Ducks arrived Monday evening (26th), in good shape. Am well satisfied with my bargain. Also received your book, "Duck Culture," for same I am very thankful. Respectfully yours, JOHN H. ROCKFORD. * * * * * NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 10, 1896. MR. JAMES RANKIN: Dear Sir-- I received the eggs yesterday, and am more than pleased with their size and appearance. I also appreciate your method of doing business. You sent me forty-five eggs, when I ordered three dozen, a surplus for breakage, etc., of nine eggs, five of which were broken in shipping. This alone shows your business capacity. Hoping that we shall be able to do more business in the near future, I remain, Yours very truly, J. J. TOMKINS. * * * * * STERLING, LUEDOWN CO., Va., Oct. 31, 1896. MR. JAMES RANKIN: Dear Sir-- Ducks arrived O. K. and am very much pleased with them, as is everyone else. I shall let you hear from me very soon in regard to incubator. Yours truly, R. S. VAN DEVENTOR. * * * * * HULL, P. Q., Can., Dec. 4, 1896. MR. JAMES RANKIN: Dear Sir-- The trio of Imperial Pekin Ducks that you sent me arrived Dec. 2d at Ottawa all right, and I must say they are beautiful birds of large size. The gentleman in charge of the Customs Examining Warehouse at Ottawa, says he never saw one like them before. He took your name and address. I had a number of visitors and they all admired them. I think I will send for one more drake. I thank you for your selection. * * * * * NO. DUXBURY, Mass., April 10, 1897. MR. JAMES RANKIN: Dear Sir-- Inclosed find $10.00. Please forward more Pekin duck eggs. Yours are the most fertile and produce the strongest ducks that I ever saw. Bill eggs--A. M. Fletcher, Mansfield, and oblige, Yours, A. M. FLETCHER. * * * * * THE INCUBATOR AND ITS USE By JAMES RANKIN A work compiled from over 30 years' experience by the author, telling the novice just how to manage his incubator, hatch his eggs and grow his chicks successfuly. PRICE, BY MAIL 25 CENTS We obtain the most of our cereals from the Washburn Crosby Co., CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, BOSTON, MASS. We find them a reliable firm always having a first-class article on hand, at reasonable rates. * * * * * What is Worth Crowing Over MICO-SPAR CUBICAL GRIT? Mico-Spar Cubical Grit is a hard mineral product containing sodium, aluminum, magnesium, lime and iron, natural chemical properties which every poultry raiser knows are necessary to produce paying hens. Paying hens lay their share of eggs regularly and willingly, never needing to be "forced" because they are well and strong. These are the slow but sure kind, the kind that helps raise the mortgage. [Illustration]