RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1385 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Vineland, N. J. 
The Vineland, N. ,T., egg-laying contest 
is now in its second year. The same hens 
which wei-e reported last year are being 
tested for their two-year-old form. Below 
is given the record of the full pullet year, 
the recoi’d for the current week ending 
November 14, and the full record for this 
year. Do not confuse these records with 
the Connecticut figures, for that is a pul¬ 
let contest. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Istyr. Week 
Total 
Garret W. Buck, N. .J. 
19.56 
6 
18 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1.548 
19 
40 
Otto C. Luhrs, N. J. 
1474 
5 
11 
C. N. Myeii, Pa. 
1689 
19 
42 
Harry H. Ober, N.J. 
1443 
22 
44 
Overlook Farm, N.J. 
1199 
22 
45 
George 0. Ward, Me. 
14.59 
19 
38 
Woodside Farm, R. I. 
WHITE PLYMOUTH 
1867 
ROCKS 
10 
18 
Chester P. Dodge, )Mass. 
163.5 
13 
25 
Holliston Hill Poul. Pm.,Mass. 
1985 
10 
25 
Edward E. klurray, N.Y. 
1.573 
4 
7 
Victor S. Reichenbacli, Pa. 
1038 
0 
0 
Overlook Farm, N. .1. 
1602 
8 
17 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm N. .1.. 
1214 
11 
21 
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Deptford Poultry Farm, N. J.. 
1447 
15 
31 
T. .1. Enslin, N. J. 
1302 
‘24 
49 
J. M. Jones, N. J. IS.II 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
14 
31 
Thomas Coates, N.Y. 
1415 
19 
38 
A. H. Faulkner, N. J. 
1412 
16 
36 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1322 
16 
33 
Gablewood Poultry Farm, N. .1. 
1598 
29 
.58 
Lusscroft Farm, N. J. 
1761 
12 
24 
E. C. Moore, N.J. 
1485 
0 
1 
T. H. Matteson & Son, R. I. 
1410 
0 
0 
Sunnybrook Farm, N.J. 
1400 
26 
50 
H. S. Tuthill, N. J. 1721 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES 
26 
55 
Lake Farm, R. I. 
1513 
24 
54 
Sunnybrook Farm, N.J . 
148.3 
8 
26 
'Wilburtlia Poultry Farm, N. J. 1203 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
13 
30 
Clark and Howland, Vt. 
1.591 
12 
27 
W. P. Lain", N. J. 
897 
10 
19 
Mrs C. B. Elliott, N.J. 
1279 
14 
27 
S. C, RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J... 
1.522 
14 
29 
H. W. (iollingwood, N.J. 
1425 
15 
28 
Thomas W. Dawson, Pa. 
1410 
9 
16 
Etjon Podltry Farm, N. J. 
1479 
7 
22 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1.522 
15 
39 
Miss A. S. Macintosh, N.J. 
1635 
21 
48 
Underhill Bros., N.,I. 
1966 
25 
51 
Woodland Poultry Yard, Pii.... 1082 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
14 
31 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
1937 
1 
4 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 
1843 
22 
41 
Will Barron, England. 
2053 
10 
23 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J.. 
1425 
3 
6 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 
1698 
10 
18 
Cloverlawn Farm, N. J. 
1734 
7 
15 
W. J. Cocking, N.J. 
1674 
7 
12 
Jos. H. Cohen, N. J. 
1730 
n 
22 
J. S. Cray & Son, N.J. 
1649 
13 
23 
Chas. Daval, Jr., N. J. 
L. S. & N. L. Depue, N.J. 
1728 
17 
36 
1714 
5 
10 
R. F. & R. A. Earle, N. J. 
1595 
0 
0 
Harry G. Gardiner, N.J. 
1772 
10 
22 
C. S. Greene, N. .J. 
1772 
1 
1 
Wells S. Hastings, Conn. 
1742 
5 
9 
B. Frank Grunzig, N.J. 
1277 
0 
0 
Henry E. Heine, N. .J. 
. 1622 
0 
0 
Richard Heine, N. J. 
1527 
0 
0 
Heigl’s Poultry Farm, Ohio.... 
1616 
0 
0 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn.... 
1774 
6 
14 
Hillview E'arm, Mo. 
1436 
5 
10 
Holliston Hill Poul. Fm., Mass. 
2114 
6 
17 
Pinebeach Poultry Farm, N. J .. 
1412 
0 
0 
James F. Harrington, N. J. 
1719 
16 
35 
John li. Lauder, N.J. 
1851 
11 
19 
Laywell Poultry Farm, Conn... 
1867 
0 
2 
Fred J. Mathews, N. J. 
1755 
13 
25 
Mercer Poultry Farm, N. J. 
1612 
0 
3 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
1673 
0 
0 
H. H. Myers, N. J. 
1843 
0 
1 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. J. 
1851 
6 
14 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
1635 
10 
21 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1117 
10 
23 
Oakland Farm, N. J. 
16.55 
0 
0 
Miss Anna 0. Parry, Pa. 
1.526 
4 
7 
P. G. Platt. Pa. 
2173 
10 
20 
Riverside Egg Farm, N. Y. 
1815 
6 
12 
Joseph H. Ralston, N. J. 
1614 
11 
17 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
1620 
0 
0 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, N.J. 
1666 
2 
4 
Pinehurst Poultry Farm, i’g.... 
1884 
1 
1 
Herman F. Sender, N.J. 
1802 
5 
10 
A. E. Spear, N. .J. 
1716 
8 
19 
Sunnybrook E’arm, N. J. 
1353 
0 
0 
Tenacre Poultry Farm. N. J.... 
1312 
9 
16 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, N. J. 
1702 
5 
10 
Training School, N. .1.. 
1535 
7 
13 
J. Percy Van Zandt. N. J. 
2212 
0 
9 
Shurts and Voegtleu, N.J . 
2115 
4 
12 
Gustav Walters. N. J. 
1883 
7 
10 
White House Poultry Fm., N.J. 
1489 
8 
15 
W. K. Wixson, Pa. 
19.59 
16 
33 
Willanna Farm, N..J. 
1915 
0 
0 
Woodland Farm, N.J. 1896 
S, C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
5 
10 
H. G. Richardson, N.J. 
1448 
4 
9 
Ro nr Singer, N. J. 
1137 
0 
1 
Monmouth Farms, N.J. 1407 
S. C. BLACK LEGHORNS 
6 
14 
A, E. Hampton, N.J. 
1746 
14 
29 
Fred C. Nixon, N. J. 
17.58 
1 
5 
Sunny Acres, N.J. 
IT.'ji 
0 
0 
— 
Totals. 
161875 
907 
1906 
Chicken Thieves in the South 
I noted in the court proceedings in a 
city paper that a darkey who was serving 
two months for stealing a chicken was 
hauled up again, and for “stealing six 
duckings, valuated at foah dollars” by 
their colored owner, he was sentenced to 
three months’ hard labor. 'I thought this 
might interest some of your poultry 
thieves’ victims. Had he been caught in 
the act and shot, the incident would have 
been closed when the coroner reported 
his verdict. M. b. p. 
Alabama. 
Any chicken thief deserves it, and if a 
few of them could get it, many a hen 
man could get more sleep. 
Autumn Hen Note 
Hens should be in their houses before 
the season of cold storms has arrived. A 
good hen is not in condition now to stand 
bad weather. Her vitality has suffered 
a severe strain in laying the 200 or more 
eggs we expect of her. The poor hen 
moults in August, and is in beautiful 
shape now to stand any abuse, but your 
best layers do not moult until October 
and November, and if the best of care is 
not given them now there will be a large 
loss of these good hens. This year of 
high-priced feed has been in one way a 
blessing to the poultryman in that it has 
caused severe culling and marketing of 
poor hens. Even hens that would have 
paid a profit at ordinary prices have been 
culled out and killed, and the best only 
kept, and now they must be given the 
needed care or they will be lost. If roup 
or some other similar trouble gets in the 
flock at this season it will be from neglect 
alone. 
The good layer, the one that has laid 
200 eggs the past year, is a sorry-looking 
bird now; ragged, half naked, color all 
gone from head and shanks, huddling in 
a sunny corner for warmth and protec¬ 
tion, contrast her with a hen that has laid 
50 or 75 eggs. The inexperienced would 
take the poor hen and give her the care 
she does not need and would not be worth 
if she did need it. f. b. white. 
Winter Dry Mash 
My pullets, B. P. Bock and R. I. Reds, 
are starting to lay, and I am feeding them 
the following dry mash, hoppers open all 
day, supplemented with a scratch ration 
night and morning: 16 qts. bran, 5 qts. 
Alfalfa meal, 5 qts. ground oats, 4 qts. 
gluten, 2_qts. meat scraps. In your opin¬ 
ion, is this mash a good one. well balanced 
and suitable for Pall and Winter laying? 
On account of high price I was forced to 
drop out the cornmeal, for which I sub¬ 
stituted gluten. My own corn will soon 
be ready to feed, and I shall then use 
that instead of the gluten. j. e. k. 
This seems a good combination, and, 
while not high in meat scrap, perhaps as 
high as present prices of that food will 
permit. Gluten feed or meal is hardly a 
substitute for cornmeal, though made 
from corn. Cornmeal is ,a low protein 
food, containing about 10 per cent of pro¬ 
tein ; gluten feed contains about 2.” per 
cent, and gluten meal about 30 per cent, 
both belonging to the high . rotein group 
of feeds. The “balance” would be bet¬ 
ter as originally fed. The cornmeal and 
ground oats are low in protein, each about 
10 per cent, the bran and Alfalfa of me¬ 
dium protein content, about 15 per cent, 
and the meat scrap high, around 40 per 
cent or higher. m. b. d. 
Imbreeding ; Moving Colony Houses; 
Pullet Eggs 
1. V%at is the latest about inbreeding? 
Is it well to buy la setting of eggs and 
breed the pullets and cockerels together, 
or should I buy a setting from two sepa¬ 
rate pens, or breed cockerel from one pen 
to the pullets of the other? Is it not bad 
practice to breed brother and sister to¬ 
gether? 2. Can a colony house 8x12 or 
10x12 be moved on runners on the ground 
by two horses, or does it have to be 
blocked under the runners? 3. Do the 
English birds at the contests and else¬ 
where lay a good-sized egg when just 
.starting to lay (pullets, I mean), and do 
not some, at least, of the American strains 
lay very small, unsalable eggs at first and 
for a month or so? E. li. S. 
New .Tersey. 
1. AVe do not approve of close inbreed- I 
ing as a general practice, as it has been I 
proven conclusively that an out-cross pro¬ 
duces better layers and) more vigorous 
stock than can be produced by inbreeding 
as closely as brother and sister. Inbreed¬ 
ing has been practiced by poultry fanciers 
for the purpose of intensifying^ some par¬ 
ticular point or character in certain 
.strains of fowls for exhibition purposes, 
but on the large commercial farms in- 
breeding is seldom practiced. 
2. It takes a strong pair of horses to 
pull an 8 by 12 or 10 by 12 colony house 
on runners on bare ground. We usuially 
try to do this moving when there has been 
a fall of about two inches of snow, and 
find the houses move very much easier 
and quicker. 
3. Some pens of English Leghorns lay 
small eggs as pullets, and even after they 
■have been laying for several months the 
eggs are still under size, while other pens 
of English Leghorns lay good-sized eggs 
and white enough to command the very 
highest quotations, which at present are 
18 cents per dozen above brown eggs. As 
a rule, young pullets will lay srnall^ eggs 
for a month or so after starting, which is 
no fault of the pullets, as the eggs nat¬ 
urally get larger after the first few weeks, 
and if the first eggs were lar^e enough 
those laid after would be entirely too 
large. It is not enough to know about a 
pen of breeders that they are American 
or English, but you should be sure that 
they lay good-sized white eggs which com¬ 
mand the highest market prices, and that 
they are bred from good, heavy-laying 
stock—hens that average 175 eggs per 
year or more. c. S. G. 
o-o DOGS 1 
COLLIE PUPPIES gent kVnu - 
from grand working, registered stock. Shipped on 
approval. Females, $6 and $8. This includes 
registration. WM. W. KETCH, COHOCTON, N. Y. 
fo® Chriltmara few Estfa Choice Airedale Pups 
Also a nice young bitch. Pedigreed stock. 
FRANK MEAD, - Amenia, N. Y. 
Airedales and Collies oT^a^f i 
pups, grown dogs, and brood matrons. Largo in¬ 
structive list, 5c. W. R. WATSON, Box 1745, Oakland, Iowa 
The Best Utility Farm Dog is the AIREDALE 
Pedigreed pups for sale. W. A. LOWBER, Burlington,N.J. 
AirdHala Plinnioc breeding. Few of 
AirSQaie ruppies other breeds. Farm 
raised. j\ddress DARE, 403 W. 57th St., New York 
Airedale Terrier Puppies 
mutts.” Fasliionable pedigree. Eligible to regis¬ 
try. $10 at 8 weeks. INGLESlOE FARM, Lancaster, N. Y. 
NECESSITY Sal*. Trained, registered Airedale (bitch) ;English 
Belter. Young Fox hound; Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. 
.\11 reasonable, on approval. 1. PREDMORE. Purth Ambsy, M. J. 
Bloodhounda iiiid Giiincn Plg« 
\_-011ie A ups nelson BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
Finfl OflLLIF PIIP^ months ol.l; $5 each, 
rilie UULLIC ruro ira KELLER, Prospect, Ohio 
FERRETS 
■r’'17'DD'nnC! I raise them by the thous- 
i* Fa tC JC r, J. ands all kinds. Buy 
direct, ay prices. 
LEVI FARNSWORTH. New London, Ohio 
f7|7 u 13 I7"T'G1 for SALE. Price list free, 
r JLiIVXVXZa 1 0 max KELLAR, R. E. 0. 1. Wakeman, Ohio 
f Pnr tJulo—■■>11 sizes; any number, 
js errCLSrOroalB ^iso Fox Terriers and 
Angora Kittens. C. JEWELL, Spsncer, 0. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
WHITE MICE WANTED 
Mention Price and quantities that you can deliver. 
Write or telegraph to 
Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories 
Pearl River, N. Y. 
POULTRY 1 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking: purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks, Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Rac¬ 
coon, Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist, Dept. 10, Yardley, Pa 
_ Consistently Good for Many Years” 
/isa.ys a subscriber. Xlie Poultry Item is a big aid 
Jin care and management of poultry for profit. 
3R!?l5)/62 to UO pages monthly, finely illustrated. 3 yr». 
® 2“®* Free copy of breed special with 
1 y-- every order. Mention your favorite breed. 
THE POULTRY ITEM. 25 Miple Ave., Ssllsrsville, P«. 
Cyphers Strain. Cockerels, hens, pul- 
Urown Lognorns lets, $3. Mn. frank JOHNSDN, Laulsi, Vs. 
wycjvoff 5 ^ Q LeghornCockorols ye'L A 
hens for sale. Satisfaction Guaranteed. J. M. CASE, Gilboa.N.Y. 
ForSale-75 S.C.WhiteLEGHORN PULLETS 
(hatched from Van Zandt’s eggs, winner New Jer¬ 
sey Laying Contest) 25 cockerels same strain; 5 
extra fine single comb Rhode Island Red cockerels 
from strain, .with record in Connecticut contest. 
Miss FRANCES V. CLARK, P. 0. Box 45, CROSSWICKS, N. J. 
Dill 1 White Leghorns for Sale 
1 D FROM HIGH PRODUCTION MATINGS. 
Greendalo Farms, Poultry Dept., GREENDALE, N. Y. 
150 TrWrr S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
91 each. PATTERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, N.Y. 
wHiTViE^HliRN Yearling Hens, Pullets and Cockerels 
Choice heavy.laying stock, harry smith, Montgomery,H.Y. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels 
State Fair. Middlebrook Poultry Farm, Miss Marion 1. Moore,Hamburg, N.Y 
White Wyandotte Cockerels stra^in’^ 
for immediate sliipment at 85 each. Birds worth 
double the money. E. B. UNDERHILL, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
Bourbon-RedTurkeysforSale sVrasbur®; IhguaS 
BuffRockCockerels"a'olhfi?#'e'’^"*iFrr"^ 
TiirLouo BUCKS, GEESE at Special Prices during fall 
1 Ul Hojs months. W rite your wants. Alsocavies and 
hares. U. A. Souder, Box 29, Sellersville, Fa. 
For Sale-Mammoth BronzeTurkeys'’i°“*a*"^ 
Large and vigorous. C. W. TRACY, West Stockholm, N.Y. 
COR SALE— ii young Mnmmotli Bronze Tom Turkeys. 
1 Fine birds. $10 each. KOUGnUANDS,WASHINGTON, CONN. 
WhiloHollandTurkeys 
Hen*. $5. Dr. T.PAUL FEEBY,Tazewell,Va. 
Thoroughbred Buff Cochin Bantams 
Maple Lawn Bantam Yards, Sergeantsviile, N. J. 
200 Light Brahma Pullets For Sale Rfasonawe 
Kiverdale Poultry Farm, Box 165, Riverdale, N. J. 
whltlPlymouth Rock Cockerels 
from winter layers. MARTHA A. BEECHER.R. F.D., L'ma<N.Y. 
RarrAHRnnlct RHODE ISLAND COCKS AND COCKER- 
DailBUnUbKS els, also liens andpullets. Willmute 
up nice pair or trio. This is high-grade exhibition 
stock, first-class in every respect; price* reason¬ 
able. RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs, Pa. 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds ^^w h o w s 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for hatching. Send for circular. 
MAFLECKOFT FARMS, Box R. Pawling,N.Y. 
S. C. R. I. REDS 
Vibert stock. Cockerels, from trapnested hens, $8* 1^4 
and $5 each* A\N A M. JONES, Craryville* N*Y, 
Rose Comb R. I. Red Cockerels 
Bij;, visovons iJnrk red birds at S5 each. 
A. L, VllEELAND, . Nutley, N. J, 
SPROUTED OATS 
CLOSE-TO-NATURE 
GRAIN SPROUTERS 
Produce the easily digested vapor-bath sprouts, the 
vegetable milk, and the grape sugar that bring the 
big egg yields. Reduce food bills and get more eggs 
by using a Close-To-Nature Sprouter. Three kinds and 
all sizes from a few hens to 1,000. Circular free. 
CLOSE-TO-NATURE CO., 79 Front St.. Coltas, Iowa 
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 
prbttts larger. 
MANN’S Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with p.dherlng meat and 
ristle. Never clogs. 10 Days* Froo Trial, 
o money In advance. 
Sond Today for Froo Boolr- 
F. W. Mann Co., Box 1 5, MSford, Maas. 
Improved Parcel 
Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Bands -O ats Sprouters 
Catalog Free on Request 
H. K. BRUNNER. 45 Harrison Street, New York 
[-COCKERELS- 
W. Leghorns, Reds, B- Rocks, W. Wyan. 
Vigorous handsome birds from trap-nested 
heavy laying, farm range stock. 
Prices Moderate Satisfaction Guaranteed 
Q. F. GIBSONf Galen Farms 
Box C Clyde. New York 
WINNERS thl N. A. Laying Competition 
|Y III the Barred Kock OInss ^ 
Bred for eggs; they lay continuously; a consistent 
lot of performers; big, husky, healthy birds; book 
your orders in advance for eggs and day old chicks, 
this will assure delivery when you desire them. 
A. O. JONES, MARVEL HOMESTEAD rAR.M 
Oeorgctowii, Delaware 
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. IVI. Longenecker,Box 50. Elizabethtown, Pa. 
S. C. WHITE 
LEGHORNS 
A Utilily Strain that produces AH breeding stock trap-nested 
Send your order imw for liuU-liing eggs and 
cockerels, also 150 april pullkts for sale. 
B. S. ELLS, - Vineland, N. J. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorns hfAmerimLTm 
No otlier strain. All birds trap-nested. Indi’vidu- 
:illy pedigreed cockerels for sale. Booklet. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM, Allen H. Bulkley, Prop., Odessa, N.Y. 
S R Whitfll Pffhnrne selected, vigorous, year- 
.U. nniTBLOgnornS ]i„g cocks, for breeders, not 
cockerels,$3 each. Ivan A. Boyce, Clintonville, Conn. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
248-260-284-314-egg strain. 4 yearling hens and 1 cock¬ 
erel (of 314-egg stock) for ®10. 
£. CEAUDE JONES, - Craryville, N. Y, 
Single Comb White Leghorns ^re gTi 
at the North American Contest of 1916-17. Cockerels 
and pnilets for sale. M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nutley. N J. 
ForSaIe-1 OOS.G.WhiieLeghornPullets ^blomi 
lines in America. April hatch, ®1.75; May hatch. 
S1.60. PINE GROVE FARM. Route No. 1, Riverdale, N. c! 
yearly average of our pen in Storrs contest just 
closed. “We breed, not buy. 200-egg hens.” Pedi¬ 
gree cockerels for sale; also hens. Send for booklet. 
Windsweep Farm, Box 43, Redding Ridge, Connecticut 
PARKS WiNTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
the_2600 birds in the Five Miss¬ 
ouri Lajdng 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. 
“Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
SPECIAL SALE— Too many for winter quarters. This year 
olfers unprecedented opportunities, feed prices liavo 
driven many from field and eggs and poulti-y will double 
in value. Buy now and produce own batching eggs. $10 
cockerels, $5; $8 cockerels, $1, weighing 7 lb». and over; u n- 
der 6 lbs., $3.60 each. Few piilleti. Special prices on e.xhi- 
bitionstock. As usual,money back if notsuited. Circular. 
Dr. HAYMAN, - Doylestown, Pa, 
Barred Plymouth g^ro’d 
J. I. HEBETEB, . Gettysburg, Fa. 
200 to 234-Egg vfmTE'^uKN Cockerels and Pullets 
Guarantee Saiiafaciien. Blue Ribbon Poultry Farm, Greene, N.Y. 
1 
IF you want books on farming of 
any kind write us and we 
will quote you prices 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West Thirtieth Street, New York 
