Trc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
753 
Vineland, N. J. 
WEEK ENDING MARCH 20, 1920 
The table shows the number of tgga 
laid during week named above and total 
number of eggs laid by each pen to date. 
In this contest, beginning November 1, 
each pen contains 20 birds (pullets). 
BA1XZD ZLYMOTJTH XOCZ* 
Wk.Trtl 
Garret W. Bnr.k. N. J. 96 1026 
Edward T. Biddle, Pa.. .. 94 1198 
8. 8. Chamberlain, N. J. 99 1001 
J. U. Kolfcit A Hon, N. J.. 71 978 
Glenlyn Farms. Pa. 108 131,7 
Norfolk Specialty Farms. Ont. 89 809 
Harry H-Ober. N.J. 74 1242 
WHITE PLYMOUTH XOGXB 
8 Bradford Allyn, Mass. 86 1053 
Chicatawbur Farm Mass. 96 1148 
Chester I*. Dodge. Mass. 90 011 
Rosewood Rox, N. J. 88 1129 
Irving K- Taylor, Mats.'•.... 68 798 
The Training School, N. J .. 85 1156 
WHITE WYANDOTTE* 
T. Towar listen, N J. 81 1059 
E. C. Condict A Son. N.J. 90 1185 
Deptford Poultry Farms. N. J. 59 997 
Carroll H. Hoag land, N. J. 70 480 
O. G. linigat. K. 1. 72 1074 
John F Stringer, N.J. 58 1222 
Mrs 11. H, Suler, N. J. 85 1173 
Acme Poultry Farm, N. J.. 61 785 
B. C. RHODE ISLAND ESDI 
J. 8. Armltaga, N. J. 68 1031 
Cream llldge Poultry Yards. N. J. id 1159 
H, W. Colllngwood. N. J. 53 619 
Etjon Poultry Farm. N. J. 90 1235 
C lteed Ferguson, N. J. 107 1077 
Mrs. Win- L. Hundertmark, N, J. 90 lt>14 
Brcamore Farm. Mass. 86 1038 
Howard G. Taylor, N. J. 93 1254 
Underhill tiros.. N. J. 69 968 
Henry P. Walker, Mass . 106 1772 
Maple Farm, N. J.. 8 1 1219 
David E, Warner, U. 1. 93 869 
g. C. WHITS LEOHOBMS 
14 . N. Allen, N. J. 91 750 
K. A Ballard, Pa. 93 13-3 
J. Bayer A Son, N.J. 80 1047 
Beck Egg Farm, V. J. 93 807 
J. VV. Bottcher, N.J. 9) 1274 
Gregory Urundago A Sou, N. Y. 93 739 
Broad Acres Farm. Conn. 91 841 
Broad View Farm, N.J. 88 1039 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 93 782 
Frank OnrpenteS, Pa. 97 1248 
ClefI Hock Farm. Conn. 94 880 
J. Cray A Son. N.J. 90 1220 
C. T. Darby, N. J... . . 79 1129 
Chas. Davall, Jr., N. J . >72 6 0 
Cbas. L. Kbell, N.J. 93 795 
Elgenraueh A Do Winter. Inc.. N. J. 92 828 
B. S. Ells, N.J. 92 1112 
Mattie H. Appele, N. J. 101 1077 
Farm hill Poultry Farm, Pa. 85 1030 
Forsgate Farms, N.J. 84 723 
J G. Freeman, N. J. 9.3 913 
J. S. Gabriel. N. J. 911229 
A. H. Gilbert, N. J. 911038 
Glenwood Poultry Farm. N. J. 81 762 
Greeiulale Farms, N. Y . 98 1229 
C. 8. Green, N.J . 67 920 
Leo A. Grouten. Conn. 94 1U53 
James F. Harrington. N.J. 92 10< 3 
Heigl's Poultry Farm, Ohio. 60 515 
Henry E. Heine, N. J. 87 6-35 
The lloehn Farm, N. Y. 95 696 
Holly wood Farm, Wash. Ill 13-5 
Conrad W. Jones. N. J. 98 1137 
C Korfmaun, N. S. 77 1111 
W. U. Leslie, N. J. 72 1111 
Francis F Lincoln, Conn. 100 1217 
Harold W. Lyle. N. J. 1"2 )2.’»4 
Fred J. Mathews. N.J. 104 1206 
Hun ii v Crest, N. Y. 93 537 
Mt Hope Farm, Mass. 83 12 3 
Frederick B, Naylor. N. J. 102 965 
Samuel Niece & son. N. J. lol ItOO 
Thomas Peterson. Jr , N. J. 95 1035 
George Phillips, Conn. 102 1,760 
Hprlng Lake Farm, N. J. 90 896 
Queensbury F'arru. N J. 89 723 
ltapps Leghorn Farm, Inc.. N.J. 92 812 
Lion Head Potltry Farm, N.y. 101 1485 
Columbian Poultry Farm. N. J. 91 1031 
Weuaiiua Yard, N. J. 94 602 
John G. Simmonds, N. J. 95 705 
Herman F. Bonder N.J. 83 738 
A. E. .Spear, N. J. 93 920 
Matthew Stothart, Jr., N.J. 93 1020 
Tom's Poultry Farm, N.J . 76 726 
The Training School, N, J. 79 900 
Levi J. Troth, N. J. 83 690 
Pleasant View Farm. H. 1. 87 1121 
Farm Polony. Kansas. 96 872 
Peter P Van Nuys, N. F. 102 986 
W. c Voegtlen N. J. 81 1029 
Gustav Walters. N. J. 82 1161 
Westwood Poultry Farm, N. J. 101 1243 
A. G Wlietsel. N J. 72 796 
lie mon K. White. N.J. 93 1022 
WlUanua Farm. N. J . 89 906 
Woodland F'aruis, NJ. 99 806 
Total. 8751 99903 
Starting a Family Flock 
I wish to purchase 24 fowls to start a 
flock. How old should they be? I do 
not know how many males or females to 
buy. Could you tell me what to buy? 
New York. F. K. H. 
If you wish eggs for your tables this 
Summer, you will have to buy mature 
fowls, and they should not be over two 
years old. A better age would be one 
year this Spring. From 24 hens and one 
cork you could easily raise 50 to 75 
chirks this Summer, selling or eating the 
cockerels at broiler age and keeping the 
pullets for your pen in the Fall. Laying 
fowls are not usually kept beyond three 
years of age, and are perhaps most fre¬ 
quently disposed of after two seasons of 
laying. If you do not care to raise 
chicks yourself, either from your own 
flock or by purchasing da.v-old chicks 
from some breeder, you will probably lind 
it possible to purchase maturing pullets 
next September that will be in condition 
to lay through the Winter 
eared for. It is from such 
v ' u t'“ r eggs are produced, 
nt.v, you can exercise your 
a small family flock I should 
I. Hods, Wyandottes or 
Kooks. These lay brown 
if properly 
pullets that 
As to va¬ 
cancy. For 
like either 
Plymouth 
_- M vwv iuj luunu ogp.s j if you 
prefer white eggs, either White or Brown 
leghorns might be chosen. Leghorns are 
not so easily confined in small quarters 
as are the heavier breeds first mentioned, 
j ? r ’, are not as good when 
dressed for the table. m. b. d. 
Ration for Yarded Fowls 
Will you criticize the following for¬ 
mula for confined fowls having a limited 
yard run throughout the year? 
Hominy meal .300 lbs. 
Torn meal. 50 lbs. 
Corn gluten . 25 lbs. 
Wheat bran . j2 lbs. 
Wheat middlings u... 12 lbs. 
Ground oats. 25 lbs. 
Cottonseed meal . 32 lbs. 
Meat scrap . 32 lbs. 
If the above is wrong, will you give me 
something better? The above to be fed at 
midday and the following scratch feed 
morning and night: 
Cracked corn (Kaffir). 50 lbs. 
Barley . 50 lbs. 
Buckwheat . 50 lbs. 
It seems to me that there is something 
off balance here, but I cannot satisfy 
myself what it is. H. F. H. 
While it is true that variety should 
receive due consideration in preparing a 
mash for feeding poultry, care must be 
exercised not to include any ingredients 
that are not held in high repute by suc¬ 
cessful poultrymen. I’sually cottonseed 
meal is not incorporated in a ration for 
birds, the feeling prevailing that it is 
rather concentrated and probably contains 
toxic properties injurious to their diges¬ 
tive systems. The egg-laying contest that 
the New Jersey Experiment Station has 
been conducting at Vineland has demon¬ 
strated the use and value of a mash feed 
consisting of equal parts, by weight, of 
wheat brain, wheat middlings, cornmeal, 
ground oats, and meat scrap. The scratch 
feed that has accompanied this mash feed, 
according in Professor Lewis, has con¬ 
sisted of cracked or whole corn two parts, 
wheat one part, and oats one part, by 
weight. It would seem, therefore, that 
the substitution of this ration for tin- 
one that you have suggested would be 
worth trying, particularly as far as the 
mash feed is concerned, for surely the 
scratch feed that you have identified and 
the proportions you have mentioned would 
serve equally as well. You are aware, 
no doubt that the mash feed should be 
f d dry in boxes, or in self-feeding hop¬ 
pers. and flint it should be kept before 
the bi''ds at all tunes, while the scratch 
feed should be given two or three times 
a day. 
Ventilating Henhouse 
My henhouse is 32x30, facing south; 
three windows, 2 J /Lx5, and three open¬ 
ings, 2x2. I have to put up screens over 
these to keep out snow, as we get some 
blizzards from the south: keep open as 
much as possible, but house gets dump 
and birds freeze combs, as we have 30 
below zero for a week or 30 days steady. 
Would it helj) the ventilation to put mon¬ 
openings higher up? I had thought of 
trying King system, as it works well in 
our cow stable. s. w. n. 
These small openings are not sufficient 
for the ventilation of a poultry house of 
that size, particularly as they are kept 
closed for a part of the time. Instead of 
cutting new openings I should arrange 
the upper sashes of the three windows to 
drop back a foot or more and permit the 
air to enter over them. V-shaped boards, 
the wide ends up, should be nailed to the 
window frames at the sides of these 
sashes so as to fit against them when 
opened and close the openings there and 
force all air to enter over the sashes. A 
narrow strip of wood tacked along the 
inner edges of these “hopper sides” would 
support tht* sash when dropped back 
against them. It is not necessary 
to hinge the sash at the bottom when 
arranged in this way, as the hopper sides 
support them in place when opened. 
The King system of ventilation has not 
proven as satisfactory for poultry house 
ventilation as it has in dairy barns, prob¬ 
ably because there is not sufficient animal 
beat given off from tin- bodies of the fowls 
to insure a ventilating current. M. B. D. 
Fighting Hens 
T have a flock of about 200 White 
Leghorn hens. This season they have 
taken to fighting and tight until they kill 
each otln-r. Will you tell me the cause 
of this, or how l can prevent it? I)o 
you think it is the lack of giving them 
enough meat scrap? j. w. M. 
No, I do not think lack of beef scrap 
the cause of poultry scraps; these lat¬ 
ter are due to the inherent fighting na¬ 
ture of the beasts, coming down from 
their jungle ancestry where, if they had 
not fit, they would have perished in ne- 
eordanee with the law of the survival of 
the fittest. It is truly distressing to see 
well bred, well cared for fowls, particu¬ 
larly those of the so-called gentler sex. 
smiting each other, hip and thigh, and 
drinking the blood of murderous conten¬ 
tious, but they will do it on oeeasiou and 
it is often difficult to turn their minds to 
peaceful pursuits. To forestall it, give 
them room and exercise, make them work 
in deep litter for their food, or turn them 
out of doors if at all possible. Give them 
something else to think about, in any way 
you can do it. A cabbage or beet, hung 
out of easy reach may cause them to 
aspire to better things, or, if easier meth¬ 
ods do not suffice, set up some wide 
Ixiards on edge to form a sort of maze on 
the poultry house floor over which you 
can easily step but which will partly con¬ 
ceal tlic fowls from each other. Out of 
sight is out of rniud iu the poultry quar- 
ters. - . M., H, d. 
BABY 
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Barred Rocks - - 214.00 14.00 7.50 
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JUSTA POULTRY FARM, Southampton, N. Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
My ten years selecting and breeding has developed 
an exceptionally heavy laying strain. Eggs for 
hatching from large, vigorous two and three-year 
old hens mated to cockerels from hens with trap- 
nest recorcs from 204-268 eggs in one year. A few 
cockerels at $.7.00 each shipped on approval. 
Lawrence W. Miller, Argyle, N.Y. 
THE UNDERHILL FARMS 
White Leghorns HATCHING EGGS 
females from certified Parents, headed by males cer¬ 
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of order 
GEORGE H. UNDERHILL, Fort Ann. N.Y. 
S. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS 
NOW tilling orders for hatching eggs from our prize 
winners this season at Tr nton. Far Hills. Paterson, 
Providence, Morristown •• ml New Jersey state show. 
Special mated pens, 55.00 per 1 5 *qas ; -elected pens. 
53.50 per 15 eqqs. Strong, healthy baby chlx ut 
5 0o each. THE BUFF ORPINGTON COMPANY 
Fanwood, New Jersey 
World’s Champion White Wyandotte 
‘‘College Queen.” Record, 308 eggs at Storrs 7th 
Laying Contest. Other individual records from 200 
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Just Imported Barron White Leghorn 
COCKERELS head part of our pure Barron mat¬ 
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280-288 eggs. Our second importation. Baby chick* 
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Eight-Weex-Old LEGHORN PULLETS 
Kea<ly for delivery April 12th to 15th. 31.10 ench. 100 lay¬ 
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Rose Comb Rhode Island Whites 
Eggs, 15c. each. John Henning;, Clyde, N. Y. 
P Regal-Dorcas, White Wynn 
■ I u. willIIg K g g O dottea.T rap n©s t ed, line 
hied, farm raised. MUSK00AT POUIIRT FIRM, North Clyntr, R.r. 
S ilver Lace W y a 11 <1 • 11 e a. Prize s inners. Eggs, 
•9 per 15 ; *3.76 for 30. SCO. T. WILLIAMSON, Flmdcri. N. J 
M0TTLCD ANC0NAS. Cockerell .1 hat- him? ««». 0--kerel». JJ.50 
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BabyChicks, HatchingEggs VA 1 "V-1f’wh IXfntfSfii 
Leghorns. Reasonable. Royal Fa km, Ukkgky, 1’a. 
W hite wyandottfs. "Regal Dorcas'' strain. Grand matings. 
Kgg*, *1.40—15; #1.14—30. K. HIM., Seaera Falla, X. T. 
W hite Leghorn Kgge t rom trapnerted stock. *8 a hund¬ 
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Phirl/C white Rocks, *20: It. t. Urdu, »l»: Bar, 
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MaFLES WHITE I.F.lillOKN FARM - TELYORD, L'a. 
Duck E 
ner Ducks. 
nnc from niv flock of Fawn 
ogs tor Hatching „nd White Indian Kuu- 
*2 per 11. R. TWEDDLE, Montgomery, N. Y. 
White Chineso GEESE 
GEORGE E. HOWELL, 
Kggs that hatch, IOc each by 
express. 5 eggs by mail. *2.25. 
Spruce Farm. Howells. N. Y. 
White Chinese Goose Eggs r°*B? ch i' t ^ 
horn eggs. *1.60 lor 15. Mrs. CLAUDIA tlTIS.'Hillitfalt, Michi«ie 
Columbian Wyandotte Hatching Eggs 
Mating lists now ready. J. J. Harding, Albion, Maine 
u. u. Hiibuua iiaiwiiiiig L&go i 3 Utility Pulie 
$2 50. m. N. GAGE A SON, Silver Creek. N 
Pedigreed S. C. R. I. RED MALES 
mated to our beat laying hens. 15 eggs. *2 up; * 101> ft* 
per too. Tub " Island Road Reds " Farm, Ramsey, N. J. 
Vigorous Baby Chicks 
and iKblitHi—*•;<> Tier hundred up, postpaid. Cir¬ 
cular free. J. W. CONNORS, Palermo, N, j. 
ForSale Nine International Hovers 
*7.50 each. MoKay Junior Rrooder. *16. Newtown No. 
19. **«. Two 360 .Model ]neuhaters. *20 each. Four 390- 
Pralrie State, late model, *30 each. Two 390-Prairie State 
(three tray I. *15 each. Two 340 Prairie State, late model, 
*32 each. Two 39U-Cyphers. never used, **5 caeh. Two 
:i'.m Cyphers, *25 each. Kach machine complete anil good 
condition, crated and f.o.b. Southampton. 
Juutw Poultry Farm, bouthuuiptou, N. Y. 
ONE TURN of CRANK 
TURNS 
EVERY EGG 
Without opening incubator 
Best Construction” 
Simplest to operatb 
60—100 — 150 and 
200 Egg Sizes 
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300 Grant Ave. NUTLEY, NEW JERSEY 
Turkey Eggs 
From our large, fancy stock of M. Bronze, B. lied, 
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Rock and S. C. Red clik. eggs, 52 for 15: 510 for 100. 
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Yearling Wild Tom 
Check gets them. BERTHA M. TYSON, Rising Sun. Md. 
Fine Poultry, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Guineas 
Pigeons, Bantams, Harea.Cnviea, Dogs, Stock, Kggs 
law. Catalog. Pioneer Farm, Telford, Pa. 
Giant Bronze Turkey Eggs 
55 per 10. R. C. R. I. Red Kggs, S3 per 15. Registered 
Shropshire Sheep. H. J. VAN 0YKE, Gettysburg Pa. 
TnrLouo for sale. Half wild blood. Toms. *15 to *25. 
IUI8CJ3 stamp. J. C. Lukens - Oxford, I"a. 
ROSE CO NIK R. I. REDS 
Kggs for hatching from Bred-to-Lay Blue Ribbon win- 
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Uqlekinrr Cq-rro from imported Barron strain Leghorns 
ndicning eggs w. E. ATKINSON, Wallingford. Ct. 
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B arred Rock 4'hlcka from free range, hardy stock 
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Hatching Eggs!! Plymouth l<ocks, *5.25— 
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World's best utility breed. 278-egg strain. Write 
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ENGLISH BLA CKRED GAME 
EGGS for hatching, #4 per 15. 
AY alter Forrister, Framingham, Mass. 
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FOR CAI F S. C. White Leghorn Hatch- 
rVIl OMUL jng Eggs. From Goodwins 
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tells some reasons why you should buy from 
us. Prices very reasonable. 
GOODWIN FARM 
R. D. No. 3 Torrington, Ct. 
160 White Plymouth Rocks 
Last year's birds. Hatched end of .April ami have 
been laying 50 per cent, since December. Fine flock 
of thoroughbreds. Need the room forcoming stock. 
Frederick Hunnlnghouae. Klwootl, L. I.,N.Y. 
Whits Rocks 
Fishcl, White Pekin Ducks. Eggs, *3 per 
15. t’hieks. *. «. SCIFIELD, Orem lam. N. T 
W ANTED two II U N 1> It F D IIEN8 at once- 
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I AYINQ Yearling White I. e c h o r n e, Barron-WrckotT 
k strain, #2.50. Collie pups, *10—*16. lO-wVs. pullets 
for June delivery. |„ E. Henuett, lente l.lludeon, N T. 
Utility White Leghorns 
FROM SELECTED BREEDING HENS 
ITay-old Chicks...$20 per 100 
Hatching Kggs. lO per 100 
Custom hatching. 93.SO per hatch of 180 Eggs. 
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