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THE RU RAL NEW-YORKER 
October 30, 1915, 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The fun of the egg-laying contest is on 
now. Tom Barron’s White Wyandottes 
made a gallant spurt this week, laid the 
largest number of any pen in the contest 
and passed to the front; their output for 
the week ng 47. They displaced his 
Leghorns*"..Uich looked like sure winners 
last week. Ilillview Poultry Farm’s It. 
I. Beds also put on a spurt, laid 41 eggs 
and passed up to second place, their total 
of 1,981 being only seven eggs behind 
Barron’s Wyandottes. This is close to 
being a “neck and neck” race, and each 
egg as it is laid by- either pen, is recorded 
with intense interest by every one at the 
poultry plant. Barron’s * Leghorns are 
now in third place, their total being 
L974. Judge Beasley’s pen is fourth, 
though his total of 1,947 is the same as 
the total f S^orrs Experimental pen ; the 
latter not competing for premiums. 
Windsweep Farm’s Leghorns total 1.931 
and N. W. Hendryx’s Leghorns 1,901. 
This makes five pens of Leghorns, one of 
It. I. Beds and two of White Wyandottes 
that have laid over 1.900 eggs ; The 
American breeds are far outlaying the 
Leghorns now, but, with the exceptions 
noted, none of them will be able to equal 
the high scores of leading Leghorn pens. 
An American Leghorn hen at the North 
American’s contest at Newark, Del., has 
a record of 303 eggs up to last week; the 
total for the pen being 1,168; five birds 
in the pen. The week’s record follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 26 1.540 
Prank L. Tuttle. Massachusetts. 12 1.447 
Francis I,. Lincoln. Connecticut. 24 1-484 
Jules J. FMUicais. New York. 22 1.183 
Storrs Agrl Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 11 1.141 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 22 1,819 
O. A. Foster, California... 28 1,450 
White Rocks. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.... 24 1,364 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 16 1.44 < 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 18 1.671 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 21 1-348 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 11 1,373 
Buff Rocks, 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 22 1,306 
White Wyandottes. 
Tom Barron, England . 47 1.988 
Ed. Cam, England . 24 1.913 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 20 1.529 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 42 l.<<3 
Mrs. ,t. B. Beck, Connecticut. 30 1.609 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 41 1.501 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 31 l.i56 
Mapledale Farm, Connecticut. 22 1.1 <3 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut. 31 1,508 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 24 1,615 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York... 35 1,326 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 22 1,508 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. ,T. C. Dlngman. New York. 31 1-273 
Ilillview Poultry Farm. Vermont.... 41 1-981 
Homer P. Doming. Connecticut. 24 1.713 
Clias. O. Polhemus. New York. 39 1-848 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 25 1-475 
John Backus. Vermont . 18 1-586 
W. II. Bumstead, Connecticut. 20 1.310 
Pinecrest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 15 1.053 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 14 1.456 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 23 1.004 
A. B. Brundage. Connecticut. 29 1.323 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 26 1.731 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 26 1.502 
Rural New-Yorker,. New York City.. 30 1,474 
S. G. Me* - an. Connecticut. 23 1.330 
Springdale Farm. Connecticut. 19 1,032 
D. E. Warner. Rhode Island. 20 1.493 
II. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 18 1,526 
Albert R. Ford, Connecticut. 20 9S9 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 21 1.076 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 25 1,171 
American Dominiques. 
IT. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 16 1,023 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut. 9 1.270 
George Bowles, Connecticut. 11 1,667 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 14 1.448 
N. W. Ilendryx, Connecticut. 30 1.901 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pennsylvania 14 1,798 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 6 1,452 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 9 1,180 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 10 1,273 
Clias. N. St. John, New York. 6 1,330 
Jay II. Ernisse, New York. 12 1.500 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 17 1,724 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 16 1,947 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff. Connecticut 7 1,307 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 10 1.931 
James IT. Lord, Massachusetts. 8 1,558 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 20 1.827 
Dictograp" - Farm. New York. 5 1.007 
F. M. Peasley. Connecticut. 13 1,947 
Clias. Heigl, Ohio . 14 1,409 
Tom Barron, England . 16 1,974 
Edward Cam. England . 15 1,618 
Geo. M. McMillan. Missouri..:. 10 1,639 
Wm. H. Lyon, New York. 4 1,411 
ITappieh & Danks. New York. 18 1,730 
A. P. Robinson, New York. 4 1,855 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 11 1,702 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 17 l,t>08 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 8 1,509 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 16 1,753 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 5 1,754 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio . 8 1,352 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 5 1,277 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 22 1,771 
S. J. Rogers, New York . 1,430 
Stoneleigh Poultry F'arm. Pa. 1 1,316 
Mrs. W. B. Whitlock. Connecticut.. 4 1,292 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 5 1,179 
James V. Thomas, New York. 11 1,630 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 6 1,493 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
Tlie Gale Place, Connecticut. 9 1,120 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm. Michigan.... 14 1,262 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 13 1,319 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 2 1,715 
Silver Campines. 
TIncowa Poultry Yards. Connecticut.. 20 1,567 
Lewis E. Priekett, Connecticut. 27 1,515 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 6 1,020 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Douglioregan Farm, Maryland. 16 1,205 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock. Florida. 3 569 
ObetT S. Knight, Rhode Island. 24 1.200 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 24 1,342 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards. Pa. 22 1,326 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 24 1,344 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Ailing Hens. 
Week ending Oct. 22, 1915. 
This Summer one of my old chickens 
died of sor e disease. She would eat 
some days'‘tfnd again not eat for a day 
or two, stf d around with eyes closed 
and white slime flowing out of her nos¬ 
trils. It seemed she had trouble breath¬ 
ing. Last week one young one died of 
the same disease and yesterday I killed 
three for the same reason. Let me know 
what to do. A. H. 
New York. 
Your description does not reveal the 
nature of the disease from which your 
fowls are suffering but as it is apparent¬ 
ly contagious you should promptly re¬ 
move any ailing birds from the flock and 
keep them by themselves. The quarters 
of the well fowls should he thoroughly 
cleaned up and whitewashed, and all 
utensils used by them should be disin¬ 
fected by washing in boiling water. The 
water given the fowls to drink may be 
made mildly antiseptic by dissolving as 
much permanganate of potash in it as 
the fowls will accept, perhaps a tea¬ 
spoonful to the gallon. Any fowl that 
continues sick would better be killed and 
deeply buried, rather than to take the 
risk of spreading and continuing the in¬ 
fection. M. B. D. 
Woodchucks and Chickens. 
I chanced to see in a recent R. N.-Y. 
your inquiry as to whether woodchucks 
eat chickens. We had a peculiar ex¬ 
perience in that line. When the chickens 
were about two months old they began 
to disappear without any apparent cause. 
One day my aunt, hearing noise among 
the chickens, ran over to the coops and 
found a woodchuck chasing the chickens. 
After he was disposed of we had no 
further trouble. However, this is our 
only experience, and I think may be con¬ 
sidered most extraordinary. a. k. b. 
Pleasant Valley, N. Y. 
You could not hang a woodchuck or 
a man on such testimony, although prob¬ 
ably both woodchucks and men have been 
killed on even poorer evidence. On gen¬ 
eral principles it seems desirable to kill 
woodchucks whenever they can be found, 
as they apparently serve no good purpose 
in farming, and are responsible for a 
good deal of mischief in the mowing fields 
or in the garden. While it is a desirable 
thing to get rid of them, let’s be fair even 
to the woodchuck, and not convict him 
of killing chickens until we have definite 
proof. Personally we doubt if the wood¬ 
chuck would go out of his way to kill 
poultry. He might attack it if it got in 
his way, and we are still desirous of ob¬ 
taining information about it. 
Possible Cholera. 
The commercial values of farm pro¬ 
ducts are what they sell for—not neces¬ 
sarily their food value or what some one 
thinks or wishes they were worth. Hence 
representative sales rather than opinions, 
even though unbiased, are the correct 
basis for quotations. Except in cases 
where quality is standardized by scoring, 
the term “best” refers to the best on sale 
at the time. The best sheep, lambs, ap¬ 
ples, pears, etc., one week may be much 
better or poorer than the next. 
Live Stock and Dairy Markets. 
MILK. 
The Borden contract prices for the six 
months beginning with October are based 
on the fat content of the milk, there being 
a difference of 60 cents per 100 pounds 
between three and five per cent. fat. The 
price increases uniformly three cents per 
100 pounds for every tenth of one per 
cent, fat increase. Following are the 
prices within the 100-mile shipping zone. 
Outside points receive 10 cents per 100 
pounds less. 
1% 3.5% 4% 4.5% 5% 
Oct. ... 
$1.85 $ 
;2.oo 
$2.15 $ 
12.30 
Nov. . . . 
. . 1.80 
1.95 
2.3 0 
2.25 
2.40 
Dec. . . . 
.. 1.80 
3.95 
2.30 
2.25 
2.40 
Jan. . . . 
. . 1.70 
1.85 
2.00 
2.35 
2.30 
Feb. ... 
. . 1.65 
1.80 
1.95 
2.30 
2.25 
March .. 
. . 1.60 
1.75 
1.90 
2.05 
2.20 
BUTTER. 
Brices 
remain 
practically 
unchanged. 
with a fairly firm market on creamery 
and the better grades 
of 
dairy. 
Low 
grades of all kinds are 
dull. 
Creamery, best, above 92 score, lb.. 
... 2814 <&29 
Extra, 92 score . 
. :. 27i4@ 
28 
Good to Choice . 
26 
Lower Grades. 
23 
State Dairy, best. 
. 
... 27*4@ 
28 
Common to Good. 
25 
... 19 @ 
22 
Packing Stock. 
... 17 @ 
21 
Process . 
... 21 @ 
24 
Klgin. 111., butter market 27 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 29 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 28L4- 
Chicago creamery. 24027. 
Kansas City, 24@27. 
CHEESE. 
Some export buying has developed un¬ 
der 15 cents. This has strengthened the 
market somewhat. Pastures in the up¬ 
state producing sections are still report¬ 
ed excellent with little of the frost dam¬ 
age usually noted at this time. 
Whole Milk. State specials. 
@ 
15M 
Average fancy . 
. 14 
@ 
uh 
Under grades. 
.... 12 
@ 
13 
Daisies, best. 
.... 15 
@ 
15H 
Young Amerieas. 
1594 
Skims, special. 
@ 
12 
Fair to good . 
. 7 
@ 
9 
PRIMARY MARKETS. 
Watertown, N. Y., 13I4@14. 
utica n. y., rm@u. 
Little Falls. N. Y., 13J4@14 , 
Can you tell me what ails my chick¬ 
ens? Their heads turn a sickly yellow; 
they mope around with eyes closed for a 
day or tv'oj then every morning we find 
one or more dead under the perches. 
Their crops are generally full of food 
when we find them. Some droppings are 
bright green, some yellow like sulphur, 
and all very watery. They have free 
range of the farm, and we feed them 
wheat, cracked corn, skim-milk and occa¬ 
sionally sour milk and buttermilk. They 
have oyster shells scattered around. 
Cleaning their house we found small, red 
lice at the ends of the perches, so we 
have turned the chickens out, torn out 
the perches, and are going to spray with 
kerosene and crude carbolic, then white 
wash. Could it have been the lice? For 
a week we have given them copperas in 
their drinking water. Would perman¬ 
ganate of potash he better? Thinking it 
might be from lice, we caught some of 
the mopey ones and greased them under 
wings and below the vent with equal 
parts of blue ointment and vaseline. 
Also some pullets make a noise like a 
person with a cold trying to talk, so I 
gave them a teaspoonful of kerosene. 
Was that right? L. G. 
New Jersey. 
The symptoms that you mention, par¬ 
ticularly the bright yellow and green 
droppings, are indicative of fowl cholera. 
This is a very serious infectious disease 
which cannot be too actively combated. 
All ailing fowls should be promptly iso¬ 
lated and would better be killed and 
deeply buried. Quarters and utensils oc¬ 
cupied by healthy birds should be thor¬ 
oughly cleaned and disinfected and the 
disinfection repeated at intervals until 
the disease is wiped out. Old litter 
should be burned and every precaution 
taken to see that the disease is not 
spread to other flocks by contact with 
sick fowls, their attendants or utensils 
used by them. There is no treatment 
for the sick ; all efforts should be devoted 
to isolation and disinfection. It is to be 
hoped that you have not true cholera in 
your flock, but if diarrhoea with yellow 
and green droppings and frequent deaths 
continue you cannot be too thorough in 
your efforts to stamp out the infection 
and to prevent its spread. Your spray 
for the red mites is a good one and these 
may easily be kept in check. The pullets 
probably have slight colds, common 'at 
this season of the year: permanganate of 
potash in their drinking water is the 
usually recommended remedy. M. B. d. 
eggs 
The best grades of both white and 
brown are two cents higher, new laid be¬ 
ing very scarce. The general receipts of 
gathered stock show a large proportion 
of ordinary to poor quality that go under 
25 cents, or lower than the better grades 
of storage. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 50 @ 52 
Medium to good. 35 @ 45 
Mixed colors, best. 38 @ 40 
Common to good. 24 @ 34 
Storage, best, .>... 24 @ 25 
Common. 19 @ 22 
St. Louis, gathered. 19@21. 
Chicago. 23@24t4. 
Kansas City. 2U@23. 
Indianapolis, lnd., 22@25. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Market fairly active on chickens, but 
very -dull on light fowls. 
Chickens, lb. 
® 
16*4 
Fowls . 
@ 
16 
. 10 
(% 
11 
<§> 
19 
Geese. 
@ 
15 
Chicago. ChickensJ3@14 
Kansas City, 13@I5. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
The warm and sticky weather has been 
unfavorable for business. Chickens in 
excessive supply and prices are cut rath¬ 
er than let a possible buyer escape. 
Turkeys, choice, lb . 21 @ 22 
Common to good. 14 @ 18 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 27 
Broilers, common to good . 20 @ 22 
Squab broilers, pair. .. 50 @ 60 
Roasters . 23 @ 25 
Fowls. 14 <3 18 
Spring Ducks. 17 @ 18 
Squabs, doz. 1 25 @ 4 00 
WOOL. 
There has been some improvement in 
business conditions. Recent sales at Bos¬ 
ton have run: New York and Michigan 
fine unwashed 23 to 24: Delaine 26 to 
27; half blood 31 to 32; three-eighths 
blood 3544 to 3614 ; Ohio and Pennsyl¬ 
vania liaff blood combing 33; three- 
eighths blood 36 to 37. 
LIVE STOCK. 
Heavy steers selling well, other beef 
stock dull. Calves, sheep and lambs 
weak and lower. 
Native Steers. 6 00 @ 9 25 
Bulls. 4 75 @ 5 75 
Cows ... 3 00 @ 5 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 9 00 @12 00 
Culls. 6 00 @ 7 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 00 @ 5 50 
Lambs . 7 00 @875 
Hogs. 7 50 @ 8 40 
(Continued on page 1315) 
CO/ 
BALANCED 
RATIONS 
have made the 
hen one of the 
best money pro- . 
ducers on the farm. Y*jA 
Do you know that \C4\ 
flocks on many farms 
are paying a net yearly >&/ f 
profit of 
$2 to $3 a Hen 
Not only on poultry farms but on general 
farms—like yours. Scientific feeding does 
it. Try Red Comb Poultry Feeds and see 
the results. Red Comb costs less than 
you would have to pay for materials and 
mix them yourself. Write for Free 
Book “Feeding Poultry for Profit.” 
Postal brings it. 
Edwards & Loomis Company 
344-C N. Elizabeth St., Chicago, III, 
Red Comb 
iMlEAiNSl^EALTMi 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers- New Egg Cases 
SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE DESCRIBING OUR 
Modern Poultry Equipment 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y 
Ift.SWSS 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, anil all kinds of birds and 
animals. WM. J. MACKENSEN, Natural, 
jst, Department lO, Yardley, l J a. 
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, Center Harbor, N. H. 
For Sale-HATCHING EGGSi^U E NTEE T o 
Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and White Leg¬ 
horn, by HIRSCH AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. Woodbine, N. J. 
DOSE COMH IJKOWN LEGHORN COCKER 
n ELS. Buy now 1. C. Hawkins, Sprakers. N. Y. 
Tom Barron WhiteWyandotie Cockerels and Pullets 
for sale. 283-263-egg stock, imported direct. 
E. E. LEWIS, - Apalachin, N. Y. 
U/HITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS from heavy-laying. 
** trap-nested liens. will increase egg production. 
MID0LE6R00K P0ULTRV FARM. Miss Marion 1. Moore, Hamburg, N. V. 
■ 1 ^ IX O— I’ekin, Itouen and Indian 
UU vlYO Iiunner Ducks. $2 and $3 each. 
Aldhain Poultry Earm,R.34, Phoenixville, Pa. 
Wliifp Chinese rippcA -90 '®"^ strain; unrelated 
YYnue cninese ueese pail . St ilt $3 t ) lis „, 0 nth. 
GEO. E. HOWELL, Spruce Farm, Howells, N. Y. 
Land and Water Fowls 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, It. 2, Athens, Pa. 
CPECIAL FAIL SALE— Reduced prices on Turkeys, Ducks, 
v Chickens, Geese, Guineas, Guinea pigs, Hares and 
Dogs. Price List Free. H. A. S0UDER, Box 29, Sellersville, Pa. 
300 APRIL HATCHED 
S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets 
at 75c. per pullet; and Till) May pullets at 65c par 
pullet; also 100 S. C. W. Orpington Pullets at $1 per 
pullet; and S. C. Brown Leghorn cockerels at $1.25. 
Our stock O. K. All Right. The Lakewood strain. 
THE ELIZABETH POULTRY FARM. John H. Warlcl g Son, Rohrerslown. Pa. 
PULLETS 
Barron’s Leghorns. 248-260-egg stock. Imported 
direct. 4k;-inos.-oId pullets, $1.50; 6 hens and 1 
cockerel, $10. Barron’s Wyandottes; 0 hens and 1 
cockerel. $10. E. Claude Jones, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
has for sale March and April hatched pullets— 
large, healthy, handsome birds at SSI.50 EACH. 
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