THE RURAIi NKW-YOKKER 
1101 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The unexpected gain of 140 eggs last 
week was not quite maintained this week. 
The number laid was 3,585, which is 40 
less than the previous week; but when 
we consider that 3,585 is 51.5 per cent, of 
the possible number if every hen should 
lay every day, we can see that it’s pretty 
good laying for the last of August, and 
for a thousand hens. It is certainly far 
ahead of the average of American poultry. 
(’onnecticut loses first place this week 
in the total score. Tom Barron’s White 
l.eghorns laid 53. 11 eggs more thin 
Judge Beasley’s pen. This makes Bar¬ 
ron's total 1.(578 against Beasley’s 1.0(51). 
Edward Cam’s White Wyandottes have 
laid 1,059. Tom Barron’s Wyandottes 
1,055, and Windsweep Farm’s White Leg¬ 
horns 1.055. ITillview Boultry Farm's 
Rhode Island Reds, and pen No. 00 of 
Storrs Agricultural Station^ (the sour 
milk pen) have each laid 1.052. 
Eleven pens of Leghorns have laid over 
1.500; two pens of Wyandottes have done 
the same, and one pen of R. I. Rods. The 
best comparison, however, is the average 
number laid to date by the different 
breeds. White Leghorns lead, their pen 
average being 1,360.65; White Wyan¬ 
dottes are next with a pen average of 
1,357.7; R. I. Reds are third, their aver¬ 
age being 1.280.1. The two pens of 
Campines average 1.250.5 : Barred Rocks, 
I. 210; White Rocks, 1.218; Orpingtons, 
910; Light Brahmas. 930.5. Dividing 
these pen averages by 10 will give the av¬ 
erage number of eggs laid by each hen. 
The week's score follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark. Connecticut. 30 1,323 
Frank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 39 1.257 
Francis T,. Lincoln. Connecticut. 27 1.248 
Jules J. Francais, New York. 24 1.007 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 40 982 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn.. 30 1.490 
O. A. Foster, California. 29 1.201 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. T.enzen, Massachusetts.... 29 1.157 
Branford Farms. Connecticut. 40 1.193 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 48 1.408 
Branford Farms, Connecticut...!.... 27 1.170 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 38 1,102 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 28 1,108 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England . 32 1,055 
Ed. Cam. England' . 40 1.059 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 30 1,300 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island . 38 1,430 
Mrs. .T. D. Beck, Connecticut. 49 1.330 
Storrs Agr. Staton, Exp. pen. Conn.. 43 1.211 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 47 1.437 
Mnpledale Farm, Connecticut. 30 950 
J. F'. Byron, Connecticut. 37 1.230 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 50 1,283 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star. New York... 30 1.085 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 31 1,201 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. .T. C. Dingman. New York. 13 1.018 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 51 1,052 
Homer P. Doming, Connecticut. 41 1,419 
('has. O. Polhenius, New York. 54 1,498 
II. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 31 .1.199 
John Backus, Vermont. 27 1.350 
W. II. Bumstead. Connecticut. 42 1.091 
Pineerest Orchards, Massachusetts... 42 1,427 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 34 1.222 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 29 1,398 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 17 1.123 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 38 1,470 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 33 1.282 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 44 1.250 
S. <1. McLean, Connecticut. 38 1,103 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut. 32 1,409 
D. E. Warner, Rhode Island . 27 1,273 
II. F. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 34 1,318 
Albert R. Ford', Connecticut. 25 809 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn.. 12 901 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 27 972 
American Dominiques. 
II. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 20 875 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 32 1.105 
Geoage Bowles. Connecticut. 30 1,439 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 43 1.187 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 51 1,550 
Braeside Poultry Farm. Penn. 47 1,521 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 40 1.233 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 35 989 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 28 1.117 
Chas. N. St. John, New York. 22 1,208 
Jay II. Ernisse. New York. 33 1.347 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 44 1,470 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 51 1.052 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff. Connecticut. 28 1,224 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 49 1,055 
James IT. Lord. Massachusetts. 42 1.358 
P. G. Platt. Pennsylvania. 45 1,511 
Dictograph Farm. New York. 38 1.424 
F. M. Peasle.v, Connecticut.A.. 42 1,009 
t'lias. Heigl, Ohio . 44 1,213 
Tom Barron, England . 53 1,078 
Edward Cam, England . 40 1,309 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 37 1.442 
Win. H. Lyon, New York..... 35 1,2(50 
Happich & Danks, New York. 44 1.495 
A. P. Robinson. New York. 42 1,024 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 40 1.492 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 38 1/299 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 33 1,434 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 30 1,518 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 45 l ’550 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 44 l]l20 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 29 1.114 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 40 1,487 
B. J. Rogers, New York. 31 1,312 
stonelelgh Poultry Farm, Penn. 30 1.14V 
Mrs. w. B. Whitlock, Connecticut... 45 1.128 
loth Bros., Connecticut. 30 1.073 
James V. Thomas, New York. 20 1,488 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 45 1,273 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 31 939 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan_ 31 1.058 
<>. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 20 1.171 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Gollinson, England . 39 1,522 
Silver Campines. 
j'ncowa Poultry Yards. Connecticut.. 39 1.313 
l ewis E. Prieliett, Connecticut. 39 1,188 
Light Sussex. 
I)r - K - R- Conrad) New Jersey. 23 901 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland.... 35 1,018 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Penuock, Florida. 9 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 31 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 41 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Penn.. 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City. 
536 
1,021 
1,173 
35 1,093 
31 1,127 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Green Rape and Eggs 
On page 796 a correspondent writes 
of egg yolks having unusual color after 
hens feeding on rape. Our experience 
has been that hens confined without green 
feed and then allowed in a plot of grow¬ 
ing plants of any kind will at first lay 
eggs with green-tinted yolks which do 
not look very nice but are good for 
food. We use the double yard system, 
and at times when weather is dry one 
yard will become bare before the other 
has grown enough green feed to let 
the hens into it. When we do let them 
in they are ravenous, and gorge them¬ 
selves. which causes the color in the 
eggs. To prevent this we do not allow 
the hens into the green feed until near 
nightfall for two or three days, and 
finally they are allowed in for the whole 
day, but still have access to the bare 
yard for a few days until it is plowed 
and ready to be seeded again. 
Long Island. george n. coxnor. 
I note an inquiry concerning “Rape 
and Eggs.” There is no question that 
turning fowls into rape, especially young 
and tender plants, will cause a coloration 
and disagreeable taste of the eggs. Feed 
as you know lias a direct effect upon 
the eggs. Our remedy was to use Al¬ 
falfa in place of rape. The rape can be 
fed as a soiling crop in moderation with 
good results. m. f. 
New .Terser. i 
Price of Incubator Eggs. 
Next season I am going to increase the 
incubator capacity of our cellar. We 
have 500 purebred Leghorns; I think that 
we shall sell all of our eggs for hatching; 
we had quite a trade in day-old chicks. 
We need 1.700 eggs per week to keep our 
incubators running at full capacity. I 
have a few neighbors who have purebred 
Leghorns and intend to furnish them cock¬ 
erels from my plant to mate with their 
Leghorns and buy eggs from them to 
hatch chicks for the day-old chick trade, 
the chicks to soli for from $10 to $12 per 
100. What would be a fair price to 
pay for these eggs, or how much should 
I pay over the local price? 
are on free range. 
Ohio. 
Those hens 
J. P. G. 
Local market conditions would influ- 
<‘iico the price to he paid for such eggs, 
hut. in my own locality, where day-old 
chicks sell for from $10 to $12 per hun¬ 
dred. eggs from purebred fowls of good 
strain may be purchased at from $4 to $(> 
per hundred during the hatching season. 
This is in Southern New York; I am 
not acquainted with the range of prices 
in Ohio. m. b. d. 
Diseased Fowls. 
I recently killed two hens and found 
the bodies full of liquid when opened 
and there was something of an odor. In 
one case also a small section of the in¬ 
testine seemed to be hardened and kinky. 
The hens gave no sign while alive of 
being out of order, so far as I noticed, 
and the flesh of both looked perfectly 
good, although we did not use it. Can 
you tell me what the trouble may have 
been? Was it a dropsical condition, and 
if so what might have been the cause? 
Would the fowls be good for table use 
under these conditions? 
New York. f. m. l. 
Fluid in the intestinal cavity is usu¬ 
ally the result of peritoneal inflamma¬ 
tion. and I do not understand why these 
fowls did not show evidence of sickness 
if it was there during life. Is it not pos¬ 
sible that in dressing them you cut into 
intestines and permitted the escape of 
fluids from them? I should not care to 
eat the Hesh of fowls showing such evi¬ 
dence of disease, hut I cannot say posi¬ 
tively that it would be unwholesome. All 
depends upon what the real conditions 
present were. m. b. d. 
Hen Rations. 
but I would like, still better, the addition 
of gluten feed, which you can probably 
buy, making the dry mash consist of equal 
parts, by weight, of cornmeal. bran, mid¬ 
dlings, gluten feed and beef scrap. No 
of whites and yolks 
ingredients of any 
capable of supplying 
out. but no one could 
of the food would he 
doubt the number 
that the various 
formula would be 
might he figured 
know how much 
used in making whites and yolks and how 
much would be used in supplying the 
bodily functions of the hens that ate the 
food. Such computations are all right 
for the experimental laboratories, hut are 
most too involved for practical poultry- 
men; let’s not go into it too deeply. 
M. It. I). 
Restless Chicks. 
What can be the matter with my 
chicks? They are about four weeks old. 
I feed them cracked corn, oyster shells 
and they have no limit for their running 
ground. They also have plenty of green 
food, but they peep about all' the time. 
They have as much corn- as they will 
eat. There seems to be something lack¬ 
ing. R. g. 
If cracked corn and oyster shells con¬ 
stitute the whole diet of these chicks, 
there is much lacking in their ration. 
Young chicks should have soft food. and. 
to do their host, should have meat in 
some form, either beef scrap, fish scrap 
or meat meal. Cornmeal, wheat mid¬ 
dlings and bran constitute the basis of 
most chick mashes; to these meat scrap 
or meal and sometimes other ground 
grains are added. Up to four weeks 
chicks should have soft food two or three 
times daily and small cracked grains 
twice. Your chicks that peep all the time 
are probably hungry. ,\r. b. d. 
MAKE HENS LAYH 
more eggs: larger, more vigorous chicks; 
l lcavier towls, by feeding cut bone. 
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cuts fast, ^asy, line; never 
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WF. W. MANN CO., Box 1 5. MILFORD, MASS. 
BONE CUTTER 
fine; never clogs. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND 15 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers- New Egg Cases 
ALBIDA FARM, 
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lats and Fillers-New Egg 
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Modern Poultry Equipment 
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Breeding Stock For Sale 
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Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
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Pheasants. Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Beautiful 
swans, Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes, 
Squirrels, Ferrets, and all kinds of birds and 
animals. WM. ,). MACKENSEN. Natural¬ 
ist. Department lo, Yard ley, I’a. 
Italian Oupene—The best stock obtainable. 
. ... eenS Untested, 75c.: tested, $1.25. 
FRED YAHN, - N. Haledon, N. J. 
Belgian Harps^Liidi-rfrade stock at moderate 
Deigldnnares prices. Price list upon applica¬ 
tion. F. G. OUTTON, Fayetteville. Onondaga Co., New York 
GRAND VIEW POULTRY FARM 
Offers for sale 1200 S. C. White Leghorns, White Rock, 
and R. L Reds yearling hens and pullets; 700 pure red 
English strain yearling S.C. White Leghorn hens at 75c. 
each. These are large in size and have fine shape and 
type and are in full lay. Will have to go to make room 
for young stock. These arc of exceptional value. Write 
for price lists. Address 
GRAND VIEW POULTRY FARM 
R, F. D. 1 WESTMORELAN D - . - N. Y. 
3000 WHITE LEGHORNS 
Dan Young s Strain, exceptional layers. 
TWO YR. OLD, Each, $0.80 
YEARLINGS .... 1.25 
MARCH PULLETS, . . 1.75 
APRIL PULLETS . . . 1.50 
MARCH COCKERELS 2.00 
Special reduction on lots of 100 and over 
WHITE FEATHER POULTRY FARM, Haworth, N. J. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The It. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick 
reply and a "square deal.” See guaran¬ 
tee editorial page. : : : ; 
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 
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 POULTRY FARM. Box 17. Centre Harbor. N. H. 
PULLETS 
BARRED ROCK PULLETS FOR SALE 
•5.) April*]latch pullets at $1 each. Grown on free 
range. Inspection invited. Also S. C. W. Leghorn 
pullets for sale. D.W. Southard & Son, Gilboa, N Y. 
land and Wafer Fowls 
Maple Cove Poultry Ya rds, R.2, Athens, Pa. 
DUCK S _ 7? ekln ’ Rotten and Indian 
rTiT:. R " nner pucks. $2 and $3 each. 
A Id ham Poultry Farin,R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa. 
FOR SALE-S. C. W. LEGHORN 
Raised on unlimited range in 
orchard affording ample shade. 
! for winter egg production-BOOK 
A OCR ORDER NOW. For further particulars 
apply to, GILEAD EGG FARM, Carmel. New York 
LINCOLN’S LEGHORNS 
Winners in Connecticut International Egg-Lay¬ 
ing contest. Cockerels. I’ullets. Yearlings for sale. 
FRANCIS F. LINCOLN, Mt . Carmel, Conn. 
PULL E 
Barron’s Leghorns. 248-260-egg stock. Imported 
direct. 3’g months old pullets, $1.50 each: 20for$25 
i 2'u months old, $1 each; 30 for $25. 6 yearling hens 
and cock, $10. E. Claude .Tones, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
700 While Leghorn Hons— Absolutely 1914 hatched; 
iuu "“BoLegiiurn nens evei . yoneahiKll . classbird; 
I average me., some lower: extra select80c., 85c.; 400 
pullets; very select males cheap; satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed or return any lot at my expense; (ship also 
Waterloo, N.Y.) Circular. GEORGE PHILLIPS, R. 25. Seymour, Conn. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
•! months old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
6. now - Write your wants. 
HAMILTON I’ARM, - Huntington, N. V. 
Barron »nd Wyan- 
tmrron c.ocKereis doltes Prom se i e cted 
Barron trapnested hens, mated to imported Barron 
rorKei els with pedigreBs from 248 to 272—$2 each 
( . A\ . TURNER, - West Hartford, Conn. 
CHICKS 
6 and 8c 
C. O. D. Leg. 
horns. Money 
hack for dead ones. Pam¬ 
phlet free. C. M. LAII VKIt 
Box ?», Kieliflcld, Pu. 
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 hens, 10 cockerels, $110. Willis Stewart, Franklin, N.Y. 
Knapp-Wyckoff S.C.W. Leghorns 
Free range raised. The very best " Utility” strain. 
Pul lets and Cockerels for sale. Write me yourwants. 
" CHASE POULTRY FARM." F. M. Davis. CINCIliNATUS. N. Y. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
15 lor $10. 500 PULLETS—ready to lay—big, handsome, 
healthy birds, at $1.50 each. Satisfaction guaranteed— 
your money back if dissatislied. a. ii. PENNY, Mattituck, N.Y. 
sale— Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets-^ 1 ,^ 
hatched. Raised on free range. STONELEIGH POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, E. C. Frampton, Solebury, Bucks Co.. Pa. 
, 180 ° S -C.W. Leghoms^rif hatched 
I allots, mid 1400 Yearling Hens for sale. JOHN H 
WARFEL & SON, Elizabeth Poultry Farm. Rohrerstown, Pa! 
BARRON COCKERELS 
from stock direct. Leghorn records, 284-260 Wyan¬ 
dottes, 283-275. Mr. L. E. Ileasley, Holland. Mich. 
Barron Leghorn and Wyandotte Cockerels 
early hatched high-pedigreed stock, $2 up. Trap- 
nested breeders Barron Farm, Connellsville, Pa- 
800 S.C. White Leghorn Pulletsi^^^ 
lay, Excep tionalquality. A.W. Plass, Richmondville. N.Y. 
Barron Leghorn Oockerolsi;’,;^,,t, 
$1. Sturdy fellows. RANSOM FARM. Chagrin Falls, Ohi* 
SX.Wh»eLeghorns^Xn\t'^& 
for sale. Geo. I rost,Levanna-on-Cayuga, N.Y. 
—6 and 7e. Leghorns. Money back 
for dead ones. Circular free. 
W. A. LAUVER, Box 1, McAlisterville, Pa. 
CHICKS 
On page BIS Mr. Cosgrove gives a ra¬ 
tion for laying hens. With wheat costing 
$2.10 per hundred we cannot feed much 
of it; we are feeding 100 pounds 
cracked corn. 100 pounds whole oats, and 
for mash 100 pounds cornmeal. 70 pounds 
wheat bran. 20 pounds middlings. 25 
pounds beef scrap. Will you toll me if 
this is a good balanced ration, and does 
it compare with his? Can you give the 
number of yolks and whites in them? 
New York. h. r. s. 
Your ration is rather high in fat-form¬ 
ing elements, and would be bettered by 
the addition of more protein. Corn and 
oats are suitable for whole grains, you 
may be able to add some barley if you 
do not care to buy wheat. Some flocks 
of lions will cat rye well. Your mash 
is too low in meat for the best results. 
If the mash is given dry, beef scrap may 
be added in the proportion of from one- 
sixth to one-fourth of the whole, by 
weight. Equal parts, by weight, of the 
ingredients you mention would not make 
too narrow a mash where corn, oats and 
barley make up the whole grain mixture. 
$4.67 PROFIT 
$4.67 PROFIT 
PER BIRD 
... _ TOM BARRON’S 
WINNERS 
HIGHEST BREEDERS IN AMERICA 
PROFITS OF POULTRY ARE IN THE EGGS 
A Bird That Lays 70 Eggs Just Pays Its Board. Don’t Gamble Your Money Away on Losing 
Strains. Get a Barron Bird from Me, and Make Money From the Start. 
S CONTEST WYANDOTTES ait Pennsylvania, Connecticut anti Missouri, 1913- 
UU, are at my farm. 1 have stock and eggs from all these pens lor sale. They are in all twentv- 
nve birds. This 
FLOCK OF 25 BIRDS AVERAGED $4.67 SK IT 
I could show a single bird'gave a net profit of $6.81. But that;is not the farmer’s'way, he wants the 
flock profits. The above figures are based on official records, facts, and costs worked out at the 
Storr s College, Conn. I have birds laying 282, 274, etc 
WORLD’S RECORD LEGHORN, 288 EGGS. I imported direct from the English Exper 
Station a cockerel from the 288th hen—World s Official Record, also stock from birds of 284 ‘>55 
eggs-all Barron's Best. ’ 
HLIFF ROCKS, 280, 2 i 2, 265, 263, I will furnish Buffs for Contests, and guarantee pen 
averages ot 19U-2U0 eggs, or no sale. S. C. REDS, 247, 243. v 
ALL IN 
MORRIS FARM - 
MY CATALOG OF FACTS. 
BRIDGEPORT, R. 4, CONN. 
All Breeders tested by Storr's; free of White Diarrhea. 
