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The Henyard 
A Champion Hen from the West 
The picture on this page shows the best 
White Leghorn at the Stores (Connecti¬ 
cut 1 egg-laying contest. This bird laid 
■JO!) eggs in one year. She was entered 
by Hollywood Farms of Washington. 
Some of the Pacific Coast birds are noted 
as layers, and. judged by their performance 
at various contests, the pullets from Hol¬ 
lywood Farms seem to come from a well- 
established and persistent strain of layers. 
Our understanding is that this is the re¬ 
sult. "f breeding from trap-nested stock of 
high record, taking pains to select superior 
physical specimens. 
Rupture of Oviduct 
My liens are in fine condition, but I 
am losing some from rupture. They 
seem to be just laying the first egg. and 
it seems to tear their vents. They are 
not too fat; I think Leghorns do not gal 
that way very often. 1 am feeding quite 
a heavy dry mash and I cannot keep them 
in cliarcoai; they eat it all the time. Is 
there any danger <>f overfeeding it to 
them? Three hundred and fifty liens eat 
six or eight quarts per day, every day. 
The other flocks oat very little. .T. c. o. 
New York. 
This condition is not uncommon in 
well-fed. heavy-laying flocks, and is ap¬ 
parently due to weakness of the oviduct, 
and, perhaps, the occasional production 
1. The buttermilk of which I spoke is 
not dried, but is condensed to about the 
same consistency given condensed milk. 
In feeding it is diluted with water and 
fed from the ordinary drinking utensils 
used. 
2. It does not seem to me at all likely 
that you have true white diarrhoea in this 
flock, occurring at this late date. Diav- 
rhoeas from various causes may. of course, 
appear at any time, and they usually in¬ 
dicate some error in feeding. Improperly 
prepared food or food that is spoiled or 
an excess of entirely wholesome food may 
induce diarrhoea. On the other hand, 
diarrhoea may indicate weak digestive 
organs, accompanying low vitality, either 
inherited or due to unfavorable surround¬ 
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by correcting the exciting cause or causes ; 
true white, or bacillary dinrrlnea is not 
curable, and should bo avoided by hatch¬ 
ing only from disease-free stock and avoid¬ 
ing exposure after hatching to diseased 
birds. M. B. d. 
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Will you please advise number of 
Plymouth Rock hens to one rooster for 
fertile eggs? Should hen or rooster be 
kept more than two years, as a rule? 
Ossining. N. Y. s. I.. F. 
Much depends upon the vigor of the 
birds and the manner in which they an 
kept. Fewer males are needed in a flock 
upon free farm range than in one closely 
confined, and the proportion of females 
may he greater in flocks of the lighter and 
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lies! While Leghorn at 
of overly large eggs. There is undoubt¬ 
edly at times also inflammation of the 
egg-producing organs and consequent 
changes in the secretions which make 
extrusion of the egg difficult or impos¬ 
sible. Straining produces eversion of the 
oviduct, and other hens usually peck at 
and tear the protruding red mass and 
finally kill the sufferer. I know of little 
that can be done, though on general prin¬ 
ciples I should expect that, the use of 
laxatives in the ration would lieln. One- 
eighth part or more of oilmeal might be 
added to the mash and an occasional dose 
of salts given to the flock. Epsom salts 
to the amount of one-half teaspoonful to 
each fowl may be dissolved in the drink¬ 
ing water given to the fowls or mixed 
with the mash. It will be more likely to 
be uniformly partaken of. however, if 
given in the total amount of drinking 
water consumed in the day. I have never 
known of harm coming from overeating of 
charcoal, though I should limit the 
amount fed if I thought that any particu¬ 
lar flock were acquiring a dangerous char¬ 
coal habit. . M. B. D. 
Condensed Buttermilk; Diarrhoea 
1. In a recent article M. B. D. advised 
the use of dried buttermilk to he diluted 
with water and fed to young chicks, stat¬ 
ing that the cost would he about 2 i /iC per 
qt. Is this ai*ticle sold under a special 
name, and where can it be obtained? 
The dealers in this vicinity have not. heard 
of it, but they do sell a so-called butter¬ 
milk mash, which contains several kinds 
of feeds, and I understand gives satisfac¬ 
tory results. 2. What treatment should 
he given to chicks afflicted with white 
diarrhoea? The chicks are five weeks old. 
and we have just had two cases, one of 
them dying very quickly. J. s. R. 
New York. 
the Stores Egg-Laying Contest 
more active fowls. For the heavier | 
breeds it is commonly recommended that 
one male to 12 to 15 females he used; i 
for the lighter, one to 20 to 30. Eggs 
may be satisfactorily fertile, however, 
where the proportion is still greater than 
indicated above. The older the hens used 
for breeders, the better, if these liens have 
justified their keeping by their perform¬ 
ance each yohr. It probably is not as 
good practice to use old males, though T 
do not know of any particular age limit. | 
M. I?. D. 
Sulphur for Molting Hens 
Is there any value in sulphur to help 
hens through the molting period? I have 
been told to keep some loose sulphur be¬ 
fore the molting hens, and it will hasten 
the process. R. d. t. 
Massachusetts. 
It would be interesting to learn just 
how sulphur obtained its reputation as a 
remedy, a tonic and a source of the fumes 
which tradition ascribes to the nether 
regions. It is probably as inert and use¬ 
less as anything that can be given, but 
possesses the virtue of being harmless 
and affording the dope-prescribers for 
man and beast n vehicle for conveying 
their predilections toward pharmaceutical 
poppycock. Sulphur in large doses is a 
mild laxative. Externally applied in oint¬ 
ment form, it is a valuable destroyer of 
the itch mite. Internally it has been 
credited with “acting” upon the skin and 
mucous membranes, but just how it has 
acted no one seems to know. Yes. if you 
must “give something” to molting hens, 
give sulphur, but plenty of good food, 
with skim-milk or meat scrap to furnish 
an abundance of the protein elements 
needed in the reproduction of feathers, 
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