r 111L RURAL iNli, W-YOKlS-tCl-i 
1529 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
The sixth week of the contest shows a 
drop in the egg output of 187. as com¬ 
pared with the previous week, the number 
laid this week being 1,544. Last week 
the total was 95 eggs ahead of last year's 
output; it is now only three eggs ahead. 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, of New York, takes 
first place this week, her pen of White 
Wyandottes laying 44 ; their total is 132. 
It will be remembered that Mrs. Stevens’ 
White Wyandotte ‘•Tilly” was the best 
layer of the pens of “Favorite Hens,” 
entered by The R. N.-Y. in the contest 
last year. Tom Barron’s pen of White 
Wyandottes are second with a score of 
43, and a total of 1S2; and .Tules F. 
Francais’ Barred Rocks are third with 
an output of 40. while they lead all other 
pens in the total to date, viz., 237. Each 
year that Mr. Francais has entered the 
contest, his Barred Rocks have shown 
remarkable laying qualities. 
In purchasing eggs for hatching or 
breeding stock, it is well for the buyer to 
note the production for several years of 
the stock he intends to buy. A lucky se¬ 
lection of 10 birds may win a premium 
when the average production of the flock 
is very low. The four pens of White 
Leghorns from England make a good 
showing both in the week’s output and in 
the total to date. The Imperial Progres¬ 
sives have not “progressed” any as yet. 
Their record just ties that of the Colum¬ 
bian Plymouth Rocks. The week’s record 
follows: 
Barred Rocks Week Total 
A. B. Hall. Connecticut. 
Mrs. Andreas Brooks, New York. 
Frank L. Tuttle, Massachuseits. 
Jules F. F'rancais, Long Island. 
Hampton Institute. Virginia . 
Fairflelds Farms, New Hampshire.... 
O. A. Foster, California . 
Oregon Agr. College. Oregon. 
Rock Bose Farm, New York. 
Mendelay Poultry Yards, Ohio. 
White Rocks. 
Branford Farm, Connecticut. 
Branford Farm. Connecticut. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Massachusetts. 
Keweenah Farm. Massachusetts. 
Holliston Hill Farm, Massachusetts.. 
Buff Rocks. 
A. A. Hall, Connecticut. 
Columbian Rocks. 
Mrs. George B. Wilcox, Connecticut,, 
White Wyandottes. 
Lime Bidge Farm, New York. 
National White Wyan. Club, Pa. 
Obed G. Knight, Rhode Island. 
P. W. Rackus, Ontario . 
Beulah Farm, Ontario . 
Vine Hill Farm, Massachusetts. 
Mrs. B. W. Stevens, New York. 
Everett E. Wheeler, Massachusetts... 
J. E. Watson, Connecticut. 
Tom Barron, England . 
Marsden Cross P. Farm, England.... 
Neale Bros., Rhode Island . 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 
Silver Wyandottes. 
Mrs. Lena C. Bray, Missouri. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Merrythought Farm, Connecticut. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts... 
G. Arthur Cook, Massachusetts. 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Colonial Farm, New Hampshire. 
A. B. Brundage, Connecticut. 
Hillview Poultry Farm, Vermont. 
Homer P. Doming. Connecticut. 
Charles O. Polhemus, New York. 
S. G. McLean, Connecticut. 
Springdale Poultry Farm, Connecticut 
Laurel Hill Farm, Rhode Island. 
H. W. Sanborn, Massachusetts. 
Harry B. Cook, Connecticut. 
A. W. Rumery, New Hampshire. 
F. D. Clark, Connecticut. 
Allan’s Hardtobeat Reds, Rhode Island 
Charles Becker, Connecticut. 
Fatherland Farm, Massachusetts. 
Jacob E. Jansen, Connecticut. 
H. W. Colli ngwood. New Jersey. 
W. H. Bumstead, Connecticut. 
Pineerest Orchard's, Massachusetts.... 
Hamilton Institute, Virginia. 
Jos. Brandenburg, Michigan. 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Connecticut. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pennsylvania. 
Jav H. Ernisse, New York. 
Broad Brook Farm, New York. 
James II. Lord, Massachusetts. 
Mrs. Itollin S. Woodruff, Connecticut. 
Windsweep Farm. Connecticut. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Connecticut. 
P. G. Platt, Pennsylvania. 
Dictograph Poultry Farm, N. Y. 
F. M. Peaslev. Connecticut. 
Chas. Heigl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Will Barron, England . 
J. Coinnson, England . 
Marsden Cross P. Farm, England.... 
Bushkill Poultry Farm, Pa. 
A. P. Robinson, New York. 
River Ledge Farm, Connecticut. 
Frank R. Hancock, Vermont. 
Margareta P. 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, N. Y.... 
George Phillips, Connecticut. 
Hampton Institute, Virginia. 
Toth Bros., Connecticut. 
White Leghorn Club, Illinois. 
Harry Williams, Connecticut. 
Oakcrest Farm. New York. 
Jas. F. Harrington, New Jersey. 
Summer Grove Farm, Ohio . 
Buff Leghorns. 
L. E. Hensley, Michigan. 
O. L. Magrey, Connecticut. 
Black Leghorns. 
J. Collinsou, England . 
Red Sussex. 
Dr. E. K. Conrad, New Jersey. 
Mottled Anconas. 
Claude Clinton, New Jersey. 
Elmwood Farm, New York. 
White Orpingtons. 
Obed G. Knight, Rhode Island. 
Oregons. 
Oregon Agr. College, Oregon. 
17 
100 
2 
3 
15 
90 
40 
237 
19 
92 
30 
102 
11 
51 
21 
98 
17 
79 
9 
32 
9 
12 
IS 
59 
9 
IS 
75 
87 
23 
121 
2 
6 
• * 
• • 
16 
35 
9 
36 
26 
141 
25 
101 
18 
74 
13 
44 
44 
132 
17 
83 
, , 
1 
43 
182 
23 
86 
10 
15 
17 
55 
14 
44 
4 
11 
30 
151 
25 
114 
20 
121 
10 
66 
30 
112 
10 
19 
26 
103 
7 
17 
16 
47 
ii 
108 
13 
74 
24 
110 
20 
102 
20 
95 
14 
34 
23 
66 
36 
106 
15 
35 
5 
28 
25 
85 
17 
71 
20 
54 
18 
190 
17 
156 
13 
104 
3 
19 
6 
91 
22 
70 
16 
139 
26 
111 
5 
37 
14 
55 
15 
138 
3 
77 
31 
161 
29 
214 
23 
122 
26 
140 
12 
88 
8 
160 
18 
39 
26 
104 
8 
41 
15 
52 
16 
05 
11 
104 
7 
103 
11 
47 
13 
132 
11 
80 
9 
138 
5 
45 
3 
66 
6 
108 
15 
91 
23 
131 
10 
73 
5 
13 
6 
31 
24 
102 
3 
6 
10 
125 
10 
60 
6 
56 
23 
126 
Imperial Progressives. 
Win. R. Wells, Rhode Island. 
Black Rhinelanders. 
A. Schwarz, California. 7 SC 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Winners of Laying Contest 
A neighbor of mine takes the “Ameri¬ 
can Poultry World.” The reports of the 
laying contest at Storrs Agricultural Col¬ 
lege varies so radically from the reports 
published in The R. N.-Y. that I have 
decided to write for an explanation. The 
following will show how the two reports 
differ as to the winners of the contest: 
Page 1364, R. N.-Y.—1st. Barron's W. 
Wyandottes, 2072 eggs; 2nd, Hillview 
Reds, 2039 eggs; 3rd, Barron W. Leg¬ 
horns, 2001 eggs. . „ _ TT 
Page 39, November A. P. II.— 1st, 
Pen 53, F. F. Lincoln, White Leghorns, 
2088 eggs; 2nd. Pen 14, Barron’s White 
Wyandottes, 20S5 eggs; 3rd, Pen 42, 
Storrs White Leghorns, 2083 eggs. 
Those reported as winners in the A. 
P. W. Your report gives egg records as 
follows: 
A.P.W. R.N.Y. 
Lincoln’s W. Leghorns.. 208S 1462 
Barron’s W. Wyandottes 2085 2072 
Storrs W. Leghorns.... 2085 1974 
As we would like to know who did 
win will you kindly explain? 
The report in The R. N.-Y. was cor¬ 
rect. The English Wyandottes won with 
the Vermont R. I. Reds second—the fig¬ 
ures given in The R. N.-Y. being correct 
The “Poultry World” figures are one year 
old, as .Lincoln's Leghorns won last year. 
Hurrying R. 1. Red Pullets 
What can I do to hurry my July- 
hatched pullets along to get them to lay¬ 
ing? What feed and grain? They are 
full grown, but have no combs yet; R. I. 
Reds. MRS. H. C. S. 
Starks, Me. 
It requires time, as well as food, to 
hurry pullets along. Meat in some form 
is the one special food that hastens de¬ 
velopment and this should be fed lib¬ 
erally to July-hatched pullets from the 
start if quick maturity is desired. It 
is useless to withhold it until Fall and 
then expect to make up for lost time by 
feeding heavily, however. Meat scrap 
may be kept in open hoppers constantly 
before pullets that are accustomed to it, 
or it may he fed to them as one-fourth 
part, by weight, of their regular mash. 
A good mash may be composed of equal 
parts by weight of cornmeal, wheat feed, 
gluten feed and high-grade beef scrap. 
This is forcing because of its high pro¬ 
tein content, with the large proportion of 
animal food in it. Fed moist, more rapid 
gains can be secured with it than if given 
dry, but care should be taken not to in¬ 
duce diarrhoea by overfeeding, and some 
green food and the usual whole grains 
should also be provided in proper quan¬ 
tities. Feeding late hatched pullets at 
least once daily upon moist mash, from 
the beginning, will induce quicker growth 
and earlier maturity than all dry grain 
feeding. M. B. D. 
Ration for Ten Hens 
How much wheat and corn should be 
fed to Wyandotte pullets night and morn¬ 
ing, bran mash at noon, also ration for 
10 hens? d. a. p. 
New York. 
There can be no such thing as an ex¬ 
actly measured ration for 10 hens. In 
addition to the mash at noon, grain 
should be fed morning and night; giving 
in the morning just a little less than 
will wholly satisfy the fowls, and at 
night, a little more. This amount must 
be learned by observation as it varies 
from time to time. If over-fed in the 
morning, the fowls will be listless through 
the day and will not eat a sufficient quan¬ 
tity of mash. A surplus at night, how¬ 
ever, will send all the hens to bed with 
full crops and will be eaten early in the 
morning. Wheat, corn and oats make a 
good whole grain ration, to be supple¬ 
mented by a mash containing wheat mid¬ 
dlings, bran, cornmeal, gluten feed and 
beef scrap or meat meal. There are many 
good combinations of ground grains anc 
accessories, but a ration need not be un¬ 
duly complicated to be good. M. b. d. 
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Q P DIICC I CRUDRUC BARRED ROCKS AND RHODE IS- 
0. b. DUrr Ltofumno lflND reDS for sale. Write 
lOOO Island Poultry Farm, South Hammond. N. Y. 
s. c. 
Rhode Island 
REDS 
243 Egg Record Hen» 
Fully Guaranteed Stock HdRHs f that 
will lay in January. Breeders, one and two years 
old. Hens at $2; cocks and cockerels, to $.‘i, that are 
guaranteed to satisfy or we will refundyour money. 
WHITMAN FARM, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN PULLEIS 
ing pullets my specialty. I don’t buy stock to sell. 
L. E. INGOLHSBY, Hartwick Seminary, N.Y. 
Cockerels, Hens and Pullets at 
$ 3 , $5 and $10. Eggs in Season. 
300 May Hatched S. C.W. Leghorn Pullets and r T>* 
W. Young blood. JOHN L0RT0N LEE, Carmel, New York 
Chester County Pity. Farm, 
BOX 7 POTTSTOWN, PA. 
White Leghorn Pullets and Cockerels~^ i ^ t r ) 0 “ 1 ’J 
Wyckoff’s strain. Vigorous, Farm Range grown 
birds from record layers. Also yearling liens and 
cocks. Prices Right. K.T. Ewing, Atlantic, Pa. 
Rhode Island Reds 
TRAPNESTED 
Rich cherry to mahogany, large hardy, free range 
hen-hatched stock, long backs, low tails, short wide- 
set legs. Heavest winter laying Reds in America. 
Laying rates 211 to 267 eggs. Splendid breeding 
cockerels trom trapnested layers; splendid young 
breeding hens; some fine utility birds at extremely 
low prices; early hatched 1915 pullets and breeding 
cockerels. Safe, delivery, upright dealings. Hatching 
eggs. 1916 booklet now ready. 
VIBERT RED FARM. Box 1, WESTON. N. J. 
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 bens, to father consistent layers. Prices 
reasonable. Honorable treatment guaranteed. 
COLONIAL FARM, Bex 0, Temple, New Hampshire 
WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
3 months old. Also cockerels, including Barron 
strain. Booking orders now. Write your wants- 
HAMILTON FAKM, . Huntington, N. Y 
SINGLE COMB 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Breeder and importer of Tom Barron’s strain 
Exclusively. A few pullets and cockerels for 
sale at reasonable prices, considering quality. 
Records and price list upon request. 
M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nutley, N. J. 
Ttarron S tock. 
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 Farm, R. F. 0. No. 3,Versailles, Ohio 
60 S. C. W. Leghorn Pullels^. y ,£,V«,7,„* r , S; 
of room. Also 25 yearling liens, Young strain. 
J. M. CASE, - - Gilboa, N. Y. 
mug* Mam! n one » s Crescent Strain 
Line bred for several years. Choice breed¬ 
ing and exhibition birds, bred from se¬ 
lected layers and sold on approval. 
D. R. Hone, Crescent Hill Farm, Cherry Valley,N.Y. 
AUSTIN’S 200-EGG STRAIN S.C. R. I. 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. 
BARRED ROCK COCKERELS^?! ^ 
Pittsfield strain. $lup. J. I. HERETER, Gettysburg, Pa. 
"Ft arrcdL "Ft ocks 
Cockerels and Pullets from Parks’ great-laying 
strain, $1.50 to $3 each. 
I). EVERETT JONES, - Hillsdale, N. Y. 
Barred Rock NMr££ 
THE MACKEY FARMS, - Gilboa, N. Y. 
BARRED ROCKS 
Business birds; bred to lay “and they do it.” Orchard 
range, large, healthy, vigorous stock. Single birds, pairs, 
t ri< is, or pens mar ed for best results. Write your wants now. 
“FOUR ACRES,” Nutley, N. J. 
L IGHT BRAHMAS EXCLUSIVELY— Hardy, Thoroughbred stock. 
Cockerels, $2.50 Each. Haystack Mountain Farm, Norfolk, Conn. 
BARRON’S LEGHORNS 
248 to 284-ogg record. Cocks, Cockerels, Pullets. 
6 and yearling. Cock, $12: fi cockerels. $10. 
S. W. JONES, - Hillsdale, New York 
Rnrrnn Rnpltprpk** 8 - c - White Leghorns, farm 
DdllUll UUbltolols reare d from pen imported di¬ 
rect. Certified egg records, 250 to 280; order early. 
The White Poultry Farms, - Cairo, N. Y. 
Barron White Leghorn Cockerels LiNGs TS Ba D rI o A 5’ 
Wyandotte cockerels. Pedigrees all over 200. Im¬ 
ported birds. Barron Farm, Connellsville, Pa. 
S. C. White Leghorn Pullets and $L 5 o 
each. Riverdale Poultry Farm, Riverdale, N. j. 
BARRON’S LEGHORNS 
248-260-284-egg stock. Imported direct. 6 pullets and 
cock, $15. Cockerels, $2. Barron’s Wyandottes, 4 
liens and cockerel, $10. E. CLAUDE JONES, Hillsdale. N.Y. 
A . B . HALL’S 
S. C.W. Leghorn and Barred Rock Cockerels 
from same matings as pens in EGG LAYING CONTEST 
$3. $4. $5. White Leghorn baby chicks, March 1st, 
$15 100. A. R. HALL, Wallingford. Conn. 
M R Turlrovc— From large, vigorous, pure-bred 
m. D. I Ul Itcjo stock. Young toms, $6; pullets, 
$4. Toulouse geese, either sex, $2.75. Registered 
Collie pups, the intelligent kind. All stock shipped 
on approval. Wm. W. Ketch, Cohocton, N. Y. 
CHICKS 
C. M. LAUVER 
8-15c. 
each. Rocks, 
Leghorns, etc. 
Money back 
for dead ones as far as Colorado, 
Texas and Maine. Pamphlet Free. 
- RICHFIELD, Pa., Box ?S 
S. C.White Orpington CockerelsiS ualityand - Crys - 
up. Write your wants. 
strains, $2 and \ 
c. 0. PHILLIPPI, Hamburo, N.Y. I 
TOM BARRON WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS 
AND PULLETS for sale. 283 and 263-egg stock. Eggs 
and chicks for sale in season. 
E. E, LEWIS, - Apalachin, New York 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
with twenty years’ breeding back of them, for 
heavy laying and great vigor. March hatched. 
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