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THE RURAL IMIS W-YOJRJKIER. 
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THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T HE forty-fifth week of the contest 
closed September 11 with an egg pro¬ 
duction of 2,092. This is 246 less than 
the previous week, and 774 less than 
two weeks ago. For the first time in 
many weeks th'e White Leghorns have to 
take second place. A. B. Brundage’s pen 
of S. C. Beds make the highest record 
this week, scoring 52 eggs; being the only 
pen in the whole contest that reached 50 
or over. This pen has a higher total rec¬ 
ord than any other pen of the Reds, and 
is only exceeded by six pens in the whole 
contest. Mr. Brundag.' is president of 
the Connecticut Poultry Association, and 
his Reds are so proud of that fact that 
they are putting in their best licks to do 
him honor. Tom Barron’s White Leg¬ 
horns tie with Francis F. Lincoln’s pen 
of the same breed, for second place, with 
scores of 45 each ; and Albert T. Lenzen’s 
White P. Rocks are third with a score of 
43. Merrythought Farm’s White Wyan- 
dottes laid 42, the Silver Campines of W. 
J. II. Lobel laying the same number. It 
is a pretty safe bet that Francis F. Lin¬ 
coln’s White Leghorns will win this con¬ 
test; their total now is 1,909 eggs; only 
one egg less than the famous “sour milk’’ 
pen from Storrs Agricultural Station, and 
48 eggs ahead of Barron’s White Wyan- 
dottes, which held the lead so long. The 
week’s report follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut. 24 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts.... 31 
Waveny Farm. Connecticut. 39 
J. F. Francais, New York. 28 
White P. Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts... 43 
F. II. Benton, Connecticut. 28 
Storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut... 14 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... 19 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... 24 
Storrs Agr. Station, Cinnecticut... 20 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... 28 
Buff P. Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut . 25 
W. C. Morgan, Jr., Connecticut.... 18 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England' . 26 
West Mt. Pity. Yards. Connecticut. 18 
Merrythought Farm. Connecticut.... 42 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 40 
D. J. Ityan & Son, Connecticut.... 23 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 31 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts. 35 
Am. Buff Wynn. Club. New York.. 26 
II. L. Hamilton, Connecticut. 30 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Natl. Col. Wy. Club, Massachusetts 27 
Single Comb Rods. 
Robert Seaman, New York."... 20 
.1. S. Gillespie, Connecticut. 17 
Dr. J. C. Dlngman, New York. 34 
Burnham Pity. Farm. Massachusetts 9 
H. P. Deming, Connecticut. 35 
Geo. F. Dearborn. Florida. 26 
Dr. J. A. Fritchey. Pennsylvania... 28 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 23 
W. II. Bumsted, Connecticut. 18 
Pineerest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 35 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 2t 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire.... 30 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 52 
Rose Comb Reds. 
Glenview Pity. Farm, Connecticut.. 32 
O. S. Scovillo, Connecticut. 14 
Whito Leghorns. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... 22 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... 19 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... Hi 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut. .. 29 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut... 25 
Braeside Pity. Farm. Pennsylvania. 28 
Glenview Pity. Farm. Connecticut.. 24 
Manor Pity. Farm. New York. 21 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 16 
Marwood Pity. Farm, Pennsylvania. 26 
Geo. M. Harris. Connecticut. 13 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York.... 32 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 16 
J. J. Linelian, Massachusetts. 14 
F. F. Lincoln. Connecticut. 45 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 31 
Tims. IV. Moore. Connecticut. 29 
Clins. N. St. John. New York. 37 
Chas. W. Sherwood. Connecticut.,.. 30 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 22 
Tomokn I’lty. Farm, Connecticut.... 21 
Venture Pity. Farm, New York.... 9 
Mrs. K, E. Woodruff. Connecticut.. 41 
Wind'sweep Farm, Connecticut. 8 
C. II. Savage. Connecticut. 19 
P. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 23 
lleneta Bone Co.. New Jersey. 9 
F. M. Peasley. Connecticut. 26 
('lias. Helgl, Ohio . 18 
Tom Barron, England . 45 
Branford Farm, Connecticut. 28 
James Munn. Massachusetts. 14 
Geo. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut. 34 
Buff Leghorns. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm, Michigan.... 26 
Blue Andalusians. 
E. D. Bird, Connecticut. 27 
Buff. Orpingtons. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 12 
White Orpingtons. 
P. A. Demgar, New York. 26 
1.264 
1,275 
1.272 
1.4S9 
1.383 
1.369 
1.119 
1.185 
1.323 
1.167 
1,026 
1,375 
1,087 
1,861 
1,119 
1.723 
1,711 
1,282 
1.311 
1.263 
1,156 
903 
1,283 
1.038 
1.244 
1,166 
908 
1,239 
1,353 
1,445 
1,133 
891 
1,402 
1.219 
1,293 
1,044 
1,271 
932 
1.470 
1.549 
1.532 
1,910 
1.420 
1.344 
1.513 
1.396 
1.393 
1.571 
1,176 
1,599 
1,395 
1.298 
1,909 
1.587 
1,464 
1.463 
1.373 
1.394 
1.218 
1.129 
1.452 
1.210 
1.405 
1.611 
550 
1,430 
1.360 
1,820 
1.573 
1,2S2 
1,425 
1,450 
1,230 
900 
964 
White Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. U. C. Club, Massachusetts... 16 782 
Silver Campines. 
W. J. EC. Lobel, New Jersey. 42 1,210 
‘Hens.” 
II. W. Collingwood, New Jersey_ 23 1.201 
Daniel Iline, Connecticut. 24 1.083 
Daniel Hine, Connecticut..... 14 1,064 
Mixed Breeds. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 33 1,212 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 36 1,234 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Grains for Poultry. 
HAVE 30 S. C. White Leghorns and 
seven Rooks, to which I wish to feed 
wheat, oats and barley at present and 
corn later. In what amount should they 
be fed to get the best results V IIovv 
much should they have at a feed? 
Maryland. f. w. s. 
You do not say whether you intend 
to feed these whole grains alone, without 
mashes, or not and it is accordingly im¬ 
possible to say how much grain the 37 
fowls will require. Your flock will do bettor 
if part of their rations is given in the 
form of ground grain mashes, either wet 
or dry, and the balance in two feedings 
daily of whole grains. If a dry mash is 
kept constantly before them, the better 
way, or a moist mash is given at noon, 
they may be given a handful each of the 
mixed whole grains morning and night. 
A little observation will teach you how 
much to give; the exact amount will de¬ 
pend upon their appetites and will vary 
from time to time. Give them all that 
they evidently want hut not so much that 
part of it will be wasted. With a dry 
mash constantly before a flock they can¬ 
not be underfed and there is little danger 
of overfeeding if ordinary judgment is 
used. m. B. D. 
Trouble With Ducks. 
A YEAR ago last Spring I bought five 
Rouen ducks, four young ducks and 
one drake. I bred them with fair 
success. This Spring I mated the same 
four ducks with a drake I raised last 
year. I had about 40 young ducks that 
I hatched and thought I could raise. At 
present I have 10 left and do not think 
I shall have any in a little while. I fed 
on bran, corn meal, and ground oats for 
mash, gave thorn fresti drinking water 
three times a day,, no water to swim in, 
also mixed a little grit in mash. Kept 
them indoors nights on dry board floor, 
sprinkled with lime almost daily. They 
appeared to grow but very little; had a 
run on grass plot 12 by 20 feet. Every 
morning some of them would have their 
eyes closed, be very weak and drop over 
and die, also would get lame. Will you 
give information as to raising Rouen 
ducks, also let me know the fault of my 
ducks if possible? w. M. 
New York. 
It is difficult without seeing the situ- 
tion to say just what is the trouble. The 
mash is good if they have grass on which 
to run. One of the largest duck breeders 
in the East feeds bread crumbs and rolled 
oats slightly moistened at first, gradually 
changing to vegetables 1 part, green stuff 
one, beef scraps one, low-grade flour two, 
bran two, cornmeal three, with a little 
grit and oyster shells and a pinch of salt 
in each mess. Once a week a little 
ground charcoal is added. Adult ducks 
may be fed whole corn for one meal. The 
drinking water should be deep enough to 
cover the bills without allowing them to 
get in all over. A chance to get into the 
shade during the day and dry quarters at 
night ought to insure success. Shavings 
make one of the best coverings for the 
floor. w. H. ii. 
Experiment With Sweet Clover. 
I AM trying an experiment with five 
acres of Sweet clover seeded with 
Spring wheat on some worn-out land 
that was abandoned by my predecessor 
in title. I encouraged this Spring wheat 
and clover with a light sprinkling of hen 
manure and litter from the hen houses, 
supplemented by a little potash, bone, and 
lime. The wheat is the “Marquis” and 
clover the white variety. At this date it 
looks like “pay dirt.” I intend to use the 
Sweet clover for litter in the laying 
houses to see if it will help about solv¬ 
ing the Winter egg problem. I enclose 
two samples that grew side by side. 
Connecticut. fred’k m. peasley. 
R. N.-Y.—We are glad to receive any 
experience with Sweet clover. Thus far 
reports are varied—some good, others 
negative. This idea of figuring out suit¬ 
able farm crops for poultry farming is a 
new one. Spring wheat is not usually 
recommended for New England, and a 
“litter crop” for hens is new. Let us have 
all such experience. 
Lice and Mites. 
of destroying them. The first and least 
harmful class is that made up of the 
large body lice which live upon the skin 
of adult fowls and annoy them chiefly by 
the irritation of their presence. These 
are comparatively easily killed by lice 
powders sifted through the feathers, or by 
the dust baths which all fowls enjoy if 
given opportunity to take them. Given 
opportunity to take these dust baths, 
adult fowls will need little help in com¬ 
bating this class of parasites; young 
chicks, however, cannot protect them* 
selves and if hatched under hens they 
must be greased about the head and per¬ 
haps under the wings when a few days 
old and the mother hen must be at least 
temporarily freed from the pests by the 
use of insect powder. Young chicks can¬ 
not thrive, or even live, under lousy hens. 
The second class is composed of those 
which burrow into the skin or beneath the 
scales of the fowl’s body and legs. The 
depluming mite which burrows into the 
skin at the base of the feathers and 
causes these to drop out. and the mite 
which causes scaly leg by burrowing be¬ 
neath the scales of the feet and shanks 
belong to this class. These cannot be 
reached by dusting powders and must be 
attacked with some grease or oil that 
can penetrate to their habitations. Any 
non-irritating grease or-oil may be used, 
ordinary lard being as good as anything, 
though it sometimes needs reinforcing 
with mercurial, or blue, ointment in the 
proportion of about one fourth part of the 
iattor. This can be rubbed in and reaches 
the posts. As a liquid dip for legs, kero¬ 
sene or coal oil is efficient and handy. 
The mercurialized lard also may be used 
about the vent or on the head of young 
chicks to kill the large lice, but it should 
be used sparingly on these. 
The third and most destructive class 
of parasites is represented by the common 
red mite. Those mites do not stay upon 
the fowls during the day. but live in 
cracks and behind loose hoards about the 
nests and perches and come out at night 
to feast upon the blood of their victims. 
Careful search will find them in any 
neglected hen house and no fowls can 
thrive where they are present. These are 
to be killed by the lice paints or sprays 
and by whitewash. For painting perches 
and small surfaces kerosene to which has 
been added one fourth part of crude car¬ 
bolic acid is cheap and effective. Carbo- 
lineum is also good but expensive. Any 
hard grease like tallow may be melted 
and applied to perches by means of a 
brush : this will fill the pores of the wood 
and lasts longer than the liquid paints. 
Will Double-yoiked Eggs Hatch ? 
W ILL double yolked eggs hatch? If 
not, why not? If not, how are ab¬ 
normal chickens (two heads, four 
legs, etc.) accounted for? l. a. r. 
Cassopolis, Mich. 
Without pretense of being an author¬ 
ity on embryology, I may say that I 
doubt if anyone knows why double-yoiked 
eggs do not hatch; if, indeed, they never 
do. Lack of room and nourishment 
would explain why two chicks could not 
reach full development in one shell, hut it 
would not explain why development 
should not begin. Personally. I can see 
no reason why two yolks should not each 
be fertilized by the male element swarm¬ 
ing within the oviduct and begin devel¬ 
opment when placed under favorable con¬ 
ditions. even though enclosed within oue 
shell. The existence of two yolks within 
one shell need not he invoked to explain 
such abnormalities as two heads, four 
legs, etc. This variation in the number 
and orderly arrangement of multiple 
parts, such as legs, wings, etc., is known 
to biologists as meristic variation, and is 
explained by the fact that all parts of an 
animal are produced by the multiplication 
of certain cells, each part being made 
from its own bind of cell—a cell is a 
small bit of living matter enclosed in its ! 
own membrane and uniting with its fel- j 
lows to make up a tissue as bricks unite 
to make up a wall. By the slipping of a 
cog in nature’s machinery, these cells 
sometimes fail to stop multiplying when 
just enough have been produced to form 
the part which they are to build and a 
duplicate part is formed; then we have 
a freak like the two-headed calf, or the 
four-legged chicken. M. B. D. 
5,000 
S. C. White Leghorn 
S MALL and insignificant as those ver¬ 
min appear to the naked eye. they 
boast of book names that would put 
to blush the wooden labels in a botanical 
garden, and under a glass they are 
startling monsters of ferocious ugliness. 
Occupying a world of their own, they are 
divided into clans and families as dis¬ 
tinct as those of any of our domestic ani¬ 
mals. and each variety lias its own pre¬ 
ferred location and its own life habits 
which distinguish it from all others. 
Fortunately, it is not necessary for the 
practical poultrymau to be able to iden¬ 
tify each variety or to know all about 
their life habits in order to combat them 
successfully. Lice obtain air through 
breathing pores in their bodies, and any¬ 
thing with which they come into contact 
small enough or of such nature as to ob¬ 
struct these pores kills them. Fine dust 
of any kind or greases and oils stop these 
pores and shut off their supply of air. 
For practical purposes lice and mites 
may be divided into three classes, accord¬ 
ing to their life habits and the best means 
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more eggs; larger, more vigorous chicks: 
heavier iowls, by feeding cut bone. 
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SEND 15 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
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H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N. Y. 
Bargain April Leghorn Pullets, $1 
breeding pen Wyandottes, $12. 
KING, - 5822 Twentieth Ave., Brooklyn 
sVi!i* 1,000 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
First of May hatched, from selected stock, at $1 25 
each. Casli must accompany all orders, or first- 
class references. A. S. PERSONS. Mt. Vision, New York 
COR SALE—C.W. SHEKWOOD’S HEAVY-LAY- 
■INGS. C. WHITE LEGHORNS—2,000 Pullets 
ready to lay. 1,000 Breeding Hens. 500 Cockerels. In¬ 
spection invited. C.W. Sherwood. Saybrook Point, Conn. 
BREEDING HENS, 75c each. S. C. 
W. Leghorns. Barred Rock Pullets 
hatcheil December 1913—SI.25 each. 
John Horton I.ee, Carmel, N. Y. 
April Leporn rllllBlS strain!"*?? cockerels, 50 c’ 
yearling hens. $1. ALTAVISTA FARM, Darlington, Maryland 
COK A BEAT, BARGAIN IN S. C. W LEG¬ 
HORN PULLETS, yearlings or cockerels, 
write HATHBDNCKOFT, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
1 —Choice lot yearling Leghorn 
hens. Address, WILPEN 
POULTRY FARM. Sewickley. Pa. 
TOM BARRON COCKERELS 
Leghorns from extra special imported pens 282-Egg. 
Wyandottes, 283-Egg, from imported pen. (Sisters to 
leading pen at Stores.) C.W TURNER, West Hartford.Conn. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Cockerels 
Buy now. 
I. C. HAWKINS, - R. 0. No. 3. Middletown, N. Y 
Pullets, Yearling Hens, Cocks & Cockerels 
in lots to suit purchasers at attractive prices. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. - R. 24. Athens, Pa. 
SALE- S.C. ANCON AS 
Large, dark, vigorous cockerels, pullets, and year¬ 
ling hens. Winter layers. Select exhibition and 
utility stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. I pay ex¬ 
press. C. W. SIMOX1I8. IIomestead, Pa. 
SUSSEX FOWL 
Red, Speckled and Light. 1914 stock. Nearly 
matured. $10 per trio ami up. 
LINWOOD FARMS. Linwood Ave., Ridgewood, N.J. 
~P-S Arred . JET.ock,s 
500 Barred Rock cockerels and pullets for sale. 4 and 
5 months old: splendidly barred and marked; big, 
husky specimens. All free-range stock and guaran¬ 
teed satisfactory, at $1.50 each. 1.000 S C. WHITE 
LEGHORN COCKERELS AND PULLETS, 3 and 4 months old: 
good, big snappy bird, fr-e ranged; Young and 
Barron strains. Fine Leghorn type, at $1 each. 
Address W H. MOOIIE, li. 2, Home,New York 
BARRED ROCKS 
bred to lay well and look well. We have an extra 
fine lot of husky, vigorous cockerels, on free range, 
at $3 each. GEO. FALCONER. R.F.D., Milford. New Hampshire 
Park Strain Barred Rocks ^nd P coci* 
erel, not related $10. E. CLAUDE JONES. Hillsdale. N Y. 
BULLETS—Tested for white diarrhea by Stows' 
■ Station, $1.50. March hatched Pittsfield Barred 
Rock cockerels, $2. $3. A. B. HALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG Rhfifip lei anfl Rotic standard 
STRAIN SINGLE COMB HHUUB IbldllU ii 60 S l, re <l, high 
record stock, red to the skin. Old and young stock for 
sale. AUSTIN S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, CentreHarbor, N. H. 
E ARLY WHITE WYANDOTTE PULLETS-Coekerels from 
Barron stock. W. J. THOMSON, Delhi, New York 
Toulouse and African Geese^^/V* 
DUFF () K P IN GT O N COCKEKELS-four 
u months old, and yearling hens. $1.25 each, while 
they last. H. G. McCREADY, New Bedford, Pa. 
DUCK DOLLARS ssssrKtfft 
and Giant Rouen 
Ducks are bred to lay, weigh and win. Stock for sale. 
Write for prices. F. A. TIFFANY, R 3. Phoenixville, Pa. 
COR SALE-30 Fawn and White RUNNER DUCKS AND 
* DRAKES. May hatch. Cook strain, white eggers. 
Write PATTERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton. New York 
enn may hatch, guaranteed white nilOVC 
OUU EGG STRAIN WHITE INDIAN RUNNER UUulVO 
$4.50 per Trio. FILED N. DEYOE, Hunter, N. Y. 
S NDIAN RUNNER ORAKES FOR SALE—Valentine strain, 
\pril hatched. Price, for one, $1.50; two, $2 75: 
three, $4; four, $5.25. ROBERT TWEDDLE. Montgomery.N.Y. 
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