THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
765 
191X 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
There was a big gain in egg production 
the twenty-eighth week, and the highest 
score yet made by any pen this year 
was made by two pens this week. 
Colonial Farm’s pen of S. C. Rhode 
Island Reds laid 33; but the White 
Leghorns, which made all the high 
scores last week, would not be outdone; 
W. L. Sleegur’s pen also laid 33. The 
total number of eggs laid during the 
week was 2,306; this is a gain of 250 
over the previous week, and 300 more 
than were laid during the corresponding 
week last year. Two pens of White 
Leghorns tie for second place. They 
are the pen from Ingleside Farm Co., 
and Thomas Barron’s pen of English 
White Leghorns, each pen laying 31 
eggs. It seems to me that this high 
scoring of Mr. Barron’s birds after six 
months of steady laying is pretty good 
evidence that Mr. Robinson, editor of 
“Farm Poultry,” was wrong when he 
stated that “it was the conditioning of 
these English birds, the getting them 
ready to make a ‘flying start’ at a 
certain date,” etc., that gave them the ad¬ 
vantage. He also states that “their 
good laying blood”—quoting my words—■ 
is no better than that of numerous other 
good laying strains, and that “it would 
be worth more to American breeders to 
know how to handle their birds than to 
have this ‘laying blood’ in their yards.” 
It certainly is an advantage to make 
a good start; several of the American 
pens started off finely, but they all fall 
behind these English birds. The latter 
not only hold the lead which they as¬ 
sumed soon after the start, but con¬ 
tinually increase that lead, so that they 
are now 117 eggs ahead of the best 
pen of American bred White Leghorns, 
the pen of O. A. Foster. These have 
a record of 532, against 649 by Mr. 
Barron’s pen. Five pens made scores, 
of 30 each. They are T. J. McConnell's 
pen of White Wyandottes; W. P. Can- 
by’s White Leghorns; Leroy P. Sands’ 
White Leghorns; A. P. Robinson’s White 
Leghorns, and Judge W. H. Card’s new 
breed, the White Laced Red Cornish. 
Beulah Farm’s White Wyandottes laid 
29. Abbott Poultry Yards’ White Leg¬ 
horns. 29; the Waterville, N. Y., White 
Leghorns, 29; A. B. Saylor’s White 
Leghorns, 29; P. G. Platt’s White Leg¬ 
horns, 29; and Edward Cam’s White 
Leghorns, 29. Four pens of White Leg¬ 
horns laid 28 each, also the one pen of 
Blue Andalusians. 
Ten pens of White Leghorns laid 27 
each. Taking the whole 43 pens of 
White Leghorns, they laid this week 
1,113 eggs; this is an average per pen 
of over 25.8. or more than 74 per cent, 
of the possible total if every hen laid 
every day. 
In the total egg production Mr. Bar¬ 
ron’s pen leads with 649 eggs; Mr. Ed¬ 
ward Cam is second with 579; Geo. II. 
Schmitz’s Buff Leghorns third with a 
score of 548; Edward Cam’s White 
Wyandottes fourth with 537; O. A. 
Foster’s White Leghorns fifth with 532 ; 
Beulah Farm’s White Wyandottes sixth 
with a record of 514; Braeside Poultry 
Farm's White Leghorns seventh with 
507; and Geo. P. Dearborn’s S. C. Rhode 
Island Reds eighth with 504. The total 
number of eggs laid to date is 38,404. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Ailing Chicks; Hatching Pheasants. 
I have a flock of S. C. Buff Leghorns 
(seven weeks old) and would ask why, 
when chicks stand they sleep, and droop 
their wings so that they die away. I 
feed cracked corn, mixed chick feed, and 
wheat. The dry mash in hoppers con¬ 
tain red dog, 20 pounds; cornmeal, 30 
pounds; bran, 30 pounds; crushed oats, 
20 pounds; beef scrap, five pounds; char¬ 
coal. three pounds; also greens, young 
clover, etc. 2. Is there any possibility 
of hatching Ring-neck pheasants in an 
incubator? F. j. p. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. You describe the usual symptoms 
manifested by chicks dying from any 
wasting disease which does not imme¬ 
diately kill, but which gradually nnder- 
uunes the strength and finally results 
in death. This is quite apt to be some 
term of digestive disturbance, which 
would probably show itself by diarrhoea, 
01 m . a -V * )0 some infection uncon¬ 
nected with the digestive tract, even an 
inherited lack of vigor which renders 
the clucks unable to survive more than 
a few weeks of life. The presence of 
if S i « n chicks’ brooders should be 
looked for and a careful examination made 
ot tlie chicks themselves to see that lice 
are not sapping their strength. Witli- 
w' mi 1 . : , UI ,* ns Pection and examination 
0 .the chicks it would be impossible to say 
wnai tlie cause of their dying is. 
-• Pile instructions for handling pheas¬ 
ants and their eggs, issued by the Fish 
and Lame Apartment of the New York 
‘, . ‘ ' onservation Commission contains 
uis warning: “Do not under any eir- 
cuiiistauces use incubator or auv other 
artificial means for hatching eggs.” This 
'tould seem to imply that such a method 
s to say the least, wholly impracticable. 
M. B. D. 
Blood for Fowls. 
1. Would fresh blood answer the same 
as beef scraps for laying hens? How 
could one dry blood so that it would 
keep? Would 20 acres be large enough 
to keep 500 laying hens and raise feed 
for them? Was raised on a farm, have 
had three years’ experience in the chicken 
business and been very successful. 2. I 
had a White Leghorn chick seven weeks 
old which got dumpish ; upon examination 
discovered its crop very hard. I gave a 
few drops of castor oil and worked the 
crop until quite soft, put it in a basket 
and in less than two minutes it was dead. 
What was the trouble with it? 
Ohio. B. w. K. 
1. Fresh blood may be fed to hens in 
the quantity of about one ounce to four 
fowls, and may be mixed in a mash or 
given clear in troughs. As it taints 
easily, care must be used to keep all 
utensils in which it is kept clean. 
Twenty acres of some land would go 
far toward supporting 500 fowls while 
the same amount of other land wouldn’t 
make a start on it. By learning what 
the land in question may be reasonably 
expected to produce, in corn, for instance, 
and knowing, as you probably do, about 
the amount of grain needed to support 
a hen for one year, you may be able to 
approximate a solution of the problem. 
It will be well to make due allowance for 
a possible late frost, however. I know 
of no practicable way to dry blood on 
a small scale for private use. you would 
better use only such an amount as you 
can feed fresh. 
2. Possibly in your manipulations to 
empty the crop you ruptured it, or some 
other organ. m, b, d. 
Rape and Shade Trees for Poultry. 
1. How much Dwarf Essex rape is 
necessary for 500 Leghorns, and what is 
the best Way to sow this? 2. I desire 
to set out some sort of permanent shade 
for a laying house of mine. Can you 
tell me of some quick-growing trees, either 
fruit or otherwise, that I could use to 
good advantage? if. t. 
New York. 
This will depend entirely upon the 
richness of the ground and the care that 
it is given; probably from one-eighth to 
one-fourth of fin acre of good ground 
would fill your requirements. It may be 
sown broadcast, but is best put in drills 
about two feet apart and kept well cul¬ 
tivated. 
2. Plums and peaches are quick grow¬ 
ing trees though comparatively small, 
and the latter should not be within the 
poultry runs. Any variety of apples 
adapted to your locality would be very 
satisfactory both for shade and fruit: of 
the distinctively shade trees, either the 
White or Black poplar will probably fur¬ 
nish the quickest shade, as they attain 
large size very rapidly, and the Hard 
maple cannot be excelled for beauty 
though it is of comparatively slow growth. 
if. B. D. 
Treatment for Turkeys. 
What is the best feed to start young 
turkeys with? Is it a good idea to 
give them castor oil when they are first 
hatched? If so, how much? Is salts 
good for them? Is there anything that I 
can give turkeys to prevent their having 
the cholera? Is there any cure when they 
get it? 2. Sow that dropped pigs last 
November does not breed. What treat¬ 
ment is needed? a. s. 
Ohio. 
1. Stale bread soaked in milk and 
squeezed nearly dry is excellent for the 
first few feeds, beginning when they are 
about thirty-six hours old. After this 
they are fed very much as young chicks 
are, though greater care should be taken 
not to over feed them. Do not give them 
castor oil or other physic. By cholera 
you doubtless mean black-head or in¬ 
fectious eutero-hepatitis; there is no pre¬ 
ventive for this except keeping the 
poults from contact with other fowls hav¬ 
ing the disease and from ground that 
has been infected. As birds and domestic 
fowls may spread this infection, it is 
very difficult to avoid it, and few flocks 
t>seape it. 
2. I know of nothing that can be given 
to induce a sow to breed, and usually 
nothing will be needed if she is sufficiently 
well fed and cared for. It is well to 
bear in mind that some sows do not 
readily show this condition and it may 
pass unobserved. m. b. d. 
Gapes in Chickens. 
Do you know anything that can be 
given to little chickens to cure the gapes? 
What causes it? Several of my neigh¬ 
bors’ flocks are troubled with it. 
s. m. w. 
Gapes is caused by a small parasitic 
worm which lives in the ground, often 
being found in the bodies of common 
earthworms, and which is picked up by 
chickens either as a full-grown worm 
or in the form of eggs or embryos. 
Having been taken into the chick’s di¬ 
gestive tract the warm finds its way 
M. B. D. 
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Baby Chicks 82c. Each 
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are on free range and from selected stock. Prompt 
delivery. A hatch every week. Safe arrival guar¬ 
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Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
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Emden Geese. Crested White Buff 
Orpington and Pure White Runner Ducks. 
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MAKA-SHEL 
GRIT 
Box 
Good results 
cannot pos¬ 
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not fed a good grit. **Maka- 
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none “Juat as good.” Ask 
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for two 100 lb. bags; one ton for $7.00, f. 
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New Brunswick, N. 
o. b. 
J. 
to the windpipe where it attaches itself 
and by the irritation and obstruction 
caused by its presence produces the well- 
known symptom of gaping. The best 
remedy is prevention through keeping 
young chicks off infected ground and 
away from those that already having 
the worms may cough them up and infect 
food or drink taken by others. A horse¬ 
hair loop dipped into turpentine and 
twisted about in the chick’s windpipe 
will frequently dislodge the worms and 
allow the chick to cough them out, or a 
number of chicks may be confined in a 
box with a burlap cover and the fumes 
of burning tobacco be admitted in such 
strength as the chicks can bear. Feeding 
onions or garlic chopped fine and mixed 
with other food is also a preventive of 
infection, but the best remedy, after all, 
is to keep healthy chicks off from ground 
upon which infected ones have run, and 
to clean up and disinfect utensils and 
runs that may have been contaminated 
by the gapeworms or their eggs. 
I have 20 Plymouth Rock hens that 
have been splendid layers. old hens, 
while the male is less than -a year old. 
but seems fully developed. They are fed 
a commercial feed in morning, potatoes, 
cornmeal and oat mash at noon, and 
forage for themselves; clam shell always 
in henhouse, yet I have quite a few 
soft-shelled eggs. My first hen had 15 
eggs under her, broke six and five died 
in the shell. Is there anything I can do 
to remedy the trouble or will it pay 
to set any more? a. d. 
Plainfield, Mass. 
I believe the trouble in your case to 
be lack of sufficient vigor in the embryo, 
due, of course, to failure on the part 
of one or both of the parents to transmit 
this most essential element of a good hatch. 
You do not mention animal food of any 
kind, such as meat meal or scraps, or 
skim-milk as part of the hens’ rations, 
and this is very essential if hens are 
kept in confinement, and desirable if they 
are not. The potato and meal mash at 
noon is fattening rather than strengthen¬ 
ing and should be supplemented by high 
protein foods like meat and skim-milk. 
I should not expect good hatches from a 
small flock of Plymouth Rocks that had 
been kept in rather small quarters all 
Winter and had laid heavily on the foods 
that you mention; it is practieallv im¬ 
possible for such a flock to possess hatch¬ 
ing vigor. I should not waste further 
time with these eggs and if I desired , 
to hatch from a similar flock another sea- i 
son. I should give them all the range 
possible through the Winter, should not 
feed potatoes and cornmeal in a mash, 
but should give instead oats, either 
ground or whole, beef scrap or meat meal 
in a dry mash made up with bran, mid¬ 
dlings. cornmeal, gluten, etc., with skim- 
milk if I had it. Their whole grain 
ration should be of mixed grains also; 
corn, wheat, buckwheat, oats, with corn 
only in moderate proportion instead of 
making up tlm chief bulk. It is, of 
course, quite possible that the male with 
this flock is more at fault than the hens, 
but the system of care that you letter 
suggests is not conducive to good hatch¬ 
ing- M. B. D. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
won National layimr contest. Unusually fertile, 
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Some splendid, large, BEAUTIFUL EARLY 1912 PULLETS 
from record-laying mothers, now laying heavily. 
ffiSft ALSO COCKERELS- 
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A Spe ci a 1 
77 
Burnett's stock winners at Albany, Schenectady, 
Madison Square, Grand Palace, Middletown, New 
1’altz, 1913. Our stock a product 12 years skill. June 
we send you eggs from these birds for only a srfiall 
price. S- O. Black Minorcas: Eggs—$1 for 15; 
50—$2.50; 100 for $5. Send for -Tune circular. These 
bargain prices include 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 
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Get on our list and be an owner aim also the winner 
with good stock. W. L. BURNETT, Montgomery, N. Y. 
Austin’s 200 STRAIN S.C. Rhode Island Beds 
Standard bred, red to the skin. Eggs for hatching 
$3.00, $5.00 and $10.00 per set (15). Utility $6.00 per 
100. 99* fertility guaranteed Cockerels, yearling*, 
pullets, baby chicKs. 
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R. I. Reds, Houdans, Indian Runner Ducks 
High-class stock for UTILITY, SHOW or EX- 
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Irooklyn, N. Y. 
PORT. Eggs for hate hing. Mating list on request. 
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B l FF WHITE LEGHORNS. S. C. R. I. REDS—Eetrs, 90c. per 15 
$1.50 j»er 30. Mottled Anemias, Bl. Minorcas, eggs, $1.00 pet 
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FggQ- FROM WHITE ORPINGTONS, winners in 
the show room: also in egg-laying 
contests $3 110 per 15. Write for mating list 
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P0ULTRYMFN~ Sen,! 2c sta5), P for Illustrated 
■ n • lYltH Cataiogdescribing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS -:- MARIETTA, PA. 
RARY (T141V—-12c each— S.C. White Leghorns, Prize 
UHU I LM1IA stock, free range. $10.0(1 per 100. I. 
R- duck eggs; all 7c. each; $5 00 per lull. Stock for 
sale. R0CKEY GLEN POULTRY FARM, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN 
AND WHITE ORPINGTON - 
$1 per 15. Mrs. Arthi u Hawkins, Goshen, N. Y. 
New York Prize-Winning Strains aTd U * t'L y ; 
Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds; Brown, White Leghorns. 
Eggs,$1.50,15 ; $7, 100. Dark, Light Brahmas; Eggs. 
$2.50,15. Catalog free. A few choice breeders for 
sale. F. 31. P KKSCOTT, Kiverdale, N. J. 
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Eggs from all matings half-price during remainder 
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POULTRY YARDS 
Breeders for 32 years of pure¬ 
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Chicks $8.50 per Hundred 
Purebred S. C. White Leghorns. Range yearling 
breeders. Big strong chicks that will please, 
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high record stock. Old and young stock for sale. 
AUSTIN POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
P II I n|/ O —7c. Shipped 0. O. D. S- C. W. Leg- 
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NO MORE A venarius Carbolineum exterminates lice, mites, fleas and other 
IwlMllSi insect pests on poultry. One application lasts 12 months or more. 
UriJ HCE Prevents sc aly leg, keeps the skin in good condition and makes hens 
rihii lay better by removing irritating and blood sucking vermin. Poultry 
houses painted with Avenarius Carbolineum are absolutely sanitary and vermin free. 
They last longer. Avenarius Carbolineum can be applied as a spray or paint. 
Always keep a supply on hand. Be sure and get the genuine. Ask for AVENARIUS. 
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