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I EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is held at Storrs post ofDce in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins November 1st.. There are 10 
pullets in each pen. All the birds ’•eceive uni¬ 
form treatment. The houses are all alike, and 
the feed is the same for all. The contest con- 
tinncs 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 iaid 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., for week ending 
May 1.'. IfilS: 
BARRED ROCKS Week Total 
Merritt M.Clark. Conn. 40 Tk.l 
Hairy H. Ober. N J. 47 70-') 
Richard Allen. Mass. Cl 1)97 
Jules F. Francals, I. I. •'il 107:i 
Tom .1. Adtirason. Canada. .Ml 102(1 
Fairtlelds I’oultry Farms. N. 11. 40 809 
''?"‘'olk Specialty •'•jir;!' Ontario. 21 614 
Rodman SchalT. N. H. 28 8.27 
Rock Rose Farm. N. V. .20. 977 
John C. Philips, Mass. 44 82H 
Joseph M. Rothschild. N. Y. fo 982 
Ingleside Farm.N. Y. 60 909 
Agricultural College. Oregon. 62 794 
WHITE ROCKS 
Albert T. Tjensen. Mass. .IG .490 
llolliston Uill Poultry I arm. Mass .. 42 729 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 4, 718 
Manomet Farm. Mass. 42 005 
BUFF ROCKS 
A. A. Uall, Conn. 33 614 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Merrythought Farm.Conn. 
Obed G. Knight, K. 1. 
Brayman Farm. N. H. 
Beulah Farm, Ontario. 
Vine Hill Farm, Mass.. 
Mrs R. W. Stevens, N. Y. 
Woodland Poultry Yard, Pa. 
F VV. Harris, N. Y. 
Laurel Hill i'aim. R. I. 
J. Frank Dubois, Mass. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Fred Rock wood, N. U. 
Cook & Porter. Mass.. 
J. J. Dansro, Vt. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Mass. 
H. P. Cloyes, t:onn. 
H. K. Sullivan. Conn. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 42 .'RI 
Chas. H. Lane, Mass. 41 916 
Flintstone Farm. Mass. 11 .'>69 
Homer P, Deniing, Conn. 21 622 
Charles O. Polhemu.s, N. Y. 60 057 
Pequot Poultry Farm, Conn. 46 826 
Springdale Poultry Farm. Conn. .'>2 748 
Natick Farm, R. 1. 28 442 
Pinecrest Orchards, Mass. 61 952 
Richard Allen, Mass. 42 108.5 
A. W. Uumery. N. H. 55 742 
Archie B. Colburn, N. H. 49 .562 
Allan’s Hardtobeat Reds, R. 1. .52 900 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm. N. H. 42 847 
VV. Mansfield Poultry Farm. Mass. 41 724 
Jacob E. Jansen. Conn. 4.5 847 
Etjon Poultry Farm, K. J. 50 707 
BUTTERCUPS 
Hlddenburst Buttercup Yds.. N. Y . 47 49.5 
OREGONS 
Agricultural College. Corvallis.Ore.... 62 1078 
ORLOFFS 
W. H. Bassett, Cheshire. Conn. .53 721 
WHITE ORPINGTONS 
Harry Paxton. N. Y. 47 7.58 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
B. D. Bi I ll. Conn. .50 803 
Blue AndaluslanCInb of America.N.Y. 48 673 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. B. Hall, Conn. .53 784 
Braeside Poultry Farm, Pa. .52 977 
J. O. LeFevre. N. Y. 46 1011 
Hermon K. White. N J. 45 740 
Will. L. Gilbert Home,Conn. 46 .561 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 52 784 
P. G Platt, Pa. 48 643 
Greendale Farms, N. Y. .58 857 
Dautrich Bros.,Conn. 55 757 
B. S. Ells, N. J. r> 880 
Hollywood Farm. Wash. 55 961 
' W'ill Barron, England. 58 762 
Tom Barron. England. 6l 793 
Miss N. H. Bell, England. 53 861 
Bushki 11 Poultry Fa rm. Pa. 54 770 
A. P. Robinson. N. Y’. 69 1011 
Eglantine Farm, Md. 51 818 
Bay ville Farms. N. J. 53 870 
Margareta Poultry Farm. Ohio. 48 805 
Lovell Gordon, N.Y. . 47 658 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. .52 7-22 
W. E. Atkinson. Conn. 54 903 
HilltopPoultry Yards.Conn. 63 845 
J Frank Dubois. Mass. 43 894 
Clitlord I. Stoddard. Conn. 57 817 
George Phillips. Conn. .. 61 898 
J. F. Crowley, Mass. 47 645 
M. T. IJndsay. N.Y. 49 706 
H. E. Gates. Conn. 51 648 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa.1... ,54 937 
Royal Farms, Inc.. Conn. 43 665 
Jas. F. Harrington. N. J.. .55 618 
VV. FI. Robinson. Ill. .. 45 696 
Windsweep Farm. Conn . 55 706 
Prescott's Poultry Place, Conn. 43 693 
VV.J Cocking. N.J; . ,59 642 
M. J. Ouackenbusli. N. J. 54 886 
Fredonia Farm, Conn. 50 602 
llillview Farm. Mo. 58 738 
, Conyers Farm. Conn. 58 706 
1 Frances H, Mersereau. Conn. 46 723 
j Lakewo )d Leghorn Farm. N.J. .5,> 743 
I Henry E Ile.iie. N.J. .58 724 
Total. 4867 79018 
Breeding Geese 
Is it necessary to keep each family of 
geese separate through breeding season, <>r 
can the geese and ganders run together? 
Can goose eggs be successfully hatched ia 
incubators? When goose eggs are hatched 
under hens would you advise dipping the 
eggs ill warm water on the 25th day? 
New York. E. B. A. 
It is better to separate the groups of 
geese during the breeding season. If you 
are particular about keeping strains, or 
breeds, pure it is absolutely necessai’y. 
Goose eggs can be batched in an incu¬ 
bator, but I would not advi.se it unless 
one is very familiar with both goose eggs 
and incubators. They are more difficult 
to handle than hen’s eggs. I would advise 
dipping goose eggs in warm water a few 
days before hatching if they are under a 
hen. w. H. II. 
26 757 
31 989 
40 635 
46 775 
60 921 
57 1154 
55 973 
47 947 
20 523 
54 904 
38 695 
45 956 
55 904 
40 961 
June 1, 191S 
Artificial Light for Laying Hens 
Mr. Dean’s article on page 513 prompts 
me to tell how we in Western Washington 
extend daylight to laying hens. Electric 
lights, gasoline lanterns, and common 
barn lanterns are used. Electric light.s 
are used wherever available, both for 
lights and brooding chicks. The man who 
is keeping chickens at a profit is the man 
who lengthens the short, dark days. The 
lighting of laying houses is not looked 
upon as an experiment in this section, 
even with as .small a flock as 200 pullets 
or laying hens. Poultry keepers would no 
more think of giving up the use of lights 
than a dairy farmer would think of giv¬ 
ing up a .silo. 
The Northwest egg-laying contest pens 
at Pullman, Wash., were lighted night and 
morning to lengthen the short, dark days. 
At the Western Washington Experiment 
Station, at Puyallup, it was proven that 
pullets managed under the lighting system 
maintained a daily average of 65 per cent 
during last year of November and De¬ 
cember. 
Pullet eggs are not used for breeding, 
neither are hens tlmt have been forced to 
lay during the Winter months. A pullet 
must prove her worth before she is used 
as a breeder. Non-layers are culled either 
by the Ilogau system or trap-nest. Breed¬ 
ers for the early and Spring hatches are 
kept in an unlighted house on our place, 
and they are not forced in any way. The 
result is good, strong chicks and hatch- 
able eggs from hens that have a record 
for Winter laying. 
We follow the system laid down by the 
experiment station at Puyallup, and have 
done so for three years, and we make 
mone.v with chickens even at the high cost 
of feed. The schedule is thus with open- 
front muslin curtain houses: 
5.30 A. M.—Idght gasoline lantern or 
electric lights; sprouted oats fed and 
droppings boards cleaned: milk and water 
put ill fresh every day; lights out at 
daylight. 
3 30 P. M.—iMixed grain fed in deep 
litter: water changed. 
4.30 P. M.—Wet mash is fed in a 
trough, not too wet, just crumbly; lantern 
lighted as needed. 
7.00 P. M.—Kale is fed. either run 
through a clover cutter or hung up in 
reach. 
8.30 P. M.—Lights are dimmed so they 
can .see the way to perches. 
8.45 P. M.—All are tucked in; lights 
out. Coar.se bran. grit, shell and charcoal 
is before them in hoppers all day. 
Litter is changed every week or ten 
days, it being a damp climate here. The 
breeders have range when the weather 
permits, but on some up-to-date poultry 
farms laying hens or pullets have the run 
of the yards only on mild days. L. D. B. 
Washington. 
Weak Hens 
Could you advise what to do for hens. 
White Leghorns, which seem weak iu 
limbs and combs turn dark? They will 
lie on their sides or crawl about for about 
a week, then die. When dead they turn 
black. We fed last Winter sweet skim- 
milk, some meat scraps, oats, vvheat and 
corn. They laid well all Winter. We 
feed now just oats and wheat as they 
have a large run for insects. They have 
fresh water and oyster shells all the 
time. E. A. P. 
New York. 
I cannot tc'll from thc.se symptoms 
what the cause of the trouble is. The 
weakness of the legs is an evidence of 
general weakness; the turning dark of 
the comb is a result of failing circulation 
which might have its cause iu any one of 
several diseases. There is nothing that 
can he done for the individuals when they 
reach this stage iu debility and it is diffi¬ 
cult, if not impossible, to diagnose most 
ailments iu their early stages. General 
good care of the dock with healthful con¬ 
ditions of living must suffice for treat¬ 
ment with most poultrymeu and the oc¬ 
casional losses by disease should be taken 
as an incident of the business. If there 
is no evidence of conTmuuicable or epi¬ 
demic disease present, there is little to 
do but remove any ailing fowls and bury 
their carcasse.s whore they cannot con¬ 
taminate others. M. B. D. 
Chicks with Sore Eyes 
Whiit causes little chicks to be unahle 
to open their eyes? I luive a hatch three 
weeks old. This evening I noticed that 
one had both eyes .shut and seemed un¬ 
able to open them. I examined it hut 
could see no cause. There is no swelling 
around the eyes, no marks of being 
pecked and no signs of cold. A friend 
has .several in that condition. With his 
there is a yellow matter between the 
lids that seems to gum them together. 
But he noticed something the matter 
with his several days ago. G. F. s. 
Connecticut. 
I know of no condition causing in¬ 
ability to open the eyes except a catar¬ 
rhal inflammation which usually manifests 
itself by a watery ai)p(‘arauce or a more 
or less copious discharge. I pia'sume that 
this discharge will develoj) later in those 
chicks that do not now seem to have it. 
Such chicks should be removed from the 
flock and kept in clean quarters where 
they will be protected froi i cold winds 
and from cold and dampness ; they should 
also have their own utensils to guard 
against possible spread of contagion to 
others. 'M. B. D. 
