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EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The fifty-first week of the contest 
closed Sunday night, October 24, with an 
output for the week of 1,525 eggs. This 
is 550 eggs more than were laid in the 
corresponding week last year; but there 
are 18 pens more than last year. How¬ 
ever, there has been a relative gain in egg 
production nearly every week for several 
months. With but one more week to go, 
the probable winner can be easily pre¬ 
dicted. Tom Barron’s English White 
Wyandottes, with their total output of 
2.032 eggs, are 20 eggs ahead of the Hill- 
view Poultry Farm’s R. I. Reds; there 
is just a chance that Barron’s pen might 
drop, and the Reds heavily increase their 
output for the next week, but the chance 
is remote. Barron also stands to win 
third place with his White Leghorns, 
their total to date being 1,990. Last year 
three pens of Leghorns and one of Wyan¬ 
dottes passed the 2,000 egg mark. 
The American breeds are far outlaying 
the Leghorns, the 40 pens of White Leg¬ 
horns contributing only 217 eggs this 
week against 1,308 eggs from the Ameri¬ 
can breeds. The total output shows that 
there are not many poor layers in the 
contest; the average is now over 150 eggs 
per lieu. The week’s output follows: 
Barred Rocks. Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 28 1,508 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachusetts. 10 1.457 
Francis L. Lincoln, Connecticut. 27 1,511 
Jules .1. Francais, New York. 20 1.209 
Storrs Agr. Station, Kxp. pen, Conn.. 19 1,100 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn.. 23 1,842 
O. A. Foster, California . 21 1,471 
White Rocks, 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts.... 23 1.387 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 9 1.450 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 15 1,080 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 15 1.303 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 12 1,385 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 20 1,320 
White Wyandottes, 
Tom Barron. England . 44 2,032 
Ed. Cam. England . 28 1.941 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 10 1,545 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 42 1,815 
Mrs. J. P. Beck, Connecticut. 22 1,031 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 41 1,542 
Storrs Agr. Station. Exp. pen, Conn.. 19 1,775 
Mapledale Farm, Connecticut. 19 1,192 
J. F. Byron, Connecticut....:. 31 1,539 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.. 21 1,030 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Silver Wyandotte Star, New York... 27 1,353 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut.... 23 1,531 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Dr. .1. C. Dinginan. New York. 29 1,302 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont.... 31 2.012 
Homer P. Doming, Connecticut. 18 1,731 
Clias. O. Polhemus, New York.. 43 1,888 
H. M. Bailey, Connecticut. 10 1,491 
John Backus, Vermont. 10 1,002 
W. II. Bumstead, Connecticut. 10 1.320 
I’inecrest Orchards, Massachusetts.. 5 1,058 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 17 1.473 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire..... 24 1,028 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 20 1,349 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 23 1,754 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 25 1,527 
Rural New-Yorker. New York City.. 20 1.494 
S. O. McLean, Connecticut. 18 1,354 
Springdale Farm, Connecticut. 20 1,052 
D. E. Warner, Rhode Island. 18 1,511 
H. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 13 1.539 
Albert It. Ford, Connecticut. 17 1,000 
Light Brahmas. 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 19 1.095 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 10 1,187 
American Dominiques. 
H. B. Hiller, Connecticut. 10 1,039 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Ilall, Connecticut. 8 1,278 
George Bowles, Connecticut. 9 1,070 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 7 1.455 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 28 1,929 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Penn. 10 1,803 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 7 1,459 
Cecil Guernsey, New York. 11 1,191 
Merritt M. Clark, Connecticut. 5 1,278 
Chas. N. St. John. New York. 5 1.335 
Jay H. Ernlsse, New York. 0 1,500 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen. Conn.. 10 1.734 
Storrs Agr. Station, Exp. pen, Conn.. 10 1,903 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut 5 1,372 
WindVwcep Farm Connecticut. 3 1,934 
James H. Lord, Massachusetts. 4 1,502 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania . 12 1,839 
Dictograph Farm, New York. 5 1,012 
F. M. Peasley, Connecticut. 10 1,957 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 6 1,415 
Tom Barron, England . 10 1,990 
Edward Cam, England . 5 1,023 
Geo. M. McMillan, Missouri. 9 1,048 
Wm. II. Lyon, New York. 1 1,412 
Happich A Ilanks, New York. 22 1,758 
A. P. Robinson, New York. 1 1,850 
Manor Poultry Farm, New York. 8 1,710 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 17 1,525 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 10 1,579 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 11 1,704 
Branford Farms, Connecticut. 3 1,757 
Anna Dean Farm, Ohio. 4 1,356 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 3 L2S0 
A. S. Sondregger, Connecticut. 20 1,791 
S. J. Rogers, New York. 1,430 
Stoneleigh Poultry Farm, Pa. 1,310 
Mrs. W. R. Whitlock, Connecticut... 4 1,290 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 4 1,183 
James V. Thomas, New York. 6 1,036 
Sunny Acres Farm, Connecticut. 4 1,497 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. 
The Gale Place, Connecticut. 7 1,127 
Buff Leghorns. 
Lakeside Poultry Farm, Michigan... 10 1,272 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 12 1,331 
Black Leghorns, 
J. Collinson, England . 4 1,719 
Silver Campines. 
Ilncowa Poultry Yards, Connecticut.. 10 1,583 
Lewis E. Prickett, Connecticut. 25 1,540 
Light Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 1 1,021 
Salmon Faverolles. 
Doughoregan Farm, Maryland 1 . 20 1,225 
White Orpingtons. 
Henry S. Pennock, Florida . 569 
Obed S. Knight, Rhode Island. 25 1,226 
B. P. Nase, Connecticut. 18 1,300 
Buttercups. 
Chanticleer Poultry Yards, Pa. 19 1,345 
Favorite Hens. 
Rural New-Yorker, New York City.. 24 1,308 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
How to Use Hen Manure. 
Is it advisable to mix droppings from 
the hen roosts with stable manure, or 
would it be better to save it separately in 
boxes? A year ago I killed most of my 
celery by putting too much hen manure 
in the bottom of the trenches. Last year 
I had 2,500 celery heads to store. The 
basements were all filled with potatoes. 
I could find no place to store it. I had it 
banked to the top with dirt (which was 
muck), which left the ditches at the sides 
below the roots. I covered the tops with 
straw and dirt over the straw. I opened 
it up first in January. It was as green 
and fresh as when covered, and so brittle 
much care had to be taken to keep from 
breaking it. It kept in first-class shape 
until it became warm in April. This is 
the most satisfactory way I ever tried to 
keep celery, with the exception of its 
being more work to dig. s. H. R. 
Ogdensburg, N. Y. 
We should use the droppings alone or 
use them to start fermentation in a com¬ 
post heap. They are good for the latter 
purpose. Muck and sods and similar 
wastes do not start fermenting easily, but 
.when limed and mixed with hen manure 
the “cooking” starts promptly and the 
heap is well worked over. As a rule it 
is better to keep the hen manure by it¬ 
self. Use plaster or dry road dust freely 
under the roosts to dry out the manure. 
Scrape it off frequently and keep in a 
dry place, under cover. In the Spring 
the manure will be found in dry, hard 
chunks. These can be crushed quite fine 
and spread like a fertilizer or mixed with 
chemicals. Used in this fine condition 
the manure will be much less likely to 
burn or scald the crops as chunks of fresh 
manure often do. 
Laying Record. 
My first flock of chickens consists of 12 
White Orpingtons one year old in April. 
They have just completed their thirty- 
seventh week of laying with a record of 
over 1.550 eggs. Four of these hens were 
set this Spring, and two of them raised 
families. Would such a record warrant 
advertising them for sale? They are 
worth approximately $1 each locally for 
roasting. I must dispose of them, as I 
have only room for my pullets now almost 
ready for the laying house. H. c. A. 
Minnesota. 
While your Orpingtons have laid well, 
they have not made a phenomenal record 
that would warrant an excessively high 
price on the strength of it. As breeders 
they will be more valuable another year, 
because more mature, and it would seem 
as though local advertising should sell 
them to some one who wishes a small pen 
of that variety. Hens of that variety 
should pay their way through at least two 
years of laying and then be valuable for 
meat. ‘ M. B. u. 
Ration for Hens on Range; Measuring 
Corn. 
1. Will you give me a balanced ration 
for chickens on free range in which I 
can use ground corn and oats, as I have 
these on my farm? Bran, middlings, and 
gluten I shall have to buy. 2. Also give 
me a rule for measuring corn in a crib. 
Pennsylvania. J. M. 
1. Your eornmeal and ground oats 
should be balanced in a ration by such 
higher protein foods as wheat middlings 
and bran, gluten feed, oil meal and beef 
scrap or meat meal. Equal parts of corn- 
meal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, gluten 
feed, ground oats and beef scrap would 
make a good mixture for laying hens or 
growing stock. 
2. A rule for measuring corn in the 
bin, as given in Bailey’s “Horticulturist’s 
Rule Book,” is: divide the number of 
cubic inches in the bin by 2747.7 (the 
cubic inches in a heaped bushel). If 
the corn is in the ear, deduct ODe-third 
from the result. M. b. d. 
Apple Pomace and Beet Pulp. 
Will you inform me as regards the 
advisability of feeding the apple waste 
from making cider to hens and pullets? 
Also what can be said of dried beet pulp 
fed after being treated with boiling 
water for hens, and how does it compare 
to steamed Alfalfa as a substitute for 
green food? j. M. H. 
Massachusetts. 
I see no objection to apple pomace as 
a food for fowls provided that it is not 
fed to excess to those unaccustomed to 
it. It is, of course, simply ground up 
apples with the greater part of the juice 
expressed. Like all green food, it would 
doubtless produce diarrhoea in fowls that 
were confined and hungry for vegetable 
matter if given in unlimited quantity and 
such fowls would probably eat so much 
as to consume too little grain for the 
highest production of eggs. Dried beet 
pulp has been much used as a substitute 
for green stuff in the Winter. When 
treated with boiling water, .or steamed, 
it is of value, though some flocks can be 
made to eat it with difficulty. It is not 
comparable in value with steamed Alfal¬ 
fa containing only 1.5% of crude pro¬ 
tein as against the 23% found in Alfalfa 
leaves. m. b. d. 
Electrified Air for Poultry. 
What practical success has been ob¬ 
tained by the use of alternating electric 
current, in electrifying the atmosphere in 
which the birds live, for the purpose of 
forcing abnormal growth in broilers and 
abnormal egg production? l. l. ii. 
Newton Center, Mass. 
I take pleasure in reading over the re¬ 
ported benefits of the use of electric cur¬ 
rents and can say that 1 see no prac¬ 
tical value whatsoever. There seems to 
be, on good authority, a slight increase in 
weight, but this is so small that I would 
hesitate laying it entirely to the atmos¬ 
phere. Electrieit” will have to be much 
cheaper than it is to-day, and will have 
to be more practically established before 
it can be of any commercial benefit to the 
poultry industry as conducted to-day. 
II. R. LEWIS. 
Ophthalmia. 
I have a 15-year-old mare who has sore 
eyes. Every morning her eyes are com¬ 
pletely closed and watering freely. They 
are especially bad during the Summer, 
Her eyes have been in this condition ever 
since I have had her, that is, two years. 
She does not seem to mind it but seems 
in high spirits all the while. Would you 
explain the nature of this ailment and 
suggest a method of treatment? 
New York. p. p. h. 
Bathe the eyes twice daily with a sat¬ 
urated solution of boric acid and each 
night smear a 1-1000 ointment of yellow 
oxide of mercury upon the eyelids. If 
this does not suffice cover the eyes with a 
soft cloth to be kept wet with a lotion com¬ 
posed of ten drops of carbolic acid, half 
a dram each of sulphate of zinc and fluid 
extract of belladonna leaves and one 
quart of cold water. Slightly darken the 
stable and keep it clean, and perfectly 
ventilated. If periodic ophthalmia (moon 
blindness) is present it will prove in¬ 
curable and end in blindness of one or 
both eyes, after repeated attacks. 
A. S. A. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 
D. W. YOUNG’S STRAIN 
1,000 choice yearling hens @ $1 each, during Novem¬ 
ber. Special bred for layers on free farm range. 
Choice pens of 10 hens, 1 cock, $12. My Book, 
"Profits in Poultry Keepino Solved,’’ free with all $10 or- 
ders. EDGAR BRIGGS, Bex 75, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. 
BARRON LEGHORN COCKERELS 
of 200-egg pedigree. Choice birds, $1.25, to close 
out stock. PULLETS. BARRON FARM, Connellsville. Pa. 
For Sale-2,000S.C.W.L. PULLETS 
raised on free range and in perfect condition, at 
$1.50 each. Also 500 S. C. W. L. breeding hens, at 
$1 each. C. 4V. 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. C. 
Rhode Island Red year’ing hens, Tompkins strain,95 
cents each; 100 imported Improved Silver Campine 
yearling hens, Jacobus strain, $1.50 each; good cock¬ 
erels, $2each. H.Bacon, Hillcrest Poultry Farm, Berwyn, Md. 
Rarrnn RnplfPrplR - White Leghorns, farm 
Ddriun UUUteiBIS reared f rom pe „ imported di¬ 
rect. Certified egg records, 250 to 280; order early. 
The White Poultry Farms, - Cairo, N. Y. 
Tom Barron’sWhite Leghorns 
Direct Importers. Purebred yearling hens for breed- 
ers. Best trap-nested stock. 282-egg strain. It’s 
the strain thatconnts. Hons,$1.50; cocks, $2; cock- 
erels, $1.50. P. F. Rafferty, Marlboro, Mass. 
For Sale-A Large Type of S.G.W. Leghorn Pullets 
and year-old hens. Heavy egg producers. Wyckoff 
strain direct. J. M. CASE, Gllboa, New York 
COR SALE— HIGH GRADE RUFUS RED BEL- 
■ GIAN HARKS. Price reasonable. Homer 
Pigeons 75c. a pair. E. HOLLEY,Viueland, N.J. 
TILLY’S NEPHEWS 
See Tilly s record among Favorite Hens in R. N.-Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS, from hens that lay, $3 
to $5. R. W. Stevens, Box 292, Stillwater, N.Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS from heavy-laying, 
** trap-nested lions, will increase egg production. 
MIDDLEBR00K POULTRY FARM, Miss Marion 1. Moore, Hamburg, H. Y. 
For Sale-Ferrets, Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Toulouse 
GEESE AND PEKIN DUCKS. C. JEWELL, Speucer, O. 
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS 
AMERICAN DOMINIQUES, BLACK LANGSHAN, BUFF ORPING¬ 
TON and ANCONA COCKERELS, $1 each and upwards. 
A. JACKSON, - Mineral Springs, N. Y. 
Barron. Stock. 
S. C. W. Leghorns, White Wyandottes, Cock birds. 
Cockerels, Yearling Hens and Pullets, out of direct 
importation from the World’s greatest layers. Cata¬ 
logue free. Brookfield Poultry Form, R. F. D. No. 3,Versailles, Ohio 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
400 pullets for sale at45c. per lb. BUY BY WEIGHT and get 
what you pay for. GEO. FROST. Levnnna, Cayuga Co., N.Y. 
.sale Healthy Barred Rock Cockerels b^ttS 
strain, $2 to $5each. Mr*. J. M. Murdock, Stamford, N.Y. 
MAKE HENS LAY 
by feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value Is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier,! 
profits larger. 1 
MANN’S «!.!! Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
cristle. Never clogs. 10 Days’ Fro. Trial. 
No money In advance. 
Send Today for Freo Book. 
M.W. Mann Co., Box 15 , Milford, Mass 
.Winter Layers—. 
Are Money Makers 
BLUE RIBBON LAYING MASHi 
Makes a heavy winter egg yield. Send for 
our special wholesale prices On Poultry 
Feeds and Freo Feeding Booklet. 
GLOBE ELEVATOR COMPANY 
91 Kentucky Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Improved Parcel Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers- New Egg Gases 
SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE DESCRIBING OUR 
Modern Poultry Equipment 
H. K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, N.Y 
S.C. White Leghorn Pullets' 
“ FARM LEIGH,” - Carmel, N, Y . 
I, 000 S. G. White Leghorn Pullets 
range raised; in fine condition. Selected for win- 
ter layors. Also some extra good cockerels. 
RAMAP0 POULTRY AND FRUIT FARM, Sprino Valley. N. Y. 
300 APRIL HATCHED 
S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets 
at 75c. per pullet; and 700 May pullets at 65c. per 
pullet; also 100 S. C. W. Orpington Pullets at $1 per 
pullet; and S. 0. Brown Leghorn cockerels at $1.25. 
Our stock O. K. All Right. The Lakewood strain. 
THE ELIZABETH POULTRY FARM. John H. Warfel S San. Rahrertlawa. P*. 
PULLETS-S.G.W. LEGHORNS 
’eTom Barron and Va Cornell University Strain, 75c. 
to $1.25. I make rearing pullets my specialty. Best 
of references. L. E. INGOLDSBY, Hartwick Seminary, N.Y. 
Knapp-Wyckoff S.C.W. Leghorns 
Free range raised. The very best “ Utility” strain, 
Pullets and Cockerels for sale. Write me yourwants. 
" CHASE POULTRY FARM,” F. M. Oavis, CINCINNATUS, N. Y. 
Tom Barron White Leghorn Cockerels 
arge, healthy, free-range stock. 
Poultry Farm, Clayton, N. Y. 
248-272-egg strain. Large, healthy, free-range stock. 
Write Patterson’s 
Rpi rrr»r» ,je S ,10rns an 4 Wynn- 
Darron V-OCKereiS jottes. From selected 
Barron trapnosted hens, mated to imported Barron 
cockerels with pedigrees from 248 to 272—$2 each. 
C. W. TUENEK, _ West Hartford, Conn. 
DOSECOMB HROWN LEGHORN COCKER 
** ELS. Buy now. I. C. Hawkins, Sprakers, N. Y. 
Land and Water Fowls attractive prices. 2 ct. 
kanu aiiu ndiei ruwib s t a In p tor catalogue. 
Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R.g, Athens, Pa. 
S pecial fall SALE —Reduced prices on Turkeys, Ducks, 
Chickens, Geese, Guineas, Guinea pigs, Hares and 
Dogs. Price List Free. H. *. SOUOER, Box 29. Sailer,villa. Pa. 
COR SALE—Kane's North Country strain Giant 
• Bronze Turkeys. C. D. KANE, Brasie Corners, N.Y. 
purebred 6iant Bronze Turkey, 
— $4-$5, CORA HAITI!, Maulius, New York 
n, i-Ipo -Special SaleforNovember. Indian Runnorducks 
and drakes, $2 each; $5 a trio. Buff Orpington 
ducks and drakes, $2 each. Pekin drakes. *2 and $2.50 
oach. Ol der now—to-day. GEO. F. WILLIAMSON, Flanders, H. J. 
Indian Runner Ducks and Drakes^Vii^.'Buff'oi 
pington. Reasonable. Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
irom stock imported direct. Record, 265-283. $1 to 
$3. Mountain View Poultry Farm, Oxford, N. J. 
BRED-TO-LAY REDS 
20 R. C. yearling Hens, $25. 
Mrs. NELLIE JONES, . Hillsdale, N. Y. 
rose comb Rhode lsland Re d Cockerels 
HENRY D1RLAM, Sr., R. 2, Honesdale, Pa. 
S. C. R. I. RED COCKERELS 
From heavy layers. Vigorous, lien hatched and 
raised on range. $2. E. R. JOHNSON, Center Bridne, Pa. 
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. 
AUSTIN’S S.C. R.l. REDS 
6 pullets and 1 unrelated cock or cockerel for $10. 
ANNA M. JONES, - Hillsdale, N. Y. 
Colonial Reds 
A real bred-to-lay strain of national reputation. 
We offer well developed pullets and yearling hens, 
carrying very strong blood lines. Cockerels from 
record hens, to fattier consistent layers. Prices 
reasonable. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, Box 0, Temple, New Hampshire 
TOR SALE—R. C. R. I. RED PULLETS AND 
COCKERELS. H. H. Owen, Rhinebcck, N. Y. 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S.C.R.l.REDS 
Standard bred, high-record stock. Red to the skin. 
OLD AND Y^UNG STOCK FOR SALE. Book- 
let. AUSTIN’S POULTRY FARM, Box 17, Center Harbor, N. H. 
Madison Square Garden 
27th Annual Exhibition 
“America’s Leading Show” 
December 31st, 1915 to January 5th, 1916 
Open New Year’s Day and Sunday, January 2nd 
WHERE A WIN WINS MOST Entries Close December 15th, 1915 
For premium list and other particulars write 
CHARLES D. CLEVELAND, Sec’y-Superintendent, Madison Square Garden, N.Y. City 
