Oie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
845 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Vineland, N. J. 
Below is I’ecord of the Vineland, N. 
J., egg-laying contest for week ending 
June 19 and total number of eggs to 
date. 
Barred Blymouth Rocks. 
Week Total 
Garret W. Buck, N. J. 1417 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 3 ti 970 
Otto C. Luhrs, N. J. 41 ]071 
C. N. Myers, Pa. 43 1161 
Harry H. Ober, N. J. 30 1031 
Overlook Farm, N. J. 2,5 779 
George C. Ward, Me. 39 960 
Woodside Farm, It. 1. 29 1267 
White Plymouth Rocks, 
Chester P. Dodge, Mass. 40 1077 
Holliston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass.. 61 1400 
Edward E. Murray, N. Y. 44 1168 
Victor S. Reichenbach, Pa. 30 771 
Overlook Farm, N. J. 42 1278 
"Wilburtha Poultry F’arm, N. J. 39 893 
Columbian Plymouth Rock^ 
Deptford Poultry Farm, N. J. 22 992 
T. J. Enslin, N. J. 30 896 
J, M. Jones, N. J. 32 1306 
White Wyandottes. 
Thomas Coates, N. J. 34 10 O 6 
A. H. Faulkner, N. J. 31 OT5 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 39 973 
Gablewood Poultry Farm, N. J. 25 1197 
Lusscroft F'arm, N. J. 30 1155 
E. C. Moore, N. J. 23 1088 
T. II. Matteson & Son, R. 1. 35 1051 
Sunnybrook Farm, N. J. 14 1063 
H. S. Tuthill, N. J. 39 1210 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Lake Farm, R. 1. 38 1113 
Sunnybrook Farm. N. J. 47 987 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, N. 22 960 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Clark & Howland, Vt. 
W^ P. Laing, N. J. 
Mrs. C. B. Elliott, N J. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm. N. J. 
H. W. Collingwood. N. J. 
Tliomas Wh Dawson, Pa. 
Etjon Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
Jliss Adeline S. Macintosh, N. J.... 
Underbill Bros., N. J. 
Woodland Poultry Yard, Pa. 
S. C. Wliite Leghorns. 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
E. A. Ballard. Pa. 
WMll Barron, England . 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J. 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 
Coverlawn Farm, N. J. 
W. J. Cocking, N. J. 
Jos. H. Cohen, N. J. 
J. S. Cray & Son, N. J.». 
Chas. Daval. Jr., N. J. 
L. S. & N. L. Depue, N. J. 
R. F. & R. A. Earle, N. J. 
Harry G. Gardiner, N. J. 
C. S. Greene, N. J. 
Airedale Farm, Conn. 
B. Frank Grunzig, N. J. 
Henry E. Heine, N. J. 
Ricliard Heine, N. J. 
Heigl’s Poultry Farm, Ohio. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
Hlllvlew Farm, Mo. 
Holliston Hill I’oultry Farm, Mass.. 
Hugh J. Hoehn, N. Y. 
James F. Harrington, N. J. 
John R. Lauder, N. J. 
Laywell Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Fred J. Mathews, N. J. 
Mercer Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Merrytliought Farm, Conn. 
H. H. Myers, N. J. 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. J. 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
Oakland Farm, N. J. 
Miss Anna C. Parry, Pa. 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
Riverside Egg Farm, N. Y. 
Joseph H. Ralston, N. J. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, N. J. 
Pinehurst Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Herman F. Sender, N. J. 
A. E. Spear, N. J. 
Sunnybrook Farm, N. J. 
Tenacre Poultry Farm. N. J. 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Training School, N. J. 
J. Percy Van Zandt, N. J. 
Shurts & Voegtlen, N. J. 
Gustav Walters, N. J. 
White House Poultry Farm, N. J.... 
W. K. Wixson, Pa. 
Wlllanna Farm, N. J. 
Woodland Farms, N. J. 
S. C, Buff Leghorns. 
H. G. Richardson, N. J. 
Romy Singer, N. J. 
Monmouth Farms, N. J. 
S. C. Black Leghorns. 
A. E. Hampton, N. J. 
Fred C. Nixon, N. J. 
Sunny Acres, N. J..... 
27 
1086 
17 
607 
43 
824 
21 
1060 
36 
999 
28 
977 
25 
978 
46 
999 
38 
1246 
33 
1403 
19 
711 
55 
1336 
43 
1364 
46 
1405 
47 
990 
50 
1275 
42 
1152 
47 
1167 
64 
1149 
47 
1136 
52 
1187 
50 
1279 
47 
1128 
65 
1241 
47 
1321 
43 
1200 
39 
968 
51 
1081 
32 
1101 
38 
1020 
32 
1271 
44 
9S1 
69 
1421 
38 
970 
46 
1086 
45 
1300 
69 
1277 
46 
1256 
43 
1097 
42 
1177 
66 
1249 
50 
11S9 
44 
1107 
41 
773 
60 
1121 
49 
1057 
68 
1410 
47 
1252 
45 
1169 
48 
1150 
64 
1076 
43 
1290 
49 
1262 
43 
1187 
43 
892 
38 . 
970 
49 
1290 
60 
1124 
47 
1559 
55 
1438 
62 
1258 
23 
940 
49 
1316 
63 
1248 
61 
1343 
40 
1003 
23 
822 
34 
1006 
37 
1208 
39 
1240 
59 
1296 
Totals 
4t72 112727 
Egg-eating Hens 
On page 689 C. V. B. asked for a 
remedy for hens that eat their eggs. I 
used to try the filling of eggshells with 
cayenne pepper, but found it of little 
value. My theory is that the hens lack 
something in their .system, for it usually 
occurs toward Spring, when the hens be¬ 
gin to feel the strain of the long cold 
Winter, and also the lack of green food. 
I feed mine a tablespoonful of dry sulphur 
to every 10 hens in their dry mash, for 
three days, then stop for three until I 
have given it nine days if needed that 
long. In the Winter I give them sul¬ 
phur once in a while so they won’t begin 
to eat their eggs. I have never found 
this simple remedy to fail. E. J. W. 
Vermont. 
Salt and Poultry 
Is salt from the sea.shore harmful for 
chicks when spread on the brooder floor 
the first three weeks of their life? Can 
this sand serve as a substitute for gi’it? 
New York. F. J. 
Salt in any form is positively injurious 
to poultry when eaten in excessive quan¬ 
tities, and there would be much danger 
of this when spread on the brooder floor 
for young chicks. Beach sand, however, 
should not contain enough salt to do any 
damage, especially when covered with 
litter on the floor. This sand is too fine 
and smooth to serve as proper grit, but 
in the absence of anything better it could 
no doubt be utilized to some extent for 
this pui’pose. c. s. G. 
An Epidemic of Broodiness 
A friend has something over one hun¬ 
dred fine S. C. White Leghorns one year 
old. Their egg production during the 
past six months has been all that could 
be desired, but at present a large percent 
have become broody^ although the Leg¬ 
horns are practically non-sitters. They 
have always been well fed, having laying 
mash at noon and grain mixture at other 
times, with plenty of pure water. Will 
you give a remedy and prevention against 
further trouble of the kind? W. E. N. 
Pennsylvania. 
I wonder where you learned that Leg¬ 
horns were practically a non-sitting 
breed. Not from experience, I am sure. 
I have kept them for years, having had 
quite a number of the best strains dur¬ 
ing that time, and have found them all 
about alike as far as tendency to sit is 
concerned. My best layers have been the 
most persistent sitters, speaking of 
strains, not individuals. Those that I 
have now—an impoi'ted strain of great 
reputation—usually begin sitting early in 
the Spring an.i bother more or less all 
Summer. To be sure, a sitting Leghorn 
is more easily broken up than are those 
of the heavier breeds and, comparatively 
speaking, may be a non-sitter, but the 
term is a misnomer when applied to any 
race of fowls with which I am acquainted 
and had best be left to the poultry boom¬ 
ers, whose reputation for accuracy of 
statement cannot be much injured any¬ 
way. If your friend will provide separ¬ 
ate quarters for the immediate confine¬ 
ment of any hens found on the nests 
after dark, she will probably have little 
trouble in breaking up the broodiness of 
her fowls when it occurs and will get 
along with a minimum of annoyance from 
this cause, but don’t look for any remedy 
for the reproductive instinct, other than 
the ax. M. B. D. 
Obstructed Air Passages 
I have some hens whose heads turn 
dark; when they eat they make a noise 
acting as though they were choking. I 
killed one; a foamy substance was in 
windpipe; lung cells were red and in¬ 
flamed. I have 85 fowls, feed twice a 
day three quarts corn, three quarts oats, 
one of buckwheat, whole grain. They 
run on the farm. A. E. A. 
New York. 
There is evidently an obstruction to 
the air passages of these fowls, but 
whether caused by inflammation or by 
some mechanical means no one could tell 
without careful examination. Hens are 
subject to bronchial inflammation and to 
various parasitic growths in the wind 
pipe, all leading to obstruction to breath¬ 
ing with the consequent symptoms. 
M. B. D. 
Spoiled Meat Scrap 
About 10 per cent, of our Leghorn eggs 
are covered with blood. We have lost 
some hens affected with diarrhoea and 
ruptured vent. Some time ago we lost 
25 hens in about 10 days, due, I think, to 
some bad meat scrap. We used this 
scrap in 150 lbs. bran, 100 cornmeal, 100 
middlings fed in hoppers. Our eggs have 
been bloody since this scrap was fed. 
Virginia. E. ii. A. 
Spoiled meat scrap is one of the worst 
things you can feed to laying hens, as it 
soon causes a great deal of damage 
which will take a long time to overcome, 
and it is a question if the birds will ever 
recover so that they will become profit¬ 
able producers after a serious sickness of 
this kind. Of course, the first thing to do 
is to remove the cause. Then feed lightly 
and give a pound of Epsom salts to a 
thousand pounds of fowl. Provide plenty 
of tender green food and sour milk to 
drink if obtainable. c. s. G. 
Defective Chick Ration 
What is the matter with my young 
chicks? They lie around for a while, 
then lose the use of legs and seem to die 
of spasms in a short time. In some I 
found the crop was packed with grit and 
others crop was nearly empty after death. 
I am feeding on meat scrap and bran, 
but will now cut out the scrap for a 
while and see if that is the cause of the 
trouble. Chicks are about two weeks 
old and did well for a while. M. w. 
Virginia. 
One would suspect from your letter 
that you are not feeding these chicks 
properly. Chicks need something besides 
bran and meat scrap, and ordinarily do 
not fill up on grit if supplied with a sufii- 
cient amount of proper food. Give finely 
cracked corn, cracked, or whole, wheat 
and some pinhead oatmeal or rolled oats 
in addition to the ground feed, and limit 
the amount of grit given. Good beef 
scrap will not injure the chick.s, but it 
may best be mixed with wheat bran, 
middlings, cornmeal, and, if at hand, a 
small amount of bone meal. The first 
four ingredients, in equal parts by weight, 
make a good di’y mash for young chicks 
and may also be fed as a moist mash. 
Tender greens should also be given, and 
cracked charcoal is valuable, a little grit 
should also be provided. M. B. D. 
Improve the feed— 
you improve the flock 
Successful breeders no longer be¬ 
lieve that “any old feed’’ will 
raise prize-winning poultry. They 
now demand a feed of clean, siveet 
grains — balanced to build a big 
healthy frame. 
H-O Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
answers these requirements and more— 
It is steam-cooked for easy digestion 
and speedy assimilation. 
Write for free sample, prices and 
descriptive folder. 
The H-0 Company 
John J. Campbell, 
Mill*: 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
General Sale* Ataat 
HARTFORD, CONN. 
Improved 
Post 
Parcel 
_ Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Ban ds - O ats Sprouters 
Catalog Free on Request 
11 . K. BRUNNER. 45 Harrison Street, New York 
Fills Your Pocketbook 
Get your chicks up to frylng-size Id time for 
the early market. Cash in sooner, feed them 
a shorter time—and get the best prices. 
Raise them on Nutro Chick Mash—fifteen 
grain and meat Ingredients—makes weak 
chicks strong and strong ones stronger. 
Growing Cliick Food, of cracked grains 
and seeds, is a quick developer. Get assured 
results with 
Allen’s Guaranteed Foods 
MORE EGGS or MONEY BACK 
AHen’s Mash for Layers makes your 
eprinsr pullets lay in November or iDo« 
comber* before moulting. 
Write for pricee and valuable data 
ALLEN MILLING CO. 
Dopt. Bg Niagara FallSt N« Y. 
S White Leghorns swe 
YOUNG AND BARRON STRAINS 
3,000 breeders on free farm range, inoculated and free 
from lice. Special Bred for Winter Eggs. Baby chicks 
every Monday and Tuesday in July @ 49 per 100; $5 per 
60. Buy July chicks at this low price and help raise tlie 
extra million pounds of Fonltry. My Book “Profits in Ponl, 
try Keeping: Solved," free with all $9 orders. Circular free 
EDGA R BRIGGS. Box 75, PleasantValley.N. Y 
lOOO-PULLETS-1000 
S. C. Leghorn, Hatched from March 7th to 
March 21 for SALE at once. These pul¬ 
lets are thrifty and fine on free range. 
FRED J. MATHEWS, Lambertville, N. J. 
Li&HORN Pullets and Yearling Hens 
Vigorous, healthy pullets, April hatched, weighing 
over pound, ®75 per 100. Hens, guaranteed not 
over one year old. Fine stock, bred on free range, 
SlOO per lOO. HEOELCA POULTRY FARM. OradeU, N. J. 
Hampton s Black Leghor? Baby Chicks 
iSJotTfbr delivery weekly. July 5,10,17 at $10 per 100. 
$5.50 per 60. $3.00 per 25. Order from this Ad and 
get your chicks quick. Safe delivery guaranteed 
Circulars free. A. E. HAMPTON. Box R, Pittstown, N. J 
The “MOHEGANITE” Strain 
OF 8. C. WHITE LEGHORNS—-‘B HENS IN 1” 
from trap-nested ancestry i-ecording 180to 260 eggs in pul¬ 
let year. Pound pullets, OOo. and $1. Yearlings, $2 to $2.60. 
MOHEGAN FARM, Box Y, PeeksklU, N. Y. 
HATCHING EGGS 
ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS 
$1.50, fifteen; $8, liundred. Indian Runner Ducks, 
$2 for 15. L E O N S A G E, Crown Point, N. Y. 
LEGHORNS-BARRON-WYANDOTTES 
Now offering eggs from highest quality breed¬ 
ers. Our direct imported Pens AA, with rec¬ 
ords 278, 280, 281, 282, 282, and others, mated to 
sons of 650-egg hen in three years and 466-hen in 
two years. Many other record breeders. Large 
breeding farms are our satisfied customers. 
THE BARRON FARM, R. F. D. No. 3, Connellsville, Ps, 
that 
pay 
For immediate delivery, well hatched, 
well bred, from beet heavy-egg strains 
of Reds, Rocks, Leghorns, etc. FREE 
BOOK tells how to make more money 
from Poultry. 
W. F. HILLPOT, Box 1, Frenchtown, N. J. 
SPECIAL NOTICE' 
We believe every advertiser in our Poultry Department »m 
honest and reliable. We stand back of these classified adver¬ 
tisements with our ** Square Deal Guarantee '* as we do the 
display advertisements. Those purchasine eggs for hatching 
and baby chicks must understand that they are assuming 
some risk when ordering from a distance. For the most part 
eggs and chicks carry safely, but sometimes rough hanfUing 
by the express companies or exposure to heat and cold causes 
damage. That eggs 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 avoia controversy 
buyer and seller should have a definite understanding as to 
the responsibility assumed in case of dissatisfaction. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
20 4-wcek*-old chicks (sired by son of the 314-egg hen) for 
♦5. All this year’s breeding stock for sjile. 
E. CLAUDE JONES - Crnryville, New York 
MAL^HATCHEii S.C. W. Lughorii Cockerels B^hird."; 
large-comhod fellow.s, SI each. Satisfaction or 
money back. Brookside Poultry Farm, Stockton. N. J. 
Baby Chicks and Eggs E'‘ngii»h’k*c; 
White Leghorns and Anconas. From liens 
with records of 250 to 280. A few cockerels. Write 
for prices, HARTMAN POULTRY FARM. So. Columbus. Ohio 
S. O. W.- Leghorns at 9c. each. Money 
refunded for dead chicks. Cir. free. 
W. A. LAUVER, McAlisterville, Pa. 
LEGHORN CHICKS 
Rocks and Reds, #1!}.75 per lOO. For a sliort 
time only. E. R. HUMMER & CO., R. D. A, Frenchtown. N. J. 
WonlaJ 600—1,000 8-10-week Leghorn pullets at 460 per 
nanieu wo. WM. doss, Darlington, Maryland 
*f WS. 15c.Each; 1813 per 
JOO; S130per 1,000 
SILVER WHITE ANO COLUMBIAN WYANDOHE^ S. C. R I. 
REDS.ROUEN AND RUNNER DUCKLINGS ® 22c. EACH; $20 PER 
100. Aldham Poultry Farm, R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa. 
RnRnoI Rroofio Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Hares 
DUDcSIDIoaUS Dogs and Cavles. Stock and Eggs, 
Catalogue Free. H, A. SlIUDEK, Box 29, SelUnvlII,,I’fc 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkey*, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl. Cranes. Storks, Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes. Rac¬ 
coon. SquirreLs, and all kinds of birds and animals 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist, Dept. 10, Yardley, Pa' 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single coml)s only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Winter layers for breeders, mated to rich jlaliog- 
any-eolored males. Eggs from utility matings,*1.50 
per 15; *4 per 50; *7 per 100. Write for circular. 
B. Q,lTAOKEKrBUSH. Box 400, Darien, Conn. 
S.C. RhodelslandReds n eV y o r'k s h*o w s 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for hatching. Send for circular 
MAPLECROFT FARMS, Box R, Pawllug,y. Y. 
300 Laying AVhite Wyandotte Pullets 
*8 each. Males, 8)8.50 each. 200 laying White 
Leg;horn pullets. *1.)85 each. Males, *1.50 each, 
Rlverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
White Orpington Eggs, Chicks and Cockerels 
Stevens Reliable Yards, Culver Road, LYONS. N. Y. 
BARRON’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
males and females I imported direct. Males dams,272 
to283 eggs; hens with255 to 273-egg records. Males, 
hens and eggs for sale. E. E. LEWIS. Apalachia, N. Y. 
Barred Rocks-Eggs 
Day-Old Chicks. 112 per TOO. COCKERELS. $5 each. 
Ae C, Jones, Marvel Homestead Fa rm, Georgetown, Del 
Pullets and Cockerels ZiifCkfte 
Wyandottes, R. I. Reds, Black Minorcas and Silver 
Campines. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. 2, Athens, Pa. 
Brightly Poultry Farm 
150 Leghorn hen*, one year old. 50 B. P. Rock year¬ 
ling hens; a few good breeding cocks. Reasonable 
prices. All birds are bred to Lay and do lay. Write 
for prices. BRIGIiTLY POULTRY FARM.Bex44. Goochland.Va. 
BABY CHiX-HATCHING EGGS-BREEDERS 
While Wyandollet, R. I. Reds. Barred Racks. I.ight Brahmas, S. C.W. 
and B. Leghorns. Utility and show quality. Catalogue free. 
Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
Rfl Rrparie Fine Catalog free. Tells about Ghick- 
uu DIG0U3 ejjg_ Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Guineas. 
BantamSjDogs, Belg. TTares and Cavies. Stock and 
Hatching Eggs a Specialty. EDWIX a. SOUUEK, Telford, I’a, 
PIGEONS 
TEN PAIR HOMERS. Lot 811. 
JOSEPH BOWEKS, 8taanton,Tlreinia 
Mondaines, Kings and Carneaux Pigeons 
Fine Breeders and youngsters, S)8 to *5 per pair. 
Fairport Pigeon Lofts, 31 Dewey Ave., Fairport, N. Y. 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs-$2 per 10 G;u,.Vu"rg7rif 
Tiirirou Cffirc Bronze, B. Red, W. Hoi. and 
lUIKcj LggS Narragansett, $3.75 per 12. Also 7 
breeds chickens; eggs, $1.25 jier 15, Prepaid by P. P. 
or Exp. EASTERN OHIO POULTRY FARM, Beallsvillc. Ohio 
I iolif RraKmn* F if tee n th year. 
L^lgnc Dranmas Eggs for hatching. 1.5.$l.,'i0: 
50, $4; lUO, $7.50. Haystack Mountain Farm, Nsrfolk. Conn. 
YearlingBuff Cochin Bantams pens.‘$l.’'Eg®g%,”: 
$1. . J. 6. STRYKER, Sergeaiitsville, N. J. 
Wanted -200 Pearl Guinea 
weeks old. State price. HERMAN PHILIPS.Huntington,L.l. 
200 Bred-to-Lay 1916 WhiteLeghorns $ 1^5 
Also Registered Yearling Duroc Boars. Duroe pigs 
for Aug. and Sept, delivery only. SAMOAGGER, Poolvills, N. T. 
Anril Piillolo Trapnested, heavy-laying stock. 85c. 
April rUIIBlo —Wycoff and Barron yearlings, 
$1.10. Collies. Pups, $3. Altavista Farm, Darlington, Md. 
laying Pullets, Barron Stock at ^2= Each' 
SPECIAL, PRICE IN QUANTITIES 
2,000 now being bred for this offer. March, April or May hatched, delivered it 
5 months old and will lay within three weeks after you receive them, no feed 
bills, no loss, no incidental expenses, they will start to pay for themselves at 
once. The class of this stock is exceptional, look up class “C” in our catalog, 
sent on request. Also 8-I0-I2-week old pullets and the Highest class of breeding 
cockerels obtainable, all at the right prices, quality considered. 
BAYVILLE FARMS, Ba3rville, Ocean Co., N. J. 
“ SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ” 
