1912 . 
<\FHEJ K.UKAI* NEW-YORKER 
415 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG LAYING CONTEST. 
The seventeenth week of the contest 
shows 1,982 eggs laid during the week. 
This is over 57.7 per cent for all the 
birds in the contest, a very good show¬ 
ing for the last week in February. 
Those remarkable White Leghorns from 
England are still at the head with 321 
eggs to their credit, the second place 
being held by E. S. Edgerton’s Rose 
Comb R. I. Reds with 270, and F. G. 
Yost’s White Leghorns hold third place 
with 266. Woodside Poultry Farms’ 
White Wyandotte pullet No. 5 laid two 
eggs in one day, one egg at $ A. M. 
and another at 2 P. M. O. Wilson’s 
Buff Orpington No. 1 pullet laid 20 eggs 
in 21 days, No. 5 in same pen laying 19 
in the same time. Five pullets laid 
seven eggs each during the week. The 
largest number of eggs laid in the week 
was 29 by L. O. Keeton’s White Or¬ 
pingtons, the S. C. Reds of Colonial 
Farm laying 28, and the S. C. Reds of 
Bro. Wilfred of Quebec laying 27. Four 
other pens laid 26 each. 
The 30 pens of White Leghorns laid 
501, an average of 16.7 for each pen. The 
Buff Orpingtons averaged 27 eggs per 
pen; the White Orpingtons 21.8; the 
S. C. Reds 22.2; the R. C. Reds 20; 
the White Wyandottes 19; the White P. 
Rocks 22; the Barred Rocks 18; the 
Buff Leghorns 18.3. The breeds of 
which but one pen was entered laid all 
the way from eight to 23 eggs per pen. 
Mr. C. S. Scoville of Connecticut en¬ 
tered hens instead of pullets, and his 
pen of Rose Comb R. I. Reds have kept 
well to the front, having laid 234 eggs 
to date, 21 during the last week. As 
everybody supposes that pullets lay 
more eggs the first year than they ever 
do afterward (and as a general thing 
this is true), the performance, of these 
hens is worthy of note. Many breed¬ 
ers hold that hens’ eggs are much bet¬ 
ter for hatching than pullets' eggs; some 
breeders won’t use pullets’ eggs at all 
for hatching, and I have had orders for 
hatching eggs specially requesting that 
no pullet eggs be sent, and afterward 
expressions of great satisfaction with 
the result. If pullets are held back the 
first year by scanty feed and little meat 
and the next year fed a liberal ration, 
doubtless they would lay more eggs the 
second year than the first, and the eggs 
be more satisfactory for hatching. 
The eighteenth week, February 28 to 
March 5, shows a gain of just 100 eggs 
over the seventeenth week. The lead¬ 
ing pens are Thomas Barron’s White 
Leghorns with 344 eggs; E. S. Edger¬ 
ton’s R. C. Reds with 295 eggs; F. G. 
Yost’s White Leghorns with 290; How¬ 
ard Steel’s S'. C. Reds with 284, and 
Bunker Hill Farms’ S. C. Reds with 
283. Of the five leading pens, three 
are R. I. Reds. The Buff Orpingtons 
of O. Wilson win the silver medal for 
the greatest number of eggs in Febru¬ 
ary, 114 out of a possible 145, being 
78.6 per cent. E. S. Edgerton’s Reds 
win the bronze medal with 105 eggs, 
or 72.4 per cent, and the pen of L. O. 
Keeton’s White Orpingtons take the 
third place with 104 eggs. The fourth 
place was a tie, Hans Robert’s White P. 
Rocks and Brother Wilfred’s R. I. Reds 
having laid 103 eggs by each pen. The 
entire flock averaged 58 per cent of the 
possible total. This is pretty good lay¬ 
ing, but "not more than good flocks at 
home are now doing. 
The Orpingtons are making a very 
good record. One pullet has laid 27 
eggs in 28 days, two of Gilbert & 
Moore’s White Orpingtons laid every 
day, seven eggs each in the week, and 
one of L. O. Keeton’s Orpingtons laid 
seven, as did one White Wyandotte and 
one White P. Rock. At present there 
is only one broody hen, but very soon 
the record of the American breeds will 
show considerable falling off on this 
account. Whether the absence of male 
birds will make any difference in the 
amount of broodiness is a question that 
it would be very interesting to deter¬ 
mine. GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
THE HEN MAN TALKS. 
Buying Baby Chicks. 
Intending to buy 500 baby chicks, I have 
written to some of your advertisers, and 
was told that payments would have to be 
made, onc-half when being ordered, and the 
other half before chicks are sent. Is this all 
right, and is this customary? J. a. r. 
Terryville, N. Y. 
It is only fair that a deposit at least 
should be made when ordering baby chicks, 
since these have to be shipped directly from 
the incubator when hatched and delay or 
refusal on the part of a purchaser to take 
the chicks hatched for him would result in 
loss to the breeder. For your own protec¬ 
tion you should order only from some 
breeder whom you know to be responsible, 
or from one who advertises in a journal 
willing to protect its readers from dishonest 
advertisers. M. b. d. 
Mixed Hatching. 
Is it feasible to hatch turkey and hen’s 
eggs, or two distiuct breeds of chickens, in 
an incubator at the same time? w. E. c. 
Ansonia, Conn. 
It is perfectly feasible, though perhaps 
hardly advisable, to hatch turkey eggs in 
an incubator, but they should be placed in 
the machine alone and not with hen’s eggs, 
as the latter hatch one week earlier, and 
cause rather violent fluctuations in the tem¬ 
perature of the incubator while hatching. 
Eggs from different varieties of hens may 
be hatched together, though even then it is 
preferable to keep the white eggs and the 
thicker-shelled brown ones separate. 
M. B. D. 
Scaly Leg. 
I saw two days ago that my chickens’ 
legs were getting scaly. What is the rem¬ 
edy? I have put on kerosene oiL 
Covert, Mich. w. s. p. 
Rough or scaly legs are caused by the 
presence of a small parasitic mite living 
beneath the scales on a fowl's shanks, and 
spreading from, one to another on the 
perches. They may be comparatively easily 
disposed of by the thorough use of kerosene. 
This may be applied in the form of an 
ointment made by adding as much kerosene, 
to vaseline as the latter will take up with¬ 
out becoming too soft, or the kerosene may 
be applied directly by filling an empty to¬ 
mato can with the liquid and holding each 
fowl’s legs fn it for a few seconds. Either 
procedure may have to be repeated to effect 
a complete cure. M. b. d. 
An Egg-Eating Dog. 
Will someone tell me what will cure dogs 
of the egg-sucking or eating habit? Every 
dog we get will do it when they are other¬ 
wise good. Is there any remedy? Any 
dog will spon eat more egg3 than he is 
worth. r. h. B. 
Elioak, Md. 
I have never owned an egg eating dog, 
but had I one I should try the following 
remedy: Remove the contents of several 
eggs through small holes made in the ends, 
and fill the shells with a paste made from 
the strongest mustard obtainable. Carefully 
remove all traces of mustard from the out¬ 
side of the shells and smear them with 
some grease especially palatable to the dog. 
After having tied the dog up without food 
for about 12 hours to give him a robust 
appetite, remove all good eggs from the 
hen’s nests and replace them with a few of 
the spiced ones. Then release the dog to 
seek his accustomed lunch. Should a repe¬ 
tition of this fail to cure the dog of his 
taste for high living I should give him to 
some neighbor who also kept hens, but who 
naturally having less affection for the ani¬ 
mal than myself would probably succeed in 
effecting a radical cure. At present prices 
eggs are worth even more than dogs. 
M. B. D. 
AND UP- 
WARD 
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AMERICAN SEPARATOR 
BAINBRIDGE, N.Y. 
Farm Bred Poultry 
OF SHOW QUALITY 
Barred Rocks Partridge Cochins 
White Rocks Partridge Wyandottes 
500 Selected Birds in Our Breeding Yards 
CPflC #1*511. *-l>n and >3.00 per setting. 
tuUv $7.50 to $15.00 per hundred 
MINCH BROS. 
BRIDGETON, N. J. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
HofPs Day-Old Chicks Are Hatched Brim Full 
of Vitality, and Are Bound to Live and Grow. 
My Block is bred for bis epgproduction as well asexnibi- 
tion type, and is noted for heavy laying; oflarg’e white eggs 
that bring top prices. I have had more than 20 years* 
experience in artificial incubation, and by closely studying 
the breeding and hatching, under the moat sanitary con¬ 
ditions, I am able to produce 
Chicks Free from White Diarrhoea 
I also have S. C. White Leghorn Eggsforhatching. Write 
for Illustrated catalog and my reasonable prices on chicks 
and eggs. 
D. C. R. HOFF, Lock Box 115, Neshanic Station, N. J 
Si C« B. Leghorn Bred ,or eoos—H atching eggs 
!*' j from selected yearling 
breeders, $2.00 per 13. Pine/ Grove Farm, Chestertown.Md. 
S. C, W. LEGHORNS-S, B SS E p D . t E »f; 
10 per cent gratis to insure fertility: $50.00 per M. 
Chicks after April 15th, $12.00 per hundred. 
E. H, PLANK, Route No. 4, Gettysburg, Pa. 
Standard Bred S. C. W, LEGHORNS 
Hatching Eggs a specialty. Fertility guaranteed. 
J. O. VOOUHEES.GROTON, N. Y. 
inn PULLETS and YEARLING HENS, S. C. 
119 IB WHITE LEGHORNS, YOUNG STRAIN, 
w $L00 an< I $L25 each. Sold yards. Must 
Vacate April 1. Fred D. Sutliff, Addison, N. Y. 
CRfiC Eor Hatching, from hardy Northern grown 
LUUO S. C. White Leghorns, at farmers’prices. 
Write Maple Grove Farm, Box K, Smithville, N. Y. 
I ivinp* Fcro- Marhinpq R- c - Buff Leghorns: most 
Llf lllg L55 !VI a Is IIIII CO hardy and beautiful fowl. 
Eggs—15 for $1.00. W. J. THOMSON, Delhi, N. Y. 
oc nnn single comb white leghorn 
LOl UUU Eggs and Day-old Chicks from bred-to- 
lay free range stock. Catalogue Free. PATTER¬ 
SON POULTRY FARM, CLAYTON, N. Y. 
E 0119 FOR HATCHING and IUBY CHICKS—Front range crown 
2-year-old hens ami mature cocks of the best strains obtain¬ 
able. Whito Leghorns, Wyandottes, Rocks ami Emden Geese; 
B. Leghorns, Barred ltocks, Partridge Cochins and It. C. Reds. 
A few breeders at all times. Give ns your order: we will plcaso 
you. MAPLE COVE POULTRY YAliDS, R. D. 21, Athens, Pa. 
S. C. W. L. 
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. D, 10, Northport, Long Island, N.Y. 
RaVtV S ' C ’Leghorns, Barred 
l Ddoy UniCKS Rocks, R. C. Reds. Strong, 
livable. Prom vigorous, thoroughbred, range 
• breeders. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular 
free. WESLEY GRINNELL, Sodus, N. Y, 
Baby Chicks 
Famous Laying Strain 
$1; Cockorels, $2. St. Moritz Farm, Ramsey, N. J. 
Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm N ™“ lE ' 
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. W. Leghorn Cockerels left 
at right prices. Correspondence invited. 
ftUSTOM HATCHING—S3.00 a compartment in our HALL 
U MAMMOTH INCUBATORS. Each compartment holds 150 
eggs. S. C. W. Leghorn Hatching Eggs for sale—$1.50 per 
setting: S6.00 per hundred. S. C. W. Leghorn DAY-010 
CHICKS— S15.00 per hundred; S130 per thousand. See our 
Swine ad. MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM. MILLERT0N, N.Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS and R. I. REDS 
Eggs for Hatching from selected 1 and 2-year-old 
nens 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. 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Write at once if you wish eggs for hatching or 
Baby Clucks from oar ‘‘Mammotii Utility" strain 
of heaviest layers and the most successful and 
probably the best known egg farm on Long Island. 
Upon a good foundation build success, 
Prices the cheapest—Qualify the best. 
TIIOItNFIIAVEN POULTRY FARM 
Slielter Island Heights, N.Y. 
Rflhv r.hirL'C Flora free range, selected S. C. 
uau J V111CIYS WHITE LEGHORNS, in 
any quantity. Safe arrival guaranteed. Cir¬ 
cular free. CHAS. R. STONE, Baby Chicken 
Farm, Staatsbnrg-on-Hudsou, N. Y. 
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, Kirknp Bros., Props. Mattitnck, L.I..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 
and vigor. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS K 
Orders booked for future delivery. Young and old 
stock at attractive prices. Best laying strains. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Flemington, N J. 
RUFF WHITE LEGHORNS— S. C. B. L Red Eggs, 90c. per 
D 15. $1.50 per 30, $2.75 per 60, $4.00 per 100. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown. I’a. 
0 C. WHITE LEGHORNS, the large white kind, bred 
for heavy laying. Hatching eggs, little Chicks, 
breeding stock. Kstab. 1904. Price List mailed. 
Abovo Poultry Farms Co., Inc.. Chatham, Morris Co., N.J. 
Baby Chicks—S. C. White Leghorn 
S10 per hundred— from eggs produced by our own 
hens; 50 to 60# winter layers; free range over 25 
acres. Eggs for hatching and breeding stock. 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM : ; HILLSDALE, N. J. 
DanoldsTarm EGG 
UATru BUSINESS BARRED ROCKS 
. - ■ - — I V*n Write for our free illustrated cat¬ 
alog tiescribing our common sense 
pritcticnl poultry, the result of 
14 years breetllnir, egg-lnycrs. 
'Settings from our strain of early 111 a- 
ituring, large, healthy ltocks, $2a doz. 
Danolri's Farm, R. F. D. 19, Albion,N.Y. 
ARRED ROCKS, Indian Runner Drakes, Toulouse 
Geese. Bred-to-lay strains. Nelson's, Grove City, Pa. 
B 
BIG BARRED ROCKS 
very hardy, plump breasts; yellow skin. Cockerels, 
$3, $4 and $5. Pullets, $2. $3, $4 and $5 each. Eggs, 
$2 per 13. LAMBERT S POULTRY FARM, Apponauo. R. I. 
B 
ARRED ROCK EGGS, $1.00 per 15, $4.50 per 100. Bred-to- 
lay strain. Catalog free. J. W. Dail, Cambridge, Md. 
RARRFD ROCKS - 25 Large Utility Cocker- 
DmVIVIbLF IS.UGJYD olSt $2 to $3 each. Eggs, 
$1 per 15. $4 50 per 100. CHAS. T. DOWNING. 
Route 2, West Chester, Pa. 
H ATCHING EGGS from Trap-Nested, Bred-to-Lay 
W. P. Rocks, $6.00 per 100. From, best mating, 
$2.00 for fifteen. A. 8. BRIAN, Mt. kisco, N. Y. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
$6.00 per 100. T TI mTmE " 
Hatching Eggs, thir¬ 
teen for $1.00. 
J. H. FRIEDEL, Pearl River, N. Y. 
B UFF ROCK & WHITE LEGHORN EGGS for HATCHING; 
purebred. $1.00 setting of 15. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. HOWARD SUTTON, Fairmount, N. J. 
Indian Runner DUCKS’ EGGS 
Eleven for $1; Fifty for *5; Farm Kan go 
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 
perhen! Get stock from Afton Farm. Itmeans suc¬ 
cess. Write for ''Facis From Afton Farm,” today—now. 
AFTON FARM, Box D-l, YARDLEY, PA. 
C OCKERELS FOR SALE —W. Orpingtons and W. Wyan¬ 
dottes, bred from excellent laying strains. 
WILPEN POULTRY FARM, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley, Pa. 
JOCOY Originated the R. I. WHITES 
MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS AGO 
They lead the reds for quick maturing, are better 
layers, and are easier to breed. Booklet FREE. 
J. A. JOCOY, Townada, Pa. 
0(1 KGHS $1.00—Leading varieties, 52 breeds. Prizo Poul- 
ZU try, Pigeons, Hares, etc. Booklet free. Large illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog 10c. F. G. WILE, Telford, Pa. 
pnill TRYMFII"7? en(i 2c stam P for Illustrated 
r»cT nniJr!?.! ** Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS -:- MAR IETTA, PA. 
R ANGE BRED FOR BUSINESS— Stamina, fertility—Rose 
Comb Reds, 200-egg strain. Eggs, by settings, 
12cents each; by 100s, 8 cents. Sicilian Buttercups, 
18 cents and 15 cents. GOBI & SON, ULSTER, PA. 
PRIZE-WINNING and GREAT LAYING 
* RHODE ISLAND REDS (both combs) 
and Diamond Jubilee Orpingtons. Kggs reason¬ 
able. Write for Mating List. 
GEO. H. LeFEVKK, Montgomery, N. Y. 
R.I. Reds, Houdans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class st ock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX- 
a Mating list on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
T HE FARMERS FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. '1HOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
SHE?- SILVER & PARTRIDGE 
, WYANDOTTES. Good laying strains. 
Stock for sale. Eggs, $1.50 to $3.00. Write me your 
wauts. J.H. zlMMER, Bradford, Ohio. 
—CHOICE BUFF WYANDOTTE 
eggs for sale—$1.00 for 15, $5.00 per 
100. CHAS. I. MILLER., R.F.D. No. 1, Hudson, N.Y. 
Wright's White Wyandotte Winners 
Baby Chix and Eggs from high-claps, strong, heavy lay¬ 
ing farm raised Stock. Grand View Farm, Stanfordvllle, N.Y. 
C OLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES and MOTTLE 0 ANC0NAS- 
Great Winter Layers—bred for show and egg 
production. Eggs for hatching, $2.00 per fifteen. 
Incubator Eggs, $8.00 per hundred. WAYNE B. 
ElSKNHART, Box 29, Richland Center, Pa. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES-,™,if .££* 
Free range. Send for 1912 Mating List. Eggs, $1.50 
per 15; $6.00 per 100. CLARENCE H. FOGG. 
Bridgeton, N. J. R. F. D. No. 3. 
Snow-White Wyandottes Thoroughbred and 
cuiar free. 
bred to lay. Cir 
Goldenrod Farm, Stewartstown, Pa 
EGCS 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
13 for$i.25, 26 for$2.oo. Every 
body write for Frefi Illus 
trated Fruit Tree and Poultry Catalogue. 
WELLS WHOLESALE NURSE KIES 
F. W. Wells, Prop. Box 2, Dansville, N. Y. 
KEAN’S WHITE WAYANDOTTES 
Bred nine years for vigor, utility and standard re¬ 
quirements. Kggs $1 lor 13; $3.50 for 52; $6 for 100. 
K. FRANKLIN KEAN, STANLKY, N. Y. 
While Orpingtons f™,Ztllli SSSL 
for salo at reasonable price. Stock comes from 
one of America’s leading strains of winners. Will 
sacrifice on account of removal. Also have eggs at 
$1.50 and $3 00 a setting, from carefully selected 
pens. L. C. GALBRAITH, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers ol 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844 
Ft. MacKELLAR’S SONS GO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
c. 
200 EOGr 
cL O lx i 
X. 
STILAXTST 
Eggs for 
3Z> a y O 1 el C li i x I Eggs for Hatcliiiig 
Chix that live and grow hatched in I Eggs from vigorous, fresh-air 
Mammoth Incubator. I housed stock. 
Placo Your Orders fox* Chix Wow 
and get positive date of delivery. Safe arrival guaranteed. Circular FITEE. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, - - - BERLIN, MASS. 
