1909. 
837 
CROSS-BRED POULTRY. 
It is a little out of date to talk about 
mating, but if the reader will cut this out 
and paste it where it will not get lost, or 
bear it in mind when the time comes to 
adopt the advice, he will thank me. In 
the Spring of 1908 I set aside Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks and one Rrown Leghorn, 
and mated with them a Rhode Island 
Red cockerel. A little later I substi¬ 
tuted a White Leghorn cockerel. These 
were all purcbrcds. From these mat¬ 
ings I got 14 pullets, four of which were 
black, four brown, and six white. No¬ 
vember 1 all of the brown pullets began 
to lay, and dropped 22 eggs that month, 
skipping but eight days. In December 
the others began to lay. In January they 
laid 276 eggs, February 263, March 274. 
There the record ends, but one week in 
May, to show how well the record was 
kept up, 13 pullets laid on Sunday 13 
eggs, Monday 12, Tuesday 14 (I have 
evidently missed one egg Monday, or 
one of the pullets had laid two eggs), 
Wednesday 12, Thursday 13, Friday 13, 
Saturday 12, a total of 7 5-12 dozens in 
one week. Even now, from 10 pullets 
1 get not less than seven, more often 
nine, and about twice a week ten eggs 
in a day. This year I have about 50 
pullets crossed, Rhode Island Red cock¬ 
erel and White Leghorn hens. Some 
are pure white, but most of them more 
or less creamy in color. Of course I 
breed purebred stock also, hut what I 
want to emphasize is the fact that cross¬ 
ing light weight, like Leghorns, on heav¬ 
ier stock, and vice versa, is the surest 
way to produce layers. The pullets that 
gave this excellent record will go into 
the pot by the time they put on good 
flesh after the moult. This flesh and 
fat will go on quickly under close con¬ 
finement, and the quicker it is laid on 
the tenderer it will be. 
Bennington, Vt. j. H. l. 
AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION IN NEW , 
YORK STATE. 
Part I. 
Most of the agricultural legislation last 
Winter was in the form of amendments 
to the agricultural law, which is enforced 
by the State Department of Agriculture. 
The different acts are as follows: 
Chapter i) is a revision of the entire 
agricultural law, constituting it as Chap¬ 
ter i of the new Consolidated Laws of 
the State. The old law had been amended 
a great many times, and in some instances 
requirements of the law relating to the 
same subject were far removed one from 
another. The consolidation of all of the 
State laws has been in progress a long 
time, the effort being to revise the laws, 
arranging them in logical order, etc., with¬ 
out in any way changing the requirements. 
The Consolidated Laws will probably not 
be revised as a whole for many years, and 
during this time the agricultural law will 
be known as Chapter 1. 
Chapter 186 amends section 30, which 
deflues adulterated milk, by adding a defi¬ 
nition for adulterated cream, thus estab¬ 
lishing for pure cream a State standard of 
18 per centum of milk fat. 
Chapter 210 amends sections 70, 72 and 
73, relating to eider vinegar, by repealing 
a clause which permitted the sale of vin¬ 
egar below standard by farmers who made 
such vinegar exclusively from apples 
grown on their own land. That exception 
had caused the old law to be declared 
unconstitutional. There is now no such 
exception, and legal vinegar must comply 
with Ihe standard which lias long been on 
the statute books. This act also provides 
that vinegar packages shall be marked to 
show the true character of such vinegar 
and in the penalty clause an amendment 
is provided, requiring ttie Commissioner • 
of Agriculture to publish the names and 
business addresses of persons convicted 
of violations of the article of the law 
relating 1o vinegar, together with such 
facts of the violation as lie may deem 
proper. 
Chapter 222 is an amendment of see- 
lions 304 and 305. known as the nursery 
Inspection law. The changes in the law 
are more or less technical, hut intended 
to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture 
to proceed effectively against the appear¬ 
ance of pests not heretofore included, such 
as the Itrown-tail moth. An amendment 
also provides for tho appraisal of property 
destroyed in efforts to subdue insect pests, 
and for llie payment by State on account 
of such destruction, under certain pre¬ 
scribed conditions, it is also now required 
that any person bringing nursery stock 
into this State, or receiving such stock 
from outside the State, shall secure a per- 
jnit from the Commissioner of Agriculture 
before such stock can be unpacked. This 
a; lo protect against the introduction of 
contaminated stock from some infected dis¬ 
trict. Already work of great importance 
to the agricultural interests of the State 
has lieon performed under this new law, 
m connection with the appearance of large 
numbers of Brown-tail moths in West¬ 
chester County a few weeks ago. The 
measures taken were so thorough that it 
's believed the last insect in this invasion 
has been destroyed. 
Chapter 232 repeals sections 104 and 105 
of the agricultural law, which contained 
provisions regarding Inspection of diseased 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
animals, that were in conflict with pro¬ 
visions later enacted. 
iChapter 312 amends section 90 of the 
agricultural law in relation to suppres¬ 
sion of infectious and contagions diseases. 
The amendment provides penalties for 
bringing diseased stock into this State 
without proper precaution to ascertain if 
tiiey are free from disease, and under the 
authority of this amendment the State De¬ 
partment of Agriculture soon will have 
in effect new regulations intended to pro¬ 
tect this State from the introduction of 
diseased cattle as effectively as most 
of our neighboring States are already pro¬ 
tected. Among other requirements will 
be one for the tuberculin test of all bo¬ 
vine animals Intended for breeding or 
dairy purposes. The new law provides 
that animals coming into the State may 
be required to be held in quarantine for 
official inspection. 
Chapter 313 amends section 91. in ref¬ 
erence to issuance of quarantine orders. 
The old law provided for quarantining a 
geographic district where contagious dis¬ 
ease was known to exist, and sometimes 
the department suffered some embarrass¬ 
ment because of the appearance of dis¬ 
ease near the border line of a town or 
county, rendering it Important to quar¬ 
antine all or a portion of the adjoining 
districts. That was not formerly pro¬ 
vided for, but is now; and, acting under 
the authority of this law, it is now the 
rule to quarantine a larger area for ra¬ 
bies than was formerly the practice. 
Another addition to the law permits 
agents of the Department of Agriculture 
to post quarantine notices upon public 
service poles other than those carrying 
wires which transmit electricity for light¬ 
ing or power; also on fences and build¬ 
ings when owners thereof consent; and 
a heavy penalty is provided for the mu¬ 
tilation or destruction of quarantine or¬ 
ders issued and posted by the Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture. 
Chapter 314 amends sections 99, 101 
and 102, which relate to compensation for 
animals destroyed. This amendment takes 
effect October 1, 1909, and it provides for 
Hie appraisal and payment for glandored 
horses, the maximum appraisal to lie .$120 
and payment to be on the basis of 80 
per cent for cases not manifest by clini¬ 
cal symptoms, and 50 per cent for cases 
where clinical symptoms are manifest. 
Thus glanders is put on a par with tuber¬ 
culosis. 
Chapter 315 amends sections 92 and 
93, and extends to the chief veterinarian 
of the Department of Agriculture the 
same power to quarantine premises for 
animal diseases as has been hold pre¬ 
viously by assistant commissioners of ag-, 
riculture. j 
Chapter 316 amends section 95 and por-j- 
mits the Commissioner of Agriculture to i 
accept certain work done by unofficial! 
veterinarians when it is performed in ai 
manner satisfactory to the Commissioner, j 
Heretofore, even though the best veter-1 
inarian In the State should make an ex-| 
animation, it would lie necessary for the! 
Commissioner of Agriculture to have one! 
df the Department veterinarians repeat! 
the work before further official action [ 
could follow. 
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