1912 . 
THE RURAL IN EC W "YORKER 
941 
5 The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The forty-first week of the egg-laying 
contest closed August 13. This week 
shows a further gain of 40 eggs over the 
previous week which makes a gain of 90 
eggs in the last two weeks over the num¬ 
ber laid in the thirty-ninth week. This is 
somewhat surprising in view of the fact 
that many of the birds have begun to molt. 
The number laid this Week was 1678. 
Homer P. Deming, president of the Con¬ 
necticut Poultry Association, wins first 
place this week with his Single Comb It. T. 
Reds, they having laid 30 eggs during the 
week. Three pens tie for second place; 
they are the Barred Rocks of Robert .T. 
Walden, and the White'Leghorns of Cullen- 
cross Farm and Marwood Poultry Farm, 
each having a score of 26 for the week. 
The Buff Leghorns of Geo. H. Schmidt, of 
Chicago, take third place with a score of 
25 eggs. The White Leghorns of F. G. 
Yost have laid 884 eggs and are 47 eggs 
now ahead of their nearest competitor, the 
Marwood Poultry Farm’s White Leghorns, 
which have laid 837. The White Leghorns 
of Toms Poultry Farm are fourth with a 
total to date of 830. The English White 
Leghorns are down now to fifth place with 
a record of 829. White Rose Farm's White 
Leghorns have laid 821, and Susie Abbott’s 
810. These are the only pens which have 
reached 800 except the White Wyandottes 
of Beulah Farm, which have laid 834, giv¬ 
ing them the third place among the high 
scorers. Frederick Peasley's White Leg¬ 
horn pullet No. 5 laid every day in the 
week, the only pullet in the 30 pens of 
White Leghorns to lay every day. His 
total score to date is 780. 
The White Wyandottes lead this week 
with the highest average per pen, their 
score being 20.1. The White Leghorns aver¬ 
aged 19 eggs per pen; the Barred Rocks, 
17; the White Rocks, 18.75; the S. C. It. I. 
Reds, 14.3; the It. C. Reds, 15.3; the Black 
Minorcas, 17 ; the Buff Orpingtons, 14.75, 
and the White Orpingtons 14 eggs to each 
pen. The total number of eggs laid to 
date is 62,142. 
The continual increase in the price of 
food all over the world is caused by the 
great production of gold. Over .$400,000,000 
worth has been obtained every year for 
the last 10 years. This continuous increase 
In the world's stock of money could not 
possibly fail to cause a general rise of 
prices all over' the world. In Australia the 
White Leghorns are becoming more broody 
from year to year. Out of 61 pens of Leg¬ 
horns and Minorcas—the non-sitting breeds 
—there were only nine pens that showed 
no signs of wanting to sit in the last re¬ 
ported contest. The great stimulus of com¬ 
petition has caused more attention to be 
paid to the selection of breeders, and the 
high egg records are evidence of the good 
results of such selection. Prices of eggs 
are lower there than here, but the profit 
per hen is quite satisfactory. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
DOTS FROM DOUGAN. 
Just a few words to put Jul Johnson, 
of Canal Zone, Panama, on the right track. 
Ilis comments on page 881 shows he was 
not familiar with the terms of the agree¬ 
ment, as he asks about young cockerels. 
There were none saved, as they were all 
sold off as broilers as soon as large 
enough, and the final report does not show 
the dates of sales, merely the amounts re¬ 
ceived. He is right about the beginner. 
Even with the very good profits, his income 
would seem small, as he would have to use 
so much for equipment. It is certainly 
uphill work to start the poultry business 
on small scale, and build it into one large 
enough to prove profitable. Nearly every¬ 
body thinks an investment of .$300 or .$400 
in the poultry business is enough to secure 
income of a couple of thousands, but any 
other business would need $6,000 to $10,- 
000 to start right with. Mr. Johnson cer¬ 
tainly has the right view of the poultry 
business. The poultry business is all right 
for anyone who is disposed to put enough 
capital into it to start it right, but no $200 
or $300 will ever do that. 
On page 881 Robert Doubleday, com¬ 
menting on report of the hen contest, asks 
whaj it amounts to, as the egg price was 
so high? Now, surely, it will be very easy 
to deduct the difference in the price he re¬ 
ceives and the one I received, and that 
would certainly show what he would have 
done under similar conditions. I admit the 
price was above normal, but look at the 
extra pains I took with the eggs, as every 
one was wrapped in paper before being 
packed. On the other hand, I think that 
unj'one with a large number of hens can 
get more than the market price for eggs. 
I know I can, and 1 understand others go 
away over me. w. J. dougan. 
New Jersey. 
Table Scraps for Fowls. 
Is it well to feed young and old chickens 
on the remains of the table, such as meat, 
potatoes, crumbs, etc. ? j. g. 
Liberty, N. Y. 
Yes, from the standpoint of the chickens, 
but bad for the pocketbook of the one re¬ 
sponsible for supplying the family table. 
There’s no use in talking, we in this country 
have to learn to emulate the French— 
perhaps the most thrifty people of the 
world—in utilizing the “remains” for 
human food, and not allowing anything 
that can be dignified by the name “meat” 
to find its way to the garbage can. Let 
’em gnaw the bones, after the good wife 
has made soup from them, but hang onto 
the meat and potatoes, and, as for the 
crumbs, did you ever try good old-fash¬ 
ioned crumb pudding? m. b. d. 
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