1914. 
THE RURAL NEW -YORKER 
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A POULTRY-BREEDING PROBLEM. 
There is certainly much food for 
thought in the egg-laying contest at 
Storrs, Conn. Is there any known way 
of accounting for the wide discrepancy 
in egg yield? It must be that most, if 
not all, of the exhibitors have to a con¬ 
siderable extent followed the prescribed 
ration for egg yield, and yet with what 
results? Probably as variable as you 
would find on 82 farms selected at ran¬ 
dom where no particular attention had 
been paid to scientific feeding. Can you 
diagnose this situation? Ilere is an 
instance of our farm. As to myself I 
am a back-to-the-lander, been back for 
eight years. I started in with enthusi¬ 
asm to raise chickens, but my losses were 
heavy during brooding time, having a 
lot of fruit to look after, and being alone 
I gave it up. I have raised a few 
chickens since but with no particular suc¬ 
cess till this year. The breed I am 
struggling with is Barred Plumouth Rocks. 
This year I got 14 pullets and they are 
a splendid looking lot. They with four 
of the hens are my layers; commenced 
laying Thanksgiving Day. Since Christ¬ 
mas they have laid over 50 per cent. The 
week ending January 23, they laid 66 
eggs, exactly what 250 White Leghorns 
laid at Storrs that week, three and two- 
thirds eggs per hen, which was nearly 
equal to the second best pen at Storrs, 
viz. three and seven-tenths per hen, and 
exceeded by Barron’s champions only. 
I have of course fed them fairly well, but 
no green bone, meat scrap nor meat meal, 
and have had no thought of competing 
with anyone. In fact I was so busy 
with fruit and farm work up to Decem¬ 
ber 1 that they got mighty little atten¬ 
tion. Fed them mostly wheat at night, 
some corn; since I shut them up have 
fed ground oats and bran, with some 
scratch feed in morning; cabbage or ap¬ 
ples at noon, considerable milk, wheat 
and some corn at night. They have been 
up with the leaders right along. One 
week there were four pens ahead of them. 
I suppose the answer in my case is that 
I accidentally got hold of just the right 
cockerel. Would that I could trace him 
back ! In previous years I have had very 
few eggs before March. There surely 
is some way to improve these laggards, 
as is shown in my case, but what is it? 
I am puzzled now as to next move. It 
hardly seems best to keep that cock an¬ 
other year with his offspring—too much 
inbreeding. But where can t get another 
one to carry on the good work? Must I 
simply take my chances? It does seem 
as if this condition should be followed 
up and tried out. F. E. B. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
I think you are too previous in com¬ 
paring results at home and at Storrs. 
The 20 below zero cold snap, with wind 
50 miles an hour, in January, cut down 
the egg yield badly. Already it is com¬ 
ing right up to high-water mark, unless 
the second cold snap to-day, with 17 
below zero, gives another drop to the 
eggs. Many of the birds at Storrs were 
far from mature when they arrived. 
Some of the breeders selected, purposely 
as we know, late hatched pullets that 
would not be expected to begin to lay 
before January fist, but pullets that 
would likely lay right through the sea¬ 
son late into October. That they were 
right, some of them, is shown by the 
eggs that are now being laid. Those 
fully matured pullets that were laying 
when they came, molted, many of them, 
and dropped way down in egg yield. 
As to your own problem. Cannot you 
buy a brother to the male that has done 
you so much good? Mate him to the 
pullets, and mate the cock to the same 
hens he was /ith last year. In other 
words, retain last season’s mating, and 
add a new one of your pullets and a cock 
that is not closely related. This will be 
your best plan. If impossible to buy the 
male that I suggest, perhaps you can 
find a cockerel that is of the same line 
of breeding. For your purpose I would 
not urge any inbreeding if you can 
avoid it. N. w. Sanborn. 
Massachusetts. 
Care of Duck Eggs; Runners. 
If duck eggs are set under a hen leave 
the entire care of them to the hen, pro¬ 
vided she is a good sitter. In an incuba¬ 
tor treat them practically as you would 
hens’ eggs. Maintain the proper temper¬ 
ature, turn daily and sprinkle with warm 
water towards the end of incubation. 
When the ducklings are 24 hours old 
give them bread crumbs and rolled oats 
slightly moistened, with a little fine grit. 
Give a little four or five times a day if 
possible-. After two days add bran and 
cornmeal in increasing quantities. In 
a week begin to add cheap Hour and omit 
oats and crumbs. Gradually work up 
to the following for the growing and lay¬ 
ing food: Vegetables one part, green 
stuff one part, beef scraps one part, low- 
grade flour two parts, bran two parts, 
cornmeal three parts. Add grit to all 
feed, tine to the little fellows, coarser to 
the adults. When they are full grown 
grit and oyster shells may be put in 
boxes and they will help themselves. A 
pinch of salt should be put in all mash, 
and once a week a little ground charcoal. 
Adult ducks may be given one feed a day 
of whole corn. This is especially good 
in cold weather, and when they are lay¬ 
ing. 
There are three varieties of Indian 
Runners, the English Pencilled, the 
American Fawn and White, and the 
White. The friends of each of the col¬ 
ored varieties claim that their birds are 
the only original. If you would be sure 
of getting the real thing consult the 
awards of premiums at the great poultry 
shows. The judges at such shows would 
not give premiums to birds that were 
badly disqualified. w. h. iiuse. 
Cutting Out the Drones. 
On page 280 Mrs. It. B. asks if there 
has been any way devised in arranging 
nests, other than trap-nests, whereby the 
laying hens could be separated from the 
non-layers. One way would be to divide 
the chicken house by a partition of wire 
netting, with roosts in both parts, and a 
row of nests placed on the floor of the 
coop under the partition. Each nest 
should be cut down at both ends, so that 
a hen could enter from one side, and 
come off the nest from the other side. 
A board should cover the top of the row 
of nests, and each nest should have verti¬ 
cal cleats at both entrances, so that a 
short piece of board could be slipped in 
to close the entrance. Put all the hens 
in one side and close all the nests in 
the other pen. When a hen is on the 
nest, close the nest on the side from 
which she entered and open the nest on 
the opposite side. This will cull out all 
the drones in a week, and these may be 
removed from the coop, and the operation 
repeated to cull out the poor layers. 
New York. chas. a. wood. 
Pigeon Cove, Mass. 
Brushing Off Lamp Wicks. 
Several years ago The R. N.-Y. had 
an item in regard to using an old brush 
(an old toothbrush is fine) for rubbing 
the charred part from the incubator and 
brooder lamps, instead of using shears 
for trimming. We thought it a good idea, 
and ever since have used an old tooth¬ 
brush to clean the wicks of the incu¬ 
bator lamps, and it certainly is much 
better than trimming. The wick is kept 
cleaned much easier, is always smooth 
and even, and no chance for some little 
thread to stick up and make a smoke. 
The wick itself lasts twice as long; this 
of itself is not of much consequence, but 
the changing of an old wick for a new 
one makes one’s fingers greasy and oily, 
and that is a disagreeable feature. 
Using shears to cut the lamp wick— 
even if very sharp—often leaves a point 
on one end, and this smokes during the 
day when it gets charred, or a thread is 
left sticking up, which is overlooked in 
the semi-darkness of the incubator cellar, 
and this is sure to ma^e trouole. With 
the brush to clean the wick, that is left 
smooth and bright as well as even, and 
easier to regulate the flame. 
I have often wondered in looking over 
the incubator catalogues that no mention 
is ever made of the use of a brush for 
trimming the lamp, an.r so would like to 
bring its use to the many readers of The 
R. N.-Y. who are interested in and are 
using incubators. iiorace r. Parker. 
Ma ssachusetts. 
GREATEST LAYERS 
IN AMERICA 
MY BREEDS RECOMMEND THEMSELVES 
BARRON LEGHORNS—World’* be.t 
BARRON WYANDOTTES England’. best 
STORR'S BUFF ROCKS America’s best rock* 
VIBERT-AUSTIN REDS—200 & 260-egg Bock* combined 
HALF-BARRON LEGHORNS A 200-egg bird 
WALTON’S ENG. PENCILLED DUCKS-World’* record 
TOULOUSE GEESE Largeit lay 40 egg* 
Egg* and chicks—all ages—all year. Custom 
brooding saves brooder trouble. 
"ROUEN DUCKS’* 
Farm Prices, Circular 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
S.C. White Leghorn Fggsfor Hatching 
by the sitting or thousand. Also BABY CHICKS from v? 
gorous, heavy-laying stock. TOM BARRON and Wyckoff 
strains. Prices Low. Fertility and safe arriva 
guaranteed. Circulars free. R. T. EWING. Atlantic, Pa* 
Elizabeth Poultry Farm7ng s T K ? s^ot 
Hatching, and day-old baby chlcks.from 1.500 select¬ 
ed breeding stock. S. C. VV. Leghorns. Barred Uocks 
and Buff Orpingtons. Write for PRICES. Visitors 
are welcome to inspect our stock anv dav except 
Sunday. JOHN H WARFEL AND SON, Rohrers'town. Pa 
S.C. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS 
chicks from heavy-laying strain. Strong, healthy stock. 
Fawn and White and pure White Indian Runner Duck 
eggs for hatching. Write today for free' circular to 
•Tuniata Poultry Yards, Mlffllntown, Pa. 
Day Old Chicks 
and 
Six to Eight Weeks Old Pullets 
Six weeks old 60 cents each 
Eight weeks old 70 cents each 
Kirkup’s Strain S. C. White Leghorns, 
bred for vigor, size and Large White 
Market Eggs. Fifty chicks or less, 20c 
each; one hundred, $15; five hundred, 
$62.50; one thousand, $125. Safe arri¬ 
val guaranteed. Place order NOW. 
Orders taken now for G to 8 Weeks Old 
Pullets for delivery April 10 to May 20. Write 
for prices. FREE B O O K LET—“Better 
Chickens”—describing Day Old Chicks, 
Pullets, Cockerels, etc. Send for it to day. 
CHESTNUT POULTRY FARM 
KIRKUP BROS., Prop a. 
MATTITUCK, L. I., NEW YORK 
Ba“by Cliiclis 
s. c. w. 
LEGHORNS 
R. & S. C 
1. REDS, B. 
ROCKS 
Thoroughbred. 
Strong. Livable. 
From heavy-laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
WESLEY GR1NNELL, 
Sodus N. Y. 
Sir.gleComb White Leghorns Exclusively 
D.W. Young’s strain. The finest in the world Bred 
for their great Winter-laying qualities. Over 3000 
layers on free farm range. Largest plant of high- 
class breeders in the world at farmers' prices. 
Egg* for hatching now ready in any quantity @ $0 
per 100, $50 per 1000. Quick shipments. Baby 
chicks *12 per 100— capacity. 8,001) weekly. The kind 
that live. My book Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved — 
5th edition, given free with all $10 orders. Satis¬ 
faction Guaranteed. Descriptive circulars free 
KODAK KKIGO-S Box 141. PleaHunt Valley, N.Y. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks & Eggs 
Purebred, largo, vigorous, true Leghorn type. Seven 
years' experience. Not how many, but how good. 
Circular. VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Paint, New York 
Single Comb White Leghorn EggsYgl® r ti>°at 
fail to hatch replaced at half price. Ton pullets 
from this flock in Experiment Station test laid 1738 
eggs in a year. ALKEN FARM, R. D. 2, Itbaca, New York 
S.C. WHITE LEGHORN Sj | G f B F Y °7^c HI KS 
Fawn & White Indian Runner Ducks / and ducklings 
heavy-laying,pure white egg strains. Circular giving 
description, record, winnings, and guarantee, sent 
free. PATTERSON POULTRY FARM. Clayton, New York 
EZRA C. CARTER, Marathon, N. Y. 
COCKERELS S - C - W ‘ Leghorn Breeder 
CHICKS Cire. explains how to breed great layers 
S. C, W. LEGHORN EGGS-£3f iJf’iSf: 
LOREN A. LEROY, R. I, Oswego, N. Y. 
M0HEGAN Purahrori Thiv AND HATCHING EGGS White 
FARM * UT BUT ell IrlllX Leghorns only. 6,000-egg 
incubator operates until July. Standard prices. 
Guaranteed Delivery. M0HEGAN FARM, C. H. Baker, 
PeekskiU, N. Y- One Hour from G. 0. Sta.. N. Y. City 
S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
vai guaranteed. No order too large. Hatching EGGS by 
the settingor thousand: fertility guaranteed. Write 
forcataioguo. RICHLAN0 FARMS, Box 37. Frederick. Md. 
n0 YOU WANT LOTS OF EGGS ?-Brinkerhoff's famous 
“ strainofS C.WHITE I.EGHOHNS are heavy 
layers. I have been breeding for heavy layers for 
twenty (20) years. I have them. Do you want 
them ? F. I). Brinkerhoff, Genoa, New York 
Day-Old Chicks S 
horns—$9 per 100. GEO. FROST, Levauna, Cayuga Ca , N Y. 
RabvFWIrc Feme AND CUSTOM HATCHING-OnrS- 
DaDy GLUCKS, Eggs c w . Leghorns are bred for 
pi oiiuctionandvigor;notfor feathers and showtypo. 
White Orpingtons from Cooks’ best. Pekin ducks. 
M. B. turkeys. Peaceful Valley Farm, Oxford Depot, N. Y. 
Dune Alpin Heavy Laying 
S. C. White Leghorns 
have wod more firsts, specials and other 
awards In the last four years at New York. 
Boston. Hagerstown and Philadelphia than 
all our competitors combined. 
HATCHING EGGS OK HAY OLI> CHICKS 
PRICES LOW, QUALITY CONSIDERED 
Send for catalogue. 
DUNE ALPIN POULTRY FARM 
Easihampton, L. I., N. Y. 
Range-bred Winter Layers 
Well filled egg-baskets in Winter spell snr-css 
for the poultry keeper. Hatching eggs six dollars 
per hundred. I)uv-olU chicks double, from 'our— 
selected heavy-laying strain. S. C. W. Leghorns. 
RAMAPO POULTRY & FRUIT FARM, SpringValley.N??. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
CHICK 
give satisfaction. Try them. Prices now 
mediate delivery: 
Young’s strain... $ IO per 100 
Young’s & Barron’s cross. 15 per 100 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
A. H. PENNY, - Mattituck, New York 
Columbian Wyandotte* 
Columbian Plymouth Rocks 
Partridge Plymouth Recks 
S. C. White and Buif 
Leghorns 
WILBURTHA POULTRY FARMS 
Box R, Trenton Junction, N. J. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
BABY CHICKS 
BREEDING STOCK 
Write for free descriptive 
circular and prices of these 
healthy and vigorous birds 
—bred for prolific egg-pro¬ 
duction as well as to win 
at the Shows. Book your 
order for eggs or day-old 
chicks NOW. 
The Reliable Spring Water Strain 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
are layers and payers. Write for Booklet. 
Day old Chicks, Eggs for Hatching. No order is too 
large or too smull. Our capacity is 20,000 eggs at.one 
sitting. We guarantee safe delivery of chicks, and 
fertility of our eggs. We can and will please you. 
Semi in your order and secure apositivedelivery date, 
SPRING WATER POULTRY FARM, STOCKTON, N. i. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING^ ^ 
want of a 
and heavy¬ 
laying strain of S. C. W. Leghorns, order of J, M. 
CASE, Gilboa, New York. $1 per 15: $5 per 100 
BABY CHICKS 
AND EGGS FOR HATCHING, 
for heavy laying S. C. 
White Leghorn Hens mated to Tom Barron cock¬ 
erels, also from one pen pure Barron stock. 
G BRUNDAGE, Salisbury Mills, Orange Co., New York 
Baby Chicks & Ducklings’^ 
From Yonngs’ strain. Prize winners at Madison 
Square Garden, 1913. Mating list free. BEAVER DAM 
POULTRY FARM, Harry Tweddle. Prop , Montgomery, N. Y. 
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VI7HITE LEGHORN CHICKS AND EGGS 
* ,r healthy business kind including Barron’s strain 
that grow great layers, delivery guaranteed. For 
Circular write. HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, New Y*rk 
Hatching Eggs from S. C. W. Leghorns 
bred for heavy egg production for20 years. Headed 
by grandson of Lady Cornell. Official record was 
257 eggs. $4—100; 75c. setting. Chicks, May. $9—100. 
S. L. PlIRDIK, - Genoa, New York 
Single Comb White Leghorn 
FOR HATCHING 
From LAURELTON Layers. Bred for 
Superior Egg Production and combining 
the Finest Strains of English and Ameri¬ 
can Blood. 
$8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1,000 
Baby Chicks, $20.00 per 100 
("Orders filled promptly) 
LAURELTON FARMS 
Box A 
Lakewood, New Jersey 
Black LeghornS7g?,M£s 
the kind that lay. A E. HAMPTON. Box 205, Pittstown. N. J. 
E GOS FOR HATCHING from thoron-rhbrpd stock at liv« 
and let live prices. Rhode Island Reds. Both Combs. $1 per 
15 ; $3 per 50 ; $5 per 100. Sicilian Buttercups, $2 per 15. Write 
for mating list. .1. M. HUI MM, MercerNburg, Pa. 
Dohu Ohiv —S. C. White Leghorns, $10 per 100. 
BdUy UIIIA S. C. R. I. Reds, $12 per 100. I.R. Duck¬ 
lings. Eggs forhatching. Old established business. 
ROCKY GLEN POULTRY FARM, Poughkeepsie. New York 
S. C W. pphuPhipke > n at, v numbers. HENHAVEN 
LEGHORN DdUyUlllUnh POULTRY YARDS, Cortland. N. Y. 
BABY CHICKS 12c EACH 
From froe range; selected S. C. White Leghorns; 
prompt delivery. A hatch every week. Safe arri¬ 
val guaranteed. Circular free. CHAS R. STONE, 
Baby Cbicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, New York 
Gibson Strain Day-Oid Chicks 
We ship lively, hardy chicks from our 
strain of large size, vigorous breeding 
stock of bred-to-lay S. C. White Leg¬ 
horns, Barred Plymouth Rocks and 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Write For Free Catalog->f o ro?.S'*3: 
ings and prices of Baby Chicks, Eggs for Hatching, 
breeding stock and Indian Runner Ducklings 
GALEN FARMS. G. F. Gibson, Owner, Drawer G, CLYDE. N.Y. 
The Chicks It Pays To Buy 
are those which are hardy and vigorous and develop rapidly into heavy layers and good 
breeder*. Just so with Tywacana chicks they cost more to produce than the ordinary 
kind, but arc worth vastly more than the slight difference in cost—as hundreds of our 
customers will testify. 
TYWACANA 
QUALITY , 
v ‘-w - v 
i TYWACANA 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
BARRED AND WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
are practical birds—they've made good for us and will make good 
for you. Book your order now for day-old chicks, hatching eggs 
and breeding stock—the Tywacana kind. Chicks are shipped in 
Wright boxes with a guarantee of safe arrival and full count. 
WRITE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG 
it gives our reasonable prices and tells how we have developed our 
wonderful laying strains. Better write today. 
TYWACANA FARMS POULTRY CO. 
A. E. Wright, Supt Box 68. Farmingdale, L. 1., New York 
'FARMS' 
POULTRY CO. 
