Zohe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
905 
Buff  Leghorns. 
L.  K.  Heasley,  Michigan  .  40  702 
0.  L..  Magrey,  /Connect i out .  43  507 
Black  Leghorns. 
J.  Collinson,  England  .  53  1.000 
Red  Sussex. 
Dr.  E.  K.  Conrarl,  Now  Jersey .  35  530 
Mottled  Anconas. 
Claude  Clinton.  .New  Jem'} .  40  050 
Elmwood  Farm,  Xi-\\  Turk .  56  870 
White  Orpingtons. 
Obcil  G.  Knight.  If liode  Island .  47  807 
Oregons. 
Oregon  Agr.  College,  Oregon  .  02  1,08 1 
Imperial  Progressives. 
Wm.  If.  yells,  Ithorle  Island .  27  067 
Black  Rhinelanders. 
A.  Schwarz,  California  .  52  1.041 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE. 
Inbred  Orpingtons 
We  tire  raising  Black  Orpingtons  from 
a  strain  sent  ns  three  years  ago.  There 
has  hcon  no  change  of  cork  in  that  lime, 
save  to  nse  those  which  we  have  raised 
from  the  original  lot.  Whether  tills  in- 
breeding  went  on  before  we  got  the  strain, 
we  do  not  know.  However,  we  have  for 
the  past  two  years  lost  considerable  of 
the  young  ones,  as  Soon  as  they  were 
housed  for  the  Winter.  The  house  is  well 
built,  clean  and  ventilated,  yet  they  de¬ 
velop  a  weakness  in  the  legs,  especially 
the  cockerels.  Wo  have  other  varieties 
housed  in  the  same  building  all  running 
together,  and  they  are  not.  affected.  Judg¬ 
ing  from  this  it  would  seem  that  it  was 
the  condition  of  the  Orpingtons  rather 
than  the  housing,  feed  or  care.  Will  you 
give  us  your  opinion  and  whether  you 
think  these  birds  unfit  for  eating  pur¬ 
poses.  W.  G. 
New  York. 
It  is  easy  to  give  an  answer  to  the  last 
question  "W.  G.”  asks.  The  cockerels 
affected  with  leg  weakness  are  just  as 
good  to  eat  as  any  if  there  is  nothing  else 
the  matter  with  them.  But  it's  not  so 
easy  to  state  positively  the  cause  of  the 
leg  weakness.  The  breeding  of  brother 
and  sister  together  for  a  number  of  gen¬ 
erations  usually  tends  to  increase  or  de¬ 
velop  any  constituti  nnl  weakness;  and 
in  the  case  of  heavy  breeds  leg  weakness 
would  be  the  first  indication  of  lack  of 
vigor.  The  young  chicks  should  not  he 
kept  on  board  floors,  lame  meal  should  he 
part  of  the  food,  oyster  shell,  or  lime 
water  should  he  where  they  could  always 
gel  it  while  growing.  At  a  certain  stage 
of  growth  there  is  a  great  demand  for 
phosphorus  and  lime  to  build  the  great 
frame  of  hone,  and  ordinary  foods  do  not 
supply  it  in  sufficient.  quantities, 
III  breeding  run  lie  carried  on  for  years 
without  any  visible  detriment,  if  /irO/ier 
selection  of  the  breeders  is  mode,  hut  this 
requires  an  expert.  Remember  that  heavy 
breeds  of  fowls  should  not  be  required  to 
jump  down  from  high  roosts,  make  the 
descent  gradual.  Undoubtedly  it  would 
improve  this  flock  to  use  unrelated  males 
for  a  season  or  two.  geo.  a.  cOSGTROVE. 
Feeding  Young  Chicks 
Some  years  ago  we  raised  broilers  very 
successfully,  and  (his  year  attempted  it 
again.  We  had  forgotten  our  ox, net  meth¬ 
od  of  feeding  and  used  as  our  guide  the 
plan  sent  out  in  a  commercial  booklet, 
which  was  somewhat  near  our  plan  years 
ago.  We,  however,  substituted  our  own 
grain  mixture,  composed  of  cracked  corn 
and  wheat  with  oatmeal  added  for  young¬ 
est  chicks;  and  our  own  mash  dampened 
made  up  of  25  lbs.  cnnimeal,  10  lbs.  bran, 
HO  tbs.  beef  scrap,  2 lbs.  middlings,  and 
fed  the  grain  three  times  daily  instead  of 
keeping  it  in  the  litter;  and  gave  scalded 
clover  hay  and  mangel  wprzels  daily  for 
green  food.  All  foods  were  of  the  very 
best  quality  and  the  chicks  were  started 
on  sour  milk.  The  chicks  thrived  and 
fattened  finely  until  the  middle  of  March, 
when  we-  had  about  1.500,  the  oldest 
hatched  Jan.  15,  having  raised  00  to 
95' }  in  uur  hot-water  heated  brooder 
house.  At  that  time  an  indigestion,  ap¬ 
parently,  affected  the  majority  of  them. 
They  moped  around  with  wings  and 
feathers  drooping  and  quite  a  few  died. 
We  fed  grain  alone  scantily  for  a  few 
days,  then  gradually  went  hack  to  the 
wet  mash  with  less  scrap  in  it.  and  got. 
thuu  out  on  a  grass  range  as  rapidly  as 
possible.  They  then  seemed  to  improve 
and  flesh  up  quickly  until  we  had  killed 
350.  When  they  again  slopped  fattening — 
about  May  20th.  We  then  fed  grain 
alone  for  a  few  days  and  turned  the  200 
oldest  on  unlimited  range  on  plowed 
ground,  feeding  grain  morning  and  noon 
and  wet  mash  at  night,  and  the  remain¬ 
der  we  put  on  dry  uiash  with  grain  morn¬ 
ing  and  night,  this  dry  mash  being  com¬ 
posed  of  10  lbs.  bran,  20  lbs,  cor un Hull, 
10  lbs.  scrap,  and  10  Ihs.  middlings.  At 
no  time  since  they  were  hatched  have 
the,\  lust  their  appetites.  Now  u  few  are 
going  light  and  the  others  are  in  fair 
fleshy  condition,  but  not  good  enough  to 
kill  to  make  tirsfc-class  broilers.  We.  are 
of  the  opinion  that  we  fed  too  much 
mash.  Can  you  suggest  what  to  do  to 
put  them  in  tirst-elass  market  condition? 
To  what  agricultural  college  should  I 
apply  for  bulletins  on  feeding  chicks  for 
broilers,  for  roasters,  and  for  layers? 
Pennsylvania.  s.  e.  r. 
The  amount  and  manner  of  feeding 
young  clucks  has  quite  as  much  to  do 
with  their  thrift  as  does  (lie  kind  of  food 
gnen.  It  is  not  practicable  t<»  criticise 
helpfully  one’s  methods  of  retiring  chicks 
unless  all  details  of  their  care  axe  known. 
From  .voiir  statements,  however,  it  seems 
likely  that  you  fed  too  heavily  for  a  time 
and  that  the  chicks  lost  their  appetites 
and  ability  to  digest  their  food.  Chicks 
intended  for  broilers  should  he  fed  for 
the  first  few  weeks  to  develop  large 
frames  and  robust  constitutions :  they 
will  then  stand  forcing  on  fattening  foods 
for  two  or  three  weeks  before,  marketing. 
Cracked  grains,  dry  mash,  sour  milk  and 
ample  range  for  the  first  weeks  contri¬ 
bute  to  hardiness,  though  a  moist  mash 
may  safely  be  used  if  not  fed  in  excess. 
A  moist  mash  needs  to  be  fed  with  more 
circumspection  than  does  dry.  however, 
for,  with  it,  chicks  are  much  more  easily 
gotten  “off  their  feed"  and  growth  and 
development  checked.  If  sour  skim-milk 
can  he  fed  liberally  from  the  start,  and 
also  used  to  moisten  the  mash,  a  consid¬ 
erable  amount  of  insurance  against  di¬ 
gestive  troubles  is  furnished. 
Apply  to  your  State  Agricultural  Col¬ 
lege  at  State  College,  Fa.,  for  such  bul¬ 
letins  upon  poultry  feeding  as  you  want. 
Try  also  the  New  York  State  College  of 
Agriculture  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  and  the 
New  Jersey  Experiment  Station  at  New 
Brunswick.  N.  J.  Not  all  State  insti¬ 
tutions  will  send  their  literature  out  of 
the  State,  but  the  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture  at  Washington,  D.  C„  will  re¬ 
spond  to  all  inquiries.  m.  b.  d. 
Boston  Produce  Markets 
VEGETABLES. 
Native  spinach,  rhubarb  and  lettuce 
have  been  coming  in  very  freely  and 
prices  rule  low.  Other  native  lines  are 
rather  light  in  quantity  and  on  most,  of 
the  general  list  prices  have  been  well 
sustained.  Current  prices  are;  Lettuce, 
per  box.  4P  to  60  cents;  radishes  50  to 
00;  rhubarb  25  to  30;  beet  greens  30  to 
35:  spinach  40  to  50;  parsley  7.5;  pars¬ 
nips  00;  old  carrots  $2  t<>  $2.25;  aspar¬ 
agus  in  short  supply  $4  to  $0:  cucum¬ 
bers  $5  to  $6.  Hothouse,  or  set  beets  are 
$1  per  doz.  hunches;  turnips  85  cents; 
carrots  75  cents. 
APPLES. 
Apple  trade  has  simmered  down  to  a 
little  cold  storage  stock  in  barrels,  most¬ 
ly  Baldwins  and  Russets,  at  $3  to  $4.  A 
few  fresh  packed  Maine  Ben  Davis  are 
seen,  hut  are  poor  and  sell  $1  to  $2. 
Russets  82  to  $3.25,  Other  kinds  are 
quoted,  hut  none  could  be  found  in  the 
market  this  week.  Strawberries  are  com¬ 
ing  from  Maryland  and  Delaware;  Gan¬ 
dy  and  Chesapeake,  but  most  of  the  stock 
is  more  or  less  soft,  stale  or  dirty,  ow¬ 
ing  to  much  wet  weather.  Prices  range 
S  to  12  cents.  The  season  for  natives  ap¬ 
pears  about  10  days  late. 
POTATO  PRICES  FIRM. 
The  remains  of  the  potato  crop  is  go¬ 
ing  out  at  firm  prices.  The  season  lasts 
until  the  first  of  the  month,  perhaps  a 
little,  longer  this  backward  season.  Only 
a  few  carloads  of  potatoes  are  coining  to 
Boston  just  now,  the  New  York  market 
bidding  a  little  more  strongly.  Various 
scattered  reports  suggest  a  reduced  acre¬ 
age  in  the  Maine  potato  country,  but  the 
only  definite  statement  noticed  is  from 
Houlton.  giving  the  plantings  at  three- 
fourths  those  of  last  year. 
BETTER  MARKET  WEAK. 
The  butter  season  is  at  its  height  along 
the  middle  of  June.  Quality  is  full  grass 
flavor,  the  make  large  and  storage  in  active 
operation.  Receipts  are  heavier  than  last, 
year,  hut  quality  is  said  not  to  ho  quite 
so  good,  showing  some  lack  of  body  and 
elm  rooter  because  of  the  rank  pasturage. 
The  price  is  about  one-half  cent  lower, 
extra  Northern  tub  being  quote  1  at  3014 
cents.  Sumo  Western  butter  from  drier 
sections  shows  more  body  than  Northern. 
Usually  much  of  the  best  butter  comes 
from  the  Northern  I.ake  region.  There 
is  an  unsold  surplus  of  the  lower  grades, 
more  than  the  usual  proportion  of  "ex¬ 
tras"  being  really  firsts,  and  selling  slow¬ 
ly  at.-  one-half  cent  lower. 
CHEESE. 
The  cheese  market  has  been  more  than 
usually  interesting  lately,  because  of  un¬ 
commonly  quick  price  changes.  Receipts 
since  the  first  of  May  have  been  about 
one-lmlf  those  of  the  corresponding  time 
last  year.  Said  M.  Duffy  &  Co.,  large 
receivers:  "The  market  has  gone  up 
when  there  was  foreign  buying,  and  down 
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