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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 18, 1915. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The sixth week oil the contest shows 
that the gain in erg production of each 
succeeding week, still continues. The 
gain this week < vet last week’s produc¬ 
tion is 141 ; the number of eggs laid dur¬ 
ing the week being 1,731. Tom Barron’s 
English White Wyandottes lead with a 
score of 43. Mrs. It. W. Stevens’ pen of 
White Wyandottes tie with Will Bar¬ 
ron’s pen of White Leghorns for second 
place, each pen laying 41. Jules F. Fran¬ 
cois’ pen of Barred Rocks are third with 
a score of 40. This pen has done some 
very good laying from the start, and leads 
all other pens in the total score, viz., 197. 
The next best total score is by Will Bar¬ 
ron’s White Leghorns, which have laid 
185. The same breed have the third and 
fourth best scores. 
A drug store proprietor in Ohio con¬ 
ceived the idea of hatching chicks from 
eggs that had never been laid, and using 
them for a window display in his store, 
lie killed three laying hens, a White Or¬ 
pington, a Rhode Island Red, and a Black 
Minorca. In each of these hens there 
was an egg about ready to be laid. The 
eggs were put in an incubator and 
hatched three chicks, a white one, a red 
one, and a black one. They are all roos¬ 
ters, and are now nearly large enough to 
crow. 
“Lady Eglantine,” the hen that laid 
314 eggs in 365 days, is to be exhibited 
at the Palace Poultry Show in New York 
The owner values her at .$100,000. I am 
astonished at his moderation; why in the 
world didn’t he value her at “one mil- 
Jion. It is the world’s high record 
far. and it is doubtful if it will ever 
equalled. The week’s record follows : 
White Orpingtons. 
Obed G. Knight, Rhode Island. 8 50 
Oregons. 
Oregon Agr. College, Oregon. 24 103 
Imperial Progressives. 
Win. D. 'Wells, Rhode Island. 
Black Rhinelanders. 
A. Schwarz, California . 9 29 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
SO 
be 
New York., 
Barred Rocks. 
A. R. Hall, Connecticut. 
Mrs. Andreas Brooks 
Frank L. Tuttle. Ma... 
Jules F. Francais. Long Island... 
Hampton Institute. Virginia ... . 
Fairflelds Farms, New Hampshire 
O. A. Foster, California . " ”9 
Oregon Agricultural College, Oregon " 
Rock Rose Farm, New York. 
Mendelay Poultry Yards, Ohio... 
White Rocks. 
Branford Farm, Connecticut . 
Branford Farm, Connecticut . 
Albert T. I.enzen, Massachusetts. 
Koweenah Farm, Massachusetts. . 
Holliston Hill Farm, 
Week Total 
83 
, , , 
1 
75 
197 
.. 23 
73 
.. 39 
132 
43 
i.. 27 
77 
.. 15 
(12 
23 
3 
41 
7 
9 
72 
.. 25 
08 
19 
27 
115 
T6 
66 
31 
88 
00 
1 
139 
03 
5 
38 
30 
7 
Massachusetts. 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 4 
Columbian Rocks. 
Mrs. George R. Wilcox, Connecticut. 
White Wyandottes, 
lime Ridge Farm, New York. 4 
National W. Wy. Club, Pa. 9 
Obcd G. Knight. Rhode Island..!! 32 
P. W. Backus, Ontario . 30 
Beulah Farm, Ontario ... 21 
Vine Hill Farm, Massachusetts. 10 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, New York. 41 
Everett E. Wheeler, Massachusetts.... 23 
J. E. Watson, Connecticut. 
Tom Barron, England . 43 
Marsden Cross P. Farm, England. 21 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island. 5 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut....!. 10 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Mrs. Lena C. Bray, Missouri. 12 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 4 7 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts.... 24 121 
G. Arthur Cook, Massachusetts... 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 23 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 12 
Ilillview Poultry Farm, Vermont. 31 
Homer P. Deming, Connecticut. 
Charles O. Polhemus, New York. 
S. <:. McLean, Connecticut. 
Springdale Poultry Farm, Connecticut. 
Laurel Hill Farm, Rhode Island. 
II. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 
Harry II. Cook, Connecticut. 
A. W. Rumery, New Hampshire. 
F. D. Clark, Connecticut. 
Allan’s Ilartoheat Reds, Rhode Island. 
Charles Becker, Connecticut. 
Fatherland Farm, Massachusetts. 
Jacob E. Jansen, Connecticut. 
II. W. Collingwood, New Jersey. 
W. II. Bumstead. Connecticut. 
Pineerest Orchards, Massachusetts.... 
Hampton Institute, Virginia. 
Jos. Brandenburg, Michigan. 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Jay II. Ernisse, New York. 14 
Broad Brook Farm. New York. 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 
Mrs. Rollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut.. 
Windsweep Farm, Connecticut. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Poultry Farm, New York.. 
F. M. I’easley. Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Will Barron, England . 
J. Collinson, England . 
Marsden Cross P. Farm. England. 
George M. McMillan, Missouri. 
A. P. Robinson. New York. 
River Ledge Farm, Connecticut. 
Frank It. Hancock, Vermont.. 
Margareta 1’. Farm, Ohio . 
Branford Farm, Connecticut . 
Branford Farm, Connecticut . 
W. E. Atkinson, Connecticut. 
Ellis W. Bentley, New York. 
N. W. Hendryx, Connecticut. 
Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, New York 
George Phillips, Connecticut. 
Hampton Institute, Virginia .. 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 
White Leghorn Club, Illinois. 
Harry Williams, Connecticut. 
Oakcrest Farm, New York . 
Jns. F. Harrington, New Jersey. 
Summer Grove Farm, Ohio....'. 
Buff Leghorns. 
L. E. Ileasley, Michigan. 
O. L. Magre.v, Connecticut. 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinson, England . 
Red Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
Mottled Anconas. 
Claude 
Elmwood 
Clinton, New 
Farm, New 
Jersey.. 
York... 
21 
S9 
23 
101 
12 
56 
31 
82 
9 
9 
24 
77 
3 
10 
9 
31 
20 
04 
21 
61 
22 
86 
22 , 
82 
26 
75 
15 
20 
18 
43 
23 
70 
9 
20 
« 
23 
21 
60 
14 
54 
14 
34 
30 
172 
24 
139 
14 
91 
4 
16 
9 
85 
22 
48 
20 
123 
30 
85 
8 
32 
14 
41 
20 
123 
6 
74 
27 
130 
41 
185 
29 
99 
21 
114 
21 
76 
21 
152 
10 
21 
32 
78 
10 
33 
22 
37 
14 
49 
14 
93 
23 
96 
13 
36 
17 
119 
14 
69 
21 
129 
12 
40 
22 
63 
14 
102 
22 
76 
28 
108 
18 
63 
7 
8 
9 
25 
31 
78 
3 
3 
30 
115 
18 
50 
Ventilating Henhouse 
Will you advise relative to the ventila¬ 
tion of my poultry house? It is 30 feet 
long; 10 feet wide; seven feet high in 
front, and 5*4 feet high in the back. Or¬ 
iginally divided off into four pens of six 
feet wide each, and feed room, but 
at the suggestion of one of my friends, 
I knocked out the center partition 
making that pen 12 feet long by 10 
deep. There are four narrow long win¬ 
dows at the front near the roof and four 
large windows below, all opening out, 
openings on all the partition doors hav¬ 
ing a lair circulation of air through the 
structure. The whole is perfectly air¬ 
tight in the back and ends except a door 
in one end that opens into the feed room. 
This season 1 have covered the small top 
windows with cheese cloth and closed the 
lower larger windows altogether except 
during the middle of bright sunny days, 
when I open them for a couple of hours 
only. Do you think the latter is safe 
when the thermometer goes much below 
freezing, or keep them closed altogether? 
I noticed a little dampness at times last 
Winter, but I have changed things a 
little. Can you make any suggestions 
that will in prove on my place? The 
house faces the south and stands on high 
ground. MRS. s. M. c. L. 
New York. 
Your poultry house has the disadvan¬ 
tage, common to a large number of houses 
built a few years ago, of being too nar¬ 
row for its length. A depth of 10 feet 
gives little opportunity for fowls to get 
away from the drafts near open windows 
, and makes open front ventilation less 
practicable. The test of ventilation is 
dryness of the air within the building. If 
your method of ventilating prevents ac¬ 
cumulation of moisture on the walls in 
cold weather, it is all right. I doubt, 
however, its doing so. Not knowing size 
or position of the windows in the build¬ 
ing, I cannot speak positively but I think 
that you will get better results if you 
leave the upper openings closed with 
glass and secure ventilation by opening 
about four of the lower windows and leav¬ 
ing them open at all times, except, possi¬ 
bly, in zero weather. This may seem 
harsh treatment but it has been abund¬ 
antly demonstrated that cold, dry air 
does not injure fowls as does warm moist 
air; they wear splendid overcoats. A 
curtain dropped in front of the perches 
on zero nights is better protection against 
frozen combs than are closed windows. 
Plenty of litter in which they can keep 
busy and exercise will prevent the freez¬ 
ing of combs in the day time in any kind 
of weather that I hope you will ever see, 
since you are only ten miles from me. 
It requires some courage on the part of 
the novice to open hen house windows 
on cold Winter days, and they should not 
be so opened as to produce direct drafts 
upon the fowls; barring such drafts, 
however, the best window is the one hav¬ 
ing neither glass, sash nor putty. 
M. B. D. 
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