THE) RURAb NEW-YORKER 
V46 
1913. 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
Th“ twenty-seventh week of the* contest 
shows on egg production of 2,056. Last 
year they laid .n the corresponding week 
2,187. 131 more than this year. Hut 
this year quite a number of those who 
had birds in the first contest, entered 
tlieitt .again as “hens” in this contest. 
Last year C. S. Scoville’s It. C. Rhode 
Island Red “hens,” outlaid any pen of 
pullets of that breed; but this year the 
reverse is true. There are more hens 
in the contest this year, and this accounts 
very largely for the decrease in egg pro¬ 
duction. 
Mr. Robinson, editor of “Farm Poul¬ 
try,” states in his April number that 
White Leghorns, “as a rule,” lay more 
eggs file second year; we do not find it 
true iit any of the contests, or in gen¬ 
eral experience. He deduces the (alleged) 
fact from the three year trap-nesting 
records of two pens of White Leghorns 
iit Cornell University. Rut these records 
do not bear out the statement. While 
it is I rue that in some instances more 
eggs were laid the second tnan the first 
year, and in a few eases more the third, 
year than the second, it is not true “as 
a rule” that White Leghorns, or any 
other breed of hens, lay more eggs the 
second than the first year; counting, 
the years as is eutomary, from the 
time the first egg is laid. 
The increased number of hens in this 
contest, is undoubtedly one of the lead¬ 
ing causes of the decrease in egg pro¬ 
duction. White Leghorns make all the 
high scores this week, and the highest 
record made since the contest began, is 
made by the pen of W. L. Sleegur. The 
score is 32; three of the pullets laid 
every day in the week. The record reads 
7-7-6-7-S; total 32 out of the possible 
35. This does not equal W. .1. Tilley’s 
record of last year, in which his White 
Plymouth Rocks laid 34 in one week, and 
if tln> week had ended Wednesday instead 
of Tuesday, the score would have been 
35, for every pullet laid every day for 
seven successive days. Rut 32 is over 
ill per cent. A. I\ Robinson’s pen laid 
30, faking second place; and two pens 
of White Leghorns tie for third place 
with scores of 29; they are the White 
Leghorn Poultry Yards and F. A. Jones* 
pen. Itosswood Poultry Farm, and 
Thomas Barron’s pen. each laid 28; and 
four other pens of White Leghorns laid 
27 each. They are F. G. Yost’s pen ot 
liens. Smith Rros.’ pen, Marwood Poultry 
Farm's and Joseph J. Barcl ay’s pen. 
Barron's pen of English White Leg¬ 
horns have now laid a total of 618. This 
is more than 200 eggs ahead of the 
average of the Leghorns or any other 
breed. Certainly it would seem as if 
there must be something valuable in the 
“laying blood” of this strain, Editor 
Robinson to the contrary notwithstand¬ 
ing. Edward Cam’s pen of English 
White Leghorns are next with a total of 
550. The highest scoring pen of Ameri¬ 
can-bred birds is Geo. H. Schmitz’s Buff 
Leghorn pullets; their record is 527; his 
pen of hens of the same breed score 366. 
C. A. Foster’s pen of White Leghorns 
have laid 505. Edward Cam’s pen of 
White Wyandottes have laid 514. No 
other pens have reached 500. 
“N. W. N.” makes the point that the 
Barron stock lays a good many tinted 
eggs; and as the chalk white eggs bring 
a higher price in the fancy markets the 
choice would be between more eggs, by 
introducing the Barron stock, at lower 
prices; or. fewer eggs from American 
birds at higher prices. I immediately wrote 
several persons breeding from Barron 
stock, including those at Storrs and in 
Missouri. The superintendent at Storrs 
writes me that they have 20 English 
White Leghorns at Storrs and the per¬ 
centage of eggs other than white is no 
greater than from the American Leghorn. 
This is true also of his private flock of 
Barron birds. On the contrary. Mr. 
Koontz, of West Virginia, writes that 
about 10 per cent, of the eggs from his 
Barron stock are more or less tinted. 
I have recently received a second lot of 
eggs trom Mr. Barron direct. In both 
lots the eggs were all pure white and 
exceptionally large, in fact they were 
the largest Leghorn eggs I have ever 
seen. I have not heard yet from the 
Missouri Station, but do not think the 
proportion of colored eggs would make 
any difference. geo. a. cosgrove. 
Beans for Poultry. 
I read a few lines regarding beans for 
poultry, and can say I have fed them 
ui this way to my hens: After the beans 
are cooked, but not too much. I add a 
pmeh of baking soda, let boil a few 
seconds and then drain drv. Mix with 
cornrneal about half and half. I find 
this very good; in Winter add black 
pepper, one teaspoon to the quart, and 
a pireh of salt, feed warm nr night in 
tv inter and cold in Summer. 
i\ew York. mbs. m. s. 
Feeding Young Turkeys. 
., ^ h^t should be fed to newly hatched 
*>ronae turkeys, and are they takeu 
1,1 like chickens? I have fine luck 
wnli chicks, and would like to know 
about turkeys. D. w. G 
Natick, Mass. 
Lmng poults may be fed very much 
• eli ekens should be. though perhaps 
miv rare should be taken not to over- 
ad them. For the first few feeds stale 
bread soaked in sweet milk and squeezed 
nearly dry is excellent and more pains 
usually need to be taken to teach them 
to eat than in the case of chicks. Later, 
oatmeal, finely cracked corn, and cracked 
wheat may be given, and grit and char¬ 
coal should also be provided. Little and 
often should be the rule in feeding until 
they are old enough to be allowed their 
liberty on range; then grain -food, once: 
or twice per day is sufficient. Poults 
are more susceptible to injury from 
dampness than chicks and should not be 
allowed to wade t’- rough wet grass while 
young. They also need to be kept free 
from lice, and if hatched under hens, 
the 1 tter should be as thoroughly freed 
from these pests as possible while sitting. 
M. B. V. 
Cement Henhouse. 
Will you tell me if a stone and cement 
henhouse will be damp if well ventilated 
and built on high dry ground? I. T. r. 
Clintondale, N. Y. 
As neither stone nor cement create 
moisture they can add none to the 
amount within a henhouse built of them; 
being good conductors, however, they be¬ 
come colder than wood in the Winter, 
and the moisture from the hens' bodies 
more readily condenses upon them. For 
this reason a stone or concrete hen¬ 
house should be so thoroughly ventilated 
that the air within cannot reach that 
point of saturation which will permit 
the deposit of its moisture in the form 
of “sweat” upon the walls. This ven¬ 
tilation may be accomplished through 
open fronts or by other means, and 
such a house should then be as dry as 
one built of wood. m. b. d. 
Sex of Guinea Fowls. 
In regard to distinguishing the sex of 
Guineas, on page 6(54, the featherless skin 
on the throat of the female is white, 
while that on the male is black or nearly 
so and not so many or large white patches 
of feathers. g. w. 
New York. 
The hen Guinea makes a sound like 
“buckwheat, buckwheat,” the male a 
series of sharp, single notes. M. E. L. 
Newfield, N. Y. 
I saw recently an inquiry about how 
to distinguish the sexes in Guinea fowls. 
It is very easy to do so. The male says 
“guinea, guinea,” with a sort of metallic 
ring, the female says “buckwheat, buck¬ 
wheat, buckwheat,” as plaiu as you 
could say it yourself. e. d. av. 
FARM POINTS. 
When I first liegan to change from box 
hives to frame hives I concluded to sell 
part of them instead of transferring all. 
A neighbor from the hills came to my 
apiary to purchase a few colonies to get 
a change of blood and improve his stock. 
I set prices on several colonies; some of 
them were four or five years old, which I 
offered cheap. lie took the oldest there 
were in the apiary. It was a paying 
investment, as he kept them four or five 
years; at that time all of the colonies in 
his apiary were from the three etdonies. 
Of course young colonies an* more profit¬ 
able than old ones, but a colony, if given 
good care, will be profitable longer than 
many people suppose. 
Those who have no experience in rais¬ 
ing roots are surprised to know the 
amo'unt that can be raised on an acre. 
Seven or eight hundred bushels of sugar 
beets or carrots can be raised on an acre 
in a favorable year with good cultivation. 
Mangels will yeld more than the amount 
named. I once dug a plot of carrots that 
yielded at the rate of 1,200 bushels to the 
acre. It is more economical to raise 
some roots for .stin k than to feed all hay 
iind grain. Much of the care of root 
crops is done before haying, and the har¬ 
vesting is late in the season, when the 
press of other work is over. Moreover, 
stock will winter better if they have a 
few roots daily than they will ou dry 
fodder alone. 
Corn planted with a hand planter on 
loose soil is generally planted twice us 
deep as it should be, and quite often the 
planter strikes an open space between the 
furrows which places the seed as deep as 
th * ground was plowed. Corn planted at 
that depth will hardly ever come up, and 
will not be of any account if it does. 
Where the soil is gravel or hard many 
hills are improperly covered and do not 
come up in dry weather until it rains, 
and oftentimes is eaten by birds and 
squirrels. I believe corn planted with a 
hoe ou good soil by a person who under¬ 
stands the business will be earlier and 
yield at least four bushels more of shelled 
corn to the acre, and considerably more 
stalks, than it will planted with planters. 
Fifty years or more ago the homestead 
was rough, untilled land. The bread 
crop was rye that was raised by sowing 
with the buckwheat crop. If it grew 
rank, to be in danger of smothering in 
Winter, it was fed off with young stock 
in the Fall after the buckwheat was har¬ 
vested. Some of the best crops of rye 
ever raised on the farm were sown with 
buckwheat. If seeding is desired it can 
be done at the usual time in Spring. I 
would not advise the practice on rich 
soil. On rough land that is hard to till 
two crops can be grown by tilling the soil 
but once. I would rather broadcast the 
seed to scatter it as much as possible in¬ 
stead of drilling it in thick with a drill. 
The quickest matured and most protit- 
able ducks I ever knew raised for inar- 
k t never had a swim except in a dish of 
water. They were fed and watered un¬ 
der some trees, and never wandered away 
only a few rods. If upland farmers knew 
there was less trouble to raise ducks away 
from water and less danger of their be¬ 
ing caught by minks and weasels there 
would be twice as many ducks raised. 
When small ducks are watered in a dish 
or trough, arrange an incline inside of 
the dish to give them a chance to got out 
of it. They sometimes worry to death if 
they cannot get out of a dish of water. 
Waverly, N. Y. j. ir. a. 
Gapewobms. —For land infested with 
gapeworm, scatter lime over the ground, 
enough to make it quite white. Feed 
the chicks on boards or in dishes till 
too large to be hurt by the worms. If 
after a rain you find fish worms scatter 
more lime. Some kind friend sent this 
to a paper and it helped me out; after 
a time there will he no worms. H. d. 
Lame Goslings. —For lame goslings 
do not let them into water till it is 
warm ; give them to drink all they want, ! 
but in dishes they cannot get into. Feed 
mashes wet, of potatoes, wheat bran and 
mixed feed. If there are oat hulls sift ! 
them out. Turn them into dry pasture I 
where there is pleuty of grass just start¬ 
ing. H. I). 
Tiie story of an amateur hen man re¬ 
lated by the Melbourne Australasian does 
not sound entirely probable. He was 
given a broody hen and a clutch of Ruff 
Orpington eggs as a start towards his 
poultry yard. The luck of the tyro was 
with him, and the whole of 13 eggs—in 
this east* a most nnlucky number—pro¬ 
duced chickens. A week later only two 
of them followed the hens, and the man 
who had given the eggs asked what had 
become of the others. The new poultry 
raiser—who had yet to be hatched him¬ 
self—explained, “I thought two would 
he quite enough for the hen to suckle, so 
I drowned the rest!” 
The British National Poultry Asso¬ 
ciation and the Utility Poultry Club of 
England have decided upon the following 
scale of points in judging eggs: Fresh-t 
ness. 40 points; size, 15 points; texture 
of shell, 15 points^ uniformity of size, 
color and shape, 15 points; perfect eggs 
scoring 100 points. Eggs having double 
yolks or with the contents tainted in any i 
way will not he scored. Eggs with poi- ’ 
ished or artificially colored shells or with 
contents which are loose and rattle in ’ 
the shell also are barred. Eggs weighing 
two ounces or slightly more will be 
scored perfect for size, while eggs weigh¬ 
ing 1% ounces or less will be penalized as 
under weight. * j 
| When you write advertisers mention The 
| It. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply anil a 
Leghorn Pullets 
KIRKUP’S STRAtrf S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
PULLETS 6 ANO 3 WEEKS OLD 
60 cents Each 
Can You Beat It ? 
These pullets have had free range, right 
from the incubator, and are strong and 
vigorous. Mortality has not exceeded 10*. 
In less than 3 months these same birds, 
with very little care, will be worth from 
$1.50 to $2 each. One party has ordered 
2,000 for this season, and another party, 
who had 500 last season, writes as follows : 
“Please book my order for 500 six-weeks- 
old pullets. The pullets received from you 
last year gave entire satisfaction.” 
This season’s supply is more than half 
sold. Write us today. 
CHESTNUT POULTRY FARM 
Kirkup Bra*., Props. 
Mittituck, L. I.. N. Y. 
Lice Murder Chicks 
check laying, stunt growth, ruin 
the plumage, torture the hens | 
PRATTS LICE KILLER 
(Powdered) murders lice and so | 
Insures greater profits. 
25c, 50c. Guaranteed. Pratts 160* | 
page poultry book 10c by mail. 
At an dealers, or 
PRATT FOOD COMPANY 
hiladelphia Chicago I 
III 
Ike Mott Popular Focnttin 
on the Market. 
FILLS FROM THE TOP. 
Dud air space between cover 
and reaervorr keeps water cool 
in wmmer and from freezing in 
winter. If not at your dealers, 
write us to send you one on ap- 
MCPUhCt CCWtR AMO VCXI 
have AcorrrnuoujiifW 
Of rum. WATERS, 
provai and if you find it ia the fountain you want, write us for a special 
price on your requirement*. Manufactured in three aisea: 1. 2 and 4 
galton. A hook on «ac» fountain far hanjcmjc up when deal red. 
_ OTIS A MOE. 1710 O' la Building. CHICAGO. ILL_ 
* **■ aim a 
square deal.” See guarantee editorial page, j 
B ITK WHITE LEGHORNS. S. C. R. I. REDS—Eggs, 9 <v. per IS J 
tl.fdi |«*r 30. Mottled Aikniimn, Hi. Miiiorras. ei;c»,$l.oo pet r 
15; $1.75 per 30. Catalogue free. John A. Hath, QuakerLown, Pa. 
Fawn Indian Runner Duck Eggs 
reduced to 13 for 75c. Robert R Tweddle. Montgomery,N.Y. 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN prrC 1 
AND WHIT K () RP I NGTON CtaVjiO 
*1 per 15. Mrs. Arthur Hawkins, Goshen, N. Y. 
Pearl Guinea E*gs=*°2* L - »- QP'GIEY. 
1 Box 266, Goshen, Orange Co .N.Y* 
I 
Babv ChiclcR - ^' £• ^* Leghorns, Barred 
! , , y v -; nlCK8 Rocks, R. C. Reds. Strong, 
1 livable. F rom vigorous, thoroughbred, range I 
i bnwidors Sar'e dalivary guaranteed. Circular tree, i 
WESLEY UKlNNKL.li - SOULS, N. \. 1 
PO R SAL F~ To make room for young , 
,7. ° aLC stock we will sell two I 
hundred thoroughbred S 0. White Leghorn 
Pullets, in full lay, for $1.59 each. CLOY Eli- 
EIE1.U POn.TKY FARM, Amenta. N. Y. 
MATTITUCK WHITE 
LEGHORN FARM CHICKS 
please others—they will please you. 
One customer has bought 41100 from week to week 
since .March 1st. 
Another has had 200 weokly since April 1st. 
A third customer writes: “Semi me another hundrod 
as soon as possible. I still have57of the hundred pur¬ 
chased April 2d. nnd they are growing like weeds.” 
The price is $9. 00 p«»• hundrod 
You run no risk, fend for circulars. 
Satisfaction in every respect is gnaranteed. 
AIREDALE TERRIER l*C!*S FOR SALE—Registered Stock 
A. H. PENNY, - - Mattituck, N. Y. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
won National laying contest. Unusually fertile, 
prime SELECTED HATCHIN6 EGGS the vear round from 
famous Hock of RECORD WINTER LAYING Rose and 
.Single Combs, raised by HENS on FREE RANGE clover 
in separated colony houses. WIDE OPEN ALL WINTER. 
Hardy, vigorous, beautiful deep-glowing CHERRY 
RED RIGHT TO THE SKIN. S3 per sitting: $10 per 100. 
Some splendid, large, BEAUTIFUL EARLY 1912 PULLETS 
from record-laying mothers, now laying heavily, 
for sa’e. A| Cfl PnPlfCRPI C-WEEK, TWO-WEEK. 
MONTH ALOU UUUMinCLO OLD chicks, past 
danger. Utility stock at reduced prices Upright 
dealings assured. Correspondence a pleasure. 
V1BERT RED FARM, Bex 1, Weston, N. J. 
Davis Poultry Farm 
s. c. K. T. KEDS 
ALSO BARRED AND WHITE ROCKS. 
Dav-Old Chirlts^ 812 per luo - Full count guar- 
V/ia V.UICKS anteed on delivery. Hatching 
BERLIN ----- 
Eggs- 
M ASS. 
Spe ci a 1 
Burnett's stock winners at Albany. Schenectady, i 
Madison Square, Grand Palace. Middletown. N'ew | 
Pnftz, 191,1. Onr stock a product IJyears skill. June | 
wo solid you eggs from those birds for only a small 1 
price. S C. Black Minorcax: E gg s—il for 15: 
50—92.50; 100 for $5. Send for June circular. These 
bargain prices iucludo a new 65c. case with a 100 egg : 
order. A more expensive case with 15 egg order ' 
and 50 egg order Be sure to send at once Post card 
for circular. Orders are being taken up to July. 
Get on our list and be an owner anu also the winner 
with good stock. W. L. BURNETT, Montgomery, N. Y. 
THE FARMER'S FAVORITE WINTER 
" LAYERS—KeDerstrass Whito Orpingtons. Eggs 
and chicks at reduced prices dining Juno and July. 
W. R. STEVENS, Culver Rond, Lyons, N. Y. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS 
R Nn 7i Athnnv Pa Breeders for 32 years of pure- 
h. no. 24 , Ainens, pa. brea poultry of hisrh qu ;, ity> 
EGGS~ FR0M WH,TE ORPINGTONS, winners in 
the show room: also in egg-laying 
contests $3.1)0 per 15. Write for mating list. 
G0L0EN R00 POULTRY FARM. - Gloversville. N Y. 
Pnill TRYMFN -Send 2c stamp for Illustrated 
1 11 1 Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA, PA. 
Rose Comb Reds and MAMMOTH 
BRONZE TURKEYS— (Crescent Strain) 
Eggs from all matings half-price during remainder 
of tho season. Also high-class breeding birds at 
half-price during next 611 days. Mating list free. 
0. R HONE. CRESCENT HILL FARM. SHARON SPRINGS. N. Y. 
C a l.—Golden Barred and Partridge Rooks. 
1 UI Otlie Km den Geese, Crested White Buff 
Orpington and Pure White Runner Ducks. 
J. H. LEWIS, It. F. 1>. *, CADIZ. OHIO 
RARV P LI IY—-12c each—S.C. White Leghorns. Prize 
DHD1 UHlA stock, free range. $10.DO pe 100. I. 
11. duck eggs: all 7e. each: $5 HO per 100. Stock for 
salo. ROCKEY GLEN POULTRY FARM, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Baby Chicks 8ic. Each 
from Single Comb White Leghorns. All breeders 
are on free range and from selected stock. Prompt 
delivery. A hatch every week. Safe arrival guar¬ 
anteed. Circular free. 
CHA8. K. STONE 
Baby Chicken Farm. Staatsburg-ou-Hudson, N. Y. 
MAKA-SHEL 
Good results 
- - cannot pos¬ 
sibly be obr.lined from poultry if 
not fed ajood ffrit. “Maica- 
SheT* has no e<iual ; there i$* 
none “just as good.” Ask 
your dealer or send us $ 1 . 0 ® 
for two 100 lb. bins*; on,- ton for $7.00, 
can. Agams wanted Write to.lay. 
GRIT 
f. o. b. 
Box J 
EDGE HILL SIUCA ROCK CO., 
New Brunswick. N. J. 
Rahv flhipbQ ftp —S. C.W. Leghorn: the kind that 
uuJJ ulllbno 0ui are bound to pav their board and 
trouble. Next hatch May 31, June 12 and 22nd. Tri- 
States Poultry Farm. Anthony Simon, Prop., Port Jervis, N.Y. 
New York Prize-Winning Strains'^ 8 ^; 
| Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds; Brown, White Leghorns. 
Lggs. $1.50, 15 ; $7, 100. Dark, Light Brahmas; Eggs, 
$2.50,15. Catalog free. A few choice breeders for 
sale. V . M. PRKSCOTT, Kiverdale, N. J. 
Austin's 200 S t£SnS.C. Rhode Island Reds 
Standard bred, red to the skin. Eggs for hatching 
$3.00. 15.00 and $10.00 per set (15). Utility $6.00 per 
100. DO-* fertility guaranteed Cockerels, yearlings, 
pullets, babv cbic.KS. 
AUSTIN'S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Ce ntre Harbor. N. H. 
R. I. Reds, Houdans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX¬ 
PORT. Eggs for hate hing. Mating list on request. 
SINCLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth S t.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Chicks $10 per Hundred 
Purebred S. C. White Leghorns. Range yearling 
breeders. Big strong chicks that will please. 
VANCREST POULTRY FARM. Salt Point. Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Tuikey, Chicken and Duck Eggs-A 5 ^™*;^ 
Parcel Post. W. R. CARLE. R. F. D. 1, Jacobsburg, Ohio 
