1913 . 
THE RURAt NEW-YORKER. 
321 
A COMING 
VINEYARD 
DISTRICT 
Have you heard of the unusual ad¬ 
vantages in the Western North Caro¬ 
lina country for Grape Growers? In one 
county ill that, section growers Sell their 
crop at $1.25 to SI.50 a crate and the 
demand now undersujpplied is rapidly 
growing. The season is much earlier 
than in the North and with sufficient 
S reduction for carload shipments, all 
orthern markets will be open. Experts 
declare the grapes are the finest fla¬ 
vored produced in America, and will 
command special markets and special 
prices. 
This vineyard district lies in the 
Thermal belt, where frosts do not come, 
and where there are the richest of soils. 
Highly profitable, well developed vine¬ 
yards of five to forty acres, paying a 
high return on a valuation of §1.1)00 or 
more an acre, prove the success of 
grape growing there. 
The best lands in the Thermal belt can 
be had at $25 to $50 an acre, as against 
$300 to $500 an acre in the leading North¬ 
ern vineyard regions. 
We will give you more specific in* 
formation about this region on request. 
There are many other good grape 
growing districts in the territory of the 
Southern Ry., Mobile & Ohio R. R. and 
Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. This 
is the best, region for apples, peaches 
and other fruit and for truck growing, 
as well as for general farming, stock 
raising and dairying. The market and 
home conditions are excellent and good 
lands are to bo had at low prices. 
M. V. RICHARDS, Land & Industrial Agt. 
SOUTHERN RAILWAY 
Room 87 Washington, D. C. 
BUY NEW YORK FARMS NOW 
Best lands. Best crops. Best homes. Biggest 
barns. Finest schools, churches, roads and trans¬ 
portation. For list of farms address : 
B. F, McBURNEY & CO , Bastable Block, SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
E-no CAI C ORCHARD IN 
r irv oMLL valley of Virginia. 
1750 apple trees, fine condition, 40 acres rich land, same 
location as famous '• Stack Orchard.” Best bargain in 
“ Winchester” section. 
VENABLE & FOKD, Lynchburg, Va. 
VIRGINIA RIVER FARM 
175 acres; 100 rich bottom; 6-room house, good barn; 
1 milo of electric line, 5 miles of Richmond. Only 
$7,500: terms. Send for free list—700 farm bargains. 
CASSELMAN & COMPANY, Richmond, Va. 
r YO 240-ACRE FARMS in Southern Alabama, Es- 
combia County. Will sell reasonable. Close to 
L. & N. Railroad. Finest trucking land in South. 
For sale by owner. For further information ad¬ 
dress owner, E. S. COURTNEY, Hammac,Alabama 
SPECIAL PRICES ON EGGS 
from the best stock in tbe world, of Black Mlnor- 
cas. Rhode Isl.ind Reds and White Holland Tur¬ 
keys. Our stock are a choice selection of show' 
birds ami record-layers. Eggs: —Black Minorcas. *1 
for 15; $2.50 tor 50; $5 for lit) Eggs. Rhode Island 
Reds, $! for 20 Eggs. Semi for new circular. A 
grand bunch of Turkeys, Hens and Gobblers for 
sale; also Rhode Island Red Cockerels and Black 
Minorca Cockerels. Best Cockerels. $5; three for $10. 
C0LDENHAM POULTRY YARDS, Rocklet, Oranoe Co., N. Y. 
M Y GREAT LAYING STRAIN of s. C. W. Leghorns, 
headed by Cockerels from pens of F. G. Yost, 
winner of Storrs* egg-laying contest, 19:2. Eggs, SI 
per 15: $5 per UK). CH. DVORAK, Noroton Heights, Conn 
400 LEGHORN ROOSTERS 
Blanchard Stock. None Better. 75 cents—$1 each. 
G. ROUTZAHN BIGLERVILLE, PA. 
GET YOUR COCKERELS NOW 
A FEW CHOICE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
BARRED ROCKS AND WHITE WYANDOTTES 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. R. 0. 4. ATHENS. PA. 
BLUE RIBBON AND SILVER CUP WINNERS 
LAKE HILL FARM. Pleasantville, New York—8. 
C. White Leghorns & Pekin Ducks. Strong, healthy, 
vigorous kind ; «pen, high range. Send Postal lor 
circular and special prices. Eggs ; Day-old Chicks 
and Ducks. - THOMAS W. NOKKIS, Mgr. 
Ralw C - W - Leghorns. Barred 
Daoy A^niCKS Rocks. R. C. Reds, Strong, 
livable. From vigorous, thoroughbred, range 
breeders. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular free. 
WESI.BT GUINNELL SODUS, N. Y. 
PFILE’S 65 Varieties 
T AND and Water Fowls. Farm* 
raised stock, with eggs In season. , 
Send 2c for my valuable Illustrated de¬ 
scriptive Poultry Book lor 1913- Write 
Henry Ptile, Box 074 Freeport, ill. 
Wild & Bronze Turkey Eggs’T^Ji^caS 
2c. stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the 
mountain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville. Pa. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys-^"; 
loading Connecticut shows. Toms and Eggs for 
sale. Stamp. Hedge Lawn Farm, Washinuton. Connecticut 
For S»lf»- 20Q S C W L£GH0RN PULLETS, A (aril 
* kJdlc hatched, vigorous, ami of good laving 
strain. Price. $1.00 each. J. KUNKEL, Liberty. N. T. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
Just 1,000 eggs were laid in the thir¬ 
teenth week of the contest. This is 167 
more than were laid the previous week, 
and 18 more than was laid last year in 
the corresponding week. The White Leg¬ 
horns last week made the entire gain, this 
week they are responsible for less than 
half of it, viz., 74, which is just about 
their fair proportion. Single Comb Rhode 
Island Reds from Colonial Farm, New 
Hampshire, take the first place with a 
score of 26 ; Thomas Barron’s pen of White 
Leghorns are second with a score of 24 ; 
Dr. .T. A. Fritchey, and Homer P. Deming 
tie for third place with their Single Comb 
Rhode Island Reds, each scoring 23. Two 
pens of White Wyandottes tie for fourth 
place with 22 eggs to their credit. They 
are the pens of Edward Cam, and the pul¬ 
lets from Beulah Farm. Thomas Barron's 
White Leghorns still lead the procession 
in the total score; they have now 267 
eggs to their credit; and Edward Cam's 
birds are next with a total score of 253. 
As both these men live near the town of 
Preston, England, It is quite likely that 
they have practically the same strain of 
fowls; for the performance of the birds 
both here and at the Missouri contest 
shows conclusively that they can outlay 
the best of our American birds. From the 
number of letters which I receive asking 
the correct address of these men, I infer 
that there will be numerous importations 
of eggs and fowls of that stock this year. 
The result in a year or two, ought to be 
a decided increase in the value of White 
Leghorns as egg producers. 
Two pens of American Leghorns tie for 
third place in the total score; they the 
White Leghorns from Braeside Poultry 
Farm and the Buff Leghorns from Geo. H. 
Schmitz, each have a total of 206. They 
are the only American birds which have 
reached the 200 mark, though the Rose 
Comb R. I. Reds from Glenn View Poultry 
Farm are close to it, their record being 
196, which gives them fourth place in the 
total score. Other high scorers are Dr. 
J. A. Fritchey’s Single Comb R. I. Reds, 
179; O. A. Foster's White Leghorns, 171; 
Burton E. Moore's White Leghorns, 162; 
Geo. P. Dearborn’s Single Comb R. I. Reds. 
176; Edward Cam's White Wyandottes. 
194 ; Beulah Farm's pen of the same breed. 
148; Colonial Farm’s Single Comb R. 1 
Reds. 148, and White Acre's pen of White 
Orpingtons, 147. There are 18 other pens 
which have laid 100 or more. A cor¬ 
respondent has written me complaining that 
I "do not give what the poorer pens have 
done, only a few of the best are given." 
So I will give the highest and lowest record 
of each breed, and the number of pens. 
No of 
highest 
lowest 
peas 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
109 
9 
8 
White Plymouth Rocks 
3 32 
100 
2 
Buff Plymouth Rocks.. 
108 
• • • 
1 
Columbian Plymouth R. 
65 
44 
2 
Silver Wvandottes .. . 
11 
• • . 
1 
White Wyandottes . . . 
194 
3 
11 
Buff Wyandottes . 
28 
22 
2 
Columbian Wyandottes 
51 
• • • 
1 
S. C. U. I. Rods. 
179 
52 
8 
It. C. R. I. Reds. 
196 
31 
5 
Brown Leghorns. 
83 
‘50 
1 
Buff Leghorns . 
206 
3 
White Leghorns . 
267 
6 
43 
Black Minorcas . 
28 
• • • 
1 
Blue Andalusians. 
1 
• • • 
1 
Anconas . 
49 
• • • 
1 
Buff Orpingtons. 
56 
34 
2 
Black Orpingtons. 
5 
• • • 
I 
White Orpingtons. 
White Laced Red 
147 
65 
4 
Cornish . 
0 
• • • 
1 
Buttercups . 
0 
• • • 
1 
The great discrepancy between the 
highest and the lowest pen in the White 
Wyandottes, and the Buff Leghorns is ex- 
phiined by the fact that the low record 
is made by the pen of hens—these have 
either not recovered from the molting, or 
have not resumed laying since the molt. 
In the White Leghorns the low record of 
“6” is made by a pen of pullets that have 
just commenced laying: 5 of the 6 eggs 
were laid this (thirteenth) week. 
A table like tbe above gives at one 
glance, a very good reason for the popu¬ 
larity of certain breeds. However much 
beauty of feather may delight the fancier, 
no breed tan become popular for any 
length of time, that is not also a good 
performer in regard to filling the egg 
basket. Another point of considerable 
interest is the egg laying of the White va¬ 
rieties. The White Plymouth Rocks beat 
all the other colors of that variety. The 
same is true of the Wyandottes, also of 
the Leghorns; also of the Orpingtons. 
There are no White Rhode Island Reds in 
the contest, so we cannot compare them 
with the Reds. Rhode island Whites are 
bred and offered for sale, but they are not 
yet well enough known, and well enough 
distributed, to see whether the rule holds 
good in their case also. I can remember 
when It used to be seriously argued that 
White birds were lacking in stamina, were 
not so hardy as colored fowls, not so 
easy to raise. I doubt if breeders of the 
white varieties would admit that now. 
GEO. A. COSGKOVE. 
I was at an auction sale on January 
29, and the sale went as follows: Cows 
sold from $35 to $46 each; one colt two 
rears of age sold for $100; one colt four 
years old $165; and they were just common 
colts, not extra ; one brood sow sold for 
$1S, two years old, not extra large. Millet 
hay $11 per ton; corn in shock, eight 
hills square, 70 cents per shock. Market 
prices are: oats, 70; corn, 58 to 60; hay, 
baled, $16.50 to $17; wheat. 90 to 95; 
apples sold last Fall for $1 per barrel; po¬ 
tatoes 2S to 30; milk, retail, five cents per 
quart; butter, 23 to 25 ; pork, dressed, nine 
cents; beef cattle, prime, $5 per 100 
pounds; common. $3.50 to $4. Good milch 
cows from $45 to $60 per head; horses, 
$200 to $250 (drafters) ; light driving 
horses, $135 to $165. Eggs. 21 cents per 
dozen at store; beans, $1.80 per bushel 
(white) ; red kidney, $1.80 to $2. Buck¬ 
wheat, 60 cents per bushel; fat hogs, $6.50 
to $6 per 100. C- f. w. 
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The GRIT 
that’s Rough 
that’s Sharp 
that Grinds 
Maka-Shel Grit 
grinds all the time, 
thereby produces eggs 
by keeping the hens in 
a healthy condition. 
Why waste money on a 
grit that wears smooth? 
Ask your dealer or 
send us $1.25 for two 100 
lb. bags, f. o. b. cars. 
The original SILICA 
SKIT. Avoid substi¬ 
tutes. Order to-day. 
Sample free. 
TRADE MARK agents wanted. 
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL. 
Cape May, C. H., N. J., Jan. 11, 1913. 
Edge Hill Silica Rock Co.. 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
Gentlemen:—Enclosed please find check for 
which please ship to me via Reading R. R., 
and at the earliest possible moment.bags 
of “Maka Shel" poultry grit. Please do not 
delay shipment as my supply is nearly ex¬ 
hausted. 
The avidity with which my fowls consume 
this substance is astonishing to me. They 
seem to require about fifty pounds of it to each 
100 lbs. of grain. It seems to be a food as 
well as a grit to them, and seems to be a po¬ 
tent factor in the remarkable degree of thrift 
displayed by them. Disease is unknown, and 
tbe hens are laying remarkably well for the 
season. Yours very truly. 
JAMES W. WANDELL. 
EDGE HILL SILICA ROCK CO., Box J. New Brunswick, N.J. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Baby Chicks 
FROM PUREBRED HEAVY LAYERS. 
JOHN LOKT’ON LEE, - Carmel N. Y. 
SPECIAL—The Home of “ Queen Lil ” 
Record, 234 oggs in 10 mo., 13 days. Offers on orders 
pjaced atonce. Hatching eggs at $6per 100; $1.25for 
15; one-third cash with order. Shipped when desired. 
Stock for sale. James E. Walter, Jr., Falls Church, Va. 
I7 rk «. C_1_—Golden Barred and Partridge Rocks. 
1 Kmden Geese, Crested White Buff 
Orpington and Pure White Runner Ducks. 
J. H. LEWIS, It. r. D. «, CADIZ. OHIO 
RRONZE TURKEYS from Prize Winners. F.ggs in sea- 
” son. Stamp. MRS.H. CHUM BLEY, Draper. Va. 
yHOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varieties. 
- . Vigor 
ous. healthy stock. Good layers. Eggs, 15—$1; 40 
—$2. Catalogue. H. K. MOHR, R. No. 3, Quakertown, Pa. 
B CFF WHITE LEOnOltNS, S. C. R. I. RH)S—Kggs, 90c. per 15 
$1.50 per 30. Mottled Ancona*, ltl. JHinorras, ergs, $1.00 per 
15; $1.75 per 30. Catalogue free. John A. Roth. IJuaterton n, Pa 
Prize Winning Strains-f e ° t c s i;e a ’^ s ' y ^‘; 
lings, $1.25 and upwards. White Leghorns, Brown 
Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds. Barred Rocks .White 
Wyandottes, Light and Dark Brahmas. Catalog 
gratis. F. >1. PRESCOTT. KivtTdnle, N. J. 
I IHLE CAMDEN REDS—Best Laying Strain. Summer and 
u Winter Eggs for Hatching $1.01) per set: U)0. Sti.OO 
ELMHURST POULTRY PLANT. Monson, Mass. 
UJRlTEfor all leading varieties of poultry. Satisfac- 
” tionguaranteed. Fantinekill PoultryFarm, Elleitville.N.Y. 
Poultry Paper 
all you want to know about care and 
management of poultry for pleasure or 
profit; four mouths for 10cents. 
Poultry Advocate, Dept. 88, Syracuse, N. Y. 
¥ 
print TRYMFH—Send 2c stamp for Illustrated 
' ‘ 1 Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS , MARIEHA, PA. 
Chicks and Eggs 
Indian Runner Duck Eggs. 
JOHN D. VAN DYKE 
from prize-winning 
Rose 0. R. I. Reds. 
Write for prices. 
R 6, Gettysburg, Pa, 
IP/ABronze Turkey, Runner Duck, Ton- 
louse Goose, White Leghorn. Tf you 
want something good. JAS. M. FRYE, Ligonier, Ind. 
white 
Great laying strain. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Prices reasonable. CLARENCE H. FOGG, Bridgeton, N. J. 
B. P. ROCK COCKERELS 
S lbs. and up. S3; laying Pullets, $2: Eggs. $3 for 50; 
$5 per 100, f.o.b. Washington. D. C. One breed only. 
Free range stock. W. A SHERMAN, R. 3, Vienna, Va. 
BuyaFowHens 
S. C. and R. C. Black Minorcas, S. and R. C. Brown 
Leghorns. Anconas, S. C. Reds and Barred Rocks. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS, R. 0. 24, Athens, Pa. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING from Single Comb Buff Leghorn and 
“ Harshbarger strain of fawn anil white Indian 
RunnerDucks Cbas. C.Kcdway, R. D.'LHartly.Del. 
COGS FOR HATCHING—White Orpingtons. 
, White Leghorns, Black Minorcas. Rhode Island 
Reds. Barred Plymouth Rocks, Price list mailed. 
TAFT POULTRY FARM, Box 237, Holland Patent, New Yark 
IF YOU WANT EGGS ton's Black Leghorn Eggs 
for hatching. A. E. HAMPTON. Pittstown, N. J, 
INDIAN RUNKR DUCKS - f?, es s * n a d s ^ d8 
C. A. KAISER, - Buffalo, N. Y. 
DARGAIN PRICES TOULOUSE GANDERS- All leading va- 
** rietiesPoultry. Eggs for hatching, etc. VYrite 
w »nts_ P. G. SHELLY. Florin, Pa. 
Pp’K'IW DI Hens, Drakes, Geese nnd 
Pe . u ., <; uineas f or sa]e . 
VERNON H, TIGER, - Gladstone, N. J. 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese Eggs sale 
25c each. Am hooking order- now. Get yours in 
early. Beautiful stock. ROY CRANDALL Albion N T. 
WHITE 
Orpingtons 
Great Wiktkr Layers 
Utility Hens. Cockerels 
and Pullets. $1.00, $2.!)0 
and $3.00 each. 
LAWRENCE JACKSON FARM 
Haysville, Allegheny Co., Pa. 
YOUR 
MONEY 
RACK 
on infertile eggs. Choice R. I. Reds. 
Big layers, free range, low prices. 254 
eggs last year from 1 Red. Write for 
circular. W. A. BUCK, Naples,N. Y 
WE HAVETHE BEST PEKIN DUCKS 
They have won 21 first prizes this season out of 24 
competed for, including four first at Grand Central 
Palace, and three first and a second at Madison 
Square Garden. Fertile Eggs, $2.00 for 11. Weaiso 
breed S. C. W. Leghorns, S. C. li. I Reds. Bronze 
Turkovs and White Guineas. RIDGKLEIGH 
FRUIT AND POUL TRY FARM, Huntington, N.Y. 
IL.TON 
FARMS 
WH ITE 
LEGHORNS 
HUNTINQTON, N.Y. 
We Guarantee 95°< Fertility 
in our Hatching Eggs. Because we KNOW they are finestquality— 
strong, vigorous parent stock, and laid under the most sanitary 
conditions. 
HAMILTON WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS AND EGGS 
bred right and eare'ully selected for shipment. They SATISFY. 
Open range, green feed, careful mating, perfect housing— tliese 
things ijiako Hamilton Leghorns the best you can t>uy. Write to¬ 
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money. 
HAMILTON FARM Box G. HUNTINGTON, N. Y. 
