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THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
(Concluded from page 606.) 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 45 537 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 47 304 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 35 395 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 48 486 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 48 458 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Penn. 23 395 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut... 31 457 
Toth Bros.. Connecticut. 37 389 
James V. Thomas, New York. 49 553 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 38 426 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 27 198 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan.... 33 326 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 37 391 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 41 676 
Silver Campines. 
TTnoowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. 37 514 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut. 24 372 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 40 418 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Poughoregan Farm, Maryland. 37 810 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock Florida.. 24 231 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 27 444 
15. P. Nase, Connecticut. 51 415 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Penn.... 36 327 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 43 402 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
English Leghorns and Tinted Eggs. 
We have many questions from peo¬ 
ple who ask if the English-bred White 
Leghorns lay more brown or tinted eggs 
than the American specimens of the breed. 
At the egg-laying contest in Connecticut, 
there are hardly enough of these English 
birds to make a perfectly fair compari¬ 
son, but it seems evident that these Eng¬ 
lish Leghorns do lay a small per cent, 
more of the tinted eggs than the Ameri¬ 
can birds. Several parties who are hand¬ 
ling the Barron stock agree that the 
same thing is true, and that these Leg¬ 
horns do lay more of the tinted eggs than 
the Americans. In many cases, however, 
this tint is so light that it would need a 
careful observation to detect any differ¬ 
ence. A number of the eggs would be 
called merely slightly off in color. Again 
it will be found that several birds out of 
the pen will lay tinted eggs regularly, 
while the others might be chalk white. 
The tint is usually light and most breed¬ 
ers agree that eggs from these English 
Leghorns could not be called brown eggs, 
none of them being as brown as the 
lightest eggs from the Rhode Island Reds. 
This seems to be a fair statement of the 
matter, and it must be said that some of 
the American Leghorns also lay tinted 
eggs as dark as those of the English 
birds. 
Inflamed Oviduct; Peafowl. 
Will you please advise me what to do 
for my hens? Lately I have lost five or 
six with what seems to be a rupture of 
the oviduct. In one that was killed there 
was a mass nearly as large as three eggs 
that looked like hard-boiled egg yolk, and 
all the smaller yolks looked as though 
they had been cooked even down to the 
little ones the size of a pea. In the 
others the eggs were all in a normal con¬ 
dition. The hens are quite fat, are very 
bright and active. They have not laid 
very heavily during the Winter. 2. Will 
you please tell me something in regard 
to the hatching and raising of peafowl? 
Can the eggs be hatched under a hen and 
the young reared the same as chickens? 
New York. w. B. 
1. These hens are evidently suffering 
from inflammation of the oviduct, produc¬ 
ing an egg-bound condition in some and 
bloody discharge in others. They prob¬ 
ably have been rather closely confined 
through the Winter, and heavily fed, par¬ 
ticularly of meat food. I should give the 
flock as much liberty as possible and cut 
down the green bone and scrap from the 
market. Some hens cannot stand forcing 
for eggs and attempts at it produce such 
disturbances of the reproductive organs. 
2. Peafowl resemble turkeys in their 
habits, being very migratory in their na¬ 
ture and refusing shelter even in the cold¬ 
est weather. They are hardy, living upon 
the ordinary foods of domestic fowls, and 
are of excellent quality as table fowls. 
In the Middle West farm flocks are often 
seen, being reared as are flocks of tur¬ 
keys. As to the practicability of hatch¬ 
ing and rearing the young under hens, 
1 am unable to inform you, my acquaint¬ 
ance being only with the adult fowls; 
some reader who has reared them may be 
willing to give us light upon this matter 
M. B. D. 
Beginning With Poultry. 
I am interested in poultry, and inter 
t<> keep chickens as a side line; will hai 
about one acre for hens. What wou 
you advise sowing for pasture for then 
How is White clover, rape and Alfalf 
‘>r would you only use White clover ar 
, a l )e ’ as some people say the roots < 
Alfalfa go deep, and would be hard 
cultivate when using the double yai 
system? IIow many fowls could I kee 
| y using the double yard system, and ho 
hig should the yard be? I have a litt 
experience with 17 hens in backyard, 
i ennsylvania. G. j. ^ 
be hard to say how many hei 
<ould be kept on one acre of grounc 
nere are other limiting factors than acr 
the profitable keeping of fowls. 
.r,. 1 , .^at I should divide that plot < 
ground into two parts and start wil 
about two hundred fowls; if experience 
showed me that I could keep more profit¬ 
ably, I should then increase until the 
“law of diminishing returns” began to 
pat me on the back and advise me to 
hold up. You will not be apt to find Al¬ 
falfa a suitable crop for your purpose; 
it is difficult to establish and needs a term 
of years to develop its full usefulness. 
Rye or wheat may be sown in the Fall 
for Spring and early Summer pasturage 
and rape, on good ground, furnishes an 
abundance of green food. A small plot of 
this latter might be sown and fenced off 
for intermittent pasturage. It will be 
very difficult to keep any of the land in 
permanent grasses, like clover, Timothy, 
etc., if the fowls are permitted to run 
upon it; a few hens will destroy all green 
vegetation on a large area of ground if 
kept constantly upon it. If you raise 
your own chickens, you will need some 
land for that purpose, also. m. b. d. 
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW. 
The improvement in sales and prices of 
apples continues. Strawberries are short 
as yet and sell at 35 and 40 cents per 
box. Apples sell at $2.25 to $3.50 per 
barrel for Baldwin, $2. to $2.25 for 
Greening, $2.50 to $3 for Spy, $2 for 
Ben and $2 to $2.50 for Russet. Cran¬ 
berries still very low and demand poor 
even at low prices. Grapefruit and 
oranges $2.25 to $3; lemons $2.75 to 
$3.25; pineapples bring $3.50 per crate; 
Potatoes a little higher under smaller 
receipts and little hopes of new stock 
coming in at present in any quantity. 
Maine stock $1 and better per bag; Ber¬ 
mudas, $8 per barrel. Beets $1 per box; 
carrots 85 cents; parsnips $1.25; radish 
35 per dozen. Native hothouse rhubarb 
5 and 6 cents per pound; California $1.50 
per box. Southern green peas $6 per 
basket; string beans $6. Southern new 
cabbage $3.50 per crate; native old stock 
$2 per barrel. Onions have taken a big 
jump in price. Native stock now selling 
at $2 per bag. Just double the price of 
a short time ago. Cuban stock $3.50 per 
crate. Squash are very low for time of 
year. Hubbards bring $1.50 per 100 
Butter is not in as large supply as 
usual at this season, that is fresh stock, 
and as the poorer grades have been large¬ 
ly worked off in export trade and imports 
are not heavy prices are looking better 
and should continue so; 32 1 /£ to 34^ 
cents per pound is quoted on best grade 
sales; others 28 to 31 cents. Cheese ex¬ 
ports also are holding the price of this 
staple at the good figure of 16 to IS 
cents per pound. Eggs very plenty and 
demand good, price ranging at 20 to 22 
cents with a few at 25. Storage people 
are not buying yet for that purpose but 
must shortly as early stored eggs are 
better than later of a month or two 
hence. 
Live hen prices for the Jewish holidays 
went up to 10 cents and supply was not 
too plentiful at this price. Dressed stock 
16 to 10 cents for common ; broilers from 
nearby sections 30 and 32 cents. Beef, 
both live and dressed, more plenty than 
usual and price about the same or a little 
under last quotations. $4.50 to $8.50 
for live beef and 0 to 12 cents for dressed. 
Live hogs 7*4 cents, dressed 0. Horse 
trade still below normal, owing to various 
reasons and poor business generally, and 
many are buying a cheaper grade of sec¬ 
ond-hand stock at around the $100 to 
$150 instead of paying the fancy prices 
they must for fresh horses. The increased 
use of automobile trucks by people af¬ 
fects the horse trade more than ever. 
Hay and grain about the same as the 
past few weeks. Poorer grades of hay 
are plenty and sales slow at any price 
and fairly good stock can be bought in 
plenty around $15 per ton. a. E. p. 
BITS OF LEGAL ADVICE. 
Tax Sale. 
There are a few acres of land in Jersey 
which have been in our family for years. 
About 20 years ago father considered it 
of less value than the taxes and failed to 
pay same. One year’s taxes was bought 
up by an outside party and since that 
the township has bought them in. We 
have lately redeemed them from the 
township but have not as yet approached 
the other party. The sale was for 30 
years, which has about half expired. No 
possession was taken or subsequent 
taxes paid by the party in question. How 
does this affect our title? l. w. j. 
New Jersey. 
Of course these unpaid taxes create 
a cloud on the title and it cannot be clear 
as long as this tax remains unpaid. The 
party should be hunted up and the 
amount he paid should be refunded with 
10% interest. Or if he cannot be found 
it may be possible to pay this sum to the 
town treasurer in his behalf. Inquiries 
should be made of the town treasurer of 
the best method of proceeding. 
Collection of Share. 
I am working for one-third share and 
$10 per month for my uncle, bnt I have 
no written agreement. We started on 
July 1. He has sold his place, so we 
expect to move. lie sold sweet potatoes, 
peaches, etc., for about $600. Now, he 
says I cannot got my money for my share, 
because he had too many expenses. Tell 
me what the law says about such agree¬ 
ments between farmers, lie bought the 
place, investing his money in it, and I 
did the work. o. N. c. 
New Jersey. 
The law says that whatever the agree¬ 
ment was it should be binding on both 
parties, and your uncle cannot withdraw 
now or fail to pay you your share, be¬ 
cause his expenses were too much. If he 
sold his products for $600, you should 
have one-third of this and your $10 
per month, and you should demand this 
of him and tell him that unless it is paid 
you will place it in the hands of an 
attorney. You can then make inquiries 
of some one whom you can trust as to 
a good attorney who can take charge of 
this matter for you. 
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Don t be satisfied to feed your little chicks any 
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Payment of Note. 
A party holds a note, on money loaned 
in 1904, and would like to know if this 
note holds good, as it has no date set on 
it. The parties have property and in 
case the parties sell it can the note hold¬ 
er put in her claim for the money? The 
parties promised last year that if they 
sold out she would get her money, but 
this promise is not in writing and no 
witness. I would like to know how to 
go about it to collect claim. Following 
is a complete copy of the note. Also 
would like to know what “subject to 
principal” means. 
“This is to certify that we the under¬ 
signed agree to pay to Mrs. (name) the 
interest on $300 at five per cent, subject 
to principal being paid at any convenient 
time by 
.Signed 
Jno (name) Jno (name) 
B. (name) or wife 
B. (name)” 
New Jersey. av. h. s. 
Your statement is not quite clear. The 
writing you set out is not a note; at 
most it is but an agreement to pay in¬ 
terest on the amount borrowed at any 
convenient time. “Subject to principal 
being paid” means that interest is prom¬ 
ised to be paid as long as the amount 
borrowed is unpaid. If these parties 
have paid anything on the principal or 
interest within the past six years you can 
still sue them for the balance. If they 
have not. you should try to get fhem to 
promise in writing to pay some part of 
it or to pay a small sum on account. 
After they do either of these you had bet¬ 
ter begin suit against them immediately. 
\ou can sue them for the amount of 
the money loaned. 
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BUFFALO, N. Y. 
John J. Campbell 
General Sales Agent 
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