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THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T HE fourth week of the contest, 
ing Nov. 29, shows a gain of 
eggs over last week, the total for 
week being 1,171. Pen No. 60, Storrs 
Experimental pen of White Leghorns, 
laid the highest number, viz., 42; Ed¬ 
ward Cam’s White Wyandottes being 
second with .39. Hillview Poultry Farm’s 
Rhode Island Reds laid .38. This dis¬ 
tributes the honors for the week among 
three breeds. The White Leghorns from 
Windsweep Farm still have the largest 
total, 172, and their output this week of 
.35 eggs places them fourth for the week. 
Edward Cam’s White Wyandottes are 
next in the total; they have laid 15S; 12 
pens have not laid an egg yet. 
A few years ago the fanciers who won 
premiums at poultry shows were the only 
ones to obtain large prices for fowls, and 
naturally great stress was laid on per¬ 
fection of markings on the feathers, on 
feathers on the middle toe of some breeds, 
on total absence of feathers on the legs 
of other breeds, on the shape of the comb, 
on the color of the ear-lobes, every one 
of these things being objects of earnest 
endeavor, yet none of them were of any 
real benefit. The egg laying contests 
have already made a great change In 
conditions. Now, a man who has bred 
his birds for egg production and dem¬ 
onstrated at the contests that he really 
has a strain of fowls that can and do 
outlay others, can get as much for his 
birds for breeders, or as much for eggs 
for hatching, as the fanciers only could 
get a few years ago, and the point of im¬ 
portance in all this is. that the whole 
country is benefited by it. The report 
for the week follows: 
Barred Rocks. "W 
Merrit M. Clark, Connecticut. 
Frank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 
Francis F. Lincoln. Connecticut. 
•Titles F. Francais, New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 
O. A. Foster, California... 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. T.enzen. Massachusetts. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 
Branford 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. IT. Beck. Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Mapledale Farm, Connecticut. 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.... 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York.... 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. J. C. Dingman. New York. 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont. 
Homer P. Doming. Connecticut. 
i'has. O. Polhemus, New York. 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 
John Backus. Vermont . 
W. II. Bumstod, Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts.... 
TIarry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm. New Hampshire. 
\. B. Brundage. Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn., 
storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
Rural New-Yorker. New York City... 
s. (1. McLean, Connecticut. 
Springdale Poultry Farm. Connecticut. 
it. E. Warner, Rhode Island. 
IT. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts. 
Albert R. Ford. Connecticut. 
Light Brahmas. 
storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
American Dominiques. 
H. B. Hiller. Connecticut. 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Geo. Bowles, Connecticut. 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 
N. W. Ilendr.vx, Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pennsylvania 
Francis F. Lincoln. Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 
Clias. N. St. John. New York. 
Elm Poultry Yards, Connecticut. 
Jav H. Ernisse, New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff. Connecticut. 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
James IT. Lord. Massachusetts. 
P. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Farm. New York. 
F. M. Peasley. Connecticut. 
Chas. Iieigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron. England . 
Edward Cam, England . 
Coo. M. McMillan. Missouri. 
\V. II. Lyon. New York. 
Happicli A- Banks, 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... 
Albert S. Sondregger, Connecticut.... 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm. Penn. 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut.... 
Fotli 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. 
,T. Oollinson, England . 
eek 
24 
19 
11 
14 
12 
8 
Total 
91 
41 
38 
27 
12 
8 
10 
1 
8 
14 
10 
43 
0 
28 
158 
10 
G9 
17 
75 
8 
27 
4 
ii 
3 
13 
14 
66 
19 
75 
15 
44 
1 
1 
38 
128 
3 
3 
. . 
f> 
7 
io 
12 
35 
17 
43 
15 
43 
25 
87 
ir> 
39 
5 
20 
0 
6 
6 
99 
6 
8 
6 
24 
1G 
48 
3 
13 
0 
OO 
Ow 
1 
5 
30 
66 
17 
33 
17 
07 
24 
94 
19 
3S 
11 
37 
OO 
95 
10 
19 
32 
123 
14 
31 
8 
37 
5 
51 
24 
OS 
42 
136 
1G 
49 
35 
172 
30 
28 
89 
31 
66 
4 
10 
17 
20 
11 
52 
9 
15 
21 
GO 
1G 
29 
23 
68 
30 
90 
9 
20 
13 
58 
10 
OO 
8 
20 
4 
36 
15 
55 
17 
97 
7 
41 
1G 
33 
9 
75 
12 
2S 
19 
39 
16 
21 
Silver Campines. 
Uncowa Campine Yards, Connecticut. 
Louis E. Frickett, Connecticut. 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad. New Jersey. 
Salmon Favorolles. 
Doughregan Farm, Maryland. 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock. Florida . 
Obed G. Knight. Rhode Island. 
B. P. Naso, Connecticut. 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Pity. Plant. Pennsylvania 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City .. 
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GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Poultry and Foot-and-mouth Disease. 
I 
ers have claimed that the increase 
the price of poultry was due to fo< 
and-mouth disease. This claim is non¬ 
sense. The disease does not affect poul¬ 
try at all and except upon farms wh 
the disease is actually found the me 
ment of poultry would not be interfe 
with. The Department of Agricult 
makes this statement: 
“It is true that when a case of fc 
and-mouth disease is found upon a fa 
that farm is absolutely quarantined 
the State or local authorities. No i 
duce of any sort can leave it, the o\ 
or is not even permitted to drive 
horses on the public highway, and 
some eases his children are not allov 
to go to school until the exposed st< 
have been done away with and the out 
premises thoroughly disinfected. Si: 
the disease, moreover, is readily comm.... 
icated from farm to 'farm by cats, dogs, 
poultry, and human beings, the local 
authorities exercise their own discretion 
in determining what restrictions should 
he placed upon shipments of produce from 
the area in the immediate vicinity of the 
infected farm. These areas are so lim¬ 
ited in extent, however, that the amount 
of poultry that may thus be 
prevented 
rrom reaching the market is an inappi 
ciable percentage of the total supply.’ 
Hens With Colds. 
W E have a few young pullets of this 
year, with a new-built coop. Two 
of them are suffering from a heavy 
nose-running, both eyes swollen up. 
What disease is this and what remedy 
would you suggest? I have been using 
olive oil for the eyes and that seemed to 
open them up and also kerosene oil for 
the nose. They seem to be a little bet¬ 
ter. Can you suggest any other treat¬ 
ment? MRS. M. F. T. 
New Jersey. 
These pullets have evidently acquired 
“colds." or catarrhal inflammation of the 
nostrils and eyes and it is possible that 
true roup may be present. A disagree¬ 
able. markedly foetid, smell about the 
discharge from the nostrils and eyes 
would indicate the presence of the latter 
disease. In any event, they should be 
removed from the rest of the flock and 
kept in a dry. comfortable, place where 
they may be fed upon soft food and 
given only water to drink that has had 
a teaspoonful of permanganate of potash 
crystals added to each quart. Their 
heads may be frequently dipped into the 
same solution. It would be well to add 
the permanganate crystals to the drink¬ 
ing water of the healthy fowls also, and 
if there is any suspicion of roup, to clean 
up and whitewash their quarters and 
disinfect their utensils with boiling water. 
Any fowls afflicted with roup should be 
killed and their carcasses deeply buried. 
The symptoms of roup in its early stages 
and those of a hard cold are very similar 
hut the evidently greater severity of the 
• disease and the more offensive odor 
should distinguish true roup from even 
a hard cold. m. b. d. 
“Mister.” said th * professional beg¬ 
gar. “I’ve got two cents an I need three 
more for a cup o' coffee.” “Sorry. I 
have nothing smaller than a $5 bill.” 
“That's all right: I’ll change it for vuh.” 
—Philadelphia Evening Ledger. 
j\hLW , LU RKSTEI> » {r 'CK POLISH. SIL- 
\ KR SPANGLED HAMBURG, AMERICAN 
Dominique, Sicilian Buttercup, ami Single 
Comb BLACK MINORCA COCKERELS?$1 
each and upwards. Austin Jackson Mineral Sprinos. N.Y. 
- DUCKS. GEESE, TURKEYS. 
GUINEAS and HARES Steok and eccs 60 
page catalogue free. H A Souder. Box 29. SellcrsvIlTe.Pa. 
60 Varieties SSI 
S. C.W. Leghorn Cockerels , 
horns have Wn bred 20 years for large production 
nf fa'icv white eggs. Write for prices FLOYI) 
<>■ W IIITE, successor lo White 8 Rice, Yorktown, N. Y. 
For Sale—1,000 Pullets and Cockerels 
from on selected strain of S. <\ White Leghorn win¬ 
ter layers, April and May hatched. Satisfaction gnar- 
anteed, Raniapo Poultr y 8 Fruit Farm, Sprino Valley, N. Y. 
sAu-Single Comb White Leghorn Cockerels 
„ „ and YEARLING HENS, Si each 
GEO* L. EEBK1S & SON, . A t waters. N. Y. 
Ff]R F- ( l- W. Sherwood’s heavy laying 
rUrl vHLt strain S. C. W. L. fwio pul lets 
fully matured. I.non breeding hens. Hatching e-« s 
in season. C. W. SHERWOOD, Saybrook Point, Conn. 
BRED TO LAY s c white leg- 
0nC,L? 1 ui ” T HORNS, American, 
Barron, and half-Barron cockerels for sale Now 
is the time to buy. V. (5. PLATT, Wallingford, Pa. 
4 
10 
34 
4 
29 
49 
Pullets, Yearling Hens, Cocks & Cockerels 
in lots to suit, tJurohasers at attnetive prices 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS, - R. 24, Athens. Pa! 
Cockerels S.C.W.Leghorns 
large and heavy-laying strain $1 and up. 
J. M. t ASE, . . Gilboa, N. Y. 
PARTRIDGES 1 PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WE J. MACK FNSHN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department 1 O, Yartlley, Pa. 
MAMMOTH TOULOUSE GEESE and Ganders, and Barred 
m Rock Cockerels. GEO. WILLIAMSON, Flanders. N. J. 
BARGAINS— African, Embden, Toulouse Geese 
Pekin, Runner, White [Muscovy Ducks 
D _C. BLACK MINORCA8 —Utility birds at 
■•■J reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
G A. WILLIAMS, Box 324, Warwick, N. Y. 
UfAIITCn- 4 ” Hatching Eggs 
YlIV 1 kBv each, Houdan — Barred 
Rocks. State price, 
strain, how soon can ship. EDWARD H. MULLER, 
Kendrick Hiii Farm, r.f.d. n 0 . 2, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 
Barred Rocks, R.C. Reds .TWiTI) 1 ! 
at very moderate prices. Orehard range stock. Big, 
husky, vigorous specimens. Fine shape ami color. 
Bred from best blood lines in the East. 
“ FOUR ACRES,” _ - Nutley, N. J. 
C & W IN0,At * RUNNER and MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS. ■ 
■ . U Reasonable. Geo. Williamson, Flanders, N. J. 
MllSCOVV Duplex “Cheap* JESSIE REYNOLDS 
iYlUbCOVy lyUCKS Petersburg, New York 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Large, vigorous. Purebred stock. The kind that 
please. Young Toms, $6; Hens, $4. Pairs no akin. 
W M. W. KETCH, . Cohocton, New York 
M. B.Tnrlieys 
Pred from large, purebred stock.as fine as they grow. 
Can ship birds not related. M. N. Adams. Livonia, N. Y. 
Purebred Mammoth BronzeTurkies T’ampines 1 ' 
White Wyandottes. Satisfaction Guaranteed stamp. 1 
1. A WHEELER. R. F. D 2. Maplewood Farm. Massena, N. Y. | 
Purebred Bronze TURKEYS~?4 z ttock' 
Toms, $5: Hens, $4. Mrs- FRANK SELLEN. Genoa, N. Y. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys _ t oms Md'arik 
hens. Mrs. FRED EYSAMAN. R. F. 0. 3, Moravia. New York | 
TUR K FoOO Bronze, Black, White. Narra- 
luunLig gansett. Buff, Slate and Bourbon, $4 
to $6 until December 15. CLARK BROS., Freeport. Ohio ; 
(iiantRrnn7P Tnms K»C. Rod Pullets, $1 50. 
UianiDronze I oms H j VAN DYKE Gettysburg Pa. | 
Bronze Turkeysl'KSffif'tl,;;;^ 5: 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
Best of breeding; farm-raised and healthy. Price, 
Toms, $4; Hens, $3. Dr. T PAUL PERRY. Tazewell, Va. 
FOR SALE ~ Beautif " 1 White Holland Turkeys. 
FLORA TUCKER, Merrynook, New Brunswick, N. J. 
White Holland TurkeysirJS" T ,Sf 
affiTBourbon Red lURKEIS^Sfe 
Also K node Island Cockerels and Pullets Write for 
particulars. F. M. KERN, Springfield, Indiana 
BourbonRedTarkeys-^ISfp.Ksj 
hrst.i two seconds. Gloversville— six firsts. 85 np 
according to quality. Dorr Shoemaker, Sprakers, N. y! 
ANCONA COCKERELS — Guaranteed "Sheppard’s” 
strain. $leaoh. Harold Davis, Box 277, Montpelier. Vt. 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNING WYANDOTTE PENS 
PA. COjVTKSTj WIN NEKS in eggs and vain*; 
aver. 236. “Buroness V** laid 282 eg-jr* ; others. 274, 252. 
CONN. CONTEST: WINNERS in value; aver. 
208 k» ; 2nd Prize in eg-g-s. 
MISSOURI CONTEST: 2nd PRIZE, Jikelj: 
aver. 210. Barron Leghorns, 284 : Buff Bocks, 242; 
Vibert Reds, 257. Prize Koticns. Big Toulouse Geese, 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 
500 Choice Pullets and Cockerels 
Tiffany's Superior Silver Wyandottes, Pekin ami 
Rouen Ducks, sired by winners nt America’s greatest 
shows. Free range grown. F. A. Tiffany, Phoenixville, Pa. 
R. I. Reds-White Wyandottes^* 
Barred Hocks,S.C.Whit.e andBrovrn Leghorns. Show 
and utility quality. Bargain list. Breeders free 
RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM. Riverdale, N. j] 
COLONIAL REDS 
We offer finely-bred cockerels for sale, from 
our best lines for egg production. Strong, 
rugged birds of 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. 
Dinpan’s S S.G.Reds 
Trapnested Reds, pedigree bred for vigor and eg 7 pro¬ 
duction. Husky March cockerels, pullets, yearling cooks 
and hens, mated pens and trios at reasonable prices. 
Several cockerels from 200 egg hens. Shipped on ap¬ 
proval. Dr. J . C. DINGMAN, Spring Valley, N. Y. 
s traIn 1 single°com 8 Rhode Island Reds Shigh 
record stock, red to the skin. Old and younestock for 
sale. AUSTIN'S POULTRY FARM. Box 17. CentreHarbor, N. H. 
Tom Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
Price, S3 each. These birds are bred from im¬ 
ported Barron cocks and hens of the same breed¬ 
ing as pen No. 42 in the contest just finished at the 
Connecticut Agricultural College. This breeding 
is iiard to beat for egg production. Our entire 
fiock is free from white diarrhoea. Address, 
GILBERT FARM. G. B. Treadwell, Supt., Georgetown, Conn. 
BARRON’S LEGHORNS 
Imported direct. 248-200 egg strain. April pullets 
and cockerels, S3 each. 6 liens of this strain ami full 
blooded cockerel, $10. E. CLAUDE JONES, Hillsdale, N.Y. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
The greatest money-makers of them all. 4 hens. 1 
cockerel, $ 0 : 8 hens, 1 cockerel, $ 10 . AlsoKnlps’R C. 
Browns. TROUT BROOK FARM, Hillsdale, N.Y. 
B/XRRON Cocks, Cockerels 
LINDSAY, - - Cutchogue, L. I. 
DURE BARRON W. LEGHORN COCKER. 
■ ELS— April hatch. Extra Fine, $1.50. Also R C. 
R. I. Beds. MYRON GALAWAY, Gidney Ave.. Newburgh. N.Y. 
POULTRYMEN. ATTENTION 
75,000 S. C. W. LEGHORN BABY CHICKS 
FREE FROM WHITE DIARRHEA 
Ail breeders tested by Storrs’ Station. Free circu¬ 
lar. White Leghorn and Pittsfield Barred Rock 
cockerels. A. I?. HALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
Winter-Laying Leghorns"^ 
Out-laid all Whites for winter months at Missouri 
Contest. Won at Chicago. Indianapolis, etc. Get 
blood of ‘‘Egg-Bred Winners.” Cockerels, $2 50 
and $5. Dr. L. Heasley. Box R. N., Dorr, Michigan 
White Lexhorns—YESTERLAID Strain. Pullets lav 
at months. Bought by 20 Experiment Stations. All 
stmlmales stand-jam record of more than -MO eggrsin 2 
years. Prices very reasonable. Briwjsuccess. Oetailsfree 
Yesterlaid Egg Farm Co., Dept. 62, Pacific, Mo. 
‘Bgrv-G, 1 stm 
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