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THE RUR.A.L NKW-YORKER 
January 10, 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T HE cold weather has reduced the 
total egg production for the ninth 
week, to 1,321 eggs. This is 154 
eggs less than were laid last week. Be¬ 
ginning in the eight weeks last year the 
egg production declined for five suc¬ 
cessive weeks. The relative production, 
however, is greater this year than ever 
before, being up to last week 286 eggs 
more. The judging and scoring of the 
birds in the contest is now about fin¬ 
ished. It is gratifying to note that the 
principal cuts have been for color and 
not for shape; from which it appears 
that the birds are typical representatives 
of the breed they stand for. That there 
should be an occasional black feather on 
a Barred Rock, or a little creaminess in 
a White bird, does not affect the egg pro¬ 
duction, neither does the fact that a bird 
is perfect in color, size and shape, pre¬ 
clude it from it being a good layer. This 
is illustrated by the fact that Frank L. 
Tuttle’s Barred Rocks which have made 
a good score right along, and this week 
are the leading pen with 33 eggs laid, are 
also the highest scoring pen; the average 
for the pen being 89%, the best individ¬ 
ual going up to 91%. Branford Farms 
had the best pen and the best individual 
hen, in the White Rocks, their pen aver¬ 
aging 92% and the best hen 94. The 
Buff Rocks of A. A. Hall of Connecticut 
averaged to score 89, the best hen 91%. 
The cold weather certainly does “dry up” 
the smaller breeds more than it does the 
larger ones. The average production of 
all the Leghorns this week is only a 
fraction over 10 eggs to the pen, while 
the White Wyandottes average 24 to the 
pen, the Barred Rocks 19, and the R. I. 
Reds 17.7. R. I. Reds take second place 
for the week, Pinecrest Orchards’ pen 
laying 32. Two other pens of Reds tie 
for third place with scores of 30 each. 
They are Ilillview Poultry Farm’s pen 
from Vermont and Springdale Farm’s pen 
from Connecticut. Edward Cam’s White 
Wyandottes from England lead all other 
pens by 79 eggs, their total to date being 
344; the next best pen being R. I. Reds 
from Ilillview Poultry Farm, Vermont, 
score 265. The week’s record follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 18 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts. 33 
Francis L. Lincoln, Connecticut.... 17 
Jules J. Francais, New York. 10 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut .. • • • 15 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut . J” 
O. A. Foster, California. 18 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts- 9 
Branford Farms, Massachusetts. 4 
Branford Farms, Massachusetts. 8 
Branford Farms, Massachusetts. 6 
Branford 1 Farms, Massachusetts. o 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 16 
White Wyandottes. 
Total 
244 
196 
110 
112 
101 
98 
54 
49 
7 
23 
6 
56 
115 
Happich & Banks, New York. 22 127 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 8 53 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 13 128 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 14 139 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 27 97 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio. 4 48 
Manor Poultry Farm. New York.... 17 222 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City 7 115 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 3 188 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 9 109 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 20 116 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut. 10 177 
A. P. Robinson, New York. 29 210 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 15 122 
James N. Thomas, New York. 14 107 
Sunny Acres Farm. Connecticut.... 10 107 
Rosecomb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 4 18 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan.. 3 15 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 8 64 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 3 166 
Silver Campines 
Uncowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut 10 73 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut. 4 4 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 3 20 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland. 7 12 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock, Florida. 4 16 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 5 106 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 1 1 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 4 4 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City 10 60 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Poultry in Basement. 
1 PROPOSE to keep a few pullets in the 
half basement of a barn. There are 
15 head of stock and that makes the 
place warm, but on one of the walls I 
find a little frost. Does that indicate 
dampness, and would it injure the laying 
pullets? A. R. P. S. 
New York. 
A small amount of frost upon one of 
the walls of a basement would not neces¬ 
sarily indicate too great dampness for the 
pullets. If your basement is ventilated 
as it should be for the welfare of the 
other stock pullets should do well in it. 
The most serious objection to a base¬ 
ment for poultry, or other stock, is the 
difficulty in getting sunlight into it, but 
if one or more sides are above ground so 
that it can be well lighted and well ven¬ 
tilated, I know of no reason why hens 
should not be kept in it. M. B. D. 
Laying Ration. 
W ILL you compare the following for¬ 
mula for laying mash with the Cor¬ 
nell and Storrs mashes? 64 pounds 
wheat bran, 32 pounds ground oats, eight 
pounds wheat middlings, eight pounds old 
process oil meal, eight pounds gluten 
meal, eight pounds cornmeal. Which 
is the most forcing for egg production? 
Which the most advisable for layers 
which are to be sold at end of pullet 
year? We have used this formula suc¬ 
cessfully for three years, the hoppers be¬ 
ing opened at 10 A. M. for Leghorns, and 
at 2 P. M. for R. I. Reds, as we fear the 
latter might break down if forced too 
much. The egg yield has been heavy and 
the condition of the birds excellent 
throughout the season. -T. S. H. 
New York. 
•t * 
Your dry mash diners chiefly from the 
others mentioned in that it contains no 
meat meal or scrap. It is high in vege¬ 
table protein but would give better re¬ 
sults as an egg ration if it contained some 
one of the animal products. It may be, 
of course, that you are feeding meat scrap 
in separate hoppers; if so, you do not 
need to add meat to the - dry mash, though 
most poultrymen prefer to do this. Your 
good results with the ration show that it 
is well adapted to the purpose but the 
best results from laying hens cannot be 
secured without animal food of some 
kind. The formulas that contain a con¬ 
siderable proportion of meat meal or 
scrap are more “forcing” than those with¬ 
out these products. M. B. D. 
Hens With Worms. 
W ITAT can I do for my chickens? 
They have worms. They do not 
seem sick, are fat, and beginning to 
lay, but when I killed one I found the in¬ 
testines covered with small lumps, and 
upon opening found them just full of 
worms about one to two inches long and 
about as thick as a knitting needle. The 
chickens have free range; feed wheat, 
buckwheat, corn, and a few table scraps. 
Ohio. w. A. 
The. presence of a moderate number 
of worms in fowls does not seem to be a 
serious matter, and is not often discov¬ 
ered save by accident. Some varieties, 
however, when present in considerable 
numbers, lead to emaciation and ex¬ 
haustion of the hosts. If a fowl is known 
to be affected, one to two teaspoonfuls 
of oil of turpentine Injected into the 
crop through a flexible catheter is an 
efficient remedy, and where general in¬ 
fection is believed to be present, partic¬ 
ular care to keep the premises free from 
any accumulation of droppings should be 
taken. As in the case of many other af¬ 
fections to which fowls are subject, de¬ 
struction of sick individuals and clean¬ 
liness and disinfection of quarters are 
the best remedial measures. M. B. D. 
Sawdust for Litter. 
I S sawdust a good litter on the cement 
floor of a henhouse? E. s. 
New York. 
Dry sawdust may be used but straw 
or other coarse vegetable matter is to be 
preferred. Litter that will remain loose 
and unpacked for a considerable length 
of timg and will conceal the whole grain 
thrown into it making the fowls scratch 
for a part of their food is better than 
any material that quickly settles into a 
solid mass and holds everything upon the 
surface. M. B. D. 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNING WYANDOTTE PENS 
PA. CONTEST: W INNERS In and value; 
aver. 236. “Baroness V” laid 282 egsrs : others, 274, 252. 
CONX. CONTESTS WINNERS in Yftiue ; aver. 
208^ ; 2nd Prize in «ggs. 
MISSOURI CONTEST: 2nd PRIZE, likely: 
aver. 210. Barron Leghorns, 284.; Buff Bocks, 242; 
Tibert Beds, 257. Prize liouens. Big- Toulouse Geese. 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 
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Hatching. 
D. C. R. HOFF, Lock Box 116, Neshanic Sta., N. J. 
200,000 S.C.W. LEGHORN 
BABY CHICKS 
for 1915. Seven Hall Mammoth Incubators; 12,000 
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BARRON’S S. C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
IMPORTED DIRECT from his best-layingstoek. 
AlsoWvckoff strain. All stock healthy and vigor¬ 
ous and. bred to lay. Any number strong chicks or 
hatching eggs. Fully guaranteed. Choice Cocks 
ami Cockerels. Prices reasonable. Circulars free. 
K. T. EWING, - - ATLANTIC, PA. 
Barron S.C. White Leghorn Cockerels 
and White Wyandotte cockerels; pullets, out of 
direct importation, from the World’s greatest 
lavers. In splendid vigor. BROOKFIELD 
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POULTRYMEN, ATTENTION 
75,000 S. C. W. LEGHORN BABY CHICKS 
FREE FROM WHITE DIARRHEA 
All breeders tested by Storrs’ Station. Free circu¬ 
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Eggs for Hatching Vlf’XSftS. 
W. Leghorn Hens, at 12 cents per dozen above N. 
Y. best quotations. Free Range. No one has 
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If not satisfactory return at my expens*. Supply limited. 
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at $1.25 each for January delivery. Splendid 
hens, large, healthy, Sunny Orchard Farm, 
A. K. McGraw, Prop., - Hagerstown, Md. 
C W 8kerwnn/Tc heav y laying strain S. C.W. 
• ” . onerwooa S jj 590 pullets and 500 breed¬ 
ing hens. Hatching eggs and day old chicks from 
February 1st. C. W. SHERWOOD, Saybrook Point, Conn. 
DDCn Tfl I A V— i8. C. White Leghorns 
1 U Ln 1 American and Barron 
strains. Hatching eggs from pedigree stock. A 
few cockerels left. P. G. Platt, Wallingford, Pa. 
60 Varieties SBESL 
DUCKS, GEESE, TURKEYS, 
GUINEAS and HARES. Stock and eggs. 60 
page catalogue free. H. A. Souder. Box 29, Sellersville, Pa 
S. G.W. LEGHORN CHICKS AND EGGS 
Circular. Warnken Poultry Farm, Salt Point, N. Y. 
Tom Barron, England. 
Kd. Cam, England .... -• • • • -- 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 
Mrs. J. D. Beck. Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut .... • • • 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut . ••••; . 
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. 0. Dingman, New York. 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont... 
Homer P. Deming, Connecticut..... 
Chas. O. Polhemus, New York..'.... 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 
John Backus, Vermont. 
W. H. Bumstead, Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 
Ilarrv B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut . • 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut .. — 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City 
S. G. McLean, Connecticut. 
Springdale Farm, Connecticut. 
D. E. Warner, Rhode Island. 
H. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut .. • • • 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut . 
American Dominiques. 
H. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
George 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. 
Jay II. Ernisse, New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut . 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Con¬ 
necticut . 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Edward Cam, England . 
Geo. M. McMillan. Missouri. 
Wm. H. Lyon, New York. 
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