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RURAl. NEW-YORKER 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many qoestlons about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given; 
It is held at Storrs post office in connection 
With the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November Ist. There are 10 
pullets in each pen. All the birds receive uni¬ 
form treatment. The houses are all alike, and 
the feed is the same for all. The 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 1st, at which time 
these birds will be removed, and another set of 
pullets entered for the next year. 
Record at Storrs, Conn., week ending October 
23 and total to date: 
Barred Books. 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 
Michigan' P. Farm, Mich. 
A. B. Ball, Conn. 
Jules F. Francais, L, 1. 
Hampton Institute, Va.'. 
Applecock Farm, Fltzwllllain, N. H... 
Norfolk Specialty Farms, Ontario. 
Bodman Scbaff, N. H. 
Bock Bose Farm, N. T. 
White Books. 
Holllston Hill P. FVirm, Mass. 
Benjamin P. Low, N. H. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 
Buffi Bocks. 
Koshaw F^rms, Conn. 
A. A. Ball, Conn. 
White Wyandotte#. 
A. L. Mulloy, Conn. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
A. L. Vreeland, N. J. 
Grant Bnler & Son, Pa. 
Joseph Moreau, R. I. 
Obed G. Knight, R. I. .............. 
Brayman Farm, N. H. 
Beulah Farm, Ontario. 
Vine Bill Farm, Mass. . 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, N. Y. 
Everett E. Wheeler, Mass. 
J. E. Watson, Conn. 
Tom Barron, England . 
Harry Kendall, N. Y. 
Jay H. Ernlsse, N. Y. 
Nybrook Farm, L. 1. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
H. P. Cloyes & H. R. Sullivan, Conn 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn, Mass.. 
Rhode Island Beds. 
Prank B. Turner, Ma.ss. 
Frank E Turner, Mass.. 
Colonial Farm, N. H. 
A. B. Brundage, Conn.. 
Hlllvlew P. Farm, Vt. (U. C.). 
Ek>mer P. Deming, Conn. 
Charles O. Polhemus, N. Y. 
Pequot Poultry Fhrm, Conn. 
Springdale Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Laurel Hill Farm, R. I.. 
George W. Harris, Conn.. 
Harry B. Cook, Conn. 
A. W. Rumery, N. H.. 
F. M. Peasley, Conn.. 
Allan’s Bardt'ibeat Reds, R. I. 
Glenview Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Fatherland Farm, Mass. .. 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. .. 
Royal Farms, Conn.;. 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
Plnecrest Orchards, Mass. 
White Orpingtons. 
Obed G. Knight, R. I.. 
Barry Paxton, N. Y. 
White Leghoma. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Kraeside Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Jay H. Ernlsse, N. Y. 
Broad' Brook Farm, N. Y. 
J. O. l.eFevre, N. Y. 
Rollwood Poultry F'arm, Conn. 
Win. I.. Gilbert Home, Conn. 
Francis F’. Lincoln, Conn. . 
P. G. Platt, Pa. .................. 
Koshaw Farms, Conn. 
F. M. Peasley, Conn. .............. 
Chas. Beigl, Ohio ................. 
Tom Barron, England ... 
Will Barron, England . 
J. Colllnson, England . 
Abel Latham, Engband . 
Bushklll Poultry Farm, Pa. 
A. P. Robinson, N. Y. 
Eglantine Farm, Md. 
Frank R. Hancock, Vt. 
klargareta P, F'arm, Ohio . 
Merrythought 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. Stannard, Kansas . 
Jas. F. Harrington, N. J. 
H. W. Colllngwoodf, N. J. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn. 
W. J. Cocking, N. J. 
M. J. Quackenbusb, N. J. 
Dr. E. P. Holmes, Maine. 
Hlllview Farm, Mo. .. 
Convers F'arrn, Conn. 
Hillside Farm, Conn... 
Silver Campines. 
Eugene Van Why, Conn.-. 
I'ncowa Carnpine Yards, Conn. 
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my laying liens? Will you give me the 
formula for a hot ma.sh to feed my hens 
in cold weather? j. c. l. 
New York. 
My suggestion, which would at least re¬ 
sult in economy of labor and a saving of 
wasted food from the wet ma.sh troughs, 
is feed the mixed scratch grain in the Ut¬ 
ter in the morning and to feed all mash 
food dry from hoppers. Scratch food 
should again be fed late in the afternoon, 
in somewhat greater quantity than in the 
morning. liens should be induced to exer¬ 
cise through the day in hunting for grain 
in the litter. They should go to bed at 
night with full crops. Wet mashes for 
large Hocks have been pretty generally 
discarded for the dry mash hopper, open 
either all day or afternoons only. 
Meat products arc rated in value ac¬ 
cording to their protein content. Beef 
scrap contains from 40 to 60 per cent pro¬ 
tein, depending largely upon the amount 
of contained bone. Fresh ground bone is 
very variable in its protein content, de-, 
pending upon the amount of meat cling¬ 
ing to the bone. The horseflesh as fed 
probably contains about 20 per cent pro¬ 
tein. Feed the one that can he obtained 
cheapest. 
The mash formula used last at the 
Storrs laying contest is a good example 
of suitable ground grain mixtures for 
laying hens in the Winter. It consisted 
of equal parts by weight of cornmeal, 
ground oats, wheat bran, flour middlings 
ar.d meat scrap. If siiflicient meat is fed 
fresh, it should, of course, be omitted 
from the mash. M. n. D. 
Cheapening a Hen Ration 
I'ollowing is my method of feeding my 
flock of 1,800 laying hens, Leghorns. 
Will you criticize my method and suggest 
how I <an economically increase the pro¬ 
duction of eggs by any. change in my sys¬ 
tem of feeding? Blrst feed, 9 A. M., wet, 
cold mash in crumbly state, consisting of 
equal parts of bran, gluten meal, corn- 
meal, charcoal and .salt. I am feeding 
this mash in shallow troughs and a con¬ 
siderable amount of it is wasted by the 
hens. If you are in favor of feeding the 
mash in this way, can you suggest a 
method that would not be wastefid? 
11 :.‘i0 A. M. a libea-al ration of fresh, 
linely chopped horseflesh; 4:30 P. M., 
grain, consisting of wheat and corn, i^iual 
Iiarts by weight. Enough of this is fed 
to leave a little for the birds the next 
morning. Besides the wet mash fed in 
the morning, a dry m<.Bh, consisting of 
the same ingredients is always before 
them in homiers. How do fresh-gronud 
bone, horseflesh and average beef scraps 
compare in food value? Which is highest 
iu food yffilue? Mlbich should I feed to 
Disinfectants for Poultry 
Is there any di.sinfectant which a li be 
put into drinking water for poultry, for 
prevention of Pall colds? The old, oft-ad¬ 
vised potassium permanganate is not ef¬ 
fective except in solutions so strong as to 
be distasteful, and possibly in'urious to 
poultry. Poultry taken from free range 
and put into Winter quarters will get 
colds in spite of open fronts, good feeding 
and thoi'oughly disinfected houses. 
c. T.. S. 
A real disinfectant thiit can he tak<m 
internally, with harm only to the disease 
germs that it is intended to destroy, lias 
long been .sought, not only by vetei-in- 
arians, but by physicians as well. So far 
as 1 know, the search has been in vain. 
IVitassinm permanganate has been the 
standard “disinfectant” for poultry for 
many years, and many poukrynicn use it 
regularly, believing that it is of great ser¬ 
vice. As a matter of fact, it is only 
slightly germicidal in any strength of .so¬ 
lution which can be used, ami rapitlly 
lose.s this germicidal value when coming 
into contact with organic matter. It 
should be rated as a substance that dis¬ 
courages the growth and multiplication 
of disease germs, or an antiseptic, rather 
th.an as one that destroys germ life al¬ 
ready iu existence. I do not know ot any 
substance that can be usi'd in the drinking 
water to prevent these Fall colds, ilv 
own observation lias been that these colds 
are rapidly recovered from when tlie 
young stock is vigorous and the quarters 
in which they are phu-cd are clean, well 
ventilated and' free from such iiifect:oi:s 
organisms as those of i'OUi> that have have 
been left thei'O by other fowds. M. it. i). 
FERRETS 
FERRETS 
I raise them by the thous¬ 
ands all kinds. Huy 
Ulreot, get my priws. 
LEVI FARNSWORTH, New London, Ohio 
F O R SALE. Price list fr^-e. 
Mr MZsM\.M\.IZt M iJ MM KELUR. R. F. 0. 1. WckcmaQ, Ohia 
sizes; any number 
erreisror oam J-OX Terriers aiKl 
Augon* Kittens. <J. JEWELL, Spencer, O. 
Either color; any size. 
. J. Matft.i Pairs or dozen 
lots. Catalogue free. JNO. F. MURRAY, New London, 0 
POULTRY 
_ \ __ 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier 
profits larger. 
MANN’S ^Crotl Bone Cutter I 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. 10 Osya* Free Trial. 
No money in advance. 
Send Today tor Free Booh. 
T.W. lAonn Co., Box If, Milford, MassJ 
»00 TO 282.EGG STRAIN 
Pure S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels 
Shipneil on monev-hnek guarantee at $3, $5 and 
$7.50 each. HIDRI VIEW FARM, Box 50, Ml. Bethel. Pa. 
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I lit 
Eggs! EGGS! 
YOU, MR. POULTRY RAISER 
want the largest amount of eggs H 
the shortest possible time. 
LET US HELP YOU^attain this result with 
Maurer’s “KWAUTY”s^c?a“p‘ 
A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU 
Write for prices and sample today/ 
Maurer Manufacturing Co. 
Box R 365, Ne'wark, N. J. 
ONLY BRED TO UY PUUETS 
WILL NOW SHOW A PROFIT 
Standard S. C. W, Leghorns 
and White Rocks 
Line-bred and trapnested. The blood 
of Storrs and Vineland winners. 
PULLETS for Sale to begin laying 
from August to November. 
Cockerels and Hens 
EVERGREEN FARM, Chappaqua, N. Y. 
^LEGHORN BREEDERS-^ 
'‘YVith The Lay Bred in Them” 
Wo 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. Evern bird bred and reared by ns. Satisfac¬ 
tion assured. Write your wants. Circular free. 
SPRECHER BROS., Box 40, Rehrerstawn,Pa. 
Bliss Caroline Cook, 
S. C. Crown Leghorn Cockerels i;o 
March and April Leghorn Pullets $i: 
ferhrecdcra, si. Altavista Furiu- Dt 
igi 
Guinea pifi 
28 
Darlington. 
. M 
< 1 . 
S. C. White Leghorns 
Specially l)re<l for heavy egg production. A few 
hundred fine breeding liens and cockerels at attract¬ 
ive prices. Write for di scrijitive circular and prices 
today. G. BI. Longenecker,Cox SO, Elizabetlitown.Pa. 
200S. C. White Leghorns For Sale 
100 iiens .and 100 May pullets ® $1.2.’) cacli. or $1 
eacii for tlie lot. Also 50 cockerels vt $1.25 each. 
SULUIIHAN FARM, R. F. 0 1, GLEllS FALLS, H. Y. 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
HigI)-i-lasS8to<'kl)red forhe-ivy ei'gproiluction. Cer¬ 
tified Official Records. M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nuiley, N. J. 
PEDIGREE COCKERELS 
from our 200-egg White l.eghorns. See leconls of 
our pens in present Storrs College contest. S nd for 
booklet. " \Va breed, notbuv, 2''0-c;-2 hens.’’ 
AVindsweep Farm, Box 43. Ketiding Ridge, Ct. 
S. C. White Leghorn Pullets, 50c 
March, SI.75-1.35; Api'il, $1.30-2 57; May. $1. Cash. 
< in.arainleed free from d'soase ami from large, 
healthy Laying stock. George Gri^g, Somers, N Y. 
S. C. White Leghorns 
i S. C. tv. Lee-horn jiullets (sired by a SON ef tile 311-egg 
hen) and 1 coca lor ili, K. Ch.il UK JOM..-),Crni-ynlie, N. V. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns 
No Other gtraiii. All liirds trap-nested. Individii- 
:.llv itedigreed cockerels I'orsale. Booklet. WILLOW 
BRjOK POULTRY FARM. Allen H. Bulkley, Prop.. Odessa,N.Y. 
For Sale-80 S.C. White Leghorn Yearling Hens 
Superior .'tock, in fine condition. eacli. 
II. V. rnJMl*, - OAMHRIUGI':, N. Y. 
For Sale-125 White Leghorn Yearlings • J, 
Improved Parcel 
Post Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Ess Cases 
L«k Band# -O aU Sprouters 
Calalog Free on Request 
BRUNNER. 45 Harrison Sired, New Ynrfa 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purpoaes. 
Fancy Phea.sants, Peafowl, i:ranes. Storks, Swntis, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes. Rac¬ 
coon, Sqnirrel.>i. and all kinds of birds atid ttnimals, 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist, Dept. 10. Yardley, Pa 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
the 2600 birds in the Five Mis.s- 
ouri Laying Contests (Under 
Govt. Supervision) Including the 
Famous English Laying Strains. 
Also made the remarkable winter 
month record of 134 eggs in Jan. 
Cir. Free. Large Catalog a dime. 
J. W. PARKS, Box Y ALTOONA. PA. 
Exceptional Opportunity 
ervation Ulh|laRnf>lr«HENS.PULLETS.COCKERELS, COCK 
all our "nilBilDCIiS BIRDS. Ali birds trap-neste(l 
stock, bred for ye;irR for eggs. Ali birds state tesic<l 
for white diarrhea. Egg record up to 2!)4 eggs. P'ull 
particuliirson iipp.lcatiun. Nohicol Egg Firm, Nohieol, Ma» 
Polumbian Wyandottes i 
1 1 A ^ A _ A . A A .3 ^ 
each 
Box 501, liutler, N . J. 
O. J. 8 helm I dill e 
r r u i nc, M. Y% 
For Sale-WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
nested stock. Also some very good Rlinde Island 
Red pullets. THE TRAINING SCHOOL AT VINELAND, N. J. 
Pen 4 - 7 , Leading Reds at Storrs Contest 
FOR SALE. Make us an offer. Also GOCK.S, 
COCKERELS A>D PEDIGREE HE^S. 
Allan’s Hardtobeat Reds, Newport, R.I. 
Barron’s White Wyandottes 
imported direct; males dams. 272 to 283-egg reconis; 
he’is with 255 to 273-egg records. JIales, cockerels, 
hens, and pullets fur sale. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N.Y. 
Leghorns-Barron-WyandotteSe"a"pDcvsr.^^^^^^^^^ 
Pu lints and cockerels from linpoj-ted stock, records 200 to 
282. Imported hens with reci>r<fB over 260, v-ry reasonnblo. 
Tested yearling cocks. The isrrsn Farm, A. 1 lonneltsville, Pt. 
QUALITY 
STRAIN. 
Cockerels 
and Pullets from trap-nested 200 egg liens. 
WILLIS MYERS,Route No. 4, Box25. Sauoerties.N.Y. 
Barron White Wyandottes 
Egg-bred cockerels, $3. J. A. SHOT!, New Wilminoton.Ps. 
~F^^x*xreca. ’Ft c>olsL» 
Breeders for sale. Eggs and chicks in season. 
A. C. JONES, Marvel Homesiead Farm. Geornetawn, Delaware 
200 Light Brahma Pullets For Sale RLUiabie 
Riverrlale Poultry Farm, Box 165. Riverdale, N. J. 
S . C. BlAok. ItIIif, Ited Pyle and l>IIver Leghorn and 
Buttercup Cockerels. C. J. SHELMIDINE. Lsrralns. N. T. 
S.C. Rhodehland Reds rS *.“1’" 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
■stock, also eggs for Imtching. Send for circular. 
MAPLECRGFT FARMS, Box R. Pawling,N.Y. 
ForSala-Thoroughbred Buff Cochin Bantams 
choice trios, S3; poiis.SS; al«n fi yearling hens, 75c. 
each. MAPLE LAVVN BANTAM YARDS. Sergeantsville, N. J. 
Giant Bronze TURKEYS 
TTens, '“6; Toms, $13. Order liefore Nov. 20th. 
Airs. GEO. G. ROYUK, Depuyster, M. Y. 
Conrbon-Red TURKEYS 
May hatch. From 40 pound tom ami 25 potind hen. 
I’, ice‘.f twins. $5; hens, $-1. Arthur Freeman, Pulaski, N.Y. 
GiantBronzcTurkeya ii.*i>.'kV„1.!: 
,7?,.V:.5-White Pekin Ducks S2S 
W. C. WHIPPLE, Ophir Firm, PURCHASE, H. T. 
Knit lilt; 
.U ll.T.Ai.U III I KS. 
Tlirkpvq ducks, geese at Special Prices during fall 
I ui eoj''months. Write yonr want.i. Alsocavies and 
hare.s. H. A. Soutler, Box 29, Sellersvillo, Pa. 
Etrp-re<-ord stock. 
IIOItMM;, Geneise, Pa. 
4 YEAR Courbon-RedToms kLona'i'i 
Mol’olllnnau IIAIIKS and reduce cost of living. 
llldliB ITIUney GARLAHD zoological COMPAHY, Oldtown. Mains 
Pure Bred While Hoiiand Turkeys 
Mrs. E j. KYDF.It 
Rodjlln, Nkw York 
WANTED 
TO B 
u? 200 White African Guineas Itcnningtoiiy Vt> 
White Wj/andotte Cockerels y^oirVv'e^^p^Vu 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
Wo bolioYo every advertiser tn ©or Poultry Department le 
honest and reliable. We aiand back of these classified aiiver- 
tisementa with our ** Square Deal Guarantee*” as we do the 
display advertisemanta. Those purchasioff offffa for batching 
and baby chicks must onderst^d that they are assuminff 
some risk when ordering Iron) a distance For the most part 
etMgn and chicks carry safely, but sometimas rouffh handling 
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 avoid controversy 
buyer and seller should have a definite understandiikg as to 
the responsibility assumed in case of dissatisfaction. 
Produce Eggs atlT^aDoz. 
The U. S, Dept, of Agriculture at the Experimental Farm, Beltsville, Md., during the 
past year has proven conclusively that if you make your hens LAY instead of allowing 
them to LOAF you should be ab'e. to produce eggs at a food cost of about IfiKc per 
dozen^evea at present feed prices—AND YOU CAN MAKE THEM LAY. 
You may not do quite ns well as the Government’s experts but you can come mighty 
close to it by mixing 
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and we guarantee your fl.;ck will produce the extra eggs that bring the big profits. 
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Our dealer in your town has instructions to sui^Iy you with Pratts Prepa¬ 
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