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May  27,  1916. 
S he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
EGG-LAYING  CONTEST 
The  birds  at  the  Stores  contest  made 
an  extra  effort  this,  the  twenty-eighth 
week,  and  laid  4,720  eggs.  .“.20  more  than 
the  previous  week.  The  highest  number 
laid  in  any  week  last  year  was  4.244.  in 
the  twenty-seventh  week.  This  shows  a 
gain  of  470  eggs  over  the  best  week  last 
year.  Sixty-one  has  been  the  highest  pen 
record  this  year  up  to  date,  but  this  week 
three  pens  of  three  different  breeds  lay 
this  number.  They  are  Homer  1*.  Deal¬ 
ing's  It.  I.  Reds,  the  White  Leghorn 
Club's  White  Leghorns  from  Illinois,  and 
the  pen  of  “Oregons"  from  Oregon  Agri¬ 
cultural  College.  1'.  O.  Platt’S  White 
Leghorns  laid  00,  and  Pinecrest  Orchard's 
R.  I.  Reds  from  Massachusetts  laid  oh ; 
45  pens  laid  50  or  more.  As  01  is  over 
87  per  cent.,  it  shows  some  pretty  good 
laying.  The  total  for  all  the  pens  is  over 
07  per  cent. 
At  the  Newark,  Del.,  contest  a  Con¬ 
necticut  pen  of  White  Leghorns  from 
Conyers  Farm,  Greenwich,  made  a  per¬ 
fect  score,  every  lien  laying  every  day  in 
the  week.  Last  week  at  the  same  contest 
Tom  Barron's  White  Leghorns  just  miss¬ 
ed  the  perfect  score  by  one  egg;  one  hen 
laid  six.  all  the  rest  laid  seven  during 
the  week.  Of  the  500  birds  472  laid 
every  day  in  the  week. 
At  the  Storrs  contest  Obed  G.  Knight’s 
White  Wyandot tes  load  all  the  pens  in  the 
total  score,  being  15  eggs  ahead  of  Tom 
Barron's  peti  of  same  breed.  The  scores 
are  1,245  and  1,252.  The  pen  nearest  to 
these  two  leaders  is  P.  W.  Backus'  White 
Wyandottes.  score  1.081;  which  is  lSl 
eggs  behind  Barron's  pen.  This  shows 
the  three  leading  pens  in  the  content  to  be 
White  Wyandottes.  Will  Barron’s  Eng¬ 
lish  White  Leghorns  stand  fourth  with  a 
total  of  1,054.  The  week’s  record  follows: 
Barred  Rooks.  Week  Total 
A.  B.  Hall,  Connecticut .  33  781 
Mrs.  A  ml  re  ns  Brooks,  New  York .  45  721 
Frank  B.  TutUe,  Massachusetts .  37  758 
Jules  K.  TTuueuiK.  IxjIik  Island .  40  994 
Hampton  Institute.  Virginia  . .  47  710 
I’airfields  Farms,  New  Hampshire .. .  53  013 
O.  A.  Foster,  California  .  42  050 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon .  50  935 
Bo.  k  Bose  Farm.  New  York .  50  9  <3 
MeiuTalay  Poultry  Yards,  Ohio .  47  704 
White  Rocks, 
Branford  Farm,  Couuertieut .  31  000 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  30  883 
Albert  T.  I.enzcn,  Massachusetts -  55  892 
Kewecnah  Karin,  Massachusetts .  49  770 
Holliston  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts..  48  900 
Buff  Rocks. 
A.  A.  Hall,  Connecticut . 49  051 
Columbian  Rocks, 
Mrs.  George  It.  Wilcox,  Connecticut.  44  050 
White  Wyandottes. 
I. ime  Ridge  Farm,  New  York .  35  737 
National  While  Wynn.  Club,  Pn .  43  078 
olied  cl.  Knight,  Rhode  Island .  50  1.245 
I’.  W.  Backus,  Ontario  .  49  1,081 
Beulah  Farm,  Ontario  .  53  817 
Vine  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts......  47  Till 
Mrs.  R,  W.  Stevens,  New  York .  40  950 
Everett  K.  Wheeler,  Massachusetts.,  40  837 
J.  E.  Watson.  Connecticut .  53  820 
Tom  Barron,  England  . . . . .  53  1,232 
Marsden  Cross  1*.  Farm.  England,...  43  1,038 
Neale  Bros.,  Rhode  Island  .  52  099 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut .  53  877 
Silver  Wyandottes. 
Mrs.  Rena  C.  Bray,  Missouri .  33  811 
Columbian  Wyandottes. 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut .  3S  541 
Buff  Wyandottes. 
Hr.  N,  W.  Sanborn,  Massachusetts...  58  807 
G.  Arthur  Cook,  Massachusetts......  45  073 
Rhod6  Island  Reds. 
Colonial  Farm,  New  Hampshire .  42  920 
A.  B.  Brundage.  Connecticut .  .  51  942 
Hill  view  Poultry  Farm,  Sei-numt....  30  958 
Ilomer  P.  Iteming,  Connecticut .  01  830 
Charles  O.  PoUiernus.  New  York .  55  998 
8.  G.  McLean,  Connecticut .  37  705 
Springdale  Poultry  Karin,  Connect  ion  t  37  979 
Laurel  Hill  Farm,  Rhode  Island .  54  781 
A,  W.  Rimicry,  New  Hampshire .  47  1,025 
F,  P.  Clark.  Connecticut .  39  920 
Allan's  Hurdtobeat  Reds,  It.  I.......  44  803 
Charles  Becker,  Connecticut .  47  S3, 
Fatherland  Farm,  Massachusetts  -  45  804 
Jacob  E.  Jansen.  Connecticut . .  57  l.Ot'2 
H.  W.  < 'oiling wood,  New  Jersey .  37  784 
W.  11.  I  turn  stead,  Connecticut .  40  o2« 
Pinecrest  Orchards,  Massachusetts..  59  1,036 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  ........  41  841 
Jos.  Brandenburg,  Michigan  .  54  81i 
White  Leghorns. 
A.  E.  Hall,  Connecticut  .  50  827 
Braeside  Poultry  Farm.  Pa .  41  718 
.Tay  II.  Ernisso,  Now  York.... .  »VT  i5(] 
Broad  Brook  Farm.  New  York .  51  023 
James  H.  Lord,  Massachusetts .  54  038 
Mrs.  Rolliu  8.  Woodruff,  Connecticut  54  783 
Wiudsweep  Form,  Connecticut  .  55  828 
Francis  F.  Lincoln,  Connecticut .  55  935 
P.  G.  Piatt,  Pn .  £22 
Dictograph  Poultry  Farm.  New  York.  48  044 
K.  M.  Peasloy,  Connecticut. . . . .  40  805 
elms.  Haigt,  Ohio  .  50  578 
Tom  Barron,  England  .  4i  J8<J 
Will  Barron,  England  .  43  1.054 
J.  Collinson,  England  .  34  702 
Marsden  Cross  P.  Farm,  England....  39  808 
Buslikill  Poultry  Farm,  pa .  40  786 
A.  P.  Robinson,  New  York .  51  888 
River  Ledge  Farm,  Connecticut .  48  785 
Frank  It.  Hancock,  Vermont .  40  993 
Margarets  Poultry  Farm,  Ohio .  54  035 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  5i>  097 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  39  674 
W  E.  Atkinson,  < Connecticut .  57  800 
Ellis  W.  Bentley,  New  York .  52  800 
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day’s  notice  <a  *5  per  100  .  90'>  fertility  guaranteed. 
Aui  batching  the  strongest,  most  vigorous  chicks  I 
ever  hatched,  the  kind  that  live  if  given  half  a 
chance.  Baby  chicks  every  Tuesday  in  May's  $10 
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Capacity,  10.000  n  week.  Order  direct  from  this  n , :  v 
and  save  time  M>  Book,  **  Piofils  in  Poultry  Keeping 
Suited."  free  with  all  110  oxters.  Circular  Free. 
Edgar  BrlgifH,  Kox  75,  Pleasant  Valley,  N.Y. 
BABY  CHICKS  -  $10  PER  100 
JUNE  CHICKS  -  -  $9  PER  100 
BARRON-YOUNG  STRAIN 
To  insure  success,  get  these  vigorous,  bred-to-lay 
chicks.  One  farm,  stocked  with  2,000  hens  of  this 
strain,  is  getting  now— April  20— over  1,200  eggs  per 
day.  They  have  bought  chicks  each  year  for  the 
past  four  years.  Send  for  descriptive  circular. 
ARTHUR  H.  PENNY  -  Mattituck,  N.  Y. 
BARRON  WYANDOTTES I 
Chicks  and  eggs  from  pure  Barron 
strain  lions  mated  to  cockerels  we  im¬ 
ported  from  Toro  Barron's  heaviest 
Divert,,  birds  with  records  ranging 
from  272  to  383  orks  in  J>ullct  your 
chicks  tor  immediate  delivery.  Write  fo 
Mottled  Anconas. 
Claude  Clinton,  New  Jersey . 
Elmwood  Farm,  New  York . 
White  Orpingtons. 
Obed  G.  Knight,  Rhode  Island.... 
Oregons. 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon . 
Imperial  Progressives, 
Wm.  R.  Wells,  Rhode  Island..... 
Black  Rhinelanlers, 
A.  Schwarz,  California  . 
Barron  Stock  for  Sale 
We  have  for  immediate  sale,  an  exception¬ 
ally  line  lot  of  S.  C.  White  Leghorns— 
Yearling  Hens— of  Ri  ltarroa  Strain. 
These  arc  trap  nested,  heavy  layers  and  as 
good  as  the  very  best.  Soiling  to  make  room 
tor  young  stock.  Wo  will  have  in  August 
xtni  •,  r,*0  four  months  old  pullelx,  April  hatch, 
J4  Huirvir,  Strain  nncl  MX)  four  months-old  cocker¬ 
els,  April  hntch,  hi  Barron  Strain,  from  trap- 
nested  XtOCk. 
Our  flock  of  15,000  birds  is  in  perfect  health 
Vwimv*  wr»lrtirm< al  uny  time.  Beokfas 1  -I <J*rBfiow 
for  pullets  anil  cocker.  Is..  Writ*  lor  prlut-S 
THE  HAVEN  LAKE  EGG  FAIIM 
H.  L.  &  W.  L.  Grier,  I'rovrictors  -  Milford,  Delaware 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE, 
Hatching  Pedigreed  Chicks 
In  these  days  of  egg  records  and  close 
mating  from  small  pens  of  trap-nested 
birds  some  simple  method  of  identifying 
eggs  is  needed.  The  New  Jersey  Experi¬ 
ment  Station  has,  for  a  number  of  years, 
been  batching  these  eggs  iu  small  cheese¬ 
cloth  bags,  each  hag  being  securely  sewed 
and  so  designed  as  to  hold  about  six  eggs, 
each  hag  being  about  five  inches  wide  and 
ten  inches  long.  On  the  eighteenth  day 
the  eggs  from  individual  hens  are  placed 
in  these  bags,  only  the  eggs  from  one  hen 
in  any  one  bag.  A  paper  containing  the 
number  of  the  hen  and  the  number  of 
the  eggs  is  placed  in  the  bags,  which  is 
securely  tied.  During  the  hatching  per¬ 
iod  the  machine  is  left  closed.  After  the 
hatch  is  over  the  hags  are  removed,  the 
hatched  chicks  takcu  out  and  toe-punched 
or  handed,  and  a  record  kept,  of  the  dis¬ 
tinguishing  mark.  In  this  manner,  a 
complete  pedigree  and  ancestry  can  he  de¬ 
termined.  The  use  of  cheese-cloth  hags 
in  pedigree  hatching  is  believed  to  he  an 
efficient  and  simple  method  of  carrying 
on  this  particular  branch  of  pedigree 
breeding. 
20",  DISCOUNT 
;>v‘®  S.  C.  RED  and 
W.  LEGHORN 
We  have  1*000  Chix  ready 
B  j  each  week  and  miaruntuit  Safe 
W fl  Shipment  lu  ftny  point  &ast  of 
J  Rockies.  <S«mi  for  oar  iltus- 
V  frafci/  Cofal.uj.  (Pont  fVte) 
&V  for  Prices ,  etc . 
Justs  Poultry  Farm. Dept.  4,  Southampton,  N.Y. 
T  ON 
,S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS  ONLY.  The  World's 
Official  Record  Laying  Strains  of  America,  Eng¬ 
land,  Australia  and  New  Zealand.  Egg  and  Chick 
Circular,  25  Lay.  Cont.  Reports  and  Ghe  most 
practical  catalog  written.  "Utility  Facta”  Free. 
J.  R.  PARKS,  Box  Y  ALTOONA,  PA. 
BARRON  CHIX 
2-18-2fii)-284-egg  S-  C.  White  Leghorns.  Eggs.  $7  per 
lUU;  $60  per  1,000.  Chicks.  $15  per  100.  Mating  list. 
E.  CLAUDE  JONES  -  Hillsdale,  N.  Y. 
"As  good  ns  the  Best."  Leaders  ih  Laying  Contest. 
Delivery  after  May  I5t, h;  after  June  1st  lOeents.  2- 
y ear-old  hens,  tested  free  from  White  Diarrhea  by 
Storrs' Station,  mated  with  cockerels  with  records 
218-262.  3,000  chicks  per  week.  Illustrated  Circular. 
A.  B.  HALL  -  r  Wallingford,  Conn. 
Feeding  Chicks  for  Vigor 
What  feed  or  feeds  can  he  used  in  gl  ow¬ 
ing  Leghorn  chicks  s"  the  wing  feathers 
will  not  grow  so  fast  as  to  make  them 
droop?  Are  Leghorn  r-liicks  hatched  in 
July  as  profitable  as  April  or  May  hatched 
chicks  where  late  Winter.  Summer  and 
Fall  egg  production  is  sought?  Is  there 
a  suitable  substitute  for  skim-milk  for 
chicks?  If  so,  what  is  it?  Please  give  a 
formula  for  a  growing  mash.  r.  u.  B. 
Pennsylvania. 
Drooping  wing  feathers  are  not  the  re¬ 
sult  of  their  overgrowth  hut  of  the  lack 
of  vigor  on  the  part  of  the  chick.  Strong, 
vigorous  chicks  will  hold  their  wings  up, 
regardless  of  length  of  feathers,  and  the 
food  and  care  needed  to  prevnt  drooping 
wings  are  those  that  promote  vitality  and 
growth.  July  hatched  Leghorns  do  not 
seem  to  develop  quite  as  rapidly  as  those 
hatched  in  the  Spring,  aud  they  do  not 
make  Winter  layers.  If  properly  fed  and 
eared  for.  however,  they  should  commence 
hi  vine  in  earlv  Spring  and  lay  until  they 
BREEDING  BIRDS  ONLY 
250  S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
WYCK0FF  STRAIN  free  range;  40  acres;  lare*.  vigor- 
ons.  laying  heavily ;  host  health  gwi  ran  teeth  Pure 
white;  combs,  large  bright  red,  Legs.  strong  deep 
vellow  Big  laying  records.  Low  price-  Quick  sale- 
Fern  Rook  Poultry  Farm  -  Cresco,  Pa. 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
250  egg  strain .  Long  Deep  Bodies,  yellow  legs  ami 
beaks  and  large  red  comb-  that  lop  to  one  side. 
Hatching-Eggs.  Day  old  chicks  and  pullets  nil  ages. 
A.  R.  GRAVES  -  R.  D.  2,  Rexville,  N.  Y. 
IFF  STRAIN 
LEGHORNS 
•v  layers.  After  Mav  1st,  Eggs 
J.M.CASE.Gllboa,  N.Y. 
Tom  Barron’s  White  Leghorns 
Special— All  my  pens  are  headed  by  Cockerels  from  Lady 
Barron,  308  eggs  Pullet  year-,289  eggs  second  year.  Mat¬ 
ed  to  best  trapuestid  lions.  Egqi  11.00  per  IS.  55.00  oer  100. 
Satisfaction  gu.moteed 
P.  F.  RAFFERTY  ....  -  MARLBORO,  MASS. 
Do  You  Want  the  Best  “Utility  Chicks  pJc  price? 
They  are  from  free  range  stock  of  great,  vigor  and 
large  size.  Send  for  my  catalogue.  8.  C.  W.  Leg- 
hornsonly.  Barron-Wyekotl Strain  F.  M.  DAVIS 
Chime  Poultry  Farm,  Clncinnafcus,  New  York 
WHITE  LEGHORN  CHICKS 
llcalthv,  business  kind;  great  Winter  layers,  trap- 
nested,  including  llarron  strain  6-weeIt  pullets.  Booking 
orders  circular  free.  Il.iuiLrox  Fau.m,  Huntington,  N.Y 
S.C.  White  Leghorn  Hatching  Eggs  nTmVrap1 
Nested  Ileus  mated  to  high  pedigreed  cockerels. 
Write  for  Catalogue.  _  . 
Mill  BROOK  FARM.  M.  L.  Palmer,  Prop.,  Alfred  Station.  N.Y. 
Leghorns  BARRON  Wyandottes 
Egg  prices  reduced  May  1st.  Hens  with  records  made 
on  Mr,  Barron's  farm  of  273.  271,  26H.  etc.  Cockerels 
278-283  breeding  THE  BARRON  FARM.  Connellsville,  Pa. 
will  All  tbe  egg  basket  next  winter.  8.  C.  W.  Leg¬ 
horn.-;.  S  C.  Rhode  Island  Beds,  H  to  12  cents 
Hatching  Eggs.  YVy-Har  Farm,  Denton,  M<1. 
Going  after  May  15th,  our  entire  Hock  1916 
Single  Comb  White  Leghorns  EJJhf’fSSsS;"® 
200-egg  strain.  BINGHAM  EGG  FARM.  North  Bingham,  Pa 
hrarl  PnnHrv“RocKs’  Wy»»  .  Leo  .  Reds.  Orp., 
Drearouiuy  Mj„.  Brah  .  *e-  23  varieties. 
10,  $2.  Catalog  fr*-c.  H«nr,  It.  Mohr,  (Juikertown,  Pi 
Pill  I  CTRS-  O.W.  LEGHORNS 
U  LLC  I  O  barred  hours 
Engage  your  Pullets  now  for  Delivery  nest  Fall  at 
Four  and  Five  Months  old.  We  are  booking  Orders 
now  for  future  Delivery.  Price  so  toasonahie  it  will 
not.  pay  to  Raise  t  hem  yourself.  Uirenlar. 
THE  MACKEY  FARMS  -  Gillum,  N.  Y. 
RA NGE  Single  1  comb  While  Leghorn  Hens 
amt  COCKERELS,  PsIrrJ.Wiiqm;,,  Nor  III  Bunch, Sulllv,iiUo.,K.T 
r\  I!  Ipl/  C  BROWN  AND  WHITE  LEGHORNS  ROCKS. 
L  H  ILK  O  R  I  REOS  PARTRIDGE  COCHINS,  WHITE 
^‘  (IRPINGIONS  Catalogue  free. 
TV.  F.  I1ILLPOT,  Box  1,  Frenchtown,  N.  J. 
-7  and  8c.  Leghorns.  Money  re¬ 
funded  for  doad  chicks.  Circular 
free.  W  A,  LAUVER,  McAlisterville,  Pa. 
CHICKS 
Tom  Barron  Leghorn  Baby  Chicks  ^ K  want 
because  tlioy  are  "Noted  Layers.”  I  have  no  other 
breeds.  L. E.  Iugolttaby,  Hartwick  Seminary,  New  York 
Storing  IIen  Manure. — F.  E.  Upson 
speaks  of  building  a  tight  concrete  build¬ 
ing  to  store  hen  manure  hi..  He  also 
says  a  barrel  of  it  is  rather  strong.  Just 
think  what  several  barrels  would  be  in  a 
tight  house,  aud  wlxo  is  going  to  dig  it 
out?  Did  you  ever  try  it?  I  bet  you 
didn’t  stay  in  the  pit  more  than  five  min¬ 
utes  at  a  time.  If  he  builds  a  house  be 
sure  to  have  the  roof  raised  .so  as  to  let 
the  ammonia  out.  For  my  part  I  believe 
in  spreading  it  iu  at  once.  c.  R.  B. 
UfUITCItADIIICU  10-12  lb.  Males 
vvnl  I  LvUnllldn  7-9  lb.  Females 
Eggs,  $3  per  15.  Ten  Guaranteed  Fertile.  Replace¬ 
ments  Free.  Stamp  for  Catalog. 
MOUNTSVILLE  FARMS  Back  Road,  Mountville,  Virginia 
B1  f*  1  •  —  S.  C,  W.  Leghorn  Chix, 
abv  tllX  Hatching  Eggs.  Booklet. 
J  "How  lo  Grow  Cliix,"  with  $10 
order.  ROKEY  GLEN  POULTRY  FARM.  Poughkeepsie.  N.  Y. 
