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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 3, 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The twenty-second week shows a drop in 
egg production, the loss being 121: that is, 
there were that many less eggs laid than 
in the previous week. It is interesting to 
note what breeds contributed to this loss, 
and to what extent. 
21st 
22d 
Tens 
Week 
Week 
Loss 
8—Barred Rocks. 
. 166 
106 
0 
2—White Rooks. 
40 
14 
2—Columbian Rocks.. 
. 49 
42 
7 
11—White Wyandottes. 
. 254 
243 
11 
2—Buff Wyandottes.. 
. 43 
43 
0 
8—S. C. R. I. Reds. . . 
. 191 
180 
11 
5—IL C. R. I. Reds... 
. 100 
93 
7 
43—White Leghorns... 
.1051 
1031 
20 
3—Buff Leghorns. 
. 71 
71 
0 
2—Buff Orpingtons. .. 
. 52 
37 
15 
4—White Orpingtons. 
. 95 
67 
28 
The balance of the loss was made by sin¬ 
gle pens. This shows that the White Leg¬ 
horns contributed but one-sixth of the 
loss, the American breeds five-sixths, al¬ 
though nearly half the birds in the contest 
are Leghorns. 
The highest number of eggs laid this 
week was 29, and three pens of White 
Leghorns made the record. They were 
the pen from Ingleside Farms Co., the pen 
of W. L. Sleegur and the pen of R. A. 
Marrison. Will Barron’s White Wyandottes 
laid 28, Beulah Farms White Wyandotte 
ready to make “a flying start” at a cer¬ 
tain time, after two weeks on the road, 
and he further states that “the laying 
blood in them is plainly no stronger than 
in numerous other good laying stock.” lie 
also says, “there is some reason to suppose 
that in handling birds they have caught 
on to some points not commonly known 
which give them an advantage.” Mr. Robin¬ 
son also insinuates that these English birds 
may be hens, not pullets. But why in the 
world not enter them as hens then? Mr. 
Barron has the right to enter hens on 
the same terms as pullets; there is no 
advantage in entering them wrongly. So 
far I see no reason to suppose that 
I am wrong in thinking that good laying 
has been bred iuto the blood of these birds, 
and that it will be to the advantage of 
American breeders to get some of it. 
GEO. A. COSGBOVE. 
Sour Crop in Poultry. 
What is the matter with my hens and 
chickens? They get droopy and their crop$ 
fill up with water. Last Spring I lost 2o 
or 30 little chicks, and last Fall 12 or 14 
of my hens before I could stop it. I am 
feeding a good ration of whole grain. Their 
plumage looks all right and their combs 
are nice and *red. I disinfect my poultry 
houses every few days, and spray all of the 
roosts and dropping boards with kerosene 
and a disinfectant, but 1 cannot stop it. 
They are purebred Buffi Orpingtons. 
New York. g. j. h. 
The only clue that you give as to the 
nature of the trouble affecting your fowls 
is found in the statements that they be¬ 
come droopy and that their crops fill up 
with water. These are symptoms of ca¬ 
tarrh of the crop, or “sour crop,” and this 
is caused by over-feeding, particularly upon 
LEADING PEN OF R. C. R. I. REDS. 
pullets 28; Homer F. Deming's S. C. Rhode 
Island Reds 28, Mrs. K. E. Woodruff's 
White Leghorns 28, and Tom Barron’s 
White Leghorns 28. Geo. H. Schmitz’s Buff 
Leghorn hens laid 27 and Mrs. H. F. 
Haynes’ White Wyandottes from Idaho laid 
27. Barron’s Leghorns have laid a total of 
494, and Edward Cam's pen 447; Geo. H. 
Schmitz’s Buff Leghorn pullets 420; bis 
pen of hens of the same breed 244. Ed¬ 
ward Cam’s White Wyandottes have laid 
403. These four pens are the only ones 
that have reached 400. 25,498 eggs have 
been laid. Counting out the English pens 
the best American pen of each breed is as 
follows : 
Eggs laid 
.T. W. Miller, Barred P. Rocks. 304 
1.. G. Tyreman, White P. Rocks. 313 
E. S. Iloopes, Buff 1’. Rocks. 308 
.T. M. Jones, Columbian P. Rocks.... 239 
T. W. Burns, Silver Wyandottes. 331 
Wm. E. Ross, White Wyandottes. 333 
W. Lee Springs, Buff Wyandottes. 214 
Cooper Rich, Columbian Wyandottes.. 203 
J. A. Fritehey, S. C. R. I. Reds. 375 
E. S. Edgerton, R. C. It. I Reds. 345 
A. P. Ilillhouse, Brown Leghorns.224 
Braeside Poultry Farm, W. Leghorns.. 380 
Geo. II. Schmitz, Buff Leghorns. 420 
J. C. Sterling, Black Minoreas . 192 
E. U. Bird, Blue Andalusians. 102 
Mt. Orchard P. Farm, Anconas. 169 
Mt. Orchard P. Farm, Buff Orpingtons. 246 
1., n. Switzer, Black Orpingtons. 140 
White Acres, White Orpingtons. 341 
W. H. Card, White Laced Cornish.... 128 
Dr. E. W. Landes, Buttercups. 33 
In 10 of the above breeds there is but 
a single pen of five birds entered. It will 
be noticed that the variation in egg pro¬ 
duction is exceedingly great, and it is 
about as great in birds of the same breed 
as in different breeds; yet Editor John 
II. Robinson of “Farm Poultry,” takes ex¬ 
ception to my article in The R. N.-Y. of 
March 15, in which I stated that “the high 
records at Storrs, and at the Missouri con¬ 
test of these birds of Mr. Barron’s and 
Mr. Cam’s were not due to any particular 
skill in picking out birds that would prove 
exceptionally good layers, etc., but to the 
skill and persistency with which egg pro¬ 
duction has been worked for. It is no 
accidental thing that these Leghorns and 
Wyandottes outlay ours, and the thing 
for the American breeder to do, is to get 
this strong laying blood into his flocks, 
then by trap-nesting and breeding for vi¬ 
tality as well, bring up our flocks to 
where they will not have to take second 
place in any competition.” Mr. Robinson 
says: “This statement is a mixture of truth 
and error, and likely to lead the novice 
astray.” lie holds that it was the “con¬ 
ditioning” of the English birds, getting them 
eornmeal, irregular feeding, the ingestion 
of spoiled food of some kind, or the eating 
of feathers and other indigestible sub¬ 
stances. The treatment consists in placing 
the affected fowls in dry, clean quarters, 
correcting any mismanagement in the way 
of feeding, and after emptying the distend¬ 
ed crop of its contents by manipulating it 
while the bird is held downward, giving it 
a few tcaspoonfulg of “soda water” made 
by dissolving a teaspoonful of ordinary I 
cooking soda in a glass of water. The bird 
should be kept without food for one day 
and then sparingly fed upon soft food for 
a few days. A half grain quinine pill, 
given morning and night, is a good re¬ 
cuperative tonic. M. B. D. 
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NOTICE— I have only a very few of my large, splen 
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yearlings now laying heavily. Fine for breeders. 
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Famous Laying Strains : S. C. R. I. Reds 
also Barred and White Rocks 
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Sitting, by parcel post, $1.25. 
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