1461 
Vineland, N. J. 
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 27, 1920 
The table shows the number of eggs 
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). 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
Wk.Totl 
Garret W. Buck, N. J..—. 51 2510 
Edward T. Biddle, Pa. 47 2633 
S, B. Chamberlain, N. J. 48 2404 
J II. Kolkit & Bon. N, J. 51 2218 
Glenlyn Farms, Pa. 32 2526 
Norfolk Specialty Farms, Ont. 52 2605 
Harry H. Ober. N. J. 55 2846 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
9. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 66 3000 
Chicatawbur Farm. Mass. 55 2932 
Chester P. Dodge. Mass.... ...••••• 53 2373 
Rosewood Itox, N. J.... 50 2628 
Irving K. Taylor, Mass.••.... 38 2059 
The Training School, N. J. 57 2656 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
T. Townr Bates. N J... 48 2514 
E. C. Condict & Son, N. J.1. 50 2496 
Deptford Poultry Farms, N, J. 44 2312 
Carroll H. Hoagland, N. J. 42 1790 
O. G. Knight. R. 1. 25 1993 
John F Stringer. N. J. 50 2854 
Mrs II. II. Suter, N. J. 61 2766 
Acme Poultry Farm, N. J. 51 2085 
S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS 
J, S. Armltage, N. J... 60 2496 
Cream Ridge Poultry Yards, N. J. 42 2292 
II, VV. Colllngwood. N. J. 50 1900 
Etjon Poultry Farm, N. J. 40 2697 
C. Reed Ferguson, N. J. 59 3001 
Mrs. Wm. L. Huiulertmark, N, J. 47 2595 
Sycamore Farm, Mass. 52 2331 
Howard G. Taylor, N. J. 57 2033 
Underhill Bros., N. J. 37 2229 
Henry P. Walker, Mass . 60 3721 
Maple Farm, N. J. 58 2727 
David HI, Warner, R. 1. 64 2372 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
R. N. Allen, N. J. 60 2582 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 67 3156 
j. Bayer & Son, N. J. 69 2985 
Beck Egg Farm, N J. 83 2905 
J. W. Bottcher, N. J. 83 3506 
Gregory Brundage & Son, N. Y. 73 2621 
Broad Acres Farm, Conn. 72 2666 
Broad View Farm, N. J. 77 3150 
Broad Brook Farm, N. Y. 66 2963 
Frank Carpenter, Pa. 69 3209 
Cleft Rock Farm. Conn. 47 2538 
J. s. Cray & Son, N. J. 66 2891 
C. T. Darby, N. J. 48 2878 
Chas, Davall, Jr., N. J . 25 1465 
Chas. L. Ebell, N. J. 45 2831 
Elgenrauch A De Winter, Inc., N. J. 78 2792 
B. S. Ells, N. J. 84 3075 
Mattie H. Appele, N. J.%. 71 3006 
Karmhill Poultry Farm, Pa. 75 2914 
Forsgate Farms, N. J. 49 2541 
J. G. Freeman, N. J. 81 2937 
J. 8. Gabriel, N. J. 88 3304 
A. U. Gilbert. N. J. 79 3059 
Glenwood Poultry Farm. N. J. 08 2569 
Greendale Farms, N. Y . 68 3237 
C. S. Green, N. J . 26 1930 
Leo A. Grouten. Conn. 73 3302 
James F. Harrington. N. J. 79 3069 
Heigl’s Poultry Farm, Ohio. 59 1979 
Henry E. Heine, N. J. 69 2650 
The Hoebn Farm, N. Y..... 74 2595 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 76 3521 
Conrad W. Jones, N. J. 78 3283 
C. Korfmaun, N. S. 63 2892 
W U. Leslie, N. J. 71 2874 
Francis 6'. Lincoln, Conn. 79 3309 
Harold W. Lyle, N. J. 80 3353 
Fred J. Mathews. N. J. . 80 3494 
Sunny Crest, N. Y. 51 2483 
Mt. Hope Farm, Mass. 65 2959 
Frederick B, Naylor, N. J. 65 2934 
Samuel Niece & Son, N. J. 65 2867 
Thomas Peterson. Jr., N. J. 68 2961 
George Phillips, Conn. 57 3141 
Spring Lake Farm, N. J. 70 2942 
Queensbury Farm. N. J. 74 2584 
Rapps Leghorn Farm, Inc.. N. J. 94 3028 
Lion Head Poultry Farm, N.y. 60 3457 
Columbian Poultry Farm, N. J. 86 3103 
Weuanna Yard, N. J. 55 2473 
John G. Stmmonds, N. J. 57 2591 
Herman F. Bonder N. J. 90 2688 
A. E. Spear, N. J. 93 3138 
Matthew Stothart, Jr.. N. J. 84 3196 
Tom’s Poultry Farm, N. J . 53 2378 
The Training School, N. J. .50 2447 
Levi J. Troth, N. J. 77 2726 
Pleasant View Farm. II. 1. 40 3197 
Farm Colony. Kansas. 81 2903 
Peter P. Van Nuys, N. F. 57 2941 
W. C. Voegtlen. N. J. 63 2841 
Gustav Walters. N. J. 79 2990 
Westwood Poultry Farm, N. J. 80 3323 
A. U. Whetsel, N. J. 60 2445 
Hermon K. White. N. J. 58 2711 
Wlllanua Farm, N. J . 67 2740 
Woodland Farms, N J... 87 3068 
Total... 6241 276900 
Death of Hens 
We have pure White Leghorn chickeus 
aiul pure Rhode Island Reds. Last Win¬ 
ter we kept before them all the time one 
hopper filled with beef scrap and several 
with prepared feed. Then we had oyster 
shells, grit and charcoal where they could 
always help themselves. We stopped the 
beef scrap March 1. We have lost quite 
a few White Leghorns since April 1, 
when we commenced to let them run, but 
no Rhode Island Reds. Sometimes two 
or three will die in one day ; then it may 
w one, two or three weeks before we 
lose any more, and they nearly always die 
on the nest. They are fat and have no 
bee. We have a new, large, sunny hen¬ 
house, nicely ventilated. The entire front 
is mostly glass, and the Leghorns were 
sept in there .ill Winter. They have laid 
splendidly. They are apparently well and 
healthy until about two hours before they 
In 1 ,*’ - l '"Te tlie skin begins to turn dark. 
I lie combs are healthy-looking. We also 
cu them whole grains of corn last Win¬ 
ter and a few oats. They are at large 
now, and we only feed them corn. The. 
Reds were not penned up, but ate the 
same food. H. s. e. 
^ell fed fat hens that have laid heavily 
sometimes die of apoplexy, iu which case 
II are found dead upon nests or be¬ 
neath the perches, having apparently been 
n good health previously. Other cases 
ot sudden death are attributed to “liver 
o the liver being found enlarged 
giving other evidence of disorders of 
'e digestive organs. The real cause of 
1 ' 1 oiithv is probably to be found in 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
heavy feeding upon foods rich in protein 
and insufficient exercise, the fowls being 
unable to stand up under such forcing 
treatment. M. b. d. 
Injury from Laying 
I have a flock of 350 White Leghorns, 
mostly pullets: have lost about 25 pullets 
last month, due to tearing themselves 
when dropping eggs; also have a great 
many bloody eggs and eggs containing 
blood clot. My scratch feed is whole 
corn, wheat and buckwheat, mash bran, 
middlings, cornmeal, ground oats, buck¬ 
wheat chop and beef scrap; also oyster 
shells, grit and charcoal. They get cab¬ 
bage and warm mash, with Alfalfa meal, 
all Winter, but have run of three-quarter- 
acre lot now. j. r. w. 
I do not know how to prevent this 
trouble, but would suggest, on general 
principles, whatever that may mean, that 
you give this flock a laxative in the shape 
of Epsom salts in a moist mash, giving 
it in the quantity of about a half tea¬ 
spoonful to each bird. Give at the same 
time all the water that the fowls will 
drink. This may be repeated after a day 
or two, and enough should be given to 
produce a markedly laxative effect. Salts 
are said to cool the blood ; of course, they 
do nothing of the kind, but they do relieve 
the tissues of congestion and tend to allay 
inflammation by producing a more or less 
copious flow of tissue fluids into the in¬ 
testines, and in these cases of difficult 
extrusion of eggs with ruptures of the 
oviduct, there is probably sufficient in¬ 
flammation present to prevent the natural 
functioning of the parts. As any rate, 
an occasional laxative can do no harm, 
and it sometimes accomplishes a remark¬ 
able amount of good. m. b. d. 
Cannibal Chicks Again 
_ I have a brood of 50 little chicks that 
pick and eat each other’s toes off. Can 
you tell me what to do to cure and pre¬ 
vent this habit? j. v. p. 
This is one of the most difficult things 
to control in flocks of chicks that are con¬ 
fined to brooder houses or small runs. I 
know of no way of preventing it alto¬ 
gether, though the trouble may usually 
he kept within bounds by watchfulness 
and prompt removal of any injured chick, 
by giving the chicks something to do in 
the way of hunting food or eating green 
stuffs and by giving them as much liberty 
as circumstances will permit. If they 
have sufficient ground to range over, they 
will not find it necessary to pick at each 
other in order to keep busy, and they will 
not he apt to get the taste of blood that 
turns them into little fiends. If, how¬ 
ever, they are at all crowded for room, 
they are pretty sure, sooner or later, to 
get to pecking at each other’s feet or other 
portions of the body and to get blood 
started. When this occurs, they will sel¬ 
dom be satisfied _ until they have killed 
and perhaps partially devoured their vic¬ 
tims. m. B. D. 
Ailing Ducklings 
My young ducks have weak legs, and 
one of them has lost the use of one of its 
legs entirely. Some have a white sub¬ 
stance that comes in their eyes. They 
eat well and the bowels are iu good condi¬ 
tion. They are mothered by a hen. and 
confined in a yard 10x39. They are about 
six weeks old. o. R. n. 
Ducklings should have plenty of room 
for exercise and pleuty of greeu stuff, such 
as clover or Alfalfa, tender greens from 
the garden, etc., in their ration. The lat¬ 
ter should not be fe<l to excess, or more 
than they will quickly clean up at a feed¬ 
ing. and some believe that milk in their 
moist mash causes sore eyes and heads. 
At six or seven weeks of age, cracked 
corn and wheat may be fed. Their moist 
(not wet) mash should contain about. 10 
per cent of beef scrap. Water in suffi¬ 
cient quantity for them to dip their heads 
beneath the surface and keep them clean, 
hut not enough to swim in, should be 
kept before the ducklings. After becom¬ 
ing fully feathered they may be given a 
swimming pool. Not knowing the details 
of your care, no one can say what the 
cause of the weak legs and sore eyes is, 
but it is very possibly due to overfeeding 
and too close confinement, with too little 
green stuff in the ration. m. b. d. 
Leg Weakness 
I have three cockerels of April IS, 1920. 
hatch, and though they eat, they are weak 
in the legs, having a habit of sitting down 
to eat and walking as though they were on 
stilts. There is one pullet that seems 
to show some signs of the same trouble, 
although they were never weak-legged 
when younger. They are growing light in 
weight also. They have good ranee, 
plenty of fresh, clean water, greens, grit, 
charcoal and grain ration, they will clean 
up, of cracked corn. 200 lbs., wheat, 100 
lbs., dipped oats, 100 lbs. Along with 
this they have access at all times to a 
mash composed of wheat bran, 250 lbs.; 
wheat middlings, 100 lbs.; ground oats. 
100 lbs.; cornmeal. 100 lbs.; gluten feed. 
100 lbs.; meat scrap, 100 lbs.; tine char¬ 
coal. 5 lbs.; salt, -t oz. Would you recom¬ 
mend this ration as one to be continued 
when these pulllets are laying this Fall 
and Winter? D. G. L. 
Leg weakness is apt to show itself iu 
a flock of growing pullets and cockerels, 
the latter apparently being more apt to be 
affected than the former. Little or noth¬ 
ing is known as to the cause of this con¬ 
dition. which, ordinarily, is not serious, 
the affected birds recovering within a 
short time. If this weakness is accom¬ 
panied by emaciation, however, it may be 
the result of some wasting disease, such 
as tuberculosis, and only one manifesta¬ 
tion of the bird’s failing strength. 
Your ration is a good one, though con¬ 
taining less meat scrap than most poultry- 
men feed for rapid growth in young fowls 
and heavy egg production from hens. Un¬ 
less milk or other high protein food is 
used, the mash ration is commonly made 
to contain about one-fifth part meat scrap. 
M. B. D. 
Decreased Size of Eggs 
I have 500 White Leghorns that during 
the Winter laid nice large eggs, but now 
the eggs are smaller, some not larger than 
a small brown egg. Can you tell me the 
cause of this? f. s. 
I suppose that the cause of this varia¬ 
tion in the size of eggs after a prolonged 
period of laying is comparative exhaus¬ 
tion of the egg-producing organs, render¬ 
ing them unable to function as actively 
and produce as copiously as when begin¬ 
ning their seasonal activities. A cow 
advanced in period of lactation will not 
give as much milk as when fresh; a mus¬ 
cle that is tired from exertion will not 
exert the force of one that is rested and 
other organs of the body give evidence 
of fatigue after prolonged use. I see no 
reason, therefore, why the glands secret¬ 
ing the albumen and other constituents 
of the egg should not tire and produce less 
abundantly after a long season of laying. 
Inherited habit undoubtedly has some¬ 
thing to do with it also. Nature did not 
intend that fowls should lay continuously 
throughout the year, and man is continu¬ 
ally stretching that period of production, 
thus adding to the natural fatigue of the 
egg-making organs. This explanation 
does not fully explain, however, for, if 
there were no other factors involved, eggs 
would regularly and continuously de¬ 
crease in size with the advancement of 
the laying period. As a matter of fact, 
the variation in size is irregular, at least 
as it is observed iu flock production. 
What such other factors may be I shall 
have to leave with those better acquainted 
with hen physiology than I am. 
M. B. D. 
Gaping Hens 
What is wrong with hens that stand 
around and gape like a young chick with 
the gapes? It apparently comes on sud¬ 
denly ; hens are fat and die in a short 
time. j. e. M. 
Some obstruction to the breathing, 
which may have one of many causes; 
acute inflammation, as in severe bron¬ 
chitis or pneumonia, the presence of for¬ 
eign growths or parasitic organisms de¬ 
rived from musty litter or other vege¬ 
table matter in warm, damp weather, and 
others. Only a post-mortem by an expert 
would be likely to reveal the exact cause 
in any case. Without knowing the exact 
cause, all that can be recommended is to 
keep the fowls under good hygienic condi¬ 
tion, witli clean, dry litter, free from mold 
and mustiness, in which low forms of life 
develop, to transfer themselves later to 
the breathing passages of birds. M. b. d. 
Ind. Runner Ducks 
Greatest Egg Machines Known 
"Lady Theresa" 276 eggs iu 270 
consecutive days. 
Day old ducklings, pencilled or 
fawn, 35c; 50 816 postpaid. 
Booklet on feeding, etc., free. 
FAIR VIEW POULTRY FARM 
THERESA, N. Y. 
LINCOLN LEGHORNIS 
Are bred to lay. For half a dozen years they have 
been leaders or near the leaders in the egg-laying 
contest. We offer for sale 
COCKEREL, YEARLINGS, PULLETS 
AND OUR PEN AT ST0RRS 
Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, Conn. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
and R. I. Red Pullets, April and May hatched, for Sale. 
D. L. Clarke & Sons, 167 W. River St., Milford, Conn. 
White Leghorn Pullets ^ e n°e ff t “p« 
hundred. May Pullets, $3.35 per hundred. Year¬ 
ling Pullets $3 and up. FOREST FARM, Rockaway, N. J. 
For Sale-S.C.W. Leghorn PULLETS 
Write for priceg. MAPLECREST POULTRY FARM. Stoeklon, N. J. 
White Wyandotte COCKERELS 
March and April hatched, btrong, vigorous, egg pre-pon- 
ent individuals from impoited stock. Five to Ten Hol¬ 
lars Each. W. GORDON FISCHER. Darien, Conn. 
Two Hundred White Wyandottes, Fifty S. C. Reds 
1919 hatched and now laying. Excellent, large, healthy 
fowls, $3.50 each; 25 lots, $3 each, sent on approval. 
Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box 1B5. Riverdale, N. J. 
PARKS’ STRAIN B. P. R. PULLETS 
Cockerels, early hatched, free range, from Cornell certi¬ 
fied parents. See Storrs record Return if net satisfac¬ 
tory. INPLESIKE FARM. Palenvllle, New York 
FOR S A Ti ~R 
S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
hatched 
L. A. THOMSON, Sanford, New York 
S.C. White Leghorn PULLETS wigh'prS 
duC'-rs, 1 tnos. old. weighing 27^ lbs., $3 each. Also some 
choice rocket-els from G rnelf certified stork. $5 each. 
Ml. PLEASANT POULTRY FARM. Berkihire. N Y. W. A. Simmons. Prop. 
50 S. G. Brown Leghorn Yearling Hens b£S?* 
Strain, 82 each. 1>. W. GOOGLING, Richfield, I’o. 
“COLLEGE QUEEN’S” so'ITSes 
Pullets, cockerels and yearling hens, the kind to 
breed. Write for circular. 
O. Q-. Knight - Bridgeton. R. I. 
LIVE—CAPONS—LIVE 
YOUNG —EARLY HATCHED — GROWING 
Best poultry meat in the world 
Cheapest and easiest to grow 
Order at once for fall delivery 
Direct from farm to you via express 
DEXTER P. UPHAM, BELMAR, N. J. 
II 
PULLETS 
I S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
I BRED FOR BUSINESS 
March hatch, $3 ; April, 82.50 ; May. $2. 
WM. HOLZAPFEL, Toms River, N. J. 
R ose Comb BROWN LEGHORN COCKERELS. 
Maplewood Poultry Yards, Milton, Vermont 
p' O R Q ^ 
S. C. White Leghorn Yearling Hens 
and 10-12-weeks-old Pullets. Moderately priced. 
Bred for heavy laying. Circular. 
Harry F. Palmer. Middleport. N. Y. 
Hens Eat Eggs 
I have 30 heus that I shut up in a 
good-sized shed with ground floor four 
weeks ago. At first I would get eight or 
10 eggs daily, but now they eat them all. 
How can I save the eggs? J. b. 
The most certain way to stop this egg- 
eatiug will be to give the hens their free¬ 
dom out of doors. If it is necessary to 
keep them confined, they should be well 
fed upon a ration containing meat or 
milk, they should have oyster shells and 
grit before them, a deep litter of straw 
or other stuff to scratch in and the eggs 
should be gathered several times daily. A 
method of stopping egg-eating thought to 
be efficacious by some is to give vinegar 
to the fowls, either in their drinking 
water or mixed with the wet mash. This 
is a harmless method that may easily be 
tried. \r. b. d. 
S. C. W. LEGHORN HENS SALE 
1919 hatch. SI. 25 each. WM. H. LYON. Levanna, N. Y 
Cornell Certified Poultry £ 
J state experts as 
the very best not only in type-aud visor, hut. in egg pro¬ 
duction. They cost little more and make higher proflts- 
Cockerela. pullets and certified liens 35 each. Good cock, 
erels and breeding hens, not certified SZ.50. Write ns 
Roy E. Rathbuii Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
OUR PEN AT STORRS NOW LEADING 
WHITE Wyandottes 
Special Price* on llena and Cockerels 
For fall delivery. 
No Better Laying Strain than Ours. 
R. W. STEVENS. SchuylervUle, N. Y. 
HUMMER’S CHICKS 
are Profl'able —Large—Healthv—Strong. Prepaid, alive. 
Rocks—$15: Reds— $16.75: \neona-$17 ; White and 
Brown Leghorn—$13.50. E. R HUMMER S CO.. Frenchlown, N. J 
P 
ARDEE’S 
FRFECT 
EKIN 
DUCKS 
BREEDERS NOW EGGS AND 
DUCKLINGS—DEC. TO JUNE 
PARDEE’S PEKINS. ISLIP.M.Y. 
FOR SALE—Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels 
Hatched May 7th from Parks’ Pedigreed Selected Eggs. 
$3 each. H. D. Settle, R. 1>. 1, Schenevus. New York 
S elected White Bock PULLETS. April hatched, 
32 each ; May hatched, SI 50 each. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. POULTRY DEPT. PELHAM FARM. Southimpton. L. I.. H.Y. 
200 uoi. S. G. White Leghorns—Pullets 
strain. Raised on unlimited free range. Healthy 
and vigorous. 12.50 per bird. Also 100 S.G. It. I. Reds; 
3 mos.; bred from heavy layers. Si 75 per bird. Sa¬ 
tisfaction guaranteed. WEST VIEW POULTRY FARM. Tollimi. Conn. 
S. C. White Leghorns 
560 choice farm range Pullets hatched March 22nd to 
June 12th. Older ones soon ready to lay. Price, in 
lots of 25 or more, 81.50, 83 and #3 each, accord¬ 
ing to age and size HILLHURST FARM. Orchard Park. N Y. 
For Sale -400 S. C. Wljite Leghorn 
Pullets, April hatched, soon to lay. $3.50 each. May 
hatched $3.50 each. E. RIECHERT, Pompton Lakes. N. J. 
Wanted—250 LEGHORN PULLETS hatclJ 
ing ; good slock ; reasonable price. M. S., c»re K. K.-T. 
W ANTED —Pair of Peacock*. Send description and 
price to Chas. L. Young, Orient, Suffolk Co.. S. Y 
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