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The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The forty-ninth week of the contest 
shows a further drop in egg production of 
146 eggs; the output for the week being 
only 972. The White Wyandottes of Beu¬ 
lah Farm laid 26, and the Buff Wyandottes 
of the American Buff Wyandotte Club laid 
25, taking the second place. The pen of 
White Wyandottes from Beulah Farm have 
now a total of 1,017 to their credit, having 
gained 14 eggs this week on the leading 
pen. Yost's pen of White Leghorns score 
1,035, being IS eggs ahead, but the race 
is so close that with three weeks yet to go 
there is a good chance for White Wyan¬ 
dottes to come out as the leading breed. 
As the address of Beulah Farm is in On¬ 
tario, it would seem as if Canada was 
helping England to the first place, which 
she lost when two of Thomas Barron’s 
White Leghorns died. Marwood Poultry 
Farm's White Leghorns are third with a 
score of 1,003; Toms Poultry Farm's White 
Leghorns fourth with a record of 95S, 
and the pen of Thomas Barron sixth with 
950 from the four birds. The pen from 
Cullencross Farm takes the fifth place with 
a record of 956. It is astonishing how 
little difference there is in the general 
average of the different breeds. Taking the 
whole number of eggs laid by each breed 
and dividing it by the number of pens 
entered of that breed, we have these re¬ 
sults : 
No. 
Pens. Breed. 
LaicL 
Average 
per Bird. 
12 
Barred Rocks.. 
.. -9,024 
150.4 
4 
White Rocks. 
,. 3,165 
158.25 
S 
White Wyandottes. 
. 6,128 
lo3 -f* 
9 
S. C. R. I. Reds. -. 
. 6,879 
152.8 
3 
E. C. R. I. Reds... 
. . 2.227 
148.4 
30 
White Leghorns.... 
. . 23,900 
159.3 
3 
Buff Leghorns. 
. 2,094 
139.6 
4 
Buff Orpingtons. . . 
. . 3,010 
150.5 
5 
White Orpingtons. . 
. 3,424 
137.1 
The above shows that the average out¬ 
put per hen of the different breeds has not 
varied a great deal: in fact, it is surpris¬ 
ingly close. White Leghorns lead, but their 
average per bird is only one egg greater 
than the White P. Rocks. But when we 
compare this record with- what the best 
pens have done, we get a clear idea of 
what there is still to do in breeding for 
egg production. That the number of eggs 
produced can be increased by careful breed¬ 
ing is clearly shown by the Australian con¬ 
tests. which have been conducted under the 
supervision of the government since 1905; 
their last record of 264.8 eggs per bird in 
their leading pen shows what It is possible 
to do. That certain families or strains 
have the egg-laying habit to far greater 
extent than other families of the same 
breed has been demonstrated time and 
again. I am reminded of a letter received 
this Spring from a friend in New Y'ork 
State who gave up his business and bought 
a farm to go into the poultry business. 
Thinking that he would have good birds 
to start with, he bought his foundation 
stock from a high-priced breeder who wins 
many premiums at the shows, and started 
to produce White Leghorn eggs, for the 
New York market. But at the end of a 
year there was a deficit; and no profit the 
second year. Near him another farmer 
was making a good profit on his White 
Leghorns, so my friend raised all his chicks 
from eggs purchased from his neighbor, 
got rid of his own stock, and made a good 
profit the next year and ever since. His 
capital was nearly gone and he was ex¬ 
pecting to have to sell his farm, when he 
made the change. One of the benefits of 
these contests is to cause more attention to 
be paid to the utility part of the business, 
and a good certified record of egg produc¬ 
tion may sometimes make stock for utility 
purposes sell for as much as show birds 
do uow. 
An article in the New Y'ork Evening Sun 
says that Mr. Frank Krause, head of the 
Cleveland Thirty Cent Egg Club has called 
a nation-wide egg strike to begin Oc¬ 
tober 21. 
"We want people all over the country to 
abstain from eating eggs for three weeks,” 
Mr. Krause said. “That will force dealers 
to put on the market eggs they are now 
storing.” Mr. Krause's tliink-shop needs 
repairing; lessening the consumption would 
give the dealers more eggs to store, instead 
of bringing out stored eggs. If he wants 
to bring out the stored eggs, he should 
advise people to use twice as many as 
usual. GEO, A. COSGROVE. 
and crude carbolic, but it seems difficult 
to get entirely rid of the mites. 
Elk Hill, Va. J. r. e. 
Fumigation with sulphur is frequently 
recommended for destroying lice and mites 
in henhouses. The writer's experience witli 
this method, however, has never been satis¬ 
factory, though he has tried it thoroughly 
under favorable conditions. Whitewashing, 
and spraying with a kerosene and carbolic 
acid mixture has proved more efficacious 
with us, and we also think favorably of the 
use of carbolineum as a spray or paint for 
this purpose. m. b. d. 
BOSTON MARKETS. 
The supply of fruit and vegetables in 
Boston the past week has been as large as 
the market could handle, for reason of :t 
falling off in demand on some products, 
and also by reason of many farmers at 
this time wishing to dispose of as much as 
possible of their produce, instead of 
putting into Winter storage, especially of 
the qualities that would not keep well A>r 
would shrink much in storing. 
Apples of both good grades and seconds, 
but not fancies, were in large supply the 
last of the week, and sold slowly even at 
lower prices. Fancy apples go well at $3 
to $5 per barrel and about .$2 per boxj 
common to good go at 75 cents to $1.2o 
per box; poorer grades. 50 to 75 cents, 
when wanted. Fancy pears sell fairly well 
and at high prices for best grades of table 
pears. Seckel and Bose go at $3.50 to 
$5 per box; Bartletts, Anjou and Sheldon. 
$2.50 to $3.50; cooking stock, 75 cents to 
$1.50. Quinces are a little slow, but price 
is fair, $2.50 per bushel. Cranberries in 
large supply aud fair demand at $5 to 
$6.50 per barrel. Grapes plenty at present 
at nine to 12 cents per basket. Potatoes 
are plentiful and in some cases, especially 
Maine stock, are of poor keeping qualities ; 
$1 to $1.15 are the prices on these a bag ; 
native stock goes at about 75 cents per 
bushel and are in fair demand. Onions in 
large supply in all sections; demand is 
slow, but prices on nearby stock are good, 
as high as 75 to 85 cents per box being 
paid, while outside stock brings only about 
$1.10 per two-bushel bag. 
Cabbage doing better, six cents per head 
and 75 to 90 cents per barrel are about the 
price on Drumhead ; Savoy sometimes bring 
$1; red, 85 cents per box. Squash not 
too plenty and not much in demand, 75 
cents to $L25 per barrel; pumpkins, 50 
to 60 cents per box. Tomatoes sell well 
and bring good prices, $1.50 to $2 for ripe 
and 75 cents for green ones, per box. 
Cauliflower, very plentiful and goes at un¬ 
satisfactory prices, 50 cents to $1 for long 
boxes, 15 to 35 cents per bushel. Celery. 
65 cents to $1.25 per dozen; beets and 
carrots. 60 cents per box; parsnips, 75 
cents; turnips, rutabagas, $1.25 per barrel;, 
white egg and flats, 75 cents per box. 
Fresh butter not plentiful and firmer 
at 33 M> to 36 cents per pound; storage 
butter. 29 to 33 cents per pound; eggs, 
high in price for season on fresh goods, 
48 cents per dozen being paid in some 
cases; other grades go at 32 to 44 cents 
per dozen ; cooking eggs, 26 aud 28 cents. 
Cheese, good cream and sage, 18 to 19 
cents. Dressed poultry, plenty and a little 
slow; roasting chickens, 17 to 19 cents 
per pound; broilers, 19 to 23; ducks, 20; 
live fowls, 13 to 14 cents; chickens, 15; 
ducks, 15 ; roosters, 10. 
Live beef cattle, $6.50 to $8 per 100 
pounds for best grades; $4.25 to $6 for 
medium grades; poor quality or bolognas, 
$2.75 to $3.50; dressed beef. 15 cents for 
best sides, 18 cents for hind Quarters and 
12 cents for fores; dressed veal, nine to 
15 cents per pound, according to quality; 
dressed lamb. 12 to 15; live hogs. 8% to 
nine cents; dressed hogs, 10*4 to 11 cents. 
Best hay, a little easier in Boston, al¬ 
though the price in Providence, R. I., is 
still close to $30 per ton ; $24 is about the 
top price here on best grade, others $17 to 
$23. Corn is quoted at 75 cents per bushel, 
wholesale, aud meal brings $1.75 per bag 
at local grain stores and mills. Bran. $23 
to $25 per ton, wholesale, and $1.45 per 
bag at local stores. Cotton-seed meal, about 
$30 per ton. Oats, 36 to 42 cents per 
bushel, wholesale, $1 per bag at local 
stores. a. e. p. 
I saw a question in The R. N.-Y., how 
to get rid of snails in cellars. Get a land 
turtle and put him in the cellar, and you 
will not be bothered any more with snails 
or other insects. w. e. h. 
New Jersey. 
Early Laying Leghorn. 
The Ohio Agricultural College reports a 
S. C. W. Leghorn pullet that laid her first 
egg just four months and 14 days from 
hatching. This extraordinary fowl was 
one of a group of 720 that were hatched 
at the same time. Five or six others from 
this group began laying much earlier than 
ordinary fowls, showing that it pays to 
breed for early maturity, it may be inter¬ 
esting to know just how this flock was fed. 
From the first day to the sixth week they 
received twice a day a grain ration of two 
pounds fine cracked corn and three pounds 
cracked wheat. Up until the twenty-first 
day they also received three times a day 
a moist mash composed of four pounds 
rolled oats, three pounds cornmeal, throe 
pounds wheat middlings, six pounds wheat 
bran, four pounds sifted meat scraps, two 
pounds Alfalfa meal, one-fourth pound 
bone meal, one-fourth pound fine charcoal. 
This was mixed with skim-milk or butter¬ 
milk and fed in shallow trays. From the 
sixth week to maturity they received a 
grain ration of two pounds cracked corn 
and two pounds whole wheat, fed in open 
hoppers. From the twenty-first day to 
maturity they received a mash composed 
of one pound rolled oats, one pound corn- 
meal. one pound wheat middlings, two 
pounds wheat bran, one pound sifted meat 
scraps, one-half pound Alfalfa meal, two 
ounces fine charcoal. This was fed dry in 
open hoppers. In addition they were given 
green foods and grits. 
Fumigating Henhouse. 
Will smoking henhouses with brimstone 
destroy mites, and if so, how long should 
they be smoked to clean them out en¬ 
tirely, and how often repeated to keep 
them out? We whitewash, mixing one- 
fourth kerosene, and spray with kerosene 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll got a quick reply and a 
“square deni.” See guarantee editorial page. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Annual Sale of Selected Yearling Breeders 
HENS AND COOKS, 11 EACH. 
Mt. Pleasant Poultry Farm, Havre de Grace, Md. 
PULLETS FOR SALE 
Barred Rocks, Rose Comb Reds. Bred for business, 
from business birds. Hen hatched, free range. Prices 
low. if taken now. Limited number. Write auiok 
FOUK ACltES, Nntley, N. J. 
700 THOROUGHBRED S. C. W. LEGHORN PULLETS. 
* Aprir-Juue hatched. Write to 
JOHN LORTON LEE, 
Carmel, N. 
Q uality 
sale. 
9. C. White Leghorn Hens for 
J. BESWICK, Madrid, N. Y. 
UIGH CLASS S. C. WHITE LEGHORN BREEDING HENS FOR 
11 SALE. Also a few choice Cockerels. All hardy, 
healthy aud from a heavy-laying strain. Write 
MAPLE GKOVE FAliM, SmithviUe, N. Y. 
Celected S. C. W. Leghorn Breeding Hens— 
u One and two years old. One of best laying 
strains in existence. Large white eggs and lar»e 
white birds, - J. M, CASE, Gilhoa. N . Y. 
1000 IT!?"LEGHORN "If SI.00 EACH 
to make room for young stock. Grand 
Laying Strain. First come first served. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM.NEW ROCHELLE, N Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Choice April-hatched Cockerels for breeders. Bred 
for vigor. Retiree on free range. Write for prices. 
WHITE & KICK. Yorktown. N. Y 
EARLY PULLETS»• HENS 
Leghorns, Wyandottes, Rocks aud P. Cochins 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY FARM - R. D. 24 ■ ATHENS. PA. 
POULTRYMEN 
THOROUGHBRED BARRED ROCKS 
March and April bateh; free range. Cockerels$3.00, 
or two for $5.01). Satisfaction guaranteed. CAYUGA 
LAKE ORCHARDS. Tr.uman'Sbckg, N. Y. 
Art A INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS FOR SALE at farmer’spriees. 
VYrita your wants. G. F. Williamson, Flanders, N. J. 
T HE FARMER'S FOWL-R ose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THUS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
Austin’s200 STRAIN S.C. Rhode Island Reds 
Large, vigorous, early hatched cockerels, standard j 
bred, $1.50 to $10.00. Pullets, yearlings. 
AUSTIN’S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Centre Harbor N. H. 
R. I. Reds, Houcians, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hatching. Mating liston request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, Sonthold, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 
Hone’s Crescent Strain of RoseCombReds 
Are acknowledged as one of the leading strains of 
superior layers. High-class exhibition and breed¬ 
ing birds for sale. Every bird sold on approval. 
0. R. HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, N. Y. 
WHITE ORPINGTON YEARLING HENS~"p he 
- best 
of breeders. ABELL’S Orpington Yards, Esperance N. Y. 
WHITE EMDEN GEESE 
MAPLE COVE FARM, R. D., 24, Athens, Pa. 
ShS'trt,"S PARTRIDGES I, PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Docks, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. Send fourcents for illustrated descriptive 
circulars. WENZ & MACKENSEN, Dept. 10, Plieasantry I 
and Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
Pullets and Yearlings For Sale 
500 early April and May Single Comb White Leg¬ 
horn Pullets, $1.00 to $1.25. 700 selected yearling 
Hens, 85c. Every bird guaranteed purebred, healthy 
and vigorous. Shipped C. O. D. upon receipt 104. 
SUNNY HILL FARM Flemington, N. J. 
DeArmon Automatic 
TRAP NEST 
Make Ynur Own Trap Nests 
For $1.00 will mail yon 
_ blue print 
drawings and full instruc- 
thms for making an abso¬ 
lutely reliable Trap Nest, 
that 18-both cheap and sim¬ 
ple. fleo. W. DpAthk)", 011 
Vf, Superior A ve«, 1 nyu*- « r . 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or fine granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers ot 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844 
R, MacKELLAR'S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
MAKA-SHELL*^ 8 * 
GRIT 
-Send 2c stamp for Illustrated 
Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA, PA. 
earth. Increases egg pro-1 
duction. Theorigiual sil¬ 
ica grit. Avoid substi 
tutes. Ask your local I 
dealer or send $1.()0 
fortwo 100-lb. bags f.o.b. cars. Agents wanted. 
EDGE HILL SILICA ROCK CO. 
_Box J _Now Brunswick, N. J. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value la four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier,! 
prohts larger. 
MANN’S l mod!l Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Days’ Free Trial. 
No money In advance. 
Send Today for Free Book. 
V. W. Mann Co., Box 15, Milford, MaaaJ 
Roupy Poultry Is Useless 
either as market stock or layers. You can easily keep your flock free from 
roup, colds, catarrh. Use 
jprZit^ Roup Cure 
In- the drinking water. It surely prevents and cures these diseases. 
25c, 50c, $1. Cull your birds closely and put them in best condition, 
fr0^ Poultry Regulator 
Is the time-tested conditioner, 
and increases egg production. 
This great preparation stimulates digestion 
25c, 50c, $1; 25-Ib. Pail, $2.50, 
“Your money back if it fails’* 
Get Pratts Profit-sharing Booklet 
Our products are sold by dealers everywhere, or 
PRATT FOOD COMPANY 
Philadelphia, Chicago 
Pratts 
160 -page 
Poultry 
% Book. 
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