1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
245 
BLOOD SPOTS IN EGGS. 
Do you know the cause of blood spots in 
eggs? Of course it is caused by a rupture 
of a blood vessel in the egg passage, but 
what causes the rupture, or the weakness of 
the blood vessels? I have had some complaint 
about such eggs lately. The ration includes 
cornmeal, ground oats and animal meal in 
mash; corn, scorched wheat and barley. 
Connecticut. j. r. k. 
There is nothing in the nature of the 
ration quoted which would give a clue to 
the reason why eggs are found with blood 
clots. The rupture of blood vessels is 
due to a weakened condition of their 
walls. This may be caused by over-fat¬ 
ness, which results in a softening of all 
tissues, and is called fatty degeneration. 
Other conditions than excessive fatness 
may cause debility and a weakness in the 
tissues. Usually, however, it is the very 
fat individuals, so far as my observation 
has gone, that are responsible for the 
blood clots. Rough handling of fowls 
even in the best of health, may cause 
rupture. Too heavy or too many males 
undoubtedly might be responsible. Fre¬ 
quently streaks of blood are found on 
the yolk, which might be construed as 
due to rupture, which are in reality due 
to the slow development of the germ. The 
life begins to develop in the egg at a 
much lower temperature than is ordinar¬ 
ily supposed. The chick begins to de¬ 
velop at a temperature below 70 degrees 
Fahrenheit, though the development is 
not rapid. It is very apparent therefore 
that eggs which have been fertilized, must 
be kept at a cool temperature to prevent 
development. No wonder that “country 
store eggs” in the Summer time are a 
doubtful quantity, and small wonder also 
that the cold-storage establishments pre¬ 
fer April and May eggs to those laid 
during June and July The so-called 
blood clot may also be due to develop¬ 
ment of the germ which has taken place 
in the egg before it has been laid. There 
are plenty of instances on record to prove 
that the germ has made rapid develop¬ 
ment before the egg has been deposited, 
where conditions were such that the fowl 
carried the egg instead of laying it. The 
body temperature being 105 or 106 causes 
rapid development. I would therefore 
suggest that your correspondent investi¬ 
gate to make sure which one of the three 
causes mentioned is responsible for the 
trouble. James e. rice. 
HEN WITH RHEUMATISM. 
I have two hens that have lost the use of 
their legs, fan you tell what is the matter, 
and a remedy for same? One hen is troubled 
in only one leg. The leg trails behind and 
the toes curl tightly. With the other, one leg 
projects in front and the other behind, the 
toes being straight. The legs and feet seem 
to he all shriveled up. M. R. m’c. 
Le Roy, Mich. 
This trouble is probably rheumatism, 
and the shriveled appearance of the legs 
and feet is the result of the disease. I 
do not think you can do much for those 
hens that cannot walk, but see that the 
house is not damp, and get the sun and 
fresh air to them, or get the hens in a 
dry, sunny shed. The only medicine is a 
pinch of salicylate of soda in their drink¬ 
ing water. We have frequently seen this 
trouble among hens closely confined in 
the second story of our barn, but hardly 
ever in a scratching shed house. 
FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
MORE HEN RECORDS. 
I have 54 black hens, cvoss between R. P. 
Rock hens and R. I. Red male, which have 
laid for the last six weeks not less than SO 
eggs per day. and February 21 we got 42. 
J. saw F. W. It.’s record and think tins is a 
little better. F . o. J. 
Warren, Maine. 
I have six S. C. R. I. Red pullets hatched 
the last of last April. They commenced lav¬ 
ing about the first of December. Eggs laid in 
December, 61; January. 133; February, 125; 
total, .119. The pullets and one rooster are 
kept in a house 3 x 3% feet with a run of 
Their feed is mostly mixed grains 
with lukewarm water twice a dav. I didn't 
shovel snow to them a s Mr. Tillingliast rec¬ 
ommends. o B T 
Naugatuck, Conn. 
I have a small hen story to relate— 
2t“« * 00 - ? n February 6 my flock 
Barred Rocks laid nine eggs, which is 
|p r '„ result than F. w. R. obtalne 
his 50 pullets, as told on page 160. 
are two-year-old liens. However, I mi 
less that they haven’t equalled that 
" in ee heven is the highest number 
boast of with that one exception. I tli 
one day s record doesn’t give a true 
sion of what a flock of hens is actually 
doing. f. s. m. 
Boston, Mass. 
I have 63 Rhode Island Reds, mostly pul¬ 
lets. Since December 2, up to February 22, 
I have sold 125% dozen eggs, beside what 
we have used in family of three. On Feb¬ 
ruary 10 I got 43 eggs: 16 I sold to set at 
five cents apiece; making 80 cents, and 27 
I sold for 27 cenfs per dozen, making 60 cents, 
a total of $1.50. T rather think I have beaten 
F. W. R., Chester, N. J.. as up In town of 
Florida. Montgomery Co.. N. Y., I have always 
been designated the “Old lien Shepherd,” as 
I am 68 years old and still hale and hearty. 
Last year I sold from 72 hens 615 dozen 
eggs, and we estimated we set and used 150 
dozen. Yesterday, February 27, 1 got 30 eggs. 
Florida, N. Y. w. s. v. 
I send our egg record for the month of 
February. My wife reads all about Mapes, 
the hen man, and others, and she thinks the 
secret of hens laying is all in the feeding. 
Pen No. No. No. Variety, 
liens Eggs 
1 19 238. .. .White Wyandotte 
2 13 142_Bull’ Leghorns 
4 20 159... .Plymouth Rocks 
5 20 185. .. .Plymouth Rocks 
6 15 51.... Light Brahmas, first 
egg February 3d 
7 10 65....Mixed old hens three 
years old 
8 15 68....White Leghorns 
9 10 60... .Plymouth Rocks first 
egg February 15 
122 968... .for month of February, 
1906 
The above are all this season's pullets 
hatched in May and June, Brahmas in April, 
1905. j. j. n. 
Baldwin, L. I. 
Two Vermont Pigs. —I bought two plga 
April 24, 1905, for $5. They were thre* 
weeks old when I got them, and I fed them 
on skim-milk until August 3, when I bought 
100 pounds of middling, and mixed It up 
with the milk, feeding three times a day. 
October 28 I bought 100 pounds of meal to 
go with the middlings. The pigs were out 
in the pasture four months. I dressed thos* 
pigs December 7; they weighed 274 pounds, 
giving me at seven cents a pound $33.18. 
I paid out. for 800 pounds feed and pigs, 
$16.15, which left me a profit of $17.03. 
Vermont. w. s. grimes. 
GUERNSEY BULLS- 
We have three eligible to registry Guernsey Bulls, 
one nineteen months, one eighteen months, and one 
fifteen months old; will sell these bulls at $75 each. 
They areall sired by Auricula’s Main-sheet 8870, 
out of good producing registered Guernsey cows. 
HILLHURST FARM, Orchard Park, N, Y. 
A 3 to 4 Months Old Pig, EXPRESS PAID, 
In exchange for a few days of your spare time. You 
invest no money. Send for particulars at once. 
PENN A. BERKSHIRE CO., Fannettsburg, Pa. 
FOUR very fine 
WHITE HOLLAND 
TOMS. Mary H. Spink, IRodman, Jeff. Co., N. Y. 
S INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. Eggs for 
Hatching (Knapp & Dustonstrains;, Prize Win¬ 
ners; $1 for 15, $6 per 100. 
S. L. BRIGGS, R. D. No. 1, Syracuse, New York. 
“It’S It,” 
Investigate 
ami you will 
find the 
Parsons 
“LOW- 
DOWN” 
MILK 
WAGON 
Is decidedly “IT” in every detail. 
PARSONS "LOW-DOWN” WAGON WORKS, 
EARLVILLK, N. Y. 
STEEL STANCHIONS 
Write for new circular and prices. 
F. R. & H. J. WELCHER, 
BOTLER BT., NEWARK, N. Y. 
CHAIN-HANGING 
FOR SALE 
inn CHAIN-HANGING 
! j CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
sale by 
O. H. KOllERTSON, 
Forestville. Conn. 
WARRINER’S 
CHAIN 
HANGING 
STANCHION 
HOLDS THE 
ANIMALS AS 
FIRMLY 
AS RIGID 
STANCHIONS 
W B. CRUMB, 73 
Main St., Forestville,Conn. 
MRS. WINSLOW’S 
SOOTHING SYRUP 
has been used by Millions of Mothers for their ' 
' Te - - 
children while Teething for over Fifty Years . 1 
It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays I 
all pain, cures wind colic, and Is 
ledy to 
the best i 
remedy for diarrhoea. 
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. 
PISOS CURE FOR 
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS 
Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. 
Use in time. Sold by druggists. 
CONSUMPTION 
BABY COVERED WITH SORES. 
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh Unless 
Hands Were Tied—“Would Have 
Died But For Cuticura." 
“My little son, when about a year and 
a half old, began to have sores come out 
on his face. I had a physician treat him, 
hut the sores grew worse. Then they be¬ 
gan to come on his arms, then on other 
parts of his body, and then one came on 
his chest, worse than the others. Then I 
called another physician. Still he grew 
worse. At the end of about a year and a 
half of suffering he grew so bad I had to 
tie his hands in cloths at night to keep 
him from scratching the sores and tearing 
the flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton, 
and was hardly able to walk. My aunt 
advised me to try Cuticura Soap and 
Ointment. I sent to the drug store and 
got a cake of the Soap and a box of the 
Ointment, and at the end of about two 
months the sores were all well. He has 
never had any sores of any kind since. 
He is now strong and healthy, and I can 
sincerciy say that only for your most 
wonderful remedies my precious child 
would have died from those terrible sores. 
Mrs. Egbert Sheldon, R. F. D. No. 1, 
Woodville, Conn., April 22 , 1905 .” 
COLLIE PUPS Bargains. 
WHITE COCHIN BANTAM 
R. I. RED and BARRED ROCK, 
Cockerels, Hens and Pullets. 
“EGGS TO HATCH” 
From the above at 8 cents each, and also Light 
Brahmas, White Wyandottes and Leghorns. 
WALTER SHERMAN, 25Boulevard,Newport,R.I. 
DOG POWERS 
HARDER MFG. CO. machines, etc. 
Box II, Cobleskill, N. Y. Best - Cheapest 
The International 
Is the only Silo with an Automatic, Self Adjusting 
Hoop. Also has Continuous, Open Front, Air Tight, 
and Easy Operating Door, and a Permanent Ladder, 
always in Position. Made of Selected 2-inch Tank 
Pine. Matched, ready to set up. THE INTER¬ 
NATIONAL SILO CO., Box 91, Jefferson, O. 
ANGORA GOATS 
FOR SALE, PURE BLOOD, REGISTERED STOCK, 
Fine condition. Some with kids. T. H. BAB¬ 
COCK, Nanuet, Rockland Co., New York. 
DEGISTKRKD ANGORA GOATS.— Pairs or 
*\ trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Oincinnatus, N. Y. 
ONE BREED ONLY ” 
C. A. HALL, Oak Hill, New York. 
EGGS 
Buff and White Wyandotte Eggs for sale. 60 cents 
for 15 eggs, $3.50 for 100 eggs. OHAS. I. MILLER, 
R. F. D. No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
The Blue Hen’s Poultry Plant, 
DOVER, DEL., 
headquarters for the New York Standard S. C. 
White Leghorn eggs for setting, per setting $1.00, per 
100 $5.00. These eggs are extremely large, pure white 
fancy market eggs. The chickens are large, vigorous, 
active and handsome. We also have the finest 
breeding pensof Barred and White Plymouth Rocks, 
pric.es same as above. Book your orders early and 
save delay. 
ORPINGTONS 
GOOD, STRONG, HEALTHY PURE BRED BUFF 
ORPINGTONS. EGGS FOR HATCHING *3,00 
PER SITTING. 
WOODSTOCK HOUSE, 
ELMSFORD, N. Y. 
J. H. KER, Manager. 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
Cockerel s' 1 W ll 11 6 PlyiDOUtll R0Cl(S} 
a, i d 9 l o°r lW. Holland TURKEYS}^ 
Improved early Canada (90 day) need corn. 00 ear* In muslin sack $1. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Kggs for hatching from 500 choice mature birds, bred 
and selected for vigor and egg production. Send for 
our circular and prices. White&ltice, Yorktown,N.Y. 
%A#HITE LEGHORNS 1 Breeders of 
W HITE PEKIN DUCKS | high class 
Roset’umb White Leghorns, WlmeWyaudottes. Wh. 
and Barred Plymouth Roc. s. Imperial Pekin Ducks 
—Winners of 4 Ribbons at Madison Square Garden 
Shows, 1906, and 18 at Dutchess Co. Fair, 1905. Eggs 
from Prize Matings, our best stock, $3 for 15, $15 per 
100. High class fertility stock, specially bred to pro¬ 
duce fe tile eggs. $1.50 for 13; $6 per 100; all clear eggs 
replaced free if returned express prepaid. Duck eggs, 
$1.25forl0: $ 8 per 100; 80pens,2000layers. Cutofsame 
in Cypher’s Catalogue, and their authorized agent. 
Bonnie lirae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
GREIDER’S FINE CATALOGUE 
of Standard bred poultry for printed ini 
beautiful colon*, contains Fine Chroma, illustrates 
and describes (Ml varieties. (Jives reasonable prices 
for stock and eggs, tells all about poultry, their 
diseases, lice, etc. Till* book only lO cents. 
B. H. GKEIDEK, EHEEMS, FA. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
50c. perdoz. 
Incubator chicks 10 c. each. Stock unsurpassed for 
beauty or business. HILANDALE .FARM, Kt. 
2, Brooklyn, Ohio. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
BAKKED BOOKS—Best blood; bred for vigor 
and utility. Free range and eggs of high fertility. 
$■•50 per 15. Grant Davis, Whitehouse, New Jersey. 
White Plymouth Rocks 
Kggs from Prize Matings, $2 per 15 Laying matings 
from large vigorous tested layers. $1 per 15; $5 per 
nundred. ISAAC C. CLAKK, Penn Yau, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S, C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Trios, $5. Eggs 
for hatching, $1.00 per 15; $5.00 per 100. Catalogue 
free. C. If. ZIMMER, R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
Oar red. Buff anil White Rocks, Wyandottes B. <fc. W 
Minorcas and Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks. 
$3 each, $7.50 for trio. Eggs $2 for 15, $3.75 for 30, $5 
for 45. Duck eggs $1.50 for 11 , $2.75 for 22, $5 for 44. 
Edward G. Noonan. Marietta, Lancaster Co., Penna. 
Prize Winning White Wyandottes and S. C. 
White Leghorns. Eggs at reasonable prices. Write for 
particulars. G.K. Schauber.Box R, Hallston Lakc,N.Y. 
DUFF KOCKS, stock and eggs from solid Buffs. 100 
premiums last 14 mos. Dr. Ooolidge,Warner, N.H. 
MANOKIN White LEGHORNS SATISFY 
No experiment, bred 12 years for heavy laying, from 
best blood in America. Stock and eggs at farmers’ 
prices. It. B. PUSEY, Princess Anne, Md. 
Co|p 100 W. Wyandottes and W. P. R. 
1 Ul DalC Eggs $1.50 for 26. Incnbator Eggs $4.00 
per 100. MBS. J. P. HEELINGS, Dover, Del. 
C OLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES and It. C. R. I. 
Reds. Farm raised. Kggs; Columbian Wy¬ 
andottes, $2; Reds, $1 per 15, S. K. W1NANS, Sun¬ 
set View Farm, Stanfordville, New York. 
C A f* D|C| ET 8 Pens, pure bred White 
■ ■ I^™ Wyandottes (4 pullets, 3 
yearlings, 1 Cockerel), price $ 10 ; cash with order. 
F. MICHAUT, Star Route 7213, Newburgh, N. Y. 
90 
War's Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Kggs a specialty. 60 p. book; 10c. 
Rates free. J. A. BKRGKY,Box 8 ,Telford,Pa, 
Poultry Catalogue Free. Reasonable prices. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Fail-view Farm, Shrewsbury, Pa. 
Maple Villa Poultry Yards—Kggs and stock guaran¬ 
teed. Hamburgs. Leghorns, Andalusians, Minorcas, 
Wyandottes, Kocks, Anconas. W.o.moshkk, Syivania, i’a. 
BUFF, White Leghorns. Eggs 76c per 15. $ 1 . 5 per 30. 
$2 per 60. Clr. free. JOHN A. BOTH, Quakertown. Pa. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTE 
effsrs. I>uu» ton strain direct. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed, $4 per 100. Grand View Farm, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
DOSE COMB BBOWN LEGHORNS EXCLU- 
SIVELY. Heaviest laying strain. Hatching eggs 
$1 per 15; $4 per 100. YVM. SOHLUER, Jamesport.N.Y. 
Hose Comb White Leghorns. 
White Plymouth Rocks. 
Cockerels for sale. Kgrgs for Hatching;. 
L. C. HILLS, Delaware, Ohio. 
A few fine Rose Comb R. I. Red Cockerels, 
also Kggs at $3.00 for 16. from best matings, $5.00 per 
100. from utility stock. R. G. CHASE, Geneva, N Y. 
s 
SQUABS 
are raised in one month: 
bring big prices. Money 
makers tor poultrymen, 
farmers, women. 
f 5 Send for our Frke Book and learn this 
rich industry. Correspondence invitedffff 
(.. Plymouth Koek Squab Co., 
335 Howard St., Melrose, Mass. 
DOGS AND HOGS 
for sale, all kinds. Pigeons.Ferrets, Belgian Hares. 
Send 8 cents for 44 page Illustrated Catalogue, 
C. G. LLOYDT, Sayre, Bradford Co., Penna. 
TURKEY EGGS, BRONZE, Wyandotte and W. 
* Leg. eggs, guaranteed to hatch or money refunded, 
1500 layers- C. Adell Kayner & Co., Lockport, N. Y. 
WILD and BRONZE TURKEYS. 
Leading varieties of poultry, Prices low. Catalogue 
free. Valley View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Pa. 
BLUE RIBBON Basket? 
Barred Plymouth Rocks,! SURE TO GIVE 
White Wyandottes, A 
White Leghorns. J SQUARE DEAL. 
Eggs. $1.50 per 15; $2.50 per 30. J. HOWARD 
LIPPINCOTT, P. O. Box 3, Moorestown, N. J. 
SOAPSTONE FARM. 
Mam. Pekin Duck Eggs, $6 per IOO. 
White Muscovy Duck Eggs, $1.50 per 
15. Buff Leghorns (Arnold Strain), 
$l.50perl5. Cornish Indian Games, 
$1,50 per 15. 
Orders booked get the preference over mid-season 
letters. Reasonable fertility guaranteed. Address 
F. W. BARCLAY, Mgr. 
HAVERFORD, PENNA, 
THE FAMOUS 
GREEN MOUNTAIN SILO 
Guaranteed all right in every particular. Couldn't be better if it cost 
twice as much. The home-made Silo is almost invariably disappointing, 
if not a downright failure. 
Brunswick, N. Y., August 13 th. 
In answer to your favor of the nth, I would say my Silo was built Septem¬ 
ber, 1899 , by a man from Cornell, who had worked on two at the Experiment 
Station. Gave him $ 2.00 per day and his fare one way, $ 30 . 00 ; lumber, 
$ 67 . 00 ; hardware, $ 15 . 00 . Enough silage spoiled from faulty construction 
to have paid 20 per cent on the cost of a first-class one, and it blew down 
August 10 th, but rather than not have any Silo, I would build one every 
year. But now I have ordered one of yours and hope to have it standing 
10 years from now, O. K.— Parker Bristol. 
Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. Write for free Silo Booklet H. 
STODDARD MFG. CO., Rutland, Vt. 
