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IME RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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The Henyard. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The 30th week of the contest shows a 
marked increase in egg production; the 
gain over the previous week being 110 
eggs. The height of the broody season is 
over, and some of the broody ones are 
laying again. The White Leghorns remain 
in the high scores, F. (1. Yost’s pen laying 
31 eggs, as did R. J. Walden’s Barred 
Rocks. The Leghorns also take second 
place, Toms Poultry Farm pen laying 30. 
With the exception of the White P. Rocks 
which laid an average per pen of 25.75 
eggs during the week, the White Leghorns 
outlaid all other breeds, their pen average 
being 25.4 eggs. This score for .30 pens 
after so many weeks of good laying is cer¬ 
tainly worth noting. The average per pen 
for the Barred Rocks is 21.7, for the White 
Wyandottes 19.3 for the S. C. R. 1. 
Reds 16.2; for the R. C. Reds 19.3, for 
the Black Minorcas 23, for the White Or¬ 
pingtons 21.2, for the Buff Leghorns 23.3. 
This large output by the Leghorns is ob¬ 
tained on the smallest amount of food; 
their consumption per egg produced being 
very much less than that of the larger 
breeds. Dividing the pounds of food con¬ 
sumed by the number of eggs laid the same 
week the White Leghorns produced an egg 
for each .233 of a pound or less than one- 
fourth pound of food to each egg. The 
Golden Wyandottes were the largest eaters, 
they ate 10.9 pounds of food while laying 
18 eggs, or over .605 pound, more than one- 
half pound of food to each egg. The Barred 
Rocks ate 86.8 pounds of food, while laying 
269 eggs, or .284 pound per egg. The Buff 
Wyandottes ate 8.6 pounds and laid 17 eggs, 
.505 pounds of food per egg. Black Lang- 
shans 8.9 pounds for 18 eggs. Black 
.Minorcas ate 36 pounds of food to produce 
99 eggs; the Buff Orpingtons 39.7 pounds 
food for 77 eggs; the White Orpingtons 
43.2 pounds of food for 65 eggs. The S. 
C. Reds ate 60.8 pounds and laid 171 eggs; 
the R. C. Reds ate 19.5 pounds and laid 
45 eggs. The Buff Leghorns ate 23.8 pounds 
and produced 59 eggs. When the year’s 
record is completed and not only the num¬ 
ber but also the weight of eggs produced 
is computed, and the amount of food con¬ 
sumed by each pen, some valuable facts 
will be obtained. geo. a. cosgrove. 
In the 31st week 2,201 eggs were laid, a 
further gain of 01 eggs. Last week the 
gain over the previous week was 110. It 
looks as though the broody season was 
drawing to a close. With the cessatiop of 
broodiness the American breeds come to the 
front again as the high scorers, Henry D. 
Riley's Barred Rocks leading with 33 eggs 
for the week. The Barred Rocks also take 
second place, Robert J. Walden’s pen lay¬ 
ing 30, Howard Steele’s S. C. Rods laid 29, 
and Susie Abbott’s White Leghorns, Toms 
Poultry Farm White Leghorns and the Buff 
Leghorns of Geo. II. Schmitz also laid 29. 
F. G. Yost’s White Leghorns still lead with 
the highest total. 649. But that gallant 
pen of English White Leghorns seem to 
feel that although death has reduced their 
number to four, the honor of old England 
is in their keeping, for three of the four 
laid six eggs each, and the fourth one laid 
seven, making 25 for the week against 22 
eggs from Yost's live birds actually reduc¬ 
ing his lead by three eggs. Their total to 
date is 641. It was something of a prob¬ 
lem at Storrs to decide what to do with 
the pullets that became broody; Prof. 
Stoneburn solved this very nicely by mak¬ 
ing small boxes of lath, with lath for the 
bottom also. These were attached to the 
side of the buildings about three feet from 
the ground, and as the lath wore about 
214 inches apart there was a free circula¬ 
tion of air under and all around the sit¬ 
ter, which had the effeffet of quickly “cool¬ 
ing her off.” The first thing a broody hen 
does is to pull the feathers off on each 
side of the under part of her body so that 
her bare skin shall come in contact with 
the eggs. In a slat bottomed box she feels 
a little too cool and it distracts her atten¬ 
tion so that two or three days confinement 
will usually break her up. The monthly 
medals for the greatest number of eggs laid 
in May were awarded, W. J. Tilley’s White 
Rocks winning first witli a score of 126; 
Toms Poultry Farm’s White Leghorns and 
F. G. Y'ost’s White Leghorns tied for the 
second place with a score of 125; Susie 
Abbott’s White Leghorns took the third 
medal with a score of 121. The other high 
scoring pens in May were R. J. Walden's 
Barred Rocks. 118; Conyers Farm, White 
Leghorns, 119; Burton E. Moore, White 
Leghorns, 118; Paul Colbrons, White Leg¬ 
horns, 118; Cullencross Farm, White Leg¬ 
horn, 118; .T. E. Burrows, White Leghorns, 
117; Paul Van Deusen, White Leghorns, 
117; Woods Lane Farm, White Leghotns, 
116; II. E. Seaver, White Leghorns, 115; 
N. C. Ryneal, White Leghorns, 115; J. & 
G. Goodman. White Leghorns, 114; Geo. 
II. Schmitz, Buff Leghorns. 111. Here are 
16 of the best layers out of 490 birds, and 
14 of the 16 are Leghorns. Combined with 
the fact that the average consumption of 
food by the Leghorns is very much less 
than by the larger breeds in some cases 
only half as much, it would seem to be 
pretty well demonstrated that for a com¬ 
mercial egg plant this would be the breed 
to keep. Where soft roasters or broilers 
are to be raised, or poultry for the table, 
the American breeds would be better. If 
chicks are to lie raised by hens it would 
be necessary to keep some other breed than 
Leghorns, as they lack almost entirely the 
motherly instinct. geo. a. cosgrove. 
The Hen Crowds the Cow. 
Our friend Mapes, the hen man, last year 
described a new type of poultry house, for 
which he claimed great tilings. He has 
now tested it long enough to feel sure about 
it, and the three pictures on page 719 will 
show how it looks. It can be used to brood 
700 chicks in one flock, and then to winter 
250 hens. In the house shown, the 250 hens 
have not been outside in 10 months. Mapes 
says that they have laid eggs enough in the 
60 days just past to pay the entire cost 
of the building, and they have kept in 
first class health. Now Mapes claims that 
very few farmers realize more than $25 a 
year from a cow. figuring all expenses ex¬ 
cept labor. He thinks it’s as easy to not 
50 cents per hen a year as to net $25 a cow, 
with a good chance to net $1 per hen. He 
is out with the advice to Orange County 
farmers to cut themselves loose from the 
cow’s tail and stick the business hen’s 
feathers in their hat. for he claims that 
eggs at present and future prices will pay 
better than milk and solve the milk prob¬ 
lem. Mapes goes so far as to claim that 
such a house as he has produced will make 
it possible for a farmer to keep 20 colonies 
of 5.000 hens with no more labor and time 
than 20 cows will demand. We think Mr. 
Mapes has taken hold of a big proposition, 
big in its possibilities and also a big job 
to demonstrate and prove. At the same 
time it is along these lines and through 
such demonstrations that methods are 
changed and industrial history is made, 
and we wish Brother Mapes all success in 
putting his proposition through. 
June Hatched Chicks; Trouble with Sows. 
1. Would it pay to set an incubator in 
June, so as to have it come off about the 
20th? c an you tell me at what month 
.Tune-hatched chickens will begin to lay? 2. 
Should sows with a litter of young pigs be 
fed corn? I have four sows with pigs 
just about to be weaned, and one cannot 
get up on the hind feet. I have rubbed 
her with ointment. She has been that way 
for over a week now, have given her salts, 
etc. Can you tell me of some remedy? 
New Jersey. l. l. e. 
1. April and May chicks are usually con¬ 
sidered more profitable than those hatched 
later, as they get well started before the 
excessive heat of midsummer, and, if well 
cared for, the pullets reach maturity suffi¬ 
ciently early to become Fall and Winter 
layers. The cockerels, also, may be disposed 
of as broilers before the late Summer break 
in the market occurs. There is no reason, 
however, why .Tune-hatched chicks may not 
bo profitably raised if it is not practicable 
to get them out earlier, and, if they are 
pushed right along for quick maturity, the 
pullets should begin to lay as early in life 
as those hatched during the Spring months, 
that is, when they are between five and six 
months of age. I have for several years 
gotten my first pullet eggs from White Leg¬ 
horns when they were about five months 
and one week old. 
2. Corn may properly form a portion of 
the rations given brood sows, both before 
and after farrowing, but it should be fed 
in moderation and not to the exclusion of 
other feeds more rich in those elements 
that go to form bone and muscle in the de¬ 
veloping pigs, and milk in the dam. Wheat 
bran and middlings, oats and barley are 
all valuable feeds for the brood sow, and 
may be fed, ground, in slop made up with 
water or milk. It is a great advantage 
also if the sows can have pasture, and, 
aside from the ordinary grasses, the forage 
plants particularly suited to them are 
clover. Alfalfa, peas, beans, rape and 
vetches. If pasture is not available the 
various roots may bo fed as a substitute. 3 
Pigs arc liable to lose the use of their • 
hind legs through attacks of rheumatism, 
and these should bo guarded against by 
giving them warm and dry sleeping quar¬ 
ters, and not compelling them to wallow 
in mud and filth through the day. 
M. B. D. 
Plan for Hatching. 
I wish to have a “hatchery” built in 
the orchard near my residence. I have a 
concrete chicken house near the barn where 
horses, cows, pigs, etc., do congregate. I 
keep about 50 hens, which have the run of 
the barn, barnyard and meadows. They 
lay and go to- sitting “any old place.” I 
would like a suitable building in the or¬ 
chard 1 could carry my broody hens into, 
give them a good nest and keep them there 
till their eggs hatched, then raise the chicks 
in brooders. Can you give me the dimen¬ 
sions and requirements of a building large 
enough to accommodate about 12 sitting 
hens? mrs. w. b. h. 
Montana. 
Since the requirements of the fowls in 
such a hatchery as you propose are not 
numerous, I should consider my own con¬ 
venience in building it, making it high 
enough to walk .about; in with comfort, and 
large enough to hold a covered box con¬ 
taining the needed food for the sitters, be¬ 
sides the nests and the floor space neces¬ 
sary for feeding. Such a building could be 
cheaply constructed by setting posts in the 
ground for a frame, boarding up the side 
toward the prevailing winds (on which 
side the nests should be placed), and cov¬ 
ering the other three sides with poultry 
netting, leaving, of course, a doorway for 
entrance. As such a building would be 
used only in warm weather, the roof could 
be cheaply built of any material available. 
The nests should be roomy and so arranged 
with slatted covers that the hens could be 
confined to them when necessary. A little 
attention is needed under such a plan that, 
after several hens have left their nests 
for food or water, two do not return to 
the same nests, leaving one lot of eggs 
uncovered. M. b. i>. 
Infertile Goose Eggs. 
Could you toll me why my goose eggs 
don’t hatch? I have two geese and a gan¬ 
der. The eggs have a white spot in them. 
This is the second year that they are all 
decaying. w. E. 
Pittsford, N. Y. 
All eggs have, not only one, but three, 
white spots in them ; these spots being the 
germ within the yolk, and a supporting 
membrane at each end of it. As your eggs 
rot in the process of incubation, they are 
evidently fertile, and the reason for their 
failure to hatch probably lies in deficient 
vitality in the breeding stock. I should 
advise getting an unrelated gander, pre¬ 
ferably two years old, for next season, and 
should guard against the following causes 
of low vitality : Too close inbreeding; lack 
of free range, including plenty of water in 
pond or stream; and lack of good pasture. 
M. B. D. 
Are Hens too Fat to Lay?—T o-day I 
killed a B. P. It. hen two years old 
that weighed nine pounds, two ounces 
after being scalded and picked, and she 
was laying, for I found an egg ready for 
the shell and a large number of yolks. 
The housewife got a little more than a 
quart of oil from her, and when the bird 
came onto the table there was still too 
much fat to suit me; in fact the meat 
seemed to be more than half fat at that. 
Our hens have free range and are fed six 
quarts of cracked corn and wheat per day 
to 55 hens. a. l. s. 
Sylvania, Pa. 
Are In a Glass By Themselves 
They cost but a little more than the cheapest, while they 
save twice as much and last five 
times as long as other separators. 
They save their cost every six 
months over gravity setting systems 
and every year over other sepa¬ 
rators, while they may be bought 
for cash or on such liberal terms 
that they will actually pay for 
themselves. 
Every assertion thus briefly 
made is subject to demonstrative 
proof to your own satisfaction by 
the nearest DE LAVAL local 
agent, or by your writing to the 
Company direct. 
Why then, in the name of 
simple common sense, should any¬ 
one who has use for a Cream 
Separator go without one, buy other than a DE LAVAL, 
or continue the use of an inferior separator ? 
The De Laval, Separator Co. 
NEW YORK 
CHICAGO 
SAN FRANCISCO 
SEATTLE 
NO 
HENS 
$1.50, $2.00 and $8.00 per setling 1 . 
$7.50 to $15.00 pur hundred 
should be kept in your ' flock. It is worse than 
money wasted; it is inhumane. Infected chickens can 
only lose you money. Why not keep your hen house 
clean, sanitary? Make it conducive to health, vigor— 
egg production. Avenarius Carbolineum will do it. 
Easily applied, permanent, cheap. Write today for 
free bulletin on “ How To Keep Vermin Away.” 
CARBOLINEUM WOOD PRESERVING CO 
181 Franklin Street New York City 
Farm Bred Poultry 
OF SHOW QUALITY 
Barred Rocks Partridge Cochins 
White Rocks Partridge Wyandottes 
500 Selected Birds in Our Breeding Yards 
EGGS 
mxiktoio: bros. 
BRIDGETON, N. J. 
BIG BARRED ROCK EGGS HATCH 
We can please yon. One customer reports 13 chicks 
from one sitting. 13 eggs, $1.50: 26. $2.50; 52, $4.00. 
Book Free. Lambert's Poultry Farm, Apponaug, R. I. 
For Sale—1,000 4-weeks-old Chicks 
700 yearling Hons at $2 apiece. Wh. PI, Rock, buff 
Rocks. I niff Wyandottes, black Minorcas. 
CH, P. HATCH, Plum Beach Farm, Port Washington, L. I. 
WHITE WYANDOlTES^G'iy'YiS 
white, vigorous birds. Customers praise tlioir win¬ 
ter laying. Free range. Have won for six years. 
Eggs 85# fertility. 100, $5.00; sitting, $1.00. 
WILLIAM O. BURR, - Fairfield, Conn. 
D. 0. GHIX 9 AND 10c. EACH 
S. C. R. I. RED, 10c. S. C. W. LEGHORN, 9c, ' 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Blass. 
R. I. Reds, Houdans, Indian Funner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hatching. Mating list on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH. Soutliold, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 
THE FARMER’S FOWL— Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
I layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. TllOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
Fawn and White Runners White Eggs 
Eggs for hatching, Juno and July, from best pen, 
15 for $2.00; 50 for $0.00. High class utility stock 
mated with Walton drakes, 50 for$3.50, 100 for $6.00. 
Order direct and get Baby Duck Culture Free. 
CHERRY HILL FARM, Pittstown, N. J. 
FflR Q A I C—MALLAKI) DUCKS, pure wild 
I Ull Or*.LL drakes, $5.00; trio, $10.00. Muscovy 
ducks, drakes, $5; trio. $0. Pekin ducks, $2 apiece. 
CH. P. HATCH, Plum Beach Farm, Port Washington, L. I. 
WRITE FBR OUR HAV fl| II PHIY WITH FIRELESS 
PRICES ON UAl ULUlirilA BROODER INCLUDED 
PROMPT DELIVERY CATALOGUE FREE 
TAYLOR’S POULTRY YARDS, LYONS, N. Y. 
RARfijUM C Al C—Preparatory to moving our poultry in 
urtiiUHl 11 OdLL dustry to the South, we offer our entir 
1 in- 
p entire 
stock of ONE-YEAR-OLD PULLETS (S.C.W Leghorn) for im¬ 
mediate sale at SI.00 each or S75.00 per hundred. 1800 for 
sale. Parent stock all laid over 200 egos in their pullet 
year. MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, MILLERTON, N. Y. 
BABY CHICKS 9c Each 
From Free Range Selected 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
Prompt delivery. A hatch every week. Write for 
prices on throe-woeks'-old chicks. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. Circular free. CHAS. R. STONE, Baby 
Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
S. C. White Leghorn BABY CHICKS 
and HATCHING EGGS. Free range, farm bred 
stock of quality. No order too large or too small. 
"CHICKS THAT .MAKE GOOD.” Circular. 
VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, Dutchess Co., N.Y, 
BSny AUiPEf C- fro ™ ourbred-to-layS.C. 
Jfla I unIUIVO W. Leghorns. Chicks are 
hatched right, are full of vitality andean ship thorn 
safely any distance. Will guarantee safe arrival. 
Eggs for hatching from our choice matings of W. P. 
Rocks, White Wyandottes and our imported Salmon 
Faverolles. Prices and particulars on application. 
Evergreen Poultry Farm, Chappagua, Westchester Go., N. Y. 
B UFF WHITE LEGHORNS-S. C. R. 1. Red Eggs, ‘JOc. per 
15, $1.50 per 30, $2.75 per 60, $4.00 per 100. Cata¬ 
logue free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
S. C. W. Leghorns, Barred 
Rocks, R. C. Reds. Strong, 
livable. From vigorous, thoroughbred, rang.) 
breeders. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular 
free. WESLEY GR1NNELL, Sodus, N.Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS HATCH1NG H 'eGGS 
Orders booked for future delivery. Voting and old 
stock at attractive prices. Best laying strains. 
SUNNY HILL FARM, Flkmington, N. J. 
ClflCKS and HATCFNG EGGS 
FROM THE FOLLOWING SELECTED BREEDERS 
S. C. W. Leghorns Barred Plymouth Rock3 
S. C. R. I. Reds 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM.NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. 
O C. WHITE LEGHORNS, the large white kind, bred 
for heavy laying. Hatching eggs, little Chicks, 
breeding stock. Estab. 1904. Price List mailed. 
Abovo Poultry Farms Co., Inc., Chatham, Morris Co., N.J. 
pos n BROWN LEGHORN EGGS„Jm„, 
LEON SAGE, Crown Point, N. V. 
Baby 
COMB 
SI.00 per 13. 
I WHITE LEGHORN HENS 
for sale, stamp. C. SCHKYVKK, Omar, N. Y. 
EARLY PULLETS A"" HENS 
Leghorns, Wyandottes, Rocks and P. Cochins 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY FARM - R. D. 24 - ATHENS, PA. 
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 
PRIZE-WINNING STRAINS 
White and Brown 
Island Rods, 
White Wyan¬ 
dottes, Barred Rocks, Eggs $1.50—15; Imported 
Light and Dark Brahmas, Eggs $2.50—15. Catalog 
gratis. F. M, PRESCOTT, Riverdale, N. J. 
HOGS and POULTRY-“TS& p £ 
ner Duck Eggs, White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
of best strains, Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking County, Ohio. 
nnill TRYMFM~~Send 2c stamp for Illustrated 
rUUI_l il i Fit £ II Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA, PA. 
“A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse” 
I SAW It stated that a steamer had arrived In San Francisco Harbor loaded to the 
water line with eggs from China. How long will the American stomach stand this? 
If yours rebels write at once to the DARLINSTGN EGG FARM. One of my neighbors 
missed her turkey eggs from the nest, nearby she found a dead black snake with a 
curious swelling in his body, on opening there was her China nest egg. Moral —If yon 
don't want to go to the hospital write to BARL1NGTGN at once where you will find any¬ 
thing found on a S. C. WHITE LEGHORN plant that is up-to-date and a little ahead. 
DARLINGTON EGG FARM - Alfred P. Edge - BOX 0 
DARLINGTON, MD. 
