1912. 
THE RURAT> NEW-YORKEH 
901 
THE EGG-LAYING GONTEST. 
There was a drop in the egg production 
this week, the thirty-ninth, of 20 eggs, 
the total number laid being 1,592 as 
against 1,612 the previous week. Barred 
Plymouth Rocks take both first and sec¬ 
ond places this week, and tie with the 
White Wyandottes for third place. S. M. 
Goucher's pen make the really good score 
for this time of year of 30 eggs for the 
week, leading all the rest. The second 
best score of 28 eggs was made by the pen 
of Robert J. Walden. The pen of Henry 
D. Riley laid 27 eggs and the pen of White 
Wyandottes from Beulah Farm also laid 
27. This is a good showing for Barred 
Rocks. I have known of several excellent 
laying strains of this breed, notably the 
strain bred by the late Chas. P. Jordan, of 
Connecticut. Mr. Jordan always claimed 
that his Barred Rocks outlaid his White 
Leghorns or any other breed he had ever 
ow r ned. The pen of F. G. Yost have laid 
818 eggs since the contest began ; they are 
now 44 eggs ahead of their nearest com¬ 
petitor, which is the English White Leg¬ 
horns of Thomas Barron. There are only 
four of these birds left, two having died, 
but they still hold the second place with a 
score of 794. But it is not likely that they 
can hold this position long, for the White 
Leghorns of Marwood Poultry Farm are 
only three eggs behind, their" score being 
791. and as this pen contains five birds it 
will probably soon overtake and pass the 
English pen. White Rose Farm have a 
record of 781 : Toms Poultry farm have a 
score of 784 : Frederick Peasley, a score of 
737; Culleneross Farm, 730; II. E. Seavcr, 
717: Susie Abbott, 767; Wood’s Lane 
Farm, 709. All the above are Waite Leg¬ 
horns. The only other breeds which nave 
reached 700 are the Buff Orpington pen of 
O. Wilson, with a score of 707, and the 
pen of White Wyandottes from Beulah 
Farm, which take fourth place among the 
high scorers with a record of 786. The 
highest average number of eggs per pen is 
held this week by the Barred Rocks, the 
12 pens laying 237 eggs, an average of 
19.75 eggs per pen. The White Leghorns 
take second place, with a pen average of 
18.7: the White Plymouth Rocks third 
place, with an average of 17.75 per pen; 
the White Wyandottes, average 15.6; the 
Columbian Wyandottes, 16.6: the Rose 
Comb R. I. Reds, 15.3; the Single Comb 
R. I. Reds. 15.3; the Black Minorcas, 
15.75; the Buff Orpingtons, 12; the White 
Orpingtons. 7.5. These averages show 
more nearly what might be expected in 
egg production from a flock of any breed 
better than the high score of some particu¬ 
lar pen. A matter of great interest is the 
decision to continue the contest for another 
year. Many pens of pullets will rema'in 
and enter the next contest as hens. Some 
of the owners will also enter another pep 
of pullets to show that they have an egg- 
laying strain. Tt will be interesting to note 
whether the birds which have made such 
astonishing records as pullets will keep it 
up, and take the same relative positions as 
hens, that they have held as pullets. 
There'will be great demand for the bul¬ 
letins containing all the facts as to food 
consumed, number and weight of eggs laid, 
etc., when the year of this contest is ended, 
Australia has held these egg-laying contests 
for years, and has largely increased the 
average egg production as the result. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
CONNECTICUT POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 
Hold Three Days’ Field Meeting. 
The poultryinen of Connecticut are not 
behind the fruit growers or dairymen when 
it comes to turning out for gatherings or 
meetings. For three days, July 29, 30 and 
31, they held what was perhaps the best 
attended as well as the most interesting 
meeting any State poultry association in the 
East has ever held. Monday afternoon 
over a hundred were there to look over the 
international egg-laying contest. On the 
whole the entire flock looks very well. A 
few pens have done remarkably well, and 
one or two pens have shown up very poorly. 
The pictures on page 887 show the prize 
pen of Leghorns and a general view of the 
contest. In the evening Prof. Krum, of 
the Poultry Department of Cornell Agricul¬ 
tural College, gave a talk on “Breeding and 
Feeding for Egg Production.” He gave 
most of his time to discussing the egg type 
iu hens. The New York College, under 
Prof. Rice’s management, has been doing a 
great deal of work for several years along 
this line. It is hoped that a certain simi¬ 
larity between great layers will be found 
which can he seen by the average poultry- 
man. Tuesday morning Mr. Beaupain, of 
South Norwalk, Conn., gave a demonstra¬ 
tion in caponizing. It is an art easily 
acquired by a little experience. It is doubt¬ 
ful. however, how much profit one can 
make on capons in the East. They cer¬ 
tainly consume great quantities of food in 
making their growth. For the general 
farmer who has acres of orchard, corn¬ 
fields and meadows very likely 50 or 100 
late hatched cockerels can be made to re¬ 
turn more profit than if marketed at their 
broiler age ivheu the market is at its low¬ 
est. Take for instance a year when corn 
is fairly cheap and plenty of it is grown 
at home; no stock on the farm will turn 
it into such high-priced meat. 
Prof. J. C. Graham, of the Massachu¬ 
setts Agricultural College, gave an address 
on “.Selection and Breeding for Vigor.” As 
Prof. Rice, of Cornell, says, this is the 
most important issue in the poultry in¬ 
dustry to-day. Prof. Graham made the 
statement that “the average of the off¬ 
spring can be no better than the average 
of the breeders.” In this way he brought 
out the vital importance of selecting out a 
few of the very best to breed from instead 
of breeding as is so usual from the entire 
flock. 
In the afternoon Prof. Stouebnru made 
the announcement that the laying contest 
would be continued for another year. He 
hoped that Connecticut breeders would fill 
at least 50 per cent of the pens. Prof. 
Rettger, of Y'ale University, then gave an 
address on ‘‘White Diarrhoea in Young 
Chicks.” I)r. Rettger and Prof. Stonelmru 
have worked together on this baby chick 
scourge. Anybody having trouble with the 
disease should send to the Connecticut Sta¬ 
tion for their bulletins. Prof. L. A. Clin- 
ton gave a very practical talk in connection 
With “How and Why Poultrymen Should 
Raise Their Own Grain." Undoubtedly thi 
is one way poultry raisers can cut down 
their expense. Prof. Clinton said corn car 
be grown profitably on all soils in the East 
Wheat can also be raised, but light soils 
need a couple of crops of green manur 
plowed under. In fertilizing land for wheat 
lie advised everybody to use it after plow 
ing and harrow it in. An early potato 
field is kn ideal place for Winter wheat 
Spring wheat does not do nearly so well as 
that planted about September 1. Prof 
Clinton said every additional harrowing 
that the piece intended for wheat received 
during the month before seeding meant ad 
ditional bushels of wheat. Buckwheat can 
be grown successfully ou many parts o 
farms too rough for other crops. Wheat 
oats or buckwheat should be stored in well 
ventilated barns with tight floors. Th 
straw should lie well cured before storing 
Then when through feeding out, all tin 
grain that has rattled out can be saved 
It is entirely unnecessary to thrash thest 
grains for poultry. Tlirow in each day 
enough of the straw unthrashed so tha 
the birds will have just enough to keep 
busy ou all day. Be sure that the grain is 
all eaten each day. or it is apt to' become 
mouldy and wasted. 
Tuesday evening tna Connecticut White 
Plymouth Rock Breeders held a meeting 
Mr. Whitney, the secretary of the Nationa 
Association, brought up the subject of ; 
utility standard. The club seems to mean 
business, and their stand taken in offerin 
prizes for dressed fowls and market eggs 
should arouse interest among other breed 
associations. This movement surely is 
long step in the right direction." The 
Standard of Perfection should conform to 
utility qualifications first and variety ex¬ 
cellence second. The time is coming "when 
the old time chicken fancier will have to 
wake up to the fact that the farmer is the 
real poultry raiser in this country, and his 
needs and demands must be given atten¬ 
tion. A general discussion was held and 
the question box was the feature of the 
evening session. 
Wednesday morning everyone assembled 
on the site of the new $25,000 Poultry 
School building. After a few words by 
President Beach. Mr. Doming, the presi¬ 
dent of the Poultry Association, turned 
over the first earth- in breaking ground for 
the new building. Prof. Kirkpatrick, the 
new head of the poultry department, gave 
an interesting lecture on “Blackhead in 
Turkeys.” During his connection with the 
Rhode Island Follege. Prof. Kirkpatrick did 
considerable work with turkeys, and had 
opportunity to observe the ravages of this 
disease. It is caused by a microscopical 
animal parasite. This pest develops rapidly 
in the. caeca or blind intestine and from 
there is spread to other parts of the 
body. English sparrows ire largely respon¬ 
sible for the spread of the disease. There 
is no known remedy or cure. The feeding 
of sour milk has given more promise than 
anything else. Free range and keeping 
small flocks arc advised by Prof. Kirkpat¬ 
rick. It is commonly known that high 
localities are better adapted to turkey rais¬ 
ing than lower places. 
Prof. A. L. (’lark, of the New Jersey 
Experiment Station, gave the last address 
of the meeting. Ilis subject was “Practi¬ 
cal Poultry-house Construction.” Tt seems 
there is more interest growing in this line 
than ev u‘ before. Every poultry house 
built shovild be planned out for the purpose 
it is to he used for. For large flocks of 
500 or more the long continuous house 
is best adapted if egg production is the 
main product. For the farmers’ flock the 
houses can usually be separated with about 
100 in a flock and get more benefit from 
larger ranges. The lreeding flocks should 
he in small colony he uses well separated, 
nno the birds allowed outdoor freedom all 
the year round. With layers best results 
can be obtained whore the birds are kept 
closely housed all Winter. For young stock 
on the range houses should afford protec¬ 
tion from cold Spring weather, shade from 
the Summer sun. and free ventilation, es¬ 
pecially during the hot nights of July and 
August. For laying houses the require¬ 
ments necessary to incorporate are first, 
economy in construction : large houses as 
deep as practical and built of the material 
most easily obtained in any locality. Here 
in this part of the country six-inch North 
Carolina roofers will probably be the best 
if lumber has to lie purchased. When we 
realize that health and vigor are the great 
essentials in all lines of poultry raising, we 
take more heed in building houses adapted 
to the needs of the flock. The second re¬ 
quirement is ventilation, the third dryness, 
and the fourth sufficient floor space. 
These three have to do with the health" of 
the inmates. I believe that fresh air at 
night when the birds are on the perches 
is tile one thing they need the most. Prof. 
Krum told a story that brought out a 
good point in relation to this subject. A 
traveler in the Northwest met a half-clad 
Indian during a severe blizzard. He asked 
the Indian why he was not cold. The In¬ 
dian replied, looking over the fur-clad 
traveler. “You freeze vour face.” “No,” 
said traveler. “Me all face,” was the 
Indian’s blunt return. When poultry 
raisers will build open-front houses they 
will have no more trouble from roup or 
colds and the additional vigor of the hens 
will be noticed in increased egg production 
as well as increased vigor in the offspring. 
However. I advise anyone to follow out 
some plan that has been tried and proved 
successful. We see examples of foolishly 
and improperly constructed poultry shel¬ 
ters in deserted conditions all over the 
land. The gathering broke up Wednesday 
n ®° n - A. L. CLARK. 
FOR SALE 
500 S. C. White LEGHORN BREEDING HENS 
75 CENTS—$1.00 EACH 
Write “FARMLEIGH,” Carmel, New York 
FOR SALE^i-i’- yearling hens, 
1 „ ", “ White and Rice strain Price 75o 
and $1.00. Iwo year old, 50c. Ail on freo range" 
Sycamore Poultry Yards, S helter Island, N. Y. 
EOF SfllB~ 20 C -‘ Hu 5' Leghorn hens: Teckton- 
' i , ". s str »m. Hatched May, 1911 Also 2 
cocks. $1 each. 15 purebred Kellerstrasse White Or- 
pington breeding hens. $2 each. Cra ig Nichols, Chili, N.Y. 
POULTRYMENT ?!”; 1 26 stamp for Illustrated 
iflsT Donegal mim Y#m des ". 
Concrete Dipping Tanks 
The modern farmer’s method of curing disease among stock and 
ridding them of vermin is the dipping process. Cattlemen have 
found that dipping increases the market value of their steers $5 per 
head. Concrete dipping tanks for hogs, sheep, cattle and horses 
are easily built, do not rot or rust out, and need no repairs. 
UNIVERSAL 
PORTLAND 
CEMENT 
should be used for building dipping vats or any other kind of con¬ 
crete work. It is fine and uniform in quality and of granite-like 
strength. We furnish free to any farmer simple instructions and 
definite plans for concrete construction. If you intend to build a silo 
and do not want to undertake the construction yourself, we will 
aid you in finding a contractor who will do the work reasonably. 
Universal Portland Cement Co. 
CHICAGO PITTSBURGH MINNEAPOLIS 
72 West Adams St. Frick Building Security Bank Building 
Plants at Chicago and Pittsburgh. Annual Output 12,000,000 Barrels 
Wheat or Straw? 
On some of the best wheat land the crop runs to 
Straw. I his is because there are not enough avail¬ 
able mineral foods to balance the manure or clover. 
A field test on such land showed that Potash 
increased the grain from 20 bushels on unfertil¬ 
ized soil to 31 bushels where 
POTASH 
was used, and to 37 bushels wh^re Potash and 
phosphate were used. Both were profitable. 
Supplement the humus of such land with 200 lbs. 
acid phosphate and 30 lbs. Muriate of Potash or 
125 lbs. Kainit per acre. Potash Pays. 
If your dealer does not sell Potash, write us for prices 
stating quantities required and ask for our free book on 
“Fall Fertilizers.” Study of the fertilizer question 
means saving and profit to you. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS. Inc. 
RIGHT PROPOR- I 
TIQN OF HEAD I NEW ORLEANS—Whitney Bank Bldtf. 
TO STRAW I SAVANNAH— Bank & Trust Bldg. 
CROP RUNS 
TO 
STRAW 
BABY CHICKS S'Ac EACH 
From Free Range Selected 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
Prompt delivery. A hatch every week. Write for 
prices on three-weeks'-old chicks. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. Circular free. CHAS. R. STONE, Baby 
Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-ou-Hndson, N. Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Annual Sale of Skuectkd Yeariang Breeders. 
HENS A YD COCKS, $1 EACH. 
It. Pleasant Poultry Farm, Havre de Grace, Md. 
000 S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS ffi'JSJf!! 
Young and Lakewood Strains direct. Prompt 
, fn!;Uro delivery. Special prices on large lots. 
SUNNY HILL FARM FLEMINGTON. N. J. 
1000 LEGHORN T $1.00 EACH 
to make room for young stock. Grand 
Laying Strain. First come first served. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM .NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. 
JARRED ROCK COCKERELS AND PULLETS $t.00 EACH. 
u Write for circular. J. WILSON 0AIL, Cambridge, Md. 
EARLY PULLETS and HENS 
Leghorns, Wyandottes, Rocks and P. Cochins 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY FARM - R. D. 24 - ATHENS, PA. 
R. I. Reds, Hoydans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hatching. Mating fist on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, Soutliold, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 
S7C. BUFF LEGHORNS^S!”^ 1 ^ 
birds for sale cheap. Jos. L. Ruzicka, Arlington, N. Y. 
FAR <!fl| E-SiNGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. Thor 
1 vii uHbb oughbred, Young and Wyckoff 
strain. Bred for laying. One year old. $1.25 apiece. 
J. M. WAY, It. F. 1)., Hockessiu, Delaware 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN YEARLING HENS 
Several hundred large, vigorous, of heavy-laying 
strain, all raised on free range. 75 cents each in lots 
of ten or more. W. & F. J. McEWEN, Flemington, N. J. 
WANTFn ^i-E COMB WHITE 1 FfiHfiRM pm | FTS 
Must be thoroughbred, early and healthy. Give full 
particulars. HARRY Y. JOHNSON, R. 2, Flemington, N. J. 
O NE of my neighbors missed her turkey eggs; a few days after she saw a 
torpid black snake lying near nest; on killing and opening there was 
rx„ 0 ohina nest egg; tliiscould not have happened with our eggs. Moral: 
use ». c. \\ lute Leghorn Eggs from Darlington and. yon are safe. 
DAIILINGTON EGG FARM, Alfred P. Edge, Box O, DARLINGTON, MD. 
