CAc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
805 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Vineland, N. J. 
Below is record of the A'ineland, N. 
J., egg-laying contest for week ending 
iMay -9 and total number of eggs laid to 
date. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
Week Total 
Garret W. Ruck, X. J. 50 1354 
Thomas Henry, Fa. 51 (jgg 
Otto C. lailirs, X. J. 5 <) 972 
C. X. Myers, Fa. 42 1070 
Harry H. Ober, X. J. 41 905 
Overlook Farm. X. J. 24 733 
George C. Ward, Me. 49 884 
Woodside Farm, R. 1. 40 1198 
White Plymouth Rocks. 
Chester F. Dodge, Mass. 
Holllston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass.. 
Edward E. Murray, X. T.• 
Victor S. Reichenbach, Pa. 
Overlook Farm. X. .T. 
Wilburtha Poultry I "arm, X. J. 
Columbian Plymouth Rocks 
Deptford Poultry Farm, X. J. 
T. J. Enslin, X. J. 
J. M. Jones, X. J. 
White Wyandottes. 
Thomas Coates, X. J. 
A. H. Faulkner, X. J. 
Thomas Henry, Pa. ...... 
Gablewood Poultry Farm, X. J...... 
Lusscroft Farm, X. J. 
E. C. Moore, X. J. 
T. H. Matteson & Son, R. I. 
Sunnybrook Farm, X. J. 
H. S. Tuthill, X. J. 
Columbian W’yandottes. 
Lake Farm, R. I. 
Sunnybrook Farm, X. J.. 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, X. J. 
BuflP Wyandotte*. 
Clark & Howland, Vt. 
W, P. Laing, X, J. 
Mrs. C. B. Elliott, X J. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, X. J. 
H. W. Colllngwood, X. J. 
Thomas W. Daw.son, Pa. 
Etjon Poultr,v Farm, X. J. 
Thomas Henry. Pa. 
Miss Adeline S. Macintosh, N. J.... 
Underhill Bros,. X. J. 
Woodland Poultry Yard, I’a. 
S. C. White Leghorns. 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
E. A. Ballard. Pa. 
Will Barron. England . 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, X. J. 
Broad Brook Farm, X. T. 
Coverlawn Farm. X. J. 
W. J. Cocking, .X. .T. 
Jos. H. Cohen, X. J. 
J. S. Cray & Son, X. J. 
Chas. Daval. Jr., X. J. 
L. S. A X. L. Dopue, X. J. 
R. F, & R. A. Earle, X. J. 
Harry G. Gardiner, X. J. 
C. S. Greene, X. J. 
Airedale Farm, Conn. 
B. Frank Grunzig, X. J. 
Henry E. Heine. X. J. 
Richard Heine, X. J. 
Heigl’s Poultry Farm, Ohio. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
Hlllvlew Farm, Mo. 
Holllston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass,. 
Hugh J. Hoehn, X. Y. 
James F. Harrington, X. J. 
John R. Lauder, X. J. 
Laywell Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Fred J. Mathews, N. J. 
Mercer Poultry Farm, X. J. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
H. H. Myers, X. J. 
Samuel Xiece & Son,' X. J. 
Oak Hill Estate, I’a. 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
Oakland Farm, X. J. 
Miss Anna C. Parry, Pa. 
P. G. Platt. Pa. 
Riverside Egg Farm, X. Y. 
Joseph H. Ralston, X. J. 
Shadowhrook Fa>m, Conn. 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, X. J. 
I’lnehurst Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Herman F. Sender, X. J. 
A. E. Spear, X. J. 
Sunnybrook Farm. X. J. 
Tenacre Poultr.v Farm, X. J. 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, X. J. 
Training School, X. J. 
J. Percy Van Zandt, X. J. 
Shurts & Voegtlen, X. J. 
Gustav 'Walters, X. J. 
White House Poultry Farm, X. J.... 
W. K. Wixson, Pa. 
Wlllanna Farm, X. J. 
Woodland Farms, X. J. 
S. C. Buff Leghorns. 
H. G. Richardson, X. J. 
Romy Singer, X. J. 
Monmouth Farms, X. J. 
S. C. Black Leghorns. 
A. E. Hampton, X. J. 
Fred C. Xixon, X. J. 
Sunny Acres, X. J. 
45 
997 
47 
1299 
41 
1087 
43 
708 
39 
1194 
39 
820 
42 
939 
33 
837 
48 
1224 
33 
938 
35 
927 
37 
893 
38 
1139 
42 
1084 
61 
1025 
46 
973 
32 
1019 
31 
1141 
31 
1031 
46 
891 
45 
888 
41 
1014 
39 
664 
44 
729 
45 
1000 
39 
926 
41 
904 
39 
910 
42 
912 
64 
1153 
47 
1322 
23 
670 
60 
1226 
43 
1272 
54 
1304 
54 
886 
39 
1182 
62 
1057 
64 
1069 
65 
1039 
41 
1039 
46 
1076 
62 
1184 
64 
1025 
48 
1133 
64 
1220 
47 
1110 
44 
883 
48 
979 
S 8 
1033 
36 
946 
39 
1207 
46 
890 
68 
1312 
45 
888 
48 
993 
68 
1203 
66 
1164 
61 
1162 
62 
1007 
40 
1092 
64 
1137 
48 
1088 
62 
1017 
35 
689 
44 
1020 
52 
961 
66 
1290 
61 
1154 
47 
1078 
64 
1048 
63 
967 
48 
1199 
62 
1164 
47 
1095 
41 
804 
43 
886 
65 
1186 
63 
1027 
65 
1461 
49 
1327 
66 
1153 
32 
888 
46 
1221 
01 
1144 
64 
1236 
36 
!t 20 
32 
771 
36 
937 
46 
1132 
61 
1162 
44 
1206 
Totals 
4561 164149 
The Rooster and His Neck 
A New York woman comes to the res¬ 
cue of the crowing rooster as follows: 
In regard to that rooster that annoys 
the neighbors by his crowing, I think if 
the owner will make a coop to keep him 
in at night where he will be obliged to 
sit on a perch of some sort, with a board 
just above his head so arranged that he 
••aiiiioc stretch his neck, there will be no 
more trouble. p. p. w. 
That is rather rough on the rooster, but 
it ought to be effective. In order to let 
out his crow effectively the rooster must 
let out his neck, and this method ought 
to settle him. As a rule, though, we 
think the chicken pie treatment would be 
more economical and better. At any rate, 
why keep the rooster after May? 
Toe-marking Chicks 
I just received 100 day-old chicks, and 
I 'wanted to toe-mark them to dis- 
^i^SBish them from the older hens later, 
nhen I started to use the i>unch I found 
the web was so small that I could not 
make a clean hole, could only cut a half 
circle on the edge of the web. The idea 
come to me that perhaps the toe marking 
should not be done until the chicks were 
a little older. Can you advise when is 
the proper age to do this work? 
Any information will be greatly appre¬ 
ciated. F. L. D. 
It is best to wait until the Aveb between 
the toes is large enough to be cut with¬ 
out destroying it; then a clean cut should 
be made and the hole will be permanent. 
.Strange as it may seem, hens will some¬ 
times manage to commit suicide by hang¬ 
ing themselves from a nail Avhich has 
slipped through (lie of these toe marks, 
so the practice is not altogether free from 
danger, simple as it is. M. B. D. 
Hens With Colds 
I keep 54 hens and am getting from .“Id 
to 45 eggs a day from them. I notice 
some that are swollen around eyes and 
have a little discharge from the no.'.ie. I 
caught a few and examined them, and 
cannot think what it is. There is no dis¬ 
charge from their eyes, but the swelling 
iiicrea.ses from one eye to the other. 'What 
is it. and can I use their eggs for hatch¬ 
ing? G. J. K. 
renusylvania. 
These hens have probabl.v taken 
‘'colds” and may have been exposed to 
roup. If their trouble is simple catarrhal 
inflammation and swelling, or a cold, it is 
not serious and ■will subside if they are 
kept ill comfortable, dry qur.rters where 
they will be free from drafts, though with 
good ventilation. If they have been e.x- 
posed in some Avay to the germs of true 
roup, the affection will prove much more 
serious and may be diffieiilt to eradicate. 
A simple remedy for colds is kerosene, a 
drop or two being injected from a small 
iiozzled oil can into each nostril as they 
are tsikeii from the perches at night. 
Another standard remedy is permangan¬ 
ate of potash placed ,n all drinking water, 
the solution being made as strong as the 
fowls will accept. The water should be 
made a deep wine color. All seriously 
sick fowls should he removed from the 
flock, and if a very disagreeable odor de¬ 
velops Avith such increase in the severity 
of all symptoms as to make the presence 
of tnie roup evident, radical measures to 
eradicate the disease will have to be 
taken. Probably, hoAvever, you have 
nothing more than more or less severe 
colds to deal Avith. m. b. d. 
Buffalo Markets 
The city markets are full of green 
stuff and cabbage is down to ?.‘1.75 and 
S4 per 100 lbs., but as a rule nothing is 
cheaper yet except such early crops as 
can be turned out here noAA’. Beaus are 
still S8.75 for red kidney and $12 for 
marroAVS. Farmers are paying $9 per bu. 
for seed beans and feeling that they are 
lucky, for they did not raise enough last 
.season to plant now. Most of them have 
no potatoes, and they are paying about 
.$4 per bu. for seed, or not less than .$50 
per acre planted. In the retail markets 
potatoes are selling at 28c for tAVO quai’t.s, 
a luxury, exceeding in price everything 
else in the green vegetable line here. The 
regular quotation of potatoes is $2.75 
and $.2.40 per bu., for northern groAvn, 
Avith .South Caroliuas $9.50 and $11 iier 
barrel. Onions came doAvn a month ago, 
and ai’e iioav weak at .$2.15 and .$2..35 per 
crate for Texas. Apples are steady, con¬ 
tinuing at $5.75 for fancy and $2.75 and 
$3.25 for common per barrel. The sup¬ 
ply and demand are about even. The ap¬ 
pearance of watermelons notes the warm 
.season—somewhere—they selling for 50e 
and 65c each, the supply increasing. 
Strawberries are plenty at $2.75 and 
$3.50 per 24-quart case of Southern, re¬ 
tailing at 15c per quart for good grades. 
The late rains have appai’ently assured 
a good home crop, Avhich is noAV just .set¬ 
ting. 
Aspai’agus excellent and plenty at 
$1.60 and $1.75 per dozen bunches, home 
grown, fair-sized bunches retailing at lOe 
or less. String beans are $2 and $2.75 
per hamper; beets, new, 75e and 90c per 
dozen bunches; radishes, 15c and 25c; 
carrots, 65c and 80c; pieplant, 15c and 
25c; spinach, home grown, 40c and 50e 
per bu.; string beans, $2 and $2.75 per 
hamper; celery, $2.50 per Florida crate; 
cucumbers', $1.65 and $1.90 per Ohio bas¬ 
ket ; lettuce, $1.40 and $1.50 per bushel; 
tomatoes, $2 and $.3 per Florida crate; 
parsley, 20c and 30e per dozen bunches; 
watercress. $1 and $1..50 per 100 bunches. 
Butter is higher, being 44c for best 
creamery, 41e for fancy dairy, 39c for 
fancy crock, 33c for poor butter. Prices 
are weak, on account of the sudden 
groAA’th of pastures, and the top price has 
no doubt been reached. Cheese is loAver, 
at 25c for best domestic, 23e for common. 
Eggs are 39e for white hennery, with in¬ 
creasing receipts, the loAvest price being 
37e; duck eggs, 37c; goose eggs, 55c. 
Poultry is Arm at 26e for fancy live 
fowl, 42c for broilers, 18e for old roosters, 
24e for duck, 19e for geese. Dressed is 
only about Ic over live and frozen often 
no highex*. The scarcity of gi-ain makes 
poultry high. A good ci’op Avill reduce 
it materially. j. w. c. 
War Department 
United States Government 
Has ordered five hundred thousand contain¬ 
ers of Chlorinated Lime from us to protect 
the health of our boys in camp this summer. 
That’s what Uncle Sam thinks 
of Chlorinated Lime. 
You, too, can protect the health 
of your family by using ACME 
LIME in your garbage can, sink, 
toilet bowl, privy, cesspool, slop 
bowl, etc., and also sprinkling 
freely about your barn, hog pen, 
hennery, etc. Acme kills germs 
and destroys odors instantly. 
At your Grocer 15c. Refuse substitutes. 
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Pullets and Cockerels s'!, 
Wyandottes. R. I. Reds, Black Minorcas and Silver 
Campines. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, H, 2, Athens, Pa. 
B tk D V 
D 1 for immediate shipment: US- 1 S 4 ; 
14 I o If C 100-*16. Circular free. 
^ ■■ IvIVO J. W.Xlonnors, R. D., Sewel, M. J. 
lady Barron White Leghorns 
SPECIAL— My famous 308-egg record stock now at half 
price. ($a setting now dH )—!><} per 100. Greatest laying 
strain in this country. P. P. RAFFERTY, Marlboro, Mass. 
Wh iteLegh orn Y earlingCockere Is 8a°e 
at MOHEGAN FARM. These ai’e choice. Peekskill, N. Y. 
White Holland Turkey Eggs 
fromhsalthyjthorouehbred stock—twenty .five cents 
each. Julia E. S. Hell, East Hampton, Conn. 
GianlBronz8TurkeyEggs-$2p8r10 
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We beHeve every Advertiser In oor Poultry Department !e 
honest and reliable. We stand back of these classified adver* 
tisemonts with our ** Square Deal Guarantee/' as we do the 
display advertisements. Those purchasing egga for hatching 
ona baby chicks must understand that they ore assuminir 
some risk when orderinsr from a distance. For the most port 
eares and chicks carry safely, but sometimes rouarb handiinfl: 
by the express companies or exposure to heat and cold causes 
dsmase. That effars fail to batch or chicks die is not conclusive 
evidence of bad faith on the part of the seller, and we shall 
not consider claims on that basis. To avoid controversy 
buyer and seller should hove m definite understandintf os to 
the responsibility assumed In case of dissatisfaction. 
Baby 
Chicks 
S. C. IV. Leghorns 
& S* C* Bm BteriF 
B, Rocks 
pUREBRED, 
* Strong, Livable. 
From heavy-laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sodus, N. Y. 
BABY CHICKS 
Buck’s Barred Rocks 
G«t in right with the birds that lay and win. Look 
up pen Xo. 1 in 'Vineland International egg laying 
and breeding contest, and start right. Eggs, S2.50 for 
15; JlOperloO. Garret W. Buck,Colts Neck,N.J, 
“Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
FffOQ Special price for balance of season. From prize- 
winners, 13 per setting: value, * 6 . Utility eggs, tl.26 
per setting. Ur. OEO. T. lIAYMiN, Box 20, Doyleatown, Pi. 
Barred Rocks-Eggs ^e/ilo 
Day-Old Chicks. $12 per 100. COCKERELS. 55 each. 
A« €• Jones, Marvel Homestead Farm. Georoetown, Del. 
Ringlet BARRED ROCKS 
THOMPSON’S STRAIN OIRECT. Eggs: 15-$1.25; 30-*2: 
100—$ 6 . Choice yearling hens, $2.50 and $3. Book¬ 
let free. I. H. HACOKN, Sergeantsville, N.J. 
BUFF ROCK EGGS-FIELD, Somers, Conn. 
VIBERT RED EGGS SKM 
Eggs from Special Pen of Vibert's S. C. 
Reds, raised direct from 'Vibert’s Reds of 
254-271 trap-nest records. 83 per 15. 
OVERBROOK POULTRY FARM, Marlbarouoh-on-Hudsan, N. Y. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single combs only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Winter layers for breeders, mated to rich Mahog¬ 
any-colored males. Eggs from utility matings.St .50 
i^rla; 84 per 50; 8 t per 100. TYrite for circular, 
B. Q,tjackenbtjsh, Box 400, Darien, Oonn. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds n^w y o r'k I h o w« 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for hatching. Send for circular. 
MAPLECROFT FARMS, Box R. Pawllng,N.Y. 
300 Laying W^hite Wyandotte Pullois 
83 each. Males, 812.50 each. 200 laying 'White 
Leghorn pullets. 81.35 each. Males, 81.50 each. 
Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box IBS, Riverdile, M. J. 
S. C, W. LEGHORNS. 9 cents each 
BARRED ROCKS.11'I cents each 
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS f cents eacn 
From Bred-to-Lay, yearling hens. Catalog. 
HILLCRESY POULTRY FARMS, Bax N, CHILI STATION. N. Y. 
BABY CHIX-HATCHING EGGS-BREEDERS 
Whit* Wiandolltt. R. I. Reds, Birred Rocks, Light Brahmas, S. C.W. 
and B. Leghorns. U tility and show quality. Catalogue free. 
Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
ISc.Each; 813 per 
100;8120perl,000 
SILVER WHITE AND COLUMBIAN WYANDOHEf S. C. R. I. 
REDS.ROUEN AND RUNNER DUCKLINGS ® 22c.EACH; S20 PER 
100. Aldham Poultry Farm, R. 34. Phoenixvillt, Pa. 
LEGHORN CHICKS T 
Rocks and Reds, 812.75 per lOO. For a short 
time only. E. R. HUMMER 8 CO., R. D. A, Frenchtown, N. J. 
CHICKS 
In 15 Varieties, 
Pound chicks and 
Breeding stock. 
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MnFHoN Anennne Blue Bell strain. Eggs.ll-16; 15—100 
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