriioi ious birds. Address. 
 
 M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. 
 
 ^ Buff P. Rocks 
 W Exclusively... 
 
 We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
 These, together with our own prize 
 winners, gives us the best flock of 
 Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
 please you both in <|uaHty and prices. 
 Write us if you want winners bred 
 from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 
 ouse Geese for sale. 
 
 MRS. FLORA SHROYER, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 WANTED! ~ 
 
 25o\Vhite Wyandotte Hens 
 and Pullets. 
 
 250 White Leghorn Hens 
 and Pullets. 
 
 100 White Rock Hens and 
 Pullets. 
 
 100 Buff Orpington Fe- 
 males. 
 
 Will pay cash. Address, 
 
 Box 421, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 200-Egg Incubator for $12 
 
 .■ of the Ktubl Incubators ereat< 
 n. h t,'ri at proi>orlions it is now posstl 
 - 81'4.H0. This new Incubator is an e 
 
 demand that forced the produc- 
 le 10 oiler a first-class a)0-egglncu- 
 ilartrenient of the famous 
 
 WOODEN HEN 
 
 recncnized the most perfect eniall hatcher. This new Incu- 
 bator is iborouehly well made; is a marvel of simplicity, and 
 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. 
 
 Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
 .30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
 firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 
 
 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH 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- 
 GLE COMB 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 
 show room If so. address J w. WHITNEY, Chatham, O , P. O. Box I. 
 
 
 ?J 
 
 
 We 
 I Have I 
 
 i Those • 
 a That 
 Win... 
 
 mavrnm 
 
 Barred Rocks - - White Wyandottes | 
 
 WE HAVE ^ 
 
 Some -Choice- Exhibition ^= 
 
 AND 
 
 Fine Breeding Birds 
 For Sale! 
 
 We have always won at State Fairs and State 
 Shows more prizes than all other exhibits. 
 
 tTl. NORVAL, Seward, Nebraska. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blanchard, : : : Friend, Nebraska 
 
 . ,. "^^BREEDERS OFB— . 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland 
 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 
 State Fair, id to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 
 1st pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cock- 
 erel—a first prize on every bird entered. 
 We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 
 
 5 
 
 Buys 5 Brown Leghorn Roosters 
 Y2L >00 fine Birds must go soon 
 
 00 
 
 For illustrated circular and particulars, write 
 
 E. W. GREER, - — ^L 
 
 Prop. Glen Kaven Egg Farm. 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. 
 
L. P. "arris. Clay Center, Nebr. President 
 uf the Nebraska State Poultry Association, Ed- 
 itor Poultry Investigator, poultry judge, 
 and manager Sure Hatch Poultry Co. He has 
 been a breeder for 28 years and has exhibited in 
 all the largest shows in the east and west. Has 
 belonged to the Nebraska State Poultry Associ- 
 ation since first organized, and has always been 
 an exhibitor and won his share ot premiums. 
 
 Shipping ^'^^^^ 
 M Fancy ftl 
 
 ^M^^^ Poultry 
 
 Our business calls us to the ex- 
 press office very often. Having an in- 
 terest in every chicken we see, we will 
 stop to look at fowls that are ship- 
 ped. We noticed a coop that had 
 three floors. There were Brahma, Buff 
 Cochin and Langshan fowls in the 
 coop, each kind separate, neither 
 apartment being high enough 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 
 the man who bought the fowls, even 
 though he got them cheap, was beat 
 when paying express on such a coop. 
 
 We have noticed fowls shipped in 
 cracker boxes. Another extreme was 
 a muslin coop, with hardly breathing 
 space for the fowl, as the muslin 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- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 fully, takes out his note book and 
 puts down name and address of the 
 breeder, remarking that when he was 
 ready he would send to this breeder 
 for stock. 
 
 Poultry is a business that should 
 he advertised all along the line. The 
 shipping of one good bird, sent out 
 properly, usually sells another. 
 
 It is a sad fact that some chickens 
 are sent out without food and water 
 and from this very cause the writei 
 have known of several instances 
 where birds have died. Again fowls 
 has known of several instances 
 causes and some express agents are 
 not careful about feeding and water- 
 ing the- birds. 
 
 When shipping birds we take care 
 that name and address is written 
 plainly and put on in two places. 
 
 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 
 and White Wvandottes. Mr. Irving may be 
 counted as one of the "Faithfuls," and will be 
 at Lincoln January 21 to 24. 1902. 
 
 Then if birds are going a long dis- 
 tance a sack like a salt sack is tack- 
 ed on, having wheat in it, and call 
 attention of express messenger to this 
 fact and ask on a card that is tacked 
 on if he will please feed and water 
 the fowls. Such a notice is seen by 
 some of the men and the fowls usu- 
 ally receive attention. When we send 
 out birds the greatest danger is in 
 their being overfed, which we prefer 
 to running the risk of starving or 
 hunger and thirst on the road. 
 
 When a bird arrives after a long 
 journey it should be put in a nice 
 roomy place where it can take a dust 
 bath, grit put before it and soaked 
 bread and milk. The last has the ef- 
 fect of helping the bird In case too 
 
 much grain has clogged the crop. If 
 there is much grain in the crop of a 
 bird on its arrival the oest thing to 
 give it is sweet scalded milk and 
 nothing else for a day or two. We 
 have known one instance where a 
 bird's crop was packed for several 
 days after its arrival, and if our 
 friend had not handled the bird right 
 he would have lost it, and it was a 
 cockerel that cost him $15. We de- 
 scribe extreme cases that the reader, 
 if not experienced, can avoid any loss, 
 but in most cases only the usual care 
 is necessary. If only a $2 bird is sent 
 for, parties want the value of their 
 money and should be willing to give 
 a little extra attention to the bird and 
 not put it out with a lot of hens at 
 once. Again a bird sometimes con- 
 tracts disease, as one don't always 
 know about the stock they are buy- 
 ing. We do not mention this to cause 
 fear, for hundreds of birds are ship- 
 ped every day and everything satis- 
 factory. 
 
 While some shipping coops are too 
 heavy, other may be reduced to trap 
 sticks by being so light as to shake 
 apart by the nails getting loose. The 
 express rate on a muslin coop is too 
 expensive. The lath coop lined with 
 cheap muslin is the most satisfac- 
 tory. Sometimes a load of orange 
 boxes can be picked up around town 
 cheap, rhese, taken arpart and the 
 lumber used for coops, if well made, 
 are a satisfactory coop. 
 
 We buy lumber direct from the lum- 
 ber yard, using for floors the thin 
 stuff such as is used for backs of pic- 
 ture frames, with one-inch pieces for 
 corner posts. We have usually em- 
 
 L. W. Garroutte. Lincoln. Nebr., Secretary of 
 the Nebraska State Poultry Association. Mr. 
 (iaroutte is a hustler, and he is certain sure the 
 show at Lincoln January 21 to 24. 1<)02. will be 
 the largest ever held and that the Auditorium 
 will be tilled ctmipletely with fine poultry, 
 sigeons and hares. Mr. G. thinks tbera are no 
 other chickens an earth but B. P. Rocks, and 
 breeds good ones. 
 
E. O. Spencer. Courtland. Nebr.. handles the 
 cash for the Nebraska State Poultry Associa- 
 tion. Mr. Spencer has long^ been a member, 
 and has held some office every season, and has 
 an eve open for the pood of the Association. 
 He is an expert breeder of W. P. Rocks and 
 can show you a biff string of blues. Mr. Spen- 
 cer can be counted as being on hand to take the 
 cash January 2] to 24. 10(12. at Lincoln. Nebr. 
 
 ployed a man to make our shipping 
 coops by the dozen. For a Leghorn or 
 Plymouth Rock cockerel a coop is 
 made as follows: One inch stuff for 
 corner posts twenty-four inches high. 
 These are for two sides. Thin muslin 
 is put on to within three inches of 
 the top; then laths are cut in three 
 equal pirts, placing six pieces on 
 each side and ends, fitting and cut- 
 ting laths to put inside of top and 
 bottom so as to have double thick- 
 ness to nail the top laths to, and 
 double thickness to nail the floor on. 
 The laths are put so close on top as 
 not to allow a cockerel to get its head 
 out. If laths are too far apart and 
 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 
 should be high enough to allow a 
 cockerel to stretch its neck and crow. 
 For some of our birds we have had 
 coopes higher than those above men- 
 tioned, which were for young cock- 
 erels. The comb and plumage of tail 
 may be hurt if sufficient room is not 
 given. 
 
 A drinking cup is nailed inside to 
 one of the corner posts, and alfalfa 
 leaves and chaff put on the bottonl of 
 the coops. The bird is kept in a 
 larger, roomy coop with grit feed, 
 water and all conveniences until as 
 near train time as it will do to take 
 it to the depot, when it is placed in 
 its shipping coop ready to start, with 
 food, water and all comforts it needs. 
 
 The lath cut in half makes just the 
 right size for a trio. The ends are 
 then cut the same length for cockerel 
 coop. Our man, when he makes coops 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 for us, cuts the laths in half for a 
 dozen coops used for trios, then the 
 lath in three parts for the ends. Some 
 coops are made the length of the lath 
 if hens or pullets are sold instead of 
 cockerels. The coops need not be as 
 high as for cockerels. Always give 
 plenty of room for a fowl to stretch 
 its neck and floor space so it can turn 
 around. 
 
 The coops are the easiest made and 
 most satisfactory of any we have ever 
 made, and we have made several 
 kinds. Our carpenter said he was sur- 
 prised when the writer showed him 
 how to make the coops, and said he 
 did not suppose a lady took an inter- 
 est in such work. We can learn how 
 such work is done as well as to do 
 embroidery. The embroidery is more 
 to our fancy, yet it is profitable to 
 be able to look after the carpenter 
 and show him what we want as well 
 as the man who cleans the houses. 
 CORA A. RICKARDS. 
 
 Ogden, Utah. 
 
 S^IIon. T. L. Nnrval, Seward, Nebr.. Chief 
 Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, 
 chairman Board of Manag"ers of the Nebraska 
 State Poultry Association lannual show at Lin- 
 coln January 21 to 24. \noZi. Mr. Norval is one 
 of the foremost breeders of B. P. Rocks and W. 
 Wyandottes in the state, always winniner the 
 lion's share of premiums. Mr. Norval attends 
 every board meeting' and i.s a worker in the 
 cause, having- the good of the Association at 
 heart. 
 
 Poultry Business. 
 
 Poultry, Bee and Fruit Journal: 
 Poultry keeping is naturally adapted 
 to making waste places profitable. It 
 is a business that stimulates the fac- 
 ulties, gets people in touch with na- 
 ture, makes them observant, quick- 
 witted and careful in the methods of 
 doing things. It is adapted to while 
 away the cares of the over-burdened 
 business man, charm the woman 
 away from the dreary and endless 
 round of housework, absorb the en- 
 
 ergy of the boy who otherwise might 
 find some of that mischief that it is 
 said a certain well known character 
 finds for idle hands to do. It is the 
 business of turning waste material 
 into money, and adding to the wealth 
 of nations by the exercise of patience 
 and skill which otherwise would be 
 lost to the world. While it is all 
 these, there is so much room for it 
 that men who are capable of manag- 
 ing the larger affairs of life take it 
 up and make it worth their while to 
 give it their atiention. No business 
 under the sun is so suitable for every 
 age and condition in life as keeping 
 poultry. The boy of 12 or the pa- 
 triarch of 80 finds in it profit or 
 amusement according to his needs. It 
 is not play to keep poultry, but It Is 
 light work suitable for weak but will- 
 ing hands, and the strongest man 
 will not feel as if he were wasting 
 his strength if he devotes his time to 
 it. It is one of the oldest industries 
 of man; it has always been profit- 
 able; it is getting to be one of the 
 largest industries and it always will 
 be profitable. 
 
 Hutch Record Ca.rdstoalI Breed- 
 ers, Free. 
 
 The Belg-ian Hare Co. of Lyndoti- 
 ville are supplying- all rabbit and Bel- 
 gian hare breeders with Hutch score 
 cards FREE. All breeders should 
 avail themselves of this liberal otler. 
 .\fter the first order they will keep 
 YOti supplied with Hutch cards for the 
 future. Send stamp: remember it is 
 free for the asking-. 
 
 
 Rev. L. P. 
 
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 Lincoln. 
 
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 sociation 
 
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 ntenance. 
 
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 1 expert at 
 
 book-keepiner aa< 
 
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 handle the books at the show. 
 
 
 
E. E- Greer, Cambridge, Nebr-. is a member 
 of the Board of Manairer« of the Nebraska 
 State Poultry As-..ci.ili..iK annual -Iimw al 
 Lincoln January :i i.. ^4. 1'": M r. i ;i .-. r u a- 
 
 one of the first 1.. i"irl lllr A^~,.l lal loii a ll.l lla, 
 nearly eyery year -nuc li.lil -on,,- .ini..irlaiit 
 office. He breeds White anil Black L.'i; horns, 
 and is an enthusiastic worker for the Associa- 
 
 ^ Hints About Management | 
 
 ^ 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 
 about It for the remainder of the time 
 and will save us the trouble of mov- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ing them, but not the impossibility of 
 seeing that they return promptly to 
 their nests after feeding. When all is 
 right, darken the setting room again 
 and leave them until the next day at 
 feeding time. If not done before this 
 the poultry house should be gone over 
 before winter begins and all cracks 
 and crevices covered. If cracks are 
 left uncovered there will be drafts 
 through the house and consequently 
 disease, especially roup, will follow. A 
 teaspoon of coal oil to the gallon of 
 drinking water will be a great help in 
 breaking up colds and preventing 
 roup. I think it is with poultry the 
 same as with a person — a cold does 
 not amount to much when quickly 
 cured, but when allowed to run on and 
 another is taken it will develop in 
 roup and catarrh. If cared for and 
 they have clean, wholesome quarters, 
 and not crowded, poultry will always 
 be healthy. If a fowl merely acts a 
 little "cranky" do not imagine that it 
 is sick and commence stufliing it with 
 drugs. In looking over the average 
 poultry house in winter, I find the 
 most common defects are as follows: 
 bare, damp floors, upon which the 
 fowls stand and mope, broken win- 
 dows, letting cold air blow upon the 
 roosts, damp droppings left for weeks 
 to heap up under the roosts; lack of 
 a supply of warm water, obliging the 
 hens to eat snow, lack of plenty of 
 good sharp grit, which alone is suSi- 
 cient cause of failure, over-feeding on 
 corn, overcrowding and no induce- 
 ment to scratch for a living. These 
 are the most common and important 
 mistakes, and those who wonder why 
 their hens do not lay will do well to 
 go over the list. Now, if you will 
 study their natures and wants and 
 learn to care for them right, like I 
 have you will be successful. When 
 the ground is bare of snow during the 
 winter, give the fowl a chance to run 
 after their first meal in the morning. 
 A good winter feed for laying hens 
 is equal parts of corn meal and shorts 
 or any fine feed; add to this some 
 beef scraps and boiled potatoes; mix 
 with hot water and feed every morn- 
 ing. Give corn, oats and wheat in 
 equal parts, all they will eat, at night. 
 When snow covers the .ground keep 
 them confined in the scratching shed 
 and feed the whole grain in the shed, 
 in which you can put leaves, cut 
 hay or straw, so they will have to 
 scratch for the grain. I find the great 
 secret of eggs in winter is to make 
 the hens work for their food. Don't 
 over-crowd, don't over-feed, but try 
 to over-exercise. I provide a generous 
 box of dry dust by a sunny window. 
 Add halt a pound each of lime and 
 
 sulphur to each bushel of dust used. 
 These greatly assist in killing lice. 
 Fine sifted coal ashes are excellent. If 
 wood ashes are used they should make 
 up but one-fourth of the dust, as 
 their potash is too strong when «a*Hl 
 alone. I always lay in stock some 
 cheap vegetables and apples for win- 
 ter use. To prevent packing of the 
 crop, irregularity of the bowels, etc., 
 give a little sulphur and Venetian red, 
 mixed with soft feed, once a week and 
 provide of gravel and lime. Hens 
 should be provided with fresh meat 
 and bone in winter. But do not do 
 like Mr. Wise Man who hung some 
 rabbit just out of their reach in the 
 hen house and gave them the jaw 
 bones of a mule, and thought they 
 were all right. Not long ago I asked 
 a grocery merchant what effect the 
 poultry question had on his busine3.s. 
 He replied that the farmers who rai?e 
 poultry very seldom run grocery bills, 
 and those who do not nearly always 
 have to run a grocery bill and are al- 
 most helpless when a drouth or other 
 failure comes along, like it was this 
 year. He also named a few cases 
 where the farmers' wives paid the en- 
 tire living of their family with ixjul- 
 try and eggs. As a usual thing the 
 farm poultry is the property of the 
 wives. The farmer pays very little 
 if any attention to it, except to sco'd 
 when we feed their grain. If 
 this same farmer would keep an ac- 
 count of the feed, care, and the 
 amount of products sold, he would not 
 scold and complain to us and say that 
 after all our fussing a chicken is but 
 a chicken, and call us women poultry 
 
 Frank I'ai 
 
 Ni 
 
 th. 
 
 Board of MaTiauers of the Nebraska State Poul- 
 try Association annual show at Lincoln Janu- 
 ary 21 to 24 He is a breeder of Bu£E Rocks. 
 .Mr. Patton has been a member of the state as- 
 sociation for seyeral yeaes and has exhibited 
 at nearly every show, winning eyery time in 
 his class the best part of premiums offered Mr. 
 Patton is a enoA judge and we oecommend him 
 to any association as perfectly competent and 
 honest. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 men like poultry, but you bet they all 
 like fried chicken. Some men who 
 look wise have asked me, "Is there 
 really any money or pleasure, in fact 
 anything at all in the way of recom- 
 pense, sentimental or financial, in 
 being a poultry crank?" There is only 
 one recipe for a sure cure; it consists 
 in trying it yourself and prove it for 
 yourself. MRS. J. W. HINES. 
 
 Walnut, Kan. 
 
 Ben S. Myers. Crawfordsville, Ind., is one of 
 Ihe judges at the Nebraska state show to be 
 held at Lincoln, Nebr., January 21 to 24, 1902. 
 Mr Myers is known the country over as an old 
 experienced poultrynian and judge. He judges 
 the Denver show the weel< before the Nebraska 
 state show, and has a lartre list this season. He 
 is an . expert at breeding Langslians. and iiis 
 stock wins wherever shown , 
 
 cranks. But does it not take a crank 
 to make the wheel go round? So 
 many people enter the poultry busi- 
 ness under the impression that all 
 they have to do is to gather eggs and 
 set a hen and she will do the rest. 
 Many a man would take it as an in- 
 sult if told that he had not sense 
 enough to set a hen, and yet when 
 tried by the straight edge of success, 
 he finds more truth than poetry in 
 the charge. There is millions in it if 
 properly pursued and it is just as easy 
 when you know how. 
 
 Some may say chicken fever is con- 
 tagious and tell us chicken cranks we 
 need a preventive prescribed. I will 
 devise some kind of a tonic, such as 
 holding on to part of a good job. I 
 find it with the poultry business like 
 everything else — the more we learn 
 from experience the better we will be 
 prepared for success. We will find a 
 screw loose occasionally, but always 
 carry a screw driver and never give 
 up, as I know there is a reputation 
 for us if we press on to get it, and 
 will be found in the business for 
 many years, instead of one and then 
 in something else. There is many a 
 delicate girl who should raise poultry 
 instead of taking a trip to the moun- 
 tins or to Colorado. I have poor 
 health and know Kansas sun and air 
 are as good as any, if we could only 
 get out and stay in it. Taking care 
 of poultry is not always pleasant or 
 clean work and there are some young 
 ladies who are afraid of making theii 
 hands rough and black, and so it is 
 left for the men to do. I find not all 
 
 How to Succeed. 
 
 I noticed in a daily paper of recent 
 date that the four qualities needed and 
 absolutely required for a first class 
 business men are these: Punctuality, 
 accuracy, steadiness and despatch. We 
 can well apply this to the poultry- 
 man of today who is running his busi- 
 ness in a good way. He is punctual; 
 
 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 
 needed. He does all his work in time. 
 He selects and mates his fowl at an 
 early date. He provides for winter 
 feed in ample time. He buys all neces- 
 sities before actually needed. And 
 when dealing with any one he meets 
 all appointments, never late and ans- 
 wers all letters at once. He ships 
 fowls immediately on receipt of the 
 order, unless for some good reason 
 It is unwise to do so. 
 
 He is accurate. Now we find that 
 nearly every poultryman intends to 
 be accurate in all his work, not only 
 that which is his own personal inter- 
 est, but in all his transactions with 
 
 other people he aims to be accurate. 
 It is wrong to be any other way. Yet 
 we do often find those who are not 
 so accurate. First, it is right for a 
 man to be accurate when considering 
 those things which would make a loss 
 or gain to himself alone. He should 
 keep an accurate account of all re- 
 ceipts and expenditures of his work 
 among the fowl, charge them with 
 feed and all that is purchased for their 
 use, etc., and credit them with all 
 returns, eggs and fowl. Thus he will 
 know his profit. But accuracy is 
 most needed when corresponding with 
 and selling fowl to some one. Ac- 
 curacy is surely necessary at these 
 times. It is the only aid to the build- 
 ing up of a reputation and paying 
 business. 
 
 Then comes steadiness. Who can 
 expect to make poultry pay if he is 
 unsteady and fails to keep the work 
 done as fast as it needs be finished? 
 There is always work for the poultry- 
 man every day in the year. So he 
 must necessarily be of steady habits. 
 He can't leave his work and go away 
 when he is needed there without mak- 
 ing a loss. No, he cannot neglect his 
 work. There is work to be done and 
 it must be done. 
 
 Last but not least is despatch. 
 Despatch all business with punctual- 
 ity, accuracy and steadiness. Com- 
 bining the four qualities you have an 
 abundant opportunity for great suc- 
 cess. With one of these lacking, none 
 of the others can be complete. Within 
 all these four qualities are included all 
 nope of success. 
 
 David Larson, Wahoo, Nebr., is one of the 
 judges who will place the awards at the Ne- 
 braska state show held at Lincoln in the new 
 auditorium, January 21 to 24, 1902. Mr. Lar- 
 son is a well known breeder of Leghorns and an 
 ebpert judge in this class. He also judges 
 other classes, and is secretary of the Western 
 Pigeon Club. Address him for entry blanks. 
 etc. 
 
under 
 
 Carrutte. Litui.ln. Nc 
 jw at Lincoln, all \va 
 ended bv the Water 
 tnds weli what he is d 
 
 ■r. Will iudireat 
 er fowls and was 
 Fowl Club. Hi- 
 
 lt is success that we are all look- 
 ing and seeking for. Someone has 
 said that success comes to him who 
 waits. This is true in one way, for 
 we cannot get success until we have 
 time to obtain it. But we cannot idly 
 wait for it. We must go out to seek 
 it. So let every breeder be punctual, 
 accurate, steady and prompt in all 
 work. 
 
 PERCY. W. SHEPARD. 
 
 I wish to answer topic No. 3. My 
 experience with thoroughbred poultry 
 dates back about twenty-live years. 
 When a boy of 15 I attended a poul- 
 try show in Hartford, Conn., and 
 caught the fever, which has never left 
 me. A brother of H. H. Stoddard, 
 who edited Poultry World, the paper 
 at that time, had three pairs of B. P. 
 Rocks, so-called, on exhibition. These 
 seemed to strike me and I bought one 
 pair for $10, which caused some of my 
 friends to hesitate when asked about 
 my business ability. However, those 
 same friends and neighbors were glad 
 enough to exchange common eggs 
 with me, of course. These were the 
 first B. P. R. chickens any one in our 
 town had ever seen. This pair weigh- 
 ed nineteen pounds, so were not cut on 
 weight, but as I remember them, 
 could have been cut several points 
 without referring to size. Legs were 
 willow, with black striping. Barring, 
 where there was any, quite splashy 
 and muddy. I also invested $3 in a 
 setting of eggs about the same time, 
 getting one or two weaklings. But 
 to come down to the past, since 1897 
 is what I purposed to relate of my ex- 
 perience, .luly 10th, 1897, my first 
 White Wyandottes were hatched — 
 seven, and all raised to maturity. One 
 cockerel, the best of the three, weigh- 
 ed September 10th two pounds; Octo- 
 ber 10th, three pounds; January 10th, 
 1898, at six months, seven pounds. 
 This is one reason I breed them ex- 
 clusively. No other birds I have ever 
 bred mature as quickly. If you wish 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 to dress a broiler it must be white 
 or buff or you will be tempted to 
 strong thoughts, if not exclamations, 
 before all the little pin feathers are 
 out. And when out. what are you go- 
 ing to do with the little black spots 
 where they grew? I have bred five 
 or six varieties, but none can fill the 
 White Wyandottes' place for me. 
 Have had them in competition with 
 Brown Leghorns and they won in egg 
 production. The best of setters and 
 mothers. Easily broken up, if you 
 wish, and always ready to eat after 
 eight weeks old. It is only necessary 
 to look at the Boston show to prove 
 their popularity, where they were the 
 largest class last January. It is fast 
 moving westward. Only two or three 
 years ago advertisers were mostly 
 
 H J. Smith. Lincoln. N'ebr. Superintendent 
 of the Nebraska State Fair, held in the New- 
 Auditorium at Lincoln. Nebr.. January 21 to 24. 
 1'>I12. Mr. Smith is one of our most energetic 
 members, and is a breeder of White Le&horns 
 a«d Barred P. Rocks. Mr. Smith is also a first 
 class judire and has officiated in several shows 
 in Iowa and Nebraska. 
 
 eastern breeders. They are now fast 
 crowding their older rivals, the B. P. 
 Rock, east and west. 
 
 I wish to speak also on topic No. 5. 
 My experience in showing fancy poul- 
 try has been entirely confined to my 
 one favorite variety. Of the seven 
 hatched July 10th, 1897, I exhibited 
 one breeding pen at the National Fan- 
 ciers' association show in Chicago, in 
 January, 1898, my first exhibit. To 
 those of my readers who have been 
 there for the first time, it is not nec- 
 essary to explain my feelings. There 
 is some little anxiety the first time. 
 Judge Bridge scored them and I 
 learned some things, as I handled 
 nearly all the birds, having charge of 
 placing the identification cards on 
 coops. My birds scored from 91 to 
 931/4, but did not get a place, as they 
 were in too warm company. But when 
 they got home they laid In February 
 67 eggs, March 66, April 76, May 74, 
 June 50 (one setting the 13th), July 
 43, August 28 (from two birds only), 
 
 or 404 eggs in seven months, from 
 which I raised 100 chicks in the sea- 
 son of 1898. Have exhibited since, at 
 Omaha, December, 1898, first pen, first 
 cockerel, first, second and third pul- 
 lets, under Judge Harris. At Jeffer- 
 son, Iowa, January, 1901, entered five 
 birds and won first pen, 187 (flO 
 cash); first cockerel, 93%; first pullets, 
 95% (highest score in show) ; third 
 pullets, 94%. My experience showing 
 fancy fowls has been pleasant, profit- 
 able and instructive. To any one that 
 reads this who has never exhibited, 
 I wish to say this: Take your best 
 birds to a good show. Compare live 
 models, meet brother fanciers and 
 learn a few things. You will never re- 
 gret it, I am sure. If you don't win, 
 try again. Perhaps you will learn 
 why you don't, if you do not. 
 
 I wish you great success as a Poul- 
 try Investigator, which you are making 
 true to name. W. A. GODDARD. 
 
 Woodbine, Iowa. 
 
 The Wichita Poultry association will 
 hold their eleventh annual show at 
 Wichita, Kan., January 6th to 11th, 
 ^JM. A. J. Waddell, president; H. W. 
 Schoff, secretary. H. B. Savage, judge. 
 Send for list at once and come and 
 show witu us. H. W. SCHOPF. 
 
 F. C. Hindman, Friend, Neb., writes 
 that he has purchased one of the Pan- 
 American winners in the Barred Rock 
 class and says he is a big fine fellow 
 weighing ten pounds and not fully de- 
 veloped. He says "he has a May 1st 
 hatched cockerel that weighs eleven 
 pounds and others weighing 9, 8 and 
 10 pounds. If you want size and qual- 
 ity, Mr. Hinman can supply you sure. 
 
 John Haman. To: 
 Nebraska State Pou 
 21 to 24, 1')I12. Mr. 
 breeder of pi^.'eons ai 
 in many tif the best s 
 Pigeon men w-ill cret fail 
 
 thi! 
 
 :as. Judg^e at the 
 :sociation January 
 1 has lonff been a 
 jfficiatcd as judjre 
 the United States- 
 treatment at Lincoln 
 
 intertand will receive liberal premiums. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 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. JOHNSON 
 
 I 
 
 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 
 
 try business. It is referred to far and 
 wide and for years as a positive proof 
 that poultry don't pay. 
 
 Yes, poultry raising pays, but a 
 sharp pencil don't help it pay, better 
 than it makes other occupations pay. 
 It is all right to keep account, espe- 
 cially so on the expense side, but the 
 more we monkey with figures other- 
 wise, the more we invite disappoint- 
 ments. When it comes to raising 
 poultry and really making it pay, the 
 dear women folks are the chaps — 
 please excuse me. Right here I want 
 to explain that I am a married man 
 and my wife gives every indication 
 that she is going to outlive me, there- 
 fore I can't be accused of courting 
 in this article. No, the women folks 
 don't raise all the poultry, and that's 
 
 the use anyhow? Wben a man starts a fact, but they come so near raising 
 out to raise poultry with a lead pencil, all of it that the men folks would get 
 
 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- 
 
 mighty hungry for chickens if they 
 only got what they raised, and that's 
 no He either. 
 
 To the best of my knowledge, this 
 court has never caught a woman 
 poultry raiser mixed up with figures, 
 except when she was figuring on how 
 much groceries and dry goods and 
 Battle Ax plug (for her husband) that 
 she can get for her poultry and eggs. 
 
 It would be falling from grace to 
 mention several truths about poul- 
 try raising; for instance, it would not 
 
 be good taste to mention that thou- 
 sands have been able to hold down 
 their homesteads on the plains on ac- 
 count of their cows and hens, but it 
 remains a fact that can't be wiped out 
 by the land boomer (who wants to 
 raise corn 16 feet high over the beau- 
 tiful cut and dried desert). It is also 
 a sober fact that thousands on the 
 worn-out hills in the eastern states 
 appreciate the help of the hens. Even 
 in the rich corn and wheat producing 
 states the hens pay over 50 per cent 
 of the grocery and dry goods bills. 
 Yes sir, the hens have demonstrated 
 and proven their ability to pay for 
 their feed and our feed, drouth or no 
 drouth. They are equal to the occa- 
 sion, and the queer part of the whole 
 business is that no particular locality 
 or person does it all. Every state and 
 every nook of this country does some 
 of it, and nearly every country on 
 earth helps do it. To do away with 
 the hens in this country, the govern- 
 ment and its people would go broke, 
 and "that's not another lie, either." 
 
 Pass the chicken, please. Yes, 
 thank you. Yours truly, 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
 The Western Poultry Fanciers' as- 
 sociation of Cedar Rapids, la., which 
 holds its seventh annual exhibition at 
 Cedar Rapids on January 13th to 18th, 
 1902, wish to call the attention of the 
 poultry fanciers to a few of the spe- 
 cial attractions of their show. The 
 American Buff Rock club and the 
 American Black Langshan will be two 
 of the special features. 
 
 Theo. Hewes of Treton. Mo., and 
 J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will 
 judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of Ma- 
 con, Mo., will judge the hares, and 
 Henry Tieman of Baltimore. Md., will 
 judge the pigeons. 
 
 Write for premium lists December 
 1, 1901. 
 
 Entries close January 4 at mid- 
 night. E. E. RICHARDS, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 When chicks are hatched we often 
 find some are unable to walk and soon 
 their knees are sore and swollen, and 
 if they try to follow a hen they soon 
 die. or kept in a brooder they are 
 overrun and have a discouraging short 
 trip of life. Take coarse yarn, tie a 
 loop around one leg, then pass to the 
 other, leaving only about one inch of 
 yarn between, and pass another loop 
 knot around the other leg. If done as 
 soon as you find one so afflicted, in 
 one week to ten days you can take off 
 the yarn and they spring around and 
 walk all right, as lively as any of 
 them. R. AGNES CLARK. 
 
 Greenwood, Nebraska. 
 
lo POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^ Does Advertising Pay? g 
 
 §3 MR.S. BETTIE GLOVER. MACKEY. ^ 
 
 If the question were not so often 
 asked by intelligent people, the title 
 of this article would seem to be a 
 foolish one. For one only has to take 
 up any paper, it matters not in what 
 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 pays. 
 Nor does it matter whether the article 
 advertised has genuine merit when it 
 comes to advertising in general. It 
 seems that people will answer the 
 catchpenny advertisement as often as 
 those with genuine guarantees. The 
 writer would not like to tell of the 
 many times she has been the victim 
 of fraudulent advertisements, and I 
 am convinced by these experiences 
 that I am not a fool, for it is said 
 that fools profit by experience, and I 
 do not. Every little while I am caught 
 by some wily advertisement. When 
 we consider that • many of these ad- 
 vertisements cost from 75 cents to 
 $1.25 per line, we know they must pay, 
 for these appear in from one to two 
 dozen publications each month, and 
 many of them in a much greater num- 
 ber. But my purpose is to give my 
 views as to whether advertising pays 
 the poultry fancier. I say most em- 
 phatically that it does pay. And I be- 
 lieve there will not be a dissenting 
 voice among experienced fanciers. 
 
 That some receive better pay for 
 money invested than others Is also 
 true. And for this there is a reason, 
 sometimes more than one reason. 
 First, if you are an amateur and have 
 good birds which you would like to 
 sell, it will be necessary for you to 
 make a choice as to what medium 
 you will choose to advertise your 
 stock. And much depends upon this 
 choice. Always remember that a re- 
 spect for the fitness of things is a 
 great assistance in any line of busi- 
 ness. It you have fowls to sell, there 
 is no other medium of advertisement 
 as good as a poultry journal, and next 
 to this Is a good agricultural journal. 
 Do not put a poultry advertisement In 
 a purely literary paper unless you have 
 come to the place in your business 
 where you take the whole realm of 
 the advertising world as your field in 
 which to advertise. I see a few fan- 
 ciers have arrived at that place, but 
 the beginner must, like 
 "Little fishes, keep close to the shore, 
 While larger ones may venture more." 
 
 Not even a religious paper is a good 
 advertising medium for poultry fan- 
 ciers. Why? Simply for the reason 
 that the people, as a class, who read 
 the religious and literary journals, 
 though they may be much interested 
 in poultry, do not look upon advertise- 
 ments seen only in these journals with 
 as much favor as they do upon those 
 found in agricultural and poultry jour- 
 nals. 
 
 An amateur might possibly start by 
 advertising in his local town or county 
 paper. I have known a few persons 
 to start in this way. But my experi- 
 ence along this line of advertisement 
 was not at all satisfactory. True I can 
 sell stock, but the people this class 
 of advertising brings to me are a class 
 that want stock only a little above 
 market price. They usually come in a 
 two-horse wagon to stay all night or 
 take dinner. The horses must be fed. 
 They say: "I think as we came to the 
 house and you don't have to take 
 stock to depot, you ought to let me 
 have these birds cheap." In one In- 
 stance a family of five came with two 
 horses for dinner and bought one tom 
 for $3.50. The poultry journal is the 
 natural advertising medium. 
 
 After you have decided that it shall 
 be a poultry journal, you will have to 
 decide what journal or journals you 
 will use. In order to do this you 
 must take into consideration the class 
 of readers you wish to reach, what ter- 
 ritory will be the best for your ad- 
 vertisement to cover. Then select the 
 journal which in your judgment will 
 best meet your desires. Now, much 
 will depend upon the wording of your 
 advertisement whether it attracts or 
 drives. I often read advertisements 
 that make me think the advertiser 
 either has no knowledge of the power 
 of attraction or wants to drive custo- 
 mers from him or her, as the case may 
 be. One of the most obnoxious forms 
 of advertising is that of giving thrusts 
 at other advertisers in the same line 
 of business. Always advertise your 
 own business and let other people do 
 their own, is a good motto. Very fre- 
 quently the thrust arouses a spirit of 
 inquiry which throws the trade to the 
 other party. Never under any circum- 
 stances make the claim to all the best 
 poultry in class advertised, for should 
 this be true when copy is written, be- 
 fore it could go to press the proba- 
 bilities are some one else has secured 
 stock as good or better. This is a 
 
 progressive age and the man or wo- 
 man who claims all of the best Is 
 under suspicion for lack of veracity. 
 I think the best way for an amateur 
 to advertise is to give the pedigree of 
 his stock, at least tell whose stock he 
 has. I see in this one objection, and 
 have sometimes advised my own cus- 
 tomers to build on their own merits 
 rather than advertise Mackey stock. 
 The reason for this was that those 
 parties were not very far from me 
 and I felt that persons who wished 
 my stock would send to me instead of 
 my customers if I were as near as 
 the customer, and he would simply be 
 paying to advertise my stock. 
 
 But if you are a great distance from 
 the party from whom you purchase 
 stock, you can use his name to ad- 
 vantage. To make clear my meaning: 
 I. K. Felch is the king of the Brahma 
 domain, and if you are a western 
 fancier and advertise Felch Brahmas 
 you may be sure of a good share of 
 the trade from an advertisement in a 
 journal circulating in the west and 
 middle west. 
 
 Make your headlines catchy. Last 
 season I headed an advertisement of 
 eggs as follows: "Mrs. Nation's Hatch- 
 et Can't Smash Eggs Packed by Mrs. 
 G. G. Mackey." In the nineteen years 
 I have been in business no ad. ever 
 brought as many inquiries in the same 
 length of time. Of course that will be 
 out of date next season, and I must 
 hunt up another. I believe it a great 
 mistake to keep the same wording 
 year after year. I know some of our 
 best known fanciers do this, but they 
 can alTord it. We lesser lights must 
 shine from different points of view. 
 Remember that the best written ad- 
 vertisement in the best advertising 
 journal will only give you an oppor- 
 tunity to do a paying business, and 
 that your success depends on the use 
 you make of the opportunity. In order 
 to make your advertisement pay to 
 the fullest extent, you must observe 
 certain rules. Make it a rule to re- 
 ply to every inquiry received concern- 
 ing your stock, and do so promptly. 
 The day letter or postal is received has 
 always been the rule I have observed 
 as nearly as possible. Sunday, as a 
 matter of course, I make the excep- 
 tion. And of course there are times 
 when every business man and woman 
 is compelled by circumstances beyond 
 their control to postpone business. But 
 promptness should be practiced by all 
 business people, especially those whose 
 business comes mainly by correspond- 
 ence. Answer your letters promptly 
 and in a business-like manner. Tell 
 the whole truth about the stock and 
 try always to give description little 
 
below what you believe you caa make 
 the bird if you receive order. And 
 when you receive the order do your 
 best to please your customer, for the 
 very best advertisement you can have 
 is a well pleased customer, while a 
 dissatisfied one is the most detrimental 
 advertisement. This is true even if 
 you are not to blame for the dissatis- 
 faction. In order to secure best re- 
 sults, an advertisement should be kept 
 running continually. We become fa- 
 miliar with names we see in our jour- 
 nals every month year after year and 
 we think they are reliable or they 
 could not remain so long in business. 
 If you canont afford much space, take 
 just what you can afford and as your 
 business increases better enlarge 
 space in one journal than take small 
 space in another. Advertise what you 
 have and be sure you have what you 
 advertise. Give prompt attention to 
 prospective and actual customers, and 
 my word for it, you will find that ad- 
 vertising will pay ten, twenty, sixty 
 and one hundred fold. Aswer postal 
 cards. It pays to answer all, stamp 
 or no stamp. 
 
 MRS BETTIE GLOVER MACKEY. 
 Clarksville, Missouri. 
 
 CARE OF DUCKS. 
 
 Because ducks can be neglected 
 without killing them, they are often 
 left to take care of themselves the 
 best way they can. 'lo use a western 
 slang expression, "Ducks are good 
 rustlers, but it is doubtful if it is well 
 to let them sleep and eat where they 
 please. Ducks will not lay in January 
 if housed in a damp, draughty place, 
 nor will they lay so early if fed grain 
 alone. It is not necessary to have a 
 house where water will not freeze for 
 ducks. Any place where the wind and 
 water cannot enter Is good enough. 
 Mashes of scalded bran and cooked 
 vegetables ought to be the morning 
 meal for the ducks. On the farm we 
 never troubled ourselves about any 
 other meal. The ducks are greedy for 
 alfalfa, cane and corn lodder. After 
 years of experience we have come to 
 the conclusion that ducks are not 
 much of grain eaters if other food is 
 to be had. Raw carrots and sugar 
 beets are fine feed for ducks, as they are 
 for all poultry. Cooked they are also 
 valuable for the morning meal. 
 
 We would recommend the sugar beet 
 above all vegetables for poultry. If 
 one has the opportunity to raise them, 
 a small patch will give lots of beets. 
 If they are purchased, they are cheap 
 at the price the factory pays the far- 
 mers. They are easily kept, which is 
 more than one can say for carrots. We 
 do like carrots, but it is almost im- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 possible for us to keep them longer 
 than for the fall. 
 
 The feeding of the ducks is an im- 
 portant matter if one wishes the first 
 eggs to hatch. In duck raising we 
 have found the feathers Quite a profit- 
 able part of the business. The early 
 ducks may be plucked several times 
 before they are sent to market. If 
 breeding stock is desired, the early 
 birds are generally the prize win- 
 ners. 
 
 It seems to me a great mistake not 
 to have the duck house open into a 
 small yard where the ducks may be 
 confined until they lay in the morning. 
 Ducks rarely lay after 9 a. m. We 
 have often heard people complain that 
 they got no duck eggs. The reason 
 was evident to me, for I knew the 
 ducks were not confined. When the 
 season arrives for ducks to lay they 
 can be depended upon to lay. and the 
 season will begin very early if a little 
 care is given to feeding and housing. 
 
 I wonder if there ever was a flock 
 of ducks that would go into a house 
 without being driven there? But how 
 easy to drive. Our ducks lay out on a 
 snow drift in the depth of winter un- 
 til we shout and give them a start 
 toward their house. We always keep 
 the duck trough in the yard, other- 
 wise the ducks would not be so much 
 at home there. The duck trough we 
 find is a convenience not enjoyed by 
 a great many who only keep a few 
 ducks. If the ducks are furnished a 
 low trough in a convenient place they 
 do not pollute horse troughs and be- 
 come general nuisances. At the old 
 home we had a water pipe and hydrant 
 in our duck yard. We have not as 
 yet a pipe of our own in this house, 
 but we have a pipe running through 
 the fence and into a large bucket, so 
 that we have no gate to open when 
 we fill the trough. As it is only a 
 few steps to tne hydrant, the children 
 can easily fill the trough. We give 
 this as a suggestion to others whose 
 yards are a little distant from a hy- 
 drant. 
 
 The cost of piping water to the 
 duck yard is saved in labor, fertility 
 of eggs, and, above all, in keeping 
 the ducks in their own house and thus 
 avoiding having filthy mudholes where 
 we least wish them. 
 
 HATTIB BYFIELD. 
 
 THE WESTERN PLYMOUTH ROCK 
 CLUB. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: The 
 Western Plymouth Rock club his 
 been organized and this is a call for 
 all breeders of this grand breed to 
 come into our ranks and help make 
 the club a success. 
 
 II 
 
 It seems that a western club would 
 be a great assistance to the breeders 
 and it shall be the aim of the officers 
 of this club to make it as beneficially 
 as it is possible to make such a club, 
 and we kindly ask all breeders to join 
 us at once and help us to make a suc- 
 cess of our efforts, for remember "in 
 union there is strength," and to suc- 
 ceed we must work together. 
 
 Lady breeders will be admitted 
 without the payment of the member- 
 ship fee or the annual dues. We 
 earnestly invite all lady breeders to 
 send in their names at once and be- 
 come members. 
 
 The officers for the first year shall 
 consist of as follows: President, Sid 
 Conger, Shelby ville, Ind.; vice presi- 
 dent, Mrs. J. W. Randolph, Kenny, 
 Ills.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Penny, 
 Des Moines, la.; executive committee, 
 Sid Conger, ShelbyvlUe, Ind.; C. A. 
 Penny, Des Moines, la.; L. P. Harris, 
 Clay Center, Neb.; A. L. King, Wal- 
 nut Grove, Ills.; J. W. Headlee, Ot- 
 tumwa, la. 
 
 The membership fee is fifty cents 
 and the annual dues twenty-five cents. 
 Send in your name, membership fee 
 and first annual dues to the secretary 
 at once and become a member and 
 give the ball a good start. 
 
 Constitution, by-laws and applica- 
 tion blanks may be had upon applica- 
 tion to the secretary. 
 
 CHAS. A. PENNY, 
 Sec'y-Treas. 
 U. P. Station, Des Moines, la, U. S. A. 
 
 SUMMER CHICKS. 
 Bunker Hill, III., Sept. 16, 1901. 
 Mr. Will Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo.: 
 
 Gentlemen — While I am not in the 
 habit of "tooting my horn ' or lauding 
 my praises, but in justice to yourself 
 as the manufacturer of "Chamberlain's 
 Chick Food," I must relate to you my 
 experience with your feed. 
 
 While I have used your feed for the 
 past three years, I hava never had a 
 single case of bowel trouble. This 
 season I had a lot of Buff Rocks hatch 
 in July, and until they were six 
 months old I used nothing but your 
 chick food, and a healthier lot of 
 chicks one could not wish for, and I 
 have raised every one of them. 
 
 Summing up poultry raising in a 
 nutshell, any one that will furnish the 
 necessary labor, "Chamberlain's Chick 
 Feed" will do the rest. Yours very 
 truly, THEODORE BBNNER. 
 
 "To keep pace with the procession 
 As it moves along, you know. 
 
 You must grasp new notions quickly. 
 Then as quickly let them go." 
 
 VBLMA CALDWELL-MELVILLE. 
 
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 By Charles L. Thayer, Chicago, in 
 Commercial Poultry: About five years 
 ago, in the spring of 1896, hearing my 
 neighbors tell of the number of eggs 
 they were getting from their hens, I 
 decided I would have some, too. 
 
 , the best layers. The Leghorns began 
 laying six weeks earlier than the 
 Plymouth Rocks; they often lay be- 
 fore they are five months old, and 
 mine beat the Rocks every month lili 
 I March; during that month the Ply- 
 I had only a city lot, 50x125 feet, I mouth Rocks laid as many eggs as 
 and of course the house and barn the Leghorns, but in the latter part 
 take up a portion of it, so I couldn't of the month the Plymouth Rocks 
 
 have a very extensive poultry farm, 
 but found I would have plenty of 
 room for a poultry house and yard 
 and have some space left. I had the 
 house built with a double wall, with 
 a four-inch space between, and lined 
 it with tar paper. 
 
 I started by buying some hens of 
 the butcher — mixed stock, in which 
 the Plymouth Rock blood predomi- 
 nated. They laid awhile and then 
 wanted to set. I got a poultry cata- 
 logue from a man who raised nearly 
 every breed in the Standard, and as 
 all were praised very highly, I hardly 
 knew which tp select. 
 
 I wanted layers instead of a large 
 meat fowl, so determined to try the 
 Plymouth Rocks or the Leghorns. I 
 bought eggs of three varieties — Bar- 
 red Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns 
 and Buff Leghorns. At that time I 
 had never seen a Buff Tjeghorn, but 
 thought from the description I might 
 like them. Having had some experi- 
 ence in raising chickens when a boy, 
 I had very good success, and raised 
 about sixty. I gradually killed and 
 ate them until in the fall I had thin- 
 ned them down to sixteen — eight Ply- 
 mouth Rocks, five Brown Leghorns 
 and three Buff Leghorn pullets. I 
 then kept a record to see which were 
 
 want to set, so that stopped their 
 good laying record, while the Leg- 
 horns kept right on. 
 
 I decided that the Leghorns were 
 the fowls I wanted for laying, and 
 that the Buff Leghorns were better 
 than the Brown Leghorns in many 
 ways: First, they lay fully as well if 
 not better than the Brown; second, 
 they lay a much larger egg, as large 
 or larger than a Plymouth Rock. I 
 have frequently weighed them when 
 seven eggs would weigh a pound, while 
 it took ten or twelve Brown Leghorn 
 eggs, an advantage of 50 per cent in 
 weight, which if eggs were sold by 
 the pound means 50 per cent more 
 per dozen; third, the Buff Leghorns 
 are larger than the Brown, making a 
 better table fowl, and more popular 
 with people who prefer a larger fowl 
 than the Brown Leghorn. 
 
 To my mind the Buff Leghorn is 
 the most beautiful fowl bred when 
 perfected as we have them now, of an 
 even buff surface color from head to 
 tip of tail, especially the females, 
 bright yellow legs, white ear lobes, 
 and bright red comb and wattles. 
 When seen on a green lawn, or 
 scratching in yellow straw, almost 
 the color of the fowl, they are ad- 
 mired by all, and certainly present a 
 
 very fine appearance, 
 function of speed is accompanied 
 Well, I sold the Brown Leghorns, 
 bought a Buff Leghorn cockerel and 
 another pullet; since then I have 
 raised nothing but Buff Leghorns, and 
 am more in love with them every 
 year. 
 
 I find that most Buff Leghorn 
 breeders are increasing the weight 
 somewhat, as we think it an advan- 
 tage so long as they keep their non- 
 setting qualities. They rarely want 
 to set, btu will sometimes when they 
 grow older; if allowed to set when 
 they get old. In the only one I ever 
 tried, I found her an excellent setter 
 and a fine mother, fighting anything 
 that came near her chicks. 
 
 The last few years has seen a great 
 improvement in color of plumage and 
 color of legs. Where formerly there 
 was more or less black or white in 
 plumage, especially in wing or tall, 
 and the legs of a greenish cast, we 
 now get many specimens of a solid 
 buff color throughout, and with bright 
 yellow legs; of course we have culls, 
 the same as with all other breeds, 
 but I have never had to sell a pullet 
 for less than $1, even if she is off 
 color, as she is worth that tor her 
 laying qualities. 
 
 The first three years I raised the 
 chicks at home, but since that I have 
 used all my space for breeders, and 
 had the chicks raised on a farm. I 
 send out the eggs in the spring and 
 bring backs the chicks in the fall. 
 
 I find no trouble in selling all the 
 
 mi 
 
 Please send more rats over to Wm. Delahaun 
 ty*s place. I am liungrry. Oh. I love to .catch 
 th m and crush their bones! 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 13 
 
 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. 
 
 While Wyandotte hen, score 96 by Russell, 1st at Nebraska state fair of 1900, 1st state show of 
 1901; bred and owned by Judg-e T. L- Norval, Seward, Nebr- 
 
 eggs and chicks I can spare, and 
 while it is a side issue with me, I make 
 it pay and get a great deal of pleasure 
 out of it. 
 
 Some of the large broiler plants are 
 using Buff Leghorns extensively now, 
 as they feather out so quickly, and 
 the yellow pin feathers do not show. 
 
 If there was as much written 
 about the Buff Leghorns as some of 
 the other breeds they would be even 
 more popular than at present, and I 
 find that the noted Buff Leghorn 
 breeders have sold every Buff Leghorn 
 they could spare from their breeding 
 pens. I think they stand at the head 
 for beauty and utility. 
 
 The American Buff Leghorn club, 
 of which George S. Barnes of Battle 
 Creek, Mich., is secretary, is bringing 
 the breed before the public, and doing 
 more active work for the Buff Leghorn 
 interests than ever before. The club 
 solicits the membership of every rep- 
 utable Buff Leghorn breeder and fan- 
 cier. 
 
 Mrs. Ida E. Bard of Imperial, Neb., 
 sends the editor a sample feather 
 from a Buff Cochin pullet, and writes 
 as follows of it: "This pullet was 
 hatched 22nd, 1901, and is laying. 
 October 11th was the first I know 
 of her laying. She is a pet and kept 
 coming to the door singing. I plac- 
 ed a letter box on a bench by the 
 door, in which I placed a nest egg, 
 then placed the pullet in and in a 
 half hour she had laid. I am quite 
 sure she has been laying two weeks 
 prior to this time. I think that quite 
 good for a Cochin pullet." 
 
 NOTICE. 
 All Incubator Co advertising in our 
 paper get out a very handsome cata- 
 logue. It would be well if all persons 
 intending to buy incubators this season 
 would send for catalogues of each com- 
 pany and then make their choice. 
 
 Editor Investigator: : : 
 
 We are surely going to have a big 
 and good show at King City, Mo., De- 
 cember 9-14, 1901. John Preston of 
 that place has consented to act as su- 
 perintendent, which insures that that 
 portion of the work will be attended 
 to in the very best manner. 
 
 Many breeders have already written 
 .signifying their intention of exhibit- 
 ing with us. 
 
 Our association has more than dou- 
 bled its membership since our last 
 show and is still growing. 
 
 We have a fine list of specials and 
 premium list will be sent free on re- 
 quest. Yours truly, 
 
 R. R, FRENCH, Secretary. 
 
 The Osceola Poultry association will 
 hold their next show at Osceola, la., De- 
 cember 3 to 6. President, M. L. Parr, 
 WeldOn, la. ; vice president, W. S. 
 Luther, Osceola; secretary and treasurer, 
 Mrs. J. A. Lash, Osceola; superintendent, 
 J. M. Beard, Osceola, la.; L. P. Harris, 
 judge. Catalogue out November 1. Send 
 for one; it Is free. 
 
 The Ogden Poultry and Pet Stock asso- 
 ciation will hold its annual show at Og- 
 den, Utah. December 11, 12, 13 and 14. M. 
 J. Hewitt, secretary. Judge Browning 
 will place the awards. Prenuum list will 
 be out November 4. Be sure to send for 
 one. 
 
 "Iliglilantl Uiieeri," tnini 
 Tnclier. A first prize wi 
 shinvs in the United Sl.Uf 
 by llig-hland Poultry Farn; 
 
14 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 lish Indian Gan 
 
 , bred by L'. I), 
 
 th, Fc 
 
 Shipping Coops 
 
 I wrote some time ago about ship- 
 ping coops, and aslied why some firm 
 could not put them on the market in 
 much the same way that berry boxes 
 and crates are sent out. I have not 
 seen nor heard anything of the kind 
 being done yet, but have accidentally 
 "stumbled" onto the nearest thing to 
 it, and as usual when I have a good 
 idea (in my own estimation) am in 
 a hurry to tell it. Sometimes, though, 
 even I think my ideas are not worth 
 much, because they won't keep. If I 
 don't put them on paper while they 
 are fresh, I am very apt to forget it. 
 I am suspecting that the poultry 
 world is giving one great sigh of re- 
 lief at the escape of many of my ideas 
 that have grown stale and forgotten 
 because of lack of time to put them 
 down when first thought of. But please 
 don't congratulate yourselves too 
 much or they may reappear by way of 
 punishment. 
 
 But about those coops. We have on 
 hand a -auantity of tree wrappers that 
 were never used. They were left out 
 of some 2,000 bought a couple of 
 years ago, and as the wrapers from 
 
 the first winter's use stood the storm 
 so well, many of them were taken off 
 in a damp time, piled evenly and a 
 weight put on them, and being "as 
 good as new," were used the second 
 winter, and the next winter the trees 
 are too old, many of them, to need 
 wrapping, and now I am going to use 
 some of those out of the original pack- 
 ages for the construction of hen 
 coops for shipment. They are made 
 of a tough white wood and are very 
 thin, like berry boxes. I suppose the 
 thickness is meant for one sixteenth 
 of an inch. Elach wrapper is ten inches 
 wide and twenty inches long (they 
 can be had in different sizes — 12x24 is 
 the largest), but twenty inches high is 
 the kind we have and are plenty high 
 for an ordinary shipping coop; and 
 the way we intend to make the coop 
 is to cut laths the length we want 
 them for the sides and ends of the 
 coop, lay them on a flat surface, one 
 for the top, one for the bottom, and 
 one through the middle, for large 
 coops; then lay the wrappers over 
 them, then another lath on top ex- 
 actly over the under lath, and nail 
 them with small nails, clinching on 
 the under side. Each side and end 
 
 will be made in separate sections, and 
 for small coops they will be nailed 
 around the floor of coop and together 
 at the top corners, also at the middle; 
 but for large coops a corner post will 
 be needed, the top will be sealed over 
 with lath and a couple of cans for 
 feed and water, in small coops, corn, 
 wheat and "oyster shells for feed, put 
 in after weighing at the depot. We 
 put four cans in large coops. Speak- 
 ing of cans, we have them this yeat 
 without going to the hotel or restau- 
 rant for them. We have always 
 bought more or less "canned goods" 
 when we would get tired of the home- 
 grown put up, and relished it; and 
 we always thought it sort of a part of 
 speech or a myth with the town folks 
 who used to make faces when you 
 mentioned canned goods to them. It 
 will be canned goods or nothing with 
 a good many of us this winter, and 
 already we are on the verge of "mak- 
 ing faces." We have the usual amount 
 of fruit put up, but not a tomato nor 
 a grain of sweet corn dried, and will 
 have to buy nearly all winter vege- 
 tables. 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ' Practical and Profitable \ 
 
 5 Poxiltry Culture. V V?' sayre.p«x i 
 
 By L E KEYSER. 
 Sayre, Pa.- 
 
 THE FOOD PROBLEM. 
 To intelligently teed fowls, either 
 for eggs, growth or fattening, we 
 must uuderstancl their various re- 
 quirements ana the constituency of the 
 food, it stanus to reason that if we 
 luruish those elements which go to 
 mate up the fowl and the egg and sup- 
 ply them in the rignt proportion and 
 sufficient quantity the lowl must lay, 
 or it a young fowl, it must grow. We 
 and in the composition of the hen a 
 large numiier of different substances 
 which may for our purpose be grouped 
 under four heads — water, ash or min- 
 eral matter, protein, and fat. 
 
 Water is the principal ingredient 
 and amounts to from 4U to BO per cent 
 of the weight of the live fowl. 
 
 Ash or mineral matters amount to 
 from 2 to 5 per cent, their presence 
 being most evident in the bones, but 
 they exist in small proportions in all 
 parts of the body and are as essen- 
 tial as any other ingredient. 
 
 Protein is a name given to an im- 
 uortant group of substances, all of 
 which contain about 16 per cent of 
 the elements of nitrogen, and of which 
 washed lean meat and the white of an 
 egg may be taken as a type. They 
 form the organic parts of the bones, 
 the skin, the internal organs, the 
 brain and nerves, in short all the 
 working machinery of the body are 
 composed largely of protein. Conse- 
 quently this group of substances is of 
 great importance. 
 
 Fat varies greatly in the body o£ the 
 hen, but seldom falls below o or rises 
 above 30 per cent. 
 
 The feeding stuffs supplied poultry 
 contain all four of these ingredients, 
 and in addition another group of sub- 
 stances not found to any considerable 
 extent in the body of the fowl, known 
 as carbohydrates. The most familiar 
 substances belonging to this group are 
 starch, the various kinds of sugar and 
 woody fiber, starch being more abun- 
 dant in most foods, so they are some- 
 times spoken of as starchy substances. 
 Carbohydrates have substantially the 
 same use in the body as fat, but a 
 given weight of fat is worth for this 
 purpose two and one-fourth times as 
 much as the same weight of carbohy- 
 drates, so when they are grouped to- 
 gether, as is usually the case when 
 considering the value of a ration, the 
 fat is multiplied by two and one- 
 fourth and added to the carbohydrates. 
 Carbohydrates and fat serve three pur- 
 
 poses in the economy of the fowl, 
 iiiey are burneu to create heat to keep 
 Lue fowl warm; tney produce the 
 lorce exerted in the motions of tne 
 iowi, anu If tne supply is greater 
 luau IS neeued for tne production oi 
 ubai aua force, tne excess gives rise 
 LO tne production and laying up oi 
 lat 111 tue body. 
 
 lue protein of the food is used to 
 juuu up and keep in repair tne work- 
 ing iisBues of tne body, which we 
 uave snown consist largeiy of protein, 
 mat is, It supplies the material for 
 tne growth oi tissue, which may be an 
 actual increase in bulk, as in tne case 
 Lii tne growing chick; it may simply 
 ue tne making good of waste, as in the 
 mature fowl, or it may take the torni 
 of egg proQUction, which is really the 
 giowtn and breaking down of the tis- 
 sues of the ovaries and oviduct. For 
 ail these purposes protein is indis- 
 pensable, and its place cannot be tak- 
 •en by either carbohydrates or fat. If, 
 however, more protein is given the 
 fowl than it needs for these various 
 forms of tissue growth, the excess is 
 burned up, like fat and carbohydrates, 
 or perhaps furnishes material for the 
 production of fat. 
 
 The mineral matter in food consists 
 of lime, soda potash, magnesia, sul- 
 phur, etc., but to ascertain the amount 
 it is reduced to ash, which is the term 
 generally given to this group of sub- 
 stances. This ash or mineral matter 
 in the food serves as a source of sup- 
 ply tor the mineral ingredients of the 
 body and for the formation of the 
 shell of the egg, in the case of laying 
 hens. Most food products contain suf- 
 ficient ash for all practical purposes, 
 especially when the fowls are given 
 meat, bones, oyster shells and grit. 
 Grain contains very little ash, while 
 clover, grass and most of the green 
 foods have a liberal supply. When a 
 ration is otherwise fairly proportioned 
 there is generally mineral matter suf- 
 ficient for all needs. 
 
 As we do not feed to supply water, 
 this portion of the constituency of 
 the diet need not concern us, but we 
 should always have a sufiBcient sup- 
 ply constantly at hand so that the 
 fowls maye take it as required. 
 
 THE EGG. 
 The egg, exclusive of the shell, con- 
 tains about 68.25 per cent of water; 
 albumen or protein, 13.8 per cent; 
 mineral matter, 1 per cent; fat and 
 oil 16.8 per cent. The average egg 
 
 IS 
 
 is divided about as follows: Shell, 11 
 per cent; white, 56.5 per cent; yolk, 
 62.0 per cent. The shell consists of 
 about oU per cent of the salts of lime, 
 or about 20 per cent of the pure uu- 
 combmed lime, which is calcium ox- 
 ide, and the remainder carbonic aciu, 
 water in a crystalized shape, etc. 
 
 We have now considered both the 
 lowl and tne egg and know the ele- 
 ments we wish to supply, and as ash 
 will be taken in sufficient quantities 
 u we leed meat, clover, oyster shells 
 and grit, and the water supply can 
 be regulated by the fowls, we find we 
 nave only to furnish the proper pro- 
 portion of protein and carbohydrates 
 and fat to produce a ration to meet 
 any requirement. If there is not suffi- 
 cient carbohydrates and fat the hena 
 will not be able to keep warm, and ii 
 too much they will become fat ana 
 unproductive, while if the protein be 
 lacking there will be nothing from 
 which to form the egg. 
 
 li'or the purpose of determining the 
 relative proportion of protein and car- 
 bohydrates and fat contained in a 
 substance, and for better comparing 
 one feeding stun: with another, tne 
 term "nutritive ratio" is used, which 
 means the ratio of digestible protein 
 to digestiQle carbohydrates plus fat. 
 before making this comparison, how- 
 ever, we will explain that the fat is 
 multipliea by two and one-fourth, be- 
 cause one pound of fat is two anu 
 one-fourth times as valuable as a 
 pound of carbohydrates. The term of 
 the ratio is taken as a unity; for in- 
 stance, if there should be five pounds 
 of protein and thirty pounds of carbo- 
 hydrates and fat in a ration, we 
 would express it as 1:6— there being 
 one part of protein to six of carbo- 
 hydrates and fat; but should there be 
 more protein than carbohydrates and 
 fat the ratio of the latter would be 
 expressed in decimals. For example, 
 should a substance contain twice as 
 much protein as carbohydrates and 
 fat we would express it, 1:0.5, but as 
 nearly all feeding stuffs contain a far 
 larger portion of carbohydrates and 
 fat than protein this seldom, if ever, 
 occurs. 
 
 The nutritive ratio is referred to as 
 being "wide" or "narrow." A feed- 
 ing stuff with a wide nutritive ratio 
 is one which contains a large propor- 
 tion of carbohydrates and fat as com- 
 pared with protein. One with a nar- 
 row nutritive ratio contains a small 
 proportion of carbohydrates and fat 
 as compared with protein. Corn has 
 a wide nutritive ratio, 1:12, while cot- 
 tonseed meal has a comparatively nar- 
 row nutritive ratio, 1:1.2. If we are 
 feeding to produce growth or eggs w© 
 
i6 
 
 should use a compartively narrow 
 ratio, but for fattening for market, a 
 wide one. It is impossible to lay 
 Uown set rules for feeding, as every 
 person must be governed by condi- 
 tions, the availability oi' the material, 
 price, etc., but we will say that for 
 egg production in winter and for 
 growing chicks in the early spring, a 
 ration with a nutritive ratio of from 
 1:5 to 1:7 has been found to be the 
 most productive, while one slightly 
 narrower is better in hot weather. 
 t'oi- fattening matured fowls a ration 
 with a nutritive ratio of 1:10 or 1:VZ 
 is about right. 
 
 For the purpose of aiding those who 
 wish to compound a ration of a fixed 
 nutritive value we append a table 
 showing the composition of the di- 
 gestible parts of the feeding stuffs 
 usually used by poultrymen. While it 
 may not be absolutely correct, it Is 
 sufficiently so for all practical pur- 
 poses. 
 
 Table showing mineral and digestible 
 matter in feeding stuffs: 
 
 Ash 
 
 Per Cent of Digest- 
 ible Matter 
 
 Protein 
 
 Carbohydrates and 
 
 Kat 
 
 Nutritive Ratio 
 
 Wheat I 1.8|77.li| 7.1|70.5|1:9.9 
 
 Corn I 1.5|79.7| 6.0|73.7|1:12.3 
 
 Buckwheat | 2.U|ti2.6| 7.8|54.»|1:7 
 
 Oats I 3.062.41 9. 2|53. 211:6.8 
 
 Barley | 2.4|77.9| 8.7i69.2|l:8 
 
 Rye 1.9176. 71 6.4ri0.3|l:U 
 
 Peas 2.7|72.3|1S.S|53.5I1:2.S 
 
 Rice I 0.4|ST.a| 7.4|Sti.l|l:10.S 
 
 Sunflower se«d | 2.1 :•:.': 1".:, 1J.:|1;4.2 
 
 Wheat bran | . i i_ - 1,1:3.8 
 
 Wheat shorts | l ' ■■ • i. - 'i,l:4.8 
 
 Wheat middlings | :;.:;,. ;-i i:.^,i.'i,;i|l:4.8 
 
 Corn and cob meal..| l.olTU.S,' 4. 4, Oij. 011:15.1 
 
 Cottonseed meal | 7.2|80.9|37.2|43.7|1:1.2 
 
 L,lnseed meal, n, p...| 5.8 73. S|28.9|44. 911:1.6 
 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 
 
 Gluten feed \ 1.0 
 
 Chicago gluten meal. 1.1 
 
 Cut clover hay 6.2 
 
 Alfalfa hay I 7.4 
 
 Sorghum seed 
 
 Buckwheat midd'gs. 
 
 Beef scraps 
 
 Dried blood 
 
 Mangel wurzel 
 
 Potatoes 
 
 Sugar beets 
 
 Kutabagas 
 
 Skim milk 
 
 Buttermilk 
 
 82.7119.4163.311:3.3 
 84.6127.7156.91:2.1 
 44.9J 6.4|38.5|1:6 
 :53. 4110.4143.011:4.1 
 72.21 5.4|66.8|1:13.3 
 "4.2123.7150.511:2.1 
 
 3.3|82.2i37.7 44.5 
 4.1|61.4|32.7|28.7 
 1.11 6.5 1.11 5.4 
 1.0|16.6 0.9 15.7 
 0.9{12.5| 1.6|10.9 
 1.2 9.51 1.0| 8.5 
 O.S 9.2 3.5| 5.7 1:1.6 
 0.8| 7.81 2.81 5.0|1:1.S 
 
 1:1.1 
 
 1:0.8 
 1:4.9 
 1:17.4 
 l:b.8 
 
 The fat reduced to its starch equivalent. 
 
 By referring to the above table any 
 intelligent poultryman can prepare a 
 ration that will meet his requirements 
 with such food as he can secure. 
 Green cut bone, a most important food 
 for hens, is not given in the table be- 
 cause it varies so greatly, owing to 
 the amount and kind of meat adher- 
 ing to it, that an analysis of one sam- 
 ple would be of little value as show- 
 ing the general average. It is usually 
 considered by poultrymen to be a lit- 
 tle better than beef scraps. 
 
 While we can compound a ration 
 wholly of grain and its by-products of 
 the proper nutritive ratio, we find for 
 some reason not shown by the analy- 
 sis that a mixed ration — one compos- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ed in part of meat and green foou, 
 hay, grass, or roots — will produce tar 
 better results. In order to narrow the 
 ration a mash is often fed, especially 
 in winter, and we have had better re- 
 ifults by this method than any other, 
 yet it greatly increases the labor. We 
 compound a mash mixture of one part 
 by weight of wheat bran, one pan 
 wheat middlings, two parts No. 1 
 mill feed( equal parts by weight of 
 oats and corn ground together), two 
 parts buckwheat middlings, one part 
 ground beef scraps. Where buck- 
 v/heat middlings cannot be obtained, 
 Chicago gluten meal may be substitu- 
 ted, or half the weight of linseed or 
 cottonseed meal may be used. When 
 making our mash we take one part of 
 cut clover hay, steam it well, and add 
 two parts of this mash mixture, mak- 
 ing it as thick as possible. It is then 
 allowed to stand before feeding until 
 It is just lukewarm. This gives us a 
 ration the nutritive value of which is 
 about 1:3.4, which would be too nar- 
 row, but as we only feed a small quan- 
 tity of mash, the other feed being 
 composed of grain, usually wheal, 
 corn, buckwheat or oats, it makes the 
 day's ration about evenly balanced. 
 We do not feed all of these grains, 
 but alternate each day as many as we 
 have, using most largely of such as can 
 be bought on our market at the lowest 
 price. Corn and oats are the staples, 
 and these are grains which we feel 
 we cannot well do without. When 
 supplemented by a mash with a nar- 
 row nutritive ration corn is undoubt- 
 edly the best whole grain to feed, as 
 it is more easily digested and pro- 
 duces a better quality of eggs than any 
 other. Wheat and rye are as good as 
 corn, their nutritive ratio being slight- 
 ly narrower, but they usually cost 
 more, and when fed in connection 
 with a mash the slight gain in pro- 
 tein is more than overbalanced by the 
 additional cost. 
 
 A ration can be made up of grain, 
 roots and hay, green cut bone or beef 
 scraps which will give very good re- 
 sults, without the trouble of mixing a 
 mash. Such would be an ideal diet if 
 we could make it fully as productive. 
 Nature did not intend the hen to eat 
 soft food, giving her a gizzard where- 
 in to grind it; but nature did not in- 
 tend the hen to lay in winter or to 
 produce more than forty to sixty eggs 
 in a year. If we change her natural 
 tendencies we must also change her 
 diet. 
 
 The amount to feed is sometimes 
 hard to determine and can only be 
 told by experimenting. The standard 
 given is sixty-five to seventy pounds 
 of food for each 1,000 pounds of fowls 
 
 weighing from three to four pounds 
 average weight. We have kept a 
 careful record for several years and 
 find that our Plymouth Rocks con- 
 sumed an average of fifty-eight pounds 
 of whole and ground grain, ten pounds 
 clover, fifteen pounds meat and ten 
 pounds roots each in a year when 
 confined in small yards. This would 
 allow each fowl a trifie over one-fourth 
 pound of food per day. Where fowls 
 have free range for six or eight 
 mouths in the year this amount will 
 be materially lessened. When fowls 
 are on a range it is a good plan to 
 give them one scant feed a day or a 
 highly nitrogenous food, such as cut 
 bone or beef scraps. A self-feeding 
 box of wheat bran placed where they 
 can help themselves to it will aid In 
 egg production. The fowls will not 
 eat a great deal of the bran after the 
 first day or so, but will use It to 
 balance their ration and supply any 
 deficiency in the food supply found on 
 the range. 
 
 In feeding for eggs we should en- 
 deavor to give all the exercise pos- 
 sible, especially if our food is of a 
 carbonaceous nature, as the carbon is 
 thus converted into heat and thrown 
 off from the body, while the quick 
 breathing throws off the carbonic acid 
 gas. All grain should' therefore be 
 ted in deep litter and the hens be 
 forced to scratch and hunt it out. 
 
 American Incubators Abroad. 
 
 A great deal is .said these davs about 
 the expansion of American trade, and 
 everyone who has studied the figures 
 shovs'ing' the growth in American ex- 
 ports, has been astonished at its mag-- 
 iiitude. 
 
 American incubator manufacturers 
 have not been behind other lines in 
 this respect. This is especially true of 
 the Prairie State Incubator Co. of 
 Homer City, Pennsylvania, which has 
 extended its trade to all parts of the 
 world, sending- shipment after ship- 
 ment to distributing points in Europe, 
 Australia. South America and South 
 Africa, besides sending many smaller 
 lots of one or two machines to indi- 
 vidual poultrymen in the same coun- 
 tries. Since the 1st of August. of this 
 year, their foreign demand has been 
 especially heavy, and many car-load 
 shipments have been made from Hom- 
 er City 
 
 The new catalogue of the Prairie 
 State Incubator Co. is now on the press 
 and. by the way, we understand it to 
 be the handsomest book ever printed 
 by an incubator company. It will con- 
 tain good illustrations showing some 
 of these shipments. These, however, 
 are only a few of the hundreds of fine 
 pictures in this handsome book, which 
 will be sent free to all who request it. 
 Ask for the 19()2 catalogue, and copy 
 will be sent as soon as it is off the 
 press. We advise vour sending in vour 
 name at once. Address THE PRAI- 
 RIE STATE INCUBATOR CO'P'Y., 
 Homer City, Pa. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Making.Prize Winners 
 
 Did you ever stop to think when you 
 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'ealize the amount of labor and the 
 time spent in order to get that bird to 
 such a high state of perfection? The 
 time spent to produce that bird was 
 not the one year or less than it actual- 
 ly took to raise him. The work to 
 produce him began perhaps a dozen 
 years ago by some other breeder. He 
 kept improviing his birds and selling 
 some to another. The improvement 
 was continued until the bird here men- 
 tioned was produced. But then the 
 time and labor spent to produce the 
 parents of this bird was not quite all. 
 The parent birds had to be properly 
 mated and cared tor to produce fertile 
 eggs. Then proper incubation to hatch 
 him strong and wel developed. Then 
 came the tug of life. While he was 
 growing, perhaps several of his mates 
 failed to survive. He had to be fed 
 well and not, too much, given plenty 
 of exercise, kept warm, and kept from 
 exposure. So we see there is a vast 
 amount of work and time spent to 
 produce the prize bird. He was not 
 raised alone, perhaps, but we may 
 know that along with him grew a 
 hundred or more, and not one of them 
 near him in perfection. Do not imag- 
 ine that the high class breeders pro- 
 duce all prize birds. There is al- 
 ways a large number of birds raised 
 that are not in any way fit for breed- 
 ing, but are fit only for market. So 
 you see hat even the best breeders 
 must sell part of their birds in the 
 market. If you start out with a flock 
 of birds that cost a long price do not 
 expect to raise all as good as the pa- 
 rent birds. If you get a fair number 
 of good ones be satisfied, even if you 
 do not get some that are very good 
 and fit to win in hot competition. 
 
 Well, you say, it is easy enough to 
 raise "scrubs," but to raise prize win- 
 ners is work. That is true; yet some 
 people can raise scarcely any on ac- 
 count of disease. You have got to be 
 very careful to avoid disease. 
 
 Now to raise the prize bird you must 
 have good stock scoring up well and 
 been bred from extra stock. You 
 must have them mated so as to pro- 
 duce best results. I can not tell you 
 here how to mate your birds because 
 I do not know what kind of birds you 
 have to mate. Keep them strong and 
 vigorous and healthy. Do not allow 
 any exposure, and feed properly. You 
 may ask. How do you feed properly? 
 The proper way to feed Is to keep 
 
 17 
 
 V The Wooden. Hen V 
 
 The illustration shown here is of the 
 famous New Wooden Hen now known 
 the world over as the most successful 
 of all small hatchers. 
 
 It is now six years since the Wooden 
 Hen put in its appearance, and each 
 season it has come forward with im- 
 provements that increased its popular- 
 ity until the sales are nearing 40,0(X). 
 For the coming season long legs have 
 been added to make it more conveni- 
 ent; also a moisture diffuser, which 
 overcomes the question of how much 
 artificial moisture should be supplied. 
 
 A few minor changes have been made 
 in the general construction, and with 
 the above improvements, it is a most 
 perfect little hatcher. Three sizes are 
 offered for the coming season— , 50, 100 
 and 200-egg capacity, and the prices 
 are surprisingly low. 
 
 Send at once to Geo. H. Stahl, Quin- 
 cy, 111., for his beautifully illustrated 
 Catalogue, which also contains a most 
 interesting chart showing the "Devel- 
 opment of the Chick" in natural colors, 
 also 1() other colored views. Free if 
 you mention Potii,TKY Investigator. 
 
 them busy and feed a variety; make 
 it a balanced ration, feed green food, 
 animal food, grit and all such things 
 as they get in a natural state. There 
 are no hard and fast rules for feed- 
 ing. One breed requires a somewhat 
 different feed and management. If 
 you want to get the prize bird, you 
 must know your breed, know how to 
 feed it to produce best results and 
 know how to mate and manage. The 
 secret is in knowing how. After you 
 have raised him you have got to get 
 him so that he will look the best in 
 the show. If he does not carry him- 
 self in the proper way, you need to 
 train him to pose when desired to be 
 judged, etc. 
 
 J. W. SHEPARD. 
 
 VALUE OP CLOVER FOR POULTRY 
 Clover hay contains about twenty 
 times as much lime as corn. This 
 makes it a very valuable feed for 
 poultry in fall or winter. It may be 
 chopped in a feed cutter one-fourth 
 of an inch long, placed in a pail, then 
 pour hot water on and let it stand 
 for one hour; then thicken or stir in 
 shorts and corn meal and you have a 
 splendid feed, a balanced ration, hard 
 to beat, and you will find that the egg 
 
 basket will soon be full, where there 
 are none in it now. The second crop 
 of clover is counted best, although 
 the first is good. It ought to be cut 
 before it is in bloom. Alfalfa is also 
 equally as good, treated in like man- 
 ner. Young oats that is cut before the 
 head starts to grow, cut and nicely 
 cured, is also good fed as above. 
 
 L. P. HARRIS. 
 
 MICHIGAN STATE SHOW. 
 As the show season approaches it 
 becomes apparent that there is going 
 to be a general interest taken in the 
 coming exhibition of the Michigan 
 State Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock 
 association to be held in Battle 
 Creek, Mich., January 7-10, 1902. Thfe 
 past two shows have been held at 
 somewhat disadvantage on account of 
 not knowing just how we would come 
 out financially, but after holding two 
 shows and paying every dollar earned 
 in premiums and specials, this year 
 we promise in addition to a good time 
 to pay every dollar won at show. Ar- 
 rangements will be made to accommo- 
 date the large number of exhibitors 
 and their birds in a manner both 
 suitable and satisfactory. For fur- 
 ther information address L. G. Nich- 
 ols, secretary. Battle Creek, Mich. 
 
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 than that of the Golden Egg. 
 
 On the first of January, 1902, we will 
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 Thanking all for past favors, we are 
 Yours for success, 
 
 L. P. HARRIS. 
 
 Some time past the editor visited 
 Cedar Lawn Poultry Farm and was 
 surprised at the interest shown by the 
 proprietor in thoroughbred poultry, 
 the substantial way the houses and 
 yards were built, the quality of the 
 stock seen in the yards, the extent of 
 the farm and the thorough manner in 
 which it was kept. Cedar Lawn Poul- 
 try Farm consists of ten acres devoted 
 wholy to the breeding of Barred P. 
 Rocks and White Wyandottes. The 
 farm adjoins the city of Seward. This 
 is Judge Norval's home, a sightly 
 place in the north part of the city. It 
 is a beautiful home with a beautiful 
 yard full of trees and shrubbery. The 
 one thing that struck me forcibly was 
 the large roomy yards; the houses 
 were all shingled, painted and plas- 
 tered and built as good as many dwel- 
 ling houses are. The best are none 
 too good for the Judge, and his birds 
 prove it in the show room. The "poul- 
 try fever" has no respect of person 
 and it got the best of T L. Norval, if 
 he was Chief Justice of the Supreme 
 Court of Nebraska, and we wish there 
 were more like him. 
 
 Killed By Lightning. 
 
 We are sorry to chronicle, this 
 month, the death by lightning of H. 
 W. Belville of Hebron, Nebr. Mr. 
 Belville was a breeder and exhibitor 
 of B. P Rocks, He 'eaves a wife, 
 Edith Belville, and two children, a 
 girl two years old and a baby boy of 
 two months, to mourn his loss. We 
 extend our deepest sympathies to Mrs. 
 Belville in her bereavement In ■\ let- 
 ter to Mr. M. M. Johnson of this place 
 recently she stated that she had his 
 business well straightened up, except 
 the funeral expenses and expressed a 
 wish that she had money to pay this 
 expense. The editor is willing to help 
 this worthy lady and wishes to know 
 how many of the readers of the Invest- 
 igator wiil send the editor what they 
 can spare and not inconvenience them 
 to help the lady out of this embarrass- 
 ment. Any donation will be grea'ly 
 appreciated and promptly forwarded 
 to Mrs. Belville in due time. 
 
 L. P. Harris, 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 The Clay Co. Poultry Association 
 will hold their fifth annual show at 
 Clay Center from December 10 to 13 in- 
 clusive. This association is made up 
 of real live, progressive, reliable 
 breeders. Some of them have blue 
 ribbons secured at some of the largest 
 shows in the west. They are striving 
 to make this, their fifth annual show, 
 second to none in the state except the 
 state show; have engaged two exper- 
 ienced judges, and the awards will be 
 made as promptly as possible. The 
 association guarantees $200 in cash 
 premiums, besides a long list of spec- 
 ials headed with an incubator. The 
 co-operation of the fanciers in adjoin- 
 ing counties is desired If you cannot 
 come, send your birds: we will care 
 for them as our own. Send for prem- 
 ium list and list of specials. 
 
 B. H. DUNN, President, 
 
 FLORA T. SHROYEK, Secretary. 
 
 TKe Black Red G&me Banta.iT\. 
 
 "A 'Bl.ick Red Game." do g.ize at me: 
 
 Longest of leg-s have I." said he: 
 
 "A body smalL 
 
 A reach quite taU, 
 
 Head like a snake, a briErht. keen eye, 
 
 A close, hard plumage, and I trv 
 
 Stylish to be in all my moves. 
 
 And not to tread in time-worn grooves. 
 
 Do I succeed? Well, don't they singr 
 
 Prai-ses to me and crown me kingr? 
 
 No other Bantams such prices bring. 
 
 Nor can they ever while I'm in the ring.' 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 I Poviltry Chats ^ 
 
 MRS 
 
 C. A BLANCHARD 
 
 If persons asking questions or 
 prices of stock would write their 
 name and address with a little more 
 care, it would save much worry and 
 their letters would go more direct. 
 People become careless in signing 
 their names and some of the letters 
 are made very poor, so it is hard to 
 make out the right name. 
 
 All we can do is to copy as near as 
 possible the same scrawl and trust 
 to the letter going right. Now, for 
 example, a letter has recently came to 
 our desk in which the first name was 
 either Ernie or Ernie, one can easily 
 see what a difference it would make 
 in the name not having the letters 
 plain. However, in that case the last 
 name and the name of the 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. Every leg 
 should be just the right color, and if 
 that cream on some of their backs 
 was not the right thing, why was it 
 there? It all went to show in his 
 wise mind that things were not as 
 they had ought to be, and people were 
 "well, you know, to come right down 
 to the plain truth, dishonest." Thank 
 goodness he did not know anything 
 about typical carriage, shape of back, 
 wings, fluff or tail. When it came to 
 
 poultry breeding he knew nothing, and 
 was too wise to learn. What more 
 could he learn about a chicken? He 
 knew when they were baked, fried or 
 boiled to perfection. Pure breed was 
 no better on the table than any other 
 kind, only if we were to call them 
 pure bred he could not see why they 
 were not all just as we wanted them. 
 I think we all find such people, and 
 we can only hope that the day will 
 come when they are better educateu. 
 
 Anyone who tries to know anything 
 about poultry can easily understand 
 that they must be priced according 
 to quality, and in asking tor prices 
 should state whether they want birds 
 for show purposes, or just good breed- 
 ing stock. 
 
 In sending out anything under the 
 nead of good breeding stock it should 
 be considered dishonest to send any 
 bird that would be disqualified. In 
 our state poultry show room last win- 
 ter we know of one cockerel being 
 disqualified whose owner had paid ten 
 dollars for him. 
 
 The bird had come from the yards 
 of an eastern breeder, who certainly 
 knew better than to send such a bird 
 out. There is no fair play about such 
 work as that. If we are going to raise 
 pure bred birds, even for the improve- 
 ment of our farm poultry, one of the 
 first things we should do is study up 
 the disqualifying points. Learn to 
 know which are our good birds and 
 which are our poor ones; the poor 
 ones can be used on the table and n(5t 
 kept as breeders. Again, if we intend 
 taking birds to a show room we should 
 know what disqualifies and leave all 
 such birds at home, no matter how 
 good they are in other ways. 
 
 I presume many of the older breed- 
 ers will commence to read this article, 
 and then throw it aside in disgust. 
 But the time has not become so very 
 dim in the distance when we had all 
 this to learn ourselves, and we know 
 there is always new members in our 
 circle who are seeking after the same 
 knowledge we have gained. 
 
 A few words on preparing birds for 
 the show room may be of use to some 
 who are going to make entries for 
 the first time. First, we should have 
 our birds in good condition. The 
 "Standard" reads "In all the breeds 
 of fowls having weight clauses, ex- 
 cept bantams, deduct two points per 
 pound for any deficit from the stand- 
 
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 ard weights, or in that proportion for 
 any fractional part of a pound." So 
 you see if a bird is one pound under 
 weight and is cut two points on 
 weight it is pretty hard for him to 
 gain over one that is up in weight. 
 Again the Standard says: "They 
 should be exhibited in their natural 
 condition." That does not mean that 
 they should be dirty. It our birds 
 are white they should be washed. It 
 takes a good strong soap suds to cut 
 the dirt from feathers and give them 
 their natural whiteness. Then a good 
 tub of rinse water and plenty of tow- 
 els to wipe them as dry as possible. 
 If there is no cold wind and you have 
 a south corner that is sunny and 
 warm, they can be put out of doors 
 to dry; but most times the coops have 
 to be brought in by the stove, or the 
 birds would chill. Their feet and legs 
 must be cleaned well. When they 
 are dry comb wattles, earlobes and 
 legs can be rubbed with sweet oil. It 
 makes them smooth and clean, and is 
 all right, for I once heard a judge 
 make this remark to an exhibitor: "I 
 could have given that bird a better 
 score had you washed and oiled his 
 legs. They are good but they are in 
 such miserable condition." The ex- 
 hibitor said, "Well, the book said they 
 must be in their natural condition." 
 The judge said, "When you go to 
 church you wash your face and hands, 
 so when we go to the show room we 
 should wash our face and hands." 
 MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 
 Friend, Neb. 
 
 THE POULTRY INDUSTRY. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 You ask me to tell you how I came 
 in the poultry business. It is short. I 
 wanted a good table bird. I wanted 
 a good egg-producer. I wanted a good 
 rich, fine flavored egg for my own 
 consumption. I wanted eggs in the 
 winter when they were highest and 
 best, so I selected the "L. B." and have 
 worked for that purpose, and I have 
 just what I wanted. I like the "L. B." 
 They are to the chicken family what 
 sugar and coffee is to the groceries, 
 muslin and prints to the dry goods, 
 the gold dollars to the financiers, etc. 
 
 I have bred the "L. B." off and on 
 since '76. I have had no failures for 
 the reason that I commenced at the 
 bottom of the ladder and went up step 
 by step. Have never tried to over- 
 come but one fault at one mating. 
 Have never thought that I was smart 
 enough to handle all of the different 
 varieties, and have been contented 
 with the breed I like best. 
 
 C. E. BARNEY, 
 Kearney, Neb. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^ MOULTING TIME AND WINTER CARE OF FOWLS. ^ 
 
 The moulting time is here for the 
 fowls and will not be over for some 
 time for the older hens or those who 
 have almost worn themselves out in 
 laying all summer, and if they are 
 non-sitters, last winter also. 
 
 So many poultry raisers, especially 
 among the farmer's wives, do not 
 seem to know this is really a critical 
 time for the hen. Instead of coddling 
 her up a little and stuffing her with 
 nourishing food, she is let run around 
 any old way to pick up her living. 
 No wonder so many of our finest hens 
 die during the fall months for no rea- 
 son we can see. And yet there is rea- 
 son enough. Weakened with laying 
 and perhaps starving, herself to feed 
 an August brood of chickens, she is 
 in no condition to cope with the extra 
 strain upon the blood to produce new 
 feathers, unless we help her along 
 with plenty of food. 
 
 The moulting hen must not be left 
 to struggle with the others for the 
 moiety, often of grain thrown to them, 
 if you expect to make a success of 
 
 poultry raising. 
 
 There is quite a difference In the 
 way fowls moult. Some begin very 
 early and merely shed a feather or 
 two at a time, the new feathers com- 
 ing in as soon as the others are 
 dropped, the fowl is not weakened, 
 and always is well covered, thus giv- 
 ing rise to the idea that some fowls 
 never moult. Again there are other 
 fowls of the same breed that with 
 little warning lose all or almost all of 
 their feathers, remaining naked a long 
 time. These are generally the older 
 fowls, and the frosty nights and morn- 
 ings will chill them to death if not 
 well housed, as well as fed. 
 
 The Rouen duck moults in a pecul- 
 iar way. The male moults twice in 
 the season. In the early summer he 
 loses all of his gay feathers and 
 comes out in a suit so near like the 
 female that he is mistaken for her. 
 But. later on, he moults again, and 
 this time he gets back his gay clothes 
 and pride. No other fowl that I know 
 of does this way, although a few 
 
 species of birds moult in this style. 
 
 The time has come when the win- 
 ter comfort of the fowls must be tak- 
 en into consideration. Get rid of all 
 the surplus young cokerels as well as 
 the old ones. The young ones, for a 
 real profit, should be or have been 
 caponized. But so few of the numer- 
 ous poultry raisers, the* farmer and 
 his wife, have ever learned to capon- 
 ize a fowl. And yet, it is not a dif- 
 ficult task after one lesson or two. 
 We never allow our young cockerels 
 to go over four pounds in weight. To 
 do so, is to merely get 10 or 15 cents 
 for them. Too much of a loss. 
 
 In separating those you would get 
 rid of now and those to keep over, 
 be sure to keep over your largest and 
 finest two year old hens. No use to 
 talk, but maturity, I find, counts in 
 this line as in all other lines of life. 
 Mark your oldest hens, so that you 
 will know them next spring, save their 
 eggs for hatching purposes and note 
 if these are not the most fertile eggs 
 as well as producing, upon a big av- 
 erage, the hardiest chicks. 
 
 Of course, if you are in the chicken 
 business to succeed, you must 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 
 in sacks or barrels near by. This is 
 one of the necessary appliances for the 
 hen's body. It is her bath and she is 
 healthier for having it. If there are 
 little children in the family, nothing 
 would suit them better than filling 
 these barrels or sacks by hauling the 
 dust to them in the little wagon. 
 
 All roosts should be scalded or sat- 
 urated with coal oil, as you prefer; 
 
 l!:irro>l I'lynuiuth Kock cockfrel. s^orc ')3'4, 
 by Russfll. in lirsl prizt- pen al Nebraska state 
 sliiiw. January. \'hn . Bred and owned by Judtfc 
 T t,. Norval, Seward, Nebr. 
 
the floor well cleaned and, scalded 
 and the walls whitewashed with very 
 thick whitewash into which a little 
 salt has been stirred. 
 
 There are two reasons for this last, 
 three in fact; the whitewash helps 
 kill the mites, if any are lurking 
 around; the chickens dearly love light 
 and white quarters, and the thick 
 whitewash will get flaky and the hens 
 will greedily pick it from off the wall 
 and thus get a good supply of lime 
 for their egg shell formation. Many 
 hens, even of the winter laying breeds, 
 do not lay well in winter because not 
 enough lime is kept for them to make 
 the egg shells. Grit does not always 
 contain enough lime for them. The 
 main good that broken dishes, pound- 
 ed fine, bring for them, is because 
 dishes are formed from oolite, which 
 is simply lime after all. 
 
 If the chickens must produce eggs 
 for the winter market, then a variety 
 of food must be given them, warm, 
 soft feeds and mashes as well as 
 whole grain. I have known hens to 
 lay eggs all winter upon a diet of 
 snelled corn mainly, but it is not best 
 for them, unless you intend selling 
 many of them when the high spring 
 prices set in, as corn makes them very 
 fat, and some think diseases them, 
 and it is my experience that it does 
 to some extent. It is always a temp- 
 tation to me to feed exclusively upon 
 the whole grain, especially shelled 
 corn, as it satisfies the fowls so well. 
 They fill their craws and go off to not 
 bother you for hours. But it is just 
 the other way with soft or ground 
 feeds; either they like it so well or 
 it digests so soon, leaving them as 
 hungry as ever, for they are always 
 squalling after you when fed this last. 
 
 Fowls do not drink much in winter, 
 but it should be put where they can 
 get at it at all times, and in very cold 
 weather should be given luke warm. 
 ANNA BELL. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 Poultry Experience 
 
 By Mrs. lElIa. Dawson 
 
 Barred P- Rock pullel, scored I3'i liy Russell, 
 ill first prize pen. Nebraska state show, 19tH , 
 Bred and owned hy Jndire T. L. Nerval, Sew- 
 ard, Nebr. 
 
 My experience with different varie- 
 ties; Well, that would be a long 
 story, as I have tended the chicken 
 since a child of ten — at that time for 
 mother or grandma — because I loved 
 to watch them scratch and throw the 
 litter over one another. You know 
 at that time we had chickens and 
 chickens of all shapes, color, and size; 
 the great big Shanghi, as we called 
 a gangling red mother used to have, 
 the little dunghill, the beautiful Buff 
 Cochin, stately Black Spanish and 
 Malay, a half dozen little bantams, 
 pets of the children; speckled hens, 
 Domauecks, and every other color 
 imaginable, all in one flock; the more 
 kinds and colors the nicer they con- 
 sidered their flocks. But how changed 
 these times from the present. I have 
 tried to have only one variety or 
 kind and have that the best I could 
 get, since I have had a home of my 
 own. My first thoroughbreds were 
 the dark Brahmas. We bought them 
 when we went to housekeeping on 
 the farm. Oh, such a time I had with 
 those Brahmas. They would get in 
 the barnyard and could not get them 
 out, unless I lifted them over the 
 fence or opened the horse lot gate 
 and drove them through like sheep. 
 The hogs just loved those Brahmas. 
 As they would creep through the fence 
 they would forget the place they got 
 in at and the hogs would get after 
 them. It makes me tired yet to think 
 how I ran after those Brahmas, twen- 
 ty-two years ago. I sold or killed 
 them and said they were not the fowl 
 the farmer wants. Then we got a 
 flock of Partridge Cochins; then how 
 the egg basket filled; what beautiful 
 plumage. I said surely this is the 
 kind I have long sought for; it is an 
 ideal fowl for the farmer. I would 
 have had descendants from that flock 
 yet if we had not sold out in Illinois 
 and came west. When I started here 
 in Nebraska I bought the Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks. That was thirteen 
 years ago, and I have B. P. Rocks yet, 
 but not the same, as I sell off the old 
 stock every year; never keep them 
 older than two years. I send every 
 season to get new stock of some re- 
 liable poultryman. I keep only the 
 best for my own yard. 
 
 The Barred Plymouth Rock is the 
 farmer's bird; it is of good size, makes 
 quick growth, good layers, good color, 
 and the color is just suited to people 
 that neglect cleaning the poultry 
 house and sheds. The white fowls 
 soon show how they are cared for. If 
 
 I White Wyandotte pullet at Nebraska 
 ihow, 1901; score 90, by Kussell. Bred 
 vn^d by Judg-eT.L.Norval, Seward. Nebr. 
 
 they are allowed to roost in or kept 
 in dirty quarters they soon show ft 
 by their plumage. 1 always admire 
 a white bird of any size or shape if 
 they are clean. I have had the Wyan- 
 dottes, the Silver Laced and have a 
 pen of white now. They are beautiful 
 fowls. The best layers I ever owned 
 was a pen of hens I had from a cross 
 with Silver Laced Wyandotte hens 
 and Barred Plymouth Rock cockerel. 
 Those hens layed when all others 
 were on strike. The Wyandottes make 
 the best of mothers, so kind, and will 
 mother all of the chicks on the place 
 if they have a chance. There is al- 
 most a tie between them and the 
 Rocks as to which should have the 
 banner. They are both as good as the 
 best. Then we have our big pets, the 
 Light Brahmas. I like them because 
 they are so gentle, can pick them up 
 aiywhere, and such nice large eggs, 
 so nice in color, both shell and egg. 
 They are surely worth having. 
 
 Then there is the pen of shining 
 B. Langshans. How pretty they look 
 with their coal black eyes and shining 
 green plumage; their big round white 
 eggs look so nice when we have a 
 basketful all together. I sometimes 
 think I prefer one breed, then an- 
 other, but I think the kind we have, 
 if well cared for (I mean pure breed 
 of the best all round fowl, the one 
 best suited for the people and place) 
 is the one to stand by; but I don't 
 let them mix. If you have different 
 varieties, have pens to keep them 
 apart, shut the cracks up, give the 
 hens range if you are through setting, 
 and then there is no chance of getting 
 them crossed with one another. 
 
 Farmers should have all kinds they 
 can handle. Turkeys have the range 
 of stubble fields, the meadows, and 
 ranges of so much farther from the 
 
22 
 
 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. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 •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- 
 hibitions. Humphrey & Sons may 
 well consider themselves extremely 
 fortunate in securing so valuable ana 
 so attractive a painting for their book. 
 It is reproduced iu the exact colors of 
 the original and is a fitting setting tor 
 an extremely interesting catalogue. 
 
 Like the Humphrey book of last 
 year, it contains in addition to much 
 valuable matter on the care and treat- 
 ment of fowls, for money-bringing re- 
 sults, a set of blanks for keeping a 
 record for a year of every transaction 
 in the poultry yard. Of course con- 
 siderable space is devoted to the open 
 hopper Green Bone and Vegetable Cut- 
 ter, the machine which in so short a 
 time has leaped to such great popu- 
 larity among poultry keepers all over 
 the country. We attribute the suc- 
 cess of the Humphrey largely to its 
 extreme simplicity. It has practically 
 only three working parts — the cutter 
 head, which carries the knives; the 
 pivot wing, which holds the bone in 
 position, and the open hopper, in 
 which the bone is placed for cutting. 
 This hopper is really an "open hop- 
 per" (a term originated by Mr. Hum- 
 phrey). There are no partitions nor 
 screws nor apartments in it; conse- 
 quently you don't have to chop the 
 bone into little pieces before you be- 
 gin cutting. The machine is ready to 
 cut when you are ready, and as the 
 operator controls the feed, she can 
 cut as fast or as slow as she likes. 
 We say "she" because the Humphrey 
 turns so easily that in a majority of 
 cases It Is used by the women of the 
 family. It is backed by a guarantee 
 
 to cut more bone in better condition, 
 in less time and with less labor, than 
 any other bone cutter, or the pur- 
 chaser's money is refunded. Isn't that 
 a fair proposition? 
 
 We know that every one will be in- 
 terested in this catalogue, and we 
 know it means money if you buy a 
 Humphrey. Send for the book. Ad- 
 dress Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, 111. 
 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 You have asked me to give you an 
 article on the poultry industry here 
 in Arizona. Let me preface my ar- 
 ticle with a description of the coun- 
 try. 
 
 To most people Arizona is a barren 
 desert, and most of it is so, but she 
 has valleys that are fertile and rank 
 with that of the Nile, such as the 
 Salt River valley, on which Phoenix 
 is situated. We have a grand climate, 
 and a fine, pure air. Stock is grown 
 in large numbers, and is an important 
 industry. The poultry industry is not 
 to be despised. There is much chance 
 for growth, as we can't produce 
 enough to glut the market. We have 
 within one hundred miles or so, min- 
 ing camps calling for our surplus. In 
 winter, Phoenix has thousands of in- 
 valids, enjoying a healthful climate 
 here, and the hotels pay large prices 
 for fresh eggs and poultry. Fat hens 
 sold for a dollar, dressed, and few to 
 be had. Eggs sold from 15 to 40 cents 
 per dozen. We hatch the chicks from 
 January to April, inclusive, to get our 
 stock pretty well grown by the hot 
 weather of July. Some hatch in Sep- 
 
 tember and October. I have never 
 ' done so, but eggs naturally hatch well 
 ' in those months; shall try it in the 
 fall, myself. We have roup to look 
 I out for; it is very bad in this country, 
 and I know of several who have lost 
 ' hundreds. Lice are always in evi- 
 dence, and must be fought hard. And 
 1 since coming to this place a year ago 
 I have had a hard battle with the 
 I great black ticks. I have fought them 
 I hard and am not yet a conqueror, but 
 have them on the run. I have never 
 lost birds from them. These things 
 are, of course, to a great extent, un- 
 der the control of the poultrymen, 
 hence hens are kept under favorable 
 conditions and do well. Broilers 
 bring good prices, 40 to 60 cents 
 each. There is a good opening in this 
 line. We have several large egg 
 ranches here and there is a good mar- 
 ket and plenty more room for the 
 poultry raiser. 
 
 Let me say one word to you who 
 have good birds to sell. Cultivate the 
 trade of the valleys of Arizona. We 
 want good stock and already have too 
 many mongrels. 
 
 W. W. GERARD. 
 Mesa, Arizona. 
 
 If you watit .... 
 
 Belg:ian Hares 
 
 Call oil or write to 
 
 OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
 
 Old Orchard, Mo. 
 
 Or :>(io:! Clark, Ave., St. Luui.s, Mo., 
 
 WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
 100 Hares to choose from. 
 
Profit in Duck R^aising 
 
 Mr. Editor: — I thought perhaps my 
 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 
 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. When the 
 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 
 make by mixing one pint of crude 
 carbolic acid Into one peck of road 
 dust. I cleaned a box of sufficient size 
 by washing all corners and crevices 
 with a strong solution of oxalic acid 
 and then put a shovel full of clean 
 earth in the bottom under the straw; 
 then dust biddie well with the powder 
 and set her with care on the eggs. 
 I have a room for sitting hens alone 
 and keep a good dust bath, plenty of 
 gravel and water before them and 
 leave them at liberty to come off 
 when they please. But they cannot 
 leave the room, so I have no trouble 
 with chilled eggs. Well, in due time, 
 nine lovely, lively "boxers" came 
 hatching out and I raised eight of 
 them, one being carried away by a 
 disreputable hawk. I fed the ducks 
 ground corn and oats, beef scraps and 
 sour milk, cheese mixed with coarse 
 sand and gave them all the water they 
 want to drink, but none to swim in. 
 I have often read that ducks have no 
 crops, but mine are not built that 
 way; mine have both crops and giz- 
 zards, and when dressing them I find 
 small stones in their gizzards that I 
 never gave them, thus doing away 
 with the theory so often advanced 
 that a duck don't know enough to 
 hunt such things and will surely die 
 unless it be fed to it. Well, those 
 ducks grew and waxed strong, and be- 
 ing two ducks and six drakes, I kept 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 23 
 
 Factory and Home Offices of tKe Cyphers 
 Inc\iba.tor Corrvpa.ny. 
 
 On October 1 the factory and home 
 offices of the Cyphers Incubator Com- 
 pany were removed from Wayland, N. 
 Y.,to Buffalo, N. Y., where the com- 
 pany now has ample space and every 
 modern facility for manufacturing 
 their popular line of goods and con- 
 ducting a large business. The new 
 factory and home offices are located at 
 the Corner of Court and Wilkeson Sts., 
 within half a mile of the city hall. The 
 Buft'olo Belt Line and Erie Canal par- 
 allel their ware house and shipping 
 rooms on opposite sides. Their lum- 
 ber is brought from the Michigan, 
 Wisconsin and Canadian saw mills di- 
 rect to the factory by boat, thus plac- 
 ing them in a position to buy the prin- 
 cipal material used in their product at 
 the lowest market prices. In this new 
 location they have unlimited power 
 and their equipment of machinery lias 
 been added to until their plant is a 
 model one. Herewith is shown a view 
 of the building now occupied by this 
 company. 
 
 Buffalo is aij ideal location for the 
 
 manufacture of incubators, brooders 
 and other poultry appliances. This 
 city has unexcelled shipping facilites 
 both by rail and by waterr Bufialo'is 
 the natural gate way between the East 
 and the West, as much so as though an 
 arch were built and people traveling 
 east and west passed through it. The 
 Southwest and Southeast are reached 
 from Buffalo by direct trunk lines, 
 while across Lake Erie and Lake On- 
 tario lies the garden spot of Canada. 
 Buffalo is the principal eastern lumber 
 market and one of the leading wood- 
 working cities of the Union. Skilled 
 labor is available in all departments. 
 
 The progress made by the Cyphers 
 Company has been rapid, and it is be- 
 lieved that this removal to Buffalo will 
 prove highly beneficial to the company 
 and its many customers. With its fac- 
 tory and home offices at Buffalo and 
 branch offices and salesrooms at New 
 York City, Boston and Chicago, the 
 Cyphers Company is in position to fill 
 all orders entrusted to it at an import- 
 ant saving to customers in both time 
 and money. 
 
 a trio of the best ones for the next 
 season's breeders; sold four for one 
 dollar apiece and roasted one. I then 
 had my eggs more than paid for and 
 had a trio of fine breeders besides. 
 The next season those two ducks be- 
 gan laying in March and laid two 
 eggs every morning until the middle 
 of July. I raised eighty young ducks, 
 sold eleven at ten weeks' old for $g^75, 
 the hawks got one of them, the hogs 
 eat some, but I still have a nice flock 
 and have roasted a number; and let 
 me say if you want something fine, try 
 a duck roast, sisters. I have feathers 
 enough for two large pillows from one 
 season's picking of young ducks. I 
 read an article lately where a lady 
 was counting the profits of a flock 
 of ducks and she estimated a pair of 
 
 Pride of the West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
 Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
 CLARKSVIHB, : : : : MISSOURI. 
 
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 ^3j4 Is edited by a practical poul- j 
 ; trymau of 30 years experi- , 
 ience and is full of plain,! 
 t common sense articles by; 
 'those that breed poultry and ) 
 ) work instead of theorizing. ( 
 :It is just what you want.; 
 Send us the names and ad- ^ 
 Jdressesof IS persons inter- ( 
 nested in breeding- good poul-; 
 try and we will send you the . 
 ) PoDLTKY Investigator one( 
 t year for your trouble. Sub-? 
 ascription price 2.')c. Address/ 
 
 Poultry Iflvestigator Co., ^ 
 
 ^ Clay Center, : : Nekraska^ 
 
 VH 
 
 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Edition, 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
 Poultry Association. It is a book of 
 over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
 tains the only official descriptions of 
 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
 this Standard that all poultry judges 
 base their awards. Every experienced 
 fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
 ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
 requirements to which his stock must 
 be bred. 
 
 The Standard of Perfection 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
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 POILTRYMEN IZ, ^'"'.7, 
 
 unless PpiWTpn neatly. I do it 
 it is inll'l 1 LV well and use good 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 B\iff 
 
 ORPINGTONS 
 LEGHORNS 
 
 a.nd Brown Leghorns 
 
 YuuuKorold stock, first class birds cheap. 
 Hundreds to selen from. EgKs all the time. 
 M.& F. f-TKKMAN. 
 
 B.\ 178. Hinsdale. 111. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS- WYANOOTTES. R 
 I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
 bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultxy 
 Judse. Fort Huron, Michigan'. 
 
 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 
 larger scale. And, sisters, if you have 
 a growing desire to try duck culture, 
 don't quelch it, but take my advice 
 and go in and win. Ducks are great 
 big eaters. I believe for that reason 
 they should have a free range, though 
 they are easily confined, as three feet 
 of poultry netting .s all sufficient for 
 their yards. But don't attempt to keep 
 them in the vegetable garden; if you 
 do you will surely be 
 Like the young lady of Nigre, 
 Who went out for a ride with a tiger; 
 They returned from the ride 
 With the lady inside 
 But a smile on the face of that tiger. 
 
 Ducks are very fond of "garden 
 sass." I Imow of no fowl easier to 
 raise. I have never lost one from 
 sickness. MATTIE MATTHEWS. 
 
 Morning Sun, Iowa. 
 
 Mating BaLrred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 To produce both sexes of "Stand- 
 ard" color from the same mating has 
 been the study of thousands of breed- 
 ers for over thirty years. That some 
 fine specimens have been produced by 
 the "single mating" system, is true, 
 but undoubtedly more than 90 per 
 cent of the winning Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks in the country have been the 
 product of the special mating sys- 
 tem, which is unquestionably the sur- 
 est, quickest and safest method that 
 the tyro can employ to secure the 
 highest scoring specimens of the 
 breed. To produce standard coIoretJ 
 females, use in the breeding pen only 
 females of the highest type of the 
 color and form with the qualities de- 
 sired in the female progeny, or in 
 other words, the very highest scoring 
 specimens. To these lemales, mate a 
 male of medium light color (not a 
 washed out, barrless bird) and evenly 
 barred all over, including wings and 
 tail, and rt possible one whose dam 
 and sire's dam were of the same high 
 form and color desirded in the female 
 progeny. He should have a deep, 
 full breast, broad concave back, small, 
 wW serrated comb, orange yellow 
 legs; all important and desirable qual- 
 ities in his produce. From such a mat- 
 ing you can depend on 95 per cent of 
 first class breeding and exhibition fe- 
 males. The males from this mating 
 will be of about the same color as 
 their sire, not exhibition birds, but 
 useful for breeding choice females the 
 following season. Pullets of even 
 color all over, and distinctly "barred 
 
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 A Christmas Present 
 
 That Will Please 
 
 Cj CHICKEN is the name of a new 
 (^ game— consisting- of a pack of 
 ^, handsomely ]>rinted cards (poul- 
 •W try subjects). Is 
 
 * ''^/^/-t amusing, enter- 
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 i ■•*'»-' ^^ ti^g P„„ for all, 
 any number of per- 
 sons can play the game. Send 
 20c in stamps or silver for a 
 pack -postage paid. 
 
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 "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. 
 
 "The Sun Printing House is relia- 
 ble The same is a dandy. If >ou 
 want an aniusintc Kanie for the kids 
 and one that the whole family will 
 
 liov, cheap, get a pack of "Chick- 
 
 Clubbing List 
 
 By taking the advantage of the 
 following combinations you can 
 get two papers often at the price 
 of one. Look at these ofiFers: 
 
 Price with 
 
 Poultry 
 
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 price gator. 
 
 Poultry Tribune 50c 50c 
 
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 Poultry Gem 25c 35c 
 
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 Feather .' oOc SOc 
 
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 Any SOc paper yon choose above. . ..50 
 The Poultry Investigator 25 
 
 Total $1.75 
 
 We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
 Address, 
 POULTRY INV'ESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice— We do not send samples of 
 other papers. 
 
Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
 
 C. W. Leghorns, White 
 
 Wyandottes. 
 
 Stock from high scoring- birds and 
 winners wherever shown. Prices right 
 Send your wants. 
 
 KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Notice! >- 
 
 I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls. 
 at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- 
 den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2 
 each. Will exchange fancy pigeons 
 for any kind of standard bred poultry. 
 
 W.F.HOLGOMB, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
 
 Young stock for sale. Gobs weigh 
 from 20 to 27 pounds. Price, »3.50 
 each. My stock is as good as the best. 
 
 J. P. Schroeder, '"''i,2Sr^%M^. 
 
 It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
 try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
 say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
 try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
 trained 
 
 Fox Terrier Dog. 
 
 Our dogs are taught to parole the 
 place night and day. Write, Nevada 
 Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
 
 You Can Buy Eggs 
 
 From my Prize Winning White Wy- 
 andottes balance of this season at SI. SO 
 per 15. See April Golden Egg, p. 31. 
 
 GRANT MOTT 
 Box A-2!». Austin. Minn- 
 
 My Buff Rocks 
 
 —"^^^^ 
 
 Won at Madison Square Garden this 
 season; at Boston and other great 
 shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
 for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
 record. 
 
 MILES H. LOUER, 
 Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y. 
 
 Dogs! : : : Dogs! 
 
 I have a litter of fine Pups from a 
 large Bitch, W St. Bernard and yz New- 
 foundland, bred to a great Dane. 
 
 These pups make the best of watch 
 dogs for farm or poultry plant. Male 
 pups $5 each. D. W." GR.ANT, 
 
 Almena, Kans. 
 
 Now Ready..^*- 
 
 Young stock for sale at the Golden 
 Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
 erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
 Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
 dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
 from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
 of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
 R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a 
 bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
 tion of stock. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BELMONT, WIS. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 arrow parallel lines of a dark 
 b at stop short of a positive 
 
 bh.^K," is khat we desire, and with 
 judicious and careful selection in the 
 breeding stock it is not difficult to get 
 the rich blue barred pullets that at- 
 tract the eye and win the blue rib- 
 bon. 
 
 To produce the medium dark blue 
 males called for in the standard, put 
 at the head of the breeding pen the 
 very finest exhibition male that you 
 can afford to buy, of standard color, 
 evenly serrated comb, broad, concave 
 back; full, deep breast; small, spread- 
 ing tale; orange yellow legs, bright 
 bay eye, and evenly barred all over, 
 and to the skin. Do not use a male 
 with any serious defect, even if he 
 scores high. With this male, mate fe- 
 males of the same line of breeding 
 as himself; females whose sire and 
 dam's sire were high scoring, standard 
 colored birds. These females should 
 be medium dark in color, not smutty, 
 but evenly barred all over and to the 
 skin, with good form and legs. From 
 such a mating you can produce about 
 90 per cent finely colored males, suit- 
 able for breeding and exhibition. The 
 females will be too dark for exhibi- 
 tion, but useful the following season 
 for breeding choice males. 
 
 When you start, buy the best to be 
 had; if you can't afford to buy the 
 best stock, buy some eggs from the 
 best. Do not expect to breed prize 
 winners from cheap stock. You sim- 
 ply cannot do it. It requires skill and 
 study to produce prize winners, and 
 life is too short to breed them up 
 from poorly bred stock. 
 
 Yours for more and better Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks. J. E. HAGE. 
 
 Goldsboro, N. C. 
 
 25 
 
 DEACON'S WARNING. 
 
 If ven't provided a place where 
 
 your ill be warm and comfortable 
 
 next \ we think the following 
 
 "poem, ./hich we find in an exchange, 
 will point a moral: 
 "I dreamed I was a chicken." 
 
 Saidi good old Deacon Black, 
 "With a comb upon my head 
 
 And feathers on my back. 
 "I thought I was roostin' 
 
 In the top of an oak tree. 
 My comb wuz as hard as a brick 
 
 And I could hardly see. 
 "The cold north wind went whistling by 
 
 As I gripped an icy limb. 
 And the farmer said, as he passed by, 
 
 'Fresh air is good fur him.' 
 "I flew down in the morning 
 
 And was searching fur something to 
 eat. 
 The farmer said, 'He's a rustler, 
 
 But I think he'll lose his feet!" 
 "I done without my breakfast— 
 
 Didn't get a bit that day; 
 'My chuckuns are eatin' their heads oft,' 
 
 I heard the farmer say. 
 "I peeped into a hoss trough. 
 
 The corn looked good and sweet, 
 But they pelted me with cobs and stones 
 
 And hastened to retreat. 
 "Then I woke up and you bet 1 was glad 
 
 To find it was a dream. 
 And now I've got me a new hen house^- 
 
 The result of that 'ar dream." 
 
 For Sale.. 
 
 High hlass fancy pigeons, as fol- 
 lows: Fantails, Carriers, Magpies, 
 Owls, Archangles, Barbs, Homers, 
 Swallows, Dragoons, Nuns, Turbits, 
 Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts, 
 Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in- 
 side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White 
 Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, 
 Rouen Ducks. Write for price list. 
 
 D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb. 
 
 Watch Houston's Show Rec- 
 ord this Winter. 
 
 He will make some of the boys smile, 
 and girls too. His stock has always 
 won wherever sliown. 
 
 B. P. R a^nd Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 I have 3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp- 
 ingtons. $5, $7 and $10. and one pair 
 $12. Have been booking orders for 
 eggs for some time. Rocks all sold. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 
 
 EGG FOOD.. 
 Make It Yourself. 
 
 Eggs are high at this time of year. 
 Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
 efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
 cipe for making the best egg food 
 known. Easil3' and quickly made. Re- 
 cipe price only SOc; Death To Lice, 
 15c; Essex Cholera and Condition Pow- 
 der, best on earth. liO. The :{ for $1.00. 
 
 John J. Kautzmann, 
 
 590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J. 
 
 Buff Cochins. ^ 
 Rose Comb Brown 
 Leghorhs 
 
 My birds score from 90 to 95 by Frank nitch- 
 oocii and have won for two years in the show 
 room. Prices ri':ison!ible. Write your wants. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, imperial, Nebraska. 
 
 Barred Plymouth 
 
 IJ /^ /-« 1 7- o 1 Some fine Cockerel s\ 
 KOCKS. I ..FOB SALE.. I 
 
 Scotch Collie Pups 
 
 Pure bred, (nilddust --i i ain, eligabje to reg- 
 ister. From inipoiii-d Hi-n.-li Winning Stock. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 
 Red Oak, : : : : : Iowa. 
 
 We Sell.. 
 
 Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure. Absolute sure 
 cure: price .50c and $1.00. 
 Hall's guaranteed Chol- 
 era Cure, a preventation 
 for all diseases; price 50 
 cents and SI. 00. 
 
 Hall's Egg Model 
 
 an absolute necessity in 
 operating incubators. 
 Price .""lOc. Address, 
 
 Poultry Investigator, 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
26 
 
 Hints orv Raising T\irkeys 
 
 Dear Editor: People ask me If I 
 think it pays to raise turkeys and 
 would I advise them to try raising 
 them, to which I reply it pays me to 
 raise them, but whether it would pay 
 them depends on whether it would 
 or not. When I began turkey culture 
 I decided to raise turkeys and I raised 
 them. Had I listened to "advice," I 
 would never have undertaken the busi- 
 ness. Why, the theory was advanced 
 that turkeys were "unraisable," that 
 in fact there was nothing a turkey 
 enjoyed so much as death. But by 
 being something of a reasonable being, 
 I wondered why a well-bred, thrifty 
 turkey in its right mind and pleasantly 
 situated, surrounded as it were with 
 the comforts of life should court death, 
 and I made up my mind there was a 
 screw loose somewhere. We often 
 hear of some persons' turkeys dying 
 with cholera, when if you visit their 
 yards you will find them cooped up 
 in a filthy run with a "borrowed" hen, 
 inhabited with a million lice and mites 
 to the inch, depending of course on 
 the number you allow to the million. 
 I say borrowed hen because no other 
 breed has lice, not on paper at least. 
 Well that poor old hen looks as though 
 she thought "life am not worf de 
 libbin' fur," and the turkeys look pale 
 and poor, with wings drooping, etc. 
 You may suggest the possibility of 
 their being lousy, when their owner 
 will rise up in his or her dignity and 
 inform you that they have no lice 
 about their poultry; they did have a 
 few years back but they cleaned their 
 poultry house once and there has 
 never been lice about since, so they 
 continue to dope and the turkeys con- 
 tinue to die with lice cholera. And 
 their owner will proclaim that it don't 
 pay to bother with turkeys; you can't 
 raise them; they will just lay down 
 and die anyhow. 
 
 While my experience has been so 
 very flattering, still I am led to believe 
 there is a good profit for time and 
 money expended in raising thoroiugh- 
 bred turkeys. My beginning in turkeys 
 was small. I first bought a sitting 
 of eggs from which three turkeys 
 hatched, two of which met an untime- 
 ly death by being stepped on; the 
 other one lived and obtained a fine 
 form and plumage. As it was a hen 
 and a fine one, I sent to a reliable 
 breeder for a %5 torn and I then had a 
 pair of Mammoth Bronze at a cost of 
 $7.05. The first season I raised thir- 
 teen turkeys, the majority of them be- 
 ing toms, and selling for two or three 
 dollars, netted me a neat little sum. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Well, I figured if one turkey hen will 
 laise thuieeu youug turkeys, lour 
 Lurkey hens wul raise lour times th»r- 
 iten turkeys or fiuy-lwo turkeys. Now 
 Luat sieems uead easy. So it is — uu 
 paper. 1 kept four hens and raiseu 
 just thirteen turkeys. \ou see 1 made 
 ine latal mistake of maiing my young 
 uens with my forty pound torn; so 1 
 lUiseu no Lurkeys iiom uiy youug 
 uens. it was a uear icsson, uul l 
 learned it well. 1 will never repeat 
 il; It will not uo, i care nut now laige 
 iiie young puliets are, he win crusn 
 and oruise them until their eggs wi.l 
 ue intertile. 
 
 1 lind a good teed lor young tuikeys 
 IS grouuu corn and oats mixed and 
 wet with sweet milk or mixed with 
 aour milk auu soda anu baked, boileu 
 eggs crusued with shell and mixeu 
 wiin wheat bread, sour milk cheese 
 v>'iLn ail tne coarse sand and broken 
 crockery they will eat, and about 
 twice a week ground green bone. Wuen 
 they are two weeks old ihey will ao 
 10 search lor their own feed and they 
 will CO It, too, "asking no odds ot nu- 
 uody." 1 believe they grow faster and 
 laiger auu neaiinier wueu auoweu to 
 louow their own sweet wills and seek 
 their bugs where they will, though 
 mine con t wander far. 1 keep tuem 
 tame and gentle by treating them 
 Kinuly and not allowing them to be 
 irightened or chased. They will eat 
 irom my hand and answer when 1 
 call, 11 they are in hearing distance, 
 rfome people seem to think the correct 
 way to tame turkeys is with a dog 
 and gun, but 1 know there is no lowl 
 easier won by Kindness than they are. 
 1 have no trouble with my tuikey 
 nens stealing their nests; it pays me 
 to keep them tame and have them lay 
 in nests 1 prepare for them, rather 
 than chase and frighten them away 
 and then spend "golden hours" hunt- 
 ing their nests. Verily, I say, treat 
 your turkeys with kindness and they 
 will reward you greatly. 1 am not 
 endeavoring to instruct any but be- 
 ginners. 1 have learned something, 
 Uut not everything. Why, what 1 
 don't know would make quite a large 
 volue. I would raise none but 
 thoroughbred Bronze, even if I 
 raised them for market. It costs 
 no more to raise a large turkey 
 than it does to raise a small one. I 
 cant understand why so many will 
 persist in raising the measly old mon- 
 grels unless they figure like the mer- 
 chant who claimed to be selling goods 
 below cost, on being asked how he 
 could afford to do it said he could by 
 selling so much more. 
 
 MATTIE MATTHEWS. 
 Morning Sun, Iowa. 
 
 Chick Feed 
 
 Extra Quality 
 
 We are putting up the best dry teed on the 
 market to-day. It is esperially prepared for 
 the rearing of young chicks from the time 
 they were hatch' d until eight weeks old. 
 
 We want reliable agents In all parts of the 
 United States. The feed Is all right and 
 when once tried is always used. "Sample by 
 mail 4c. Circulars free. 
 
 STEINMESCH & Co., 
 St. Louis, Mo 
 
 Reference: Editor tliis paptT. 
 
 UWiiy Po ult ry Farm 
 
 Are you looking- for something- fine 
 in the way of White and Barred Ply- 
 mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White 
 Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al- 
 so Games and Leghorns. 
 
 H S. FULTON &CO, 
 
 Lock Box 24 StewartstowB, Pa. 
 
 High Scoring Peti of 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 One Cockerel, score %H. weight 9 lbs.; two 
 pullet.s, scores", weight 7 lbs.; three pullets, 
 si-ore Sll)9i. weight li'/i lbs.; four pullets, score 
 UtiM. weighted. 7. 7. 7 lbs.: two pullets, score 
 %. weight li'^, 7 pounds. 
 
 Eggs from the ab< ve pen. %'i 1 per 15. Oth- 
 er breeding stock for sale. .lodge J. W. Wall 
 ■ ays. thU is ihe best lot of White Plymouth 
 Kncks he bus scored this year. 
 
 REUBEN HIATT, Lees Sututnit, Mo. 
 
 MAMMOTH STRAIN 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS 
 
 ... as bred by . . . . 
 
 H. T. RODGERS. Cainsville, Mo. 
 
 Are great prize 
 
 witmcrs again 
 
 At the recent Cainsville. .Mo .Show, against 
 birds that have since won at St. Louis and 
 other large shows, we inacic a rPniarkable 
 record which proves theMAMMOTH STRAIN 
 is as good a* the best. 
 
 1st on Cock. 1st on Hen. 1st, 2d and 3d on 
 Pullets, Cockerels and pen.s: also every 
 special inrlnding the grand prize over all. 
 
 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Our stock Is first cla.'.s. We have some year- 
 ling stock and young stock tor sale. Prices 
 reasonable. 
 
 P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 A. J. WILLIAMS, 
 
 . . . Breeder of . . . . 
 
 Silver fit Golden Sebright, 
 White «t Buff Pekin, B. B, Red 
 Came BANTAMS; Belgian 
 Hares, White Rats, Cavies. 
 
 Write for Prices. 
 
 CLAY CENTER, NEB. 
 
X I 
 
 I Glen Raven Egg Farm Notes. } 
 
 (Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
 Two copies of this new-born paper 
 have been read by me. I have given 
 it special attention, from the fact that 
 its originators are good friends of 
 mine. I lilve the cut of it, also the 
 tone. It is of good size and fine ap- 
 pearance, being in its babyhood as it 
 is, but we must "never despise the 
 day of small things." We were all 
 small at one time. 
 
 I was very small in the chicken busi- 
 ness once. Am not full gi-own yet. 
 But I am doing something every day 
 to build up. Also learning something 
 each day all along the line. I am not 
 in the business for glory's sake. I am 
 in it to earn my bread and butter. 
 My fowls are all fancy. My houses 
 are built after the best plans known 
 to me to be the most servicealbe in 
 all seasons after seventeen years prac- 
 tice with keeping fowls for profit. I 
 have built up three plans before this 
 one. Used all kinds of houses from a 
 straw pile to a stone and concrete 
 house, the latter are what I have now. 
 My winter house for laying stock is 
 10x74 feet, solid concrete. The rooms, 
 six of them 10x10 and one 10x14 feet. 
 Some of the partitions are made tight 
 from ground to roof, others are made 
 tight above the heads of fighting 
 •cocks, and wire the balance of the way 
 up. The doors are made the same as 
 these last named partitions, with good 
 latches that will not allow them to 
 come open. There is no hallway in 
 this house, and some of the partitions 
 are made tight from floor to ceiling 
 to prevent a draught 'through the 
 house. The roosting perches (three 
 to each room), eight feet long, rest on 
 trucks so that all can be taken down 
 and out on short notice. In fact, all 
 the fixtures in this house are movable, 
 as all such in chicken houses should 
 be. The house, of course, faces south. 
 There are wire runs to each room in 
 front, 10x20 feet, a windbreak of solid 
 plank 8x20 feet is at the west end of 
 the yards, with a solid door through 
 it next to the house. All the parti- 
 tions to these yards and around the 
 outside of the yards are ttoe same as 
 those in the house two anu one-half 
 feet solid and four feet wire, making 
 the yard fences six and one-half feet 
 high. The house is eight feet high in 
 front by four feet at back. 
 
 The gates and yards are made of 
 lath frames, covered with wire net- 
 ting. They are solid at the bottom, 
 but made of light material, as they 
 slide on wires at the top, instead of 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 being hung on hinges. They are eas- 
 ily opened by the attendant and never 
 blow open by the wind. 
 
 Each of the rooms 10x10 and yards 
 10x20 feet will accommodate twenty- 
 four hens and one cock during the 
 winter season, and can be made to 
 lay to be profitable. 
 
 The eggs hatch to my satisfaction. 
 I had a hen to hatch eleven chickens 
 from thirteen eggs in February in one 
 of these rooms, and the mercury 29 
 below zero, and there was one chick 
 died in the shell. 
 
 Eggs were laid, set and hatched in 
 the same house in midwinter. My 
 old breeding stock are mated the whole 
 year. I am putting in this nouse now 
 (November 1st) 100 Brown L.eghorn 
 pullets hatched from January 1st to 
 May 21st, and four two-year-old cocks. 
 Most of the eggs from this mating 
 will be set in incubators about Decem- 
 ber 10th, and from that time on every 
 three weeks until the last of May. I 
 find these early hatched chicks pay 
 me well for my time. I usually have 
 more time to devote to mothering or- 
 phan chicks in winter than any other 
 season. One thing I learned well be- 
 fore I Invested in an incubator was 
 to raise the chicks without a hen. 
 Right here is the stumbling block with 
 most purchasers of machines. They 
 get out the chicks all right and then 
 fail to raise them. When I get to 
 that part of my business I will tell 
 how it is done. E. W. GEER. 
 
 Farmington, Missouri. 
 
 27 
 
 Buff P. Rocks. 
 
 Motto:— "Good stock at moderate 
 price." Stock for sale after Sept. 15. 
 W. D. SWAIN, Pattora, la. 
 
 Single Co mb Brown Leghorns. 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A. Rlckards, 
 
 SOUTH • OGDEN - POULTRY • YARDS, 
 
 Ogdea, Utah. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality and Quantity. 
 
 Farm raised prize winning- stock, 
 cheap for quality. If you want Rocks 
 write us. 
 H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 ^^^'^^''VS'XS'X^'VSi'VSi'VS'^S'^ 
 
 Bnff Orpingtons 
 
 AND 
 
 White Wyandottes 
 
 W I never have failed to win in 
 
 ffi largest shows. Birds score from 
 
 $ 90to95>^. 
 
 I C ROCKHILL, 
 
 ^ Harvard, Nebraska. 
 
 Mammoth Light Brahmas 
 
 M. B TURKEYS 
 
 Cockerels $2 each; trio $5; young toms 
 $3 each after Nov. 1st. 
 
 E. W. MATBENY, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Biiff ilrpiiigtoiisj 
 
 ^The Coming Breed. 
 
 W. H. BUSHEIL, Importer and Breeder. 
 
 DAVID CITY, : : : nkbk.\ska. 
 
 Winnings at the Nebra.ska State Fair, 
 Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won 
 2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- 
 els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks. 
 Every bird a prize winner. Also win- 
 ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four 
 first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State 
 Poultry Show four first premiums. 
 Young stock for sale in pairs, trios 
 and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. 
 
 Shaves the Bone. 
 
 The 
 
 ADAM^KCVTTER 
 
 prepares the bone in the best possible way for the 
 
 I chick or fowl. Works on the shear principle — no 
 
 splinters or pieces. Ball Biarins— runs easily. Cleans 
 
 itself— you cannot choke it. Large Capacity — feeds 
 
 at will of operator. Strongly made. Write for 
 
 illustrated catalogue No. 6 
 
 We send it free. 
 
 W. J. ADAM, JOLIET. ILL. 
 
 ?g" 
 
 /<>Arr» 
 
28 
 
 Selectirvg Birds for the 
 Breeding Pen 5^5 
 
 By M&ttie Webster 
 
 Our veteran breeders have selected 
 their breeding birds for the season so 
 near at hand, and are even now work- 
 ing and planning for the flock of 
 chicks that are to be hatched in the 
 dawning of the new year. These old- 
 time breeders do not need hints and 
 suggestions to enable them to wisely 
 make up their breeding pens; experi- 
 ence and acquired poultry wisdom 
 have made them "sufficient unto them- 
 selves." But there are others not so 
 long time "in the way," and also be- 
 ginners who are ready to select the 
 birds that are to compose their breed- 
 ing pens, who will appreciate a few 
 suggestions on the subject, so it is to 
 this class I write. 
 
 As everything — the whole year's 
 success or failure — depends upon the 
 fowls in the breeding pens, should it 
 not be a work requiring one's most 
 careful and critical attention in mak- 
 ing selections? Our breeding birds are 
 the foundation and the young stock 
 that will later fill our yards the super- 
 structure, and we all know how very 
 important it is to have a good founda- 
 tion upon which to build, even in poul- 
 try culture. We are all working for 
 and coveting success in poultry rais- 
 ing. Then, as the fowls in the breed- 
 ing pen are the prime factors in this 
 problem we are striving to solve, we 
 shoul subject them, each and every- 
 one to such a critical examination, 
 making the test so trying thai it will 
 be the few and not the many that 
 will prove eligible to such an exalted 
 place. The following are a few ques- 
 tions that should be found in the list 
 of examination questions, according to 
 my opinion and the light I have on the 
 work: 
 
 First: Is the fowl under considera- 
 tion in perfect health now, as proved 
 by red comb, bright eyes, good appe- 
 tite and active movements, and has 
 she always been healthy from chick- 
 hood up. 
 
 Second: It the applicant for posi- 
 tion in breeding pen has answered the 
 first question satisfactory, we ask an- 
 other question similar to it — is she in- 
 dustrious and alert, or lazy and sloth- 
 ful? The busy, active hen or pullet is 
 the profitable breeder; her very energy 
 promises eggs in goodly number for 
 hatching and she will keep her prom- 
 ise faithfully if we make right condi- 
 tions for the fulfillment of it. 
 
 Now we are ready for propounding 
 questions the answering of which will 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 be much accelerated by a careful com- 
 parison of bird with our "Standard jf 
 Perfection." We have demanded that 
 Mrs. Biddy be healthy and energetic: 
 now, we demand that she possess as 
 nearly as possible qualities of excel- 
 lence as described, as belonging to our 
 especial breed or variety in the above 
 mentioned book. 
 
 Third question: Is there anything 
 in plumage, comb, wattles, shape — 
 shape should have been mentioned 
 first — legs or any other part that ac- 
 cording to our "adviser" is a disqual- 
 ification? If so, she is ineligible to a 
 place in the breeding pen. Each hen 
 or pullet must be separately and criti- 
 cally examined, and perhaps more 
 than once, if one is to make sure to 
 have only the best, and those best of 
 undisputable excellence in this pen 
 that is to decide the qualities and char- 
 acteristics of the season's flocks. 
 Rather have only three or four hens or 
 pullets for breeders in the best pen 
 than, in order to make the number de- 
 sired, allow others of inferior points to 
 be admitted. Now, having a fine pen 
 of females, we know it is to our in- 
 terest and profit to select a "head" 
 for the pen that will be worthy of the 
 honor. If the pen is of pullets, better 
 results will be obtained if a cock bird 
 is selected as "lord of the harem." I 
 prefer the sire of the pullets if he can 
 answer all our requirements of the 
 head of our pen. He must be now, 
 and always have been healthy, vigor- 
 ous, energetic and well able to defend 
 his rights against other trespassing 
 birds. I do not like to have a battle 
 between my males, but I have always 
 noticed that the "always conquerer 
 was the always good breeder." With 
 hens mate a young male whose breed- 
 ing is known, and whose qualifications 
 are such that we will be pleased to 
 see them reproduced in the offspring. 
 If it is necessary to purchase a male 
 to head the pen, do not decide hastily 
 of whom you will purchase; consider 
 the question of "where to send" well, 
 
 F. A. CROWELL, 
 Granger, : : : Minnesota. 
 
 Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- 
 tion Buft' (Jrping'tons yet for sale, also 
 Indian Kunner Ducks at $5 a trio. 
 Circular free. 
 
 ¥ 
 
 BIG MONEY MAKER 
 
 no 1*1 
 
 vr Priat«4 C«DUiKa 4*U&n of iBfera*- 
 B&DdMcnalT Ul««tntod. i tmnuymm padtt. 
 
 . Hiililiji IMM 
 
 [TliTBT OO 
 
 lOW^A PO0IiTB^ OO, 
 Box •• rmili'iiB Dm IColBM la 
 
 MAMMOTH BRONZE 
 TURKEYS.^-^ 
 
 That score from 94 to 97 X; Barred 
 Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buif Co- 
 chins, score from 87 to 93 J^"; Pekin 
 Ducks that have won hundreds of 
 premiums, have been sold to all 
 parts of America and Europe. 
 Chester White Swine 
 
 Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, iu. 
 
 Silver Lace Wyandottes 
 White Wyandottes : : : 
 
 ^^^ . Buff Leghorns 
 
 Pekin Ducks... 
 
 All first class stock. Prices reason- 
 able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, 
 Imperial, Neb. 
 
 They Are Going . . . 
 
 Prize winners and reliable breeders at 
 half price to make room. 
 
 Partridge Cochins, B. B. R. 
 
 Game Bantams, Buff 
 
 Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 Send for Catalogue 
 
 L A- NOFTZGER, 
 Oaklyn Place. N. IHaucliester, lud. 
 
 Olentangy : : : 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Delaware, Oliio. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish 
 Indian Games, BuiT Cochin Bant- 
 ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs 
 $2 00 per 15. Send for circular. . . . 
 
 PrAiMAliMA '^ *^^ best, surest and 
 wreinOlllle cheapest Hce and mite 
 killer on fowls, nests or roosts. Never 
 fails. 25c at all dealers. Circulars 
 free. Baker-Eidson Chemical Co., St. 
 Louis. 
 
 White Poultry^ 
 
 llolliLDd Turkeys. Enibden Ueese Indian 
 Geese. Rose OomI) Leehorns, Plymouth 
 Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbuns, Colored 
 Hotiiinii and Tumbler PItieons. All stock 
 winners or bred from winners and as repre- 
 sented. Southdown Sheep. Hirl<shipe Swine. 
 
 J. A. LELAND, 
 Woodside Farm. Spring-field, 111. 
 
 TRIUMPH 
 STRAIN... 
 
 White Wyandottes— 
 
 Fiflticii years of ciLrt-ful lirct'din^' has pro- 
 (incfti a si rain of fowls unequalled in practi. 
 c:il quJi lilies and winner^ of the highest hon- 
 ur-. in Uie show rooiii with only four birds in 
 the Ito^ton show. January. 1901; I won 2od on 
 (.'ockerel; ;ird on Hen. romniended on Cock 
 and two specials for Hest Shape Cockerel. 
 This is a class of our 4(Xt White Wyardottes 
 iind after selling uiv two hest males. I breed. 
 raise and own my show birds. Stock and 
 
 W.kTMack, '""**"^^^£'. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 and let it be to some one whose stock 
 has proved worthy in show room and 
 breeding pen. There are many reli- 
 able breeders, but, my beginner, a 
 breeding bird from such breeders' 
 yards can not be bought for a dollar 
 and a half or two dollars. Nor should 
 it be the bird you would buy is not 
 merely a "chicken," but represents the 
 breeder's time, money and days and 
 nights of brain work necessary to 
 bring the qualities possessed by the 
 bird to such a degree of perfection, 
 and if you buy the male he is the head 
 of your breeding pen, the half of your 
 young flock you are planning for. 
 Then, careful, critical, studied exam- 
 ination of the many birds in the flock 
 before making a selection of breeders 
 is the secret, primarily, of success. 
 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 
 fancy stock, exhibited and advertised 
 the same: Is it just to publish the 
 winnings of a man who does not 
 patronize a poultry paper with an ad- 
 vertisement of his stock? 
 
 Although the poultry press is, and 
 should be, liberal toward the fancier, 
 and breeder, it is not, by any means, 
 to be classed as a charitable institu- 
 tion. Only to the worthy belong the 
 favors, while the "smart guy," who 
 never spends a dollar to further our 
 cause or sustain the press, reaps the 
 unmerited reward. 
 
 Only the awards and scores of ad- 
 vertisers should be published. 
 
 HENRY HESS. 
 
 Winona, Minn. 
 
 KANSAS STATE SHOW. 
 Breeders who are desirous of exhib- 
 iting their birds in a show that will 
 sell stock for them should not fail to 
 send for a Premium List of the Kan- 
 sas state poultry show, Topeka, Jan- 
 uary 6-11, 1902. .Judges C. H. Rhodes 
 and L. P. Harris are drawing cards 
 and the association has a well-earned 
 reputation for doing things "right" 
 and paying all premiums promptly. 
 Last year's exhibit was one of the larg- 
 est west of Chicago and this year it 
 will undoubtedly be much larger. Ad- 
 dress Geo. H. Gillies, Secretary, Tope- 
 ka, for all information. 
 
 Hatch Every Good Egg 
 
 Or Don't Keep It. 
 
 Send 2 cents for Number 102 Cataloane 
 
 nilElHHill 
 
 Belg 
 
 • ^,^ yir «- j-i rn Best in America, very cheap during- 
 
 ^^^ A*t*M^/iJ special sale. We guarantee satisfac- 
 
 tion or no pay. Might exchange for fine clock, piano, gun or music box. What 
 have you? Book free. 
 
 E. J. WHITE HAR.E CO., Brlghton.^^Col. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES 
 
 WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show 
 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- 
 ial. Eggs from best pens, $3.00 per 13, S.5.00 per 20. 
 
 ROSS C. H. HALLOCK. 
 
 6313 CUflon Av. ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
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 Ducks from Door-knobs. 
 
 tilcKS irom caiaa uest Kgiso, "-"i* *» •■"" ^n^"' 
 
 PETALUMA 
 
 all that* c 
 k little bet t 
 
 liyCUBATOB 
 
 won't do that. It's just a good 
 incubator— made for hatching 
 ^ on f>c entlflc prtnclpl«>A. of 
 nsequently it will do 
 
 okin- for a ma.-hine that will hatch j 
 ek'iT'i. ymi'li be interested in THE PETALUMA. 
 9 illustrated catalog'ue is sent free upon r 
 
 .We pay freight anywhere In the United States 
 
 ^^ We make a good brooder too. ^ 
 
 Petaluma Incubator Co., Box 510, Petaluma, Cal. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The Michigan ^f^^ 
 Poultrymaii... iV" 
 
 ^^^^....^Only Exclusive Poultry 
 ""Paper in Michigan 
 
 All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
 ube to its pag-es. Expert poultry- 
 men will pive its readers free 
 such information as they 
 may ask for. 
 
 All the news of the poultry world. W II 
 illustrated. 
 
 For a short time you can get this pa- 
 per one year for 15c. Send postal for 
 sample. 
 
 MicKigaLH PoultrymaLn. 
 
 IthacaL, Mich. 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 
 
 .S. 'DOTTES. Barred RiJCks, Light Brahmas. 
 
 Golden Dotles, S. C. B. Leghorni. C. I, 
 
 (ianies. B. Minorca Cockerels $2 each. $5 
 
 per 3. M. B. Turkeys $3 each. Tolouse 
 
 I'.eese $3 per pair. 
 LT. BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns SI each; 
 
 K per trio. 
 ROUP OURE. Our make. Cures when eyes 
 
 are swelled shut. I'owder tor half pint. 
 
 small syringe and full instructions 50 
 
 cents postjjald. 
 SCORE CAKD.-^. II. S. Postal card stock 50 
 
 rents per 100, $3 per 1000. Water fountain 
 
 galvanized Iron, hangs on nail, 1 gallon 
 
 sl?,e iJO cents. 
 OREAMOLINE. Tablespoonful to quart of 
 
 water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle 
 
 23 cents postpaid Circuhi' free. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK BOX 176. 
 
 Poultry SuppHes 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, SI 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 2Sc per dozen, $1 
 per 60. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each SI. 
 
 Spray Pumps each 75c. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure 2ac and SOc a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food I2..50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure .50c and $1 a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices 
 
 Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center, S12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
 per lOOpounds 7Sc. 
 
 Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O. 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs 75c. 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 The best Folding . ^^ 
 Exhibition Coop.. ^ 
 
 Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 
 
 Manufactures and sells the best E.xhibltion 
 Koldlng Coop on the niarkel. Prices within 
 the reach of all. He aUo has.'iO S. C B.LEO- 
 HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 7.Sc to $3.00 
 each. Write your wants. 
 
 I CLEANLINESS \ 
 
 Mr. Editor: In the raising of poul- 
 try we recognize cleanliness as the 
 first step toward success. We have a 
 frame house, built of native lumber, 
 10 feet wide, 7 feet high inside and 
 Ifi feet long. On the west end we cut 
 off a six foot room for laying and 
 setting. On the east end we built a 
 shed 7x10 feet, which we use for young 
 chickens in the summer and as a 
 scratching shed in winter. We maKe 
 It a rule to gather up ine droppings 
 once a week and oftener when we 
 can. Thes3 we scatter over our gar- 
 den or in our vineyard and hoe them 
 in. The oftener they are collected the 
 better. If those who think it too 
 much trouble to clean out their houses 
 will try gathering them and apply 
 them to their gardens or vineyards 
 they will be amply reiwarded for their 
 labor. 
 
 After the droppings have been 
 gathered up we scatter air slaked lime 
 over the roost and on the floor or 
 ground where they fall. Where the 
 chickens scratch, lime and ashes 
 should be kept. 
 
 A whitewash composed of lime, sul- 
 phur and carbolic acid has proven val- 
 tiable to us as a preventive of insects. 
 We have found that a single box 
 large enough for one hen to sit in 
 is better than several nests made in 
 one box. As soon as a hen is 
 through setting we bum the old nest 
 and clean the box thoroughly before 
 letting another hen use it. 
 
 Tobacco leaves placed in the bot- 
 tom of your boxes is a good preventive 
 for insects. 
 
 Around our shed we have a yarB 
 fenced with wire to keep the mother 
 hens from wandering off with their 
 little ones when the weather Is bad. 
 
 Our hen house is stirrotmded by our 
 orchard, where they can always find 
 plenty of green grass. We allow our 
 chickens the whole farm for range ex- 
 cept our yard, garden and vineyard, 
 when the weather will admit. I plant- 
 ed several of my plum trees near the 
 hen house and find that I have better 
 success with them. The chickens are 
 good to destroy Insects. 
 
 During the warm season of the year 
 we spray pretty often with a strong 
 solution of cold wa,ter and carbolic 
 acid. Try It If you have mites. When 
 we find a sick chicken it Is put to 
 itself for a day or two and if then with 
 nroper treatment it seems no better 
 a sharp ax is applied just behind the 
 ears and the remains so disposed of 
 as not to convey it to the others. 
 
 Where chickens have a large range 
 they do not require as great a variety 
 of food or as much, but we feed at 
 regtilar intervals a small amount. 
 About once a week we give ours a feed 
 of meal, scraps of meat and red pepper. 
 They like pepper and I believe it is 
 good for them. 
 
 A box with sand and charcoal is 
 very beneficial during the winter sea- 
 son. 
 
 The next thing to watch carefully 
 is their drinking water. It should be 
 kept clean and pure. Don't allow 
 filthy water to stand around your 
 chicken yard; it will cause disease. 
 Warm their water a little during cold 
 weather. 
 
 Last spring I sent for some poultry 
 fountains made of pottery and never 
 had better luck than we have had 
 since. They keep the water clean, 
 prevent the drowning of little chicks 
 and are easy kept clean. Sometimes 
 our chickens seem to drink too much, 
 then we put walnut hulls, leaves or 
 bark in their water for a few days 
 and give them no other water. I be- 
 lieve it is a good preventive of cholera. 
 
 We work upon the theory that a 
 "preventive is better than a cure." 
 Your chickens must be kept healthy if 
 you expect them to be profitable. Some 
 of the things which I have spoken of 
 in this article may sound very com- 
 mon to many of your readers, but they 
 have proven practical with us and I 
 hope may with some one else. 
 
 R. E. L. BLACK. 
 
 Chillicothe, Mo. 
 
 A PLEA FOR BETTER POULTRY. 
 Abilene, Kan., Oct. 19, '01. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: Hav- 
 ing received a sample copy of your 
 paper and find so many nice letters, 
 but none from this part of the coun- 
 try, I thought I would write a few 
 notes. Perhaps they will be interest- 
 ing to some of your many readers. 
 While there are a great many persons 
 interested in good poultry, there 
 should be many more. There is no 
 stock on the farm gives (juicker or 
 more sure returns for the amount in- 
 vested than a few chickens. It is true 
 the common mixed chickens pay their 
 way, but how any one can be content 
 to raise chickens just to lay eggs for 
 the market and have a few young 
 ones to fry, I cannot well see. Take 
 a flock of mixed chickens, some one 
 breed, some another; they do not lajf 
 well; one reason is they are not alive 
 to their own Interests. Such poultry 
 to their own interests as poultry. You 
 will hear their owners say there Is 
 no use feeding chickens; they don't 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 31 
 
 pay; they don't cost much and don't 
 bring in much money; so they are 
 left to themselves to rustle for a liv- 
 ing, and consequently only in spring 
 and early summer do they lay. When 
 eggs are up in the twenties they have 
 struck, for it talces all their time to 
 rustle a living. Such poultry do not 
 pay. It is where one pays a good 
 price for their stock that poultry pays. 
 Then it is we begin to think like this: 
 Now I have paid out so much for 
 these few chickens; we must get some 
 returns; they cannot nest in the trees 
 and rustle over the farm for feed, 
 seed and a chance grasshopper. No, 
 we will give them a nice warm house 
 of their own; in the morning when we 
 go to feed we think of the new chick- 
 ens, and when we carry them a choice 
 breakfast and a nice fresh drink, while 
 they are busy eating we stare and 
 look at them, all of one color, all so 
 near alike. The moments fly, but 
 we are enjoying the beautiful. Then 
 it is we begin to see why these "poul- 
 try cranks," as we have called them, 
 do waste so much time over a few 
 chickens. Often during the day we 
 take a look at our chickens, and each 
 time they seem more beautiful; so 
 we fall in love with them and of 
 course they get good care. Then we 
 begin to talk chicken and get inter- 
 ested in poultry journals. We real 
 and compare our chickens with oth- 
 ers. The work we must do seems 
 half a pleasure, for are not these 
 nice tame hens going on their nests 
 daily and at the end of the month the 
 eggs bring as much or more money 
 than their feed has cost, and Ibis on 
 the market, and when we can sell for 
 hatching at good prices, and all our 
 surplus stock, then we are truly inter- 
 ested. The thoroughbred chickens 
 take no more feed than the common 
 stock should have and pays so much 
 better, larger fowls, more eggs and 
 all alike, makes them truly desirable. 
 If farmers would pay more attention 
 to poultry there need not be a cry of 
 hard times even in drouth years like 
 this. Feed is high but they will re- 
 pay for every kindness given them. 
 Give them a cozy house; it need not 
 be costly; feed them regularly; in fact, 
 treat them as well as your other stock 
 and they will keep the grocery bill 
 paid. 
 
 For fear my letter is getting too 
 long, will close. 
 
 MRS. J. B. JONES. 
 
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 Pure Bred Bed Belgians - - - $1.00 
 Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - $1.00 
 Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 
 New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 
 All above from prize-winning stock and line 
 bred. Catalogue sent. 
 
 CAPITOL RABBITRY, Augusta, Me, 
 
 I aril closing out tny whole stock of Bel- 
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 included. There are a 1 Hares, 4 Gold 
 Medal Winners. 1 choice Doe of the State 
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 Hatch Incubator Co. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
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 ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
 
 If in need of> good cockerel to improve 
 your present stock, write nie. as f have 
 twenty fine cockerels bred from St. Paul 
 and Mitchell winners that must be dis- 
 posed of. 
 J. F. Relnelt. - - Tripp, S. D&kota 
 
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 DON'T SET HEHS: 
 
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 CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 
 
 Breeder of Light Brahmas ExcloslTelj. 
 
 My birds are heavy weight fine markings, 
 close feathered. Eggs. $2.00 for 15; $3.50 for 30 
 Choice birds, old and young, for sale. Write 
 your wants. No circulars. 
 
 Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 
 
 Chicks thrive best on a balanced 
 
 feed of meaty, cereal and 
 
 grain element. That's 
 
 STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. 
 
 It isn't a medicine, but a health 
 and strength builder. It prevents 
 most of the diseases that kill chicks. 
 CarefuUj' compounded from re- 
 sults of expert experimenting and 
 study. 
 
 Price, at Dealers: 
 
 1 lb. pkg- lOc. .50 1b. bag-.. $2.25 
 
 S lb. pkg- 35c. 100 lb. bag. .$3.50 
 
 Star Incubator Co., 
 
 12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J- 
 Star Specifics 
 
 Is guaranteed to cure. 
 
 No 1. Cholera in old No .=>, For Inactive 
 Fowls. Males. 
 
 No 2 Same, for chicks No 6. For Indigestion 
 
 No 3 Egs Food and No 7. Food for Small 
 Tonic. Chicks. 
 
 No 4. For Cold and No 8. Disinfect In- 
 Oroup. sect Powder. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Cockerels 
 
 A FEW 
 
 White 
 
 Wyandottes, 
 
 Buff Plymouth 
 
 Rocks, 
 
 Barred 
 
 Plymouth Rocks, 
 
 Single Comb 
 
 Brown Leghorns, 
 
 Light Brahmas 
 
 and Partridge 
 
 Cochins 
 at $1.50 each. 
 
 Morning View 
 
 ^0 ] Mrs J B Jones. ^ ? ? 
 
 ^/S .^ I Breeder of 
 
 Pniilfrv YjirHc ^Oa^gi I ^^^**^^ Plymouth JRocks 
 
 r UUili y J^ai us. OS^^I "«"» Mammoth Bronze 
 
 Turkeys 
 
 HAVF I 
 
 _ .■ „,. ' „ STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
 
 .. Barred Plymouth Rocks...! ^°^ 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eye.s. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 
 
 Jamc3 M. Perkins, 
 
 RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
 Wyandoiies are brerl from 
 best strain obtainable and 
 in line. We breed the pure 
 •„'olden Butr. not the dark 
 red. They're prize winners. 
 
 E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 t'ljester White Hogs for sale 
 
 PEKIN DUCKS, 
 
 Choice Pekin 
 
 breeding ducks 
 
 at $1.00 each or 
 
 6 for $4.00. 
 
 PLACE YOUR OR- 
 DERSJARLY. 
 
 Wildwood 
 Poultry 
 Farm. 
 
 815 Chestnut St., St Louis, Mo. 
 
 W. J. CHENEY, 
 
 l!rc.-clft ,.l 
 
 TKoroughbred Fancy Poultry, 
 
 BOX fiH-^mr. -^-CL'BA, MO. 
 
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 Wtuc tor |j utlLUl lis uirtuUrsPree 
 
 W J CHENEY. 
 
 (JriwfoidCo -J^CUBA, MO 
 
 IJ* — -. ^5V Ifi' SUNNY SLOPE POULTRY FARM 'A mile east 
 
 *• ^-'^ VJ^X.£*5» of Clay Center; a good 8 room house with cellar, 
 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. 
 
 Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese. 
 
 'Address, A. B. SHROYER, 
 
 Cla-y Center, Neb. 
 
 I FRANK MYERS, 
 tFree Port, III., U. S. A 
 
 J Box 20. 
 
 i Ureeder of jt_^ 
 
 • Barred Plymouth Rocks ; 
 
 •Theyare Barred Kitrlil and sood 1 
 5 size. No Culls fur sale Choice J 
 5 breeding Ckls. J2 to $5 eaoh. } 
 
 Also manufacturer of] 
 Ideal Aluminum Leg i 
 
 Band 
 
 rhe acknowledged leader. 12 for s 
 
 1.5c. 25 for 30c. 50 for 50c. 100 tor t 
 
 7.5c. Samples and circular of i 
 
 Barred Kocks mailed 1 
 
 for stamps. i 
 
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 X TAKE THE 
 
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 _ nections made on all junction points. O 
 
 For rates and information call on or address, S. M. AdsiT, G. .P. A. ^S 
 St. Joe, Mo. S. M. Wallace. Agent, Clay Center, Nebraska." X 
 
 >ooooooo<x>oooo^oooooooo<x>o 
 
Imported Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Are winners at B. P. K.. Madison Square 
 Wash., N. J. Keota. Iowa City Iowa State 
 Shows. Orpington $7 to $30 per trio. Will 
 close out bU the Rocs. Bradley Bus, nnd 
 Lathans Strains. One pair of i yr ola show 
 birds for sale cheap. 93 to 92',i. A fine lot of 
 youns show birds in both varieties. Always 
 win; sure to please. Better get in the push. 
 
 SHOW BIRDS FOR SALE. 
 
 8 Grand Breeders for sale at a bar- 
 gain. Also 300 selected L,angshan 
 chicks. Address, 
 
 BEN S. MYERS, Crawfordsville, liid. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lay eggs. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free. 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 
 
 Lock box 500. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks... 
 
 Extra fine, Extra large. Extra color 
 
 In the show room they have showu 
 their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
 94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
 C. F. HINMAIS,. Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 May I "SHOW YOU" 
 
 That we raise as good. Barred Rocks 
 in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
 ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his 
 equal for $5, or money back. If you 
 buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him 
 for $3 Try me CORWIN JONES, 
 Sidney, Iowa. 
 
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 BOOKKEEPING. 
 
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 ence ,.1^^ Languages, etc. Write for f'pi 
 booklet. NVTIONAL CORRi- SPONDENCI 
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 POULTRY 
 mECATTLE 
 
 -SPECIALTIES- 
 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
 
 Catches Them Coming and Going, 
 
 P. Hostetler^ 
 
 EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI. 
 
 Breeder of a good laying strain of gilt 
 .... edge ... 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 and best laying strain of 
 
 ..S. C. White Leghorns.. 
 
 At low down pric€s. 
 
 A Boon for Poultry Keeper.. 
 BETTER than a «OLl» Ml>E. 
 
 We will tell you liow we made our 
 hens pay over -HX) per cent profit, 
 ^lerefy send yotlrname and address 
 ■ ~lde PonUryCo., Clintonville.Conn 
 
 33 
 
 Barred P. Rocks 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 I have a number of early hatched cocker- 
 erels that are good in all sections, and really 
 poor in none, that I am 'otTerinj: for a short 
 time only at $3 and S^i each. A few pullets to 
 spare at $1 to $5 each. All farm raised. 
 
 W. S. RUSSEL , 
 
 Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
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 SHRADER & BUCK, 
 
 BUCYRUSOHIO- 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry 
 Company^.^^ 
 
 as the largest aggregation of 
 thoroughbred poultry in the west. 
 
 We import, breed, buy and sell 
 
 All Varieties. 
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 Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
 Write your wants. Address, 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 
 
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 J^witHl.t mals. is the strongest and best lice killer 
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 "^Y^ " can save one half the liquid and penetrate 
 
 all cracks and spray the bottom of the house 
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 Kills lice on heads of baby chicks and turkeys, fleas on dogs, ticks on sheep and lice on cat- 
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 A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents. We 
 want one in every town 
 
 Always use the powder before salting the hen, 
 
 - - Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY, 
 
 BONANZA RABBITRY, 
 
 Founders of the first herd of pedigreed Belgian 
 Hares in the world. The first to establish a 
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34 
 
 High class stock for sale! 
 
 Barred and lUifT Plymouth Kocks 
 and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furnish 
 show birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
 es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldoti, Mo. 
 
 -C— , OoesYourLampSmoke?^ 
 
 TbAt iii«Aiisuriev.^D beataniidaDft-r of uiploslOD. 
 Hon'tninaovrlak. IM « 
 
 Hydro-Safety Lamp 
 
 Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Our Wyandottes never have failed 
 to win in the best company. Young 
 stock for sale. 
 
 J.C.KAP8ER, Clay Center,Neb 
 
 BUF^ jiOCKS g-^tri^;. ^:. 
 
 gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
 can be found, and are up-to-date in 
 every respect. Some fine specimens 
 for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 
 tion. Address 
 
 MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 WkliB Leghorns. 
 
 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. 
 
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 Until further notice you can still get 
 the Poultry, Bke and Fkuit Jodr- 
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 four of your friends to send with you, 
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 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and OS. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Glen Raven is Covered with 
 
 CHICKENS : AND : TURKEYS 
 
 Bjed to standard requirements and of high ijuality. Prom Exhibition scored parents 
 Brown and White Leghorns, Barred and White Plymouth Rocs, Blac MInorcas and 
 Bronze Tureys. Pri'ies reasonable. Circular free Mention Investigator. Write for. 
 description. 
 
 E. W. GEER, Farmington, Missouri. 
 
 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, 
 
 SO Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each. 
 
 50 Pullets, good breeders 1 ,00 each. 
 
 25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones 1.50 each. 
 
 5 Cock Birds, Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want 
 andean do you good circular free. Your Truly, 
 
 MR. and MRS. 1. UPTON & SON, Falrbury, Heb. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 THE COHING BIEED 
 
 No Eggs for Salel A nice lot of 
 young chicks for sale in pairs and 
 trios. Bred from the best matings of 
 imported stock. I have hundreds of 
 February and March hatched chicks 
 for sale. Mention this Journal. 
 W. H. BUSHELL, IMPORTER AND BREEDER, DAVID CITY. NEBRASKA. 
 
 Donkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 Cur e Guaranteed ! 
 
 THE only remedy positively 
 Ijnown to cure roup in all its 
 forma as long as the fowl can 
 see to drinlj. For Oanker, es- 
 pe ially In pigeons, this cure excels 
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 every package. If It falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c, large $1. 
 Conkey's Louse Killer never fails to i ill. Try it, 35 cents per package, and 
 15 cents e.xtra for post:it,'e 
 
 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 
 and 15 cents extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY * CO., Clevela^nd, O. 
 
 PaclH", coast agents: Petaluma Incubator Oo. Petaluma, Oal. Eastern wholesale 
 office; No. 8 Park Place. New York City and S.H. I. (^o., CUiy Center. Nebr. For 
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 200 Mammotli Pekin Ducks 
 
 IPO White Wyandotte Cockerels 
 
 oy prices. Look up my 
 
 ^ Lincoln. Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH. ^ 
 
 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 
 
 Best Bargains in Belgians Ever Offered. 
 
 1 porsonally aolectod, while at Los Angeles reeently. the cream of the finest alock from 
 
 several rabbltrtes. Including a variety of the popular champion strains. By 
 
 purchasinz them tn herds I got rare bargains, which I offer to 
 
 my customers at prices ranging 
 
 None of these animals 
 
 I ship either from 
 
 300 ANIMALS TO SELECT FROM 
 
 Authorized Judge of American Belgian Hare Registry Association of Kansas Olty. Mo. 
 
 Dixie Rabbltry, S. J, MITCHELL, Prop., (Main Ranch), Houston, Texas 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^ Brief Busir^ess Ce^tchers. ^ 
 
 35 
 
 3« WORDS 
 
 SINGLE INSERTION 
 
 SI CENTS 
 
 Under these heading's cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
 less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 
 sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS. 
 
 No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
 uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
 allowed each quarter. 
 
 30 WORDS 
 WITH INVESTIGATOR 
 
 1 YEAR aoe 
 
 BUFF PLYMOUTH ROOK Oockerels from 
 first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
 
 g rices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
 Igln, 111. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Eockall old 
 stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white 
 Peking ducks 6 for 14.00 all from high scor- 
 ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 J. W. WHITNEY, Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
 Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty. 
 
 FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
 Karly. Games. Heathwoods. Irish and Mex- 
 ican Grays, Blk, Reds, Tornadoes and Oor- 
 nlsh Indians. Free illustrated circular. C. 
 D. Smith, Fort Plain, N. Y, 
 
 ROSE COMB White and Kcse Comb Brown 
 Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
 dottes, also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in .season. 
 15. $1; 39. $3. Duck eggs *1 per 11. J. W. 
 Cook. Poneto. Ind. 
 
 BDFF and BARRED Rocks, Buflf Leghorns 
 B. B, Red Games, Pekin Ducks, Fancy 
 Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for saJe.For 
 
 BITPP TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout 
 No white wings and talis, Larse birds and 
 ready to ship, Mrs. T. G. Smith, Polo, 111, 
 
 J. W. EASTES, Galesburs, 111. Huff Oroing- 
 tons. II. O. W. Legliorns. Barret— White 
 Rocks, W. C. P. Bantams, Belgian's R,ggs. 
 Stock In season. Agents wanted. Thirty 
 Prizes; silver cup last year. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
 cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
 150 youngsters for sale after October 1. fln- 
 8r than ever, superior feathering, shape 
 and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
 teed. U, J. Shanklin, Wanbcek, Iowa. 
 
 BDFF ROCKS. Breeding and exhiblllon 
 steck for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
 tion and prices, Satisfaction guaranteed 
 or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
 F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo, 
 
 C. E, DITNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor- 
 ought)red chickens. Can fill your order for 
 any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- 
 able specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- 
 respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C, E. 
 Dunlap. Liberal, Kans, 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, 
 best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also 
 handsome, 1 take great pains to have the 
 best and largest stock. Large fine Ckls. $1 
 each. Oscar Jenne, Liberty, Nebr, 
 
 FOR EXCHANGE, A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- 
 cubator, for E.\hibltion B. B. R. Games, 
 Must be first class stock, A. J. Williams. 
 Clay Cecter, Nebr. 
 
 40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTOHIOKENS for 
 sale if taken soon. The Stay White Kind 
 C. E. Enoways, Aurora. Nebr. 
 
 BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
 raised. Good birds, good scores, give good 
 satlfaction and good results. Eggs that 
 hatch, $1.00 per 1.5. Prices for birds as 
 
 reasonable. It convenient please enclose 
 
 stamp when writing for particulars. 
 
 Miss A. Lyent. Laicoxie, Mo. Box 87. 
 
 100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
 at prices to suit th« season. Stock in good 
 condition fashionably bred and artistically 
 marked. Rey, G, A, Ohamblln, Moran, 
 Kansas, 
 
 MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
 Ducks, Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
 Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand- 
 ers, and M. Brohze Toms, at $3 each. Pol- 
 and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
 •T. D. Grimes, Chambers, Neb, 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
 yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
 cockerels for sale. Old stock score 93 points 
 and up to O.i'i. Write for prices, Geo. N. 
 Wood, Weldon, la. 
 
 FOR SALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in 
 singles or trios also Buflf Leghorns and Butf 
 Rock Ckls., the best of stock for S1.25 each, 
 or *3 for 3. Write us at once. O. E. Olson, 
 Colon. Nebr. 
 
 Rules ofthe Cock Fit 
 
 A neat little book of pocket size, well boond in tongh tag< 
 board. CoDtatoa all the pit rules of ifae Ualted States, Canada, 
 Ifexioo, Oaba, England, Belginm and Fraooe. Also baa oom* 
 prebeoBUe ohaptera on Heela, Haodllng;, Nuialng and ereiy* 
 ChiDg relative to the royal aport of cocking. 
 
 By Da. H. P. Olabki, Indiaoapolis, Ind. 
 
 The Recognized Authority. 
 
 FBICE, 26 CENTS. 
 Addreae tbe Pablisber of thla Papiiw 
 
 Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry 
 In estigator one year 
 
 For 25 Oentsm 
 
 Address, iTHE INVESTIGATOR, 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 Miller's Perfection 
 Folding Exhibition 
 
 Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
 Nothing to lo astray. The neatest 
 and strongest coop on the market. 
 
 Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb 
 
 GET MORE HEN MONEY 
 
 Feed cut 
 
 7 bone and d-uble y<i 
 
 fertile egg 
 
 IVI ANN'S ^9o|; EiQ^g; OUTTER 
 
 New design, opea hopper, enlarged table, new device to control feed; jou can set it to suit any 
 
 strength; neverclogs. Sent on 
 lA n A VQ F^OITir TDI A I No money asked for until you nrove our 
 ■'-' M^^^ 1 VJ J- *X1 < r < M. EKH^^M^^ 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 
 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, m 
 
 Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed lOo lbs. 
 Chamberlain's Perfect Hen Food will make jour hens lay. 
 
 2.50; 50 lbs. $1.50; 30 lbs. $1.00. 
 lbs $1.75. Goods shipped from St. Louis. 
 
 MBnufaaturoaby\il^ F. CHAMBERLAIN, '^''•^•^«''''' '*^«- 
 
36 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 0ur6lfEgg«7 cn 
 Copper Tankv/.UU 
 Nawheire, • 
 
 Were Your Crops Injured 
 
 by tliL' (Irouirlit? Well, even so, _v(.u neeiiii't starve to death. 
 
 A good lloek of cliiekens will pay your taxes, buy your 
 
 groceries, and leave a surplus besides. The 
 
 Hawkeye Ii\c\ibaLtors 
 
 will hateli thciu for yon, with less hullicr and greater certainty than any 
 other incubator sold to-day. Peifect n'gulation of temperature, ventilation 
 and moisture. In artual results the Ilawkevc takes a back seat for nobodv 
 Three sizes— 60, 100 and 200 eggs, at prices that arc right. We make 
 brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they arc hatrhpil. Our 
 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. 
 
 Hawkeye Inc\ibator Co., 
 
 Department 108. 
 
 Newton, Iowa. 
 
 A Really Good Feed Cooker. 
 
 We are not the onty people 
 coolier but we do 
 
 rid that manufacture a feed 
 rictly liigh class one, 
 
 ftloeneand full 
 
 Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Box 25 
 
 RELIABLE COOKER 
 
 and Water Heater Combined. 
 
 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 ~" 
 
 le.'s are cast separately, thus insuring perfect "" 
 
 safety in shipment. This is the year to buy a 
 feed cooker, in order that vou may get every 
 dollar's worth out of the feed. Write for cat- 
 If you want'a conker we can interest you. 
 
 ijuincy, Illinois. 
 
 PRICES. 
 
 20 gallons, $ 5.00 
 35 gallons, 9. 00 
 so gallons, 12.00 
 100 gallons 16.00 
 
 Poultry Supplies 
 
 The Best attd Cheapest. 
 
 Lice Killers. Markers. Remedies. Incubators, 
 Exhibition Coops. Egg Oases, shipping Coops 
 and Boxes and everythine to make poultry 
 raising pleasant and proBtable. Best seeds 
 that grow. Nearly 20 years' experience. Send 
 for free Catalogue. 
 
 First Premium at State Fair 1901. 
 
 Archia-s' Seed Store, ^ 
 
 Pure crushed shell per 100 lbs$ 75 
 
 oOO pounds for 350 
 
 Raw bone meal fine or coarse per 100 lbs aioo 
 
 Mica crystal grit •• 81' 
 
 Blood meal •. 300 
 
 Meat meal \ " 2'25 
 
 Meat scraps •• 225 
 
 Chick feed ■■ j'75 
 
 Sunflower seed •• 325 
 
 Bird seed 8c lb; 10 lbs 75c. Flood's and Con- 
 key's roup cure, SOc. Leg pands 80c per 100. 
 
 ^ ^ Sedalia. Missouri. 
 
 HEN 
 
 Midland Formulas.,. 
 
 Ready'Mlxed. 
 
 1. Nursery Chick p'ood. 
 
 2. Crowing Chick Food. 
 H. Fattening Chick Food. 
 i. Egg and Feather Pro- 
 
 ducing Food. 
 
 5. Nursery DuckllngFood 
 
 6. GrowingDuckllngFood 
 7 Fattening Duckling 
 
 and Gosling Food. 
 
 8. Laying Duck Food. 
 
 9. Stock Ducks' Summer 
 P'ood. 
 
 10. Growing Gosling Food 
 
 200""ro ONE 
 
 This is THE AVERAGE your fiock should produce; and 
 it is only made pos.sible by the use of 
 
 Midland Feed MeaL.-^i^ 
 
 We make Ten Brands, as shown above, and each one is a specific for its pur- 
 pose. They are a 
 
 p . , ^ A Combina.tion of Grains and Brains. 
 
 S«"e? has Wnan'l^hi'nfon, .,'*>'''■''';'''/,'■'■'■" """"■ '"• ""'>" "-^^cessorles. There is not, and 
 S^ng It and ft is ^r^ckL^lel, 7,1'° ?;'"",'•■''■'■ [? "j Tbou>ands of poultrymen are 
 lonfernmfl.,t,V?nrl^h. . ''vV^ ''"'■^r Random or haphazard feeding Is no 
 
 i«if..'i I; ^ '""'"' '"''■'*'-^'^'"" "'"^' have Fh.ED TO BtlRN. Profit is 
 
 w^fdo7r,^''„"^,r,[J,=r''^'""',';''"','''i""'""'"?'= *" "•»" retnr«s. Cur balanced fe,^ 
 tured bv the Ml I *\\1 1 '? l-i -M'. v J- ',l',",,'';'''y ",'-"'' '" "'>' " "'"' '"' '•"nvlnced. Manufac. 
 tiired Dy the nlll>l,A^ h I ( il'l, 1 in l-(i(il) co . Kansas Citv. Mo., and sold by 
 
 p . M T^^*" Nea.rest Feed a^nd GraLin Dea^Ier. 
 
 Boston, Mass.. Jos. Breck &. Sons, 51 N Market St. NewVork(Mlv Fvcnlslnr Wire X.- Pr.,.i 
 
 KfuitTp^o'd cf n" f'coV •>n^''"^'•lv^''^''''•■.'"•■^^^^^^ 
 
 romiry l'OOdt>o..N.h. Cor, 2nd and Main Sts. Kansas CItv. Mo. Petaluma Incubator c.i 
 C^wi^'levl no- A^.l?;*^"^'^' Chestnut Hill, Pa. The Vail Seed Co. Ind^anapSlU. Ind. a! 
 C. Wooley & Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Rochester Poultry Supply and Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS 
 
 Exclusively. 
 Just What You Are 
 Looking For • . . . 
 
 The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
 ners in any company'. Elegant 
 in shape, profusely feathered, 
 as good as the best. Prices 
 low, write me. 
 
 B.,H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Flemish CS-iants 
 
 We have strictly A No. 1 Giants, headed 
 byWINliSOR. imported Sept. IdOO. One of 
 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. 
 
 For sale now. Breeders or fine exhi- 
 bition stock. Give me a chance to 
 please you. 
 
 HENRY HESS, Winona, Minn. 
 
 White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 
 
 My Rocks are of the best strains to 
 be found and I have a fine lot of 
 chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
 MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
 Lincolii, Nebr. 
 
 David Larson, 
 
 Wahoo, Nebraska, 
 
 Expert Poultry Judge 
 
 I have had years of experience in 
 breeding, mating and judging. For 
 reference to qualification, write Poul- 
 try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
 I am open for engagements. 
 
 Victor Incubator always yields 
 
 VICTOR] 
 
 INCUBATOR 
 
 Thoapanda in use; wr- ,>nT 
 freight. calaloKue 6ciiita". 
 GEO. ERTEL CO., I)uliic;, 
 
 ■jEma./5^gi>j Combination 
 
 jREUiBLE'liMLr 
 
 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 
 ten llmeethe price aslied. Sen! Inr lOc. A. fui Jotmealasanecg. 
 
 B»ll«ble Incubalnr & Btooder Co , Bi?» < 25 Ouinc»,llls. 
 
 My . .. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 .... Have no equal 
 
 B, Plymoutli Roclis 
 
 (Thompson Ringlets.) 
 If you want good stock I have it 
 
 JOHN A. 
 
 Harvard 
 
 LING, 
 
 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. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes 
 
 t Highest Grade, Healthy, Vigor- 
 I ous Stock from Careful 
 
 * Matings. 
 
 I S. p. VAN NORT, S.'iis''o1P«r'"'' 
 
 1st, 2d and 3d Pullet and 3d Cocker- 
 el at St. Louis Shaw, January, 1901. 
 No old birds exhibited; 3 seconds at 
 same show 1900. 1st and 2d on pair 
 at St. Louis Fair. Eggs for hatch- 
 ing, S2 per 13. Stock for sale Write 
 for full information 
 
 J>^U J^ S^ %iJ^ ^JfL'iWW 
 
 5UREY01GETA 
 
 ?;5y 
 
 ^^ — "S^ 
 
 T^ 
 
 and then you will be sure . 
 
 -f more money from your liens. Nothing 
 
 equals green bone as an egK proihicer :ind health 
 
 promoter. No machme equals the 
 
 Dandy Green Bone Cutter 
 
 for reducing bone (either dry or fresh) to poultry food. 
 It is the most substantial cutter, the easiest running, 
 the most durable. Automatic feed; easily ad- 
 justed to cut coarse oi' line. 
 
 We Sell Direct to Poultrymen 
 
 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 
 way, send it back. Isn't that a fair offer? 
 Price from only $5 up. Our new book, 
 "More money from your Hens." will in- 
 terest every poultry-keeper. It's yours 
 for the asking. 
 
 Stratton Manfg. Co.^ 
 
 Box 48, Erie, Pa. 
 
 FINE ST ANDARD 
 BRED BIRDS. 
 
 For sale after September ist of 
 
 following breeds: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks, $i to 
 
 each. Light Brabmas, $1.50 to 
 
 each. Buif Cochin Bantams, 
 
 $1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr. 
 
 old Toulouse ganders at $3 each. 
 
 Pekin ducks of standard weight at 
 
 each. 
 
 MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD, 
 Highland, ill. 
 
 Silver Wyandottes 
 
 1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females 
 for sale at $1 to $1.50 each; ray last 
 season breeders. Want to get them 
 out of the 'way of the young birds; 
 these are bargains. 
 
 R. S. TRIMBLE, Somerset, Ky. 
 
 SSTJIftK SEE THE lOOa 
 
 Noxall Incubator 
 
 i^t i-ne FliRK O'lr calnlogue 
 J riultry disease. 4:0. lor pos- 
 
 batok* Co., Q,uincy, 111. 
 
38 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Fall Fair Show Birds 
 
 Great big, early hatched, sure 
 winners. Silver, Golden and 
 
 _ White Wyaudottes and a fine 
 
 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 
 
 R. E. JONES, Flat R.ock, Indiana- 
 
 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 
 
 For Poultry, Rabbits, Orchards, Gardens, etc. 
 
 Stronzer and closer spacing than any other make. 
 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 
 prices. Catalogue free. 
 
 UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A. 
 
 B B. Red Game Bants, 
 
 Buff Pekin Bants, 
 
 Buff VVyandottes, 
 
 Buff Leghorns, 
 
 B uff Rock s. 
 
 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 
 prices. Our own farms in Cal- 
 ifornia. Mention paper 
 
 Hadrian P. Kelsy. 
 
 Tremont Bldg. Boston, Mass. 
 
 f'Tr 
 
 MARILLA 
 
 There is always something doing on the place that operates 
 one of the 
 
 Iivcubaiors 
 and Brooders. 
 
 Tliov hiitch more chicks out of less eggs than any incubator you ever saw; 
 in fact they come mighty near hatching them all. They are built that way. 
 If 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 let us send you one of our 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. 
 
Incubators, . 
 
 Built on entirely new principles and the 
 only machine made that will allow the chicles 
 when hatching to come out of the machine 
 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 
 niachinp on the market. For further partic- 
 ulars address with stamp, 
 
 L. P. MEISTES, Troy, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Buff Wyandotte Sale! 
 
 Cornish and White Indian Games. 
 
 stock for Sale. 
 J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 r^'iSSR. _:Jr-i'~^^-i 
 
 Poultry 
 Cuts 
 
 We have always on h.ind a supply of poul- 
 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 
 IncvibaLtor and 
 Brooder Co., 
 
 Box A 25,Quincy,III. 
 
 ^ I RACKS ^ 
 EXAS^ 
 
 Effective March 1 0th, 1 90 1, 
 ^^^ 
 
 Announces the Opening of its 
 
 ^ Red River Division 
 
 ...To... 
 
 Denison and Sherman, 
 Texas, e^ ^ 
 
 Through Train Service will shortly 
 
 be established from St. Louis and Kansas 
 
 City over ikt ^ jt ^ 
 
 Shortest Line to Texas 
 
 cheap, in nuinbers to suit purchasers, 
 buy it now, a half value. Write me. 
 R. F. D. No. 4. 
 
 39 
 I offer my entire sale of Buff 
 Wyandottes, breeding stock and 
 the cream of 300 chicks for sale 
 If you want a male bird for next year 
 
 ARTHUR SYKES, Macdison. Wis. 
 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Boulevard 
 
 Babbitry 
 
 Royal Blood English Belgian Hares. 
 
 All animals English prize winners and 
 from imported Engli.sh parents. The re- 
 nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis- 
 bury at the head of the herd. Ang-ora 
 Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav- 
 ies. For Pleasure and Profit. Peruvian 
 Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported 
 and Domestic. The Angoras with their 
 long, silky tresses and musical little voic- 
 es have not their equal Write for special 
 
 descriptions and prices 
 
 MRS. GEO. D..HAWLEY, 
 2166 Jacksoa Bvd. Chicago, III. 
 
 6Ae Cyphers Incubators 
 
 Are the world's standard hatching machines. 
 They are in use in twenty Agricultural Colleges 
 and Schools in the United States and Canada. 
 
 They are self-regulating, self-ventilating and 
 need no added moisture. 
 
 We are shipping them to every country where 
 poultry is grown. 
 
 For proof of their good qualities send ten cents 
 in stamps for our 224-page book. 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, 
 
 34 Mercbaols Row. 
 
 "^ 
 
 ; Pullet, N. W. Missouri, 1899; 1st Hen, N. 
 E. Missouri, 1900. Score, 95. 
 
 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- 
 souri, 1809-1900, more prizes than 
 all other Langshan exhibitors com- 
 bined—all my own brseding. If 
 you want the very best at a low 
 price write me 
 
 L. E. MEYER, 
 
 Bowling Green, : Missouri. 
 
40 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 SECOND PULLET, liOS^TO.N, I'juu. riIt.~T 
 HEN AND CHAMPION AT PHIL- 
 ADELPHIA. 1900. 
 
 Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900. 
 
 ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Hens — 2d Pullet. 
 
 ist and 3rd — Exhibition Yards — Eigbt 
 Special Prizes, including the 
 
 Champion Barred ^. Ifiocb female. 
 
 In quality of stock shown the Philadel- 
 phia show stands one of the hottest ever 
 held. I made my GRAND RECORD ON 
 BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY 
 FARM. Send for Illustrated Circular and 
 descriptions of Matings. 
 
 Bea\ity and Utility Strain Barred 
 
 ^» Plymouth Rocks. ^ 
 Address ^ JJ LATHAM, 
 
 They Won 
 
 on 
 Their Merits 
 
 Eggs 
 
 I will sell a LIMIT- 
 ED NUMBER of 
 
 Eg-a.s at $.1.(10 
 per 15. 
 
 Choice Breeding Stock 
 For Sale! 
 
 Satisfaction Guar- 
 anteed. 
 
 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 
 
 HARES \ 
 
 BY \ 
 
 THE \ 
 
 HUNDREDS \ 
 
 ; 
 
 Our Stud Bucks are: 
 
 Fashoda Star 
 
 Score 90 by Judge Almond, im- 
 ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. 
 
 Viscount 
 
 Score 9.T by Judge Finley, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Lythedale 
 
 Score 94 by Judge Finley, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Sir Crabtree 
 
 Score 93'+ by Judge Crabtree, 
 
 and other domestic buck.s 
 
 that will score 94 to 9(i. 
 
 RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES 
 
 At prices ranging from $5 to 
 $75 per head, pedigree and 
 score card with each animal. 
 Unpedigreed market stock, 
 good color and size, $2.50 to 
 $5 per pair. Hardy Black 
 Belgians (good to use as nurse 
 does) at $io per pair. Cor- 
 respondence solicited for spe- 
 cial price list which may not 
 be in effect long. Will re- 
 fund money and pay return 
 express charges if Hares pur- 
 chased are not as represent- 
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 Life In the Egg 
 
 »i 
 
 By L,. E. Keyser 
 
 
 INTROUrCTION 
 
 In this series of articles it is the de- 
 sign to treat of "Life in the Egg" from 
 its very formation through all its 
 stages of normal development until u 
 bursts the shell — a living chick. We 
 do not lay claim to absolute origianlity 
 in the treatment of this subject, as we 
 have been aided in our efforts by a 
 number of works on zoology and em- 
 bryology, but all facts here presented 
 have been substantiated by individual 
 research, observation and experience, 
 and we do not give as facts old views 
 or speculative theories which have 
 passed current and been accepted for 
 want of more perfect knowledge. Many 
 a pet theory has been exploded because 
 in the light of experionre it was found 
 ti) be incorrect. To obtain the knowl- 
 edge here imparted, or rather to sub- 
 stantiate what we have read relative 
 to it, we have examined, broken aud 
 dissected hundreds of fertile eggs in 
 all stages of development, and sac- 
 rificed hens in all stages of laying 
 condition, and now place our deduc- 
 tions before the readers of The In- 
 vestigator in the hope that they may 
 prove of interest and perhaps profit. 
 THE EGG AND ITS FORMATION. 
 
 In the ovary of. the hen is formed 
 the essential part of the egg — the yolk 
 and germ. These are very small at 
 first, but they increase rapidly in 
 size and number until near or during 
 the laying period, when the hen's 
 ovary much resembles a bunch of 
 grapes, and is accurately shown in 
 fig. 1. There are two or three organs 
 in every bird, but one usually remains 
 undeveloped, the fertile one nearly al- 
 ways being on the left side of the 
 spine and attached to it by means of 
 the peritoneal membrane. These ru- 
 dimeniary eggs when united to the 
 ovary are composed of a white yolk, 
 yellow yolk, yolk membrane and germ 
 bed, all enclosed within a thin, trans- 
 parent ovisac. The white yolk is 
 formed first and on the end of this 
 yolk the yellow or food yolk develops 
 and envelops the white yolk, with the 
 exception of one small place where Is 
 formed the germ disc. As these egg 
 cells ripen or mature, which during 
 the period o^ laying they are constant- 
 ly doing in regular succession, the 
 enclosing membrane becomes gradual- 
 ly thinner and finally the sac ruptures 
 at the stigma and the yolk and germ, 
 now surrounded by a very thin and 
 delicate membrane, are received by 
 
 I the funnel shaped opening of the ovi- 
 duct or egg-passage and carried on its 
 ' way to the outer world. 
 j In its passage it is enveloped in the 
 white or albumen, this being in three 
 j layers of different consistency. The 
 I outside albumen is thin and watery, 
 I the middle albumen thicker, and the 
 ! inside layer almost as thin as the 
 j outside one. The yolk and the layer 
 of thin albumen next to it are sur- 
 rounded by a membrane of dense al- 
 1 bumen which forms a twisted cord at 
 each end of the yolk termed the chala- 
 zae, which hold the yoke in shape 
 (see Fig. 3). They do not attach to 
 the shell, but to the denser or middle 
 layer of albumen, and being slightly 
 below the center, act as balance 
 weights to keep the side of the yolk 
 holding the germ always uppermost. 
 So if the egg is turned around the 
 yolk itself does not turn with it, but 
 retains its position with the germ on 
 the upper side. The yolk being slight- 
 ly lighter than the albumen and sup- 
 ported by the chalazae. floats germ 
 uppermost in the albumen near the 
 upper shell, but always separated 
 from it by a layer of albumen and os- 
 cillating gently away from the shell 
 on the slightest motion. In some 
 cases it floats nearer to the shell, and 
 these are generally the cases in which 
 adherence takes place, or the yolk is 
 ruptured during incubation. The deli- 
 cate germ is thus protected by the al- 
 bumen, which is a very poor conduc- 
 tor of heat and thus guards it against 
 fatal chills during incubation and pre- 
 serves it from concussion or other fa- 
 tal injury. 
 
 By the time the egg is half way 
 down the oviductum the whole quan- 
 tity of albumen is formed and it is 
 then enveloped in a parchment-like 
 skin. This skin consists of two lay- 
 ers, which separate at the large end 
 of the egg forming the air cell. This 
 cell is small at first, but as the egg 
 becomes older it increases in size by 
 the evaporation of water and carbon 
 dioxide. In the last portion of the 
 oviduct the egg becomes coated with 
 a calcerous deposit of different layers 
 which form the shell, after which it 
 passes into the colaca and is ready for 
 expulsion. The different layers of the 
 shell anil also of the membrane lining 
 are porous, and when the egg is de- 
 posited in the nest a chemical and 
 mechanical change takes place and 
 the so-called respiratory stage sets In. 
 
 I That is. the egg absorbs oxygen 
 ' ; through the pores of the shell and de- 
 
 i posits it in the air cell containing a 
 greater per cent of oxygen (23.5 per 
 cent) than the outside air (20. S per 
 cent). 
 
 Fig. 2 shows the oviductum. slight- 
 ly modified for the purpose of illus- 
 tration, which in an ordinary hen is 
 about two feet in length and in tra- 
 versing this distance the egg takes on 
 all the changes described. Should 
 two yolks or egg-cells become mature 
 and detached at the same time they 
 are likely to become enveloped in the 
 same albumen and shell and thus form 
 a double-yolked egg. 
 
 The temperature of the oviduct is 
 about 106 or 107 degrees, and if the 
 egg is a fertile one incubation has al- 
 ready set in, the blastoderm being 
 nourished and warmed into life, but 
 on being deposited in the nest the 
 
 process is suspended, to be again re- 
 sumed when the opportunity affords. 
 This process of incubation varies ac- 
 cording to the time the egg is retained 
 in the oviductum, but is usually suffi- 
 cient to give the germ a fair start. 
 If the germ does not receive a sufii- 
 cient start in the oviduct to enable 
 it to resist the shock of the colder at- 
 mosphere into which It is expelled, 
 and to sustain itself during the time 
 incubation is suspended, it will prove 
 a weak germ or addled egg. This ac- 
 counts for the fact that the eggs from 
 some of pur best laying hens often do 
 not hatch well. It is not due to a 
 lack of attention on the part of the 
 male, or to *the sterility of his seed, 
 but to the fact that the eggs are hur- 
 ried so rapidly through the oviduc- 
 tum that the blastoderms do not have 
 time to mature before the first real 
 stage of incubation is suspended, and 
 then we have weak or dead germs. 
 
Clear or unfertile eggs, of course, are 
 not due to this cause. 
 
 Eggs that are retained too long in 
 the oviductum may become too far 
 developed and fail to hatch, but this 
 is seldom the case. One writer 
 claims that an egg that is developed 
 at night and remains in the oviduc- 
 tum until the next day will not hatch 
 well, as it is apt to dislocate the blas- 
 toderm. This is certainly fudge, for 
 a large portion of the hens retain their 
 eggs in the oviduct from eighteen to 
 twenty hours, although perhaps not 
 fully developed: When an egg has re- 
 ceived its shell and passed into the 
 cloaca it is seldom retained more than 
 twelve hours, and this will certainly 
 not injure it for hatching, as we have 
 repeatedly demonstrated. 
 
 Here we will break off from the 
 real subject in hand to advance a 
 theory of our own, which we have 
 nearly demonstrated as a fact. If the 
 eggs from our heavy-laying hens, 
 which only seem to produce weak or 
 dead germs, are placed in the incu- 
 bator before they are allowed to be- 
 come cold a large proportion of them 
 will hatch. The germ is not suffi- 
 ciently developed to stand a suspen- 
 sion of incubation, but if incubation 
 can be uninterruptedly continued it 
 will produce fully as strong a chick 
 as a germ that has developed sufficient- 
 ly to stand suspension for several days 
 or even weeks. The fact that a hen 
 produces weak-germed eggs does not 
 necessarily show a weakness in the 
 parent stock, as many are led to sup- 
 pose, but an unnatural condition in 
 the first process of incubation. The 
 blastoderm becomes weak at either too 
 high or too low a temperature, unless 
 it is subjected to a heat analogous to 
 that of the body of the hen. 
 
 HOW THE EGG IS FERTILIZED. 
 
 When couplation takes place the 
 spermal fluid of the male is injected 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 into the oviductum. This sperm is 
 filled with minute living organisms 
 which travel steadily forward, always 
 in the direction they are started. The 
 temperature of the oviductum being 
 the same as that of the spermal sac 
 of the male, these organisms will re- 
 tain life for a long time, and by their 
 active nature distribute themselves 
 along the walls of the passage, and 
 some believe they reach the ovary 
 and deposit themselves on the germin- 
 al discs of the egg-cells, but this is 
 hardly probable, as the blastoderm 
 cannot well become fertilized before 
 the egg-cell has matured. However, 
 after couplation has taken place and 
 an egg cell has passed into the ovi- 
 ductum they attach themselves to the 
 blastoderm, and from that moment 
 there is life in the egg. The number 
 of eggs that can be fertilized by one 
 sexual intercourse is variously esti- 
 mated, authorities placing it at from 
 fifteen to twenty-five. This, of course, 
 would depend much upon the time 
 couplation took place. If it should oc- 
 cur within a short time previous to the 
 hen's laying the first egg of a clutch 
 quite a number might be fertilized. 
 Should it occur when a fully devel- 
 oped egg is in the oviductum the prob- 
 abilities are that most of the sperm 
 will be forced out when the egg is 
 expelled. Then again, even when 
 there is a full supply of sperm in the 
 passage an egg-cell may pass down 
 without any of these little organisms 
 becoming attached to the germinal 
 disc. So we see there are a number 
 of causes for unfertile eggs, and 
 causes which man canont alleviate. 
 
 In a fertile egg the blastoderm will 
 show an outer white rim and within 
 this a clear area, in the center of 
 which is a spot of less clearness, some- 
 times dotted and sometimes quite uni- 
 form. In the unfertile egg the white 
 disc is simply marked with irregular 
 clear spaces. These conditions can- 
 not be detected through the shell, nor 
 readily by the unpracticed eye even 
 when the shell is broken, without the 
 aid of a microscope. 
 
 A fertile egg contains all the ele- 
 ments necessary for the perpetuation 
 of life-protection by the shell and al- 
 bumen, albumen and yolk for nutri- 
 tion, and the vital germ. The white 
 of the egg has manifold uses. It 
 forms the chief nourishment of the 
 chick during its growth in the shell, 
 and as it forms the largest portion of 
 the egg it gives the growing chick 
 the needed increase of room as it 
 is absorbed or evaporated. In the first 
 stages, however, its use is principally 
 to protect the vital germ and delicate 
 yolk. The use of the greater portion 
 of the yolk, or that portion known as 
 
 the food yolk, is to supply nutrition 
 after the chick leaves the shell and 
 until it is able to hunt and assimilate 
 food. 
 
 This power to keep the development 
 already begun suspended for so long 
 a period as several weeks is, perhaps, 
 the most wonderful thing about an 
 egg, and when we think of it we are 
 surprised that as many hatch as do. 
 Every new laid egg, if fertile, is an 
 organism which has attained a certain 
 stage of development, and it is sub- 
 ject to disease, weakness and accident 
 the same as any other organism. The 
 germ may begin to develop, yet perish 
 at any stage of growth, such deaths 
 occurring within the shell being in no 
 essential respect different from deaths 
 of weakly chicks at various early 
 stages after leaving the shell. Is it 
 any wonder then that so many eggs 
 fail to hatch when they are subjected 
 to all these adverse conditions? 
 
 It is important that eggs Intended 
 for hatching should be carefully han- 
 dled and incubated at the earliest pos- 
 sible moment. While occasionally 
 good hatches may be had when eggs 
 are kept even as long as three or 
 tour weeks, such cases are the excep- 
 tion and not the rule. If kept at an 
 even temperature between 50 and 60 
 degrees the blastoderm will remain 
 inactive for a longer period than if 
 kept either warmer or colder. If eggs 
 are laid on their side they should be 
 turned or their position changed at 
 least every two days, but it set on 
 the small end no turning will be nec- 
 essary. A glance at Fig. 3 will show 
 the reason tor this better than we can 
 explain it. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 , V...M ^^...= .. Ne„.. H. „„ays win» 
 
 POULTRY SHOWS. 
 
 Their Adva^r\ta.ges arvd Disad- 
 vantages. 
 
 Many of the poultry breeders have 
 won the blue ribbon e'er this article 
 is printed, others are preparing their 
 best breeds for the ribbons, while oth- 
 ers have met with disappointment. 
 "Poultry shows." How much does 
 those two words signify to me. I look 
 forward days, yes, months, for our 
 little show, for there I can gather 
 ideas, visit with sisters and brother 
 financiers, and get renewed courage 
 for another year's work. But I am 
 wandering from my subject. First, dis- 
 advantages, the expense of exhibiting. 
 There are entrance fees to be paid, 
 express charges to be paid, coops to 
 be made, bought or rented.. These are 
 but a small part of the expenses, be- 
 cause to win we must prepare to ex- 
 hibit good fowls, but those that are 
 in good condition, good shape, and 
 plumage, and this requires time, pa- 
 tience and extra feed. 
 
 The winning specimens are usually 
 carefully prepared for exhibition be- 
 fore they are presentable for public 
 inspection. They are fed to get them 
 up in weight, cooped so they can be 
 bandied often to make them tame or 
 
 their feathers will be awry and some 
 broken. A tame bird will always 
 show to the best advantage, and 1 
 have learned by experience that 
 meat scraps or chopped bone will 
 tame them easier than any other way, 
 even the flighty Leghorns will soon 
 eat from my hands. This all requires 
 time and patience as well as labor. 
 
 A much more serious disadvantage 
 is presented from exposure, the ex- 
 treme temperature of the exhibition 
 halls to the temperature of the open 
 air or express cars. This change 
 often causes sickness or death. 
 
 The advantages outweigh disad- 
 vantages many times. 
 
 There are the prizes to be consid- 
 ered. These some times pay in a 
 pecuniary sense, and are worth much 
 more than the expense to which one 
 is put to to win them. 
 
 Not only must we consider the 
 prizes as the only value. The adver- 
 tising that exhibiting gives is a great 
 value, for the quality of his stock 
 has been proven by a competent judge, 
 thereby making a reputation for his 
 fowls, and the reputation of prize 
 winning stock or even scored ones 
 will make sales either for stock or 
 eggs. 
 
 Another advantage is the educa- 
 tional part. One may know the value 
 of his fowls. If he has not won his 
 share of the premiums he can learn 
 the cause and remedy that cause per- 
 haps for another year, for, after all, 
 the mating of the breeding pens judi- 
 ciously helps to make the prize win- 
 ners. 
 
 Specially is the show room an edu- 
 cator to the beginner, for he may 
 learn in one day what it has taken 
 years for the experienced to learn, 
 step by step. The show room is open 
 to the public. Here we may meet 
 many breeders of experience who 
 will cheerfully answer questions about 
 their favorites, the competition leads 
 to comparison, and much may be 
 learned in a short time, and time is 
 money. By all means, beginner, take 
 your best birds to a poultry show. 
 IDA E. BARD. 
 
 The American S. C. Brown Leghorn 
 club emerges from infancy this month 
 with the vigor of youth, and will 
 graduate at the Chicago show during 
 the week of January 20 as a full 
 fledged specialty club, fit to solicit the 
 confidence and respect of breeders the 
 world over. Preparations for the grad- 
 uating exercises are completed, to 
 which every member is expected along 
 with a string of his best birds. To 
 bring about such results, and to make 
 the exercises doubly interesting, the 
 following list of club prizes will be 
 hung up: ?50 challenge cup on best 
 cock, cockerel, two hens and two 
 pullets, to be won three times; ?25 
 challenge cup on best five cockerels, 
 to be won twice: $10 trophy cup on 
 best pen; $10 trophy cup on best cock- 
 erel; club ribbon on best male head; 
 club ribbon on best colored male; 
 club ribbon on best shaped male; club 
 ribbon on best female head; club rib- 
 bon on best colored female; club rib- 
 bon on best shaped female. In the 
 open class the club officials have suc- 
 ceeded in placing a $35 trophy cup on 
 the largest and best display given by 
 the associatoin. together with other 
 valuable specials, fully described in 
 premium list. Every breeder interest- 
 ed should identify himself with this 
 club, and take a hand in pushing the 
 interests of the popular Brownies. 
 Send $1 to the secretary for member- 
 ship and further particulars. 
 
 C. M. DAVIDSON, 
 
 Judg^e W. S. Russell of Ottiiniwa. la., 
 is offeriiifj Barred P. Rock cockerels at 
 
 52, S3 and 65 each: pullets ?1. S2 and 
 
 53. Above prices for January only; 
 add SI to each bird in ordering after 
 February. A few fancy exhibition 
 cockerels for sale: no pullets. Write 
 him today. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 'Of the Stephani Poultry Plant. Belleville. 111., sliinving Duck House. Mill. Rabbitry, Hen Hr 
 
 Things as I Find Them in the 
 Poultry Business. 
 By Mrs. J. Hvjghes, Jr 
 
 Judgment, reason, perseverance and 
 economy are four things essential to 
 success. We see so many theories ad- 
 vanced in the poultry journals that 
 will materialize all right on paper that 
 will not materialize in the poultry 
 yard. What we want is to advocate 
 those things that will materialize any 
 place you put them to the test in the 
 poultry yard. This is the place we go 
 at the end of the year to figure up 
 the profit and loss. We see so many 
 things iu print on the raising and 
 managing of poultry that are actually 
 too shallow to give consideration. 
 Some one just happened to have an 
 "idea" and never waiting to test their 
 "idea' 'to see if there was anything in 
 it, go put it in print and it is read 
 perhaps by thousands and many times 
 to the reader's sorrow. 
 
 "Feeding for eggs." This one sub- 
 ject at this time of the year seems 
 never to be exhausted. Every one has 
 the best, and if we were to follow the 
 instructions that some give, where 
 would be our profit? 
 
 My method of feeding for eggs is 
 simply this. Corn night and morning, 
 either whole or cracked, plenty of 
 clean straw for them to scratch in, a 
 
 little screenings thrown in the straw 
 twice a day, half gallon each time; ! 
 this is enough for forty fowls, to keep 
 them in good condition for eggs. I 
 always see that they have nice clean 
 water to drink and coarse sand for 
 grit, with chacoal mixed with it. By 
 keeping my poultry house clean and 
 well ventilated I have no trouble to 
 keep my White Langshams, laying 
 right along, cold or warm, with this 
 method of feeding, my egg average has 
 never got above eleven with the ex- 
 ception of two or three days I got 
 twelve; nor has it ever fell below 
 seven since the first of November. 
 
 TKe Ta.hor Exhibition. 
 
 The first annual exhibition given by 
 the above association proved to be a 
 success in every particular, when the 
 earliness of the season and the fact 
 that there were to be shows in two 
 other nearby towns are taken into 
 consideration. The quality of the 
 winning birds was generally good, of 
 some of them particularly so. U. S. 
 Russell gave great satisfaction as 
 judge. The sweepstakes silver cup of- 
 fered for ten highest scoring birds, all 
 varieties competing was won by E. 
 H. Harrison's Light Brahmas. 
 
 Barred Rocks— 1st cock, Geo. Green- 
 
 lee, Tabor; 1st hen, 3d pen, W. A. 
 Cole, Clarinda; 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 
 3d pullets, 1st pen, O. J. Easton, 
 Whiting; 2d, 3d hens, 2d pen, Elmer 
 Johnson, Malvern; 2d cockerel, J. N. 
 Colby, Tabor. 
 
 White Rocks— 1st, 2d, 3d cockerels, 
 1st, 2d, 3d pullets, 1st pen, W. H. Ut- 
 terback, Tabor; 1st, 2d hens, 1st cock, 
 N. A. Prince, Tabor. 
 
 Buff Rocks— 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d 
 pullets, 1st pen, R, Williams, Tabor. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes — 1st cock, 
 1st, 2d, 3d cockerels, st, 2d, 3d pullets, 
 1st pen, J. H. Todd, Tabor. 
 
 White Wyandottes — 2d cockerel, J. 
 M. Scott, Red Oak; 1st, 2d, 3d pullets, 
 1st, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, Miss Elsie 
 Russell, Tabor. 
 
 Light Brahmas — 1st, 2d cocks, 1st 
 cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d hens, 1st, 2d, 3d 
 pullets. 1st pen, E. H. Harrison, Ta- 
 bor; 3d cock, A. A. Timson, Tabor. 
 
 Partridge Cochins— 1st, 2d 3d pul- 
 lets, 1st, 2d, 3d cockerels, 1st pen, S. 
 M. Greenlee, Tabor; 1st, 2d, 3d hens, 
 A. A. Timson; 1st cock, E. J. Wilson, 
 Tabor. 
 
 Brown Leghorns — 1st, 2d, 3d cock- 
 erels, A. A. Timmons. 
 
 Toulouse Geese — 1st pair, Mrs. L. 
 Carson, Tabor; 2d pair, Mrs. Swartz, 
 Tabor. 
 
10 
 
 Mrs. n. (;. Mackey. Clarksv.lle. Mci. Mrs- 
 Mackey writes for the Pox'ltrv Investigator 
 breeds eleitant M. B. Turkeys, Brahmas, Laiie- 
 shaus and Barred Rocks, and is reliable. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons for Eggs and Meat. 
 
 After three years' careful breeding 
 of this splendid variety of poultry, 
 along with the Leghorns, B. Rocks and 
 Light Brahmas, I must say that I 
 have no desire to keep any of the 
 other breeds any longer. I get more 
 eggs from the Buff Orpingtons through 
 the fall and winter months by far 
 than from either the Leghorns, B. 
 Rocks or Brahmas, and they will hold 
 the Leghorns even all through the 
 summer. 
 
 Last year my pullets commenced 
 laying November 3, in good earnest, 
 and laid on an average of twenty-one 
 eggs, and for December twenty-three 
 eggs, for January, twenty-four; for 
 February, nineteen; March, twenty- 
 six. In March the yearling hens were 
 counted in with the pullets, as the 
 breeding yards were mated on March 
 1. Although my hens laid good all 
 through the breeding season, yet the 
 demand for eggs far exceeded the sup- 
 ply and I was obliged to turn back 
 several orders for Buff Orpington 
 eggs. I have never been able to 
 supply the demand for eggs or stock 
 in their season. 
 
 They have characteristics of tBeir 
 own and as many good qualities as 
 other breeds, which, I think, places 
 them in the foremost ranks as a gen- 
 eral-purpose fowl. I had cockerels 
 this season that tipped the scales at 
 eight pounds when five months old. 
 I find in three years' breeding fhat 
 they breed almost as true to color as 
 the older Buff breeds do, and I be- 
 lieve they are the coming Buff breed, 
 for all who see them take a fancy to 
 them at once. 
 
 I sold a farmer's wife two sittings 
 of eggs this season Just at the close 
 of the breeding season, and just the 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 other day she came and told me about 
 the nice chickens she had raised from 
 those eggs she had bought. She said, 
 "1 never saw chickens grow like them; 
 .some of the cockerels weigh seven 
 pounds now and they were the last 
 chickens I had to hatch. I want you 
 to come up and see them." 
 
 I have written this to show that the 
 Buff Orpingtons are rapid growers, 
 even in the hands of the farmer's wife. 
 To be sure there is no better place 
 than on the farm to raise fine poultry, 
 nor can they be produced as cheap 
 anywhere else, and yet it is very sel- 
 dom that we see a nice flock of pure 
 bred poultry on the farm. While it is 
 a fact that farmers are slow to take 
 up the breeding of pure bred poultry, 
 yet I believe the main cause for their 
 not being more interested in piire 
 bred poultry is' that they buy too many 
 cheap birds and eggs, for it is also a 
 fact that when they do get good stock 
 they are just as proud of them as any 
 one, and my advice is to the farmer 
 and to all, not to buy cheap, inferior 
 stock just because it is cheap in price, 
 for it is dear even thought it did not 
 cost much. Get a good stock of some 
 good reliable breeder that wil not sell 
 culls at any price, and once you get 
 good stock you will never be satisfied 
 to go back to the common scrub fowl. 
 
 Dec. 6, 1901. F. A. CROWELU 
 
 Prize Winners at Red Oal(, Iowa. 
 
 It sounds like exaggeration to say 
 that the fifth annual exhibition of the 
 United Fanciers' Poultry and Pet 
 Stock association held in Red Oak, 
 November 26 to 30, was the greatest 
 poultry show ever held in the state, 
 but it is really a fact. There were 
 more fowls on exhibition than were 
 ever shown at a poultry show in Iowa 
 before, not exempting the exhibit of 
 the state association. In all there 
 were 1,420 fowls shown at the recent 
 exhibit in Red Oak. At last year's 
 exhibit here there were about 800. 
 
 It was thought by the officers of the 
 association that perhaps the show 
 would be as large as last year, when 
 nearly 800 birds were on exhibition, 
 and a show room which was consider- 
 ed large enough on that basis was se- 
 cured, but when not only the 800 mark 
 was reached but the 1,000 mark also 
 reached and passed, and still the birds 
 kept coming, it began to look as 
 though it would be necessary to en- 
 deavor to secure the Armory or the 
 Sanitarium, in order to have the birds 
 properly housed. When, however, the 
 1,500 mark was nearly reached, the 
 entries closed, and there was not 
 room to put another bird. They were 
 piled coop on coop from floor to cell- 
 
 ing in many cases, and yet so skillfully 
 arranged that the 500 people who came 
 to see the show during the five days 
 got full benefit of the display. There 
 were sixty exhibitors in all. 
 
 The .iudging was done by Mrs. J. J. 
 Buchan of Pierson, Iowa; J. B. Thomp- 
 son of Malvern, and Curtis Greene of 
 Eldora. Above is the list of premium 
 winners: 
 
 A new breed. Buff Orpington, was 
 shown. A. L. Houston of Keota got 
 first awards on single comb cockerel, 
 hen, pullet and pen. Mrs. J. A. Lash 
 of Osceola got first on rose comb cock- 
 erele, pullet and pen. 
 
 D. B. Butler, S. Heflin and J. H. 
 Fisher of Red Oak, had good Black 
 Plymouth Rocks on exhibition. E. 
 Kretchmer of Red Oak had a fine dis- 
 play of Black Plymouth Rocks shown 
 in exhibition coops. Mr. Kretchmer is 
 manufacturing a new incubator that is 
 a success. 
 
 L. Nazarenus of Red Oak and Royal 
 F. Tyler of Villisca each had a pen 
 of good White Wyandottes on exhibi- 
 tion. 
 
 Mrs. J. A. Lash of Osceola tied Rob- 
 erts Bros, of Farragut for third pre- 
 mium on Black Langshan hen. 
 
 J. S. Ressler of Red Oak exhibited 
 a fine coop of Buff Cochins. 
 
 Levi Barnett, John S. Pritchard and 
 Harry Logan of Red Oak had good 
 Creston Indian Games on exhibition. 
 
 J. G. Lembke of Griswold won first 
 premium on Toulouse geese and Pearl 
 guineas. He also took second premium 
 on pigeon display. 
 
 Marion Hite and Earl Robinson of 
 Red Oak exhibited some very nice 
 Black Minorcas. 
 
 J. W. Haglund of Red Oak took first 
 prize on pigeon display. His exhibit 
 included some of the most beautiful 
 Ruffle Necks, Pouters and Carriers 
 that were ever shown. 
 
 The officers of the associtaion are 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
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 ■ of the Stephani Poultry Plant, Belleville, 111., showing Mill, 
 
 .iler House, Broode 
 
 , Office. ISto 
 
 I and Rabbil 
 
 C. L. Stratton of Red Oak, president; 
 J. Q. Swallow of Villisca, vice presi- 
 dent; J. M. Scott of Red Oak, secre- 
 tary; H. R. McLean of Red Oak, as- 
 sistant secretary; A. W. Harding of 
 Red Oak, treasurer; D. B. Butler of 
 Red Oak, superintendent. 
 
 The location for next year's show 
 has not been determined yet. Osceola 
 and Council Bluffs are candidates 
 for it. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks; Cock first, 
 cockerel second and third, hen first 
 and second, pullet second and thirl 
 pen first; H. R. McLean, Red Oak, la. 
 Cockerel first, pullet first and third, 
 pen second; 0. .1. Easton, Whiting. 
 Cockerel third, hen third; A. H. John- 
 son, Essex. Cock second; F. J. Draper, 
 Red Oak, la. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks: Hen first, 
 pen third; Willard Hanna, Red Oak, 
 la. Hen second and third; Jos. Rob- 
 son, Red Oak, la. Cock first, pullet 
 first; C. E. Taylor, Nebraska City, 
 Neb. Cockerel first, pullet second, 
 pen second; A. R. Ellet, Red Oak, la. 
 Cockerel second, pullet second, pen 
 first; J. J. Elliott, Onawa, la. Cock- 
 erel third; Mrs. C. Simpson, Haw- 
 thorne, la. 
 
 Buff Rocks: Cock first, hen second 
 and third; J. J. Elliott, Onawa, la. 
 Cockerel first and second, pullet first 
 and second; Ed Anderson, Red Oak, 
 
 la. Hen first, pullet third; Ewing 
 Bros., Hawthorne, la. 
 
 White Wyandottes: Cock first, 
 cockerel second and third, hen first, 
 second and third, pullet first and sec- 
 ond, pens first and second; J. E. 
 Thompson, Malvern. Cock second and 
 third, pullet third; John Haglund, 
 Essex, la. Cockerel; Thos. Harp. Red 
 Oak, IR. 
 
 S. L. Wyandottes: Cockerel sec- 
 ond, hen first, second and third, pul- 
 let first, second and third, pen first; 
 J. E. Thompson, Malvern, la. Cock 
 second, pen second; A. Hillman, Red 
 Oak. 
 
 Black Langshans: Cockerel first, 
 hen first, second and third, pullet first, 
 second and third, pens first and sec- 
 ond; Roberts Bros.. Farragut. Cock- 
 erel second; A. R. Ellett, Red Oak, 
 la. Cockerel third; Geo. 0. Still, Far- 
 ragut, la. 
 
 Light Brahmas: Pullet third; For- 
 rest Taylor, Red Oak. Cockerel first 
 and third; Mattie Weiiand, Red Oak. 
 Cock second and third, hen second and 
 third, pullet second, pen second; J..Q. 
 Swallow, Villisca, la. Hen first and 
 third; F. J. Draper, Red Oak. Cock 
 first, cockerel second, pullet first, pen 
 first; J. G. Lembke, Griswold. 
 
 Buff Cochin: Cock first, cockerel 
 first anad second, pullet first and third, 
 pens first, second and third; A. W. 
 Harding, Red Oak. Hen first and 
 
 third, pullet second; W. R. Gordon, 
 Red Oak. Cockerel third; Chas. Mc- 
 Cauley, Red Oak. 
 
 Partridge Cochin: Cockerel first 
 and second; J. H. Bain, Red Oak. 
 Hen second; E. G. Godden, Red Oak. 
 
 C. T. Game: Cockerel first, second 
 and third, hen first, second and third, 
 pullet first, second and third, pen first, 
 second and third; J. W. Dodd, Red 
 Oak, la. Cock first; T. C. Penry, Red 
 Oak. 
 
 R. C. B. Leghorns: Cockerel second; 
 Max Sheffer, Red Oak, la. Cockerel 
 first, pullet first, second and third, pen 
 first; J. W. Dodd, Red Oak, la. 
 
 S. C. B. Leghorn: Cock first, cock- 
 erel second and third, hens first, sec- 
 ond and third, pens first and second; 
 J. S. Stahlnecker, Cromwell. Cockerel 
 first, pullet first; Mattie Weiiand, Red 
 Oak. 
 
 Houdans: Cockerel second, hens 
 first, second and third, pullet first, pen 
 first; E. L. Young. Red Oak. 
 
 G. S. Bantams: Cockerel first, pul- 
 let first, second and third, pen first; 
 J. G. Lembke. Griswold, la. 
 
 S. S. Bantam: Cockerel first, hen 
 first and second; J. H. Warren, Red 
 Oak. 
 
 S. S. Hamburgs: Cock first, cock- 
 erel first, hen first, second and third; 
 L. D. Aashby, Red Oak, la. 
 
 W. H. Turkeys: Cock first, hen 
 first; J, Q. Swallow, Villisca. 
 
12 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ooooooooooooooooooooooooco 
 
 O Poviltry Advertising . . o 
 
 V — i-By C. H. 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 in your memory are at the top 
 of the ladder, and you will find that 
 they are all heavy advertisers. As to 
 what constitutes good advertising is 
 as yet a matter to be determined, for 
 what will sell goods today will not 
 bring an inquiry next time. The fel- 
 low who thinks he can write a good 
 advertisement is the fellow who has 
 never sat down and tried hard. The 
 essential points of an advertisement 
 are to state, in the first place, what 
 you have for sale. The next is why 
 you think your stock is worthy of pur- 
 chase, what qualifications it possesses 
 that w-ould be an inducement to pur- 
 chase, and the price you will sell it 
 for. A mere statement of facts is all 
 that is necessary, and trying to be fun- 
 ny, or to write a freak advertisement, 
 never gets you a thing. A good illus- 
 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 
 
 interested in that subject. Nothing 
 will bring you the returns as well as a 
 paper devoted to poultry. Now as to 
 circulation. If a fellow is out hunt- 
 ing, and has only one quail to shoot 
 at, his chances are slim for quail on 
 toast, but if he has twenty to shoot 
 at, there is a possibility of his secur- 
 ing some of those birds. That's the 
 whole circulation business in a nut- 
 shell. You want to pick out a journal 
 in which to place your advertisement 
 with a guaranteed circulation, and one 
 that reaches those interested in that 
 which you have for sale. Those jour- 
 nals which are always blowing so 
 hard as to the millions of copies they 
 are printing each month are not al- 
 ways the best business bringers. A 
 journal with 5,000 subscribers, who 
 pay for their paper and read it after 
 they get it, and also interested in Its 
 contents, will always bring more re- 
 turns to the advertiser than the big 
 blow-hard paper, which sends its cop- 
 ies to hodcarriers and bootblacks, ir- 
 respective of their knowledge of the 
 poultry business, and which are not 
 read or even opened by those receiving 
 them. Investigate the journals' claims 
 when they talk about the wonderful 
 results obtained by those using their 
 columns, and don't always believe tne 
 smooth talking agent. Again, too 
 many people think that last season's 
 advertising will sell this season's 
 goods, some one has said, but this Is 
 all right too. Good advertising will 
 live almost forever. Mr. P. J. Mar- 
 shall, a prominent breeder of the 
 south, told me not long ago "that he 
 had just sold a pen of fowls from an 
 inquiry that he had received that 
 week, which was the result of an old 
 advertisement seen in a paper twelve 
 years ago. and from a paper now out 
 of existence." He said "that he 
 keyed all his advertisements, and 
 knew exactly where this inquiry had 
 come from." so that there was no 
 doubt about it. I have sold stock my- 
 self from advertisements that appear- 
 ed three years ago, so that I am firm 
 ly of the belief that a good advertise 
 ment will live as long as it is read- 
 able, and will pay up to that time. 
 The only way to advertise is all the 
 time, then you are sure of it. If your 
 business is of such a size or nature 
 that you cannot carry a large adver- 
 tisement, take a smaller one and run 
 it continuously rather than a larger 
 
 one only occasionally. The breeders' 
 cards in most journals are cheap and 
 pay good returns. In fact, I heard one 
 old breeder say "that his small card 
 in breeders' columns paid better than 
 a large advertisement which he had 
 previously carried, and that the be- 
 ginner or amateur buyer usually 
 thought that the big advertisers usu- 
 ally asked so much for stock, and 
 took it for granted that the little ad- 
 vertiser could sell cheaper, and give 
 his just as good stock, minus the ex- 
 tra which he must surely put on to 
 pay for the advertisement." This I 
 am not sure of, but the text is, "Ad- 
 vertise continuously." 'With the 
 great field opened up before you, you 
 of the west have wonderful chances 
 to make a name and to secure finan- 
 cial gain in the poultry business. With 
 your vast farms, your cheap lands, 
 your abundant crops, you surely ought 
 to be heard from, even more than you 
 now are, and I hope that the day is 
 not far distant when the so-callea 
 leaders of the east will take their hats 
 off to the mighty west. And, if you 
 please, keep them off. You have In 
 the Poultry Investigator a wonderful 
 medium through which to sell your 
 goods. There is no question about the 
 fact that it will do so. With the 
 men at the head, IT HAS TO PAY. 
 The paper shows that those connected 
 with it know the needs and require- 
 ments of the poultry man, and one of 
 the essential things to the poultry 
 man is the disposition of his goods 
 at a good price and at the proper time. 
 Think it over, brother, and I am sure 
 the Investigator will do you good, 
 from an advertising standpoint as well 
 as from an educational and other 
 ways. Cards are all right, circulars 
 are all right, exhibiting stock is all 
 right, but for actual and satisfactory 
 results, get in the advertising columns 
 of a good poultry jo\irnal, and stay 
 there. 
 
 SONG OF THE GOLDEN SEBKIOHT 
 
 BANTAM. 
 
 I'm a golden yellow beauty. 
 
 Every feather laced with black. 
 
 And consider it my duty 
 
 That for pride I do not lack. 
 
 For my movements I try strutting. 
 
 Every step I take with care. 
 
 While my penciled body and my wing 
 
 I've a notion that the shaping 
 
 Of my tail is most unique. 
 
 Being the only rooster in the ring, 
 
 With a "hen tail" ail complete. 
 
 All the sickle feathers lacking. 
 
 No broad bars across my wing. 
 
 And my head looks as though backing 
 
 T'ward my tail to form a ring. 
 
 I've a rose comb that is perfect. 
 
 Brightest eyes and crimson face. 
 
 And with safety you'll elect me 
 
 As the "champion" of my race. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 13 
 
 \ 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 Seattle 175 west and Spokane 
 175 east. Eggs are the most profitable 
 to supply, as the market never gets 
 below 10 cents and have seen it as 
 high as 50 cents per dozen. At present 
 eggs are worth 35 cents in the cities 
 mentioned and the home market is 30 
 cents per dozen. 
 
 Ek) not suppose from this that you 
 cannot dispose of broilers or roosters 
 at a paying figure, as broilers, two to 
 two and one-half pounds, sell at 14 
 to 16 cents per pound almost the 
 whole season, and roasters from 12 to 
 15 cents per pound, according to the 
 market changes and seasons of the 
 year, for chickens weighing from 
 three and one-half to five pounds or 
 a little better, as long as they are not 
 full grown. Hens are worth from 9 
 to 11 cents per pound. The reason 
 that we go mostly in for eggs is on 
 account of the high express rates, 
 which are $1.35 per hundred, and when 
 the coop is counted in both ways you 
 can reckon on taking off 2 cents per 
 pound on expenses and 1 cent per 
 pound for commission. 
 
 So much for the location and prices. 
 Now for my buildings and surround- 
 ings. My main laying house is 8x60 
 feet, four feet at back and six feet 
 in front. The roosting room is 8x10, 
 also scratching shed 8x10 in connec- 
 tion. This makes three pens capable 
 in this climate of holding twenty lay- 
 ing hens of the small breeds each 
 and give ample room, i have other 
 individual pens without scratching 
 sheds, which 1 do not like as well as 
 the one with sheds, as it is necessary 
 to have the sheds of some kind, and 
 my roosting rboms are Jined with 
 building paper inside and out, with 
 rustic on outside of building and ship- 
 lap on inside, with four-inch matched 
 flooring. There is nothing like a good 
 warm roosting room. 
 
 Now as to my success with poultry, 
 will say that I have had better suc- 
 
 Brick Incubator Cellar i)f \V. H. Busliell. David City. Nebr. Also shows his brooder housf 
 oOfeet long- built ot wood and brick. Mr. Bushell breeds nothing but the best Buff Orpingtons 
 and imports nearly all his breeders from the best yards in England. 
 
 cess than I expected when I started 
 in. Although 1 am a bachelor and try- 
 ing to handle eighty acres of the best 
 fruit land in the United States, I do 
 my own housework, look after my 
 stock, besides raising over 300 chick- 
 ens this season, fattened and shipped 
 almost 175 of these at two to five 
 pounds at the stated market prices. 
 Have over 100 pullets for winter lay- 
 ing, mostly Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
 and disposed of some to individuals 
 around here for breeding purposes. 1 
 did not keep an account of poultry 
 sold, as I had too much other work 
 to do. There is one thing that 1 
 wish to state; here is a location for 
 poultry house, to any of the readers 
 of this journal that have an apple 
 orchard, or any kind of an orchard 
 in fact. Place your poultry house in 
 the center of it, facing south if pos- 
 sible, and if your apples are infested 
 with what is called coddling moth 
 (wormy apples), your chickens will be 
 worth 50 cents a piece to you just to 
 clean up the moth. I could give the 
 readers some good articles on the val- 
 ue of poultry to destroy this insect 
 pest, which would be the means ot 
 
 yet found a wormy apple in 
 the orchard, and I can sell all 
 my apples for from 2 to 3 
 cents per pound, and late keep- 
 ing varieties bring 5 cents per pound 
 and are put up in 50-pound boxes. As 
 1 am steering away from the subject 
 that I started on and making this ar- 
 ticle too long, I will close by saying 
 if any of the readers of this journal 
 (P. I.) wish to know any more about 
 this part of the country in regards to 
 poultry or fruit, I will be pleased to 
 inform them personally or through 
 the P. I. Yours for success, 
 
 F. DANDO. 
 Wenatchee, Washington. 
 
 SOLILOQUY OF A THOROUGHBRED 
 
 AFTEIR DEATH. 
 As I died at the tender age of one, 
 My lite was scarcely yet begun; 
 Though I lived quite long enough to find. 
 There's nothing much to leave behind. 
 I found that life was but a show. 
 Where creatures live, as I— to crow, 
 In pretense apeing majesty, 
 Ere downing truth by mockery. 
 I've flapped my wings and crowed 
 
 enough 
 To keep up custom's standard bluff; 
 
 , . , „„j. ,.„ ^1 „„ n,„, I The world called me a thoroughbred. 
 
 making a double profit to those that ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^,^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ 
 
 wish to combine the fruit industry | p^,^ ^^^^^ beneath the plumage grand. 
 
 with that of poultry, as I am placed | The carcass was the world's demand; 
 
 in such a position that I know, living | And since 'twas so, I'll say to you, 
 
 in a county of this state that derives | And swear a chicken oath 'tis true, 
 
 four-fifths of its revenue from fruit, 
 and such fruit that took the gold med- 
 al at the Pan-American exposition 
 at Buffalo recently. It wasn't wormy 
 fruit either. My poultry yards are sit- 
 uated in the center of my orchard, and 
 I can truthfully say that I have never 
 
 My carcass is in every way, 
 From ancient time to present day. 
 Possessed of good or depth as much 
 As anything that man could touch. 
 So eat and drink and jolly be, 
 For in eating up what's left of me, 
 Your time will be as worthy spent 
 As In any other, earthly bent. 
 
 W. B. R. 
 
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 Lincoln County, Mo., Poultry | 
 Show- Dec. 5 to 5. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 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, 
 Mo.; third pullet, R. T. Canterberry. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes: First 
 cockerel, pullet, pen, L. W. Davis, 
 Troy, Mo.; second pullet, L. W. Davis; 
 second cockerel, J. A. Welch, Moscow 
 Mills, Mo.; third cockerel, pullet, L. 
 W. Davis. 
 
 Golden Laced Wyandottes: First 
 cock, pullet, hen, pen, W. A. Ellis; 
 first cockerel, J. C. Ellis, Troy, Mo.; 
 second pullet, hen, W. A. Ellis; second 
 cockerel, pen, J. C. Ellis; third hen, 
 W. A. Ellis; third pullet, pen, J. C. 
 Ellis. 
 
 Black Langshans: First cockerel, 
 pullet, pen, Syd Penn; second and 
 third pullet, Syd Penn. 
 
 Black Javas: First cockerel, hen, 
 pullet pen, Henry Muck, Troy; second 
 cockerel, pullet hen, Henry Muck; 
 third pullet, Henry Muck. 
 
 Buff Wyandotte: First cockerel, 
 Syd Penn, Troy, Mo. 
 
 Light Brahmas: First cock, cock- 
 erel, hen, pullet, pen, J. J. Taylor, 
 Auburn, Mo.; second and third hen 
 
 and dark pullet, J. J. Taylor. 
 
 Dark Brahmas: First and second 
 hen, Henry Muck. 
 
 Partridge Cochins: First cock, 
 cockerel, hen, pullet, pen, D. M. Ellis, 
 Troy, Mo.; second cockerel, hen, D. 
 M. Ellis; second pullet, pen, Eugene 
 Moxley, Troy, Mo.; second cock, M. 
 W. Sitton, Troy, Mo.; third hen, D. 
 M. Ellis; third cockerel, Engene Mox- 
 ley; third pullet, pen, M. W. Sitton. 
 
 Buff Cochins: First cockerel, pul- 
 let, H. S. Owings, Truxton, Mo. 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns: First 
 cock, pullet; second pullet; third pul- 
 let, J. H. Ingram. 
 
 Rose Comb Brown Leghorns: First 
 hen, John F. Merriwether, Troy, Mo. 
 
 Buff Leghorns: First cock, hen, 
 pullet, pen; second hen, pullet; third 
 hen, pullet, R. T. Canterberry. 
 
 Single Comb Brown Leghorns: First 
 cock, hen, cockerel, pullet, pen; sec- 
 ond cockerel, hen, pullet, pen; third 
 cockerel, hen, pullet, Ham Grigg. 
 
 Black Minorcas: First, second, 
 third pullet, R. T. Canterberry. 
 
 White Minorcas: First cockerel, 
 hen, pullet, pen, second pullet, W. S. 
 Cottle, Troy, Mo.; third pullet, Frank 
 Howell, Troy, Mo. 
 
 Anconas: First cockerel, pullet, 
 Syd Penn. 
 
 Silver Spangled Hamburgs: First 
 cockerel, pullet, second pullet, J. J. 
 Taylor. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons: First cock, cock- 
 erel, hen, pullet, pen, Geo. S. Town- 
 send. Troy, Mo.; second and third 
 hen and pullet, Geo. S. Townsend. 
 
 Golden Polish: First pullet, Syd 
 Penn. 
 
 Golden Sebright Bantam: First 
 cockerel Syd Penn. 
 
 Buff Cochin Bantam: First cock, 
 hen, second hen, Frank Brackett, 
 Troy, Mo. ' 
 
 Pekin Ducks: First cock, hen, J. 
 H. Ingram. 
 
 Indian Runner Ducks: First cock, 
 hen. J. J. Taylor; first pullet, Syd 
 Penn. 
 
 Toulouse Geese: First cock, hen, 
 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. 
 
 In Barred Plymouth Rocks there 
 were 26 entries; White Plymouth 
 Rocks, 27; Buff Plymouth Rocks, 26; 
 Golden Wyandottes, 16; Silver Wyan- 
 dottes, 15; Black Javas, 15; Buff Leg- 
 horns, 10; S. C. Brown Leghorns, 19; 
 Partridge Cochins, 21; White Minor- 
 cas, 10. 
 
 ADVANTAGES 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. 
 
 of their living in the summer. Thus 
 the cost of the fowls will be much less. 
 The only fault with the farmers now- 
 adays is that they fail to get fowls 
 of good stock and fail to care for 
 them and manage so as to produce 
 eggs. No use of a farmer kicking 
 about the market that he must sell 
 to giving such a low price. A few 
 cents a dozen on eggs is more than 
 made up on the cost of the feed when 
 you look at the way the breeder alone 
 has to pay for his feed. The farmer 
 really gets a much larger profit than 
 the breeder who raises no feed. 
 
 Look at the poultry question in 
 most any way and you will see him 
 ahead. Where he loses in one way he 
 makes up twice over in another. So 
 the farmer comes out on top every 
 time. 
 
 PERCY W. SHEPARD. 
 
 Morgan Park, 111., Nov. 12, 1901. 
 
 Mr. Show, Secretary and Exhibitor: 
 
 It may interest you to know that the 
 
 American S. C. Brown Leghorn club 
 
 15 
 
 will offer a special club ribbon for best 
 cockerel exhibited by a club member 
 at any show where two or more mem- 
 bers are in competition. Secretaries 
 are at liberty to include this in their 
 ' list of specials. 
 
 i Our annual meeting will be held the 
 ' week of January 21st, or in connection 
 with the big Chicago show, and it is 
 j earnestly hoped every prospective ex- 
 j hibitor will join us and compete for 
 ! the club honors. 
 
 ' The object of this club is to increase 
 I the interest in and demand for high 
 [ class S. C. Brown Leghorns, to obtain 
 , tor them better recognition by the 
 ' poultry shows and poultry press, to 
 offer club pries that not only attract 
 general interest, but encourage fan- 
 ciers to renewed efforts to produce ex- 
 tra fine and more nearly perfect spec- 
 imens, and to use our best efforts to 
 bring about a more uniform under- 
 standing of the standard requirements 
 by breeders and judges. Fraternally, 
 M. D. WILSON, Secretary. 
 
 Novel Brooder House of Mrs. R\ith Morris. 
 
 The abi)\e ilUi^u iti n -h av 
 incubator house made and used by Mr.s. 
 Ruth Morris, on her farm near Fair- 
 haven, Kansas. The house is what is 
 known in that part of the country as a 
 "sod house." Large blocks of miid 
 are dried in the sun and then placed on 
 top of one another with a soft mixture 
 between, very much after the manner 
 of erecting an ordinary brick building. 
 Across the top, timbers are placed and 
 covered with sod, then a layer of mud, 
 upon which is placed another covering 
 of sod. After the building is erected 
 it is washed off with water to close all 
 cracks and crevices; then grass and 
 flower seeds are scattered all over it, 
 and in a short time the structure has a 
 beautiful covering of green and gray, 
 
 iK-n- and tliiK studded with beautiful 
 blossoms. These houses are dry, clean 
 and comfortable. Manj' farmers use 
 them for dwellings, while the stables 
 and barns are similarly constructed. 
 In the foreground is a 100-chick capa- 
 city Hen brooder, and you will observe 
 that the chicks are as lively as those 
 cared for by the mother hen. Mrs. 
 Morris is standing beside a 100-egg 
 capacity Wooden Hen, which she has 
 refilled for the sixth time. 
 
 The following letter speaks for itself: 
 Fairhaven, Kans., July 3rd. 
 Mr. Geo. H. Stahl, Quincy, 111. 
 
 Dear Sir: — I have just finished my 
 fifth hatch with the .Wooden Hen pur- 
 chased of you last February, averaged 
 9o per cent of all fertile eggs. Hatched 
 the first setting in a Kansas blizzard, 
 and got 80 per cent of all fertile eggs. 
 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. 
 
 t . . Rearing Brooder Chicks . . t 
 
 At this time of the year, when our 
 minds are beginning to again dwell on 
 our spring work, no subject is of such 
 great importance to us as the success- 
 ful management and rearing of brood- 
 er chiclxs. Most all the various makes 
 of incubators will hatch a reasonable 
 percentage of the fertile eggs with 
 proper care, and we then have given 
 to our charge the frail creatures for 
 successful rearing. 
 
 No set of fixed or definite rules can 
 be laid down for the management of 
 the chicks for the reason that no two 
 people follow exactly the same course 
 of feeding, care and management, and 
 yet both meet with about the same 
 success. Again, a method which you 
 have tried one year and has proven 
 to you very successful, may not in 
 another year give you the same degree 
 of success. At this point is one of the 
 instances in poultry raising where 
 good judgment and discretion is called 
 for and upon its use depends success 
 or failure of the laborer. 
 
 In attempting to discuss the proper 
 method of raising brooder chicks, 1 
 would divide it under the following 
 heads, taking up the discussion of 
 each separately: 
 
 First — The proper care of the 
 brooder. 
 
 Second — The proper feeding of the 
 chicks. 
 
 Assuming that our chicks are hatch- 
 ing in incubators, what method shall 
 we pursue for their care and prepara- 
 
 tion of the brooder to receive them; 
 the floor must be covered with some 
 substance suitable for the comfort of 
 the chicks. While various breeders 
 use different articles for floors, I think 
 a thin covering of sand best adapted 
 for their wants; it also acts as a grit 
 for the chicks, which is very essential 
 for their growth. A covering of wheat 
 or clover chaff is very good also and 
 is used by many with good success. 
 
 Having the floor of our brooder 
 properly provided for, we must next 
 supply the proper temperature. There 
 is a slight diversity of opinion on the 
 heat question, hardly enough however 
 to justify us in making an error in 
 this regard. For the first week of 
 the chick's existence I use a tempera- 
 ture of 80 degrees as a minimum and 
 100 degrees as a maximum, inclining 
 more to the lower degree in warm 
 weather and the higher in cold weath- 
 er. After the first week I gradually 
 reduce the temperature as chicks in- 
 crease in age and size, having no fixed 
 rule for a certain temperature at a 
 certain age, regulating that by the 
 actions of the chicks, never permitting 
 it, however, to run below 70 degrees. 
 
 In the matter of feeding newly 
 hatched chicks, we find a great di- 
 versity of opinion among those who 
 are eminently successful in raising 
 brooder chicks. All, however, are 
 agreed upon one fact, viz., do not 
 feed chicks after they are hatched un- 
 til they are from forty-eight to sixty 
 hours' old, on account of giving ample 
 time for the yolk of the egg to fully 
 digest, so as not to cause indigestion, 
 resulting in the dreaded bowel trouble. 
 
 No doubt the first feed is very im- 
 portant for depending to a great ex- 
 tent upon the manner in which the 
 chicks receive their start in life de- 
 pends the future growth. At the be- 
 ginning let me caution against over 
 feeding; great care must be exercised 
 in this regard. We must study the 
 habits of the wild fowl in rearing its 
 young and imitate the prudence used 
 by them. They do not overfeed, and 
 use a diversity of feed as well as ex- 
 ercise. Following up this plan after 
 we have omitted our feed for the re- 
 quired time, we begin our feeding. For 
 the first few days I generally use 
 bread crumbs, dry or pin head oat 
 meal, feeding only a small amount 
 each time, and feeding often, about 
 six times per day, when chicks are 
 small. Use great discretion in the 
 amount fed. being careful to feed too 
 little than too much. I do not believe 
 any chicks ever died from not receiv- 
 ing enough feed, where they had any 
 attention given them at all, but count- 
 less numbers have been sent to an 
 untimely grave by over-feeding. After 
 they begin to eat well and are about 
 a week old, I change the diet of food 
 as much as possible, using millet seed, 
 wheat and cracked corn. All through 
 the feeding season I use great precau- 
 tion to require as much exercise as 
 possible, placing their feed in chaff 
 litter or in ground loosely spaded; 
 after a few trials of this the little 
 fellows seem to delight in working for 
 their meal, enjoying the labor in ob- 
 taining it more than the feed itself. 
 , As soon as they are large enough to 
 
enjoy a run, say about a week or ten 
 days' old, they should be placed in a 
 grassy spot where ample opportunity 
 is afforded for obtaining green food. 
 When this cannot be done green food 
 must be supplied with their other ra- 
 tion. Clean water should be supplied 
 at all times and when possible give 
 them boiled milk. Milk curds are also 
 excellent for them. 
 
 The worst enemy we have to con- 
 tend with in our work is bowel trou- 
 ble, and if we can eliminate this we 
 have accomplished considerable pro- 
 gress on our road to success. It is 
 likewise very peculiar in its workings. 
 At times a whole brood will be en- 
 tirely wiped out by its presence, while 
 another lot, with apparently the same 
 care, attention and feed, will scarcely 
 have one afflicted. Various reasons 
 have been assigned for it, and only by 
 a very careful study of these reasons, 
 applying each to our individual case, 
 will we be able to arrive at the correct 
 solution of our own loss. At times it 
 will attack the chicks when scarcely 
 a week old; again it will wait and 
 make its appearance when they are a 
 month old. Reasons for this discrep- 
 ency must be ascertained. To me, sev- 
 eral reasons may be assigned to cause 
 this evil; first, feeding too soon after 
 chicks are hatched, thus crowding 
 food into the stomach before the yolk 
 of the egg has had time to fully digest, 
 causing indigestion resulting in bowel 
 trouble. 
 
 Over-heating or chilling the chicks 
 during the first few weeks of their ex- 
 istence will at once cause an appear- 
 ance of this evil. As to the correct 
 reason for this, I cannot state, but 
 can speak from experience that it will 
 result in that manner. 
 
 Not using proper care for cleanli- 
 ness in feeding or letting filth accumu- 
 late, permitting this to pass into the 
 body of the chick, which can easily 
 be seen, will result injurious. Over- 
 feeding will also cause it, for which 
 the reason can easily be assigned. 
 Whenever an attempt is made to 
 over-crowd the digestive organs of 
 either man or beast, taxing it with 
 more work than it is able to do, it re- 
 volts against the attack, refusing to 
 do its work, causing indigestion to 
 arise, which is the precurser of bowel 
 complaint. Right here we should at- 
 tend strictly to our theory of sufficient 
 exercise. If, perchance, through mis- 
 taken kindness or eagerness for rapid 
 growth and quick development, we 
 over feed, the injurious results may 
 be averted by sufficient exercise. An- 
 other cause assigned as a reason for 
 bowl trouble is breeding from un- 
 healthy or diseased parent stock. I 
 think, however, this is one of the re- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 motest causes of the evil, and if it was 
 the only one we would be troubled 
 with very little of this disease. 
 
 Another evil which we must closely 
 guard against is that of lice. It 
 is advocated by some that it is a 
 cause of bowel trouble. It makes its 
 appearance mostly in warm weather 
 and does not seem to be so prevalent 
 in cold. However, when it once ob- 
 tains a foothold it is very difficult to 
 combat with. We might aptly apply 
 in this instance that old and tried 
 truism that "an ounce of prevention 
 is better than a pound of cure." Seek 
 to prevent is the best way to avoid it. 
 When, however, its appearance is dis- 
 covered to an alarming degree an ef- 
 fort must be immediately made to ex- 
 terminate it. For the large head and 
 body lice I use an application of Per- 
 sian insect powder, dusting the chick 
 thoroughly with it, then place it in 
 a dark place where it will remin quiet 
 for a short time, when numbers of 
 the dead lice will be found where it 
 is standing. For exterminating mites, 
 I always use an application of lard or 
 sweet oil with a few drops of kero- 
 sene added, rubbing it well on the 
 heads and under wings of chicks. This 
 application to be replaced every lew 
 weeks, depending upon the reappear- 
 ance of the enemy. 
 
 On the whole I have detailed to you 
 my plans and ideas for success in 
 rearing brooder chicks. Not all agree 
 with me in my views, others have dif- 
 ferent ways and plans and it is prac- 
 ticed by them with great degree of 
 success; thus we will find things all 
 through human natui'e. We were ere- 
 
 17 
 
 ated and born unlike. No two men 
 think in exactly the same channel, 
 work in exactly the same way, or ac- 
 complish exactly the same results; 
 ideas differ, results differ; you have 
 your plans outlined before you, the 
 method which you wish to pursue; 
 follow it up carefully and if you do 
 not meet with a good measure of suc- 
 cess, change to some other course. 
 Seek if possible the cause of your 
 failure and apply your remedy there. 
 The first and most important duty of 
 a gpod physician is to correctly diag- 
 nose his case and then apply the 
 proper remedy for that malady, re- 
 membering that the same line of 
 treatment works differently of differ- 
 tnt persons. Your neighbor may be 
 accomplishing good results while you 
 are making a failure out of the same 
 plan he is using. Here, again, your 
 iood judgment and discretion is called 
 for and upon its proper use depends 
 your future success as a poultry man. 
 It may require only the least thing to 
 throw success your way; you may 
 have almost reached the goal when 
 you surrender. Therefore, persevere, 
 devise means of success from the study 
 of the plans of others who have been 
 and are successful. What others have 
 done we can all in a measure do, and 
 while we may not reach that high 
 pinacle of fame occupied by some in 
 the line we are pursuing, yet the hon- 
 est, industrious, ambitious exertion of 
 our efforts and best endeavors in that 
 behalf will enable us to reach a high 
 step in the ladder of fame, even it 
 we fall short of the highest. All things 
 are possible to him who learns to 
 labor and to wait. 
 
 — The brick poultry house of W. H. Bushells. of David City. Nebr. 
 prize-winoinfT Orpinetoos. He won 1st and 2nd cock, 1st and 2nd he 
 and 2nd pullet, and 1st pen at Lincoln at state fair. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 sheets and ascertain therefrom the 
 wishes of the exhibitors in each vari- 
 ety; and each variety shall then be 
 judged by the method desired for the 
 largest number of specimens in each 
 variety. 
 
 If in any variety there shall be a 
 tie, or it all the exhibitors in the va- 
 riety shall fail to indicate the method 
 by which they wish the specimen in 
 the variety judged, then the commit- 
 tee on judges shall determine the 
 method by which such variety shall be 
 judged." 
 
 A fust prize liuB Orpiinrton pullet owned liv 
 Mrs. A. Rockhill, Harvard, Nebr. She alsi 
 breeds superior White W.vandottes that win. 
 
 JUDGES AND JUDGING AT THE 
 CHICAGO SHOW. 
 
 The management of the Chicago 
 show have selected to place the awards 
 at their sixth annual meet the follow- 
 ing named gentlemen: 
 
 Mr. W. S. Russell, Ottumwa, la. 
 
 Rev. E. W. Rankin, Cedarville, III 
 
 Mr. M. F. Wurst, East Cleveland, O. 
 
 Mr. A. B. Shaner, Lanark, 111. 
 
 Mr. Thomas E. Rigg, Iowa Falls, la. 
 
 Mrfl Frank W. McKenzie, Concord, 
 Mich. 
 
 Mr. D . T. Heimlich, Jacksonville, 
 III. 
 
 Mr. Charles McClave, New Lon- 
 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: 
 
 "The entry blanks, prepared for ex- 
 hibitors, shall contain a column, mark- 
 ed 'Method of Judging.' 
 
 "Exhibitors shall be requested to In- 
 dicate, in such column, for each spec- 
 imen, the method by which the ex- 
 hibitor desires such specimen shall be 
 judged. 
 
 "As soon as the entries are closed, 
 the secretary shall examine the entry 
 
 To Poultry Investigator: A special 
 meeting of the American Buff Plym- 
 outh Rock club was held in connection 
 with the poultry exhibit at the Pen- 
 American exposition, in the Agricul- 
 tural building, Thursday, October 24, 
 at 2 p. mfl Meeting was called to or- 
 der by the president. Dr. 0. P. Bennett, 
 who made some pleasant remarks on 
 taking the chair. 
 
 The roll call found twenty-one mem- 
 bers present, including the majority 
 of officers and executive committee. 
 
 W. C. Denny made a few remarks 
 on the loss we had sustained by the 
 death of the veteran Buff Rock breed- 
 er, H. S. Burdick, and moved that a 
 committee, consisting of Messrs. Ar- 
 nold, Foster, Shepherd and Benedict, 
 be appointed to draft suitable resolu- 
 tions on the occasion. It was moved 
 that W. C. Denny be added to the 
 committee, and so carried. 
 
 An interesting talk was given by F. 
 C. Shepherd on the great improvement 
 
 made in color, while H. E. Benedict 
 called attention to the defect in color 
 of eye, which, by so many, must be 
 overcome. 
 
 Also interesting remarks by M. F. 
 Delano, C. W. Beman and Eugene 
 Sites. 
 
 The members extended a vote of 
 thanks to W. C. Denny for the man- 
 ner in which he had placed the awards 
 at this exhibit. 
 
 It was then announced that our an- 
 nual meeting would be held in con- 
 nection with the Boston show. 
 
 W. C. DENNY, Secretary. 
 
 THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF 
 
 AMERICAN POULTRY 
 
 JOURNAL. 
 
 The American Poultry Journal of 
 Chicago celebrated its thirty-third an- 
 niversary with its January number, 
 containing over one hundred pages. 
 The commencement of its thirty-third 
 volume is announced with a new cover 
 and contains, as frontispiece. Prank- 
 lane L. Sewell's latest and grandest 
 work — a colored illustration of a pair 
 of Silver Penciled Wyandottes. The 
 American is making an exceptionally 
 strong campaign for subscriptions, and 
 offers prizes of over 1400, including 
 $200 cash prizes, to the agents who 
 send in the largest list of subscrip- 
 tions. They will send, upon request, a 
 sample copy, containing the colored 
 illustrations and also will send in- 
 structions to agents. 
 
 With pleasure we present to our 
 readers an illustration of the Eclipse 
 Bantam. It is the most convenient 
 and successful small Hatcher in use 
 because the Incubator, Brooder, Run 
 and Feed-yard are all combined. They 
 have all the latest improvements, Au- 
 tomatic Egg Tray, and Automatic 
 Ventilation and Moisture supply. Ab- 
 .solutely self-regulatiny. When the 
 
 heat raises above 103, it is taken direct- 
 ly away from the incubator. They 
 are made in three sizes, SO- 100- and 
 200-egg-, and are the lowest in price of 
 any on the market. Be sure to send at 
 once to the Noxall Incubator & Brood- 
 er Co., Quincy, 111., for their 1902 cat- 
 alofjue describing their goods, it is sent 
 free if you mention this paper. Their 
 Noxalls are used by the largest poultry 
 
Clay County, Neb„ Poultry Sho^v, 
 December 10 to 13. 
 
 The Clay County Poultry associa- 
 tion of Clay Center, Neb., held their 
 fifth annual poultry show at Clay Cen- 
 ter, December 10-13. The exhibition 
 was a financial success In every re- 
 spect. The members put up over two 
 hundred dollars in cash and special 
 terms, together with a large list of 
 specialties donated by the fianciers and 
 merchants of Clay Center, and the re- 
 sult was that a very large class of 
 birds were shown, being a larger ex- 
 hibit than any previous and a much 
 better class of birds. There were 
 nearly four hundred and fifty birds 
 besides pigeons and other pet stock. 
 Notwithstanding the cold weather dur- 
 ing the week, the show was well at- 
 tended, the hall being crowded every 
 day except the last. Many birds 
 changed hands and much interest was 
 manifested during the entire show. 
 The display in Buff fowls was as good 
 as could be seen in any show in the 
 country, especially the Buff Cochins 
 shown by Byron Dunn. There was a 
 large display of Buff Rocks shown by 
 Mrs. Flora Shroyer and Mrs Ella Pat- 
 rick, both of Clay Center. There were 
 several specimens that could be justly 
 called solid Buffs and of the right 
 shade. The White Wyandottes shown 
 by Mrs. C. Rockhill of Harvard and 
 Mrs. Detweiler of Clay Center were 
 very fine specimens, scoring as high 
 as 95% points, and justly deserved the 
 score. The number of Plymouth 
 Rock classes were quite large and con- 
 tained many good specimens, especi- 
 ally in pullets and hens. The awards 
 were equally divided among the exhib- 
 itors. The display in geese, ducks and 
 turkeys was better than we have ever 
 seen in any poultry show, and one 
 Mammoth Bronze gobbler weighed 
 forty pounds, after being cooped tor 
 three days at the show. 
 
 The annual meeting of the Clay 
 County Poultry association was held 
 on Thursday night of the week of 
 the show in the office of the Sure 
 Hatch company. Mr. Byron Dunn was 
 again elected president; Mr. J. C. 
 Kapser, vice president; Mrs. Flora 
 Schroyer, secretary, and W. T. East, 
 treasurer. Their show will be held 
 at Clay Center next season, the first 
 full week in January, 1903, and the 
 patrons of the show are sure that next 
 season there will be a much larger 
 show and greater interest taken. The 
 poultry interest is becoming immense, 
 and well it should, as there is no sta- 
 tion in Nebraska where so many eggs 
 are shipped for fancy poultry hatching 
 as from Clay Center. One firm alone 
 shipped over 47,000 eggs for hatching. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The following is a list of awards as 
 given by David Larson of Wahoo, 
 Neb., and L. P. Harris of Clay Cen- 
 ter, Neb. 
 
 B. p. ROCKS. 
 P. J. Sciiwab, 1 first, 2 seconds. 1 
 third. 
 
 J. W. Bidders, Giltner, 1 first, 1 sec- 
 ond, 2 thirds. 
 
 H. B. Louden, 2 seconds, 1 third. 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Schroeder. 1 first, 
 1 third. 
 
 \V. P. ROCKS. 
 
 Pete Dickson, 3 firsts, 1 second. 1 
 third. 
 
 H. H. Johnson, 1 first. 
 
 BUFF P. KOCKS. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shroyer, 2 firsts, 
 4 seconds, 3 thirds. 
 
 Mrs. Ella Patrick, 1 third. 
 
 GOLDEN WYANDOTTKS. 
 
 J. C. Kapser,- 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 3 
 thirds. 
 
 W. J. East, 2 firsts, 3 seconds. 1 third. 
 C. Reutzel, 1 first, 2 thirds. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
 All to Mrs. E. W. Orr. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
 
 Mrs. C. Rockhill, Harvard, 4 firsts, 1 
 second, 1 third. 
 
 Mrs. C. S. Detweiler, 2 seconds. 
 
 S. I.. WYANDOTTES. 
 
 Harry Gordon, Harvard, 1 first, 1 sec- 
 ond, 2 thirds. 
 
 V.E.Shirley, Harvard, 1 first, 2thirds. 
 
 BUFF OKPINGTONS. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Marks, 1 first, 1 second, 2 
 birds. 
 J. A. Ling-, Harvard, 2 firsts, 2 seconds. 
 Mrs. Rockhill, Harvard, 1 second, 1 
 third. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS. 
 
 All to B. H. Dunn. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
 
 All to Mrs, Alice Allen. 
 
 B. LANGSHHNS. 
 
 W. F. Nevins, Fairfield, 2 firsts, 2 
 seconds. 
 
 Mrs. N. W. Johnson, 2 firsts, 2 sec- 
 onds, 4 tiiirds. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 
 
 W. F. Holcomb, 4 firsts, 2 seconds. 
 Mrs. John Grouse, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 
 1 third. 
 
 BUFF LEGHORNS. 
 
 All to Mrs. G. B. Lobb. 
 
 S. AND R. C. B. LEGHORNS. 
 
 All to D. Meyer. 
 
 S. C. W. LEGHORNS. 
 
 All to Johnson & Dargatz. 
 
 W. C. I. GAMES. 
 
 All to J. C. Nauman. 
 
 C. I. GAMES. 
 J. C. Nauman, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 
 thirds. 
 
 C.G.Cottle, Edg:ar, 4 seconds, 2 thirds. 
 
 B. MINORCAS. 
 
 All to Pete Dickson. 
 
 S. S. HAMBURGS. 
 
 All to H. M. Wolford. 
 
 HOUDANS. 
 All to Reuben Kapser. 
 
 G. S. BANTAMS. 
 
 All to W. F. Holcomb. 
 
 B. B. G. BANTAMS. 
 
 All to Judge L. P. Harris. 
 
 M. B. TURKEYS, TOULOUSE GEESE AND 
 PEKIN DUCKS. 
 
 All to A. B. Shroyer and wife. 
 
 W. H. TURKEYS. 
 All to W. J. East. 
 
 MUSCOVA DUCKS. 
 All to B. H. Dunn. 
 
 TEN VARIETIES PIGEONS. 
 
 All to W. F. Holcomb. 
 
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 SWEEPSTAKES. 
 
 A. B. Shroyer — Sure Hatch Incuba- 
 tor g-iven by M. M. Johnson for largest 
 and best display, any variety. 
 
 B. H. Dunn -chair given by F. C. H. 
 Adams for best display one variety, 
 having entered 41 magnificent Buft' 
 Cochins. 
 
 Reuben Kapser — lamp given by F. 
 Stanton for highest scoring pen; also 
 poultry powder given by F. A. Thomp- 
 son for highest scoring hen. 
 
 \V. F. Nevins, Fairfield— carboline- 
 uni given by F. A. Thompson for high- 
 est scoring cock. 
 
 B. H. Dunn— 500 note-heads for high- 
 est scoring cockerel: Mrs. C. Rockhill 
 the 500 envelopes for highest scoring 
 pullet: both given by W. L. Palmer & 
 Son. 
 
 POLK COUNTY POULTRY SHOW. 
 
 During the last week in November 
 the editor visited the little city of 
 Osceola in Nebraska, and found in 
 session in the court house a full fledg- 
 ed poultry show. There were on ex- 
 hibition some four hundred as fine 
 birds as have been seen in local ex- 
 hibits. I noticed among this exhibit 
 was the display of Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks, White Plymouth Rocks and 
 Buff Plymouth Rocks. There were 
 birds in this display that were fit to 
 be shown in any show in the United 
 States. 
 
 The show room was crowded to its 
 fullest capacity during the week and 
 much interest was evinced. 
 
 The enterprise was very satisfactory 
 to all those who had anything to do 
 with its management. 
 
 The following is a list of persons 
 whose stock was on exhibition: 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks were shown 
 by J. W. Matson of Osceola, Neb.; Roy 
 Roseberry of Shelby; W. W. Gierhart, 
 of Osceola. 
 
 Barred Rocks were shown by J. N. 
 Jeffrey, Osceola; Geo. Dunning of 
 Shelby, Neb.; E. J. Brown of Osceola, 
 Neb.; George Dechert of Rising City, 
 Neb. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons were shown by B. 
 P. Scott, Rising City, Neb.; D. R. 
 Leard and H. H. Campbell of Osceola, 
 Neb. 
 
 B. J. Anderson of Stromsburg 
 showed Golden Seabright Bantams, 
 Whitecapped black Polish, Partridge 
 Cochins, Single Combed Brown Leg- 
 horns. 
 
 Ralph Peterson of Stromsburg show- 
 ed Silver Spangled Hamburgs. 
 
 Roy Roseberry of Shelby, Neb., 
 showed Buff Wyandottes and Partridge 
 Wyandottes. 
 
 Mrs. L. E. West of Shelby showed 
 White Wyandottes, as also did J. A. 
 Inks. 
 
 Mrs. W. 0. Johnson of Osceola show- 
 ed Silver Laced Wyandottes, and D. 
 C. Burnes of Osceola showed White 
 Holland Turkeys. 
 
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 Poultry Investigator 
 
 Is published the first of each month at 
 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
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 and every first exhibitor who has 
 never exhibited at the annual mid- 
 winter show. The secretary has also 
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 Co. the donation of the free use of 
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 those who will show for the first time, 
 providing they will notify that com- 
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 Address all communications to 
 
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 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 Reg&rding the St&te Shou' 
 
 Secretary (iurroutte authorizes the 
 following an 111 luncenient: 
 
 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, 
 
 1902 Poultry RsLising. 
 
 Not long since an extensive poultry 
 buyer told me that he was making 
 more money than ever, although he 
 had to cover twice as much territory as 
 he did a year ago to get a carload. It 
 seems to me there is a whole chapter 
 in his little statement for the poultry 
 raisers; it certainly indicates a short- 
 age on marketable poultry. The cold 
 storage packing houses were swamped 
 with consignments of live poultry dur- 
 ing the dry weather and we can not ex- 
 pect any great rise until the packing 
 house goods are used up, unless it 
 might be possible that some long- 
 headed schemers corner the whole bus- 
 iness as they seem to have done with 
 the egg supply. For ray part I do not 
 take much stock in the egg corner 
 question that we read so much about. 
 I look at it as a battle between the sup- 
 ply and demand. The demand is so 
 much greater than the supply, or out- 
 put, that prices necessarily had to run 
 up. The output is very light, as the 
 market reports will show. I mean, the 
 supply of fresh eggs is away below a 
 year ago and I think this shortage of 
 fresh eggs is due to the farmers' mar- 
 keting their hens very 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 
 
 2 cents per pound would mean millions 
 for the poultry raisers. A five cent ad- 
 vance on eggs would mean .several 
 more millions. 
 
 No sir, we don't want prices to run 
 wild; we can get along better veith a 
 steady market. Just a little improve- 
 ment each year will suit us very well. 
 The prices can advance considerably 
 and yet poultry will be cheaper as a 
 food product than pork or beef. To 
 keep the demand leading the supply is 
 what we need and it seems to me the 
 poultry raisers are boss of the situa- 
 tion this coming season. Let us raise 
 some poultry: the young roosters will 
 be worth money by the pound, the early 
 pullets will pull our way with fall and 
 winter eggs, later ones will keep the 
 good work going. The question of feed 
 is not a serious one after all. Corn is 
 high, of course, but wheat is yet a mod- 
 erate price; even though we fed corn 
 exclusively it would not be a serious 
 proposition. Poultry does not melt a 
 corn crib like hogs; a few bushels of 
 cracked corn mixed up with curd cheese, 
 stale bread and sweet milk and a doz- 
 en or two other things, will raise a lot 
 of poultry. A little later on when they 
 can run in the weeds and get bugs and 
 hoppers, they will nearly raise them- 
 selves and by fall they are ready to 
 raise us. This is'no dream either. A 
 good drove of laying hens will buy 
 their own feed and help us buy corn 
 for the hogs. Yours truly, 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
 The Reliable Poultry Journal, Ouin- 
 cy , Ills,, has issued for November, De- 
 cember and January three special color 
 plate editions, containing reproductions 
 of recent oil paintings by the world's 
 greatest poultry artist, Franklane L" 
 Sewell. The November number con- 
 tains a reproduction "of a pair of New 
 York prize-winning White Leghorns; 
 the December number a pair of Chica- 
 go prize winning Plymouth Rocks and 
 the January number a pair of Madison 
 Square Garden prize-winning Part- 
 ridge or Golden Penciled Wyandottes. 
 
 Readers of this paper are invited to 
 send for a sample copy of the R. P. J., 
 containing one of these color-plate 
 reproductions — your choice. Send soon 
 before the surplus copies are exhaust- 
 ed. Fifty thousand copies of each 
 edition were printed, but the demand 
 for them has been extraordinary and 
 they will not last long. This sample 
 copy is free if you will mention this 
 paper. Address Reliable Poultry 
 Journal Publishing Company. Ouincy, 
 111. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 ® V AMONG OURSELVES v ^ 
 
 Perhaps there is no "processioii" &nea tur tiie pullets, and over there 
 that goes more rapidly, and has moved the one tor the old nens. At night 
 
 more rapidiy for a dozen years past, 
 than the one involving the progress of 
 the poultry movement. 
 
 A regular manifesto of evolution! 
 
 He stood gazing over the wires at 
 those white birds, his lower jaw 
 slightly dropping, and a queer, puz- 
 zled look in his eyes. 
 
 "Naw, I ain't in the poultry busi- 
 ness," he said brusquely. "Mother's 
 allers kept chickens, but they don't 
 pay. Alius eatin' their heads offn'd 
 hardly ever layin' Come Thanksgivin' 
 er Christmas er the sewin' 'ciety er 
 anything purticler, mother has me 
 racin' all over the deestrict to find 
 eggs, 'ud I guess the neighbors are 
 about all in the same boat," 
 
 "Well," 1 said, laughing, "next time 
 you get out come to Rose Lawn, and 
 1 guess you won't find the egg basket 
 empty." 
 
 "I 'low yourn don't lay in winter?" 
 
 "Oh, but they do. They have not 
 laid many eggs for six weeks past, be- 
 cause the hens are moulting and the 
 pullets developing into hens. It is al- 
 ways a critical season and a time 
 upon which hinges the winter lay- 
 ing." 
 
 His jaw droped lower. 
 
 "I don't know much about chickens," 
 he confessed, "but I don't s'pose these 
 thoroughbreds o' yourn are any better 
 only for looks than ourn." 
 
 "What kind are yours?" 
 
 "Oh, no kind in purticler — just 
 chickens." 
 
 "Well," I said, " 'just chickens' re- 
 spond to proper treatment and good 
 care, but of course the thoroughbred in 
 the poultry world has the same ad- 
 vantage that the thoroughbred in the 
 horse world has. 'Blood will tell,' you 
 know." 
 
 "What be them things along the 
 fence there?" he inquired, somewhat 
 irrelevantly. 
 
 "Those spikes set in that heavy 
 plank are to stick beets on." 
 
 "Beets! What fur?" 
 
 "Why, you see we raise beets — bush- 
 els of them every year — on purpose to 
 feed the hens. When we give the 
 noon feed we stick one on each of 
 those spikes and for an hour or more, 
 after the other food is cleaned up, they 
 busy themselves picking those beets 
 to pieces and eating them. They are 
 good for ix^em. 
 
 "And here are the hooks we hang 
 the cabbage on. A little high, you 
 see, so the birds will have to jump a 
 little way. And this is the scratching 
 
 we scatter oats in the litter so there 
 will be work for them to do as soon 
 as they are off the perches in the 
 morning. Usually a sheaf of oats or 
 a lew ears of unshelled corn are with- 
 in their reach. In this way they nev- 
 er get too fat and they are well and 
 active. 
 
 "And this is the bo.x of sand they 
 run to for grit. Over there is a heap 
 of broken plastering and coal ashes. 
 Without these they canont lay. 
 
 "Come into the shop and see our 
 new green bone cutter. Cut green 
 bone will make a wooden hen lay." 
 
 Of course our laugh belied our 
 words, but the man never smiled. He 
 just went on gazing and looking queer. 
 
 "Jihis pile of old dishes we pound 
 into bits and deal out as we have time. 
 It is just the thing for hens and they 
 are ravenous for it. 
 
 "At noon we feed boiled oats or 
 make a warm mash of ground feed, 
 table scraps and potato parings. 
 
 "At night we use shelled corn that 
 has been in the oven, or at least near 
 the fire all day. 
 
 "In summer we use no corn; wheat 
 takes its place." 
 
 And so we rattled on, and still the 
 old man was quiet. 
 
 When he did speak he said: 
 
 "Well, I swan!" and that was all. 
 
 We hear rumors, however, that he 
 went nome and tlked it over with 
 mother, and that they are going into 
 the poultry business. There is noth- 
 ing like getting into the procession. 
 
 And he is only one who literally be- 
 lieves that, if he has a duty toward 
 the chicken yard, it is done when he 
 lets them feed around where the hogs 
 eat and roost in the tree tops. 
 
 Winter is fairly here and the fowls 
 should have warm water twice a day. 
 If one wants eggs he must see to it 
 that the hens never chill. 
 
 November is a trying time for the 
 pullets and late moulting hens. Ex- 
 tra food should be given, such as 
 wheat — something new and tempting. 
 This is the time when the green cut 
 bones comes in just right. Meat 
 scraps will do as well. Particular at- 
 tention should be paid to the housing. 
 
 Drafts are pernicious to the half 
 clad or half developed birds, inducing 
 colds that may end in something more 
 serious — possibly roup or consumption. 
 Better the fowls roost in the open than 
 in the draft, but warm houses are 
 what they need and must have. 
 
 Too much attention can hardly be 
 
 21 
 
 paid to details at this time of year, 
 and the successful, experienced fan- 
 cier is not the one who slights the 
 trifles. There is profit in poultry even 
 if one does not half attend to it, but 
 there is more when properly conducted, 
 rhere is the egg money, the broiler 
 money and the occasional sale, at 
 fancy prices, of stock. There is the 
 fertilizer, the feathers and the com- 
 fort. By the comfort we mean the 
 roast chickens, the cnicken pies, the 
 eggs for home consumption and the 
 pleasure one gets out of a handsome 
 range of birds. 
 
 Somebody sings: 
 "I will sing you a song of the vege- 
 table man. 
 For women may search and women 
 
 may plan. 
 And look all day thro' catalogue 
 
 books. 
 And choose these seeds that are just 
 
 for looks; 
 But when they are cooking three 
 
 meals a day, 
 Tis squashes and peas and beans that 
 pay." 
 And so it is. There may be beef and 
 pork and all the rest, but — 
 "When they are cooking three meals 
 
 a day, 
 Then the raising of chicKens will pay." 
 But there is a very serious side to 
 this business. Men and women — poor 
 people — are reading the papers and 
 then embarking in the poultry busi. 
 ness. It seems to them that a fortune 
 is all but waiting to be grasped. It is 
 not so, my friend. It takes capital, 
 time and hard work to make it any 
 sort of a success beyond one's own 
 table supplies. 
 
 We read a letter, printed somewhere, 
 from a young widow to an editor, 
 saying that her husband had just died 
 and left her to earn a living for her- 
 self and 7-months-old child, and she 
 wanted to be advised if she could 
 make a living by going into chickens. 
 Now she may make something 
 worth while after a bit, but it is to be 
 devoutly hoped she has money to live 
 on meanwhile, for it takes a long time 
 to "amount to anything" as a fancier, 
 that is from a money standpoint. 
 
 If one has a living insured while 
 the poultry business is building up it 
 is a good thing to go into. Especial- 
 ly is it a good thing for people who 
 have some land and can raise most of 
 the feed, but where it is constant cash 
 outlay and small returns for two or 
 three years, he or she who is in need 
 of "daily bread" better go slow. 
 
 "To keep pace with the procession 
 
 As it moves along-, you know. 
 You must grasp new notions quickly. 
 
 And as quickly let Ibeni go." 
 
 VELMA CALDWEI<L-MEI,VI1,I,E. 
 
Cerktrai.1 Missouri Association. 
 
 The Central Missouri Poultry asso- 
 ciation closed its third annual exhi- 
 bition at Boonviile, Mo., November 29, 
 after a most successful four days' 
 show. Nearly 500 birds were in the 
 room, and the quality the finest. Judge 
 D. T. Heimlich scored the birds, and, 
 as usual, gave universal satisfaction. 
 He is a "hard cutter." The election 
 of officers for 1902 resulted as follows: 
 H. A. Jewett, Clark's Fork, president; 
 H. C. Duncan, Lamine first vice presi- 
 dent; L. M. Haynie, Nelson, second 
 vice president; Mrs. Charlotte 'Wilker- 
 son, Fayette, third vice president; H. 
 P. Mason, Fayette, secretary and 
 treasurer. The next show will be 
 held in Fayette, date to be chosen 
 later, with the veteran, J. A. Maxwell, 
 as superintendent. The awards were: 
 
 Barred Rocks — Mrs. T. A. Nelson, 
 Bunceton, 1, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 2, 3 
 hen, 1 pen. Mrs. W. L. Scott, Black- 
 water, 3 cockerel. R. A. George, 
 Bunceton, 1 hen, 3 pullet. D. Barnert, 
 Boonviile, 1 pullet. Ed G. Thoma, 
 Booneville, 2 pullet, 3 pen. Mrs. B. 
 F. Doran, Bunceton, 3 cock, 2 cockerel, 
 2 pen. 
 
 Buff Rocks— H. P. Mason, Fayette, 
 Mo., 1 cock, 1 hen, 2 cockerel, 1, 3 
 pullet, 1 pen. Boyd Norris, Fayette, 1 
 cockerel, 2, 3 hen, 3 pen. L. M. Hay- 
 nie, Nelson, 3 cockerel, 2 pullet, 2 
 pen. 
 
 White Rocks — R. A. George, 1, 3 
 cock, 1 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Wm. 
 Johnmeyer, Boonviile, 1, 2 cockerel, 2 
 hen, 2 pullet, 2 pen. G. E. Chambers, 
 Boonviile, 3 cockerel, 3 hen, 3 pen. 
 R. C. Barred and R. C. White Rocks- 
 all to R. A. George. 
 
 Black Langshans — C. G. Miller & 
 Son, Boonviile, 1, 2 hen, 1 cockerel, 
 1 (tie), 2, 3 pullet, 1 pen. H. C. Dun- 
 can, Lamine, 3 hen, 2, 3 cockerel, 1 
 (tie) pullet, 2 pen. 
 
 White Langshans— All to C. G. Mil- 
 ler & Son. 
 
 Light Brahmas— All to L. M. Hay- 
 nie. 
 
 Buff Cochins — Wm. Johnmeyer, 1 
 cockerel, 3 hen, 1 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs. 
 T. A. Nelson, 2 cock, 2 hen. 
 
 White Cochins— All to Wm. John- 
 meyer. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes — All to W. 
 H. Carpenter. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes — All to John, 
 meyer. 
 
 White Wyandottes — Mrs. Grace 
 Viertel, Boonviile, 3 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 
 pullet, 1, 2 hen. 
 
 Rhode Island Reds — All to Miss Isa 
 Holway, New Franklin. 
 
 Red Caps — All to Rudolph Toennes, 
 Boonviile. 
 
 POrjLTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 White Crested Black Polish— All to 
 Mrs. Jesse McMahan, Blackwater. 
 
 Golden Polish— All to Wm. A. 
 Adams, Jr., Booneville. 
 
 Houdans— All to Emil Mueller, 
 Booneville. 
 
 S. S. Hamburgs — All to Rudolph 
 foennes. 
 
 S. C. Brown Leghorns — Wm. John- 
 meyer, 1 cock, 2 cockerel, 1, 2, hen, 3 
 pullet, 2 pen. H. A. Jewett, Clark's 
 I'ork, 1, 3 cockerel, 1, 2 pullet, 1 pen. 
 
 S. C. White and R. C. Brown Leg- 
 horns — All to Wm. Johnmeyer. 
 
 Buff Leghorns — John S. Hughes, 
 Fayette, 1, 2 cock, 1, 2 hen, 3 Uie} 
 pullet, 2 pen. Wm. Johnmeyer, 1, 2 
 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 (tie) pullet, 1 pen. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons — Mrs. W. N. Mar- 
 shall, Lisibon, Mo., 1, 2, 3 cock, 1 cock- 
 erel, 1, 2 hen, 2 3 pullet, 1 pen. Mrs. 
 Grace Viertel, Boonviile, 2 cockerel, 3 
 hen, 1 pullet, 2 pen. 
 
 Buff Cochin Bantams — All to John 
 S. Hughes, Fayette. 
 
 Golden Sebright Bantams — All to 
 Mrs. T. A. Nelson. 
 
 During the great International Live 
 Stock Exhibition at Chicago, Novem- 
 ber 30 to December 7, there was con- 
 siderable talk of the live stock display 
 to be made at the St. Louis world's 
 fair in 1903. It was the general opin- 
 ion of everyone who was at Chicago 
 that they would be there, and hun- 
 dreds of others, insuring for St. Louis 
 the greatest live stock exhibition ever 
 held in the world. An appropriation 
 of $750,000 was asked for, with an 
 assurance of at least $250,000 more, to 
 be contributed by several states, and a 
 number of different stock associations, 
 thus making a fund of one million 
 dollars to be devoted entirely to the 
 live stock exhibit. Of this amount 
 $GD,000 was allotted to the poultry, 
 pigeon and pet stock department. This 
 we feel will enable us to put the larg- 
 est, finest and best exhibit in 
 this line that has ever been shown in 
 the world. Entry fee will be small 
 and premiums large, and we call at- 
 tention to this matter thus early so 
 that every fancier may know that 
 something big will be going on at St. 
 Louis in 1903. 
 
 J. A. LELAND, 
 
 Springfield, 111., Chairman. 
 
 HENRY STEINMESCH, 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 I. K. FELCH, 
 
 Natick, Mass. 
 , L. N. COBBLEDICK, 
 Oakland Cal., and for the Pacific 
 Coast. 
 
 Committee on Poultry, Pigeons and 
 Pet Stock, Louisiana Purchase Expo- 
 sition, St Louis, 1903. 
 
 0. MO. HUN. DRO. 
 
 Breeder of Prize-Wiimng 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 
 
 .Stock for sale at all tiiiii's. E^'^'s in season. 
 
 LBJMOHUIIDRO, Bowling Greeo Jo. 
 
 ROSE COMB BUFF ORPINGTONS 
 
 Black Langshans. Stock and 
 eggs for sale. See winning at Red 
 Oak and Osceola, Iowa. 
 
 Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 
 
 The manufacturer of ihe 
 
 Shaiib Compartment Brooder 
 
 's not offering something' for nothing', 
 but does offer the best brooder in the 
 world for the money. The best is al- 
 ways the cheapest. Illustrated cata- 
 logue. 4cinstam|s. 
 
 M. O. Sherer, 
 Box 19. Louisville, Ohio. 
 
 BARRED PLYMIUTH ROCKS 
 
 WINNERS ^'^^'- -'^*''- 3'^*'^' 1901—194 
 FOB PAIT B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
 Six YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
 Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
 At Osceola. la.. Dec. 3d-6tli, won 1st 
 Cockerel, Ist Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
 Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
 hibition birds for sale. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 Red Oak, - - Iowa 
 
 wUff ^fPtwgtong and Cocbfii8« 
 
 I won more premiums than 
 any other two exhibitors at 
 the Nebraska State Show, 
 igoi. Before buying any- 
 thing write me — it will be a 
 pleasure to give you prices. 
 
 tdaJ. Buehler, %%l%%Vt;k. 
 
 Old Homestead Brooder. 
 
 The best on earth. All your chickens can be 
 saved in the Old Homestead Brooder. 
 Try one. Write for prices. Address 
 
 Old Homtmlead Brooder Co., 
 _i MIddleboro, Mam*.... 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 Cyphers' Catalogue For 1902. 
 
 The new and complete catalogue of 
 the Cyphers Incubator Company for 
 1902 will be ready for mailing- about 
 the ISth of January. This book will 
 consist of 196 pages, 8x12 inches in 
 size, with a handsome embossed cover 
 with gold lettering, and will contain 
 color plate reproductions of the full 
 line of the non-moisture, self-ventilat- 
 ing Cyphers Incubators. It will also 
 contain photographic illustrations of a 
 large number of America's best known 
 and most successful duck, broiler, egg 
 and specialty plants. This new cata- 
 logue weighs fully one pound, and will 
 be sent free to any address in any 
 country for ten cents in stamps or sil- 
 ver to pay cost of delivery. 
 
 A feature of this new catalogue is 
 the department of foreign testimonials 
 telling of the uniformly good work the 
 Cyphers patent-diaphragm, non-mois- 
 ture, self-ventilating incubators are 
 doing "the world around." The sun 
 now never sets on "the Cyphers at 
 work," and the department referred to 
 
 contains numerous reports from per 
 sons dwelling in foreign lands who are 
 using the Cyphers Incubator with grat- 
 ifying success. 
 
 So great has became the foreign de- 
 mand for these American-made incu- 
 bators that the Cyphers Company has 
 found it advisable to take out a trade- 
 mark, which has been registered in 
 every country where a demand for in- 
 cubators exists. This has been done 
 to protect the Company's trade and 
 friends against "pirated" imitations, 
 so that foreign poultrymen may be sure 
 they are buying "tlie genuine Cyphers 
 made in U. S. A." Herewith is shown 
 an imprint of the new Cyphers trade- 
 mark and hereafter this trade-mark 
 will appear in gold and colors ou the 
 front of every Cyphers Incubator man- 
 ufactured by the Cyphers Incubator 
 Company in their new and greatly en- 
 larged factory at Buifalo, N. Y. Note 
 our advertisement, 2 cuts, page 34, this 
 paper. 
 
 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- 
 sociation of Cedar Rapids, la., which 
 holds its seventh annual exhibition 
 at Cedar Rapids on January 13 to -8, 
 1902, wish to call the attention ot 
 poultry fanciers to a few of the spe- 
 cial attractions of their show. The 
 American BufC Rocli club and the 
 American Black Langsham will be 
 two of the special features. 
 
 Theo. Hewes of Trenton, Mo., and 
 J. A. Tucker of Concord, Mich., will 
 judge the poultry; R. J. Finley of 
 Macon, Mo., will judge the hares, and 
 Henry Tieman of Baltimore, Md., will 
 
 judge the pigeons. 
 
 Write tor premium list December 1, 
 1901. Entries close January 4, at 
 midnight. 
 
 E. B. RICHARDS, Sec. 
 
 W. S Russell of Ottumwa, Iowa, 
 writes us that he has a fine lot of 
 Barred Plymouth Rock cocks for sale 
 very reasonable. Mr. Russell breeds 
 as good as there is and furnishes prize 
 winners in many of our best shows. If 
 you want something good, just write 
 him and get prices. See his ad in this 
 paper. 
 
 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- 
 cock and have won for two years in the show 
 room. Prices reasonable. Write your wants. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 ' The kind that win and lay eggs. 
 Satisfaction to all. Ciicular free, 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 
 
 Lock box 500. 
 
 GREAT CROPS OF 
 
 STRAWBERRIES 
 
 AND HOW TO CROW THEM 
 
 Is the title of a Book which 1 as worked 
 a r volution in straw' erry growin?, 
 and C.USED TWO BUi BKRRIES TOOROW WHERE 
 OSiE LITTLE 0,^E grew before. The Muth.r 
 has grown the LARGEST CROPS OF BERRIE 
 EVER PROOlt^EB on an acre. The book 
 explains how VOL (AS 00 THE SAME. It 
 wi 1 be sent to you EREE IE VOL' JlEJiTION 
 THE PAFER \\ WHICH VOl! SAW THIS MTICE. 
 The only scientiticaily developed THOR- 
 Oi;«HBRE» STRAWBERRY FIASITS to be l,ad 
 for spring planting. One of them is 
 w.rth a dozen common scrub plants. ' 
 
 R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Micf, 
 
24 
 
 EGG FOOD.. 
 Make It Yourself. 
 
 E(,'^frs are higli at this time of year. 
 Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
 efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
 cipe for makings the best egg food 
 known. Easily and quickly made. Re- 
 cipe price only 50c; Death To L,ice, 
 15c; Essex Cholera and Condition Pow- 
 der, best on earth, (JO. The 3 for *1.00. 
 
 John J. Kautzmann, 
 
 590 Bergen SI. NewarK, N. J. 
 
 CAPITOLRABBITRY, Augusta, Me, 
 
 I iiin closing out mj' whole stock of Bel- 
 Klaus, over one hundred. 24 prize-winners 
 Included. There are a 1 Hares. 4 Gold 
 Medal Winners. 1 choice Doe of the State 
 Winner of Sweepstakes, prize for' highest 
 SL'orlnj; animal In show: a sliver cup goes 
 Willi her. 
 
 Now Is the time to gather in prize win- 
 ners for winter shows. These prices 
 are reasonable and animals way up. Will 
 Send copy of Pedigrees and Prices. 
 
 H. F- flDRcns, 
 
 Augusta. - - Maine. 
 
 Rules ofthe Cock Pit 
 
 A DCftt little book of pocket hIxo. veil boand Id tooeb Ug- 
 (mmM. CoDtalos ail the pit rules of the UoUed Sutes, CuiMlft, 
 Hftzloo, Oabft. EnKlaud, Belgium aod France. AI»o baa oom- 
 prebeoflre obapters oo Heels, Uaodllnii, Nurslog aod €waj- 
 tblDg nlftUT« to the royal sport of cookiog. 
 
 Bj De. H. p. OLABKa. iDdiaoapoIla, tnd. 
 
 The Recognized Authority. 
 
 PBICE, 26 CENTS. 
 Addreu tha FublUtier of ttiti Papas. 
 
 Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry 
 Investigator one year 
 
 For 25 Oonis. 
 
 Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 Rabicure 
 
 \\/^ 
 
 Give 
 
 Your Breed- 
 ing Does 
 
 During gestation and whi e nursing 
 Iheir young it will enrich the blood 
 Improve the appetite, increase the 
 (low of milk, theieby making I he 
 young strong and healthy. 
 Give RABICURE a trial and you 
 
 will never be without it, SOc a box 
 
 postpaid. 
 
 Vermont Belgian Hare Co., 
 
 Lyndonville, Vt- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 TO CHICAGO EXHIBITORS. 
 What, from the exhibitor's stand- 
 point, goes to make up a successful 
 poultry show? Fair judging by com- 
 petent men, liberal prizes, careful han- 
 dling, intelligent feeding, protection 
 against loss, prompt return of stock, 
 and settlement of prizes. Nothing is 
 quite so irritating to an exhibitor as 
 to have his stock returned in a badly 
 demoralized condition, showing plain- 
 ly that they have been ill treated, 
 with possibly a specimen or two 
 changed, or even missing. If the ex- 
 hibitor will use care in shipping his 
 stock, being particular to give all nec- 
 essary information on coops, remem- 
 bering that the management has thou- 
 sands of specimens to handle in the 
 short space of twenty-four hours, a 
 great deal of unnecessary contusion 
 will be avoided. The Chicago show 
 has adopted a plan that will do away 
 with all "mix-ups" or tampering with 
 fowls. As the birds are removed from 
 the shipping coops they will be band- 
 ed with a sealed leg band marked 
 "Chicago, 1902," bearing the number 
 of coop the fowl will occupy during 
 the show. This number will be used 
 on all show records, including score 
 cards, prize certificates, and premium 
 list, thereby giving every bird some- 
 thing to show that it has been exhib- 
 ited at Chicago, whether judged by 
 comparison, or scored. With this sys- 
 tem how easy it will be to turn to the 
 catalogue at any time and convince 
 any skeptic that a certain bird did 
 so and so. How simple it will be to 
 keep out of the tangle found at every 
 show when a fowl becomes misplaced, 
 and what a relief to know that each 
 and every specimen is in the hands of 
 its rightful owner when it leaves the 
 room. Locked coops give you a false 
 sense of security, but any attempt to 
 remove an unhanded bird will open up 
 an investigation that will prove disas- 
 trous to wrongdoers. With such able 
 men as Mr. C. M. Davidson in charge 
 of poultry, Mr. Wm. Plaehn, pigeons, 
 and Mr. J. C. Knapp, pet stocks, ex- 
 hibitors may rest assured that their 
 stock will be fed and cared for care- 
 fuly and intelligently. If you intend 
 to show, put Chicago at the head of 
 your list; if you don't intend to show, 
 change your mind, and come to Chi- 
 cago — you'll not regret it. Chicago 
 will have the greatest show in the land 
 this year without the slightest doubt, 
 and it will be to your advantage to 
 come. Don't forget the date, January 
 20 to 25, inclusive. Exhibits will be 
 received the 19th and 20th, positively 
 not later. C. A. DAMON, 
 
 General Superintendent. 
 
 Havo you ao»n II? 
 
 The Fanciers' World 
 
 Anierlca'H leading publi'/atlon for fanciers. 
 Special deuartments for do^'s. cats, pigeons, 
 h ires, poultry, etc. :t2 pages. Profusely 
 illustrated, per year. ,'iO cents. Sampiecopy 
 free. 
 
 The Fanciers' World 
 
 F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III. 
 
 Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? 
 
 Make your Own! 1 can send you formu- 
 las for all kiniis of stock and pnultry 
 food.s. Here are a few; Chick food .3.5e; 
 egg food. 3oc; poultry condition powder. 
 4nc; stock condition powder. 3oc: hog con- 
 dlilon powder. HOc. Write for others. 
 
 A. W. Collitis, 
 630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la. 
 
 BARRED P. ROCKS 
 
 Pure Thompson's Ringlets ^ 
 
 40 ex p I fine C'kla. for sale, with score 
 CHrdsalsn. 25 Extra^ Fir\e M. Bronze 
 TvjrkeyToms I!*"! lialcli. wt-ighing up^ 
 wards 2ti lbs. Write f'^r prices 
 
 C. M. HULBURT, Falrbury, Neb. 
 
 Mrs. A. P. Rogers, 
 
 of Bowling Green. Mo.. 
 Has first-class stock of Barred P. 
 
 Rocks. See ad in February 
 
 number 1902. 
 For bargains, write quick. 
 
 For Sale.... 
 
 200 Fine Black Langshans. 200 
 Some of the best I ever raised. 
 Address 
 
 Ber\. S- Myers, 
 
 Crs\vfordsvitle, Ind. 
 
 SilQUEEN CITY*^ 
 
 BUSINESS COLLEGE. 
 
 One of the leading schools of the west. 
 Larg-e attendance. Great demand for 
 its jrraduates. Expenses low. Address 
 
 H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 
 
 Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 White Wyandottes 
 
 I never have failed to win in 
 largest shows. Birds score from 
 90 to 95 >i. 
 
 C. ROCKHILL, 
 
 Harvard, Nebraska. 
 
It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
 try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
 say nothing- of a larye flock on a poul- 
 try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
 trained 
 
 Fox Terrier Dog. 
 
 Our dogs are taught to parole the 
 place night and day. Write, Nevada 
 Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
 
 W^'andottes. 
 
 Stock from high scoring birds and 
 winners wherever shown. Prices right 
 Send your wants. 
 
 KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Notice!. 
 
 I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls. 
 at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- 
 den Seabright Bantams from $1 to $2 
 each. Will exchange fancy pigeons 
 for any kind of standard bred poultry. 
 
 W.F.HOLCOMB, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
 
 Young stock for sale. Gobs weigh 
 from 20 to 27 pounds. Price, $3.5U 
 each. My stock is as good as the best. 
 
 J. P. Schroeder, "'"'H^Srilk.,. 
 
 You Can Buy Eggs 
 
 From my Prize Winning White Wy- 
 andottes balance of this season at $1 .50 
 per 15. See April Golden Egg, p. 31. 
 
 GRANT MOTT, 
 Box A-2i). Austin. Minn- 
 
 My Buff Rocks 
 
 Won at Madison Square Garden this 
 season; at Boston and other great 
 shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
 for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
 record. 
 
 MILES H. LOLER, 
 Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y. 
 
 Dogfs! : : : Dog:s! 
 
 I have a litter of fine Pups from a 
 large Bitch. >> St. Bernard and '2 New- 
 foundland, bred to a great Dane. 
 
 These pups make the best of watch 
 dogs for farm or poultrv plant. Male 
 pups $.") each. D. W." GRANT, 
 
 Alniena, Kans. 
 
 Now Ready..^^ 
 
 Young stock for sale at the Golden 
 Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
 erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
 Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
 dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
 from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
 of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
 R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a 
 bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
 tion of stock. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BELMONT, WIS. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 THE GREAT CHICAGO SHOW. 
 
 Present indications are that the 
 coming Chicago show will be the big- 
 gest poultry gathering the National 
 Fanciers' association has ever experi- 
 enced. No reader of this paper who 
 wants to stand in the front ranks as 
 a breeder of fine fowls should think 
 of passing this show, but make it a 
 point to be there with the best his 
 yards contain, and secure a record on 
 his bird that will be world wide. 
 With a third more floor space in the 
 recently completed annex to the Col- 
 iseum building, the association will 
 have ample accommodations for the 
 increased display that will be seeking 
 honors. 
 
 C. A. Damon will serve the interests 
 of both exhibitor and association as 
 president. The gentleman is too well 
 known in the show room as a success- 
 ful breeder o£ fine fowls to need any 
 introduction to the fraternity. How 
 ever, to the prospective exhibitor it 
 should be told that he is known among 
 his associates to possess strong ex- 
 ecutive ability, originality and hon- 
 esty of purpose in everything under- 
 taken. Having these qualities, coupled 
 with untiring energy, his superintend- 
 entship should assist materially in 
 making the next Chicago show a 
 hummer. The method of judging 
 adopted by the management is, as a 
 journal states editorially, "A unique 
 one to satisfy exhibitors in the plac- 
 ing of awards, and there is no doubt 
 but it will be appreciated." 
 
 The plan is simply to allow the ex- 
 hibitor to decide how the variety in 
 which he has specimens entered in for 
 competition should be judged, each 
 bird to county a vote, a majority In 
 each variety to rule. This method will 
 no doubt breed a few kickers, but with 
 the truth before us that every pro- 
 gressive step in the world's past his- 
 tory has had to convert numerous 
 fault-finders, there need be no fear 
 that this system of judging the Chi- 
 cago show will prove disastrous. The 
 fact is that breeders throughout the 
 middle west in particular are pretty 
 evenly divided for, and against the 
 score card, and where you may find 
 exhibitors in one variety strongly in 
 favor of the score card,, you will find 
 a majority of the breeders exhibiting 
 another variety radically opposed to 
 it. Anyhow, the method of judging 
 the next Chicago show is in the 
 hands of the exhibitor, hence, do not 
 forget to express your preference 
 when making entries. 
 
 Vermont Belgian Hare company will 
 furnish to all breeders free Hutch rec- 
 ord cards and all they ask Is for 
 stamps to pay postage on the same. 
 
 25 
 
 MAMMOTH BRONZE 
 TURKEYS.^-^ 
 
 That score from !)4 to ^1%; Barred 
 Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co- 
 chins, score from 87 to 9^%; Pekin 
 Ducks that have won hundreds of 
 premiums, have been sold to all 
 parts of America and Europe. 
 Chester White Swine 
 
 Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, ill. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Our Wyandottes never have failed 
 to win in the best company. Young 
 stock for sale. 
 
 J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center.Neb. 
 
 They Are Going.. 
 
 Prize winners and reliable breeders at 
 half price to make room. 
 
 Partridge Cochins, B. B. R. 
 
 Game Bantams, Buff 
 
 Plymouth Roclcs. 
 
 Send for Catalogue. 
 
 L. A. NOFTZGER, 
 
 Oaklyn Place. N. Maachester, lad. 
 
 Olentangy : : : 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Delaware, : : : : Ollio. 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish 
 Indian Games, Buff Cochin Bant- 
 ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs 
 $2 00 per 15. Send for circular 
 
 GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 
 
 WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS -. 
 
 In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled. 
 Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell. 
 Eggs in season. 
 
 W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 WHITE POULTRY 
 
 Holland Turkeys. Embden Geese Indian 
 Geese, Rose Comb Leehorns. Plyniouth 
 Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored 
 Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock 
 winners or bred from winners and as repre- 
 sented. Southdown Sheep, Birksbire Swine 
 
 J. A. LELAND, 
 
 Woodside Farm, 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 
 
26 
 
 MY MAMMOTH 
 EKIN DUCKS 
 
 hi'LliriL' ihfir ( 
 
 III! 
 
 lU'll. 
 
 Ihf 
 
 nliiKli. 
 fsi honors iit Great. St. Luuls Fair and 
 Poultry Show; also In tlie liands of niy 
 custoniera. A few elesranl Ituir Ko.\ at 
 balf real value. 
 
 OTTO STOECKER. Box 18. Manchester. Mo 
 
 PEKINS 
 
 U.\LLOCK STRAIN. 
 
 Will soil a few choice drakes and 
 d ucks, $1 each. Orders for eggs booked 
 now. 
 
 Belgian Hares 
 
 I'edisreed. leading- strains. .V grand 
 Idl of yoim^'siers sired l)y a i)5',i-point 
 buck. Bred Goes always on hand. 
 UdOklet on the indn-.Iry for stamp. 
 
 Stephani Poultry Co. 
 
 Belleville, Illinois. 
 
 Clubbing List 
 
 By taking the advantage of the 
 following combinations you can 
 get two papers often at the price 
 of one. Look at these offers: 
 
 Price with 
 
 Poultry 
 
 Regular Invi.sti- 
 
 price g-ator. 
 
 Poultry Tribune .50c SOc 
 
 Poultry Herald 50c 50c 
 
 Poultry Gem 25c S.^c 
 
 Commercial Poultry 50c 50c 
 
 Western Poultry News... 25c 25c 
 
 Poultry Success SOc 40c 
 
 Poultry Topics 25c 2,5c 
 
 Poultry Gazette 25c 25c 
 
 Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc 
 
 Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 
 
 American Poultryjournal SOc .50c 
 
 Feather 50c 50c 
 
 Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00 
 
 ..Just Think of It.. 
 
 Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 
 
 Any SOc paper yon choose above. . .50 
 The Poultry Investigator 25 
 
 Total $1.75 
 
 We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
 Address, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice— We do not send samples of 
 other papers. 
 
 SURE SEK -X-IIE 100« 
 
 Noxall incubator 
 
 Our oftUlogue 
 i foultry diicftsc. ^0. for poa- 
 
 cubatok* Co., Qnlncy, 111. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 SCORING THE KEEPER. 
 
 We read and write pages and pages 
 of feathered literature about fancy 
 birds and how to score and how to 
 mate them for way up there blue rib- 
 bon catchers. 
 
 There is a chance for running a 
 score card on the keepers of poultry 
 or in fact anything else. It is not 
 the fancy poultry that furnishes the 
 millions of commercial wealth, but it 
 is the rustling, bustling old farm 
 biddy. It does not make any difference 
 whether her plumage will bear inspec- 
 tion for a fancy Rock or Cochin or 
 anything of that sort, but will her nest 
 bear inspection every day at egg hunt- 
 ing time. Well, here comes the point, 
 some hens lay well, others do not, 
 and when the bosses of the farm poul- 
 try, viz., the old ladies, meet at some 
 carpet-rag sewing, or birthday party, 
 the subject of "hen luck" comes up. 
 You know how the story goes. Mrs. 
 A. tells the others how poor her hens 
 do, like this; "0, dear me, such bad 
 luck; they simply don't amount to 
 anything. We have seventy-five or 
 more and only get two or three eggs 
 and every once in a while one dies." 
 Say, readers, did you ever read such 
 a story; did you ever se§ such a 
 flock of chickens? I have. Is the 
 trouble luck or the chickens, or the 
 keeper. I'll tell you — score the chick- 
 ens, and then the keeper and I will 
 guarantee the chickens will out-score 
 the keeper 110 points, and the lice 
 will eat up the chickens and "luck" 
 both. 
 
 Then Mrs. B. spealcs up in a some- 
 what prompted tone and says some- 
 thing to this effect: "Why, it's too 
 bad, Mrs. A. Our chickens are doing 
 so well we get lots of eggs; the hens 
 have red combs and go around sing- 
 ing and seem cheerful." Well, now, 
 readers, compare in your own minds 
 the difference in the way the fowls 
 are fed, watered and looked after, and 
 the whole secret will be as open day- 
 light. Don't always look at the feath- 
 ers, but look at the nest. Don't ex- 
 pect the hen to do all. Do some your- 
 self. It is not generally ignorance, 
 but genuine neglect that makes fail- 
 ures. Now is a good time to care for 
 the flock In winter, when you are not 
 so busy. Get an Incubator and be 
 happy. 
 
 By the way, Mr. Incubator Man, I 
 expect to get another machine this 
 year and if you want to send a cata- 
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 JAMES PEARSON. 
 
 Germantown, Neb. 
 
 Fairbury, 
 Nebraska 
 
 1 ("halk White Wyandottes 
 Breeder of A .Mamniulh Light Brahmas 
 I Butr Orpingtons. 
 
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 1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
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 White . . 
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 Exclusively 
 
 Eggs from 
 stock scor- 
 ing from 90 
 to 95 points, 
 $1.50 per 15; 
 S2.7S per 30; 
 this season 
 only. Some 
 
 f good Ckls. for sale with score 
 f cards by Ben S. Myers. 
 
 J All Stock Farm Raised. 
 
 i MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
 i Rock Port, MIsaourl 
 
Northeast Missouri Poultry Show 
 
 held at Bowlirvg Greerv, Mo., 
 
 December 3-6, 1901. 
 
 BARRED P. ROCKS. 
 
 J. R. Lampson, Mexico, Mo., — 1st on 
 cock; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st 
 and 2nd on hen; l.st on pullet; 1st on 
 pen; Also $25 cash on best pen B P. 
 Rocks. 
 
 J. R. Dayball, St. Louis— 2nd on pul- 
 let; 2nd on pen. 
 
 Jas. D. Clarkson, Ballwin, Mo. — 2nd 
 on cock. 
 
 Mrs. L. Neville, Frankford, Mo. — 3rd 
 on cock. 
 
 Miss Jennie Feiry, Elsberry, Mo.— 
 3rd on hen; 3rd on pen. 
 
 F. B. Schlotter, Keokuk, la.— 3rd on 
 pullet. 
 
 W. P. KOCK.S. 
 
 E. B. Omohundro, Bowling^ Green, 
 Mo. — 1st on cock; 1st and 3rd on cock- 
 erel; .1st on pen. Also $10 special on 
 best cock, cockerel, 2 hens and 2 pullets. 
 
 Doc Holcomb, Bowling- Green, Mo. 
 2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pullet; 2nd 
 on pen. 
 
 R. 0. Lawry, Bowling Green, Mo. — 
 3rd on cock; 3rd on pullet. 
 
 J. A. Douglass, Ferg-uson, Mo. — 1st 
 on pullet; 2nd on cock; 3rd on pen. 
 
 John Kemper, Troy. Mo. -1st onhen; 
 2d on cockerel. 
 
 BUFF P. ROCK.S. 
 
 L. T. Sanderson, Bowling Green, — 
 1st on cock; 1st on cockerel; 1st on hen; 
 2nd on pullet; 1st on pen. Also $10 
 cash special on best pen in Buff vari- 
 eties and $10 Butt' Rock special on best 
 cock, cockerel, hen and pallet. 
 
 B. E. Johnson, Kirkwood, — 2nd on 
 cock; 2nd and 3rd on cockerel; 1st on 
 pullet; 2nd on pen. 
 
 J. S. Fitzgerrell, Bowling Green, — 
 2nd and third on hen; 3rd on pen. 
 
 WHITE \VY.\NDOTTE.S. 
 
 W. R. Purnell, Bowling Green, — 1st 
 and 2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 2nd on 
 pullet; 1st on pen. $10 cash special on 
 best pen in white varieties. 
 
 John A. Shaw, McKitterick, — 1st and 
 3rd on pullet; 2nd and 3rd on hen; 2nd 
 on pen. 
 
 Mrs. Eva White, CjTene, — 3rd on 
 cockerel. 
 
 S. I,. WYANDOTTES. 
 
 John A. Shaw, McKittrick, — 1st on 
 cock; 3rd on cockerel; 3rd on pullet; 
 1st on pen. 
 
 Mrs. Maggie R. Appleton, Bowling 
 Green, — 2nd on cockerel. 
 
 Henry T. Reed, Camp Point, 111.— 1st 
 on hen; 3rd on pen. 
 
 Mrs. L. Neville, Frankford, — 2nd on 
 hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
 
 John A. Shaw, — 1st on cock; 1st and 
 2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st, 2nd 
 and 3rd on pullet; 1st and 2nd on pen. 
 
 GOLDEN WYANDOTTES. 
 
 John A. Shaw, — 1st on cockerel; 1st, 
 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on pen. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
 
 Mrs. Nathan Newby, Bowling Green, 
 — 2nd on cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st and 
 2nd on pullet; 2nd on pen. 
 
 Henry T. Reed — 1st on cockerel; 2nd 
 on hen; 1st on pen; $10 cash special on 
 best pen in Parti-Colored varieties. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS. 
 
 Otho N. Gay, Camp Point, 111.— 1st 
 and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet. 
 
 WHITE COCHINS 
 
 T. H. Sebastian, St. Louis,— 1st on 
 cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st and 2nd 
 on pullet; 1st on pen. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 BL.^CK LANGSHANS. 
 
 L. E. Meyer, Bowling Green, — 2nd 
 and 3rd on cock; 2nd on cockerel; 2nd 
 and 3rd on hen; 2nd on pen. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Tinsley, Edgewood,— 1st 
 and 2nd on pullet; 3rd on pen. t;2.50 
 special on best pullet. 
 
 John Hettich, Bowling Green— 1st on 
 cock; 1st and 3rd on cockerel; 1st hen; 
 3rd on pullet: 1st on pen; $2.50 special 
 on each cock, cockerel and hen. Also 
 Silver Cup offered by American Lang- 
 shan Club on best pen. 
 
 BUFF LEGHORNS. 
 
 Mrs. L. Neville— 1st on cockerel; 1st 
 on hen; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st on 
 pen. 
 
 Stephen Pollard, Bowling Green,— 
 2nd on cockerel; Istonpullet; 2ndpen. 
 
 R. C. W. LEGHORNS. 
 
 Charlie Gibbs, Bowling Green, -1st 
 on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen. 
 
 S. C. \V. LEGHORNS. 
 
 John Lovell, Bowling Green,— 1st on 
 cockerel; 1st, 2nd and 3rd on hen. 
 
 S. C. B. LEGHORNS. 
 
 J. D. Clarkson, Ballwin,— 2nd onhen. 
 Ogre Poultry Yards, Thompson,— 
 
 1st on cockerel. 
 V. S.Smith, Bowling Green,— 1st and 
 
 third on pullet. 
 
 BLACK MINORCAS. 
 
 C. S. Huckstep. Elsberry, -1st on 
 cockerel; 1st on hen; 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
 on pullet; 1st on pen. 
 
 HOUDANS. 
 
 J. C. Huckstep, Bowling Green,— 1st 
 on cock; 1st on cockerel; 1st and 2nd on 
 hen; 1st and 2nd on pullet; 1st on pen. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Mrs. R. L. Pollact, Bowling Green, 
 1st on pullet; 2nd on pen. 
 
 Dodge Bros., Louisiana,- 2nd on 
 cockerel; 3rd on pen. 
 
 J. J. Peay, Bowling Green, — 1st on 
 hen; 3rd on cockerel. 
 
 Henry Woether, Barrett Station— 1st 
 on cockerel; 2nd and 3rd on pullet; 1st 
 on pen. 
 
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 BUFF COCHIN BANTAMS. 
 
 Zumo Debertshauser -1st on cocker- 
 el; 2nd on hen. Z 1 
 
 Otho N. Gay, Camp Point, 111.— 1st 
 on cock: 1st on hen. 
 
 WHITE BOOTED BANTAMS. 
 Dodge Bros., Louisiana —1st on cock; 
 1st on cockerel: 1st' on^hen; 1st pullet. 
 
 S. S. HAMBURGS. 
 
 Deyo Hendrick, Bowling Green, — 1st 
 on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen;;lst pullet; 
 1st on pen. 
 
 C. I. GAMES. 
 
 Joe F. Strauss, Bowling Green,— 1st 
 on cock; 1st 2nd and 3rd on hens. 
 
 M. B. TURKEY. 
 
 Mrs. M. R. Appleton. Bowling Green, 
 - 1st on cock; 1st and 2nd on hen; 1st 
 on pen. 
 
 Miss Jennie Ferro, Elsberry; 2nd on 
 cock; 3rd on hen. 
 
 WHITE PEKIN DUCKS. 
 
 Vest Omohundro, Bowling Green, — 
 1st and 3rd on best pair. 
 
 Mrs. Eva White, Cyrene, — 2nd pair. 
 
 WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS. 
 
 R. H. Thompson, Bowling Green,— 
 1st, second and 3rd "on best pair. 
 
 Maplewood, Mo., March 18, 1900. 
 W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo. 
 
 Dear Sir: — The sample order of 
 chick feed I bought of you sometime 
 ago has been fed with the very best 
 results. You have beyond a doubt, the 
 very best feed for little chicks ever put 
 on the market— it is a wonder. I feed 
 them your feed all the time and they 
 never tire of it, eating up clean all that 
 is given them. As I cannot be without 
 it, send me another order like the last. 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 W. Clement. 
 
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 Winter La-yers 
 
 Now that winter is again with us, 
 we are so frequently aslied what re- 
 sults we get from our pullets as win- 
 ter layers and what breed of poultry 
 have we found to give the most eggs 
 in winter, and don't we find a serious 
 objection to the large single comb of 
 the Leghorn and the Minorca. 
 
 We have had Leghorns for many 
 years, but our experience with the 
 Alinorca was only for a few seasons. 
 We would not object to the Minorca 
 on account of large comb and would 
 as soon keep them in a cold climate 
 as any breed, so far as comb is con- 
 cerned. 
 
 Our aim has always been to im- 
 prove any breed of poultry we han- 
 dled. To do so we found that we 
 must study summer and winter care, 
 the food that would give best results, 
 not feeding the same during heat of 
 summer that we would feed in zero 
 weather in winter. We have found 
 corn and meat to be necessary as a 
 heat producing food for poultry in 
 winter. The writer does not mean 
 this alone, but as a last meal at night 
 corn is excellent. We have used 
 cracked corn for the reason that 
 coarse cracked corn cannot be eaten 
 as quickly. We have noticed fowls 
 gorge themselves on corn, as is the 
 case with mashes, but mash, being a 
 softer food, it is not as likely to pack 
 a crop as harder substances that will 
 swell, as does corn and wheat. For 
 this reason some acquaintances cook 
 all the wheat and corn, swelling it to 
 its uttermost. We have tried feed- 
 ing in that way, but do not like it as 
 all hard grain or all soft food is not 
 the thing for poultry, and we are 
 much better satisfied to feed the grain 
 in a litter of straw and have the fowls 
 scratch for it, and if fed on the ground 
 it takes a longer time to pick the 
 grain up. To let a chicken stuff all 
 it will eat and then stand off in a 
 corner, especially if fed corn, it will 
 get too fat to be a profitable egg pro- 
 ducer. The active pullet that gets 
 plenty of food but not enougu so as 
 to be indolent, is the most profitable 
 egg producer. It is the nature of most 
 breeds of poultry to work, and one 
 can notice the chickens picking the 
 fine gravel and often it is too fine to 
 be grit. Dirt and mud is often taken 
 Into the crop. Where the chickens 
 are kept in unclean houses or runs this 
 ground is unhealthy, especially when 
 picked up and eaten. It one watches 
 chickens they will notice them doing 
 this very thing. 
 
 In winter, when there is snow and 
 Ice on the ground, we have noticed 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 the pullets when a place was cleaned 
 or the snow shoveled off south of the 
 houses and the pullets allowed to go 
 out. Most of them will eat snow and 
 ice until one would think it would 
 make them sick, which it has dont 
 sometimes, causing bowel trouble. 
 
 In a climate where snow stays on 
 the ground so long it is hard on the 
 birds to keep them housed so long 
 and unless it is to cold when the sun 
 shines bright we have the snow shov- 
 eled away, the ground swept, and 
 throw down some straw. We see to 
 it that the fowls go in their houses 
 about four o'clock In the afternoon. 
 One can get them in when taking the 
 feed in their shed or house. 
 
 Scratching sheds built onto every 
 house so as to be opened or closed are 
 very desirable. Wire such as is used 
 on a fence can be had to enclose the 
 front; a small door to let the birds 
 out, but two large doors with a win- 
 dow, these closed when the weather is 
 very cold, make the ideal scratching 
 shed. 
 
 The beginner as a rule crowds the 
 birds, and that is one of the greatest 
 causes of failure. To have eggs in 
 winter one should have the hens to- 
 gether, and the pullets separated from 
 the hens in nouses and run by them- 
 selves. Then hens or older pullets 
 will impose on the younger birds, and 
 the pullet thus imposed upon, even 
 though a naturally thrifty bird and 
 good layer, will not do iialf as well as 
 it would where it did not fear being 
 abused when it moved, as a boss will 
 take advantage of timid bird, whip- 
 ping and abusing it at every opportu- 
 nity. 
 
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 BROODERS 
 
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 Brooders for $5.00. 
 
 Send for Circulars and Price 
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 THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER. 
 
 Box 13. St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 
 
 CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 
 
 ItreediT of Light Itrahnias l:lxrlusheiy. 
 
 Mv birds ;ire heavy weight tine markings, 
 .■lose feathered. Kggs. J2.0O for 15; $:i.50 for :iO 
 t'hoice birds, old and young, for sale. Write 
 your wants. No circulars. 
 
 Chicks thrive best on a balanced 
 
 feed of meaty, cereal and 
 
 grain element. That's 
 
 STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. 
 
 It isn't a medicine, but a health 
 and strength builder. It prevents 
 most of the diseases that kill chicks. 
 Carefullj' compounded from re- 
 sults of expert experimenting and 
 study. 
 
 Price, at Dealers: 
 
 lib. pkg 10c. .'iOlb. bag..S2.25 
 
 S lb. pkg .Sue. 100 lb. bag. .$.3..')0 
 
 Star Incubator Co., 
 
 12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J- 
 Star Specifics 
 
 Is guaranteed to cure. 
 
 No 1. Cholera In old No .5, For Inactive 
 Fowls. Males. 
 
 No 3 Same, for chicks No 6. For Indigestion 
 
 No 3 Egg Food and No 7. Food for Small 
 Tonic. Chicks. 
 
 No 4. For Cold and No 8. Disinfect In- 
 Oroup. sect Powder. 
 
Chick Feed. 
 
 Extra Quality. 
 
 We are putting up the best dry feed ou the 
 market to-day. It is especially prepared for 
 the rearing of young chicks from the tluie 
 they were hatch' d until eight weeks old. 
 
 We want reliable agents in all parts of the 
 United States. The teed is all right and 
 when once tried is always used. Sample by 
 mall 4c. Circulars free. 
 
 Steinmesch & Co., 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Ilefcrence: Fdilor this p;iper. 
 
 Utility Poultry Farm 
 
 Are you looking' for something^ fine 
 in the way of White and Barred Ply- 
 mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas & White 
 Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al- 
 so Games and Leghorns. 
 
 H S. FULTON &CO, 
 
 Lock Box 24 StewartstowM, Pa. 
 
 High Scoring Pen of 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 Une Cockerel, score Se"-!. weight 9 lbs.; two 
 pullets, score 97. weight 7 lbs.; three pullets, 
 score 9654- weight BH lbs.; four pullets, score 
 96!4, weight 6^4. 7 7, 71bs.:two pullets, score 
 96, weight 614, 7 pounds. 
 
 Eggs from the abi ve pen. S3 i per 15. Oth- 
 er breeding stock for sale. .Tudge J. W. Wall 
 iays, this is the best lot of White Plymouth 
 Eocks he has scored this year. 
 REUBEN HI ATT, Lees Summit, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ed, will never thrive or do as well as 
 when kindness is used toward it and 
 it has its freedom. 
 
 We try to grade our stock and pro- 
 vide good comfortable quarters for the 
 pullets we expect to lay during the 
 cold months. 
 
 The hens moult their feathers and 
 often begin laying with or at the 
 same time the pullets begin. Thus it 
 will be seen that all stock kept during 
 winter should be given the best pos- 
 sible care, for eggs pay a good profit 
 and it is our aim to always keep the 
 best layers of any breed we handle. 
 
 We select the next season's breed- 
 ing stock early in the fall, that is we 
 dispose of those we do not want to 
 winter over early, so that any birds 
 we have on hand when winter comes 
 we consider are worth keeping, and 
 if we do not sell those we would not 
 be losing. A good layer, whether it be 
 a hen or pullet, is well worth keep- 
 ing. 
 
 To sell extra good breeding stock 
 and run short of eggs for hatching in 
 the spring is not advisable. 
 
 We have known breeders, because 
 offei-ed an extra good price, to sell off 
 the breeding stock so close as to hard- 
 ly get young stock enough for the next 
 season. They were not in a position 
 to sell eggs for hatching and had so 
 few birds in the fall that as a business 
 it could not be called a success. When 
 one advertises and establishes a ^lusi- 
 ness it is important to be fixed so one 
 can fill most of the orders. 
 
 CORA RICKARDS. 
 Ogden, Utah. 
 
 29 
 
 The Michigan ^|| 
 Poultrymaii... % 
 
 MAMMOTH STRAIN 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS 
 
 . . . as bred by . . . . 
 
 H. T. RODGERS, Caiasville, Mo. 
 
 Are great prize 
 
 winners again 
 
 At the recent Cainsville. Mo. Show, against 
 birds that have since won at St. Louis and 
 other large shows, we niaae a r»-niarkabie 
 record which proves theMAMMOTH STRAIN 
 is as good a^ the best. 
 
 1st on Cock. 1st on Hen, 1st, 2d and 3d on 
 Pullets, Cockerels and pens; also every 
 special including the grand prize over all. 
 
 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Our stock is first.class. We have some year- 
 ling stock and young stock for sale. Prices 
 reasonable. 
 
 P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr, 
 
 Only Exclusive Poultry 
 Paper in Michigan 
 
 All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
 ube to its pages. Expert poultry- 
 men will give its readers free 
 such information as they 
 may ask for. 
 
 All. the news of th3 poultry world. W II 
 illustrated. 
 
 For a short time you can get this pa- 
 per one year for 15c. Send postal for 
 sample. 
 
 Michiga^n Po\iltryma.n, 
 
 Ithaca^, Mich. 
 
 DOG ADOPTS YOUNG CHICKENS. 
 
 A curious case is reported from the 
 upper end of the city. This is noth- 
 ing more than the adoption of a flock 
 of motherless chickens by a dog. The 
 canine follows the chicks about 
 closely everywhere they go and when- 
 ever anyone approaches shows fight 
 at once. The animal belongs to a 
 family living near the Rock Island 
 roundhout,ie ' and the strange occur- 
 ence has created a good deal of in- 
 terest. 
 
 The dog was first noticed following 
 the chicks about and a short time 
 later was seen to lie down, whereat 
 the chicks snuggled close to the body 
 of their protector and were kept 
 warm. A curious spectator, who wit- 
 nessed the strange proceeding, ven- 
 tured close enough to look, when the 
 dog showed so much fight that he 
 retreated at once. The chicks are 
 thriving and threaten to live to a good 
 old age under the protecting care of 
 their new guardian. — Peoria Herald 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 
 
 S. 'DOT I'Eri. Barred Kocks, Light Brahmas, 
 Golden Dottes. S C. B. Leghorns. (). I. 
 Games. B. Minorca Cockerels $3 each. $5 
 per 3. M. B. Turkeys 13 each. Tolouse 
 Geese Si per pair. 
 
 LT. BRAHMA, S. C. B. Leghorns SI each; 
 $3 per trio, 
 
 ROUP (JURE. Our make. Cures when eyes 
 are swelled shut. Powder for half pint, 
 small syringe and full instructions 50 
 cents postjjald. 
 
 SCORE CARDS. U. S. Postal <-ard stock 50 
 cents per 100. $3 per 1000. Water fountain 
 galvanized iron, hangs ou nail, 1 gallon 
 
 dEEaMOLImB. Tablesooonful to quart of 
 water paints your hen roost. Trial bottle 
 25 cents postpaid Circula fre.-. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK ax 178, 
 
 Poultry Supplies 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1 
 per IJO. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each $1. 
 
 Spray Pumps each 75c. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure 2.5c and 50c a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food S2..50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure ,'30c and |1 a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices 
 
 H umphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center, $12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
 per lOOpounds Sl.OO 
 
 Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O. 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1 00 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 The best Folding .^^ 
 
 Exhibition Coop.. ^ 
 
 Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 
 
 Manufactures and sells the best E.xhilntion 
 Folding Coop on the luaiket. Pricesw iihm 
 the reach of all. He al.<o has 50 S. G B. LEO- 
 HORN COCKERELS for sale srom 75c to $2.00 
 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 
 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. 
 See cut of birds on page 14. We cati't sell (juite as gocd as these at that 
 price but can guarantee they will produce prize winners. Exhibition birds a 
 specialty. We can please you. I. Se N. M. CONNOR, Pouca, Neb. 
 
 SAME OLD STORY. 
 
 JONES Wyandottes and Sebrights win again at 
 Indianapolis. 
 
 If vou are looking for winners in SILVER, GOLDEN, WHITE, BUFF or 
 BLACK WYANDOTTES, G. S. and S. S. BANTAMS just write to JONES, 
 he can furnish you. I won every 1st in Silvers, but cockerel; every 1st and 
 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 
 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. 
 
 R. E. JONES, Box 2, Flat Rock, Ind. 
 
 } IF PANDEMONIUM 
 
 Keigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wluilesale 
 you can positivelv check the mortalitv bv using : : : : 
 
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 The uniform success of the 
 
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 tilupKijs liicausi' it's built on the right principles; Ills 
 
 scientifically correct, and because the very liest skill and 
 
 woi'knianship obtaiuuble are put into its makius. It is built 
 
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 it which means something. It isa hot air machine, and has ^* 
 
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 in fr)iir sizes— from. M to *.il eggs. Wc pay the freight anywhere in the 
 
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 PETALIJMA INCtBATOR CO., 
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 WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show Januarv, 
 _ _lstCock; Island 3d Hen: 2d Cockerel: Ist 
 
 Two specials: At the Chicago Show, January, I'^Ol. 
 Eggs from best pens, S3.oo per 13, S.'^.OO per 2ti. 
 
 ROSS C. H. HAILOCK, 63t3 Clifton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 J Poultry Investigator { 
 
 ^-'- Is edited by a practical poul-j 
 y^ try man of 30 years experi-; 
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 ■^ Poultry Investigator Co., ? 
 
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 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Editioti, 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
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 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
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 base their awards. Every experienced 
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 requirements to which his stock must 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
 CLAY CENTER, : : : : NBBrarka 
 
 POULTRVMEN IZ, 'T"Z 
 
 unless PpilWTpn neatly. I do it 
 it is 1 nil" 1 Li) ,vell and use good 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Bxiff 
 
 ORPINGTONS 
 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. 
 
 BDFF ORPINGTONS— WYANnOTTES. R. 
 I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
 bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
 :ind exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
 Judge. Port Huron, Michigan. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The "Perfect" Hatcher 
 
 8®-200-Egg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00 
 
 s^^lOOEgg Hatcher, $6; Brooder. $5. 
 
 tt-iS^Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. 
 
 'IV'Stlinoiiialsaiul 1 ll.i-il ralcil clrcul.ir frv... 
 
 J. A. CHELTON, Fairmonnt Md. 
 
 Rather Risky Business,^: 
 
 tills buying vintried incubators in the.'iedaysrif the i erft 
 
 ?l3SEa.Dlj^gy&;^ working- and surprisiiiKly simple 'XJll' 
 
 Reliable Incubators and Brooders, ^ ^'' 
 
 where every fertile et:t! means a string healthy el i k. 
 Guaranteed to do the vork and do it as it has never been done befur 
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 ^.SentanywhereforlOc. Kcllublclneb, A Itr 
 
 s the poulti^ busin 
 
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 I't a Bandy Keep it 
 SO (Idt/s ami if you don't . 
 like it send it hacl:. 
 
 Get a l>,n„hi,nidseeh,. 
 L enny it is to get more money 
 from your hens. 
 
 Bhe Dandy %m Cutter 
 
 is built to increase the profits of poultry keepers. We should like 
 to send you one (price from $5 up.) If you don't think it does the 
 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 
 cutter built to-day. It has a perfect automatic 
 feed. Produces better poultry food than any other, 
 and it turns more easily. 
 
 We Sell Direct 
 
 to poultrymcn at wholesale prices, saving you all 
 middlemen's and dealer's profits. Get a Dindy and 
 try it for yourself. Our new book, "More Money 
 from Your Hens," is full of good, common-sense 
 suggestions and handsome illustrations. 
 
 Stratton Mf^. Co., 
 
 Box 48, Erie, Pa.. 
 
 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 
 
 For Poultry, Rabbits, ax Orchards, Gardens, etc. 
 
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 stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
 Our Union Lock Hog, FielcJ and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
 Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 
 
 Your dealer should handle this line — if not, write us for 
 prices. Catalogue free. 
 
 UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL.. U. S. A. 
 
 31 
 
 Incubatorsm « 
 
 Built on entirely new principles and the 
 only machine made that will allow the chiiks 
 when hatching to come out of the machine 
 in the pure, fresh outside air at their own 
 will, jur^t e.vactly the same as they do when 
 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, 
 
 L. P. MEISTES, Troy, Mo. 
 
 OVER.NMENT PO- 
 SITIONS. 
 
 Nearly 10,000 appointments 
 made last year. Chances 
 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 
 n^-ds. e'c. Write to-day 
 NATIONAL CuERESPONUBNCE INSTI- 
 TUTE, 14-42 Second Nat'I. Bank Bldg , Wash. 
 Ington, D. O. 
 
 held, 
 
 Pride of the West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
 Fetch; Black Langshans, Emry 
 Fetch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
 ci,ARKSvii,r,E, : : : : Missouri. 
 
 Sin gle Comb Brown Leghorns. 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 ora A. Rickards, 
 
 SOUTH . OQDEN = PODLTRY = YARDS, 
 
 Ogdea, Utah. 
 
 Whife Wyandottes-'smr 
 
 Fifteen years of careful breeding has pro- 
 duced :i strain of fowls unequalled in practi- 
 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 
 tlockercl; 3rd on lien, commended on Cock 
 and two specials for Best Shape Cockerel. 
 This i, a class of our 400 White Wyai dottes 
 antl after seliing mv two best males. I breed, 
 raise and own my show birds. Stock and 
 egj:s for sale. 
 
 W.E.Mack, '*«»' r-g^/^-o"^: 
 
32 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 EOQS! 
 
 From good, healthy and 
 vigorous stock 
 
 $6 per 100 
 
 $3.50 per 50 
 
 White Wyaiidottes, 
 Light Brahmas, 
 Partridge Cochins, 
 White Rocks, 
 Barred Rocks, 
 Buff Rocks, 
 S. C. B. Leghorns, 
 
 Send your orders early 
 
 and we will take 
 
 care of yon. 
 
 THE WILDWOOD 
 POULTRY FARM, 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 815 Chestnut St. 
 
 Farm at 
 WEBSTER OROVE.MO. 
 
 M^^^l^^ \Ji^ k'^k'^'^Cb 1 Mrs- J- B. Jorves, ? 5 5 
 
 Morning Viewg^Sg" «-'»"°' 
 
 Poultry Y ards, ^i 
 
 HAVE 
 
 .Barred Plymouth Rocks.. 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eyes. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 
 
 James M. Perkins, 
 
 RAVENWOOD. . ; : MISSOURI. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Eocks 
 
 atid Mammoth Bronze 
 Turkeys 
 
 STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
 SON. 
 
 ABILENE, : : : : KANSAS. 
 
 Ui0K 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 EXILUSIVELV. Our Buff 
 Wyandottcs are brprt from 
 bi'si strain obtainable and 
 in line. We breed the pure 
 ^'alden Buff, not the dark 
 n-d. Tliey're prize winners. 
 
 E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Cliesler Wliilu Ho(!s for sale 
 
 **^i^^i»^^*^*«rf^rfi 
 
 ^n^m^njtw^^jm^%^^^%^%^^^' 
 
 W. J. CHENEY, 
 
 li Thoroughbred Fancy Poultry, ■ 
 
 O BOX 68-^tr- -^./-ClIBA, MO; 
 
 he 
 
 500 youna birds $1 each. 100 yearlini; 
 
 eac-h. Tliis stock I have bred for my own use. ■ 
 
 and is liist olass; have more tlian 1 will reciuire • 
 
 for mv breeding pens. VAKIETI ICS-B, P. Kock.s S 
 
 l.iglitBrahuias. Partridjie rocliins. White Wyan- . 
 
 dottes. S. O. W. Leghorns. S. ('. B. Mini)rc;as. ^ 
 Write tor particulais. <-i ' '" 
 
 . Free. 
 
 W. J. CHENEY. i 
 
 Crawford Co. -^'-CliBA, MOJ 
 
 For Satle! 
 
 SUNNY SLOPE POULTRY FARM ji mile east 
 
 of Clay Center; a g^ood 8 room house with cellar, 
 
 a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Russian cave, g-ood barn, 
 
 corncribs, hog- houses', granary, poultry houses and runs, 500 young, peach, 
 
 plum, cherry and apple trees just come into bearing. 
 
 Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese. 
 
 Address, 
 
 A. B. SHROYER. 
 
 Cla.y Center, Neb. 
 
 »F*^%^fc*«^rf*«^jr* rf^M^a^** 
 
 ■r^H^tf^jn^Fk^^Fw 
 
 j FRANK MYERS, 
 J Free Port, III., U.S. A. 
 
 J Bo.\ 20. 
 
 5 Breeder of . - 
 
 I Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 IDEAL 
 AI.I.UMINUM 
 
 1 Tliey are Barred Rleht and good 
 
 size. No Oulls for sale. Choice 
 
 breeding Ckls. 12 to J5 each. 
 
 • Also manufacturer of^ 
 Ideal Aluminum Leg ■ 
 Band :::::: | 
 
 The acknowledfjed leader. \2 for5 
 
 15c. 25 for .•iOc. 50 for 50c. 100 for 5 
 
 7.5c. Samples and circular of S 
 
 Barred Kocks mailed J 
 
 ! for stamps. ( 
 
 Donkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 Cure fiuaranteed ! 
 
 THE only remedy positively 
 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 
 I others. 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 I ill. Try It. 25 cents per package, and 
 iTMls extra for postage. 
 
 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. 
 
 iriH-,-,iasi a-'ciit--; i'l-uiluiH.a Incubator Co.. I'elaluma.Cal. Eastern whole.sale 
 I 111.'.'; No, s l';,rk l'l:ir.'. Nrw York I'ilv and S.Il. I. Co., Clay Center. Nebr. For 
 sale bv all poultiv supply houses. " ^^Agents wanted. 
 
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 it. Do you read? 
 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 PFDIIiPFFIl !l Eggs from my birds never fail to produce Prize WiN- 
 
 UHCEH O rLUlURCCW nbrs. The best place to buv eggs Is from a breeder 
 
 DlDDCn DI VMnilTH DnriTC who makes a specialty of one variety. 'Blue Bird." 
 DAHHClf rL 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. 
 
 PoDltr; E.ihibits Properly Judged. 
 
 0. p. GREER, Bonrbon, Ind. 
 
 GET MORE HEN MONEY 
 
 
 .iloeggs; 
 
 1002 
 
 land Jiealthy fowls: 
 
 device to control feed 
 _ _ ^, . verciogfl. Sent on 
 
 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL, ^^^.r.Ztlo'S}lL%T^XZ°'' 
 
 IVI A.IMIM'S M„ci«i 
 
 Hew design, open hopper, enlarged table, i 
 
 set it to suit any 
 
 and»! 
 
 ptie, faster 
 
 Free OLt'lg. explains alL 
 
 F. W. MANN COMPANY, Box 
 
 that our 
 
 expense, 
 Mllford, Mase 
 
 Fruit Trees. Shrubsor Vines. Ourswill { 
 grow. Tliey a'l' will rooted, r..^^^ 1 
 healthy and true to name. I fBBS ? 
 Send a trial order today. Due bill good \ 
 for 35 c and Catalogue in Gorman or % 
 English free. We pay freight on $10 s 
 
 ORIIERS. J 
 
 25 Graf ted Apple Trees for - $1 00 ( 
 25 u ddcd Peach Trees for - $1 00 J 
 40 Concord Grape Vines for - $1 00 ^ 
 Falrbury Muracrlem, Box SO, S 
 Falrbury, . . . Hebraska \ 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 F. A. GROWELL, GS 
 Granger, : : : Minnesota. 
 
 Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- 
 tion Buff Orpingtons yet for sale, also 
 Indian Runner Ducks at $5 a trio. 
 Circular free. 
 
 Silver Lace Wyandottes 
 White Wyandottes : : : 
 
 ^^ , Buff Leghorns 
 
 Pekin Ducks... 
 
 All first class stock. Prices reason- 
 able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, 
 Imperial, Neb 
 
 IT BEATS ALL. 
 
 S 100 egg'hatcher costs only »8. 94.01X1 sold 
 principally by agent.i. We want 5,000 active 
 men and women ayrents for the new season. Speolnl 
 tennM with you— a large margin of profit. 10c effir 
 lormulBomlcotiiloKuc sent free, if you write to- 
 day. Territory may lie gone tomorrow. 
 
 HATUAAL HEN INCUBATOR CO., fr 11, COLUMBUS. NEB. 
 
 s 
 
 DON'T SET HENS: 
 
 NaturBl Hen Ircubator i'o. 
 
 c Erb Formalii I'REE i f jon write today 
 
 B lit tolumbDB, Neth 
 
 I High Hill . . .| 
 
 I I 
 
 I Poultry Yards j 
 
 Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
 Turkeys are bred from prize winners 
 and are winners, making almost ciean 
 sweep wiierever shown. Young Toms 
 $5each; Pullets, S:3 50 to$a 00 each. My 
 Kocks are noted for shape and orarif^e 
 colored legs. 90 point Co kerels, $:.50 
 eacli; 91 to fl2!-4 point Ci"-kerels $3.00; 
 each Pullet not scored. $1.00 each. 
 Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 
 
 Black Liangshans 
 
 Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi- 
 cation: up to standard weight; wlnnero at 
 Olay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
 sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
 season. Address, 
 
 MES. N. W, JOHNSON, Olay Center, Neb. 
 
34 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
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 GOLD MEDAL AND HIGHEST AWARD 
 
 AT THE PAN AMERICAN, OCTOBER, 1901, WERE PLACED ON 
 
 ^^'^fy 
 
 THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR 
 
 Time' and time again the [^Cyphers 360-egg ma" 
 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 I ever saw."- Frank B. Taylor. Prompton, Pa. 
 
 "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 
 :i(>0-egg Cyphers."— Sprague Bros.. Florence, O. 
 
 Think of;the work and the worry In caring for the thirty 
 
 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: 
 
 LITERALLY THOUSANOS of persons in every w*i.k of life ARE DOING AS WELT, AS THE FEW ABOVE 
 
 ()Tf:i). and the smaller sizes of Cyphers Incubators (60. 120 and 220 eggs) do precisely as good work as this largest 
 
 ERALLY THOUSAN' 
 .and tlie smaller si; 
 
 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 
 
 t^'^¥^'^^'^'^'^'^'<i'^^^^^^^'^^^^^¥'^'^^^'^'^^5^n^^i^^nF¥^'^ 
 
 Miller's Perfection 
 
 Folding Exhibition 
 
 Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
 Nothing to » o astray. The neatest 
 and strongest coop on the market. 
 
 Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb 
 
 SPECIAL B^Pia^IlS^ S^LE. 
 
 The high price of feed compels me to close out my surplus stock of 
 S. C. Br. Leghorns. Will give special bargains for next thirty daj-s. 
 This stock is sired by Boston and Chicago prize winners. 
 I have some fine Pups for sale, i Nevpfoundland, i St. Bernard and 
 ^ Great Dane. These pups make extra tine vratch dogs. 
 I am also making a special ofter on Grant's Practical Brooder to 
 introduce it. Write for circular at once. 
 D. W. GRANT, ALMENA, KANSAS 
 
 Buff llrpiiigtoiiH 
 
 The Coming Breed. 
 
 W H. BUSHELl. Importer and Breeder. 
 n.wiD CITY, : ; nebkaska 
 
 Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair 
 Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won 
 1-2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- 
 els, 1-2 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks. 
 Every bird a prize winner. Also win- 
 ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four 
 first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State 
 Poultry Show four first premiums. 
 Young stock for sale in pairs, trios 
 aud pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. 
 
 Barred Rocks . . 
 
 That have made a National 
 Reputation. Bred in all their 
 purity. Grand in size and 
 color. Eggs and stock from 
 my yards will start you right. 
 Cockerels from $2.00 up; eggs 
 $2.00 per 13, $5.00 per 40. 
 
 GEO. H WALLACE 
 
 Box 101, 
 
 Navau, Minn 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ 
 
 Prize-winning stock, first prize 
 at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of 
 four entries at Kansas City, Mo., 
 won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third. 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 
 
 STECKER BROS,, 
 
 4639. Cottaee Ave., St. Louis. Mo 
 
 «/. Wm Eastes . • > > 
 
 Kiiff Orpingtons. K. C. W. Leghorns, 
 Barred & White Hocks, W. U. P. Ban- 
 tams, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. 8tock In 
 season, .\gents wanted. Thirty Prizes; 
 silver cup last year. 
 
 Galesburg, - * Illinois- 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35 
 
 ' € Brief Busir^ess Csctchers. ^ 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 SINGLE INSeiTION 
 
 59 CENTS 
 
 Under these headings cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
 less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 
 sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS. 
 
 No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
 uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
 allowed each quarter. 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 WITH INVESTIGATOR 
 
 I YEAR $3.00 
 
 FORSALK! Rose Comb Black Mlnorcas in" 
 singles or trios also BufT Leghiorns and Buff 
 Rock Okls.. tiio best of stock for S1.35 each, 
 or $3 for 3. Write us at once. C. E. Olson, 
 Colon. Nebr. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Breeding and exhibillon 
 steclt for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
 tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
 or money refunded. Tell ui wliat you want. 
 F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo. 
 
 any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- 
 able specialis^s. Prices reasonalile. Cor- 
 respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C. E. 
 Dunlap. Liberal, Kans, 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, 
 best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also 
 handsome. 1 take great pains to have the 
 best and largest stock. Large fine Okls. $1 
 each. Oscar Jenne. Liberty. Nebr. 
 
 FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- 
 cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games, 
 Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. 
 Clay Cecter, Nebr. 
 
 B0FF PLYMOUTH ROOK Cockerels from 
 first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
 prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
 Elgin, 111. 
 
 BLAOK LANGSHAN. W. P. Rockall old 
 stock for sale at $1.00 each, young white 
 Pekins ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor- 
 ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, 
 
 Nebraska. 
 
 J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
 Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty. 
 
 40 GOOD WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
 cheap if taken soon. 
 
 C. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr. 
 
 FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
 early. Games. Heathwoods, Irish and 
 Mexican Grays, Blks. Reds; Tornadoes 
 and Oornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- 
 cular. C, D. Smith, Fort Plains, N, Y. 
 
 !|HGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
 
 ! Comb White Leghorns. White Rocks and 
 
 Light Brahnias, $1.50 per setting of !.=> eggs. 
 
 Write wants. .John H. Kownd, Downs. Kas. 
 
 ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown 
 Leghorns, White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
 rtottP-s, also Rouen Ducks'. Eggs In .season. 
 15, $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per II. J. W. 
 Cook, Poneto. Lnd. 
 
 BDFFand BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorn^, 
 B. B. Red Games. Pekln Ducks. Fancy 
 Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale. For 
 prices write, Utz Poultry Yards, Esther- 
 ville, Iowa. 
 
 BUFF TBRKEYS; Pure buff throughout 
 No white wings and tails. Large birds and 
 ready to ship. Mrs. T. G. Snjith. Polo, 111. 
 
 100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
 at prices to suit the season. Stock in good 
 condition fashionably bred and artistically 
 marked. Rey. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran, 
 Kansas. 
 
 MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
 Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
 Bock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand- 
 ers, and M. Brohze Toms, at $;3 each. Pol- 
 and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
 .1. D. Grimes. Chamber:, Neb. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
 yr old hens and this year's pullets, and 
 cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
 and up to 9o\. Write for prices. Geo. N. 
 Wood, Weldon, la. 
 
 SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY 
 Farm, C. F. Austin. Dearlng. Kan., White 
 Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and 
 John Hughes strains. 15 cockerels for sale 
 Strawberry plants— best varieties. Square 
 treatment. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
 cream at Chicago and Cedar RapiSs. 1901. 
 150 youna-ters for sale after October 1st. 
 finer than ever, superior feathering, shape 
 and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
 teed. U. .1. ShaiikliD. Wanbeck. Iowa. 
 
 I HAVE FOR SALE at a bargain 30 Buff 
 Cochins.25 Butt Cochin Bantams, «lso Gold- 
 en Wyandoites and Barred P. Rocks that 
 are eitra good. Write your wants. H. 
 Gregory, Wayne. Neb. 
 
 FOR SALE-a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter, 
 nearly new for J8. Also a Buff Orpington 
 cockerel, weighs 9 pounds; will make an 
 excellent breeder. Price $5.00. Louis Mog- 
 
 ensen, Racine, Wise. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively, A 
 few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and 
 2nd premium at S- O. S poultry show. 
 Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Stroms- 
 burg, Nebr. Route No 2. 
 
 BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
 raised. Good birds, good scores, give good 
 SHtifactlon and good results. Eggs that 
 hatch, $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as 
 reasonable. If convenient please enclose 
 stamp when writing for particulars. 
 Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87. 
 
 WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score 
 94'/j hy Russell, for sale. Also eggs from 
 I; Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekln and 
 Game Bantams. Expert Judge. P. M. Cool- 
 ey Milton. la. 
 
 PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have 
 a few fine Black Langshan Cockcels for 
 sale cheap It taken soon. Mrs. J, W. Strat- 
 ton. Blue Hill, Neb. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS-Gvenest lot 
 in the west. Have always won Ists in best 
 shows. Score 90'/4 to 94'/S by Rhodes. Num- 
 ber 90 cheap, Rob't Larmer, Ravenwood, 
 
 Mo. 
 
 NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
 ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T. 
 Olark, 3(;th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr. 
 
 MAMMOTH BRONZE I urkey and white Pe- 
 kin duck. Large fine specimens for sale at 
 reasonable prices. Our stock is as good as 
 money could procure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews, 
 Morning Sun, ??J?? 
 
 Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - $1 75 
 Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00 
 Pure.White Rock Cockis - . . - $1.00 
 Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 
 New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 
 All above from prize-winning stock and line 
 bred. Catalogue sent. 
 
 J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor, 
 
 White Plame Farm, Richtield, 111. 
 
 ROSE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
 
 If in need of a good cockerel to improve 
 your present stock, write me. as I have 
 twenty fine cockerels bred from St. Paul 
 and .Mitchell winners that must be dis- 
 poned of. 
 J. F. Relnelt, - - Tripp, S. DsLkota 
 
 If you want .... 
 
 Belgian Hares 
 
 Call on or write to 
 
 OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
 
 Old Orchard, Mo. 
 
 Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 
 
 WM. C. STEINICKE, Mngr- 
 100 Hares to choose from. 
 
 FINE S TANDARD 
 BRED bTr'DS. 
 
 For sale after September ist of 
 following breeds: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks, $i to 
 $3 each. Light Brahmas, $1.50 to 
 $3 each. Buff Cochin Bantams, 
 $1.50 to $3 each. A few large 2-yr. 
 old Toulouse ganders at $3 each. 
 Pekin ducks of standard weight at 
 $2. each 
 
 MRS. EUGENE HOLLARD, 
 Highland, 111. 
 
 Watch Houston's Show Rec- 
 ord this Winter. 
 
 He will make some of the boys smile, 
 and girls too. His stock has always 
 won wherever shown. 
 B. P. R a.nd Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 I have .3 Trios left to sell of Buff Orp- 
 ingtons. $5, $7 and $10, and one pair 
 $12. Have been booking orders for 
 eggs for some time. Rocks all sold. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Keota, la. 
 
 Silver Wyandottes 
 
 1 have 100 Silver Wyandotte females 
 for sale at $1 to SI. 50 each; my last 
 season breeders. Want to get them 
 out of the way of the young birds; 
 these are bargains. 
 
 R. S. TRIMBLE, Somerset, Ky. 
 
 We Sell.. 
 
 Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure. Absolute sure 
 cure; price 50c and $1.00. 
 Hall's guaranteed Chol- 
 era Cure, a preventation 
 for all diseases; price 50 
 cents and SI. (10. 
 
 Hall's Egg Model 
 
 an absolute necessity in 
 operating iticuba tors. 
 Price 50c. Address, 
 
 Poultry Investigator, 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
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. 
 
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 UOlClGIl WytillQ.0ll6S St. Louis Show, Jan., 1!>01. Score 
 
 and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
 
 Highest (irade. Healthy Vigor- 94-92X-91-. and 01 ■, by Butterfield 
 
 ous Stock, from coreful ^ seconds at same show 1000. 1st 
 
 Matinas ^ °" P^"' Louis fair. 
 
 s. p. VAN NORT. 1^^^^^- ^:J:^^i^i^!^zi^rr^^ 
 
 Poultry Supplies 
 
 The Rest and Cheapest. 
 
 Lice Killers. Markers. Remedies. Inoubiitors. 
 Kxhlbltlon ('oops. Esc "aies. shipping Coops 
 and Boxes and evervthine to make poultry 
 raising pleasant and profitable. Best seeds 
 that grow. Nearly 20 years' e.xperlence. Send 
 for free Latalomie. 
 
 First Premium at State Fair IQOI. 
 
 Archia.s' Seed Store, ^ 
 
 Pure crushed shell per 100 lbs$. 75 
 
 500 pounds for 350 
 
 Raw bone meal fln"» or coarse per 100 lbs zioo 
 
 Mica crystal grit '• .sii 
 
 Hlood meal ■■ 300 
 
 Meat meal •• 2^25 
 
 Meat scraps *• 2!2o 
 
 C'hlck feed •* 1*75 
 
 Sunflower seed •' 325 
 
 HIrd seed 8e lb; 10 lbs 75c. Flood's and Con- 
 key's roup (Mire. .iOo. Leg pands ,S0c per 100. 
 
 ^ ^ Sedalia. Missouri 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES 
 BUFF P. ROCKS . . 
 
 Bred from my Boston 
 Omaha, Kansas City 
 and Top°ka prize win. 
 ners. Ola and yi 
 sto,-k for sale. A 1 
 Prk-ivs reasonable 
 
 ng 
 
 W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 
 White WyandoHes. 
 
 First and second premiums at Min- 
 neapolis, poultry show Dec. l!i lo 21. 
 Eggs from birds scoring 113, 94. !t4, !)4, 
 94, 95,W cockerel 04 '4, SI SO per sal- 
 ting, 2 .settings S2.25. Few birds for 
 sole. 
 W.JH. SwarlXf'. Mlnnespolls, Kanaas. 
 
WhH» Leghorns. 
 
 Layers and winners. An Inducement to 
 buy at onni> and of us— tested breeders, hens 
 .„ i.. . ..„ . Coclis $1,150 to *3.50 
 
 PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 
 
 . French, Mar. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 
 
 High class stock for sale! 
 
 Barred and ^BufF Plytnouth Rocks 
 and S. C. W. Leg-horns. Can furni>h 
 =h'>w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
 es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldoti, Mo. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality and Quantity. 
 
 Farm raised prize yyinning stock, 
 cheap for quality. If you want Rocks 
 write us. 
 . B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 May I "SHOW YOU" 
 
 That we raise as good Barred Rocks 
 in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
 ers. Eastern price $10, will sell his 
 equal for $5, or money back. If you 
 buy a $5 eastern bird I will beat him 
 for $.3 Try me. CORWIN JONES, 
 Sidney, Iowa. 
 
 P. Hostetler, 
 
 EAST LYNNE, MISSOURI. 
 
 Breeder of a g-ood laying strain of gilt 
 .... edge .... 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 and bes t laying strain of 
 
 ..S. C. White Leghorns.. 
 
 At low down prices. 
 
 Barred P. Rocks... 
 
 Extra flue. Extra large. Extra color 
 
 In the show room they have shown 
 their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
 94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
 
 C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 HORTHAND a.i\d 
 BOOKKEEPING. 
 
 Study at home and take a 
 higher salary, investing a 
 little time and a little mon- 
 •y in a business course with 
 us and llie dividend will 
 never erase all sub.iects 
 
 TAUCHTBYMAIL 
 Coniplete course also In En- 
 gineering. .lournalism. Sci- 
 ence aud Languages, etc. Write for free 
 booklet. NATIONAL CORRF SPONDENCE 
 INSTITUTE. U60 Second Nat'l. Bank Bldg.; 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 POULTRY 
 ANiOATTLE 
 
 -SPECIALTIES- 
 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
 
 Catches Them Coming and Going, 
 
 PATENTED 
 
 EUREKA 
 
 Oil Cup Bra^cket 
 
 and Perch Supporter'" 
 
 The Greatest Boon to Poultryme 
 Practical. Curable, Cheap, Convenient | 
 
 A permanent fixture for all times. The 
 Spider or Midge Louse can not e.xist where 
 this system'ls in use. Do not put it off, but 
 send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen 
 and be convinced. 
 
 SHRADER & BUCK, 
 
 BUCYRUSOHIO 
 
 A Boon for Poultry Keeper.. 
 BETTEK than a tlOLU MINE. 
 
 We will tell you how we made onr 
 hens pay over 400 per eent protlt. 
 Merely send yonr name and address 
 WnjJile Poultry Co., Clintonvllle.Conn 
 
 37 
 
 Barred P. Rocks 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 I have a number of early batched cocker- 
 erels that are eood In all sections, and really 
 poor in none, that I am 'offering for a short 
 time only at $2 and $3 each. A few pullets to 
 spare at $1 to $5 each. All farm raised. 
 
 W. S. RUSSELL, 
 
 Box I,.Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering- advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 HORT STORIES 
 
 ing high prices. Thousands of good 
 iones which might tuHiIy be made 
 salaole make up thegrt-at masa of 
 rejected manuscripts.' Our School 
 of Journalism, in charge of suc- 
 cessful authors, crlticises.corrects 
 and revises, as well as teaches 
 how to write. Write lor booklet. 
 NAT'L CORRESPONDENCE INSTITtTE 
 2d Nat'l Rank Bldg, Uashlngtoo, D.t. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry 
 Companv r^ 
 
 Has th' Si gtis't aggregation of 
 thorought -id pc .J 'a ' e west. 
 
 We import, bree«^ y and sel| 
 All Varieties. 
 
 Kach variety is bred separately on 
 a farm. No chance for mixing up. 
 Prices reasonable.^ Stock the best. 
 Write your wants. Address, 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 
 
 POULTRY ET?. 
 
 at CUT PRICES. 
 
 CATALOQCEFREE- 
 
 g. Co., Columbus, 
 
 j^ Kllls'llce and mites'on'poultry, hogs and am- 
 
 ,3>?rtTOfSfc. mals,' Is the strongest and best lice killer] 
 SSMllUJP made. With our double tube sprayer you I 
 •'V-;" 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 ,,„.,„rf i„..r„ hnw to ite* 
 
 every time Every can is guaranteed or money refanded. Write and learn how to ge 
 a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer FKEE- 
 
 Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 
 
 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 ^/ents We 
 A large, free sample for 10 cents to pay postage. We give liberal terms to agents, we 
 want one in every town. 
 
 Always use the powder before satting the hen. 
 
 - - Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY, 
 
 BONANZA RABBITRY, 
 
 Founders of the first herd of ipedigreed Belgian 
 Hares In the world. The first to establish a 
 system of registration for Belgians. The first 
 to produce hares exceeding the standard 
 weight and develop superior colors. Holder of 
 the world's record for prize winnings- 
 
 Our sales for 1900 were over 5,000 head." Send 
 10 cents for the most complete and most.beau- 
 tiful 56.page catalog ever published. 
 
 Bonanza Rabbltry Manual. 1th edition, just 
 coming from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. B. 
 O. Plait, the foremost authority on the subject, 
 president of the National Association of Bel- 
 
 ESTABLISED IN 1885 
 
 Perfect Belgi 
 shape and size. 
 
 Address DR. B. C.|PLATT,274rN. Broad St . PHILADELPHIA 
 Perma.nent Ea.9terr\ Office e.r\d 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 W-AUt 
 
 GREEN 
 Bone Cutter ? 
 
 The only ball bcariug bone cutter made, is 
 
 The Adam, 
 
 ^ruQS easily, cleans itself, makes bone cutting play. Pays for itself 
 the egg basket. Cuts clean, tine shaving. No slivers, no rough 
 pieces. Will make your hens lay. See our new 
 Catalog No. 6, before you buy. Free. 
 
 W. J. ADAM, 
 
 Joliet, 
 
 Ills. 
 
 
 
 There is no one thing which lias done more to make 
 poultry raising profitable than the feeding of 
 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. 
 Why? Simply because the 
 Humphrey is the only mach-^ 
 ine which a poultry raiser can 
 use without deciding that it is more 
 trouble than it is worth. That's why the 
 Humphrey is so rapidly displacing all other 
 machines. You find no Humphrey machines stand- 
 ing idle in the back yard. People who buy them, use ' 
 them. It is the simplest in construction (only three work- 
 ing parts) and the easiest turning iione cutter made. It's 
 the open-hopper machine — no chopping bones to pieces 
 wit h an a.\e to pack them in a cylinder. If the Humphrey 
 isn't the best machine, you don't want it. Try it and see. 
 We Guarantee that it will cut more bone, in less^ 
 *'mf^ with less labor than any 
 thi-r liiiiic I iitlcr made ; that it will cost less for repairs 
 
 ■ liciter general satisfaction all around. 
 n't d" it, yoii get your money back. Try it for your- 
 •'<■ It's simply Kreatfor cutting ve^^etabies and kraut. 
 I'Urliook; It u'ives much valuable information, also 
 blanks lur a y.-ai-'s cj.-l.' rec.rd. 
 
 We send it tree on request. 
 
 ^HUMPHREY & SON S, Box 7 0, JOLIET, ILL. 
 
 JOSEPH BRECK & SONS. Boston. Miss. 
 JOHNSON L STOKES. Ptilladelpliia. 
 
 GRIFFITH & TURNER CO , Baltimore. 
 
 SURE HATCH INCB. CO.. ClarCenter, Heb. 
 E. J. BOWEN. Portland. Oregon, Seallla. 
 Wssti. and San Francisco 
 
 GINSENG... 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both th« advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 Cornish and White Indian Games. 
 
 stock for Sale. 
 J. C. NAUMAN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 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 xoo per cent in 
 prices. Our own farms in Cal- 
 ifornia. Mention paper 
 
 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. 
 
 D. LINDBECK, 
 Bishop Hill, Illinois. 
 
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POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 39 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED 
 
 BEYOND 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 1' BUY TROUBLE, insist c.n haviliK the j 
 ()rii.in'il l>rv F.lmI st;iiiipe.l i.n each sack "Chamberlain's feed, hirk 
 wood. Mo." X\\ nthcrs are worthless imitations. Nothing "Just as good. 
 
 GOOD MORNING SISTER 
 
 I -im reaMy for Chamberlain's Perfect Chick feed. Dry and Alwa\ 
 
 Kn 
 
 WaV- 
 
 No'BoweT T;ouble xvl.c, Chamberlain's Chick' Feed Is properly uscril^ 't i V^'n/'Ju 
 mixture In Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For incubator chicks, toe aU 
 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 
 
 FOR SALE AT KIRKWOOD PRICES, $2.50 PER 100 LBS AT FOLLOWING AGENCIES ^ ^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Spraeue Commission Co., Chicaso, Ills; Sure Hati-h Incubator Co ^9^"™t.us, Ohio J. wiio. r a h r Neb Ripley 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind : Iowa Seed Co , Des Moines, owa; 'Werinick Seed Co M 'waukee Wis Mire ii. i. I ^1 ^ p^^^ ^^^^ 
 
 Hardware Co., Grafton. 111.: R. A Pike & Co., Minneapolis, Mmn: H. McK Wilson & C^. St. L^'^;,,^BE'?L>»//V KIRKWOOD MO 
 
 trouble eettine my feed write direct to me for prices. "• • 
 
 If the CRtr-* ar ^ land you put tbem in a 
 
 ReliaLble Irvc\iba.tor 
 
 andf 11 ^ ...tru t, n, y >■ jfj^';,';:^'-';,',?^"^ 
 RELIABLE BROODER 
 
 vmi will raise everv one that oould be raisrii in any 
 Other way. Our aOTH CEHTURV POULTRV BOOK 
 tellB whyand a hundred other th 
 try owner ehould know. Sent for' 
 10 cents. We have 115 yards of 
 thoroughbred poultry- 
 Reliable I Qcabator and Brooder COi 
 
 Box A«'i5 QalDCf, Ills. 
 
 ery poul- 
 
 WOe^ 
 
 RACKS ^ 
 
 e# 
 
 EXAS^ 
 
 Effective March lOth, J901, 
 the 
 
 Announces the Opening of its 
 
 ^ 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 
 
 Royal Blood English Belgian Hares. 
 
 All animals English prize winners and 
 from imported English parents. The re- 
 nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis- 
 bury at the head of the herd. Angora 
 Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav- 
 ies, For Pleasure and Profit. Peruvian 
 Cavies, English Cavies, Both Imported 
 and Domestic. The Angoras with their 
 long, silky tresses and musical little voic- 
 es have not their equal. Write for special 
 
 descriptions and prices 
 
 MRS. OEO. D. HAWLEY, 
 2166 Jackson Bvd. Chicago, HI 
 
 At the Big 
 
 ..St. Louis Show. 
 
 January, 1901— 1st Cock; 1st, 2d and 
 :;d Hens; 1st and ,3d Cockerel; 3d and 
 :!d Pullets and 1st Exhibition Yard, 
 and N. W. Missouri and N. E. Mis- 
 souri, 1899-1900, more prizes than 
 all other Langshan exhibitors com- 
 bined—all my own brseding. If 
 you want the very best at a low 
 price write me 
 
 L. E. MEYER, 
 
 Bowling Green, : Missouri 
 
40 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 SEUUNU PULLET. H(.)STc\ ]'••<• 
 HEN AND CHA:\I[MoN' AT 1' 
 ADELPHIA. liWO. 
 
 Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900. 
 
 ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Hens — 2d Pullet. 
 
 ist and 3rd — Exhibition Yards — Eight 
 Special Prizes, including the 
 
 Cbampion IBaitcd |). IRocIt female. 
 
 In quality of stock shown the Philadel- 
 phia show stands^one of the hottest ever 
 held. I made my GRAND RECORD ON 
 BIRDS BRED AND RAISED ON MY 
 FARM. Send for Illustrated Circulai* and 
 descriptions of Matings. 
 
 They Won 
 
 on 
 Their Merits 
 
 Eggs 
 
 I will sell a LIMIT- 
 ED NUMBER of 
 EgKsatSo.OO 
 per IS. 
 
 Choice Breeding Stock 
 For Sale! 
 
 Beauty and Utility Strain Barred SatisfactiCR GUBF- 
 V* Plymouth Rocks. ^» 311166(1. 
 
 C^. 11. LA 1 rl AiVl., LAINCASTER, MASS. 
 
 
 Our Motto, "Virtnte non Astutia" 
 
 HARES 
 
 BY 
 
 THE 
 
 HUNDREDS 
 
 ; 
 
 IMPORTED • AND • DOMESTIC 
 
 
 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: 
 
 Fashoda Star] 
 
 Score 96 by Judge Almond, im- 
 ported,. son of Ch. Fashoda. 
 
 Viscount 
 
 Score 9.5 by Judge iFinley, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Lythedale 
 
 Score 04 by Judge Finley, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Sir Crabtree 
 
 Score OSX by Judge . Crabtree, 
 
 and other domestic bucks 
 
 that will sc )4 to 98. 
 
 RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES 
 
 At prices ranging from $5 to 
 $75 per head, pedigree and 
 score card with each animal. 
 Unpedigreed market stock, 
 good color and size, $2.50 to 
 $5 per pair. Hardy Black 
 Belgians (good tojuse asnurse 
 does) at $10 per pair. Cor- 
 respondence solicited for spe- 
 cial price list which may not 
 be in effect long. Will re- 
 fund money and pay return 
 express charges if Hares pur- 
 chased are not as represent- 
 ed. .Rabbitries at'Maplewood 
 and Fayette 
 
 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 
 
 304 CHEMICAL BUILDING, 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 
 
 )^{^{y^m, 
 
 ILFF P. ROCKS L^^^ict^o^id ^17- 
 
 gets.^MyBuff Rocks are as good as 
 can |be found, and are up-to-date in 
 every respect. Some fine specimens 
 for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 1 
 tion. Address 
 
 MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 lU Mammotti Peldn Ducks 
 
 
 100 White Wyandotte Cockerels I 
 
 If you need big drakes or cockerels get my- prices. Look'up.'my S) 
 
 record. Get my circular its free. i*. 
 
 Lincoln, Neb.. Box 456 E. E. SMITH. | 
 
FEBRUARY, 1902. 
 
 NO. 12. 
 
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 Advance TO Success 
 
 25 <^ a. year 
 
 CI 
 
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 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 
 
 IN CUBA 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 
 F^u r-veriS«rCro^mnV«n.f1 ''"'•■!"■'=■•''■? °'w''''i^ ">''■' '^^'V mother 
 ftilly descrilx^d ii o,^ ca?aloKu '"""^ ^"^ "" absolutely prevented. It is 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 From the best strains in the coun- 
 try "Pure White." Stock and eg-g-s 
 for sale. Prices reasonable. 
 
 J. W. HALL, 
 
 David City, Nebr 
 
 Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry. 
 
 Nothing Succeeds Like Success! 
 
 If you want to succeed with poultry, buy H"ood 
 breeding; stock. We have them nnd at reason- 
 able prices. White and Barred Plymouth 
 RcoUs. White and Golden Wvandottes, Rhode 
 Island Reds and Pekin Dncks- Relirian Hares. 
 75 fine breeding- cockeels at S2.i'n to ?<i I'li. 
 E^trs from our best matings S3 W per 15. Duck 
 eirg-^ $1.5l) per 9. At Columbus shows Feb. 1901 
 and Dec. 19J1, I won I'Hsts. 22nd 2nd, (. 3rds 
 and (j 4tlis. 
 
 Miles PorLTKv Farm, near Worthing-ton O. 
 
 O. P. Miles, Prop, 
 
 26 1-2 N High St Colnrabus, O. 
 
 HUV STOCK and EGliS fnmi hitfh scorine 
 WHITE LANGSHANS and BUFF KOOKS. 
 
 Fine winter layers. Cheap for quality. Egrgs 
 S1.50 per 15. Mrs. L. Ml'MOWER. Dunic 
 .lersey PijTS. W.L. MUMroWER, 
 
 Chilicolhe, Mo. 
 
 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 
 exhibition and grand br eding stock of both 
 1900 and 1901 batch at moving price it talien 
 soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
 half-tones of meriioi ious birds. Address, 
 
 M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, HI. 
 
 M Buff P. Rocks 
 ^ Exclusively... 
 
 We have Judge Harris" entire stock. 
 These, together with our own prize 
 winners, g'ives us the best flock of 
 Buff Rocks in the country. We can 
 please you both in quality and prices. 
 Write us if you want winners bred 
 from winners. Pekin ducks, Toul- 
 ouse Geese for sale. 
 
 MRS. FLORA SHROYER 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 WANTED! 
 
 250 White Wyandotte Hens 
 and Pullets. 
 
 250 White Leghorn Hens 
 and Pullets. 
 
 100 White Rock Hens and 
 Pullets 
 
 100 Buff OrpintJton Fe- 
 males. 
 
 Will pay cash. Address, 
 
 Box 427, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 
 I We 
 I Have 
 
 ^ Those 
 SThat 
 
 I 
 
 Barred Rocks - - White Wyan doHes 
 
 WE HAVE 
 
 Some - Choice - Exhibition 
 
 AND 
 
 Fine Breeding Birds 
 For Sale! 
 
 We have always won at State Fairs and State 
 Shows more prizes than all other exhibits. 
 
 "Il^— \ T L. NORVAL, Seward, Nebrasica. 
 
 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH R3CXS. 
 
 Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
 :W old ones to draft from the coming sale season Was winners of all 
 firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 
 
 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 
 
 BARRED rLYMDUTll ROUKS. Wiih that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue 
 astlieskv. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Ur h»;avy weight SIN- 
 GLE COMB BROWN LJiGHORNS. Elegant comb.s. fine striping to Hacket and bad- 
 die, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, line 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. 
 
 Belgian Hares 
 
 Best in America, very cheap during 
 — ' „.'-{3'.~-.>o .—— . — ~ special sale. We guarantee satisfac- 
 tion or no pay. Might exchange for iine clock, piano, gun or music box. What 
 
 have you? Book free. _ . 
 
 E. J. WHire HARE CO,, Brighton. Colo. 
 
 Barred Plyntouth 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. 
 
 :!•> Cockerels xtra good breeders 1.50 each. 
 
 SO Pullets, well developed and fine 1.50 each. 
 
 M Pullets, good breeders LOO each. 
 
 25 Hens, one and two years old. Good ones 1.50 each. 
 
 5 Cock Birds. Masses of correspondenoe. Writ us what you want 
 andean do you good circular free. Your Truly, 
 
 MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 MR. and MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD, 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
 Pekin Ducks. 
 
 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- 
 braska State Fair, 3d 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 fine lot of young stock for sale. 
 
 FRIEND, .... 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 
 ninorcaii 
 
 Knrr 
 
 Corhins 
 
 and 
 
 Bantam*. 
 
 ♦ ♦■*-♦■»■♦->■•»• 
 
 t huve cockerels In tbe above 
 named varieties for sale and 
 KKKS in season. {Score cards 
 with cnokercis). The Wyan- 
 dottes are Oustin & Ksilcr 
 strains direct. B. P Kocks 
 are Elliotts. 
 Yours Ktspectfuiiy. 
 
 Pine Lawn Poultry l^'arni. 
 L, D. Meicalff prop 
 
 SEED CORN. 
 
 HJ.H.IJMIii 
 
 Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and 
 Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties. 
 
 Onion Seed! Larga Red Wethersfiebd, Prize 
 Grlobe Danvers, yieds 1,200 bu. to the acrel New 
 seed at W)c 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 
 at wholesale prices. Nearly ?5I>1.00 in prizes and 100,- 
 iinn papers free seeds given 
 
 customers this year. 
 
 Send for 
 ; GBtaloguo 
 
 Archias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo 
 
Vol. 3 
 
 Cla.y Center, NebraLskat. Februa.ry, 1902. 
 
 
 
 (:as(s ^ ^^e Winter Layers. ^ ^s 
 
 In practical poultry culture the hen many poor winter laying hens. Dur- 
 
 that lays is the hen that pays. And 
 right now is the time the hens should 
 be laying, or at least those early 
 hatched pullets should. If a pullet 
 does not begin to lay in the fall the 
 probabilities are that she will not lay 
 until late in the winter or spring. 
 Does it pay to winter these idle fowls, 
 in order to secure a few cheap eggs 
 in the spring? We believe not, with 
 the average fowls. Of course, there 
 are exceptions, such as in the case of 
 hens which have already earned their 
 keep during their first laying year and 
 which it is desired to breed from an- 
 other season. 
 
 It will take from 30 to 35 cents 
 worth of grain to carry a hen through 
 the winter, and if she does not lay 
 until eggs are down to ten cents a 
 dozen it will take nearly all she will 
 lay during thte summer to pay her 
 winter's feed bill, and if she is not 
 able or is not allowed to hunt her 
 own food during the summer she 
 will die in debt to you. The fault 
 may be with the hen or with the own- 
 er. Perhaps the environments ana 
 food are not such as to induce laying, 
 and then again the hens may not be 
 bred to lay in winter. Winter laying 
 
 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 to 
 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 
 heavy winter layers any more than it 
 will produce show birds. But how 
 can we breed this trait into them? 
 is the question we hear asked. This 
 requires time, but is not difficult. 
 Suppose we are to start with a lot 
 of mixed hens and pullets, such as are 
 usually found on a farm or in the 
 flock of a village poulterer, either all 
 one breed or mongrel stock. For the 
 purpose of our illustration it matters 
 not what they are, but we would not 
 
 is an inherent trait that is bred into advise anyone to go to the trouble 
 
 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 
 
 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 
 
 point when selecting eggs for hatching lay in the fall, and lay more or less 
 and as a consequence have a great I all winter. 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, but trap nests are not practi- 
 cable in all cases, and where they 
 cannot be employed it is a good plan 
 to divide the fowls into small flocks, 
 say twenty-five each, when by a 
 little observation we can readily per- 
 ceive which hens are laying. The 
 practical poulterer can tell a laying 
 hen by her appearance, but there are 
 many who cannot, and if the fowls 
 look so much alike that it is hard to 
 j tell the layers, mark each one that 
 I you know has laid with a legband or 
 i by yieing a piece of flannel to her leg. 
 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, and if by an 
 additional outlay of five or ten cents 
 per lien for food or other requirements 
 we can make each hen produce three 
 to five dozen eggs, worth from twenty 
 to twenty-five cents per dozen, during 
 this time that she might be idle, we 
 have really effected a saving of from 
 sixty cents to one dollar on each hen 
 that lays. It is true that winter eggs 
 do not, in many sections, bring a price 
 in proportion to the 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 1 
 and March 1. 
 
 In the west eggs are not so high as 
 in the east, owing to a lack of local 
 markets and the cheapness of grain 
 and other foods used to produce them. 
 A really fancy price can only be se- 
 cured where eggs can reach the con- 
 sumer within a day or two after be- 
 ing gathered. Such eggs will always 
 bring from five to ten cents per dozen 
 above market quotations if the pro- 
 duccer can reach the consumer. At 
 this writing strictly fresh eggs are 
 quoted in the Springfield, Mass., mar- 
 ket at forty cents per dozen whole- 
 sale, and to our knowledge a number 
 of our poultrymen in that vicinity are 
 getting from five to ten cents per 
 dozen above this price for large brown 
 eggs. Even with high priced grain 
 there is money in producing eggs at 
 such figures, if we have a strain of 
 fowls that are bred to lay in winter. 
 
 FEEDING FOR EGGS IN WINTER. 
 I wish to give a few hints in regard 
 to topic No. 1 in November issue. 
 In the spring of 1900 we received more 
 eggs on an average per hen than ever 
 before. We fed a warm mash of 
 mornings consisting of wheat bran 
 and scraps from the table, and also 
 gave them red pepper once or twice 
 a week. Then we would turn them 
 out and they had access to all the 
 cane seed they cared to eat. When 
 we took the ashes from the stove 
 we always put it where they could 
 scratch for the clear coal, which help- 
 ed to keep thera healthy and in a lay- 
 ing condition. They also had fresh 
 water. As we live on a farm they 
 get plenty of exercise. I think the 
 B. P. Rocks are the best all-purpose 
 chickens. I would be pleased to hear 
 from any one in regard to sheds for 
 turkeys to roost in. I know some 
 think out doors is good enough for 
 them, but ours went in the chicken 
 house last night, as it turned quite 
 cold here yesterday evening. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 My Fakvorite Fowl. 
 
 The beantiful Black I.angshans are 
 a grand fowl. For an all-purpose 
 fowl none can excel them. You may 
 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 
 such a grand flock of living beauties? 
 If you never saw such a flock (I don't 
 mean four or five of them, but twenty 
 or thirty, all together, or even more), 
 you have missed a really charming 
 sight. Well, you say that any one 
 kind of birds together look fine. Yes, 
 remarkably so. but while others look 
 well the Langshans look better. That's 
 just the difference. Your white fowls 
 or your parti-colored ones can never 
 glisten and shine and reflect the sun- 
 shine as can the glossy black of the 
 Langshans. The male bird as he 
 paces to and fro among the hens is 
 reaily 'the monarch of all he sur- 
 veys." Stylish, graceful, straight and 
 trim. Always happy unless allowed 
 exposure to storms and cold. In the 
 warm weather, as they are out on 
 the range, you will hear their song 
 of happiness and contentment. In 
 winter, provide them with a warm 
 house and good feed, with litter for 
 exercise, and the same joyful song is 
 everywhere among them. 
 
 Do you want wild fowls, those that 
 always want plenty of distance be- 
 tween you and them, and that you 
 must leave the house before they will 
 all go to eating? If so do not get a 
 Langshan. You will find the Lang- 
 shan a bird that will crowd around 
 you and get under your feet, so that 
 you will be stopped when trying to 
 go through the building. They will 
 even fly upon your arms and are never 
 wild if you treat them kindly. 
 
 You want pets and such ones that 
 you can pick up anywhere you chance 
 to meet them, either in the house or 
 in the field. The Langshans will 
 meet the requirements in this case 
 every time. 
 
 You want an active fowl; get the 
 langshan. They are active. The 
 smaller, nervous breeds may get out 
 of the way quicker and fly over your 
 highest fence more often than the 
 Langshan, but that does not make 
 you believe that the Langshans are 
 lazy. They might eat more than they 
 need and get too fat for good results 
 
 ii;i Perkiii.s, K;ivt-nw(«id. iM..." 
 1 r.ed^r sf H.ivred Plymouth Rucks. Mrs. Per- 
 1 ill's wrniiiffs are read with much interest in 
 everal poullrv papels. t-speclally Thk Ixvkj- 
 
 u you allowed food to lay before 
 them all the time. But that is not 
 the way to care for fowls. It is a 
 waste to allow food to remain before 
 them all the time. 
 
 Now the practical value of them, 
 as regards their profitableness. While 
 the foregoing words have given you 
 a fair idea of their beauty and at- 
 tractiveness, I wish to show wherein 
 lies their true value. Every breed has 
 its claims. The Langshan has as 
 many as any of them. Some breeders 
 claim that no breed will excel the 
 Langshan in egg production. They 
 are good, very good, layers. We nev- 
 er expect a large fowl to lay as well 
 as a smaller one. But if we get a 
 fowl that lays nearly as w^ell as the 
 smaller one, while at the same time 
 it is a large bird and raises large 
 chicks, we may say that we have an 
 ideal bird. That is just where the 
 Langshans come in. They are a fowl 
 that lays nearly as many eggs as any 
 of the small ones, if not just as many. 
 Some may be able to get more eggs 
 from Langshans, while some others 
 may get better results from different 
 breeds. Anyway, the Langshans will 
 give others a close race in producing 
 eggs, and if you count on raising 
 chicks, they will surprise you in re- 
 sults. They will give as good results 
 as any. and even if not better re- 
 turns than all others they will sur- 
 pass many. So if they are more beau- 
 tiful and give as good if not better 
 results than others, why not breed the 
 noble Ijangshan? 
 
 Their large size and early maturing 
 qualities give them prominence for 
 market birds. But, you say. they 
 don't mature very early. You have 
 Leghorns matured in much less time. 
 True, your leghorns mature earlier, 
 but when matured are not half so 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 take in getting the Laiigslian. You 
 say that any one will praise their 
 favorite fowl. While this is true, you 
 can put all the praises together and 
 find that the Langshan is just as good 
 as any and better in some respects, 
 that is, for certain purposes they are 
 better. PERCY W. SHEPARD. 
 
 Towanda, Pa, 
 
 White Lang-Shan hen owned liv Mrs. Thos 
 Huifhes, Rock Port, Mo. 
 
 large as a Langshan. Wherein lies 
 the choice? Woiild you give a little 
 longer time for maturity and get a 
 fowl twice as large, or prefer to take 
 the smaller one and allow nearly as 
 much time for it to mature? I would 
 favor the former and choose the I>ang- 
 shan, wouldn't you? 
 
 Another objection often brought up. 
 They have a white skin and don't look 
 well in market, you say. Well, did 
 you ever eat any meat of a Langshan? 
 If so you won't cry out the objection 
 to their looks. No tenderer or finer 
 grained meat is ever placed upon 
 your table than the Langshan is. Their 
 white skin makes no difference in 
 price when they reach the market. 
 While people prefer a yellow-skinned 
 bird to some extent, any one who 
 knows what a real good table fowl 
 needs to be would select one that Is 
 fat, plum and well dressed regard- 
 less of its color. I have shipped Lang- 
 shans to city markets and always re- 
 ceived the very best prices. What 
 more can be obtained, and ought there 
 to be any objections to these grand 
 birds? I should say no. 
 
 Their solid color gives more ease in 
 meeting standard requirements and at 
 the same time their beautiful, shining 
 color produces an effect that other col- 
 ors cannot produce. They are excel- 
 lent setters and excellent in caring for 
 the chicks. They are not persistent 
 setters. While is is natural for them 
 to have a desire to set, it is easily 
 overcome by shutting them in a box 
 or coop for a few days. With an in- 
 cubator, a few brooders and a flock 
 of good Langshans with proper hous- 
 ing and feed, I would make a success 
 of it. You can do as well if not 
 better. 
 
 If you are starting out in the poul- 
 try business and want a good all- 
 purpose fowl you will make no mis- 
 
 FOR POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Having raised Belgian hares for sev- 
 eral years and sold numbers of them, 
 I will say for the industry it is a busi- 
 ness to be learned; and at least one 
 year is required to learn enough to 
 find out if one is fit for the industry. 
 So many buy and simply turn the 
 care (which is all there is to do right) 
 over to the children. Children and 
 hares do not agree on any one point. 
 It takes as much care and judgment to 
 care and breed hares properly as to 
 care and breed Hereford cattle. No 
 wonder at so many getting disappoint- 
 ed after a few months handing hares. 
 They expect too much for a small ef- 
 fort. Every new beginner makes some 
 mistakes. Being too anxious to know 
 about the nest of young ones, they 
 must count them the first day. It is 
 better to stay away for a week. Pro- 
 vide a nest box dark and in a quiet 
 place. Next they will wean the 
 young too soon. Better leave them 3 
 months than only three weeks. And 
 then draughts must be watched. Do 
 not let a hutch sit in a draught for a 
 minute unless the hares have room to 
 exercise and keep warm. They will 
 catch cold and die. I have had them 
 run in the snow in Colorado, but when 
 I shut them in at night it w?.s in a 
 room where no wind could strike them. 
 Heat killed some fine ones for me here 
 in Indian Territory. They must be 
 kept in the shade in hot weather. 
 
 I have had plenty of experience to 
 prove to me that hares are hard to 
 raise and many enemies stand ready 
 to kill — rats, cats, dogs, ants. Yes, 
 ants. They killed a fine litter for Mr. 
 Holden of Chickasha. I have had sev- 
 eral does eat their own young, but 1 
 am ready to buy all high scoring does 
 that have got in the habit of eating 
 up their own young. I like the fun 
 of curing them; it does me good to 
 fool them a trip. I tan the pelts. I 
 have my shoes laced with strings cut 
 from the skin of one I tanned, at less 
 than half a cent. To leave the fur on 
 and run a sharp razor over the fur 
 and cut the coarse hair off makes 
 trimming for ladies' gowns. Do not 
 neglect to place a box or platform so 
 the old doe can get away from the 
 young. Do not forget the young will 
 
 come out of the nest box and get out 
 of sight never to return. 
 
 If you are tired of the business, 
 commence eating the surplus stock 
 and see if you do not change your 
 mind about getting rid of all of them. 
 The Kansas City Star started out to 
 bemeau the busine&fs in an article 
 headed, "Nobody Wants Them Now," 
 and ended up by saying there was 
 uiLney in them raising them for meat 
 prices. So there is. LEW BENSON. 
 
 Anadarko, O. T. 
 
 HOW MAUD SET A HEN. 
 
 Maud Muller on a summer's day 
 Set a hen in a brand new way. 
 ( Maud, you see, was a city girl, 
 Trying the rural life a whirl.) 
 She covered a box with tinsel gay, 
 Lined it snugly with new mown hay. 
 Filled it nicely with eggs, and then 
 Started to look for a likely hen. 
 Out of the iiock selected one. 
 And then she thought that her work 
 
 was done. 
 It would have been, but this stubborn 
 
 hen 
 Stood up and cackled "Ka-doot!" and 
 
 then 
 Maud Muller came, and in hurt sur- 
 prise 
 Looked coldly into the creature's eyes; 
 Then tied its legs to the box. "You bet 
 I know how to make you set." 
 But still it stood, and worse and worse 
 Shrieked forth its wrongs to the uni- 
 verse. 
 Kicked over the box with its tinsel gay, 
 And ignominiously flapped away. 
 Then a bad boy, over the barnyard 
 
 fence. 
 Tee-heed: "Say, Maud, there's a dit 
 
 ference 
 'Tween hens, you know, and it is that 
 One says 'Ka-doot,' and one 'Ka-dat!' " 
 Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute 
 She tried to set had said "Ka-doot!" 
 And ever since that historic day 
 She blushes in an embarrassed way 
 To think of the hobble she made once 
 
 when 
 She tried to set a gentleman hen. 
 
 An Angora <'avie owned by Mrs. (ieo. D, 
 Hawley, Ohicaifo, IH., 2106 Jackson, Bvd, 
 
Poultry Associa.tioi\. 
 
 Surprised Because of the Excellence of 
 Exhibit. 
 
 The poultry show closed on Satur- 
 uay night. The show was a surprise 
 to thoie acquainted with such matters, 
 both in the quality of stock exhibited, 
 and in the number of birds shown. 
 The placing of the birds was a feature, 
 the classification was perfect. 
 
 The quality of the birds shown was 
 far above the average, every breed 
 having some high-class representa- 
 tives. All in all, the show was the 
 best ever held in the west. 
 
 The prizes awarded are: 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK. 
 
 Wilson & Ellis, first prize, pen; sec- 
 ond prize, cock; second, third, fourth 
 and fifth prizes, for cockerel; second 
 and fifth prizes for pullets. 
 
 S. O. Day, Salt Lake, second prize 
 for pen; second for hen, first for 
 cockerel, third for pullet. 
 
 C. J. Trump, Salt Lake, third prize 
 for pen, fourth and fifth for hen. 
 
 W. J. and J. L. Hancock, Ogden, 
 fourth prize for pen, fourth for cock 
 and third for hen. 
 
 A. E. Thorgood, Ogden, fifth for pen. 
 
 J. M. Bishop, Ogden, fourth for pul- 
 lets, third for cock. 
 
 A. G. Harris, Ogden, first for pul- 
 let. 
 
 Benjamin Smalley, Ogden, first for 
 cock. 
 
 Harry Shibbley, Ogden, fifth foi 
 cock. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 Prank Foulger, Ogden, first for 
 cockerel. 
 
 George Taysum, Salt Lake, second 
 for pen; first, second and third, pen; 
 second for cock, fifth for pullet. 
 
 C. F. Dinsniore, North Ogden, first 
 for pen; first for cock; second, third 
 for cockerel; fourth and fifth for hen; 
 first, second, third and fourth for pul- 
 let. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
 
 A. G. Maw, Ogden, second for hen, 
 fourth for cockerel. 
 
 J. M. Bishop, Ogden, third for cock- 
 erel, third and fourth for hen, fourth 
 for pullets. 
 
 Mrs. Grace Taysum, Salt Lake, sec- 
 ond for pen; first for cock. 
 
 C. F. Dinsmore, North Ogden, first 
 for pen, second for cockerel; first and 
 third for pullets. 
 
 SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. 
 
 Frank Foulger, Ogden, second for 
 pen. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
 
 1. Thorn t«D, first far ae«ker«l. first. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 sstoud and third for pullet. 
 
 Golden Wayndottes — E. J. Hancock, 
 Ogden, second for cock, second and 
 third for hen. 
 
 Black Wyandottes — A. G. Harris, 
 Ogden, first for cock; Wm. Woodfie.d, 
 North Ogden, first and second for 
 pens, third for cock, first, fourth and 
 fifth for hen; first and second for 
 cockerel; first, second, third and 
 fourth for pullets; B. J. Hancock, sec- 
 ond for cock, second and third for 
 hen. 
 
 Rhode Island Reds — H. E. Peery, 
 Ogden, first for pens; A. G. Harris, 
 Ogden, first for trio, first for cockerel. 
 
 Partridge Cochins — W. J. and J. L. 
 Hancock, Ogden, first for pens, second 
 for cock, first for pullets; E. J. Han- 
 cock, Ogden, second and third for pul- 
 lets, second for cock. 
 
 Light Brahmas — E. N. Morrison, Og- 
 den, first for pen, first for cockerel; 
 first, second, third and fourth for pul- 
 lets; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hewitt, Og- 
 den, second for pen; first, second, 
 third and fourth for pen; first for 
 cock, second for cockerel, fifth for pul- 
 let; E. J. Hancock, third for cock. 
 
 Black Langshans — W. W. Carder, 
 Ogden, third for cockerel; Richard 
 Bowbotham, Ogden, first for pen, first 
 and fourth for cockerel; second, third 
 and fourth for pullets; W. J. and J. 
 L. Hancock, first for hen; Mrs. E. J. 
 Meid, Ogden, second for cockerel; 
 Ashton & Son, Ogden, first and fifth 
 for hen, third for cockerel, first for 
 cockerel. 
 
 White Leghorns — P. J. Tyler, fourth 
 for cockerel; W. J. and J. L. Hancock, 
 Ogden, third for pen, second for pul- 
 let; W. W. Carder, Ogden, second for 
 cockerel, third and fifth for pullet; J. 
 M. Bishop, Ogden, first for pen, first 
 for cockerel, second and third for hen, 
 fourth for pullet; Benjamin Smalley, 
 Ogden, second for pen, first and fourth 
 pullet. 
 
 Mottled Anconas — W. J. and J. -L. 
 Hancock, Ogden, first for pen; Louis 
 Peery, Ogden, second for pen. 
 
 Buff Leghorns— J. W. Haslam, Salt 
 Lake, first for pen, first for cockerel, 
 first, second, third and fourth for pul- 
 let; L. Thornton, Ogden, second for 
 cockerel; T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Og- 
 den, third for cockerel, fifth for pullet. 
 Golden Polish— T. J. and J. W. 
 Keogh, Ogden, first and second for 
 pens, first, second, third and fourth 
 for pullet, first for hen, first, second 
 for cockerel; A. G. Harris, Ogden, 
 third for pen, third for cockerel. 
 
 Silver Spangled Hamburg — Joseph 
 Covington, first for trio. 
 GAME CLASS. 
 .Tam«s Jacebson, Smoke Balls, first 
 
 for trio; .J. H. Cunningham, Ogden, 
 first for trio; white tail games, first; 
 first for white Pyle games. 
 
 Cornish Indian Games — Harmon 
 Peery, Ogden, first pair. 
 
 Bantams— W. J. and J. L. Hancock, 
 Ogden, all on' black tail Japanese. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hewitt, Ogden, 
 first for trio. White Crested White 
 Polish. 
 
 T. J. and J. W. Keogh, Ogden, all 
 on Buff Cochin; all on Silver Duck- 
 wing game bantams. 
 
 A. Earle Harris, Ogden, all on Red 
 Pyle bantams. 
 
 Bronze Turkeys — All to Chas. Bar- 
 uett. View, Utah. 
 
 White Pekin Ducks— All to Carl 
 Poulten, Ogden. 
 
 Pigeons— W. J. and J. L. Hancoik, 
 Ogden, first for display. 
 
 Andrew Miller, Ogden, second for 
 display; first for tumblers: first for 
 Jocobins. 
 
 Fred Bateman, Ogden, third for 
 pigeons. 
 
 Belgian Hares — Roy Carver, first for 
 display; W. E. Archibald, second for 
 display. 
 
 Winnings of R. E. Jones of Flat 
 Rock, Ind., at Indianapolis, December 
 4 to 10. 1901: 
 
 S. Wyandottes — First and 4th cocks; 
 1st, third and fourth hens; fourth 
 cockerel; first and fourth pullets; sec- 
 ond pen. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes — First, second 
 and third cocks; first, second, third 
 and fourth hens; first cockerel; first, 
 second and third pullets; first and 
 second pens. 
 
 Black Wyandottes — First and sec- 
 ond hens; first cockerel, first and sec- 
 ond pullets; 1st pen. 
 
 G. S. Bantams — First cock; first and 
 fourth hens; first and second cock- 
 erels; first pullet; first pen. 
 
 S. S. Bantams — Second cock; first 
 and second hens; first and second 
 cockerels; first and second pullets; 
 first pen. 
 
 A trio of White Wyandottes owned b.\- 
 Clarev. Fairbury. Nebr. 
 
Fa.i\cier's Association of Indiana. 
 
 The third anual exhibition of this 
 association, held at Indianapolis, De- 
 cember 4 to 10, was a success in every 
 particular. The annual meeting and 
 election of officers was held Monday 
 evening, December 9, with a large at- 
 tendance and the following officers 
 were elected: President, Lora C. Hoss, 
 Kokomo; first vice president, C. J. 
 Ward, Irvington; second vice presi- 
 dent, Ben S. Myers, Crawfordsville; 
 third vice president, N. E. Woods, 
 Pecksburg; fourth vice president, W. 
 F. Coats, Columbus; fifth vice presi- 
 dent, Ed B. Murphy, Carmel; treas- 
 urer, H. D. Lane, Indianapolis; secre- 
 tary, C. W. Hackleman, Indianapolis. 
 The new executive committee is the 
 president, first vice president, treasur- 
 er, secretary; Wm. Tobin, Indianap- 
 olis, Dr. Jos. Haas, Indianapolis; Dr. 
 D. C. Harrold, Elwood, F. P. Johnson, 
 Rowlands and H. B. Miller, Nashville. 
 Awards on poultry at the third an- 
 nual exhibition of the Fanciers' asso- 
 ciation of Indiana, held at Indianapolis 
 December 4 to 10,1901: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks — Entries: 
 Nine cocks, 23 cockerels, 18 hens, 25 
 pullets and 6 hens: Fourth cock, W. 
 H. Bolinger, Pendleton, Ind.; 4th cock- 
 erel, 3d and 4th hens, 4th pullet and 
 2d pen, Geo. Muck, Edinburg, Ind.; 2d 
 and 3d cocks, 2d cockerel, 1st hen and 
 4th pen, C. A. Porter, Flatrock, Ind.; 
 1st cock, 3d cockerel, 2d hen, 1st, 2d 
 and 3d pullets and 1st and 3d pens, 
 Mrs. D. A. Stoner, Rensselaer, Ind.; 
 1st cock, A. C. Le Due, Chenoa, 111. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks — Entries: 
 Seven cocks, 14 cockerels, 18 hens, 30 
 pullets and 6 pens. Third pullet, Chas. 
 Wagner, New Albany, Ind.; 4th pullet 
 and 4th pen. Bowers & Husted, El- 
 wood, Ind.; 4th cock, 4th cockerel, 2d 
 hen and 1st pullet, J. R. Mathis, 
 Boggstown, Ind.; 1st and 2d cocks, 1st 
 and 2d cockerels, 3d and 4th hens and 
 2d and 3d pens, John Landls, Edin- 
 burg, Ind.; 3d cock, 2d cockerel, 1st 
 hen, 2d pullet and 1st pen, G. M. 
 Johnson, Boggstown, Ind. 
 
 Buff Plymouth Rocks — Entries: Four 
 cocks, 20 cockerels, 11 hens, 26 pullets 
 and 6 pens. Third pullet and 4th pen, 
 F. E. Gilliland, Hope Ind.; 3d hen, 1st 
 pullet iind 2d pen, Huddleston Poultry 
 farm, Winamac, Ind.; 3d cock, H. A. 
 Armstrong, Plymouth, Ind.; 4th cock- 
 erel, Frank B. Smith, Danville, III.; 
 4tli cock, Jos. Becker, Indianapolis, 
 Ind.; 1st cock, 1st hen and 2d pullet, 
 Ben Le Gore, Marshall, 111.; 2d cock, 
 1st, 2d and 3d cockerels, 2d and 4th 
 hens, 4th pullet and 1st and 3d pens, 
 F. E. Mow, Union Mills, Ind. 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes— Entries: 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Five cocks, 8 cockerels, 8 hens, 16 pul- 
 lets and 4 pens. Second hen and 4th 
 pen, Wesley Coffey, Spencer, Ind.; 2d 
 and 3d cocks, 1st and 2d cockerels, 2d 
 pullet and 1st pen, A. C. Le Due; 3d 
 cockerels, 3 pullet and 3d pen, Charles 
 Batsch, Elwood, Ind.; 1st and 4th 
 cocks, 4th cockerel, 1st, 3d and 4th 
 hens, 1st and 4th pullets and 2d hen, 
 R. E. Jones, Flatrock, Ind. 
 
 Golden Wyandotes — Entries: Three 
 cocks, 3 cockerels, 5 hens, 3 pullets 
 and 2 pens. Second cockerel, Seth T. 
 Gallaghan, Logansport, Ind.; 1st, 2d 
 and 3d cocks, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d 
 and 4th hens, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets 
 and 1st and 2d pens, R. E. Jones. 
 
 White Wyandottes — Entries: Seven 
 cocks, 17 cockerels, 18 hens, 31 pullets 
 and 7 pens. First cock, 1st hen andi 
 1st pen, D. C. Harrold, Elwood, Ind.; 
 2d cockerel, F. M. Meloy, Shelbyville, 
 Ind.; 4th cock, 3d and 4th hens, 1st, 
 3d and 4th pullets and 3d pen, Mrs. 
 Geo. M. Hanley, Hoopeston, 111.; 2d 
 and 3d cocks, 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels, 
 2d hen, 2 pullet and 3d and 4th pens. 
 Miller Bros., Nashville, Ind. 
 
 Buff Wyandottes — Entries: Two 
 cocks, 9 cockerels, 5 hens, 17 pullets 
 and 5 pens, 1st cock, 1st and 3d cock- 
 erels, 1st, 2d and 3d hens, 1st and 3d 
 pullets and 1st pen, D. C. Harrold; 2d 
 cockerel, 2d pullet and 2 pen, Foster 
 Martin, Marshall, Ind.; 2d cock, 4th 
 cockerel, 4th pen, 4th pullet and 3d 
 pen, W. F. Rossman, Columbia City, 
 Ind. 
 
 Black Wyandottes — Six entries. All 
 prizes to R. E. Jones. 
 
 Partridge Wyandottes — Entries: 
 Three cocks, 4 cockerels, 3 hens, 8 
 pullets and 2 pens. Second and 3d 
 cocks, 1st and 4th cockerels, 1st and 
 2d hens, 2d pullet and 2d pen, C. F. 
 Avey, Columbia City, Ind.; 1st cock, 
 2d and 3rd cockerels, 1st, 3d and 4th 
 pullets and 1st pen. Earl D. Smith, 
 Winamac, Ind. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons — Entries: Four 
 cocks. 11 cockerels, 13 hens. 23 pullets 
 and 6 pens. First cock, 3d and 4th 
 cockerels, 2d and 4th pullets and 2d 
 pen, C. S. Byers, Hazelrigg, Ind.; 2d 
 cockerel. John McMillan, Bridgeport, 
 Ind.; 2d, 3d and 4th cocks, 1st cockerel, 
 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens. 3d pullet and 
 1st, 3d and 4th pens, Mrs. R. Senour, 
 1518 Shelton street, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 Light Brahmas — Entries: Twelve 
 cocks, 8 cockerels, 23 hens, 13 pullets 
 and 3 pens. Fourth cock, Mrs. B. D. 
 Courts, Anderson, Ind.; 1st cockerel, J. 
 F. Wheatley, Edinburg, Ind.; 4th hen 
 and 3d pen, N. E. Woods, Pecksburg, 
 Ind.; 2d cock and 3d hen, H. A. John- 
 son, 2050 Park avenue, Indianapolis, 
 Ind.; 1st and 3d cocks, 2d, 3d and 4th 
 cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st, 2d, 3d 
 
 and 4th pullets and 1st and 2d hens, 
 F. P. Johnson, Nowlands, Ind. 
 
 Buff Cochins — Entries: Four cocks, 
 16 cockerels, 6 hens, 15 pullets and 3 
 pens. Fourth cock and 2d and 3d pens, 
 C.J. Ward, Irvington, Ind.; 1st and 23 
 cocks, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 4th 
 pullets and 1st pen, T. A. Hefner, Far- 
 ley, la.; 3d cock, 4th hen and 2d pul- 
 let, C. A. Johnson, R. D. No. 1, Green- 
 field, Ind.; 3d cockerel and 2d hen, J. 
 B. Clark, 1114 Southport avenue, Chi- 
 cago, 111.; 1st, 2d and 4th cockerels and 
 3d pullet, John E. Walker, Friends- 
 wood, Ind. 
 
 Partridge Cochins — Entries: One 
 cock, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 6 pullets and 
 2 pens. First cock, 2d cockerel, 1st 
 hen and 4th pullet, C. J. Ward; 1st and 
 3d cockerels, 1st, 2d and 3d pullets and 
 1st pen, C. H. Terry, Union Mills, Ind. 
 Black Cochins — Two entries: All 
 prizes to Leo P. Gillon, Hale's Corners, 
 Wis. 
 
 White Cochins — Two entries: All 
 prizes to C. C. Freese, Laporte, Ind. 
 
 Black Langshans — Entries: Two 
 cocks, 13 cockerels, 10 hens, 29 pul- 
 lets and 5 pens. Third pen, H. J. 
 Rader, Lafayette, Ind.; 2d cock and 
 4th pen, G. W. Wilklns, New Lancas- 
 ter, Ind.; 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th 
 cockerels, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, 1st. 
 2d, 3d and 4th pullets and 1st and 2d 
 pens, W. M. Mayer, Danville, 111. 
 
 S. C. Brown Leghorns — Entries: 
 Three cocks, 15 cockerels, 15 hens, 20 
 pullets and 2' pens. First cock, 2d 
 hen and 2d pen. Geo. Knauer, 152 W. 
 Main street, Louisville, Ky.; 1st, 2d 
 and 3d cockerels, 1st hen, 1st, 2d, 3d 
 and 4th pullets, and 4th pen, W. H. 
 Wiebke, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 3d cock, 4th 
 cockerel and 3d pen, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
 F. Gault, Sycamore, 0.; 4th hen, Carl 
 Mueller, 515 Tecumseh street, Indian- 
 
 Liy^Ut Brahma cock, ist at Neb.. State Show 
 1901. also 1st at Hebron, Neb , owned bv G. B- 
 t'lary. Fairbnrv. Neb. 
 
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 apolis, Intl.; 2(1 cock, K. 13. and K. R. 
 Hale, Shelbyville, Ind. 
 
 R. C. B. Leghorns — Entries: One 
 MK-k, 2 cockerels, 2 hens, 3 pullets 
 and 1 pen. All prizes to C. R. Mil- 
 holis, Spencer, Ind. 
 
 S. C. White Leghorns- Entries: 
 l-'our cocks, 15 cockerels, 12 hens, 16 
 ixillets and. •! pens. First cock, 2d and 
 1th cockerels, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th hens, 
 1st pullet and 1st pen, VVm. Tobin, 
 ■1747 E. Washington street, Indianap- 
 olis, Ind.; 4th pullet and 4th hen, Har- 
 mon Bradshaw, Lebanon, Ind.; 4th 
 cock, H. L. Harlan, Indianapolis, Ind.; 
 3 cock, 2d pullet and 3d pen, Jas. L. 
 Wood, Elwood, Ind.; 2d cock, 1st and 
 2d cockerels, 3 pullet and 2d pen, B. 
 K. Hill, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 S. C. Buff Leghorns — Entries: Two 
 cocks, 3 cockerels, 2 hens, 7 pullets 
 and 2 pens. Second cock, 2d and Sd 
 cockerels, 2d and 3d pullets and 2d 
 pen, Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind.; 
 1st cock, 1st coclterel, 1st and 2d hens, 
 1st and 4th pullets and 1st pen, Chas. 
 Airgoud, South Bend, Ind. 
 
 Rhode Island Reds— Two entries. 
 All prizes to E. L. C. itforse, 8206 Cor- 
 nell ave, Chicago, 111. 
 
 S. C. Black Minorcas— Entries: Two 
 cocks, 2 cockerels, 5 hens, 4 pullets 
 and 2 pens. Second cock, 1st, 2d and 
 3d hens and 2d pen, T. M. Stocking, 
 Broad Ripple, Ind.; 1st cock, 2d cock- 
 erel and 4th hen, Louis Clem, Bunker 
 Hill, Ind.; 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d and 
 4th pullets and 1st pen. Luny Rey- 
 nolds, Westville, Ind. 
 
 Silver Bearded Polish — Entries: One 
 cock, 1 cockerel and 8 hens. All prizes 
 to Dr. M. A. Young, 4.54 E. Washing- 
 ton street Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 B. B. Red Games— Entries: Two 
 cocks, 7 cockerels, 8 hens. 4 pullets 
 and 2 pens. First cock, 1st and 3d 
 cockerel, 2d, 3 and 4th hens, 1st, 2d 
 
 Bufl" < )r|)iii!^toi) pullet owned by Mrs. 
 C. E. Urowiiinir, Fairbiirv. Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 and 3d pullets and 1st and 2d pens, 11. 
 D. Lane, 3G13 N. Meridian street, In- 
 dianapolis, Ind.; 2d and 4th cockerels, 
 !•'. C. Wright, Mt. Healthy, O.; 2d 
 cock, 1st hen and 4th pullet, J. 0. 
 Pratt, La Grange, 111. 
 
 Red Pyle Games— Two entries. All 
 prizes to Wesley Lanius, Greeuburg, 
 Ind. 
 
 Pit Games — Entries: Two cocks, 4 
 cockerels, 4 hens and 4 pullets. All 
 prizes to D. B. Shideler, 726 W. 42d 
 street, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 Buff Cochin Bantatms— Entries: One 
 cock, 3 cockerels, 3 hens, S pullets and 
 1 pen. First cock, 1st cockerel, 1st 
 hen and 3d pullet, Chas. Airgood; 2d 
 and 3d cockerels, 2d and 3 hens, 1st, 
 2d and 4th pullets and 1st pen, W. A. 
 GrafBs, Logansport, Ind. 
 
 B. B. Red Game Bantams — Entries: 
 Two cocks, 1 cockerel, 2 hens, 3 pul- 
 lets and 1 hen. First cock, 1st cock- 
 erel, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 3d pul- 
 lets and 1st hen, Nicholas & Hoss, 234 
 W. New York street, Indianapolis, 
 Ind.; 2d cock, R. B. and F. R. Hale; 
 2d pullet, T. M. Campbell, Darlington, 
 Ind. 
 
 Red Pyle Game Bantams — Entries: 
 Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 3 hens and 3 
 pullets. First cock, Nicholas & Hoss; 
 
 3 cock, 1st and 3d hens, R. B. and F. 
 R. Hale; 2d cock, 1st cockerel, 2d hen, 
 1st, 2d and 3d pullets. T. M. Camp- 
 bell. 
 
 Black Cochin Bantams — Entries: 
 Two coks and 2 hens. All prizes to 
 Nicholas & Hoss. 
 
 Cornish Indian Games — Entries: 
 Three cocks, 1 cockerel, 6 hens, 1 pul- 
 let and 1 pen. Second cock, 1st cock- 
 erel and 3d pen, J. W. Andrew, War- 
 ren, Ind.; 1st cock, Clover Bloom 
 Poultry yards, Thurston, Ky. ; 3d cock, 
 1st, 2d and 4th hens, 1st pullet and 1st 
 pen, Gettinger & Shockney, Union 
 City, Ind. 
 
 M. B. Turkeys — Entries: Two cocks. 
 
 4 cockerels, 8 hens, 4 pullets and 2 
 pens. Second cock, 2d and 3d cock- 
 erels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st and 2d pul- 
 lets and 1st pen, G. W. Wilkins; 1st 
 and 3d cocks, 1st and 3d cockerels, 3d 
 and 4th hens, 3d and 4th pullets and 
 2d and 3d pens. S. B. and S. M. John- 
 son. Boggstown, Ind. 
 
 Houlans— Entries: Two cocks. 1 
 I ockerel, 2 hens. 3 pullets and 1 pen. 
 All prizes to Robt. L. Higert. Green- 
 castle, Ind. 
 
 Pekin Ducks— Entries: Two cock- 
 erels and 2 pullets. All prizes to C. 
 R. Byers. 
 
 Silver Bebright Bantams— Entries: 
 Two cocks, 2 cockerels, 4 hens. 2 pul- 
 lets and 1 pen. First cock, 2d, 33 and 
 4th hens, T. M. Campbell; 2d cock, 1st 
 
 ^^^HI^^^H 
 
 The Editor's dog at his favorite pas- 
 time. 
 
 and 2d cockerels, 1st and 2d hens, 1st 
 and 2d pullets and 1st pen, R. E. 
 Jones. 
 
 Golden Seabright Bantams— Entries: 
 Three cocks, 3 cockerels, 4 hens, 5 pul- 
 lets and 1 pen. Second and 3d cocks, 
 3d cockerel, 2d and 3d hens and 2d, 
 3d and 4th pullets, T. M. Campbell; 1st 
 cock, 1st and 2d cockerels, 1st and 4Lh 
 hens, 1st pullet and 1st pen, R. E. 
 Jones. 
 
 Report of the annual exhibition of 
 the Ottawa County Poultry association 
 held in Minneapolis, Kan., December 
 18 to 21, 1901; 
 
 L. P. Harris, judge of awards. 
 
 White Plymouth Rock — First and 
 second pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver, 
 Kan. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks — First and 
 second pen, Mrs. Belle Nelson, Ben- 
 nington, Kan. 
 
 Single Comb Brown Leghorn — First 
 pen, John Chase, Glasgow, Kan.; sec- 
 ond pen, G. C. Smith, Minneapolis, 
 Kan. 
 
 White Wyandotes — First and second 
 pen, W. H. Swartz, Minneapolis, Kan.; 
 third pen, W. A. Hilands, Culver, 
 Kan. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes — First, sec- 
 ond and third pen, Lew Pickrell, Min- 
 neapolis, Kan. 
 
 Golden Laced Wyandottes— First and 
 third pen, E. Papham, Minneapolis, 
 Kan.; second pen. J. H. Moorman, 
 Solomon, Kan. 
 
 Partridge Cochin — First pen, Frank 
 Sutton. Minneapolis, Kan. 
 
 White Faced Black Spanish— First 
 pen, Capt. Sperry, Minneapolis, Kan. 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys — First 
 and second pen, C. H. Clark, Delphos, 
 Kan.; third pen. B. C. McClelland, 
 Ada, Kan. 
 
 Highest scoring cockerel— W. H. 
 Swartz. Minneapolis, Kan. 
 
 Highest scoring pullet— W. H. 
 Swartz. Minneapolis. 
 
 Highest scoring turkey— C. H. Clark 
 Delphos, Kan. 
 
 G. L. SMITH, Secretary. 
 
Kansas State Poultry Show. 
 
 Held at Topeka, Kan.. Jan. (i to 11. 
 
 The exliibit was not so large as has 
 been in previous years, there being 
 only 755 birds in all, besides pig-eons 
 and canaries. There was a fair ex- 
 hibit of Belgian hares, two or three 
 coops of Flenii.sh Giants, a fine cage of 
 coons, cats, one fox, three or four 
 cages of Cavies or Guinea Pigs. 
 
 The quality of poultry was very fine, 
 but a large number of the specimens 
 were under weight, as has been very 
 common this season, consequently the 
 birds do not score so high on account 
 of their weight. 
 
 There were in the Ivlediterranean 
 classes a good many birds badly frosted 
 from the effects of the cold snap that 
 we had in December Many of the 
 specimens had been shown in prior 
 shows and had scored from 92 to it5'2 
 points, and the exhibitors thought, of 
 course, that they ought to score just as 
 much at Topi'ka as they did before 
 they were frosted. The growlers were 
 present at this show, as they are in 
 nearly all shows. Take it all in all, 
 the exhibit was a very creditable one 
 and many classes deserve great praise, 
 especially the exhibit of Buff Cochins, 
 BuiT Wyandottes, White Wyandottes, 
 S. L. Wyandottes, Light Brahnias, 
 Brown Leghorns, Orpingtons, Lang- 
 shans, and White Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 There wasnuclas^ that showed more 
 real merit than the Buff Cochins and 
 White Plymouth Rocks. These two 
 classes showed specimens Hs good as 
 can be found in any class in any show 
 in the state. 
 
 The Partridge Cochin class contained 
 32 birds, all good in color, and very 
 good in .'■hape, A. B.Jones of Waukee- 
 na, Kan., winning most of the prizes. 
 
 Buff Cochins were 12 in number and 
 were shown by Chas. Steinberger of 
 Waukeena, Kan., vrho won all pre- 
 miums. 
 
 Light Brahmas were good in class, 
 but small in size. Aaron Sheets made 
 
 E. W. Geer. Farmington, Mo. (Jne 
 of our contributors. Proprietor of 
 Glen Raven Egg Farm and breeder of 
 Barred and White Rocks, Brown Leg- 
 horns, Black Minoras and Bronze Tur- 
 keys. Mr. Geer is a first class poultry 
 judge. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 the best exhibit and won nearly all 
 prizes. There were .50 Light Brahmas. 
 W. A. Jones showed some verv good 
 specimens, also G. B. Clary of Fair- 
 bury, Keb. 
 
 The exhibit of Langshans numbered 
 .i5 and showed very goo i specimens 
 throughout. There were some elegant 
 shaped birds, also fin in color. 
 
 The Houdans were a good class, but 
 small in number, the e being only 10 
 birds. 
 
 Hamburgs were not a large class, but 
 were the finest that I ever saw L- E. 
 Cook of tfakville, Iowa, won nearly all 
 the premiums. There were about 3.") 
 birds in the exhibit 
 
 There was but one coop of Dark 
 Brahmas shown, and they were shown 
 by L. R. N^e of Leavenworth, Kan 
 They were good in color. 
 
 Buff Pekin Bantams were exhibited 
 by two parties, Thos. E. Wiggins of 
 Topeka, Kan., winning all first pre 
 miums. They were very good in color 
 and shape. 
 
 There was one coop o^ Silver Sea- 
 brights; females very good, but cock 
 very poor. 
 
 ( )f Single Comb Brown Leghorns 
 the exhibit was quite large, (>0 in num- 
 ber, and showing some very fine speci- 
 mens. A good many were badly 
 frosted and plumage faded ijiie or 
 two exhibits were very poor in quality, 
 not fit to be seen in the show room. 
 W. A. Land of Manhattan, Kan., had 
 a very fine exhibit, also M. and M. B. 
 Bass of Kansas City. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes were a 
 good class, fil in number. J. W. Gause 
 of Fmporia, Kan., had the best part of 
 the exh bit. His birds were large in 
 size, good in shape, and tine in color. 
 Mr Gause proved by his exhibit that 
 tiey were breeding the very best that 
 can be found. 
 
 There was a large class of Barred 
 Rocks, S8 in number, the largest class 
 in the exhibit. Among them were 
 some very fine specimens that did not 
 even get a place. The Acme Poultry 
 Yards won the largest number of the 
 premiums. There seemed to be much 
 dissatisfaction with the exhibitors in 
 this class. Mrs. Pinkerton showed 
 some fine pullets both in size, color 
 and shape. Wm. Vesper also e.Khibited 
 some very choice specimens as well as 
 St'eley Brown. 
 
 The Buff Rocks were 27 in number: 
 two exhibitors, Frank Patton of Sur- 
 prise and the Smiths of Manhattan, 
 Kan. The exhibit, tnough not large, 
 was full of quality. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks were ()3 in 
 number. This was one of the best 
 classes in the show room and showed 
 more merit than any other class except 
 the Bufl' Cochin. The principal exhib- 
 itor was C. A. Canfiefd of Bellevue, 
 Kan. Mr. Canfield demonstrated his 
 superior quality of stock by winning 
 nearly everything in this large class. 
 His birds were pure uhite in color, 
 extra good in shape, combs and quality 
 throughout. Thos. Owens of Topeka, 
 Kan., also showed some very good 
 specimens, but was not placed at all. 
 Wm. Randolph of Lawrence, Kan., and 
 Mrs. H. Both of Atchison, Kan., also 
 showed some very fine specimens. 
 
 Buff Wyandottes were .50 in number 
 and was one of the finest classes in the 
 room. T;->e first cock and first cockerel 
 were the best two male birds I have 
 ever seen in Buff Wyandottes. There 
 
 2iid pri/;e, l'aitri'l>;c Luchia hen, 
 owned by DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 were several fine females, and taken in 
 all the class was full of merit, and 
 many fine specimens did not g^et a 
 place. The best exhibit was that of 
 W. A. Forbes of N. Topeka: second in 
 size was that of T. W. F. Hughes of 
 Topeka. Ross Bros, of Manhattan, 
 Kan., also showed some extra fine 
 specimens and won some premiums. 
 
 White Wyandottes was another large 
 exhibit, numbering 52, and many very 
 fine specimens, pure white in color and 
 good in shape and size, did not even 
 get a place. The third cockerel in this 
 exhibit was the most typical White 
 Wyandotte that I have ever seen in my 
 twentv-eight years of experience in the 
 show room. lie was simply immense 
 in shape and color but, like many other 
 specimens, short of %veight. Thisbir i 
 will be shown in Chicago if he can be 
 made to gain one pound in weight be- 
 fore the show opens, and it is very 
 probable that he can. Mannering 
 Bros, of Lawrence. Kan., won first on 
 pen. Birds small, very poor in shape 
 and good in color. H. J. Whittlsey of 
 Chanute, Kan., exhibited very fine 
 birds, and he may well be proud of the 
 same and deserve lots of honors. Geo. 
 Gaily showed best cockerel in shape 
 and color. W. A. Forbes also showed 
 some elegant cockerels, a hen and pul- 
 let, much bttter in shape and color 
 than someof the winners to my notion. 
 G. B. Clary of Fairbury also had some 
 very fine birds in his exhibit. 
 
 B. B. Bantam> were about 7 in num- 
 ber. Thos. I Herrem of T.ipeka. Kas., 
 showed .-onie of the best I have ever 
 seen. They were good in station, color 
 and shape. 
 
 Marsterson Bros, of Arkansas City, 
 Kan., showed the finest exhibit of 
 Biown Red Bantams that I have seen 
 since having New York. 
 
 The Golden Wyandottes were fine in 
 color, but rather small in size. First 
 cock an e.xtra large, well marked spec- 
 imen, free from frost in breast, with 
 open 1 ce and fine color throughout. 
 
 The I'urkey exhibit was small, but 
 good in quality. 
 
 The Pekin ducks were a small class, 
 but showed as much quality as any 
 other class in any show room that I was 
 ever in. The best exhibit was by E. E. 
 Smith of Lincoln, Neb., who won four 
 
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 A'liite Woiuler fowls. Carlton. Xebr. 
 
 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, 
 owned by one exhibitor, scoring over 90 
 ])oints. 
 
 Grand prize No. 6— Col. J. W. F. 
 Hughes. Topeka. Kan., for the third 
 largest display of two or more varieties 
 of chickens, owned bv one exhibitor. 
 
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 You 
 
 Kino ii Kin<; of F.iikkuky says: The 
 Investifirator is the best advertising med- 
 ium we have used yet. 
 
 I. & N. M. Connor oi- Ponca, Neb.. 
 says: We are more than pleased with 
 the Investitrator. It has brought us trood 
 sales, the last two beinp to the amuuiii 
 Of *7.=:. Of the five papers we use none 
 equal the Investigator to advertise in. 
 
 J. T. RiiiNELT. Tkipp. S. D. : Enclosed 
 chanire. I am well pleased with the In- 
 vestitrator as an advertising- medium. 
 
 CoKwiN JoNKS. Sidney, Iow.-v, says: 
 The Investigator is all O K.. therefore 
 continue my ad. Enclosed P O. order. 
 
 D. W. Gkant. Almbna. Ka.s.: We are 
 more than pleased with our ad in the In- 
 vestigator for December. Enclosed P. 
 O- order for February ad. 
 
 A. Upton, Faikbuky. Neb., say.": We 
 have had lots of inquiries and sold more 
 stock than from any f>ther pai^or we use- 
 
 scoring over 90 points. 
 
 Grand prize No. 7— Mrs. Henry Shra- 
 der, for the largest display of chickens 
 by any lady exhibitor. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks — James R. 
 Young, 1, 2, 3, 4 ckl, 1, 2. 4 hen, 1, 2, 3, 
 .^ pul, 1. 2 pen; Frank Slater, Delphos, 
 Kan., S hen, .") pen; Mrs. Geo. Clarke, 
 Topeka, Kan., 4 pul; Sealy L. Brown, 
 Cofreyville, Kan., 3 pen; Chris Bear- 
 man, Ottawa, Kan., 4 pen; Mrs. W. C. 
 Ellis, Mo.,,S ckl; Wm. Vesper, Topeka, 
 2, 3, 4 ck; J. K. Thompson, Topeka. 1 
 ck; 3 hen. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks— M. L. Can- 
 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 
 Randolph, Lawrence. Kas ,f pen; Jno. 
 B. Mills. Topeka, 3 ck; Mrs. Henry 
 Shmder, 4 ckl; Wm. H. Roth & Son, 
 Atchison, ,'^ pen. 
 
 Buff Ply mouth Rocks — Frank Patton. 
 Surprise, Neb.. 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2, 3, 4 
 hen, 1, 4, ,S pul, 2. 3 pen; the Smiths. 
 Manhattan. Kan.. 1, 4. .S ckl, 2,3 pul. 1. 
 4 pen. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes — Edwin J. Kaf- 
 fer, Salina, Kan., 1 ckl, 2, 3, 5 pul; Jno. 
 A Shaw, McKittrick,No., 3ckl; Yellow 
 Leg Poultry Yards, Maitland, Mo., 2 
 ckl, 1, 2 hen, 1, 4 pul, 2 pen; A. C. Smith, 
 Topeka, 1 ck, 1 pen. 
 
 Silver Laced 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, 1, S ckl, 3, 5 hen, 3. 5 pen; Manwar- 
 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, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen; Col. J. W. F. 
 Hughes, .S ck, 4 pul; H. H. Borgmann, 
 Kansas City, Mo., 3 ck, 5 ckl. 3, 5 hen, 
 
 3 pen; Mrs. Henry Shrader, 3 ckl, 2 
 pen; Mrs. E. H. Inman. Bartlett, Kas., 
 
 4 ck, 2 hen, .t pul. 4 pen. 
 
 White Langshans -P. L. Wise, To- 
 peka, 1. 2, 3 hen. 
 
 Buff Cochins — Chas. Steinberger, 
 Wakeeney, Kas., 1, 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4, 
 
 5 ckl, 1, 2 hen. 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen. 
 Partridge Cochins— Heether A- Sny- 
 der, Huntsville, Mo., 3 ck, 4 ckl, 2, 4 
 pul, 3, S pen; Prof. L. L. Djxhe, Law- 
 rence, Kan., 1 ck. 3 ckl, 3, 5 hen, 2 pen; 
 John E. Stone, Fayette, Mo., 2 ckl, 3 
 pul, 4 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones. Wakeeney, 
 Kas., 1, 5 ckl, 1, 5 pul, 1 pen; DeWitt 
 Yates, Fairburv. Neb., 2 ck, 1, 2, 4 hen. 
 
 Light Brahmas — Aaron Sheets, No. 
 Tope a, 1 ck, 1, 5 ckl, 1, 2, 3. 5 hen, 1, 
 
 2, 4, S pul, 1, 2 pen; Albert Hearick, 
 Topeka. 4 ck, 4 hen; G. B. Clary, Fair- 
 bury, Neb., 3 pen; Dr. A. B. Jones, Wa- 
 keeney, 2 ck, 4 ckl; Stecker Bros., St. 
 Louis; Mo., 3 ck. 2. 3 ckl, 3 pul. 
 
 Dark Brahmas — N. R. Nye, Leaven- 
 worth. 1 ck. 1, 2 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen. 
 
 Single Comb Brown Leghorns — Mr. 
 iSr Mrs. N. D. Bass, Kansas City, Kas., 
 
 1 hen, 1, 2 pul, 2 pen; H. C. Short, 
 Leavenworth, 2 ck, 3, S ckl, 5 pul. 4 pen; 
 Clyde Patterson, Sedalia, Mo., 2 ckl, 3 
 pen; C. C. Smith, Topeka, 3 ck, 4 ckl; 
 A. J. Kerns, Salina, 4 ck, 1 ckl, 3 hen, 
 
 3, 4 pul, 1 pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhat- 
 tan, 1 ck. 2, 3, 5 hen, .S pen. 
 
 Single Comb White Leghorns — H. C. 
 Short, 1 ck, 1 ckl, 3, 4 hen, 1, 3, 4. S pul; 
 J. T. Fry. Topeka. 2 ck, 2, 3 ckl, 1, 2 
 hen, 2 pul. 2 pen. 
 
 Rose Comb Brown Leghorns— H. H. 
 Bair & Son, Topeka. 1 ckl, 1 pul. 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns-Jennie 
 E. Warren & Son, Cottonwood Falls, 1 
 ckl, 1, 2. 3 hen, 1, 2 pul, 1 pen. 
 
 Buff Leghorns— Mr. and Mrs. J. W. 
 Shoemaker, Narka, Kas., 2 ckl. L 2, 3, 
 4 pullet. 1 pen; B. C. Fowler, Topeka, 
 
 2 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5 hen, 5 pul. 
 
 White Faced Black Spanish— Mrs. 
 Hattie Tyler, Fairview. Kas., 1, 2, 3 
 hen, 1. 3" pul; H. W. Chestnut, Birm- 
 ingham. Kas.. 2 ckl. 2, 4, 5 pul, 1 pen. 
 
 Silver Spangled Hamburgs — L. Cook 
 
 6 Bro., Oakville. Iowa, 1 ck, 1. 4 ckl, 1, 
 4 hen. 1, 2. 3. 4, S pul, 1, 2 pen; M. P. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 A view of the extensive poultry plant owned and operated by J. C. Under- 
 wood, Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 Jensen, Barada, Neb., 5 hen; DeWitt 
 Yates, Fairburj', Neb., 2 ckl, 2, 3 hen, 
 3 pen: Roy Baker, Abilene, Kas., 3 ckl. 
 
 Houdans — \V. L. Bullene, Lawrence, 
 1 ck, 1 ckl, 1,2, 3, 4 hen, 1, 2,3, 4,5 pul, 
 1 pen. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons— Mrs. S. RicUett, 
 North Topeka, 1 cul, 2, 4 hen, 3, 5 pul, 
 1 pen; Eccleston & Son Topeka. 2 ci-l, 
 1, 3 lien, 2 pen; Mrs. Henrv Shrader, 
 Berlin, Neb., 1, 2, 4 pul. 
 
 English Gray Dorkings — Eccleston & 
 Son, 1 c ■ , 1, 2 hen. 
 
 Cornish Indian Games — Chas. Seiler, 
 Atchison, Kas., 1 cid, 1, 2, 3, 5 pul, 1 
 pen; E, Kaub, Michigan, Kas., 3 ckl, 
 1, 5 hen, 3 pen; Wm. Langan, Atchison, 
 1 cU, 2 ckl, 2, 3, 4 hen, 2 pen. 
 
 Pit Games— Cyrus L. Ward, Nar^a, 
 Kas., 1 ci<l, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 pen; 
 John L,. Patterson, Topeka, 1 c'-, 2, 3 
 ci.l, 1, 3 hen; A. B. Elliott, Topei-a, 2 
 c, 3 hen; J. L. Brown, Kansas City, 
 Mo., 3 cw. 
 
 Black B. R. Game Bantams — Thos. 
 Herren, Topeka, 1 ci--. 1 cl<l, 1, 2, 3, 4 
 pul, 1 pen. 
 
 Brown B. Game Bantams — Master- 
 son Bros., 2 cul, 1, 2 hen, 1, 2, 3 pul, 1 
 pen. 
 
 Buff Cochin Bantams— Thos. C. Wig- 
 gin, Topeka, 1, 2 c 1, 1, 2, 4, 5 pul; Jas. 
 R. Young, Manhattan, 2 c'-, 3 ckl, 2 
 hen, 3 pul. 
 
 Golden Seabright Bantams — J. Aig- 
 ner, Tope'a, 2 c , 2, 3 hen. 
 
 Silver Seabright Bantams — Col. J. 
 W. F. Hughes, 2 c , 1, 2, 3 hen. 
 
 White Pe in Due's— E. E. Smith, 
 Lincoln, Neb., 1 c ,1c 1, 1 hen, 1 pul; 
 
 0. E. Martinson, Wichita, Kas., 2 c , 2 
 hen, 2 pul, 1 trio. 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turl-eys — Mrs. A. 
 Griffits, Ozaw-ie, Kas., 1 adult ck, 1, 2 
 hen, 1 trio. 
 
 White Holland TurWeys-Dr. A. B. 
 Jones, Wa-eeney, 1 ckl, 1, 2 pullet, 1 
 trio; J. R. Taylor, Topeka, 2 ckI, 3, 4, 5 
 pul. 
 
 BELGIAN HAKE.S. 
 
 Mature BucUs— 1st, Fred Oliver; 2d, 
 
 1. H. Holliday; 3d, C. Fairfield. 
 Imported Does— 1st, J. P. Lucas. 
 Mature Does— 1st, W. H. Goit; 2d, 3d, 
 
 J. P. Lucas. 
 
 Bucks, 7-lb class— 1st, Fred Oliver: 
 2d. W. H. Goit. 
 
 Does, 7-lb class— 1st, C. Fairchild: 2d 
 Fred Oliver; 2d, Fred Oliver and J." P. 
 
 Lucas, tied. 
 
 Buck, 6-lb class— 1st, C. Fairchild. 
 
 Does, 6-lb class— 1st, D. A. Wise; 2d, 
 D. A. Wise two tied for 2d; M, D. A. 
 Wise, 
 
 Bucks, S-lb class-lst, Fred Oliver; 
 2d, Clyde Herric". 
 
 Does, ,S-lb class — 1st, Fred Oliver. 
 
 White Angora Rabbits— John Ha- 
 man, 1st mature buc : J. P. Lucas, 1st 
 immature buck; J. P. Lucas, 1st im- 
 mature doe; J. P. Lucas, Flemish 
 Giants, 1st buck, Isi and 2d does. 
 
 Honest Birds a-t Honest Prices. 
 
 Wishing to establish another breed 
 of fowls at Golden Dawn farm, it be- 
 comes necessary to have a new hen 
 house. You know Ella Wheeler Wil- 
 cox has said "there is nothing woman 
 can do that a man can't do and do 
 better." which is well. But I also say 
 a woman can do much if she tries. 
 Well, I tried and in consequence have 
 a nice warm house with plate glass (?) 
 front. I set posts in the ground on 
 the south side of the barn and boarded 
 up and papered and hung a door to 
 shut out cold nights and a glass one 
 to let in sunlight on cold days. 
 
 As the building stands near the 
 road, people passing gazed, and still 
 their wonder grew to see a woman 
 saw a board so true. I wasn't like 
 our neighbor who bought a new dog 
 and wanted a house for him. He took 
 the lumber inside his shops to build 
 and when he had it all made, discov- 
 ered he could not get it out through 
 the door without tearing it to pieces. 
 0, no, my hen house is all right, and 
 I have a nice wire netting fence 
 around the yard, and my birds came 
 through this late cold spell with the 
 thermometer registering fifteen de- 
 grees below zero without a touch of 
 frost and I shall be advertising prize 
 winners bred and born from that samfi 
 yard next fall. Speaking of adver- 
 tising, some ads. just make me "larf 
 
 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 
 our prize birds would be without a 
 standard to judge them by? I think I 
 would rather take the standard of 
 perfection as my guide and breed ac- 
 cordingly than to breed the easiest or 
 any old way and then convince peo- 
 ple that my birds were all right. I 
 am afraid I would be like the young 
 man who, when he began preaching, 
 thought he would surely convert the 
 whole world in about three months. 
 He was speaking before a large audi- 
 ence, telling what wonders he expect- 
 ed to perform and said he longed for 
 the wings of an eagle that he might 
 fly from place to place, converting the 
 people. A little boy piped up: "O, 
 Mr. you wouldn't fly a mile before you 
 would be shot for a goose." No, I 
 say, let the standard stand, and may 
 we raise honest birds at honest prices. 
 I am keeping a list of the people who 
 advocate that pulling an off color 
 feather Is no sin, and when I wart 
 to introduce new blood in my yard I 
 will give them the go by. I may be 
 in the wrong, but it seems as if one 
 who would color the legs or pull 
 feathers to make a sale or win a 
 premium are that crooked that they 
 san't lie straight in bed. 
 
 MATTIE MATTHEWS. 
 
 Wings of two Light Brahma pullets 
 owned by 1. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr. 
 
14 
 
 A B. I'. Rock cockerel owned and 
 hred by Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Clay 
 Center, Kansas. 
 
 Nebraska State Poultry Show 
 Held at Lincoln. 
 
 One of the must successful poultry 
 shows ever held in the west was held 
 in the new auditorium at Lincoln from 
 January 20 to 25 inclusive. There were 
 on exhibition nearly 1600 birds, mostly 
 from the state of Nebraska. Still there 
 were larg-e exhibits from the state of 
 Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. 
 As usual the most prominent classes 
 were those of the Barred Rocks, White 
 Rocks, White Wyandottes and Leg- 
 horns. 
 
 The White Rock class was very strong 
 in quality, there heing about 116 birds 
 represented and the five premiums of- 
 fered on single specimens in each class 
 were given to birds scoring better than 
 '•4 points. Birds scoring less than this 
 could not even get a mention. The 
 most prominent exhibitors in this vari- 
 ety were M. L. Cantield of Belleville, 
 Kansas, who won the cream of the 
 prizes: J. W. Hall of David City had a 
 good second, and also Mrs. C. A. 
 Blanchard of F"riend, and E. E. Spen- 
 cer of Cortland, Neb. 
 
 There were ten exhibitors in the 
 Biirred Plymouth Rock class, niost of 
 the prizes going to J. W. D. Hall of Des 
 Moines, Iowa, F. C. Hinman of Friend, 
 and C. M. Hulburt of Fairbury. Many 
 right nice specimens did not receive a 
 mention in this class. 
 
 The Buff Rocks were represented by 
 Frank Patton of Suprise, who won all 
 tirst except one. Joseph Kay of David 
 City, and also Albert Lemon of Lincoln, 
 who exhibited five specimens in this 
 class. 
 
 The Silver Wyandotte class was not 
 as large as some other classes, but was 
 full of quality. I. and N. M. Connor of 
 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. 
 
 Buft' Wyandottes were shown bv Mrs. 
 H. E. Stein of Friend, Mrs. R. W. Orr 
 of Clay Center, and E. B. Day of North 
 
 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- 
 hibitors, J A. Johnson of Holdrege and 
 Albert Lemon of Lincoln winning the 
 principal part of the prizes 
 
 In the Leghorn class there were four 
 exhibitors. Of the Single Comb White 
 Leghorns there was a large exhibit 
 shown by six exhibitors, L. C. Hunt- 
 ington of Omaha, Casper Disc of Roca, 
 and C. L. Sayler winning the principal 
 part of the prizes. 
 
 The exhibit in Black Minorcas, White 
 Miuorcas, Black Spanish, Silver Span- 
 gled Hamburgs, Golden Hamburgs 
 were small in number but full of 
 quality. 
 
 The Houdan class was small, four 
 i;xhibitors. Jake Kapser of Clay Cen- 
 ter and D. W. Evans of University 
 Place won the principal part of the 
 premiums. 
 
 The Cornish Indian Game was a 
 good class and most prizes going to 
 Robert Black. 
 
 There was an unusually large exhibit 
 of Bronze and White Turkeys, and 
 Pekin, Rouen, and Indian Runner 
 Ducks. In fact, the water fowl exhibit 
 was the best ever seen west of Chicago. 
 E. E. Smith of Lincoln captured all the 
 first prizes in Pekin Ducks, Emden 
 tieese, and Indian Runner Ducks 
 Walter J. Camp won all the first prizes 
 in Rouen Ducks. Walter Cameron won 
 all first prizes on Toulouse Geese. 
 
 There was a fine display of eggs, W. 
 A. Kirkpatrick of University Place 
 winning first prize on eggs, E. H. Ter- 
 willenger winning second. There were 
 five exhibitors. The sweepstakes won 
 solid color with weight, by L. C. Hunt- 
 ington of Omaha: solid weight without 
 color, by M. L. Canfield of Belleville, 
 Kan.; part color with weight, by M. M. 
 Fox of Geneva, and part color without 
 weight, E. E. Eggart of Minden. The 
 largest exhibit was that of E. E. Eg- 
 gart, who showed 100 birds and won 
 #140 in premiums. There were 127 ex- 
 hibitors of poultry, besides several ex- 
 hibits in pigeon class and hares. 
 
 One thing was noticeable at this 
 show and that was that there was uni- 
 versal good feeling among all the ex- 
 hibitors and very little dissatisfaction 
 as to the judging. The scoring was all 
 done the second day at 3 o'clock in the 
 afternoon and all prizes awarded and 
 premiums put up on the coops Thurs- 
 day morning at the opening of the 
 
 Buff Orpinynn owned bv Sure Hatch I'.iul- 
 try Co . Ctay Center. Neb- 
 
 show. The annual meeting was held 
 Thursday evening and the election of 
 officers resulted in the following: Geo. 
 W. Osterhout of David City as presi- 
 dent, T. L. Norval of Seward as vice 
 president, L. P. Ludden of Lincoln as 
 secreiary, and I. L- Lyman of Lincoln 
 treasurer. The show was a financial 
 success, and leaves a good amount of 
 money on hand for the commencement 
 of their next annual exhibit, which is 
 to be held the third week in January, 
 1903. 
 
 The following is a list of awards as 
 given bj- the judges: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks -J. W. D. 
 Hall, 1 pen,' 2 ck, 2 ckl, 1 pul; F. C. 
 Hinman, 2 pen, 1, 2, 3 hen, 5 ckl, 2, 5 
 pul; T. L. Norval, 3 pen, 4, 5 hen; L. A. 
 Simmons. 3 ck: C. M. Hulburt, 1 ckl; 
 E. M. Coffin, 3 ckl: J. S. Bishop. 4 ckl; 
 Phil Mauer. 3 pul; E. J. Brown. 4 pul. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks— M. L. Can- 
 field. 1 pen, 3 ck. 1, 2. 3 hen. 1. 3. ,=; ckl, 
 2. 4 pul; J. W. Hall. 2 pen, 4 ck. 2 ckl. 
 3 pul; G. H. Terwilliger. 3 pen: E. O. 
 Spencer, 4, .^ pen. .'i ck. 4 hen; J. J. 
 Ackenback. 1 ck. .^ hen, .'^ pul; C. E. 
 Taylor, 2 ck; Henry Shrader. 4 ckl; R. 
 G. Ruley, 1 pul. 
 
 Buft' Rocks— Frank Patton, 1 pen, 3 
 ck, 1. 3 hen, 1. 2 ckl; 1, 2, 4 pul; C. H. 
 Green. 1 ck, 3 ckl, 3 pul; Joseph Kay, 2 
 ck. 2 hen; Wm. J. Kerchenbusch, 4 ck; 
 A Lemon, 4. 5 hen. .^ pul. 
 
 Silver Wyandottes, Antone Coper, 1 
 pen. 1 ckl; A. R. Smith. 2 pen; I. & N. 
 M. Comior. 2, 3, 4 ck, 1, 2, 4 hen, 2, 5 
 ckl, 1, 4 pul; V. E. Shirley. 2. 5 hen, 3 
 ckl. 3 pul : M. B. .Caldwell. 4 ckl, 2, 5 pul. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes— W. J. Ea.st, 1 
 pen. 3 ck, 1, 2 hen, 1 ckl, 1, 3 pul; Jake 
 Kapser, 2 pen, 2 ck. 4 hen, 2, 3 ckl, 2, 4 
 pul; J. W. Lo.sey, 3 pen, 3 hen. .'^ ckl; I. 
 Payne. .^ hen. 4 ckl. 
 
 Black Wyandottes— Henry C. Witte 
 all premiums. 
 
 White Wyandottes— J. W. D. Hall, 1 
 pen. 2, 3 ck, 3 hen. 2 ckl, 2 pul; L. H 
 Beethe, 2 pen; E. E. Bowes, 3 pen, 4. 5 
 ck. 3 ckl: C. C. Wilson. 4 pen: C. Rock- 
 hill. .=; pen. 2 hen; E. E. Smith, 1 ck, 1, 
 4. 5 hen, 4, 5 ckl, 1, 3, .5 pul; Stephen 
 Norton, 1 ckl: W. A. Goddard, 4 pul. 
 
 Buff Wyandottes— Mrs. H. E. Stein, 1 
 
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 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.s—R. 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 
 Yates, 2 ck, 2. 5 hen; H. E. Bowman, 4 
 hen, 2 ckl, 3, 5 pul; H. M. Pettvgrew, 
 
 5 pul. 
 
 White Cochins — James Craig all pre- 
 miums. 
 
 Rose Comb Buff Orpingtons— All to 
 J. A. Lash. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons, Single Comb— C. 
 Rockhill, 1 pen; H. H. Campbell, 2 pen, 
 
 2, 3 hen, 2, 4 ckl, 1, 5 pul; E. E. Jen- 
 ning-, 3 pen; John A. Ling-, 2 ck, 1, 5 
 hen, 1 ckl, 1, 4 pul; C. E. Browning-, 4 
 hen, 3 ckl; Mrs. M. G. Stauff, 5 ckl; W. 
 H. Bushel, 1 ck, 3 pul; Mrs. Henry 
 Shrader. 2 pul. 
 
 Black Lang-shans — J. A. Johnson, 1 
 pen, 2 cks, 2 ckl, 1, 3pul; Harry J. Hunt, 
 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, 
 4, 5 ckl; Mrs. Heury Shrader, 3 ckl. 
 
 S. C. B. Leghorns— A. R. Carrueth, 1 
 pen, 2 ck, 2, 3 hen. 2 ck). 1, 5 pull; A. C. 
 Short, 1 ck. 1 hen, 1 ckl, 2 pul; Jas. 
 Rudge, 3 ckl, 3, 4 pul. 
 
 Rose Comb Brown Leghorns — Jennie 
 Birdsal, 2, 3 pen, 2 ck, 4 hen, 1, 2 pul; 
 E. H. Eggart. 1 pen, 1 ck, 1, 2, 3 hen, 1, 
 2 ckl, 3, 4 pul. 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns— Casper 
 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. 
 
 S. C. W. Leghorns — L. C. Hunting- 
 ton, 1, 2 pen, 5 ck, 3, 4 hen, 1 ckl, 3, 5 
 pul; Casper Dice, 3, 4 pen, 2 ck, 1, 2 hen, 
 4 pul; J. Cook Johnson, 5 pen, 3 ck, 3, 4 
 ckl, 2 pul; H. C. Short, 4 ck. 2, 5 ckl; C. 
 L. Savior, 1 ck, 5 hen, 1 pul. 
 
 Buff Leghorns -J. M. Clark, 1 pen, 2 
 ck; Wallen Cameron, 2 pen, 1 ckl, 1 pul; 
 D. L. Bruen, 1 1 en. 
 
 Black Leghorns— E. H. Eggart, all 
 premiums. 
 
 Blue Andalusians — E. H. Eggart. all 
 premiums. 
 
 Black Minorcas — Earl Eager, 1 pen, 
 1, 3 ckl; 1, 2 pul; D. Tipwood, 2 pen, 3 
 ck, 1, 2, 3, 4 hen, 2 ckl. 3, 4 pul; L. C. 
 Fors, 2 ck, 5 hen. 
 
 White Minorcas— All to Eggart. 
 
 Black Spanish — All to Raymond 
 Striker. 
 
 White Cap B. Polish— All to Fred I. 
 Slocum. 
 
 S. S. Hamburgs — Ernest Gibson, 2 
 pen, 1 ck, 3 hen, 1 ci.l, 4 pul; Sam J. 
 Gadd, 1 pen, 2 hen, 4 c'l. 2 pul; D. L. 
 Bruen, 5 hen, 1 pul; M. P. Jensdn, 1, 4 
 hen, 3 ckl,. 3 pul; DeWitt Yates, 2,5 Chl, 
 
 The concrete poultry house of E. W. Geer, Farraington, Mo. 
 
 When we have a warm poulti-y house 
 and our hens lay all the year, it makes 
 us feel like we ought to raise chickens 
 all the year. 
 
 In the concrete house we have an 
 ideal place to run incubators. They 
 are warm in winter, dry and cool in 
 summer. Unlike the cave or hole in 
 the ground, the^' are always dry would 
 be suitable for man to live in. 
 
 So well pleased am I with my con- 
 crete houses for poultrj' and incubators 
 that I intend putting up one this sum- 
 mer in which to ripen Kiefl'er pears 
 and as a winter store house for apples. 
 
 We have kept apples in ours this 
 winter and never had them keep any 
 better. 
 
 A house made of concrete would be 
 an ideal one in which to raise the 
 brooder chicks. If the floor was also 
 made of concrete, it would be rat proof. 
 
 We are never troubled with rats for 
 they and I can't live on the same plant. 
 I use earth floors altogether and cover 
 them with leaves in winter. 
 
 In building the poultry house I used 
 studding, one at each corner, and eveiy 
 ten feet apart, to fasten the roof to and 
 to fasten the divisions to inside of the 
 house. 
 
 The incubator house has no studding, 
 the gable ends of it being made of con- 
 crete, holds the plate in place, to which 
 the roof is fastened. 
 
 Mrs. Geer's father is shown in this 
 picture sitting on the box by the coal 
 oil can. He is an occupant of Glen 
 Raven. 
 
 Our little red incubator is now at 
 work on this plant, with a lot of chicks 
 on the way into this world, and we in- 
 tend keeping it at w-ork on well up into 
 Ma v. 
 
 3 pul. 
 
 Golden S. Hamburgs— All to E. E- 
 Bowers. 
 
 Houdans — J. C. Kapser, 1 pen, 3, 4 
 hen; D. W. Evans, 2, 5 hen, 2, 3 cM, 1, 
 2 pul; D. L. Bruen, 1 hen; E. B. Hen- 
 derson, 1 c' 1. 
 
 Cornish Indian Games — Rob Blac' , 1 
 pen, 1 , 2 cl.-, 1, 2, 3 hen, 2, 3 c'- 1, 1 , 2, 4 
 pul; D. L. Bruen, 4 hen; Wm. J. Kerch- 
 enbusch. 1 C 1. 3 pul. 
 
 B. B. Red Games— All to C. L. Ward. 
 
 Pit and Red Pile Games— All to Seth 
 Abbott. 
 
 Golden Seabrights — All to Bruen. 
 
 Blac'' Rose Comb Bantams — All to 
 Earl Eager. 
 
 Bronze Turl-eys — W. H. Lal.e, 1 toni, 
 1,3 hen, 1 c'l, 2,4 pul; C. E. Browning, 
 2 torn, 2 hen; Wallen Cameron, 3 torn, 
 
 4 hen; C. M. Hulburt, 2 ci<l, 1, 3 pul; 
 Walter J. Camp, 3 c'l, 5 hen. 
 
 White TurLeys— J. C. Dav & Son, 1 
 toni, 1 hen, 5 c'-l, 4 pul; J. C. Moffit, 3. 
 4, ^ torn, 2, 3, 4 hen. 1, 2, 4 c' 1, 2, 3, 5 
 pul; Mrs M. C. Stauff", 3 cWl. 1 pul. 
 
 Pel' in Duel's — E. E. Smith, young 
 pair, 1, 2, 3; old pair, 1, 3, 4; old duck. 
 
 1, 2, 3; young duck, 1, 2, 3; dral-e, 1, 3, 
 5; W. B. Swisher, y pr 4, dra' e 2; Wal- 
 len Cameron, old pr .S, old duck 4, y d 4; 
 Lillian W. Taylor, old pr 2; Mrs. Henry 
 Shrader, y due', .'i. dra' e 4. 
 
 Rouen Due' s — D. L. Bruen. pr 4, old 
 dra' e 4, old duck 3, young dra' e 4, 
 young duck 4; -^^ralter J. Camp, pr 1, 2, 
 3, old dra' e 1,2,3, old duck 1,2, 4, young 
 dra' e 1, 2, 3, young due'-- 1, 2, 3. 
 
 Indian Runner Due's — All to E. E. 
 Smith. 
 
 Toulouse Geese — Pairs all to Kirk- 
 patric''. Wallie Cameron, old gander 
 
 1, old goose 1, young gander 3, j'oung 
 goose 1; W. A. Kirkpatric'--, old gander 
 
 2, 3, 4, old goose, 2, 3, 4, young gander 
 2, 4, "), young goose 2, 3, 4. 
 
 Emden Geese — E. J. Babcock, pair; 
 E. E. vSmith, all single.) 
 
 Egg.s— W. A. Kir Patrick, 1; E. H. 
 Terwilliger, 2; A. L. Clayberg, 3; W. 
 L. Canflekl, Sth eggs, E. E. Bower, 4th 
 eggs. 
 
 Solid color without weight, Hunting- 
 ton; with weight, Canfield. Parti- 
 colored with weight. Fox; without 
 weight, Eggart. 
 
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 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 
 must occupy our full attention at the 
 present time, if it has not already 
 been done. The earlier we can get 
 our chicks hatched the better they are, 
 provided we have our pens In order to 
 secure the best results in breeding for 
 those early chicks. We have found old 
 hens do not pay as breeders. It may 
 pay to keep a few which are extra 
 fine as show birds — they are sure to 
 be up in weight— but for the business 
 of laying eggs and hatching chicks 
 they are a failure. They lay very few 
 eggs, and what they do lay are extra 
 large and very few of them will hatch, 
 at least such has been our experience. 
 We have always noticed that the very 
 largest eggs were the ones left in the 
 tray after the chicks were all done 
 hatching. Chicks were dead in the 
 shells at all stages of incubation. All 
 the old hens have been disposed of 
 and only the best of last year's pullets 
 kept for this year's breeders. We 
 make on extra effort to get our hens 
 laying in the early fall. We want 
 them at their best when eggs are 
 needed for hatching purposes. If they 
 have had a good long rest after 
 molting their bodies are strong, they 
 are in prime condition and will lay 
 more fertile eggs. 
 
 to scratch for their living. Our first, 
 second and third hatches used the 
 muslin house; after that it was too 
 warm, so the large sheet was taken oft 
 aid laid away for this year. When we 
 were obliged to have the chicks in 
 the house lath frames were made to 
 tit the legs of the incubator, then cov- 
 ered with muslin. In that way we 
 had a scratch pen under the incubator. 
 I hear some one say noise and work. 
 Yes, but no one need to think of mak- 
 ing poultry raising a business with- 
 out work. Children can and do save 
 us many steps and do lots of the work, 
 but there is much that calls older 
 heads and hands. It is an easy way to 
 send a child to feed and water the 
 chickens, but if the children are not 
 looked after it is feast or famine. 
 Enough food is put in one yard for 
 twenty hens where perhaps there are 
 six to eat it, then water put in part 
 of the fountains, while others are left 
 without any. We find it pays to get 
 out and be "that boy or girl" at least 
 once a day ourselves. Then we know 
 how things are going. 
 
 During the summer months our 
 chief enemy to fight is lice. It Is 
 quite an easy matter to keep the poul- 
 try house in a healthy condition oth- 
 erwise. In the winter it is dampness. 
 
 Fertile eggs are what we are after j While the days are bright and sunny 
 
 when hatching time comes. N either 
 hens or incubators can hatch strong 
 chicks from weak eggs. We must 
 have eggs that will produce strong 
 healthy chicks. In order to produce 
 them we must give our poultry good 
 care, clean quarters, proper food and 
 regular attention. Haphazard, care 
 less ways will not give the results we 
 are after. 
 
 The last two years we have raised 
 more of our first and second hatches 
 than any of the later ones. We had 
 to keep them in the house part of 
 the time, and expect to do the same 
 again this year, as our farm cannot 
 as yet boast of a brooder house. 
 
 A cosy place for sunny spring days 
 was a muslin house. A frame was 
 made 4x6 feet, four feet high at one 
 side by one at the other. We covered 
 it with unbleached muslin, then set 
 the brooder outside with a small open- 
 ing for chicks to run through, thus giv- 
 ing the chicks the full run of their 
 
 and poultry can run at large we have 
 very little trouble, but when cold, 
 stormy days come and our birds are 
 confined to their houses the walls 
 soon become frosted. The litter on 
 the floor becomes damp and soggy; in 
 a very few days it must be removed 
 and fresh put in. Hens cannot live 
 and keep well in such a damp, foul 
 air. The cry we hear is, "I brought 
 clean straw just the other day." How- 
 ever, clean straw it is, even if we 
 have to get it ourselves. 
 
 One 01 our very handiest imple- 
 ments is a one-horse wagon, made 
 from an old worn-out buggy. The 
 buggy box and springs were taken oft 
 and a box made of boards. That one- 
 horse wagon comes into use in many 
 a way and saves us much hard lug- 
 ging. When our good old gray horse 
 is hitched onto it we can soon have a 
 clean poultry house, and if we are the 
 only "boy" there is around we can go 
 to the stack for straw. When we go 
 
 never ask how much we can have. I 
 know there is many an old buggy 
 stauding around farms that could be 
 made inso something useful just as 
 we have ours. 
 
 MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 
 Friend, Neb. 
 
 LOST 
 
 little house. We kept ehaff on the ourselves we bring all we want. We 
 
 I want to tell you a true story. 
 About four years ago I wanted extra 
 fine B. P. R. eggs and raise some 94 
 to 95 point birds and be up with boy's 
 high mucky mucks. Well, now, I was 
 short of cash at the time, so one day 
 there came a fine catalogue finely il- 
 lustrated from Ohio, thirty or forty 
 varieties and some fine cuts, an extra 
 fine cockerel from Hawkins or Thomp- 
 son, 94%, mated with fine pullets and 
 hens, score 93 to 95 points honest 
 points, and a line written on bottom 
 of page, "What have you to trade?" 
 Well, now I struck it. Now, I had a 
 good gold watch — it cost $33 — and so 
 I wrote him I had it and would trade 
 it for eggs. He wrote back that he 
 would cut the price on eggs — they 
 were $5 per setting — and he would let 
 me have them for f4 per setting and 
 give $2, if the watch was all O. K. 
 I wrote back it was. He wanted the 
 watch first; he could not send the 
 eggs all at one time, but he would 
 send 100 and in ten days send another 
 100. I wrote him I would have the in- 
 cubator lit up and ready for the eggs. 
 I run it along a week, making all 
 trains every day looking for my eggs. 
 Well, I am still looking, but no hopes. 
 I wrote again to see what was the mat- 
 ter and also wrote the postmaster and 
 mayor, and my letter came back 
 marked "fraudulent signature, post- 
 master general." Well, now, wouldn't 
 that cork you. I wrote again to the 
 
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 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 difficult to solve for those wish- 
 ing to raise fall or winter chickens 
 is how to give them summer-like con- 
 ditions. Having purchased an exhi- 
 bition trio of winning Barred Rocks 
 at a high price and succeeded in get- 
 ting a nice clutch by October 25, the 
 question of how to get them through 
 the long, cold winter months of this 
 latitude was a puzzle that set me to 
 thinking, and after long hours and 
 several days' study, I finally hit upon 
 the following plan tha.t up to date 
 has proved an astonishing success, not 
 only to myself but the whole town, 
 to say nothing about the beautiful lit- 
 tle chicks, now a month old, not a 
 weakling among the lot and as large 
 as quail. But as to my plan. Sup- 
 posing you have an outside cellar 
 door usually called a cellarway, lead- 
 ing to your cellar; supposing it faces 
 to the sun, or southeast, south or 
 southwest, make a board floor from 
 the second step down to the inside 
 cellar door, where you cut a hole for 
 a common stove pipe. In this place 
 one joint of pipe, on top of this joint 
 of pipe place an elbow and next an- 
 other joint of stove pipe inserted in 
 a T joint; elevate and fasten this T 
 
 This bird has won eleven 1st premium.s, and was scored by H. A. Bridg-e, 
 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 
 the property of Maughlin Bros., of Coltmbus, Ohio. 
 
 joint to a fixture about two feet above 
 the floor underneath the opposite end 
 of pipe and beneath your brooder 
 floor place a brooder lamp; light lamp 
 from cellar, being careful not to turn 
 wick too high, causing lamp to 
 smoke; inserting the chimney in end 
 of pipe. For a cover to your brooder, 
 purchase a small storm sash, say 2x4 
 feet; make a box out of 1-foot boards 
 the size of storm window; place the 
 sash on the box over the brooder, 
 giving it a slant to shed rain and 
 melting snow water; fit boards around 
 the window box until cellarway or 
 your new brooder is completely cov- 
 ered, banking with earth to top of 
 sash-box, leaving a small hole at 
 
 lower end for small chicks to go out 
 and in on warm days; make your 
 storm sash to slide open and shut for 
 ventilation to carry off lamp fumes, 
 giving you a chance to get in to clean 
 out frequently. Place in bottom of 
 brooder a layer of sand, on this damp 
 earth, then dry leaves or chaff; use 
 a common thermometer; use good 
 judgment as to amount of heat — 
 about 60 degrees first week, 50 degrees 
 third week, and gradually lower as 
 chicks feather. Keep hen with them 
 as long as she will cover them; let 
 her out pleasant days when not be- 
 low forty degrees; feed and water; 
 give plenty of ventilation at all times. 
 Clermont, la. E. A. FISK. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 Among Ourselves 
 
 At this season or year one's miud 
 naturally turns to the subject of "the 
 weather," and we wonder if anything 
 is suffering from cold, just as last July 
 we had pitied the heat victims, our- 
 selves included. A person can keep 
 warm, but not always can he keep 
 cool; a dumb creature can do neither, 
 it is just at the mercy — anything but 
 mercy sometimes — of careless, selfish 
 mankind. But putting tfie cruelty 
 question aside, why will a man let 
 money slip out of his pocket daily be- 
 cause of this carelessness? 
 
 Coming home from a drive one cold 
 evening not long since, we noticed a 
 flock of fowls gone to roost in some 
 trees. Their owner is a man who 
 works hard to make ends meet and 
 yet was letting — but how much she 
 was wasting we may gather from the 
 following report of a West Virginia 
 eperiment station, and we presume 
 they know nothing about a western 
 winter out there. 
 
 Two houses built exactly alike and 
 situated side by side, were selected 
 for the experiment, in each of which 
 were placed twelve pullets. One house 
 had previously been sheathed on the 
 inside and covered with paper to 
 make it perfectly tight. Both were 
 hoarded with matched siding and had 
 shingle roofs. 
 
 The fowls were fed alike in each 
 case. The morning mash consisted of 
 com meal, ground middlings and 
 ground oats, and at night whole grain 
 scattered in litter. They also had 
 fresh water, grit and bone and gran- 
 ulated bone. The experiment started 
 November 24 and continued for five 
 months. The following table shows 
 the number of eggs laid during each 
 period of thirty days. 
 
 Result from cold and warm houses: 
 Warm house... 87 130 13S 120 154—629 
 Cold house 39 106 103 124 114—480 
 
 These experiments are interesting 
 and instructive and we ought to be 
 able to profit by them. 
 
 Now here is another experiment 
 made by a man who says In Farm 
 Poultry: 
 
 I keep 400 hens and make my entire 
 living from them; do no farming of 
 any kind and have no other income. 
 My eggs are sold at wholesale prices 
 to one man, and all poultry sold alive 
 to the hen man at the door. 
 
 I make from $700 to $800 a year from 
 my 400 hens. 
 
 He goes on to state how many eggs 
 he gets per month, average price, etc., 
 but to the experiment. 
 
 He says he put 200 in yards and 
 
 gave 200 free range and found he 
 made a good deal more from the yarded 
 hens than those on free range. 
 
 Quite a comfort to some of us who 
 are compelled to yard our fowls or go 
 out of business. 
 
 This breeder, in common with all 
 others, holds that profitable poultry 
 must produce winter eggs. 
 
 At a farmers' institute an Ontario 
 agricultural college professor said: 
 
 "A winter egg will sell for three 
 times as much as an egg produced in 
 summer. * * * One of the first con- 
 ditions necessary to the production o£ 
 winter eggs is regularity of food and 
 kindness. * * Hens have a better 
 idea of time than you, without the 
 aid of a watch, would have, and if the 
 fowls are not fed when they think they 
 ought to be, they become fretful and 
 uneasy, and the result is loss." 
 
 He goes on to say that when he 
 is away from the college flock 
 as much as 25 or 30 per cent decrease 
 in egg production occurs, and it takes 
 four or five days to bring them back — 
 all this, although they have the very 
 best of care from the students. 
 
 Hens, like cows, need the same kind, 
 steady hand over them; they do not 
 even like a change in the wearing ap- 
 parel of their attendant. 
 
 We were reading somewhere recent- 
 ly where a feminine fancier said in 
 effect: 
 
 "It is a base slander to say that 
 hens have no brains. Let me appear 
 among my birds in ordinary costume 
 of blue calico and all is serene; but 
 if I go among them in Sunday clothes 
 terror reigns." 
 
 Another feminine fancier bears this 
 testimony: 
 
 "Our southern trip to Florida was 
 the cause of dire calamity among our 
 feathered pets. I didn't suppose our 
 birds ever knew what was the mat- 
 ter, hut that did not make me feel 
 any more comfortable about it, and it 
 will take me at least two years to 
 repair damages. Who would dream that 
 such havoc could be wrought in scarce- 
 ly two months' time!" 
 
 It goes without saying that all 
 creatures — human and dumb, but per- 
 haps more especially the latter — are 
 happier and more useful when kind- 
 ness and regularity govern their care. 
 
 How we wish we might gain fhe 
 ear of every man or hoy in America 
 who has in any way to do with ani- 
 mals. We would like to at least try to 
 make him see the sin and folly of 
 cruelty or even carelessness. Much of 
 the misery in the dumb creation is 
 due to thoughtlessness rather than 
 downright cruelty. 
 
 A minister, past 60 years of age. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 19 
 
 AX UP-To I'.vil, I'l .ULTRY HOUSE. 
 
 said the other evening, referring to a 
 little book we have in print, Master 
 and I": 
 
 "After I read it I saw things that I 
 would never have noticed before. First 
 time I went down town I took note of 
 a weary looking horse. I said to a 
 man, 'How long has it been tied here?' 
 '0. all day and will probably be there 
 all night. Man's in the saloon.' 
 
 '" Well,' I said, 'go to the marshal 
 and have the animal cared for at 
 once. Put him in a livery barn and 
 charge it up to his master. Tell the 
 marshall I will back him." 
 
 And the good man added, half 
 laughing, half shamefacedly. "In all 
 my life It never occurred to me to 
 meddle with such a thing." 
 
 It is not beyond anyone to provide 
 warm quarters for their fowls . One of 
 our hen houses — we came to Rose 
 Lawn two years since and so far have 
 had to make the best of what we 
 found — is log, boarded outside and 
 painted. It is well "chinked and paint- 
 ed" — "daubed," as the pioneer used to 
 say — well lighted and warm. Away up 
 above a man's head are perches that 
 we suppose were used at one time in 
 chicken history. Now there is a 
 hopping board and perches away down. 
 Our other hen house is a good, un- 
 used cow barn, or part of it; slats were 
 nailed inside two closed stalls 
 and straw stuffed between them and 
 
 the wall proper. This is nearly a foot 
 in thickness and makes a hen "bed 
 room" in which water rarely chills. 
 One of these rooms is lighted by a 
 regular window, the other by an open- 
 ing over which white muslin is firmly 
 stretched and tucked. A board just 
 filling the aperture is handy and put 
 into use if the night is very cold. 
 
 All floors are deep with straw and 
 other clean litter. Besides the scratch- 
 ing grounds are liberally littered, and 
 the birds are busy as the proverbial 
 bee all the day. 
 
 VELMA CALDWELL MELVILLE. 
 
 An Improved Poultry House. 
 
 The illustration shows a rear view 
 of E. W. Geer's concrete poultry house 
 taken from the eastward. The house 
 is 7 '< feet high in front, and 4 feet at 
 the rear. Thirty feet of the concrete 
 is covered with clapboards ceiled to 
 rafters two-thirds the way up, the re- 
 maining- 30 feet of concrete and the 14 
 foot brood house addition is covered 
 with matched 0ooring. 
 
 The row of posts at rear of house 
 support three foot wire netting to pre- 
 vent the outside stock from going over 
 the house into the breeding pens. 
 
 A row of Lombardy Poplars are seen 
 in front of the house, planted there to 
 shade the runs in summer time. A 
 part of one row of sugar maples are . 
 also shown alonj the driveway between 
 
 the poultry house and our dwelling. 
 
 A vineyard of three hundred vines 
 stands in front of the house into which 
 all the scratch material is thrown to- 
 gether with the droppings of the fowls, 
 serving a double and valuable purpose, 
 as these three hundred vines yielded 
 $200 in fruit last season besides that 
 whieh was used at home. Each 10x10 
 foot room has as entrance for the fowls 
 both north and south so that they can 
 be turned out either way. Edna Earl, 
 the only child, dressed in dark, and 
 her little friend Bessie, are also shown 
 in this picture. 
 
 I can't possibly tell everything there 
 is good about them at one time. If 
 readers want to know more let them 
 write me with stamp. I will write 
 more from time to time. 
 
 The representative of the Poultry In- 
 vestigator saw many nice displays at 
 the Nebras a state show at Lincoln 
 last mouth, but among the very best in 
 the large auditorium was the Buff Or- 
 pington showing by H. H. Campbell of 
 Osceola, Neb., who was the heaviest 
 winner in this class. He entered one 
 pen and nine singles, and out of a pos- 
 sible ten ribbons carried off seven, and 
 the display of Orpingtons was the larg- 
 est and most hotly contested ever 
 known west of Chicago. A picture of 
 Mr. Campbell's first prize pullet will 
 arpear in the March number of the In- 
 vestisrator. 
 
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 KaLi\sBS City Fancy Poultry Club. 
 
 The first poultry show given by the 
 Kansas City Fancy Poultry club was 
 held in Kansas City, Mo., December 
 Vi. 7 and 8, 1901. W. S. Russell and 
 T. W. Southard judged the poultry and 
 John Haman judged the pigeons. 
 
 This was the most successful poul- 
 try show ever held in Kansas City. 
 All promises were kept and all exhib- 
 itors went home satisfied. Out of 
 town exhibitors showed their faith in 
 Kansas City by attending and show- 
 ing their stock. There were 105 ex- 
 hibitors and over 1,000 entries in the 
 poultry and pigeon classes. The Poul- 
 try Breeders' convention was held at 
 the Midland hotel on December 6 and 
 the Midland Poultry association was 
 formed. Its first show will be held 
 in January, 1903, and it will rival the 
 Madison Square Garden show in mag- 
 nitude. There were 350 entries in 
 pigeon classes. The awards for the 
 Kansas City Fancy Poultry dug show 
 are as follows: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks — Ten cocks, 
 53 hens, 50 cockerels, 83 pullets and 
 13 pens shown. Mrs. C. O. Bailey, 
 Platte City, Mo., 1st cock, 3d cockerel, 
 5th pullet, 2d pen; J. R. Young, Man- 
 hattan, Kan., 1st and 4th cockerel, 1st, 
 2d, 3d and 4th pullet, 1st and 5th pen; 
 Roley Bros., Sedalia, Mo., 2d and 3d 
 cock and 4th hen; Brackenbury Bros., 
 Independence, Mo., 5th cock and 4th 
 hen; J. W. Faris, 3d hen; L. C. Bair, 
 Kansas City, Mo., 4th cock, 1st and 
 2d hen; Mrs. W. C. Ellis. Liberty, 
 Mo., 5th hen, 5th cockerel, 3d pen and 
 2d cockerel. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks; Six cocks, 
 18 hens. 14 cockerels. 36 pullets enter- 
 ed. Geo. A. Tipple, Lee's Summit, 
 Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th 
 hen, 2d and 3d cockerel, 1st pullet and 
 2d pen; Mrs. T. J. Kennedy, Ridgely, 
 Mo., 2d cock, 2d pullet, 3d pen; F. E. 
 and J. I. Williams, Independence. Mo., 
 2d cock; E. H. Heath, Kansas City, 
 Mo.. 3d cock and 5th pen; Wm. Mein- 
 hoffer. Kansas City, Mo., 4th hen and 
 4th pullet; Stifer & Sager, Kansas 
 City, Mo. 
 
 Buff Plymouth Rocks— E. M. and 0. 
 C. Arnold, Independence, Mo., 2d cock; 
 the Smiths, Manhattan. Kan., 1st hen, 
 1st and 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d. 3d. 4th 
 and 5th pullets, and 1st pen. 
 
 Silver Wyandottes — Mrs. P. Mark- 
 ward. Kansas City. Mo., 2d cock, 3d 
 hen. 2d pen; John B. Gage. Kansas 
 City, Mo., 2d and 4th pullets; Reed 
 Storms, Kansas City, Kas.. 1st. 2d and 
 5th hens, 5th pullet; W. J. Munkres, 
 Missouri City. Mo., 4th hen, 1st cock- 
 erel, 1st and 3d pullets, Ist pen. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes— A. N. Roun- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 velle, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cockere', 
 1st pullet. 
 
 White Wyandottes— Olney Bros., 
 Kansas City, Mo., 1st cockerel, 1st 
 hen, 4th cockerel, 5th pullet, 2d pen; 
 J. H. Hisey, Kansas City, Mo., 2d and 
 3d cocks, 2d cockerel, 1st, 2d and 4th 
 pullets, 1st pen; E. H. Mack, Kansas 
 City, Mo., 2d and 4th hens; John B. 
 Gage, 3d and 5th hens, 1st and 3d 
 cockerels, 3d pullet; Mrs. Maud Rolfe, 
 Wetmore, Kan., 5th cockerel, 6th pul- 
 let. 
 
 Rhode Island Reds — Wm. Meinhof- 
 fer, Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d 
 cockerels; 2d and 3d pullets; E. T. 
 Hunting, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 
 1st, 2d and 3d hen, 1st pullet, 1st pen. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons— Mrs. 0. H. Bugbee, 
 Kansas City, Kan., 1st cock; Stifer & 
 Sager, Kansas City, Mo. 1st and 3d 
 cockerel, 1st, 3d, 4th and 5th pullets, 
 1st pen; A. T. McAdow, Lamar, Mo., 
 2d pullet, 2d cockerel. 
 
 Light Brahmas — Dr. A. B. Jones, 
 Wa Keeney, Kan, 1st cockerel; Steek- 
 er Bros., St. Louis, Mo., 2d and 3d 
 cockerel, 1st and 4th pullet. 
 
 Dark Brahmas— N. R. Nye, Leaven- 
 worth, Kan., 3d cock, 1st and 2d hen, 
 1st and 2d pullets, 1st pen. 
 
 Buff Cochins— Chas. Steinberger, Wa 
 Keeney, Kan., 1st, 2d and 3d cocks, 2d 
 and 3d hens, 1st and 2d cockerel, 1st 
 and 2d pullets, 1st pen; J. B. Clark, 
 Chicago, 111., 1st hen, 3d, 4th and 5th 
 cockerel. 
 
 Partridge Cochins— C. M. Neff, Kan- 
 sas City, Mo., 2d and 3d cocks, 1st, 2d 
 and 3d hens, 1st pullet, 1st pen; Dr. 
 A. B. Jones, Wa Keeney, Kan., 1st 
 cock, 2d and 3d pullets. 
 
 Black Langshans — H. H. Borgmau, 
 Kansas City, Mo., 1st, 2d and 3d cock. 
 1st, 2d, 4th and 5th hen, 2d 3d and 4th 
 cockerels; 3d pullet, 2d, 3 and 4th pen; 
 Hallwood Poultry farm, Carthage, 
 Mo., 3d hen, 1st and 5th cockerel, 1st, 
 4th and 5th pullets, 1st pen; E. D. 
 Taylor, Independence, Mo., 4th cock. 
 5th pen; Gus Ortloff, Kansas City, Mo., 
 2d pullet; 4 cocks, 22 hens, 35 cock- 
 erels, 54 pullets and 5 pens entered. 
 
 S. C. Brown Leghorns — Darby Poul- 
 try yards, Kansas City, 1st cock, 2d, 
 3d hen, 4th cock, 1st and 4th pullets, 
 1st pen; W. A. Lamb, Manhattan, 
 Kan., 2d cock, 3d and 5th pullets, 4th 
 pen; J. J. Carel, Liberty, Mo., 1st, 4th 
 and 5th hen. 1st and2d cockerel, 3d 
 pen; W. S. Shockley, Kansas City, 
 Mo., 3d and 5th cockerel, 2d pullet, 2d 
 pen. 
 
 S. C. White Leghorns— J. H. Adams, 
 Missouri City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st and 
 2d hen, 1st cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d and 
 4th pullet. 1st pen. 
 
 Buff Leghorns — J. P. Carson, Mis- 
 souri City, Mo., Iflt eock, 4th h«n. 2d 
 
 The above pli'il.. lias the distinction 
 of being- the tir.st half-tone ever made 
 of an incubator while hatching or after 
 the hatch was off. We call it the Hap- 
 py Family for the want of a better 
 name; however, we thini< the name 
 suits very well. We have adopted this 
 scene as a trade mark. It has appear- 
 ed in our advertising more than any 
 other cut we have ever used. Have 
 you got the Sure Hatch Incubator 
 Company's new catalogue? 
 
 and 5th pullet, I. A. Harvey, Harrison- 
 ville, Mo., 1st, 2d, 3d and 5th hens, 2d 
 cockerel, 2d pen; Clark Bros., Kansas 
 City, Mo., 2d cock, 1st cockerel 3d and 
 4th pullet, 1st pen. 
 
 Cornish Indian Games — J. A. Buck- 
 ner, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st 
 hen, 2d cockerel, 1st pen; E. F. Hunt- 
 ing, Kansas City, Mo., 2d cock, 4th 
 and 5th hen, 2d pen; John B. Gage, 
 Kansas City, Mo., 2d and 3d hen, 1st 
 cockerel, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th pul- 
 lets. 
 
 S. Duckwing Games— Clarence Hov- 
 elman, Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock; N. 
 H. Achisou, Kansas City, Mo., 1st 
 cockerel. 
 
 Pet Games— E. S. Jackson, Kansas 
 City, Mo., 2d cock, 3d hen; Clarence 
 Hovelman, Kansas City, Mo., 1st hen; 
 John B. Sage, Kansas City, Mo., 2d 
 hen, 3d and 4th cockerels, 1st pullet. 
 
 White Minorcas— D. Y. Ault, Har- 
 rison, Ark., 1st and 2d hen, 1st cock- 
 erel, 1st trio. 
 
 S. S. Hamburgs— F. S. Schadel, Kan- 
 sas City, Kan., 1st and 2d cocks, 1st 
 hen; Eliz White, Kansas City, Mo., 3d 
 cock, 2d hen. 
 
 Blue Andalusians— A. F. McAdow, 
 Lamar, Mo., 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th pul- 
 lets. 
 
 White F. Black Spanish— H. W. 
 Chestnut. Birmingham, Kan., 1st, 2d, 
 8d and 4th hen, 1st and 2d cockerel, 
 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th pullets, 1st and 2d 
 pens. 
 
 Buff CocWb Bantam«— Hellwood 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 pullets in the American class — J. K. 
 Hisey, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 cockerels, 2 
 pullets in Asiatic class — H. H. Borg- 
 mann, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Ten highest scoring Indian Games— 
 J. B. Gage, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Highest scoring bird in the Ameri- 
 can class, J. R. Young, Manhattan, 
 Kan. 
 
 Best display, 10 or more Black 
 Langshans — H. H. Borgmann. 
 
 Ten highest scoring White Wyan- 
 dottes — J. H. Hisey. 
 
 Best twelve Barred Plymouth Rock 
 females— Mrs. W. C. Ellis, Liberty, 
 Mo. 
 
 Largest display of Bantams — Hall- 
 wood Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo. 
 
 Best 50 pigeons in the show — Dr. W. 
 E. Louckeer, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 A B. P. Rock cockerel owned by 
 Mrs. J. W. Pinkerton, Clay Center, 
 Kas. She breeds nothing but the Lest. 
 
 Winners a.t GaLrden City Show. 
 
 Poultry Farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock, 
 1st and 3d hens, 1st cockerel, 1st and 
 3d pullets; Clark Bros., Kansas City, 
 Mo., 2d cock, 2d hen, 2d cockerel, 2d 
 pullet. 
 
 White Cochin Bantams— H. Schmidt, 
 Kansas City, Mo., 1st cock, 1st, 2d, 3d 
 and 4th hens, 1st cockerel, 1st pen. 
 
 Red Pyle, Same Bantams— Hallwooc 
 Poultry farm, Carthage, Mo., 1st cock. 
 1st hen. 
 
 White Pit, Same Bantams— E. L. 
 James, Kansas City, Mo., 3d cock, 3d 
 hen. 
 
 Golden Seabright Bantams — Willard 
 C. Holmes, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and 
 2d hens, 2d and 3d pullets; Henry 
 Bundselm, Independence, Mo., 1st pul- 
 lets. 
 
 Main Bronze Turkeys — Mrs. P. H. 
 Harsell, Kearney, Mo., 1st old torn, 1st 
 and 2d hen, 1st young tom, 1st, 2d, 3d, 
 4th and 5th pullets, 1st pen. 
 
 White Holland Turkeys— Peter Pear- 
 son, Kansas City, Mo., 1st and 2d pul- 
 lets. 
 
 Muscovy Ducks — A. Paledjl, Kansas 
 City, Mo.. 1st duck, 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th 
 Ducks. 
 
 Eggs— E. M. and O. C. Arnold, In- 
 depence. Mo.. 1st dozen. 
 
 Cavies — Ed Hills, Kansas City, Mo., 
 1st collection. 
 
 Incubators — Chace Mer. Co., Kansas 
 City, Mo., 1st on Great Western. 
 GRAND SPECIALS. 
 
 Best 50 birds in the show — H. H. 
 Borgnian, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Ten highest scoring birds in the 
 show — H. H. Borgmann, Kansas City. 
 Mo. 
 
 Best 2 cocks, 2 hens, 2 cockerels, 2 
 
 Mrs. Belle Lear, Ulrich, Mo. — Light 
 Brahamas and Bronze Turkeys — 
 Light Brahmas, cock, 1; hens, 1, 2, 
 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Bronze turkeys, 
 cock, 1; hen, 1; pair, 1. 
 
 P. H. DePree, Kansas City, Mo. — 
 Buff Rocks, pullet, 3. 
 
 T. J. Jones, Garden City, Mo. — Bar- 
 red, White and Buff Rocks and Pekin 
 Ducks — Buff Rocks, cock, 1; hen, 1, 
 2. 3; cockerel, 2; pen, 2. Barred 
 Rocks, cockerel, 3; pen, 3. White 
 Rocks, pullet. 1. 2; pen, 2. Sweep- 
 states, 2d in American class. Display, 
 1st in American class. Ducks, drake, 
 old, 1; duck, old, 1, 2; drake, young, 
 1; duck, young, 1, 2; pairs. 1, 2; trios, 
 
 1, 2. 
 
 W. H. Buckley, Garden City, Mo.— 
 Buff Cochins, Partridge Cochins, 
 White Langshans and B. P. Rocks- 
 Buff Cochins, hen, 1, 2; cockerel, 1; 
 pullet, 3; pen, 1. P. Cochins, cock, 1; 
 hens, 1, 2; cockerels, 1, 2; pullets, 1, 
 
 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. White Lang- 
 shans, cock, 2; hens, 2, 3; cockerel, 
 2; pen, 2; trio, 2. Barrred Rocks, 
 cock, 2; cockerel, 2; pullet, 1; pen, 2; 
 trio, 2; sweepstakes, 2, in class 2. 
 
 J. E. Brasfield, Garden City, Mo.— 
 Buff P. Rocks, cockerel, 1; pullet, 1; 
 pen, 1; trio, 1. Highest scoring pul- 
 "et in class 1. 
 
 W. A. Kimberlin, Garden City, Mo. 
 —White Langshans, hen, 1; pen, 3. 
 Highest scoring hen in class 2. 
 
 J. P. Buckley, Garden City, Mo.— 
 Barred P. Rocks. 
 
 H. B. Ingham, Lucas, Mo. — White 
 P. Rocks, cock, 2; hen, 3; cockerel, 2; 
 pen, 3; trio, 2. 
 
 S. P. Byler, Garden City, Mo.— 
 White and Barred Rocks, White and 
 Black Langshans and Buff Cochins- 
 White Langshans, cock, 1; cockerel. 
 
 ^1 
 
 1; pullet, 1, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Buff 
 Cochins, cock, 1; hen, 3; pullet, 1, 2; 
 pen, 2; trio, 2. Black Langshans, 
 cock, 1; hens, 1, 2, 3; cockerel, 2; 
 pullet, 2; pen, 1: trio, 1, 2. Barred 
 Rocks, cock, 3; cockerel, 1; pullet, 2. 
 White Rocks, hen. 2. Sweepstakes, 2, 
 in class 2. Display, 1, in class 2. 
 Highest scoring cock in class 2. High- 
 est scoring cock in show. 
 
 Mrs. M. E. Graves, Garden City, Mo. 
 —White P. Rocks, pullet, 3. 
 
 Dudley and Ralph Pringle, Garden 
 City, Mo. — Fan Tail Pigeons and Bel- 
 gian Hares — Pair, 1, on pigeons. Dis, 
 play, 2, on hares. 
 
 R. A. Kenagy, Garden City, Mo.— 
 S. C. Brown Leghorns, cock, 1; hens, 
 1, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio. 1; cock, 1, in 
 class 3; hen, 1, in class 3. 
 
 W. B. Crooks, Garden City. Mo.— 
 Black I^angshans, cockerel, 1; pul- 
 let, 1. 
 
 J. B. Schrock, Gunn City, Mo.— 
 Golden and Silver Wyandottes and 
 White and Barred Rocks— Silver Wy- 
 andottes. cockerel, 1; pullets, 1, 2; 
 trio, 1. Golden Wyandottes, cock, 1; 
 hens, 1. 2; trio, 1. Barred Rocks, 
 cock, 1; hens, 1, 2; cockerel, 1; pul- 
 lets, 2, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. Display, 2, 
 in class 1. White Rocks, cock, 1, 3; 
 hen, 1; cockerel, 1, 3; pen, 1; trio, 1. 
 Sweepstakes, 1, in class 1. Pen, 2, 
 in class 1. Cock, 1, in class 1. Cock- 
 erel, 1, in class 1. Hen, 1, in class 1. 
 
 Steve <tnd Emery Nelson, Garden 
 City, Mo. — White Langshans and Bel- 
 gian Hares — Langshans, cockerel, 3. 
 Hares, display, 1. 
 
 The Columbus, Ohio, Show. 
 
 The fifth annual exhibit held under 
 the auspicesof the Columbus Fanciers' 
 Association, Dec. 2(i, inOl, to Jan. 2, 
 1902, was a marked improvement over 
 all former shows, especially in quality, 
 The birds seen at Columbus this year 
 were of better quality than those s:;en 
 at former shows. The awards were 
 placed with the very best of satisfac- 
 tion. We did not hear of a sing-le dis- 
 satisfied exhibitor during the whole 
 show. The competent judges were: 
 H A. Bridge, S. B. Lane, Robert 
 Champion, Chas. Cranner and M. M. 
 Barger. 
 
 Some of the classes were not filled 
 up as we expected to see, but those that 
 were were of the highest quality. 
 Plymouth Rocks were out in full bloom, 
 some 2.50 Barred and the Whites num- 
 bering 212. There was also a very 
 nice display of Wyandottes. The Asi- 
 atics were something fine, and the 
 Mediterranean, Hamburg and Bantam 
 classes were simply a dream. The 
 pigeon entries amounted to some 400 
 and made a very nice display. 
 
 The awards were as follows: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks— F. A. Bri- 
 gel. 1, 3 ck; 1. 3 hen; 1 pul; 4 ckl; 2 pen. 
 O. E. Miles secured, 1 ckl; 1 pen; 2, :} 
 pul; 8 pen. J. M. Wilson, 3 ckl. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks— Maughlin 
 
22 
 
 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 ckl; 1, 3 pul; 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; 1 hen. C. L. Helsel se- 
 cured 1 ck. J. C. Underwood, 1 pen; 2 
 ck; 2 ckl: 2, :t hen; 2, I! pul. 
 
 Haniburgs — Theodore Dessium won 
 1 ck; 1 ckl; 1, ■.', :!. 4 pul; 1, 2, :i, 4 hen; 
 1. 2 pen. 
 
 C. M. Stilse secured all the premiums 
 on BlacK Minorcas. 
 
 White Minorcas — Harry Leibold 
 with a tine display of birds won 1 , 2 ck; 
 L-'ckl: 1. •.',:;, 4 pul; 1, 2, .'i, 4 hen; 1,2 
 pea. 
 
 Buff Cochin Bantams— 1>. A. Jones 
 with a large display of little Buffs, 
 which seemed to be the most attractive 
 display in the show, won 1 ck; L '- ckl; 
 1, 2, 3,4 hen; 1, 2, 3, 4 pul; 1, "-' pen. 
 
 White Cochin Bantams— Robert Sha- 
 wan won all the premiums offered on 
 this variety. 
 
 From the pigeon department, where 
 there were over 400 birds on exhibition, 
 all of which were of the very finest 
 type, the exhibitors were; H. A. Metz, 
 E. Colwell, W. T. Bergin, and G. F. 
 Abbe. 
 
 The incubator exhibit was something 
 fine. It was made mainly by the Sure 
 Hatch Incubator Co. of Columbus, O., 
 and Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 \Vn!.JMetzmeier,lIndepen(li lice, lnwa, ^.wii.-, thi- beautifulJB. P. Rock pul- 
 let and a fine flock of more of the same stripe. He can please you. 
 
 1st prize Partridge Cochin hen owned 
 by DeWitt Yates, Eairbury, Neb. 
 
 FROM MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 
 
 Did you ever notice the difference in 
 exhibitors at the show? There are 
 always more defeated candidates than 
 those winning prizes, and these latter 
 hold little consolation meetings up 
 and down between the rows of coops 
 and sympathize with one another, and 
 pass jokes among themselves, and 
 have a real good time. While 
 the lucky ones, even while receiving 
 the congratulations of friends and 
 acknowledging gracefully the "kind 
 words," seem to have a slight iceness 
 and lonesomeness thrown around 
 them; the distinction is hardly per- 
 ceptible at limes and at other times 
 it is very marked. The winners, while 
 getting the money and the "honors," 
 do not seem to be getting that most 
 prized of all prizes — happiness and 
 satisfaction — out of the show which 
 the other side does. 
 
 But one can not have it all their 
 own way. And again I sometimes 
 think the person who goes simply 
 as a visitor gets more real unbiased 
 satisfaction out of the show than any 
 one else. Some things you do find out 
 that you wish you hadn't, little weak- 
 nesses in characters that you had 
 hitherto held in such high esteem; but 
 still these when banked against the 
 greatness of the lives of others so 
 fade them into insignificance that 
 you forget all about it and are 
 strengthened and gladdened because 
 of it. 
 
 These meetings are like — 
 "Ships that pass in the night 
 
 And speak each other In passing; 
 
 Only a signal shown, 
 
 Then darkness again and silence!" 
 
 We are all getting ready for the 
 early egg trade and the early chick. 
 We had such a beautiful fall to live 
 and work in that we have this part 
 of our business pretty well in hand, 
 and think we will be ready to meet 
 all calls for early eggs promptly. 
 W^hile our hen house under the hill 
 is warm and snug, yet we do not in- 
 tend that our fowis shall be turned 
 into hot house plants by any means. 
 We do not intend to turn them out in 
 the snow, but they will get plenty of 
 good cold air, and we expect them to 
 earn their keep. 
 
 When packing eggs for early ship- 
 ment, guard against cold as much as 
 possible. Line the baskets with two 
 or three thicknesses of paper and 
 wrap each egg in paper. It makes no 
 difference what the other manner of 
 packing may be, paper will keep out 
 the cold air as nothing else will, and 
 it is always handy, at least in the 
 home of any one who has eggs to 
 pack. I don't believe any one could 
 be a successful poultry man or wo- 
 man without papers. We barely have 
 time to glance through many that we 
 get, and give them away by the 
 bushel basketful. 
 
 We call all our readers attention to 
 the advertisement of Archias' Seed 
 Store. Sedalia, Mo. They have a fine 
 catalogue and it is free. It will soon 
 be time to put in your garden and flower 
 seeds and the catalogue will do you 
 1 jfood. Send for it. 
 
A94;'4 Li.ylit liiMlniia lieii nwnedby 
 Geo. B. Clary, Fairbury, Nebr. 
 
 Does It Paty to Advertise? 
 
 Well, I should smile. 
 
 Do you suppose we Missourlans 
 would have found out that our pres- 
 ident was assassinated had it not been 
 for the printers' ink and the pulse 
 of our nation? Some folks say that 
 we Missourians have to see a thing 
 before we will believe it, but that is 
 a sad mistake. As Josh Billings has 
 said, "We had no kin or kin-necfi.- 
 shun" at Buffalo or Washington to 
 write us up his obituary and send it 
 to us, and as our chicken crop was too 
 light to take such an elaborate trip 
 this year, so we just turned our ears 
 to the harp strings as they vibrated 
 the sad news from shore to shore. 
 
 And so it is in the poultry business, 
 or any oth»r kind of enterprise, if you 
 have not got your finger on the pulse 
 and keep in touch witt the life of 
 your business, you had better close 
 your eyes and take a nap. But re- 
 member while you are asleep you are 
 losing your footing. 
 
 As I always write from my own 
 letter box, and if you will please par- 
 don me for such a slangy expression, 
 "I'll blow my horn from the stump." 
 When we first started into the poultry 
 business we were very careful about 
 exposing our names and live stock be- 
 fore the public, and we would say, 
 "Little boats must keep near the 
 shore," and all such cranky ideas. 
 
 We would not advertise our young 
 stock in our home papers until the 
 cockerels' voices sounded the mascu- 
 line chord and they could fly to the 
 top of the highest fence, flop their 
 wings a,nd crow like their great an- 
 cestors. But I'll show you what we 
 missed by our short-sightedness. 
 
 One evening my husband came in 
 and said, "Wife, we must advertise 
 eur birds or we will not get to make 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 a sale this season. I met one of our 
 old customers in town with a bird un- 
 der each arm, and I said, 'Hello, there. 
 Where did you get your game?' He 
 told me very pleasantly where he 
 had made his purchase, saying he had 
 looked every week for our 'ad.' in 
 the paper and not seeing it he came to 
 the conclusion we had quit the busi- 
 ness. But 1 just told him that we 
 had only sadly neglected our busi- 
 ness." The same week we had another 
 just such a case, and do you know 
 that after that we did not need to -be 
 "showed" to believe it paid to adver- 
 tise in time. 
 
 By the next' week our ad. was in the 
 home paper and we concluded that 
 season that we had better let the world 
 know what we had if we expected to 
 live in the poultry business. 
 
 Then we were afraid to send very 
 far away from home for eggs for 
 hatching purposes for fear the long 
 ride and continued jolting might 
 cause the chicks to be "knock kneed " 
 or "pigeon-toed," and then we would 
 have to stand accountable for such 
 deformity. But, psah! Eggs can be 
 sent from California to New York if 
 handled with proper care, hatch and 
 make as well developed birds as if the 
 eggs had never been taken from the 
 nest. 
 
 We may live in any state in the 
 union and know just who has fine 
 poultry, what kind they have, and 
 many times through the medium of 
 poultry papers can see the yards, 
 birds and into the very hen house 
 doors of many poultry plants, and 
 you can almost put your finger down 
 upon the bird you want by keeping in 
 touch with the vibrations of poultry- 
 dom. 
 
 Each month I am very eager to 
 read the articles written by experi- 
 enced poultry raisers and hunt up 
 their ads. to see if they are still alive, 
 and if I do not find them, well, I think 
 just like the other fellow, "they've 
 quit the business." 
 
 They say that experience teaches a 
 dear school, but I'll be liberal with 
 the readers of the Investigator and 
 give you, free of charge, what it 
 cost me, so your advertising will not 
 cost you as much as mine did, as the 
 first sale I lost would have more than 
 paid for the ad in our home paper. 
 But, of course, a regular poultry paper 
 is the place to advertise. It is the 
 medium through which the very life 
 blood of poultrydom flows, and each 
 month as we feel their pulsation they 
 quicken our energies and strengthen 
 our enthusiasm to delve deeper and 
 deeper into its hidden resources. 
 
 EMMA PERKINS. 
 
 23 
 
 LEGHOKNS. 
 
 (Exclusively) 
 
 Birds of clioice brroiliii;;. Scoring from 93 to 
 fl4!4 aru in my p,>ris for 1H02. Esrg.s from 
 iliese pens $2.00 per dozen, A satisfactory 
 ii.itch ^uaranlet'd, 
 
 Frank McDonald, Columbus, O. 
 
 (fvOUTE 1. STA. li.) 
 
 Caution! Oon'tRead Thia Ad. 
 
 Korifyiu do vnu will di-covcr wberelo 
 jiut tiii- be^l id' \Uiiir lli.iks scoring from !):i 
 to !li)"o ;ii, tlif i:ir.:.-i -IhM,^ I li rou^hout 1 he 
 state of Ohio A i i uluini.iis. 1301. weshowed 
 thirty Whili; K.irlis wiiii an averag score of 
 !):i'». A 4-year-old cock hird scored SS'i und 
 ersucli .111' sies a.s Bridge. Lan' . Crannier. 
 Barger and .tones. Stock forsale. Eggs <!, Oil 
 uei- 1.5. 
 
 (Jolunibiis, Oliiii. 
 
 Maughlin Bros. 
 
 At the Columbus 
 shows for the past 
 
 three years 1 li;ive won more prizes tjian 
 all other e.xhibitiirs combined. Fine shape. 
 . e-xellent color, full combs and unexcelled 
 as layers. Stoci.- for sale at all times. Egeis 
 in season. .\ good hatch guaranteed. 
 
 THEODORE OESSIUM, i::^"?^"^^;""- 
 
 fertile eg'g'. 
 hardy 
 duck, bred 
 to win best 
 
 STOP! 
 
 »S- KOSE and SINGLE, 
 Rhode Island Reds. Buff I 
 horns. Winners wherever sho 
 Only strong- robust st 
 
 pen 
 
 •ill not 
 
 jret i 
 
 you send j-our order for ei/g 
 
 Erlo Aurelius, 
 Peppy, Lake co. Ohio. 
 
 WWlnneps Again! H 0A class! 
 
 White. Barred A- Buff Rocks, Silver and Laced 
 Wyandottes. At last St. Louis show won 1st 
 pen, 2 c"kl and special. Bowling- Green show 
 1st pullet' 2d cock, 3d pen and special. They 
 are sired by winners and bred to winners from 
 sho-ws in Mo. III. and Ky.. Efcrgs$2.00 per l.S. 
 2 settings $3.75. 
 
 J. A. Douglas, 
 
 Ferguson, Mo. 
 
 dosing out SaieFF 
 
 OF STANDARD BRED 
 Toulouse g-eese at the fol- 
 lowing- prices: 1-year-old 
 birds, $2 to $3, according to 
 weig-ht, 2-year-old birds $3 
 to $4 each. Pekin ducks of 
 standard weight at $1.5* 
 each. 
 
 My geese and ducks have won 
 many 1st and 2iid premiums 
 ill St. Louis, Mo., and are 
 sure to please. 
 Mrs. Eugene Hollard, 
 Highland, III. 
 
 Something Worth Knowing. 
 
 .Money saved by making your own poultry 
 remedies. To cure (Jholera. SOKE (UJK'E. 
 Roup. Scales Leg. Lice. Jlites. Cheaprem- 
 edvbutsure. E.vcellent Poultry Food lo 
 nuike hens lay. I'eiebraled Douglas Mi.\- 
 ture eic. All receipts for S' 00 or 25c each. 
 Address with 2c stamp. 
 
 \. Jl. HAdLWll, fioshen, Ind., It. F. D. !\'o. 2. 
 
 My White Minorcas 
 
 Won 1st, 2nd aLd 3rd at;Delaware and Co- 
 lumbus on old and young stock. Scored 
 90 to W'i. Eggs from my best pen $2.00 
 per 1.") ; Sn.CO per -iri, satisfaction guaranteed 
 
 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 houses in connection with 
 stock barns. His own are built on 
 one side of the sheep shed. Then in 
 cold weather the warmth from the 
 sheep keeps the poultry warm. Very 
 tew sheep are kept through this part 
 of the country, so I don't see how 
 we could make it work, unless we 
 planned things as father had them on 
 his Minnesota farm. They had a 
 large square barn with lean-to buiit 
 on the south and west sides. The 
 southeast corner of this lean-to part 
 was mother's hen house. The hens 
 had full run of the barn at all times, 
 and in cold, storm weather they were 
 not so closely confined; in fact, hardly 
 felt that they were shut in. She al- 
 ways kept from one to three hundred 
 hens, and shipped her eggs by the 
 crate to Minneapolis. Hens always 
 paid on that farm. They kept just 
 common stock with a good deal of 
 barred rock blood mixed in. Mother's 
 chicks were always tame; she could 
 take a handful of feed and pick one 
 up at any time. The care given to 
 baby chicks when they are young has 
 everything to do with making them 
 tame. 
 
 Most children like to care for 
 chicks. The extra care they give 
 them makes tame birds besides it Is 
 good for the children to have some- 
 thing to take care of. It there is 
 some living creature depending on 
 them for food and shelter it teaches 
 them to be thoughtful and careful for 
 the lives of others besides themselves. 
 In many homes the children have 
 nothing that is their own to look after. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 They should have an interest in some- 
 thing. If we do not care to have them 
 mixed up in the general flock of poul- 
 try we can give them some separate 
 breed. A pair or two of some pretty 
 bantams would be nice, as they are so 
 small they do not mix with the larger 
 breeds. Build them a house make it 
 snug and comfortable and let them 
 have them all to themselves; they 
 would be a pleasure and a profit to 
 any farm boy or girl. It is to our 
 interest to make things pleasant for 
 our boys and girls on the farm. We 
 want to keep them here with us. 
 The streets and slums of cities and 
 small towns are full enough now. We 
 do not need to contribute any of our 
 bright boys and girls to fill their 
 ranks. It is very seldom that a boy 
 or girl is expelled from a country 
 school but how often do we find it 
 in our town schools. We have even 
 known nearly a whole class of seniors 
 to be expelled from the high school. 
 If those were country scholars there 
 would be a big hubbub made. In last 
 year's graduating class was a country 
 boy. One of our town ladies was feel- 
 ing so very sorry for him, for fear 
 he would not do as well as the town 
 boys. We took pains to be present, 
 and our country boy outstripped the 
 town boys by a long way, both in 
 composition and delivery. Why is it 
 that school boards and professors 
 want to take our country boys into 
 the high schools. I can tell you what 
 they say, at least. Because they set 
 a good example to the town boys, are 
 more industrious, prepare their les- 
 sons more perfectly and by so doing 
 lead the town boys a race they do not 
 like. Professors and school boards 
 can see these things, so are doing all 
 in their power to get our country boys 
 into the high schools. We want them 
 there; farm boys can use high school 
 and business college educations, and 
 we intend they shall have them. Well, 
 I have wandered a long way from my 
 chicken talk, but my articles are 
 only chats anyway, and I may be ex- 
 cused if I don't talk chicken all the 
 time. 
 
 MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD. 
 
 GLEN RAVEN EGG FARM NOTES. 
 (Written for Poultry Investigator.) 
 The past week has been a stormy 
 one, and a terror to the poultry tribe. 
 One week ago tonight lightning ap- 
 peared in the distance; by midnight 
 rain was pouring down and continued 
 until the evening of the following day. 
 Then sleet set in, followed by snow, 
 and a fall of temperature of 60 de- 
 grees. One snowfall followed another, 
 and finally a regular northern blizzard 
 
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 The Fanciers' World 
 
 America's leading puljllcatloQ for fanciers. 
 Special deoartments for clogs, calfi. pigeons, 
 liiires. poultry, etc. 32 pages. Profusely 
 illiislrated. per year.nOcents. Sampiecopy 
 free. 
 
 The Fanciers' World 
 
 F. M. Simmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III. 
 
 Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? 
 
 Make your Own! 1 can send you formu- 
 las for all kinus of stock and poultry 
 foods. Uere arc a few; Chick food 35c; 
 egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder. 
 45c: stock condition powder. 35c; hog con- 
 dliion powder, 30c. Write for others. 
 
 A. W. Collins. 
 
 630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la, 
 
 BARRED P. ROCKS _^^ 
 
 Pure Thompson's Ringlets ^^ 
 
 40 exir.i line Ckls. for sale, with score 
 cardsalsn 25 Extrs*. Fine M. Bronze 
 Turkey Toms 1!1"1 halcli. weighing up- 
 wards 21) lbs. Write for prices. 
 
 C. M. HULBURT, Fairbury, Neb- 
 
 Black Liangshans 
 
 Large, vigorous stock, free from disqualifi- 
 cation: up to standard weight; winners at 
 Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
 sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
 season. Address, 
 
 MRS. N. W, JOHNSON, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 For Sale.... 
 
 200 Fine Black L,angshans. 200 
 Some of the best I ever raised. 
 Address 
 
 Ber\. S. Myers, 
 
 Crawfordsvllle, Ind. 
 
 5;»QUEEN CITYS^ 
 
 BUSINESS COLLEGE. 
 
 One of the leading' schools of the west 
 Larg'e attendance. Great demand for 
 its graduates. Expenses low. Address 
 
 H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 
 
 Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company 
 
 Bnff Orpingtons 
 
 AND 
 
 White Wyandottes 
 
 I never have failed to win in r 
 
 largest shows. Birds score from . 
 
 90to95>^. > 
 
 . C ROCKHILL, I 
 
 ^ Harvard, Nebraska. ^ 
 
swept over us, the mercury fell to 12 
 below zero, and it has been playing 
 close around that point for several 
 days. Fine sleighing is in order. Bui 
 the chicken man has no time to en- 
 joy such sport. It behooves us to be 
 up and doing to prevent the fowls 
 from freezing, keep them fed and 
 watered and also try to induce them 
 to keep on laying, which we are suc- 
 ceeding in doing much better than one 
 might suppose under the conditions, or 
 inclement weather. It has frozen the 
 lay out of the Barred and White 
 Rocks and Black Minorcas, but the 
 Brown and White Leghorns still keep 
 at it. They have the advantage of a 
 warmer house than the Rocks. Minor- 
 cas and Leghorns are all in the same 
 house. We have saved the combs of 
 nearly all our B. Leghorn cockerels 
 and all of our own breeding cocks that 
 we could possibly get into the concrete 
 house. Our loss will be very light, 
 considering the sudden change and 
 low temperature. 
 
 There will be a large number of 
 fowls perish from the affects of this 
 storm all over the country. Such 
 birds as have large combs and long 
 wattles that roosted where they were 
 exposed to the full force of the cold 
 will be so badly frozen as to die from 
 the effects. I have heard of a good 
 many in this condition. All laying 
 stock exposed to this storm will be 
 "done for" for some time. They will 
 not lay many eggs, if any, before 
 warm weather comes, let that be late 
 or early, and the longer the cold lasts 
 the farther off will be the coming of 
 eggs from all stock so exposed. Only 
 for my warm concrete house, egg pro- 
 duction on this place would have been 
 cut short by this blizzard. I had 
 made full preparations for the com- 
 ing of cold and stormy weather, con- 
 sequently stood in readiness to meet 
 it, and by almost living with my 
 fowls during the day and closing them 
 in the houses securely of nights, I am 
 holding my own. My egg record from 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 the fowls in this house has not fal- 
 len off but very little. The Brown 
 Leghorn pullets average about the 
 same as before the storm. The short- 
 age is in the Minorcas and White Leg- 
 horns. 
 
 The storm and cold doesn't affect the 
 turkey as it does the chicken. They 
 have no light combs or long wattles 
 to get frosted; they get up in the 
 trees to roost, turn their breast wind- 
 ward (let it be north or south), put 
 their heads under their wings and defy 
 King Winter to "do them anything." 
 They fly down from their tree perch 
 rather late of a morning, wade the 
 snow, and don't seem to care for a 
 dry spot to stand on. I take a broom 
 and sweep away the snow, making a 
 nice place for them, but they go on 
 wading the snow Just the same. They 
 seem to enjoy a sun bath of a cold 
 day as well as the chicken. I like the 
 turkey and have a fine flock of them. 
 Some people say they will eat as much 
 as a hog, but that's all stuff. Mine 
 don't eat any more than a chicken, 
 and they are in fine condition. 
 
 Wishing all the fraternity a happy 
 and prosperous New Year, good night. 
 E. W. GEER. 
 
 Farmington, Mo. 
 
 25 
 
 MATE A PEN. 
 
 On most farms where poultry la 
 kept just for market stock and eggs, 
 and on some where it is kept for more 
 fancy sales, it is customary to gather 
 the eggs for hatching from the whole 
 flock. While many are using good 
 male birds each year and thus trying 
 to improve their flock, the improve- 
 ment is necessarily retarded by the 
 using of eggs from females of every 
 grade and stage of development In the 
 flock. No matter what you are breed- 
 ing tor — and if you are raising poul- 
 try at all you surely have some pur- 
 pose in view — it will pay you to select 
 your females for breeding as well as 
 your males. 
 
 Try selecting ten or a dozen of your 
 best females, placing them with a 
 good male in a yard by themselves, 
 and compare the stock raised from 
 these with that raised from the flock. 
 
 Many are kept from trying this plan 
 because they think it is necessary to 
 have large yards with grass runs, 
 bone cutters, fancy feeds, etc., but it is 
 not. With two or three different 
 kinds of grain, some table scraps, 
 sand, gravel or something of the kind 
 for grit, and a reasonable amount of 
 care, you can keep your pen in a 
 yard 10x20 feet and produce good fer- 
 tile eggs. We know for we have 
 tried it. R. R. FRENCH. 
 
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 A large free Catalogue tells you 
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 Our New No. 2 Double Walled 
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 Price $12.00. 
 
 Our New A-i just the same, only 
 
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 is the real thing. GOOD 
 
 Brooders for $5.00. 
 
 Send for Circulars and Price 
 List 
 
 Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 
 
 Chicks thrive best on a balanced 
 
 feed of meaty, cereal and 
 
 grain element. ^That's 
 
 STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. 
 
 It isn't a medicine, but a health 
 and strength builder. It prevents 
 most of the diseases that kill chicks. 
 Carefully compounded from re- 
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 Price, at Dealers: 
 
 1 lb. pkg 10c. 50 1b. bag. .$2.25 
 
 Sib. pkg 35c. 100 1b. bag.. $3.50 
 
 Star Incubator Co., 
 
 12 Church St. Bound Brook, N- J- 
 Star Specifics 
 
 Is guaranteed to cure. 
 
 No 1. Cholera in old No ."J. For Inactive 
 Fowls. Males. 
 
 No 2 Same, for chicks No 6. For Indigestion 
 
 No 3 Egg Food and No 7, Food for Small 
 Tonic. Chicks. 
 
 No 4, For Cold and No 8, Disinfect In- 
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26 
 
 Practica.1 Poxiltry 
 Raising 
 
 Ui M. M. .lliUNSIP.N. 
 
 I like to see the Poultry Investigator 
 grow, even though I had no personal 
 Interest in the paper, I live to see it 
 expand. Nebraska needs a live, prac- 
 tical poultry paper. A big poultry 
 raising state and deserves the best 
 that is going. While the editor of a 
 poultry paper is engineer, as it were, 
 he can not make the very best paper 
 without the help of other practical 
 poultry raisers. Varied experiences 
 are what make a paper valuable. The 
 Poultry Investigator is exceptionally 
 fortunate along this line, the articles 
 from the numerous real poultry rais- 
 ers eaech month in the Investigator 
 makes It a good paper. The absence 
 of jealousies and mud slinging makes 
 it a clean paper; the fairness of all ad- 
 vertisers makes it a safe advertising 
 medium. But I have slightly strayed 
 away from my text. Practical poultry 
 raising is what I am trying to talk 
 about. What I mean by practical, is 
 to really make the most possible 
 profits out of the business. Now and 
 then see it mentioned "Poultry raising 
 for profit, or pleasure," thus separat- 
 ing the two ends. I have been look- 
 ing for the man that would object to 
 the profits. I want to see what he 
 looks like. No, sir, there is no such 
 a man. To the contrary, in ninety- 
 nine cases out of a huhdred his profits 
 are his pleasure. Occasionally, no 
 doubt, a man can be found that buys 
 some handsome fowls because ihey 
 are handsome. That's the first stage 
 of the chicken fever. The next thing 
 he does is to build some nests and 
 watch for the eggs— the fever running 
 its course, that is all. Then he sets 
 some eggs (all pleasure, of course.) 
 Then he hatches out some chicks, and 
 before they are a day old he is figur- 
 ing on the profits, on what he has 
 really made out of his bother, etc. 
 This is the second stage of the fever. 
 Later he takes some birds to the show, 
 "just to be in with the boys," he says, 
 but don't I know where I am at if he 
 don' tleave that show room with the 
 determination to do up the whole set 
 of them another year with his favor- 
 ite kind of chickens, and possibly he 
 sold a rooster or two at the show for 
 enough to raise a lot of his favorites, 
 and I have never caught him giving 
 away the price he hold the birds for, 
 to some charitable Institution, any 
 more than he would some other kind 
 of money. All dollars look alike to 
 bint, and h« would ai toon havs chick- . 
 •B BOBty am atliar Mvaay. TkU is 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 the third stage of the disetse, and he 
 seldom entirely recovers; he is a 
 chicken man from then on. He is 
 after the dolars as. well as the pleas- 
 ure, or in other words, he is a prac- 
 tical poultry raiser. 
 
 Most certainly the ultimate outcome 
 and chief end or practical side of poul- 
 try raising is to make it pay, and the 
 more it pays the more practical. I do 
 not admit that I am a crank about 
 thoroughbred poultry. I positively 
 know the common mixed variety pays, 
 and am equally sure that full-b:oo.1s 
 pay better. Its just as true in poultry 
 raising as it is in horse raising— a 
 pony is a horse, of course, and will do 
 to work, but he is a poor excuse just 
 the same; nobody wants some like 
 him; he is neither very useful or orna- 
 mental; nobody proud of him and no- 
 body treats him decent. If full blood- 
 ed poultry had no other advantages, 
 it would have the advantage of b3ing 
 liked and will be taken care of. Yes, 
 sir, and they should be oh every farm. 
 They command respect for their own- 
 er, they nlake his place look like 
 somebody lived there, would raise the 
 price of the farm through respect for 
 it. Practical poultry raising is noth- 
 ing short of making it pay to the ex- 
 treme limit. Yours truly, 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
 THE POUTRY SHOW AT MANHAT- 
 TAN KANSAS. 
 
 The annual show of the Manhattan 
 Poultry aesociation is in full blast 
 today (Wednesday), with a very cred- 
 itable showing of nearly all varieties. 
 
 The largest class was S. C. B. Leg- 
 horns, with White Rocks a close sec- 
 onds. The awards were: 
 
 IJuff Rocks— All to the Smiths. 
 
 Buff Cochins — All to Mrs. George 
 Flatter. 
 
 Buff Wyandottes— All to. the Ross 
 Bros. 
 
 White Rocks — A. A'^ilven, Wamego, 
 first cock, first and second hen, first 
 and third cockerel, second and third 
 pullet, second pen. Mrs. L. R. Brady, 
 second pullet, tie; third pullet, third 
 hen, third pen. R. .1. Barnett, first 
 pen, first pullet, second cockerel, and 
 sweepstakes for highest score. 
 
 Barred Rocks — All to T. J. Robinson 
 except second cockerel. 
 
 S. .C. B. Leghorn— W. A. Lamb, first 
 cook, first cockerel, first pen, first hen, 
 first and -second pullet. H. Amos, 
 third pullet, second cock, third cock- 
 erel. Mrs. George P. Brown, second 
 and third hen, second cockerel, sec- 
 ond pen. 
 
 S. C. White Leghorns— All to Mrs. 
 Georee Flatter, except ti« on first 
 c«ck. A. J. LaMb, first cock, tie. 
 
 Ohio's Whitest White Mh. 
 
 Winners wherever shown the past 10 
 year-, scoring 01 to 9(> points. Also 
 Open Laced Wyandottes and Black 
 MiiKjrcas. Eggs SI.")!! per setting. 
 
 Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio. 
 Station A, Routr 2.| 
 
 BUFF Exclusively. Winners 
 
 COCHIN at the great Co urabus 
 
 RAMTAMQ Show lOOl-.', and Ohio 
 BANTAMS state E.xpcition 1901. 
 -^ — Stock for sale. Eggs 
 
 $1..50 per fifteen. 
 
 D.A.JONES, Columbus, O. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS- white u,<i k. 
 
 H.Tk^ Whiu' ;iinl ~ilviT Luocd WhiicI- 
 (.11, ■> Wliilc Mini lln.ivn LHL-horris, lVI<in 
 lliu-ks. Ann rioaS IJL-l siiauis. Mvslo.li 
 has wnn am pn-uiiiliiis in lii. ] a-l ti rt-e 
 
 tl Ci 
 
 . -I,, 
 
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 anrl ilie ul.io ^SIatl■ t.xijMsi 
 
 He'd Oak FoiiKiy't'arni, "t. C. l \'l'i'K'K'H'fl(llI!l'i(ip. 
 Sta. B, Columbus, Ohio, 
 
 BRIGEL'S Celebrated Strains 
 
 Rarr(!(l .Mates scoring as high as 94V.i and 
 Un^Lu females us Ijli^h us 94',j uuder suc't 
 
 nocks. j,i(i._.e5i as Krid'-'e. Lane. Jones, have 
 won 1st prizes at such shows as the 
 ;rc:a Coluinbus >liow. N.Mvail;. and the Ohio 
 .state K\positiim. yiock forsale at all times. 
 EfS-'s $--'''J I'd- IJ. the l.inU tliat win. 
 
 P. X. BRIGEL, Coluttibus Ohio. 
 
 Light Bfalifnas aod Wtiite Wyanilottes, 
 
 Bred from stock that .score- '.»2 to 9:1), 
 points — I. K. Fetch strain — none bet- 
 ter. A tine lot of White Wyandotte 
 cockerels for sale Prices reasonable. 
 
 Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Nebr. 
 
 White Plymouth Rociis, 
 
 Scored by Rhodes from 92'i to 94. 
 Owens & Cumfield's strain, "Stay 
 
 White." Egs-s SI. 50 per 1."). 
 
 Wm, Randolph, 
 
 Lawrence, Kansas. R. O. Mo, 1, 
 
 TRAP NESTS. 
 
 lust what you have heeii lookinK for- 
 L'heaper tiian yo" can make tlieni your self. 
 .Send a card willi your addi'ess and tte win 
 leil %(>u all ahnii II. 
 BoNNiKiiiiiST I'on.iin IMni. 
 
 ROSS BROS., Manfiatlan, Kan. 
 
 Ir*nre Bred Poiiltry. 
 DARK BRAHMAS 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES 
 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 
 
 M.D.KING, Minden,Neb. 
 
 For Sale. 
 
 lOOolioice youne birds fnwii winners at 
 Kansas and NelitasUa Stale Shows. nX)l. 
 .S. S. Hanilini^'s. I'.iririd'.'o Cochins. Buff 
 Cochins, Li-liI Hi,ilniias and B, P. KooliS. 
 Show record on aijplicaiion. Kggs from 
 . choicest niallngs ^l.aO per setting, 
 
 DeWitt Yards, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
Mr. A. B. Evans, Hartwell, Nebr., 
 breeder of Barred Roc>s. None but 
 the best will do. 
 
 Black Minorcas — H. Amos, first cock, 
 first hen. 
 
 Houdans— All to H. Chaffee. 
 
 L. Brahma— All to H. Chaffee. 
 
 Black Langshans — All to H. Chaf- 
 fee. 
 
 Rowen Ducks — H. Chaffee, first 
 duck, first drake. 
 
 Partridge Cochin — L. E. Brown, first 
 pullet. 
 
 White Wyandottes — All to William 
 Dougherty. 
 
 Trio Pekin Ducks— To K. S. A. C. 
 
 Belgian Hares — To Ross Bros. They 
 also showed a trap nest that was next 
 to perfection. 
 
 The greatest attraction was a pen of 
 Scarlet Leghorns. 
 
 A meeting of the association was 
 held during the show and the follow- 
 ing officers were elected for next yar: 
 President, H. S. Cottrell; vice presi- 
 dent, B. W. Smith; secretary, W. A. 
 Lamb; treasurer, Mrs. George Flatter. 
 Judge Rhodes scored the exhibit very 
 satisfactorily. 
 
 Three Settings of Eggs 
 
 It had been a hara winter and Mr. 
 Brown had each day found his finan- 
 cial resources growing less and less. 
 He was a farmer in moderate circum- 
 stances, but had always been able to 
 provide well for his family and send 
 the boys and girls to a nearby town 
 to school. The boys — three of them — 
 were all established in homes of their 
 own and only his youngest — Mary — 
 remained at home; but somehow 
 things had gone wrong and there had 
 been little money to be spent for 
 those little fineries that a girl cher- 
 ishes. 
 
 Mary's mother noticed the condition 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 of affairs and after some deliberate 
 planning, she proposed a scheme to 
 Mary whereby she might earn the 
 money for the things which she would 
 want so badly when the next year's 
 social season began. 
 
 This was the plan: Mrs. Brown 
 should give Mary ten dollars and three 
 setting hens and Mary should buy 
 three settings of eggs and set the hens 
 and care for the chickens when hatch- 
 ed and all the proceeds should be her 
 own, as the actual cost of feeding the 
 thicks would be small since they 
 would have the range of a large farm 
 and could pick up most of their liv- 
 ing till fall. 
 
 So Mary and her mother drove near- 
 ly fifteen miles to a poultry breeder 
 and bought the three settings of eggs 
 tor the ten dollars and the poultry 
 man being very generous agreed that 
 on the first of November he would 
 take all the birds that scored 90 
 points or more and would sell them 
 at fancy prices, giving Mary one- 
 third of what they brought. 
 
 I shall now relate briefly Mary's 
 adventure and her good fortune. She 
 set the three hens and cared for them 
 nicely, but only thirty downy chicks 
 peeped a welcome to her, fifteen eggs 
 she threw away. All that long hot 
 summer Mary cared for her little 
 brood. It was no easy labor, but she 
 loved to watch the little chicks as 
 they hunted for bugs and chased 
 hither and thither, and they were 
 growing so big and plump she felt 
 repaid for her labor. 
 
 The fields and the orchard were 
 their roaming place and Mary fed 
 them just a little wheat or corn In 
 the evening when she shut them up. 
 When fall came they could no longer 
 scratch for themselves, but Mr. 
 Brown told Mary that she might turn 
 the chickens into the feeding room 
 after the cattle and sheep had been 
 turned out, that they might gather 
 up the scattered grain. 
 
 Mary had planted and raised some 
 turnips and her mother gave her all 
 the faulty cabbage, pumpkins and 
 carrots, so Mary was singularly for- 
 tunate in getting food for her flock 
 at a very slight expense. 
 
 With all of Mary's tender care only 
 twenty chickens were to be counted 
 when November came, but these were 
 hardy fellows, full of strength and 
 vigor, but since they had been made 
 to hustle and had not been stuffed 
 were not fat enough for selling at 
 market prices. 
 
 The poultry man came and scored 
 them and carried ten away with him 
 to sell. These brought from three to 
 ten dollars apiece, so that he was able 
 to give Mary fifteen dollars as her 
 
 27 
 
 GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 
 WHITE HOLLAND TIIRI^FYS 
 
 In Lacing, shape and size unexcelled. 
 Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell, 
 in season. 
 W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 WHITE POULTRY 
 
 Holland Turkeys. Embden Geese Indian 
 Geese. Kose Oomb Lp-ehorns. Plymouth 
 Rocks, Wyandottes and Langsbans, Colored 
 Homing and Tumbler Pigeons. All stock 
 winners or bred from winners and as repre- 
 sented. .Southdown Sheep. Birkshire Swine 
 
 J. A. LELAND, 
 
 Woodside Farm, 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 
 
 We Sell.. 
 
 Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure. Absolute sure 
 cure; price 50c and $1.00. 
 Hall's guaranteed Chol- 
 era Cure, a preventation 
 for all diseases; price .")0 
 cents and $1.00. 
 
 Hall's Egg Model 
 
 an absolute necessity in 
 operating incubators. 
 Price .50c. Address, 
 
 Poultry Investigator, 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - I1.7.S 
 Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00 
 Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - Jl.OO 
 Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 
 New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 
 All above from prize-winnins stock and line 
 bred. Catalogue sent. 
 
 J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor. 
 
 White Plume Farm, RichUeld, 111. 
 
 Watch Houston's Show Rec- 
 ord this Winter. 
 
 He will make some of the boys smile, 
 and girls too. His stock has always 
 won wherever shown. 
 B. P. R. aLi\d Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 I have n Trios left to sell of Buff Orp- 
 ingtons. $5, $1 and $10, and one pair 
 $12. Have been booking orders for 
 eggs for some time. Rocks all sold. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 
 
 [f you want .... 
 
 Belg:ian Hares 
 
 Call on or write to 
 
 OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
 
 Old Orchard, Mo. 
 
 Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. L,ouis, Mo., 
 
 WM. G. STEINICKE, Mngr- 
 100 Hares to choose from. 
 
28 
 
 "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 careful man- 
 agement and by a closer contact with 
 nature and nature's bounties she 
 looked with clearer eyes upon the 
 world and its maddening whirl of life. 
 0. P. GREER. 
 
 Eleven Years With Buff L,eghorns 
 
 (By George S. Barnes, Battle Creek, 
 Michigan.) 
 1 have been breeding and showing 
 this variety now eleven years. My 
 first start was with pure white tails 
 and wings. In 1893 I purchased a 
 cockerel that gave me a true start, and 
 since then great improvement have ad- 
 vanced, and there is plenty of chance 
 yet for new improvements. During 
 the eleven years, we have laerned 
 much about this valuable bred, and 
 know, by actual experience, we have 
 more to learn yet. The buff color is 
 harder to breed than almost any other 
 color, as the judges in almost all cases 
 have different ideas what said color 
 should be. I have heard breeders rec- 
 ommend to purchase nothing but pure 
 buff birds. We would like to know 
 how many pure buff birds these breed- 
 ers have seen. It seems to me — I may 
 be wrong — that when we get pure Buff 
 Leghorns, we will have them scoring 
 94 to 96, as common as the Whites 
 and Blacks. If we are right, then 
 we have not the pure buff we want, 
 or the judges are not giving them their 
 just duM. Our oplntoD is that th* 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 judges are giving them about what 
 they are worth — from 90 to 94%, with 
 a chance for us to improve. We have 
 only seen, now and then, a bird hon- 
 estly worth 94 to 95 in females, and 
 they are as near buff as we believe we 
 have today. So, when you are pur- 
 chasing, do not think you can get the 
 Simon pure ones for any small price, 
 in females or cockerels either. How 
 many so-called pure Buff Leghorn 
 cockerels ever proved to be good 
 cocks? We have yet to see one. In 
 most cases the good cocks, when they 
 were cockerels, were chestnut or 
 bronze in tail and wings, and, as 
 cocks, this comes in lighter, which 
 makes a fine buff. We have found, 
 in our breeding, that a cockerel with 
 chestnut or bronze in tail will throw 
 as near pure buff offspring as we have 
 seen. This is no guess work, but fact; 
 also, females with black in tail, mated 
 with a cockerel with buff tail mixed 
 with white, will bring pure buff now 
 and then. Any of these matings will 
 bring you all the white you want, and 
 more than we all want. For a good 
 breeding bird give me a cockerel with 
 chestnut, bronze, or even some black; 
 on good females will produce a nice lot 
 of show birds. If you can get a pure 
 buff cockerel with strong tail and 
 wings, he is worth his weight in 
 Klondike nuggets. A great deal, in 
 getting good birds, is the care, atten- 
 tion and feed. It is one-half the mak- 
 ing of a show bird. This labor com- 
 mences from the time the chick is 
 hatched until it enters the show room. 
 The chicks must have shade, and they 
 can't have too much. We feed good, 
 yellow corn, and plenty of it (would 
 hot feed white corn if it was given 
 us), wheat, oats, pumpkins, carrots, 
 buckwheat, sunflower seeds, oil meal, 
 potatoes and cabbage, and the last, 
 plenty of green bone. Six weeks be- 
 fore show season we separate all cock- 
 erels from the females and put each 
 show cockerel in small coops, and 
 handle them once a day to tame them 
 down, as the Buff Leghorns are high 
 flyers, and when we first put them in 
 the pens for winter and enter the coop, 
 they remind us of little yellow bal- 
 loons, poping up all over. 
 
 The Buff Leghorn is not the great- 
 est fowl before the public — there are 
 others just as good — but they are by 
 no means the poorest, either. Thoy 
 are a beautiful breed, full of life and 
 activity. Take a nice pen of them 
 out on the lawn and they are admired 
 by all. as the cockerel resembles "the 
 only pebble on the beach." They are 
 great layers — laying just as many eggs 
 as any Leghorns — and for size they 
 are larger, therefore laying a larger 
 
 It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
 try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
 say nothing- of a large flock ou a poul- 
 try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
 trained 
 
 Fox Terrier Dog. 
 
 Our dogs are taught to parole the 
 place night and day. Write, Nevada 
 Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
 r/^- Males $10.00; females $5.00. 
 
 Bufif Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
 
 C. W. Leghorns, White 
 
 Wyandotteg. 
 
 Stock from high scoring- birds and 
 winners wherever shown. Prices right 
 Send your wants. 
 
 KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Notice!..--^ 
 
 I have a few Partridge Cochin Ckls. 
 at a bargain if taken soon. Also Gol- 
 den Sebrignt Bantams from $1 to $2 
 each. Will exchange fancy pigeons 
 for any kind of standard bred poultry. 
 
 W.F.HOLGOMB, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 MAMMOTH BRONZE 
 TURKEYS.^^ 
 
 That score from 94 to 9~;{; Barred 
 Rocks score from 87 to 90; Buff Co- 
 chins, score from 87 to 9'(i'4; Pekin 
 Ducks that have won hundreds of 
 premiums, have been sold to all 
 parts of America and Europe. 
 Chester White Swine 
 
 Mrs. Chas. Jones, pawpaw, ill. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Our Wyandottes never have failed 
 to win in the best company. Young 
 stock for sale. 
 
 J.C.KAPSER, Clay Center.Neb 
 
 WINNERS St. Paul and Cedar Rapids Show 
 for sale. Stay While birds of lartre size 
 Very vigorous, bay eyes, red face, briellt 
 yellow letrs and skin. Write your wants 
 
 111 I ■ 
 
 ill ! 
 
 GRANT MOTT. 
 Box A-2!). Austin. Minn- 
 
 My Buff Rocks 
 
 Won at Madison Sqtiare Garden this 
 season; at Boston and other great 
 shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
 for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
 record. 
 
 MILES H. LOLER. 
 Box M. East Onondaga, N. Y. 
 
 Olentangy : : : 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Delaware. Ohio. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish 
 Indian Games, Buff' Cochin Bant- 
 ams and Golden Wyandottes Eggs 
 $2 00 per 15. Send for circular 
 
1st prize B. P. Rock pullet owned by 
 P. J. Schwab, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 egg. 
 
 Last season we raised seventy birds 
 at home, with only six cull cockerels 
 and eight cull pullets. We consider 
 this breeding as good as most of the 
 old standard breeds, and shows that 
 they are not breeding all culls. They 
 are quick growers, the cockerels crow- 
 ing at six or seven weeks old, and fe- 
 males begin laying at five and six 
 months, keeping it up all winter if 
 given proper care and a warm place. 
 
 We hope that every person interest- 
 ed in this popular breed will join the 
 American Buff Leghorn club^ as it only 
 costs $1, and the benefits are worth 
 five times the cost to the members 
 and the breed. 
 
 Prepa-ring Birds for SKo>v 
 a.nd Shipping 
 
 Tlie cold wave came suddenly and 
 unexpectedly. We had a drop of 50 
 degrees in twenty-four hours. Per- 
 sonally, I like cold weather, but even 
 I, who, as all my friends would tell 
 you, never stop for the weather, only 
 when it is "awful hot," cannot get 
 used to the sudden cold, but there 
 was work to do. Husband was gone 
 to the state show; son and I at home 
 alone. The chickens had not all tak- 
 en to the hen house yet, though we 
 had been trying to get them to, but 
 the boy came bravely to our help, 
 neglecting or leaving the other chores 
 until after dark — the boy and the dog, 
 a shepherd. The chickens scattered, 
 hiding in the vineyard, but the boy 
 and the dog went after them like 
 hunting rabbits. The dog would lie 
 down, holding the chicken under his 
 paws until the boy got It. They made 
 fun out of the work. Not a chicken 
 was hurt, but how did the bay man- 
 age it? One or two that we did did 
 not find that evening I tried to catch 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 with the dog afterward, when the boy 
 wasn't at home, but I could not get 
 him to look at the chicken. He would 
 go off looking for rabbits every time 
 I pointed toward the chick. 
 
 Husband brought our birds thirty 
 miles across sountry. Some of the 
 combs were frozen stiff. We thawed 
 them out in cold water, then bathed 
 them, after drying very carefully, with 
 equal parts of glycerine and rosewater, 
 and saved every comb and wattle ex- 
 cept the small tip of one point. 
 
 This glycerine and rosewater is the 
 very best preparation for chapped 
 hands or faces, or to put on the combs 
 or wattles of birds when shipping 
 them in cold weather. I have always 
 had to keep something of the kind 
 for my hands, they chap so easily. I 
 used to keep bay rum and glycerine, 
 but that made such an unpleasant 
 burning sensation, until some five 
 years ago, while visiting an aunt of 
 my husband's over in Illinois. One 
 morning while preparing for a long 
 drive about the country I made the 
 remark that I would enjoy the drive 
 so much, but that the wind would 
 make my face burn like fire when we 
 got back. Aunt picked up a bottle 
 from the washstand and said, "May 
 put some of this on your face and 
 the wind won't hurt it. I always use 
 it before I go on a long drive." I 
 did so and it had such a pleasant 
 soothing feeling that I asked what it 
 was. "Glycerine and rosewater, equal 
 parts mixed," she replied, and that 
 drive was a revelation. We were out 
 half a day, and for the first time in 
 my life with no burning face from 
 the effects of the wind. Just last week 
 a neighbor and I went thirty miles 
 across the country to the poultry show. 
 I had bathed my face and hands In 
 the preparation before starting, well 
 knowing what I should suffer if I did 
 not. My friend started out without it 
 and at the end of the journey suffered 
 no little inconvenience from her burn- 
 ing face. 
 
 But to get back to the chickens. 
 When preparing them to go on a jour- 
 ney scrub their combs and wattles 
 with warm soapy water with a tooth- 
 brush. Dry at once with soft cloth 
 and apply immediately the glycerine 
 and rosewater. It dries in at once, 
 leaving them bright and handsome, 
 with no greasy or oily look afterward. 
 I wish you would clean one up in this 
 way as soon as you can, just to see 
 what an improvement it makes. To 
 be most effective they must first be 
 washed good and clean. So must your 
 face and hands if you use it on them. 
 Then as soon as wiping put it on. 
 We treat our chickens' feet and 
 
 *9 
 
 The Michigan ^%^ 
 Ponltryman... w 
 
 Only Exclusive Poultry 
 "Paper in Michigan 
 
 All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
 ube to its pages. Expert poultry- 
 men will give its readers free 
 such information as they 
 may ask for. 
 
 All the news of the poultry world. Well 
 Illustrated. 
 
 For a short time you can get this pa- 
 per one year for l.'ic. Send postal for 
 sample. 
 
 MicKiga-n PoultrymaLn, 
 
 Ithaca., Mich. 
 
 Now Ready..-^ 
 
 Young stock for .sale at the Golden 
 Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
 erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
 Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
 dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
 from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
 of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
 R. hens and one male yet for sale, at a 
 bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
 tion of stock. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BEIMOMT, WIS. 
 
 Poultry Supplies 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, SI 
 per 60. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each $1. 
 
 Spray Pumps each 75c. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure 25c and 50c a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food $2..50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure .50c and II a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices 
 
 Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center, S12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F. O. B. Lincoln, Neb., 
 per 100 pounds $1.00 
 
 Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O- 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 The best Foldina:^^^ 
 Exhibition Coop.. ^ 
 
 Jas. A. Rudge, Palmyra, Neb. 
 
 M;inutactures and sells the best Exhibition 
 Folding (Joop on the mailiet. Prices within 
 the reach of Mil. He alfO has .W S. C B. LEG- 
 HORN COCKBRBl.^ (or sale from 75c to $2.00 
 each. Write your wants. 
 
30 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The junior iiiciiiIki . ii i h. iinn .if Mi. ^ 
 Nebr., feeding their prizc-winuing Rocks. 
 
 il Mr>. A. Mptoii \' Son, Fairbury, 
 
 shanks in the same way. You have no 
 idea how it brightens them up, and 
 I do take a great pleasure in sending 
 them from the station at home look- 
 ing so bright and healthy. A chicken 
 with a red face and comb can't help 
 but look healthy. They simply can't 
 sit humped up in the cold when heads 
 and feet are so comfortably warm. 
 
 If you are subject to cold feet try it 
 on yourself. Give them first a good 
 soaking, wipe dry and put the prep- 
 aration on at once. 
 
 People who do much desk work will 
 often be troubled with cold feet, be- 
 cause of the rush of blood to the 
 head to stimulate the brain, leaving 
 the extremities unprovided for, and 
 an unnatural and unpleasant coldness 
 follows. MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 
 
 Keep An Account 
 
 Keep an account of every part of 
 your poultry business. It is necessary 
 to do so if you want to know how 
 you are getting along, whether you 
 have made anything and if there is a 
 chance to make a profit. Everyone 
 wants to know how he is getting 
 along in his business. The store- 
 keeper knows how much profit he is 
 getting and how much he may be los- 
 ing. All business men know the 
 same things. They know it only by 
 keeping an account. They usually 
 employ a person to do nothing else 
 but attend to their books and write 
 their letters, etc. Butt o keep an ac- 
 count of your poultry you do not need 
 to employ some one for that purpose, 
 neither need you to understand all 
 the most difficult facts of double entry 
 bookkeeping. You can charge your 
 fowls with their cost and all feed used 
 during the year, together with every- 
 thing that you have bought for them. 
 At the end of the year give them 
 crsdlt for all th« eggs laid, ceumtlag 
 
 in what you have used and set and 
 also what you have sold. Also give 
 them credit for the value of those 
 that you have left, as perhaps some 
 of them have died. Any that you 
 have sold or eaten should be given 
 proper credit. The amount received 
 for any other product, such as the 
 manure, if you sell it, should be cred- 
 ited. The difference between the debit 
 and credit sides of the account shows 
 the gain. You can balance up the ac- 
 count each month, instead of the end 
 of the year, if you desire; then you 
 will know how you are getting along. 
 You can keep an accurate account for 
 the chickens raised or combine it with 
 that of the fowls. I prefer to have It 
 separate. The beauty of keeping an 
 account i= that it keeps you posted 
 on how your fowls are paying you 
 and if not paying, you will know it 
 and be able to correct the management 
 so it may pay you. 
 
 P. W. SHEPARD. 
 
 Perfect Chick Feed. 
 
 Arminjj;tun, III., Dec. 21. 19111. 
 W. F. Chamberlain, Kir', wood. Mo. 
 
 Dear Sir: As it has been sometime 
 since you have heard from me I 
 thought I would write you. 
 
 This has been a successful year with 
 me in the poultry business. I raised 
 the finest lot of Lig'ht Brahmas this 
 year that I have ever raised and I at- 
 tribute a good part of my success to 
 CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT 
 CHICK FEED, for with this feed and 
 proper care there is no reason why one 
 cannot raise little chic s. and chicks 
 raised on this feed mature better. 
 Every one that has seen my chic sthis 
 fall pronounce them the finest in this 
 part of the country. I have had a 
 splendid trade this fall and have not 
 had a single complaint, so you may 
 look for some big orders from me this 
 spring, as quite a luimber have already 
 spoteforthe feed. I think I will try 
 to Keep a supply of it on hand at all 
 tim«6. Yours respectfully, 
 
 C. F. Lipsey. 
 
 GINSENG... 
 
 The great-Chinese Root. Im- 
 mensely profitable, $6 to $12 
 a pound. Illustrated circular, 
 fullest instructions, best pub- 
 lished, with prices for plants 
 and seeds, 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, 
 
 Buff Leuhorns, 
 
 B uff Rock s. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 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. 
 
 BUFf COCHINS 
 
 Exclusively. 
 J ust What You Are 
 Loolcing For .... 
 
 The Pure Golden BufiF. Win- 
 ners in ny company. Elegant 
 in shape, profusely feathered, 
 as good as the best. Prices 
 low, write me. 
 
 B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 
 
 My Rocks are of the best strains to 
 be found and I have a fine lot of 
 chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
 MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
 LlncolH, Nebr. 
 
 David Larson, 
 
 Wahoo, Nebraska, 
 
 Expert Poultry Judge 
 
 I have had years of experience in 
 breeding, mating and judging. For 
 reference 'o qualification, write Poul- 
 try Investigator, Clay Center, Neb. 
 I am open for engagements. 
 
 My . .. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 . . . Have no equal 
 
 Bm Plymouth Rocks 
 
 (Thompson Ringlets.) 
 If you want good stock I have i 
 
 JOHN A. 
 
 Harvard 
 
 LING, 
 
 Nebraska 
 
Advertising e4.rvd Selling 
 
 In late fall and winter the breeder 
 who has been engaged in poultry cul- 
 ture long enough to have sufficiently 
 mastered the business as to be recog- 
 nized as a successful breeder has a 
 great number of birds for which pur- 
 chasers are wanted. 
 
 Not only has the breeder planned 
 and toiled to hatch and raise birds 
 needed for use in home pens and 
 yards, but the hope and expectation 
 of good demand and sale for all sur- 
 plus stock of good quality has been 
 an everyday incentive to best care and 
 management of the fowls — matured 
 and chicks — all through the season. 
 
 These "for sale" birds represent a 
 great many dollars to the breeder, but 
 while they remain in his yards, un- 
 called for, they will never realize the 
 dollars for him. 
 
 What does it profit one, even though 
 the owner of birds possessing every 
 every excellent quality and in great 
 numbers if no sale is had for them? 
 Such fine fowls may be the pride and 
 delight of the breeder, nevertheless 
 they are not loved so well that they 
 cannot be parted from. Since the 
 breeder has raised fine birds for pos- 
 sible customers, the first step toward 
 accamplishing his object Is to let the 
 poultry public know that he is 
 ready to supply the new breeders, by 
 advertising the stock for sale. The 
 more widely the breeder advertises 
 and the better he is known, if known 
 to be reliable and honest, the more 
 successful Is that breeder. Much de- 
 pends upon the medium chosen to 
 carry the news of surplus stock for 
 sale, out into the poultry world. Bet- 
 ter to use a small space in a poultry 
 journal that is one of those having 
 the widest circulation than to utilize 
 a half page in one of the "lesser 
 lights," even though the small space 
 costs many times more than does the 
 large advertisement. It will not take 
 long for you to prove the worth of 
 your advertising medium, if the paper 
 is extensively read, and the copy fur- 
 nished for your advertisement was 
 "taking," or so worded as to attract 
 and hold the attention, you will soon 
 receive inquiries because of it. The 
 realization of the desires that insti- 
 gated the placing of an advertisement 
 with some journals depends a great 
 deal upon the wording and arranging 
 of the copy. In the effort to secure 
 customers, never fish for them with a 
 falsehood-baited hook. Better never 
 to sell a bird than to accomplish the 
 sale by misrepresentation, and so 
 have a dissatisfied customer. If the 
 fowls for sale are of some particularly 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 noted and much sought after strain, it 
 is all right to so state the fact; if the 
 stock is scored and the score is such 
 as to make them desirable, let the 
 seeker after fowls of your breed or 
 variety know of it; or it unscored, if 
 your birds possess especially fine qual- 
 ities in color, size, comb, or other 
 parts, it may help to sell them to 
 speak of this excellent quality. Say 
 all the good things about your birds 
 you want to say when advertising 
 them, as long as there is no deviation 
 from the truth. 
 
 The paper or journal iu which our 
 advertisement appears does not bring 
 us sales, primarily, but inquiries for 
 prices and description of fowls, and 
 whether we make sales or not the 
 advertising medium has done its part, 
 and we must secure the inquirer for a 
 customer by our own personal efforts, 
 if he or she is secured at all. It the 
 inquiry is explicit in making known 
 the wants of the writer, it is an easy 
 matter to answer it and so clearly and 
 fully that the inquirer will have no 
 doubt as to the appearance of the 
 described bird or birds as it is, or they 
 really are. 
 
 But, unfortunately, all letters are 
 not explicit; on the contrary, in my 
 experience at least they are more often 
 than otherwise, obscure. Perhaps 
 this very brevity may make the at- 
 tempt to word a reply a very diflicult 
 undertaking. For instance, one I re- 
 ceived recently: "Please give me your 
 price on a male." As I breed two 
 varieties of poultry, I had no way of 
 knowing which the male was to be 
 selected and priced. And study the 
 inquiry as carefully as I could there 
 was nothing in it to inform me for 
 what purpose the male was wanted, 
 or what qualities were desired. One 
 cannot take time to fully describe 
 males of different degrees of excel- 
 lence in a reply to such an inquiry, 
 and so must be confined to generaltles, 
 and to neglect placing our advertise- 
 ment in some reliable, extensively cir- 
 culated poultry journal, or to treat 
 with careless in difference the letters 
 of inquiry — the fruit of our advertise- 
 ment. MATTIE WEBSTER. 
 
 Years of Experience 
 
 Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply- 
 mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from 
 niv different yards I haye selected 5 pullets 
 scored ')3 and S which scored ^2'^ and from this 
 pard I wish to sell a limited number of settinjrs 
 of eiTBfs at 3 00 per setting- All ee?s sold will 
 be from thisyardand from these birdsexclusive- 
 ly. I haye a few pullets scaring fro m ''0 to ll'.- 
 also a few Choice cockerels which I will sell at 
 prices that are right. All eggs and birds Sold 
 by me will be as represented or money re- 
 funded. 
 
 Wm Metzmier, Independence, la 
 
 31 
 Black Langshans. 
 
 1st cltl, 1st ben, Neljr.. ■ State Show litoi. 
 1st ppn. 1st ck. 1st ckl. 2nd pullet Nelir. 
 Siate Fail. ISIOl, 1st pen. 1st and 3rfl pul- 
 iel, 2nd cli. 2nd ckl. Nehr. State Poultry 
 Show iit i.incoln, 1902. Eggs $2.00 per i:i. 
 
 J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES! 
 
 1st, ck, l.st. ckl. 2d, and. Id, hens. id, pul- 
 let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES, 
 3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State 
 vShow. Light Brahmas. Eggs S2.S0 
 per 15. 
 
 £ B DAY, 
 
 North Bend, Neb. 
 
 nMnnrit and Buff Plymotith Rocks, 
 DAnnCU Buff and Partridge Cochins 
 Silver Lace and White 
 Wyandottes. CoiTespondence cheer- 
 fully answered and all orders prompt- 
 ly filled. Stock first class. 
 
 Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus. Neb. 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
 
 Cockerels and pallets from winners at St. Paul 
 and Mitchell, with score cards by Russell 
 Must sell quick to ? make room for breeders 
 
 J. F. Relnelt, 
 
 Tripp, S. Dakota 
 
 \U A PnrlKkQ Breeder of Buff 
 WW. *«. W-\Jtkt\S9. and White Wyan- 
 dottes. For the past four years I have [won 
 the majority of the best premiums in full 
 classes, 22 1st, 10 2nd, 9 3rd and, 5 specials. I 
 am booking orders now for a limited no, of 
 eg^-s from these prize mating-s for S2-00 per 
 setting, 2 settings S3. 50. 3 setting's $5.0<1. 
 
 North Topeka, Kan, 
 
 Please Let Me Tell You 
 
 My ButI Cochins have again won their 
 share of the ribbons at the McCook Show. To 
 make room for my breeding pens I will sell 
 trios, pens and singles at bargains for the 
 next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns. 
 Eggs in season. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 
 
 White Leghorns. 
 
 Incubator eggs from liocktsoo perKHi. 
 Fro,,, ,_-ii,,i,-e ,i,am,gs $1,.W per 1.3. S3 50per2li, 
 LAVRUSAM) \VINNEt{S. Scottish Terrier 
 puppies Jli.OU and S'l.OO 
 
 PRACTICAUPOULTRY FARM, "; 
 
 R. R. fr.nch, Mgr. Bo.x 47, Ford City, Mo 
 
 WHITE PLUIWE POULTRY YARDS hnvi 
 some extra Fine White Holland Tur- 
 keys for sale at $1..TO to ta.OO each. No. 
 1 White Rocks and White Wyandottes. both 
 yunng and old stock for sale cheap. Holland 
 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- 
 son from above birds also White Cochin and 
 White Indian Games. Mention Investiga- 
 tor when you write. 
 Mrs. H. Clark, Dallas Ceater, Iowa 
 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 
 MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at tbe last 
 eig-ht State Shows and many other larg-e 
 shows, winning" more premiums than aU 
 other competitors of this variety combined _ 
 Good birds for sale. Egrg-s from prize pens' 
 15 for $3. 30. $5- From standard bred 
 stock, farm range. 100, $4. 
 
 mps J. UX. CAflSE, 
 
 EmpoPia, K^"- 
 
Chick Feed. 
 
 Extra Quality. 
 
 We are putting up the. best dry. teed on the 
 market to-day. It Iscspeelally^preparefl for 
 the rearing of young chicks from the time 
 they were hatch' d until eight weeks old. 
 
 We want reliable agents In all parts of the 
 United Slates. The feed is all right and 
 when once tried Is always used. Sample by 
 mail 4c. CMrculars tree. 
 
 Steinmesch & Co., 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Referenco: Editor this paper. 
 
 UiUiiy Poultry Farm 
 
 Are you lookitig for something- fine 
 in the way of White and Barred Ply- 
 mouth Rocks, Black Minorcas «& White 
 Wyandottes. If so we have them. Al- 
 so Games and Leghorns. 
 
 H S. FULTON & CO , 
 
 Lock Box 24 Stewartstowii, Pa. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 Cockerels $1.00. $3.0u and $:> no eiirh. Pullets. 
 fl.OO. $2.00. $^.00. Uorih double whiit 1 am 
 asking for them. Above prices good for Jan- 
 uary only. 
 
 W. S. RUSSELL, 
 
 Box I, Ottuniwa, Iowa. 
 
 MAMMOTH STRAIN 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS 
 
 ... .as bred by. . . . 
 
 H. T. RODGERS. Caitisvltle, Mo. 
 
 Are great prize 
 
 winners again 
 
 At the recent C'alnsvlUe. Mo. Show, against 
 birds that have since won at St. Louis and 
 other large shows, we made a remarkable 
 record which proves the MAMMOTH STRAIN 
 is as good ».■> Miu best. 
 
 1st on (Jock. 1st on lien, 1st, 2d and 3d on 
 Pullets, Oookerels and pens; also every 
 special including the grand prize over all. 
 
 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Eggs SI. 50 per IS, S3.00 per SO, S5.00 
 
 per 100. Our stock is first class. 
 P, J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES 
 
 We see by your last publication tnat 
 you wish to hear from your patrons 
 their experiences of the different va- 
 rieties of poultry. Our experience has 
 been very limited, dating baclc just 
 some three years, although we have 
 been paying strict attention to all de- 
 tails both large and small. We are, 
 like many others, situated on a farm, 
 aud when that disease (chicken fever) 
 struck us, we were prone to start with 
 five varieties, but soon discovered that 
 we had four kinds too many for an 
 amateur, t They were Barred Roclcs, 
 R. C. B. Leghorns, S. C. B. Minorcas, 
 Houdans and Buff Wyandottes. We 
 have discarded them all for the Buff 
 Wyandottes, and they now have the 
 exclusive right of the place. 
 
 We find in them the all-purposed 
 fowl sought after by many — great 
 layers, hardy, good mothers, and the 
 best table fowl, and as to chicks we 
 find them robust, far more so than 
 any we ever raised. A neighbor 
 who is a White Wyandotte and 
 Barred Rock enthusiast, visited my 
 yard during the hatching season and 
 remarked that our chicks were so 
 much stronger and active than his 
 were. Management has a good deal 
 to do with this. If the breeding pens 
 are not made up of strong, active and 
 healthy birds, do not expect the chicks 
 to be healthy. Another point in hav- 
 ing one variety is that a flock of one 
 variety, no difference what kind, pre- 
 sents a far better and more pleasing 
 appearance than do several kiuds to- 
 gether. Again, in every community 
 there are people who seem to look 
 down on those who are breeding 
 fancy poultry, and they are the very 
 individuals who come around in the 
 fall and pay from 50 to 75 cents each 
 over market price for your surplus 
 cockerels. 
 
 In conclusion, let me congratulate 
 you on the tidy appearance of The 
 Poultry Investigator. The- last edi- 
 tion was well worth the price of a 
 year's subscription. 
 
 CHARLEY E. BROOKS. 
 
 Palermo, Ohio. 
 
 ALFALFA FOR POULTRY. 
 We find alfalfa a splendid good feed 
 for poultry; it is a hardy plant and 
 comes the first green feed in the 
 spring. As the snow melts away the 
 green leaves may be seen just peering 
 out of the ground. When once you 
 get a good stand it will remain in- 
 definitely, grows a mass of leaves 
 which are rich in protiem and makes 
 a wonderful egg producing food. With 
 ■om« gr««n ration It forms a p«rfeot 
 
 0. MO. HUN. DRO. 
 
 Breeder of Prize-Wiiimng 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS, 
 
 Stock for salt.' at iiii times. Eggs in season 
 
 [.e.OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Greeo, Mo. 
 
 I ictonl'I' YOtI WANT HAKKEI) 1>. HOCK 
 LIOlCll I cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev- 
 ery cent asked, scored or unscored. 
 send nie .\ our order and let me prove my prom* 
 ise to please vou. EegsSl. From all scored 
 stock by Ralip and Heimlich. ;Sl-50 and il. No 
 secrets about these pens. Ask what you want. 
 
 Mrs. A- P. Rodgers. 
 Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
 The manufacturer of i he 
 
 Shaub Cofflpartmeot Brooder 
 
 Is not oftering something for nothing, 
 but does offer the best brooder in the 
 world for the money. The best is al- 
 ways the cheapest. Illustrated cata- 
 logue. 4cinstam|s. 
 
 M. O. Sherer, 
 Box 19. Louisville, Ohio. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
 FOB PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
 Six YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
 Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
 At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
 Cockerel, 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
 Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
 hibition birds for sale. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 Red Oak, - - Iowa 
 
 HBUff W nfltons and C ocbfng. 
 
 ^^^^^^^^ Bred from mj^ own 
 ^^^^^^^^^^ Importations. 
 
 I won more premiums than 
 any other two exhibitors at 
 the Nebraska State Show, 
 1901. Before buying any- 
 thing write me — it will be a 
 pleasure to give you prices. 
 
 Ida J. Buehler, %%Z%%%Z;.. 
 
 Old Homestead Brooder. 
 
 The best on earth. All your chickens can be 
 saved in the Old Homestead Brooder. 
 Try .me. Write (or prices. Address 
 
 Old Homamlaad Brooder Co., 
 middloboro, Mmam.... 
 
llY MAMMOTH Areholdiugihelrowo 
 ICI/IM DIIPI^C throughout, the west. 
 CMn UUU^O nave always won high. 
 
 est honors at Great St. Louis Fair and 
 Poultry Show; also in the hands of my 
 customers. A few elegant Huff Kox at 
 half real value. 
 
 OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo 
 
 PEKINS 
 
 HALI.OCK STK.^IN. 
 
 Will sell a few choice drakes and 
 d ucks, $1 each. Orders lor eggs booked 
 
 Belgian Hares 
 
 Pedigreed, leading strains. A grand 
 lot of yotingsters sired by a 95?4-point 
 buck. Bred does always on band. 
 Booklet on the industry for stamp. 
 
 Stephatti Poultry Co. 
 
 Belleville, lllltiois. 
 
 Clubbing List 
 
 By taking the advantage of the 
 following combinations you can 
 get two papers often at the price 
 of one. Look at these oflfers: 
 
 Price with 
 
 Poultry 
 
 Regular Invisti- 
 
 price g-ator. 
 
 Poultry Tribune 50c SOc 
 
 Poultry Herald SOc SOc 
 
 Poultry Gem 25c 35c 
 
 Commercial Poultry SOc SOc 
 
 Western Poultry News. . .25c 25c 
 
 Poultry Success SOc 40c 
 
 Poultry Topics 25c 2.5c 
 
 Poultry Gazette 25c 25c 
 
 Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc 
 
 Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 
 
 American Poultry Journal .SOc .SOc 
 
 Feather SOc SOc 
 
 Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00 
 
 ..Just Think af /#.. 
 
 Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 
 
 Any SOc paper yon choose above. . .50 
 The Poultry Investigator 25 
 
 Total $1.75 
 
 We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
 Address, 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice — We do not send samples of 
 other papers. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 feed for growing chicks; their plum- 
 age will glisten and their yellow beaks 
 and shanks seem to have perfect color- 
 ing. We have a large field adjoining 
 the poultry yard here, the growing 
 stock roam at will, they are bugs and 
 grasshoppers in abundance, so with 
 their morning feed of ground green 
 corn, wheat or barley, fresh water and 
 milli once a day they grow vigorous 
 and free from disease. For the yarded 
 birds they cannot have this privilege. 
 Three times each day we go and nip 
 of the tops as the young sprouts, 
 either of which are tender and so well 
 liked by all fowls, and give it to them 
 to eat, either on boards or a clear 
 space in their yards. How quickly 
 they wil gather around a bunch of 
 green alfalfa. We cut the crop three 
 times — three good crops, and the last 
 one is about a half crop; so there is 
 none ever gets moody, but are tender 
 and of a lovely green color, and if 
 the proper care be taken will come out 
 of the steck in winter green and the 
 leaves still on the stems and small 
 branches. And here is where we get 
 our alfalfa for winter use for the poul- 
 try as the armfuls are carried from 
 the stack or shed and fed to cattle, 
 horses and hogs, the leaves sheltering 
 down and can be gathered in a basket. 
 They are mostly leaves and no stems 
 and all poultry eat them when placed 
 within their reach; no scalding nor 
 extra work; just scatter them along 
 after their morning meal and soon you 
 will see none left over. Poultry that 
 have alfalfa for green feed keep in 
 good condition. Hens will lay all win- 
 ter when given this for green ration 
 each day. I believe it would pay all 
 poultry raisers to have a patch tor 
 their fowls if not for stock and hay. 
 It withstood drouth so well this sum- 
 mer when no rain came for so long, 
 and the alfalfa remained green and 
 grew in spite of the drouth. Its roots 
 go deep in the ground and find moist- 
 ure. MRS. J. B. JONES. 
 Abilene, Neb. 
 
 33 
 
 SURE SEE THE 190J 
 
 Noxali Incubator 
 
 IT H.\S 
 many new featur'S. the Regulation, 
 VeutilatiagaD,! Molnture aystem fa 
 perfect, I. west price. Bud out how 
 to get one FREE. Our catalogue 
 glvesa remedy for every kuowu poultry diseafle, 4o. for poa- 
 tage circular aud piioe list free. - 
 
 Noxall Incubator Co., ^aincy. 111. 
 
 WILL IT PAY TO BUY AN INCU- 
 BATOR? 
 I was reading an article a short time 
 ago in regard to incubators. The 
 question was asked will it pay to buy 
 an incubator for 150 hens. To the best 
 of my knowledge and experience it 
 will pay with only twenty-five hens. 
 Some people think it is too much 
 bother to look after an incubator, but 
 the same people will work and carry 
 old boxes or barrels around and use 
 different kinds of lice killers to satu- 
 rate the boxes and barrels and will 
 have to pen old biddy on the nest for 
 
 G.B. CLARY 
 
 Fairbury, 
 Nebraska 
 
 1 Chalk WbitB Wyandottes 
 Breeder of •< Mairmiuth Light Brahrnas 
 ( Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
 1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
 Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
 isfaction assured. 
 
 FREE.. 
 
 THINK OF IT! 
 
 By special arrangement you 
 can get all three (3) of the fol- 
 lowing one year for only 50 cts. 
 Never an offer like this before 
 
 The Poultry investigator 
 
 Cl.\y Center, Neb. 
 
 The only e.\clu-ive poultry paper 
 published in the west. OriRlnal. 
 up-to-date, Inj^trutlive. Profusely 
 iliustrate'1 and never iirints adead 
 line. Contains from 33 to 40 pages 
 eacti month. 
 
 Fancy Fowls, Hopkiflsville, Ky. 
 
 The leading poultry organ of the 
 Sleuth. ThnM- yfars old. well es- 
 i.ibli-liiMi iinii iHiisperous. ,16'to40 
 pM-i'S.M^-li n,..ntli 
 
 Michigan Poultry Breeder 
 
 BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 
 Esfabli.shed 1885. The publisher 
 has devoted 1" years of his entire 
 time and attention to the poultry 
 industry. Its a success— 24 pages 
 The price aslied for these papers 
 all one year is only 50 cents, which 
 any of them are worth, and you 
 get the others free. Send your 
 subscription to any one of them. 
 A free sample copy can be had by 
 addressing each one. Better send 
 your order now. 
 
 White . 
 L angshans 
 Exclusively 
 
 Eggs from 
 stock scor- 
 ing from 90 
 to 95 points, 
 $1.50 per IS; 
 $2.75 per 30; 
 this season 
 only. Some 
 
 good Ckls. for sale with score 
 cards by Ben S. Myers. 
 
 All Stock Farm Raised. 
 
 MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
 Rook Port, Missouri 
 
34 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Momtock for malel Kuso CoDibji. Bull 
 Oipin^'inns. A fuw I'Kics at $5 till p' r IS. win- 
 ners at Iti'd OiiU and Osceolii. Iowa, and Ne- 
 braska State Show at Lincoln, .Single 
 Combs, eggs. J.I.OO per la. 15 00 per 2B. 
 
 Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS. 
 
 I>lrkl scoif 111',. Isl hen :i:.'.i. iit Nebraska 
 State Sliow at Lincoln. i;;.'tfs j;i ix) per la. 
 Breeders also of Sbort Horn cuttle and Du- 
 roc Jersey swine, r. K. DAVIS, I'rop. 
 W. .J. SIITOHELL. I'ouKry Manager. 
 
 Columbus, Nebr. 
 
 —White and Buff Wyandottes.— 
 
 Prize Winners 1st CUl :tt El>;in. 1st and 2nd 
 ■ ckl. :Jud pullet, ard ben. ijnd pen at Kork- 
 ford. 1st and 2nd ckl. 1st and ard ck. 2nd 
 hen 3rd puUet.ilst. 2nd and 3rd pen.s at Bel- 
 vldere. 111. 1002. Orders Ijookcd for esgs 
 la.Ofl per la. 
 
 B R LUCAS, Belvidere, III 
 
 Doti't Fool Yourself! 
 
 By selecting a poor vegetable cutter. Got 
 an O K. cuts every tblni; ed'.ble for the table 
 nr for the poultry. Send S3..i0 for sample 
 mnchlne. Auenis wanted. Address 
 
 Dep't. A., 0, K. MfgGo. Florin, Pa- 
 
 Single Comb 
 White Leghorns. 
 
 Eggs for hatching' from the cream 
 of my flock, as I have the advan- 
 tage of .selecting my breeder-s from 
 arnotig seven hundred choice birds 
 
 all bred and owned by myself 
 
 Nothing but the very best speci- 
 mens of most prolific layers are 
 ever used. Descendant from gen- 
 erations of great layers of large, 
 pure white eggs. Write at once 
 for circulars. . . ." 
 
 E. A. TESDALL, 
 
 Slater, Story Co, Iowa 
 
 Houdansm ♦*♦♦♦♦ 
 
 1st pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901, 
 also 1st pen at Lincoln, Nebraska, 
 State Show 1902. No stock but eggs 
 at SI. 50 per 13. 
 
 Reuben H, Kapser, 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 In class of IK birds, la exhibitors. 12 
 pens competing, composed of the best 
 birds In the west. I won 2nd pen. 2nd 
 ckl. ard pullet. 4lh ckl. Eggs $:i.00 per 
 15, S3.00per:». 
 
 " " "^ N E BK A S K a". ' 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 DLUK PKIN'CK STKAIX 100 pul- 
 lets and hens and a few good ckls for 
 sale. A few choice Cochin Bantams 
 for sale. Stock $1.00 to $3.00 each. 
 
 ). L Pedifk, 
 
 boi .1 Ottumna, lo>va. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 a day or two before they can place the 
 eggs under her, and then ten chances 
 to one some other hen gets into the 
 nest and breaks her eggs. One old hen 
 is more bother than an incubator. 
 With an incubator you can hatch your 
 chickens when you want them, and all 
 know that one early pullet or cock- 
 erel is worth more than three late 
 ones. It is a poor hand with poultry 
 that cannot make an incubator pay. 
 An incubator is an aid in getting the 
 laying strain of hens, and if you keep 
 them laying and do not allow them 
 M set they will soon be laying again 
 and in this way will be paying for 
 their feed, and perhaps for the food 
 on our own table as well. I know of a 
 man who wanted to get an incubator 
 and had no ready money, but the hens 
 wore laying well (this was in the mid- 
 dle of the winter.) He said, "I shall 
 get an incubator and make the hens 
 pay for it." So to the bank he went 
 and borrowed the money to send for 
 the machine; in thirty days it was 
 paid for, and that was much less than 
 150 hens. By using an incubator fifty 
 hens will lay enough more eggs than 
 will pay for an incubator and brooder, 
 too. It Is a poor hen that does not 
 bring $1 a year in eggs and I have 
 some that bring me $2. but it isn't old 
 speckle or brownie, but pure Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks. Go away with the 
 old hen for hatching, an incubator 
 and brooder answers the purpose so 
 much better. For instance, when a 
 storm is coming up one can go to 
 the brooder and tap on the lid and 
 soon have the chicks inside and not 
 have to run an old hen down, and then 
 after the storm breaks search through 
 the wet grass for the lost chickens. 
 Give me the incubator and brooder 
 every time and let old biddy lay. An 
 incubator will hatch them if they will 
 hatch at all. N. W. FULL,ER. 
 
 PEKIN DUCKS. 
 
 This brand is doubtless the most 
 popular of the entire duck race. They 
 are very handsome birds and the larg- 
 est of all ducks. They were first 
 brought to this country from China, 
 about twenty-flve years ago. I have 
 found them as easy to raise as chick- 
 ens, and the market is never over- 
 stocked. If they can have the run of 
 a pasture, field or orchard they catch 
 lots of bugs and eat many weeds, of 
 which they are very fond, such as pig- 
 weed, ragweed, plantine and purslane, 
 and only require a small amount of 
 grain. One fall the native grasshop- 
 ners were so plenty that we expected 
 them to take our crops when spring 
 came. We thought perhaps the ducks 
 and chickens could save the garden, 
 
 EGG FOOD.. 
 Make It Yourself. 
 
 Eggs are high at this time of year. 
 Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
 efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
 cipe for makinj'' the best egg food 
 known. Easily and quickly made. Re- 
 cipe price only 50c; Death To Lice, 
 l.Sc box; Essex Cholera and Condition 
 Powder, best on earth, fiOc ho.\-. The 
 T! by mail for $1.3.=i. 
 
 John J. Kautzmann, 
 
 590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J. 
 
 CAPITOL BABBITRY, Augusta, Me, 
 
 I am closing out my whole stock of Bel- 
 gians, over one hundrt d, 24 prize-winners 
 included. There are a 1 Hares. 4 Gold 
 Medal Winners. 1 choice Uoe of the State 
 Winner of Sweei stakes, prize tor highest 
 scoring animal in show: a silver cup goes 
 wlih her. 
 
 Now is the time to gather In prize win- 
 ners for winter shows. These prices 
 are reasonable and;animals way up. Will 
 send copy of Pedigrees and Prices. 
 
 H. F- HDflms, 
 
 Augusta. - - Maine. 
 
 Rules ofthe Cock Fit 
 
 liexloo, Cuba. Kuglaud, Belgium and Franw 
 
 prelieDBlve obaptera on Heela. HnDtlilnf;. Nursing &ad OTeiy* 
 
 thiag relfttlve lo tbe royal sport oT cocking. 
 
 By Dr. B. P. Ci.a.bee. laiiiaDapolla, Ind. 
 
 The Recognized Authority. 
 
 PEICE, 26 CENTS. 
 Address tbe Fablisber of this Psp«v. 
 
 Rules of the [Cock-Pit and Poultry 
 Investigator one year 
 
 For 25 Cents. 
 
 Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 Give 
 
 Your Breed- 
 ing Does 
 
 During gestation and whi'e nursiug 
 iheir young it will enrich the blood 
 Improve the appetite, increase the 
 flow of milk, thereby making I he 
 young strong and healthy. 
 Give RABICURE a trial and you 
 
 win never be without it, 50c a box 
 
 postpaid. 
 
 Vermont Belgian Hare Co., 
 
 Rabicure 
 
 ~^^u^ 
 
 Lyndonville, Vt 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 so we raised all the early ones we 
 could. They were ready for the hop- 
 pers when they hatched, and I never 
 saw anything grow as fast. They only 
 cared for the grasshoppers, never 
 harming the vegetables, and soon had 
 them cleaned out of there, when we 
 turned them into the meadow and they 
 kept them from doing any harm, while 
 some of our neighbors had lost nearly 
 everything. The ducks were soon 
 nearly as large as the old ones, and 
 it was fun to see them waddling home 
 at night with their crops so full they 
 could scarcely carry them. It really 
 looked as if each held a teacupful. 
 
 While these ducks like running 
 water they do very well without it and 
 may be successfully raised witli only 
 enough to drink. 
 
 I find them very regular in their 
 habits. Give them a good place in 
 which to roost, and although allowed 
 the run of the fields they come home 
 every night. 
 
 These ducks are great layers, ofLen 
 laying an egg every day from Febru- 
 ar until September or October. They 
 nearly always lay in the morning and 
 should he fed in their house and left 
 in until 9 or 10 o'clock during this 
 season, or the eggs will be lost, many 
 of them laying anywhere, not caring 
 for a nest. 
 
 One drake in a flock of five is about 
 right. A fence only two feet high 
 will confine Pekin ducks and may be 
 made movable, to give them fresh 
 grass and clean ground. 
 
 RUTH LYNCH. 
 
 35 
 
 THE PIONEER INCUBATOR WOMAN 
 
 lia^ invented a lirnoder. It differs widely frMm all otliers. It 
 is the accumulated result i>f deep thought, wide exf-eriruent 
 and lung experience. Like tlie old hen 
 
 Thia Mother Nature i 
 Brooder 
 
 l^i^^f^^El!^!isS£^it"''- »'»'"'^;^ aiEN wEsf i;oiip;NY:"fioi"r2V ml islano. iuihois. 
 
 For SsLle! 
 
 SUNNY vSIvOPE POULTRY FARM % mile east 
 
 of Clay Center; a g-ood 8 room house with cellar, 
 
 a never failing well with windmill, 2 cisterns, fine Rus!^ian cave, good barn, 
 
 corncribs, hog houses, granary, poultry houses and runs, SCO young, peach, 
 
 plum, cherrj' and apple trees just come into bearing. 
 
 Two acre hog lot, cherry and plum orchard fenced in for ducks and geese. 
 
 HAZARDVILLE, Conn., Dec. 27, 
 1901. — Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen- 
 ter, Neb. — Dear Sir: Noticing Mr. 
 Henry Hess' article in the December 
 issue of Poultry Investigator on "Free 
 Advertising," I would like to ask him 
 to look at the question from the other 
 point of view. 
 
 Shouldn't the readers of poultry pa- 
 pers be considered? I dare say that 
 there are very few readers who are 
 satisfied with a partial report of win- 
 nings of shows and it is policy for 
 poultry publications to cater to the 
 wants of their readers. 
 
 Most of our leading poultry journals 
 have seen the wisdom of this and give 
 winnings in full. 
 
 Parties interested in show reports 
 are going to have them, and if one 
 paper won't supply them, they will 
 subscribe for one that will. 
 
 Another point. If I was a breeder 
 and advertiser I should want the 
 whole winnings reported in the pa- 
 per I advertised in, that the readers 
 might know what kind of competition 
 
 Address, 
 
 A. B. SHROYER.. 
 
 Cla.y Center, Neb. 
 
 S5,000 cir.'illls FREE! 
 
 I Ilia wfthi ■ ■ - -■ . _ _- - - 
 
 ips. 
 
 E fowls 
 breeds TurkeyB, Oeese, Duc^aand Chiukei 
 '' dreds of plateaEromltfe. ISbest poultry house plana. Treat- 
 yilae 0QdiseaBes,howtofe«d,breea. etcSendlOc. for postage. 
 
 Ij. R. Bratwzoo, Jr. & Co.. BoxLOO.Delavao. Wk 
 
 Eggs 
 
 orouetibred Barred P RoclfeBTtf^- 
 5 doUars per setting of fifteen. <1'>1 
 I Seabriffht Bantamo, two dollars 
 L)f fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks, 
 per setting of eleven. My stock 
 and vigorous and h; 
 
 All eegs shipped will be 
 
 ctly fresh. 
 
 Mrs. D. T. STONE, DeKalb, mo 
 
 UUlse Poultry Far 
 
 Black Langshan, ^^A%^;,^°'^'^;'^ 
 
 * C. Bull Orpington 
 
 W. Hollatid Turkevs, Mammoth White 
 Pekin Duck, E. E. 'Smith strain. Eggs 
 from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at 
 Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. 15 
 ribbons from 2 to :">. Poor hatches du- 
 plicated at half price. 
 
 Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 
 
 PURE MAPLE SYRUP! 
 
 Orders booked now and svrup shipiied as soon 
 as made, direct from the farm If you want 
 somethingr nice and that is guaranteed pure and 
 fresh, please send me your order and I will 
 please vou. Put up in 1 gallon cans. 6 cans to 
 thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order 
 early so not to be disappointed and you will 
 want more next year. 
 
 E. E. Miller, Fairview Farm. 
 
 Montville. Ohio. 
 
 Light BrahmasF 
 
 1st, 2d and 3d at the Interstate Poultry 
 Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win- 
 ning sweepstakes and grand sweep- 
 stakes. 1st, and 3d pens 5ckls 4 pul- 
 lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln. 
 Stock and eggs at reasonable prices. 
 
 J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb. 
 
 money maker. Send 10c for greatest cat" 
 
 alogue ever printed. (Contains dollars of 
 
 information. Handsomely illustrated. A 
 
 famous guide based on practical e-vper" 
 
 e. 35 varieties land- and water fowls, dis- 
 
 ■s and sure cures, houses, how to feed, high 
 
 lity stock, low prices. Bank and personal 
 
 rences. Absolutely reliable. 
 
 Iowa Poultry Company, 
 
 39. copyrighted Des Moines. Iowa 
 
 INCUBATOR 
 
 ON TRIAL 
 
 The Perfected Von Culin. 
 
 Successful result of 25 years' experience. 
 Scientifically correct, practically perfect. 
 NoD-explosive metal lamps. 
 Double and packed walls. 
 Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation. 
 Made of best materials, and highest quality 
 of workmanship and finish. 
 
 PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 
 
 SATISFACTION" GUARANTEED OR NO PAY. 
 
 We make Brooders, Bee Hives & Supplies. 
 jy Catalog and Price List sent Free. 
 
 The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
 Dept. 2I3J Jamestown, N.Y. 
 
 PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM. 
 @ & & & @ @ 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
 Comb Brown Leghorn. 
 
 Having disposed of all my sur- 
 plus stock and mated up my 
 pen.s, am prepared to book or- 
 ders for eggs. Write at once 
 for prices 
 
 J. H. TROUGH, 
 
 Minden, - - - Nebr, 
 
 Cornish and White Indian Games! 
 
 — stock for Sale. — 
 
 JUNAUMAN, RedlLake Falls. Minn- 
 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
 BUFF P. ROCKS . . 
 
 Bred from ray Boston 
 Omaha. Kunsas Oily, 
 and Toppka prize win. 
 ners. Ola and young 
 stock for sale. A largt 
 (lock to select frouj. Prices reasonable. 
 
 W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 
 
 White Wyandoiies. 
 
 First and second premiums at Min- 
 neapolis, poultry show Dec. U) lo 21. 
 Eggs from birds s-'oring <J3, '.)4. 01, 04, 
 94, 9o% cockerel 9434:, $1.50 per set- 
 ting, 2 settings J2.2S. Few birds for 
 sale. 
 W. H. SwartM, Mlnneapollm, Kmnmamm 
 
 High Hill 
 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
 Turkfys are bred from prizewinners 
 : nd aie winners, muring Hiniosti-lean 
 sweep wlierever shown. Young Toms 
 $5 each: Pullets. -K 50 to};) OOeach. My 
 Kocks are noted for shape and orange 
 colored legs. 90 point t^ofkerels. $J.50 
 each; 91 to 9214 poi nt Cockerels gi.OO; 
 each Pullet not .scored. »l 00 each. 
 
 Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 
 
 F. A. CROWELL, 
 Granger, : : : Minnesota. 
 
 Has some fine Breeding and Exhibi- 
 tionBuff Orpingtons yet for sale, also 
 Indian Runner Ducks at $S a trio. 
 Circular free. 
 
 Silver Lace Wyandottes 
 White Wyandottes : : : 
 
 . ^^^^^ Buff Leghorns 
 
 Pekin Ducks... 
 
 All first class'stock. Prices reason- 
 able. MRS. W. E. TIBBITS, 
 Imperial, Neb. 
 
 nvest It In ( 
 
 or choice < 
 
 ', Fruit Trees. Shrubs or Vines, ours will t 
 , grow. They a-e well rooted, f— _^„ ". 
 I healihy and irue lo name. I fOBS ", 
 I Send a trial order today. Due bill good 1 
 , for 35 c and Catalogue In German or ; 
 I Kngllsh free. We pay freiOht on $10 \ 
 
 I ORDERS. { 
 
 I 25 Oraftcd Apple Trees for - $1.00 J 
 \ 2% Budded Peach Trees (or - $1.00 \ 
 I 40 Concord Grape Vines for - $I.O0 \ 
 Falrbury Muraerlam, Box tO, \ 
 Falrbury, ... Mabraatta \ 
 
 GOT A DOLLAR? i 
 
 Barred Rocks. 
 
 PRIZE WINNERS at McCook, Kear- 
 ney and Nebraska State Show. 
 Don't buy until you get my prices. 
 Eggs S2 per l.l. ?.'! for :!0. 
 
 A. B. Evans, Hartwell, Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 1 was entered against. 
 
 Again, from the readers' point, 
 when we want to buy stock or eggs, 
 we look over a man's winnings, we 
 want to know who he has been com- 
 peting against to win those prizes. 
 It is worth more to know he was com- 
 peting against some other well 
 known breeder than with some un- 
 known party. 
 
 Free advertising? Possibly, but 
 there are very few who in buying will 
 not send to advertisers, as their first 
 thought is that they must be reliable, 
 as their ad. appeared in such and such 
 a paper, while they will reason that 
 either hasn't anything to sell or isn't 
 reliable. Yours respectfully, 
 
 E. L. PRICKETT. 
 
 It. the Investigator I recently no- 
 ticed some one telling of trouble by 
 rats, etc.. digging into the hen houses. 
 I'll give you our plan, both for old and 
 new houses. We had a fairly good 
 hen house, without foundation. After 
 losing several hens we decided some- 
 thing must be done, so Mr. B. dug a 
 trench around under the house and 
 placed a six-inch fence board upright 
 where the foundation should be, then 
 filled in the dirt and we were both- 
 ered no more. The little animals 
 would dig until they strucK the board 
 and quit to try another place, with the 
 same result, and finally give it up as 
 a bad job. Of course the board would 
 decay and have to be replaced in time, 
 but we moved before that time and 
 built new houses. 
 
 In both of these we laid brick foun- 
 dations, consisting of brick two wide 
 and two deep, the top being level with 
 the ground. On top of this was laid 
 a plank 2x6 inches, and the frame 
 built up from this being built even 
 on the outside, making a sort of shelf 
 all around inside. 
 
 Then I nail window screens to the 
 window and can sleep in peace. Have 
 had this nearly three years and no 
 animal has succeeded in getting in, 
 though I often find places where they 
 have tried, ihese are easily filled up, 
 leaving everything safe as before. 
 MRS. M. A. BARRANS. 
 
 Lenox. Iowa. 
 
 THE BLACK RED GAME BANTAM. 
 A "Black Red Game" do graze at me, 
 I.ongre-.st of legs have I. said he; 
 A body small, 
 A reach quite tall. 
 
 Head like a snake, a bright, keen eye. 
 A close, hard plumage, and I try 
 Stylish to be In all my moves. 
 And not to tread in time-worn grooves. 
 Do I succeed? Well, don't they sing 
 Praises to me and crown me king? 
 N'o other Bantams such prices bring. 
 Xor can th^-y evfr while 'I am in the 
 ring.' 
 
 Printing for 
 
 Poultrymen 
 
 We are prepared to do alt kinds of 
 printing' for poultrjrmen.. We have the 
 hitrhest grrads machinery and new ma- 
 terial: all work guaranteed first-class. 
 Free u^^e of standard poultry cuts to 
 patron^. Write us your wants and (jet 
 our prices on your work . Address, 
 
 Poultry Investigator 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 
 
 Efcgs to Hatch. 
 
 S IJOTTES: Very choice pen, $2 per 13. 
 Over.ro hens on dilTcrent farms. Good 
 pure stock. Esgs $1 per l.i. H per 100. 
 
 BARKED ROUKS: Strictly standard sys- 
 tem. 60 tin- hers and pullei>. 4 e.stra 
 large, stately croweis. f coring froiri 90 to W 
 by Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs 
 $3 per l.i. $:^ 50 per 30. Lt Brahrnas. S. C. 
 B. Leghorns and t'. 1. Games. Good pure 
 stock 00 separate farni.s. Eggs f I per 1.5. $4 
 per UIO. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK OX 176, 
 
 Ross Bros' Trapnest 
 
 Just what every poultrymaii needs. 
 
 In sets of 3 for $3.00. n«li.i«i.<»J 
 In sefs of 5 for $4.25. UcllVcieUi 
 
 We sell them cheaper than y<iu can 
 make them. 
 
 Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. 
 
 Lead in the best coinpetition. 
 
 ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan. 
 
 White Wyandottes. 
 
 At the great Chicago Show, 1902, I won 
 3d and Sth cockerels in closest com- 
 petition. 60 cockerels for sale. Effps 
 §2.00 per 13. 
 
 GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 From the best strains in tlic coun- 
 trj'. Prize winners. Stock and 
 egg^s for sale reasotiable 
 
 B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 
 
 Wanted— At Once. 
 
 10(1 Black Minorca females. 
 100 Rose Comb Brown Leghorn females 
 100 Rose Comb White Leghorn females. 
 Will Pav Cash for Same. 
 
 Box 227, 
 
 Clay Center, Mebr, 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 € Brief Business Cs^tchers. ^ 
 
 37 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 SINGLE INSERTION 
 
 50 CENTS 
 
 Under these heading-s cards of THIRTY WORDS or 
 less will be inserted for FIFTY CENTS a sing-le in- 
 sertion, or twelve insertions for THREE DOLLARS. 
 
 No display can be allowed and all cards must be 
 uniform in size and style. A change in makeup 
 allowed each quarter. 
 
 30 WORDS 
 
 WITH INVESTIGATOR 
 
 1 YEAR $3.00 
 
 FOR SALE! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in 
 singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Bufl" 
 Rock Ckls.. tlie best of stock for $1 35 each, 
 or $3 for 3. Write us at once. O. E. Olson. 
 Colon. Nebr. 
 
 BUFF ROOKS. Breeding and exhibllion 
 stock for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
 tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
 or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
 F. Whaley. Appleton City, Mo. 
 
 C E. DUNLAP, breeder and buyer of thor- 
 oughbred chickens. Can fill your order for 
 any breed or strain, from the yards of reii- 
 ablR specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- 
 respondence solicited. Yours Truly, O. E. 
 Dunlap. Liberal, Kans. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS, best winter layers, 
 best rustlers, best all purpose fowl, also 
 handsome. I take great pains lo have the 
 best and largest stock. Large fine Ckls. $1 
 each. Oscar Jenne. Liberty, Nebr. 
 
 FOR EXCHANGE. A 60-egg Sure Hatch In- 
 cubator, for Exhibition B. B. R. Games. 
 Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. 
 Clay Center. Nebr. 
 
 BUFF PLYMODTH ROOK Coclterels from 
 first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
 prices. Albert R. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
 Elgin, 111. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHAN, W. P. Rockall old 
 stock for sale at 11.00 each, young white 
 Peking ducks 6 for $4.00 all from high scor- 
 ing stock. Mrs. Henry Shrader, Berlin, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio, Poultry 
 Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty. 
 
 40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
 cheap If taken 50on. 
 
 C. E. Genoways. Aurora, Nebr. 
 
 FINER ANU CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
 early. Games, Heathwoods, Irish and 
 Mexican Grays. Blks. Reds; Tornadoes 
 and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- 
 cular. C, D. Smith, Fort Plain", N. Y. 
 
 FREE, GAMES, Eggs Si 00 per 13. Circular. 
 Heathwoods. Irisii and Mexican Grays. 
 Tornadoes. Irish Biks, Reds. Cornish In- 
 dians. $3.00. Fowls all times. C. IJ. Smith. 
 Fort Plain, N. Y. 
 
 BIG MAIL for pouitrynien. Insert your 
 name in our poultry director and receive 
 poultryipapers, poultry catalogues, etc. ev- 
 ery day. Only teu cents silver. Poultry 
 Directory Co. A. Goshen. Ind. 
 
 DARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand- 
 ard bred pullets for for sale for 1,50 and esrg's 
 1.50 per setting Alice Trenary. Palmyra. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 MRS. MATriESTUFFT. breeder of Butf Oi. 
 pingtons and White Holland Tuikeys. 
 Winners at Nebra.ska State Show. Write 
 forprKes. Lawrence, Kansas. 
 
 BARRED I'LY'MOl'TH Kocks, No stock for 
 sale. Eggs s=i.00 per 100. $1.00 per 13. My 
 stock is drst class and have won in show 
 room. J. P. Schioeder, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs. Butt' 
 and Brown Leghorns. Buff Rocks. White 
 Wyandottea. Polish and Andalusian. Won 
 31) premiums out of 27 entries at South Da- 
 kota state fair. Egijs for hatchine". $1.00 
 and UB. Circulars free. H. P Larson, 
 Beresford. S. D. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook's Strains." 
 Trios SIO.OO EggS at your risk' ii.OO per 13, 
 guaranteed $.i,00. A. Edward Green- Jo- 
 llet. 111. 
 
 EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
 Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
 Light Brahnias. $1.50 per settinB of l.'i eggs. 
 Write wants. .lolin H. Rownd, Downs. Has. 
 
 ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown 
 Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
 rtotte.s. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season. 
 15. $1; 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per II. .1, W. 
 Cook. Poneto. Ind. 
 
 BDFF and BARRED Rocks. Buff Leghorn-;. 
 B. B. Red Games. Pekin Ducks. Fancy 
 Pigeons, very fine lot of stock for sale. For 
 prices write. Utz Poultry Yards, Esther- 
 ville, Iowa. 
 
 BUFF TURKEYS; Pure buff throughout 
 No white wings and tails. Large hlrus and 
 ready to ship. Mrs. T. G. Smith. Polo, 111. 
 
 100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
 at prices to suit the season. Stock in good 
 condition fashionably bred and artistically 
 marked. Rev. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran. 
 Kansas. 
 
 MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
 Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
 Rock Cockerels at $1 each. Toulouse Gand- 
 ers, and M. Bronze Toms, at $2 each. Pol- 
 and China hogs a matter of corrtspondence 
 .1. D. Grimes. Chamber. , Neb. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty. 1 
 yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
 cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
 andupto95}4. Write for prices. Geo. N. 
 Wood, Weldon, la. 
 
 SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY 
 Farn], C. F. Austin. Dearing. Kan.. White 
 Rock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and 
 .lobn Hughes strains. 15 cockerels fnr sale 
 Strawberry plants— best varieties. Square 
 treatment. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. The 
 cream at Chicago and Cedar Rapids. 1901. 
 150 youngsters for sale after October 1st. 
 finer than ever, superior feathering, shape 
 and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
 teed. U. ,F. Shanklin. Wanbeck. Iowa. 
 
 WHITE WY'ANDOTrE*. cockerels scoring 
 to 943i. Mammoth Bronze Tuikeys scoring 
 to 9B'/j sired by a Tom weighing 40 lbs and 
 from hens weighing to 25 lis. Prices rea- 
 sonable- W, H- Lake, Hampton, Nebr. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three 
 trios at $5.00 per trio. Choice cockerels at 
 one half their value, several bred from 
 Boston prize winners. G W. Hardin, 
 Ulysses. Neb. 
 
 HATTIE BYFIELD. McCook. Nebr. Eggs 
 for hatching from prize winning Light Brah" 
 mas and White Wyandotte chicken. White 
 Holland turkeys and mammoth Pekin duck.s, 
 IS hen eggs S2.00, 9turkey eggs $1.50, 11 duck 
 $1.00. Duck eggs $6.00 per UIO. A few nice 
 drakes to sell. 
 
 CORNISH INDIANS a specially. Winners 
 wherever shown. Scored by Russell, Hews. 
 Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class 
 birds. Eggs ia season $2.00 for 15. J. L. 
 Bannson. Sarcoxie^ Mo. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. The 
 kind that are egg layers. Scoring 91 to 'M'A. 
 Duston strain . Eggs 2.00 for IS or 3.50 for 30. 
 Mrs. D. J. Fink. Holdredge, Neb. 
 
 500 BUFF. BARRED. White Plvmouth Rocks. 
 Light Brahmas, Fine cockerels, hens and 
 pullets $2 to $3 each. Eggs IS. $1.00. 10(.). $6.(ki. 
 Milton Brown, box 94. Middleboro. M.iss. 
 
 O. K. S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right. 
 Eggs $100 per 15 or $4.00 per l«i. \^ . T. Can- 
 aday, Dover. Lee count.v, Iowa. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMaS. I hav 
 and pullets for sale cheap. 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 w good hens BARRED PL Y'MOUTH ROCKS exclusively. 
 Alice Allen, Eggs *4-90 fur 100, Sl.OO for 15. Adam A. 
 Weir. Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 I HAVE FOR SALE at a bargain 30 Buff 
 Oochins,25 Buff Cochin Bantams, also Gold- 
 en Wyandoites and Barred P. Rocks that 
 are extra Koud. Write your wants. H. 
 Gregory. Wayne. Neb. 
 
 FOR SALE— a $12 Humphrey Bone Cutter, 
 nearly new for $8. Also a Buff Orpington 
 cockerel, weighs 9 pounds; will make an 
 excellent breeder. Price $5 00. Louis Mog- 
 
 ensen. Racine. Wise. 
 
 WHITEPLYMOUTH ROOKS exclusively. A 
 few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and 
 2nd premium at s O. S poultry show. 
 Write for prices. J. W. Matson, Strom.s- 
 burg. Nebr. Route No 2. 
 
 BARRED P ROCKS; Thoroughbred, farm 
 raised. Good birds, good .scores, give good 
 satifaction and good results. Eggs that 
 hatch. $1 00 per 1.5. Prices for birds as 
 reasonaljie. If convenient please enclose 
 stamp when writing for particulars. 
 Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87. 
 
 WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score 
 94'i by Russell, for sale. Also eggs from 
 D. Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekin and 
 Game Bantams. Expert .fudge. P. M. Oool- 
 ey Milton. Ia. 
 
 PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM. I have 
 a few fine Black Langshan Cockerels for 
 sale cheap if taken soon. Mrs. .1, W. Strat- 
 ton. Blue Hill, Neb. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS-evenest lot 
 in the west. Have always won Isis In best 
 shows. Score 90H to 94V4 by Rhodes. Num- 
 ber 90 cheap. Rob't Larmer, Ravenwood, 
 Mo. 
 
 NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
 ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T. 
 Clark, 2i5th & Y Sts.. Lincoln, Nebr. 
 
 MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe- 
 kin duck. Large fine specimens for sale at 
 reasonaDie prices. Our stock is as good as 
 money could procure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews, 
 Morning Sun. Iowa 
 
 EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown, Buff, 
 Black. Dominique, -Silver Duckwing and 
 Rose Comb White Buff and Brown Leg- 
 horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley, 
 Port Clinton. Ohio. 
 
 FOR SALE. 2 trios extra cheice Silver Sebright 
 Bantams one year old The price is $5.00 per 
 trio. Address Box 227. Clay Center. Nebras- 
 ka, care Investig.\tor. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin 
 Show. 1st ck. 1st. 2d. 3d hen. 1st. 2d. 3d ckl. 1st. 
 2d. 3(1. 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben M\- 
 ers. judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin. Ill, 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Ner- 
 val strains direct. Score 92 to 94"s by Ben S. 
 Myers. Quality and fair treatment guaran- 
 leed. Best;winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per 15. 
 Belgian hares. Chas. C. Wilson. Holdrege. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 R. C B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left. 
 Eggs l.Ki per IS. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
 andottes. Eggs I'OO per 15. C. H. Courte'r. 
 Ashley. Ohio. 
 
 FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens. 
 first money takes them. Place order at once. 
 Address PorLXHv Investigator. Clay Cen- 
 ter. Nebr. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook's Strains." 
 Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock. $3.00 
 peris. R.O.Brown and B.C. White Leg- 
 horn eggs SI. 50 per IS. Louis Mogensen, Ra- 
 cine. Wis. 
 
 PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de- 
 scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed- 
 ing, feeding, caring for. 5 cents. 1.000 pig- 
 eons for sale. Prices f ee. Wm, A. Bart- 
 lett & Co. Box 27. .lacksonville. III. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 EOOS! 
 
 From good, healthy and 
 vigorous stock 
 
 Morning View 1 1^^ 
 Poultry Yards, o^ L^ 
 
 ...HAVE ... 
 
 ..Barred Ply Jiouth Rocks.., 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eyes. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting 
 
 Oer 100 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 
 
 r j For Poultry, Rabbits, /^^ Orchards, Gardens, etc. 
 
 $6 
 
 $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. 
 
 James M. Perkins, 
 
 RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 
 
 Mrs J. B 
 
 Jones, ^ 9 ? 
 
 1 Breeder of 
 
 Barred Plymoiitli Kocks 
 
 and Mammoth Bronze 
 Turkeys 
 
 1 STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
 SON. 
 
 ABILENE, 
 
 : : : : KANSAS. 
 
 ,ft^^^\ 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 f/^1 
 
 KXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
 Wyatidolti^sare brert fr.ii,. 
 h<-~i sti:iin olitainahle and 
 in liii.-. We IjrcPd Che pure 
 -...Iden HutT. not the dark 
 
 Hgt^ 
 
 E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Uhester While Hogs forsale 
 
 .>■«''. 
 
 «>®^ 
 
 stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
 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 
 prices. Catalogue free. 
 
 UNION FENCE CO.. DE KALB. ILL., U. S. A. 
 
 \ FRANK MYERS, f 
 (Free Port, III., U. S. A.| 
 
 I Box 2(1. ; 
 
 5 Itrccilerofj.^^ ; 
 
 \ Barred Plymouth Rocks : 
 
 5 They are Barred Klslit and good j 
 J .size. No Culls for sale Ohoice j 
 ? breeding Ckis. ^ lo $5 eaoli. j 
 
 TDK A I. 
 
 ALT T-MixfM 
 
 ; Also manufacturer ofl 
 Ideal Aluminum Leg \ 
 Band :;:::: l 
 
 e Hiknowledged leader. 12 for. 
 
 c. 25 for 30c. 50 for 50c. 100 tor > 
 
 '.5c. Samples and circular of 5 
 
 Barred Kocks mailed « 
 
 for stamps. % 
 
 THE WILDWOOD 
 POULTRY FARM, 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 8t5 Chestnut St. 
 
 farm at 
 WEBSrCK GRO VC.MO. 
 
 everv package 
 
 Conkey's Louse Killer ne 
 
 Cure Ouaranteed ! 
 
 THE only remedy positively 
 known to cure roup In ;ill Its 
 fornifj as long as the fowl can 
 see to drink. For Canker, es- 
 pe tally in plffeons, this cure excels 
 kage m:ikHs35 gallons of medicine. Directions with 
 falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small size 50c. large $1. 
 
 Conkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 er falls to I ill. Try It. 25 cents per package, and 
 
 Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls in perfect 
 health, and pi... uic more i'..;g> tiKiii :iny viniih.r preparation. 25 cents per package 
 ami 1.-. cenis..\ir:i for posia-e C. E. CONKEY <S. CO.. Clevel&rxd, O. 
 
 I'aclti ■ coast iiu.-nlv: i".l :ilun.:i 1 n.uhal c.r Co . IVlaluma. Cal. Eastern wholesale 
 I. nice; No. >- I'arU Tliir.v .N. w V..i k riiv and S.Ii. J. (\... Clriy Center. Nebr. Knr 
 
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?" We couldn't do it if our 
 
 machine wasn't all right. Send for book explaining 
 
 why it does such good work. It's free. 
 
 CLAy PHELPS IJ^CVBATOTi CO., 
 
 Stat'on 87 Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 RiPPLEY'S 
 
 Whitewashing, Sitfaying 
 and Painting IVIachine. 
 
 GUARAKTEED 1% AS REPRESENTED 
 
 Read Our 30 Days Special Offer Below. 
 
 r\VU-h l-Jll 
 
 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 ; r. K. FKlirl. II.. 
 Poultry Farm, I tiillas. )'a. : (i. AV. ];r.v 
 Duston, Murili...... Mas^ ; T.\asSi;iu. 
 
 W. B. Keiiii. s^er.tiiiy of stale 1 
 ak.,-,,}": ■'\V,.gav,.an 
 
 Wnlls, 11: 
 
 in every locality, 
 
 NEXT SIX! Y DAYS ONLY, 
 
 ■vitli 
 
 tof !- 
 
 iich 
 
 Terms 
 
 
 d brass cylinder 
 
 .*I'J l)l>. N... 7. -Sixteen Gallonsize. $15.00. 
 
 J. 1-, oi we ivill ship C. O. D., it J3.00 accom- 
 
 idvantaf^e ot oiirSipeeifll Ofl'er. Send ^c in 
 
 stamps for a copy of ou r 1902 .Sprayer and Breeders'Snpply Catalog. 
 
 RIppley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton, Ills. 
 
 Western Office. Box E4. Waterlown. So. Dak. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 
 WiiuiLi-.s 1, 4, 5, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
 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. 
 
 Limited number of Fancy Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each. 
 
 ##, H. CAMPBELL , Osceola, Nebr. 
 
 GREER'S PEDIGREED 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 are In my breeding pens for 1903 
 
 Egtjs from uiy birds never fail to produce Prize Win- 
 ners. The best place to buv egsrs is from a bruodpr 
 who makes a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird." 
 "Lady Blue" and the best 1 havertiised for three years 
 Every bird a beauty an''' barred to the skin. My cnstom- 
 from the same hens I use for myself. Send for booklet o" 
 
 Poaltry Exhibits Properly Judged. 
 
 0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Ind. 
 
 t Golden Wyandottes t 
 
 1 Higbest Grade, Healthy Vigor- I 
 I ous Stock, from careful i 
 t Matiiigs. t 
 
 JS. p. VAN NORT, S.'ilsSK^r'"'! 
 
 VUtUOy CATALOCUE fnCCg 
 
 '" IS wfthoul a rival. Giveslowesi prices of fowls &D(1 eggs. 
 rerodbreedBTurkevs.Geesa, Diicksand Chickens. Kun- 
 edsofi.lite3froicli£e. Ubestpoullry house plans. TreAt- 
 ; on diseaseSihow to feed, breed, etc. Send !0c. forpostaee. 
 
 R. Brabazoa. Jr. X Co., BoslOQiDeUTaa, Wia, 
 
 Trees and Plants 
 
 That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit. 
 
 We grow that kind. Large stock. Honest dealine. 
 - Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach- 
 es6c.; Grafted .\pples5c.: Concord Grapes 2c., 
 Russ. Mulburries 30c. per 10(1; Ash 7Sc. per 1000; 
 Black Locust 51.35 per KK10. English or German 
 Illustrated Catalogues FREE. 
 
 CARL SjNBEREGGER, Proprietor, Box 27, Beatrice, Neb. 
 
 Canfield's White Rocks 
 
 STILL AHEAD! In Jan. 1901-3 my birds 
 made almost a clean sweep at K. C, and 
 Kansas State Show. At Topeka, Kansas 
 State Show. 1902, they won 10 out of a pos- 
 sible 1() premiums in strong coniDetiton and 
 at Nebraska State Show at Lincoln in a 
 class of lie birds thev won 1. pen, 1, 2. :!, 
 hen. 1. 3. 3. ckl, 3, 4. pullet.. 3. ck. Egss and 
 stock in season. 
 
 M L Canfield, Belleville, Kan 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Were Your Crops Injured 
 
 by the drouirlit? Well, even so, you needn't starve to death. 
 A good Hock of cliickens will pay your taxes, buy your 
 ■ groceries, and h'ave a surplus besides. The 
 
 HsLwkeye Incubators 
 
 will hatch them for you, with less hothcr and greater certainty than any 
 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. We make 
 brooders, that really take care of the chicks after they are liatched. Our 
 motto is "The IIawkcyc;ineubators are Good Incubators,"anrt 
 it means exact ly what it says. Better senil tor our catalogue. 
 See our special ofTere anil guarantee. Book free, or send lOc 
 andgetalso a year's subscription to a leading poultry paper. 
 
 Hawkeye Irvcvibator Co., 
 
 Department 108. 
 
 Newton, Io^va.. 
 
 
 4'*. i 
 
 ITHIS IS THE WAY 
 
 they come off for the man who uses 
 
 THE NATURAL HEN 
 
 INCUBATOR. 
 
 Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you 
 nothing if you follow our plan. We 
 have an agents proposition that is the 
 best money maker you ever heard of, 
 Don't wait until your neighbor gets 
 ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Egg 
 Formula free if you write to-day. 
 
 NatHral Hen Incubator Co.. 
 
 B>1 1, Columbus, Neb. ' 
 
 1 
 
 MffESS 
 
 WE DIDN'T KNOW 
 
 and it is reasonable to suppose that the average man who is 
 
 interested in Poultry does not know and cannot know 
 
 the many points brought out in this new book, 
 
 The Poultry Book DeLux 
 
 Filled from cover to cover with the rich, ripe wisdom of the 
 hard years of disappointment and success of men who stand at 
 the^top in the poultry business today, it is absolutely alone 
 There is not a phase of the poultry business 
 Experience that has cost thous- 
 
 $1. 
 
 Relia-ble lncMba.for a.t\d Brooder Co.. Box A 23 Quincy, Illinois. 
 
 among publications of this kind. ^ .„ 
 
 that IS not exhausted in tliis wonderful book. ^^p^..w..ww t^, 
 ands of dollars, boiled down and put within the reach of all for 
 l.'i.ooo copies alraidi/ sold. Write for full iifor 
 
 GET MORE HEN MONEY 
 
 Kow dualKUt opL-u Luppe 
 
 uiarKt' 
 
 torSii 
 
 .Sc. 
 
 E OUTTI 
 
 i"l feeiJ; i ou can set it to 
 ley asked for until you 
 
 
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 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL 
 
 ? V.?'"^r' "".''■"■ "">■ ■""•' "' •'"""'■ » 111! »ll a.lherinit meat and "itrlsllc. fas'tcr 
 In better 8ha|>e than ai.y other l^po ot l.oiu> ruticr. if j i.n rtnn't Mk"it ^endlt lia.'k 
 Fr«oaf.g.«p,..„«a... ',. w. MANN COMPANv" kor°''''rMMfor"drMaM 
 
 For Sale.. 
 
 Hif,'-h hlass faticy pigeons, as fol, 
 lows: Fantails. Carriers, Magpies, 
 Owl.s. Archangles, Barbs, Homers, 
 Swallows, Dragoons. Nuns, Turbits- 
 Jacobins, Pouters, Trumpeters, Runts, 
 Starlings, Tumblers, outside and in- 
 side. Also ten kinds of poultry: White 
 Holland Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, 
 Rouen Ducks. Write for price list. 
 
 D. L. BRUEN, • Oldenbusch, Neb. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lay eggs. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 
 
 Lock box 5Q0. 
 
 HORT STORIES 
 
 bring hlKl, prices. Tliousandsofgood 
 
 "' H wlm-li niifrht Mtsily be mude 
 
 -- - -i- make up the great mass of 
 
 rejected mannscripts."OurSctiool 
 
 v. f"'!"" 'J™- '" '■harge of sue. 
 
 cessfiil autliors. criticiaes.corrects 
 
 and revises, as well as teaches 
 
 how IO write. Write lor booklet. 
 
 MT'l (OlIRESPONDEXCE INSTITtTE 
 ad Nufl llanb Bldg. Wanbloflon, D.C. 
 
 GREAT CROPS OF 
 
 STRAWBERRIES 
 
 AND HOW TO CROW THEM 
 
 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 
 
 wi I be sent to you EREE IF VOl' )IE.\Tlfl\ 
 THE PAPER ■!« WDICH YOI> S.IW THIS \0TI(E. 
 
 The only scientifically developed THOR- 
 OKiHRRED STR.JWRERRV 'PH\TS to be bad 
 
 for spring planting. One of them is 
 W'-rth a dozen common scrub plants. 
 
 R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Mich 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
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 GOLD MEDAL AND HIGHEST AWARD 
 
 AT THE PANAMERICAN, OCTOBER, 1901, WERE PLACED ON 
 
 THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR 
 
 Time and time again the Cyphers 360-egg ma 
 chine in the hands of our customers has hatched tjp- 
 
 WARDS OF 300 CHICKS FROM 360 UNTESTED EGGS. 
 
 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. 
 
 -Herman 
 
 '•1 hatched 314 chicks out of my 360.egg Cypbe 
 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. 
 
 ■ 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 
 bens It would require to hatch 300 chickens, ten to each hen I 
 Five minutes, "morning and evening will take perfect care of 
 the Cyphers 3ii0.egg incubator— THIS WE GUARANTEE: 
 LITERALLY THOUSANDS of persons in evkky w*lk of i,ife ABE DOING AS WELL AS THE FEW aBOVK 
 QITOTSD, and the smaller si es of Cyphers Incubators (60, 12u and 220 eggs) do precisely as good work as this largest 
 
 s'lze. on tliis you can absolutely depend. ^ , ., . 
 
 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. 1- RE&_ON REQUEST. 
 1% pages. 8.\11 inches. 10 cents in stamps for posta! 
 
 CYPHERS I:N^CUB^T0R COMP^lsrY 
 
 CHICAGO.ILL., "' " ' " ■■ " "" 
 
 335 Dearborn St. 
 
 |^^¥¥^^^¥^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^¥^'^^^^'<^^^^^^^$^^^'^ 
 
 Miller's Perfection 
 Folding Exhibition 
 
 Folds like a book. All In one piece. 
 Nothing to 1 o astray. The neatest 
 and strongest coop on the market. 
 
 Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb 
 
 Special Bargain Saiel 
 
 I am selling choice S. C. B. I^eghorns as follows: Cockerels, $i.oo, 
 Trios, $2.50. This stock is sired by Boston and Chicago prize win- 
 ners. Try GRANT'S PRACTICAL BROODER. Specifications 
 telling how to make and operate sent upon receipt of $i.oo. 
 
 D. W. GRANT, ALMENA, KANSAS 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 The Coming Breed. 
 
 W. H.^BUSHELL, Importer and Breeder. 
 
 DAVID CITY, : : : NEBRASKA 
 
 Winnings at the Nebraska State Fair 
 Sept. 1-7, 1901. Entered 13 birds, won 
 1-2 on Cock, 1-2 on Hen, 1-2 on Cocker- 
 els, 1-3 on Pullets, 1st on pen of chicks. 
 Every bird a prize veiuner. Also win- 
 ners at 111. State Poultry Show of four 
 first premiums 1899, and Nebr. State 
 Poultry Show four first premiums. 
 Young stock for sale in pairs, trios 
 and pens only. Single Ckls. for sale. 
 
 Barred Rocks . . 
 
 That have made a National 
 Reputation. Bred in all their 
 purity. Grand in size and 
 color. Eggs and stock from 
 my yards will start you right. 
 Cockerels from $2.00 up; eggs 
 $2.00 per 13, $5.00 per 40. 
 
 GEO. H WALLACE 
 
 Box 101, 
 
 Navau, Minn 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS.. 
 
 Prize-winning stock, first prize 
 at the Great St. Eouis Fair. Of 
 four entries at Kansas ( 
 won 1 first, 2 seconds. 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 
 
 STECKER BROS., 
 
 4639. Cottage Ave., St. Louis. Mo 
 
 iCity, Mo., t 
 s, 1 third. I 
 
 </« Wm Eastes « . « > 
 
 Huff Orpingtons. K. C. W. Leghorns, 
 Barred & White Rocks, W. C. P. Ban- 
 tamf, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. Stock In 
 season. Agents wanted, t Thirty Prizes; 
 silver cup last year. 
 
 Galesburg, - • Illinois- 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 California ^edti^ood 
 
 has been used for twenty-three years in the 
 manufacture of 
 
 'Peialuma 
 
 Inctihator^ and 'Brooders 
 
 because we have found it superior to all other 
 kinds. Several other incubator makers are giv- 
 ing their testimony to our good judgment by 
 advertising to also use California Redwood. It 
 is not only true that Petaluma Incubators and 
 Brooders are made of the best lumber in the 
 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. 
 
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 Hatch Chickens by Steam 
 
 wiih the Simple, Perfect, Self-regulating 
 
 NEW WOODEN HEN 
 
 1 he most efflcli-nt ini'ubiilor <• 
 lining poiilliy on » small sr:i 
 viT InvenietJ. A perfect, luncli 
 :iiitiiii.:itic. self-riKulailLix. iluj 
 imlily ronstructeU. fully j;u:i 
 
 hoiisiiiirls In sin-ci 
 ri (iniiiMnfidiohii- li 
 i-tntaj;'' of fcrl ih' et'Si 
 t. (hiiu uny ollii-r liiitili 
 
 Three Sizes: 
 
 50 Egg Capacity, only $ 6 8t 
 
 GEO. H. STAHL, 
 
 114-122 S. 6th St., QUINCY, ILL, 
 
 oooooooooooootooooooooooooo 
 
 •/. S. Markle, 
 
 Breeder 01 
 
 Imported and Domestic 
 Fine Beigian Hares, 
 
 wnu. for „.K.^. Box 511. Wahoo, Nebr. 
 
 BEST FRUIT PAPER 
 
 Westciri Frnit-Giowcr is t.ho best paper 
 rreaiingiif all kinds of fruit, and nothing but 
 fruit; monthly; Illustrated; 16to48pMges: 50 
 CIS. a year. lOe; for three months' trial sub- 
 
 THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER. 
 
 We will coiisiiler it a great favor if ynu will mention TuK PoVLTRy Inves- 
 TlG.\TOK when writing to advertisers. 
 
 CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 
 
 Itreedrr of Light Brahmas E.ulu8irely. 
 
 My birds are heavy welRlit lino markings, 
 close feathered. Eggs. tl.tX) for 15; $;).50 for 30 
 I Choice birds, old and young, for sale. Write 
 your wants. No circulars. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 1890 ROYAL BLOOD i90l 
 
 SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES FOR SALE. 
 
 Winners Big- I Show at Sioux City, la., 11!^; at Lemais, la,, 'W); at National 
 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 
 and very warm competition. We have never had but one bird defeated and 
 never had our r irds scored except in the show room. We have a few breeding- 
 pens to spare, not quite up to weight, but will »oon be, at $12.50; trios $7 50. 
 See cut of birds on page 14. We can't sell quite as goc d as these at that 
 price but can guarantee they will produce prize winners. Exhibition birds a 
 specialty. We can please you. I. & N. M. CONNOR, Potica, Neb. 
 
 IF PANDEMONIUM 
 
 Reigns supreme in ynr br. cders and the chicks die wholesale 
 vou Con posiiivelv cheLk the mortality by using : : : : 
 
 P U R. I T A N CHICK FOOD, 
 
 t a readily assimilated and scientiticaHy balanced ration. Use it 
 
 A under positive guarantee. 
 
 \ FRtt:--( )ur new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever 
 
 f issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's 
 
 i largest plant 
 
 i PURITAN POULTRY FARMS. 
 
 > BOX 357 A. - - STAMFORD, CONN. 
 
 Why Not Buy tSie Best? 
 
 It costs no more than inferiorstyU-s. Wo cl.iim that 
 
 Adam's Green Bone Cutter 
 
 Is the best bf^cause It is the only Ba-U Bearing niachine 
 on the market. It worksonthe shear liiiiKipIe, turns 
 easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone 
 la better shapethan any ottier. Write atonce. 
 Cataloeue No. 6 Is Free. 
 
 W.J.ADAM, JOLIET, ILL. 
 
 OaAesi 
 
 Stipplie^, 
 
 tifill MaKe your 
 
 Old Incubator J^ctu. 
 
 Oakes' Hydro Safety Lamp, (with wick-tube sur- 
 rounded by water jacket), the only safe and sure lamp. 
 Never goes out nor smokes. Price, 7Sc to J2.70. 
 
 New Aluminum Regulator gives perfect ( 
 control of heat. 
 
 WE 
 
 MAKE 
 
 THEM 
 
 Oakes' Improved Wafer Thermostats— the standard reg- 
 ulator. We manufacture incubator and brooder fi.xtures of all i 
 kinds, Tanks, Heaters, Egg Testers, etc. Write for catalogue and 
 get our money-saving prices. 
 L. R-. OAKES, Mfr., No. 12 6tK St.. Blooinii\g<on, Ind. 
 
 mWaiiTftrfiletggsA. 
 
 ^^^^ h\it fertility cnimts for little if the^ 
 ^^i;^' cliick hasn't sufficient vitality to get out 
 ^^'^ ~ of the shell, and stand the trials of chick- 
 ^^^^^^ hood. Cut green bone promotes both j 
 ""^S^^^^:^ fertility and vitality. Grecu bone is 
 N^$j5~^ easily and rapidly cut by the 
 
 HUMPHeEY 
 
 ■ ■ CREEN BONE CtVi 
 m m AND VEGETABLE \j\i\ 
 
 CITTER. 
 
 ^"^^^ 
 
 naryliniier. You finish the job with a Humphrey befuro'you get 
 tarted with other types of uiachines. Sold on a positive guar- 
 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- 
 It's a rapid ves^'table cutter, too. Send for free catalogue (hand- 
 somest of the season./ and egg record book. 
 
 HUMPHREY & SONS, BOX 70, JOLIET, ILL. 
 
 Sales Agents— Sose^h Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass.; Johnson & 
 
 Stokes, Philadelphia; Griffith & Turner Co., Baltim.ne; Sure Hatch 
 
 Incubator Co., Clay Center. Neb.; E. J. Bowen, Portland, Orepon- 
 
 tieattle, Wash., and San Francisco. Des Moines Incubator Co., Buffalo. N.Y. 
 
 \ Poultry Investigator \ 
 
 ^i Is edited by a practical poul- 
 .y^trymanof 30' years experi-]; 
 faience and is full of plain, ( 
 V^ ciiinmon sense articles by ; 
 y^ those that breed poultry and. 
 r^l work instead of theorizing. 
 
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 r^ PoDLTRV Investigator one( 
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 ■^^ Poultry Investigator Co., 
 
 •^X*i Clay Center, 
 
 Nebraska r 
 
 The New 
 
 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Edition, 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
 Poultry Association. It is a book of 
 over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
 tains the only official descriptions of 
 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
 this Standard that all poultry judges 
 base their awards. Every experienced 
 fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
 ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
 requirements to which his stock must 
 be bred. 
 
 Ilie Standard of Perfection 
 
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 The Poultrf Investigator 
 
 Dae Year, for $1 .00 
 
 Address, 
 POUIvTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
 CLAY CBNTKR, 
 
 NBBRARKA 
 
 POILTRYMEN IZ. ItTeTi 
 
 unless PDIMTPn "S^'^'v. I do it 
 it is r Ain VIjV ^eii and use good 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 n^ wW ORPINGTONS 
 D VlII LEGHORNS 
 
 a-nd Brown Leghorns 
 
 Young or old stock, first class birds cheap. 
 Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time. 
 M.& F. HERMAN, 
 
 Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill 
 
 BDFF ORPINGTONS— WYANnOTTES. R. 
 I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
 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 
 
 iRAIRIE STATE 
 
 INCUBATOR. 
 
 Pii 
 I IXIC"" 1 /KAf^f^l^ Yon remember it. Ifs ilie one that 
 
 AI^Ki./ V/ J^.i-m. A V^1V« i^a3 ^akeiv 342 First Premiums 
 
 more than all other incubators conibined. Used exclusively by the Department of Agriculture 
 at Washington. Used on the largest and 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. 
 Philadelphia, Pa., 714 Chestnut St 
 Columbus, O., 114 N. HiErh St. 
 lndianapolis,lDd.l50 N.Delaware St. 
 Chicago, Ul., 86 Randcilph St. 
 Ciccinnati, O., 141 W. 6th St. 
 Denver, Col., 1519 Wazee St. 
 Boston, Mass., 47 N. Market St. 
 Norfolk, Va.,38 Union St. 
 
 Detroit, Mich., 544 MichiEran Ave. 
 Dallas, Texas, 439 Cole Ave. 
 Louisville, Kv.,400 E. Main St. 
 Toronto. Ont.,Can., 190 Yonge SL 
 Baltimore, Md . 315 N. Paca St. 
 Washington. D. C . 712-12th St..N.W. 
 Seattle, Wash., Main & Jackson Sts. 
 Smyrna. Ga., Belmont Farms. 
 Buffalo, N. Y.. K) Ellicotl St. 
 
 Minneapolis, Minn. ,32 Hennepin Av. Pittsburgh, Pa., 
 
 London, N. Eng., Waltham Cross. 
 
 . Uu 
 
 iSt. 
 
 lY. Jm Cheney f } 
 
 Breeder ..t ' 
 
 Thoroughbred Fancy Poultry. i 
 
 BOX 68-^*^ -^V-CUBA, MO V 
 
 Eggs $1.00 Per Setting 
 
 Varieties. 
 
 Catalogues Free. 
 
 I issue a verj- complete catalogue illustrating- f 
 and describing leading varieties of thor- ^ 
 ouglibred poultry, giving special prices on ' 
 large orders of eggs and stock. f 
 
 W. J. CHENEY. 
 
 Crawford Co. 
 
 B. P. Rocks. 
 Light Brahmas 
 Partridge Cochins 
 White Wvaiidottes 
 
 C. C. \V. Leghorns 
 C. C. B. Leghorns 
 R. C. B. Leghorns 
 Black Minorcas 
 Pekiii Ducks 
 
 BOX 68.-^*/- 
 
 P stands for P uritan; pure and the best, 
 U stands for U sage, this stands the test. 
 R stands for R ation, balanced and true, 
 I stands for I ncome, doubled for you, 
 T stands for T rouble, a thing of the past. 
 A stands for A ctive smart chicks that will last. 
 N stands for N ature whose laws are observed. 
 
 C stands for C hickens their health is preserved. 
 H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn. 
 I stands for I llness whicli plaj's them no tricks 
 C stands for C ostly when losses ensue 
 K stands for K eeping these losses from you. 
 
 F stands for F oily when boiled eggs are fed. 
 O stands for O Id when some are not dead. 
 O stands for O rders, in volume they grow, 
 D stands for D rop us a line as below. 
 
 Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 
 The line should be dropped t( 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 i)irds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A. Rickards, 
 
 SOUTH . OGDEN ■ POULTRY - YARDS, 
 
 Ogden, Utah. 
 
 The PuntanPoultfv Farms, Ific,'' Pride of the West... 
 
 Kor their superb and immense 
 catalogue giving f'lll details of 
 this remarkable food and illus- 
 trating the 
 
 World's Largest Poultry 
 Plant 
 
 In all its details, also showing 
 whirh are tin' best Incubators 
 and Broofier.* now in use It Is 
 absoiutejj' free to everybody 
 \\ rite today. 
 
 Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc. 
 
 Box 357. Stamford. Conn. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES 
 
 WINNINGS: At the St. Louis Show January, 
 1901: 1st Cock; 1st and 3d Hen: 2d Cockerel; 1st 
 
 and 2d Pullet and pen. Two specials: At the Chicago Show, January, 1901. 
 
 1st Cock: one special. Eggs from best pens. S3. 00 per 13, S5.00 ])er 26. 
 
 ROSS C. H. HAILOCX, 6313 Clifton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 j Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks. Conger & 
 ! Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
 CtARKSViLLK, : : : : MISSOURI. 
 
Our Barred and White Rocks- 
 
 Are (rood layers and excellent market birds. 
 Our White Letchorns are the hardy, viiror" 
 ous, active kind that win in the -shows and 
 pay a laree profit as layers. Ecrirs $2 iN» per 
 15. Incubator eeirs $5.0i) per liil>. 
 
 J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio- 
 High class stock for sale! 
 
 Barred and Bttff Plynioutli Rocks 
 atid S. C. W. Legfhorns. Can furni-h 
 ' '^w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
 es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldou, Mo. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality and Quantity. 
 
 Farm raised prize winiaing stock, 
 cheap for quality If you want Rocks 
 write us. 
 
 H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 May I "SHOW YOU" 
 
 Tiiat we raise as good Barred Rocks 
 in Iowa as are sold by eastern breed- 
 ers. Eastern price SIO, will sell his 
 equal for $5, or money back. If you 
 buy a $S eastern bird I will beat him 
 tor $3 Try me. CORWIN JONES, 
 Sidney, Iowa. 
 
 Prize Winning B. Roclcs. 
 
 Cockerels and Pullets scoring- 90 to 
 93 by Southard for S2.50 to $10.00 each. 
 Good breeders not scored for $1.00 to 
 SI., SO each- 
 
 P. Hostetter, East Lyaae, Mo. 
 
 45 
 
 Barred P. Rocks... 
 
 Extra fine. Extra large, Extra color 
 
 In the show room they have shown 
 their excellence, have scored from 90 to 
 94 by prominent judges. Write wants. 
 
 C. F. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 HORTHAND a.nd 
 BOOKKEEPING. 
 
 Study at home and take a 
 higher salary, investin)^ a 
 ittle lime and a little mon- 
 V in a business course witli 
 IS and the dividend will 
 ii-ViT pease || suhiecls 
 
 TAUGHT Y HAIL 
 Coniplett course aiso lu En. 
 Eineering. 'ouri alism. Sel- 
 ene insuaaes. etc. Write for free 
 
 booklet. NvTIONAL CORRt'SPONDENCE 
 INSTITUTE. 1460 Second Nat'l. Bank Bldg.; 
 Washiaston. D. (J. 
 
 Send Stamp for catalogue if ... 
 
 W.H. WIGMORE'S 
 
 POULTRY 
 aEeCATTLE 
 
 SPECIALTIES- 
 PHILADELPHIA, PA 
 
 Catches Them Coming and Going, 
 
 PATENTED 
 
 EUREKA 
 
 Oil Cup Bra.cket 
 
 and Perch Supporter^ 
 
 I The Greatest Bonn to Poultrymen 
 
 [ Practical. Durable, Cheap. Convenient I 
 
 A permanent fixture for all times. The 
 Spider or Midge Louse can not e.xist where 
 this syst- m is in use. Do not put it off, but 
 send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen 
 and be convinced. 
 
 SHRADER & BUCK, 
 
 BUCYRUSOHIO 
 
 POULTRY .IT?. 
 
 at CUT PRICES 
 
 CAT.\l,(>r,UEFREK 
 
 ng. Co.. Columbus, 
 
 A Boon for I'oultry Ki-opcr«, 
 BETTER than a «;OI.l» .Ml.NE. 
 
 We will tell you how we made our 
 hens pay over 4oo per eetit prollt. 
 
 onviIIe.CoDn 
 
 Merely send yonr. 
 
 ,. •■PjuUryCo., Clii 
 
 Buff OfpifigtoDS 
 Bronze lurkeys 
 
 We keep nothing but the 
 choicest stock. Effg"s for 
 sale. Write for prices. 
 
 C. E BROWNING, 
 
 Fairbury, Nebr. 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering^ advertisements. Tt 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 OURNALBSM 
 
 al.pri 
 
 It per V 
 
 itiii^ sho 
 TAUCHT BY MAIL 
 
 our successful sysicra in por- 
 uil charge of Mr. Henry I.irch- 
 Iil West, formerly manaL'iPig 
 
 r.litor r.f the Washincton I'nBt. 
 
 >'\\i-.-'-^^\u\ students everywhere. 
 
 Wiiie l..r illustrated boolvler. 
 
 KAT'I. (0|{ItKSPONnE>TK INSTITITE, 
 2(1 Nul'l Uaok DIUg. Weshlug ton, !>.(;. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry 
 Company ^ 
 
 Has th' lai,f_e!5i agf-regation of 
 thoroughV fcClp<} iT 'j ; e west. 
 
 We import, breeu y and sel 
 All Varieties. 
 
 Each variety is bred separately on 
 a farin. No chance for mixing up. 
 Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
 Write your wants. Address, 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 BONANZA RABBITRY, 
 
 ESTABLISED IN 1885 
 
 ^y)^ 
 
 --''"^ 
 
 Founders of the first herd of pedigreed BelKian 
 Hares in tbe world. The first to establish a 
 systeiij 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- 
 
 Our sales for 1900 were over 5.000 head. Send 
 10 cents for the most complete and most beau- 
 tiful 56.pai!e catalog ever published. 
 
 Bona za Kabbitry Manual. 4th edition, just 
 coining from I he press. $1.00. written by Dr. B. 
 C. Piatt, the foreiiinst authority on the subject, . 
 
 president of the National Ai^sociation of Bel- v>— — — — - — „ _^ 
 
 gian Hare Judees; professional ins'ructorof , j . 
 
 Belgian Hare insiitutes; originator of the Decimal System i f I u i ri r .1 -. n card adapt- 
 ed to this system; inventor of Bonanza Tattooing Mai lu I for I . l.'im; inventor of the 
 Perfect Belgian moulded in metal, presenting the ide il colors also perfection in qu illty 
 shape and size. 
 Address DR. B. C. PL ATT,274I N. Broad St , PHILADELPHIA 
 
 Porn\a.n9nt Esvsterrv Offlco a.r«d Sa.lesToo 
 
 Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 
 
 ICills lice and mites on poultry, hogs and ani- 
 mals, is the strongest and best lice killer 
 made. With our double tube sprayer you 
 can save one half the liquid and penetrate I 
 ail cracks and spray the bottom of the house I 
 
 ^L% ^;'ns°;ua7irtU"'or iio^eTre?al'ded. Write and learn how to get 
 a tiprayer and can of Lice Killer FREE- 
 
 Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 
 
 Pnr settino- hens and babv chicks Always to be used before ihe hen, For the next 60 
 days we win send ou? old and new Sstmi^ 100 lbs Shel-grit, (coarse orfine) 100 bs lime 
 
 stoeem one gallon Fakigon Llc-killer. one TiA'any's Double Tube «Drayer, one 4-lb paek. 
 age Powder, all for $2,50. Theie goods all go 3rd class freight-cheap. 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY. 
 
 Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
46 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Healthy Infants 
 
 must bo raised among liealthy suiTouml- 
 iiigs or 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 
 to start him right and keep him right is to have on die farm one of our 
 
 RELIABLE 
 
 Inc\ibators ai\d Brooders. 
 
 They are as near perfect as years of hard work, good material, 
 and high class workmanship can make them. There is a farm 
 down here in Illinois; we call it the Reliable Poultry Farm, 
 
 where some of the finest birds in the world have been hatched and 
 raised. There are 12G pens of them here now and they are 
 crackerjacks. Here is where our machines are tested by experts. 
 You will want a copy of our 
 
 20tK Century Catalogue 
 and Poultry Guide. 
 
 It tells you all about these things and 
 
 many others that will be helpful to you. 
 
 We send it for 10 cents. 
 
 Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., 
 
 Box A 25 Quiacy, Ills. 
 
 A.lAvays Take 
 
 THE Kansas City & Omaha Line 
 
 For All Points 
 
 East, South and "West. 
 
 L'losc Cduneclion^ made at all junctions. I'or rates 
 and information, call on or address 
 
 S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt. 
 
 St. lose])!!, M(i., Cla\- Center, Xebr., 
 
 Incubators, . 
 
 Built on entirely new principles and the 
 onl.v machine made that will allow the chicks 
 when hatching to come out of the machine 
 intJiepure, fresh oalside air at their own 
 will, iu-t exactly the snme Hs they do when 
 liaicliinfT under the hen. Guaranteed to Im- 
 itate natui-ecloser and to hatch equal to any 
 niachine on the market. For further partic- 
 ulars address with stamp. 
 
 j L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 
 
 OVER.NMENT PO- 
 SITIONS. 
 
 Nearly 10,000 appointments 
 riiatle last year. Chances 
 better for 1902. Hundreds 
 of those who have been ap- 
 pointed were prepared by 
 ushyn. ...1. Established 1893 
 Full particulars free con- 
 cerning government posi- 
 tions, salaries and. exam- 
 inations, when and where 
 held, our methL.ds. e'c. Write to-day 
 NATIONAL OORRESPONDENf E INSTI- 
 TUTE. 14-42 Second Nat'l. Bank Bldg , Wash. 
 Ington, D. O. 
 
 Do you keep Bees? 
 
 ,<."-*'gEg5ai!M 
 
 41 E> 
 
 The "Perfect" Hatcher 
 
 S'*'"200Egg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00 
 a^i'-IOOEgg Hatcher. $6; Brooder, $5. ' 
 
 asT-Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. ••'" ^ >«Haiider. 
 
 THEN Icarn lii.w to 
 make them i>av add 
 s.-nd for our lame il- 
 ^lustrateri freecalaloc. 
 wilier the best up- 
 ' lo-(1ate hives and oth- 
 articles used l)v 
 progressive bee keep- 
 
 Ocs .Holnes, Iowa. 
 
 Ti'stlmoniaN : 
 
 J. \. CHELTON, Fairtnon 
 
 ft Md. White and Golden Wyandottes«.»^ 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 47 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED. 
 
 BEYOND COMPARISON. 
 
 WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY. 
 
 CH/liyiBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED, like cverythinE else that tias merit 
 his its imitiUiuiis. l>i)N T BUY TKOUHLK. insist (in hiivinK tlie onlj 
 ()riKin:il I'ry Fff.t. St;im|ied on each sack "Chamberlain's Feed, Kirk- 
 wood. Mo." All otlKTS are worthless imitations. Nothing "Just as good 
 
 GOOD MORNING SISTER 
 
 ready for Chamberlain's Perfect Chick feed. Dry and Alway-- 
 
 Wa 
 
 Ke 
 
 No Bowel Trouble whfii Chamberlain's Chick Feed is properly iisotl It is (he fine 
 mixture in Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For incubator chicks, for all 
 ch cks unlil 5 months old. 
 FACTORY PRICE, 1 00 Lbs. $2.50. 50 Lbs. $ 1 .50. 30 Lbs. $ 1 .00. 
 
 For the Broiler Man, the Fancier and the Farmer. Saves Time and Money. 
 Chamberlain's Hen Feed will make your hens Lay, 100 Lbs. $2.00 
 
 Factory and Shipping Depot, 302 N. Commercial St., ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 Freifrht cliar.i ^ iddi (i to ticton price at all disfrihiiting points. Orrlpr from vour nparp^l TffPnt tinl - im tiniH and tiPif;lil 
 FOR S«LE AT S2 75 PER 100 LBS BY 'm rieue Com. Co.. Cliirneo, Ills.: ,1. Wilder & Co.. Ciiioinnoti, Ohio: 1. « i si , Mo ri. ^ Monies Iowa Wermicl> 
 Seed Co., Milwaukee Wis R A Pike A < o. Minneapolis. Minn,: E. A. Peeler. Lincoln. Neh.: Hunting <t P i i Ii Hi m m is Ind Riplp\ H.irdnare 
 Co., Grafton. Ills ^le\ ii 1er Seel C o Autiista. (;a.: Norton Poultry Yards. Dallas. Texas. $,3,40 per inn Ihs: H Mi K « iK n v ( o \(rents for St I ouis 
 Mo. If friends of mi feed in the east have trouble getting my feed, write direct tome for prices W. F CHAMBERLAIN, KIRKWOOD, MO. 
 
 m 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Boulevard 
 
 Gaviary 
 
 ^ 
 
 w 
 
 Royal Blood English Belgian Hares. 
 
 All animals Enjfli.sh prize winners and 
 from imported English parents. The re- 
 nowned Golden Ball (doe) and Lord Salis- 
 bury at the head of the herd. Angora 
 Cavies (Our Specialty), Abyssinian Cav- 
 ies, Peruvian Cavies, English Cavies, 
 Both Imported and Domestic. For Pleas- 
 ure and Profit, the Angoras with their 
 long, silky tresses and musical little voic- 
 es have not their equal Write for special 
 
 descriptions and prices 
 
 MRS. GEO. D. HAWLEY, 
 2166 Jacksott Bvd. Chicago, III. 
 
 Meyer's Langshans 
 
 Won 
 
 At 
 
 Kansas 
 
 State 
 
 Show 
 
 8o good 
 ones to 
 sell. 
 
 ist and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
 4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
 Score iSgJ/^, Rhodes and Harris, judges' At 
 N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all 
 good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
 tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
 15. $3-50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. 
 Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 
 
 ¥¥^¥ 
 
 L. E. Meyers, 
 
 Bowling Green, Missouri. 
 
 $5.00 
 
 Bu3-s 1011 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at 
 CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the all-year-round 
 
 layers, Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
 Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
 for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator. 
 
 Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo. 
 
 RARRFn Bradley Bros, 
 
 ROCKS. 
 
 New York winners 
 what my flock is built from. Win- 
 
 ners at the Columbus show, 1901-; 
 Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. 
 
 J. 17. Henderson, 
 
 Sta. B. Route i. 
 
 Columbus, Om 
 
 \lll t fllisr lii'illltles 
 
 lint not so tine as 
 chicks hatched 
 from B. P. Rock 
 md Buff Coch- 
 in e^gs that you 
 in buy of Mrs, 
 Kesslep. I have 
 
 led C k'ls for 
 sale yet. Wrile 
 for prices and 
 bt pleased. 
 
 Pekin Bantams 
 
 Black 
 
 Buff 
 
 White 
 
 -As Good as the Land can Afford 
 
 B. B. RED GAME BANTAMS , 
 
 tall reachy birds fashionably bred. 
 SILVER SEBRI GHT BANTAMS, 
 
 Beautifully marked prizewinners. 
 All the above are as good as can 
 be found. Eggs S3. 00 per 13. 
 
 A.J. WILLIAMS, 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Winners, 
 
 EAST and WEST!!! 
 
 Oaklytl Fowls have won in nearly ev- 
 ery leading show east and west in 
 my hands and for my customers. 
 They win for others and can win 
 for you. It pays to get the best. 
 Pedigreed stock is no guesswork 
 
 Partridffe Cochins,. Buff Plymouth Rock.s. 
 Buff Orpinfftons. B. P. R. Game Bantarus 
 
 Bred in line of winners. Good 
 breeders at reasonable prices. 
 Show birds cheap -quality consid- 
 ered. Send for catalogue. 
 
 Oaklyn Place. 
 
 S. A. NOFTZGER. 
 
 North Manchester, ludlatia. 
 
48 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 SEL^UiNU FULLhiT. H()^T()^^ I'.KKi. Kil;.-.T 
 
 HEN AND CUAMPION AT I'll II.- 
 
 ADELPHIA. 1900. 
 
 Latham's Victory at Philadelphia Show, 1900. 
 
 ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Hens — 2d Pullet. 
 
 ist and 3rd — Exhibition Yards — Eight 
 Special Prizes, including the 
 
 Cbampion IBamd |p. IRoctt female. 
 
 In quality of stock shown the Philadel- 
 phia show stands one of the hottest ever 
 held. I made my GRAND RECORD ON 
 BIRDS BRED AND RAISED OX MY 
 FARM. Send for Illustrated Circular and 
 descriptions of Matings. 
 
 They Won 
 
 on 
 Their Merits 
 
 Eggs 
 
 I will sell a LIMIT- 
 ED NUMBER of 
 
 EgKs at &").!" 1 
 per 15. 
 
 Choice Breeding Stock 
 For Sale! 
 
 Beauty and Utility Strain Barred Satisfaction Guar- 
 ^* PlynnoMth Rocks. V' anteGd. 
 
 C. H. LATHAM, 
 
 BOX G 
 
 LANCASTER, MASS. 
 
 Our Motto, "Yirtate oon Astntia" ^ 
 
 
 HARES 
 
 BY 
 
 THE 
 
 HUNDREDS 
 
 ; 
 
 IMPORTED • AND ■ DOMESTIC 
 
 From such Fashionable Strains as the following Champions; 
 
 Fashoda, Edinboro, Guinea Gold, Nonpareil, Unicorn, Dash' 
 Climax, Grimsby's Star, Priory Prince, Malten Mystery, Pal- 
 ace Queen, Lord Britain, Etc 
 
 Our Stud Bucks are: 
 
 Fashoda Star 
 
 Score 96 by Judge Almond, im- 
 ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. 
 
 Viscount 
 
 Score 9") by Judge iFinley, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Lythedale 
 
 Score 94 bj' Judge Finley, im- 
 ported . 
 
 Sir Crabtree 
 
 Score 93 '4^ by Judge Crabtree, 
 and other domestic bucks 
 
 that will sc ore 94 to 9fi. 
 
 RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES 
 
 At prices ranging from $5 to 
 $75 per head, pedigree and 
 score card with each animal. 
 Unpedigreed market stock, 
 good color and size, $2.50 to 
 $5 per pair. Hardy Black 
 Belgians (good to use as nurse 
 does) at $10 per pair. Cor- 
 respondence solicited for spe- 
 cial price list which may not 
 be in eflfect long. Will re- 
 fund money and pay return 
 express charges if Hares pur- 
 chased are not as represent- 
 ed. Rabbitries at Maplewood 
 and Fayette 
 
 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 
 
 304 ChetnicalBulldIng' : : : ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 
 
 VA'/SMAvXviSrj 
 
 RUFF P RflRK^ Exclusively. Pure 
 
 Durr r. nuujj Burdick oiid Nug- 
 
 gets. My Buff Rocks are as good as 
 can be found, and are up-to-date in 
 every respect. Some fine specimens 
 for sale; reasonable prices on applica- 
 tion. Address 
 
 MRS. ELLA PATRICK, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Smith's Mawimoth Pekia Duck s an d Wh i te Wyandottes Wia. 
 
 Thirteen l.st. 5 2nds, at Nebraska state. Kansas state, Missouri state. Des Moines 
 Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Nebr. state show 
 and won 8 premiums: 1 ck. 1 hen. 1 pullet and .=; others. See circulars for r - 
 l)ort of the champion flock. Get eggs for hatching from the winners. 
 
 Lincoln. Nob.. Box 456 E- E. SMITH 
 
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 VOL. 3. 
 
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 BOOK 
 
 20th Century 
 
 tells about tlu'se things and also everything else that ex- 
 perience and time have taught tlie successful poultry men who 
 have prepared it. Sent for 10 cents. 
 
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Vol.4 
 
 CIslv Center, Nebratskak.. Matrch, 1902. 
 
 No. 1 
 
 Secoud 
 Article 
 
 Life in the Egg 
 
 By L. E. Keyser 
 
 The Embryonic 
 
 Developmetit of the 
 
 Chick 
 
 Having considered the egg, its 
 origin, forrnation and fertilization, we 
 will follow its embryonic development 
 through their various stages, for, in 
 order to have a comprehensive under- 
 standing of the phenomena of incuba- 
 tion, we must have a general knowl- 
 edge of the embryonic development of 
 the chick. In our la^t article we noted 
 the difference between a fertile and u;;- 
 fertile blastoderm, and shall now deal 
 with the fertile one as it develops under 
 normal conditions. As we have shown 
 the yolk of the egg is encased by the 
 vitelline membrane and immediately 
 under this at the top of the egg is the 
 blastoderm holding the embryo, which, 
 as incubataion progresses, is encircled 
 by the germinal sac. 
 
 Fig. 4. 
 
 The blastoderm, which rests on the 
 germ disc of the white yolk, spreads 
 out like a thin circular sheet over the 
 yolk immediately under the vitelline 
 membrane and forms a sac termed the 
 germinal membrane, steadily eexpand- 
 ing until it reaches the opposite end, 
 and completely envelops it, but not un- 
 til quite a late period does the com- 
 plete closing at the opposite pole take 
 place, and the extension of the blasto- 
 derm practically goes on during nearly 
 the whole period of incubation. In 
 only a few hours, however, the central 
 pc-llucid spot will become oval, with a 
 furrow down the center and blood ves- 
 sels appear around it. This enlarge- 
 ment is shown at Fig. 4. which rep- 
 resents the egg with the shell partial- 
 ly removed, lying flat, the spot which 
 we see being on top of the egg, though 
 in the illustration it might appear to be 
 on the side. Now there begins to de- 
 velop 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 
 what is called the amniotic fluid. The 
 embryo is thus surrounded by two 
 membranes which form a wall all 
 around it, the inner one being called 
 the inner or true amnion, and the one 
 lying near the shell the outer or false 
 amnion. 
 
 The allautois is an appendage of the 
 alimentary canal, and starts from the 
 naval of the embryo near the yolk sac, 
 traversing the space between the true 
 and false .amnion and extends over the 
 
 yolk and albermen, separated from the 
 shell membrane only by the thin false 
 amnion, and in this position it gathers 
 nutriment for the growing chick and 
 performs the function of a respiratory 
 organ or lungs. The developments 
 here noted go on through the entire or 
 variious periods of incubation and are 
 here explained so all may know what 
 organ is meant when we refer to it in 
 tracing development, which we shall 
 now do step by step. 
 
 First Day— After three hours of in- 
 cubation the embryo presents an ap- 
 
 Fig. 5. 
 pearance as shown in Fig. 4. After 
 twelve hours the blastoderm is greatly 
 enlarged and the central or pellucid 
 spot becomes oval in outline and very 
 distinct. During the latter part of the 
 first day the head can be discerned 
 slightly elevated above the level of the 
 blastoderm and in front of it the first 
 fold of the amnion. 
 
 Second Day— At the beginning of the 
 second day the head alone is seen pro- 
 jecting above the surface of the blasto- 
 
Fig. r,. 
 
 derm. Thr amnion advances in growth 
 very rapidly and nearly covers the 
 head. At an early hour of this day the 
 tail makes its appearance and a little 
 later the first nidiinents of the heat, 
 which is of a tubular character, ex- 
 t ending through nearly the entire 
 length of he embryo, but no pulsations 
 or motions are seen until the thirty- 
 eighth or fortieth hour. .At first the 
 heart contains only a colorless fluid. 
 hut dark spots in the vascular area is 
 perceived about the same time, but 
 there is no connection between them 
 and the heart, and it is not until a sub- 
 sequent period that these cells coalesce 
 and form veins carrying the blood to 
 the heart. During the latter part of 
 the day the heart separates into parts 
 ■ with a constriction around the middle. 
 Fig. 5 is a top view taken about the 
 forty-fifth hour and shows the heart 
 '^till in a tubular form. 
 
 Third Day— The tube of the heart 
 now^ becomes bent together and it is 
 confined to that portion of the embryo 
 to which it belongs. The circulation of 
 the blood becomes quite vigorous, and 
 during the day a complete system of 
 blood vessels is formed with a definite 
 cirfulation. and pulsations of the heart 
 carry the blood to all parts of the enie- 
 bryo. Nutritive iiiatter is transmitted 
 to the blood and quite a quantity of 
 yolk is absorbed, which is in turn re- 
 plenished by the white, and by the end 
 of the day the decrease in the white is 
 strongly marked. The blastoderm cov- 
 ccrs about half of the yolk and theem- 
 bryo is almost completely covered by 
 the amnion, several folds of which 
 meet along the line over the back, but 
 their complete coalescence will not 
 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 
 
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 to curve upon itself. 
 
 Fourth Day— The growth of the em- 
 bryo has been very rapid since the third 
 day and the white of the egg is still 
 further diminished, the embryo lying 
 almost in contact with the shell mem- 
 brane, separated from it only by the 
 thin false amnion which has also in- 
 creased in size to such an extent as to 
 make a covering almost obsuring the 
 view of the body of the chick beneath, 
 and all traces of its folds where it came 
 together along the line of the back are 
 lost. There is yet very little fluid in 
 the amniotic sac and the dry amnion 
 lies close to the embryo, which is thus 
 fully exposed to atmospheric influences. 
 At this period in artificial incubation is 
 overheating more disastrous than at 
 my other. The tail is now quite con- 
 spicuous, the limbs make their appear- 
 ance and the curviture of the body is 
 increased. The allantois is now dis- 
 cernablc and begins to push out from 
 
 the digestive canal, between the tv/o 
 coats of the amnion and is at first a 
 bag or sac protruding from the naval, 
 independent of the yolk sac. During 
 the first part of the day it is very small 
 and its growth slow, but during the lat- 
 ter half the growth is more rapid and 
 at the same time its blood vessels be- 
 come important. By reference to Fig. ti 
 these changes can be plainly seen. 
 
 Fifth Day— The process of develop- 
 ment goes on very rapidly and many 
 changes are noted on this day. The 
 germinal membrane has spread over 
 the entire yolk sac and completely en- 
 closed it. The allantois has reached 
 far over the right side of the embryo, 
 between the true and false amnion an 1 
 its network of blood vessels has ex- 
 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 
 
 Fig. 8. 
 day. 
 
 Sixih and Seventh Days — While de- 
 velopment is going rapidly on there are 
 no marked changes on the sixth riiy, 
 other than that each portion shows 
 considerable growth, as will be seen by 
 comparing Figs. 7 and 8, and the cavity 
 between the true and false amnion be- 
 comes larger and is filling rapidly with 
 fluid, but on the seventh day obvious 
 movements appear in the amnion and 
 it begins to pulsate regularly, which 
 rocks the embryo to and fro in the egg. 
 The allantois forms a flattened sac cov- 
 ering the right side of the embryo and 
 spreads out in all directions between 
 the folds of the amnions. The allantois 
 is filled with fluid so its walls are sep- 
 arated from each other in spite of its 
 flattened form. The veins which 
 Iriiught back the biood. to the heart 
 h;i-i' disappeared a"'i the yolk is not 
 S'l lluid. but continues to absorb the 
 v'hile. which is dnninishing rapidly. 
 The liquid absorbed by the yolk from 
 the white forms the amniotic, allantoic 
 and other fluids and is also used as 
 nourishment for the embryo. The head 
 does not lie so near the tail as on previ- 
 ous day.< and the neck appears mor-.; 
 
Fig-. 10. 
 (iistinctly, though the head is still largo 
 111 proportiop to the body. A white 
 Jiilijtance appears on the face, which 
 ■;iler develops into a beak. 
 
 Eighth. Ninth and Tenth Days— Os- 
 sification begins on the eighth or ninth 
 day and the bones commence to form, 
 but the skeleton is not complete until 
 the thirteenth day. Signs of feathers 
 lan be di;'i;iguished on the ninth du- 
 along the middle line of the back, am! 
 especially ihe sacs of the tail feathers. 
 There are no important changes in the 
 amnion during these days; its cavity 
 still being filled with fluid, and on the 
 eighth day its pulsations are at their 
 heighth. The allantois has covered the 
 greater part of the yolk sac and is now 
 the chief ort^an of respiration. The 
 change in the formation of the embryo 
 can be seen at Fig. 8, which represents 
 it at the colse of the ninth day. f-[erc 
 it has the form of a chick, but the head 
 and eyes appear to be the biggest parts. 
 Eleventh Day— The body of the em- 
 bryo is practically completed on this 
 day, .but it is still connected with its 
 < (her appendanges by a narrow tube 
 or rmbilicus which can be plainly seen 
 Ml Fig. 10, and the chick reta.ns its pj- 
 
 Fig. 11. 
 
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 '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 of the egg. There is nothing now 
 between the allantois and the shell ex- 
 cept the thin membrane of the false 
 amnion and the vitelline membrane to 
 which it partially adheres. 
 
 Twelfth Day— On this day the crea- 
 tive forces complete their work and 
 the chick, though small, is fully formed. 
 The embryo, it will be seen (Fig. 11), 
 has turned partially over in the egg so 
 that its head is more toward the large 
 end. The allantois now alone per- 
 forms the function of geathtring nutri- 
 
 Fig. 12. 
 
 nient for the chick, which from now on 
 has only to grow and develop, and to 
 act as lungs. The carbon in the waste 
 products of the blood is being burned 
 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 
 Day.s — ^The embryo develops very rap- 
 
 Fig. Hi. 
 idly on these days and about the six- 
 teenth day the allantois completely en- 
 circles it, passing over the poll of the 
 yolk opposite the embryo. 
 
 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Days — On 
 the eighteenth day the head of the em- 
 bryo is turned a little to one side, so 
 as to be more in a position to break the 
 shell. In the illustration at Fig. 1.3 it 
 looks as if it might be turning its head 
 toward the small end of the egg, but 
 this is not the c^se, it being due to the 
 position from which the egg is viewed. 
 The fluid in the amniotic sac has en- 
 tirely disappeared and the chick is 
 breathing the air it contained. The 
 pulmonary circulation increases and the 
 circulation of blood in the allantois has 
 greatly diminished. On the nineteenth 
 day the yolk sac, which has become 
 greatly reduced in size, is drawn into 
 the abdominal cavity, greatly extending 
 it, and nothing remain^ but the allan- 
 tois and the dry amnion. 
 
 Twentieth Day — During the early 
 part of the day the blood in the alien 
 toic vesicles is sluggish, and later as 
 the chick succeeds in breaking its cov- 
 ering the blood ceases to flow through 
 the umbilical arteries into the allantois 
 and it dies. When the chick breaks 
 
 Fig. it. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 eti'JDAV 
 
 Kig. 
 tlie shell :t commences to breathe the 
 (iiUer air through the lungs and no 
 longer has need of the allantois. In 
 from six to ten hours after breathing 
 the outer air the chick throws off the 
 shell and makes it entree into the 
 worUl, as shown m Fig. 15. 
 
 Buying Eggsfor Hatching 
 
 Now is the proper time to decide 
 what you want to buy and at what sea- 
 son you want your eggs delivered. Egg 
 orders are filled by the breeders in ro- 
 tation, and if a breeder treats customers 
 with fairness it won't do any good to 
 get an order in Saturday of one week, 
 to get your incubator filled the Mon- 
 day following — that is, unless your 
 breeder happens to have a supply of 
 eggs on hand and no orders booked. 
 • When you receive your eggs, if they 
 arc broken or not properly packed, re- 
 port the matter at once. If you wait 
 too long the shipper will be suspicious 
 that you wish to get your order dupli- 
 cated free of charge. 
 
 When you test your eggs, if you find 
 few infertile ones it may be as well to 
 wait til! the hatch is made before re- 
 port is made, but if the reverse is the 
 case, report at once. Be sure you prop- 
 erly test the eggs and not before the 
 tenth day. 
 
 We have had some experience that 
 teaches us that early reports as to re- 
 sults arc proper. Last year we had but 
 one complaint of turkey eggs, and in 
 that case we replaced them, but had the 
 complaint came in two or three weeks 
 late we would have paid no heed to it. 
 One year when all reports of our duck 
 eggs were fine we received six weeks 
 after shipping, a doleful tale about all 
 those eggs being infertile. It was too 
 long a delay in the face of our other 
 good reports, and in view of the fact 
 thit the receiver had tested the eggs 
 during incubation. 
 
 We never bought eggs of a breeder 
 yet who would not endeavor to make 
 matters right if we were prompt in 
 stating our case. 
 
 15. 
 
 We never sold a setting of eggs that 
 turned out badly that we did not dupli- 
 cate the order very carefully if imme- 
 diate report was made. 
 
 We have waited until our patience 
 well-nigh gave out when we neglected 
 to order ahead. We have laid awake 
 nights because of the impatience of 
 some of our own customers who could 
 only wait a day or two. 
 
 As a matter of fact there are only a 
 few fowls in a good breeder's pens, and 
 if you order from a certain pen you 
 must have patience if the breeder is 
 honest. 
 
 Perhaps you cannot tell when you 
 will have a hen setting. If you have the 
 settitig kind you can be reasonably cer 
 tain by watching the time they begin 
 to lav. ' HATTIE BYFIELD. 
 
 the Buffs I bought a trio, and both of 
 the hens had half of their tails white, 
 the cockerel was very dark, but I 
 thought I had it, so showed at our 
 county fair, but did not get a piece of 
 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 
 for our Buff Leghorn club. Everyone 
 who has, and is interested in this beau- 
 tiful breed should be a member. It 
 only costs $1 a year, and nothing put-; 
 a breed to the front as (luick and as 
 well as a lot of good men united and 
 working. 
 
 George S. Barnes, Battle Creek, 
 Mich.. Secretary, is well known to all 
 Buff Leghorn breeders as a hustler for 
 the Buffs, and will give full information 
 on application . 
 
 The Buff Leghorn 
 
 By N. K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont. 
 
 I have read man-y able discussions on 
 this beautiful breed of fowls, and I 
 think they lead all other Leghorns for 
 beauty and- size. They lay as many 
 large, white eggs as any, and then the 
 shining metallic golden buff of the male 
 and the soft, golden of the female leads 
 me and many others to believe they 
 are the leaders. 
 
 I am comparatively a young breeder 
 of this variety, though I have had 
 chickens around me since I can remem- 
 ber, and I get along nicely, feeding and 
 caring for my buffs, and seldom losing 
 any by disease. 
 
 Mornings I feed a mash mixture of 
 barley bran and corn meal, equal part>. 
 a o.uart merely dampened for each 
 twelve hens; at noon, yellow corn 
 cracked very coarse; at night, wheat. 
 The corn and wheat always thrown in 
 litter about one foot deep on the floor 
 of pens to keep them busy all day. 
 Green bone twice a week, and green 
 food always before ihem, in winter 
 principally cabbage and sugar beets; in 
 summer my birds full access to the 
 fields. 
 
 Three years aco when T started with 
 
 The mating up of breeding stock is, 
 I think, the most important work a 
 breeder has to do, as upon the proper 
 performance of this depends his future 
 success. 
 
 The Leghorn may be mated up in 
 pens of from six to fifteen with good 
 results. The male should be of good 
 size and carriage, bright, active, full of 
 live and vigor of good color and as well 
 up in other standard requirements as 
 possible. The females shoul also show 
 that bright, active alertness which is 
 one of the most charming characteris- 
 tics of this variety. Let them also be 
 well bodied birds, the breast bearing 
 well forward, combs not only well ser- 
 rogated and properly folded, but both 
 comb and mottles should show size 
 and color to indicate good laying qual- 
 ities, without being coarse. 
 
 R. R. FRENCH. 
 
 g. P. Rock cockerel owned and bred 
 by C. M Hulburt, Fairbury, Nebr., 
 "Ringlet Strain," 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Poultry Chat 
 
 By Mrs. Albert Ray 
 
 .i 
 
 Ivlitur Investigator; 
 
 It is not so much that we busy farm- 
 ers' wives need enthusiasm upon the 
 subject as v;e need help, both to Hghten 
 the many and tiresome duties that over- 
 come failure and lead to success. 
 
 Poultry farming is in itself fascinat- 
 ing and vAli enthuse its devotees to in- 
 terest and action. , 
 
 The many advantages attained by 
 the successful poultry woman or poul- 
 try man — it is not necessary to enumer- 
 ate — but suffi'ce it to say that every 
 thrifty farm home wishes to provide its 
 members with an abundance of the best 
 meat cleanly and carefully grown, as 
 well as eggs — fresh eggs — the most 
 wholesome and noiirshing food when 
 properly and daintly served. 
 
 While this much is being done for 
 the home, much more can be done with 
 comparatively little more expense and 
 effort. 
 
 There are so many things to defeat 
 us that sometimes we are almost dis- 
 couraged and say, "Well, I hav; so 
 much 'bad luck' that I hardly feel like 
 trying." Yet we never give up and re- 
 new the effort each succeeding year 
 with varying success. 
 
 Of course, every one has chickens, 
 mere or less, of some kind to begni 
 with. Well, whatever kind, the step 
 pmg stones to success are first a home 
 for them that is comfortable — roomy, 
 sunny and well ventilated; next is clean- 
 liness, which in its fullest sense is free- 
 dom from vermin. 
 
 We learn each year more and more of 
 the value of the early hatched 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 i g jjd 
 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 is needless to recount the woes of 
 the housewife in caring for setting hens 
 which often do not seem as much in- 
 terested in the welfare of the eggs and 
 
 cliickens as the poultry woiii.in licisilf. 
 
 Fni.iing that it was a necessity ij 
 liglitcn my work (as T have no house- 
 hold help without hiring) we were 
 ready to be convinced as to the best 
 incubator and upon perusal of our 
 poultry papers saw a contribution from 
 a well known poultry woman who had 
 had experience with incubators. She 
 said among other things that as per- 
 fectly as some of these machines are, 
 no busy woman should be without the 
 help of an incubator. 
 
 I wrote her and asked her to kindly 
 give me the benefit of her knowledge 
 that we might make no mistake in the 
 selection of an incubator, which favor 
 she grante.i. We bought the one she 
 recommended, she adding "you'll never 
 regret the money spent." And we have 
 not, but have been very pleasantly dis- 
 appointed, and are so glad that there 
 is anything so helpful. 
 
 We sat ours March 1st. and every 
 three weeks thereafttr, making four 
 successful hatches. The first gave 96 
 per cent, second 95 per cent, third 90 
 per cent or a little more, and fourth 90 
 per cent. The chicks were the liveliest, 
 most perfect and healthy we ever had 
 anything to do with — doing nothing but 
 grow. We lost hardly any from the 
 first two hatches as broilers at only 
 fair prices, but brought more than the 
 cost of the incubator, leaving the early 
 pullets for winter layers. 
 
 We have had excellent success rais- 
 
 excepting accidents which would not 
 have happened had we been wise 
 enough to get a brooder, too. And my 
 work of raising would have been easier 
 by far. The hens concluded that as 
 they had nothing better to do they 
 would keep the egg basket and egg 
 case filled, which they have done, while 
 their neighbors took a long vacation 
 from laying after hatching and brood- 
 ing chickens, lice and mites. 
 
 A Word About Ha.mburg9CIl 
 
 So many inquiries reach my desk 
 about this remarkably beautiful as well 
 as useful family of chickens I have de- 
 cided, Mr. Editor, to call on you for a 
 little help. My song is always about 
 the Silver Spangled variety. 
 
 We will begin by saying that there is 
 no family of chickens that will surpass 
 them for laying qualities. The Leghorn 
 people have advertised and boosted 
 their Brownies, Whites and Buffs until 
 many people believe they are the only 
 egg machines in the world, but here we 
 desire to remark that the Leghorn is 
 not a winter laying breed. The Hahi- 
 burg is. It is a very rare thing, indeed, 
 to see a frozen comb among them. 
 Their low, close fitting rose comb is 
 an almost sure guarantee against frost. 
 Every poultryman knows that a hen 
 will not lay so long as she is suffering 
 with a frozen comb. The Hamburgs 
 are the equal of any as winter layers 
 and are surpassed by none during the 
 warmer months of the year. There are 
 none that will resist the encroachments 
 of disease any better than they. They 
 are bright, active and industrious, and 
 always manage to keep up a good di- 
 
 gestion and circulation, and there is 
 ing the chickens from the four hatches, ' not much chance for disease to attack 
 
 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 
 of the premiums at Superior and 1st and 3d hen, 4th pul, and 3th c'k'l at State 
 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 valuable time. I never knew 
 one to sit. In the past four years that 
 1 Iiave handled them there 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 
 pullets, A friend of the writer owned 
 two' hens that were 8 years old and they 
 were as active as at any time during 
 their younger years. One should never 
 coop the young of any of the smaller 
 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. 
 
 The third prize White Wyandotte cockerel at Cfiicago, 111., and Topeka, Kas., 
 owned by Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kas. This bird attracted more attention than 
 any other one bird in Kansas state show. 
 
 Premiums AwaLrded at the Glasco 
 Poultry Show 
 
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 A trio of Silver Spangled Hamburgs 
 that won first at South Dakota state 
 fair owned by H. P. Larson, Beresford, 
 S. D. 
 
 Single Comb Brown Leghorns — First 
 pen, John Chase, $1; second, G. L. 
 Smith, $1; third, John Chase, blue rib- 
 bon. 
 
 Rose Comb Brown Leghorns — Blue 
 ribbon on cockerel and pullet was 
 awarded to B. F. McMillan. 
 
 Single Comb Buff Leghorns — First 
 premium, B. F. McMillan, $l'; third, R. 
 G. Pilcher, on cockerel, blue ribbon. 
 
 Partridge Cochins — First and second 
 premiums were awarded to F. H. Sut- 
 ton of Minneapolis. 
 
 Buff Wyindottcs — First iircmium. J. 
 E. Olmstead. 
 
 Black Minorcas — First and second 
 premiums were awarded to John Chase. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks — First and 
 second premiums, F. L. Slater, also 
 first on cockerel and first on pullet. 
 
 White Wyandottes — First premium, 
 George D. Smith; second, C. Lee 
 .Archer. 
 
 White Faced Black Spanish — I'irst 
 and second, Captain Sjicrry of Minne- 
 apolis. 
 
 Buff Rocks— R. G. Pilcher received 
 first and second premums. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons — First and second 
 premiums went to R. G. Pilcher. 
 
 Belgian hares — Roy Ott. blue ribbon. 
 
 White rabbits — Earl Woodward, blue 
 ribbon. 
 
 Game Bantams — Charlie Sutton first. 
 
 Highest scoring bird in show — James 
 Pratt received first and blue ribbon. 
 
 George Chapman received blue rib- 
 
 bon on his fine exhibit of pea fowls. 
 
 Pit games — John Chase received first. 
 
 Toulouse geese — John Chase first, al- 
 so premium on White Holland turkeys. 
 
 On account of frosted combs on 
 fowls the exhibit only numbered 916 
 birds: but great interest was taken by 
 the public in the exhibition. 
 
 AmericBtn Buff Leghorn Club 
 
 Officers — President, Charles L. 
 Thayer, Chicago, III.; Eastern vice 
 president, Harry M. Lamon, Water- 
 town, N. v.; Western vice president, 
 Eugene N. Lacey. Kansas City, Mo. ; 
 secretary an<l treasurer, George S. 
 Barnes. Battle Breek, Mich. 
 
 Honorary Vice Presidents — James 
 Dundas, Deer Park, Ont., Can.; F. E. 
 Olson, Galva, III.; C. A. Durling, 
 Hopewell, N. J.: B. F. Hislop, Milford, 
 III.: Richard Jones, Venetia, Pa.; 
 George, F. Curtis. Fenton, Mich. 
 
 Executive Committee — Augustus D. 
 Arnold, Dillsburg. Pa.; Thomas Peer, 
 Fiirfield, N. J.; James Dundas, Deer 
 Park, Ont. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 The breeders of Single Comb Buff 
 Leghorns are recommended by the 
 dub as breeders worthy of your atten- 
 tion when you arc in need of stock . r 
 eggs. The club will expell any member 
 that does not deal fair and honest with 
 his customers. It is with pleasure th<<t 
 the club and its officers can recommend 
 the following brother fanciers and 
 members: 
 
 Augustus D. .Arnold. Dillsburg. Pa. 
 George S. Barnes, Battle Creek, Mich. 
 
Bill East aiui Bill H..lcimib of Clay 
 Center, Neb., are both chicken cranks. 
 Bill East raises Golden Wyandottes 
 and Bill Holcoinb raises the Golden 
 Seabrigfht Bantams. At the poultry 
 show held here at Clay Center last 
 winter the two Bills got up an argu- 
 ment as to which was really the best 
 chicken. Holcomb claimed that the 
 Golden Seabright Bantams were on top 
 every time. Of course, Mr. East dis- 
 puted it. Mr. Holcomb caught Mr. 
 East away from the show room one day 
 "and got a photo taken showing his ban- 
 tam on top. We think the evidence is 
 entirely one sided. If the above half 
 tone is any evidence, most certainly 
 the Golden Seabright Bantams are on 
 top, but it is not on lecord that Mr. 
 East ever gave it up that the Golden 
 Wyandottes were not the best chickens. 
 
 Charles M. Clime, Terre Hill, Pa. 
 Nate K. Cornwall, Thamesville, Ont. 
 
 Canada. 
 George F. Curtis, Fenton, Mich. 
 John I. Craig, 45fi Devon st,, Arlington 
 
 N. J. 
 C. A. Durling, Hopewell, N. J. 
 James Dundas, Deer Park, Ont., Can. 
 VV. C. Draper, Govan, Wash. 
 
 B. W. Fellows, Big Rapids, Mich. 
 W. H. Fowler, Green Bay, Wis. 
 
 C. H. Fry. West Haven, Conn. 
 Chester B. Gleason, Sherman, N. Y. 
 
 A. W. Graham, Cortland, N. Y. 
 Richard Jones, Venetia, Pa. 
 Casper Hart, Venetia, Pa. 
 William L. Howell, Geneseo, N. Y. 
 
 B. F. Hislop, Milford, III. 
 G. C. Howe, Aurora, III. 
 
 Eugene D. Lacy, Kansas City, Mo., 
 
 Palace Clothing Co. 
 Harry M. Lamon, Watertown. N. Y. 
 Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind. 
 Arthur J. McClain, Delaware, N. J. 
 G. W. Maurhoff, Saxonburg, Pa. 
 Mrs. C. W. Harrington, Hartford Mills, 
 
 N. Y. 
 Gus Norton, Union City, Mich. 
 Fred E. Olson, Galva, 111. 
 Thomas Pe^r, Fairfield. N. J. 
 M. L. Pressnall, Munden, Kas. 
 P. H. Ross, Waterloo, Ont,, Can. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 D. R. Shaffer, Turtle Creek, Pa. 
 
 W. W. Storms, Burlington. Wis. 
 
 John J. Spillane, Lockport, 111. 
 
 C. A. Stimson, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Sylvester Shirley, Port Clinton, O. 
 
 Stuart D. Talbot, Edmendston. N. Y. 
 
 Charles M. Thayer, Chicago, 111., 7036 
 
 Union ave. 
 F. G. Toepfer, Toledo, O.. 7-?X Tccum- 
 
 seh St. 
 William Vaude Mass. Midland Park. 
 
 N. J. 
 r. J. Walp. Quakertown, Pa. 
 Kdwin Wardle, Venetia, Pa. 
 George D. Williams. Toronto. Ont.. 
 
 Can., 100 Argyle St. 
 Dell Wolf. Battle Creek. Mich.. 13 San- 
 
 der'ion st. 
 Daniel Waener. Niles, 111. 
 
 Mery Christmas has come and gone. 
 The New Year has begun, with many 
 resilutions for the future, as we have 
 often done in the past but. alas, how 
 few of them can we live up to as we 
 
 the vocation what it may, and how 
 many of my sister fanciers are situated 
 as I am Never a word of encourage- 
 nieul. Many persons want the best 
 bird in the yard for fifty cents or a set- 
 ting of eggs at store prices, or perhaps 
 want to exchange and when told the 
 prices, look aghast and think me a fiftf 
 subject for a house in Lincoln — well, 
 called the insane asylum. Others will 
 coinida n of express charges and "birds 
 ought to be sold cheaper when ship- 
 ped a long distance on account of ex- 
 press charges." Permit me here to ex- 
 press my thanks to Cora A. Richards 
 for the valuable article on "shipping 
 coops," but another drawback: What 
 are we to do when all the thin lumber 
 that can be got must be from boxes 
 purchased of the merchants? Some- 
 times a half dozen must be bought to 
 make one coop. Are we to be consid- 
 ered dishonest to our customers for ex- 
 cessive express charges? Some may 
 say, "but I do the best I can by making 
 to coops as light as I can with the ma- 
 terial I get.". 
 
 As the days and years pass on I am 
 determined to make the best of my sit- 
 uation, whatever it may be. Adversity 
 and sorrow is often the means of mak- 
 in gour character the better. With the 
 new year I will wish you all success, 
 jiear the losses and disappointments 
 bravely. IDA E. BARD. 
 
 Imperiol, Neb. 
 
 First prize Buff Cochin cockerel at 
 Nebraska t-tate show at Lincoln, owned 
 by C. K. Davis, Columbus, Neb. 
 
 fully expected to do. for some cause or 
 another. I spent the first of tlie New 
 Year in the show room renewing old 
 acquaintances and making new ones — a 
 pleasure indeed. And as the ribbons 
 were put on my favorites' coop (the 
 Buff Cochins) I resolved to raise more 
 and if possible better birds this year; 
 lor the awards showed we I have not 
 toiled in vain to get better ones each 
 year, although I never expect to reach 
 the top round of the ladder of chicken- 
 fame. I will strive to overcome the 
 snany drawbacks that surround me by 
 doing the very best I can. 
 
 When reading the many journals that 
 find a way to my desk I often think 
 what perseverance and determination 
 it takes to overcome the difficulties bt 
 
 Fayette, Mo., Jan. ].5. 1902. 
 'Ihe fourth annual exhibit of the 
 Central Missouri Poultry and Pet Stock 
 Association will be held in Fayette. 
 Mo., Dec. f»th to lith. 19n2. Mr. Frank 
 W. Hitchcock of Denver, Colo., will 
 judge the show. In our report of the 
 winnings at the third annual show, we 
 made an error in the winnings of Mrs. 
 W. N. Marshall. Lisbon, Mo., on Buff 
 Orpingtons. She won as follows: 1st 
 and 2nd cork: 1st and 2nd hen; 1st and 
 2nd cockerel: 2nd and 3rd pullet; 1st 
 and 2nd pen. In justice to Mrs. Mar- 
 shall we pu!)lish the corrected winnings. 
 H. P. MASON, Sec'y. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. 
 Center, Iowa, 
 
 Clark, Dallas 
 

 This is the daughter of J. S. Markel- 
 of Wahoo, Nebr., holding one of his 
 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, the 
 Show Was a Decided 
 Success. 
 
 The Appleton City Poultry and Pet 
 Stock Association held their first an- 
 nual exhibition Dec. 17th to 20th. in- 
 clusive, and despite the extreme cold 
 weather a most satisfactory display of 
 fine fowls was on exhibition, and those 
 who were the promoters of this organ- 
 ization have just cause to feel proud 
 over the display. True the cold weath- 
 er caught several of our breeders of 
 choice fowls napping, and, as a result 
 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. 
 
 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 
 we give a list of those who won prizes 
 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 
 Turkeys and first on Pekin ducks. 
 
 W. C. Gates — While Wyandottes — 
 1st on cockerel and 1st on pullet. 
 
 Elmer Brooks — Buff Cochins — 1st on 
 pen, 1st on cock, 1st and 2nd on pul- 
 lets. Rhode Island Reds — 1st on 
 cockerel and 1st on pullet. Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks — 2nd on pullet. White 
 Rocks — ■3r(l on cockerel. 
 
 Mis. Luther Williams — Silver Laced 
 Wyandottes — 1st on cock, 1st and 2nd 
 on cockerels, 1st on hen and 1st and 
 2nd on pullets. 
 
 Mrs. Staples — Golden Laced Wyan- 
 dottes — 1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 
 2nd. and 3rd on pullets. 
 
 Branch & Son — Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks — 1st and 3rd on cockerels, 1st on 
 pullet. White Rocks — 1st on pullet, 2d 
 pullet, Ibt and 2d on cockerel. 
 
 S. H. Cotton — Black Langshans — 
 1st and 2nd on pens, 1st on cock, 1st 
 and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
 on pullets. Pen score 18SJ4. 
 
 F. Whaley— Buff Rocks— Isl and 2nd 
 on pens, 1st on cock, 1st, 2nd and 3rd 
 on cockerels, 1st, 2nd and 3rd on hens, 
 1st, 2d and 3rd on pullets. 
 
 Mrs. A. F. Wyckoff— Blue Andalusi- 
 ans — 1st and 2nd on hen, 1st and 2nd 
 on pullets. 
 
 P. C. Mendenhall— Black Cochins— 
 1st and 2nd on pullets. White Coch- 
 ins — 1st on hen, 1st and 2nd on pullet. 
 Buff Bantams — 1st on cockerel, 1st on 
 hen and 1st on pullet. Black C. Ban- 
 tams — 1st on hen. 
 
 H. R. Howard — Buff Cochins— 1st on 
 cockerel, 3rd on pullet. 
 
 A. T. Lowry — R. C. B. Leghorns — 
 1st and 2nd on cockerel, 1st, 2nd and 
 3rd on pullets. 
 
 J. M. Brown won 1st on pair of Buff 
 turkeys. 
 
 T. Cumins 1st on trio G. C. Ban- 
 tams. 
 
 R. N. Burns 1st on pair Hoodans. 
 
 J. R. Waggoner and family will eat 
 Christmas dinner with his son, Wel- 
 don, at Fort Scott. 
 
 'Poultry Show Winuings 
 
 List of Prize Winners at the First 
 
 Annual Exhibition of the Areena 
 
 Poultry Association at Sterling, 
 
 111.— Show Closed Jan. 1, 1902. 
 
 The first annual show the Arena 
 Poultry show closed Wednesday even- 
 ing. In spite of the severe cold weather 
 just preceding the show, which kept 
 many intending exhibits away, the at- 
 tendance was good and the quality of 
 birds shown was exceptionally fine. 
 Premiums have been paid in full, the 
 enthusiasm of old fanciers has been 
 raised to fever heat and new members 
 
 have been added to the association. The 
 members of the association to whom 
 this kind of work is new, have every 
 reason to be satisfied with their.: first 
 effort. The outlook is auspicious for a 
 grand exhibition next winter. Dates 
 hive not yet been claimed for the sec- 
 ond annual show, but they will be made 
 known later. 
 
 The following is a list of the exl^b- 
 itors and awards at the Arena pbuUry 
 show, closing January 2, 1902: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks: Cock birds 
 —First, J. R. Delp, Sterling, 111.;; sec- 
 ond, Fred Boehm, Sterling, 111.; third, 
 Earl Gilbert, Sterling, 111. Hen— FPrst, 
 Earl Gilbert; second, J. B. Delp; third, 
 S. H. Gearhart, Sterling. Cock^l — 
 First, J. C. Troop, Sterling; second, J. 
 e. Delp; tlvrd, J. C. Troop. Pullet- 
 First and second, J. B. Delp; third, J. 
 C. Troop. First pen. J. B. Delp; sec- 
 ond pen. Earl Gilbert. 
 
 Buff Plymouth Rocks: Cock — First, 
 R. L. Leitch, Rock Falls; second, Cecil 
 Wheelock, Tampico; third. Hunter 
 Wood, Sterling. Hen — First and third, 
 R. L. Leitch; second, Cecil Wheelock. 
 Cockerel — First and second, Cecil 
 Wheelock; third, R. L. Leitch. Pullet 
 — First and second, Franz Weimken, 
 Dana, 111.; third, Sam Lowry, Rock 
 Fails. First pen, Cecil Wheelock; sec- 
 ond pen, R. L. Leitch; third pen, Sam 
 Lowry. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks: Cock — First, 
 Giddings, Sterling; second, R. B. Mc- 
 Neil, Rock Falls. Hen — First and sec- 
 ond, Giddings; second, R. B. M<:Neil. 
 Cockerel — First and second, Giddings; 
 third, R. B. McNeil. Pullet— First and 
 second, Giddings; third, Mrs. John 
 Beales, Rock Falls. First pen, Gid- 
 dings: second pen, R. B. McNeil. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes: Cock — 
 First, A. B. Kreider, Sterling. Hen — 
 First, A. B. Kreider. Cockerel — First, 
 Calvin Ott, Prophetstown; second and 
 
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 C. E. Browning, Fairbury, Nebr. 
 
third, A. B. Kreider. Pullet— First, 
 second and third, Calvin Ott. First 
 pen, Calvin Ott; second pen, A. B. 
 Kreider. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes: Cock — Second, 
 A. J. McNeil, Rock Falls. Hen— First 
 and second, A. J. McNeil. Cockerel — 
 Second and third, A. J. McNeil. Pul- 
 let— First, A. J. McNeil. 
 
 White Wyandottes: Cock— First, E. 
 R. Hopkins, Rock Falls. Hen — First 
 and second, E. R. Hopkins. Cockerel 
 — First, second and third, E. R. Hop- 
 kins. Pullet — First, second and third, 
 E. R. Hopkins. First pen, E. R. Hop- 
 kins. 
 
 Buff Wyandottes — E. J. Pierce, Rock 
 Falls, won first cock, first and second 
 hen, first cockerel; first, second and 
 third pullet, and first and second pen. 
 
 Black Wyandottes — E. R. Hopkins 
 won first cock, first and second hen 
 
 Light Brahmas — Dexter Woodard of 
 Prophetstown won first and second 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ver cup special to L. A. Kline from 
 American Langshan club for the ten 
 highest scoring Langshans. 
 
 Black Minorcas — E. C. Winters, Rock 
 Falls, won first cock; first, second and 
 third hen; first and second cockerel; 
 first, second and third pullet; first and 
 second pen. 
 
 White Minorcas — C. E. Goodrich, 
 Rock Falls, won first, second and third 
 hep. 
 
 Blue Andalusians — A. J. McNeil won 
 third cock, third hen, second cockerel; 
 first, second and third pullet; second 
 pen. 
 
 White Crested Black Polish— F. E. 
 Brown, Rock Falls, won first pullet. 
 
 Silver Spangled Hambugs — Prof. B. 
 F. Hendricks, Rock Falls, won first 
 cock, first and second pullet. 
 
 Cornish Indian Game — C. W. Brown, 
 Rock Falls, won first cock; first, sec- 
 ond and third hen. 
 
 Buff Cochin Bantams: Cock — First, 
 
 Toulouse Geese — First pair, Charles 
 Pippert, Rock Falls. 
 
 Why I Breed Buff Leghorns 
 
 By Wes Loser, Terre Haute, Ind. 
 
 For beauty they have no superior, 
 and few equals. Did you ever see a 
 flock of those proud and haughty birds, 
 with their rich, even, golden buff color 
 challenging the world as to beauty and 
 utility? There may be some objection!; 
 as to size, but by having small bone we 
 have more meat in proportion ro 
 weight than in most of the largf-r 
 breeds. 
 
 They are one of the most desirable 
 of table fowls, having a deep breast, 
 fine grain meat. It is a well known 
 fact that they are considered the best 
 of summer layers. I find by fair treat- 
 ment they are good winter layers, and 
 have so proven themselves to me. They 
 hare confinement nice, are hardy, good 
 foragers. anJ easily raised. They ma- 
 tare early, have had pullets commence 
 
 No. 199 l-'OSt Office,'! ClayCenier.Jebr. 
 
 Date, Feb'y 15th. 1902. 
 Received of L. P, HARRlS.^EdUor and Manager of Poultry Investipaior. 
 THIRTY FOUR dollars and ' FIFTY THREE 
 
 -cents 
 
 Xeicspaper and Periodical Postage on THREE THOLSAKD, FOUR HLND RED A^^^^^ pounds of tfie 
 
 Poultry Investigator. 
 
 JOHNM. JONES 
 
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 Postmaster. 
 
 NOTE. — The Publisher or News Agent will please preserve this receipt. 
 
 It took 6 copies of the Poultry Investigator, in February, to weigh a pound. By multiplying the number of 
 pounds mailed, 3453, by 6 you will readily see what our circulation was iu February. 20,718. 
 
 cockerel; first, second and third pullet, 
 and first pen. 
 
 Buff Cochin: Cockerel — First, R. L. 
 Leitch; second and third, Carl Nelson, 
 Morrison. Hen— First, second and 
 third, R. L. Leitch. Pullet— First, 
 Carl Nelson; second and third, R. L. 
 Leitch. First pen, R. L. Leitch; sec- 
 on.1 pen. Carl Nelson; third pen, Rob- 
 ert Collins, Morrison. 
 
 Partridge Cochins: Cock — First, W. 
 C. Acox of Flbtara; 111. - Co'b'ckerel — 
 Second, W. C. Acox; third, Hunter 
 Wood. Pullet — First, second and third, 
 W. C. Acox. First pen, W. C. Acox. 
 
 Black Langshans: Cockerel — First, 
 Franz Wimken; second, L. A. Kline, 
 Rock Falls; third. Dr. John Kole, Wil- 
 liamsfield, 111. Hen— First — L. A. 
 Kline; second and third. Dr. John 
 Kole. Pullet — First and second, L. A. 
 Kline; third, Dr. John Kole. First pen, 
 L. A. Kline; second pen. Dr. John 
 Kole'; third pen, Franz Wimken. Sil- 
 
 R. E. Cushman, Sterling; second, A. J. 
 !\IcNeil. Hen — First and second, A. J. 
 McNeil; third, R. E. Cushman. Cock- 
 erel — First, A. J. McNeil; second, R. E. 
 Cushman. Pullet— First, R. E. Cush- 
 man. 
 
 Black Breasted Red Game Bantams 
 — R. E. Cushman won first and second 
 cork, first and second hen. 
 
 Rose Comb Black African Bantams 
 — R. E. Cushman won first cock and 
 first hen. 
 
 Golden Seabright Bantams— R. E. 
 Cushman won first cock and first hen. 
 
 Bronze Turkeys — Mrs. G. W. Myers. 
 Ashton. won first cockerel and first 
 pullet 
 
 Pekin Ducks: Old male— First, 
 Franz Wimken; second. Hunter Wood; 
 old female, first, Franz Wimken; sec- 
 ond. Hunter Wood. Young male — First, 
 Franz Wimken; second. Hunter Wood; 
 young female, first, Franz Wimken; 
 second. Hunter Wood. 
 
 to lav at foi'r and four and a half 
 months. 
 
 The difference in the number of eg^-s 
 layed, and small cost of keeping will 
 convince -ny reasonable person that 
 they are vl profitable, to both tt e 
 fancier and fan 
 
 I have had Americans an Asiatic*, 
 but have discarded them for e monrv 
 Buff Leghorn getters. You 'nay Sfcv 
 they are rather wild, but it dt ends ('T 
 whose hands they are in. I f 1 len 
 to be very easily handled hr _,rop'r 
 management. 
 
 We hope that every per' i interested 
 in this popular breed /ill join the 
 American Buff Leghorn club, as ti only 
 costs $1. and the benefits are worth five 
 times the cost to the members and the 
 breed. 
 
 I- & N. M. CONNOR OF PoNCA . Neb.. says.— 
 We are more than pleased with the Ini-estierator. 
 It has brought ns Erood sales, the last two beintr 
 to the amount of *"S- Of the five papers we'use, 
 none equals the Investigator to advertise in. 
 
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 First prize S. L. Wvamlolte cockerel 
 at Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. 
 Cause, Emporia, Kas. 
 
 Awatrds a-t the State Show 
 
 Following is a complete list of the 
 awards on pigeons at the state show 
 in Lincoln, January 21-25: 
 
 YELLOW POUTERS— D. L. Bru- 
 en, Oldcnbush, Neb., first cock and 
 first hen; David Larson, Wahoo, Neb., 
 second cock and second hen. 
 
 WHITE POUTERS— Bruen, first 
 cock; Larson, first hen and second 
 cock. 
 
 CARRIERS, and color— Bruen, all 
 premiums. 
 
 BARBS. Black. Red and Dun— Bru- 
 en all premiums. 
 
 BARBS, any other color — Bruen, 
 first cock and second hen; Larson, first 
 hen and second cock. 
 
 PARLOR TUMBLERS — Bruen, 
 first cock and first hen. 
 
 BLACK JACOBINS— Bruen. first 
 cock. 
 
 RED JACOBINS— Bruen, first hen. 
 
 YELLOW JACOBINS— Bruen, sec- 
 ond hen; Larson, first cock and first 
 hen. 
 
 ENGLISH OWLS— Bruen. first and 
 second hen. 
 
 AFRICAN OWLS— Bruen, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 BLUE TURBITS— Larson. first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 RED TURBITS— Bruen, first cock. 
 
 TURBITS. any other color— Bruen, 
 first an dsecond hen. 
 
 WHITE FANTAILS — Paul E. 
 Cook, Lincoln, Neb., first and second 
 cock and first and second hen. 
 
 YELLOW FANTAILS — Bruen, 
 first cock and first hen. 
 
 RED FANTAILS— Bruen, first hen. 
 
 BLACK FANTAILS— Bruen. first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 BLUE FANTAILS— Larson, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 BLACK TRUMPETERS — Bruen, 
 first hen. 
 
 TRUMPETERS, and other color— 
 Bruen, first cock. 
 
 BLACK MAGPIES— Larson, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 RED MAGPIES— Bruen, first cock 
 and second hen; Larson, second cock 
 and first hen. 
 
 YELLOW MAGPIES— Bruen, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 RED SWALLOWS— Larson, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 YELLOW SWALLOWS— Bruen. 
 first cock and first hen. 
 
 SWALLOWS, and other color— Bru. 
 cii, first cock and first hen. 
 
 BLACK NUNS— Bruen, first cock. 
 
 .\'UNS, any other color — Bruen, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 ARCHANGELS, light— Larson, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 RED DRAGOONS — Bruen, first 
 cock. 
 
 WHITE DRAGOONS— Bruen. first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 BLUE FLYING HOMERS— Lar- 
 son, first cock and first hen. 
 
 FLYING HOMERS, any other col- 
 or--Bruen, first and second cock and 
 first and second hen. 
 
 MOOREHEADS — Larson, first 
 cock and first hen. 
 
 SILVER STARLINGS — Bruen, 
 first cock and first hen. 
 
 Poultry Show Premiums 
 
 List of winners at the second annua! 
 exhibition of Bates County Poultry and 
 Pet Stock Association, held at Butler, 
 Mo.. Dec. .31st, 1901 to January 3rd, 
 1902; Thomas W. Southard, Judge of 
 poultry. Reed Storms of Belgian hares: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks— W. H. 
 Buckley, 1 cock, 5 hen. 4 cockerel, 4 
 pen; J. W. Farris, 2 cock. 1, 3, hen, 1 
 and 2 pullet, 2 pen; Oak Form, 3. 5 
 cock, 4 pullet; J. W. Ginn, 4 cock, 4 
 hen. 2 cockerel, 3 pen; Mrs. R. V. Wil- 
 liams, 2 hen, 5 pullet, P. Hostetter, 1 
 cockerel, 1 pen: R. A. Atkinson. 3 
 cockerel. .5 pen. H. A. Harrison, 3 pul- 
 let. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks— Oak Park 
 Farm. 1. 2 cock. 3 hen; A. B. Ludwick, 
 1. 2, 4 hen, 1. 2 cockerel. 
 
 Buff Plymouth Rocks— J. E. Bras- 
 field, 1 cockerel. 1, 3, 4 pullet, Ora Mc- 
 Cann. 2 cockerel. 2 pullet. 
 
 White Wyandottes— C. S. Douglas, 1 
 cock, 1 hen; Oak Park Farm. 2 cock, 
 5 hen; W. W. Graves, 2. 3, 4 hen. 1, 3 
 cockerel, 1, 2, 4 pullet. 1, 2 pen; M. R. 
 Lyie. 2, 5 cockerel. .5 pullet. D. L. 
 Frazee, 4 cockerel. 3 pen. 
 
 S. L. Wyandottes — .Ml to Louis A. 
 Osborne. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes— S. B. McGow- 
 an, 1 cockerel, 2, 3, 4. .5 pullet, 1 p«n; 
 
 E. Gordinier, 1 pullet, 2 cockerel. 
 
 Light Brahmas— W. D. Yates, 1 
 cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, .5 hen pen; Mrs. Y. E. 
 Winn, 2 cock, 1 cockerel, 3, 4 pullet, 
 
 2 pen, Mrs. J. J. March, 2, 3 cockerel; 
 T. F. Weaver, 4 cockerel, 1 6, pullet, 
 
 3 pen; M. R. Lyle, 5 cockerel, 2 pul- 
 let, 4 pen. 
 
 Buff Cochins — D. L. Frazee 1 cock- 
 eral, 1, 2, 3, 5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. W. P. 
 Duvall, 4 pullet. 
 
 Black Langshans — H. H. Borgmann, 
 
 1. 4; cock, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 hen. 1, 3 cocker- 
 el, 1, 3, 4 pullet, 1, 2 pen; Arthur Bur- 
 ton. 2 cock; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 3 
 cock, 2 cockerel, 5 pullet, 3 pen; J. B. 
 Castor, 5 cock; Percy Speer, 4, 5 cock- 
 erel, 3 pullet, 4 pen. 
 
 White Langshans — W. H. Buckley, 
 1 pen; Mrs. H. G. Walton. 2 cockerel. 
 1 cock, 1 hen, 1 cockerel, 1, 2, 3 pullet, 
 4, 5 pullets. 
 
 S. C. Brown Leghorns — Clyde Pat- 
 terson. 1 hen, 1, 2 cockerel, 1. 2, 3, 4. 
 •5 pullet, 1 pen; Mrs. R. V. Williams, 
 
 2, 3 hen. 
 
 S. S. Hamburgs— All to W, W. 
 Graves. 
 
 S. C. Rhode Island Reds— All to W. 
 D. Yates. 
 
 C. I. Games — Hartwell Bros. 1 cock; 
 W. W. Graves, 1. 2, 3, 4, 3 hen. 1 cock- 
 erel, 1, 2, ,3, 4, 5 pullet, 1 pen. 
 
 Pit Games — Hartwell Bros., all ex- 
 cept 2 stag; Ora McCann. 2 stag. 
 
 Bantams — W. W. Graves, 1 pair; 
 Miss Lizzie Burkleo, 2 pair; Mrs. Geo. 
 O. Thompson, 3 pair; Oak Park Farm, 
 
 4 pair; George S. Templeton, 5 pair. 
 Pekin Ducks — All to Bruce Steele. 
 M. B. Turkeys— All to I. H. Blood. 
 Pigeons — Louis A. Osborne, 1 pair 
 
 and best display; Oak Park Farm, 2 
 pair. 
 
 Cats— All to W. O. Atkeson. 
 
 Buff Rock hen owned by W. J. Ker- 
 senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of 
 second at Nebraska state show at 
 Lincoln. 
 
First prize cockerel owned by M. L,. 
 Canfield, Belleville, Kan., won at To- 
 peka, Kan., at state show. 
 
 POULTRY CLASS SWEEPSTAKES 
 
 American Class — W. W. Graves, 1 
 pen; A. D. Ludwick, 2 pen; P. Hostel- 
 ler, 3 pen; J. W. Farris, 4 pen; J. W. 
 Ginn, 5 pen. 
 
 Asiatic Class— H. H. Borgmann, 1, 
 2 pen; Mrs. H. G. Walton, 3 pen; W. 
 H. Buckley, 4 pen; W. D. Yates, 5 pen. 
 
 Medeterranean Class — Clyde Patter- 
 son, 1 pen. 
 
 General Class, including standard 
 breeds not in above, 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. 
 
 Parti-Colored Fowls — W. D. Yates, 
 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- 
 mann, 1, 4 pen; W. W. Graves, 2 pen; 
 A. B. Ludwick, 3 pen; Mrs. H. G. Wal- 
 ton, 5 pen. 
 
 Highest Scoring Parti-colored bird — 
 W. D. Yates, 1, 5; W. W. Graves 2, 
 4; J. W. Ferris. 3. 
 
 Highest Scoring and Solid Colored 
 Bord— H. H. Borgmann, 1, 3, 5; A. B. 
 Ludwick, 2, 4. 
 
 Highest Scoring B. P. Rock. J. W. 
 Farris. 
 
 BELGIAN HARES. 
 
 Imported doe, Mamie Hartwell, 1st; 
 Domestic mature buck, J. P. Young, 1, 
 
 2, 3; domestic mature doe, J. R. Young, 
 1. 2; domestic buck, 6 lb. class, Mamie 
 Hartwell, 1; J. R. Young, 2, 3: domes- 
 tic buck, 5 lb. class, A. O. Yeomans; 
 1. 3; J. R. Young, 2; domestic doe, 5 
 lb. class, J. R. Young, 1, 3; A. O, You- 
 mans, 2; domestic doe and litter, J. R. 
 Young. 1 : best five Belgians in show. 
 J. R. Young, 1, 2. 
 
 At the annual meeting of the Asso- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ciation held during the show, the fol- 
 lowing officers were elected for the 
 next year: W. W. Graves, president; 
 J. W. Ginn, vice president; C. A. Al- 
 len, secretary; W. D. Yates, assistant 
 secretary; C. A. Emerson, treasurer. 
 The date for the next show was fi.Ked 
 for December 30, 1902 to January 2, 
 lf03. Thomas W. Southard, who has 
 judged for the past two years, was 
 unanimously selected as judge of the 
 next show. The association is increas- 
 ing in numbers and is more than able 
 to meet every demand, notwithstanding 
 the very liberal cash premiums paid. 
 W. W. GATES, Pres. 
 C. A. ALLE. ., Sec'y. 
 
 Poultry 
 
 Standard Varieties with Comparative 
 Values. 
 
 Forty years ago the "twenty quart" 
 cow was to be a product of the future. 
 Today she excites no surprise. Such 
 an animal as a pedigreed hog would 
 have been exhibited as a curiosity. To- 
 day almost every Ohio farm is stocked 
 with the finest that scientific breed- 
 ing can produce. Horses in those days 
 were beasts of burden only. Today 
 they are aristocrats commanding the 
 admiration that one gives to a work of 
 art. Sheep forty years ago were poor 
 things at best. Today silken fleece is 
 a living testimonial to the scientific 
 study that the farmer has given to that 
 thorough breeding that has so materi- 
 ally increased his profits as to enable 
 him to erect homes that for their ap- 
 pointments are elegant enough for the 
 occupancy of kings. Why this change? 
 The farmer has found out that mongrel 
 stock eats as much, requires as much 
 care and brings less profit than finely 
 bred stock. It is simply a matter of 
 dollars and cents. 
 
 But how about the old Biddie? Very 
 much has been done toward making 
 her fit company for the aristocracy nf 
 the thoroughbreds, but distressing as it 
 is to say it. it is none the less true, 
 that what has been done is very little 
 indeed, comparatively. The flock of 
 chickens today is very much like the 
 flock of forty years ago. A lot of 
 mongrel hens who do not know that 
 they ever had a grandmother. Their 
 pedigree could not be traced further 
 back than the spring before and even 
 then it would be a question, for like 
 as not the same old hen stole her nest 
 away and was not missed until she 
 came out one day with half a dozen 
 colored chicks, born into the world of 
 woe. Their roost a tree, their feed 
 whatever they could find, their finish 
 the huckster, finally ending their days 
 
 II 
 
 as an offering to the hungry man, even 
 then despised, for their toughness 
 yielded not even' though all the arts 
 of the kitchen were brought to bear in 
 a vain effort to make them toothsome. 
 These chickens are the representatives 
 that lead the farmer to say that "poul- 
 try don't pay." 
 
 But poultry does pay. Do you know 
 that if all the eggs laid annually in 
 the LTnited States were laid in a contin- 
 uous chain that they would weigh 900,- 
 000 tons and encircle the earth more 
 than twenty times. The value of the 
 eggs and poultry-meat sold this year 
 will aggregate $300,000,000, a sum 
 greater by nearly $100,000,000 than the 
 value of all the mineral product of the 
 United States in the last year, and this 
 estimate includes iron, gold and silver. 
 The average cow weighs 1.30 times as 
 much as the hen, yet the hen's year's 
 earnings would buy all the cows in 
 the country and the entire tobacco crop 
 as well. Our cotton crop is a big one, 
 but Biddie's product would buy every 
 pound of it besides paying for every 
 pound of tea imported. She can buy 
 the entire wheat crop or the entire 
 sheep clip and have enough left to give 
 to every man, woman and child in the 
 United States $3.44 apiece. She can 
 buy the entire oat crop and have 
 enough left to buy all the mules be- 
 sides. She can in any one year buy at 
 their assessed valuation New Wexico, 
 Arizona, North Dakita, Montana, Ida- 
 ho, and Wyoming and if given but half 
 a chance, can pay off every mortgage 
 in this glorious country of ours. Every 
 word of this is true, the facts coming 
 from the Secretary of Agriculture. If 
 the farmer will now turn his attention 
 to the improving of his poultry he will 
 be enabled to buy more land, have a 
 
 First prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel 
 at Topeka, Kan., state show, owned by 
 W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Kan. 
 
12 
 
 One of the poultrv buildings used by 
 J. C. Baker, Kichtield, 111.; shows also 
 his White Holland turkeys. 
 
 fat bank account and provide his fam- 
 ily with many luxuries that arc now im- 
 possible. 
 
 The editor of this paper has ar- 
 ranged with mc to furnish one article 
 a month for the coming three months, 
 upon subjects of practical interest to 
 every person who owns a chicken. This 
 series will embrace a study of those 
 things that you must know if you are 
 to make success crown your efforts. 
 Over fifteen years constant study in the 
 poultry yard, during which time many 
 hard knocks have followed many mis- 
 takes, has given to me that experience 
 that enables me to write those things 
 that will save the reader time and mon- 
 ey. T will show how to get out of the 
 hen all the money possible for her to 
 earn, and the easiest way to reach this 
 much desired goal. I have made poul- 
 try pay and I will tell you how to do 
 it. Theories and experiments will find 
 no place here. On paper it looks easy 
 to make a hen do so and s(i, but m 
 practice she won't do it. A hen is a 
 ■'stubl)oruer" creature than a nuile. 
 
 While 1 have had at my command all 
 of the best literature written upon the 
 subject, and while it has been of much 
 value to me, I have learned that the 
 every day study in the poultry yard is 
 the only way in which one can gain 
 that experience necessary to great suc- 
 cess. I will tell you my methods but 
 you must put them into practice in the 
 yard, 
 
 Kirst ol all this statement must be 
 accepted as true: If we are to have 
 perfect success with poultry the chick- 
 en, the goose, the duck or the tur- 
 key must be a well bred bird or we will 
 fail to get the legitimate profits that 
 the business should pay. I can prove 
 that the thoroughbred hen is as much 
 superior to the old time 'dunghill."' as 
 the Berkshire is superior to the "ra- 
 7or-back," It is unnecessary to take 
 the space to prove it. Taking it for 
 granted that you accept iny statement 
 as true, we will at once begin the study 
 of our this month's subject: "Stan- 
 dard Varieties." 
 
 That T may be of greatest benefit to 
 the reader of this paper I will answer 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 any and all C|uestions that are asked 
 me. A stamp enclosed will bring a 
 personal answer, while questions of 
 general interest I will answer in this 
 column. .Address all communications 
 to Dr. F. B. VanNuys, 
 
 STANDARD VARIETIES. 
 Your flock now, probably consists of 
 a lot of mongrel chickens of all kinds 
 of breeds, but none of which are purely 
 bred. You must improve your stock 
 and there are several ways to do it. 
 The best way is to buy from some re- 
 lia'ole dealer a breeding pen of, say six 
 pullets and a cock. By keeping them 
 separated from your stock they will in 
 the course of one year populate your 
 farm with as many finely bred fowls as 
 you can care for. This plan may in- 
 volve the expenditure of more money 
 than you care to invest and if so, the 
 ne.'ct best way is to buy a setting or 
 more of eggs from a reliable breeder, 
 making your old mongrel hen do some 
 good work for once in her life by 
 hatching these eggs. But you must 
 lie sure that she is free from lice be- 
 fmc you give her the fine eggs. Or 
 
 variety has been honored by your 
 choice. ' 
 
 F. B. VAN NUYS, M. D. 
 Tiffany, Ohio. 
 
 Lake Charles, La.. Dec. 31, 1901. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator, Clay Cen- 
 ter, Neb. 
 Dear Sir: Three copies of your pa- 
 per I have read and enjoyed very much. 
 I have no poultry at present, but I 
 love to raise chickens and hope to have 
 some again when we have a permanent 
 home. Would someone who has had 
 experience with raising chickens in the 
 South tell us all about it? Most peo- 
 ple here tell me this is a poor coun- 
 try for chickens. Hoping to hear some- 
 thing about it through your columns. 
 I am. Very respectfully, 
 
 MRS. VAN DEN BOSCH. 
 (A Subscriber.) 
 
 (Sunshine). Jake Kapser, Clay Cen 
 ter, Neb,, breeds Golden Laced Wyan- 
 dottes that will win for yon sure. 
 
 OLD, BUT GROWING. 
 
 One of the oldest and most thriving 
 institutions on the Pacific coast is the 
 Petaluma Incubator Company of Peta- 
 lunia, Cal. An evidence of the growth 
 of their business is the opening of an 
 Eastern branch at Indianapolis, Ind., 
 where they carry a complete stock of 
 their machines. This, coupled with the 
 advantage their factory enjoys adjacent 
 to the alifornia Redwood forests, en- 
 ables them to maintain the high stand- 
 ard of excellence adopted for their ma- 
 chaines years ago, without increased 
 cost to the consumer. 
 
 We know our readers will be inter- 
 ested in a few facts regarding this con- 
 cern. In the territory west of the 
 Rocky mountains they sell more incu- 
 bators and brooders than all other 
 makes combined. The largest poultry 
 and ostrich farmers in that section arc 
 
 you can buy a thoroughbred male or 
 two and by allowing them to run with 
 y(Uir flock you will in the course of 
 time have a fairly good stock at a very 
 iK^niinal cost. Or, if yon have no 
 chickens at all, and want to begin, you 
 can follow the plan of the Yankee made 
 famous by Fannie Fern. He borrowed 
 an old broody hen from one neighbor, 
 a netting of eggs from another and by 
 putting the two together got a fine lot 
 of chicks. But the eggs had to he re- 
 turned, so she kept the hen until she 
 laid enough eggs to pay the debt, when 
 she discharged the obligation and was 
 well launched in the business. 
 
 Next month we will study in detail 
 the standard varieties in each class, and 
 be ready to consider the best methods 
 of making them pay, no matter which 
 
 A *I2'^ 1 Jarred Plymouth Rock cock- 
 erel bred by C, M, Hulburt, Fairbury, 
 Neb., who won first on cockerel at the 
 Nebraska .state show at Lincoln, and 
 exhibited 116 birds. 
 
The PetaLlvimaL IrvcubaLtor 
 
 using the Petaluma exclusively. The 
 success of this machine in ostrich incu- 
 bation is iinequaled and they give the 
 best satisfaction in every clrmate and 
 altitude. Their foreign trade is prob- 
 ably the largest of any incubator com- 
 pany in the country. Large shipments 
 have been made this past season to 
 Australia, China, Japan, Philippines and 
 Sandwich Islands, also to various 
 South and Central American countries. 
 It is interesting to know also that a 
 number of their machines are in con- 
 stant operation in Alaska and they are 
 now negotiating for representation in 
 Great Britain. 
 
 A word about the machine itself. It 
 is the pioneer incubator among tliose 
 advertised and sold today. It was the 
 first machine made of California red- 
 wood selection. All the heaters are 
 copper, the walls are double cased, 
 lined throughout with heavy jute board 
 asbestos sheeting, deadening felt, and 
 the space between the cases is packed 
 with wool. The machine is self venti- 
 lating and self regulating and has a 
 special feature in a self diffusion of 
 heat. Another feature is that the top 
 of the machine is clear of all regulat- 
 ing mecan^sm. the lever '. ,;ing located 
 l)oncath the machine. 
 
 '1 he Petaluma Company prepay 
 freight to all points in the United 
 States, and no one need hesitate order- 
 ing through any uncertainty on this 
 point. They issue a large and com- 
 plete catalogue which they mail free 
 to all who write them. One feature of 
 the catalogue is an article entitled '\\ 
 B't of Incubator History," that will in- 
 terest every one. We urge our readers 
 t.j write the nearest office for a cata- 
 h'.yue, which will be sent by return 
 iiKiil. 
 
 Address Petaluma Incubator Co., Box 
 • Petaluma, Cal., or Box , In- 
 dianapolis, Ind.. and mention this pa- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Mr. Crowell breeds Bufl Orpingtons 
 and has been very successful this win. 
 ter in the show room, winning first and 
 second cockerel, first and second hen, 
 first, second, third and fourth pullet 
 and first pen. Mr. Crowell's birds are 
 extra large sized and fine in color. 
 
 F. W. Crowell of Granger, Minn, 
 has been one of our advertisers since 
 the Investigator was first issued. 
 
 g Advertise Where it Best Pays * 
 
 m John Nauman of Red Lake ^ 
 
 (J) Falls, Minn., wrote us on Feb. 8: ^ 
 
 ffi| "Please take my advertisement (A 
 
 ^ out of the Investig.aT(jk as I (g 
 
 ® have already sold all the Games S) 
 
 w I can spare and am getting more (j) 
 
 ^ inquiries than I like to answer ® 
 
 SJ from all over the south and west. ® 
 
 S The Investigatok is a fine ad- ^ 
 
 V vertising medium." T. 
 
 ^ C. E. Dunlap of Liberal, Kas., fttj 
 
 ® writes under date Feb. 24: "lam ffi 
 
 W thoroughly convinced there is IJ) 
 
 not a better advertising medium (S 
 
 than the Poultry Investig.\ tor. vP 
 
 It brings better results than the S; 
 
 of Chicago or any other ^ 
 
 paper. It has brought me in- (x\ 
 
 quiries from everj' section, even ^ 
 
 as far east as Massachusetts." M 
 
 W. L. Palmer, editor of The (S 
 
 Sun, published at Clay Center, ^ 
 
 Neb., says in the Feb. 28 issue: S 
 
 "It affords us pleasure to an- -jj 
 
 nounce that the Poultry Inve.s- S 
 
 TIGATOR of this city is booming x< 
 
 both in circulation and as an ad- ^ 
 
 vertising medium. -t,Ol)0 were (J) 
 
 added to its circulation in the l£ 
 
 month of February." (j) 
 
 A Mort Crawford, Pool, Ky., S 
 
 « says: "I think the Poultky In- * 
 
 % vestigator best and cleanest M 
 
 ® up-to-date poultry paper that flt) 
 
 ® comes to my desk. I received (j) 
 
 W the worth of my money out of the ® 
 
 fir.st Cupy y< 
 
 sent me " 
 
 e®«'®®®®®®Q^® ®®®® e ®© 
 
 The winnings of J. T: Rein It at the 
 Mitchell show recently held \^eie as 
 a^ follows: Frst and second cnck, first, 
 second i.nd third hen, first, second and 
 third pullet, first, second and th rdpen, 
 scoring about 95 points, and five spe- 
 cials on R. C W. Legh'irns. Mr, R in 
 elt has some coo erels tut no pullets 
 for sale. He is vice president of the 
 association at Mitchell and is a very 
 prominent breeder. 
 
 L st month A. B. Evan , plr c d his 
 ad with us for the first time with the 
 understanding that if he received g'ood 
 results from the same he would come 
 back with us again, and we are glad to 
 note that he has continued his ad in 
 
 13 
 
 the March number. Mr. Evans breeds 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks exclusively, 
 and they have been winners at McCook, 
 Kearney, Friend, and Lincoln. Mr. 
 Evans is a very successful breeder and 
 any of our patrons will not miss it if 
 they place their orders with him. He 
 is located at Heartwell, Neb. 
 
 The Noxall Incubator i^: Brooder Co., 
 Ouincy, Ills., have space in this issue 
 and request us to say that they have 
 thousands of sworn testimonials from 
 people using the Maxwell. 
 
 Absolutely self-regulating; when the 
 heat raises above 103 it is taken direct 
 ly away from the egg chomber. They 
 also manufacture the Eclipse Bantam 
 Incubator and Brooder Combined, man- 
 ufactured in three sizes, 50 100 and 200 
 egg size; they are very convenient be- 
 cause incubator and brooder run and 
 yard are all combined; they are ex- 
 tremely low in price. Send for their 
 large catalogue, which will be sent 
 free if you mention this paper. It 
 gives a remedy for every Pnown poul- 
 try disease. Don't forget the name - 
 Noxall Incubator & Brooder Co., Quin- 
 cy. 111. 
 
 Mrs. Ida J. Buehler, Kenesaw, Nebr. 
 Importer and breeder of Buff Orping- 
 tons. If you want something good, 
 write her. 
 
14 
 
 I TOULOUSE GEESE . . \ 
 
 I . . By Ruth Lynoh 
 
 These geese are much more profit- 
 able than the common ones, being the 
 largest of the goose tribe. The mature 
 pure bred birds sometimes weigh fifty 
 pounds per pair. They have dark slate 
 colored necks and heads, while the 
 breast is a light gray and the under 
 part of the body white. 
 
 This branch of the poultry business 
 is somewhat neglected in most parts of 
 this country and offers good returns. 
 
 Geese should have a pasture of their 
 own and a fence three and one-half 
 feet high will confine the Toulouse. A 
 piece of swamp or marsh land that is 
 worthless for anything else is an ideal 
 place for them, but an old worn out 
 field or pasture on the upland will do 
 very well if plenty of wAter and some 
 shade is provided for them. They are 
 great foragers and must have plenty of 
 green stuff and prefer bulky food to 
 grain. After they are grown they do 
 well the entire summer on just grass 
 and water. During winter feed some 
 grain and plenty of chopped vegeta- 
 bles, cabbage, clover, hay, etc. In buy- 
 ing geese it is well to get well mated 
 old ones, and although they naturally 
 pair, three geese may be kept with 
 one male. As the old geese are bet- 
 ter mothers, their eggs produce stron- 
 ger goslings and the young are always 
 in demand in the market, it pays to 
 keep the old birds for breeding for 
 many years, as long as they are active 
 and vigorous. 
 
 In February or March the old goose 
 will be seen carrying bits of straw 
 
 Secoud prize White Kock cockerel at 
 Lincoln Jan. 20 to 2i, in a class of 115 
 birds owned bv.J. D. Hall. David City, 
 Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 around in her bill with which to make 
 a nest. If she is shut in a large box 
 or roomy coop until she lays, she will 
 usually return to deposit the rest of her 
 eggs. It seldom pays to give the eggs 
 to hens as they do not seem to suc- 
 ceed as well in raising goslings as the 
 old geese themselves. 
 
 Goslings should be fed regularly on 
 a mixture of ground oats, corn meal 
 and wheat bran, moistened with milk 
 or water, also some cooked and 
 mashed turnips and potatoes, with 
 some scraps of mean occasionally. Af- 
 ter grass comes they will require very 
 little other food. In cold weather, 
 warm the drinking water for the little 
 ones to prevent cramps, and do not al- 
 low them water to swim in until they 
 become feathered out, as they are eas- 
 ily chilled. Provide a warm, dry place 
 for them at night. Young geese should 
 be penned up to fatten about two 
 weeks before selling. Feed three times 
 a day on bran, corn meal and ground 
 oats, scalded. Also feed chopped clov- 
 er once a dav. RUTH LYNCH. 
 
 How I Think We Should Ha^ndle 
 
 Our Breeding Stock to 
 
 Obtain the Best 
 
 R.esults 
 
 By MRS. Jacob Hughes. Jk. 
 
 Don't make captives of your fowls 
 but allow them full liberty of the place. 
 Don't keep but one variety on the 
 same farm or lot. Don't let this awful 
 "hobby" of line-breeding scare you so 
 that you come to the conclusion that 
 you can't raise prize winners unless 
 you line-breed. By experimenting you 
 will find out that you can. Don't think 
 that you can make money out of your 
 poultry unless you spend money for 
 good poultry. Call your stock and cull 
 it very closely. Some people in look- 
 ins; over their stock never can see any 
 cii!I«. Rut there is none so blind as 
 those that don't want to see. 
 
 Don't advertise your eggs and stock 
 as first class and keep stock enough to 
 supply eggs for the fancier and the 
 market too. for you can't do both and 
 do it successfully. I tried keeping 
 some of my best stock penned last 
 spring and allowed some the range of 
 the farm and the result was I raised 
 better birds from those that had their 
 liberty than I did from those I kept 
 penned, and from comparatively poor 
 stock. I resolved right then that I 
 would cull down my stock this spring 
 until I only kept a dozen hens, if it was 
 necessary, and allow them their free- 
 dom. 
 
 First prize hen at Topeka, Kan., 
 owned by M. L. Can field, Belleville, 
 Kan., the man who has won more 
 prizes on White Plymouth Rocks this 
 winter than any breeder in the west. 
 
 Eggs from stock kept penned are to 
 a great degree infertile and the chicks 
 hatched are little, frail weakly things 
 and subject to disease and death. If 
 you keep your stock penned you are 
 always having to re-fill egg orders at 
 half price or some thing to that effect. 
 I have not come any ways near making 
 back the money I have spent on im- 
 proving my White Langshans and I 
 can see where I can still improve. The 
 rest of you are all probably in the same 
 boat if yon will only speak the truth. 
 Beware of those advertisers who al- 
 ways have perfection and can not make 
 any improvement on their stock. I 
 have bought stock from just such 
 breeders and paid blue-ribbon prices 
 for them and before I seen them I just 
 "thot," "Well when those fine birds get 
 here I expect they will make my birds 
 run off and hide. But when they were 
 sent to ihe show room the hiding went 
 the other '^vay. My birds got 1st pre- 
 mium and their stock 3rd and one pul- 
 let was disqualified. So you can see 
 from this one incident that it is not al- 
 ways the perfection breeders that al- 
 ways have the best. I did not keep the 
 stock and the party returned my mon- 
 ey. The main thing is for us to be- 
 come acquainted with the breed or 
 breeds we are handling and then we 
 will he better prepared to know wheth- 
 er we really have good stock and and 
 in buying to know whether we get our 
 money's worth. I try to never write 
 anything for the Investigator readers 
 to read only those things that I have 
 fornd to be true by experience. Keep 
 good breeding stock and give them 
 range and good results is sure to fol- 
 low. 
 
What a bright, beautiful morning 
 was that of January 8th, with just the 
 faintest breath of winter in the air; the 
 glad sunshine was conducive to light 
 spirits and happy minds, then, we were 
 glad, too, because of anticipations en- 
 tertained of an exceedingly good time 
 "today and tomorrow," for were we 
 not on our way to take the train to the 
 city where the poultry show was be- 
 ing held? We enjoyed the five mile 
 drive so much that we almost wished 
 we had planned to drive the entire 
 distance — twenty-six miles — instead of 
 going in the train. Reaching our des- 
 tination, after satisfying the cravings 
 of appetite we inquired the way to the 
 show room, and bent our steps thither- 
 ward without the loss of any time. Our 
 birds had preceded us and after pre- 
 senting the "sentinel" at the door with 
 our card, we were at liberty to enjoy 
 the pleasure of the show. We did not 
 have time to feel embarrassed or 
 strange, for, scarcely had we entered 
 when acquaintances and show-room 
 friends of ether years began to crowd 
 around us, and as we listened to the 
 kindly words of greeting we felt very 
 much at home. 
 
 The hall was large and well lighted, 
 and although we were told that over 
 five hundred birds were on exhibition 
 they were not in the least crowded. On 
 either side of the broad aisles were 
 rows of exhibition coops containing the 
 very cream of many breeders' and fan- 
 ciers' yards. Slowly we made our way 
 around the room looking for our 
 "white beauties," and when we found 
 them they were thrown in the straw in 
 
 First prize Buff Cochin hen at Ne- 
 braska state ; show owned by C. K. 
 Davis, Columbus, Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 their coops, and did not seem to fret 
 or worry because of imprisonment in 
 such confined quarters. Perhaps they 
 had been exchanging greetings and 
 bits of personal history with the "lord- 
 ly" Langshans iust opposite them, 
 across the aisle. The inmates of every 
 coop in the hall were worth look- 
 ing at and we admired and praised 
 thr-m all; but coops containing fowls 
 of like breeds as ours found us most 
 often before them. What a din there 
 was: one could scarcely hear their own 
 voice! But the crowing of the males, 
 the singing and cackling of the Biddies, 
 and the voices of the poultry enthusi- 
 asts all intermingled was music to our 
 ears, because of interest in. and love 
 for the fowls. 
 
 Cards were exchanged and new ac- 
 quaintances made — in the show rooni 
 breeders do not wait for formal intro- 
 ductions — and soon strangers of a few 
 moments before are deep in the most 
 friendly converse, the general subject 
 of which is poultry. Experiences with 
 fowls, their care and management, are 
 related and experiments that have been 
 made along different lines of the work, 
 and their results, are talked over. Sug- 
 gestions made, helpful ideas are re- 
 ceived and stored away in some one of 
 memory's "pigeon-holes" for future 
 use, and breeders of the same breed or 
 varieties compare and discuss the qual- 
 ities and characteristics of each others' 
 birds. Seldom is a breeder met with 
 in the exhibition hall that is blind to 
 the good points in other breeders' 
 fowls, or seeing them is averse to 
 speaking of them. As a rule the breed- 
 ers we meet in the show room are gen- 
 erous, unselfish and kindly. The breed- 
 er likes to win the ribbons — that is the 
 motive that impelled to the effort to 
 prepare and place his (or her) birds 
 side by side with others that are there 
 because of some fond hope entertained, 
 but failing to win, defeat is borne 
 pleasantly and cheerfully. Near a win- 
 dow we see the judge, arrayed in linen 
 duster, silently and rapidly deciding the 
 fate of bird after bird. For a little 
 while we stand and watch him, as he 
 examines and marks the different sec- 
 tions, often wondering the "why" of 
 some cut made but not wishing to in- 
 terrupt or disturb the judge we just try 
 to learn all we can by observation with- 
 out attempting conversation with him. 
 One is not allowed to tack cards on 
 his or her exhibition coops if so de- 
 siring, because judges are counted hon- 
 est and impartial, and so even knowing 
 whose fowls they are scoring does not 
 influence the markings in the least. Of- 
 ten I have watched the judge at work, 
 and I do not think any one I have ever 
 seen scoring birds ever noticed the 
 
 15 
 
 First prize White Rock cock at To- 
 peka, Kan., state show, owned bv M. 
 L. Caufield, Belleville, Kan. 
 
 names on the coops as they were 
 brought to him, or showed the least 
 partiality, and we breeders, in most in- 
 stances, accept his judgment as right, 
 enjoying triumph if successful, or 
 meeting defeat cheerfully, congratu- 
 lating our more fortunate rival. Win- 
 ning should not puff up neither should 
 defeat discourage or dishearten. The 
 show room "lightning does not always 
 strike in the same place;" the defeated 
 of this year may be the winner of next 
 year. We have learned that success in 
 the exhibition hall is not an accidnt, 
 but the rsult of constant and ardous 
 work of hands and brain; and that in 
 no place is so much useful information 
 acquired as in the show room. Once in 
 a while some breeder says: "I don't 
 believe in showing my poultry; don't 
 think it does any good. Now I do be- 
 lieve it does a breeder great good to 
 exhibit his or her birds. If the fowls 
 are excellent in quality ribbons may be 
 won, and the crowds surging through 
 the showroom see the coops so 
 adorned and pause to see the name up- 
 on them ,Tid can you call this anything 
 but an advertisement of the breeder's 
 stock? It is a fe od advertisement and 
 may "bear much fruit" in tl.e way of 
 future sales. I think it pays to exhib- 
 it even if no honors' are won, for if the 
 breeder's stock is inferior, is it not to 
 that breeder's advantage to I:no-v it, 
 so that better quality birds may be ob- 
 tained to replace those that are not 
 worthy a place in the show room? Our 
 two days were spent very pleasantly 
 and profitably and the memory of them 
 will encourage to greater effort toward 
 improving our flock, and will make the 
 work of the coming season easier be- 
 cause of the expectation, if all is well, 
 of a repetition of our good times an- 
 other year. 
 
 MATTIE WEBS'FER. 
 
i6 
 
 First prize Buff Orpington pullet at 
 Topeka, Kan., and second prize at Lin- 
 coln, Neb., bred and owned by Mrs. 
 Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 
 
 h\M Ml and Good Results \ 
 
 By Mrs. J. B. Jones I 
 
 Now is the time to get your yards 
 made up ready for this year's work, 
 and as this is a very particular part of 
 the work if we wish to be successful. 
 Now only the best can go in this 
 company. If one has had experience 
 and can rely on our own judgment we 
 can take the Standard of Perfection 
 and mate our own yards. If not it is 
 best to get someone who does under- 
 stand mating for best results. Select 
 the best females and then if no male 
 bird seems good enough buy one of 
 some reliable breeder. Write him a 
 plain letter, describing your females; 
 take time and paper, no difference if it 
 takes five pages; then he can select one 
 to suit your hens so much better than 
 if you merely say you wish to buy and 
 want one of the best, for the best 
 means a pretty good price and some- 
 times you cannot afford so much and 
 perhaps you could do with a cheaper 
 bird after asking this question and re- 
 ceiving a reply with prices out of your 
 reach you will more than likely say 
 "They want too much; I won't buy of 
 them." where, if your letter had con- 
 tained a description you would have 
 gotten several prices and could have 
 selected the birds suiting the price you 
 wished to pay. One can sometimes 
 get good stock for little money. It is 
 the exception not the rule, where one 
 has been years building a strain of 
 fowls that can win in good company, 
 will reproduce themselves each year, 
 so you can form a fair idea of the com- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ing year's stock. This confidence is 
 only attained by close study and much 
 labor. Some disappointments bravely 
 met, for this stock is in good demand, 
 and prices are not very low, especially 
 for the best. 
 
 When one gets stock or eggs from 
 these parties, don't think we are only 
 getting a few chickens. We get a part 
 of their reputation. Our buyers ask 
 where did you get your stock, and if 
 from some prominent breeder all the 
 better for you. It pays to buy the 
 best for our yards. One can raise a 
 good number of chickens from six 
 hens and a cockerel, can spare a few 
 settings of eggs and have so much 
 pleasure from them that it does not 
 pay anyone to bother with scriib hens. 
 The returns are so much greater. Last 
 year from one yard of eight pullets 
 mated with a two-year-old bird I sold 
 ten settings of eggs, fifteen eggs to the 
 setting; set a number of settings my- 
 self for this was one of my best yards; 
 had no complaints from customers: 
 some letters of praise; all hatched well. 
 One can readily see this pays for one's 
 time and care and yarded birds must 
 have extra care and regular feed if they 
 do their best. Keep an eye on the egg 
 basket and see it keeps well filled. 
 Only by selecting our best layers can 
 we do this. My experience has been 
 the best breed and most symmetrical 
 and those nearest standard require- 
 ments are the best layers and bring 
 the best prices. MRS. J. B. JONES. 
 
 Abilene, Kan. 
 
 Egg Ma-rkets 
 
 We read and we write. We talk and 
 listen to all kinds of talk about egg 
 markets. Oh! how we do growl about 
 cheap eggs in the summer. It is not 
 
 First prize Bufif Wyandotte cock 
 owned by C. E. Day, North Bend, Neb. 
 First at Lincoln, Neb., state show. 
 
 A "chalk white" White Wyandotte 
 owned by G. B. Clary, Fairburv, Neb., 
 at the head of his best breeding pen. 
 Score 9.5;4 . 
 
 the market that makes the prices but 
 the eggs that sets the price a whirling. 
 In the first place little eggs bring as 
 much as big ones; we hear the store 
 keepers say, "an egg is an egg." So 
 it goes. Then comes the dirty eggs 
 ^they go to — right in with the clean 
 ones. Who on earth wants to buy eggs 
 that are filthy to behold? they would 
 seem like filth to hold. Here is where 
 the careless poultry keeper helps to 
 hurt the markets of good, nice eggs. 
 Well, that is not all; here comes the 
 rotten eggs, the half incubated ones; 
 in they go with the good ones and the 
 purchaser aims to make enough off of 
 the good ones to make up for the poor 
 ones. Thus you see how the good 
 products are crowded out of value and 
 position on the market. There are 
 thousands of people in the cities who 
 would gladly give 12 to 15 cents per 
 dozen all summer for good, fresh, clean 
 eggs right from your yards. Rotten 
 eggs act on the egg market like oleo. 
 does on the butter market. The one 
 who sells rotten eggs is like the good 
 sister that used to drop shirt buttons 
 in the church collection basket. Rot- 
 ten eggs are only counterfeit eggs and 
 should be treated accordingly. Well, 
 let the good and bad together mix, 
 but for my part I would rather keep the 
 eggs separated anyway. "Well," you 
 say, "how can we?" It can be done, 
 but how soon I cannot say. 
 
 In the first place, sell your eggs to 
 customers upon the merits of the eggs 
 and not on the merits of the markets. 
 Have your eggs branded from whose 
 yards they come and the date. And 
 see to it that the eggs are the best. 
 If you can't sell direct to the users, let 
 your grocer make up a case every little 
 while of "Select Hen Fruit." Let each 
 person have a little rubber stamp and 
 
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 
 is another phase of the subject: In sum- 
 mer we have too many eggs; why 
 could they not be canned in form of 
 lunch merchandise, canned boiled eggs, 
 alreay seasoned, etc.? Or fried ham and 
 eggs just the same as pork and beans, 
 and so many such things that are now 
 upon the market. It seems to me 
 here is a chance for a great Western 
 industry. I am pleased to read the 
 articles of professional fanciers, but as 
 I can't reach the realm of that kind of 
 authorship, I shall have to content my- 
 self chinking in a few off-hand remarks 
 now and then to change the tune. 
 Fancy poultry is good, profitable and 
 a pleasure, but old farm biddy and her 
 common, every day egg is everybody's 
 friend. JAMES PEARSON, 
 
 Germantown, Neb. 
 
 Poultry ChaLts 
 
 By Mrs. C. A. Blanchard. 
 Pullets that are Intended for breed- 
 ing, wheth »< pure bred or common 
 stock, sbuuld be selected with care. 
 To begin -with they should be hatch- 
 ed as early as possible. The usual 
 custom among those having common 
 stock, when a "fry" is wanted, is to 
 kill the largest one in the flock. Thus 
 
 E. B. Day's, North Bend, Neb., second prize Buff Wyandotte hen at Nebraska 
 state show at Lincoln Jan. 20-25, 1902. 
 
 First prize S. L,. Wyandotte pullet at 
 Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. 
 Gause, Emporia, Kas. 
 
 all the very best early cockerels are 
 eaten, and often the pullets from the 
 early hatches find their way to the 
 frying pan. 
 
 Those very early, thrifty birds art 
 the ones that should be kept for 
 breeding purposes. By the time they 
 are needed they have become full 
 grown and have acquiesced bone and 
 muscle, while the weather is warm 
 and favorable. 
 
 During the fall and winter months 
 those early hatched pullets will lay 
 their first eggs, and by the time breed- 
 ing season comes will be at their very 
 best to furnish eggs for hatching. This 
 is something that every poultry raiser 
 needs to think of. Our earliest, best 
 matured pullets will give us the most 
 satisfaction as breeders. The chicks 
 from mature birds are stronger and 
 more easily raised than are those frora 
 stunted, half-sized stock. 
 
 Now, I don't want anyone to imaf;- 
 ine for a moment that I favor the use 
 of sickly birds for our tables. All 
 such should be cared for until they 
 are well and healthy or killed and 
 thrown off some place away from all 
 the others. Sometimes chicks become 
 stunted and will probably never make 
 nice, full-sized birds, but are all right 
 to eat. You would never know the 
 difference when they are cooked, and 
 one might better kill two such birds 
 than one of the thrifty ones. The 
 same rule will apply to the cockerels, 
 the most thrifty, large, active birds 
 should be kept for breeding purposes. 
 
 Again, we should never kill our 
 thrifty hens that work and sing all ' 
 
 day. Their combs are red and their 
 eyes are bright and their feathers are 
 well groomed. They would make a 
 good meal, but the idle, fat one, that 
 sits around all day, too shiftless to 
 hunt, will make a better dinner, and 
 the flock will be much more profitable 
 without her. 
 
 Those fast growing chicks usually 
 come from thrifty hens, and if care is 
 taken along those lines, our flocks of 
 farm poultry would be much improv- 
 ed, and our well fllled egg basket go 
 much more oftener to market. 
 
 Farmers in general do not realize 
 what the hens or egg money really 
 amounts to. They can open their 
 eyes very wide at the amount of 
 money it takes to keep the house run- 
 ning at a time when there are no eggs 
 to turn off. Don't imagine I see all 
 this at home; I can see lots of things 
 in the homes of others, and know 
 many a wife who supplies most of the 
 groceries, besides many of the little 
 luxuries for herself and daughters 
 that would probably be denied if the 
 husband were asked for money to pur- 
 chase them. 
 
 I have wandered away from the sub- 
 ject I started on, but that don't mat- 
 ter, I can take it up at another time, 
 if I find something worth writing 
 about. 
 
 It would make me very tired to be 
 obliged to ask a man for all the money 
 I needed to use, and I know there are 
 many more like me. With poultry, 
 any farm wife who has a little get- 
 up and rustle about her can have some 
 
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 ineome of her own. 
 
 A short time ago we had one of 
 our poultry journal friends from near 
 Denver come to make us a call. Among 
 the things he told us was this: that 
 a year or two ago he had told his wife 
 "those hens Just ate their heads off." 
 When the first of January came, she 
 asked for grain to be weighed out ID 
 her, and during the year kept a strict 
 account of everything the hens ato, 
 also of everything sold. When Jan- 
 uary again rolled around she knew 
 just what those seven dozen hens had 
 done for her. The balance on the 
 credit side of her account was $75. 
 Our caller said he was fully convinced 
 that the htcs had not eaten their 
 heads off, and is now willing to help 
 plan and build yards and houses; even 
 willing when he was away from home 
 to hunt around among poultry breed- 
 ers to see if something better than 
 they had at home could not be found. 
 They found in dressing poultry for the 
 city market the marks left from dark 
 pin feathers were not liked by pros- 
 pective buyers, therefore he was hunt- 
 ing white birds to replace the colored 
 ones. By so doing they would have 
 something that would sell more read- 
 ily, and a little higher price could be 
 asked for. It pays to supply our mar- 
 ket with the best and not the poorer 
 grades of poultry. 
 
 Why Did I Sta.rt in the Poultry 
 Business 
 
 This is a hard question for me to an- 
 swer. I can never remember the day 
 I did not love the downy little balls 
 that grew into nice chicken, that is, if 
 I did not love chickie to death. 
 
 In 1881 mother raised twelve Brown 
 Leghorn pullets that would not go to 
 the (shed I would call it now) hen 
 
 Buff Rock cock owned by W. J. Ker 
 senbrock, Columbus, Neb., winner of 
 second prize at Nebraska state show at 
 Lincoln, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 house, but Etaid under the wood shed. 
 That fall mother was so sick and frail 
 her sister in California sent for us to 
 visit her and stay a year, which mother 
 and I did. Father banked the house. 
 In one corner they made a nest. Ev- 
 ery day all winter there were twelve 
 eggs in that nest. Eggs was a good 
 price that winter and this was some- 
 thing new. Father got interested in 
 poultry for the first time, raised a nice 
 ot of chicks himself that summer. 
 
 A brother of my mother owned a 
 1500 acre ranch. His wife was a poul- 
 try crank, her neighbors said. I staid 
 with uncle six months then. I had nev- 
 er filled an egg case, as 15 to 20 dozen 
 was the most eggs mother had ever 
 sold at one time. You can't imagine 
 how big I felt the first time Auntie 
 asked me to fill an egg case on her 
 cool porch all alone. They were sent 
 to Sacraments, 20 miles away, the next 
 day she got a check. My! it was a lot 
 of money, and just think, I put every 
 egg in the three egg cases. Chickens 
 and turkeys all went the same way, the 
 money was all Auntie's, such a lot! 
 
 Mother and I talked and planned 
 and when we came home we worked 
 and planned. In two years we had sold 
 all old hens and cockerels. With this 
 money we bought lumber and nails, 
 four window sash 8x10. Father and 
 brother built a new hen house 12x20, 
 5 feet high, with a double roof, the 
 roof was corn stalks and straw. The 
 next year it was shingled. (It is a 
 good building now.) All this time we 
 were getting eggs the year around, 
 paying for all our groceries and most 
 of our clothes, after mother gave up 
 on account of her health I did the best 
 I could raising chickens. Two years 
 I raised ducks. Hot weather caused a 
 great loss of 150 little ducks. I raised 
 90 nice ones, but gave them up. Tur- 
 keys the first year were enough for me. 
 
 Father has always made coops and 
 feeding racks just as I wanted them. 
 Mother so often said if I had only had 
 coops like yours 20 years ago, but no 
 cine ever thought of making anything 
 nice for just hens. 
 
 Mrs. Webster, I agree with you; I 
 do like to be independent; I don't have 
 to raise chickens. It is a pleasure to 
 do the work. My chickens like to be 
 with me. When I talk to them they 
 will answer in chicken language. Two 
 years ago I got a $20.00 bookcase af- 
 ter the poultry was sold in the fall; 
 in the spring I got a $16.00 dresser 
 with egg money. Both are golden oak. 
 I have got lots of things I show my 
 friends with pride. Last year I got an 
 incubator. It is just fine; at least, I 
 think so: I hatched 755 chicks out of 
 804 fertile eggs. How is that for a 
 
 new hand with an incubator? Only 
 two cripples for the whole season. 
 
 In a few weeks I am in hopes to own 
 a bone cutter paid for with egg money. 
 I sent a 30-dozen case to Chicago to- 
 day. MISS BELLE UTLEY. 
 
 New Hampton, la. 
 
 MRS. J. W. CAUSE'S WINNINGS. 
 
 First Silver Wyandotte pullet at To- 
 peka, 1902, score 93. 
 
 First Silver Wyandotte hen at state 
 show, Topeka, 1901, score 94 by 
 Rhodes. First at Topeka, 1902, score 
 93. Bred and owned by Mrs. J. W. 
 Cause, Emporia, Kan. 
 
 First cock at state show, Topeka, 
 score 91, cut lA for frosted wattles and 
 J--2 for rough on legs. He won first at 
 state show, Topeka. as cockerel, score 
 93'4- This cock will head my first prize 
 per. Mrs. J. W. Cause, Emporia, Kan. 
 
 First Silver Wyandotte pullet at 
 state show, Topeka, 1902, score 93, bred 
 and owned by Mrs. J. W. Cause, Em- 
 poria, Kan. 
 
 A WORD IN TIME. 
 
 We have jusc received a copy of Rip- 
 ley's 1902 Breeders' Supply and Spray- 
 er Catalog, which is a very complete 
 book, no breeder or farmer should be 
 without it, as it contains dozens of ar- 
 ticles that will save labor and increase 
 the profits to the breeder, if they are 
 used. One machine in particular that 
 is needed by every poultry breeder is 
 Rippley's Whitewashing, Painting and 
 Spraying Machine, a cut of which we 
 insert, as we think that it is to the in- 
 terest of our readers to know that 
 there has at last been a machine placed 
 on the market at a reasonable price 
 that will whitewash buildings to perfec- 
 tion, and do it far better and save 
 three-fourths the time and labor over 
 the old way of applying with a brush. 
 It is also a fine machine for spraying 
 trees, plants, gardens, etc, and will 
 doubly pay for itself in a short time. 
 We note that it is used and endorsed 
 by such noted breeders as A. G. Dus- 
 ton, U. R. Fishel, Sid Conger and 
 many others. In order to get this ma- 
 chine introduced, please not the special 
 offer in their advertisement on another 
 page of this issue. 
 
 We are pleased to recommend the 
 Rippley Hardware Company, Box 7, 
 Grafton, 111., to the readers of our pa- 
 per, as we know them to be a very re- 
 liable firm, and any orders entrusted 
 to them will be promptly filled. Mail 
 five cents in stamps and get copy of 
 their 1902 Bredders' Supply and Spray- 
 er Catalog. 
 
From Solomon Valley, Kas. 
 
 Poultry Investigator: Perhaps a few 
 words from the Solomon Valley of 
 Kansas would not be amiss in your 
 valuable columns. In the first place, 
 let me say, while you are not listening 
 that many of us think the Investiga- 
 tor is one of our very best poultry 
 papers, especially for the great West. 
 Well, in regard to poultry matters in 
 this part of Kansas, in one of the best 
 portions of our state, allow me to say 
 that there has been a general awaken- 
 ing to the business. The talk now is: 
 "Where can I get pure stock?" In- 
 stead of being content with "scrub," 
 "mixed," and common-bred fowls, the 
 demand is more for "line-bred" pure 
 stock. A great many are learning the 
 meaning of such terms as "line-bred," 
 "double-mating and single-mating.' 
 There is not much use in trying to win 
 at shows unless the exhibitor follows 
 the business of breeding exhibition 
 birds in a scientific way. The old farm 
 way was comparatively good enough to 
 raise a vigorous lot of birds, but there 
 was very little uniformity in color of 
 plumage, shape and other points in the 
 flocks. One man would have a flock 
 of Plymouth Rocks — so called — and he 
 thought them fine; but when we ob- 
 served them in regard to scoring they 
 were more like an old-fashioned 
 "Dominick" lot than like the Plym- 
 outh Rocks. Another would have the 
 same kind as he would call them, but 
 there were the leg and toe feathers, 
 showing that while the plumage was 
 tolerably fair, the Brahma or Cochin 
 admixture was also there. Of course 
 the fowls were large and good as there 
 were. So we found them in the past, 
 and so we find them at present among 
 
 A White Rock hen owned by J. D. 
 Hall, David City, Neb.; score 95 >^. 
 Hall breeds nothing but the best. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 the best of breeders for market, only. 
 But now the inquiry is for not only 
 pure breeds, but for the line-bred fowl 
 of whatever variety the fancier may se- 
 lect. We have learned that score cards 
 are as necessary to the business of 
 raising and selling stock to the best ad- 
 vantage as it is to advertise in poultry 
 or farm papers the stock for sale. It 
 stock offered for sale as pure stock 
 scores only 80-90, the owner might as 
 well sell to poultry dealers, and be 
 done with it. While of course such 
 scores are better than no scores at all. 
 it is far better to breed from the high- 
 er scoring ones, as then the progeny 
 will more likely be superior stock, and 
 fit for exhibition birds. That mysteri- 
 ous law of "breeding back," as it is 
 called, is hard to be understood. We 
 see it manifested in all nature by care- 
 ful, common sense methods, and this is 
 what may be termed "line breeding," 
 "double mating," and "single mating." 
 It is virtually the selection of the fit- 
 test in color, markings and shape. As 
 I understand it, it does not mean to 
 breed to the same exact color or 
 shape; it may be breeding a certain 
 type of color and other necessary 
 points, to a lighter, darker or medium 
 condition, to obtain the best results. 
 There is something more than clean, 
 yellow legs and barred plumage re- 
 quired in a Plymouth Rock. The feath- 
 ers must be barred to the skin, the 
 comb must be serregated just right, 
 and not be too large, and the lightest 
 fuzz of feather or black spots on legs 
 and toes lessens the scores, even if they 
 do not disqualify. Now some reader 
 may say, that man has high scoring 
 Plymouth Rocks for sale and he has 
 put his "ad" into the Investigator. 
 But I have not a pure Rock of any kind 
 whatever; nor do I expect to raise 
 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 are all waking up and 
 getting out of the ruts, and we mean 
 to renew the whole business. The in- 
 terest in pure stock had comewhat les- 
 sened in the Solomon Valley from what 
 it had been five to eight years ago; but 
 many have expressed themselves favor- 
 able to building up again. 
 
 At our Glasco Poultry and Pet Stock 
 exhibition, which came off Jan. 1 to 4, 
 we had a fair showing. The severe 
 cold and the scarcity of corn discour- 
 
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 Second prize lieu at state show at 
 Lincoln, Neb., in a class of 116 B. P. 
 Rocks, owned by F. C. Hinraan, Friend, 
 Neb. 
 
 aged many who had expected to bring 
 
 their stock. Such a lot of frosted 
 combs as there was at the time, hin- 
 dered also. We were somewhat disap- 
 pointed in not having Judge Harris 
 with us to do the scoring, but we had 
 an excellent substitute in Mr. David 
 Larson of Wahoo, Neb. He under- 
 stands his business and was fair in his 
 scores. Besides he is courteous and is 
 willing to explain as he goes along in 
 his work. We wish him success in his 
 profession. The receipts of all kinds 
 paid all the premiums and all expenses, 
 with a little left over to sprout in the 
 treasurer's hands, and grow for anoth- 
 er show next winter. I secured a few 
 subscribers for the Investigator, and 
 could have secured more, if my duties 
 as secretary had not hindered me. 
 .Success to the Investigator. 
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 Quincy, 111., May 22, 1899. 
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 eggs. I am sure it will hatch every 
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 recommend the Noxall, and prefer it to 
 all others — and I have seen all the lead- 
 ing incubators that are manufacturer at 
 the present time. 
 
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 Subscribed and sworn to before me 
 this 22d day of May, 1899. 
 
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 he was living at Cherryvale, Kan., and 
 when he was in Quincy, 111., he made 
 affidavit to the same. 
 
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 In another column of this paper you 
 will find the advertisement of A. L. 
 Pedrick of Ottumwa, la. Mr. Pedrick 
 has been breeding thoroughbred poul- 
 try for several years and has bred sev- 
 eral varieties, is one of the best in- 
 formed men in southern Iowa as to 
 quality and stock. Mr. Pedrick is 
 doing quite a good deal of judging 
 this season and he is open for dates 
 for the season to come. He breeds 
 the Blue Prince strain of Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks and wins largely in 
 all the shows where he exhibits. .Xnv 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 parties wanting something fine in the 
 Barred Rock class would do well to 
 correspond with him. 
 
 W. A. Forbes, North Topeka, Iowa, 
 won at Kansas state shows for the past 
 four years the majority of the best pre- 
 miums, against hot competition in full 
 classes. 1889, 4 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 
 third; 1900, 7 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third; 
 1901, 6 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 third, 2 spe- 
 cials; 1902, 5 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 third, 
 3 specials. 
 
 At Lincoln, Neb., at the state show 
 our attention was called to the stock of 
 J. L,. Smith of Cadams, Neb., who 
 showed Light Brahraas and won first 
 and third hen, fourth pullet and fifth 
 cockerel. At Superior he won first and 
 second cock, first, second, and third 
 hen, first, second and third pullet, first 
 second, and third cockerel, first and 
 second pen. First pen scoring 188 
 points, second pen 187 by Rhodes. He 
 also won grand sweepstake for the 
 best 15 birds in the room. Anybody 
 wanting first class Light Brahmas will 
 do well to write Mr. Smith. 
 
 We are proud to have with us as an 
 advertiser F. C. Hiuman of Friend, 
 Neb., who has been breeding Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks for 20 years and has 
 won a great many premiums in the 
 largest shows in the west. At the state 
 show at Lincoln in January this season, 
 Mr. Hinman won on Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks as follows: Second pen, first, 
 second and third hen. fifth cockerel, 
 second and fifth pullet. Mr. Hinman 
 is reliable and any orders placed with 
 him will receive his prompt attention 
 and his patrons will get all that they 
 bargain for. Mr. Hinman keeps the 
 very best stock that can be foutid any- 
 where. 
 
 Elsewhere in this paper will be found 
 the advertisement of D. L. Buren, one 
 of the most extensive pigeon raisers in 
 Nebraska. Mr. Buren won nearly all 
 of the prizes at Lincoln and his sales 
 amounted to quite a large sum of 
 money. Mr. Buren is an enthusiastic 
 breeder and his stock is up to date. 
 Look up his ad. 
 
 E. B. Oinohondru of Bowling Green, 
 Mo., writes that he made a good win- 
 ning at the Northwestern Missouri 
 poultry show which was held in Decem- 
 ber. He writes the following: "My 
 success has been better this year than 
 ever before. I showed -'0 birds in a 
 class of 70 as good as can be found any- 
 where, and 17 of my birds scored by 
 Heimlick from 9<3-"3 to 95 points." He 
 won first and third cockerel, first cock. 
 
 second pullet, first on pen, and the W. 
 R. breeders special, $10, best prize for 
 best cock, cockerel, two hens, and two 
 pullets in the Barred Rock class. 
 
 F. G. Partington, Northboro, Mass. 
 This gentleman is trying a new 
 scheme worked by some fanciers last 
 season, and he is selling chickens in- 
 stead of eggs. He ships chickens any 
 distance up to 1500 miles, and guaran- 
 tees safe arrival. This is a very good 
 plan as you do not have to take chances 
 on eggs hatching, but j'ou have the 
 chickens already hatched and doing 
 well. 
 
 From a late letter of A. L. Houston, 
 recently from Keota, la., now located 
 at Red t)ak, Iowa., we utiderstand that 
 he has located permanently at the last 
 named place and will devote the larger 
 part of his time to the breeding of Buff 
 Orpingtons, and anybody wanting 
 stock of this kind will do well to cor- 
 respond with him. 
 
 Mrs. Henry Shrader of Berlin, Neb., 
 this month changes her ad from breed- 
 ers' c^rd to the display column, and 
 finds that the Investigator pays as an 
 advertising medium Mrs. Shrader 
 won first on Orpington pullet at the 
 Kansas state show and second pullet at 
 Nebraska state show. In Black Lang- 
 shans she won third cockerel at Ne- 
 braska state show, and third cockerel 
 and second pen at Kansas state show. 
 
 One of the new exhibitors at the re- 
 cent Nebraska state show was W. J. 
 Kersenbrock of Columbus, Neb. He 
 won second cock and second pen in Buff 
 Rocks, which was one of the best 
 classes in the show room. He also won 
 first cockerel and third pullet in Cor- 
 nish Indian Games, fourth cock in Buff 
 Rocks. 
 
 Perfect Chick Feed. 
 
 Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 14, 1902. 
 W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo. 
 
 Dear Sir: Enclosed please find check 
 for SI 1.40, vrhich kindly credit. I have 
 given the poultry men an object lesson 
 in your chick feed at our poultry show 
 here four weeks ago. I brought 48 
 chicks out of the incubator and am 
 keeping them in the window of the 
 store and have fed them nothing but 
 "Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed." 
 I have never seen chicks grow so fast 
 and I have not lost a chick. Just 
 weighed one and it weighed 7 ounces. 
 The boys say they will feed them noth- 
 ing else. The chicks and feed attracted 
 a great deal of attention. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 L. F. Jones Seed Co. 
 
We had with us last month also L-D. 
 Metcalf of Wakefield, Nebr. , a promi- 
 nent breeder of Barred Plj-mouth 
 Rocks, White and Golden Wyandottes. 
 Mr. Metcalf is a very extensive breed- 
 er and has good stock. We are glad to 
 have him with us. 
 
 We are glad to welcome in our col- 
 umns the name of M. L. Canfield of 
 Bellvue, Kas., one of the best breeders 
 of White Plymouth Rocks in the West. 
 There is no man that ever exhibited in 
 the West that has had better success 
 in winning premiums than Mr. Can- 
 field. Some four or five j-ears ago, the 
 editor met this man at Bellvue with a 
 fine string of birds that took nearly 
 everything m their class, and since at 
 Kansas City this season he won nearly 
 all of the first premiums; also at Tope- 
 ka and Lincoln. His birds are pure 
 white throughout; thej' are of excel- 
 lent shape and have good combs. We 
 produce in the Investigator this 
 month several half tones of his prize 
 winning birds, and we would recom- 
 mend Mr. Canfield to any and all par- 
 ties wanting strictly first class Ply- 
 mouth Rocks. 
 
 One of the most extensive exhibitors 
 of poultry at Lincoln was that of the 
 Highland Poultry Farm made by J. D. 
 W. Hall, manager. These people ex- 
 hibited White Wyandottes and Barred 
 P. Rocks, and their stock was strictly 
 first class. Winnings in the Barred 
 rock class were as follows: First pen, 
 second cock, second cockerel, first pul- 
 let. In the White Wyandottes, they 
 won first pen, second and third cock, 
 third hen, second coc'erel and second 
 pullet. 
 
 I 
 
 While at Topeka, Kas., attending 
 the state show, my attention was called 
 to a White Wyandotte cockerel owned 
 by (tco. Getty of Syracuse, Kas., which 
 was one of the most typical White Wy- 
 andottes, and the whitest bird the writer 
 has ever seen. Had he not been a little 
 bit under size he would have won first 
 premium easil}'. This bird was the 
 next week shown in Chicago, where he 
 won third prize from a large class. 
 Please notice the half tone of this won- 
 derful bird in this issue of the InvES- 
 TIGATOK. Mr. Getty has first class 
 stock in every respect and is a reliable 
 breeder. 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt of Fairbury, Neb., 
 comes back this month with four inches 
 of space, advertising his -uperior strain 
 of Barred Plymouth Rocks and Mam- 
 moth Bronze Turkeys. Mr. Hurlburt 
 made his first exhibit at the Nebraska 
 state show in January and won first 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 cockerel in a large class of 116 of the 
 best Plymouth Rocks produced in the 
 west. He also won third tom and 
 fourth hen on bronze turkeys. Mr. 
 Hurlburt has given considerable atten- 
 tion to the breeding of Barred Ply- 
 mouth Rocks and breeds nothing but 
 the Ringlet strain. 
 
 Another new advertiser this month 
 is C. J. Beedle of Holdrege, Neb., who 
 breeds Partridge Cochins. Mr. Beedle 
 has some very fine birds and will be 
 glad to fill orders for eggs from his su- 
 perior mating^. 
 
 We recently purchased of Mrs. Ella 
 Patrick of Clay Center, Nebr., her en- 
 tire stock of Buff Plymouth Rod-s and 
 she has put in a fine flock of fifty Black 
 Minorcas, and is ready to fill all orders 
 for eggs that may be placed with her. 
 She has bought the best and has noth- 
 ing else. The Minorca is one of the 
 best of the Mediterranean varieties. 
 
 One of the most noted breeders in 
 the state of Nebraska is Frank Patton 
 of Surprise, Neb. Mr. Patton has 
 made a wonderful record this winter. 
 He showed at the Topeka state show 
 and at Lincoln state show, and also at 
 the great show at Chicago, where he 
 won three prizes At Lincoln the 
 same week he won first pen, third 
 cockerel, first and third hen, first and 
 second cockerel, first, second and fourth 
 pullet; and the week previous at the 
 Kansas 'City show he won second on 
 cock, second and third cockerel, first, 
 second, third and fourth hen, first; 
 fourth and fifth pullet, second and third 
 pen. In these shows Mr. Patton did not 
 show the same bird twice, which proves 
 that his stock of Buff Plymouth Rocks 
 are superior to any bred in the west. 
 We are glad to note that he is an ad- 
 vertiserof the Poultky Inve.stigatok. 
 
 Another one of the most prominent 
 breeders in Nebraska is T L. Norval 
 of Seward, Neb., who breeds White 
 Plymouth Rocks and White Wyan- 
 dottes. Mr. Norval this season showed 
 in Chicago, and also in Lincoln the 
 same week, winning several prizes in 
 both exhibits. 
 
 Some of the most prominent breeders 
 of poultry in the west are W. H. & M. 
 E. Bushell of David City, Neb. In re- 
 cent years they bred Buff Leghorns 
 and made a success of them, winning 
 in such shows as Lincoln, Omaha, 
 Kansas City, and Chicago, and since 
 the Buff Orpingtons have come into 
 prominence they disposed of their Leg- 
 horns and took up the breeding of Buff 
 Orpingtons, immigrating nearly all of 
 
 dl 
 
 their first breeding stock from Eng 
 latid They have been very successful. 
 Last .season they exhibited at Chicago 
 and made some winnings and again 
 this winter, winning first cock, said to 
 be one of the finest cocks in America. 
 They showed the same week at Lincoln, 
 winning several premiums. They won 
 four out of five of the first premiums, 
 and several of the second at the state 
 show at Lincoln recently held. They 
 are very nicely situated for raising 
 their Orpingtons and have one of the 
 finest brick pen houses and incubator 
 houses that I ever was into. They also 
 have a brooder house filled inside with 
 brick and heat by steam. They spare 
 no money in making their poultry pay 
 and breed the best that can be procured. 
 We would recommend them to all peo- 
 ple who wish to buy Orpingtons of the 
 highest grade. 
 
 Last month we showed a half tone of 
 a White Lanshan pullet of Mrs. J. 
 Hughes of Rockport, Mo., and in a de- 
 scription of the same we wrote Mrs. 
 Thos Hughes instead of Mrs. J. 
 Hughes. Mrs. J. Hughes is a very en- 
 thusiastic breeder of White Langshans 
 and her stock has won many premiums 
 in the west. Her winnings at Bowling 
 Green were first on hen, and third on 
 cockerel. The competition was very 
 strong and the half tone that was 
 shown in our paper was that of her 
 first prize hen. 
 
 Among our new advertisers this 
 month appears the name of Mrs. Eva 
 Gingrich of Aurora, Neb. Mrs. Ging- 
 rich has been a prominent breeder of 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks for several 
 years and has won a good majority of 
 premiums in such shows as Aurora, 
 Neb., and Clay Center, Neb. She has 
 a very fine flock of females from which, 
 she is selling eggs at a very reasonable 
 price for the quality of .stock she keeps. 
 Parties wanting eggs from strictly first 
 class birds will do well to write her. 
 
 C. F. Austin of Bearing, Kas., won 
 first and third pen, second and third 
 cockerel, first, secortd and third pullet 
 at Coft'eyville, and at Chanute he won 
 first and third pen, first and second 
 cockerel, firat, second and third hen, 
 second and third pullet. Mr. Austin is 
 a White Rock specialist and also has 
 strawberry plants for sale. 
 
 We call attention of our readers to 
 the advertisement of the Oletangy 
 Poultry Yards of Delaware, Ohio. 
 These people are well known through- 
 out the country and are reliable people. 
 Look up their ad if you are in want of 
 anything in their class. 
 
The Mating of Breeding 
 Pens 
 
 lilt fanciers ami breeders who have 
 long since learned to perfection a, b, 
 c of poultrydom and forgotten they 
 had it to learn, to insure snccc<;^. need 
 Uiii read this article, but it will do no 
 luirni tor a beginner and possibly be a 
 help in selecting the breeders for the 
 season if they have not already done 
 so. The object of all matings should 
 be to constantly eliminate the greatest 
 fault by selection of individuals of the 
 highest merit. Each variety of fowls 
 are mated differently to olia'.n certam 
 results. Here is where the sco.ed 
 birds come in to a great advantage. 
 Color of plumage in all sections and 
 shape of the variety are scored by a 
 competent judge, who has devoted 
 years, perhaps to obtain the knowl- 
 edge of what an ideal bird should be 
 of the different breeds. Some has re- 
 marked '-Why I never try to sell 
 birds in the show room and I always 
 exhibit." First, because I hav far 
 to ship birds to be scored, which is 
 expensive to ship large numbers. Sec- 
 ond, under no circumstances, not even 
 money would I sell my best birds, for 
 if they are good enough for another's 
 breeding pens for better birds they 
 are for mine. The best I have is none 
 too good for my breeding pens and 
 when scored by a competent judge 
 then I can truthfully guarantee eggs 
 from high scoring birds, where, if I 
 were to sell the scored ones I could 
 not. I always have more than a pen 
 of females scored and extra cockerels, 
 more than I wish to keep. My first 
 experience of selecting my breedmg 
 and exhibition birds was as follows: I 
 first got a Standard of Perfection, 
 caught the best specimens to my ideas. 
 Standard in hand 1 looked each one 
 ■ over carefully for disqualifications, 
 then the plumage as I understood the 
 colors should be by reading, color of 
 cyp, beak, legs and toes, last, shape. 
 This was for the Buff Cochins and R. 
 C. B. L., a pen of one. a trio of the 
 other. I then went with them to the 
 show at McCook, Neb. Theo, Hews 
 was Judge. From the birds I select- 
 ed they scored from 90 to 93,'4 points, 
 not a bad score for the first, I don't 
 think. I yet have the score cards, as 
 I keep those birds for breeders. Some 
 were good in wing colors, othrs breast, 
 etc. I plucked a feather from each of 
 the best color; then when I selected 
 more birds for breeders I compared 
 the colors, getting all my birds as near 
 one color as possible. In the same way 
 I used scored birds comparing combs, 
 eyes, legs and toes, also shape. I then 
 put in the pen the highest scoring male 
 
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 bird. This finished the selections for 
 I the breeders. Far better breed from 
 one or two extra choice hens or pullets 
 than a dozen of all shapes, color and 
 sizes. Don't wait until you have sold 
 the best birds before selecting the 
 breeders, belter select the breeders 
 first, then if you have more than need- 
 ed for your wants, sell them, also the 
 cockerels. As wc learn by experience 
 then we may branch out for pullet mat- 
 ings or cockerel matings. Another 
 good way is to have a judge mate up 
 the yards. There are no doubt many 
 improved methods other than the one 
 I described and as this is the season 
 for the mating up of yards let us hear 
 from some of our experienced broth- 
 ers and sisters. I should like to hear 
 from some one who breeds Buff Wyan- 
 dottes, as I am a lover of the buff 
 varieties. 
 
 IDA E. BARD. 
 
 Iowa Poultry Co. Winnings 
 
 W. A. K.'i-lies, North T.-i.c-kii, Kan., 
 first prize White Wyaiidotle cockerel 
 at Kansas state show at Topeka. 
 
 trated Catalogue and look up their ad 
 on page . 
 
 DES MOINES FANCIERS' SHOW. 
 DEC. 23-28, 1901. 
 W. Wyandottes— 110 birds in class; 
 1, 2, 3, 4, pullets; 1, 2, 3, 5, hens; 1, 3, 
 cock; 5, cockerel; 1, 3, breeding pens. 
 Grand sweepstakes best and largest 
 display. White Wyandottes. Gold spe- 
 cial. $15.00, best 10 birds in class; $5 
 gold special, highest scoring pair W. 
 Wyandottes; $5 gold special, highest 
 scoring W. Wyandotte cockerel, shape 
 and color. 
 
 B. P. Rocks— 1, cockerel; 2. cock; 2, 
 4, hen; 2 pen. 
 
 Part Wyandottes— 1. 2, 4, hen; 3, 
 pullet; 1, cockerel; 1. pen, $5 gold spe- 
 cial highest pen P. Wyandittes. 
 
 R. I. Reds— 1, cock; 1, 2, 3, 4, pullet; 
 1, pen. 
 
 White Cochins— 1, 2, 3, 4, hen; 3 
 cock; 1 pen; 7 specials prizes won m 
 competition with 250 birds. 
 
 NEBRASKA ST.ATE SHOW. 
 W. Wyandottes— 1, pen; 2, pullet; 
 3, hen; 2, cockerel; 2, cock; 3, cock. 
 
 B. P. Rocks— 1, cockerel; 2. cocker- 
 el; 2, cock; 1 pullet; 1, pen. 
 
 The ten prizes were the most cov- 
 eted prizes. We took two firsts in en- 
 tries of 17 pens B. P. R. and Wwandot- 
 tes. prizes won in competition with 
 247 birds. 
 
 We wish to call the attention of our 
 readers to the ad of the Iowa Poultry 
 Co., of Des Moines, la. This plant is 
 fully equipped for handhng all varie- 
 ties of land and water fowls. They 
 have them all farmed out at separate 
 farms which insures greater fertility 
 and vigor. Their birds are find and 
 buyers will get good value for their 
 money. Will give bank and personal 
 references if desired. Send for illus- 
 
 'The Open Door to Success With 
 Poultry" is the title of the attractive 
 new catalogue of the Natural Hen In- 
 cubator company of Columbus, Neb. 
 It describes the very ingenious and 
 successful method of hatching chicks 
 by the Natural Hen Incubator, which 
 is used in 100,000 poultry yards. .\ 
 number of pages in the new catalogue 
 contain some of the strongest testi- 
 monials ever written by poultrymen, 
 relating the remarkable success by the 
 use of this invention. This device was 
 patented in October, 1901, and another 
 patent is now pending. Improvements 
 have been made from year to year un- 
 til it has reached a point where the 
 manufacturer and those who have used 
 it regard it as nearly perfect. The ex- 
 pense is merely nominal and everyone 
 engaged in the poultry business should 
 post themselves on this method of in- 
 cubation, as it's a winner and a money 
 saver. 
 
 Send a postal card for this free cata- 
 logue. Address Natural Hen Incuba- 
 tor Co., Columbus, Neb., and mention 
 this paper. 
 
 We have with us Mr. and Mrs. H. E. 
 Clark of Dallas Center, la., breeders of 
 White Turkevs, Emden Geese, White 
 Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandotes 
 and White Guineas. The Clarks are 
 very enthusiastic poultry breeders and 
 have good stock. 
 
 Among our new advertisers this 
 month appears the name of L. A. Day, 
 Bruning, Neb. , a very extensive breeder 
 of Barred Plymouth Rocks. He is 
 never contented unless he has the best. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 33 
 
 G. D. McClaskey, Papillion, Nebr. 
 
 Introduction 
 
 It gives me great pleasure to an- 
 nounce myself as editor of the pigeon 
 department of the Poultry Investigator. 
 This department will be a regular fea- 
 ture of the paper hereafter and I trust 
 it will improve from month to month. 
 There certainly is plenty of room for 
 more pigeon literature in the West. 
 There are many farmers and breeders 
 of good pigeons who are seldom heard 
 of and I hope, with the assistance of 
 the officers of our new association to 
 bring the fanciers closer together, and 
 in doing this the department will be of 
 great help. I earnestly request all 
 fanciers to send me what items of in- 
 terest they can from month to month 
 and help make this department inter- 
 esting to all. I trust it will be better 
 next month than it is this. 
 
 G. D. McCLASKEY, 
 
 NebraLsksL State Pigeon Fa.i\ciers 
 AssociaLtion 
 
 The first annual show of the Neb- 
 raska Pigeon Fanciers' Association 
 was held in connection with the State 
 Poultry Show at Lincoln, Neb., Janu- 
 ary 21-24, inclusive. Prior to the show 
 the association was not permanently 
 organized and only a few fanciers were 
 aware of what was being done, conse- 
 quently the exhibit was small, only 
 about 100 birds being shown. The 
 principal exhibitors were D. L. Bruen, 
 of Odenbush, Neb.; David Larson, of 
 Wahoo, Neb., and P. E. Cook, of Lin- 
 coln. 
 
 White Fantails were the largest 
 class and several good birds were 
 shown. Mr. Cook entered three cocks 
 
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 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 
 by winning first, second and third on 
 both cock and hen. These birds are 
 pure Gilbert strain, direct from the 
 Gilbert lofts. 
 
 Undoubtedly the bird that attracted 
 the most attention in the entire show 
 was D. C. Brune's little Yellow Par- 
 lor Tumbler hen. This little bird amus- 
 ed the visitors very much by tumbling 
 and turning somersaults on the floor. 
 By the close of the show it was pretty 
 well tired out. 
 
 The different varieties of Pouters, 
 Jacobins, Carriers, Stormers, Barbs, 
 Swallows, Turbits, Owls, Trumpeters, 
 Nuns, Mooreheads, Tumblers, Fan- 
 tails, Archangels and Magnies made 
 up a very interesting display, and at- 
 tracted as much attention as any de- 
 partment in the show room. 
 
 John Haman, the well known judge 
 and fancier of Topeka, Kan., placed the 
 awards and gave entire satisfaction. 
 
 The last day of the show a perma- 
 nent organization of the Nebraska 
 Pigeon Fanciers' Association was ef- 
 fected, and the following officers were 
 elected for the ensuing yar: 
 
 President — D. C. Bruen of Olden- 
 bush, Neb. 
 
 Vice-President — W. F. Holcomb of 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer — G. D. Mc- 
 Claskey of Papillion, Neb. 
 
 Board of Directors — D. C. Bruen, 
 W. F. Holcomb, G. D. McClaskey, 
 David Larson and P. E. Cook. 
 
 It was decided to hold the next show 
 in connection with the state poultry 
 show. The entry fee was reduced from 
 25 cents per bird to 25 cents a pair, 
 and we invite all pigeon fanciers of 
 the country to show with us next year. 
 The premium list, including valuable 
 specials, will be arranged later. We 
 also invite all fanciers to join our asso- 
 ciation and help to make it the best 
 organization of its kind in the west. 
 Membership fee is only $L The ad- 
 vantage to western fanciers by being 
 members of this association are too 
 numerous to mention here. Don't wait 
 until next month to join, but join now 
 and help work up a grand, big show 
 
 for next January. It is expected that 
 the fanciers will be out in force with 
 their birds at the Nebraska State Fair 
 next fall. 
 
 Anything fanciers desire to know in 
 regard to the new organization will be 
 cheerfully furnished upon application 
 to the undersigned. 
 
 G. D. McCLASKEY, 
 
 Papillion, Neb. Secy.-Treas. 
 
 Notes For Pigeon Fa.nciers 
 
 This year at the National Fanciers' 
 great show in Chicago, 1,398 pigeons 
 were exhibited. It was the grandest 
 lot of birds ever brought together in 
 Illinois. 
 
 At the big Philadelphia show this 
 year 979 grand birds were shown. 
 
 Dispose of your surplus stock by ad- 
 vertising in the Investigator. 
 
 Don't keep poor birds. The best are 
 none too good. 
 
 The banner pigeon show in the 
 United States this year was at Boston, 
 where 2,478 of the best birds the coun- 
 try affords were brought together. It 
 was a grand show. Of Pigmy Pouters, 
 a breed rarely met with in the West, 
 over 200 were shown. Their were 
 nearly as many Fantails and about 400 
 Jacobins. There were Tumblers by the 
 hundred. Ten judges were employed 
 and it took them two long days to 
 place the awards on the grand collec- 
 tion of pigeons of superior quality. Let 
 us hope that the charter members of 
 the Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers' Asso- 
 ciation will live to see a pigeon display 
 at Lincoln as wonderful as the recent 
 show at Boston. 
 
 As the breeding season is almost 
 here, see that your birds are properly 
 mated, that is, mated with some defi- 
 nite object in view. Haphazard breed- 
 ing don't pay. 
 
 In or near any city is the proper 
 place for the man who desires to raise 
 squabs for the market. He could find 
 a ready sale for all the squabs he could 
 produce. 
 
 David Larson of Wahoo, Neb., will 
 make a specialty of Magpies. 
 
 p. L. Bruen has about 600 birds of 
 thirty varieties in his lofts at his place 
 near Oldenbush, Neb. 
 
 There will be no more shows to at- 
 tend this season. The next exhibit 
 will probably be at the state fair. Let 
 us make the pigeon display the best 
 ever seen in the state. 
 
 Now is the time to join the Nebras- 
 ka Pigeon Fanciers' Association. 
 
2[ 
 
 First prize Silver Laced Wyandotte 
 cock at Topeka, Kan., owned by Mrs. 
 J. W. Gause, Emporia, Kan. 
 
 A Short Incubator and 
 Chicken Talk 
 
 Written for the Investigator. 
 I wonder how many of our incubator 
 friends are getting ready to set their 
 wooden hens? I for one am thinking 
 very strong about getting my wooden 
 hen in setting order for the first of the 
 new year 1902. What I mean by get- 
 ting her in setting order is this: dust 
 and clean all parts well; clean lamp as 
 nice as new (yes, and keep it that way), 
 see the wick is good and clean and a 
 five gallon can of the best grade of oil 
 ready for use; have the egg trays full 
 ol the choicest eggs and be sure they 
 have never been chilled. But don't 
 put the eggs in till you get the heat up 
 to 103; now let the incubator doors be 
 closed with the thermometer in plain 
 sight for twelve hours; by that time 
 you will know if every thing is in good 
 running order. Now put your eggs in, 
 o( course, the heat will run down now 
 very fast, but by no means change the 
 flame or the regulator for you have 
 had the doors open and also put in 
 cold trays and eggs; now be patient and 
 you will soon see the thermometer 
 gaining, but slow, and in a short time 
 it will be 103. Now give perfect at- 
 tt ition to the lamp every day and turn 
 tie eggs twice a day regular. Now if 
 y> u follow these directions close you 
 will be well pleased on the evening of 
 the 22d day. I always have better suc- 
 cess with the early hatches, never any 
 bowel trouble in the little flock and not 
 hj)( the trouble to raise as a summer 
 flock; no mites or lice to wrestle with 
 in the early hatch. I never give water 
 to incubator chicks till four or five 
 weeks old, but plenty of scalded new 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 milk, with corn bread, choped onions, 
 oal meal, bread crumbs, but no raw 
 meal, for grit. I use sand and fine 
 broken glass. T keep it mi.xed and 
 where they can get it at all times. I 
 feed five times a day till feathered and 
 once a day sprinkle millet seed and 
 wheat in their scratch pen. Be sure 
 and always have fresh earth and straw 
 or dry litter of some kind for them 
 to scratch in for they enjoy it as well 
 a the old birds. If you try this way of 
 handling incubator chicks you can see 
 them grow from day to day. Once in 
 a while I give them a piece of raw meat 
 to eat. It is quite exciting to watch 
 them scramble and fight for it, enough 
 so that 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 
 brooder got too crowded I put them 
 in a cool brooder but had it good and 
 warm. They were well feathered by 
 this time (they were Leghorns) and 
 still 108 and as hardy as quails and 
 ready to run at large always ready for 
 fe»d and water. With these few re- 
 marks I will close. 
 
 MRS. W. E. TIBBETTS. 
 
 Chickens and St^a^vbe^^ies 
 
 Here is a great combination. The 
 chickens to furnish manure, eat up the 
 bugs and insects, and to provide spend- 
 ing money while the berries are being 
 grown. 
 
 Bone meal and meat are the great 
 fertilizers for strawberries. Add a lit- 
 tle potash and it is superior to the best 
 Peruvian quano 
 
 It must be ground fine and there is 
 no machine on earth that can grind it 
 as tine as the gizzard of achicken. 
 Bones and scrap meat can be had dirt 
 cheap at all the meat markets. Feed 
 it liberally and the chickens will shell 
 out the eggs lively as well as the fer- 
 tilizer. 
 
 A good flock of chickens is far bet- 
 ter than a cow stable. 
 
 Compost the droppings with about 
 four times their bulk of any loamy soil 
 as fast as you clean out the roosts. 
 The compost should be put under cover 
 and kept dry. Mix well and sow broad- 
 cast and harrow in thoroughly before 
 setting the plants. 
 
 Never mix ashes or lime with the ma- 
 nure before putting it in the soil. This 
 absorbes the amonia and holds it until 
 it is in the soil. 
 
 The manure is so strong when not 
 diluted with soil that if any quantity 
 comes next to the roots it would burn 
 and thus injure the plants. 
 
 The above is an extract from R. M. 
 Kellogg's book, "Great Crops of 
 
 The Michigan g9|g 
 Poultryman... h 
 
 ,^^^^„^Only Exclusive Poultry 
 Paper in Michigan 
 
 All the practical^poiiltrymen contrib- 
 ube to its pages. Expert poultry- 
 men will give its readers free 
 such infurmatlon as they 
 mav ask for. 
 
 All the news of the poultry world, 
 illustrated. 
 
 Well 
 
 MichigaLn Poultrynna.n, 
 
 Ithaca.. Mich 
 
 Poultry Supphes 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, SI 
 per 60. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each $1. 
 
 Spray Pumps each 7Sc. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure '50c and 1.00 a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure .50c and SI a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices. 
 
 Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center, $12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
 per 100 pounds $1.20 
 
 Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O' 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1,00 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 5yB§S_Bo^wJof|^ 
 
 B. P. R. 2 matinfrs, score from OO^to 
 
 !»3'/2. Eggs S3, per 15, S5 per 100. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons, •! yards; 2 yards 
 solid buff wing and and tail, eggs 
 S5 per 15, SS per 30 Buff Orping: 
 tons, 1 yard, eggs S3 per 15, $5 
 per 30. Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard 
 eggs, S2 per 15, $5 per 40. 
 
 r Winners wherever shown. 
 Won more first and seconds than 
 any other man. Guarantee good 
 hatches, true to name and fresh. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 
 
 Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 11.73 
 Pure Bred Red Belgians . - - ji.oo 
 Pure White Kock Cockls - . . - JI.OO 
 Pure White Wyandots - - - $1.00 
 New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.75 
 All above from prize-winning stock and line 
 bred. Catalogue sent. 
 
 J. C. BAKER. Proprietor, 
 
 White Plume Farm, RlchHeld, 111. 
 
 J 
 
Strawberries and How to Grow Them." 
 Mr. Kellogg is president of the 
 Michigan State Horticultural Society 
 and the most famous strawberry grow- 
 er in the country, and this book tells 
 how he grows his remarkable crops. 
 We have arranged to have it sent to all 
 our readers who are sufficiently inter- 
 ested to request it. Send a postal 
 card direct to him, the only condition 
 is that you must mention this paper. 
 Vou will find his advertisement in this 
 number. 
 
 Wichita Poultry Show 
 
 The Wichita Poultry Association has 
 finished judging the exhibits and at 
 their annual meeting last night at the 
 show room on North Main street elect- 
 ed the following officers: President, A. 
 J. Waddell; first vice president. Dr. 
 F. W. Petrie; second vice president, 
 Mrs. J. R. Kenworthy; third vice pres- 
 ident, Dr. Bartlett, fourth vice presi- 
 rent, H. L. Smizer; fifth vice president, 
 M. S. Kohl; secretary, H. W. Shopf; 
 assistant secretary, Asa Butler; treas- 
 urer, H. B. Allen; superintendent, O. 
 Martinson; assistant superintendent, E. 
 W. Groves. 
 
 The winners of the exhibit were 
 passed upon last night in every de- 
 partment but that of the pet stock. 
 The members of the association are 
 more pleased with the showing this 
 year than the financial success of the 
 exhibit. Tomorrow has been set apart 
 as children'.": day so the school children 
 may enjoy the exhibition of birds. The 
 admission will be half price to children. 
 The poultry winners are as follows: 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks— M. S. Kohl, 
 first pullet; L. L. Cross, first and sec- 
 
 F. C. Hinman's first prize Barred 
 P. Rock hen at Nebraska state show at 
 Lincoln, Jan. 21 to 25. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ond cockerel, first pen; Otto Weiss, 
 third cock, third pullet, second and 
 third pen, tie on first and second hen 
 with C. L. Nelson; Mrs. Sternberg, 
 tliird hen; C. L. Nelson, second pul- 
 let, tie on first and second hen with 
 Otto Weiss; Mrs. J. T. Woodward, 
 second cook. 
 
 Buff Plymouth Rocks— A. J. Wadl- 
 dell, first, second and third pullet, first, 
 second and third cockerel, first, second 
 and third hen, first and second cock, 
 first and second pen. 
 
 Buff Arpingtons — Otto Weiss, first 
 and second cockerel, first and second 
 pullets, first and second pens. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks— E. H. In- 
 man, first and second cockerel, first pul- 
 let, first pen; J. T. Welch, first hen, 
 second and third pullets, second pen; 
 W. E. Bartless, third cockerel, second 
 third hen. 
 
 T^hite Wyandottes— Frank H. Miller, 
 second cock, third hen; Mrs. K. E. Cur- 
 tis, first cockerel, first hen, first and 
 second pullets, first pen; L. L. Con- 
 stant, third cockrel; A. G. Burr, first 
 cock, second hen, second cockerel, 
 third pullet, second pen. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes— H. B. Al- 
 len, second cock, second and third pul- 
 lets, second and third hens, second and 
 third cock, first second and third pul- 
 lets, second and third hens, second and 
 third cockerel, third pen. 
 
 Light Brahmas— Mrs. A. C. Wright, 
 first and third cock, first, second and 
 third pullets, second pen; H. L. Smyz- 
 er, second cock, third hen; J. R. Ken- 
 worthy, third cock, first and second 
 hen, first and second cockerel, first and 
 third pen. 
 
 Buff Cochins— Mrs. M. E. Sayles, 
 first hen, second cockerel, first, second 
 and third pullets, second pen; Dr. F. 
 W. Petrie, first cockerel, second cock, 
 second and third hen, first and third 
 pen. 
 
 Partridge Cochins — Otto Weiss, first 
 cockerel, first second and third hens, 
 first, second and third pullets, first pen. 
 
 Black Langshans — W. M. Tipton, 
 first cockerel, first, second and third 
 pullets, first pen. 
 
 Anconas — D. C. Smoke, first and sec- 
 ond pullets, first, second and third 
 cockerels. 
 
 Single Comb Brown Leghorns — H. 
 P. Swerdfeger, first, second and third 
 cockerel, first and second pullets, first, 
 second and third hens, first and second 
 pens; F. L. Noble, third pullet, third 
 pen. 
 
 Buff Laghorns — J. W. Snyder, sec- 
 ond cockerel, first second and third 
 pullets. 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns — L. C. 
 Wiedman, first cockerel and first pul- 
 
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 EGG FOOD.. -WS 
 Make It Yourself. 
 
 Eggs are high at this time'of year. 
 Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
 efit of the high prices. Guaranteed re- 
 cipe for making- the best egg food 
 known. Easily and quickly made. Re- 
 cipe price only SOc; Death To Lice, 
 15c box; Essex Cholera and Condition 
 Powder, best on earth, COc box. The 
 3.by mail for $1.25. 
 
 John J. Kautzmann, 
 
 590 Bergen St. Newark, N.J. 
 
 CAPITOL r!/EEllRY,Augusta,Me, 
 
 I' am closing out my whole stock of Bel- 
 glans.'over^one hundred, 24 prize-winners 
 Included. There are a 1 Hares, 4 Gold 
 Medal Winners, 1 choice Doe of the State 
 Winner of Sweepstakes, prize for highest 
 scoring animal in show: a silver cup goes 
 with her. 
 
 Now is the time to gather in prize win- 
 ners for winter shows. These prices 
 are reasonable and animals way up. Will 
 send copy of Pedigrees and Prices. 
 
 H. F. AOAms, 
 
 Axigusta. - - Maine. 
 
 Rules of the Cock Pit 
 
 Uexloo, Oaba, Eoglaad, Belglam aad PraDC«. Also hu eom- 
 prebeDsiTe ohaplers oa Heela, HsndllDg, Nursing and mroj* 
 tMng rel&tlve to the royal sport of oocking. 
 
 B7 Db. H. p. CLAass. ladlaDapolli, Ind. 
 
 The Recognized Authority. 
 
 PBICE. 36 CENTS. 
 Address tha FublUher of tbls Pspaiw 
 
 Rules of the Cock-Pit and Poultry 
 Investigator one year 
 
 For 25 Gentsm 
 
 Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 Give ^ """ 
 
 Your Breed- RablCUfe 
 ing Does ^ 
 
 Duriufi gestation and while nursing 
 iheir young it will enrich the blood 
 improve the appetite, increase the 
 flow of milk, thereby making the 
 young strong and healthy. 
 Give RABICURE a trial and you 
 
 will never be without it, SOc a box 
 
 postpaid. 
 
 Vermont Belgian Hare Co. 
 
 Lyndonville, Vt- 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 lir>t pn,:c S. I,. Wyaudutte heu at 
 Topeka, Kas., owned by Mrs. J. W. 
 Gause, Emporia, Kas. 
 
 let. 
 
 Indian Games— J. W. Snyder, first, 
 second and third pullets. 
 
 B. B. R. Games— J. M. Smitz, second 
 cocl<erel, second and third pullets. 
 
 The following additional awards 
 were made at the poultry show this af- 
 ternoon: 
 
 M. B. Turkeys— C. W. Peckham, 
 first, pullet; M. S. Kohl, first, adult 
 torn; first, yearling torn; first, pair. 
 Mrs. J. T. Woodford, second, pair. 
 
 Pekin Ducks— O. E. Martinson, first, 
 pair; Otto Weiss, second, pair. 
 
 Pekin Ducks— O. E. Martinson, first, 
 pair; cockerel; Wm. Berkshire, second, 
 cockerel. 
 
 Belgian Hares— Wichita Belgian 
 Hare Co., first second and third, ma- 
 ture doe; first, second and third, im- 
 mature buck; best hare in show. 
 
 Cavies or Guinea Pigs — Peruvian 
 male cavies: first, Wichita Belgian 
 Hare Co.; second, Shuman. Female 
 Peruvian cavies: First, Wichita Bel- 
 gian Hare Co., second, Shuman; third. 
 Heller Ferrel, English male: First and 
 third. Ward; second, Mrs. Wright. 
 English female: First, Mrs. Wright; 
 second and third. Ward. Best cavie in 
 the show, Mrs. Wright. Broken: first 
 and third. Ward; second, Wichita Bel- 
 gian Hare Co. 
 
 Ferrets— Best display: first, Ward; 
 second, Wichita eBlgian Hare Co. 
 
 Tumblers— First black muff hen, 
 Ward; first red clean leg cock. Ward; 
 best pigeon in the show, Ward. 
 
 Homers — First blue cock. Ward; sec- 
 ond, Shuman; third, Lane. 
 
 Blue Check— First cock, Shuman; 
 second. Sellers; third. Lane; first hen. 
 Lane; second. Sellers; third, Shuman. 
 
 Red Check — First cock. Lane; sec- 
 ond, Shuman; third, SoUers; First hen, 
 Sellers; second and third, Lane. ,. ;, 
 
 Turbits— First and second cock. 
 Wiedman; first and second hen, Wied- 
 
 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 
 the late state show at Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 L, E. MEYER OF BOWLING 
 GREEN, MO. 
 The Langshan specialist, won at 
 Kansas State show, January 6 to 11, 
 1902, in a hot class, first and second 
 cocks, first and fourth hens; first, sec- 
 ond and fourth cockerels; first, second 
 and third pullets; first pen, 189K. He 
 had six scores tied and won every one 
 on weight. He breeds the big kind. 
 His first hen weighed lOj^ pounds. 
 Rhodes, judge. At Northeast Missouri 
 show held at Bowling Green, in a class 
 of 82, all good ones, he tied first cock, 
 won second and third, tied first hen, 
 won second and third, second cockerel, 
 second pen, tied third pullet. See his 
 ad on last cover. 
 
 A. L. PEDRICK, OTTUMWA, lA. 
 Breeder of Blue Prince strain Black 
 Plymouth Rocks, Buff Cochin and 
 Buff Cochin Bantam. Breeding twelve 
 years, has exhibited in the leading 
 shows of Iowa. Has bred twenty odd 
 different breeds of poultry. Has been 
 judging the past five years. Has a 
 few dates open for engagements. 
 
 THE "PERFECT" HATCHER. 
 The Poultry Investigator is always 
 pleased to note the success of its incu- 
 bator advertisers who have won fame 
 and fortune by the excellence of 
 their hatcher. Prompt and careful at- 
 tention to orders and courteous treat- 
 ment of customers. The best exam- 
 ple we can cite our readers is the pro- 
 gress made by the firm of J. A. Chel- 
 ton, of Fairmount, Md. After an in- 
 vestigation we find that the "Perfect 
 Hatcher," manufactured by this firm is 
 the equal of any hatcher, and superior 
 to many now on the market, while it 
 IS the lowest priced hatcher made. The 
 200-egg size being only $H;. We ad- 
 vise our readers who are interested in 
 purchasing a good hatcher at a low 
 price, to write Mr. J. A. hclton direct, 
 enclosing a two-cent stamp as he will 
 take pleasure in answering all such in- 
 quries. He is a gentleman of the high- 
 est standard in the commercial world 
 and enterprise, as well as integrity. 
 
 Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
 1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
 Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
 isfaction assured. 
 
 G.B. CLARY Falrbury, Nebr 
 
 FREE.. 
 
 THINK OF IT! 
 
 By special arrangement you 
 can get all three (3) of the fol- 
 lowing one year for only SO cts. 
 Never an offer like this before 
 
 The Poultry Investigator 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 The only exclusive poultry paper 
 published In the west. Original, 
 up-to-date, Instruttlve. Profusely 
 Ulustrate't and never prints adead 
 line. Contains from 32 to 40 pages 
 each month. 
 
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 The leading poultry organ of the 
 south. Three years old. well es- 
 tablished and prosperous. 36' to 40 
 pages eanh month, 
 
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 Established ISS.'i. The publisher 
 has devoted 14 years of his entire 
 time and attention to the poultry 
 industry. Its a success— 24 pages. 
 The price asked for these papers 
 all one year Is only 50 cents, which 
 any of them are worth, and you 
 get the other? free. Send your 
 subscription to any one of them. 
 A free sample copy can be had by 
 addressing each one. Better send 
 your order now. 
 
 Eggs from 
 stock scor- 
 ing from 90 
 to 95 points, 
 $1.50 per IS; 
 S2.7S per 30; 
 this season 
 only. Some 
 
 good Ckls. for sale with score 
 cards by Ben S. Myers. 
 
 All Stock Farm Raised. 
 
 MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
 Rook Poft, MImaoufI 
 
 White . . 
 L angshans 
 Exclusively 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The MaLrilla. Incvibator 
 
 We believe our readers will be inter- 
 ested at this time in a few facts regard- 
 ing this splendid machine. We present 
 herewith an illustration showing the 
 new factory of the above company, lo- 
 cated at Rose HoU, N. Y., in combina- 
 tion with one of their 200-egg machines 
 and the ornamental label which decor- 
 ates and designates each incubator 
 shipped out by them. Their factory is 
 one of the most completely equipped of 
 any in the country for the manufacture 
 of incubators and no machine is more 
 highly regarded than the Marilla by 
 those who have tried it. It is the re- 
 sult of nearly twenty years' experience 
 in practical incubation, on the part ot 
 its inventor, Mr. H. H. Blackman. His 
 little work "Artificial Incubation and 
 Brooding," has been most favorably 
 received. Mr. Blackman first engaged 
 in manufacturing his machine at Maril- 
 la, N. Y., but two or three years ago 
 removed to Rose Hill, and incorporat- 
 ed the strong Company, with which he 
 is now connected. Some of the special 
 merits of the Marilla Incubator are 
 these: 
 
 First, the great care taken in its con- 
 struction. It is built of Georgia pine 
 and highly finished in the beautiful nat- 
 ural color of the wood. The makers 
 claim that it is the handsomest of all 
 incubators. They say it is just as easy 
 to make it attractive as otherwise, when 
 you know how. The labor entering in- 
 to its construction is all skilled and of 
 high order. Another important feature, 
 is the system of heating and ventilat- 
 ing, which is as perfect as can be de- 
 vised. Mr. Blackman calls the regula- 
 tor a "thermometer regulator" mer- 
 cury being the active element, and as it 
 is much more sensitive to variations of 
 temperature the control of the incuba- 
 
 tor is much more positive and iustan- 
 , taneous. There are many other ad- 
 ! vantages for whicli substantial claims 
 I are made and these are fully described 
 in the catalogue which every reader 
 ought to have. The machine is abso- 
 lutely guaranteed in every respect, and 
 is sold on an unconditional thirty days' 
 free trial. A most remarkable list of 
 testimonials is presented from those 
 who have used it. Last season a grand 
 prize of $100 was awarded to the pur- 
 chaser of a Marilla, who obtained the 
 largest percentage of hatch in three 
 successive trials. This was awarded to 
 Mrs. Miles Van Alstine, of Lansing, 
 Mich., who from her three trials aver- 
 aged 99 per cent. Many others had 
 records almost as high. A number of 
 sworn statements regarding these are 
 given in the catalogue, of which 100.- 
 000 copies have been printed and so 
 far as we know, this is the largest edi- 
 tion yet issued by any mcubator com- 
 pany. It is most attractively gotten up 
 and will both interest and instruct. It 
 is sent to all for four cents to cover 
 postage. Write for one before they 
 are all gone. 
 
 Address Marilla Incubator Company, 
 Rose Hill. N. Y. 
 
 GREEN BONE PRIZE ARIICLE. 
 
 This contribution to the Farmer's 
 Voice by W. F. Adams. Yoakum, Tex, 
 awarded the Grand Prize— $100— as the 
 best of 27 submitted. 
 
 Judges — F. L. Kimmey, president 
 American Poultry Association, Miller 
 Purvis, Editor Commercial Poultry; F. 
 H. Shellabarger, Poultry Judr^e and 
 Fancier. 
 
 My experience with cut bone as a 
 
 27 
 
 Whiter Wonders! 
 
 The Farnidrs and Poultryman's mon- 
 ey makers. The best combination 
 fowl out. Extra choice eggs, 12 IKJ 
 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 l»t, 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 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
 
 (Exclusively.) 
 Farm Range. . - . Qood Stock 
 
 Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100. 
 11.00 per 1,=^. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 
 Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 
 
 BARRED p. ROCKS, Exclusively. 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per 15. 100 for S6.00. 
 
 Mrs. Eva J. Eingrich, Aurora, Neb. 
 
 I Black Mitiorcas. ffi 
 
 X No. 1 stock, tip to weight and S^ 
 w the best of color. Eggs $2 per ^ 
 (z) 13. No stock for sale W 
 
 ^ Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb X 
 
 EUREKA POULTRY PLACE. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of 
 the Stay White kind. No straw col- 
 or or flies on us. Nothing too good 
 for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per l.S. 
 Address 
 
 L. G. French, Deep River, Iowa. 
 
 Taylor's Otoe '"'''♦° mm 
 
 I Plymouth Rocks are prize win- 
 ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin- 
 
 ! coin Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs 
 5, 10 and IS cents each. Write 
 
 I for particulars. 
 
 C E Taylor. Nebraska City, Neb. 
 Black Langshans- 
 
 I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, 2d and 
 M ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep- 
 stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED 
 P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and 
 3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes, 
 at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln 
 Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100 
 $$1.50 per 15. B. P. Rock- $2, per 15. 
 
 J' E. Brown, Osceola, Neb. 
 
28 
 
 food for fowls extends over two years 
 only with a flock of 100 hens. Prior 
 to that time I had not used cut bone 
 and my article is based on the percen- 
 tage of gain growth, health and eggs 
 of fowls over two years previous, 
 when I did not use bone; all other con- 
 ditions for the four years being about 
 the same. 
 
 My attention being called to the val- 
 ue of fresh cut green bone as a food 
 for poultry, I determined to experi- 
 ment. I crushed some hog bones as 
 best I could and fed it to layers. The 
 result was so satisfactory I bought a 
 small bone cutter and began to feed 
 green cut bone to my poultry regular- 
 ly twice a week. I tried all sorts of 
 bones and have found the hog and the 
 beef bones the best, being eas'ier ob- 
 tained and containing more of the nu- 
 tritive value. 
 
 1 get a soup bone of the butcher, 
 shave off the meat (a little meat want 
 hurt if you intend feeding as soon as 
 cut) and J feed the same day. 
 
 Some people make the mistake of us- 
 ing bones that have been boiled or 
 lain out and sunbleached. Some of 
 the most essential feeding value of the 
 bone has thus been lost, especially as 
 feed for growing chicks. The animal, 
 as well as the mineral qualities of the 
 bone, is what makes it valuable. I ex- 
 perimented with cut chicken bone a 
 little and fancied I saw an improve- 
 ment over the other bone, but I am not 
 sure ,and even though there be, it is 
 not convenient to get green chicken 
 bone. Be sure that the bones used 
 are not those of animals that have died 
 of disease, old age or starvation. The 
 former two are dangerous to the health 
 of fowls, the latter worthless. Bones 
 of young animals are best 
 
 For growing chickens, after two 
 weeks old, I mix the bone meal with 
 corn chops, dampened with curd milk 
 (water will do), so that each bird gets 
 from a half to one teaspoonful of the 
 bone meal, according to age. 
 
 It is an excellent bone food for the 
 fowl and general invigorator and 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 growth forcer. 
 
 Extra large and quick growth bone 
 in fowls means more meat, and more 
 meat means 7 to 10 cents a pound. 
 
 For laying hens I feed mixed as 
 above, only that each hen gets one 
 tahlespoonful twice or three times a 
 week, according as I think they may 
 need an extra allowance. They need 
 more when they are laying regularly or 
 moulting. 
 
 The results of the bone as a feed is 
 seen in a very few days in the renewed 
 vigor health and appitite, and last, but 
 not least, egg product. 
 
 Taking every advantage gained by 
 feeding bone — i. e., general health of 
 flock, quick growth of broilers, in- 
 crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the 
 two years bone was not fed, I figure 
 it — and I keep close accounts — that the 
 profit derived is 15 per cent over the 
 two preceding years. This lo 
 per cent is attributed to the bone feed 
 and other increase in profits was cred- 
 ited to the source from which they 
 came. 
 
 Now don't feed an overdose at first, 
 or at any time for that matter; feed 
 regularly. 
 
 Don't expect the hens to lay two 
 eggs daily and the young chicks to 
 spring up in one night like mushrooms, 
 when they are fed bone. Mix well 
 with the other food so that each bird 
 gets its proportionate share. 
 
 Don't expect to feed bone only. The 
 bone is only an additional feed, a sort 
 of tonic. 
 
 Now I am not going to go into de- 
 tail to explain how the bone assists — 
 couldn't if I wanted to — only to say 
 that the component parts of all meat 
 bones are the same, and the mineral 
 part of bone may be found in egg 
 shells. Bone and shells must be sup- 
 plied from what the fowl eats, hence 
 we feed it to them, directly in the shape 
 of cut bone, instead of indirectly, in the 
 shape of corn, oats, etc., etc. 
 
 If you once,give fresh green cut bone 
 a trial as a food for fowls you will 
 never discontinue it. W. F. Adams. 
 Yoakum, Texas. 
 
 The^trongest Chicks 
 
 rom thestroMt-est ei;t;s. Such egt'sin largest 
 ies result from proper feediny of the hens. 
 
 EGGE 
 
 Prli'co, eihs. )i.0O; ioiis.51.60: 
 
 -.luently ••EGGE' 
 
 AMERICAN STOCK FOOD CO., 
 
 9 Front Street, Quincy, IMInols 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHER^ 
 
 FOKSAI.E! Rose Comb Black Minorcas in 
 singles or trios also Buff Leghorns and Buff 
 Uock Ckls.. the best of stock for J1.25 each, 
 or $3 for 3. Write us at once. C. E. Olson, 
 Colon. Nebr. 
 
 BDKF ROCKS. Breeding and e.xhlbillon 
 stock for sale. Write at once for descrip- 
 tion and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed 
 or money refunded. Tell us what you want. 
 F. Whaley. Appleton Ulty, Mo. 
 
 O. E. DUNLAP. breeder and buyer of thor- 
 oughbred chickens. Can All your order for 
 any breed or strain, from the yards of reli- 
 able specialists. Prices reasonable. Cor- 
 respondence solicited. Yours Truly, C. E. 
 Dunlap. Liberal, Kans. 
 
 FOR EXCnANGE. A 60-ege gore Hatch In- 
 cubator, for E.xhlbltlon B. B. K. Games, 
 Must be first class stock. A. J. Williams. 
 Clay Center. Nebr. 
 
 BDFP PLYMOUTH ROCK Cockerels from 
 first prize cock; very promising. Write for 
 prices. Albert B. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
 KIgln. 111. 
 
 J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham. Ohio, Poultry 
 Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty. 
 
 40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
 cheap if taken soon. 
 
 C. E. Genoways, Aurora, Nebr. 
 
 FINER AND CHEAPER than ever. Buy 
 early. Games. Heathwoods, Irish and 
 Mexican Grays. Blks. Reds; Tornadoes 
 and Cornish Indians, Free illustrated cir- 
 cular. C. I), i-mith. Fort Plain", N. Y. 
 
 FREE, GAMES. Eggs $100 per 13. Circular, 
 Heatbwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays. 
 Tornadoes. Irish Blks. Reds. Cornish In- 
 dians. $200. Fowls all times. C. U, Smith. 
 Fort Plain, N. Y. 
 
 BIG MAIL for poultrymen. Insert your 
 name in our poultry director and receive 
 poultry papers, poultry catalogues, etc. ev- 
 ery day. Only teu centi silver. Poultry 
 Directory Co. A. Goshen. Ind, 
 
 DARK BRAHMaS exclusively. A few stand- 
 ard bred pullets for for sale for 1.50 and esr^s 
 l.SO per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks. No stock for 
 sale. Eggs $.i.00 per 100. 11.00 per 13. My 
 stock is first class and have won in show 
 room. J. P. Schioeder, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 ALSEN Poultry yards has Hamburgs. Buff 
 and Brown Leghorns, Buff Rocks. White 
 Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian. Won 
 26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da- 
 kota state fair. KggS for hatching. 11.00 
 and up. Circulars free. 11. P Larson, 
 Beresford.S. D. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMaS. I have a few good hens 
 and pullets for sale cheap. Mrs. Alice Alien. 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
 Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
 Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting of 15 eggs. 
 Write wants. ,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. 
 15. fl; 39. *2. Duck eggs $1 per 11. .1. W. 
 Cook. Poneto. Ina. 
 
 100 S. S. HAMBURGS. Stock for sale. Eggs 
 at prices to suit the season. Stock In good 
 condition f;ishionably bred and artistically 
 marked. Rev. G. A. Ohamblln. Moran, 
 Kansas. 
 
 .MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
 Ducks. Light Bruhma and B. Plymouth 
 Rock Cockerels at .^l each. Toulouse Gand- 
 ers, and M. Bronze Tom.s. at $3 each. Pol- 
 and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
 .1. I). Grimes. Chamber , Neb. 
 
 WHITE PLYMODTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
 yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
 cocki'rels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
 and up to 9.514. Write for prices. Geo, N. 
 Wood, Weldon, la. 
 
BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 BUFF OKPINGl'ONS, -Cook's Strains." pggs 
 15 (or $:i 00; hatch guaranteed $5.00 from 
 birds butr to the skin and progeny of ini- 
 poited -slock. Express prepaid. A.Edward 
 Green, Joiiet, 111. 
 
 EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens 
 prize winnin>; Black Laugsbans. score 92*2 
 to USSj. Buff Orpingtons and Kose (Jomb 
 Ula^k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole, 
 M. U. WilliaujsHeld, III. 
 
 EGGS from my Beauty Strain of of high sour- 
 ing Liglir. Hrahmas ana prize winning 
 Black Sumatras, 15 tor $1 00, They are up- 
 to-date. Uhas. M. Palmers, Nettau. N. Y. 
 
 BUFF COUHIN chickens. Toulouse geese, 
 Uuroc -Tersey swine, Cockerels for sale 
 wiHi srore cards, Chii-ken eggs $:J.nO for 15. 
 Geese eggs i')C each. Ohas. A. Allison, Ten- 
 nessee, 111. 
 
 BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred tofine 
 bucks scoritiff 94 ,'2 at $3.00 each, or 2 does and 
 a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S. 
 Markel, Wahoo, Neb. 
 
 WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B. 
 Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks, (Ring-let 
 Strain; S. S Wyaudottes, S. C. Brown Lee- 
 horn. Birds for sale. Eeres in season. Mrs, 
 Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo. 
 
 THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S. C. Brown 
 Leghorns. Barred and White Rocks and 
 White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
 of East Peoria. D. E- Glatfield. East Peoria, 
 111, manae'er. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice 
 heavily feathered pullets for sale. Eg-gs$1.50 
 per 15. Pen headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state 
 show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed. H. E. 
 Bowman, Lawrence, Nebr. 
 
 Silver s^pangled hamburgs. Most 
 
 beautiful fowl and great layers. Cockerels 
 for sale. Eggs $1-25 for 15; $2-25 for ,10; $3.00 
 for4S. J. E. Haynes. Ames, IVlonroeCo. 111. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHAXS, Partridge Cochins, 
 .Silver I.aced Wyandottes. Kose Comb 
 Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale. 
 Prices very reasonable for quality of stock 
 If you want something good write at once. 
 C. P. Kurtz, Lawrence, Neb. Have tine 
 English Bei-kshire hogs, 
 
 EGGS. Barred Plymouth Rock birds scoring 
 90to92H. Eggs $1.50 per 15; 2 50 per 30; 
 Birds scoring St* to 92. $1.00 per 15: 1 50 per 30, 
 4.00 per 100. .1. F. Loun s Son, North Eng- 
 lish, Iowa. K. F. D. 2. 
 
 SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- 
 dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
 They are state winners. Live and let live 
 is our motto. Dorkings, 1.50 per setting, 
 other settings 1.00. Circulars free. o. Mul- 
 lin, Beauford. Minn. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES, Line bred for fan- 
 cy utility, heavy laying strain. Uest shaoe 
 winning 1st ck, 1st hen, at Ohio State show, 
 also at Poultry Show at Akron. Egirs 2 00 
 Incubator eggs a specially. 6 00 per 100. 
 Cockerels for sale. C. D. McVicker.-, Pleas- 
 ant Home, Ohio. 
 
 WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTE*. 
 Eggs 1.00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker- 
 els 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio. 
 Eggs per setting. 95c. Mrs. H. W. Clark, 
 Seward, Nebraslva. 
 
 EGGS for sale. White Crested Black. 2 50 
 peris. Bull Rocks. Buff Leghorns, Light 
 Bra h mas, eggs 125 per 15. Stock for si»le. 
 Write your wants. C. E. Olson. Colon, Neb. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKi. Farm raised. 
 Eggs 75 cents perls. Strawberry plants 60 
 cents per 100. Loudan Red Raspberry 
 plants, 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydla Beebe. 
 Ooryville. Pa. 
 
 EGGS. Barred Ro''ks (Thompson strain) 
 White Rocks (Emire) White Wyandot le 
 (Dustou) Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette) 
 Light Brahma (Felch) 13 for 1 25 Also a few 
 fine cockerels. L M. Whltlaker. 385 east 
 Robie. St. Paul. Minn. 
 
 THE INTERNATIONAL POOLTRY' EX 
 change wants every person who has good, 
 mediumpriced thorougbred poultry forsale 
 to send description and prices, with 10c, to 
 answer intjuiries; also anyone wishes to buy 
 any breed of thoroughbred poultry to send 
 for prices, we can fill all your orders near 
 your home. O. E. Dunlap, Supt. Liberal, 
 Kansas; U. S. A. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 HATTIE BYFIELD. McCooli. Nebr, EggS 
 for hatchiTig from prize winning Liglil Bralr, 
 mas and White Wvandotte chicken. While 
 H,)lland turkeys and mammoth Pekin ducks, 
 15 hen i-ggs $2.00. Iturkev eggs $1.50. U duck 
 $1.00. Duck eggs $o.a) per 100. A few nice 
 drakes lo sell. 
 
 SUPERIOR BLACK L\NGSPANS. Eggs U 
 for 1.00 . I am a member of the American 
 Langshan club and breed them exclusive- 
 ly Buy stock and esrss of me. S, II. Cot- 
 ton. Appleton City, Mo, 
 
 POULTRY PAPERS at cost, valualde cir- 
 culars free. Eggs 1.00 per 15. 4,0n per 100. 
 Buff Rocks Buff wyandottes. Big birds, 
 fertile eggs. A. B. Camier, Macedou. N. Y. 
 
 FOR SALE. Two 2iXl egg size Sure Hatch in- 
 cubators. In first class condition, will sell 
 very cheap. White Rock Farm. Wap llo, 
 Iowa. 
 
 CUMB-i' SINGLE Comb Brown Lesthorns 
 Regular egg machines. Stock direct from 
 best eastern breede's. Eggs for sale 1.00 
 for 15. W. E. Combs. J ullan. Neb. 
 
 BUFF and BARRi<;D ROUKS. Buff Legliorns 
 Black Breasted Red Gaines. Pekin ducks; 
 Fancy Pigeons. Eggs froni fine stock. Get 
 ^»rica list at once Satisfaction guaranteed 
 The Iltz Poultry Farm, Esthervilie, la. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHM.\S. From Boston winners. 
 Eggs 2.00 per setting, delivered. Yards 
 headed by prize winners. Females as good 
 asthebest. G. W. Hard n. Ulysses. Neb. 
 
 CHEAP to close out. As -fine a lot of birds 
 as you evers.uv- Golden wvandottes. Bar- 
 red Plymouth Rocks and Buff Cochin Ban- 
 tams. H Gregory; Wayne Neb,, 
 
 BUFF COCHINS and White Holland Tur- 
 keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy 
 stock, winners at Nebraska state show. 
 Chicken eirgs 2.00, turkey eggs, 1..50. Mat- 
 tie Stu lit, Lawrence, Kan. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st' 
 premium stock at leading shows, 93 to 94. 3 
 grand matiags. eggs 200 per IS. Robt. Lar- 
 mer. Ravenwood.'INlo. Bo<l 7. .•*. V, Pres. Buff 
 Rock Club. 
 
 EGGS 75c per 15. Farm range. Black Lang" 
 Shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From 
 pen No. 1. Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen 
 No. 2, White Wyandotte, 1 SO per 15 M M. 
 Browning. Appleton City, Mo. 
 
 ONE DOLLAR buys 15 eggs from extra fine 
 stock of Buff and Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 White Wyaneottes and Rose Comb Brown 
 Leghorns. C. R. Norman, Stromsburg, Neb. 
 
 EGGS. Buff turkeys, 3.O0. Barred P. Rocks. 
 1.25 per 13 Black Langshans 100 iier 13. 
 Mrs. T. G. Smith, Polo, 111. 
 
 Silver laced wyandottes exclusively, 
 strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best 
 egg production. They are winners, eggs that 
 will hatch, 1.00 for 15. W. O. Johnson, Stroms- 
 burg. Neb. 
 
 Barred PLY'MOUTH rocks, winners 
 from NorvaTs strain. No stock, all sold, on" 
 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 
 settings, twice the single i>rice) Place your 
 vour orders early. Mr.s. -M. E. Bittner, Osce- 
 ola, Neb. 
 
 NORTH STAR POULTRY YARDS. A few 
 choice Barred Rock and White Wyandotte 
 cockerels left. Northwestern buyers save ex- 
 orbitant express rates and order early. J. C. 
 Tjaden. Lennox, South Dakota. 
 
 29 
 
 BARRED P ROOKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
 liiised. Good birds, good scores, give good 
 sattfaclion and good results. Eggs that 
 hatch. $1.00 per 15. Prices for birds as 
 reasonable. If convenient please enclose 
 stamp when writing for particulars. 
 Miss A. Sargent. Sarcoxie, Mo. Box 87. 
 
 Sixteen EG(;S. 2.00. From my 
 City and Omaha prize winning White Wyan- 
 dotles (Duston Strain) stock. Scores 90js to 
 94, Incubator eggs cheam Mention Investi- 
 gator. Mrs, Maud Rolfe, Wetmore, Kansas. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at 
 
 l.SO per 15. Will replace all infertile eggs 
 free. Have 3 pens mated, send for descrip- 
 tion. We can please you, F. Whaley. Apple" 
 ton Cily. Mo, 
 
 NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
 ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. J. T. 
 Clark, 26th & Y Sts., Lincoln, Nebr. 
 
 FOR SALE. 2 trios extra chsice Silver Sebright 
 Bantams one year old- The price is J5.00 per 
 trio. Address Box 227, Clay Center, Nebras- 
 ka, care Investigator. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin 
 Show, l.st ck, 1st, 2d, 3d hen. 1st. 2d, 3d ckl,. 1st, 
 2d, 3d, 4th-pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My- 
 ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin, 111, 
 
 R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left. 
 Eggs 1.00 per is. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
 andottes. Eggs I'OO per IS. C. H. Courier, 
 Ashley, Ohio. 
 
 FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens, 
 first money takes them. Place order at once. 
 Address Poultry Investigator. Clay Cen- 
 ter, Nebr. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS, "Cook's Strains." 
 Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3,(X) 
 per 15. R.C.Brown and S. l^ White Leg" 
 horn eggs SI. 50 per 15. Louis Mogensen, Ra- 
 cine.Wis. 
 
 PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de- 
 scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed- 
 ing, feeding, caring tor. 5 cents. 1.000 pig- 
 eons for sale. Prices ftee. Wm, A. Bart- 
 lett & Co. Box 27. Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 White PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty. 
 Eggs 1 00 peris. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 peril- 
 Try us. P. J. Kolasa, DuBois, Neb. 
 
 For Sale. 
 
 Black Laiig-shan Cockerels, SOc 
 aud pullets 75c each, Pekin drakes 
 Sl.OU each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 
 and S3r All stocli pure blood, 
 Mrs. Albert Ray $So«i, Wilsey, Ka«. 
 
 SMOO 
 
 FREE! 
 
 POULTRY 
 CATALOGUE- 
 
 . Giveslowtst i.ricesof fowls and eegH. 
 t-r oubreeiis Turkeys, Gees«, Duilisaud ChickeDS. Hon- 
 :ds of ^ilat^sfromlife. ISbestpoultrr bouse plans. Treat- 
 ou dtseases,liow to feed, breed, etcSend lOc. for postage. 
 
 R. Brabazoo. Jr. & Co., BoxlOo,Oelavao, Wb, 
 
 SURE SEE THE lOO* 
 
 Noxal! Incubator 
 
 perfect, 1 , 
 
 ,„„. ^^ to get one FREE- Our catalogue 
 
 glvesa remedy Tor every known poultry diseafle, 4c. (or pes- 
 UgQ Circular and price list free. 
 
 Noxall litcabator Co., ^aincy. 111. 
 
 HELLO! WHOSE ARE THESE? 
 
 Why, Hall's Famous Prize Winning 
 
 White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks. Won 1.50 reg-tilar 
 and special prizes in Chicago and leading western shows. All our 
 first prize birds are in our pens. B. P. R males and females score 
 90 to 9;i><— White Wyandottes 93 to 9(i. We always win, so can you 
 if vou buy of us. Our P. Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks, S. and R. C, 
 R,"I, Red's, Blk. B. W. and P. Cochins, T. Geese, and Pekin Ducks 
 are all winners. Illustrated, catalog-ue tells you all. Stock aud 
 and eg-g-s f«r sale. 
 
 J. D.W.HALL. 
 
 Des Moines, la. 
 
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 Printing for 
 
 Poultrymen 
 
 We are prepared to do all kinds of 
 printing for poultrymen. We have the 
 hierhest srrade machinery and new ma- 
 terial; all work (guaranteed first-class. 
 Free use of standard poultry cuts to 
 patrons. Write us your wants and ifet 
 our prices on your work . Address. 
 
 Poultry Investigator 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm ! 
 
 Eggs to Hatch. 
 
 S DOT FES: Very choice pen, J3 per 15 
 Over 3f,0 hens on dilTereut farms. Good 
 pure stoclf. Eags $1 per 13, ti per 100. 
 
 BARKED KOCKS: Slrlctly standard sys- 
 tem. 60 lln- hens and pullets. 4 extra 
 lurfje. stately croweis. tcorUiKtroni 90 to 94 
 by .Judges Russell and Stransbough. Eges 
 
 tper 1.5, $.1 ."iO per 30. M. Brahmas. S. O. 
 .Leghorns and C. 1. Games. Good pure 
 stock on separate farms. Eggs $1 per 15, $4 
 per 100. 
 ROUP <^UKE: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
 Circulars free. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK OX 176, 
 
 i/> Wm Easies .... 
 
 Kutr Orpingtons. R. O. W. Leghorns 
 Burred & White Rocks, W. (J. P. Ban- 
 tams, Belgian's Hares, Fggs. Stock in 
 season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes; 
 sliver cup last year. 
 
 Calesburg, 
 
 imois- 
 
 Scott's Cure 
 I r Chicken Cholera 
 
 Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
 or money refunded. Testimonials on 
 application. Reference: Rising City 
 Bank. 
 
 B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 
 
 Pride of the West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
 Felch; Black Lang-shans, Emry 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is o 
 sure cuf-e. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
 CI<ARKSVII,I,8, MIS80DKI. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice 
 
 Tlie German Nurseries, Beatrice, 
 Neb., are advertising with us this sea- 
 son, as they have done in former 
 years. This nursery is owned by Carl 
 Sonderegger and was formerly located 
 at Fairbury, Neb., but a year or two 
 ago removed to Beatrice, where it is 
 possible to have better shipping facili- 
 ties, which advantage our readers will 
 fully appreciate. Mr. Sonderegger has 
 equipped his nurseries with very com- 
 plete buildings for housing and pre- 
 paring his stock for shipment, so that 
 :\nyone ordering from him can feel rea- 
 sonably sure of getting their stock in 
 the best possible condition. Mr. Con- 
 deregger's catalogue is printed in both 
 English and German and anyone con- 
 templating the purchase of nursery 
 stock will find it to their advantage to 
 write tor this catalogue before placing 
 their order. Catalogue is sent free on 
 request. In writing kindly mention 
 having seen his ad and this notice in 
 our paper. 
 
 Puritan Irvcubators and Chick 
 Food 
 
 We beg to call the special attention 
 of our readers to the advertisement of 
 the Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc., in this 
 issue. 
 
 They manufacture and have for sale 
 the "Puritan Incubator and Brooders" 
 and are likewise the proprietors of the 
 now world renowned Puritan Chick 
 Food. All other hatching machines 
 have been discarded on the Puritan 
 Farms for the "Puritan Incubator." 
 which is certainly the very best recom- 
 mendation possible. The "Puritan" is 
 a strictly up-to-date and excellent ma- 
 chine, being built of the very best pos- 
 sible materials, no expense being 
 spared in its construction. It is novel 
 in a great many points and differs to 
 quite an extent from most of other 
 makes now on the market. 
 
 The new catalogue of the Puritan 
 Poultry Farms is a veritable work of 
 art and contains page upon page of or- 
 iginal matter, in fact is a fine poultry 
 treatise in itself and tells you all about 
 Puritan Chick Food and all Puritan 
 products. It will be sent absolutely 
 free to all our readers who mention 
 where they saw their advertisement. 
 
 This book should be in the hands of 
 every lover and breeder of poultry and 
 we advise you to send for it today. 
 
 You will notice among our advertis- 
 ers this month the name of E. A.Teas- 
 dal of Slater, la. Mr. Teasdal is a 
 prominent breeder of S. C. W. Leg- 
 horns and breeds as good stock as can 
 be found any where in the United 
 States. 
 
 LEGHORlJiS. 
 
 (Exclusively) 
 
 Birds of chuiix- bitudiiig. Scoring troui 92 to 
 94!/, are in my p,!ns fer 11102. Eggs from 
 these pens $3.00 per dozen, A satisfactory 
 h.itch guaranteed 
 
 Frank McDonald, Columbus, O. 
 
 (Route I, Sr.\. 1!) 
 
 Caution! Don't Read Thim Ad. 
 
 Korify II d,, you will discover whereto 
 get Ml' iji M nf w hiif KiM'ks scoring from 93 
 to96;2:ii III. laiLi^i ^liiiws throughout ihe 
 state iif I iliin \i . oliiiiibus. 1901, weshowed 
 thirty Uliii,. l;.irl<^ wiih an averag score of 
 9:j'a. A 4-yi'ai-old cock bird scored 95!4 und 
 ersuch ju ges as Bridge. Lanr, Cranmer. 
 Burger and Jones. .Stock for sale. Eggs ^.00 
 
 iier 1.5. 
 
 Maughlin • res. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 At Ihe Columbus 
 shows for the past 
 
 three years I have won more prizes than 
 all other exhibitors combined. Fine shape, 
 exellent color, full combs and unexcelled 
 as layers. Stoc- for sale at all times. Eg?s 
 in si-asoii. .\ iiooil hatch guaranteed. 
 
 ■OLUIIBUS. OHIO. 
 
 THEODORE DESSiUM, ', 
 
 ' 19 E, Chestnut St. 
 
 EGGS 
 
 $2.50 for IS 
 $4.50 for 30 
 .My aim, 
 fertile egg, 
 hardy 
 duck, bred 
 to win best 
 to lay. 
 
 STOPI 
 
 «®- KCSE and SINGLE, •=»» 
 Rhode Island Reds. Buff Letr- 
 horns. Winners wherever shown. 
 Only strong robust stock in niv 
 pens and you will not regret it it 
 you send your order for eggrs to 
 
 £>/c Aurellua, 
 Perry, Lmke co. Ohio 
 
 WWlnnerm Agalnl 
 
 Rocks and Wjandottes. White and 
 Barred. Score 92 to 95. Silver and 
 Buflf. They are sired by winners 
 and bred to winners from some of 
 our largest shows. Eggs S2.00 per 
 IS straight from pens headed by 1st 
 and 2d prize birds. 
 J. A. Douglas, Ferguson, Mo. 
 
 Something Worth Knowing. 
 
 IMouey saved by making your own poultry 
 remedies. To cure cholera. SUKECTRE. 
 Roup. Scalej Leg. Lice, Mites. Cheaprem- 
 edy but sure. Excellent Poultry Food to 
 make hens lay. Celebrated Douglas Mix- 
 ture eic. All receipts tor $100 or 3oc each. 
 Address with 2c stamp, 
 
 \. in, U;I«LA\D, Goshen, Ind., R. V. D. No. 2. 
 
 My White Minorcas 
 
 Won Isi, 2nd aid 3rd at;Delaware and Co- 
 lumbus on old and young stock. Scored 
 
 60 to n^i. Eggs from my best pen $2.00 
 per ir,:$.i.00 per 4.1. satisfaction guaranteed 
 
 HARRY LIEBOLD, Delawun'. Obio, K. D. 2. 
 
 Old Homestead Brooder. 
 
 The best on earth. All your chickens can be 
 saved in the Old Homestead Brooder, 
 Try one. Write for prices. Address 
 
 Old Homoatead Brooder Co., 
 MIddleboro, Maaa.... 
 
This is for You!. 
 
 Owins to my iudzlug engagements 
 for season of 1902-3, will not be able 
 to 'how my biids and will heiehy 
 reduce th" price iif eggs from 13 00 
 to $2 00 per 15. I have S. C. Brown 
 Leghoins. Hlack Leghorns, Harred 
 Plymouth uoclis. (Violet Strain ) 
 
 David Larson, wahoo, Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 I. & N. M. Conner, Ponca, Neb., won 
 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 3 fourths. 
 Their bird sales were so large this fall 
 that they did not have on early bird left 
 and had not intended showing until a 
 few days before the show. All pullets 
 and cockrells shown were August 
 hatched and cut from two to four 
 points on weight. 
 
 31 
 
 Pe#riflS-Hallock strain. Will sell 
 a few choice drakes and ducks, $1.00 
 each. Egg orders booked now. 
 
 Belgian Hares. Pedigreed. Grand 
 lot of youngsters sired by a 9SX 
 point buck, Bred does always on 
 hand. Booklet on the industry for 
 stamp. 
 
 Stephaui Poultry Co. Belleville, III. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS 
 
 Exclusively. 
 
 Just Wtiat You Are 
 Looking For . . . 
 
 The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
 ners in ny company. Elegant 
 in shape, profusely feathered, 
 as good as the best. Prices 
 low, write me. 
 
 B. H, DUNN, Clay Center, Neb, 
 
 Clubbing List 
 
 By taking the advantage of the 
 following combinations you can 
 get two papers often at the price 
 of one. Look at these offers: 
 
 Price with 
 
 Poultry 
 
 Regular Invisti- 
 
 price gator. 
 
 Poultry Tribune 50c SOc 
 
 Poultry Herald 50c SOc 
 
 Poultry Gem 25c 35c 
 
 Commercial Poultry SOc 50c 
 
 Western Poultry News. . .25c 25c 
 
 Poultry Success SOc 40c 
 
 Poultry Topics 25c 25c 
 
 Poultry Gazette 25c 25c 
 
 Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc 
 
 Farm Poultry $1.00 $1.00 
 
 American Poultry Journal SOc SOc 
 
 Feather SOc SOc 
 
 Nebraska Farmer fl.OO $1.00 
 
 ..Just Think of it.. 
 
 Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 
 
 Any SOc paper yon choose above. . .50 
 The Poultry Investigator 25 
 
 Total $1.75 
 
 We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
 Address, 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice— We do not send samples of 
 other papers. 
 
 A. L. Houston, formerly of Keota, 
 la., has removed to Red Oak, la., 
 bought a small farm near town and 
 will breed his Orpington and Rock on 
 a large scale. His place will be known 
 as Forest Hill Poultry Farm, and has 
 good range and water. We wish him 
 success in his new venture. 
 
 WINNINGS AT INDIANAPOLIS. 
 DEC. 4-10, 1901. 
 
 Winnings of R. E. Jones, Flat Rock, 
 Md., at Indianapolis, Dec. 4-10, 1901: 
 
 S. Wyandottes— 1st, 4th, cocks; 1st, 
 3rd and 4th hens; 4th cockerel; 1st and 
 4th pullets; 2nd pen. Golden Wyan- 
 dottes, 1st, 2nd and 3rd cocks; 1st, 
 2nd, 3rd and 4th hens; 1st cockerel; 
 1st, 2nd and 3rd pullets; 1st and 2nd 
 pens. Black Wyandottes, 1st and 2nd 
 hens; 1st cockerel; 1st and 2nd pullets; 
 1st pen. G. S. Bantams, 1st cock; 1st 
 and 4th hen; 1st and 2nd cockerels; 
 1st pullet; 1st pen. S. S. Bantams— 
 2nd cock; 1st and 2nd hen; 1st and 2nd 
 cockerels; 1st and 2nd pullets; 1st pen 
 
 We wish to call the attention of our 
 readers to the ad of J. D. W. Hall of 
 his famous winnings, w. Wyandottes 
 and B. P. Rocks. He has taken sev- 
 eral other popular breeds to raise and 
 we are informed that all of his stock 
 is of that high standard that he has 
 won on his W. Wyandottes and B. P. 
 R. in the past. 
 
 His great success in the best shows 
 in the United States prove his knowl- 
 edge of the business. This should in- 
 sure his customers the best treatment 
 and value for their money. We heart- 
 ily recommend this form to all buyers. 
 Look up his add on page — , and list 
 of winnings on page — . 
 
 Houdans. 
 
 1st pen at Nebraska State Fair 1901, 
 also 1st pen at Lincoln, Nebraska, 
 State Show. 1902. No stock but eggs 
 at $1.50 per 13. 
 
 Reuben H, Kapser, 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Eggsf 
 
 From Line Bred Stock. 
 
 Twelve years experience in mat- 
 ing and breeding. Eggs from fine 
 mated ;hens $1.50 per IS, $2.00 per 30. 
 Fggs from extra fine mated pens $2,00 
 per 15, $;{.00 per 30. 
 A. L. Pedicit, box A Ottnmna, lo*a. 
 
 R M. Kellog, Three Rivers, Mich., 
 will send you "Great Crops of Straw- 
 berries and How to Grow Them. 
 
 This is much more than a catalogue. It 
 is a treatise on plant physiology and 
 shows how the fruit producing organ- 
 ism of a plant may be developed so it 
 will throw its energies to the produc- 
 tion of fruit instead of useless runners 
 and foliage. 
 
 Fruit growers will appreciate this 
 book and feel thankful to the paper 
 which puts it in their hands. 
 
 Kindly look it over carefully and crit- 
 icise it. 
 
 —White and Buff Wyandottes.— 
 
 Prize Winners— 1st CM at Elgin, 1st and 2nd 
 uclii. 2nd puilet, 3rd hen, 2nd pen at Kocl«- 
 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 
 t3.00 per 13. 
 
 B R LUCAS, Belvidere, III 
 
 Don't Fool Yourself! 
 
 By selecting a poor vegetaljle cutter. Get 
 an O K, cuts every thini; ed'.blp for the table 
 or for the poultry. .Send J2.50 for sanjple 
 machine. Agents wanted. Address 
 
 Dep't. A., 0. K. MfgCo- Florin, Pa- 
 
 BUFF ORPIHGTONS. 
 
 Ho stock for salel Rose Combs, Buff 
 Orpingtons. A few eggs at $5 00 pt r IS. Win- 
 ners at Red Oak and Osceola. Iowa, and Ne- 
 braska State Show at Lincoln, Single 
 Combs, eggs, J3.00 per 13, 15.00 per 26. 
 
 Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 
 
 For Sale. 
 
 100 choice young birds from winners at 
 Kansas and Nebraska State Shows, 1901. 
 S S, Hamburgs, Partridge Cochins, Buff 
 Cochins, Light Brahmas and B. P. Rocks. 
 Show record on application. Eggs from 
 choicest matings$1..50 per setting. 
 
 DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 0. MO. HUN. DRO. 
 
 Breeder of Prize- Winning 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 
 
 stock for sale at all tiuies. Eggs in season. 
 
 y.OMOHUNOeO, Bowling Gfeen, Mo. 
 
 Listen! 
 
 -IF YOU WANT— 
 
 Barred P. Rock 
 
 cockerels, hens or pullets, worth ev- 
 ery cent asked, scored or unscored, 
 send me your order and let me prove my prom- 
 ise to please you. Kees $1. From all scored 
 stock by Rapp and Heimlich, 'i$l-50 and $2. No 
 secrets about these pens. Ask what you want. 
 
 Mrs. A- P. Rodgere. 
 Bowlliis Green, Mo. 
 
BUrF WYANOOTTES 
 BUFF P. ROCKS . . 
 
 Bred from my Boston 
 Ouialm. Kansas eliy, 
 and Top'ka prize win. 
 ners. Ola ajid yoniiff 
 stock for sale. A larj: 
 flock to select 'rnm. Prices re;isniiable. 
 
 W. J. GOW, Norfolk, Neb. 
 
 WhSie Wyandoites. 
 
 First and second premiums at Min- 
 neapolis, poultry show Dec. 19 o 21. 
 Effg-s from birds s orinff !)3, ".t4. 04 ')4 
 94, 9.J>^ cockerel 943^, SI 50 per set- 
 ting, 2 settings $2.25. Few birds for 
 saie. 
 W. H. SwaMx, Minneapolis, Itanaaa. 
 
 High Hill 
 
 TT 
 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
 Tiirk-y> are bred frnn, prize wlr..,ers 
 nnd are winners. mnUn;.' alnjo.sl clean 
 sweep wlM-rever shown ^our.g Tor„s 
 S^each; I'ullcis. $:i 50to$:) OOeach. My 
 Kock- are noted fur shape and oranire 
 colored legs, go point co kerels. e' 50 
 each ; 91 to K'^ pot nt Cncker.ds $.xoo- 
 each Pullet not scored. »1 00 ear-h 
 Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo 
 
 CROWELL'S 
 
 Buff^rpin gtons. 
 
 Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
 and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. .'{d, 4th and 5. 
 Hens iRt, and 2d. 1st Pen. Efffi-s 
 S;j.00 per 1,-., S.-..00 per 30. Two trios 
 Indian Knnner Ducks at $5 00 per 
 trio. Eg-fTS S2,on per l.i. Satisfac- 
 tion gruaranteed. 
 
 F. A. Crowell, Granger, 
 
 Silver Lace Wyandottes 
 
 White Wyandottes : 
 
 -^^£^^2,^^ Buff Legfhorns 
 
 Pekin Duck.s... 
 
 All first class stock. Egg-s for sale. 
 MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
 Imperial, Neb. 
 
 Barred Rock Eggs, 
 
 —For Hatching.— 
 
 Fertile egg.'? and big healthy chicks is 
 What you want. Try mine this year 
 $1.50 for I.-), $2..50 for .30, $:5.00 for 45, 
 
 A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 
 
 Boff Ofpingloos 
 Bronze Turkeys 
 
 We keep tiothiiic l>ui tlie 
 choicest stock. Efcs for 
 sale. Write for prices. 
 
 C. E BROWNING, 
 
 Fairbury, Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The Repvjblican Va.Iley 
 
 District Poviltry 
 
 Association 
 
 The Republican Valley District 
 Poultry Association has just closed a 
 most successful show. Perhaps the 
 number of birds shown this year was 
 not quite so large as in previous years, 
 l)ut that was to be expected. We are 
 having hard times in this section this 
 winter, and it has in some cases inter- 
 fered with the size of our show, but 
 it did not interfere with the perfect har- 
 mony and good felowship of the ex- 
 hibitors, and there was no note of dis- 
 cord when the awards were made 
 known. 
 
 During the last hours spent together 
 there was some little discussion oi 
 methods by which we might grow and 
 prosper. It struck us that we and 
 many other associations might be ben- 
 efitted by a discussion through one ol 
 our favorite magazines. The Investi- 
 gator, for instance. Now, would it not 
 be nice and instructive if some of the 
 oldest and most successful of our poul- 
 try associations were to come forward 
 and tell us by what methods their asso- 
 ciation was run in peace and harmony 
 for— well, say for twenty years? Won- 
 der if there is an association in the 
 state that has run continuously for 
 that length of time? If there is won't 
 you let us hear from you? Please tell 
 us all about yourselves? What meth- 
 ods made your association the long 
 lived shining success that it is? Tell 
 us of your mistakes, too. You can date 
 them back quite a spell. We would not 
 e.xpect you to tell any that had been 
 lately committed for that might have a 
 bad effect on your organization even 
 after years of success. Of course you 
 will never make more mistakes. We 
 take that for granted, but a review of 
 those you made years and years ago. 
 might steer many a young association 
 clear of disastrous breakers. 
 
 Do yon think monthly meetings the 
 best plan? Or do you come at a call 
 of the president? How long before the 
 show do you think it best to distrib- 
 ute the premium lists? This question 
 lias been much discussed by members 
 of our association, some of our mem- 
 bers holding that if the lists were a 
 little old in the hands of their possess- 
 ors they were quite forgotten before 
 the show. Personally we believe that 
 the premium lists should be distributed 
 a month at least before the show. li 
 any of you disagree with me please ex- 
 plain reasons why. We think that 
 when a breeder receives his lists he or 
 she decides very soon whether their 
 birds are going to that show and we 
 
 Ain'tth-se beanties^ 
 
 But not so fine as 
 chicks hatched 
 from B. P. Uock 
 and Buir Oocli. 
 In esKs that you 
 can buy of Mrs, 
 Kissier. I have 
 a few fine Bar- 
 red C k'ls for 
 .sale yet. Write 
 for prices and 
 be Pleased, 
 
 .'Irs. Ida ffl Kessler, 
 WobDrn, III. 
 
 Kebraska Queen, 
 
 First PrUe Hen. WelgM 9 Iba. 
 
 53 ^w 
 
 Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
 late State Show Judge Myers said 
 she was the best one he b«d seen 
 this year. I won 8 regular premiums 
 at the above show. 20 years a 
 breeder of this variety exclusively. 
 Write your wants. Address 
 
 F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality and Quatttity. 
 
 Farm raised prize winning stock. 
 Eggs SI. SO per IS, S5.00 per 100. 
 
 B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Singje Gomb^Br^wn Leghorns. 
 Barred Plymoufh Rocks^ 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A. Rlckards, 
 
 SODTB - OfiDEN • PODLTBY - YABDS, 
 
 Ogden, Utah. 
 
RINGLET B. BOCKS 
 
 We Double Mate. 
 
 The Kind that Wi 
 
 Ben Hur, ist cockerel at Lincoln 
 Show 1602, 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.J Stock all sold, 
 eggs reasonable. Write for prices. 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Black Langshans— 
 
 Tho winter layers, of standard 
 weights, good colored plumage 
 and eyes, well feathered shan'^s 
 no scrube among them. Score 
 93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt, 
 
 Fai.bury, Neb- 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 
 
 None under, weight — scores 93 to 
 ^ to 87. 1st and 3rd puUel at Lin- 
 ^ coin, also '2d colkernl weight — 31 
 
 pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt, 
 
 Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Please Let Me Tell You 
 
 My Buff I'orhins '.have :is;aiQ won their 
 share of the ribbons at tlie Mc('ool< Sliow. Tn 
 make room tor my breeding pens I wi 1 sell 
 trios, pens and singles at biirg'>ins for the 
 ne.xt 30 days. Also a few K C B Leghorns. 
 Eggs in season. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, Inperial, Nebraska. 
 
 White 
 
 Holland Turkeys and 
 Embden Geese. 
 
 Des Moines, la. Prize Winners. 
 
 W. p. Rocks and W. Wyaudottes scor- 
 ing 92 to 95K points for sale. Eggs 
 for hatching from above stock, also 
 W. Cochins, W. I. Game and W, 
 Guineas. Guinea Pigs for sale. 
 Write for particulars and mention 
 Poultry Investigator. 
 White Plume Poultry Yards 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK, 
 Dallas Ceuter, - - Iowa, 
 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 
 MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
 eight State Shows and many other lar^e 
 shows, winning- more premiums than all 
 other competitors of this variety combined. 
 Good birds for sale. Egsrs from prize pens 
 15 for $3. 30, $5- From standard bred 
 stock, farm rangre, 100, $4. 
 
 mps J. m. GflOSE, 
 
 Hmpopia, i^ein. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS. 
 
 1st ckl score 9t?ii. 1st hen Oii^, at Nebraska 
 State Show at Lincoln. Egg.s S3 00 per 13. 
 Breeders also of Short Horn fattle ard Du- 
 roc Jersey swine. 0. K, DAVIS. Prop. 
 W.J. MITOHELL, Poultry Manager. 
 
 Columbus, 
 
 Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 believe it may take some preparation 
 and change of plans to take in that par- 
 ticular show, and it is a pretty good 
 idea to give the breeders time to ar- 
 range matters. If the breeder makes' 
 up his or her mind to go to a show 
 while the premium list is fresh in hand, 
 there will be no forgetting the date 
 even if the list is mislaid. Now these 
 are our reasons for believing in an ear- 
 ly distribution of premium lists. 
 
 In the first years of the existence of 
 the R. V. D. P. association some of 
 the members thought it the fair thing 
 that every bird exhibited should have 
 been raised by the exhibitor. As a 
 mattr of fact a great many birds ex- 
 hibited at our first show were bought 
 at long figures out of the Nebraska 
 state show. We bought some ourselves 
 at figures that made our neighbors 
 question our sanity. Then we that 
 bought the birds we exhibited brought 
 our birds that we raised in by the back 
 door and had them scored and in many 
 instances found that we owned birds 
 quite as good as those purchased at the 
 state show. 
 
 After the first show we were none of 
 us particular to have our show held af- 
 ter the state show. We had learned 
 the lesson, some of them, that novicei 
 must learn and now we all want to get 
 through with our show in time toat- 
 tend the state show, if our birds score 
 high enough. There is a whole delega- 
 tion of us expect to go and make it 
 warm for the old exhibitors next win- 
 ter, too. Look out for us. 
 
 Finances is a subject that would bear 
 some discussion, we think. -Our asso- 
 ciation never has much money left af- 
 ter all the show expenses are paid, 
 consequently we all quake in our boots 
 before every show lest we come out 
 behind this time, and have to dive into 
 the immense incomes we make off our 
 poultry business to pay up what we run 
 behind, but a f^ay or two after the show 
 we are all reassured by the secretary 
 that our incomes are safe. The show 
 paid out. Nevertheless we shall prob- 
 ably discuss the giving of balls and sup- 
 pers in order that no more such men- 
 aces to our private fortunes need exist. 
 
 Now ye twenty-year-old associations, 
 come forward and tell us how you keep 
 your coffers brimful? 
 
 Now lastly as old fashioned preach- 
 ers say, how is a secretary to manage 
 to come forth unspotted before his as- 
 sociation? We have special reasons 
 for wanting this last question answered 
 because we know a new one that has 
 dene some foult-finding with past sec- 
 retary that may find the coming task 
 not so funny. 
 
 HATTIE BYFIELD. 
 
 33 
 
 It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
 try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
 say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
 try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
 trained 
 
 Fox Terrier Dog. 
 
 Our dogs are taught to parole the 
 place night and day. Write, Nevada 
 Foxterrier Kennel.«, Nevada, Mo. 
 
 JsS-Mai^s $10.00; females $5.00. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
 C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes. 
 
 Before buying anything, write to us. 
 It will be a pleasure to give you 
 ® our prices. We respond prompt- 
 ly. Bargains if taken soon. 
 
 KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Golden & Silvrr Sebight Bantams! 
 
 \^ 
 
 ^ Eggs. Golden, 
 
 \ $1 50 per IS. 
 :^, Silvers, $2.00 
 r' per 15. Par. 
 \ Cochins, $2. 
 /A per 13. Price 
 M of pigeons on 
 y application. 
 8 varieties 
 for sale. Ad- 
 dress 
 
 W. F. HOLCOWB, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Poultry Investigator one year with each order. 
 
 Oientangy : : : 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 Reed Bros, Props- c. C. Reed, Mgr. 
 
 Ro.^e Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games. 
 Barn d P' Rocks. Buff C. O.chins. 
 
 Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfactory 
 hatch guaranteed. No birds in 
 bleeding peiis scoring less than 91 
 points. Send for circulars. 
 
 My Buff Rocks 
 
 Won at Madison Square Garden this 
 season; at Bost('n and other great 
 shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
 for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
 record. 
 
 MILES H. LOUER, 
 Box M. East Onondaga, N.. Y. 
 
 Now Ready..^^ 
 
 Young stock for sale at the Golden 
 Rule Poultry Yards. Pullets and Cock- 
 erels of pure Empire White Plymouth 
 Rocks, that are white. White Wyan- 
 dotte Cockerels, sired by male direct 
 from Duston, and hatched from a pen 
 of "Duston" hens. Also a few W. P. 
 R. hens and one male yet for sale, 3.t a 
 bargain. Write for price and descrip- 
 tion of stock. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BELMONT, WIS. 
 
34 
 
 MY MAMMOTH' 
 
 ill ve always won high. 
 est houors at (iiuat St. Liouls Fair and 
 Poultry Show; also In the hands of my 
 customera. A few elegant Buff Rox at 
 half real value. 
 
 OTTO STOECKER. Box t8. Manchester, Mo 
 
 Harm you soan Hf 
 
 The Fanciers' World 
 
 America's leading publication tor fanciers. 
 Special deoartQients for dogs. cats, pigeons, 
 hares, poultry. et<;. .12 pages. Profusely 
 Illustrated, per year. .'tO cents. Saiupiecopy 
 free. 
 
 The Fanciers' World 
 
 F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III. 
 
 Why Buy Stock artd Poultry Foods? 
 
 Make your Own! I can send you formu- 
 las for all kinds of stock and poultry 
 foods. Here are a few; Chick food 3i>c; 
 egg food, 33c; poultry condition powder. 
 45c: stock condition powder, 35c; hog con- 
 dition powder, 30c. Write for others. 
 
 A. W. Collltis, 
 630 Qraad Ave. Keoknfc, la, 
 
 Black Langshans 
 
 l^arge, vigorous stock, free from disqualifl. 
 cation: up to standard weight; winners at 
 Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
 sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
 season. Address, 
 
 MRS. N. W, JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 "Twent^-FiveYeafsinthe Poult[f Yard, 
 
 A perfect Manual for Success. 
 Gives symptoms and remedies 
 for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, 
 Hog and Poultry cholera. io8 
 pages. Price 25 cents. 
 
 A. H. LANG. 
 
 Govedale, Ky. 
 
 Trees and Plants 
 
 That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit, 
 
 We crow tliat kind. L.irce stock. Honest dcilinc. 
 Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peacli- 
 es6c. ; Grafted Apples 5c.; Concord Grapes 2c.. 
 Russ. Mulberries 30c. per 100; Ash 7Sc. per 1000; 
 Black Locust $l..'i5 per 1000. English or German 
 Illustrated Catalogues FREE. f 
 
 CARL SONDEREGGER, Proprietor, Roi 27, Beatrice, Neb. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 White Wy^ndottes 
 
 I never have failed to win in 
 largest shows. Birds score from 
 90 to95>i. 
 
 C. ROCKHILL, 
 
 Harvard, Nebraska. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 StaLndard Weight Is Most 
 DesiraLble 
 
 Written for Poulty Investigator by 
 Judge O. P. Green, Bourbon, Ind. 
 
 I find a number of people who think 
 that it is wrong for a judge to cut for 
 dificiency in weight. The opinion is 
 advanced more of ten in regard to pri- 
 vate scoring. They reason that if a 
 bird is one or two pounds under stand- 
 ard weight, in time it will develope and 
 attain the correct weight. Those who 
 reason in this manner are wrong, for 
 it is usually the late hatched fowls 
 which are not of correct weight and 
 the chances are that they never will 
 reach the right weight. 
 
 From my point of view, there is one 
 part of the standard which should be 
 changed, or at the very least, should 
 receive careful thought. The standard 
 says that when standard specimens are 
 equal in their scores, the heavier one 
 shall be awarded the prize. Now if 
 nine and one-half pounds is the proper 
 and standard weight for a Plymouth 
 Rock cock, the bird which has a weight 
 nearest to the above standard should 
 be given the preference. If the stand- 
 ard makes a certain weight the correct 
 one, I believe in standing by it and not 
 offering a premium for a heavier 
 weight. 
 
 Such a premium encourages people 
 to work and breed for birds of more 
 wight than required by the standard 
 and in consequence are very liable to 
 lack in quality, egg production and 
 general utility. 
 
 The Plymouth Rock in many yards 
 has been bred for large size to the de- 
 preciation of other desirable qualities. 
 It has been the plump body and medi- 
 um size that have added so much to 
 the popularity of this variety. As they 
 are being bred so much with seeming 
 disregard for these admirable qualities, 
 there are many people who have dis- 
 carded the Plymouth Rock to raise the 
 Wyandot, believing that it will prove 
 more satisfactory in size and weight. 
 
 If a certain weight receives the ap- 
 proval of the A. P. A. ana is erquired 
 by the standard, it behooves every 
 breeder and judge to try to secure that 
 weight. If a deficiency is wrong, an 
 excess should not be viewed with es- 
 pecial favor. 
 
 Early hatched birds the best, the 
 more vigoruos and more prolific. Such 
 birds will have their full weight in time 
 for exhibition at the winter shows and 
 should be cut for weight if they are 
 lacking in that particular, for it is al- 
 most a fact that an early hatched bird 
 which lacks in weight at a January 
 >;liow will always lack in weight unless 
 
 Our Barred and White Rocks. 
 
 Are successful show birds and excel- 
 lent for market. Our S. C. W. Leg- 
 horns are winners in strongest compe- 
 tition md great layers of large white 
 eggs. Incubator eggs S5.CX) per 100. 
 Eggs $2 00 per IS. 
 
 J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio- 
 
 If you want .... 
 
 Belgian Hares 
 
 Call on or write to 
 
 OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
 
 Old Orchard, Mo. 
 
 Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 
 
 WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
 100 Hares to choose from. 
 
 Black 
 
 Buff 
 
 White 
 
 Pekin Bantams 
 
 -Aa Good aa the Land can Atford- 
 
 — Eggs m,m per i:i.— 
 
 A.J. WILLIAMS, 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Black Langshans. 
 
 1st ck-1. 1st hen. Nebr.. State .>l]ow 1901. 1st 
 pen. 1st ck. 1st ckl, isi and 2d pullet. Netir 
 Slate Fail. 1901, 1st pen. 1st and 3rd pul- 
 let, 3nd ck. 2nd ckl. Nelir. State Poul'ry 
 Siiow at Lincoln, 1902. Esj;s S3.00 per 13. 
 
 J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES! 
 
 1st, ck, 1st, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul- 
 let. PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES, 
 3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr. State 
 Show. Light Brahmas. Eggs $2.50 
 per 15. 
 
 EBDAY, 
 
 North Bnd, Nebr. 
 
 Just a Moment Please! 
 
 now is the time to book your orders 
 and Wm. Kersenkkock has 
 prize winning birds of Barred and Buff 
 P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins, 
 Silver i Laced and White Wyandottcs 
 and Cornish I. Games. 
 
 Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Neb. 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
 Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 
 
 winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, 
 and 4 specials, birds sccring to 92 
 At three shows in last two years 
 won 11 fiists, (! seconds,' 6 thirds 
 and specials, Cocl-erels for sale. 
 Eggs SI. .50 per setting 
 
 J. F. Relnelt, - . Tripp, S. DoLkots 
 
 —Vice-President State Association.— 
 
 WMie Leghornsa 
 
 Incubator ogga from Rock 1.5.00 per 100 
 From ohiiii-e nuuinKs {L.-iO per 13. JS.'iDperSe, 
 LAVF.KS AN 1) W I N NEKS. Scottisti Terrier 
 puppies tt.OO and $.i.iiO 
 
 PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 
 
 H- R. Frc1icli,:Mer. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 
 
lIBuff ^rpi wfltotig and Cocbfns^ 
 
 I won more premiums than 
 any other two exhibitors at 
 the Nebraska State Show, 
 igoi. Before buying any- 
 thing write me — it will be a 
 pleasure to give you prices. 
 
 Ida J. Buehler, 'iVl.llttk. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 Cockerels $! no. $:i no and $."> 00 each. Pullets, 
 $1.00, $3.00. $i 00. Worth double what, I am 
 asliiD^ for tUeni. Above prices good for Jan- 
 uary OQly. 
 
 W. S. RUSSELL, 
 
 Box I, Ottuniwa, Iowa. 
 
 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per 15, »3.00 per SO, $5.00 
 
 per 100. Our stock is first class. 
 P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, ISebr 
 
 My . .. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 . . . .Have no equal 
 
 Bm Plymouth Rocks 
 
 (Thumpson Riaerlets.] 
 If you want good stock I have it 
 
 JOHN A. LING, 
 
 Harvard - - Nebraska 
 
 White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 
 
 My Rocks are of the best strains to 
 be found and I have a fine lot of 
 chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
 MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
 Liiicolti, Nebr, 
 
 W. A. Forbes. 
 
 dottes. For the past four years 
 the majority of the best preniiu 
 
 and White Wyan- 
 
 full 
 
 tue majority oi me oest premiums lu lun 
 classes. 22 1st. 10 2nd. 9 3rd and 5 specials. I 
 am booking- orders now for a limited no. of 
 eeffs from these prize matings for $300 per 
 setting". 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5 00. 
 
 North Topeka, Kan, 
 
 Years of Experience 
 
 Has brought me the very best of Barred Ply- 
 mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from 
 my different yards I have selected 5 pullets 
 scored 93 and 8 which scored 92^2 and from this 
 yard I wish to sell a limited number of settings 
 of eggs at 3.00 per setting All eggs sold will 
 be from ais yard and from these birds exclusive 
 ly. I have a few pullets scoring from 90 to 91^^ 
 also a fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at 
 prices that are right. All eggs and birds sold 
 by me will be as represented or money re- 
 unded 
 
 Wm. Metzmler, Independence, la. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 it is the fault of the breeder, and in 
 tliat case no allowance should be made 
 for his carelessness. 
 
 Late hatching ought not to be en- 
 couraged, and this what a judge does 
 if he refuses to cut for deficiency in 
 weight. There are and always will be 
 many careless breeders and ti is 
 against the results which they secure 
 that the careful breeder must be guard- 
 ed. Because one man through neglect 
 has raised chickens which fall short in 
 weight, the other exhibitors should not 
 be compelled to suffer on his account. 
 
 CYPHERS INCUBATOR CATA- 
 LOUGUE FOR 1902. 
 
 All who have seen a copy of the 
 magnificent catalogue issued a year 
 ago by the Cyphers Incubator Com- 
 pany will be interested to learn that 
 this company's catalogue for 1902 is 
 now ready for mailing and is a distinct 
 improvement over their great book of 
 last year. 
 
 This new and complete catalogue 
 consists of 196 pages and cover is 8x11 
 inches in size and weighs over one 
 pound. It contains a complete de- 
 scription of the Cyphers patent-dia- 
 phragm, non-moisture, self-ventilating 
 incubators, with fine color plate re- 
 productions of all sizes of the Cyphers 
 incubators. It contains also an illus- 
 trated description of the Cyphers 
 apartment brooders, and the full line 
 of poultry appliances manufactured by 
 this company. In it will be found 
 beautiful half-tone pictures of over 200 
 of the largest and best known poultry 
 plants of America, Canada and Europe 
 where the Cyphers incubators are in 
 use. 
 
 The Cyphers Incubator Company is 
 now completely installed in its great 
 factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The com- 
 pany is now completely installed in its 
 great factory at Buffalo, N. Y. The 
 company also has offices and sales- 
 rooms in Chicago, Boston and New 
 York City, and is in a position there- 
 fore to serve customers to advantage 
 in all parts of the country at a saving 
 of time and money in shipping by 
 freight. 
 
 All who are interested in the latest 
 developments in incubator and brood- 
 er manufacture should secure a copy 
 of the Cyphers Incubator Company's 
 complete catalogue for 1902. See ad- 
 vertisement elsewhere in this paper. 
 
 L. G. French, of Deep Water, Iowa., 
 sends in an ad. this month. Mr. French 
 is a reliable: breeder.^and his stock is 
 known far_ and near. Anybody want- 
 ing anything in his class will please 
 look up the advertisement. 
 
 35 
 
 Ohio's Whitest White Rocl(S. 
 
 Winners wherever shown the past 10 
 year-, scoring 04 to 9(5 points. Also 
 Open Laced Wyandottes and Black 
 Minorcas. Eggs $1.. 50 per setting. 
 
 Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio. 
 (Station A,Routp S.l 
 
 Exclusively. Scoring 
 02 to 9,T points. Won 
 at the great Co umbus 
 Show li)01-2, and Ohio 
 State Exposition 1901. 
 Stock for sale. Eggs 
 $1.50 per tif teen. 
 
 D.A.JONES, Columbus, O. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS- white and b 
 
 Kocks. White and Silver Laced VVand- 
 ottes. White and Brown Leghorns. Pekin 
 Ducks. America's best strains. M.v stock 
 has won a<iO premlunn In the past three 
 years at the great Columbus show. Newark 
 and the Ohio State Exposition. Stock for 
 sale at all times. Eggs $1 50 per dozen. 
 
 Red Oak Ponltry Farm, J. C liSDERWOOD.Prop. 
 Sta B, Columbus, Ohio, 
 
 BRIGEL'S Celebrated Straitis 
 
 Barred Maiesscorlng'as high as 94'-i and 
 Rnrlis females as high as 94V2 under such 
 
 nUfKS. judges as Bridge. ILane. Jones, have 
 won 1st prizes at such shows as the 
 great Columbus show, Newark, and the Ohio 
 State Exposition. Stock for sale at all times. 
 Eggs $;.50 per 15, the kind that win. 
 
 P. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio. 
 
 SALE! Light Bfahmas, 
 
 Felch Strain. None better. Eggs 
 from stock scoring 92 to 93^^, 
 $1.50 per 15. White Wyan- 
 dotte eggs $1.25 per 15. 
 
 Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Neb 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, 
 
 Scored by Rhodes from 92}i to 94. 
 Owens'& Canfield's strain, "Stay 
 White." Eggs $1.50 per 15. 
 
 Wnim Randolph, 
 
 Lawrence, Kanaaa. R. O. Ho. 1. 
 
 Pure Bred I-*o\iltry. 
 DARK BRAHMAS 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES 
 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 
 
 M.D.KING, Mhiilen,Neb. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
 FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
 SIX YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
 Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
 At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
 Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
 Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
 hibition birds for sale. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 Red Oak, - - Iowa 
 
3^^ 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 I 
 
 St;NNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POUI/PKV 
 Karoi. U. F. Austin. Deurins, Kan., White 
 Rock Specialist. EgRS. Frank Heck and 
 .lohn Hughes strains. IS cockerols fur sale 
 Strawberry plants best varieties. Square 
 treatment. 
 
 I'.MtTRinGF f'OnnNS a specialty. The 
 cream at fliicaiio and Cedar Haplus. liWl. 
 1.W youn;:-ter.s for sale after OcioImt 1st. 
 liner than ever, superior fiatherins. shape 
 and color. Always satisfaction jruaran- 
 teed. U..I. Shanklin, Wanljeck. Iowa. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE^, cockerels Rcorlnp 
 to94ii. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoiine 
 to 9(jy, sired by a Tom woitrhitiu 40 lbs and 
 from hens welBliint' to 2.-> lis. Prices rea- 
 sonable- W. U- Lake, Hampton, Nebr. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three 
 trios at 5.00 per trio. Choice cockerels at 
 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 
 birds. Ekks in season $2.00 for IS. J. L 
 Bannson, Sarcoxie; Mo. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES exclusively. 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 lurkeyand white Pe 
 kin duck. Larffe Une speciniuns for sale at 
 t reasonable prices. Our slock Is :is pood as 
 r money could nrocure. Mrs, E. I. Matliews. 
 aMornIng Sun. Iowa 
 
 EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown. BntT. 
 Black. Dominique, silver Duckwinf; and 
 Rose Comb White BulT and Blown Leg- 
 horns. Price list tree. Sylvester ShlMey. 
 Port Clinton. Ohio, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 .=;oillSUFF, BARRED. White Plvim.ulh Rocks. 
 Light Brahmas. Fine cockerels, hens and 
 pullets S2 to S3 e.ich . Kirgs IS. «1 -Otl. ItXl. *<).00. 
 Milton Brown. 1)0x94. Mlddleboro, Mass. 
 
 FOR SALE a $1:; Humphrey Bone Cutter, 
 nearly new for $8. Also a ButT UrplnKton 
 cockerel, welsbs 9 pounds; will make an 
 excellent breeder. Price ^ 00. Louis Mok- 
 
 ensen. Racine. Wise. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively. A 
 few choice cockerels for sale; took 1st and 
 2nd premium at SOS poultry show. 
 Wrile for prices. .1. W. Matson, Slroins- 
 burK. N-'br. Itoute No 2. 
 
 WHITE H. TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck., score 
 !I4'4 by Russell, for sale. Also e^-rs from 
 D. Biabniiis Brown L"Khorn. B. Pekln and 
 Oami' Bantams. Expert, I udge. P. M. Cool- 
 ey Milton. la. 
 
 PEACH GROVE POULTRY FARM I have 
 a few fine Black Lansshan i ocke'cis for 
 sale cheap If taken soon. Mrs. ,1, W. Strat- 
 tOQ, Blue Hill, Neb. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor- 
 val strains direct. Score 92 to 9."i byJudtie 
 Utio"es. Quality and fair treatment guaran- 
 leed. Best winter layers. Eggs 2.00 per IS. 
 Belgian hares. > has. t^. W ilson, Hi>ldrcge. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 O. K S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right. 
 Eggs Sl.dO per 15 or $400 per 100. W, T. Can 
 aday, Dover, Lee county, Iowa, 
 
 \m!\\ 
 
 It Brings More Eggs 
 
 '^ Ct< ta llondy Green BoneCuttcr and 
 
 di.iit'le your e-^g yield. OurnewcaUi- 
 In^'iie tells all aDout feeiiing green 
 b'liie. and the best machiue 
 
 Sold Direct '"■*' 
 
 on .'JOiIuys' trial. and 
 
 Stralton Mfg. Co., Box 48. Erie, Pa, 
 
 follow the purchase of a Victor Incubator. That is the tes- 
 timony of thousands of euocessfnl poultry raisers who will 
 have no other machine. AbsohitL-iy self-reyulating, and the 
 simplest, surest, most durable batcher ever made. Guar- 
 anteed positively a.s represented or money refunded. The 
 
 VIGTOR 
 
 Incubator Jfei 
 
 is Mcientitically correct, me- 
 cliiinirally per f en t— solid 
 and enduring. Catalogue 
 telling bow to get increased 
 
 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 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. 
 
 Pefa/uma Jncubafor Co., 
 
 Box 58, Petaluma, Cal., or 
 
 Box 58, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
Barred P .Rocks. 
 
 Hawkin's Strain! 
 
 1 breed them by the Trap 
 nest system. Eggs that 
 will hatch First Prize win- 
 ners. $2.00 per 13, $5.00 
 per 40. Send an order. 
 
 GEO. H WALLACE 
 
 Box A. Navan, Minn. 
 
 IW. * 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ 
 
 Prize-winning stock, first prize 
 at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of 
 four entries at Kansas City, M 
 won 1 first, 2 seconds, 1 third 
 4 prizes at Kansas State Show. 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 
 
 STECKER BROS,, 
 
 4639. Cottage Ave,, St. Louis, Mo 
 
 ^ From prize winning Golden 
 
 tggS Wyandottes, $2. per 18, scor- 
 ing from 90 to 93 U, by Shellen' erger. 
 
 J. Gardinier, Keota, III, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Single Comb 
 White Leghorns. 
 
 Eggs for hatching from the cream 
 of my flock, as I have the advan- 
 tage of selecting my breeders from 
 _ among seven hundred choice birds 
 
 " all bred and owned by myself 
 
 Nothing but the very best speci- 
 mens of most prolific layers are 
 ever used. Descendant from gen- 
 erations of great layers of large 
 pure white eggs. Write at once, 
 for circulars 
 
 E. A. TESDALL, 
 
 Slater, Story Co, Iowa 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes. 
 
 Eggs for hatching. S3.00 per 26 
 pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
 Fine scoring 
 
 Albert Lisius> Lake Mills. Mo- 
 
 I A II Vj»,, Barred Rocks at one 
 06ll I OU cent on the doUa^. 
 
 By selling you chicks just out of the 
 shell from stock the sire of which cost 
 ».S0.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00. 
 You get chicks for 60 cents each — thus 
 one cent on the dollar. W. P. R ducks 
 at 50 cents each. This is the best 
 chance in the world to start with good 
 solid foundation of pure bred eastern 
 stock. We ship lots of 10 or more and 
 guarantee safe arrival 1,.')00 miles. 
 Hatching all the time. Order in ad- 
 vance. Cash with order. 
 
 PARTINGTON. Nortbboro, Mass. 
 
 White Minorcas, Barred 
 
 Plymouth Rocks, Gold- 
 en and White Wyan- 
 dottes and Buff Gochin 
 Bantam Cockerels. 
 
 ♦ ♦♦♦♦■♦-♦♦ 
 
 I have cockerels in the above 
 named varieties for sale and 
 eggs ill season. (Score cards 
 wiih cockerels). The Wyan- 
 dottes are Du&tin & Keller 
 strains direct. B. P Kocks 
 are Elliotts. 
 Yours Respectfully, 
 
 Pine Lawn Poultr; Farm. 
 L. D. Metcalf. Prop'r- 
 
 Wakefield r Nobr. 
 
 P stands for P uritan; pure and the best, 
 
 U stands for U sage, this stands the test. 
 
 R stands for R ation, balanced and true, 
 
 I stands for I ncome, doubled for you, 
 
 T stands for T rouble, a thing of the past. 
 
 A stands for A ctive smart chicks that will last. 
 
 N stands for N ature whose laws are observed. 
 
 C stands for C hickens their health is preserved. 
 H stands for H appy young P. C. F. chickn. 
 I stands for I llness which plays them no tricks 
 C stands for C ostly when losses ensue 
 K stands for K eeping these losses from you. 
 
 F stands for F oily when boiled eggs are fed. 
 O stands for O Id when some are not dead. 
 O stands for O rders, in volume they grow, 
 D stands for D rop us a line as below. 
 
 The line should be dropped to 
 
 Ttie Puritan Poultry Farms, Inc. 
 
 For their superb and immense 
 catalogue giving full details of 
 this remarltabie food and illus- 
 trating the 
 
 World's Largest Poultry . 
 Plant 
 
 In all its details, also showing 
 which are the best Incubators 
 and Brooders now in use It Is 
 absolutely free to everyl)ody. 
 Write today. 
 
 Puritan Poultry Farm, Inc. 
 
 Box 357. Stamford. Conn. 
 
 Meyer's Langshans 
 
 Won 
 
 At 
 
 Kansas 
 
 State 
 
 Show 
 
 8o good 
 ones to 
 sell. 
 
 ist and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
 4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
 Score 189^, Rhodes and Harris, judges' At 
 N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 I.angshans all 
 good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
 tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
 15. $3-5° for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. 
 Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 
 
 L. E. Meyers, 
 
 Bowling Green, Missouri 
 
 W. «/. Cheney^ 
 
 Breeder of 
 
 Thoroughbred Poultry, 
 
 BOX 68-^1^ -^Ir-CUBA, i«0 
 
 Varieties.— B. P. Rocks, Liuht Brahmas. W. Wyan- 
 andottes. Partridge Cochins. S. C. B. Minorcas. S, C. 
 W. Legliorns, S, and R. C B. Leg-horns, Peliin Ducks. 
 Eggs for hatching. *1 (M per setting, $3.00 for SO. 
 
 Write tor my new illustrated poultry catalogue. 
 Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry, 
 quotes'priee« on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about 
 The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free. 
 
 BOX 68.-^/- 
 
 W. J. CHENEY. 
 
 Crawford Co. -^V-CUBA, IHO 
 
 $5.00 
 
 Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at 
 CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the all-year-round 
 layers, Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
 Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
 for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator. 
 
 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. 1901— To say that I am pleased 
 with the Sure Hatch would be putting it mild, and the Sure Hatch Com- 
 pany have my thanks and best wishes for success for the kind and 
 courteous treatment tendered me. 
 
 Mrs. R. E. Chaplin, Navajoe, Okla.— Nov. 4. 1901.— We had two 
 Sure Hatch machines in Nebraska, but sold them when we came here. 
 We hope to order another before long. How I did wish for my Sure 
 Hatch incubator this spring! Setting hens are so unsatisfactory. 
 
 M. L. Carpenter, Ellis, Neb.— Oct. 16, 1901.— It affords me great 
 pleasure in recommending your machine to any one who wants to raise 
 poultry. We never raised any poultry 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 
 SURE HATCH In- 
 cubator, address the 
 nearest ofifice.... *■•• 
 
 SureHatcliliiCHUorCo 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 -Or- 
 
 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 is not 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 
 in cutting down the quality of our goods to meet the prices of cheap- 
 er machines. A first-class article in any line of manufacture com- 
 mands a fair price and when quality and results are well consid- 
 ered the CYPHERS is today the cheapest machine on the market. 
 
 Here is a partiallist of the great poultry plants of America, and of the lead- 
 Big Plants and Big Men. ing poultry men wh o use the Cyphers and pronounce it the best on the market . 
 
 Some of the Big Plants. 
 
 Forest Lake Poultry Farm, Brown's 
 Mills, N. J.— use 82 largest size. 
 
 Meadow Brook Farm, Dallas, Pa.— usf 
 50 largest size. 
 
 Spring Lake Poultry Farm, Harris- 
 burg, Pa. — use 48 largest size. 
 
 Oxford Poultry Farm, Oxford, Pa.-- 
 use 46 largest size. 
 
 Sussex Poultry Farm, Newton, N. J. — 
 use .30 largest size. 
 
 White Leghorn Poultry Yards, Wat- 
 erville, N. Y. — use 10 largest size. 
 
 Weber Bros., Wrentham Mass. — use 10 
 
 largest size. 
 Wildwood Poultry Farm, St. Louis, 
 
 Mo.— use 30 incubators and brooders. 
 Grosse Isle Duck Ranch, Grosse Isle, 
 
 Mich.— use 28 largest size. 
 House Rock Poultry Farm, Wollaston, 
 
 Mass —use 23 largest size. 
 J F. Stocking & Co., Montvale, N. J. 
 
 —use 21 largest size. 
 Millville Poultry Farm, Millville, N. 
 
 J.— use 30 largest size. 
 Hudson River Poultry Farm, Pough- 
 
 keepsie, N. Y.— use 20 largest size. 
 Willowcrest Poultry Yards, Goshen, 
 
 N . Y. —use 10 largest size. 
 
 H. Fell Poultry Farm, Sewell, N. J.— 
 
 use 20 of the largest size. 
 Ernest Sommerfield, Grunberg, Schl. 
 
 Germany,- use \r> largest size. 
 The May R. Poultry Plant, Connors- 
 
 ville, Ind.— use 12 largest size. 
 Fisher's Island Farm, Fisher's Island, 
 
 N. Y.— use 12 largest size. 
 Messrs High Bros. Blackpool, Lanca- 
 shire, England.— use 10 largest size. 
 Raterman Poultry Farm, Wellston, St. 
 
 Louis Co., Mo.— use 10 largest size. 
 
 And scores of others who use 5 to 10 
 
 Cypher Incubators. 
 
 Some of 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. 
 H. J. Blanchard, Groton, N. Y. 
 J. W. Shaw, Brocton, Mass. 
 W. S. Russell, Ottumwa, la. 
 Geo. W. Mitchell, Bristol, Conn. 
 W. P. Gibson. W. Alexander, Pa. 
 Henry Steinsmesch, St. Louis, Mo. 
 P, H. Gossard, Mo. Valley, la 
 W. H. Bushell, David City, Nehr. 
 F. W. Richardson, Hicksville, O. 
 W. H. Overbaugh, Hanover, Pa. 
 
 Aug. D. Arnold, Dillsburg, Pa. 
 M. B. Gardner, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 C. F. A. Smith, Waltham, Mass. 
 O. E. Skinner, Columbus, Ohio. 
 J. H. Jackson, Hudson, Mass, 
 Dr. O. Bennett, Mason, 111. 
 U. R Fishel, Hope, Ind. 
 L. C. Piser, Shushan, N. Y. 
 Sharpe Butterfield, London, Ont. 
 
 — And hundreds of others — 
 
 ^. V. .M„„ MoUture Self- Ventilating and Self Regulating CYPHERS 
 
 Remember that the Patent-Diaphragm,.Non- Moisture, S.eltve g ^^.^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^_^^^^ 
 
 INCUBATOR is now used on no less than 26 Government Experiment r ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^_ 
 
 Australia and New Zealand, where the projes.ors ^^ ^/J'"^^ ^^.^'^..^'^^XTinc^bat'^on; note their fac-simile 
 strate to their annual poultry passes the scientific prxnc.plesoi ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ CYPHERS is by far the 
 letters of endorsement on pages 65-83 of complete caiag. specimens of testimonials in corn- 
 
 best incubator forthe beginner, for the amateur. See the hunareas oi spc 
 
 plete catalogue, particularly on papes 165-180 inclusive. distinct understanding that it will do satis- 
 
 Each and every CYPHERS INCUBATOR is 'ollril^, tj^^^f fn ^ d^vs and money will be refunded. 
 
 . YPHERS INCUB A'i OK is »°'°J'l\Vrned in 90 days and mone^ will be refunded 
 
 factory work in the hands of the purchaser, or '* «" ^,*.'^!'^™f*^^^^ containing over 200 half-tone rep 
 
 (8x11 inches in size) complete catalogue tor lyu, ^^ s ^ ^^^^ postpaid 
 
 repro- 
 Elegant 180-page (8x11 inches in «i^^) '='?"P/^" ^"^'d'^^ouuW^'pla^ '^°^^^' ^^''^ postpaid t. 
 
 ductions of photographs of the largest and best ^^^^^^if^k m'a^d address nearest office, 
 any address for 10 cents in silver or stamps. A.«k tor aooK 
 
 Cyphers Incubator Co., 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago, III. 
 
 Cor. Court & Wllkesou Sts. 325 Dearborn St. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 34 Merchants Row. 
 
 New York, N. Y. 
 
 t Park Place. 
 
40 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^lAvays Take 
 
 THE Kansas City & Omaha Line 
 
 For All Points 
 
 East^ South and West. 
 
 Close connections made at all junctions. For rates 
 and information, call on or'address 
 
 S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S. M. WALLACE, Agt. 
 
 St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., 
 
 The "Perfect" Hatcher 
 
 8^200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00 
 
 s®-|00-Eeg Hatclier. $6; Brooder, $5, 
 
 B®~Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. 
 
 "'••■'*'- -onlalsiHiid lUustrattd circular 2c. 
 
 J. A. CHBLTON, Pairmount'Md. 
 
 MORE MONEY FROM YOUR HENS" 
 
 i tilt' title of a handsome bnok telliug about greate 
 
 DANDY Green Bone Cutter 
 
 le that really cuts Kreen bone. Solddli 
 Lviiiff youaireiit's pn-flts and giving j 
 
 urninc if not the easiest turning mac 
 
 STRATTON MANFG. CO., BoX48t Erie, Pa 
 
 Miller's?Perfection 'I 
 FoldingfExhibition l^^ 
 
 Folds like a book. All in one piece. 
 Nothing to I o astray. The neate^i 
 and strongest coop on the market. 
 
 ^ Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb 
 
 SEED CORN. 
 
 Prize Winners and Mortg^age Lifters. Tested and 
 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- 
 
 Heavlty Feathered. Highly Penciled 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 
 
 Best Flower and Garden Seeds. Guaranteed fresh 
 
 at wholesale prices. Nearly $500.00 in prizes and 100,- 
 
 000 papers free seeds given to customers this year. ^ ^o „„ , . c »• ^ »• . 
 
 ■^ Eggs $2.00 per lo. Satisfaction 'guar- 
 
 I anteed. Write for particulars. . i 
 
 Archias Seeti Store, [Setiatia, Mo\c.j. Beedie. Hoidre^e. Neb. 
 
 i\m 
 
 Jos E Vyswfloder, 
 
 Do you Keep* Bees? 
 
 THEX learn how to 
 make them pay and 
 111 for our large il- 
 ^lustrated free catalofir, 
 -ihowing- the best upi- 
 ' to-date hives and oth- 
 articles used by 
 progressiye bee keep- 
 
 Des i)loines, Iowa- 
 
 White and Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Incubators^ 
 
 Built on entirely 'new principles and the 
 only machine made that will allow the chicks 
 when hat<:hlng to come out of the machine 
 In the pure, fresh outside air at their own 
 will, just exactly the same as they do when 
 hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to im- 
 itate nalurecloser and to hatch equal to any 
 machine on the market. For further partic- 
 ulars address with stamp, 
 
 L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 
 
 OVER.NMENT PO- 
 SITIONS. 
 
 Nearly lO.OOn appointments 
 made last year. Chances 
 better for 1902. Hundreds 
 of thoso.who have been ap- 
 pointed were prepared by 
 usbyn.^.l Established 189a 
 Full particulars free con- 
 cerning government posi- 
 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. 
 
 Winning 
 
 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- 
 est ever seen, our 
 birds were given two prizes out of five, 
 winning the .Id and .ith prizes. We 
 have 4 pens of high scoring females 
 headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13. 
 
 GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 
 
 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 At Neb. State show 1902, in class of 
 117 birds, 13 exhibitors, 12petis in coin- 
 pet tion, won 2d pen, missing 1st by >s 
 point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. 4th ck. Egg's 
 Hi per 15, ij.5 for 30. Write for prices 
 on incubator eggs. 
 J. W. HALL, David CJty, Nebr 
 
 a^QUEEN CITY 8^ 
 
 BUSINESS COLLEGE. 
 
 One of the leading schools of the west* 
 Large attendance. Great demand for 
 it's graduates. Expenses low. Address 
 
 :t1. S. Miller, Pros., Hastings, Neb 
 
 'Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company 
 
 BUY STOC K and EGGS from hieh scorint 
 WH ITE LANGSHANS and RTTFF KO CKS. 
 Fine winter layers. L'he.in for quality. Bees 
 ■il.BO per 15. Mrs. L. MU M POWER. Duroc 
 Jersey Pig-s. 
 
 BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 
 
 Kelson's Et'sistcred Strain, from a Ions! line 
 of prize-winning aacesters; have made them 
 a specially for 19 years. Now offerina fine 
 e.\bll)ition and grand brf eding stock of both 
 1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if talien 
 soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
 half-tones of meritorious birds. Address, 
 
 M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 
 Buff Rocks 
 Pekin Ducks 
 Toulouse Geese 
 Bronze Turkeys. 
 
 MRS. FLORA 
 SHROYER, 
 
 Perry, O. T. 
 
 WANTED! 
 
 25oWhite Wyandotte Hens 
 
 and Pullets. 
 250 White Leghorn Hens 
 
 and Pullets. 
 100 Buff Orpington Fe- 
 
 niales. 
 Will pay cash. Address, 
 Box 427, Clay Center, Neb 
 
 For Sale! - - - 
 
 Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy 
 Ducks. At State Poultry Show on 
 four entries of geese I took first 3 
 premiums. Eggs for sale in season. 
 
 Wailen Cameron, Schuyler. Nebr. 
 
 We 
 Have 
 
 Those 
 That , 
 Win... 
 
 Barred Rocks • - White Wyandoites 
 
 WE HAVE 
 
 Some- Choice - Exhibition 
 
 AND 
 
 Fine Breeding Birds 
 For Sale! 
 
 We have always won at State Fairs and State 
 Shows mote prizes than all other exhibits. 
 
 T L. NORVAL, Seward, 
 
 Nebraska. 
 
 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
 30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
 firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 
 
 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH 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- 
 GLE COMB BROWN LiLGtlORNS. Elegant combs, fine striping to Hacket and Sad- 
 dle, and shape to burn Pullets with that soft even brown color, fine striped lackels 
 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. 
 
 BARRED 
 ROCKS. 
 
 Bradi,EY Bros. New York winners 
 is what my flock is built from. Win- 
 ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2; 
 Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. 
 
 J, R. Henderson, 
 
 Sta. B. Route i. 
 
 Columbus, Om 
 
 P UL LET S ALE. 
 
 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 
 price. Send tor t^g circular describing 
 our five breeding vards, mated for best 
 results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight. 
 
 MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 MR. and MRS. C. A. BLANCHARD, 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
 Pekin Ducks. 
 
 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- 
 
 braska;State Fair, 2d to 6th of Sept., 1901, we won 1st 
 
 pen chicks, 1st hen, 1st pullet, 1st cockerel- 
 
 a first prize on evei-y bird entered. 
 
 We have a fine lot of young stock for sale. 
 
 FRIEND, .... NEBRASKA. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 STAR -^^ -^ ^ 
 
 Incubators 
 And Brooders. 
 
 A large free Catalogue tells you 
 all about them. 
 
 Our New No. 2 Double Walled 
 Dead Air Space Self- 
 Regulating 
 
 BROODERS 
 
 arc without an equal. See cut. 
 
 Price $12.00. 
 
 Our New A-i just the same, only 
 
 with single walls at $10.00 
 
 is the real thing. GOOD 
 
 Brooders for $5.00. 
 
 Send for Circulars and Price 
 List 
 
 Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 
 
 Chicks thrive best on a balanced 
 
 feed of meaty, cereal and 
 
 grain element. That's 
 
 STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. 
 
 It isn't a medicine, but a health 
 and strength builder. It prevents 
 most of the diseases that kill chicks. 
 Carefully compounded from re- 
 sults of expert experimenting and 
 study. 
 
 Price, at Dealers: 
 
 1 lb. pkg....lOc. .501b. bag.. $2.25 
 
 Sib. pkg 35c. 100 1b. bag.. $.3. 50 
 
 Star Incubator Co., 
 
 12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J- 
 Star Specifics 
 
 Is guaranteed to cure. 
 
 No t. Cholera In old 
 
 Fowls. 
 No 2 Snnie. for chicks 
 No 3 Ext Food ;ind 
 
 Tonic. 
 No 4. For Cold and 
 
 Oroup. 
 
 No 5. For In.ictlve 
 
 Males. 
 No 6. For Indigestion 
 No 7. Food for Small 
 
 Chicks. 
 No 8. Disinfect In- 
 sect Powder. 
 
 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 
 
 Mother Notiire llatohern are of equal superiority. Brood 
 
 free trial, write for free Illustrated catalogue 
 
 THE ELLEN WEST COMPANY, Box 125 BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes 
 
 Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 
 ous Stock, from careful 
 Matlngs. 
 
 S. p. VAN NORT, ^'iisS*'"'- 
 
 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
 St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
 9i-92^-9\ii and 91 X by Butterfield. 
 3 .'-econds at same show 1900. 1st 
 and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
 Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock 
 or sale. Write for full information 
 
 S5.000 
 
 II IS wftl 
 
 .fthoui 
 ■ < 'ver 50 breednTurke; 
 ^' dreds of pli 
 
 CATALOCU 
 
 E FREE! 
 
 poultry hooBe plans. Treat. 
 diseasea,howtofee(i,breeo,etc.SeDd 10c. forp08tae«. 
 
 IJ. R. Brabuoo, Jr. & £«.. BoilOd.DcUvao» Wb. 
 
 Eggs 
 
 Thorouffhbred Barred P. Rock eg-g-s 
 two dollars per setting- of fifteen, Gul 
 den Sebright Bantam's, two dollars 
 r pettinifof fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks, 
 o dollars per settintr of eleven. My stnck 
 and viR-orous and have farm 
 ictly fresh. 
 
 ange. AIJ eegs shipjied will be ! 
 
 Mrs. D. T- STONE. DeKalb, MO 
 
 ■lover Kidge Poultry Farm, Koulc No. 
 
 Black Langshan, ]Y^I*^Ja^°'"''.^ 
 
 *" C. Buff Orpington 
 
 W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White 
 Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs 
 from $1.00 to »2..S0 per setting. . Won at 
 Lincoln and Kansas State ShoWs, I^ 
 ribbons from 2 to 5. Poor hatches du- 
 plicated at half price. 
 
 Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 
 
 PURE MAPLE SYRUP! 
 
 Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon 
 as made, direct from the farm. If you want 
 something- nice and that is guaranteed pure and 
 fresh, please send me your order and I will 
 please you. Put up in 1 gallon cans. 6 cans to 
 thecrate. Price one dollar per gallon. Order 
 early so not to be disappointed and you will 
 want more next year. 
 
 E. E. Miller, Fairview Farm, 
 
 Montville. Ohio. 
 
 INCUBATOR 
 
 ON TRIAL 
 
 Tie Perfected Von Gulin. 
 
 Successful reBult of 25 years' experience. 
 Scientifically correct, practically perfect. 
 Non-explosiTe metal lamps. 
 Double and packed walls. 
 Perfect regulation of heat and ventilatioo. 
 Made of best materials, and highest quality 
 of workmanship and finish. 
 
 PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 
 
 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAT. 
 
 We make Brooders, Bee Hives »fc Supplies. 
 ZW Catalog and Price List sent Free. 
 
 The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
 Bept. 2l3t Jamestown, N.Y. 
 
 PL[AS11NI HILL POULTRY FARM. 
 
 e @ e e e e 
 
 HORT STORIES 
 
 bring high prices. Thousands of good 
 Bluiif.s w Inch might tasilv ht made 
 salable, make up thegrt-a"t mass of 
 "Tejected manuscripts. 'Our School 
 of Journahsm. In charge of suc- 
 cessful authors, crltlclses.correcls 
 and reviBf». as well a.i teaches 
 how to write. Write lor booklet. 
 
 KlfL (ORRESPOXnFNrK INSTITI TE 
 ill N.1'1 llanl BidK. llialilngloD, D.t. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lay egg's. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvilie, la. 
 
 Lock box 500. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
 Comb Brown Leghorn. 
 
 Having disposed of all my sur- 
 plus stock and mated up my 
 pens, am prepared to book or- 
 ders for eggs. Write at once 
 for prices 
 
 J. H. TROUGH, 
 
 Minden, - - - Nebr. 
 
 GREAT BARGAINS 
 
 Importers and Exporters ot 35 va" 
 ifties land and water fowls. Stock 
 :,nd ei,-i;s lor s.ile al all times. Write 
 before you buy. Bank and personal 
 references given. Send for Full Il- 
 lustrated Circular. Iowa Poultry Co., 
 Box 623, De< Moloo, Iswa. 
 
EGGS! 
 
 Prices Reduced froi 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 1902 
 
 From our Royal Blood Sil- 
 ver Wyandottes. 
 
 ..Id I 
 
 1 3AI0 tu 2.ai per < 
 e had to spare. 
 i VVyandoltes ai 
 
 \V>' kiii.w tliat I 
 re the comintr f 
 
 Our Silver? have never been def. 
 State Show. Jan. 24 to 2», riii2. w 
 e as many a«all other competitors. We 
 book your future etrur orders now or ma' 
 headquarters for prize-winners Stocli inr^.il.- .it ,iU tiiiu-..al 
 ■^■\andotte Yards Refer to express aet. i"'^tiM.i..i.r. Sei:uril\ 
 r Hun-' auency. 1. & IN. M. CONNOR, PoHCa, INetJ, 
 
 ;tting- of tifteen effffs. Last 
 This year have two more fine 
 •- the best variety on eartli- 
 lem alontf have reduced the 
 ed in the show room. At Ne- 
 ron 1(1 of the 16 ribbons, near- 
 
 i IF PANDE^MONIUM 
 
 FOOD. 
 
 yotir br. (jder-s and the chicks die whole-sale 
 you Call posi.ivolv check the mortality by u.siiiji 
 
 P U R. I T A N CHICK 
 
 a readily assitnilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it 
 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 
 
 largest plant 
 
 PURITAN 
 
 BOX 357 A. 
 
 POULTRY FARMS. 
 
 STAMFORD, CONN. 
 
 Why Not Buy the Best ? 
 
 It costs no more than inferiorstyles. We claim that 
 
 Adam's Green Bone Cutter 
 
 is the best bocaase It lathe only Ball Bearlni; niai^lune 
 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. 
 Catalogue Ko. 6 Ib Ft 
 
 W. J. ADAM, 
 
 JOLIET^ILL. 
 
 OMes\ 
 
 Supplies. 
 
 WE 
 MAKE 
 THEM 
 
 teJIII MaKe your 
 
 Old Incubator JVetu. 
 
 Oakes' Hydro Safety Lamp, (with wick-tube sur- 
 rounded by water jacket), the only safe and sure lamp. 
 Never goes out nor smokes. Price, 7Sc to J2.70. 
 
 Ne>v Aluminum Regulator gives perfect/ 
 I control of heat. 
 
 =a Oakes' Improved Wafer Thermostats— the standard reg- 
 
 IL, ulator. We manufacture incubator and brooder fixtures of " 
 
 IH kinds, Tanks, Heaters, Egg Testers, etc. Write for catalogue and ' 
 
 ^S^ get our money-saving prices. 
 
 ^ L. R.. OAKES, Mfr.. No. 12 6tK St., Bloomington. Ind. 
 
 YoonaiiflBililetesA. 
 
 . but fertility counts for little if the 
 chick hasn't sufficient vitality to get out | 
 of the shell, and stand the trials of chick- 
 hond. Cut green bone promotes both 
 
 1 fertility and vitality. Green bone is | 
 
 : easily and rapidly cut by the 
 
 HIMPHREY 
 
 ■ ■ CREEN BONE PlII 
 
 ■ M AND VEGETABLE \fVi 
 
 CUTTER. 
 
 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; 
 started witb other types of niacliiues. Sold on a positive guar- 
 antee to cut more bone, in less time, with less labor than any other 
 machine made. Tour money baclj if you are not wholly satisfied. 
 It's a rapid vegetable cutter, too. Send for free catalogue (hand- 
 somest of the season/ and egg record book. 
 
 HUMPHREY & SONS, BOX 70, JOLIET, ILL. 
 
 Sales Agents— Joseph Breclc & Sons, Boston, Mass.; Johnson & 
 Stokes, Philadelphia; GrlfBth & Turner Co., Baltlnwre; Sure Hatch 
 Incubator Co., Clay Center. Keb.; E. J. Bowen, Portland, Oregon; 
 Seattle, Wash., and San Francisco. Des Moines Incubator Co., Buflfalo.N.Y. 
 
 J Poultry Investigator} | 
 
 f^ Is edited by a practical poul- ^ 
 y^trymanof 30 years experi- J; 
 r^y ence and is full of plain, ^ 
 •'jK C'lmmoii sense articles by j^ 
 y/y those that breed poultry and i; 
 f*! work instead of theorizing.!^ 
 ^^ It is just what you want.? 
 yvVc Send us the names and ad- ^ 
 r*1 dresses of IS persons inter- ( 
 ^^ested in breeding good poul-? 
 yvV try and we will send you the ^ 
 f*") f OULTKY lNVESTIG-\TOR one' 
 ^y^ year for your trouble. Sub-? 
 y,V scription price 2.5c. Address,^ 
 
 ■^ Poultry Investigator Co., ^ 
 
 ^, Clay (Jen ter, : : Nebraska- 
 
 yd . ■ r , ■ ' 
 
 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Editloti. 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
 Poultry Association. It is a book of 
 over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
 tains the only official descriptions of 
 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
 this Standard that all poultry judges 
 base their awards. Every experienced 
 fancier has a copy of tnis book and ev- 
 ery poullryman needs it to learn the 
 requirements to which his stock must 
 be bred. 
 
 Itie Standafd of Perfection 
 
 —AND— 
 
 Ihe Poultrf Investigatof 
 
 One Year, for $1.00 
 
 Address, 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
 CLAY CKNTHK, 
 
 NKBRARKA 
 
 POULTRYMEN 
 
 Your stationery 
 
 won't look well 
 
 unless PDI\ITpn neatly. I do it 
 
 it is rlllll ICU ^ell and use good 
 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 
 N. K. MENDELS, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Bviff 
 
 ORPINGTONS 
 LEGHORNS 
 
 ek.nd Bro\vi\ Leghorns 
 
 Y<uing or old stock, first class birds cheap 
 Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time 
 M.& F. HERMAN. 
 
 Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANHOTTES. B. 
 1. Reds and Indian Runner Ducka. \^lDnera 
 bred to winners. Good stock, fit to* breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
 Judge. Port Huron, irtlchigaii. 
 
44 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 EOOS! 
 
 From good, healthy and 
 vigorous stock 
 
 $6 per 100 
 $3.50 per 50 
 
 ^0$. 
 
 White Wyatidottes, 
 Light Brahttias, 
 Partridge Cochins, 
 White Rocks, 
 Barred Rocks, 
 Buff Rocks, 
 S. C. B. Leghorns, 
 
 ^0$) 
 
 Send your orders early 
 
 and we will take 
 
 care of you. 
 
 THE WILDWOOD 
 POULTRY FARM, 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 at5 Ohosinui St. 
 
 fmrm mt 
 WCBSICB OROVC,MO. 
 
 Morning View 
 
 ;<c> 
 
 ..Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 A j Mrs J B. Jones, ^ 9 ^ 
 
 Breeder of 
 
 Poultry Yards. ^%«& 
 
 HAVE 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eyes. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting 
 
 James M. Perkins, 
 
 Barred Plymoutli JRocks 
 
 and Mammoth Bronze 
 
 Turkeys 
 
 STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
 SON. 
 
 ABII,ENK, 
 
 KANSAS. 
 
 RAVENWOOD. 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
 Wyandottes are brert from 
 liBst strain obtainable and 
 in line. We breed the pure 
 t'oilden Butf, not the dark 
 rud. They're prize winners. 
 
 E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Chester White Hogs for sale 
 
 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 
 
 For Poultry, Rabbits, /-^. Orchards, Gardens, etc. 
 
 ^ 5" 
 
 a 3 
 
 S 5 
 
 £5 
 
 0) S 
 
 = ^ 
 
 stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
 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 
 prices. Catalogue free. 
 
 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, 
 iPree Port, III., U.S. A. 
 
 I Box 20. 
 
 r Breeder "f . _ 
 
 I Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 I They are Barred Ulebtand'Kood 
 I size. F.Kgs 15 for J2. :iO for 8:5.50. 
 \ 50 for 4.00. 100 for 7 00. 
 
 rf.rf.rf^.«#^*.^**. .*^^.^*. 
 
 Also manufacturer ofj 
 Ideal Aluminum Leg ; 
 Band ::;::: \ 
 
 acknowledged leader. 12 fors 
 
 , 25 for 30o, 50 for 50c. 100 for t 
 
 5c. Samples and clrcular.of i 
 
 Barred Uocks mailed i 
 
 for stamps, S 
 
 .^.^^^^^.^^^rf^*. .^M.^^*. 
 
 Donkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 Cnre fiuaranteed ! 
 
 THE only remedy positively 
 known to cure roup in all Its 
 forms as longas'thetfowl can 
 see to drink. For; Canker, es- 
 
 Dthers. 
 
 pe i illy in pigeons, tblS'Cure ( 
 ikes »5 gallons of medicine. Directions ^ 
 
 ;els 
 '50 cent package makes 25 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. 
 
 Corvkev's Egg Food ar»d Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect 
 
 heali h. ancl pni. uoe more eggs than any ^imihir preparation. 25 cents per package 
 
 and 1.-. .-.■ni^ i-xtr:i for postage. C. E. CONKEY * CO., Clevel&nd, O. 
 
 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 
 sale by all poultry supply bouses. ^^Agents wanted. 
 
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 
 
 WHITE HOLLAND' TURKEYS ^ 
 
 In Lacing-, shape and size unexcelled. 
 Fifty Cockerels iind Pullets to sell. 
 Eggs in season. 
 
 \V. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 High class stock for sale! 
 
 Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks 
 and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furnish 
 = "W birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
 es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldou, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 May I "SHOW YOU" 
 
 That eggs bought of me will hatch 
 Barred Rocks for you that will sat- 
 isfy the most e.vacting. If not 
 treated right, publish me in the In- 
 vestigator. CORWIN JONES, 
 
 Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa. 
 
 HOR.THAND a.nd 
 BOOKKEEPING. 
 
 study at home and take a 
 higher salary, investing a 
 little time and a little mon- 
 ■y in a business course, with 
 IS and the dividend will 
 aevpr cease. Ail subjects 
 
 TAUGHT BY MAIL 
 Complete course also In En. 
 gineering. -'ourLaiism, Sci- 
 ence auu L^ianguages, etc. Write for free 
 booklet. NATIONAL CORKl'SPONDENCE 
 INSTITUTE. 1460 Second Nafl. Bank Bldg.: 
 Washington. D. O. 
 
 For Sale.... 
 
 200 Fine Black Langshans. ioo 
 Some of the best I ever rais.d. 
 Address 
 
 Ben. S. Myers, 
 
 Crawfordsvllle, Ind. 
 
 Catches Them Coming and Going, 
 
 PATENTED 
 
 'EUREKA 
 
 "^On Cup BrsLcket 
 
 and Perch Supporter' 
 
 A permanent fixture for all times. The 
 Spider or Midge Louse can not exist where 
 this system is in use. Do not put it off, but 
 send for circular or send $2.50 for trial dozen 
 and be convinced, 
 
 SHRADER & BUCK, 
 
 BUCYRUSOHIO- 
 
 Ross Bros' Trapnest 
 
 Just what every poultryman need? 
 
 In sets of 3 for $3.00. Ilnliuarail 
 In sets of 5 for $4.25. UBllVeiBlli 
 
 We sell them cheaper than you can 
 make them. 
 
 Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. 
 
 Lead in the best competition. 
 
 ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan. 
 
 POULTRY ET?. 
 
 Prize Winning B. Rocks. 
 
 Cockerels and Pullets scoring 90 to 
 93 by Southard for $2.50 to $10.00 each. 
 Good breeders not scored for $1.00 to 
 $1.50 each- 
 
 P. Hostetter, 
 
 East Lyatie, Mo. 
 
 A Boon for I'oultry Kccpcpn 
 BETTER than a «OI.I> MIIVE. 
 
 We will tell you how we made our 
 
 hens pay over 400 per cent profit. 
 
 " relysendyonrnameandaadreas 
 
 IJe P..ttltrr Co., Clintonville.Conn 
 
 45 
 B. P. Rocks Exclusively. 
 
 Some good cockerels for sale yet 
 Eggs for ^ale at $2 per 15, $3 for 30. 
 
 L. j^. DA?Y, 
 
 Brianing, N^eb 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answrering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 OURNALISM 
 
 Practical, paying ncwspaperwojk, 
 writiim Bhort stories, etc. 
 
 TAUGHT BY MAIL 
 tiv our succeasrul system In per- 
 Bonal charge of Mr. Henry I>ltch-" 
 fiflil West, formerly managing 
 editor of the M^ashington I'ost. 
 Siiprc'SHfiil students everywhere. 
 Write tor illustrated booklet. 
 NAT'I. rOKRESPONPEXrE INSTITTTK, 
 2d Kat'l Bank Bldg. HB8bloston,U.C. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry 
 Company i 
 
 Has th' lai ge&\ ag.-regation of 
 thorough! ed po^ ^ r^ ?» 'te west. 
 
 We import, breeu ' y and sel 
 All Varieties. 
 
 Each variety is bred separately on 
 a farm. No chance for mixing up. 
 Prices reasonable. Stock the best. 
 Write your wants. Address, 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co. 
 
 Clay Center, >Neb. 
 
 ESTABLISED IN 1885 
 
 at CUT PRICES 
 
 CATALOGUE FREE 
 
 r^er ^n|. (i)., Columbus, 
 
 BONANZA RABBITRY, 
 
 Founders of the first herd of, pedigreed Belgian 
 Hares In the world. The first to establish a 
 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" 
 
 Our sales for 1900 were over 5.000 head. Send 
 10 cents for the most complete and most beau- 
 tiful 56-pa2e catalog ever published. 
 
 Bonanza Rabbitry Munual. 4th edition, just 
 coming from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. B. 
 0. Piatt, the foremost authority on the subject, 
 president of the National Association of Bel- 
 gian Hare Judges; professional Ins'ructorof 
 
 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. 
 
 Address DR. B. C. PL ATT,274I N. Broad St . PHILADELPHIA 
 
 Perm&nent EaLStern Office &nd Se^Iesroom. 
 
 Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 
 
 V Kills lice and mites on poultry, hogs and anl- 
 
 •^ffj^S^fit mals, is the strongest and best lice killer 
 ffl[[[((m)El made; 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 
 where you find the mites or spider lice. It gets there 
 every time. , ' 
 
 a Sprayer and can of Lice Killer PREB- 
 
 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- 
 age Powder, all for $2,50. Thele goods all go 3rd class freight— cheap. 
 
 THETIFFANY COMPANY, 
 
 Lincoln, Nebraska^ 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 THIS IS THE WAY 
 
 tliey come off for the man who uses 
 
 THE NATURAL HEN 
 
 INCUBATOR. 
 
 Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you 
 nothing if you follow our plan. We 
 have an agents proposition that is the 
 best money maker you ever heard of, 
 Don't wait until your neighbor gets 
 ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Kgg 
 Formula free if you write to-day. 
 
 Natural Hen Incubatop Co-* 
 
 B-11, Columbus, Neb. 
 
 OSCAR E. MILES. Owner Of Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry. 
 
 MILES' P»OXJX.TRY F^RM. 
 
 Breeder of White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, White and Golden Wyan- 
 dottes, Rhode Island Reds, Pekin Ducks and Belgian Hares. Hereafter I shall 
 handle but three breeds of poultry. All my White Plymouth Rocks, Golden 
 Wyandottes and Pekin Ducks are for sale at low prices considering quality; 
 nothing- reserved, must' be sold by March 1st. Winxkk of 47 regular prem- 
 iums and many specials the last two years at Columbus shows. 22 Ists, 13 2ds, 
 .') 3ds, T 4ths. Eggs S3.00 per 15. Miles Poultky Farm, near Worthineton O. 
 
 O. E. Miles, Prop, 
 
 26 l'2NHig;li St. 
 
 Colnmbas, O. 
 
 AMERICA'S LARGEST BREEDERS and IMPOR TERS 
 or Single Comb Buff Orpingtons, 
 
 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, 
 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. 
 
 W. H. & M. E. BUSHELL, 
 
 David City, Neb. 
 
 Grant's Practical Brooder. 
 
 Prevents piling up, and overheating of chic''s. Complete specifications, 
 telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for 
 your own use, for $1.00. These brooders 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 f 
 
 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 1.=^. Incubator eggs, $5 00 per 100. 
 
 D. W. GRANT, 
 
 Almena, Kan. 
 
 GET MORE HEN MONEY 
 
 Kew deBltfn, optin hopper, ciiiarKe<l 
 
 10 DAYS FREE TRIALrir 
 
 New Model wUI cut any Lln-l of hone, with aU adheriiiK r 
 
 lnbi.ucr.h.|.<Mlii.n«.iy 
 
 i'n» cat'ltf . explaluH oil. 
 
 bertj.-p', iif hone cut tpr. if yn don't lUe H sel 
 
 F. W. MANN COMPANY, Box 
 
 All kinds 
 of fancy pig- 
 eons Prices 
 reasonable. 
 
 Toulouse geese e"ggs 20c each. Rouen 
 duck' eggs IS for 51.00. White Hol- 
 land Turkey eggs, 5^1. .50 for 9. Also 
 Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- 
 tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg- 
 horns, s. S. Hamburgs, C. I. Games, 
 Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff 
 and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul- 
 try eggs, 1.") for SI. 00. Yards score 
 from 01) to 94 ,'2 points. Satisfaction 
 guaranteed. 
 
 D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb. 
 
 If you.SucceedYoumustliaveaPull! 
 
 Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton 
 and Co's Ringlet Strain of B. P. 
 Rocks. Winners whcever shown. 
 Eggs (.per setting, >i;.(in. Two set- 
 tings for Sli.liii. Address 
 
 PINKERTON & Co. Glay Center, Neb. 
 
 GREAT CROPS OF 
 
 STRAWBERRIES 
 
 AND HOW TO CROW THEM 
 
 Is the titleof a Book which I as worked 
 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 
 wi 1 be sent to you FREE IF VOl JIESiTIOH 
 THE I'AI'ER K HHIfH VOli SAW THIS VOTKE. 
 The only scientifically devel.iped TIIOR- 
 OKiHRREB STRAWBERKV l'LA\TS to be had 
 for spring planting. One of them is 
 wiirth a dozen common scrub plants. 
 
 R. M. KELLOGG, Three Rivers, Mich 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 RIPPLEY'S 
 
 Whitewashing, Saraying 
 antt Painting IVIachinem 
 
 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 
 
 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- 
 
 dredrt of noted i:reederti. It is used and endorsed by Sid Conger, 
 
 Shelbyville, Ind ; U. R. KIshel, Hope, Ind. ; Meadowbrook 
 
 PoultryKarni. Dallas. Pa.; O. W. Brown. Camden. Ark. ; A. O. 
 
 Texa 
 
 I of I 
 
 "We gavoall State Fair Buildings 
 coats witn your niaetiine. it is a eoiiiplete success and a great 
 labor saver." In onier to get tlieni introduced in every locality, 
 „e wi^an,^f^i.M .^ m^t^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 St tlielollonlnciiet ei.shi.rlee.l No. 6 -Kight <>«UoM Heavy 
 Galvanized isteel, coinplele as shown in cut with 10 leet of K Inch 
 hose and one 8-foot bitmhoo extension rod and brass cylinder 
 pump with agitator. »ia 00. No. 7.- Sixteen Qallon size, «15. 00. 
 Termscash with order, or we will ship C. O. D^ it MOO accom- 
 panies order. Take advantage of our Hpeelal Utter, Send 6c In 
 stamps for a copy of our 1902 Sprayer and Hreeders'Supply Catalog. 
 
 RIppley Hardware Co., Box 64, Grafton, Ills. 
 
 Western Office, Box 54. Watertown, So. Dak. 
 
 GREEK'S PEDIGREED 
 BARRED PLYNOIITU ROCKS 
 
 are In my breetiinff pens 
 ersgeteggw from the san 
 
 PoQitry Exhibits Properly Judged. 
 
 Kgu'S ftuiii my birds mjver fail Lo piutluce pKizu WlN- 
 NEH9. TliH best place to buv t'ggs Is fnirn a breeder 
 w bo makrs a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird." 
 "Lady Blue" and the best I have raised for three years 
 1902 Every bird a beauty an^ barred to the sl<ln. My custom- 
 uus I use fur myself. Send for bocklet of (riatin»;s. 
 
 0. P. GREER, Bourbon, Ind. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Winners 1, 5, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
 ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 against 
 red kot competition. Egg's 1st pen, SS.OO per 
 15, 2nd, pen, $3.00 per IS, 3rd pen, $2.00 per l.S. 
 Limited number of young Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each. 
 
 H. H. CAMPBELL, 
 
 Osceola, Nebr, 
 
 ooooooooooocotooooooooooooo 
 
 ^ Hatch Chickens by Steam 8 
 
 o 
 o 
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 with the Simple, Perfect, Self-regulating 
 
 NEW WOODEN HEN 
 
 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. 
 
 Three Sizes: 
 
 50 Egg Capacity, only $ 6 8c 
 
 Send fnr Inrge FREE ciitalocun 
 
 The New VV 
 
 ritli Hi colorKl views. 
 
 5 GEO. H. STAHL, 
 
 ^ fl4-122 S. 6th St., QUINCY, ILL, 
 
 oooooooooooootooooooooooooo 
 
 We will consider it a great favor if you will meation ThK PoULTRy InvES- 
 TieATOR when writing to advertisers. 
 
 Canfield's White Rocks 
 
 Still Take 
 the Leadl 
 
 In 1900 and 1901 
 at the Convention 
 Hall Shows. Kan.sas City,, my birds 
 made almo-t a clean sweep of pre- 
 miums including Sweepstakes in 
 Am. class, In 1!(00 at Kansas State 
 Show they won i4 ou of a possible 
 IS premiums, in lilOl, IS out of l.*) 
 and in 1SI02, 16 out of Ki possible rib- 
 bons not including 4ths and "jths. 
 At Nebraska State Show, 1902, they 
 won 1st pen. Isr, 2d, ."id, hen, 1st, :id, 
 .5th cockerel, 2d, 4th i ullet, 3d cock 
 and swewpstakes for best 5 iL solid 
 colors wiih weight. Eggs #3.00 per 
 setting, gS.OO for :l settings. 
 
 M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kan 
 
 White Wyandottes Exclusively. 
 
 Score 93 to 9SJ points by Larson and 
 Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.50 to 
 $2.50 perls. Stock is strictly white. 
 
 M. B, Carver, • • Hampton, Mob. 
 
 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 
 eta. a year. lOo for three months' trial sub- 
 scrlotlun. 
 
 THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER. 
 
 Box 15, St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 
 
 Itreeder of Light Brahinas Exdusivel;. 
 
 My birds are heavy weight fine marklng.s. 
 L-lose feathered. Eggs, »2.00 fnr 15; $.3.50 for m 
 
 holce birds, old and young, for sain. Write 
 /our wants. No circulars;. 
 
 Light BrahmasI 
 
 — First and 2d cock, hen, cockerel, 
 and pullet at Interstate Poultry 
 Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win- 
 ning sweepstakes and grand sweep- 
 stakes. 1st, and 3d pens Sckls 4 pul- 
 lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln. 
 Stock and eggs at reasonable prices . 
 
 J L SMITH, Cf.dams, Neb. 
 
i POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN^S PERFECT CHICK FEED 
 
 BEYOND COMPARISON. 
 
 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." 
 
 GOOD MORNING SISTER 
 
 I im rea<ly f<.r Chembertetn's Perfect Chick feed. Dry and Always 
 
 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, 1 00 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 distributing points. Order from vonr nearest agent in 
 FOB SILE «T $2 75 PER tOO LBS , BY srirnEue ( nm. Co., Chiraco, Ills ; .1 Wilder & To , Cincinnati. Ohio: Iowa Seeil Co Di ■! M 
 Seed Co.. Milwaukee. Wis ; li A Pike & Co.. Minneanolis, Minn.: B. A. Peeler. Lincoln, Neh.: Huntine & Pace Inilianarr "> li 
 Co., Grafton, Ills.: Alexander ,See.i Co., AuEusta, Oa,: Norton Poultry Yards. Dallas. Texas. $.3.40 per 100 lbs: H. McK Wilson tl ( o 
 Mo. If friends of my feed in the east have trouble getting my feed, write direct to me for prices. W. F. CHAMBERLAIN, 
 
 time an 
 [ ine* Iowa W 
 id Kiiile% Ha 
 ^pents for St 
 KfRKWOOO, 
 
 Vlit 
 
 rih^ are 
 I ouis 
 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: 
 
 Fashoda Star 
 
 Score 96 by Judg-e Almond, iin- 
 ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. 
 
 Viscount 
 
 Score 95 by Judge iFinley, im- 
 
 ported. 
 
 Lythedale 
 
 Score !)4 by Judge Finley, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Sir Crabtree 
 
 Score 03,'4 by Judge Crabtree, 
 
 and other domestic bucks 
 
 that will score 94 to 96. 
 
 RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES 
 
 At prices ranging from $5 to 
 $75 per head, pedigree and 
 score card with each animal. 
 Unpedigreed market stock, 
 good color and size, $2.50 to 
 $5 per pair. Hardy Black 
 Belgians (good^to use as^nurae 
 does) at $10' per pair. Cor- 
 respondence solicitedfor spe- 
 cial price list which may not 
 be in effect long. Will re- 
 fund money and pay return 
 express charges if Hares pur- 
 chased are not as represent- 
 ed. ,Rabbitries at Maplewood 
 and Fayette 
 
 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 
 
 304 ChemlcalBuildIng' 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 
 
 '1^2 
 
 Wanted— At Once. 
 
 100 Black Minorca females. 
 
 100 Rcse Comb Brown Leghorn females 
 
 100 Rose Comb White Leghorn females. 
 
 Will Pay Cash for Same. 
 Box 227, Clay Canter, Mebr. 
 
 Smltli's Mammoth Peklii Duck s and White Wyatidottes Win 
 
 Thirteen 1st, 5 2nds, at Nebraska state, Kansas state, Missouri state, Des Moines 
 Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Nebr. state show 
 and won 8 premiums; 1 ck, 1 hen. 1 pullet and 5 others. See circulars for re- 
 port of the champion iJock. Get eggs for hatching- from the winners. 
 
 Lincoln. Neb.. Box 456 , . . . . E.E.SMITH 
 
 We will consider it a great favor if you will mention The Poultry Investigator when writing to advertisers. 
 
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 
 
 The Reliable Poultry Farm 
 
 men who have been working for years to make perfect the thoroughbred stock 
 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 will be of infinite value to you as poultry 
 '■''- 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 like meeting an old friend. Well, we are still doing business at the old stand, 
 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., Homer City, Ta. 
 
 New York. N. Y,, 28 Vesey St. Boston, Mas-s., 47 N. Market St. Baltimorp, Md., 205 N. PacaSt. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa., 714 ChestnutSt. Norfolk, Va.,. 38 Union St. Washington, D.C.,T12-I2tliSt., N.W. 
 
 Columbus, O.. 114 N. High St. Minneapolis, Minn.,32 Hennepin Av. ; eattle, Wash., Jlain & Jackson Sts. 
 
 Indianapolis.Ind.lSON.DelawareSt. Detroit, Mich., &M Michigan Ave. Smyrna, Ga., Belmont Farms. 
 
 Chicago, ni., 86 Randolph St. Dallas, Texas, 439 Cole Ave. Buffalo, N. Y.. 65 El licott St. 
 
 Cincinnati, O., 141 W. 6th St. Louisville, Ky., 400 E. Main St. Pittsburgh, Pa., 5 lUiinn St;. 
 
 Denver, Col., 1519 Wazee St. Toronto, Out.. Can., 190 Yonge St. London, N, Eng., Waltham Cross 
 
 Addrejj Jfeare-il Office, 
 
I Tha-t's aboxit all yo\i ha-ve left when 
 I you depend on a fussy old hen. 
 
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 an Incubator on the place. A good Incubator. A money maker. 
 
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 We make the Harilla Incubators and Brooders, both hot water and 
 hot air. 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 
 jirevcnts overcrowding and trampling. 
 
 Our catalogue, a book of practical suggestions for the poultry man, 
 sent for four one cent stamps. 
 
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 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- 
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 No. 2 
 
 Pra-ctical and Profitable Poviltry Cviltvire 
 
 By L. E. Keyser 
 
 Preparing for Early Chicks 
 
 [t is time now tliat \vc mate our 
 breeders. There will be nothing gained 
 by deferring, and much may be lost if 
 we do not have them properly mated 
 in time. We shall want some of the 
 eggs laid the latter part of this month 
 for our first March broods. We can 
 now tell what our hens have been do- 
 ing and which of them are worthy of 
 a place in the breeding pen. 
 
 We should teed our breeders some- 
 wliat differently than we do fowls de- 
 signed only to prodiice eggs for mar- 
 ket. Too much soft or moist food has 
 a tendency to over-stimulate the hen 
 and lessen the vitality of the germ of 
 the egg, and we therefore feed a mash 
 very sparingly, not oftener than two 
 or three times a week. Good, sound 
 grain, coarsely ground beef scraps or 
 cut green bone and plenty of green 
 food in the .shape of chopped roots, cut 
 clover or alfalfa hay, etc., make a good 
 diet for breeding fowls, and they should 
 be made to work for it. If sufficient 
 exercise is not given the hens- \yill be- 
 comefat and the germs weak. We 
 give our breeders a light feed of grain 
 in deep litter early in the morning, or 
 throw it in at night when making the 
 rounds to lock them up, so they will 
 commence working as soon as they 
 come from the roost and get nicely 
 warmed up for their regular breakfast, 
 which is fed between 8 and 9 o'clock, 
 and consists of finely chopped roots 
 with a little middlings or bran and 
 
 ground beef scraps sprinkled over it. 
 About 4 in the afternoon we give a lib- 
 eral feed of grain well covered in the 
 litter, and if we have green cut bone 
 we mix it with the grain. The grain 
 consists of as great a variety as we 
 can conveniently secure, corn, oats, 
 wheat and buckwheat usually compris- 
 ing the bill. 
 
 The average poulterer and farmer is 
 yet in no hurry to get a hatch, for un- 
 less he has every facility for caring for 
 these little orphans it is not best to 
 bring them into the world much be- 
 fore the first of next month. March 
 and April will be busy months, how- 
 ever, and we should prepare now to get 
 off a large number. One early pullet 
 is worth two late ones, and will bring 
 it, even if sold as a market fowl, but 
 she will be still more valuable if kept 
 for a winter layer. Leghorns and the 
 lighter breeds may be hatched well into 
 May, but if we expect to raise fowls 
 that will fill the egg basket next win- 
 ter we should not hatch them a bit later 
 than the first of June, and even pullets 
 hatched at this time are itncertain. 
 Market fowls can be raised at all sea- 
 sons, but the margin of profit is small 
 on the summer hatched chick. 
 
 Nothing is gained by bringing chicks 
 designed for laying and breeding stock 
 off before the first of March, as those 
 hatched earlier than this will be. likely 
 to moult just at the time you most 
 wish them to lay, but if one has an in- 
 cubator it is a good plan to start it 
 
 the second week in February in most 
 localities. This will give us chicks the 
 first week in March, which is plenty 
 SOI in enough. Wc niust, of course, 
 liavc e\erything in readiness, and a 
 Kill id warm brooder in a dry .shed or 
 house will answer where no regular 
 lirooder house is available. Chicks 
 can be raised in out-door brooders, but 
 in the early spring it is best to have 
 them in a house or shed. Chicks con- 
 fined to a brooder will never do well, 
 even if tliey live at all. They must have 
 exercise in tire open air, no matter how 
 cold it is, if the weather is fair. After 
 a chick is two weeks old it can stand 
 a good deal of cold if it can run in oc- 
 cassionally and get warmed up, but it 
 cannot stand to nui out in the wind 
 and rain. 
 
 Occasionally we find people who at- 
 tempt to raise early chicks in out-donr 
 brooders and keep them in the brooder 
 all the time, except perhaps during the 
 warmest part of a bright day. Most 
 brooders have two compartments, one 
 not quite so warm as the other, and 
 designed as a feeding and exercise 
 room. This is all right for baby chicks 
 but by the time they are a week old 
 they need to get out of the brooder 
 into the open air. If there is no place 
 under shelter they can only be allowcl 
 out a short time, and if confined in a 
 warm brooder they become lender, are 
 liable to disease and many die. 
 
 A number of small portable houses 
 are an excellent thing to have on a 
 place where poultry is made much of. 
 as they can be used to place brooders 
 in in the early spring and later be util- 
 ized for growing stock, breeding pens 
 or laying hens, and can be moved to 
 different points and thus obviate the 
 necessity and expense of building yards. 
 
A White Rock cock owned by E. B. 
 Omohundro, Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
 Next month we will try to describe and 
 illustrate a style of house that has 
 proven of special value to us, both as 
 colony houses and when drawn near the 
 farm buildings for the purpose of con- 
 venience in caring for fowls, have 
 made suitable winter quarters. 
 
 Another point we have found of 
 great advantage is to kepp both fowls 
 and chicks in small flocks. Fifty hens 
 are a whole flock and as many as 
 should be allowed to run together, and 
 we know we get a better egg yield 
 when the number is reduced to twenty- 
 five. Chicks in small broods will also 
 do better, and while there are people 
 who succeed excellently with 100 chicks 
 in a brooder, the average person will 
 do better if only fifty are placed in a 
 flock, and still better if the number be 
 reduced to twenty-five. In large flocks 
 chicks will crowd, and if they once get 
 into a jam and are overheated they are 
 of very little value afterwards. Once 
 overheated they are tender and will 
 crowd whenever a number are togeth- 
 er, no matter what the temperature of 
 the brooder may be. I would about as 
 soon have a dead chick as astunted one. 
 It is only a waste of care and food to 
 bring them to maturity. 
 
 The reason some people succeed with 
 a large number is because they pay 
 very close attention to every detail, 
 never allowing the brooder to become 
 foul and looking well to the tempera- 
 ture. While one person may succeed 
 with 100 in a flock fifty will fail, be- 
 cause the average person will not give 
 the care and attention necessary. They 
 may think they have done all that can 
 be done, but some small matter may 
 be neglected which is seemingly unim- 
 portant, yet this very thing may cause 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 or lay the foundation for trouble which 
 may end in the death of a large num- 
 ber of chicks. 
 
 Another thing to be avoided is keep- 
 ing young chicks on board floors. They 
 must be gotten on the ground, and 
 when floors are used they should be 
 well covered with earth and litter, on- 
 tinually keeping chicks on board floors 
 is sure but certain death. 
 
 A due regard for little things assures 
 success in practical poultry culture and 
 by painstaking work we can make 
 chicken raaising both pleasant and 
 profitable. 
 
 Morrisville, Vt., Jan. 31, 1902. 
 
 Poultry Investigator: Up to date I 
 have received you and lige you very 
 much. The articles you contain are not 
 long drawn theories but are every day 
 practical and full of good sense that 
 helps one over many stumbling blocks 
 in the way to success in the poultry 
 business. May I ask you a few ques- 
 tions? Is there no redress when your 
 neighbor's cat catches your best chicks 
 — those from your high-priced eggs? 
 Those you would hot sell for a dollar 
 each? If we shoot the cat what can the 
 neighbor do? But we can't do that for 
 that makes trouble in the neighbor- 
 hood. 
 
 I have a cellar under my house 30.x38 
 with four windows in it. It is all in 
 one room and there is a furnace in one 
 end of it. Opposite the furnace is a 
 window containing three lights 10,xl4 
 glass facing south. The window is un- 
 der a bay which is 4x16 feet, uot from 
 the cellar proper and the wall in there 
 only goes just below front line, so 
 there is a space with earth floor 3.xl3 
 or 14 feet right in front of this win- 
 dow, and is 4 feet above the cellar 
 floor. I have an idea of putting my 
 brooder up on horses to make it on a 
 level with this shelf, you might call it, 
 and let my chickens run on this earth 
 floor back to the brooder. Will this 
 make a good place? The cellar never 
 gets cooler than about 50 degrees 
 above zero. 
 
 Won't this make a good place for 
 my incubator also? I have an incuba- 
 tor and like it very much. 
 
 This is enough for once, I may come 
 again. Respectfully xours, 
 
 J. A. ROBINSON. 
 
 The Rhode IsIaLnd Red 
 
 For the benefit of those who do not 
 know the Rhode Island Red I will 
 briefly try to give your readers in- 
 formation about them as I find them. 
 
 Among my many inquiries I am 
 asked not only what good qualities 
 they have but also how do they com- 
 pare with Rocks and 'Dottes, and you 
 can read between the lines there is 
 something lacking, something more 
 wanted, something that the breed now 
 kept is lacking and what is it? Can 
 the Rhode Island Red settle their dif- 
 ficulties, will they fill the bill, is it the 
 breed looked for? And now my friends, 
 can I answer? Some say, "My birds 
 do not lay in winter; my chicks are 
 weak and tender, and still others com- 
 plain of poor hatches. 
 
 Let me ask you why do men and wo- 
 men who make a living from Poultry 
 take up the Reds, those that look at 
 the commercial side of the question, 
 those that want every egg count, why 
 do they? 
 
 Because they find the Rhode Island 
 Reds are just a little ahead, just a lit- 
 tle better, but that little means much 
 — it means perhaps more profit, per- 
 haps profit instead of loss; we are al- 
 ways trying to improve trying to find 
 something just a little better and I tell 
 you we have found something in the 
 Rhode Island Red just a little better. 
 They lay just a few more eggs; you 
 can hatch just a few more chicks from 
 one setting and you can raise just a few 
 more chicks from those eggs. 
 
 I can see a good many of those 
 that keep other breeds jump high, but 
 wait a little; perhaps the Rhode Island 
 Red man got just a few more eggs 
 from each hen than you; perhaps you 
 did well, but the Rhode Island Red 
 man did better. Don't jump at con- 
 clusions because you don't know. The 
 Rhode Island Reds are the utility fowl 
 for the twentieth century. 
 
 ERIC AURELIUS. 
 
 A White Rock hen owned by E. B, 
 Oraohundro, Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Timely Thoughts For 1902 
 
 By Mrs. Albert Ray ^ 
 
 Judging from the great interest and 
 pleasure shown by the many who wit- 
 nessed the hatching of chicks by ma- 
 chinery at the several fairs and poultry 
 shows this season, there will surely be 
 many who will take up the poultry 
 work ere the new year is fairly begun, 
 with a new zeal and determination to 
 succeed in it, to a degree more profit- 
 able than ever before, assisted by the 
 modern helps which do so much to 
 make an already hard task much more 
 pleasant and remunerative. 
 
 In order that we may reap best re- 
 wards for our poultry work, let us be- 
 gin immediately and go to work 
 in earnest. Some may think 
 that there is plenty of time, 
 but experience has taught us much bet- 
 ter, for we know that many loses come 
 when everything is not in readiness for 
 the hatching and care of the early 
 chicks. We all must know that it is the 
 very early chick that pays — the chick 
 that is hatched before a hen begins to 
 think about the business at all. Begin- 
 ning early enough is out of the ques- 
 tion if we cannot have eggs— and eggs 
 of good quality, too. These eggs can- 
 not be had in readiness for the work of 
 1902 if our flocks are not kept in proper 
 condition, as many will be tempted to 
 cut short the rations; on account of 
 scarcity of food inproper variety this 
 particular year; now, let's not do so, it 
 will not pay, for in winter poultry re- 
 quires more feed than in summer, for 
 enough must be provided to help them 
 
 E. B. Omohundro, Bowling Green, 
 Mo. A White Rock specialist. 
 
 overcome the effects of the cold, to 
 just keep them "holding their own" to 
 say nothing of the further and extra 
 amount and variety required to pro- 
 duce eggs. Such food should be as 
 near a substitute for a summer diet as 
 possible, and is provided in vegetables, 
 hot bran mashes, warmed grains, clean, 
 warmed water in quantity, warmed milk 
 and meat scraps if possible, besides 
 plenty of sharp grit and dust for baths 
 always at easy access. 
 
 First, in order to economize the food 
 given make the houses comfortable; 
 then provide litter such as leaves, hay, 
 straw or light trash, sowing broadcast 
 among it the warmed grain, thus com- 
 pelling the hen to "scratch for her liv- 
 ing." This warming exercise has a 
 most helpful tendency to induce "bid- 
 dy" to lay, keep well and happy. 
 
 We can not start early enough for 
 greatest profits if we allow our poultry 
 to run down in condition. Now is the 
 time; keep the condition they came in- 
 to cold weather with and improve it 
 if it is not the best before there is fur 
 ther loss. Let us stop to consider 
 what a large per cent of animal tissue 
 is water. An egg contains a much 
 larger per cent. Water is the very 
 cheapest of egg producers; never cold 
 in winter, always warm and clean. 
 
 Now is the time to cull out every- 
 thing that lowers the quality of our 
 stock and properly mate our poultry 
 with a goodly number of better grade 
 fowls, that the stock of eggs may be 
 strongly fertile and young fowls be of 
 a purer, truer type; so, too, that as 
 large a per cent as possible, of chicks, 
 may be had as a reward for what we 
 have attempted to do, for no hen or in- 
 cubator can ever hatch an infertile egg 
 — time spent on them is simply wasted; 
 but most of such trouble can be saved 
 by proper mating, variety of food, and 
 in cold weather gather eggs two or 
 three times a day, keep them in a place 
 neither too cold nor too hot, turn occa- 
 sionally and do not keep too long. 
 
 We do not 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 
 early and the young hens from second 
 hatch havK been laying since second 
 
 week of November, thus doing their 
 part when eggs are good price. 
 
 Let all of us care for our flocks as 
 aforesaid and "if we do not use a ma- 
 chine there is going to be a good de- 
 mand for setts of eggs for other peo- 
 ple's incubators and let us treat each 
 other honestly and let our customers 
 know to depend, that, as far as we can 
 know, our eggs are fertile, fresh, and 
 have been carefully gathered and cared 
 tor while waiting for enough to fill the 
 incubator order. 
 
 Again, if we wish to replace the mon- 
 ey invested in our machines or raise 
 poultry for market, let us use eggs of 
 some of the larger varieties in our first 
 two early settings, beginning Febru- 
 ary 1. Plymouth Rocks preferably, as 
 they will be most easily obtained, and 
 on marketing are uniform in size, color 
 and shape and readily attain a good 
 weight and during the months of May 
 and early June, we hope to capture a 
 price of 18 or 20 cents per lb. 
 
 An advantage of the machine over 
 the hen is that we get such a number 
 all the same size and age at once, that 
 is economy; for it is no more trouble 
 to care for a large hatch than to care 
 for the chicks of two or there hens, 
 and much more interesting and satis- 
 factory; then the uniformity for mar- 
 ket is so desirable. 
 
 Trusting we may all conspire to 
 make the year 1902 memorable for the 
 great impetus and financial success of 
 our farmers in the poultry industry. I 
 would again urge that we have, at 
 least this most important branch of the 
 work, well looked after. The next im- 
 portant steps can be taken up next 
 month. 
 
 Mrs. Albert Ray. 
 
 Wilsey, Kansas. 
 
 A White Rock pullet. 96 point. A 
 prize winner owned by E. B. Omohun- 
 dro, Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
One of E. B. Dmohiindro's White 
 Rock hens. Bowling- Green, Mo. 
 
 \ Setting the Incubator , , , | 
 
 ... By Mrs. May Taylor { 
 
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 The first essential toward getting the 
 incubator set is to know liow to put the 
 niacliine together properly, putting all 
 the adjustments "just so," or more 
 properly speaking, adjusting all the at- 
 taclin'.ents so that they will swing and 
 work to a nicity without hitch or bind- 
 ing. 
 
 A new incubator is very liable to be 
 stiff and sticky and should be run at 
 least three days empty or until you are 
 perfectly satisfied that it is going to 
 go. An hour spent in studying the in- 
 struction book at that point where it 
 tells about unpacking and setting up 
 the machine is time well spent — very 
 well spent — and if I were selling incu- 
 bators I -.vould send the instruction 
 book by maif a few clays before the ma- 
 chine was to arrive so that the pur- 
 ch.iser could tell gt which end of the 
 crate to begin to loosen up. The usu- 
 al way is to put the book in with the 
 ni.ichine and the "master mechanic" of 
 the house goes to the case with ham- 
 mer and chisel, hatchet and screwdriv- 
 er, or somethin improvised to take 
 their places in case the next door 
 neighbor has the real articles bor- 
 rowed. I believe too, if I were mak- 
 ing Incubators to sell I would not only 
 send the instruction book out ahead of 
 time but I would print in big black fet- 
 lirs on the very first page, "Have you 
 iMcIs ready," and make a list of what 
 i^ needed so that the buyer would not 
 only hunt up from barn and crib, sheds 
 and store rooms the things needed, but 
 could make the necessary call at the 
 neighbors for what was lacking. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Years ago I knew a man, a very imi- 
 nent and prominent citizen, a man of 
 family, who had amassed a fortune, had 
 many broad acres with farm machin- 
 ery of all kinds to be had in those days, 
 yet when it came to opening up a new 
 parlor organ he took off one of the 
 lamp stands thinking that was the 
 proper way to get at the keyboard. He 
 broke a piece of the lamp stand, and his 
 wife laughingly explained how it hap- 
 pened. AH he needed to do was to 
 unlock it. And so the master mechan- 
 ic of the house goes at the incubator 
 case rightly clothed, and in good 
 breathing order, but before he gets 
 through is divested of all surplus outer 
 r.iiment in the shape of coat and vest 
 and with his breath coming in short 
 gasps. Wouldn't a snap shot of the 
 group be interesting? The machine 
 and pieces, the family and a few "by- 
 slanders a standin' by," as Samantha 
 would say. This is not any fancy pic- 
 ture by any means. Many an incubator 
 luiytr coidd paint you one in pen- 
 words just as real if not a little more 
 so. 
 
 But now having the machine ready to 
 set, and of course the question of where 
 it is to set having been duly discussed 
 and decided on before the day of ar- 
 rival, the next question is to get it 
 on its feet. The legs of an incubator 
 is one of far more importance than 
 anybody who never tried to steady one 
 on spindle shanks ever thought of. A 
 heavy machine set up on beautifully 
 trimmed spindly shanks that threatens 
 to fall over every time the egg drawer 
 is pulled out or pushed in is — well, 
 something of a nuisance. I would 
 rather have them plain and straight 
 from top to bottom, without any or 
 very little tapering. 
 
 Get the machine level; to do this put 
 a plate of water in the center on top. 
 the water will tell which side needs 
 raising or lowering. I once knew a 
 man to walk over a mile to borrow 
 a spirit level to level up a machine that 
 was only about two feet square. Any 
 flat vessel of water on top would have 
 dfiue as well. 
 
 Dcn't put water in a hot air machine. 
 I have heard of such things being done. 
 Follow all the instructions about put- 
 ting the regulator together to the let- 
 ter; this is a very important part to be 
 observed. Have every part of the reg- 
 ulator scrupulously clean of dust. Run 
 the weight as far out as possible when 
 the heat is first turned on and if it 
 still is insufficient to hold down the 
 damper lay a weight on the wire rod. 
 You see it is necessary to do this be- 
 cause as a general thing the blaze is 
 turned up full strength and the regu- 
 lator gets warmed up before the ma- 
 
 chine does and it will "work" or open 
 the damper too soon, letting the heat 
 pass out instead of in the machine. 
 
 1 once knew a person who bought a 
 second hand incuba.tor, the former 
 owner had run the machine with the 
 weight at a certin place; it was marked 
 quite plainly where it had been accus- 
 tomed to stay, and the first party had 
 instructed the second party to keep it 
 there and it would be all right. She, 
 the second party, did so, but could not 
 get the heat up. 1 was called in to see 
 what was the matter. The damper was 
 two inches above the flue: the lamp 
 flame was on full strength but the heat 
 of course all went straight up and out. 
 I told her she would have to move the 
 weight as far out as it would go, but 
 even then the damper would go up. I 
 told her to put a weight on it, which 
 she did. but left the flame too high and 
 the bimp, a glass bowled one with no 
 vent for the gas, exploded. I took 
 over one of my lamps from small ma- 
 chine, a copper bowled one with safe- 
 ty vent for the gas to escape, and told 
 her she could turn it as high as she 
 wanted to and there would be no dan- 
 ger of it exploding. The lamp burned 
 clear and steady for three days and 
 nights but she could not get the ma- 
 chine to work right, and the last time 
 I saw it she had it out in the yard for 
 a stand to set the cream separator on. 
 She was determined to use it for some- 
 thing. It worked well there. 
 
 When filling the machine you can 
 put a great many more eggs in by 
 leaving the turning rack out, if your 
 machine has one, mine has. Some peo- 
 ple very much prefer turning by hand; 
 it is simply a matter of taste. I have 
 the poorest success when I put the 
 eggs in promiscously like and turn by 
 hand, and I have the best success turn- 
 ing with the rack. I put the eggs in 
 the slats with the large end of first one 
 slightly raised and laid up against the 
 rack, the next egg in same position 
 up against the first egg and so on un- 
 til the row is completed. Have the 
 small ends of the eggs always pointe<l 
 the same way and be careful to put 
 them in with the points slanting toward 
 the way you want to turn them the 
 first time, so that when they are turne<l 
 the points will be standing toward the 
 way you w?nt to turn them next time, 
 never lay them flat down in the rows 
 for if you do they will turn in all sorts 
 of ways, some on big end, some on lit- 
 tle end, some piled up against each 
 other and some won't turn at all. With 
 the best of placing there will be a, few 
 to turn by hand each time until the 
 growth of the chick makes the egg 
 heavy, then it turns much better that 
 at first. Eggs shrink in the process of 
 
B. P Rock pu let o < ned by C. M. 
 Hu'.burt, Fairbpry, Neb. He breeds 
 tne Thomp-oj '-Ringlets." 
 
 hatching, so that these which seem too 
 large for slats at first will turn easily 
 before the hatch is over. When the 
 eggs are all in the tray, before you shut 
 them in, take a narrow strip of card 
 board, dip in ink and run it up and 
 down the rows. Let it touch each egg 
 as it passes over, redip in the ink as 
 often as necessary. Sometimes I take 
 a match instead of cardboard t>ut the 
 card is best. 
 
 How thankful I am that I have a 
 patent hatcher, not only one but three, 
 liut specially thankful just now for the 
 one small machine. Have a pet hen 
 that 1 have been saving eggs from 
 until I have IT, but no hen tn put them 
 under, so I steamed up the machine 
 and set them yesterday. Those eggs 
 are very precious if they hatch as they 
 are from a special mating. The hen is 
 om- special pet. She has her nest to 
 herself; no other hen is in her pen, 
 but we are going to put her in another 
 pen shortly. These eggs are an experi- 
 ment ,and if I did not have the ma- 
 cliine what would become of the eggs? 
 I know we would grieve over them un- 
 lill (hey were too old to keep longer, 
 llien they would go into the m.irket or 
 into custard pies. In times past when 
 we had no machine, we had laid out 
 many a fine setting of eggs and longed 
 and wished for a setting hen, until they 
 were too old to set then sent them to 
 market and it was always just that w-ay 
 the best eggs had to be sold for by the 
 lime the hens took a notion to set the 
 eggs were beginning to get small and 
 runty. My neighbors were always good 
 to loan me early setters when they 
 had them. Have hatched many fine 
 pure breeds under mongrel hens donat- 
 ed by the neighbors. Had eleven hens 
 one spring from five different farms; 
 ten of them attended strictlv to busi- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 nc^s bul the eleventh wouldn't set 
 when moved nor d dn't set and all my 
 persuasion couldn't make her set.. I 
 walked a mile through fields of snow 
 slush one spring day to get a setting 
 lun My neighbor sent me word that 
 1 1 I would come alter her I could have 
 her and welcome, but not if I sent; you 
 sec .TUer I went into the chicken busi- 
 ness I had no time to visit, and the 
 nciifhliors rebelled. That was years 
 ago: they are used to it now — my not 
 visiting — but she never dreamed of my 
 walk ng after her on such a day, but 
 Inishnnd had gone up country on busi- 
 ness and would be back past there in 
 the evening, so I walked across fields, 
 stayed all day, got my dinner in the 
 haif,'ain. got my hen, too, took her over 
 a three mile ride around through town, 
 took her right under my arm into the 
 swellest millinery shop, where I used to 
 do my waiting when in town. Sat down 
 with her in an upholstered rocking 
 chair and held the hen in my lap until 
 husband got read to go home. My 
 milliner didn't care, I knew, but "me 
 and the heq" was a subject, for much 
 C( mment and merriment among the 
 other ■•bystanders standin' by." If 
 they had been men folks I suspect 
 there would have been a few bets as to 
 wlii'tber the hen would set or not when 
 I jjiit her h''me. Yes, she did set, 
 * * * * * * * 
 
 We have an outdoor thermometer 
 from the Sure Hatch Incubator Co. I 
 suppose I ought also to add "of Clay 
 Center, Neb.." but it is entirely unnec- 
 essary as everyone knows where the 
 Sure Hatch comes from. The ther- 
 mometer is a beauty and we have it 
 hung up by the door, and it looks like 
 it was going to behave real nice. The 
 liqu'd is green and there is a great long 
 streak of it. This morning up to 30 
 above. We like to look at it and hope 
 it will stay up and not creep down out 
 of sight. It could hardly do that for 
 there is room for .'iO degrees below. 
 We have never yet had the pleasure of 
 using a Sure Hatch incubator but quite 
 a number of our correspondents use 
 them and all are well pleased. We have 
 sold hundreds of eggs to hatch in the 
 Sure Hatch machines. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, 
 
 Lock Box 176, Hale, Mo. 
 
 Raising Young Ducks 
 
 We have found the raising of young 
 ducks just as easy a chore as we ever 
 undertook, but we do not have to trav- 
 el far to find those who have no luck 
 with ducks. There will be a whole lot 
 of amateurs engage in the business this 
 spring, and perhaps their start will be 
 a solitary pair of ducks and a piano 
 box for a house. We do hope there 
 
 will be a pi.uio bo.x. for ducks ought 
 .lot to be housed with chickens, and 
 ivc hope there will be little pens to hold 
 ;he pair in the morning, so that none 
 of the eggs may be lost or chilled, for 
 it will be real encouraging if a good 
 sized flock is the result of so small a 
 beginning. 
 
 Now, if our beginner lacks modern 
 appliances perhaps this small beginning 
 is the better way, but one could gather 
 1 setting of eggs quicker.^and set them 
 fresher if there was th^e or four 
 ducks. Duck eggs will not hatch w.l! 
 when more than a week old. Pekin 
 ducks do not often wish to set, so the 
 eggs must be put in incubators or un- 
 der hens. If hatched under hens great 
 care must be taken to free them from 
 lice when they are taken from the 
 nests. No matter wdiat care one gives 
 he setting hen the ducklings will be 
 onnd with lice on them. Herein lies 
 the first bad luck of the uninitiated. 
 When we use a hen mother we resort 
 to that old fashioned remedy, grease, 
 and we take particular pains to apply 
 iust a little down close to the beak 
 where lice stay. Once a week the 
 mother hen gets a liberal supply of 
 lard and co.il oil under the wings. We 
 use Lee's lice killer and insect powder 
 if we have thein, sometimes for the 
 ducklings, but our grease can is always 
 ready and never fails of its purpose. 
 
 Ducklings should be penned until 
 they can go over a 10 inch board. 
 Small pens are all right if there is sand 
 and green onions and lettuce to put in 
 ■t. We always feed the ducklings oat- 
 meal for a day or two. Then almost 
 anything but not all corn meal. We 
 mix bran, shorts, corn cho|> and a 
 small quantity of sand, and if we have 
 it we scald the mixture with sweet 
 skim milk. The water must not be giv- 
 en in open dishes. We do not like to 
 feed too many potatoes, but there is 
 no danger of too large a potato diet 
 this year. Tn early spring ducklings 
 having access to water get civilled and 
 die. Ducklings do not re<|uirc as nnich 
 heat as chickens and if care is taken 
 to keep tlie brooders clean are more 
 easily raised in brooders than chickens. 
 Badly chilled ducklings may be saved 
 by warming in blankets ns/r the stove, 
 and your saved ducklingS^won't behave 
 as little chickens do. get well only to 
 take diarrhea a day or two later and 
 die. No. you may take the brood of 
 ducklings vou forgot and left too long 
 in the cold, warm them up, cat a hearty 
 meal and be ready to broil in ten 
 weeks. Now, when only a lew ducks 
 are raised and there is a necessity to 
 shut them in rat-proof coops, there is 
 danger that they grow too fast for 
 their house, and that they be left closed 
 
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 Buff Cochin Cockci-cl, score '13'4, pullot score 92;-;, cut 2".i for weiirhf 1st 
 prize winners uvviied t).v C. 15. Allison, Tennessee, III. ' 
 
 up too long in the morning in which 
 case .vou may find half a dozen stretch- 
 ed out apparently dead. Some times 
 air and water will revive them, but tlie 
 novice would be sure to bury llicin at 
 once. 
 
 Duckling.s are easily driven into their 
 coops in case of a storm, but in case 
 of daytime storms a great many duck- 
 lings may be smothered if the coops 
 are not roomy and well ventilated. A 
 lot of auger holes covered with wire 
 screening up under the roof of the 
 coop, is a good idea for the coop a wo- 
 man perhaps builds for herself. Now 
 to our sister breeders and would-be 
 chick raisers, we would say it is easier 
 to drive a stake than a nail, and if you 
 stake the boards you use for your little 
 duck pens into place, they are easier to 
 move, and if your husband happens to 
 want the boards again, presuming you 
 borrowed them, there won't be such a 
 fuss about split boards. Just a little at- 
 tention to trifles will prevent loss. 
 Ducklings are hardy and easy enough 
 to raise if one gives a little attention to 
 small details. To push the duckling 
 food must be plenty but we have raised 
 ducks that were never fed after they 
 left the pens and that weighed up to 
 the standard. Grasshoppers were thick 
 however. 
 
 It is quite as well to give the duck- 
 lings no mother after warm weather 
 begins. V^e have raised fifty ducklings 
 in a twelve foot square pen, covering 
 them with an old blanket at night and 
 not losing one. Now this is the be- 
 ginning. When there are ducks enough 
 to fill the incubator with eggs and the 
 brooder with ducklings, don't forget 
 that the pens will save most of the bad 
 luck. HATIE BYIFLD. 
 
 M CKick Life v v v | 
 
 X V V» By Mrs. M. A. Beckett. S 
 
 The time was in June. The place 
 was a charming spot in the Salt Lake 
 \'allcy, just under the eaves of the 
 mountains. Benath a spreading apple 
 tree there stood a humble cottage. 
 Within this cottage there was great 
 cfimmotion. It was the day of the 
 coming out of Misses Minnie and 
 Midge Bantam, daughters of the old 
 established family of Buff Cochin. Af- 
 ter a period of confinement of a fort- 
 night or more putting on the finishing 
 touches of their toilets, they burst forth 
 from their chambers of gold and of 
 white dressed in garments of a buff, 
 soft and clinging material, which 
 showed each curve of their perfectly 
 formed bodies. And amid the songs of 
 birds and the fragrance of flowers they 
 made their debeau into the very best 
 society of this province. 
 
 The young ladies were twin sisters. 
 Their early training had been of the 
 'lest, and by the indulgent care of their 
 proud and matronly mamma they soon 
 developed into perfect buds of vivac- 
 ous young womanhood. 
 
 Each day saw some curve of their 
 bodies becoming more rounded and 
 firm, betokening that the time was not 
 far distant when tlicy would long for a 
 w<>er to come. 
 
 Their dainty heads were carried like 
 I queen's. Their hair which was of 
 1 rich golden color, was always done 
 n perfect taste and style, and invaria- 
 ily the finishing touches were given 
 'ly the adjustment of a coumb of rich 
 
 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, while they were young thnigs, 
 re.sh as the morning dew, and when he 
 would endeavor to entice them to his 
 iide by picking up and throwing at 
 Llicir feet some dainty morsel, they 
 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 
 those mineral hills, I can scratch forth 
 nuggets of gold for your gizzards." 
 But they would only run away and h de 
 in the bushes like two little frightened 
 do\'es. 
 
 It was late in October that there was 
 introduced into their set a gallant 
 knight and traveler by the name of Sir 
 Tiddle De Winks, also of the B. Coch- 
 in style, who had lived long and seen a 
 great deal of the world, much more 
 than fall to the lot of most young men 
 of his class. He had been a great 
 traveler. He had come West, I might 
 say to grow up with the country. In 
 his very early age, in fact, before he 
 had left the nursery, he had traveled 
 irom the great inetropolis of New 
 York to the charming little city of 
 Ogden. It was tlicre that he grew to 
 manhood. 
 
 One day it was decided to hold a 
 great function in the City of the Saints. 
 A real beauty show it was to be. Miss 
 Minnie was wild to attend and to en- 
 ter the contest, but Miss Midget, who 
 was a fidget, was compelled to remain 
 at home. It was for the purpose of ac- 
 companying Miss Minnie, that Sir Tid- 
 dle De Winks came to this city. The 
 young people took very particular 
 pains to prepare for the contest. The 
 young lady rearanged her feathers and 
 comb. Thy polished their nails, and 
 sometimes they would go bathing in 
 the dust pan togetlier. 
 
 Sir Tiddle De Winks was what 
 might in those days be called a dandy. 
 He wore a suit of yellow and gold. 
 His Iggings were of a similar material, 
 and extended well down over his feet. 
 Upon his knightly head he >vore a hel- 
 met of red coral not unlike the young 
 ladies' combs. 
 
 But, oh. I hope it will not detract 
 from your good opinion of the young 
 man's taste when I say that his whis- 
 
John HetticK, Bowling Green, Mo., 
 a Lang-shan specialist. 
 
 kers were long and thick and red. Yet 
 those red, round whiskers were the 
 young man's pride, and he never lost 
 an opportunity to bring them into 
 prominent view and especially at the 
 great beauty contest when he and Miss 
 Minnie were doing and looking their 
 best. 
 
 Each wore a ring of yellow metal, 
 just at that particular point where the 
 shapely leggin ended and the dainty 
 foot begun. 
 
 -And all the time he seemed to be 
 dancing to the tune of old "Miservia 
 .Ann." and singing: 
 
 "Don't you see my new shoes. 
 
 .Ain't they handsome? 
 
 -Ain't they handsome, number twos?" 
 
 The battle was over and won. Sir 
 
 Tiddle Dc Winks and Miss Minnie 
 
 were voted the handsomest couple 
 
 there. 
 
 It was at this contest that he won 
 the young lady's heart and the ar- 
 rangements for the wedding made. It 
 was to be a grand affair. But alas, 
 nu'.st we Tlways take the bitter with 
 the sweet? Soon after the great con- 
 test was over and the young people 
 had returned to the home by the ap- 
 ple tree. Sir Tiddle De Winks fell ill. 
 He had a severe cold and quite a hack- 
 ing cough: his eyes grew dull, and his 
 appetite was failing him. It was 
 thought it was caused from excitement, 
 and possibly getting too warm in the 
 dnnce. It was decided to defer the 
 preparations for the big wedding, and 
 just have a quiet little affair. 
 
 So Sir Tiddle De Winks and Miss 
 Minnie were married. But in spite of 
 her tender and loving care he gradual- 
 ly grew worse; he was given all kinds 
 of tonics .i.nd "cure-all," but nothing 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ■termed to relieve him Tils physicimi 
 grew quite discouraged. That dread 
 disease, consumpt on. was feared. A 
 change of climate was advised. So pre- 
 parations were made. .A t.nny cottagt 
 w.Ts secured. wi{h a bed of fresh and 
 bright straw under the box of Gerani- 
 ums by the w.indow in tlie den of his 
 master and tnistress. His bride o; 
 course accompanied him, not for the 
 s.ike of her health, hut simply for the 
 lii.pnse of comforting him. and lend- 
 W'^ to him her consoling presence. 
 
 It v\'as hoped that the summer condi- 
 tions, the sight of the greens and tht 
 flowers would restore him to perfect 
 health again. They oiten talked it over 
 together, and he wnu'd say, "C-o-o-ok, 
 c-o-o-ok," which means in chicken talk, 
 "I love you, my dear," and she would 
 answer in the same sweet way. 
 
 One day there was cause for great 
 hilarity under the Geranium box by the 
 window. It seemed like old times. The 
 days of the great beauty contest, even 
 the old song and dance were there. 
 
 Buff Wyandotte Pullet owned by E. 
 Day, North Bend, Neb. A winner at 
 Nebrasi<a State Show in Lincoln. 
 
 and a perfect deluge of joy, for there 
 a tiny little corner in a tiny little 
 nest, was a tiny little toy-like egg. The 
 invalid was so delighted that he 
 seemed to pick up and grow stronger. 
 He picked at the vines and some cer- 
 ials a little raw beef steak and crumbs. 
 His tea was sipped with a relish, and 
 his physician grew encouraged and 
 hopeful. 
 
 Each day the tiny eggs grew in num- 
 ber, one by one they were deposited 
 in the little tiny nest, until all in all 
 there were eight. Little Minnie 
 seemed to grow dspondent and fretful. 
 .At times she 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 
 she used to crow and sing so many 
 
 pretty s»ng5. she \v«iild d» nething 
 now but cluck, cluck, cluck. Poor lit- 
 tle thing, she meant nothing harmful. 
 Her domestic duties and the cares of 
 an invalid husband had completely out 
 done her. She must have a rest, so 
 die planted herself on those tiny little 
 eggs in the tiny little nest under the 
 window. And tliere she sat and sat, 
 day after dny. Sometimes thinking of 
 .he trasures in store for her, and soine- 
 times dreaming of the conquests of the 
 days of her youth. For Minnie is no 
 longer yotJng. Or, perhaps, who 
 knows? She may have been weep'ng in 
 silence. There were no tears in her 
 eyes, but it would not. do for her to let 
 her dear husband see she was weep- 
 ing, and perhaps the. little faint heart 
 was breaking, for how could she help 
 but see that the one who. was so dear 
 to her was fading away. .As he sat so 
 close to her side, could she fail to see 
 that the love-light in his eye was dy- 
 ing? Ah, no: she knew, and suffered 
 in silence, and as he sat by her side 
 so patiently and reconciled, hoping 
 against hope that he might yet before 
 the appointed time, see and caress 
 those who were to intherit and honor 
 his name. 
 
 He seldom left her side now, but sat 
 close; now and then he would careful- 
 ly adjust a truant straw about her, anx- 
 ious to help her up to the last. 
 
 It was on the eve of the twenty-first 
 day. There was heard a "peep, peep." 
 in that tiny nest and out from beneath 
 the soft downy breast of the young 
 mother there peeped two little bright 
 eyes. .And just as the last rays of the 
 late December sun cast their glances 
 of purple and gold on the hill to the 
 east, Sir Tiddle De Winks said: "K-r-r 
 Kret. K-r-r-Kret," which means "Our 
 God, Thy will be done," and his head 
 fell dead upon the wing of that sweet, 
 sad wife and mother. 
 
 One of C. H. Hinman's, Friend, Neb. 
 B, P. R. pullets. Mr. H. won largely 
 at Lincoln, Neb., at state show. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
 
 Broiler House For 500 Broilers. 
 
 A party in Indiana has requested me 
 to iiive plans for a liroiler-house, 600 
 capacity, in the Poultry Investigator, 
 but he does not state whether it is for 
 continued production or for 50 for the 
 season. From my own experience 
 and from the information I can 
 gather among successful broiler rais- 
 ers, a house to contain 600 broilers con- 
 tinously. or in other words to always 
 liavc 600 broilers of different ages, 
 should be IfixlOO feet, this wouhl make 
 a floor space of 1.000 feet; if the party 
 or person wishes to raise just 600 for 
 the season he could get along with 
 half or even less room. It is a very 
 hard question to settle these things 
 satisfactorily to all, so many things 
 must be taken into consideration; some 
 would depend a great deal on outside 
 yard^. others would depend entirely on 
 the building. In my way of viewing it. 
 long houses arc more of a fad tlian the 
 outgrowth of a successful experience. 
 Long houses cost more to the square 
 feet of floor surface and more of 
 the building is exposed to the weather, 
 of course the yards in front fit a long 
 building, but for ordinary purposes, 
 yards can always be fitted to square 
 buildnigs. For 500 broilers for the 
 season a building on the plan as per 
 cu1.20x24 will do very well, in fact, I 
 have known of excellent success with 
 much less room where the chicks were 
 allowed yards. Another advantage in 
 a square building is its adaptability to 
 economical heating. I have tried var- 
 ious methods for warming a brooder 
 house and have never used anythmg 
 more successful than a hardcoal burner. 
 
 I preler the Round Oak soft coal 
 burner with a hard coal magazine, and 
 use hard coal instead of soft coal. 
 Coils can now be secured that fit these 
 stoves and from that a hot water pipe 
 system can be attached. I prefer a 
 square house and to set the heater in 
 the center of the building, making a 
 pit for the stove deep enough to allow 
 discharge from pipe coils to come 
 about eight inches above the floor. 
 Several courses of pipes can be run 
 here or there, using the pipes to warm 
 hovers or what would best suit the 
 party. For my part T prefer keeping 
 the room at about 70 degrees; using 
 individual brooders for the different 
 h.->tchcs of chicks. For success some 
 chicks would need a warmer tempera- 
 ture, thus the individual brooders 
 would be preferable.. 
 
 This paper is ready to go, to. press, 
 in some near future issue I will try 
 to suggest more definite, ^t occurs 
 to me that the question of brooder 
 houses would be a good question for 
 some of the writers for this paper to 
 give their experience. I will do my 
 best. Let us hear from others, it is 
 a question that hardly any two view 
 alike. Yours truly, 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
 GAPES. 
 
 One of the aggravating things in 
 pou.Ilry raising is to discover in a 
 flock nicely feathered out and seem- 
 ingly past the danger point the pre- 
 monitory sneezs. And yet it is usual- 
 ly after they are well started in growth 
 that this dread disease attacks them. 
 
 It is generally understood that it 
 is crused by the presence of a small 
 threadworm in the windpipe, e\-entuaU 
 
 ly causing suffocation. Those skilled 
 in the art may, by a skilful turn of a 
 horsehair bent into a loop and instert- 
 ed in the throat, speedily remove the 
 offeiieder. Yet it is not an inviting 
 process, and the novice is liable to 
 give his first patient more torture than 
 relief. 
 
 Several pears ago I was quite d's- 
 heartened by the outbreak of the dis- 
 ease in a previously thrifty flock. 
 \ memeber of the family suggested 
 kerosene, and for want of anything bet- 
 ter it was given a trial. Tt was ad- 
 ministered in a bran mash, about a 
 teasponful in food sufficient for a doz- 
 en chickers. If given in such quantity 
 that they can detect the odor they simp- 
 ly refu>^e the food. And I find that 
 more can be covered up in the mash 
 than in bre.'id crumbs or grain. 
 
 One of the chicks on which this ex- 
 periment was tried — and the remedy' 
 was original so far os wc were con- 
 cerneil. though. I have seen it in print 
 since — was past trying to cat before 
 the kerosene was thought of. and of 
 course died. All othe others recover- 
 ed, thf ugh several had reached an ad- 
 vanced stage in the disease and I here 
 was not one that had escaped I he in- 
 fection. Later in the season it wns 
 given to otl'.cr flocks as soon as the 
 first sneeze was noticed, and the gapes 
 gained not another victim. 
 
 \\'e thought we had found an infal- 
 lible remedy. .And I still think that 
 if the birds could be induced to take 
 the medicine it might so prove. But 
 of late they seem to have grown more 
 fastidious, and not always can they be 
 induced to take enough to effect a cure 
 though at the first trial there is im- 
 ■prcvemerit. Affr the trick has once 
 
bpcp fi1ny?rl tliey arc apl lo <-niff at 
 tile food and tlifii leave it untouched. 
 
 Last 5-easoii kerosene and camiihor 
 were tried by turn, neither being much 
 reli^licd citlur by the birds nr para- 
 S'tes. liy tiiis means of ahernation 
 only line bird was lost, but the cure 
 was in no ea^e as rapid as it would 
 b,,ve l^ten emdd the birds ha\e been 
 i'ldnced to fed freely. 
 
 Just Immv the worms got in tlie throat 
 i' not fidlv determined. Some main- 
 tain that they are coughed up by af- 
 flicted fowls and then passed in the 
 food to well ones. Others think they 
 pass into the ground and arc trans- 
 mitted tliT'Ugh earthworms. 
 
 R.-irly chicks are less liable to be in- 
 fested than those hatched later. And 
 gnmnd I hat has been occupied by 
 chicks affl'ctcd with this dease should 
 lie avo'ded in future, as the parasites 
 are liable to he in the soil and will 
 then eventually find new hosts. 
 
 BESSIE L. PUTNA^r. 
 
 POULTRY FOR CHILDREN. 
 
 "Shall the children be paid for their 
 work?" is a que.stion now inich discuss- 
 ed. Those who favor it, advance the 
 argument that in this way children 
 learn the value of money and how to 
 use it. On the other hand, the oblig- 
 ing boy or girl of the past generation 
 is fast disappearing. He who delighted 
 in doing an errand for parent or friend 
 has given place to the strictly busi- 
 ness-like boy. who expects a nickel or 
 at least a penny, for all such little at- 
 tentions. Business has swallowed 
 neighborly accomidation, and good 
 financiering seems to have been 
 thoroughly divorced from friendli- 
 ness. 
 
 The avenue of poultry raising is one 
 which fully solves the problem of bus- 
 iness applications, yet leaves a child 
 free to'do little favors for friends with- 
 out inculcating the false notion that 
 there must be a direct money rcnunr 
 eration in every instance. 
 
 An advantage in this for the country 
 or tillage child is. that few families are 
 so poor as to be unable to set aside a 
 small stock for this purpose. A hen 
 and a single sitting of eggs can be 
 spared if the will is present. These, it 
 misfortune docs not overtake them, 
 will furnish the nucleus for a plant 
 that can be made to increase in pro- 
 portion each year. And right here let 
 it be said that from the first the child 
 should be le<! to more ambitious work 
 in the future. Be it " in inore setting 
 hens or an incubator, better shelter, 
 tnore scientific feeding — progress 
 should be the constant 'watchword. 
 
 Poultry raising judiciously followed, 
 may develop a good bit of character 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 InnldiiiL;. ■ "First, there is llic feeling of 
 respoiiMbil'ty. A child may ffrora time 
 to time assist in feeding the poultry, 
 febng that if he forgets it or it is not 
 c.-invcnieht at certain times for him to 
 attend to this, others will look after 
 it. In fact, the care rests with others, 
 and his duties', voluntary or otherwise, 
 are at least spasmodic. But with 
 tiwncrship. t.i'.c case is different. He 
 realises that it. is his business to look 
 after n.:itt.et;sniimse!f. And while some 
 other meriiBer of the family will doubt- 
 less relieve him on special occasions, 
 it 's h s place to plan and see that the 
 work is executed. Personal respon- 
 sibility is e.^rly learned, and self re- 
 liance as well as reliability fostered. 
 Again, he must be methodical and 
 punctual. Chickens to do well require 
 care at stated intervals. His other 
 duties and play can be made to con- 
 
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 form tf) the new requirements, and the 
 helter-ske'ter plan of doing things 
 when he thinks of it, when it pleases 
 him— or perhaps, frequently not at all, 
 will be abandoned. 
 
 The money-making uart of the mat- 
 ter should be prominent as in any bus- 
 iness venture. Money is not the end 
 but the means; rightly gained and 
 used, it is a blessing; but it is by no 
 mena? the greatest thing In life. But 
 to business: Even a child will readily 
 acquire the principles of the industry. 
 If broilers are to be sold, the chickens 
 must be raised early. If winter eggs 
 are the main requisite, ditto. The lo- 
 cation, conditions of market, etc. modi- 
 fy requirements, and some guidance 
 may be needed at times to secure the 
 most profitable returns, Biit the idea 
 
 will be acquired of loking the field 
 over and adjusting ones actions to ex- 
 isting conditions. Then ihcre is the 
 risk which each business man assumes, 
 and one must make up his mind that 
 after he has done his best it is useless 
 to cry over spilt milk. We sametimes 
 have to deal with those who make a 
 square bargain so-and-so. Some un- 
 expected loss occurs and they want 
 to creep out and let the other party 
 share the loss or at least, a portion of 
 it when they themselves originally as- 
 sumed the risk. This is "child's play" 
 which should not be tolerated, even in 
 children. If a rat or hawk carries 
 away two or three chickens, the proper 
 method is to catch or put to flight the 
 thief, and not expect mamma or soine- 
 one else to replace the stolen goods. 
 There are losses in all branches of 
 business, and the sooner one learns to 
 "give and take" cheerfully, whatever 
 be the luck, the happier and more suc- 
 cersfiil will he be. "Nothing venture, 
 nothing have," as a saying old but still 
 true. 
 
 It keeps. busy fingers profitably cm- 
 ployed Children'.^ healthy children, are 
 proverbially active. They must always 
 be do!!ig something; and when on at 
 work, they may find work which the 
 e' lers would call mischief. Besides, 
 there is nothing tiresome about this. 
 It is healthful exercise. No dreary 
 hours in a dingy shop or down a dark 
 shaft, but plenty of fresh air and sun- 
 shine. 
 
 Communion with the little downy 
 pets suggests many thoughts on nature 
 study, and if a little care is taken in 
 this direction, the daily observation of 
 their forms and habits . will create a 
 wholesome spirit of observation and 
 love for nature in general, an acquire- 
 ment of more value than a princely in- 
 heritance. Gentleness in handling 
 the inmates of the poultry yard begets 
 gentleness and patience in other mat- 
 ters. And the little investment may 
 eventually result not only iu a snu.g 
 allowance of pin money each year but 
 a complete change in the character of 
 the owner. BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 
 
 The mortality with your chicl's is 
 one the serious drawtiacks attending 
 poultry raising; due largely toimpr p- 
 er feeding. Much credit is due to Mrs. 
 S. E. Pinkerton of ClayrCenter, Nebr., 
 who has formnlafed a perfect food for 
 young chickens that will successfully 
 carry them throug the critical periods 
 of the'r lives without losing them. 
 The ingredients comp sing this food I 
 am well acquainted with; the compon- 
 ent parts serve to make a healthy 
 griwth, com bining as it does every- 
 thing necessary to make bone, muscle 
 and feathers. 
 
 C. H, RHODES. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 A flock of Geo. B. Clary's White Wyaiiaotte and Buff Orping-ton cockerels 
 at Fairburv, Neb. 
 
 Hints on Turkey Ra^ising. 
 
 (II.) ' 
 
 Having decided to add turkeys to 
 the denizens of the poultry yard, the 
 <iuestinn of breed became paramount. 
 A neighbor may have a flock of no 
 particular breed, yet the birds "turn out 
 "pretty well" and are always in good 
 demand at Thanksgiving or the holi- 
 days. It seems a little evtravagant to 
 pay fancy prices for a pair or trio 
 when one can buy plenty of them at 
 the market prices for the meat. Or the 
 eggs may be obtained near home for 
 a comparatively small price. 
 
 "Pure bred." do you ask? Well, no; 
 not exactly, but pretty nearly. So 
 nearly that they will pass for pure. 
 
 Ah! there is a little mistake — in fact, 
 a mistake of considerable size. This 
 mixing of breeds may do all right in 
 the hands of a fancier wlin follows 
 scientific principles in his quest of im- 
 proved varieties; but in the hands of 
 the novice it is sure, or at least al- 
 most sure, to come to grief. The cross- 
 ing once begun, it is hard to tell 
 where it will end, and the manipuulator 
 sooner or later finds on his hands a 
 stock of mongrels, inferior to ances- 
 tors on either side, and valueless i( 
 sale for breeding purposes is at- 
 tempted. It is much better to study 
 the breed and your own requirement* 
 carefully, and then choose and adhere 
 to the breed chosen. 
 
 The Mammoth Bronze is the giant 
 •f tJie family, and is deservedly pop 
 
 ulnr. In some localities, however, me- 
 dium sized individuals have a prefer- 
 ence in market over the larger ones. 
 And if raising for such a market, the 
 White Holland is in this respect pre- 
 ferable. The latter, too, is more staid 
 in its habits, less inclined to roam; and 
 if there is danger of trespassing the 
 White Holland may be the better of 
 the two. Some like to cross the Mam- 
 moth Bronz» male with the White Hol- 
 land female for this reason, claiming 
 to acquire thereby birds of superior 
 size, yet with the domestic proclivities 
 of the mother. This may work all 
 right on the first cross. But what have 
 you with the second or third? Be- 
 sides, the most shrewd always try to 
 sell the best of their flock to breeders 
 at a considerable advance over prices 
 paid for table use-; and the first cross 
 spoils all this. 
 
 Turkeys commence to lay in March 
 or April, often before the snow is en- 
 tirely gone, and as the eggs are more 
 susceptible to extremes of weather, 
 the vagaries of the birds should be 
 carefully watched and the eggs re- 
 moved if there is danger of their 
 becoming chilled. Shake as little as 
 possible in doing this, and keep in a 
 cool, dry place until ready for the in- 
 "ubating process. 
 
 The turkey seems to defy the vig- 
 •lance of her owner in this respect, and 
 'hough ordinarily tame and confiding. 
 ;he becomes at nesting time tbe most 
 warv of bir'ts. and will •ften lead one 
 
 •■ 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 to hens and thus double the 
 turkey's egg producing capacity. But 
 it is generally conceded that while 
 the hen mother trained her children to 
 home loving habits, she was not so pa- 
 tient; and that the methods of the tur- 
 key mother, resting frequently and 
 moving at all times slowly, gave the 
 best results. Those who have given it 
 a trial speak in high terms of the ad- 
 vantages of the incubator for turkey 
 raising, and in some respects it seems 
 decidedly preferable to the setting hen. 
 Bread crumbs form, a good diet for 
 the first few days. Cottage cheese is 
 an excellent food by way of variety. 
 The crumbs from the family table 
 may serve to cater to the wants of a 
 small flock. A-n acquaintance, during 
 one season when wheat was high and 
 locally scarce, fed a flock on Johnny- 
 cakes, and kept them growing nicely. 
 It was mixed with sour milk and soda, 
 and baked in the oven. Turkeys are 
 especially fond of cabbage and similar 
 green food, a hint which may prove of 
 profit during the winter months when 
 dependent upon their owner for all 
 such delicacies. The rough leaves of 
 the cabbage should always be convert- 
 ed into poultry food, as well as the 
 small and ill-shaped heads. 
 
 Turkeys feast upon the slu^s which 
 infest roses bushes with a great relish. 
 And if one has a bush infested it is 
 pleasing to perch a half grown turkey 
 upon the hand in reach of the bush, 
 and notice the rapidity with which the 
 number of pests decreases, as well as 
 the keen eye which seeks out its prey. 
 The cure is cheaper and quicker than 
 with hellebore, and equally effective. 
 
 When the birds have become nicely 
 feathered out the feeding problem is 
 ruled mainly by their tendency to 
 wandering. Fed at night, there is an 
 inducement for them to come home to 
 roost, a most desirable feeling to the 
 owner. BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 
 
 If you want to buy anv BlacK Lantr- 
 shans send for h. E. Mever<;' fine cir- 
 cular and read what one of our he<<t 
 indges has to sav of hi.s stocK. ' Mr. 
 Meyer islocated at BowiingGreen, Mo. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 First Prize pea of Buff Orping-toiis at Nebraska State Show at" Lincoln' 
 Bred and owned by C. Rockhill, Harvard, Neb. These birds won in strong 
 coinpetition and are as good as grow. 
 
 The Farmer's Advantages. 
 
 Mrs. W. I. Mines. 
 
 By little tilings we mean chickens or 
 orchard; in fact, anything outside of 
 the grain crops or horses or cattle 
 which are raised and sold upon the 
 farm. When the farm fails to return 
 profitable crops, like the season of 
 1901, this should teach farmers that it 
 is not wise 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 in an or- 
 chard and the waste fruit is good for 
 them. The shade is also essential 
 through the hot summer months. Any 
 farmer who has a large orchard and 
 does not keep a large flock of hens 
 upon it is wasting valuable space which 
 could be profitably utilized to great ad- 
 vantage. No one is so favored with 
 natural advantages for profitable poul- 
 try as the farmer and we wish we could 
 impress this fact upon every farmer 
 who is disposed to give the slightest 
 recognition to the part which the poul- 
 try pay in connection with the farm 
 revenues. In many cases we wil find 
 farmers are poor and have a mortgage 
 upon their farms. Do they know how 
 to make the most of the so-called little 
 
 things they have around them? It is a 
 question of management, nothing else. 
 A penny saved is a penny earned. If 
 th;s was applied to small things on the 
 farm, no doubt many of our farmers 
 would find their accounts in much bet- 
 ter shape. I know farmers who think 
 poultry is too small a fry for them to 
 bother with. I hope our extreme 
 drouth has taught some of them that 
 their hens are not a very small thing 
 after all. I think during the past sea- 
 son the hen has proven herself one of 
 the most valuable possessions we have 
 on the farm, for their earnings pay our 
 grocery bills. It seems the prevailing 
 idea with the average farmer is that a 
 "26c scrub cockerel is good enough; but 
 what a mistake to think of the years 
 spent trying to do something with 
 nothing. Thought and action are the 
 great money forces on the farm. Win- 
 ter is the best time for thought and the 
 other season for action. Let us all 
 start in this season (as feed is high) 
 with a fixed purpose to raise less quan- 
 tity and more quality. No one is justi- 
 fied in raising mongrel poultry. Not in 
 this day and age of the world. It has 
 been amply proven that extra prices 
 can everywhere be obtained for good 
 stock, be it horse, cow, pig. or chicken, 
 and that it costs no more to raise pure 
 bred stock than cheap scrubs. We have 
 no right to expect results except as a 
 logical result of effort and conditions. 
 "We shall reap what we have sown." 
 is as true today as when first uttered. 
 Let us commence at the beginning and 
 not expect to accomplish wonders in a 
 
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 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 it would succeed, and there 
 would be nothing left as a reward for 
 earnest efforts. To make poultry keep- 
 ing profitable it is necessary to observe 
 methods. 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 
 the second time. The fact is, this man 
 will make a complete success in the bus- 
 iness, and there are other careless men 
 who would make a complete failure, in 
 the business in the same place and un- 
 der the same identical conditions. This 
 plainly indicates that knowledge is 
 gained from experience, reading and 
 using a lot of thinking and planning. 
 Now that feed is high is a poor time to 
 keep unproductive stock. Look over 
 your flock and see if any saving can be 
 made by disposing of part. The wise 
 farmer will keep nothing but good 
 stock. He should begin with but one 
 variety of pure bred poultry. I know 
 so many who keep from five to fifteen 
 mongrel cockrels over for breeding 
 stock every year. Now that feed is 
 high why not sell every one of them 
 and buy one or two nice thoroughbreds 
 of whatever breed your choice may be 
 Now select your best hens to mate 
 with them and only set eggs from their 
 pen. You may think this lots of trou- 
 ble, but I can assure you it will pay 
 you every time. But remember, dear 
 reader, "that like begets like" in the 
 breeding pen. 
 
 The wise farmer wil try .to keep his 
 stock cornfortable. If you cannot do 
 this with your present facilities, then 
 keep them as comfortable as you can 
 this winter and provide proper quarters 
 for them before next. Many uncom- 
 fortable poultry houses can be greatly 
 improved by the judicious use of a little 
 lumber, suplemented with straw for 
 filling in. In the absence of anything 
 better, old newspapers will oftentimes 
 stop holes and cracks. Farmers, as a 
 class, are in the habit of looking upon 
 their poultry as a side issue, or as we 
 may plainly express it, "A gift from 
 God." They give all their attention to 
 their corn, oats, wheat, cattle, etc., and 
 their poor chickens, after being raised 
 by their good wives, are left entirely to 
 nature. Now nature knows her busi- 
 
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 1st Black Langshan cock at Spriiig^tield, 
 111., owned by John Hettich, Bowlings Green, 
 Missouri. 
 
 Black Lang-shan cockerel, score O.S', at 
 Illinois State Show. Weighs lOJi lbs. 
 Owned by John Hettich. Bowling Green, 
 Missouri. 
 
 ni-s. but tlic best farmer on earth can- 
 nft farm unless lie has tlic proper 
 things to do it with. 
 
 Now, good farmer, it is just so with 
 your hens; if she has good material to 
 work with .she will not disapoint you. 
 Furnish nature with the things needed 
 for the performance of her duty and 
 she is perfectly willing to do her part, 
 but cannot unless given a fair cliancc, 
 any more than your horse can do a 
 good day« plowing without food and 
 drink. Filth and lice bring on condi- 
 tions resembling cholera, and it is as 
 h.iiidy to call it cholera as anything, but 
 I find this does not make it so. I am 
 confident the best cure for this com- 
 plaint would be to start in taking care 
 of your poultry. ".An ounce of preven- 
 tion is worth a pound of cure." On 
 colt! days the hens should be kept in 
 the hen house and scratching shed con- 
 nected with it, in which scatter small 
 grain. I find the great secret of eggs 
 in winter is to give clean wholesome 
 quarters and make them scratch for 
 their grain. 
 
 If possible always lay in a slock of 
 cheap vegetables and apples for winter 
 feed. I also have a rye patch for them 
 to roam in on pleasant days. I give a 
 warm mash on cold mornings com- 
 posed of cooked Indian corn meal with 
 all the odds and ends from the table of 
 any fine food I can get. At noon I 
 give them skimmed milk to drink. I 
 Ireep the poultry house whitewashed 
 outside and in. with the following 
 
 whitewash. There is nothing better for 
 poultry houses. It is made as follows: 
 Slack one bushel of good stone lime in 
 boiling water, keeping it covered while 
 slacking; strain and add one-half peck 
 of salt dissolved in warm water; three 
 pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin 
 paste: one-half pound powdered Span- 
 ish whiting and one pound clear glue 
 dissolved in warm water. Mix this all 
 thoroughly with slacked lime and let it 
 stand for several days. .Apply as hot 
 as possible with a clean brush. 
 
 I find this is a good preventative 
 against lice and mites. I am confident 
 if you would start in taking care of 
 your poultry and keep accurate account 
 of all receipts and expenditures among 
 the fowls, and also credit them with all 
 their returns. And if you have man- 
 aged right I am sure it won't be but a 
 few years until success crowns your ef- 
 forts and you will also find j-ou have 
 accomplished something worthy and 
 profitable, that will be a great pleasure 
 to you or all that may see your flock 
 of well bred, well cared for and vigor- 
 ous poultry. My idea is to keep my 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks in the most 
 vigorous and healthy condition. To do 
 so I have learned the most important 
 thing is to keep their quarters free 
 from filth, lice and mites. Look out 
 for lice. Vou cannot breed them and 
 raise healthy vigorous poultry. You 
 cannot neglect your work and expect 
 to make poultry pay. 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 Any and all advertisers in the Poii.- 
 TRY IsvESTiG.\TOR are earnestly re- 
 quested to send us any photographs of 
 their yards or birds and we will have 
 half-tones made of the same and they 
 will aprcarin the Inve.stig.\T()h and 
 a f'eacription of the same with due 
 .;redit to the owner. This is a picture 
 age, nothing advertises one's stock as 
 well as a nice half tone and you can't 
 afford to let this opportunity pass 
 without accepting it, so send us any 
 photos of yourself, yards or birds and 
 we will do the rest. 
 
 This is to certify that I have sold to 
 Pinkerton & Co., Clay Center, Nebr. , 
 the following stuck: 
 
 Eight pullets and one cockerel mated 
 for cockerel breeding, and one coc er- 
 el mating. These birds are from my 
 best exhibition cockerel line and I be- 
 lieve Will produce prize winners. Also 
 two cockerels of my best exhibition 
 pullet line, same blood as my Xew 
 York winning pullets, 
 
 E, B. THOMPSON. 
 
 Note. — Pinkerton &Co. . have moved 
 their fine stock of Barred Rocks to 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 The Inland PoDltry Journal of In- 
 dianopolis, Indiana, is one of the best 
 poultry papers published and is fully 
 up-to.date in every respect. It has at 
 the wheel Theo. Hughes a well known 
 ponltry judge, a lirst-class writer and 
 a man familiar with all the details of 
 journalism. The Inland Journal has 
 improved very much during the past 
 year and we wish them a prosperous 
 future. Look up their ad elsewhere in 
 this issue. 
 
From I. A. Harvey. 
 
 I^iultry lin estigator, Chiy Center, 
 Xil.. Dear Sirs: A> 1 am a reader of 
 ycur \alualile [njnltry juuriial ami like 
 til reail uhat uther pimltry raisers have 
 ti) say ill regard to their success and 
 failure in the poultry business, 1 feel as 
 though I might say someth ng along 
 tli.Li hue that might be of interest to 
 smile of your many readers. Can a 
 l;erMiii raise poultry on a town lot to 
 any aiKantagc' 1 say yes. But you 
 \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 
 poultry yard (you may say, too small 
 to do any .good, but we get there just 
 the same.) 'i his we have divided off in 
 three parts Two-fifths of this in one 
 lot and the other three-fifths in two 
 lots. All three lots are connected with 
 the poultry house. In the big lot we 
 have six fine plum trees and one fine 
 peach tree that bear fine fruit. About 
 tl;e middle of September we turn the 
 birds out of this lot. Get some rye. 
 Sow it very thick on top of the ground 
 and then dig it under about four or five 
 inches. Of course you can't cover it 
 all up. but this the sparrows will pick 
 up. We have to keep the birds off of 
 it about two weeks, and by that time 
 the rye is up so thick that it completely 
 covers the ground. This will give them 
 greens enough as long as the snow is 
 off. We have had winters that there 
 was one or two days in every week 
 that they could get green rye enough 
 to do them. As soon as spring opens 
 up and the snow leaves and from this 
 patch they can get green stuff enough 
 until the rye ripens, and then they get 
 the ripe grain. We usually have from 
 25 to 30 birds on this patch, and they 
 can't keep it down, the rye being sown 
 so thick in the first place, will leave 
 plenty to go to seed, which the birds 
 soon find. Bread down the straw and 
 relish the new grain. By the time that 
 the rye ripens I dig up one of the 
 other patches and plant it in corn. 
 This I do for three purposes. First, 
 they are about out of green stuff in 
 the rye patch and have to have some- 
 thing else; second, hot weather is com- 
 ing on and they need some shade, and 
 third, why not raise a little corn while 
 you are doing the rest. It won't bring 
 very much, but it may bring you a 
 busli'-l, which will feed your hens for a 
 little while. You will not have to pull 
 any weeds or suckers; your birds will 
 do that for you. Later on I plant tur- 
 nips in the other lot. When the corn 
 doesn't furnish any more green stuff 
 for the birds (but still furnishes shade) 
 I have plenty of turnips and tops to 
 feed them, and at the same time you 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 have turnips for table use. Poultry to 
 do well must have some green stuff to 
 pick at. When rye sowing time comes 
 , again I put the first lot in rye again, 
 and so keep things moving. We al- 
 ways have healthy chickens and most 
 always have plenty of eggs and some 
 to sell. We have two kinds of poultry. 
 Buff Leghorns and Black Langshans, 
 both pure stock and fine birds. 
 Respectfully yours. 
 
 I. A, HARVEY, 
 Harrisonville, INIo. 
 
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 The InvE-STicator brought the sale 
 of four birds from Colorado. Inquir- 
 ies are coming in from Nebraska, Mis- 
 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 
 success. ■ CHAMBLIN. 
 
 INCREASE IN POULTR.V. 
 
 TKe Incubator That Ha.tched the Great. 
 
 est Nvimber of Chicks and Endows 
 
 Therrv With HealtK. 
 
 Among the hundred.s of incubators 
 advertised broadcast throughout the 
 land those manufactured by the Geo 
 Ertel Company, Ouincy, 111., stand 
 preeminent for volume of product and 
 quality. 
 
 Any chicken raiser — farmer or poul- 
 try fancier — who is not familiar with 
 the advanced theories and successful 
 practice demonstrated in the Ertel in- 
 cubator.s must eventually confess him- 
 self behind the times. 
 
 The George Ertel Company have is- 
 sued a finely illustrated 178- page book- 
 let descriptive of the various styles 
 and sizes of incubators and brooders 
 that have made the name Ertel famous 
 in the poultry world. This book any 
 one may have who will write his wants 
 to the (ieorge Ertel Company. 
 
 ERTbL s "\ ICIOK l\(-Uli\10K 
 
 To those who do not own an Ertel 
 incubator or who have not seen the 
 book, it will be interesing to know that 
 this book tells how a hatch in almost 
 any machine may be increased, and 
 and how any brood may be kept in 
 good health, and hundreds of other 
 things every chicken owner should 
 Know. 
 
 There is also an interesting chapter 
 on raising ducks' and others on build- 
 ing poultry houses and poultry yards. 
 
 The acquaintsnce with the pleasant 
 business methods of Messrs George 
 Ertel Company which will result from 
 application fur this book will not te 
 the least interesting experience. 
 
 Write to-day to George Ertel Compa- 
 ny, Quincy, ill. 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 FOR EXCBANGE. A 60-egf; Sure Hatch In- 
 cubator, for E.xhlbition B. B. K. Games, 
 Must be first class stock. A. J, WlUlau.s. 
 Clay Center. Nebr. 
 
 BUFF PLYMOTITH ROOK Cockerela from 
 first prize cock; very promising. Write fur 
 prices. Alljert U. Swett. 'iU Mosley SI,, 
 Elgin, lil, 
 
 J. W, WHITNEY. f;hatbam, Ohio. Poultry 
 Judge. All Varieties Private scoring 
 and expert mating a specialty 
 
 40 GOOn WHITE WYANDOTTES for sale 
 cheap if taken sdon. 
 
 U. E Genoways. Aurora. Nebr. 
 
 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. 
 .Nebraska, 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks. No stocl< for 
 sale. Fggs s'l.OO per 100, $1.00 per VS. My 
 stock is tirst clfiss and have won In show 
 room. J, P. Scbioeder. clay Center, Neb. 
 
 ALSEN Poultry yards has Haniborgs. Buff 
 and Brown Leghorns. Buff Rocks. While 
 Wyandottes. Polish and Andalusian. Won 
 20 premiums nut of 27 eniries at South Da- 
 kota state fair, t ggs for halehiPe. $1.(0 
 and up. Circulars free. II. P, Carson. 
 Beresford. S. D. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMaS, I have a few good hens 
 
 and pulleis for sale cheap. J^lrs. Alice Allen, 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
 Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
 Light Brahmas, $1.60 per seitine of l^ eggs. 
 Wiite wants. .lolin H, Rownd. Downs, Kas. 
 
 IIO.SE COMB Wliile and Rose Comb Brown 
 Legliorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
 dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season. 
 15. n-. 39. $2. Duck eggs $1 per 11. J, W. 
 Cook, Poneto. Ind. 
 
 MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekln 
 Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
 Rock Cockerels at $1 each, Toulouse Gand- 
 ei>. iui.i :.l. Hiui./.o Toms, at $2 each. Pol- 
 ai,vl I t.i- ;i ! ii.js :i iiiaMer of ci»rri.spoudence 
 .1. I). Grimes. Chamber , Neb. 
 
 Wliri'K PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
 ' r old hens and Ibis year's pullets and 
 
 Cue l,rr- li f'lr aale. Old stork score 92 points 
 au.l 'I' ijiri'i. WiiLc for prices. Geo. N, 
 Wood. Welilun. La. 
 
 50.) nUFF. PARKED, White Plymouth Rocks. 
 Lifflit Brahnias. Fine cockerels, hens and 
 pullets J2 t" S3 each. Eg-gs 15. +1 00. 100, $6.00. 
 Wilton Brown box W. Middleboro, Mass. 
 
 Willi EPLYMlXIT'H ROCKS exclusively. A 
 fevv choice coeki rels ^or s ile: look 1st and 
 2nil prem uin at S O S poultry show. 
 Wii e for prices. J. W. Maisun, Slroms- 
 burg. S-hi: Route No 2. 
 
 WHITE H. TIIKKEVS. 1 W. Rock ck.. s^ore 
 11414 l>y Russell, for -ale. Also esgs from 
 D Biiiiiniis Brown Leghorn. B. Pekin and 
 Game Uauiams. E.tpert Judge. P. M. Cool- 
 ey .Milton, la. 
 
 WHITE W'YANDGTTES. Duston and Nor 
 val strains direct. Score 92 to 9.> by Judge 
 Rhodes. Quality and fair treatment gruaran- 
 le.'d. Best winter layets. Eggs 2-00 per 15- 
 Belgiaii hares, i has. C. Uilsun. Holdrege. 
 Nebraska. 
 
 O. K S. L. WYANDOTTES are all right 
 Eggs Sl.OO per 15 or 54 00 per 100. W, T. Can 
 aday, Dover. Lee ci'unty. Iowa. 
 
 BARRFD PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively 
 Eggs S4-00 fi r 100. $1.00 for Vt. Adam A 
 Weir, Clay Center. NeOr. 
 
 EtiCS from standard bred White and S. L. Wy- 
 andottes and Light Brahmas. #1.50 per setting. 
 C. Feldman. 2035 N. Main st. Fremont. Neb. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. pure white and as 
 t'oixi as the best. Kggs 51.50 per 15. S2 So for 
 30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray, Clay 
 Center. N«br. 
 
H 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 A pair of Barred Plymouth Rock chicks that weigh 16 pounds— cockerel 
 8,'^, puUet 7)4 — owned by J. H. Troug-h, of Minden, Neb. 
 
 Some Lessons Poultry Exhibitions Teacli. 
 
 By J. W. Whitney. 
 
 The average poultry exhibition gives 
 lood for much practical knowledge. 
 Perhaps the young and ambitious 
 breeder of prize fowls receives more 
 useful and lasting information from his 
 first exhibit, especially if he attends 
 personally and is of an observing and 
 retentive disposition than can be ob- 
 tained from a year's breeding, or read- 
 ing of poultry mtormation. It is those 
 things that directly affect us financially 
 or our reputation and ability as breed- 
 ers which are most easily observed and 
 remembered. When mistakes and the 
 imperfections of our fowls are brought 
 to our notice in the show room, and 
 we are also aware others see them in 
 perhaps a stronger light than we our- 
 selves, our pride, our capabilities as 
 breeders receives and retains such les- 
 sons in a way to warrant renewed and 
 and more intelligent effort in the fu- 
 ture. While the above is true and al- 
 though poultry exhibitions, when right- 
 ly conducted, aid and foster the breed- 
 ing and popularity of the prize poultry 
 of today, yet there is noticeable in 
 many of the exhibitions I have attend- 
 ed this winter a very unsatisfactory 
 management, a poultry exhibition to 
 be of the most value as an educational 
 and financial success should be run on 
 strictly business principles. 
 
 Many of the premium lists which 
 have come to my address are wonders 
 of useless information. The more im- 
 portant things have been omitted and 
 those of only minor importance made 
 to occupy nearly the whole pamphlet. 
 A set of old, back-number rules and 
 regulations which have been regularly 
 inserted in each succeeding list for 
 perhaps 10 or 12 years occupy the first 
 few pages— rules that are never lived 
 up to and that the association knows 
 will not be. When they incorporate 
 
 them in their list. I have often won- 
 dered why poultry associations did not 
 more generally make arrangements for 
 the entertaining of the distinct exhibit- 
 or by securing rates and rooms at the 
 most convenient good hotel, thus es 
 tablishing a headquarters for visitors 
 uul exhibitors from a distance. It 
 strikes me this would be a valuable ad- 
 dition to every list. How often it has 
 taken me a day or two to find out 
 where the boys were stopping in a big 
 town, and we would hardly all get to- 
 gether before the closing day of the 
 exhibition. This might all be avoided, 
 a lower rate secured and all be togeth- 
 er upon our arrival in town by a pre- 
 vious arrangement and notice in the 
 premium list by the secretary, regard- 
 ing a suitable place to secure accom- 
 modations, reduced rates, and associa- 
 :ion with those whose interests are in 
 :he same lines as your own is a great 
 idvantage. New acquaintances can be 
 made, old ones renewed. These even- 
 ngs devoted to the interchange of ex- 
 periences and discussion of timely top- 
 ics of mutual interest to us individual 
 and in a breeder sense to the fancy as 
 a whole are the more pleasurable 
 part of the meeting. Every ambitious 
 breeder attends these events more or 
 less for the information and friendships 
 he may there secure. The more of 
 this fraternal spirit there is in evidence 
 the more popular and successful our 
 exhibitions will become. Again each 
 jremium list should contain clear and 
 -■orrect information regarding the po- 
 sition of the show rooms and hotels to 
 the several depots. If by street car tlie 
 names of the proper cars to take and 
 the streets at which to leave the car 
 should be given. A still hunt in a large 
 city for a hotel or exhibition room, es- 
 pecially at night, is anything but an en- 
 
 viable undertaking. All these little 
 courtesies by the association will prove 
 to their future advantage and have a 
 beneficial effect upon future exhibi- 
 tions. The secretary of an exhibition 
 is a busy man and many of these ques- 
 tions visitors or exhibitors generally 
 ask might be forseen and incorporated 
 in the premium list in advance to his 
 own and the cenvenience of he who at- 
 tends. A hearty handshake and wel- 
 come to the show room upon the pre- 
 sentation of card or name by members 
 of an association carries with it lasting 
 memories and a warm feeling. Make 
 the distant exhibitor feel he is welsome 
 and give him fair and impartial treat- 
 ment; look after his interest as prompt- 
 ly and carefully as those near by, and 
 future successful exhibitions are an as- 
 sured fact. Allow no familiarity with 
 the judge in the show room when at 
 vvcrk. His time and best judgment in 
 justice to every exhibitor should not be 
 diverted from the work he is employed 
 to do. No man can have his mind on 
 two subjects and do his best. Nse no 
 partiality; make this a rule and enforce 
 it to the letter. A judge surrounded by 
 interested exhibitors or curious visit- 
 ors, each making comments and re- 
 marks, many of which are intended for 
 his ears, is placed in an unfavorable 
 position to do good work and often 
 receives censure for unintentional mis- 
 takes. These things are all worry. No 
 association will receive less patronage 
 for prohibiting any familiarity toward 
 the judge by any one, member of the 
 assicoation or any one else when on 
 duty. His clerk (a competent one is 
 very important) should be in no way 
 inteested in results, or with the exhib- 
 it. An experienced man, expert in this 
 line of work is preferable even if he 
 must be paid for his services. 
 
 Again I have seen the door receipts 
 of an exhibition reduced one-half at 
 least by the offering of special prem- 
 
 A pair of Kuse Comb Brown Leg- 
 horns owned by J. H. Trough of Min- 
 deu, Neb., basking the warm sua. 
 
"Ben Hur" 1st p' ize B. P. R. cocK- 
 erel at NebrasKa State show at Lin- 
 coln, bred and owned by C. M. Hulburt 
 Fairbury, Neb 
 
 uims which were of a questionable or 
 objectionable character, as speritous 
 I'quors, littery tickets, or drink tickets 
 at saloons, or other questionable 
 places. Associations should be very 
 caieful in their acceptation of specials; 
 only those of real value and of a per- 
 fectly reliable character should be in- 
 corporated :n their lists. 
 
 The classification of a show and the 
 proper arrangment of the exhibit aids 
 the visitor, superintendent and judge 
 materially in doing quick and satisfac- 
 tory work. Too often we see a class 
 scattered all over the room, when prop- 
 erly it should be in one row or section 
 only. Where birds are shown in same 
 coops in which they are sent to the 
 show this is difficult but somethin ap- 
 proaching order man be maintained. 
 
 Within two hours after a class is 
 judged the cards should be sighned, 
 card footed up and the ribbons or pre- 
 mium cards upon the coops. This 
 can easily be done if the secretary is 
 onto his job and no other kind of a 
 secretary should be considered wirthy 
 the place. 
 
 The anticipation and preparation for 
 prompt, quick work in each depart- 
 ment, in advance is one-half the battle. 
 A management which fully realizes 
 these things, that is composed of hon- 
 orable, reliable men, always have the 
 satisfaction of having their exhibits well 
 patronized and their association well 
 spoken of. Not only this, a show con- 
 ducted on right principles fosters and 
 builds up the poultry interests, not only 
 of the section in which it occurs, but 
 also in a broader sens* adds dignity 
 and (onfidenee ta the whale fan«y in- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Uresis of the country. While an ini 
 properly run e.xhibition is a step back- 
 \vard. It is said there is honor among 
 thieves and criminals, but hardly of a 
 character to create a great deal of con- 
 iidence in them as desirable citizens 
 Place the management of our poultry 
 exhibitions on a basis approaching to 
 those empowered by our best conduct- 
 ed fraternal societies, backed up by a 
 guarantee fimd sufficient to cover all 
 possible losses and the question of the 
 payment of all obligation will be one 
 which will give little anxiety to associa- 
 tion or exhibitor. I refer to this as it 
 is one of the more common causes foi 
 ill-feeling and dissatisfaction. No poul- 
 try association can draw a large ex 
 hibit unless premiums and all obliga- 
 tions are met promptly and in full. A 
 mistake here often proves the cause of 
 distrust of not only the association as 
 a body but each of its individual mem- 
 bers personally often affecting them 
 and their reputation as men and breed- 
 ers many times more than the amount 
 it would take to strengthen up all in- 
 debtedness as soon as contracted. 
 There are many other conditions which 
 have a depreciatory affect upon a poul- 
 try exhibition but space at this time 
 forbids their mention. The expression 
 of these few thoughts are intended for 
 only those whose experience is less 
 than my own along these lines 
 
 J. W. WHITNEY. 
 
 THE SPRING RENOVATION. 
 
 One of the prominent symptoms of 
 "spring fever" is the house-cleaning 
 mania. And the tidy home keeper ex- 
 tends this to the poultry house as 
 well. No matter how tididly the work 
 of caring for the flock may have been 
 done during the winter, with warm 
 weather come demands for a complete 
 renovation. 
 
 There are numerous effective meth- 
 ods of accomplishing this, each hav- 
 ing to 'iome individuals certain advan- 
 tages. A popular method is to clear 
 out all movable boxes and perches, 
 cle?n them thoroughly, and then close 
 the house tight and burn sulphur or 
 brimstone, the fumes of which are 
 prnof against insect life. A coat of 
 whitewash serves to further cleanse 
 and sweetens the premises. 
 
 Finally washing the perches with 
 kerosene is another method of dispers- 
 ing vermin. By spraying the kerosene 
 upon walls with a common fruit tree 
 sprayer one can dislodge the pests; 
 and as the kerosene evaporates rapidly, 
 even a thorough drenching with the 
 liquid does not prevent the use of the 
 building for any great length of time. 
 
 Strong carbelic saap sud^ is another 
 
 \akiable remedy easily and cheaply ap- 
 pbed. Some usually sold under this 
 head is not strong enough to be fully 
 effective as a farm insecticide, but it 
 may be easily concocted at home. To 
 five pounds of common bar soap allow 
 one-half pound of carblic acid crys- 
 tals. Put the soap into a pan with a 
 little water and heat slowly until dis- 
 solved. Remove the cork from the bot- 
 tle of acid and place the latter in a dish 
 of hot water. This will transform the 
 crystals' into a fluid. Pour into the 
 melted soap and stir thoroughly; then . 
 set away to cool. This soap will keep 
 for a long time, and is extremely use- 
 ful not only about the poultry house, 
 but in ridding cattle of vermin. .\ 
 strong suds applied to house plants in- 
 vested with aphis and then washed off 
 liter a few minutes with clear water 
 will be found an efficient remedy. 
 
 Now that carbon bisulphid is used so 
 generally for destroying insect life, it 
 seems that in renovating the poultry 
 houses there might be made another 
 successful application, though I have 
 never seen it advocated for this pur- 
 pose so far as I can recall. There is 
 no doubt but that it would be death 
 to lice or any other animal life 
 therein, providing the building was 
 shut up tight for 24 or 36 hours. The 
 only danger would be that the sub- 
 stance is highly explosive, and during 
 this time it would be imperative to 
 guard the building from a single spark 
 of light in any form. 
 
 BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 
 
 We present herewith a picture of R. 
 R. French, Ford City, Mo. Standing 
 on his lap is "Missouri Boy." score 
 94'2, and a prize winner. He breeds 
 S. C. White Leghorns exclusively, has 
 been for some time, and his stock is 
 well and favorably kuowu in all partu 
 af the country. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 The White Hollands. 
 
 'I'frcir superior nierlu. And inr .1 
 market piirpose, 1 iliirk they liave no 
 e.,tial. While we dn not think the 
 White oHllands outdo the hron/e tnr 
 K<ys in weight, ] lliink they average 
 U]) !o them pretty well, and I am sure 
 thi.y are much easier to ra se. Why? 
 I'.ecause you do not have to out of the 
 chicken range to hunt their lusts. 1 
 use to spend a whole forenoon liunting 
 a bronze nest— yes. several of them— 
 and then perhaps when 1 di<l find it a 
 skunk had got there first. Vou can 
 fix a Holland nest just the same as a 
 ch'eken's. They are not hard to take 
 up from setting: in fact, they just act 
 as if they know just what is wanted of 
 them. .^Iso think they mature a month 
 earlier "than the bronze. They fatten 
 easier. You also can drive them in a 
 flock anwyhere you wish. Hatched 9} 
 from three hens I lost quite a good 
 many, too, by the hot weather while 
 .five weeks old of the late hatch, but ] 
 raised 54 large, fine turkeys. They 
 were just handsome to look at, so pret- 
 ty and white. We could drive them 
 every morning to the meadow or wheat 
 .stubble to hunt grasshoppers. Vou 
 would enjoy hearing them chirp and 
 catch the hoppers. The children en- 
 joyed taking them out to hunt the hop- 
 pers. When they come home they 
 would have some wonderful story to 
 tell about the turkeys. They can soon 
 clean a field of these pests that are 
 so desructive to our fall wheat and 
 meadows. I can go out any time of 
 dayMiM pick my Hollands up. If you 
 want to make a sale of any of them 
 they will all come to see a stranger, 
 you inay be sure on that. The Toms 
 will d<5 their paft in showing off by 
 strutting. I sold a tryo to a lady that 
 always raised the bronze. She sent 
 me \«crd to catch them on a certain 
 night and she would be after them the 
 next day. When she came she seem- 
 ed to be quite put out about me not 
 catching them, though it would make 
 ihem wild to chase them. We went out 
 and I called them up. She being a 
 slrarger, they soon fenced her in. I 
 told her now to pick out her tryo. She 
 itisl laughed and said they really seem- 
 ed to be making fun of lier. I saw the 
 lady some time afterward. She was 
 pleased with them; thought the longer 
 she had them the better she liked them. 
 This is quite a long White Holland let- 
 ter, but if some of you wish I will tell 
 you how I raise<l those birds, not with 
 a hen, but very easy I am sure. 
 
 mVttie STUFFT. 
 
 Lawrence, Neb. 
 
 A prize winning White Wyauflotte 
 cockerel owned by W. A. Forbes, 
 North Topeka, Kan. 
 
 Notice ta Advertisers. 
 
 After this all matter relating to ad- 
 vertising, such as new ads, changes, 
 etc., must be in the Poui,TRY Invksti- 
 GATOR office as soon as the loth of the 
 month preceding the date of issue to 
 insure insertion as we must hereafter 
 print 30,000 copies to meet our circula 
 tion each month and we must have a 
 little time to "ma' e up" and print the 
 paper. All matter received after the 
 ISth will consequently lay over until 
 the following month. 
 
 It is a well known fact that 50 per 
 cent of thj chicks hatched throughout 
 the country die before they are three 
 weeks old. One of the greatest causes 
 .)f this mortality is improper feed. 
 The l)e«t feed for little chicks that has 
 come to my notice is Mrs. Pinkerton's 
 Perfect Chick Food. It contains the 
 best material the market affords and 
 all that is essential to the life and 
 growth of the chick. I would not try 
 to raise chic' ens without it. 
 
 L. P. HARRIS. 
 
 Socorro, N. M. March 2(1, 1902. 
 Poultry Investigator: 
 
 Can any of your readeas tell me how 
 to pack and keep- eggs sor s>ix ^months 
 or more. Will packing in slacked 
 lime and storing in a cool place keep 
 all O. K. Will they not keep if packed 
 in a ban'el of «alt brine? 
 
 W. D. BYERTS. 
 
 ORIOLE FARMS. Twin Lalies. Wisciiiislil, 
 send free a Partridee WraiKjolte catalogue, 
 A. D. Burhaus. 
 
 S. C. ^\'. LEGHORNS, three pens lieaded bv 1st 
 and 2iid cklsaild 2nd cock Knapp strains ,l.n() 
 per 15: 4.00 per lIKi tliis season. Bookinir or- 
 ders now. M. li. Plymett, Watsoulown, Pa. 
 
 FA.CS for hatchintr; Wliite Plymouth Rocks 
 and White VN'vanrtottes. LS for 1.75. S.C.White 
 and Brown Leirhorns, 1.25. Belirian hares for 
 sale. S. S.-Dunn. 4550 Chicago Ave., Minnea- 
 polis, Minn. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict- 
 ly pure white, mated to a '*4 5.0 point cockerel, 
 large and pure white. Euk's, l..":!) per 15. No 
 stoolc for sale. Write for wants. C.W.Brehni. 
 Harvai-d, Nebr. 
 
 WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. U 
 varietii-s of thorouifhbr.id poultrv. E|.r(.'S for 
 liHichLiiif from 6i)c to 1.25 p,r si-tilinr. Writ.- 
 for particulars. O. O. L,inu-ii. Decorah. Iowa. 
 
 BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen. cockerel score. 
 •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. 
 Bronze Turkevs 2.IKI for 10. Mrs. Clias. Lowrv, 
 Dunbar. Nebr. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES exclu4iv,.U. Et-'irs 
 from pen, 2.1X1 per 1.5. These are line birds. 
 Those at larg-e. I.IH) per 15; 4.00 per lOO. Mrs. 
 M. A. Barrans. LeMo.v. Iowa. 
 
 EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded 
 American Domini. [ues, 51..=o per l.\ i.fii per 20. 
 Also c.ckerels at 53 and pullets at f2. Blue 
 Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick. U' W.-si 11th St.. 
 Erie, Pa. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel 
 strain. Pen headed byS25c.)ck: every hen a 
 lop-notcher. E(ftrs 2.50 per 15. Your chance 
 to get the t>est White blood in the world. H. 
 C. Nichols, P. M.. Spearville. Kan. 
 
 E(;GS— Columbian Wvand.ittes, Hnest in the 
 land. Buff Orpinirt.'ins. White Lansrshans, 
 White Indian (.ames. R. C. White Lejrhorns 
 Silver Wyand.>ttes. Also fr.pm R. C. Brown 
 Legrhorns very cheap. F.iwls. d.)irs, birds and 
 pipeons cheap. Indian Runner ducks. Enclose 
 stamp. N.i circulars. Address Hillcrest 
 Farm, Millediu'eville, Pa.J 
 
 EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced 
 Wvandottes 51.50 per 15. S2.50per3O. Known 
 as I. X. L. Poultry Y'ards. Satisfaction g^uar- 
 anteed or nionev refunded. Mrs. W. J. 
 Barnes, Topeka, Kansas. Sta. B. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wvan- 
 dottes, White Kloitdikes, best ..btainable. 
 Stock and ejTffs for sale in .seas.m. T. W. 
 Beccher & Co., Reed City, Mich. 
 
 BELGIAN H.\RES.J2..50 per pair. S. L. Wv- 
 andottes. Pekin Ducks. 20 esrirs Sl.OO. Als.) 
 Poland China h.)jrs. While China Geese, and 
 White Cruinea pig-s- H. L. Felter. Washta 
 Cherokee county. Iowa. 
 
 MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMAS, prize wiu- 
 ninjf stock scorinj.' from 'Hi to 05 p.>ints El'i-'s 
 SI. 50 per IS. Mammoth Pekin Duck efu's 
 S1..50 fur 11. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice 
 Allen. Glay Center. Nebr.iska. 
 
 O. I. C. SWINE f.irsale from one of the best 
 herds in state ..f Illinois. Bo.)kini.' orders now- 
 forpitr.s, sinjrle, pairsand tri.is. Mated Noakin. 
 I'rices within reach of all. .\lso ejTK's from 
 lari,'e. frrowthv Llirht Brahma and B. P. R.)ck 
 chickens for sale at ?2.(H) per 15 .ir S3.l«l per .3(1. 
 .\ddress Chas. Griffith. Woburn. 111. 
 
 FINEST WHITE ROCKS in the slate. Eifirs 
 SI.50 per 13. Oris B. Lewi-,, Il.'.l Wabash Av.-.. 
 Fort Wayne, lud. 
 
 ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm 
 sends free a Partrid,<e Wvandotte Catal.ijfue. 
 A. D. Burhaus. Twin Lakes. Wis 
 
 S5,000 cl^iYLll^ FREE! 
 
 It w wrtb(^ut a rival. Glve8low«t i.Hoesof fowls and ecgB. 
 
 5.) breedH Turkeys, Gee^e. I>uA«and ChlckeDa. Hoii- 
 
 « of plutesfromlife. 1 5 best ooultry boose pluia Trest- 
 
 »Be oodlsesse9,howto teed, bre«d. etc. Send lOc. forpoflta^ 
 
 ■J. K. Brabaiou. Jr. k Co., B<nlOo.Oclnu, Wb, 
 
 For Sale. 
 
 lilack Ivaiig-shan Cocl-erels, ,^0c 
 and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes 
 Sl.ai each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 
 and S3. All stock pure blood. 
 Mrs, Albert Ray & Son, VVltsey, Kan. 
 
BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 HOl'l" OKinNU lONS, ■Uook's StrHlns,"' SKS 
 li for SiiOO; hnwh g luriiniet'd $.1 0(1 from 
 l)lrds biitf to the skin Kiirt pro;;iny of im- 
 piitml slock. Express piopiiiU. A. Kdward 
 (ire-n. .lollet, 111. 
 
 K.i;GS f.ir hutt-hins. Kroiii 2 spUndld p-ns 
 piiZf! vvinniii.' Bliii-k Li'iKsliai.s. s.Mi-e flJ'/2 
 III !i5's Kufl Urpii.j:tons and Kose (Joiiib 
 l!l.t 'k Biintanis. Uirrulars free. John Cule, 
 M II \Villian.sti,!ld. III. 
 
 KCOS fnirn my B«aiii.v Strain of bigh scor- 
 !■ K 1. iilir. Itriihnias imn prize winning 
 Kiiick .SiiniatT-as, 15 f.i-$l 00. They are up- 
 to-date Cbas. M. Palmers, Nassau. N. Y. 
 
 lUKK CO MIl.V cbi'kens. Toulouse giese. 
 Diiro- TiMspy swine. Cuckerels for sale 
 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- 
 nrs ee. 111. 
 
 WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. B. 
 Turkevs. prize winner B. P, Rocks. (Rinflet 
 Strain S. S W.vandoties. S. C, Brown Leir- 
 hiirn. Bi'ds for sale. E^es in season. Mrs, 
 Taylor Raker, Maenolia. Mo. 
 
 THE STAR POULTRY YardshasS C.Brown 
 Leirlior.is. Barred and White Rocks and 
 White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
 ..I East Peoria. I). E. Glatlield, East Peoria. 
 111. nianaerer. 
 
 SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- 
 dottes. Single Coinb Brown Loghornf . 
 T bey are stale winners. Live and let live 
 U our motto. Dorkings. 150 per setting, 
 other settings 1 00. Circulars free. O. Mul- 
 lin. Beauford. Minn. 
 
 lUTFF ROCKS. Erenest lot in the west. 1st 
 premium stock at leading shows. W to 14 3 
 grand matings. eggs 2 ?0 per 15 Robt. Lar- 
 nier. Rarenwood. Mo. Box 7. .S. V. Pres. Buff 
 Rock Club. 
 
 EGGS 7,Sc per 15. Farm range. Black Lang- 
 shan and single comb Brown Leghorn From 
 pen No 1. Black Langshan. 200 per 15. Pen 
 No. 2. White Wyandotte. 1 SO per 15 
 Browning. Appteton City, Mo- 
 
 M 
 
 '. H. COTTON. Superior Black Langslians; 
 Eggs l5forS2.iK1. S. H.Cotton. Appleti.n City. 
 
 FOR SALE. 2 cht 
 Place order at or 
 VESTIGATOB. Clay 
 
 White Klondike hens 
 Address Poultry In 
 enter. Nebr. 
 
 WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTE-^. 
 Eggs 1.00 per i:i White Wyandotte rocker- 
 eis 100 each. Pekin dui Rs 2 .tO per trio. 
 Eggs per si/ttinsr. fl.ii;. Mr=. U. M. Clark, 
 Sumner. Nebra.'-ka. 
 
 EliGS Foil SALE! White Crested Black Pol- 
 ish, 2.50 per 15. Buff Leghorns. Buff Rocks. 
 Light Brahmas. eggs 1.25 per 15. Also Duroc 
 Jersey swine. Write vour wants. C. E. Ol- 
 son. Colon. Nebr. 
 
 S. S. HA.MUUKGS. Eggs only for shI 
 ting 1 .iu; 2ur uioresiirmgsl.OO: S.OOperbO. 
 Key. G. A. Chamblln, Moran. Kansas. 
 
 HUFF UhPINGToNS and W Holland Tur- 
 keys. Eggs for sale from large healthy 
 slock, winners at Nebraska state show. 
 Chick 01 eegs 2.00, turkpy tgg.s, 1.50. Mat- 
 tie Siuflt. Lawrence. Neb. 
 
 tiET THE best: One dollar buys 15 eggx 
 from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose 
 Comb Black Minorca.s. C.L. Norman, Stioras- 
 burg. Neb. 
 
 PRIZE WIXN'ING S. C. W. Li-gb. 
 
 .nis. White 
 lams. Leg- 
 Click at Des 
 per 15; 4.1H) 
 -ed Cramer- 
 
 AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. KX) Bronze 
 
 Tnrkeys sire 44 to 44 lbs. 2lX1 cockerels P. 
 
 Rocks.W\ andijttes. Legnnrns. Bantams. Guin- 
 
 eris. Jersev cattle. Stuck and eggs for .sale. 
 
 25 years a breeder. F. M. Munger & Sons. De 
 
 Kalb, Ills. 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth 
 
 Kock e'lrgs for hatching, from my best birds. 
 
 l.m perl5: bred on different farms, free range. 
 
 Pekii 
 Uur 
 
 , Ka^ 
 
 eggs 
 
 11 for 50c. B. L. (i 
 
 FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg- 
 horns i-.xcUisiyt-lv : 10 years standing: egg pro- 
 ducing slr.vin. Can furnish 1110 eggs per d.ay. 
 Price. 15 lor l.iKi; 50, 2..50 and 100,4.00. C H. 
 Fywn. Council Grove, Kansas. 
 B ROCKS eggs from 2 pen«. 1.50 lor 15. 
 
 r e"s strain, none better. Write your want*. 
 J. W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 There is a way to adverti.se without 
 alvertising premiums won by others. 
 If you can't win with your own birds 
 do not rob other people of their honors. 
 Last month one of our patrons, through 
 a mistake he claims, advertised that 
 they won first on hen, first and second 
 on pullet in the Orpington class at 
 Lincoln last January, when the facts 
 were they won none of these premiums. 
 First hen was won by John A. Ling, 
 Harvard, Neb., first pullet by P. H. 
 Campbell. Osceola. Neb . and second 
 pullet by Mrs. Henry Shrader. Berlin, 
 Net) 
 
 Dogs a-rvd Incubattors. 
 
 Ida Shepler, Raleigli, Ind. 
 Dogs and incubators are not exact- 
 ly classed in one list, but the out- 
 come 01 the incubator, the chicken 
 house, and the dog go together. And. 
 one of my neighbors, who had 7-5 small 
 chicks taken by a chicken thief from a 
 brooder, lamented the absence of a dog 
 in his vicinity, also. 
 
 A month or more ago, on tliese 
 pages, some one asked what sort of 
 dog was best to watch a chicken 
 yard or house. Of course that de- 
 pends. Dogs of the same breed or 
 variety differ as to watchfulness. For 
 my part, I think the Scotch Terrier 
 the ideal watch dog not only for the 
 chicken house but dwelling house. 
 There is no dog more intelligent. They 
 are trained for show dogs with half the 
 training given other dogs of the show 
 kinds. They are shy of strangers and 
 resentful of strange intrusion on theii 
 grounds. Their bark is shrill as to be 
 startling, and what is better for a watch 
 dog, they will spring at a friend, with 
 loud barks, the same as a stranger. 
 They cannot see well and do not know 
 a friend until they get their nose 
 against him. In this case, though one 
 le:lsit- of your neighbors, a favorite of the 
 dog, same to the hen roost, the dog 
 would warn you. They seldom eat from 
 a strange hand, and if well fed for sup- 
 per, I do not believe could be induced 
 to eat meat given to them in the night. 
 The great trouble in this country in the 
 keeping of valuable watch dogs of the 
 larger lirceds is in this matter of pois- 
 oning. \'cry lew are allowed to live. 
 Thieves can easily make friends with 
 those large dogs, and just as easily in- 
 duce them to eat poisoned food, 
 
 1 have a full blood Scotch Terrier, 
 which was bought to guard the house 
 in-ide at ivght. with no thought that 
 he was ihe typical chickon dog But 
 that he is. Not a chicken squalls 1)Ut 
 he runs to investigate the reason. He 
 can drive an old hen and her brood bet- 
 ter than 1 can, and always acconipajiies 
 me on such excursions taking his side 
 of the flock and quietly keeping them 
 in line to the place intended. He will 
 lie iewn by a basket or b»x of newly 
 
 t7 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS. \ 
 
 North 1-TAR POULTRY yards a few 
 choice Karred Rock and ^N hite Wyandotte 
 cockerels left. Northwestern bii yers save ex- 
 orbitant express rates and order early- J *j. 
 Tjaden, Lentiox. South Dakota. 
 NEW SURE HATCH Incubators and Brood- 
 ers for sale cheap. Address Mrs. .1. 1. 
 Cla' k, 26th & Y Sis.. Lincoln, Nebr. 
 -ILVER LACED Wyandottes exclusively, 
 strong, healthy stock, bred for show and best 
 egg production. They are winners, eggs that 
 will hatch, 1,00 for 15. W. O. Johnson. Stroms- 
 hurg. Neb. 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. From Boston winners. 
 EgBs2 0nper setting, delivered. Yards 
 headed hv prize wini e's. Females as good 
 lis the beat. G. W. Hardin. Ulysses. Neb. 
 1 OJLTKY PAPRKS nt cost, valuable cir- 
 culiirs free. Eggs 1 00 per 15. 4.00 per 100. 
 Buff UocKs Huir wyandottes. Big birds, 
 fertile eggs A. B Kathamler, Macedoniii. 
 N. Y. 
 FOR SALE. Two 200 egg size Sure Hatch In- 
 cubatois. In Hrsi class condition, will sell 
 V rv cheap. Whi.e Kock Farm, Wap Ho. 
 Iowa, 
 'MBs- SINGLE Comb Brown Leghorns 
 Reguar egg machines. Stock direct from 
 besi eastern breedeis. Eggs for sale 1.00 
 for l.j. W. E Combs, J ulUu. Neb. 
 HATTIE BYFIELD. Mc'ook. Nebr. Eggs 
 for hatching from Prize winning Light Brah- 
 mas and White Wyandotte chicken. White 
 Holland I u' keys and mammoth Pekin ducks 
 15 hen eggs $2.00, <l turkey eggs »1..50, 11 ducK 
 $1.00. Duck eggs SO.OO per UXi. A few nice 
 drakes to sell. 
 THE INTEKNATIONAL POULTRY E.\ 
 change wants every person who has good, 
 mediumpriced thotougbred poultrv forsale 
 to send aescriptiou and prices, with 10c. to 
 answer intiulrii s: also anyone wishes to boy 
 any breed of thoioughbred 1 oultry to send 
 for prices, we can fill all your orders near 
 your home. O. E. Duulap, Supt. Liberal, 
 tCansas; U. S. A. 
 EGGS for sale. While Crested Black 250 
 per 15 Buff Rocks. Butt Leghorns. Light 
 Hrhmas. e.ggsl25 per 15 Stock for sMe. 
 Write your wants. C. E. Ulson. Colon, Neb. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH KOCK5. Farm raised. 
 £""■8 75 cents pei 15. Strawberry plants 60 
 cents per liO. Loudan Ked Raspberry 
 plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe. 
 Coryvlile. Pa. 
 
 EGGS Barred Rcks (Thompson strain) 
 
 Wbi e Ki.cks (Rmire) White Wyandotte 
 
 ilins'. . -.ijye L old Wynndotle (Goette) 
 
 Light Urai.m . (Fel.-h) la f ir 1 2.5 Also a few 
 
 L M. Whltiaker. 38o east 
 
 . Si, P 
 
 111. Ml 
 
 BI.A 
 
 aNG-HNS. Partridge Cochins 
 ,,,.. ;ii . il Wvandintos. Kose Comb 
 I! own Le-horns. Stock and eggs for sale. 
 I'nr - V ■ v r aso lalile for quality of stock 
 If vou waiii i-omethin- good write at once. 
 t; F K 1 z La., rei.ce. Neb. Have hne 
 English Berksl.l e hogs. 
 
 EGGS. Barred P.ymoi.tli It ^-k birds scoring 
 H.iiiii'U KsJ-s »1 .111 pi 1 15; 2 51) per M; 
 Ui.il, v,i 1- . " ss In !i; ■; ou per 15: 1 50 per 30, 
 4 00 per 100. ,1 F Li n & Son. North Eng- 
 lish. 1 K F. 1>. 2. 
 
 BELGIAN HARES 25 voung does bred to fine 
 bucks scoring 'H'l at S3.ilO each, or 2 does and 
 a bu.h fiir*7 00. All lirst-class stock. J . S. 
 MarUel. » ahoo. Neb. 
 
 WHITK WV \N'I)oTTES. Line bred for fan- 
 cy utlli V lieiiw layiui strain. Best shape 
 » ii.iiii, I k 1 -I neii. at Ohio State show, 
 •il-o ii Poll ir Sliott at Akron. Eggs 2 «• 
 inrobilor • "V- x specialty 6.00 per 100. 
 locker. Is fi. sal C D McVlckers, Pleae- 
 aiil II ■ O li 1 
 
 P\KTRlDGEiOCHlN ONLY. A few choice 
 heviiy fe- thered pullets for sale. EggsJl.-sO 
 per 15. P.-n headed by 2d ckl Nebr. state 
 shew. 1'02. S:iiisfaction guaranteed, H. h- 
 ijowman. Lawrence. Nebr. 
 
 SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. Most 
 beautiful fowl and great layers. Cockerels 
 for sale. Eggs $1.25 for 15: $2^25 for X: $.1,011 
 for45. J. E Haynes. Ames. Monroe CO. HI. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first 
 class and mv prices right. I have spared nei- 
 ther time or expense to get the best st. ck- 
 Scores from tZh to ''S\. Eggs for sale, J1..50 
 per 15. fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free. 
 E E. Bowers. Bradehaw. Neb. 
 
Ross Bros.', Manhattan, Kas.. 2nd 
 prize Buff Wyandotte cockerel at To- 
 peka, Kas., stale show Jan, b 10. Ross 
 Bros make the best trap nest known. 
 
 hatched chicles and if I allowed him 
 would stay with them for days, scarce- 
 ly leaving them to eat. A poultry buy- 
 er lives near us. The dog knows the 
 roll of the chicken wagon far away and 
 i\eyj;r,.iiils to meet it, and nothing it 
 sefrHs cSn coax him away from watch- 
 ing every one of those chickens un- 
 loaded and walking under them to the 
 coops kept for feeding them until ship- 
 ped. No one has taught the dog this. 
 It simply .seems to be his nature to 
 iodk'^affer 'poultry. 
 
 It's' a 'drop up or down, I scarcely 
 know which, from the chicken guard to 
 the- chicken hatcher. There are some 
 people, yet a few — tlie number is a di- 
 minishing one — who think the hen a 
 proper machine to furnish heat, air and 
 other necessaries for hatching the egg, 
 and caring for the ducks. Despite of 
 this, the incubator is the outcome of all 
 manner of devices for hatching eggs, 
 the last thcui^nd and more years, by 
 people who did not want to put up 
 with the old natural careless, shiftless 
 method of the hen. Nature has a habit 
 of wasting a bushel of everything to 
 produce a thimbleful. She has plenty 
 of time before her is the reason, while 
 man in the chicken business hasn't. If 
 he make anything he has got to get 
 there early and late while the price is 
 f!noA and get his share, and this is 
 xthfre the incubator helps him. 
 
 A thousand years ago, the Egyp- 
 tians hatched chickens in ovens pre- 
 pared for the purpose. Long, long 
 ag-> in China, and today also, people 
 make their living hatching ducks for 
 their neighbors and the trade far and 
 near on their housetops in the sun, A 
 p'jnd of water near by is the broodtr. 
 I had a naighbor snce wh* hatchtd late 
 
 POTJLTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 }\ chickens around a radiator opening 
 roll) her kitchen into the room above. 
 There ar« better ways of hatching 
 chickens than under a crazy old hen. 
 The day is shortly coming when farm 
 rt'i\es and alU other wives that raise 
 .■hickens, will wonder that they ever 
 'withered with hens. And the farmer 
 will smile upon the old way as he now 
 sni les on the old cradle for wheat cut- 
 ting purposes. 
 
 'I here are some people yet who argue 
 that il is little use purchasing an incu- 
 'i.it"r tmless you are going into the 
 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 
 hatched out in three or six weeks at 
 the farthest, and then that bother is 
 over. I have known womeiV,' lots of 
 them, on a farm to be all' summer long 
 getting from one hundred and fifty to 
 two hundred chickens hatched. And 
 then they were of all sizes and at all 
 stages of trouble. And by the time the 
 'uilk of them were ready for market 
 he market was down to nothing al- 
 most and they actually gave all their 
 hard work away. But thank fortune, 
 they are waking up gradually. 
 
 Talk about an incubator being a 
 trouble. What is the trouble of flip- 
 ping over a couple of hundred eggs 
 morning and evening, and some incu- 
 bators do their own work even here; 
 to look after twelve hens sitting on the 
 same amount of eggs. I've been there 
 for years, I know. There never wa? 
 twelve hens yet that would peacefully 
 look after themselves, and bring out 
 half the number of chicks the wooden 
 hen brooding the satne amount of eggs 
 will. In the first place, they come off 
 at just any time of day they please tn 
 be fed. You just run your feet off Ui 
 find them ?nd get them fed, keep the 
 other chickens from eating it all up 
 from the crazy thing, for a setting her 
 is that always. Then you must set 
 they all get on their own nests, which' 
 they never exactly do. Then there i> 
 sure to be a fight, and you've g-^t 
 new nest to make and take out the cjl 
 and wash all the broken egg off. ! 
 the time those twelve are ready i 
 hatch not half of them will have h 
 the esrgs started with, and if half tha 
 half bring forth chickens strong an' 
 able to cheep you may consider your 
 self lucky. This is truth, not exagger 
 ation. Every farmer's wile knows tha 
 to get one hundred chicks started saft 
 ly going almost three times tha 
 amount of eggs must b« watted. An' 
 after all the hard 'w*rk this is 'y«ut 
 
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 Eggs are high at this time of year. 
 Fill your egg basket and reap the ben- 
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 Rules of the Cock Pit 
 
 By Da. H. P. Clakbs. lodi&Qa^lii, Ind. 
 
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 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
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 Your Breed- 
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 During gestation and while nursing 
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 Improve the appetite, increase the 
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 Give RABICURE a trial and you 
 
 win nevt r be without it, SOc a box 
 
 postpaid, 
 
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 Lyndonville, Vt- 
 
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 OIU Homestead Brooder 
 
 The t>est on earth. All your chickens can be 
 saved in Uie Old Homestead Broody. 
 Try one. Write for prices. Address 
 
 Old Homastead Brooder Co., 
 middleboro. Mama.... 
 
Tlie next thing is raising them. You 
 might almost as well, especially in 
 early spring, let the hen hatch the 
 chicks as give them to her after the 
 incubator hatched them. For she is 
 sure to undo all its good work. A 
 chicken, like everything else that goes 
 afoot, is a creature of habit. The hen 
 takes her brood far afield in deep 
 brush and weeds, and not only teaches 
 them to be wanderers, but before she 
 discards them has allowed the greater 
 part of the brood to become the prey 
 of cats and many another chicken en- 
 emy lurking in weeds and brush to 
 catch their straying feet. A flock oi 
 cliickens raised in a brooder of any 
 kind, no difference how roughly impro- 
 vised, learns to stay close by that 
 brooder. When old enough to trust 
 away from it they seldom get out of 
 its sight, for there they know comes 
 their food, r.nd there is shelter in cold 
 and rain. Let a dash of rain come up 
 and how they skurry to it. Take the 
 chicks raised by the hen and they will 
 cuddle down, after she has left them, 
 under a bunch of grass or other small 
 protection in a storm, and drown. 
 
 Feed is the next large consideration. 
 Small chicks do not need much at a 
 feed, but they require it regularly. In 
 the brooder they get this at a saving 
 expense. With the hen they do not, 
 for after the first few days, she gobbles 
 it all up herself. Watch and you will 
 see. Not only this, but she brings her 
 chicks up when she pleases, and you 
 have to be running around at all hours 
 feeding chickens. Though you have 
 a feeding pen, made to turn the old 
 hens, and let none in but the chicks, 
 some of the chickens are bound to 
 come up oftener and get more food 
 than others. 
 
 As for the best incubator, that seems 
 to depend on favoritism. Some will 
 swear by one kind, some by another. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 There never has been ;in incubator 
 made, no difference how good or at 
 what price, but what some one would 
 find fault with it, the fault usually ly- 
 ing with the finder. 
 
 It is best, so it is claimed, in buy- 
 ing; an incubator to buy one costing 
 just a little more than you thought at 
 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 
 that I know of was pronounced a com- 
 plete failure by its first owner. After 
 she had thrown away all the eggs her 
 own and her neighbors' hens could fur- 
 nish her for a space of two years, her 
 husband bade her put the thing away 
 and go back to the old way of hatching 
 chickens. Afterward a neighbor bought 
 the incubator with all its attachments 
 cheap. "For his young daughter to ex- 
 periment with," he explained. But the 
 girl was not fond of experiments, as 
 the first owner had been. She consid- 
 ered that the maker of the incubator 
 knew his business. Sending for a new 
 list of instructions she prepared to fol- 
 low them. Giving the incubator only 
 half its egg chamber space in eggs, and 
 following her grandmother's rule to set 
 the eggs same day laid, she put in 100 
 eggs gathered from nests that day. She 
 did not venture to test these first ones, 
 just letting them bring what they 
 would, but she followed other direc- 
 tions closely and that incubator 
 brought forth OG strong chicks from 
 those 100 untested eggs. Of course, 
 she did not always do this well after 
 even with eggs tested for fertility, but 
 she comes so near it that she is a de- 
 cided success with an incubator. That 
 girl could redeem the name of a poor 
 incubator, while the first owner of the 
 machine would ruin the reputation of 
 the best as far as her word could reach. 
 
 19 
 
 Ohio's Whitest White Rocks. 
 
 Winners wherever shown the past 10 
 year-, scoring 04 to 9(> points. Also 
 Open Laced Wyandoties and Black 
 Minorcas. Eggs $1.50 per setting. 
 
 Mrs. Ella Pace, Columbus, Ohio. 
 (Station A, Route 'i.) 
 
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 1 Iw^BiSciix- wi 
 
 1^ iftl-fiSujj^,.^ 
 
 WaM^2iJ^ 
 
 Exclusively. Scoring 
 
 \yl to it.") points. Won 
 at the great Co umhus 
 Show l!)01-2, and Ohio 
 State Exposition 1901. 
 Stock for sale. Eggs 
 $1..50 per fifteen. 
 
 D.A.JONES, Columbus, O. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS- white and b 
 
 Kmks. Wliiie i'i"l -ilvpr Laced Wsnd- 
 ottes. White anri Rrnwn Lnfrhnrns. Peklo 
 Ducks. America's best sttii ins. My stock 
 has won 2ii(i preiiiliinis In the pastthife 
 vpai>:it the irreat Uiiimuhus show. Npwaik 
 and ilie Ohio Stale F>xposttion. Stot k f o r 
 s;Uc al an tinii'S. Egprs $1 SO per rlnzpn. 
 
 K«d Oak roiiltr) Farm, J. C HVDEllWOVD.I'rop. 
 Sta. B. Columbus, Ohio, 
 
 BRIGEL'S Celebrated Strains 
 
 I'n^Li. rcliiaK'S ■a.'^W 
 
 liUCKS. judges as Bridse. Lane, Jones, have 
 won 1st prizes at such shows as the 
 great Polunibus show. Newaik. and the Ohio 
 State Exposition. Slock for sale at all times. 
 Eggs $i 50 per 15. the kind that win. 
 F. A. BRIGEL, Columbus Ohio. 
 
 m.\ Light Bfahmas, 
 
 Felch Strain. None better. Eggs 
 from stock scoring 92 to 93>4, 
 $1.50 per 15. White Wyan- 
 dotte eggs $1.25 per 15. 
 
 Albert Von Bergen, Humphrey, Neb 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, 
 
 Scored by Rhodes from 9>'2 to 9-1. 
 Owens & Canfield's strain, "Stay 
 White." Eggs $1.50 per 1."). 
 
 Wftf. Randolph, 
 
 Lawrence, Kansas. R. O. Ho. 1. 
 
 Fxive Bred Foultry. 
 
 DARK BRAHMAvS 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 
 
 M. D.KING, Minden,Neb. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 WINNERS ^''^^'- -'^"'' ^""'' 1901—194 
 FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
 SIX YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
 Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
 At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
 Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
 Two hundred choice breeding and ex- 
 hibition birds for sale. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 Red Oak, - - Iowa 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 but one bird the second time. How is 
 tliii for one winter's shows. If we 
 have fair luck I shall be with the hard- 
 est classes I can find next season. 
 Yon know these fellows out west are 
 the "show me" kind. They are not 
 all from Missouri but they have to be 
 showed before tlicy will give up. The 
 Chicago show was a grand show, coops 
 were all tilled with the finest speci- 
 mens and all of the leading varieties 
 well represented. Many of the win- 
 ners from Boston and New York were 
 there and some of them did not get a 
 place. The managers and officers did 
 themselves and the association nobly 
 and gained many a staunch friend 
 among exhibitors from a distance as 
 well as their nearby brothers. The 
 Chicago show is nearing the point 
 of being the best poultry suow in the 
 U. S., and with a fairly good patron- 
 age of the best breeders of the west it 
 will soon be knocking at the Garden 
 Gate for a larger space than the new 
 Coliseum. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. 
 
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 We are very careful in soliciting 
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 gator is in any way swindled, will 
 please write us at once, we will look 
 into the matter, and if such an adver- 
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 purpose of defrauding our readers, we 
 will drop the advertisement and pub- 
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 writing to an advertiser whose adver- 
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 that you say you saw it in Thk Poul- 
 try Investigator. 
 
 Address all communications to 
 
 Poultry Investigator Co,m 
 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 Surprise, Nebr., Feb. 5, 1902. 
 Mr. I.,. P. Harris, Clay Center, Nebr , 
 Dear Sir:— I am at home again from 
 the east. I attended ehe Chicago 
 show, had lb birds on exhibit, won "M 
 and 3d pullet. 4th hen. 4th ck. 3d and 
 .^th pens against the Boston and Chi- 
 cago winners. 112 in class. At the 
 Kansas State Show I won 2d ck, 2d 
 and .^d ckl. 1st 2d, 3d, 4th htns, 1st, 4th, 
 .^th pullets. 2d and M pens and special 
 for largest display scoring over 9(), 
 At the Nebraska Sate Show, same 
 week as at Chicago, I won 1st pen, 1st 
 2<1 ckl. 1st. 3d hen, 1st and 2d. pullets. 
 I did not in all of these shows show 
 
 Mr, John Hettich of Bowling Green, 
 Mo., places an ad with iis this month 
 and writes that his trade has been ex- 
 tra good. Could have sold more if he 
 had raised them. Was offered S30.0(i 
 for 1st prize cockerel at Illinois Statt 
 Show. Mr. H. breeds nothing but the 
 best. 
 
 FEED FOR PENNED STOCK. 
 
 The custom is becoming very gen- 
 eral of penning breeding stock insteati 
 01 hatching from the general flock, and 
 not only fanciers, but farmers and 
 commercial poultry raisers are no\\ 
 following this method of improving 
 their flocks. Upon the care given thi^ 
 penned stock depends to no small de- 
 gtee the success of the season's work, 
 as they require a different treatment 
 than they would if running on range. 
 To give a .general description of how 
 we feed our breeding stock might per- 
 haps be of interest to some of the 
 many readers of the Investigator 
 While the cold weather lasts we believe 
 in feeding a warm mash in the morn- 
 ing, consisting, say, of a mixture of 
 cornmcal, ground oats, barley, etc.. 
 with potato peelings small potatoes 
 (big ones will not hurt them if chop- 
 ped fine), and table scraps. The noon 
 feed, whole oats well scattered around 
 to make them scratch. For the night 
 feed we fill thcni up on all the warm 
 corn they will eat. When the weather 
 is warm in the late spring and summer 
 we discontinue the mash in the morn- 
 ing and feed it only two or three times 
 a week and at noon. During this kind 
 of weather we feed oats iti the morn- 
 ing, table scraps, vegetables, etc.. at 
 noun, and the corn at night. Of course 
 this is only a general plan of feeding 
 and must be varied by tlie circum- 
 st.inces of surroundings, feed at hand 
 as obtainable, etc. 
 
 R. R. FREN'CH. 
 
 Ford City, Mo. 
 
 DoBt Fool Y o Hrself! 
 
 By ^electlns ii poor vegetable cutter. Get 
 an O K, cuts every thini; ed'.blo for the table 
 or fur tbe poultry. Send J2.50 for sample 
 machine. AkcqIs wanted. Address 
 
 p't. A., 0. K. MfgCo- Florin, Pa 
 
 Pelr«IS-HaIlock strain. Will sell 
 a few choice drakes and ducks, $1.00 
 each. Egg orders booked now. 
 
 Belgian Hare.s. Pedigreed. Grand 
 lot of youngsters sired by a 9.^*4 
 point buck. Bred does always on 
 hand. Booklet on the industry for 
 stamp. 
 
 Stephaul Poultry Co. 
 
 Belleville, III. 
 
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 Exclusively. 
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 Looking For . . . 
 
 The Pure Golden Buff. Win- 
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 in shape, profusely feathered, 
 as good as the best. Prices 
 low, write me. 
 
 B.H.DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
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 Total $1.75 
 
 We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
 Address, 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice— We do not send samples of 
 other papers. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 2t 
 
 CARE OF BROODER CHICKS. 
 
 No, we do not know it all al)out the 
 care of brooder chicks; in fact. \vc 
 sometimes think we know but very lit- 
 tle, l)ut perhaps this little we do know 
 may hel]) someone else. One tliJig 
 sure, we are done feeding them bread 
 and milk. 'I'hey use it lor poultices for 
 their feet instead of for food. A little 
 millet seed and a great deal of oatmeal 
 will form the principle articles of diet 
 we will feed our chicks th s sumnur. 
 Of course as they grow older we wdl 
 feed cracked and whole corn, but in 
 this article I have reference more espe- 
 cially to the care of chicks for about 
 the first three weeks of their existence, 
 plenty of fine grit will also be kept 
 near them, as also fresh, clean water — 
 and here is another problem, how to 
 water little chicks without their getting 
 into it and getting it all over them and 
 all over the brooder. We make a nice 
 little drinking fountain by taking a 
 quart sized earthen fruit jar, filing a 
 small notch in the edge of top on one 
 side and a large one on the other side; 
 fill full of water, turn a small pie tin 
 over it and invert the whole thing. The 
 water will ooze out through the 
 notches and fill the trough formed by 
 the pie tin around the jar. 
 
 R. R. FRENCH. 
 
 Ford City. Mo. 
 
 BLACK JAVAS. 
 (By Ira W. Shaw.) 
 The Java fowls — black, wdiite and 
 mottled — are distinctively American 
 fowls, although their very early history 
 is somewhat lost in obscurity. In the 
 production of the breed — of which the 
 Black is the original — great skill and 
 much perseverance is manifest. They 
 are the one breed that is ''different" 
 from all others, although in shape they 
 bear some resemblance to the Rocks, 
 The Javas are possessed of great vital- 
 ity and stamina, hardy and quick matur- 
 ing. They have smooth black legs with 
 bottoms of feet yellow, and yellow 
 skin. In the latter particular they are 
 "different," as most or all other black 
 fowls have white or bluish-white skin. 
 The comb is of moderate size and sin- 
 gle, red lobes and black beak. Plum- 
 age throughout a lustrous black, with 
 that beautiful green sheen so much de- 
 sired in black fowls. Tail quite full 
 and flowing and plenty of finel\' curved 
 sickle feathers. The flesh of the Javas 
 is exceedingly fine grained and tender, 
 partaking much "'of the qualities of the 
 Dorking. All the many good qualities 
 of the Java seems to be due more to 
 the original composition of the breed 
 rather than to later scientific matings. 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 SUNNY SLOPE FRDIT AND POULTRY 
 Farui, i;. V. Austin. Bearing. Kiui., White 
 Rock Soecialist. Eggs. Frank lieck and 
 .Tohn II ugh»-s strains. 15 cockerels fiirsale 
 Strawbeny plants— best varieties. Square 
 treatment. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS a specialty. Tiie 
 cream at Cliicago and Ceriar Rapios. lUOl. 
 150 young.ters fur sale after Oeuiljer 1st. 
 finer tluin e\or. superior feathering. shap( 
 and color. Always satisfaction guaran- 
 teed. U. .1. Shanklin, Wanl)eck. Iowa. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOT I E^. cockerels scoring 
 to94Ji. Mammoth Bronze Tuikeys scorine 
 to OtHi fcired b.v a Toni weig-hiner 40 lbs ana 
 from hens weighinpr to 25 lis. Prices rea- 
 sonable- W. H- Lake, Hampton, Nehr. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. Special bargains, three 
 trios at >. 00 per trio. Choice cneliereis at 
 one half their value, several bred from 
 Boston prize winners. G. W. Hardin. 
 Ulysses, Neb. 
 
 CORNISH INDIANS a snecially. Winner.'- 
 wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews. 
 Emery and Wale. Proaotince first class 
 birds. Eggs in season S2.00 for 1.= , J, L. 
 Bannson, Sarcoxie. Mo. 
 
 WHITE WyaNDOTTES exclufivcly. The 
 kind that are egg layers Scoring 91 to 94}2. 
 Dnston strain. Eggs 2.00 for 15 or 3 50 for 30 
 Mrs. D. J. Fink. Holdredge, Neb. 
 
 ■VIAMMOTa BRONZE turkey and white Pe 
 kin duck. LarL'e line speeiniens foe sale at 
 reasonable prices. Our stock is as good a^ 
 money could nrocure. Mrs, E. I. Mathews 
 Morning Suu. Iowa 
 
 EGGS from Single Comb White, Brown. BuO 
 Black. Dominique, ^ilver Duekwirig anC 
 RoseCrmb White Buff and Btown Leg 
 horns. Price list free. Sylvester Sbiiley 
 Port Clinton. Oiiio, 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. "Cook-s Strains." 
 Eggs from large, healthy vigorous stock, $3.0li 
 tier IS. R, 'i. Brown and S. IL White Leg- 
 horn eggs $1.50 per 15. Louis Mogensen. Ra- 
 cine, Wis. 
 
 PIGEON BOOK complete, illustrating, de- 
 scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed- 
 ing, feeding, caring for. 5 lents. 1.000 pig- 
 eons for >aie. Prices f ee. Wrn, A. Bart- 
 lett& Co. Box 27. .lacksonville. 111. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS our specialty. 
 Eggs 1 (HI peris. Pekin duck eggs 1.00 per 11 
 Try us. F. J. Kolasa. DuBois. Neb. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS Clean sweep Elgin 
 Show. 1st ck, 1st. 2d. 3d hen. 1st. 2d. 3d ckl. 1st. 
 2d. 3d. 4th pullets, won Silver cup. Ben My- 
 ers, judge. Henry Snellgrove. Elgin. Ill, 
 
 R. C B. LEGHORNS. A few good cl-ls left- 
 Eggs 1-00 per 13. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
 andottes. Eggs POO per 15. C. H. Courier. 
 Ashley, Ohio. 
 
 BARRED P ROCKS: Thoroughbred, farm 
 raised. Goodbirds. good scores, give good 
 sitifaclion and good refUlts. Eggs that 
 hatch. $li0 P'-r l.'i. Prices for bird^ a> 
 reasonable. If convenient please enclosi 
 stamp when writing for particulars. 
 Miss A. Sargenl. SarcOAle, Mo. Box 87. 
 
 SIXTEEN EGGS. 2.00. From my Kanssas 
 City and Omaha prize winning White Wy.-iii- 
 dottesiDuston Strain) .stock. Scores 'in', tu 
 94. Incubator eggs cheap. Mention Itnesti- 
 gator. Mrs. Maud Rolfe, Wetmore. Kansas- 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Eggs from prize winners at 
 1 50 per 15- Will replace all infertile egg>? 
 free. Have 3 pens mated, send for descrip' 
 tion. We can please you. F. Whaley. Apple- 
 ton Cily. Mo. 
 
 CHEAP to close out. As fine a Tot of bird^ 
 as you eversaw- lioiden Wvandoties. Bar- 
 d Plymouth Rocks and BulT Cochia Ban- 
 tams. H Gregory; Wayne Neb., 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, winners 
 from Norv.trs straiu. No stock, all sold, on- 
 ly eggs for hatching. INIaled for prizewin- 
 ners. Have 4 pens. Best. 2.5i: 2 1. 2 00: 3d 
 l.SO; 4th. IIH) only, per setting of 15. IFor t 
 settings, twice the single price) Place your 
 your orders early. Mrs. .M. E. Bittner, Oscai 
 ola, iNeb- 
 
 MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartlcv, Nehr., Barred 
 Rocks, well marked, extra lar'je birds, both 
 cockerel and pullet, mating pens. Eggs 2.00 
 for 15. 3.50 for 30, general flock, 4.00 per 100. 
 White Wvandottes, Nerval and Coffin strains 
 direct, 2M for 15, 3.50 for 30. 
 
 Printing for 
 
 Poultrymen 
 
 We are prepared to do all kinds of 
 printing- for poultrymen. We have the 
 hig-hest grade machinery and new ma- 
 terial; all work guaranteed first-class. 
 Free use of standard poultry cuts to 
 patrons. Write us your wants and get 
 our prices on yuur work - Address, 
 
 Poultry Investigator 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm! 
 
 Egas to Hatch. 
 
 S.DOTTES: Very choice pen. $2 per 15. 
 Over a hens on different farms. Good 
 pure stock. Eggs SI per l.i. J4 per 100. 
 
 BARKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys- 
 tem. 60 fim- hens and pullets. 4 extra 
 large, stately croweis. scoring from 90 to W 
 by .ludges Russell and Stransbough. Eggs 
 $S per 1.5, $:i 50 per aO. Lt. Brahnias. and 
 C I. Games. Good pure stock on separate 
 farms. Eggs $1 perl.i. $4per 100. 
 
 ROUP I'DKKt Our make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
 Circulars free. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK BOX 176, 
 
 </. IV. Easies > > > > 
 
 RiilT Orpingtons. K. C. W. Leghorns, 
 Barred &, White Rocks. W. C. P. Ban- 
 tamf. Belgian's Hares. Eggs. Stock In 
 season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes: 
 silver cup last year. 
 
 Calesburg, - * Illinois- 
 
 Scott's Cure 
 
 I r Chicken Cliolera 
 
 Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
 or money refunded. Testimonials on 
 application. Reference: Rising- City 
 Bank. 
 
 B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 
 
 Pride of tlie West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
 Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. 
 ri.ARKSVlLLS, : : : : MISSOURI. 
 
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 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. 
 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 
 colored legs. 90 polnl ( o kerels, $'.50 
 each; 91 to '.IJI4 p.ii iii ('. i.-kenis $.! (10: 
 eaeh I'nilet rjoi scored. »l IK) each, 
 
 Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo 
 
 CROWELL'S 
 
 Buff Orpin gto n s . 
 
 Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
 and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. :id, 4ih and 5. 
 Hens 1st, and 'id. 1st Pen. Kggs, 
 Si.W) per 1."), S'").00 per .iO. Two trios 
 Indian Runner Ducks at $S 00 per 
 trio. Eg-fjs $2,011 per l.j. Satisfac- 
 tion guaranteed. 
 
 F. A. Crowell, Granger, Minn. 
 
 Silver Lace Wyandottes 
 White Wyandottes : : 
 
 . ^^ , Buff Leghorns 
 
 Lekin l)ucl<s... 
 
 All first class stock. Kgjjs for sale. 
 
 MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
 Imperial, Neb. 
 
 Barred Rock Eggs, 
 
 - For Hatchine;. 
 
 Fertile eggs and big Healthy chicks is 
 What you want. Try mine this year. 
 SI. 50 for 1.5, $2. .50 for :»>, $:i.00 for J5. 
 
 A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 Bfonze lufkeys 
 
 We keep nnthins' but the 
 choicest^ stock. Eire's for 
 sale. Write for prices. 
 
 C. E. BROWNINti, 
 
 Falrbury, INebr. 
 
 A view of Geo. B. Clary's Poultry Yards, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 THE POULTRY SHOW. 
 
 The second annual exhibition of the 
 Coffeyville Poultry and Pet Stock As- 
 sociation has been held this week, Jan- 
 uary 15-18, in the old church building, 
 corner Seventh and Union. The exhi- 
 bition of Barred Plymouth Rocks was 
 unusually fine, with White Rocks a 
 close second. Some nice birds of the 
 Buff Cocliin variety were shown and 
 also some fine Partridge Cochins. Pens 
 of Light Brahmas attracted much at- 
 tention. There were also some good 
 specimens of turkeys and ducks. The 
 sliow is beneficial in several ways. It 
 brings the poultry raisers together 
 with mutual benefit and creates an in- 
 terest in standard bred poultry. John 
 Dudley of Hartford was judge and 
 gave eminent satisfaction. 
 
 The following is the official list of 
 awards: 
 
 BARRED ROCKS. 
 
 S . L. Brown — First pen, second 
 cockrel, first pullet, firt hen, first cock. 
 
 A. B. Carpenter — Second pen, third 
 hen. 
 
 J. A. Shuck— First Cockrell, third 
 cockrel, third pullet. 
 
 A. M. Ragle — Second cock, third 
 cock. 
 
 WHITE ROCKS. 
 
 E. C. Myers — First hen first cock- 
 rel, second pen. 
 
 C. F. Austin — Second and third 
 cockrels, first, second and tiiird pullets, 
 
 first and third pens. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
 Lee Lydick — First, second and third 
 pullets, second cockrel. 
 
 BUFF LEGHORNS. 
 C. E. Davis — First, second and third 
 cockrels, hen, pullets and pens. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS. 
 Dora Herod — First cock, first, second 
 and third pullets, first pen. 
 
 J. M. Myers — First cockrel, third 
 pullet. 
 
 W. C. Beachel — Second cockrel. 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 
 Levi Boothby^Second cock, first 
 second and third hens, first cockrel, 
 second and third pullets, first pen. 
 S. Coffey — First pullet. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
 Mrs. Larry Powers — Second cock. 
 C. H. Kennedy — Seco id cockrel. 
 R. Y. Kennedy — First, second and 
 tliird pullets, first hen, first pen. 
 BRONZE TURKEYS. 
 A. B. Carpenter — Second toin, first, 
 second and third hens. 
 J. Swan — First torn. 
 
 KEEP A POULTRY RECORD, 
 Every poultry raiser ought to keep 
 an exact record of the doings of the 
 chicken yard. The most convenient 
 record we have seen is that issued by 
 Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, 111. It is 
 simple and at the same time most 
 complete. They will send a copy free 
 to every one of our readers who ask 
 for it. At the same time you might 
 ask, too, about the Humphrey Green 
 Bone and Vegetable Cutter — the easy 
 bone-cutter — guaranteed to cut more 
 bone in less time and with less labor 
 than with any other made. 
 
A B p. KoCK cockerel owned bv I'". C. 
 Hinman, Friend, Febr. 
 
 "Among Ourselves." 
 
 Now that eggs are 25 cents a dozen — 
 whatever they may be when Investiga- 
 tor readers see these lines, we are all 
 anxious to do our part toward making 
 '"(leni hens lay." Ours are doing their 
 part and fairly fighting to see which 
 can lay the largest egg. Pompously 
 we exhibit the egg basket to our neigh- 
 bors, feeling a little pardonable pride 
 in their ejaculations of wonder and ad- 
 miration. One evening recently, when 
 the flock was out for an airing — it is 
 magnificent weather here, (Jan. 20,) — 
 we had occasion to cross the street. 
 Hearing something behind us, we 
 glanced back only to see thirty snow 
 white birds following in our train, the 
 only disturbance in their ranks being 
 caused by Jack (Jack is a Maltese kit- 
 ten, if you please, of the bluest blue 
 blood) rushing here and there in high 
 glee. 
 
 "Well," we remarked to our neigh- 
 bor, "we seem to be something of a 
 circus when we go abroad." 
 
 "Oh, dear," she replied, "if 1 owned 
 those chickens I'd be pround to have 
 them follow me everywhere." 
 
 We suppose there are people too 
 good (?") to pet their fowls, but we 
 are not, even though we do not consid- 
 er a hen very high in the order of in- 
 telligence. 
 
 Now what do \\t feed to insure eggs, 
 whether cold or warm the weather? 
 Well, we never could be scientific or 
 systematic; we feed in a haphazzard 
 way that would set some modern sci- 
 entific, balanced-ration men wild. In 
 the morning it is a mash — ground feed 
 and table scraps — ^if we have time to 
 make it; but when the "Other One" is 
 from home, as he is the most of the 
 time, and we ar maid and man of all 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 work, «r- are as apt to scatter oats in 
 tlu- litter, rake it over a little and ad- 
 vise- ihiin to help themselves. .A.bout 
 U-ii (•'clock we then throw them a sup- 
 ply of corn on the ear. li the weather 
 is at all fi"i' tlu y have a run out in the 
 aftrrni'on. .\t n ght they have shelled 
 corn, Thi-i is one day; perhaps the 
 next tlu y have mash for breakfast and 
 oals for (Inner; then boiled oats come 
 into tlu- bill of fare and so on. .-\11 
 tlu tmu llu-y ha\e fresh water — fre- 
 i|U(.ntl\ tinctured with cayenne pepper 
 —and plenty of cord fodder and oat 
 stiaw to pick over. 'Most of the sea 
 son ^ I ir thurc has been grass. Coal 
 islu s iii<! the charcoal from the wood 
 sto\e IS within their r.eaclr, as is also 
 Ik \(.s of sand and gravel. Their house 
 lb warm. On cold days the floor is 
 covered with litter and the grain scat- 
 tered in, and they are kept confined. 
 That terrible cold snap in December 
 threw the whole flock into severe ca- 
 tarrhal trouble which certainly amount- 
 ed to roup; but warm quarters, liberal 
 dosing with cayenne and sulphur in the 
 water soft foO'^, fumigating house and 
 flock together with sulphur burned on 
 a pan of coals, a few doses of tincture 
 of aconite and considerable general at- 
 tention, brought all but three safely 
 through. These grew poor and droopy 
 when the rest began to pick up, so they 
 were "beheaded to save their lives." 
 
 If one lives where they can it is well 
 to have a basket at one of the meat 
 markets with the request that the 
 scrapings of the blocks and small waste 
 pieces be dropped therein. Some pro- 
 prietors will do this gratis; others will 
 want a half cent per pound; but even 
 at a cent a pound it is a good invest- 
 ment when eggs are wanted. Feed 
 something like th'S or cut bone two or 
 three times pt >veek. Of course in 
 sumirier we would not do this as 
 there would be considerable "taint" to 
 the contents of the basket if the weath- 
 er was very warm. 
 
 This winter, for the most part, eggs 
 could have been safely shipped; now, 
 that shipping time draws nigh perhaps 
 the weather will be more rigorous. 
 There are many inventions and theories 
 as regards packing eggs for safe trans- 
 portation. In our op»nIon, however, 
 there is one safe, simple way and it is 
 the best way. We have used it for 
 years and to our knowledge no egg has 
 ever been broken. We save peach and 
 grape baskets and when packing time 
 comes we puta thick layer of e.xcelsior 
 in the bottom and a lining around the 
 sides. Our eggs are wrapped in soft 
 newspaper, using a generous piece and 
 folding the ends well over, cine turning 
 to one side and the other turning to 
 the other.. Pac-k these' in closely and 
 
 23 
 
 Black Langshans- 
 
 I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, '2d anri 
 M ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep- 
 stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED 
 P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and 
 3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes, 
 at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln 
 Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100 
 $$I.S0perl5. B. P. Rock' $2, per 15. 
 
 J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neb. 
 
 White'. Wonders! 
 
 The Farmdrs and Poultryman's mon- 
 ey makers. The best combination 
 fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2 00 
 per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 
 Dr. I. C. Stephens & Co. 
 
 Carleton, Nebr. 
 
 White Rocks Exclusively! 
 
 Two peas mated for this year's 
 breeding, scoring from 90';^ to 94% . 
 At Tabor Poultry Show won 1st, 2d, 
 ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev- 
 ery premium entered for; Russel, 
 Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. .'iO for 
 $.').50, SO for $5.00. 
 
 W. H. Utterbeck, Hillsdale, Iowa 
 
 I Black Mitiorcas. ® 
 
 * No. 1 stock, up to weight and S^ 
 S the best of color. Eggs $2 per ^ 
 S 13. No stock for sale. W 
 
 * Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center, >eb. V 
 
 EUREKA POULTRY PLACE. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of 
 the Stay White kind. No straw col- 
 or or flies on us. Nothing too good 
 for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per IS. 
 Address 
 
 L. G. French, 
 
 Deep River, Iowa. 
 
 Taylor's Otoe "^'''♦° ^ 
 
 Plymouth Rocks are prize win- 
 ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin- 
 coln Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs 
 5, 10 and 15 cents each. Write 
 for particulars. 
 
 C E Taylor. Nebraska City, Neb. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
 
 (ExclHsively.) 
 Farm Ranee. - - - Oood Stock 
 
 Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100. 
 SI. 00 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 
 Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 i 
 
 DON'T SET HENS- 
 
 Natonl Heo Vcnl^alorro., B 11* rolambui, N«lk 
 
2i 
 
 iriii !iy moans of small wads of cxccl- 
 Mor. Two layers go easily in the ordi- 
 nary basket. Over top put a thick 
 lU'hioii ol the excelsior, I'.nd over this 
 a c-ldili cut to a proper shape. Turn 
 the edge under to make it safe and 
 strong arid sew it around with a stout 
 needle and thread, drawing it so close 
 thai the t»v is unyielding when pressed 
 (in, Write name and address of pur- 
 chaser on a piece of paper and stick 
 it securely on the top of the basket. 
 ^■|>nr own name with "from" before it 
 is al.so admissible on another piece of 
 paper. 
 
 Somewhere among our poultry pa- 
 pers we caught the idea that this spring 
 is an excellent time to go into the 
 poultry business as there is a shortage 
 owing t') the shortage of corn. People 
 have sold off their fowls very close, wc 
 are informed. Here is a pointer, "pass 
 it oil." 
 
 Another writer has been experiment- 
 inpr with green bone and gives us ths: 
 "Taking every advantage gained by 
 feeding bone — i. e.. general health of 
 flock, <|uick growth of broilers, in- 
 crease in amount of eggs, etc., over the 
 two years bone was not fed, figured — 
 and I keep close accounts— that the 
 profit divided is l.l per cent over the 
 profits ol the two preceding years. 
 This 15 per cent is attributed to the 
 bone feed." 
 
 It is somethin to know how to "rush" 
 the broilers at any rale. 
 
 .'\nd still another, feeding a handful 
 of green bone per day to her 12 hens, 
 says: "The 12 hens averaged eight eggs 
 a day for over a month and nearly ev- 
 ery egg hatched a strong, healthy chick. 
 
 It is amusing to read poultry papers 
 and r>ote the difference in opinions, 
 due, the writers say in all cases, to "ex- 
 perimentation" and "experience." 
 
 Of course, the majority agree on one 
 point, viz., that the hen must have ex- 
 ercise if she is a success as a layer. 
 Now here conies a fancier who says 
 flatly that it is "no such thing," and 
 cites her own flock as living, laying 
 refulat'rns of ;hc theory. She has a 
 '.>'/4 pound Barred Rock that lays every 
 day and Sunday too, or almost every 
 day: did not stop even when she went 
 to a poultry show. This same uncon- 
 ventional bird is sometimes cooped for 
 weeks at a time. However this may be 
 ve agree with her owner on one point: 
 a hen, to be a success must be well fed, 
 warndy housed and never chased or 
 frightened. 
 
 .'\nd here conies a wan with the: 
 "\i>» will always have a good shell on 
 the egg if you will feed plenty of clov- 
 er." We don't know about the clover 
 alone; We should want some lime anfl 
 other ingredients within the ben's 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 reach. Somebody cUe warns againsl 
 over-feeding with green cut bone, ad- 
 
 iiing it in small quantities, adding. 
 
 Other egg-producing foods are an in- 
 jury if you expect fertile eggs. It is 
 not nat ir il and hens so fed will not 
 lay eggs whose germs are strong 
 enough to prof'uce robust chickens." 
 
 Anniher tlieory is that unless foreign 
 "ilood is frenuently intdoruced into a 
 flock, it is l)..i:ii(J Id run ■•ut in two oi 
 :h;ee years. 
 .lil.M.X C\l.U\VKLI.-.\li:i.\ll.H. 
 
 If you want to buy any Black Laiig- 
 ■ihan end ami get L. E. Mayer's tine 
 ine » irculars and read w hat one of our 
 best judges t,ay of his stock. Mr. May- 
 er is located at Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
 The An of Poultry F^ttenlnf. 
 
 ■| he conipicrcial or utility side of the 
 loultry industry while it has always 
 >eeh the moving jjower that drives 
 he wheels oi Fancy has now reached 
 I stage in this country that will mark 
 m epoch in its evolution. A new era 
 las dawned. New forces are tat work 
 ind they arc powerful and capable of 
 •reating a revolution in methods. And 
 his power is the great packing houses 
 if the west: The Swifts, .Armours 
 md others whose facilities for buying, 
 daughtering and selling meat food 
 irod'.ict* to the world are of such mag- 
 litudc and their system so perfect that 
 lot a city, town or village in this, and 
 )ut few in foreign countries in which 
 heir products are not sold or their in- 
 lucnce felt. To these great establish- 
 nents and not to the producers them- 
 ;e!ves are we indebted for the new 
 :onditions. More than five years ago 
 me of them stated to the writer that 
 lothing would please them more than 
 n be able to enter foreign markets, 
 ml with better, but only as good 
 Poultry as those markets afforded. 
 The reason that it could not be done 
 vr>s because the American people have 
 dways set up as their standard of 
 icrfection. i fat carcass. Yellow and 
 iliMiip without regard to what that 
 >lvnipness consisted of. The only 
 uatcrial known to them to produce it 
 'leing corn, and the result from feeding 
 f bring crease or fat, deposited in 
 avers under the skin and a pound or 
 more in the abdominal cavity. The 
 lesh being inferior, often stringy and 
 •ough and that poultry in this condi 
 ion would be almost nnsaleabel in 
 f^uropean markets. The American 
 icople with their reckless extrava- 
 gance arc willing to pay high prirces 
 for «uch poultry, because it is the best 
 looking the markets afford, and when 
 the meat is separated from the greasi 
 in tfwsisijiif aitd ccn^ng we are left 
 ktit little edi¥a1e p«rf^»n anJ that not 
 
 of the best t|uality, deluding ourselves 
 with the belief that we are eating a 
 delicious morsel simply because we 
 p.iid a high price for it. Xo such ex- 
 travag-ance is tulerateil in any other 
 country: imultry lo many there is a 
 luxury rarely afforded. Under such 
 conditions we can readily understand 
 why a fowl .niust be finished for market, 
 with Ihe least possible percentage at- 
 tainable of edible portion as compared 
 to bones and offal; furthermore the tex- 
 ture of the skin, shape, appearance and 
 firtnness of flesh to the touch, and en- 
 tiro absence of layers of fat in the 
 dressed bird, and the white, jucy, finely 
 flavored ((inlities when cooked are the 
 points of excellence: In order to at- 
 tain this, a system of feeding tor 
 specific res'dts became necessary. 
 
 Insteai! of turning the birds loose 
 to range at will and shoveling corn 
 to them, they confine them, limiting 
 the exercise to small coops and feed 
 them on material that produces these 
 results. The mothed of feeding varies 
 ■n manner and material in different 
 countries. The most successful and 
 irofitable locality perhaps in the world 
 s the Lc a Mils in Normandy. It is not 
 uncommon for choice specimens to sell 
 .'or 9A) and "25 francs (four to five dol- 
 'ars) in the Halles Cenrales in Paris, 
 ind not over six pounds in weight, 
 ■such prices, however, are not obtain- 
 ible outside oi France where their 
 >y.-.tem of cooking and serving is so 
 iifferent from ours, making it possible 
 or one fowl to serve three times as 
 many persons as in any other country. 
 The next most profitable district is the 
 ■ountries of Survey Sussex and Kent, 
 England, where wlude families are en- 
 jaged in it as were their ancestors for 
 generations back. They know nothing 
 dse, they never have done and their 
 rhildren never will do anything else 
 ■)i:t fatten poultry for the London 
 market. The method employed is 
 lOlh trough feeding and the cramming 
 machine, some using one, some the 
 ither. and many a combination of the 
 he two. The trough alone is not so 
 profitable, but enables more fowls to 
 ■)e keppt in process. Ten days of 
 "rough and ten machine feeding is more 
 orofitablc. but the best results are ob- 
 tained by machine feeding, from start 
 'o finish, care being taken to not over 
 eed during the first week gradually 
 :;etting them up to full feed. These 
 •esults arc secured through the ability 
 -)i the bird to digest and assimilate 
 'wo or three times as much feed as 
 •t would consume from a trough if 
 'eft to its own inclination. The food 
 is made semi-liquid and no water or 
 ?rit is fiven ia aQdition to it, but it 
 rnuft 'fee jreani ta meal and ke com- 
 
posed uf just such niateral as will pro 
 duce these results without sickening 
 or injuring the bird. By this method 
 we are able to add three or more 
 pounds of meat to a four pound bird 
 in 21 days, at what would be in this 
 country a cost in feed of about eight 
 cents per bird for the 'Jl days and in 
 turn make a profit not only on the 
 weight gained but an increase pel 
 pound for quality and finish; the per- 
 fectly finished bird having what fat it 
 carries deposited in gloubles through- 
 o'.it the tissue, rendering it of that 
 superior quality demanded. If these 
 fathers as they are called, are alile 
 to b'.iy the ten to twelve weeks' 'old 
 Irish birds sent over for this purpose 
 at 75 cents each, paying the enormous 
 prices they are compelled to for feed 
 and sell their products at a profit, what 
 is to prevent Americans not only 
 sending such birds to tlie English 
 markets, but from supplying their own 
 with this most desirable meat. Mr. 
 Chhas. W. Armour, the head of the 
 Armour Packing Co., in an interview 
 on this subject published in the Kan- 
 sas City Star of December Ist 1901, 
 stated that: "The American people 
 will pay more for good food than any 
 other people in the world." This is a 
 significant statement from a man en- 
 gaged in supplying the world with meat 
 food. All the American people need 
 is a taste of this kind of poultry and 
 the demand will exceed the supply. 
 When this demand sets in there will 
 be a wide divergence in price between 
 the tliin and the finished stock. The 
 best will go higher, the poor lower. 
 While the thin chicken will always 
 find sale at some price to the fatters, 
 the greasy ones will go begging for 
 buyers. Canada has for several years 
 been developing rapidly along this 
 line. England naturally looks to her 
 colonies first for what she needs and 
 they are prompt to act on any sugges- 
 tions from the mother country, and 
 foster such industries as are suscepti- 
 lile of development on their soil. At 
 Ottawa, Ont., Truero, Nova Scotia 
 and Bondville, Quebec, the fattening 
 of poultry for the London market is 
 carried on e.xtensively under govern- 
 ment supervision, and they have stand- 
 ing orders for greater quantities than 
 they can possibly supply. The climate 
 of England is very unsuited to poultry 
 culture, being exceedingly damp and 
 wet. Large poultry farms such as 
 exist in this country are unknown 
 there. While I believe it possible for 
 those schooled in our methods of 
 artificial incubation, brooding and rear- 
 ing to adapt these methods to English 
 climate and coditions, it remains to be 
 done. There is no limit to the quanti- 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 y this country can produce. We can 
 iupply every demand the foreign and 
 lome markets can impose upon us. 
 (f we can produce a good article the 
 A-orld wants it, but it won't do fc. us 
 CO try to force them to accept our false 
 standard of excellence as theirs, at the 
 iame time knowing in our hearts that 
 ours is not the proper, but simply a 
 :onvenient one. We supply the world 
 with the best beef; we fnish our cat- 
 tle up to the highest degree of per- 
 fection and the quality governs the 
 price. If we had refused to do so and 
 ried to sell Europe our grass-fed 
 steers and insisted that such were the 
 '>est we could produce they would have 
 none, of it, and our home market would 
 "le our only outlet. The reader can 
 'o.m some idea as to the quality and 
 "ippearance of the best dressed pou.try 
 oroduced in England by the following: 
 \t -the Smithfield. (London) Table 
 Poultry Show held in December, theh 
 first prize winners shown and weighed 
 in couples were: Buff Orpington 
 Pullets, 31,lbs, 4 oz; Dorking Cockrels, 
 -'0 ibs. 8 oz; Farmyard Cockrels. 23 
 lbs, 13 oz; Farmyard Pullets, 17 lbs. 
 10 oz; Pekin Ducks, 15 lbs, 3 oz; Tur- 
 Key Cocks, 59 lbs, 3 oz; Turkey Hens. 
 t9 Ibs, 10 oz. 
 
 There is nothnig in the above that 
 we cannot dublicate and even excel in 
 weight and quality. We have only to 
 adopt the necessary methods. The 
 mum results, but trough feeding will 
 add from 2;/2 to 3 pounds of flesh to 
 a four pound bird in 21 days by the use 
 of prpper feed, which of course is the 
 found'i'tion. A live three pound pullet 
 as it comes from the farm carries 
 about 6 ounces of bone, 21 ounces of 
 offal and after cooking about 18 ounces 
 of edible meat. Here the percentage 
 of "waste to edible portion is excessive. 
 The bird is now in its best condition 
 to ake on flesh, but the farmer unmind- 
 ful of his opportunity to vonvert feed 
 ■nto meat rushes her off to market. 
 The middleman steps in here and with 
 but few dollal"s invested in capital; no 
 risks incident to the production and 
 maturing of the bird takes advantage 
 of the situation and the growers in- 
 difference or ignorancee, and in three 
 weeks makes more than double the 
 profit on a bird than the man who 
 raised it. He skims the cream. 
 
 The following market quotations 
 clipped from the Kansas City Star for 
 December 6th, 1901, perhaps tells the 
 story more forcible than we can, for 
 after all the hard cash is the best 
 argument: 
 
 Poutry Exchange quotations — hens, 
 alive, 5'/2c; roosters, , young, 20c; old, 
 15c each; springs, 6?^c; ducks, 6c; 
 geese, 4c; turkey.s,' hens, 5c; ysung. 
 
 25 
 
 W. A. Forbes. i';rwM.°V?a"n" 
 
 dotteB. For the paet four years I have Iwoti 
 the majority of the best premiums in full 
 classes. 221st, 10 2nd. 9 3rd and S specials. I 
 am booking orders now for a limited no. of 
 effgs from these prize matines for $2-tlo per 
 setting-, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $j.ou. 
 
 North Topeka, Kan, 
 
 Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
 C. W. IvCghorns, W. Wyandottes. 
 
 Before buying anything, write to us. 
 It will be a pleasure to give you 
 ® our prices. We respond prompt- 
 ly. Bargains if taken .soon. 
 
 KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams! 
 
 Eggs. Golden, 
 $1.50 per 15. 
 Silvers, $2.00 
 per 15. Par. 
 Cochins, $2. 
 per i:i. Price 
 of pigeons on 
 application. 
 8 varieties 
 for sale. Ad- 
 dress 
 
 W. F. HOLCOMB, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Poultry Investigator one year with each order. 
 
 Olentangy : : : 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Delaware, Ohio. 
 
 Reed Bros, Props, c. c. Reed, Mgr. 
 
 Rose Comb R. I. Reds. C. I. Games. 
 Barred P' Rocks. Buff C. Cochins. 
 Eggs $2.00 per IS. Satisfactory 
 hatch guaranteed. No birds in 
 breeding pens scoring leas than 91 
 points. Send for circulars. 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 
 
 None under weight— scores 93 to 
 
 •r^ to 97. Island 3rd puUel at Lin- 
 
 ^ coin, also 2d colkerel weight — 31 
 
 pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt, 
 
 Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 O. /. Cf 
 
 It is winners you would raise for next 
 winter's shows and are undecided 
 where to send for eggs for hatching. 
 Just send an order to the GOLDEN 
 RULE POULTRY YARDS, the 
 home of prize winning White Ply- 
 mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain, 
 and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and 
 you will be pleased with young stock 
 hatched. Eggs $2.00 per setting of 
 IS. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W. 
 males yet for sale. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BELMONT, WIS. 
 
26 
 
 Something Worth Knowing. 
 
 M.iriey siivfd !>> iiiakin>; your u»n poiillry 
 i.Mi.odifs. Tinur." c1io1.t;i^ ^ilJl:E CfKE. 
 Roup. Scalei l,<;p. Lice, Mites. Chi'iiprcin- 
 rdv Oiit>ure. Kxcelleiu Poultry Food lo 
 iii;iKe m-ns iiiy. Ceieh'ated Uouclin Mix- 
 ture ec. All receipts for $1.00 or 25c eacli. 
 Address with ir. stamp, 
 
 .t. M. HAiiLHD. (ioshen, Ind., K. F. D. .Vo. 2. 
 
 The Michigan g|>!- 
 Poultrymaii... i^ 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Only Exclusive Poultry 
 Paper in Michig an 
 
 All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
 ube to its pag-es. Expert poultry- 
 men will n'lve its readers free 
 such information as they 
 mav ask for. 
 
 the news of the poultry world, 
 illustrated. 
 
 Well 
 
 Michiga-rv Poultryma.i\, 
 
 Ithac&, Mich. 
 
 A Generous Business Policy 
 
 MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY. 
 Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y. 
 
 s.s. 
 
 three years 1 have won 
 all other ixhlbltors ,011 
 exellenl color, full com 
 as layers Sior for sal 
 
 THEODORE DESSIUM, 
 
 te ColuiiibUK 
 for the past 
 
 ■f prizes than 
 d. I'Ine shape, 
 nd Uliixcelled 
 ill limes. Eggs 
 irauleed. 
 
 MHl'S. OHIO. 
 
 la K. che-tmit St. 
 
 EGGS > STOPl 
 
 S2 50 for IS ft^ UCSE 
 
 «.S0 for 30 
 My 
 
 .ly 
 
 fertile etrtf. 
 hardy 
 cluck, bred 
 to win best 
 to lay. 
 
 d SINGLE. -ffi» 
 
 Reds. Buff I-eif- 
 s wherever shown. 
 
 Rhode Island 
 
 herns. Winne 
 
 Only stronsr robust stock 
 
 pens and yuu will nut retr 
 
 you send your order for eui 
 
 Epic Aurellum, 
 Parry, Lake co. 
 
 My White Minorcas 
 
 Poultry Supplies 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands 15c per dozen, $1 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, $1 
 per 60. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each $1. 
 
 Spray Pumps each 7Sc. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 7Sc. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure .lOc land 1.00 a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food S2.,50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure 50c and $1 a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices. 
 
 Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center, $12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
 per 100 pounds $1. '20 
 
 Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O' 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1 00 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Piebr. 
 
 Won Ut. 2nd ap d 3rd at Delaware and Co- 
 lumbus on old and youii;; stock. S<-oretl 
 90 to ('4'4. KflL's from my best pen »2.00 
 per ln;$.">,00 pel 4.1. satisfaction uiiaran teed 
 
 HARRY LIEBOLD, Mamn, Ohi«, K. I). 2. 
 
 F'ne Warn. While Holland Turkeys - - 11.75 
 Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $I.0O 
 Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - fl.OO 
 Pure White Wyandots - - . $1.00 
 New Strain White-Breasted Guineas - $0.7.') 
 All above from prize-winning stock and line 
 bred. (.Catalogue sent. 
 
 J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor, 
 
 White Plume Farm, RlchH Id. HI. 
 
 Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 
 
 BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively. 
 
 Eggs SI. 50 per IS. 100 for $0.00. 
 
 Mrs. Eva J. Elugrlch, Aurora, Neb. 
 
 [GCORDEeS, OoohowforWon. 
 
 B 2 miting'* , score from OO'to 
 93'.;. Eggs m. per l.i. M per 100. 
 Biiflf Orpingtons, (yards; 2 yards 
 solid buff wing and and tail, eggs 
 r> per 1.5, S.H per 30 Buff Orping: 
 tons, 1 yard, eggs $3 per l.'i, $5 
 per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard 
 eggs S2 per 1.5, $5 per 40. 
 
 • 'WMnners wherever shown. 
 Won more first and seconds than 
 any other man. Guarantee good 
 hatches, true to name and fresh. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 
 
 The 
 
 'Prairie 
 State 
 
 Incubator 
 
 has long been recoyuized as 
 the hest incubator in the 
 world. That is why the 
 V. S. Pcnnrtment of Acrirulture uses it exclus- 
 ivelv. That's why it won 342 first premiums over 
 all other makes of machines. This year we have 
 made a cataloe to fit such a machine. SO tinted 
 plate paBCs; 4 orieinal paintings and over 700 
 hiilf tone illustrations. Mailed free as Ions as 
 thcv last. Write for catalogue No. 56. 
 PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATOR CO., HOMER CITY, PA. 
 
 weighing •ver 7 lbs, 6c: y«ung goblers, 
 .5c; culls, oc; pigenons; 50 c dozen; 
 squabs, per doz, $l.'25(a;$2.UO; dressed 
 poultry, choice scalded in good con- 
 dition briiitjb 1 c above live poultry 
 prices. 
 
 From a;i adioitiiiig cohimn on tlie 
 snnie page we clip the following: 
 •THE SHFXI.ALLY FATTENED 
 
 CHICKEN'S THAT THE MAR- 
 KET AFFORD.S 
 
 A Tlllllh^( tnc Meat Paiticiilarly \- 
 '':i]ptccl Id this Season u: the Year. 
 "The neucst offerings in puultry to 
 he found on the market are especially 
 fattened chickens which a local pack- 
 ing house IS offering its patrons. 
 Resides being unusually tender, all the 
 meat is ns white a-; the 'Teast. While 
 these chickens hax e been fattened 
 primarily for the English trade, their 
 popularity is likely to become as wide- 
 spread at home as abroad. Like all 
 choice Hiorsels they sell at high prices. 
 A pr.und costs 18 cens in the shops, 
 and buyers are offering their prefer- 
 ence of either dry picked or scalded 
 stock." 
 
 What reason or excuse can be ad- 
 vanced that will justify the producer 
 in selling his pullets (springs) at 6^-2 
 cents, less express and commission 
 charges, when if properly finished they 
 wi! fetch his at least double per pound. 
 Not theiretically or on paperr, but in 
 fact as it exists today. He would 
 never dream of selling an unfattened 
 steer or hog for slaughter, because the 
 apportunity is his to convert grain in- 
 to meat as a profit. He takes advan- 
 tage of this slower and more expen- 
 sive method, but ignores the quicker 
 and more profitable one. His eyes are 
 heing opened, however, and the true 
 situation is becoming apparent. The 
 revolution is at hand and when the 
 .American people undertake it aright 
 ihey will show the foreigner a clear 
 pair of heels in this as we have in many 
 other lines. The business has already 
 assumed large proportions in the west. 
 The Armour's at Kansas City, alone 
 are kiling ten thousand fowls a day, 
 and they are but one among those 
 now engaged in it. They predict that 
 in two years they will be killing 
 twenty times this number daily. 
 There could not possibly be a greater 
 stimulant to the poultry industry than 
 these big establishments have injected 
 into it, and the time is close at hand 
 when cramming machines me be as 
 common as churns. We already make 
 a better and cheaper machine than the 
 English. In the meantime let the cry 
 go forth, better poultrv and more of it. 
 H. E. MOSS, 
 
 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 
 iiinke ruoiii for my lireedinK pens I wi.l sell 
 trios, pens and singles at bargains for the 
 n.-xt30days. Also a few EC B Leghorns. 
 Eg^a in season. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 
 
 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Kggs fl.SO per IS, $3.00 per SO, fS.OO 
 
 per 100. Our stock is first class. 
 P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center. Nebr 
 
 My Buff Orpingtons 
 
 At Nebra.sika State Show, 1902, made 
 8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, 
 1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If 
 you are going to buy eggs send for my 
 circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson) 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 JOHN A LING 
 
 Harvard - - ISebraska 
 
 White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 
 
 My Rocks are of the best strains to 
 be found and I have a fine lot of 
 chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
 MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
 Liticolti, Nebr. 
 
 My Buff Rocks 
 
 Won at Madison Square Garden this 
 season; at Boston and other great 
 shows past seasons. Stock and Eggs 
 for sale. Write for Circular and Show 
 record. 
 
 MILES H. LOUER, 
 Box M. East Oaoudaga, N. Y. 
 
 Black Langshans— 
 
 Tho winter layers, of standard 
 
 weights, good colored plumage 
 
 ^t^ and eyes, well feathered shau' s 
 
 '/|V no scrube among them. Score 
 
 93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 
 
 C M- Hurlburt, 
 
 Fai.bury, Neb- 
 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 
 MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
 eight State Shows and many other laree 
 shows, winning more premiums Ih.nnall 
 other competitors of this variety coml iiied. 
 Good birds for sale. Keg's from prize pens 
 15 for $3. 30. $S- From standard bred 
 stock, farm range. RW. $4. 
 
 mps J. UX. GflUSE, 
 
 Emporia, KaJ^- 
 
 BUFF COCHINS. 
 
 1st ckl score 94?i. 1st hen S'l^. at Nebraska 
 State Show at Lincoln. EsKs $a 00 per li. 
 Breeders also of Short Horn cattle and Du- 
 roc .Jersey swine. C. K. DAVIS. Prop. 
 VP. J. MITCHELL. I'ouUry Manager. 
 
 Columbus, Nebr. 
 
 Springfield, 111., Feb. 8, 1902. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: The 
 Springfield Fanciers' Association will 
 hold its fourth annual show on its reg- 
 ular dates the second week in Decem- 
 ber. The judges will be announced 
 later. 
 
 The officers for 1902 are: J. E. 
 Lauterbach, president; J. A. Neison, 
 vice president; Louis M. Gietle, finan- 
 cial secretary and T. S. McCoy, corre- 
 sponding secretary. 
 
 T. S. McCOY. 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 THE "PERFECT" HATCHER. 
 The Poultry Investigator is always 
 pleased to note the success of its incu- 
 bator advertisers who have won fame 
 and fortune by the excellence of their 
 hatcher, prompt and careful atten- 
 tion to orders and courteous treatment 
 of customers. The best example we 
 can cite our readers is the progress 
 made by the firm of J. A. t helton. 
 of Fairmount, Md. After an investi- 
 gation we find that the "Perfect 
 Hatcher" manufactured by this firm is 
 the equal of any hatcher and superior 
 to many now on the market, while it 
 is the lowest priced hatcher made. 
 The 200-egg size is only $1. We advise 
 ou. 'eaders who are interested in pur- 
 chasing good hatcher at a low price, 
 to write Mr. J. A. Chelton direct, en- 
 closing a two-cent stamp as he will 
 take (pleasure in answering all such 
 inquiries. He is a gentleman of the 
 highest standard in the commercial 
 world and noted for enterprise as well 
 integrity. 
 
 RINGLET B. ROCKS 
 
 The Kind that Win Kc Double Mate. 
 
 Ben Hiir, ist cockerel at Lincoln 
 Show i6o2, at head of our cocker- 
 el breeding pen. No females in 
 our pullet ; breeding pen scoring 
 less than go, mated to e.xtra choice 
 pullet breeders.J Stock all sold, 
 eggs reasonable. ^Write for prices. 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 Drop me a postal card today asking for 
 description of matings and price of 
 eggs for hatching. 
 
 W. S. RUSSELL, 
 
 Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 Eggs for hatching from White Poultry. 
 
 WWy'dsSl.SOperlS, !$4.00 per SO. 
 Cochins, $1-50 per 15. 
 I. Games, $2.00 per 15. 
 Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16. 
 H. turkeys from stock weighing 
 18 to 35 lbs, as fine as any in 
 the west, $2.00 per 12. 
 W. Embden eggs from extra large 
 
 stock, $2.50 per 11. 
 W. P. Rock eggs from birds scoring 
 93>^ to 95><, $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per 50. 
 Eggs for incubators from stock scor- 
 ing 90 to 93, $5.00 per 100. Stock for 
 sale at all times. 
 White Plume Poultry Yards. 
 
 Mr. and'Mrs. H. E. CLARK, 
 Dallas Ceuter, - - Iowa. 
 
 !l6uff ^rp^ nfltong and Cocbfiis« 
 
 ^^^ Bred from my own 
 
 .^•"^^^^^^^ Importations. 
 
 I won more premiums than 
 any other two exhibitors at 
 the Nebraska State Show, 
 1901. Before buying any- 
 thing write me — it will be a 
 pleasure to give you prices. 
 
 tdaJ. Buehler, %n%%tXk. 
 
 Years of Experience 
 
 T^as brought me the very best of Barred Ply* 
 mouth Rocks to be found anywhere and from 
 ray different yards I have selected 5 pallets 
 scored 93 and 8 which scored 92/^ and from this 
 yard I wish to sell a limited number of settings 
 of eetrs at 3.00 per setting- All egg's sold will 
 be from nis yard and from these birdsexclusive 
 ly. I have a few pullets scoring from 90 to 91^4 
 also a fewchoice cockerels which I will sell at 
 pi ices that are right. All eggs and birds ^oM 
 by me will be as represented or money re- 
 unded 
 
 Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la. 
 
28 
 
 ITiRSECUTliD POULTRY. 
 1 A'as just think about some cowr, <•' 
 whJcli I nncc knew, that were owmd 
 I'V one ;i)0 little intercsteil in their 
 hai)|)ine<s to jirovide regiihir ac- 
 romndations for them. .At ni.?lit .i 
 nei({hl>uriiitc tree was tlieir only shelter, 
 even thi.uj^h the weather was inclement 
 anil the temijeratnre low. They were 
 expected to hunt their own feed, and 
 worst of all, the ranjje was limited to 
 the smallest limit. Did they encroach 
 niion a grain field, a dog was at onci- 
 '■■1 upon tlunv Did they wander 
 Inward tin- orchard when the fruit was 
 ripe, it was the same thin.?. The gar 
 d<'n was of course forbidden ground, 
 tempting as it looked; and if a gap 
 was foimd or could be made, the un- 
 lucky intruder was forced to seek a 
 rapid retreat. Forced to seek its own 
 living, and the tempting morsels were 
 all forbidden, dogged and stoned if the 
 promptings of nature induced it tr. 
 cross defined barriers, is it any wonder 
 that such stock proved unprofitable? 
 
 "That Owner was a lunatic," you ex- 
 chim. "No sane man would so use his 
 own slock." Yet I can assure you that 
 no charges of insanity were ever pre- 
 ferred against him by any one. and he 
 perhaps, exercises as much humanity 
 as some of his neighbors. Pardon me. 
 however, for a slip of the pen. It was 
 hens instead of cows that were thus 
 treated. 
 
 A lady not many miles away who 
 raises an abundance of strawberries, 
 raspbcrrries, currants and other small 
 fruit every years, also prides herself 
 on her large flocks of poultry.. "Hov. 
 do you manage?" asked a friend; oi 
 course yo'.i have spent some money in 
 poutry netting. Is it the birds or the 
 fruit that you enclose?" "Neither." 
 was the reply. "Feed your poultrv 
 liberally and they will cease to be pil- 
 ferers." 
 
 While we think it would require pret- 
 ty generous feeding to restrain the 
 average flock in sight of a nice straw- 
 berry bed in full fruit, yet there is room 
 frtr considerable thought in the sug- 
 ge.stipn. Of course, if well fed they 
 Voidd not be so ravenous. Further. 
 they might not wander about sufficient- 
 ly to conie upon all the forbidden 
 fruits; or, never having been forced 
 to experiment upon strange materia' 
 to supply their innncr wants, thiy ma\ 
 not have learned of their fine taste 
 TIksc are smne of the legitimate re 
 suits which might be expected from 
 ,jhe fid feeding. And while we still 
 doubt whether every one with every 
 breed couUl so successfully unite the 
 two branches so incompatible in the 
 average experience, the suggestion is 
 certainly worthy of note.. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
 1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
 Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
 
 Iisfaction assured. 
 G.Bi CLARY I-airbury, Nebr. 
 
 FREE, 
 
 THIIMK OF IT! 
 
 By special arrangement you 
 can get all three (3) of the fol- 
 lowing one year for only SO cts. 
 Never an offer like this before 
 
 The Poultry Investigator 
 
 Ci.AY Center, Neb, 
 
 The only e.velu^lve poultry paper 
 published In the west. Original, 
 iip-to-datp. instrutiive. Profusely 
 illustrated and never iirluts adead 
 line. Contains from 32 to to pages 
 eaeh month. 
 
 Faocj Fowls, Dopkinsville, Kj. 
 
 The leading poultry oigan of the 
 .snnlh. Three years old. well es- 
 tablished ami prosperous, ai to 40 
 pages ca.-ll ninntll. 
 
 Michigan Poultry Breeder 
 
 BA'rrj^E CREEK, MICH, 
 Established Is8.i. The publisher 
 has devoted 1' years of his entire 
 time and attention to the poultiy 
 industry. Its a success— 24 pages 
 The price asked for these papers 
 all one year is only 50 cents, which 
 any of them are woitli, and you 
 get the others free. Send your 
 suljscription to any one of Ihcin. 
 A free sample copy can t.e had by 
 addressing each one. Betier send 
 your order now. 
 
 White . 
 L angshans 
 Exclusively 
 
 Eggs from 
 stock scor- 
 ing from 90 
 to 95 points, 
 $1.50 per 15; 
 $2.75 per 30; 
 this season 
 onlv. Some 
 
 good Ckls. for sale with score 
 cards by Ben S. Myers. 
 
 All Stock Farm Raised. 
 
 MRS. JACOB HUGHES. JR., 
 Rock Poi-t, Missouri 
 
 White Leghorns. 
 
 Fggs from Ihx-k *:ii(i per .in. $.-,.r,o per lOO; 
 ri.im choice matings.Ji .">0 perlij »2 30 per 2ii. 
 I an hit no mote orders for over 100 egg lots, 
 Scottish Terrier puppies »;i.00 and $.i.00 
 
 PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 
 
 R. R, French, Mjir. Bo.\ 47, Ford City, Mo. 
 
 If you want .... 
 
 Belgian Hares 
 
 fall on or write to 
 
 OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
 
 Old Orchard, Mo. 
 
 Or 2(I0:! Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 
 
 WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
 100 Hares to choose from. 
 
 Black 
 Buff 
 
 White 
 
 Pekin Bantams 
 
 -As Good as the Land can Afford - 
 
 — Eggs «:i,(lii per i;;,— 
 
 A.J. WILLIAMS, 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Black Langshanss 
 
 1st ikl. i>t hen. Nebr.. .'it ate Show IWI. 1st 
 P'-n. 1st ek. 1st ckl, 1st and :.'d pullet Nebr 
 f* ate Fait, 1901, 1st pen, 1st and 3rd pul- 
 let, 2nd clt. 2nd<kl. Nebr. State Poul'ry 
 Show at Lincoln, 1902. Eggs K.OO per i:j. 
 
 J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES! 
 
 1st, ck, 1st, ckl, 2d, and 3d, hens 3d, pul- 
 let, PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES, 
 3d, pullet, 3d, ckl at Nebr, State 
 Show. Light Brahnias. Eggs S2..=aj 
 per 15. 
 
 EBDftY, 
 
 North Bnd, Nebr. 
 
 Just a Moment Please! 
 
 Now is the time to book j-our orders 
 and Wm. Kersenbkock has 
 prize winning birds of Barred and Buff 
 P, Rocks, Partridge and Buft Cochins, 
 Silver rLaced and White Wyandottcs 
 and Cornish L Games. 
 
 Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Meb. 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
 Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 
 
 winning 5 firsts, .1 seconds, 1 thirds, 
 and 4 specials, birds scoring to Wi 
 At three shows in last two years 
 won 11 fiists, I) seconds,' (> thirds 
 and specials. Cockerels for sale. 
 Eggs SI. 50 per setting 
 
 J. F. Reinelt, . Tripp, S, De^kota 
 
 —Vice-President State Association,— 
 
 Our Barred and White Rocks. 
 
 Are successful show birds and excel 
 lent for market. Our S, C. W, Leg- 
 horns are winners in strongest compe- 
 tition and great layers of large white 
 eggs. Incubator eggs $.5.00 per 100, 
 Eggs S2 00 per 15. 
 
 J. N. Krauter. Bucyrus. Ohio- 
 
Just what the v. (Jinan fed lier 
 poutry, I do not know. Doubtless 
 slie (urni-lied a variety; and in this 
 sin.ulo wnrd may reside almost as much 
 as in lier Idierality tlie success attained. 
 To expect a hen to subsist on a single 
 bd of fare is inircasonable; and as tliis 
 was never designed by nature, biddy 
 plurkily resoh-cs Xo supply the de- 
 fii-itncy herself. 
 
 I hose whr !.. not l\-fl like keeping 
 tlir stf'ck shut up \ear in and year out 
 (I'len f.nd it advantageous to have a 
 park in which they can enclose them 
 for a few days at a time as occasion 
 r'cs. cr of an adjacent grain field are 
 anuni'j the incidents which render this 
 a'ivisal le. It is certainly much more 
 profitable as well as much more hu 
 mane than the merciless dogging or 
 stoning that too often attends their at- 
 temnts to carry out nature's plan. 
 
 BESSIE L. PUTNA]\r. 
 
 THE RIGHT MIXTURE. 
 
 As a usual thing I am a litttle sus- 
 picious of patent medicines and other 
 mixtures, but I must say right here 
 that I find Mrs. Pinkerton's Chick 
 Food to be of the right material, seeds, 
 grain and grit, in the right propor- 
 tion and that, it is very economical to 
 use, considering the price of common 
 grain and making a success raising 
 the chicks. I have known of Mrs. 
 Pinkerton's level headed ideas on 
 Ponltrv raising for some time and 
 when she proposed to put her chick 
 food on the market, I encouraged her 
 to locate at Clay Center, Nebr., so as 
 to make it convenient for our patnms 
 to get the feed without freighting it 
 here and there betore reaching the 
 consumer. 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
 Last month the Investigator had 
 Mrs. Mattie St;ii=ft, of Laurence, Nebr, 
 raising Cochins and living down in 
 Kansas. We don't blame her for raising 
 objections to such a procedure but our 
 readers will please notice that she 
 is located at Lawrence, Nebraska and 
 breeds Buff Orpingtons of the best 
 strains. 
 
 Winners Again! 
 
 Rocks and Wyandott6s- 
 
 15arred and White, Silverand White. 
 Score 92 to95'2 . They are sired by 
 winnere and bred to winners from 
 some of our largest shows. Fggs $2 
 per 15 straight from pens headed by 
 1st and 2d prize birds. 
 J. A. DOUGLAS, Ferguson, Mo. 
 
 It's Up To You 
 
 To get .5,00(1 new subscribers. We 
 will send the Fanciers' Guide, an up- 
 to-date Poultry and Hare paper 6 
 
 months for only 10 cents- Special 
 
 ad rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3 
 months for 1 dollar. .W words breeder 
 notice, 3 months, .5(1 cents. Try it now 
 in egg season. 
 Faticiers' Guide, Montpelier, Indiana. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR 
 
 MY MAMMOTHT eHc,imn..,„...„wn 
 
 'EKiN DUCKS ya^°e"ii'w°:j;s'^,?nS',;t 
 
 i-^i huncira ;u. (Jieat St. L.ouis Fair and 
 Poll 1 1 ry shuw; also in the hands of my 
 cii>toii.er-i. A few elegant Buff Rox at 
 lialf real value. 
 
 OTTO STOECXER, Box 18, Manchester. Mo 
 
 Have you seen II? 
 
 The Fanciers' World 
 
 AniPrlca'.s leading publication for fanciers. 
 Special depai-Muents for dogs. cats, i.isteon-. 
 lures, poultry, etc. 32 pattes. Profusely 
 lllu-traled, l>i-r year, SOceiits. Saii.p e c-.iny 
 free. 
 
 The Fanciers' War III 
 
 F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, Hi. 
 
 Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? 
 
 Make your Own! 1 can send you formu- 
 las (or all kiiins of stock and pouliry 
 foods. Here are a few; Cliick food aSc: 
 egK food. 35c; poulory conalMon powder. 
 4.'ic; stork condition powder. 3dc; liog con- 
 diii.u powder. Mc. Write for others. 
 A. W. Collins, 
 630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la. 
 
 Black Langshans 
 
 Large, vigorous stock, free from di.sqiialifl. 
 cation: up to standard weight; winners at 
 Clay County Show. A fine lot of Ckls. for 
 sale. Prices reasonable. Eggs for sale in 
 season. Address. 
 
 MRS. V. W, .lOnNSON. Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 'Twsntf-FiveyearsifithePoultrf yard." 
 
 A perfect Manual for Succes.s. 
 Gives symptoms anti remedies 
 for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, 
 Hog and Poultry cholera. io8 
 pages. Price 23 cents. 
 
 A. H, LANG, Covedaie, Ky. 
 
 AL Vm*! We have imported stock. 
 Un leSi R. C.R.I. Reds, R.C. Mi- 
 norcas, Bufi' Orpingtons, Barred Rock. 
 AncDnias, Lt. Brahmas, Pekin and 
 Cayuga ducks. Eggs $[..S0 per 15. 
 Duck eggs SI. (XI per 12. Oae setting 
 free to best customer. Stock for sale. 
 5 R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for 
 sale cheap. 
 
 P. (i. Shelby. Horiii. Pa. box A. 
 
 I Baff Orpin srtons ® 
 
 I AND* I 
 
 White Wyandottes | 
 
 ,^^ No better Stock * 
 
 ^ Raised. J 
 
 I never have failed to win in (S 
 largest shows. Birds score from ® 
 90to9.5;4. I 
 
 I C. ROCKIIILL, i 
 
 ^ Harvard, Nebraska. ® 
 
 ?1 (?) 
 
 This is for You! 
 
 Owina to tuy .iudslig engagetiients 
 for s-ason of I9i';.'.3. will . of, i,h alile 
 to'how my birds and will heiehy 
 reduce th- pri.e of egss from $:i (H) 
 toJaOOper 15 1 have f, c. Brown 
 I.eiii.o ns. Black h'-irhornsU tired 
 Plymouth hocks. (Violet strain ) 
 
 David Larson, Wahoo Nebr. 
 
 —White and Buff Wyandottes.— 
 
 Prize Winners- 1st Ckl at RIgin. Isl and 2nd 
 ckl. :.'nd imllet. ;jrd hen. 3nd pen at Ucf k- 
 ford 1st and 2nd ckl. Is- and 3rd ck. 2nd 
 hen, 3rd pullet. .l»t. 2nd and 3rd pens at Hel- 
 virlnre. 1.1. 1(102. Orders booked for eits.s 
 »3 00 per 1:1. 
 
 B R LUCAS, Belvidere, ll! 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Moatock for aalet Rose Comlis, Kuir 
 Orpinjiioiis. A few eiiit, at. $.>Oir p r IS. Win- 
 ners at Ited Ouk and Os-.-eola. Iowa, and Ne- 
 braska State Show at Lincoln, Sin'Mc 
 Coombs, egiis. J:i.0O per 1:1. ?5 (10 pp- 20. 
 
 Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 
 
 For Sale. 
 
 100 choice V0U112 birds from winners it, 
 Kans;is and Nebraska Slate Shows. 11101. 
 S. S. Hamiuir-s. I'aitrid^'e Oidiins. BiilT 
 Cochins, l.iL'hl Hrahmasand B. P. Rocks 
 Show recdiii on Hppiication. Kegs from 
 choicesl inali.,g».tl.:-.0 perseltlnj;. 
 
 DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 0. MO. HUN. DRO. 
 
 Breeder of Prize-Winiiiig 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 
 
 stock foi sale at all tii.ics Kg-.s in .season. 
 
 [iB.OMOHUNDRO, Bowling Gfeeo Jo. 
 
 Listen! 
 
 -fF YOU WANT- 
 
 Bai'i'ecl P. Hock 
 
 cockerels, hetis or pullets, worth ev- 
 erj' cent asked, scored or unscored. 
 send nie your order and let me prove my proni" 
 ise to please you. E&gs $1. From all scored 
 stock bv Kaup and Heimlich. Sl-Ri and ?2. No 
 secrets al)OUt tht-sepens. Ask what you want. 
 
 Mrs. A- P. Rodgers* 
 Bowliug Green, Mo. 
 
 9 
 
 IT BEATS ALL. 
 
 too CKB liatcher costs only «2. 94.000 sold 
 principally by agents. We want 6,000 active 
 men and women agents for the new season. Special 
 term, with you — a larjre margin of profit. tOe eec 
 rormula and PBtnlocueaent tree, if yon write ti> 
 day, Terntor.v may he gone tomorrow^ 
 
 NATURIIL HEN INCUBATOR CO., B 11, COLUMBUS, NEB. 
 
30 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 A COMCRtTE POULTRY HOUSE 
 
 The concrete poultry house has come 
 to stay. They arc one of the best 
 tlnngs that I have invested in since in 
 the poultry business, which covers a 
 period of 18 years, and I have had 
 some experience with most all kinds of 
 houses, from a straw pile up. I have 
 had roup and kindred diseases to con- 
 tned with all along the line, but since 
 the advent of the concrete houses, doc- 
 tering fowls is a thing of the by-gone- 
 days. The walls of a concrete house 
 are the same as if of one solid stone, 
 there is no cracks to admit of cold 
 draughs on the fowls, consequently 
 there is no roup with fowls in these 
 houses. When we shut out wind, rain 
 and frost and promote health in our 
 stock we have taken a long stride to 
 success in poultry culture. A vigorous, 
 healthy hen is usually a good laying 
 hen, and the hen that lays best is the 
 one that pays best. When I devote 
 most all my time to keeping poultry 
 for the profit, and I must set down, 
 fold my arms four months of the year, 
 but the feed bills still run up into dol- 
 lars and no income from my fowls. I 
 wouldn't consider that I was making 
 a success of it. 
 
 Let's make some figures in the busi- 
 ness here today. The egg output was 
 33; value in the market here, 3 cents 
 each, or 99 cents for the day's laying: 
 one months at this rate would be $30.69. 
 Within ten days from now we expect 
 to double this record, and will do it. 
 My house cost me just about $50 all 
 told for the CO feet of concrete and 14 
 feet planked up for a brood house at 
 the east end, making a house 10x74 
 feet, divided into six rooms 10x10 of 
 the concrete and one brood room lOx 
 14 feet. 
 
 If my laying stock on the place will 
 bring me an income of $61.38 during 
 the months of January and February 
 eggs sold at market price, and pay for 
 my house and still have me a balance 
 of $11.38, it proves to me very clearly 
 that the concrete house is a success. 
 Now if every farmer in the vicinity was 
 getting eggs from their hens at this 
 time I could not give the praise all to 
 the warm house, and my care, but 
 there is very few, if any eggs coming 
 to market here now. Wife and I visit- 
 ed a well-to-do farmer near here yes- 
 terday who told us they had 85 Brown 
 Leghorn hens and pullets and were 
 not getting an egg. They had a barn 
 large enough to hold nearly all the 
 buildings on our place. But he said 
 "their coop was too cold." and that's 
 about what is the matter with the most 
 of farmers' chicken business. "The 
 coop too ccld." 
 
 Morning View ipi 
 Poultry Yards. Ml 
 
 . ...HAVE ... 
 
 ..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eyes. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 
 
 James M. Perkins, 
 
 RAVENWOOD. 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 Mrs J B Jones. ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Breeder of 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 and Mammotli Bronze 
 Turkeys 
 
 STOCK FOR SALE. EGGS IN SEA- 
 SON. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 K.VCLIISIVELY. Our Buff 
 Wyaiidoties are brfl fnini 
 best strain olilain'ible and 
 in line. We breed the pure 
 (.'•ildt-n BulT. nut, the dark 
 red. They're priz.e winners. 
 
 E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Chester White Hogs for sale 
 
 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 
 
 For Poultry, Rabbits, ^g. Orchards, Gardens, etc. 
 
 « £ 
 
 
 = ^ 
 
 stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
 Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union LaNvn 
 Fence Gates, etc., guaranteed first class. 
 
 Your dealer should handle this line— if not, -write US for 
 prices. Catalogue free. 
 
 UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A. 
 
 I FRANK MYERS, 
 J Free Port, III., U. S. A. 
 
 \ Box 2(1. 
 
 J nr-eeder r^f r ,» 
 
 \ Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 jTlii-y are Barred KiL'ht and ennd 
 J size. Rl-u's l.i fur le :il) for JitSO. 
 J .W for +.00. HKI tor 7 0(1. 
 
 IDE.\L 
 .\I.I.UMlN'rM 
 
 ^ Also manufacturer ofj 
 ; Ideal Aluminum Leg ^ 
 '} Band :::::: ; 
 
 ; The arknowledsed lender. 13 fori 
 ; 15c. 25 for 30(:. 50 fr)r 50<\ 100 for J 
 ? 75c. Samples and circular of \ 
 i Barred liocks mailed \ 
 
 ■ for stamps. \ 
 
 Donkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 all others. Une SOtcent package makes 35 gallon 
 
 everv package. I f It falls to cure money refund. Po^^tpald 
 
 Conkey's Lovise Killer never falls to 1 111. Try It. 26 cents per packageTand 
 
 Cure Guaranteed ! 
 
 TllE only remedy positively 
 known to cure roup In all Its 
 forms as long as the fowl can 
 see to drink. For Oanker. es- 
 pe lally In plseons, this cure excels 
 edtclne. r)lr»cllons with 
 11 size 50c. large $1. 
 
 Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poxjltry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect 
 lieali h, ami proi u.e ijrore eggs than any ■-lnill:,r preparation. 25 cents per package 
 .inO l.i cents extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY & CO., CleveleiLnd, O. 
 
 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 
 sale by all poultry supply houses. ^'"Agents wanted. 
 
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. We have engaged the well- 
 known judge, Mr. C. H. Rhodes of 
 Topeka, to score the birds. All 
 fanciers are invited to co-operate and 
 make the show a large one. 
 
 The membership fee is only "iO cents 
 per year, and all members will have 
 their names printed in the premium list 
 free with name of the variety of fowls 
 they brered. This alone will be worth 
 50 cents. 
 
 We need you co-operation and will 
 appreciate your interest. Join with us 
 and climb up to the top seat. Address 
 all correspondence to Mrs. Maude 
 Rolfe, Secretary, Wetmore Kans. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. v 
 
 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. 
 
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 Pinkerton's Perfection Chick Food. <> 
 
 It contains everything that is essential for V 
 the chicks's life. Not a pound of material Q 
 in it that is not the best the market affords, a 
 It is equal to any chick food on the market yr 
 Price 30 lbs, $1.00; 50 lbs, $1.,S0; 100 lbs, S2.50. Q 
 Manufactured by 
 
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 Sure Hatch Incubator Co- 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
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 BUFF ROCKS. 
 W. WYANDOTTES. 
 BARRED ROCKS. 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
 
 Ea-a-s. 
 
 Only S3. 00 per .50 or $5.00 per 100 from our 
 white breeds. $4. CO per .50 or *7.00 per 100 
 from our best pens — Hawkins, Dustin, Felch 
 strains. Bred to win and to please. We guar- 
 antee our eggs to be as good as the best and 
 positively thoroughbred of the best standard. 
 The above low offer is for this season onl)-. 
 Catalogue free. Member of American Buff 
 Rock Club. 
 
 JAMES Q. MYERS, 
 
 Oaks. Pa. 
 
 /\ A I/^ IT C Lamps and 
 VFi4.IVIL/3 Regulators. 
 
 NEW 
 
 THE STANDARJ) FOR OTHERS, 
 
 OukeV Hydro Surety Lump, (Wnler jacketed mck tube), the only safe 
 
 Neier t've, uiil nurbuiokes. Price loc to S'J.id. 
 Oakea' ImprovL-a Wufcr Tlii-riiioatulo. Special KegulatorC 
 April 1. Water re;riil 
 
 fall kinds. Tnnkn, llfat«rM, E|rir TeMer», cte. 
 
 Write for catalogue and get our money-saving prices. 
 
 L. R.. OAKES. Mfr.. No.a2 6th Street. BLOOMINGTON. IND. 
 
 Fresh Opportunities 
 
 follow the purchase of a Victor Incubator. That i.s the tes- 
 timony of thousands of successful poultry raisers who will 
 have lio other machine .Absolutely self-reKUlatiug, and the 
 Blinplest, surest, most durable hatcher ever made. Guar- 
 anteed positively as represented 
 
 money refunded. The 
 
 VICTOR 
 
 Incubator Jk^^ss^.^iirTass, 
 
 ^. Catalogue 
 telling bow to get increased 
 results from almost any 
 machine, for 6 cents. 
 
32 
 
 GOLDEN WYANDOTTES AND 
 
 WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS._^— ^ 
 
 111 Lacing, shape and size unexcelled. 
 Fifty Cockerels mid Pullets to sell. 
 Bggs in season. 
 
 W. J. EAST, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 High class stock for sale! 
 
 Barred and BuflF Plymouth Rocks 
 and S. C. W. Leghorns. Can furni-h 
 • "w birds for fall fairs. Drouth pric- 
 es. EDW. C. WEEKS, Eldon. Mo. 
 
 Caution! Oofl RamOThim Ad. 
 
 Fur If ym rio vou will fll'Covcr where to 
 ^.,-t ii ,• iH-.t of White Kocks scorin;,' froiu !W 
 liiHliii:it the larnest shiiws Ihriiuirhout i he 
 slHle of iMiin At •■(iluiiilnis. liWl. wcshowed 
 thirty \Mi te K.ioks wiih iiii iiverii^' si'iire of 
 %m. A 4-ye»r-old r-ook hlid scored !i.')'i un<l 
 er such )ii' ftes as Hrldije. Lan-. Orttnnier. 
 narjter liiid Jones. Stoi-k foissHle. Eggs $2.00 
 
 Maughlin Bros. 
 
 Colnnibusi, Ohio 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 May I "SHOW YOU" »• ^' Rocks Exclusively 
 
 That eg-gs bought of me will hatch f^"™e good cockerels for sale yet 
 
 Barred Rocks for you that will sat- Eg-gs for -ale at S2 per IS, $3 for .30. 
 
 isfy the most exacting. If not ~ 
 
 treated right, publt.sh me in the In- Xj. A. DA_~5l , 
 
 vestigator. coRwiN JONES, Bruning, ISTeb 
 
 Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa " 
 
 p from 3 yards of prize win- 
 
 P^U OrO ning Barred Rooks scor- 
 "OO" ing up to 92,'/2 atS1.50and 
 $2 (10 per 1.'). From my S. C. White 
 Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres- 
 ser heavy laving strains) scoring up to 
 94 '4 , at #2.06 per 15. 
 
 P. Hostetter, 
 
 East Lynue, Mo 
 
 A Boon for Poultry Kr«pcr« 
 IIETTKK than u l;OI,l> MINE. 
 
 We will tell you how we made oui 
 hens pay over *I0 per pent protlt. 
 M erely send yotu-nn me and addreK 
 W.j.lJrP.rullrjt'o., niulonville.Conii 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 OURNALISM 
 
 I'racticui. piiylni? newspaper work. 
 
 nhortt 
 
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 TAUCHT BY MAIL 
 
 tiy our succeasrul system In per- 
 sorml charge of Mr. Henry I ii. h- 
 lifld West, formerly manaixins 
 e.liior of the Washington 1 rut. 
 
 f-i e?;priil ptndentfl evervwlu-re. 
 
 W.lic lor Illustrated houUlei. 
 
 HOKTHAND a.nd 
 BOOKKEEPING. 
 
 SMKly at hmne mid take a 
 higher ^ali^rv. liiv.stinu a 
 little time and a Utile inon. 
 y In a businesscourKe with 
 VIS and the dividend will 
 nev.reea«e II .siihlects 
 
 TAUGHTBYMAiL 
 
 C'omplt I. oiiuinua :,o lii En. 
 
 gtneerlnjf. .'oiirnalisni. .Sei- 
 
 _-nguaees. etc. Write tiw free 
 
 N XTTONAL COUUI-SI'()NnF.N('F 
 
 ITUTE I4ti0 Second Nafl. Bank Bidg. 
 
 iilnalun. IJ. (.;. 
 
 Single-combed ^^KfxoK^^. 
 
 (Exclusively) 
 
 Birds i.f i-hnlce breeding. Seorlns: from «2 to 
 il4'i are In my p.-ns fer H102. Ebes from 
 these pens 12.00 per dozen. A satisfactory 
 h itc-h .'iiaranleed 
 
 Frank McDonald, Columbus, O. 
 
 iKcun-K 1. Sta. H > 
 
 For Sale.... 
 
 200 Fine Black Lang.shan.s. ioo 
 Some'of the best I ever rais.d 
 Address 
 
 Ben F. Kytr.-, 
 
 Ctawfoidsvllle. Ind 
 
 Ross Bros' Trapnest 
 
 1st what every piniltryman iieed» 
 
 In sets ot 3 for $3.00. naliuArail 
 In sets of 5 lor $4.25. UeilfBreOi 
 
 F^or* Sale. 
 
 We sell them cheapi 
 make then". 
 
 than vou can 
 
 We Must Have Room! 
 
 IS Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, SI 50 and S2 50 each. 
 
 10 Extra Fine Buff Red Cockerels S2.50 and S3. 00; worth $.5 0(i to Slu.oO. 
 
 10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels $1.50 to S2.00 each. 
 
 No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thunjuj. 
 
 bred poultry, ?5.i«i to S7.IKI per hundred, S3. 00 to S4.IKI per .^o. 
 
 SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 BONANZA RABBITRY, 
 
 Founders of the Hrst herd of pedigreed Belgian 
 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 
 
 Our Hales for 1900 wer.- over 5.000 head. Send 
 10 cents for the m^st complete and most be.iu- 
 tlful 5fi-pa-'e cfttaloir ever puhll«'ert. 
 
 Bona ,za Uabbltry M.iiual. Uh edition, just 
 corning from the press. $1.00, written by Dr. It. 
 0. Piatt, the toremnst authority on the subject, 
 president of the National Association of Bel- 
 gian Hare Judees; professional Insruclorof 
 
 Belclan Hare Institute*; originator of the Decimal System of .ludjring and 
 ed to this system; Inventor of Bi-nanza Tattooing Marker for Belgians 
 Perfect Belgian moulded In metal, presenting the Ideal colors, also perfi 
 shape and size. 
 
 ESTABLISED IN I8S5- 
 
 cilon In'qiiallty 
 
 Address DR. B. C. PL ATT,2741 N. road St , PHILADF LP HI A 
 Perm&nent Cn.KtAm Office &.nd SaLlAsroom. 
 
 Tiffany's paragon Lice Killer. 
 
 Ross Bros.' Buff Wyandottes. 
 
 Eead in the best competition. 
 
 ROSS BROS. Manhattan, Kan. 
 
 POULTRY mi 
 
 at CUT PRICES 
 
 CATALOGUEFRKF. 
 
 It. Co., Columbus, 
 
 Kills ll.-e 'nd miteson poultry, hogs and ani- 
 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 
 
 where you find the mitres or spldir lice, it gets theie 
 
 every time F.VMry can Is juaranteed or money refundi a 
 
 a Sprayer and can .if Lice Killer FREE- 
 
 Tiffany's Paragon Poultry Powder. 
 
 For setting bens and babv chicks- Alway-tobe used before sitting the heii. For the next CO 
 days we will send our old and new ruMomcrs. 100 lbs Shel-grlt. (.warse orflne) lOu ibs lime 
 stoegTft, one gallon Paragon Llc-kiiler. one Tiffany's Doijb e Tube ^^pray, r, one 411) paek- 
 age Powder, all for$2..W. Tbele goods all gn 3rd class freight-cheap. 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY. 
 
 Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
POULTRY INVISTISATOR. 
 
 ^l^^^ays Take 
 
 THE 
 
 Kansas City & Omaha Line 
 
 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. 
 
 A. L. PEDICK, ' box A, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 Miller's Perfection 
 Folding Exhibition 
 
 Kolds like a book. All in oae piece. 
 NothlDK to (o astray. The neatest 
 and strongest coop on the market. 
 
 Wm. MILLER. North Bend. Neb 
 
 SEED CORN. 
 
 Prize Winners and ' Mortgage Lifters. Tested and 
 Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties. 
 
 Onion Seed! Larga 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 
 at wholesale prices. Nearly SSOO.OO in prizes and 100,- 
 000 papers free seeds given to customers this year. 
 
 Archias Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo 
 
 33 
 
 Ai n'tthf se beaiitii's 
 
 But not so fine fis 
 chirks liatrlml 
 from H. I'. Uoili 
 and Buir (Jodi 
 Inea^'slhal vmi 
 can buy or Mr-. 
 KpsMrr. 1 lui' •■ 
 
 First Prixe Hen. Weight 9 Iba. 
 
 Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
 late State Show Judge Myers said 
 she was the best one he bad seen 
 this year. I won Sregular premiums 
 at the above show. 20 years a 
 breeder of this variety e.xclusivcly. 
 Write your wants Ar'dress 
 
 F. C. HINMAIS, Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality aad Quantity. 
 
 Farm raised prize winning stock. 
 Eggs fl.SO per 15, $.'i.00 per 100. 
 
 H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr 
 
 Single Gomb Brown Leghorns. 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A. RIcKards, 
 
 SOITH . OGDEN = POULTRY = YARDS, 
 
 Ogden, Utalr. 
 
34 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^ Chicken Choras 
 
 'irs AH 'Rig hi 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 ?" We couldn't do it if our 
 
 machine wasn't all right. Send for book explaining 
 
 why it does such good work. It's free. 
 CLAy PHELPS I/^ClZ-BATOTi CO., 
 
 station 87 Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 These Eggs Will Hatch 
 
 chicks that liave rich yellow leers and stioM 
 wlilte pliiiiiafe, 
 
 .50 per 15 from pen No. i ifl.OO per 1.5, 
 Mrs. M. C, Oowiilfig, Elk City, Kan. 
 
 Free Barred Plymouth Rock 
 
 Circular tellinq- about my su- 
 perb Barred Rocks. Yards 
 headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prize winners from 
 prize winning ancestry. . Eggs $2.00 per K?, 3 settings ?.").00. 
 
 PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb. 
 
 Leghi 
 
 Buff Legnorns 
 
 The Coming Breed. 
 
 Eggs 
 
 They are no doubt the best laying breed 
 there is, and are larger than other Leg- 
 horns. Average weight of male and fe- 
 male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden 
 Bufi plumage, winners wherever shown. 
 "5c per 15. From tri.0 winners, i'i.SQ per 15. 
 
 Em C, HaHsook, Spring Valley, Ohiom 
 
 Black LangshattS. winner of American Lang- 
 shan Cup, at Bowling 
 <ireen. Mo. They won for two years 1st ck, 1st and 3d 
 cl.1, 1st and 3d pullet, Ist hen, 1st, pen. At St Louis, 1st 
 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 
 95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen 190:V. I own the 
 highest scoring ck, ckl, hen and pullet in the state. Eggs 
 $2.00 per setting. 
 
 JOHN HETTIGH, 
 
 Bowling Green, Mo, 
 
 To the Editor: 
 
 Dear Sir: — While the girls and boys 
 are discussing fine points in the chicken 
 coop,'!, please give them the one be- 
 low to crack: In the fall of 1001 our 
 turkeys and guineas laved until about 
 October 1st; not wisliing to market the 
 eggs, we packed them in the celler and 
 we have been using them ever since 
 the holidays, and if you did not know 
 they are of last years' stock I am cer- 
 tain that you could not tell the dif- 
 ference from a newly layed egg. The 
 cold storage people tell us that it re- 
 quires 32 to .34 degrees to keep an egg 
 good. The facts above does not show 
 that you need to have a cold storage 
 plant, but a good cellar will will answer 
 ns well. There is an old saying, 
 "What will keep out cold will keep out 
 heat." that answers in this case. 
 Pack you eggs fresh; turn the cases 
 two or three times a week and we are 
 satisfied the eggs will keep from 
 .\ugi'ft 15th to .^pril 1. 
 
 Mr. Editor; The above are facts as 
 we can show you if you will come out 
 to the ranch. If the above is worth 
 its room in your valuable paper, use it; 
 if not. the waste basket. 
 
 M. P. ROBERTS. 
 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 At Neb. State show 1902, in class of 
 1 17 birds, 13 exhibitors, 1 2 pens in com- 
 pet tion, V oa I'd pen, missing 1st by % 
 point, 2d ckl, 3d pullet. 4ih ck. Eggs 
 $."! per 15, $.'5 for HO. Write fur prices 
 on incubator eggs. 
 J. W. HALL, David City, Nebr 
 
 BUSINESS COLLEGE. 
 
 One of the leading schools of the west- 
 Large attendance. Great demand for 
 its graduates. Expenses low. Address 
 
 H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 
 
 Reference; Sure Hatch Incubator Company 
 
 BITY STOni v and EGGS from hi^h scoring 
 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. 
 
 BAR^UNFlirBARREiprROCKS. 
 
 Edson's Reslstered Strain, from a lon» line 
 of piize-winiiinjr ancesters; have made them 
 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 
 soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
 half-tones of nieritot-ious birds. Address, 
 
 M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 Buflf Rocks 
 Pekin Ducks 
 Toulouse Geese 
 Bronze Turkeys. 
 
 MRS. FLORA 
 SHROYER. 
 
 Perry, O. T. 
 
 WANTED! 
 
 25oWhite Wyandotte Hens 
 and Pullets. 
 
 250 White Leghorn Hens 
 and Pullets. 
 
 100 Buff Orpington Fe- 
 males. 
 
 Will pay cash. Address, 
 
 Box 427, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 ForSaief ~ ~ ~ 
 
 Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy 
 Ducks. At State Poultry Show on 
 four entries of geese I took first 3 
 premiums. Eggs for sale in season. 
 
 Wailen Cameron. Schuyler. Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 35 
 
 MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD, 
 
 ___„_SIBKBEDERS 0F :^=^ „ 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
 Pekin Ducks. 
 
 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- 
 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. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON, Surprise, Nebr, 
 
 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 
 
 BAKKEI) PLYMOUTH KOCKS. With that nice even tin- b.LiilnK to the skin as blue 
 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 i hat soft even brown color, tine si rip* d lacUels 
 and eii-sant cotubs In fact birds that give the other fell"W thai tl'ed feelinc i» 'he 
 showroom If so, address. J W. WHITNEY, Chatham, O , P. O Box I. 
 
 RARRFn ^"^ADi-KY Bros 
 
 ROOKS. 
 
 New York winners 
 is what my ilock is built from. Win- 
 ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2. 
 Eggs $2.50 per IS. Stock for sale. 
 
 J. R, Henderson, 
 
 Sta. B. Route i. 
 
 Columbus, Om 
 
 P ULLET S^LE. 
 
 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 
 price. Send tor eg:g: circular describinii 
 our five breeding^ vards, mated for best 
 results, E ggs, $2.50 per 15 straight. 
 
 MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Falrbury, Neb. 
 
 '^io^ioio4oioioioioioio^ioioioX*^jfe^jfeioioio>?' 
 
 49 
 
 49 
 
 Hello! Whose are These? Why Hall's Famous Prize Witmjug 
 
 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 
 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 
 are all winners. Illustrated catalogue tells jou all. Stock and 
 eggs for sale. 
 
 J D W HALL, 
 
 Box 700. 
 
 Des Moines Iowa- 
 
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36 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Mines' Liquid Lice Killer. 
 
 li'iiiltrv liciillhy 
 
 Will destroy all animal veriiiin 1 , , ^. ,. , 
 
 used in conjunction with Hities' Poultry Food. Pays for itseH in'The c'sff 
 -"'^,1',**'_ ,-"'''^1'""'' *'°'' '"^'<'"S' -•''C each. Harred Plymouth Rock. ef;{rs 
 iioth Bronze Turkey eggs SI. 00 per 
 
 ?1.UU for ]-,. Maui 
 
 Mrs I. W. HUMES, Walnuf. Kan 
 
 Trees and Plants ^ ^m^E se e the loo^ 
 
 Noxall incubator 
 
 That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit. 
 
 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). Enelish 
 Illustrated Catalogues FREE. / 
 
 CARL S3N0ERF.66ER, Proprietor, Boi 27, Beatrice, Neb 
 
 3 riultr^ dii 
 
 batoi- Co., Q,nincy, III, 
 
 Do you l(eep Bees? 
 
 THEN learn how to 
 
 lie the Lest up- 
 
 Jfls H; Vjsiviiiiilcr, 
 
 jnd olh- 
 used by 
 bee keep- 
 
 Dfs Moines, lown. 
 
 White and Golden Wyandottes*** 
 
 Incubators^ 
 
 only 
 «lipt 
 in ih 
 
 The Strongest Chicks 
 
 6tp)^ iPfiE 
 
 / ■^^^""' Ijinpurt tone and M 
 
 V- I »»/■'» /ity to the eggand , . 
 
 5 LAY /-"■'• """•"■' 
 
 MAI 
 
 AMERICAN STOCK FOOD CO., 
 
 19 Front Street, Quincy, Illinois. 
 
 II on e tirely new |,rhu-lp|ps and II, e 
 inKehiiie made thai will allow tlieclii hS 
 h:iic-hlniriocninP nut nf thp macliliie 
 ■ purn. rn-.sh oiiisjdi- all ai tl.i-ir own 
 111 -t exactly the same as they do » h. n 
 iiri;r under the ben. Guaranteed t.' im- 
 iiauiienloser and to hatch equal tn aoy 
 in.' on the market. Kor further pariic- 
 a.ldross with alatnp. 
 
 L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 
 
 
 #«i#"». « 
 
 ITHIS IS THE WAY 
 
 tliey come off for the man who uses 
 
 THE NATURAL HEN 
 
 INCUBATOR. 
 
 Beats any plan yet devised. Costs you 
 nothing if you follow our plan. We 
 have an agents proposition that is the 
 be.st money maker you ever heard of, 
 Don't wait until your neighbor gets 
 ahead of you. Catalogue and 10c Egg 
 Formula free if you write to-day. 
 
 Natural Hen Incubator Co.. 
 
 B'l 1, Columbus, Neb. 
 
 OVER.NMENT PO- 
 SITIONS 
 
 Ni-arly lli,U<H'a|)p.ilntiiii-nis 
 made last vai. r-haii.-es 
 l.eitpr f,,r IWK. Ilurn'rels 
 K.of il.o.^,. who li:,vp liepniiii- 
 poinied wi-re piepared hy 
 u-Hy n... ,1 Eviahljshed IHHa 
 F'lli pailicu'ai.-i flee (•••n- 
 CP nins sfovrrnniPnt po.si- 
 linns. salaiii>> and. p.xan,- 
 inaili.n^. when and where 
 tiPld our meibi'ds ot. Wriio iii-dav 
 V'TTOVM. r.( lJ!K.«l'()\l)K\f R INSTI- 
 TUTE. 14-42 Second Nat'l. hank bldg , Wash. 
 Ington. D. C. 
 
 The CYPHERS IWCyBATOR 
 
 Gold Medal and Highest Award at Pan-American. October, 1901 
 Were Placed on 
 
 I line .inil time ai;ain tli,: (.M.lins 3(.n-egu inacliine „ 
 
 upwards of 300 chicks from 360 untested eggs 
 
 wouhl take thirty Inns to li:,i, h JllHl chicks. 
 
 ^, , , THE EVIDENCE. 
 
 ■■I get am chlclt.s out of .1I» fertile eggs.' 
 
 M 
 
 ■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. T»vlo,. lT,„„pi„„, p.,. '^"' 
 
 -LR"llT,Km°V,V''<''"''''r'"'-*'™°'^^' "'''"'''''' ■''''''''■'''*■'' 
 
 rJ.'i.'"' "' iT'm'".;''^' I'C. '",'."'?.'"' ' '""'^l'"' •■"* good, henlthy 
 
 loading I got :101 
 
 ,■ ..,,. .. .. ir ■ — ■; »■ .it-tMij i.iii,.K3 iTiiiii the 3fi0-egg 
 
 CyjiherN S|'f;»g"c llr.«., Fliirence. O. 
 Think ..t the w->rk and the worry in caring for the thirty hens It 
 
 • r gs and from 
 
 i.ikc.. Pa. 
 
 > ^l^..lIg. healthy chicks froi 
 
 wvjul.l re iiilre to liakh W» chickens, ten to each hen 
 will take perfect care of the Cyphers SOO-egg incuK-il 
 LItrralljr tllail.nndli of nFr<on> in every walk . 
 abovi'aiiotoil. and the smaller sizes of Cyiihers Ir 
 'Ti this yfiii can at>s<<Iiitclv depend. Wl. 
 ,1 ... -- descriptive Iri-pngc " 
 
 -Tills 
 
 largest 
 
 ivi-qn 
 
 est si/, 
 
 cat3l,.n,K-. IKnnnl..,-,.^^|||„c|,c,. liuenttinswiiii. I , . - ;, 
 
 Cyphers Incubator Co., !.'o"ov''.i\.V.-.'i,'i'V,.;';i,::!,'a:: 
 
 Winning: 
 
 White Wyandottes. 
 
 WE WIN East and 
 West. At the great 
 Chicag-oSnow, 1902 
 in hot competition, 
 ill a class of 64 
 White Wyandotte 
 cockerels, 'the fin- 
 est ever seen, our 
 birds were given two prizes out of five, 
 wiiiiiiiig the :id and .'ith prizes. We 
 have t pens of high scoring females 
 headed by prize birds. Eggs S'i per 1.?. 
 
 GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 
 
 Heovlly Feathered, Highly Penciled 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 
 
 Egg's $".!.iili per l.'i. Satisfaction fguar- 
 aiiteed. Write for particulars. 
 
 C. J. Beedle. Holdres^e. Neb. 
 
Barred P .Rocks. 
 
 Hawkin's Strain! 
 
 I breed them by the Trap 
 nest system. Eggs that 
 will hatch First Prize win- 
 ners, $2.00 per 13, $5.00 
 per 40. Send an order. 
 
 GEO. H WALLACE 
 
 Box A. Navau, Mltm 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS.^ 
 
 Prize-vvinning^ stock, first prize 
 at the Great St. Louis Fair. Of 
 four entries at Kansas City, Mo., 
 won 1 first, 2 .seconds, 1 third. 
 4 prizes at Kansas State Show. 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write us 
 
 STECKER BROS., 
 
 4639. Cottaise Ave., St. Louis. Mo 
 
 Ftt'A'e I'rom prize winning Golden 
 So* Wyandottes, $2. per i:i, scor- 
 ing from IK) to 93'., by Shellen' erger. 
 
 J. Gordinier, 
 
 Keota, III. 
 
 Silver Laced Wyandottes. 
 
 Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 
 pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
 Fine scoring 
 
 Albert Lisius. Lake Mills. Mo- 
 
 I Sell You 
 
 Barred Rocks at one 
 cent on the dollar. 
 
 By selling you chicks just out of the 
 shell from stock the sire of which cost 
 S50.00, the dam, $10.00, total $60.00. 
 You get chicks for 60 cents each — thus 
 one cent on the dollar. W. P. R ducks 
 at 50 cents each. This is the best 
 chance in the world to start with good 
 solid foundation of pure bred eastern 
 stock. We ship lots of 10 or more and 
 guarantee safe arrival 1,500 miles. 
 Hatching all the time. Order in ad- 
 vance. Cash with order. 
 
 PARTINGTON. Northboro, Mass. 
 
 White Minorcas. Barred 
 Plymouth Rocks, Gold- 
 en and White Wyan- 
 dottes and Buff Gochin 
 Bantam Cockerels. 
 
 ♦ ♦-»-♦■»-♦-»■-»- 
 
 I have cockerels in the above 
 named varieties for sale and 
 eggs In season. (Score cards 
 with cockerels). The Wyan- 
 dottes are Dustin & Keller 
 strains direct. B. P Kocks 
 are Elliotts. 
 Yours Respectfully, 
 
 Pine Lawn Poultry Parm. 
 L. D. Metcalf. Prop'r- 
 
 Wakefield - Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Singfie Comb 
 White Leg:horns. 
 
 Eggs for hatching from the cream 
 of my flock, as I have the advan 
 tage of selecting my breeders from 
 among seven hundred choice birds 
 all bred and owned by myself. 
 Nothing but the very best speci 
 mens of most prolific layers are 
 ever used. Descendant from gen 
 erations of great layers of large 
 pure white eggs. Write at once 
 for circulars 
 
 E. A. TESDALL, 
 
 Slater, Story Co, Iowa 
 
 P stands for P 
 U stands for U 
 R stands for R 
 I stands for I 
 T stands for T 
 A stands for A 
 N stands for N 
 
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 H stands for H 
 I stands for I 
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 K stands for K 
 
 F stands for F 
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 D stands for D 
 
 uritan; pure and the best, 
 sage, this stands the test, 
 ation, balanced and true, 
 ncome, doubled for you, 
 rouble, a thing of the past, 
 ctive smart chicks that will last. 
 ature whose laws are observed. 
 
 hickens their health is preserved, 
 appy young P. C. F. chickn. 
 llness which plays them no tricks 
 ostly when losses ensue 
 eeping these losses from you. 
 
 oily when boiled eggs are fed. 
 Id when some are not dead, 
 rders, in volume they grow, 
 rop us a line as below. 
 
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 Box 357. Stamford, Conn. 
 
 Meyer's Langshans 
 
 1st and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
 4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
 Score i89>^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At 
 N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all 
 good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
 tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
 15. $3-5° for 30. $5-00 for 45, from winners. 
 Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 
 
 L. E. Meyers, 
 
 Bowling Green, Missouri 
 
 lY. Jm Cheney, 
 
 Breeder of 
 
 Thoroughbred Poultry, 
 
 BOX 68-^*.- -^1/-CIIBA, MO 
 
 Varieties.— B. P, Rocks, Light Brahmas, W. Wvan- 
 andotles. Partridire Cochios, S. C. B. Minnrca.s, S, C. 
 W. Leeborns. S. and R.C. B. Leghorns. Pekin Ducks. 
 Et't's for hatching-, tl 00 per setting. *3.00 for 50. 
 
 Write for ray new illustrated poultry catalogue. 
 Describes leading varieties of thoroughbred poultry, 
 quotesprieeS on eggs and fowls. Tells you all about 
 The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free. 
 
 W. J. CHENEY. . 
 
 BOX 68.-^ Crawford Co. -Or-CUBA, MO f 
 
 $5.00 
 
 Buys 100 eggs, $1.25 one setting, $2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at 
 CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the all-year-round 
 layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
 Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
 for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator. 
 
 Write E. W. GEER, Farmington, Mo. 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
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 Incubators 
 A«d Brooders. 
 
 A large free Catalogue tells you 
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 Our New No. 2 Double Walled 
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 BROODERS 
 
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 is the real thing. GOOD 
 
 Brooders for $5.00. 
 
 Send for Circulars and Price 
 List 
 
 Dead Chicks Don't Pay. 
 
 Chicks thrive best on a balanced 
 
 feed of meaty, cereal and 
 
 grain element. That's 
 
 STAR SPECIFIC NO. 7. 
 
 It isn't a medicine, but a health 
 and strength builder. It prevents 
 most of tlie diseases that kill chicks. 
 Carefully compounded from re- 
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 Price, at Dealers: 
 
 1 lb. pkg:....10c. 501b. bag.. $2.25 
 
 5 lb. pkg 35c. 1001b. bag.. $.^.50 
 
 Star Incubator Co., 
 
 12 Church St. Bound Brook. N- J. 
 
 Star Specifics 
 Is guaranteed to cure. 
 
 No I. Obolcra Id old 
 
 Fowls. 
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 easier, cuts faster and cleaner, and prepares the bone 
 la Ijetter shape than any other. Wrltealouce. 
 CalalaEue No. la Free. 
 
 W.J.ADAM, JOLIET, ILL. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes 
 
 Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 
 ous, Stock, from careful 
 Matiags. 
 
 S, p. VAN NORT, Si-iisSS^r""- 
 
 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
 St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
 9i-92ii-9\H and 91 X by Butterfield. 
 8 seconds at same show 1900. 1st 
 and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
 Eggs for hatching, $2 per V.i. Stock 
 or sale. Write for full information 
 
 S5,000 c:?^t:;ru. FREE! 
 
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 olee ondleea8es,howtofee4,breei 
 
 iJ. R. Brabozoo. Jr. & Co.. BozlOo.OelavaoTwS^ 
 
 Eggs 
 
 den Sebright Bantams, two dollars 
 per setting- of fifteen. Colored Muscovv ducks. 
 1 wo dollars per setting of eleven. My stuck 
 are all strong and vig-orous and have farm 
 ranee. All eBrg^s shipped will be strictiv fresh- 
 
 Mrs. D. T. STONE, DeKalb3 MO. 
 
 Clover Ridge Poultry Farm, Koiito No. 3. 
 
 Black Langshan, J^^ite p.^<?<=>^;S 
 
 ■ C. Buff Orpington 
 
 W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White 
 Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs 
 from $1.00 to S2.50 per setting. Won at 
 Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS 
 ribbons from 2 to .">. Poor hatches du- 
 plicated at half price. 
 
 Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin,Peb. 
 
 PURE MAPLE SYRUP! 
 
 Orders booked now and syrup shipped as soon 
 as made, direct from the farm. If you want 
 somethine nice and that is guaranteed pure and 
 fresh, i)lease send me your order and I will 
 please you. Put up in 1 (rallou cans. 6 cans to 
 the crate. Price one dollar per eallon. Order 
 early so not to be disappointed and you will 
 want more next year- 
 
 E. E. Miller, Falrvlew Farm, 
 
 Montville. OHlo. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lay eggs. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvllle, la. 
 
 Lock box 500. 
 
 It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
 try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
 say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
 try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
 trained 
 
 Fox Terrier Dog. 
 
 Our dogs are taught to parole the 
 place night and day. Write, Nevada 
 Eoxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
 ^-Males $10.00; females $S.00. 
 
 INCUBATOR 
 
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 The Perfected Von Culin. 
 
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 Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation. 
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 PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 
 
 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAT. 
 
 We muko Brooders, Bee Hives <t Supplies, 
 ty Catalog and Price List sent Free. 
 
 The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
 Dept. 2l3i Jamestown, N.Y. 
 
 PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
 Comb Brown Leghorn. 
 
 Having disposed of all my sur- 
 plus stock and mated up my 
 pens, am prepared to book or- 
 ders for eggs. Write at once 
 for prices 
 
 J. H. TROUGH, 
 
 Minden, - - - Nebr. 
 
 GREAT BARGAINS 
 
 Importers and Exporters of 35 va"-- 
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 before you buy. Bank and personal 
 references given. Send lor Full Il- 
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 Box 623, Des Moines. Iowa. 
 
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 1902 
 
 EGGS! 
 
 From our Royal Blood Sll' 
 ver Wyandottes. 
 
 /•r/ces l?erfi»cci/ from 3.CXI to 2.00 per settintr of fifteen eggs. Last 
 year w.' sold every esrsr we had to spare. This year have two more fine 
 pens. We know that the Wyandottes are the best variety on earth. 
 They are theJcomintr fowl and to boost them along have reduced the 
 price. Our Silvers have never been defeated in the show loonl. At Ne- 
 braska State Show, Jan. 24 to 28, l'»2, we won 10 of the 16 ribbons, near- 
 ly twice as many as all other competitors. We are now shippinp ecffS. 
 Fetter book your future eg-g orders now or may not be able to fill them. 
 We are headquarters for prize-winners Stock for sale at all times at 
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 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Edition, 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
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 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
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 well 
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 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
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 JDVIII LEGHOR.NS 
 
 etrvd Browrv Leghorns 
 
 Young or old stock, first class birds cheap 
 Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time 
 M. & F. FTERMAN. 
 
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 BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANDOTTES. R. 
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 bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
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 OSCAR E. MILES. Owner of Forty-two acres devoted to Poultry. 
 
 ISIILES' POULTRY F^RlSd:. 
 
 Breeder of White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, White and Golden Wyan- 
 dottes, Khode Island Reds, Pekin Ducks and Belgian Hares. Hereafter I shall 
 handle but three breeds of poultry. All my White Plymouth Rocks, Golden 
 Wyandottes and Pekin Ducks are for sale at low prices considering' iiuality; 
 nothing reserved, must be sold by March 1st. Winnkk of 47 regular prem- 
 iums and many specials the last two years at Columbus siiows. 22 Ists, l!i 2ds, 
 5 3ds, 7 4tlis. Eggs ?:!.()(! per 1."). Miles Poultry Kakm. iiiear Worthinetoii o. 
 
 O. E. Miles, Prop, 
 
 26 1-2 N High St. 
 
 Columbus. O. 
 
 Grant's Practical Brooder. 
 
 Prevents piling up, and overheating of chics. Complete specifications, 
 telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for 
 your own use, for $1.(K). 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 2x(3 ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar. 
 
 Alfalfa Seed, $5 00 per bushell 
 
 I have some E.xtra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS. Pen No. 1. is headed by the 
 cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, UlOO Pen No. 2 is headed by .'id 
 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 \'>. 
 Pen No. 2, 51.50 per l,=i. Incubator eggs, $5 00 per 100. 
 
 D. W. GRANT, 
 
 Almena, Kan. 
 
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 IVRAIMIM' 
 
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 ol feed: 
 
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 Hatch Every Good Egg 
 
 Or Don't Keep It. 
 
 Send 2 coDts for NiiuiIkt 102 Catalos-iic 
 
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 For 
 Sale. 
 
 All kinds 
 of fancy pig- 
 eons Prices 
 reasonable. 
 
 Toll 1<. use geese eggs 2iic each. Rouen 
 duck eggs l.S fur Sl.OO. White Hol- 
 land Turkey eggs, S1..")0 for'). Also 
 Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- 
 tams, Bufi, Brown and Black Leg- 
 horns, S. S. Hamburgs, C. I. Games, 
 Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff 
 and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul- 
 try eggs, !.) for SI. 00. Yards .score 
 from !I0 to 'M '2 points. Satisfaction 
 guaranteed. 
 
 D. L. BRUEN, - Oldenbusch, Neb. 
 
 If you Succeed You musthave a Pull! 
 
 fiet it h)- buying eggs from Pinkerton 
 and Co's Ringlet Strain of B. P. 
 Rocks. Winners whenever shown. 
 Eggs oper setting, $2.00. Two set- 
 tings for ?:i.,^n. Address 
 
 PINKERTON & Go. Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Lock Box 24. 
 
 GREAT CROPS OF 
 
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 AND HOW TO CROW THEM 
 
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 Rippley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton, Ills. 
 
 Western Office, Box 54, Watertown, So. Dak. 
 
 Canfield's White Rocks 
 
 QREER'S PEDIGREED 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 Eggs from my birds neven fail to produce Prizb Win- 
 ners. Tlie best place to buy eggs 's from a breeder 
 who makes a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird.'* 
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 are in my breeding pens for 1902 Every bird a beauty an^ barred to the skin. My custom- 
 ers get egg« from tb« samt hens I use for myself. Send for booklet of matings. 
 
 PoDltrj Exhibits Properly Judged. 0. P. fiREER, BourbOD, Ifld. 
 
 BUFF ORPINCTONS. 
 
 Winners 1, 5, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
 ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 against 
 red hot competition. Egg's 1st pen, $S.0() per 
 IS, 2nd, pen, $3.00 per 15, 3rd pen, $2.00 per IS. 
 Limited number of young Stock for sale at $3.00 to $10.00 each. 
 
 //. H. CAMPBELL, 
 
 Osceola, Nebr. 
 
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 GEO. H. STAHL, 
 
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 still Take 
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 In 1900 and 1901 
 at the Convention 
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 made almost a clean sweep of pre- 
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 and in 1!I02, 16 out of 10 possible rib- 
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 At Nebraska State Show, 1902, they 
 won 1st pen, Isr, 2d, 3d, hen, 1st, 3d, 
 5th cockerel, 2d, 4th i.ullet, 3d cock 
 and sweepstakes for best 5 iu solid 
 colors with weight. Eggs $3.00 per 
 setting, gS.OO for i settings. 
 
 M. L.Canfield, Belleville, Kan 
 
 White Wyandottes Exclusively. 
 
 Score 93 to 9Si points by Larson and 
 
 Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.S0 to 
 
 $2.50 per IS. Stock is strictly white. 
 
 M. B. Carrer, ' - Hamiaon, Nab. 
 
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 CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 
 
 Breeder of Light Brahmas Exclnsiveij. 
 
 My birds are heavy weight tine markings, 
 close feathered. Egsis. $?.00 for 15; $3.50 for 30 
 Choice birds, old and young, for sale. Write 
 vour want*;. Nn circulars. 
 
 Light Brahmas! 
 
 — First and 2d cock, hen, cockerel, 
 and pullet at Interstate Poultry 
 Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win- 
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 Stock and eggs at reasonable prices. 
 
 J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb. 
 
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 No. 3 
 
 SOME STANDARD CHICKENS 
 
 One of the oldest if our standard 
 chickens is the Dorking. So called 
 from Dorking, England. It is said to 
 ha\e been brought to England by the 
 Rornans. 
 
 The Dorking and the Game are our 
 best fowls for table purpose, having 
 full breasts of fine grain and flavor. 
 
 The Barred Plymouth Rock, our 
 general purpose fowl, is a very recent 
 breed. It gets its size and laying qual- 
 ities from Light and Dark Brahma, 
 which are two of its ancesters; its 
 roaming quality from the Pit Game in 
 its make up; its fine marking in part 
 from the Dominique and Black Java. 
 
 The Black Javas are our oldest 
 chickens of the American class. They 
 are a fine chicken, as is also, the White 
 and Mottled Java, and being a large 
 chicken there is no reason why they 
 should be so neglected as of late they 
 have been. 
 
 The Wyandotte is a general purpose 
 fowl the equal almost, if not quite, of 
 the Plymouth Rock. It is a new fowl 
 and a handsome one. In its make up 
 is found the Breda, a French fowl; 
 Silver Spangled Hamburg, which gives 
 its fine form and proud carriage; the 
 Dark Brahma and a little mix of 
 Cochin blood. 
 
 The Brahmas, both Dark and Light. 
 Ah, there's the rub, to tell just exactly 
 what breeds they carry in their large 
 bodies. All the large Asiatic breeds 
 combined, but principally Shanghai, 
 surely, to make that extra combination 
 called Brahma. They were first called 
 Brahma Pootra and specimens were 
 shown exceeding twelve pounds in 
 
 weight for hens and fourteen pounds 
 for roosters at some of the old time 
 shows. They were known in other var- 
 ious places as Gray Shanghais, Coch- 
 ins and what not. Today we know 
 them simply as Brahmas, and they are 
 still our largest chickens. They are 
 extra good layers, producing as many 
 eggs in a year as many of our boasted 
 non-sitting breeds. Their eggs are ac- 
 cording to their own size, the largest 
 eggs of all chicken eggs. 
 
 The Light Brahmas breed true to 
 color. They can never be mistaken for 
 another kind, and down to the third or 
 fourth generation of breeding out. they 
 will persist in carrying their weight as 
 well as color with them. This of itself 
 proves them originally to have come 
 from a mix of large breds and very 
 likely not more than two to produce 
 the uniformity in shape and color. 
 
 There are four varieties of Cochins, 
 Buff, Black, White and Partridge Co- 
 chin. The last is most difficult to 
 breed true to feather. It seems to be 
 akin in this line, as well as others, to 
 the Dark Brahma. 
 
 Icannot say that I know exactly the 
 origin of the Cochin, but to produce 
 his diverse plumage, has necessitated 
 the mixing of one or two breeds out- 
 side the large Asiatic fowl from which 
 he gets his shape and size. I have no 
 doubt but that the old Brahma Pootra, 
 which had a tendency to pass from a 
 rich cream in color to a bright yellow, 
 with some black intermingled for the 
 males, had much to do in adding color 
 to our present day Buff Cochin. Then, 
 there used to be a big fowl called the 
 Hoang Ho, with a thick growth of 
 down that made the young chicks al- 
 most impervious to cold when other 
 breeds were freezing to death in the 
 
 chilly winds of spring. This fowl may 
 have had something to do in providing 
 our present Buffs with such a good 
 coat and hardiness against cold. 
 
 The Langshangs are the smallest of 
 the Asiatic standard breeds, and are 
 white and black distinctively. The 
 white Langshangs being very white, 
 and the black variety very black. They 
 are an excellent farm chicken and great 
 layers, average weight for hens, seven 
 pounds. 
 
 The Leghorn is of the Mediterran- 
 ean class of fowls and the egg layer of 
 the fowl family. The Leghorn is close- 
 ly allied to the primitive breed of 
 chickens. They show their close kin- 
 ship to the wild breeds by despising the 
 close quarters of a chicken house, fly- 
 ing high to roose, and their roving 
 qualities. The original home of the 
 wild chicken is a warm climate, and 
 the Leghorn shows this in its lack of 
 an undergrowth of down to save it 
 from cold. Domesticated it also refuses 
 to produce its kind if it can get out of 
 doing so. But in their present form, 
 the Leghorns have long been domesti- 
 cated. There are now six standard 
 varieties. Buff, Black, Brown, Silver, 
 Dominique and White. 
 
 The Minorca is another of the stand- 
 ard breed*- great in laying qualities, 
 poor in ^tting. Their origin is in 
 doubt. Some think them a variety of 
 the Black Spanish, some deri^this. The 
 eggs of the Minorca are as large as 
 those laid by the majority of the Brah- 
 mas. They are a medium sized chick- 
 en. Then hen when full grown weigh- 
 ing from 6 to 7 pounds. 
 
 The Hamburgs are the handsomest 
 of all fowls, especially the Silver Span- 
 gled. They are great egg producers 
 and are relatives to the famed old 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 A Buff Cochin hen owned by B. H. Dunn, Clay Center, Keb. 
 
 breed of Redcaps, called by our great 
 grandmothers, Everlasting Layers. 
 
 The Black Spanish is an old variety 
 of domestic fowl. For hundreds ot 
 years they ha\e been noted as above 
 the average in winter egg laying. They 
 equal in size the Leghorn. 
 
 The Blue Andalusian is a handsome 
 fowl and the only variety of its breed. 
 It is a great egg producer. 
 
 The Black Polish are difficult to rear 
 in our climate. They are black with 
 a green lustre in the plumage, and the 
 topknot a pearly white. It is a very 
 old type of domesticated fowl. Long 
 ago its various names were Frizzle, 
 Wooly, or the Turk. 
 
 The Houdan is a handsome fowl. It 
 is five toed. A Houdan is a very light 
 feered and, like the Leghorn, prefer to 
 hunt for its own grub in summer. It 
 is called a non-setter, but my Houdans 
 were ready to raise a family for them- 
 selves in their second and third year. 
 
 There are several breeds of game 
 chickens that are standard. The Pit 
 Game I have found an excellent fowl 
 for table use and egg production. The 
 males at any age are tender and finely 
 flavored for roasts, with the taste of a 
 wild fowl imparted to dressings and 
 gravy. The Exhibition Games arc too 
 numerous to mention. The White In- 
 dian Game is a fine bird for the epi- 
 cure. 
 
 COMB HONEY NOT MANUFAC- 
 TURED. 
 A statement has been going the 
 rounds of the press to the effect that 
 nearly all the comb honey on the mar- 
 ket if manufactured by a "cute ma- 
 chine." that the combs are filled with 
 glucose and capped over by a me- 
 chanical process. The facts are, there 
 is no such thing as manufactured comb 
 honey anywhere in the United States, 
 and in proof of this the publishers of 
 leading bee iournals of undoubted re- 
 sponsibility offer one thousand dollars 
 for evidence to show that comb honey 
 IS manufactured, or that such an arti- 
 clc is for sale in the open market. .'Al- 
 though this offer has been out for fif- 
 teen years and has been duplicated by 
 other responsible persons connected 
 with the industry of bee keeping, no 
 one has ever seen fit to take it up. 
 
 The United States Department of 
 .Agriruture has put out several publish- 
 ed statements denying the existence of 
 manufactured comb honey, and the 
 American Grocer, the leading trade 
 organ of its class, assures it patrons 
 that all the comb honey on the market 
 is .nhsnlutely the product of the bee. 
 
 ToPKKA. Kan., April '-':!, 1302. 
 Mrs. A. L Pinkerton: 
 
 I received today the sack of chick 
 food by your order of the 17th. It is 
 fine, and the youngsters are very fond 
 of it. Yours truly, C, H. Rhodes. 
 
 NEVADA, Mo., March 1, If)02, 
 Editor Investigator: 
 
 .As the spring approaches the chicken 
 fever grows higher and out one great 
 ambition is to raise the largest and 
 nicest lot of chickens in the country. 
 I am not an old head at the business, 
 only about two years, but I have got 
 it bad this spring, and each year the 
 fever grows worse. I brought it on by 
 attending a chicken show. 
 
 While I have been more or less 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, 
 the White Wyandotte. I have a pen 
 of nine hens and one rooster to com- 
 mence with and shall buy several set- 
 tings of eggs from different Wyandotte 
 breeders, which will give me a good 
 sendoff. I received several incubator 
 catalogue some time ago, which ought 
 to be in every family that is interested 
 in chickens. I am like M. 'M. Johnson 
 —a cow or two is a profitable thing 
 to have along with chickens. I would 
 like to hear through the columns of 
 the Investigator the experience from 
 some of the readers living on five or six 
 acres of ground. What can be done on 
 small capital in the way of raising 
 broilers or eggs? Now, don't all speak 
 at once. And by the way, Mr. Editor, 
 can't you make the Investigator a 
 weekly instead of a monthly. It is so 
 long between times. As this is my first 
 I will stop for fear of the waste basket. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 W. C. BARTON. 
 
 Burrton, Kan., Feb. 1.5, lOO'J. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 Dear Sir: I have just received ad- 
 vice from an old experienced poultry 
 breeder, saying that stock that was 
 intedcd for breeders the coming sea- 
 son should not be fed on egg ration at 
 this time of year. The reason he gave 
 was, feeding for eggs in the winter 
 and having your hens all laying, that 
 when sping comes the hens would not 
 lay as many eggs and what they did 
 lay would not be so fertile. If this be 
 so. I am up a tree, as I have a pen of 
 B. P. R., ten pullets and one cock, and 
 I average eight eggs daily from this 
 pen. Give me your idea through your 
 papers. Yours, 
 
 S. E. STOUGHTON. 
 
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 % Suggestions How to Produce Profitable Pouliry. § 
 
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 No one will succeed in profitable 
 liDUltry unless lie has tile proper qual- 
 ifications. These qualifications consist 
 ill luv-e for the wofk,- not too high 
 Slrling in .VoUf- ideas, aiid williiig to 
 pluli yoUf wot-k and give it a fair, hon- 
 tSt test. Silt if ydii are gfeat on im- 
 agination, want to build air castles, 
 have fib particular love for your fowls, 
 t Whhld advise J-oii to not enter the 
 MiMhes,! this ttiattt-fe Bf J)rfi»fit in 
 poiiltr^ keet>ihg is i. thln^ each pefson 
 iiiiist Solve foi- hitlfseif, SO ttitich de- 
 pends upon the keepleh T\*d iiiotlWes 
 (not a horseshoe) should be inscrib- 
 ed above the door of every hen house: 
 "Cleanliness is next to godliness," and 
 ''Despise not the day of small things." 
 A good farmer will get up at 4 o'clock 
 in the morning, feed the horses and 
 cattle, clean out their stalls, etc., but 
 his poor old hens have to roost and lay 
 in a dirty, filthy house from one week's 
 end to the other and sometimes a whole 
 year. Could his horses and cattle be 
 profitable under such conditions? It 
 seems that farmers cannot realize the 
 great improtance of the poultry pro- 
 duce of their farm, and that it is equal 
 to our state in agricultural products 
 marked. What other kind of live-stock 
 is there that can compare with it in 
 porportion to capital and labor invest- 
 ed? My experience has convinced me 
 that there are some things about poul- 
 try raising that can be taught only by 
 expedience, and a little practice is 
 worth a world of theory. It takes 
 practical planning and patience to make 
 a perfect success in the business. Be- 
 gin moderately and acquire your own 
 experience. Study the wants for your 
 flock's comfort and make them pay all 
 improvements as you go along. Get 
 the best stock you can afford, and keep 
 inmporving it, and give them good 
 care like you do you horses and cows 
 and then not results. I have learned 
 that the poultry profit beats that of the 
 dairy all to pieces, all things consider- 
 ed. I have found there is much more 
 profit in selling eggs at the low price 
 of fi and 8 cents a dozen than there is 
 in selling butter "at 15 cents a pound. 
 Whatever is good to increase the flow 
 of milk is good to increase egg pro- 
 duction. Farmers frequently make a 
 mistake in feeding to - much 
 corn, as it has been clearly proven by 
 experiment that corn should not form 
 a very large portion of the grain ration 
 for laying hens, it is too fattening, es- 
 
 I pecially for hens kept in close confin- 
 ment. The question arises which is 
 the best feed for laying hens. There 
 is no doubt that bran, in most instances 
 is the most economical food.. The 
 way I feed laying hens is to take 3 
 (juarts of bran, 1 quart of cornmeal and 
 one pint of linseed meal. I also add 
 one tablespoonful Of Hines Poultry 
 Food. I pour ono boiling wat^r add stir 
 it thoroughly until the consistancy of 
 ordiary mush and feed it warm winter 
 and spring, in the morning. The 
 quantity tiamed is what I feed 200 hens 
 breakfast, atid at noon and evening 
 feed soitife vatiety of grain, and make 
 them work for it by scattering it some 
 kind of chaff or straw. Never give 
 your hens all they can eat as it has 
 been said a full hen is like a full tramp, 
 her wants are satisfied and she won't 
 do nothing but loll about until she is 
 hungry again. Make them scratch for 
 their grain as the exercise will make 
 them healthy and vigorous. 
 
 Fowls may have slight attacks of 
 various forms of disease, which a little 
 watchfulness and care at the start may 
 entirely eliminate from the flocks. 
 Successful poultry men spend much 
 time in trying to prevent disease, and 
 as prevention is far better than cure. 
 If your hen houses are kept well 
 cleaned and free from lice and mites 
 and your fowls well cared for, I am 
 sure you will prevent disease. Every 
 poultry house should have some kind 
 of a drinking fountain, for impure 
 water will bring disease. 
 
 No doubt it will pay if we occasional- 
 ly feed some charcoal, which can be 
 by burning a lot of corn cobs. 
 
 Don't begin poultry keeping with a 
 vague notion that it is an easy way to 
 get a living — all the work being done 
 mainly by your hens — as such persons 
 inevitable fail, as they ought. Don't 
 think there is any easy way that brings 
 success. Don't attempt to raise poultry 
 this year like you did last, unless you 
 are sure you are right, then go ahead. 
 Don't think you must raise common 
 poultry as your father did, such poultry 
 is not progressive, it is not up to date. 
 Quality should often be sought above 
 quantity. Extra quality is largely due 
 to extra care, it is the proper feed 
 and management that determines the 
 profit with poultry. 
 
 Don't keep mongrels any longer than 
 it will require to get better ones. The 
 ordinary poultry raiser looses more 
 
 money in harboring and feeding c'aJf 
 stock than in any other way, and it is^ 
 simply because he don't cull close and 
 lireej for quality rather than quantity. 
 If you have only mongrel chickens and 
 have never been interested in thorough- 
 breds, why not invest in at least a set- 
 ting of good eggs this year. Make life 
 worth living by having stock aroiitndl 
 your place that will give you pleasUJe; 
 as well as profit, that is if they are 
 properly cared for. but if they are not 
 properly cared for, they will in nine 
 times out of ten, prove a failure. 
 Therefore, we wish to impress upon 
 the mind of the breeder at the outset. 
 that this needs attention as well as 
 purity of breed. I take notice that 
 here exists gross neglect of the poor 
 flocks generally. This neglect is not 
 always confined to persons who have 
 fancy for line poultry but extends even 
 to many who have a reputation as fowl 
 fanciers. Still as before stated, for 
 poultry to be renumerative there mast 
 be good management in their proper 
 care and keeping, as this is the first 
 step essential to success. 
 
 A good, convenient poultry house 
 should be properly constructed and 
 should be placed in a warm, dry loca- 
 tion with runways ample to allow of 
 plenty of exercise. Above all, care 
 should be taken that vermin does not 
 get a foot hold in the hennery. The 
 house and its surroundings should be 
 kept scrupulously clean and should not 
 be over crowded. Nothing is made by 
 over crowding the hennery, on the con- 
 trary it will prove detrimental. Use 
 plenty of dry earth in the hen house and 
 coops as it is a purifier. Slacked lime 
 is cheap, and floors, walls, roosts and 
 yards may be freely dusted with it.. 
 
 The way some people refuse to use 
 whitewash would indicate that it was 
 expensive. All poulrty houses should 
 be whitewashed at least twice a year, 
 and frequent applications of Hines' 
 Liquid Lice Killer would destroy any 
 living vermin that may be lurking there. 
 
 Every poultry raiser should look out 
 for lice. If taken in time and proper 
 remedies used it is an easy matter to 
 keep them. down. This is of as much 
 importance to the health of the bbrood 
 as proper food. 
 
 The habit some have of giving too 
 much food to poultry is a short space 
 of time is a very bad one. If you will 
 notice their habits you will perceive 
 that the process of picking up their 
 food under ordinary, or what we may 
 call the natural condition, is a very 
 slow one. Grain by grain, is the meal 
 taken, and with the aggregate no small 
 amount of pebbles and the like, all of 
 which passing into the crop, assist di- 
 gestion. 
 
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 M any disease which affect chickens 
 might be prevented by breeders were 
 a Httle precaution taken in the simple 
 matter of feeding. Do not neglect 
 the grit supply, even if your fowls have 
 range. If you will but place a good 
 quantity of grit before them, you will 
 be surprised at the quantity they will 
 consume. 
 
 For stock of all kinds we need an 
 abundance of grass. Poultry as a rule, 
 grow best when able to feed them- 
 selves, and certainly it saves a great 
 deal of work. We have great faith in 
 alfalfa clover, rye, etc., which are all 
 proving excellent grass range crops. 
 With an abundance of such feed and 
 a little grain the fowls can pick a liv- 
 ing from start to finish. 
 
 To many fanciers and farmers, other- 
 wise earnest in their business, are very 
 earless concerning their fowls in the 
 matter of judicious mating. Good 
 people, there are the same good 
 reasons for making choice of the best 
 breeds of fowls as for making the same 
 choice in other stock. For while a 
 prune breed is as easily reared, fed and 
 housed as a poorer one. there is a 
 decided difference in the returns in 
 favor of the former. If properly cared 
 for we do not hesitate to say that 
 fowls of superior order do yield the 
 farmer the largest interest for the out- 
 lay he makes of any other stock he 
 keeps. If you select hens well and use 
 nothing but first class cockerels your 
 young stock are certain to grow and 
 do well under proper care, and when 
 yi>u come to sell them you can always 
 command top prices. 
 
 Some people may say that there is a 
 great deal of work and expense in 
 taking care of poultry in this way. 
 So there is, but what do you get now 
 
 K)ULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 days without trouble?. If experience 
 in raising poultry docs not make a man 
 or woman wise, it counts but little. 
 We often see places where people grow 
 gray in the care of fowls and realize 
 only little profit from them. This is 
 because years ago they decided that 
 thi-y decided that they had mastered 
 all there was to know relating to poul- 
 try . and have since never tried to get 
 out of the rut. 
 
 .Arc you stilt satisfied to let things 
 drag along in the lod rut, simply be- 
 en use it was the way your father and 
 grandfather did before you? If so. 
 y.iu have some few things to learn and 
 ipply to your farm management before 
 vmu can be classed among the up to 
 il:itc farmers. We have everything of 
 the best to work with these days. You 
 don't thrash your grain with a flail, 
 or tramp it out with oxen. You and 
 your father outgrew that ancient 
 method. Now just go a step farther 
 and apply the knowledge you have to 
 other things. 
 
 I learn from older people that they 
 never hear of a poultry show unless at 
 Chicago, or some eastern city. But 
 now how changed! I hope the time 
 is not far distant when every county 
 will have its own poultry show. Then 
 farmers will take more interest in good 
 poultry, as the poultry show is the 
 poultry educator. Then we can place 
 our birds on exhibition and learn who 
 has the best birds, how to select and 
 buy stock or eggs. 
 
 It has always been a source of 
 wonder to the writer why farmers pay 
 no attention to the breeding of poultry. 
 It seems that the business of selling a 
 few dozen eggs and poultry for market 
 is so small that they turn it over to 
 to the women folks, (they are small in 
 business affairs you know.) Likewise 
 much less attention is given them than 
 their economic importance justifies, 
 and the great aggregate of money, 
 merchandise and substantial comforts 
 they bring into the homes of farmers, 
 mainly through the vigilant care taking 
 by the good house wives, which is 
 poorly comprehended or appreciated by 
 the men folks who are so largely the 
 beneficiaries. 
 
 The barn yard fowls are regarded 
 by most farmers as a very insignificant 
 part of their live stock. Theconditions 
 in the country are such that the poultry 
 industry is capable of indefinite ex- 
 pansion, and therefor able to meet 
 any demand that may be made upon 
 it. either by home or foreign markets. 
 
 Do not edspise and look upon your 
 wife as being beneath your dignity 
 and consideration. Yo must afford to 
 lavish on her a great big pinch of love 
 every day in the pear or you cannot 
 
 expect to reach any degree of success. 
 Heed the good advice of your wife, 
 who knows more of the hen values 
 than you do. Give better care, better 
 housing and more comfort to your 
 hens and they will buy your groceries 
 by the way of the egg basket. Have no 
 fears this work will ever be over 
 done. The demand for poultry pro- 
 ducts is on the increase continually. 
 We need to know the demands and 
 then meet them as nearly as we can. 
 To get the best prices, you must al- 
 ways provide the niarket with only 
 what it wants. The best is always in 
 demand, while the inferior is seldom 
 wanted. 
 
 When the markets are filled with 
 eggs which have lost their quality or 
 flavor by long keeping, and many of 
 which have acquired an offensive taste; 
 when the broilers and roosters offered 
 to the consumer are thin, tasteless, 
 tough and altogether unfit for the 
 table, it is not surprising that they are 
 passed by and beef, mutton or pork 
 taken in their stead. So it is with the 
 exporter in buying for consignment to 
 foreign markets, he must be able to 
 find at all times a good article of eggs 
 or poultry in sufficient quantity or he 
 cannot continue his trade. 
 
 The best season to sell chickens is 
 from January to October, as every 
 farmer seems to despose of his poultry 
 during November and December. Con- 
 sequently the market is always over- 
 stocked at that time. 
 
 We call attention to the fact that 
 there is a demand in the market for 
 finely bred broilers of a certain size, 
 say two pound stock, good, fat, plump 
 chickens. From the first of March to 
 the first of July this grade of stock will 
 always command top prices. The 
 demand for 3 to 5 pound chickens 
 on the market for the past year has 
 been limited, because such chickens 
 of this weight as have been sold are 
 
 We breed Barred and Buff Ply- 
 mouth Rocks, White Wyandottes, S. 
 C. Rhode Island Reds, Embdem and 
 Toulouse Geese, Indian Runner Ducks. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 f This half-tone shows a shipment of eggs and poultry supplies made by 
 Mrs. May Taylor, Hale, Mo. 
 
 nearly grown cockerels and not the 
 finished product of the skilled poultry 
 growers, such as are sold in the eastern 
 markets at that time. 
 
 There is a great deal of difference 
 between a broiler that weighs from 
 three to five pounds that is produced 
 from high grade stock than mongrel 
 cockerels that have been kept from 
 April to December or January and then 
 offered as a spring cockerel. Settle 
 on but one breed of fowls and do not 
 keep a mixed lot. Too many young 
 cockerels in the poultry yard are a big 
 nuisance. Cull them out and sell as 
 son as large enough to market. 
 
 Inbreeding is bad for all kinds of 
 animals, and poultry is no exception to 
 the rule. It causes degeneration. 
 Breed only from perfect fowls. The 
 crippled, the deformed, the deaseased 
 or the otherwise defective bird is apt 
 to transmit its faults, on th well-known 
 scientific principle of heridity. 
 
 I take notice that in most cases the 
 poultry business is a feminine enter- 
 prise. If the women folks of the farm 
 have this part of the work to attend 
 to, why should we not do as we please 
 in regard to the matter and take our 
 earnings, at least until we get a nice 
 flock of well-bred and well cared for 
 poultry. If your husband is to busy 
 with other farm work, why can't you 
 do as I have done. Get a cheap 
 mechanic to build hen houses, coops, 
 
 etc. They need not be elaborate in 
 their fittings or expensive in considera- 
 tion. The hen house and scratching 
 shed attached to it should be located 
 upon soil which is well drained. A 
 dry and gravel knoll is best, but fail- 
 ing to find this, the site should be 
 raised by the use of the plow and 
 scraper until there is a gentle slope in 
 all directions sufficient to prevent any 
 standing water. The fowls must have 
 comfortable and healthy quarters; they 
 must have porper food and nesting 
 facilities, but it is not at all necessary 
 that these should be extravagant. 1 
 buy coffee boxes, which with a lath 
 front attached, make very nice, large 
 rat proof coops. Why not let us wo- 
 men prove that we can use a hammer 
 and saw in such cases. 
 
 "No one ever obtained anything 
 worth having without working for it," 
 said Mrs. Brown to her husband who 
 was in a discourgade mood when trying 
 to make a rat-proof coop. "That's 
 so," replied Mr. Brown, reflectively. 
 "I remember that I obtained you with- 
 out the slightest trouble." 
 
 Poor coops bring their trials and thin 
 out the broods. At night the rats have 
 a feast by "de glimmer of de moon." 
 This could have been avoided, but the 
 owner was "just agoing to mend up the 
 coops" when it happened. 
 
 A practical man can adopt a systema- 
 tic way of doing things that will be 
 
 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 
 with the pen picture so graphically 
 piven by Holman Day when he tells us: 
 When a hen is bound to set, 
 Seems as though 'taint etiket 
 Dowsin' her in water till 
 She's connected with a chill. 
 Seems as though 'twas scarcely right, 
 Givin' her a dreadful fright, 
 Tyin' rags around her tail. 
 Poundin' on an old tin pail. 
 Chasin' her around the yard. 
 Seems as though it was kind of hard 
 Bein' kicked and slammed and shoo'ed 
 'Cause she wants to raise a brood; 
 I sh'd say it's gettin' pay. 
 Just cause Natu^ wants its way. 
 While ago my neighbor, Penn, 
 Started bustin' up a hen; 
 Went to yank her off the nest. 
 Hen, though, made a 'peck' and jest 
 Grabbed his thumb-nail good and stout 
 (Like to yank the darn think out). 
 Penn he twitched away and then 
 Tried again to grab that hen; 
 But, by ginger, she had spunk. 
 'Cause she took and snipped a chunk 
 Big as a bean right out his palm, 
 Swallered it. and cool and calm 
 H'isted up and yelled, "Cah-cah"— 
 Sounded like she said "Hoo-rah!" 
 Well, sir. when that hen did that. 
 Penn he bowed, took off his hat- 
 Sunk just suits him. you can bet. 
 "Set," says he, "goll darn ye. set." 
 
 Mrs. Pinkerton's Chick Food can't 
 be.beat for raising little chicks. 
 * S. E. Ingr.^m, 
 
 ""^ Clay Center, Neb. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 StandakI) — Score HO as a ok, weight 
 12 lbs. 2iicl prize ck at DesMoines 
 Fanciers' Show, 2ik1 prize at Nebras- 
 ka State Show, competing- in hard 
 classes. His barring is beautiful, 
 clear, open color. 
 
 These Barred Plyiuouth Rocks 
 
 Hall, Manager. 
 
 Chief— Score 9'.iJ2- First prize B. P. 
 R. cockerel in class of 20 at Des- 
 Moines Fanciers' Show. He also 
 headed First pen at Nebraska State 
 Show in class of 11 pens. He is 
 barred to the skin, weighs i)>2 lbs. 
 are owned and bred by Highland Poultry Farm, DesMoines, Iowa, J, D. W. 
 
 BussiK - Score Dli';. Pronounced by 
 Judge Russell as one of the most 
 perfect wing barring he has seen. 
 She is barred to the skin, a perfect 
 black and white bar, no smut color. 
 Last season she laved over two hun- 
 dred eggs 
 
 Among: Ourselves. 
 
 Ju<l among ourselves. The thing I 
 like best to read in a poultry paper is 
 somebody's personal experience to im- 
 press one. 
 
 A famous evangelist said the other 
 evening: 
 
 "The first time I ever tried to preach 
 I was called upon to supply the place 
 of a regular pastor suddenly taken ill. 
 It was a hard place; some of the lead- 
 ing members always walking out on 
 the appearance of a supply. However," 
 he said. "I had one sermon— the text 
 was out of the Bible and it was all 
 right anyway. Well, we got through 
 with the singing, prayer and collection. 
 Then I dove into that sermon. I had 
 to keep my finger on the place for 
 fear of losing myself, but suddenly the 
 breeze from an open window carried 
 the whole MMS. over into the choir 
 stand, scattering the leaves beyond 
 hope of rearrangement. Then I step- 
 ped out in front of the pulpit and gave 
 my experience, and the people said 
 they never had a better meeting. Oh, 
 T I ell you," he added emphatically, "it 
 is a grand thing to have had an expe- 
 rience." 
 
 Now without the slightest intention 
 of levity, we repeat it: "It is a grand 
 thing to have had an experience," even 
 in the poultry business, and want of 
 this is the shoal upon which the aver- 
 age amateur fancier strikes and goes 
 down. 
 
 Not long since a man who knows 
 about as much about a chicken as he 
 
 does about a Bengal tiger, said to us: 
 
 "I bought those birds when I rented 
 this place. They were tiny things and 
 the man did not want to bother mov- 
 ing them. I have had the greatest 
 time! Something ailed them in the 
 fall and I asked the advice of every 
 chicken crank around here — only you, 
 I did not know about you then. Well, 
 the majority agreed it must be ver- 
 min. They looked poor and downcast 
 and their fathers all fell out. I used 
 all kinds of powders and finally made 
 up a mess in which moth balls figured. 
 Mercy, how it smells! But I used it 
 faithfull and finally they began to pick 
 up. .\fterward I found out they were 
 moulting." 
 
 When we told the Other One, he 
 said: "Why, late hatched pullets don't 
 moult in the early fall." 
 
 So there we leave it. What ailed 
 those birds? That man needs experi- 
 ence — just the thing we all need. 
 
 Sure we realized this recently upon 
 trying for the firt time to operate an 
 incubator — a Sure Hatch, if you 
 please. 
 
 We should have given up in despair 
 had not the Other One came home 
 about that time. It ook him at most 
 no time to interpret those printed di- 
 rections and fit them to the machine, 
 and now all is running smoothly, what- 
 ever the outcome may be. 
 
 It was wonderful how nnich experi- 
 ence some other people had to dis- 
 pense those three or four days when 
 we could not keep the mercury any- 
 where, least of all at "from 103 to 10,"i." 
 
 One woman sent word that it was all 
 a terrible trouble, but that the ^ very 
 worst comes when the chicks are in 
 the brooder; but we are very fearless, 
 inasmuch as we have raised so maay. 
 large families with only a box or .mus- 
 lin crate heated by bricks or hot w.ater 
 jug for brooder.' Of course there were 
 fatalities, lots of them, but there is ever 
 that survival of the fittest, and we. 
 made money some of those years. 
 
 The brooder chicks escape so many 
 of the vicissitudes of those raised with 
 the hen. We remember one season 
 when we had had good success hatch- 
 ing and some 6 Oor 70 fluffy Barred 
 Rock balls were tumbling over the 
 green grass. We were so proud of 
 them. All at once they began to die. 
 .'Ml the warning was they would stand 
 around and gap. 
 
 "Gapes!" you say at once. 
 
 If so, we could find no trace of the 
 worm and all directions for curing the 
 disease were unavailing. They died 
 till they got ready to stop, then stop- 
 ped — a few of them. However, none 
 raised away from the hen — at least 
 very few — seemed ever so afflicted. 
 
 But don't you know there is some- 
 thing to experience, after all, that can 
 not be told? Some way one just 
 learns things, and it stays with them 
 and operates all right, but when they 
 com.e to pass it on — well, it is like a 
 cake receipt; you have told it all right, 
 but the amateur cannot take the direc- 
 tions and make a success after all. 
 
 As they say in the musical world. 
 "There is everything in the touch." ; 
 
1st Black Lang-Shan pullet at N. E. 
 Mo. show, score 95^.; by Ben S. Myers. 
 Owned by John Hattick, Bowling- 
 Green, Mo. 
 
 And so it is that we would discourage 
 a new beginner from going into the 
 poultry business too heavy. "Besin 
 and work up," is as good advice hri. 
 as anywhere. 
 
 Speaking of experience — here i 
 what an eastern breeder has to set 
 forth on the feeding question, and it 
 really sounds more sensible than the 
 majority of stuff that is going the 
 rounds, and that we are all religiously 
 trying to imitate. 
 
 He provides receptacles of corn, 
 oats and wheat, grit and charcoal and 
 just invites the birds to help them- 
 selves. He sees that the supply is kept 
 good, furnishes milk and water, and 
 gathers the eggs. Poultry keeping 
 would be quite easy on these terms, 
 and he claims that after once having 
 all they want, the hens eat only what 
 they really need afterward. The milk 
 he substitutes for green bone. 
 
 We have left corn on the ear where 
 our birds could get it all winter and 
 there seems little demand for it. It is 
 perhaps all in line with the merchant 
 who, on hiring a new clerk, always in- 
 sisted that they eat all the candy they 
 wanted the first day. They were pretty 
 sure to want no more after that. 
 
 When all our agricultural colleges 
 have a "course in poultry," then we 
 shall see as much progress in the busi- 
 ness as we now see in other lines of pet 
 stock raising, and there will be a call 
 from all parts of the country for "pro- 
 fessionals." 
 
 Kingston, R. I., has a most com- 
 plete course designed to give instruc- 
 tion in the art and science underlying 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 successful poultry keeping; also the 
 latest and best in practical manage- 
 ment as given by the most successful 
 specialists in the various lines of work. 
 
 To my mind nothing is more stimu- 
 lating than knowing of others' achieve- 
 ments. It never discourages us in the 
 least to know that someone else has 
 made a grand success of perhaps what 
 we have all but failed in. What others 
 have done and are doing, we can do. 
 
 We read of great farms devoted to 
 the poultry industry and sigh a little, 
 m;iybe, over our restricted quarters, 
 but soinething like this coines along: 
 
 R. S. Kellerman of Massachusetts 
 has a plant of fi50 hens and of his room 
 he says: "My poultry plant is located 
 partly on a vacant town lot ■2.50 feet 
 long and 150 feet deed, and partly in 
 the back yard. The three houses run 
 east and west and face the south." and 
 he goes on to tell how they are built, 
 and concluding with "the entire cost 
 was about $1,000." 
 
 We read this morning of a New Jer- 
 
 A fine W. Rock ckl owned by M. L. 
 Canitield, Belleville, Kan., a winner at 
 Nebraska State Show at Linculn, Ne- 
 braska. 
 
 sey plant that costt $-50,000, but it did 
 not cost much of anything at first, the 
 founder building a little house or two 
 with his own hands. Evidently he be- 
 gan at the bottom. Indeed, some suc- 
 cessful fanciers have begun their busi- 
 ness career with only a few dry good- 
 boxes for roosting rooms. We hope 
 no one will adopt the plan, however, 
 for winter use in a cold climate. Good, 
 warm winter houses are essential, but 
 they need not be expensive. Good 
 drainage and a sunny front cost little. 
 The trouble the coming summer will 
 he too much "sunny front." Provide 
 shade for the fowls. If you cannot 
 
 have trees or shrubbery in the run, 
 make a trellis — anybody can do this^ 
 a bean one will do, or one of morning 
 glories or wild cucumbers or Virginia 
 creepers ,or any fast . growing vine. 
 The birds will nearly "dust" the roots 
 out, but water well at night and they 
 will "stand the storm" all right. Be 
 sure to provide something green for 
 them to forage in for an hour each day 
 at least. Sometimes when our fowls 
 look a little droopy and act dissatis- 
 fied, we first throw open the doors 
 and let them out into the world. Al- 
 though they have a large run of their 
 own, they appreciate the difference at 
 once. Out they will rush and then 
 likely raise on the wing for a little way 
 and end with a regular game of — well, 
 we don't know what they call it. but it 
 seems some like "tag." Then they 
 settle down to hunting for the things 
 they want — just what they are the wis- 
 est fancier really knoweth not. 
 
 They always return to their domains 
 as chick and lively as possible. A hen 
 may lie a foolish thing, but she knows 
 some things you and I don't, and things 
 w'e can't quite find out. If an ant can 
 preach, perhaps a hen can teach. 
 
 Sun Prairie. Wis. ' 
 
 Mr?. Pir\kertor\'s Chiok Food. 
 
 The question of the cost of feed to 
 raise chicks past the critical ag-e is 
 trivial compared with making- a per- 
 fect S' ccess raising them. Mrs. Pink- 
 erton's Chick Food is better and 
 cheaper than oatmeal and other stuffs 
 usually fed to small chicks. It is com- 
 posed of just such seeds, grains, grit, 
 etc., as the small chick needs on the 
 start. It is all feed, no fan mill tail- 
 ing's M. M. Johnson, 
 
 Inventor Sure Hatch Incubators. 
 
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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 the hall of the hen house for a 
 long time during the early winter, and 
 I believe was finally used up for rags. 
 So now I will have to make a new 
 one or beg another old one from 
 mother. She never wears out her bon- 
 nets, so you see I go begging for one 
 she has worn last season and get her 
 to make a new one for herself. You 
 see I work headwork. 
 
 The turkey hens are keowking 
 around and poking into all sorts of 
 stray corners on the lookout foor a 
 good nesting place. The wheat fields 
 in the distance look green since the 
 snow went off, making patches of a 
 veritable oasis in the desert looking 
 wastes of brown and bare fields. The 
 apple orchard in the distance looks red, 
 so I think the buds must be swelling. 
 There are still white patches of snow 
 in the gullies and unsheltered spots. 
 The roads are dry and dusty and the 
 farmers are talking of sowing oats. I 
 hope there will be a big acreage of 
 oats and that it will yield abundantly. 
 We are also looking for an abundant 
 wheat harvest. We "sowed" a mixture 
 of small seeds on the snow in our poul- 
 try yards, where the weeds were the 
 thickest and the bare spots were last 
 year. We have a few briar patches 
 in there which we wish to kill out and 
 the quickest way is to smother them 
 out with grass. 
 
 Do you love trees? I do. and there 
 is no shade so grateful to the average 
 fowl than the green leaves of some 
 kind of living tree or vine; put trees in 
 your poultry yards as soon as possible. 
 Fruit trees if you want to; plums do 
 well, and the chickens pick up the sur- 
 plus, though T think turkeys relish 
 plums more than chickens do. Our 
 hen yards have all sorts of trees, bushes 
 and vines in them. 
 
 We had a hen woman friend to dm- 
 ner the other day, and of course we 
 
 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 
 want something nice, try some of his Cochins. 
 
 visited the poultry plant at our leisure. 
 Going through one of the gates she 
 noticed the way it was made — out of 
 lath — and said she must take the pat- 
 tern; you know women always take 
 patterns, so to speak, quilt patterns, 
 tidy patterns, sofa pillow patterns, etc.; 
 but in this case we did not cut a coun- 
 terpart out of paper, with notches and 
 holes where to join together. Oh, no. 
 She took the pattern in her head, like 
 the judges do when they score chick- 
 ens. But to get back to the gate; while 
 .she was taking it down mentally and 
 saying she must have her husband 
 make her some, I remarked incidental- 
 ly, "that I had made it myself," made 
 it and hung it. and that one over there, 
 too, and all those you saw inside, and 
 strung up all this wire netting." She 
 said she could not do that, and I don't 
 say it — tell what I have done — as a rec- 
 ommendation for others to go and do 
 likewise, unless they have the knack for 
 the work and like to do it. I come 
 honestly by my love for a hammer and 
 saw, because one of my grandfathers 
 was a carpenter, and I used to play 
 around his work bench and watch him 
 handle his tools when T was a very lit- 
 tle girl. I have five gates which I 
 made and hung all by myself, each one 
 of which can be opened and shut, and 
 I am going to make some more before 
 long, since spring has come. When I 
 get that Kodak in running order, will 
 send you a picture of a few of them, 
 and how they open and stay shut. But 
 as I said before, I don't believe in wo- 
 men doing this kind of work only in 
 exceptional acses, like myself, for in- 
 stance. It isn't hard work nor heavy 
 
 work, if one knows how to take ad- 
 vantage of it, and then I have such 
 perfect health. 
 
 One of our Barred Rock crowers has 
 taken a violent dislike to Ruth, our 
 general helper this spring, and she is 
 very much afraid of him. Now, Ruth 
 is the very soul of kindness and gentle- 
 I ness and just why this self-important, 
 I self-inflated stulty rooster should take 
 such a dislike to her is a mystery to 
 me. He got her cornered one day 
 when she went in to feed them, and 
 she said she never would have gotten 
 out. for he headed her off on every 
 turn, until another crower in the room 
 as large and powerful as himself, came 
 to her rescue". He engaged the atten- 
 tion of Sir Pugilist until Ruth made 
 her escape. He is a very fine speci- 
 men and not for sale at any price. I 
 mean Sir Pugilist, nor the other one 
 either, for that matter, but I don't like 
 fighting chickens. Do you suppose he 
 will ever forget her and be civil? Ruth 
 is a great admirer of fowls and likes 
 very much to work with them, and I 
 wish this one wasn't quite so "fighty." 
 though the way he stretches himself 
 up and crowds when he has run her out 
 of the lot makes us both laugh. He 
 tried to run me out a time or two. but 
 I didn't run. and I guess he has begun 
 to think I don't intend to. and I be- 
 lieve if Ruth would just quietly upset 
 him. as I did. without in any way let- 
 ting him think that there was a row on 
 hands, he would let her alone also, but 
 she is afraid and runs and shies around 
 out of his way; says she doesn't want 
 to hurt him. I don't want to hurt him 
 either, and would not, for he is a val- 
 
Black Lang-shaii cock. Second at 
 Illinois state show. Score '.H}{ by 
 Hewes. Owned by John Hattick, 
 Bowling- Green, Mo 
 
 uable bird, but when he made a run- 
 ning shot and planted his two feet up 
 against me I turned him on over. I 
 didn't want him to think that I was 
 teasing him and let him alone when he 
 showed no fight. I find that he doesn't 
 relish turning summercaults, and that 
 the worst thing I could do for him 
 would be to run, or even stand and 
 take it. I helped him out with his fun 
 and he didn't like it, so quit, so far as 
 I am concerned in the play. When he 
 runs Ruth out of the yard he stretches 
 himself up and crows and looks so im- 
 portant it makes us both laugh. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR. 
 
 Artificial IncubaLtion 
 
 By MatTIE WkHSTKK 
 
 Again is the hatching season, that 
 busiest and most interesting time of all 
 the year for the poultry breeder, now 
 calling for time and almost constant 
 work and care, that baby chicks in 
 numbers sufficient to supply the latest 
 demand may be hatched and raised to 
 maturity. Incubators have been pulled 
 out of storerooms, firmly set upon 
 their legs and when the right tempera- 
 ture has betin reached and held in egg 
 chamber for twenty-four hours, eg,.;s 
 have been consigned to the "wooden 
 hen," and whole many a hatch has al- 
 ready been accomplished other breed- 
 ers are faithfully and carefully filling 
 the lamp and changing the wick every 
 evening, that there shall be the right 
 degree of heat within this artificial 
 mother to insure a successful hatch, 
 and patiently turning the eggs twice 
 daily, that every side of each egg may 
 receive equally the heat of the egg 
 chamber. Yes, it means work and 
 careful attention to every detail to 
 manipulate an incubator successfully, 
 but for my part I would much prefer 
 to "manage" an incubator than to try 
 to manage even one setting hen. We 
 set our incubator, place the eggs within 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 and art- perfectly confident that when 
 we come again a few hours later we 
 will find it ts still "set," and the large 
 nest of eggs unchilled and unbroken, 
 which is more satisfactory behavior 
 than Mrs. Broody Biddy usually dis- 
 plpys. It is not always the easiest 
 thing in the world to regulate and then 
 keep the heat regulated, especially for 
 the novice, and I admit that one must 
 give the machine watchful care, but 
 there is nothing about the manage- 
 ment of the incubator that tries the 
 breeder's patience like a setting hen 
 does. If we must needs depend upon 
 the hens to do our hatching, we per- 
 force, must await their individual 
 pleasure in the matter of raising a 
 family of baby chicks; the earnestness 
 of our desire has no power to influ- 
 ence the biddies to become broody. 
 Often when we feel that March chicks 
 are what we must have, not a hen will 
 manifest a desire to set until late April 
 or May. Not so witht our "wooden 
 hen." She is always "broody," and 
 can he depended upon to give us the 
 coveted March chicks if we "sett" her 
 and give her the right care. Even 
 when a hen does decide to set, every 
 breeder knows how perverse she is apt 
 to be. In the first place, the nest she 
 chooses for the process of incubation 
 is not suitable, according to our supe- 
 rior wisdom, and we prepare a cosy 
 nest in just tthe right place and "si- 
 lently and by night" carry Mrs. Biddy 
 to it, and with utmost gentleness place 
 her upon it. Because of past experi- 
 ence we are wise and so securely 
 fasten her within the nest. After a 
 day or so eggs are entrusted to our 
 setter's tender care, and after a few 
 days more of close confinement, mov- 
 ed by a feeling of pity for biddy, we 
 decide to trust to her honor in the 
 keeping of her part of the contract and 
 remove the barriers in front of her 
 nest, that she may view her near sur- 
 roundings and be at liberty to partake 
 of nearby food and water, enjoy her 
 loved dust bath, and after a little 
 stretching of legs and wings, return 
 to her nest. While there is no objec- 
 tion to this proceeding once a day, it 
 does not meet with our idea of the fit- 
 ness of things to have the greater 
 part of each day taken as a vacation 
 from the hatching work. No longer 
 do I trust Mrs. Biddy when she prom- 
 ises to take such good care of the 
 eggs I place under her, having learned 
 her fickleness by previous experience, 
 I always make sure her garrulous 
 promises shall be kept by putting it 
 out of her power to break faith with 
 me. Yes, from start to finish of time 
 of hatching I confine my setter, letting 
 her off once a day for food, water and 
 
 exercise, and then if she does not re- 
 turn "where duty calls," of her own 
 accord, in time to prevent any chilling 
 of eggs (if early in season), I gently 
 place her upon the nest and and secure 
 her there. Not only does the setting 
 hen show a perverse desire to ex- 
 change nests with some neighboring 
 sitter, or to desert her own cosy, filled 
 nest for some empty box or barrel, 
 that we cannot understand its attrac- 
 tions for her, but often a fit of destruc- 
 tion seems to possess her and when 
 she comes off for morning food we be- 
 hold a sight that is anything but pleas- 
 ing to the eye. Eggs are broken and 
 those that are instact are covered with 
 the contents and the nest material is 
 so smeared also that the remaining 
 eggs must be washed, the straw re- 
 moved from the nest and a new nest 
 made. Now, never have I heard any 
 one complain of being subjected to 
 such cantakerous behavior by the 
 "wooden hen." And how little time 
 and trouble is needed for her right care 
 during the three weeks of incubation. 
 It is true she must be fed once a day, 
 but all she eats or drinks is kerosene, 
 and less than five minutes satisfies this 
 demand and the work goes on smooth- 
 ly and uninterruptedly. The turning of 
 the eggs is a few moments work morn- 
 ing and evening, but they are always 
 clean and no time is needed to wash 
 them every few days. 
 
 The superior advantages and attrac- 
 tions of artificial incubation over nat- 
 ural incubation are being so well 
 learned and so universally accepted, 
 that no longer is the incubator looked 
 upon with distruct and disapproval. 
 Where very few were in use fifteen or 
 twenty years ago, today few fanciers 
 or breeders are without one or more 
 of these machines, and it is not an un- 
 common thing to see an incubator 
 side by side with the farmer's wife's 
 best furniture in her best room, with 
 lighted lamp, and attending strictly to 
 the business of realizing her desire for 
 "early chicks." And this is as it should 
 be; for if the "wooden hen" is a de- 
 sirable thing for breederand fancier, 
 is it not equally as desirable for the 
 farmer folk that hatch many times 
 more chicks each season? And do not 
 the farmers' wives need to have their 
 labor lessened in every possible way? 
 Indeed, there are few idle minutes dur- 
 ing the day for the farm-wife, and if 
 incubation work and care can be less- 
 ened and be carried on in the house, 
 many steps and much worry will be 
 saved her. Are we sufficiently thankful 
 for this invention that makes the 
 hatching of hundreds of chicks less 
 work than the hatching of dozens by 
 the natural way? 
 
10 
 
 POULTRY AS CLEANERS. 
 
 The pig is usually regarded as the 
 scavenger of the farm, the receptacle 
 into which all odds and ends may be 
 thrown with profit. And yet, whi^.i 
 we come to think about it, the cliicken 
 has as sharp an appetite for variety. 
 Almost everything that any farm ani- 
 mal will eat is relisbc<l in sunie form 
 by poultry. And while the omnivor- 
 ous nature is sometimes aggravating 
 when fowls are permitted to run at 
 large, it is on the whole a convenient 
 form of ecimomy. There are so many 
 things on the farm that would do no 
 good were il not for the poultry, and 
 it is in saving the little things that 
 the farmer must depend largely for 
 his success. 
 
 All of the grains arc acceptable, and 
 even the screenings and chafi that the 
 larger animals would scorn are thor- 
 oughly appreciated hv the chickens, 
 which enjoy scratching for the str.iy 
 grains that- may be contained therein. 
 Seed of sorghum and millet they 
 will thresh out for themselves in fine 
 shape; and for little chickens too 
 young to manage the grains of corn. 
 pop corn is a rich treat. The wild 
 millet and other grasses and weeds 
 contain much nutritious food which 
 the fowls will glean. Oil meal and 
 cotton seed meal, too highly concen- 
 trated foods to be given alone. ;irc a 1 
 vantageous in small doses with other 
 food. 
 
 A peculiar way of serving green 
 food is to throw in fresh sods of grass 
 or newly scrouted rye or oats, the 
 energy expended in scratching th- 
 plants apart giving the needed exer- 
 cise to individuals in confinement. 
 
 Few are the crumbs from the table 
 which escape them; and in this they 
 have an advantage ever everything 
 else; not even the cat will so persist- 
 ently pick up every scrap. 
 
 As soon as the fruit commences to 
 fall they arc ready for it. No matter 
 how wormy or dwarfed the specimen, 
 it serves the purpose if it is not de- 
 cayed. And while converting the culis 
 into available flesh or eggs, they at 
 the same time destroy many noxious 
 insects. 
 
 Even in the garden the chicks d' 
 much good and little harm by their 
 war upon insecf pests. If incubator 
 chicks, the old hen— the disturber of 
 peace— to the gardener— will probably 
 be a minus quantity. If her services 
 are needed, she may be cooped near 
 the garden and the chicks given free 
 range. It is cheaper and less work 
 than buying Paris green or other in- 
 secticide, besides furnishing them a 
 good living. 
 
 In fall the culls of vegetables and 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 fruits that cannot be used at the time 
 may with profit be set aside for later 
 use. If there is no room in the root 
 cellar apart from the rest, bury them. 
 The variety which fowls consume 
 with avidity is indicative of the wide 
 assortiTient demanded by the systerii 
 to secure the best results. And it is 
 well to consider twice whether a 
 thing cannot be worked into edible 
 shape before destroying or letting it 
 go to waste. 
 
 The shortage of the apple crop last 
 year brought to the writer a prac- 
 tical illustration of this. In lieu of 
 the larger fruit, experiments were 
 made with the little wild crabapple. 
 By soaking in water over night and 
 then cooking until soft they were 
 highly relished. To hasten the prep- 
 aration, the crabs were cut into quar- 
 ters before soaking. This process, by 
 the way, removes the ''crabby" taste. 
 and should not be omitted if used for 
 the table. One has no idea, without 
 giving it a trial, how much this im- 
 proves them; and 'he poultry seem 
 to enjoy the change as well as peo- 
 ple. Even when apples are plentiful 
 some of the crabs will be found very 
 convenient for late winter and early 
 spring use, as they keep much better 
 than most of the cultivated varieties. 
 
 A generation ago the housewife 
 would have scofifed at the idea of 
 there being for chickens any food 
 value in clover save the seeds and in- 
 sects it might contain; yet the steamed 
 product is now conceded as one of 
 the most valuable winter foods. This 
 but suggests the thought that the 
 end of the menu is not yet. Look 
 out for the odds and ends and suppiv 
 them generously, and keep an opci 
 eye for serving new dainties. The 
 greater the variety of good food the 
 greater the results. Stale amterial is 
 never wanted, and shows in the ill- 
 Havor of the eggs. 
 
 BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 
 
 From F. C. Hirtman. 
 
 Fkiknd, Neb., Ai'k. Zi, O'l. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator, 
 
 Clay CenteJ, Neb 
 Di'ar Sir: — I notice in the W. P. N. 
 that the Hon. T. L, Nerval still thinks 
 that he did not get fair treatment at 
 the state show and wants the people 
 to know that his pen figur. s out 1-16 
 of a point more than 1st and 2nd pens 
 which were a tic — ISKs. To figure 
 the way Mr. Norv.il does his best cock- 
 erel with best females. I would have 
 had one pen 184 ."!-lfi, another IS-^Js. 
 another l.Sl ',, and four pens with an 
 average score of 181 5-U6 by one of the 
 hardest cutters that ever scored at 
 state show. Mr. N. has h.id it his own 
 way so long that he can hardly give it 
 up that he was fairly beaten. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 F. C. HlXMAN. 
 
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 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 WHITE PLYMtlUTH ROCKS our specialty. 
 Ek'lfs I 00 per 15. Pekin duck egifn l.OOperU. 
 Try us. F. J. Kolasa. DuBois, Neb. 
 
 Barred Plymouth rocks, winners 
 
 from Norv.-il's strain. No stock, all sold, on- 
 ly eirgs for hatcllinif. Mated for prizewin- 
 ners. Have4pens, Best, 2.50: ZH. 2 00: 3d. 
 1.50: 4tli. 1 (JO only, per setting- of IS. (For •'! 
 settings, twice the siug-le price) Place vour 
 your orders early. Mrs. M. E. Bittner, 'Osce- 
 ola. Neb 
 
 MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Hartley, Nebr., Barred 
 Rocks, wen marked, c^ctra large birds, bottj 
 cocl-erel and pullet, mating- pens. Eggs 2.00 
 for IS, 3.50 for 30. ir.-ni-ral flock, 4.00 per 100. 
 White Wvandottes. Norval and Coffin strains 
 direct, 2.()11 forlj. 3.50 for .>IJ. 
 
 ORIOLE FARMS, Twin Lakes. Wi.sconstn, 
 send free a Partridg-e Wyandotte catalogue, 
 A. D. Burliaus. 
 
 S. C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed bv 1st 
 and 2nd cklsand 2nd cock Knapp strains',, l.UO 
 per IS; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or- 
 ders now. M. B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa. 
 
 EGGS for hatching; White Plymouth Rocks 
 and White Wyandottes, IS tor i.75. S.C.White 
 and Brown Leghorns, 1.25. Belgian hares for 
 sale. S. S. Dunn, 4550 Chicago Aye., Minnea- 
 polis, Minn. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict- 
 ly pure white, mated to a '*4 5-6 point cockerel, 
 large and pure white. Eggs, 1.50 per 15. No 
 stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W. Brehm. 
 Harvard. Nebr. 
 
 WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13 
 varieties of thoroughbred poultry. Eggs for 
 hatching from oOc to 1.25 per setting. Write 
 for particulars. O. O. Lomen, Decorah, Iowa. 
 
 BARRED ROCKS. Lash pen, cockerel score, 
 nH. pullets WA to 93: eggs 3.00 for 13. Yd 2 
 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, 
 Dunbar, Nebr. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES e.tclu4ivelv. Eggs 
 from pen, 2.IK1 per IS. These are line birds. 
 Those at large, 1.00 per 15: 4.00 per 100. Mrs. 
 M. A. Barrans, Leno.x. Iowa. 
 
 EGGS FOR HATCHING, from full-blooded 
 American Dominiques, Sl.Slt per 13, 2.50 per 26. 
 Also cockerels at $3 and pullets at S2. Blue 
 Ribbon strain. E. W. Nick, 129 West 11th St., 
 Erie, Pa. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Flshel 
 strain. Pen headed by?2Scock: every hen a 
 top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your'chance 
 to get the best While blood in the world. H. 
 C. Nichols. P. M.. Spearvllle, Kan. 
 
 EGGS-Columbian Wvandottes, finest in the 
 land. Buff Orpingtons. White Langshans, 
 While Indian Games. R. C. White Leghorns 
 Silver Wyandottes. Also from R. C. Brown 
 Leghorns very cheap. I-'owls. dogs, birds and 
 pigeons cheap. Indian Runtierducks.Enclo.se 
 stamp. No circulars. Address Hillcrest 
 Farm, Milledgeville, Pa. 
 
 EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced 
 Wyandottes SI. SO per 15. S2.S0 jjer 30. Known 
 as I. X. L. Poultry Yards. Satisfaction guar- 
 anteed or money refunded. Mrs. W. J. 
 Barnes, Topeka. Kansas, Sta. B. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS, Buff and White Wyan- 
 dottes, White Klondlkes, best obtainable. 
 Stock and eggs for sale in season. T. W. 
 Beecher & Co., Reed City, Mich. 
 
 BELGIAN HARES. J2.50 per pair. S. L. Wy- 
 an<l(>tl,-s. Pekiii Hacks. 20 eggs SI.IXI. Also 
 Poland China hogs. White China Geese, and 
 H. L. Felter, Washta 
 
 Che 
 
 lo' 
 
 MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMA.S, prize win- 
 ning slock scoring from 90 to 95 points Eggs 
 $1.50 per 15. Mammoth Pekln Duck eggs 
 Jl.ai for 11. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice 
 Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 O. I. C. SWINE for sale from one of the best 
 herds in state of Illinois. Booking orders now 
 for pigs, single, pairsand trios. Mated Noakin. 
 Prices within re:u-h of all. Also eggs from 
 la^ge. growUn Light Brahma and B. P. Rock 
 chickens for sale at S2.IH1 per IS or W.OO per 30. 
 Address Chas. Griffith, Woburn. 111. 
 
 J1.50 per 13. Oris 1 
 Fort W;»yne. Ind. 
 
 ORIOLE PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE Farm 
 sends free a Partridge W'vandotte Catalogue. 
 A. D. Burhans, Twin Lakes, Wis 
 
 SHORT GRASS POULTRY FARM. Thonii)- 
 son strain. B. Rocks. S. C. Brown Leghorns. 
 Black and Whiu- Langshans. Eggs. 2.00 per 
 fifteen. Pride of the West strain of M. B. 
 Turkeys. Pen scoring 95, to 'ib'.s. headed by 
 40-lb tom. Eggs 3.00 per 9. T. M. Bargef 
 Spearsvllle, Ky. ' 
 
A tine Light Brahma hen owned by 
 G. B. Clary, Fairbury; Nebr. 
 
 Learning to Run an Incubator. 
 
 (P,y Percy \Y. Shepard.) 
 The greatest and usually the only 
 fear of a new beginner in using an in- 
 cubator is that they may not be able 
 to learn to run it successfully. It is 
 not a very hard undertaking to learn 
 to manage an incubator. Some make 
 a good hatch with the first trial; oth- 
 ers fail with the first one and some- 
 times with several hatches. Most of 
 these different results come from the 
 difference in the amount of care given 
 the hatcher. The one who believes 
 that the incubator will take care of 
 itself and make a good hatch with only 
 a very few minutes of attention per 
 day, is the one who fails until he learns 
 different. The one who sees that it 
 needs enough attention to properly fol- 
 low the needs and directions in hatch- 
 ing, is the one who will be most likely 
 to learn at the first trial. A beginner 
 may study the directions of several dif- 
 ferent makes of incubators and when 
 he comes to run a particular kind of 
 machine he may try to use the direc- 
 tions, to some extent, of the other ma- 
 chine. This is not advisable. The 
 maker of the machine knows more 
 about them than you (a new beginner") 
 does, and he gives in his book of di- 
 rections the very best rules that he 
 knows. It would be natural for him 
 to do this in such cases, as he wants 
 to further the sales of his machines. 
 This he can do only by their proving 
 effective hatchers. Always follow 
 these directions to a letter if you want 
 results instead of merely experience. 
 To learn to be a successful hatcher de- 
 pends much on your aptitude for such 
 work and upon your ability to give it 
 the proper attention. If you grasp the 
 ideas of successful hatching easily, and 
 like the work well, you will be able to 
 learn easier than you will if all the 
 
 POtjLtkV iisfVlEStlGAlok. 
 
 workings of the machine are difficult 
 for you to understand and that you 
 can't just get the thing going in an 
 easy manner. 
 
 It is no small job to care for an in- 
 cubator — that is, it needs much atten- 
 tion. Some think that a machine needs 
 only about five minutes' attention each 
 d.jy. This is a mistake. You must 
 cool the eggs nearly half an hour dur- 
 ing the latter part of the hatch. You 
 may leave them that long and go to 
 do something else, yet you must keep 
 your mind on them or you may forget 
 about them and allow them to chiH. 
 
 Then there is the testing. Twice this 
 is usually done. This will take any- 
 where from half an hour to an hour 
 or more, depending upon your experi- 
 ence in this part of the work. It does 
 not pay to be too rapid in testing, as 
 you may take out some eggs that 
 would otherwise have hatched. 
 
 Turning the eggs once or twice a 
 day is something that must be done. 
 Some say turn them once a day; others 
 say twice. It is best to turn them hall 
 way over twice a day. 
 
 Another thing is in depending alto- 
 gether on the regulator to keep a uni- 
 formity in temperature. Do not de- 
 pend too much on the regulator. It 
 may serve well enough to regulate a 
 small change in temperature, but they 
 are not perfect and you must keep the 
 lamp about right or the regulator can 
 not do its work. The regulator is a 
 granij, good thing, but upon the lamp 
 depends most of your success. Keep 
 it properly trimmed and cleaned and 
 plenty of oil in it, so it will never go 
 out. I saw an incubator become filled 
 with sooth over the lamp when poor 
 oil was used and one day fell down and 
 put out the blaze. It may do no seri- 
 ous harm to have the lamp go out if 
 ycu discover it before the eggs get 
 cold, but it is better to have no such 
 accidents occur. Remember that you 
 should go to your incubator several 
 times a day and in very cold weather 
 quite often. If the lamp should go out 
 and you were following the belief that 
 only five minutes a day were necessary 
 for running it, most likely your eggs 
 would be wasted. 
 
 If you want to learn to run an in- 
 cubator get one now and run it. You 
 will learn if you are careful enough 
 and will become a successful hatcher. 
 Don't become discouraged if the first 
 one or two attempts are unsuccessful. 
 It is your fault and not that of the 
 machine. 
 
 When you have once learned you 
 will be ready to make poultry raising 
 I an easy matter. 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 BU1<'1'' OKPlNUiONS. "Cook's strains," fjiiis 
 15 for $3 OOt hateh guaranteed $5,00 from 
 blidsbuff to the skin and progeny of im- 
 poited .slock. Express prepaid. A.Edward 
 Green. .Joliet. 111. 
 
 EGGS tor hatching. From 2 splendid pens 
 prize winniui; Black Laugsbaiis. score 92'/i 
 to !i5';. Bull Orpingtons and Kose Oonib 
 Ula^k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole, 
 M. U. Willlaujslield. III. 
 
 EGGS from my Beauty Strain of high scor- 
 ing Light Brahuias and prize winning 
 Klaek Suniatras. 15 fo'- $1 00, They are up- 
 to-date. Chas. M. Palmers. Nassau. N. Y. 
 
 BUFF COCHIN chickens. Toulouse geese, 
 Uurc .'eisey swine. Cockerels for sale 
 with score cards, Chi ken eggs $2.00 for 15. 
 Geese esss 25c each. Chas. A. Allison, Ten. 
 nessee, III. 
 
 WHEATLAND POULTRY FARM. M. T. 
 Turkeys, prize winner B. P. Rocks. (Rinslet 
 Strain, S- S Wvandotles. S. C. Brown Lee- 
 horn. Birds for sale. Ettcs in season. Mrs. 
 Taylor Raker, Magnolia, Mo. 
 
 THE STAR POULTRY Yards has SO. Brown 
 Leifhorns. Barred and White Rocks and 
 White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
 of East Peoria. D. E. GlatSeld. East Peoria, 
 111, manager. 
 
 SILVER GRAY DoKKINGS. White Wyan- 
 dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
 They are state winners. Live and let live 
 i= our motto. Dorkings, 1.50 per setting, 
 other settings 1.00. Circulars free. U. Mul- 
 lin, Beautord. Minn. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st 
 premium stock at leading" shows. 93 to 94. 3 
 errand matings. eetrs 2 So per IS. Robl. Lar- 
 mer. Ravenwood. Mo. Box 7. S. V, Pres. Bu£f 
 Rock Club. 
 
 EGGS 75c per IS. Farm range. Black Lang- 
 shan and sing-le comb Brown Leghorn. From 
 pen No 1, Black Langshan. 200 per IS. Pen 
 No. 2. White Wyandotte. 150 per 15 M. M. 
 Browning. Appleton City. Mo. 
 
 S. H. COTTON. Superior Black Lang-shans; 
 Etrg-s IS forS2.00. S. H. Cotton, Applelon City, 
 Mo. 
 
 FOR Sale. 2 choice White Klondike hens 
 Place order at once- Address Poultry In 
 VESTIGATOK. Clay Center. Nebr. 
 
 WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES 
 Eggs 1.00 per la White Wyandotte cocker- 
 els 1.00 each. Pekin ducks 2.50 per trio. 
 Eggs per setting. 95c. Mrs. H. M. Clark, 
 Sumner. Nebraska. 
 
 EGGS FOR SALE 1 White Crested Black Pol- 
 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 1 5U; 2 or more sittings 1.00: 5.00 per liO. 
 Key. G. A. Ohamblin, Moran. Kansas. 
 
 BUFF 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. 
 
 GET THE BEST: One dollar buys IS eggs 
 from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose 
 Comb Black Minorcas. C. L. Norman, Stroms- 
 burg. Neb. 
 
 PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns. White 
 Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg- 
 horns score to 95, headed hv 2nd cock at Des 
 Moines show. Eggs 1.50 arid 1.00 per 15; 4.U0 
 per 1110. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer' 
 Indianola. Iowa. 
 
 AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. 100 Bronze 
 Turkeys, sire 44 to 46 lbs. 200 cockerels P. 
 Rocks.Wvandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin- 
 eas, Jersev cattle. Stock and eggs for sale. 
 25 years a breeder. F. M. Hunger & Sons, De 
 Kalb. Ills. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth 
 Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds, 
 1.00 perlS; bred on different farms, free range. 
 PekMi Duck eggs, 11 for SOc. B. L. Grover. 
 Burton. Kas. 
 
 FOREST HILL Poultry Farm: R. C. B. Leg- 
 hornsexclusivelv; 10 years standing: eggpro- 
 ducing strain. Can furnish lOO eggs per day. 
 Price. 15 for 1.00; SO. 2.50 and 100,4.00. C. H. 
 Brown, Council Grove. Kansas. 
 
 B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens. 1.50 for 15. 
 SearleV strain, none better. Write your wants. 
 Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr. 
 
Spring CleaLfving. 
 
 At this time of the year we liear a 
 great deal about "house cleaning,'" 
 and the male portion of the family 
 are in constant dread of cold dinners 
 and being asked to help. However, 
 this hubbub of cleaning usually ap- 
 plies just to the dwelling houses, 
 which are gone over from bottom to 
 top. No closet or corner is left 
 without a thorough overhauling. 
 This is all right and strictly neces- 
 sary in dustry Nebraska, and more 
 especially where we live in one house 
 for a number of years. Things will 
 get put away and saved until house- 
 cleaning time turns them out and 
 they find their way into the fire by 
 armfuls, which is the proper place fo," 
 them. A lot of useless rubbish stowed 
 around is only a harbor for mice and 
 disease germs, and we cannot be too 
 careful of these things. Decayed veg- 
 etables, making a foul cellar, can eas- 
 ily cause us no end of trouble. It 
 was in regards to our poultry houses 
 and yards that I started out to write 
 about; but by this time my poultry 
 friends will have found out that I get 
 tired talking too long on one subject. 
 and won't expect anything very prim 
 from my pen. 
 
 On many farms the poultry hou-,e 
 is not a matter of consideration until 
 after everything else is done, and 
 sometimes not even then. Our own 
 houses and yards are perhaps not 
 models, but they are cleaned often 
 during the whole year and fresh straw 
 kept in them. During the spring and 
 summer extra care and cleaning is 
 necessary. In years gone by we have 
 used an apple tree sprayer and kero- 
 sene emulsion when we wanted to go 
 into the cracks and corners. This year 
 there is something of a little later pat- 
 tern takes its place. It is a sprayer 
 made for the purpose of using disin- 
 fectants about houses and cellars, and 
 for house plants, as. well as for use in 
 the poultry house. It throws a very 
 fine spray which can be forced into 
 all the cracks, corners and crevices of 
 the poultry house. There is no waste, 
 and a gallon of lice killer will go as 
 far again when used with a good 
 sprayer. Nest boxes and perches 
 need spraying often, for lice will 
 hatch and multiply very fast in a 
 poultry house in warm weather. If 
 we do not keep everlastingly after 
 them our hens stop laying, and we 
 wonder why. We found a very con- 
 venient way of managing insect pow- 
 der to rid the hens of lice. Take a 
 good sized box and fill it about half 
 full of fine dust, then empty a pack- 
 age of insect powder into it, put it in 
 a sunny place, and "Biddy" will just 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 mix it to her heart's content, and her 
 feathers will be dusted in much bet- 
 ter shape than 'we could possibly do 
 it. Insect powder is much safer and 
 better to use on the hens than liquid 
 lice killers and for use in brooders 
 and around our young chicks. There 
 is a gas used in most liquids that is 
 death to many chicks, and after we 
 have them hatched we do not want 
 them to die from lice or the effects of 
 lice remedies. 
 
 Our long spell of cold weather was 
 not very conducive to a large supply 
 of fertile eggs, and the supply of 
 early chicks will be much less than 
 last season. At this writing, March 
 ■25th, we have thirty-six, where we 
 had 150 one year ago. However, a 
 good large incubator is full and work- 
 ing in fine shape, which gives prom- 
 ise of a good hatch. When the three 
 days' test was started every egg in 
 about fifty was found fertile, so we 
 quit, and will not test until the end 
 of the second week. At that time 
 all the poorly fertilized ones will be 
 dead, and everything can be taken 
 out except the good strong chicks. 
 We can see chicks through some 
 egg sheels much more clearly than we 
 can through others. If the shell is 
 thick and dark colored the chick will 
 not show up as clear as in a thin, 
 white shelled egg. 
 
 Another important thing in running 
 an incubator is to change the position 
 of the eggs. At each turning take 
 the eggs from the center of the tray 
 and put them to the outer edg-':.. 
 Then, if there should be any aifFer- 
 ence in the temperature in different 
 parts of the incubator we have over- 
 come it, and will have an even hatch. 
 We should also change the position jf 
 the trays. We know the outside eg^s 
 under old "Biddie" are not quite as 
 warm as those in the center of the 
 nest, but she mixes them up and 
 turns them over so many times that 
 they all hatch pretty even, so for fear 
 of a diflferent temperature in an incu- 
 bator it is well to work on the same 
 plan. 
 
 Experience has taught us that our 
 earliest chicks were the best in every 
 way. We can even raise a larger per 
 cent of them. To be sure, there is 
 much cold wather when we are 
 obliged to keep thein in the house if 
 we have no extra warm place pre- 
 pared for them, but this extra care is 
 what counts, and when the weather 
 comes out nice they are ready to rus- 
 tle before the tall grass and weeds 
 are grown to hide tbem. They ha\c 
 all summer to gro wand mature, while 
 the later ones are about half grown 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS. \ 
 
 MAMMOTH WHITP: P.-kin Ducks L-xclusivelv 
 Ktsu^ for halchinir. Jl per U. Fri-d Gruetie- 
 wald. Ki-ar 347 Lowry st. Allegheny, Pa. 
 
 PARTRIDliE WYANDOTTES and Sin^rle 
 Comb R. I. Reds. Euirs from as good as the 
 best. Partridfre, S3 per setting. Reds, Sl.SOpcr 
 setting. One third off after June 1st. Otto B. 
 Cannon, Elsberry, Mo. 
 
 WHITE FACE BLACK SPANISH exclusive- 
 ly. Bred them 40 years on free range. Eggs 
 will hatch. Free circular. Eggs $i per 13. 
 John Bennett, Sunman, Ripley Co. Indiana. 
 
 SUNNY HILL Poultry Yards. Barre« P. 
 Rocks . Highclass, fiiie color, fine cockerels. 
 Eggs SI per iS; S1.50 per 30; S2 per 45 $4 per 100. 
 James E. Anderson, Montezuma, la. 
 
 INCUBATOR EGGS— Best srain of Barred P. 
 Rocks; good size, prolific layers; $2.50 per 100. 
 Marsh & Sons. Fort Dodge,' la. 
 
 YOU'LL NEVER REGRET it if you get a set- 
 tingof mv Barred P. Rock eggs'at "liveand 
 let live" prices, }\.5n per 13. They will 
 please you. W. F. Crigler, Nevada. Mo. 
 
 LEGHORN EGtiS from the the greatest laying 
 strain on earth. S. C. Brown, and White Leg- 
 horn eggs. 75c per setting, *4 per 100. W. P. 
 Chamberlain, Kirkwood, Mo. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. At Macomb, Shan- 
 er, judge. 1st. 2n(i 3ri ckls, 'i5';, i3'A,93}i; 
 1st, 2d 3d pull. t^. ''5>,. '1?',, 'IS',; 2d, 3d hen, ' 
 ')S;4,95"4; IM I"". I'M'.. Isi for lUbest birds in 
 American cl.i----. '5] '.. Duston strain direct. 
 Three yards headed by cockerels with extra 
 good combs, eves and lobes and white as snow 
 scoring'tSij, 94!2, 94. Eggs Jl per 13. W. E. 
 Thompson, Box 195. Macomb, 111. 
 
 BARRED ROCKS. Large, heavv bone, fine 
 barring, good layers. Eggs *i per i3. :5 per 
 lot). Mrs. Tilla Leach, box X Cherryvile, III. 
 
 BLACK MINORCA EGGS, large fowls, stand- 
 ard bred. tl.SO per 15: $2.50 per 30. Minorcas 
 exclusively. Mrs. J. C. Wirts, Delavan Prai- 
 rie Farm, "Delavan, Wis. 
 CORNISH I. GAMES. Templeton, Moore and 
 Sharp strains. Eggs II for fifteen. Also fine 
 White Wyando 
 same price. Gi 
 Kendallville, Ind 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. Birds and and egg 
 for sale. Correspondence solicited. Mrs. 1 
 L. Palmer, Noble, 111. 
 BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from . 
 of selected birds that will reproduc 
 selves at *2 per l5. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 - . cor. 29 and Burleigh St. Mil- 
 
 
 , Wi! 
 
 TWO YARDS EACH of pullet and cockerel 
 mating high scoring Single Comb Brown 
 Leghorns. Eggs $1 per setting, 30 eggs $2. 
 Rov Glasgow, Science Teacher, Public high 
 school, Hannibal, Mo. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES and S. L. Wvan- 
 dottes. Eggs $1 per 15; $2 per 39; $4.25 per hun- 
 dred. Frank Hard« idge, Ponelo. Ind. 
 
 POULTRY RAISERSs.iidten centsin stamps 
 and get a Fumigating Nest Egg that will keep 
 the nest free from lice and add to vour egg 
 production. Pollard & Couthwav, B'looming- 
 ton. 111. 
 
 BLACK SPANISH only. First prize winners 
 at Mo. state, Kansas state, Kansas City, and 
 Marshalltown, la., shows, also Valley Falls. 
 Eggs $1.50 peris. H. W. Chestnut, Birming- 
 ham. Kansas. 
 
 BUFF and BARRED Rocks, Buff Leghorns, 
 Black breasted Red Games, Pekin Ducks, 
 Fancy Pigeons. Eggs from fine .stock. Get 
 price list at once. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 The Utz Poultry Farm, Estherville. la. 
 
 BUFF LEGHORNS. First prize winners at 
 Chicago and Buffalo, N. Y. 1902- Breeders 
 are finer than ever. Stock for sale. Circulars 
 free. Chas. L. Thayer, 7036 Union Ave. Chi- 
 cago. 111. 
 
 DARK BRAHMAS, the best of all the large 
 varieties, for roasters, captms and wintereggs. 
 Hardy, l)ear confinement and one of the hand- 
 somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the 
 season, $2 per 13. 43.50 per 20. ^ per 40. A few 
 choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nve, Leaven- 
 worth, Kansas. 
 
 BARPED P. ROCK (Bradley,* Thompson! W. 
 Wyandotles Duston'sj Buff Cochins iHares) 
 fineyoun^ Barred P. Rocks for sale. Eggs 
 for hatching in season. Write for prices. J. 
 Dumenil. No. 19 So. 5th st. Keokuk, Iowa. 
 
 CHEAPEST, best. 25 leading varieties. Felch, 
 Upson. Bond. Hawkins. Latham. Empire, Ab- 
 bot, Nugget, Cook. Rowlands. Jackson, and 
 otlu-r great English and American strains: 
 Brahnias. Cochins, Langshans, Sherwoods, 
 Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Rocks, Games, Leg- 
 lu>rns. Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks, 
 Ponchatoula, La. 
 
when the cold weather of fall catches 
 them, and there are sure to be some 
 that will sit round in the cold and 
 get stunted. 
 
 Our yards are another matter of 
 consideration. There are very few 
 fruit yards that do not receive their 
 proper raking in the spring. We who 
 live in the country can even have a 
 lawn mower and keep them cut close 
 and looking fine all summer. I once 
 thought that such a lot of work that 
 we could never do it, but last year a 
 lawn mower found its way out here 
 and the yard was kept in good shape 
 all summer. So I know it can be 
 done. 
 
 So much for our fruit yards, but 
 how about the back ones? They need 
 getting after and cleaning up, too, all 
 round the poultry yards and houses 
 should be raked and scraped down to 
 the earth. Last year two little folks 
 came visiting on the Saturday we had 
 planned to make use of our own boy 
 to help clean yards. But by a little 
 talking and the promise of a picnic 
 lunch in the grove when we were 
 through, all went to work, and the 
 yards were cleaned of their winter's 
 accumulations in good shape. 
 
 A cake, some cookies, and a large 
 pitcher of cherry juice was taken 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 them I 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 keeps 
 nicely, and a tablespoon or two in a 
 glass of cold water makes such a 
 good summer drink. 
 
 A little extra planning in some of 
 these ways saves a whole lot of plan- 
 ning, and the work gets done in bet- 
 ter shape, to say nothing of the pleas- 
 ure of having it 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. 
 
 change them for any other breed, and 
 give them up entirely. 
 
 All my letters from people who are 
 in the poultry business, either from a 
 fapcier's or market standpoint, where 
 they are handling several varieties, and 
 have the White Langshan, always give 
 the White Langshan the top perch. 
 Many of our best Langshan breeders 
 who have been breeding only the blacks 
 arc taking up the White Langshans this 
 spring, for they see that if they want to 
 make the most out of the poutry indus- 
 try they have got to take up the White 
 Langshans. 
 
 I have been corresponding with some 
 of our old time Langshan breeders in 
 regard to organizing a White Langshan 
 Club, and they seem to highly favor it, 
 and have agreed to help me, but the 
 help of a few is not sufficient. I want 
 the help of every White Langshan 
 breeder in the United States. 
 
 If we get u pthis club I want us to 
 make it the banner specialty club, and 
 we can do it if we will only all work 
 together, Think over this, and all who 
 favor the organization of such a club 
 will please send me their address on a 
 postal card. Let me see how many 
 names I can get by the time of the 
 next issue of the Investigator. 
 
 I will write more concerning the club 
 work in the Investigator from month 
 to month, and will also state the num- 
 ber of names I have received, so you 
 can all see how we are progressing. 
 
 This work is getting up this club is 
 not to put any feathers in my cap, only 
 just to add a few more to the good 
 points of the White Langshan. 
 
 MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR. 
 
 Rock Port, Mo. 
 
 ii 
 
 Ovir Circulation. 
 
 Guaranteed circulation for 
 
 March 36,014 
 
 Guaranteed circulation for 
 
 April 36,060 
 
 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 me 
 this 5th day of May, 1903. 
 
 J. L. Cannpbell, Notary Public. 
 Commission expires Jan. 10, 1905. 
 
 Yankton, South Dakota, Jan. ii. 1902. 
 Rippley Hardware Co., Grafton, 111. 
 
 Gents: — The Whitewashing Machine 
 was a complete success. We gave all 
 our buildings two coats with your ma- 
 chine. It is a great labor saver. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 Walter B. Dean, Sec'y State Board of 
 Agriculture. 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Eeeo from prize winners at 
 LSI per 15- Win replace all infertile eggs 
 free. Have 7, pens mated, send for descrip- 
 tion. We can please you. F. Whaley, Apple- 
 ton Cilv. Mo. 
 
 ENGLISH PHEASANTS. Beautiful, hardy, 
 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 
 IS, $2 per 30. O. P. Nesmitli, Bluford, 111. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS, winners at Delavan, 
 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. 
 
 BUFF Wyandottes exclusively. Eggs $1 per 
 setting. My Wyandottes are from prize win- 
 ning stock. Cock heading this pen scores by 
 Shaner. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bert Chap- 
 in, Galesville, Wisconsin. 
 
 LARGE Black Minorcas 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. 
 
 200 SILVER WYANDOTTES, farm raised, 
 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. 
 
 FOR SALE. Eggs from S.C.Brown Leghorns. 
 $1.25 per 15: breeder for 15 years. Also from 
 Snow White Wyandottes. $1.50 per 15. Stand- 
 ard bred birds. Henry Walther, Clinton, Ind. 
 
 BjVRRED ROCKS exclusively. Eggs from 
 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- 
 land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13, 
 four settings for fiie dollars. Catalogue 
 free. Jos. Krenn, 114 Beecher St., Syracuse, 
 N. Y. 
 
 EGGS FOR SALE from our Chicago prize win- 
 ners. White Holland Turkey eggs, $3 per 11; 
 W. P. Rock eggs only $1 per 15. Frank J. 
 Hicks, Onarga, 111. 
 
 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 
 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 
 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. 
 
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 BUSINESS CATCHERS. 
 
 SILVER LA' 'ED Wvaiiddttes exclusively. 
 Ktroiiif. healtliy stock, bred for show anu best 
 eirir production. Tliey are winners, etrirs that 
 will hatch. 1.00 for 15. W. O. Johnson, .•'troms- 
 burif. Neb. 
 
 FOK SALE. Two 20(1 ega size .>Jure llntch In- 
 cubators, la Hrst uliiss conriiiion. will sull 
 v.-ry cheap. White Kock Farm. Wap llo, 
 Iowa. 
 
 CuMU-i' SINGLE Comb Brown Leithorns 
 ItPeolar e»,'K niachines. Stock direct from 
 best I'listorn brci'deis. Ejit'S for sale l.Od 
 for 15. W. E. Combs, .lullnn. Neb. 
 
 HATTIE BYEIELD. Mc' 'ook. Nebr. Ecks 
 for halchini,' from prize winiiin? Linht Brah" 
 mas and Whi.i- Wvandotte chicken. White 
 Holland lu'keys and mammoth Pekin ducks, 
 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 
 drakes to sell. 
 
 THE INTEHNATIONAL TOULTHY EX- 
 Chair.i(' w;inlN f\fiy pfwon wliii li.t- troud, 
 medliinipnciil ilioiuuu'brcd pooltrv forsale 
 lo send (U'M-ftpi iofi and prices with loc. to 
 answer iiMjuirii-s; :ilsc> anyunc wishes to buy 
 any breed of ihoioimhbred iioultry losend 
 for prices, we can fill all your orders near 
 your home. O. K. liuulap, Siipt. Liberal, 
 Kansas; U. S, A. 
 
 ECiUS for sale. While Crested Black 3 50 
 per 15. Buir Kocks. BnlT Lechorns. Light 
 Uriihnias. eh'Ks 1 3.? per 15 Stock for s»le. 
 Write your wants, c. E. Olson. Colon, Neb. 
 
 WHITE I'LYMDUTH KOCKS. Farm raised. 
 EgKs 75 cents pei Id. Strawberry plants 60 
 cents per ItO. Loudau Bed Kaspherry 
 plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe. 
 Cory vi lie. Pa. 
 
 EGGS. Barred Ro'-ks (Tlionipson strain) 
 White Kocks (Erjiirci Wljiir Wvandoite 
 lI)usU)n) Silver Liu-id Wyiirnlotii- iCoeite) 
 Lisht Brahma (Felch) i:i fi.r 1 2.-. Also a f.'W 
 tine cockerels. L M. Whiliaker. ai45 east 
 Roble. St. I'aul. Minn. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS. Partridge Cochins 
 Sliver f.aced Wyandottes. Kose Comb 
 Brown Leghorns. Stock and eggs for sale. 
 Prices very reasonable for quality of stock 
 If you want something good write at once. 
 C. P. Kurtz. Lawrence, Neb. Have tine 
 English Berkshire hogs. 
 
 EGGS. Barred PlytTiouth R.ick birds scoring 
 90to!t2;4. Eggs $150 per 15; 3 511 per ;jO; 
 Birds scoring w to 113. $i 00 per 15: 1 50perao, 
 4.00 per 100. .1. K. Loun s Son, North Eng- 
 lish. Iowa. K. F. 1), 2. 
 
 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. 
 Markel. Wahoo. Neb. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice 
 heavily feather.-d pulU-t.. for sale. Eeifs$l.5l) 
 per 15. Pen lKa<leil l.v 2d ckl Nebr. state 
 show, l'i.)2. Satisfaction guaranteed, H.E 
 Bowman, Lawrence. Nebr. 
 
 SILVER >PANt;LEI) HaMBURGS. Most 
 beautiful fowl and (freat lavers. Cockerel 
 forsale. Begs $1.25 for 15: $2-25 for .TO; $3 00 
 for4S. J. E. Haynes. Ames, Alonroe Co. 111. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first 
 class and my prices right. I have spared nei- 
 ther time or expense to gel the best sli.ck- 
 Scores from •)2'/5 to OS*^. Eggs for sale, $1.50 
 per 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular fr*e. 
 E. E. Bowers, Bradshaw. Neb. 
 
 EGGS from .Single Comb White, Brown. Hull 
 Black. Dominique, ~iiver Duckwing and 
 Rose Comb Wlute Buff and Brown Le^. 
 horns. Price list free. Sylvester Shirley, 
 Port Clinton. Ohio, 
 
 SUNNY SLOPE FKl'IT AND POULTRY 
 Farm, C. F. Austin. Hearing. Kan.. White 
 Kock Specialist. Eggs. Frank Heck and 
 .lohn Hughes strains. 15 cockerels forsale 
 Strawberry plants— best varieties. Square 
 treatment. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOT PE^. cockerels scoring 
 to iMX. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys scoring 
 to 9IH4 sired by a Torn weighing 40 lbs ana 
 from hens weighlnir to 25 lis. Prices rea- 
 sonable. W, H- Liike, Hampton. Nebr. 
 
 PIGEON BOOIv complete. Illustrating, de 
 scribing all varieties, arranging loft, breed 
 ing. feeding, caring for. 5 cents. 1.000 pig 
 eons for sale. Prices f ' ce. Wni, A. Bart 
 lett& Co. Box 37. Jacksonville. III. 
 
 OHE.AP to close out. As fine a lot of birds 
 as you cversaw- Golden Wvandotles. Bar- 
 
 dPiyiiiouth Kocks and Buff Cochin Ban 
 tauis, U.Gregory; Wayne Neb,, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Some R.equisites for ■ R.aLtsir\g 
 Turkeys. 
 
 In some respect the turkey is of all 
 the denizens of the poultry yard most 
 desirable. II designed for local market, 
 ts large size and the almost invariable 
 advance of at least two or three cents 
 per pound over the price of chickens 
 are in themselves sufficient argument 
 in ils favor for profit. The supply is 
 not so general, hence prices are more 
 firm. While if raised for breeding 
 purposes, the higher prices realized 
 both from birds and eggs are still suffi- 
 cient incentives. 
 
 Yet there are certain conditions nec- 
 essary which render not every farm a 
 desirnble location for an embryo tur- 
 key plant. Some who can raise chick- 
 ens most successfully find in their 
 more noble relative many unlooked for 
 obstacles. On the other hand, there 
 are certain difficulties in turkey raising 
 that have been over-estimated; and 
 the poultry grower who is wise will 
 certainly consider the question before 
 limiting himself to the smaller birds. 
 
 Turkeys require a greater range than 
 chickens, and those who have only a 
 limited range will most likely be dis- 
 appointed in any attempt at their 
 growth. The wild blood has not yet 
 seemingly been eliminated, and non-re- 
 straint in the meadows and pastures is 
 their delight. There they find the in- 
 sect !ife. which is their standard bill of 
 fare. And it may be emphasized that 
 one of the greatest advantages in tur- 
 key raising is the large amount of 
 grasshoppers and other troublesome in- 
 sects they devour. On a moderate 
 sized farm a flock of from thirty to 
 fifty turkeys will keep in check these 
 troublesome pests, though neighboring 
 lands on all sides not similarly fortified 
 are stripped of living green. 
 
 Turkeys, too, have the troublesome 
 habit of "going visiting," and some- 
 times they are not inclined to return 
 It is a curious custom, doubtless in- 
 duced through the love of companion- 
 ship; for certainly in some instances the 
 home abandoned has seemingly as good 
 inducements as the adopted one. Nev- 
 erlhehless, it is a fact that when two 
 flocks once get together it is very hard 
 to get them separated permanently. 
 
 This is apt to lead to hardness be- 
 tween neighbors. Perhaps both are 
 strictly honest. One has to endure the 
 inroads of the doubled flock in orchard 
 or g.-irden, and of course this is un- 
 pleasant to the other as well; for 
 though he may drive his flock home 
 repeatedly, they soon find their way 
 back. Sometimes, too, both parties are 
 not strictly conscientious in the matter. 
 It is an easy matter to feed a little 
 
 heavy and induce a flock of thrifty, al- 
 most grown birds to remain. If of the 
 same breed they will so nearly resemble 
 their companions that it is difficult to 
 separate them. The owner calls, the 
 trespassed upon keeps "his number"; 
 and though his neighbor may be fully 
 convinced in his own mind that this 
 number has swelled materially since 
 the combining of the two flocks, he has 
 no recourse but to accept the leavings 
 or resort to a quarrel unpleasant if 
 not disgraceful. More than one hist'ng 
 feud has arisen from just such pro- 
 ceedings; and those surrounded by 
 neighbors already engaged in turkey 
 raising will do well to steer clear 
 of it. 
 
 Likewise, those near ;i village will 
 find their number of friends greater if 
 this branch of the poultry department 
 is not touched upon. The birds enjoy 
 long walks; more, they enjoy cabbage 
 and all similar garden dainties; and 
 unless they have a wide range the for- 
 bidden ground will be appropriated— 
 much to the disgust of the owner. 
 
 True, turkeys raised by a hen are 
 much less inclined to rove. Yet they 
 seldom thrive as well as when given 
 their freedom unrestrained. It has been 
 claimed that the wooden hen and 
 brooder will satisfactorily settle this 
 difficulty; and it would seem that the 
 latter would be a decided improvement 
 over the old hen, who is persistently 
 fussing and tiring the tender little 
 things out by running around hunting 
 bugs, when they want her to cover 
 them. It is also said that they may be 
 enclosed by poultry netting as well as 
 
 A Partridge Cochin ckl owned by 
 Wm. Postal, Aurora, Neb. The pul- 
 lets from this mating are owned by 
 W. F. Holcomb, Clay Center, Neb., as 
 well as other prize winners. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOk. 
 
 IS 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 Wr 
 
 chickens. But having seen them fly to 
 to the top of a moderate sized barn on 
 one or two occasions, it seems a little 
 discouraging to think of shutting them 
 into a roofless enclosure. 
 
 Some are deterred from undertaking 
 the business in the belief that turkeys 
 are difficult to raise. Barring the first 
 few weeks of their existence, when 
 they are more tender than chicks, 
 this is not the case; a half-grown tur- 
 key rarely fails to reach maturity un- 
 less some accident befalls it. Grapes 
 are, of curse, to be expected as with 
 chickens, and treated in the same way. 
 But aside from this, the young ones 
 
 when nicely feathered out are as hardy 
 as chicks. In their earlier days the 
 secret of health seems to be freedom 
 from wet, draggled plumage. This 
 almost invariably leads to sickness and 
 often to death. And just here is 
 where the hen, if allowed to have her 
 own way, fail. I believe a good in- 
 cubator and brooder would many 
 times out-distance her in raising tur- 
 keys. If the little ones are kept from 
 the grass during the rain or while wet 
 with dew, much trouble will be saved 
 in the end. 
 
 BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 
 
 ,il pi einis, allciilo 
 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, l..=;(l per tifteen. B. Turke.v 
 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, 
 5.0,1 per llMl. Grandsims of first ck. and hen. 
 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 
 ly. C. O'. Lorinjj, Dedham, Ma 
 e.Kpress paid to western points. 
 
 MONEYMAKERS are the four new kinds- 
 Part. Wyandottes. beautiful plumage: Silver 
 Penciled or Dark Brahma Wyandottes, beau- 
 tiful soft gray; Violet Wyandottes, bunch of 
 violets; Sicil.y W.vandottes lay at 4 months; 
 8 first prizes.'and 3, 4. 5. 6, prizes, at great Bos- 
 show* i''02. 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 
 'J2 to ''5 points, are bred for their great egg 
 production as well as show qualities. Each 
 trio consists of 3 pullets and one ckl. Price 
 per trio. 5.00. Eggs i.OO per fifteen. Mrs. D. 
 Beerer, Rose Cottage Farm, Box 4bS, Butler, 
 Indiana. 
 
 P. NEWCOMB. of Cedar Rapids. Iowa, has the 
 largest loft of fanc.v pigeons in the west to se- 
 lect from, having ail the leading colors in Eng- 
 lish and Bohemian Pouters, Fantails. Arch- 
 angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers, 
 Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows. Magpies, 
 White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale. 
 
 -ize stock ( 
 
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 COOPS. 
 
 As we do not all own brooders, it is 
 time to plan and build coops, that they 
 may be in readiness when needed. I 
 usually make my own, as I am pretty 
 handy (for a woman) with a saw and 
 hammer. At any rate I can make a 
 coop that will turn water, rats and 
 skunks. 
 
 Last year when the carpenters were 
 building our house I gathered up all 
 the scraps of rustic, ceiling and floor- 
 ing; also some pieces of one by four. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 left from the new picket fence. With 
 these I made some coops in this way: 
 For the frame I used the picket stuff, 
 sawing four pieces each three feet in 
 length, two pieces two feet long, two 
 inches lolng. For the frame of the 
 front of the coop I used the two 24- 
 ■-'•"> inches, two 17 inches and two 24 
 inch pieces and two of the 3-foot ones, 
 laying them in a level place in this 
 way : 
 
 Then I drove the eight penny nails 
 into each corner, taking care tn have 
 iho corners square. 
 
 Next I used the two 17-inch and the 
 other two 3-foot pieces in the same 
 way for the back, after which I nailed 
 a 2-foot piece from the bottom of the 
 back to the bottom of the front and 
 the 25-inch ones at the top of each 
 end. and the frame was done. 
 
 As some of the scraps of siding were 
 quite short, I nailed them up and down 
 at the back and larger ones at the ends, 
 sawing them to fit the slope at the top. 
 
 Six penny nails are large enough for 
 this purpose. 
 
 Across the top of the front I nailed 
 a G-inch board, and used 1-inch board 
 below that for the door. 
 
 A small block was nailed on the 
 frame at each end to hold the door in 
 place and a button fastened it at the 
 top. The cover was made of boards 
 laid double, so there would be no leaks. 
 The floor was scraps of old boards, 
 sawed a little longer than the coop 
 and fastened together by nailing cleats 
 across the under side, but not nailed 
 to the coop. 
 
 Then when the chicks were out on 
 nice days, the coops were turned up, 
 the floor cleaned and allowed to sun 
 and dry. The floor should not extend 
 back of the coop far enough to catch 
 the water from the roof or it will run 
 into the coop. 
 
 I suppose all these details look un- 
 necessary to the men folks, but per- 
 haps among the readers of the Inves- 
 tigator there may be some other wo- 
 men who have to make their own 
 coops when the men folks are too busy. 
 These measurements make large 
 coops, but as I always give a good 
 many chicks to each hen and keep 
 them housed in bad weather, they need 
 lots of room. 
 
 It is well to have a door of screen 
 or lath to use during the day time, or 
 warm nights. The 3-footstrips should 
 be on the outside of the coop at both 
 the front and back, to nail the siding 
 to. Boxes that have good, tight bot- 
 toms may be turned up side down and 
 doors cut in one end and used for 
 coops, but should always have tight 
 floors. This keeps rats and skunks 
 from digging under and keeps the 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 FOR K.XCH ANGE. A liO-egK gure Hatch In- 
 cubalur. for E.\htbltlon B. B. K. Games. 
 Must I).- first cla^s stocl;. A. J. WUliunis. 
 Clay Ceuter. Nebr. 
 
 RDFP FLYMODTH ROCK Cockerels from 
 Bist- prize cock; very promtsing. Write fur 
 prires. Allien K. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
 Elgin, 111. 
 
 J. W. WHITNEY. Chatham, Ohio. Poultry 
 Judire. All Varieties Private scoring 
 aud expert mating a specialty. 
 
 FREE. GAMES, Eggs $1,00 per 13. Circular, 
 Heathwoods. Irish and Mexican Grays, 
 Tornadoes, Irish Elks. Reds. Cornish In- 
 dians. $3.00. Fowls all times. C.U.Smith. 
 Fort Plain. N. Y. 
 
 DARK BRAHMaS exclusively. A few stand- 
 ard bred pullets for for sale for 1.50 and effers 
 1.50 per setting Alice Trenary, Palmyra. 
 Nebraska- 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks, No stock for 
 sale. Fggs $.i.00 per 100. Jl.OO per 13. My 
 stock is first class and have won In show 
 room. J. P. Schioeder. clay Center, Neb. 
 
 ALSEN Poultry yards has Haniburgs. Buff 
 and Brown Leghorns. BulT Rocks. White 
 Wyandottes. Polish and Andaiusian. Won 
 26 premiums out of 27 entries at South Da- 
 kota state fair. Egg-s for hatching. 11.00 
 and up. Circulars free. U. P, Larson, 
 Beresford. S. D. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMas. I have a few good hens 
 and pullets fur sale cheap. Mrs. Alice Allen, 
 Clay Center. Nebraska. 
 
 EGGS FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
 Comb White Leghorns, White Rocks and 
 Light Brahmas. $1.50 per settinp of l-'i eggs. 
 Write wants, .lobn H. Rownd. Downs. Kas. 
 
 ROSE COMB White and Rose Comb Brown 
 Leghorns. White and Silver Laced Wyan- 
 dottes. also Rouen Ducks. Eggs in season. 
 15. $1; 39. $-Z. Duck eggs *1 per 11. J. W. 
 Cook, Poneto. InU. 
 
 MEADOW BROOK farm has for sale Pekin 
 Ducks. Light Brahma and B. Plymouth 
 Rock Cockerels at *! each. Toulouse Gand- 
 ers, and M. Bronze Toms, at $i each. Pol- 
 and China hogs a matter of correspondence 
 J. D. Grimes. Chambert, Neb. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS a specialty. 1 
 yr old hens and this year's pullets and 
 cockerels for sale. Old stock score 92 points 
 and up to 95t-4. Write for prices. Geo. N, 
 Wood, Wetdon. la. 
 
 SCO BUFF. BARRED. White Plymouth Rocks. 
 Light Brahnias. Fine cockerels, hens and 
 pulletsSJ tn $3 each. Eggs 15. *1-00. 100. $6.00. 
 Milton Brown bo.\ ')4. Middleboro. Mass. 
 
 WHITE h! TURKEYS. 1 W. Rock ck.. score 
 94*/^ by Russell, for sale. Also et'gs from 
 D. Brahmas Brown Leghorn. B. PekIn s- 
 E.xpert Judge. P. M. cooley Milton. la. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. Duston and Nor 
 val strains direct. Score '12 to '<5 by Judge 
 Rhodes. Quality and fair treatment guaran- 
 leed. Best winter layers. Eggs 200 per 15. 
 Belgian hares, chas. C Wilson, Holdrege, 
 Nebraska. 
 
 O. K S. I.. WYANDOTTES are all right 
 
 Eggs Sl.aiper 15 or:^^^lo per 100. W, T. can 
 
 aday. Dover. Lee county. Iowa. 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS exclusively 
 
 E^'g-- $400 f r lOti. SI. 00 for 13. Adam A 
 
 Weir. Clay Center, NeUr. 
 
 EGGS from standard bred While and S. L. Wy- 
 andottes and Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting. 
 C. Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES, pure white and as 
 good as the best. Egg's 51.50 per 15. $2 50 for 
 30. Write for wants. A. H. Murray. Clay 
 Center, Nebr. 
 
 CORNISH INDIANS a soecialtv. Winners 
 wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews. 
 Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class 
 birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. L. 
 Bannson. Sarcoxie; Mo. 
 
 MAMMOTH BRONZE turkey and white Pe- 
 kin duck. Large tine specimens for sale at 
 
 reasotiat)ie prices. Our stock is as good as 
 money could procure. Mrs, E. I. .■■■ 
 Morning Sun. Iowa 
 
 , Mathews, 
 
 R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good cl-ls left. 
 Eggs 1-00 per 15- Also a few Stay White Wy. 
 andottes- Eggs 100 per IS- C H- Courier, 
 Ashley, Ohio. 
 
Carl Dare, Oseola, luwa. Mr. Dare 
 has been a breeder of exhibition fowls 
 for years, and comes well recommend- 
 ed to us as a poultry judjfe and is ready 
 to judge shows or do private scoring-. 
 Parties wanting the services of an ex- 
 pert will do well to correspond with 
 Mr. Dare. 
 
 chicks dry during rainy weather. 
 
 When the floors are separate they 
 may be scalded and cleaned easily and 
 there is less danger of vermine finding 
 a hiding place. JESSIE L. 
 
 POULTRY ASIDE FROM A 
 
 SOURCE OF PROFIT. 
 
 (By Perwas.) 
 
 Aside from their value as profit- 
 bringers, let us consider poultry in its 
 other phases. First, we look over the 
 country and see many who are not 
 breeding fowls for the money alone. 
 They are not going into the business 
 for a fortune, but instead they breed 
 them as a source of recreation from the 
 dull routine of work of other indus- 
 tries, and as a way to take their minds 
 from the cares of business and life, to 
 something that is a different work and 
 study. For instance, you are running 
 a store and perhaps have some spare 
 tim.e in which you desire something 
 that will allow the thought of the cares 
 of the store to pass from your mind 
 at present. You can then look to poul- 
 try for a different study. It is a rest 
 to come home and care for some fowls. 
 It is a rest to read a poultry journal 
 after reading some of the sensational 
 stories and articles in the modern daily 
 papers. It is a rest after a hustling, 
 busy day, to go to the poultry yard 
 a'nd watch the beauties as they partake 
 of their evening meal. It is something 
 helathful to spend a few hours out of 
 doors in the fresh air after a day's con- 
 finement in the store or office. And 
 it is a joy to anyone to possess a pen 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 of beauties such as we may find in the 
 yards of any high class breeder. Of 
 course there is more joy and rest to an 
 office clerk or merchant to care for 
 such a flock in the summer, yet there 
 is pleasure in" caring for them in win- 
 ter. 
 
 Also poultry is educational. It al- 
 lows study and plenty of it. In poul- 
 try there can be as deep thinking and 
 as much careful research as in most 
 anything. There are many different 
 opinions at present regarding feed, 
 houses, hatching, mating, etc. The 
 differences are not great, yet they are 
 nut all exactly the same. This shows 
 that there is a chance for some deep 
 thought and study on the subject yet. 
 Men have been studying and mating 
 and improving and trying to get per- 
 fect birds. A perfect bird must score 
 100 points according to the Standard 
 of Perfection. No bird has ever 
 reached that point yet. To anyone 
 who does not know much about poul- 
 try it may seem strange that no bird 
 has ever been produced that would 
 score 100 points. Yet while there are 
 some that come very near it, none has 
 reached it and probably never will. 
 
 This is where the greatest part of 
 the work is when profit is not consid- 
 ered. It is in producing birds near to 
 perfection as possible. There is pleas- 
 ure, ioy and hope in watching the 
 work from the time that you place the 
 eggs in the incubator or under the 
 hen, until the eggs have hatched and 
 the birds grown to maturity. There 
 is no other source of pleasure and way 
 of recreation to a business man or of- 
 fice clerk who cannot leave home nor 
 spend a large amount of money for it. 
 that will compare with poultry. Of 
 course you can raise pigeons and other 
 pet animals, but yet they do not com- 
 pare with poultry.- It does not cost 
 much to start with poultry. And even 
 if yon don't care for profit, they will 
 pay enough to allow you to make 
 inany experiments and even then will 
 more than pay for their feed and the 
 time given them. 
 
 Poultry is all right for either profit 
 or pleasure, or both. 
 
 4!E> 
 
 Jos K \)s\vaiuler, 
 
 17 
 Do you keep Bees? 
 
 THEN learn how to 
 ie iheni pay and 
 
 -iend for our lar^e il- 
 trated free catalog. 
 Showing the best up- 
 
 i(>-date hives and oth- 
 articles used by 
 
 progressiye bee keep- 
 
 Des moines, Iowa. 
 
 IncubatorSm 
 
 Built on entirely 'new principles and the 
 only machine made that will allow the chl-^lis 
 when hatching to come out of the machine 
 In the pure, fresh outside air at their own 
 win. ju..^t exactly the same as tbey do when 
 hatching under the hen. Guaranteed to Im- 
 itate natutecloser and to hatch equal to any 
 machine on the market. For further partic- 
 ulars address with stamp, 
 
 L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 
 
 Notice to Advertisers. 
 
 After this all matter relating to ad- 
 vertising, such as new ads, changes, 
 etc., must be in the Poultry Investi- 
 gator office as soon as the loth of the 
 month preceding the date of issue to 
 insure insertion as we must hereafter 
 print 30,000 copies to meet our circula 
 tion each month and we must have a 
 little time to "male up" and print the 
 paper. All matter received after the 
 15th will consequently lay over until 
 the following month. 
 
 Winning 
 
 White Wy ando ttes. 
 
 WE WIN East and 
 West. At the great 
 Chicago Snow, 1902 
 in hot competition, 
 in a class of 64 
 White Wyandotte 
 cockerels, the fin- 
 est ever seen, our 
 birds were given two prizes out of five, 
 winning the lid and .ith prizes. We 
 have 4 pens of high scoring females 
 headed by prize birds. Eggs $2 per 13. 
 
 GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 
 
 PLEASANT HILL POULTRY FARM. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
 Comb Brown Leghorn. 
 
 Having disposed of all my sur- 
 plus stock and mated up my 
 pens, am prepared to book or- 
 ders for eggs. Write at once 
 for prices 
 
 J. H. TROUGH, 
 
 Minden, - - - Nebr, 
 
 Heavily Feathered, Highly Penciled 
 PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 
 
 Eggs $2.00 per 1.5. Satisfaction "guar- 
 anteed. Write for particulars. 
 
 C. J. Beedle. Holdre^e. Neb 
 
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 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 
 "I fi"e I'irds hard to beat, l..";,) per 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. •• 
 
 W. P. ROCK Etrt's from the very best strain 
 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 l.soaer i^ 
 Our ele^rant .y,, folder free. Geo.F. 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""^ pullets and 1st pen at Kankakee, 
 H IK- '■'1>'"'[ ^!"^^ breeding 3.(K) peris. Reeve 
 Holbie, Kankakee. 111. 
 
 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 5<) per setting. Louis Mogen- 
 enson, Racine, Wis. 
 
 FRANK.S' BARRED ROCKS. First pen head- 
 ed by best ckl at M.-icomb. .Score OZjf- 2d pen 
 by ckl score ''i. Shaner, judgg. Eires 1 50 
 and l.on. F. L. Chambers, BlandinviH^! Ill 
 
 BUFF ORPI.NGTONS are the coming general 
 purpose fowl. Cocks 10 to 12 lbs, hens 7 to 9 
 I :• ^'■'t'"','", ■''■•'■^"n- 1-SO per 15: 3.00 per 30. 
 Levi N. ScliuUe, Oregon, Missouri. 
 
 S.L. WYANDOTTE.S. Sixteen years a breed- 
 er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac- 
 ing: laced wing bar. My strains wins prizes 
 in the h.^nds of my customers. Eggs I.SO per 
 15. J. D. Blair, Georgetown, Ohio. 
 
 SNOW WHITE POULTRY FARM. S C W 
 Leghorns and W P. Rocks. Eggs from pens 
 he.ided by our prize winners at Illinois state 
 fair,1..5(l per 1.^ 7^1 per lOo. W. S. McGraw. 
 Springfield, 111. R. D. 5. 
 
 EGGS;^ « per 15 s.-u-cted W. Wyandottes, scor- 
 «h*Lii,I" ■"•"'■, "'■"' "•^•••s scoring 91 to 93 
 Shellabarg.r. Incubator eggs S4 uer 1011 
 John Old, VV...,dl.ine. 111. ^ 
 
 MAMMOTH W. H. TURKEY eggs. « for for 
 10. r rom prize birds at Chicago. S. C Buflf 
 and Brown Leghorns, Barrel Rocks, T„„"p 
 son s, Colhe puppies. White (luineas. W. C. 
 Jackson, Route, 3, .South Bend, Ind. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS exclusively. EgL's from tw,> 
 fine p.-ns mated for this seasonSi'"bre'.™ "/ V. 
 fj ''"■!? or "o for .TO. All stock fa 
 B. E.Woods, lihiford. 111. 
 WHITE P. ROCK ,.ggs 1. 00 for IS: high scor 
 ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. Sat- 
 isfaction guaranteed. J.B. Piper, Whitehall, 
 
 BUFF ROCKS exclusively. Egg.s. 15 for one 
 dollar. Breeding stock good weight and col- 
 or. Alwve price low for the quality. A. A. 
 Simons, Hamburg, Iowa. 
 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES. first and third prize 
 pen scoring iKDJ and ISS. Eggs from this f,-,- 
 mous stock, $2 ller fifteen. Incubator lots 
 ck. 6.(K) per hundred. Martin Bender, 
 
 
 ifciiE^ilifllijsJlcjpffiltiB^S!^ 
 
 
 broode^'L'f ;'hP p' '"{"'"'"i^ awarded the Cyphers Iticu ator Co. on its iucubator and 
 Drooderat the Pan American P:.\position October, lilOl. 
 
 lised. 
 
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 , Mi 
 
 PEA COMB P. ROCKS, Barred, Buff, White. 
 Also Rose eonib Wliite Fiice Black Spanish 
 
 hoof^^^^-'iisir"^''^""""'"^^- °-'^^- 
 
 MAHOMET, POULTRY YARDS. Barred P 
 Kocksi-xclusively. E. B. Thompson strain. 
 Eggs K per 1=; 13.50 per 30. Eggs shipped in 
 Erie baskets. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
 Frank Purnell, Mahomet, III. 
 
 PREMIUM STOCK Poultry Yard. Barred, 
 Buff and White Rocks: S. C. W. and Brown 
 Leghorns and Black Minorcas. Fertile eg^s 
 IS for SI. Stock for sale. A. Starzinger,, Car- 
 liondalc, III. 
 
 WINTER EGGS AND HOW I GET 
 
 THEM. 
 Editor Poultry Investigator: 
 
 At the present time 80 per cent ol 
 my pullets are laying and have been 
 all through the last four weeks of cold 
 weather, and still shell out the golden 
 egg so much prized at this time of the 
 year. As there is not one farmer, I 
 will say out of twenty, that his hens 
 average one dozen eggs each through 
 the months of December, January and 
 February, while with the proper feed 
 and better care the same hens would 
 average twenty eggs each for each oi 
 the three months, and with very little 
 e.xtra labor. Most farmers expect the 
 chickens to rustle their own living and 
 roost wherever they can, and of course 
 he doesn't expect many eggs (and well 
 he may), for the best of hens could 
 not lay under these conditions. 
 
 Every man or woman has his or her 
 fancy for a certain breed for winter 
 layers. My choice is B. P. Rocks. I 
 do not think they are the only breed, 
 but I do believe, with what experience 
 I have had with different breeds, they 
 are among the best ,and my love for 
 old Biddy extends back to when I was 
 a boy of twelve years (now a man of 
 thirty-three years), but I have lots to 
 >earn yet. Something new comes up 
 every day. Now as to my feeding for 
 eggs. At night I scatter oats or wheat | 
 in the scratching shed so they will have 
 something to do when they leave the 
 most. I cut alfalfa hay in length one- 
 fourth of an inch long, pour boiling 
 
 water over it, let stand over night, 
 pour off water, mix in bran and mid- 
 dlings. Feed warm every other day. 
 I mix in with this fresh lean meat, cut 
 fine, allowing one pound for each 12 
 fowls. At night I feed whole corn 
 warm, and often parch it. My main 
 idea is to keep the hens busy all the 
 time. Several times during the day I 
 throw a little wheat or oats in the 
 leaves to give them something to do, 
 for a busy hen is sure to lay, while one 
 that is lazy (caused by being too fat) 
 will seldom lay. I believe better suc- 
 cess can be obtained by only having 
 one breed of chickens on each farm, 
 and look after that one breed carefully 
 and never try to overcome but one 
 fault at one mating. It is slow, but I 
 believe surer. This is my first letter to 
 the Investigator and if it doesn't find 
 the waste basket before it does tlie 
 typesetter, I may write again. 
 
 S. E. STOUGHTON. 
 Burrton, Kan.e 
 
 Through an error one of the series 
 of poultry articles by Dr. B. F. Van 
 Nuys of Tiffin, Ohio, was printed in 
 our columns of last month. This ar- 
 ticle was one of a series written by the 
 Doctor for Farm papers and had been 
 submitted to the editor personally vrith 
 no intention of publication in the In- 
 vestigator, We regret the circum- 
 stances but are pleased to state that 
 later on the Doctor has agreed to con- 
 tribute a series of articles for our read- 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Light Brahmas, owned by Chas. M. Palmer, Nassua, N. Y. 
 
 HOME-iMADE BROODERS. 
 
 Many people buy an incubator, but 
 make a brooder themselves. They 
 realize that a home-made incubator 
 would not pay, so they prefer to buy 
 one, but when it comes to the brooder, 
 they try to make one that will, serve 
 and be much cheaper than to buy one 
 of a manufacturer. It will be cheaper. 
 You can make a sort of a brooder for 
 almost nothing, but it will not be of 
 much value after you do get it. Now, 
 in the first place, to be of practical 
 value a brooder must be such that the 
 chicks will live and thrive in it. All 
 home-made brooders will not do this. 
 Very few of them do it as well as a 
 good one made by some reliable man- 
 ufacturer. Of course, you may make 
 iust as good a brooder as any manu- 
 facturer if you put enough work and 
 proper material in it. But in that case 
 it will cost as much or even more than 
 a ready-made one would, unless your 
 time is not occupied with something 
 else and you do all the work yourself. 
 
 A brooder is as important to be 
 well made as is an incubator. An in- 
 cubator must be well made and run 
 properly or it will not hatch the chicks. 
 So a brooder must be the same or it 
 will not raise the chicks. You may 
 say that it is easy enough to raise the 
 chicks after thfy are hatched, but that 
 it is hard to hatch them. You may 
 be able to raise some without much 
 care, but most likely they will not be 
 strong when developed and never get 
 full size nor be worth half as much 
 as those that were well taken care of. 
 Such you would be able to raise in a 
 worthless brooder. 
 
 In a good brooder you would stand 
 
 more chances of raising as good birds 
 as was possible. In a brooder that 
 would be kept at an even temperature, 
 admit plenty of sunlight and air, it 
 would be possible to raise valuable 
 birds, providing other necessities were 
 supplied, such as proper feed, water 
 and grit, together with cleanliness, etc. 
 A good many home-made brooders 
 are never as easily managed as a re- 
 li^ible factory-made one. If you have 
 plenty of time to spare and a good 
 plan it may pay you to make a brood- 
 er. But if you have not got plenty of 
 time and no good plan, do not try to 
 make a brooder unless you merely 
 want to experiment. A properly con- 
 structed home-made brooder will do 
 well enough, but guaranteed brooders 
 can be purchased of reliable manufac- 
 turers so cheap that it does not pay 
 to trust to untried ones. A good 
 brooder is necessary. You need one 
 if you intend to raise any amount ol 
 chicks. Hens will take care of a few 
 chick?, and if you are raising only a 
 very few, perhaps the hens will be all 
 that you need. If you are raising more 
 than a few, then a good, trusty incu- 
 bator and a capable brooder are neces- 
 sary. Percy W. Shepard.) 
 
 TO BREAK HENS OF SETTING. 
 
 There is no excuse for the cruelty 
 practiced by some people to break a 
 hen of setting. Simply place her in a 
 good coop and feed and water her 
 well for three days and nights, and not 
 ore in a hundred will go back to the 
 ne=t. 
 
 They should be turned out in the 
 morning without their breakfast and 
 they will go right to work. JESSIE L 
 
 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 
 
 Bronze Turkeys and Buflf Rocks. 
 Turkeys are bred from prize winners 
 and are winoers. making almost clean 
 sweep wherever sliown. Young Toms 
 geach; Pullets. $:3.50to$.3 OOeach. My 
 Rock*.; are noted for shape and orange 
 colored legs. 90 point (JO'-lierels, $1.50 
 each; 91 to 93^ POi ut Cockerels $a.OO; 
 each Pullet not scored. $1 00 each. 
 
 Mrs. Wm, Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 
 
 CROWELL'S 
 
 Buff Orpingtons. 
 
 Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
 and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. .Sd, 4th and 5. 
 Hens 1st, and 2d. 1st Pen. Eggs, 
 $;!.00 per 1.""), $r,.00 per 30. Two trios 
 Indian Runner Ducks at $5.00 per 
 trio. Eggs $2.0U per 15. Satisfac- 
 tion guaranteed. 
 
 F. A. Growell, Granger, Minn. 
 
 Silver Lace Wyandottes 
 White Wyandottes : : : 
 .,^.^;^^^^_,^~~. Buff Leghorns 
 Pekin Ducks... 
 
 All first class stock. Eggs for sale. 
 MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
 Imperial, Neb. 
 
 Barred Rock Eggs, 
 
 —For Hatchina;.— 
 
 Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is 
 What you want. Try mine this year. 
 $1.50 for 1.5, $2.50 for .SO, $3.00 for 45. 
 
 A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 Bronze Turkeys 
 
 We keep nothintr but the 
 choicest stock. Eg-gs for 
 sale. Write for prices. 
 
 C. E. BROWNING, 
 
 Fairbury, Nebr. 
 
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 iW^Pt^^^M^^^ 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS. 
 
 "MODOCS". •■Siimvballs." "R.-d Cubans" and 
 "Mc<;inty Warriors," br«l tofiirht for my own 
 
 aniouiv. Illuslrati-d circulars with rulvsof the 
 l)it fr;-c-. E- H. MaCoy, Paw I'aw, Mich. 
 
 B. VVY.\NDOTTES, Pisi-r strain. Good lay- 
 t-rs, t'ood market fowl, just the rif^ht size and 
 a ^'u<)d every day color. Ejtk's from fine 
 birds, $1 per settini;. Breeders for sale. H. 
 K. Yarnall, Pottstown. Pa. 
 
 B. C. BANTAM eirus from selected hifrh hijfh 
 scoricii; stock. A few (food cockerels and 
 pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W.J. 
 
 C<;'>w, Norfolk, Neb. 
 
 FOK SALE. Et'L's at S2 for 1? fr.mi Black 
 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 
 
 al liiilianaimlis-Kaiiei,-,-- A-s,,.,.,, Show. 
 
 l'«.H." winning' American Lau^rsluu. Club cup 
 in hot competition. H. J. Kader, La Fayette, 
 Indiana. 
 
 S. C. W. LEGHORNS et'irs from pen of birds 
 of the Wyckoff strain scorinir ')3U, ''2^^, 92, >»1, 
 W, al Jl.(«.i per li;, 55 per I(X). Satisfaction 
 Ifuaranteed. M.C.Sherman, Delavan, Wis- 
 
 JFRSKY STRAIN Liirht Brahnias, winners at 
 the bivr eastern shows. Illustrated circulars 
 free. El.'(,'s S3. Fine breedinif cockerels, S3 
 up. F. R. Mu'ller, OS Freeman St. New- 
 ark. N. J. 
 
 BARRED ROCK EGGS for hatchintr. E. B. 
 Thompson's Ringlet strain; ISel. LewisRob- 
 erts. Franklin, 111. 
 
 SILVER Gap.- worm extractors, unequaled. 3 
 for2.'^- Hiif prnlits to aL'enls. Samples and 
 particulars Inc. Satisfaction (ruarautced or 
 money refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis- 
 ville. Bucks Co. Pa. 
 
 ALL STA.N-DAKD Varieties, "new and old" 
 pnzi- |.i.ultr\. pigeons, hares, collies, Anjrora 
 ■ ■ els and supplies. Stock cheap. E(,').'s 
 '■••■' free. John D. Souder, 
 
 BUFF LEGHORNS tlml are buff to the skin. 
 Eir^s from this t'real laying- strain, SI per IS. 
 G. Fischer. Elkhorn. Wis. 
 
 S. C. B. LEGHORN . l'us. 30 forSl.50; 100 for$3- 
 tt>. W. Plymimth Rockets, IS for $1. A. H. 
 Carlson, Chanule, Route. 2, Kansas. 
 
 ROSE and Sinirle Comb White Lcphorn eirirs, 
 15 for SI; 20 for SI. .5(1. Sll forS2.S0, 100 for S4.ai. 
 Good stock. I bred them since 1892. Joseph 
 Kappes, jr. Ashton. Iowa. 
 
 BARRED P. ROCKS exclusively. Thompson 
 4: Hawkin's strain strain, 12 years with this 
 variety. Score 'ii n, 1)41,. E'(,')fs $1 per IS; S4 
 p-r l(«i; S2.5iiper.50. Satisf-action guaranteed. 
 Mrs. Rosalie Hendrickson, Marion, 111. 
 
 JOHN R. GARBEE, Killinirs. Mo. Breedcrof 
 fine pnuUry. For Mav and June will pay ex- 
 press i.n eiri,"- ami il, -liver In vour express of- 
 li.e. While Hollanil Turkev .x'i:s, in forS3. 
 liolilen Wyaiiili.ties S. C. I!. Let'hi.rns, Barred 
 and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea 
 eirits 15 for S2. All are pure slock. Remember 
 express prepaid anywhere in U. S. Mention 
 Investigator. 
 
 ANGORA CATS, squirrels,, ferrets ehii)- 
 monks. cavies. while rats and mice. Bel^'ian 
 hares. sonL' birds, sixty varieties of poultry, 
 piireons. turkeys, treese, »4 pairecalaloifue, llic. 
 A.H. Nyce. VeniHeld, Pa. 
 
 EGGS from While and Black Minorcas, Buff 
 Leifhorns, Barred Rocks SI for 15. One (rood 
 hen, four pullets and one cockerel, not related 
 for sale after May 1. Price of the six, $10. 
 Also pen of While Minorcas for sale cheap if 
 taken Slum. A. A. Bair, Neptune, O. 
 
 UOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith, 
 Osceola, la. Larj^e dark lavin(f strain. Ecffs 
 from spi-cial mated iM-n all' winners S2 per 15 
 S3..50 for 30. Order now. GoihI hatch (fuaran- 
 teed. 
 
 EGGS from Buff Orpinptons of hiph class 
 [Cook's and Edward's strainsjS2.50 per sett injj, 
 also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Mai- 
 or.. ili'i Tlh street. Port Huron, Mich. 
 
 INDIAN KINXER ducks. Rei.'ular etrir ma- 
 chines. Kt'L'- balance of season Sl.SO per sel- 
 lini.' or »2 p. r 20. Pine Brook Poultry Farm, 
 NajKil 1. Ohio. 
 
 BITFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best, 
 picked from isO carefully bred Buffs, none bet- 
 ter, Ki.'t'sS1.5o iK-r 1.3. Herbert S. Redhead, 
 1757 Itr.ii.ks si, Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 ARE von LOOKING for .(rirs that will hatch 
 S. C. B. Leirhorns. Place vour order with Ed- 
 win W. Staebler. 36 Tremont st Cleveland O., 
 Ei.'trs Sl.50 per IS. Winners of 3<l ck, 3d and 5 
 pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4th on the list 
 of (jnat shows. 
 
 BIG MONEY for ajrents sellinir our Fumiira- 
 tinf nest eifif. Pollard & Couthway, Bloom- 
 ioiftun, III, 
 
 POULtKY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 THE BUFF LEGHORN. 
 
 My experience with poultry has been 
 short, ranging back only a few months. 
 But, though just a beginner, I believe 
 I have made a very wise choice in the 
 selection of a breed, it being the Buff 
 Leghorn. What breed is there so hand- 
 some, so full of life, as the noble, indus- 
 trious Buff Leghorn, with its pure gold- 
 en color, its spry, alert motions? Not 
 only is the Buff Leghorn nice looking, 
 but when it comes to filling the egg bas- 
 ket they are right in it. To show this 
 I will give you a little bit of my expe- 
 rience with them. 
 
 I would say right here that I have 
 not much time to tend to them, as I am 
 away from home from 7 o'clock in the 
 morning till 6 at night, part of the time, 
 but most of the time I am at home at 
 noon. In the morning I feel screen- 
 ings, for which I paid 5 cents a sack; 
 sometimes corn, and eery two or three 
 days I give a mash of bran, with just 
 enough water to make it crumbly, .^t 
 noon they get screenings or corn, and 
 sometimes mash. I do not feed them 
 at night, as I am seldom at home in 
 time, that is, gefore they go to roost. 
 I seldom feed any green foiod, for I 
 have none to feed. And yet from a pen 
 of four females I often get three eggs 
 per day. Right in the coldest weather, 
 when the mercury was away below zero, 
 I would often get two or three eggs 
 per day. 
 
 Now, as to size. Some people think 
 the Buff Leghorns arne't large enough 
 to eat. Well, that's all right to think 
 so, but I think that a hen which will 
 weigh up to six pounds is all right to 
 eat. And there are many Buff Leg- 
 horns which will weigh between five 
 and six pounds, and the cocks will of 
 course weigh more. 
 
 Taking it all together. I think the 
 Buff Leghorn is among the best gen- 
 eral purpose fowls of today. I suppose 
 I have written about enough for today, 
 and if this article is good enough for 
 the columns of the Poultry Investigator 
 maybe I will write again. 
 
 Success to the Investigator and Buff 
 Leghorns are my best wishes. 
 
 G. PAUL PITT. 
 
 Watertown, S. D. 
 
 A.11 g-ood ones and lots of them; more 
 than I can use. Eggs for hatching 
 from my prize winners and scored 
 stock at $1.00 per 13 during May and 
 June. Ida E. Bard, Imperial, Neb. 
 
 R.ed Spar Grit. 
 
 This is sonicthinf,'^ New in Poultry 
 Grits — is hard and sharp. Blocks in- 
 stead of flakes. Guaranteed to please. 
 We like it best of all grits. Price 1 '^ 
 cents per pound f. o. b. Clay Center 
 Nebr. Sure Hatch lucubater Co. 
 
 The poultrymen of Pontias and vi- 
 cinity held a meeting March 8th and 
 organized the Livingston County Poul- 
 try and Pet Stock Association, with the 
 following officers: President, J. R. 
 lughton; vice-president,' C. M. Rice; 
 secretary and treasurer, Harry Herbert; 
 Board of Directors, W. L. Talbott, A. 
 T. McClanahan, Ed. Damon, F. E. 
 Righton, G. B. Eggert and L. L. Crum. 
 
 The first show of this association will 
 be held Dec. 22, 23 and 24, 1902. D. T. 
 Heimlich, judge. They expect to make 
 it one of the leading shows of the com- 
 ing season. 
 
 HARRY HERBERT, Secretary, 
 Box 344, Pontiac, 111. 
 
 HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas and B. 
 P. Rocks al Nunda. 15 prizes includine 7 Ists 
 with to entries. Circulars free. W. C. Hill. 
 113 Adams St. Yards iO,001 S. Wood st, Chi- 
 cag-o. III. 
 
 S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en- 
 tries in class of 60. I have been winner 1st, ck 
 2d ckl, 1st, 2d and 3d pullet and 1st pen. Efrgs 
 Sl.SO per 15. Satisfaction g-uaranteed. Edw. 
 Pietsch, Elsberry, Mo. 
 
 BDFP ORPINGTONS— WYANOOTTES. R. 
 I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks Winners 
 bred to winners. Good stock, fit to breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
 Tndffe. Port Huron. Michigan. 
 
 Pnill TffVMFN ^"""^ stat.onery 
 I ULILl ni lllLll won't look well 
 
 unless pniVT'Tpn neat! v. I do it 
 
 I do 
 it is ■ mi^ a uv well and use g'ood 
 cuts. Send for samples and prices. 
 N. K. MEND ELS, Grand Rapids, illich. 
 
 Bviff 
 
 ORPINGTONS 
 LEGHOR.NS 
 
 ak.rvd Bro\vn LegKorrvs 
 
 Y. uiiKoriild st k. (irst class lilrd-, i^heap 
 
 Hundreds to seleci from. Egi-'s hII the time 
 M.& F. MKK.MAN, 
 
 Bx irts Hlusilitle. Ill 
 
 J Poultry Investigator { 
 
 ? Is edited by a practical poul- 
 ;trymanof 30 years experi- 
 )ence and is full of plain, ( 
 ! common sense articles by; 
 ; those that breed poultry and^ 
 ) work instead of theorizing. (*) 
 jit is just what vou want.: 
 'Send us the names and ad- 
 ) dresses of IS persons inter- 
 tested in breeding good poul- 
 ' try and we will send you the^ 
 I Poultry Investigator one( 
 ! year for your trouble. Sub- 
 y V scription price 2.')c. Address, ) 
 
 •^ Poultry Investigator Co., Wj 
 
 ^^Claj tenter, : : Nebraska )j^ 
 
 m , m 
 
B. P. Rocks. 
 
 Descendants from winners. Eggs 
 $1.00 per 15, $5.00 per 120. Toulouse 
 Geese eggs 50c per 9. Satisfaction 
 in-ured. 
 Ludwig Uehling, R. R. 1. Hooper, Neb 
 
 The Best 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES in the world 
 are t • be found at Shnshan N. Y. 
 Ihave some of them. Ferry of this 
 years breeders fcr sale at S'J.OO each. 
 Eggs balance of season $1 per 15. 
 
 J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y. 
 
 After May 10th p"'r. %re?ding 
 
 stock at very low tig-ures. These birds 
 have brought me pul ets that scored 
 90, 92 ,'2 and 93. All these birds will be 
 as I represent them. Eggs after the 
 10th of May will be $2.00 per l.">, or 
 three settings for .$0 00. 
 
 Wm. Metzmier, Independence, ia. 
 
 BRIGEL'S Celebrated Stralas 
 
 Rnrrfiil Males scoring as high as 94^ and 
 
 lln/l. females a« high as 94'/j under such 
 
 aucus. Judges as Bridge. Lane. Jones, have 
 
 won 1st prizes at such shows as ihe 
 
 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. 
 
 FOB SALE! Light Bratimas. 
 
 Felch Strain. None better. Eggs 
 from stock scoring 92 to 93 J^, 
 fi.50 per 15. White Wyan- 
 dotte eggs $1.25 per 15. 
 
 Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Well Pleased with Results. 
 
 A. P. Rogers, Bowling Green, Mo., 
 a breeder of B. P. Rocks, says: "We 
 have sold all the stock we could possi- 
 bly spare and could have sold more if 
 we had had it. Enclosed is copy for 
 May." 
 
 t t t 
 
 H. P. Larson, Beresford, 111., breed- 
 of varieties of pou.try, says: "I am 
 getting all the orders I can fill. Con- 
 tinue my ad, and hope it will do me 
 still more good." 
 
 t t t 
 
 Geo. Getty, Syracuse, Kansas, a 
 White Wyandotte breeder says: "I am 
 receiving lots of orders for eggs from 
 my ad in your paper. Continue it up 
 
 to July." 
 
 t t t 
 W. J. Gow, Norfolk, Neb., writes: "I 
 have sold all my surplus stock at good 
 prices. Continue ray ad in May. I 
 am well pleased." 
 
 21 
 
 LETTER 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, 
 
 Scored by Rhodes from 92>^ to 94. 
 Owens & Canfield's strain, "Stay 
 White." Eggs $1.50 per 1.1. 
 
 Wntm Randolph, 
 
 Lawrenee, Kanaaa. R. D. Mo. 1. 
 
 Ir*LT.re 13red 3r*oiiltry. 
 
 DARK BRAHMAS 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES 
 Stock and eggs for sale. Write. 
 
 M.D.KING, Minden,Neb. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 WINNERS Nov. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
 FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
 SIX YEARS Oak, la., won 1st Cock, 1st 
 Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
 At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
 Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
 Eggs $2.50 per 15. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 Osceola, - - Iowa 
 
 FROM THEODORE 
 HEWES. 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17, 1902. 
 Mr. W. F. Chamberlain, Kirkwood, 
 
 Mo. 
 
 Dear Sir:— It is certainly a pleasure 
 to write you in regard to your "Per- 
 fect Chick Feed." For the past year 
 and a half I have used and handled it 
 myself, both in the yards and show 
 room, where we were hatching young 
 chicks, and have sold it to hundreds ol 
 people, but have never yet heard one 
 complaint. Our experience has been 
 in making hatches at the shows where 
 we have fed from four to five hundred 
 young chicks for a week at a time on 
 this feed, that they start off and grow 
 and seem to thrive, and are always 
 healthy. It does not seem possible that 
 any one can ever make a better teed 
 or one cheaper, considering the growth 
 it makes and the healthy condition of 
 the chicks while growing. 
 
 Wishing you success and trusting this 
 year's busines will double that of any 
 previous year, and assuring you that 
 we feel that our goods warrant it, and 
 with kind regards, I am. 
 
 Yours very truly. 
 
 THEO. HEWES. 
 
 Black Langshans- 
 
 I won 1st pen, 1st pullet, 1st, 2d and 
 3d ckl, 1st ck, 1st, hen and 2 sweep- 
 stakes at Osceola. Neb. BARRED 
 P. ROCKS, 1st pen, 2d ckl, 2d and 
 3d pullet, 3d, hen, 2 sweepstakes, 
 at Osceola, Neb. 4 pullets at Lincoln 
 Show. Langshan eggs $5.00 per 100 
 $$1.50 per IS. B. P. Rock' $2, per 15. 
 
 J. E. Brown, Osceola, Neb. 
 
 WhiteC Wonders! 
 
 The Farmdrs and Poultrymau's mon- 
 ey makers. The best combination 
 fowl out. Extra choice eggs, $2.00 
 per 13. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 
 Dr. I.e. Stephens & Co. 
 
 Carletoii, Nebr. 
 
 White Rocks Exclusively! 
 
 Two pens mated for this year's 
 breeding, scoring from 90 '4^ to 94X- 
 At Tabor Poultry Show won 1st, 2d, 
 ckl, 1st, 2d, 3d, pullet, 1st. pen; ev- 
 ery premium entered for; Russel, 
 Judge. Eggs, per 15, $2.00. 30 for 
 $3.50, SO for $5.00. 
 
 W. H. Utterback, Hillsdale, Iowa 
 
 Black Minorcas. ffi 
 
 No. 1 stock, up to weight and x 
 the best of color. Eggs $2 per ^ 
 13. No stock for sale. 
 Mrs. Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 EUREKA POULTRY PLACE. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS of 
 the Stay White kind. No straw col- 
 or or flies on us. Nothing too good 
 for the Irish. Eggs $1.00 per IS. 
 Address 
 
 L. G. French, 
 
 Deep River, Iowa. 
 
 The sixth annual show of the North 
 Missouri Poultry Association will be 
 held in Kirksville, Mo., December 2, 
 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1902. W. S. Russell, 
 Judge. 
 
 F. M. BUCKINGHAM, Sec. 
 
 Taylor's Otoe '*"''*" r- 
 
 Plymouth Rocks are prize win- 
 ners at Red Oak, la., and Lin- 
 coln Score 92 to 96 points. Eggs 
 S, 10 and IS cents each. Write 
 for particulars. 
 
 C E Taylor, Nebraska City. Neb. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROOKS, 
 
 (Exclusively.) 
 Farm Range. . - . Good Stock 
 
 Eggs that will hatch, $4.00 per 100. 
 $1.00 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 
 Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 i 
 
 D0N7 SET HENS; 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Bi.ackPkinli a i;;,uk Lang-shan 
 owned by Juhn Hcuicli, Bowling 
 Green, Mo. Score ilS'j. 
 
 GREEN FOOD FOR POULTRY. 
 
 When planting for spring crops be 
 sure to provide for the poultry. If 
 they are yarded they will not need 
 green feed all summer, and whether 
 they are or not they will need plenty 
 of it during the long winter months. 
 
 A small patch of millet will raise a 
 lot of chicks next year and is fine feed, 
 too. Chickens, ducks, geese and tur- 
 keys are all very fond of vegetables 
 and keep in better health than when 
 kept on a diet of grain alone. 
 
 We grow lots ofmangel beets, Dan- 
 ver carrots, cabbage, turnips, pump- 
 kins and squashes and save the small 
 potatoes and cull onions for the poul- 
 try. If one has a cutter vegetables 
 m.ny be fed raw, or may be sliced and 
 cooked. 
 
 If your garden space is limited, the 
 pumpkins and squashes may be grown 
 in the corners or along the fence, and 
 the cabbage plants set where hills of 
 corn or potatoes are missing; also 
 where early lettuce, radishes and peas 
 have grown. 
 
 To provide green summer feed for 
 yarded fowls sow kale, lettuce, spin- 
 ach, etc. You will be surprised to see 
 how quick young chicks will cat greens 
 and they should have them, too. It 
 is well to sow some rye in the fall. 
 where the poultry can run on it during 
 winter. JESSIE L. 
 
 We carelessly left out the ad of C. K. 
 
 Norman, of Stronisburg, Nebr. He 
 breeds B. P. Kocks, Buff Kocks, K. C. 
 W, Leghorns, and White Wyandottes. 
 His stock is good. 'I hose wishing eggs 
 will do well to correspond with him. 
 
 Chalk 
 Vthltm 
 Wyandottes. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 E.xhibited at four shows, 1900- 
 1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
 Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
 isfaction assured. 
 
 G.B. CLARY Fairbury Nebr 
 
 FREE,. 
 
 THINK OF IT! 
 
 By special arrangement you 
 can get all three (3) of the fol- 
 lowing one year for only 50 cts. 
 Never an offer like this before 
 
 The Poultry Investigator 
 
 Clay Ckntkr, Neb. 
 The only exclusive poultry paper 
 publislied In the west. Original, 
 up-to-datfi. instruttlve. Profustly 
 UuistrateH and never nrluts adead 
 linp. Contains from 33 to 40 pages 
 each month. 
 
 Fancy Fowls, Hopkinsville, Kj. 
 
 The Icadinf: poultiy orsan of the 
 
 Michigan Poultry Breeder 
 
 BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 
 Established ISS.'i. The publisher 
 has devoted 1^ years of his entire 
 time and attention to the poultry 
 industry. Its a success— 34 pages 
 The price asked for these papers 
 all one year is only 50 cents, wiiich 
 any of them are worth, and you 
 get the others free. Send your 
 suijscripilon to any one of them. 
 A free sample copy can he had by 
 addressing each one. Belter send 
 your order now. 
 
 White . 
 L angshans 
 Exclusively 
 
 Eggs from 
 stock scor- 
 ing from 90 
 to 95 points, 
 SI. 50 per 15; 
 $2.75 per 30; 
 this season 
 only. Some 
 
 good Ckls. for sale with score 
 cards by Ben S. Myers. 
 
 All Stock Farm Raised. 
 
 MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
 Rook Port, Mlaaourl 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
 Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 
 
 winning i) firsts, ') seconds, 4 thirds, 
 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 
 
 —Vice-President State Association,— 
 
 BuflF Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
 
 C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes. 
 
 Eggs from the four best breeds in the 
 I MUiitry, at Sl.i.'i per setting for next 
 :^0 days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons 
 and B. P. Rock egg in 100 lots. A few 
 trios of B. < )rpingtons for sale. 
 
 KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Just a Moment Please! 
 
 How is the time to book your orders 
 and Wm. Kkrsknbkock has 
 prize winning birds of Barred and Buff 
 P. Rocks, Partridge and Buff Cochins, 
 Silver Laced and White Wyandottes 
 and Cornish I. Games. 
 
 Wm J Kersenbrock, coiumbus, Neb. 
 
 Black 
 
 Buff 
 
 White 
 
 Pekin Bantams 
 
 Aa Good as the Landlcan Altord— 
 
 —Eggs $:i,00 per i:i.— 
 
 A.J. WILLIAMS, 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Black Langshans, 
 
 Of iiO of my prize-winning Black Lang- 
 shans entered at State Fair and Neb. 
 State Show the past -.' years, I won 
 25 1st, a 2d, and 1 :<&. Eggs $'J.00 for 
 15, S3.59f r3U. 
 
 J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
 White Leghorns, 
 
 Fggs from \\nr\i »:j.ii(i per .".ii, *5.u0 per 100; 
 froni choi.-e liiatings.li M per la »2 .W per 26. 
 Can till no more order... for ovtjr lOu egg lots. 
 Scottish Terrier puppies «.(«! and $.i.(iO 
 
 PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 
 
 R. R. French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo. 
 
 EGGS 
 $2.50 for IS 
 it.SO for 30 
 iMj- aim, 
 fertile egrg. 
 hardy 
 duck, bred 
 to win best 
 to lay. 
 
 STOPl 
 
 «*' kOSE and SINGLE, "«» 
 Rhode Island Reds. Buff Leg- 
 horns. Winners wherever shown. 
 Only strong robust stock in my 
 pens and you will not regret it if 
 you send your order for eggs to 
 
 £rfc Aui^llua, 
 Parry, Lake co. Ohio 
 
 If you want .... 
 
 Belgian Hares 
 
 Call on or write to 
 
 OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
 Old Orchard, Mo. 
 
 Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 
 
 WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
 
 .^,'^..^.^.^'^..^,.^..^.^.^t^.^9 I 100 Hares to choose from 
 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 Drop me a postal card today asking for 
 description of matings and price of 
 eggs for hatching-. 
 
 W. S. RUSSELL, 
 
 Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 Eggs for hatching from White Poultry. 
 
 WWv'ds $1.50 uer IS, $4.00 per SO. 
 Cochins, $1-S0 per IS. 
 I. Games, $2.00 per IS. 
 Guinea eggs $1.25 per 16. 
 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< 
 
 I won more premiums than 
 any other two exhibitors at 
 the Nebraska State Show, 
 1901. Before buying any- 
 thing write me — it will be a 
 pleasure to give you prices. 
 
 iaaJ. Buehier, %%Zt%%n 
 
 RINGLET B. ROCKS 
 
 The Kind that' Win We Double Male. 
 
 Ben Hur, ist cockerel at Lincoln 
 Show 1902, 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. 
 
 Brown's Roup Remedy. 
 
 For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won- 
 derful antiseptic, soothing and heal- 
 ing, reliable safe remedy for roup, 
 cankered mouth, chicken pock and 
 cholera. Invaluable for horses and 
 cattle. Ouickly heals galls and pre- 
 vents and removes proud flesh. Price 
 35c per package. Sole proprietor and 
 manufacturer. Agents wanted in 
 all the principal cities of the U. S. 
 
 Robert Brown. Port Richmond 
 
 Richmond Borough, N. Y. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTlGATuft. 
 
 PRAIRIE STATE PROGRESS. 
 
 .'^mong the first i'-cubator advertis- 
 ers of which we liad any knowledge 
 was tlie Prairie State Incubator Com- 
 pany, of Homer City. Pennsylvania. 
 We can very well remember that an 
 incubator then was mucli of a curios- 
 ity, and that the claims of its utility 
 and general good qualities were re- 
 garded by many people as being vis- 
 ionary, exorbitant, and, indeed, im- 
 possible. We have lived to see a very 
 marked change in the sentiment of 
 the public, so that today the incubator 
 is regarded as not onlv being an ad- 
 junct, but a positiv" necessity for all 
 those people who desire to make the 
 growing of poultry success. Through 
 all these years the Prairie State In- 
 cubator has stood out with special 
 prominence, and has had, by the su- 
 periority of its work, perhaps more to 
 do with the changing of this sentiment 
 than any other element. Under the.^e 
 conditions there could be but one re- 
 sult, and that leads us to complele 
 faith in the claims of the Prairie 
 State people when they assure us that 
 they have at Homer City the largest 
 and most complete exclusive incubat- 
 or factory in the world. 
 
 If anything were needed to further 
 strengthen public faith in the Prairie 
 State it might be found in the fact 
 that in keenest competition in this and 
 other countries it has won 342 premi- 
 ums, awards and medals. These things 
 do not occur to machines of any kind 
 without -merit. The $15,000.00 cata- 
 logue put out by the Prairie State 
 people this season is undeniably the 
 finest, most elegant and comprehen- 
 sive work of its kind ever issued, de- 
 voted to the poultry subject. The 
 Prairie State Incubator Company is 
 selling more machines today than at 
 any time in its history, and they are 
 very frank in attributing these im- 
 proved conditions to their new cata- 
 logue. This applies to their foreig.i 
 trade as well, which is very large and 
 rapidly increasing. Within the past 
 few days they shipped an order of 209 
 Prairie State machines to England. 
 They have just booked an order for 
 1,000 machines to be shipped to far-off 
 New Zealand. The "Prairie State" 
 was awarded first premium at the 
 International and Crystal Palace 
 Shows, London, England, this winter. 
 1 hey were also awarded first premi- 
 um at the Grand Intprnational Show, 
 Brussels, February 22, 23 and 24. 
 Space will not permit of our enlarg- 
 ing upon the merits of these excellent 
 machines. Let our readers write at 
 once for the catalogue. 
 
 These are white, tine Wyandotte shape 
 and heavy winter layers. Score 92 
 to 9.^ by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb. 
 State Show winners, $2.00 for 15. 
 Fair treatment insured. Eggs at 
 reduced prices balance of season. 
 
 CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb. 
 
 Why we ask $5.00 for 13 Barred Rock Eggs. 
 
 Because the foundation stock was 
 costly; $.')0 for cock and 110 for hen. 
 Because we keep up to standai;d re- 
 quirements: because it takes about'300 
 birds for us to mate up a pen of, 20 
 when culled out; because we date ev- 
 ery egg the day it is laid so you can 
 see how fresh eggs you get; because 
 we send you more than you order ard 
 pay back casT of .")0 cents each for ev- 
 ery infertile egg short of ten fertile 
 ones out of each setting; because this 
 insures you hatch of thoroughbred 
 best eastern stock we can procure. If 
 anybody treats you fairer, let us know. 
 
 Finally — we started right - why 
 shouldn't vou? 
 
 PARTINGTON. Northboro, Mass. 
 
 White Wyandottes Exclusively. 
 
 Score 93 to 95i points by Larson and 
 Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.00 
 per Hi. Stock is strictly white. 
 JV. B. Oarver, - • Hamilton, Meb. 
 
 Choice Eggs 
 
 For hatching from 
 fine B. P. Rocks 
 and big Buff Coch- 
 ins. Eggs Sl.-'iO 
 per setting from 
 healthy stock. 
 
 lOA M. KESLER, 
 
 Woburrv, III. 
 
 Silver Wyandotte and 
 
 White Langshan 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per 15, 
 
 Guaranteed to hatch. 
 A. E. GRIMES, 
 
 "^^^ Decatur, 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 Do 
 
 LAMB. Uu' LeH-lii. 
 iii prii 
 
 But his liens wiii prizes as well as lay 
 
 And tUat is the Itind of hens that pay. J[3 
 
 W. A. Lamb, 
 
 IVlaHhattaii ,' Kan. 
 
 S5,000 c:?!;1:;SI;e FREE! 
 
 k It IS without arival. Givi-sloweat iiricesof fowls and egg& 
 I ' >ver 50 liretdsTurkeya, Geese, Duoksand Chtckenfl, Haa- 
 ^ dreds of platesfromllfe. 1 5 best poultry boose plana Treat- 
 gise oadifleasB8,howto feed, breed, etc.SendlOc. forpnfliaeti. 
 
 iJ. R. Brabazoa, Jr. & Co.. BoilOcDelavsi;, Wia, 
 
24 
 
 MY MAMMOTH 
 
 . ,. Are hdldlni? Ihelr own 
 
 PEKIN DUCKS }i'aTe"srwa"i/v!;?„i:rKt 
 
 est honors ui Ureut St. Louis Fair and 
 Poultry Show; also In the hands of uiy 
 customers. A few elegant UulT Kox at 
 tialf real value. 
 
 OTTO STOECKER, Box 18, Manchester, Mo 
 
 War* you aamn It? 
 
 The Fanciers' World 
 
 America's leading publi<:atlon for fanciers. 
 Special departments for dogs. cais. ilireon.-, 
 hares, poultry, etc. 32 pages. Profusely 
 lllustralerl. l-er yi-ar. .iOceuls. Sampiecopy 
 free. 
 
 The Fanciers' Wo r III 
 
 F. M. SImmonds, Jr. Publisher, Chicago, III. 
 
 Why Buy Stock and Poultry Foods? 
 
 Make your Own! 1 can send you formu- 
 las for all kiuus of stock and poultry 
 foods, nere are a few; Chick food 35c: 
 egg food. 35c; poultry condition powder. 
 4.')C: stock cotidltion powder. 35c; hog con- 
 dition powder. 30c. Write foi- others. 
 A. W. Collitts, 
 630 Grand Ave. Keokuk, la. 
 
 POULTRY INVfiSTiGAtOR. 
 
 NebraskaL StaLte Poultry 
 AssociaLtion 
 
 Black Ixangshans 
 
 Large, vlgontus stock, free from dlsquallti- 
 catton: up to standard weight; winners at 
 Clay County Show. I'rlces reasonable. Eggs 
 $1-00 per 15. $5 00 per 100. 
 
 Address. 
 
 MRS. N. W. JOHNSON. Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 'Twenl^-FiveyearsinttiiPoultrf Yard. 
 
 A perfect Manual for Success. 
 Gives symptoms and remedies 
 for all diseases. Gapes, Roup, 
 Hog and Poultry cholera. io8 
 pages. Price 25 cents. 
 
 A. H. LANG. 
 
 Covedale, Ky. 
 
 Ml, V««»l ^^ have imported stock. 
 Ull leSi R. C. R. I. Reds, R. C. Mi- 
 iiorcas. Buff ()rpint,'totus. Barred Rock, 
 Anconia.s, Lt. Brahmas, Pekiii and 
 Cayug^a duck.s. Kggs SI. .SO per 15. 
 Duck esffs $1.00 per 12. Oi.e setting- 
 free to best customer. Stock for sale. 
 S R. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels for 
 sale cheap. 
 
 P. G. Shelby, Horln, Pa. box A 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 ADD 
 
 White Wyandottes 
 
 I never have failed to win in W 
 largest shows. Birds score from (X 
 90 to 95^4. $ 
 
 C ROCKHILL, I 
 
 Harvard, Nebraska. ^ 
 
 Abstract of the proceedings of the 
 board of managers of the February 
 meeting held at Lincoln: 
 
 All the members were present ex- 
 cept Mr. Irvin. 
 
 The secretary read the written propo- 
 sitions of the eleven judges, and on 
 motion the propositions of Judges' 
 Russell, Rhodes, Larson and Carruth 
 were accepted.. 
 
 C. M. Lewelling was elected as super- 
 intendent. 
 
 Several small bills from the last 
 show were presented properly audited 
 and were allowed. The guarantee 
 bond furnished by the treasurer was 
 formally approved. 
 
 The secretary presented the formal 
 proposition of the Auditorium associa- 
 tion, tendering the free use of the 
 Auditorium warmed and lighted, for 
 the next show. Also the proposition ol 
 the Commercial Club, tendering the 
 use of their parlors for the annual 
 convention and business meetings. 
 By motion both propositions were ac- 
 cepted and the show formally fixed for 
 Lincoln, Neb., at the time fixed by 
 statute, viz. January 19th to 24th, 1903. 
 
 The proposition to reduce the en- 
 trance fees from 25 cents to 10 cents 
 was formally discussed, but action 
 thereon was deferred until the semi- 
 armual meeting. The board also dis- 
 cussed the question of allowing exhi- 
 bitors of any class by vote to decide 
 how they would have that particular 
 class scored, by comparison or score 
 card. Action on this was also de- 
 ferred until the semi-annual meeting. 
 The matter of printing advertisements 
 in the premium lists was also presented 
 and formall discussed, but action was 
 deferred until the semi-annual meet- 
 ing. 
 
 In case any of the judges elected 
 failed to accept the term of our board, 
 that Adam Thompson be selected to 
 fill the vacancy. 
 
 The secretary was instructed to pro- 
 test in writing to the board of man- 
 afiers of the Kansas City show against 
 tlie holding of their show upon the 
 same date as ours, and that he respect- 
 fully ask them to change the date ot 
 their show, as our date is fixed by 
 statute. 
 
 Resolutions of thanks were adopted 
 thanking the Auditorium .Association. 
 Commercial Club, Telephone Co.. and 
 the railroads for the many courtesies 
 extended. 
 
 LUTHER P. LUDDEN, 
 Secretary. 
 
 Owins to my iiidsit g engag'-nients 
 for sHa>on of ,l9i'2-3. will 1 ol be able 
 to • how my birds and will heiehy 
 reduce th- price of eg^.s from $3 00 
 to $2 00 per 15 I liavp r^. C. Brown 
 Legho lis. Ulack Leithorns. Unrred 
 Plymouth Kocks. (Violet Strain ) 
 
 David Larson, wahoo. Nebr. 
 
 It's Up To You 
 
 To g-et 5,01111 new subscribers. We 
 will send the Fanciers' (iuide, an up- 
 to date Poultry and Hare paper 6 
 
 months for only 10 cents- Special 
 
 ad rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3 
 months for 1 dollar. 30 words breeder 
 notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now 
 in egg season. 
 
 Faticlers' Guide, Montpeller, Indiana. 
 
 R. C. and S. C. B. ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Won firsts at Lincoln, Nebr., 
 
 Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa. 
 
 Cgga for Sale. 
 
 Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 
 
 FO'CC 51 ••^'^* P^*" setting, from my 
 "Oo' prizewinners at Kansas and 
 Nebraska State Poultry Shows 1901 
 and 19U2. Partridge Cochins, Bufi' 
 Cochins, S. S. Hamburgs, Barred 
 Plymouth Rock ai d Light Brahmass 
 Write fur winnings. 
 
 DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 0. MO. HUN. DRO. 
 
 Breeder of Prize-Win n ui^ 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 
 
 Stock for sale at an tlirics. Esr^'s In reason. 
 
 [.B,OMOHUflORO,BowliogGrEeoJo. 
 
 Banned P. Rock 
 
 Exclusively farm raised. Stock sold. 
 E>,'gs from ch ice matings, SL.'iO per 
 1.") for balance of season. All breed- 
 ing stock scored itO to iri',. Look 
 for fine stock n xt year. Send your 
 ordt rs early and secure )-our choice. 
 
 Mrs. A- P. Rodgers, 
 Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
 9 
 
 IT BEATS ALL. 
 
 Tlie No 
 
 111 ' 
 
 of 
 
 I the 
 
 liKl ejf g hatclier costs only »8. il4,0008old 
 principally by agents. We want 5,000 active 
 men and women agents for the new season. Speelal 
 term, witli you— a lar^re margin of profit. lOe ecs 
 rorinulaniufeatalojrue 1,0111 free. It you write to- 
 day. Territory may be gone tomorrow. 
 
 NITURIL HEN INCUBITOR CO., B 11, COtUMBUS. NEB. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^l^^^ays Take 
 
 THE Kansas City & Omaha Line 
 
 For All Points 
 
 East^ South and VtTest. 
 
 Close connections made at all junctions. For rates 
 and information, call on or address 
 
 S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt. 
 
 St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., 
 
 The "Perfect" Hatcher 
 
 s^200-Eg Hatcher and Brooder combined, $10.00- 
 
 B^IOO-Egg Hatcher, $6; Brooder, $5. 
 
 s<^Barred Plymouth Rock Fowls and Eggs. None Finer. 
 
 T<-sthii.>ulalvanci lUuslialptl circular 2(', 
 
 J. A. CHBLTON, Falrmount.'Md. 
 
 Our Leader B. P. Rocks. 
 
 30 eggs, $2.00, from stock scoring 89 to 91. 30 eggs, $3.00, from stock scor- 
 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 
 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. 
 Send me your egg orders if you want to raise show birds. 
 
 A. L. PEDICK, box A, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 Miller's Perfection 
 Folding Exhibition 
 
 Folds llko a bonk. All In one piece. 
 Nothlni: to lo astray. Tlie neatest 
 and sironge.st coop on the market. 
 
 Wm. MILLER. North Bend, Neb 
 
 SEED CORN. 
 
 Prize Winners and Mortgage Lifters. Tested and 
 Pure at Farmers' Prices. Twenty Bert Varieties. 
 
 Onion Seed! Larga 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 
 at wholesale prices. Nearly SSOO.OO in prizes and 100,- 
 000 papers free seeds given to customers this year. 
 
 A r Chi as Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo 
 
 25 
 
 o. #. a 
 
 It is winners you would raise for next 
 winter's shows and are undecided 
 where to send for eggs for hatching. 
 Just send an order to the GOLDEN 
 RULE POULTRY YARDS, the 
 home of prize winning White Ply- 
 mouth Rocks, pure Empire strain, 
 and White Wyandottes, (Duston) and 
 you will be pleased with young stock 
 hatched. Eggs S2.00 per setting of 
 IS. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W. 
 males yet for sale. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BELMOMT. WIS. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 We have Quality and Quantity. 
 
 Farm raised prize winning stock. 
 Eggs $1.S0 per IS, $5.00 per 100. 
 
 H. B. LOUDEN, Clay Center, Nebr 
 
 W A FOrhP^ Breeder i, of Buff 
 »W. #%. rurueo. ^^^ ^^^'^^ wyan- 
 dottes. For the past four years I ave Swoa 
 the majority of the best premiums in full 
 classes, 22 1st, 10 2ad, 9 3rd and 5 specials. I 
 am booking orders now for a limited no. of 
 eggs from these prize matings for $2-00 per 
 setting, 2 settings $3.50. 3 settings $5.00. 
 
 North Topeka, Kan, 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 
 
 None under weight— scores OS to 
 
 J to 97. 1st and 3rd pullel at Lin- 
 
 ^ coin, also 2d colkerel weight — 31 
 
 pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt, 
 
 Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams! 
 
 Eggs. Golden, 
 $1.50 per IS. 
 Silvers, $2.00 
 per 15. Par. 
 Cochins, $2. 
 per 13. Price 
 of pigeons on 
 application. 
 8 varieties 
 for sale. Ad- 
 dress 
 
 W. F. HOLCOMB, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Single^ombJrowM^giioii^ 
 Barred Plymouth Rooks. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 Cora X. Rlckards, 
 
 SOUTH • CfiDEN ■ FOCITRY • YAEIS, 
 
 Oedeit, Utah. 
 
26 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Printing for 
 
 Poultrymen 
 
 We! are prepared to do all kinds of 
 printing- for iTOulirymeu. We have the 
 hiirbest errade machinery and new ma- 
 terial: all work iruaranteed first-class. 
 Free use of standard poultry cuts to 
 patrons. Write us your wants and (jet 
 our prices on your work. Address, 
 
 Poultry Investigator 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm! 
 
 Eees to Hatch. 
 
 S.DOTTES: Very choice pen. J2 per Ih 
 Over 300 hens on different farms. Good 
 
 Sure stock. Eeus Jl per 15. U per 100. 
 RKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys- 
 tem. 60 finf hens and pullels. 4 extra 
 large, stately crowers. f coring from 90 to 94 
 hy Judges Russell and Stransboufth. Ekks 
 g per 15. $:i 50 per 30. 
 
 C. 1, Games. Good pure stoci< on separat€ 
 farms. Eges $1..^0 per In. 
 ROUP ODKE: Our make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
 Circulars free. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK BOX 176, 
 
 Jm Wm Castes > > « > 
 
 ButT Orpingtons. R. O. W. Leghorns 
 Barred & White Rocks. W. C. P. Ban- 
 tams, Belgian's Hares, Eggs. Stock In 
 season. Agents wanted. Thirty Prizes: 
 silver cup last year. 
 
 Galesburg, - - Illinois- 
 
 Scott's Cure 
 I < Chicken Cholera 
 
 Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
 or money refunded. Testimonials on 
 applicatior Reference: Rising- City 
 Bank. 
 
 B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 
 
 Pride of the West.... 
 
 Is Mackey's own Strain of Bronze 
 Turkeys, bred in line for IS years. 
 Show record on open book. They 
 are in the yards of many of the 
 best fanciers in the U. S. and Can- 
 ada. B. P. Rocks, Conger & 
 Felch; Black Langshans, Emry 
 Felch & Robinson. Felch Lt. 
 Brahmas, eggs at all seasons 
 from hens. Young stock now 
 ready to ship. Write for prices. 
 Mackey's Magic Cholera Cure Is a 
 sure cure. 
 
 HILLSIDE POULTRY YARDS, 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Proprietor. H 
 CLARKSviLLB, : : : : Missouri. 
 
 1890 
 
 EGGS! 
 
 r902 
 
 From our Royal Blood Sil- 
 ver Wyandottes. 
 
 Prices Reduced from 3.00 to 2.00 per setting of fifteen eg-g-s. Last 
 year WL' sold every etfir we had to spare. This year have two more fine 
 pens. We know that the Wyandottes are the best variety on earth. 
 They are theJcominir fowl and to boost them along have reduced 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- 
 ly twice as many as all other competitors. We are now shipping eggs. 
 Vetter book your future egg orders now or may not be able to fill them. 
 We are headquarters for prize-winners Stock for sale at all times at 
 Ponca Wyandotte Yards. Refer to express agt. postmaster. Security 
 Bank or Dun's agency. I. & T^. M. CONNOR, Ponca, Neb. 
 
 { IF PANDEMONIUM 
 
 4 Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale 
 
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 i PURITAN POULTRY FARMS, 
 
 i BOX 357 A. - - STAMFORD, CONN. 
 
 MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD, 
 
 ■ C=1 BPRRnRP«; OF IT^l , „ 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
 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- 
 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 fine lot of young stock for sale. 
 
 FRIEND, . ■ - - NEBRASKA. 
 
 RARRFn Bradley Bros 
 
 ROCKS. 
 
 New York winners 
 is what my flock is built from. Win- 
 ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2. 
 Eggs $2.50 per IS. Stock for sale. 
 
 «/. Rm Henderson, 
 
 Sta. B. Route i. 
 
 Columbus, Om 
 
 Mines' Liquiil Lice Killer. 
 
 Will destroy all animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigorous when 
 used in conjunction with Hities' Poultry Food. Pays foritself in the egg 
 basket. Directions for making 25c each. Barred Plj'mouth Rock eggs 
 $1.00 for 15. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs SI. 00 per 9. 
 
 Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut, Kan. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Highest Grade, Healthy Vigor- 
 ous Stock, frota careful 
 Matlags. 
 
 S. p. VAN NORT, Si-iisS*""- 
 
 1st, 2d, and .3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
 St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
 94-92^ -91 M and 9\% by Butterfield. 
 3 seconds at same show 1900. 1st 
 and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
 Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock 
 or sale. Write for full information 
 
 aSUR.E SEE THE 190S 
 
 Noxali Incubator 
 
 tor Co., Q,aincy, HI. 
 
 Trees and Plants 
 
 That Grow and Bear Fine Fruit. 
 
 We grow that kind. Large stock. Honest dealing. 
 Low prices. We pay freight. Budded Peach- 
 es 6c. ; Grafted Apples 5c.: Concord Grapes 2c., 
 Riiss. Mulberries 30c. per UX1; Ash 7Sc. per 1000; 
 Black Locust fl.35 per 1000. Enclish or German 
 Illustrated Catalogues FREE. * 
 
 CARL SOKDERF.GGER, Proprietor, Boi 27, Beatrice, Neb. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 27 
 
 All kinds 
 of fancy p g- 
 eons. Prices 
 reasonable. 
 
 Toulouse geese eg-gs 20c each. Rouen 
 duck eggs 18 for fl.OO. White Hol- 
 land Turkey eggs, Sl.-W for 9. Also 
 Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- 
 tams, Buflf, Brown and Black Leg- 
 horns, S. S. Hatnburgs, C. I. Game-, 
 Buff Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buff 
 and Silver Laced Wyandottes. Poul- 
 try eggs. l:i for $1.00. Yards score 
 from i)0 to 94 >^ points. Satisfaction 
 guarantefd. 
 
 D. L. BRUEN, • Oldenbusch, Neb. 
 
 If you Succeed You musthave a Pull! 
 
 Get it by buying eggs from Pinkerton 
 and Co's Ringlet Strain of B. P. 
 Rocks. Winners whe ever shown. 
 Eggs per setting, $2.00. Two set 
 tings for $3.50. Address 
 
 PINKERTON & Go. Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Lock Box 24 
 
 JCryry^ Foi" hatching from strictly 
 "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. 
 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. 
 
 POULTRY.® 
 
 at CUT PRICES. 
 
 _ CATALOGUE FREE. 
 
 fng. Co., Columbus, 
 
 Morning ViewfH' 
 Poultry Yards. g|l 
 
 ...HAVE .. 
 
 ..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eyes. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 
 
 James M. Perkins, 
 
 RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 
 
 ^ The Inland Poultry Journal 
 
 Is the best 25 cent poultry journal published. 
 The Inland is a monthly journal of reliable poul- 
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 w* The Inland Poultry Journal Co-. 
 
 box 14, Indlanapolla, Indiana, 
 
 Donkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 Cure Ouaranteed! 
 
 TUE only remedy positively 
 known to cure roup In all Its 
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 see to drink. For Oanker, es- 
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 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 
 15 ct'tils HXt' a fni- posr.age 
 
 Corvkey's Egg Food and Poultry Tonic will keep your fowls In perfect 
 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 
 sHle hy all poultry ^iipi.lv houses. ta^Agents wanted. 
 
 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 
 
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 Stt-ongei" and closer spacing than any other make. 
 Our Union Lock Hog, Field and Cattle Fence, Union Lawn 
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 Your dealer should handle this line— if not, -write us for 
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 I FRANK MYERS, 
 tFree Port, III., U. S. A. 
 
 S Box 20. 
 
 J Breeder ot_i_,^^ 
 
 \ Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 \ They are Barred Rleht and good 
 i size. Eirgs 15 f or $3. 30 for $:i.50, 
 { 50 for 4.00, 100 for 7.00. 
 
 Also manufacturer ofj 
 Ideal Aluminum Leg \ 
 
 Band 
 
 I ^^^^rf*.****^*«rf^ 
 
 The acknowledged leader. 13 fors 
 
 15c. 25 for 30c. 50 tor 50c. 100 for \ 
 
 7i)C. Samples and circular. of i 
 
 Barred Kocks mailed t 
 
 for stamps. ^ 
 
28 
 
 silver Laced Wyandottes. 
 
 Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 
 pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
 Fine scoring 
 
 Albert Lisius. Lake Mills. Wis- 
 
 For Sale. 
 
 lilack Ivaneshan Cockerels, SOc 
 and pullets 75c each. Pekin drakes 
 f l.0<) each. M. B, Turkey Toms $2 
 and $3. All stock pure blood. 
 Mrs. Albert Ray St Son, Wilsey. Kan. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Nebraska Queen. 
 
 rirmt PriMe Han, WalgM 9 ibm. 
 
 Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
 late State Show Judge Myers said 
 she was the best one he had seen 
 this year. I won 8 regular premiums 
 at the above show. 20 years a 
 breeder of this variety exclusively. 
 Write your wants. A' dress 
 
 F. C. HINMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 When you write mention the Investigato 
 
 ^i^^ipstern old mother experience 
 
 o make perfect The Reliable Incubcito 
 
 ht to have our 2mii tVnUiri PoullrjBo. 
 ►u but 10 ceuts and >slll make you a master lo 
 .' the poultry bu.lnes8. ,,||,^|, |„„|„,„ 4 g„jj„ c„_. j„ ^ 25 tuloci, lilt. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. Our Buff 
 Wyaudottes are brefi froiu 
 best strain obtainable and 
 In line. We breed the pure 
 R.ilden Buff, not the dark 
 red. They're prize winners. 
 
 E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Uliester White Ilogii forsale 
 nention 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 
 females score 90 to 9.S;2— White Wyandottes 93 to 9fi. We 
 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. 
 and P. Cochins, B. and M. C. Bantams, 1. Geese, and Pe- 
 
 kin Ducks are all winners. Illustrated catalogue tells jou 
 
 otocK and eggs for sale. 
 
 J D- W. HALL, Box 700. Des Moines la 
 
 Golden Laced Wyandottes. 
 
 I have three pens which are second to none, con- 
 sidering size, shape, color and as egg produ- 
 cers. Orders for eggs are promptly filled. 
 
 Pe#r/lfS-Hallock strain. Egg or- 
 ders booked now. $1.00 for 11. 
 
 Belgian Hares. Pedigreed. Grand 
 lot of youngsters sired by a ^5% 
 point bock. Bred does always on 
 hand. Booklet on the industry for 
 stamp. 
 
 Steptiaul Poultry Co. Belleville, III 
 
 When you write mention the Investigator. 
 
 J. C. Kapser, 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 BUFF COCHINS 
 
 Exclusively. 
 Just What You Are 
 Looking For . . . 
 
 The Pure Golden Buflf. Win- 
 ners in ny company. Elegant 
 in shape, profusely feathered, 
 as good as the best. Prices 
 low, write me. 
 
 B. H. DUNN, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 B. P. Rocks, Pine Lawn Poultry Farm. 
 
 nniie ana ^^^^ ^2 qq p^^ setting, 3 for $5.00. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes l. d. metcalf, Wakefeiid, Nebr. 
 
 You can raise Chickens 
 
 — If you use — 
 
 PInkerton's Perfection 
 
 CHICK 
 FOOD. 
 
 It contains everything that Is essential 
 to the chick's life. Not a pound of 
 material in it that is not the best 
 the market afiords. It is equal to 
 niiy chick food now on the market. 
 
 ice 25 lbs $1.00. 50 lbs $1.50. 100 lbs $3.00. 
 Manufactured by 
 
 MRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON, 
 Clay Center, ■ Nebr. 
 
 Clubbmg; List 
 
 By taking the advantage of the 
 following combinations you can 
 get two papers often at the price 
 of one. Look at these ofifers: 
 
 Price with 
 Poultry 
 Invisti- 
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 Regular 
 price 
 
 Poultry Tribune 50c 
 
 Poultry Herald 50c 50c 
 
 Poultry Gem 25c 35c 
 
 Commercial Poultry 50c 50c 
 
 Western Poultry News. . .2.5c 25c 
 
 Poultry Success SOc 40c 
 
 Poultry Topics 25c 25c 
 
 Poultry Gazette 25c 25c 
 
 Nat'l Poultry Journal... SOc SOc 
 
 Farm Poultry $l.oo $1.00 
 
 American Poultry Journal ."iOc 50c 
 
 I^eather .50c goc 
 
 Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $l.oo 
 
 ..Just Think of it.. 
 
 Farmer and Breeder, price $1.00 
 
 Any 50c paper yon choose above. . .50 
 The Poultry Investigator 25 
 
 Total 5175 
 
 We will send the three to you for $1.00. 
 Address, 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice— We do not send sampl«s sf 
 •ther papers. 
 
WHITE, PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 Now is the lime and David City, N. b , 
 IS the place to buy eggs that will 
 start ) oil ritrht. OOg'g's are atching 
 pfood. Our birds were prize wiiincs 
 at the Nebraska State Show, 1902. 
 Write tor prices. 
 
 J. W. HALL, David City. Nebr 
 
 BUSINESS COLLEGE. 
 
 One of the leading schools of the west' 
 Large attendance. Great demand for 
 its graduates. Expenses low. Address 
 
 H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 
 
 Reference: Sure Hatcli Incubator Company 
 
 BUY STQOK and KGGS from high 
 
 WHITE LAXUWi 
 Fine winter laj-ers. 
 
 ANS and BITFF K QfKS . 
 Cheap for quality. Eg'B's 
 L. MUM"0\VE1{. Duroc 
 W.L. MUMFOWEK. 
 
 Chilicothe, Mo. 
 
 BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 
 
 Edson's Reslsiter-ed citrain. from a Ions line 
 of prize-winning ancesters; h^ve made them 
 a specially for 10 yed.r«. Now offerins fine 
 exhibition and grand br eding stocit of both 
 1900 and 1901 hatch at moving price if taken 
 soon. Send for illustrated circular with 
 half-tones of meritor ious birds. Address. 
 
 M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 Buff Rocks 
 Pekin Ducks 
 Toulouse Geese 
 Bronze Turkeys. 
 
 MRS. FLORA 
 SHROYER, 
 
 Perry, O. T. 
 
 Formerly at 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 Fine Warn. White Holland Turkeys - - 11.75 
 Pure Bred Red Belgians - - - $1.00 
 Pure White Rock Cockls - . . - Jl.OO 
 Pure White Wyandots - - . $1.00 
 New Strain Whlte-Breastpd Guineas - JO.re 
 All above fn>m prize-winning stock and line 
 bred. Catalogue sent. 
 
 J. C. BAKER.. Proprietor, 
 
 White Flume Farm. HichHeld. 111. 
 
 Fo'O'e F'"°™ prize winning Golden 
 So Wyandottes, $2. per i;), scor- 
 ing from 90 to itSyi, by Shellen' erger. 
 
 J. Gordinier, 
 
 Keota, III. 
 
 For Sale f ~ ~ ~ 
 
 Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy 
 Ducks. J At State Poultry Show on 
 four entries of geese I took first 3 
 premiums. Eggs for sale in season. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 [GG ORO[RS, Book now for Houston, 
 
 P. R 2 mating.e, score from 90 to 
 _ !13J^. Eggs v.. per LI. $.'5 per 100. 
 ♦ Buff Orpingtons, 4 yards; 2 yards 
 !-olid butf wing and and tail, eggs 
 %a per 1.-1, $8 per ISO Buff Orping: 
 tons, 1 yaid, eggs 53 per l.i, $5 
 per 30 Buff Orpingtons, 1 yard 
 eggs %2 per 1."), $5 per 40. 
 
 Winners wherever shown. 
 Won nf re first and seconds than 
 any otner man. Guarantee good 
 hatches, true to name and fresh. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 
 
 29 
 
 Please Let Me Tell You 
 
 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 
 trios, pens and singles at bargMins for the 
 next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns. 
 Eggs in season. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 
 
 Wailen Cameron. 
 
 Schuyler. Nebr. 
 
 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per IS, $3.00 per SO, $S.00 
 
 per 100. Our stock is first class. 
 P. J. SCHWAB. Clay Center Nebr 
 
 My Buff Orpingtons 
 
 At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made 
 8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, 
 1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If 
 you are going to buy eggs send for my 
 circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson) 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 JOHN A LING 
 
 Harvard - - Nebraska 
 
 White P. Rocks Exclusively.... 
 
 My Rocks are of the best strains to 
 be found and I have a fine lot of 
 chicks to sell reasonable. Write, 
 
 MRS. NANCY WATSON, 
 Lincola, Nebr. 
 
 Black Langshans— 
 
 Tho winter layers, of standard 
 
 weights, good colored plumage 
 
 ^1^ and eyes, well feathered shan s 
 
 ■71^ no scrube among them. Score 
 
 93 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 
 
 C M- Hurlburt, 
 
 Fai.bury, Nab- 
 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 
 MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
 eight State Shows and many other large 
 shows, winning- more premiums than all 
 other competitors of this variety combined. 
 Good birds for sale- Eptrs from prize pens 
 15 for $3. 30. $5- From standard bred 
 stock, farm ranee. 100. $4. 
 
 mps J. LU. GflUSE, 
 
 Emporia, Kan. 
 
 The Michigan Jg 
 roultryman... ^ 
 
 Only Exclusive Poultry 
 Paper in Michigan 
 
 All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
 ube to its pages. Expert poultry- 
 men will give its readers free 
 such information as they 
 may ask for. 
 
 All the news of tlie poultry world, 
 illustrated. 
 
 Well 
 
 Michiga-n PoultrymaLn, 
 
 Ithaca.. Mich. 
 
 Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 
 
 BARRED P. ROCKS, Exclusively 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per IS. 100 for $6.00. 
 
 Mrs. Eva J. Gingrich, Aurora, Neb. 
 
 A Generous Business Policy 
 
 has proven the best for 
 
 U.S. We absolutely 
 
 guarantee the 
 
 IncubaLlors 
 and Brooders, 
 
 (both hot water and hut 
 
 air) to be satisfactory in every wa 
 
 your money. 12 years in the Imsinesi 
 
 inp Mari Ma's have made us absolute! 
 
 machines will gret big hatches. That our svstem of 
 
 regulating temperature, moisture and ventilation is 
 
 the bemt I here ■«. That the Mnrilhi Brooder is the 
 that prevents overcrowding and trampling. 
 3 our incubators, the best 
 stamps. Don't you want it! 
 
 MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY, 
 Box 97. Rose Hill, N. Y. 
 
 Poultry Supplies 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 2Sc per dozen, $1 
 per 60. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each $1, 
 
 Spray Pumps each 75c. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure 50c laud 1.00 a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure 50c and $1 a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices . 
 
 Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center#«12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
 per 100 pounds $1.20 
 
 Lime Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O- 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
3© 
 
 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Edition. 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
 Poultry Association. It is a book of 
 over 250 papes, cloth cover, and con- 
 tains the only official descriptions of 
 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
 this Standard that all poultry judges 
 base their awards. Every experienced 
 fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
 ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
 requirements to which his stock must 
 be bred. 
 
 The Standard of Perfection 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
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 I W.O. KBTKL CO., QiUsc;, III. 
 
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 igmn^ns Lic e Killing Machine 
 
 K)ULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Single Comb 
 White Legfhorns. 
 
 Eggs for hatching from the cream 
 of my flock, as I have the advan- 
 tage of selecting my breeders from 
 among seven hundred choice birds 
 
 all bred and owned by myself 
 
 Nothing but the very best speci- 
 mens of most prolific layers are 
 ever used. Descendant from gen- 
 erations of great layers of large 
 pure white eggs. Write at once, 
 for circulars 
 
 E. A. TESDALL, 
 
 Slater, Story Co, Iowa 
 
 CHARLES SCHIID. lonii llich. 
 
 When you write mention tlic Investigator. 
 
 Meyer^s Langsh^ns 
 
 Won 
 
 At 
 
 Kansas 
 
 State 
 
 Show 
 
 1st and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
 4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
 Score 189!^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At 
 N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all 
 good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
 tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
 15. $3-50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. 
 Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 
 
 c^o^o^c^ 
 
 L. E. Meyers, 
 
 Bowlins Green, Missouri 
 
 Wm Jm Cheney, 
 
 Breeder of 
 
 Thoroughbred Poultry, 
 
 BOX 68-^*^ -^e^CCBA, MO 
 
 Varietles.^B. P. Roclis. Lieht BraUmas. W. Wyan- 
 aiKlottes, Partridire Cocliins.'S, C. B Miiiorcas. S. C. 
 W. Leeiiorns. S, and R. C B. Leg-liorns. PeUin Duclis. 
 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 
 The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues fiee. 
 
 W. J. CHENEY. 
 
 Urawfui'd Uu. -^irCVKX, MO 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. 
 W. WYANDOTTES. 
 BARRED ROCKS. 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
 
 ii:i 
 
 Only $3.00 per ."^O or ^SMil per lilO from our 
 white breeds. S4.C0 per 50 or ?7.00 per 100 
 from our best pens — Hawkins, Dustin, Felch 
 strains. Bred to win and to please. We guar- 
 antee our eggs to be as good as the best and 
 positively thoroughbred of the best standard. 
 The above low offer is for this season only. 
 Catalogue free. Member of American Buff 
 Rock Club. 
 
 JAMES Q. MYERS, 
 
 Oaks. Pa. 
 
 $5.00 
 
 Buys 1011 eggs, 81.25 one setting, S2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggs at 
 GLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of the a ll-y ear-round 
 layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
 Rock and Black Minorca. High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
 for sale. Circular free. Mention Investigator. 
 
 Write E. W. GEER, Farmineiton, Mo. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
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 Address, THE INVKSTIGATOR 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
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 Your Breed- RabicUfe 
 
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 Durinff gestation and while nursing 
 their young it will enrich the blood 
 Improve the appetite, increase the 
 flow of milk, thereby makins'he 
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 Vermont Belgian Hare Co. 
 
 Lyndonvllle, Vt. 
 
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 ' received. 
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 John J. Kautzmann, 
 
 590 Bergen St. Newark, N. J 
 
 Old Homestead Brooder. 
 
 The best on earth. All your chickens can b 
 saved iu the Old Homestead Brooder 
 Try one. Write for prices. Addres: 
 
 Old Homamtead Brooder Co., 
 MIddleboro, Maaa.... 
 
 {\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 
 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. 
 
 I have some Extra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS, Pen No. 1. is headed by the 
 cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1900 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d 
 prize cockerel at Chicago, 1001. These birds are mated to some of my choice 
 females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, $1.00 per 15. 
 Pen No. 2, 75c per IS. Incubator eggs, $5.00 per 100. 
 
 D. W. GRANT, 
 
 Almena, Kan. 
 
 These Eggs Will Hatch 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks. ^^^S'^^^l^i^f^^'^^, 
 
 Mrs. M. C, Dowultig, Elk City, Kan. 
 
 chicks that have rich yellow legs and snow 
 white plumage. 
 
 No. 1, 
 
 Free Barred Plymouth Rock circular teiiing about my su- 
 
 perb- Barred Rocks. Yards 
 headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prize winners from 
 prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $.5.00. 
 
 PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb. 
 
 Leghi 
 
 Buff Legnorns 
 
 The Coming Breed. 
 
 Eggs 
 
 They are no doubt the best laying breed 
 there is, and are larger than other Leg- 
 horns. Average weight of male and fe- 
 male is 7 and 5 lbs respectively. Golden 
 Buff plumage, winners wherever shown. 
 7.5c per 15. From trio winners, $2.50 per 15. 
 
 E. C, HaHsock, Spring Valley, Ohiom 
 
 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
 30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
 firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 
 
 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXHIBITION BIRDS? 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROUKS. With that nice even ring barring to the skin as blue 
 as tite skv. and with elegant combs, golden beaks and shanks. Or heavy weight SIN- 
 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 1st ckl scored 95j< , 2 cks scored 94^ each, 2 hens 
 95 each, 3 pullets 95, 95, 96 each, pen \90%. I own the 
 highest scoring ck, ckl, hen and pullet in the state. Eggs 
 $2.00 per setting. 
 
 JOHN HETTICH, 
 
 BowliJig Green, Mo. 
 
32 
 
 $5,000 c:?;;i:;S'uB FREE! 
 
 lem, GoMe, Duel 
 dre^of pUtcsfromlue. ISb««tpcultryhooaeplE 
 liM ODdlMaKS,howtofeed,breed, etc.S«Q(110c. forposUgc 
 
 IJ. R. Bnbazoo, Jr. & Co.. BoilOo.DeUvao, Wb, 
 
 Cm>^c ThoroufiThbred Barred P- Rock eircrs 
 ^OO* twodoJIars per seitiiip of fifteen, (lol 
 dcit Sebriffht Barttanis. two dollars 
 I>er settinjr of fifteen. Colored Muscow ducks, 
 two dollars per setlint^ of eleven. Mv stock 
 ar.' all strnnjf and vitMnons ;iiid have farm 
 
 All « 
 
 shii.pL-.l will In- 
 
 tl. V fr 
 
 Mrs. D. T. STONE. DeKalb, MO. 
 
 Clover Rldjje Poultry Ka 
 
 Black Langshan, '^^}}^J'^^°^\^- 
 
 ° C. Buft Orpiiifrton 
 
 W. HollaiKl Turkeys, Mammoth White 
 Pekin Duck, E. E. Smith strain. Eg-g-s 
 from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting-. Won at 
 Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS 
 ribbons from 1 to '>. Poor hatches du- 
 plicated at half price. ■ 
 
 Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 
 
 INCUBATOR 
 
 ON TRIAL 
 
 The Perfected Von Culin. 
 
 Successful result of 25 years' experience. 
 Scientiflcally correct, practically perleot. 
 NoD-explosiTO metal lamps. 
 Double and packed walls. 
 Perfect regulation of heat and ventilation. 
 Made of best materials, and highest quality 
 of workmanship and finish. 
 
 PRICES $7.00 AND UP. 
 
 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAV. 
 
 Wo make Brooders, Bee Hives &, Supplies. 
 |3r~ Catalog and Price List sent Free. 
 
 The W.T. FALCONER MFG. CO., 
 Dept. 213' Jamestown, N.Y. 
 
 GREAT BARGAINS 
 
 Importers and Exporters ol -^s 'fl' 
 ieties land and water lowls. Stock 
 and CKKS for sale at all limes. Write 
 before vou buy. Bank and personal 
 references piven. Send (or Full Il- 
 lustrated Circular. low« Poultry O.. 
 B«i 623, Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lay eggs. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxvllle, la. 
 
 locK box 500. 
 
 It is ne.xt to impossible to raise poul- 
 try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
 say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
 try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
 trained 
 
 Fox Terrier Dos;. 
 
 Our dogs are taught to parole the 
 place night and day. Write, Nevada 
 Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
 .^arMales $10.00: females $5.00. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 May 1 "SHOW YOU" 
 
 Tliat eggs bought of me will hatch 
 Barred Kocks for you that will sat- 
 isfy the most exacting. If not 
 treated right, publish tne in the In- 
 vestigator. CORWIN JONES, 
 
 Poultry Judge. Sidney, Iowa. 
 
 p 'from'3 yards of prize win- 
 
 ^ P" W C''ninir Barred Rocks scor- 
 ^OO^-ing up to 92,'/^ at $1.50 and 
 $2 (Ki per l.">. From my S. C. White 
 Leghorns (Blanchard's and Van Dres- 
 ser heavy laving strains) scoring^ up to 
 94 '4, at S2.06 per IS. 
 
 P. Hostetter, 
 
 East Lytme, Mo. 
 
 A Boon for Poultry Keoper.. 
 BETTER than a OOLU MI.NE. 
 
 We will tell you how we made our 
 hens pay over 400 per cent profit. 
 Merely send yotlrname and address 
 Waj.ldc rooltr^Co., Cliiitonvllle,CoDn 
 
 Pan-American Houdan Yards, 
 
 — Wauseon, Ohio.— 
 
 Breeder of yno exhibition Houdans. 
 Breeders .score from 92to9534. Head- 
 ed by cock 91^. Prices reasonable. 
 
 Henry Weichmann, 
 
 Box 94. Wauseon, Ohio. 
 
 Bi P. RochS Exclusively. 
 
 Some good cockerels for sale yet 
 Eggs lor ale at $2 per 15, $3 for .30. 
 
 L. A.. DA^Y, 
 
 Bruning, ISJ^eb 
 
 Please mention the Investigator 
 when answering advertisements. It 
 will accomodate both the advertiser 
 and us. 
 
 o ooooooooooooooooooooooooo 
 
 Pinkerton's Perfection Chick Food. ^ 
 
 It contains everything that is essential for 'w' 
 the chicks's life. Not a pound of material ^^ 
 in it that is not the best the market afi^ords. >v 
 It is equal to any chick food on the market \y 
 Price 30 lbs, SI. 00; 5U Iba, fl.50; 100 lbs, %2.H\. (J^ 
 Manufactured by jTV 
 
 Sure Hatch Incubator Co, <Q> 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr. O 
 
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 You 
 Can 
 Raise 
 O Chicks 
 if 
 You Use 
 
 O 
 
 o 
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 OOOOOO000G>00C>00000000OOO0O 
 
 P ULLET S^LE. 
 
 We have 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 
 price. Send tor egfg circular describing' 
 our five breeding^ vards, mated for best 
 results, Eggs, $2.50 per 15 straight. 
 
 MR. and MRS. A. UPTON & SON, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 We Must Have Room! 
 
 15 Pure White Plymouth Rock Cockerels, Sl.SO and S2.50 each. 
 
 10 E.xtra Fine Biifl' Red Cockerels $2.50 and S3.00; worth $5.00 to $10.00. 
 
 10 Extra Good White Wyandotte Cockerels SI. .50 to S2.00 each. 
 
 No other stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from 20 varieties of thorough 
 
 bred poultry, $5.00 to $7.00 per hundred, $3.00 to $4.00 per So. 
 
 SURE HATCH POULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
RIPPLEY'S 
 
 Whitewashing, Spnaying 
 and Painting IVIachincm 
 
 GUARANTEED l°e 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 
 Buildings, or Spray Trees any height by using extra hose and 
 esteuaion rod to elevate Spray. Endorsed and used by hun- 
 dreds of noted Breeders. It is used and endorsed by Sid Conger, 
 Shelby ville, Ind.; V. R. Fishel, Hope, Ind.; Meadowbrook 
 Poultry Farm, Dallas. Pa.; G. W. Brown, Camden. Ark.; A. U. 
 Duston, Marlboro, Mass.; Texas State Fair Ass'n, Dalla?, Texas. 
 W. B. ]»eun, Secretary of State Board of Acrleulture, 
 ToiiLton, K. |»uk.. Hayst "We gaveall State Fair Buildings two 
 coats with your machine. It is a complete success and a great 
 labor paver." In order to get. tlieni iiitnidnced in every locality, 
 
 ill alioM' freight 
 
 . t'.ithe 
 
 Gal 
 
 NEXT SIXTY DAYS ONLY, 
 
 t the followini; net <'iir*h prlcep-: ^o. 6.~E)ght Gallon Heavy 
 zed Steely complete as shown in cut with 10 feet of M inch 
 id one 8-foot bitmboo extension rod and brass cylinder 
 
 ?ump with agitator, »13 00. No. 7.— Sixteen Gallonsize. «15.00. 
 ermscash with order, or we will ship C. O. D^ if $3.00 accom- 
 panies order. Take advantage of our Speelal Offer. Send 5c in 
 stamps f ora copy of our 1903 Sprayer and Breeders'Supply Catalog. 
 
 Rippley Hardware Co., Box 54, Grafton^ Ills. 
 
 Western Office, Box 54, Watertown, So. Da!<. 
 
 Canfield s White Rocks 
 
 E^es from my birds ni ver.fall to produce Prize Win- 
 ners. Till' bfst plHfe to huv nggs Is troin a breeder 
 who makes a S')'"' ;iltv of one vaiiei> -Blue Bird." 
 •■Lady Blue" and the *iest i have ra.sed for 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. 
 
 GREER'S PEDIGREED 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 I'oiillr) Exkiiiits I'roperly Jndgeil. 
 
 0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Ind. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Write for Circular. 
 
 //. H. CAMPBELL, 
 
 Winners 1, 5, puUet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
 ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show, 1902 ag-ainst 
 red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $4.00 per 
 15. 2nd, pen, S2.50 per 15, 3rd pen, $1.50 per IS. 
 
 Osaeola, Nebr. 
 
 D' 
 
 ON'T Set Hens the Same Old Way, 
 
 and let lice kill tbeai on the nest. 
 
 Tiffaiiy'8 Sure Brath to Lice Powdn' 
 
 . will kill all vermin, and your hen will bring 
 
 t^ berbrood off free from lice. Tiffany's Para- 
 
 JSp gon I-iice Killer "Liquid," guaranteed to kill 
 
 v^ all lice and mites. Instantly kills lice on 
 
 colts.calves, and hogs. By usin^ our Sprayer a v^ry 
 
 Mtile goes a great way, Penetrates all cracks. Spray 
 
 bottom of bouse for spider I ice. ll\s & poiofv/nl disin- 
 
 jectav/. fl par gal. can; 65c '2 gal. One gallon and 
 
 Sprayer, 11.50. Can get it free where no agents bya 1 
 
 littleworkforus. The Tiffany Co., Lincoln, Neb. ' 
 
 If your hens do not lay try our GritSm 
 
 We have several tons that MUST BE 
 DISPOSED OF and we will ship you 
 at our ton rates F.O.B.: 100 lbs. Pearl 
 Mica Grit, 75c ; 100 lbs. Oyster or Clam 
 Shell Grit, 75c ; 100 lbs. Limestone Grit, 
 65c; orall three to one address, $2.00. At this 
 price you can ship 1000 miles, as they go fourth 
 class freight. Our Pearl Mica will make your egg 
 shells perfect — a great thing when you ship eggs 
 long distance. 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY- Lincoln. Neb. 
 
 PETALUMA NCUBATDR 
 
 WHY IT HATCHES 
 
 ...HIGH PER CENTS... 
 
 Success in an incubator depends upon two things : 
 
 the right principle and the right construction. 
 
 The uniform success of the 
 
 Petaluma incubator ^ 
 
 is not a mere"happen so." It hatches loo per cent of fer- 
 tile eggs because it's built on ttie riglit principles; it is 
 scientifically correct, and because the very best skill and 
 workmanship obtainable are put into its making. It is built 
 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 
 in four sizes— from M to 3li4 eggs. We pay the freight anywhere in the 
 United States. It will pay you to send for our attractive free catalogue* 
 Address nearest office. 
 
 PETALUMA INCUBATOR CO., 
 
 Box 58, Pet aluma, Cal., or Box 58; Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 
 ,X 
 
 ^>^ 
 
 Still Take 
 the Leatll 
 
 In 1900 and inoi 
 at the Convention 
 Hall Shows. Kansas City,, my birds 
 made almost a clean sweep of pre- 
 miums including- Sweepstakes in 
 Am. class. In 1900 at Kansas State 
 Show they won i4 ou' of a possible 
 15 premiums, in lilOl, IS out of 1.5 
 and in 1002, 16 out of 11! possible rib- 
 bons not incluilins:' 4ths and oths. 
 At Nebraska State Show, 1902, they 
 won l&t pen. Isr, 2d. :id, hen, 1st, lid, 
 5th cockerel, 2d, 4th i uUet, 3d cock 
 and sweepstakes for best 5 it ."^olid 
 colors with weig-ht. Eggs S3. 00 per 
 setting, gS.OO for 2 settings. 
 
 M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kan 
 
 We will consider it a great favor if you will mention The PouLTRy Inves- 
 tigator when writing to advertisers. 
 
 White Wyandottes Exclusively. 
 
 Score 93 to 95^ points by Larson and 
 Hews, Keeler strain. Eggs $1.50 to 
 $2.50 per IS. Stock is strictly white. 
 
 M. B. arver, • • Hamnton, Meb. 
 
 BEST FRUIT PAPER 
 
 Western Fruit-Grower is the best paper 
 treating of all l<uids of fruit, and nothing but 
 fruit; monthly; lUustrati-d; 16 to 48 pnges: 50 
 cts. a year. lOo for tbree months' trial sub- 
 scription. 
 
 THE WESTERN FRUIT GROWER. 
 
 Box 13, St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 
 
 Breeder of Light Bralimas E.xclusively. 
 
 Now is the time to beautify and im- 
 t;rove your yards. I can hely you. 
 Eg-gs $2. for 15. $3.50 for 30. Some 
 choice pullets for sale. 
 
 Light Brahmas! 
 
 — First and 2d cock, hen, cockerel, 
 and pullet at Interstate Poultry 
 Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win- 
 ning sweepstakes and grand sweep- 
 stakes. 1st, and 3d pens Sckls 4 pul- 
 lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln. 
 Stock and eggs at reasonable prices. 
 
 J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb. 
 
CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED 
 
 BEYOND COMPARISON. 
 
 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." 
 
 GOOD MORNING SISTER 
 
 I am ready for Chamberlain's Perfect Chick feed. Dry and Always 
 
 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 In Chamberlain's Feed that has made the name famous. For incubator chicks, (or all 
 chict^s until 5 months old. 
 FACTORY PRICE, 1 00 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' 
 
 mm 
 
 HARES 
 
 BY 
 
 THE 
 
 m 
 
 HUNDREDS I 
 
 i 
 
 
 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 
 
 Our Stud Bucks are; 
 
 Fashoda Star 
 
 Score 9G by Judge Almond, im- 
 ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. 
 
 Viscount 
 
 Score 9.5 by Judge Finley, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Lythedale 
 
 Score 94 by Judge Finley, im- 
 ported . 
 
 Sir Crabtree 
 
 Score 93)4^ by Judge Crabtree, 
 
 and other domestic bucks 
 
 that will s< ore 94 to 96. 
 
 RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES 
 
 At prices ranging from $i to 
 $75 per head. Unpedigreed 
 market stock, good color and 
 size, $2 to $3 per pair. Hardy 
 Black Belgians (good to use 
 as nurse does) at $3 to $5 per 
 pair. High scoring pedi- 
 greed stock at moderate 
 prices. Will refund money 
 and pay return express 
 charges if hares purchased 
 are not as represented. Write 
 for free booklet and further 
 particulars. Rabbitries at 
 Maplewood and Fayette. 
 
 IMPORTED ■ AND • DOMESTIC 
 
 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 
 
 NOTHING LIKE IT. 
 
 
 i.ppr 
 
 (■boa 
 
 pairtj I 
 
 111 de.licn. beauty. 
 riKln.lll; ..Olull 
 utcit. 4 reproduced 
 oriirlnal ptvintinK. and over 700 
 oriKlnnl hitif tODO llluetratlons. 
 We mnll It free. Write «t one. 
 rori'ntitloifue No.129 The beat 
 Ineubiitnrii ondbrnoderB In til. 
 world nre ni.tle by tbi' 
 
 rraltle Stale Incb. CcHomsr Cltf.Pt 
 
 Smith's Mammoth Pekia Ducks and White Wyanclottes Win. 
 
 Thirteen 1st, 5 2nds, at Nebraska state, Kansas state, Missouri state, Des Moines. 
 Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Nebr. state show 
 and won 8 premiums; 1 ck, 1 hen, 1 pullet and 5 others. See circulars for re- 
 port of the champion flock. Get eggs for hatching from the winners. 
 
 Lincoln. Neb., Box 456 E. E. SMITH 
 
 We will consider it a great favor if you will mention TuE Poiltky InvkstigaTOK when writing to advertisers. 
 
VOL. 4. 
 
 JUNE. 1902. 
 
 NO. 4. 
 
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 Advance TO Sueeili 
 
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 Swa,ii»ii4>,j|^J' 
 
 
 25 <^ a^jj/ear 
 
j^lAvays Take 
 
 THE Kansas City & Omaha Line 
 
 For All Points 
 
 Bast, South and West. 
 
 Close connections made at all junctions. For rates 
 and information, call on or address 
 
 S. M. ADSIT, G. P. A., or S, M. WALLACE, Agt. 
 
 St. Joseph, Mo., Clay Center, Nebr., 
 
 ^ Miller's Perfection 
 Folding Exhibition 
 Coop 
 
 Folds like a book. All In one piece 
 Nothlne to lo astray. The neatest 
 and strongest coop on tbe market. 
 
 V/m. MILLER. North Bend, Neb 
 
 ^^STERN OLD MOTHER EXPERIENCE 
 
 has enal»le<J»i8 after 16 years to make perfect The Reliable IncubaJtOrB 
 
 aiid Brooders. You oUEht to have onr aOth Ccntiiry Poultry Boob 
 
 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. 
 
 B. P. Rocks, Pine Lawn Poultry Farm. 
 
 iVnilC fiHll Eggs $2. CO per setting, 3 for $5.00. 
 
 Golden WyandoHeS L. D. METCALF, Wakefelld, Nebr. 
 
 We Must Have Room! 
 
 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. 
 
 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 
 
 bred poultry, S.^.OO to ?7.(HI per hundred, S3. 00 to S4.0U per 5o. 
 
 SURE HITCHlPOULTRY CO., Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 $5.00 
 
 Buys 100 eggs, $1.2u one setting, S2.00, ten Bronze Turkey eggsat 
 CLEN RAVEN EGG FARM, Home of th e all-year-round 
 
 O. I. OF 
 
 It is wini ers >o 1 would raise for next 
 winter's shows and are undecided 
 where fo send for eggs for hatching. 
 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 
 you will be pleased with young stock 
 hatched. Eggs S2 dd per setting of 
 15. A few fine W. P. R. and W. W. 
 males yet for sale. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE WEBSTER, 
 
 BCLMOMT, VnS. 
 
 p from 3 yards of prize win- 
 
 ^OTuC niii^ Barred Rocks scor- 
 "00* ing up to 9i'.2 at S1.50 and 
 S2 0(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. 
 
 W A Forbes Breeder .of Buff 
 WT. M. rurues. ^nd Wh''e Wyan- 
 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 
 eg-trs from these prize matinsrs for $2.00 per 
 setting, 2 settinirs $3.50. 3 settings $5.00. 
 
 North. Topeka, Kan, 
 
 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys! 
 
 None under weight— scores 93 to 
 J. to 97. 1st and 3rd pullel at Lin- 
 ^ coin, also id colkerel '-eight— 31 
 
 pounds. Write for prices on eggs. 
 
 C. M. Hurlburt, 
 
 Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Golden & Silver Sebight Bantams! 
 
 Eggs. Golden, 
 $1.50 peris. 
 Silvers, $2.00 
 per 15. Par. 
 Cochins, $2. 
 per 13. Price 
 of pigeons on 
 application. 
 8 varieties 
 for sale. Ad- 
 dress 
 
 W. F. HOLCOMB, 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 one year with each order. 
 
 layers. Brown Leghorns, White Leghorns, Barred Rock, White 
 Rock and Black Minorca, High scoring exhibition stock. Fowls 
 for sale. Circular free. Mention I>r\-ESTIGAT0K. 
 
 Write E. W. GEER, Farmine^ton, Mo. 
 
 Single Gomb Br own Leghorns. 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 First prize at Salt Lake City. My 
 birds have taken premiums for 
 years in the hands of customers as 
 well as in Utah. They are bred 
 for money makers. Greatest egg 
 producers as well as premium 
 birds. New circular free after 
 September. Address, 
 
 Cora A, Rlckards, 
 
 SOUTH ■ OQDEN • PODLTRY ■ YABDS, 
 
 Onden, Utab. 
 
 We will consider it a great lavui 
 
Vol.4 
 
 Cla-y Center, Nebra-ska., June, 1902. 
 
 No. 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Artificial Incubation for Beginners 
 
 By Mattie Webster 
 
 
 AF?TICbE 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 So widely have incubators been ad- 
 vertised by the manufacturers of 
 them, so much has been said and 
 written of the excellent and therefore 
 satisfactory work done by these ma- 
 chines, and so much cheaper are in- 
 cubators than they were even a few 
 years ago, that every breeder, or 
 would-be breeder, if at all intelligent 
 and progressive, has either pur- 
 chased, or at least felt a desire, to own 
 one of these machines. 
 
 Having considered the incubator 
 question and becoming convinced that 
 they are a good and profitable invest- 
 ment for the breeder, why does he 
 (or she) hesitate to act according to 
 convictions, and, becoming the pos- 
 sessor of a "wooden hen," hatch 
 chicks by artificial method instead of 
 the natural? It is easy to wish for 
 something, but not always is it possi- 
 ble to obtain the object of our desires; 
 many things may combine to render it 
 inaccessible to us. 
 
 Reading and hearing of the suc- 
 cesses of others with incubators, it is 
 only natural for the incubatorless 
 breeder to carefully consider the pos- 
 sibilities of like happy ownership. 
 
 The very first mental query is: 
 "Can I afford to purchase a machine, ' 
 and in many instar"-es this question 
 seemingly admits of but one answer, 
 and that an emphatic negative. Nov/, 
 in a few cases this is true, but the 
 majority of those who think they can 
 not aflford to buy an incubator with 
 determined planning could do so. 
 
 You know "where there is a will 
 there is a way," and should this say- 
 ing not prove true in your case, any 
 brother or sister longing for a "hatch- 
 ing machine," "Find a way or make 
 it." From experience I can tell you 
 of an incubator that will prove a sure 
 success every time with right man- 
 agement, and I think twelve dollars 
 and a half, (thirteen dollars, at most), 
 will lay one of a hundred egg capac- 
 ity down at your depot. If the 
 breeder lives on a farm, who desires 
 very much to possess an incubator, 
 and has no ready cash for its pur- 
 chase, nothing is easier than to turn 
 into cash some of the farm poultry if 
 the farm flock is large; or, if there 
 are no fowls to spare, surely there 
 may be found something in the farm 
 products that can be spared that will 
 bring sufficient money for the incu- 
 bator purchase. The breeder living in 
 town or village suburb, with so few 
 fowls that none can be spared, and no 
 farm stock or grain to convert into 
 an incubator, must, if unable to spare 
 theh money for immediate purchase, 
 and yet determined to have a ma- 
 chine, plan to save a little here and 
 there, or, perhaps, make some personal 
 sacrifices of little luxuries that the ob- 
 ject in view may be attained. 
 
 Having decided that by careful 
 management an incubator can be af- 
 forded, a new beginner writes and 
 asks: "When shall I purchase the 
 machine?" Although this question 
 was asked in the winter, my answer 
 
 was: "Send for it just as soon as you 
 possibly can, and start it up with a 
 few eggs that you may learn to ma- 
 nipulate it before time for early 
 hatches." Even if a decision to buy a 
 hatcher is made late in the hatching 
 season, I would advise the purchase 
 being made then rather than waiting 
 until the beginning of the next season, 
 for a trial hatch could be made and 
 information gained that will be invalu- 
 able next season. No matter how in- 
 teligent is the breeder or how much 
 sound sense is at command, there is 
 much to be learned about an incu- 
 bator that must be learned by per- 
 sonal experience in operating the ma- 
 chine. 
 
 Then an immediate purchase being 
 possible, the breeder must decide what 
 particular make to buy. This is as 
 hard a task as planning for the 
 money to be expended for the incu- 
 bator, for the advertisements of all 
 machines are alike (n substance, if 
 not in words. The manufacturers of 
 each separate style of incubator h.is 
 such faith in their creation that they 
 would impress the readers of their 
 advertisements with the great confi- 
 dence they have in the machine's abil- 
 ity to do the most excellent work and 
 would influence the breeder to a like 
 opinion. There are many good incu- 
 bators on the market and some that 
 are almost worthless, so one needs to 
 be careful and slow in making a 
 choice. 
 
 The best help in choosing a machine 
 is not assertions of what an incubato/ 
 can do, but positive proof of what it 
 has done, and there are very few 
 breeders or would-be breeders that 
 have not some one, friend, acquaint- 
 ance, or some contributor for a favor- 
 ite poultry journal that, because of 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 A yard of B. H. Dunn's Buff Cochins in liis yards at Clay Center, Nebr. 
 
 articles that "ring true," has gained 
 his or her confidence, to whom to 
 turn for positive information concern- 
 ing the merits of some make of ma- 
 chine owned and operated by them. 
 
 Manufacturers of some of the best 
 incubators have at poultry shows and 
 exhibitions proved the hatching pow- 
 ers of their machines by the excellent 
 hatches made while there on exhibi- 
 tion. 
 
 I was led to purchase my second 
 incubator by reading of trips made by 
 ■.\ certain inventor of these machines 
 from city to city, "vith incubators 
 filled with eggs and in operation, set 
 in a wagon, or carried by rail, and of 
 the excellent hatches made under 
 these seemingly, at least, adverse con- 
 ditions for successful incubation. 
 Surely, I reasoned, if that make of 
 incubators will hatch chicks in such 
 numbers while subjected to the jolt 
 of the wagon and the jar of the train, 
 and to sudden changes of tempcraa- 
 ture, with so little protection from 
 cold and storm, it will give me satis- 
 factory hatches under the conditions 
 of location and operation in my 
 home. And so I decided in its favor, 
 and have not been sorry. 
 
 An incubator will hatch any and all 
 eggs consigned to its care that a hen 
 could hatch, but it has no more power 
 than Biddy to hatch infertile or 
 spoiled eggs, so if the breeder would 
 have a satisfactory hatch, fresh and 
 strongly fertilized eggs should be se- 
 lected for the wooden hen's incuba- 
 tion. I say fresh eggs, and would 
 pri f< 1 cpKS not more than two or 
 We will consmer ii « k.<.uv — . . 
 
 three days old if I could obtain them, 
 but eggs saved for two weeks, if kept 
 and treated right, will be all right for 
 incubation. I had boxes made just 
 large enough that a pasteboard filled, 
 such as merchants use in egg cases, 
 would go inside them, and had the 
 boxes made deep enough for two fill- 
 ers each. Each box holds seventy-two 
 eggs, and as I gather the eggs I wish 
 to keep for my incubator I put eacli 
 one in its little compartment, smaM 
 end down. In the bottom of eac!i 
 box, under the filler, is a layer of cot- 
 ton batting, and between the two fill- 
 ers and on top of second filler, a 
 pasteboard square same size as egg 
 fillers, and then on t.op of second 
 pasteboard another layer of cotton. A 
 board lid is fitted over the box, and 
 with seven hook an'' eye on two op- 
 posite sides, is held firmly in place. 
 Every day this box is gently turned 
 completely over, and eggs kept in this 
 way hatch very satisfactorily. In gath- 
 ering eggs for very early hatchin,;, 
 one is quite apt to have some among 
 those saved that have been chilled, 
 and, while some breeders say: "Eggs 
 are not rendered useless for incuba- 
 tion unless they have been frozen," I 
 am satisfied that chilling, even if it 
 does not kill the germ, so weakens it 
 that if it manages to live until it breaks 
 from the shell the chick is not vigor- 
 ous and strong. 
 
 All soiled and dirtv eggs should be 
 cleaned by wiping off with a cloth 
 slightly moistened in clear, lukewarm 
 water before putting away to await 
 ; lh(- time for their iiicubatimi. 
 
 Sonrvethirvg About Mites. 
 
 Mrs. W. C. Downing. 
 
 I wonder if 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. 
 
 I concluded to investigate and know. 
 One hen I watched. I brought her 
 with her mite infested nest and set 
 her on the back porch where I could 
 see her at any time. She was a good, 
 faithful, old biddy, and stuck to her 
 nest through it all, and really didn't 
 seem to mind the mites. I fed her 
 often an abundance of food and let 
 her remain until tirp». was up for the 
 hatch. I would examine the eggs after 
 night and they wouM be covered with 
 gray mites. In the morning the mites 
 would many of them be red, and sev- 
 eral times larger than usual. 
 
 When the eggs did not hatch, as I 
 knew they would not from former ex- 
 periences, I broke and examined them.. 
 The little chicks were nearly full 
 grown and seemed to be shriveled up. 
 Every egg contained a chick, some 
 of them more fully developed than 
 others, and I am convinced that the 
 mites suck the vitality out of the 
 chickens in the egg. I know it was 
 not the fault of the hen because she 
 kept in good cond-tion through the 
 experiment. I reset her in a new, 
 clean, nest, dusted her with insect 
 powder, gave her fifteen fresh eggs, 
 and she hatched thirteen little chicks, 
 and she raised them every one. The 
 eggs all come from the same pen. So 
 if the mites did not suck the vitality 
 out of the eggs, what did the mischiefs' 
 Please somebody "investigate." 
 
 We are very careful now that our 
 setting hens have no mites in their 
 nests. It does take good care and 
 very thorough cleaning to keep free 
 of mites. Just lately a woman told 
 me that last summer she didn't raise 
 any young chickens because the mites 
 got so bad in her house. She had 
 fifteen hens setting and she threw 
 away all the eggs and shut the hens 
 nnt of the house to rnost in trees. 
 
W. p. Rock Cockerel owned by J. 
 W. Hall, David City, Neb. He always 
 will have none but the best. 
 
 She did not know she could have put 
 on an old "mother hubbard" and 
 cleaned out that henhouse, cleaned 
 up those nests, or, better, used new 
 ones, washed the eggs, dusted the 
 hens with insect povder, and saved a 
 large per cent of the chicks. 
 
 I know it is a detestable job when 
 once the mites get the start of us. 
 Better keep clean all the time and 
 not get mites everywhere. We have 
 had them in our hen houses so bad it 
 seemed like we could never succeed 
 in routing them out, but by "keeping 
 everlastingly at it" we did succeed. 
 Raising chickens is by no means a re- 
 creation if one means to succeed, but 
 it is a health giving work. We have 
 discovered that sunshine is fatal to 
 mites, and it fs a good plan to have 
 two sets of roosts and nest boxes, and 
 change about, keeping one set out in 
 the sunshine all the time. We simply 
 abhor the vile smelling liquid lice 
 killers. Yes, tYhey will kill lice and 
 mites and little chicks, but that is 
 another story. One may put on old 
 clothes and wash them and put them 
 out in the sun, but the scent of th.it 
 lice killer remains with them still, and 
 it permeates one's hair, and every 
 time one goes into the henhouse one 
 gets "some more smell." And then 
 the eggs. Did you ever cook and try 
 to eat eggs that were flavored with 
 "lice killer?" Ugh! 
 
 Of late years we do not use "lice 
 killers." We use a good lice powder 
 on the hens for the little chick's ben- 
 efit, but mites just revel in it if we 
 put it in the nests. We put nev/ 
 straw in the nests frequently and burn 
 the old; at the same time singe and 
 scorch the nest boxes and roost poles. 
 Sometimes we scald thsm with water 
 left from the family washing and 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 sometimes we whitewash all with hot 
 whitewash and dry them in the sun. 
 I know it makes them mean to handle, 
 Init we soon take an old broom and 
 sweep it all off. It has served its pur- 
 pose and we are done with it. For 
 disinfecting we use copperas. Dis- 
 solve about one and one-half pounds 
 ' >{ copperas in one gallon of water and 
 sprinkle it around henhouse and 
 chicken coops, on the floors espec- 
 ially. It is cheap, so use it lavishly. 
 Elk City, Kan. 
 
 Fron Bonniedale Poultry Farm 
 
 By Mrs. Jlaj Taylor. 
 
 "Be brief — we have our living to 
 make, and it takes considerable of our 
 time." 
 
 The above is the beginning of a 
 short sermon from the "echoes" of 
 the street column of one of the great 
 St. Louis dailies. The writer claimed 
 to have seen them on a placard by 
 the cashier's windov of one of the 
 city's banks, and he proceeded co 
 preach a short sermon on the count- 
 less millions of useless words and e <.- 
 pressions used by public speakers, 
 writers and persons in general in the 
 daily interchange of ideas betwe:;n 
 man and man. 
 
 This is an age of intenseness; peo- 
 ples' nerves are strung to the extrem- 
 est tension. We as a poultry people 
 are a busy people. If we are in the 
 business enough to be worthy of the 
 name we have no time to waste on the 
 enlightenment of the idly curious, no 
 time to listen to the Mseless words jf 
 the make-talk kind, no time to read 
 the long articles made up principall/ 
 cl adjectives and adverbs. 
 
 "^Ic doubt I have missed many good 
 ihuiiis \'. h'Ch were so deeply buried 
 ill verlji.T^-' that I had no time to cull 
 them out. 
 
 But of late years T Vjave framed the 
 habit of breaking the lengthy articles 
 up into paragraphs, just the same as 
 if they were short letters, and by this 
 v.':iy get about all the good there is 
 oi'.t of them. 
 
 (^n'y a few days until Easter, the 
 one day of all days that the egg holds 
 the scepter. There will be eggs boiled 
 and fried, scrambled eggs, and eggs 
 served in every way possible for eggs 
 to be served. 
 
 There is a big woody pasture back 
 of our farm, and always on Easter 
 Sunday, if it is a nice day, there can 
 be seen small groups of boys wending 
 their way to the woods for an egg 
 roast. Last year somebody had an 
 egg roast under the trestle of the 
 railroad, where I saw the remains Df 
 the feast on my way uptown next day. 
 But while the egg holds sway for the 
 
 day, we must not- forget that there 
 are other symbols aside from the 
 merely gastronomic. There will be 
 many beautiful Easter services, com- 
 memorating the bursting forth of the 
 New Life. The fi-st article in the 
 March Investigator is symbolical as 
 well as practical. The growth of the 
 new life. The development of the 
 chick in the shell is ever a new revela- 
 tion. I test the eggs every day, not 
 all at once, but a few at a time ea :h 
 day, as long as I can see the living, 
 moving chick. I like to see live 
 things grow and thrive. The opening 
 up of plant life as well as the animal 
 life. I have a box of tulips dug up 
 out of the frozen ground and set near 
 the fire. I think they will bloom be- 
 fore Easter. 
 
 Near me as I write is material for 
 flags of all nations wherein there is a 
 call for mission workers. "The bright 
 colors remind me of ihe old-fashioned 
 Easter eggs. 
 
 Beside me also are other symbols, 
 a package of Easter cards, each 
 bearing a cross. Who has not a cross 
 to bear? But, blessed thought — each 
 of these crosses is overshadowed with 
 beautiful Easter lilies, so we may take 
 up the burden of life well knowing 
 that the season's work will bring 
 crosses that must be borne; but if we 
 do our duty towards all as we would 
 be done by the peace of mind that 
 comes, with the knowing that we have 
 done our best, will overshadow all. 
 
 We are told that one should wear 
 something new on Easter Sunday to 
 bring them good luck' through all the 
 year. Every article cf apparel that I 
 shall wear on this Easter, old o r 
 new, from bonnet to shoes, will have 
 been bought with poultry money. 
 Surely that ought to bring me "good 
 
 A W. P. Rock Pullet owned by J. 
 W. Hall, David City, Neb., who won 
 largely at the Nebr. State Show. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 White Lang^shans in the yards of Mrs. S. Munipower, Chillicothe Mo. 
 
 luck" in the poultry business. The 
 desire for poultry knowledge is on the 
 increase. Persons who a few years 
 ago thought they knew all about 
 chickens will now stop you on the 
 street or in the big road to ask about 
 the management of hens. Some of the 
 experiences you hear is quite serious, 
 some amusing. Not long ago an old 
 gentleman told me that he thought he 
 would raise a few chickens for past- 
 time, as he didn't have much to do. 
 So he fenced ofT a corner in the 
 orchard with netting, bought a couple 
 of dozen of Silver Wyandottes from 
 the market, kept them about iwo 
 months, and found out that they were 
 all "roosters." It would keep one 
 busy all the time at our place to feed 
 the grain in litter to scratch out and 
 expect the hens to jj'et much exercise 
 Bt it. Our hens can scratch a pile of 
 litter to riddles in ten minutes or less 
 and get every grain out of it; and 
 they know when there is no more to 
 scratch out, and I never yet possessed 
 a hen that would continue scratching 
 •.vltn there was nothing there to 
 scratch for. When the litter is raked 
 into a pile they will scratch it level 
 at'ain, but it takes only a few min- 
 utes; then they are done. One would 
 need to stand around and drop a few 
 grains at a time to Iceep them 
 sciatching. 
 
 This is the day of the equino.x, 
 March 21st, and no rain worth men- 
 tioning. The air is «nore like Indian 
 summer than spring, and poultry 
 raisers are holding back the spring 
 hatch fearing another drouth. 
 
 We could not get cut clover, so 
 used alfalfa. We buy it in bales, and 
 v/h'.n making ready (or use shake it 
 up and pick out as many of the long 
 .strav.s as possible; then mix with the 
 morning mash. This alfalfa is a won- 
 derful "grass;" it retains its green- 
 ness so well and I Ivve praised it so 
 miich since all the stock eat it so 
 g'-ecdily that husband even tells the 
 neighbors that I make tea of it for 
 table use. 
 
 People often wonder why the hens 
 scratch so much in the ashpile. They 
 are a^ter the charcoal. It is argued 
 that ashes has a tendency to bleach 
 the yellow shanks, but does anyone 
 know for a certainty that it does? 
 Wor.'d not the shanks have turner 
 rale if they had never seen an ashpile? 
 I bill yjit' I do not know, an! am ask 
 ing for information. I have been keep- 
 ing house twenty years, but never had 
 an ashpile. Husband always kept them 
 cleaned up for the hogs. I have 
 scratched ashes undT the roosts and 
 about the yards somttimes, but one 
 must always be careful not to scatter 
 fresh ashes if it is damp weather, for 
 the hens will walk over them and 
 make their feet sore. 
 
 We like plum trees for shade in the 
 hen yards because they make a quick 
 growth and the branches are wide- 
 spreading, making good shade. The 
 wood is tough and not easily broken 
 by the wind. A tree seldom dies root 
 and branchh. If the branches die out 
 other will sprout out and keep com- 
 ing right along. 
 
 Hale, Mo. 
 
 The Cackling Hen. 
 
 Carleton, Neb., April 8, 1902. 
 Editor Investigator: One word for 
 the 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 
 well cared for. 
 
 For the month of March past we sold 
 over !f23.00 worth of eggs, and none at 
 a fancy price. We have over seventy- 
 five chickens at present writing and 27 
 hens incubating. We have not set our 
 wooden hen, but probably will later on. 
 We have a nice pen of Partridge Co- 
 cliins and iLght Brahma, also Black 
 Minorca, but give me the P. Cochin and 
 you can keep every other breed that 
 is in the standard. 
 
 Will some one please give their ex- 
 perience how to get rid of the large 
 lice that bother both young and old 
 chicks? We are trying comphor gum. 
 in each nest; results later on. 
 
 MRS. W. H. FERREE. 
 
 Carleton, Neb. 
 
 .-Xniong the newer of the commercial 
 poultry foods, and one which has been 
 the recipient of much favorable com- 
 ment, is "Egge," which is being man- 
 ufactured by the .American Stock Food 
 Co., of Quincy, 111. It differs quite ma- 
 terially from other foods of this class, 
 being made on an entirely different for- 
 mula. This formula has been the pri- 
 vate property of an experienced poul- 
 tryman and feeder until it was taken up 
 by the company named above, and has 
 ong been known for the excellence and 
 uniformity of its good results. The peo 
 pie who now own and control this for- 
 mula are splendidly equipped as to 
 means and machinery for the manufac- 
 ture of "Egge" and are prepared to 
 supply it in any desired quantity. Poul- 
 trymen who desire those things which 
 are newest and best in the line of their 
 pursuits, should write, these people for 
 circulars, prices, etc 
 
 We will consiaer ii a b>».o 
 
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 g EGOS OR m:e^tp 
 
 ^ 
 
 J. C- Baker 
 
 'w. 
 
 
 Two persons start into the poultry- 
 for-profit business at the same time, but 
 each has his own ideas about conduct- 
 ing the business and they run on alto- 
 gether different hnes. A's plan is to 
 rear poultry enough to produce the 
 eggs he wants for the market. B's plan 
 is to rear mainly for meat stock. Now. 
 of course, each will get eggs and each 
 have some surplus fowls for sale each 
 year, but with A the fowls are only in- 
 cidental to the business and the same is 
 about true in regard to eggs with B. 
 Now let us see how results prove out: 
 First I will say that A never counts 
 on selling young chicks on the market, 
 his main reliance being the eggs he can 
 produce during the entire year, while 
 with B it is a little different; he sells 
 some eggs for hatching besides the crop 
 of young chicks he raises annually, ad- 
 ding materially to his purse thereby. 
 Now you say why couldn't Mr. A do 
 as much with the chicks he hatches; 
 the answer is, because he does not and 
 cannot hatch more than he needs to 
 replenish his breeding stock each year, 
 for by his plan of conducting the busi- 
 ness he must keep all his pullets for 
 laying, and not having m'any hatched, 
 his extra cockerels barely supply his 
 table. He hatches April and May chicks 
 which begin laying in October or No- 
 vember and keep it up through the 
 winter, of course he has his fowls well 
 housed and fed and cared for at all 
 times; these pullets lay 20 to 30 cents 
 a dozen eggs for at least two months, 
 so of course the owner thinks he is be- 
 ing very well repaid for his trouble and 
 cost. Well, about setting time his trou- 
 bles begin; he sets his 200 egg machine, 
 attends faithfully and carefully to the 
 eggs and is rewarded with probably 50 
 chicks at th# end of 21 days. They are 
 put ^n a good brooder inside of a warm 
 brooder house. They get all care .and 
 assorted rations, grit and punn water 
 necessary, yet by the time they reach 
 three weeks of age less than a half 
 dozen are alive. His next hatch proves 
 some better and the third hatch about 
 the same. This is his last hatch, for he 
 never hatches any late chicks. He prob- 
 ably rears 7.5 to 100 chicks out of all 
 these hatches. You ask why such a low 
 per cent of chicks? It is simply be- 
 cause his eggs, being from pullets or 
 yearling stock, the eggs are not strong- 
 ly impregnated with fertility and those 
 
 and succumb by the usual period of 
 about three weeks. Now he loses at 
 least 500 eggs valued at 12 to 15 cents 
 a dozen at the hatching period; of 
 course he gains, from his standpoint, in 
 the winter months, when eggs are high- 
 est, but how much is his actual net 
 gain? I leave it to figure out; he aims 
 to run 100 pullets and six or eight males 
 through the winter; he gets say about 
 three to four dozen eggs each day for 
 an average of three months; each year 
 he sells off all his last year's hens, late 
 in the fall, keeping only pullets. 
 
 Now, et us, for a moment ook at B's 
 way of managing and then compare 
 them. He, too, makes one or two early 
 hatches, using same size and kind of in- 
 cubator, also same plan of brooding as 
 A, but unlike A he keeps one, two and 
 frequently three-year-old hens to fur- 
 nish him with eggs and instead of stop- 
 ping at three hatches he goes on hatch- 
 ing till about June 30. Well, he may 
 not get off his first hatch as soon as 
 Mr. A, but he is with him on the sec- 
 ond one, so that the loss of time here 
 really counts very little. Of course 
 B's hens moult in fall and only a few 
 begin laying again before cold weather, 
 but it is a fact that he gets a few eggs 
 at intervals all winter, enough at least 
 for home consumption, and the writer 
 believes that hen fruit is worth nearly 
 as much on his own table as on some 
 other fellow's table. Therefore the 
 value of them is not exactly lost, but 
 getting more to the point, I will say 
 that those old hens begin operations 
 about March 15th and keep everlast- 
 ingly at it till about August 1 or when 
 they begin to moult again, and I want 
 to say that their eggs are more perfect, 
 the germ stronger and when hatched, 
 the chicks appear vigorous and strong, 
 and a feed or two of rations that may 
 not be exactly suited to their taste or 
 health does not seem to affect them, 
 and out o six or seven hatches or about 
 1,000 eggs he has rom 500 to 800 ma- 
 tured chicks. Some of the earlier ones 
 he sells for broilers at 20 cents a pound. 
 The balance soon get so they forage 
 for a part of their living, thus helping 
 to reduce the cost of keeping and he 
 runs them till Thanksgiving, Christmas 
 and the youngest to as late as the next 
 February, when they bring 9 and 10 
 cents a pound. He then sells off all 
 old stock over three years old and 
 that do hatch are very weak in vitality | again having selected about one-fourth 
 
 large and well developed pullets, keeps 
 them with the older females to make 
 up his numbr next year, he, too aims to 
 keep about 100 hens each year; also 
 like A, he shelters all his fowls, feeds 
 intelligently and according to the aims 
 he has in view. 
 
 Now, reader, I have cited you two 
 real cases of poultry raising, ones that 
 have come under my direct knowledge, 
 and while I have not went into detail 
 as to the work, prices and profits of 
 either, yet it seefs to me that any fair- 
 ly intelligent person can very easily 
 draw their own conclusions. It so hap- 
 pened that conditions of both these par- 
 ties were about the same, the only ex- 
 ception being the breeds each kept be- 
 ing different. A kept all pure bred 
 Black angshans and B had W. P. Rocks 
 as layers, kept under same conditions, 
 there is little difference, with balance 
 if any, in favor of the Rocks, but it 
 must be remembered that A's hens, 
 when he sold off each year, were two to 
 three pounds heavier than Plymouth 
 Rocks and twice as heavy as B's chicks 
 he sold, so that these two points nearly 
 balance. Well, any one may use his 
 own calculations in figuring out who 
 came ahead, but I will say that I think 
 that of the two B had the broader view 
 of the situation and had a better chance 
 to "catch 'em comin' and goin'." And 
 in this day and age it behooves us as 
 bread winners and managers of our in- 
 comes to make as many sides count as 
 we can, and while A and B are still 
 doing business at the old stand, yet I 
 may add as a hint to you, reader, that 
 B's prospects (other things being 
 equal) for occupying a front position in 
 the poultry world is very good indeed, 
 and that A is plodding along in the 
 same old ruts, persistently refusing to 
 learn the lesson from his neighbor, and 
 therefore is not getting any further up 
 the ladder of success, which B has by 
 tact and good judgment been climbing 
 so steadily. It would appear that there 
 is an object lesson here and the begin- 
 ner might with profit to himself study 
 it well ere he launches forth in what 
 may be to him an entirely new field of 
 business. J. C. BAKER. 
 
 The attention of the members of the 
 Nebraska Pigeon Fanciers' Association 
 is called to the fact that the annual dues 
 are due and payable in advance the first 
 of each year The secretary-treasurer 
 desires all members who have not paid 
 their dues this year to send in the 
 amount at once. There is a right and 
 wrong way of doing things. Let us see 
 that the business connected with the N. 
 P. F. A. is done right. 
 
f, POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 ^ AMONG OURSELVES ^ 
 
 $ By Velma Caldwell-Melville ^ 
 
 Sonu'timcs \vc woiuler that anybody 
 survives the vicissitudes of even the 
 first year in the poultry business; then 
 multiply thcni by ten, fifteen or twenty 
 years and the wonder grows. There is 
 certainly no other venture so venture- 
 some. Half the mornings, least it seems 
 as often, when one goes out. one or 
 two fine hens are lying under the perch 
 dead, and they are sure to be the larg- 
 est and hand!;omest in the lot. "Some 
 egg difliiulty." we say, sigh and go 
 right on Inilding air castles. The fin- 
 est cockerels get into a fight and one 
 retires from the field bl'nd or maimed. 
 Then goes $.">."«• or $l(l.oi), as the case 
 may be. We cft off his hea.:, bury him 
 and proceed to set a hen, dreaming 
 dreams of the fine birds to come out 
 of those eggs. 
 
 Seventy-five out of l^O young chicks 
 die and we plume ourselves on our good 
 lunck. and well we may. 
 
 Such losses in the swine or sheep 
 world would drive a man lo — well, to 
 drink perhaps, but the fancier is made 
 of sterner stuff, and then— but hear 
 what a sensible, experienced writer says 
 in Fanciers' Gazette: 
 
 "I have bought a good many eggs 
 during the last twenty years and I have 
 decided from my experience as a breed- 
 er that if I get three good chicks ready 
 to begin work the next spring, I have 
 done well with one setting of eggs 
 That means however, a hatch of about 
 six chi. k* If half the eggs produce 
 chicks and half the chicks live to ma- 
 turity, you have no reason to kick. I 
 know this proportion looks very small 
 to most people, but after you have been 
 in the business ten years it will not look 
 so small. Besides, the chances are that 
 you could not buy three chicks in win- 
 ter for what you paid for the setting of 
 eggs; and this suggests another point. 
 If a good breeding hen is worth $2.00, 
 eggs from such a hen should be worth 
 $2.00 per setting, and one chick would 
 pay for the eggs. How much do you 
 expect for $2.0i), anyhow?" 
 
 This writer further goes on to ans- 
 wer the quest ion: "Shall we buy thee 
 settings of eggs or a trio of birds for a 
 start?" He says: "From three set- 
 tings of eggs you can not depend upon 
 raising more than 12 or 15 chickens. .A 
 $0.00 tria, in a season, should produce 
 from 25 to 5<i chickens. A $5.00 pullet 
 ad'^cd each year there" fter will intro- 
 duce nil the new Mood you need." 
 
 We agree with the above. Unr start 
 in the White Rocks was a trio, and 
 one nf the pullets laid four or five eggs 
 a week for <i year. She never "asked" 
 to set. of cource there was, we presume, 
 a week of rest occasionally, but we con- 
 sidered her remarkable. The other pul- 
 let did the sitting for the whole family. 
 To those who are breeding alone for 
 show birds, this would naturally be a 
 slow way. Indeed, tlie gathering of 
 show birds. \nik'ss one has a mint of 
 money, is slow business anyway at this 
 day and age when the standard is so 
 high. 
 
 Some one has said tliat Mr. ojhnson 
 has about taken the jar theory out of 
 the egg business with his long trips 
 overland, carrying his incubators with 
 him and hatching on the way or any 
 where. Further, he is said to have hir- 
 ed his engineer friends to carry bas- 
 kets of eggs on their engines, running 
 at high rate of speed; but it surely re- 
 mains for us to finish the experiment 
 for we are running a Sure Hatch and 
 having the house remodeled at the 
 same time. If the embryo chicks can 
 stand the jarring and noise of — well, 
 say the last two hours, they can do bet- 
 ter than we can, for we are almost 
 driven crazy. 
 
 If we have a hatch after this three 
 weeks of turmoil, we shall be willing to 
 take oath that nothing in the nature of 
 a commotion can interfere with incu- 
 bation, and we decided a long while ago 
 that if a chicken was destined to live, 
 you could not kill it, otherwise you 
 could not keep it alive. 
 I Owing to some trouble among the 
 sitting hens, one evening some years 
 I ago, we took several eggs out of a nest 
 land laid them down on the damp, cold 
 ' ground immediately replacing them— 
 iall but one that escaped our notice, and 
 'was discovered the next morning. It 
 ; had been a raw. cold night, but that 
 egg hatched all right. 
 I Once when walking in the wodo? wc 
 heard a chick peeping, and there in a 
 deserted nest by a tree root, was a tiny 
 fellow- forsaken of kith and kin. We 
 carried him to a farm house many rods 
 distant where his whilom mother was 
 found. 
 
 These and many similar observations 
 piove conclusively that the naf'rai 
 chick is, or was, hardy, but about the 
 "new chick," the product of artificial 
 heat and most unnatural conditions, we 
 
 do not feel so sure. Indeed our exper- 
 ience so far is not of a nature to rrnUe 
 us enthusiastic. 
 
 If only some one could find ,t sure 
 cure for bowel trouble in b.-ooder 
 chicks, we would feel better; but, ac- 
 cf'rding to the theory advani.ed by the 
 wriier before mentioned, we suppose we 
 mi'St look for cnly the survivu of ihe 
 filKst. 
 
 It goes withf 111 r.-iv'ng that th.? poul- 
 try business is ore of the le; ding in- 
 diirtrics of the country, a condition 
 largely due to the numerous and ex- 
 cellent periodicals now published in its 
 interest, also in a great measure due to' 
 the habit of advertisinz. which has be- 
 come a fixed one with our people. Show 
 us a man who does not advertise and 
 we will show you a man who makes 
 no sales except a few eggs and chicks 
 at market price. If we have anything 
 to sell, we must "tell it out.' 
 
 We remember of remarking, in the 
 presence of a man who claimed to be 
 greatly interested in chickens, and who 
 kept a good many, that we had ship- 
 ped fowls and eggs to all parts of the 
 United States the past season. After 
 an interval of silence he suddenly 
 queried: 
 
 "Did you publish?" 
 
 For a moment his meaning did not 
 come to us; then we suppressed a smile 
 and answered: 
 
 "Yes, oh, yes, indeed; we advertised 
 in any number of papers." 
 
 "I never tried that," he said reflect- 
 ively. A write in oPultry Farmer tells 
 of meeting a man with a wagon full of 
 coops destined to all points of the Unit- 
 ed .States. One coop to ouisiana, an- 
 other to Oklahoma nad so on. 
 
 He said his business of the week ag- 
 gregated $300 and the receipts for one 
 day was $1.j3. He gave advertising the 
 credit. 
 
 It is unwise, however, to put a poor 
 article on the market. 
 
 White Lang.shan cockerel owned by 
 Mrs. S. Mumpower, Chillicothe. Mo. 
 1st at Missouri State Show. 
 
 We will consiaer 
 
A White Langshan hen owned by 
 Mrs. S. Mumpower, ChilUcothe, Mo. 
 
 FOULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 "A good name is rather to be chosen 
 than great riches," in the poultry world 
 as well as elsewhere. 
 
 A small fancier gave us his experi- 
 ence this afternoon. Out of 52 eggs he 
 hatched 37 chicks. Two died, the re- 
 maining 35 he keeps in the cellar. Think 
 of that! But he says they are as hearty 
 and lively as can be. He manages it 
 in this wise. A platform was built up 
 to the window and enclosed with fine 
 chicken wire. In one end is the brood- 
 er. The little fellows are "brooder- 
 wise" and back and forth they trot all 
 the day long. He feeds them chiefly 
 cracked wheat and oat meal. At night 
 he throws a heavy blanket over the 
 brooder to keep in the heat. 
 
 Another gentleman present said his 
 father .is a most successful incubator- 
 chick man. Out of 200 eggs he has 
 hatched 187 birds and he feeds them 
 alone on rolled oats until three weeks 
 old. 
 
 Some one has patly said that more 
 chicks are killed by kindness than in 
 any other way and we believe it. 
 
 If one is not feeding any of the pat- 
 ent chicken foods containing meat, it 
 is an excellent idea to carry a small 
 basket or paper box to your meat mer- 
 chant and ask him to put into it the 
 scrapings from the blocks — fine particles 
 of meat and bone and saw dust. This 
 feed while fresh and sweet makes the 
 the little fellows grow faster, is better 
 than bone meal. 
 
 Keep rusty nails in a can of drink- 
 ing water and add some of this to the 
 water in their fountain. 
 
 Some way this is the time of year 
 when the average fancier's heart "turns 
 lightly'" — more often heavily — to chick- 
 ens, especially the brooder variety. 
 Velma Caldwell-Melville. 
 
 Which is the Better, 
 Double or Single Mating? 
 
 The mating of Barred Plymouth 
 Rocks is a subject that has been dis- 
 cussed, debated and written upon in the 
 poultry journals for years, and as yet 
 it has not been settled to the satisfac- 
 tion of everyone whether single or dou- 
 ble mating is the better. 
 
 iVlany breeders believe that double 
 mating is necessary for the production 
 of fine-colored males and females. I 
 have always advocated that the proper 
 and sensible way to mate Barred Ply- 
 mouth Rocks is by the single mating 
 plan, and I have found is less trouble 
 to produce both fine cockerels and pul- 
 lets by this method. Fewer culls have 
 been raised than when the double mat- 
 ing has been practiced. 
 
 I have always opposed double mating 
 for two reasons. In the first place, by 
 the Standard, or single matings, we 
 have fewer unsightly culls running 
 around our yard, at which visitors may 
 crack jokes, and more birds scoring 90 
 points. I have followed the sthandard 
 mating for several years, and do not 
 believe in the policy of extreme mating 
 in any standard variety of fowls. What 
 we desire in Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 is a uniform color that will breed the 
 same in both males and females, and 
 as long as we continue to double mate 
 we will not reach the desired end. 
 
 .Another serious reason why we op- 
 pose the double mating is that we can 
 never send out a cockerel or pullet 
 from a double mating and guarantee 
 them to breed true to color and repro- 
 duce themselves, as we are able to do 
 with line-bred, pedigreed and standard 
 mating. 
 
 The standard mating is the reason- 
 able, the practical, the natural way to 
 breed all kinds of domestic fowls, and 
 therefore is the most successful. If a 
 good line-bred, standard colored cock- 
 erel, which is well barred dut free from 
 wide bars, with good undercolor, show- 
 ing no sign of cotton, is mated with a 
 standard-bred pullet, good in barring 
 and color, standard colored cockerels 
 and pullets will be produced if the pair 
 are from line-bred stock. There is no 
 mist.ake in this plan, as many of the 
 best Plymouth Rock breeders are pro- 
 ducting good birds by this method. 
 
 The plan of crossing from dark to 
 light and from light to dark is contrary 
 to nature, n.nd the system of mating 
 based upon it will but a zig-zag way 
 of producing a few good males and a 
 fev.- eood females, with a number of 
 black and white culls, without even a 
 
 pedigree to recommend them. 
 
 When birds have been purchased 
 from double mating, the buyer does' not 
 know anything definite concerning 
 ilieir reproductive qualities. He pays 
 his money, mates his birds or crosses 
 them with another strain, and takes the 
 chance of raising some good birds. 
 Like will not produce like unless the 
 same line of breeding has been estab- 
 lished for several years, and then occa- 
 sionally we see freaks of nature. 
 
 I have never said that fine birds can 
 not be bred by double mating, for such 
 is not the fact. Very fine males and 
 females can be produced, and it may 
 be that there is more money made by 
 the double than by the single mating. 
 I will explain: Nine-tenths of my or- 
 ders are for male birds, especially cock- 
 erels. If I desired, I could make a 
 special mating each season to produce 
 strong-colored, well-barred .cockerels, 
 which would find a ready sale among 
 the fanciers who have $5 or $10 to pay 
 for such a fowl. The pullets in this 
 pen could be sold for 6 cents a pound. 
 I am not sure the above statement in 
 regard to theire being more money in 
 the double mating is true, but the dou- 
 ble mating advocates cling to the plan, 
 and it is probable that it is to their 
 pecuniary advantage to do so. It is 
 possible the double mathing system will 
 produce more high-scoring cockerels 
 than the standard mating, and as long 
 as the trade demands mostly such birds 
 there is money in supplying the de- 
 mand. Every breeder knows that ex- 
 hibition males bring the best prices, and 
 by sacrificing everything else they may 
 be produced. 
 
 The question arises. When such a sale 
 is made, does the buyer receive value 
 for his money? If the birds have been 
 bred with nothing in view but to catch 
 the trade, the buyer may have a bird 
 with a good present value, but with no 
 reproductive worth. 
 
 White WvandoUe pullet oviiprl by 
 Chas. E. Wilson, Holdrege, Neb. 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 
 The Ja-.-obiii seonis to be very pop- 
 ular with the amateur fancier. 
 
 J. R. Bycrs. of Gathenbcrg. Neb., has 
 recently started in the fancy. He has 
 started right by joining the N. P. F. A. 
 He is all right. He sent in his dollar. 
 
 The writer hasn't heard from any ol 
 the boys since the state show. Remem- 
 ber your promises. Tell us what you 
 are doing, and tell it often. 
 
 Jesse Gibson of Florence, Neb., 
 writes that he intends to become a 
 member of the N. P. F. A. Let others 
 do the same. 
 
 A century ago the pigeon flocks of 
 Modena were not only the marvels of 
 Europe, but of the world. For centur- 
 ies the inhabitants of Modena had been 
 pigeon trainers and flyers, and the sport 
 became an art. The men who conduct- 
 ed it took their positions in tall towers 
 and by means of flags directed the 
 movements of their flocks, some of 
 which were all dark birds, others white 
 or blue. The original pigeon fliers 
 fought their flocks by training them to 
 dart into each other, knives being at- 
 tached to their feet. When a contest of 
 this kind took place in mid-air, bodies 
 and feathers dropped, telling of the 
 slaughterdone. But in later days the 
 fliers merely strive to develop beauti- 
 ful figures and evolutions and to show 
 the perfection of training. 
 
 We have lost one of our leading 
 ■western fanciers in the person of John 
 Haman, who has moved from Topeka, 
 Kan. to Chicago. 
 
 Arrange the nests in your loft near 
 the floor and hang the perches low and 
 your birds will be tamer. 
 
 Have salt in some form when the 
 birds have free access to it at all times. 
 
 The show season has its attractions, 
 but it is hard to beat the pleasure the 
 true fancier experiences during the 
 breeding season. 
 
 The Best General Purpose Food — 
 How aLfid Wha^t to Feed. 
 
 As we have been asked repeatedly 
 the question, what is the best all- 
 roimd food for the production of eggs, 
 meat and market poultry. This ques- 
 tion has been asked us mostly by the 
 farmers and contemplating fanciers, 
 etc., and our answer was and is the 
 White Plymouth Rocks. They are the 
 most popular of all breeds. There is 
 no breed of fowls that has won the re- 
 spect of the fancier, farmer and market 
 poultryman as the White Plymouth 
 Rock. Why shouldn't they, as they are 
 a beautiful bird and the best layers of 
 THE ANCIENT PIGEON. j the Plymouth Rock family, good for- 
 
 A breed of pigeons that seems to be j agers if given the range of the farm. 
 
 but little known, and which is handled ' and they also bear confinement well. 
 
 by only a very few fanciers, is the pret- i and make the best of matters; and the 
 
 liraticm of tin- nock, as docs the Fan- 
 tail. The skull of the .Xncient is round, 
 and the front quite predominant. The 
 beak is short. The eye cere is red and 
 quite prominent; the eye itself being 
 large and bright. The Ancient has a 
 shell crest, and is heavily booted. It 
 is marked as even as the Magpie, and 
 the colors are very lustrous. Its body 
 is very compact and feathers are hard 
 and close. The Ancient has a hardy 
 constitution and merry disposition. We 
 do not see why this breed is not more 
 generally bred and admired, as in beau- 
 ty it is far ahead of many of the breeds 
 that are bred quite extensively. The 
 German Ancient is recommended to all 
 those who desire a pretty toy pigeon. 
 
 A short time ago some one entered 
 the writer's poultry and pigeon house 
 and carried away some of our best 
 birds, not only pigeons, but a fine pen 
 of Buff Cochin bantams. The birds 
 were not found, neither was the thief. 
 It seem.s to us that about the meanest 
 thing a man (of cousre no woman 
 would) can do is to steal chickens or 
 pigeons. Anyone who does do it ought 
 to be caught and hung by the neck 
 until he is dead, dead, dead! 
 
 ty little German toy pigeon, the An- 
 cient. We know of but one fancier who 
 handles this breed, and he raises hun- 
 dreds of them annually. The Ancient 
 is found in all. colors, and a flock of 
 them is indeed a pretty sight. In flight 
 the Ancient has the action of the Tum- 
 bler, although it docs not tumble as 
 much as the latter, as its tumbling pro- 
 
 finest table fowl and demand a better 
 price in the market than any parti- 
 colored fowl. The White Plymouth 
 Rocks are undoubtedly the best gener- 
 al purpose fowl in existence. When I 
 say White Plymouth Rocks I am 
 speaking of the pure bred White Plym 
 outh Rocks with pure white plumage, 
 true rock shape, with two combs, rich 
 
 clivities are not sought after by the fan- yellow shanks and beaks. Not these 
 cier. In motion it has a very slight vi- little, narrow, contracted, high tailed. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, like some we 
 have seen. 
 
 I started six years ago with a pen 
 of eight White Plymouth Rocks, and 
 ever since have bred and raised from 
 three to twenty-three different varie- 
 ties, and still make and will make a 
 specialty of the White Plymouth 
 Rocks, as we have so far failed to find 
 any other breed that can take their 
 place as an all round fowl, and again 
 say I do consider this the best general 
 purpose fowl in existence, but too 
 much booming is not good for any- 
 thing. What the beginner wants is 
 more facts and not so much foolish- 
 ness. I also wish to say that there are 
 too many people writing for the poul- 
 try papers without experience. They 
 have probably been breeding pure bred 
 poultry for three months to a year, 
 and think they know it all; hence write 
 it up. They know more then than they 
 will know in ten years after. 
 
 I am like Mr. Benedict. I do not 
 know now nearly as much as I thought 
 I did six years ago. As to what to 
 feed and how to feed, people should use 
 more good common judgment in feed- 
 ing their poultry, and not listen to 
 every one who chooses to write a lot 
 of stuff about the poultry business (and 
 some of whom, no doubt, have never 
 owned a hen). The best material for 
 food is wheat, corn, oats and buck- 
 wheat. Do not feed much corn to lay- 
 ing hens. Feed it at night only, and 
 feed it hot in cold weather. What is 
 the best for the main food for laying 
 hens? If the hens haven't a farm 
 range, make them work for all the 
 grains. Feed by scattering it in straw 
 or litter of some kind, and keep them 
 working all day if you want "lots of 
 eggs and happy, singing hens. For 
 my part I do not believe in soft feed 
 for a steady diet, but it is good as a 
 morning mash two to four times a 
 week. Scalded oats, bran, etc., and 
 feed it hot in cold weather, and make 
 it crumbly, not sloppy. And give your 
 poutry plenty of good grit and oyster 
 shells, and if the are confined to small 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 R. C. \V. LECHOKXS .itid W. Guineas. E^irs 
 1.^1 -;ixlei-n. or (..i»i pfr hnndri-d. Mrs. Win- 
 iii.- Cliambers. Onaca. Kansas. 
 
 DO YOU WANT winners? If so. buv eg^s of 
 A. Z. Copeland, Potomac, 111., W. Plvmouth 
 Rock.G. .S. Banlam and W. Guinea. 1.25 per 
 fifteen 2.2,': per jtl. A. Z- Copeland. 
 
 GOOSE BREEDERS send loc for mv book on 
 Koose raisinK. Embden and Toulouse Geese. 
 Imported stock. Circular Free. H.S.Price. 
 Specialty Breeder of geese.. Pres. Nati<nial 
 Toulouse Goose Club. Waukegan. 111. 
 
 PIGEON BOOK complete. Illustrating, de- 
 scrlblnj; all varieties, arranging loft, (breed- 
 ing, feeding, caring for. 3 cents. 1.000 pig- 
 eons for sale. Prices f'ee. Wm. A. Bart- 
 lett & Co. Box 37. Jacksonville, III. 
 
 We will consiaer 
 
ards tlicy must have plenty of green 
 food of some kind. 
 
 This advice is not intended for the 
 old poultryraan, but for the beginner, 
 and those contemplating breeding pure 
 bred poultry. Hence I will say that 
 anyone that is induced to use one of 
 the pure bred egg producing breed for 
 the production of eggs in the place of 
 scrubs, will never use scrubs again. 
 The same is true when a man is en- 
 gaged in producing broilers. And for 
 general purposes almost any of the 
 pure bred varieties of Plymouth Rocks 
 and Wyandottes will drive the scrubs 
 off the farm, whenever given a trial, 
 never to return again. 
 
 We could say lots more, but think it 
 best not to say too much at once, so 
 we bed to remain. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 J. B. McQUEEN. 
 
 Palermo, Ohio. 
 
 GEMS 
 
 By Percy W. SKepard. 
 
 There is no royal road to success. It 
 is a common, well trodden road to start 
 with, but becomes somewhat rough and 
 tiresome as you advance. But after you 
 get there it is very nice. 
 
 Practically, there's as much sunshine 
 in your life when caring for poultry ES 
 there is in any work. How much 
 brighter and healthier too, is a life 
 among the fowls rather than in a hot 
 tiresome office? 
 
 Fresh air is good for the fowls. It's 
 good for you, too. A breeder's life is 
 full of pleasure. A very few find it dif- 
 ferent, however. You must love to see 
 the fowls grow and then the shows, 
 why, they are simply grand. 
 
 It's a continual work, 'tis true: but 
 then what of that? It's easy although 
 it takes time. Not a long vacation at 
 any one time. But still in the autumn 
 there is time to get prizes. It won't 
 do any harm to try for them. 
 
 Do you think the poultry business is 
 being over done? Not when eggs get 
 as high as thirty or forty cents a dozen, 
 as they were this past winter. At that 
 rate it will take some time yet to over- 
 do the poultry industry. You will be 
 safe in saying that it never will be a 
 "failed industry." 
 
 It's a good thing everybody don't 
 want to raise poultry. Everybody would 
 soon run- it ashore. But never worry 
 about that. There's room for a few (?) 
 yet. And at the top notch of success 
 there's room for a vast number. Try 
 to get there yourself. 
 
 If you don't get quite to the top, you 
 may get far enough up to make it real 
 interesting and profitable. Success is 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 waiting for you. It waits for all. Some 
 went and received it; others sat still and 
 waited in vain. Waiting never amounts 
 to dollars. , 
 
 It's a good thing, push it along. 
 What? Why the poultry business. We 
 need a few more energetic, lively hust- 
 lers to help build up the business to a 
 higher state of perfection. In your as- 
 sistance you will make a profit and 
 learn what really good poultry is. 
 
 The world is moving on. So is poul- 
 try. Are you moving with the world? 
 You don't have to go backward to get 
 behind. Just stand still and the others 
 will move on. eKep up. You run in 
 the race. The entry fee is light. Don't 
 cost much to start. It may cost some- 
 thing in time and labor to win, but then 
 the prize is a grand one. Get it. 
 
 Did you ever stop to think how long 
 it took to get poultry up to its present 
 high state of perfection? If not, just 
 think how long it has been. It has 
 been a few (?) years hasn't it? WelJ, 
 the point is this: You can't expect to 
 get the very best at a very insignificant 
 price. Good birds come high. So do 
 good profits. This seems to favor buy- 
 ing the besj^t, doesn't it? Yes, buy 
 the best. 
 
 Do you know all about the poultry 
 business? No, I guess you don't. There 
 are lots of others in the same fix. "All" 
 is a whole lot to know even if it is all 
 about the little (?) poultry industry. 
 We don't expect to know it all. Of 
 course we learn a little every day. And 
 these little learnings build up our work 
 and place us where we can manage bet- 
 ter and be more successful. 
 
 It pays to be a little particular about 
 learning. Go into every part deeper 
 than to give .iust a glance and pass on 
 without learning all that is possible. 
 Close observation, a few experiments, 
 some study and common sense will 
 teach you a vast amount about poultry. 
 But then learning is of no value unless 
 you apply some of the knowledge to 
 your work. Use your learned facts and 
 plans to an advantage. 
 
 Perseverance is a good thing to pos- 
 sess. The persevering business man 
 gets along well. So does a similar 
 poultryman. If you do not already pos- 
 sess such qualities you can acquire them 
 if you try. You ca nmost always make 
 yourself just what you want to be. If 
 you want to be persevering and are not 
 naturally so, get a hustle on and shove 
 the poultry business right along. 
 
 It don't pay. What don't pay? Why, 
 many things often done by out-of-date 
 breeders never pay. Neglect, cheap 
 birds, poor feed, poor buildings, waste, 
 lice, disease and a number of other 
 things never pay very well. Try some- 
 ways that pay. 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 BUKF PLYMuDTH KOOK Uockerels from 
 Hi-st prize cuck; very pruinising. Write for 
 prices. Albert K. Swett, 364 Mosley St., 
 Elgin, 111. 
 
 BDFF OKPINGl'ONS, •'Cook's Strains." pgK3 
 15 for $:j 00; batch guaranteed $5.00 from 
 birds butf to the skin and progeny of Im- 
 ported stock. Express prepaid. A.Edward 
 Green, Jollet, 111. 
 
 EGGS for hatching. From 2 splendid pens 
 prize winnluir Black Langshans. score 92 '/i 
 to 9D!i. Buff Orpingtons and Rose Comb 
 Bla:k Bantams. Circulars free, John Cole, 
 M. U. Willlamstield, 111. 
 
 BUFF COi!HIN chifkens. Toulouse geese, 
 Uuroc .Tersey swine. Cockerels for sale 
 with S'-ore cards. Chi ken eggs $3.00 for l.'i. 
 Geese egirs 35c each. Ohas. A. Allison, Ten- 
 nessee, 111. 
 
 THE STAR POULTRY Yards has S. C. Brown 
 Lefe'horns. Barred and White Rocks and 
 White Wyandottes. Located 3 miles south 
 of East Peoria. D. E- Glatfleld, East Peoria, 
 111, manaerer. 
 
 SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. White Wyan- 
 dottes, Single Comb Brown Leghorns. 
 They are stale winners. Live and let live 
 is our motto. Dorkings, 1 .50 per setting, 
 other settings l.OO. Circulars free. O. Mul- 
 lin, Beauford. Minn. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. Evenest lot in the west. 1st 
 premium stock at leading shows, 93 to 94. 3 
 grand matingrs. eggs 2-50 per 15. Robt. Lar- 
 mer, Ravenwood, Mo, Box 7. S. V, Pres. Buff 
 Rock Club. 
 
 EGGS 75c per IS. Farm range. Black Lang- 
 shan and single comb Brown Leghorn. From 
 pen No- 1. Black Langshan, 2.00 per 15. Pen 
 No. 2. White Wyandotte. 1 50 per 15 M. M. 
 Browning. Appleton City, Mo. 
 
 S. H. COTTON. Superior Black Lang-shans; 
 Eggs IS for $2.00. S. H. Cotton, Appleton City, 
 Mo. 
 
 WHITE AND GOLDEN WYANDOTTES 
 Eggs 1.00 per 13 White Wyandotte cocker- 
 els 1.00 each. Pekin ducljs 2.50 per trio. 
 Eggs per settina. 95o. Mrs. H. M. Clark, 
 Sumner. Nebraska. 
 
 S. S. HAMBURGS. Eggs only for sale: 1 sit- 
 ting I 5u; 2 or more sittings 1.00: 5.00 per UO. 
 Rev. G. A. Chamblln, Moran. Kansas. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS and W Holland Tur- 
 keys. Eggs (or sale from large healthy 
 stock, winners at Nebraska state show. 
 Chicken esjgs 2.00. turltey eggs, 1.50. Mat- 
 tie Stutl't, Lawrence. Neb. 
 
 GET THE BEST! One dollar buys 15 eggs 
 from choice pens of S. S. Hamburgs and Rose 
 Comb Black Minorcas. C.L.Norman, Stroms- 
 burg. Neb. 
 
 PRIZE WINNING S. C. W. Leghorns. White 
 Rocks and Golden Sebright Bantams, Leg- 
 horns score to 95, headed bv 2nd cock at Des 
 Moines show. Eggs l.SO and 1.00 per 15; 4.00 
 per 100. Write for winnings. Fred Cramer' 
 Iiidianola, Iowa. 
 
 AMERICAN POULTRY FARM. KW Bronze 
 Turkeys, sire 44 to 4(, lbs. 200 cockerels P. 
 Rocks.Wyandottes, Leghorns, Bantams, Guin- 
 eas, Jersey cattle. Stock and eggs for sale. 
 25 years a breeder. F. M. Munger & Sons, De 
 Kalb, Ills. 
 
 WHITE WY'ANDOTTE and Barred Plymouth 
 Rock eggs for hatching, from my best birds, 
 1.00 per 15; bred on different farms, free range. 
 Pekin Duck eggs, 11 for 50c. B. L. Grover, 
 Burton, Kas. 
 
 B. P. ROCKS eggs from 2 pens, l.SO for 15. 
 Searle's strain, none belter. Write vour wants. 
 Mrs. J W. Cottle, Edgar, Nebr. 
 
 HILL made a clean sweep on Brahmas andB. 
 P. Rocks at Nunda. 15 prizes including 7 Ists 
 with 16 entries. Circulars free. W. C. Hill, 
 113 Adams st. Yards 10,001 S. Wood st, Chi- 
 cago, III. 
 
 S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS, home show, 10 en- 
 tries in class of 60. I havel>een winner 1st, ck 
 2d ckl. 1st. 2d and 3d pullet and 1st pen. Eggs 
 $1.50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. Edw. 
 Pielsch, Elsberry, Mii. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS— WYANDOTTES. K. 
 I. Reds and Indian Runner Ducks. Winners 
 bred to winners. Good stock, Bt to breed 
 and exhibit for sale. Thos. H. Mills, Poultry 
 Judge, Port Huron, Michigan. 
 
fUULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 Some of Mrs. S. P. Rogers' prize winners at Pleasanton, Iowa. Look up 
 her "ad" aud see what she has good for sale. 
 
 Poultff [xpeiiences 
 
 C) ld» E. iiurd 
 
 At this season of the year every 
 breeder of poultry is interested in cm-- 
 subject — "How can I have fertile eggs 
 and setting hens?" There are more 
 causes than overfat or too thin in 
 flesh and the numerous other causes 
 we often read of that infertile eggs 
 are found each season, and one which 
 I have not yet seen any experienced 
 breeder write on. There fore I will 
 give my experience which may be tho 
 means of saving boih time and birds 
 for someone else. My experience is 
 with yarded fowls. Those that I have 
 out to road at their pleasure I never 
 trouble with; they take care of them- 
 selves as far as matings are concern- 
 ed. Some years ago I had a widow 
 lady and her baby living with me who. 
 like myself, liked to work with chick- 
 ens. As my time was needed in other 
 places she wanted to care for the 
 chickens in the pens. After telling 
 her just what to feed, and I knew they 
 were made to scratch in litter for all 
 the grain, hens were laying well and 
 every bird looked the picture of 
 health, but after using three settings 
 of eggs and getting no chicks hatched 
 from the eggs froir <he pens, I knew 
 something must be wrong there, for 
 the broody hens had all done so well 
 with hatching other eggs and all were 
 
 cared for just the same, for caring for 
 the setting hens I don't allow no one 
 else to do unless I am too ill to do so. 
 I finally told the lady I would feerl 
 and care for the fowls in the yards 
 for a week and see if I could learn the 
 cause of infertile eggs. We may read 
 about science and theory in poultry 
 rearing, but I learned we must use 
 observation and intelligence (such as 
 most of us are endowed with) in mat- 
 ing up the breeding pens. My first 
 work was to examine fowls and se.- 
 if they were overfat; learning they 
 were not, I must seek elsewhere for 
 the cause of infertile eggs, which I 
 soon did. Wanting to hatch as manv 
 chicks as possible to get started in 
 that breed and not having but one 
 large yard, after selecting the best of 
 the females I then had too many for 
 one male, so I put in two, one a cock, 
 the other a cockerel. I had noticed 
 the cock bird was gallant to extremes. 
 He would find grain of some kind, or 
 a tempting morsel, and call the hens 
 to eat it instead of eating it himself. 
 This gallantry prevented him from 
 getting as much to cat as his needs 
 required to keep up vitality. The rest 
 of the time he spent watching the 
 cockerel and giving a chase around 
 the pen. The result was no matings 
 and no fertile eggs. I shut one male 
 in a coop, leaving one in the pen a 
 day, then changed by leaving the one 
 in coop out or vice versa. After that 
 I had plenty of fertile eggs and no 
 more poor hatches. Another time in 
 
 ENdLISH I'HEASANTS. Beauliful, hardy 
 jrrcul (raiiif bird. Eis^'^ tor sale in season. S3 
 per 1,";. $'' |).T .';;i. Hatched and raised with 
 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.^. J. W McNeil, R. F. D. 
 No. 1 Spriny-field, Ohio. 
 
 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. and Mammoth Peliin Ducks, SI per setting. 
 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. 
 
 BUFF P. Koc-k cockerels «2. Eggs $1.50 per 15. 
 Double standard Poll.-d 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- 
 land and Rochester shows. Eggs $1.50 per 13, 
 four .settings for (iac dollars. Catalogue 
 free. Jos. Krenn, 114 Bcecher St., Syracuse, 
 N. Y. 
 
 EGGS FOR SALE from our Chicago prize win- 
 ners. White Holland Turkey eggs, $3 per 11; 
 W. P. Rock eggs only $1 per 15. Frank J. 
 Hicks, Onarga. 111. 
 
 EGGS FOR HATCHING. B. P. Rocks, two 
 pens Congers, one pen Br.adley Bros, also Em. 
 pireW. Rocks. Eggs from either. $1 per 13. 
 Slock for sale. J. H. Howarth, Fairbu ry. 111 
 
 W. WVANDOTTES and W. Plymouth Rocks. 
 Eggs frcmi two grand pens SI per 15. S3 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 c'ompanv. A few choice cockerels for sale 
 at $2 each. 'W. H. Minton. Springfield Kan. 
 
 EGGS. Barred P. Rock eggs from the Fair- 
 view poultry yards, 3 settings. $2, per 100. $3.50. 
 Stock stroiig 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. S.250 per SO. $4.00 per 100. 
 C.H. Brown. Council Grove, Kan. 
 
 FOR SALE, eggs from good stock Buff and 
 Barred P. Rock and W. Wvandottes 15 for 
 SI.50. 100 for S7. S. C. Buff Orpingtons im- 
 ported. 3 strains, lSS2.5;1,10l)forS12.00. Jacob 
 Bassinger, Columbiana, Ohio. 
 
 R. ISLAND Reds. White and Partridge Wy- 
 andottes. Barred P. Rocks. B. P. Cochins, B. 
 Cochin Bantams, geese, turkeys, duck, all 
 Winners. Illustrated circulars. Highland 
 Poultry Farm, Des Moines, Iowa, box 700. 
 
 SUNNY SLOPE FRUIT AND POULTRY 
 Fartii. c. F. Austin. Denrinj;. Kan.. Wbita 
 Itnck s,„.,.i:,|isi F,'_'i:s Frank Heck and 
 .lohn lIuL'his strains, l.i eockerPis for sale 
 Strawberry plaiits best varieties. Square 
 treatment. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE*, coekerel^ scorlnjr 
 to94?i. MnTiinioth Bronze Tnikeys scorliiir 
 to mm sired hv » Tom welfrhing40 Ihs and 
 from hens weighing to 25 lis. Prices rea. 
 snnahie. W. 11- Lake. Hamot/in. Nebr. 
 
 SHERWOOD'S Buff and Barred Rock eggs 1.75 
 for fifteen. ,3.00 for thirty. My catalogue tells 
 all about them. F. B. Ritchie, Warrensburg, 
 Illinois. 
 
 BARRED P. ROCKS. Conger strain, farm 
 raised, large size and fine layers. Eggs l.Oo 
 per fifteen. Fine Bronze Turkey eggs, 3.00 
 for 12. Mrs. C.JT. C. White, Paris, Mo. 
 
 WC will CUIIBIU,. 
 
Buff Cochin cockerel owned by 
 Krause Bros., Milwaukee, Wis 
 
 one season with two yards I had the 
 male birds die before the breeding 
 season was over. For a long time I 
 could not tell why. In my ignoranc— 
 I thought feed, water, grit and all that 
 the hens ate; if they were hungry 
 they would eat if they wanted it, but 
 after the second one died from no dis- 
 ease I could see, I wrote a friend giv- 
 ing description. Not long before, shj 
 replied, "that she had the same e.t- 
 perience when she started in the poul- 
 try business and that a noted poultry 
 judge who mates up her yards annu- 
 ally gave her the cause of the 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. 
 
 "Setting hens." — Anyone 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 
 
 POULTRY INVESTiGATOK. 
 
 move my setting hens in the evening 
 to the pen purposely prepared for set- 
 ting hens; give them a couple of ne\t 
 eggs, put a board in front of the box 
 to make the nest dark. The next 
 evening, if they stay on the nest all 
 day, I remove the nest eggs, give hens 
 a dusting with insect powder and the. 
 eggs I want them *o have, take the 
 board from the front of nest and they 
 can go off of nest when they wish tj 
 get feed and water, which is kept in 
 the pen. Thus far I have not had one 
 broken egg in the nest and other 
 years when I kept the hens shut up 
 and let them out every evening to eat. 
 I usually had many eggs to wash, 
 caused by being broken in the nest, 
 and there was so much work to clean 
 nest boxes too that I wished there 
 were no setting hens, or I might have 
 a wooden hen, and I am going to have 
 one, too, for my hens persist in lay- 
 ing eggs and I like early chicks, but 
 I shall set eggs, too. I will tell the 
 readers of the Investigator next time 
 how I care for chicks. 
 
 IDA E. BARD. 
 
 a 
 
 Reading Notice 
 
 Our enterprising advertisers, The 
 Mississippi Valley Belgian Hare Com- 
 pany, advise us that their extensive stud 
 is in fine condition and increasing rap- 
 dly; they are weaning 400 young this 
 month. They have constantly on hand 
 about a thousand head of hares of their 
 own raising and are therefore at all 
 times ready to fill orders for either ped- 
 igreed or unpedigreed Rufus Red or 
 Bhick Belgian hares, singly or in pairs, 
 trios or herds. Anyone wishing to em- 
 bark in the hare industry, or those de- 
 siring to improve their stock, cannot 
 do better than to correspond with these 
 people who have been in business for 
 years and are well known for honesty 
 and reliability. 
 
 Notice to W » arvdotte Breeders 
 
 1 have recently been appointed Sec- 
 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. 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 S. S. HAMBURG eirg-s 90c. per sittiuR-. From 
 flni' birds that will stand the test in any 
 show room. Guarantee jrood liatch or money 
 refunded. Geo. Dahlenbur,;, Seymour, Ind. 
 
 BARRED P. R. eg-ffs, famous Ringlet strain. 
 Stock direct from Thompson. R. C. B. Leg-- 
 horn eg-gs, Schreiber's strains. Birds scorinV 
 12 to '14 bv Heimlich, One settinsr, 2.0n, 2 set- 
 tinifs .I.Sti. Pope & Schwartz, Hlllsboro. 111. 
 
 BARRED ROCKS e.xclusivcly. Ejtitb from pen 
 of tine birds hard to beat, 1.5u per setting-, 
 Mrs. Alice Jackson, ChanipaiiLfn, 111, R, F, D. 
 
 KENTUCKY PIT GAMES. Far downs and 
 Ky. Dominiques. Eggs 2.00 for 15, 3.00 for 
 30. Cocks S.OO, hens l.So. Ben Iiucas, George- 
 town, Ky, 
 
 W. P. ROCK Et'gs from the very best strain 
 in the country Our birds equal to ancestors. 
 Eggs I. so for 15. Wrile wants and ask for 
 Noycl Effg- Folder free. Geo. F. Stanton & 
 Sons, Hennepin, 111. Bo.\ F 
 
 SIX PENS of W. Rocks. Most noted strain on 
 earth. Our birds score from 41 to 96 by relia- 
 ble judges. Eggs this season only l.so qer 15. 
 Our elegant egg folder free. Geo. F. Stanton 
 A Sons, qo.x F Hennepin, 111, 
 
 NO TIME OR MONEY has been spared in se- 
 lecting our stock of Light Brahmas, Pekin 
 Ducks and Poland China swine. Eggs per 
 setting 1 Oj^ Harry W. Garman, ParkviUe, 
 
 St. Jo. I 
 
 , Mich. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. Large, healthy, vig- 
 orous birds. Clean sweep racine show. Eggs 
 3.00 per setting. R. C. Brown and S. C. W. 
 Leghorn eggs 1.50 per setting. Louis Mogen- 
 enson, Racine, Wis. 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS are the coming general 
 purpose fowl. Cocks 10 to 12 lbs, hens 7 to 9 
 lbs. Eggs in season, 1.50 per IS; 3.00 per 30. 
 Levi N. Schulte, Oregon, Missouri. 
 
 S. L. WYANDOTTES. Sixteen years a breed- 
 er. Birds shipped on approval. Fine in lac- 
 ing: laced wing bar. M3' strains wins prizes 
 in the hands of mv customers. Eggs 1.50 per 
 15. F. D. Blair, Georgetown, Ohio. 
 
 EGGS S2 per 15 selected W. Wvandottes, scor- 
 ing 91 to 94. mated with males scoring 91 to 93 
 Shellabarger. Incubator eggs S4 per 10l>. 
 John Old, Woodbine, 111, 
 
 WHITE P. ROCK eggs 1. 00 for 15; high scor- 
 ing hens, headed by a 94 point cockerel. Sat- 
 isfaction guaranteed. J. H. Piper, Whitehall, 
 Illinois. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS exclusively. Eggs, 15 for one 
 dollar. Breeding stock good weight and col- 
 or. Above price low for the quality. A. A. 
 Simons, Hamburg, Iowa. 
 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES, first and third prize 
 pen scoring 187H and 18s. Eggs from this fa- 
 mous stock, $2 per fifteen. Incubator lots 
 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- 
 ly. C. O. Loring, Dedhani, Mass. One-half 
 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, 
 
12 
 
 Poultry Investigator 
 
 Is published the first of each month at 
 
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 — BY— 
 
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 L. P. HARRIS, Editor. 
 
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 In Rega.rd to Advertisers. 
 
 We are very careful in soliciting 
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 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. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 that I am now obliged to give up the 
 work, but I find that there is an eiul to 
 man's endurance. As the Draper Pub- 
 lishing Company could give the readers 
 of the Investigator so much better ser- 
 vice, I felt, as well as the owners of the 
 Investigator (the Sure Hatch Incubator 
 Co.), that we would be justified in 
 turning the Investigator over to them. 
 In fact, the new management will 
 enter upon the duties with a full sense 
 of the obligation to an expectant pub- 
 lic, with a clear conception of the far- 
 reaching intluence of their policy upon 
 one "f the most important industries of 
 this country, and with a renewed zest 
 and a new dignity to the poultry pur- 
 suits and an increased influence and 
 remuneration to those engaged in it 
 With the assurance iha' all will be for 
 the best, and that the patrons of the 
 Investigator will in the end be the 
 gainers, as well as for the best inter- 
 ests of the poultry industry at large. 
 With best wishes for the success of 
 the Investigator, pairons, and the 
 Draper Publishing Co., I am 
 Respectfully, 
 
 L. P. HARRIS. 
 
 Address all communications to 
 
 Poultry Investigator Co,. 
 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 ChaLnge of Na.n\e aLnd 
 Ownership. 
 
 With this issue, I close my year's 
 work as editor of the Poultry Inves- 
 tigator, and I thank the many patrons 
 who have given it their hearty support. 
 It has given me great pleasure to see 
 its patrons grow into thousands from 
 so small a beginning, and it has given 
 me much more pleasure to know that 
 my feeble efforts to give the readers 
 of the Investigator a clean and good 
 paper were appreciated, and I am sorry 
 
 This is the last number of the Poul- 
 try Investigator. The subscribers will 
 receive the Commercial Poultry from 
 now on. Advertising contracts up to 
 and including this June issue, is a mat- 
 ter between the advertisers and the 
 Sure Hatch Incubator Company. 
 
 We have negotations under way in 
 which we expect to dispose of our fine 
 poultry business to a new company 
 which will continue the business here 
 at Clay Center, Nebr. The growth of 
 our incubator business has reached 
 such proportions that it requires mj- 
 entire time and attention. To give the 
 reader a more definite idea of the ex- 
 tent of our incubator, poultry, and 
 poultry paper business, will mention 
 that we have sold nearly 11,000 incu- 
 bators and brooders since Jan. 1st, 190i, 
 we have shipped over 10(i,0O0 eggs 
 since March loth, l!l()2, and in the last 
 10 months we have built up a subscrip- 
 tion list of 18,000 subscribers for the 
 Poultry Investigator. 
 
 Mr. Harris finds the poultry business 
 enough to look after, and I am satisfied 
 with having done a thorough job at the 
 incubator business, henoe the sale of 
 the Investigator, to give us both a bet- 
 ter show another year. 
 
 I here wish to thank all our patrons 
 for their patronage. I hope our pleasant 
 business relations will continue. I 
 promise you my best eflort. I can also 
 promise you a good friend in the Com- 
 mercial Poultry and from time to time 
 you will hear from me through that pa- 
 per. I will feel more at liberty in the 
 
 BUSINESS CATCHERS. 
 
 li-d . 
 
 ■ith 1 
 
 i>f Ihe 
 
 pit trie. E. H. MaCoy, Paw Paw. Mich. 
 
 li. C. BANTAM i-irifs from selected hifli hit'li 
 scoriiiff stock. A few (jood cockerels ami 
 pairs forsale. Score cards furnished. W.J. 
 (low, Norfolk, Neb. 
 
 FOR SALE. Et';,'s at S2 for 15 from Black 
 Lan^shans and Litrht Brahmas that are bred 
 and mated rit'ht. I e.\hibited mv Langshans 
 at Indianapolis "Fanciers' Association Show, 
 1901," winninj,' Amerrcan Lang-shan Club cup 
 in hot competition. H. J. Rader, La Fayette, 
 Indiana. 
 
 JFRSEY STRAIN Lijfht Brahmas, winners at 
 the big eastern shows. Illustrated circulars 
 free. Etrgs S3. Fine breedinff cockerels, S3 
 up. F. R. Mceller, 08 Freeman St. New- 
 ark. N. J. 
 
 SILVER Gape worm extractors, unequaled. 3 
 for 25c' Biy- profits to ajfents. Samples and 
 particulars H)c. Satisfaction gruaranteed or 
 nionev refunded. Dr. Wm. Hallowell, Davis- 
 ville. Bucks Co. Pa. 
 
 S. C. B. LECHORN .irys. 3(1 for S1.50; 100 for S3- 
 5(1. W. Plvmoulh Rock ei/t's, IS for$l. A. H. 
 Carlson. Clianuu-. Kuute. 1. Kansas. 
 
 BARKED P. KOCKS exclusively. Thompson 
 & Hawkin's strain strain. 12 years with this 
 variety. Score 91 to 94 '2. EtfsrsSlper 15; $4 
 per lOU: S2.50per5o. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Mrs. Rosalie Hendrickson, Marion. 111. 
 
 JOHN R. GARBEE, Billinys, Mo. Breeder of 
 line iMjultry. For May aiid June will pay e.x- 
 press on et.r;rs and deliver to vour express of- 
 fice. White Holland Turkey egrg-s, 10 for S3. 
 Golden W^yandoltes S. C. B. Leghorns, Barred 
 and White Plymouth Rock and W. Guinea 
 eggs 15 for 32. All are pure stock. Remember 
 express prepaid anywhere in U. S. Mention 
 Investigator. 
 
 EGGS from White and Black Minorcas, Buff 
 Leghorns, Barred Rocks SI for 15. One good 
 
 Also pen of White Minorcas for sale cheap if 
 taken soon. A. A. Bair, Neptune, O. 
 
 HOUDAN SPECIALIST. Clarence A. Smith, 
 Osceola. la. Large dark laying strain. Eggs 
 from special mated pen all winners S2 per 15 
 S3.5() for 30. Order now. Good hatch guaran- 
 teed. 
 
 EGGS from Buff Orpingtons of high class 
 (Cook's and Edward's strains) $2.50 per setting, 
 also stock for sale reasonable. Wm. S. Maj- 
 or.. 2119 7th street. Port Huron, Mich. 
 
 INDI.\N RUNNER ducks. Regular egg ma- 
 chines. Eggs balance of season S1.50 per set- 
 ting or *2 per 20. Pine Brook Poultry ^Farm, 
 Napoleon. Ohio. 
 
 BUFF P. ROCKS, four pens of the very best, 
 picked from 2.sO carefully bred Buffs, none bet- 
 ter, EggsS1.5ll per 13. Herbert S. Redhead, 
 IT.sT Brooks St, Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 ARE YOU LOOKING for eggs that will hatch 
 S. C. B. Leghorns. Place your order with Ed- 
 win W. Staebler, 36 Tremont st Cleveland O., 
 Eggs Si. 50 per 15. Winners of 3d ck, 3d and 5. 
 pul. at Cleveland, which is easy 4th on the list 
 of great shows. 
 
 BKi MONEY for agents selling our Fumig.a- 
 ting nest egg. Pollard & Couthway, Bloom- 
 ineton. III. 
 
 D.\RK BRAHMAS. the best of all the large 
 varieties, for roasters, capons and wintereggs. 
 Hardy, bear confinement and one of the hand- 
 somest fowls bred. Eggs the balance of the 
 season. $2 per 13. J3.50 per 20. $4 per 40. A few 
 choice breeders to spare. N. R. Nye, Leaven- 
 worth Kansas. 
 
 li.\RPED P. ROCK BradlevA Thompson! W. 
 Wvandottes Huston's Bilff Cochins , Hares) 
 fine young Barred 1>. Rocks for sale. Eggs 
 for hatching in season. Write for prices. J. 
 Dumenil. No. 19 So. 5th St. Keokuk. Iowa. 
 
 CHEAPEST, best. 25 leading varieties, Felch, 
 Upson. Bond, Hawkins, Latham, Empire, Ab- 
 bot, Nugget, Cook, Rowlands, Jackson, and 
 other gr.-at English and American strains: 
 Brahmas. (.ochins. Langshans. Sherwoods, 
 Orpingtons, Wvandott.-s. Rocks, Games. Leg- 
 horns. Ducks. Catalogue free. W. E. Hicks, 
 Ponchatoula, La. 
 
 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. 
 
 We will coiiBi' 
 
Commercial Poultry .than I could in the 
 Poultry Investigator, for the reason 
 that some might have construed my 
 little write ups as boomers to selfish- 
 ly advance our own incubator interest". 
 By the way, have you noticed the fair- 
 ness shown our ■ onipetitors in the 
 Poultry Inve>tigator? The question 
 often confronts me as to whether they 
 would do the same by us if we had 
 changed places. No doubt some of 
 them would and others would not. 
 
 During the summer and fall months 
 I am going to write a book on poultry 
 raising. The name of this book will be 
 Sure Hatch Catalogue. It will be 
 ready for mailing about Christmas 
 time. I hope every poultry raiser will 
 want a Christmas gift. I will try to 
 have enough books to go around. Talk 
 about poultry guides and such things, 
 mine will not be that kind. It will be 
 catalogue unanomously.but it will have 
 enough honest poultry information to 
 entitle it to a front seat. It's not going 
 to copy* anything or anybody ; it's going 
 to be itself and if I know where I am 
 at, this book will be the kind that the 
 people will keep for the good there is 
 in it. 
 
 Now about incubators. We are go- 
 ing to put out the best and suit our- 
 selves and our patrons on prices, will 
 do this regardless of all the nations on 
 earth. We are getting rid of side is- 
 sues for the express purpose of being 
 on hands when the ball opens. 
 Yours truly, 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON. 
 
 This will be the last issue of the 
 Poultry Investigator under the present 
 name and ownership, as the paper has 
 been sold to the Draper Publishing 
 Company of Chicago and will te merg- 
 ed with Commercial Poultry. 
 
 The Poultry Investigator has been 
 heartily supported during its entire 
 life,and we feel confident that this sup- 
 port will not be withdrawn now that it 
 is to become a part of the most widely 
 circulated poultry paper in the world. 
 Thp Draper Publishing Company will 
 carry out all our subscription contracts, 
 and our readers will receive two num- 
 bers of that paper every month for the 
 same length of time that their sub- 
 scriptions to the Poultry Investigator 
 are credited, thus getting twice as 
 many papers as they would have re- 
 ceived under the old arrangement. We 
 ask for Commercial Poultry the same 
 support and friendship that has been 
 accorded to us. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR CO. 
 
 The most graceful pigeon that walk 
 -the White Fantail. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 WHITE I.ANGSHANS. 
 Being a breeder of the White Lang- 
 slians for seven or eight years, I will 
 de=cribe them as I have found them. 
 
 I have had some experience with most 
 breeds of poultry, but have yet to see 
 the fowl that will beat the White Lang- 
 shans tor utility. I do not claim that 
 they are the best all-purpose fowl in 
 existence, but one of the best. 
 
 The aLngshans are natives of the 
 extreme northern part of China and 
 were first introduced into this country 
 n 1878. The White angshans vLariety 
 has not been bred so long, but have 
 gained rapidly in popularity. 
 
 As a general purpose fowl they have 
 no superior and as winter layers they 
 have stood without a rival. They are 
 one of the hardiest fowls in existence. 
 Have smaller bones than any other 
 large breeds and the flesh is juicy and 
 tender; are gentle in disposition, mak- 
 ing good setters and mothers; bear 
 confinement well, but if given their lib- 
 erty are great foragers; are not lazy 
 like most Asiatic breeds. 
 
 They are a handsome fowl in appear- 
 ance, being pure white in plumage, 
 therefore free from those objectionable 
 black pin feathers. At the great dress- 
 ed poultry and egg show in December, 
 1898, held under the auspices of the 
 oBard of Agriculture, a pair of White 
 angshans took first prize for dressed 
 poultry, also first prize for brown eggs. 
 They have bright red combs, wattles 
 and earlobes, shanks slate color; bot- 
 toms of feet and skin between toes, 
 pink, producing a combination of col- 
 ors not possessed by any other breed 
 of fowls. Thev are a very handsome 
 fowl and a flock of White Langshans 
 look beautiful on a green lawn. 
 
 The White Langshan is a good breed 
 for either fancier or farmer. The young 
 chicks when first hatched are a blue or 
 mole color, but moult white. I think 
 the bluer the chick when hatched the 
 bluer the blood, the whiter the chick 
 will be when matured. 
 
 1 have had my customers write me 
 ,aying, "The eggs I bought of you have 
 hatched., but none of the chicks are 
 
 white." 
 
 But in a few days their little wings 
 begin to grow and show white feath- 
 ers so of course by this time they have 
 seen their mistake, their fears have van- 
 ished and they are pleased. 
 
 With a fair and unprejudiced trial, 
 the Wh=le angshans, will establish it- 
 self as one of the best of the utility and 
 fancy breeds. 
 
 Thev have had no great boom, as 
 most other breeds, but have come grad- 
 ually to front on their own good merits. 
 
 MRS. L. MUM POWER. 
 1 Chillioothe, Mo. 
 
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 BUSINESS CATCHERS. | 
 
 w^iur kUu-M- LnwrV si. AUe^Mieny, Pa. 
 PAKTKU.r.E WYANDOTTKS^ '."od llThe 
 
 b"r, ' Punru;e.'$3 pe^-tlint., Reds, $1.50 per 
 
 .,'., Vml' one Ihird off after J une 1st. Otto B. 
 
 Canii'm. Elsl).-rr.v, Mo. 
 WHITE 1-AlE black SPANISH exclusive. 
 
 1^ l'r,',l ih.in 411 VL-ars on free range. Eggs 
 
 &,X;neU^ISn».^ie^!l<='^J^?a^ 
 
 ^^^^K^Ba'^rSfp^.'^go^^ ll.://aTC^In;i 
 Ip?*'l iv.'^' orices, S1.50 per 13. They will 
 ple.isi-you W.F. Crig-ler, Nevada, Mo. 
 
 LEGHORN EGGS |r"-^^e^lhe .-a^-t^'-y^"/. 
 hon;";;L;sV75cper seU,n,sM per 100. W. P. 
 Chamberlain, KirUwood, Mo. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES.^, At Macomb Shan. 
 
 ,,., judg-e, 1st, 2nd 3d 
 1st, 2d 3d pullets. ''.= , 
 9S'4,9Sy,; 1st pen. 1 M 
 American class, '>'\ 
 Three yards head.,1 
 
 ,. iBYi, 93!^, 93'/!;; 
 '1?';; 2d, 3d hen, 
 ,1 1(1 best birds in 
 in strain direct. 
 ,. Ills with extra 
 ■ I, .....^ uu, ,,,,,. ~.,na white as snow 
 
 f."rM ';'"=''"■ :,i.,;l4. ICircsJlper 13. W. E. 
 Th..n,p,,;u,'V.,..xl'i5. Macomb. 111. 
 BAKREU HOSKS.^La,^. heavy^bone fine 
 ?W Mrl- TU.a leach, b.'x X 'dherryvile. 111. 
 CORNISH I. GAMES. Templeton, Moore and 
 Sharo strains. Eggs $1 for fifteen. Also fine 
 Whit? Wyandottef Ind Buff Cochn Bantams 
 same price. Good birds cheap. I. W. Smith, 
 kendallville, Ind. 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS; Birds and and eg|s 
 for s.ale. Correspondence solicited. Birs. r.. 
 L Palmer, Noble, 111. 
 BUFF COCHINS for sale. Eggs from our pens 
 nf selected birds that will reproduce them- 
 s,.lves at if2 per l5. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Krluse- Bros. cor. 29 and Burleigh St. Mil- 
 waukee, Wis. 
 TWO YARDS EACH of pullet and co^kere^ 
 
 Leghonis'*'"Erg"'«l I'r'""^, M 'eggs $2 
 RofciliTgow, i?ience 'teacher, P.bhc high 
 school, Hannibal, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY RAISERS send ten cents in stamps 
 indVet a Fumigating Nest Egg that will keep 
 ?he nest free from lice and add to your egg 
 production. Pollard & Couthway, Blooming- 
 ton, 111. 
 
 HT ACK SPANISH only. First prize winners 
 at Mo stall, Kansas state, Kansas City, and 
 Marshalltown, la., shows, also Valley Falls. 
 ' Eg^'S $^S0 pe"i3. H. W. Chestnut, Birming- 
 ham, Kansas. 
 
 ^^rlfn^'^o'S^s^R^Sr^; I'^S^iV:'' LfwisVbl 
 
 nkli 
 
 ,111. 
 
 nARK BRAHMAS exclusively. A few stand- 
 
 °tr^b."d pullets for for sale for 1.50 and e^gs 
 f.50 per setting. Alice Trenary, Palmyra. 
 [Nebraska. 
 
 BARKED PLYMOUTH Koeks. No stock tor 
 sale E-ss $5.00 per 100. Jl.OO per U. My 
 stork is first class and have won in show 
 ?ooru J P.Schioeder. Way Center. Neb. 
 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. ^,I^have aj/ew^^^-'^^^ens 
 
 and pullets for sale cheap. 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
 cfips FOR SALE from Rose and Single 
 ?o,nh White Le-horns. White Rocks and 
 L"ght Brahmas fl.50 per setting of 15 eggs. 
 Write wants. John a. Rownd. Downs. Kas. 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOKS a specialty. 1 
 vr old hens and this year's pullets and 
 cockerels tor sale. Old stock score »i points 
 and up to 95H. Write tor prices. Geo. N. 
 Wood. Weldon. la. 
 WHITE H. TUKIvEYS. 1 W. Rock ck.. hioto 
 w/byKus'sell. for sale Also eggs from 
 TiK rill mas Brown Leghorn. B. Pekln 9- 
 E.xpert Judge. P. M. uSoley Milton, la. 
 EGGS from standard bred White and S. L. Wy- 
 andottes and Light Brahmas. $1.50 per setting. 
 C. Feldman, 2035 N. Main st. Fremont, Neb. 
 CORNISH INDIANS a specialty. Winners 
 wherever shown. Scored by Russell. Hews 
 Emery and Wale. Pronounce first class 
 birds. Eggs in season $2.00 for 15. J. L. 
 Bannson, Sarcoxie. Mo. 
 R. C. B. LEGHORNS. A few good ckls left. 
 Eggs 1.00 per 15. Also a few Stay White Wy- 
 andottes. Eggs 100 per 15. C. H. Courier, 
 Ashley. Ohio. 
 FOR SALE. Fantail pigeons, all colors. Write 
 voui- wants. Robert Hefti, Wayne, Neb. 
 
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 Vc.-,. «c like tlK- Invc-ligalor. thciyou may desire, ll you can only care 
 
 name i- cTp; ropriale an' it f'lls a long 
 lih •■: 1 !. We re;J;y did neeo a western 
 poi: iry i.;i)er willr articles written !y 
 praiiici! people who hnvc nvestigateJ 
 the -tifU .•;"-r>it w:i c 1 t'uy are writ- 
 ing. 
 
 We don't lilce theoretical poultry cul- 
 ture unles.s we find it al.so practical in 
 our every-dav work with our chickens. 
 For our.sclves, we have raised and 
 soil! chickens i"or some twenty years in 
 four different states, both on a farm 
 with unlimited range and on a village 
 lot where they were necessarily yarded 
 in r-mall pen,-=. We have had many "up 
 and downs," been bothered with many 
 pests and "varmints," including rats, 
 skunks, minks, hawks, snakes, wolves, 
 pet cats, hogs and the most discourag- 
 ing of all, the midnight thief who comes 
 and steals our best by the dozens, and 
 leaves no due whereby he may bo 
 caught. 
 
 What we have written, and what we 
 may in the future write about the poul- 
 try pusiness in any of its branches, will 
 be irom our own experience or of some 
 near friend. Our best and most ex- 
 pensive teacher has been experience, 
 and we hope that we may be able to 
 keep some of the readers from having 
 any very great loss. 
 
 We have never had an entire failure 
 of the chicken crop. We have passed 
 through two entire crop failures with 
 the accompanying drouth, but there has 
 not been any year in all our experience 
 that we have not had eggs and chickens 
 to sell, and when our account with the 
 hens has been counted up. they have 
 each year been a source of profit. 
 
 But there are many things we do not 
 know and we are always willing to 
 learn. We make mistakes sometimes, 
 and try to learn a lesson from each and 
 every one. We learn some new things 
 each year, either from our own obser- 
 vation or from the experience of others I 
 given in the various poultry papers that 
 regularly reach our table. 
 
 ■\ good supply of poultry literature is 
 almost indispensible in the profitable 
 handling of thoroughbred poultry. 
 
 You have, no doubt, been advised 
 many times "how to begin," but my ad- 
 vice is to begin right. Don't think you 
 can learn it all in one season. Begin 
 at the bottom and climb up, for if you 
 try to begin at the top you are very apt 
 to climb down and at a faster pace than 
 
 for and have room for IW chickens, do 
 not Iry to raise •'tOO or llM) and lose 
 most of them by diesea-^e and over- 
 crowding. 
 
 Little chickens must have good care 
 and the ymust have sweet and clean 
 food of the proper kind, and they ab- 
 solutely must have a mother, either 
 natural or artificail. 
 
 The isn't any use to hatch riut chick- 
 ens bv the hundred to die by the 
 hundred, because you cannot take care 
 of them, it is foolish and cruel. We 
 know of two men, brothers, who intend- 
 to go into the poultry business on 
 large scale; intended to raise and 
 keep a thousand hens. They bought 
 two 400 egg incubators and set them 
 both. When we were there they had 
 out TMl little chickens and the incuba- 
 tors set again. It was in August and 
 they thought brooders were not neces- 
 sary such warm weather. They had | 
 small coops and one yard for all of 
 them on a village lot. They fed them 
 various things, but all to no purpose. 
 Of those 750 poor motherless little 
 chickens they raised not one. Of the 
 later hatch we did not hear, but we 
 know they borrowed a brooder from a 
 friend, and last spring one of their in- 
 cubators was offered for sale at a re- 
 duced price. They told us they had 
 found out by experimenting that there 
 wasn't any use hatching out a lot of 
 chickens unless they were prepared to 
 take care of them and one incubator 
 would hatch more than they could take 
 care of with their present conveniences. 
 How much better if they had only 
 profited by some one else's experience 
 and saved the lives of those 750 poor 
 little helpless chickens? 
 
 The main thing is to keep them 
 I "arm and dray. Make good coops 
 with board floors and tight roofs, and 
 |ahve them set so the rain cannot blow 
 inthe open front. We have a board for 
 each coop and we close them every 
 mght and when the rain comes up, 
 until they arc well feathered ot at last. 
 We have always raised ou rchickens 
 with hens. While she is setting we dust 
 her with lice powder and again when 
 we put her in the coop with her babies, 
 and again when they are two weeks 
 jOld. If it is very cold we i>ut some 
 straw or hay in the bottom of the coop 
 an<l put an old piece of carpet or some 
 sacks over the top of it for a few days. 
 
 '^% 
 
 This is for You! 
 
 Owin? to my jihI-I. e enpa?. nionts 
 fMi- 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 
 
 I.eL'i.i, ns. Hlack I,.-i.'hnriis. li.rrt-d 
 I lyinoma nocks. iV'iulet strain) 
 
 David Larson, wahoo. Nebr. 
 
 ti's Up To You 
 
 To get 5,0(10 new siib.scribers. We 
 will .send tlie Koucier.s' Guide, an up- 
 to date Poultry and Hare paper 6 
 
 months for only 10 cents- Special 
 
 od rates to P. I. readers. 1 inch 3 
 months for 1 dollar. 30 words breeder 
 notice, 3 months, 50 cents. Try it now 
 in egg scdsoD. 
 
 Fanciers' Guide, Montpeller, Indiana. 
 
 R. C. and S.C. B. ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Won firsts at Lincoln, Nebr., 
 
 Red Oak and Osceola, Iowa. 
 
 ^B0S for Sale. 
 
 Mrs. J. A. LASH, Osceola. Iowa. 
 
 EffSS '^ P^"" s^"'"g'. from my 
 
 DB prizewinners at Kansas and 
 
 Nebraska State Poultry Show.* 1901 
 and 1902. Partridge Co hi„s. Buff 
 Coch ns, S. S. Hambiirgs. Barred 
 Plymouth Rock a. d Light Brahmass 
 write for winnings. 
 
 DeWitt Yates, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 0. MO. HUN. DRO. 
 
 Breeder of Prize-Winn iig 
 
 IMPERIAL WHITE P, ROCKS. 
 
 stock for sale at all tiuies. Ep-s in season. 
 
 E-B.OMOHUNOROJowliogGfeefiJo. 
 
 Bari'ed P. Rock 
 
 Exclusively farm raised. Stock sold. 
 Eggs from ch ice matings, $1..">0 per 
 1.5 for balance of season. All breed- 
 ing stock scored 00 to 92',. Look 
 for fine stock n xt year. Send your 
 orders early and secure your choice. 
 
 Mrs. A P. Rodgers. 
 Bowling Green, Mo. 
 
 IT BEATS ALL. 
 
 S^lK old "■«}■ of setting: heiis ten 
 ^^^^ lOOe^fKliatcher cot^ts oniT «2 
 ^"»^^ principally b.v ngtnts. Wo wrd 
 men and women ak'ents for the new seas 
 term* with you-a large margin of pn 
 forinula iind eiitnlaEut- «ent IVcc. ir v 
 day. Territory mayXe gone tomorrow'. 
 
 HITURIL HEK IKCU8AT0R CO., B 
 
 Knee 
 lOet 
 
 11, COLUMBUS. NEB. 
 
 \VC win CUIlBIuca — — , 
 
Mrs. Jacob Hughes, Rock Port, Mo., 
 breeder of White Lang»hans. 
 
 Wo nut the little chickens in a basket 
 or box, covering them with a cloth, 
 heavy enough to keep them warm and 
 carry them to their home with their 
 •■mammy." We shut the coop up until 
 evening and then if they run out and act 
 hungry, we feed them, be they \1 hours 
 or IS hours old, but first, we place a 
 rock near the ccop and on this we 
 pound up some broken white dish into 
 a fine grit which they eat readily, after 
 this we feed them most anything we 
 happen to have, Kaffir corn, millet seed, 
 wheat, oatmeal, bread crumbs or corn- 
 bread. When we first raised chickens 
 years ago, we fed them raw wet corn- 
 meal, because our mother and our 
 cousins and aunts told us that was the 
 proper feed, and we buried more chicks 
 than we raised. We never feed wet 
 iced now and seldom feed soft feed. 
 Chickens have gizi'ards made on pur- 
 pose to grind their own feed and it is 
 a saving of time and chickens to feed 
 only dry, natural grains. We have fed 
 bo'led eggs and potatoes, but they al- 
 ways caused more or less bowel troulile. 
 so we have them off our bill of fare for 
 lal.y chicks. We do sometimes feed 
 them cornmeal, but we put it down per- 
 fectly dry. 
 
 Do not kill them with kindness by 
 feeding them too often and too much, 
 bahy chicks are like baby boys and 
 girl's, when the eat too much they suf- 
 fer. Keep pure water before the Httle 
 chicks all the t'me then they will never 
 drink too much. 
 
 We seldom feed oftner than four 
 times a day the first week; thre times 
 a day the second week, and after that 
 only in the morning and evening. We 
 have feed coops made of lath and in 
 these we put feed in the evening and 
 they come and eat all they want and go 
 to roost. In the morning we put in 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 more tliaii they will eat and they eat 
 all they want; run get a dring and then 
 go 1.1 the fields bug hunting till night. 
 If ihey do not find enough to satisfy 
 them, lluy come back to the feed coop: 
 ■at a little more, run get a drink and off 
 to the fields again. Since adopting 
 this plan, we are not bothered with 
 Ittle cliickens running after us every 
 time we happen to go out of doors, and 
 they grow so fast and are healthy. 
 
 .\fter all your care if they do get 
 bowel trouble, bake some corn bread 
 iust the same os you do for your own 
 dinner, dampen it with a little cold 
 boiled milk, or even water mixed m 
 enough Venetian red to color it, .iml 
 feed it to them for a few feeds, alter- 
 nating with dry grains again. 
 
 We feed some corn chops after chickb 
 are two weeks old. but we are very par- 
 tial to Kaiiir corn, which we think an 
 ideal chick food. We grind in the 
 coffee mill for the first two or three 
 feeds, after that they can swallow the 
 whole grains easily, and as it is con- 
 stipating in its action they will never 
 have bowel trouble unless caused by 
 something other than the feed.. _ 
 
 This season we have to pay $l.i5 per 
 bushel for Kaffir corn, but we must 
 have it as the chicks we can save by 
 u'sin<^ it as a part of their feed will 
 more than pay the bill. Last year out 
 of about 400 hatched, we did not lose 
 one by disease. We accidentally killed 
 seven or eight by letting a board fall 
 on them, and we got earless and let the 
 lice kill several We had some late 
 late ones hatched that all died. The 
 weather was so hot and dry that the 
 grotmd got imbearaby hot that the lit- 
 tle chickens feet and legs actually 
 shriveled up. We had shade, bm they 
 wotild not stay there-they were bound 
 to run out m the hot sun until they 
 would give up and die, I saw several 
 come to the water dish, drink like they 
 were famished and immediately die. 
 These were small chicks not yet fully 
 feathered. The older ones came through 
 all right. 
 
 15 
 
 Incubators. 
 
 oJi;;'L?M^e^:;^^^tS^^f!?sintj«^ 
 
 when hutching to come out of t'^ machine 
 In the pure, fresh outside air at the'r own 
 will. 1u-te.xactly the same »s they do when 
 h-.tehine under the hen. Guaranteed to im- 
 u'atP ." tu"e .Moser and to ha.ch equal to any 
 n.ichin- on the market. For further partic- 
 ulars address with stamp. 
 
 L. P. MEISTER, Troy, Mo. 
 
 Winning 
 
 White Wyandottes. 
 
 WE WIN East and 
 West. At the great 
 Chicago Snow, 1903 
 in hot competition, 
 111 a class of 64 
 White Wyandotte 
 cockerels, the fin- 
 
 ^_ est ever seen, our 
 
 birds were given two prizes out of five, 
 Winn ng th; :!d and ."ith prizes. We 
 have 4 pens of high scoring females 
 headed oy prize birds. Eggs W^ per l.i. 
 
 GEORGE GETTY, Syracnse, Kan. 
 
 FLE^SftNT HILL POULTR! \m. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rock. Rose 
 Comb BrownJ-Xghorn^___ 
 
 Having disposed of all my sur- 
 plus stock and mated up my 
 pens, am prepared to book or- 
 ders for eggs. Write at once 
 for prices 
 
 jTHrtROUGlT, 
 
 Minden, - - - Nebr. 
 
 silver Wyandotte and 
 
 White Langshan 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per 15. 
 
 Guaranteed to hatch. 
 A. E. GRIMES, 
 
 Decatur, 
 
 Ohio. 
 
 S.VVING— ECONOMY. 
 
 (By Percy W. Shepard.) 
 Many men have made their way into 
 the world and have built up fortunes 
 from a start with nothing but wdling 
 hands and energy. They began at the 
 bottom and worked their way u. Uid 
 thev save what they earned aside from 
 the" natural and necessary expenses of 
 life' Yes .certainly they did. Ihey 
 were willing to economize and saw the 
 wisdom of it. These early savmgs are 
 what resulted in a fortune in alter 
 
 years. , 
 
 A poultryman just starting out m ttie 
 I poultry world is in the same way start- 
 
 Bonniedale Poultry Farm! 
 
 Esgs to Hatch. 
 
 3 DOTTES: Very choice pen, S2 per 15. 
 Over 30 hens on different farms Good 
 pure stock. Eess $1 per l.i, U per 100. 
 
 BAKKED ROCKS: Strictly standard sys- 
 tem. 60 fin. hens and pullets. 4 e^t^a 
 large, stately crowei s. i-coring from HO to »4 
 liy .Judges Russell and Strausbough. Ji-gRs 
 S3 per "l5. Si 50 per 30. 
 
 C 1, Games, Good pure stock on separate 
 farms. F.gss $1.50 per 15. 
 
 ROUP'iUK^: <Jur make. 50 cents, postpaid. 
 Circulars free. 
 
 MRS. MAY TAYLOR, HALE, MO. 
 
 LOCK BOX 176, 
 
 Che ice Eggs 
 
 For hatching from 
 fine B. P. Rocks 
 and big Buff Coch- 
 ins. Eggs $1.50 
 per setting from 
 healthy stock. 
 
 IDA M. KESIER, 
 
 Woburn, III. 
 
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. 
 
 ^ Just from the press. Over 
 ^k^ 2000 copies have been .sold. 
 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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 You can get a good start in Barred 
 Rocks from Pinkerton & Co.'s prize 
 winners the balance of the .season at 
 half price. Remember Pinkerton & 
 Co. keep nothing but the pure E. B. 
 Thompson strain. 
 
 PINKERTON & CO, Clay Center.Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 lug at the bottom and ready to work 
 his way up. It is mainly the beginner 
 who needs to save what he can. The 
 one who is far advanced in the work 
 does not need such advice, as he knows 
 his own "business." But the beginner 
 IS apt to fail to work it properly and 
 k-eep himself from getting along as 
 rapidly as he might do. A young 
 breeder needs to save feed and save his 
 fowls from disease and save money by 
 watching the markets and selling just 
 when the most profit can be realized; 
 also save in other wals. 
 
 Now, in saving feed— lots of people 
 don't know how to save feed. They 
 really don't and you can see it by the 
 way in which they care for the fowls. 
 In the first place a fowl must have 
 enough feed to repair the waste tissues 
 of the body, furnish heat and form eggs 
 from. In winter the most feed is used 
 to keep up the warmth of the body. It 
 IS in this point that lots of people fail. 
 They do not realize that a fowl living 
 out of doors most of the time and 
 roosting in an open shed needs more 
 food t keep it warm than it des when 
 kept in a warm house. So one way to 
 save feed is to keep the fowls warm. 
 A fowl in a warm building does not 
 need so much food as one half frozen 
 all the time. Another way to save feed 
 is to give such as will make the foowls 
 lay plenty of eggs. Corn as an exclu- 
 sive ration for the hens in winter will 
 not cause them to lay much. While if 
 you had feed some different feed at a 
 slight additionaal cost you could get 
 them to lay enough to pay for the feed 
 and a profit besides. 
 
 Still another wa to save feed. Arc 
 you feeding several million of lice 
 along with your hens? Do you allow 
 "ce to swarm your hens and coops, or 
 do ou keep them in check? It costs to 
 keep lice. A hen covered with lice will 
 not ktep in good condition on the same 
 amount of feed as would make her fat 
 if she were free from them. 
 
 Saving from disease. Of course this 
 is economy. A fowl lost by disease 
 represents a profit varying from part 
 of that of one hen to that of several 
 hens, according to the value of the 
 fowl. Besides, a sick fowl, if it get^ 
 apparently well, loses much time th;it 
 might be profitable were it kept well, 
 and also after it gets well it may never 
 amount to much afterward. 
 
 Practically speaking, it is economy to 
 get the most profit from the fowls. 
 And it is a loss to allow them to be 
 idle at any part of the time. It is this 
 kind of work that makes the people 
 say there is no profit in fowls. They 
 fail to care for them and a loss results. 
 Same in all the ways that you can. 
 Be economical at least during the time 
 
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 Rules of the Cock Pit 
 
 A De.t little book of pocket aire, well bound In tooffh tag. 
 Jeart. Lontiln, all the pit rulo of ihe Dolled Stale., (fanada, 
 Ueiloo. Cuba, Eogl.od. Belgium aud France. AI«o has ooii 
 prelieDsIre obapter. on Been. Handling, Hurling and nen. 
 IMn, nlaUye to the royal .port of cocking. ^ 
 By Da. H. P. CLaBO. IndlanapoUi, ln4. 
 
 The Recognized Authority. 
 
 FBICE, SG CENTS. 
 Addnw tilt PublUbsr sf thlm P*p«r. 
 
 Ri'les of the Cock-Pit aud Poultry 
 Investigator one year 
 
 For 25 Oents, 
 
 Address, THE INVESTIGATOR 
 Clay Center, Nebraska. 
 
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 Give - 
 
 Your Breed- RabicUfe 
 
 ing Does ^ 
 
 During gestation and whi^e nursing 
 their young it will enrich the blood 
 Improve the appetite, inciease the 
 flow of milk, theieby makini; the 
 young strong and healthy. 
 Give RABICURE a trial and you 
 
 will nevir be without it, 50c a box 
 
 postpaid. 
 
 Vermont Belgian Haie Co. 
 
 Lyndonville, Vt- 
 
 We Don't Want a Gent 
 
 Of 
 
 ved. 
 
 The Esskx CholekaIJc-ki.; and Condition 
 PoWDEK is absolutely pure and free from poi- 
 son and all other injurious substances and Pos- 
 itively Cures and Prevents chicken cholera, 
 roup, g-apes and all diseases of the flock. It 
 reg-ulates the bowels, blood, dig-estive organs, 
 and produces bone, muscle, feathers and larerer 
 fowls. Nothinj; on earth will Make Hens Lav 
 like it. No matter what kind of food vou use, 
 mix with it daily, the Essex Condition Powder. 
 Thousands Use It. Price, 60 cents a box by 
 mail, "Scents. 6 bo.xes for 53.50. Write for spe- 
 cial prices on ten pound lots. Manufactured by 
 
 John J. Kautzmann, 
 
 590 Bergen Sf. Newark, N. J. 
 
 ;^ti,«.: 
 
 Uld Homestead Brooder. 
 
 The best on e.-irth. All vour chickens can be 
 saved in the Old Homestead Ur.unler. 
 Try one. Write for prices. .Address 
 
 Old Homestead Brooder Co., 
 MIddloboro, Maam.... 
 
BUSINESS CATCHERS 
 
 MRS. E. M. DOWNS, Bartlev, Nebr., Barred 
 Rocks, well marked, extra larg-e birds, both 
 cocherel and pullet, matiiif? pens. Eg^ys 2.00 
 for 15, 3.50 for 30, g-eneral flock, 4.00 per lOO. 
 White Wvandottes, Norval and Coffin strains 
 direct, 2.tJ0 for 15. 3.50 for 30. 
 
 S. C. W. LEGHORNS, three pens headed by Isl 
 and 2nd cklsand 2nd cock (Knapp strainsj.l.OO 
 per IS; 4.00 per 100 this season. Booking or- 
 ders now. M. B. Plymett, Watsontown, Pa. 
 
 E(;r,S for hatching-; White Plymouth Rocks 
 and White Wyandottes, IS for 1.75. S.C.White 
 and Brown Leg-horns, 1.25. Belgian hares for 
 sale. S. S. Dunn, 4S50 Chicago Ave., Minnea- 
 polis, Minn. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTE females that are strict- 
 ly pure white, mated to a ^4 5-6 point cockerel, 
 large and pure white. F."-''=. 1.50 per IS. No 
 stock for sale. Write for wants. C.W.Brehm. 
 Harvard, Nebr. 
 
 WASHINGTON PRAIRIE Poultry Farm. 13 
 varieties of thoroughbrad poultry. Eggs for 
 hatching from 60c lo 1.25 per setting. Write 
 for particulars. O. O. Loraen, Decorah, Iowa. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, pure Fishel 
 strain. Pen headed by S25 cock; every hen a 
 top-notcher. Eggs 2.50 per 15. Your'chance 
 to gel the best White blood in the world. H. 
 C. Nichols, P. M., Spearville. Kan. 
 
 EGGS That will hatch. From Silver Laced 
 Wyandottes Sl.SO per IS, S2.50 per 30. Known 
 as I. X. L. Poultr.v Yards. Satisfaction guar- 
 anteed or monev refunded. Mrs. W. J. 
 Barnes, Topeka, Kansas, Sta. B. 
 
 MAMMOTH LIGHT BRAHMA.S. prize win- 
 ning stock scoring from 90 to 95 points. Eggs 
 SI. 50 per 15. Mammoth Pekin Duck eggs 
 $1.50 fiirll. No stock for sale. Mrs. Alice 
 Allen, Clay Center, Nebraska, 
 
 O. I C. SWINE for sale from ore of the best 
 
 herds in state of Illinois. Bookii g order.s now 
 
 for pigs, single, pairs and trios, ft. a'ed Noakin. 
 
 Prices within reach of all. Also eggs from 
 
 large, growlhv Light Brahma and B. P. Rock 
 
 chickens for 'sale at $2.00 per 15 or S3.00 per 30. 
 
 Addre.ss Chas. Griffith, Woburn. 111. 
 
 FOR SALE. Two 20U egg size Sure Hntch In- 
 cubators. In first class conrtiiiou., will sell 
 very cheap, Wtiitu Kock Farm, Wap Ho. 
 Iowa. 
 
 OuMB-^' SINGLE Oo-nb Brown LegborDS 
 Regular egg niachiues. Stock direct from 
 best eastern hreedeis. Eggs for sale 1.01' 
 for 15. W. E. Combs, Julian. Neb. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH R0CK5. F,irm raised. 
 Eggs 75 cents perls. Strawberry plants 60 
 cents per II 0. Loudan Red Raspberry 
 plants. 50 cents per 12. Mrs. Lydia Beebe. 
 (Joryville. Pa. 
 
 EGGS. Barred Roeks (Thompson strain) 
 White Rocks (Enilre) White Wyandotte 
 (Dustor) .Silver Laced Wyandotte (Goette) 
 J.ight Brahma (Felch) la for 1 2S Also a tew 
 fine cockerels. L M. Whittaker, aS5 east 
 Robie, St. Paul. Minn. 
 
 BLACK LANGSHANS. Partridge Cochins 
 Silver r.aced Wyandottes. Kose Uonib 
 Brown Leghorns. Stuck and eggs for sale. 
 Price.s very reasonable for quality of stock 
 If you want something good write at once. 
 O. P. Kurtz, Lawrence,^ Neb. Have tine 
 English Berkshire hogs. 
 
 BELGIAN HARES. 25 young does bred to fine 
 bucks scoring 94!-2 at $3-00 each, or 2 does and 
 a buck for $7.00. All first-class stock. J. S. 
 Markel, Wahoo. Neb. 
 
 PARTRIDGE COCHIN ONLY. A few choice 
 
 heavily feathered pullets for sale. Egffs$1.50 
 per 15. Pen headed bv 2d ckl Nebr. state 
 show, 1902, Satisfaction guaranteed, H. E 
 Bowman. Lawrence, Nebr. 
 
 WHITE WYANDOTTES. My stock is first 
 class and my prices right. I have spared nei- 
 ther time or expense to get the best stock- 
 Scores from 92'-^ to 95K. Eggs for sale, $1.50 
 per 15, fair hatch guaranteed. Circular free 
 E. E. Bowers, Bradshaw, Neb. 
 
 P. NEWCOMB, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has the 
 largest loft of fancy pigeons in the west to se- 
 lect from, having ail Iheleading colors in Eng- 
 lish and Bohemian Pouter.s. Fantails, Arch- 
 angels, Speedy Homers, English Carriers, 
 Tumblers, Jacobins,, Swallows, Magpies, 
 White Bruner Pouters and Turbits for sale. 
 
 DAINTY FOLDER FREE telling all about 
 our noted strain of While Plymouth Rockn 
 and why I sell 15 eggs for '$1.50. Geo. F. 
 Stanton & Sons, Bo.-c F, Hennepin, 111. 
 
 DON'T YOU TELL if we sell you White Ply- 
 mouth eggs from a strain that others are sell- 
 ing for 3 to 5 dollars a setting and we charge 
 but Sl.SO per setting. Our novel folder free. 
 Geo. P. Stanton & Sons Hennepin, 111. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 before youo have reached an independ- 
 ent business. By this, I mean that you 
 should be more economical when you 
 are struggling to get a business built 
 up. After you have got your business 
 well started and paying exceedingly 
 well, then you can waste more than 
 you could at the start and not make 
 a serious loss. 
 
 Yet after your business is well built 
 up you cannot lose anything by being 
 economical theru 
 
 17 
 
 CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS. 
 
 Or.tmeal is often recommended as 
 a teed for young chicks, but is rather 
 expensive in most localities. 
 
 1 have found bread crumbs and 
 cornmeal, slightly moistened with 
 sweet milk or water, a good feed; also 
 millet seed and the timothy and clover 
 seed that is wasted on many barn 
 floors. 
 
 Some hemp seed may be given for a 
 change and as soon as they can swal- 
 low whole wheat it may be given for 
 the evening feed. Never make the food 
 wet enough to be slopped, and pro- 
 vide plenty of clean water in clean, 
 shallow drinking vessels. Sardine or 
 the square, flat cans that raw oysters 
 are put up in are very good if one 
 hasn't a drinking fountain. Give them 
 warm coops on cold nights and cool 
 ones on warm nights, by having 
 boards or screens for doors. Keep the 
 coops clean and dry. Scald once a 
 week to kill any vermin that may have 
 found a hiding place. Diarrhoea is the 
 most common of all complaints among 
 chicks, and may be caused by cold, 
 lice, raw food and hard boiled eggs. 
 
 .Should this disease appear and no 
 lice are present, make a complete 
 change in the feed. A good remedy is 
 to break a raw egg into a cup of boiled 
 milk, after cooling, and thicken with 
 dry bread, adding a pinch of ginger. 
 
 A laxative is seldom needed, but 
 m?y be given in the form of cour milk 
 or bran. 
 
 If the chicks are kept housed or 
 yarded, some green food, such as let- 
 tuce, cabbage, kale, turnip tops, etc.. 
 must be given. Also keep fine gravel 
 or broken dishes pounded quite fine, 
 sand and charcoal where they can al- 
 ways get it. 
 
 The mother hens must have wood 
 ashes or dust. This is a great help to- 
 ward ridding them of vermin. 
 
 JESSIE L. 
 
 White Plume Poultry Yards 
 
 will sell W. P. Rock eggs from prize 
 winners at $1.50 per 1.5 or $4.00 per 45; 
 incubator eggs at -SS.OO per 100. 
 
 White Wyandotte eggs at $1.25 per 
 15 or $3.00 per 45. 
 
 White Guinea eggs $1.2.3 per Hi or 
 $•2.00 per 30. 
 
 Guinea Pig^s for sale. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. CLARK, 
 Dallas Center, - - lowa. 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
 
 (Exclusively.) 
 Farm Ranee. ... oood Stock 
 
 Eggs that will hatch, $i.00 per 100. 
 $1.00 per 15. 
 
 Adam Weir, Clay Center, Nebr. 
 White Wyandottes Exclusively . . 
 
 Pullets Scoring as high as 93'4 by 
 
 Green. Pen headed by cock scoring 
 
 94 by Myers, the Pan-American 
 
 Judge. Eggs $1 per 15; $i. per 
 
 50. Orders tilled promtly. 
 
 G.T. Kar&;es, - Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 WHITE FANTAIL PIGEONS 
 
 No ^In.u l.ii.N l.,r ...il,. ii.uv, but have a lot of 
 
 nice pets l' 1 l.ncd.-is .u 7.V. Si and Sl.SO per 
 
 P?;i'i™"''"' '■I'-''"' ■' ''■"■ I''''""* "' "VEhhOVf AN- 
 CIENTS, the beautiful (lerman Toy Pig-eon at 
 two dollars per pair. Watch for my fall sale 
 announcement of fine poullrv and ba'ntani.s. 
 
 C- D. McCLASKY, 
 
 Judge and Breeder. Papillion, Neb. 
 
 »S-Sec'y Treas. Neb. Piy-eun Fancier's Ass'n. 
 
 To those who wish to join our State 
 Pigeon Association we will say th» 
 membership fee is one dollar. This 
 amount includes your dues for the first 
 vear. You pay one dollar a year into 
 the treasury each year thereafter. 
 
 NOW IS YOUR TIME to get a start in pure 
 White P. Rocks, 30 ejrps for Sl.OO balance of 
 season. The.v are good as the best. F. J. 
 Kolasa, DuBois, Neb. 
 
 BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN, Poultry Yards, 
 High .scoring Buff Cochins, Black Langshans 
 a specialty; cockerels $1.50; trios S3.S0, pen SS; 
 Eggs $1 per 15; $1.75 per 30. Satisfaction 
 Guaranteed. D. R. Walker, Boscobel, VV is. 
 
 EGGS HALF PRICE— Barred Rocks, Hawkins 
 Strain, 30 forSl.OO, $2.50 per 100, brimze Tur- 
 key eggs $1.50 per ten; Pedigreed Belgian 
 Hares. Catalogue. Elmer Gimlin, Rose- 
 mond. 111. 
 
 A. STRANSKY, Chilton, Wis. Breeder of 
 Black Langshans, Buff and W. P. Kocks, W. 
 Golden and Buff Wvandottes, S. C. Brown 
 and Buff Leghorns, W. and B. Minorcas 
 Houdans,. Eggs, 1.50 per fifteen. B. Turkey 
 eggs, 1.50 per 'I. Pekin and Rouen ducks 1.50 
 per 11. Red Tumblers, nm per pair. 
 
 FOR SALE. Lisdit Brahmas. I. K. Felch strain 
 none better. Single birds or brcedini: pens. 
 Eggs from stock birds scoring 't23'l", bv Rus- 
 sell, I. 50 per fifteen. Albert von Befge'n, Pe- 
 tersburg, Neb. 
 
 PINE BROOK PoultJT Farm. Barred Ro«ks, 
 winners at the big F"t. Wayne show; first ckl, 
 first, second and third pullets; first pen. W. 
 Wyandottes, Buff Rocks I. R. Ducks, errgs 
 2.00 per setting. W. P. Smalley, Napoleon. 
 Ohio. ■ '^ 
 
 HOUDANS exclusively. Winners at Peu- 
 American, Cleveland,- Dayton, Detroit, Chi- 
 cago, etc., orwherevr shown. Eggs only 2.00 
 per i5 straight. Stock reasonable. My birds 
 will not disappoint in breeding pen or show- 
 room. S. D. Lance. Troy, Ohio. 
 
 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS e.vclusively. 
 Eggs fifteen for 2.00. from my best pens. Pure 
 white, good yellow legs, low combs. You are 
 sureof prize w-inners. (F' ihel stock) Only a 
 few settings to spare. K E, Cunningham, 
 Ada. Ohio. . ^. '^ 
 
B. P. Rocks. 
 
 Descendants from winners. Eggs 
 $1.00 per IS, S.^.OO per V20. Toulouse 
 (ieese eggs r)Oc per 9. Satisfactiou 
 inured. 
 ludwlg Uehling, R K. 1. Hooper, Neli 
 
 The Best 
 
 BUFF WY.VNDOTTRS in the world 
 are t • be found at Shnshan N. Y. 
 Ihave some of them. Forry of this 
 years breeders for sale at $2.00 each. 
 Eggs balance of season $1 per 15. 
 
 J. F. Day, Shushan,N. Y. 
 
 After May lOth l^'^;t::i^ 
 
 stock at very low figures. These birds 
 hav<- brought me pullets that scored 
 i)0, il'Jji and '.13. All these birds will be 
 as I represent them. Eggs after the 
 10th of May will be $-.MlO per l.'>, or 
 three settings for $.")-0(). 
 
 Wm. Metzmier, Independence, la 
 
 FOeSllLE! Light Brahmas, 
 
 l'"elch vStrain. None better. Hggs 
 from stock scoring 92 to 93}^, 
 $1.50 per 15. White Wj'an- 
 dot"te eggs $1.25 per 15. 
 
 Albert Von Bergen, Petersburg, Neb 
 
 EGG REDUCTION . . . 
 
 We are done hatching and have 
 turned our breeding pens together on 
 range-egg- $1.00 per KS; $1 .^0 per 30. 
 From (locks on other farms $4 OJ per 
 100. Now, as always, first class White 
 Leghorns. 
 
 PRACTICAL POULTRY FARM, 
 R. R. French, Mgr. Box 47, Ford City, Mo 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 WINNERS ^'"V. 26th, 30th, 1901—194 
 FOR PAST B. P. Rocks in class at Red 
 SIX YEARS Oak, la., won l.st Cock, 1st 
 Hen, 2d Pullet, 2d Cockerel, 1st Pen. 
 At Osceola, la., Dec. 3d-6th, won 1st 
 Cockerel. 1st Pullet, 1st Hen, 1st Pen. 
 Eggs $2. .50 per !■'>. 
 
 H. R. McLean, 
 Osceola, - - Iowa 
 
 It is next to impossible to raise poul- 
 try, even a small flock on a city lot to 
 say nothing of a large flock on a poul- 
 try farm or plant, without the aid of a 
 trained 
 
 Fox Terrier Doe;. 
 
 Our dogs are taught to parole the 
 place night and day. Write, Nevada 
 Foxterrier Kennels, Nevada, Mo. 
 ,^-Males $10.00: females $5.00. 
 
 g ^ From prize winning Golden 
 CggS Wvandottes, $2. per i:!, scor- 
 inir from '.to'to n^'-i, by Shellenherger. 
 
 «..'^':.H''"'iei, 
 
 Keota, III. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 Cornish Indiatrv GaLmes 
 
 Our poultry papers are filled w itli the 
 praise of Plymouth Rocks, Wvandottes 
 and other attractive birds, but we sel- 
 dom see the Cornish Indian Games 
 mentioned or hear their praise. Yet 
 they' are gaining popularity very rap- 
 idly and bid fair to take the lead as a 
 general purpose fowl in the near future. 
 Having moved to our new home at Bel- 
 ton, Mo., I have resolved to devote my 
 entire time to the caring for and breed- 
 ing of my fowls, to try to meet my cus- 
 tomers' demand for stock and eggs. 
 
 Eight years ago I began breeding 
 tlioroughbred fowls. I tried twelve dif- 
 ferent varieties, but soon discarded all 
 l)ut the Cornish Indian Games, and have 
 never had cause to regret my choice. 
 I have bred them exclusively for six 
 years. As egg producers, games rank 
 with any of the ordinary breeds. I have 
 had hens three years old lay as well 
 as pullets, and this in January, too. 
 
 The eggs of the Cornish Indian 
 Games vary in color from very light to 
 a dark brown. I am a little partial to 
 a nice brown egg, therefore am select- 
 ing nice brown eggs to set, and when 
 I get my strain established they shall 
 be known as the brown egg strain. As 
 mothers they are excellent, setting well, 
 and as protectors of their young they 
 have no superiors. They will attack 
 dogs, cats, and almost any of the depre- 
 dators of the chicken yard. The yare 
 not chmisy, and do not step on and 
 crush their chicks, as do many of the 
 large breeds. They stand confinement 
 well, but are the best of foragers if 
 allowed to roam. Give them free range 
 and I will guarantee they will not 
 starve if theire is a single bug or worm 
 on the farm, for they will find him. 
 Their chief delight is to work. 
 
 The Cornish Indian Games have 
 more admirers among the fanciers and 
 breeders for broilers than any other 
 breed, being noted for a very delicious 
 flavor of meat. They dress excellently, 
 having a nice yellow skin and legs, 
 which is a quality admired very much 
 in market poultry. 
 
 While I am not in favor of breeding 
 for beauty alone, I think it should not 
 be entirely ignored. What fowl is more 
 beautiful than a well-bred Indian game 
 lien, the bright brown shaft and glossy 
 green lacing making a beautiful con- 
 trast. In them we have a fowl for the 
 farmer, the broiler raiser, the egg pro- 
 ducer, and the fancier. Anyone who 
 has haldled game fowls is aware of 
 their deceptive appearance. While slim 
 in outline and small in stature, their 
 wo'clit. \\lu-n r.>nipared with birds of 
 ' I' '"' Lrf-nerallv one-third 
 
 High Hill . 
 
 Poultry Yards 
 
 Bronze Turkeys and Buff Rocks. 
 Tnikf-y-- Hte bred fi-otii urlzn winners 
 Hiid are winuers. utaUing almost clefLn 
 sweep wheriviT sliown. Youiic Tophs 
 $.")t>aeh; ['uUet.s, K 50 t,o$:i OOeaeh. My 
 Kock-* aPB noierl fnr shape and oratitre 
 COUired legs. 90 point (. o kercl.s. $;.r.O 
 eacli; HI to 9214 point CMrl<er(ls$iOO: 
 piieh Piiliei, Dot •.cored. »l 00 earh. 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Rogers, Box 74, Sledd, Mo. 
 
 CROWELL'S 
 
 Buff Orping t ons. 
 
 Win at St. Paul Show. Cockerels 1st 
 and 2d, pullets 1st, 2d. lid, 4th and 5. 
 Hens I'it, and 2d. 1st Pen. Eggs, 
 $.S.OO per 15, $.").00 per :iO. Two trios 
 Indian Runner Ducks at $5 00 per 
 trio. Eggs $2.00 per 15. Satisfac- 
 tion guaranteed. 
 
 F. A. Croweil, Granger, Minn. 
 
 Silver Lace Wvandottes 
 White Wyandottes : : : 
 
 , j^^j , Buff Leghorns 
 
 Pekin Ducks... 
 
 All first class stock. Eggs for sale. 
 MRS.W. E. TIBBITS, 
 Imperial, Neb. 
 
 Barred Rock Eggs, 
 
 —For Hatchlns;.— 
 
 Fertile eggs and big healthy chicks is 
 What you want. Try mine this year. 
 $1.50 for 15, $2.50 for ,S0, $3.00 iior 45. 
 
 A. B. Evans, Heartwell, Neb. 
 
 Bronze lufieys 
 
 sale. Write for prii 
 
 C. E. BROWNING, 
 
 Falrbury, Nebr. 
 
 ffi Black Minorcas. a 
 
 No. 1 stock, up to weight and 
 
 ® 
 
 the best of color. Eggs S2 per ® 
 13. No stock for sale. ® 
 
 ® 
 
 Mrs Ella Patrick, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 1 
 
 DON'T SET HENSr 
 
 umbUH, Npb. 
 
 BU Y STOOK and EGGS from hiph scoring- 
 WIlIl'E LAXIJSHANS and BTTKF KOCKS. 
 
 e winter layer.s. Clieap for quality. Esrirs 
 $1.50 per 1.";. Mrs. L. MUMi'OWKli. Duroc 
 " ;ev rics. ■\V.Jj. MnMPOWER. 
 
 Clulicnlhe. Mo, 
 
greater. 
 
 This is a noble breed, and is destined 
 to become one of the leading varieties 
 when once their . merits are better 
 known. MRS. E. CORDER. 
 
 Grand River Valley Poultry Farm, 
 Belton, Mo. 
 
 Each season we leran something ne\? 
 and maybe several things — tliat is, it is 
 new to us. For a number of seasons 
 I have operated from one to three in- 
 cubators during the season and several 
 different makes, and yet I don't know 
 it all about running an incubator — lacl. 
 One thing is, that with an incubator 
 which has a nursery underneath the egg 
 try it is unnecessary to open the ma- 
 chine from the time the first egg is pip- 
 ed until the hatch is completed. If there 
 arc any chicks that cannot get out ot 
 the shell alone, they better be left in, 
 for they will never be worth anything 
 anyway. 
 
 ."Vnd now aliout that "moisture ques- 
 tion?" \\c run our incubator all last 
 season and have took off two good 
 hatches this season without the use of 
 mo'sture. One hatch this season we 
 had 87 chicks from 89 tested eggs. Our 
 incunbators are not supposed to be non- 
 moisture and are fitted up with moist- 
 ure pans, etc. 
 
 Query, if we can make good hatches 
 without moisture in a dry season, how 
 much moisture must we use during a 
 wet season? R. R. FRENCH. 
 
 Ford City, Mo. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 Free Barred Plymouth Rock 
 
 19 
 
 Circular telling about my su- 
 perb Barred Rocks. Yards 
 headed by cockerels direct from E. B. Thompson yards' prizewinners from 
 prize winning ancestry. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 3 settings $5.00. 
 
 PHIL MAURER, Beaver Crossing, Neb. 
 
 The Richmond County Poultry As- 
 sociation will hold its third annual show 
 at Olney, 111., Jan. T, 8, 9 and 10, 190.3. 
 Chas. McCIave, judge. The officers are 
 H. I. Morse, president; Mrs. E. E. Ed- 
 wards, vice-president; Geo. B. Hall, 
 assistant secretary, all of Olney; Edw, 
 E. Dalton, secretary-treasurer, Parkers- 
 burg, 111. EDW. E. DALTON. 
 
 You can Raise Chickeus 
 
 — if you use — 
 
 Pinkerton's Perfection 
 
 Chick Food. 
 
 The Critical Age of Small Chicks. 
 
 bet 
 
 llii- fourth 
 
 Price 
 Add 
 
 Clay Center 
 
 Mim- small chit 
 and fiirhth days than any olber ten days of 
 their ^Towth. 'Several thin;^'s have a tendency- 
 to bowel trouble. The kind of food comes in 
 for its share. It usually takes abi>ut four days 
 t.. a-et sick and two to f.>ur days to die in. The 
 first feeds are the important ones. Clean grain, 
 seeds irrit and muscle irrt)wer ni.-iterial is what 
 Ihev need. The liisl hn.l is lb,, volk which 
 lh.-\ .ibsorb. This sli,,uM 1 ir ili.-ir entire feed 
 the lirst iliirtv t.ililtv h.Hiis. I'lien Ulev are 
 reailv for small f.-e,ls ,,l k ii m 1,1,-iiacks. The 
 material-in nr- Pinker on- chick Food 
 takes the place of frn-eii siuh. hi 
 to the g'reatest decree possiMe 
 anced ration for smalU hicks, rliicks twenty 
 days old are practically raised. To saye a 
 lafire per cent of them past eight days old is 
 where the profits come in. Chicks can be raised 
 without this food, but they can be raised more 
 
 2s pound sack fjoes a long way with young- chicks. It is far more econom- 
 
 and far more successful. Try a dollar sack ot this food. 
 
 M. M. JOHNSON, Inventor Sure Hatch Incubator. 
 
 25 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $1.50; lOO lbs$3.00. 
 ress MRS. Al^NA L. PINKERTON, 
 
 Nebraska- 
 
 rll bal- 
 
 Troy, Mo., March 20, 1902. 
 The Lincoln oCunty Poultry Associa- 
 tion will hold its next show at Troy, 
 Mo., Jan. 13-1.5, lfl03. The officers are 
 as fololws: President, Geo. S. Town- 
 send: secretary, Stuart L. Penn; treas- 
 urer, J. L. Sbafer; supt., Jno. Kemper; 
 Judge, J. W. Wale. Please put us on 
 your list of show dates. Yours truly. 
 STUART L PENN, Scc'y. 
 
 Viola. 111. 
 Anna L. Plnkerton, Clay Center, Neb. 
 Dear Madam: — Received the 25 lbs. 
 Chick Food, and I cannot praise it too 
 much. Have not lost one from my 
 last hatch. I never saw chicks grow 
 so fast. I give your food the entire 
 credit. Yours respectf ullyi, 
 
 Mrs. Gilbert Chiirchil. 
 
 HiQH Qi A^-^ RAf?P»=^P P. ROCKS 
 
 """" MILES STRAINS.! 
 
 BLACK LAIMGSHANS 
 
 We are selling all our this year's breeding hens at a bargain. Write us for 
 description and prices. 
 
 . . . BIG BARGAINS . . . 
 
 MR. and3MRS. A. UPTON & SON, 
 
 Former address Falrbury, Neb. MOHASKA, KAS. 
 
 BUFF ROCKS. 
 W. WYANDOTTES. 
 BARRED ROCKS. 
 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
 
 -s®- ®® ® ® e® ®® @- ® 
 
 Eggs. 
 
 Only $3.00 per SO or $5.00 per 100 from our 
 white breeds. $4.00 per SO or $7.00 per 100 
 from our best pens— Hawkins. Dustin. Felch 
 strains. Bred to win and to plea.^e. We guar- 
 antee our eggs to be as srood as the best and 
 positively thoroug-hbred of the best stai.dard. 
 The above low oflf.r is for this season only. 
 Catalofrue free. Member of American Buflf 
 Rock Club. 
 
 JAMES Q. MYERS, 
 
 Oaks, Pa. 
 
 These Eggs Will Hatch 
 
 aud snow 
 
 cbiclcs that liHve lich yellow li- 
 white plumage. 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks. iri)'per'irf'r"or^peu':^o.''l;^l(i)Trrr '"'■ '' 
 
 Mrs. M. C, Downing, ElkCjtj, Kao^ 
 
20 
 
 LARGE PIGEON RANCH. 
 
 According to recent reports publisli- 
 c(l in several poultry and pigeon pa- 
 l)ers and in several of the leading mag- 
 azines of this coyntry, the largest pig- 
 eon ranch in the world is located near 
 l-os Angeles, Calif. About fifteen thou 
 sand pigeons are kept on this ranch, 
 which we believe is the only establish- 
 ment of its kind in America. 
 
 The pigeon ranch covers about eigiit 
 acres of sandy ground and there i'- 
 plenty of running water on the place. 
 The main building is sixty feet in length 
 and twenty feet high and contains five 
 or six thousand nests. There are five 
 other good sized pigeon houses on the 
 place. At any time of the day these 
 houses are literally covered with birds. 
 
 The owner of this ranch sends about 
 forty thousand squabs to market an- 
 nually. The price per dozen for the 
 birds is generally about $3.00, but some- 
 times it runs up to $10. The gross in- 
 come is estimated at about $9,000 per 
 lannum. The expense of keeping the 
 enormous flock of pigeons averages 
 $5.00 a meal, the birds being fed three 
 times a day. The amount of food con- 
 sumed daily is about twelve sacks of 
 screenings, eight sacks of wheat and a 
 large amount of boiled meal. 
 
 Once a week the houses and nests are 
 thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and 
 the thousands of birds appear to be per- 
 fectly healthy. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY. 
 
 Drop me a postal card today asking for 
 description of niatings and price of 
 eggs for hatchiiif,'. 
 
 W. S. RUSSELL, 
 
 Box I, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
 
 We would like to see some of our 
 Western fanciers take up the breeding 
 of Pigmie Pouters. These little fellows 
 are one of the most interesting breeds 
 we have. 
 
 GLEN RAVEN EGGG FARM 
 NOTES. 
 
 Written for The Investigator. 
 
 The thorough poultry industry is a 
 great and growing enterprise. The 
 country is covered with fanciers of 
 many classes. Selling eggs for hatch- 
 ing is one of about the best paying 
 branches of the business, and one of 
 about the most vexing. There is :i 
 great deal of disappointment experi- 
 enced in this part of it. So inany 
 breeders of limited range yard their 
 fowls entirely too close, the stock bi;- 
 come overfat and worn out of their 
 prison that their vitality is worn out 
 and they are "done for" for a life 
 time. All the attention possible will 
 not bring such stock back to their 
 former health and vigor. This applies 
 more to the heavy breeds than the 
 light ones, but it can be found true of 
 both classes. We all know full well 
 that it is no more difficult to get a 
 - ,'rl__)iatch frnni ' ■ ' .- i - i ''i' 
 W e "w iIi'uu'unu^. „ 
 
 OAKESii: 
 
 ^:^^im. 
 
 the standards fur others. 
 OUeH'Hjrdro Safely I.nnip75f- to #2.70, 
 OnltPB* Imp. Uftfer ThtrmDHtnt, SI. 35. 
 Oakea* New Aluminum R<>Eiilnlor. 
 
 L. R. OAKES, Mfr. No. 12 Gth Street, Bloomlngton, 
 
 aSUBS IS£:S THE lOOS 
 
 Noxall Incubator 
 
 IT HAS 
 
 eRegtiUtlng, 
 
 1 out bow 
 a&ulogue 
 
 VeDtllitiDgaod M 
 
 _ tlfget ine'FREE! _- 
 
 plvesa remedy for every known poultry discftae, 4c. (or poB- 
 tBgo circular aod price llat Tree. * 
 
 Noxall Incabntor Co., Q,ali>cy, 111, 
 
 These are white, fine Wyandotte shape 
 and heavy winter layer.s. Score 92 
 
 , to !!.') by Rhodes. Eggs from Neb. 
 State Show winners, $2.00 for l.">. 
 Fair treatment insured. Eggs at 
 reducid prices balance of season. 
 
 CHAS. C. WILSON, Holdrege, Neb. 
 
 Brown's Roup Remedy. 
 
 For Fowls, horses and cattle. A won- 
 derful antiseptic, soothing and heal- 
 ing, reliable safe remedy for roup, 
 cankered mouth, chicken pock and 
 cholera. Invaluable for horses and 
 cattle. Ouickly heals galls and pre- 
 vents and removes proud flesh. Price 
 3Sc per package. Sole proprietor and 
 manufacturer. Aijents wanted in 
 all the principal cities of the U. S. 
 
 Robert Brown. Port RichmDnd 
 
 Richmond Borough, N. Y 
 
 J^ B^RG^IISr ... 
 
 I have two pens of Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 each containing one male and eight females. 
 E^ B. Thompson stock, will sell at ... . 
 
 . . $15.00 PER PEN . . 
 
 if taken soon as 1 am obliged to move and 
 cannot take them. The cockerels cost 
 $10.00 each. All one year old, 
 
 ph^kerton & CO , 
 
 Clay Center, Neb 
 
 tail's Practical Brooder. 
 
 Prevents piling up, and overheating of chicks. Complete specifications, 
 telling how to make and operate, with privilege of making all you want for 
 your own use, for $1.00. These brooders work out doors or in; can be cleaned 
 In two minutes, are cheap and will last a life time. They have a floor space 
 of 2x0 ft. Give this brooder a trial, if not satisfied you get back your dollar. 
 
 Pen No. 1. is headed by the 
 Pen No. 2 is headed by 3d 
 
 I have some Extra Fine S. C. B. LEGHORNS. 
 
 cock which headed 3d prize pen at Boston, 1000 
 
 prize cockerel at Chicago, I'.IOl. These birds are mated to some of my choice 
 
 females (circular giving full particulars free.) Eggs, pen No. 1, fl.OO per l.i. 
 
 Pen No. 2, 75c per IS. Incubator eggs, $5.00 per 100. 
 
 D. W. GRANT, 
 
 Almena, Kan. 
 
 THE PERFECTION STRAIN OF BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 Are better than ever as they have farm range. Have 280 young and 
 30 old ones to draft from the coming sale season. Was winners of all 
 firsts and part second in state show the last two years, also have been 
 winning for customers in strong competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 Prices reasonable. A share of your patronage solicited. 
 
 FRANK PATTON. Surprise. Nebr. 
 
Chalk 
 Whito 
 Wyandottes. 
 
 Buff Orpingtons- 
 Exhibited at four shows, 1900- 
 1901. Won 39 regular premiums. 
 Eggs and stock in season. Sat- 
 isfaction assured. 
 
 GiB. CLARY ^ai••btt^y, Nebr. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Rose Comb White Leghorns! 
 Made a clean sweep at Mitchell 
 
 winning 5 firsts, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, 
 and 4 specials, birds scoring to 92 
 At three shows in last two years 
 won II firsts, (i seconds,' 6 thirds 
 and specials, Coci^erels for sale. 
 Eggs $1.50 per setting 
 J. F. Reinelt, - - Tripp, S. D&kota 
 —Vice-President State Association,— 
 
 When you write mention the Investigator 
 
 Standard of Perfection 
 
 Revised Edition, 1900. 
 
 This work is issued by the American 
 Poultry Association. It is a book of 
 over 250 pages, cloth cover, and con- 
 tains the only official descriptions of 
 the several varieties of fowls. It is on 
 this Standard that all poultry judges 
 base their awards. Every experienced 
 fancier has a copy of this book and ev- 
 ery poultryman needs it to learn the 
 requirements to which his stock must 
 be bred. 
 
 Ttie Standard of Peffection 
 
 — AND— 
 
 Ttie Poultff InvEstigatof 
 
 One Year, for $1.00 
 
 Address, 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR, 
 
 CLAY CENTER, : : : : nKBRARKA 
 
 White . 
 
 Langshans 
 
 Exclusively 
 
 Eggs from 
 stock scor- 
 ing frotn 90 
 to 95 points, 
 $1.50 per 15; 
 $2.75 per 30; 
 this season 
 only. Some 
 
 good Ckls. for sale with score 
 cards by Ben S. Myers. 
 
 All Stock Farm Raised. 
 
 MRS. JACOB HUGHES, JR., 
 Rock Port, - Missouri 
 
 BuflF Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, S. 
 
 C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes. 
 
 Eggs from the four best breeds in the 
 country, at $1.25 per setting for next 
 'Ml days. Can furnish B. Orpingtons 
 and B. P. Rock egg in 100 lots. A few 
 trios of B. Orpingtons for sale. 
 
 KING & KING, Fairbury, Neb. 
 
 Black Langshansm — 
 
 Of 30 of my prize-winning Black Lang- 
 shans entered at State Fair and Neb. 
 State Show the past 2 years, I won 
 25 1st, ;i 2d, and 1 Sd; Eggs $2.00 for 
 15, $3.59 t r 30. 
 
 J A Johnson, Holdrege, Nebr. 
 
 A RARE CHANCE . . 
 
 To get a start in W. P. Rocks from 
 as good stock as can be found in 
 America. I will sell eggs from my 
 noted prize winners the balance of 
 the season for half price. Don't 
 miss a bargain. 
 
 M. L. Canfield, Belleville, Kas. 
 
 EGGS 
 
 $3.50 for 15 
 $4.50 for 30 
 IMy aim, 
 fertile e^gr, 
 hardy 
 duck, bred 
 to win best 
 to lay. 
 
 STOPI 
 
 «S- KCSE and SINGLE, -S* 
 Rhode Island Reds. Buff Leg- 
 horns. Winners wherever shown. 
 Only strong robust stock in my 
 pens and you will not regret it if 
 you send j'our order for eggs to 
 
 Erie Aurollus, 
 Perry, Lake ce. Ohio 
 
 When you write mention the Invepiigator. 
 
 If you want .... 
 
 Belg:ian Hares 
 
 Call on or write to 
 
 OLD ORCHARD RABBITRY, 
 
 Old Orchard, Mo. 
 
 Or 2003 Clark, Ave., St. Louis, Mo., 
 
 WM. G. STEINICKE. Mngr- 
 100 Hares to choose from. 
 
 ®®(] 
 
 Buff Orpingtons 
 
 S AND 
 
 I White Wyandottes 
 
 W I never have failed to win in 
 
 ffl largest shows. Birds score from 
 
 ® 90to95>^. 
 
 i C ROCKHILL, 
 
 $ Harvard, Nebraska. 
 
 2i 
 
 heavy breeds than of the light ones. 
 I have purchased eggs from the lead- 
 ing fanciers of the heavy breeds and 
 I know how I came out, using "moth- 
 er hen" all the time as an incubator. 
 There are few of the leading fanciers 
 of today vcho live with their fowls. If 
 they trust the care of them to hired 
 help it may be' well in some cases, but 
 I venture it is poor attention in many 
 instances. 
 
 Most every one knows how to mate 
 fowls, but how many make it their 
 individual business to see to it that all 
 conditions are favorable for best re- 
 sults in the hatching and the progeny 
 of their stock. Most everyone who 
 has lived on a farm and paid any at- 
 tention to fowls know that the farm 
 range hens' eggs will produce a bet- 
 ter per cent of chicks from the same 
 number of eggs than the fanciers who 
 yard their stock close year in and 
 year out. Then if we would bring 
 about best results we must so yard 
 our breeding stock that they well 
 have ample range to exercise, as does 
 the farm hen. They don't need all 
 outdoors for this purpose, but they do 
 require room enough that they don t 
 feel confined, and so that when a 
 strange person enters the yards they 
 can get out of the way, and not fly 
 out of the pens. The grass should 
 support the fowls, or, in other words, 
 when the yards are kept bare all 
 summer they are overstocked. I have 
 known this a long time. I have 
 tried both kinds of yards and have 
 noted results. I have ample room to 
 spread (although our land is worth 
 $400 or $500 per acre) we are spread- 
 ing out in the business about as fast 
 as our business requires, our land is 
 planted to fruit and our yards are in 
 the orchards. Pears, cherries, plums, 
 etc. The fowls are a benefit to the 
 trees and the falling fruit the same 
 to the fowls. 
 
 We are running three incubators, 
 one (lamp) brooder, and three hot 
 water jug brooders at this writing. 
 Keep five lamps burning all the time 
 and 500 eggs in process of incubation, 
 and it may be of interest to mention 
 that we have one hot air and one 
 hot water and one hot air and hot 
 water combined incubators at work. 
 We don't have much time to play mar- 
 bles or go out pleasure seeking. 
 
 Giving the stock more range means 
 more steps each day for the attend- 
 ant, but there is a whole lot of com- 
 fort in it to know that when we set 
 or sell eggs that there will be a sat- 
 isfactory hatch come off. 
 
 E. W. GEER. 
 Farmington, Mo. 
 
22 
 
 WHITE, PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
 
 l>iOw is the time and David City, Neb , 
 is the place to buy epgs that will 
 start you rijfht. (Kgg's are i atching- 
 (food. Our birds were prize winners 
 at the Nebraska State Show, 1902. 
 Write for prices. 
 
 J. W. HALL, David City. Nebr 
 
 ^iQUEEN CITYa^ 
 
 BUSINESS COLLEGE. 
 
 One of the leading^ schools of the west' 
 Larg'e attendance. Great demand for 
 its graduates. Expenses low. Address 
 
 H. S. Miller, Pres., Hastings, Neb 
 
 Reference: Sure Hatch Incubator Company 
 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 The kind that win and lay eggs. 
 Satisfaction to all. Circular free, 
 
 H. SHIVVERS, Knoxville, la. 
 
 Lock box 500. 
 
 BARGAINS IN BARRED P. ROCKS. 
 
 Edson's Keslstered Strain, from a long line 
 of prize-winning ancesters; have made them 
 a spi'cliilty for 19 yeara. Now oCFerlnK fine 
 pxlilblllon and grand bfpeding stock of both 
 IWHiand 1901 hatch at moving price if tal<en 
 Mion. t^rnd for illustrated circular with 
 half-tnnes of meritorious birds. Address, 
 
 M. L. EDSON, Jacksonville, III. 
 
 Pan-American Houdan Yards, 
 
 — Wauseon, Ohio. — 
 
 Breeder of yne exhibition Houdans. 
 Breeders score from 92toi)534. Head- 
 ed by cock 94 >2. Prices reasonable. 
 
 Henry Weichmann, 
 
 Box 94. Wauseon, Ohio. 
 
 Eggs 
 
 Thorouehbred Barred P. Rock eees 
 two dullars per setting of fifteen, (iol 
 den Sebright Kantatns, two dollars 
 citing of fifteen. Col.>rcd Muscovy ducks, 
 lollars per setting of eleven. My stock 
 nil str.>iiii and vigorous and have farm 
 e. All eirgs shipped will be strictly fr< 
 
 Mrs. D. T. STONE. DeKalb, MO. 
 
 Clover liidge Poultry Kurm. Route No. 
 
 Black Langshan, )yh''^J*A '*?<:''■ i^- 
 
 " C. Buff Orpington 
 
 W. Holland Turkeys, Mammoth White 
 Pekin Uuck, E. E. Smith strain. Eggs 
 from $1.00 to $2.50 per setting. Won at 
 Lincoln and Kansas State Shows. IS 
 ribbons from 1 to 5. Poor hatches du- 
 plicated at half price. 
 
 Mrs Henry Shrader, Berlin, Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 EGG ORDEfiS. Book now fof Houston, 
 
 p. R 2 mating.", score from 90 to 
 _ O^'/z. Eggs $.'i. per I.'). $r> per 100. 
 ♦ Buff Orpingtons, (yards; 2 yards 
 solid buff wing and ami tail, eggs 
 $,') per 1,'), $S per :)0 Buff Orping: 
 ton;, 1 yaid, eggs Sli per 15, $5 
 per 30 Buff' Orpingtons, 1 yard 
 eggs S2 per 1,5, $5 per -lO. 
 
 Winners wherever shown. 
 Won more first and seconds than 
 any other man. Guarantee good 
 hatches, true to name and fresh. 
 
 A. L. HOUSTON, Red Oak, la. 
 
 Please Let Me Tell You 
 
 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 
 trios, pens and -ingles at bargnins for the 
 next 30 days. Also a few R C B Leghorns. 
 Eggs In season. 
 
 Mrs. Ida Bard, Imperial, Nebraska. 
 
 Blue Barred ^ 
 Plymouth Rocks 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per 15, $3.00 per SO, $S.OO 
 
 per 100. Our stock is first class. 
 P. J. SCHWAB, Clay Center, Nebr 
 
 My Buff Orpingtons 
 
 At Nebraska State Show, 1902, made 
 8 single entries and took 1st ckl, 2d ck, 
 1st and Sth hen, 3d and 4th pullet If 
 you are going to buy eggs send for my 
 circular. Orpingtons and (Thompson) 
 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
 
 JOHN A LING 
 
 Harvard - - Nebraska 
 
 Black Langshans— 
 
 Tho winter layers, of standard 
 
 weights, good colored plumage 
 
 \S/_^ and eyes, well feathered shanks 
 
 "Tl^" no scrube among them. Score 
 
 9.3 to 97. Eggs $2.00 per 15, 
 
 C U. Hurlburt, 
 
 Fai.bury, Neb. 
 
 SILVER WYANDOTTES 
 
 MY BIRDS have been on exhibition at the last 
 eight State Shows and many other large 
 shows, winning more premiums than all 
 other competitors of this variety combined. 
 (Jood birds for sale. Eggs from prize pens 
 15 for $3. 30. $S- From standard bred 
 stock, farmrange. lUO. $4. 
 
 mps J. Ul. CAUSE, 
 
 Empofia, I^an. 
 
 Buff Rocks 
 Pekin Ducks 
 Toulouse Geese 
 Bronze Turkeys. 
 
 MRS. FLORA 
 SHROYER, 
 
 Perry, O. T. 
 
 The Michigan g| 
 Poultryman... » 
 
 Only Exclusive Poultry 
 Paper in Michigan 
 
 All the practical poultrymen contrib- 
 ube to its pages. Expert poultry- 
 men will give its readers free 
 such information as they 
 may ask for. 
 
 All the news of the poultry world, 
 illustrated. 
 
 Well 
 
 Michigo-n PoviltrymaLn, 
 
 IthacaL. Mich 
 
 Cherry Hill Poultry Yard 
 
 BARRED p. ROCKS, Exclusively. 
 
 Eggs $1.50 per IS. 100 for $6.00. 
 
 Mrs. Eva J. Gingrich, Aurora, Neb. 
 
 Satisfied People. 
 
 That's the kind thatrun the 
 
 MARILLA 
 
 Incubators and Brooders. 
 
 If tht^y are not Balmtieil we rtfuurf thtir 
 moDt-y. L&rgerbBlchea, pel feci BVHteai 
 M reirulatiog temperature, moiBturv and 
 'TentilatioD. All these polotsezpUined 
 Hot Air. **'1q oDr catalog'. Seat for two 2c stamps. 
 
 HARILU IHcilBATOB COMPAKY. BOI 97, ROSE HILL. H. X. 
 
 IFWEKMEWr;o^?^.^r,% 
 
 you our 20TH CENTURY CATALOG 
 
 lOc pets this book. I 
 
 Poultry Supplies 
 
 Ideal Leg Bands ISc per dozen, $1 
 per 100. 
 
 Smith Seal Bands 25c per dozen, fl 
 per 60. 
 
 Standard of Perfection each $1. 
 
 Spray Pumps each 75c. 
 
 Liquid Lice Killer, gallon can 75c. 
 
 Conkey's Roup Cure 50c land 1.00 a 
 box. 
 
 Chamberlain's Chick Food $2.50 per 
 100 pounds. 
 
 J. D. W. Hall's Guaranteed Roup 
 Cure 50c and $1 a box. 
 
 Reliable Spring Punches each 25c. 
 
 Midland Poultry Food at factory 
 prices. 
 
 Humphrey Bone Cutter F. O. B. Clay 
 Center, $12. 
 
 Oyster Shells F.O. B. Lincoln, Neb. 
 per 100 pounds $1.20 
 
 Litne Stone Grit and Mica Grit F. O* 
 B. Lincoln, per 100 lbs $1.00 
 
 Bone Meal, Raw Bone, Beef Chops, 
 Blood Meal, as cheap as the cheapest. 
 
 Sure Hatch Poultry Co., 
 
 Clay Center, Nebr, 
 
POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 23 
 
 For 
 
 All kinds 
 of fancy pg- 
 eons. Prices 
 reasonable. 
 
 Toulouse g-eese eg-g-s 20c each. Rouen 
 duck eg-ffs 18 for 11.00. White Hol- 
 land Turkey eggs, $1..TO for 9. Also 
 Houdans, Golden Sebright, Ban- 
 tams, Buff, Brown and Black Leg-- 
 horns, S. S. Hamburg's, C. I. Game;-, 
 Buflf Cochins, Pearl Guineas, Buif 
 and Silver Laced Wy a ndottes. Poul- 
 try eggs, 1.5 for $1.00. Yards score 
 from 90 to 94J2 points. Satisfaction 
 guaranteed. 
 
 D. L. BRUEN, • Oldenbusch, Neb. 
 
 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. 
 Eg-gs per setting, $2.00. Two set 
 tings for fn.SO. Address 
 
 PINKERTON & Co. Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 L,ock Box 24. 
 
 Barred Plymoutli Kocks 
 
 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. 
 
 Mrs. A. B. Jones, 
 
 Abilene - . . - Kansas. 
 
 POULTRY ff?. 
 
 at CUT PRICEb 
 
 CATALO0UK>'"Ki;i 
 
 Ent. Co.Cnlumbui. C 
 
 Morning Viewggoi 
 Poultry Yards. 
 
 .HAVE. 
 
 ..Barred Plymouth Rocks... 
 
 Extra large heavy bone, finely bar- 
 red, full above the eyes. 
 
 Eggs in Season. $1.50 per Setting. 
 
 James M. Perkins, 
 
 RAVENWOOD. . : : MISSOURI. 
 
 H.-. wW ORPINGTONS 
 DVIII LEGHORNS 
 
 a^nd Brown Leghorns 
 
 Young or old stock, first class birds cheap 
 Hundreds to select from. Eggs all the time 
 M.& F. HERMAN. 
 
 Bx 178. Hinsdale. Ill 
 
 Conkey's 
 Roup Cure 
 
 Cure (iuaranteed! 
 
 THE only remedy positively 
 known 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 
 all others. Uno 50;cent package manes 35 gallons of medicine. Directions with 
 cTerv package. If It falls to cure money refund. Postpaid, small sIzb 50c. large $1. 
 Conkey's Louse Killer never falls to Hll. Try It. 35 cents per package, and 
 I.T cents ext' a for postage 
 
 Conkey's Egg Food arvd Poultry Tonlo will keep your fowls In perfect 
 health, and pro. uce uiorv eggs than any -.linll:.r prenaratlnn. 25 cents per package 
 and I.'i cenis extra for postage. C. E. CONKEY <S. CO.. Clevelcvnd, O. 
 
 Faclfl ■ roast agi^tits; Petaluma Incubator Co.. I'etaluma. (Jal. Eastern wholesale 
 office; .No.s Park Place, New York City and S,H. I. Co., t^hiy Center. Nehr. Knr 
 s:ile liy all pcmltry supply houses. ^?-AirHnIs wanted. 
 
 Union Lock Poultry Fence. 
 
 For Poultry, Rabbits, ^g. Orchards, Gardens, etc. 
 
 ^ r 
 
 » m. 
 
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 Stronger and closer spacing than any other make. 
 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 
 prices. Catalogue free. 
 
 UNION FENCE CO., DE KALB, ILL., U. S. A. 
 
 \ FRANK MYERS, 
 (Free Port, III., U.S. A. 
 
 S Box 20. 
 
 i Breeder "f * — 
 
 I Barred Plymouth Rocks 
 
 %Thpy are Barred Rlsht and eood 
 5 size. KefTs 15 for I3. 30 for |:t.50. 
 5 50 for 4.00. 100 for 7.00. 
 
 Also manufacturer of| 
 Ideal Aluminum Leg \ 
 
 Band 
 
 The acknowledged leader. 12 fors 
 15c. 25 for 30c. 50 for 50c. 100 for ( 
 75c. Samples and circular. of t 
 Barred Kocks mailed t 
 
 for stamps. i 
 
 k^a^^^^^k'^iV^Fk^ v^k^.^^^ k^^^^^^^ tf««^««jtfm tfVM^^.^^ ^^^i^^r^^ 
 
 lY. «/« Cheney f ^ 
 
 Breeder of 
 Thoroughbred Pouhry, 
 
 BOX 68-^ ~trCVBK, MO 
 
 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. 
 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 
 The Cheney Poultry Farm. Catalogues free. 
 
 W. J. CHENEY. 
 
 Crawford Co. 
 
 -^%r-CUBA, MO 
 
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 Printing: for 
 
 Poultrymen 
 
 Wei are prepared to do all kinds of 
 printinsr for poultrymen. We hare the 
 hichcsl srrade machinery and new ma- 
 terial; all work guaranteed first-class. 
 Free use of standard poultry cuts to 
 patrons. Write us your wants and get 
 our prices on your work. Address, 
 
 Poultry Investigator 
 
 Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 PANDEMONIUM 
 
 Reigns supreme in your brooders and the chicks die wholesale 
 vou can positively check the mortality by using : : : : 
 
 PUR.ITAN CHICK FOOD, 
 
 a readily assimilated and scientifically balanced ration. Use it 
 under positive guarantee. 
 
 FRlLE:--()ur new and beautiful 64-page catalogue. Finest ever 
 issued. A mine of information. Send at once to America's 
 largest plant 
 
 PURITAN POULTRY FARMS, 
 
 BOX 557 A. - - STAMFORD. CONN. 
 
 .Scott's Cure 
 
 For Cliicken Cholera 
 
 Guaranteed to cure Chicken Cholera 
 or money refunded. Testimonials on 
 applicatior Reference: Rising City 
 Bank. 
 
 B F SCOTT, Rising City, Neb 
 
 Clubbing List 
 
 By taking the advantage of the 
 following combinations you can 
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 Nebraska Farmer $1.00 $1.00 
 
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 POULTRY INVESTIGATOR. 
 
 Notice — We do not send samples of 
 •ther papers. 
 
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 Your stationery 
 
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 unless pnivjcn neatly. I do 
 
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 N. K. MENDELS, Brand Rapids, MIoh. 
 
 MR and MRS C A BLANCHARD, 
 
 ■ c^ii BPP.p.np.pg op r:^ ,„ 
 
 White Plymouth Rocks, White Holland Turkeys and 
 Pekin Ducks. 
 
 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- 
 
 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 fine lot of young stock for sale. 
 
 FRIEND, .... NEBRASKA. 
 
 RARRFII B'^^^^^'^ Bros. 
 
 ROCKS. 
 
 New York winners 
 is what my flock is built from. Win- 
 ners at the Columbus show, 1901-2. 
 Eggs $2.50 per 15. Stock for sale. 
 
 </. R, Hendarson, 
 
 Sta. B. Route i. 
 
 Columbus, Om 
 
 Mines' Liquid Lice Killer. 
 
 Will destroy all animal vermin. Keeps poultry healthy and vigorous when 
 used in conjunction with Hlties' Poultry Food. Pays foritself in the egg 
 basket. Directions for making 2.5c each. Barred Plymouth Rock eggs 
 $1.00 for IS. Mammoth Bronze Turkey eggs $1.00 per 9. 
 
 Mrs I. W. HINES, Walnut., Kan. 
 
 Golden Wyandottes. 
 
 Highest Grade, Healthy Vlgor- 
 
 ousji Stock, from careful 
 
 Matlngs. 
 
 S. p. VAN NORT, S.'igsS*'"'' 
 
 1st, 2d, and 3d pullet and 3d c'k'l at 
 St. Louis Show, Jan., 1901. Score 
 94-9234: -91 34 and 91, ■4' by Butterfield. 
 3 seconds at same show 1900. Ist 
 and 2d on pair at St. Louis fair. 
 Eggs for hatching, $2 per 13. Stock 
 or sale. Write for full information 
 
 Meyer's Langshans 
 
 80 good 
 ones to 
 
 ist and 2nd cock; ist and 4th hens; ist 2nd and 
 4th cockerels; ist 2nd and 3rd pullets; ist pen. 
 Score iSgJ^, Rhodes and Harris, judges- At 
 N. E. Mo. show in a class of 82 Langshans all 
 good ones, tied ist cock, won 2nd and 3rd; 
 tied ist hen; won 2nd and 3rd; 2nd cockerel; 
 2nd pen and tied 3rd; pullet. Eggs $2.00 per 
 15, $3.50 for 30, $5.00 for 45, from winners. 
 Records of other big winnings in catalogue. 
 
 o^o^o^o^ 
 
 L. E. Meyers, 
 
 Bowling Green, Missouri. 
 
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 ' MRS. PilNl^ERTON'S 
 •t CMJCK FOOD ^ 
 
 You can raise Chickens I Silver Laced Wyandottes. 
 
 — If you use — 
 
 Pinkerton's Perfection 
 
 CHICK 
 FOOD. 
 
 It contains everything that is essential 
 to the chick's life. Not a pound of 
 material in it that is not the best 
 the market afiord?. It is equal to 
 any chick food now on the market. 
 
 Price 25 lbs $1.00. 50 lbs $1.50. 100 lbs $3.00 
 Manufactured by 
 
 MRS. ANNA L. PINKERTON, 
 Clay Center, - Nebr. 
 
 GREER'S PEDIGREED 
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
 
 are in my breedme yens for 190: 
 ers get esfi« from Ih" 
 
 Pftiiltry Btliihits Proptily Judged 
 
 EiT'-'s from my birds never fail to produce Prize Win- 
 neks. The best place to bay eggs is from a breeder 
 who makes a specialty of one variety. "Blue Bird," 
 •Lady Blue" and the best I have raised for three years 
 Every bird a beauty and barred to the skin. My custom- 
 hens I use for myself. Send tor booklet of matings. 
 
 0. p. GREER, Bourbon, Inl 
 
 BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
 
 Write for Circular. 
 
 H, H. CAMPBELL, 
 
 Winners 1, S, pullet, 2 and 3, hen, 2, and 4, 
 ckl, and 2. pen at Nebr. State Show^, 1902 against 
 red hot competition. Eggs 1st pen, $4.00 per 
 15, 2nd, pen, $2.50 per 15, 3rd pen, $1.50 per 15. 
 
 Osceola, Nebr* 
 
 If your hens do not lay try our Grits. 
 
 We have several tons that MUST BE 
 I DISPOSED OF and we will ship you 
 at our ton rates F. O. B.: 100 lbs. Pearl 
 Mica Grit, 75c ; 100 lbs. Oyster or Clam 
 Shell Grit, 75c ; lOO lbs. Limestone Grit, 
 65c ; or all three to one address, $2.00. At this 
 price you can ship 1000 miles, as they go fourth 
 class freight. Our Pearl Mica will make your egg 
 shells perfect— a great thing when you ship eggs 
 long distance. 
 
 THE TIFFANY COMPANY. Lincoln, Neb. 
 
 ON'T Set Hens the Same Old Way, 
 
 and let lice kill them on the nest. 
 
 Tiffany's Sure Death to Lice Powder 
 
 will kill al ! vermin, and your hen will bring 
 herbrood off free from lice. Tiffany's Para- 
 gon Lice Killer "Liquid," guaranteed to kill 
 all lice and niitea. Instantly kills lice on 
 colts,calves, and hogs. By using our Sprayer a very 
 littlegoesagreatway. Penetrates all cracks. Spray 
 bottom of house for spider I ice. It is a poinr/ul distn- 
 fertavf. |1 per gal. can ; 65c ^ gal. Onegallonand 
 I Sprayer, $1.50. Can get it free where no agents by a 
 I little work for us. The Tiffany Co., Lincoln, Neb, 
 
 PETALUMA INCUBATOR 
 
 WHY IT HATCHES 
 
 ...HIGH PER CENTS... 
 
 Success in an Incubator depends upon two things : 
 
 the right principle and the right construction. 
 
 The uniform success of the 
 
 Petaluma incubator ^ 
 
 is not a raere"happen so." It hatches loo per cent of fer- 
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 scientifically correct, and because the very best skill and 
 workmanship obtainable are put into its making. It is built 
 right; it does its work right. We put a guarantee behind 
 it which means something. It isa hot air machine, and has 
 demonstrated that its regulation of heat, air and moisture Is perfect Made 
 in four sizes— from 54 to 324 eggs. We pay the freight anywhere in the 
 United States. It will pay you to send for our cttractive free catalogue. 
 Address nearest oflBce. 
 
 PETALUMA INCUBATOR GO.^ 
 
 X 58< Petaluma, Cal., or Box SQ, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 
 Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 26 
 pure bred. Price for 2 pullets $4. 
 Fine scoring 
 
 Albert Lisius> Lake Mills. Wis- 
 
 When you write mention the Investigator. 
 
 Nebraska Queen. 
 
 •First Prlxe Hen. WaIgM B Ibm. 
 
 Highest score any B. P. Rock at the 
 late State Show Judge Myers said 
 she was the tjest one he had seen 
 this year. I won 8 regular premiums 
 at the above show. 20 years a 
 breeder of this variety exclusively. 
 Write your wants. Af'dress 
 
 F. C. HIISMAN, Friend, Nebraska. 
 
 When you write mention the Investigator. 
 
 BUFF WYANDOTTES, 
 
 EXCLUSIVELY, Our Buff 
 Wyandottes are bred from 
 best strain obtainable and 
 in line. We breed the pure 
 golden Buff, not the dark 
 red. They're prize winners. 
 
 E. W. ORR, Clay Center, Neb. 
 
 Chester White Hogs for sale 
 
 you write mention the Investigator. 
 
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 CALVIN E. BARNEY, - - Kearney. Neb 
 
 Breeder of Light Brahinas Exclusively, 
 
 Now is the time to beautify and im- 
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 Eggs $2. for 15. $3.50 for 30. Some 
 choice pullets for sale. 
 
 vV'hen you write mention the Investigator. 
 
 Light Brahmas! 
 
 — First and 2d cock, hen, cockerel 
 and pullet at Interstate Poultry 
 Show at Red Cloud, Neb., also win 
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 stakes. 1st, and 3d pens 5ckls 4 pul 
 lets at Neb., state show at Lincoln 
 Stock and eggs at reasonable prices 
 
 J L SMITH, Cadams, Neb 
 
 When you write jnention the Investigator. 
 
CHAMBERLAIN'S PERFECT CHICK FEED. 
 
 BEYOND COMPARISON. 
 
 WORLD'S CHICK FEED OF TO-DAY. 
 
 CH»MBERL«m'S fERFECT CHICK FEED. like everythine else that has i 
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 OriKiniil Iiry Feed. Stamped on each saok "Chamberlain's Feed, HIrk- 
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 GOOD MORNING SISTER 
 
 f., I am ready fnr Chamberlain's Perfect Chick Feed. Dey and Always 
 
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 No Bowel Trouble wlii-n Chamberlain's Chick Feed is properly used. It is the fine . 
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 '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.':^ 
 
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 ^ Our Motto, "Virtute aon Astutra" ^ 
 
 
 HARES 
 
 BY 
 
 THE 
 
 HUNDREDS 
 
 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; 
 
 Fashoda Star 
 
 Score 90 by Judge Altnond, im- 
 ported, son of Ch. Fashoda. 
 
 Viscount 
 
 Score 9.) by Judge Finlev, im- 
 ported. 
 
 Lythcdale 
 
 Score 04 by Judg'e Finlev, im- 
 ported 
 
 Sir Crabtree 
 
 Score 93)4 by Judge Crabtree, 
 
 and other domestic bucks 
 
 that will sc ore 94 to 00. 
 
 RUFUS]IED^BELGIAN HARES 
 
 At prices ranging from $i to 
 $75 per head. reed 
 
 market stock, good color and 
 size, $2 to $3 per pair. Hardy 
 as nk Belgians (good to use 
 pairurse does) at $3 to $5 per 
 High scoring pedi- 
 greed stock at moderate 
 prices. Will refund money 
 pay return express 
 charges if hares purchased 
 are not as represented. Write 
 for free booklet and further 
 particulars. Rabbitries at 
 Maplewood and Fayette. 
 
 IMPORTED^ 
 
 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BELGIAN HARE COMPANY, 
 
 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 
 
 
 A Book Beautiful. 
 
 Prairie State Incubator Company 
 
 lLa\. it. :" liilli-'iu'tMlntedplritcd, 
 i-irial palntliiKs, 
 : ■«« niu^tratlons. 
 
 PralneSlaloIri:!). Co., Homer City, P«. 
 
 Smith's Mattimoth Pekin Ducks aad White Wyandottes Win. 
 
 Thirteen 1st, 5 2iids, at Nebraska state, Kansas state. Missouri state, Des Moines 
 Iowa. Clean sweep in four states. I entered 12 W. W. in Xebr. state show 
 and won 8 premiums; 1 ck, 1 hen. 1 pullet and 5 others. See circulars for re- 
 port of the champion flock. Get eggs for hatching from the winners. 
 
 Lincoln. Neb.. Box 456 
 
 E. E. SMITH 
 
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