1093 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is hel(f 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 for week ending August 16, 1921: 
Week Total 
BARRED ROCKS 
Rock Rose Farm. N.iY... J1 1458 
W. H. B. Kent, N. Y. 42 1682 
Ernest W. Picker. N. J....:. 30 1194 
Oregon Ag. College, Ore. 34 1139 
Jules F. Francais, L. 1. 18 1170 
E. C. Foreman, Ont. 1* 1186 
WHITE ROCKS 
James F. Macdonald, Mass. 31 1218 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. II 1140 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 26 1051 
Chickatawbut Farm. Mass. 27 963 
F. R. Pember, R. 1. 14 1198 
William H. Bassett, Conn. 24 1068 
Appleerest Farm Co., N. H. 15 1197 
Vineland Training School. N. J. 22 1021 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Obsd G. Knight. R. 1. 42 1841 
Clsmens J. Diemand. Conn. 30 1186 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, N. Y. 19 1025 
Harry D. Emmons, Conn. 32 1184 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Hollis P. Cloyes.Conn. 11 1429 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Charles D. Peirce. R. 1. 28 1241 
Henry P. Walker, Mas*. 31 1479 
Appleerest Farm Co., N. H. 23 1215 
F. H. Sampson, Mass. 31 1295 
Glen Wright, Conn. 21 1080 
The Orchards, Mass. 47 1530 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. 27 1165 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 2S 1504 
Old Town Farm, N. H. 19 1281 
Norman M. Mistier, N. Y. 19 1165 
Mrs. O. O. Polhemus. N. Y. 47 1446 
E. P. Usher, Jr.. Mass... . 18 1206 
H. S. Bickford, N. H. 25 1406 
Pinecrest Orchards, Mass. 27 1405 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. 23 1389 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 38 1449 
Charles H. Lane. Mass. 31 1659 
Sunnyfields Farm, Conn. 34 1505 
H. P. Denting, Conn. 31 1340 
W. H. Card, Conn. 20 884 
C. P. Scott. Ill . 43 1394 
Prospect Farms, N. J. 22 1043 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 17 1164 
Harold Tompkins. Mass. 27 1172 
Mirimichi Poultry Farm, Mass. 7 788 
D. S. Vaughn, R. 1. 40 1249 
H. E. Nichols, N. Y . 32 1264 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
Winsor Farm, Mass. II 81* 
OREGONS 
Oregon ! Ag. College, Ore. II 1092 
BLACK LEGHORNS 
A. *. Hampton. N. J. 27 1312 
BUFF LEGHORNS 
B. A. Vosburg, N. J. 22 1037 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
John K. Roessner, N. J. 40 1153 
Tauglewold Farm, L. I. S3 1357 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 43 1205 
Richard Allen, Conn. 30 1418 
Etnory H. Bartlett, Mass. 28 1388 
Meadowedge Farm. L. 1. 40 1522 
Kiruup Bros., N. Y. 51 1482 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 40 1462 
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, N. J. 41 1371 
James O. LeFevre, N. Y. 47 1603 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. .. 46 1523 
Small's Poultry Farm, Conn. 46 1508 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 39 1415 
Goshen Poultry Club, Conti. 42 1533 
Leo A. Grouten, Conn. 43 1562 
Max Axelrod. Mass. 42 1495 
Lawrence W. Miller. N. Y. . 39 1467 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 55 1748 
Bonnie Brook Farm, N. Y. 46 1466 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 36 1373 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 17 1294 
Mountain View Poultry Farm, Vt ... 46 1591 
A. P. Robinson, N. Y. 38 1534 
Lion Head Poultry Farm, N. J . 28 1477 
Imperial Poultry Farm, N. J. 48 1624 
Emil Klein, L. 1. 34 1351 j 
Jack Trevethun. N. J. *2 1672 
E. A. Ballard. Pa. 34 1563 
Mount Hope Farm. Mass . 27 107;; 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 42 1201 
J. Frank Dnbois, Mass. 40 1558 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 32 1335 
George Phillips, Conn. 23 1332 
Riverside Poultry Tarm, Pa. 36 1328 
Orchard Hill Farm. N. Y. 42 1476 
Mrs. .1. L. Thuesen, Conn. 37 1435 
W. W. Wood, Ohio. 32 1161 
White Springs Farm, N. Y. 48 1557 
J. T. Rarnage, Texas. 39 1367 
Ernest H. Scott, Conn. 41 1644 
Burchell & Jaitson, B. C. 44 1657 
Rapp’s Leghorn Farm, N. J. 42 1128 
August Degen, Conn. 33 1420 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 15 1080 
The Yates Farm. N. Y. 45 1299 
L. E. Ingoldsby, N. Y. 41 1737 
Exmoor Farm, Pa . 31 1323 
Wtllana Farm, N. J. 35 1423 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn . 40 130U 
F. William Rosenau, Conn. 19 1103 
Total. 3274 133766 
Tobacco for Gapes 
1. I bought 15 White Wyandotte eggs 
for hatching, expecting to get at least two 
roosters for another year. When very 
young they got the gapes, and all died but 
one. That one could hardly keep its bal¬ 
ance to stand up. I told my husband to 
kill it and end its suffering, as it must 
die 'auy way. lie said he would experi¬ 
ment on it. lie put it in a tin pail and 
covered the 1 pail with a grain sack. He 
smokes a pipe, and blew the pail full of 
smoke in the morning. It was left about 
one-half hour, then uncovered. This was 
repeated at noon and night. Next morn¬ 
ing the chicken was entirely well, and is 
now all feathered out. We have cured all 
gape cases that way since. 2. Is there 
any way I could put some kind of powder 
on live coals to drive the Hies out of the 
house or kill them? l. h. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. This method of treating chicks for 
gapes-^-burniug tobacco upon coals or a 
hot brick in a cloth-covered box contain¬ 
ing the chicks—is an old one, and moder¬ 
ately effective. It is far better, however, 
Tbf Rl.'R AL NEW-YORKER 
to prevent gapes by keeping the chicks- 
from gape-infected ground and confining 
them until the earthworms which carry 
the gapeworm embryos and eggs have dis¬ 
appeared beneath the ground after show¬ 
ers and while the morning dew is on. 
2. Flies may be killed by closing the 
room and burning Persian insect powder 
or buhaeh on coals, creating a smudge. 
The latter powder is more likely to he 
fresh than the former, since it is a product 
of California and not imported. Buhaeh 
may also be sprinkled about the room 
and in the air at night and the stupefied 
flies swept up and destroyed in the morn¬ 
ing. The first requisite in getting rid of 
flies is to clean up their breeding places 
about the premises—they do not go suf¬ 
ficiently far from their breeding places 
to come from other premises unless these 
are within a few hundred feet—and then 
to screen doors and windows against them. 
Manure piles, garbage, open privy vaults, 
and any collection of fermenting, decaying 
vegetable matters are the breeding places 
of house flies, and it is not a difficult mat¬ 
ter to keep the premises near the house 
free from these. m. b. d. 
Color of Yolks 
Can you tell me why my S. C. White 
Leghorns lay an egg with a yellow yolk? 
I have been told that mostly all the other 
poultrymen get an egg with a white yolk. 
I feed a mixed grain, which consists of 
300 lbs. corn, 300 lbs. barley, 200 lbs. 
wheat and 100 lbs. buckwheat twice a 
day, 10 lbs. to 100 birds. The mash is 
as follows: 100 lbs. bran, 1(30 lbs. mid¬ 
dlings, 100 lbs. eornmeal, 100 lbs. beef 
scrap, 100 lbs. ground oats and 100 lbs. 
low-grade flour. They get sour milk about 
three times a week, and are now on a 
range where there is grass and also green 
rye. j. s. 
Port Jervis, N. Y. 
Yellow is the fashionable tint for egg 
yolks, and your Leghorns are only doing 
their duty as they see it. If you really 
wish to produce white yolks, and you 
don’t, for white yolks are not desired 
in the market, cut out yellow corn and 
green stuff from the hens’ rations. Those 
who tell you that most poultrymen pro¬ 
duce eggs with white yolks are yarning 
a little. Such eggs might be desirable 
for the making of fancy white cakes, but 
the average housewife would look with 
as much suspicion upon an egg with a 
white yolk as she would upon butter that 
failed to bear the tint of the goldenrod. 
and the buttercup. The fact that these 
tints are frequently taken from a bottle 
doesn’t alter the fact that they are na¬ 
ture’s own. and the only guarantee of a 
pure, unadulterated natural product. 
Don’t blame your liens; they are doing- 
better by you than you think, m. b. d. 
Depluming Mite 
What is the cause of the feathers com¬ 
ing off the hens’ necks? Is it lice or 
mites or other hens pull them off? 
Pennsylvania. s. T. n. 
This is the work of the depluming mite, 
a small mite that burrows into the skin 
at the base of the feathers and causes 
them to become loosened. This mite may 
he killed by rubbing some grease, like sul¬ 
phur ointment, into the skin and repeating 
if necessary. A dip of sodium fluoride 
solution, one ounce to the gall bn of water, 
is also said to be quickly efficacious. 
M. B. D. 
Fop Usej 
On Your Poultry] 
Seize the hen and dust Instant 
Louse Killer into the feathers. 
The handy sifting top can 
makes it convenient to use. 
Sprinkle it in the nests, on the 
roosts and floors. Put Instant 
Louse Killer in the dust bath 
occasionally—your hens will 
do the rest. This means 
louse prevention. 
FOR STOCK 
I With one hand stroke the hair 
the wrong way, with the other 
I sift in the Louse Killer. 
Especially good for lousy colts. 
[GUARANTEED. The dealer 
[will refund your money if it 
[does not do as claimed. 
1 lb. 25c, 2*4 lbs. 50c ( except in the far 
West and Canada) 
Dr. HESS & CLARK 
Ashland Ohio 
You Need It 
Carbola takes the place of both 
whitewash and disinfectants, costs 
less and gives better results with less 
labor. It is a white paint and power¬ 
ful disinfectant in powder form. It 
paints and disinfects in one operation. 
Just mix it with water and it’s ready to 
use. No waiting or straining. Apply with 
brush or spray pump. It will not clog the 
sprayer. One gallon covers 200 square feet. 
Used and endorsed by thousands of farms, 
large and small. The dry powder makes 
an excellent louse powder. 
Your hardware, paint, seed or drug dealer 
has Carboia, or can get it. If not, order di¬ 
rect. Satisfaction or your money back. 
10 lbs. (10 gals.) $1.25 & postage 
20 lbs. (20 gals.) $2.50 delivered 
50 lbs. (50 gals.) $5.00 delivered 
200 lbs. (200 gals.) $18.00 delivered 
Trial package and booklet 30c. 
Add 25% for Texas and Rocky Mt. States. 
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Dept. R Long Island City, N. Y. 
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AMERICAN !*Gl?LTKY ADVOCATE Box 2 Syracuse, N. Y. 
White Leghorn Pullets 
We have for sale this year an exceptional lot of 
Pullets, hatched from March 27th to May 10th. 
They have unlimited skim-milk and free range, 
and are of unusual vigor and growth. INSPEC¬ 
TION WELCOMED. 
$1.25 to $2.25 each, according to 
age and development 
Some of the earlier hatches ready to lay as soon 
as settled in new quarters. Illustrated circular on 
request. 
SANDANONAH FARM - Windham, N. Y. 
BARRON LEGHORN COCKERELS 
We have several hundred choice cockerels 
bred from carefully selected trap-n<-; v d hens 
with egg records up to 261. These eeckerels 
will improve the egg-laying qualities of your 
flock. Prices very leasonable. Sj cial dis¬ 
count given early orders. Write for circular. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM. Cambridge Springs, Pa. 
For Sale—500 April S, C. White Leghorn Pullets 
Reared on range. Tom Barron strain. Ready Sept. 1st. 
$2.5<> each. Also 500 yearlings, S2. Breeding Hens, 
#1.75. Cockerels,$5. RIVEROnLE POULTRY FARM, Cortland, N.r. 
Wanted—300 to 500 JS White Leghorn Pullets 
last of April or first of May hatched. Must be well 
grown and guaranteed. State best price. 
VALLEY EGG FARM, Little Valley, N.Y. 
SPECIAL PULLET SALE M a r d h 
April Hatched. Mixed Pullets. Twenty. 135. Fifty, $85. 
Hundred, $160. Barred Rocks, Reds, White Leghorns, 
Ten, $25. Fifty, $115. H. A. S0UDER. Box 29. Sellersvilli. Pa 
R eady-to-Lay Pullets, #Seaeh; cockerels, $5. S. C. 
W. Leghorns. A. B. HALL, Wallingford, Conn, 
DI83 I Bar Rock, White Rock, $1.75 
rtlLLsL I v each and up. S. C. White Leg. 
horn Breeders. Circular free. 
E. R. HUMMER 8 CO. R. 0. Frenchtown, N. J. 
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS 
From VINELAND Pen 22, 1918-19. (Reeord 2225 eel's.) 
Prices low. B. F. DECKER. 133 Ho. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, N. J. 
MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARMS 
Mature Pullets j fl" J« h 100 
Bred from heavy laying, trapnested stock, Barron 
strain. Buttermilk fed and grown on free range. 
Large, vigorous and free from disease. Address 
A. H. PENNY - - Mattituck, N. Y. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets 
(ready to lay) and choice yearling hens. 
C. T. DARBY - North Branch, N. J. 
RABBITS 
The Delaware Valley Rabbitries 
Otir Stock of Rufus Reds and New Zetilitnds is now 
heavier and better than ever, Can we not interest 
von ? Prices to suit and delivery that will please you. 
THEO. S. MOORE Stockton, N. J. 
FLEMISH GIANTS, young and matured, from pedigreed and 
reg. stock. Prices reasonable. H. B. TEN EYCK, Somerville, R.J 
5,000 
Ready to Lay 
Pullets 
All Famous Lord Farms 
Strain, Single Combed 
White Leghorns 
This year we have raised more pul¬ 
lets than any Farm in the country. 
Our chicks are easy to raise and 
they grow quickly and evenly into 
pullets that lay and pay well. 
We have already shipped thous¬ 
ands this Summer and still have 
about 5,000 more that we cannot 
house this Winter. These birds 
will begin to lay in August and 
September. You buy SATISFAC¬ 
TION with our stock. 
Write for Catalog and Special 
Price List 
LORD FARMS 
Box 240-G METHUEN, MASS. 
LAST CHANCE TO SAVE 
0ur 15-Day Special Sale 
LOW PRICES SEPT. 5th TO 20th 
1 On latter date all prices automatically’ return to 
{ catalog figures. This is our 15-day SPECIAL—the 
greatest sale of pedigreed poultry ever made. 
Get your breeders from us now—while the big sav¬ 
ings can be had. You will then have time to secure 
plenty of first-hand proof of their egg-laying superi¬ 
ority before next hatching season. 
Lowest Prices 
on Breeding Stock, Hatching Eggs, Day-Old 
Chicks, Fine Yearlings and Early-Hatched 
Pullets and Cockerels from 
WORLD’S CHAMPION LAYERS 
Get yoxiv request for our 
15 clay special sale circu¬ 
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We’ll rush it to you—in 
time. 
Valuable , Illustrated Catalog , 
“ The Story of the 300-Egg 
Hen." Price Wc. y deducted 
from first order. 
PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY FARM 
Box R Lancaster, Pa. 
Most 
Profitable 
Poultry 
Known 
r; nfl Poultry, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Guineas 
I lIlC DlColla Bantams, Hares, Pigeons. Dog’s, Stock 
Eggs, reasonable. Catalog free. PIONEER FARM, Telford, Pa 
S. C. R. I. RED COCKERELS 
Vihert's 231 to 289-egg strain #3 to 36 to each. 
A H. F1NGAR, Sunnybrook Farm. R. D 1, Elizaville. N Y. 
S.C. WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
Bred Right and Raised Right 
12 to 14 weeks old, delivery at once,.. 861.75 each 
4 months old, delivery at once. 2.00 each 
5 months old, delivery from Aug. 15 on, 2.50 each 
Your Inspection Invited 
Supply Limited. Make Reservation at once. 
HARD! MONT POULTRY FARM 
Washington Street Toms River, N. J. 
Vineland Poultry Yards 
VINELAND, N. J. 
t°h e e r i s rTes 0 t WHITE LEGHORNS 
YEARLING HENS - $3 Each 
1(H reduction on 10 or more. 
Not lihow birds but perfect utility Hens. 
Write for prices on young stock. 
ENGLISH S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
Hen*. Cocks and Cockerels from imported high 
pedigreed stock. Tom Barron’s best. First-class 
breeders at bargain prices. Write 
R. T. EWING - Atlantic, Pa. 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
R. N. Y., Feb. 5. THE UNDERHILL FARMS, Fort Ann. N. T 
PULLETS White and Black Leghorn 
two to four months old. 75c to SSI.50 each. Also 
yearling Hens. NOAH BERGEY, Bergey, Pa. 
JERSEY BLACK GIANTS BREEDING STOCK 
We have thousands of these wonderful chickens now on 
range. All hen hatched and hen brooded. Better to or¬ 
der now for Summer and Fall delivery than wish you had 
ater. Breeding stock for sale at all times. Free descrip¬ 
tive circular. DEXTER P. UPIIAM, Belinar, N. J. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkey*, Pheasant*,QuaiI, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking: purposes,. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Swans. 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes, Hac- 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and an mals, 
WM. J. MACKENSEN. Naturalist. Dept. 10. Yardley, Pa 
Quality White Plymouth 
ROCKS 
and WHITE 
at 11 < 11 l 
^. r Also choice breeders _. .. 
H. B. SPANGLER R. D. 2 Matawan, N. J 
TnrLouQ A Fine selection of large, strong and vigorous 
I Ul Rojo young Bronze Turkeys at four months of age. 
Price, $3.50 each. BURLEIGH FARM ASSN.. Ashland. New Hampshire 
* ® Laying at $1.HO and up. Yea 
lings, lit. 65. FOREST FARM, Rockaway, N. .1 
P ARDEE'S 
ERFECT 
EKIN 
DUCKS 
America's Standard 
Strain. BREEDERS NOW. 
PARDEE’S PEK.’NS. ISLIP N Y. 
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