RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
121^5 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many qaestions about this ojrff- 
luying contest, the following facte are given; 
It le held at Storre poet office In connection 
with the Connecticut Agricoltural College. The 
contest begins November let. There are 10 
pullets in each pen. All the birds receive uni¬ 
form treatment. The houses are all alike, and 
the feed le the same for all. The contest con- 
tlnnes 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 1st, at which time 
these birds will be removed, and another set of 
pullets entered for the next year. 
Record at Storrs, Conn., w<?ek ending October 
9, and total to date: 
Barred Kooki. 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 
Michigan P. Farm, Mich. 
A. B. Ball, Conn. ..... 
Jules F. Francais, L. I. .. 
Hampton Institute, Va. 
Applecock Farm, Fitzwilllam, N. H... 
Norfolk Specialty Ftirms, Ontario. 
Rodman Schaff, N. H. 
Rock Rose Farm, N. Y.. 
^Hilte Rooks. 
Holllston Hill P. Farm, Mass. 
Benjamin F, Low, N. B. 
Albert T. I/enzen, Mhss.. 
Buff Rocks. 
Koshaw Farms, Conn. 
A. A. Ball, Conn.. 
White Wyandottes. 
A. It. Mulloy, Conn. .. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
A. L. Yreeland, N. J, 
Grant Bnler & 8on, Pa. . 
Joseph Moreau, R. I. 
Obed O. Knight, R. L. 
Brayman Farm, N. H. .. 
Beulah Farm, Ontario. 
Vine Hill Farm, Mass. 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, N. Y. 
Everett B. Wheeler, Mass. 
J. E. Watson, Cohn. 
Tom Barron, England . 
Harry Kendall, N. Y. .. 
J ay B. Ernlsse, N. Y. 
Ny brook Farm, L. I. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
H. P. Cloyes & H. H. Sullivan, Conn, 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Mass. 
Rhode Island Reds. 
Frank E. Turner, Maes. 
Frank E Turner, Mass. 
Colonial ..Farm, N, H. 
A. B. Brhndage, Conn. 
Hlllvlew P. Farm, Vt. <R. 0.). 
Homer P. Demlng, Conn. 
Charles O. Polhemus, N. Y. 
Pequot Poultry Farm, Conn.. 
Springdale Poultry Farm, Conn. ... 
Laurel Bill Farm. R. 1.. 
George W« Harris, Conn, ««.*•..•••• 
Ida rry B, Cook, Conn. 
A. \v• Bnmery, N. "EL. 
F. M. Peasley, Conn... 
Allan's Bardtobeat Reds, R. 1. 
Glenview Poultry Farm, Conn. ...... 
Fatherland Farm, Maes. 
Jacob E. Jensen, Conn.. 
Royal Farms, Conn. 
Conyers Farm, Conn... 
Plnecrest Orchards, Mass. 
White Orpingtons. 
Ohed G, Knight, R. 1. 
Barry Paxton, N. Y... 
White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Braeslde Poultry Farm, Pa. .. 
Jay ^I, Emlsse, N. Y. 
Broad' Brook Farm, N. Y... 
J. O. X^eFevre, N, Y, .a..,*,,....... 
Rollwood Poultry Farm, Conn. .. 
Wm. L. Gilbert Home, Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
Koshaw Farms, Conn. 
F. M. Peasley, Conn. 
Cbas. Belgl, Ohio . 
Tom Barron, England . . 
Will Barron, England .. 
J. Colllnson, England . 
Abel Latham, England .. 
Bushklll Poultry Farm, Pa. 
A. P* Robinson. N* Y. 
Eglantine Farm. AId*> 
Frank R. Hancock, Vt. .. 
Margareta P. Farm, Ohio . 
Merrythonght Farm, Conn. .. 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
N. W. Hendryx, Conn. 
Clifford 1. Stoddard, Conn. 
George Phillips, Conn . 
Hampton Institute, Va. .. 
Toth Bros., Conn. 
White Leghorn Club, 111. 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. . 
Geo. A. Stauuard, Kansas. 
Jas. F. Barrington, N. J. 
It. W. Colling wood. N* J. 
Wlndsweep Farm, Conn. 
Wlndsweep Farm, Conn. 
W• J. Cocking, N. J. .............. 
M. J. Quackenbusb, N. J. 
Dr. E. P. Holmes. Maine . 
Hlllvlew Farm,' Mo. . 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
Hillside Farm, Conn.. 
SUvei Camplnes. 
Eugene Van Why, Conn. 
tJncowa Camplne Yards, Conn. 
Totals ..... 
Week Total 
41 
1883 
34 
1773 
31 
1890 
22 
1502 
16 
1264 
38 
20:15 
23 
1499 
34 
1667 
40 
9 
26 
1744 
8 
1097 
32 
1586 
11 
1.508 
21 
1174 
30 
1630 
19 
1760 
27 
1550 
47 
1728 
82 
1668 
46 
1724 
34 
1670 
29 
1485 
26 
1496 
84 
1645 
31 
1433 
18 
138) 
31 
1621 
29 
1260 
38 
1705 
30 
138) 
39 
1844 
37 
1587 
89 
1584 
82 
1602 
12 
1346 
25 
1436 
28 
174) 
28 
1461 
34 
1706 
28 
1629 
34 
1667 
23 
1463 
31 
1770 
19 
1441 
25 
1703 
28 
1293 
31 
1893 
19 
1361 
7 
936 
88 
1718 
25 
1201 
26 
14:i2 
36 
1670 
33 
1654 
27 
1304 
25 
1858 
33 
18.-)e 
14 
1649 
13 
1527 
18 
1927 
13 
1325 
21 
mia 
83 
1719 
26 
1618 
39 
1761 
32 
1839 
15 
1878 
35 
1403 
24 
ITiH) 
16 
1718 
38 
1659 
11 
1559 
17 
2075 
31 
1673 
30 
1826 
11 
1367 
21 
1657 
32 
1859 
16 
1638 
21 
1921 
14 
1462 
19 
1858 
25 
1696 
1 
1190 
8 
1146 
0 
1687 
21 
1576 
25 
1821 
23 
1528 
17 
1602; 
43 
1966 
8 
1876 
17 
1601 
15 
1664 
11 
1477 
3 
1.396 
21 
1586 
22 
1647 
25 
1889 
18 
1256 
2634 
158325 
Ration for Brown Leghorns 
Could you give me a good feeding 
formula for heus, one that is good for 
laying, also one for growing stock? We 
keep Brown Leghorns. w. P. c. 
Maine. 
A good mash for growing chicks may 
be made from equal parts of corumeal, 
wheat bran, middlings and beef scrap; 
with cracked com and wheat for whole 
grains. For laying hens the mash may 
well consist of equal parts by weight of 
cornmeal, wheat bran, middlings, ground 
oats and meat scrap. For whole grains, 
use a mixture of such as are available. 
Corn, wheat, barley, oats, kafir, buck¬ 
wheat and rye. M. B. D. 
Sour Milk for Poultry 
• 1. I have the skim-milk from five 
cows; have no pigs. I am feeding this 
milk soured to my 100 pullets and hens. 
Can I get the value of the milk in feed¬ 
ing it to my fowls? Will it serve in 
lilace of meat sci apV What is best way to 
h'ed it? 
‘2. I have eight or more acres of Al¬ 
falfa which h.as qnite a number of 
spots in it where Alfalfa has disappeared 
inti rely. These spots are not wet, and 
I see no reason for Alfalfa to drop out. 
What is best way to handle this? 
n. - Where can I get some practical 
information on rabbits and hares? 
New’ York. w. E. K. 
1. Skim-milk will replace meat scrap 
in poultry rations if given in suflicient 
quantity. Having a surplus, as you do, 
you will probably find it advisable to sour 
the milk and feed the curds after it has 
loppered. In throwing aw’ay the whey, 
one loses considerable food value but lit¬ 
tle protein, so he can afford to discard 
the whey only wlnm be ha.s .a surplus of 
skim-mllk and w’^shes to feed the most 
valuable part of it only. Feed all that 
the pullets will cat. 
2. I know of no practicable w’ay of 
handling Alfalfa meadows so as to re¬ 
seed totally bare spots. A toil-dressing of 
weIl-rotte<l manure will help struggling 
plants where the seeding i.s thin, but will 
not replace plaut.s that are dead. 
.'1. The Dep.Trtment of Agriculture, 
Washington, I). ('., publishes a bulletin 
on hares and rabbits that will afford you 
the information you wish. This is free 
upon request. M. B. D. 
“The farmer we bo.ircled with penned 
a stray article now’ and then. “An agri¬ 
cultural thesis?” “No; a wandering pig.” 
—Baltimore American. 
DOGS and FERRETS 
2 Registered Airedale Bitches 
FOR SALE. One in whelp. No pups for inis 
until Dee. 1st. FRANK MEAD, Amenta, N. Y. 
Male Airedale 
lOmos.; great stud project; Justrightforfalltniin- 
Ing; miikefliisfai'm dog. For quick sale, $120. Rus¬ 
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registered; $40. J. 6. LESHER, Northumberlsnd, Pa. 
rnllis* Piins AND GUINEA PIGS. 
VOllierups kelson BROS;, Gkovb City, Pa. 
Airedales and Collies i 
pups, grown dogs, and brood matrons. Large in¬ 
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Airedale Puppie.^.'S'S":-Si 
fine young dog for sale. Irish Terrier puppies and 
bitches Finest breeding; farm raised. ALLSTONE 
KENNELS. OHke Apartment 1, 403 W; 57th St., New York 
For Sale-Pure Bred Airedales 
pup, 2 females, at 96 eneh; 6 males at 98 each. 
L. P. OGILIIEE, - Kinsman, Ohio 
A ir 1A Duma ^ "id up. Farm bred and reared. 
Aireuaie rups a. b. hall, wutniigford, tt. 
For Salo at Once-English Setters 
HENRY BREWSTER, Jb... - Cohnwall, N-Y. 
9 AAA ITawwaIa Bitlier color; small. Mated 
4.UUU r6rr6IS pairs or dozen lots. Pamph- 
— - let and price list free. 
LEVI FAKN.SWOKTII, New London, Ohio 
Either color; any size. 
■“ .A. Mated Pairs or dozen 
lute. Catalogue free. JNO. F. MURRAY, New London, 0. 
.^alp—I** sizes; any nnmber. 
^ 1 Cisrur oaie Terriers and 
Angora Kittens. 0. JEWELL. Spencer, 0. 
Great Danes, Foxes and Raccoons 
pets. lilltl.AVn /ooumicxi, OOMPA.VY, Oldtown, Maine 
POULTRY 
Improved Parcel 
Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egfi! Cases 
Leg Banda -O aU Sproutera 
C<iiolo^ Free on Request 
H. K. BRUNNER. 45 Harrison Stred. Now York 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turiceyt, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for etockins purpoaee. 
Fancy Pheasants. Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Swans, 
Omanrental Dneks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Rac¬ 
coon. Squirrels, and all kintls of birds ajid animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist. Dept. 10. YiLdley. Pa 
Pure Barron WyandotteCockerela 
leta, «5. HERBERT L DEAN. 330Sevenlh Ave., Tray. N. V. 
Tiirkauq DUCKS, GEESE at Special Prices daring fall 
I ui RDja nionths. Write your wants. Atsocavies and 
hares. II. A. Souder, Box 29, Sellersvllle, Fa. 
Ancona Cockersls 
9t.t>0 up; pullets, aa 
E. P. SHELMIDINE.Urraine.N. T. 
Make Money 
RAI8INO IIaREH and reduce cost of living. 
SaaUMD ZOOL06ICAL COMPSNT. OWItwn. Moiiw 
Homer and Fancy Pigeons iFt! 
200 Light Brahma Puliete For Sals ufJonabie 
Biverdale Poultry Farm, Box 185. Rtverdale, H. J. 
S. C. W^hite Lieghorns 
Specially bred for heavy egg prodnetion. A few 
handl ed fine breeding hens and cockerels at attract¬ 
ive prices. Write for descriptive circular and price's 
today. C. M. Longenecker,Boi 50. Elizabethtown, Pa, 
White Wyandottes 
Official record! up to 254 made by our birds. 
Our contest pens at Storre and Mo. for sale. 
Record hena in both Ileus. Stock for sale reasonable, 
R. W. Stevrns, • Stillwater, N. Y. 
White Wyandottes 
218 to 2t8-egg trap-nested 
stock. 4 yearling hens 
' and cockerel for 910. 4 
pallets and 1 cock for 91S. A few S. C. W. Leghorn cocke 
(from J84-egg stbckl at 92 eeoh. Cockerels sired by a 
1.111 of lh< "II cgglicil f .,1 se. E CUUDE joxrs, Criryville. n.T. 
J'Ms CalF Pays 
Five Times 
ItM 
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Raising calvea on whole 
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WANTED! 
S.,C.W. Leghorn Eggs 
If you have a tlock of from liOO to thousands of 
pure-bred 8. C. W. LKliJlOUNS that you could 
mate for good results in hatching eggs next 
season, write us at once. Stock must be healthy, 
pure-bred and good size for the breed. Prompt 
returns utgood prices will be paid for the same, 
and your entire season’s output will bo taken 
If satisfactory. Write me full particulars about 
your stock and plant. 
HOWARD AUSTIN 
1010 Essex Street Lawrence, Mass. 
Leading Contest Pen 
No. 73—FOR SALE 
Bredi from Barron Leghorns 
Imported in 1913 
A. P. ROBINSON, Calverton, N.Y. 
Inciicel S. 6.W. Leghorns at Storrs Contest 
|rtH0D| for sale 
Oan lie shipped direct from Contest Nov. Ist: 4 hens 
with records of over 200 eggs, ('ontest certificate 
with pen. A. B. HALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
PurebredWHITE 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. PEEKSKILL, N. T. 
Eictpllonal Opportunity 
ervation UfLUaRnAl,. HENS.PULLHS.COCKERELS. COCK 
all our nniioHOCKS BIRDS. All birds trap-nested 
stock, bred for years for eggs. All birds state tested 
for whitediarrhen. Egg recor.l up to 264 eggs. Pull 
particulars on application. Nob.col Egs farm, Nokteal, Matt. 
Leghorns-Banoii-WyandotteSera"Mc'^8*’?cdi'[^d; 
Pullets and cockerels from imported stock, records 200 to 
282. Imported hens with recorde over 260. very reasonable. 
Tested yearling cocks. The Barren Farm, R. 3, Caanalliviltc, Pa- 
100 S. C. W. Leghorn PulleU hitch^ 
$1.25 saeh. ED. STRAW, Brookside Farm, Columbus. N. J. 
500 S White Leghorn Hens 
"FI a, r* XT oca. "F^ QoljL. et 
Breeders for sale. Eggs and chicks in sea.son. 
A. C. JONES, Marvel Homestead Farm. Georgetown, Delaware 
Barron’s White Wyandottes K!s?"i 
imported direct; males dams. 272 to 283-egg records; 
hens with 255 to 273-egg records. Males, cockerels, 
hens, and pallets for sale. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N.Y. 
S.C Rhodelsland Reds ' v ol'k *. h 
two consecutive years High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for haUrhing. Send for circular. 
MA VT-KOKOKT KA RMS, Box R, PKwllnR:,N. Y. 
Success With Hens 
•via a Practical Poultry Journal 
All about the Caro and Man¬ 
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Read Whut An Old Subscriber 
Thinks of it: . 
Fi-ttnkfortl, Pa., Juno 11, 1917 
Poultry Horn, SidloruTlllo, Pa. 
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being on the ItHt for 14 y*>at8 epeakN for itHclf. 
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THE POULTRY ITEM 
25 Maple Avenue Sellersville, Pa. 
ONLY BRED TO UY PULLETS 
WILL NOW SHOW A PROFIT 
Standard S. C. W. Leghorns 
and White Rocks 
Line-bred and trapnesfed. The blood 
of Storrs and Vineland winners. 
PULLETS for Sale to begin laying 
from z\ugu9t to November. 
Cockerels and Hens 
EVERGREEN FARM, Chappaqna, N. Y. 
PULLETS 
2500 March and April Hatched 
Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets. 
Fqrst-clas.s stock, grown on free range. 
Excellent laying strain. IVrite for Prices. 
RICH POULTRY FARM SE“w“fo'!,I 
rUEGHORN BREEDERS^ 
“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, Rohrerstown,Pa. 
^ PARKS WINTER LAYING 
barred PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
the 2600 birds in the Five Miss- 
ouri Laying _ Contests (Under 
Uovt. Supervision) Including the 
Famous English Laying Sfrains. 
» Also made the remarkable winter 
month record of 134 eggs in Jan. 
. / Cir, Free. Large Catalog a dime. 
■'W J. W. PARKS, Box y ALTOONA. PA. 
PinecrctS. C. Reds “'.'“"ft’irtTA 
Pinecrest—Storrs record 260 eggs—and other 200- 
egg birds. Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass, 
