1433 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are g'ven: 
It is held at Storrs post ofBce in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins J^ovember 1st. There are 10 
pullets in each pen. All the birds receive uni¬ 
form treatment. The houses are all alike, and 
llie feed is thp same for all. The contest con¬ 
tinues for one year. The weekly records cover 
tlie 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 nest year. 
Record at Storrs, Conn., week ending Novem¬ 
ber 28, and total to date; 
BARRED 
ROCKS 
Week 
Total 
llerrittM. Oiark, Conn,... 
mm 
a-aa 
Harry H. Ober, N. J. 
62 
Richard Allen, Mass. 
21 
* 4 
.Tules F. Francais, L. I.... 
40 
101 
Tom J. Adamson, Canada 
11 
33 
Fairflelds Poultry Farms, 
5 
20 
Norfolk Specialty Farm, Dntaiio. 
j1 
12 
Hodman Schaff, N. U..... 
16 
40 
Bock Rose Farm, N. Y..., 
26 
73 
John C. Philips, Mass. 
2i 
39 
Joseph M. Rothschild, N. 
Y, .. 
15 
34 
Ingleside Farm, N. Y. 
•••« gag****** 
11 
39 
Agricultural ilollege, Oregon. 
WHITE HOCKS « 
Albert T. fjeozen, Mass. 
18 
ORLorrs 
W. II. Bassett, Cheshire, Conn. 
WHITE ORPINGTONS 
Harry Paxton, N. Y. 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
K. 1). Bird, Conn. 
Blue Andalusian Club of America,N.Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Braeside Poultry Farm, i’a. 
J. O. LeFevre. N. Y. 
llermon E. White, N J. 
Win.L. Gilbert Home,Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
P. G Platt, Pa. 
Greendale Farms, N. Y. 
Dautrich Bros.,Conn. 
B. S. Ells, N. J. 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 
Will Barron, England. 
Tom Barron, England. 
Miss N. H. Bell, England. 
Bushkill Poultry Farm, Pa. 
A. P. Robinson, N.Y. 
Eglantine Farm, Md. 
Bayville Farms, N. .1. 
Margareta Poultry Farm, Ohio. 
Lovell Gordon, N.Y... 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 
W. B. Atkinson, Conn. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn... 
J. Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Clifford I. Stoddard, Conn. 
George Phillips, Conn. 
J. F. Crowley, Mass. 
M. T. Lindsay, N. Y. 
U.E. Gates, Conn. 
Oak Hill E.state, Pa. 
Royal Farms, Inc., Conn... 
Jas. F. Harrington, N. J. 
W. E. Robinson. Ill. 
Windsweep Farm, Conn . 
Prescott’s Poultry Place, Conn. 
W. J. Cocking, N. J. 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 
Fredouia Farm, Conn. 
HillviewFarm, Mo. 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
Frances H. Mersereau, Conn. 
Lakewood Leghorn Farm. N. J.I 
Henry E. Heine, N. J... 
17 
10 
40 
44 
28 
24 
5 
28 
4 
30 
19 
31 
28 
5 
12 
31 
27 
4 
26 
18 
1 
2 
33 
25 
18 
38 
14 
16 
15 
11 
21 
39 
8 
19 
19 
22 
28 
8 
38 
12 
10 
11 
Total. 1574 
46 
Holllston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass..,. 
5 
37 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass.. 
8 
55 
Manomet Farm, Mass. .. 
10 
50 
BUFF ROCKb 
A A. Ilali, Conn........ 
10 
32 
WHITE .VYANDOTXES 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
24 
73 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. . .. 
33 
106 
Brayman Farm, N. H...... 
Beulah Farm, Ontario.,.. . 
36 
94 
14 
15 
Vine Hill Farm, Mass. 
25 
53 
Mrs R. W. Stevens, N. Y....,. 
Woodland Ponltry Yard,Pa. 
3 
3 
7 
18 
F. W. Harris, N.Y. 
12 
31 
I.aurel Hill Farm. R. I... 
2 
3 
J. Frank Dubois, Mass. 
25 
60 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
F’red Bockwood, N. H. 
3 
.3 
Cook & Porter. Mass.. 
34 
141 
.T. J. Dansro, Yt... 
9 
2 
Dr. N. W. Sfinborn, Mass......... 
17 
68 
H. P. Cloyes, Conn..... 
13 
61 
H. R. Sullivan, Conn. 
1 
1 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Conyers Farm, Conn... 
17 
25 
Cbas. H. Lane, Mass. 
11 
40 
ETintstone Farm,Mass.. 
26 
63 
Homer P. Deming,Conn... 
2 
8 
Charles 0. Polhemus, N. Y.. 
Pequot Poultry Farm, Conn. 
6 
18 
Springdale Poultry Farm, Conn. 
6 
18 
Natick Farm, R. 1... 
6 
10 
Pineorest Orchards, Mass... 
36 
124 
Richard Allen, Mass. 
16 
24 
A. W. Rnmery, N. U. 
Archie B. Colburn, N. H. 
Allan’s Hardtobeat Reds. R. I,. 
7 
32 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H... 
9 
11 
W. Mansfield Poultry Farm, Mass. 
20 
92 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. 
7 
18 
KtjoD Poultry Farm, N. j. ... 
1 
BUTTERCUPS 
Hiddonhurst Buttercup Yds., N. Y. 
7 
20 
0RE60NS 
Agricultural College, Corvallis,Ore.... 
48 
123 
15 
109 
118 
78 
86 
22 
51 
28 
99 
59 
74 
134 
7 
86 
126 
77 
8 
93 
31 
1 
10 
77 
62 
119 
138 
97 
32 
58 
83 
71 
97 
10 
42 
59 
48 
91 
19 
102 
13 
62 
28 
12 
4758 
Clood Clots in Eggs 
■\Ve are interested in the answer to an 
inquiry of “F. H.,” page 1.S09, in regard 
to blood clots in eggs. Are they in any 
way injurious to the egg except in ap¬ 
pearance? Is there any likelihood that 
they would cau.sc the egg to decay quicker 
or carry any disease which would not he 
carried in an egg without these clots? 
New York. n. A. 
Quite extensive laboratory .studies have 
been carried on to determine the cause of 
deterioration in egg.s, and in some of these 
the presence of blood clots has been re- 
I)orted as “probably” unfavorably in¬ 
fluencing the keeping quality of the eggs 
containing them. Since these blood clots 
are carried along the oviduct with the 
Oie RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
yolk and are subject to the same in¬ 
fluences, it is difficult to see why they are 
any more liable to deterioration than the 
other albuminous contents of the shell, 
and it seems to me quite likely that there 
is no definite evidence to that effect. I 
know of no disease which those clots could 
carry that would not be carried quite as 
well without them, and no disease of hu¬ 
mans that could be can-ied by either. If 
the blood clot is removed after cooking, 
the rest of the egg is entirely suitable for 
human food, and, for that matter, the 
blood itself is probably entirely whole¬ 
some, though repugnant to our sense of 
taste. M. B. D. 
TtC ^300 to ^2000 
jn\0.K© Per Year 
More Money 
Balanced Ration for Hens 
In these days of high cost of feed the 
farmer or poultry keeper who wants to 
feed his hens all the food elements neces¬ 
sary to produce eggs without feeding any 
excess or unnecessary quantity of some 
particular thing, is frequently confused 
and rendered unable to accomplish his 
object by not knowing the effect of the 
foods he uses. lie may know that the 
yolk of an egg is principally carbohy¬ 
drates, and the white is protein; but 
that doe.sn’t help him much, not even if 
he also knows that corn is mainly carbo¬ 
hydrates and beef scrap largely protein. 
For if he feeds enough corn to produce 
100 yolks and only enough beef scrap to 
produce 50 whites, it is clearly evident 
that the hen can only lay 50 eggs, and 
the surplus corn she turns into fat. The 
same is true as to whites; a surplus of 
protein is akso a waste. 
Now, if we knew how many yolks and 
how many white are contained in a cer¬ 
tain weight of each of the different foods, 
the composition of a “balanced ration” 
would be a simple matter, and fortunately 
we have this knowledge. At the Moun¬ 
tain Grove, Missouri, Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station, PrUf. C. T. Patterson, 
pathologist and director of the station, 
has found that on the average one pound 
of carbohyclratfcs will produce yolks, 
and one pound of protein will produce 
16^ whites. That gives us a basis for 
computing just about what a hen needs in 
raw material to produce ,cggs; and the 
subjoined table gives a nearly balanced 
ration where both dry grain and a dry 
mash of ground grain is used. 
Weight 
Grain Lbs. Yolks Whites 
Cracked corn. 150 3S2 
Wheat . 150 365 
:\lash 
AVheat bran. 30 31 
Middlings . 20 41 
Cornmeal . 20 52 
Ground oats. 20 .39 
Gluten meal. 20 46 
Beef scraps. 30 32 
Alfalfa meal. 5 7 
O. P. oilmeal. 6 8 
198 
273 
41 
44 
27 
31 
86 
332 
9 
25 
Totals. 450 1,003 1,066 
The above table is taken from the bul¬ 
letin issued by the Missouri Agricultural 
Station, and is, I presume, the ration used 
at their contest. A more accurately bal¬ 
anced ration would be made by leaving 
out the 20 Ib.s. of gluten meal and the 
5 lbs. of oilmeal. The computation would 
then stand 425 lbs. of feed producing 949 
yolks and 955 whites; the excess of whites 
being only 6, instead of 63, as in the 
table. 
No fractions are given in the table, 
so it is not meant to be exact, hut is 
correct enough for ordinary use. To the 
mash was added two pounds of fine table 
salt four pounds of fine ground cliarcoal. 
Oyster shell and grit are provided abun¬ 
dantly, and the hens allowed to help 
themselves. 
_ The necessity for this mineral matter 
IS very great. liens will go almost wild 
if deprived of it, and after aw'hile will 
eat every egg as soon as laid, to get the 
mineral matter of the shell. IMoi.stened 
earth, especially if part sand, so as td feci 
will he greedily eaten by hens, if 
the.v have been deprived of free range for 
a time. But in dealing with living or¬ 
ganisms there is nothing mathematicallv 
exact; one hen may have .strong ovaries 
and a weak oviduct, and another a weak 
ovary and a strong oviduct; obviously the 
same feeding will not answer for both 
birds, and feed suitable for eitber would 
not be best for the bird w’ith well-balanced 
reproductive organs. The best we can 
do is to follow the law of general aver- 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Cows, froni $75 to $125; Imtter at the 
creamery, 4i!4c; gluten. $2.85 cwt.; cot- 
ton.seed meal, ,$2.65; oil meal, $2.85; corn- 
bran, $2; mid¬ 
dlings, .$2.8,). Apples are about the only 
irtiit raised here, and a jioor crop this 
year. Bather poor apples bring $1.,50 
bn.; g(X)d ones, $2 bii., potatoes, a fair 
cabbage, 3c lb.; turnips, 
80e Ini.; onions, .$2 bu.; pork, 22c lb.; 
beef, 12 to 14c lb. Milk, about .$2.90 
*^^*cy sell the whole milk. Hay, 
$14 to .$16 ton ; straw, $11. e. II. 
Warren Co., Pa. 
Pedigreed and Trap-Nested Stock For Sale 
BARRON’S WHITE WYANDOHES.BARRON’S WHITE LEGHORNS 
(trap-nest records) .and VIBERT’S S. C.REDS. Write your 
wants to OVERBROOK POULTRY FARM, M.rlbaro- iin-HudUn. N. yj 
*»• »»• AKAviS, Hopewell Juaction, N. Y. 
Hatching and selling Bay Old Chicks. 
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Easy work—taUes only a few min¬ 
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Rnnk FRFF Tells all about Day Old Chick businesa and 
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PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
tnc_2600 birds in the Five Miss¬ 
ouri Laring Contests (Under 
Govt. Sut . 
SPROUTED OATS 
For EGGS 
I Bu. OtiFts 
Maizes 3 Bu- 
E^g-Feed 
cl6se-to-naturb 
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 gel more eggs 
by using a CIose-To-Nature Sprouter. Three kinds and 
all sizes from a few hens to 1,000. Circular free. 
CLOSE-TO-NATURECO., yg Freni St., Colfax, Iowa 
month record of 134 eggs in Jan. 
Cir. Free. Large Catalog a dime. 
J. W. PARKS. Box Y ALTOONA, PA. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stockinR purDoses, 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, (hanes. Storks. Swanst 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Hac- 
cooii, Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist, Dept. 10, 'Yardley, Pa 
“Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets) 
SPECIAL SALE—Too many for winter quarters. This year 
offers unprecedented opportunities; foed prices nave 
driven many from Held and eggs and poultry will double 
in value. Buy now and produce own hatching eggs. SIO 
cockerels, $5; $8cockerels, $4, weighing? Ibi. and over; un¬ 
der n lbs., 13.50 each. Few pullets. Special prices on exhi¬ 
bition stock. As usual,money back ifnotsuited. Circular. 
Dr. H AYMAN, . Doyleatown, Fa. 
Knight’s Pedigreed Wyandottes 
Cockerels and pullets from the winners of the .5th 
annual contest at Storrs, Conn. Kecord 2265, the 
highest record ever made by a pen of 10 hens. The 
best Wyandotte pen in the eth contest for sale, witli 
Wue riblion. Egg.s for setting after Feb. l.st, 1918. 
Write for prices, q. G. KNIGHT. Bridgeton. R. I. 
White Wyandottes 
Yearling hens and cockerels from trap-nested stock. 
Official records Storrs, 2U4. A. 1. Vreeland, Nulliy, N. J. 
188.1 Average 
at last S t o r r g Contest 
_ 30yearling S. C. White Leghorn hens, bred 
from same mating as the CONTEST PEN. for 
9Si eaeh. 10 July liatche<l pullets for gio. 
FRANK R. HANCOCK, Jacksonville, Vt. 
World’s Champion Layers. E^^^Znsa^w. wyani 
dottes, Cockerels, Pullets, Cock birds and Yearling hena. 
Imported direct from England. Catalogue free. 
BROOKFIELD POULTRY FARM, R. No. 3 VeriiiHo,. 0. 
1OO Barron Cockerels ***'®‘^ *** 
WiriTK POULTRY FARM, 
-ay 
S 3 each 
Cairo, N.Y. 
BarredRocks breeders foresale. ^*A?l”*bred 
' for 
^frorn high-record hens noted 
nLook up pen 4 at Storrs. 
egg incubator 
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Mh$J255 
Both are made of 
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Incubator is cov- . 
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Improved Parcel 
Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillera 
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 
G. F. GIBSON, Galen Farms 
BoxC Clyde, New York 
WINNERS thi N. A. laying Competition 
In the Barred ILook Clnas 1 
Bred for eggs; they lay continuouslv; a consistent 
lot of performers; big, husky, healthy birds; book 
your orders in advance for eggs and day old chicks, 
tills will assure delivery wlieu you de.sire them. 
C. JONES, MARVEL IIO.MESTEAD FARM 
Georgetown, Delaware 
X XT T up pen » at oiorrs. 
J. F. Francais, W. Hampton Beach, Li.I.,N.Y. 
Choice Cockerels. Ri; best, f5. Pullets. *1.50,■ be.st, 
W. Also Pnrkes heavy-laying strain, crossed with 
Thompson .s. .-it same prices. Must please or money 
refunded . I. H. Hacorn, Sergeantsville, N. J. 
Whitp WvanHflHa puIIets-tVhito Legliom 
n lillli nyanuone JIales. I>arks Harred Rook Cockerels. 
Bargain li.stgratis. Riverdale Poullry Firm, Bos IBS, Riveritilc, N. J. 
R • C. Reds Gibbon 
V V, , , winners at Great Hagerstown 
Pair. Cockerels for sale at S3.50 and 85 each. 
Catalpa Poult ry Farm,W. G. Horner, Gettysburo. f$. 
Barred Plymouth ^arm 
J. I. HERETER, ^ ^ ° ^ 
BluoAndalueians s^aie'! 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds i^^w York show s 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for luitching. Send for circular 
MAPLECR^FT FARM.S, B ox R. PawUng,N. yI 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds Exclusively 
BBEEDTN’G pullets. Now on Sale, 
^ .'f.J.OO each. All from Heavy-weight, Healthy, 
\ igoroim. Heavy Winter Laying Stoek, ooiubiniug 
Beauty and Utility, the result of years of care¬ 
ful selection, and that have been raised on Free 
Clover Uange, and Iioused in Open-Front Houses, 
under the most sanitary conditions. 
“Absolute Satisfaction Guaranteed.” 
OAKLAND FARMS, Oakland, New Jersey 
Bronze Turkeys-'*Sunrise Giants” 
Worhl famous Gold Bank Strain. Special prices to 
early buyers. Larry Cullen, New Albany, Pa. 
BKF.D Mammoth BronzeTurkeys an*teeWnc'io“.' 
stamp. I. A. WHEELER, Maplewood farm, R. F. D. 2, Mataona, N.' 
S, C. AVhite Leghorns 
Siieciully bred for heavy egg production. A few 
hiinilied lino breeding hens and cockerels at attract¬ 
ive prices. Write for descriptive circular and prices 
today. C. M. Longenecker,Bax 50. Eliiabethtowa.Pa. 
S. C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
248-2C0-’J84-314-egg strain. 4 yearlinghensandlcock- 
ercl (of 314-egg stock) for 810. 
E. CLAUDE JONES, - Craryville, N. Y. 
Single Comb White Leghorns tolTg-gi 
at the North American Contest of 1916-17. Cockerels 
and pullets for sale. M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nutley, N J. 
T hp Pnilltrv Farm MANAGED UNDER THE CORNELL 
lie ruuiiry rdrm methods over ten years. 
BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS 
from our heavy-laying strain. S. C. \V H I T E 
LEGHORNS. Place your order at once. Wo 
guarantee safe arrival of liaby chicks. 
Stonywold Poultry Farm, Geneseo, N. Y. 
150 s. C. While Leghorn Pullets 
$1 each. PATTERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, N.Y. 
, and a few 
^7 R aTn S. G. W. Leghorn Cockerels ye a ,■ 11 «g 
hens for Side. Satisfaction (luarantccd. J. M. CASE. Gilboa.N.v: 
WhilfiFmHpnRpfitiP ganders for sale. 
n IIIlD ClllUcn UcoSe Buy your b r e o d i iig stock now. 
MAPLE COVE POULTRY YARDS, - K. 2. Athk.n.s, Pa. 
For Sale—TilR K F YS “'“i Gobbicr« from 
1 ir Smi , I n ^ bronze Gobbler and 
lialf Wild liens. Prices Hcasonable. E. A. PUSH. Oxford, Fi. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkey. fS.SSrb'ffS 
stoc k . 'ronis.SB: H ens.SS. WM.W. KETCH. Cohocton,N.Y. 
Mammoth BronzeTurkeys 
TurkeVS ••F.^SE at special Prices during fall 
J months. Write your wants. Also cavies ami 
hares. H. A. Souder, Box 29. Sellersville, Pa. 
Milton D, Bttckley 
Stroftburg, Ylrgtnta 
Bourbon-RedTurkeysforSale 
Pure Bred White Holland Turkeys &an,nV.w yokk 
COfikBrels Varebredwhite Leg;horns. 
, 7 ,7 Extraordinary good quality, vigor 
and vitolity. Only a few, L. C. HELFER, Minoa, N. Y. 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds Kr'line F™iio^i®"^l 
to 85. Mrs. J.R.Fox, R.F. 0. No. 2, Linesvllle, Pa. 
COCKS Aiy/D COCKERELS 
R. i. REDS. BARRED ROCKS and WHITE ROCKS. A grand lot 
of birds that will certainly please you. Prices mod¬ 
erate. RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs. Pa. 
P rize Winning S. O. ANCONA Cockerels, $1..50; pul¬ 
lets, 12; yearlings, t2. E. P. SHELMIIIINI^ Lorraine, .N.Y. 
)nTZE WINNING PIGEON S—Homers, Knntu, Car* 
neaux, •ioo iier pair. E. p. SHELMIMNC. Lorraine. M. Y. 
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