Pit RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Edd-laying Contest Reports 
Ten years ago, when Tom Barron of 
England won first place at all the egg- 
laying contests then held in America, viz.. 
Stores College, Pennsylvania contest, and 
the Missouri Experiment Station contest, 
I wrote an article for The R. N.-Y..urg¬ 
ing American poultrymen to obtain male 
birds of bis stock, and by selecting the 
best-laying liens only to breed from, bring 
up American birds to where they would 
not have to take second place anywhere. 
I»r. Raymond Pearl, the best biologist in 
the United States, had demonstrated at 
the Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta¬ 
tion that the high-laying hen transmits 
her egg-laying potentiality through her 
sons ratlmr than through her daughters. 
This is preliminary to what t want to 
say about what has been accomplished in 
breeding for better egg production. The 
Storrs report for February 117 says: 'The 
liens are bolding the stride they struck a 
month ago. Last week they picked up 
another L’OO eggs over the average for the 
last seven years. This- means that at the 
end of four Winter months, when eggs 
are highest priced and hardest to get. 
these birds have exceeded their expected 
lay by 3.000 eggs. The average yield for 
all the birds in the contest for the four 
Winter months is 35 eggs per hen.” The 
White Wyandotte* stand highest, their 
average being 10,01 per bird. The R I. 
Reds second, with ail average of 30.4, the 
Rocks third, average 33.s. the Leghorns 
fourth, with 33.0 as their average for the 
four Winter month-. 
Taking the total number of eggs laid, 
34.0SO. by the 1.000 birds as a standard 
of rating, and call it 100. the rating would 
he ns follows: 
Wyandottes .. 133 
R. T Reds. 104 
Rocks. 04 
Leghorns..._• 03 
This gives the comparative standing as 
Winter layers where it can be seen at a 
glance. 
The three best pens of Wyandottes have 
laid 600, 679. 004. the last being a pen 
from Tcrttington, England. No other pen 
of any breed has reached 000. I am not 
breeding Wyandottes or any other breed ; 
am just giving the figures. These Wyan¬ 
dottes and Reds have laid eggs enough to 
more than pay the cost of their feed for 
the whole year. All the eggs they lay in 
the uext eight months are profit, or. at 
least, wages of the caretaker, less depre¬ 
ciation and interest on investment. 
The yield for this last.week in February 
was 3.645, or nearly a 50 per cent lay, 
a gain of 180 eggs over the previous week 
and 190 over the seven-year average for 
the same date. From all which it would 
seem that American utility poultrymen 
are gaining. 
A letter received today (March 10) 
from Tom Barron, under date of Feb¬ 
ruary 34. states that eggs are verv high 
in England, prices being 3U. to 4 shillings 
a dozen. At normal exchange that would 
be <S7%c to 81 a dozen. 
He further says that he and a deputa¬ 
tion of the National Council of Poultry- 
men. of which he is president, have iust 
been up to Loudon to the House of Com¬ 
mons. urging the passage of a law to com¬ 
pel the stamping, with indelible ink, on 
every egg imported from any foreign coun¬ 
try. the name of country ir comes from. 
He says that dealers mix eggs front China 
and other countries with fresh English 
eggs, and defraud the public. 
GEORGE A. COSGROVE. 
Various Poultry Questions 
T wish to know the proper method of 
culling a flock, and does it apply to pul¬ 
lets? If so. at what age? How do you 
account for a three to one increase in eggs 
10 days after a cow is fresh, and they are 
given all the milk, but have had meat 
every day all Winter, everything else be¬ 
ing equal ? How much figijp -pace do 
commercial poultrymen allow per bird, 
and what are the best results ns to num¬ 
ber per house? E. B. Y. 
Culling should begin when the chirks 
are taken from the incubator, and should 
be a more or less continuous process 
throughout their lifetime. Remove Un¬ 
crippled and weaklings before placing the 
chicks in the brooder. Cull in late Sum¬ 
mer by removing those that have ceased 
laying and began to molt, say in late July 
and August. Hood layers should not molt 
even in September. 
The distance betwen the pelvic arches 
varies with laying. During the rest 
period these bones approach each other 
and become rigid. After laying has be¬ 
gun. they become more soft and flexible, 
and two or more finger breadths apart. 
Milk is one of the best foods that can 
be given, and an abundant supply of it. 
should increase egg production in the flock 
at almost any time, whether meat is fed 
or not. Milk and meat are not exactly 
alike, though both furnish animal protein, 
and either can replace the other to a lim¬ 
ited extent. 
From three to four square feet is ad¬ 
vised. There is. of course, no fixed rule, 
much depending upon the care that the 
poultry quarters arc given. Small pens 
undoubtedly give better results than very 
large ones, if labor is not considered. 
Commercial poultrymen. however, keep 
flocks of 1.000 fowls Or more, the saving 
in labor being considered an offset to any 
increased production that might be sc 
cured from small flocks. There is no fly d 
rule as to size. Very probably the great¬ 
est egg production possible from a flock 
would be secured if each fowl had an in¬ 
dividual pen, where no others could dis¬ 
turb her. M. b. d. 
MONEY IN POULTRY SSf .35 
for pro lit. Others do: von can. too. Head the Arnei-icwt 
J’oullru Adronii* . tells you how. Send 25 cents ford big 
issues and FREE Premium Offers. 
AMERICAN POULTRY ADVOCATE, Dept. A. Syracuse, N.Y. 
FARM of 76 acres; bordering creek: neve--fail¬ 
ing brook; waterfall; light fun.ii. noted for 
early crops' It! room sto-.- -ions-- Iti tod with 
' -it wnt*r beat, bath, toilet, electric flgitt, 
electro pump, telephone, icehotufc, weodshPd, 
both full: hunting, battling, ILiung, good camp 
sites; splendid view of C-ltskllls; ton- miles 
from Kingston; mile from Stair- r .ml and 
school; $0,000 cash: balance mo , 'tguge; less tbim 
value of improvements, 0 W X K R, Route 4, 
Kingston, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Happy Farmer J2-24 tractor and 
three gang 14 inch plows; plows one acre an 
hour; absolutely perfect condition: cost $1,400; 
price $650. IU\ GUDALB POULTRY FARM, 
Riverdale, N. J. 
ADIRONDACK balsam pillows, 3-lb,, $i 25; rash 
with order. MRS. WILLIAM PAYNE, Pine 
Hill Camp, Raquefte Luke. N. Y. 
EGGS ARE HIGHEST IN OCTOBER. 
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 
Do You Want Your Eggs Then? 
Order Our White Leghorn Chicks 
l “ With the Lay Bred in Them “ j 
Send for free catalog 
2V&-LR. RoX of delicious home-made candies for 
$1: absolutely pure; bv mail, postpaid. Send 
order to GERTRUDE E. JONHS, Longstreet 
Poultry Farm. R. 3, Trenton, N. J. 
MAPLE SHADE, Litchfield County; delightful 
location for Summer home; 12 rooms, new; 
beautiful piece woodland and brook if wanted; 
photos. Owner, GEORGE ANDREWS, North- 
field, Conn. 
Foil HALE—Electric light plant; almost new, 
ANDREW MITCHELL, Otisville, N. Y. 
HONEY—Extracted clover, 5 lb*., $1.25; 10 
lbs . $2.15; buckwheat, 5 ihs., $1.05: 10 lbs., 
$1.85; delivered 3d zone; finest quality. H. F. 
WILLIAMS, Romulus, X. Y. 
WANTED—Farm to rent, suitable for boarding 
bouse. in Sullivan Comity. ATTILIO 
COLOMBO, 157 Leonard Street, Jersey City 
Wyandotte R. C. White Minorcas 
Breeding pen of each. 10 two-year-old hens and 
cockerel to ouch pen. 8t-o per pen. 
J. F. CORKEY 27G Union Hall SI. Jamaica, N. Y. 
END ION HONEY CHOCOLATES—Unsurpassed 
for children and honey lovers; $1 per pound, 
postpaid. ‘'ENDION,” Naples. N. Y. 
WANTED—To buy a farm, 70 acres or more, in 
Connecticut or Massachusetts preferred. 
ROX 305, Westport, Conn. 
FOR SALE — Farm, 230 acres; choice spring 
water; fair buildings; 50 bead of rattle; all 
good machinery; a money-getter; no agents. 
BOX A500, Bovina Center, N. Y. 
EASTER GIFTS—Send one dollar for attractive 
box containing six small jars of delicious 
homemade jam. HICKORY FULL JAM KITCH¬ 
EN, Essex, N. Y. 
Light BRAHMAS Exclusively 
Eggs fvotu grand free range stock, S‘<£, 1*0 pcI 1$15 
per 100. Alter Muv l«l, $2 per bV. $12 )>er 100. 
M. C. MARCY - Fall* Village, Conn. 
FOR SALE—70-acre Delaware farm; one-half 
tillable; excellent buildings; train, imple¬ 
ments, chickens nnd crops Included; young or¬ 
chard; land under high state „f cultivation; 
price $4,000; cash required $2.1)00. Address 
ADVERTISER 772, care Rural New-Yorker. 
PURE maple syrup. $2 per gallon; cash with 
order. GEORGE B. FULTON, Irasburg. Vt. 
R r D I ornc E?giLrh»tr!iiiig,l8 
• IV. IvULj pel- UK): ft.SO per 15. 
Vigorous stock. Free range. II. If. OWE*. itiii**beck,X.I. 
DE I.AVAL milk clarifier; 1.000 lbs. capacity; 
nearly new: greatly improves market milk; 
bargain (dairy soldi. THOMAS FITZGERALD 
West Swanzey. N. H. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds re bmpt ve d Owena-Tompkins 
cockerels for vale, $5. SHAW/W0F *E0 RANCH, tmiltibelii. 0ia« 
FOR SALE—Productive bill farm of 205 acres; 
very good buildings; spring water, piped; 
creek-watered pasture: orchard, cattle, ebb-k¬ 
ens. implements and tools: SRj miles to Sidney, 
N. Y.: price of $7,500 includes all: $3,800 cash: 
balance easy terms; a real bargain for anyone 
desiring a farm of this kind. For further par¬ 
ticulars write to A. M. WINKLER, R. D. No. t, 
Unadilla, N. Y. 
STANDING TIMBER for sale; near railroad 
Dutchess County. Owner, ADVERTISER 764 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
MUSCOVY Duck Eggs V&X 
C. DRYSDALE BLACK - SO 4ERVlLLE, N. J. 
NEW maple syrup, guaranteed pure. $2.25 gal¬ 
lon; lots over five gallons, $2; sugar, 10-lb. 
pails. $2.50: order now G. L. HOWARD, Essex 
Junction, Vt. 
Subscribers' Exchange 
FOR SALE—My farm, Delaware County. N. Y.; 
160 acres land; good buildings: best of water; 
good roads; good school; 30 head cattle, 11 to-ad 
thoroughbred Hnlsteins. three horses, two h-o ,1 
sows. hens, turkeys, cow dog; the bouse ready 
furnished; all tools, gasoline engine; all loo's 
to fill silo with; thrashing machine, grain drill, 
mowing macliipe, horse rake, all plows, bur¬ 
rows. ail small tools; for $10,000 if bought 
before or by April 10: $2,500 paid in y arly 
payments to tile Farm Bureau Association: $750 
in cash. ADVERTISER 693. care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
NICE ALFALFA In .ariots at a reasonable 
price. I. C. HAWKINS, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Other Advertisements of Subscribers 
Exchange will be found on page 507, 
VERMONT maple sugar; two grades; sugar in 
1" lb. packages. $3 uud $2; syrup, per gallon. 
$2.50 and $1.70; complete price list upon re¬ 
quest. C. It. LEACH. Enosburg Falls. Vt. 
FARM FUR SALE—165 acres; 10-room house; 
large barns, never failing running water; 
four mijes to Hillsdale, two to Craryvllle; high 
ground; 14 cows, five horses; equipment has 
everything needed to work farm. $8,000! will 
sell farm separate. For particulars. BOX 270. 
Hillsdale. Columbia Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALE—One Indiana tractor; complete with 
plow, extra rims and logs: in first-class con¬ 
dition; reason for selling -want larger machine. 
What am I offered? Will deliver within a 
radius of 100 miles. Address B. B. CHASE. 
Wyoming. Del. 
TWO HUNDRED ACRES 
two- sets buildings: fir 
description write L:< iX 5. 
. grass, fruit; 
7.600, For owner's 
Hiekman. Del. 
BEKS I BEES! BEES!—Produce your own 
honey; bees work for nothing and board thein- 
seKr- >ve furnish Italian bees and queens at 
attractive prices; free advice to beginners: we 
ship anywhere; write for prices; safe arrival 
and satisfaction gun ran teed. VAN’S HONEY 
FARMS. Van Wyn.garden Bros., Proprietors, 
Hebron, Jnd. 
FOR SALE—60-acre fame with water power 
gristmill. 7-room house, barns ail in best con¬ 
dition; boarding section; $3,500. C. JILEK, 
It. 1. Cat-kill. N. Y. 
POULTRY FARM—Upland: if looking for re¬ 
sults. give your poultry farm range; 0-rootn 
house: good fruit: $4.06 r -ration one mile. 
E. It. HEMINOVEIt, Garnervitle, Rockland Co.. 
FOR RENT Poultry colony field, eight acres; 
12 colony brooder houses and equipment for 
raising 5.000 chicks. ADVERTISER 785, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—IT. S. »3) post windmill, 60-ft. 
tower. 650 gallon rank. $75; and double deck 
131 spring roller bearing Timken axle heavy 
two-horse wagon with polo. $65. PAIL C. 
CULLEN, Box 6K. Derby. Conn. 
WANTED—To rent, in or around Orange Co. 
a small place oil a motor road, equipped with 
electric light and running water. ADVER¬ 
TISER 756, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—The best 53 acre farm in New 
England: smooth level tillage: fine pastures; 
woods; fruit; in the heart of the best fruit and 
dairy section in Connecticut", a fine gentleman’s 
place or business farmer. DWIGHT GILLETTE, 
Cheshire, Conn. 
ELECTRIC motor washer. •"Cincv” three-in one 
i brand-new); $40. GEORGE JEWELL, Saline- 
villo, O. 
EXPERIENCED farmer, childless, wants to 
lease modern dairy farm, fully equipped with 
Btn. k and tools; give full particulars in first 
leu.r. ADVERTISER 761, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Dederiok Columbian parallel joint 
liny press: one International fiortahle saw rig. 
six-horse engine: these machines have been used 
very little CHARLES E. MYERS. East Green- 
bush, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Poultry-truck farm; 25 acres; 8- 
room dwelling and onOm Mings: State road; 
three miles Wildwood: ' 4 mile railroads; stocked 
700 Siugle Comb White Leghorns; New York 
family trade for egg-: sea-imre customers for 
products of farm. S. H. SHAW, Rio Grande, 
FARM FOR SALE—120 acres: on State road; 
good bouse arid buildings: one of the best 
farms in the ’’Finger Lake Region" iu Seneca 
County, N. Y.: near village: good schools. 
ADVERTISER 768, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOB S \.LE—R. L. K. milking machine, two 
double units; piping and engine included; 
used only nine mouths; 20-egg Prairie State 
incubator. L. R. WICKHAM. R. F. D. No. 1. 
Augusta, X. J, 
FOR SALE—Five-room cottage, one acre of 
limd. For particulars address WIT.LIAM T. 
MANTER, 18 Pleasant Street, Plymouth. Mass. 
THE CHOICEST new Vermont maple syrup, in 
1 gal. cans. S2: in gnl. cans, $1.15: in Vt 
gal. cans. 55c: the ohftioesr new Vermont maple 
sugar, in 2. 5 and 11-lb, pails. 28c per lb.; in 
2. 4. 8 and 16-oz. cakes, 3m per 1b.: f. o. b. 
Rupert Vt.: remit with order. JAY T. SMITH. 
Bf*Y a Maryland farm and be comfortable: 
escape long, rigorous Winters—we are already 
preparing to plant peas, ope of the crops rui-'-d 
for canning: good schools; healthful; wonderful 
road-: ss miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
R. It.; home markets; plenty of labor: State 
evenly divided in polities: raise milk: Helvetia 
Milk Condensing Company lias a plant within 
sight of two of my farms; capacity over 200,000 
ll>s. daily: raise vegetables for cannery—home 
inurket: rai-c wheat anil corn—-Maryland wheat 
grades high—wc usually sell at home: raise 
apples—they do well; splendid young orchard on 
one farm; raise poultry — I raised Lady Eglen- 
tine, the world wonder hen. I own seven farms 
In Far dine county, Maryland; have owned them 
- nee p.inn; desire to -ell any three of them: 
death of my malinger, a year ago, puts too 
much oil me: 200 to 350 acre farms, beautifully 
located easily tilled; sis.ihiii nod upward: 70- 
acre farm, new house and barn, for poultry 
raising. $4,000; little money required; most of 
purchase price can remain on 6 per cent mort¬ 
gage. buy before July 1 to get possession Jan¬ 
uary next: no agents: I own the farms. A. A. 
Christian, 4408 Walnut Street. Philadelphia, Pa, 
SO-ACRE Columbia County farm; near State 
road: seven-room boose; large new gra n ba-ti. 
hay barn, windmill, well: 33 acres Fall grain; 
level: suitable for fruit nnd truck; price $6,500. 
D. R. MEYER. Yn la tie, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—One to loo colonies heps, bee hives; 
white honey, 00 lhs . j.'c lb.: 120 lbs., 14. 
per lb.; dark honey, 8c. CHARLES SCHILKE 
Matawan. X. .T. 
FOR SAI.E—Stock farm: 700 acres: all kinds 
good buildings; two new houses; 100 acres 
hemlock timber, ready to cut: 200 acres pas¬ 
ture; balance plow laud for tractor: $16 noO if 
-old soon, or would cash rent $2.30 per acre 
for term of years, - ash iu advance; seven m !<•- 
from Corning. Steuben Co., N. Y. THOMAS 
HASLE’IT. Hall, N. Y, 
WANTED—Tn rent house, with about four 
acres of tillable land: near Ink--: within 60 
miles of New York. ADVERTISER 782. care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WARWICK, Orange County —124 acres; 12 
room-: two barns, silo, icehouse, poultry 
houses: 16 acres young apples. 5 acres peach 
fillers. 10 acres Alfalfa: creamery and station 
one mile: bargain p oe $14,500, including 26 
Pure maple syrup, $2.25 per single 
per gallon in five-gallon lots. A. 
. Fillmore. X. Y. 
WANTED—15 rooms; farm: rent very reason 
able: option to buy; Catskill. GOSSELIX. 
112 Woodbine Street. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
WANTED—Cottage, ground with fruit, poultry- 
house; near neighbors; low price; Jersey. 
HARl.EV. 321 15th Avenue, Paterson. N. J. 
FOR SALE—Six-room cottage in Cat-kill moun¬ 
tain country; good cellar: fine spring water, 
ruus iu house: garage; lot- of fruit: one acre 
garden land: ideal location for a Summer home: 
only a few minutes from pretty country village: 
cattle: terms $3,500 cash; balance to suit. 
Write BOt’GIITON. owner. 364 En-t 21st Street 
Brooklyn. N. Y. 
HONEY—Pure buckwheat extracted, postpaid. 
3d zone. 22-oz. can. 32c; 5 lbs., 99c; 10 lbs., 
price list free. ROSCOE F. WIXSON. 
Dept. U.. Dundee, N, Y. 
PIKE MAPLE SYRUP — Order immediately. 
C. J. YODER. Grantsville, Md. 
STERILE KGGS—Fresh and clean, for packing 
in water-gin--: delivered by the crate or 
dozen. I'Ll HRER FARM, Mouutaindale, Sulli¬ 
van Co.. N. Y. 
only five miles to railroad; oil main automobile 
road, With mail delivered: all for $700 if taken 
at once. HAROLD L. HARRIS, Jefferson, 
Schoharie Co., N. Y, 
FOR SALE 23 Here farm: Orange County, N, 
Y.; adjoining town: very attractive modern 
eight-room house, electricity, hot and cold 
water, hath, toilet: modern barn, garage and 
henhouses of 7oo-HO() capacity: brooder capacity 
3.000: Mammoth incubator: 500 White Leghorn 
layers; extensive poultry and farm equipment: 
"•suburban" type Ford: buildings and equipment 
practically new; all for $11000. ADVER¬ 
TISER 77S. cure Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—129 acres; 9-room house; 2 barns, 
corn crib, wagon house and chicken houses; 
$8,000; $2,000 down: about 40 acre-, without 
building-, two acres woods. FRED SCHWECKE, 
R. F. D. No. 1, Princeton, N. J. 
POULTRY FARM f»r sab—15 acres. BOX 35, 
Route No. 1. East Ubinebei k, N. Y. 
70 ACRES—Bordering Connecticut Valley, at 
Putney. Vermont; 2<> acres young bearing nt- 
ebard: one half acre raspberries; 10-rootu house, 
running water: 2 large barns, silo, henhouse, corn 
barn slate roofed and good condition: ha "gain. 
$5,000. HOWARD SAITORP, 4209 Kansas 
Avenue* Washington, D. c. 
FOR SAI.E About Sll acres, without buildings: 
half rdlahlo; level and free from stone: bal¬ 
ance woodland ami pasture: excellent location: 
good building site; 11_. miles to live town; 00 
miles from New York price $2,609. with terms, 
or $1,800 casb. THURSTON 11. SMITH. Hope 
well Junction, Dutchess Co.. X. Y. 
HOMES WANTED—The PLACING OUT BU¬ 
REAU, 415 Broome St.. New York, desires to 
communicate with responsible Catholic families, 
who will take n- members of their household 
suitable buys between 7 and 12 years. There is 
no greater charity than this. 
WANTED—Creamery and milk route iu pros¬ 
per-os section: would consider partnership. 
ADVERTISER 754. care Rural New-Yorker, 
PURE HONEY—1921 extracted, illl-lh. cans at 
our station, clover flavor, $8,80; buckwheat. 
$7 10 lhs. prepaid within 3d zone, clover, $2 K 
buckwheat $1 5**: special prices on large lets; 
agents wanted. RAY C. WILCOX. Odessa. N. Y. 
HONEY—Six pounds, third rone, prepaid. $1.00. 
WILLIAM H. I’AUSIL, Monmouth Junction 
N. J. 
HONEY Onondaga County clover extracted; 5 
lhs., $1.15; 10 lbs.. S2: postpaid: members 
Farm Bureau. RANSOM FARM. 1310 Spriug 
Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALIC—Pure extracted clover honey. 5-lh. 
pulls, $1.23; lrt-ib. pails. $2.10; delivered 111 
1st. 2d and 3d zones. HARRY J. BOREMAN. 
Box 87. Katonah. N. Y. 
MILK CHOCOLATE—Made at our dairy; box Of 
120 piece-, 2 lbs. net. postpaid, $1; gold in 
stores $1.73: send remittance with order. R. 
W. WIND. Babylon, L. I.. N. Y 
FOR SAI.E—Second-hand Tirrill gas lighting 
plant: will illumine house, heat gas oven 
and range, heat water and run gas engine; cost 
$1,000: first check $100 takes it; fine condition. 
F. M. PRESCOTT. Riverdale, N. J. 
MB. Progressive Grain Merchant—Can your 
sales organization use a practical dairyman 
t Cornell agricultural training! having experi¬ 
ence in cattle feeding, some selling experience, 
splendid business tr-roing ami u good educa¬ 
tion? If so, write CHASE. 20 Far View Ave.. 
New Brighton. S. T . N. Y. 
MALE—Two Magics, one Standard, one 
Correct. all 42-inch dal burning colony 
brooders: capacity each five hundred chicks; 
used one season; perfect order; $15 each 
RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Riverdale, 
N, J. 
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