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The “Favorite Hen” Contest 
Earnings of the “Favorite Hens” 
The following table shows the egg rec¬ 
ord by month of the 30 Favorite Hens 
which were entered in the last egg-laying 
contest at Storrs, Conn. We figured out 
the number of eggs laid by each hen dur¬ 
ing the entire year, and give their values 
figured at the prices which were obtained 
at the contest. These figures run from 
50 cents a dozen in December, to 21 
cents in May. In this figuring we 
counted on the same price for brown eggs 
as for white, as that seems to be the 
has it all over the inside of its mouth. 
Can you tell me what to do for this? 
New Jersey. G. F. 
This yellowish formation within the 
mouth is probably due to a parasitic 
growth of a low form of vegetable organ¬ 
isms. The disease is, more or less cor¬ 
rectly. called thrush, the growth resemb¬ 
ling that sometimes observed in children. 
It is most apt to be found in birds of low 
vitality that are unable to resist (he en¬ 
croachments of the parasite. Treatment 
consists in those measures which contrib¬ 
ute to the health and vitality of the flock 
RHODE ISLAND REDS. 5 
Mrs. Carrie M. Bliss, Va., Pocahontas.... 0 
Mrs. E. S. Marlatt, N. J., Polly. 10 
Mrs. T. Schwenk, Ct., Rosie-Lou. 0 
Miss Ethel A. Pierce, N. H., Lady Pierce. 0 
Mrs. Samuel 0. Travis, N. Y., Rose. 0 
Mrs. W. R. Merrick, Mass., Betty M. 0 
Miss Edna M. Porter, N. Y., Betty. 0 
Mrs. Andrew J. Wilson, Ct., Betty. 0 
Mrs. E. P. Andrews, N. Y., Golden Lass.. 0 
Mrs. Cecil Farnliam, Me., .. 0 
LEGHORNS. 
Mrs. N. D. Rand, N. Y., Lucy. 0 
Mrs. Lewis J. Happich, N.Y.,Lady Hopeful 0 
Mrs. V. D. Miller, Ohio, Ann. 0 
Mrs. A. J. Skellie, N. Y., Ity. 11 
Mrs. C. L. Todd, Va., Patsy. 12 
Mrs. Walter Fletcher, N. Y., Peggy. 0 
Miss Tillie B. Cloud, Pa., Peggy. 0 
Mrs Josephine Hollenbacli, Pa., Viola. 11 
Mrs. W. E. Phelps, Pa., Beauty. 12 
Mrs. L. E. Hilborn, N. Y., Madam Tootsey 8 
MIXED BREEDS. 
Mrs. R. M. Eaxl, Ct., Gladness. 0 
White Wyandotte. 
Mrs. A. N. Conell, N. Y., Dolly. 0 
White Wyandotte. 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, N. Y., Tilly . 0 
White Wyandotte. 
Mrs. W. S. Walters, Mich., Bridgman Girl 0 
Barred Rock. 
Mrs. G. L. Rothgeb, Va., Roxie. 0 
Barred Rock. 
Misses Osier & Wilcox, N. Y., Marguerita 0 
Barred Rock. 
Mrs. Robert H. Wood, N. Y., Faith. 0 
White Rock. 
Mrs. Joseph di Fabrizio, N. J., Betina.... 0 
Black Minorca. 
Mrs. Emma H. Wood, Vt., Louisine. 14 
Buff Orpington. 
Mrs. Edwin Walker, Mass., Lady Ashby.. 0 
Buff Orpington. 
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Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
July 
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Value. 
Cents. 
0 
0 
6 
22 
23 
22 
22 
24 
20 
21 
13 
466 
19 
18 
19 
21 
20 
20 
16 
9 
15 
18 
5 
527 
0 
0 
1 
17 
13 
25 
23 
12 
19 
3 
16 
299 
0 
0 
1 
17 
11 
17 
5 
11 
3 
0 
0 
133 
0 
21 
19 
25 
24 
25 
8 
11 
14 
3 
18 
419 
16 
23 
16 
18 
15 
19 
22 
8 
12 
13 
18 
493 
0 
0 
5 
22 
17 
11 
8 
14 
14 
10 
13 
284, 
480< 
4 
22 
19 
22 
21 
20 
18 
20 
20 
19 
5 
0 
0 
15 
23 
14 
15 
0 
12 
11 
1 
0 
207 
0 
1 
0 
13 
£0 
24 
28 
27 
24 
20 
16 
404 
0 
0 
0 
4 
11 
21 
22 
20 
20 
13 
0 
248 
15 
8 
6 
?1 
21 
5 
26 
25 
11 
4 
0 
350, 
0 
0 
8 
£5 
27 
23 
26 
11 
13 
21 
3 
373 
4 
0 
5 
7 
16 
18 
19 
14 
18 
19 
18 
398 
21 
15 
9 
14 
5 
4 
1 
3 
0 
0 
0 
268 
0 
0 
10 
18 
18 
21 
12 
0 
0 
0 
0 
166 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
2, 
3 
12 
5 
14 
15 
19 
21 
14 
16 
12 
0 
357 
10 
8 
14 
22 
21 
24 
24 
24 
20 
14 
0 
487 
0 
0 
6 
20 
22 
26 
24 
26 
24 
17 
0 
405 
0 
7 
5 
£1 
10 
17 
15 
11 
14 
14 
9 
317, 
0 
0 
0 
1 
14 
5 
6 
10 
9 
4 
7 
132 
19 
27 
26 
25 
25 
17 
25 
22 
25 
23 
£0 
687, 
2 
11 
11 
15 
13 
£3 
13 
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18 
14 
12 
40L 
0 
0 
0 
£4 
20 
19 
17 
18 
15 
13 
23 
371, 
0 
0 
0 
2 
4 
16 
19 
5 
8 
0 
0 
liq 
0 
0 
0 
5 
19 
£2 
t% 21 
£0 
7 
1 
0 
192 
0 
10 
17 
20 
£3 
27 
17 
21 
9 
19 
15 
439 
20 
20 
20 
20 
17 
12 
13 
13 
17 
11 
19 
566 
0 
0 
0 
11 
19 
8 
7 
11 
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0 
0 
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fairest method for all the hens. A cry 
likely these figures would be changed con¬ 
siderably if we were to take the local re¬ 
tail prices at the homes of the women 
who entered these birds. We leave our 
readers free to figure that out to suit 
themselves, but these figures show stand¬ 
ard values at Storrs. You will notice 
that Tilly, the White Wyandotte, leads 
all the rest with a credit of $6.87. Next 
comes the BufT Orpington Louisine with 
$5.66, and then Polly, the It. I. Red, with 
$5.27. The It. I. Red, Betty M, nearly 
reached the five-dollar mark with $4.93, 
and another Red, Betty earned $4.S0. As 
will be seen, the It. I. Red birds averaged 
higher than the others, there being six of 
them that earned over $4 each. As was 
noted last month, the average cost for 
feed for the It. I. Reds was $1.77; for 
the Leghorns $1.47, and for the mixed 
breeds $1.74. 
In this year’s contest the White Wyan- 
dottes entered by Mrs. Stevens, the own¬ 
er of Tilly, have certainly made a flying 
start. They are doing very well and bid 
fair to hold their own with the best 
These birds are nieces of Tilly, that is 
they come from hens out of the same 
breeding as Tilly, and much resemble 
her in appearance. This pen will be 
watched with great interest all through 
the contest. 
In the pen of Reds from Hope Farm 
there are five birds entered by the women 
who owned the leading Reds last year. 
The first of these Reds to lay this year 
is Polly, from Mrs. E. S. Marlatt. This 
pullet is of much the same breeding as 
Polly of last year. You see from the 
figures that Polly was first to lay last 
year, and her relative enjoys the same 
distinction this year. Last year the sec¬ 
ond Red to begin laying was Betty M, 
and this year again the pullet from Mrs. 
Merrick is also No. 2 in starting. It is 
a singular thing, but the Betty M of this 
year's pen is a full half sister of the bird 
carrying that name last year, and is evi¬ 
dently a well-bred bird. Next month we 
will give a list of the Reds in this Hope 
Farm pen, so that our readers may fol¬ 
low them through the season, and com¬ 
pare their record with the five leading 
birds of last year. 
Thrush in Fowls 
A few of my chickens have a growth in 
the mouth. It is yellow in color. First 
I thought it was only in the side of the 
mouth, but now I have found one that 
and the avoidance of musty litter from 
which these organisms may be derived. 
Remove all birds known to be affected, 
clean up and whitewash the quarters and 
add permanganate of potash crystals to 
the drinking water of all the flock, mak¬ 
ing as strong a solution as the birds will 
drink. Local antiseptics, like a saturated 
solution of boric acid, may be used to 
swab out the mouths of the affected fowls, 
if individual treatment is desired. M. B. n. 
Conference on Milk Matters 
On December 8, there was held in the 
offices of the New York State Depart¬ 
ment of Foods & Markets, 204 Franklin 
St., New York City, John J. Dillon, Com¬ 
missioner, presiding, a meeting of the At¬ 
torney General’s representative, Alfred L. 
Becker, Commissioner of Agriculture A\ il- 
son, the New York State Commissioner of 
Health and the City Health Commissioner 
of the City of New York, as well as about 
10 of the most prominent distributors of 
milk in the City of New York, and fully 
20 representatives of the producing dis¬ 
tricts of the State. 
The object of this meeting was to find 
out if any evidence could be obtained, 
which would indicate that an inquiry into 
the milk business of the State would be 
beneficial to producers and consumers of 
milk. One producer stated that on ac¬ 
count of the high cost of feed, taking into 
consideration interest on the investment, 
allowance for labor, hauling of milk and 
other necessary expenses, he did not be¬ 
lieve that to exceed one per cent, of the 
farmers in the State who depended upon 
the production of milk for their income, 
were breaking even. He had reason to 
believe that the large milk distributing 
concerns were charging up a large 
amount of money on capital which in 
reality was nothing more or less than 
blue sky represented by so called “water 
stock.” He believed exorbitant salaries 
were being paid by the large milk dis¬ 
tributing concerns, for men who did no 
more difficult labor than to figure out 
how they can best maintain a condition 
whereby the producers of milk receive the 
very smallest possible compensation, and 
at the same time the consumers of milk 
pay the extreme price per quart that can 
be extorted from them. He understood 
that, on the actual capital invested in 
one of the largest milk distributing con¬ 
cerns in New York City, the profits 
earned amounted to 43 per cent per an¬ 
num for the past five years. The repre¬ 
sentative of the Borden Co. said that he 
would like to have some stock in that 
concern, that he believed the speaker had 
exaggerated in stating that the net earn¬ 
ings amounted to 43 per cent, in any milk 
distributing concern. It was openly 
stated by one milk distributor, that there 
was no open market for milk in New 
York City at the present time. He stated 
that the City of New York advertised 
for bids on milk and that when they were 
opened on Tuesday of this week, not a 
single bid was made by any of the mem¬ 
bers of the so-called trust or by anybody 
else, and that the city was now paying 
nine cents per quart for milk for its 
charitable institutions. 
One producer who owns a large farm 
in Dutchess County, said that he separ¬ 
ated his own milk last year and after 
keeping a close account, found that his 
skim-milk had paid him better than two 
cents per quart, used for feeding calves, 
swine and poultry. He advocated the 
building of a large creamery by the State 
in New York City to buy cream from 
farmers throughout the producing sec¬ 
tions, to be manufactured into sweet but¬ 
ter and salt butter here in New York 
City, also ice cream during the Summer 
and at other times when there was a de¬ 
mand for it and the making of the but¬ 
termilk here in New York City, which is 
always an easy matter when the quality 
of the milk offered is Al, as it would be 
from a creamery delivering it the same 
day the cream was churned. 
The consumers of milk were represent¬ 
ed, and a woman stated that the society 
she represented, believed that the present 
price of milk was exorbitant and unfair, 
when the price paid to the farmers was 
taken into consideration. 
It was apparent from the dealers’ state¬ 
ments that they were highly pleased with 
the present system of making a market 
twice a year for milk in which no one 
but themselves had a voice regarding 
what the price would be and they did not 
dispute the fact that they had never made 
the price so high that at the last time 
during the six months the milk was not 
worth the price they had established, 
while at least four months out of the six, 
the milk was worth a great deal more 
than the price which had been estab¬ 
lished. One or two dealers indicated that 
they would be willing to buy milk at an 
open market in New York City and make 
their prices each month. One producer 
believed that the State should take charge 
of the inspection of the milk for butter- 
fat, that ail tests should be made by State 
inspectors, and not by the milk buying 
combination. 
Not one producer of milk claimed to 
be able to make ends meet at the price 
which had been paid for milk for the past 
year, and the producers at least were 
anxious that an inquiry into the matter 
be made, with a view that some rem¬ 
edial proposition be developed that would 
bring to the farmers, at least one cent 
per quart more for their milk than they 
have been receiving, and they stated flat¬ 
ly that unless something of this kind was 
done, many of the dairy farmers in the 
State would be forced out of business. 
The general consensus of opinion was 
that the Commissioner of Foods & Mar¬ 
kets should proceed with an investigation 
and the report of this Commission will 
be looked for with interest by every milk 
producer and milk consumer in the State. 
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TOM BARRON 
WYANDOTTE COCKERELS 
From 1914 contest pens: Storrs, Thormiale, Mount¬ 
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C. C. WHITE ORPINGTON l»ULLETS-75c. 
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