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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 23, 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The twenty-seventh week, ending Fri¬ 
day, May S, shows no falling off in egg 
production but a slight gain. The out¬ 
put for the week was 3,558 which is 37 
more than were laid the week before. 
The remarkable laying of Tom Bar¬ 
ron’s White Wyandottes is stirring up 
some of the fanciers and others. Vague 
charges are being made, such as that 
“they are hybrids,” “a cross with some 
other breed,” “not true to our Wyan¬ 
dotte shape,” etc. I have written to 
Mr. Barron of the criticisms asking him 
to cable me, “statement false,” if it is 
false. Personally I have no idea that he 
has ever crossed them with any other 
breed; but if he has, I am sure it was 
done to improve the laying qualities of 
the “strain,” and without the slightest 
thought of fraud. This subject of "pure 
bloods” cannot be adequately treated 
within the limits of this report. 
A White Leghorn pen laid the highest 
number this week, Glenview Poultry 
Farm’s pen laying 56. White Leghorns 
also take second place, pen number 31) 
from Storrs Station laying 55. Mrs. K. 
E. Woodruff’s White Leghorns from New 
Haven laid 54, and two pens of S. C. 
Reds laid the same number. They are 
the Colonial Farm pen, and A. B. Brun- 
dage's pen. Two pens of White Leghorns 
laid 53. Tom Barron’s White Wyan¬ 
dottes lead all other pens with a total 
score of 1.119; next to them stands the 
White Leghorn pen No. 42 from Storrs 
Station with a total of 1.015. This is 
the “sour milk” pen. The week’s per¬ 
formance and the totals are given below : 
BARRED ROCKS. WK. TL. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 43 548 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts 36 692 
Waveny Farm, Connecticut... 41 550 
J. J. Francais, New York. 4S S51 
WHITE ROCKS. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts 49 599 
F. IT. Benton. Connecticut.... 43 690 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 32 523 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 46 571 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 32 6S2 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 46 574 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 24 379 
BUFF ROCKS. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 45 675 
IV. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut 39 490 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Tom Barron, England . 44 1119 
West Mt. Pity. Yards, Connecti¬ 
cut . 36 657 
Merrythought Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 46 964 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island.... 44 930 
D. J. Ryan & Son, Connecticut 45 752 
BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
Ilr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachu¬ 
setts . 47 6S9 
Dr. N. IV. Sanborn, Massachu¬ 
setts . 42 631 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club, New 
York . 34 601 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. 
Nat’l Col. Wyan. Club, Massa¬ 
chusetts . 49 596 
s. c. REDS. 
Robert Seaman, New York.... 48 509 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut... 36 697 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New York. 47 562 
Burnham Pity Farm, Massachu¬ 
setts . 42 491 
II. P. Deming, Connecticut.... 41 587 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 38 785 
Dr. J. A. Ritchey, Pennsylvania 41 869 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey.. 36 520 
W. II. Bumsted, Connecticut.. 37 345 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachu¬ 
setts . 45 777 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut... 40 725 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire 54 745 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut.. 54 819 
R. c. REDS. 
Glenview Pity. Farm, Connecti- 
cut 
C. S. 
Scoville, Connecticut... 
. 23 
1 J.O 
499 
WHITE 
LEGHORNS. 
Storrs 
Agr. Sta.. 
Connecticut. 
. 55 
700 
Storrs 
Agr. Sta., 
Connecticut. 
. 46 
780 
Storrs 
Agr. Sta.. 
Connecticut. 
. 53 
785 
Storrs 
Agr. Sta., 
Connecticut. 
. 52 
1015 
Storrs 
Agr. Sta., 
Connecticut. 
. 4S 
644 
Braeside Pity. Farm, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 45 608 
Glenview Farm, Connecticut. . 56 669 
Manor Pity. Farm, New Y'ork 47 675 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 51 669 
Marwood l’lty. Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 53 761 
Geo. M. Harris, Connecticut... 48 606 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New Y’ork 45 558 
N. W. ITendryx. Connecticut.. 48 606 
J. J. Linehan, Massachusetts.. 45 558 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut.... 48 993 
Cecil Guernsey, New York.... 46 S35 
T. W. Moore, Connecticut.... 44 586 
Chas. N. St. John. New York 47 571 
C. W. Sherwood, Connecticut.. 46 603 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania.... 43 663 
Tomoka Pity. Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 46 573 
Venture Pity Farm, New Y’ork 45 552 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, Connecti¬ 
cut .• •. 54 597 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut 47 550 
C. II. Savage. Connecticut.... 50 614 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania.51 712 
Heneta Bone Co., New Jersey 21 141 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut.... 51 655 
Clias. Ileigl, Ohio . 40 518 j 
Tom Barron, England ....... 52 
Branford Farm. Connecticut. .. 49 
James Munn. Massachusetts... 49 
Geo. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut 47 
BUFF LEGHORNS. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm, Michi¬ 
gan . 52 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut. 50 
BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 28 
WHITE ORPINGTONS. 
1*. A. Demgar, New York. 32 
WHITE LACED RED CORNISH. 
W. L. R. C. Club, Massaclm- 
setts . 39 
SILVER CAMPINES. 
W. J. IT. Lobel, New Jersey.. 47 
DUNGHILLS. 
II. W. Collingwood, New Jersey 48 
Daniel Dine, Connecticut.36 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut.37 
MIXED BREEDS. 
Profitable Pity., Massachusetts 41 
Profitable Pity., Massachusetts 36 
S15 
723 
568 
528 
670 
542 
52S 
487 
359 
478 
465 
525 
628 
652 
612 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
The Figures on Baby Chicks. 
In answer to the query on page 632 
under “Brevities” as to the cost of baby 
chicks, will say that I keep an account 
of the cost of each hatch, and give be¬ 
low the cost of a couple of typical ones. 
The cost of eggs is figured at the price 
at which they are sold for hatching. 
RECORD NO. 5. 
120 eggs, at 5c each.86.00 
Battery and lamp .10 
Grain alcohol .06 
Carbolic acid .005 
Lamp wick .005 
Kerosene oil .81 
$6.9S 
Credit 21 infertile eggs for chick 
feed .21 
No. of chicks hatched.63)6.77 
Each .1075 
Expense of No. 6, same as No. 5, $6.98 
Credit 7 infertile eggs for .chick 
feed .07 
No. of chicks hatched.66)6.91 
Each .1047 
The quantity of oil used in each hatch 
is determined from the quantity pur¬ 
chased for several hatches. The time 
required earing for a hatch is approx¬ 
imately as follows: 
hr. min. 
Dipping eggs. 15 
Cooling eggs . 
Turning . 3 30 
Filling lamp . 1 15 
Candling . 1 .. 
6 hours. 
Cleaning and disinfecting.. . 1 hour. 
7 hours. 
In the case of Record No. 5, 63 chicks 
at 12c equals $7.56 or a profit of 79 cents, 
amounting to about 11 cents per hour for 
the operator’s time. In the case of Rec¬ 
ord No. 6, 66 chicks at 12c equals $7.92 
or $1.01 profit amounting to about 14 
cents per hour. a. D. rand. 
New York. 
Bill Smith, a country shopkeeper, 
went to town to buy goods. They were 
sent home before him. When the boxes 
arrived Mrs. Smith, who was minding the 
shop, uttered a scream, seized a hatchet, 
and began to force off the lid of the 
largest. “What’s the matter?” asked a 
bystander. Pale and faint, Mrs. Smith 
pointed to an inscription on the lid. It 
read: “Bill inside.”—Melbourne Aus¬ 
tralasian. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
WAVERLY, N.Y. 
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WHEN FED TO HEKS THEY CAHT HELP LAYING 
TIO-GA 
2—. POULTRY GRAIN ^ 
MAKES HENS LAY | 
MORE EGGS 
ITINCREASESTHE CAPACITY OF 
GOOD HENS.AND MAKES EVEN 
A POOR HEN DO HER LEVEL BEST 
Day Old Chicks 
and 
Six to Eight Weeks .Old Pullets 
6 weeks old 60 cents 
8 weeks old 70 cents 
Kirkup’s Strain S. C. While Leghorns brerl 
for size, vigor, and large white market eggs 
- $15 per 100—$62.50 per 500—$125 per 1000— 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Order Today. 
REDUCED PRICES AFTER MAY 15 
Day Old Chicks, $10 per 100 -Yearling 
Hens, $1.25 each. Delivery after May 1 
It will pay you to get a breeding pen now— 
Why’—You can get May and June hatched 
chicks, get, a good egg production until late 
in the Fall and then have a fine breeding 
pen for next season. We guarantee stock 
to be “Right.” Send for Free Booklet, de¬ 
scribing chicks, pullets and breeding stock. 
CHESTNUT POULTRY FARM 
KIRKUP BROS., Props. 
MATT1TUCK, L. I., NEW YORK 
The Mark of Poultry Quality 
The Tywacana 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 
are the surest layers and are l*est for marketing. 
Years of utility breeding are bark 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 lioxes 
iufcuring safe delivery after lone shipments. 
PRACTICAL, PROFITABLE 
FARM BIRDS 
They are big and hardy, excellent layers and 
great hustlers—just the birds for the farm. 
Send for our beautiful catalog. 
TYWACANA FARMS POULTRY CO. POULTRY CO. 
A. F.. Wrltrlit, Snpt.. ’VV 
Box 68 Farmingdale. L. I., N. Y. > 
TYWACANA 
VFARMS’ 
Baoy CtLicKs 
s. c. w. 
LEGHORNS 
R. & S.C.R 
I. REDS, B 
ROCKS 
Thoroughbred, 
Strong. Livable. 
From heavy-laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
WESLEY GRINNELL. 
Sodus N. Y. 
MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARM 
CHICKS 
GIVE SATISFACTION. TRY THEM. PRICES 
NOW, FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 
Young’s strain. $10 per 100 
5 ou ag s & Barron’s cross. 12 per 100 
FOR JUNE 
Young’s strain. S 9 per 100 
Young’s & Barron’s cross.10 per 100 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
A. H. PENNY, - Mattituck, New York 
Dune Alpin Heavy Laying 
S. C. White Leghorns 
have won more firsts, specials and other 
awards in the last lour years at New York, 
Boston. Hagerstown and Philadelphia than 
all our competitors combined. 
HATCHING FGCK OK KAY OLD CHICKS 
PRICES LOW, QUALITY CONSIDERED 
Send for catalogue. 
DUNE ALPIN POULTRY FARM 
Easthampton, L. I., N. Y. 
TOM BARRON’S 
BEST STRAINS AND HIS 
203-202-260-248 
EGG STRAINS ARE AT 
MORRIS-FARM, R.4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
“GREATEST LAYERS IN AMERICA” 
BARRON LEGHORNS AND WYANDOTTES 
BUFF ROCKS, REDS, DUCKS, GEESE 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
D.W. Young's strain. The finest in the world. Bred 
or their greatWinter-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. s.OUO weekly. The kind 
that live. My book Profits in Poultry Keepiuu Solved — 
6th edition, given free with till $10 orders. Satis¬ 
faction Guaranteed. Descriptive circulars free. 
EDGAR ItK1GG?>, Box 141, Pleasant Valley, N.5 . 
GIBSON Strain Day-Old CHICKS 
We ship lively, hardy chicks from 
our strain of large size, vigorous 
breeding stock ol’ bred-to-lay S. ('. 
White Leghorns, Barred Plymout h 
Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. 
Write For Free Catalog-^ 0 ^^ 0 ^\#4 S mnt: 
ings and prices of Baby Chicks, Eggs for Hatching, 
breeding stock ami Indian Runner Ducklings. 
GALEN FARMS. G. F. Gibson, Owner. Drawer G. CLYDE, N.Y. 
Parcel Post Egg Boxes^NiJFiixKRsi 
i H It. BRL'NNKIt, 45Harrison St..New York 
300 LICE 
Or More 
on One Hen 
!« by no means uncommon. No one would expect 
to fatten a steer with that number of “ticks” suck- 
ing his blood, but many expect 
the old hen to go ahead shelling 
out eggs while lice and mites are 
sapping her very life. We have 
counted over 2000 dead lice under 
a row of ten hens, on a roost 
board painted the night before with 
Lee’s Lice Killer. Thisgreatkiller does , 
double duty—contact kills mites, lice,* 
bedbugs, etc. about the roosts; the 
vapor kills lice on the chickens sitting 
over it. Put up only in airtight cans. 
For sale at over 10,000 towns. 
Three sizes—35 eta., 60 cts., $1.00. Poultry Book free. 
GEO. H. LEE CO. Omaha, Nebr. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING, S.C.W. LEGHORNS, 
Bred to Lay Winter Eggs; Never Offered 
For Sale Before, $10.00 Per Hundred, 
$2 00 Per Setting. ROSEDALE POULTRY 
FARM, Hempstead, L. I., R. F. D. No. 4., 
New York Office, 22-24 West 43rd St. 
TOM BARRON’S WHITE LEGHORNS 
Imported direct from Tom Barron’s farm; Tom Bar¬ 
ron's defeated all American breeds; 6 hens laid 1190 
eggs in 1 year, averaging 238: large handsome, vig¬ 
orous white cockerels. $3 and $5; eggs, $1; $*;perl00. 
P. F. RAFFERTY, Marlboro, Mass. 
S. C. White Leghorn Baby Chicks 
From Barge, Vigorous, Bred to Lay stock. Wyekoff. 
and Toni Barron's Strain Direct. Wyekoff strain only $8.0* 
per 100 after .Juno 1st. $75.00 per 1000. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. Circulars Free. R. T. EWING, Atlantic, Pa. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks & Eggs 
Purebred. large, vigorous, true Leghorn typo. Seven 
years' experience. Not how many, but how good. 
Circular. VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, New York 
RARY c. White Leghorns, 
DHD 1 ^ $10 per 100. I. R. Duck¬ 
lings. Eggs for hatching. Old established bnsines*. 
ROCKY GLEN POULTRY FARM, Poughkeepsie. New Yerk 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from selected, mature hens, bred 
for 18 years for vigor and Egg production. 
FL0Y0 Q WHITE, Successor to White 8 Rice, Yorktown, N. Y 
BRED for EGGS 
l—Young strain S. C. W. 
Leghorns. Many hatchei 
result 90 per cent fer¬ 
tility. Many of the hens lay 6 eggs per week. W. 
guarantee 80 per cent fertility or free 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. GIlililN, Mount Holly, New Jersey 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS AND EGGI 
~~ healthy business kind including Barron’* strain 
that grow great layers, delivery guaranteed. For 
Circular write, HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, New Y«rk 
EGGS FOR HATCHING Sg&fSft,i"Tc’ 
White Leghorn, S. C. Rhode Bland Reds—$1.50 per 
15: $5 per hundred. 50 Good Cockerels at $2 each. 
H. A BACON, Hillcrest Poultry Farm, Berwyn, Maryland 
PUREBRED TOM BARRON STRAIN 
WHITE LEGHORN EGGS 
Price reduced to $1 per 15 after June 1st. 
M A PLED ALE EGG FARM, - Erin, New York 
q H whifp I pffhnrn<i- WYCK0Ff STRfllN - K,{ K sfor 
OiUi YVIIIIC LcgllUlllo hatching, $5 per 100. Un¬ 
fertile eggs replaced. Robert E. Smith, Nassawadox.Va. 
S C W. Rohu Phipl/e in any numbers. HENHAVEN 
LEGHORN DdUyblllOHb POULTRY YARDS, Cortland. N. Y. 
Atkins* Wjiifp I paKnrnt Profit Payers se- 
x\LKlila TT Hilt cegnorns lected hatching eggs, 
$2 for 15. Robert Atkins, Esopus, N.Y Established 1889. 
Black Leghorn Eggs for Salel£?**£?. wi?d« 
eggs. Circular free. WM. C. MERRILL, North Sanford, N.Y. 
^^***^’*^^ hack for dead ones. Pamphlet 
free. C. 91. L.AUVJEU, Box 73, Richfield, Pa. 
Baby Chicks & Ducklings’^ 
From Youngs strain, Prizo winners at Madison 
•»IV.V'l'J,® n • 1 9 ’ I• Mating list free, BEAVER 0AM 
POULTRY FARM, Harry Tweddle, Prop, Montgomery, N. Y. 
S c. mtow.N a, wiiitk i.F(inoRN8, nt. & u. imaiiMis.it. i. 
• KFhS. tV. Wyandottes & Barred Rocks. Show & Util¬ 
ity quality. Won 7f> ribbons this season, including New 
York & Philadelphia. KliGS. Baby CHICKS. Breeders. Illus¬ 
trated catalog free. Itlv»rdalc Poultry Farm, liWcrdalc, U. J 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS Sr, 
dollar for thirteen. LEON L. SAGE, Crown Point, N. Y 
May’s Special on Egg S -^,& p e s !o 0 y f oS u t r hefa^ 
the kiud. AVe have bred poultry for years and know the 
Special for May. Orders filled in rotation. 30 
Egg$1.50 of Burnett Black Beauty, Minorcas. also Rhode 
Island Reds. Pekin Duck or White Turkeys Eggs also for 
sale. Minorca Eggs, any number, 6 cents each. Also 
Rhode Island Reds. Express paid anywhere in U. S. after 
May 1st, or Parcel Post free. Send for Poultry Advir« at 
once. It s free. W. L. BURNETT, Montgomery. ,N. Y. 
MAKA-SHEL 
GRIT 
If you want plenty 
of eggs and strong 
chicks, feed n rough grit; feed a | 
grit tlmt grinds: feed "Maka- 
Shei.” used by the largest ’ 
poultry men. Ask your dealer 
or send $ 1.00 for two 100 lb. bags, f. o. b. cars; 
Middle and New England States, one ton at 
$10.00, freight paid. Agents wanted. 
EDGE HILL SILICA ROCK CO. 
Box J New Brunswick, N. J 
Don’t Kii.t, Your Baby Chicks with Poor Fekd 
Out SPECIAL CHICK FEED 
is tiio sweetest and most wholesome feed on the 
market It can he fed t>> human beings. ALWAYS 
FRESH AND ALWAYS THE SAME Send for prices and 
booklet WM.0RRS SONS Box 1. R, Orr’s Mills. New York 
THE ORANGE COUNTY POULTRY HOUSE 
(Patented) 
Combination brooding and laying house. Cheap, Practi¬ 
cal. Durable. Saves steps. Saves chicks. Saves money. 
Catalogue and pricelist. O. W.MAPES, Middletown, N.Y. 
MacKellar's Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or tine granulated, also 
powdered. Huy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. ISM 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N.Y. 
