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THE RURAL, NKW-YORKER 
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The Henyard. 
THE GREAT POULTRY CONTEST. 
The groat American egg-laying contest at 
Rtorrs College, Conn., has began. Indeed, It 
might be called an “International contest,’’ 
as fowls are entered from England and 
Canada. Six hundred pullets are entered in 
tltis contest, which is to last for one year, 
from November 1, 1011, to October 33, 1912. 
That none but the best should bo entered, 
an entry fee of $25 was charged. Each 
breeder sends six birds, five of which enter 
the contest; the sixth bird is held in re¬ 
serve to take the place of any that may die 
or have to be removed for any cause. 
Twenty-three different breeds are entered; 
of course, this is only a small part of the 
number of breeds recognized and described 
in the “American Standard,” but these are 
laying breeds, business birds, not fancy 
fowls, bred for looks only, but the breeds on 
which this country depends for its supply 
of eggs and poultry. The United States 
Department of Agriculture estimates the 
number of hens’ eggs laid In the United 
States in 1910 at “thirty thousand mil¬ 
lions’’; valne of eggs and poultry at eight 
hundred million dollars. Surely this is no 
“picayune” business. Tt is well worthy of 
the attention and study of the ablest minds 
Interested in the development of agriculture. 
It is doubtful if an egg-laying contest ever 
started in tills country under such favor¬ 
able auspices. The men In charge are rec¬ 
ognized as thff very best poultry experts in 
the land ; every one is a man with a Na¬ 
tional reputation. Professor Stoneburn, In 
charge of the poultry department, at the 
Connecticut Agriculture College, will have 
a general oversight of the contest, assisted 
by such men as Prof. P. C. Elford of Mc¬ 
Donald College, Canada: Prof. ITomer W. 
Jackson. Pennsylvania State College; Dr. 
A. A. Brigham, South Dakota Agricultural 
College; T. IT. McGrew, professor of poul¬ 
try husbandry. International Correspondence 
Schools; Dr. N. W. Sanborn, editor Ameri¬ 
can Poultry Advocate; Dr. Prince T. 
Woods, editor American Poultry Journal. 
With such men in charge we can certainly 
be sure that the data obtained will be ac¬ 
curate and to be depended upon. 
The plant—50 houses—is very pleasantly 
situated on the slope of a hill racing the 
south. The houses arc double ; that is, each 
house is divided by a partition tlirough the 
center into two pens. As the houses are 
12x12 feet, this gives a pen for each five 
birds of 0x12 feet, or 14 feet of floor space 
to each fowl. There is a sliding window 
near the front on the east side, and an¬ 
other on tile west side, while the entire 
front is open from the roof to within two 
feet of the ground, except the door into each 
pen. This gives the largest possible amount 
of sunlight from sunrise to sundown, while 
the birds are protected from direct drafts. 
As the center partition is of wire netting 
down to two feet above the floor, and the 
wire part reaches back nearly to the roosts, 
it allows the sunlight to enter both pens all 
the time. Attached to the partition is a 
slatted platform about two feet from the 
floor in each pen. This contains the drink¬ 
ing pan, also a pan of dry mash for each 
pen, where they are up out of the litter. 
The roosting part at the north end is made 
airtight by tarred paper on sides, end and 
roof, so there can be no possible drafts 
while on the roosts. Trap-nests are under 
the roosts, and an attendant goes aTound 
every hour to release the layers and keep 
the record of eggs laid. Each pen has an 
outside yard attached, with wire fencing; 
also wire gates. The rows of houses have 
a driveway in front of each row, enabling 
anyone to look into each house and see the 
birds without getting out of the carriage. 
At night the gates are closed and armed 
guards with dogs protect the plant. A tre¬ 
mendous amount of work has been done in 
getting this plant ready. The earth on 
which each bouse stands has been raised 
above the surrounding ground so there can 
be no possibility of the earth floors becom¬ 
ing damp. Abundance of dry leaves are 
used for litter, and the whole plot was 
plowed and sown to rye before the houses 
were built on it. Sanitary eonditions leave 
nothing to be desired. There are a good 
many questions of which we can at least 
approach a solution by a contest like this; 
we may not only learn what breeds lay the 
greatest number of eggs, but also the broods 
that lay best when eggs are highest in 
price; for It is quite possihle that a hen 
producing two or three dozen more than 
another might show less net profit. I shall 
continue this and iiope to have some pic¬ 
tures illustrating the houses and the plant. 
GKO. A. COSGROVE. 
The Leghorn Pullet’s Brother. 
Mr. Thatcher writes a very nice article 
on poultry, and it seems brimful of good, 
solid common sense, until be mentions the 
question of males. Ht says If he could 
pick them with certainty he would bury 
them the day they were hatched. What can 
he lie thinking of? What profit is he satis¬ 
fied with? Surely lie would not spend more 
than 20 cents to bring one to broiler age, 
and then it will command 40 to 00 cents or 
100 to 200 per cent clear profit. I sold 
Quito a number tills season for 30 cents 
per pound, and that in the open market, 
lie cannot make 100 per cent on the hen 
nearly so quick as that. It will cost him 
nearly one dollar to raise the pullets to 
laying age, and then it will take that pullet 
three months to lay enough eggs to pay for 
its cost, and will cost nine cents per month, 
or 27 cents more before he is even ready 
to pocket the profits. Therefore he will be 
about 12 to 14 months getting his 100 per 
cent, whereas the broiler will bring him 100 
per cent in about 55 to 65 days. I con¬ 
sider a good broiler- trade the most profit¬ 
able branch of the poultry business. It 
beats eggs at 30 cents per dozen, and if 
Mr. Thatcher gets more than that he is a 
lucky mortal. w. J. DOUGAN. 
I do not doubt the profit Mr. Dougan 
claims for Leghorn broilers for himself and 
for others who hatch them early, or who 
spend time and labor marketing them. I 
and many others would rather hatch Leg¬ 
horns in May and early June. This brings 
the broilers in market in July, August and 
September, when a heavy broiler is in de¬ 
mand. If by open market Mr. Dougan 
means the city commission markets, I can¬ 
not recall any such prices as 40 to 60 
cents apiece for live broilers of the Leg¬ 
horn class during those months, and I saw 
the market reports every day. 
Mr. Dougan estimates the feed cost of a 
broiler at about 20 cents; 292 broilers 
shipped to a reliable commission house in 
New York this season brought me $72.10, 
about 29 cents apiece. So I have nine 
cents for my labor, and their company for 
three months. I’ossibly I have some antip¬ 
athy toward the Leghorn cockerel. I well 
remember the first season I tried to sell 
them in our home and neighboring towns. 
When Leghorn was mentioned, not heavy 
enough was the answer, nothing wanted 
under five pounds per pair. The following 
December we had a nice flock of pullets that 
were laying well. An egg dealer came to 
our house and when he saw a large basket 
of fresh white eggs he had a smile on his 
face that would not come off. He cheer¬ 
fully paid 50 cents a dozen for them, and 
has been getting them ever since, 
L. n. THATCHER. 
Gut Your Poultry House Costs 
in two, and better; savo from 50-754 on your 
poultry houses. Get the Jesmond Rook on 
Poultry Houses, a book that every poultry 
keeper needs. Gives fully illustrated descrip¬ 
tions and directions on how to mako and use 
the Jesmond poultry houses and fixtures—tho 
cheapest and most correct house known to tho 
poultry world. 
The Jesmond poultry house is adaptable 
and suitable for any number, of any kind of 
poultry; and for any place—village, city-lot, 
farm or plant. 
Every poultry keeper needs this valuable 
book. Over fifty pages, strongly bound and 
fully illustrated. Send to-day. 
50c. postpaid 
Send coin, P. O. money order or express order 
(no stamps). 
JESMOND POULTRY FARMS, Box A, DUNKIRK, N. 1. 
KEAN’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Extra fine Cockerels ready for service, $3.00 each. 
Pullets, $2.00 each. Guaranteed to satisfy tho most 
fastidious. Also Choice Indian Runner Drakes, 
$2.00 each. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N.Y. 
GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS 
Pullets. Grand Stock at Farmers’ prices. 
H. J, VAN I)VKK, GETTYSBURG, Pa. 
FAR CAI F—125 pair of mated Homer Pigoons 
run OHLC at 75 cent8 per pair 
Patrick McNamara, Shelter Island, N. Y. 
COR SALE— Wator Power Corn and Wheat Mills, run- 
1 ningdaily; cement dam; with 75 acres fertile land. 
Good bargain. Address W. B. Mitchell, Auto, Va. 
WAMTFn— Man w h° is oxport Forester and 
VVHn 1 LU practical Farmer to care for largo 
estate; married preferred; house provided. Ad¬ 
dress givingroforonces. J. F. Pierson 29 Broadway, N.Y. 
W A NT F11— AGENTS to sell Farmers' Account Hook, 
linn i lu Quick seller. Special inducements till 
holidays. Address lu. L. Syphors, Fort Wayne, Ind. 
WANTFn~ 8ma11 Frnit Farm, New York or Conn, 
ii mi i lu Near good villago. Stato location, low¬ 
est price and describe buildings. D.G.earo R. N. Y 
WANTFII— u P't°’date, reliable and exporionced 
ii mi i lu Farmer to work, preferably on sharos. 
a two hundred aero farm in western New York* 
Good land, good buildings and a dairy of thirty 
cows. Further particulars will bo given to inquirers 
who stato experience, ago. education and resources. 
Address S. A. B., care Rural New-Yorker. 
HEAL ESTATE. 
pLANT your APPLE ORCHARD in the Kin. 
derhook Country where good orchards and 
good living- go together. Come and see. Ask 
for booklet. Rural Life Co., Kindcrhook, N. Y. 
For Sale-FARMS, FARMS, FARMS! 
Writo mo your wants, stating sizo and number 
of cows you wish to keep and I will send you de¬ 
scriptions. OGDEN’S AGENCY. Walton, Delaware Co.. N.Y. 
FDR RFNT- TloauU,nll y located 6a(,ro Poultry 
1 Ull IILIl 1 Farm in Connecticut. Buildings 
for keeping 400 to f»00 fowls. Apple, poach and plnm 
trees. Near railroad station and steamboat (lock. 
Write U. <1. CLARK, 475 E. 137th St., New York 
FARIUR Circu,ar free. Dept.. 151, Lelaml’s 
l millio Farm Agency, 31 Milk Nt.. Boston 
FOR 9AI F- If you wanfc tl10 best farms for the 
J, . , , ™ on ‘ ,y , "Olid for onr largofrno catalog. 
HALL SFARM AGENCY, Owogo, Tioga Co., N.Y. 
IRfl FflrmC SALE CHEAP, ill fertile 
IUU 1 (111110 Delaware Valley. New catalogue 
and map free. Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, Pa. 
FOR SAI F~ Kivet Farm—355 acros, 60 head 
lJrVL,1 “ cattle, 4 horses, all farming tools. 
1011 crops. Buildings good. $16,000— half cash. 
Cranston’s Agency, Cannonsville, Del. Co., N.Y. 
FOR SALE— A good farm cheap; 260 acres; 3k: mile* 
1 from a hustling young city of 25,000 pop. in cen¬ 
tral Now \ ork, A bargain if taken at onco. Write 
for particulars. N. H. I)., earo Rural Now-Yorker. 
Cl HD 1 ii A Yon C!,n ,)ny yonr winter homosite 
| I (jnillA at Allandale, Port Orange, on fa- 
* mous East Coast, nnd build your 
UnUFSITPS b° lno for less than tho cost of 
nunlLOl 1 LO wintering at a Florida hotel. 
Fishing, boating, finest automobile racecourse on 
coan beach. Write for the Allandale*booklet. 
THE ALLANDALE COMPANY, Daytona, Florida 
pOR SALE— A fully equlppod Poultry Farm of twenty 
• acres, 8-room house, barn, shed, lion house for 
500 hens; brooder house for 600 chickens; cement 
incubator cellar; automobile house, telephone and 
R. D.; near neighbors. For full information and 
prico address John J. Owens, Ownor, Remson.N.Y. 
FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT & ORANGE GROVE 
For sale. 10 acres bearing. Other valuable assets. 
Fronts largo hu e, quarter mile to depot, Well ele¬ 
vated. $5,500, Three other similar opportunities. 
No attention givon to land agents. Address Ownor. 
L. O. FKAGIN, "Winter Haven, Florida. 
NEW JFRSFY FARM<\- Gar<lo, b Poultry 
O V , n . 1 rAnlV '' i and General Crop Farms 
bend for list of Burlington Connty Farms 
A. WAKltKN DKES3EK, 
Burlington, New Jersey. 
FINE MARYLAND 
250 under active stato of cultivation, balance in 
wood, 20 acres of which rofused offer ol' £50.00 por 
aero on stump. Land host in Maryland for corn, 
wheat, grass- In heart of rich section of the richost 
county: 7 room <1 welling in good condition, barns 
and outbuildings amply sufliciont. Excellent neigh¬ 
borhood, (I miles from R. R. on Stato road to be 
macadamized. It! miles from Baltimore. $50.00 
per acre. A reduction mado and exceptional 
oasy terms offered to quick taker. 
Edward lH’owell, Kllicott City, Maryland. 
Don’t Drudge or 
e Drudges 
unit 
system 
stall—can 
be i n - 
stalled one 
at a time 
or more. 
A 1 i g n s 
long and 
short cows 
evenly at 
the drop. 
Ask about 
Star stalls 
and stan¬ 
ch i o n s 
when you 
write re¬ 
canting lit¬ 
ter carriers 
with modem equipment. Save the cost 
in a season. Get your work done quicker. 
And have a cleaner barn to show when the 
milk inspector calls. Look into this labor sav¬ 
ing, money saving, time and trouble saving sys¬ 
tem of carrying out litter or distributing feed. 
LITTERsFEED CARRIERS, 
mafic dumping and returning devices,lowering devices, S 
rod or cable trackage, roller bearings, etc.; the Star S 
swinging boom does away with posts and supports, j? 
FRFF PLANS and Send us rou^h sketch of your S a • 
X CATALOG ham layout— wo will jf A o<* 
send detail plans and estimate of how you can make Star 
Carriers pay also full particulars—free on request . S < 
. * 
Writ, us today. nuNT-BELM-FERRIS & CO 
134 Hunt Street 
Harvard, 111. > d* 
t> u 
Keeps 
Water 
Pure 
More than half your poultry troubles nro caused 
by not properly protecting their drinking water 
from the contamination of the chickens them¬ 
selves. Vou can end all your watur troubles by 
equipping your poultry yards with 
Moe’s Top-Fill 
Drinking Fountain 
It always eupnlios just enough pure water— 
«« n-Ir space keeps wator COOL 
IN SUM ME It, WARM IN WINTER. Simple in 
construction—just remove cover and till from top— 
water coaxes to flow when cover is removed—no 
valves to got out of order. Ono gallon capacity. 
If not at your dealers, sent direct on receipt of 
price. $1.25. Satisfaction guaranteed, 
i OTIS & MOE. 540 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Huy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Kst. 1K4I 
R. MacKELLAirS SONS CO ., Peekskill, N. Y. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
Hy reeding raw hone. Its egg-producing value la four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier 
profits larger. 
MANN’S Bone Cutter 
Cuts all hone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Oaym* Free Trial. 
No money In advance. 
Send Today for Free Book. 
V. W. Mann Co., Box 15. Milford, Mass. 
BARRED ROCKS 
breeding COCKERELS for $2.50 onoh. C. H. 
JENNINGS, Freehold, N. Y., care Hedge’s Farm. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS —Genuine White Egg Strain, 
I $0.00 per trio. GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N.Y. 
Rose Comb Reds-Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class breeders and young stock for show, 
utility and export. .May return at my expense if not 
satisfactory. Sinclair Smith, B02 Fiflli St., Brookly n, N. Y. 
SPFRIAI f barred rocks and partridge cochins 
LU1ML Bullets $2.00, Cockerels $2.00 to $5.00. 
DPPCD I Some good enough for exhibition, 
urrt I* I and all good utility stock. 
MINCH BKOS., Route 2, Bridgeton, N. j. 
Snow White Wyandottes 
lay. Circular free. Gold enroll Farm Stew.irtsluwn, Pa. 
I — ■■■■ ■■ ■■ 
T HE FARMER S FOWL Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free, THUS, WILDER, Route 1 . Richland. N. Y. 
Oil tlillS$1.00—(.calling varieties, f>2 breeds. Prize J’oul- 
AO try, Pigeons, Hares, etc. Booklet free. lerge ill iik- 
trated descriptive Cat alog 10c. I 1 ’. O. WILE, Telford, Pa. 
Pfllll TRYMFN — 11 't f ai 1 to seen re Stock a nd 
•DU LI M I 111 LII Eggs at our reduced prices. 
EAST DONEG AL POULTRY YARDS. Marietta. Pa. 
S TERLING STRAIN S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS are heavy 
layers of largo, whito eggs. Special salo for 
Novemhor—Cockorols, $1 ana $2; May hatched 
pullets, $1,25. W. Sterling & Son, <'ntcliogiie, N.Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Choice lot Yearling Hens, Early Pullets and Cock¬ 
erels; any quantitv ut attractive prices; brod-to-lay 
kind. SUNNY HILL FARM. Fleininnton, N. J. 
Hone’s Rose Comb Reds and 
Mammoth Bronze TURKEYS 
Large, vigorous util¬ 
ity a n d exhibition 
. . . , r- ,—birds, bred from best 
•elected layers; also choice yearling breeders at 
reasonable prices, quality considered. All birds 
shipped on approval. 
D. R. HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Sharon Springs. N. Y. 
BUFF ROCK PULLETS 
$2.00 each. Cockorols, $3.00. Rose Comb Rod 
Cockerols, $1.00. All April hatched. 
TOUB ACRES.” NUTLEY. NEW JERSEY 
S, C, White Leghoms'od 0 oo= A ki;S l ls ,, " , 1 ? r 
breeding. Price right 
WHITE & KICK, 
>r quality- 
YOKKTOWN, N. Y. 
inn-YEARLING WHITE LEGHORNS. 100 Pullets. 25 
■ U W Whito Orpingtons. 20 Rhode Island Rods. 
20 Whito Plymouth Rocks. Cocks and Cockerels. 
E. G. TUCKER. JEFFERSON Co. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK 
T OULOUSE GEESE— Pair weighing 35 lbs., 1911 hatch, 
prico $10.00. PKKTN DRAKE, weighing 8 lbs., 
1U11 hatch, $4.00. PEARL liUINEAS, pair, $3 00 . 
L. 0. QUIGLEY, Goshen, Orange County, N. Y. 
FOR SALF~ Ke<l Lourbon Turkeys. Best strain, 
■ wii wttkk. f„jj blood for quick disposition. 
Hons. $2.50; Toms, $4.00. Write for prices. Won’t 
appear again. 1. NT. DULLER. Lake View, Ohio 
“CUPERB STRAIN" WHITE WYANOOTTES-Selecteil C0CK- 
0 ERELS for breeding, $2.00 and $3.00 each, this 
month. If they don’t please, return at our ex¬ 
pense. 0WNLAN0 FARM, Box 497, South Hammond. N. Y. 
Single-Combed Whito Leghorns, Haired 
Plymouth Rocks, Imperial Pelcin Ducks, 
Bronze Turkeys and Guinea liens at 
right prices. Yearlings, pullets, cocks or cockerels. 
Order at once for host selections. Largest success 
fill poultry plant in the vicinity of Now York City. 
Agents Cyphers’ Incubators. 
BONN1K BRAE POULTRY FARM New Rochelle, N. Y. 
5000 
WANTED 
-SINGLE COMH WHITE LUG- 
HORN HUNS iimI PULLETS. 
Any quantity. Must be thoroughbred and vigor¬ 
ous. Stato number, age and price. 
W. C. WURMAN, Fleminoton, N. J. 
PULLETS and YEARLING HENS 
dottes, singlo and rose comb; Brown and W. Leg¬ 
horns, It. I. Reds; from 80 cents per head up. Write 
for just what you want and how much you wish to 
Invest. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. 24 Athens, Pa. 
Pullets, Large, Early, Mixed Breeds 
at 8flc. each in lots of 10 or mure, cash with order, 
F. O. B. boro. J. HARLAN, R. I). 24, Athens, Pa. 
S.C. BROWN LEGHORN COCKERELS 
$1.00 Each, Six for $5.00. GOOD STOCK. 
11. A. THATCHER, Pkkulack, Pa. 
WHITE EMDEN GEESE' ||;gg ; ?jj|{} 
for restof November, cash with order, F. O. B. here. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. I). 24, Athens, Pa. 
B est white Holland turkeys, white Wyandotte cock¬ 
erels and Toulouse Geese, for sale. Prices low for 
quality. E.SCHIEBElt, RFD2, Bucyras.O. 
A TirtM—<>ur hot water custom hatch- 
111VUUA11V/11 ing plant was so successful 
last season that wo have doubled our capacity, 
which is now over 200,000 eggs Last year we had 
to turn away over 1,000 eggs a day for a period of 4 
months, as our Incubator was full. Over 80 por 
cent of our last year’s customers have already en¬ 
gaged space in our Incubator for the coming sea¬ 
son. Don’t be among the disappointed—engage 
your space ;iow. Our Incubator starts on Jan. 2d. 
Write for prices and information any way. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM 
Millerton, New York 
