V/>e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
973 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
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Vineland, N. J. 
Below is record of the Vineland, N. 
J., egg-laying contest for week ending 
.inly Ml, and total number of eggs to 
date. 
Barred Plymouth Hocks. 
Oarret W. Ruck, N. J. 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
Otto C. Lubrs, N. J. 
N. Myers, Pa. 
Harry H. Ober, N. J. 
Overlook Farm, N. J. 
George C. W.ard, Me. 
Woodside Farm, R. 1. 
White Plymouth Rocks, 
Week Total 
H 16S6 
21 1169 
43 1283 
38 1390 
27 1201 
27 921 
21 1145 
30 1400 
Chester P. Dodge, Mass. 32 1292 
Holliston Hill I’oiiltry Farm, Muss.. 41 1025 
Edward E. Murray, N. Y . 30 1372 
Victor S. Reichenbach, Pa. 17 942 
Overlook Farm, N. ,T. 28 1451 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, N. J. 24 1009 
Columbian Plymouth Rocks 
Deptford Poultry Farm, N. J. 20 1211 
T. J. Enslin, N. J. 19 989 
.1. M. Jones, N. J. 30 1517 
White Wyandottes, 
Thomas Coate.s, N. J. 
A. H. Faulkner, N. J. 
Thomas Henry, Pa.,.... 
Gablewood Poultry Farm, N. J...... 
l.usseroft Farm, N. J. 
E, C. Moore, N. J. 
T. H. Matteson & Son, R. I. 
Sunnybrook Farm, N. J. 
H. ,S. Tuthill, N. J. 
Columbian Wyandottes. 
Lake Farm, R. I. 
Sunnybrook Farm, N’. ,1., 
Wilburtlia Poultry Farm, N. J. 
26 1189 
31 1163 
19 1103 
30 1339 
41 1382 
47 1207 
41 r;3o 
11 1172 
35 1300 
31 1284 
20 1124 
21 1029 
Buff Wyandottes. 
Clark & Howland, Vt. 
W. P. I.aing, N. J. 
Mrs. O. R. Elliott. N J. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds. 
Relic Ellen Stock Farm, N. J. 
H. W. Colliiigwood, N. J. 
Tliomas W. Dawson, Pa... 
Et.ion Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Thomas Henry, l*a. 
Miss ,\deline S. Macintosh, N. J.... 
Underbill Rros., N. .T. 
Woodland I’oultry Yard, I’a. 
S. C. White Leghorns. 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
E. A. Rallard, Pa. 
■Will Rarron. England . 
Relic Ellen Stock Farm, N. J. 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 
Coverinwn Farm, N. J. 
W. J. Cocking, N. .T. 
Jos. H. Cohen, N. J. 
J. S. Cray & Son, N. J. 
Clias. 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. 
R. Frank Grunzig, N. J. 
Henry E. Heine. N. J. 
itiebard Heine, N. J. 
Heigl’s Poultry Farm, Ohio. 
Hilltop I’oultry Yards, Conu. 
Hillvlew Farm, Mo. 
Holliston Hill I’oultry Farm, Mass.. 
Hugh J. Hoehn, N. Y . 
James F. Harrington, N. j. 
John It. Lauder. N. J. 
Laywell Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Fred J. Mathews. N. J. 
Mt-reer I’oultry Farm, N. J. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
H. H. M.vers, N. J. 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. J. 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
Thomas Henr.v, I’a. 
Oakland Farm, N. J. 
Miss Anna C. Parry, Pa. 
I’. 0. Platt, Pa. 
Riverside Egg Farm, N. Y . 
Josepli H. Ralston, N. J. 
Shadowhrook Farm, (k)mi. 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, N. J. 
Pinehurst Poultry Farm, i’a. 
Herman F. Sender, N. J. 
A. E. Spear, N. J. 
Sunnybrook Farm. N. J. 
Tena'ere Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Training School, N. J. 
J. Percy Van Zundt, N. J. 
Shurts & Voegtlen, N. J. 
Gustav Walters, N. J. 
White House Poultry Farm, N. J.... 
W. K. Wixson, Pa. 
Willanna Farm, N. J. 
Woodland Farms, N. J. 
S. C. Buff Leghorns. 
H. G. Richardson, N. J. 
Romy Singer. X. J. 
Monmouth i'anns, N. J. 
S. C. Black Leghorns. 
A. R. Hampton, N. J. 
Fred C. Nixon, N. J. 
Sunny Acres, N. J. 
47 
24 
38 
23 
38 
24 
31 
25 
24 
20 
17 
49 
39 
3:3 
32 
35 
46 
45 
5') 
47 
49 
40 
45 
40 
45 
.32 
23 
44 
37 
43 
38 
45 
53 
31 
50 
45 
54 
43 
40 
40 
50 
44 
34 
20 
43 
40 
54 
51 
44 
42 
41 
40 
42 
41 
30 
39 
37 
39 
47 
44 
39 
41 
43 
49 
48 
.39 
28 
31 
53 
29 
46 
1262 
723 
1UU4 
list! 
1109 
1109 
1135 
1292 
1407 
1547 
829 
1<v47 
1575 
1000 
1230 
1516 
1417 
1452 
1439 
1390 
1481 
1551 
1402 
1525 
1.'..38 
1423 
1169 
1301 
1329 
12o2 
1.500 
1228 
1740 
1202 
1374 
17)83 
loot 
1502 
1392 
HIT 
1553 
1475 
1360 
!)90 
1389 
1336 
1746 
l.-)28 
1425 
1411 
1307 
1574 
1551 
1435 
1130 
1158 
1528 
1300 
18.-.9 
1733 
1528 
1167 
15,58 
1567 
1641 
1186 
950 
1196 
1425 
1453 
1528 
Totals 
3696 135102 
'Dairy Outlook in Lower New York 
There is something a little ominous 
in strings of cows wending theif way 
not to the hack pastures hut down the 
country roads to the shipping stution.s. 
'I’liis. if any, should he the contented .sea¬ 
son f<4r the dairymen of Southern New 
York. For a fetv weeks now nature is 
halancing the cow’s ration on the hill¬ 
side, the labttr cost of the dairy is at its 
minimum and tlie monthly milk checks 
may be cashed somewhere else than at 
the feed store. Why then should not 
cows be imported rather than a part 
of those on hand shipped out? And there 
is no question but that they are going, 
here find there a few from a herd, now 
and then a whole herd. A short trip 
ov<‘r the hills gives the answer. Not 
within memory has the early season 
promised so little for the coining Win¬ 
ter. Hay, it is true, will be a bumper 
< rop and our innocent city friends who 
believe that milk is made from hay could 
see nothing but bulging barns and fat 
pocketbooks. The modern dairyman, 
howo'.'er, knows that his equally modern 
cow ’ooks upon hay as a side dish and 
demands an abundance of something 
much more succulent and toothsome if she 
is to deliver the goods out of the natural 
gr; zing season. Nothing less than canned 
saroe from the siio and about all the 
grain from BtilTalo that her owner can 
purchase will satisfy her. 
An earnest effort was made all through 
the early Summer to get an increased 
acreage into corn, both for the silo and 
the crib. But nature fouglit tlie attempt 
vigorously, and nature won. Daily tor¬ 
rents from the clouds drove the teams 
from the fields and only the drier spot .4 
could he planted. Then, impossible of 
cultivation, the corn nearly succumbed to 
weeds Jind Avater. Short and yellow 
stands the corn when it should be ap¬ 
proaching the tasseling stage. Things 
are never quite as bad as they seem, 
however, and, Avith the improvement in 
the Aveather that iniist come, silos will 
probably be from one-half to two-thirds 
filled. But the Winter Aviiuls will bloAV 
through w«'ll-nigh empty corn cribs and 
the dairyman’s money will continue to 
folloAV Horace Greeley’s famous advice 
to young men. At least, that is the 
outlook in .Tuly. 
But will not higher prices for milk 
balance the increased cost of grain and 
fodder? Alas, there is little room In 
the dairyman's breast for either faith 
or hope. He long ago learned th;\t, come 
Avhat may, he Avill not be allowed any 
such increase in price as would take care 
of a marked increase in cost of produc¬ 
tion. The retail price of milk is steadily 
advancing in New York and one, at least, 
of the city’s influential dailies is edi¬ 
torially urging its readers to combat this 
advance by cutting do4vn consumption. 
Whether so advised or not, no one doubts 
that city consumers will endeavor to 
economize in milk, as In other foods, as 
the price ri.ses. In spite of the Dairy¬ 
men's League, the great milk companies 
still have a strangle-hold upon the con¬ 
sumer and show little intention of re¬ 
leasing th.eir grip. It is an open (pies- 
tion, too, how much real independence of 
the “milk trust’’ the D'airymen’s T.eague 
has yet succeeded in obtaining for its 
memlx’rs. 
With cornmeal now soiling at .$4 per 
liuiidn’d. other feeds in proportion, and 
no relief in sight, there is little to be 
wondered at in the ])resent sacrifice of 
cows. So long as a cow is Avorth more 
for beef titan for milk she Avill go to the 
hufeher, and no Availing of babies will 
stop her. So long as city consumers urge 
T(>striction of consumption rtither thiin 
reform in methods of distribution heifer 
calves will not grow up to bt'como moth¬ 
ers. Legi.slation is futile, and railing at 
ftirmers is foolish. 
These are old stories, retold so often 
its to have become monotonous to most 
of 4IS. But a ray of hope now arises that 
in the coming struggle for food the po¬ 
sition long held by the dairy farmer Avill 
be at last understood, and understood not 
alone by those in close touch Avith coun¬ 
try life, but ahso by those in authority 
Avhose understanding must he reached be¬ 
fore there can ho any hope of rectifying 
the intolerable conditions that have long 
obtained in the dairy industry. 
M. R. D. 
Buffalo Meurkets 
'I'he season is advancing rapidly and 
the excessive showers of late have given 
Avay here to an almost rainless period of 
more than two week.s, though farmers 
elsewhere are still held up by them occa¬ 
sionally. The price situation has not 
changed much except that new apples 
only are (pioted at .$2 and .$2.2.5 i)er bn. 
box for best. Watermelons oddly remain 
at ()0c each for finest in siiite of the hot 
Aveather. StraAvberries are still (pioted 
at 12c and Klc per quart, but they are 
practically gone. The season for them 
has been long and the quality above the 
average. Botatoes are now .$2.75 and 
$4..50 per hhl., a pretty nearly normal 
price. Beans still retain their former 
price of $1) and .$f).50 per bu. Other 
lu-ices are about normal. The potato and 
bean crops are still in doubt in this terri¬ 
tory. Spi'ing rains cut doAvn the acreage 
badly. 
Georgia poaches are still quoted at 
.$2.25 and $.‘J per carrier, but must soon 
come down, as this district has a bumper 
crop, which will begin to move soon. 
Muskmelons still come from tlie Imperial 
Valley, California, Avholesaling sit $2 and 
.$2 per crate, but Georgias are undei-sell- 
ing them at $1 and $1.50 per crate. It 
is siiid that lack of ]iickers Avill out out 
the huekleberries mostly, hut raspberries 
iire ideiity sit 12c and l.nc for black, and 
B)C and 4S(' for ri’d per tpiart. Some 
SoutlKum blackberries sire in, selling at 
Sc and 10c per- (piart. Currants are 
jilenty at 7c and 12c per quart, for all 
colors, and cherries are Availing a little 
at .‘15c and 75c for 7-lb. basket for all 
colors. Southern fruits remain high; 
lemons leading at $(>..50 and $7.50 per 
ersAte; oranges, .$.‘).25 and .$4 same; limes, 
80c and 00c per 1(X); grapefruit not 
qiioti’d; banansKS, $1.25 and .$2..50 per 
bunch for yellow and .$.2.50 and .$5 for 
red. 
Vegetables arc identy and the demand 
is j^od. String beans are ,$1.15 and 
$1.25 per h,n.; beets, .20c; carrots, 1.5c 
and .20c; green onions, 20c and 25c; pars¬ 
ley, 25e and .20e; radishes, 25c and 40c, 
all per doz. bunches. Cabbage is $3.75 
and $4.25 per 100; celery, 15c and 45e 
per hunch ; cucumbers, $1 and $1.50 per 
basket; lettuce, 20o and 00c per 2-doz, 
box; peas, $1 and .$2 per hag; tomatoes, 
$1.25 for .Terseys per bu.; 12e and 15c 
per lb. for hothouse. The home crop of 
tomatoes is not in sight yet, plants often 
not even blossomed, hut the weather is 
noAv more favorable to them. 
Butter is still high, in spite of good 
pastures, quoted at 42e for best creamery, 
.2.5c and .2Sc for dairy ; ,24e and 37c for 
crocks, and 30c for poor. Chee.se is lower 
at 24e for best domestic; 21c and 22c for 
fair to good. Eggs remain high at 42c 
for Avhite hennery, and not beloAV ,25c for 
anything. Both live and dressed poultry 
are active at good prices, full lists quoted 
only in frozen, at 3.2c and .24c for tur¬ 
keys ; 22c and 25c for fowls; 24c and 27c 
f()r chickens; 26c and 2!)c for broilers; 
.‘>3c and 34c for capons; 2.2c and 24c for 
ducks, and ISc and 19c for geese. Un¬ 
frozen dressed is a cent or two higher 
than frozen and live a cent or two lowei'. 
J. W. c. 
Control of Depluming Mites 
IM.A" .Amung Leghorns are nearly bald 
and I tliink it is tlie depluming mite, but 
do not knoAV a remed.v. The head is very 
ri’d and in some the redness encircles the 
eyes. Will you tell me Iioav to control 
the pest? M. A. Y. 
Ncav York. 
The depluming mite, like other sorts of 
lioultry vermin, will succumb to grease of 
almost any kind, if thoroughly applied. 
Ordinary sulphur ointment is perhaps as 
good as anything for this pest. It may 
l)(‘ rubbed in over the affecte<l parts and 
the application repeated later if need be. 
M, R. D. 
Skin Disease 
I have a Bhode Island Red hen which 
has a skin disea.se of some kind. On the 
right side, near the tail, the skin is 
shaped like a cup. From the oup-shaped 
skin runs a scratch or sore Avhich seems 
to be spreading to tlie hen’s back. In 
till’ cup-shaped skin there is a black scab, 
Avhich is Avorking loose, and looks like 
dirt. I rubbl’d vaseline into it. 2’he 
scratch looks quite sore and I rubbed it 
with vaseline. Since then it is improv¬ 
ing. Is the disea.se infectious? F. o. 
Pennsylvania; 
I do not knoAV what this sore that you 
describe is, but think that you will be 
safe in treating it on general principles 
with some good anti.septic ointment, such 
as carboHzi’d A’aseline. This may be 
rubbed lightly into tlie sore and the ap¬ 
plication repeated after a time if im¬ 
provement is noted. As some contagious 
skin disease may be in-esent it would be 
Avell to keep the hen from the rest of the 
Hock until cured. M. R. D. 
Dr. Black: “I suppose, Mrs. Brown, 
[hat you liave given the nu'dicine accord¬ 
ing to directions’?” Mrs. Brown; “Well, 
doctah, I done my bes’; you said give 
Pete one o’ dese pills three times a day 
ontil gone, hut I done run out o’ pills 
yisterday, an’ he hain’t gone yit.”—Cre¬ 
dit Lost. 
PiLLINC^ 
CAPON TOOLS 
•Caponlze and double the 
( weight and the price of your 
cockerels. Easily done. Com¬ 
plete outfit—full In¬ 
structions—prepaid. 
G. P. PILLING & SON CO. 
Philadelphia. Pa. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for Rtocking: ourposos, 
fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, (hanes, Stork.s, Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Rac¬ 
coon, fiQiiirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist, Dept. 10, 'Yardley, Pa. 
. ivuuuc iMdiiU iveas 'York sho 
two consecutive years. H igh-grade utility breeti 
stock, also eggs for hatching. Send for ciren 
MAPLEOKOFT farms, Box R, Pawling,N 
Haystack Mountain Farm 
now selling Hens from our Breeding Pens at $2.50 Each 
Rn Root Rroado Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Hares 
OUDCOlDIOoUS Dogs and (.'avies. Stock and Eggs, 
Catalogue Free. II. A. SOUIIEK, Box 29, Sellerxvllle, I'a. 
L^horns-Barron-WyandotleSe"^'"prices?e(i’.m^^^ 
I’nllets and cockerels from imported stock, records 200 to 
282. Imported hens with records over 260, very reasonable. 
Tested yearling cocks. The Barron Form, R. 3. Conncitsville, Po. 
For Sale-35 Pekin Ducks 
each. . “ ■ ’ 
Pekin Duck- 
. 4 ■weeks old, 35c. 
KEGEH FRUIT FARMS, Flandeks, N. J. 
Yearling Hens for Sale 
Several Thousand 
White Plymouth Rocks 
and Single Comb White Leghorns 
Send for price-list with description of our 
stock and record in Egg-Laying Contest. 
The demand will be great, and to avoid 
disappointment, order early. Address 
Branford Farms, Groton, Conn. 
1 World’s Greatest Layers 
Big Reductions No'w 
M' 8. C. W. Leghorns, VT. Wyandottes, 
• S. C. R. I. Rods, Bufi Orpingtons. 
1 0 00 PROOF— Istprize Leghorns, North Am. Egg 
■ Contest; 6 hens laid 4139 eggs ; Reds 1st 
1 ■■ wfcd pi ize, five hens laid 1043 eggs, highest offi- 
1 Xlf'f' 0 cial Red record; Wyandottes, Ilissoiiri Egg 
1 ntltlu Contest, 40 hens laid 2006 sfrss, over 200-sflru 
I rxvsr. average. Most profitable poultry known, Bijrre. 
1 rn K ductions on Breeding Stock. Hatching Eggs; Baby 
1 • L.IV Chicks. “Story of the 200-Eac Hen,'* contains 
■ VF A D valuable Information that will mcrcaso your egg 
M 1 Ju yield. 40c. refunded on first order. 
1PENNA. POULTRY FARM r. p.. 
^LEGHORN BREEDERSv 
'‘With The Lay Bred in Them” 
We offer White Leghorn males and females at 
moderate prices. Carefully selected birds from 
our strain of exceptionally heavy layers. Many 
fully pedigreed. Healthy—vigorous—produc¬ 
tive. Every bird bred and reared by us. Satisfac¬ 
tion assured. Write your wants. Circular free. 
SPRECHER BROS., Box 40, Robrerstown,Pa. 
1 YEARLING WHITE LEG- I 
1 OV-FV-F HORN HENS $1 EACH 1 
1 R- *• RED PULLETS, four! 
I 4^ O W montbs old, $ 1.25 EACH f 
I Best laying Strains. Absolute Satisfaction. Inspeo- = 
1 tlon invited. OIHlIIAltD VIEW POULTRY s 
1 FARM, {Established i 809) Acushnet, Mnsw. 1 
..... 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
“Specially bred for heavy epo-production.*’ Bred for many 
generations from high-record hens. 1,000 selected 
breeding hens and cockerels at $1 and $1.50 eitch. 
Must have room for growing stock. Bny early and 
save money. 0. U. LONGENEOKER, Box 50, Elizabethtown, I’a. 
LANSING’S LEGHORNS 
YELLOW LEGGED MOULTING HENS 
For fall and early winter laying 
$1.50 Each. E. O. LANSING, Komnlns, N.'Y. 
Evergreen Poultry Farm 
famous trap-nested strain S. 0. White Leghorns. 
Hens and pnllets at real sacrifice prices to make 
room. JOHN H. WEED, Morristown, N. J. 
Fnr ^ compelled to 
1 ui oaio lojjve town will sacrifice my entire flock of 
High Grade WHITE LEGHORN HENS at $1 Each 
A. ANDEKEK, Box 150, R. F. 0. 1, DOVER, N. J. 
Baby Chicks and Eggs E^ngi”8 h’s.®c; 
■White Leghorns and Ancouas. From hens 
with record.s of 2.50 to 280. A few cockerels. Write 
for prices. HARTMAN POULTRY FARM, So. Columbus, Ohio 
AL" S. C. W. Leghorns. Sc. and up. Money 
l>||inKx refunded for dead chicks. Oir. free. 
WIIIVAa w. A. LAUVEK, McAlisterville, Pa. 
THE “MOHEGANITE” STRAIN 
OfS.C. White Leghorns and Rhode Island Whites, " 3 
hens in 4,” from tramnested ancestry, recording 480to 260 
eggs in pul let year. Prime pullets $1.40, August delivery • 
yearlings $2.50. MOHEOA.N EAUM, Box T, Peckiklll, Jl. V. 
Barron Breeding Cockerels ifeSJJn 
Early April Hatch. Range Roared. Selected and 
guaranteed Satisfactory or no sale. Also few Pul¬ 
lets for immediate shipment. 
Justa Poultry Parm, Southampton, N.Y. 
F O It S -A. E 
150 Single Comb White Leghorn Yearling Hens 
Selected atock. A. S. Persons, Mt. Vision, N.V. 
Fed. S.C.W.'Leghorn Cockerels 
Extra finality. fill.50 to !iS3, according to breeding. 
W. E. ATKINSON - Wallinoford, Conn. 
500 YEmiMG White 1 pffhnrnsSJ 25each. Males,S1.50each 
LATING nnUoLBgnornS Sliippedon approval. 
Klverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
T=Loolx-jBt 
Breeders for sale. Eggs and chicks in season. 
A. C. JONES, Marvel Homestead Farm, Georgetown, Delaware 
$15 per lOO 
^ $140 per 1,000 
SILVER. WHITE AND COLUMBIAN PAlrin niinlrliM a'.. 
WYANDOTTES,S.C.R.I. REDS and “BKIn UUCKIingS 
Alflliam Poultry Farm, R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa. 
D T T I I n T C E-Singlo C. WliUe 
MT KJ LiLiLd 1 iJ J^ghorns; best egg-laying strain; 
husky, farm-raised, free-range, 
bird.s. April hatched. Farmer’s prices. Any ntiantity. 
KKYNOLDS FARM, R. F. D., Annandale, New Jer-sky 
Pullets and Cockerels 
Wyandottes, R. I. Reds, Black Minorcas and Silver 
Campines. Maple Cove Poultry Yards, R. 2, Athens, Pa. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
We believe every advertiser In oar Poultry Department la 
honcKt and reliable. We ataud back of these classihed adver* 
tisernonts with our ** Sguare Deal Guarantee.^* aa we do the 
display advertiaementa. Those purchaaing eggs for hatching 
and baby chicks must understand that they are assuming 
some risk when ordering from a distance. For the moat part 
eggs and chicks carry safely, but somotimea rough hancUiDg 
by the express companies or exposure to heat and cold causes 
damage. That eggs 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 have a definite underatandi^ aa to 
the re.sponsibility assumed io case of dissatisfaction. 
