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hover at night, without artificial heat. 
You can learn to do the same thing if 
you are able and willing to give the 
chicks the necessary time and attention 
and pay the price for your education. I 
do not think that it cost me over fifty 
dollars. M. b. d. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
There was a gain of 106 eggs in the 
fourth week of the contest, over the num¬ 
ber laid the previous week; the total for 
the fourth week was 705. 
White Wyandottes and White Le' 
Borns tie for first place, Tom Barron’s 
White Wyandottes, and Francis I', xfi’-- 
eoln’s White Leghorns each laying e-f. 
Second place was taken, by the W'liite 
Leghorns entered by Storrs Agricultural 
Station experimental pen No. 42. This 
pen laid 32. This is the “sour milk” 
pen. Third place was also taken by 
White Leghorns, the pen of Cecil Guern¬ 
sey of New York, laying 30. Below are 
some of the leading scores: 
WHITE LEGHORN'S.. 
Week Total 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. . . 47 126 
Storrs Agr. Sta. r Connecticut 32 79 
C. Guernsey, New York-.... 30 40 
Tom Barron, England.-..-. 26 61 
Wind sweep Farm. Connecticut 16 61 
J. J. Lmt'han, Massachusetts 15 59 
Cbas. N. St. John. New York 9 70 
P. C. PTatt, Pennsylvania. . . 14 75 
C. H. Savage, Connecticut.. 10 55 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut.. IS 55 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut 25 53 
C. N. Sherwood, Connecticut 14 50 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania.. 15 50 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, Con¬ 
necticut . 6 50 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Tom Barron, England. 47 102 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island... 28 125 
Merrythought Farm, Con¬ 
necticut . 23 S9 
West Mt. Pity. Yards, Con¬ 
necticut . 15 46 
BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massa¬ 
chusetts .. 6 15 
Am. Buff Wyau. Club, New 
York . 9 11 
B. C. B. L REDS. 
C. S. Scoville, Connecticut.. 12 51 
Glenview Farm, Connecticut. 13 18 
s. c. B. I. BEDS. 
Pinocrest Orchards, Massa¬ 
chusetts .. 20 70 
Colonial Farm, New Hamp¬ 
shire . .... .... ........ .. . 14 53 
Dir. J. A. Fritchey, Pennsyl¬ 
vania .................... 19 53 
Dearborn & Sharpe* New Jer¬ 
sey .................. — 6 11 
BARRED F. BOCKS. 
,T. ,T. Francais, Loug Island. 19 47 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut..... 5 5 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachu¬ 
setts .. 5 5 
WHITE P. BOCKS. 
F. H. Benton, Connecticut. . 5 6 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut 0 3 
At the egg laying contest at Mountain 
Grove, Missouri, Tom Barron’s pen of 
White Leghorns distanced all competi¬ 
tors, laying 1S9 eggs more than any other- 
pen of any breed, and this does not count 
over 100 soft-shelled eggs laid by one 
pullet, which by some defect in her in¬ 
ternal organs, did not secrete the cal¬ 
careous matter necessary to form shells. 
Seven of the 10 pullets in this pen laid 
over 200 eggs each. The highest num¬ 
ber laid was 258. In the contest at 
Storrs, one of the Barron pullets laid 
282, and one 265. One of the 10 at the 
Missouri contest died, and one was out 
of condition for some time, and nearly 
all of them went to molting about two 
months before the contest closed, and yet 
they outlaid all others by 1S9 eggs; 
winning the $50 cash prize for the heat 
pen. 
The average of alT the fowls in the 
contest was a fraction over 143 eggs 
each. This is 10 eggs more than the 
average of the first contest. A little R. 
C. White Leghorn pullet, from Maryville, 
Mo., worn and ragged with her year’s 
work, and only weighing 2% pounds, won 
the prize for the best individual record, 
with 260 eggs. She laid 12 times her own 
weight in eggs. The 10 pullets in Bar¬ 
ron’s pen laid a total of 2,073; this is 
an average of 207.3. Barron’s pen at 
Storrs averaged 23S each, and five of the 
six he sent me averaged 239.6. A pen 
of Black Langshans made the best pen 
record for a single month, laying 24S 
eggs in March. 
One of Walter Hogan’s pullets laid 
225 eggs; his pen of 10 laid 1,717 eggs, 
356 less than Torn Barron’s pen, but 
still a pretty good average. 171.7 each. 
My 55 White Leghorn pullets shut up 
the entire year in a 20x20-foot house, 
with no outside run, averaged over 165 
eggs each and made me a net profit of 
$2.86 apiece. geo. a. gosgkove. 
RATION AT THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Will you give the kind of feed, and the 
quantity given to each hen, in the recent 
egg laying contest at Storrs, Conn.? 
Quincy, Ill. c. h. 
The ration fed at Storrs egg-laying 
contest ia as follows: 
DRY MAS II. 
Coarse wheat bran. 200 lbs. 
Cornmeal . 100 lbs. 
Gluten feed ..100 lbs. 
Ground oats . 100 lbs. 
Middlings . 75 lbs. 
Fish scrap . 30 lbs. 
Beef scrap . 30 lbs. 
Red dog flour ............... 25 lbs. 
SCRATCH GBAIIf. 
Cracked corn . 60 lbs. 
Wheat ...................... 60 lbs. 
Heavy oats .. 40 lbs. 
Barley ...................... 20 lbs. 
Kaffir corn .... 10 lbs. 
Buckwheat .................. 10 lbs. 
Coarse beef scrap. 10 lbs. 
The beef scrap is sifted, the fine part 
put in the dry mash and the coarse part 
fed with the scratch grain. No “given 
quantity is fed to each hen”; a few 
handfuls are fed in the litter in the 
morning to induce exercise, the scratch 
grain feed hopper being closed the night 
before when making the last round. The 
dry mash is accessible at all times. After 
noon the feed hopper—the Norwich auto¬ 
matic hopper—is opened and the fowls 
can help themselves; it being desirable 
that they should go to roost with full 
crops, especially so in cold weather. 
Dried beet pulp, wetted with warm water, 
was fed for the succulent feed; the stock 
of mangel beets having been spoiled by 
severe freezing. This Winter the beets 
will be kept where they will not freeze. 
This beet pulp was fed separately; that 
is, it was not incorporated with the mash. 
Hailey oats, and clover was sown in the 
yards, and furnished green food nearly 
all Snmmer. Green corn was cut fine 
and fed during the latter part of Sum¬ 
mer. 
Whether this way of feeding is the best 
for all breeds I think doubtful; while it 
is all right for Leghorns and all the 
other small breeds, my opinion is that 
larger breeds when allowed to help them¬ 
selves would be liable to get too fat. Yet 
it cannot be denied that results at the 
contest plant have been very good in¬ 
deed. GEO. A. COSGROVE; 
BROODING LARGE FLOCKS. 
For several years I have kept from 25 
to 100 hens and have had good success 
in securing a very fair egg yield, especial¬ 
ly in Winter, but have had no success at 
all in raising the chicks, losing 40 to 75 
per cent during the first three weeks. I 
have used my outdoor brooders altogether, 
and feel that my loss has been due to 
over-crowding, have fed very carefully 
and kept_firenders ele:tn. but have put as 
high as 175 chicks in 3x6 outdoor brooder. 
I wish to buy 750 day-old ehicks April 10, 
and if you can help me in the problem 
of brooding them would appreciate it 
very much. I hare some good colony 
coops 10x12 feet, 6% feet high in front, 
five feet in bade, set on 2x6-incb run¬ 
ners, double floor, matched lumber walls 
of same material, covered with good 
grade felt roofing top and sides. Can 
I arrange these houses to brood 300 or 
400 in each by the use of a stove? I do 
not feel able to purchase adaptable houses 
as the expense is high on account of their 
small capacity. p. k. 
Ohio. 
There are brooder stoves upon the 
market that will care for 300 to 400 
chicks iu a flock when placed in such 
building as you have. The cost of these 
stoves is about the same as that of 
enough adaptable hovers to care for the 
same number of chicks, though the fuel 
cost would probably be less. The price of 
the one referred to is $26, Your success 
with them would probably depend very 
largely upon your skill and experience 
in handling young chicks. Personally, I 
should prefer the stoves and large flocks, 
but I am satisfied that they would not 
prove satisfactory in the hands of everv- 
one; 300 chicks may be handled in one 
flock as well as 50, if one knows how, 
but that “knows how” comes from ex¬ 
perience. Aside from these brooder 
stoves and small heated hovers, there re¬ 
mains only the fireless brooder; This is 
the cheapest system of brooding, and in 
the hands of those who know how to use 
it, it is successful. I would not hesitate 
to undertake the care of S00 chicks in 
two of your brooder houses, after April 
without the use of any other arti- 
tidal heat than that supplied by eight 
good lanterns; and I should expect to 
raise as many of them as could be raised 
by any method. I should divide each 
house by a temporary partition, place 
LOO chicks in each side, warm each com¬ 
partment through the day by lanterns 
when tlie sun did not do it for me, and 
keep the chicks under a large fireless 
KEEPING TWO BREEDS. 
As the second contest at Storrs closes 
it is interesting to glance at this year’s 
records as well as those of the first con¬ 
test. Throughout the year those of us 
who did not breed Leghorns have “kicked” 
from time to time at the publicity given 
to the Leghorns. It looked to us at one 
time as if Mr. Cosgrove favored the Leg¬ 
horns too strongly to give impartial re¬ 
ports. I think we were wrong in this. 
In the first place, if the heavier breeds 
could compete with the Leghorns they 
had every chance to prove it; secondly 
recent reports show that Mr. Cosgrove 
is endeavoring to give each breed its due 
as it proves itself worthy of mention. 
The two great facts that seem to have 
established themselves in both of these 
contests are these: Leghorns as a whole 
lay more eggs than any other breed. 
Some of the heavier breeds do their lay¬ 
ing when eggs bring the best prices. At 
Storrs elose figuring may prove that the 
greater number of eggs more than offset 
the fewer eggs at a higher price, or it 
may prove the reverse. Certain it is that 
there is enough proved on each side to 
warrant each poultryman to allow his 
personal likes and dislikes to govern his 
choice of a breed to a great extent. 
There is a point worth considering by 
poultrymen in the interesting discussions 
of dairy cattle in the recent issues of 
TnE R. N.-Y. One does not see the 
breeders of one breed of eows claiming 
all the virtues for their favorites. There 
seem to be well defined qualities % for each 
breed. That is what these egg-laying 
contests are doing, for poultry; they are 
not proving that one breed of poultry is 
better than all the rest, but that' the 
principal divisions of poultry have cer¬ 
tain well defined qualities. Well chosen 
mixtures of various breeds of cattle are 
advised to fill the needs of dairymen. 
It has not been proven that cross breeds 
of poultry are better in any way than 
purehreds, and poultrymen have no rea¬ 
son for using scrubs because the cost of 
starting a flock of purebreds is not great, 
and in one or two years the scrubs may 
be entirely replaced. However, the facts 
shown at the egg-laying contests seem 
to prove that it would be well to keep 
two breeds, one for supplying eggs in 
Summer and the other for Winter eggs. 
During last Winter we built up a large 
private trade in fresh eggs, but were un¬ 
able to keep it through the Summer 
months, as our hens do their work dur¬ 
ing the cold weather. It is possible that 
they could have been forced into pro¬ 
duction during hot weather, but if so 
the eggs would have been produced at a 
loss. Next season we will have a flock 
of Leghorns to hold the trade during 
the heated season of the year. 
Mainland. haynswobth bAudrey. 
“Which tooth are you going to have 
pullet], Sam?” “Upper six, sir,” ans¬ 
wered the Pullman porter.—Louisville 
Courier-Journal. 
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS—From large, vigorous 
m thoroughbred stock. Yonng toms, $5: hens $3,50. 
Toulouse ganders, $3. WM. W. KETCH, Cohocton, N. Y, 
White Emden Geese 
The greatest money makers on the farm. Buy now 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARD, R, 0. 24. A thens, Pennsylvania 
nAY-OU) CHIX .VN 1 ) HATCHING EGGS. 
** While Leghorns Only. 6,000 Egg Mammoth Incubator 
in continuous operation Jan. 1st to July. Custom 
Hatching. Mohegan Farm, Poultry Dept., Peekskill, N. Y, 
S.C. IV. Leghorn Cockerels 
SELECTED, VIGOROUS BIRI>S—$2 EACH. 
JOHN HORTON LEE. ■ Carmel, N. Y. 
S. C. White Leghorn Chicks and Eggs 
Book yonr orders for March, and April chicks now. 
$12 per 100. VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS AND EGGS 
"* healthy bnsiness kindinolndirg Barron’s strain 
that grow great layers, delivery guaranteed. For 
Circular write, HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, New York 
sALE-Single Comb White Leghorn Cockerels 
$1 each. Thoroughbred SCOTCH COL1JE PUPS 
SJ and $5 each. GEO. L. FERRIS & SON, Atwater. N. Y. 
If in 
want 
of S. G. White Leghorn Pullets& Cockerels 
of a large and great-laying strain, write 
J. ItI. CASE . . Gillum, New York 
Also have a few breeding hens for sale. 
Single Comb White Leghorns-f^L^^ 0 ^ 
for breeder*. Price, $1 each. Special price on quan¬ 
tities. Day-old chicks—April', $12 per 100. May, $10 
pcrluO. Geo. Erost, Levanna. Cayuga Co., New York 
Int’l Egg-Laying Contest 
COLONIAL It KPS WM overevery American entry of the 
American breeds. Our peu of Reds a'cru^ed Mali for the 
year, 194 res*. Official record. A real bred-to-lay strain 
of Reds, single combs. We •hipped to customers in M 
States last year. Wo offer for Sale, splendid Cockerels 
tha* are from our best breeding lines, at reasonable pcu-ca. 
We have already booked orders for hatching eggs from 
Iowa, Pennsylvania. Texas, Michigan, and Mass. Wo are 
the breeders that furnish all the birds that tho Youth's 
Co m pmi ion semi on t an premiums. Honorable treatment is 
guaranteed. OOLONl.il, i'ARNl, Ilex 0, Temple, NP>, Uuupdiir* 
7 :35 BIG 
INCUBAT 
m bet Up Ready for Uae. Biggest ar 
I 
iggest and best for the 
cells—s 
money—hundreds of dead air cells—special construe- 
tion—exclusive features. Price, $7.35, with brooder! 
$9.85. Frt. prepaid E. of Rockies. Absolute guarantee. 1 
Order direct from this ad—or write for Big Free Book 
Progressive Incubator Co., Box 14B Racine, Wla. 
Give Your Chickens Teeth 
Feed Grit—give the chicken something that grinds 
the grain in the erop ami prepares food for proper 
assimilation. Oyster thells and bone are too soft 
and won’t do what MaknrStielGrit will do. Maka- 
8hol Grit will increase weight and egg-laying, by 
helping the chicken digest ail she is fed. 200lbs. 
for $ 1.00 f. o. b. cars. One ton at $7.00 f. o. b. care. 
EdgoHIfl Silica Kook Co., Box JF,.New Bruns wick, N.J* 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or flna granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers ol 
Oharcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1*41 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N. Y. 
iOULTRY, EGGS, PIGEONS 
All varieties. Construction, disease, care, eto. 
Book 10c. POULTRY-PIGEON FARM, Marietta, Pa. 
-Send 2c stamp for "illustrated 
price list describing 35 varie- 
- YARDS. MARIETTA, PA. 
POULTRYMEN 
ties. EAST DONEGAL 
PARTRIDGES I PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies. Black Game, Wild Turkey*, Quail*, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purpose*. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds *nd 
animals. AVM. J. IttACKF.NSEN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department lO, Yardley, Pa. 
Silver Spangled Hamburgs whhucTe°s te S d 
BLACK POLISH COCKERELS, ANCONAS. RHODE ISLAND 
REDS, 90c. apiece. AUSTIN JACKSON, Mineral Springs, N.Y. 
Indian Runner Drakes 
Berry strain, fawn arid white. Vanderhilt strain. 
Cumberland, Penciled. Price—reasonable. 
Dr. F. KIMBAIX, • Newtonville. Mau, 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys-Sr^n;; 
Prize winners. Homer Palmer, New Baltimore Station, N.Y. 
Giant Bronze Toms $7.00 _ 8 R r C ducks S 
cheap. Write, H. J. Van Dyke Gettysburg, P». 
Bourbon Red TurkeysiJ^S/S; 
CASSIE D. TAYLOR, West Alexander, Pa. 
White Holland Turkeys L°le 
Mrs. ROBERT DAVIS 
Cumberland, Virginia 
B Bronze Turkeys «&i a X.!f££; 
from blackhead or other diseases. Write for circu¬ 
lars; enclose stamp. I. A. WHEELER, R. 2. Massena, B. Y. 
170 R SALE-LARGE WHITE PEKIN 
* DUCKS for breeding. $3 each; $5 per pair. 
C. E. ERNEST, - R. F. 0. 41, Gasport, New YorA 
FOR SALE—A FEW OF THE \A/ D DflPlf Dill I CTC 
GREAT ROOKERY STRAIN Mil. flUlm rULLtlO 
Also two very tine Cockerels, hatched in January. 
These birds selected for my own exhibition pens 
and in full bloom. Have no time to attend toex¬ 
hibiting. Pullets—$3 each; Cockerels—$7.50 each. 
J. P. COOPER, - Woodcliff Lake, N. J. 
sfl?E-Fancy Bred Single Comb Red Gockerels 
$2 to $5. Good value. Write, W. E. COX, Woodstock, Vt. 
Austin’s 200-Egg Strain I.LL'i'S; 
high record stock. OTd and young stock for sale 
AUSTIN POULTRY PARM, Box 17, Centre H arbor. ft h! 
R. I. Reds—White Wyandottes mV., siS'-JKfi: 
S. C. White and Brown Leghorns, Exhibition and utility 
quality. Youngr stock and yearlings. Bargain List and 
catalogue gratis. Kiverdala Poultry Farm, Rivardala, H. J. 
B. 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 St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Rhode Island Reds&MammothBronzeTurkey* 
“HONE’S CRESCENT STRAIN” 
High class breeding and exhibition birds for *ul*. 
Every bird shipped on approval. Early hatched Red 
eockerels and pullers, bred from tested layers. 
D. R. HONE, Cresc*nt Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, New York 
Light Brahmas-Rose Comb Reds 
Thoroughbred stock. Pullets now laying. 
I,. MILLER, Highland, Ulster Co., N. V, 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS 
R Mn M Athene Pa have 14 varieties Coek- 
n. no. Hifieus, rd. ero j s> pullets, breeders and 
a few cock birds for sale at living prices. Pekin 
ducka, lured from 9 and 10 lb. stock. White Errulon 
geese, bred from 18 to 24 lb. stock. Indian Run¬ 
ner Ducks—highest quality. Write your want* 
YOUNG’S STRAIN 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
I HAVE NO OTHER BREEDS 
They are the standard 
for all the Leghorns of 
all America, and the 
greatest layers of all 
varieties of domestic fowl. 
I have hundreds of year¬ 
ling hens and cocks for 
sale. Mating list free. 
Address 
D. W. YOUNG, Monroe, New York 
Make Your Hens Lay 
Send for and rend our book on feeding raw bone. Rich In protein and all other 
egg elements. (Jet twice the eggs, more fertile eggs, vigorous chicks, earlier 
broilers, heavier fowls, bigger prodts. 
MANN’S ““SArcRST,. « Dws 1 ngnm 
Makes bone-outiing simple, easy, rapid. Try it and see. Open hopper, auto- 
nmtlefeed. Cutsai' bone with adheringme&taiul gristle. Never clogs. Don’t 
buy until you try. Hook free. F. W. MANN CO., Bo* 15 , Milford, Maas. 
