The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
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In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laying contest, the following facts are given: 
It is lielrf 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. Tire 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. 
Results for week ending August 28: 
Week Total 
BAIIHEI) ROCKS 
Rock Rose Farm, N. Y. 27 1517 
W. H. R. Kent. N. Y. 43 1765 
Ernest XV. Picker, X. J...... 21 1236 
Oregon Ag. College, Ore..... 22 1167 
Jules F. Francais, \j. 1. 39 1455 
E. C. Foreman, Ont. 39 1245 
WHITE ROCKS 
James F. Macdonald, Mass. 36 1351 
S. Bradford Allyn. Mass. 32 fl96 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 32 1114 
Chiekatawbut Farm, Mass. 27 1013 
F. R. Pember, R. 1. 41 1281 
William H. Bassett. Conn. 25 1115 
Applecrest Farm Co.. X. II . 26 1252 
Vineland Training School. X. .1. 29 1«70 
WHITE WTANDOTTE8 
Obed G. Knight, R. 1. 39 1935 
Clemens J. Diemand, Conn. 33 1245 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens. X. Y. 13 1055 
Harry D. Emmons, Conn. 30 1247 
BUFF WYAXDOTTKS 
Hollis P. Cloyes.Conn. 43 1497 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Charles D. Peirce. R. 1. 36 1301 
Henry P. Walker. Mass. 38 1542 
Applecrest Farm Co.. N. H. 35 1287 
F. H. Sampson, Mass. 22 1338 
Glen Wright. Conn. 28 1130 
The Oichards. Mass. 37 1601 
Obed G. Knight. R. I. 24 1269 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 22 1547 
Old Town Farm, X. H.. 31 1313 
Norman M. Mistier, X. Y . 37 1227 
Mrs. C. O. Polhemus, X. Y. . 32 1 »17 
E. P. Usher, Jr.. Mass. 17 1232 
H. S. Bickford, N. H. 35 1564 
Pinecrest Orchards, Mass. 56 )|99 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. 33 115; 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, X. H 32 1512 
Charles H. Lane. Mass. 38 1725 
Snnnytields Farm, Conn. 40 1586 
H. P. Denting, Conn. 39 1 M2 
W. H. Card, Conn. 15 917 
C. P. Scott, III . 35 1466 
Prospect Farms, X. .1. 26 1UH9 
Maurice F. Delano, M ass. 18 1197 
Harold Tompkins, Mass. 35 1241 
Mirimiehi Poultry Farm, Mass. 16 817 
D. S. Vaughn, R. 1. 29 1326 
H. E. Xichols, X. Y. 26 1323 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
Winsor Farm, Mass. 10 837 
OREGONS 
Oregon fAg. College. Ore. 22 1133 
BLACK LEGHORN'S 
A. E. Hampton, X. J. 28 1371 
BUFF LEGHORN'S 
E. A. Vosbnrg, N. J. 30 1091 
WHITE LEGHORN'S 
John K. Roessner, X. J. 40 1229 
Tanglewold Farm. L. 1 . 34 1395 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 42 1293 
Richard Alton, Conn. 38 1489 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass. 42 1463 
Meadowedge Farm, L. 1. 33 1595 
Kirkup Bros., N. Y. 41 1563 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 31 1532 
Eigen ranch & DeWinter, X. J. 41 1456 
James O. LeFevre, X. Y. .. 46 1698 
Slmdnwbrook Farm, Conn. 43 1611 
Small’s Poultry Farm, Conn. 47 1598 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 41 1490 
Goshen Poultry Club, Conn. 39 1616 
Leo A. Grouteii, Conn. 36 1633 
Max Axelrod, Mass. 43 1587 
Lawrence W. Miller, X. Y. 38 1541 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 52 1852 
Bonnie Brook Farm, X. Y. 44 1553 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 34 1439 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 31 1365 
Mountain View Poultry Farm, Vt_ 45 1681 
A. P. Robinson, X. Y. . 34 1609 
Lion Head Poultry Farm, X. .). 37 1558 
Imperial Poultry Farm, X. J. 43 1714 
Emil Klein, L. 1. 43 1437 
Jack Trevethan, N. J. 36 1751 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 29 1622 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass .i... 21 1123 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 30 1266 
J. Frank Dubois, Mass. 43 1642 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 49 1422 
George Phillips, Conn. 22 1377 
Riverside Poultry Farm, Pa. 29 1392 
Orchard Hill Farm, X. Y. 4<i 1556 
Mrs. J. L. Thuescn. Conn. 43 1525 
W. W. Wood. Ohio. 33 1230 
White Springs Farm. X. Y. 37 1643 
J. T. Ratnage, Texas. 43 1455 
Ernest H. Scott, Conn. 60 1741 
Burchell & Janson, B. c. 50 1749 
Rapp’s Leghorn Farm, X. J. 34 1200 
August Degen, Conn. 14 14.66 
M. J. QnacKenbnsh, N. J. 15 1113 
The Yates Farm, X. Y. 44 1388 
L. E. Ingoldsby, N. Y. 39 1614 
Exmoor Farm. Pa . 31 1388 
Willana Farm, X. J. 40 1506 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn . 38 1375 
F. William Rosenau, Conn. 16 1139 
Total. 3381 140479 
Enlarged Liver 
Recently I killed a Black Leghorn I 
rooster, and when I came to clean it the 1 
liver was all bad. It was as large as my 
hand, the color yellowish, and it ail 
crumbled up when I touched it. It was 
all little balls, just like fish eggs. I also 
have a few chickens that look sick and 
limp. I killed a few to see what was the 
matter, and find the liver the same way. 
I feed my chickens mash, corn and scratch 
feed. What could I do for the trouble? 
Menlo Park. N. Y. v. s. 
Enlarged and fatty livers are often 
found in fowls that are heavily fed and 
that do not get enough exercise. Prob¬ 
ably the only way to prevent this trouble 
would be to keep the fowls under more 
natural conditions and refrain from at¬ 
tempts to get the most possible out of 
them. While this would be a gain from 
the standpoint of flock health, it might 
not be very profitable financially. An 
occasional dose of Epsom salts. 1 lb. dis¬ 
solved in the day’s drinking water for 
each 100 fowls, would be helpful in a 
closely confined and heavily fed flock, but 
some losses must be expected. There are 
no symptoms by which this disease cr.n 
be detected until it has gone to irrepar¬ 
able lengths, and no treatment, of indi¬ 
vidual fowls can, therefore, be recom¬ 
mended. M. B. D. 
Fattening Cockerels 
Will you give a good ration for fatten¬ 
ing cockerels? f. B. g. 
Long Island. 
A ration for fattening cockerels should 
be composed largely of cornmeal. ground 
oars, ground barley or buckwheat or like 
fattening foods. Cornmeal, as the most 
easily obtained, is usually used, though 
one or more of the others added to it may 
possibly cheapen the ration. Cracked 
corn is given as hard grain, and a moist 
mash of the first mentioned ground grains 
is fed several times daily in the quantity 
that the cockerels will eat. If moistened 
with skim-milk the mash is improved. 
Meat scrap may also be added in the pro¬ 
portion nf one-fifth to one-sixth of the 
whole if desired. Cockerels to be fat¬ 
tened should he kept in a restricted en¬ 
closure and fed heavily for about two 
weeks upon the wet mash. If the heavy 
feeding is attempt'd for a much longer 
period the birds are ant to lose their 
appetites and some of the gain made. 
Ailing Pullets 
I seem to have trouble in a pen of pul¬ 
lets that began laying at the age of four 
months. In the morning I find one or 
two that have lost the use of their legs, 
and they use their wings to get around. 
Before noon they get better, and most 
always lay an egg before night. Did I 
push them too hard? They have charcoal 
and shells before them at all times. I 
feed this pen six quarts of grain a day, 
composed of cracked corn, oats and buck¬ 
wheat. two quarts in the morning, four 
at night. At noon I feed them a mash of 
ground corn and oats, wheat bran, mixed 
one day with potatoes, next day with 
meat. They eat a head of cabbage almost 
every day. I have fed them nearly a 
whole cow that had to he killed on ac¬ 
count. of diarrhoea. Could this meat, or 
my method of feeding he the fault? 2. 
Will rats bother hens on the roost at 
night? Would they he likely to cause 
this trouble? T find no blood on them. 
New York. F. C. N. 
You may ho feeding too heavily upon 
fresh meat, and the fact that your pullets 
began laying at four months of age indi¬ 
cates an exeess of animal protein in their 
ration, thus “ripening” the pullets at too ; 
early an age. Pullets that are pushed to j 
very early maturity through heavy feed¬ 
ing upon meat are apt to begin laying 
early, lay a few eggs and then molt, with 
consequent cessation of production and n 
more or less prolonged idle period. The 
weakness of the legs noted may also be 
the effect of a too highlv nitrogenous ra¬ 
tion or of a little understood trouble 
which often manifests itself in young 
fowls. 
2. Rats will disturb fowls upon their 
perches at night, but I have never known 
of any mature fowls being killed by them. 
This would not account for the trouble 
that you describe, however. M. B. D. 
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YEARLING HENS LEGHORNS 
High quality stock of the best laying strains at mo¬ 
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Leading Red Pen at Storrs Contest For Sale 
Greatest winter egg record. 830 in December, January, 
February and March, t hus. II. Lane, Southboro, Muss. 
E!ack Jersey Giants-Pullets 
unH finclfprek .it reasonable prices. 
ana UOCKereiS TABOR FARM Lonumeadow, Mass. 
OH s - v - ANCONA FILLETS, 12 to 14-weeks old. 
W Sale price, *45. m. N GAGE S SON, Silver Creek, New York i 
For Sale-BARKED ROCK COCKERELS 
May hat.-lied The well barred, light colored, big boned 
kind. $2.{>0 each. H. C. CRAFT, Glen Cove, N.Y. 
Pullets-Bar Rock, White Rock, s . n c A'Z n Leghorn 
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FOREST FARM 
Guaranteed yearling hens. 
Best si rains 91.60 and un. 
Rock.away, N. J. 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
R. N. Y., Feb. 5. THE CNDEIUIIM. Farms, Hort Aim. N. J 
Barred Rock Cockerels 
Cornell certified. Bred from certified stock. See 
Pen 2. Storrs <’ontest. Circular. 
KENT POULTRY FARM, Cazenovia, N. Y. 
P 
ABOEF’S 
ERFECT 
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America’s Standard 
Strain. BREEDERS NOW 
PARDEE’S PEKINS. ISLIP.N.Y 
Qeady-to-I.ay Pullet*. 98 .-ach -, cockerels. $5. S. C - 
II W. Leghorns. A. 1$. II ALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
F' O R SALE 
RHODE ISLAND AND 
WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS 
Cornell laying strain, certified, J3 to $5 for quick sale. 
DEVONSHIRE FARMS - Washingtonville, N. Y. 
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. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN 
LAYING HENS 
Yearlings <15 months old) that are now giving 
nearly 50* production. #2 each in lots of 25. 
CACKLEDAWN POULTRY FARM 
North Avenue Burlington. Vermont 
BARRON LEGHORN COCKERELS 
We have several hundred choice cockerels 
bred from carefully selecied trap-nested hens 
with egg records up to 261. These cockerels 
will improve the egg-laying qualities of your 
flock. Prices very teasonabie. Special dis¬ 
count given early orders. Write for circular. 
THE RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM. Cambridge Springs, Pa. 
S.C.W. Leghorn Pullets 
Bred from our best breeders. Raised on un¬ 
limited range. Ready to lay. $2.50 each, 
C. (). I)., subject to your approval. 
HOMESTEAD FARM Newtown, Conn. 
MATTITUCK WHITE LEGHORN FARMS 
Mature Pulleta {||”« r '" 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. 
2,000 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
April and May hatch, raised on unlimited range, stronjr, 
healthy bird*, bred to produce ; some ready to lay now. 
Price, 32.50 each; in lots of 25 and more, S2 each. 500 
for $750. Inspection invited. TRT0N FARM, Bradford. Mass. 
PULLETS-White and Black Leghorn 
two to four months old. 75c to 861.50 each. Also 
yearling Hens. NOAH BERGEY, Bergey, Pa. 
S. C. W. Leghorn Pullets genuine, 
profit-making kind, by using pedigreed males only in 
our mating pens. They are extraordinary pullets at ordi¬ 
nary pi ices. I'INEWOOII pol l, I KY FA KM. Toms Ithci , .V 1. 
Pllllotc April-May Pullets in White, Brown, 
lUllcIo Butt Leghorns, Ancona*. Laying, at 
up. (Pullets, 91.90 and up. Yearlings.91.Ho and 
up. FOREST FARM, Itoekuway, N. J. 
Laying 
$1.90 and 
English S. C. While Leghorn Cockerels 
from Imported High Pedigreed stock. Tom Barron’s 
Best. April Hatch. PLEASANT VIEW POULTRY FACM. Bolivar. N.Y. 
S- C. W. LEGHORN PULLETS 
April linteli, 82.25 each. May hatch, 92 each. June 
hatch, 91.75 each. July hatch, 81.441 each A few 
choice March Breeding Cockerels, $4 each $85 for 10 . 
Jl STA 1MH I.TKY FARM Noiitliiimptoii, N. Y. 
For Sale-500 ‘a'p'iT S.G. White Leghorn Pullets 
Beared on range. T< m Barron strain. Heady Sept, 1st. 
82,7.0 each. Also 500 yearlings, 82. Breeding Hens, 
91.75. Cockerels,95. RIVER0ALE POULTRY FARM, Cortland N T. 
FLEMISH GIANTS, young and matured, from pedigreed and 
l-eg. stock. Prices reasonable. H 8. TEN ETCH, Somerville. N.J. 
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Most Profitable Farmstock on Record! 
Black Jersey Giants 
Pullets and Cockerels from $5 to $25 
Hatching eggs sell from 50c. each up, 
and demand is unlimited. 
VINELAND POULTRY YARDS, Vineland, N. J. 
FOR SALE— Complete Dispersal of all my Leghorn Stock 
to make room for pure bred Holstein cattle. For great 
production, proven in laying contests by many winnings 
of silver cups and blue ribbons, they are unexcelled. 
!>00 2-year-old breeding hens ®.$1.25 
0OO 1-year-old “ ** @. 1.50 
XOO Luying pullets <3}. 2.50 
800 May 1st “ @. 2.25 
FOUND ATION STOCK—NO CULT..S 
This is the last, chance to obtain my stock direct. iiM 
83 ~ 2 F. M. PEASLEY. Cheshire, Conn. 
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 1*. 1'IMIAM, Bel mar, N. J. 
■■■ — —- — — ww i>,i 111 itiiiH, niiiTH, i igeons. uogs, Mock 
Eggs, reasonable. Catalog free. PIONEER FARM. Telford. P, 
Rhode Island Reds Comb 
Trapnested stock. Bred for winter eggs. April 
hutched pullets, S3 each. May hatched. $2.50 
each. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
O. G. L. LEWIS - Paoli, I’a. 
Payne Bros. Strain R. & S. Comb Reds 
iig, healthy, farm raised cockerels and pullets for 
ale at 25°boff regular prices if taken before Xov. 1st. 
Big 
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It. F, 
RALPH KNICKERBOCKER 
D. 86 - Pine I*Iiiius, X. Y. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Swans. 
Ornamental Ducks and Geese, Bears, Foxes. Rac- 
coon. Squirrels, and all kinds of birds and animals, 
WM. J. MACKF.NSEN. Naturalist, Dept. 10. Yardley. Pa 
White Wyandotte Cockerels For Sale 
From hens with Storrs Contest Records. .My birds 
at Storrs have made records as hiirh ns 265, 272, 281, 
and ‘ College Queen with 308. Guarantee with every 
bird. Send for circular. 0. G. KNIGHT, Bridgeton, R. I. 
Columbian Wyandottes-Cockerels, Pullets 
Circular and ju ices free. 
h* S. SPAFFOKD - IYln.rtvi lie, New York 
WHITE WYANDOTTE COCKERELS 
From VINELAND Pen 22. 1918-19. (Record 2225 eggs ) 
Brices low. B. E. DECKER. 133 No. Pleasant Ave.. Ridgewood. N. J. 
BARRED ROCK PULLETS 
PARKS’ STRAIN. Hatched May 15th. Full fed. 
L full feathered, handsome *2.25 each 
BOURBON RED TURKEYS 
May, 1921, breeding Pen. 16 hens and Tom. 
W. J. SWIFT - North Falmouth, Mass. 
BarredRockPullets 
March and April hatched. Parks’ Strain. 
G. A. WILLIAMS Box 494 Warwick, N.Y. 
M IXOKC’AN. 8.C. B. Cockerels, 93 to 96. 150 to 200-egg 
type, I cock, 95. Hogan test. Mrs. L.J. MERVILLE. Blits. N.T. 
For Sale 300 May Hatched Pullets S" 
bred from heavy laying, trap-nested stock. Buttermilk 
fed and grown on free range. Vigorousand free from dis¬ 
ease. Price 92 each. VERNON It. LAFI.EIt, Middlesex, X ¥ 
APRIL (l/jjypj Pull oIq Twenty—92M; Fifty—965; One 
HATCHED inixea rlllieis Hmi(lre(i-8120. May Hatched. 
Twenty—825; Fifty—860; One Hundred—81OO. Hocks 
Reds.Leghorns, at $2-50 each. Also Ducks, Geese and 
Turkeys at Special prices. H. A. S0UDER. Bov 29, Sellcrsville. Po. 
RhnHp Wlanri RpHo J25 March hatched, free range, 
nnuaeisiana neas pu ii e tsf„rsale. Average weight! 
4 lbs. Nice colored, vigorous birds. Bargain at $2 50 
each. HARLAN PALMER. Elm vie w Farm, New Naven, Vermont 
F OR 8AI.K—S. Brown Leghorn Cockerels, Kulp 
strain, cheap. Roger A Williams, Brookfield. N.Y. 
PULLETS comb White Leghorns 
Bred, hatched and raised on own farm, with size and vi¬ 
gor to stand up under heavy laying. Hatched early April. 
Price 82.25 in lots of 15 or over. NEIL MORTON, Groton. N. T. 
Eckharts’ Barred Rocks 
BREH-TO-SHOW BRED-TO-UAY 
Choice April Hatched Pullets for sale at $3 each. 
March Cockerels, $4 up. Satisfaction Guaranteed or 
your money refunded. C. W. & H. J. Eckhart. Shohola. Pa. 
RABBITS 
The Delaware Valley Rabbitries 
Our Stock of Rufus Reds and New Zealands is now 
heavier and better than ever, Can we not inieiest 
you Prices to suit and delivery that will please you. 
THRO. S. MOORE Stockton, N. J. 
Kerr Baby Chicks 
12c. up 
Buy Now 
September Chicks for early winter broilers and 
March Layers. 
TWO MILLION FOR 1921 COME TO HEADQUARTERS 
The following breed* ready for shipment every Tuesday, 
Wednesday and Thursday 
White Leuhorns 
Black Leghorns 
Barred Rocks.. 
26 60 100 600 1000 
Chicks Chicks Chicks Chicks Chicks 
j $3.50 $6 50 $12 00 $57 50 $110 00 
$4.75 $9.00 $17 00 $82.50 $160 GO 
26 60 100 500 1000 
Chicks Chicks Chicks Chicks Chicks 
R. I. Reds.1 
White Rocks.y$4.75 $9.00 $17.00 $82.50 $160.00 
White Wyandottes 1 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 
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If any chicks are dead upon arrival we will refund your money or replace them free of charge 
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