r 507 r 45 >py 1 l ^ r "*^ r "^k.ji!tic- , ^ ir •^^ ^k jJflk tJ^t •'Acjlik jftr •^ |r •■^j^^ vvvvs! T ♦ IV IX. I if/ "~^&£^r>&< Iflupl^eYS fcp {Rari^efe. TORKEYg FBR PR8FPP. ^ft*- -^g jdftcjj&rjidflk aftc jdlfcrjlhc. •»*'£«• ^fr 1 ^ K *^** A* 1 ^ tr afrc jftt iJV affcc jilbcjjfcc dtk-jlfcr THE CLARK 6 LONGLEY CO., Pmmrmms and Cnshavkhs. Cm.caoo. ■**» J%r a s Turkeys for Market. are down sick. And to prevent disease, breed only from healthy stock, keep your premises clean, and feed and care for your turkeys as I have directed m the preceding pages. CHAPTER IX. Turkeys as Incubators and Foster-mothers. I am frequently asked, whether it be true or not, if turkeys ^an be taught to sit and hatch at any time of the year ; and also if a turkey that has not been sitting and hatching can be made to own and care for a troop of chickens or turkeys. Upon this subject Geyelin says: "At any time of the year, turkeys, whether broody or not, are taught to hatch in the follow- ing manner : Some addled eggs are emptied, then filled with plaster of Paris and placed in a nest, after which a turkey is brought from the yard and placed on the nest, which is then covered over with lattice. For the first forty -eight hours she will endeavor to escape, but soon becomes reconciled, when fresh eggs are substituted for the plaster ones. The turkeys will continue to hatch, without intermission, from three to six months, or even longer The turkeys are taken from the nests once a day to feed and water ; but after a while they cease self- feeding, when it is necessary to cram them. When a turkey has been hatching for some months and shows a disposition to leave off, a glassful of wine is given her in the evening, and a number of chicks sub- stituted for the eggs ; on waking up in the morning she takes kindly to them and leads them about, strutting amidst a troop of seventy to a hundred chickens with all the dignity of a drum- major. When a troop-leader is required that has not been hatch- ing, such as a capon or turkey, then it is usual to pluck some feathers from their breasts, give them a glass of wine, and whilst they are in a state of inebriation, place the chickens under them. When they get sober the next morning they feel that some sudden change has come over them, and as the denuded part is kept warm by the chickens, they take kindly to them." never treated any of our turkeys that way, and cannot say whether it works satisfactorily or not ; am inclined to think not. THE SUMMIT LAWN POULTRY BOOK, VOL. I. NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. PEIGE TWEIETT'Y'-IFZ^rJE CENTS. - See What it Contains. PAGE. Address, Be Particular About 35 A Confused Gentleman 35 Bantams, Golden Sebright 80 Bantams, Japanese 78 Bantams, Rose Comb, White - 98 Bantams, Black Breasted Red G 81 Beginners, To 9 Bone Meal 95 Bones and Shells Calcined 103 Brooders - --- 61 Brahmas, Dark 46-47 Brahmas, Light .1 48 Corn, Charred 104 CornShellers .-. - 107 Charcoal - 102 Chickens 23-111 Chickens, How to Feed Young 6-62 Cholera 1. 7-12 Cholera Preventive and Cure... 13-33 Cochin Cock, Black 36 oochin Hen, Black 37 Cochin Cock, Buff 38 Cochin Hen, Buff 39 Cochins, Partridge.. ' 40-41 Cochins, White 42 Combs, To Keep from Freezing 14 Correspondents, Lady 25 Dotmniques, American 64 Ducks, Pekin 67 Egg Baskets. 67 Eggs for Hatching... .. 5-23 Egg, How to Get Free 6 Eggs, How Hatching After Shipping..- 14 Eggs in Sitting, How Many 24 Eggs Gathered. 25 Egg Room, Our. 28 Eggs, Prices of 54 Express Companies "... 35 Exterior View of Poultry House 85 Egg Testing for Incubator 105-111 Eggs— How Many Will a Hen Lay in a Tear.? 1 113 FactsWanted 2 Farmers Wanting Cocks, etc.. 32 Fowls, Health of 23 Fowls, Orders for 25 Fowls, Feeding the 28 Fowls, Shipping^. ....6-41-100 Fowls, Does It Pay to Keep 3 Fowls, Best, for Farmers - 14 Feed, Green 29 Fowls, Prices of 55 Grass 23 Guarantee 4 Hens Laying in Confinement 106 Hamburgs, Black 92 House for Rearing Young Chicks. 93 Hatching-House 93 Hamburgs, Silver-Spangled 62 Hatching, Success in. 4 Hens _ 41 Hens, Not to Eat Eggs 51 Houdans 76 Incubator House .. 117-93 Interior View of Poultry House 87 Incubator, How to Run : 106 PASE. Incubators HO Javas, Mottled 84 Javas, Black 60 Langshans - 74 Layers, the Best 4 Leghorns, Brown - — •- 52 Leghorns, White .: 50 Leghorns White, Rose Comb. 86 Leghorns. Brown, Rose comb 88 Layers, Best Winter 14 Mills, Shell and Bone.... 65 Night "Watchman 64 Onion Tops for Fowls ... 7 Opening for Poultry men 26 Orders 3-22 Oyster Shells 95 Offer to Boys 104 Poultry Book for 1884, Our 103 Poultry House, Ground Plan 112 Plymouth Rocks. Pure Bred. 8 Plymouth Rocks, Extra 49 Plymouth Rocks, White's... 56 Plymouth Rocks, Pitkin's 58 Plymouth Roc^is, Summit Lawn strain. 53 Pin 32 Polish, White-Crested, White.... 68 Polish, White-Crested, Black 70 Polish, Silver-Bearded 72 Polish, Golden-Bearded 90 Poultry Books 18-34 Poultry is King 24 Poultry-House, Economical 1 Poultry-House, Our New.... 10-85-91 Poultry-House, Well and Pump 14 Poultry Jelly 95 Poultry-Raising... . 3 Poultry, To Those Interested in Choice. 2 Poultry-House, Warm. .. 51 Prizes at Poultry Shows 9 Poultry vs. Beef 113 Poultry-House, Night Scene 89 Plymouth Rock, How Originated. Ill Poultry vs. Gold Mining ... 111 Questions vs. Time 105 Quails and the Farmer 63 Rats in Poultry^ House. _ . . 15 Roosts 31 Roots. ... 29 Roup. ... 13 Roup, One Main Cause c 33 Roof, to Cover 104 Shipments . - 22 Summit Lawn, How the >'ame Origi- nated 11 Summit Lawn Poultry Yard., Plan of... 27 Sunflower Seed, Russian 33 Stock.. 3-23 Spanish, White-Faced, Black. 44 Thermometers -106 Trios and Pairs, Facts About. ..102 Tar Paper ... 34-95-104 Turkeys, Bronze 94 Varieties and Numbers 8 Wyandottes — 66 Wire Netting — 97 Water Lime 104 Address: SUMMIT I. AWN POULTRY CO,, Arlington Heights, Cook Co , 111 GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. This Netting is the best thing for poultry -runs and divisions in poultry-houses of anything known. It shows poultry to the best advantage, and gives a free circulation of air all through the house. It is very durable, and costs but little more than lumber. It is easily attached to posts and boards by small wire staples, and lasts a lifetime. The mesh is two inches. It varies in width from twelve to seventy- two inches. The forty- eight- inch is a desirable width. Each roll is 150 feet in length and from 1 to 6 feet in width. Price, per square foot, by the roll lc 3 to 5 rolls ___90c per 100 square feet Less than roll, per square foot 2c Address — R. B. MITCHELL, 69 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. MITCHELL'S MATERIAL FOR THE POULTRY-YARD GROUND AND CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS. 10- lb. packages, per Bb 5c 50- Jb. packages, per lb 4c 25-5) " " 4^c I 100-Ib " " 3c BONE-MEAT, 10- Bb. packages, per lb 6c 25-Ib " *• 5c 50- R) packages, per lb 4%c 100- lb '• " 4c TAR-FETT PAPER, Put up in rolls of from 250 to 350 square feet, according to thickness. Price, per roll $2.00 GALVANIZED-WIRE NETTING, In rolls 150 feet in length and from 1 to 6 feet in width. Price, per square foot, by the roll lc " " " " less than roll 2c 3 to 5 rolls 90c per 100 square feet. RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER SEED, Package, by mail, prepaid 25c EGG BASKETS. To pack one or two sittings, per dozen $0 90 " three to five " " 1 00 POULTRY BOOKS, Any Book on Poultry mailed on receipt of publishers' price. POULTRY JELLY. Cures Scaly Legs and Frozen Combs. Put up in tin cans. Price, per can 60c JAPANESE EGG TESTERS, Each _- 50c Address — R. B. MITCHELL, 69 ZDZE-A-IEfcZBOIR-ILsr STBBET, CHICAGO, ILL. THE SUMMIT LAWN POULTRY BOOK. VOL,, 3d NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. » SEE WHAT IT CONTAINS. Page, i Page. Advertisers, Our 77 A Garden-of-Eden Rake 42 Agents Wanted 74 American Poultry 59-61 American Dominiques .. 56 An Office Episode 32 Ancient Egyptian Poultry.. 21, 22 Arlington Heights 43 Bantams, Black-breasted Red Game 62 Bantams, Golden Seabriglit .... 63 Bantams, Japanese...- 58 Best Fowls for Farmers. 75 Bone-meal .. 71 Brahmas, Dark 40 Brahmas, Light 41 Broilers 84 Bronze Turkeys, Mammoth 67 Business Law in Daily Use 23 Capons and Caponizing 50, 31 Caponizing 77 Chicks, Why So Many Die. ..Si, 82 Cholera 83 Cholera, Preventive and Cure 75 Cochins, Black......... 21, 25 Cochins, Bu3 )% 27 Cochins, Partridge 28 Cochins, White ... 29 Collect on Delivery. 9 CombSjFrozen . .. 75 Dominiques, American 56 Ducks, Pekin 64 Egg Baskets 72 Eggs from Egypt 12 Eggs, How to Boil ... 83 Eggs, How Many in a Sitting ... 84 Eggs, Price List of 68 Eggs, Price of ... 9 Eggs, Shipping 10 EggTester 73 English Poultry ri, 53 Epigram 15 Express Companies 10 Fowls, Price List of 69 Fowls, Shipping 10 FrenchPoultry 46, 49 Frozen Combs 75 Game Bantams.... 62 Golden Seabright Ban tarns 63 Grass 74 Hamburgs, Black. 44 Hamburgs, Silver -Spangled 45 Hens _. 75 Houdans _. 57 How We Commenced 7, 8 How We Feed Young Chicks. 74 Index to Advertisers 3 Invitation to Visitors 76 Important to Our Customers 9, 10 Improved Poultry-House 79 Japanese Bantams 58 Japanese Egg Tester 73 Javas, Black.... 51 Javas, Mottled 50 Ladies -43 Langshans 55 Leghorns, Brown 17 Leghorns, White 16 Leghorns, Rose -comb, Brown. 19 Leghorns, Rose -comb, White ..18 Address, Letters 77 Lime 74 Money Orders 9 Nest-Boxes 1.. 72, 80 Netting, Wire.. 70 Onion Tops for Fowls 15 Order Blanks 62 Orders, Duplicating 10 Orders, Making out 9 Our Advertisers 74 Oyster Shells 70 Paper, Tar-felt 71 Pekin Ducks... 64 Pip s 74 Plymouth Rocks 13 Plymouth Rocks, Pure-bred 86 Polish, White-Crested, White 33 Polish, White-Crested, Black 34 Polish, Silver-Bearded 35 Polish, Golden-Bearded 36 Poor Richard's Maxims 61 Postage - - 10 Postage, New Rates of 78 Poultry, American . ...59, 61 Poultry, Ancient Egyptian 21, 23 Poultry Books 72 Poultry Book, the Summit Lawn,1884.-. 85 Poultry, Egyptian 21 Poultry, English 52, 53 Poultry, French 46, 49 Poultry-House Improved... 79 Poultry in Literature -11, 12 Poultry Jelly 71 Poultryman, The Successful 74 Poultryman, The Unsuccessful 74 Poultry, Modern Egyptian 37, 39 Poultry Raiser, The.- 49 Poultry- Yard, Supplies for , 70, 73 Poultry, Warmthfor 75 Poultry, What Work Shall I Get On?... 85 Price Listof Eggs 68 PriceListof Fowls... 69 Red Game Bantams 62 Remittances 9 Report for 1884 93 Room Enough at the Top 76 Roosts 76 Roots 77 Roup 76 Russian Sunflower Seeds 71 Seeds, Russian Sunflower 71 Shakespeare, W., some Notes by 87, 92 Shipping Eggs 10 Shipping Fowls 10 Spanish, White-faced, Black. 54 Sunflower Seeds 71 Supplies for the Poultry- Yard -70, 73 Tar-felt Paper 71 Testimonials 87, 92 The Poultry Raiser 49 To Our Patrons for 1885-S6 5, 6 Turkeys and Turkey-Raising 65, 66 Turkeys, Mammoth Bronze 67 Ventilation 14, 15 Visitors, Invitation to 7G Warmth for Poultry 76 What Our Patrons Say 87, 92 Wire Netting 70 Wvandottes 20 SUMMIT LAWN POULTRY CO., Arlington Heights, Cook Co., IU, JAPANESE EGG-TESTER. To test the egg, hold it before the opening, with the thumb and forefinger on opposite sides, to allow the light to pass freely, as shown in the cut. Look through the egg at the* sun or a bright light. Turn it frequently ff the egg is fertile, you will see, on the fourth or fifth day, a formation similar to that shown in the accompanying cut, which is the first appearance of the chick. Price of Egg-Tester 50c. TIHIIE AMERICAN Standard of Excellence PBICB, $1.00. Address— R B. MITCHELL,, 69 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO, IX*Ii. ' THE PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPER A COMPLETE AND STANDAKD GUIDE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY, FOR DOMESTIC USE, THE MARKETS OR EXHIBITION. BEAUTIFUIiliY II>I>USTRATED, BY L. WRIGHT. COIsTTEITTS. SECTION I— The General Manage- ment of Domestic Poultry with, a View to Profit. Chap. I — Houses and Runs; and the Ap- pliances necessary to keeping Poultry with. Success. Chap. II— -On the System of Operations and the Selection of Stock. Chap. Ill— The Feeding and General Man- agement of Adult Fowls. Chap IV— Incubation Chap. V— The Rearing and Fattening of Chickens. Chap. VI— Diseases of Poultry. SECTION II— The Breeding and Ex- hibition of Prize Poultry. Chap. VII— Yards and Accommodation adapted for Breeding Prize Poultry. Chap. VIII— On the Scientific Principles of Breeding, and the Effects of Crossing. Chap. IX— On the Practical Selection and Care of Breeding Stock, and the Rearing of Chickens for Exhibition. Chap. X— On "Condition," and the Pre- paration of Fowls for Exhibition: and various other matters connected with Shows. SECTION III— Different Breeds of Fowls ; Their Characteristic Points, with Comparison of their Merits and Principal Defects. Chap. XI.— Cochin Chinas or Shanghaes. Chap. XII— Brahma Pootras. Chap. XIII— Malays. Chap. XIV— Game. Chap. XV— Dorkings. Chap. XVI— Spanish. Chap. XVII— Hamburgs. Chap. XVIII— Polands. Chap. XIX— French Breeds. Chap. XX — Bantams. Chap. XXI— The "Various" Class. SECTION IV— Turkeys, Ornamental Poultry, and Water-Fowl. Chap. XXII— Turkeys, Guinea-fowl, Pea- fowl. Chap. XXIII— Pheasants. Chap. XXIV— Water-fowl. SECTION V— The Hatching & Rear- ing of Chickens Artificially. Chap. XXV — The Incubator and Its Man- agement. Chap. XXVI— Rearing Chickens Artifici- ally. SECTION VI— The Breeding & Man- agement of Poultry upon a large scale. Chap. XXVII— Separate for Rearing Poultry. Farm, Conclusion. Establishments Poultry on the PRICE, POSTPAID, $2.00. B. 1£ITCHE 69 DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO. Cholera is the worst Enemy the Poultryman has to contend with. OUR CHOLERA MEDICINE has now been before the public over three years, and has gained a reputa- tion worthy of it. During 1884 we have sent it all over the country, and we are constantly receiving letters speaking in the highest terms of its curative qualities, and saving their flocks from the ravages of this fatal disease. Prices— In 2- lb packages, prepaid, per lb 50c. In. 5-ft> packages, prepaid, per ft) 45c. In 10- ft> packages, prepaid, per ft 40c. POULTRY BOOKS.— For sale at Publishers' prices. Standard of Excellence, price $1. Pitkin on Plymouth Rocks, paper, 30c; Stod- dard's Egg Farm, paper, 50c; cloth, 75c. L. Wright on Poultry, $2. Remit the amount, and we will mail any one of the above books, postage prepaid. WILSON'S PATENT GRINDING MILLS. For the Poultryman. For the Farmer. For the Gardener. No. 1. HAND BONE MILL, for grinding Dried Bones, Oyster Shells and all kinds of Grain. "Priced wei ght 35 lbs., - - • $5.00. POULTRY SUPPLIES. To keep fowls at all times in the best condition, you need some of the following articles, which are kept for sale by The Poultry Kaiser Company, and promptly for- warded on receipt of price. All orders must be accompanied by the cash. If you order goods sent by freight, enclose 50 cents to pay cartage, otherwise they will be sent by express. We prepay charges on all mailable goods. Heavy articles by express unless ordered by freight. CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS made from clean, fresh oyster shells, and is as good as can be produced. Twenty-five ft $1 ; 50 lb $1.75 ; 100 ft $2.50. If to go by freight, send 50 cents to pay cartage. RAW BONE MEAL, made from selected bones, and is very helpful to young as well as to old fowls, as it fur- nishes the material that nature requires as an aid to growth, and thus gives strength and stability to the skeleton of the bird, while it reduces the percentage of weak chicks. It should be mixed with the meal used in proportion of a tablespoonf ul to twenty fowls. 10 ft 60 cts; 15 ft 90 cts; 25 ft $1.25; 50 ft $2; 100 ft $4. TAR FELT PAPER. This is the best article known for roofs and lining poultry-houses. It prevents ver- min and helps to make the fowls healthy • it increases the warmth of the house and pre- vents dampness. Put up in rolls of from 250 to 350 square feet, according to thickness. Price, $2 per roll. POULTRY JELLY. This is a preparation we have found to be a sure cure, if used in time, for scaly legs and frozen comb, and the articles that enter into its composition make it more efficient than the ordinary remedies. Price 50c, ROUP PILLS. If obstinate cases of roup appear among your fowls, these pills are what you want, and will cure in nearly all cases where cleanliness and care are observed. Fifty pills in a box, 50 cts ; 100 pills, 75 cts. NEST EGGS Sulphur carbolated, - 75c per dozen Porcelain, .... 60c per dozen EGG BASKETS. One or two sittings, - 90c per dozen Three to five sittings, - 1.00 per dozen Wilson's hand bone mills, $5." If to be sent as freight, add 50 cents for cartage. TESTED THEPMOMETEKS for incubators, everyone being tested before sent out. If you want a reliable thermometer, one on which you can depend, mail us one dollar and it will be mailed to you postage prepaid. CAPONIZING INSTRUMENTS— A fine set in a neat case for $3. EGG TESTER— The Japanese Egg Tester mailed to any address on receipt of price, 50 cents. Address — 2R». 33. ZL/HITOIESTIT iT i, 69 Dearborn St, Chicago, ni. Poultry Architecture! How to Build Handsome and Convenient FOWL HOUSES DURABLY AND ECONOMICALLY. CONTAINS SEVENTY ILLUSTRATIONS. PRICE, 25 CENTS. Address— R. B. MITCHELL, 69 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO, = ILL. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 002 856 671 2 The Poultry kaiser. MONTHLY, 50 CENTS A YEAR R. B. MITCHELL, Editor and Proprietor, 69 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. THE POULTRY RAISER extends to you the right hand of fellow, ship, and wishes you to become a subscriber. THE POULTRY RAISER reaches more new Postoffices and mow new Breeders monthly than any other five Poultry Journals published. We make special rates to yearly advertisers, and will quote same to you on any amount of space yoa may desire. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THE FOLLOWING FACTS : That we have the largest circulation of any Poultry Journal published. That advertising leads to inquiry, and inquiry leads to sales. That we reach over six thousand postoffices monthly. That if you advertise in our columns it will not take the profit of your whole farm to pay for the ad. That the POULTRY RAISER is the farmer's Special Organ on poultry. That to be successful in business you must let the public know what you have for sale. That our advertising patronage is increasing faster than in any other Poultry Journal in the world. East Winthrop, Maine, ll-SO-'^. Editor Poultry Raisek: * * I have kept the best poultry of various sorts for the past fortr years, and have never seen, in all the papers which I have taken and read, a paper that suited me as well as the Poultry Raiser. Success to the PvATSBR, and long may it continue. MRS. M. THERESA SANSON. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 002 856 671 2