1914 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
825 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T HE thirtieth week of the contest 
shows a little more falling off in 
egg production as the number of 
broody hens increase. The intensely hot 
weather of last week was another fac¬ 
tor. Anything that tends to make the 
fowls uncomfortable, tends also to a de¬ 
crease in the egg output. The English 
White Leghorns make the high score for 
the week; viz., 61, the same number that 
they laid last week. Their total lacks 
only two eggs of the 1.000 mark. This 
pen is steadily climbing towards the top, 
but five pens are now ahead of them. 
Chas. N. St. John’s pen of White Leg¬ 
horns takes second place with a score of 
60, and the Buff Leghorns from Wolver¬ 
ine Poultry Farm are third with a score 
of 59. Three pens of White Leghorns 
tie for fourth place with scores of 58 
each. They are Marwood Poultry Farm’s 
pen, Thomas W. Moore’s pen, from Con¬ 
necticut and Chas. Heigl’s pen from 
Ohio. A. B. Hall’s peu of Barred Rocks 
tie with Geo. A. Cosgrove’s White Leg¬ 
horns with score of 57 each. 
The pen average of the White Leg¬ 
horns is now far ahead of that of any 
other breed. The average this week for 
the whole 33 pens, is 51.2; for the White 
Wyaudottes it is 39.4 ; for the S. C. Beds 
it is 38.3; for the White 1*. Rocks it is 
41.5; for the Barred Rocks it is 47. 
But now is the time of the year when 
the non-setting qualities of the Leghorn 
gives the breed a decided advantage over 
the broody kind. Below is the week’s 
record: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
A. It. Hall. Connecticut. 
Frank L. T.uttle. Masaschnsetts. 
Waveny Farm, Connecticut. 47 
J. F. Francais, New York. 
White P. Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.... 
F. II. Benton. Connecticut. 4S 
Stor-s Agr. Station, Connecticut. 41 
Storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 33 
Storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 41 
Buff P. Rocks. 
A. A. Hall. Connecticut. 
W. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut.... 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron. England. 49 
West Mt. Poultry Yards, Connecticut 23 
.Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.. 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 54 
I). J. Ryan & Son. Connecticut. 33 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Or. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 
Or. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts. 
Am. Buff. Wyan. Club, New York.. 
H. L. Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Nat’l dol. Wyan. Club, Massachusetts 47 
S. C. Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York.. 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut. 42 
Hr. J. C. Uiugman. New York. 
Burnham Pltry. Farm, Massachusetts 
H. P. Doming. Connecticut. 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey. Pennsylvania.... 
F.ruest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. H. Bumsted, Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards. Massachusetts... 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 37 
Colonial Farm. New Hampshire. 34 
A. B. Bruudage, Connecticut. 51 
Rose Comb Reds. 
Genview Farm. Connecticut. 24 
C. S. Seoville, Connecticut. 28 
White Leghorns. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 47 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... 
Storrs gr. Station, Connecticut. 44 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 53 
Storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm. Pennsylvania 
Glenview Farm, Connecticut. 52 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 41 
A. B. Ilall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Poultry Farm. Pennsylvania 
Geo. M. Harris. Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm. New York. 
N. W. Hendryx. Connecticut. 
J. J. I.inehan, Massachusetts. 50 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey. New Y’ork. 
T. W. Moore. Connecticut. 
Chas. N. St. John. New York. 
C. W. Sherwood, Connecticut. 49 
L. E. Sands. Pennsylvania.. 
Tomoka Poultry Farm, Connecticut.. 
Venture Poultry Farm. New York... 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff. Connecticut.... 
Wimlsweop Farm. Connecticut. 
C. II. Savage. Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Heneta Boue Co.. New Jersey....... 2ti 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Helgl, Ohio. 
Tom Barron. England. fit 
Branford Farm. Connecticut. 54 
James Muun, Massachusetts. 
Geo. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut. 
Buff Leghorns. 
Wolverine Poultry Yards, Michigan. 
Blue Andalusians. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut. 
Buff Orpingtons. 
O. Wilson. West Virginia. 15 
White Orpingtons. 
P. A. Demgar, New York. 
White Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. R. C. Club, Massachusetts.... 
Silver Campines. 
W. J. n. Lobel, New Jersey. 45 
Dunghills. 
II. VV. i'■*Uingwood. New Jersey... 
Daniel Iline, Connecticut.. 
Daniel IIino, Connecticut. 
Mixed Breeds. 
Profitable Poultry. Massachusetts_ 20 
Profitable. Poultry. Massachusetts. 
Total number laid, 03,221. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Henhouse Curtains; Egg Eaters. 
If J. B. W.. page 612, will tack the 
muslin on the window frames of his hen¬ 
house with two or three small pleats on 
every side, the wind slatting the loose 
cloth will keep it from becoming clogged 
with dust. 
I think if H. H. W., page 615, will 
stir up a mash of wheat bran and good 
strong vinegar and feed his hens all they 
will eat of it once a day for three days 
in succession the hens will stop eating 
their eggs. V, E. K. 
Mexico, N. Y. 
Baoy 
s. c. w. 
LEGHORNS 
R. & S. C. R. 
I. REDS, B. 
ROCKS 
Thoroughbred, 
Strong, Livable. 
From hea vy-lay i ng, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
WESLEY GRINNELL, 
Sodus N. Y. 
57 
706 
46 
813 
47 
703 
33 
940 
51 
754 
4S 
831 
41 
045 
36 
683 
33 
796 
36 
692 
41 
478 
46 
S07 
39 
598 
49 
1,260 
23 
748 
38 
1.081 
54 
1.076 
33 
850 
3S 
820 
52 
757 
26 
703 
37 
534 
47 
743 
31 
603 
42 
806 
50 
708 
39 
599 
35 
697 
35 
890 
32 
986 
33 
027 
39 
442 
40 
918 
37 
822 
34 
855 
51 
902 
24 
830 
28 
577 
47 
849 
49 
922 
44 
931 
53 
1.173 
47 
792 
51 
70S 
52 
825 
41 
817 
54 
823 
58 
932 
48 
090 
55 
866 
54 
754 
50 
708 
56 
1,100 
49 
988 
58 
747 
60 
733 
49 
812 
49 
809 
51 
720 
47 
689 
56 
703 
52 
707 
53 
709 
56 
879 
26 
213 
47 
802 
5.8 
089 
998 
54 
882 
48 
713 
57 
095 
59 
S47 
45 
GS4 
15 
621 
31 
5S8 
21 
435 
45 
028 
53 
019 
34 
626 
28 
723 
20 
742 
20 
716 
Protrusion of Oviduct. 
I have a fine flock of hens, but they 
are afflicted with some unknown disease 
that causes protrusion of the oviduct. 
Can you give me some light on this mat¬ 
ter? A. z. 
New York. 
Cleansing an Incubator. 
Can you toll me what will take that 
offensive odor from the incubator after a 
hatch? I have tried scrubbing with hot 
water and have burned sulphur in it 
with no results. Others report the same 
trouble. n. w. M. 
Ohio. 
I have never noted any offensive odor 
about an incubator which thorough scrub¬ 
bing with hot water and soap would not 
remove; if the trays and the interior are 
clean there should be no offensive odor. 
If such an odor persists after cleaning, 
however, it is possible that chloride of 
lime placed in the hatching chamber upon 
a shallow dish would destroy it, or thor¬ 
ough sunning of the machine in the open 
air might be efficacious. m. b. d. 
Colds ; Loss of Feathers. 
1. I have some lions that make a noise 
like whooping, have been so for three 
weeks. I have given them coal oil. sul¬ 
phur, rubbed throat with turpentine. 
When they breathe, mouth opens and there 
is a loose rattle. What is the disease, 
and a cure? 2. What is the matter with 
hens when the feathers fall off their heads 
and the scalp seems to be scaly? They 
are getting worse; not all are affected. I 
have rubbed them with lard and sulphur, 
also coal oil but that does not seem to 
do any good. g. m. b. 
Michigan. 
1. Hens are subject to "colds,” or 
catarrhal inflammations of the respira¬ 
tory tract which cause them to breathe 
with evident difficulty and there are cer¬ 
tain fungus growths derived from moldy 
litter which also obstruct the breathing. 
The most common cause of the symptoms 
that you describe is exposure to damp¬ 
ness and drafts in poorly constructed 
roosting quarters and the remedy is re¬ 
moval of the cause, or of the hens to bet¬ 
ter quarters. Permanganate of potash 
crystals dissolved in the drinking water, 
a teaspoonful to the quart, is helpful in 
overcoming the colds. 
2. Loss of feathers from the head and 
neck is usually due to the work of the 
depluming mite which burrows in the 
skin at the base of the feathers. A little 
simple grease, to which may be added one 
fourth its bulk of “blue ointment,” will 
destroy the mite and give an opportunity 
for new feathers to grow. This should 
be rubbed into the bare spots. The chap¬ 
ter on diseases of fowls in the “Business 
lieu,” published by The It. N.-Y., con¬ 
tains about all one needs to know of the 
ordinary poultry diseases and their treat¬ 
ment. M. B. D. 
ORR’S POULTRY FEEDS 
DISTINCTIVELY SUPERIOR 
We uiake all our own mixtures. Always Fresh, and ship 
direct to customers. What is saved thru middle¬ 
men wo nut in extra quality, so send your orders to 
us. we have been in the food business over 300 
years and at Orr’s Mills, since 1857. Square dealing 
and honest goods. Everything in the poultry feed 
line made and guaranteed by 1). Lincoln Orr. 
Send far booklet and prices 
WM. ORR & SONS, Box I-R, Orr’* Mill*, N. Y, 
LMSE POWDERS 
are many, Lee’s is the best 
buy. First, because a pound 
and a quarter for 25 cts. instead of 
the usual 15 ounces; second be¬ 
cause obtainable at most every 
town; third because complying 
'fully with the Insecticide Law. 
Equally good for grown fow :, or 
chicks. Especially fine for setting 
hens. You cannot raise chickens 
profitably unless kept free from lice and vou need 
something that is economica, and easy to use as 
well as effective. That’s Lee’s. Put tip in round 
sprinkler top cans. 2 sizes, 25 cts. and 50 nis. 
Sold by 10,000 dealers in U. S. and Canada. Write for 
free poultry books and pamphlets. 
GEO. H, LEE CO., Omaha, Nebo. 
This trouble is probably inflammation j 
of tbe egg tube, or oviduct, and may be 
caused by heavy laying while the fowls 
are closely confined and forced for egg 
production. Irritating food, overly large 
eggs, excess of pepper or other condi¬ 
ments in the food, or other conditions 
which lower the vitality of the hen, prob¬ 
ably predispose to this trouble. Giving 
the fowls free range, if possible, and feed¬ 
ing plenty of green stuff, with little meat 
or other stimulating food should correct 
the trouble. Those that show protrusion 
of the oviduct in the form of a reddish 
mass at the vent should be promptly re¬ 
moved from the pen as the other fowls 
are apt to peck at and finally kill such 
hens. M. B. d. 
Dune Alpin Heavy Laying 
S. C. White Leghorns 
have won 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 OR HAY OLD CHICKS 
PRICES LOW, QUALITY CONSIDERED 
Send for catalogue. 
DUNE ALPIN POULTRY FARM 
Easthampton, L. I., N. Y. 
MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARM 
CHICKS 
GIVE SATISFACTION. TRY THEM. PRICES 
NOW, FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 
April batched pullets.6Pc each 
Young's strain.$ 9 per 100 
Young’s & Barron's cross .10 per 100 
Safe delivery guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
A. H. PENNY, - Mattituck, New York 
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 @ $6 
per 100, $50 per 1000. Quick shipments. Baby 
chicks $12 per 100—capacity, 8,000 weekly. The kind 
that live. My book— Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved — 
5th edition, given free with all $!0 orders. Satis¬ 
faction Guaranteed. Descriptive circulars free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 141, Plcusnut Valley, N. Y, 
TOM BARRON’S 
BEST STRAINS AND HIS 
208-282-260-2-18 
EGG STRAINS ARE AT 
MORRIS-FARM, R.4, Bridgeport,Conn. 
"GREATEST LAYERS IN AMERICA” 
BARRON LEGHORNS AND WYANDOTTES 
BUFF ROCKS, REDS, DUCKS, GEESE 
TOM BARRON’S 
Special for June — Eggs $5 per 100 
Imported direct from Tom Barrou’s Farm. Trap- 
nested stock. 280-egg strain. The greatest laying 
straiu in the world. Eggs, $1 per set: $5 per 100. 
P. F. RAFFERTY, - Marlboro, Mass. 
MAV ond III UP are pre-eminently the months that 
IrlH 1 ullUwlinu nature choose for egg hatching. It 
is wise to have hatches ln.te, as ttie late season makes May 
and June hatches safe investments. Stock is needed. We 
offer special our Black Beauty Minorens, only $1.30 per 
50, $3 per 100. Also following breeds at same price: White 
Leghorns, Brahmas ami Beds, t’ekiu Ducks eggs, 10 for 
$1.50. Turkeys eggs. 50 cents and $t each. Ribbons from 
all big shows. We ship in safe box. Express paid. Poultry 
A<!>ieo mailed free. Send orders at once. Telegraph of¬ 
fice at Montgomery. Letters answered by return mail. W. 
L. Burnett, Prop., Coldenbam Poultry Yards, Montgomery, It. T. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks 
Tom Barron and other heavy layingblood. W. Rock 
and W.W. Pullets for sale. John Lorton Lee. Carmel, N Y 
BABY CHIX- S - C ' VVhite Leghorns J 
DHO 1 ^ ■* ■ ** $10 per 100. I. R. Duck, 
lings; 500 yearling R. I. Reds, hens, for sale. 
Eggs for hatching. Old established business. 
ROCKY GIEN POULTRY FARM. Poughkeepsie. New York 
nillRIfQ 8 '- 
I B 1 B ■ back for dead ones, him- 
phiet free. C.M.LAUVKR 
WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS AND EGGS 
TT healthy business kind including Barron's strain 
that grow great lavors, delivery guaranteed. For 
Circular write, HAMILTON FARM, Huntington, New Ysrk 
C P. BROWN A WHITE LEGHORNS. Pk. A I.t. BRAHMAS. R. I. 
w ■ It tilts. W. Wyandottes & Barred Hocks. Show & ftil- 
ity quality. Won 7i> ribbons this season, including New 
York & Pitiiadelphia. EGGS. Baby PRICKS. Breeders. Illus¬ 
trated catalog free. KIverdale Poultry Farm, ltiverdale, N. J 
S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks & Eggs 
Purebred, largo, vigorous, true Leghorh type. Seven 
years’ experience. Not how many, but how good. 
Circular. VANCREST POULTRY FARM, Salt Point, New York 
POUITRYMEM, ATTENTION—THE LAYING CONTEST proves ourS. C.W. 
■ Leghorns are anion? the foremost. We have dozens of letters 
telling of the health and vigor of our baby chicks. We can deliver 
2,000 weekly duriner June and July, $10, 100 ; $90, 1,000. Cash 
with order; safe delivery guaranteed. A. B. HALL, WalHnqtofd, Conn. 
LINCOLN’S LEGHORNS 
Growing S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels for sale. : 
FRANCIS F. LINCOLN, Mt. Carmel. Conn. 
Black Leghorn Eggs for SaleiSSS.%* hi SS! 
Circular free. WM C. MERRILL, R. F. D. No 2, Alton, N.Y. 
Parcel Post Egg Boxes Ta n nd v filVeks s 
II K BRUNNER, 45 Harrison St., New York 
COR SALE—Choice Three-band Italian Oueens. 
• Tested—$2; untested, after June 1—81 Write for 
booklet. XV. K. Rockwell, Bloom field. Conn. 
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Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl. Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes. 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WM. J. MACKENSKN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department ID, Yardley, Pa. 
While Prices Are Down 
You'll need roofing before long. Buy 
now and save big money even if you are 
not yet ready to lay it. Don’t wait until 
it s too late to protect your buddings 
against lightning, fire and all the ele¬ 
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lightning. 
Kanneberg 
Metal Shingles 
“We pay the freight ” 
give the best protection against lightning. Then 
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You can put them on quicker than wood shingles 
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&■ Ceiling Co. 
Est. 1886 
4 j Douglas Street 
Canton, 0. 
Address.. 
Calling Co. 
48 Douglas 
Si, Canton, 0. 
Send catalog at one* 
V!BERT REDS 
at Reduced Prices 
We oiler from oor famous flock of rose and single 9 
comb brilliant red TRAPNESTED RHODE ISLAND 
REDS, splendid breeders at sharp reductions upon 
breaking up of some of our heaviest laying pens. 
This is a rare opportunity to obtain large, vigorous, 
ben hatched, free range, open front colony house * 
TRAPNESTED STOCK, hens and cockerels. Some 
rarely fine ntility stock. HATCHING EGGS FROM J 
OUR BEST PENS AT »/ 2 PRICE. Fertile eggs the 1 
year round. Honorable treatment, prompt shipment, ! 
safe delivery, and full value guaranteed. 
VIBERT RED FARM, Bex 1, Weston, N. J. ; 
INT’L EGG LAYING CONTEST 
COLONIAL REDS WIN over every American entrv of tlio 
American breeds. Our peu of Reds, single comb, heat 
every American entry of the American breeds, each bird 
averaged for the year, 194 EGGS Official record. 
We offer EGGS FOR HATCHING, from our pedigreed 
stock that we honestly believe are the strongest-laying 
lines produced to date. Our mating list will tell you de¬ 
tails and prices, and will be seut on application. We prom¬ 
ise honorable treatment. We are the breeders that fur¬ 
nish all the birds that the Youth's Companion ship out t 
their subscribers. Shipments made to forty-six States th > 
past year*. COLUflliL FAUM, Box O, Temple, New Hampshire 
Austin’s 200 Egg Strain S.C. R. 1. Reds 
Standard bred: high record stock; red to 
the skin. Half prices on eggs for hatching. 
Booked up for season on ciiieks- : 
AUSTIN’S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
R. I. Reds, Indian Runner Ducks 
Eggs for hatching. Breeding stock. 
Sinclair Smith, 603 5th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS-™,;,a,,} 1 
try; 200-egg strain: breeders and eggs. Send 2-ccn; 
stamp for illustrated catalogue. Route 24, Athens, Pa. 
UAWTH0RN FARM BUFF ORPINGTONS-Best display : ; 
" Buffalo for 6 years. Free range stock. Splendid 
Combination of exhibition and utility qualities. Bu; ' 
and White June chicks, 15c- Wiliianisville. New Yoi i 
ance IA sale EA of S. C. Buff Orpington Breeders 
including leading pen this variety at second Inter¬ 
national Egg-Laying Contest. 
CHERRY LANE FARM CO., (Desk B), Oak Hilt, West Virgin, i 
THE FARMERS FAVORITE WINTER LAYERS—WHITE ORPIN-- 
■ TON EGGS AN0 CHICKS Square Deal Guaranteed 
Catalogue free. W R. STEVENS, Culver Road. Lyons. N.Y. 
Sunerior Strains ! >oul,ry - Eggs. Fancy Pigeon:: 
DUpciiU! OLI dins largo squabbers specialt •; 
Homers wanted. POULTRY-PIGEON FARM. Marietta, F . 
fifl Variptip<? chickens, ducks, geese, turkey • 
UU V UI ICUCo GUINEAS and HARES. Stock and eggs. ( t 
page catalogue free. H.A. S0UDER, Box 29,Se!icrsville. P >. 
GUINEA CHICKS. LEGHORNS, etc.; hate - 
UuunLinilO, ing eggs all kinds: free circula . 
Tel. 98-2. F. S. KEITH, EASTON, MASS. 
Indian Runner Duck Eg'g'slfMi £ ; 
100, express paid, CRANDALL FARMS, Albion. New Yoi , 
Indian Runner Duck Eggr, 
Fawn and white. Valentine's strain. Bred fro i 
prize-winning bird*. Whitoeggstrain. Eggs,$1 per 1 . 
KORKKT K. TWEDDI.E, Mont gomery, N.1 . 
FfiR QAT F—60 l-year old Indian Runner Ducks. 
1 \J tv ofVLL Fawn and white. Harshbarg> • 
white egg strain, guaranteed no Drakes. JOB'4 
SCHMITT, Harold Farm, Montgomery, N-5 . 
BARRED ROCKS 
Eggs—$1 per 15; $3.50 per 100. Baby chicks. 
B. H, HKNION, - Brockport, New Yor ; 
“ Perfection’* Barred Rocks - p v °*' 
headed by prize-winners (Ringlet strain). Eggs, ? 1 
per 15; 3 settings for $5. Utility eggs (free range) > l 
per 15. Dr. HAVMAN, Box R 48, Doylestown. Pa. 
