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EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many (jnestions about this egg- 
Jiiying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is Lehr at Storrs post office in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricnllural College. The 
contest begins November 1. There are 10 pul¬ 
lets in each pen. All the birds receive uniform 
treatment. The houses are all alike, a:id the 
feed is the same for all. The contest continues 
for one year. The weekly records cover the tium- 
ber of "eggs laid for each i)cn in the current 
week, and also the total number of eggs laid 
since the first of last November. The contest 
will end November 1, at which time these bi;-ds 
will Ik* removed, and another set of pullets en¬ 
tered for the next yer.r. 
Kecord at Storrs. Conn., for week e:uli:ig 
Julv 111, 1018: 
BAP.KED ROCKS Week Total 
Merrill M (llai k C iii . 4(1 1209 
Harry II. Uuer, N .1 . Ki 104? 
Richard Allen. Ma .s. ill 144:1 
Jules F. Francais, 1< 1. 81 I'hl-i 
Tom J. Adamson. Canada. 41 ]4(i(i 
Fairtields Poultry Farms. N.ll . 22 117.? 
Norfolk Specialty Farm. Ontario. 31 P.?7 
Rodman Schatl. N. U. 32 1142 
Rock Rose Farm. N. Y . 29 13(10 
John C. Philips. Mass. ]•? 1169 
Joseph M. Rothschi d, N. Y. 31 1330 
1 ngleside Fann. N. Y. 49 140.3 
Agricultural College. Oregon. 32 12.!)6 
WHITE ROCKS 
Albert T. Renzen. Mass. 31 1031 
llolliston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass .. 21 1011 
H. Bradford Allyn. Mass.. 41 1157 
Manomet Farm. JIass..'.. 30 902 
BUFF ROCKS 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 25 837 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Merrythought Farm.Conn. 41 1189 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. 39 1618 
Bray man Farm. N. U. 43 1397 
Beulah Farm, Ontario. 30 1 278 
Vine Hill Farm, Mass. 27 726 
M rs R. W. Stevens. N. T. 44 1334 
Woodland I’oultry Yard. Pa. 23 1043 
F W. Harris, N. Y. 35 1384 
I. .aurel Hill Fa m. R. 1. 37 13.50 
J. Frank Dubois, Mass. 31 1261 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Fred Rockwood. N. H. 27 10.57 
Cook & Porter. Mass. 20 1323 
J J. Dansro, Vt. 13 899 
Dr. N. W. Sanborn. Mass. 22 1071 
H. P. Cloyes. Conn. 41 1373 
H. R. Sullivan, Conn. 21 1117 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Conyers Farm Conn. 8 760 
Chas. 11. Lan Mass. 29 12.57 
Flintstoue Farm. Mass. 35 918 
Homer P. Deming, Conn. 32 978 
Charles O. Polhemus, N. Y. 31 1072 
Pequot Poultry B'arm, Conn. 30 1229 
Springdale Poultry Farm. Conn. 36 1119 
Natick Farm. R. 1. 40 716 
Pinecrest Orchards. Mass. .53 1364 
Richard Allen, Mass.v. 34 1.507 
A. W. Rumery. N. H. 37 1176 
Archie R. Colburn. N. H. 25 964 
Allan’s Hardtobeat Reds, R. 1. 25 1234 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. II. 30 1218 
W. Mansfield Poultry Farm, Mass. 38 1071 
Jacob K. Jansen.Conn. 33 1188 
Btjon Poultry Farm, N.J. 27 1067 
BUTTERCUPS 
Uiddenhursl Buttercup Yds., N. Y. 44 922 
OREGONS 
Agricultural College, Corvallls,Ore.... 53 1658 
ORLOFFS 
\V. U. Bassett. Cheshire. Conn. 29 1118 
WHITE ORPINGTONS 
Harry Paxton. N. V. 32 1033 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
K D. Bird, Conn. 34 1228 
Blue Andalusian Club of America,N. 5’. 23 1015 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. B. Hall. Conn. 39 1230 
Braesido Poultry Farm, Pa. 53 1.505 
J. O. LeFevre. N. Y. 37 1511 
Hermon K. White. N J. 36 1134 
Wm. L. Gilbert Home,Conn. 14 869 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 47 1263 
P. G Platt, Pa. 44 1080 
Greendale B’arms, N. Y. .52 1317 
Dautrich Bros.,Conn. 45 1262 
B. 8. KTls, N. J. 46 1364 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 49 1513 
Will Barron, England. .52 1253 
Tom Barron. Kugland. 50 1324 
MissN. H. Bell, England. .54 1.379 
Bushkill Poultry F..rm, Pa. 35 1169 
A. P. Robinson. N. Y. 54 1370 
Eglantine Farm, Md. 34 1177 
Bayville Farms, N. J. 37 1289 
Margareta Poultry Farm, Ghij. 21 1169 
Lovell Gordon, N. Y.!. 43 1122 
E A. Ballard, Pa. ,52 1273 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 34 1.358 
Hilltop Poultry Yards. Conn. 30 1251 
J Frank Dubois, Mass. 4l 1349 
Clifford I. Stoddard. Conn. 38 1246 
George Phillips, Conn. 42 13,57 
J. F. Crowley, Mass. 22 10.37 
M. T. Lindsay. N. Y’. 44 1224 
11. E. Gates, Conn. 47 1133 
Oak Hill Estate. Pa. 47 1470 
Royal Farms. Inc.. Conn. 42 1082 
Jas. F. Harrington, N. J. 41 1091 
W. E. Robinson. Ill. 49 1177 
Windsweep Farm. Conn . 35 11,56 
Prescott’s Poultry Place. Conn. 26 1162 
W. J. Cocking. N.J. 24 1060 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 35 13.36 
Fredonia F'arm, Conn. 44 1 Il7 
Hillview Farm, ,Mo. 39 1165 
Conyers Farm. Conn. 42 1193 
Frances H Mersereau. Conn. 31 1030 
Lakewoiid Legliorn Farm, -N. .1. 43 1262 
Henry E. He.ne, N. J. 4 « 1344 
Total. 3582 1196.,9 
HOPE FARM NOTES 
(Coutiuued from pago ffiiO) 
Our first shipping of sweet corn and to¬ 
matoes was on July 21)—about -4.000 
ears of Corey and three crates of lionny 
liest. They will both come on lively 
hereafter, and the Wealthy and Twenty 
Ounce apples will follow. Corn feels the 
heat, and is small, but we bank on our 
flint to get tbrough. I do not know 
where the apple trees on the hill get their 
moisture, but they do it somehow, and 
the fruit is coming on well. 
Food.— Mother is Food Administrator 
for this town, and tin* sugar problem is 
giving her some clmnee to exercise diplo¬ 
macy. Our folks arc living up to regu¬ 
Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
lation.s, and all through this country most 
people are cheerfully falling into line. 
The Administrator in this town ix’lievos 
that administration, like charity, should 
begin at home. Some of the childr(‘n 
help themselves to sugar at a rate which 
would ruin the country. So In'reaftcr 
each one will have a week’s portion, and 
if they do not “conserve” it they will go 
without. On Sunday onr folks had the 
following dinner: Ibiked hambiirg steak, 
liotatoes, .sweet corn. c:niliflow(‘r. ‘beets, 
endive and bread and butter and a custard 
luidding. With our own rye that comes 
very close to a home-grown ration, and 
everybody had enough—and I thought 
some of the children had too much. But 
they ran out in the siui and calh’d fur a 
Red Astrachan apple. The Food Ad¬ 
ministrator O K’d our dinner and called 
it a full meal. I wish I could have 
weighed the two smaller children before 
and after eating. Those two .kids are 
having a most wonderful Summer, ami 
you ought to see what milk and vege¬ 
tables have done for them. 11 . w. C. 
Egg-Eating Hens 
I have 20 hens, and they have a veiy 
large range to run in. lint they lay 
soft-shelled eggs and eat them. What 
should I do Avith them? N. 8. 
New York. 
These hens probably need more lime 
than they are getting in their food, and 
this lack may be supplied by giving them 
crushed oyster shells, as they are sold by 
all dealers in jioultry foods, or, perhaps, 
old plaster, if oyster shells are not avail- 
iible. M. B. I). 
Diarrhoea in Chicks 
I noticed on page <S4.5 a question about 
white diarrhoea in chicks, which le.-ids me 
to say that we u.sed to have trouble with 
diarrlioea and pasted vents, but have had 
none at all since we devised the scheme of 
imtting chick grit before the babies as 
soon as they are hatched, whether by in¬ 
cubator or hen, and after about 2-1 hours 
we put finely broken corn, not much 
coarser than the hominy grits one uses 
at breakfast, before them. They niwer 
have any wet feed, and we no longer lose 
chicks from diarrhoea. Of course, this 
does nothing for the typical white 
diarrhoea, but I am inclined to the belief 
that much of what goes by that name is 
really the ordinary kind due to indiges¬ 
tion. brought on by lack of grinding stuff 
in the little crops. farmer’s wife. 
Virginia. 
It is true that much of the so-called 
white diarrhoea is simply the diarrhoea 
of indigestion from improper fi'eding. The 
use of dry foods materially lessons the 
liability to digestive troubles in young 
chicks, though tlu’y do not grow as rapidly 
as when having a portion of their ration 
in moist mash form. I think that you 
will find the addition of a suitable mash, 
kept before your chicks in dry form, a 
valuable addition to your cracked grains 
and no detriment from the standpoint of 
diarrhoea production. Ohick grit should, 
of course, be always provided. M. b. d. 
Balanced Ration for Fowls 
1. I have a flock of 200 Rhode Island 
Reds which have the run of a small yard 
throughout the yi’ar. In what jiropor- 
tiou should the following grains he fed 
to give a balanced ration? Cracked corn, 
oats, barley, buckwheat and sunflower 
seed. 2. Is the following a widl-halanced 
dry mash? 200 Ib.s. middlings. 200 lbs. 
bran, 200 lbs. ground oats. 100 lbs. corn- 
meal, 100 lbs. gluten feed. 100 lbs. beef 
scrap, 100 lbs. ground Alfalfa. 50 lbs. 
charcoal. 10 lbs. oil meal, and 10 iiounds 
salt. If not, in what proportion should 
they he fed? Is it best to mix the <'h:ir- 
coal in the mash or fei'd it separate in 
hoppc'rs? o. During the Summer months 
the drinking fountains get odorous in suite 
of daily ivashings. ^^’'<)uld it be jiractical 
to use a disinfi'ctaiit in the drinking 
water? If .so. what kind should I use? 
Massachusetts. E. 8. 
1. These grains alone cannot form a bal¬ 
anced ration, since they lack the lu’cessary 
lu’oportion of lu’otein. Other foods can 
be added to them, howc’ver. to supply this 
lu’oteiu. A mixture of the first four, in 
about any proportion (b'siri’d. will he 
suitable. Oats are not as readily eaten 
:is the other grains, iind sunflower seed 
should be f(’d in only small quantities. 
2. The dry mash is a jgood one. and it 
is immatf’rial whether the charcojil is f(’(l 
with it or separat(‘ly. It is much richer 
in jirotein than the whole grains, and so 
helps to balance the whole ration. 
3. If the drinking fountains get odor¬ 
ous from the accumnl;itioii of slime, they 
should be cli’ani'd. If they cannot la* 
cleaned, disc.-ird them and ns(‘ ordinary 
.galvanized water i):uls. fl’besc can be s'O 
into orange crates to hold them nnriglit 
and offer no bar to cleanliness. 1‘erman- 
ganate of jiotash is freiiucntly ns('d as a 
disinfectant in the drinking water of 
fowls, but it is exjiensive and unnecessary. 
Just plain cleanliness will fill the biil. 
M. B. D. 
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The best agricultural authorities 
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the corn crop is in the stalk, yet thousands of acres of com stalks 
are practically wasted annually by field feeding. 
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LEGHORNS 
Winners of ihe Vineland ICgg Laying contest of 
1917 witli a production of 2,212 eggs from 16 hens. 
Tliey were the winners over the birds of 100 con¬ 
testants, the best poultryinen in tlie business. 
Why take cliances on inferior stock wlien iny 
stock has proven tliat it can deliver tiie goods ? 
Special Sale of Growing Pullets 
Tlieso pullets are breil from my lieaviest pro¬ 
ducing females of tlie same strain as my Vine- 
land pen mated to full brothers of this pen. They 
are raised on ideal free range conditions and are 
exceptionally well developed birds. All-stocl; 
gladly sent on approval. The following are my 
prices: J mos. old—S3.50euch. 4 nios, old—SSB 
each. 5 mos. old—W4 each. Write for circular. 
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PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won First Honors and Outlayed 
the 2600 birds in the Five Miss¬ 
ouri Laying Contests (Under 
Govt. Supervision) Including the 
Famous English Laying Strains. 
Also made the remarkable winter 
’- month record of U4 eggs in Jan, 
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J. W. PARKS, Box Y ALTOONA, PA. 
AVorld’s Grcatesl Layers 
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S. C. W. Leghorns W. Wyandottes v 
8. C. R. I. Reds Buff Orpingtons 
$5.04 PER PULLET in 5 winter months^ 
thut’8 tliH prizti-winninsr record for value of cRgs laid by our 
cn of 5 locchorna at I.,eaTcnworth in the severest winter 
nown. (Jur champion pullet No. 1104 laid 28 cKJfs in colde.st 
January in 98 years : our pen of five LeshornR laid 105 ctrfcs 
same month. Merely another j/roof that our perfoctetl Enp- 
lieh SOO^Egg Slraht leatls in every competition. OTHKH 
KECORDS; 294 esTjcs in 359 days laid in last N. A. Effs: Con¬ 
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I laid 1139 eirtrs; Reds 1st prize. 5 hens laid 1043 eirifH: Wyan- 
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E 200-Ecra: Hen.” Price. 10c, refunned on first order, 
r PENNSYLVANIA PoUltAy FARM. Box P. Lancaster, Pa. 
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A real heav.v laying strain, trapnested 17 yt-ars, rec¬ 
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EARLY Di.ll/tl-n ko™ Trap-Nested Barron Hens 
HATCHED iTl^rCn I UilCtS $2 Each 
April hatched pullets from the same strain. SB1.7.'> 
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QUEENSBURY FARMS, - Toms River, N. J. 
Closing Out Sale 
l*bave waived all deferrcMl classification and must scdl at once. 
125 yearling hens, 2 to 260-egg strain and 
including same .... $200 
100 April-hatched pullets, 2 to 260-egg stock, $ 100 
Plus cost of cintinf 
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Free Range Utility S. C. White Leghorns 
juiilets, liens, cockerels, bred right hy specialists on 
tl-.e lart'c.st poultry fnrin in the State. 
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Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposeH, 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Sw:ins, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Kac- 
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1,000 S. C. White Leghorn PnlletsiS 
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