1912. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
143 
The Henyard. 
Eleventh Week of the Egg Laying Contest. 
The zero weather has come, and the 
effect of it shows in a decided falling 
off in egg production by the White Leg¬ 
horns. While they are still ahead in the 
total number of eggs produced, the Eng¬ 
lish pen leading with a total of 215 eggs, 
the record for the eleventh week shows 
a production by the Leghorns of only 
5.1 eggs per pen; while the Rose Comb 
R. I. Reds show 15, and the Single 
Comb Reds 14.4 per pen. The Langshans 
laid 12, the American Dominiques 16, 
the Buff Orpingtons 12.75, the White 
Orpingtons 11, the White Wyandottes 
9.4, the Barred Rocks 8.4, the White P. 
Rocks 6.75, the Partridge P. Rocks 12, 
and the Columbian P. Rocks 12. 
This brings the egg production of the 
Leghorns for this eleventh week down 
to the twelfth place, and puts the Amer¬ 
ican Dominiques, with a record of 16 
eggs, at the head for the week. I obtain 
these results by dividing the number of 
eggs laid by each breed, by the number 
of pens of that breed, which shows the 
average number which each breed has 
laid during the week. One pen of Leg¬ 
horns laid 21 eggs, one 16 and one 15, 
but one pen of R. I. Reds laid 23, one 
22, one 18, one 17, and one pen of the 
Barred Rocks 19; which shows that the 
American breeds are rapidly overtaking 
the Leghorns with the advent of severe 
cold weather. The total number of eggs 
laid this eleventh week is 779; in the 
previous week it was 873, showing a 
drop of 94 eggs, the Leghorns alone 
showing a loss of 77 eggs from the pro¬ 
duction of the previous week. The Leg¬ 
horns have not “shut up like a jack¬ 
knife,” but they certainly show the effect 
of severe cold more than the American 
breeds. Some of the Leghorns froze 
their combs, but prompt treatment will 
probably restore them to good condition 
again. In the English pen every bird 
froze its comb, and the output for the 
week was only 13 eggs. Many of the 
early layers are molting. Storrs College 
reports the weather as being the coldest 
in twenty years. geo. a. cosgrove. 
Value of Sprouted Oats for Chickens. 
What Is the true value of sprouted oats? 
Some of the circulars claim the sprouted 
article is worth four times as much as the 
original oats. J. b. c. 
The claim is nonsense. The oats, if any¬ 
thing, lose some value during the sprouting 
process. The following analysis is the first 
we have seen : 
Following is the analysis of sprouted oats 
made by the Department of Agricultural 
Chemistry at this college. 
Moisture . 73.92 
Crude protein . 3.50 
Crude fat . 1.00 
Carbohydrates . 15.24 
Fiber .•. 4.80 
Ash . 1.48 
Cornell University. James e. rice. 
The following figures are given for com¬ 
parison : 
Carbo- 
Water Proteins hydrates Fat 
Oats . 11 12y a 00 4.0 
Green rye ... 75 1.9 13 0.5 
Green Alfalfa. 80 2.7 9 0.4 
Green Crimson 
clover . 80 3. 7.6 0.5 
Green rape .. 85 1.9 7.2 0.0 
Mangels . 85 1.4 8.5 
Breeding and Selecting Birds. 
Can you tell me how to mate my hens 
so I can use the same rooster with the 
same hens, and not inbreed? I have some 
fine single Comb White Leghorns, and have 
been sending away for my rooster, hut I 
wish to avoid inbreeding. r. b. 
Ohio. 
From your letter I draw the following 
conclusions. You have been in the habit 
of introducing new blood each year by 
means of unrelated male birds and un¬ 
doubtedly from a different flock each time. 
You do this to avoid inbreeding, which 
you have been taught to believe is detri¬ 
mental. Introducing new blood is un¬ 
doubtedly all right in some cases, but why 
not inbreed? We are taught that like be¬ 
gets like, which is true according to the 
law of inheritance. Heredity we are told 
is the inheritance of like qualities, but un¬ 
like qualities are also Inherited. There¬ 
fore by introducing new blood you are in¬ 
creasing the unlike qualities, which is just 
what you ought not to do. Then if you 
are breeding for standard qualities alone 
your birds should be vigorous, have good 
shape and color. If you are breeding for 
utility purposes select your breeders ac¬ 
cording to condition, type and performance. 
Mate a few of your best hens with the 
most promising male birds of your own 
flock. Be sure that their characters are 
alike as near as possible, and. that these 
characteristics are the desired qualities you 
wish to establish. Such a mating will pro¬ 
duce desirable specimens, but even then 
there _ will be a great many birds with 
qualities unlike those of their parents. The 
offspring of trotters are not always trotters, 
neither do heavy milch cows always pro¬ 
duce heavy milkers, and the same is true 
with poultry, for a descendant inherits only 
one-fourth of its qualities from each parent, 
the remainder from grandparents, great 
grandparents and great-great grandparents. 
Therefore by breeding each year from birds 
having the desired qualities and whose an¬ 
cestors before them had these same quali¬ 
ties, it is possible so to fix these qualities 
that the number of birds having like quali¬ 
ties is increased from year to year until 
they become characteristic of the strain, 
and the number of birds having foreign 
qualities is greatly reduced. You certainly 
can use the same male bird you did last 
year provided he has the qualities you wish 
your future flock to have. The writer has 
a flock of fowls that have been inbred 
since 1897. and a more vigorous flock you 
never saw. f. t. f. 
Poultry Yard Device. 
I would like to ask your opinion on a 
new discovery for poultry that I ran onto ; 
it will furnish green food for the hens at all 
times in small yards. It is a device made 
out of quarter-inch mesh wire. You can 
sow the oats in the henyard and place the 
device over it and the hens cannot disturb 
it. and the poultry can have green food all 
the time. I used one last Summer and the 
oats would come up over one inch in one 
night through the wire mesh verv thickly. 
This is a very nice thing, ('an I get any¬ 
thing for this idea, or can I get it patented? 
New York. w. r. 
No, you cannot get a patent on this. It 
is an old device, mentioned in “The Business 
Hen.” The plan has been used for years by 
many hen keepers and is a good one. 
Keeping Stock Pure; Standard for Breeders. 
1. We have two varieties of chickens 
(purebred) which we are having to let run 
together this Winter for lack of housing 
capacity not yet completed. Will this In 
any way affect the hreeds if we separate 
them a month before breeding them ? 2. 
What is the American standard for 
Barred Plymouth Bocks (S. C.) and B. C. 
Rhode Island Beds? m. b. 
Danbury, Conn. 
1. No, it will not. Separate the varie¬ 
ties two weeks before you wish to save the 
eggs for hatching purposes. 
2. As to standard for B. P. Bocks and 
R. I. Reds we are forbidden to publish the 
standard for any breed. The following is 
taken from the Standard of Perfection. “Per¬ 
mission to make quotations from the text 
of this book is granted, provided such 
quotations are disconnected, few in num¬ 
ber, and are used solely for dissemination 
of knowledge, but these quotations must 
not be used to an extent nor in a manner 
that will hurt the sale of this work.” I 
would advise you to talk with a poultry 
judge or a breeder of said varieties. The 
standard weights are as follows: B. I*. 
Rocks—Cock, 9% pounds, cockerel, eight 
pounds; hen, 7% pounds; pullet. 6% 
pounds. R. I. Reds—Cock, 8’/, pounds"; 
cockerel. 7y 2 pounds; hen, 6y 2 pounds; 
pullet, five pounds. f. t. f 
S. C. White Leghorn BABY CHICKS 
IIItfh-clasH utility stock. Now booking orders for spriiis 
delivery. Esks Tor hatching. Safe delivery guaranteed Cir¬ 
cular. VANCRKST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, N.Y. 
s. c. W. LEGHORNS 
Hatching Eggs from selected yearling breeders. 
Choice breeding stock at reasonable prices. 250 
acres devoted to Leghorns of exceptional quality 
§, n . d nYI e °£- Send for circular. JIT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
S. C. W. L. 
Baby Chicks 
Bred from hens that 
laid over 175 eggs in 
pullet year. Perfectly hatched, strong, vigorous 
livable chicks—the kind you want—money makers. 
Will make great foundation stock. Write for free 
circular and prices today. 
PEERLESS FARMS, R. F. 0.10, Northport, Long Island, N.Y. 
Famous Laying Strain 
$1; Cockerels, $2. St. Moritz Farm. Ramsey, N. J. 
S.C. WHITE LEGHORNS HATCHING 1 ! EGGS 
Orders booked for future delivery. Young and old 
attractive prices. Best laying strains. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington, N. J. 
0(1(1 S - C. W. LEGHORN MAY PULLETS 
£UU at $1.00 each, to quick buyer, in lots to suit 
Heavy layers and vigorous stock. 
J. L. ELLIOTT, Flemington, N. J. 
LAYERS AND PAYERS 
Are the SPRING WATER STRAIN 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Day-old Chicks. Eggs for Hatching. Book your 
order NOW for a positive shipping date. We guar¬ 
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Mammoth Incubators—capacity 20,000 eggs at one 
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SPRING WATER POULTRY FARM, STOCKTON, New Jersey 
POP SAl F~ S - c - w LEGHORN HENS, the 
* , r 7 L,L ' large laying kind, $1.00 each; 
( ockerels, $1.50. Also one large Berkshire Boar 
$25.00. FEMALE COLLIE PUPS. 
GEO. L. FERRIS & SON, Atwater, N. Y. 
RICHLAND FARMS 
Breeders and Exhibitors of 
S. C. White Leghorns, S. C. Black Orpingtons, 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
We are now hooking orders for the PROFIT PAYING 
KIND of BABY CHICKS and EGOS FOR HATCHING. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for Catalogue. 
RICHLAND FARMS, FREDERICK, MD. 
T?/"\ D O A T P Bar. and Buff P. Rock and 
r Vy IV Ci vL11/ VV. Wyandotte Cockerels. 
Strong, vigorous breeders of quality. Also PUL¬ 
LETS. Price reasonable. Inspection solicited. 
DR. S. C. MOYER . . LANSDALE, PA. 
B arred Plymouth rock cockerels, for utility breed¬ 
ing. large, vigorous birds—00 to $3.00 each, 
c. T. DOWNING, Route 2, West Chester, Pa. 
ARREQ ROCKS, Indian Runner Drakes, Toulouse 
Geese. Bred-to-lay strains. Nelson's, Grove City, Pa. 
B 
PULLETS and YEARLING HENS 
dottes, single and rose comb; Brown and W. Leg. 
horns, K. I. Reds. Write for just what you want 
and how much you wish to invest. MAPLE 
COVE POULTRY YARDS, R. 24, Athens, Pa. 
Parks’ Bred to Lay Barred Rocks 
Eggs, $1 per 15, $5 per 100. Baby Chicks, 15c. each. 
Young's S.C.W. Leghorns—Eggs, $1 per 15, $5 per 100. 
Baby Chicks, 12c. each. The Mackey Farms, Gilboa, N.Y. 
Buff Rock Pullets ’’.T.llrJ« l S E 
Large, healthy, vigorous stock; good color; April 
hatched. Cockerels all sold. “Four Acres,” Nutley, N.J. 
Indian Runner DUCKS’ EGGS 
Eleven for $1; Fifty for Farm Range 
R.W. SHIPMAN, Hollidaysburg, Pa„ R.F.D.3. 
Mammoth Imperial 
PEKIN DUCKS 
AFT0N FARM PEKINS are 
prize winners (see 
New York and Philadelphia awards) and market 
toppers. Last year 500 hens averaged over 149 eggs 
porhen! Gotstoek from Afton Farm. Itmeanssuc- 
cess. Write for “Facts From Afton Farm," todav—now. 
AFTON FARM, Box D-l, YARDLEY, PA. 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS-5” a ,'7 
ing and vigor—trio, $6.00; one drake, $4.00; ducks, 
$1.50 apiece. Trio Berkshire Pigs, 12 weeks old, 
$20.00. Cherry Hill Fruit Farm, Toboso, Licking Co., Ohio. 
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, 602 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Austins 200-Egg Strain S. C. R. I. Reds. 
Standard bred, record stock. Red to the skin. Eggs 
$1.50 to$5.00 per 15; $6.0(1 per 100. Mating list. AUSTIN 
Poultry Farm Box 18, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
PRIZE-WINNING STRAINS gV&ViSht 
and Dark Brahmas, Single Comb White and Brown 
Leghorns, Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes, ma¬ 
tured Cockerels ami yearling Hens from $1.50 up¬ 
ward. Bargain list gratis. F. M. Prescott, Riverdale, N.J. 
PARTRIDGES I PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. Send four cents for illustrated descriptive 
circulars. WENZ & MACKENSEN, Dept. 10, Pheasantry 
and Game Park, Yardley, Pa 
niant Rrnn7e turkey eggs, $ 3.00 per 10. 
, , aui Ul U,,4C R c R j Red $100 per 15 
Indian Runner Ducks, $1.00 per 10. Write 
H. J. VAN DYKE. Gettysburg, Pa. 
P URE BRED BRONZE TURKEYS FOR SALE-Prize winners. 
Stamp. Mrs. Harriet Chumbley, Draper, Va. 
Giant Bronze Toms {?oci 
R. C. RED 
IOCKERELS, $3.00 
and $.>.00. H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa 
A T REDUCED PRICES-A few White Holland Hen 
Turkeys, one Tom, for sale. Leslie Vosburgh, 
R. F. I). 1, Locust Place, Canajoharie, N. Y. 
White Hoi land 
breeding; hundreds of unsolicited testimonials 
from all parts of U. S. Early orders for best 
prices. H. W. ANDERSON, Stkwartstown, Pa. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
Walnut Hill Stock Farm 
NATHANIEL BACON, Manager Talcott, W. Va. 
I HIM s c - w L RANC0CAS STRAIN. M) yearling hens 
M uuu at $5.00; 200 at $3.00; 650 at $2.00. IHU Laying 
Pullets, $3.(10 each. Orders now booked for hatch¬ 
ing eggs. Correspondence invited. 
SPUING GARDEN FARM, Koseland, N, J. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS and R. I. REDS 
Eggs for Hatching from selected 1 and 2-year-old 
hens at 12c. per dozen above N. Y. best quotation*, 
in 30-dozen lots. No or.e has bettor utility birds 
than ours. Satisfaction guaranteed. JOHN P. 
CASE & SONS, Clover Hill, N.J. 
G uaranteed hatching eggs from high-producing 
White Leghorns. Free from bacillary white 
diarrhoea. 85 £ to 90 < fertile. HOMESTEAD 
FARMS, F. T. Finch, Mgr., R. 1, Lestershire, N.Y, 
RARV CHICKS -12 cents each, from free 
L»UVL» I VIIIVIVO ranKe Selected S.C. White 
Leghorns in any quantity. Safearri valguaranteed. 
Eggs for hatching. Circular free. CtiAs. K. Stone, 
Baby Chick Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
F OR SALE— 1,000 March and April hatched Pullets, 
S.C. Wh. Leghorns; White, Barred, Buff Recks, 
R. I. Reds; laying now. Also 3 Prairie State. 3 
Cyphers, 1 Cornell Incubators. Prices light. Apply 
to G. A. MILLER, Supt. Alto Crest, Greenwich, Conn. 
Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm K VXT- 
Baby Chicks, Ducklings and Hatching Eggs now 
ready from selected breeders. S. C. W. leghorns, 
Barred and White P. Rocks. Single and Rose C. 
R. I. Reds, Imperial Pekin Ducks. Some choice 
Barred Rock and S. C. VV. Leghorn Cockerels left 
at right prices. Correspondence invited. 
Kirkup’s Strain S. C. White Leghorns 
Bred for size, vigor and large white market eggs. 
If you do not know their merits, visit our farm or 
send for circular. Custom hatching a specialty. 
Baby Chicks, 10c. each. CHESTNUT POULTRY 
FARM, Kirkup Bros.,Props., Mattituck, L.I., N.Y. 
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For Poultry is best. Coarse or line granulated, also 
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MONEY MAKING POULTRY 
Send for free book, full of practical 
poultry information. Describes early 
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15 Points Won at N. Y. Poultry 
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Book aiul calendar lor 1912 contains 200 
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Many other illustrations, descriptions. 
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THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varieties. EGGS 
I from vigorous, heaithy stock : 15—$1.00, 40—$2.00. 
Catalogue. H. K. MOHR, R. No. 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
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$15 per 10O—$130 per 1 t OOO 
From yearling, free range raised henvy laying liens. 
All are hatched in our Mammoth Hot \\ ater 21.000 
Egg Incubator. Every lion laid over 200 eggs last 
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Wilson’s Big Superb White Wyandottes 
“ Birds to lay and birds to win.” Firsts and spec¬ 
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OWNIAND FARM, Box 4'.‘7, South Hammond,N.Y. 
White Wyandottes ===Aristocrats 
Again—just a little bettor than those you liked last 
year. Strong, sturdy, full breasted, broad backed, 
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White Wyandotte Cockerels 
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Snow-White Wyandottes bre' ( i' 0 to 8h iay ed 
cnlar free. Gold ENROL Farm, Stewartstown, Pa. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES-Ef ,S* 
Free range. Send for 1912 Mating List. Kggs, $1.50 
per .5; $0.00 per 100. CLARENCE H. FOGG. 
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ARM BRED POULTRY of Show 
Quality. Barred, White and 
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PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
PARTRIDGE COCHIN 
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PEKIN DUCKS 
Each variety bred on separate farms. 
Our matings for 1912 are now all 
made and egg orders are coming in. 
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prices. Write us vour wants now. 
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