1915. 
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The Henyard. 
Varnishing Eggs With Water Glass. 
L AST Spring I began experimenting 
with water glass as an egg preserva¬ 
tive in a way that I have never seen 
referred to in The R. N.-Y. or any other 
periodical, but which has thus far led to 
results so satisfactory and promising 
that they seem worth making known be¬ 
fore the season of low-priced eggs again. 
The method, in a word is varnishing, in¬ 
stead of immersion. After trying various 
degrees of dilution of the water glass 
I came to use for my later lots of eggs, 
four parts of water to one part of water 
glass. Using less than an ounce of the 
diluted material at a time I found a tap¬ 
ering measuring glass and a small, flat 
brush to be convenient. A sheet of news¬ 
paper was spread on the table, and the 
eggs set on it as varnished. They dry 
quickly, and when convenient thereafter 
I gave them a second coat, afterward 
packing them in sawdust to prevent 
breakage, and keeping them in a fairly 
eool place, not at any time on ice. Up 
to date the eggs used have been fully as 
good as those immersed, and I am in¬ 
clined to think better. They were not 
produced on my own place, and those 
that showed signs of “going some time” 
inay easily have been two or three days 
laid when varnished. They were all or 
nearly all fertile, probably, also. The 
greatest advantage over the immersion 
method is economy. Just how great I 
have not calculated, but to state it very 
roughly I should think the cost of immer¬ 
sion might be a thousand times the cost 
of varnishing; I know immersion costs 
toward two cents a dozen, and varnish¬ 
ing requires so little material that it costs 
practically nothing. 
A second important gain (which, be¬ 
cause of the breadth of its application 
and possibilities, should perhaps stand 
far ahead of the first point) comes from 
the increased strength of the shell. A 
varnished egg is relatively hard to break, 
and would stand shipping hardships fatal 
to a plain one. If less dilute material 
were used, or more than two coats ap¬ 
plied, eggs could be shipped as securely 
as English walnuts, and would keep good 
perhaps as long. To the housewife var¬ 
nished eggs are far easier and more 
agreeable to handle than those immersed. 
They don’t have to be fished out of a 
crock with a wooden spoon, and are dry 
when you get them. Of course, if a large 
number were to be done at a time dipping 
could be substituted for brushing. 
There are some features of the process 
still to be improved. The paper adheres 
to the egg and nothing I have tried takes 
its place to advantage. Also a little dust 
on the brush or the fingers makes the egg 
look smeary. Again, we have hesitated 
to settle our coffee with eggshells that 
have been varnished, thinking the hot 
coffee might dissolve the varnish and 
charge our systems with an unwhole¬ 
some quantity of sodium silicate. Per¬ 
haps you can allay this fear. I expect 
to go further with the matter myself, and 
shall be glad to learn anything others 
may know or discover concerning it. 
New York. F. w. bartiiel. 
Standard Poultry Rations. 
T HERE are so many calls for feeding 
rations for hens that it seems wise 
to repeat what we have often given 
before. We shall keep this standing, or 
print it every two weeks through the sea¬ 
son. 
CORNELL RATION FOR LAYERS. 
The following whole grain mixture is 
fed to the flock at Cornell University : 
By Weight. 
Winter. 
60 lbs. wheat 
00 “ corn 
30 “ oats 
30 “ buckwheat 
By Measure. 
Winter. 
32 qts. wheat 
36 “ corn 
30 “ oats 
20 “ buckwheat 
For a dry mash to be kept before the 
hens all the time this mixture is sug¬ 
gested : 
By Weight. 
Winter and Summer. 
00 lbs. corn meal 
00 “ wheat middlings 
30 “ wheat bran 
10 “ Alfalfa meal 
10 “ oil me:.l 
50 “ beef scrap 
1 “ salt 
EGO CONTEST RATIONS. 
At the egg contest at Storrs, Conn., 
the following grain mixture is fed: 
Coarse wheat bran. 200 pounds 
Cornmeal . 100 “ 
Gluten feed . 100 “ 
Standard middlings . 75 “ 
Fish scrap . 30 “ 
Beef scrap . 30 “ 
Bow grade flour. 25 “ 
There are little boxes holding grit, 
shells and charcoal which the hens take 
as they like. There is also provided a 
“scratch grain” made up as follows: 
Cracked corn . 00 pounds 
Wheat . 60 “ 
Heavy white oats. 40 “ 
Barley . 20 “ 
Kafir corn . 10 “ 
Buckwheat . 10 “ 
Coarse beef scrap . 10 " 
Better cut this out to be used for ref¬ 
erence. 
Mr. Crabb : “Now some consumed 
idiot has started a buy-a-bale-of-hay 
movement!” Mrs. Crabb : “There there, 
now. Maybe they don’t intend to feed it 
all to you.”—Buffalo Express. 
HUDSON RIVER CHICK SHIPPING BOX 
Brice per doz. 25 chick size, 90c. 50 chick size, $1.20. 
100 chick size, $1.70. Sample 15c postpaid. Kedtic- 
tion on quantities. Circular free. STA ATS HU RG 
MANUFACTURING CO., Staatsburg, N. Y. 
COLONIAL REDS 
We offer lino pedigreed breeding cockerels, year¬ 
ling hens of provon valno and pullots from our 
best lines. Booking orders now for batching 
eggs and chicks. A pen of our Reds hold high¬ 
est record for egg production ever made in offi¬ 
cial laying contest. Average, each bird, 194 
eggs. We have satisfied customers in 40 states of 
tlie Union. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, - Box O, Temple, N. II. 
"o T REDS, WHITE WYANDOTTES, Light 
1 v • and Dark Jiralnnax, Burred Rocks, S. 0. 
White and Brown Leghorns. Show and utility 
Quality. Bargain list Breeder*free. Hatching Eggs 
and Chix. RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Rivenlale, N. J. 
R. N.-Y.—Some years ago we went 
into this subject fully, and concluded that 
no harm whatever would come from using 
the shells as suggested. 
A Case of Roup. 
N EARLY all of our flock is affected 
with some ailment, and all act the 
same way. Their comb seems to be 
all right, but night and day they give 
forth a low moan, and they snort with 
their beaks as if they had something in 
their nostrils. A friend told us that they 
had a cold and advised us to dip a fea¬ 
ther in kerosene, run it down their throat 
and give it a turn. We have done so, but 
with no result. About 10 of our pullets 
have died already. c. D. N. 
New York. 
The symptoms that you mention sug¬ 
gest hard colds, as your friend suggested, 
but the fact that the chickens are dying 
makes it evident that a more serious 
trouble is present. It is not at all im¬ 
probable that they have true roup and 
you should immediately remove from the 
flock all birds that are evidently sick 
and place them by themselves where they 
cannot infect others. The quarters of 
the healthy fowls should then be thor¬ 
oughly cleaned up and whitewashed with 
lime wash containing about four ounces 
of crude carbolic acid to the gallon. All 
eating and drinking utensils should be 
washed and scalded with boiling water. 
A few drops of kerosene injected into the 
nostrils and the cleft within the mouth 
will act as a palliative, but where the 
fowl is evidently seriously sick it would 
better be killed and the carcass deeply 
buried. If not already so, the quarters 
of your flock should be made clean, dry 
and free from drafts through cracks and 
boles. Permanganate of potash should 
be added to their drinking water, about a 
t«a.spoonful to the quart, and soft food 
should be given the ailing fowls. While 
it is possible that you have only severe 
colds and bronchial inflammation present 
in your flock, the numerous deaths make 
if appear likely that the germs of roup 
have found access to them and vigorous 
methods should be adopted to free your 
premises from this trouble. M. b. d. 
strain?of Rhode Island Reds and Mammoth 
Hit'll class exhibition and breeding 
DfOnZe lUrKeyS birds for sale, on approval. I). It. 
HONE, Crescent Hill Farm, Sharon Springs, New Yoik 
r An A 1II 300 Rose Comb Rhode Island 
I" U H wALt Reds. These are all bred from 
birds with high egg records, 
farm raised. Can be returned if not as represented. 
Kuanoke Poultry Farm, Sowell, New Jersey 
AUSTIN'S 200-EGG R hnrjp Iclfltlfi RcHc standard 
STRAIN SINGLE COMB IHlUlltJ IbldllU IlClIb bred, high 
record stock, red to the skin. Old and yonngstock for 
sale AUSTIN S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, CenlreHarbor, N. H. 
R. 1. RED BABY CHICKS-^- 
Spring delivery. All brooders tested by Storr’s 
Station. Z. N. I.FAUII, Wallingford, Conn. 
Barred Rocks, R.C. Reds SITMT™” 
at very moderate prices. Orchard range stock. Big, 
husky, vigorous specimens. Fine shape and color. 
Bred from best blood lines in tho East 
“FOUR ACHES,” - . Nutley, N. J. 
FnrSfllft R R finr‘kprpU~ l ' ,ft fr ,ro brooding season, 
rur udio d. n. uucuereis a $ 5 COoker0 | for $3 nntU 
Jan. 15th only. Money back if not satisfied. A few 
pullets. All from prize-winning stock bred by us. 
1>R. DAYMAN, - _ Doylestown, Pa. 
ffcl A__i— Bnff Rocks. Cockerels and 
L OS HP U III I’""*'* REILE SHEPARD 9 >a 
UBUOIIIg VUI Sherman St.. Jamestown, N. Y. 
BARRED ROCK COCKERELS FOR SALE 
STRAIN. $2.50 each. FRED H. TOTTEN, Ringoes. N. J. 
D C. 11 LACK. MINOROA8— Utility birds at 
reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
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Sicilian Buttercups^ 0 
prices. Vigorons. farm-raised stock. G. A WIL¬ 
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W hif p Gnrniqh Fnwf ^ to 12 lb. males, 7 to 9 
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*3.00 setting 15. Guarantee 11 fertiles. Replace¬ 
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MAMMOTH PEKIN and BUFF ORPINGTON DUCKS and DRAKES 
m Prize winners. GEO WILLIAMSON, FLANDERS, N. J. 
BARGAINS African, Embden, Toulouse Geese 
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