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EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The fortieth week shows an egg prodrte- 
tion of 3,479 against 3,638 last week, a 
drop of 159 eggs. Quite a number of 
ehanges are made this week in the rela¬ 
tive standing of th > different pens. The 
It. I. Reds from Ilillview Poultry Farm, 
Vermont, laid a dozen less than last week, 
and thereby lost the first place. First 
the Wyandottes were on top for a long 
time, then the R. I. Reds beat them ; now 
two pens of White Leghorns divide the 
honor of first place. They are the Con¬ 
necticut birds entered by Judge F. II. 
I’easier, which laid 50 this week, and 
Tom Barron’s English Leghorns, which 
laid 43. Each of these pens has laid a 
total of 1.577. The Hillview Farms R. 
I. Reds are only four eggs behind, their 
t tal being 1,573, and Ed. Cam’s Whit 1 
Wyandottes total 1,570, and Tom Bar¬ 
ron’s Wyandottes 1,566. Here are five 
pens with a difference of only 11 eggs be¬ 
tween highest and lowest. 
The highest number laid during the 
week was 53, and Tom Barron’s Wyan¬ 
dottes, and A. S. Sondregger’s White 
Leghorns each laid that number. N. W. 
Hendryx’s Leghorns were second with 52, 
and three pens of Leghorns laid 51. Wind- 
sweep Farm’s, Edward Cam’s English 
pen, and Branford Farm’s pen No. 78. 
The time is nearly here when the old 
stock that is to be sent to market, is to 
be selected. Probably out of every lot 
of 500 fowls, 100 could be selected now 
and sent to market without perceptibly 
decreasing the weekly egg receipts; and 
the price per pound is likely to be two or 
three cents more now, than a month from 
now, when the mass of the old fowls are 
rushed into market. Whether it is wise 
to retain those which mo't early, in the 
hope that they will resume laying and lay 
through the Winter, depends on the 
breed, their age, the facilities for hous¬ 
ing, and the judgment of the owner. 
Most certainly they do not want to be 
used as breeders next Spring. 
The week’s record follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 12 1.270 
Frank L- Tuttle, Massachusetts. 14 1,181 
Francis I,. Lincoln, Connecticut. 24 1,195 
Jules J. Franeais, New York. 30 903 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 14 908 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 40 1.419 
O. A. Foster, California. 29 1,137 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. T.enzen, Massachusetts.... 44 1,092 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 20 1,125 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 43 1,313 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 30 1,109 
Branford Farms, Connecticut........ 44 1,085 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 83 1,052 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England . 53 1,500 
Ed. Cam, England . 42 1,570 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 28 1.231 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 30 1,302 
Mrs. J. 1). Bock, Connecticut. 29 1.200 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 33 1.127 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 41 1,344 
Mapledaie Farm, Connecticut. 37 885 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 28 1.157 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 28 1,193 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York... 44 1,021 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 30 1,195 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. J. C. Olngman. New York. 37 980 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 25 1.573 
Homer P. Iteming, Connecticut. 32 1,340 
Clips. O. Polhemus, New York. 44 1,390 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 27 1,13.8 
John Bnckus, Vermont . 18 1,299 
W. II. Bumstoad. Connecticut. 27 1,005 
I'lnecrest Orchards, Massachusetts... 37 1,356 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 17 1,104 
Colonial Farm. New Hampshire. 25 1.340 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 31 1,082 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 43 1.389 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 35 1,219 
Itural New-Yorker, New York City.. 39 1,170 
S. O. McLean, Connecticut. 18 1,030 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut. 42 1,330 
I). E. Warner, Rhode Island. 30 1,213 
H. W. Sanborn, Massachu-etts. 34 1,249 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 25 700 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station, F.X’l. pen. Conn.. 8 878 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 20 923 
American Dominiques. 
II. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 19 820 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 40 1,0.30 
George Bowles, Connecticut. 30 1,361 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 27 1,108 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 52 1,440 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pa. 47 1.424 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 40 1,140 
('ceil Guernsey, New York. 34 919 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. S3 1,061 
Chas. N. St. John, New York. 24 1,104 
Jay II. Ernisse, New York . 37 1,275 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 44 1,385 
Storrs Agr. Station, l'xp. pen, Cj:vi.. f:9 1,540 
Mrs. Roilin S. Woodruff. Connecticut 44 1,193 
Winffsweep Farm, Connecticut. 51 1,557 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 44 1,273 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 47 1,420 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 47 1 338 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 50 1,577 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 4 3 1.127 
Tom Barron, England . 4.3 1.577 
Edward Cam, England . 51 1 278 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 89 1.302 
Win. H.. Lyon, New York. 31 1.193 
Happich & Dunks, New York. 4S 1,397 
A. I*. Robinson, New York. 31 1.538 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York.... 48 1,401 
liranford Farms, Connecticut. 38 1,218 
Rranford Farms, Connecticut. 38 1,359 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 45 1,439 
liranford Farms, Connecticut. 51 1,401 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 38 1,036 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 27 1,058 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 53 1.400 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 30 1,252 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Pa. 34 1,072 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut... 45 1,044 
Toth Bros.. Connecticut. 25 1.014 
Janies V. Thomas, New York. 28 1,4135 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 42 1,180 
Roso Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 38 872 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan.... 
32 
995 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 
29 
1,126 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Colltnson, England . 
38 
1,443 
Silver Campines. 
Vne'Ywn Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. 
39 
1,238 
Lewis E. I’rickett, Connecticut. 
40 
1,109 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
25 
913 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland. 
29 
947 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pen nock, Florida. 
15 
516 
Obed S. Knight, Rhod’e Island. 
2) 
955 
B. P. Nnse, Connecticut.. 
33 
1,102 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Pa. 
35 
1.025 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
24 
1,066 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Care of Rooster ; Fireplace. 
IIow can I winter an imported White 
Leghorn rooster so he will be in perfect 
condition for breeding next Spring? I 
have bad him six months and he is in 
fine shape at present. 2. I wish to build 
an old-fashioned fireplace and esnnect it 
with a chimney already built. The chim¬ 
ney is a double flue and is a three feet 
drop from ceiling- Could this be done? 
I want a small one; could I have a stove 
connect with the same chimney ? Stove 
hole is already there. Would it smoke? 
Washington. L. D. B. 
1. Give this rooster as much liberty 
as possible consistent with safety and 
roosting quarters in which he will not 
freeze his comb. Don’t feed him exclu¬ 
sively upon corn and don’t shut him up in 
a tight, unventilated coop. See that he 
hits water, enough to eat, but is not 
stuffed, and ample opportunity for exer¬ 
cise. 
2. I see no reason why you cannot 
connect a fireplace with the chimney you 
have. The' rule is that a fireplace open¬ 
ing should not have more than 10 times 
the area of the fine; that is, if the flue 
is ten inches square, the opening of the 
fireplace into the room should not exceed 
ten hundred square inches in area. If 
a stove connected with this flue smoked, 
closing the fireplace with a sheet iron, 
or Summer front, while the stove was in 
use would probably remedy the trouble. 
M. B. D. 
Hens Without Males. 
Is it a settled fact that hens lay its 
well without the company of males? Are 
they kept without in the egg-laying con¬ 
tests? I have been without males the 
last two years and my hens certainly 
have not laid satisfactorily. E. L. s. 
Massachusetts. 
It is generally supposed that it makes 
no difference with a hen’s laying, whether 
there are male birds in the pens or not. 
Rut so far as I know, there have never 
been any scientific experiments made to 
determine the facts. It would be an ex¬ 
ceedingly difficult thing to do. A hen 
lays best when she is happy and con¬ 
tented, pleased with her surroundings, 
and of course, supplied with all the ele¬ 
ments necessary for egg production. Some 
people contend that hens lay better when 
there are no males with them, hut there 
is no proof that it is true. The proba¬ 
bility is that it makes little if any differ¬ 
ence, other conditions being equal, 
whether male birds are present or not. 
That E. L. S.’s hens “do not lay satis¬ 
factorily,” may be due to improper feed¬ 
ing, or housing, or breeding, or any one 
of a hundred things, other than the pres¬ 
ence or absence of a male. 
GEORGE A. COSGROVE. 
The Milk-fed Poultry Business. 
I desire to enter into the milk-fed 
poultry fattening business and would ap¬ 
preciate your advice. Could you let me 
know where I could purchase fresh eggs, 
also broilers and other fowls? My inten¬ 
tions are to locate on a farm not more 
than 110 miles from New York City, so 
that I can deliver to my customers in 
the city, whom I have secured since the 
last few years. My idea is to have a fat- 
t ming system where I shall fatten and 
l ill all poultry on my place, so that I 
shall be delivering fresh killed poultry 
the year around. Do you think it would 
te a good idea for me to get a job in 
some fattening plant and spend a few 
months with them before opening a plant 
of my own? h. i. n. 
The first point to consider is that 
whether a person is selling milk-fed or 
other dressed poultry, he comes in com¬ 
petition either directly or indirectly with 
that sold by the big packing houses in 
Chicago, who have a great advantage over 
anyone who produces and sells the fresh 
article, in that they can buy up the 
poultry of farmers till through the Middle 
Western States at a very low price dur¬ 
ing a certain portion of the year, fatten 
them in their own fattening stations and 
hold them in cold storage until required 
for use, which may be in six months or a 
year, and while the dealers all know what 
they are handling, the fact remains that 
most of the consumers think they are 
eating fresh.killed poultry, The immense 
quantity of this refrigerator stuff which 
floods the market must have a decided 
influence toward reducing the price of 
all market poultry making it extremely 
difficult for a small poultry farm to com¬ 
pete successfully under these conditions, 
unless you have a private trade which is 
willing to pay an extra price for a fancy 
article. 
In New York or New Jersey, whore 
you would he likely to locate, practically 
every commereal poultry plant keeps 
White Leghorns. Although this variety 
makes good broilers, they are too small 
for the best results in milk-feeding, and 
it is not an easy matter to find just the 
right kind for this purpose, except per¬ 
haps in certain localities during a few 
months in the Fall. You could, no doubt, 
gain valuable information by visiting the 
Little Compton district in Rhode Island, 
where the famous South Shore roasters 
tire produced for the Boston market, also 
Swedesboro, N. J., where there are sev¬ 
eral very successful plants which produce 
:i fancy grade for the Philadelphia mar¬ 
ket. If you could secure a position in 
some first class fattening plant for a 
few months it would no doubt be time 
well spent. M. b. d. 
Do?;s rnicl aferffgots* 
FERRETS FOR SALE Eooklet ftnd price list frfi0 - 
JN3. F. MURRAY, New London, 0. 
Cnrrolo—pairs an6 dozen lots. Stamp for 
rerreis p x i co list. CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, O. 
FVrvcxFc Either color, large or 
a crreis mi octic slna n ; mated pairs or dozen 
lots. Choico stock. C. H. Keefer & Co., Greenwich. Ohio 
Shepherd Dogs 
Wanted 
Two well trained shepherd dogs, not under 
two years of age. Give full description and 
price. Preferably, male and female. 
Thomas G. Plant, Moultonboro, N. H. 
Pnllio Dnno—The intelligent kind. Also Blond- 
uUHIB rUJJo hounds. Nolsou’s, Grove City, Fa. 
5-Month Thoroughbred 
Airedale Females, $10 
W. H. DOW & SON, - Middlebury, Vt. 
Pune at reasonable prices. Sent C. O. 
T ups j). or „„ approval. Catalog free. 
Edwin A. Souder, _ ltox R, Telford, Pa. 
EOIGREED COLLIE PUPS S5—Females hi whelp cheap. 
ALTAVISTA FARM, Darlington.Md. 
P 
Alrorlolo Pimnioo for sale. Three months; fine pedigree. 
Aireuaie ruppies OiUlGI.OCKKN FARM, Hound Hr,.ok, .Y.J. 
Full Blood Female Airedale Puppp^ r \Vkef Ye°r r 
FKKD’K M. PEASLEY, - Cheshire, Conn. 
FOX, COON, SKUNK AND RABBIT HOUNDS 
broke to gun and field, by experienced hunters. 
Coon, fox and rabbit hound pups, and extra fine 
ones, $5 each. Order now and be acquainted with 
your dog by hunting season. Stamp for photos. 
H. C. LYTLE, _ Fredericksburg, Ohio 
You Want More Profit 
Mr. Poultrykeeper, the most vital problem 
in the path to protit is the question of strain. 
Get Tom Barron’s strain—the strain that 
has proved best by test at ail 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 priers 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. 
Writen pedigree sent with each consign¬ 
ment. 
Tom Barron 
Catforth, Preston, England 
/ export anywhere 
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BEST SQUAB PRQDUCEBS 
Breeding Stock For Sale 
ALBIDA FARM, "aSSf- 
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 and 
animals. WM. J. 1VIACKENSEN, Natural¬ 
ist. Department lo, Yard ley, Pa. 
Ifolion nuoon«A'he best stock obtainable. 
Italian Queens Untested, 75c.: tested, $1.25. 
N. Ilaledon, N. J. 
FRED YAHN, 
I 
QUEENS 
— Three-Band Italians Only 
Queens are large, vigorous, and 
prolific producing bees that 
are gentle hardy and industrious. Untested. $1.00; 
tested, $1.50: return mail. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
W. K. ROCKWELL, . Bloomfield, Ct. 
Tfl IfKIlRF BEST 0F LAYERS THIS FALL AND WINTER. 
iu mounc ST0CK MUST HflVE proper care and feed 
We have a Chick Mash 
that is tlie greatest feed yet offered for producing 
Inters. Send for circular and price list. 
WM. ORR & SONS, Box 8, Orr’s Mills, N. Y. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND JS CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers- New Egg Cases 
SEND FOR FREE CATALOGl" 7 DESCRIBING OUR 
Modern Poultry Equipment 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y. 
TOM BARRON’S 
WINNERS 
HIGHEST BREEDERS IN AMERICA 
CONTEST WYANDOTTES—283, 282, 274, 268 
WORLD RECORD BIRD—a Leghorn—288 
BUFF ROCKS—280, 272, 265, 263 
S. C. REDS—243 
Catalog 
MORRIS FARM, R. 4, Bridgeport, Conn. 
All breeders tested ; free of white diarrhea 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
350 year-old hens; heavy layers of largo white 
eggs. Nice, large fowl with large comb that 
1 - ps to one side. $1 each. 
IK A H. HULSE, - Calverton, L. I., N. Y. 
DIBS SI STTQ FOR SALE S - C. W. LEGHORN 
1 Raised on unlimited range in 
« w ■ w orC hard affording ample shade. 
Recommended for winter egg production—BOOK 
YOUR ORDER NOW. For further particulars 
apply to, GILEAD EGO FARM, Carmel, New York 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN HENS 
For breeders—bred to shell out eggs in winter, and 
do it. Tested 12 years. 10 hens, one cockerel, $12. 
100 bens, lOcockerels,$110. Willis Stewart, Franklin, N.Y. 
s F ALE-Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets“£ d Yuy 
hatched. Raised on free range. SI0NE1FIGH POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, E. C. Frampton, Solebury, Bucks Co., Pa. 
ACME QUALITY PULLETS & YEARLINGS 
S. C. W. Leghorns, Heavy-laying strain. 
WY-UAB FARM, - Denton, Md. 
Forced to Soli 
500 EFFICIENCY breeders—S. 0. White Leghorns 
—at $75 per 100. (’rates extra; returnable. 
Columbia Foultry Farm, Toms River, N. J. 
200 S. C. White Leghorn Breeding Hens 
75 cents and $1 each. 
J. L. LEE, . - Carmel, N. Y. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm Sens 1 aulS, 1 !? 
15 for$10. 500 PULLETS —ready to lay big, handsome, 
healthy birds, ;it 51.ha each. Satisfaction guaranteed— 
yourmoney back if dissatisfied. II. I'LN.YY, Hattttuek, N.Y. 
PULLETS 
Barron’s Leghorns. 248-200-egg stock. Imported 
direct. 3k! months old pullets, $1.50 each: 20 ror$25. 
2'u months old, $1 each; 70 for $25. 6 yearling hens 
and cock, $10. E. Claude -enes, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
3 months old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
strain. Booking orders now. Write your wants. 
HAMILTON FARM, - Huntington, N. Y. 
Dill 1 CTC-S. C. \V. Leghorn, Ferris. 
■ 1 O Wycoff Strain. February 
and March hatched, 65c. to 90c. each. 50c. pullets all 
gone; others are going. 0. S. MILLER, Bridgewater. Va. 
Rarrnn fnrUreU - SINGLE C0MB WHITE LEGHORNS 
oarron YocKereis Fui | blooded < not cr 0 ssed) 
from heavy-laying strain. 3hj mo.old, large splendid 
birds.$1 each. E. R. RUSSELL, R. F. D.No.2, Chepachef, R.l. 
Barron Leghorn and Wyandotte Cockerels 
early hatched high-pedigreed stock, $2 up. Trap, 
nested breeders Barron Farm, Ctinnellsviile, Pa. 
DURE BARRON LEGHORN April pullets, 
~ $1.00. ALTAVISTA FARM,Darlington, Md. 
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. 
PUIPITC 6 and 8 c 
IlMsIlln back for dead ones. I’ain- 
V III W ■% V phlet free. M. l, \ I VICU 
S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets a mi r R??. r Zt, 
all March hatched, $1.25 to $1.50. Also yearlings. 
Selling out entire tlock. Exceptional opportunity. 
Early Bird Farm, R. F. 0. 1, Hempstead, L. 1., N. Y. 
S.C.WhiteLeghorns-^tirXliZlXti 
far sale. Geo. Frost, Levanna-on-Cayuga, N.Y. 
All 1 (ft V 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. 1. REDS 
Standard bred, high-record stock. 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. Correspond¬ 
ence solicited. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, Bex 0, Temple, New Hampshire 
I 9 If O — Pekin, Rouen and Indian 
^ ^4IV O Runner Ducks. $2 and $3 each. 
Aldhaw Poultry Farm,R. 34, Pboenixville, Pa. 
Land and Water Fowls ’’S3:,™ 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R.2, Athens, Pa. 
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