RURAL NEW-YORKER 
11C3 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg* 
layinj: contest, the following facts are given; 
It is held at Storrs post oiBce In connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins Xoveniber 1st. There are 10 
pullets in each pen. All the birds receive uni¬ 
form treatment. The houses are aU alike, and 
the feed is the same for all. ^l^e contest con¬ 
tinues for one year. The weekly records cover 
the number of eggs laid for each pen in the 
current week, and also the total number of 
eggs laid since the first of last November. The 
contest will end November let, at which time 
these birds will be removed, and another eet of 
pullets entered for the next year. 
Record at Storrs, Conn., week ending October 
2 , and total to date: 
Barred Bocks. 
,Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 60 1842 
Michigan P. Farm, Mich. 36 17.39 
A. B. Hall. Conn. 36 1362 
Jules F. Francais, h. 1. 25 1480 
Hampton Institute, Va. 11 1248 
Fairfields Poultry Farms, N. H. ju 1M7 
Norfolk Specialty Farms, Ontario... “7 14i6 
Rodman Schaff, N. H. 1*;”“ 
Rock Rose Farm, N. T. '*'1 
■White Rocks. 
Holliston Hill P. Farm, Mass. 
R'-njamln F. Low, N. H. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Ma.ss. 
Buff Rocks. 
38 1718 
13 1089 
31 1554 
Kosbaw Farms, Conn. 20 1497 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 22 1153 
White Wyandottes. 
A. L. Mulloy, Conn. .. 30 1500 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 22 1731 
A. L. Vreeland, N. J. 23 1523 
Grant Buler & Son, Pa. 62 1681 
Joseph Moreau, R. 1. 30 io ::6 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. 43 167S 
Brayraan Farm, N. H. . 86 1636 
Beulah Farm, Ontario . 34 1456 
Vine Hill Farm, Mass. 24 1470 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, N. T. 43 1611 
Everett E. Wheeler, Mass. 35 1401 
J. E. Watson, Conn. 28 1364 
Tom Barron, England . 32 15tt0 
Harry Kendall, N. 'Y. 30 1231 
Jay H. Ernisse, N. Y. 43 1667 
Nybrook Farm, L. 1. 29 1352 
Buff Wyandottes. 
H. P. Cloves & H. R. Sullivan, Conn. 45 l.''U5 
l)r. N. W. Sanborn, Mass. 38 1550 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Frank E. Turner, Mass. 
Frank B Turner, Mass. 
Colonial Farm, N. H. 
A. B. Brundage, Conn. 
Hillview P. Farm, Vt. (R. C.). 
Homer P. Doming, Conn. 
Charles O. I’olhemus, N. Y. 
Pequot Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Springdale Poultry Farm, Conn. ... 
Laurel Hill Farm, R. I. 
George W. Harris, Conn...... 
Harry B. Cook, Conn. 
A. W. Ruraery, N. II. 
F. M. Peasley, Conn. 
Allan’s Hardtobeat Reds, R. I. 
Glenview IVultry Farm, Conn. 
Fatherland Farm, Mass. 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. 
Royal Farms, Conn. 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
I’inecrest Orchards, Mass. 
■White Orpingtons. 
Obed G, Knight, R- I. ............. 
Harry Paxton, N. Y. 
■White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Braeside I’oultry Farm, Pa, . 
Jay H. Ernisse. N. Y. 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. ... 
J. 0. LeFevre, N. Y. 
Rollwood Poultry Farm, Conn. 
■Vt'm. L. Gilbert Home, Conn, 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. ... 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
Koshaw Farms, Conn. 
F. M. Peasley, Conn. 
Chas. Helgl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . 
W'lll Barron, England. 
J. Colllnson, England . 
Abel Latham, England . 
Bushkill Poultry Farm, Pa. . 
A. P. Robinson, N. Y. 
Eglantine Farm, Md. 
Frank R. Hancock, Vt. 
Margareta P. Farm, Ohio ... 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. ■.. 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
N. W. Hendryx, Conn. 
Clifford I. Stoddard, Conn. .. 
George Phillips, Conn . 
Hampton Institute, Va. 
Toth Bros., Conn. 
White Leghorn Club, Ill. 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
Geo. A. Stannard, Kansas ... 
Jas. F, Harrington, N. J. ... 
H. W. Collingwood, N. J. ... 
Windsweep Farm, Conn. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn. 
Vi’, j. Cocking, N. ,J. 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. ... 
Dr. E. P. Holmes, Maine .... 
Hillview Farm, 5Io. 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
Hillside Farm, Conn. 
Silver Campines. 
Eugene Van Why, Conn. 
Uncowa Campine Yards, Conn, 
37 
34 
17 
34 
40 
28 
34 
27 
38 
26 
40 
25 
33 
31 
38 
21 
12 
3> 
24 
27 
36 
28 
26 
32 
36 
29 
17 
28 
19 
22 
87 
26 
37 
44 
14 
42 
34 
40 
42 
14 
28 
36 
33 
16 
26 
37 
15 
21 
21 
23 
35 
8 
10 
9 
26 
30 
25 
18 
62 
13 
16 
8 
23 
31 
33 
21 
1545 
1570 
1333 
1411 
1714 
1433 
1671 
1601 
1523 
1439 
1739 
1422 
1678 
1265 
1861 
1680 
1176 
1406 
1634 
1621 
1277 
1833 
1823 
1635 
1514 
1909 
1342 
1647 
1686 
1523 
1712 
1807 
1363 
1368 
1766 
1682 
1621 
1548 
2058 
1641 
1796 
1366 
1636 
1827 
1522 
1900 
1448 
1839 
1671 
1189 
1138 
1573 
1554 
1796 
1505 
1585 
1922 
1667 
1.584 
1639 
1466 
i:i93 
1545 
1625 
1364 
1237 
Totals 
2930 155851 
Farm Forum Suggested 
(Continued from Page 1178.) 
The board of management of the Labor 
Forum of New York City, made up 
largely of repre.sentatives of organized 
labor, addressed a sympathetic commun¬ 
ication to Commissioner John J. Dillon, 
urging the dairymen to hold out on 
“collective bargaining” as the only means 
for any set of producers to cope with 
“big business.” Later the Labor Forum 
had John J. Dillon and George W. 
Perkins on their platform to give the 
working people their respective points of 
view on the food situation. The forum is 
a connecting link of public opinion be¬ 
tween the farmer and the consumer. 
A “New Constitution” Forum.— 
P.ut most conspicuous of all is “a new 
constitution forum for every community 
in Indiana.” They are remodelling their 
constitution out there. They don’t want 
a constitution dominated by lawyers. 
The “consumers” and the “producers” of 
Indiana are profiting by all this. In every 
county they have a forum, several in 
some, to date a total of 120. They ex¬ 
pect them to be permanent, even after 
the constitution is made. In Indiana 
public opinion at the source is going to 
remodel their “Bill of Rights” and their 
constitution. The constitutional dele¬ 
gates ■will appear before and receive in¬ 
struction from the people assembled in 
the forums, and after the new constitu¬ 
tion is drafted they report back to their 
consituents at the forums for suggestions 
or tentative approval before final action 
is taken. The real public opinion that 
lies locked up in the great mass of city 
consumers and farm producers will oper¬ 
ate through Indiana forums. Out there 
they^ say: “This is a government by 
public opinion, and herein lies our su¬ 
preme safety.” Is that not equally trxie 
of New York, and will not Farm Forums 
he a co-operative insurance measure for 
the farmers of New York State? 
CARL BECir. 
Products, Prices and Trade 
(Continued from page 3191.) 
Bed Kidney.11 00 @12 25 
Lima, California.1400 @15 00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy, No. 1. ton . 24 00 @25 00 
No. 2.23 00 @23 00 
No. 3 .18 00 @2100 
Clover mixed.15 00 @2100 
Straw, Rye,.15 00 @17 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. red, . 3 26 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 2 06 @2 07 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 66 @ 67 
Bye, free from, onion. 196 @199 
RETAIL TRICES AT NEW YORK 
These are not the highest or lowest prices 
noted here, but represent produce of good quality 
and the buying opportunities of at least half of 
New York’s population: 
Butter—Prints.$0.50 (5$0.52 
Tub .47 @ .49 
Eggs—Best .64 ® .66 
Gathered, good to choice.55 ® .60 
Medium grades .45 ® .50 
Potatoes, lb.03%(S) .04 
Cabbage, head .10 @ .12 
Lettuce, head.05 @ .10 
Fowls, lb.30 @ .35 
Chickens, lb.38 ® .42 
Peaches, 16-qt. basket.1.00 @ l.."0 
Plums, 8 -lb. basket.50 ® .75 
RECEIPTS AT NEW YORK DURING WEEK 
ENDING OCTOBER 3 
Butter, lbs......3,448,800 
Egg.s, doz.2,365,890 
Dressed Poultry, pgs. 21,246 
Live I’oultry, crates. 2,648 
Cotton, bales . 38,743 
.\pples, bbis. 47,012 
Lemons, bxs. 1,188 
Onions, sks. 27,112 
Oranges, bxs . 42,084 
Potatoes, bbls. 100,175 
Corn, bu. 12,600 
Hay, tons . 3,945 
Oats, bu.1,214,000 
Rye, bu. 163,750 
Wheat, bu. 643,200 
Rosin, bbls. 18,472 
Spts. Turp., bbls. 2,549 
PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE MARKETS 
BUTTER 
Demand Is good and market firm. Best 
creamery, 47 to 48; good to choice, 44 to 46; 
prints, 50 to 54. 
EGGS 
The supply Is mainly medium grade, as fancy 
nearby are very scarce. Best nearby, 50 to 61; 
gatliered, good to choice, 42 to 46. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls, 23 to 28; chickens, 28 to 29; roosters, 
20 to 21; ducks, 20 to 23; turkeys, 22 to 26; 
guineas, pair, 50 to 80. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Fowls in good demand. Choice roasting chick¬ 
ens scarce. Fowls, 28 to 32; chickens, 32 to 36; 
ducks, 25 to 26; squabs, doz., $4.50 to $5.75. 
FRUITS 
The one sure way to prevent gas leakage, oil 
waste,excess carbon and cylinder wear, is to install 
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Get the genuine by asking for them by the makers’ 
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All garage and repair men can give you immedia te 
service on them. If you have any difficulty get¬ 
ting them, write us. We’ll see you are supplied. 
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"To Have and to Hold Power”—the standard handbook / 
on gas engine compression. Every farmer who runs R 
an automobile, engine, tractor, etc., ought to have it. //l 
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2878 Locust Street ^ 
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Her First 
How toon will your spring puIIeU be 
laying ? How soon will your profits ex¬ 
ceed your expenses on this year’s stock ? 
Those are que.stioiis of vital import to 
your bank account, and you can’t afford to 
overlook them. Pullets .should lay at from 
4% to 5 mouths, and they will lay If you 
feed 
Allen’s Guaranteed Foods 
It’s never too late to start feeding 
poultry correctly. 
Allen's Mash for Layers not only holds 
90% to 93% egg rec¬ 
ords, but It also holds 
the records for starting 
pullets early. 
Send for the tclen- 
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poultry feeding. Alto 
atk for our Free Egg 
Record Card. Address 
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Dep’t 5 
Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
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World’s Greatest Layers 
Big Reductions Now On 
W. ■Wyandottes, 
Buff Orpingtons. 
S. C. W. Leghorns, 
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' ' ■ h .. 
^ Contest; 6 hens laid 1139 eggs ; Reds 1st 
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Box P 
Lancaster. Pa. 
PENNA. POULTRY FARM 
PULLETS 
2500 March and April Hatched 
Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets. 
First-class stock, grown on free range. 
Excellent laying strain. Write for prices. 
RICH POULTRY FARM 
The English Pens 
in the Storrs Laying Contest are lor sale 
For particulars address 
POULTRY DEPT., - Stwrs, Cwn. 
Apples and pears firm. Apples, standard va¬ 
rieties, bbl.. .$2 to $ 6 ; pears, bu., $2.25 to .$3; 
pcnclies, %-bu. bkt., 75 to .$1; grapes, 3-lb, bkt., 
13 to 15. 
VEGETABLES 
Potato market slow. Onions firm. Potatoes, 
bbl., $3 to $3.50; %-bu. bkt., 60 to 85; sweet 
potatoes, bbl., $1.50 to .$2.50; cucumbers, bu.,' 
$1.25 to $2.25; onions, bu., $1 to $1.50; to¬ 
matoes, %-bu. bkt., 75 to $1.25; turnips, %-bu. 
bkt., 40 to 70. 
LIVE STOCK. 
Beef animals a little dull, but selling at the 
l)rcvious liigti range. Steers, $12 to $14.75; 
Iniils, $6.75 to $9; cows, $6 to $8.50; calves, 
$14..50 to $17; sheep, $5..50 to $11; lambs, $1G 
to $18; hogs, $20 to $20.50. 
Earn $500 to $2000 during season when farm work is 
slack. Make big money hatching and selling DayOld 
Chicks. Easy work—takes only nfewmiuntesaday. 
No experience required. We teach you. Enormous 
demand for chicks in every locality. Big shortage 
last season—millions of chicks will be needed to sup¬ 
ply demand next 'Winter and Spring. Thousands of 
men and women poultry raisers who used to hatch 
small lots of chicks themselves are now buying Day 
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Blue Hen Mam¬ 
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101 Ann St. 
Lancaster, Pa. 
S.C.RhodehlandRedsIrwvo';'k‘.*h5w‘ 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for hatching. Send for circular. 
atAPLECKOFT FARMS, Box R, Pawling,N.Y. 
Tiirirovo ducks, GEESE at Special Prices during fall 
I Ul KojS months. Write your wants. Alsocavies and 
hares. H. A, Souder, Box 29, Sellersville, Pa. 
PRIZE InAnnafinploraU “i>« pullets,** 
WIX.MN8 AnCOnaUOCKerBIS E. P. SHELMIDINE,Larraine.H.y. 
200 Light Brahma Pulleta For Sale RfJonabio 
Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, Riverdsle, N. J. 
Barron’s White Wyandottes 
imported direct; males dams. 272 to 283-egg records; 
hens with 255 to 273-ogg records. Males, cockerels, 
bens, and pullets for sale. E. E. LEWIS, Apalschin, N.Y. 
Buff Wyandotte Cockerels 
HOUOANS AND BUFF COCHIN AND GOLDEN SEBRIGHT BANTS. 
•/3..E. P. SHELMIDINE, Lobbaink, New Yobk 
Leghorns-Barron-Wyandottes""™'"^r7c‘ll*S 
Pullets and cockerels from imported stock, record* 200 to 
*82. Imported bens with records over 200, very reasonable. 
Tested yearling cocks. Th* Birron Farm, R. 3, Csnncllsvill*, P*. 
300 S. C. W^. Leghorn Pullets 
of Buperior merit and quality. April hatched. Price, 
$1.75 each. ED. STRAW, Brookside Farm, Columbus, N. J. 
600 S' Whit« leghorn Hen J ’"Jf 
Pullets&Cockereis 
BARRON STRAIN 
March and April hatched. Superb quality. Sired by 
■on of ^S-egg hen. Ultra Poultry Farm, Apalacbin, N. T. 
T=l « 
Breeders for sale. Eggs and chicks in season. 
A. C. JONES, Marvel Homestead Farm, Georgetown, Delaware 
UabAllAnau RAISING HAKES and rediico cost of Itving. 
maKB money GARUND zoological company, Oldigwa, Miin* 
I Homerand Fancy Pigeons E.V*SHElMmiNE.\»rr«inV IL L 
White Leghorn Pullets 
-t AAA April hatched pullets stiil on range, some lay- 
iWW ing, ;kl.50 eacli. Those are all bred from high 
record trapuested winter layers and were raised for our 
own stoidt. An unusual oppoi-tunity. Also some yearling 
hoim with records from 150 to over 200. Pedigreed cock¬ 
erels and pullets from a sire wliose dam .aid over 200 
eggs in a year, and whose dams have laid from 200 to 250. 
Vancrest Poultry Farm, Salt Point. N.Y. 
S. C. W^hite Leghorns 
Specially bred for heavy egg production. A few 
hundred fine breeding hens and cockerels at attract¬ 
ive prices. Write for descriptive circular and prices 
today. C. M. Long:ene«ker,Box 50, Elizabetlitown.Pa. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns /(fSSme! 
No otlier itraiii. All birds trap-nestad. ludividu- 
aHv pe<ligreed cockerels for sale. Booklet. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM, Allen H. Bulkley. Prop., Odessa.N.Y. 
Inciicel S. 6 .W. Leghorns at Storrs Contest 
IrcWODl for sale 
Uan be shipped direct from Conteit Nov. 1st: 4 hens 
with records of over 200 eggs. Contest certificate 
with pen. A. B. HALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
Purebred WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS 
from our " 3 Hens in 1 ’* strain having trap-nested 
ancestry recording 180-250 eggs in pullet year, *3— 
S5-S10. MOHEGAN FARM. Bex Y, PEEKSKH.L. N. Y. 
S.C. Rhode Island Reds 
TRAP-NESTED—200 EGG STRAIN 
We are now taking orders for COCKERELS, 
HENS and PULLETS from our trap-nested reds 
of quality. By careful breeding we have bred a 
strain of Reds that we can satisfy our customers 
and hold them from year to year. We have entered 
a few of reds in the North American Contest this 
year beginning Nov. 1st, 1917. Prices of Cockerels, 
$5, $8, and $10 each. Write for price* uf Hen* and I’ulleta. 
Chester County Poultry Faritt,-?o?t,?ow^.®*pJ! 
