1914, 
THE KUKA.L, NEW-YOKKKK 
703 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. The Hawk and the Hen. 
The twenty-fifth week of the contest, 
ending April 24, shows a gain over last 
week of !)2 eggs; the total being 3,682. 
The S. C. Reds of A. B. Brundage, Pres¬ 
ident of the Conneeficut Poultry Associa¬ 
tion, tie with the White Leghorns of pen 
41 from Storrs Agricultural Station, for 
first place for the week ; each pen laying 
56. Five pens compete for second place, 
with scores of 55 each. They are Frank 
L. Tuttle’s Barred Rocks, Waveny 
Farms Barred Rocks, the Columbian 
Wyandottes from the National Colum¬ 
bian Wyandotte Club, Francis F. Lin¬ 
coln’s White Leghorns and ('has. Ileigl’s 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall’s pen of Barred Rocks ties 
with pen No. 42, Storrs Station’s White 
Leghorns, for third place, each scoring 
54. The weekly score and the totals are 
given below : 
Storrs Agr. 
Storrs Agr. 
Storrs Agr. 
BARKED ROCKS. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts 
Waveny Farm, Connecticut... 
J. F. Francais, New York.... 
WHITE ROCKS. 
Albert T. Lentzen, Massachusetts 
Fred II. Benton, Connecticut. . 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut. . 
Sta., Connecticut.. 
Sta., Connecticut.. 
Sta., Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut. . 
BUFF r. ROCKS. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
W. C. Morgan, Connecticut. . . . 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Tom Barron, England . 
West Mt. Pity. Yards, Connecti¬ 
cut . 
Merrythought Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 
D. J. Ryan & Son, Connecticut 
BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachu¬ 
setts . 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachu¬ 
setts . 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club, New 
York . 
H. L. Hamilton, Connecticut... 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. 
Nat’l Col. Wyan. Club, Massa¬ 
chusetts .. • • 55 
S. C. REDS. 
Robt. Seaman, New York. 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut.... 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New York 
Burnham Pity. Farm, Massa¬ 
chusetts .. 
Homer P. Deming, Connecticut 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. . . . 
Dr. J. A. Fritehey, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. II. Bumsted, Connecticut. . 
Pinecrest Orchard, Massachu¬ 
setts . 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut... 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut.. 
r. c. REDS. 
Glenview Farm, Connecticut.. 
C. S. Scoville, Connecticut.... 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Agr. Sta., Connecticut 
Sta., 
Sta., 
Sta., 
Sta., 
Agr. 
Agr. 
Agr. 
Agr. 
Connecticut. 
Connecticut. 
Connecticut. 
Connecticut. 
Pity Farm, Penusyl- 
Storrs 
Storrs 
Storrs 
Storrs 
Storrs 
Braesidc 
vania . 
Glenview Farm, Connecticut. .. 
Manor Pity Farm, New York.. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Pity Farm, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 
Geo. M. Harris. Connecticut... 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York 
N. W. Hendryx. Connecticut.. 
J. J. Linehan, Massachusetts. . 
F. F. Lincoln. Connecticut.... 
Cecil Guernsey. Now York.... 
T. W. Moore, Connecticut. 
C. N. St. John, New York. 
C. N. Sherwood, Connecticut.. 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tom Barron, England . 
Branford Farm, Connecticut... 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut.... 
C. II. Savage, Connecticut. 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, Connecti¬ 
cut . 
BUFF LEGHORNS. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm, Michi¬ 
gan . 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut.40 
BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 44 
WHITE ORPINGTONS. 
P. A. Demgar, New York. 35 
WHITE LACED BED CORNISH. 
W. L. R. C. Club, Massaehu 
setts . 30 
SILVER CAMPINGS 
\V. J. H. Lobel, New Jersey 45 
DUNGHILLS. 
EL W. Colling wood, New Jer¬ 
sey . 
Daniel I Line, Connecticut. 44 
Daniel lline, Connecticut..... 
MIXED BREEDS. 
Profitable Poultry, Massaehu 
setts . 32 
Profitable Poultry, Massaehu 
setts . 35 
The total number of eggs laid to date 
is 45,288. 
WK. 
TL. 
457 
55 
605 
462 
736 
52 
501. 
+4 
604 
41 
454 
52 
475 
34 
60S 
31 
404 
43 
318 
50 
583 
48 
405 
48 
1033 
587 
40 
863 
43 
844 
47 
654 
46 
601 
39 
544 
44 
528 
46 
». 
361. 
55 
498 
47 
4 IS 
42 
617 
46 
470 
408 
45 
505 
40 
705 
46 
780 
30 
450 
33 
273 
37 
602 
7*5 
645 
38 
644 
56 
711 
36 
653 
38 
444 
51 
506 
42 
603 
56 
670 
54 
909 
53 
547 
48 
515 
51 
561 
48 
581 
53 
565 
50 
659 
30 
470 
47 
647 
52 
508 
51 
460 
55 
805 
42 
747 
46 
404 
36 
483 
51 
576 
47 
501 
707 
47 
631 
47 
612 
41 
560 
40 
513 
51 
499 
51 
504 
40 
445 
44 
470 
35 
425 
SH. 
279 
45 
380 
46 
372 
44 
452 
559 
32 
574 
35 
547 
[ to 
date 
GROVE. 
I am greatly harassed by hawks prey¬ 
ing on my poultry. Will you give me any 
plans to counteract them? I have tried 
traps on poles and tried scaring them by 
shotgun, which seems to have very little 
effect on them. I intend to put strych¬ 
nine on the necks of one-day chicks. I 
lose about two-thirds of all my poultry 
every year by these pests. I am the only 
one about the farm to handle a gun. 
and I cannot watch them for days as 
some do. w. H. D. 
Maryland. 
I am afraid that you will have to work 
your problem out for yourself, for there 
is no good sure way so far as I am aware, 
by which you can rid yourself of these 
pestS. Assuming that the small grow¬ 
ing chicks are the ones caught, you might 
combat the hawks.by some if not all of 
the following means. Raise the chicks 
near buildings where they can be 
watched. Use a gun on hawks prowling 
about the yards whenever you can. Clean 
away all the hiding places so that the 
hawks can’t slip up on the chicks so 
slyly. Train a dog to watch and drive 
them away. Keep guineas, which are 
very alert and will give an alarm. De¬ 
stroy the nests of hawks if they can be 
located. Keep chicks in covered runs 
when small, if necessary. Certain breeds 
like the Leghorn are very alert and learn 
very quickly to make themselves scarce 
when any of the larger birds come 
around, and you may wish to use those. 
Some breeds are protectively colored, and 
some such breed should be kept where 
hawks are bothersom . White birds 
make a fine target for any of these ene¬ 
mies. 
It is claimed by some that quite large 
doses of mix vomica, wnlch is strychnine 
in crude form, will not kill fowl on ac¬ 
count of the arrangement of their digest¬ 
ive systems, but smaller doses will kill 
hawks. They also claim that one of the 
first parts of a bird that the hawk eats 
is the crop, and that if a dose of nnx 
vomica is given in the feed of the birds 
any hawk that catches one soon after 
gets a fatal dose. You might try the 
poison with one and stake him out where 
Mr. Hawk will get him. 
ROY rr. WAITE. 
Maryland Experiment Station. 
Sickly Chicks. 
What is it that is usually responsible 
for the abnormal development of most 
chickens raised in brooders indoors before 
it is possible to get them on the ground? 
It is a common experience to observe 
such chickens, as they approach the age 
of three or four weeks, give way to “leg 
weakness,” unnatural feather growth, in¬ 
dications of vertigo, etc. Under like con¬ 
ditions of feed and care, with the excep¬ 
tion that the chickens have access to the 
ground and the open air, development is 
satisfactory. What is the cause? 
New York. E. w. B. 
I do not know that any other explana¬ 
tion of the lack of thrift and vitality in 
house-reared chicks, as shown by leg 
weakness, etc., can be given than that 
such confinement deprives them of the 
natural conditions which are essential to 
growth and strength. It has been found 
that human babies do better out of doors, 
and many have to be kept there to save 
their lives. It is not strange, then, that 
young chicks whose immediate ancestors 
have not been made house-proof by gener¬ 
ations of close confinement cannot en¬ 
dure such artificial conditions. I have no 
doubt that a race of fowls might be pro¬ 
duced by generations of life and breeding 
in confinement that would thrive indoors 
and wither out, but with those we have, 
the natural life is the outdoor one. 
M. B. D. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. aiul you'll get a quirk reply and a 
"square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
The Genera! 
says:- 
There is no "beforehand test by 
which you can know how long a 
roof will last. 
But when you buy 
Certain-teed 
ROOFING 
you also buy the responsibility of 
the three biggest rooting mills 
in the world—to make that roof¬ 
ing make good for 15 years at least. 
See that Certain-teed label is on every 
roll or crate. 
Your dealer can furnish Certain - teed 
Rooting in rolls and shingles—made by 
the General Rooting Mfg. Co., world’s 
largest roofing manufacturers. East St. 
Louis, Ill., Marseilles. Ill., York, Pa. 
Cheap Roofing a 
Bad Bargain at 
Any Price 
A roofing not much more expensive than tar paper is not much better—a cheap price 
means a cheap root, no matter what the “eager” salesman tells you; he is looking out 
for his pocket, not yours. 
“RAIN-TIGHT” Rubber Roofing 
is composed of Trinidad Lake Asphalt— The Standard asphalt of the world -no other 
'Secret combinations that sound "big" but mean little. Nature made it, and took 
jjer time about it That’s why it lasts. Our brand of “Perfect Roofing" is the same as 
Ram-Tight with mica flakes added to the surface which make it fire-resisting. It is 
a non conductor of heat and lightning and insures against fire from sparks falling on 
the roof. 
PERFECT ROSIN SIZED SHEATHING AND PERFECT TARRED FELT ARE BEST FOR SHEATHING PURPOSES 
>of for any building, now 
for samples and booklet- 
If you need a new roof for any building, now or in the future, it will pay you to send 
for 83 TT 1 BI PS 3TlH US tOdiiy 
MAURICE O’MEARA CO., 448 Pearl Street, New,York City 
m . .. M MM i r«rTi™ g wiMs « 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
The famous Vibert flock of beautiful, brilliant, glow¬ 
ing cherry to (nationally red-to-the-skin rose and single 
comb thoroughbreds. Not uncertain layers mated 
to males from uncertain layers.but specially selected, 
long backed, low tailed, certified trapnested record lay¬ 
ers. scientifically line bred along Government lines for 
heaviest winter egg production, with yearly trapnest 
laying rates of 211 to 267 eggs; bred away from broodiness, 
and mated to large, vigorous, brilliant red males out 
of heaviest trapnest record layers. Heaviest winter 
laying, large, hardy Reds in America, hen hatched 
and raised, on absolutely free range. In wide-open 
front colony honses. on a scientific plant absolutely 
free from roup and white diarrhoea. Highly fertile, 
clean, well shaped, unblemished eggs, gathered 
hourly, shipped daily, delivered when wanted, guaranteed 
unbroken. Vibert Vitality Day Old Chicks. Splen¬ 
did breeding cockerels from trapnested hens, trios, 
mated breeding pens for sale, Prompt shipment, 
safe delivery all over North and South America, 
eourteous, strictly upright dealings. Mating book¬ 
let upon receipt of stamp. 
VIBERT RED FARM, Box 1, Weston, New Jersey 
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. Eggs, 12.00 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 lays well. Order direct from this ad. 
or send for mating list. 
DOTY & FREESE 
R. F. D. 9 Geneseo, N. Y. 
INT’L EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
COLONIAL REOS WIN over ererj- American entry of tho 
American breeds. Our pen of Reds, single comb, beat 
every American entry of tho American breeds, each bird 
averaged for the year, 194 EGGS. Official record. 
We o:rcr EGGS FOR HATCHING, from our pedigreed 
stock that we honestly believe are the strongest-laying 
lines produced to date. Our mating lirt will tell you de¬ 
tails and prices, and will be sent on application. We prom¬ 
ise honorable treatment. We are the breeders that fur¬ 
nish all the birds that the Youth's Companion ship out to 
their subscritiers. Shipments made to forty-six States the 
past year. COLONIAL KAUAI, Hex O, Teuiple, New Hampshire 
Austin's 200 Egg Strain S. C. R. I. Reds 
Standard bred: high record stock; red to the 
skin, Eggs for hatching, $1.50 to $10 per 
sotting (15 ) Utility eggs, $7.50 per 100. 90* fer¬ 
tility, and safe delivery guaranteed. Chicks 
AUSTIN’S POULTRY FARM, Box 17. Center Harbor, N H. 
R. I. Reds, Indian Runner Ducks 
Eggs for hatching. Breeding stock. 
Sinclair Smith, (503 5th St., Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Single Comb Reds Only- Bre t d . r te ht ’ ri * ht ' 
° 1 mated to produce vigorous 
stock of first class utility and good standard quality. 
Eggs for hatching, my specialty. $1.00 per 15, $0.00 per 
100. Stock reasonable. A. QUaCKKNBUSH, Darien, Conn. 
FAAD that hatch and chicks that live from the 
bUtlv Rose Comb Rods which won first at the 
-two Egg Laying Contests, Storrs. 
Glenview Poultry Farm, Rockville, Conn. 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds 0 ronP™£ 
dark red birds and great layers. Eggs and chicks. 
Mating list on request. A. E. ADAMS, Stony Creek. N.Y. 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
D.W. Young's strain. The finest in the world Bred 
or their great Winter-laying qualities. Over 2000 
layers on free farm range. Largest plant of high- 
class breeders in the world at farmers’ prices. 
Eggs for hatching now ready in any quantity ® $ti 
per 100, $50 per 1000. Quick shipments. Baby 
chicks $12 per 100—capacity, 8,000 weekly. The kind 
that live. My hook Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved— 
ath edition, given free witli all $10 orders. Satis¬ 
faction Guaranteed. Descriptive circulars free. 
KIHiAlt UttlUOS Box l-II, I’leusnut Valley, N.Y, 
G iant bronze turkey eggs. $ 4.00 per 10 
RHODE ISLAND RED EGGS. $! .00 per 15 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS. $1.00per 12 
H. J. VAN DYKE. GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 
The Mark of Poultry Quality 
The Tywacann Farms Indian Head signifies to 
either the novice or extensive breeder, hardy, vigor¬ 
ous birds of great laying ability 
TY-WAC-A-NA 
WHITE LEGHORNS. BARRED AND WHITE 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
arc the surest layers aurt are beat for marketing. 
Years of utility breeding are back of them. They 
are birds to be proud of, being well marked and 
well colored and full of stamina. Tywacana 
Baby Chicks are shipped in strong, light Nixes 
insuring safe delivery alter long shipments. 
THE MOST PRACTICAL AND BEAUTIFUL 
BIRDS FOR THE COUNTRY LIFE HOME 
They fulfill every requirement of tho poultry 
lover and furnish the best foundation for a| 
highly developed poultry business. Send for 1 
our beautiful catalog. POULTDY PH 
TYWACANA FARMS POULTRY CO. ^ U "_VL T _ 
A. F.. Wright, Supt., 
Box 6S Farming-dale, L. I., N. Y. 
TYWACANA 
VKARMS' 1 
GERMOZONE’S 
Big 
Value 
is not so much in its great efficiency as 
a remedy for roup, canker, chicken pox 
and other diseases of poultry, but 
it is the greatest bowel regulator in 
the world for either poultry or stock 
I (including pet stock), counteract¬ 
ing, especially, bowel troubles due 
to musty, spoiled orimproper food. 
With man, fowls or animals, regu¬ 
lar bowels means health. Con¬ 
tinued irregularity means some sickness, difficult 
to cure if not fatal. Thousands give Germozone 
regularly twice a week to chickens, young and old, 
at the same time having it ever handy as a ready 
remedy for other diseases. Soldby dealers or post¬ 
paid. One size only, 50 cents. 
GEO. H. LEE CO., Omaha, N:br v 
TOM BARRON’S vJPS&m 
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: $8 per 100. 
P. F. RAFFERTY, Marlboro, Mass. 
nni"n t rnna—Young strain S. C. W. 
BfllED for EuGS Leghorns. Many hatches 
WllkW IVI kUUV result 90 per cent fer¬ 
tility. Many of the hens lay 6 eggs per week, We 
guarantee 80 per cent fertility or tree renewals; free 
range stock, 15 eggs. $1: 100 eggs $4, delivered to you. 
Free valuable instructions for feeding, forcing and 
getting eggs all the time. 
R. J. GIB1SIN, Mount Holly, New Jersey 
WHITE WY’DOTTES 
Also S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS, WHITE FA YER- 
OLLES and LAKENVELDERS. Guaranteed Eggs 
and Chicks at right prices. Write for my circulars, 
they will interest you. In business since 1901. 
OWNI.AND FARM, Box 497, South Hammond, N. Y. 
Choice Buff Wyandotte eggs 
VI VI for sale. 75c for fifteen, 
- $4.00 a hundred. Free range. 
CHAS. I. MILLER, R.F.D, Ho. 1, Hudson, N.Y. 
White Wvandnttes THflT E>?gs from two 
TTUiieTTydUUUUeb pe ns, headed by cockerels 
imported direct from Tom Barron. Also eggs from 
other pens Circular. WM. J. THOMSON, Delhi, N. Y. 
White Wyandottes-i&H' 
THOMAS C. GORDON, - lirockport, N. Y 
CTOCK AND EGGS—Indian Runners, R. & S. C. White 
^ Leghorns, Reds. Also Eggs from 1’ekins, White 
Runners, Colored and White Mnscoveys, Partridge, 
Barred & Columbian Rocks. Partridge & White Wy¬ 
andottes, White Crested Polish & White Holland tur¬ 
keys. Mule-foot hogs. Pea fowl ami Toulouse gan¬ 
ders for sale GLENW00D FARM. Randall, New York 
BABY GOLD DOLLARS 
from monster Pekins, drakes weighing eleven lbs.. Ducks 
nine. No larger in America, “BARKOX" cockerels lea,I 
our fioeks of VVyckoff White Leghorns. Buff and Black 
Orpingtons. Sicilian Buttereui>s. Giant Toulouse Geese, 
the all profit bird. I have a booklet for you. It will save 
you dollars in eggs and chicks. 
C. VAN AUSTINE, UEMSTER, NEW YORK 
PEKIN DUCKS i:;3,.'7sA2K 
Winners at both N. Y. shows. White Cornish fowls, 
the ideal breed for broilers. R. C. Reds—Winter lay¬ 
ers. White Guineas ami Bronze Turkevs. Fertile eggs 
that hatch. RIDGELEIGH F. & P. FARM. Huntington, L. 1, N.Y 
Indian "Runners 
White egg strain. 13 for $'. . 
Fred McCroskery, R. I>. 1, Newburgh. N. Y. 
Indian Runner Ducks~Zok. -'cImuVrJf 
Ducks," free. Mrs. J. A. PUGH, South Williamsport, Penn. 
Indian Runner Duck Eggs'f** 
100, express paid. CRANDALL FARMS, Albion. New York 
White Indian Runner Duck EggSw8£ a 4\ n t^ d 
$1,50 pot- 13. FRED S 0EY0E, Hunter, Greene Co., N. Y. 
COLORED. Muscovy, Pekin, Mallard ducks, 
geese, turkeys Guineas , Rocks, Wyandotte-. Leg¬ 
horns. Free Catalog. B. F, KAHIER, Hughesville, Pa. 
WHITE RUNNER DUCK EGGS—$1.50 per 15. 
” Write early. M. W. DEMICK, Hammond, N. Y. 
Mammoth pekin duck eggs-$i per 12 and * 3.50 
in per 50. Prizewinners. UEO. WILLIAMSON, Flanders. Jl. J. 
fin l/ariotioc chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys 
UU Y dl iGllCo GUINEAS and HARES. Stock and eggs 60 
page catalogue free. H. A. S0UDER, Box 29,Sellersvil!e. Pa. 
35 Best Breeds PoultrylK.T , IS?„™S 
Circular Free. JOHN E. HEATW0LE, Harrisunburg, Virginia 
QilvorCHICKS, STOCK- Low prices. 
OllfBl UdllipillCS L. J GKEKNE. Wellsboro. Pa. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get a quick 
reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee 
editorial page. :::::: 
