THE K. U re A. L, NEW-YORKER 
1313 
The “Favorite Hen” Contest 
There are only two more weeks of this 
year’s egg-laying contest. This week we 
have the record brought up to the night 
of October 17, and the figures given below 
'will show how the 30 Favorite liens 
stand. The Leghorns have nearly gone 
out of business, as most of them have 
started to molt, and only a few eggs are 
gathered from this pen. The work of the 
Leghorns has been a surprise, and rather 
Armful of Chicken. 
a disappointment to us, as we expected 
that this pen would head the procession. 
Something went wrong, however, and as 
we see, three of the Leghorns have fallen 
below the total of 100 eggs. One bird m 
fact has laid only one egg, at least in 
the trap-nest, during the entire year. 
There are always some eggs laid outside 
of the nest, and we understand that some 
hens do not like to get into the nests if 
they can help it, so it is possible that this 
Rhode Island Rods to Oct. 17, 
Mrs. Carrie M. Bliss. Virginia, Pocahontas.. 109 
Mrs. E. S. Marlatt, New Jersey, Polly. ISO 
Mrs. T. Sell wen k, Connecticut, Rosie-Lou.. 123 
Miss Ethel A. Pierce, New Hampshire, Lady 
Pierce . (13 
Mrs. Samuel O. Travis, New York, Rose... 1(55 
Mrs. W. R. Merrick, Massachusetts. Betty M. 173 
Miss Edna M. Porter, New York. Betty.... 114 
Mrs. Andrew J. Wilson, Connecticut. Betty. 191 
Mrs. E. I’. Andrews, New York, Golden Lass Dead 
Mrs. Cecil Farnham, Maine . 100 
Leghorns—Records to Oct. 17. 
Mrs. N. D. Rand. New York, Lucy. Ill 
Mrs. Lewis J. Happict, New York. Lady 
Hopeful . 142 
Mrs. V. I). Miller, Ohio, Ann. 157 
Mrs. A. J. Skellie, New York. Ity.145 
Mrs. C. L. Tod'd. Virginia, Patsy. 84 
Mrs. Walter Fletcher, New York. Peggy... 79 
Miss Tillie B. Cloud. Pennsylvania, Peggy.. 1 
Mrs. Josephine Ilollenljach. Pennsylvania, 
Viola . 142 
Mrs. W. E. Phelps, Pennsylvania, Beauty.. 193 
Mrs. L. E. Hilborn, New York. Madain Toot- 
sey . 173 
Mixed Breeds—Records to Oct. 17. 
Mrs. F. M. Earl. Connecticut, White Wyan¬ 
dotte, Gladness . 125 
Mrs. A. N. Conell, New York, White Wyan¬ 
dotte, Dolly . 50 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, New York. 'White Wy¬ 
andotte. Tilly .!. 240 
Mrs. W. S. Walters. Michigan, Barred Rock, 
Bridgman Girl . 157 
Mrs. G. L. Rothgeb, Virginia, Barred Rock, 
Roxie . 141 
Misses Osier and Wilcox, New York, Barred 
Rock. Marguerita .Dead 
Mrs. Robert II. Wood 1 . New York, White 
Rock, Faith . 95 
Mrs. Joseph di Fabrizio, New Jersey, Black 
Minorca, Betina . 173 
Mrs. Emma II. Wood, New York, Buff Or¬ 
pington. Louisine . 189 
Mrs. Edwin Walker, Massachusetts. Buff 
Orpington, I.ady Asliby .Dead 
bird. Foggy, of Pennsylvania, has really 
laid more eggs than she is credited with. 
Beauty, however, the White Leghorn 
from Pennsylvania, has made an excel¬ 
lent record, 193 up to October 17. 
Madam Tootsey and two or three others 
have also done reasonably well. 
The Red hens have most of them made 
a very fair record. You will notice that 
Golden Lass is dead, after laying 90 eggs. 
This was the hen that made the highest 
score of any Red hen at the contest. 
She was a beautiful bird, but as we see, 
not a heavy layer. It is a very close race 
between Polly, the New Jersey bird, and 
Betty, from Connecticut. We under¬ 
stand that both these hens are still in 
good condition, and they are likely to run 
neck and neck or egg and egg up to the 
end of the contest. Several others have 
made a very good showing, including 
Betty M., Pocahontas and Rose. Poca¬ 
hontas is really a superior bird, but she 
started wrong, and did not lay an egg for 
the first 15 weeks. Mrs. Bliss thinks that 
she made the mistake of sending a pullet 
that had already begun to lay. When she 
got to college this bird seemed to think 
she was there for studying the poultry 
business, and not for practical work, so 
she stopped laying and went through a 
course of thinking for nearly four 
months before she thought it worth while 
really to start in at egg production. So 
when we consider that Pocahontas, since 
she got going, has laid 109 eggs in 245 
days, her record makes a far better ap¬ 
pearance. Polly began laying in the 
third week, and has kept her work up 
consistently all through. Betty, with 191 
eggs, waited five weeks before she began 
business, so that since she has started 
she has proved a consistent layer. 
When we come to the mixed breeds we 
find a wide difference of performance. 
Two of these have died, one laying 54 
eggs, and the other 56. Tilly, of course, 
is the star performer in this pen. Her 
record of 240 eggs in 315 days is a fine 
one, and we hope that she will add at 
least 10 eggs to this record before the 
year closes. She now stands No. 2 
among the entire thousand bens at the 
contest. As soon as possible, and we 
hope next month, we shall give the figures 
showing what these hens consumed in the 
way of food, and the money value of thou- 
eggs, figured from month to month at the 
prices obtained for eggs in Connecticut. 
This will give us a chance to show that 
those hens which lay during the late Fall 
and Winter are *the most profitable in 
money income, since their eggs then 
bring the highest prices. This should he 
the true test of a contest of this kind, 
for a hen may lay a large number of 
eggs during tin 1 Summer when eggs are 
cheap, and still not prove as useful or 
profitable as another hen which lays 
fewer eggs, but distributes a larger share 
of them through the period when eggs are 
high. 
This Favorite Hen Contest has been 
most interesting, and we find that our 
readers, and especially the women read¬ 
ers, have been following it with great 
care. Naturally some of the women 
whose liens have not done so well have 
been greatly disappointed, hut we feel 
sure all had a fair chance. It is evi¬ 
dently more than half the battle to be 
able to select a representative hen. Most 
of these women could make a better se¬ 
lection this year. We shall see how Mrs. 
Stevens comes out with a full pep of her 
pullets, and also whether the new Red 
pullets to be entered in the Hope Farm 
pen are equal to their aunts. 
Winter Broilers; Custom Hatchers. 
1. If, as my inquiries lead me to think, 
poultrymen are not selling day-okl 
chicks at this season, who supplies the 
market with Winter broilers, for which I 
have understood the demand is always 
steady? 2. Failing to secure day-old 
chicks outside and having no incubator 
myself, I am considering a proposition to 
a neighbor who has an incubator. What 
would it be fair to offer if I supply the 
hatching eggs? Would five cents for 
every live chick be a “square deal”? The 
fertility of the eggs would be high as two 
hen hatchers have just proven. a. m. h. 
New York. 
1. Your inquiry as to the source of 
Winter broilers was referred to a com¬ 
mission house in New York who reply as 
follows : “Shipments of live broilers and 
fresh-killed dressed broilers continue to 
arrive in New York markets from points 
in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey 
and New York State well .on into De¬ 
cember. evidently from late hatchings. -\ 
very few come in still later from chicks 
hatched indoors, but the majority of 
broilers used by the hotels, etc., in New 
York City through the Winter are chick¬ 
ens that have been placed in cold storage 
when they were plentiful and low-priced. 
Fresh broilers are so high that they are 
out of reach of most hotels, even though 
they have the opportunity to buy small 
lots occasionally.” 
2. Custom hatching is usually done at 
a stated price per hundred eggs. The ex¬ 
pense to the operator is the same 
whether the eggs hatch or not, and he 
can hardly afford to take his chances 
with their fertility. What your neighbor 
can afford to hatch your c 'gs for is a 
matter that he will have to termine for 
himself, taking into consideration the ca¬ 
pacity of his incubators and the value of 
liis time, as well as his expeuse for fuel. 
The time and labor spent in caring for a 
hundred egg machine is not materially 
less than that spent with one of four hun¬ 
dred egg capacity. I have paid $3 per 
hundred eggs when I had several hun¬ 
dred hatched at once. m. b. d. 
Two-year-old Layers. 
Having Barred P. R. hens two years 
old next Spring, is it advisable to kill 
them off and replace them by late hatched 
pullets, this season’s hatch? In other 
words, are two-year-old hens good lay¬ 
ers? l. b. c. 
Illinois. 
Hens should be profitable layers for 
two or three seasons, and under ordinary 
circumstances I should not dispose of 
fowls a year and a half old for the pur¬ 
pose of replacing them with pullets. 
Early-hatched pullets would probably 
make better Winter layers, but the ex¬ 
pense of raising them will exceed that of 
carrying the yearling hens through the 
period of idleness when molting. If your 
yearling hens have proved good layers 
during their first season, they should he 
profitable for at least one year longer. 
M. B. D. 
Apoplexy. 
This morning at feeding time I found 
a Leghorn hen on nest that seemed stu¬ 
pid. Her eyes were bright, but the 
points of comb were dark colored and 
I noticed a few drops of water come 
from mouth when I took her up. I 
placed her back on nest thinking I would 
watch her for a few days but this even¬ 
ing found her on nest dead. What was 
the trouble? n. n. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
Hens that have been apparently en¬ 
tirely healthy are sometimes found dead 
on the nest, having suffered a stroke of 
apoplexy, due to the bursting of a blood 
vessel in the brain. This trouble is most 
likely to occur in heavily fed, fat hens 
and deterioration of the walls of the 
blood vessels precedes their giving way 
under the strain of laying or of some 
sudden over exertion. The symptoms are 
few, death coming quickly or following 
a brief period of stupidity and there is 
no cure for the trouble after it has de¬ 
veloped. M. B. D. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw hone. Its eprp-producl' " value Is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier, 
profits larger. 
PAWN’S l modI[ Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Days’ Free Trial. 
No money in advance. 
Send Today for Freo Book. 
F.w. Mann Co., Box 15 , Milford, IV. 
EWW333GSSS 
TRAP-NESTED 
S. C. 
Rhode Island 
REDS 
243 Egg Rec d Hens 
Cockerels, Hens and Pullets at 
$ 3 , $5 and $10. Eggs in Season. 
Chester County Pity. Farm, 
BOX 7 POTTSTOWN, PA. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 
D. YV. YOUNG’S STRAIN 
1,000 choice yearling hens at75c and $1.00 each during 
Sept, and Oct. Special bred for layers on free farm 
range all their lives. Choice breeding pens of 10 
hens 1 cock for $12.00. My book. I’roflts in Poultry 
Keeping Solved, free with all $10 orders. Circular 
Free. ED6AR BRIGGS. BOX 75, PLEASANT VfllLEY, N. Y. 
1,900 S. C. White Leghon Pullets 
range raised: in fine condition. Selected for win¬ 
ter layers. Also some extra good cockerels. 
RflMflPO POULTRY AN0 FRUIT FARM. Sprinu Valley. N. Y. 
3. C. White Leghorn Pullets^'^ 0 ^^''^:^ 
“FARMLE1GH,” - Carmel, N. Y. 
C w LEGHORN ->2 Tom Barron, 
r UI1CIO Few laying, rearing pullets, my 
specialty. To introduce my stock I am offering 
them at reduced prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
L. K. INGOLDSBY, llartwick Sem'y, N. Y. 
PULLETS 
FOR SALE-S. C. W. LEGHORN 
April ami May hatched 
liaised on unlimited range in 
well shaded orchard. Recommended for heavy egg 
production. GILEAD EGG FARM, Carmel, N. Y. 
XT 
S. C. W. Leghorn, Barron and Conn. Agr. College 
strains, $1, $1.50. Free range stock tesiod for White 
Diarrhea. Also White Leghorn and Barred Iioek 
cockerels. A. IJ. HALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
White Leghorn Pullets A ^Ttoek< 
torn heavy layers, 
k oil free range. May 
hatch 50c. and 75c. each. Hudson River Farms, Esopus, N Y. 
Knapp-Wyckoff S.C. W. Leghorns 
Free range raised. The very best “ Utility” strain. 
Pul lets and Cockerels for sale. Write me your wants. 
“ CHASE POULIRY FARM," F. M. Oavis, CINCINNAIUS, N. Y. 
Precocious Laying. 
I would like your opinion on a matter 
upon which my son and I disagree. Last 
year as well as this we had several pul¬ 
lets that commenced to lay before they 
were live months old. This year we 
have 70 R. I. Reds and Partridge Rocks 
running in an orchard, roosting in a 
brooder house 7x12 feet, nothing but 
roosts in it. They are well developed, 
some of them weighing five pounds at 
four months old, August 1. For two 
weeks they have laid from two to six eggs 
per day, but pretty small ones. , \Ye shall 
put them in a laying house (but shall 
not confine them to the house for a 
time) when 5)4 months old. I insist 
that we should log-band these early lay¬ 
ers and use them for breeders. My son 
calls them “freaks,” and thinks they lay 
too young, etc. What do you think about 
it? l. 
Maine. 
Prof. James E. Rice of Cornell Col¬ 
lege, one of die best informed poultry- 
men in the United States says that as a 
rule these earliest layers will be found 
to be the best layers. If the pullets 
weigh five pounds apiece, they are well 
enough developed to lay and continue lay¬ 
ing. They will grow some yet, but not 
so much as those that have not laid, and 
right here is the reason for the fact that 
“the smaller birds are the best layers,” a 
statement which we often see or hear. 
The reason is that the pullet begins to 
lay before she has attained full growth, 
and thereafter does not grow so much 
as those that begin laying later. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
“So you can write with either hand, 
Pat?” asked the officer. “Yis, sorr,” re¬ 
plied Pat. “When I was a bhoy me father 
(rest his soul!) always said to me: ‘Pat, 
learn to cut ye finger nails wid yer left 
hand, for some day ye might lose yer 
right!”—Youth’s Companion. 
Indian Runner Ducks and Drakes^,;^ 1 ^'^'® 
pington. Reasonable. Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
ironi stock imported direct. Record. 265-283. $1 to 
$3. Mountain View Poultry Farm, Oxford, N J. 
PEKIN DUCKS, $1.50 EACH 
AUSTIN’S S.C. R.l. REDS 
6 pullets and 1 unrelated cock or cockerel for $10. 
ANNA M. JONES, - Hillsdale, N. Y. 
HOPKINS 210 win wherever they’re shown, 
EGG STRAIN young and old stock at reasonable 
S.C. REDS prices. E. A. Hopkins, Vineland, N. J. 
PITI I FTR —50c. to 60c.: Orpingtons, Rods, Rocks, 
f ULLLIO Leghorns. V. K. FREY, YORK, PA. 
S n u/UITC I CPUflQUO ~ 0< ) early April hatched 
. b. wmit LtbnlMNO Pullets for sale, $1.25 to 
$1 50oriel:. Selected YEARLING HENS $70 per 100. 
GKO. FROST, Levanna, Cayuga Co., N, Y. 
Tom Barron White Leghorn Cockerels 
2<18-272-egg strain. Large, healthy, free-range stock. 
Write Patterson’s Poultry Karin, Clayton, N. Y, 
Ra rmn FocL-py-pIc Lcghoii tud Y\ yan- 
Darron ^.OCKereiS p roilI selected 
Barron trnpnested hens, mated to imported Barron 
cockerels with pedigrees from 248 to 272—$2 each. 
C. YY T . TUKNKR, - YVest Hartford, Conn. 
For Sale A Large Type of S.C. W. Leghorn Pullets 
and year-old hens. Heavy egg producers. Wyckoff 
strain direct. J. M. CASK, Gilboa, New York 
BARRON COCKERELS 
from stock direct. Leghorn records, 284-260. YVyan* 
dottes, 283-275. Mr. K, Heasiey, Holland. Mich. 
BARRON LEGHORN COCKERELS 
of 2U0-ecg pedigree. Choice birds. $1.25. to close 
out stocu. PUL LETS. BARRON FARM, Connells ville. Pa. 
High-Class, Utilify, Free Range, S. C.W. Leghorns 
Yearlings, (Barron's Strain,) 75 cents each; $70 pec 
llundxed. JAMES H. OWEN, R. F. D. No. 4, Newburgh, N Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN PULLETS &°g. .IfhSi 
hatched. Raised on free range. Also HENS 
SYCAMORE POULTRY FARM. Shelter island. N. Y. 
For Sale-2,000 S. C.W. L. PULLETS 
raised on free range and in perfect condition, at 
$1.50 each. Also 500 S. (J. VV. L. breeding liens at 
$ I each. C. YY'. Sherwood, 2 Gramercy Park N. Y. C. 
For Sale-300 S. C. White Leghorn Yearling Hens 
famous Kielp 242-egg strain; 75 cents each; 200 S. O. 
Rhode Island Red yearling hens, Tompkins strain. 95 
cents each; LOO imported improved Silver Campine 
yearling hens, Jacobus strain, $1.50 each: good cock¬ 
erels, $2 each. H Bacon, Hillcrest Poultry Farm.Berwyn Md 
Tom Barron’sWhite Leghorns 
Direct Importers. Purebred yearling hens for breed¬ 
ers. Best trap-nested stock. 282-egg strain, it's 
the strain thateonnts. Hens,$1.50: cocks. $2; cock¬ 
erels, $1.50. P. F. Rafferty, Marlboro, Mass. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
3 mouths old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
® D';U n. Book in g orders now. Writo your wants 
HAMILTON FAItM, - Huntington, N. Y' 
Purebred White Holland Turkeys uSamat sly' 
Purebred Red Bourbon 
NON-WANDERING TURKEYS 
for sale. Mrs. Edgar Cunningham, Conewango Valley, N. Y 
s. C. R. I. RED COCKERELS 
From heavy layers. Vigorous, hen hatched and 
raised oil range. $2, E. R. JOHNSON, Center Bridge. Pa. 
BRED-TO-LAY REDS 
20 R. O. yearling Hens, $25. 
Mrs. NELLIK JONKS, - Hillsdale, N. Y. 
