Oie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about tliis 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 1st. There arc 10 
jnillets in each pen. Alt 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 
cimtest will end November Ist, at which time 
these birds will be removed, and another set of 
imllets entered for the next year. 
Itecord at Storrs, Conn., week ending October 
30 and total to date: 
Barred Bocks. 
^^e^ritt M. Clark, Conn. 
Michigan P. Farm, Mich. 
A. B, Hall, Conn. 
,lnles F. Francais, L. I. 
Hampton Institute, Va... 
.\pplecock Farm. Fitzwilliam, N. H... 
.Norfolk Specialty F'arms, Ontario. 
Kodman Schaff, N. H. 
Kock Rose Farm, N. T. 
■White Bocks. 
Holliston Hill P. Farm. Mass. 
Benjamin F. How, N. H. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 
Buff Bocks. 
Koshaw Farms, Conn. 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
"White Wyandottes, 
A. H. Mulloy, Conn. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
A. li. Vreeland, N. J. 
Crant Ruler & Son, Pa. 
Joseph Moreau, R. I. 
Obed G. Knight, R. I. 
Brayman Farm, N. H. 
Beulah Farm, Ontario . 
Vine Hill 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. I. 
Buff Wyandottes. 
H. P. Cloyes & H. R. Sullivan, Conn. 
l)r. N. W. Sanborn, Mass. 
Bhode Island Beds. 
Frank E. Turner, Mass. 
Frank B Turner, Mass. 
Colonial Farm, N. H. 
A. B. Brundage, Conn. 
Hillview P. Farm, Vt, (R. C.). 
Homer P. Deming, Conn. 
Charles O. Polhemus, N. Y. 
Pequot Poultry F'arm, 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 Hardtobeat Rods, 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. 
Harry Paxton, N. Y. 
"White Leghorns. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pa. 
Ja.v H. Emisse, N. Y. 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 
J. O. LeFevre, N. Y. 
Rollwood Poultry Farm, Conn.. 
Win. 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 . 
Will Barron, England . 
J. Colllnson, England . 
Abel Latham, England . 
Bushklll 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, 111.. 
Oak Hill Estate, I’a. 
Geo. A. Stannard, Kansas . 
Jas. F. Harrington, N. J. 
H. W, Collingwood', N. J.. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn.. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn.. 
W. J. Cocking, N. J.. 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J.. 
Dr. E. P. Holmes, Maine .. 
Hillview Farm, Mo.. 
Conyers Farm, Conn.. 
Hillside Farm, Conn.. 
Silver Campines. 
Eugene Van Why, Conn. 
Uncowa Campine Yards, Conn. 
Totals 
Week Total 
27 
liHil 
12 
1830 
4 
1424 
28 
1579 
8 
1300 
24 
2119 
22 
1572 
15 
1732 
21 
1681 
H 
1791 
1100 
0 
1617 
24 
1573 
21 
1233 
30 
1015 
20 
1800 
27 
1632 
25 
1820 
13 
1722 
37 
1855 
11 
1712 • 
.. 
1496 
14 
1561 
20 
1714 
26 
1669 
24 
1457 
40 
1742 
13 
1308 
39 
1829 
5 
1425 
23 
1!-.C6 
11 
1641 
26 
16TS 
IS 
1667 
19 
1389 
26 
1515 
10 
1775 
22 
1539 
18 
1770 
7 
1665 
28 
1614 
13 
1510 
IS 
lb. >3 
17 
1492 
33 
1790 
10 
1329 
3"2 
1990 
13 
1414 
937 
24 
1812 
22 
1272 
8 
1482 
24 
1747 
26 
1743 
9 
1349 
5 
1889 
21 
1917 
2 
1663 
7 
1555 
12 
1967 
7 
1317 
1675 
16 
1780 
13 
1506 
17 
1815 
19 
1902 
5 
1404 
20 
1477 
9 
1820 
11 
1762 
7 
1687 
1567 
4 
2090 
17 
1.27 
8 
IbSl 
1373 
1 
1674 
14 
1121 
17 
1589 
7 
I'XO 
S 
P\S 
10 
1,97 
li 
1642 
, , 
1190 
2 
1L4 
3 
1 - 99 
7 
1694 
3 
16h) 
17 
1,',81 
8 
1628 
16 
•2_22 
1690 
9 
h :.6 
6 
1673 
, , 
1131 
1395 
1560 
1G76 
23 
1456 
8 
1295 
1414 
iri;i387 
Improving a Henhouse 
I desire to make a change in my iioul- 
fry house, now divided into 10 pons, eavih 
10x10 feet, with feed I’oom at one end 
and hatching room at the other. My 
idea was to remove the wire partitions, 
do away with the passageway at hack 
(thus leaving the house in three com¬ 
partments) and place roosts in back 
where passage way is at present. Do 
you approve of these plans, or can you 
make other suggestions? There is an 
earth floor. Which do you prefer, earth, 
board or concrete floor? F. L. :m. 
New Jersey. 
• 
Your present poultry house is evidcntlj’ 
a relic of the time when it was thought 
that, because heus do better in small 
flocks than in large, a large poultry plant 
should consist of a great number of small 
pens. I believe that you "will find your 
contemplated changes nn improvement. 
The space given up to a jiassageway 
would better be giveu to the hens, and 
any decrease in egg production from lar¬ 
ger flocks will prob.ably be more tlmn 
made up for by decrease iu laboi’. I pre¬ 
fer concrete floors, not because they are 
any better for the hens but because they 
are ratproof and permanent, as well as 
easy to care for. Either boards or dry 
earth are suitable, however, and the ques¬ 
tion is largely one of comparative ex¬ 
pense, after all. m. b. d. 
Ailing Chicks 
I have lost about 14 or 20 chicks in 
the last three days. I fed them chick 
feed and gave them plenty of water. 
They stand and mope with the wings 
down, the eyes and combs are pale, the 
dropping watery. I pick them up, ap¬ 
parently they seem dead but are not. 
This is vei-y likely white diarrhoea, 
or a similar trouble. There is nothing 
rhat can be done for the chicks aftei* 
the disease becomes evident in the way 
that you describe. All alTected chicks 
should be removed from the flock and 
the quarters occupied by them, as well 
as the uton.sils used, thoroughly cleaned. 
White diarrhoea is to be prevented, 
rather than cured, and the first step is 
to see that, chicks are hatched only from 
flocks entirely free from the disease. 
The germs pass down through the yolk 
of the egg from affected fowls and in¬ 
fect the young chicks. Other diarrhoeal 
diseases resemble true white iliarrhoea 
in their syniptons but may he due to 
undesirable food of .som kind or im¬ 
proper methods of management. 
>f. B. D. 
Eggs With Blood Spots 
Why is it that I find blood in some of 
my eggs? I have about IflO chickens, 100 
pullets and 00 old hens. I have no cock¬ 
erel with the pullets. The blood is in the 
yolks. F. n. 
New .Jersey. 
The small clots of blond often found 
within the eggshell are supposed to be 
the result of the bursting of a very small 
Mood vessel in the walls, or some other 
])ort;on, of the oviduct. The blood is in¬ 
cluded with the white or yolk as it passes 
down the oviduct to be covered with the 
shell. There is no way of preventing 
this accidental inclu.s’on of blood that I 
know of. By candling the eggs, those 
with this defect may be detected and 
thrown out. Possibly overfat hens or 
those that are being heavily fed for egg 
production are more apt to lay eggs with 
blood in them, hut I am not sure of that. 
M. B. I). 
A Hen Record 
I wintered 20 B. Leghorn imllets and 
seven yearling Leghorus. The following 
is a fiimncial statement September 1, 
1910, to September .10, 3017. 
Dr. 
20 pullets, at .$1.00 each. .$.10,00 
7 hens, at $1 each. 7.00 
Feed, straw, etc. 74.70 
Total co.st. ,$111.76 
Cr. 
By eggs laid (2.975) . .$127.08 
lams on hand. 24.00 
Total . 1.51.08 
Profit . $.39.02 
Profit per hen. 1.40 
Feed per hen. 2.76 
Eggs laid per hen. 1.10 
-\verage price eggs, 4 1-.‘! i-mds. 
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New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Bands -O ats Sprouters 
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He K* BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street, New York 
Bourbon-Red TURKEYS 
May hatch. From 40 pound tom and 25 pound hen. 
Price of toms, t.5; hens, $4. Arthur Freeman, Pulaski, N.Y. 
Giant Bronze TURKEYS 
Hens, $6; Toms, Order before Nov. 20th. 
Mrs. GLIO. G. KOYCH, llepuyster, N. If, 
Pure Ored White Holland Turkeys KoiWan,New Y okk 
TiirkpVS OUCKS, GEESE at Special Prices during fall 
I ui ACJ3 months. Write your wants. Alsocavies and 
hares. H. A. Soutler, Box 29, Sellersville, I’a. 
FOK SALE 
Colored Muscovy Ducks and Drakes 
$3 aud per pair. H. L. KENDALL, R. R. 3, St. Albans, Vt. 
ForSale—Thoroughbred Buff Cochin Bantams 
trios. S3; pens, S5; also 6 yearling hens, 75c, 
MAPLE LAVVN BANTaM YARDS, Seroeantsville. N. J 
choice trios. S3; pens, S5; also 6 yearling hens, 75c. 
each. ""o. r . ».*lu n.ux.i. -... ... . 
200 Light Brahma Pullets For Sale 
Itivertiale Poultry Farm, Box 1B5, 
Reasonable 
Rivenlale, N. J, 
Pekin Ducks 
HALI.AIU) DUCKS. W. C. WHIPPLE, Ophir Farm. PURCHASE, H. T. 
S . C. Jilack. Itutr. Red Pyle nnd Silver T.eghorn and 
Buttercup CoeLcrrls. C. J. SHELMIOINE, Lorraine, K. T. 
A. Rniirhnn-RpHTnm* Egcr-record stoclc. 
Y TEAR DOUlDOn-nea l oms H,0.\A HOUNI.NU, Oenease, Pa. 
Wanipfl— RrnnypTnm for Breeping Purposes. 
nanien oronze lom Dudley frcese, Gossviiie. n. h. 
Thompson’s 
a«Mrrca nocHS ringlets direct 
C hoice Cockerels, S3 and $5; Pullets. S2.50 and S3. 
Also Parks’ heavy-laying strain crossed with 
Thompson s, at same prices. Must plo.aseor money 
refunded, I. U« liACOIfN, Sergeautsville, N.J. 
White Leghorn Pullets 
proval. RAYMOND HONE, Cherry Valley, New York 
S.G. White Leghorn April Pullets ^Vol, so^i^nd 
stock. G, C. MILLER, K. No. 1, Oxforrl, N. J. 
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I O QO PROOF— Ist prize Leghorns, North Am. Egg 
\ Contest; 6 hens laid 1139 eggs: Beds Ist 
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\vC f* C cialRed record; Wyandottes, Missouri Egg 
^ Contest. 10 hens laid 2006 eggs, over 200-egg 
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(A AjAv Chicks. “Story of the 200-Eag Hen,” contains 
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PENNA. POULTRY FARM 1 
Box P 
Lancaster. Pa. 
S. C. AVhite Leghorns 
Specially bred for heavy ege production. A few 
hundred fine breeding hens and cockerels at attract¬ 
ive prices. Write for descriptive circular and prices 
today. C. M. Longenecker,Box 50. Elizabethlowii.Pa. 
PEDIGREE COCKERELS 
from our 200-egg Wliite Leghorns. See records of 
our pens in present Storrs College contest. Send for 
booklet. “ We breed, not buy, 200-egg hens.” 
■VVlndsweep Farm, Box 43. Redding; Ridge, Ct. 
SOO TO iJSa-EGG STRAIN 
Pure S* C* White Leghorn Cockerels 
Shipped on raonevi)ack guarantee at $3, $5 and 
$7.50 each. HIDRI VIEW FARM, Box 50, Mt. Betliel. Pa. 
Tom Barron’s While Leghorns flSerUTim. 
No other strain. All birds trap-nested. Individu¬ 
ally perligrcod cockerels for sale. Booklet. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM, Allen H. Bulkley, Prop., Odessa. N.Y. 
S. 0. Brown Leghorn Cockerels 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
High-class stock brerl for heavy egg production. (Cer¬ 
tified Official Records. M. J. QUACKENBUSH. Nulley, N. J. 
For Sale-WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS K- 
nested stock. .Mso some very good Rhode Island 
Red pullets. THE TRAINING SCHOOL AT VINELAND, N. J. 
0. JT. Shelin 1 dill e 
Lorraine, N. Y. 
50 Pure Bred Barred Plymouth Pullets 
April hatclied, at $1 50 each. Also .a few Pni o Brel 
Cockerels, $2 each. Howard Johnson, Seroeantsville, N.J. 
5 0 M ay Hate hed P u 11 eis LKHORNFARMVMMiilucr^ 
Leghorns-Barron-WyandotteSe"s"™Pw^?®rcSd: 
I’uilets and cockerels from imported stock, records 200 to 
2.S2. Iinporled hens with records over 200, vei-y reasoiiahle. 
Tested yearling cocks, the Barron Farm, B. 3. Connellsville, Pa 
folumbian Wyandottes 
and Pullets from trap-nested 200-egg hens. 
"WILLIS MYERS, Route No. 4. Box25, Sauoerties.N.Y. 
Barron White Wyandottes 
Egg-bred cockerels, $3. J. A. SHOTT, New WilmiiiDton.Pa. 
WhiteWyandotteCockerels strain- 
for immediate sliipment at W5 each. Birds worth 
double the money. E. B. UNDERHILL, Pouohkeepsie. N.Y. 
White Wyandottes 
Bred for heavy-laying, quick growth, groat vigor. 
'Trapnested. Pedigreed. (-'ocks,(Jockorels nnd Tiops. 
A. L. "Vreeland, - Nutley, N. J. 
While Wyandoite Cockerels w^rsthnulu^^^^^ 
astute Fair. Middlebrook Poultry Farm,Miss Marion I.Moore,Hainburg,N.y« 
ool^js 
Breeders for sale. Eggs and chicks in seasrni. 
A. C. JONES, Marvel Homestead Farm,Georgetown, Delaware 
Rose Comb R.I. White Cockerels 
from good laj’ei’S, $3.00 each. 
J. BENNING Clyde. N. Y. 
w.*t*TtrFOR SAIiEl—S. C. RETT 
o Penn Poultry Farnr Strain 
May hatch. S4 each. B:irr<)ii Leghorn, SI.75 each. 
Few Pullets also. Justa Poultry Farm. Souiliampton, N.Y. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds n^w York‘show s 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for hatcliing. Send for circular. 
MAPLECROFT FARMS, Box R. Pawling,N, Y. 
S''u7HiiR'N Yearling Hens, Pullets andCockerels 
choice heavy-laying stock. HXRRY SMITH. Montgom.ry, K .y. 
A Few Silver Spangled Hamburgs 
Black Polish, Silver and Golden Campines, at SPl 
each aud upwards. A. JACKSON, Mineral Springs, N. Y. 
2229 EGGS 
From 10 White Rocks 
In their .'pullet year. 
1: ECO UPS: 264 . 240, 228, 223, 215, 214, 212, 211, 210. 
We offer above pea for sale for best of reasons. Ileii.s 
witli lower records. Cocks, Cockerels, pullets. 
NOBSCOT EGG F.ARM, Nobscot, Mass. 
