THE RURAL Nii'vV-YORKER 
February 1... 
The Henyard. 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
T IIE fourteenth week, ending Feb. 7. 
shows a total output <«t' -.04.‘I 
This is a loss of 134. as compare^ 
with the previous week. It i< interest¬ 
ing t" note what breeds contributed t‘> 
this loss. The Wyandottes (all varie¬ 
ties) contributed nothing to the loss; 
they actually gained 35 eggs over the pre¬ 
ceding week. The Rocks also gained nine 
eggs over their previous week's record. 
The Uhode Island Reds lost 46 eggs, and 
the Leghorns (all colors) lost IS eggs. 
These two breeds were responsible for 
almost half of the week’s loss. The Wy¬ 
andot tes capture all the honors this week, 
rhe highest score—49—being made In 
Storrs Agricultural Station’s experimen¬ 
tal pen, which has been fed sour milk 
right along, in place of beef scraps. Torn 
Barron’s White Wyandottes are second, 
with 48 to their credit, and Merrythought 
Farm’s Columbian Wyandottes are third 
with a score of 43. Mrs. .T. D. Beck’s 
White Wyandottes laid 41, and Ed. Cam’s 
pen laid 40. The five highest scores this 
week are made by Wyandottes. The 
highest score among the Leghorns was 
made by- .Bulge F. M. Beasley’s pen, viz., 
oo 
The time is rapidly approaching when 
eggs for hatching will be called for. A 
word of caution to Leghorn breeders 
seems to me advisable. Don’t be in a 
hurry to get out chicks before the first 
part of May, if you want Winter layers. 
Leghorns hatched before that date arc 
almost sure to lay out the first clutch of 
ggs, then molt, and not lay again until 
Spring. If it is a full molt, it takes three 
months to grow a new set of feathers, 
during which no eggs can be expected. 
Precocious Leghorns will lay when four 
months old, many will lay at five months, 
■ ml the whole flock should be laying at 
ix months of age. That is, if they have 
had plenty to eat and had no “setbacks” 
while growing. The American breeds re¬ 
quire a month longer to mature, and 
should be hatched that much earlier. The 
week’s record follows: 
Barred Bocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 
Prank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts. 
Francis I,. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
.titles .T, Franeais, New York. 
storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn, 
storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 
<>. A. Foster, California . 
White Bocks. 
Vlbert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.... 
Branford Farms, Massachusetts. 
Branford Farms, Massachusetts. 
Branford Farms, Massachusetts. 
T'.ranford Farms, Massachusetts. 
Buff Bocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
White Wyandottes. 
Vom V.arron. England' . 
Ed. Cam, England . 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut .... 
Xeale Bros., Rhode Island . 
Mrs. ,T. r>. Beck. Connecticut. 
storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 
Mapledale Farm. Connecticut . 
.T. F. Byron, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
T>r. N. W. Sanborn, Mass. 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York... 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Bliode Island Beds. 
l>r. J. C. Dinginnn. New York. 
Mlllvlew Poultry Farm. Vermont.... 
Homer P. Demlng, Connecticut...... 
i has. O. Polhemus, New York. 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 
John Backus, Vermont. 
W. H. Bumstead, Connecticut. 
Pitiecrest Orchards. Massachusetts... 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Polonlal Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn, 
storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
S. O. McLean, Connecticut. 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut. 
D. E. Warner, Bliode Island. 
Hi W. Sanhorn. Massachusetts. 
Albert B. 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. 
c.eorge Bowies. 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. 
i Jins. N. St. John. New York. 
Jay II. Ernisse, Now York. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 
Mrs. Itollin S. Woodruff. Connecticut 
Wlndsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
James If. Lord, Massachusetts. 
P. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 
F. M. Peasley. Connecticut. 
Clias. nelgl. Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Edward Cam. England . 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 
Win. H. Lyon, New York. 
liappieh &- Banks. New York. 
A. P. Bobinson, New York. 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York.... 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Anna Dean Farm, Oiiio . 
Bural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 
S. J. Bogers, New York. 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm. Penn...... 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut.. 
Toth Bros., Connecticut . 
James V. Thomas, New York. 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut..’...’ 
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40 
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33 
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43 
30 
37 
33 
38 
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86 
21 
24 
27 
32 
20 
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82 
38 
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411 
340 
223 
188 
218 
244 
107 
150 
38 
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104 
141 
205 
330 
524 
284 
358 
314 
180 
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148 
202 
284 
118 
325 
100 
404 
215 
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182 
283 
103 
353 
302 
381 
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274 
101 
100 
104 
200 
104 
307 
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243 
IC'S 
Rosa Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gala Place, Connecticut. 
7 
35 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultrv Farm, Michigan... 
f| 
40 
(). I.. Magrcy, Connecticut. 
l*i 
127 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 
278 
Silver Campines. 
TTucowa Poultrv Yards, Connecticut. 
2 f» 
224 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut. 
20 
98 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
2 *» 
82 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland . 
18 
87 
White Orpingtons. 
Henrv 8 . IVanoek. Florida . 
6 
61 
Obed 8 . Knight, Rhode Island. 
B. P. Na«<». Connecticut. 
IS 
185 
21 
49 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards. Penn.... 
20 
88 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker. New York City.. 
oo 
155 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Feeding Green Bone. 
I S fresh-ground green bone a good feed 
to force chickens to lay? Is it good 
to feed young chicks ground bone? Is 
ground bone a fattening feed, and how 
much would you advise me to feed to 
each ? e. S. 
New York. 
Fresh ground bone is an excellent feed 
to force hens to lay, but it must not be 
old, moldy or tainted. The best way to 
feed it is to mix it thoroughly with equal 
parts bran, middlings and meal, and feed 
it once a day, three ounces of the mix¬ 
ture to a bird. Fine ground bone is ex¬ 
cellent for growing chicks after they are 
three weeks old, it tends to prevent leg 
weakness. The dry mash may be one- 
tenth ground bone. It is not a particu¬ 
larly fattening food. geo. a. cosgbove. 
Picking Ducks.—S ome one wants to 
know how to pick ducks quickly and not 
have the down fly. Dip the duck in hot 
water, then sprinkle on some powdered 
resin; roll the duck in a cloth for two 
or three minutes, and one can pick a 
duck as easily as a chicken, but the feath¬ 
ers are no good. S. >. k. 
Norwalk, Conn. 
YOUNGS STRAIN 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
I HAVE NO OTHER BREEDS 
My winnings at the late 
Boston Show, Jan. 12th to 10th. 
1915, were as follows:— 
Five Firsts, four Seconds, 
three Thirds, three Fourths, 
four Fifths, and every Special 
offered. 
Young's strain Is acknowl¬ 
edged the world over as being 
the Standard for all the Leg¬ 
horns of all America and the 
leading strain of heavy lay- 
.Ofe— ers. There has not been a 
show from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific for the past fifteen years where they have 
not shown their supremacy. In fact, t hey are the 
Only original line bred strain of Leghorns in 
America today. 
Hundreds of Grand Cockerels (or sale that will improve your slock both 
in exhibition and laying qualities. Mating List Free, 
D. W. YOUNG, Monroe, New York 
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Five pullets in International Egg 
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,$4.00. 
Baby Chicks, 20c in lots of 100. 
Barron-cross Cocks, $5. Eggs for 
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D. W. YOUNG’S STRAIN 
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Hatching. 
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Montgom ery, N. Y. _ 
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Hatching eggs. 2J8-record Barron cockerels ami 
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I uly Cornell Strain ^ C. Leghorn 
t.aay vorneii oirain eggs for hatching Flock 
headed by grandsons of Lady Cornell, whose officia 
record was 257 eggs. Bggs, $5, 100; $1,15. Chix 
after May 15, $12,100. S. L. Purdie, Genoa, N. Y 
BARRON STRAIN, S. C. W. Leghorn, 
greatest layers In the world. Eggs for hatching 
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large and heavy-laying strain $1 and up. 
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R R F D TO I A Y~ s - C - Whit e Leghorn- 
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S. C. W. Leghorn Chicks 12c.; Eggs, 5c. 
Circular. Warnken Poultry Farm, Salt Point, N. Y 
—8 and 10c. S. fO. Buff Leghorns 
Money back for dead ones 
JACOB NEIMOND, RICHFIELD, PA 
CHICKS 
B AIUiON LEGHORN ANI) WYANDOTTE 
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B ABY CHICKS—$12 per hundred Cornell Exp. Sta 
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