1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1021 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
W HITE LEGHORNS continue to 
make all the high scores. Seven 
pens of the White Leghorns laid 50 
eggs or more during the week. The high¬ 
est number reached by any of the 14 other 
breeds represented in the contest, was 40, 
laid by Albert T. Leuzen’s White Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks. 
The great event at Storrs this week 
was the three-day meeting of the Con¬ 
necticut Poultry Association, and pres¬ 
ence of, and three lectures delivered by, 
Mr. Tom Barron; also Mr. Barron’s dem¬ 
onstration at the contest plant of his 
ability to pick out the birds that were 
good or poor layers. It is not in my 
power to give a synopsis of these “talks” 
of Mr. Barron, but they were taken down 
by a stenographer, and will be published 
in full later. It was Mr. Barron’s first 
attempt to address an audience from a 
public platform, but the simple, straight¬ 
forward, honest personality of the man, 
“captured” the audience at once; and he 
could not appear after that without be¬ 
ing greeted with a round of hearty ap¬ 
plause. He told how he got his first 
Wyandottes, and how tie had bred them 
since, and all the talk there has been in 
this country about his cross breeding, was 
dissipated into thin air, and there was no 
need of his hearty denial, to get that 
thought entirely out of the minds of his 
hearers. The attendance at the meetings 
was about double that of any previous 
meeting, and poultry notabilities from 
far and near were present. 
The report for this, the thirty-ninth 
week, shows Mr. Barron’s pen of White 
Leghorns_leading the week’s record with a 
score of 58; Glenview Poultry Farm tak¬ 
ing second place, with a score of 50. 
Marwood Poultry Farm, from Butler, 
1 a. # is third, with a record of 54. Francis 
P. Lincoln’s pen tied with A. B. Hall’s 
pen for fourth place, with scores of 51 
€ A aC o !>,att ' s Pen laid 50, as did 
A. l>. Halls pen. The week’s record fol¬ 
lows : 
Barred Rocks. 
A. R. Hall, Connecticut... 
Crank I,. Tuttle. Massachusetts!!;! 
Waveny Karin. Connecticut. 
J. F. Francala, New York.” 
"White P. Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts. 
F. It. Renton. 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 Rarron. England. 
West .'it. Pity. Yards. Connecticut 
Merrythought Karin, Connecticut... 
Neale Rros., Xtluxle Island. 
D. J. Ityau & Son, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.. 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club. New York.. 
H. Is Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Natl. C. Wyan. Club. Massachusetts 
Single Comb Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut. 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New York. 
Burnham Pity. Farm, Massachusetts 
H. P. Deming, Connecticut. 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Dr. J. A. Ritchie, Pennsylvania.... 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. H. Eumsted, Connecticut. 
Pineerest Orchards. Massachusetts.. 
Harry R. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm. New Hampshire.... 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Rose Comb Reds. 
Glenview Pity. Farm, Connecticut.. 
O. S. Seoville, Connecticut. 
White Leghorns. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut..., 
Storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut_ 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut.... 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Rraeside Pity. Farm. Pennsylvania.. 
Glenview Pity. Farm. Connecticut.. 
Manor Pity. Farm, New York. 
A. R. Hall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Pity. Farm. Pennsylvania 
Geo. M. Harris. Connecticut. 
Ronnie Brook Farm. New York.... 
N. W. Hendry*. Connecticut. 
J. J. Liuelmu, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln. Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Tims. VV. Moore. Connecticut. 
CUas. N. St. John. New York. 
Chas. W. Sherwood, Connecticut.... 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tomokn Pity. Farm, Connecticut.. 
Venture Pity. Farm. New York_ 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff. Connecticut.. 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
C. H. Savage. Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
llcueta Bone Co.. New Jersey. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl. Ohio. 
Tom Barron, England. 
Branford Farm. Connecticut. 
James Mnnn. Massachusetts. 
Geo. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut. 
Week 
39 
27 
33 
33 
40 
32 
2 !) 
33 
25 
24 
29 
32 
32 
45 
IS 
43 
30 
22 
22 
40 
25 
33 
17 
20 
19 
34 
27 
31 
41 
29 
37 
17 
14 
24 
27 
45 
39 
31 
40 
38 
38 
45 
42 
34 
56 
35 
51 
54 
33 
50 
49 
37 
51 
34 
47 
17 
42 
28 
32 
33 
42 
32 
44 
50 
19 
42 
42 
58 
48 
as 
47 
Buff Leghorns. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm, Michigan... 32 
Blue Andalusians. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut. 40 
Buff Orpingtons. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 15 
White Orpingtons. 
P. A. Demgar. New York. 35 
White Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. It. C. Club, Massachusetts.. 18 
Silver Campines. 
W. J. n. Lobel, New Jersey. 37 
Total 
1.050 
1.104 
1.044 
1,277 
1.149 
1,104 
!>42 
993 
1.135 
990 
835 
1,155 
902 
1.030 
907 
1.407 
1,401 
1.105 
1.093 
1.074 
974 
789 
1,009 
865 
1,080 
993 
848 
1.043 
1,183 
1.277 
900 
716 
1.252 
1.07.8 
1.128 
1,373 
1.093 
808 
1.209 
1,330 
1.348 
1.037 
1.220 
1,123 
1.282 
1.175 
1.200 
1,313 
1.032 
1.318 
1.1.89 
1.099 
1.015 
1.378 
1.217 
1.210 
1.148 
1,170 
1,050 
991 
1.193 
1.0.84 
1,205 
1,364 
431 
1.20.8 
1.143 
1.511 
1.333 
1,111 
1.174 
1.221 
1.017 
829 
814 
629 
975 
Dunghills. 
H. W. Collingwood, New Jersey.... 
Daniel Hitie, Connecticut. 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut. 
Mixed Breeds. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts... 
43 
988 
35 
909 
24 
951 
34 
1.028 
37 
1,037 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Sick Turkeys. 
I N April, 1913, we started turkey rais¬ 
ing. We had five turkeys, but all ex¬ 
cept one lieu died last Summer, the 
one being saved by the use of one-tenth 
grain calomel tablets. This turkey hen 
started to lay April 3 of this year, and 
has laid up to June 26. about 55 or 60 
eggs, all of which were infertile, as we 
could not find a purebred tom. June 20 
the turkey ate a great deal of wheat, 
which caused her to become ill. as it is 
now fermenting in her crop. We have 
been doctoring her with calomel, but have 
been giving her three-grain quinine cap¬ 
sules, as we thought that too much cal¬ 
omel would kill the turkey. Would you 
advise us as how to treat this turkey? 
Jefferson Barracks, Mo. F. M. it. 
I would not depend too much upon 
drugs in the case of sick turkeys, or hu- 
muns either; there are comparatively few 
whose action we fully understand, and 
they should be used as adjuncts to hy¬ 
gienic and other care rather than as the 
sole dependence in sickness. The calomel, 
given in moderate dosage and for short 
periods of time, was very likely beneficial 
to this turkey, and about one grain of 
quinine per day would be of some value 
as a bitter tonic. Their value and the 
beneficial results of their use are likely 
to be very much overestimated, however, 
especially by those whose knowledge of 
the action of drugs is limited. It is not 
at all unlikely that your other turkeys 
died of that great scourge of turkeydom, 
blackhead, and that this one survived 
either by reason of a milder infection or 
of greater constitutional vigor. This dis¬ 
ease has rendered turkey raising a most 
precarious occupation, not only in your 
State, but in most others of the union. 
No real preventive or cure has yet been 
found though much study is being given 
to it. I would suggest a full dose of cas¬ 
tor oil—about a tablespoonful—to this | 
sick turkey and after its action a limited 
diet in which soured skim-milk forms an 
important part. This latter should also 
be fed to the poults from the start in the 
hope that it will exert the same beneficial 
action that it shows when given to chicks 
subject to infectious bacterial diseases. 
M. B. D. 
Wcak-legged Cockerel. 
I HAVE a young rooster about 14 weeks 
old, weighs three pounds 14 ounces. 
He seems to be so weak in his legs 
he can hardly stand. Can it be he is 
growing beyond his strength? Could you 
tell me what it is and what to do for 
him? I feed crushed oats, cornmeal, oat¬ 
meal and beef scraps, also whole corn. 
New Jersey. m. s. 
Common causes of leg weakness in 
fowls at any age are heavy feeding with 
too little exercise and rheumatism from 
confinement to damp quarters. I would 
give this cockerel free range upon dry 
ground and feed him sufficiently sparingly 
to induce active exercise upon his part. 
If he does not recover under this care, 
he should be discarded and not used in a 
breeding pen. m. b. d. 
Black Yolks. 
W HY do eggs from healthy hens have 
black yolks? Eggs are gathered 
three times a day. For two weeks 
I fed rye and oats, equal parts and bran, 
all they can cat; they have free range. 
No cockerels run with them. I have one- 
half acre of rape close to henhouse; chick¬ 
ens eat lots of it. f. j. y. 
Ohio. 
The only explanation of black yolks in 
eggs that I can offer is the presence of 
blood clots, which usually are found in 
the white of the egg but may occur either 
upon or within the yolk. Blood clots are 
caused by over congestion of the egg¬ 
making organs, with occasional rupture 
of a small blood vessel and consequent 
formation of a clot which is included 
within the egg as it forms. Heavy feed¬ 
ing. especially upon meat food, and the 
use of condiments is believed to contribute 
to it. The remedy is more green food and 
less food of a stimulating nature, plenty 
of exercise and no attempts to unduly 
force egg production. It may be that you 
have several hens that are especially sub¬ 
ject to this trouble and if you can detect 
them they should be removed from the j 
Hock. If your hens are all affected, I 
can offer no explanation of the phen¬ 
omenon. m. b. d. 
Sour Milk and White Diarrhoea. 
I AM pleased to read, on page 936. that 
('. B. IT. has been able to raise so 
high a percentage of chicks infected 
with white diarrhoea, after using my 
method of squirting a pen dropper full of 
sour milk (lactic acid) down the throat 
as soon as dry, or described in my article 
on page 790. C. B. II.’s experience is the 
same as other poultrymen who have tried 
it 
Here at Broad Brook Farm all chicks 
are on range and growing fast and strong, 
some of the pullets are laying. Of 5,013 
chicks put in the brooders, total loss to 
date is 1,181, chicks or 23.1 per cent. All 
this goes to prove the great value of this 
method of filling the chicks’ crops with 
sour skimmed milk (lactic acid) as soon 
as they are dry enough to take from the 
incubator. It also proves that sour 
skimmed milk given at this time will over¬ 
come the disease and make it possible 
to raise a high percentage of chicks 
hatched from eggs laid by infected hens. 
One dose at this time has more value 
as a preventive and cure than all the 
sour skimmed milk fed as soon as the 
chicks are able to drink it themselves. 
New York. edwakd s. parsons. 
Droopy Chicks. 
C HICKENS four weeks old stand 
around droopy, will not eat. They 
act like that a day or two and die. 
They have been having chick feed, scratch 
feed, wheat, whole corn, mash made dry 
of mixed feed and sour milk. Can you 
suggest a remedy? w. u. c. 
New York. 
Chicks that reach the age of three to 
four weeks and then droop and die are 
usually suffering from intestinal disease 
due to infection and ordinarily show 
more or less diarrhoea. There is little or 
nothing to be done for them after they 
show symptoms of disease, and the proper 
course is to prevent infection by hatching 
only from vigorous, healthy stock; keep 
the chicks upon clean, uninfected, ground; 
ground that has not been used before by 
sick chicks; clean and disinfect all brood¬ 
ers before using; and finally, feed an 
abundance of sour skim-milk from the 
start. This latter food seems to have a 
markedly beneficial influence in prevent¬ 
ing the development of diarrheeal diseases. 
In a flock showing these symptoms, all 
affected chicks should be promptly re¬ 
moved and their carcasses buried; the 
quarters of the flock should be thoroughly 
cleaned, new, fresh, litter used, eating and 
drinking utensils scalded with boiling 
water; sour milk added to their diet. If 
the greater part of a flock are affected, 
it may be well to discontinue the use of 
hatching eggs from the same stock, some 
diarrhoeal diseases are transmitted from 
hens to chicks. M. B. d. 
Don’t Let Lice Get 
Hold of Your Flock 
—to breed, cause endless irrita¬ 
tion and all manner of skin dis¬ 
eases and sore spots. Take quick 
steps to 
get rid 
of lice. 
Dr. 
INSTANT 
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Kills Lice. Kills them quickly— 
surely. Sprinkle and rub it 
thoroughly into the feathers. 
Put it in the dust bath, sprinkle 
it in the laying nests, roosts and 
cracks. Instant Louse Killer 
also kills lice on farm stock, 
bugsoncucumber,squashand 
melon vines, cabbage worms, 
slugs on rose bushes, etc. In 
sifting-top cans. 1 lb. 25c; 3 
lbs. 60c. Except in Canada 
and the far West. If not 
at your dealer’s, write us. 
Dr. Hess & Clark 
Ashland 
Ohio 
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Every ounce guaranteed sound and sweet. Qual¬ 
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F OU SALK-1*AKRON WHITE LEGHORN 
COCKEK15I.S—$1 50 and #2; half Rarron—$1. 
Fine utility Brown Leghorn Cockerels-—$1. Barron 
W. Wyandotte Cockerels—$2. C D.BAER.Counelisville.Pa. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS FOR SALE 
April hatched. C. B. CliEGO, Claveruek, N. Y. 
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S. C. White Leghorns 
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PRICES LOW, QUALITY CONSIDERED 
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TOM BARRON’S 
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Pure Bred—Stock Imported—April Hatched 
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Tom Barron Strain White Leghorn Cockerels 
Four months old, §2 apiece. 
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1,500 S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
Yearlings. Fancy Utility Stock, great 
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S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
500 choice yearling liens for sale cheap. 
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Growing S- C. W. Leghorn Cockerels for sale. 
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