1914. 
THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
981 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T HE thirty-seventh week—ending July 
17—shows an egg output of 3,102 ; 
26 eggs more than were laid during the 
previous week. The top-notcher this 
week is pen number 42, score 58 ; the “sour 
milk” pen of White Leghorns from Storrs 
Agricultural Station. This pen has laid 
a total of 1,539 eggs, which is only five 
eggs less than Tom Barron’s White Wy- 
andottes. One week more and they will 
pass the Barron birds and take first place 
in the record ; but as they are entered as 
an “experimental” pen, and do not con¬ 
test for the prizes, Barron’s real contes¬ 
tant is the pen of Francis F. Lincoln’s 
White Leghorns from Mt. Carmel, Conn. 
This pen laid 51 eggs this week, and has 
a total of 1,517; only 27 eggs behind the 
Barron White Wyandottes. Chas. Ileigl’s 
White Leghorns from Ohio are second in 
the week’s score with a record of 57; 
two Pennsylvania pens tie for third place 
with scores of 56 each; they are Marwood 
Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa., and P. G. 
Platt’s pen from Wallingford, Pa. Tom 
Barron’s Leghorns are fourth with 54 
to their credit. Pen number 40, from 
Storrs Agricultural Station, laid 53, and 
Geo. A. Cosgrove’s pen laid 52, N. W. 
Hendryx’s pen laid 50, Thos. W. Moore’s 
pen 50, and C. H. Savage’s pen 50. In 
all 12 pens of White Leghorns laid 50 or 
over, and not a pen of any other breed 
reached that number, though H. P. Dem- 
ing’s S. C. Reds came within one of it, 
laying 49. Below is the week’s record : 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
A. B. nail, Connecticut. 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts. 
Waveny Farm, Connecticut. 
J. J. Francals, 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. Pity Yards, Connecticut.. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 
D. J. Ryan & Son, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.. 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club, New York.. 
H. L. Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Nat’l Col. Wyan. Club, Massachusetts 
Single Comb Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
J. S. Oillespie, Connecticut. 
J)r. J. C. Diugman, New York. 
Burnham Pity Farm, Massachusetts. 
H. P. Detuing, Connecticut. 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey, Pennsylvania... 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. H. Bumsted, Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Rose Comb Reds. 
Glenview Pity 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.... 
Braesidc Pity Farm, Pennsylvania.. 
Glenview Pity Farm, Connecticut... 
Manor Pity Farm, New York. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Pity Farm, Pennsylvania.. 
Geo. M. Harris, Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York. 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 
J. J. T.lnehan, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Thos. W. Moore, Connecticut. 
Chas. N. St. John. New York. 
O. W. Sherwood, Connecticut. 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tomoka Pity Farm, Connecticut.... 
Venture Pity Farm, New York. 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, Connecticut.. 
Wiudsweep Farm, Connecticut. 
O. II. Savage, Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Heneta Bone Co., New Jersey. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Ileigl, Ohio. 
Tom Barron, England. 
Branford Farm. Connecticut. 
James Munn, Massachusetts. 
Geo. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut. 
Buff Leghorns. 
Wolverine Pity Farm, Michigan.... 
Blue Andalusians. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut. 
Buff Orpingtons. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 
White Orpingtons. 
P. A. Derngar, New York. 
White Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. R. 0. Club, Massachusetts.. 
Silver Campines. 
W. J. H. Lobel, New Jersey. 
Dunghills. 
H. W. Collingwood, New Jersey.... 
Daniel Hiue, Connecticut. 
Daniel Hiue, Connecticut. 
Mixed Breeds. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts..., 
Protitable Poultry, Massachusetts... 
38 
977 
27 
1,055 
32 
982 
43 
1,208 
39 
1,067 
36 
1,102 
32 
891 
42 
927 
45 
1,082 
32 
943 
41 
774 
35 
1,101 
28 
826 
45 
1,544 
24 
925 
42 
1,384 
48 
1,389 
13 
1,062 
19 
1,057 
35 
991 
30 
916 
31 
723 
35 
1,029 
30 
819 
34 
1,046 
19 
929 
18 
803 
49 
972 
22 
1,120 
34 
1,211 
35 
891 
33 
675 
39 
1.212 
15 
1,042 
37 
1,072 
43 
1,285 
24 
1.013 
28 
753 
42 
1,182 
53 
1,259 
45 
1,250 
58 
1,539 
48 
1,133 
40 
1,045 
45 
1,179 
49 
1,093 
44 
1,099 
56 
1,207 
37 
962 
46 
1,221 
50 
1.094 
43 
1,019 
51 
1,517 
47 
1.303 
50 
1,114 
51 
1,111 
32 
1,065 
44 
1,109 
29 
981 
17 
926 
44 
1,107 
40 
1.010 
50 
1,114 
56 
1,253 
25 
398 
47 
1,120 
57 
1,047 
54 
1.396 
49 
1.243 
38 
1,036 
52 
1,073 
46 
1,151 
46 
1,151 
44 
936 
14 
759 
22 
578 
29 
903 
40 
906 
29 
843 
31 
902 
39 
956 
34 
904 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Tame Leghorns. 
M OST people regard the White Leg¬ 
horn as a high-strung, nervous 
fowl, flying out of her skin at the least 
disturbance and, as many people ex¬ 
press it, “wilder than a hawk.” Let such 
people consider the picture shown at Fig. 
415, page 967. Here are White Leghorns 
about as tame as a hen can be. They are 
literally eating out of the hand, and no 
one could ask more friendly birds than 
this little group, and yet when these 
birds were entered in the egg-laying con¬ 
test, they were wild as partridges. The 
night before they were sent to the con¬ 
test they were picked out of a tree, had 
never been housed or petted, but had run 
free all their lives. When they came to 
the Storrs egg-laying contest, Prof. Kirk¬ 
patrick and his attendants became inter¬ 
ested in them, and made an effort to tame 
these wild birds and make friends with 
them. We see the result in the picture. 
This pen of Leghorns was entered by 
C. H. Savage of Connecticut. They have 
made a fair record; up to July 17 the 
10 birds laid 1,114 eggs, producing 50 
during the last week. We print the pic¬ 
ture to show what can be done with 
kindly treatment and thorough care. It 
certainly is far better to have Leghorns 
that will eat out of your hand rather 
than wild birds which are ready to throw 
a fit the moment you make a quick move¬ 
ment with one of your hands. 
Brown or White Eggs. 
Is there any difference except in exter¬ 
nal appearance between brown-shelled 
eggs and white ones? Do they differ 
chemically or in nutritive value, and if so 
how? f. s. D. 
There is practically no difference in 
analysis between a brown-shelled Light 
Brahma egg and a white-shelled Leg¬ 
horn. The feed may make some differ¬ 
ence in color of egg, but an egg seems to 
be an egg. . 
Weight of Broilers. 
C AN you tell me what broilers should 
weigh and about how much they 
will dress away? h. m. 
New York. 
Broilers should weigh from one and a 
half to two pounds, live weight, though 
early in the season somewhat lighter ones 
will be accepted at market rates. Many 
are sold at a pound and a quarter. I do 
not know what weight broilers lose in 
dressing but it could be easily ascer¬ 
tained by weighing one before and after 
dressing it. m. b. d. 
An Egg Buyer Talks. 
I HAVE had some experience in buy¬ 
ing eggs, and so am interested in this 
egg controversy. I sent away for 
choice eggs and only three out of 15 
hatched. I did not “set them in the ice 
box or oven,” as one seller seems to think 
we do. I bought “purebred White Wy¬ 
andotte” eggs and have three black chicks 
from the hatch. Is it because I did not 
set them right? 
We who buy send cash for eggs, and 
just common sense would indicate that 
we are as anxious to get results as the 
seller. lie has his money and we have 
nothing if the eggs don’t hatch. Each 
seller sends different directions or none 
as to setting the eggs. I haven’t a doubt 
that every buyer does his best to get 
a good hatch. What would we bother 
with them for, otherwise? Some of the 
eggs that I bought were broken when 
they arrived. Buyer’s fault, of course. 
There are two sides to this question, 
and there are just as many honest buyers 
as sellers. All buyers are not fools any 
more than all sellers are sharpers. It 
will not improve the egg trade for the 
sellers to sneer at and doubt the honesty 
of their patrons or question the existence 
of brains among them. They may settle 
down to raising just common barnyard 
fowls. FLORENCE HOAG. 
New York. 
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW. 
T HE supply of fruit and green stuff is 
plenty aud prices of course rule 
low accordingly in most cases. 
This is the consumer's opportunity and 
is duly appreciated in most cases. The 
grower has had the inside track and is 
willing the other fellow should have an 
inning at this time, as a large crop which 
returns only a low price comparatively, 
however, if in demaud, so as to be moved 
quickly when brought to market is many 
times a paying crop at that. String 
beans, cabbage and cucumbers are too 
plenty and in over supply, they demand 
50 to 75 cents per box on the beans, 50 
to 75 cents per barrel on the cabbage, and 
$1 to $2 per box on the cucumbers are 
about the prices. Most other stuff cleans 
up fairly well and tomatoes and squash 
are short. Native tomatoes bring $3.50 
per box. hot-house, per pound; 
Southern stock about $1 per crate. Sum¬ 
mer squash. 75c. per dozen; Summer mar¬ 
row, $3 per crate. Yellow turuips, $2 per 
barrel; white turnips, 50c. per dozen 
bunches; beets, 30c. per dozen; carrots, 
60c. per dozen; radish. 50 to 75c. 
per box in bunches. Rhubarb. 
65c. per _box of about 40 pounds. 
Peas. $2.50 per box; sweet corn, 
30c. per dozen. Cauliflower, $2 per dozen. 
Celery, $1.50 per dozen; spinach, 50c. 
per box; lettuce, 35c. per box. Onions 
are working down in price as the supply 
increases and native sets are being cut; 
these bring about $2 per bushel. Pota¬ 
toes have been out of season in price, but 
are more plenty and working lower; $2.50 
to $3 is the price now per barrel, with 
sweets going at $4 per crate. 
A few Southern apples bring $1.75 per 
basket, others $1, whicn is also the price 
for the few natives which appear. Yel- 
low bananas, $1 to $3 per bunch, with 
reds going at $2 to $4.50. Blackberries, 
14c. per box ; blueberries, 15c.; gooseber¬ 
ries, 6 to 10c.; raspberries, 10c. per pint; 
strawberries, 15 and 18c. per box; cur¬ 
rants, 5 and 10c. Canteloupes or musk- 
melons are not too plenty and bring $1.75 
to $4 per crate. Sour preserving cherries, 
6c. per pound ; sweet cherries, 10 to 15c. 
per pound. Grapefruit, $3 and $4 per 
box; lemons. $5 per box; oranges, $2.50 
to $5 per box. Pineapples. $3 to $5 per 
crate; peaches from California, $1 per 
box ; from Georgia. $2 and $3 per carrier ; 
plums, $1.50 per carrier; watermelons, 
25c. and 30c. each. 
Receipts of butter are not too heavy, 
especially of best grades, and prices rule 
up a little, yet some dealers say a decline 
is likely to follow as the recent rise will 
bring in heavier shipments from some 
points. Best tub creamery, 30c. and 31c. 
per pound, with boxes and prints, lc. per 
pound higher; best "Western creamery 
about 30c. is the price; good and fair 
creamery, 26c. and 28c. Cheese in good 
supply and demand not heavy yet prices 
rule about the same at 15, 16, 17 and 18c. 
per pound, according to grade. 
Fresh eggs in demand, both in city and 
country centres, and supply not too 
plenty; price going slowly up. Young 
stock brings 34c.; good, fresh stock, 30 
and 31c.; others from 24 to 28c. 
Live and dressed poultry are in fair 
demand. Dressed fowls of best quality, 
18, 19 and 20c.; medium, 16 and 17e. ; 
broilers, 23 and 25c.; turkeys, 25 and 
27c. ; ducks. 16 and 17; live fowls at 
Brighton and Boston market. 16 and 
17c.; broiler chickens, 19 and 20c. Beef 
cattle on hoof, $8.75 for best, per hun¬ 
dred ; good, $6, $7 and $8; medium, $5 
and $6; other poorer grades, $3.50 to $5 
per hundred pounds. Dressed beef, 12 to 
18c. for good and best; a few poor grades, 
$8 to $12. Hogs on hoof, Sy 2 to 9 y 2 ; 
dressed, IIV* ; live veal calves, 9% and 
1014c. per pound. 
Milch cows in fair supply and slow de¬ 
mand ; common milch cows, $50 and $60 
each ; a few good ones brought about $90 
each. Horses in demand and prices 
range from $325 to $425 for best heavy 
stock, $225 to $325 for medium, and 
$135 to $225 for light general purpose 
stock. a. E. p. 
Capacities, 1,200 to 20,100 Eggs 
{Sectional Construction) 
The one money-making, labor- 
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Mammoth Incubator—the original 
and standard. As a producer of 
poultry profits and satisfaction it 
has no equal. 
The Hall practically cos ts you 
nothing. Wise users figure that it 
pays for itself by giving extra 
profits in larger hatches of the 
strongest, liveliest chicks or ducks. 
The low death rate of Hall-Hatched 
Stock make it worth more and 
cost less. 
Weber Brothers, the famous grow¬ 
ers of Pekin Ducks, Wrentham, 
Mass., whose Hall Incubator capa¬ 
city is 16,200 eggs, after using 
Mammoths of two other types, 
write under date of June 24,1914: 
“ We are pleased to recommend the 
Hall Mammoth Incubator in every par¬ 
ticular as the most reliable hatcher we 
have ever used. During the present sea¬ 
son our hatches run 71 4 to 554. We 
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look for our order when the rush is over.” 
WEBER BROTHERS. 
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Every ounce guaranteed sound and sweet. Qual¬ 
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Slinprinr Strains Poultry. Eggs, fancy Pigeons; 
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Large squabbers. POULTRY-PIGEON FARM, Marietta. Pa. 
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IQM HATCH NOW READY to ship—FAWN AND 
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GEO. E. HOWELL, Spruce Farm, Howells. N. Y. 
ANCE U sALE Efl oF S. C. Buff Orpington Breeders 
including leading pen this variety at second Inter¬ 
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THE FARMERS FAVORITE WINTER LAYERS-WHITE ORPING- 
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CHICKS 
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* **' Leghorns. Money 
back for dead ones. Pam¬ 
phlet free. C.M.LAUVER 
Box 73, Richfield, Pa. 
Farmleigh Ughon»-^ k S r & T Ki& 
and Cockerels in season. A few ready to lay W. & 
B. Rock Pullets for sale now. J. L. LEE, Carmel, N. Y. 
LINCOLN’S LEGHORNS 
Growing S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels for sale. 
FRANCIS F. LINCOLN, Mt. Carmel, Conn. 
Utility S. C. White Leghorns-L , l“",’“ rl te 
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lltility American Dominiques—Eggs, $2.00 per 30. Breed- 
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Tom Barron White Leghorn 'ggurSitfSffis 
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at same prices. All good,vigorous birds, showing ex¬ 
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advertisement, and if not fully satisfied with stock 
we will refund purchase price. C E. BURGER, Ithaca,N Y. 
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HATCHING EGGS OR DAY OLD CHICKS 
PRICES LOW, QUALITY CONSIDERED 
Send for catalogue. 
DUNE ALPIN POULTRY FARM 
Easthampton, L. I., N. Y. 
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