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EGG-LAYING  CONTEST 
The  twelfth  week  shows  a  gain  of  Do 
eggs  as  compared  with  the  previous  week, 
the  total  this  week  being  2,017,  In  the 
corresponding  week  a  year  ago  2.140 
eggs  were  laid.  03  more  than  this  week. 
White  Wyandottes  make  all  the  high 
scores  this  week.  P.  W.  Backus’  pen  from 
Ontario  leading  the  rest  with  a  score  of 
10,  followed  closely  by  Obed  G.  Knight’s 
pen  from  Rhode  Island,  score  45.  Two 
English  pens  of  White  Wyandottes  tie  for 
iliinl  place,  Tom  Barron’s  and  Marsden 
Gross  Poultry  Farm,  each  pen  laying  40. 
Jacob  10.  Jansen's  R.  I.  Reds  laid  59  and 
A.  W.  Rinnery's  pert  of  thft  same  brood 
laid  38.  i 
The  highest  score  made  this  week.  viz.. 
4G,  does  nut  seem  very  large  until  we 
figure  that  it  is  65.7  per  cent,  of  the  pos¬ 
sible  total  if  every  hen  in  the  pen  laid 
every  day  in  the  week ;  then  it  looks 
larger. 
The  ground  is  free  from  ice  and  snow 
now,  Jan.  25.  and  it  is  a  good  thing  to  let 
Hie  fowls  out  of  their  houses  to  have  a 
run  over  the  fields.  It  is  astonishing  how 
much  they  will  find  to  eat  in  addition  to 
the  green  grass  which  has  been  growing 
under  the  snow,  and  the  run  and  exercise 
does  them  lots  of  good. 
A  neighbor  trap-nested  her  Leghorn 
hens  for  a  year,  then  selected  those  that 
had  laid  from  200  up  to  200  eggs,  mated 
them  with  a  Barron  cockerel  from  a 
284-egg  hen,  which  I  bought  for  her.  She 
raised  80  pullets  from  this  mating,  and  is 
getting  over  50  eggs  a  day  from  them 
right  along.  That  is  what  good  careful 
breeding  does.  The  week’s  record  follows : 
Barred  Bocks.  Week  Total 
A.  B.  Hall.  Connecticut .  II  194 
Mrs.  Andreas  Brooks,  New  York .  10  91 
Prank  I,.  Tuttle,  Massachusetts .  14  201 
Jules  F.  FrnneatSi  J.ong  Island .  24  434 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  .  12  185 
Falrflclds  Farms,  New  llampsl.tiv.  .  .  10  318 
0.  A.  Foster,  California  .  8  ICO 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon .  25  2(i0 
Iioek  Rose  Farm,  New  York .  2H  225 
Mendelay  Poultry  Yards,  Ohio .  4  89 
White  Bocks, 
Branford  Farm.  Connecticut  .  24  122 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  32  225 
Albert  T.  Lenzen,  Massachusetts .  32  201 
Keweenah  Farm.  Massachusetts .  18  191 
Holliston  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts...  28  257 
Buff  Bocks. 
A.  A.  Hall,  Connecticut  .  30  134 
Columbian  Bocks. 
Mrs.  George  R.  Wilcox,  Connecticut . 
White  Wyandottes. 
Id  me  Ridge  Farm,  New  York . 
National  White  Wyan.  Club,  Pa . 
Obed  G.  Knight.  lUtude  Island . 
P.  W,  Backus,  Ontario  . 
Beulah  Farm.  Ontario  . 
Vine  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts . 
Mrs.  It.  W,  Stevens,  New  York . 
Everett  E,  Wheeler,  Massachusetts.. 
J.  E.  Watson,  Connecticut  . 
Tom  Barron,  England1  . 
Marsden  Cross  P.  Farm,  England ...  . 
Neale  Bros.,  Rhode  Island  . 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut  .... 
Silver  Wyandottes, 
Mrs.  Lena  C.  Bray,  Missouri . 
19  53 
17  179 
Columbian  Wyandottes, 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut  .  23  59 
Buff  Wyandottes. 
Or.  N.  W.  Sanborn,  Massachusetts...  9  252 
G.  Arthur  Cook.  Massachusetts  .  1C  21ti 
Rhode  Island  Beds. 
Colonial  Farm,  New  Hampshire .  33  281 
A.  R.  Bruiidnge,  Connecticut . 27  19(1 
llillvicw  Poultry  Fanil,  Vermont .  32  318 
Homer  I*.  Denting,  Connecticut .  19  140 
Charles  O,  Polhcmus,  New  York .  28  2.82 
S.  G.  McLean,  Connecticut  .  10  8<; 
Springdale  Poultry  Farm,  Connecticut  81  295 
Laurel  Ilill  Farm,  Rhode  Island . .  18  t;4 
IT.  W.  Sanborn,  Massachusetts .  22  211 
Harry  It.  Cook,  Connecticut .  10  177 
A.  W.  Kuniery ,  New  Hampshire .  38  321 
F.  II.  Clark,  Connecticut  .  37  294 
Allan’s  llardtobent  Red's,  Rhode  Island  12  104 
Charles  Reckon,  Connecticut  .  31  187 
Fatherland  Farm,  Massachusetts .  18  174 
Jacob  E.  Jansen,  Connecticut .  39  Mill 
XL  IV,  Colllngwooil.  New  Jersey .  28  17ti 
W.  H.  Bumsteud.  Connecticut .  21  !I9 
Pineerest  Orchards,  Massachusetts.,..  2'.'  2M 
Hampton  InsUtil fe,  Virginia  .  24  235 
Jog.  Brandenburg,  Michigan  .  25  180 
White  Leghorns.  v 
A.  B.  Hall.  Connecticut.  .  8  271 
Braeside  Poultry  Farm.  Pa .  17  227 
Jay  H.  Ernisse,  New  York . 19  182 
Broad  Brook  Farm,  New  York . .  2  44 
Janies  11.  Lord,  Massachusetts .  4  118 
Mrs.  Rollin  S.  Woodruff,  Connecticut.  10  123 
Windsweep  Farm,  Connecticut  .  17  202 
Francis  F.  Lincoln,  Connecticut .  15  221 
P.  G.  Platt.  Pennsylvania  .  4  79 
Dictograph  Poultry  Farm,  New  York..  9  121 
F.  M.  Pcasley.  Connecticut .  22  210 
Clias.  Heigl,  Ohio . . .  4  84 
Tom  Barron,  England  .  31  312 
Will  Barron,  England  .  20  400 
J.  ColUnson,  England  .  28  203 
Marsd'en  Cross  P,  Farm,  England .  20  201 
Bushklll  Poultry  Farm.  Pa .  20  144 
A.  P.  Robinson.  New  York .  23  234 
River  Ledge  Farm,  Connecticut .  21  154 
Frank  It.  Hancock,  Vermont .  38  272 
Margareta  P.  Farm,  Ohio .  5  88 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  . 11  140 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  14  178 
MT.  E.  Atkinson,  Connecticut .  10  107 
Ellis  W.  Bentley.  New  York  .  21  195 
N.  W.  Hendry* ,  Connecticut .  8  78 
Bonnie  Brook  Poultry  Farm.  N.  Y....  12  213 
George  Phillips,  Connecticut .  12  129 
Hamilton  Institute,  Virginia  .  10  164 
Toth  Bros.,  Connecticut  .  3  63 
While  Leghorn  Club,  Illinois  .  30  169 
Harry  Williams,  Connecticut  .  10  177 
Oakeroat  Farm,  New  York .  10  101 
.las.  F.  Harrington,  New  Jersey .  18  241 
Summer  Grove  Farm,  Ohio  .  3  109 
Buff  Leghorns, 
L.  E.  Heasley,  Michigan  .  7  49 
o.  L.  Mngrey,  Connecticut .  8  73 
Black  Leghorns. 
J.  Collinson,  England  .  27  220 
Red  Sussex. 
Dr.  E.  K.  Conrad,  New  Jersey . .  8  51 
Mottled  Anconas. 
Claude  Clinton,  New  Jersey... .  13  180 
Elmwood  Farm,  New  York  .  27  114 
February  5,  191G. 
White  Orpingtons. 
Obed  G.  Knight,  Rhode  Islaud .  IS  121 
Oregons. 
Oregon  Agr.  College.  Oregon  .  21  238 
Imperial  Progressives, 
Win.  R.  Wells,  Rhode  Island .  18  94 
Black  Rhinelanders, 
A.  Schwarz,  California  .  26  143 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE. 
Side-hill  Henhouses 
Will  you  give  mo  information  on  how 
lo  build  a  henhouse  on  a  side  hill,  in¬ 
cluding  the  manner  of  digging  the  bank 
and  the  size  and  dimensions  of  lum¬ 
ber  to  use?  Also  please  state  the  best 
type  of  ventilating  for  this  henhouse. 
F.  L.  D. 
The  size  nnd  dimensions  of  lumber  to 
he  used  in  building  a  henhouse  depend 
very  largely  upon  the  size  and  dimen¬ 
sions  of  the  henhouse.  If  it  is  proposed 
to  dig  into  a  bank,  a  wall  may  be  laid 
up  that,  will  serve  both  as  a  retaining 
wall  for  the  bank  and  a  rear  wall  for 
the  building.  It  should  be  about  five 
feet  high,  and  a  drainage  ditch  should 
he  constructed  beneath  or  behind  it  to 
curry  away  all  water  seeping  from  the 
hill  without  permitting  it  to  enter  the 
henhouse  through  the  wall  or  beneath  it. 
Such  a  building  may  well  be  from  10  to 
20  feet  wide,  and  long  enough  to  give 
the  proposed  number  of  fowls  that  it  is 
designed  to  house  at  least  three  square 
feet  of  floor  space  each.  There  is  probably 
no  more  successful  method  of  ventilating 
:t  henhouse  than  through  an  "open  front.” 
This  means  that  a  portion  of  the  front, 
usually  about  a  third,  should  be  open  and 
protected  from  storms  only  by  a  hinged 
curtain  that  can  he  dropped  when  need 
be.  It  is  guarded  at.  all  times  by  wire 
poultry  netting.  Any  building  should  be 
high  enough  to  permit  walking  about 
within  it  without  stooping  and  it  may 
be  built  of  any  kind  of  material  that 
suits  the  taste  and  poeketlmok  of  the 
owner.  M.  B.  d. 
Poultry  Questions 
1.  I  am  feeding  the  North  American 
contest  feed  with  good  results.  Is  this 
feed  regarded  as  forcing?  Being  au  ama¬ 
teur  poultry  keeper  some  neighbors  here 
who  keep  chickens  remark  that  they  could 
force  a  hen  to  lay  so  much  it  would  kill 
her.  Could  you  tell  me  what  they  feed 
to  do  this,  or  what  can  be  fed  to  get  the 
same  results?  2.  Gan  you  give  me  a  ra¬ 
tion  that  can  be  fed  to  breeding-  stock 
with  good  results?  3.  I  have  some  very 
good  April  hatched  pullets  that  I  would 
like  to  mate  with  a  very  sturdy  and  vig¬ 
orous  cockerel,  I)o  you  think  that  it 
could  he  done  with  satisfactory  results? 
4.  If  I  were  to  cross  a  White  Leghorn 
cockerel  with  White  Rock  hens  can  you 
tell  me  if  the  crossing  of  the  two  breeds 
would  have  a  tendency  to  lower  the  egg 
yield  ?  C.  C. 
New  Jersey. 
1.  I  shall  have  to  differ  from  your 
neighbors  who  profess  to  he  able  to  force 
a  hen  to  lay,  by  feeding  or  by  any  other 
means.  By  a  "forcing  ration”  is  meant 
one  that  contains  a  large  proportion  of 
protein,  especially  of  auimal  origin.  Pro¬ 
tein  is  the  clement  especially  concerned 
in  egg  production,  while  carbohydrates 
furnish  heat  and  energy  to  the  fowl. 
While  protein  can  be  utilized  to  a  certain 
extent  in  the  place  of  carbohydrates,  it 
is  expensive  and  should  not  he  fed  in 
great  excess.  It  is  as  necessary  that  a 
lien  should  have  her  bodily  needs  supplied 
as  it  is  tlmt  she  should  have  a  surplus 
of  protein  from  which  to  make  eggs. 
This  arbitrary  division  of  the  functions 
of  protein  and  carbohydrates  is  not  phys¬ 
iologically  exact,  but  it  is  approximately 
so  and  serves  our  purpose  as  feeders.  I 
do  not  know  the  composition  of  the  ra¬ 
tion  used  at.  the  feeding  contest  that  you 
speak  of  but  have  no  doubt  that  it  is 
skillfully  combined  to  supply  the  needs 
of  the  fowl  and  encourage  egg  produc¬ 
tion. 
2.  Breeders  should  be  fed  as  are  layers, 
though  they  may  have  more  of  the  fat¬ 
tening  foods  during  the  early  part  of 
the  Winter  when  it  is  not  desired  that 
they  should  lay  heavily.  Toward  Spring, 
add  more  meat,  skim-milk  and  high  pro- 
ti  in  grains,  like  wheat  bran,  middlings, 
gluten  feed,  cut  clover.  Alfalfa,  etc.; 
those  being  then  needed  in  greater  quan¬ 
tity  to  supply  (he  elements  needed  for 
greater  egg  production.  Give  breeders  all 
the  liberty  possible,  and,  aside  from  heavy 
feeding,  as  good  care  as  you  do  your 
layers. 
3.  There  is  no  real  objection  to  mating 
April  hatched  pullets  with  early -hatched 
cockerels,  providing  that  all  are  well  de¬ 
veloped  and  vigorous.  Older  hens  lay 
larger  eggs  and  these  larger  eggs  produce 
larger  chicks ;  older  hens  have  had  op¬ 
portunity  to  demonstrate  vigor,  productiv¬ 
ity  and  longevity,  too,  but,  aside  from 
these  advantages,  I  do  not  know  that 
they  possess  any  superiority  as  breeders 
over  pullets. 
4.  Crossing  pure  breeds  has  a  tendency 
to  lower  the  egg  yield,  at  least,  this  was 
indicated  by  the  results  of  a  series  of  ex¬ 
periments  conducted  by  tile  Cornell  Ex¬ 
periment  Station.  In  your  case,  it  would 
also  tint  the  eggs  and  make  them  less 
valuable  in  the  New  York  market.  I  do 
not  know  what  weight  you  might  expect 
from  the  cross  between  Rocks  and  Leg¬ 
horns.  It  would  be  between  the  average 
weight  of  the  two.  M.  B.  D. 
