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The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T IIE thirty-eighth week, ending July 
24, shows a drop of 148 in egg pro¬ 
duction, as compared with the pre¬ 
vious week. At this time of the year the 
price of eggs begins to rise because fewer 
eggs are sent to market, the drop in egg 
production being practically universal. 
As was predicted last week the “sour 
milk” pen of White Leghorns from Storrs 
Agricultural Station nas passed Tom 
Barron’s White Wyandottes, and is now 
at the head of the procession. The totals 
are 1,592 for the Storrs Leghorns, and 
1,591 for Barron’s Wyandottes. Francis 
F. Lincoln’s White Leghorns are third 
with a total of 1,564. All the high scores 
are made by the White Leghorns again 
this week. Tom Barron’s pen leads with 
a record of 57. Thomas W. Moore’s pen 
is second with a score of 56. Chas. 
ITeigl’s pen ties with Geo. A. Cosgrove’s 
for third place with scores of 54 each. 
Pen No. 42, the “sour milk” pen from 
Storrs, laid 53. MaVwood Poultry Farm 
ties with Chas. N. St. John’s pen for 
fifth place, with scores of 52 each. P. G. 
Platt’s pen laid 51, and A. B. Hall’s pen 
laid 50. The highest number laid by any 
pen outside of White Leghorns was 47, 
laid by Tom Barron’s White Wyandottes. 
The actual progress being made in in¬ 
creasing egg production is illustrated by 
the fact that at the Thorndale contest, 
where there are but five birds in a pen, 
same as there were in the first two years 
at Storrs, the gain in egg production up 
to the thirty-seventh week was 11,518 
eggs over the preceding year at that date, 
llns represents an individual increase of 
23 eggs per bird. Each year has shown 
an increase, and the rate of increase is 
higher this—the third year—than it was 
the second year. The egg-laying contests 
have amply justified themselves The 
week’s record follows: 
Barred P. Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
Trank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts.... 
Waven.v 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. Pity Yards, Connecticut.. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 
D. J. Ryan & Son, Connecticut.... 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Hr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 
I)r. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.. 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club, New York... 
II. L. Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Nat’l Col. Wyan. Club, New York.. 
Single Comb Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut. 
Dr. J. C. Dingman. New York. 
Burnham Pity. Farm, Massachusetts. 
II. P. Doming, Connecticut. 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Dr. J. A. Ritchey, Pennsylvania.... 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. II. Rurasted, Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire_ 
A. B. Bruudage, 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_ 
Braeside Pity. Farm, Pennsylvania. 
Glenview Pltv. Farm, Connecticut.. 
Manor Pity. Farm. New York. 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut.. ... 
Marwood 1*1 ty. Farm, Pennsylvania. 
Geo. M. Harris, Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York. 
N. W. Ilendryx, Connecticut. 
J. J. Linehan, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Thos. W. Moore, Connecticut. 
Chas. N. St. John, New York. 
C. W. Sherwood, Connecticut. 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tomoka Pity. Fnrm, Connecticut... 
Venture Pity. Farm, New York.... 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff, Connecticut.. 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
C. II. Savage, Connecticut. 
I*. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Heneta Rons Co.. New Jersey. 
F. M. Peasle.v. Connecticut. 
Chas. Helgl, Ohio. 
Tom Barron, England... 
Rrauford 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. Demgar, New York. 
White-Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. R. C. Club, Massachusetts.... 
Silver Campincs. 
W. J. II. Lobel, New Jersey. 
Dunghills. 
H. W. Colllngwood, New Jersey.... 
Daniel Hlne, Connecticut. 
Daniel lliue, Connecticut. 
Mixed Broeds. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 
Week 
34 
22 
29 
30 
30 
30 
22 
33 
28 
29 
32 
22 
44 
47 
24 
40 
30 
21 
14 
43 
33 
33 
23 
20 
21 
30 
18 
40 
22 
37 
32 
24 
20 
12 
2!) 
43 
41 
24 
41 
39 
44 
53 
45 
44 
47 
47 
50 
52 
37 
47 
40 
43 
47 
41 
50 
52 
41 
33 
34 
32 
44 
42 
47 
51 
14 
40 
54 
57 
47 
37 
64 
3S 
41 
IS 
20 
S3 
35 
39 
31 
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33 
St i 
Total 
1,011 
1.077 
1,011 
1,244 
1,103 
1,132 
913 
900 
1,110 
972 
800 
1,123 
870 
1,591 
949 
1.424 
1.425 
1,083 
1,071 
1,034 
949 
750 
1,052 
845 
1.007 
959 
821 
1,012 
1,142 
1.248 
923 
099 
1,238 
1,054 
1.101 
1,328 
1,054 
777 
1.223 
1,298 
1,310 
1.592 
1.178 
1,089 
1,220 
1,140 
1,149 
1,259 
999 
1,268 
1,140 
1.002 
1.504 
1,344 
1,170 
1,103 
1,100 
1,142 
1,018 
958 
1,151 
1,052 
1,101 
1,314 
412 
1,100 
1,101 
1,453 
1,290 
1,073 
1,127 
1,189 
977 
814 
779 
011 
938 
945 
874 
927 
994 
1,000 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
TFT© RURAL NEW-YORKSR 
THE MISSOURI EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T IIE June report of the Mountain 
Grove contest states some very in¬ 
teresting facts. The station has 50 
or more pullets hatched this year that 
have begun to lay when four months old, 
or a few days over. In every case these 
early laying pullets were bred from heavy 
laying hens. The 18 which began laying 
first were three Buff Leghorns, two 
Barred Rocks, four White Leghorns, one 
Ancona, one Campine, one Rhinelander, 
and one White Orpington. The Barred 
Rocks and White Orpington weighed from 
3 y% to four pounds each; the others 
weighed from 2 y 2 to 3% pounds each. The 
first two pullets to lay were a Buff Leg¬ 
horn weighing 2% pounds, and a Barred 
Rock weighing 3% pounds. These laid 
when four months and five days old. They 
were fed cracked corn and wheat, equal 
parts, for grain feed, and a dry mash in 
hoppers consisting of equal parts of corn- 
meal, wheat bran and shorts, with one 
pound of fine salt to each hundred of 
mash. _ Sour milk or buttermilk was fed 
when it could be had; when not to be 
had 10 pounds of beef scrap was added 
to each hundred of mash. At about four 
o’clock in the afternoon a moistened mash 
was fed, just the dry mash wet with sour 
milk or water, giving them all they would 
eat in 20 minutes. Grit, oyster shell, and 
charcoal was fed either dry or sometimes 
mixed in the mash. 
Mr. Quisenberry states that in culling 
6.000 head of these young birds at the 
time some of them had begun to lay, only 
tiuo birds seemed to be out of condition. 
Mr. Quisenberry makes a strong point 
of hatching in early Spring when the 
grass starts to grow, and all nature is 
putting on new life. A point he does 
not mention, but which is worthy of much 
consideration, is the further fact that the 
worms have come up. and the chick has 
plenty of the tenderest meat, which later 
in the season it does not have. 
Director Quisenberry states that the 
fourth generation of fowls since the sta¬ 
tion was established, are now on the 
farm. The first year a pen of Buff Leg¬ 
horn pullets was trapnested, which aver¬ 
aged between 90 and 100 eggs. The best 
layers were mated with a cockerel from 
the best hen, and that course followed 
since. Last year they had developed a 
pen of ten pullets that averaged nearly 
200 eggs each, one laying 217 eggs; and 
this year a pullet from this lot is laying 
at four months and five days of age; the 
first to lay out of 6.000 chicks. 
Poultry Surgery. —A Black Lang- 
shan hen remained on the nest most of 
the time; it was thought she was broody; 
but in taking her from the nest the care¬ 
taker could feel eggs in the abdomen and 
hear the shells grate on each other. It 
was a contest lien, but as she would die 
if left alone, it was decided to cut her 
open. It was done, and six full-sized nor¬ 
mal eggs with hard shells, were taken out 
from the abdomen. The body cavity was 
filled with these eggs. The incision was 
sewn up, and at the present time the hen 
appears to be perfectly well and happy. 
This is the third time a similar case has 
happened among the Black Langshans. 
In the other two cases the bird died be¬ 
fore it was known what the trouble was. 
Of the 1,040 hens in this contest, 425 
have been broody during some part of 
the month. This has cut down the egg 
output to 16,420, for the month of June. 
The total output is 106,579. Barron’s 
White Leghorns from England are still 
gaining each month. They have ranked 
first, five of the seven months. The ten 
highest pens are: 
eggs. 
White Leghorns. England. 1.569 
8. G. Reds, Missouri. 1,333 
White Leghorns, Pennsylvania.... 1,309 
White Leghorns, Missouri . 1.277 
White Wyandottes, Pennsylvania.. 1,271 
White Leghorns, Missouri. 1,248 
White Leghorns. Pennsylvania.... 1,244 
Barred Rocks, Illinois. 1,201 
White P. Rocks, Arkansas. 1,196 
White Orpingtons, Pennsylvania. . 1.192 
_ One of the English Leghorns has the 
highest individual record, viz. 171; the 
next highest being a R. C. Red with 158 
eggs. GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Infectious Diarrhoea. 
W 1IAT is the matter with my young 
chickens? They seem to do well 
until they are between three and 
four weeks old; then they begin to lose 
flesh and do not eat well. They keep 
getting weaker until they die. They eat 
their droppings at that time and leave 
their feed. mbs. p. j. h. 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
I am afraid that there is nothing that 
you can do to save the chicks already af¬ 
fected, as they are dying from an in¬ 
fectious diarrhoeal disease that is pre¬ 
ventable but not curable, so far as I 
know. The remedy is thorough cleansing 
and disinfection of the brooders, coops or 
other quarters used by the chicks and 
hatching, if possible, from other stock 
whose chickens have not shown similar 
symptoms. With a broom and hot, soapy, 
water scrub all brooders or chick cohps 
until they are thoroughly cleaned, then 
expose the interiors to the sun to dry. 
Whitewashing with lime wash to which 
four ounces of crude carbolic acid to the 
gallon has been added is a further means 
of protection. Place the brooders upon 
new ground not previously used by af¬ 
fected chicks, and if you can obtain it. 
feed your chicks from the start upon all 
the soured skim-milk that they will 
drink; use this soured milk also in mix¬ 
ing any moist mash that you feed them. 
An excellent mash for your chicks may 
be made of equal parts of cornmeal. 
wheat bran, wheat middlings, and sifted 
beef scrap. Moisten this to a crumbly 
consistency with sour milk and feed your 
chicks grains in addition. Starting with 
healthy chicks and taking these precau¬ 
tions to avoid their becoming infected 
you should overcome your present trou¬ 
ble, but I know of nothing that will save 
such of the chicks that you now have 
as are already seriously diseased. They 
will probably continue to die until only 
the strongest are left. M. B. D. 
Prevention of Lice and Mites. 
W HILE I am using a good disinfect¬ 
ant and lice powder. I want to get 
something better if possible, or 
to last longer. By using the above in my 
poultry buildings once a month I ain 
totally free from the pests, but I under¬ 
stand that if one pajnts his roosting 
quarters with mutton-tallow he will save 
one-half the labor that he uses when the 
spray disinfectants are used. I have 
heard that if a sheep were kept in a part 
of a poultry house, one would never see 
lice or mites. Is this so? f. t. ii. 
Adelphia, N. J. 
Any kind of oil or grease is destructive 
to the parasites that prey upon poultry 
but the hard greases like mutton tallow 
have this advantage that when painted 
upon perches, etc., after being liquefied 
by heat they fill the pores of the wood and 
remain as a coating upon the surface for 
a considerable time. Beef tallow would 
be equally good and either may usually 
be obtained from local butchers. The 
natural oil of a sheep's fleece would prob¬ 
ably protect it from poultry lice but I 
know of no reason for thinking that a 
sheep would be destructive to the lice in 
a building or a protection to hens, unless 
they roosted upon its back. m. b. d. 
Feeding Dry Mash. 
C AN you give experience with the dry 
mash system of feeding poultry, both 
young and old stock? I pursue that 
method but am suspicious of its desira¬ 
bility except as a means of forcing egg 
production. d. h. c. 
Vineland, N. J. 
I think that there is little question in 
the minds of most practical poultrymen 
that the dry method of feeding poultry is 
superior to any other. This does not 
mean that all solid food given chicks or 
hens should invariably be dry; a moist 
mash fed once or twice daily to growing 
chicks will hasten their growth and ma¬ 
turity and may well be used for this pur¬ 
pose. Laying lions will also eat more 
moist mash than dry and this fact may be 
taken advantage of to temporarily force 
egg laying. The labor saving in hopper 
feeding of dry mash is sufficient to coun¬ 
terbalance a considerable increase in pro¬ 
duction produced by using wet mashes 
and there is little doubt that the health 
of fowls is conserved, their longevity in¬ 
creased. and their total production fully 
maintained where they are given free ac¬ 
cess to ground grains and are fed sparing¬ 
ly, if at all, upon wet food. m. b. d. 
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