1441 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Vineland, N. J. 
WEEK EXmXG DEC. 12, 1918 
This contest is now in its third year, 
the pens being oocnpied by selected pul¬ 
let progeny from the birds in these pens 
the two previous years—first as pullets 
and second as mature hens. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
1st yr. Week 
Total 
Garret W. Buck, N. J. 
1956 
42 
183 
Thomas Henry. Pa. 
1548 
28 
36 
Otto C. Luhrs. N. .1. 
1474 
26 
77 
C. N. Myere, Pa. 
1689 
30 
103 
Harry H. Ober, N. J. 
1443 
49 
211 
Overlook Farm, N. J. 
1199 
31 
82 
George C. Ward, Me. 
1459 
21 
61 
Woodside Farm, R. I. 
1867 
30 
94 
WHITE PLYMOUTH 
ROCKS 
Chester P. Dodge, Mass. 
1635 
28 
99 
Holliston Hill Poui. Fm.,Mass. 
1985 
27 
77 
Edward E. Murray. N. Y. 
1573 
10 
16 
Victor S. Reichenbach. Pa. 
1038 
4 
1 
Overlook Farm, N. J. 
1662 
6 
18 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm N. .1.. 
1214 
0 
0 
COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Deptford Poultry Farm, K. J-. 
1447 
11 
30 
T. 5. Enslin. N. .1. 
1302 
0 
1 
<1. M. Jones, N. J. 
18.54 
12 
41 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Thomas Coates, N.Y. 
1445 
39 
187 
A. H. Faulkner, N. J. 
1412 
g 
34 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1322 
23 
92 
Qablewood Poultry Farm, N. J. 
1598 
35 
155 
Lusscroft Farm, N. J. 
1761 
42 
182 
E. C. Moore. N. J. 
1485 
20 
62 
T. H. Matteson & .Sou, K. I. 
1410 
43 
126 
Sunnybrook Farm. X. .1. 
1460 
27 
51 
H. S. Tuthill. N. J. 
1721 
34 
92 
COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES 
Lake Farm, R. 1. 
1.513 
18 
50 
Sunnybrook Farm, N. J . 
]4ai 
9 
24 
Wilburtha Poultry Fai ni.N. J. 
1253 
14 
44 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Clark and.Howland, Vt. 
1.591 
10 
23 
W. P. Laing. N. J. 
897 
45 
183 
Mrs C. B. Elliott N. J. 
1279 
lU 
43 
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm, N. J... 
1522 
21 
91 
H. W. Colliiigwood, N. J. 
1425 
28 
64 
Thomas W. Dawson, Pa. 
1410 
3 
3 
Etjon Poultry Farm, N. J. 
1479 
0 
8 
Thomas Henry,.Pa. 
1522 
23 
74 
Miss A. S. Macintosh, N. .1. 
1635 
30 
80 
Underhill Bros., N. J. 
1966 
39 
201 
Woodland Poultry Yard, Pa.... 
1082 
29 
107 
8. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Avalon Farms, Conn. 
1937 
41 
241 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 
1843 
50 
220 
Will Barron, England. 
2053 
36 
205 
Belle Ellen Stock Farm. N. J.. 
1425 
36 
172 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 
1698 
41 
196 
Cloverlawn Farm, N. J. 
17.34 
27 
154 
W. J. Cocking. N.J. 
1674 
27 
65 
Jos. H. Cohen, N, J. 
1730 
24 
105 
J. S. Cray & Son, N.J. 
1649 
32 
175 
Clias. Daval, Jr., N.J. 
1728 
26 
99 
Ij. S. & N. L. Depue, N. .1. 
1714 
6 
48 
K. F. &R. A. Earle, N.J. 
1595 
42 
159 
Harry G. Gardiner, N.J. 
1772 
12 
60 
C. S. Greene, N.J. 
1772 
40 
219 
Wells S. Hastings, Conn. 
1742 
27 
106 
B. Frank Grunzig. N.J. 
1277 
20 
95 
Henry E. Heine, N. J. 
1622 
28 
181 
Richard Heine, N.J. 
1527 
34 
141 
Heigl's Poultry Farm, Oliio — 
1616 
30 
21 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn.... 
1774 
19 
111 
Hillview Farm, Mo. 
1436 
34 
102 
Holliston Hill Poul. Fm.. Mass. 
2114 
13 
73 
Pinebeach Poultry Farm. N. J.. 
1412 
42 
138 
James F. Harrington, N.J. 
1719 
24 
104 
John H. Lauder, N. J. 
1851 
26 
178 
Laywell Poultry Farm, Conn... 
1867 
41 
255 
Fred J. Mathews, N.J. 
1755 
38 
175 
Mereer Poultry Farm, N. J. 
1612 
35 
187 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
1673 
44 
208 
H. H. Myers, N.J. 
1843 
30 
148 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. J. 
1851 
42 
151 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
1635 
30 
100 
Thomas Henry, Pa. 
1117 
37 
134 
Oakland Farm. N. J. 
16.55 
21 
147 
Miss Anna C. Parry, Pa. 
1526 
35 
149 
P. G. Platt, Pa. 
2173 
25 
168 
Riverside Egg Farm, N. Y. 
1815 
36 
173 
Joseph H. Ralston, N.J. 
1614 
30 
92 
Shatiowbrook Farm. Conn. 
1620 
23 
63 
Sloan’s Egg Farm. N.J. 
1666 
21 
63 
Pinehurst Poultry Farm, Pa— 
1884 
49 
194 
Herman F. Sender, N.J. 
1802 
40 
200 
A. E. Spear, N.J. 
1716 
19 
139 
Sunnybrook Farm, N.J. 
13.53 
32 
86 
TenacrelPoultry Farm, N. J.... 
1312 
35 
133 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, N. J. 
1702 
39 
200 
Training School, N.J. 
1535 
24 
81 
,1. Percy Van Zandt, N. J. 
2212 
34 
171 
.Shurts and Voegtlen, N.J . 
2115 
48 
307 
Gustav Walters. N. J. 
1883 
34 
108 
White House Poultry Fm.. N. J. 
1489 
21 
179 
W. K. Wixson. Pa. 
1959 
40 
151 
Willanna Farm, N.J. 
1915 
12 
39 
Woodland Farms, N.J. 
1896 
42 
191 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
H. G. Richardson, N.J. 
1448 
28 
113 
Romy Singer, N.J —. 
1137 
26 
99 
Monmouth Farms, N.J. 
1407 
17 
63 
B. C. BLACK LEGHORNS 
A. E. Hampton, N.J. 
1746 
43 
178 
Fred C. Nixon, N.J. 
1758 
41 
143 
Sunny Acres, N.J. 
1754 
7 
53 
Totals. 
161875 : 
2763 
11620 
Good Late-Laying Pullets 
We are generally advised by the poul¬ 
try experts that in selecting our breeders 
it is best to choose those pullets that be¬ 
gin laying early and continue late the 
next Fall. This rule is, I am sure, an 
excellent one, yet my several years’ ex¬ 
perience in trap-nesting my White Rocks 
lias shown me that the poultry-keeper in 
following this rule too strictly may miss 
some of his very best layers. It some¬ 
times happens that late-hatched pullets 
will be slow in starting, and especially 
during such a severe Winter as last, when 
many records were sadly cut down. A 
very fine pullet which I have just had the 
misfortune to lose through the bursting 
of a blood vessel, best illustrates the point 
I wish to make. This pullet did not lay 
until March, was but a fair layer for the 
first few months, and went broody twice, 
but after her second broody spell, in 
August, she “struck her gait’’ the first 
of September, and during that month, 
October and November, laid just six 
dozen eggs, and without having dropped 
a feather, was still hard at it in 
December, laying five eggs the first six 
days, when sudden death ended her career. 
As the net price of eggs those three 
months averaged 7Gc, it will be seen that 
7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
this pullet was of the class from which 
the “hot-air” artists would have figured 
a fortune in hens. It is fairly certain, 
however, that I have lost a high-class 
breeder. A full sister to this pullet laid 
170 eggs in eight months. 
Maine. Walter n. Roberts. 
Lighting the Henhouse 
We have not tried lighting our houses, 
and do not expect to, although we have 
no doubt that artificial lights would great¬ 
ly stimulate AVinter egg production with¬ 
out injuring the hens. However, we are 
devoted wholly to breeding, and if we 
stimulated our hens to full laying by pro¬ 
longing their working day, so that they 
made a heavy pi'oduction in November, 
December and January, we are very much 
of the opinion that it would weaken the 
vitality of the eggs and chicks in the 
normal hatching months, just as this vi¬ 
tality is now weakened in high-producing 
flocks in June, July and August. 
New Jersey. peyton boswell. 
We should like to have that point con¬ 
sidered by poultrymen. Few breeders care 
to push their breeding stock to full pro¬ 
duction through the Winter’. _ As a rule 
the breeders are held back until about the 
time eggs are wanted for hatching, and 
then pushed. Lighting the houses is done 
to increase the supply of Winter eggs, 
with the understanding that if the hen 
lays more in Winter she will lay fewer in 
Summer. On some farms this lighting is 
practiced with the laying stock, but not 
used with the breeding birds. 
The Champion Wyandotte Hen 
Leg Weakness 
Late-hatched chicks show leg weakness. 
They were in a coop with a dirt floor. I 
brought them all in the house and took 
them to the attic where they could have a 
warm, dry, well-ventilated place, but they 
grew worse and several have died. I have 
kept them alive so long and have watched 
for all kinds of symptoms, but it seems 
the only trouble is their legs. Their toes 
pull all out of shape and they cannot 
stand long at a time, and sway back and 
forth and sit down. They eat and drink 
well and seem all right in every other 
way. Please tell me what to do for 
them. MRS. c. R. 
New York. 
The cause or causes of leg weakness 
do not seem to be well understood. It oc¬ 
curs in young chicks kept upon board 
floors and within doors for a considerable 
time after hatching, and the best remedy 
appears to be getting them out upon the 
ground as soon as practicable. Leg weak¬ 
ness also appears often in growing pul¬ 
lets and cockerels, and is said to be more 
common in the heavier breeds. Here, too, 
the cause is obscure, but the birds usually 
recover spontaneously within a short 
time. They should be -given suitable 
quarters and proper food; I know of no 
medicinal remedy of value. “Leg weak¬ 
ness” is often merely the manifestation 
of general weakness from disease of some 
sort and should not be considered an af¬ 
fection within itself. Whether it is ever 
due to rheumatism or over-fatness or not 
I do not know; these have been assigned 
as causes, but not improbably because of 
lack of real knowledge. M. B. D. 
At the international egg-laying con¬ 
test which closed on November 1 at 
Storrs, Conn., the leading ben was Col¬ 
lege Queen, a white Wyandotte, owned 
College Queen, Champion Wyandotte Hen 
by Obed G. Knight of Rhode Island. 
This hen laid .SOS eggs in o04 days. That 
certainly was a year with very few holi¬ 
days outside of Sundays. A picture of 
this bird is shown herewith. That she 
v/as a constant and persistent performer 
io shown by her record. 
She produced 158 of her 308 eggs dur¬ 
ing the months of November, December, 
.Tanuary, August, September and October, 
which, as every poultry raiser knows, are 
the months when prodnction is the lowest 
and when egg prices are the highest. She 
produced 150 of her 308 eggs during the 
r;onths of February, March, April, Alay, 
June and July, when eggs are the lowest 
in price. Her lowest monthly production 
occurred in April. The following is her 
production by months : November. 24 ; 
December, 28; January, 30; February, 
23; March. 28; April. 22; May. 28; 
June. 25; .Tuly, 24; August, 26; Septem¬ 
ber, 26; October, 24. 
“Something of a hen,” as we must all 
admit. The pen of 10 birds laid 2.179 
eggs, with 57 of these eggs laid outside 
of the trap nest. “College Queen” may 
have been responsible for some of these 
in addition to her official record of 308. 
This pen of White Wyandotte ranked No. 
2 out of 100 pens. The leaders were 
“Oregons”—the new breed or strain ob¬ 
tained by cros.sing the AVhite Leghorn 
with the Plymouth Rock. 
Cold or Roup 
My hens and chickens have some dis¬ 
ease; I think the roup. Mucus runs from 
the beak and they seem to have a cold. 
AA^hat remedy do you suggest? B. B. 
These symptoms of a cold may be due 
to a cold or, possibly, to roup. The latter 
trouble is much more severe, the dis¬ 
charge usually having a foul odor, and 
the symptoms generally indicating a more 
serious disorder. In either case, the sick 
birds should be removed from the flock 
and placed in clean, comfortable quarters 
until I’ecovery. There is no medicine that 
will “cure” roup, or even a cold, though 
many remedies have been recommended. 
Clean quarters, good ventilation, clean 
utensils, wholesome food, pure water and 
robust stock must be depended upon to 
pi’event the spread of disease in a flock 
if it has accidentally been introduced, 
this, of course, with prompt separation 
of any obviously affected fowls from the 
flock and the total destruction of any 
found to be seriously affected with such a 
malignant disorder as true roup. The ■ 
first cold weather of the Fall frequently 
produces catarrhal symptoms in otherwise 
healthy flocks, symptoms which disappear 
after a short time if the flocks are given 
good care and kept in clean, well venti¬ 
lated, generally healthful quarters. 
M. B. D. 
Acid Phosphate in Henhouse 
Is there anything injurious to poultry 
in 16 per cent acid phosphate sprinkled 
on the manure under the roost? I am 
adding dry earth as a cover, which the 
hens pick over for the coarse bits. c. h.l. 
Connecticut. 
AA"e have had several reports from poul- 
trymen who said the acid phosphate made 
the hens’ feet sore. When too much of the 
phosphate is used without protection it 
might “bite” the feet, but when dry earth 
is put on top there would be little trouble. 
Watch their feet! 
Cockerels 
Baby Chicks 
Eggs .i' 
Galen Farms, 
Box 100 Clyde, N, Y. 
Light Brahmas Only ^etirse^o 
and $3 Each. IIAISIACK mountain FAKM, Norfolk, Conn. 
Rhode Island Whites 
Strong, vigorous cockerels. $5 each. Pullets, ready 
to lay. f3 each. All from pen of heavy winter 
layers. O. G. !>. I. E W I S, Faoli, Penna. 
Bourbon Red Turkeys T^m.® si Hens®86 
each. Casaie D. Taylor, West Alexander, Pa. 
SALE Pure Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Enormous Bone and Frame. “Equal to the Best.” 
FRANK ROSEBROUGH, “ The Locusts." Brockport, New York 
Bourbon Red Turkeys 
Vigorous farm raised birds. Young toms. $7—$8; 
Young hens, $6—$6. JOHN 0- ADAMS, Stony Creek. N.Y. 
Mammolh Bronze Turkeys a^^^^ 
$12. Hens, $6. Toulouse geese, either sex, 88. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Order HOW. WM. W. KETCH. Gohocton, M- T. 
For Sale-Pure Bred Mammoih Bronze TURKEYS 
from prize-winning stock. Large frame-good bone- 
beautiful plumage. BIUi IDA OHUMRLEY, Uraper, Virginia 
ForSale-“*o UN™ Bronze Turkeys ^rt’" cT® 
Toms, 810; hens, 87- C. 6. BOWER, Ludlowvillk, N.Y. 
B AS^Mammoth Bronze T urkeys Ma^H^r 
BHOEHSKEK'S BLUE KIBBON BOUUIION HKI) TUUKKY8 
II» Toms, $T2: young hens, 88- Will Exchange Guinea 
Pigs for Rabbits or Bantams. Ft. Plain, Nkw York 
Hares For Sale-5 Does 
Belgium—Dutch Belted Cross, 6 months 
old, $5 each. Pedigreed Belgium Buck, 
one year old, $8. Pedigreed Belgium 
Doe, 4 months old, $4. 
Order from thi» '"Ad.*' 
FLOYD HOSFORD* CANDOR, N. Y. 
1 DOGS 1 
Airedales and Collies i 
pups, grown dogs, and brood matrons. I.arge in¬ 
structive list, 5c. W. R. WATSON, Box 1745, Oakland, Iowa 
¥_fTlVirY Pf TP 3-nio»., 85. Ter 
n 1 V U r Mr rlei Setter cross, male" 
31^ mos., 86. MUELLER, M*pled*le F*rni, W.finood, N. Jr 
For Sale-Two 1™ Female Airedale Pups 
$15 each. C. R. MEAD, Westfield, New York 
B R I GHT n_„ S10. Worth double. 
HEALTHY AlieUdlBUIJg W. SCHLEICHER, Thomaslon, Ct. 
Diino The intelligent kind. Also Guinea Pigs 
l/UlllE rliys NELSON’S. Grove City, Pa 
Wanied—r^TnldFoxHound p . E.Van Riper. Allendale, N. J. 
IIBERTY MARVEL 
Oil'Bui‘iiin^ BROODIER 
Blue Flame Wickless 
Oil Heated Colony Brooder 
Automatic Regulation 
The Liberty .Marvel is de¬ 
signed to meet the emer¬ 
gency in the existing coal 
crisis. 
Change Your Coal 
Burner Into a 
Liberty Oil Brooder 
Big 
saving 
in 
oper.ating 
e.vpense. 
Brooding ] 
fiO 
to 
! 1000 
! chicks 
for less than 6c per day. Perfect satis¬ 
faction guaranteed or money back. Send 
for circular on “Scientific Brooding.” 
Uberty Stove Co. ?C.:dX‘hu,*r.:. 
Now i.s the time to make those 
'slacker pullets of your* ‘'shell 
them out,” by lengthening the 
daylight period with our SOU-can- 
dlo power 
Liberty Lantern 
It turns night Into day, allowing 
the fowl to exercise more, assim¬ 
ilate more and consequently lay 
more. Circular gives prices—ex- 
plainsall. I use them every night 
—you should too. Write totlay. 
Dr. J, H. PRUDHOMME 
Box R N THURMONT, MD. 
Ferris WhiteLeghorns 
\ real heavy laying strain, trapnested 17 years, rec¬ 
ords from 200 to 204 eggs. Get our prices on pullets 
and yeariing hens, breeding males, eggs for hatcliing, 
and diiy-old chicks. We ship C. O. D, and guarantee 
results. Catalog gives prices; describesstock. tells all 
about our farm and methods; results you can get hy 
breeding this strain. Send for your copy now—it is 
GEORGE B. FERRIS, ess uni.n. Grand Rapids, Mich 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
BARRON STRAIN OF HEAVY LAYERS 
3.000 nreeders on free Farm Range. Now Booking orders 
for Baby Chicks, 1010 delivery. Get your ordersTn early 
for Miindi and April Delivery as there will be a great 
shorta#! of baby chicks for 1919. 200 choice breedihg 
cocksandcocherels® $3 each while they last. Cir. Free. 
EDGAK UltIGGS, Hoi 75, IMcasunt Vulloy, N. Y. 
Barron Leghorn Cockerels 
Good, big, husky, range-raised birds, with pedigrees 
from ;;40 to 284. We have over a hundred birds to 
choose from and will make you a good selection. 
All stock sold subject to customers approval. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs. Pa. 
V.S White Leghorn Cockerels 
Tom Barron’s Strain diroct. These birds are sons of our 
ofticially counted contest hens. Ueincniher the 
cockerel is two-thirds the breeding pen. Price, $6 up. 
order early. qaK HILL ESTATE, Uniontown, Penn. 
SUNNY “EFFICIENT” S. C. W. 
CREST Bred For Business LEGHORNS 
Price list pamphlet with bargains. I-argest poultry farm 
in State. Sf.N.Ny OUKST POUhTUV FAIIM, E..t Aurora, .N.r. 
S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels 
Well grotvn, handsome bird.s. 200-284-egg stock. S3 to 
$10 each. Mattituck White Leohorn Farm. Mattituck, N. Y. 
ForSale-WyckolI Strain S. C. W. Leghorns 
Cockerels direct. J. M. CASE,Gilboa, New York 
50 White Leghorn PulletsTgl'erci 
stock. Also tlfteen cockerehs. M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nutley, H. J- 
B r a A Ini a uftESAL" WHITE WYAHDOTTES. Order 
I 6 U 1 U L a jJ chicks now for Feb. and Mar. Deliv. 
^olnHoHRmoflora 1 e‘ y,26cea. Also early hatched ckls. 
OUieUICU DIBBUBIS f Mountain ViawPlly.Firm, Hoptwall Jet ,N.T. 
IjIiIbON 8TKAIN Pedigreed White Wyandotte 
Have made Record at Storrs. Eggs and Chicks t<Jr sale. 
Send for circular. G. G. KNIGUT, llrldgeton. It. I. 
Cockerels for sale from 
stock imported direct 
Apalachin. New York 
Light and Dark Brahmas, Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds 
W. Wyandottes ecr “o’rni Cockerais chiAJ 
Catalog free. RIVERDALE poultry farm, Boi IBS, Riuerd*!*, N. J. 
Two Pens of 8 female* and 1 
Dranmas--L..0cnins male Each for Bale. Vigorou* 
free-range birds. M. 6. MAKCY, Falls Village, Conn. 
Pure Bred MammothEmdenGeese 
MRS. C. D. VAN ALSTINE, - WeBDSPORX, NRW YORK 
F or sale— High Grade BOUltltON KED TITRKET* 
Toms, 910 . Hens, 99 . F. M. KERN, Sprlngville, IndUaa 
Chickens Sick?—Use Germozone 
Roup, colds, bowel troubles, sore head, limber neck, etc. 
.At dealers orpostitaid 75cts. with 5 book Poultry Library. 
GEX>. H. LEE CO., Dept. 463, OMAHA. NEB. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposes* 
Fancy Phea.sants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Hac- 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist, Dept. 10. Yardley, Pa 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
on 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 134 eggs in Jan. 
Cir. Free. Large Catalog a dime. 
J. W. PARKS, Box V ALTOONA, PA. 
