1501 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is held 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 *et of pullets en¬ 
tered for the next year. 
Record at Storrs, Conn., for week ending 
goptomber 3, 1920: 
BARRED ROCE 8 Week Total 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 
Samuel M. Monks, Conn. 
ICdward F. Goddard K. I. 
Ore Agricultural Collego, Ore. 
Jules F. Franeais. L. I. 
Oneck Farm, L, 1. 
jjj, C Foreman, Ontario. 
Gossard Breeding Estates, Ill. 
Rock Hose Farm, N. Y. 
Ingloside b arm. N. Y.• •......, •••••«••• 
Etjon Poultry Farm. N. J. 
WHITE ROCKB 
W U. Bassett, Conn. 
I). 8 . Vaughn, It. I. 
H. A Wilson. N. H. 
Applecrest Farm Co., N. II. 
B. Bradford Allyn. Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzen, .V. i«s. 
Cblckatawbut Farms Mass. 
BUFF ROCKB 
A. A. Hall, Conn. 
COLUMBIAN ROCKS 
T. J, Enslin, N. J,.,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,, 
WHITE WYANDOTTE 8 
Morrythought Farm, Conn. 
Applocrest Farm Co.. N. H. 
Harry I). Emmons, Conn.. 
Patrick F. Sullivan, Conn. 
Herbert L Warren, Que., Canada .... 
Mrs It. W. 8 tevens. N. Y. 
Langford Poultry Farm. B. C. 
Middlebrook Farm. N. Y. 
BUFF WYANDOTTEB 
H. P. Cloyes, Conn. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Mrs. C. O. Polhemus, N. Y. 
ltlchard Allen, Muss. 
H. 8 . Bickford, N. II. 
Plnecrcst Orchards, Mass. 
Jacob IS. Jansen,Conn. 
IJcer Brook Poultry Fafm,N. H. 
Chas. 11. I.ane, Mass. 
W. E. Bumsted. Conn. 
H. P. Deming. Conn..... 
Benjamin Guyette. Mass. 
Trl-Acro Farm, Conn. . 
Edward P. Usher, Mass. 
Natick Farm, K. 1.. 
John E. Dorsey, Conn. 
RHODE ISLAND WHITES 
A. L. Anderson, N. II. 
RUSSIAN ORLOFFS 
W H Bassett, Conn. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
George It. Swain, Conn. 
DARK COKNISH 
Henry E. Jones, Conn. 
0REG0N3 
Ore,Agricultural College, Ore..... 
BLACK LEGHORNS 
F. a. Hriz 7 .ee, Pa. 
A. E. Hampton, N. J. 
WHITE LEGHORNB 
A ll Penny, N, Y. 
W. Edgar Baker, Jr., L. I. 
8 . U McLean, Conn. ... 
Glenhope Farm. Muss... 
Emory II. Bartlett, Mass. 
Mendowedge Farm, L. 1. 
Kirk up Bros, N. Y. 
A B. Hall, Conn.. 
Blgenrauoh & DeWInter, N.J. 
James o LeFevre, N. Y. 
8 badow brook Farm, Conn. 
Small's Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
Goshen Poultry Club, Conn. 
L. A. Grumen. Conn. 
L. E. lngoldsby, N. Y. 
B 8 . Ells, N. J. 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 
Bonnie Brook Farm. N. Y. 
W. 1C. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 
Helgl's Poultry Farm, Ohio. 
A. P. Robinson. N. Y... 
C. Rasmussen, N. J ... 
Imperial Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Emil Klein N.J . 
Laywell PoultryfFarni, Conn. 
K A. Ballard. Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass.. 
Hilltop Poultry Yards,Conn. 
J Frank Dubois, Mass. 
Clifford 1. Stoddard. Conn. 
George Phil lips. Conn.. 
J. A. Hansen. Ore. 
Alex lloVlttle, Mich. 
Mrs. J.L Theusen, Conn. 
Rockland Co. Poultry Assn., N. Y. 
Bert Horsfall. Quebec. 
U. 8 . Disc. Barracks, Kan.. 
U S. Disc. Barracks. Kan... 
Hopewell Farms. N.J. 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm. N. J. 
Merrythought Farm, Conn. 
M-, 1 . Quacken bush, N.J.. 
The Yates Farm. N Y. 
Columbia Poultry Farm, N. J. 
I'olhemus, N. Y. 
Wyianna Farm, N. J. 
Coleman Miles, 111 . 
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40 
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Ibt RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
period; there are frequent intervals of 
from one to several days when no eggs 
are laid and a trap nest used at those 
intervals would give a false idea of the 
work that the hen was doing. The phy¬ 
sical signs that you noted were those of 
a hen in full laying condition and (he 
overfatness was probably a figment of 
the imagination or rather a misconcep¬ 
tion clue to popular misapprehension of 
the dangers of overfatness. It may be 
that a healthy hen can become too fat 
to lay though I know of no reason for 
thinking this is true. A hen fed too ex¬ 
clusively upon fattening foods might not 
lay for lack of needed protein in her ra¬ 
tion and a hen not laying would certainly 
gain fat more rapidly than one using a 
part of her ration in the production of 
eggs but I doubt very much whether a 
hen capable of laying and fed a reason¬ 
ably well-balanced ration can be made o 
cease laying because of overfatness. 1 
have recently been killing some of nry 
own hens (Leghorns) and dressing them 
for the table. These were hens culled 
from the breeding pen but hens that were 
laying well. All that, were dressed were 
very fat as they had a right to be and 
all showed internal evidence in the shape 
of wholly and partially formed eggs of 
great activity of the egg producing 
organs. m. b. d. 
Pullets Fail to Lay 
I have 75 White Leghorn pullets, one 
year old in March, and up to now have 
uot received even one egg from them. They 
seem well and in good condition; combs 
bright rod. and they sing and seom very 
lively. Just as soon as I open the door 
of the hencoop they scamper off into 
the woods, and sometimes even at 0 P. M. 
all of them have not returned home. I 
give them plenty of good scratch food, 
bnt thev don’t oven stop to look or taste 
what I throw out to thorn. Can you toll 
me what is the matter with them and 
what can I do with them to make them 
lay? F q 
New York. 
It seems almost incredible that 75 pul¬ 
lets could have lived a year and not laid 
an egg, and I take it that you have looked 
in the woods to see that these birds were 
not making their nests in the trees or 
otherwise reverting to the habits of their 
jungle ancestors. If those pullets really 
have not laid an egg since they were 
hatched, there can be only one explanation 
of the phenomenon; that is, that they 
have not had food enough to more than 
barely support existence, with nothing 
left over for reproduction. Very possibly 
you have fed them enough to keep them 
looking well, but have not given them the 
surplus that they needed for egg produc¬ 
tion. Aside from scratch grain, fed in 
all the needed quantity that they would 
eat twice daily, they should have' had al¬ 
ways before them a dry mash in open 
hoppers. This dry mash could well be 
miule up of equal parts by weight of corn- 
meal. wheat bran, middlings, ground oats, 
gluten feed and beef scrap. Grit, oyster 
shells and water always accessible' and 
green food or vegetable stuff in addition 
If fed in this way the pullets will cer¬ 
tainly lay. M. b. D. 
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300 HAMPTON'S STRAIN 
Black Leghorn Pullets 
fm-sale. May hatched. Fine ones. No culls. Only 
each. Wm. F. Atkins, High Falls, N.Y 
PULLETS 
S.C.W. LEGHORN, APR. HATCH 
W. WYANDOTTE. MARCH “ 
W. P. ROCK, MARCH “ 
Well grown, vigorous birds, reared on free ranee 
REASONABLE PRICES 
S. C. W. LEGHORN YEARLING HENS. 
GOOD LAYERS. $1.50 EACH 
HILLSIDE FARM, R.F.D. 1, MILLINGTON, N. J. 
Total. 
3458 143460 
Fat Laying Hen 
After trap-nesting my hens for eight 
days I found that one of them had laid 
only one e<™r tu that time. I hesitated 
nbout killing her because according to the 
different laying tests she should have been 
laying. The pelvic bones were four fin- 
gars apart, vent pale and moist, shanks 
and beak pale, comb red, etc. When I 
dnl kill her I found plenty of embryo 
eggs but she was too fat to lay them. In¬ 
stead of killing her would it have been 
netter to put her on a light ration until 
n to la ytog again or would a hen 
'Re that be apt to get fat again as soon 
as put on a full ration? n. s. 
^ew York. 
J ‘ lm afraid that this hen died a mar- 
•, n r to the trap nest; not unlikely she 
us one of your best layers. No hen 
ys continuously throughout her laying 
S. C. R. I. REDS 
100 pulletii, 84.00 each. March hatched and ready 
to lay as soon u> properly housed and fed. Exhibition 
heavy laying strain, hied for 20 years. Also cocks and 
cock'rels of dlttsrent blood lines. MAHHOTII TOULOPSK 
(1KK8K, direct from Mud Ison Square winners fortv 
splendid grown, young stock. 812. no a head. ’ 
MAPLE FARM. CROSSWICKS, N. J. 
S. C. R. I. R E D S 
Vlbert’s 231 to 289-egg strain. 1 yearling hens and 1 cock, 
820. Cockerels. $0 to 810. ANNA M. JONES. Craryvllle, fi. Y. 
inn S r R I R f>flc l mo8 - Bred from heavy 
'-*• , * ,*• Ub layers. Raised on unlim¬ 
ited free range; healthy and vigorous. *2 per bird Sat- 
lafactlon guaranteed. WE ST VIEW POULTRY FARM. Toll.nd. Conn. 
FOR SALE—APRIL HATCHED 
BARRON COCKERELS 
out of imported stock with reeords of 268 to ‘’88 $3 
and $5 Each, W. M. S. HURST. Calamity Farm. Port Royal. Pi. 
PULLETS For SUeSjs?„»"£Ji 
safe arrival, and niee healthy lords guaranteed Ten 
for $20. Twenty for #37.50. Fifty for #85. One 
hundred for 81 « 0 . highland poultry farm, s.iitr.viiie, p.. 
S.C. White Leghorn PULLETS 
duoers, 4 mos. old. weighing 21$ lbs.. 83 each. Also some 
choice cockerels from O rnell certified stock, 85 each 
MY PLFA 8 AHY POULYRY FARM. B .ik.hue, H. Y. W. A. Siramoii.. Prop. 
Leghorn Cockerels 
breeding stock. L. W. MILLER, Argyle, New York 
Barron’s White Wyandotfes 
imported direct with records. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N Y. 
Black Muscovy Ducks 
No squnwkeys. Drakes will weigh 9 lbs.: at 10-wks.- 
old averaged seven. Good layers. 8jilOPair:S15 
for Trio. R. M. AlTKEN. North Pitcher. N. Y. 
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FOR SALE 
400 »h£ LEGHORN PULLETS 
Hatched April 1st. Range raised, and ready to 
lay. Hatched from hens selected from Hock of 
GUO pullets that averaged 173 eggs in twelve 
months. Price S3.00 each. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
SUNSHINE POULTRY FARM 
R, F. D. No. 1 Ridgely, Md. 
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE 
To Get PARKS’ Bred-to-Lay 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK 
Youngsters and Old Stock at Special Prices during 
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for stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants. Peafowl, Cianes, Storks. Swans. 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese. Bears, Foxes. Kac- 
«jon Squirrels and all kinds of birds and animals, 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist. Dept. 10. Yardley. Pa 
Two Hundred White Wyandotfes, Fifty S. C. Reds 
1919 hatched and now laying excellent, larkro, healthy 
fowls, $3.50 each; 25 lots. $u each, sent ou approval. 
Rlvertlale Poultry Farm. Box 165. Riverdale. N. J. 
Are bred to lay. For half a dozen years they have 
been leaders or near the leaders ill the egg-laying 
contest. We offer for sale 
COCKEREL, YEARLINGS, PULLETS 
AND OUR PEN AT STORRS 
Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, Conn. 
consists only of 
birds selected by 
.. . . - state experts as 
the very best not only in type and vigor, but in egg pro¬ 
duction. They cost little more and make higher profit s, 
Coekerels, pullets and certified liens 85 each. Flood cock¬ 
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E. Kathbun Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
Cornell Certified Poultry 
Koy 
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. 
White Leghorn Pullets ^nft* 1 *2.45^ 
hundred. May Pullets, $2.35 per hundred. Year¬ 
ling Pullets $2 and up. FOREST FARM. Rockaway, N. J. 
PULLETS 
IS. C. W. LEGHORNS 
I BRED FOR BUSINESS 
March hatch. 83 ; April, $2.50 ; Mnv. 82 
WM. HOLZAPFEL, Toma Ri?er. N. J. 
50 S.C. Brown Leghorn Yearling Hens hT,^ 
Strain, $2 each. IT. \V. GOO DUNG. Richfield, I’u. 
100 S. C. White LEGHORN PULLETS 
82.40 each. Farm raised, healthy, vigorous. April 15th 
hatch. J A MIC 8 IT. ALLEN, Stockton, N. J. 
“COLLEGE QUEEN’S” JnLs 
Pullets, cockerels and yearling hens, the kind to 
breed. Write for circular. 
O. G-. Knight 
Bridgeton, R. I. 
C elected White Rock PULLETS. April hatched, 
w 82 each; May hatched. 81 50 each. Satisfaction 
guaranteed, POULTRY DEPT. PEIHAM FARM. Southxsi'tiio. L I.. H.Y. 
S c W. LEGHORN— May pullets. $1 .50 up. Also tine 
» yearlings. Jas. Porter, Wavkrly, New York 
Black Jersey Giants 
(The Super Hen.) 
Black Feathers. Yellow Skin. Grow faster and larger and 
lay more and larger eggs on less feed. Free descriptive 
circular. Dexter P. I iilmm, R. f. o. No. 2, Beluiur, N.J. 
PARKS’ STRAIN B. P. R. PULLETS 
Cockerels, early hatched, free range, from Cornell certi¬ 
fied parents. See Storrs record Return if not satisfac¬ 
tory. INGLK 8 I 1 TE FARM, Pulenvtllc, New York 
For Sale—FIVE HUNDRED YEARLING HENS 
Tom Barron Strain extra good producers. $2 each. 
RIVERDALE POULTRY’ FARM, Cortland, New York 
5000 S. C. White LEGHORN PULLETS 
Hatched March 15th to April 15th_raised under ideal conditions. 
$3 to $4 each, according to age. 500 Cockerels from trapnested 
Dams, with records 200 to 265. Price $3 to $8. Your inspection invited. 
COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM Toms River, N. J. 
