TLJID RURAL 
NRW-YORKER 
-462 
March 22, 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST, 
The sixteenth week of the contest shows 
a further gain of 183 eggs, the number 
laid this week being 1,576. The total 
number laid to date, February 20. is 12,564. 
26 eggs is the largest number reached by 
any pen this week; but no less than four 
pens laid that number. They were the 
Barred P. Rocks from Woodside Poultry 
Farm; the White Wyandottes from Beulah 
Farm; the White Wyandottes from T. J. 
McConnell, and the White Leghorns of 
W. P. Canby. The Buff 1’. Rocks from E. 
S. Iloope's, and the S. C. R. I. Reds of 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey, tie for second place, 
each pen laying 25 eggs. Four pens also, 
laid 24 eggs each. They were the White 
P. Rocks from W. J. Tilley, the White 
Wyandottes of Edward Cam of England, 
the S. C. R. I. Reds from Geo. P. Dear¬ 
born, and the Buff Orpingtons from Mt. 
Orchard Poultry Farm. T. W. Burns’ 
Silver Wyandottes laid 23; E. II. Polile's 
White Wyandottes, 23; Mrs. II. F. Haynes’ 
White Wyandottes. 23: Arthur S. Bailey's 
S. C. R. I. Reds, 23 ; White Leghorn Poul¬ 
try Yard’s, 23; O. II. Meyer’s White Log- 
horns 23, and Thomas Barron's White 
Leghorns, 23. George II. Schmitz's Buff 
Leghorns laid 22; White Acre Poultry 
Ranch’s White Orpingtons. 22: A. P. Rob¬ 
inson's White Leghorns, 22. Six pens laid 
21 each, and four pens 20 each. All the 
pens are laying but the Buttercups. 
In the total number of eggs laid to date, 
the English White Leghorns are the only 
ones that have reached 300 eggs. Mr. 
Barron’s have laid 334. and Mr. Cam's are 
you breed from the 60 poorest ones? I 
confess that's a “sticker.” 1 am going to 
leave it as Frank Stockton did “The Lady 
or the Tiger.” geo. a. cosgrove. 
R. N.-Y.—The picture, Fig. 144, shows 
an interior view of one of the pens. In 
center is grain hopper; on platform is 
water pan, small flat tin pie plate for beet 
pulp, earthenware hopper for dry mash, 
and three small cups on wall for oyster- 
shell, grit and charcoal. Drop boards, 
roost and trap-nests are also shown. 
Guinea Fowls for Washington. 
In The R. N.-Y. for November 23 last 
there is an article by G. T. D. about 
Guineas and geese. Would Guineas thrive 
in Western Washington, where it rains a 
lot, although it does not get very cold? 
If so how are they kept, confined like 
chickens, or left to roam around loose? 
Lakebay, Wash. l. a. 
Yes, I think Guineas would thrive in 
Western Washington ; when full grown they 
are very hardy and subject to few diseases. 
They do better if allowed to roam, and 
will get most of their own living. So 
great is their love of insects, that a flock 
of them will be found valuable in keeping 
down insect pests. Guinea eggs are not 
generally quoted in the markets, and are 
thought by many to be inferior to hen's 
eggs, owing to their smaller size.- This 
is erroneous, for they are very palatable 
and the yolk has a very delicate flavor. I 
am situated so far from Washington, that 
I am not familiar with the conditions 
there, so I could not tell you where to buy 
them. In beginning to raise Guineas it 
is better to buy the eggs and set them 
under a common hen. Their instinct for 
ranging is strong and if you secured some 
of the older birds unless they were con- 
lined for some time, they would probably 
INTERIOR OF CONTEST HOUSE. Fig. 144. 
30 eggs behind, their record being 304. 
Geo. II. Schmitz’s little Buff Leghorns lead 
all the American birds, their total being 
271, but the English White Wyandottes of 
Edward Cam are next with a score of 265. 
It is to be regretted that Mr. Barron did 
not enter some of his White Wyandottes in 
this contest. He has some extraordinary 
layers of that breed. I am in receipt of 
a catalogue from him with the photograph 
of a White Wyandotte pullet that laid, 
commencing November 25, four eggs in the 
rest of that month, then in the succeeding 
months, 28. 21, 21. 27. 22, 25. 26, 24. 24, 24. 
23, 16, a total of 283 eggs in a year, and 
the record of another pullet which laid 
263 eggs. In the “Street” laying competi¬ 
tion held in 1909-1910, six White Wyan¬ 
dotte pullets laid 586 eggs in the six 
Winter months. This all goes to show 
that Mr. Barron is just as successful with 
other breeds as he is with White Leghorns. 
He also breeds Buff Rocks and Buff Orping¬ 
tons. A pullet of the Orpingtons in the 
laving competition at Grimley, Worcester, 
1910-11, in the 16 Winter weeks laid 103 
eggs in the 112 days. This gives her Eng¬ 
land’s champion record. 
Why is it that the English breeders are 
beating us with our own breeds? Wyan¬ 
dottes originated here, yet Mr. Cam’s 
White Wyandottes lead all ours in this 
contest, and so far as I know Mr. Barron's 
White Wyandottes have established records 
that are ahead of anything ever done in 
this country. The Feathered World, an 
English poultry paper, says “The possi¬ 
bility of a pullet laying 103 eggs in 112 
days, during the four worst months of 
the year, would have been scoffed at a 
few years ago; but the recording trapnest 
has shown that this feat has been ac¬ 
complished in the present competition at 
Grimley.” 
In this country the fanciers have had 
it all their own way thus far; but the 
utility end of the poultry business is 
coming to the front now, and is coming to 
wander away and be lost. The number 
of eggs usually set under a hen is 17 and 
the period of incubation is about 28 days. 
Newly-hatched Guinea chicks are- much 
smaller than common chicks, and should 
be confined for four of five days or they 
will get lost. They should be fed very 
often, because their crops are small. They 
are very sensitive to cold and dampness 
and while young must be kept out of the 
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The trap-nest is revealing some wonder¬ 
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who keeps 700 White and Buff Plymouth 
Rocks, and he is devoting his time to ob¬ 
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120 White Rock pullets he had put in one 
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