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The “Favorite Hen” Contest 
The Favorite Hen Contest came to an 
end on the 1st of November, and the fol¬ 
lowing table will show how the 30 hens 
ranked in one year's production. As will 
be seeii. Tilly, the White Wyandotte, led 
the procession by a wide margin, and she 
proved herself surely to be a remarkable 
hen. We hoped that she could be kept at 
the contest for a while longer, so as to 
complete one full year from the date of 
laying her first egg, but through an over¬ 
sight due to the rush of bringing the con¬ 
test to a close, Tilly was sent home. Had 
she remained she might have laid 10 or 15 
eggs more during the five weeks which 
would have elapsed before the full year 
was complete. However, she did very 
well, and so did about a dozen others, as 
may be seen from the following figures. 
We had hoped to give this month an 
itemized record of each hen, showing just 
hbw they stood as regards income and 
cost of feeding. Our figures are not quite 
complete, and so we will let this go over 
until next mouth. The figures below, 
however, show what these hens consumed 
in the way of feed during the entire year. 
As will be seen, the It. I. Reds consumed 
eggs, which means a cost of a little less 
than 1 1-5 cent. The mixed breeds laid 
1,382 eggs, or a trifle less than 13-10 of 
a cent per egg. It is quite surprising to 
see how close this cost runs for all. 
Next month we shall give the indi¬ 
vidual egg record for each hen, figured 
out by the month so as to show the in¬ 
come from each bird. The months of 
very high prices are October, November, 
December and January. During these 
months the Reds laid 245 eggs, the Leg¬ 
horns 177, and the mixed breeds 241. 
The Reds had their heaviest month in 
May. when they laid 200 eggs. June was 
heaviest for the Leghorns, when they laid 
175: and April was best for the mixed 
breeds with 179. The full record in fig¬ 
ures will give some interesting compari¬ 
sons as regards the profit in feeding a 
hen, and next month we will try to give 
these figures in full. 
We are sorry that some of these birds 
did not make a better record. Many of 
them were very late in starting, and 
three of them died during the contest. 
They all, however, had a fair chance and 
equally good care. 
Rhode Island Reds to Oct. 31. 
Mrs. Carrie M. Bliss, Virginia, Pocohontns.. 
Mrs. I'.. S. Marlatt, New Jersey Polly 
Mrs. T Sehwenk, Connect lent', Roxie-Loii!! 
Miss Ethel A. Pierce, New Hampshire, I.adv 
Pierce .. 
Mrs. Samuel O. Travis, New York, Rose..,. 
Mrs. W. R. Merrick. Massachusetts. Betty M 
Miss Edna M. Porter, New York, Betty. 114 
Mrs. Andrew ,T. Wilson, Connecticut, Betty 191 
Mrs. E. P Andrews, New York, Golden Hass Pend 
Mrs. Cecil Farnham, Maine . 170 
173 
100 
120 
05 
108 
180 
Leghorns—Records to Oct. 31. 
Mrs. N. P. Rand. New York, Lucy. Ill 
Mrs. Lewis J. Hnppich, New York, Lady 
Hopeful . 742 
Mrs. V. P. Miller, Ohio, Ann.757 
Mrs. A. J. Skellie. New York, Ity. 140 
Mrs. C. L. Tod<T, Virginia, Patsy. 84 
Mrs. Walter Fletcher, New York, Peggy_ 70 
Miss Tillie B Cloud, Pennsylvania, Peggy.. 1 
Mrs. Josephine Hollenbach, Pennsylvania, 
Viola .‘. 142 
Mrs. W. E. Phelps, Pennsylvania, Beauty.. 103 
Mrs. L. E. Ililborn, New York, Madam Toot- 
sey -•'. 173 
Mixed Breeds—Records to Oct. 31. 
Mrs. F. M. Earl. Connecticut, White Wyan¬ 
dotte, Gladness . 709 
Mrs. A. N. Conell, New York, White Wyan¬ 
dotte, Polly . 5(5 
Mrs. If. W. Stevens, New York, White"Wy¬ 
andotte. Tilly .' . 254 
Mrs. W. S. Walters, Michigan, Barred Rock, 
Bridgman Girl . 102 
Mrs. G. L. Rothgeb, Virginia, Barred Rock, 
Roxie . 149 
Misses Osier and Wilcox, New York, Barred 
Rock, Marguerita .Bead 1 
Mrs. Robert II. Wood, New York, White 
Rock, Faith . 95 
Mrs. Joseph di Fabrizio, New Jersey, Black 
Minorca, Retina .‘. 170 
Mrs. Emma II. Wood, New York, Buff Or¬ 
pington. Louisine . 195 
Mrs. Edwin Walker. Massachusetts, Buff 
Orpington, Lady Ashby .Bend 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Amount of Feed. 
Pounds. 
Cost. 
Mash . 
. 4(!1.8 
$8.24 
9.20 
.05 
.01 
.14 
Grain . 
. 422.8 
Grit . 
. 0.1 
Charcoal 
. .5 
Shell . 
. 18.G 
■frhite Leghorns. 
$17.70 
Amount of Feed. 
Pounds. 
Cost. 
Masli . 
. 202.0 
$5.22 
9.29 
.05 
.02 
.14 
Grain . 
. 424.2 
Grit . 
. 7.0 
Charcoal 
. 1.0 
Shell . 
Mixed Breeds. 
$14.72 
Amount of Feed. 
Pounds. 
Cost. 
Mash . 
Grain . 
. 438.9 
. 429.1 
$7.83 
9.40 
.04 
.02 
.10 
Grit . 
. 5.0 
Charcoal .. 
Shell . 
. 1.0 
$17.45 
.$17.70 worth of food, the Leghorns 
$14.72, while the mixed breeds ate up 
$17.45 worth. In this account the dry 
mash is figured at $35.7*0 per ton, the grain 
at $43.80, the grit at 75 cents per hun¬ 
dredweight, much the same as the shells, 
and $2 per hundred pounds of charcoal. 
We notice that the Leghorns consumed a 
little more whole grain than the Reds, 
but about 170 pounds less of the dry 
mash. The mixed breeds ate more of the 
grain, and somewhat less of the mash 
than the Reds. The weight of shells and 
grit eaten by these birds was much the 
same for each pen. The Reds laid dur¬ 
ing the year 1,499 eggs, which means an 
average cost per egg of a little less than 
I 1-5 of a cent. The Leghorns laid 1,281 
New York State News. 
on S J ATE Dairymen’s Convention.— The 
o!)th annual convention of the New York 
State Dairymen’s Association will be 
field in Rochester on Dec. 14 to 17. There 
will also be in session with the dairy- 
men, the State Breeders’ Association, and 
tfieir allied live stock associations, the 
Western New York Milk Dealers’ Asso¬ 
ciation and the State Ice Cream Dealers’ 
Association. Exhibits of butter, milk 
and cheese will be made as usual, also of 
dairy machinery and supplies. 
Agricultural Conference. —Commis¬ 
sioner Wilson has called a conference 
of officials of State agricultural associa¬ 
tions, State colleges and agricultural 
schools, the agricultural press and repre¬ 
sentative farmers, for December 10 at 
his office in Albany. About 125 invita¬ 
tions have been issued but any farmer 
will be welcomed if he can contribute to 
tie objects of the meeting. Needed 
changes in the present agricultural law 
and additional legislation along this line 
will be considered and committees will be 
appointed to “follow the proposed meas¬ 
ures through legislative channels.” It is 
intended that a committee shall act in an 
advisory capacity to Gov. Whitman and 
the Legislature whenever any informa¬ 
tion along these lines is desired. 
An Expensive Constitution. —The 
proposed constitution rejected by the peo¬ 
ple at the last election is said to have 
cost the State in round numbers $ 1 , 200 ,- 
000. Of this amount $500,000 was ap¬ 
propriated by the last legislature. About 
$700,000 will go into the annual supply 
bill which will be submitted to the Legis¬ 
lature at its coming session. It is esti¬ 
mated that fully $300,000 was spent by 
private organizations working for or 
against the amendments. And we are 
just where we were before the constitu¬ 
tional convention was called, and about 
where we are likely to stay for some 
time to come. 
Agricultural Department Scrutin¬ 
ized.— The commissioner of agriculture 
and his department were the first to come 
under the scrutiny of Gov. Whitman and 
his budget committee last Tuesday. It 
was the first hearing 011 the new budget 
plan that has been devised for lessening 
the expenses of the various State Depart¬ 
ments. At the opening of the conference 
the Governor announced that he would 
not stand for appropriations for any de¬ 
partment in excess of the appropriations 
allowed for the department for the pre¬ 
sent fiscal year. Second, he announced a 
different policy for the payment of in¬ 
demnities to owners of diseased cattle 
and horses destroyed by the State. Com¬ 
missioner Wilson was instructed to pare 
j-jowR his requests for appropriations to 
$433,000, the approximate amount allowed 
for this year. The commissioner, it is said, 
had submitted estimates asking for an 
increase of $84,000. The supply bill to¬ 
taled $050,802 and the budget committee 
struck out $17,000 for the proposed al¬ 
terations in Geological Hall where the 
agricultural department offices are lo¬ 
cated. A 11 appropriation of $140,000 for 
tubercular cattle and $ 100,000 for glan- 
dered horses had been asked, but the com¬ 
mittee finally decided to take the item out 
entirely and when the bill is presented 
to the Legislature the exact amount of 
claims allowed up to January 1 next, by 
the Department for this purpose will be 
included, insuring more prompt payment 
of the indemnities. At present the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture maintains four 
branch laboratories and at the suggestion 
of the Governor a sub-committee of the 
budget conference will be appointed to see 
if a central laboratory for the combined 
uses of the agricultural, the health, the 
highway and engineering departments 
cannot be created. j. w. n. 
Products, Prices and Trade 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week ending Nov. 19, 1915. 
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 top grade refers to the best on 
sale at the time. The best sheep, lambs, 
apples, 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 (>() 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. 
3% 
3.5% 
4% 
4.5% 
5% 
Oct. .. 
. . .$1.70 
$1.85 
$ 2.00 
$2.15 
$2.30 
Nov. . . 
... 1.80 
1.95 
2.10 
2 25 
2.40 
Dec. .. 
... 1.80 
1.95 
2.10 
2.25 
2.40 
.Tan. .. 
... 1.70 
1.S5 
2.00 
2.15 
2.30 
Feb. .. 
... 1.(35 
1.80 
1.95 
2.10 
2.25 
March . 
... 1.(30 
1.75 
1.90 
2.05 
2.20 
BUTT Id! 
Best creamery is scarce, and one-half 
cent higher. The market on lower grades 
of new make is decidedly dull, as it com¬ 
petes with storage goods, which are pre¬ 
ferred. 
Creamery, best, above 92 score, lb. 32 @ 33 
Extra, 1)2 score . 30 @ 31 
Good to Choice . 25 © 27 
Lower Grades.. .■... 22 @ 2* 
8tate Dairy, beat. 21) © 2S)te 
Common to Good. 23 @ 20 ' 
Ladles . 19 @ 22 
Backing Stock. 17 © 21 
Process . 21 @ 25 
Elkin, Ill., butter market 30 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 30J4 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 21). 
Chicago creamery. 25©30. 
Kansas City, 27@2S). 
CHEESE. 
The up-State boards of trade have 
closed business for the season. The make 
has been larger than usual owing to 
abundant pastures. The market on top 
grades in New York is one-fourtli cent 
higher. 
Whole Milk. State specials. 
© 
k;>4 
Average tancy . 
. 15 
© 
15H 
Under grades. 
.... 12 
© 
14 
Daisies, best. 
© 
1<B6 
Young Americas.. 
Skims, special. 
© 
13 
Fair to good . 
© 
10 
EGGS 
Fancy white are scarce, and gathered 
stock is carefully candled to remove all 
that are much above the average, as these 
are worth considerable premium over 
standard prices on gathered. Newspaper 
yarns about 75-cent eggs are now float¬ 
ing about. These stories sound like ad¬ 
vertising paid for by those who are try¬ 
ing to squeeze such prices out of the 
public. A few eggs do sell for 75 cents, 
but to call this the retail price is as 
(Continued on page 1423.) 
TRAP-NESTED 
S. C. 
Rhode Island 
REDS 
243 Egg Record Hem 
Cockerels, Hens and Pullets at 
$ 3 , $5 and $ 10 . Eggs in Season. 
Chester County Pity. Farm, 
BOX 7 P0TTST0WN, PA. 
Rhode Island Reds and Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Hone’s Crescent Strain. Choice Breeding birds sold 
oil approval. 0. R. HONE. Crescent Hill Farm, Cherry Valley, N. T. 
Colonial Reds 
A real bred-to-lay strain of national reputation. 
We offer well developed pullets and yearling liens, 
carrying very strong blood lines. Cockerels from 
record liens, to father consistent layers. Prices 
reasonable. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, Bex 0, Temple, New Hampshire 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S. C. R. I.REDS 
Standard bred, high-record stock. Red to the skin. 
OLD ANT) YOUNG STOCK FOR SALE. Book¬ 
let. AUSTIN'S POULTRY FARM. Box 17, Center Harbor. N. H. 
~Rarron S tools. 
S. 0. 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 Farm. R. F. 0. No. 3,Versailles, Ohio 
S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 7 a ^d S $i $ 5o 
each. Riverdale Poultry Farm, Riverdale. N. j. 
200 “Tywacana Quality” 
WHITE ROCK COCKERELS 
T ARGE, vigorous, typey birds. 
■*— 1 Bred from our heavy laying 
utility stock and raised on free range 
in open air houses. Just the kind 
you need for new blood 
or foundation stock. 
Price, $5.00 each 
Order direct from this 
ad. Satisfaction guaranteed 
Tywacana Farms Poultry Co. 
A. E. WRIGHT, Supt. 
Box 68. FARMINGDALE, L. I., N.Y. 
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POULTRY CO. 
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No Red Tape. No Lost Express Charges 
SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK 
Under this guarantee you have a rare opportunity to ob¬ 
tain WliiteLeghorn Brooding Stock from a successful com¬ 
mercial plant. Closing of partnership interest forces us to 
market one-half our foundation stock. You may never 
have another such chance. Successful breeders keep 1 heir 
best stock, others have none. One, two and three-year- 
old fowls, cockerels and cocks, nil kept for our own breed¬ 
ing pena, SI to SB por hood. Every bird guaranteed worth 
its price In your opinion. Wo valued every bird offered 
on our stock inventory, for our own use. at just Uvice Ihe 
prices we ask. March to July pullets $2.50 to 50c. each. 
WHITMAN FARM, - Shelburne Fall*, Mass. 
Barron WhiteLeghorn Cockerels l 7 n 1 g L s ets b a D ,- Y ro 
Wyandotte cockerels. Pedigrees all over 200 Im¬ 
ported birds. Barron Farm, Connellsville, Fa. 
1,000 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
range raised; in fine condition. Selected for win- 
Also some extra good cockerels. 
RAMAPO POULTRY AND FRUIT FARM, Sprino Valley. N. Y. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
400 pullets for sale at 45c. per lb. BUY BY WEIGHT and get 
what you pay for. GEO. FROST, Levanna, Cayuoa Co., N.Y. 
Single Combed White Leghorn Pullets 
5 to 7 months old, 75c. to $1.50. Trap-nested hens, 
*1: cockerels. $j; Buff Wyandotte Bullets, 76c. to82 
1IIOMAS It. ALLEN, - Greenwich, N. Y. 
300 May Hatched S. C.W. Leghorn Pullets -ii “ rrou 
W. Young blood. 
JOHN LORTON LEE, Carmel, New York 
BARRON’S LEGHORNS 
248-200-284-egg stock. Imported direct. 6 pullets 
a ?<Dock; Cockerels $2 each during November. 
L. CLAUDE JONES, - Hillsdale, N. Y. 
Tom Barron Pullets 
FOR SALE 
Purebred Tom Barron S. C. W. Leghorn pullets, 
April and May hatched, fully matured, laying or 
ready to lay, big healthy birds, no culls, satisfaction 
guaranteed, $2 to 83 each in lots of ten or more 
Will sell a fow choice laying pullets from trap- 
nested dams with records in pullet year ranging 
from 231 to 247 Eggs. These trap-nested dams came 
direct from lorn Barron's yards. A few selected 
cockerels tor sale. Every bird I own is pure bred 
Barron stock. A. G. LORI), Phone 137, Lakeville, Cl. 
Tom Barron’sWhite Leghorns 
Direct Importers, Purebred yearling liens for breed¬ 
ers. Best trap-nested stock. 282-egg strain. It’s 
the strain thatcounts. liens, $1.50; cocks, $2; cock¬ 
erels, $1.50. F. F. Rafferty, Marlboro, Mass. 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
J months old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
orders now. Write your wants. 
HAMILTON FAItIVI, - Huntington, N. Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 
1). 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 Keepinn Solved,” free with all $10 or¬ 
ders. EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, Pleasant Valley, N.Y, 
While Leghorn Pullets and Cockerels^^J", 0 ^ 
Wyckoff’s strain. Vigorous, Farm Range grown 
birds irom record layers. Also yearling liens and 
cocks. Prices Right. It. T. Ewing, Atlantic, JPa* 
PULLETS-S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
k; Tom Barron and kj Cornell University Strain, 75c. 
to $1.25. I make rearing pullets my specialty. Best 
of references. L. E. INGOLDSBY, Hartwick Seminary, N.Y. 
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Barron Cockerels - ;.^ 
S. C. W. Leghorn, Barron and Conn. Agr. College 
strains, $1.25, $1.50. Free range stock tested for 
White Diarrhea. Also White Leghorn and Barred 
Rock cockerels. A. li. Hall, Wallingford, Conn. 
C. White Leghorns, farm 
reared, from pen imported di¬ 
rect. Certified egg records, 250 to 280; order early. 
The White Poultry Farms, . Cairo, N. Y. 
PULI ETS^ Heavy ' laying ' standard-bred S.C.White 
'7 ,,'. Leghorns, 75 cents each for quick sale. 
J. GUY LESHElt, - Northumberland, Pa. 
COR SALE— Bred-to-Lav Free Range S. C. W. Leg- 
1 horn Yearlings, $1 each; $90 per Hundred. Pul- 
lots, $1.50 each. Harry Smith, Montgomery, N. Y. 
White WvanHntfps s c buff and white leghorns 
mine nydiiuoiies SILVER campines, barred rocks 
The best standard utility strains. Special Cockerel 
sale now. Write wants. Circular. Our 14th year. 
Ownlaud Farm,Box 497,South Hammond,N.Y. 
WANTED-One Hundred White Wyandottes 
yearlings or pullets. B io Locust Farm, Westfield, N. J. 
MY WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS ftom heavy-laying. 
1,1 trap-nested liens, will increase your egg production. 
MIDDLE8R00K POULTRY [FARM, Miss Marian I. Moore, Hamburg, N. Y. 
Light Brahma 
and Rose Comb 
Red Cockerels 
fine birds. L. MILLER, Highland, New York 
PUREBRED BOURBON RED TURKEYS— 
r Hens, $3; Toms, $4, Mrs. R. F. BUNOY, Taze well, V». 
M ammoth toulouse geese and ganders 
$3.51) each. GEO. F. WILLIAMSON. Flanders. N. J. 
Half Wild Turkey Tom two years old. 
er. Price $10. 
Vigorous breed- 
Walnut Hill Farm, Springfield, Vt 
