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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T il FRF was a loss of 70 eggs in the 
total production in this, the forty- 
seventh week, as compared with the 
previous week. Molting is in full pro¬ 
gress ; ISO are marked “M” on this week’s 
report, which signifies that that bird is 
molting. A larger proportion of the 
White Leghorns are molting than of the 
other breeds. Of the 40 Barred Rocks 
not one is molting, and of the 70 White 
P. Rocks only two are marked as molt¬ 
ing. Tn the 33 pens of White Leghorns, 
not a single pen but shows one or more 
birds molting. The highest number laid 
this week is 45, by Frank L. Tuttle’s pen 
of Barred Rocks. A. B. Brundage’s S. G’. 
Reds keep up their good work and stand 
second for the week with a score of 41. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns tie with 
his White Wyandottes, and with Fred 
TI. Benton’s White P. Rocks, for third 
place, each pen laying 3f) % In the totals 
Francis F. Lincoln’s White Leghorns 
lead the next highest pen by 16 eggs; 
they laid 34 this week and the prospect 
is good for the Yankee pen to win. Their 
total is 1977. the “sour milk pen of Leg¬ 
horns from Storrs Agricultural Station 
has laid 1961, and Tom Barron’s White 
Wyandottes 1929. Barron's White Leg¬ 
horns got too far behind on the start to 
catch up now ; their total is 1895. The 
only pen in the contest which did not lay 
an egg was the Ileneta Bone Co.’s pen of 
White Leghorns. This is an experimental 
pen which has been fed Ileneta Mash and 
Succnlenta tablets; no green food or 
grain. Their total output is 551 eggs to 
date. Cutting out this pen. the other 32 
pens of White Leghorns have averaged 
almost 1500 eggs per pen ; 1499.7S to be 
exact. The w 'ek’s record follows : 
Earred Hocks. 
\. T5. Hall. Connecticut. 
Frank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts- 
Wavonv Farm, Connecticut. 
Jules F. Francois, New York. 
White P. Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts... 
F. H. 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 Mt. Pity. Yards. Connecticut. 
Merrythought' Farm, Connecticut. .. 
Neale Rros. Rhode Island. 
L>. J. Ryan & Sou, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Rr. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.. 
Am. Rntf Wyan. Club, New York.. 
H. I,. Hamilton, Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Natl. Col. Wy. Club, Massachusetts. 
Single Comb Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
,T. S. Gillespie, Connecticut. 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New Y'ork. 
Burnham Pity. Farm, Massachusetts 
II. P. Deming, Connecticut. 
(ieo. P. Dearborn, Florida. 
Dr. J. A. Fritehey. Pennsylvania.. 
Ernest Underhill, New Jersey. 
W. II. Rumsted, Connecticut. 
Pineerest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 
Harry R. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire.... 
A. R. Rrundage, 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... 
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. 
Bonnie Rrook Farm. New York. 
N. W. Hendtyx. Connecticut. 
.T. J. I.inehnn, Massachusetts. 
F. F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Thos. W. Moore. Connecticut. 
Clins. N. St. John. New York. 
Chas. W. Sherwood, Connecticut.... 
L. E. Sands, Pennsylvania. 
Tomoka Pity. Farm, Connecticut... 
Venture Pity. Farm, New York.... 
Mrs. K. E. Woodruff. Connecticut.. 
Wlndsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
O. II. Savage. Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Ileneta Bone Co.. New Jersey. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Branford Farm. Connecticut. 
James Mnnn, Massachusetts. 
Geo. A. Cosgrove. Connecticut. 
Bulf Leghorns. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm, Michigan.... 
Blue Andalusians. 
E. 0. Bird, Connecticut. 
Buff Orpingtons. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 
White Orpingtons. 
P. A. Demgar. New York. 
White Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. It. O. Club, Massachusetts... 
Silver Campincs. 
W. J. H. Lobel, New Jersey. 
“Hens." 
H. W. Collingwood. New jersey.... 
Daniel Htne, Connecticut. 
Daniel Uine, Connecticut. 
Mixed Breeds. 
Profitable Poultry. Massachusetts.. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 
Week 
Total 
21 
1.302 
45 
1,3(50 
20 
1.31(5 
33 
1.557 
37 
1,452 
30 
1,443 
27 
1,1(57 
33 
1,239 
20 
1.3(57 
20 
1.213 
13 
1,062 
27 
1,422 
22 
1,125 
30 
1.020 
17 
1.155 
38 
1.707 
31 
1.777 
15 
1.323 
28 
1.308 
24 
1,31(5 
80 
1.217 
27 
1.010 
23 
1,331 
22 
1,070 
32 
1,201 
23 
1,213 
11 
990 
27 
1,208 
24 
1,400 
31 
1.503 
28 
1.1 SO 
33 
051 
25 
1,519 
31 
1.28(5 
29 
1,357 
41 
1,734 
25 
1.333 
13 
902 
22 
1.511 
14 
1,581 
9 
1,551 
25 
1.0(51 
1(5 
l.-llil 
10 
1,305 
*)*» 
1,559 
14 
1,428 
17 
1,427 
25 
1,023 
10 
1,201 
10 
1,642 
7 
1.412 
10 
1,310 
34 
1,077 
23 
1,038 
24 
1.51(5 
33 
1,532 
10 
1,401 
17 
1,428 
14 
1,281 
8 
1.14(5 
31 
1.510 
5 
1.220 
IS 
1.438 
18 
1.(548 
551 
22 
1,474 
17 
1.401 
1.805 
26 
1.028 
5 
1.205 
27 
1.483 
25 
1,506 
21 
1,277 
30 
1,030 
15 
1,000 
20 
828 
30 
1,271 
20 
1,240 
23 
1,132 
17 
1,090 
14 
1,248 
13 
1,295 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Chicks Not True to T ype. 
L AST .Tune I sent to :t well-known 
breeder and bought a setting of eggs 
which hatched out four chickens 
which looked and feathered out just like 
a White Rock or Wyandotte, but are 
supposed to be purebred White Leghorns. 
What is the cause of this? Would you 
advise breeding from these or not? 
Should I be liable to a fine for selling 
these for purebred stock? f. w. 
New Y'ork. 
l r ou will probably be able to tell with 
certainty after a few weeks more whether 
these chicks are Leghorns or not. If they 
prove to be anything else, it will be evi¬ 
dent that some one has made a mistake, 
as Leghorn eggs can hatch only Leghorn 
chicks. There is a possibility, of course, 
of an accidental cross with some other 
breed, blit if this has been made it will 
be evident when your chicks get a little 
older. The breeder of whom you pur¬ 
chased the eggs should make good any 
mistake on his part and if your chicks 
prove to be anything but purebred you 
cannot, of course, sell their eggs as those 
of purebred stock. Whether you should 
use these chicks for breeders or not will 
depend upon what they prove to be and 
whether you wish to raise only purebreds; 
purebreds can come only from purebreds. 
M. B. D. 
Aspergillosis. 
A COCK past one year old for some time 
seemed to be ailing. At times there 
was a rattling sound in his throat. 
Sometimes he seemed to choke and gasp 
for breath. He became weak and lost 
flesh. I had him killed. An examina¬ 
tion revealed the fact that be had lice in 
great numbers. The internal organs 
seemed to be normal except one lung. 
Over and about this was a substance in 
color like fat but in consistency more 
like hard boiled yolk of egg. What was 
the matter and would it be harmful for 
chickens to eat the meat of such a fowl 
either raw or cooked? B. M. 
New Y'ork. 
Certain molds, or fungi, sometimes 
found upon musty straw or grain may 
find their way into the air passages of 
fowls and developing there cause ob¬ 
struction to breathing and, finally, lead 
to emaciation and death. After death 
yellowish tubercles, or masses, may be 
found in the internal organs where these 
fungi have lodged and developed. These 
fungi belong to the genus Aspergillus and 
the disease caused by them is known as 
aspergillosis. It seems to attack only 
certain fowls, probably only those that 
are in some way unable to resist the in¬ 
fection and there is no satisfactory treat¬ 
ment when the disese has become estab¬ 
lished. Cooking would destroy these 
fungi and make the flesh of their hosts 
harmless as food. M. B. D. 
Guinea Hen Not Laying. 
C AN any one tell me why my Guinea 
hen does not lay any eggs this Sum¬ 
mer? She has just laid one egg this 
season. She seems healthy, eats well. I 
keep them with my hens and they have a 
run about 50x50 feet and only about 40 
hens in it. but I have not let them out¬ 
side of it this year. Last year they ran 
all over the farm. Do you think keeping 
them yarded up would make any differ¬ 
ence with their laying? They eat with 
the hens. Is there any other breed of 
Guineas except the Pearl and White or 
African? I have some I bought last 
year that I should call Pearl 
Guineas; they are gray, a little 
the color of a Plymouth Rock hen. 
I read in a farm paper of a breed 
called Gray Gain ms and did not know 
but mine might be that breed instead of 
the Pearl. Mine are just like those one 
usually sees on a farm where they keep 
a pair or so and don’t make a business 
of selling them. I. E. B. 
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. 
The confinement to a yard is probably 
the cause of failure to lay. although I 
have known Guinea hens to lay as well in 
a small yard as outside. They are not ] 
very far removed from the wild birds and j 
like to wander. There are three varieties ! 
of Guinea fowl in the country outside of j 
parks and collections of wild birds: the 
Pearl, the most common, with bluish gray : 
plumage covered with numerous round, J 
white spots; the Lavender, with very pale i 
plumage and similar spots; and the j 
White. They are all native to Africa 
and are probably only varieties of one 
species. If your birds are tin* common 
kind there would he no indiscretion in 
advertising them as Pearl Guineas. I 
have never heard of Grey Guineas. They 
are probably the Pearl. w. h. ii. 
Bumblefoot. 
I HAVE a strange malady among my 
fowls; the rooster was affected first, < 
then two hens. There is a swelling on i 
the foot at the junction of the toes; it i 
seems to pain them some, and they walk ! 
lame. It looks like bumblefoot. How | 
should it be treated? E. T. 
Connecticut. 
This is bumblefoot. or inflammation of I 
the deeper structures of the foot accom¬ 
panied in severe cases with pus formation, j 
It is caused by infection through some | 
break in the skin of the foot such as is ; 
easily made by the vigorous scratching of 
the fowls or by jumping from a consid¬ 
erable height to hard floors. The fowls 
should be placed on soft clean litter or 
upon the ground and if the swelling does 
not subside but becomes soft, showing the 
presence of pus, it may be freely opened 
with a sharp blade and the wound syr¬ 
inged out with peroxide of hydrogen; 
after which it may be dressed with car- 
bolized vaseline and allowed to heal. 
M. B. D. 
COME 
O have 
Ailing Fowls. 
of my young White Leghorns 
been affected with warts around 
the mouth and eyes, some have one 
wart only, while others have two. They 
usually last from two weeks to a month. 
When they break, some matter appears. 
If this is the chicken pox. is it contagious 
to humans? I have not been able to iso¬ 
late the affected ones; is it necessary? 
A couple of others are suffering with 
breathing trouble; these I have isolated 
for fear it might be the gapes, told me to 
be very contagious. Their breathing is 
very noisy, and their combs are turning 
blue, indicating pressure in their heads. 
Do you think there might be danger of 
tubercular affection, if this is the gapes? 
The fowls are coughing and gasping for 
breath. h. p. 
Florida. 
This eruption is very likely that of 
chickenpox and is not dangerous to hu¬ 
mans ; the affected fowls should be iso¬ 
lated, however, as the disease is very 
contagious in the flock and in severe 
forms is frequently fatal. The sores may 
be painted with tincture of iodine and 
the quarters of the fowls disinfected by 
whitewashing while utensils are cleaned 
with boiling water. In some cases this 
eruption may appear in the mouth and 
nostrils and by the inflammation caused 
affect the breathing. The noisy breathing 
of the other fowls may also be caused by 
FOR SALE— UTILITY COCKERELS— 108 
S. C. While Leghorns-5!n™y„'* VwS 
for years hare been very prolific as egg producers. White 
and Rice strain has been Introduced. Excellent birds of 
good size, and of the very best to head a utility flock- 
Prices reasonable. }A ddress KEN0TIH FARM. Washinofun Mills. N.v. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
r .r: . 280-egg strain. May 
Yearling hens, $1.50. 
MARLBORO, MASS. 
Imported direct. 
Cockerels, $2.00. 
P. F. RAFFERTY, 
FOR SALE 
200 S. C. W. LEGHORN PULLETS 
(Young strain) now laying 25% egg yield- $1 each: 
*95 per 100. or the lot for $190. Also 12 Sieiilian But¬ 
tercups, .May Hatched, at 50c. each. Write quick if 
you want them . Address, B. B CHASE, Wyomino, Del. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN PULLETS^", 
$1.10 each = 50. $53; 100, $ 100 . Selected Cockerels, $1 50 
On I he Square.” Justa Poultry Farm, Southampton.N.Y. 
11K10EDING HENS, 75e each. S. C. 
W. Leghorns. Barred Rock Pullets 
hatched December 1913— :S 1.35 each. 
_John l,orton l.ee, Carmel, N. Y. 
COR SALE— C.W SHERWOOD’S HEAVY-LAY 
1 INGS.O. W H1TE LEGHORNS—2,000 Pullets 
ready to lay. 1,000 Breeding Hens. 500 Cockerels. In- 
spetition invited. C.W- Sherwood, Saybrook Point, Conn. 
ETA D ^ JR | C—Choice lot yearling Leghorn 
B 91 Ala|_£ hens. Address, WILPEN 
■ VB WWfcih POULTRY FARM, Sewickley, Pa. 
Pullets, Yearling Hens, Cocks & Cockerels 
in lots to suit purchasers fit attractive prices. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS, - R. 24, Athens, Pa. 
WANTED-PULLETS- What bieed what 
MMl» l kv rULLtig Strain, what price and 
bow many have you to sell? We pay with certified 
check—F. O- B. Chester Crest, Mount Vernon. N. Y. 
Light Brahma Cockerels^ 
her 1st at $1.50. T. 
catarrhal inflammation ot the membranes 
lining ^ the respiratory organs. Such 
“colds” are common in the damp weather 
of Fall and Winter. There is no indica¬ 
tion in these symptoms of tubercular in¬ 
fection. M. B. D. 
A Great Turkey.— I have a Bronze 
turkey that laid during the year 
1913 141 eggs in one nest. She com¬ 
menced in March and wanted to sit in 
September. In 1914 she has laid 104 
eggs. She has laid in three nests this 
year, and wanted to sit twice. As it is 
only the 10th of August she still has time 
to beat her record of last year. 
Oregon. s. M. kei.so. 
C ingle Comb Black Minorca COCKERELS 
^7 •. A1 so - on6 Pair bourbon red turkevs, *G ;»•. 
.SUNNI BANK FARM, Box 28- Veoa, New York 
strain 1 singleTomb Rhode Island Reds & d £[‘ l h 
record stock, red to the skin. Old and yoniiirsrock for 
sale. AUSTIN’S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, CentreHarbor, N. H. 
TOM BARRON 
White Wyandotte Cockerels 
from stock imported direct from his best lav. 
mg yards, range grown vigorous fellows Now 
only $5. each. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin. N. Y. 
EARLY WHITE WYANDOTTE PULLETS-Cockerels from 
*“ Barron stock. W. J. THOMSON, Delhi, New York 
Toulouse and African Geese^^ V^ 1 
BARRED ROCKS 
bred to lay well and look well. We have an extra 
fine lot of hnskv, vigorous cockerels, on free range 
at $3 each- GEO. FALCONER. R.F.D., Milford. New Hampshire 
OINGEK COMB WHITE LEGHORN COCK- 
* EREI.S AXI) YEARLING HENS. Heav¬ 
iest laying. Blue ribbon stock nt reduced prices. 
JAMES H. O WEN, R.F. 0. No. 4, Newburoh, New York 
WANTED 10 O Pu 11 etSToTionouS 
E. M.WILSON.380 May .Sfc.,Worcester, 3Iass. 
OC THOROUGHBRED WHITE ROCKS, Cockerels and Pullets. 
(Fischel strain). Hatched April 25th. Nice, big, 
milk-fed birds. Cockerels, $3; Pullets, $2 Bullets 
nearly ready to lay. CHAS. C. DAVIS, Concord, Mass. 
TOM BARRON’S MAY HATCHED 
Single Comb White Leghorn Cockerels 
from 220 trap-nested Hens. AH birds guaranteed- 
Price, $1.50 each; 2 for $2.50. Address, w. Oney, Folsom.N.J. 
DUCK DOLLARS ss 
and Giant Rouen 
Ducks are bred to lay, weigh and win. Stock for sale. 
Write for prices. F. A TIFFANY, R. 3, Plioenixville, Pa. 
Pedigreed Barron COCKERELS 
Sire's mother laid 258 Eggs; Grandsire's mother, 
248. Raised nearly GOO chix from this male this sea¬ 
son, $2 and $3. H. B. COOK, Orange, Conn. 
INDIAN RUNNER DRAKES FOR SALE— Valentine strain, 
1 April hatched. Pi ice. for one, $1.50; two, $2 75: 
three, $4; four,$5.25. ROBERT TWEDDLE, Montgomery,N.Y. 
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