THE RURAL NEW-YORKKR 
L!l& 
1912. 
The Henyard. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The White Leghorns of Thomas Bar¬ 
ron of Catforth, England, still head the 
list with the largest number of eggs 
laid since the beginning of the contest, 
viz., 225, with the White Rose Farm, 
New Jersey, second, with a record of 
170; but the R. I. Reds are rapidly 
climbing up; one pen has a record of 
166, another pen 163, giving the Reds 
third and fourth place in the total num¬ 
ber laid. The cold weather certainly 
has made a great difference in the egg 
output of the Leghorns as compared 
with the American breeds; 16 pens of 
the Leghorns that were laying stopped 
entirely and did not lay an egg the 
twelfth week. Four pens of the Leg¬ 
horns have not laid since the contest be¬ 
gan. Deducting these four pens, and 
dividing the 147 eggs laid by 27 (the 
number of pens remaining) gives 5.4 
eggs as the average output for the week 
of each pen; a little less than one and a 
half eggs in a week for each pullet, or 
about 18.3% of the possible output. The 
S. C. R. I. Reds, nine pens, laid 140 
eggs, over 15.5 eggs per pen; the three 
pens of Rose Comb Reds laid 41 eggs, 
an average of 13.7 per pen. Two of 
the 13 pens of Barred Plymouth Rocks 
have not yet laid. The other 11 pens 
laid 114 eggs, an average of 10.36. The 
one pen of Partridge Plymouth Rocks 
laid 17, the American Dominiques, 17; 
the Columbian Plymouth Rocks 13, but 
as only one pen of each of these breeds 
is entered it makes the average for that 
breed rather high. These are not the 
largest number of eggs laid during the 
week; the S. C. R. I. Reds lead with 24 
eggs, another pen of same breed is sec¬ 
ond with 23, Barred Rocks 21, R. C. 
Reds 20, the White Leghorns 17, the 
White Wyandottes 18. 
Some other things are brought out 
by this contest; the quantity of the food 
supply, which does not make so much 
difference with the active Leghorns, has 
caused many of the other breeds espe¬ 
cially when hatched early, to begin 
molting. My pen of White Wyandottes 
hatched March 18 have stopped laying 
entirely and gone to molting, while 
those in my pens at home, which do not 
have constant access to all the dry mash 
they can eat, are laying an average of 
about 50%. At Cornell College the dry 
mash boxes are not opened until noon, 
the limited amount of grain fed in the 
litter keeping the birds (Leghorns) at 
work scratching, and still unsatisfied 
when the dry mash boxes are opened. 
I think this much the better way of 
feeding, it certainly is for the larger 
breeds with their tendency to take on 
too much fat. geo. a. cosgrove. 
A NEW THING; CUSTOM HATCHING. 
Much has been said of the day-old chick 
business but very little about the custom 
hatching business. Last year over 100,000 
eggs were sent us to incubate, and we 
returned over 65,000 chicks. We found that 
the best eggs were received fx - om the small 
poultry farms, the next best from the 
general farmer and the poorest from the 
large poultry farms. Our hatches from the 
first of the above ran from 80 to 97 per 
cent; from the second 65 to 90 per cent, 
and from the large poultry farm 23 to 60 
per cent. The records from the last sea¬ 
son show that exclusive of our own stock 
we hatched more It. I. Reds than all others 
combined, and that these eggs hatched bet¬ 
ter than all other except Leghorns and 
White Rocks. Leghorns averaged 20 per 
cent better than Reds and W. P. Rocks 
hatched 11 per cent better than Reds. Com¬ 
paratively few farmers realize the immense 
profit in sending their eggs to the custom 
hatchery, lie can have his eggs hatched 
any time of year, and in the desired quan¬ 
tities by experts in the incubating business. 
The incubator generally used is the mam¬ 
moth hot water type, which gives without 
doubt the largest hatches, as the tempera¬ 
ture is the most accurate, the moisture best 
applied, and the ventilation the most ap¬ 
proved. 
Pretty nearly anyone can hatch an egg 
but that is not what is necessary. The 
chick that is wanted is the one that will 
live. It is to hatch strong vigorous chicks 
that the custom hatching is of great bene¬ 
fit. It is a greater trick than the average 
person imagines to keep an egg under the 
exact conditions most favorable to its par¬ 
ticular breed and then after the hatch to 
give them the best possible start in life 
by drying them in the right temperature 
and with the moisture at the right degree. 
Last year we brooded for people not 
equipped to care for chicks during January, 
February and March, over 5,000 chicks, and 
with the success of last year have already 
orders to brood for two months the chicks 
from over 10,000 eggs. B. ji. 
New York. 
The Wandering Hen. 
Will you tell me what the law is on one’s 
neighbor's chickens? They run at large 
and scratch the gai'den seeds out, running 
on lawn and even in the woodhouse when 
the door is open. If there is any law, what 
course must one take to stop it, for it is 
very annoying? n. w. 
We have often explained this. A hen Is 
a small thing to go to law about, but she 
causes great annoyance in a garden and can 
scratch long-time friendships apart. If the 
owner will not keep the hens at home you 
can shoot them or entice them into a house 
and yard and have them lay there. If you 
shoot them the owner could claim damages 
to the value of the hens. If you pen them 
up he must come and get them And pay for 
the damage they do. It makes a small thing 
to quarrel or law about, but there are no 
special legal rules about hens. If you have 
a smart little dog it can be trained to 
chase the hens away when they come on 
your grounds, and this is probably the best 
protection. _ 
Mangels for Poultry. 
Will you advise as to experience in feed¬ 
ing mangel beets to poultry? I raised a 
good crop of these stock beets, as I had 
read in The It. N.-Y. that they were excel¬ 
lent green Winter food for hens. I have 
tried every method I could think of to 
make these mangels appetizing to my hens, 
put it before them raw, boiled, sliced, 
mashed, shredded, worked up into various 
kinds and styles of mashes and my hens 
simply look at it and pass it by. Turnips 
and cabbage they devour ravenously. How 
can I serve mangels to them so it will take 
the place of turnips and cabbage? a. ix. t. 
Virginia. 
liens will usually eat mangels if cut in 
two and hung where they can reach them. 
If your hens will not eat them raw even 
when shredded and mixed in a mash, do 
not feed green food in any form for a week 
or two. When birds are teal hungry for 
green food they will usually learn to eat 
mangels. They are very good food and are 
preferred to cabbage by many poulti-ymen. 
_ F. T. F. 
Roup. 
Sometime ago, six months, a hen had 
a swollen eye which we supposed came from 
a hurt on the wire of the coop. As we 
never had anything of that kind and did 
not know It might be contagious, we did 
not kill her. About two months ago the 
hen died. Since that time several fowls 
have shown symptoms of it. The head 
swells some and it starts in one eye and 
suppurates, generally swells shut, but some¬ 
times both eyes. Is the disease contagious 
or epidemic? What is it, and can you pre¬ 
scribe a remedy ? a. r. 
New York. 
With no other symptoms than a swollen 
head I would say your hens had a severe 
cold, but you state that some of them have 
died, therefore it must have developed into 
roup, and there are undoubtedly other 
symptoms which you have overlooked. Dip 
heads in five per cent solution of creoliii 
twice a day ; also place a few drops in the 
drinking water. t. T. F. 
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This Month Jim Rohan’s 
POULTRY BULLETIN 
tells the latest facts of the year 
on how you can make the most 
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OH ft MARCH and April hatched Single Comb 
OUU White Leghorn Pullets, excellent birds, lay¬ 
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FARM. Miiaerton, N. Y. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Indian Runner Ducks, faun and white. Eggs and 
stock. W. T. EASTON, Route 5, Delaware, Ohio. 
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UARANTEED WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Write FRANK HYDE.Peekskill, N„ Y. 
Buff Leghorn Cockerels, $1 each 
MRS. D. H. LANTZ.AUGUSTA. N. J, 
C OLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES—Grand Breeding Pen, five 
Hens, one Cockerel: thoroughbreds. Eggs, $2 00 
per setting. BAYLES, 305 West 43d St„ New York. 
F arm bred poultry of show 
Quality. Barred, White and 
Columbian. 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
PARTRIDGE COCHIN 
LIGHT BRAHMA 
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE 
PEKIN DUCKS 
Each variety bred on separate farms. 
Our matings for 1912 are now all 
made and egg orders are coming in. 
We now offer surplus stock at special 
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MINCH BROTHERS, Bridgeton, N. J. 
MONEY MAKING POULTRY 
Send for free hook, full of practical 
poultry information. Describes early 
maturing, heavy winter laying:, 
Pittsfield Barred Rocks y now united 
with the Go well trap nested strain. 
15 Points Won at Y. Y. Poultry 
Show, 11)11. 3d and 6th pullets—5th 
pen—7th hen. Day-old chicks, hatch¬ 
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PITTSFIELD POULTRY FARM CO. 
416 Main St., Pittsfield, Me. 
B arred Plymouth rock cockerels, for utility breed¬ 
ing. large, vigorous birds—$2.00 to $3.00 each. 
C. T. DOWNING, Koute 2, West Chester, Pa. 
B 
ARRED ROCKS, Indian Runner Drakes, Toulouse 
Geese. Bi-ed-to-lay strains. Nelson's, Grove City-, Pa. 
PULLETS and YEARLING HENS 
dottes, single and rose comb; Brown and W. Leg. 
horns, R. I. Reds. Write for just what you want 
and how much you wish to invest. MAPLE 
COVE POULTRY YARDS, R. 24, Athens, Pa. 
Special Bargains 
the entire stock of the Van Diver Poultry Yards, 
will sell, for two weeks only, 500 B. and W. Rocks 
and R. 0. Reds, 1911 hatched, in lots of 10 or more, 
$1.30 each. 200 S. and R. Comb B. Leghorns, 1910 
and 1911 hatch, in lots of 10, at $1.15 each. All 
good, strong and healthy. Cockerels, $3.00 each. 
MAPLE COVE FARM, R. D. 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 HID. 
Baby Chicks, 12c. each. The Mackey Farms, Gilboa, N.Y. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
-FROM- 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM,Millerfon,N.Y. 
$15 pet lOO—$130 pet 1 f OOO 
From yearling, free range raised heavy layingliens. 
All are hatched in our Mammoth Hot Water 21,000 
Egg Incubator. Every hen laid over 200 eggs last 
year. We do custom hatching and custom brood¬ 
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Book and calendar for 1912 contains 200 
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Many other illustrations, descriptions. 
Incubators and brooders. Low prices on all 
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THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varieties. EGGS 
I from vigorous, heal thy stock; 15—$1.00, 40—$2.00. 
Catalogue. H. K. MOHR, R. No. 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
Pfilll TRYMFII—Send 2c stamp for Illustrated 
Jr. ^ ■ ■* ■ "•til Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YA RDS -:- MARIETTA, PA. 
0 n BREEDS Best Pure Bred Poultry. Bred for lay- 
wU ing. O. I. Hogs. Big Illustrated Circular 
Free. JOHN E. HEAT WOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
CQUAB BREEDING HOMERS—Large Mated Birds. $1.00 a 
pair. Eggs, Stock and Day-old Chicks from prize- 
winning Single Comb White Leghorns and White 
Pekin Docks. MARYLAND SQUAB CO., Cambridge, Md. 
O RPINGTON CHICKS and EGGS—Our first hatch comes 
off February 19th; hatches every week there¬ 
after. Buff or White Orpington Chicks, 40c. each. 
We hatch by Mammoth Hot-Water Incnbator, the 
best system known for hatching healthy chicks. 
Eggs, $3.00 per setting: two settings for $5.00; $15.00 
per 100. Liberal fertility guarantee on eggs. Safe 
delivery chicks and eggs guaranteed. No danger 
shipping coldest weather. Our stock is farm-bred, 
vigorous, heavy-laying, and has won over 200 prizes 
in the last two seasons. Book orders now. Remit 
by Express Money Order, P. O. Order, Bank Draft. 
Valley Knoll Farm, R.E.D. 3, LaGrangeville, Dutchess Co.,N.Y. 
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LOSING OUT SALE—S. C. Black Orpingtons—‘‘Birds 
of Quality.” E. W. Slate, So. Hammond, N.Y. 
WHITE OHIMXGTON COCKERELS, Kellerstrnss strain;choice 
stock, $1.50 each; R. C. Black Minorcas Cockerels, $1.25 
each. Indian Runner Ducks. Geo. Howdiiih, Ksperance,.N.Y. 
Indian Runner DUCKS’ EGGS 
Eleven for $1; Fifty for SfS5; Farm Range 
R. W. SHIPMAN, Hollidaysburg, Pa., R.F.D. 3. 
Mammoth Imperial 
PEKIN DUCKS 
AFTON FARM PEKINS are 
prize winners (see 
New York and Philadelphia awards) and market 
toppers. Last year 500 hens averaged over 149 eggs 
per hen! Get stock from Afton Farm. It means suc¬ 
cess. Write for "Facts From Afton Farm,” today—now. 
AFTON FARM, Box D-l, YARDLEY, PA. 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS Sf^ 0 ; 
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 Ca., 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.' 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL—Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Koute I, Richland. N. Y. 
Austin’s 200-Egg Strain S.C. R. I. Reds. 
Standard bred, record stock. Red to the skin. Eggs 
$1.50 to $5.00 per 15; $6.00per 100. Mating list. At'STlN 
Poultry Farm Box 17, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
HONE’S ROSE COMB REDS 
155 good breeding Cockerels and Pullets, $3.00 each. 
All bred from my Albany and Schenectady win¬ 
ners. Also 50 choice yearling Hens at $2.00 each. 
Every bird shipped on approval. D. R. HONE, 
Crescent Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, N. Y. 
Kean’s White Wyandottes 
Bx - ed nine years for vigor, utility and standard 
requirements. Eggs from selected stock; eight 
females mated to each male; thirteen, $1.00; fifty- 
two, $3.50; one hundred, $6.00. Choice COCKERELS 
and other breeding stock at right prices. 
E. FRANKLIN KEAN.Stanley, N. Y. 
Snow-White Wyandottes ^ e Tto eh iay ed cir¬ 
cular free. Goijjknrod Farm, Stewartst.-wn, Pa. 
C OLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES and MOTTLED ANC0NAS- 
Great Winter Layers—bred for show ami ogg 
production. Eggs for hatching, $2.00 per fifteen. 
Incubator Eggs. $8.00 per hundred. WAYNE B. 
EISENHART, Box 29, Richland Center, Pa. 
Wilson’s Rig Superb White Wyandottes 
“ Birds to lay and birds to win.” Firsts and spec¬ 
ials at Rochester and Ogdensburg this yr. Circulars. 
OWNLAND FARM. Box 407, South Hammond,N.Y" 
WHITE WYANDOTTES-,™”” .K! 
Free range. Send for 1912-Mating List. Eggs, $1.50 
per 15; $6.00 per 100. CLARENCE H. FOGG, 
Bridgeton, N. J. R. F. D. No. 3. 
Curtni Rrnri7f» turkey eggs, $ 3.00 per 10. 
VJldlll UIUIUC R c R J Red $ , 00 per J 5 _ 
Indian Runner Ducks, $1.00 per 10. Write 
H. J. VAN DYKE .Gettysburg, Pa. 
White Holland Tirtejr^SsS^Si 
breeding; hundreds of unsolicited testimonials 
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prices. H. W. ANDERSON, Stkwartstown, Pa. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
Walnut Hill Stock Farm 
NATHANIEL BACON, Manager Talcott, W. Va. 
Famous Laying Strain |-c.w. Leghorn 
$1; Cockerels, $2. 
Breeding Hens, 
St. Moritz Farm. Ramsey, N. J. 
^PFPIAI PRIPFQ—Eggs for hatching from 
I BlvLd 600 free range, finely 
bred S. C. W. Leghoims. Special prices on large 
orders. Also Indian Runner Duck Eggs. H. C. 
LAWRENCE, R. 1)., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
S. Cs Ws LEGHORNS 
Hatching Eggs from selected yearling breeders. 
Choice breeding stock at reasonable prices. 250 
acres devoted to Leghorns of exceptional quality 
and vigor. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS and R. I. REDS 
Eggs for Hatching from selected 1 and 2-year-old 
liens at 12c. per dozen above N.Y. best quotations, 
in 30-dozen lots. No one has better utility birds 
than ours. Satisfaction guaranteed. JOHN P. 
CASE & SONS, Clover Hill, N. J._ 
S, G. WHITE LEGHORNS HATCHING* * EGGS 
Orders booked for future delivery. Young and old 
stock at attractive pi-ices. Best laying strains. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Flkmington, N. J. 
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. 
RICHLAND FARMS 
Breeders and Exhibitors of 
S. C. White Leghorns, S. C. Black Orpingtons, 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
We are now booking orders for the PROFIT PAYING 
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Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for Catalogue. 
RICHLAND FARMS, FREDERICK, MD. 
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Baby Chicks 
Bred from hens that 
laid over 175 eggs in 
pullet year. Perfectly hatched, strong, vigorous, 
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Will make great foundation stock. Write for free 
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PEERLESS FARMS, B. F. D. 10, Northport, Long Island, N.Y. 
F OR SALE—1,000 March and April hatched Pullets, 
S.O.Wh. Leghorns; White, Barred, Buff Recks, 
R. I. Reds; laying now. Also 3 Prairie Stale, 3 
Cyphers, 1 Cornell Incubators. Prices right. Apply 
to G. A. MILLER, Supt. Alto Crest, Greenwich, Conn. 
RARV rHirkT^-a cents each, from free 
UrtUI vllIVI\o range. Selected 8. C. White 
Leghorns in uriy quantity. Safearri vai guaranteed. 
Eggs for hatching. Circular free. • Chas. K. Stone, 
Baby Chick Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
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