THE RURAL REW-YORKER 
977 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
i 1 
The thirty-seventh week of the contest 
shows that the fowls are still “holding 
their own” in egg production, the output 
this week being 3,964; one egg more than 
last week. Leghorns continue to make all 
the high scores, but in the totals America 
has come to the front. Edward Cam’s 
White Wyandottes from England have 
held the head of the procession ever since 
this contest began, but this week those 
wonderful IL I. Reds from Hillview Poul¬ 
try Farm, Vermont, gained 16 eggs over 
Cam’s Wyandottes, and take first place 
by one egg; the totals being 1,458 and 
1.457. Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
have now beaten his Wyandottes, and 
take third place with a total of 1,441. 
Barron’s Wyandottes are fourth, with a 
total of 1.431. For the first time in 
months Edward Cam’s English birds, both 
Wyandottes and Leghorns, beat Barron’s 
birds in the week’s score, Cam’s Wyan¬ 
dottes laying 30 to Barron’s 24. and his 
Leghorns 58 to Barron’s 57. These pens 
are first and second for the week, Dicto¬ 
graph Farm’s Leghorns being third with 
a score of 56. and Storrs Agricultural 
Station’s pen No. 60, tying for fourth 
place with .T. Collinson’s Black Leghorns, 
each pen laying 55. Seven pens have laid 
over 1.400, and four or the seven are 
White Leghorns. 
Leghorn chicks are not satisfied to sit 
on the floor of their little houses but seek 
some place to roost much earlier than 
other breeds. If the roosts are small 
there is a. tendency to bend the soft 
breast-bone as it rests all night on the 
roost. This makes “crooked breast 
bones” in the mature birds. It can be 
overcome to some extent by providing flat 
roosts three inches or so wide, but there 
are some tall old apple trees in my chick 
yard, and the chicks go up into the top of 
these trees, where the limbs are quite 
small, so my flat roosts serve onlv the 
youngest chicks. But crooked breast 
bones do no real harm ; the eggs laid by 
such hens are just as “straight” as any, 
and the flesh on the carcass just as good. 
What. then, is the damage if the breast 
bone is crooked? 
The week’s score follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 29 1,205 
Prank L Tuttle. Massachusetts. ol 1,118 
Francis L. Lincoln, Connecticut. 35 1.115 
Jules .T. Francais, New York. 19 880 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 38 858 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 41 1.207 
O. A. Foster. California. 39 1.055 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts. 30 988 
Branford Farms. Connecticut... 38 1,017 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 52 1.175 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 35 1,001 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 30 977 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 23 977 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron. England . 24 1,431 
Ed. Cam. England . 30 1,45" 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 10 1.100 
Neale Bros.. Rhode Island. 48 1,245 
Mrs. J. D. Beck. Connecticut. 40 1,147 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 28 1.023 
Sto.rrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn.. 44 1,212 
Maplednle Farm, Connecticut. 33 779 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 34 1,000 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 41 1,080 
( Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York.... 35 902 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 44 1,110 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. J. C. Dlngman. New York... 29 887 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 40 1,458 
Homer P. Doming, Connecrlcut. 50 1.234 
Clias. O. Polhenlus, New York. 52 1,207 
II. M. Bailey, Connecticut . 30 1.054 
John Backus,. Vermont . 38 1,Y13 
W. II. Bumstead. Connecticut. 54 935 
Pineerest Orchards, Massachusetts... 37 1.203 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 41 1.094 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 47 1,248 
A. B. Brnndage, Connecticut.. 39 972 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 32 1.270 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 29 1.100 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City... 30 1,088 
S. G. McLean, Connecticut.. 37 958 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut . 34 1,239 
D. E. Warner, Rhode Island...-. 30 1,118 
H. W. Sanborn. Massachusetts.:. 49 1,138 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 17 080 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 27 800 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 18 841 
American Dominques. 
H. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 33 758 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 42 899 
George Bowles, Connecticut .. 53 1,243 
Ellis IV. Bentley. New York. 34 1,032 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 53 1,285 
Braeside Poultry F'arm, Penn. 52 1,274 
Francis F. Lincoln. Connecticut. 45 1,011 
Cecil Guernsey, New York... 40 807 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 30 907 
Clias. N. St. John, New York. 28 1,085 
Jay H. Ernisse. New York. 40 1,165 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 48 1,241 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 55 1.382 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut. 49 1,018 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 50 1,401 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 53 1,123 
P. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 51 1,279 
Dictograph Farm. New York. 50 1,180 
F. M. Peasley. Connecticut. 49 1,422 
Ckas. Heigl, Ohio . 54 1.003 
Tom Barron, England . 57 1,441 
Edward Cam. England . *8 1,132 
Geo. M. McMillan. Missouri. 42 1,245 
Win. II. Lyon, New York. 35 1,092 
Happich <Sr Danks. New York. 40 1,253 
A. P. Robinson. New York. 50 1,420 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 47 1,258 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 47 1,098 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 53 1,212 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 49 1,290 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 48 1,305 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 43 908 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City... 30 900 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 51 1.240 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 33 1,159 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Penn. 30 951 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Convecticut... 45 898 
Toth Bros.. Connecticut. 31 928 
James V. Thomas, N. Y. 50 1,337 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 47 1,052 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 37 750 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan.... 30 900 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 41 1,030 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinsou. England . 55 1,310 
Silver Campines. 
Uncowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. 30 1,119 
Lewis E. Priclcett, Connecticut. 44 975 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 24 854 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughorcgan Farm, Maryland. 41 845 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock, Florida. 8 478 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island . 20 880 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 39 988 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Pa. 38 930 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City... 43 982 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Obstructed Breathing. 
I have two hens which seem to have 
throat trouble. When first taken they 
acted as though they were choked, shake 
their heads and make a noise as though 
trying to clear the throat and later can¬ 
not breathe without opening their 
mouths, especially if they are hurried. 
One makes a noise every little while like 
a chicken crowing. They eat some; I 
feed the mixed chicken feed in the morn¬ 
ing and at night, and a warm mash of 
cornmeal, wheat middlings, wheat bran 
and meat scrap at noon ; give plenty of 
fresh water for drink. Can you tell me 
of any remedy and also what the cause 
is? Is there any preventive for the rest 
of the flock? M. L. R. 
There is evidently some obstruction 
in the air passages of these fowls and 
it very well may be a fungus growth 
that is picked up from moldy litter or 
musty food or which, in warm damp 
weather, may be acquired from other 
sources. This growth fastens itself upon 
the membrane lining some portion of 
the air passages and by its growth gradu¬ 
ally obstructs the breathing. I know of 
no remedy, the affected birds gradually 
losing flesh and strength and finally 
dying from exhaustion. m. b. d. 
Dried Milk for Chicks. 
Noting on page 906 inquiry and re¬ 
ply relative to dried milk for chicks, two 
years ago I raised 600 pullets, using dried 
milk in dry mash in place of beef scrap. 
It was run through a grinder to reduce 
to size of cracked wheat for babies, 
coarser as birds grew. It was used until 
birds were laying well and cut off then 
only because grade used was not to be 
had, but an inferior quality sent. It 
gave good results, but no better than 
good beef scrap. It cost about $3 per 
100 and account of grinding and dust 
was troublesome. A friend for two years 
kept all hens, about 900, on milk instead 
of scrap and raised all young same way 
—good results but certainly no better 
than meat. He stopped milk for same 
reason I (lid—quality. On the whole, wo 
can see no advantage from its use. It 
does not leave the good results of sour 
milk in rapid growth, to us hardly equal 
to meat scrap, and there is no advantage 
in using both scrap and dried milk. 
New Jersey. h. h. w. 
I write to say that I have used dried 
milk with good results, making a mash 
with two parts bran, one part white mid¬ 
dlings, one part cornmeal and one part 
dried milk. There are two grades of 
dried milk. I used the less concentrated 
grade and sifted the fine from the coarse, 
feeding the finer to the chickens and the 
coarser to the hens. I liked the results 
so well that I am just about getting 
more to feed my present flock, and am 
wishing I had ordered it sooner. 
Massachusetts. Granville pierce. 
Picking Out Layers. 
Could you give me some guiding rule 
for culling out S. C. R. I. Reds? I 
know with Leghorns the egg bone is a 
sure test, but with Reds some are broody 
and come back while others may not. 
About what is the figured cost of bring¬ 
ing a chick to two-pound weight, fed on 
scratch feed and dry mash, free range? 
Connecticut. w. E. 
The position of the pubic bones is as 
much of a guide in selecting layers 
among R. I. Reds as it is for Leghorns. 
Allowance must be made where a hen 
has been broody and not laying for 
weeks, as there is a tendency for the 
bones to close together when the bird is 
not laying, and it is just as true of Log- 
horns as of Reds. A fiery red comb is a 
good indication that a bird is laying. 
When a hen is not laying the comb be¬ 
gins to shrink in size and lose the vivid 
scarlet color. Very fat hens also have 
the pubic bones separated by the fat. so 
that the separation of the bones is not 
a sure test with an exceedingly fat hen. 
The only absolute test is the' trap-nest. 
The cost of raising a chick up to two 
pounds weight ought not to exceed 20 
cents, and may be done for much less if 
expensive foods are not used, and a good 
range is provided. g. a. c. 
Division of Profits. 
Will you tell me how a poultry farm 
run under the following circumstances 
should divide up? A has land and houses, 
in fact a fully equipped poultry plant 
for about 1,000 birds, but only 400 birds i 
in it. and neither time nor experience 
in running it. R has 600 birds and 
seven years’ practical experience, and 
has made them pay him well. II places 
his 600 birds into A’s houses and takes 
full charge, as if it is his own, doing all 
the work himself and taking wages out 
of the hens at $75 per month. How 
would they divide the profits at the end 
of the year, and is $75 per month a fair 
wage, to take for the work and worry? 
New York. t. j. 
As I understand your statement, you 
propose to place the rental value of your 
plant and 400 fowls against the rental 
value of 600 fowls and an operator’s 
wages. The proportion which these bear 
to each other would be the proportion 
in which profits should be divided. If 
the wages of the operator are guaranteed, 
the rental value of the plant should also 
be guaranteed. If net profits exceed these 
combined amounts, the surplus should 
be divided in proportion to the invest¬ 
ments made by each party, one investing 
the use of plant and fowls, the other, his 
wages and use of fowls. If the gross in¬ 
come will not pay these fixed charges 
and the other expenses, the loss should 
also be divided pro rata. You seen to 
have fixed upon $75 per month as the 
value of the operator’s services, which 
seems reasonable; it now remains for 
you to agree upon the rental value of 
the plant and of the fowls. The fowls 
being presumably of equal value, it does 
not matter whether you consider their 
individual rental value as $1 or more 
or less per year, your proportional in¬ 
vestment in them will remain the same, 
hut the rental value of the plant should 
he as carefully agreed upon as is the 
value of the operator’s services; and 
finally, brethren, reduce all your agree¬ 
ments to writing, and plain writing, at 
that, before you start in. m. n. d. 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNERS 
HIGHEST BREEDERS IN AMERICA 
CONTEST WYANDOTTES—283, 282, 274, 266 
WORLD RECORD BIRD—a Leghorn—288 
BUFF ROCKS—280, 272, 26S, 263 
S. C. REDS—243 
Ca(alog 
MORRIS FARM, R. 4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
All breedors tested ; froe of white diarrhea 
Tom Barron White Wyandotte 
chicks 5 days’ old. 12c. each. Eggs, $1 per 15. Cock¬ 
erels for sale from the stock I bought direct from 
Tom Barron, England. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N. Y 
3 P ULLTUm jg 
S. C. W. LEGHORN—Young’s Strain. Febru¬ 
ary, March and April hatch from 200-240-egg strain, 
$1.50, $1 and 75c. each. Parent stock, $1 each. 
BAOBA TOULTRY FARM, Glen Eyre, Pa. 
PULLETS 
FOR SALE-S. C. W. LEGHORN 
Raised on unlimited range in 
orchard affording ample shade. 
Recommended for winter egg production— ROOK 
YOUR ORDER NOW. For further particulars 
apply to, GILEAO EGG FARM, Carmel, New York 
PI 11 I CTC- S. C. AV. Leghorn, Ferris. 
■ I O Wycoff Strain. February 
and March hatched,65c. to 80c. each. 50c. pullets all 
gone: other* are going. 0. S. MILLER, Bridyewater. Va. 
Barron’s Leghorns 248-260-egg. Imported direct. 2Jt months 
old. 31 each ; 30 for$25. 6 yearling hens and a co<3< for tin. 
E. CLAUDE JONES, - lllllsdate, N. \ . 
BARRON COCKERELS 
Wo will have some very choice 8. 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 hens which have 
been bred for heavy laving and white eggs. 
These .Cockerels are March ami April hatch. The 
price for selected birds will lie 81.00 each, ten to 
twelve weeks old. We will also have 600 yearling 
hens and '1000 2-ycar-old heavy-laying S. C. White 
Leghorn hens for sale. 
Yearling Hens at . . $1.00 each 
Two-year-old Hons at . .76 each 
THE HAVEN LAKE EGO FARM, Milford, Delaware 
HENS AND COCKERELS FOR SALE 
White, Brown, Buff Leghorns and B. P. Rocks at 
reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circular 
free. Write your wants to 0 W. GOODLING, Oriental, Pa. 
Trouble With Chicks. 
1. My May-hatched chicks are not 
coming along at all. They won’t eat. 
go into the coop with empty crops and 
their wings drop almost to the ground, 
and they seem “dopy.” I have been feed¬ 
ing chick feed and they have been on 
free range for about three weeks, they 
have plenty of drinking water and good, 
clean coops. Is there any way I could 
stop chicks from picking each other? 
The chicks also have beef scrap con¬ 
stantly before them. 2. Could you sug¬ 
gest how to keep the chicken yard where 
the year-old hens are, from smelling? 
Pennsylvania. j. a. m. 
1. Your description does not give any 
clue as to the disease affecting your 
chicks, as refusal to eat and droopiness 
characterize the advanced stage of numer¬ 
ous chick troubles. If they are not suf¬ 
fering from the ravages of lice or mites, 
they are evidently the victims of some 
infective disease and all but the strongest 
will probably die. I can only suggest 
disposing of all sick chicks and hatching 
from the most robust, healthy stock ob¬ 
tainable. .When chicks show evident pres¬ 
ence of disease, they are not worth rais¬ 
ing and should never get into a breeding 
pen. Chicks will pick at each other if 
kept confined to small quarters and the 
best remedy, where possible, is to give 
them their liberty. 2. A dressing of lime, 
raked into the soil, should help to sweeten 
poultry yards that cannot he plowed. 
M. B. D. 
‘“Why do you keep that sign over your 
desk, ‘This Is My Busy Day’?” “So 
that people won’t hang around and try to 
transact business when I want to play 
golf.”—Washington Star. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND 16 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers- New Egg Gases 
SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE DESCRIBING OUR 
Modern Poultry Equipment 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y. 
— A limited numberof 3-RAND 
ITALIAN QUEENS. Queens 
are large, vigorous, and pro¬ 
lific, producing bees that are 
gentle, hardy and industrious. Untested, $1.00; 
tested after June 1, $1.50. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
W. K. ROUKWHLL, . Bloomfield, Conn. 
Land and Water Fowls WlSsK: 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. 2, Athens, Pa. 
E ARLY May Hatched White and Ennlisli Penciled RUNNER 
UUCKS. Trio, $5. E F. GLENDENING, Delhi. New York 
APRIL LEGHORN PULLETS, Young’s prize strain,$1; year- 
** lings, $1. Champion Collie Pups, $5. Trained 
bred females, cheap. ALTAVISTA FARM, Darlington. Md. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
year-obi liens, 250-egg strain. Long, deep bodies, 
yellow iegs and beaks and a nice red comb that lops 
to one side. $1 each. A few 8-weeks-old pullets, 
50c. each, March and April hatched cockerels, $1 
each. Why pay $5 Inter ? A. R. GRAVES. Whitesville, N.Y. 
Rnr'lr«~* : *SHEL STRAIN, yearling liens, 
VV nue IVOCKS $1.25-$2.S0 each; 15 week-old 
cockerels, $1.25 each. A. SCOFIELD, Green Haven, N Y. 
Rnnrl flnrtprpk For Sale—March hatched Reds, $1.25. 
UUUU lOUUKereiS M]ly hatched White Leghorns. 50c. 
A11 birds are healthy, farm-raised stock, and only the 
bestof the flocks will be sold. Philip Marsh, Crystal, N. H. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
3 months old. Also cockerels, 
strain. Booking orders now 
HAMILTON FARM, . II 
including Barron 
Write yonr wants. 
untington, N. Y. 
TERRA NOVIA FARM 
offers 1,600 S. C. White Leghorn, White Wyandotte 
and White Rock yearling hens and pullets 
also some fine cocks and cockerels. 400 purebred 
Young strain yearling S. C. White Leghorn hens at 
75c. each. These are large in size, have fine type 
and shape and are in full lay but will have to go to 
make room. These are exceptional value. Write 
and get our prices on other liens and pullets. We 
have some splendid birds on hand and will make 
you prices that will move them quickly. Address 
TERRA NOVIA FARM, . R. 2, Rome, N. Y. 
WANT TO SELL MY 
THIS YEAR’S BREEDERS 
White Leghorns. 55 cts. 
Few Young Pullets . 60 cts. 
J. S. WORSIIAM, - Amherst, Va, 
200 S. C. White Leghorn Breeding Hens 
75 cents. $1 Each. Also Keady-to-Lay Barred Rock 
Pullets. - J. L. LEE, Carmel, N. Y. 
Barron Leghorn and Wyandotte Cockerels 
| early hatched high-pedigreed stock, $2 up. Trap, 
nested breeders Barron Farm, Connellsville . Pc. 
6 and 8c 
hack for dead ones. Pam¬ 
phlet free. C. M. I.AUYER 
Itox 78, . Richfield, I’ll. 
EFFICIENCY HENS 
Snow-white S. C. Leghorns, heavy layers, only 90c. 
each. Immediate delivery. 
Columbia Poultry Farm, Toms River, N. J. 
ACME QUALITY PULLETS & YEARLINGS 
S. C. W. leghorns. Heavy-laying strain. 
WY-HAR FARM, - Denton, Md. 
CHICKS 
—6 and 7c. Leghorns. Money back 
for dead ones. Circular free. 
W. A. LAUVER, Box 1. McAlisterville. Pa. 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S.C.R.I. REDS 
Standard bred, high-record stoek. Red to the skin. 
OLD AND YOUNG STOCK FOR SALE, book¬ 
let. AUSTIN'S POULTRY FARM. Box 17. Centre Harbor. N. H. 
Colonial Reds 
A real bred-to-lay strain of national reputation. 
We offer bargains in yearling hens and cockerels. 
A fine lot of young stock coming on. i orrespond- 
ence solicited. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, Bex 0, Temple, New Hampshire 
Pj | I IX O—Pekin, Rouen 
UUUOVO Runner Ducks. 
and Indian 
$2 and $3 each. 
Aldliam Poultry Farm,R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa’ 
AMERICAN DOMINIQUES 
best breeders and young stock cheap. 
HERBERT ROOKS, - Mills, Pa. 
BARRON COCKERELS 
We have a limited number of pure Barron Strain Leghorn and Wyandotte cockerels from 
pens mated especially to produce cur own breeders. No stock kept in our yards except 
hens with records of 200 to 283 eggs and their descendants. All cockerels sold upon a satis¬ 
faction or money back guaranty, and may be returned any time within three months 
after delivery if they do not come up to purchaser’s expectations. Write for pedigrees 
and special prices on young cockerels before we have to separate them from the pullers. 
C. E. BUrtGrEH, Route SO, Ithaca, 3NT. Y. 
