T'FTTD RURAL NEW-YORKER 
667 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The loss in egg production at the con¬ 
test still continues. This week—the 
twenty-fourth—there were 3.794 eggs laid, 
as against 3.898 the previous week. This 
loss was made almost entirely by the 
American breeds. The Barred Rocks 
lost 15. the R. I. Reds lost 29, the White 
Wyandottes, notwithstanding their drop 
of 71 eggs last week, laid 11 less this 
week. White Orpingtons laid 15 less. On 
the contrary, the White Leghorns gained 
101. the Brown Leghorns gained two, the 
Black Leghorns gained two. From now 
on the Leghorns will take the lead, broodi¬ 
ness will be, more or less, a continuous 
handicap on the American breeds, giving 
the non-sitters an advantage through the 
Summer months. 
Branford Farm’s pen No. 9 of White 
R. Rocks has been doing some good work 
lately, and this week leads the procession 
with an output of 57 eggs, a half dozen 
more than its nearest competitors. D. E. 
Warner’s pen of R. I. Reds laid 51. tieing 
for second place with Tom Barron’s 
White Leghorns, A. S. Sondregger’s 
White Leghorns, and James V. Thomas’ 
White Leghorns. Branford Farm’s pen 
No. 11 of White Rocks laid 50. and this 
was also tied by three pens of White Leg¬ 
horns. F. M. Beasley's pen from Connect¬ 
icut. Geo. M. McMillan’s pen from Mis¬ 
souri, and S. .7. Rogers’ pen from New 
York. A year ago the three best laying 
birds were a White Wyandotte, a Buff 
Wyandotte and a White Leghorn. Their 
total production up to the twenty-third 
week, was 200. This year the best three 
are a Barred Rock, a Buff Wyandotte 
and a White Wyandotte. Their'total is 
320. This is 54 eggs ahead of last year’s 
record. The week’s report follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 49 780 
Frank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 25 718 
Francis L. Lincoln, Connecticut. 45 583 
Jules J. Franeais, New York. 21 457 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn. 25 473 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 41 673 
<>. A. Foster. California . 42 545 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzon, Massachusetts.... 43 542 
Dranford Farms, Connecticut. 57 504 
I'.ranfortl Farms, Connecticut. 50 521 
I’.ranford Farms. Connecticut. 47 508 
F.ranford Farms, Connecticut. 32 477 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 44 558 
White Wyandottes. 
'Join Barron. England . 41 858 
Ed. Cam, England . 44 938 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 29 632 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 26 640 
Mrs. J. D. Beck. Connecticut. 33 591 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 26 528 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn. 30 649 
Mapledale Farm, Connecticut. 11 404 
.1. F. Byron, Connecticut . 27 622 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 28 609 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star. New York... 20 382 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 35 673 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. J. C. Pingman. New York. 15 470 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 49 896 
Homer P. Peming, Connecticut. 40 606 
(’has. O. Polhemus, New York. 47 674 
11. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 43 530 
John Backus, Vermont . 37 709 
W. H. Bumstead, Connecticut. 40 467 
I’inecrest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 43 775 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 32 646 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 39 744 
A B. Brandage, Connecticut. 31 541 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 37 751 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 37 605 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 44 559 
S O. McLean. Connecticut . ... 36 559 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut. 44 756 
D. E. Warner. Rhode Island. 51 613 
H. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 44 600 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 21 280 
Light Brahmas. 
siorrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 39 438 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 42 436 
American Dominiques. 
II. B. Hiller. Connecticut. 21 563 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut. 33 515 
George Bowles, Connecticut. 40 598 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 38 503 
N. W. Hemfryx, Connecticut. 49 589 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Penn. 45 589 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 39 486 
(Veil (Guernsey, New York. 33 352 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. -. 47 502 
(has. N. St. John. New York. 41 588 
Elm Poultry Yards, Connecticut.... 29 401 
Jay H. Ernisse, New York. 38 603 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 45 617 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn. 45 687 
M_rs. Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut 35 410 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 48 702 
James H. Lord, Massachusetts. 41 455 
P- G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 37 645 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 45 463 
E. M, Peasley, Connecticut. 50 746 
( lias. Heigl, Ohio . 37 362 
Tom Barron, England . 51 726 
Edward Cam. England . 49 451 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 50 601 
Wm. H. Lyon, New York. 45 516 
Happich & Danks, New York. 40 604 
A P. Robinson, New York. 46 810 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 37 643 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 48 497 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 42 593 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 46 615 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 41 626 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 43 394 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 40 471 
A S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 51 582 
•V J. Rogers, New York. 50 554 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Penn. 28 454 
,,' rs - Whitlock, Connecticut.. 11 484 
loth Rros., Connecticut. 37 459 
James V. Thomas, New York. 51 653 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 38 506 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
ibe Gale Place, Connecticut. 29 254 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan... 33 397 
B. Magrey, Connecticut. 39 468 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 
44 
662 
Silver Campines. 
Uneowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. 
27 
584 
Lewis E. Priekett, Connecticut. 
42 
440 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
29 
470 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland. 
24 
372 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock. Florida. 
25 
279 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 
34 
520 
B. P. Nnse, Connecticut. 
31 
496 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Penn.... 
35 
401 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
38 
483 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Hens Eat Droppings. 
I have a flock of hens which eat their 
droppings. I would like to know what 
to do to prevent them doing so. I am 
feeding mash in the morning eonsisting of 
equal parts of corn meal, bran, middlings. 
Alfalfa meal and a third beef scraps, and 
have been feeding some fish scraps, but 
left off about a week ago, finding that the 
scraps sweated, and begin to get 
mouldy. Oats and. wheat at noon, and 
whole corn in the evening. If there is 
anything wrong with this way of feeding 
I should like to know. Hens are healthy 
and are laying fairly well. They are 
given all the cabbage they can clean np 
with an occasional fped of beets. T. n. 
Rhode Island. 
Yon do not mention that these hens 
have grit of some kind within reach, and 
a supply 6f crushed oyster shells. The 
lack of either of these might result in de¬ 
praved appetites and the eating of their 
droppings. The fowls should be given as 
much liberty as possible, turning them 
upon free range, if that is practicable. 
Hens that are closely confined are far 
more apt to develop vicious habits than 
those that have their liberty, and it is 
sometimes necessary to give the latter in 
order to break up their bad practices. 
M. B. D. 
Care of Geese. 
I would like to ask you how to raise 
geese and what to do for them when they 
are sick. r. w. 
Hudson, N. Y. 
Goose eggs may be hatched under hens, 
putting from four to six under the hen 
according to her size. By so setting the 
first laying the goose may be induced to 
lay a second lot. It is a good plan to 
sprinkle the eggs with warm water a week 
or so. before they hatch, or better, per¬ 
haps, immerse them in water a little more 
than blood warm for a minute. Goose 
eggs require about 30 days for incubation. 
The goslings should be fed on a mash, 
slightly moistened, composed of a va¬ 
riety of ground grains, with a pinch 
of salt and a little grit in each batch. 
For the first few days rolled oats are an 
excellent feed. Goslings should have ac¬ 
cess to tender grass from the beginning. 
They must always have plenty of room 
to run about. They need more exercise 
than almost any other young domestic 
bird. If they are with a hen they should 
be prevented from swimming. If with a 
goose it doesn’t matter. They should not 
be fed whole grain till nearly grown. As 
they increase in size they will get more 
and more of their living from grass. 
About two weeks befoi*e they are to be 
killed, put into a small enclosure and feed 
liberally with corn or cornmeal. To pre¬ 
scribe in a general xvay for a sick goose 
would be like recommending to a man a 
remedy for everything that ailed him. 
Feed your geese on pure food and water, 
give them well-ventilated, comfortable 
quarters with a chance to exercise, and 
they will be subject to fewer diseases 
than any other domestic fowl. w. H. H. 
Keeping Mature Hens. 
Last year my flock consisted of 837 
Leghorns, 350 of which were hatched in 
June and July of 1912, the remainder in 
April, 1913. The gross sales of eggs for 
the year, that is the past year, were 
$3,004.81. The feed bill was $1,092.90, 
leaving a very nice profit. I mention this 
to show the quality of stock. The Spring 
of 1914 we lost several hundred pullets 
from cold rains the last of May and June 
1, so that we had but 300 left for the 
laying house, and in order to have full 
house I kept all the old stock. From the 
1912 and 1913 stock we have had very 
poor results. Upon opening them I find 
bunches of eggs running in size from a 
pinhead to a cherry. I want to know from 
those, of wider experience what I shall 
do with the old stock, send it to market 
or await developments. I turned them 
out of the laying house April 7 for the 
first time , where they can get plenty of 
young grain sown for the purpose. 
Pennsylvania. c. E. s. 
It seems to me that recent studies in 
the egg production of flocks of different 
ages have pretty well demonstrated that 
hens that are profitable at all may be 
profitably kept for at least three years 
of laying. This being the case I should 
hesitate to dispose of good stock just be- 
ginnfng their third year If I had the facil¬ 
ities for keeping them. The present high 
prices of grain will make poultrymen very 
thoughtful, but. under the circumstances 
that you describe I think that I should 
keep those hens. m. b. n. 
Save Your Chicks 
From Lice 
Safe—effective—quick in its action. 
Sprinkle it on the roosts—in the 
cracks—in the dust bath—on the 
young chicks — use it on lousy 
stock — it’s a sure lice destroyer. 
DR. HESS 
Instant Louse Killer 
kills lice on poultry and farm stock, 
also destroys bugs on cucumber, 
squash and melon vines, cabbage 
worms, slugs on rose bushes, etc. 
Sold in sifting-top cans—guaranteed—1 lb. 
25c: 3 lbs. 60c., except in Canada and the 
far West. If not at your dealer’s, write us. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio. 
EVERY POULTRY KEEPER EAST OF BUFFALO 
buying feed in 500 lb. lots or more and not using 
Blue Ribbon Poultry Feeds to send for our 
special wholesale freight paid prices. We can save 
you money on feeds of quality. 
GLOBE ELEVATOR CO., 91 KENTOCKY ST., BUFFALO, N Y. 
POULTRY FARM and RAILROAD 
WCTTTMP FENCING 
NETTING LAWN FENCE 
WRITE FOR BARGAIN PRICES. 
Excelsior Wire Mfg. Co., 5 Cortlandt St., New York 
WHITE CORNISH 
FOWL—10 to 12 lb. males. 7 to 9, females. Good 
layers. Eggs, $3.00 setting 15. Guarantee 10 fertiles. 
Replacements Free. Catalog. 
Mountsville Farms, Duck R(L. Mountville, Va. 
Mammoth Toulouse Geese Eggs 
For Sale, 88c each, delivered, anywhere in the U.S. Fine 
large birds, imported stock. Crandall Farm., Albion, N.Y. 
White Runner and Muscovy Ducks—Sto'-k, 
™ Eggs orDucklings. Ezra Lehman, Sharon Springs, N.Y. 
OUR TRAPNESTED 
WHITE ROCKS WON 
Three firsts in the first egg-laying contest at Storrs, 
Conn., and the silver cup in the second contest, same 
place. All our cockerels from 200-egg hens; all breed 
ing hens have record of l.>0 eggs or more, in pullet year. 
Hatching eggs, baby chicks; incubator eggs a specialty. 
EDGEWOOD POULTRY FARM, Packer, Conn. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
Winners at Storrs and Missouri. Trap-nested 20 
years. 282-egg strain. Pure blood, male and fe¬ 
males. Eggs, $1 per setting: 85 per 100. Special 
pens, $2. I*. F, RAFFKRTY, Marlboro, Mass. 
7ct. Barron’s S. C. Leghorns—Chicks —Wri to " 10 
G. KONTZAHN, 
36,000 chicks. 
Biglerville, Pa. 
BARRON’S LEGHORNS 
Imported direct. 248-2o0 egg strain. Eggs $6.00 
per 100. 810 per 200: Chicks *S per 50, *15 per 100. 
E. CLAUDE JONES, HILLSDALE, N. Y. 
Hnfrhino Fooc Chicks, Ducklings, Leghorns, 
naicmng nggs RedSi R oc k s . Guineas. Runners: 
Pekins. Also "Old English Sheep-dog” puppies, 
imported stock. Circular. E.S. Keith, Easton, Mass. 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. W. Leghorn and hatching eggs from 
choice 2 yearlings. Same have a record of 207 
eggs each in a flock of 1200. Chalk White 
Eggs the proper uniform market size. Next 
hatch April 28th and May 5th, §12 a hundred. 
May 17th and 25th. §10. Eggs, §4 and §5 a 100. 
§1.00 for 15. Mammoth Pekin Eggs, §6 a 100. 
§1.00 for 13. ANTHONY SIMON, Port Jervis, N. Y. 
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704 Fertile Eggs from fancy selected White Leghorns 
—S. C. Reds—Burred Rocks, Muinmoth Pekin 
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C. Drysdalk Black, Director, f.o Broadway. N. Y. 
BurnettTurkeys 
Madison Square, 1915, Gold 
Special: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes on 
Cockerels; 1st on Pullet; 2nd and 3rd on Toms; Rhode 
Island Reds and Minorcas: hatching eggs, only $5 and $7 
per hundred. New Book just published. Write 
W. L. BURNETT, - Montgomery, N. Y. 
White Holland Turkeys 
Heavy Breeding Birds for sale, satisfaction guaranteed. 
Eggs 30e. each. H. W. ANDERSON, Stewartstown. Pa. 
GIANT BRONZE TURKEY EGGS, 
Wild & Bronze Turkey Eggs 
catalog 2c stamp, showing pure wild g' 
*4.00 per 10. R.C, 
R. I. Red Eggs. 
$1.00 per 15. Fawn R. Duck Eggs. 81.00 per 12. Shrop¬ 
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—Chicken Eggs. 
Handsome 
gobbler from tiie 
VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Kellnvillr. Pa. 
mountain. 
PUREBRED BRONZE TURKEY EGGS. 
■ Prizewinners. 84 for 10. White Rnnner duck eggs, 
$150 per dozen. JAMES R. CHUMBLEY, Draper. Virginia 
PURE BREED BOURBON RED TURKEY 
EGGS from Prize-Laying Hens. Delivery guaranteed. 
Settings, $4 per 12. FLONA HORNING, ULYSSES, PA. 
B 
RONZE TURKEY EGGS—twenty-five cents 
each. C. L. Wilson, R. 53, East Hampton, Conn. 
-M. Bronze, B. Reds, 
Narragansett & W. 
Holland $3.50 per 12. Walter Bros., Powhatan Point, 0. 
TURKEY EGGS 
F°l 
SALE-MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY 
EGGS, 20c. each. Alfred Mead, Vega, N. Y. 
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Eggs. $3.50 per 12. 
Mrs. ROBERT DAVIS 
Cumberland, Virginia 
S f D T D $2 per 15, by parcel post. 
• LVlVJiJ Guarantee 10 chicks. 
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IJON-WANDERING Dark Red Bourbon Bed Turkeys, 
n AdiroridackStrain. Absolutely hardy and healthy. 
Eggs, $3 per nine. JOHN Q. ADAMS. Stony Creek, N. Y. 
Elm Hurst Pekin Duck Farm S -»f e p r er » 
VV.J. REGER, - . Flanders!N. J 
White Eggs from F. and W. Indian Runner Ducks 
75c. for 12. Mrs. H.R. Patton,Gouverneur, N.Y. 
12 Pekin Duck Eggs re l e r*f ru itV a r ms, f fd mte®! n°j! 
4(1 INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS for sale rea- 
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Inspection of our plant solicited. 
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“Why replace Rotten Wood 
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Why Not Build new, or do your re¬ 
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Y our nearest lumber dealer has 
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□ Barn Book (4 plans) Vol. 4. 
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