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TIIE RURAL NEW-VORKKK 
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The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
S ATURDAY, Oct. 31, was a perfectly 
ideal day, and that it was so was 
well appreciated by the busy crowd 
at the contest who, after the days “lay” 
was over, had to get 800 birds out of 
their houses, into shipping crates, and 
1.000 birds into the laving houses, so 
they might be in position promptly to 
commence Sunday morning, Nov. 1, lay¬ 
ing the eggs which will make a new 
record. The three highest pens in the 
contest just closed are so close together 
that the honors are practically equal. 
Francis F. Lincoln’s pen of White Leg¬ 
horns win. There can be no question, it 
seems to me, but that White Leghorns 
are as a rule , the greatest egg producers 
in the world. If 50 selected pens of every 
breed were put in competition as egg 
producers, it is my opinion that the Leg¬ 
horns would be found to produce the 
greatest number, though not perhaps the 
most in value, as the late Fall and early 
Winter eggs bring much the highest 
prices. Doubtless the rests which brood¬ 
iness permits, cause this later egg pro¬ 
duction, and combined with the fact that 
the meat value of the American breeds is 
so much greater, the question of ae.ual 
profit has yet to be worked out. The 
feed cost of bringing the larger breeds 
up to the laying point is undoubtedly 
greater, because Leghorns will usually 
begin laying at least a month earlier 
than the American breeds, and in local¬ 
ities their white eggs command a small 
premium. 
Francis F. Lincoln's White Leghorns 
laid 2,088 eggs, Mr. Barron’s White 
Wyandottes laid 2,085. and pen No. 42. 
Ihe “sour milk” pen from Storrs Agri¬ 
cultural Station, laid 2,083. Mr. Bar¬ 
ron’s White Leghorns which got quite 
badly behind at the start finally struck 
their natural gait and crawled up on the 
winners until they also touched the 2.000 
mark and made a score of 2.011. 
In the score for the fifty-second, and 
last, week, the pen that scored first last 
week with a record of 33 eggs—Glenview 
Poultry Farm. R. (’. Reds—make the 
same score of 33 again this week, and 
again take first place. But their to¬ 
tal output is 1.478. while A. B. Brun- 
dage’s S. C. Rials have laid 1.885—107 
eggs more. Fred Benton’s White I’. 
Rocks tie with Dr. N. W. Sanborn’s 
Buff Wyandottes for second place, each 
pen laying 20, and Colonial Farms 8. C. 
Reds are third with a score of 28; 
Merrythought Farm’s Wyandottes are 
fourth with a record of 26. The record 
for all the birds follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut. 
Frank 1.. Tuttle. Massachusetts.. 
Wavenv Farm. Connecticut... 
12 
5 
12 
1.301 
1,450 
1.388 
J. F. 
Francais, New York. 
White P. Rocks. 
. 23 
1,696 
Albert 
T. T.cnzen. Massachusetts... 
. 18 
1.575 
F. H. 
Benton. Connecticut. 
. 29 
1.578 
Storrs 
Agr. Station, Connecticut... 
0 
1.231 
Storrs 
Agr. Station. Connecticut... 
. 13 
1.350 
Storrs 
Agr. Station. Connecticut... 
9 
1,458 
Storrs 
Agr. Station. Connecticut... 
. 7 
1.289 
Storrs 
Agr. Station, Connecticut... 
Buff P. Rocks. 
1.071 
A. A. 
Hall. Connecticut. 
. 16 
1.540 
\V. C. 
Morgan, Jr., Connecticut.... 
White Wyandottes. 
. 21 
1,191 
Tom B 
larron. England . 
. 13 
2,085 
West Mr. Pity. Yards, Connecticut.. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Scale Bros.. Bliod'e Island. 
P. J. Ryan & Son, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Pr. N. IV. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 
Pr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 
Am. Buff Wyan. Club. New York... 
H. L. Hamilton. Connecticut. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Nat'l Col. Wy. Club, Massachusetts 
Single Comb Reds. 
Robert Seaman, New York. 
i S. Gillespie. Connecticut. 
Pr. J. C. Dinguian, New York. 
Burnham 1’lty. Farm, Massachusetts 
H. P. Denting, Connecticut. 
Geo. P. Dearborn. Florida. 
Pr. ,T. A. Fritchey, Pennsylvania.... 
Ernest Underhill. New Jersey. 
W. H. Bumsted. Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards. Massachusetts.. 
Marry B. Cook. Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm. Now Hampshire.... 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Rose Comb Reds. 
■jlcnview Pity. Farm. Connecticut., 
c. s. Scovillc, Connecticut. 
9 
11 
19 
10 
29 
18 
21 
11 
24 
5 
20 
o 
16 
11 
11 
10 
15 
28 
26 
33 
9 
1.212 
1.901 
1.91S 
1.379 
1.519 
1.429 
1,319 
1,118 
10 1,430 
1.104 
1.35S 
1.300 
1,015 
1.372 
1,479 
1,014 
1.270 
1,039 
1,507 
1.383 
1.407 
1,885 
1.478 
1.032 
White Leghorns. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
storrs Agr. Station, Connecticut.... 
Storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut.... 
storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut.... 
storrs Agr. Station. Connecticut.... 
Braeside Pity. Farm. Pennsylvania.. 
Glenview Pity. Farm. Connecticut.. 
Manor I’ltv. Farm. New York. 
A B. Hall. Connecticut. 
Marwood Pity. Farm. Pennsylvania. 
Poo. AV. Harris. Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, New York. 
' ■ W. Hendryx. Connecticut. 
■L J. l.inchnn, Massachusetts. 
F. Lincoln. Connecticut. 
Poeil Cuernsey. New York. 
I hos. AV. Moore. Connecticut. 
1 . ms - N. St. John. New York. 
!‘'as. AA\ Sherwood. Connecticut.... 
)'■ R. Sands. Pennsylvania. 
Tomoka Pity. Farm. Connecticut... 
Venture Pity. Farm. New York_ 
MfS- K. E. AA'oodrutT. Connecticut... 
V indsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
H. Savage. Connecticut. 
G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Heneta Bone Co.. New Jersey. 
M. Peasley. Connecticut.. 
has. Heigl. Ohio. 
oin Barron. England .. 
'ranford Pity. Farm. Connecticut.. 
Hues APinn. Massachusetts. 
<o. A. Cosgrove, Connecticut. 
12 
s 
4 
*>2 
"« 
8 
10 
4 
2 
17 
4 
6 
in 
9 
9 
3 
2 
6 
13 
'i 
is 
3 
it; 
9 
'o 
1.583 
1.028 
1,690 
2.083 
1.513 
1.400 
1.540 
1.474 
1.453 
1.722 
1.250 
1.704 
1.420 
1.325 
2.OSS 
1.708 
1.548 
1.512 
1.429 
1.443 
1.334 
1.150 
1.019 
1.232 
1.475 
1.085 
553 
1.501 
1.485 
2.011 
1.701 
1.303 
1.547 
Buff Leghorns. 
Wolverine Pity. Farm. Michigan.... 
Blue Andalusians. 
E, D. Bird 1 , Connecticut. 
Buff Orpington^. 
O. Wilson, West Virginia. 
White Orpingtons. 
P. A. Demgar, New York. 
White Laced Red Cornish. 
W. L. R. C. Club. Massachusetts.... 
Silver Campines. 
W. J. H. Lobel, New Jersey. 
Hens. 
H. AV. Collingwood, New Jersey.... 
Daniel Mine. Connecticut.. 
Daniel Mine, Connecticut. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts.. 
Profitable Poultry, Massachusetts... 
8 
1,577 
9 
1,348 
6 
~1,083 
10 
1,005 
5 
870 
13 
1,335 
4 
1.287 
7 
1.194 
9 
1.152 
21 
1.359 
10 
1.378 
CEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Hens in Poor Condition. 
I HAVE 30 hens which I have been 
feeding yellow hominy, wheat mid¬ 
dlings. bran, beef scrap and some po¬ 
tatoes. all mixed together wetted with 
sour milk. This I fed them morning and 
won with corn and oats at night, also 
oyster shells. They have a good run 
with buckwheat out in the yard. I no¬ 
ticed some of them did not look well; 
after investigating I found there were 
big gray lice on them. I put kerosene 
and candle grease mixed together on 
them, now they have stopped laying and 
look worse than before. Was the kero¬ 
sene to blame? g. g. 
I do not think it likely that your use 
of kerosene and grease had anything to, 
do with the condition of your hens. This 
is the season of the year when hens slack 
up in laying, or stop entirely and very 
likely the falling off in production is only 
natural. You do not mention any defin¬ 
ite symptoms of sickness in your flock 
and lice are pretty sure to he in evidence 
on all fowls unless great pains have been 
taken to rid them of the pests. If the 
fowls have no means of dusting them¬ 
selves frequently, . you should provide 
them with a good dust bath. m. b. d. 
Preventing Soiled Eggs. 
O N page 1278 you publish a letter from 
W. B. with comments by M. B. D. 
which calls attention to the trouble 
which nearly all poultrymen have in 
preventing eggs becoming soiled in the 
nests. I formerly had the same trouble, 
hut now have practically eliminated it. 
It is well known that the fouling of hen's 
nests is mainly due to the hens (and es¬ 
pecially pullets) roosting on the nests at 
night, instead of on their perches over 
the dropping boards, as they should. I 
have my nests so arranged that the birds 
cannot get on the nests in the evening. 
The nests in my laying houses are un¬ 
derneath the dropping boards, open by ! 
hinged doors in front to gather the eggs, 
while the hens enter the nests from the 
rear, alighting first on two perches, two 
inches wide, two inches apart and 10 
feet long, the length of each nest sec¬ 
tion. These perches are fastened to- 1 
gether by three white pine battens which 
are connected witn the bottom of the | 
nest by six-inch strap hinges. 
During the day these lurches form a 
landing stage to the rear of the nests. 
When the last gathering of eggs is made 
at dusk any birds on the nests are 
driven off and the rear entrance to the 
nests closed by pulling up and fastening 
to a peg, a light chain which runs 
through a hole in the top of the nest 
front, under the dropping board, to the 
rear end of the centre batten of the 
hinged perches. After dark the ring on 
the end of the chain is released from 
the peg and the hinged perches drop by 
their own weight. The hens by this time 
are on their roosts for the night, and the 
nests are open whenever the hens are 
ready to lay. robt. meade smith. 
Pennsylvania. 
Hens With Bronchitis. 
C AN you tell me what ails my poul¬ 
try? Also what to do to cure the 
trouble? They cough or sneeze, 
have a rattling in the throat, look pale j 
and seem to be very sick. They are not 
roosting in a draft, and are sleeping in- j 
doors of nights. I am feeding wheat 
only, for their grain feed. 1 keep drv ' 
bran before them all the time, with rye 
once a day for green feed. I fed the 
chicks wheat through the Summer, also 
dry bran before them all the time, also 
fed beef scrap in mash until a short time 
ago. I discontinued the beef scrap as 
some of the pullets were beginning to lay 
and I was afraid that would stop their 
development. As quick as the trouble 
appeared, I began to give them a little j 
tincture of iron in the drinking water, 
hut it seemed to do no good. e. a. e. 
Missouri. 
This trouble may he caused by bron¬ 
chitis, or inHammat on of the larger air 
tubes, independently of snob catarrhal 
symptoms as running at the nostrils. 
Such attacks of bronchitis are frequent 
in the changeable we. ther of the Fall 
and are usually mild, vigorous birds re¬ 
covering in a short time. When severe, 
the affected fowls may finally succumb 
to exhaustion, however. Such attacks 
of bronchitis are characterized by dull¬ 
ness of thi‘ affected fowls and a whistling 
sound during respiration. It is best to iso¬ 
late the affected birds, giving them warm 
comfortable quarters and feeding upon 
solt easily digested food. A teaspoonfnl of 
castor oil to which ten drops of spirits 
of turpentine have been added may be 
given if it is desired to treat the birds 
individually. Birds that do not recover ] 
promptly should not be kept for breed¬ 
ers. M. B. D. 
Double-yolked Eggs Will Hatch—Sometimes. 
O N page 1171 you ask “Will double- 
yolked eggs hatch?” Yes, they will 
sometimes hatch, but very rarely; 
the supposed reason for their not hatch¬ 
ing being that, usually, but one of the 
two yolks is fertilized, and the single 
embryo cannot absorb the two yolks, 
hence dies before the time for exclusion. 
One sure case of a double-yolked egg 
hatching was that of a Light Brahma 
egg on the farm of Mr. James Rankin, 
well known as the father of the Pekin 
duck industry, and this case might have 
escaped notice but for the fact that the 
two chicks were articulated together by 
the tip-joints of their wings. Mr. Ran¬ 
kin carefully separated the united wings, 
cutting the skin with a sharp knife, and 
tieing up the two wounds with a bit of 
cloth and string. Unfortunately the 
other chicks in the brooder discovered a 
drop of blood on the end of one of the 
I andages and peeked at it till they got 
the bandage loose, and the little victim 
hied to death ; the other chick was saved 
and grew to maturity, but the wing that 
had been attached to the twin chick nev¬ 
er developed much—it appeared to be 
withered, and gave the bird a curious 
lop-sided appearance. 
I have heard of one other case of a 
double-yolked egg hatching twin chicks, 
hut didn't have the opportunity to inves¬ 
tigate and satisfy myself of the truth of 
the story; the Rankin case, however, can 
be relied upon. a. f. hunter. 
’ I’ve got just the horse for you.” said 
a liveryman to a German farmer, who 
was a prospective customer. “He’s five 
years old. sound as a bell, and goes ten 
miles without stopping.” The German 
shook his head. "Nod for me.” he said, 
"nod for me ! I lif eight miles from town 
out. and mit dot horse I haf to valk back 
two miles?”—Credit Lost. 
Dorian ami English rAnIHIUGESt, PHEASANTS 
• ’apercailzies, Black Game. Wild Turkeys. Quails, 
Rabbits, I >eei\ etc., f or stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants. Peafowl. Cranes, Storks. Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks. Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WAT. .J. MACKEN 8 EN, Natural¬ 
ist Department 1 O, Yarrtley, Pa 
Runner Ducks and Drakes 
6 for $5. 
CHARLES ROSE.Water Mill. N.Y 
fJOT.OKKD MUSCOVY DUOKS-13 pair; trio, 
Jessie A . Reynolds. Petersburg, N. Y. 
nX .TM n h Pekin Ducks and Drakes 
for sale reasonable. GEO. WILLIAMSON. Flanders, N. J. 
White IndiarrRunner Ducks~ f ; 
considering quality. English Penciled Runners— 
largo, nicely marked ducks from purebred Waltons. 
Also a few pairs of colored Mii'covies, this year’s 
stock. \\ bite Runners won customer first prize at 
New London, Conn., fair. E. t. giendening, Delhi, n. t. 
Bourbon Red Turkeys; 
-Prize layers Per pair, 
5*8: Trio,$ 10 . Shipments 
Nov. 1 . Orders booked now. Fiona Horning. Ulysses, Pa. 
White Holland Turkeys B , 3 ™ Ich 1 ^” 
$6 per pair. Mrs. FRED. CRITTENDEN. So Warehain, Mass. 
sale—P urebred BronzeTomsT?Minmva e w s b?: 
pingtons. Campines. Mr. Alfred Mead. Vega, N Y. 
Purebred Bronze Turkey Toms £ a ° t .e 
Healthy stock. RALPH B. WARDELL Sandy Creek, N. 
Bronze Turkeys 
-$8 pair; $11 trio. Mated, 
» not akin. First orders, best 
turkeys. M. C. DEAN, Falls A'illage, Connecticut 
-MOST FAMOUS LAYING 
STRAINS. Real Indian Run¬ 
ners. Breeding stock. Mrs Andrew Brooks. Auburn, N.Y. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks"^ *X"k 
from selected matings April hatched cockerels. S3 
aim $4. Pullets. $2 each. CHAS. BISHOP, Cottekill, N Y. 
STRAIN SINGLE COMB K 110(18 ISlBIltl IlGtlS hJed'.'hfgh 
record stock .red to the skin. Old and young stock for 
sale. AUSTIN S POULTRY FARM. Box 17, CentreHarbor. N. H. 
Single Comb R. I. Red CockerelsTT^fM^ 
! 1 . a !. l '.! le . d A Ausli "'* strain, price, $3 to $4 each. COOK 
I.iRR POULTRY FARM, Ernest Lange. Prop.* Moriches. L. I. 
Rhode Island Reds .W; > K s r°u “*4 K t s 
$2. S3. 15. Dingman's strain. M. Rustin. Monsey. N. y! 
COLONIAL REDS 
We offer finely-bred cockerels for sale, from 
our best lines for egg production. Strong, 
rugged birds »• pedigreed ancestry. Also pul¬ 
lets and yearling breeding hens of proven 
value. Honorable treatment guaranteed. Sa¬ 
tisfied customers al over the country. 
COI.ONIA ). T ARM, - Box O, Temple, N. II. 
1000 Single Combed White Leghorn Cockerels 
ami yearling hens. Cheap. Best of stock. 
JAMK 8 H. OWEN, R 0 No. 4. Newburgh. N Y. 
WHITE 5/ Y c a l n e o gh o°t r t n e COCKERELS 
$1.50 and $2.00. BUTLER TOWNSHIP BOYS’ AND (GIRLS 
POULTRY CLUB. Ray Faumkis, New Castle. Ohio 
S.C.W. LEGHORNS-,* SS-U S*w 
fine Golden Campine hen-feathered cockerels and 
pullets. Moderate prices S 0. HALL. Seville. Ohio 
300 White Leghorn Pullets u f ’ t °n f ”y 
strain, $1.25 each. W. E. CATHER. R 2, Winchester, Va 
SALK-75 Leghorn Pullets ' r s V ' P ich ,che ‘ 1 ' 
ARTHUR H. FENNY, - Mattitmk. N. Y. 
100 S. C. Buff Leghorns 
No Brick 
Foundation 
COOKED FEED 
Saves You Money 
Learn what agricultural college ami 
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Write for printed matter on the 
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TOM BARRON’S 
CONTEST WYANDOTTE PENS 
At PA., CON MO., are owned by me 
u World** greatest winter layer*” 
LEGHORNS and WTAXDOTTES—288—282—260—248 
Storrs’ Buff Rocks. Yibert-flustin Reds, Ducks and Geese 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
R. I. Reds- White Wyandottes - ^* a 1 * 
Barred J?ocls,S.C. White and Brown Leghorns. Show 
ami utility quality. Bargain list. Breeders fre . 
KIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Rivetdale. N. J. 
500 Choice Pullets and Cockerels 
Tiffany's Superior Silver Wyandottes, I’ekin and 
Rouen Ducks, sired by winners at America’s greatest 
shows. Free range grown. F. A.Tiffany, Phoenixville. Pa. 
COR SALE-MARCH HATCHED WHITE 
* WYANDOTTE COCKERELS,$2 to $5 each. 
F. D. JOHNSON. R. No. 1, Boonton. N. J. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
Imported direct. 280-egg strain. May Cock¬ 
erels, $2. Yearling hens. $1.50. Trios. $5. 
P. F. RAFFERTY, MARLBORO, MASS. 
Barron S.C. White Leghorn Cockerels 
and White Wyandotte cockerels: pullets, out of 
direct importation, from the World's greatest 
layers. In splendid vigor. BBOOKFIEIJ) 
POULTRY FARM, li.F.D. 3.Versailles, Ohio 
Pedigreed Barron Leghorns ^ 
laid 258eggs : grandsire's mother, 248eggs. Also R. 
I. Red Cockerels. Harry li. Cook. Orange, Conn. 
POULTRYMEN. ATTENTION 
75,000 S. C. W. LEGHORN BABY CHICKS 
FREE FROM WHITE DIARRHEA 
All breeders tested by Storrs’ Station. Free circu¬ 
lar. White Leghorn and Pittsfield Barred Rock 
cockerels. A. li. HALL. Wallingford, Conn. 
Winter-Laying Leghorns^m 
Out laid all Whites for winter months at Miss, i ri 
Contest. Won at Chicago, Indianapolis, etc. (let 
blood of "Egg-Bred Winners." Cockerels. $2 rn 
and $5. Dr. L>. Heasley, Box R. N„ Dorr. Michigan 
„ ^ White Leghorn*—YESTERLA ID Strain. Pullets Uy 
^ at 4*6 months. Bought by 20 Experiment Stations. a ;i 
j stud males grand-dam record of more than -HO egg* i. 2 
y years. PricesYeryreasonable. Biingsiiccess. Details l.-se 
Yesteri.aid Egg Farm Co., Dept. 62, Pacific, 31«». 
IF IN NEED OF A LARGE AND C p W I CrUDDMC 
HEAVY-LAYING STRAIN OF G. W . LLUflUKINS 
Hens. Pullets and Cockerels—none better layers— 
Write. - J. 31. CASE, Gilboa, New York 
BRED TO LAY~ S c white leg- 
P ncu 1 \J UA T HORNS. American, 
Barron, and half-Barron cockerels for saie. Now 
is the time to buy. P. G. PI.ATT, Wallingford, Pa. 
COR SALE-C.W. SHERWOOD'S HEAVY LAY- 
1 ING S. C.WHITE LEGHORNS—2.000 Pullets 
ready to lay. 1,000 Breeding Hens, 500Cockerels. In¬ 
spection invited. C. W. Sherwood Saybrook Point, Conn. 
100 S. C. W. Leghorn Breeding Hens 
75c. each. 
JOHN I. ORTON LEE - Carmel, N. Y. 
Pullets, Yearling Hens, Cocks & Cockerels 
in lots to suit purchasers at attractive prices. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. - R. 24, Athens, Pa. 
Utility S.C, Brown Leghorn Cockerelsi*| ls \iV: 
IDA BLOYE, Franklinville. Cattaraugus Co , New York 
Utility S.C. White 
per 100. GEO. FROST. Levanna Cayuga Co., New York 
IDLEWILD LEGHORNS^-^Kr, !'£ 
hatch. Price, $1 each. H. LIN0SEY. R. 2, Bryan. Ohio 
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