1912 . 
1061 
The Henyard. 
The Egg-laying Contest at Storrs, Conn. 
As predicted, the forty-sixth week shows 
a further drop in egg production, the loss 
being four dozen eggs; 1,302 eggs were 
laid during the week, and before the con¬ 
test closes the weekly output may be down 
to 1,000, or even less. It is really aston¬ 
ishing to see how the high scorers continue 
to “shell out” after all these months of 
high production. This week the S. C. R. I. 
Reds come to the front with the remark¬ 
able score for this time of the year of 32 
eggs, Mrs. Harris Lehman’s birds making 
the record. Three of her pullets laid every 
day, one laid six eggs and one five. This 
is a half dozen eggs more than any other 
pen laid during the week. Robert j. Wal¬ 
den’s Barred Rocks laid 26 and W. B. 
Candee's White AVyandottes laid 26, and 
Top Notch Farm’s Barred Rocks laid 25. 
F. G. Yost’s White Leghorns are still in 
the lend with a total score of 985, but his 
pen laid only 19 this week, while Beulah 
Farm’s White Wyandottes laid 23, and 
their total score is 945, only 40 eggs be¬ 
hind. The race for first place is between 
these two. and the White Wyandottes are 
after the Leghorns sharp. Marwood Poul¬ 
try Farm’s White Leghorns laid 21, bring¬ 
ing their total up to 941, making them 
third in the race. Tom’s Poultry Farm’s 
White Leghorns are fourth with a total of 
934. The English White Leghorns of 
Thomas Barron are fifth, with a record of 
908. Susie Abbott's White Leghorns are 
sixth, score 904 ; Cullencross Farm’s White 
Leghorns seventh, with 902, and White 
Rose Farm’s White Leghorns are eighth, 
with a total of 900. These are the only 
pens which have reached the 900 mark, and 
seven of the eight are White Leghorns, and 
Frederick Peasley’s White Leghorns are not 
far behind, their total being 877. They 
are just 50 eggs ahead of the next high¬ 
est White Leghorns ; but the Buff Leghorns 
of George II. Schmidt are only 34 eggs be¬ 
hind Peasley’s. 
As egg layers, the White Leghorns have 
certainly demonstrated their ability to out¬ 
lay any other breed ; though it must be ad¬ 
mitted that one of the eight pens of White 
Wyandottes is pushing them hard. The 
Buttercups—or Sicilians, as we used to call 
them 40 years ago—entered by Dr. E. W. 
Landes, although they did not begin lay¬ 
ing until quite late, have a total score of 
685 to their credit, beating the Iloudans, 
Anconas, Black Langshans, Dark Cornish, 
Partridge P. Rocks, Silver Wvandottes, 
Golden Wyandottes and American Domi¬ 
niques. The Buttercups we used to have 
were rather smaller than Leghorns and of 
mixed colors, brown and white being the 
predominant colors. geo. a. cosgrove. 
THE RURAh NEW-YORKER 
Henhouse in Barn. 
I have no money for an honest hen 
house this year, so am planning to use an 
empty part of the barn. Your candid 
opinion would be of great value to me. 
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HENHOUSE IN BARN. 
I am uncertain about whether the ventila¬ 
tion would be good, but cannot get proper 
depth from the open front any other way. 
Will this be a healthy home for hens? As 
shown in diagram, the glass and the cur¬ 
tain walls both to reach two feet from the 
floor up. The ceiling is six feet high and 
is level. malcolm. 
Massachusetts. 
If I understand your diagram, you have 
made no provision for ventilation save by 
a curtain at one end of the proposed house, 
and you do not say whether this end ad¬ 
joins another room in the barn or is ex¬ 
posed.. In either case you will probably 
need to replace a portion of the glass 
front, either with cloth, or with poultry 
netting in order to get sufficient ventila¬ 
tion. I would suggest that you use two 
windows about 2 y 2 feet wide, extending 
from within two feet of the floor to the 
plate, and then make two equally large 
openings, to be covered with netting, and 
furnished, if you desire, with curtains 
for stormy weather. This will make your 
front wall about one-third glass, one-third 
solid and one-third open, and should give 
sufficient ventilation to insure dryness in 
the Winter. m. b. d. 
Selecting the Laying Hen. 
After reading the question, “How to se¬ 
lect the laying hen,” and answer by M. 
B. D., I would like to give my View. 
General appearance of the hen is very de¬ 
ceiving. I have found the hen that looks 
in the pink of condition is often one of 
my poorest layers. I keep 1,000 layers and 
consequently have watched their methods 
very closely. The trouble with M. B. D. 
in use of the so-called “Potter system” is 
he does not follow it far enough and does 
not commence at the right season of the 
year. Everything that reproduces will, at 
the proper time, be assisted by nature. 
This is in reality the Potter system. The 
width of the “pelvic arch” denotes in a 
large measure the value of a hen as a 
layer; three fingers laid between the pelvic 
bones denotes an extra good layer, two 
fingers denotes a fair layer, while one 
finger denotes the hen is not laying at all. 
Now note the two bones that form the 
pelvic arch must be pliable; by placing 
the fingers between these two bones they 
will very readily, with a slight pressure, 
move, or spread apart. If not laying, they 
will be rigid and almost impossible to 
move. Start in the Fall with your flock, 
examine the hens closely as they commence 
to lay and you will readily perceive the 
difference. Don’t wait until Spring to se¬ 
lect your breeders. Nature compels all 
hens to lay in the Spring, or nature’s 
breeding season; then you will get eggs 
from all the flock; consequently you are 
breeding jfrom your poor layers, which 
means weak chicks, and your flock is going 
back instead of improving. By use of this 
system it is possible to build up a great 
laying strain, as you are always breeding 
from your very best layers. Again, as soon 
as the “flush of eggs” is past, begin to 
cull by use of this system and save feed 
bills. I have taken as high as 200 hens 
out of my flock when I first began to use 
this system, and still got just as many 
eggs as before. w. a. w. 
Care of Guinea Fowls. 
riease tell me something about Guinea 
fowls. How many hens can be kept to one 
cock? How many square feet of floor 
space do they require in Winter? Of what 
should their Winter feed consist? Can two 
or more cocks run in the same pen in 
Winter? I have got to build a house for 
mine; shall I build open air or not here 
in New England? Shall I let them stay 
on the ground as long as it is bare in the 
Fall and allow them on it as soon as snow 
is off in Spring? I have heard of their 
flying away if a chance is given in Winter. 
Is this so? E. D. 
New Hampshire. 
Several Guinea hens may be kept to one 
cock; however, if there are an equal num¬ 
ber of male birds they will pair up and 
travel together. If there be more males 
than females there will be fighting and the 
number of males should be reduced. 
Guineas are of a semi-wild nature and do 
not do well in close confinement. Houses 
suitable for chickens answer very well for 
Guineas. Their Winter feed should consist 
of corn, wheat, bran, meat scraps and any 
green feed that is available. They also 
enjoy a large box of dry earth or sand in 
which to dust and it is' advisable to have 
this so situated that they may have the 
direct rays of the sun while dusting on 
Winter days. For the New Hampshire 
climate I would prefer a closed house. I 
would let them stay on the bare ground 
all the Fall, as they do better if allowed 
free range. I do not think they will fly 
away if gently handled, well fed, and 
watered. I have never had any such 
trouble. They love to roam about, but al¬ 
ways -come home at feeding time and at 
night. There is an article on Guinea fowl 
in The It. N.-Y. of March 9 last which will 
probably be of help to you. G. g. i. 
Comparison of Cow and Hen Feeding. 
Chickens eat to a great extent what cows 
eat. How far does the rule hold good 
that what makes the cow give milk favor 
egg production, if fed to the hen? 
Edinboro, Pa. c. s. ar. 
The same rules which apply to the feed¬ 
ing of cows for the production of milk also 
hold good in feeding hens for egg produc¬ 
tion. It is the protein of the food that 
contributes most largely to the formation 
of milk and eggs, and this is, unfortunately, 
the highest priced element in their ra¬ 
tions. Nitrogen is expensive, w'hether we 
buy it in fertilizers or feeds. A more nar¬ 
row, or highly nitrogenous, ration may 
probably be profitably fed to hens than to 
cows, and for the best results with hens 
it seems to be necessary to feed a portion 
of this protein in the form of animal food, 
such as beef scrap, meat meal or skim milk. 
M. B. D. 
Beef cattle, light, five cents, medium 
heavy, seven cents; hogs, $8.75 per 100; 
creamery butter, 30 cents, country, 25; 
cents; eggs, 23 cents; potatoes, 60 cents; 
apples, $1 to $1.25 per bushel. Hay, 
$10.50 per ton. o. c. c. 
Galena, O. 
DUCK NOTES. 
Lameness. 
I have a flock of ducks that are troubled 
with lameness, most noticeable when driven 
to pens at night. They will settle down 
and are unable to walk; after they are in 
pens about one-half hour they will walk 
as well as ever. They have plenty of 
spring water and I have fed them corn- 
meal and wheat feed. Can you tell me 
what to do for them. l. b. m. 
New York. 
Same old trouble of too concentrated 
food. These ducks are not affected very 
badly yet, and their difficulty in walking is 
due mainly to being tired with the day’s 
traveling, but they will eventually get sq 
that they cannot walk if they are not 
given a more bulky ration. At least one- 
third their food should be green stuff, or 
if that is not practical with a small flock, 
make it one-half wheat bran, and be sure 
that they can get a good supply of sharp 
sand for grit. f. b. s. 
Winter Care. 
I have six White Pekin ducks which I 
hatched last Spring. They have had the 
run of the farm this Summer and have 
done finely, but I do not know how to 
care for them in the Winter. Will it be 
all right to keep them in the hen coop 
with the hens? Can they stand cold 
weather as well as hens? Must they have 
green food, and what can I give them that 
is green in the Winter time? I wonder if 
they will eat silage. How can I tell the 
drakes from the others? What are a pair 
of full grown ducks worth alive? Do you 
consider them profitable to raise? 
Vermont. M. H. p. 
The Pekin ducks will be all right in the 
hen coop and can stand as cold weather as 
the hens. They must have green food in 
order to thrive and produce eggs in the 
Winter. They will eat the silage, but there 
are much better and more succulent foods. 
Cabbages, which they will reduce them¬ 
selves, mangel-wurzels which have to be 
cut for ducks, and second-crop clover or 
Alfalfa cut and wetted make the usual 
sources of supply. Rye can be cut before 
snow comes,»but when it is frozen stiff, 
piled against the north side of a building 
and used for several weeks, it makes an 
ideal food. The drakes have practically 
no voice, they hiss; it is only the duck 
which comes across with quack. They are 
worth from $2 to $3 a pair. They are not 
profitable unless you can market them at 
10 weeks of age. f. b. s. 
Profit in Ducks. 
now does duck raising compare with that 
Of chicken raising for potential profits, as¬ 
suming the same careful attention is given 
to it? Are not ducks more hardy and do 
they not require less attention than chick¬ 
ens? The matter of feeding I understand 
is somewhat different; ducks requiring 
more green feed, but do they not increase 
in weight more rapidly? I am told they 
are ready for market in seven or eight 
weeks, but this seems hardly possible. Are 
they as good layers as chickens, and is 
there any market for the eggs? Is water, 
other than for drinking purposes, a neces¬ 
sity, and would salt water be suitable? 
New York. e. f. s. 
You want “Duck Culture,” by James 
Rankin, but I advise you to allow 25 per 
cent for enthusiasm. However, the duck 
business is very profitable when success¬ 
fully managed. It is generally considered 
harder to hatch ducks than chickens, but 
easier to raise them. Ducks grow more 
than twice as fast as chickens; we have 
marketed thousands which averaged five 
pounds dressed at 10 weeks of age. I be¬ 
lieve that on the commercial plants the 
ducks average to lay fully as many eggs 
as hens, and up till Easter they generally 
sell for 50 per cent more in the open 
market. Water other than for drinking 
is not necessary, but it is much more 
satisfactory to have yards arranged so that 
they can clean up after a muddy time, and 
the feathers are more valuable if the ducks 
can bathe the last two weeks before kill¬ 
ing. f. b. s. 
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OUR S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
MAKE LAYING RECORDS 
Their performance in the North American Inter¬ 
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We are booking orders for Day-Old Chicks and 
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Order TODAY—the stock won’t last long. 
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We have mated four pens for fall hatchings. 
Eggs $3 per fifteen. Place your order early. 
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