1914. 
THE RURA.L, NEW-YORKER 
87l. 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T HE report for the month of May gives 
some interesting figures. The pen 
of English White Leghorns leads, with 
a score of 258 eggs, beating the 
English Wyaudottes, about which so 
much has been said lately, by 50 eggs. 
The second best pen was the Ruff Leg¬ 
horns from Wolverine Poultry Farm, 
Michigan. They laid 252, one pullet lay¬ 
ing 29 eggs in the 31 days. Mrs. K. E. 
Woodruff’s pen of White Leghorns tied 
for third place with Marwood Poultry 
Farm, with scores of 242 each. P. G. 
Piatt’s pen laid 240, and three pens of 
White Leghorns laid 237 each They are 
Glenview Poultry Farm’s pen, Francis F. 
Lincoln’s pen, and Geo. A. Cosgrove’s 
pen. all from Connecticut. 
H. W. Collingwood’s pen of “scrubs” 
laid 221, beating all the Rhode Island 
Reds, all the White Wyandottcs, all the 
Buff Wyandottes, all the Barred Rocks 
but one pen. all the White Rocks but one 
pen, and all the Buff P. Rocks. In fact, 
there were only 13 pens in the contest 
that laid more eggs, in addition to the 
winning pens named above. There was 
some good individual records made, nota¬ 
bly two pullets in A. B. Bruudage’s S. C. 
Reds. One laid 29 and one 28 eggs dur¬ 
ing the month. Two White Leghorn pul¬ 
lets from Glenview Poultry Farm laid 28 
eggs each, and one of Mr. Collingwood’s 
scrubs laid 28. The total number laid 
during the month was 15,895. 
In the thirty-second week, ending June 
12, 3,289 eggs were laid ; this is 151 less 
than the previous week. White Leghorns 
again make all the high scores. Three 
pens tie for first place with scores of 57 
each. They are Chas. N. St. John’s pen, 
the English pen, and Geo. A. Cosgrove’s 
pen. I*. G. Platt’s pen ties with Marwood 
Poultry Farm for second place, with 
scores of 55 each. A. B. Brundage’s pen 
of S. C. Reds laid 54. They are the only 
pen outside of White Leghorns to get into 
the high scores this week. Four pens of 
White Leghorns laid 53 each. Below is 
the record : 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut. 
Prank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts. 
Waveny Farm, Connecticut. 
J. J. Francais, New York. 
White P. Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen. Massachusetts.... 
F. H. Benton, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut..... 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Buff P. Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
W. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut. 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England. 
West. Mt. Poultry Yards, Connecticut 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Neale Bros.. Rhode Island. 
D. J. Ryan & Sou, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts... 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts... 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club, New York.... 
H. I>. Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Nat’l Col. Wyan. Club, Massachusetts 
S. C. Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
J. S. Gillespie. Connecticut. 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New York. 
Burnham P’ltry Yard, Massachusetts 
H. P. Deming, Connecticut. 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Dr. J. A. Fritehey. Pennsylvania.... 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. H. Bumsted. Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts... 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
R. C. Reds. 
Glenview Poultry Farm, Connecticut. 
C'. S. Scoville, Connecticut. 
White Leghorns. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Storrs-Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pennsylvania 
Glenview Poultry Farm. Connecticut. 
Manor Poultry Farm. New York. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Poultry Farm, Pennsylvania 
Geo. M. Harris, Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York. 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 
J. J. I.inelian, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
T. W. Moore, Connecticut. 
C. N. St. John, New York. 
C. W. Sherwood. Connecticut. 
T,. C. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tomoka Poultry Farm, Connecticut. . 
Venture Poultry Farm, New York... 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, Connecticut... 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 
O. II. Savage, Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 
Heneta Bone Co.. New Jersey. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Charles Helgl, Ohio. 
Tom Barron, England. 
Branford Farm. Connecticut. 
James Munn. Massachusetts. 
Geo. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut. 
35 
788 
41 
894 
43 
791 
43 
1,019 
43 
843 
37 
909 
35 
711 
33 
754 
38 
877 
32 
752 
40 
558 
48 
896 
33 
666 
29 
1,334 
31 
810 
48 
1,165 
39 
1,107 
36 
925 
32 
.891 
27 
830 
27 
752 
16 
571 
30 
814 
35 
670 
29 
871 
15 
759 
26 
659 
41 
4 I 4 
32 
950 
30 
1,043 
39 
704 
39 
519 
44 
1,002 
28 
893 
24 
914 
54 
1,062 
31 
878 
28 
C3G 
51 
946 
39 
1.013 
49 
1.080 
50 
1,278 
44 
.885 
41 
854 
50 
932 
41 
902 
936 
55 
1,038 
41 
781 
52 
992 
51 
860 
44 
800 
49 
1,258 
44 
1,077 
51 
854 
57 
8-17 
45 
902 
60 
903 
40 
814 
43 
778 
50 
870 
61 
804 
63 
873 
55 
991 
85 
281 
47 
895 
798 
57 
1.108 
53 
990 
50 
812 
57 
80S 
Buff Leehorns. 
Wolverine Poultry Farm. Michigan.. 41 939 
Blue Andalusians. 
E. D. Bird. Connecticut. 49 783 
Buff Orpingtons, 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 33 G72 
White Orpingtons. 
P. A. Demgar, New York. 20 G37 
White-Laced Red Cornish, 
W. L. R. C. Club, Massachusetts.... 20 432 
Silver Campines. 
W. J. H. Lobel, New Jersey. 43 71G 
Dunghills. 
H. W. Coliingwood. New Jersey. 43 70.7 
Daniel Hinc, Connecticut. 33 G97 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut. 20 768 
Mixed Breeds, 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.... 38 803 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.... 33 784 
Total number laid 69,950. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Hen Lice. 
I have for years used a remedy for 
destroying hen lice which has for many 
years proved efficient in my henhouse. 
I cut up gunny sacking into pieces to 
fit the bottom of my hens’ nests; these 
pieces I saturate with coal oil, place 
them in the bottom of the nests and then 
complete the nests with clean straw. 
This operation I repeat several times dur¬ 
ing the Summer, and my chickens are not 
bothered with lice of any kind. I have 
tried several kinds of “lice killers”; this 
is the only one I have ever found reliable. 
Ohio. GEO. w. RICE. 
Interfering With Pigeons. 
Is there any law in the State of New 
York protecting banded or registered 
pigeons while flying at large? If so what 
is the penalty for theft or shooting? 
New York. J. b. c. 
The law provides that no person shall 
take or interfere with any Antwerp or 
homing pigeon, if it have the name of its 
owner stamped upon its wing or tail, or 
wear a ring or seamless leg band with 
its registered number stamped thereon, or 
have any other distinguishing mark; nor 
shall any person remove any such dis¬ 
tinguishing mark from any such pigeon, 
and the penalty for a violation of this 
act makes the party guilty of a mis¬ 
demeanor. 
Leghorns Untrue to Type. 
Some years ago I had a purebred flock 
of White Leghorns and allowed one Ply¬ 
mouth Rock hen to run with them, hut 
did not set any of her eggs. When the 
chickens came to maturity many of them 
were colored like the Plymouth Rock and 
I had to start again with new blood. 
Was this just a freak, or is it likely to 
occur again under the same conditions. 
Vermont. E. H. B. 
The presence of a hen of another breed 
in a flock of purebred fowls would not in 
any way affect the chicks of the latter. 
If the chicks from your White Leghorns 
showed the markings of a Plymouth Rock 
it was conclusive evidence either of an 
accidental cross or of the fact that the 
White Leghorns were not purebred. 
Some Plymouth Rock eggs are very light- 
colored and it may have been possible 
that you unintentionally mixed a few of 
the Plymouth Rock’s eggs with those of 
the Leghorns. In any event, the explan¬ 
ation will have to be other than the 
presence of a Plymouth Rock hen in a 
flock of purebred Leghorns. M. B. d. 
Hens Lay Stale Eggs. 
What makes lions or pullets lay ill¬ 
smelling eggs? I have three that do 
this. I feed corn, oats, wheat, also 
scratch feed. Fowls have grit, shell and 
charcoal before them at all times. They 
are yarded so they do not get any stale 
stuff, only the table scraps off my own 
table. I also cut grass for them. The 
hens that lay these bad-smelling eggs are 
looking in the best of health. One of 
them has never been sick to my knowl¬ 
edge. the other two had a touch of the 
roup last Winter, but I cured them of 
it quick. I have talked with a number 
of poultrymen about these eggs but they 
all say they never heard of such a thing. 
New York. u. b. 
It is quite withiu the bounds of possi¬ 
bility for eggs to be retained in the ovi¬ 
duct of a laying hen until the heat of her 
body causes beginning putrefactive 
changes, in fact, one instance has been 
reported of a well-developed embryo being 
taken from an egg that was removed 
from a hen’s body during an autopsy 
upon the fowl. It is evident, therefore, 
that a newly-laid egg is not necessarily 
a fresh egg. though fortunately they usu¬ 
ally are. The condition that you speak 
of is certainly rare, but it is not un¬ 
known, and it is quite possible that these 
hens habitually retain their fully devel¬ 
oped eggs long enough for decomposition 
to begin. If you can identify the hens 
responsible for these stale eggs will you 
not separate them from the rest and care¬ 
fully note the frequency with which they 
lay and any conditions which seem to 
you unusual in their performance? 
M. B. D. 
Value of Poultry Manure. 
Would you quote 10 experiment sta¬ 
tions from the Eastern and New England 
States, giving their different values of 
poultry droppings from a Leghorn hen 
per year, which has been well fed, six 
months on range and six months confined 
in buildings? Also the value per bushel. 
The University of Wisconsin and New 
York quote poultry droppings very low 
per bushel compared with the New York 
Experiment Station, which values the 
poultry droppings at about 32 cents per 
hen. I would like to have some one who 
knows give its real value compared with 
other fertilizers. L. j. H. 
Smithville Flats, N. Y. 
No 10 experiment stations in the East 
have published the value of poultry drop¬ 
pings from one hen in a year. The New 
York State Poultry Department gives the 
value of the droppings produced in one 
year by Lady Cornell at 29 cents. Prof. 
II. R. Lewis of the New Jersey State 
Poultry Department in his book entitled 
“Productive Poultry Husbandry,” gives 
the value of the droppings produced by 
the Belle of Jersey as 33 cents. Both of 
these hens were extra heavy producers, 
and hence of course, heavy consumers. 
If we put a value on poultry manure at 
$4 per ton, it is likely that the average 
White Leghorn hen will produce in one 
year from 15 to 20 cents worth. Poultry 
manure, as compared with other fertilizer 
and based on its actual food content, will 
show a valuation of about ?3 or $3.50 
per ton. The plant food content in poul¬ 
try manure is largely nitrogen in a quick¬ 
ly available form. It is best used on 
grass or corn lands and should be spread 
broadcast and harrowed in. Much of its 
value depends upon how it has been kept 
since produced. By mixing some suit¬ 
able absorbent with it when storing in a 
dry place, it will keep a long while with¬ 
out giving off any obnoxious odors. Dry 
earth is as good to mix with it as any¬ 
thing I know of. a. L. c. 
Suspected Lumpy Jaw. 
I have a good Jersey cow which will 
have her second calf early in July. Is 
good in butterfat. yielding about 350 
pounds last year. Without any apparent 
cause she got a swelling on under side of 
jaw bones. She has been on pasture. It 
looks like big jaw (actinomycosis). The 
only symptom is that she slobbers some¬ 
what which she never did before. We 
noticed the swelling on May 1 and at 
once began using the iodide of potassium 
and will also blister same. If the swell¬ 
ing does not get better, would you advise 
the services of a veterinarian? Do you 
think using the knife would be advisable? 
If the swelling does not get better would 
it be advisable to keep cow and run risk 
of getting worse or would it be best to 
fatten and butcher? Does this disease 
affect the milk? How can I tell whether 
she is getting worse or better? e. k. 
Pennsylvania. 
The first step in such a case should be 
to apply the tuberculin test. If she is 
not tubercular her milk may safely be 
used and she will be as healthy as ever 
if she recovers. Iodide of potash causes 
slobbering. So does actinomycosis of the 
tongue (wooden tongue). When the 
bones are badly involved treatment sel¬ 
dom proves profitable and the animal 
should go to the butcher. Recovery may 
take place where the tongue or other soft 
tissues are involved and the knife should 
be used, either to remove a tumor or 
split into it from the insertion of caus¬ 
tics. The operation or use of caustic and 
iodide of potash should be postponed un¬ 
til after calving. The drug is liable to 
cause abortion or kill the calf, or make 
the calf so weak that it cannot live. 
a. s. A. 
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