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THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T O the surprise of everybody the forty- 
first week shows a gain of 14f> eggs 
over the previous week. Of this gain 
the White Leghorns contributed but nine 
eggs; the other breeds being responsible 
for nearly all of it. This shows that 
broodiness is subsiding and the birds arc 
getting down to business again. The 
Leghorns, however, continue to make all 
the high records, as they have for many 
weeks. Bonnie Brook Farm’s pen take 
first place for the week, with a score of 
61. l ive birds in this pen laid every day 
in the week. Three pens tied for second 
place with scores of ;”> each. They are 
the “sour milk’’ pen from Storrs Agri¬ 
cultural Station, Marwood Poultry 
Farm’s pen, and Francis F. Lincoln’s 
pen. Tom Barron’s Leghorns laid 53; 
this pen is now third in the competitive 
pons. Pen number 42—the sour milk 
pen—from Storrs, has the highest total 
score, viz., 1,744; but they are not com¬ 
peting. Tom Barron’s White Wyandottes 
still lead the competing pens, but they 
are only one egg ahead of Francis F. Lin¬ 
coln's pen of White Leghorns, and in all 
probability Lincoln’s birds will be the 
leaders by next week. In my opinion the 
American birds will win the contest at 
Storrs this year, though Tom Barron s 
birds are putting up n bully light and 
they will probably win at Thorndale and 
at Mountain Grove, Mo. The week s 
record follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week. Total 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
Frank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts.. 
Wavcny Farm, Connecticut. 
Jules F. Francois, New York- 
White P. Rocks. 
4S 
as 
48 
411 
1,151 
1,185 
1,1117 
1.301 
Albert 
F. II. 
Storrs 
Storrs 
Storrs 
Storrs 
StolT- 
T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.. 
Benton. Connecticut. 
Agr. Station, Connecticut... 
Agr. Station, Connecticut... 
Agr. Station, Connecticut... 
Agr. Station. Connecticut... 
Agr. Station. Connecticut... 
Buff P. Rocks. 
A. A. llall, Connecticut..... 
W. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut.... 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England.- • • • • 
West Mt. Pity. Yards. Connecticut. 
Mcrrvthought Farm, Connecticut... 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 
1>. J. Byan & Son, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
l>r. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 
l>r. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.. 
Un. Buff Wynn. Club, New York.. 
II. L. Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
XaCi Col. Wy. Club, Massachusetts 
Single Comb Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
.T. s. cillespie. Connecticut. 
Dr. J. 0. Dingman, New York. 
Burnham Pity. Farm. Massachusetts 
!I. P. Denting, Connecticut. 
iieo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Ur. J. A. Fritchey, Pennsylvania.. 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. II. Bumsted. Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts 
3ft 
45 
37 
3» 
38 
36 
44 
43 
3ii 
45 
34 
47 
36 
41 
22 
»>•> 
1,233 
1.238 
1,008 
1,068 
1,195 
1,055 
008 
1,240 
ft50 
1,721 
1.028 
1,565 
1,536 
1,150 
1,168 
1.138 
1,021 
832 
4S 1.145 
40 
24 
26 
23 
31 
28 
2ft 
35 
35 
42 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 41 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire... 
A. B. Brundagc, 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... 
Kraeside Pity. Farm, Pennsylvania. 
> lien view Pity. Farm. C <nnectieut.. 
Manor Pity. Farm, New York. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Marwood Pity. Farm, Pennsylvania. 
Geo. M. Harris, Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm. New York. 
Y. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 
.1. J. Linelian, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Thos. W. Moore, Connecticut. 
C.has. N. St. John, New York. 
Ohas. W. Sherwood, Connecticut... 
1,. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tomoku Pity. Farm. Connecticut... 
Venture Pity. Farm. New York.... 
Mrs. IC. IS. Woodruff, Connecticut.. 
Windswcep Farm, Connecticut. 
V. II. Savage, Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Henetu Bone Co.. New Jersey. 
F. M. Poaslev. Connecticut. 
Chas. Uotgl, Ohio. 
28 
38 
IS 
21 
32 
45 
38 
55 
43 
41 
51 
40 
38 
55 
2ft 
61 
41 
43 
nr> 
3ft 
48 
44 
48 
44 
31 
32 
45 
27 
41 
52 
20 
43 
41 
ft32 
1.127 
1.051 
805 
1,105 
1,252 
1,338 
1.031 
772 
1,322 
1. 155 
1.17ft 
1,457 
,138 
851 
1,33ft 
1,425 
424 
,744 
306 
lftft 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1,382 
1,248 
1,287 
1,419 
1,08ft 
1,432 
1,280 
1,182 
1.720 
1,450 
1.315 
1,303 
1,241 
1,25ft 
1.118 
1,054 
1,277 
1,143 
1,290 
1.462 
464 
1,296 
1,225 
1,623 
1,414 
1,181 
1,257 
’ -* *0*1 ... 
Tom Barron. England. 53 
Branford Farm, t necticnt. ... 41 
•Tames Mtinn, Massachusetts. 32 
Geo. A. Cosgrove. Connecticut. 41 
Buff Leghorns. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm. Michigan... 4ft 1.310 
Blue Andalusians. 
K. 1> Bird, Connecticut. 36 1.087 
Buff Orpingtons. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 42 
White Orpingt - as. 
P. A. Detngar, New York. 1ft 
White Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. It. 0. Club, Massachusetts.. 36 
Silver Campines, 
IV. ,T. If. Lobel, New Jersey. 36 1,052 
Dunghills. 
Colllngwood, New Jersey.... 37 
soft 
80S 
084 
U. IV. 
Daniel 
Daniel 
11 i no, 
i line, 
Connecticut. 2 
Connecticut. 31 
Mixed Breeds. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 23 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 33 
1,061 
»73 
1,003 
1,075 
1,105 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Molting and Breeding Ration. 
W HAT is the best ration to feed hens 
during the molting season? What 
ration should I feed breeders 
through this Fall and Winter? T. w. K. 
Cavendish, Yt. 
No special formulas are needed for 
feeding fowls through the molting season, 
but the rations should not consist of fat¬ 
tening foods, such as corn and buckwheat, 
exclusively. While growing new feathers 
the protein element of food is needed as 
much as while producing eggs, and this 
should bo furnished in the form of meat 
meal or scrap, skim-milk and the grains 
of good protein cc 'tent. The wheat pro¬ 
ducts. oats, gluten feed, oil meal. Alfalfa 
and clover are all good. In short, feed 
the fowls as well as though they were 
laying. Neither are any special formu¬ 
las necessary for breeders, but if they can 
be induced to eat them, either whole or 
ground, oats may well form a consider¬ 
able proportion of their grain food. They 
should have ample range and not he 
forced for laying through the Fall and 
early Winter; to this end but little meat 
should be given. m. b. d. 
Prolapse of Oviduct. 
I CARHIEI) a flock of 12 Leghorn pul¬ 
lets and 23 Reds through the Winter. 
_ In December, January and February 
they laid an average of about si' - eggs a 
day. In February, finding it difficult to 
get meat scrap delivered to the house, I 
changed over to cottonseed meal, using 
three parts of this for two of meat scrap, 
and cutting down one part on the cracked 
corn. After feeding for two months with 
the new ration T had a case of prolapsus 
of the oviduct, from which a Red died. 
The hens were laying about 20 eggs a 
day then. I was advised by a poultry 
expert to cut down on the protein, as the 
prolapsus was due to too heavy laying. 
At the same time 13 of the hens began 
to stand around in a corner, close their 
eyes, and slowly sink their heads. I gave 
them castor oil and a tonic, and it seemed 
to cure all but one, which kept it up until 
it died. The poultry expert thought that 
the sleepiness might be due to an excess 
of carbohydrate in the food. I discon¬ 
tinued the cottonseed meal in the begin¬ 
ning of June and substituted meat scrap, 
after I had lost six hens through pro¬ 
lapsus or hemorrhage of the oviduct. 
Now. after a month of absence of pro¬ 
lapsus. I have two eases again. My hens 
get cracked corn and wheat, half and half, 
and a dry mash of bran, gluten, and beef 
scrap. They have all the grit and green 
•food they want, have a fairly large yard, 
an open front dry house, and fresh 
water twice a day. How can I prevent 
prolapsus? A. g. 
New Jersey. 
As prolapse of the oviduct is conse¬ 
quent upon inflammation, due probably to 
overstimulation of the egg-producing or¬ 
gans. the obvious remedy is to feed a less 
forcing ration and be content with fewer 
eggs and healthier fowls. Cottonseed 
meal has never had an enviable reputa¬ 
tion as a poultry food and its use may 
have had something to do with the condi¬ 
tion of your flock. Moderately favorable 
reports from its use as a source of pro¬ 
tein in poultry rations have been received 
from some of the experiment stations, but 
in the present state of our knowledge 
concerning it, it is probably best to use 
it sparingly. It may well be that some 
high-bred fowls are more subject to in¬ 
flammation of the egg producing organs 
than their more rugged and less produc¬ 
tive sisters, and this tendency to inflam¬ 
mation and prolapse may perhaps be in¬ 
herited. M. 15. D. 
Poor Feathering. 
I HAVE chicks that are almost big 
enough to kill but almost nude, ex¬ 
cept the soft down such as all chicks 
have when hatched, except two or three 
wing feathers, and they turn right up 
over the back, similar to a fantailed 
pigeon. It is mostly the cockerels that 
are that way. the pullets seem to feather 
up better. They all run together and 
have free range of an SO-acre farm. 
What is the cause, what the cure, if any? 
I have noticed the same before this sea¬ 
son but not to the extent that it is tliis 
season. I notice too that some of the 
old birds have what seems to be an im¬ 
perfect wing, or wings, by spreading the 
wing feathers there seems to be a few 
wing feathers lacking right in middle of 
wing; have noticed same on other peo¬ 
ple’s chickens. a. c. g. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is not uncommon to see chicks which 
fail to develop their plumage with the 
growth of the body and remain bare until 
pretty well grown. I d, iot know that 
tin' cause of this has been, or can be. ex¬ 
plained : it is doubtless due to some nu¬ 
tritional disturbance and does not often 
affect .a sufficient number of chicks in a 
flock to make it a matter of any great 
concern. The only remedy ' at T can 
suggest is plenty of food and turn- enough 
for the belated feathers to make their 
appearance. m. b. d. 
Chicks Fail to Grow. 
W IIY do chicks stay about the same 
size and are all naked? They do 
not grow at all. a. p. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
An occasional chick in a flock will fail 
to develop with its mates and even fail 
to develop feathers its ir should from 
some lack of vitality which it would be 
hard to explain. If a whole flock fails in 
ordinary development there is reason to 
think that it is not being sufficiently fed 
or that, lack of vigor in the parent birds 
is responsible for such a poor start in life 
that its effects are slowly, if over, over¬ 
come. This, of course, if there is no 
evident disease that is stunting the chicks. 
Chicks that show marked slowness in de¬ 
veloping should be discarded at once or 
so marked that there will be no danger 
of their ever being used for breeders. 
M. b. n. 
Peas for Poultry. 
A RE peas a good food for poultry when 
mixed with grains, such as cracked 
corn, wheat and oats? These are 
dried Reas which have become worm-eaten 
and we can purchase them at less than 
$1 per 100 pounds. In what proportion 
would you mix these grains to feed morn¬ 
ing and night to hens that have dry mash 
before them at all times? K. M. K. 
Denmrest, N. .T. 
Cracked or crushed peas are used to 
a considerable extent in commercial chick 
feeds, and I know of no reason why whole 
peas should not be equally good for 
fowls, provided that they will eat them; 
on this point I should assume myself by 
aetual trial before purchasing any con¬ 
siderable quantity. Peas have a nutritive 
ratio of about that of wheat bran; if rel¬ 
ished by the fowls they might probably 
be fed to advantage in the proportion of 
one-sixth to one-fourth part of the entire 
whole grain ration, far as I know 
whole peas are not commonly used as 
poultry food, and it would be advisable 
to ascertain their acceptability to the 
fowls by actual test before investing much 
in them. M. B. n. 
Drooping Chicks. 
W E have some incubator chicks about 
four weeks old that are dying at 
the rate of five and more per day. 
They go around with their wings droop¬ 
ing and act as though nearly asleep un¬ 
til they drop down and die slowly. They 
eat until nearly the last. No signs what¬ 
ever of bowel trouble. I feed them on 
broken rice and just a little dry middl¬ 
ings occasionally. Plenty of fresh water. 
New York. j. 
Broken rice with an occasional feed of 
wheat middlings is not a suitable diet 
for young chicks, as it does not furnish 
the needed elements for growth and de¬ 
velopment. Corn. oats, and wheat as well 
as ground grains in the form of mash and 
some animal product such as skim-milk or 
meat scrap are all needed. Chicks <>f lit¬ 
tle vitality, such as late-hatched chicks 
are apt to have, often succumb at three 
or four weeks of age to infections which 
stronger chicks resist. Some of these in¬ 
fections are accompanied by diarrhoea and 
some are not. Prevention rather than cure 
must be depended upon to avoid these 
losses, and prevention can only come by 
hatching from vigorous stock that has not 
lost vitality from prolonged laying, clean¬ 
liness in the care of the chicks with dis¬ 
infection of utensils and quarters when 
needed, avoidance of contact with other 
diseased chicks or the quarters in which 
they are housed. .,ud healthful surround¬ 
ings in which they are reared. Correct 
methods of hatching and brooding have 
also a great deal to do with the stock 
of resistance to infectious diseases with 
which chicks start out in life. The 
early and continuous feeding of soured 
milk appears to exert a very favorable 
influence both in preventing intestinal in¬ 
fections and promoting growth and vigor. 
M. B. 1). 
“Tell me. old man." said the peren¬ 
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hair gray and your beard brown?” 
“Easy!” answered the facetious o. m. 
"My hair is twenty years older than my 
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good, big snappy bird, free ranged; Young and 
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Tom Barron S. C, White Leghorn Cockerels 
from stock Imported direct from his best-laying 
yards. April hatched, range grown vigorous 
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Wyekoff strain, 85 cents; Wyekoff cockerels, from 
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■ 
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