1912. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1 
breed, hatch the eggs early and try to 
raise twice as many pullets as you wish 
to keep over Winter. This will prob¬ 
ably insure enough, and if you have a 
surplus next October you have some 
selection, and can get rid of the least 
desirable ones then. Wide range is 
desirable above all else for these 
youngsters, with shade from the hot sun 
and a shelter from storms. Pullets 
hatched during April and early May 
from almost any of the common breeds 
should, if well managed, be ready to 
start egg production in November. 
A good time to build the houses is 
during the late Summer and early Fall. 
At that time one can tell about how 
many birds there will be to carry over 
Winter, and other work in the poultry 
line requires less attention. Too much 
emphasis cannot be laid on the build¬ 
ing of plain common-sense poultry 
houses. City people in particular often 
seem to think that some pet theory of 
theirs in construction or ventilation is 
so far ahead of any other plan that 
often without ever seeing or hearing 
of such a house except on paper they 
build their whole plant after their own 
ideas. I am sure that this is one of the 
main reasons why the poultry industry 
to-day is held up by many as the one 
business which has the most money in 
it and the business which it is hardest 
to get any money out of. Certain it is 
that in years gone by it has been res¬ 
ponsible for many very complete fail¬ 
ures. Quite often when asked what I 
advise as the best breed to keep or the 
best style of house to build I reply by 
asking what the custom is in that local¬ 
ity. 1 think one cannot go far wrong 
when starting in something new to copy 
somewhat after the most successful 
neighbors, and later make what im¬ 
provements may be desirous. The poul- 
trj' industry to-day is a business that 
requires some business management and 
a knowledge of the requirements. No 
branch of agriculture will repay a larger 
income on the investment, or for extra 
care and attention to details than the 
production of Winter eggs. 
A. L. CLARK. 
SHEEP IN THE PARKS. 
Fig. 333, first page, shows a flock of 
purebred Southdown sheep grazing in 
Roger Williams Park, Providence, R. I., 
where, as on many other public lawns 
and golf links, they perform the dual 
purpose of clipping the grass and keep¬ 
ing down weeds, as well as enriching 
the turf. A shepherd and two collies 
herd them, keeping them under control, 
while allowing full liberty of action. 
Roger Williams .Park possesses great 
natural beauty, which is wisely guarded 
and increased by Superintendent Greene, 
and the sheep possess constant interest 
for visitors. A great many cities find 
a flock of park sheep a valuable pos¬ 
session. It is usually found that buy¬ 
ers are ready to pay well for the in¬ 
crease of such flocks, and the wool is 
marketed as from any farm flock. This 
year the authorities at Central Park, 
New York, were in urgent need of a 
shearer for their flock, and found the 
profession unrepresented throughout the 
city, until some newly arrived Scottish 
immigrants proved their fitness for the 
job. 
A COW MAN TALKS. 
If W. J. Dougan wishes to try 10 
hens against one cow for profit next 
year. I will be ready any time after 
January 1. I will give you a statement 
as near correct as possible without keep¬ 
ing the sales from this one cow separate. 
I know what the sales from the herd 
amount to each month and what the 
grain costs. The rough feed I raise on 
the farm, and cannot tell what it 
costs, but I will charge the cow 
$8 per month for rough feed and 
$6.15 per month for grain. The 
average cost per cow per month for 
the 12 months for grain was $4.10, as 
this cow milked through the whole 12 
months and was fed grain the entire 
period, and also being the heaviest milk¬ 
er in the herd and fed more grain I 
charge her with 50 per cent more than 
the average. This makes her grain bill 
for 12 months, $73.80; rough feed bill, 
$96; total $169.80. Now for her credit 
account. She calved on or about May 
10, 1911, and is due to calve January 
1, 1913. I have weighed her milk at 
different times during the year and have 
tried not to overestimate it in this state¬ 
ment. For 100 days beginning with May 
20, 1911, she was milking over 50 pounds 
per day, milking as high as 61 pounds 
in one day. In September she was 
milking about 45 pounds per day. in No¬ 
vember about 40 pounds. She is now 
milking about 35 pounds per day, and 
has been milking about the same since 
January 1, 1912. I sell my milk at 
wholesale to a dealer in the next town 
and get six cents per quart. I sell some 
cream to him but it figures out about 
the same. I sold all my milk to January 
1 to this dealer. From January 1 to 
May 10, 1912, I carried some cream to 
the creamery; less than 50 per cent was 
sold to creamery for which I received 
about 3J4 cents per quart for milk when 
made into cream for creamery; the 
skim-milk is worth the other one-fourth 
cent to me, which brings it up to four 
cents. This would make my milk from 
January 1 average five cents or better. 
Here are the figures: From May 10, 
1911, to Dec. 31, 5,058 quarts of milk 
at six cents, $303.48; from January 1, 
1912, to May 9, 2.080 quarts at five 
cents, $104.00; total $407.48. Milk sold 
for the year $407.48; feed bill for the 
year, $169.80; balance, $237.68. This is 
not the actual profit from the cow, as it 
costs to house and care for a herd of 
dairy cows, as any farmer knows, but it 
is the same as Mr. Dougan figures his 
profits on 10 hens, and it looks as if the 
hens would have to scratch harder. 
Long Island. j. h. c. 
R. N.-Y.—If we can arrange another 
contest on a fair basis we shall be glad 
to do so. There should be some sort of 
supervision and a square understanding 
before we begin of the rules and limita¬ 
tions. This cow is thought to be worth 
$150. We do not understand that she 
is a pure-bred animal, but that her milk 
and calf are to be sold at market or 
food prices—the same as the eggs and 
chickens. We want such a contest 
started right, and would prefer to have 
other stock come in for trial. Will any 
sheep or hog men enter? Will our 
readers suggest rules for making such 
a contest fair? 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
Barred Plymouth Itocks are the leaders I 
a&ain this week, the thirty-fifth week of the j 
contest, Robert J. Walden's pen of that 
breed laying 31. eggs. White Leghorns take 
the second place, the pen from Marwood 
Poultry Farm laying 30. Paul Van Deu- 
sen’s and Susie Abbott’s White Leghorns 
tie with a score of 28 eggs each for third 
place. This hot dry weather does not seem 
to interfere with good laying on the part 
of the White Leghorns any more than the 
extreme cold of last Winter did, for again 
this week they lead all the other breeds 
in the average score per pen. Out of the 
whole 30 pens only one laid less than 20 
eggs, and the average score per pen is over 
24 eggs. The average number of eggs laid 
by each pen of Barred Rocks was 19.6; 
the White Wyandottes average 18; Single 
Corah R. I. Reds averaged 10.5; the Rose 
Comb Reds averaged nine eggs per pen; 
Bull Orpingtons 13.25 ; White Orpingtons 
12; Black Minorcas 22; Buff leghorns 
19.66; White Plymouth Rocks 20.75. There 
is no doubt that there will be a great in¬ 
crease in the number of White Leghorns 
kept by poultrymeu who make market eggs 
the main part of their business. This con¬ 
test shows that they do well in confine¬ 
ment if they are well cared for; the stock 
does not have to be renewed as frequently 
as with the larger breeds, for they lay 
profitably until three or four years old; 
most of the large breeds are not profitable 
for eggs after their second year, though 
there are sometimes exceptional birds that 
lay well among the heavy breeds. F. G. 
Yost’s White Leghorns increased their lead 
again this week, laying 26 eggs to 20 by the 
English birls, the total score being 748 for 
Yost's birds, to 722 for the English pen. 
There are two other pens which have 
reached the 700 mark; they are the White 
Wyandottes of Beulah Farm with a score 
of 703. and the White Leghorns of Mar- 
wood Poultry Farm with a total of 707. 
The White Leghorns of White Rose Poul¬ 
try Farm are close to it, their record being 
695. The total number of eggs laid during 
the week is 1,802, a gain of eight eggs over 
the previous week. The Rose Comb R. I. 
Red hens of C. S. and S. A. Scoville have 
beaten all the pullets of either the Rose 
or Single Comb Reds, their total of eggs 
laid being 620, the nearest approach to 
them by any of the Reds being Howard 
Steel's and Bunker Hill Poultry Farm, each 
with a score of 611. Some of the pens 
which were among the last to begin laying 
have attained quite a good total already; 
notably the White Leghorns of Paul Van 
Deusen. which did not commence 1 until Jan¬ 
uary 10, and which have a total of 502 to 
their credit. The "Buttercups” of Dr. 
Ixindes which were slow to begin have 504 
to their credit now. In. the three months 
to come there may be some surprising 
changes. geo. a. cosgeove. 
Trouble With Chicks. 
Will you tell me what to do to preveut 
the loss of chickens? I keep R. I. Reds; 
have selected 12 good old laying liens for 
breeding. Chicks come out healthy and 
strong and thrive for two or three weeks; 
then they grow smaller and die in a few 
days. I feed them every two hours cracked 
corn, chick feed and stale bread soaked in 
water and pressed very dry. I had white 
diarrhoea cases, lost a lot of big chicks, but 
was in hopes of escaping this year, as I 
was breeding only from choice liens out of 
my flock. I have lost over 30 already. Is 
carbolic acid, five drops in one quart of 
water, injurious to them, or is it the old 
trouble killing them ? My little chicks have 
a large run, clean, disinfected coops, racks 
under them that are changed every day. I 
have 200 R. I. Red lions. I feed them with 
four quarts oats, four quarts cracked corn 
and two quarts barley or wheat In litter in 
the morning. They get six quarts thick or 
sweet milk about four times a week. They 
have a free run from about four o’clock in 
tiie afternoon. They have grit and oyster 
shell always before them. At night I feed 
them with four quarts dry oats boiled and 
mixed with 10 quarts of bran, four quarts 
middlings, charcoal and four pounds of beef 
scraps, which I buy from the butcher; it 
makes two water pails full of f'*ed. Please 
let me know if that is good feed to make 
hens lay. f. o. 
Glen Head, L. I. 
It is quite likely that your young chicks 
are still suffering from white diarrhoea, and. 
as it lias been shown that at least one form 
of this disease is transmitted to newly 
hatched chicks through the yolks of the 
eggs from which they are hatched, it would 
he a wise precaution to discard your okl 
breeding pen and obtain some new breed¬ 
ers from a flock that you know to be free 
from this trouble. If you can, also, raise 
your chicks upon ground that lias not been 
used by other flocks, it will he an addi¬ 
tional precaution to those that you are al¬ 
ready taking. You are feeding a good lay¬ 
ing ration, but are not getting a good egg 
yield; perhaps most of your fowls are too 
old to be profitable. Why not go to some* 
neighbor who has a good laying flock of 
hens of the breed that you wish to keep, 
and either purchase eggs for hatching or a 
few yearlings for breeders? M. b. d. 
Hens With Pale Combs. 
I have some fine White Leghorn chickens, 
but their combs are lately getting wtiite in 
color. What is the trouble? n. k. 
White Plains, N. Y. 
The color of the comb is a very good in¬ 
dex of the condition of the fowls. A bright 
cherry red indicates health and vitality, 
while a pale color shows a debility which 
may be due to one or more of several 
causes. It is found when hens are under¬ 
going the strain of moulting and reproduc¬ 
ing their feathers, or. when from the lack 
of sufficient food, unsanitary surroundings 
or actual disease, their health is below par. 
You will see that the cause of this condi¬ 
tion in your flock can only be determined 
after an investigation into their surround¬ 
ings and you will do well to take special 
pains to see that your fowls are not suf¬ 
fering from the ravages of vermin, either of 
body lice, or of the red mites which, at 
this season of the year, are apt to swarm 
in bloodthirsty hordes over their perches 
and in the cracks and crevices of their 
roosting compartments. m. b. d. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
"square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
There Are Others 
but we claim that there is no other Fly 
Spray quite as good as 
Target Brand Fly Killer 
and we will prove it to you. If you will 
send us Oue Dollar and your Dealer’s 
name, we will send you enough to pro¬ 
tect 8 or 10 head of stock for the sea¬ 
son. If it does not do all we claim, 
we will return your money, and you 
may return the goods at our expense. 
Horticultural Chemical Co. 
S. 4th Street Philadelphia, Pa. 
BLUE RIBBON VflDI^QUIDC^ 
LARGE IMPROVED lUnNonmEO 
Wherever shown, SHERMAN 13092, and REBECCA 14577, 
A. Y. R.. have won FIRST PRIZE. last tall Both won at 
Pa., N. Y., HI. ami Ohio State, and Montgomery Co. (Pa.) 
Fairs. Ol der some of their pigs, farrowed Juno 10th, for 
delivery when 1:! weeks old, at $15.00 each, registered and 
transferred, and quickly and cheaply benefit by the gen¬ 
erations of careful breeding of their ancestors. This is 
th« Best Stock ot the Best Breed. Yorkshires grow more 
economically than lard typo and bring higher price. 
Thrifty Berkshire and C.IV. Pips from Unregistered Stock, $3 ea. 
TWIN TREE FARM, Penllyn, Montg. Co., Pa. 
SUNNY BANK FARM 
RFfflfCHIII XT O Both sexes; Master- 
*■ ■* ^ * — ■ ■* O pieee and Longfellow 
breedings: bred sows. Prices reasonable. Registration 
free. A. F. JO.VES, 1*. O. Box 117, Bridgehnnipton, A. y 
TRANQUILITY FARMS offer choice DORSET 
RAMS and EWES for sale at farmers’ prices. 
One of the oldest flocks in America. 
Arthur Danks, Mgr .... A[J.AMUCH V, N. J. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unceasing source of pleasure and robust health tochildren. 
Safe and ideal playmates. Inexpensive to keep. Highest type. 
Complete outlita. Satisfaction guaranteed. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue. BELLS MEADE FARM, Box 20 , Markham, Va. 
I_ HOUSES _ 
P erclieron and Belgian SlaUions and Mares for sale 
at farmers' prices. A W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station. East Orwell, O., 
On Penna. K.R. SO miles north of Yonngstown, O. 
JIJ CJim T0M DUCflT ’ JUNIOR ; Chestnut stal- 
H I wlUv lion. Service fee. ten dollars. For 
particulars, address LEON SAGE, Crown Point, N.Y. 
QUCJI ANR flN P LARGER PONIES broken for small 
Olll-I LnlU) children. Also stallions, broodmares 
and colts. F. STEWART, Espyville, Pa. 
DOGS 
flDI I IF PUP ^—Tlie intelligent kind. Females 
OULUC ruro cheap. NELSON’S, Grove City. Penna. 
COLLIE PUPPIES 
-$5 each and up. CLA 
FARM. Boonton, New Jersi 
; DAIRY OATTliE j 
FOR SALE-JERSEY BULLS 
Age. 1 yr. down. Dams have qualified or on test for 
Register of Morit A. J. O. C. Eire, Goldie’s .Jap of 
Mendale No, 85989. Tuberculin free. 15LitK SIII If E 
SOWS; BUM) GILTS. Granddaughters of 
Berry ton Duke, Jr., bred to King Edward, Jr, 
Everything Registered. For L’edigrees and Prices, 
Chas. B. Dayton, Supt.. SHELDONCROFT, Silver Lake, Pa. 
East River Grade Holsteins 
.. .FOR SALE... 
40 Cows just Fresh 50 Holstein Heiiers 2 yrs. old 
30 " due in Aug. 40 Yearling Heifers 1 yr. old 
100 " due Sept., Oct., Nov. 5 Reg. Bulls ready for servica 
All the Cows and Heifers are 
High Gradesand will please you. 
BELL PHONE JOHN B. WICBSTEIt 
311-F-5 Dept. B, Cortland. N. Y. 
Breed Up-Not Dowir J r o“'c. u „ n " J o'?<l I S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. R. F. 
SHANNON, HU" Liberty Street.. Pittsburg, Pa. 
Reg. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
—- —$20 to $25 ■■ - 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Choicely bred, tine individuals. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
HILLHURST FARM. .F. H. Rivenburnh, Prop..Mnnnsville, N.Y. 
HAVE SIX THOROUGHBRED 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES FOR SALE 
from threo to six months old, from selected stock. 
Also some very fine grade HOLSTEIN HEIFERS. 
P. B. McLennan, 412 Court House, Syracuse,N. Y. 
0NTARI0 KING WANDAGELSCHE 
Holstein bull, born Dec. 5, 1911, largely white, show 
animal, a King Segis sire, high testing dam by 
Homestead Girl DeKol Sarcastic Lad. Price, $75. 
Send for pedigree. CLOVEROALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y 
registereYguernseybull CALF 
Herd Tuberculin Tested. American Ilound Pups. 
ON O N T A F A It M , PORTLAND, CONN. 
FOR C A| F—Kefflstered Holstelii-FriesJnii Hull Calf from 3- 
• "It OnLL year old cow that produced »2k> lb*. tnilk in 
one day; $75. Other* nearly as good for lens money. Write foi 
bargains. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenango, N. V. 
/ T'9MPKINS CO. BREEDERS’ ASSOCIA- 
TiON, Box B, Trumausburg, N. Y.—Breeders 
of Holstein, Jersey & Guernsey cattle and the lead¬ 
ing breeds of sheep and swine. Write for sale list. 
Milk Prodllfifirs i or New York City market 
. UUUClA desiring information how to 
ranches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
| the Secretary, Albert Manning Otisvillo. N. Y 
SX7V7-I7\r33 
PUREBRED HAMPSHIRE SWINE 
if y ?S,. need a first-elasss service Boar, Bred Sows, 
Bred Gilts, or choice Spring Pigs write us for prices 
WHITE BELT FARMS, Plainvillc, New York 
CfiR CAR E-LARGE BERKSHIRE SOWS. 
■ Wil OMInS. Safe in pig. Registered stock. $40 
apiece. Boars for breeding, $45 apiece; 2years'old. 
CH. P. HATCH. Plum Beach Farm, Port Washington, L. I. 
i SPRINGBAHK BERKSHIRES.-ffiUfi 
iu Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, toser- 
vice of Watson's Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Piourietor, Marhletiale, Conn. 
(JHEL00N FARM registered JTurocs. Pigs of both sex 
Bred Sows. 
C. K. 
Service Hoars Best of breeding 
BARNES. Oxford, N. Y. 
Reg. f\ Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
— -—. Ptips.Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildoun, Pa. 
REGISTERED YORKSHIRES 
Healthy, well-grown stock, all ages. Boars ready for 
service and just weaned. If on arrival stock is not 
as represented in youropinion, return same and we 
will refund money. Raritan Valley Farms, Somerville,N.J. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HI6HW00D 
Summer offering of pigs, both sexes, not akin. 
„ Sold out of service boars ami bred sows 
H. C. 8 H. B. HARPENDING -;- DUND EE, NEW YORK 
I ARGE YORKSHIRES— Sows tired for June and August 
L farrow. Boars ready for sendee. May pigs, 
ordei now. Glenmark Farm, Robertsviile, Conn. 
HOGS and POULTRY 
-Mammoth Pekin 
and Indian Run¬ 
ner Duck Eggs, White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
drains, Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking County, Ohio. 
O.I.C.’S of Superior Quality Service Boars, Gilts, Spring Pigs, 
~ - — no akin pairs, also Buff Rock 
Eggs, $1.50 per 15. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
—SPRING PTGS, $7.00—pedigreed. 
S. A. WEEKS DeGraff, Ohio. 
DUROCS 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
JFOK SALE; Fifty choice, 16 mouths old 
CHESTER WHITE GILTS 
LARGE BONE, WELL ARCHED BACK, PERFECT 
TVPE. BRED TO FARROW FAIT,, 1912 .'. .'. 
W. H. MINER, CHAZY, NEW YORK 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Whatever the amount of milk or butter-fat, you wish 
to produce, is it not better policy to use large-yield 
cows than to feed and shelter the necessarily greater 
number of small-yield cows ? 
Use Holsteins and you save labor, feed, stable-room, 
equipment and risk. They are always healthy and ready 
for work. 
Choose cows according to their capacity for converting 
coarse feed into milk. That is the function of a dairy cow 
and that is where the big Holstein excels. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. They 
contain valuable information for any Dairyman. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt. 
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