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Tills RUKA l» new-yokkek 
April 24, 1915. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The twenty-third week, ending April 
1 ty shows an egg production of 6.N9N for 
the week; a decrease of 40 eggs from the 
previous week. Strange to say this entire 
loss and more was made by the Wyan- 
dottes. As compared with the previous 
week. Tom Barron’s pen laid 11 eggs less. 
Kd. Cam’s pen seven less. Merrythought 
Farm’s pen nine less, Neale Bros.’ pen PS 
Jess, Mrs. .T. 1>. Beck’s pen two less, 
Storrs pens, eight and six less, Maple- 
dale Farms pen 12 less, while .T. F. 
Byron’s pen gained two. The total loss 
by the Wyandottes was 72. but the gain 
of two by Byron’s pen reduces it to 71. 
So the other breeds in the contest gained 
22 over the previous week. 
White Leghorns are trying for the lead, 
and will probably get there in a week or 
two, Tom Barron’s pen of Leghorns tie 
with pen No. 0 of Branford Farm’s White 
Rocks for first place, each scoring 52. 
Pinecrest Orchard’s It. I. Reds are sec¬ 
ond with a score of 51. and four pens tie 
for third place, with scores of 50 each, 
Branford Farm’s pen No. 11 of White 
Bocks, Storrs pen of It. I. Reds. Spring- 
dale Farm’s It. I. Reds, and B. P. Nase’s 
pen of White Orpingtons. 
I received a letter this morning from 
.T. II. F)uhois of Massachusetts, which 
rives the performance of 20 White Leg¬ 
horn pullets. Leghorns are not very “fre¬ 
quent” around Boston. It has been as¬ 
sumed that it was too cold for them up 
there, and they would not lay in Winter. 
Mr. Dubois says: “The hatch came off 
May 2, first egg laid October 10. but be¬ 
ginning November 1 to compare with the 
Storrs contest, the monthly record is: 
November, 191 ; December. 020; Januarv. 
076; February, 022: March. 820; total. 
2.945. Reduced to 10-Tien basis (same as 
the contest) for the 21 weeks, this would 
amount to 772 eggs, which is not very far 
behind the leading pens at the contest. 
The four leading pens at the contest— 
twenty-first week—were Wyandottes. 801, 
Reds 701, Wyandottes 718, Leghorns, 
006; average, 720. The average of these 
Lynn, Mass.. Leghorns was 772. and 2,7 
hens against 40 at the contest. The 
week’s record follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 
Frank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 
Francis T,. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
.Tales J. Frnncais, New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 
l>. A. Foster, California . 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.. .. 
I’.ran ford Farms, Connecticut. 
Cranford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron. England . 
Ed. Cam. England . 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island . 
Airs. J. I). Beck, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn. 
Mapledale Farm. Connecticut. 
.1. 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. .T. C. Pingman, New York. 
Hill view Poultry Farm, Vermont- 
llomer P. Doming. Connecticut. 
Clms. O. Polhemus, New York. 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 
John Backus, Vermont. 
W. II. Bumstead. Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts... 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. l’.rund'nge, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Corn. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
S. O. McLean. Connecticut. 
Springdale Farm, Connecticut. 
It. E. Warner. Rhode Island. 
H. 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. 
George Bowles, Connecticut. 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 
N. W. Ilondryx, Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Penn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 
Merritt M. Clark. Connecticut. 
Clins. N. St. Joint, New York. 
Jay H. Ernisse, New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 
Mrs. Rollin S. WooiTruff, Connecticut 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 
P. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Clias. Ileigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Edward Cam, England ... 
Goo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 
Wm. H. Lyon, New York. 
Happich & 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.. 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm. Penn. 
Mr=. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut... 
4,'i 
35 
45 
23 
31 
45 
41 
44 
52 
45 
50 
37 
43 
44 
43 
31 
24 
25 
22 
31 
14 
44 
30 
23 
24 
40 
40 
40 
45 
42 
30 
51 
30 
42 
28 
47 
B0 
47 
44 
50 
44 
22 
15 
30 
45 
25 
45 
37 
37 
49 
42 
38 
29 
30 
42 
42 
40 
48 
38 
47 
43 
•to 
42 
40 
32 
52 
45 
48 
45 
45 
48 
47 
45 
43 
47 
48 
47 
30 
45 
40 
31 
10 
Total 
737 
003 
538 
430 
448 
032 
503 
400 
447 
471 
401 
445 
514 
817 
804 
003 
214 
558 
502 
019 
303 
505 
581 
302 
038 
455 
847 
500 
027 
487 
072 
427 
732 
410 
705 
510 
714 
508 
515 
523 
712 
502 
556 
259 
309 
394 
542 
482 
558 
405 
540 
544 
447 
310 
455 
547 
505 
572 
042 
375 
054 
414 
008 
418 
000 
325 
075 
402 
551 
471 
504 
704 
000 
440 
551 
507 
585 
351 
431 
531 
504 
420 
473 
Toth Bros.. Connecticut. 
33 
422 
James V. Thomas, New York. 
20 
602 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 
42 
468 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 
27 
225 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan... 
38 
364 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 
38 
429 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England ..... 
42 
618 
Silver Camplnes. 
Unoowa Poultry Yards. Connecticut.. 
43 
557 
Lewis E. Prlckett, Connecticut. 
26 
398 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
23 
441 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland . 
38 
348 
White Orpingtons. 
Heurv S. Pennock, Florida . 
23 
254 
Obed S. Knight. Rhode Island. 
42 
4S6 
B. I*. Nase, Connecticut. 
50 
4l>5 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Penn- 
39 
360 
Favorite Hens, 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
43 
445 
3,898 
52,173 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Misshapen Eggs 
About half or two-thirds of 
my 
hens 
lay eggs with rings and humps 
on 
them. 
What might be the cause of this? 
Are 
these eggs useless for setting? 
Pennsylvania. 
G. E 
s. 
If hens are supplied with 
plenty of 
shell-making material in the 
way of 
crushed oyster shells, or lime 
in 
some 
other form, I cannot account 
for 
mis- 
sh;>pen eggs other than by assuming some 
abnormality in the egg mold, the oviduct. 
As the tendency to lay such eggs might 
be perpetuated by inheritance, it is better 
not to hatch from them, though I do not 
know that there is any other objection 
if the shells are smooth and of natural 
thickness and texture. A few such eggs 
are always found from any large flock, 
but they should be the exception, not the 
rule. M. B. D. 
Jersey Rations ; Cornell Hen Ration. 
1. Will you give me information as to 
feeding Jersey cattle? I would like to 
know the ratio of feeds. 2. Please give me 
the Cornell feeding rations for hens. 
Monroe, N. Y. E. B. 
1. As to feeding Jerseys, a proper ra¬ 
tion may be made with such a variety of 
feeding stuffs and in so many different 
ways that it is extremely difficult to form¬ 
ulate a suitable ration without knowing 
which of these feeding stuffs are avail¬ 
able in your particular locality. 
2. The Cornell ration for laying hens 
follows: Scratch feed—Winter: 60 pounds 
wheat; 60 pounds cracked corn; 30 
pounds oats; 30 pounds buckwheat. 
Scratch feed—Summer : 60 pounds wheat; 
60 pounds cracked corn ; 30 pounds oats. 
Dry mash fed in hoppers open afternoons 
only: 60 pounds cornmeal; 60 pounds 
wheat middlings; 30 pounds wheat bran; 
10 pounds Alfalfa meal; 10 pounds oil 
meal; 50 pounds beef scrap; one pound 
salt. c. s. g. 
$15 to $18 a day 
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