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Connecticut Contest 
Following is the record at Storrs, 
Conn., for week ending June 12, and 
total to date: 
Barred Rocks, 
Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 
Michigan P. Farm, Mich. 
A. H. Hall, Conn. 
,Tnle.s F. Francais, H. I. 
Hampton Institute, Va. 
Fairfields I’onltry Farms, N. H. 
Norfolk Specialty Farms, Ontario... 
Hodman Schaff, N. H. 
Rock Rose Farm, N. Y. 
White Rocks, 
ITolllston Hill P. Farm, Mass. 
lienjamin F'. lanv, N. H. 
Albert T, JLenzen, Mass. 
Buff Rocks, 
Koshaw Farms, Conn. 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
White Wyandottes, 
A. Tv. Miilloy, Conn. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
A. Iv. Vrceland, N. J. 
Cralit Ruler & Son, I’a. 
.Toseph Moreau, It. I. 
01)ed O. Knight. It. I. 
Hrayinan Farm, N. H. 
Itculah Farm. Ontario . 
Vine Hill Farm, Mass. 
Mrs. It. W. Stevens, N. Y. 
Kverett K. Wheeler, Mass. 
,1. E. Watson, Conn. 
Tom Itarrou, England . 
Harry Kendall, N. Y. 
.lay H. Ernisse, N. Y. 
Nybrook Farm, L. I. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
II. P. Cloyes fi H. It. Sullivan. Conn. 
Hr. N. W. Sanborn, Mass. 
Rhode Island Reds, 
Frank E. Turner, Mass. 
Frank E Turner. Mass. 
Colonial Farm, N. H. 
A. H. Hrundage, Conn. 
Hlllview P. Farm, Vt. (it. C.). 
Homer P. Homing, Conn. 
Ciiarles O. Polhcuuis, N. Y. 
Pecpiot Poultr.v F’ariu, Conn. 
Springdale Poultry Farm, Conn. 
I. aurcl Hill Farm, It. I. 
Ceorge W. Harris, Conn. 
Harry H. Cook, Conn. 
A. W. Itumery, H. 
F. M. Poasle.v, Conn. 
Allan’s Hardtoboat Iteds, It. I. 
(ilenview IVultr.v Farm, Conn. 
Fatherland Farm, Mass. 
.Tacob E. Jansen, Conn. 
Itoyal Farms, Conn. 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
I'luecrest Orchards, Mass. 
Wliite Orpingtons. 
Obed O. Knight, It. I. 
Harry Paxton, N. Y. 
Wliito Leghorns. 
A. P. Hall, Conn. 
lirncside Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Jay II. Ernisse, N. Y. 
Hroad' Itrook Farm, N. Y. 
,7. O. I.eFevre, N. Y. 
Itoliwood Poultry Farm, Conn. 
AVm. Iv. Gilbert Home, Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
P. G. I’latt, I’a. 
Koshaw Farms, Conn. 
F. M. Peasley, Conn. 
Chas, Helgl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
Will Barron, England . 
J. Colllnson, England . 
Abel I.ntham. England . 
Bushklll Poultry Farm, Pa. 
A. I’. Itobinson, N. Y. 
Eglantine Farm, Md. 
Frank It. Hancock, Vt. 
hlargareta P. F'ann, Ohio . 
Merrythought Farm, Conu. 
E. A. Ballard, I’a. 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
N. W. Hendryx, Conn. 
Clifford I. Stoddard, Conu. 
George I’hlllips, Conn . 
Hamilton Institute, Va. 
Totii Bros., (lonn. 
White I.eghorn Club, Ill. 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
(!eo. A. Stannard, Kansas . 
Jas. F. Harrington, N. J. 
H. W. CollingwoocT, N. J. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn. 
AV. J. Cocking, N. J. 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 
Hr. E. P. Holmes, Maine . 
Hillview Farm, Mo. 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
Hillside Farm, Conn. 
Silver Campines. 
Eugene A’an Why, Conn. 
Vneowa Camplue Yards, Conn. 
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31 
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38 
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51 
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35 
45 
43 
34 
43 
34 
19 
37 
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42 
63 
38 
27 
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35 
55 
52 
56 
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51 
39 
53 
55 
59 
45 
50 
62 
00 
44 
62 
49 
48 
62 
43 
55 
60 
47 
33 
49 
69 
59 
39 
49 
00 
58 
48 
61 
50 
5.3 
50 
43 
40 
45 
1124 
1047 
770 
995 
848 
1319 
897 
1018 
938 
1128 
008 
885 
989 
736 
1007 
1219 
943 
939 
1070 
1(94 
1003 
904 
974 
991 
801 
927 
1029 
734 
1057 
841 
1132 
978 
909 
1033 
9(i4 
928 
1155 
911 
1039 
1126 
1018 
980 
1108 
948 
1116 
861 
1243 
925 
099 
1173 
778 
883 
1127 
1124 
933 
1121 
1144 
971 
930 
1256 
830 
9'. 9 
941 
8ti3 
1001 
1001 
829 
747 
1071 
983 
940 
!)90 
1389 
1015 
1124 
790 
1011 
1135 
988 
1247 
ino 
1925 
885 
681 
783 
1032 
885 
1091 
985 
961 
1100 
1178 
870 
950 
852 
897 
1003 
917 
805 
090 
Totals . 4510 98111 
Arrangement of Poultry Plant 
T Jiin going to start to raise chickens. I 
have liiid several yeans’ experience raising 
diiy-old chicks. 100 at a time. The farm 
I have is a little over three jicres, no 
buildings, but a dwelling and a barn. I 
shall hiive to build all the poultry houses 
and would ask you for suggestions. Ilow 
birge a house for about TilX) matured 
stock? How many birds, of laying stock, 
do you advise keeping in one flock? Of 
course, I know the breeding birds should 
be kept in sniiill flocks separated from 
(he laying birds. What kind of floor 
votild you I se, and Avhat size runs Avould 
I iiC'd for them? I intend to use double 
runs, one on either side of the house. 
New York. C. A. S. 
A building 20x75 feet in size Avould ac¬ 
commodate 500 laying hens, and this 
number might well be kept in one flock. 
For the breeders a smaller house, or col- 
on.v houses, conveniently located to per¬ 
mit these birds as much liberty as possi¬ 
ble, might be provided. For the laying 
house, a concrete floor Avill be the most 
durable and easily cared for and Avill 
perhaps, repay the extra cost. Aside from 
this building, you will find several porta¬ 
ble colony houses, about eignt by ten feet 
in size most useful. These should be built 
on runnel's so that a team can move them 
about and they may be placed at the edge 
of the Avoodland, or elseAvhere, as occa¬ 
sion demands. 
With but three acres of land I should 
not give the layers very large runs, pre¬ 
ferring a large house and small yard for 
the hens that are necessarily confined for 
the greater part of the year. You will 
need about all of the land Jivailable to 
rear young chicks on if going into the 
business on any considerable scale ami 
colony houses Avill permit you to use 
what you have to best Jidvantage. The 
laying house, being a permanent struc¬ 
ture. should be convenient of access from 
the house and barn and may form one of 
the group of farm buildings, leaving as 
much of the usable land unobstructed as 
possible, M. B. D. 
Lame Fowls 
Young fowls are affected with lame¬ 
ness ; feet would get stiff just as if they 
were frozen, and then they would get 
down and die. We have lost a lot of 
them. What is the trouble? What is 
Alfalfa meal worth? What are peanut 
by-products worth for feeding? 
New York. c. ii. B. 
These fowls were evidently suffering 
from some disease that produced “leg 
weakness” as a final symptom, but just 
what that disea.se was no one could tell 
from your description. 
Alfalfa meal is quoted at .$,‘15.50 for 
the best grade just now, but the price 
varie.s, of course, as does that of other 
feeds. I have been unable to get any 
quotations on peanut by-products and 
do not know where they can be obtained. 
This fee<l is not Avell known in our mar¬ 
kets, though it is said to be much u.se<l 
in Europe. Peanut meal from hulled 
peanuts contains over 47% of crude pro¬ 
tein, making it comparable with limseed 
or cottonseed meal in fei’ding value. 
That from unhulledi nuts contains but 
2S% of protein and is very high in 
fibre. m. b. D. 
Weak Chicks 
Could you tell me what the trouble is 
with my chicks and what to give to cure 
them? They were growing well until 
about two or three weeks old; then they 
got weak, could not stand, would eat 
well, but get weaker, and in a few days 
die. They are incubator hatched. I fed 
them rolled oats a few days, then mash, 
cracked corn, also chick feed; give them 
litter from the hay barn and Alfalfa 
leaves, also sand. It seems hard for them 
to breathe. c. A. S. 
Montana. 
Tt does not seem to be diflicult for most 
chicks to live for about two weeks; then 
troubles are apt to develop and fatalities 
to become numerous. There are many 
reasons for the death of chicks at two 
weeks, though you give no clue in your 
letter as to the cau.se in your case. 
Many chicks start out in life with so 
little vitality that they ea.sily succumb 
to chick disorders at about this age; 
others are improperly fed or brooded or 
acquire some contagious disorder from 
their surroundings or from contact with 
other sick birds. Only detailed knowl¬ 
edge of all the conditions present would 
enable one to find the cause of the trou¬ 
ble in any given case and it would be 
u.seless to attempt even a guess from the 
data that you give. M. B. p. 
Broody Leghorns 
1. I have a fine flock of R. 0. TV”. Leg¬ 
horns, 140 in numbei’, hatched in May, 
1!)10. They are pedigreed st<K;k and be¬ 
gan laying in November, have laid well 
all TV’inter and Spring until the i)a.st 
week, when their daily average fell from 
lOS to 04. This was largely caused by 
an epidemic of broodiness, jibout 25 of 
them being determined to sit. The first 
broody became evident in .Tanuary. I 
have had from one to three broodies since 
that time. As this sei'ins unusual fer 
Leghorns I would like to know of any 
way to lessen or overcome the “craze.” 
2. TV’^hen preiniring to store eggs in water 
glass, should they be washed? Some 
claim the washing opens the pores of the 
shell, thereby allowing the liijuid to enter 
the egg and spoil it for tiiblo use. 
New York. ii. m. s. 
1. P.roodiness isn’t a “craze” ; it is a 
part of that vei-y essential instinct which 
has prevented the extermination of the 
whole race of fowls. While it may have 
been modified by artificial conditions of 
living under which domestic fowls have 
been kept, it has never b('en eliminated 
from any breed of fowls and jirobably 
never will be. Certainly it would be a 
great misfortune if it could, for then the 
lierpetuation of the species Avould depend 
entirely uiion the caprice of man, and his 
attention to the duty might fail. Have 
a separate jilace of confinement for broody 
fowls and consign to it all hens found 
upon the nests after dark. ’I'he broodi¬ 
ness of T.,eghorn.s is usually easily broken 
up if they Jire looked after early iind need 
not be a very serious matter. TV^i have 
recently removed about ii hundred laig- 
horns, six or eight of which had become 
broody, to a new location. Their laying 
was but little interfered with, but the 
broodiness promptly disappeared and did 
not recur for a month. 
2. Eggs to be preserved in water glass 
should 1 mi absolutely fresh and so clean as 
not to need wiishing. TVashing remove’s 
the ijrotective gelatinous coating of the 
shell find nifikes them more liable to early 
deterioration. m, b. d. 
Ready for Shipment June 18 th and 26 th 
25 Chicks 
50 Chicks 
100 Chicks 
S. (J. White Leghorns .... 
$3.00 
$5.00 
$9.00 
Barred Plypriouth Kocks . . 
4.00 
7.00 
13.00 
Rhode Island Reds. 
4.00 
7.00 
13.00 
Regular Price, $12.00 to $20.00 per 100 
10,000 KERR’S CHICKS 
At Cut Prices 
Terms cash with order. Cannot shin C. O. I)., but will Ruarantee to deliver tho chicks in flrst-class 
condition. If any are dead upon arrival will reffind your money or replace them free of charge. 
These chickg are from healthy, vigoroua, pure-bred stock, tho kind that will iiroduce eggs and plenty 
of them. 
To bo iuro of getting Kerr’s Top Notch Quality Chicks order now. Send for Free Catalogue No. 4. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
We belfeTo eTery advertiser In oar Poultry Department fa 
honest and roUablo. We stand back of thene classified adver- 
tisementa with our ** Square Deal Guarantee/' aa we do the 
display advertlaementa. Those purchaaina: eirara for batching 
ana baby chicks muat understand that they are assumlnir 
some risk when ordering from a distance. For the most part 
ea&rs and chicks carry safely, but sometimee rouffh handling 
by the express companfea or exi>o8ure to heat and cold causes 
damage. That ogga fail to hatch 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 have a definite understanding as to 
the responsibility assumed in case of dissatisfaction. 
Chicks 
S. (!. W. Leghorn.s iitgp,. each. Money 
refunded for dead chicks. Cir. free. 
W. A. L.AUVER, McAlisterville, Pa. 
Rocks and Reds, *13.75 per 100. For a short 
time only. E. R. HUMMER S CO., R. 0. A. Frenchtown. N. J. 
S. G. White Leghorn Chicks and. Hatching Eggs 
Delivery of chicks lieglnnine Mar. 8th. @ $10 per 100. 
Circular free, Wayne Poultry Farms, Box 114,Waoster. 0. 
WhiteLeghorn Eggs&Chix 
World’s beat winter laying 
atraina. Nalion’a.SrovaCily.Pi, 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs-$2 per 10 tlottysbiirg, i’a 
Tiirkou Pirtre Bronze, B. Rod, AV. Hoi. and 
lUIKOjf Cgge Narragansett, $3.75 Vor 12. Also 7 
breeds chickens; eggs, $1.25 per 15, Prepahi by P. P. 
or Exp. EASTERN OHIO POULTRY FARM, BealUville, Ohio 
Carneau Pigeons 
Best Sfinab Producers. Breeding Stock for Sale. 
ALItlJHA VAKM . Nlantlc, Conu. 
Mondaines, Kings and Carneaux Pigeons 
Fine Breeders and youngsters, *3 to *5 per pair. 
ITairport Pigeon Lofts, 31 Dewey Aye., Fairport, N.Y. 
Polrin nny-Irlinc ’> weeks old, 40c. Each. Pekin 
X eKinifUCKIinS f)ncks, #3. Toulouse Geese, 
KEGEIt FJtPIT FARMS . FlunderH, N. J. 
I BarlingDUTT uocnin Dsniarns pens, ss. Egg’s, is! 
$1. - J. O. HTKYKEIt, Svrgciiiitsville, N. J. 
White Orpington Eggs, Chicks and Cockorels 
Stevens Keliable Yards, Culver Road, LYONS, N. Y. 
60 Best Breeds 
Catalogue Free, 
Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Hares 
Doga and Cavies. Stock and Eggs, 
II. A. SOURER, Box 20, S.IUrfTllle,l>a. 
cS White Leghorns swet 
YOUNQ AND BARRON STRAINS 
3,000 breeders on free farm range, inoculated and free 
from lice. Special Bred for Winter Eggs. Baby chieka 
every Monday and Tuesday in July @ ♦» per 100; to per 
60. Buy July chicks at this low price and help raise the 
extra million nounds of Poultry. My Book “Froflls in Poul¬ 
try KeopioB: SolTod,” free with all 19 oidera. Circular free 
EDGAR BRIGGS. Box 75, Pleasant Valley. N.Y. 
Hampton’s Black Leghorn Baby Chicks 
2000 for delivery weekly. July 5,10,17 at $10 per 100. 
$5.50 per 50. $3.00 per 25. Order from this Ad and 
get your chicks quick. Safe delivery Ku:inintced. 
Circulars free. A. E. HAMPTON, Box R. Pittstowii, N. J. 
The “MOHEGANITE” Strain 
OF 8. O. WHITE LEGHORNS—HEMS IN t” 
from tra|>-ne8tcd ancestry recording ISOto 260 eggs in pul¬ 
let year. Bound pullets, JKlc. and $1. Yearlings, $2 to $2.50. 
MOHISGAN FARM, Box Y, FeekskiU, N. Y. 
HATCHING EGGS 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS 
$1.50, fifteen; $8, hundred. Indian Runner Ducks, 
$2 for 15. L E O N S A G E, Crown Point, N. Y. 
Lady Barron White Legliorns 
SPECIAL —My famous 308-egg record stock now at half 
price. ($3 setting now $1)—per 100. Greatest liiying 
strain in this country, p. F. RAFFERTY, Marlboro, Maas. 
1000—PULLETS—1000 
S. (1. Leerborn. Hatched from March 7th to 
March 21 for SALK at once. Tlieso pnl- 
let.s are thrifty and fine on free range. 
EKED J. MATIIEVV.S, Lambertville, N. J. 
Baby Chicks and Eggs 
White Eeghorns and Aucouas. From lisna 
with records of 2.50 to 280. A few cockerels. Write 
for prices. HARTMAN POULTRY FARM, So. Columbus. Oliia 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
20 4-weok8-old chicks (sired by son of tlie 311-egg lion) for 
♦6. All this year’s breeding stock for sale. 
E. CI.AUHE JONES - Craryvllle, New York 
that 
paU 
For immediate dalivcry, well hatched, 
well bred, from host hoavy-egg strain! 
of Reds, Rocks, Leghorns, etc. FREE 
BOOK tells how to make more money 
from Poultry. 
W. F. HILLPOT, Box 1, Frenchtown, N. J. 
APRIL LEGHORN PULLETS, 85c TO $1.00 
Yearling laying hens. Barron and Wycoff Strains, 
$1.25. ALTAVISTA FARM, l)arlington, Marylaiul 
BABY CHIX-HATCHING EGGS-BREEDERS 
Whits Wvandotles, R. I. Reds, Barred Racks.LightBrahinus, S. C.W 
and B. I.eghorns. Utility and show quality. Catalogue '■ 
Kiverdale I'uultry Farm, Bax 165, Riverdv' 
ery at *5U per 100 In 1000 lots, or less number 
WILLIAM DOSS, Darliu|;tou, Maryland 
LEGHORNS-BARRON-WYANDOTTES 
Now offering eggs from highest quality breed¬ 
ers. Our direct imported Pena AA, with rec¬ 
ords 278, 280, 281, 282, 282. and othera, mated to 
sons of 650-egg hen in three yeare and 460-hen in 
two years. Many other record breedei e. Large 
breeding farms are our satisfied ouatomere. 
THE BARRON FARM, R. F. D. No, 3, Connelltville, Pa. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single combs only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Win ter lay era for breeders, mated to rich Mahog¬ 
any-colored m.ales. Eggs fromntili^ matings. * 1.60 
Ppr 15; *4 per 50; *7 per 100. Write for circular, 
B. Quackenettsb:. Box 400, Darien, Conn. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds n eV y o r h‘o w s 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
Send for circular. 
MAPLECKOFT farms. Box R. Pawllug,N.Y, 
300 Laying AVhiteW^yandotte Pullets 
*3 each. Males, *3.fS0 each. 200 laying Wliite 
Leghorn pullets, *1.35 each. Males, *1.50 each. 
Kiverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, River dxle. N. J, 
BARRON’S WHITE WYANDOftES 
melee and females I imported direct. Males dams,272 
to2811 eggs; hens with255 to 273 egg records. Males, 
hens and eggs for sale. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachie, N. Y. 
Day-Old Chicks, $12 per 100. COCKERELS, $5 each. 
A. La Joues, Marvel Homestead Farm. Georpetown. Del. 
Pullets and Cockerels 
Wyandottes, R. I. Reds, Black Minorcas and Silver 
Campines. Maple Cove PouHry Yards, R. 2. Athens, Pa. 
MottledAnconas 
Blue Bell strain. Kkks, $1— 16 ; $5—100 
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