1404 
November 28, 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T HE second week of the egg-laying 
contest at Storrs shows a production 
for the week of nearly a thousand eggs— 
1)12 is the count. This is more than doa¬ 
ble the number laid in the second week 
last year, but there are 18 more pens in 
this year’s contest. In the first two 
weeks last year there were S90 eggs laid 
—in the same period this year 1,663 were 
laid. Allowing for the larger number of 
birds, it still looks as if we were mak¬ 
ing decided progress toward an average 
increase in egg production by American 
poultry. Everything that contributes 
toward this end is certainly worthy of 
enthusiastic support. It is worthy of 
note that out of 40 pens of White Leg¬ 
horns all are laying but three pens. The 
notion that Leghorns were not good Win¬ 
ter layers, has been pretty thoroughly 
exploded by the performance of this 
breed at the different contests. The 
Yankees are “catching on” as to how 
this thing is done. Last week the pen 
of White Leghorns from Windsweep 
Farm took first place with a score of 
47 ; this week they again take first place 
with an increased score, viz., 49. That 
is 10 eggs ahead of the Englishman, Ed 
Cam, whose White Wyandottes take sec¬ 
ond place with a score of 39. White 
Leghorns from Storrs Experimental pen 
are third with a score of 35. Mr. Cam’s 
birds are making a better start than Mr. 
Barron’s, both the Wyandottes and Leg¬ 
horns but it’s the best at the finish that 
counts. The week’s record follows: 
Barred Rocks. 
Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 25 
Crank L. Tnttle. Massachusetts. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Jules.J. Francais. New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Fxp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 
O. A. Foster, California. 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen. Massachusetts. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Rranforif Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England . 
Edward Cam, England . 
Merrythought Farm. Connecticut. 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island . 
Mrs. J. D. Beck. Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn.. 
Mardedale Farm. Connecticut.". 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.... 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Sliver Wyandotte Star, New York.... 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm. Connecticut. 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. ,T. C. Dlngman, New York.. 
Hillview Pity. Farm. Vermont. 
Homer P. Peming. Connecticut. 
Chas. O. Polhemus. New York.. 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 
John Backus, Vermont . 
W. II. Bumsted. Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards. Massachusetts.. 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut.... 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. Rrundage. Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Rural New-Yorker. New York City... 
S. <7. McLean. Connecticut. 
Sprngd'ale Pity. Farm. Connecticut.. 
P. E. Warner. Rhode Island. 
II. W. Sanhorn, Massachusetts. 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
American Dominiques. 
E. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut . 
(leo. Bowles, Connecticut . 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pennsylvania. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Merritt M. Clark. Connecticut. 
Chas. N. St. John, New York. 
Elm Poultry Yards. Connecticut. 
Jay II. Eruisse. New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Mrs. ltollin S. Woodruff. Connecticut.. 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 
James IT. Lord. Massachusetts. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Poultry Farm, New York. 
F. M. I’easley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Edward Cam, England . 
Geo. M. McMillan. Missouri. 
Wm. II. Lyon, New York. 
Ilappich & Panks. New York. 
A. P. Robinson, New York. 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.... 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 
Stoneleigli Poultry Farm, Pennsylvania 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut.... 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 
James V. Thomas, New York. 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 
R, C. Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm. Michigan.... 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 
Silver Campines. 
Pneowa nty. Yardk. Connecticut. 
Louis E. I’rickett, Connecticut.. 
Light Sussex. 
Pr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
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Salmon Favorolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland. .. 
White Orpingtons. 
nenry S. Pennock. Florida. 
Obed G. Knight, Rhode Island. 25 54 
B. P. Nasc, Connecticut. .. 
Buttercups. 
Chantecleer Pity. Plant, Pennsylvania .. .. 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City... 4 5 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
THE RURAL NEVV-VGKKkK 
CANDEE INCUBATOR 
Disinfecting Henhouses and Kennels. 
P LEASE tell me of a good and cheap 
disinfectant to use in keeping dog 
kennels and chicken houses free of 
vermin. How often should chicken 
houses be whitewashed? You eanuot 
whitewash inside of kennels. w. s. R. 
Connecticut. 
Poultry houses should be whitewashed 
in the Spring and Fall using four ounces 
of crude carbolic acid to the gallon of 
lime wash if it is desired to increase its 
effectiveness as a vermin destroyer. The 
limewash alone is a good disinfectant, 
however. It should be freshly made of 
unslaked lime. The inside of a kennel 
may be painted with a solution of crude 
carbolic acid and kerosene using the 
former in the proportion of one-fourth 
of the bulk. It will be necessary to air 
it thoroughly after using this before con¬ 
fining animals to it and it will retain a 
wholesomely sanitary odor for some time. 
M. B. D. 
PARTRIDGES I PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Peer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Pucks, Foxes 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WM. J. MACKUNSKN Natural¬ 
ist, Department 1 (>, Yardley, Pa. 
FflR <\AI ( - ^ Sherwood’* heavy laying 
run OHLC strain S. C. W. L. 5110 pullet* 
fully matured. 1,000 breeding hens. Hatching e-'gs 
in season. C. W. SHERWOOD. Saybrook Point, Co'nn. 
S. C. Brown Leghorn Cockerelsy” 6 ?^ 
strain, $2 each. Mrs. Wm. GENT, R. 1, Clydei N. Y 
Utility S. C. White Leghorns^^^e^ 1 ^ 
per 100. GEO. FROST, Levanna. Cayuga Co., New York 
fin Varipfips ch|Ck ens. ducks, geese, torkeys. 
DU Val lollco GUINEAS and HARES Stock and eggs. 60 
page catalogue free. H A Sotider, Box 29, Seilersville. Pa. 
Purebred Mammoth Bronze Turkies ^^7 
?". d Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
I. A. WHEELER, R. F. 0 2, Maplewood Farm, Masseua, N. Y. 
ivt 
Bred from liirge, purebred stock, as fine as they grow 
Can ship birds not related. M. N. Adams, Livonia. N. y! 
Mammoth BRONZE TURKEYS 
Mrs. FRANK HOLMES, No. Stockholm, N. Y. 
Giant Bronze Turkeys- K * tra lnre ® 
B. TurBLeys 
C. D. KANE, 
Pairs not akin. 
Brasie Corners, N. Y. 
COAL-BURNING—HOT WATER—SECTIONAL—AUTOMATIC 
Chicken Pox. 
A FAMILIAR disease to those living 
in the warm climate of the South¬ 
ern States, but comparatively rare 
iu the North, chicken pox is of interest 
to poultrymen, who should be able to 
recognize it when it appears i > the flock. 
It is a readily communicaDle disease, rap¬ 
idly spreading in a flock when conditions | 
are favorable. It is caused by the pres¬ 
ence of a fungus which gains entrance 
through the skin of the affected fowl and 
produces an eruption resembling rough, 
yellowish warts about the beak, nostrils, 
eyes and other portions of the head, and 
in severe cases, extending even to the 
feathered portions of the body. These 
wart-like bodies attain full development 
in from five to 10 days, and typical ones 
show a central depression similar to that 
shown in the eruption of smallpox in hu¬ 
mans. There may be a discharge of yel¬ 
lowish matter which dries up to form 
a scab and, later, falls off. ’Vhen the 
disease is mild, the health of the bird 
does not seem to suffer but in more sev¬ 
ere cases the plumage becomes rough, 
flesh and strength are lost and the fowl 
may die from exhaustion. In pigeons the 
disease is more severe, the eruptions may 
extend to the interior of the nostrils and 
mouth and early death may follow. 
Like all contagious diseases, chicken 
pox should be prevented by isolation of 
suspicious cases and thorough cleansing 
and disinfection of utensils and quarters. 
The spread of the disease is favored by 
dampness and the accumulation of drop¬ 
pings and filth about the perches. Fowls 
with diminished resistance because of 
lowered vitality are more prone to suc¬ 
cumb to possible infection than those of 
abundant vigor. Local treatment con- | 
sists of anointing the eruption with dis¬ 
infectant preparations; carbolized vase¬ 
line and sulphur ointment being usually 
recommended. Painting the eruption 
with tincture of iodine is said by a South¬ 
ern correspondent to be very efficacious 
and superior to ointments. m. b. d. 
Bronze TurkE»V«'^ TjareeSt strain in U S' 
1 UI Ke ys F. B GARN8EY, Clayton, N Y 
GiantBronzeTomc S7 ilo Red Bullets, $i so' 
uioutnrome l oms H j VflN DYKE Eettysbur * P , 
Bourbon-Red Turkova sale— strong, 
uvuiuuil nuu I time JS big ) t j n(J Toms. $5 
a IgteTBaurb.n RmJ TURKEYS^-, S;- 
Also Rhode Island Cockerels and'Pullets Write for 
particulars. F. M. KERN, Springfield, Indiana 
For Sale-WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS-^ T V* d 
$5; young Hens, $4. Mr*. LAM0TT CLOSE. Locke. N. t. 
START WITH THIS 1200-EGG MACHINE 
FPURN 2-cent eggs into 15-eent baby chicks. Every 
- 1 - community needs a custom hatchery! There are 
hundreds of these coal-burning, hot. water sectional 
Oandees operating in all parts of this country and 
Canada. One operator who sold 24,000 chicks last 
season refused orders for 22,000 more. Many have 
paid for their machines arid made money 
the first season by sin^ply hatching eggs for 
others. • 
Double Regulation—Double Safety 
Besides the regulator on the coal-burning heater, 
there is a thermostat regulator in each 300-egg com¬ 
partment. You can start each compartment sepa¬ 
rately for different customers, and keep just, the 
right temperature required By' different settings, 
days apart. Wire partitions between trays of 75 
eggs each prevent mixing customers’ eggs. 
No other machine like it. Comes in sections all 
ready built for you to set up and add extra sections 
any time. Costs a few cents a day for coal and 
takes a few minutes each day to operate. No 
danger from lire. 
Write today far our ao-page catalog describing 
the machine and telling you how to start a custom 
hatchery business. We furnish cellar plans free. 
CAN0EE INCUBATOR 8 BROODER CO., Dept. 27 , EASTWOOD, N. Y. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier 
proiits larger. 
MANN’S '•mill 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Days’ Free Trial. 
No money in advance. 
Send Today lor Free Booh. 
F-W. Mann Co., Box 15, Milford, Mass. 
Bone Cutter 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND IS CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers and Egg Cases 
CATALOGUE SENT FREE ON REQUEST 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N. Y. 
flrr’s Poultry FpPfU - For molting hens mid lny- 
urr 5> ruuury reeub pullets. Our Digestible 
mush just fills the bill. Our poultry feed mixtures 
and straight grains, also cracked goods, are of the 
utmost in quality. For results use the best goods, 
and we have them. Send for circular and price list. 
WM. OUR & SONS, Box 8, Orr’s Mills. New York 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry Is best. Coarse or flue granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturer* of 
Charcoal Product*. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1844 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill, N.Y. 
Tom 
({WINNING 
Barron’s 
WYANDOTTE PENS 
Pa. Conte*! : Winners In egp* and value ; srer. 236. 
♦‘Barones* laid 282 egp* ; others* 274, 252. 
Conn. Contost; Winners Id ▼»!□©; aver. 208*$; 2nd 
Prize in epp*. 
Missouri Contost: 2nd Prize* likely; aver. 210. 
Barron Lephornu, 284 : Huff Hock a, 242; Yibert Bed*, 257 
Prii* Uouens. Big Ton lout* Geeae 
MORRIS-FARM, R, 4, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 
Tom Barron White Wyandottes From stock 
imported last spring from Barron best-laying 
yards. K. K. 1.I0IV1S, Apiiiachin, New York 
500 Choice Pullets and Cockerels 
Tiffany's Superior Silver Wyandottes, Pekin and 
Rouen Pucks, sired by winners at America's greatest 
shows. Free range grown. F. A.Tiffany, Phoenixville, Pa. 
nUREHRED WHITE WYANDOTTE COCK 
r ERELS, $2. LLOYD MATTES0N. Route 2. Pulaski, N.Y. 
Barred Rocks, R.C. Reds £ h n 0 dVuTl e et l s 
at very moderate prices. Orchard range stock. Big, 
husky, vigorous specimens. Fine shape and color. 
Bred from best biood line* in the East. 
“ FOUR ACRES,” . . Nutley, N. J. 
Twenty-Five Barred Rock Pullets 
Cmimths old, for sale. $1 each. Hedges, Greenville. N.Y. 
WHITE CRESTED BLACK POLISH, SIL- 
VER SFANGLEI) HAMltURG, AMERICAN 
Dominique, Sicilian Buttercup, ami Single 
Comb HLACK MINORCA COCKERELsf$l 
each and upwards. Austin Jackson, Mineral Springs, N.Y. 
sale-20 Very Choice Sicilian Buttercup Cockerels 
at $5 apiece or opullet* and eockerel for *25 
"-\CE, _ - -- 
W. S. WALLA< 
New Hope, Pa. 
Light Brahmas Only^ k e^* h tn7 ; *i 0 5 C o k e r ach: 
Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk, Connecticut 
COLONIAL REDS 
Wo offer finely-bred cockerels for sale, from 
our best lines for egg production. Strong, 
rugged turds ot' pedigreed ancestry. Also pul¬ 
lets and yearling breeding hens of proven 
value. Honorable treatment guaranteed. Sa¬ 
tisfied customers all over the country. 
COLONIAL FARM, - Box O, Temple, N. II. 
R. I. Reds-White Wyandottes J J ‘ a “Amas; 
Barred ii’ocX:*,S.C.WhiteandBrownLep/torn*. Show 
and utility quality. Bargain list. Breeder* free. 
RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Riverdale, N. J. 
AU S T I N’S 200-EGG 
STRAIN SINGLE COMB __ 
stock, red to the skin. Old and youngstoek for 
Rhode Island Reds wedS 
ngstockfor 
ale. AUSTIN’S P00LTRY FARM. Box 17, CentreHarbar, N. H. 
Tom Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
Price, S3 each. Those biri^s ,aro bred from im¬ 
ported Liarron capita and hens pf the same breed¬ 
ing as pen No; 42 m the contest just finished at th* 
Connecticut Agricultural College. This breeding 
is hard to beat for egg production. Our entir* 
flock . is free from white diarrhoea. Address, 
GILBERT FARM, G. B. Treadwell, Supt., Georoetown, Chi. 
Tom 
Barron 
S.6. White Leghorn Cockerels 
and -White Wyandotte cockerels; pullets, out of 
direct importation, from the World’s greatest 
layers. In splendid vigor. BROOK FIELD 
POULTRY FARM, R.-F.D. 3,Versailles, Ohio 
~ <r . . '£ 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
The greatest money-makers of them ali, 4 liens, 1 
cockerel, 1(1; 8 hens, I cock4reU$10."’Also Eulps’R C. 
Browns. TROUT BROOK FARM, Uiilsdale, N.,Y. 
BARRON’S LEGHORNS 
Imported direct. 248-260 egg’strain. April pnllet* 
ind full 
and cockerels, *3 each, 
blooded cockerel, flu. 
6 hens of this st rain and 
E CLAUDE JONES, Hillsdale. N.Y 
BARRON W. LEGHORN COCKERELS 
Direct import. 1913 July hatch. Strong and vigor¬ 
ous. I turns records li)0 to 200 Sire’s dam, 2110. (1.29 
each, while they last. J ATCHES0N.W. Lono Branch, *.J. 
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. H. HALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
Winter-Laying Leghorns-,^ B 2 r 9 ff |6 7 pe 4S 
Out-laid all Whites for winter months at Missonri 
Contest. Won at Chicago, Indianapolis, etc. Gel 
blood of “Egg-Bred Winners.” Cockerels, *2 50 
and *5. Dr. L. Heasley, Box R. N., Dorr, Michi«a« 
White Leghorn*—TESTER!,AID Strain. Pullet* Uj 
months. Bought by 30 Experiment Stations. All 
Btuilmalesgruml-dam rerordofmore than 140 e#r*r» ini 
years. PiicesYeryreasonable. BrhiKsuccess. Detaitsfrac 
YK8TKRLAID Eoo Farm Co., Dept. 62, Pacific, Mo. 
For Sale—1,000 Pullets and Cockerels 
from our selected strain of S. O. White Leghorn win¬ 
ter layers, April and May hatched. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Ramapo Poultry & Fruit Farm, Spring Valley, N.Y. 
S. C.W. Leghorn Cockerels-or,'., 1 !!.:^?'; 
horns have been bred 20 years for large production 
of fancy white eggs. Write for prices. FLOYD 
Q. WHITE, successor to White & Rice, Yorktown, N. I. 
S.C.W. LEGHORNS-’” d!*‘u St 
fine Golden Cnmpine hen-feathered cockerel* and 
pullets. Moderate prices S D. HALL, Seville. Oki* 
100 S. C. IV. Leghorn Breeding Hens 
75c. each. 
JOHN LORTON LEE • Carmel, N. Y. 
BRED TO LAY S c white les 
1 W LM ■ HORNS, American. 
Barron, and half-Barron cockerels for sale. Now 
is the time to buy. P. G. PLATT, Wallingford. Pe. 
Pullets, Yearling Hens, Cocks & Cockerels 
iy lots to suit purchaser* at attractive pries*. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS. - R. 24, Athen*. P*. 
sALE-Single Comb White Leghorn Cockerels 
, and YEARLING HENS. $1 each. 
GEO. L. FERRIS & SON, . Atwaters, N. Y„ 
Cock erelsS.C.W.Leghorns 
, ' large and heavy-laying strain. $1 and up. 
J. M, CASE, _ _ Gilboa, N. Y. 
Take a 
Day off 
and do a little canvass¬ 
ing for us among your 
neighbors. It will en¬ 
able you to get ac¬ 
quainted or renew old 
friendships and will 
result in pleasure and 
profit. No investment 
necessary. Send for 
terms—Postal will do. 
Department “M" 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 West 30th Street 
New York City 
43 
Big Egg Getting Secret 
NOTHING EQUALS GREEN BONE. Cut it with a 
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and get the best egg-making food for almost nothing. Runs 
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bone across the grain. Warranted the best made. 12 sizes for 
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Write for free catalogue. 
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