25 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Vineland, N. J. 
The Vinelaiifl. X. .T.. egg-laying contest 
is now in its second year. The same hens 
Avhich were reported last year are being 
tested for their two-year-old form. Below 
is given the record of the full pullet year, 
the record for the current week ending 
December 10. and the full record for this 
year. 1 >o not confuse these records with 
the Connecticut figures, for that is a pul¬ 
let contest. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Istyr. Wcrk Total 
Garret W. Buck, X. .J. 
19.7G 
8 
62 
Tlioin.-ie Henry, Pa. 
1.548 
10 
121 
Otto C. Luhrs. N. .). 
1474 
8 
41 
0. N. Myers, Pa. 
1689 
14 
130 
1443 
12 
119 
Overlook Farm, N..T. 
1199 
12 
132 
George 0. Ward, Me. 
1459 
12 
108 
Woodside Farm, R. 1. .... 
1867 
10 
t>5 
■WHITE PLYMOUTH 
ROCKS 
Chester P. Dodge, Mass. 
1635 
1 
49 
Holliston Hill Poul. Fin..Mass. 
1985 
2 
50 
Edward E. Murray, N. Y. 
1573 
2 
11 
Victor S. Reichenbach, Pa. 
1038 
0 
0 
Overlook Farm, N. .1. 
1662 
13 
83 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm N. .1.. 
1214 
3 
Hi 
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Deptford Poultry Farm, X. •!.. 
1447 
0 
47 
1.302 
18 
1.52 
,1. M. Jones, X. J. 
18.54 
13 
103 
■WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Tliomas Coates, K.V. 
1445 
12 
105 
A. H. Faulkner, N.J. 
1412 
12 
110 
Tliomas Henry, Fa. 
1322 
28 
154 
ij.-iblewood Poultry Panii, N, J. 
1.598 
14 
1.'>1 
I.usscroft Farm, N. J. 
1761 
13 
69 
E. 0. Moore, N..1. 
1485 
5 
<1 
T. 11. JIatteson & Sou. 1!. 1. 
1410 
8 
15 
Sunuybrook Farm, N. J. 
1460 
18 
151 
H. S. Tuthill, N. J. 
1721 
25 
196 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES 
Lake Farm. R. T. 
1.513 
11 
144 
Sunuybrook Farm, N.J . 
1483 
4 
.50 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, N. J. 
12.53 
u 
UT 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Clark aud Howland. Vt. 
1.591 
3 
64 
W. P. Laing. N- J. 
897 
") 
51 
Mrs 0. B. Elliott, N.J. 
1279 
s 
81 
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. .1... 
1.522 
8 
68 
H. W, Collingwood, N. .1. 
1425 
9 
uo 
Thomas W. Dawson, Pa. 
1410 
u 
01 
Etjon Poultry Farm, N. J. 
1479 
3 
36 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1522 
8 
87 
Miss A. S. Mncintosli, N. J. 
KOa 
11 
124 
Uuderliill Bros,. N.J. 
1966 
20 
15') 
Woodland Poultry Yard, P;i- 
1082 
11 
98 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
1937 
0 
4 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 
1843 
21 
154 
Will Barron, England. 
20,53 
9 
58 
Helle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J.. 
1425 
0 
8 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 
1698 
.’) 
69 
t'loverlawn Farm, N.J. 
1734 
4 
34 
W. J. Cocking, N.J. 
1674 
3 
29 
Jos. H. Cohen, N. J. 
1730 
6 
62 
J. S. Cray & Son, N. J. 
1649 
5 
67 
Clias. Daval, Jr., N. J. 
1728 
0 
68 
Ij. S. &N. L. Depne, N..I. 
1714 
0 
18 
H. F. & K. A. Earle, N.J. 
1595 
0 
0 
Harry G. Gardiner, N.J. 
1772 
6 
56 
1772 
6 
47 
Weils S. Hastings, Conn. 
1742 
8 
.34 
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 
Hi 11 top PouItry Yards, Conn- 
1774 
7 
43 
Hillview Farm, Mo.■. 
1436 
11 
2!) 
Holliston Hill Poul. Fm., Mass, 
2114 
8 
58 
Piiiebeach Poultry Farm, N. J.. 
1412 
0 
0 
James F. Harrington, N.J. 
1719 
15 
128 
John H. Lauder, N.J. 
1851 
9 
1 1 
Lavwell Poultry Farm, Conn... 
1867 
3 
5 
l''red J. Mathews, N- J. 
i'lao 
7 
77 
Mercer Poultry Farm. N. J. 
1612 
10 
16 
.Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
1673 
3 
11 
Jl. H. -Myers, N. J —. 
1843 
0 
1 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. .1. 
18,51 
3 
37 
Oak Hill Estate. I’a. 
1635 
0 
41 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1117 
15 
106 
Oakland Farm, N J . 
1655 
0 
0 
Miss Anna C. Parry. J’;i. 
1520 
0 
14 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
2173 
0 
44 
liiverside Egg Farm, N. Y. 
1815 
0 
19 
.loseph 11. llalston. N.J . 
1614 
1 
48 
Khadowbrook Farm. < 'onn. 
1620 
3 
10 
Sloan’s Egg Farm, N. .1. 
llifiH 
3 
18 
Pinehurst Poultry Farm. Pa- 
1S84 
7 
27 
Herman F. Sonder, N.J. 
1802 
27 
A, E. Spear. N. J. 
1716 
0 
36 
Snnny brook Farm, N.J . 
1.3.5,3 
0 
0 
Tenacre Poultry Farm, N. .1 — 
1312 
0 
36 
Tom's Poultry Farm. N. J. 
1702 
4 
43 
'J'raining School, N.J. 
1.5.35 
39 
.1. Percy Van Z:in<it. N. J. 
2212 
0 
10 
.Shurts and Voegtlen. N.J . 
2115 
11 
28 
1883 
1 
33 
White House Ponitry I'm., N. J. 
1489 
4 
r46 
W. K. Wixson, Pa. 
1959 
:i 
92 
Willanna Farm, .N.J. 
1915 
0 
0 
Woodland Farms, N.J. 
1896 
7 
05 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
II. G. Richardson, N.J. 
1448 
4 
28 
Homy Singer. N. J.. . 
11.37 
3 
7 
Moniuouth Farms, K. J. 
1407 
4 
22 
S. C. BLACK LEGHORNS 
E. Hampton. N.J. 
1746 
4 
62 
Fred 0. Nixon, N. J. 
17.58 
0 
5 
.Sunny Acres, N.J. 
1754 
0 
0 
Totals. 
161875 
620 
5044 
Shipping Month-old Chick 
s 
AA’lmt is the best ptiekage for shipping 
chicks four to six weeks old? This is 
an unusual age for shiitping, but now and 
tlien there is ii denmnd and tht'y must be 
handled ditferently from either btiby 
chicks or pullet size. J. s. 
As to trjuisporting four to six weeks 
old chicks we havtt ttlwiiys used common 
board boxes made of Imlf-inch stull, and 
large enough to hold tibout 50 birds, with 
a partition in tin; cimter dividing them 
into two lots. .\ir is .admitted through a 
wire-cover»‘d jianel :it the sitle. This 
panel is set on tin tingbi so as to make the 
bottom of the box larger than the top. A 
feed trough rests directly underneath this 
wire .screen .so the chicks can see to come 
to the light to eat. If necessary, a cloth 
is fastened to the top of the box, so it 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
bags down on the chicks and keeps them 
warm. Chicks cooped in this manner 
should travel safely at least 24 hours. I 
have tried selling four to eight weeks old 
inillets. and find that as a rule cu.stomers 
are unwilling to pay a fair price for 
chicks of this size. It must be taken into 
consideration that a large part of the 
painstaking and expensive equipment en¬ 
ters into the cost of a chick up to this 
age. and unless a charge is made for this 
service which brings the price of the 
chicks up above the expectations of the 
average purchaser, there is no chanci' for 
profit in the business. C. s. gheexe. 
More About Poultry Feeding 
In the list of rations for egg production 
computed in yolks and whites, instead of 
carbohydrates and protein, page IdTl, 
wheat was one of the essential elements. 
But the world’s shortage of wheat, and 
the need of it for human food, makes it 
inadvisable to use as a poultry food. As 
all the wheat sent abroad now is sent as 
flour, to save shipping space, we have 
abundant wheat bran and middlings to 
use. The following is a balanced ration 
with whole wheat left out, computed in 
yolks and whites : 
Wltolo (Jr.-tin-— 
I.fis. 
Yolks 
AV'liites 
(’oni . 
Miish— 
. 2(10 
."10 
2(5S 
Mifldliiig.-s .... 
20 
11 
-14 
liran . 
•20 
:n 
41 
Oats . 
20 
:;!» 
.’,1 
(’oriiiiK'al .... 
20 
."2 
2S 
Meat scraps.. 
2(> 
27 
2SS 
:!()(*> 
TOO 
700 
To the above 
.‘J(l(> Ifis. of iiiaslt there 
sltotifil fie addetl 
tifioiit 
IM. Ifis. 
of salt. 
aud i> Ifis. of fioneineal, 
if ofitaiiiafile. 
The best way 
to feed 
grains in 
Winter 
is to feed a little at a time, in deep litter, 
three or four times a day, so as to keep 
the hens off the roost as much as possible. 
The mash can. be f<‘d dry and left whore 
the hens can hel|) themselves, or fed 
moistened as a noon feed. The last feed 
of cracked corn at night should be abun¬ 
dant, so the hens can go to roost with full 
eroiis, and have fuel enough to put under 
the boiler to keep up steam during the 
long Winter night. 
Variety stimulates appetite, and a keen 
appetite is necessary if a hen is going to 
liroduce many eggs. Therefore I append 
a table of the yolks and whites in a hun¬ 
dred pounds of the following commodi¬ 
fies. With this table anyone can com- 
])ound a balanced ration that will include 
sufficient variety to be appetizing for the 
fowls. It must be understood that abun¬ 
dance of oy.ster shell and grit must be 
lirovided for shell material, in addition 
to the list below. Coarsely ground char¬ 
coal and crushed coal cinder.s will be 
eat<‘n with relish. A hundred pounds 
will yield 
Yolks 
MTliitos 
Corn . 
. 255 
1.3-1 
l\alfir corn. 
. 254 
125 
Wheat . 
. 24.‘5 
182 
(’ow pea.8. 
.305 
Harley . 
. 2().‘{ 
145 
Buckwheat . 
. 17S 
128 
Siinllower set'd. 
. 2:t:? 
200 
AVheat bran. 
. 155 
205 
Middlings . 
. 205 
212 
(’ornnieal . 
. •2()0 
133 
(Jronnd oats. 
1.55 
Blood ine.-il. 
__ 2:10 
4.’50 
Alfalfa nie;il. 
. r.v.] 
205 
(). IL oiliiK'al. 
. 100 
5tM) 
Cotton.soed nie.-il... 
. 14,S 
020 
;Meat Hoods 
Beef .seraIIS. 
. K’O 
1.107 
Fish scraps. 
. ST 
800 
Dried blood. 
. 1!) 
. S71 
Fresh cut hoiu'. ... 
. 100 
.• 5:50 
MMiole milk. 
. 44 
()0 
Skiin-niilk . 
52 
Buttermilk . 
•)*> 
(Jreen l-'oods 
Alfalfa . 
. 40 
07 
Clovt'f. 
. 54 
48 
(’orn fodder. 
. 42 
10 
Cabbage . 
11 
Bape. 
11 
.\pples . 
. 02 
12 
.Mangel fiee(s. 
. 10 
18 
()nions . 
. 11 
25 
Hotatoi's . 
. ;>;> 
15 
Tiirniits. 
. 20 
10 
Pumpkins . 
»)•) 
2:1 
('orn siiagi'. 
. 42 
15 
In the above table all fractions, or 
decimals, are omitted ; it is not intendr<l 
to be exact, but nearly so; enough for 
jn-actical use. geo. a. cosguove. 
Poultry Offal for Hens 
I have a green bone cutter, and can get 
the offal from a poultry dressing .sho)), 
such as the feet, heads and other jiarts 
that are di.scarded. Would it be advisable 
fo use in place of fi'esh ground green 
bone? c. E. At. 
West Virginia. 
While then' is, no doubt, considerable 
digestible protein, carbohydrates and fat 
in the offal from a poultry-dres.sing shoi), 
I would never tliiiik of feeding it to poul¬ 
try in the jilace of green-cut bone. When 
you consider the chances for carrying dis- 
ea.se germs in thi.s offal from dressing 
chickens it is a risky proposition to feeil 
it to poultry of any kind, unless it is thor¬ 
oughly cooked, and it is a ijuestion if this 
would pay for the trouble. c. s. G. 
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Barron Leghorns 
Cockerels, $3, $4, $S 
PediKl-eu-s 227 278 
Choice Pullets, $ 1.50—$2 
Layinir or ready to lay. 
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PLAINVILLE, CONN. 
1OO Barron Cockerels » 3 ®‘Va 
WHITE POULTRY FARM, 
83 
Cairo, N.Y. 
Barron’s White Wyandottes 
inales dams, 272 to 28:i-egg records; hens with 2.').5 to 
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