717' 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The egg production in the twenty-sixth 
week increased to 4,214, being 257 eggs 
wore than were laid during the previous 
week. Nearly all the breeds contributed 
to this gain, the White Leghorns being re¬ 
sponsible for more than half of it; their 
nerease was 134. Tom Barron’s White 
Wyandottes “come back” and resume 
their lead of the weekly scores. Their 
utput this week was 58, which is about 
S3 per cent of the possible total. Mrs. .T. 
>. Beck’s White Wyandottes tie with 
Braeside Poultry Farms White Leghorns 
J . r second place, each pen laying 56. 
.Tames H. Lord’s White Leghorns tie with 
James V. Thomas’ pen of same breed for 
third place with scores of 55 each. Dic¬ 
ograph Farm’s White Leghorns laid 54. 
Storrs White Leghorns laid 53. three 
pens of Leghorns laid 52. two pens of 
Leghorns and three pens of R. I. Reds 
laid 51, also the pen of Silver Wyan¬ 
dottes. Edward Cam’s White Wyan¬ 
dottes still lead in the total output both 
at Storrs and at Newark. Delaware. Ilill- 
dew Poultry Farm’s R. I. Reds from 
Vermont hold second place with a total 
of 934. being 135 eggs ahead of any other 
pen of Reds. Tom Barron’s White Wyan¬ 
dottes are third with a total of 969. 
Notwithstanding the increasing use of 
incubators and brooders, probably it is 
true that the majority of chickens are 
still hatched and raised by hens. With 
very few exceptions poultry writers ad¬ 
vise placing the coops and* runs for the 
Ten and chicks on grass land. This is en¬ 
tirely wrong. I know that statement will 
surprise many people, but let’s examine 
it. In the first place you deprive the hen 
f any way to rid herself of lice; she has 
o dust bath on grass land; she cannot 
ig and scratch and find worms for the 
- hicks, and good exercise for herself, and 
n a week the grass is so trodden down 
nd fouled by the droppings that it is not 
t to eat. Of course, the coop and run 
an be moved every week to a fresh spot, 
but that makes quite a lot of labor, and 
it does not give the hen the dust bath 
that she may greatly need. It is a far 
Letter way to put the coop on plowed 
ground; face it to the east, not to the 
m nth. and cover the ground with oats, 
grass and clover seed, and spade it under. 
The sprouting seeds, roots and all are fine 
feed for the chicks, and hen and chicks 
greatly enjoy wallowing in the warm 
mist earth, which treat they are entirely 
fprived of. and the increase of lice and 
ermin goes on unhindered when they are 
at on grass, and the poultryman should 
ot forget that the little chick’s nose is 
'own close to that fouled sod all day 
ng: the droppings cannot be scratched 
into the dirt and the smell absorbed by 
<hc earth, as they can and are when the 
ops are placed on bare earth. 
The week's record follows: 
Barred Rocks. 
’Territt M. Clark, Connecticut. 
Crank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 
- is T,. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
vies J. Francois, New York. 
storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn, 
torrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn. 
. A. Foster, California . 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. T.enzen, Massachusetts,... 
ranford Farms, Connecticut. 
t’ranford Farms, Connecticut. 
ranford Farms, Connecticut. 
ranford Farms, Connecticut. 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
White Wyandottes. 
'em Barron, England . 
,1. Cam. England' . 
"'Trythought Farm. Connecticut.... 
• ale Bros., Rhode Island . 
irs. J. 1). Beck, Connecticut. 
‘ torrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn, 
'•errs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn. 
laplodale Farm, Connecticut. 
.1. F. Byron, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
r. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 
Silver Wyandottes. 
• ilver Wyandotte Star, New York... 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
brrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Rhode Island Reds. 
r. J. C. Dingman, New York. 
lillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 
Comer P. Peming, Connecticut. 
has. 0. Polliemus, New York. 
M. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 
'hn Backus, Vermont . 
IV. H. Bumstead, Connecticut. 
iueerest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
' olonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. Brnndage. Connecticut. 
‘torrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn, 
ttrrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn, 
ural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
0 . McLean, Connecticut. 
•; ringdale Farm, Connecticut. 
j- TT Warner, Rhode Island. 
11 • W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 
Albert It. Ford, Connecticut.. 
Light Brahmas. 
Torrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Cc 
' torrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Cc 
t t, -r,. American Dominique 
B. Hiller, Connecticut. 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut.. 
1 <orge Bowles, Connecticut.. 
Allis W. Bentley, New York.. 
TV- Hendryx. Connecticut. 
vac side Poultry Farm, Penn. 
i rancis F. Lincoln, Connecticut... 
> ecu Guernsey, New York. 
erritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 
1 as N. St. John. New York. 
■ ay H. Ernisse, New York. 
’ rrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Con 
orrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Con 
.vs- Rollin S. Woodruff. Connects 
yindsweep Farm, Connecticut_ 
• II. Lord, Massachusetts.... 
i • G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Week 
Total 
20 
847 
32 
780 
42 
000 
39 
532 
20 
524 
41 
763 
43 
030 
31 
004 
38 
590 
50 
til 7 
30 
571 
30 
538 
45 
043 
58 
908 
47 
1,033 
48 
717 
50 
740 
56 
693 
40 
597 
41 
724 
8 
400 
48 
099 
35 
683 
51 
407 
30 
753 
21 
512 
51 
994 
51 
708 
48 
770 
40 
014 
40 
802 
41 
544 
33 
859 
43 
725 
51 
832 
37 
000 
42 
848 
40 
094 
38 
038 
38 
624 
33 
820 
32 
081 
47 
086 
34 
345 
34 
513 
34 
500 
16 
594 
31 
566 
48 
094 
43 
591 
50 
091 
56 
OSO 
39 
504 
37 
424 
47 
595 
50 
073 
43 
682 
40 
715 
53 
793 
.52 
503 
44 
789 
55 
547 
50 
728 
THE. RURAL 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 54 570 
F. M. Peasley. Connecticut. 52 S40 
Chas. Heigl. Ohio . 48 454 
Tom Barron, England . 49 832 
Edward Cam. England . 52 544 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 51 094 
Wm. H. Lyon. New York. 43 598 
Happieh & Banks. New York. 51 700 
A. P. Robinson. New York. 43 895 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York_ 47 743 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 49 592 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 45 083 
Branford Farnis, Connecticut. 49 710 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 49 723 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio. 30 409 
Rural New-Yorker. New York City.. 40 551 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 50 083 
S. J. Rogers, New York . 40 050 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Pa. 39 531 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock. Connecticut.. 29 539 
Toth Bros.. Connecticut. 48 542 
James V. Thomas. New York. 55 703 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 44 591 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 39 331 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan... 42 475 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 42 548 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 50 759 
Silver Campines. 
Vneowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. 41 054 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut. 41 529 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 35 540 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Donghoregan Farm, Maryland. 30 420 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Fennock. Florida. 27 330 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 35 595 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 47 580 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Penn.... 39 474 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 48 509 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Sour Crop; Discouraging Broodiness. 
1. Lately our chickens started to die, 
having lost quite a few in a week from 
some unknown cause. They did not seem 
to be sick, and those that did look ail¬ 
ing I gave sweet oil and red pepper 
as a tonic, but it did them no good as 
they died in a short time. Some of them 
I held by the legs, and a sort of water 
ran from their mouth. Do you think 
chickens would die like that from a sour 
crop? 2. Is there any way of keeping 
a hen from sitting as I have an incuba¬ 
tor and find it hard to get enough eggs 
from my hens to keep inebuator and set 
hens at the same time. C. H. 
New York. 
1. Yes, young chicks are apt to die 
without any notice, though I do not 
know that “sour crop” would be the cor¬ 
rect name to apply to the cause of then- 
death. At any rate, they do not seem to 
digest their food, their crops become filled 
with liquid, and they soon perish. Young 
chicks should have some fine grit with 
their food as soon as they are fed on 
cracked grains or mashes. 
2. I do not know of any \yay of keep¬ 
ing hens from becoming broody after 
they have laid a considerable number of 
eggs. The small, active breeds are less 
apt to spend a great deal of time in sit¬ 
ting but, so far as I know, the broody 
instinct has not yet been bred out of 
any breed and the only way to start lay¬ 
ing again is to remove a broody hen from 
her nest and confine her in a place where 
she cjmnot sit. A slatted crate makes a 
good discourager. m. b. d. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and « 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial pag«e. 
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S. C. R. I. Reds "Buff Orpingtons 
“World’s Champion Layers” 
Out Certified Contest Records are PROOF 
Leghorns—Highest Award North American egg 
laying contest, five hens laying 1139 eggs, as 
follows: 251—250—224—222—192 eggs, 100 pens 
competing. 
Most 
Profitable 
Poultry 
Known 
Reds—Highest Award in their class, N. A. Con¬ 
test, five hens laying 1043 eggs, 209 average, 
highest official Red record known. 
White Wyandottes— 
Mo. contest—Ten 
birds laid 2006 
eggs, over 200 
average. One 
layer made a 
record of 265 
eggs. 
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Bo* 1* Lancaster, Pa. ^ 
i 
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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: $5 per 100. Special 
pens.$2. P. F. RAFFERTY, Marlboro, Mass. 
VOUNG’S & PENNA. POULTRY FARM’S 
I COCK BIRDS MATED TO SELECT S. C. W. LEOIIORX 
■ YEAR).ISO HENS. Eggs, 15 @50e., 45 @ $1.50, $3.00 per 
100. June hatched chix, $8.00 per hundred, delivered in 
N. Y. State. M. II. C. BOLI.ES, R. D., Bloomvlllc, N, Y. 
A I’RIL 8. C. W. LEGHORN 8 weeks pullets, 
Young’s Strain, 50c. ALTAVISTA FARM, Darlington. Md. 
S. C. BROWN LEGHORN EGGS **■.?? 
$5.00-100. Bred to lay. MRS. WM. CENT, R. 1 , Clyde, X. y’ 
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These youngsters 
ought to be laying 
(or crowing) six 
months from now . 
Will they? That depends on 
their feed. 
Now is the time to give them a 
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balanced ration — a feed that is 
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VIBERT RED FARM. Box 1, WESTON. N. J. 
COLONIAL REDS 
Wesolicit the custom of anyone desiring eggs for 
hatching or day olu chix from a genuine pedigreed 
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Watch tlieir position in International Egg Laying 
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The strain which has had fourteen years of careful 
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AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S. C. R. I. REDS 
Standard bred, high-record stock. Red to the skin. 
Reduced prices on eggs and chicks. Write for book¬ 
let. AUSTIN POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
D t REDS, WHITE WYANDOTTES, Light 
av.. a. arK j park Brahmas, Barred lioc'us, S. C. 
White and Brown Leijhoms . Show and utility 
quality. Illustrated catalog free. Hatching Eggs 
and Chix. RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Riverdale, N. J. 
STRAIN S C RHOOE ' SLAND REDS. 
tfinMin Breeders selected each 
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for hatching a specialty. $1.00 per 15; $0.00 per 100. 
Reduction on 1,000 lots. Careful pack and fertility 
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chicks. Send for Mating List. A. E. Adams, Stony Creek, N Y. 
W HITE WYANDOTTES —“Ingleside quality,” large, pure white 
trap-nested exhibition-utility strain. Eggs, SI.50 per 16; 
$7 per 100; fertility guaranteed. Ingleside Farm. Lancaster, N.T. 
Silver Laced Wyandottes 1 ,m-gs e eggs P ptnebred a 15 , 
$1.50; 50, $4. Elmer Standlsh, Naples, N. Y. 
Have a Conkey Corner 
in your poultry house. Conkey’s Remedies and 
Tonics are good, and if you have them on hand, 
you can laugh at disease. Send 4 c. in stamps for 
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THE HATCHING PERIOD with its losses from 
bowel troubles is soon here. Prepare for it; 
save your chicks. Regulate their di- o. v - 
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t vigorous. At your dealer’s, or 
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$2.50 each. We will prepay the postage, express or freight where 
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Sour Crop, etc. 
by using 
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Barron Wyandotte ^ k L e7 e h ,^ u fTpuiieis; 
dams records 203 to 284, including Barron Contest 
entries, $2.00 up. BARRON FARM, CONNELLSVILLE. PA. 
Tom Barron White Wyandottes 
Cockerels, Pullets, Eggs, Chicks, from stock I 
bought of Tom Barron direct last spring, from his 
best-laying yards. E, E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N.Y. 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNING WYANDOTTE PENS 
I‘A. (’OXTF.ST: W1NNKKS in eggs and value; 
aver. 236. “Baroness V*’ laid 282 eggs : others, 274,252. 
CONN, CONTEST: WINNERS In value; aver. 
208Vo : 2nd Prize in eggs. 
MISSOIKI CONTKST: 2nd PJtlZE, likely; 
aver. 210. Barron Leghorns, 284: llufT Hocks, 242 ; 
Vibert Reds, 257. Prize Konens. Big Toulouse Geese. 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, BRIDGEPORT. CONN. 
LINCOLN’S LEGHORNS 
Winners in the egg-laying contest. Hatching 
eggs, chicks and young cockerels for sale. 
FRANCIS F. LINCOLN, Mt. Carmel, Conn 
N ONE BETTER S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
fully selected from free ranged raised birds. Eggs that 
hatch, 84.00 per hundred. Strong, vigorous chicks 
guaranteed to your Express Ofliee. 10 cents each. Satisfac¬ 
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Male for Sale &r^X“.Ws 
H. F. CHASE, Andover, Mass. 
pnr Qolo* THREE 1915 TH1RTY-DOLUR CASDEE BROOD 
I Ul dale, ERS, used one month.Price, $20 each. 
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W. LEGHORN PULLETS 
9-10 weeks old, 60c. each 
C. G. SCHRYVER, Omar, N. Y. 
Mnttlnri Anennnc Eggs for hatching, 7oc, 15; $4 ,100 
lYIOllieU Hficonas GEO. K. BOH DISH, k»p.i-an«e, N.Y. 
DRONZE TURKEY EGGS—twenty-five cents 
** each. C. L. Wilson, R. 53, East Hampton, Conn. 
Wanted : 200 Cockerels, SSSAW 
West Norwood, .New Jersey 
6 weeks old. II. STEINHOFF, 
30,000 CHICKS for 1915 
Following are my remarkable low prices for chicks from 
farm-raised Utility Stock; 25 . 50 100 lots 
S. C. W. Leghorns.*2.Tr» *5.00 *9.00 
Barred Rocks. 3.00 5.60 10.00 
White Wyandottes. 8.00 5.50 10.00 
Krolier Chicks. 2.00 8.75 7.00 
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