1910. 
THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
43 T 
FACTS ABOUT RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
There seems to be a misconception 
with many poultrymen concerning the 
maturity of Rhode Island Reds. I fre¬ 
quently hear persons remark: “Yes, 
they are a good-sized fowl; but then, I 
want my fowls to lay when eggs bring 
a good price.” So do I; and so do all 
perSons who are depending on egg pro¬ 
duction for profit. My experience with 
the different breeds of fowls covers over 
a half century. I have bred all the 
Asiatic, Spanish, French, English (ex¬ 
cept Orpington) and American breeds, 
and have come to this conclusion: As 
an all-purpose fowl the American va¬ 
rieties, Rocks, Wyandottes and Rhode 
Island Reds are my favorites. They are 
all good; but the Rhode Island Red is 
my special choice. In the article of E. 
H., page 324, on “Vitality of Embryo 
Chicks,” he says: “I set all the eggs 
from one 11-months-old pullet or hen 
[a pullet is a pullet until over one year 
old]. She did not begin laying until 
“about 10 months old.” If such was the 
fact, she is a very poor specimen of 
Rhode Island Red, or else she was very 
poorly cared for. Many readers of 
The R. N.-Y. who are not conversant 
or familiar with the Rhode Island Red’s 
early maturity would naturally infer this 
statement applied to the breed in gen¬ 
eral. My experience with them proves 
entirely the reverse. We are 160 miles 
farther north—.Albany County, N. Y.— 
and have much colder weather than any 
part of Long Island, and this last year 
(1909) we put in the brooder, on June 
3, about 50 Rhode Island Red and 50 
S. C. White Leghorn chicks. They were 
fed and cared for all together, and when 
housed we had 22 S. C. White Leghorns 
and 11 Rhode Island Red pullets. On 
November 17 we got the first egg from 
the Rhode Island Reds; on November 
27 we got the first Leghorn eggs—five 
months and 15 days, five months and 25 
days, respectively. We had these 33 pul¬ 
lets all in one pen, and fed and roosted 
all together, and we have had all the 
Winter more eggs from these 11 Rhode 
Island Reds than from the 22 White 
Leghorn pullets; but no strict account 
was kept up to February 1 . We killed 
one pullet of the Rhode Island Reds the 
last of January (she became broody). 
During February they have laid 225 
eggs, making an average of 8 1-10 eggs 
per day, and during the first 18 days of 
March they laid 153 eggs, an average 
of 8 y 2 eggs per day. How is that 
for Winter laying? A great many peo¬ 
ple think they must have March chickens 
to get Winter eggs. My experience has 
been the reverse. I have had March 
chicks, and had them commence laying 
in the Fall quite early; and then moult— 
result, no more eggs from them until 
well on toward Spring. I prefer chicks 
that are hatched from May 1 to June 10; 
then if properly fed and cared for, I can 
get eggs from the last of November all 
Winter long; and I do not keep the 
poultry house so warm that water will 
not freeze every reasonably cold night. 
With proper ventilation the building is 
dry and no disease attacks the fowds. 
All the American breeds can stand the 
severe Winter w’eather better than the 
Spanish varieties on account of being 
heavily coated with fluff and feathers. 
As for food, I do not believe they eat 
or require more than a Leghorn; in fact, 
in the report of the South Australian 
yearly test for 1908 and 1909, where an 
accurate record of food fed, as well as 
e gg production, was kept, they say the 
White Leghorn ate the most food of 
any variety tested. There were 56 pens 
of Leghorns, and 22 of all other varieties. 
T he Leghorns laid the most eggs (I 
think 241 was the number), but that was 
in a climate where the Winter is very 
moderate and comparatively short. As 
everybody knows who has kept poultry, 
there is a wide difference in the laying 
quality of the same breed of fowls of 
different strains. This is proven by per¬ 
sons who have used trap-nests and kept 
individual records. I do not claim that 
the Rhode Island Reds are “the best lay¬ 
ers on earth,” as one enthusiastic ad¬ 
vertiser in The R. N.-Y. says, but I do 
insist they are among the best, if not 
the very best, Winter layers for this cli¬ 
mate. If they did fall a little short on 
a yearly record, they more than make it 
up on the Winter price of eggs, and when 
ready for market they nearly double the 
weight of the Leghorn. My experience 
is confined to this latitude and climate. 
Warmer countries probably would pro¬ 
duce different results. c. L. G. B. 
Slingerlands, N. Y. 
FEEDING BROOD SOWS. 
1. I have eight brood sows of the lard 
type, which are due to farrow between 
March 15 and April 1. Can you give me 
a suitable grain ration for these sows be¬ 
fore and after farrowing? 2. What would 
be a good feed for the little pigs after wean¬ 
ing? I have plenty of sweet skim-milk. 
3. What would you recommend to sow for 
hog pasture to keep them growing during 
the Summer? I have three acres of Red 
clover, and three more acres which I could 
sow to something like cow peas, rape or 
some of the regular hog pasture mixtures. 
4. Have you any recipe for the treatment 
of seed corn, to keep gophers or ground 
squirrels from digging it up after planting? 
Wisconsin. j. w. l. 
1. Wheat bran, shorts or middlings, 
ground oats and peas, any one of these 
grains, or a mixture of them, will be 
suitable to feed with skim-milk to brood 
sows. It is also well to feed a few 
roots or small potatoes, and give the 
sows plenty of exercise before farrow¬ 
ing. The same or a similar ration can 
be continued after farrowing, gradually 
increasing the amount as the pigs grow, 
and adding a little corn or barley if the 
•sow becomes thin. 
2. For little pigs, skim-milk and 
wheat middlings make an ideal ration. 
Start with only a small amount of the 
grain, gradually increasing until about 
one pound of grain to three pounds of 
skim-milk is fed. Allow the meal to 
soak in the milk for a few hours before 
feeding. 
3. Your clover will make a first-class 
pig pasture. Better divide it into two 
or three plots, allowing them to graze 
off one while the others are getting a 
fresh start. In addition, you might sow 
an acre or two of rape, making one or 
more seedings . as you think advisable, 
sow the rape on rich well-prepared soil 
at least five weeks before it is needed 
for feeding, at the rate of four pounds 
seed per acre. 
4. Thorough tarring of corn will, to 
a great extent prevent pulling by crows 
and blackbirds, but perhaps gophers and 
ground squirrels would only laugh at it. 
Moisten the seed with warm water, then 
stir in coal tar at the rate of a teaspoon¬ 
ful to the peck, being sure to stir until 
every kernel is black. Dry with ashes, 
land plaster or slaked lime. Perhaps 
other readers will know of a special 
preparation for gophers. c. s. m. 
“Does your daughter, Mrs. Jimsby, 
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“Sure, she does; her mince pies is the 
best.”—Baltimore American. 
“Great heavens!” cried the drug 
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gist. “I gave that boy hair tonic in¬ 
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We make a profit of 90 per cent on 
each.”—Chicago Record-Herald. 
Angry Purchaser: “Didn’t you tell 
me that you had got as many as 12 eggs 
in one day from those eight hens you 
sold me?” Exasperating Poultry Raiser: 
“Yes, ma’am.” Angry Purchaser: 
“Then why is it that I’ve never been 
able to get more than two eggs from 
them, and sometimes not that many, in 
one day?” Exasperating Poultry Raiser: 
“I don’t know, ma’am, unless it’s be¬ 
cause you look for eggs too often. Now 
if you will look for them only once a 
week I feel quite positive that you will 
get just as many eggs in one day as I 
did.”—Chicago News. 
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