Iht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1393 
First Year of the Favorite Hens 
The first year of the Westwood, N. J., 
egg-laying contest came to an end on 
November 1. Pen No. 15 was started 
originally with 20 Favorite hens. They 
were Rhode Island Red pullets, each one 
selected by a woman reader of The 
Rural New-Yorker as a fair sample of 
her flock. As our readers know, these 
birds were kept together in a comfortable 
house, and all were cared for in precisely 
the same manner. They were trap-nested 
and careful records were kept. During 
the year three of these birds died. They 
were Ruby, Dutchess and Peggy. The 
remaining 17 finished the year with the 
records given below: 
Mrs. James Maddren, Suffolk Co., 
N. Y. (Duchess). 140 
Mrs. W. E. Smallbonc, Mercer Co., 
N. ,T. (Lady Mercer). 137 
Mrs. Fenton Gall, Berkeley Co., W. 
Va. (Olivia). 174 
Mrs. Ann G. Wilson, Oswego Co., 
N. Y. (Gypsy). 95 
and we shall give their individual records 
from month to month. It should be re¬ 
membered that during the year 115 eggs 
were laid outside the trap-nests. Some 
hens have a peculiar habit of laying in 
this way. Several of these birds seem to 
dislike entering the trap-nest, while others 
rather enjoyed going there. It is prob¬ 
able that the greater part of these out¬ 
side eggs were laid by three or four of 
the birds, but it is, of course, impossible 
to tell about that, and the record of trap- 
nested eggs must stand. 
OPPORTUNITY FOR NURSES 
The Yonkers Homoeopathic Hospital and 
Maternity is located in the City of Yonkers, 
adjoining New York City on the north. The 
constant increase in the service of the Hospital 
necessitates an immediate enlargement of the 
Registered Nurses Training School. 
The course is two and one-half years. The in¬ 
struction is of the highest grade, under physi¬ 
cians of both schools, and is supplemented by 
connections with the leading New York City 
surgeons, and a special course at Bellevue Hos¬ 
pital in Pediatrics and medical and surgical 
work. 
Graduates of this Hospital are in demand for 
both private and institutional work. The course 
is open to young women of good character who 
have had one year of High School work or its 
equivalent. 
For further information address Superintend¬ 
ent, Yonkers, Homoeopathic Hospital and Mater¬ 
nity, corner of Park and Ashburton Avenues, 
Yonkers, N. Y. 
Jessie M. Roberts , Owner of the Winning 
Pullet, Ruth Ann 
Mrs. John Slmugknasy, Dutchess 
Co., N. Y. (Phyllis). 70 
Mrs. James O. Cooper, Morris Co., 
N. ,T. (Miss Beauty). 123 
Mrs. H. R. Whitman, New London 
Co., Conn. (Rhoda). 140 
Mrs. F. Stanlay Atwood, Albany 
Co., N. Y. (Rosewood). 160 
Mrs. Hayden W. Benton, Cayuga 
Co., N. Y. (Red Wing). 181 
Jessie M. Roberts. Oneida Co., N. 
Y. (Ruth Ann). 194 
Mrs. Robert B. Wilson, Allegany 
Co., N. Y. (Farmerette). 157 
Mrs. Robert Pye, Rutland Co., Vt. 
(Green Mountain Girl). 147 
Mrs. L. D. Emmons, Litchfield Co., 
Conn. (Lady Bountiful). 126 
Mrs. Caroline M. Burr, Barnstable 
Co., Mass. (Mahogany Maid)... 138 
Mrs. M. E. Disque, Venango Co., 
Pa. (Busy Bess). Ill 
Mrs. William Gehrke, Bergen Co., 
N. J. (Emma). 23 
Mrs. D. E. Glick, Steuben Co., N. 
Y. (Queen Pullet) .. 138 
Outside of pen. 115 
The first one to start laying was 
Olivia, No. 4. This pullet went to the 
front first, and for a long time it seemed 
as if it would be impossible for any of 
the others to beat her. Later, however, 
Red Wing, No. 11, and Ruth Ann, No. 
12, in the contest, succeeded in passing 
Olivia, and finally Ruth Ann won with 
a record of 194 eggs. Red Wing was 
second with 181 eggs. Olivia came next 
with 174, folowed by Rosewood, 160; 
Farmerette, 157, and Green Mountain 
Girl, 147. Many of the pullets were very 
slow to start, for some reasons which we 
cannot explain. When they did get go¬ 
ing, however, most of them did well. 
Under the plan of the contest 20 pullets 
are tested the first year. The second year 
is used as a breeding contest, the plan 
being to obtain, if possible, 20 pullets 
from these birds in their second year, 
these 20 pullets to be tested in the third 
year of the contest. At the close of the 
contest there were 17 of these pullets 
left, three having died, and it was neces¬ 
sary to select out five in order to leave 
the desired 12. The managers of the 
contest used their best judgment in mak¬ 
ing the final selection, with the result 
that they removed Gypsy, No. 5; Phyllis, 
No. 7; Lady Bountiful, No. 15; Busy 
Bess, No. 17, and Emma, No. 18. The 
other 12 will be held for another year, 
To produce vapor 
bath sprouts with 
their diastase, vege¬ 
table milk and grape 
—- r sugar that bring 
_ the eggs; to change 1 6u. of grain into 
3 bu. of' the best of egg-producing 
. v * * green feed; to make your dry lots prof¬ 
itable in summer and to get eggs all winter; get a 
Gose-To-Nstate SPROUTER 
Pays a dividend every month in the year. We are 
the originators of the grain sprouter and the largest 
manufacturers, and we make all kinds and sizes from 
a few hens to 1,000. Send for FREE circular on 
Sprouted Oats and Eggs. Address 
CLOSE-TO-NATURE CO. 
78 Front Street Colfax, Iowa 
The Extra Eggs 
will »oon pay for one of these 
Automatic 
(Self- 
Healing 
Poultry 
Fountains 
&nd Heaters 
keeps water at the 
right temperature 
day and night in the 
, coldest weatherand 
requires less than a quart of oil a week. Made of Galvanized 
Steel. A long felt want supplied. Every Hen-House needs ona. 
Price of 1 Heater and 2 gallon Automatic Fountain complete 
8i .75# Also made in 3 and 4 gallon sizes. 
Write for Circular Ai and testimonials. Agents Wanted. 
C. A.S.FORGE WORKS, S ARAN AC.MICH. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels 
REGAL- 
DORCAS 
batched from eee» from Martine’s epecial mating*, 
$5. Yearling hen* of same stock, S3. 
V. M. RICKEY - Ancram, New York 
Red s a£dw'hite Leghorn Cockerels 
Vibert’* 231 to 289-ege strain Reds and br*d-to-lay 
S. C. White Leghorns, S3 to SIO each. 
SUNNYBROOK FARM, A. H. FIHGAR,Prop., Elizaville, N.Y. 
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EGLANTINE 
FARMS 
A BREEDING INSTITUTION 
that has made a world wide rep¬ 
utation, and a ten years’ record 
of success in developing a laying 
strain of 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
announces a special December 
sale of 
COCKERELS 
at pre-war price of $5.00 each. 
GREENSBORO MARYLAND 
LADY EGLANTINE 1 
WORLD RECORD HEN 
514 EGGS 
White Wyandotte Cockerels 
from heavy laying trapnested itock. Large, healthy, 
vigorous bird*, $5, A. L. VREELAND, Nutley, N. J. 
S C. Brown and 8. C. W. Leghorn hen*, pullets and 
• cockerels. Cir. free. VERA FULTON, B-98, Ballipalis, Ohio 
S C. White Leghorn Cockerel*, “Cornell Certified.” 
• SPECIAL PRICE THIS WORTH.C. GULICK, RhiNEBECK, N.Y. 
PULLET S 
8. C W. LEGHORNS and WHITE WYANHOTTES at $2.60 and 
$2.78. Place your order for Baby Chicks now. Leading 
varieties. Circular free. E. J. Thiel, Millers, Ji. Y. 
S. C. BLACK MINORCA Cockerels 
A rare opportunity to secure a eockerel bred from Madi¬ 
son Square Garden first prize winners. Hurry. Only 
nine for sale. EDWARD A. BEI8EL, SHOHOT.A, Penna. 
T horoughbred Giant Bronze Turkey*. Large stock. 
Toms, $15; Hens, $10. THOMAS COOKE, East Springfield, H.T. 
For Sale-^sTxam 0 Mammoth Toulouse Geese 
$5 each. Beauandot Duck Hunch, 8 «jc llurbor, N.Y. 
100Island Raised Bronze Goldbank Toms 
Extra larpre. Order them now. Will when you are 
ready. Island raised. FOX ISLA2VD FAR! » Cape Vincent, N.Y. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
from Prize Winning Strains, at reasonable prices. 
MAURICE SULLIVAN New Albany, Pa. 
M. B. TURKLEYS 
Tom*, $10; hens, $7.50. Guaranteed to please you. 
Mrs. A. F. KILTS R. D. 6 Ft. Plain, New York 
S f u J nrnc ARLINGTON STRAIN. “Cornell 
• V.ll, Certified. "Few pen* of quality 
pullets. SPECIAL PRICE THIS MOHTH. C. GULICK, Rhinebeek.N.T. 
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 advise 
our customers to place their orders early with 
the largest producers of S. C. W. Leghorns in 
the East. LORD 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, S5 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. 
My book, “ Profits in Poultry Keeping Solved,” $1, or 
free with all *10 orders. EDGAR BRIGGS, Box 75, 
Pleasant Valley, N. V. 
WILL SELL 
300 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
ready to lay, from Cornell certified Breeding 
stock. Price reasonable. 
SHANNON FARMS • Eastport, L. 1., N. Y. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farms 
Mature Pullets 
Bred from heavy laying, trap-nested stock. 
Barron strain. Buttermilk fed and grown on 
free range. Large, vigorous and free from dis¬ 
ease. Address, A. H. PENNY, Mattituck, New York 
C C. Butr Leghorn Cockerel*, 84 up. Best exhibition 
Ox and egg strain. GREEHF0RD POULTRY YDS,, Silver Creek,H.T. 
100 English White Leghorn Yearling Hens y e 0 .,s T oI<i 
They averaged 60* most of their pullet year. Hogan 
tested $1.75 each. JOHN G. 1IAV1SON, Chaniberibnrg, I’a. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Cockerels bTSSK^V 
laying strain. $3 each. BRUSH h SON, Milton, Vermont 
C n W T nnlinrne Yearling hens and pullets. 
5. Vj. W . Lcgnorns Bred to lay. SPECIAL- Choice 
April hatched cockerels @ $1.75 each. All stock guar- 
antced to please. TIOGA LEGHORN FARM, Ricliford, N. Y 
BARRED ROCK BREEDING COCKERELS 
Cornell certified, bred from certified stock. Led all 
Rocks at Storrs last content. Pens at Storrs, Quin¬ 
cy, 111., and Puyallup, Wash., this year. Circular. 
KENT POULTRY FARM - Cazenovia, Naw York 
FISHEL STRAIN WHITE ROCKS 
Cockerels $3.00 $5.00 and $10.00 each 
Pullet.. $3.0C and $4.00 ” 
Marvin T. Forster Hall, N. Y. 
Baby Chicks of Superior Quality 
Barron S. C. White Leghorns 
Sheppard S. C. Mottled Anconas 
Superior S. C. Black Minorcas 
Three greatest egg-producing varieties known. All on 
free farm range. My Egg-a-Day line is America’s heavi¬ 
est flock-average layers. Use pedigreed males from dams 
of 282 egg records. Booking ot ders now for future ship¬ 
ments at $14.10 per 100 up. Circulars free. 
WM. D. SEIDEL - Box R, Strawberry Ridge, Pa. 
Breeding Geese, Cockerels and Ducks 
We offer over 200 early-hatched White China, Emden 
and Toulouse Cross. Beautiful and ornamental birds. 
Some laying now. We have bred these geese for over 
11 years and guarantee satisfaction, at $6 each, or two 
Geese and a Gander, $16. 100 S. C. W. Leghorns, Eglen- 
tine, $3 and t5 each; 100 Parks’ B. P. R. Cockerels 
direct from heavy laying strain, at U and $5 each ; 50 
Silverlast Wyandottes direct from Tiffany’s, at 13 and H 
each; 50 Pekin Ducks and Drakes. Madison Square Gar¬ 
den Winners, »5 each. TRI-STATES POULTRY FARM, 
Anthony Simon, Prop., Pori Jorvls, N. Y. 
Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
for stocking purposes. 
Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, Storks. Swans. 
WM. J. MACKENSRN. Naturalist, Dept. 10. Yardley. Pa 
S.C.Rhode Island Reds 
Bier, dark rod cockerels.$5 and $10 
“Ready to lay” pullets. 3 and 5 
SAND HILL FARM 
Huntington - Long Island. New York 
WhitsCornish Winners L . j. r^- ckerels ' 85 up - 
, SMITH Deep River, Carin' 
Chickens, Ducks, Geese, 
SOUDER’S Turkeys, Guineas, Bantams, 
Hares, Dogs. Free Catalog. 
Pre-War Prices, edwin a. souder, seiiersviiie. p*. 
Rhode Island Whites Comb 
Strong, vigorous cockerels, $7.50 and 810 each. 
Same strain as pen competing in 11th international 
Egg Laying Contest. O. G. L. Lewis, Paoli, Pa. 
~BarredRockPULLETS 
April hatched, farm raised, vigorous stock, $3.50 
each in lots of ten or more. Fine cockerels, mire 
lated. $5 A. L. VREELAND, Nutley, N. J. 
Improvo Your Strain 
Rarron's White Wyandotte cockerels from dams 260-280- 
egg record. Sire, full brother of College Queen (308 eggs) 
$5. VAN ALEN FARM . Chester, N. JT. 
W HITE WYANDOTTES. Regal-Dorcas strain. A No. 1 c’k’ls 
$*; Hens, $2.50. 18 Extra nice, young, Mammoth Ton 
louse Geese, $5 each. Sat. Guar. K. HIM,, 8ea.es Kalla, N.Y. 
B 
lg. Pure White, White Wyandotte Okl*. 30th 
,year. Circular. E. S. WILSON, Six 497.HAMMOND, N.Y. 
BARRON'S WHITE WYAND0TTES 
Males and females for sale, from stock I ttnpoi ted direct. 
Records 262 to 289. E. E. LEWIS, Apulaehln, N. Y. 
Ilerniiwr’a Bourbon Red Turkey*. Toms, $12: Hens, 
norning 3 $10; Trios, $25. FIONA HORNING. Owtgo.N. T, 
A nxious to Raise Turkey* 1 Why not try Wild Stock ? 
BERTHA M. TYSON - Rising Sun, Maryland 
Oeady-to-Lay Pullets, $8 each ; cockerels, $5. R. I. 
It Reds. A. B. IIALL, Wallingford, Conn. 
<tPF0IAI FALL PRICED TURKEYS. DUCKS. GEESE 
arciriHL rMLL rmoca guineas, and chickens 
Good Whit* Leghorn hens, $135 per 100. Satis¬ 
faction and safe arrival guaranteed. Catalog Free. 
H. A. SOUDER . Seiiersviiie, Pa. 
pss; ducks 
I EKI.V 
America's Standard 
Strain. BREEDERS NOW. 
PARDEE'S PEKINS. ISUP.N.L 
& S. COMB 
EDS 
PAYNE BROS. Strain r 
Big, healthy, farm raised June hateh*d cockerels of 
fine color and utility qualities. $5 each, 3 for $10 
if taken before Pec. 15th. Shipped upon approval. 
RALPH KNICKERBOCKER. R. F. D. 36, Pine Plains. N.Y. 
Francais 
Exchange Pen Barred Rocks and Parks 1 
strain, for good opossum dog. H. ARMBRUST, Antitrust, Pi. 
r;_. Rrnnrle Poultry, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Guineas, 
r Ills DT Cello Bantams, Hare*, Pigeons. Dogs, Stock. 
Eggs, reasonable. Catalog free. PIONEER FARM, Ttllard. Pt. 
THOMPSON STRAIN ol' Barred Rock Cockerel* 
Strong and healthy. April hatched. $8.50 each. 
HOWARD JOHNSON • Serg.antsville, N. J. 
Eckhart’s Barred Rocks KS' 
Selected Cocks, Cockerels, and Pullets at reasonable 
prices. O. W. «fc II. J. ECKIIART, Sholiola, I»a. 
TIFFANY’SSUPERIOR DRAKES 
Mammoth Pekin, Giant Rouen and Indian Runner 
Ducks (White and Fawn and White.) 
ALDHAM POULTRY FARM R. 34 PhoenixviDe, Pa. 
S r Pad FORSALE. April hatched. 
• Vj. lACU X UllClO Gibson strain. $3 each. 
Cornelia Mackey Mackey Farm* Gllbou, N.Y. 
JERSEY GIANT BREED BOOK 
Dexter P. Upham tells how be breeds, feeds and 
grows Jersey Giant Poultry. Every step from shell 
to shell with the man behind the feed rail. Price 
one dollar. Dexter P. Upham, Belmar. N.J. 
I — T>1 1 /"«« . The Super-hen—enough 
Jersey Black Giants 
capons. Free circular. I>. P UPHAM, Belmur, N. J, 
RABBITS 
F lemish Giants, matured stock, ped. and reg.. sold on 
ea*y payment plan. II. B. TEN EYCK, Somerville, N. J. 
Black Flemish Giants ^WRU*** 
