une  10,  1916. 
Single  Comb 
White  Leghorn 
EXCLUSIVELY 
The  third  sex 
I  in  the  chicken  yard  I 
EGG-LAYING  CONTEST 
The  thirtieth  week  shows  a  decrease  Bi 
in  egg  production  of  1.31  eggs,  as  com-  L.  e.  Heasioy,  miv 
pared  with  the.  previous  week.  Broodiness  u-  E.  Magifey,  Coni 
accounts  for  part  of  it,  and  the  fact  that 
the  most  prolific  months  are  past — or  J.  Collluson,  Englm 
nearly  so — accounts  for  the  rest.  Obed  K 
G.  Knight's  White  Wyandotte  machines  Dr.  E.  Tv.  Conrad, 
are  not  influenced  apparently  by  weather  Mott 
or  time  of  year  or  any  other  matter.  They  cimnle  Clinton.  No\ 
continue  on  the  even  tenor  of  their  way,  Elmwood  Form,  Ne 
laying  50-odd  eggs  every  week  anyhow.  Whit 
I  doubt  if  this  record  for  even  laying  for  obed  c,.  Knight,  R. 
nearly  four  months  was  ever  equaled  in 
the  world,  nr  ever  will  be  again.  Running  Oregon  Agr.  College 
backward  from  this  week  the  record  is  :  Imperii 
51-5T50-5S-55-50-5d-5.S-o!)-55-57-54-55-54-  wm.  it.  Weils,  Rhc 
54.  Their  total  to  date — 1,350 — is  23  Black 
eggs  ahead  of  Tom  Barron’s  White  Wynn-  A.  Schwarz,  Califor 
dottes,  Which  tire  second  in  the  total 
score.  P.  W.  Backus’  White  Wyandottes  _ 
from  Ontario  tie  with  Will  Barron’s  pen 
of  English  White  Leghorns,  each  scoring  bingle  C< 
I, 150.  The  White  Wyandottes  from  yye  j,ave  jjrofj 
Mn  ration  (  ross  I  oultry  1  a i  ni ,  Lngl.ind,  nianv  years,  and 
take  fourth  place  with  a  total  of  1,1.37.  „i0  eonib  birds  ii 
This  record  places  Wyandottes  pretty  fr,g  \ye  have  t 
well  to  the  front  as  the  best  laying  breed,  ways,  and  find  u 
Last  year  limy  beat  all  other  breeds,  j,ig  abilities.  1 
winning  first  place  when  the  contest  0« »mb  Wyandotte 
closed,  and  they  bid  fair  to  repeat  the  gje  Comb  bird  ov 
performance  this  year.  usually,  breed  th 
A  good  time  to  select  the  birds  to  bo  form  to  stand 
kept  for  next  year  is  when  the  chicks  are  therefore  do  not 
three  to  six  weeks  old.  Take  a  hunch  of  bred  them  and  li 
50  or  100  chicks;  separate  the  best  half  to  rose  comb  to 
of  them  from  the  poorest,  half,  and  note  They  are  in 
what  a  difference  there  is  as  to  develop-  rose  comb  birds, 
mont  in  size,  in  feathering  out.  in  general  the  single  comb 
thrifty  appearance.  One-half  will  fro-  one,  there  is  no 
quently  look  to  he  worth  twice  as  much  comb  White  W.v 
as  the  other  half.  Then  toe-mark  these  claim  they  do  n< 
thrifty  looking  chicks.  Next  Fall  the  birds,  but  I  doi 
others  may  have  caught  up  in  looks,  and  free  from  them., 
you  could  not  toll  the  thrifty  chicks  mi-  chased  a  trio  f 
less  they  had  been  marked.  But  they  are  Wyandotte  men 
the  ones  which  inherited  the  best  const i-  claimed  no  sing 
tutious ;  which  had  no  “setbacks"  when  fall  2%  of  singl 
very  young,  and  which  will  he  likely  to  I  have  heard  son 
transmit  their  vigor  to  their  descend-  is  not-  uucommoi 
ants.  Selection  of  breeders  is  “far  and  he  pleased  to  set 
away”  the  most  important  thing  in  poul-  dotte  recognized 
try  keeping.  given  its  full  rig 
The  week’s  record  follows :  wc  much  prefer 
_  ,  _  ,  ...  ,  ,  ,  BKTAR 
Barred  Bocks.  Week  Total  Massachusetts. 
A.  R.  Ball,  Connecticut .  40  8(1  _ 
Mrs.  Andreas  Brooks,  New  York....  43  800 
Prank  I..  Tuttle,  Massachusetts . .  37  831  Poor 
Jules  F.  FranealB,  Long  Island......  57  1,089 
Hampton  Institute.  Virginia  . 52  820  J  have  a  flot 
Fail-fields  Farms.  New  Hampshire...  30  980  mi...  i  . 
O.  A.  Foster.  California  .  39  725  , 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon  .  49  1,030  tt’l.  a  till  _lld\t  ill. 
Rock  Rose  Farm,  New  York. .  49  1,077  this  bpring.  I 
Mondclay  Poultry  Yards,  Ohio  .  45  790  dozen  a  day.  I 
White  Rocks,  red.  Do  not  Cl 
Branford  Fut-m,  COjiliieitirn t  ........  33  739  wet  below  the  V< 
Branford  Farm,  Connecticut  .  42  955  oorn  during1  the 
Albert,  T.  I.enzeu,  Massachusetts -  58  1,009  , n  , 
Keweenah  Farm,  Massachusetts  ....  29  833  POtatlM.8  t\Mit  i 
HoUiston  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts. .  41  1,045  Since  the.  tlOllb 
Buff  Rooks,  have  fed  oats  am 
A.  A.  Hall,  Connecticut  .  41  739  ^ew  *ork' 
Columbian  Rocks.  No  flock  can 
Mrs.  George  R.  Wilcox.  ConnecUcnt.  38  738  POSed  chiefly  of  < 
White  Wyandottes.  al'®  fattening  fn 
Lime  Ridge  Farm,  New  York .  37  803  necessary  n 
National  White  Wyan.  Club.  Pa _  39  755  tion.  lour  hen 
obed  O.  Knight,  Rhode  Island.. .  54  1,350  other  grains  wit 
P.  W  Backus,  Ontario  .  20  1,150  tion  should  have 
Beulah  I-arui,  Ontario  . . .  91 1  •  l,.,,,, 
Vine  Hill  Farm,  Massachusetts .  4  2  843  ulJejr  m.n 
Mrs.  It.  IV.  Stevens,  New  York .  42  1,038  gluten  feed  and 
Everett  E  Wheeler,  Massachusetts..  49  932  Skim-milk  is  nl 
•7.  E.  Watson,  Connecticut .  44  914  fo0(j  0f  pome  k 
Tom  Barron,  England  .  41  1,327 
Marud'f-n  t’ross  P.  Farm.  England....  52  1,137  >  fit  lOUS  roimui, 
Neale  Bros.,  Tthode  Island .  38  779  mashes  are  give 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut  ....  40  973  these  Columns  ill 
Stiver  Wyandottes.  prepared  to  811 
Mrs.  Lena  C.  Bray,  Missouri. ...... .  33  877  Tile  idea  is  to  eo 
Columbian  Wyandottes.  ed  for  egg  prodll 
Merrythought  Farm,  Connecticut....  42  C21  the  body  in  suit;! 
Buff  Wyandottes.  tumnihl  need  he 
Dr.  N,  W.  Sanborn,  Massachusetts..  44  902  variety  needed 
O.  Arthur  Cook,  Massachusetts .  32  740  Some  form.  Ha' 
Rhodo  Island  Reds.  ‘ 1 1 id  potatoes.  yoi 
Colonial  Farm,  New  Hampshire .  23  978  'his  Will  not  into 
A.  B.  Bruudage,  Connecticut........  38  1,037  you  add  to  their 
lllllview  Poultry  Farm.  Vermont....  42  1.035  been  mentioned  ; 
Homer  P.  Demii.g,  Connecticut .  f*»  953  ploments  needed 
(hat-lea  O.  Pol  he  mu  8,  New  York .  34  l,0u 
s.  G-  McLean.  Coimectteut . .  41  783  “So®-  _ 
Springtime  Poultry  Farm,  Connecticut  40  1,079  cl-  •  „  p 
Laurel  Hill  Farm.  Rhode  island .  47  880  Dropping  ro 
H.  W.  Sanborn,  Massachusetts .  20  727  1  T  ..  ,  .  , 
Harry  B.  Cook,  Cdbneetlent .  2S  812  t.  IS  1C  aailSdl 
A.  W.  Runic r.v.  New  Hampshire .  45  1,122  weeks  old  n  disti 
k.  D.  Clark.  Connecticut .  no  1,008  550  what  kind  of 
Allan's  Hardloheat  Reds  R.  1 .  44  950  ;„?  In  shipping 
t  h  aides  Decker.  Connecticut  . 13  935  . 
Fatherland  Farm,  Massachusetts  ....  45  948  tauto  Wll.lt  TpluVl 
Jik-oI.  E.  Jansen,  Connecticut .  27  1.005  and  water/  2. 
H.  W.  Colling  wood.  New  Jersey .  45  8(52  glass  window  (?x 
IV.  II,  Humid  Olid,  Connecticut .  36  094  „.,  ,.-1  ivinrlnwt;  on 
Piuecrest  orchards.  MassaelmscttH. . .  28  l.il  t  en  a  winoows,  va 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  .  20  8, si.  Vo  P  to  Vine  1 
Jos*  Bra ndeu burg,  Michigan  ........  »7»-4  024  for  pons  12x1(1, 
White  Leghorns.  house,  each  pel 
A.  b.  Hall,  Connecticut .  5i  932  thive  windows. 
ltraeside  Poultry  Farm.  Pa .  44  .809  iMloKlUl,  A.  A. 
Jay  H  Endsse.  New  York.  .  51  802  j  While  I  ha 
Broad  Brook  Farm,  New  York .  51  i2S  t  ,,  ,  „  , 
James  11.  Lord,  Massachusetts .  52  743  of  that  lti,(.,  and 
Mrs.  Boltin  S.  Wood  ruff,  Comieelicut  45  .883  necessary,  I  ha 
Wind  sweep  Farm,  .Connecticut  .  54  931  might  bo  seut  bi 
Francis  F.  Lincoln,  Connecticut. .  53  1,045  A!vs(i.„i  i,v* 
P.  a.  Platt,  l'a .  (50  837  we.le  dlv'(Uct 
Dictograph  Poultry  Farm,  N.  Y' .  49  743  only  a  tow  Cine 
F.  M.  Beasley,  Connecticut  .  50  902  trouble  would  be 
cims.  Heigi,  oh  if .  39  657  and  suffocation 
Tom  Barron,  England  .  52  1,080  .  i  ..-mother 
Will  ltarron  England  .  48  1,150  PiaCOtl  togotliu . 
J.  Coliinson,  England  . . 42  .840  or  water  need  h 
Marsden  (Toss  p.  Farm,  England’....  45  900  are  only  a  few  In 
Bushkill  Poultry  Farm,  1’a .  41  870  c.hieks  are  best  s 
River  Ledge  Farm,  (Connecticut .  39  874  hb(  muibdl  . 
Wank  U.  llaiiooi’k.  Vermont  T»3  1,00-1  — .  1  lirco  Will 
Margaret  ii  v.  Farm,  Ohio.,.,.  .  49  732  tioned  should  G( 
Branford  Farm.  Connecticut  .....  ..  55  809  enough  for  :t  l-x 
I I  ran  fold  Farm,  Connecticut  . ,..  44  i58  ;i,.i : 
W.  E.  Atkinson,  Connecticut .  57  913  a  P00,1  vttuUUU 
Ellis  W,  Bentley,  New  York .  55  970  free  from  aeeui 
N.  W  Hendryx,  Connecticut .  52  757  mav  find  it  advii 
Bonnie  Brook  Poultry  Faun.  X.  Y...  50  933  j[n‘  !ln(i  cover  I 
George  Phillips,  Comiecttcut  .  49  887  u  not  lino- 
Hampton  Institute,  Virginia  .  51  S94  pOUltlJ  ucttlilg. 
Toth  Bros.,  Connecticut  . 48  633 
Hen*  for  eggs. 
Cock*  ior  larger  nocks, 
Capon*  tor  double-size  birds  and  bigger 
profits  from  same  feed. 
No  farmer  or  poultry  raiser  can  claim 
to  be  making  the  most  of  his  opportunities 
unless  he  caponizes  a  large  proportion  ol 
hia  young  cockerels.  With 
YOUNG  AND  BARRON  STRAINS 
3,000  breeders  on  free  farm  range.  Special  bred  for 
Winter  eggs.  Milk  fed,  inoculated  and  free  from 
lice,  Eggs  hatching  tine.  Egg  orders  filled  on  a 
day’s  notice  <@  *5  per  100.  00%  fertility  guaranteed. 
Am  hatching  the  strongest,  most  vigorous  chicks  I 
ever  hutched,  the  kind  that  live  tf  given  half  a 
chance.  Baby  chicks  every  Tuesday  in  June 'a  $8 
per  100,  safe  arrival  guaranteed.  No  o tiler  too  large. 
Capacity,  10. 000  u  weak.  Order  direct  from  this  adv. 
and  save  time.  Jly  Book,  “  Profits  in  Puullry  Kerpino 
Solved,"  free  with  ail  S10  orders  Circular  Free. 
Edgar  Briggs,  Box  75,  Pleasant  V  alley,  N.  Y. 
PILLING 
f\5ApON* 
Stools 
Baby 
Chicks 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE, 
VBBlBr  anyone,  can  turn  young 
\lBif  cockerels  into  capons. 
WYL  Cheaper  and  easier  to 
if  IT  raise,  needless  care;  same 
amount  of  feed  required 
for  5  lb.  cockerel  produces  it)  lb.  capon, 
selling  for  30c  per  pound  when  roosters 
bring  only  15c. 
Complete  set  of  reliable,  practical  Pilling 
Caponizing  Tool*,  With  full  in-  CO 
structions,  seut  postpaid  for 
ItVilc  today  for  free  Capon  Book 
G.  P.  PILLING  &  SON  CO., 
23d  &  ARCH  ST.,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 
Make  money  caponizing 
S*  C.  W.  Leghorns 
R.  &  S.  C.  R.  I.  Reds 
B.  Rocks 
DUREBRED, 
*  Strong,  Livable. 
From  heavy  -  laying, 
healthy,  free  range 
stock,  Sale  arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley  Grinned 
Sodus,  N.  Y. 
Barron  Stock  for  Sale 
We  have  for  immediate  sale,  an  exception¬ 
ally  fine  lot  of  S.  C.  White  Leghorns— 
Y'enrliug  Hens— of  o.  Barron  Strain. 
These  are  trupnested,  heavy  layers  and  as 
good  as  the  very  best.  Selling  to  make  room 
for  young  stock.  Wo  will  have  in  August 
about  MKi  four-months-old  (toilets,  April  hutch. 
h  Unrron  Strain  and  .WO  foui  ioonths-old  cocker¬ 
els.  April  hatch,  Barron  Stmin,  from  trup- 
ncslcd  stock. 
Our  flock  ot  tr.,000  birds  Is  In  perfect  health 
Viuilor.  wr  Jc.'rnr  »t  anytime.  Honking  orilnn*  new 
for  pull.-u  r.n.1  cockcrcla,  Write  for  prices 
THE  HAVEN  LAKE  EGG  FARM 
H.  L.  &  W.  L.  Grier,  Proprietor*  -  Milford,  Delaware 
No  matter  how  few  chicks  you 
have,  careful  feeding  PAYS. 
That’s  where  your  money  is — 
in  the  chicks  that  live  and  grow 
up  strong  and  healthy. 
H-0  Steam-Cooked 
Chick  Feed 
is  a  scientifically  correct  feed  that  chicks 
thrive  on.  Contains  cut  oatmeal  and  select¬ 
ed  grains.  A  balanced  feed  of  easy  digest¬ 
ibility  because  much  of  the  starch  is 
dextrinized  by  our  steam-cooking.  Keeps 
sweet  because  free  from  excess  of  moisture. 
Write  lor  sample,  price*  and 
descriptive  folder. 
The  H-0  Company  II  John  J.  Campbell 
NISSEQU0GUE  FARM 
S.C.W.  LEGHORN  CHICKS 
from  selected  2  yr.  old  hens,  on  free  (truss  range, 
mated  with  Tom  Barron  cockerels  from  best  Imported 
Moe|<  I358-2T0  egg  muting. )  June  chicks,  $10  u  100 — 
safe  delivery  and  satisfaction  guaranteed.  Of  over 
10.000  chicks  shiiMK’U  this  season  1  have  not  had  a 
complaint,  while  Uio  losses  in  my  own  brooders  have 
not  cscowted  H'/v  to  date.  Eggs  $0  a  100;  00%  fer- 
lility  guaranteed. 
EDMUND  T.  SMITH,  Owner  and  Mgr. 
The  NI»sc(|U09tlc  Farm,  St.  James  P.  0.,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
BUFFALO,  N.  Y 
1VE  I  ONLY  TO  THE  CONSUMER,  the 
*»  C  wLLL  middleman's  profit  goe*  to  improve 
the  quality  of  our  goods.  Onr  one  idea  is  to  produce 
the  beat.,  and  we  arn  doing  it  It  is  always  fresh  ami 
made  from  sound  swoet  grain-  For  vigorous  layer* 
thn  foundation  must  bo  laid  oarl.v.  Lso  our  special 
,,.rt'H’0*L 
20‘*  DISCOUNT 
S.  C  RED  and 
W.  LEGHORN 
Wo  bn vi*  .’lOOfl  Chlx  ready 
|C  H  1  each  week  »nd  KtiAmnh»c>  Safe 
W  PI  Shipment  to  any  point  Kn^t  of 
J  fl  KocktoH.  .s>»f/  for  our  \Uus~ 
v  t rated  Cotaloq*  U'ont  Frte) 
/of  oto, 
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No  dope  of  any  kind;  just  straight,  honest  cereals 
Send  for  price  list  aud  samples  of  what  you  wish 
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YOUNG’S 
Portable 
Poultry  Houses 
ORDER  NOW  FOR 
Hampton’s  Black  Leghorn  Chicks 
Better  and  cheaper  than  you  can  build.  Write 
for  our  free  booklet  Showing  to  different  cuts  of 
large  portable  houses, coops,  etc.  Prices  $1  and  up. 
E.  C. YOUNG  CO.,  1 6  Depot  St,,  Randolph,  Mass- 
Cor  July  delivery.  4000  chicks  every  week  in  July  at 
S70JH)  J«!f  IlSIO.  fcv.fiO  per  100;  $UHJ  Iter  M);  $8  !>0  J.or  2S ; 
alsu.  E000  XVliiin  ra  ghoirin  |M-r  Week  at  atune  juices — 
will  make  Ivremlim  lii.yers,  quality  not  t-so-i  llcd  nt  any 
price,  we  m  e  lireeden-;  you  get  m.iii.  i  l.iag  different 
from  (lie  ordinary  barnyard  butchery  Moek.  Order 
from  this  Ail  witli  815(1  deposit,  sat Isfaet ion  and  safe 
dclivciy  guaranteed.  iiooKi.KT  Faitr.. 
A.  E.  HAMPTON,  Box  Y_,  Pittstown,  N.  J. 
fNew  Flats  and  Fillers 
New  Egg  Cases 
Champion  Oats  Sprouter 
Catalog  Free  on  Request 
H.  K.  BRUNNER,  4S  Harrison  Street.  New  York 
"As  Good  As  The  Best."  June  delivery'.  Only  2- year-old 
liens  used;  t  Ires  A  are  tested  free  from  White  Diarrhea  by 
the  Storrs  Station,  and  are  mated  with  cockerels  with 
records  of  848  MS.  Leaders  in  Ijiying  Contest.  3,040 
Chicks  per  week.  Illustrated  Circular. 
A.  B.  HALL  -  -  Wallingford,  Conn. 
W YCKOFF  S T K A  I  N 
S.  C.  W.  LEGHORNS 
DIRECT,  largo  am]  heavy  layers-  After  May  1st,  Kgcs 
75c.  per  15;  $4  per  100.  J-  CASK,Gilbo»,  N.Y, 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
250-Ogg  strain.  Long  Deop  Bodies,  yellow  legs  and 
l.anks  and  large  red  combs  that  lop  to  one  side. 
Hutching  Fggs.  Day-old  chicks  aud  pullets  all  ages. 
A.  R.  GRAVES  -  R.  D.  2,  Rexville,  N.  Y. 
Pill  I  CTCS.  CL W.  LEGHORNS 
U  L  L  C  I  O  BARKEIJ  ROCKS 
Engage  your  Pullets,  now  for  Delivery  next  Fall  at 
Four  and  Five  Months  old.  Wo  are  bookiug  Orders 
now  for  future  Delivery.  Price  so  reasoiiuulo  it  will 
not  pav  to  Raise  them  yon-self.  Circular, 
THE  MACKEY  FARMS  -  Gilboii,  N.  Y. 
1,500  Tom  Barron  Leghorn  Chicks 
FOR  SALK  between  .Tima  12  and  25;  batched  from 
big,  rugged  stock;  $10.50  per  hundred.  They  are 
what  yon  waul  because  they  are  "  Noted  Layers.” 
L.  E.  lugoldsby,  Ilurtwlck  Seminary,  N.  Y. 
SJ'  “With  The  Lay  Bred  Id  Them'1 
Husky .  vigorous,  farm-grown  birds,  bred 
from  many  generations  of  pedigreed  layers 
EGGS — CHICKS - STOCK 
of  superior  quality  at  moderate  prices.  Bred 
for  business— sure  profit-payers.  Official 
Laying  Competition  records  prove  it! 
We  produce  on  out  own  plant  every  bird 
and  egg  we  sell  so  can  guarantee  satisfaction 
to  each  customer. 
C  _ _  F1CI;I1  CATALOG  will  set  you  right  A 
ou  Leghorns.  Write  ior  it  today  I 
Out-layed  all  the  Rocks  in  last  North  American 
Lay.  Cont.  They  outlayed  all  other  breeds  in 
last  Missouri  Lay.  Com*  The  famous  English 
Strains  included.  A  customer  led  the  entire 
Storrs  Contest  all  winter. When  Laying  Counts. 
Day-Old  Chicks  $12 — 100  up.  Circular  free. 
40  page  catalog  a  dime 
J.  VV.  PARKS  Box  3  Altoona,  Pa. 
UfUITIT  AADIIIOKI  1012  lb  Males 
Will  I  k  vUltnidn  7-9  lb.  Females 
Eggs,  $3  per  15.  Ton  Guaranteed  Fertile.  Replace¬ 
ments  Free.  Stamp  for  Catalog. 
MOUNTS  V I  LI  E  FARMS  -  Duck  Rond.  Moiinlvillc,  Virginia 
