909 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The thirty-fourth week of the contest 
shows a little drop in egg production as 
is to be expected. The number laid this 
week is 3.5)97; of which number the 
White Leghorns contributed 1,855. This 
breed makes all the high scores for the 
week, Dictograph Farms pen taking first 
t lace with a score of 59. Windsweep 
Farm of Connecticut ties with Branford 
Farm’s pen No. 77 for second place, each 
laying 56. Branford Farm’s pen No. 78 
tics with N. W. Hendryx, A. 8. Sondreg- 
ger. and James M. Thomas pens, for third 
place, each laying 55. 
Three White Leghorn pens laid 51 
each. Outside of the White Leghorns 
only three pens reached the 50 mark, 
while 19 pens of the Leghorns laid 50 or 
more. 
In the total scores Ed. Cam’s White 
1\ vandottes still lead but Hillview Poul¬ 
try Farm’s R. I. Reds from Vermont dis¬ 
place Tom Barron’s White Wyandottes 
from second place, and put him third, 
while A. I’. Robinson’s pen of White Leg¬ 
horns from New York displace Barron’s 
Leghorns from first place for that breed 
which they held last week. The best of 
the egg-laying season has passed, prob¬ 
ably the scores of 4.000 eggs or more per 
week will not again be made during this 
contest. But there has been an actual 
gain in total production as compared with 
previous years, and that is the really im¬ 
portant thing. If by trap-nesting and 
careful selection of the breeding bens, and 
by using only males from high producing 
females we can increase the average num¬ 
ber of eggs laid by the fowls in this 
country, surely the work is worthy of 
praise instead of the adverse criticism it 
has received from many poultry fanciers. 
The week’s record follows : 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark. Connecticut. 35 1.124 
Frank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 22 1,029 
Francis T^. Lincoln, Connecticut. 40 1.001 
Jules J. Francois. New York. 25 814 
Starrs Apr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 24 754 
Storrs Apr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 47 1.157 
O. A. Foster, California ....’. 47 915 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.... 3(1 887 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 41 904 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 50 1,025 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 45 90C. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 40 802 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 29 S99 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom '■arro’i. England . 30 
Fd. Cam. England . 34 
Merrythought Farm. Connecticut. 52 
Noale Bros., Rhode Island. 34 
Mrs. J. D. Beck, Connecticut. 23 
Storrs Apr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 37 
Storrs Apr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 44 
Mnpledale Farm, Connecticut. 27 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 39 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 37 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York... 33 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 10 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. J. C. Dinpman, New York. 24 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 47 
llomer P. Denting, Connecticut. 40 
('has. O. Polhemus, Now York. 44 
11. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 49 
John Backus, Vermont . 28 
W. H. Bumstead. Connecticut. 15 
Pinecrest Orchard's, Massachusetts... 39 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 30 
Colonial Farm, New I-Iatnpshire. 28 
A. B. Brandage, Connecticut. 18 
Storrs Apr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 40 
Storrs Apr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 38 
Rural New-Yorker, N. Y. City. 38 
S. G. McLean, Connecticut. 22 
Springdale Farm, Connecticut. 40 
I>. E. Warner, Rhode Island. 35 
H. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts. 38 
Albert Ii. Ford, Connecticut. 32 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Apr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 28 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 43 
American Dominiques. 
H. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 23 
1.345 
1.309 
1 , 00.8 
1.105 
1.010 
923 
1,080 
081 
965 
995 
791 
1,018 
775 
1,347 
1,008 
1.115 
957 
1,108 
809 
1.157 
1.003 
1.142 
894 
1.109 
1,007 
959 
800 
1.102 
1.006 
1.010 
013 
738 
758 
C8G 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 20 
George Bowles. Connecticut. 49 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 39 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 55 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Penn. 53 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 40 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 34 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 23 
('has. N. St. John, New York. 33 
Jay H. Eruisse, New York. 38 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 48 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 54 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff. Conn. 52 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 50 
Janies H. Lord, Massachusetts. 50 
I’. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 45 
Dictograpli Farm. New York. 59 
F. M. Peasley. Connecticut. 53 
Clias. Heigl, Ohio . 52 
Tom Barron, England . 49 
Edward Cam. England . 54 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 54 
Win. II. Lyon. New York . 50 
Happieh & Dunks. New York. 49 
A. I*. Robinson, New York. 52 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 52 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 39 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 51 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 50 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 55 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio. 42 
Rural New-Yorker. N. Y. City. 37 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut.. 55 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 48 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm. Pa. 34 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut.... 31 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 30 
James V. Thomas, New York. 55 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 44 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 37 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm. Michigan.... 41 
0. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 41 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 45 
Silver Campines. 
Pncowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut., 42 
7S8 
1,084 
917 
1.123 
1.121 
872 
098 
888 
993 
1 020 
1.095 
1.228 
880 
1.237 
958 
1.121 
1,013 
1.209 
840 
1.271 
900 
1,095 
973 
1.124 
1.274 
1,118 
901 
1,0(50 
1,133 
1,148 
780 
866 
1.0S3 
1,050 
845 
780 
832 
1,184 
924 
C40 
804 
904 
1,149 
1,000 
THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut.. 
S53 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey... 
763 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm. Maryland..., 
.... 53 
735 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennoek, Florida. 
.... 24 
454 
Olied S. Knight, Rhode Island... 
.... 31 
810 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 
897 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Penn. 
808 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, N. Xl City.. 
.... 27 
873 
GEO. A. 
COSGROVE. 
Style of Roost. 
What is the proper roost for a ben, 
round, flat, wide or narrow? J. J. M. N. 
New York. 
Under natural conditions, fowls would 
roost upon the round branches of trees, 
and their feet are adapted to this form of 
support. It is surprising how small a 
twig a well-grown pullet will choose for 
its perch. With heavy fowls, however, 
it seems best to give a rather wide flat¬ 
tened perch, or a round pole of two or 
three inches diameter. A 12x4 inch scant¬ 
ling with corners planed off and sot on 
edge makes a very satisfactory perch and 
is, perhaps, as much used as anything. 
The essential thing seems to be that any 
perch should not be too narrow or have 
sharp edges. m. b. d. 
Dried Milk for Chicks. 
Can you give me directions for feed¬ 
ing dried milk to young chickens? I 
am unable to get skim-milk for them and 
would like to try some form of milk pro¬ 
duct. I am now feeding a mash (simi¬ 
lar to the Cornell mash for chicks) and 
have been feeding it dry for convenience. 
Connecticut. j. f. t. 
If by “dried milk” you mean milk 
powder, I have never used this and know 
only of its use at Cornell Experiment 
Station in a feeding experiment with 
broilers. Here one part of the powder 
was dissolved in nine parts of water and 
the solution was used to moisten the 
mash. After the first week, more milk 
powder and less water was used in the 
solution. Whether the dried powder 
could as well be used in a dry mash, I 
am not able to say, but it would seem 
to me that the expense would prohibit 
such use unless a cheap grade of milk 
powder could be purchased. In the feed¬ 
ing experiment referred to, the mash 
moistened with the milk powder solution 
gave excellent results. m. b. d. 
A Good Dry Mash. 
Can you advise me the proper propor¬ 
tion by measure in which to mix wheat 
bran, shorts, Alfalfa meal, cornmeal, and 
high-grade meat scraps, to make a pro¬ 
per dry mash to be always before laying 
hens? The mash not to be so forcing as 
to interfere with the fertility of the eggs. 
Nearly all published formulas for dry 
mashes contain ingredients which are 
more or less difficult to obtain in a min¬ 
ing camp for instance. t. b. d. 
Alabama. 
A good dry mash might be made from 
100 pounds wheat bran, 200 pounds 
wheat middlings (shorts), 100 pounds 
cornmeal and 100 pounds beef scrap. No 
Alfalfa meal is needed, but the dry mash 
should be supplemented by mixed whole 
grains and by green food. The above is 
not unduly forcing, but will make a good 
laying ration. Shorts, or wheat mid¬ 
dlings, should contain 15%, or over, of 
protein; it is possible that yon have 
some other feed in mind. m. b. d. 
Pip. 
Referring to various complaints on 
pages S16 and S17 in regard to chicks 
dying when brooded in large lots in 
colony brooders, would say that I am hav¬ 
ing the same trouble. What is causing 
my chicks to die is starvation, which is, 
in turn, caused by the pip. There are 
practically no symptoms; the chicks 
seem to be in perfect health and to eat 
all you give them, in fact, they will pick 
at the dry mash until they drop dead. 
Upon dissecting, I find nothing in the 
crop and nothing much but sand in the 
gizzard and bowels. It seems that they 
are able to pick up sand longer than any¬ 
thing else. All of the internal organs 
are normal. Chicks show no signs of 
bowel trouble nor colds, and the nostrils 
are not clogged up. They begin to die 
from this trouble when about 10 days 
old, and drop oil, few at a time from that 
time on. I have fed several lots of dif¬ 
ferent foods and in different ways have 
had some in coal brooders and some in 
oil brooders; some on board floors and 
some on sand floors, but they all get the 
pip; in fact, it seems to be contagious. 
Will you advise me what, in your opin¬ 
ion. causes the pip and if the lack of any 
particularly kind of food will cause it, 
and what kind? Is there any way of 
treating the chicks eu masse? (I am 
removing the end of the tongue at pres¬ 
ent.) How can I prevent it in future? 
J. w. p. 
According to the authorities upon 
poultry diseases, pip is caused by the dry¬ 
ing of the mucous membrane upon the 
lower side of the tongue and the adja¬ 
cent parts into a hard scale much resem¬ 
bling a corn. It sometimes occurs alone 
and sometimes accompanies some disease 
of the respiratory organs which interferes 
with proper breathing. It is also be¬ 
lieved to be due to a low form of bac¬ 
terial life which is able to make head¬ 
way when the tissues of affected chicks 
are below par in vitality. Ordinarily, 
unless accompanying more serious trou¬ 
bles, it is not considered a dangerous af- 
f ction. It is advised to refrain from 
forcibly tearing the hardened masses 
from the tongue, lest ulceration occur, 
and to soften the parts by the frequent 
application of such solutions as boric 
acid (15 grains) in water (one ounce) 
and chlorate of potash (.'10 grains to the 
ounce). Obviously, such treatment is 
impracticable where large numbers of 
chicks are affected and I would suggest 
proceeding upon the theory that germ 
life is responsible for the trouble and at¬ 
tempting to destroy these germs by mild 
antiseptic solutions that could be given 
as drink. Of these, permanganate of 
potash in as strong solution as the chicks 
will drink would seem as likely to be ef¬ 
ficient as anything, particularly as a pre¬ 
ventive for chicks not already affected. 
M. B. D. 
A little Fresh Air child watched with 
round eyes the cattle enjoying the cud. 
“Say, mister,” she asked the farmer, “do 
you have to buy gain for all them cows 
to chew?”—Credit Lost. 
You Want More Profit 
Mr. Poultrykccpcr, the most vital problem 
in the path to profit is the question of strain. 
Get Tom Barron's strain—the strain that 
has proved best by test at all the Great Lay¬ 
ing Competitions, including Missouri and the 
“Great American,” where his birds won both 
first prizes in two successive years. 
Note, that despite the war, the prices below 
include carriage and insurance paid, coop 
and food free to New York. White Leghorn 
or White Wyandotte Cockerel and 2 pullets 
or Hens, $30. Cockerel and 5 pullets or 
Hens, $55. Cockerel and 11 pullets or Hens, 
$90. Special prices for quantities. More 
than one cockerel can be sent in each lot in¬ 
stead of pullets or Hens if desired. 
Pay by draft or postal order on London, 
England. 
My catalogue is yours for the asking. 
Writcn pedigree sent with each consign¬ 
ment. 
Tom Barron 
Catforth, Preston, England 
/ export anywhere 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNING WYANDOTTE PENS 
I*A. COJJTK8T i WIN N KIJS in crtr - * and value: 
aver. 286. “Baroness V” laid 282 pg-srs : others. 271, **;»•» 
CONN. CONTEST: WINNERS in value : aver*. 
208}o ; 2nd Prize in ep^s. 
MISSOURI CONTEST: 2nd PRIZE, likely: 
aver. 210. Barron f.cgiiorns, 284: liufT Hooka, 24*2: 
>il»ert Beds. 257. Prize Boitena. Big Toulouse Geese. 
MORRIS-FARM, R. 4, BRIDGEPORT. CONN. 
Barron Leghorn and Wyandotte Cockerels 
early hatched high-pedigreed stock, $2 up. Trap, 
nested breeders Jlarron Farm, Connellsvillc. Pa- 
Colonial Reds 
A real bred-to-Iay strain of national reputation. 
We offer bargains in yearling hens and cockerels. 
A fine lot of young stock coming on. Correspond¬ 
ence solicited. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, Box 0, Temple, New Hampshire 
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¬ 
let. AUSTIN'S P0UL1RY FARM, Bax 17, Centre Harbor. N. H. 
EFFICIENCY HENS 
Snow-white S. C. Leghorns, heavy layers, only 90c. 
each. Immediate delivery. 
Columbia Poultry Farm, Toms River, N.J. 
SILVER STAR STRAIN 
White Leghorns—Producers of beautiful 
large white eggs. Vigorous, heavy layers. 
8-weeks’ Pullets, 75c.; Yearling Pullets, 
$1.25. Breeders, $1.50, in hundred lots. 
Silver Star Poultry Ranch, East llaven, Conn. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND 15 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers- New Egg Cases 
SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE DESCRIBING OUR 
Modern Poultry Equipment 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y. 
—A limited nnmherof 3.RANH 
ITA LI AN (IlIEENS. Que ens 
are large, vigorous, and pro¬ 
lific, producing bees that are 
gentle, hardy and industrious. Untested, $1.U0; 
test d after dune 1, $1.50. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
W. K. ROCKWELL, - Bloom field, Conn. 
PARTRIDGES I PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Rabbits, Deer, etc., for stocking purposes. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Beautiful 
Swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds ami 
animals. W'M. J. IHACKFNSFN, Natural- 
ist, Department ill, Yardley, Pa 
Money-making 
IMPROVED SILVER CAMPINES SKS1' 
Eggs $1 per 15 or $5 per 100. SHORT 8 TRIPP, Cortlaiul. N y! 
DRAKES, $3-DUCKS, $2 EACH 
Mam moth Pekin, Giant Rouen, find Fawn and 
White Runner Ducks. World’s Best Blood Lines 
Aid ham Poultry Farm, R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa. 
sale— 80 Pekin Ducklins R 
5 weeks’ old; 30e. each. 
BARRON COCKERELS 
We will have some very choice S. C. Wliito Leghorn 
Cockerels for sale, the result of a cross of Cockerels 
purchased direct from Thomas Barron, Cat forth, 
England, with our two-year-old hens which have 
been bred for heavy laying and white eggs. 
These Cockerels are March and April hatch. The 
price for selected birds will ho SI.00 each, ten l<> 
twelve weeks old. We will also have 500 yearling 
hens and 1000 2-year-old heavy-laying 8. C. White 
Leghorn hens for sale. 
Yearling Hens at . . $1.00 each 
Two-year-old Hens at . .75 each 
THE HAVEN LAKE EGG FARM, Milford, Delaware 
Annual Sale of our “Perfection” Barred Rocks 
breeders at bargain prices to make room for grow¬ 
ing stock. Hens, $2.50; cocks, $5 each. Pens-4 
bens and cock, $13; 10 liens and cock, $25. These 
birds are thoroughbreds of exceptional value. 12 S. 
• While Leghorns, Young’s strain, $10. 
llr.GEO.T.HAYMAN, - Doylestown, Pa. 
Lana ana water l- owls 
t* V lUI/l LI \ o 
I ILUS, V L. 
s t a m p for catalogue. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, It. 3, Athens, Pa, 
MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARM 
6-8-weeks-old pullets, $fiO per 100; 3-montlis-old, shmi per 
100. All stock delivered in satisfactory condition or 
your money returned. a. ii. penny, Mattltuek, n. Y. 
—6 and 8c. S. C. BulT Leghorns. 
M o n e v back for cl e a d o n e s 
JACOB NEIMONO, RICHFIELD, PA. 
CHICKS 
—0 and 8c. Leghorns. Money back 
for dead ones. Circular free. 
AY. A, Lauver, Box 1, Richfield. Pa. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
3 months old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
strain. Booking orders now. Write your wants. 
HAMILTON FARM, - Huntington, N. Y. 
PULI P T Q—Yearling Hens, S. 0. W. 
L ■ nr. ' ° Leghorn, Farris Wyckoff 
Nt!am. Pullets—50c. to 75c. each. Hens—70c. each. 
O. S. MILLER, - Bridgewater, Va. 
SHIPMENTS ON APPROVAL-^S 
Cliix, 10 cents each; 500 or more 9 cents eacli 6- 
weeks; Pullets 50 cents each: 12-weeks, $1. JUST A 
I OULTRV FARM, Southampton, New York 
CHICKS 
6 and 8c 
C. O. D. Leg¬ 
horns. Money 
back for dead ones. Pam¬ 
phlet free. <j. M. |.A 1 \ Kit 
Box 78, Richfield, I’a. 
Barron Strain Leghorns 
Yearlings—males and females. Same breeding as 
my pen at STORRS. Price reasonable to make room. 
S. J. ROGERS, - U nail ilia, N. Y. 
ACME QUALITY PULLETS & YEARLINGS 
S. C. W. Leghorns, 
TVY-HAR FARM, 
Heavy-laying strain 
Denton, Md. 
200 S. C. White Leghorn Breeding Hens 
75 cents. $1 Each. Also Keady-to-Lay Burred Rock 
Pullets. - J. L. LEE, Carmel, N. Y. 
FOR SALE-SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
Splendid vigorous birds of the laying type. These birds have been raised on range and have had the best 
ot care; they should he money-makers for any one purchasing them 
I hree months old pullets, $1.00 each. Two months old, 75c. each. 
FRANK W. PENDLETON,.Norwich, New York 
BARRON COCKERELS 
Y e have a limited number of pure Barron Strain Leghorn and Wyandotte cockerels from 
pens mated especially to produce our own breeders. No stock kept in our yards exc ept 
liens with records of 200 to 283 eggs and their descendants. All cockerels sold upon a satis- 
C2. JE3. -AAXJA-LG-juirt, Route 50, Itliacfi, 
pul 
3NT. Y. 
ONE OF OPR FKIZK WINNERS 
TENACRE 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
2000 Choice 8 to 12 Weeks Old Pullets 
Bred from our own Selected heavy layers 
These are vigorous young birds raised on free range 
and are guaranteed to give satisfaction. Write 
for Catalogue and Special Prices on 100 or over 
TENACRE POULTRY FARM. R. F. D. No. 3, Princeton, N. J. 
