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'DHli RURAb NEW-YORKER 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
There is a decided gain in egg produc¬ 
tion tills the twelfth week. The number 
laid was 832, a gain of 98 over the number 
laid last week. Strange to say the White 
Leghorns made this entire gain, and two 
over, they having laid just 100 more eggn 
than during the previous week, although 
only 75 of the 2115 birds laid. Ten pens of 
White Leghorns did not produce an egg. 
The highest score for the week was made by 
White Plymouth Rocks, the pen of Lewis 
<1. Tyreman laying 23. Geo. II. Schmitz's 
Huff Leghorns are doing some remarkably 
good laying; after taking first place in the 
weekly score for three weeks in succession 
they lose it this week by only two eggs, 
their score being 28. Homer P. Doming 
ties this with his pen of Single Comb Rhode 
Island Reds, they also laying 23. Dr. .T. 
A. Fritehey’s pen of the above dreed laid 
21 , and Edward Cam’s pen of White Wyan- 
dottes laid 21. Two pens of White Wyan- 
dottes laid 20; the pullet pen from Beulah 
Farm and the pen entered by Mrs. II. F. 
Ilaynes from Idaho. Thomas Barron’s pen 
of White Leghorns laid 20, and Edward 
Cam’s pen of the same breed laid 19. Mr. 
O. A. Foster’s pen of White Leghorns laid 
19. Mr. Foster purchased the birds from 
of breeds; the average output per pen is 
better, hut there can he no fair comparison 
unless an equal number of birds of each 
breed are entered. gko. a. cosgkovk. 
Lighting Open-front Henhouse. 
Please explain the lighting of an open 
front, stone henhouse. I want sufficient 
ventilation for a stone building to prevent 
dampness. How would you arrange ven¬ 
tilation? If a building of stone 2(5x14x7 
in front and four at back has burlap over 
the entire front would there be enough 
ventilntion if the burlap is kept on the en¬ 
tire year? Where burlap is used is there 
plenty of light without any glass windows 
whatever? If glass is needed please Rtate 
how many for a building of that size and 
where you would put them. n. s. 
Burlington, Pa. 
Burlap or other cloth alone does not 
admit sufficient light into a poultry build¬ 
ing even if covering the entire front, and 
it obstructs the direct rays of the sun so 
necessary for the health and comfort of 
the occupants. In such a building as you 
describe, we should instal two single sash, 
four feet wide, windows reaching from 
within two feet of the floor to the plate, 
placing these windows eight feet from either 
end. The space of eight feet between these 
windows we should leave open from the 
plate to within three feet of the ground, 
making a rectangular opening four by 
eight feet in size, to he fitted with a swing 
burlap curtain that could he dropped in 
time of storm. This space should, of course, 
A VIEW OF THE HOUSES IN EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Mr. Barron that were in the first contest. 
Mr. H. Koontz of West Virginia has im¬ 
ported quite a number of White Leghorn 
hens and cockerels from Mr. Barron and 
doubtless there will be many other impor¬ 
tations; for when it is once clearly demon¬ 
strated that there really is a stock superior 
to ours, American breeders will not be sat¬ 
isfied until they possess it. And there is 
now no doubt that Mr. Barron’s stock itt 
superior. His pen of 10 White Leghorns in 
the contest at Mountain Grove, Missouri, 
have duplicated the performance of the birds 
at Storrs; that is, excelled all competitors 
of any breed in egg production. There 
is no question that the instituting of these 
egg-laying contests at Storrs and at Moun¬ 
tain Grove, Mo., are going to be much more 
far-reaching in their results, and more 
beneficial to American poultrymen than their 
originators ever dreamed. If the produc¬ 
tion of eggs In this country can be increased 
by 10 eggs per ben per year, millions of 
dollars will he added to the profits of poul¬ 
trymen. 
The two pens of English White Leghorns- 
eontinue to lead in the total score, Mr. Bar¬ 
ron's pen having laid 243, and Mr. Cam’s 
pen 233. The best American pen, that from 
Braeside Poultry Farm, has laid 194. Geo. 
11. Schmitz’s Buff Leghorns come next with 
188 to their credit. Burton E. Moore’s pen 
of White Leghorns lias laid 158; but this 
is beaten by Edward Cam's White Wyan- 
dottes, they laying 172; and by Glen View 
Poultry Farm's Rose Comb R. I. Reds, 179. 
Dr. .T. A. Fritchey’s Single Comb R. I. Reds 
have laid 150, and Geo. P. Dearborn's pen 
of the same breed 150. O. A. Foster’s 
White Leghorns have also laid 150. The 
White Orpingtons of White Acres Poultry 
Ranch have laid 135; E. II. Polile’s White 
Wyandottes 129, and Wm. E. Ross’ pen of 
the same breed 123 Beulah Farm's White 
Wyandotte pullets total 120, to 83 by their 
hens. Mr. C. S. Scoville of Connecticut 
scents to be the only man in the contest 
whose hens excel his pullets in egg produc¬ 
tion. Their record is 138 by the hens, 08 
by the pullets. The breed is Rose Comb 
R. I. Reds. The comparative laying of the 
different breeds is partly shown by the fol¬ 
lowing figures: 
Of the eight pens of Barred Rocks no pen 
has a total of 100 eggs. 
Of the 11 pons of White Wyandottes five 
pens score 172-129-120-123-110. 
Of eight pens of Single Comb R. I. Reds 
four pens score 150-150-122 111. 
Of five pens of Rose Comb R. I. Reds 
two pens score 179-113. 
Of 43 pens of White Leghorns eight pens 
score 243-233-194-158-150-124-112-111. 
Of three pens of Buff Leghorns two pens 
score 188-113. 
Of four pens of White Orpingtons one pen 
scores 135. 
Of course the above is no fair comparison 
he permanently covered with poultry net¬ 
ting. The roosting platforms should be in 
the ends of the building, and save at a 
time of beating storms, or when the tem¬ 
perature dropped to zero or below, this cen¬ 
tral open space should never lie closed. 
M. «. I). 
Best Wood for Silo. 
Which is the best material for a silo, 
either white cedar or Oregon fir? 
Jamestown, N. Y. c. l. j. 
Your question was referred to the De¬ 
partment of Forestry at Cornell University, 
who reply as follows : 
“A recent publication from the North 
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, 
entitled, “The Silo and Its Construction,” 
states tlint cypress. White pine, cedar, and 
redwood are all good materials for the 
staves of silos. It makes no mention of 
Oregon Hr, but I should say that this last- 
named species would be as good as White 
pine or redwood. Although a little more 
expensive, I believe that the cypress would 
prove to be the most durable wood of any 
mentioned. This wood is known to bo al¬ 
most indestructible whim subjected to mois¬ 
ture continually ; it lias been tried out under 
ti>e most severe conditions, and lias always 
given good results. I think that tin 1 extra 
cost in the beginning would lie more than 
offset by the longer service which the cy¬ 
press would render.” m. b, p. 
Dairy Ration. 
Would you give me a balanced ration for 
cows? I prefer to feed as much corn and 
and coh oat chop and bran as possible. I 
feed shredded corn fodder for rough feed. 
M. M. 
For tlie grain ration mix three pounds 
of corn and col) and oat chop, two pounds 
of bran and three pounds of cotton-seed 
meal. This should suffice for a cow giving 
20 to 25 pounds of milk daily. If you 
cannot obtain cotton-seed meal, oil meal, 
if not too high in price, may he substi¬ 
tuted. Dried distillers' grains, dried brew¬ 
ers’ grains, or gluten feed are also good, 
but about 25 per cent more Ilian if cotton¬ 
seed meal should lie used. Feed grain twice 
or three times daily, also as much of the 
corn fodder as the cows will eat up rea¬ 
sonably clean. c. L. m. 
Ration for Cream Making. 
Will you give me a good feeding ration 
for two cows two months in milking, giving 
from eight to 12 quarts of milk a day. I 
have well-cured corn fodder, mangels, sugar 
beets, carrots and cabbage. I could buy 
these feeds in town. Bran, middlings, corn- 
meal, linseed meal or cotton seed meal. I 
am selling cream. j». H . 
For a grain ration I would feed a mix¬ 
ture of three pounds cotton seed meal, two 
pounds bran and one pound of cornmeal. 
Possibly seven or eight pounds of this 
mixture would lie profitable. Morning and 
night, as soon as convenient after milking, 
feed the roots or cabbage. The amount 
will depend largely on the supply available 
to you. A cow may safely eat almost any 
quantity of roots, beginning, of course, with 
not more than eight quarts nt a time at 
first, and increasing tin* amount. Give ns 
much corn fodder as the cows will eat up 
reasonably clean two or three times a 
day. It will tic well to divide grain into 
two feeds and feed witli roots. 
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