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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is hel(T at Stores post office in connection 
with the Connecticut Agricultural 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, and the 
feed is the same for all. The contest continues 
for one year. The weekly records cover the num¬ 
ber of eggs laid for each pen 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 birds 
will be removed, and another set of pullets en¬ 
tered for the next year. 
Record at Stores, Conn., for week ending 
October 2, 1019: 
BARRED ROCKS Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 31 U60 
Samuel M. Monks, Conn. 37 1122 
Glenhope Farm. Mass. 4'J 1699 
Jules F. Francals, L. I. 50 1887 
Laurel Poultry Farm, Quebec . 24 1797 
Fairfield Poultry Farms, N. H. 17 1413 
Norfolk Specialty Farm. Ontario. 22 1228 
Mich. Agricultural College, Mich. 35 1817 
Rock Rose Farm, N. Y. 29 1474 
J. U. Wilson. Methuen. Mass. 31 1081 
Joseph M. Rothschild, N. Y. 33 1391 
Ingleslde Farm. N. Y. 35 1676 
Ore. Agricultural College, Oregon ..... 23 1186 
R. L. Smith, Maine . 19 1136 
II. E. Wallace, Jr., Mass . 17 1317 
WHITE ROCKS 
8. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzen, M ss. 
Chickatawbut Farms Mass. 
1). 8. Vaughn, R. I. 
H. A Wilson, N. H. 
Holllston Hill Poultry Farm, Mass.... 
BUFF ROCKS 
24 
31 
24 
6 
28 
12 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Beulah Farm, Ontario. 
W. Bradley, Victoria, B. C. 
Herbert L Warren, Que., Canada 
Mrs R. W. Stevens, N. Y. 
Laurel Hill Farm. R. I. 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
O. L. Magrey, Conn. 
Sbadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
Patrick F. Sullivan, Conn. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
H. P. Cloyes, Conn. 
Cook & Porter, Mass. 
E. Terry Smith, Conn. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Chas. H. Lane, Mass. 
Ktjon Poultry Farm, N.J. 
Homer P. Doming, Conn. 
Hopewell Farms. N. J. 
Pleasantvllle Farms, N. Y. 
Laurel Hill Farm, R. I. 
Natick Farm, R. 1. 
Pineorest Orchards, Mass. 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
Harvey A. Drew, N.J.. 
F, W. Cumpstone. Conn. 
BLACK RHINELANDERS 
A, Schwarz, Cal.... 
BLUE ANDALUSIANS 
Blue AndaluslanClub of America,N.Y. 
OREOONS 
Agricultural College, Corvallis,Ore.... 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. H. Penny, N, Y. 
Robt. C, Ogle, N.Y. 
8. G. McLean, Conn. 
Glenhope Farm, Mass. 
Edward T. Tonissen, N. Y. 
Meadowedge Farm, L. 1. 
Kirknp Bros, N. Y. 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 
Exmore Farms, Pa. 
James O LeFevre, N. Y. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn... 
Wm. L. Gilbert Home,Conn.. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
P. G Platt, Pa. 
Sunny Crest Corporation, N. Y. 
L. E. lngoldsby, N. Y. 
B S. Ells, N. J. 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 
Bonnie Brook Farm, N. Y. 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm, N.J. 
Westwood Farm, N. Y. 
A. P. Robinson. N. Y. 
C. Rasmussen, N. J. 
Sunny Side Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Gustav Walters, N. J . 
R. Lindsey Ireland, Ky. 
E A. Ballard. Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn. 
J Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Clifford I. Stoddard, Conn. 
George Phillips, Conn.. 
J W Welch, Neb. 
M. T. Lindsay, N. Y. 
Mrs. J. L. Thueseu, Conn. 
Oak Hill Estate, Pa. 
Bert Horsfall, Quebec. 
Tarbell Farms. N. Y... 
Locust Grove Farm, N.J. 
Hopewell Farms, N.J. 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm, N. J. 
1). Tancred, Wash. 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J.. 
The Yates B’arm, N. Y... 
Herbert O. Maxbam. R. i. ... 
W. B. Kieft, 111. 
Kllwood Newton, Ccun. 
C. S Green, N.J. 
Coleman Miles, Ill. 
36 
17 
30 
40 
19 
18 
9 
32 
36 
27 
21 
>1 
10 
37 
33 
17 
26 
24 
24 
21 
35 
29 
40 
43 
31 
13 
15 
14 
16 
32 
36 
36 
39 
47 
28 
19 
37 
32 
25 
30 
17 
17 
32 
26 
26 
11 
21 
31 
14 
21 
32 
39 
39 
27 
6 
34 
29 
34 
26 
22 
43 
19 
10 
18 
17 
13 
26 
42 
26 
8 
24 
17 
'8 
16 
1372 
1397 
1576 
923 
1239 
1216 
1148 
1320 
1578 
1384 
1275 
1289 
1450 
1421 
1151 
1151 
1348 
1086 
8)3 
1239 
1618 
1104 
1112 
964 
1129 
1740 
1548 
1488 
1351 
1692 
1527 
1152 
770 
1296 
996 
1385 
1374 
1610 
1457 
1447 
1540 
1758 
1470 
1394 
1668 
1306 
1492 
1550 
1569 
1125 
1469 
1577 
1289 
1342 
1480 
1537 
1387 
1511 
1459 
1329 
1479 
1646 
1529 
1663 
1727 
1784 
1307 
1497 
1334 
1151 
1653 
1559 
1417 
1156 
1308 
1418 
1616 
1708 
1404 
1056 
1465 
1148 
1130 
1080 
1348 
Total. 
2542 138991 
Balancing Hen’s Ration 
What per cent of a laying lien’s ration 
should consist of protein, carbohydrates, 
fat, dry matter and fat? I have read 
that the most certain way to make a 
perfectly balanced poultry ration is to 
consult a table which gives the number 
of yolks and whites per 100 lbs. of all 
whole and ground grain used in feeding 
poultry. This eliminates the necessity of 
trying to work out a properly balanced 
ration by the amount of protein, carbo¬ 
hydrates. etc., of which the ration should 
consist, which is much more difficult. 
Where can I obtain this table? Where 
can I obtain a bulletin on the subject of 
molting, or a bulletin which includes this 
subject among others? n. E. s. 
New Yonk. 
A good ration for laying liens will have 
a nutritive ratio of about 1 to 4.5, that 
is, there will be one pound of digestible 
crude protein to '4% lbs. of digestible 
carbohydrates and fat. the fat being mul¬ 
tiplied by 2.25 before being added to the 
carbohydrates, because it possesses that 
many times the heat and energy produc¬ 
ing power of carbohydrates. If the sole 
use of the food given was to produce 
yolks and whites of eggs the tables yon 
mention would be valuable. As it is, 
however, a hen’s food has other functions 
to perforin before eggs are made. The 
hen’s body must be maintained in bulk 
and the heat and energy required for her 
life processes must be provided for. These 
roquiremeuts will vary with her age, her 
environment and the seasons. It would 
be useless, therefore, to attempt to make 
a perfectly balanced ration on the basis 
of the nutrients contained in eggs. If 
eggs alone were fed. thus giving all the 
elements used in their making in the 
exact proportions in which they occur, 
there would be no reason for expecting 
extraordinary results. There is no such 
thing as a “perfectly balanced ration” 
except in theory, and a “well balanced” 
ration, or one containing protein and car¬ 
bohydrates in suitable proportions to 
supply the needs of the hen without un¬ 
due waste, is all that need be striven for. 
Even here the permissible variation is 
large, and one need not tie himself down 
too closely to the tables. I know of no 
bulletin devoted to the subject of molt¬ 
ing. You will find this spoken of in most 
of the bulletins or treatises devoted to 
the care of fowls. Such bulletins are 
issued by the Department of Agriculture 
at Washington and the various State 
agricultural colleges. The Agricultural 
College at Ithaca, N. Y., will send you 
such bulletins upon request. M. B. D. 
Spring Molting Pullets 
My pullets molted the last of March 
and first of April. Is it ordinary or ex¬ 
traordinary? What does it mean? 
Minnesota. f. g. m. 
It is not uncommon for very early 
hatched pullets to molt in late Fall or 
early Winter after a short period of lay¬ 
ing, though the molting which you notice 
now may be but the shedding of pullet 
feathers preparatory to acquiring a more 
mature coat. Fall molting may be in¬ 
duced also by sudden changes in feeding 
or care, as, for instance, the bringing in 
from range of pullets and housing them 
closely Avhile increasing the amount or 
changing the character of their food. Nec¬ 
essary changes in the care of early 
hatched pullets should be made gradually 
and with some caution. They should he 
gotten into their "Winter quarters before 
they have commenced to lay, if possible, 
and their ration should not he suddenly 
changed in character, particularly by add¬ 
ing a large quantity of meat scrap. Nei¬ 
ther, on the other hand, should the pullet 
ration be suddenly decreased in amount 
or relative quantity of high protein food 
which it contains. The time of approach¬ 
ing maturity in a pullet’s life is one re¬ 
quiring some care in their management if 
they are not to be disturbed in the nat¬ 
ural development of their reproductive 
functions. m..b. d. 
PRODUCTS % POULTRY 
, Eggs! , 
mmd Healthy > 
r Chicks ! — How ? 
Feed your poultry 
Mauser's "Kwaxitv 
... J Meat Scrap 
[Used at New Jersey Laying Contest 
^ Farmers Almanac 
\ Generous Samples of. 
v Kwality" Products, 
WRITC TO-OAY. 
.MAURER MANUFACTURING CO 
^ . ».i Dept 365 - A 
JWNeWARK^ 
EGG-O-LATUM SIB 
Single Pheasants 
5 Hens, 1 Cock (pen) 
Ring Neck Pheasants 
We can now make shipments of our 
birds. They will lay next spring—are 
easy to raise and do not eat one half 
as much as chickens. These birds are 
not subject to disease—are hardyand 
unrelated. You can sell their young 
and eggs at good prices—they are 
much more profitable than chickens. 
S 6.00 Each 
30.00 
Genuine Wild Mallard Ducks 
Guaranteed to be from nothing but genuine 
Wild Trapped stock—not the coarse semi¬ 
wild strain. Will lay next spring. Fine 
eating—good decoys—and money makers. 
Single Ducks or Drakes $ 5.00 Each 
5 Ducks, 1 Drake (pen) 25.00 
Bloomfield Giant 
Bronze Turkeys 
We have some of the young for sale, from 
our wonderful 55 pound tom “ BLOOM¬ 
FIELD KING.” Why not buy one of our 
fine extra toms and improve your Hock. 
Pullets. 815.00 Each 
Cockerels • • 20.00 to $35.00 Each 
Hens. 20.00 Each 
Toms. 35.00 to $50.00 Each 
We are accepting orders now for eggs from ourPheas- 
ants. Wild Mallard Ducks. Turkeys and 
Single Comb Rhode Island Red Chickens 
for spring delivery. Order* will be filled 
in the rotation that they are received. 
Bloomfield Farms 
America's Largest Game Farm 
1722 Penobscot Bldg* 
Detroit, Michigan 
Get your order In early and 
send check with it. Send iorX-7 
free d e sc riptive booklet 
instructions. *• 
It costs only one cent per dozen eggs to use 
Egg.o.latum. There is no other expense. Eggs FAR 6AI F 
are kept in carton or box in cellar. Eggs may M 
be boiled, poached or tised in any other way, 
just like fresh eggs. Simply rubbed on the 
eggs—a dozen per minute. A 50c. jar is.sufficient 
for 50 dozen eggs. At Drug, Seed and Poultry 
Supply Stores or postpaid. 
GEO. H. LEE CO.. Dept. 463, OMAHA. NEB. 
100 year-old S. C. W. 
Leghorn liens,Wyckoff 
Strain, $2.00 each. j. M . CASE. Gilboa, N. Y. 
Whits Leghorn Pullets FVREsr n ft R M: i ^ 3 B wTy. m NV' i j: 
Wanted— fowl*. 
U~E. BIGELOW 
BELMAR, N. J. 
For Sale-60 Colonies Italian Bees 
GARDINER, N.Y. 
White Buff. Columbian 
Rocks, White Buff Wv- 
andottes. Buckeyes. Black Langshans, Buff Single 
»nd Rosa Comb White Leffhorns. Buff Sin*le »nd Ro»e Comb White 
Order Quality Stock In 
ojacktaiI Japanese Holt and Whita Cochin Bantams. Grey 
Call, White Muscovy and Penciled Runner Ducka, Toulouse and Bull 
Geese. Pigeons all varieties. 
E. P. SHELMIOINE 
LORRAINE, N. Y 
50April HatchedR.l.RedPuIlets , $2 apiece 
April Hatched Light Brahma Pallets. 
52.50 apiece. 50 Selected White Leghorn Hens* 
51.40 apiece. Martin’s stock White Wyandotte 
cockerels. 53 apiece. Paul II. Kuhl, Copper Hill N J 
S. C. R. I. Reds 
Vibert's trapne*ted stock. 4 hans and 1 cockerel, 115. 
Cockerels. $5 each. ANNA M. JONES, Craryville. N.Y. 
COR SALE SO WHITE PLYMOUTH ROOK HENS 
rabout through moulting and in the pink of condition 
for another season’s work. Absolutely healthy Stand¬ 
ard weight and will make a foundation dock second to 
none. $60 for th* lot. F. ORRIS REA. 34 R.. Si.. H. A.d.nr, Matt 
ISO ' Vhl ‘e, LEGHORN Ycarll.g HENS. Tjiurelton 
IVU heavy-laying (train, $1.75 each, or $225 for the 
lot. Also a few grand April and May hatched White Leg- 
horn cockerels, bred from son of a h»*n $3 each 
Guaranteed good healthy stock. WILLIHEZ FARM. Hilnidcl. N. J 
Few Choice S. C. Buff Leghorn Cockerels *m*h?Jd 
from prize winners. 6r.cni.rd P.ullry Yard., Silv.r Creek, N. T. 
Barron’s WhiioWyandottes 
imported direct with records. E. E. LEWIS. Atilicbm. N. T 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purpose* 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl. Cranes, Storks. Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese. Bears, Foxes. Rac¬ 
coon, Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM. J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist. Dept. 10. Yardley, Pa 
200 Hatched White Leghorn Pullets 
at $2.60 each. 
March hatched cockerel*, large, active, handsome, 
well-bred birds, at $5and up, according to pedigree. 
MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARM.Msttituck, N.Y. 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won at Stores, Northern American. 
Canadian and Missouri Laying Con¬ 
tests. Made the remarkable winter 
contest record of 134 eggs (5 birds) 
• in Jan. Over 22 lbs. of favorable 
j, reports from customers. Gen’ICir. 
FREE. Most Instructive catalog so 
7 * ar P rintetl 25c, it Is returnable. 
1. W. PARKS, Box Y ALTOONA, PA. 
Oockerels—Ringlei Barrod Rocks T,,OMPSOVS 
Either light or dark". Choice breeding 
PULLETS and COCKERELS 
W E ARE offering at attractive prices a very 
fine lot of early hatched S. C. White Leghorn 
Breeding Cockerels of the same blood lines as our 
Vineland PenSNo. 54 which has an official record 
of 2,168 eggs at the end of the 47th week and 
which is the highest Leghorn pen in the three East¬ 
ern Egg Laying Contest at this time. Al*o 200 May 
hatched pullets of same breeding at $2.50 each. 
Lakewood Leghorn Farm 
C. S. Greene, Prop. 
LAKEWOO D, NEW JERSEY 
ARE YOU SATISFIED 
With the amount of eggs your Leghorns ar® producing ! 
If not, wo can send you some that will satisfy you. Our 
birds are pure BARRON Leghorns bred from many gen¬ 
eration* of trap-nested and pedigreed stock. We have 
several hundred early hatched pedigreed cockerels bred 
from carefully selected trap-nested hens with records 
from 175 to £68. Priced according to pedigree and quality. 
All stock guaranteed as represented or money refunded. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM. Cambridge Springs. Pa. 
PEN 9 8 
Hampton’s Black Leghorns 
At The 4 lnelaml Kgg-Luvlng Contest 
ARE FOR SALE 
Your ehance to obtain birds of known worth. 
Write quickly. 
A. E. HAMPTON - Pittstown, N. J. 
ForSele—Oak Hill Estate 
consisting of 4 contest pens, 250 yearling h®ns, 19 
cocks, 36 cockerels, 10 pullets. Must be disposed of 
by November 1st. For prices, etc., write 
Oak Hill Estate - TJniontown. Pa. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Pullets, $3 : cockerels, $4. Bred from trap-nested 
hen* and imported 6tock from Barron’s best layers. 
AY. V. COSDF.X _-_ Dover, Delaware 
Tom Barron's White Leghorn Cockerels !i sx™ R 
Individually pedigreed from dams with records 200-278 
•ggs. Flock hatched from dams with records 160-198 
eggs. Circular. WILLOW IHM POULTRY FARM. Sdetu. ». T. 
White Leghorn Pullets SSf'SSif.lSSS: 
KENNETH MOCKRIDGE.Morris town, N. J. 
tion cockerels 
STRAIN DIRECT 
and exhibi- 
i aspeeialty, March and April hatched, 
at 05, 87,50, $10, $15 and $20 each. Parkes’ Heavy-laying 
strain, same age, $». $7.50 and $10. Must please or money 
refunded. I. II. II A CO It N, Sergeantsvllle, It. J. 
65 Choice Imperial Ringlet B. P. Rock Cockerels 
®5, SIO snd @25 each. Exhibition specimens. 
Ancona and Utility B. P. Rock Pullets. Satisfaction 
Guaranteed. E. R. HUMMER & CO., Frenchtown, N. J. 
Black Jersey Giants 
Free descriptive circular. A discount of 2595 on all 
orders for eggs and chicks for spring delivery re¬ 
ceived by us before January 1st, 1920. 
SUSSEX FARM, R. R. 2, Belmar, N. J. 
B ARRED ROCKS. Some selected well-barred cockerels for sale, bred 
from pens headed by pedigreed male bird* from 252 to 274-esrg 
hens. Satisfaction Guarantee.!. C. W. S H. J. Eekharf, Shoholi, Pi. 
FOR 
SALE 
March and April hatch. From selected heaw 
laying hens. Dams still laying strong. $3 
and @5. Rare bargain. ’,’ 
J. C. SMITH. Route 2, Box 31, Sellersville, Pa. 
; White Wyandotte Cockerels 
RABBITS 
It Pays to Buy Your Foundation Stock 
R. R. Belgians, Flemish Giants, 
Americ an Blues, English & D at ch 
Hares, Pedigreed and Registered, from 
FIRST PRIZE WINNERS OF THIS COUNTRY AND ENGLAND 
58 Prize Winners in 1919 
Boston, Mass.; Muncie, Ind.; Grand Rapids, Mich.: 
Endicott, N. Y.; Cleveland, Ohio 
Special and First on Best Male, 
Syracuse, N. Y„ Sept. 8-13, 1919. 
Trenton State Fair, N. J. Sept. 30-Oct. 3. 1919. 
Eleven Entriee, 10 Firsts and 1 Second. 
Since January 1st, 1919. I sold over One Thousand 
Kaootts % all varieties, for Foundation Stock to new 
Breeders and Fanciers. 
THIS GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO START RIGHT 
As the Offspring of Quality 
Is more likely to produce quality than is the offspring: of poor Stock 
JOSEPH BLANK 
Official Judge and Registrar of the N.B.& F. Ass, of A. 
428 Highland Ave., Dept. A, MountVernon, N.Y 
I guarantee satisfaction and safe delivery 
anywhere in America or money refunded 
RABBITS For Sale 
FLEMISH GIANTS 
Exclusively 
Young and Matured 
Stock—Stamp for Price 
List, Pedigrees Furnished. 
S RAVENA, N. Y- 
RALPH ROWE 
The Delaware Valley Rabbitr; 
At Inter-Stats Pair, Trenton, Sept.-Oct. we wo* 
f lr *t in each class we entered—Junior Rufus Red! 
both Bucks and Doe*, Junior New Zealand*, bot 
Buck* and Does, Two Specials for Best Displaj 
and only Cup awarded in ihow for Best Junior Be 
gian Buck. Theo. S. Moore, Owner, Stockton, N. . 
Belgia n Hares Flemish Giant Buck*, ex 
——;— -- ■ tra fine, larg* health' 
stock. 6mos. old, $5 perpair; SBfortrio. Orderfron 
!r ls « * ta, "P for further information 
Mrs. C. R. WATERMAN, R. F. 0. No. 1. Worcester. N Y 
For Sale-BLACK SIBERIAN HARES J t TZ 
only. Apply W. J. WHEBLE, 424 Princeton Rd.,Fitchburg, Ms... 
COR SALE. 185 New Zealand and Red Belgian. 24.; 
■ to 5 month s. A1 Stock, i. F. EILESBERGF.R, Ed.a, S.Y. 
DELGIAN HARES—Rufus Reds —Bred Does 
U $o.00: Bucks $3.00; Youngsters $3.00 Pair. $5.00 
Trio. STANLEY STEINER, AKRON, N.Y. 
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