1769 
Vhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Connecticut Egg Contest Winners 
At the Storrs contest, which closed Oct. 
31, the 10 Barred Rock pullets entered 
by Jules F. Francais, of Long Island, 
won with a record of 2,022 eggs. This 
pen had led for 32 weeks and was the 
only one to average more than 200 eggs 
for each of the 10 hens. The best indi¬ 
vidual work in the contest was 200 eggs, 
laid by a White Leghorn entered by G. 
S. McLean, of Connecticut. The records 
of the 20 highest pens were: 
Jules F. Francais. Long Island. Barred 
Rock. 2,022. 
Laurel Poultry Farm. Quebec, Barred 
Rock, 1,918. 
Frank Dubois, Mass.. White Leghorn, 
1,867. 
Kirkup Bros.. Long Island, White Leg¬ 
horn, 1,845. 
D. Tailored. Wash., White Leghorn, 
1,833. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. II.. R. I. 
Red, 1,828. 
Laurel Hill Farm, Rhode Island. R. I. 
Red, 1,825. 
James O. T.e Fevre. New York. White 
Leghorn, 1,789. 
Howard It. Sullivan, Conn., Barred 
Rock, 1,774. 
Ingleside Poultry Farm, New York, 
Barred Rock. 1.737. 
Mrs. J. L. Th arisen. Conn., White Leg¬ 
horn, 1,735. 
Agricultural College. Mich., Barred 
Rock. 1,730. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards, Conn., White 
Leghorn. 1,728. 
S. G. McLean. Conn., White Leghorn, 
1,724. 
Charles IT. Lane, Mass., R. I. Red, 
1,714. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass., "White Leg¬ 
horn, 1,713. 
It. Lindsay Ireland, Ky., White Leg¬ 
horn. 1.695. 
W. Bradley, Penn., W. Wyandottes, 
1,667. 
Ailing Hens 
I wish some advice regarding sick hens. 
The symptoms are the same as for black¬ 
head in turkeys. Can hens have this 
disease? I have lost three or four daily 
for five or six days, and have .still 150 left. 
New York. c. A. s. <■ 
Blackhead, which is really a disease of 
the liver and intestines and receives its 
name only because of the discoloration of 
the head noticed in the course of the 
trouble, is not a common disease of ma¬ 
ture hens, though .sometimes found. It is 
believed by some investigators that white 
diarrhoea of young chicks is at times 
caused by this infection. When found 
among mature fowls the disease presents 
the same symptoms shown by diseased 
turkeys; droopiness, diarrhoea, loss of ap¬ 
petite and dark discoloration of the comb 
and head. Post-mortem examination re¬ 
veals a liver enlarged and covered with 
yellowish spots and the blind pouches of 
the intestines inflamed and filled with pus 
and fecal matter. There is no known cure 
for blackhead, either in hens or turkeys. 
The symptoms are not noticed until the 
disease has reached an advanced stage. 
Ailing fowls should be promptly removed 
from the flock and cleanliness and disin¬ 
fection of quarters and utensils should re¬ 
ceive attention. Turkeys and hens should 
not be reared together, as comparatively 
few turkeys seem to escape this infection, 
and it may be transferred to other barn¬ 
yard fowls. m. B. D. 
more familiar. It is these coccidia which 
cause the disease known as blackhead 
among turkeys, really an inflammation of 
the liver and intestines. Hens, pigeons, 
sparrows and other birds are also affected, 
but turkeys are the chief sufferers. Adult 
hens, particularly, possess considerable 
powers of resistance to these germs and 
the disease in fatal form is comparatively 
rare among them. A very fortunate thing, 
for, otherwise, chicken raising would be 
as difficult as turkey raising and eggs 
would be delicacies to be enjoyed only by 
the wealthy. This disease, particularly as 
affecting turkeys, has been very thorough¬ 
ly studied at the Rhode Island Experi¬ 
ment Station at Kingston, R. I., from 
which bulletins describing it may be ob¬ 
tained by those interested. Unfortunately 
the authorities there have as yet been 
unable to suggest anything more than 
very general preventive or curative meas¬ 
ures, and poultrymen are still very help¬ 
less in the presence of a serious outbreak 
of this trouble. M. B. D. 
Mashes for Chicks and Hens 
Will you give me mixtures for the fol¬ 
lowing : A mash for baby chicks: a mash 
for laying hens; a mash for fattening 
cockerels. I have a feed grinder, and so 
would like to mix my own feed and mash. 
New York. n. j. 
A good mash for laying hens may be 
made from equal parts, by weight, of corn- 
meal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, 
ground oats, gluten feed and meat scrap. 
The mash would be equally suitable for 
baby chicks if three parts of wheat bran 
were used instead of one. Good heavy 
oats, free from an excess of hulls, should 
be used. 
A fattening mash for cockerels may be 
made from corn meal, ground oats or bar¬ 
ley, ground buckwheat, some wheat bran 
and perhaps one-tenth part of beef scrap; 
or the cockerels may be fattened upon 
cornmeal alone. Cockerels will stand 
from two to three weeks of heavy feeding 
upon a moist mash, in the making of 
which skim-milk is most useful. While 
being fattened, they should be confined to 
small quarters where they will remain 
quiet and they should be marketed before 
"going off their feed.” IT. B. D. 
Coccidiosis in Fowls 
I have taken ailing birds to the State 
Laboratory to have tests made, and they 
found evidence of coccidiosis, an enteric 
catarrhal trouble. The lungs, heart, in 
fact, all the organs were in good shape, 
but the intestines, which were purplish 
in color, showing considerable inflamma¬ 
tion, and preventing the chicken from de¬ 
riving good from the food, consequently 
the emaciation. My question was: "What 
shall I do?” The answer, get out of the 
hollow and get up on high ground, and I 
believe that is right, but I cannot do it 
unless I move. I then told the doctor 
what I was doing and he said that he 
knew of no better treatment, and from 
what they told me very little is known 
about this particular trouble. I am using 
one tablespoon of Epsom salt and one 
tablespoon of carbonate of soda to the 
gallon of drinking water twice a week, 
and on two alternate days without the 
salts, leaving the other days for clear 
water. My birds show a marked improve¬ 
ment, but my losses have been heavy. I 
do not claim 1 haw solved the problem, 
but if anybody can help poultrymen out 
he will earn our eternal gratitude. 
Wayne. Pa. w. P. C. 
Coccidiosis is a disease caused by small 
organisms known as coccidia. These lat¬ 
ter can be seen only under the miscroseope 
and differ from other better known dis¬ 
ease germs, such as those causing tubercu¬ 
losis, in their nature and life history. For 
ali practical purposes, however, they may 
be considered as disease germs which live, 
multiply and npruad destruction as do 
other disease fierpa with which we axe 
Oat Straw; Lice 
1. Is there any value in oat straw for 
feeding cows and horses? 2. My pig 
house and pigs are full of lice. How can 
I kill them ? A. E. 
New York. 
1. Bright, sound oat straw is excellent 
as a part ration for an idle horse, along 
with good mixed clover and Timothy hay. 
corn stover, roots or a little silage and 
grain. It is too bulky to be beneficial to 
a hard-worked horse. It also is excellent 
for young growing cattle, along with roots 
or silage, bran and oilmeal or cake. In 
Great Britain it is the main roughage 
during the Winter for store cattle and is 
combined with rutabagas ' (Swedish tur¬ 
nips) and flaxseed meal or cake. Cot¬ 
tonseed cake also is fed by some. 2. 
Cleanse, fumigate, disinfect and white¬ 
wash the houses and pens, using a spray 
pump for the work. Tub the pigs in a 
solution of coal tar dip. made according 
to directions given by the manufacturer, 
and having enough^crude oil added to coat 
the surface lightly. 
You Poultry Raisers --- 
Wouldn’t it often pay you to have an ex¬ 
perienced helpertodecide your breeding 
and selling problems? How to select the 
layers and save feed? Help with mating, 
house building, and the baby chicks? 
Poultry Item doei all that—coiti only 7Sc. a Year 
Free Sample—or 4 Months Trial for 25c. 
The POULTRY ITEM 25 Maple Ave., Sellersville, Pa. 
FOR sale; 
Twenty R. C. Black Minorca Pullets and Ten Hens 
POWELL CREEK FARMS, R. F. D., May’s Landing. N. J. 
tV. WYAMIOTTE 8 . Big. husky e'k'ls. Best laying 
strains. $2.50 eaoh. A few liens. R. HILL, Sanaca Falls, N. Y. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels 
from high record hens. Trap nests n&d year round. 
Pure American strain. Grand size, type, vigor. 
A. L. VREELAN1) - Nutley, N. J. 
Barron’s White Wyandottes Cockerels, p u nets and 
imported direct with records. 
Hen* for sale from stock 
E. E. LEWIS. Apalachin.N. T. 
White Wyandottes e‘ t S^ 
MOUNTAIN view poultry E 
“ KEGALS.” March hatched cock- 
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Mammoth Bronze r T"- Toulouse Geese 
u n d Black * UnvCyS anil White Or¬ 
pington cockerels. All firit cln»a stock and prices very rea¬ 
sonable. Stamp for a reply. 11. C. JtACKLEY, Itroguevllle, l’o 
Tnrlraue Mammoth Bronze and Half Wild Turkeys. 
I UllVCjfS Jonx 1). Smith - Walton, New York 
Extra Fine 
$15 anil 
RABBITS 
Mammoth BronzeTurkey Toms and Hens fJleach. 
Also best strains Vi'hite Plymouth Rook and White Leg¬ 
horn cockerels, $5 and $7. ROUGH LANDS* Washington, Conn. 
For Sale-Bourbon Red TURKEYS 
Strong-, Healthy Birds. The breed of Turkeys that always 
Stay at Home. Mr*. WALTER B. SAXTON, Veuice Center, N.Y. 
White Holland Turkeys bone and healthy! 
Price—Toms, $7; Hens, $5. Or. T. PAUL PEERY, Taiewcll,Virginia 
r n _ Cofrt MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS 
rui oalE Arden W. Doio, it. D. No. 1, Walton, N. Y 
Bourbon Red Turkeys 
Pekin and Brazilian Ducks. M. A. SHERER, Lincoln University, Pa. 
D . SHOEMAKER’S State Prize Bourbon Red 
Turkeys. Toulouse and Brown Chinese Geese. Fawn 
White Ducks, Golden Campine cockerels. Et. Plain, X. Y. 
White Holland Turkeys Rodman, X. Y. 
Pure Drnn 7 a T 11 r|fp\/Q harge, Stiong, Stock. 
Kred DlUIlZO IUIKCJ3 Mrs. LELAND LIVERMORE, Cassville, N.Y. 
EGGS EGGS EGGS 
Get in your orders early for PEKIN, INDIAN 
RUNNER, MALLARD and PHEASANT 
EGGS, for the coming season. 
I>AY-OLl> DUCKLINGS and BAY-OLD CHICKS 
after March 1st. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN POULTRY COMPANY, Goshen, New York 
DUCKS-Imperial Mammoth Pekins 
Single birds,either sex, $5; three, $14; doz.,$50, 
ELMWOOD POULTRY FARM, So. Euclid. Ohio 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl. Cranes, Storks, Swans, 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Rac¬ 
coon, Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals. 
WM.J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist, Dept. 10, Yardley, Pa 
Black Jersey Giants 
Free descriptive circular. A discount of 2.7$ 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. 
A merican OOMiniqueS. Silver Spangled Hamburgs and 
Anconas, tl each and upwards. A. JACKSON. Coblcikitl, N.Y. 
Light Brahmas Exclusively e® ( 2l/ e $2 5 o 0 t k o 
S3 50 Each. HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN FARM, Norfolk, Conn. 
PARKS WINTER LAYING 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Won at Storrs. Northern American. 
Canadian and Missouri Laying Con¬ 
tests. Made the remarkable winter 
contest record of 134 egrs (5 birds) 
in Jan. Over 22 ibs. of favorable 
reports from customers. Gen’l Cir. 
FREE. Most instructive catalog so 
far printed 25c, it is returnable. 
J. W. PARKS, Box Y ALTOONA, PA. 
Buck’s Barred Rocks-?s KgoVi®: 
Garret W. Buck 
Colts Neck, N. J. 
r o | tOO WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS. 
rUIOdlB April hatched. Free range. Price,$2.25 each. 
20 Guinea Fowl. $1.50 each. II. L. CUSKILL, Barker, N. Y. 
FOR SALK, Reasonable. Vigorous Canadian strain single 
comb Black Leghorn cockerels. Wm. Mareneia, Worecatar.N. T. 
Single Comb White Leghorn Cockerels c™\,uT 
pedigreed stock. $S Each. M. J. QUACKENBUSH, Nattey. N. j. 
White Leghorn Cocks and Cockerels 
March hatched on farm range. Bred from 200-egg 
type stock. Price. 55 and S10 each. Our breeders 
are certified by Cornell. Booking orders now for 
Baby chicks and eggs. Hamilton Farm, Huntinuton, N.Y. 
LARGE. LONG BOOIEP, CHALK WHITE 
S.C.White Leghorn Pullets 
now laying; $3 each or $34 a dozen, prepaid, from 
Wyckofif-Barron’s best utility hens. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. References. Cockerels same price. 
LEROY F. JONES, 90 Franklio Bldg., Danbury, Conn. 
i i NIAGARA QUALITY” BARRED ROOKS.Save 
H money. Ten late hatched cockerels, $3 each. Dam's 
record, 196 eggs. Sire, Park’s Pedigreed cockerel. Dam's 
record 224 eggs. Dandy yearling male. $10. Cockerels, 
$5. Park's Stock only. Mr*. JAMES COLLINS, Loekpart, N.Y. 
Choice Barred Rock Cockerels 
crotaed with Thompson’s strain. April hatched. 
$3.50 each. H0WAR0 JOHNSON. Seroeantsville. N. J. 
It Pays to Buy Your Foundation Stock 
R. R. Belgians, Flemish Giants, 
American Blues, English & Dutch 
Hares, Pedigreed and Registered, from 
FIRST PRIZE WINNERS OF THIS COUNTRY AND ENGLAND 
58 Prize Winners in 1919 
Boston, Mass.; Mnncie, 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 Entries, 10 Firsts and 1 Second. 
Since January 1st. 1919, I sold over One Thousand 
Rabbits , 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, MountVemon, N.Y. 
1 guarantee satisfaction and safe delivery 
anywhere in America or money refunded 
BELGIUM HARES PEDIGREED 
MATURED DOES AND BUCKS 
The pleasure is in starting right. The profit 
in securing the best. ;We have them. 
PUNSET VALLEYRABB1TRY, Frank W. Wolfe, Spencertown.N.Y. 
QlDQCn Dnrv Dill I ETC E. B. Thompson’s strain 
DAUnCU rtUuli rULLb I O direct. March hatched. 
Now laying 50%. 10 and a handsome cockerel, properly 
mated, $50. May hatched pullets. $3 each. Must please 
or money refunded. I. H. BAOOllN, Sergeanttvlile, Ji. J. 
PARKS* Strain B. P. R. Cockerels 
sired by males from 225-egg hens or better. Winners at 
Storrs, 191S-1919. Pen Xo. 12. S4 to S 8 . Return at our ex¬ 
pense if not satisfactory. INGLESIDE FIRMS, Paleaaille, N. r. 
Barred Rock Cockerels 
Parks’ Winter laying strain. $5 and $7 each. 
D. EVERETT JONES, Hillsdale, New York 
n n n L AND WYANDOTTE COCKERELS, vigorous 
Dar. r. liUuK breeders of quality. Price reasonable. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Dr. S. C. MOYER, LanaiUla, p». 
Francais Barred Plymouth Rocks f r e e u er ®o e r d s'aie! 
Also trapnested breeders. Winner of last Storrs con [ 
test. JULES F. FRANCAIS,Westhampton Beach, L. I.. N. Y. 
BARRED ROCK Cockerels strains 
$3 to $4 each. J. I. HEKETEIt, R. 4, Gettysburg, Pa. 
Ped. Rufus Red Belgian Hares ai» t”: 
and one mo. Write Mrs. S. It. WOOD, West Winfield, N. Y. 
j jr TLrafc *5 -A- Pedigreed Rufus 
-M- •- JL Red Belgians 
ami Flemish Giants, Six mos. old, $2 each; Eight mos 
and over, $2.50;eaeh. 6E0. W. BERNHARDT. Route 3. Salisbury. MB' 
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POULTRY 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
February Cockerels—rich, red birds, guaran¬ 
teed six pounds weight. Money refunded 
if not pleased. 
$ 5.°°, $7.50 an <f $ 10. 00 each 
Sand Hill Farm 
Phone 345 HUNTINGTON, N.Y. 
Pinecrest S. C. Reds 
have made theibest 2,3 and 4-year averages ever made by 
Reds at Storrs, best 5-year average ever made by uny 
flock of American breeds at Storrs. 174.9 eggs per bird. 
Best individual Red ever trapnested at Storrs. All stock 
trapnested. Pedigree cockerels for sale. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed 
Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. 
Rose Comb R.I. Red Cockerels 
Raised from BRED-TO-LAY, BLUE ribbon winners at the 
LEADING SHOWS. Large, long backed, big boned, good, red, 
husky cockerels shipped on approval for $4 and $5 each. 
CATALPA POULTRY FARM, R. D-. Gettysburg. Pa. 
Tlndpphill Clrtlill 9' ft* I- Red Cockerels. 
LUUC1 11111 oii all! Large, range grown birds. April 
hatched, $ 1 O each. MAPLE FARM, Cross wicks, X J. 
For Sal l-Rhode Island Red Cockerels 
exceptionally fine; April hatched: farm range birds; 
raised from healthy stock. SS3 each. 
Mrs. George H. Gooden, Woodside, Delaware 
ROSE & SINGLE COMB REDS 
Vibert’s Trapnested strain Cockerels, $5 and $7 
each. D. EVEKETT JONES, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
Oockerels—Ringlet Barred Rocks I"r*.Voirect 
Either light or dark. Choice breeding and exhibi¬ 
tion cockerels aspecialty, March and April hatched, 
at $5, $7.50, $10, $li> and $20 each. Parkes’ Heavy-laying 
strain, same age, $5, $7.50 and $10. Must please or money 
refunded. I. II. B A C O It N, SergeuntsvtUe, N. J. 
COCKEREL SMoifK 
and Leghorns, C. O. D. C. si. La EVER, Mti lit until,, P». 
Single 
Comb 
White Leghorns K; 
3,000 breeders on free Farm Range, t Bred 
Specially for heavy egg production. 
BARRON STRAIN 
CHOICE COCKS and COCKERELS 
Single Birds $5 each. 3 for$13. Inlotsof 5 or more 
$3 each. Get your breeders before winter;sets in. 
No liens nor pullets for sale. Circular Free. 
EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75. Pleasant VaUey, N. Y. 
ARE YOU SATISFIED 
With the amount of eggs your Leghorns are producing ? 
If not. we can send yon some that will satisfy you. Our 
birds are pure BARRON Leghorns bred from many gen¬ 
erations of trap-nested and pedigreed stock. We have 
several hundred early hatched pedigreed cockerels bred 
from carefully selected trap-nested liens with records 
from 175 to 268. Priced according to pedigree and quality. 
All stock guaranteed as represented or money refunded. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs. Pa. 
Tom Barron’s White Leghorn Cockerels ^ STRAIN* 
Individually pedigreed from dams with records 200-278 
eggs. Flock hatched from dams with records 160-198 
eggs. Circular. WILLOW BROOK POULTRY FARM. Odesa*. N. Y . 
WhiteLeghornPullets anil oil* brood 
ers tor sale. FOREST FAR M, Rockaway, N. J. 
PULLETS 
Am overstocked—must sell 
lOO S. C. IV. LEGHORN PULLETS 
at $1.75 each. Almost ready to lay. 
Martin Moixer - Newtown. Coxx. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels 
Farm raised. $3 each. G. G. LFt’K Y, Holme 
Best util, 
ity stock- 
Holmeiville, Ohio 
rid". w a d% m s“."V„ S. C. White Leghorn Yearling Hens 
$1.50. April pullets. $2. May pullets, $1.50. Cockerels, 
$2.30 up. Breeding Pens, harry smith, Mouieomcrj, N. Y. 
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