STHE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The forty-seventh week—ending Sep¬ 
tember 26—shows a decided drop in the 
egg production ; 342 eggs less than were 
laid in the previous weeK. One pen of 
White Orpingtons has not laid an egg in 
two weeks, and their total is less than a 
third of the average number laid by all 
the pens- There is no ouestion at all in 
my mind but that this pen could be taken 
and mated with males from high-produc¬ 
ing hens, and by proper selection in three 
generations their granddaughters would 
lay three times the number of eggs their 
grandmothers did. And this kind of work 
—trap-nesting and selection of the best 
for breeders—is being done all over the 
country with fine results. 
There is a White Leghorn hen in the 
contest at Newark, Del., that has laid 
2S5 eggs up to the forty-seventh week, 
laying every day that week, and bidding 
fair to outlay any hen that ever existed 
in the world- 
Tom Barron’s White Wyandottes take 
first place for the week with the remarka¬ 
ble score of 557. An 81 per cent, lay in 
the last of September is not very common. 
Chas. O. Polhemus’ pen of It. I. Reds tie 
with H. M. Bailey’s pen of same breed 
for second place, each laying 52. The 
relative position of the leading pens in 
the total output has not changed. Tom 
Barron’s White Leghorns still lead with 
a total of 1,911, Judge F. M. Beasley’s 
pen being second with 1,885 to their 
credit, and Storrs Agricultural Station’s 
experimental milk-fed pen being third, 
with a score of 1.876. Windsweep Farms’ 
pen are fourth with a score of 1,869. All 
these pens are White Leghorns. Hillview 
Poultry Farm’s R. I. Reds are now in 
fifth place with a total of 1.853, with Tom 
Rarron’s White Wyandottes only five 
eggs behind them. The week’s record fol¬ 
lows : 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark. Connecticut. 1C, 1.400 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts. 24 1,377 
Francis I,. Lincoln. Connecticut. 39 1.392 
Jules J. Frnncais, New York. 23 1.125 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 23 1.084 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 40 1.717 
O. A. Foster, California . 33 1,370 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lonzcn, Massachusetts. 25 1.295 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 34 1,377 
I'.ranford Farms, Connecticut. 32 1.593 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. l(i 1,280 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 25 1,313 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. nail, Connecticut. 10 1,244 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England . 57 1.848 
Ed. Cam, England . 33 1.825 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 27 1,468 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island . 42 1,048 
Mrs. J. P. Beck, Connecticut. 34 1,520 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 32 1,382 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen. Conn.. 31 1,047 
Mapledale Farm, Connecticut. 24 1,098 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 43 1,405 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts,.. 52 1,520 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York.,.. 20 1,241 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 38 1,432 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. J. C. Dingman, New York. 29 1,182 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 33 1.853 
Homer P. Deming, Connecticut. 30 1,033 
Chas. O. Polhemus, New York. 52 1,724 
II. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 52 1,384 
John Backus, Vermont. 24 1,519 
W. H. Bumstead, Connecticut. 30 3 ,237 
JMnecrest Orchards, Massachusetts... 32 1,004 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 37 1.388 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 19 1,553 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut.. 12 1.252 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 28 1,053 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 27 1,411 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 30 1,373 
S. G. McLean, Connecticut. 29 1,253 
Springdale Farm, Connecticut. 30 1.552 
D. E. Warner, Rbodle Island. 33 1,437 
H. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 19 1,475 
Albert K. Ford, Connecticut. 27 913 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 13 1,012 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 28 1,084 
American Dominiques. 
H. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 21 979 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 22 1,231 
George Bowles, Connecticut. 30 1,019 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 36 1,394 
N. W. Ilendryx, Connecticut. 44 1,784 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Penn. 38 1,728 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 29 1,402 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 25 1,135 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 17 L234 
Chas. N. St. John, New York. 14 1,304 
Jay H. Ernisse, New York. 33 1,507 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 28 1,601 
Storrs Agr. Statiou, Exp. pen. Conn.. 30 1,876 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut. 22 1,327 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 33 1,869 
James H. Lord, Massachusetts. 20 1,522 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 44 1,745 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 23 1,578 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 35 1,885 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 22 1,300 
Tom Barron, England . 39 1,911 
Edward Cam, England . 35 1,555 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 26 1,594 
Wm. R. Lyon, New York. 18 1,396 
Happich & Danks, New York. 29 1,000 
A. P. Robinson, New York. 33 1,819 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 21 1,049 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 29 1,448 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 19 1,539 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 33 1,098 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 20 1,722 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 31 1,317 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 24 1.255 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 34 1,091 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 15 1,423 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Pa. 25 1.290 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock, Connecticut... 19 1,208 
Toth Bros., Connecticut . 14 1.102 
James V. Thomas, New York. 17 1,588 
Suuny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 25 1,453 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 25 1,076 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm. Michigan.... 22 1,220 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 15 1,275 
Black Leghorns. 
0". Oolliuson, England . 28 1,080 
Silver Campines. 
Uncowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. „„ 
Lewis E. Priekett, Connecticut...... 41 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
Salmon Faverolles, 
Doughorogan Farm, Maryland .. 27 1,158 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock, Florida. 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 19 1,127 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut . 21 1,263 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yard's, Pa. 24 1,256 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
80 
1,490 
41 
1,409 
6 
1,003 
27 
1,158 
655 
i.9 
1.127 
21 
1,263 
24 
1,256 
25 
1,259 
Cooking Water-glass Eggs. 
I have a good many eggs in water glass. 
Is there any way to boil them without 
their cracking? f. g. m. 
Minnesota. 
Water glass seals the pores of the egg¬ 
shells and causes them to break from ex¬ 
pansion when cooked in the shell. I 
know of no way to prevent them from 
cracking when boiled, though I would 
suggest trying puncturing the shell with 
a large needle before placing them in the 
water; this occurs to me as a possible 
preventive. m. b. d. 
Intestinal Trouble. 
What is the cause of bens having yellow 
droppings, and what is good to cure 
them? a. s. P. 
New York. 
There are various causes of yellow 
droppings, varying from the presence of 
serious intestinal disease to diarrhoea 
caused by an over supply of meat, green 
food, or some irritating substance eaten 
by the fowls. As yellow droppings are 
not distinctive of any one trouble, I can¬ 
not say what the cause is in the case of 
your fowls, but it will be well to look 
after the food and surroundings of the 
flock. See that they do not have access 
to putrid food or water, that their quar¬ 
ters are clean, that they are not exposed 
to conditions that would be likely to give 
them colds, and that all food given them 
is free from mustiness or decay. Give 
clean water to drink and remove any birds 
known to be sick from the flock, m. b. d. 
Grain Ration ; Barley Meal. 
1. What is a good mixed ration of whole 
grains for a small flock of hens this Win¬ 
ter? I can purchase wheat, rye, barley 
and buckwheat. 2. How is barley meal 
for fattening pigs? c. II. M. 
New York. 
1. The whole grain mixture for laying 
hens in Winter advised by the Cornell 
Experiment Station is 60 pounds wheat, 
60 pounds corn, 30 pounds oats and 30 
pounds buckwheat. This is fed in connec¬ 
tion with a dry mash of ground grains 
containing beef scrap. Barley may be 
substituted in part for the wheat at a 
saving in expense and rye may also he 
used if the fowls will eat it, as many will. 
2. Ground barley is one of the best 
foods for fattening pigs, contributing 
largely to the excellence of the pork pro¬ 
ducts for which Denmark is noted. 
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H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y. 
I am having trouble with my White 
Leghorns; there is a swelling between 
their toes and underneath there is a growth 
like a corn. I found four out of pen of 
24 that way. They are kept on small 
range with plenty of green food given. 
A. G. 
liens are subject to corns or callouses 
on the soles of their feet, presumably 
caused by tight gripping of too small, or 
sharp-edged perches, or to alighting upon 
hard floors when flying from a height. 
The vigorous scratching which they in¬ 
dulge in also tends to produce abrasions 
of the feet which may become infected and 
lead to swelling and pus formation. The 
remedy is to give the fowls smooth, broad 
perches, and, if they are on concrete 
floors, use sufficient litter to protect their 
feet. The edge of a two-inch by four- 
inch scautling, with the edges rounded, 
makes a good, safe perch. m. b. d. 
Leg Weakness. 
I have a Black Langshan pullet that 
appears healthy, eats well and apparently 
always ready for her food, is laying on an 
average five eggs a week, even though she 
is undergoing the molt, but almost con¬ 
tinuously she carries her tail drooping to 
the ground, and frequently when eating 
squats down to her food. What is the 
trouble? r. e. m. 
Squatting while eating is an indication 
of beginning leg weakness, more often 
found in growing chicks than in mature 
fowls. The cause does not seem to be 
certainly known but is ascribed to rheu¬ 
matism, to over-feeding, close confinement, 
too much fattening food like corn and too 
little of the bone and muscle making ele¬ 
ments in the ration. The heavy laying of 
hen you have may, very likely, have con¬ 
tributed tc the weakness arid the rational 
method of caring for her would be to re¬ 
move her from the flock, place her in 
roomy, dry and warm quarters, feed her 
rather lightly, using little corn and con¬ 
siderable bran and oats in the ration, give 
skim milk to drink, if you have it, if not, 
plenty of water and green food. Do not 
try to force egg production, but let the 
hen spend her energies in recovering 
health. M . Bi D> & 
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OYSTER SHELL LIME, Milk Powder, Timothy 
and Clover Seed, Seed Rye, Wheat, etc 
CHARLES H. REEVE & CO., Inc . 179 West St., New York 
For Sale—About 10 Tons Bread Crumbs - ^^ 1 ^ 
Will make excellent hoe or chicken feed. Price] 
$25 ton while they last. O. \V. Roper, Vineland. N. J. 
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 POULTRY FARM. Box 17, Centre Harbo , N. H. 
AUSTIN’S S.C.R.I.REDS 
6 pullets (4 months old) an-i 1 unrelated cockerel. 
for $10. ANNA M. JONES, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
I NDIAN RUNNER, Buff Orpington and Pekin ducks ai 
drakes. Prices reasonable. Geo. F. Williantin, Planters, N 
nilPK Q—Pekin, Rouen and Indian 
Runner Docks. $2 and $3 each 
Aidham Poultry Farrn.R. 34, PhoenixviHe, Pa, 
Land and Water Fnwk at attractive prices. 2ct. 
Ldnu anu tiaier rowis s t a m p for cataloe , Je 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R.2, Athens, Pa. 
Italian 'The best stock obtainable 
Italian v^ueens untested. 7.5c.; t 
FRED YAHN, 
.. tested, $1.25, 
N. Haledon, N. J 
S.C. Black Minorca Stock-SrrJ^rwbfi; 
Indian Runner drakes. G. C. Miller, Oxford-N. J 
c : S'! e ,-l e ?!'" n Pullels t™ 
FAKMLEIGH, - Carmel, N. Y 
S. C. W Leghorn Cockerels^-, 
$2 each. I*, (x. LOCKL y Machias, New Yor 
CHAS. WORRICK, . Middlebury, N. T 
MARCH HATCHED COCKEREL 
Single and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. Barre 
Hocks, from bred-to and do-lay trap-nested steel 
f ree range Single Comb White Leghorn pullet 
laying. C. B. Sanborn Poultry Farm, Laconia N I 
ar.vr.KAL. nunUKtU lUUl FKUUUUNG, PUKE BRbD, 
S. C. White Leghorn Hens 
^Jl- ree<,ers - 100 *P ril S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
COCKERELS. Good sized, well developed and bred 
from high producing hens crossed with White and 
Rice blood. All five point combs and good tail 
carriage. Prices reasonable. Address 
KENOTIN FARM, Washington Mills, N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
200 choice yearling hens, heavy winter layers 
of large white eggs, nice large fowl with large 
comb. 75 CENTS EACH 
ERWIN H. HULSE, CALVERTON, L. 1., N. Y. 
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 ail their lives. Choice breeding pens of iO 
hens 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. 
500 S.C. W. Leghorn Yearling Hens 
D. W. Young and Simon’s 207-Egg strain, $1.50. 
Choice Cockerels and Pullets. Eniden Geese, snow 
white and very large, $3 each. Mammoth Pekin 
Ducks, $2 each. ANTHONY SIMON, Tri- 
States Poultry Farm, PORT JERVIS, N. Y. 
Tom Barron’sWhite Leghorns 
Direct Importers. Purebred yearling hens for breed¬ 
ers. Best trap-nesiod stock. 282-egg strain. It’s 
the strain that counts. Hens, $1.50: cocks. $2: cock¬ 
erels, $1.50. P. F. Rafferty, Marlboro, Mass. 
PULLETS*- 
Imported direct. 248-260-egg stock. 4-mos.-old pul¬ 
lets, $1.50 each: 5-mo. pullets, $2 50. 6 yearling liens 
and cock, $10. Barron’s Wyandottes: 4 hens and 
cockerel $10. E. Claude Jones, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
BARRON’S LEGHORNS 
248-260-egg stock. Imported direct. Yearling hens, 
pullets, cocks and cockerels in lots of 6 or ID at rea¬ 
sonable prices. Also Austin's -S. It. I. Red pul¬ 
lets and cockerels. S. W. Jones, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
Barron Leghorn Cockerels^; 1 7 5 c d ami $1 
each. Free range grown. RANSOM FARM, Chagrin Falls, 0. 
BARRON COCKERELS 
from stock direct. Leghorn records. 284-260. Wyan- 
dottes, 283-275. Mr. L. E. Heasley, Holland. Mich. 
Tom Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
from Imported 258-egg Sire, and trap-nested liigh- 
rocord mothers. $2, $3, $4. HARRY B. COOK, Orange, Conn. 
S. 0. W. LEGHOBH PULLETS .Ifk&i 
hatched. Raised on free range. Also HENS. 
SYCAMORE POULTRY FARM, Shelter Island, N. Y. 
White Leghorn Pullets and Gockerels^^J', 0 ”^ 
Wyckoff’s strain. Vigorous, Farm Range grown 
birds from record layers. Also yearling hens and 
cocks. Prices Right. R.T.Ewing, Atlantic, Pa. 
For Sale- 50 Fine W. Leghorn Cockerels 
guaranteed Peasley best strain. Ahead of all others 
in IStorrs' contest Aug. 1st. $1.50 each. 
ROAD’S END, _ S. Berlin, N. Y. 
1800 S. C. W. LeghomS“( V pr U r hatched 
Pullets, and 1400 Yearling Hens for sale. JOHN H. 
WARFEL 8 SON, Elizabeth Poultry Farm, Rahrerstown, Pa. 
S. C. WHITE LE6H0RNS 
$1 50each. Selected YEARLING HENS $70 per 100. 
GEO, FROST, Levanna, Cayuga Co,, N. Y. 
Dill 1 ETC FOR SALE-S. C. W. LEGHORN 
1 A March, April and May hatched 
w Raised on unlimited range in 
well shaded orchard. Recommended for winter egg 
production. Also limited number yearling Hens. 
75 cents each. GILEAD EGG FARM, Carmel, N. Y. 
sale— Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets~^ a P M f | y 1 
hatched. Raised on free range. STONELEIGH POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, E. C. Frainpton, Solebury. Bucks Co., Pa. 
Knapp-Wyckoff S.C. W. Leghorns 
Free range raised. The very best “ Utility” strain. 
Pul lets and Cockerels for sale. Write me yonrwants 
“ CHASE POULTRY FARM," F. M. Davis, CINCINNATUS, N. Y. 
enc.-S. C. W. Leghorn Herat's?!” 
UU your money back. Nothing cheap but their 
price. JOHN LORTON LEE, Carmel. N. Y. 
For Sale—A Large Type of S.C.W. Leghorn Pullets 
and year-old liens. Heavy egg producers. Wyckoff 
strain direct. J. M. CASE, Gilboa, New York 
Barron Leghorn and Wyandotte Cockerels 
Special Sale of early hatched cockerels. Trapnested 
breeders and pullets. BARRON FARM, Connellsville, Pa. 
Tom Barron WhiteWyandotte Cockerels and Pullets 
for sale. 283-263-egg stock, imported direct. 
E. E. LEWIS, - Apalaehin, N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED POULTRY 
Old and young Rouen and White Runner drakes. 
Also white Orpington cockerels, $1.50 each. 
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