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THE RURAL NEW-voT?.KSR 
March 29, 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The seventeenth week 1,900 eggs were 
laid. This is eight eggs more than were 
laid in the corresponding week last year, 
and a gain of 324 eggs over the previous 
week. The 43 pens of White Leghorns 
laid 813 eggs this week, against 636 the 
previous week. This gain of 177 eggs by 
the Leghorns was more than half of the 
total gain of the week, 54.6 % of the gain. 
Production has stepped up a peg, the 
high score this week is 28 eggs and two 
pens made it, both pens being White Wyan- 
dottes. They are the pens of Edward Cam 
and T. J. McConnell. Four pens laid 27 
each. They are the Buff r. Rocks from 
E. S. Hoopes; the Silver Wyandottes from 
T. W. Burns; the White Wyandottes from 
Beulah Farm, and the Buff Orpingtons 
from Mt. Orchard Poultry Farm. Geo. H. 
Schmitz’s Buff Leghorns laid 26; W. J. 
Tilley’s White P. Rocks laid 26; A. P. 
Robinson’s White Leghorns, 26; Edward 
Cam’s White Leghorns, 26, and O. Wilson’s 
Buff Orpingtons, 26. Five pens laid 25 
eggs each, the White Leghorns of F. M. 
Fattening a Cow. 
We had a cow, pretty well advanced in 
years, a good cater, but will not get fat, 
no matter how much is given her. We 
would like to fatten her for the butcher. 
Will you give a ration that will fatten 
her quickly? We have plenty of corn, 
other food we have to buy. c. M. k. 
New Jersey. 
Feed daily five pounds corn meal, two 
pounds bran and one pound oil meal. If 
the cow is not now receiving much graiu 
give at first half the above amount, in¬ 
creasing gradually to the whole ration in 
about a week. Roots, vegetable parings, 
or other succulent feed will be beneficial. 
C. L. M. 
Ration for Colt. 
Will you give me the proper i*ations for 
a colt, about eight months old, weighing 
about 425 pounds? We have plenty of 
carrots and good Timothy hay, also would 
like to know how much to increase or 
change the ration as the colt grows to be 
a horse four years old. We are now feeding 
2 y 2 pounds of carrots, one quart of oats 
and a pint of wheat twice daily, with 
plenty of Timothy hay. The colt will be 
out of pasture in the Summer. I can 
change the grain ration if it is advisable, 
as I have to buy all the hay and carrots. 
Vermont. a. si. g. 
LEADING PEN OF ENGLISH WHITE WYANDOTTES, 
Peasley and of R. A. Morrison, the Rose 
Comb R. I. Reds of Homer P. Deming; the 
Single Comb R. I. Reds of Woodman & 
Smith, and the White Wyandottes of Wm. 
Ross; 25 eggs in a week from five pullets 
is good laying. It is more than 71 per 
cent, of the possible total if every hen laid 
every day. The English White Leghorns 
are the only ones that have laid 300 eggs 
or over, Mr. Barron's score, 357,and Mr. 
Edward Cam's, 330. Geo. H. Schmitz’s 
Buff Leghorns are close to the 300 mark, 
their total being 297. They lead all the 
American-bred birds. Next to them are 
Edward Cam’s English White Wyandottes 
with a record of 293. 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey’s Single Comb R. I. 
Reds have a total of 273; Braeside Poultry 
Farm's White Leghorns have laid 271; the 
Rose Comb R. I. Reds from Glen View 
Poultry Farm, 258; the Single Comb R. I. 
Reds of Geo. P. Dearborn, 251; the White 
Leghorns of O. A. Foster, 240; Beulah 
Farm’s White Wyandottes, 239. and E. H. 
Pohle’s White Wyandottes, 230. Mrs. H. 
F. Haynes’ White Wyandottes from the 
Idaho Mountains, laid 24 this week, and 
their total is 189. Wm. E. Ross’s White 
Wyandottes have a total of 221; and the 
White Orpingtons of White Acre Poultry 
Farm, 227; the Single Comb R. I. Reds 
from Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H., 216; 
Woodman & Smith’s pen of the same 
breed, 213 : Burton E. Moore’s White Leg¬ 
horns, 212; Will Barron's White Wyan¬ 
dottes, 209. and the White P. Ro«ks from 
Lewis G. Tyreman, 208. These are' the 
only pens that have reached 200 or more. 
Six birds have died or been taken out for 
some cause, and replaced with the reserve 
bird, and four of these six laid five eggs 
each this week. geo. a. cosgrove. 
Ration for Cream Making. 
Will you send me formula for balanced 
ration for Jersey cows making cream? I 
make cream for creamery. Roughage is 
Timothy hay and cornstalks. Also formula 
with one feed a day of Alfalfa hay for 
roughage. The grain ration to be com¬ 
posed of bran, stock food, gluten, or corn- 
meal in place of stock food. F. H. A. 
Massachusetts. 
With Timothy hay and cornstalks for 
roughage give 12 pounds hay, 12 pounds 
corn-stalks (or as much as the cows will 
eat reasonably clean), three pounds bran, 
four pounds gluten and one pound corn- 
meal. Grain to be fed twice daily, four 
pounds per feeding. With Alfalfa hay for 
roughage and one feeding of grain, give one 
pound bran, two pounds gluten and two 
pounds cornmeal. c. L. M. 
Feed equal parts of whole oats and 
wheat bran dampened with water and allow 
the colt practically all he will eat up clean 
twice a day. Prefer mixed clover hay 
or Alfalfa to the Timothy hay. . Continue 
feeding carrots, watching the bowels and 
not giving enough roots to loosen the 
bowels unduly. A little cracked corn may 
be fed during the cold weather in addition 
to oats and bran. On grass still feed 
oats, but the bran is no longer necessary. 
a. s. A. 
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Dairy Ration. 
■Will you balance a ration for cows 
weighing about 1000 pounds and giving 
four per cent milk, using the following * 
feeds: Cornmeal, dried brewers’ grains, and 
cottonseed meal. For roughage I am feed¬ 
ing 30 pounds of well-eared silage, about 
five pounds of clover hay and all the corn- 
fodder the cows will eat. I have these grains 
on hand, so suppose cost need not be con¬ 
sidered. J. M. 
Virginia. 
Mix grain as follows: Cornmeal two 
pounds, brewers’ grains three pounds, and 
cottonseed meal three pounds. Give one 
pound of grain to four pounds of milk, 
and feed with silage. c. L. M. 
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