RURAL. NEW'YORKER 
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EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to inany questions about this egg- 
laying contest, tlie following facts are given: 
It is lieUl at Storrs post oftice in connection 
wltli the Connecticut Agricultural College. The 
contest begins Novoinber 1st. There are 10 
pullets in each pen. All the birds ’■'•ceive uni¬ 
form treatment. 'J'he houses are ... "iUe. and 
the feed is the same for all. Tlie 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 tlie first of last November. The 
contest will end November 1st, at which time 
these liirds will be removed, and another set of 
liullets entered for the next year. 
llecord at Storrs, Conn., for week ending 
Ju y 2 ,1918 
BARRED ROCKS Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 
Harry U. Ober, N. J.. . 
Richard Allen. Mass. 
Jnles F. Francals. L I.. 
Tom J. Adamson. Canada. 
Fairflelds Poultry Farms. N. 11. 
Norfolk Specialty Farm. Ontario. 
Rodman SchalT. N. H. 
Rock Rose Farm. N. V. 
John C. Philips. Mass. 
Joseph M. Rotlisclii d. N. Y. 
Ingleside Farm.N, Y. 
Agricultural College. Oregon. 
WHITE ROCKS 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 
Uolliston Hill Poultry Farm, Alass_ 
8. Bradford Allyn, Alass. 
Manomet Farm, Mass. 
BUFF ROCKS 
37 
1131 
27 
1U06 
3.5 
13.52 
51 
1460 
43 
i:j74 
45 
1116 
26 
889 
26 
1078 
33 
1293 
25 
1135 
32 
1265 
49 
1312 
52 
1178 
48 
960 
27 
970 
38 
1081 
29 
899 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Merrythought Farm.Conn. 
Obed O. Knight. R. 1. 
Brayman Farm. N. H. 
Beulah Farm. Ontario. 
Vine Hill Farm. Alass. . 
Mrs R. W. Stevens. N. Y... 
Woodland Poultry Yard. Pa.. 
F. VV. Harris. N Y... 
Laurel Hill Farm. U. 1. 
J. Frank Dubois, Alass. 
21 830 
39 1109 
•14 1.^28 
37 1323 
:t3 1213 
2.i 071 
43 1248 
34 !)89 
31 1307 
48 1208 
21 1202 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Fred Roekwood. N. 11. 
Cook & Porter. Mass. 
J. J. Dausro. Vt. 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Alass. 
H. P. Cloyes, Conn. 
H. R. Sullivan, Conn. 
34 
994 
50 
1261 
25 
860 
2.5 
1033 
41 
1301 
39 
1059 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
Chas. H. Lane, Alass. 
Flintstone Farm, Alass. 
Homer P. Deming. Conn. 
Charles O. Polhemus, N. Y. 
Pequot Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Springdale Poultry Farm. Conn. 
Natick Farm, 11. 1. 
Pinecrest Orchards. Alass. 
Richard Allen, Al.ass. 
A. W. Rumery. N H. 
Archie R. Colburn. N. 11. 
Allan’s Hardtobeat Reds, K. 1. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm.N. H. 
VV. Mansfield Poultry Farm, Alass. 
Jacol) K. Jansen, Conn... 
Etjon Poultry Farm, N.J..... 
14 712 I 
32 1194 
27 8.')2 
33 912 
30 1007 
3.5 1139 
37 1049 
20 0.59 
30 1280 
49 1438 
40 1089 
34 90.5 
28 1190 
4.5 1144 
23 1010 
38 1120 
34 1013 
BUTTERCUPS 
Hiddonhurst Buttercup Yds.. N. Y. 39 836 
OREGONS 
Agricultural College, Corvallis,Ore.... 00 1546 
ORLOFFS 
W. H. Bassett, Cheshire. Conn. 
WHITE ORPINGTONS 
Harry Paxton. N Y. 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
B. D. Bird, Conn. 
Blue Andalusian Cl n b of Ameri<-a.N. Y. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Braeside Poultry Farm. I’.-i. 
J. O. LeFevre. N. Y. 
Hermon 15. White. N .1. 
Wm. L. Gilbert Home,Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln. Conn. 
P. G Platt, Pa. 
Greendale Farms. N. Y. 
Dautrieh Bros.,Conn. 
B. 8. 1511s, N. J..-. 
Hollywood Fariif, W.-isli. 
Will Barron, England. 
Tom Barron, England. 
Aliss N. II. Bell, England. 
Bushkill Poultry F;irm. I’a. 
A. P. Robinson. N. \ . 
Eglantine Farm, Aid. 
Bay vilie Farms, N. J. 
Alargareta Poultry Farm. Ohio. 
Loveil Gordon, N. Y. 
FI A. Billiard. I’a. 
W. 15. Atkin.son. Conn. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards. Conn. 
J Frank Dubois, Alass. 
Clilford I. Stoddard. CoiiJi. 
George Phillips. Conn. 
J. F. Crowley, Aliiss. 
AI. T. Lindsay. N. Y. 
H E. Gates, Conn. 
Oak Hill Estate. Pa. 
Royal Farms, Inc.. Conn. 
.las. F. Harrington. N. ,1. 
W. E. Robinson. HI. 
Wiinlsweep Farm, Conn . 
Prescott’s Poultry Place. Conn. 
W. J. Cocking, N..I. 
Al. J. Quaokenbush. .N. .1. 
Fredonia Farm, Conn. 
Hillview ICarm, Alo. ... 
Conyers Farm, Conn. 
Frances U. Alersereau. Conn . 
Lakewood Leghorn Fiirm. N. .1. 
Henry E. Heine, N. J. 
40 
1051 
1 
21 
970 1 
34 
11.56 
30 
967 
41 
11.57 
.52 
1405 
50 
1434 
2.5 
1(164 
23 
837 
46 
1166 
;i6 
997 
.50 
1213 
52 
1164 
iH 
1272 
57 
1407 
.53 
1149 
54 
1221 
49 
1270 
38 
1096 
31 
1275 
35 
1109 
35 
1219 
36 
11'26 
44 
1040 
51) 
116,8 
36 
1293 
38 
1189 
52 
1265 
38 
1170 
40 
1285 
26 
996 
48 
1126 
44 
1042 
58 
1374 
37 
1005 
47 
997 
40 
1088 
44 
1082 
34 
1004 
32 
1019 
30 
1'267 
40 
932 
39 
1089 
42 
1113 
20 
962 
.56 
1171 
41 
1149 
Total 
3794 112376 
Corn Ration for Chickens 
Will you toll mo how to food olnckons 
with the following? I have corn and 
cracked corn, taiikiige, jilenty of .sour .uid 
sweet milk, and a big range to get green 
stuff. Can you have good chickens on the 
above rations, as I cannot inirchase feed 
at present? airs. u. w. c. 
Virginia. 
Fowls upon free range and supplied 
with skim-milk, sour or sweet, in amph’ 
(pmntity, should do very well indeed njxui 
corn as a grain ration. They may not hi’ 
!ihl(‘ to fully balance thi’ir ration with 
wlmt frosh moat they can find in addition 
to the skim-milk, but, as the latter con¬ 
tains proti’iu that the corn lacks, the 
whole diet .should not come far from a fair 
balance for egg production, and they 
should certainly grow well upon it. I do 
not know whether the tankage yon have 
is suitable for fowls or not. It is v'ery 
similar, of course, to the meat scrap givi’ii 
to iioultiy, but I cannot say whether its 
(piality fits it for poultry food. Ai. b. d. 
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BARRED ■ PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
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