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The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The twenty-eighth week shows a 
further gain of 91 eggs, 3,649 being laid 
during the week. The highest number 
laid during this contest was in the 
twenty-fifth week, when 3,6S2 were pro¬ 
duced. 
Leghorns make the high scores this 
week. Tom Barron’s White Leghorns tak¬ 
ing first place with a score of 61. This 
is a high record; it is an average of over 
six eggs in seven days for every hen in 
the pen. I wrote Mr. Barron some time 
ago asking why his Leghorns were mak¬ 
ing such a poor showing compared with 
former years. 11 is reply was, “Those 
birds are bred right; they will show 
up bye and bye.” He seemed to have 
perfect confidence in what the breeding 
would compel those birds to do. IIis 
White Wyandottes are now 293 eggs 
ahead of his White Leghorns, owing in 
great measure to the splendid start the 
former made, while the Leghorns laid 
very poorly at first, but lately the Leg¬ 
horns are steadily reducing that differ¬ 
ence and undoubtedly will make a good 
showing before the contest closes. 
Marwood Poultry Farm’s White Leg¬ 
horns tie with Wolverine Poultry Farm’s 
Buff Leghorns for second place, each pen 
scoring 59. Windsweep Farm takes third 
place with a record of 56, and_ P. (1. 
Platt is fourth with a score of 55. Pen 
number 43 of Storrs Agricultural Sta¬ 
tion laid 54, Francis F. Lincoln’s pen 
laid 54, and Mrs. K. E. Woodruff’s pen 
laid 54. All the above are White Leg¬ 
horns. Below are the week’s record and 
the totals: 
BARRED ROCKS. WK. TL. 
A. B. Ilall. Connecticut. 48 596 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts 38 730 
Waveny Farms, Connecticut... 51 601 
J. J. Francais, New York. 48 S63 
WHITE P. ROCKS. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachu¬ 
setts . 49 649 
F. II. Benton, Connecticut. 44 734 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 36 559 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 41 612 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 37 719 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 41 615 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 34 403 
BUFF P. ROCKS. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 44 719 
W. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut 31 521 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Tom Barron, England . 50 1169 
West Mt. Pity. Yards, Connecti¬ 
cut ..•.. 36 693 
Merrythought Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 46 1010 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 43 973 
I). J. Ryan & Son, Connecticut 33 785 
BUFF WYANDOTTES. 
. r. N. W. Sanborn, Massachu¬ 
setts . 51 740 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachu¬ 
setts . 34 665 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club, New 
York . 45 646 
II. L. Hamilton, Connecticut.. 31 452 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. 
Nat’l Col. Wyan. Club, Massa¬ 
chusetts . 53 649 
s. c. REDS. 
Robert Seaman, New York.... 33 542 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut.... 35 732 
I)r. J. C. Dingman, New York 4S 610 
Burnham Pity. Farm, Massa¬ 
chusetts . 33 524 
II. P. Doming, Connecticut. 41 628 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 37 822 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 44 913 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. . 40 560 
W. II. Bumsted, Connecticut. . 29 374 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachu¬ 
setts . 51 828 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. . . 39 754 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire 39 784 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. . 43 862 
IL C. REDS. 
Glenview Pity. Farm, Connecti¬ 
cut . 44 762 
C. S. Scoville, Connecticut.... 24 523 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Sta., Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Sta.. Connecticut.. 
Braeside Pity. Farm, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 
Glenview Pity. Farm, Connect 
cut . 
Manor Pity. Farm, New York. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Pity. Farm, Pennsy 
vania . 
Geo. M. Harris, Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New Yoi 
N. W. Ilendryx. Connecticut. 
J. J. Linehan, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut... 
Cecil Guernsey. New York... 
Moore. Connecticut.... 
N. St. John, New York. 
Sherwood. Connecticut. 
Sands, Pennsylvania. . . 
Pity. Farm, Connectici 
_ Pity. Farm, New Yoi 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, Connect 
cut . 
Windsweep Farm, Connectici 
C. 11. Savage. Connecticut... 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania.... 
Ileneta Bone Co., New Jerse\ 
T. W 
Chas. 
C. W. 
L. E. 
Tom ok a 
Venture 
52 
752 
48 
828 
51 
836 
51 
1066 
54 
698 
51 
659 
721 
50 
725 
51 
720 
59 
820 
46 
607 
45 
784 
44 
650 
51 
609 
54 
1047 
50 
885 
48 
a”,4 
48 
619 
52 
715 
46 
709 
48 
621 
45 
597 
54 
651 
56 
606 
52 
666 
55 
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25 
166 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut.... 51 706 
Chas. Ileigl, Ohio . 52 570 
Tom Barron. England . 61 876 
Branford Farm, Connecticut.. 53 776 
James Munn, Massachusetts. . . 48 616 
Geo. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut. 53 581 
BUFF LEGHORNS. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm. Michi¬ 
gan . 59 729 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut. 48 590 
BUFF ORPINGTONS. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 45 573 
WHITE ORPINGTONS. 
I’. A. Demgar, New York. 32 519 
WHITE LACED RED CORNISH. 
W. L. R. C. Club, Massachusetts 30 389 
SILVER CAMPINES. 
W. J. II. Lobel, New Jersey... 52 530 
DUNGHILLS. 
IT. IV. Collingwood. New Jersey 47 512 
Daniel Iline, Connecticut. 32 557 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut. 43 671 
MIXED BREEDS. 
Profitable Pity., Massachusetts 42 694 
Profitable I’lty., Massachusetts 39 651 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Those English Wyandottes. 
I T was with much interest I read what 
The R. N.-Y. had to say in regard 
to the Barron Wyandottes. It seems 
to me Judge Card, you and others have 
missed the main point. I have been a 
breeder of Leghorns for years and Wyan¬ 
dottes for 18 years. The first glance I 
gave the group of Barron Wyandottes, 
on page 713, I took them for large Leg¬ 
horns, then I read the inscription under, 
stating they were Wyandottes. I have 
a very strong glass and using this I en¬ 
larged the birds a half, and am positive 
by their shape, hardiness of feather and 
rather whip tails, also shape of combs, 
that these 10 females are the result of 
a cross of either Leghorn or Vhite Min¬ 
orca blood. That Barron would have ex¬ 
tra layers from such a cross of Wyan¬ 
dottes, Leghorn or Minorca most breed¬ 
ers know. This would not place Mr. 
Barron in the ranks of expert breeders, 
for the reason that any number of ama¬ 
teurs have made just such crosses with 
same results. It is the contention of 
many well-known breeders that these 
cross-bred pullets if bred to will not pro¬ 
duce young that will anywhere near equal 
in egg yield the original cross-breeds. .So 
in order to continue the high yield you 
must each year make the same cross. The 
cut of ideal female of standard does not 
have the approval of the best Wyandotte 
breeders. Mr. A. G. Duston wrote me he 
was not breeding to this standard, and 
considered the 1910 standard cut nearer 
correct. 
That high-class American Standard 
White Wyandottes are grand layers I 
have proven to my own satisfaction at 
least. I purchased a trio of White Wyan¬ 
dottes, cockerel and two pullets, and two 
weeks later another pullet, the three pul¬ 
lets laid over 200 eggs each in their pul¬ 
let year. They were only six weeks in 
the molt and starting to lay. Two of 
these are laying equally as well as during 
their first season, and bid fair to go to 
the 200 mark as two-year-olds. I am 
keeping their record and setting all their 
eggs, the third one has wanted to sit 
twice, but she will go to 130 for second 
year. And these are high-class birds, for 
which I paid $50 for the trio and $12.50 
for third pullet. I did not ask for lay¬ 
ers, I asked for best exhibition quality 
they could send for the price. 
New York. w. \v. carman. 
R. N.-Y".—If any small boy can breed 
such layers as these English Wyandottes 
show themselves to be the wonder to us 
is why the larger boys have not done it 
before, and proved their ability at one 
of the egg contests. At both Storrs and 
at Thorndale, Pa., these English Wyan¬ 
dottes lead the crowd, and we understand 
they are pedigreed birds with records of 
several years of *• ted breeding. 
Hen Versus Hawk. 
W. IT. D.. Maryland, asks how to catch 
the hawk. I will give a plan that has 
always worked well here; how it will 
work on Maryland hawks I cannot tell. 
Take some sticks about two feet long, 
sharpen them at one end, drive them into 
the ground, and make a circular pen 
about two feet in diameter, a small open¬ 
ing on one side. Cover the top with hen 
wire. Place a chicken in the pen, put a 
steel trap in the opening, and several 
traps on the ground around the pen. The 
hawk will light on the ground and walk 
around the pen, and is almost sure to be 
caught. If you put a live chicken in the 
pen. close the opening on the side with 
wire netting so the chicken cannot get 
out. Make the pen out in a field some 
distance from the house so the hawks 
will come and not be afraid to stay there 
until they are caught. The pen is 
sometimes made with a little alley- 
way leading up to the opening on 
the side. Place the trap in this. 
New York. T. F. II. 
“What uncleanly people they seem to 
be out West!” said Mrs. De Lite. “Here 
is a case of a man starting to clean out 
a town, and they actually shot him !”— 
Credit Lost. 
The VIBERT REDS 
A flock of deep glowing and brilliant, cherry to ma¬ 
hogany red to the skin rose and single comb Rhode 
Island Reds, famous for being the heaviest-laying 
1 rapnested jlock of the breed in existence. Long- 
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Chicks in small lots from specially selected e^gs. 
Cockerels from trapnested hens of high laying rates. 
Breeding pens, trios, nnd utility stock for sale at re¬ 
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all from 
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Prompt service, conrfeons and honorable treatment, 
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Rose and Single comb 
Rhode Island Reds. D. 
& F. Strain. 109 Acres 
devoted to them. Heavy- 
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of 87 first in 12 years. Eggs, 12.00 per 15; 
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per 1,000 eggs. Fine breeding cockerels at 
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R. F. D. 9 Geneseo, N. Y. 
INT’L EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
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