THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
837 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The number of eggs laid this week is 
4,164, 86 more than were laid last week, 
and 724 more than were laid last year in 
the corresponding week, but there are 
more birds in the contest this year. 
Storrs Agricultural Station pen No. 60 
of White Leghorns (the sour-milk pefl) 
ties for first place for the week with 
the Dictograph Farm’s pen of same breed, 
each laying 59. Strange that no pen up 
to date has been able to reach 60. At the 
contest at Newark. Del., the perfect score 
—100 per cent—has been made; but 
there are only five birds in a pen at that 
contest. The percentage decreases al¬ 
ways as the number of birds increases. 
That is. a man may get 100 per cent of 
eggs from 10 or 12 hens many times in a 
season, but he never will from a flock of 
50. The best laying I have ever heard of 
was made this Spring by a neighbor who 
has over 1.000 White Leghorns. One 
house of 125 pullets laid 11S eggs one 
day. This is over 94 per cent. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns are sec¬ 
ond for the week, with a score of 58. and 
three pens of White Leghorns tie for 
third place with scores of 56 each. They 
are Braeside Poultry Farm’s pen. from 
Pennsylvania, Windsweep Farm’s pen 
from Connecticut, and Edward Cam’s pen 
from England. .Tames V. Thomas’s pen 
from New York, laid 55, and Geo. 
Bowles’s pen from Connecticut laid the 
same number. Three pens of White Leg¬ 
horns. one of B. T. Beds, one of White 
Wyandottes, and one Barred Bocks, laid 
54 each. Edward Cam’s White Wyan¬ 
dottes still lead all other pens in the 
total production, but Tom Barron’s Wy¬ 
andottes are constantly reducing their 
lead. Hillview Poultry Farm’s pen of 
B. I. Beds, which have held second place 
in the totals for many weeks, lose it this 
week, being passed by Barron’s White 
Wyandottes. which are now only 35 eggs 
behind the leading pen. Barron’s White 
Leghorns, which made a very poor start 
in the first part of the contest, now lead 
all the Leghorns in the total score. 
Eighteen pens of White Leghorns lay 50 
or over; of all the other breeds six pens 
only, reach that number. The week’s 
score follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 28 1.0X5 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts . 85 947 
Francis L. Lincoln. Connecticut. 43 873 
Jnles J. Francais, New York. 28 729 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn. 29 60S 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn. 54 1.020 
O. A. Foster. California. 23 802 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.... 44 753 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 41 784 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 50 809 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 30 707 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 41 722 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 37 808 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron. England . 54 1,208 
Ed. Cam, England . 47 1,243 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 41 915 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 49 990 
Mrs. J. D. Beck, Connecticut. 48 935 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 42 812 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 42 958 
Mapledale Farm. Connecticut. 35 590 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut . 37 809 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts... 38 881 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver AVyandotte Star, New York... 45 608 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 43 924 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Hr. J. C. Hingman, New York. 52 099 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 33 1,200 
Homer I’. Beming, Connecticut. 54 955 
Ohas. O. Polhemus, New York. 47 960 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 41 812 
John Backus, Vermont . 40 1,007 
W. H. Buinstead, Connecticut. 46 735 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts... 40 1,047 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 24 896 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 49 1,042 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 39 800 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 31 1,045 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 42 890 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 39 861 
S. G. McLean, Connecticut . 30 773 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut . 31 1,003 
H. E. Warner, Rhode Island . 40 902 
H. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 43 884 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 37 513 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn. 27 637 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn. 35 675 
American Dominiques. 
II. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 9 630 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 23 723 
George Bowles, Connecticut . 55 934 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 36 804 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 54 957 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Penn. 56 903 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 33 744 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 40 583 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 34 805 
Ohas. N. St. John, New York. 35 896 
Jay H. Ernlsse, New York. 45 913 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 40 938 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn. 59 1,008 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut. 40 733 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 50 1,000 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 49 794 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania . 54 970 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 59 841 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 51 1,109 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 50 691 
Tom Barron, England . 58 1,119 
Edward Cam. England . 56 807 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 47 938 
Win. H. Lyon, New York. 49 813 
llappich & Danks, New York. 53 973 
A. P. Bobinson, New York. 50 1,116 
Manor PouP-v Farm, New York. 48 960 
Branford lv ms, Connecticut. 51 832 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 54 910 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 40 970 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 53 980 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 39 055 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 41 740 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 48 920 
S. J. Rogers. New York. 51 903 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Penn. 41 740 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut... 26 088 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 30 729 
James V. Thomas, New York. 55 1,027 
Sunny Acres Farm. Connecticut. 28 806 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale riace, Connecticut. 40 540 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan.... 38 685 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 43 768 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 43 1,007 
Silver Campines. 
Uncowa Poultry Yards. Connecticut.. 46 871 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut. 37 725 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 30 694 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland. 28 603 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock. Florida . 18 397 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 22 735 
B. I’. Nase, Connecticut. 45 779 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Penn.... 40 678 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 48 767 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Sour Milk for Diarrhoea. 
Why do my chickens have diarrhoea 
when we feed them skim-milk, some 
sweet, some sour? I see sour milk advo¬ 
cated as a cure for the disease, yet it 
seems to cause the trouble with my flock. 
They are gradually recovering from it, 
but for three months have all had black¬ 
ened vent feathers, though I could see 
no other bad results and they seemed in 
good health and laid well. I gave sul¬ 
phur in their drinking water and finally 
permanganate of potash, but it is some 
time since they had either, seem to be 
getting well of themselves. Can you ex¬ 
plain this condition and how to prevent 
it? a. G. o. 
I have never heard sour milk adva- 
cated as a cure for diarrhoea, though the 
lactic acid which it contains acts to some 
extent as a preventive through its ability 
to check the growth of undesirable bac¬ 
teria in the intestines. The good effects 
of sour milk are believed to be especially 
marked in young chicks and it is about 
the only internal safeguard that we have 
against white diarrhoea caused by germs. 
I think that no one claims it to be a 
specific, but its action certainly seems to 
be beneficial. As for laying hens, I can 
see that, they might, drink enough of it, 
especially if not accustomed to it, to 
cause looseness of the bowels. A pen 
of laying hens of my own have had sour 
milk for drink, and no water, for weeks. 
I have seen one or two cases of black¬ 
ened vent feathers, such as you speak of, 
but no other evidences of diarrhoea and 
the hens are in the pink of condition. 
M. B. d. 
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H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y. 
Tfl INSIIRF BEST 0F layers this fall and winter, 
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We have a Chick Mash 
that is the greatest feed yet offered for producing 
layers. Send for circular and price list. 
WM. ORR & SONS, Box 8, Orr’s Mills, N. Y. 
Mammoth White Pekin Breeders F j* t 
Square Gardou winners. Also hatching eggs—$2 
setting, 11. M. Pomeroy, Scotch Plains, N. «J. 
2- M0S.-0LD DUCKLINGS, $1.50 EACH 
Giant Rouen Ducks, 4 to 5 lbs. each 
3-DAY-OLD INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS. 20c EACH 
Aldham Poultry Farm , R 34, Phoenixville. Pa. 
For Sale—7 Female Indian Runner Ducks 
10 young ones. Closing them out. $7 for the lot. 
THE CASKEY FABCttS, Richmondville, N.Y. 
TURKFY FflfiS -4 breeds $2.50 per 12 special 
1UIV1YE.I LUUO ice on our breeding stock 
of turkey hens. WALTER BROS., Powhatan Point, Ohio 
DRONZE TURKEY EGGS-twenty-five cents 
" each. C. JL. Wilson, R. 53, East Hampton. Conn. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
6-8-weeks-old pullets - » 60 per 100 
3- months-old “ - loo per lOO 
All stock delivered in satisfactory con¬ 
dition or your money returned. 
A. H. PENNY, . Mattituck, N. Y. 
CHIC ICS-30,000 CHICKS 
WONDERFUL LOW PRICE-UNEXCELLED UTILITY STOCK—FREE RAN6E 
„ _ _ T . 25 60 100 lots 
S. C. W. Leghorns - *8.35 1 * 4.25 * 8.00 
Barred Rock . 3.00 5.50 10.00 
Broiler Chick - 1.80 3.50 7.00 
I guarantee safe arrival. 
B. I. FRONTZ, R. No. 2, McAllisterville, Pa. 
WICHMOSS POULTRY FARM 
Guarantee safe delivery on properly-hatched, 
Healthy, vigorous chicks and ducklings. SOW 
Leghorns. $10.50 per 100. White Pekin Ducklings. *20 
per 100. ANORESEN & AMMERMAN, Box 137, Demarest, N J. 
SHIPMENTS ON APPROVAL ^™'L 
Chix, 10 cents each; 500 or more 9 cents each 0- 
weeks Pullets 50 cents each; 12-weeks, $1. JUST A 
POULTRY FARM, Southampton, New York 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
3 months old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
n °w. Write your wants. 
HAMILTON FARM, - Huntington, N. Y. 
CHICKS 
6 and 8c 
C. O. D. Leg¬ 
horns. Money 
back for dead ones. Pam¬ 
phlet free. C. M. l.ADVEK 
Bex 78, lilchllcid. Pa. 
Bahv fihirlfq— Barron S. 0. W. Leghorns. Strong 
DaUj UlllbnS chicks. $7 per 50; $12 per ICO; eggs $5 
per 100. Ransom Farm, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNING WYANDOTTE PENS 
PA. CONTEST: W1NNEI1S in eggs and value; 
aver. 236. “Baroness V M laid 282 eprps : others, 274, 252. 
CONN. CONTEST: WINNERS in mine; arer. 
208^6 ; 2nd Prize in epffs. 
MISSOURI CONTEST: 2nd PRIZE, likely: 
aver. 210. Barron I.esrhorns, 284 : ButT Rocks. 242 : 
Vibert Beds. 257. Prize Rouen*. Big: Toulouse Geese. 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, BRIDGEPORT. CONN. 
White Wyandotte Baby Chicks r> cem 
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EGGS 
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PROOF —1st prize Leghorns, North Am. 
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THE PENNA. POULTRY FARM 
Box p Lancaster, Pa. 
BARRON COCKERELS 
We will have some very choice S. C. White Leghorn 
Cockerels for sale, the result of a cross of Cockerels 
purchased direct from Thomas Barron, Catforth, 
England, with our two-year-old liens which have 
been bred for heavy laying and white eggs. 
These Cockerels are March and April hatch. The 
price for selected birds will be $1.00 each, ten to 
twelve weeks old. We will also have 500 yearling 
hens ami 1000 2-year-old heavy-laying S. C. White 
Leghorn hens for sale. 
Yearling Hens at . . $1.00 each 
Two-yoar-old Hens at . .75 each 
THE HAVEN LAKE EGG FARM, Milford, Delaware 
White Leghorns Exclusively 
D. W. Young’s Strain 
3,000 breeders on free farm-range, drinking from never- 
failing streams, as nature intended. Special Bred-for- 
VV’inter eggs. Entire Plant Buttermilk fed, which means 
Vigor and great Vitality. Eggs, $4 per 100. Balance of 
season orders (llled on a day’s notice. Baby chicks in any 
quantity, $9 per 100 for June. A hatch every Tuesday. 
My book, "Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved,” free with 
all $9 orders Circulars Free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, PLEASANT VALLEY, N. Y. 
SCW Leghorn PulIpbr 10 weeks old - Young’s 
O. U. if. LcgliUl II runeib p r ,ze-winning trap-nest¬ 
ed strain, 50c. Collie pups, Champion stock, $5. 
Trained collios. Altavista Farm, Darlington. Md. 
Barron's 248-2fi0 egg stock. Imported direct. 2k months 
old. $1 each ; 30 for $25. E. CLAUDE JONES, Hill.dale, N. V. 
B AR G A I N 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS 
Fine one and two-year-old breeding hens 
at $1 each; also cockerels, $1. Circular. 
Ward W. Ilasey, Box 55, Krankford, Del. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Yearling hens, farm raised, from Hall and Kirlnip 
stock. Choice breeders. 
F. S. Winchester & Sons, Route 2, Bristol, Conn, 
Barron Leghorn and Wyandotte Cockerels 
early hatched high-pedigreed stock. $2 up. Trap, 
nested breeders Barron Farm, Connellsville, Pa- 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS 
BARRON STRAIN IMPORTED DIRECT. Also Famous American 
bred layers. Americans, 8 cents each; Barrons at big 
reduction. Strong chicks and safe arrival guaranteed. 
Will ship C.O.D. Write B. T. EWING, Atlantic, I»a. 
QUEENS 
I—A limited nnmberof 3-BAND 
ITALIAN QUEENS. Queens 
are large, vigorous, and pro¬ 
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gentle, hardy and industrious. Untested, $1.00; 
tested after June 1, $1.50. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
W. K. ROCKWELL, _ Bloomfield, Conn. 
PI CEO E\fl ©—]Maltese, Mated Pairs, $3. 
■ Carneaux, Mated and Work¬ 
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$4: youngsters, $10 doz. JOHN EMMELUTH, Vineland, N. J. 
Wanted—500 Barred Rock Pullets Mawhh'atch! 
Good, strong stock. Make price, express paid, to 
Princeton, Mass. LAURELW000 FARM, Princeton, Mass 
HATCHINGEGGSOF QUALITY 
"Perfection ” Barred Rocks bred from Thompson, 
Hawkins, Bradley, and Riley strains. Eggs from 
prize-winning pens, $3 per 15. Utility, $1 per 15; $5 
per 100. Or. G. T. HAYMAN, Box D48, Doylcstown, Penna. 
BARRED ROCKS 
Eggs—$1 per 15: $3.50 per 100. Nonpariel strain. 
B. H. HENION, - Brockport, New York 
Light Brahmas Only^.i&”SS: 
teenth year. Selected eggs—100, $0: 50. $3.50; 13, $1. 
Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk, Conn. 
The Farmer’s Business Hen 
and baby chicks. RELIABLE YARDS, Culver Road, Lyons. N.Y. 
IMPROVED SILVER CAMPINES Exclusively 
Eggs $1 per 15 or $5 per 100. SHORT S TRIPP, Cortland, N.Y. 
Money-making Dominiques- H . 5 ,5.Ro2ks,Miiisfpa. 
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Watch their position in International Egg Laying 
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AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S. C. R. I. REDS 
Standard bred, high-record stock. Red to the skin. 
OLD AND YOUNG STOCK FOR SALE. Book¬ 
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D T REDS, WHITE WYANDOTTES, Light 
- 1 * and Dark Brahmas, Barred Rocks, S. C. 
White and Brown Leghorns. Show and utility 
quality. Illustrated catalog free. Hatching Eggs 
and Chix, RIVERDALE POULTRY FARM, Riverdale, N. J . 
FORSALE 
200 S. C. W. Leghorn pullets 10-weeks old July 20th, 
1st class, pure bred and healthy. Price 70c each. 
Send your order with your first letter if you want 
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Address B. B. CHASE, WYOMING. KENT CO.. DELAARWE 
Pill I PTQ-Yeariing Hens, S. C. W. 
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S. C. BLACK LEGHORN CHICKS 
for delivery weekly —100, $8.00; 50, $4.50; 25, $2.60. 
Also Hatching Eggs —100, $5.00; 50, $3.00; 30, $2.25. 
Order now. Quality of stock and safe delivery guar 
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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. E. RAFFERTY, Marlboro, Mass. 
For Sale: Sr White Leghorn Yearling Hens H" 9 *™ 
STONELEIGH POULTRY FARM, E. C- Frampton, Soiebury, Backs Co., Pa. 
WHITE LEGHORN 
BABY CHICKS-$9, 100 
cash with order; ship every Wednesday. We 
positively guarantee safe delivery of strong, 
healthy chicks. Eight-Weeks-old pullets. 
A. B. HALL, . Wallingford, Conn. 
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QUALITY and SERVICE 
The broad demand for Kerr’s Baby Chicks is the result of A-l quality stock and 
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25 Chicks 
50 Chicks 
100 Chicks 
S. C. White Leghorns. 
$2.50 
$4.00 
$7.00 
Barred Rocks. 
3.00 
5.00 
9.00 
Rhode Island Reds. 
3.50 
5.50 
11.00 
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