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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 13 
PRODUCING EGGS IN WINTER. 
Methods of a Successful Man. 
Part I. 
Special Care Needed. —Those recent 
statements by Mr. Mapes, together with 
the reports on the subject from the sta¬ 
tion at Cornell, show that Winter eggs 
are considered a very uncertain quantity 
even by experienced poultrymen. This 
is not as it should be. From my own ex¬ 
perience I am sure that not only poultry- 
men but also many farmers, especially 
of that large class who have small farms 
of their own, could devote much of their 
time in Winter to a special care of hens 
with good and certain profits. We, that 
is my wife and I, own a small farm of 30 
acres, which we are devoting to a variety 
of interests, chief of these are the grow¬ 
ing of small fruits, market garden and 
truck crops; but we also keep two cows, 
about 20 hogs, a dozen hives of bees and 
a flock of from 125 to 130 hens. A full 
account of the income from all these 
sources has been kept for the last four 
years, and I think from no one of these 
has the profit been more even and reli¬ 
able than* from the sale of eggs in 
Winter. 
A Good Record. —During the six 
months of each year which require more 
or less housing, namely November, De¬ 
cember, January, February, March and 
April, a total of 24 months, this flock 
has laid an average of 37 eggs per 100 
hens per day, which will be found to be 
but a trifle less than the average of the 
“banner” flock of pullets in the Cornell 
feed tests, although this flock comprised 
quite a number of older hens a part of 
the time. A difference is plainly seen in 
the last year of the table below, when 
the entire flock consisted of pullets. The 
number of dozens laid each month is as 
follows: 
1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 
1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 
November . 29 53 47 59 
December . 64 97 74 90 
January .145 U07 115 163 
February .143 94 100 167 
March .162 161 163 201 
April .162 138 150 189 
The flock at present promises fully to 
equal the average of the past, having 
laid 55 dozen in November, 105 dozen in 
December and at present date, January 
20, are averaging five dozen per day, al¬ 
though the mercury has of late been 
sporting anywhere between zero and 10 
degrees below. 
Breed and Conditions. —Concerning 
breeds there has been something of a 
variety in this flock. Good grade mon¬ 
grels with a large dash of Leghorn 
blood, purebred Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
Black Minorcas and White Wyandottes 
all figured largely in the flock at some 
time during the period, and they showed 
very little difference in their laying 
qualities. What slight difference I could 
detect was to the credit of the Wyan¬ 
dottes, and the entire flock is now com¬ 
posed of that breed. As the hens have 
occupied the same quarters, and the 
treatment has been practically the same 
during the whole period, I will describe 
both in detail. To give a clear idea of 
the circumstances under which these 
hens are kept, it may be well to state 
briefly how the farm is managed. As 
before stated small fruits and truck 
crops are grown in considerable quanti¬ 
ties; these are largely sold at retail, and 
between managing the work in the fields 
and marketing the crops my time is 
pressingly occupied during the Summer; 
but as we do not board the help my wife, 
who is a true lover of hens and chickens, 
rears the young stock and takes general 
oversight of the poultry department. 
Under her care the pullets are always in 
prime condition in the Fall. Only Sum¬ 
mer crops are grown, and the men are 
hired only for the busy season. So after 
the season is closed by frost in the Fall 
there is no produce to market but eggs 
and butter, and these are sold at whole¬ 
sale and sent by a neighboring butcher. 
Our market, Harrisburg, is eight miles 
away. Then, being relieved from the 
press of Summer work, I give my first 
attention to the care of the hens and 
other live stock. To show how well such 
work may be made to pay even in a 
small way, I will state that the gross re¬ 
ceipts at present for the butter and eggs 
from two cows and 130 hens are at the 
rate of about $00 per month. The five or 
six hours each day that are not required 
for this work I usually devote to prun¬ 
ing and general preparations for the 
next season’s work. 
Winter Management. —Having on 
hand the proper number of hens or pul¬ 
lets—the latter preferred—well-bred, 
well-reared and vigorous as possible 
with the first approach of uncomfort¬ 
ably cool weather in Fall they are con¬ 
fined to their houses in the early morn¬ 
ing and on stormy days. As the season 
advances they are shut in entirely, ex¬ 
cept that when the weather is fine and 
there is no snow they are occasionally 
allowed to run in the yard for 10 or 15 
minutes, and then returned. During 
mid-Winter they have been constantly 
confined for two months at a time with 
no bad results. D. l. iiaetman. 
Pennsylvania. 
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BLACK MINORCAS and WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
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GNAGEY FARM 
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A rthur J. Collins, Moorestown , H .J. 
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Sixteen head of sows, bred to farrow in April, 1904, 
Worthy of the consideration of any Berkshire fancier. 
Six of the number are a year old, and have produced 
fine Utters In September. Also, 40 September farrowed 
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aoid. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Ct. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks to 6 mos.. mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
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BERKSHIRE and C. WHITE PIGS, $5 up. B. 
D p. Kock Cockerels, $1 00. P. C. Service Boars.No. 
I Stock. W. A. LOTHERS, Lack, Pa. 
flUCCTCD llflllTE Bargains. 50 Sows bred, 9 
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II Ser. Boars Cheap. N. P. KERSHNER, Ansonia, O. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES SSTSl 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
EMPIRE STATE WHITE LEGHORN FARM. 
Cockerels, $2; Pullets. $1.50; Eggs, $1 for 15; $5 per 
100. Heavy Winter layers. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS. R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
S. C. White Leghorns. 
We still have a few of our choice Cockerels to dis¬ 
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WHITE & RICE, Box A, Yorktown, N. Y. 
yPIIA bred 18 years for EGGS. Barred Rocks 
fl f“ |w ^ up to 273 eggs a year. Catalog free 
" " m " The New System of Hatching and rais¬ 
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F. GRUNDY, Morrisonville, III, 
90 
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Rates free. J. A. BERGEY, Box 8,Telford, Pa 
nnPlfCDEI Choice W. Wyan., P. Rocks, 
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from prize-winning stock. 23 varieties of land ana 
water fowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big catalogue 
free. PINE TREE FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N. J. 
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P Single Comb Black Minorcas, bred 
Ci V3 V3 OA for show and laying qualities. 
Eggs from first prize pen, $1 50 for 15 Order DOW 
AUGUST VOGELER, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
