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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
laving contest, the following facts are given: 
'it is held at Storrs Postoffice 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 
number 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 
entered for the next year. 
Week ending October 10, 1921: 
Week Total 
BAKltEl) ROCKS 
Rock Rose Farm, N. Y. 
W. H. B. Kent, N. Y.. 
Ernest W. Picker, N. J. 
Oregon Ag. College, Ore. 
Jules F. Francais, L. I. 
E. C. Foreman, Ont. . 
WHITE ROCKS 
James F. Macdonald, Mass. 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 
Chickatawbut Farm, Mass. 
F. R. Pember, R. I. 
William H. Bassett, Conn. 
Appleerest Farm Co., N. H. . 
Vineland Training School. N. J. 
WHITE WYANDOTTK8 
Obed G. Knight, R.‘1. 
Clemens J. Diemand, Conn. 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, N. Y. 
Harry D. Emmons, Conn. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
Hollis P. Cloyos.Conn. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Charles D. Peirce, R. I. 
Henry P. Walker, Mass. 
Appleerest Farm Co., N. H. 
F. H. Sampson, Mass. 
Glen Wright, Conn. 
The Orchards, Mass. 
Obed G. Knight, R. I. 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 
Old Town Farm, N. H. 
Norman M. Misner, N. Y. 
Mrs. C. O. Polhemus. N. Y. 
E. P. Usher, Jr., Mass. 
H. S. Bickford. N. H. 
Pinecrest Orchards, Mass. 
Jacob E. Jansen, Conn. 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 
Charles H. Lane. Mass. • 
Sunnyfields Farm, Conu. 
H. P. Demine, Conn. 
W. H. Card, Conn. 
C. P. Scott. Ill. 
Prospect Farms, N. J. 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 
Harold Tompkins, Mass. 
Mirimichi Poultry Farm, Mass. 
D. S. Vaughn, R. I. 
H. E. Nichols, N. Y. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
Winsor Farm, Mass. 
OREGONS 
OiegonfAg. College. Ore. 
BLACK LEGHORNS 
A. E. Hampton, N. J. 21 
BUFF LEGHORNS 
E. A. Vosburg, N. J. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
John K. Roessner, N. J. 
Tanglewold Farm, L. 1. 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 
Richard Allen, Conn. 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass. 
Meadowedge Farm. L. I. 
Kirknp Bros., N. Y. 
A . B. Hall, Conn.... 
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, N. J. 
James O. LeFevre, N. V. 
Shadowbrook Farm, Conn. 
Small’s Poultry Farm, Conn. 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 
Goshen Poultry Club, Conn. 
Leo A. Grouten, Conn. 
Max Axelrod, Mass. 
Lawrence W. Miller, N. Y. . 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 
Bonnie Brook Farm. N. Y. 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. • .. 
Mountain View Poultry Farm, Vt- 
A. P. Robinson, N. Y.. 
Lion Head Poultry Farm, N. J. 
Imperial Poultry Farm, N. .1. 
Emil Klein, L. I. 
Jack Trevethan, N. J. 
E. A. Ballard, Pa. 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 
J. Frank Dubois, Mass.. 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 
George Phillips, Conn—. 
Riverside Poultry farm, Pa. 
Orchard Hill Farm. N. V . 
Mrs. J. L. Tliuescn, Conn. 
W. W. Wood, Ohio...... 
White Springs Farm, N. Y. 
J. T. Ramage, Texas. 
Ernest H. Scott, Conn. 
Burchell & Janson, B. C.. 
Rapp’s Leghorn Farm. N. J.... .. 
August Degen, Conn.. 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 
The Yates Farm, N. Y. 
L. E. Ingoldsby, N. Y. 
Exmoor Farm, Pa . 
Willana Farm, N. J-. 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn. 
V. William Rosenau, Conn. 
Total. 1585 
22 
1693 
20 
1962 
12 
1359 
11 
1341 
25 
1702 
21 
1482 
17 
1511 
18 
1354 
20 
1269 
14 
1099 
11 
1481 
9 
1200 
10 
1401 
19 
1232 
28 
2180 
29 
1507 
10 
1137 
24 
1401 
34 
1704 
13 
1477 
21 
1735 
13 
1422 
15 
1464 
10 
1232 
8 
17S6 
13 
1311 
13 
1663 
20 
1555 
14 
1403 
21 
1713 
21 
1366 
21 
1723 
20 
1695 
19 
164} 
23 
1711 
24 
1952 
9 
1739 
16 
1602 
F3 
1027 
30 
1724 
30 
1283 
11 
1286 
12 
1372 
4 
909 
9 
1525 
10 
1453 
3 
888 
14 
1287 
21 
1548 
4 
1174 
7 
1385 
17 
15,’1 
17 
1514 
9 
1650 
17 
1680 
S 
1766 
16 
1768 
10 
1672 
5 
1626 
27 
1967 
6 
1773 
20 
1809 
4 
1659 
15 
1830 
7 
1781 
20 
1786 
4 
1684 
41 
2170 
7 
1725 
10 
1589 
3 
1458 
24 
1942 
31 
1868 
15 
1766 
33 
1968 
11 
1663 
5 
1895 
20 
1820 
8 
1235 
5 
1373 
- 18 
1955 
29 
1694 
4 
146S 
7 
1531 
9 
1732 
16 
1761 
7 
1366 
12 
1840 
10 
1639 
30 
1994 
21 
1971 
13 
1375 
11 
1568 
4 
1173 
13 
1586 
27 
2069 
10 
1512 
12 
1663 
27 
1605 
8 
1236 
1535 
157724 
Brown vs. White Leghorns 
We are anticipating going into the 
poultry business. We have had a small 
flock for some time. Will you tell me 
why it is that so many specialize in 
White Leghorns? Aren’t the Brown Leg¬ 
horns just as good layers? What is the 
disadvantage? MRS. J. mao d. 
Schenectady, N. Y. 
The only reason why White Leghorns 
are preferred by most breeders is that as 
a rule they can lay more eggs. Forty 
years ago Brown leghorns were much 
more numerous, comparatively, than now. 
I remember when some poultry fanciers 
living near the Connecticut River, sent a 
young man to the port of Leghorn in 
Italy, to get some Rose Comb Brown 
Leghorns. He couldn’t find a rose comb 
in Italy. And this is the reason. A 
steamer load of fowls goes once a week 
from Leghorn to Marseilles in France. 
The French make a special dish from the 
comb and wattles of a fowl, and the 
bigger the comb and wattles the better. 
If a bird happened to have a rose comb, 
it would be killed, not bred from. So 
the young man came back without any 
rose combs. Stoddards Poultry II orld , 
then published in Hartford, told the story. 
But American breeders produced rose 
comb birds, both Brown and White. 
Where many fowls are kept and killed, 
the feathers are an item; and white 
feathers bring more than colored ones. 
In the egg-laying contest at Storrs, White, 
Buff, and Black Leghorns contest: not a 
pen of Brown. In the contest at Ceorge- 
town, Del., there are two pens of Browns, 
to 41 pens of White Leghorns. Why they 
have lost their one time popularity I do 
not know; but if Mrs. ,T. McD. fancies 
Brown Leghorns, that is the kind she 
ought to keep. It will give her more fun 
and enjoyment to care for them, than for 
any other breed. G. A. C. 
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Pullets laying at 1 14 days. Special 
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J. W. PARKS. Box Y ALTOONA, PA. 
THEY SAY 
Whitening Eggshells 
What acids do you use for whitening 
eggs? We have nothing but white eggs, 
but once in a while there is a tinge of 
yellow in the shell due to manure, al¬ 
though the nests are perfectly clean, as 
we clean them every day. p. f. S. 
Lakewood, N. J. 
Soap and water will remove any stains 
on eggshells caused by manure, though 
a little cleaning powder would help. As 
to using acids for any such purpose, I 
never did and never heard of anyone 
doing it. If the real purpose of this ques¬ 
tion is to find out how to make eggshells 
white, that is to overcome the. yellow 
tinge that some leghorns show in their 
eggshells, then I would say that the best 
way to do that is to set only the white 
eggs for hatching and so in time have a 
flock that produces only white shells. 
Probably the yellow tinge goes clear 
through the shell, pervades all the cal- 
caseous matter of which the shell is 
composed, and if chemists have discovered 
some combination of acids that will bleach 
the shell white without injuring the con¬ 
tents, there is no objection to using it, 
but I do not know what the acid is. 
It is rank nonsense, anyhow, to pay 
any attention to the color of the shell. 
No human power of chemical analysis 
could ever determine from the egg wheth¬ 
er the shell had been white or brown, 
but as long as people are willing to pay 
a little extra for white shells in New 
York, and for brown shells in Boston, 
it may be wise to cater to their prejudices 
for the sake of your pocketbook. 
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INLAND POULTRY JOURNAL Dept. 50 Indianapolis, Ind. 
1000 PULLETS 
S. C. White Leghorns Ready to 
lay.$2.50 
Lay in one month.2.00 
COLUMBIA POULTRY FARM 
Toms River, N- J. 
FOR SALE— HERE IS YOUR CHANCE 
CORNELL CERTIFIED 
White Leghorn Hens, these 
were just certified and are a 
fine lot, . S5.00 each 
Choice Breeders . 2.50 each 
Entire lot, must be sold by Nov. 15. 
NEW LAID EGG FARM 
West Henrietta - New York 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN MALES 
We have some exceptionally good males this 
Fall. The breeding and type is right for an 
improvement, in your flock. 
BABY CHICKS THAT GIVE SATISFACTION 
We are getting more inquiries for chicks than 
ever before at this time of the year. We.adviso 
our customers to place their orders early with 
the largest producers of S. U. W Leghorns in 
the East I.OKI) FARMS. Methuen, Mass. 
Single Comb White Leghorns Exclusively 
3000 BREEDERS ON FREE FARM RANGE 
BARRON STRAIN 
300 cocks and cockerels for sale, out of imported birds 
grown on free farm range; buttermilk fed. Birds of 
grand size and great vigor from wonderful layers. The 
kind that will improve your stock. Price, $5 each, 5 for 
$20. and 10 or more $3 each. Now booking orders for 
baby chicks, February, March and April delivery, 1922, 
from the finest breeders I ever owned. Circulars free. 
Mv book. "Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved,” Shot- 
free with all $10 orders. EDGAK I1I1IGG8, Box *5, 
Pleasant Valley, N. V. 
TOM BARRON’S WHITE LEGHORNS 
One of the most intensive breeding plants in Amer¬ 
ica offers a limited number of pedigreed, Cornell 
certified, utility cockerels. Free circular. WILLOW 
BROOK POULTRY FARM. Allen H. Bulkley, Prop . Odessa, N.Y. 
S. C. White Li 
from bettei than 200 egg 
few. Must please every way 
FIVE POINT LEGHORN FARM 
Some already laying, for 8*40. 
RALPH C. DAMON - Ashby, 
Diseased Crop in Pullets 
I have about 1(X) Wyandotte pullets, 
10 weeks old. Several of them have died. 
Thev suddenly stop eating and just stand 
about with their feathers all fluffed up. 
The only thing which I can discover 
wrong with any of them is that their crop 
is full of air. I have punched holes in 
it with a large needle, letting the air out. 
but they do not eat, and in a week or 10 
days just seem to starve to death. 
Ohio. c - E - D - 
Catarrh or inflammation of the crop 
may cause its distension with gas, though 
there is usually more or less sour, offen¬ 
sive liquid present with it. This trouble 
is suppposed to be caused by the eating 
of decayed, poisonous, or indigestible food, 
and is to be corrected by giving a physic, 
a teaspoonful of Epsom salts, and then 
feeding moderately upon a soft, easily 
digested food until recovery. The trouble 
in your birds, however, may be but the 
ending of some more chronic disease, of 
which you observe but the closing symp¬ 
toms. M. b. D. 
Ailing Ducks 
Some of mv ducks breathe hard, as if 
they had asthma. They will heave and 
have to open their moths to breathe. 
Some have been that way for a couple 
of months, and some get that way and 
die within a couple of days. They are 
on free range, plenty of grass and wheat 
(green wheat) to run on, and are fed 
wheat and corn and dry mash composed 
of corn, wheat, beef scraps, sand and 
ground oyster shells. F. c. w. 
Porter, Del. 
I believe the ducks are too fat, and 
should have different feed. It should be 
mixed with water to a crumbly state, 
but not sloppy. The duck has no crop, 
the food passing directly to the gizzard, 
and for that reason a large amount ol 
hard grain is not good for them. Try 
this mash : Fifty per cent, by measure, 
cornmeal, 15 per cent wheat bran. 15 
per cent green foods (cooked vegetables 
such as potatoes, turnips, etc.), 12 per 
cent beef scraps, and eight per cent coarse j S. G. White Leghorn and 6. G. 
sand or grit. Mix with water to a dry, -- 
state, and feed twice a day. 
and night. When the breeding 
dnms, $4 each. Have but 
or money back. 
Mt. Ephraim, N. J. 
Mass. 
For Sale-S. C. White Leghorn Cockerels 
Edtrar Brings selected stock. Purebred Toulouse geese. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. HARKY A. CARNAL, Lisbon, N. Y. 
S. C. W. Leghorns 
K. N.Y., Feb. 5. THE UNDKIUIIM 
Chicks. See P. 211, 
, HUMS, Fort Ann, N. 
8. C. Brown and j „ 
English S. C. W. LB 
Bred to lay stock. 
Cir. free. VERA FULTON, B-98. Callipolit, Obit 
or 
crumbly 
morning - „ . .. 
season is over, change to the following 
feed : Equal parts, by measure, of corn- 
meal. tvheat bran and No. 2 grade flour. 
10 per cent of this bulk beef scraps. 10 
per cent coarse sand and 12*4 per cent 
green foods (green rye. oats, clover, etc.). 
Be sure they have' plenty or dean drink¬ 
ing water, deep enough so they can wash 
out their eyes. The dry mach, wth a 
little water’ to drink, might make them 
act as you describe, but I think probably 
they are too fat. Your ration is too fat¬ 
tening for good breeding stock, even if it 
did not make them sick. Give them all 
the oyster shell they want, but it is bet¬ 
ter to let them eat it when they wish 
rather than to mix with the mash. b. 
Cockerels 
from trap-nested stock. 3 ami 6 tl< 
each. TOTH BROS . Wallingford. 
TVliitc Leghorn Cockerels. 
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‘Cornell Certified.” 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Cockerels JuJoVekl 
Ducks, si 0 trio. BLUE BARNS FAIOI, Srhenertadv. N. 
Fine Breeds b° 
Eggs reasonable 
ntaus, Hares, 
Catalog free. 
Pigeons, 
PS!S? DUCKS 
8 j; k i n 
America’s Stan< 
Strain. BREEDERS 
Hens from my breeding pens. 
Silver Campines 8*2.50 each. "Cockerels, 
brothers to Morris Co. Fair 
MacPHERSON FARM 
winners. 8*5 each. 
Millington, N. 
R 
eady-to-Lay Pullet., *8ea, ; h i cockerels $6. R 
Reds. 
A. B. llALI., Wallingford, Conn. 
FRANCAIS BARRED ROCKS 
Pedigreed cockerels from hens with official records 
up to 282 eggs. Breeding pens, also pullets a to 7 
mos. old. JULES F. FRANCAIS. Westhampton Beach. N.Y. 
I ni 1 /-i- , The Super-hen—enough 
.lersev Klark (jiants said Eg K s-you»g 
xjciotj Diat i viiumo and ol() stock . ljive 
capons. Free circular. D. P. UPHAM, Bclmitr, N. J. 
Rhode Island Reds comb 
Exceptional lot of strong, vigorous Cockerels at 
S5 and S7.50 each. All from large, unifonnally 
dark red stock, bred for winter eggs. Satisfaction 
guaranteed, o. Gr. L. LEWIS, Paoli, Pa. 
ZXONE’SmODEISLANDIlEDS 
(Rose and single comb.) Dark, rich red cockerels 
and pullets, bred from selected layers, 8*3 and &5 
each. Satisfaction guaranteed on all orders. 
I). R. HONE - Cherry Valley, N. Y. 
Vermont ROSE COMB REDS 
Cockerels., April batch. 8th annual sale. Selected, 
free range, dark red, vigorous purebreds f iom win¬ 
ter layers in Vermont’s rigorous climate. #3. 8*4, 
8*5 each. C. E.WILSON,Twinton Acres, St. Albans, Vermont 
S. C. Red Pullets KrK?: 
Cornelia Mackey Mackey Farms Gllboa, N.Y. 
d <r* in ¥ t* ¥? c; akmimwon strain 
11. I. K. Ih 3 -Cornell Certified.” 
Few pens of quality pullets. C. (JI'I.ICK, Khinabeok. .N. V. 
Rhode Island Whites X 
Strong, vigorous cockerels, Si7.50 and 8*10 each 
Same strain as pen competing in lltli International 
Egg Laying Contest. O. G. L. Lewis, Paoli, Pa, 
Mayroyd Poultry Farm 
S. C WHITE YOUNG AND OLD BARRED PLYMOUTH 
LEGHORNS BREEDERS RUCKS 
At prices that come but once a year. 
NEW DORP HEIGHTS Box B STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. 
BARRON’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
Males and females for sale, from stock I imported direct. 
Records 262 to 289. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N. Y. 
Light Brahmas 
and Cockerel, $16. HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN FARM, Morfolli. Conn. 
LIGHT Pncl/oraio Mollie Wellington Strain. 
BRAHMA VlOCKBIBIS America’s best layers. Blue Rib¬ 
bon Winners. $8, $12 and $15. I,. 6. KICK FI., Walden, N.T. 
Black Jersey Giants 
of five. J. F. STEEliMVLl.KR, Con Cob, Conn. 
For Sale -14 Light Brahma Pullets hashed. 
Price, $2 each. ARTHIIK C. ROWSAM, R. D. No. 4. I.owvIlln, S. T. 
Why Not Save Money 
S. C White Orpington cockerels, 4 mos. old, (Kellerstrass 
Strain) $3.50 each. Mrs. WALTER THEW, Newman, Essex Co.. N.Y. 
UflllTE WYAN140TTE8. Regal-Dorcas strain. A No. 1 c’k’ls 
*¥ $8; Hens. $2.50. 18 Extra nice,young, Mammoth Ton 
louse Geese, $5 each. Sat. Guar. K. HIM,, Seneen Kalin, N.Y. 
For Sale-Extra Fine Barron Cockerels c l S£ho?t!. , ?5 
for ten dollars. SUNRT COVE POULTRY FARM. R. 1. Ltiinglan, Va. 
Blue, White and Colored Muscovies ca“i, c Pek"H,p r en y - 
ciied, Runner and East India Ducks, $5 per pair. Tou¬ 
louse, also wild geese and ducks fur decoy. Pearl Guinea 
fowl, $8 per pair. E. P. Shelmldlne, Lorraine, N.Y. 
BUFF MINORCAS ^toU Ho oniV c sis® 
C. J. SHELMIDINE - Lorraine, New York 
For Sale-Trio of 4-yr.-old Geess, Toulouse Variety 
Splendid breeders, $21. MacPHERSON FARM, Millington, N. /. 
epCMAI PAI 1 PRIPCC TURKEYS. DUCKS. GEESE 
drtl/lAL rftLL rnii/td guineas, and chickens 
Good White Leghorn hens. 8*125 per 100. Satis¬ 
faction and safe arrival guaranteed. Catalog Free. 
H. A. SOUDER - Sellersvillo, P». 
For Sale-May Hatched Bourbon Red Turkeys 
hens. 8*7 ; toms, 8*10. Choice W. Wyandotte cock¬ 
erels, #3 each. Hlack Leghorn cockerels, 182 each. 
R. W. Schallenberg Westernville, N.Y, 
For Sale-White Holland Turkeys 
Fine Breeding Stock. A ll ages. 
Mrs W. P. THOMPSON, Rural Route No. l.Mays Landing.N. J. 
100 Island Raised Goldbank Toms large* 
Ol der them now. A\ ill ship wh«*n you are ready for 
them. Island raised. FOX ISLAND FARM, Cap* Yin<*«*nt, N.Y. 
Unminir’o Bourbon Red Turkeys. Toms, *12: Hens, 
norning S $10; Trios, *25. FIONA HORNING. Owega. N. T. 
White Holland Turkeys ulfi;,; 1 ' r x.l 
THOROUGHBRED BOURBON RED TURKEYS. While they last—Gob- 
1 lers, *8; hens,*6. ALLEN H0RHE,Carleton blind, CspeVincent.N.Y. 
RABBITS 
FLEMISH GIANTS- Sacrifice sale. Young and old. From 
large, pedigreed, reg. stock. AI0X RARE FARM, Hcllsrtawn, Pa. 
C«K SALE *r Exchange— BLACK SIBERIAN HARES 
I BROWN’S POULTRY FARM - Westboro, Mass. 
THE HOPE FARM BOOK 
1 r This attractive 234-page book has some of the V 
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