1914. 
THE K.X_J FL A L. NEW-YORKER 
1041 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
C ONTRARY to expectations, and not¬ 
withstanding that molting has begun 
—nine Leghorn pens have molting 
birds—the fortieth week shows a gain of 
71 eggs as compared with the previous 
week. English White Leghorns again 
lead all other pens, with a score of 59 
eggs. Bonnie Brook Farm’s White Leg¬ 
horns tie with A. B. Hall’s Barred Rocks 
for second place in the week’s record, each 
pen laying 53. The “sour milk” pen of 
Leghorns from Storrs Agricultural Sta¬ 
tion takes third place, with a score of 52. 
This pen is now the leading pen in the 
total score, having laid 1,689 eggs, Bar¬ 
ron’s White Wyandottes scoring a total of 
1,G76. Francis F. Lincoln’s pen of Leg¬ 
horns are third with a score of 1,665. Mr. 
Barron thinks that his Wyandottes will 
lay enough better than the Leghorns 
toward the close of the contest, still to 
give them a fair show of winning. For 
the first time in several weeks two breeds 
besides White Leghorns have laid 50 or 
over. A. B. Hall’s Barred Rocks laid 
53, and Merrythought Farm’s White 
Wyandottes laid 51. The total score 
now is 94,510. The week’s record fol¬ 
lows : 
Barred Bocks. 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut. 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts.... 
Waveny Farm, Connecticut. 
Jules F. Francais, New York. 
White P. Bocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts... 
F. II. Benton. Connecticut.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Buff P. Bocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
W. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut.... 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England. 
West Mt. Pity. Yards, Connecticut. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Neale Bros., Kliode 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. Ii. Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Nat’l Col. Wy. Club, Massachusetts 
Single Comb Beds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
J. S. Gillespie, Connecticut. 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New York. 
Burnham Pity. Farm, Massachusetts 
H. I’. Deming, Connecticut. 
Geo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey. Pennsylvania... 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. II. Bumsted. Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massacimsetts.. 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire.... 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Bose Comb Beds. 
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... 
Rraeside Pity. Farm, Pennsylvania.. 
Glenview Pity. Farm. Connecticut.. 
Manor Pity. Farm, New York. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Pity. Farm, Pefinsylvania. 
Geo. M. Harris, Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York. 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 
J. J. Linehan, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Thos. W. Moore, Connecticut. 
Chas. N. St. John, New Y'ork. 
Chas. W. Sherwood, Connecticut.... 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tomoka Pity. Farm, Connecticut... 
Venture Pity. Farm, New York.... 
Mrs. Iv. E. Woodruff, Connecticut.. 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 
O. H. Savage, Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Heneta Bone Co., New Jersey. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl, 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. Demgar, New York. 
White Laced Bed Cornish. 
W. L. R. C. Club, Massachusetts... 
Silver Campines. 
W. J. H. Lobel, New Jersey. 
Dunghills. 
II. W. Colllngwood, New Jersey.... 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut. 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut. 
Mixed Breeds. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 
Week Total 
53 
1,103 
43 
1,147 
35 
1,079 
42 
1,319 
45 
1,194 
29 
1,193 
29 
971 
30 
1,029 
22 
1,157 
23 
1,019 
29 
804 
42 
1,197 
IS 
920 
40 
1,070 
27 
994 
51 
1,518 
39 
1,500 
22 
1,127 
34 
1,127 
31 
1,105 
25 
999 
21 
810 
28 
1,097 
27 
892 
17 
1,103 
32 
1,025 
34 
882 
31 
1,074 
41 
1,224 
32 
1,309 
30 
996 
21 
737 
27 
1,280 
30 
1,114 
23 
1.151 
40 
1,419 
27 
1,120 
22 
830 
38 
1,307 
44 
1.380 
38 
1,380 
52 
1.089 
43 
1.203 
35 
1,158 
49 
1,331 
33 
1,208 
49 
1,249 
51 
1,304 
28 
1,000 
53 
1,371 
50 
1,239 
40 
1,139 
50 
1,605 
33 
1,411 
50 
1.207 
49 
1,259 
45 
1,193 
45 
1,215 
37 
1,087 
31 
1,022 
39 
1,232 
32 
1,116 
44 
1,249 
40 
1,440 
13 
444 
45 
1,253 
41 
1,184 
59 
1,570 
39 
1.372 
38 
1.149 
42 
1,210 
40 
1,261 
34 
1,051 
28 
857 
35 
849 
19 
048 
41 
1,016 
30 
1,024 
38 
9-17 
23 
974 
24 
1,052 
35 
1,072 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
k ee P a pistol in your house?” 
les. Fve had one for twenty years.” 
Ever need it?” “No.” “Then why keep 
it. It comes in handy. Sometimes 
nui uses it to drive tacks.”—Detroit Free 
Press. 
Breeding the “ Egg Type’’ in Hens. 
I WANT to give you my opinion of Tom 
Barron’s Wyandottes. Mr. Bar¬ 
ron says his smaller birds were al¬ 
ways the best layers, and I think his 
Wyandottes are smaller than ours. We 
have three classes of fowls, very large 
ones like Brahmas and Cochins, which 
are kept principally for meat, medium¬ 
sized ones, like B. P. Rocks. Wyandottes 
and R. I. Reds, and the smaller ones, like 
Leghorns, the medium-sized ones kept for 
general purpose fowls and smaller ones 
for eggs. The same is true of cattle. We 
have beef cattle, general-purpose medium¬ 
sized cattle, and small Jerseys for butter. 
Supposing a breeder of beef cattle should 
pick out his best butter and milk cows 
and breed from them. They would be 
smaller or at least of dairy type, and 
after a few years his Angus or Shorthorn 
cattle would be as small as Jerseys, and 
Jersey or dairy type. What has he 
gained? He has spent years of time 
making a Jersey from a Short-horn when 
he could have bought a Jersey at first 
better than he has made. I think Bar¬ 
ron has done this with his fowls; he has 
selected from good-sized Wyandottes for 
eggs, which meant small birds, and if he 
keeps selecting in that way will have 
eventually a bird the same size as the 
Rose Comb Leghorn, which will be to 
all intents and purposes Leghorns, when 
he could have saved all the time and labor 
by getting R. C. W. Leghorns in the 
first place. I always think of the Wyan- 
dottes as a broiler fowl, and if they are 
bred for eggs we get away from that type 
and to layer or egg type. 
I think breeders have done us good 
service in having a standard for both cat¬ 
tle and fowls, and in keeping as near to 
it as possible. We must have some kind 
of distinction between large and small 
fowls, and then take whichever we pre¬ 
fer, and line-breed it as near standard as 
possible. If we want eggs take the Leg¬ 
horn, and if we want a nice fowl to sit 
and for a good table fowl take a Wyan¬ 
dotte. Butchers have told^ me that the 
rounded compact White Wyandotte was 
the best table fowl they knew of. If we 
want a very heavy table fowl the Light 
Brahmas or Cochins will fill the bill. I 
cannot see any gain in breeding one small¬ 
er or the other larger, or mixing breeds. 
I think Mr. Barron’s Leghorns will beat 
his Wyandottes after a while anyway. 
Virginia. EUGENE R. skiumore. 
Destroying Hen Lice. 
H OW can I rid a henhouse of lice? We 
just bought a new sprayer holding 
eight gallons, sprayed the henhouse 
all over, nests and all. with whitewash, 
using about 30 gallons, but it seems to 
have done no good. The floor is dirt and 
it is alive with lice; our feet are covered 
with them every time we go to the hen¬ 
house. R. W. F. 
Orwell, N. Y. 
The loose litter upon this floor should 
be removed and burned and after scrap¬ 
ing the floor it may be well covered with 
fine road dust or ashes or sprinkled with 
air slaked lime. Lice will not survive 
contact with fine dust of any kind and 
sifted coal ashes make an excellent appli¬ 
cation to floors, droppings boards and 
other places where lice congregate. The 
addition of from four to six ounces of 
crude carbolic acid to each gallon of white¬ 
wash, added while it is hot, makes it a 
more effective insecticide for use in the 
poultry house. m. b. d. 
Trouble With Chickens. 
I IIAYE a new trouble with chickens; 
I have never noticed it before this 
season. They seem to lose use of 
their legs, walk short distances and tum¬ 
ble over on side and are unable to get up. 
If set up on feet then walk all right and 
fall over again. What is the trouble and 
remedy? They eat heartily, comb red, 
seem healthy in every other respect. 
Those attacked are about size of par¬ 
tridges, some smaller. They are in dry 
clean quarters and have fine range. 
Elk Hill, Va. j. e. e. 
These fowls are probably suffering from 
attacks of vertigo induced by attacks of 
indigestion, the presence of intestinal par¬ 
asites, or possibly by exposure to the hot 
sun and overfeeding. They should be 
given plenty of shade and fed more spar¬ 
ingly if it is thought that they are over¬ 
eating. One or two teaspoonfuls of cas¬ 
tor oil administered to any bird showiug 
symptoms of the trouble is good individ¬ 
ual treatment, and if intestinal parasites 
are thought to be present a teaspoonful 
of oil of turpentine may be mixed with 
the oil. m. b. d. 
Indian Runners for Eggs. 
H OW long can Indian Runner ducks 
be kept without having their laying 
qualities impaired? If properly tak¬ 
en care of do they compare favorably 
with chickens for profit in the matter of 
egg production? r. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
A vigorous Runner duck ought to lay 
well till six years old or older. They vary 
like individuals of other species. Ducks’ 
eggs contain more nutriment than hens’ 
eggs, principally on account of the greater 
size, and bring a higher price with those 
who appreciate them, but the market for 
them is limited. There is a prejudice 
against them on the part of many Ameri¬ 
can women. Raising show birds and sell¬ 
ing eggs for hatching is more or less pro¬ 
fitable. Producing eggs for the general 
market is a different proposition. If you 
are near a sure market and like ducks 
there would not be much risk in trying 
them. It should be borne in mind that 
exceptionally good layers are scarce 
among ducks as among hens. It costs 
more to feed a duck than a hen. On 
general principles I would advise stick¬ 
ing to hens. w. H. H. 
Washed Eggs. 
W E have had letters from a number of 
egg dealers, who urge us to tell our 
readers not to wash their eggs, 
especially during the warm weather. It 
would seem that some shippers who are 
eager to make a good showing with eggs 
scrubb them with a brush ancl then ship. 
The dealers claim that this is just the 
thing that they ought not to do as this 
hard washing takes off the enamel or pol¬ 
ish from the outside of the shell where 
Nature put it as a precaution. The 
stains, of course, should he wiped off 
the egg, but the plan of scrubbing the egg 
all over is a bad one to follow, and espe¬ 
cially in warm weather. 
P LEASE tell the woman whose turkey 
eggs will not hatch that I have found 
that when the turkeys are too fat 
that eggs will not hatch. I have reduced 
the feed of turkeys and had the next 
clutch hatch. l. e. w. 
New York. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
TOM BARRON’S S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
AND WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS 
out of direct importation. Raised on free range. 
I guarantee tliese cockerels to be equal to any Amer¬ 
ican-grown stock. 2 to 4 mouths old-$2.50 to $5. 
BKOOKK1EI.U POl l.THV FARM, - H. D. 3. Vfr*aille«, Ohio 
TOM BARRON’S 
PURE ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNS 
Imported direct from Tom Barron's Farm. 
280-egg strain. Breeding stock for sale. Cock¬ 
erels, $1 and $2; cocks, $2: yearling hens, tl.50. 
K.ggs, tl per set: $5 per 100. 
P. F. RAFFERTY. - Marlboro. Ma«. 
sale- 300 S. C. White Leghorn Yearling Hens 
Selected stock. Will make fine Winter layers and 
good breeders, $1 each or $90 per hundred. Taken 
on or before Sept. 10. A. S. PERSONS. Mt. Vision, N. V. 
T e C. O. D. S. C. W. 
1 *'• Leghorns. Money 
back for dead ones. Pam¬ 
phlet free. CM. LAUVKR 
Box 73. Richfield, l’a. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND 15 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers and Egg Cases 
CATALOGUE SENT FREE ON REQUEST 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N. Y. 
ORR’S POULTRY FEEDS 
Every ounce guaranteed sound and sweet. Qual¬ 
ity is what we produce. Always fresh and always 
the same Send for booklet with testimonials 
and prices. WM. 0RR & SOUS, Box 1-R, Orr’s Mills,N Y. 
Poultry Nettin rmamrnu 1 mk 
BARBED WIRE CO., 5 Cortlandt St, N. Y’ 
PARTRIDGES I PHEASANTS 
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. M A CHENS KN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department lO, Yard ley. Pa. 
-— 
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 OH HAY OLH CHICKS 
PRICES LOW, QUALITY' CONSIDERED 
Send for catalogue. 
DUNE ALPIN POULTRY FARM 
Easthampton, L. I., N. Y. 
TOM BARRON’S 
283-202 280 248 Egg 
LEGHORN'S and WYANDOTTES 
OfillTrCT DenC— guaranteed to finish among 
uVniCwl ttllj the ten leading pens at any 
contest. Storrs* Buff Rocks, Vibert-Aostio Reds, Waltons' Penc 
Ducks, Geese, Half-Barron Leghorns—200-Eggs. 
MORRIS-FARMi R. 4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
Tom Barron LEGHORN COCKERELS 
Pure Bred—Stock Imported—April Hatched 
E. GIESKlt . - COSCOI1, CONN. 
TOM BARRON COCKERELS 
Leghorns from extra special imported pens. Wyan- 
dottes from imported pen. (Sisters to leading pen 
at Storrs.) 0. W. TURNER, West Hartford, Conn. 
COR SALK-It ARIION WHITE LEGHORN 
• COCKERELS —$1.50 and $2; half Barron—$1. 
Fine utility Brown Leghorn Cockerels—$1. Barron 
W. Wyandotte Cockerels—$2- C.D.BAER,Connellsvnie,Pa. 
LINCOLN’S LEGHORNS 
Growing S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels for sale. 
FRANCIS F. LINCOLN. Mt. Carmel, Conn. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
500 choice yearling hens for sale cheap. 
Youngs, Wyekoffs, Tom Barron Strains. 
EZRA C. CARTER - MARATHON, N. Y. 
Utility S. C. White Leghorns-f£^KS“»8 
per 100. GEO. FROST, Levanna, Cayuga Co., New York 
BRED TO LAY i&SSSi 
A fine lot of cockerels and a few yearling hens. 
P. G. PLATT - WALLINGFORD, PA. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS FOB SALE 
April hatched. C. It. CltEGO, Claveracb, N. Y. 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG Rhnrlo IdsilH Dario standard 
STRAIN SINGLE COMB nllUUB IbldllU flBUi) bred, high 
record stock, red to theskin. Old and yonng stock for 
sale. AUSTIN'S POULTRY FARM, Box 17. CentreHarbor. N. H. 
THE FARMERS FAVORITE WINTER LAYERS-WHITE ORPING- 
1 TON EGGS AND CHICKS. Square Deal Guaranteed. 
Catalogue free. W. R. STEVENS, Culver Road, Lyons, N.Y, 
ANCE U SALE Efl OF S. C. Buff Orpington Breeders 
including leading pen this variety at second Inter¬ 
national Egg-Laying Contest. 
CHERRY LANE FARM CO.. (Desk Bt, Oak Hill, West Virginia 
con MAY HATCH, GUARANTEED WHITE flllPIfC 
0UU EGG STRAIN WHITE INDIAN RUNNER UUvIVO 
$4.50 per Trio. FILED S. DEYOE, Hunter, X. Y. 
TIiimIim for breeding, also baity “Guinea’’ 
rfiKin HR's chicks. Circular. F. S. 
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MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS^t^ 
try; 200-egg strain: breeders and eggs. Send 2-cent 
stamp for illustrated catalogue. Route 24, Athens, Pa. 
We have a 
Few of the 
Hot Iron 
Doilie Patterns 
Left 
Send a postal card to 
‘Department “M” 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 West 30th Street 
New York 
and we will send you one, 
together with information that 
will enable you to secure a 
mammoth outfit by doing some 
subscription work for us. 31 
