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EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is held 1 at Storrs 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 Storrs, Conn., for week ending 
April 23, 1920: 
BARRED BOCKS Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark, Conn. 
Samuel M. Monks, Conn. 
Edward F. Goddard R. 1. 
Ore Agricultural College, Ore.... 
Jules F. Francais, L. I. 
Oneck Farm. L, 1. 
E. C Foreman, Ontario. 
Gossard Breeding Estates,111. 
Rock Rose Farm. N. Y. 
Ingleside Farm.N. Y. 
Etjon Poultry Farm, N. J.. 
WHITE ROCKS 
W H. Bassett, Conn. 
V. 8. Vaughn. R. I. 
H. A Wilson. N. H. 
Applecrest Farm Co , N. H. 
8. Bradford Allyn. Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzen, M -es. 
Chlckntawbut Farms Mass. 
BUFF ROCKS 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
COLUMBIAN ROCKS 
T. J. Enslin, N. J. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
52 . 878 
47 ' 598 
40 441 
39 676 
62 956 
60 948 
46 567 
44 391 
49 788 
58 790 
57 613 
51 725 
49 359 
41 481 
48 731 
50 703 
52 530 
56 758 
36 450 
52 760 
Merrythought Farm, Conn.. 37 755 
Applecrest Farm Co.. N. H. 42 770 
Harry I). Emmons, Conn. 39 607 
Patrick F. Sullivan, Conn. 49 720 
Herbert!, Warren. Que., Canada .... 51 808 
Mrs R. W. Stevens. N. Y. 44 795 
Langford Poultry Farm. B. C. 27 789 
Middlebrook Farm. N. Y. 9 610 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
H. P. Cloyes, Conn. 40 802 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Mrs. C. O. Polhemus, N. Y. 53 884 
Richard Allen, Mass. 41 848 
H. S. Bicktord. N. H. 47 556 
Plnecrest Orchards, Mass. 45 991 
Jacob K. Jansen.Conn. 44 887 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 48 821 
Cbas. 11. Lane, Mass. 39 935 
W. E. Bumsted, Conn.... 38 604 
H. P. Dealing. Conn. 51 566 
Benjamin Guyette. Mass. 45 633 
Tri-Acre Farm, Conn. 53 760 
Edward P. Usher. Mass. 46 651 
Natick Farm, R. 1. 49 681 
John E. Dorsey, Conn. 34 504 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
U. L. Anderson, N. H 
RUSSIAN ORLOFFS 
W H Bassett, Conn. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
George R. Swain, Conn. 
DARK CORNISH 
Henry E. Jones, Conn . 
OREQONS 
Ore, Agricultural College, Ore. 
BLACK LEGHORNS 
F. A. Brizzee, Pa. 
A. E. Hampton, N. J. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
A. H Penny, N, Y. 
W. Edgar Baker, Jr., L. I. 
8. G. McLean, Conn. . 
Glenhope Farm. Muss. 
Emory U. Bartlett, Mass...... 
Meadowedge Farm. L. 1. 
Kirkup Bros. N. Y.. 
A. B. Hall, Conn.. 
Kigenraueh & DeWtnter, N. J. 
James O LeFevre. N. Y. 
Shadowbrook Farm. Conn. 
bmall's Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn... 
Goshen Poultry Club, Conn. 
L. A. Grouten. Conn. 
L. K lngoldsby, N. Y. 
B S. Ells. N. J. 
Hollywood Farm. Wash. 
Bonnie Brook Farm. N. Y. 
W. K. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm. N. J. 
Heigl's Poultry Farm, Ohio.. .. 
A. P. Robinson. N. Y. 
C. Rasmussen. N. J ... 
Imperial Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Kmi 1 Klein N. J. 
Laywell Poultry Farm, Conn. 
K A. Ballard. Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm. Mass. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn. 
J Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Clifford 1. Stoddard. Conn. 
George Phillips. Conn. 
J. A. Hansen. Ore. 
Alex McVlttie, Mich. 
Mrs. J. L Theusen. Conn. 
Rockland Co. Poultry Assu., N. Y. 
Bert Horsfall. Quebec. 
U. 8. Disc. Barracks. Kan. 
U. 8. Disc. Barracks. Kan. 
Hopewell Farms. N J. 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm. N. J. 
Merrythought Farm. Conn. 
M. J. Quackenbush. N. J.. 
The Yates Farm. N Y. 
Columbia Poultry Farm, N. J. 
C. o Polhemus. N. Y. 
Willanna Farm. N. j; - .!".'..i".'.'.'. 
C. 8 Greene, N. J. 
Coleman Miles, Ill. 
Total. 
46 
914 
51 
461 
52 
389 
24 
413 
56 
611 
48 
610 
55 
838 
49 
663 
30 
789 
45 
788 
56 
922 
40 
64(1 
44 
848 
41 
711 
43 
618 
44 
464 
49 
712 
52 
655 
40 
761 
51 
669 
50 
712 
58 
705 
37 
775 
46 
665 
50 
672 
47 
649 
51 
671 
49 
526 
48 
646 
45 
830 
53 
828 
51 
446 
45 
425 
36 
707 
53 
873 
41 
652 
49 
785 
46 
663 
39 
642 
47 
964 
50 
710 
40 
517 
45 
721 
40 
548 
42 
4IS 
43 
539 
45 
436 
47 
612 
51 
665 
30 
836 
42 
511 
37 
420 
42 
423 
40 
630 
49 
507 
35 
461 
31 
472 
4526 
66751 
Ailing Chicks 
I bought 50 Barred Bock chicks, and 
every day we lose one or two. We feed 
them a good scratch food; grit, charcoal, 
meat scraps and ground wheat; have a 
brooder and keep plenty of clean water 
in front of them at all times. Their legs 
get weak and their necks get crooked, 
iiiey have diarrhoea. d. m. 
Michigan. 
It is almost impossible to keep little 
chicks indoors for more than two or three 
weeks without the development of leg 
weakness and other evidences of breaking 
flown. The remedy is to get them out of 
aoors upon the ground—a difficult mat¬ 
ter early iu the season, and particularly 
fluring such a cold backward year, 
v ometmies a sheltered spot can be found 
and the snow cleared from it, giving the 
chicks a limited run from their brooder 
an to save them from the ills 
of close confinement. The diarrhoea may 
be true white diarrhoea, caused by a germ 
infection, in which case no real cure has 
been found, or it may be due to improper 
methods of feeding. The early and con¬ 
stant use of milk, beginning as soon as 
the chick is hatched, is one of the best 
preventives of diarrhoea known. M. B. D. 
Shipping Chicks by Express 
On page 16 B. P. F. asks whether 
chicks three weeks old can be safely 
shipped by express, and also what size 
boxes should be used. The query is well j 
answered in that experience does not call 
it ji very satisfactory method. However, 
in neither query nor answer is reference 
made to shipping day-old chicks, which 
in this section is an established practice. 
A local hatcher has built up a very large 
business in this line, and shipments in 
late years have extended to distant 
States. When the chick is hatched 
nature has already provided it with part 
of the food value of the egg itself, making 
it possible for the tender chick to stand 
a trip of some distance before being fed. 
The practice in this part of the State is 
to ship chicks in muslin-covered venti¬ 
lated boxes containing about 100 chicks. 
The boxes are shallow and divided into 
four compartments, each containing about 
25 chicks. This prevents crowding and 
makes a stronger container. An ex¬ 
planatory label requests kindly care of 
the express employees. One owner of 
large chick ranges here has found this 
method so satisfactory that he guarantees 
safe delivery. This method seems to me 
to have many advantages over the un¬ 
certain method of shipping at the age of 
three weeks. A. H. p. 
New York. 
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FRENCHTOWN. N. J. 
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SPRINGFIELD. MASS. 
1. I have some Barred Rock pullets 
that were laying, but when a cold epell 
came they stopped. I am feeding cracked 
corn, whole wheat and oats, and for a 
dry mash I feed corn meal, middlings and 
bran. I also feed beef scrap, and they 
have grit and shells and some green food. 
Do you think that this is a good ration? 
If not, what would you suggest? 2. I 
get one or two eggs a day and there is 
blood on one end of the egg shell. What 
causes this? 3. How many roosters 
should I have with 40 Leghorn hens? I 
have two. 4. Which is the best to have 
with pullets for fertile eggs, a cockerel or 
a rooster? Also to breed for a large mar¬ 
ket chicken? 5. What would you suggest 
to get rid of red mites under the roosts 
and along the sides of the coop? K. D. A. 
Ballston Spa, N. Y. 
1. You are feeding good egg-producing 
foods, but relative quantities are of im¬ 
portance as well, and these you do not 
mention. To your commeal, middlings 
and bran, each in equal parts, by weight, 
add ground oats, gluten feed and beef 
scrap; equal parts of all six ingredients. 
Feed this mash with your corn, wheat 
and oats as scratch food. 
2. These blood-streaked egg shells are 
the result of the bursting of small blood 
vessels somewhere along the route taken 
by the egg, and are of no consequence. 
They will disappear as the oviduct be¬ 
comes accustomed to its functions. 
3. One vigorous male may be mated 
to 40 Leghorns, though two would per¬ 
haps be safer, particularly if they are 
confined. 
4. A male should not he kept in any 
laying flock the eggs from which are not 
to be used for hatching. Fgg production 
is not stimulated by the presence of a 
male in the flock, and the fertile eggs thus 
produced are not as suitable for market 
as infertile ones. Use males only in 
breeding pens, and remove them as soon 
as the hatching season is over. Either 
cocks or cockerels may be used in the 
breeding pen, it being rather a question 
of vigor than of age. Cockerels are, per¬ 
haps, more to be depended upon. 
5. Spray or paint all places upon which 
the mites congregate with one of the fol¬ 
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acid, four to one; kerosene alone or mixed 
with any heavier oil. such as waste oil 
from a gasoline engine; carbolineum or a 
strong solution of a coal tar disinfectant; 
crude oil. melted tallow, or. in fact, al¬ 
most any oil or grease. Do a good job. 
and then repeat. m. b. d. 
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Barred Recks.. 25.00 12.50 7.00 
100 50 85 
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A carefully bred, vigorous, heavy-laying strain at 
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“Perfection” Barred Rocks (Ringlets')—Eggs 
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Barron’s White Wyandottes ^ 
Uarron strain imported by myself Records, 262 t<> 288. 
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For Sale—Barron S.C.W. Leghorn Hatching Eggs 
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Rose Comb Brown Leghorns 
#8 per 15. - BRI SK A SON, Milton, Vermont 
Sale of White Leghorn Pullets wyloff 
Ten weeks Pullets. Forest Farm, Roekuway. N. J. 
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low Catalog. Pioneer Farm. T*»lford. Pa. 1 
Bourbon Red Turkey Eggs. $7.00 per 11. 
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From our large, fancy stock of M. Bronze. B. Red, 
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Rock and S. C. Red chk. eggs, S2 for 15: $10 for 100. 
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Tlll*L<»V Per rye BLACK BRONZE, 
■ U,IVC 7 84.50 per 9 Eggs 
Buff Gobbler, White Holland hens. Black Br. Tom and 
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