1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKEH 
Oil 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The twenty-second week, ending April 
3 shows a still further gain in egg pro¬ 
duction, though the gain is only 49. Bar¬ 
ron’s White Wyandottes tie the big score 
made by the Barred Rocks last week, 
namely 59. Three of his Wyandottes 
laid every day in the week. Their total 
now is 896. Pen No. 42, the “sour 
milk” pen of White Leghorns from 
Storrs Agricultural Station, have passed 
Francis F. Lincoln’s pen of the _ same 
breed, and now hold second place in the 
total score made since the contest start¬ 
ed. Their total is 752; this is 134 be¬ 
hind Barron’s Wyandottes. Frank 
Tuttle’s Barred Rocks that made the 
high score of 59 last week are still “on 
the job,” with a record of 58 this week, 
giving them second place. 
White P. Rocks from Albert T. Len- 
zen are third with a score of 57, and the 
“sour milk pen” of White Leghorns from 
Storrs Agriculture Station are fourth 
with a record of 55. Below is the week’s 
score and the totals of the leading pens: 
PA RUED ROCKS. WK. 
J. J. Francais, New York. 44 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts 58 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 50 
Waveny Farm, Connecticut.... 49 
WHITE P. ROCKS. 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut. . 41 
Fred II. Benton, Connecticut.. 44 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut. . 43 
Storrs Aer. Sta., Connecticut. . 44 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts 57 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut. . 43 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 25 
RUFF P. ROCKS. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 46 
W. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut 41 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Tom Barron, England . 59 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. ... 48 
Merrythought Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 54 
D. J. Ryan & Son, Connecticut 47 
West Mt. Pity. Yards, Connec¬ 
ticut . 39 
BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massa¬ 
chusetts . 45 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massa¬ 
chusetts . 43 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club, New 
York . 35 
H. L. Hamilton, Connecticut.. 42 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. 
Nat’l Col. Wyan. Club, Massa¬ 
chusetts . 46 
S. C. REDS. 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 39 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida.45 
A. B. Brnndage. Connecticut. . 53 
Colonial Farm, New’ Hampshire 52 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. . 46 
Pinecrest Orchard, Massachu¬ 
setts . 47 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut.... 35 
II. I’. Deming, Connecticut. ... 41 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New York 49 
R. c. REDS. 
Glenview Pity. Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 46 
C. S. Scoville, Connecticut.... 2S 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Storrs Agr. Sta.. Connecticut.. 55 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut.... 47 
Cecil Guernsey, New York.... 44 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut. . 41 
Tom Barron. England . 48 
Storrs Agr. Sta.. Connecticut. . 51 
Marwood Pity. Farm, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 44 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York 48 
Branford Farm, Connecticut. . . 50 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 54 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania..... 44 
Manor Pity. Farm, New York 46 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut. . 45 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut.... 44 
C. W. Sherwood, Connecticut.. 42 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut.44 
BUFF LEGHORNS. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm, Michi¬ 
gan . 50 
RLUE ANDALUSIANS. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut. 44 
BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 36 
WHITE ORPINGTONS. 
P. A. Demgar, New York.42 
WHITE LACED RED CORNISH. 
W. L. R. Cornish Club, Massa¬ 
chusetts . 37 
SILVER CAM PINES. 
W. J. II. Lobel, New Jersey.. 45 
DUNGHILLS. 
II. W. Collingwood, New Jer¬ 
sey . 42 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut.45 
Daniel Iliue, Connecticut.37 
MIXED BREEDS. 
Profitable Pity., Massachusetts 37 
Profitable Pity., Massachusetts 44 
TL. 
594 
441 
30S 
299 
492 
476 
378 
350 
350 
340 
218 
439 
276 
896 
708 
706 
514 
476 
457 
412 
403 
228 
374 
657 
5S9 
549 
529 
501 
554 
497 
370 
341 
541 
362 
752 
74 1 
622 
567 
565 
515 
511 
506 
495 
464 
154 
410 
452 
426 
428 
422 
412 
304 
349 
309 
165 
452 
473 
439 
At the egg-laying contest in Tliorndalo. 
Pa., Tom Barron’s White Wyandottes 
lead all the other pens of any breed with 
a score of 467 eggs, and liis White Leg¬ 
horns hold second place with a total of 
441. There are only five birds in a pen 
at this contest. The yards attached to 
each pen are an old heavy sod, and no 
green food had been fed other than that 
which the fowls could obtain when there 
was no snow on the ground. The egg 
yield under this treatment has exceeded 
that of any of the previous contests, and 
the mortality has been surprisingly small. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Eggs of Barron Leghorns. 
Are the Barron eggs strictly white, uni¬ 
form as to color and size? Why is it 
when I buy eggs from Leghorn farms 
that I sometimes get a chicken frith grey 
feathers? J. L. 
Mattituck, N. Y. 
The Barron eggs are not uniform as 
to color or size. The pullets as a rule 
lay smaller eggs than the hens. This is 
usual in all Hocks of any breed. Some 
of my Barron birds, both pullets and 
hens, lay very white eggs; others lay 
eggs slightly tinted with brown. 1 
should say about 10 per cent, of the 
eggs are not clear white. Number 126 
of the hens which laid 235 eggs in her 
pullet year, lays the brownest egg of 
any of them, and the very largest, really 
an extra large egg. She is a brawny 
large-boned, vigorous hen, and ought to 
breed powerful male birds, if one cared 
nothing about color of eggs. 
If you get a “cnicken with gray feath¬ 
ers” from White Leghorn eggs bought 
for hatching, it is an indication that a 
rooster of some other breed has had a 
chance to mate with some of the hens; 
and it might have been two or three years 
ago that it happened; for the pullet re¬ 
sulting from that cross might not show 
any sign of it herself, but the foul feath¬ 
ers come out in her daughter or grand¬ 
daughter. GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Feed for Laying Hens and Henyard Muscovy 
Ducks. 
1. What would be the best feed com¬ 
position for laying fowls, and how much 
should be fed to about 20 hens, which 
have no yard or open lot privileges? 2. 
What would be proper, and how much, 
to feed about 15 Muscovy ducks, which 
like the chickens mentioned, above have 
no large space in which to roam about? 
Trenton, N. J. I. V. B. 
1. For a small flock it would be cheap¬ 
er to buy the mash and scratch feeds put 
up by reputable houses. The aim in 
feeding both growing chicks and laying 
liens is to give them as large a variety 
of grains as possible. The scratch feeds 
should be mixed in litter to make the 
birds scratch. The mash may be placed 
in hoppers where the birds can get to 
it at any time. Give them all the scratch 
feed they will scratch for. Grit, shells 
and charcoal should be constantly before 
them, and sprouted oats or some other 
green food should be a regular article of 
diet. 
2. Feed Muscovy ducks what they will 
eat of a mash composed of vegetables one 
part, cut clover or Alfalfa one part, beef 
scraps one part, low grade flour two 
parts, bran two parts, cornmeal three 
parts, or as many of these ingredients as 
you can. Add a pinch of salt to each 
mess, and once a week a little charcoal. 
Wet enough to make it crumbly. Keep 
grit and shells before them in boxes. 
Whole corn may be given for one meal a 
day. or more in cold weather when mash 
would freeze, but should not be given ex¬ 
clusively for a long period. 
W. II. II USE. 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds onmf’ymy 
| dark red birds and great layers. Eggs and chicks. 
Mating list on request. A E. ADAMS, Stony Creek.N.Y. 
rillfWC—10c. S. C. W. Leghorns. Money back for 
LIIIUIVG dead ones. Pamphlet free. For prices and 
information addross, C. M. LAUVER, Box 73, Richfield.Pa. 
BulIyGoodWhite Leghorn Chicks 
April 20th. $12 per 100; $3.25 for 25; safe delivery 
guaranteed; good circular free. 
GEORGE PHILLIPS, R. 202, Seymour, Conn. 
COCKERELS & W. EMDEN GANDERS 
a few choice ones left—$3, $4 and $5 each. White 
Wyandotte. Black Minorca*, Silver Campines. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, Route 24, Athens. Pi. 
MAMMOTH 
TOULOUSE 
GCCCCCfJRC—35c. saoh. dki.iverkd 
ULCOL L.UU0 CRANDALL FARMS, Albion,N.Y. 
Silver Laced Wyandottes^nuirty^^SIE: 
Sond for feathors. F. M SWART, Maroaretville, N. Y. 
W ill V A HinnTTCQ —bred from $50 trio; elegant 
, W I M11U U I I UO s ] la p„ am i color. Wonder- 
fullayera. 15eggs, $2. W W. Carman, Maroaretville, N.Y- 
COGS FOR HATCHING—WHITE WYAN- 
" DOTTKS—Regal Strain: White Indian Runners 
—$1 per settings. Special Price by the hundred. Sat¬ 
isfaction guaranteed. F. Cryus Twining, Pineville, Pa. 
WHITE WY’DOTTES 
Also S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS. WHITE FAVEH- 
Ol.LKS and LAKEN VELDERS- Guaranteed Eggs 
and Chicks at right prices. Write for my circulars, 
they will interest you. In business since 1901. 
OWN LAND FARM. Box 497, South Hammond, N. Y. 
White Wyandottes-gSSCK- VT„i. 5 : 
j THOMAS C. GORDON, - Brockport, N. Y. 
WhiFpWvandnftpc THflT LflY EgKS from tw0 
YY Due YY yanaoiies p 0nSi headed by cockerels 
j imported direct from Tom Barron. Also eggs from 
other pens. Circular. WM. J. THOMSON, Delhi, N. Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE C v(r o f nr Hatrhinff -Far m 
AND S. C. W LEGHORN tggb TUI ndlUUIlg l„-ed. Pure 
stock. $1 per 15. M. W. BELL, Haddonfield, New Jersey 
E G 
—Choice Buff Wyandotte eggs 
*9 for sale. 75c for fifteen, 
- - $4.00 a hundred. Free range. 
CHAS. 1. Mll.LliK, R.F.D. No. 1, Hudson, N.Y. 
S. and R. Comb Buff Leghorns 
stock for sale. Eggs for hatching from my winners 
and layers. Eggs, $1 to $3. Mating list. 
GKO. McCANN, - It. D. 3, (oruopolis, Fa. 
Mil? American Dominiques 
BUY KERR’S CHICKS 
They Fill the Bill 
Thousands of customers say so—and they show they mean it by ordering every 
season. We are now shipping from 5,000 to 10,000 each week. 
TEN THOUSAND READY FOR SHIPMENT April 23d and 27th 
S. C. White Leghorns 
25 Chicks 
$3.50 
50 Chicks 
$6.00 
100 Chicks 
$12.00 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
4.25 
7.50 
15.00 
Rhode Island Reds J 
Terms Cash with order. Can not ship C. Q. D.. but will guarantee to deliver the chicks in first- 
class condition. If any are dead upon arrival will refund your money or replace them free of charge. 
To be sure of getting Kerr's Top Notch Quality Chicks order now— CATALOGUE FREE. 
BELGIAN HARES 
Pure breed Belgian Hares, all sizes and ages, at 
the right prices; the finest kind for the table. 
Stock yonr farm with game, also table, with 
good tender meat. Ask for catalogue and prices. 
CALEB BOGGS & SON, - Clicswold, Delaware 
TOM BARRON’S 
. . . ENGLISH . .. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Imported direct from Tom Barron’s farm; Tom Bar¬ 
ron's defeated all American breeds; 5 hens laid 1190 
eggs in 1 year, averaging 238; large handsome, vig¬ 
orous white cockerels, $3 and $5; eggs, $1; $6 per 100. 
F OR SALE—Choice Three-band Italian Queens. 
Tested—$2; untasted, after June 1—$1. Write for 
booklet. W. K. Rockwell, Bloomfield, Conn. 
B ARRED ROCK EGGS—from free range, hen- 
hatched matings. 90% fertility guaranteed. $1 setting; 
$2.o0fifLy ; Hhundred. Eng.n.Hall, Chatham. Cho«lerCo.,Pa. 
W HO WANTS a $25 White Rock mating Cockerel for 
$12? Yearling. Won’t need his service any more 
this season. Money hack if not satisfied. HIGH 
1’OINT POULTRY FARM, Colchester,Conn. 
S. C. Buff ORPINGTONS 
scientifically line-bred for 10 years to develop size, 
color and heavy egg-production, as well as prize¬ 
winning qualities. Sunswick Orpingtons are 
great utility fowls. Cockerels make line, large 
broilers and capons. Hens are great layers. 1.000 
yearling fowls now for sale at very reasonable 
prices. Higgs for Hatching amlDny-Old Chicks. Book 
your order now. Write today for FREE catalog. 
SUNSWICK POULTRY FARM 
Rufus Oelafield, Owner Box N SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N. J. 
THE FARMERS FAVORITE WINTER LAYERS-WHITE ORPING- 
1 TON EGGS AND CHICKS Square Leal Guaranteed. 
Catalogue free. W. R. STEVENS. Culver Road, Lyons, N.Y. 
CGGS for HATCHING— White Oriungtons.Barred Rocks, 
E Dark Brahmas. White Pekin I neks. Prizewin¬ 
ners Rochester show. JOHN SOUTHARD, Albion. N. Y. 
Burnett 9 s Stock Admired 
Blue ribbons from 15 shows—Madison Square Gar¬ 
den, etc. 14 years our Minorcas pleased the public. 
They will build a fancy egg trade in any city. One 
man claims—he trusts them to pay any mortgage off. 
We sell Rhode Island Reds, bred from record stock. 
No better White Turkovs bred. Have von our bulle¬ 
tin? W ite COIAIENHAM POULTRY YARDS 
W L. BURNETT, Prop., - Montgomery, New York 
IMPROVED SILVER CAMPINES 
Exclusively, winning at Grand Central Palace. 
Stoek and Eggs for Sale- 
SHORT & TRIPP, - Cortland, N. Y. 
B ABY CHICKS— Campines, Silver-Golden. S C. 
W. 1/eghorns. Range raised consistent egg pro¬ 
ducers. Catalogue free. S. D. HALL, Box N, Seville, Ohio 
Silver Campines, White Orpingtons, Anconas 
Prize stock. Extraordinary layers. Eggs. Chicks. 
ALGONQUIN FARMS, - Ainesbury, Mass. 
COLORED. Muscovy, Pekin, Mallard ducks, 
geese, turkeys. Guineas, Rucks. Wyandottes, I.eg- 
norns. Free Catalog. B. F. HAULER. Hugliesville, Pa. 
M ammoth pkkin didkus, Duck errs 
and Single Comb R. I. Red Eggs for sale. 
VERNON II. TIGER. Gladstone, New Jersey 
P. F. RAFFERTY, Marlboro, Mass. 
Eggs from S. C. W. Leghorns 
headed by ha Barron cockerel—15 for $1.5(1; 
CO for $5. B- P. R>.eks ami S. C. Reds—15 for 
$1, CO for $3. W Wyandottes. 15 for SI 
HARRY M. II ALL, R. No. 2, Chester Depot, Vermont 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from selected, mature hens, bred 
for 18 years for vigor ami Egg production. 
FLOYD Q. WHITE, Successor to White & Rice, Yorktown, N. Y. 
41C BLACK LEGHORNS laid $S20 worth of eggs in 
C I *1 one year. Circular free telling about them. 
William C. Merrill, North Sanford, Broome Co., N.Y. 
B iff white i,f.i:horxs, s. c. it. i. heps— ekks 90.. per 15; 
$1.50 per 30. Mottled Anconas, BJ. Minorcas, $1.00 j'er 
15; $1.75 per 30. Catalogue free. John A. Both, Uunkcrtonn, Pa. 
P URE ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN COCKERELS for 
breeders. Trained Newfoundland dogs for 
boys. I- C. HAWKINS. Route 3, Middletown. New York 
THOROUGHBRED S. C. WHITE AND BROWN 
" LEGHORNS EGGS—$3.50 perlOO. or 75c. per 15. 
Also Rouen Ducks eggs. M. F. BOLT, Cincinnatos, N. Y. 
Rose and Single comb 
Rhode Island Reds. D. 
& F. Strain. 109 Acres 
devoted to them. Heavy 
layers and show record 
of 87 first in 12 years. Fcgs, $2.00 per 15; 
$3.50 per 30: $5.00 per 50; $9.00 per 100; $80.00 
per 1,000 eggs. Fine breeding cockerels at 
$5.00 each. We have size and type that 
shows well, looks well, breeds well 
and l«ivs well. Order direct from this ad. 
or send for mating list. 
& FREESE 
R. F. D. 9 Geneseo, N. Y. 
Single Comb Reds Onljr®^^^*S , Vigwo« 
stock of first class utility and good standard quality. 
Eggs for hatching, my s;>ecmlty. $l.UO per 15, $fi 00 per 
100. Stock reasonable. A. qllACKKMHtSH, Hmrl.n, Conn 
3 Doz. R. I. Red Eggs-$3 by Parcel Post 
Hatch Chix That Live E s ?-2i£8*'$22! 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns^lni'sXted JfK 
of prize-winning, heavy-laying farm-raised birds. 
S2 per fifteen. Maplewood Poultry Farm. Milton. Vermont 
Indian Runner Duck Eggs d 13 An£ 
where in U. S. CRANDALL FARMS. Albion, New York 
Indian RunnerDucksIrr 
white. Mostprofitable fowl. Snow-white eggs. Send 
for my free hook on Culture. Eggs for hatching. 
Mrs. JAMES A. PUGH,"Sunnyacres,"South Williamsport.Pa. 
INDIAN RUNNER Dock Eggs for Hatch¬ 
ing. English pencilled, white-egg strain, SI .50 for 
13. delivered. Drakes, $1.50 each 
ROTO SALT COMPANY - Union Springs, N. Y. 
The Orange County Poultry House 
(Patented) 
Its use revolutionizes life in the country on a farm. 
As a general thing I personally feed and water all 
my liens, for all day. between 7.3U and 9 a ui. Be- 
tween 4 and 5.30 p. m. 1 gather the egg', and count 
it a poor day when i don’t get from $15 to $29 worth 
Some days recently they have laid 1 200 or better 
when market quotations were 26 cts. per doz. Some 
labor contrast between that and iunking$2t> worth of 
milk a day. Catalogue and price list on application. 
O. TV. MAPES, - Middletown. N. Y. 
White Indian Runner Duck Eggs 
white egg strain. 
$1,50 per 13. FRED S. DEY0E, Hunter, Greene Co., N. Y. 
PEKIN DUCKS KVStSkSS 
Winners at both N- Y. shows. White Cornish fowls, 
tho ideal breed for broilers. R. C. Reds—Winter lay¬ 
ers.White Guineas and B"onzeTiu'Ucys. Fertile eggs 
that hatch. RI0GELEIGH F. & P. FARM, Huntington, L. I., N Y 
Wild & Bronze Turkey 
2c. stamp, showing pure wild gobbler from the 
mountain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM. Belleville, Pa 
G IANTBRONZE TURKEY EGGS. $4.00per 10 
RHODE ISLAND RED EGGS. $1.00 per 15 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS. $ 1.00 per! 2 
H, J. VAN DYKE, GETTYSBURG. PENNSYLVANIA 
I INCQLN'S WINTER-LAYING LEGHORNS lead pens of all 
*• America in Srorrs’contest Eggs. $6 per 100: chicks, 
$15 per 100. FRANCIS F. LINCOLN, Mt. Carmel. Connecticut 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
from Kulp’s famous 
242-egg strains. S. C. 
White Leghorn, S. C. Rhode Inland Reds—$1-50 per 
15; Soper hundred. 50 Good Cockerels at $2 each. 
H. A BACON, Hillcrest Poultry Farm, Berwyn, Maryland 
VALLEY VIEW 
FARM 
This is just to remind you 
that it is not too late to get 
hatching eggs from ‘-Mopes 
Tho Hen Alan's” Strain, s. 
C. W. Leghorns, as 1 have the use of my father's 
flock in connection with my own. Good utility 
eggs at $6 per 1(0 or special matings at $2 and 43 
per 15 eggs. No order too small or too large, ns l 
can fill orders of 1000 eggs not over three days old. 
Son of JESSE E. MAPES 
uUapes The Hen Man” Middletown, N. Y. 
■ 00K HERE— WIIITK ami BROWN (HINA 
K GEUSK EGGS-3l)e. each; $3 doz. Largo flock, 
mated right. Ship Prompt. Fawn Rnnm r duck 
eggs. $1 doz. GEORGE SEELY & SON, Chester. New York 
Mo. Contest 
Tom Barroks 
-ENGLISH 200-EGG STRAIN- 
WHDI H’C fLI A MPIflM I A VTTP Q Experts state this to he the most profitable poukry in America 
” V/K.LLJ D LMAInr 1UIM LA I tK'* today. 1st Prize and Cup winners Mo. contest an d Ph ila. 
N. A. contest, 1913. Hatching eggs and chicks S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, WHITE W VAN DO I 1 ES, 
BUFF ORPINGTONS, S. C. R. 1. REDS. Free Catalog gives valuable information that will increase your 
egg yield. PENNA. POULTRY FARM. Office: 2029 Pearl Street. Lancaster. Pa. 
