THE RJJRA.lv NEW-YORKER 
1149 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The forty-fourth weelc of the contest 
gives an output of 3210 eggs, a drop of 
148 eggs from the previous week. The 
only pen in the contest to reach 50 eggs 
this week was Dr. Sanborn’s Buff Wyan- 
dottes; this gives them first place for the 
week. Windsweep Farm’s White Leg¬ 
horns are a close second with 49 to their 
credit. Storrs’ sour-milk pen of White 
Wyandottes tie with N. W. Hendryx's 
pen of White Leghorns for third place, 
with scores of 48 each. The three leading 
pens in the total score are: Tom Barron’s 
White Leghorns. 1.775 eggs; Judge F. M. . 
Beasley’s White Leghorns 1.7G0; Wind- 
sweep Farms’ White Leghorns, 1,750. 
Storrs’ sour-milk fed pen of White Leg¬ 
horns are oniy one egg behind, 1.749 being 
their total. This gives the first four 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 5 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Poughoregan Farm, Maryland. 28 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennoek, Florida. 8 
Obed S. Knight. Rhode Island. 14 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 13 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Pa. 34 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 20 1.186 
971 
1,078 
554 
1,051 
1,207 
1,161 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
places to White Leghorns. Rhode Island 
Reds from Hillview Poultry Farm. Ver¬ 
mont. total. 1.747. and Edward Cam’s 
White Wyandottes 1,733. The only other 
pen that has reached 1,700 is A. P. Rob¬ 
inson’s pen of White Leghorns, score 
1.713. An R. I. Red hen—No. 395. in 
pen 40. owned by S. G. McLean, of South 
Glastonbury, Conn., performed the feat of 
laying two full-sized marketable eggs, one 
’•’'gilt after the other, while the attendant 
was in the pen witnessing the remarkable 
, performance. Usually when two eggs are 
laid at once, they are both enclosed in one 
shell and we have the “double yolked” 
egg. which is not very uncommon. 
At Storrs it has been found that once 
in about 20.000 eggs, they will get two 
eggs in a day from some hen, but it is 
very unusual to have both eggs laid one 
immediately after the other. 
The week’s record follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conneetieut. 40 1.401 
Frank I,. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 26 1.313 
Francis L. Lincoln, Connecticut. 26 1,294 
Jules J. Francais, New York. 23 1,050 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 18 1,027 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 46 1.585 
O. A. Foster, California. 30 1,260 
White Rocks, 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massaehnse 
Branford Farms, Connecticut.. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut.. 
1,212 
Buff Rocks. 
White Wyandottes, . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Ed. Cam. England . 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut_ 
Neale Bros.. Rhode Island. 
Mrs. J. I). Beck, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Coun.. 
Mapledale Farm, Connecticut. 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts... 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York... 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. J. C. Dingmau, New York. 
Hillview Poultry Farm. Vermont.... 
Homer I*. Doming, Connecticut. 
Chns. O. Polhemus, New York. 
II. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 
John Backus, Vermont. 
W. II. Bumstead, Connecticut. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts... 
Harry B. (look, Connecticut. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
S. G. McLean, Connecticut. 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut. 
D. E. Warner, Rhode Island. 
II. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 
Light Brahmas, 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 
American Dominiques. 
II. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 
White Leghorns, 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
George Bowles, Connecticut. 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Penn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
Cecil Guernsey. New York. 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 
Chns. N. St. John, New York. 
Jay H. Ernisse, New York. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff. Connecticut. 
AVindswoep Farm, Connecticut. 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Edward Cam, England ..'!!!!! 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 
Win. H. Lyon, New York. 
Happich & Danks, New York. 
A. P. Robinson, New York. 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 
Rranford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 
S J. Rogers, New York. 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm. Pa. 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut... 
Toth Bros.. Connecticut. 
James N. Thomas, New York. 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan... 
0. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 
Black Leghorns. 
J Collinson, England . 
Silver Campines. 
Uneowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut. 
42 
1.279 
35 
1,482 
26 
1,226 
33 
1,229 
33 
1,173 
23 
1,696 
34 
1,733 
39 
1,371 
41 
1,519 
36 
1,405 
37 
1,281 
48 
1,538 
30 
1,019 
21 
1,286 
50 
1,383 
29 
1,137 
31 
1,320 
26 
1,065 
45 
1,747 
45 
1,502 
37 
1,581 
28 
1,268 
34 
1,429 
22 
1,141 
39 
1,501 
26 
1,274 
36 
1.166 
37 
1,188 
41 
1,550 
30 
1,343 
19 
1,298 
29 
1,170 
13 
1,452 
26 
1,320 
39 
1,391 
15 
845 
30 
952 
21 
1,020 
18 
918 
26 
1,158 
39 
1,517 
43 
1,272 
48 
1,644 
39 
1,607 
32 
1,308 
32 
1,054 
27 
1,174 
26 
1,253 
37 
1,418 
43 
1,562 
47 
1,749 
16 
1,265 
49 
1,750 
37 
1,434 
49 
1,612 
34 
1,490 
46 
1,760 
33 
1,286 
44 
1,775 
38 
1,446 
31 
1,502 
29 
1,322 
39 
1,574 
43 
1,713 
35 
1,565 
27 
1,360 
20 
1,480 
39 
1,594 
36 
1,626 
42 
1,205 
29 
1,176 
45 
1,570 
21 
1,361 
28 
1,209 
32 
1,193 
20 
1,116 
21 
1,532 
37 
1,352 
33 
1,002 
38 
1,134 
20 
1,210 
37 
1,598 
40 
1,390 
44 
1,276 
A Bulletin on the Egg-laying Contest. 
Not a day passes that we do not have 
letters asking about the egg contest at 
Storrs, where the Favorite Hens are at 
work. The Storrs. Conneetieut, Experi¬ 
ment Station at Storrs I*. O. has now 
issued Bulletin 82, which gives the full 
story of the third annual International 
Egg Laying Contest. The reader will find 
it all here—a history of these contests 
and all about the operation. The houses 
are fully described and the trap-nest fully 
illustrated and explained. The method of 
feeding is given and the mixture or ration 
of grain or dry mash. Then we have a 
full statement of the results from the 82 
pens which competed last year, with cost 
of feed, financial results, weight of eggs 
and many other details. The bulletin is 
just what our people want in order to 
study this contest. It was found that the 
larger breeds like “Rocks,” Reds and 
Wyandottes consumed 80.34 pounds of 
feed per year for each hen. This meant 
41.07 pounds of dry mash and 40.07 
pounds of grain. Figured down closer it 
means 3.45 ounces of feed per day. The 
Leghorns averaged for each hen 31.0 
pounds of mash and 45.2 of grain, which 
means 3.30 ounces of feed per day for 
each hen. It will be seen that the Leg¬ 
horns consuin d about as much grain as 
the larger birds—the latter eating more 
dry mash. Of the 82 pens of 10 hens 
each, the loading pen (White Leghorns) 
made the best financial showing. These 
10 hens laid 2.088 eggs during the year. 
I hose eggs weighed 249.25 pounds—so 
each hen weighing pernaps four pounds 
laid 24.92 pounds of eggs or about six 
times her weight. These eggs were valued 
at $59.21, while the feed cost $10.07. This 
leaves a profit of $42.52, or $4.25 per 
lien with eggs figured at market prices. 
Compare this with the Hope Farm man’s 
“scrubs.” These birds laid 1.287 eggs, 
which weighed 105.12 pounds. These 
lions laid about three times their weight. 
The eggs were worth $31.70, and the feed 
™ t ^ lus giving a profit of 
$lo.28! We must remember that there 
■were more than a dozen pens of purebred 
liens which gave a smaller profit than 
these “scrubs.” There is great chance 
for study in this excellent bulletin. The 
thousands who have followed the contest 
should have this pamphlet. 
Woodchucks and Chickens. 
To settle a discussion, will you inform 
me whether the woodchuck attacks chick¬ 
ens? It has always been the impression 
of the writer that the woodchuck is a 
plant or vegetable eater only. 
New York. j. r. h. 
So far as we know the woodchuck is 
a vegetarian entirely. It is a sullen and 
quarrelsome animal,‘and might attack a 
chicken if the latter interfered with him 
or his food. For instance, woodchucks 
sometimes go into farm gardens to eat. A 
Game or Bantam rooster might attack 
tlie stranger and there would be a fight. 
Can any reader tell us about this? 
Speaking of the strange things which ani¬ 
mals will do the following from the St. 
Albans (lermont) Messenger is appro¬ 
priate : 
W. L. Plumley of North Clarendon has 
a freak dog whose specialty is climbing. 
The highest climb he ever made was 32 
feet. _ Veterinarians and others who have 
examined the dog’s feet are at a loss to 
understand how he grips a tree trunk in 
climbing. His nails are like those of the 
ordinary dog, though possibly a trifle 
more pointed, and the fleshv pads of his 
feet are perhaps a little broader. So ac¬ 
customed to height is the dog that he 
sleeps in tree branches 20 feet above the 
ground. He is three years old and part 
pug and part bull. 
You Lose a Dollar Bill 
every time you feed your hens. If they don’t lav. 
We have 300 vital, red-blooded S. C. White 
Leghorn breeders for sale, the choice of a flock 
of oOO. These birds, or their antecedents, for 3 
successive years have won 1st utility pen at our 
local shows. UTILITY MEANS LAYING. 
You are after eggs in paying quantities, and 
our breeders will place your Hock on a profit¬ 
paying basis. Ask our customers.' You will not 
miss this opportunity to purchase your breed'- 
ers (your future eggs) at a reasonable figure. 
Quality considered the price is just right, with 
a special low rate to you in quantity. Tomor¬ 
row may be too Bute; write or phone todav 
COLUMBIA POULTRY’FARM, Toms River, N H 
Phone Toms River 47-R. 
For Sale A Large Type of S.G.W. Leghorn Pullets 
and year-old liens. Heavy egg producers Wvckoff 
strain direct. J. M. CASK, Gilboa, New York 
LEGHORN PULLETS K and^April 
SYCAMORE VoULTRyFARM 1 iaUee shettwl > sbiSf^Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS a 
3ts for sale $1 25 to 
ll GEO C FROOT e,i YEARLING HENS $70 per m 
iKUsT, Levanna, Cayuga Co,, N. Y. 
$4.67 
NET 
PROFIT 
PER 
BIRD 
TOM BARRON’S $4i 7 
WINNERS 
NET 
PROFIT 
PER 
BIRD 
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. 
BARRON'S CONTEST WYANDOTTES at Pennsylvania. Connecticut and Missouri. 1913 - 
flve bird s'" This 11 ™’ 1 haVC stouk anct egBS fr ° ra aH these P uns f °r sale. They are in all twenty- 
Flock of 25 Birds Averaged $4.67 per 
PROFIT 
BIRD 
L°°' lld sdow a s * ngl ® bird;gave a net profit of $6.81. But that is not the farmer’s way, he wants the 
1 he above figures are based on official records, facts, and costs worked out at the 
Storr s College. Conn. 1 have birds laying 282, 274, etc. 
RECORD LEGHORN, 388 EGGS. I Imported direct from the English Exner. 
Station a, cockerel from the 288th hen—World's Official Record, also stock from birds of 281 , 255 
ejjgs—an Barron s Best. 
BUIF ROCKS, 280, 272, 265, 263. I will furnish Buffs for Contests, and guarantee pen 
aveiages ot l'JU-JuO eggs, or no sale. S. O. REDS, 247, 243. p 
ALL IN MY CATALOG OF FACTS. 
MORRIS FARM - - BRIDGEPORT, R. 4, CONN. 
All Breeders tested by Storr’s; free of White Diarrhea. 
r Sanitary .cozy.portable, - 
durable. Open-air front;rcmovable,ad just- 
able floor. Quickly converted into Breeding 
Pen.Brooder.Colony orLaying House. Light 
and sunny. Cheaper and better than home- 
built. Lastsa lifetime. Same materials as our 
' fajnous silos. Cold, heat,rodent and lice 
^vPXOof. Send for illustrated literature 
and price list. 
Unadilla Silo Co. 
Box c, Unadilla, N. Y. 
SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE DESCRIBING OUR 
Modern Poultry Equipment 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y. 
Italian Queens 
FRED YAHN, 
-The best stock obtainable. 
Untested, 75c.; tested, $1.25. 
- N. Haledon, N, j. 
Land and Water Fnwk at attractive prices. 2et. 
Ldiiu diiu tidier ruwis s t ;i ,,, p lor ,. Jlta i opne . 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R.3, Athens, Pa. 
110 1C Pekin, Rouen 
UUV/IVO Runner Ducks. 
and Indian 
— — — -—- a.uuuci linens. $2 and $3 each. 
Aid ham Poultry Farm.R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa. 
4Q INDIAN RUNNER AND BUFF DRPINGTDN DUCKS for sale 
at farmers’ prices. Geo. Williamson. Flanders. N. J. 
CARNEAUPIGEONS 
BEST SQUAB PRODUCERS 
Breeding Stock For Sale 
ALBIDA FARM, 
NIANTiC, 
CONN. 
garia^'anrf 1 Englis!; PARTRIDGES |, PHEASANTS 
Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 
Babbits, 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. VV'M. J. MACKKNSKN, Natural¬ 
ist, Department 1<>, Yardley, Pa. 
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, 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 PUULTRY FARM. Box 17, Centre Harbor. N. H. 
English Black Leghorns 
Have averaged to lay 157 eggs each in 
the first ten months of the laying contest 
at Storrs. Will sell the pen at close 
of competition, October 31st next. 
JNO. COLLINSON, Care of Poultry Dept., Storrs,Conn. 
800 S.C. White Leghorn PulletsBr“''U 
lay. Exceptional quality. A.W. Plass, Riclimoiiciville.N.Y. 
1800 S. C. W. Leghorns"]^hatched 
Pullets, and 1400 Yearling Hens for sale. JOHN H. 
WARFEL & SON, Elizabeth Poultry Farm, Rohrerstown, Pa. 
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. 
10(1 hens, 10 cockerels, $110. Willis Stewart, Franklin, N Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
500 yearling hens—$84 per 100. 
April Cockerels—$2 each. 
WM. II. LYON, - Levanna, N.Y. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
SEND 15 CENTS FOR SAMPLE 
New Flats and Fillers- New Egg Gases 
Tfl IN SURF BEST 0F l^ers this fall and winter, 
IU inotmc ST0CK MUST HflVE PROPER CARE AND FEED 
We have a Chick Mash 
that is the greatest feed yet offered for producing 
layers. Send for circular and price list. 
WM. OKK & SONS, Box 8, Orr’.s Mills, N. Y. 
'V 
5,000 S. C. White Leghorn 
Pullets—March Hatch 
>- Utility Leghorns Exclusively - < m 
These birds are specially bred for consti¬ 
tutional vigor and heavy egg production. 
Let usstock your plant with chickens 
that have made the largest poultry farm 
a commercial success. Correspondence 
solicited. Visitors are cordially invited. 
Special Prices on Large Orders 
Laurelton Farms 
Box H Lakewood, N. J. 
World's Greatest Layers 
7* 
282 
EGGS 
PER 
YEAR 
S# C. W. Leghorns, W. Wyandottes, 
S. C. It. I. Iteds, Huff Orpingtons 
PROOF 1st prize Leghorns, North Am. 
Contest; 5 hens laid 1139 eggs; Reds 1st 
prize, fi\e hens laid 1043 ejrgrs highest official 
Red record; Wyandottes, Missouri Egg Con- 
hens laid 2006 eggs, over 200-cjfg aver¬ 
age. Most profitable poultry known. Reduced 
Prices on Breeding Stock, Hatching eggs *2 
ce * ». Frce “ Stor y of tlie 200-Fffg 
H^n. Contains valuable information that 
will increase your egg yield. Address 
tiie penna. poultry farm 
Box i> Lancaster, Pa. 
Vm. 
3000 WHITE LEGHORNS 
Dan Young’s Strain, exceptional layers. 
TWO YR. OLD 
YEARLINGS 
MARCH PULLETS 
APRIL PULLETS 
MARCH COCKERELS 
Special reduction on lots of 100 and over 
WHITE FEATHER POULTRY FARM, Haworlh, N.J. 
LINCOLN’S LEGHORNS 
Winners in Connecticut International Egg-Lay¬ 
ing contest. Cockerels. Bullets, Yearlings for sale 
FRANCIS F. LINCOL N, Mt. Carmel,:Conn! 
Barron Leghorn and Wyandotte Cockerels 
early hatched high-pedigreed stock, $2 up Trap- 
nested breeders Barron Farm, Cannellsville. Pa- 
60 
c.-S. C. W. Leghorn Hens-.^'SS 
XT 
Barron’s Leghorns. 248-260-egg stock. Imported 
direct. 4 months old pullets, $1.50 each* 20foj£f> 9 5 
3 months old, $1 each; 30 for $25. 6 yearling (Wins 
and cock, $10. E. Claude Jones, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
3 months old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
HA Ml TTnii'p ““'V. Write your wants. 
HAMIT,TON FARM, - Huntington, N. Y. 
Barron CockerelsTi!;.®.^*” 1 ' 1 !,?, !,nd Wyan- 
,, . ... duties. From selected 
Barron trapnested linns, mated to imported Barron 
cchov ereds wiUi pedigrees from 248 to 272—$2 each 
^ • TURNER, - AVest Hartford, Conn* 
S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets 
hatched, $1.25. L. E. INGOLDSBY, Hardwick* Sem’y. N. y! 
—ks Tom Barron 
str a in. April 
Barron Leghorn Gockerels7 3 re a ^ n 4 ";;’^ s 2 <^ r 
$1. Sturdy fellows. RANSOM FARM, Chaorin Falls, Ohio 
BARRON COCKERELS 
from stock direct. Leghorn records, 284-260 Wyan¬ 
dottes. 283-275. Mr. L. E. Heasley, Holland, Mich. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 
D. W. YOUNG’S STRAIN 
1.000 choice yearling hens at 75c and $1.00 each during 
Sept, and Oct. Special bred for layers on free farm 
range all their lives. Choice breeding pens of 10 
bens 1 cock for $12.00. My book, Profits in Poultry 
Keeping Solved, free with all $10 orders. Circular 
Free. ED6AR BRIGGS. BOX 75. PLEASANT VALLEY, N. Y. 
Knapp-Wyckoff S.C.W. Leghorns 
I tee range raised. The very best “ Utility” strain. 
“CHaIe^ 
S. C. W. LEGHORN PULLETS FOR SALE 
April hatched, healthy and from heavy laving 
stock. 75 cents each for delivery before Sept. 15th. 
Sunny Orchard Farm, A. K. McGraw, Prop., Haperstown, Md. 
MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARM 
HENS at 70 cents each, or 15 
tor$lU. Satisfaction guaranteed—your money baeli 
if dissatisfied. A. II. Penny, Mattituck, N. Y. 
PULLETS 
FOR SALE-S. C. W. LEGHORN 
March, April and May hatched 
Raised on unlimited rauge in 
well shaded orchard. Recommended for winter egg 
production. Also limited number yearling Hens, 
>o cents each. GILEAD EGG FARM, Carmel, N. Y. 
