The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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| EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
Bergen County, N. J.. Egg Contest 
This contest is held at Emerson. X. J.. under 
control of New Jersey State Experiment Station. 
There are 100 pens, each with 20 birds. Fol¬ 
lowing is the record of week ending April 17 
(twenty-fourth week): 
B. P. ROCKS 
Week Total 
C. W. Brown. N. J. 74 911 
.1. A. Craig, N. J. 76 1075 
Ktjon Poultry Farm. N. J. 63 586 
Harry H. Ober, N. J. 70 1207 
Pleasant View Farm, R. 1. 74 1386 
ltoselawn Farm, N. J. 73 607 
W. P. ROCKS 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass . 61 1037 
Koy M. Lynch. N. .1. 41 595 
James F. MacDonald. Mass. 43 837 
WHITE WYANDOTTKS 
Barr's Knobby Stone, Pa . 46 806 
Central Poultry Farm. N. J. 41 1140 
E. C. Conflict & Son. N. J . 40 594 
August Weiss. N. J. 77 1701 
R. C. R. I. REDS 
The Boola Farm. N. J. 60 1537 
S. C R. I. REDS 
H. W. Collingwood. N. J. 84 947 
Henry P. Walker. Mass. 76 1791 
C. Reed Ferguson. N. .1. 85 1066 
Fred C. Nixon, N. J. 63 1212 
Howard U. Taylor. N. J. 63 1262 
R. W. Tracy, N. J... 77 1074 
Underhill Brothers, N. J . 69 1038 
CAMPINES 
Mrs. B W. Brainard. N. Y. 58 759 
ANCONAS 
Just,-A-Mere Poultry Farm, N J. 59 763 
E. Dittmar, N. J . 64 856 
Solomon Ricbman. N. J . 83 928 
LEGHORNS 
Tanglewold Farm. N. Y. 76 1002 
Beck Egg Farm. N. J. 83 1350 
.1. W. Bottcher. N. J. 86 1508 
Broad Acres Farm. Conn. 86 1044 
Broad View Farm. N. J. 75 1144 
A. L. Causse, Jr-, N. J. 74 1061 
Cranberry Brook Farm. N. J,. 79 1061 
J. S. Cray & Son. N. J. 79 1533 
Harold W. Davis, N. J. 74 1265 
Alex Eichenbaum, N. J. 65 976 
Kigenraueh & De Winters. N. J . .. 77 10T5 
Plnehurst Poultry Farm. N. J. 72 1200 
Mattie H. Eppele. N. J. 81 899 
Geo. B. Ferris, Mich. 67 1310 
Richard Franke. N. J. 79 985 
Greendale Farm. N. Y . 92 1513 
Chas E. Grove, Dei. 79 1228 
Leo A. Grouten, Conn. 74 938 
Henry E. Heine. N. J. 75 912 
John J. He«rdt, N, J. 44 903 
The Hoehn Farm, N. Y. 64 1156 
A. 15. Hall, Conn. 68 1334 
Hollywood Farm. Wash. 96 1627 
Frank L. Hugus, N. J. 77 901 
S uni. Johnston, N. J. 70 1100 
George 0. Johnson, N. J. 65 968 
The Ohio Poultry Farm, Ohio. 79 1305 
KobertO. Knapp, N. Y. 76 1028 
Jay D. Lester. N. Y. 97 488 
Francis F Lincoln, Conn. 80 1162 
Lion Head Poultry Farm, N. J. 78 1524 
Harold W. Lyle, N. J. 77 1135 
Marquis & Wagner. N. Y . 82 1154 
Herbert O. Maxham, R I . 40 725 
M-adowedge Farm N. Y. 66 1212 
Mercer Poultry B'arm. N. J. 76 904 
Fred J. Mathews, N. J. 75 1337 
Oakdale Poultry Farm. N. J. 83 1304 
Samuel Niece & Son, N.J. 75 1018 
S. Olson, N.J . 83 1120 
Plnewood Poultry Farm, N. J. 104 985 
Manning Potts, N. J. 76 958 
Queensbury Farm, N. J. 57 1171 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm, N. J . 108 843 
Columbian Poultry Farm, N. J . 72 1188 
John K. ltoessner, N. J. 84 1247 
Rosebtll Farm, N. J. 62 1116 
Rosewood Leghorns, N. J. 74 1281 
J. W. Schreib. N. Y. 85 1174 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 87 1046 
A. E. Spear, N. J. 79 1113 
Spring Lake Farm, N.J. 47 1163 
John G. Siinmonds, N.J . 69 1170 
Matthew Stothart. Jr., N. J . 70 1255 
Willis E Stryker, N. J. 94 1662 
Sun View Farm, N. J . 67 1120 
Wallace S. Suydum, N. J. 81 907 
Tom's Poultry Farm, N. J. 74 1115 
J. R. Van llouten. N.J. 84 lolH 
Gustav Walters, N J . 59 994 
John F. Wehrell, N.J. 54 1125 
Westwood Poultry Farm N. J. 72 978 
James Whetsel. N. J. 72 ' 1133 
White Cloud Farms. N.Y. 68 1260 
Wilburtha Poultry Farm, N.J . 71 865 
8. C. W. LEGHORN N. J. ASSN. 
Atlantic Co M. P. A. 88 920 
SCW LEGHORN ENTRIES 
Bergen Co Poultry Assn. 81 1*76 
R I. BEDS 
Bergen Co, Poultry Assn. 82 1316 
S C W LEGHORN 
Rurlington Co. Poultry Assn. 72 1015 
R. 1. REDS 
Burlington Co. Poultry Assn. 63 1089 
S C. W. LEGHORN 
Hatnmonton Poultry Kaisers’Assn... 62 1009 
Hunterdon Co. Poultry Assn. 68 1146 
Middlesex Co. Poultry Assn. 75 889 
Ocean Co. Poultry Assn . 69 1219 
Vineland Poultry Assn . 73 844 
Total . 7201 110680 
Mistaken ideas About Capon 
I am not sure that capons are grown 
very extensively for the large markets 
at the present time, although I have read 
several articles on the subject within a 
year, appearing in different agricultural 
papers. Every one of these articles showed 
up capon-growing in a somewhat biased 
light, at least when viewed in the light 
of my more than 25 years’ experience in 
the matter. 
“The operation itself is easily per¬ 
formed by the one who understands it.” 
I’ll not contradict that (do not overlook 
the latter part of sentence). “The capon 
attains a much greater size than the un¬ 
altered bird.” I’ll say no. Does the geld¬ 
ing attain greater size than the stallion, 
the ox than the bull, the wether than the 
ram. etc.? I will admit, of course that 
the capon takes on fat easily and makes 
a fine table fowl; if it were not so. we 
would not continue producing them. One 
man wrote AYhite Leghorn capons weighed 
six pounds. In rare instances this might 
come about, but fetich an average will not 
he attained. My own White Leghorn 
capons, now in my yard, average .five 
pounds; pullets of same litter, now 10 
months old. weigh four to four and one- 
half pounds, giving a good account of 
themselves in the way of filling the egg 
basket. 
Another writer spoke of some capons 
four years old .' Whoever thought of 
keeping a bird four years, and for what 
purpose? Perhaps as a brooder of young 
chickens? Well, another hoax! We 
have heard or read about this .'50 years 
ago. but no man has as yet come to the 
front and revealed the secret of how to 
imbue the mind of the capon with that 
peculiar motherly feeling the lien pos¬ 
sesses after she has hatched out a brood 
of chicks. It was said to make the capon 
drunk with tobacco smoke ; when in that 
condition he would “mother” the chickens 
given him. I have been insane enough 
to try this experiment, with a negative 
result as far as the capon was concerned. 
What effect it had on myself will not he 
recorded here. Let every reader under¬ 
stand that the age limit of a canon is 10 
months. It does not pay to keep him 
after that, lie has very nearly reached 
the greatest size, even the late maturing 
breeds. What more we may put on him 
after that stands in unfavorable compari¬ 
son with the cost. If he could he induced 
to brood chickens, and the chicks be in¬ 
duced to accept him as a mother, it would 
then he poor business to keep a capon over 
for this purpose. Why not rather keep 
an extra hen. that would pay for her keep 
in eggs, and pay a profit besides? While 
she is taking care of a brood she is re¬ 
cuperating. and will again soon he in 
shape to resume egg-laying. 
We are further advised to buy a cer¬ 
tain “caponizer” (usually expensive) 
which would make the operation dead 
sure, and prevent all slips. A slip is a 
bird imperfectly caponized. Let me tell 
the reader that no instrument has as yet 
been invented and made that will accom¬ 
plish this. Those most expert in this art 
of caponizing, and using the very best of 
tools, do not sueced in caponizing cock¬ 
erels without having quite a few slips, as 
high as 25 per cent. Rut this need not 
deter anyone from going into this work. 
Slips are very good ; should be kept sep¬ 
arate fvom the hennery, and marketed 
first. We have made a practice of draw¬ 
ing on them for our own table when they 
had attained an age of about six months 
or any time after that. 
In conclusion I would say that the 
small breeds, like the Leghorns, are not 
well adapted to make capons. Plymouth 
Rocks. R. I. Reds. Langshans and nearly 
all the large breeds are much better for 
this purpose. Let the Leghorns go as 
broilers. As capons they cease to be 
profitable at eight months. F. greiner. 
New York. 
f&RTBOlA 
That Whitewashing Job 
—in Poultry Houses, Stables, Pig-Pens or Cellars— 
which you know you ought to do, no matter how much you dislike it, can 
be done quickly and easily, at a saving of time, labor and money, and any day 
it is convenient for you, if you will use CARBOLA instead of whitewash. 
Carbola Takes the Meanness Out of the Job 
and Gives You Much Better Results Besides. 
Carbola is a white paint and a disinfectant combined, in powder form, that is ready to 
yse as soon as it is mixed with water—no waiting or straining. It will not spoil even after 
jt is mixed, so you can keep it on hand ready to use when wanted or on a rainy day. You can 
apply Carbola with a brush or a spray pump to wood, brick, cement, stone, plasterboard, tar 
paper, etc., or over whitewash. It will not clog the sprayer and does not flake or scale otf the 
way whitewash does. One gallon, which is made with a pound of the powder — costing you 
10 to cents—covers 200 square feet. 
Carbola is neither poisonous nor caustic—harmless to the smallest chick or to stock that 
licks a painted surface. It gives walls, ceilings and partitions a smooth, white finish, increases 
the light, improves the appearance, kills contagious disease germs and mites—makes buildings 
clean, sweet-smelling and sanitary. It is used and recommended by thousands of poultry, 
dairy and breeding farms and by many agricultural colleges and experiment stations. Give 
5t a trial—you never will regret it. 
AS A LOUSE POWDER for use on cattle, poultry, horses, hogs, dogs, etc., the dry Car¬ 
bola powder will be found most satisfactory. It costs about one-third less than other brands 
and gives sure results. Apply it as you would any other louse powder. 
Your hardware, paint, drug or seed dealer has Carbola or can get it. If not, order direct — 
prompt shipment by parcel post or express. 
10 lbs. (10 gals.) $1.25 and postage 20 lbs. (20 gals.) $2.50 delivered 50 lbs. (50 gals.) $5.00 delivered 
200 lb. bags $18.00 Trial package and booklet 30c postpaid. 
Add 25% for Texas and Rocky Mountain States 
CARBOLA CHEMICAL CO., Inc., 299 Ely Ave., Dept. R ( Long Island City, New York 
S. C. Brown Leghorns *£ z Tst?uim' iI BK8 . i 5 -$i so, 36 
—$3; 50— *4: 100— $ 7 . prepaid. Miss V. FULTON, Gallipots, 0. 
pi.; n l.o Kulp strain. R. C. White Leghorns 
Vdlln5 at glo per 100. Parcel Post paid. 
FRANK RLUM New Washington, Ohio 
Fnr^olo Bggs and Stork. White Leghorns. 
TUI OdltJ alex. Davidson - glen Campbell, Pa. 
Poultry Questions 
1. What do you think of grains and by¬ 
products as being classified as containing 
so many white and yolks? 2. Are elec¬ 
tric incubators and brooders practical 
yet? •”>. Is poultry affected with a small 
white worm? How can. it be cured and 
prevented ? 4. Is it all right to let the 
laying stock outdoors in Winter if the 
ground is not frozen? R. M. 
South Haven, Mich. 
1. T see no value iji this classification, 
since the food eaten must fulfill several 
other functions in the animal body be¬ 
fore any yolks or whites are made from 
if. and there is no way of knowing just 
what part of the food will he diverted to 
other rnirposes. 
2. Yes. so far as hatching is concerned : 
hut pretty expensive to use at ordinary 
commercial rates for electric current. 
2. The tobacco treatment for worms 
in fowls is effective, though measures to 
prevent reinfection must be taken if the 
flock is to he kept free thereafter. Steep; 
a pound of finely cut tobacco stems for 
each 100 birds in enough water to keep 
well covered and boil for two hours. Mix 
liquor and stems with four quarts of j 
mash. Feed wet to birds fasted since 
previous day. Two hours later feed oncj 
pound of Epsom salts dissolved in water | 
and mixed with three quarts of mash, see¬ 
ing that each bird gets its share. Keep 
droppings* from birds to prevent reinfec¬ 
tion. 
4. Laying fowls need not he confined at 
all through the Winter, if they have suit¬ 
able quarters to stay in when they wish. 
Fowls so kept frequently do better than 
those that are confined to poultry-houses 
all or part of the time. M. B. D. 
S. C. W. Leghorns "h tc i h c in k r s E s!^ B 2H 3 : 
R. N.-Y., Feb. 5. T1IE UNDERHILL HUMS, Fort Ann, N. V 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. White Leghorns and R. I. Reds 
I am booking orders for April and May. 16 years 
shipper of day-old chicks. Safe arrival guaran¬ 
teed. All chicks shipped Parcel Post prepaid. 
Hatch every week. Write for prices and free circular. 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, IN. Y. 
Young’s Strain producing S.C. WhiteLeghornChicks 
$20 per 1(10. Eggs, $8 per 100. Circular tree. 
MY0WN POULTRY FARM Brice Moore Ellenville, N.Y. 
260-288 Egg Strain 
I’nttcrfton Poultry Farm - < lay ton, N. \ • 
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C. BE. LEGHORN EGGS. S1.50—15; $8—100. 
e Mrs. CLAUDIA BETTS, Hillsdale, Michigan 
Jersey Black Giants 
Again the sensation at Madison Square Gar¬ 
den; the world’s greatest poultry show. The 
giant of poultrydom. If given free range will 
find the larger part of it’s own living. For de¬ 
scriptive folder and price liston hatching eggs, 
write MARCY FARMS, Matawan, N. J. 
For CAPONS raise Jersey Black Giants 
(yellow skin) the most popular and profitable breed 
in America today. Eggs for hatching from year¬ 
ling liens. T. H. Mettler, East Millstone, N. ,J. 
Chicks JJSI.lefek's, Ducklings 
vlMVMU Leg 1 ior n s, An oon R s ( Pek il i, mvimiuijw 
R ouen uud Runner. Aldliam Poultry Farm, R. 34, Phoenixville, Pa. 
Bourbon Red Turkey Eggs F lorVho«' e,e 0 v we n 8 .. n.t. 
P2BK5 DUCKS 
I EKIN 
EGGS AND DUCKLINGS NOW 
PRICE LIST FREE. 
PARDEE’S PEKINS ISLIP. N Y. 
Cold Back Mammoth Bronze Turkey iSi f .',g 
None better. THOMAS REILY, Chiltonville, Plymouth, Mass. 
>■;__ S. C. B. elm, $18 a 100 for May. Pen No. 1, 2:te 
iviinorcas Kaeh. MBS. L. .1. MERVILLE, Bliss, N. Y. 
CHICKS 1 cayh.TEGqS and 
GROWING STOCK. 
June* Poultry Farm, flcorgetown, ITel. 
^Vancrest Poultry Farm= 
Single Comb White Leyhorn Baby Chicks from old hens 
selected for size, type and laying qualities, 
mated to cockerels obtained from one of the 
laying contest winners. Strong healthy chicks 
that will develop into early layers. 
Price S17 per 100 for May. Delivered free. 
Send for circular. 
Frank Van Wagner 
Hyde Park, N. Y. 
Vermont Rose Comb Reds 
Hardy, dark red purebreda. Winter layers in Ver¬ 
mont's rigorous climate. Eggs, $2.00 per 15. 
delivered. Fertility guaranteed. Our ninth year. 
C. E. Wilson Twinton Acres St. Albans, Vt. 
HUMMER’S Guaranteed CHICKS 
Bar Rock, * 1 «.&<>. R. 1. Red, $17. SO. S. C. White and 8 C. 
Brown Leghorn, $1S. Ancona, $3H. Minorca C'hix, #<! 
per Dozen, olive. Prepaid. Illustrated folder free. 
E. It. Hl'MMEIt A CO. - Frenchtown, N. J. 
g~\ WWW wr mixed, $11: I, r g.. $12 to$IS; Bar. 
(>tl l(, Rock and It. 1. Red. $lti; White 
^ Rock, $16 to $20. May delivery. 
MAPLE8 WHITE LEGHORN FARM - Telford. Pa. 
Big Sturdy Baby Chicks ; 
and Hatching Eggs 
_ Marti n’s White 
Wyandottes, Ringlet Barred Rocks, Eglantine White Leg¬ 
horns. Anemias, 8. C. lteds. Catalogue free. Chicks Keb. 
lath every week. SUNNYSIDE POULTRY FARM, Copper Hill. N. J. 
nr. PY PUIY D arre d Rocks, Reds, Win te Leghorns and 
DHD I UfllA Broilers, 1 le and up. Safe delivery guar¬ 
anteed. Pamphlet Free. J. N. RACE, R. 0., McAlisicrville. Pa. 
TTIDVCY CTT’C Big Bronze. $9 per setting of 9 
a UKIVLl Luuo N. Y. City deliveries by me-sen- 
* ger. L. B. WILSON, Mount Kisco, N.Y. 
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Ailing Fowls 
Some Ancona lions one year old are ail¬ 
ing. Their wattles swell up and get. thick 
and their necks swell between the wat¬ 
tles; ears also swell. They seem to he 
in perfect health other ways. I killed 
one of them and found its neck and wat¬ 
tles full of water and pile. What is the 
trouble? A. R. B. 
Troutville, Va. 
I am not acquainted with this disease 
and do not find it mentioned in any poul- 10-week PuJJets 
try literature at my command. As a 
precaution against spread. T should iso¬ 
late any affected fowls and keep thorn 
from the flock until recovery. It is pos¬ 
sible that there are other symptoms that 
you have not noted that would give a clue 
to the nature of the disease, but from 
your description I ain unable to iden¬ 
tify it. M. B. D. 
CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS 
Anconas, S. C. Reds. Also White and Brown Leghorns 
from pure bred, heavy la\ ing. farm-raised breeders. 
Safe delivery guarantoed. ADRIAN De.NEEK, Soilui, N. Y. 
Sale of Iundred Laying Pullets and Yearlings 
Nice stock, at $2.25 and up. KOltKST FARM, Kockaway, N. J. 
on pa re a. Strain Barred Iioekn, $1.75 per 15. ?y 
mail. Post paid. J. F. Cauls, it. I). 1, Drockport, N.Y. 
Males and females. Eprprs 
Barron’s White Wyandottes for hutching from stock I 
imported direct. Records202 to 289. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N.Y. 
HUBERT HATCHERY 
BABY CHICKS 
Sent Postpaid. 100% Delivery Guaranteed 
Per 100 Per 50 Per 25 
S. C. White Leghorns. $17.00 $8.75 $4.50 
Rhode Island Reds ... 17.00 8.75 4.50 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 17.00 8.75 4.50 
White Wyandottes .... 20.00 9.50 5.50 
White Rocks. 20.00 9.50 5.50 
Send for illustrated circular FREE 
HUBERT HATCHERY, Stockton, New Jersey 
SINGLE COM B ANCON A. tS 
Wonderful Luyeis. Si'tinprs, $2.50, postpaid. Cir. Free. 
Lambert’s Poultry Farms, Apponatig:, It. I. 
Pullets. Thoroughbred Hogan test 
Stock. FORKS'! FA KM, Kockaway, N. J. 
CHICKS 
EGGS 
Broilers, Leghorns, Rocks and Reds, 12cts. 
:ind up. Safe delivery guaranteed. Circular 
free. W. A. LAUVF.R. McAlisterville, Pa, 
S. C. R. 1. Reds. B. P. Rocks. S.C. White and 
Brown Leg. Anconas and P.laek Min reus. 
$5 pel-100; $15 per 300-egg ease. Best strains. 
1>. W. Doodling, Richfield, Fa. 
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hlie Wyandottes. Regal Dorcas stock direct. Eggs, 
A-No.l stock, $1.50—15 ; $8—100. R. HIU. Sencci Falls. N.Y. 
The Farmer His 
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By H. Armstrong Roberts 
A practical and 
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kinds of building 
information from 
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