The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1249 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
— 
In answer to many questions about this egg- 
la.vin,~ 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. 
k Week ending September 3, 1924: 
, Week Total 
, BARRBD ROCK8 
Purdue University, Inct.. 14 1772 
W. H. B. Kent, N. Y. 28 1521 
Ontario Agricultural College, Ont .... 48 1733 
Lewis Farms, BI. 35 H88 
Jules F. Francais, L. 1. 27 1246 
Morris E. Bride, Conn.. 35 1482 
Woburn Poultry Farm, Mass. 36 1348 
Miss Harriet Smith, Mass. 33 1459 
Edgar Stouvhton. Conn. 44 1774 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 23 1483 
E, C. Foreman, Mich. 34 1524 
Keewaydin Farnf. Conn. 36 1527 
J. V. Sheap, Mich. 24 1127 
The Ferguson Farms. Tenn. 28 1093 
Jasper E, Guptill, Maine. 33 1411 
Storrs Exp. Station, Conn. 32 1124 
The Ramblers Farm, N.Y . 31 1290 
W. J, Arenholz, N.Y. 31 1336 
WHITE KOCK8 
Monstone Farm, Mass. 26 974 
Ameling Farms, Mo. 28 1567 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 22 1138 
Davidson Bros.. Mass. 26 1196 
Chas. E, Butler, Conn. 17 1024 
Albert T. Lenzen. Mass. 26 1291 
Harold F. Baroer. Mass. 41 1781 
11. B,;Spangler, N, J. 22 1176 
WHITE WYANDOTTE8 
D. O. Witmer, Mo. 32 1742 
Obed G, Knight, B. 1. 38 1378 
!•'. L. Weiland, Ky. 27 1282 
Frank P Matteson, B. 1. 28 1563 
IH-Quality Hennery, Vt. 20 1263 
< lemens J. Diemand, Conn. 18 923 
Wood bridge Orchards, Conn. 21 975 
William E. Moran, Conn. 25 1551 
Albert W. Buckbee. N. Y. 39 1601 
H. V. Bierly, Pa.... 33 1576 
RHODE 18LAND BEDS 
Sunnyfieids Farm, Conn. 32 1583 
H. P. Doming, Conn. 39 1450 
Scott’s Bed Farm, II. 16 1254 
Abbot M. Smith, Conn. 30 827 
Fellows Bros.. Conn. 23 1371 
E. Newton Searles, Conn... 43 1607 
Geo. R. Treadwell, Mass . 25 1476 
Sunset Poultry Farm. Mass. 31 1717 
John Z. Labelle, Conn. 27 1567 
I. W. Mitchell, Conn. SO 1249 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 25 1203 
F. H. Sampson, Mass. 27 1176 
Jas. E. Ewing, Vt. 28 1155 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm. Conn.... 35 1371 
Fernside Farm, Mass. 47 2260 
Dickinson Bros., Mass. 50 1480 
Pinecrest Orchards, Mass. 31 1757 
Ed. A. Oelkuct, Conn. 29 1443 
W. A. Dickinson. Mass. 41 1278 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 50 1221 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 26 1615 
Red Mount Farm, Mass. 33 1875 
Forest H. Clickner, N. J. 32 1471 
Charles H. Lane. Mass. 40 1346 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Boy H. Waite, Md. 46 1790 
Small’s Poultry Farm, Conn. 45 1545 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 38 1884 
S. G. McLean, Conn . 37 1522 
Leo A. Grouten, Conn. 27 1481 
E. H. Scott, Conn . 38 1379 
F. M. Johnson. Maine. 39 1916 
Hollywood Farm, Wash. 34 1433 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 44 1457 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 24 1510 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 33 1422 
Edgar Stoughton, Conn.43 1549 
Ernest W. Picker, N. J. 27 1057 
Hanson’s Poultry Farm. Ore. 44 1805 
C. G. Beame, Pa. 35 1535 
Pussy Willow Egg Farm, L. 1. 26 1356 
Mountain Meadow Farm, Vt. 38 1798 
Ernest Craze, N. J. 50 1641 
Acrebridge Farm, Mass. 19 1207 
Hilltop Farm, Conn. 52 2136 
St. John’s Poultry Farm. Mo. 48 1891 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 49 1612 
C. T. Darby. N. J.. 50 2197 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm. Conn- 34 1203 
R. C. Dunn, Mass. 26 1111 
L. W. Steelman, Pa. 43 1800 
Barlow Leghorn Farm, Pa. 35 1548 
White Springs Farm, N. Y. 23 1337 
Meadowedge Farm, L. 1. 47 1640 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass. 50 1807 
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, N. J. 49 1573 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm, N. J. 34 1621 
Featherland Farm, Pa. 34 1528 
M. J. Quackenbush, N. J. 28 1233 
Francis J. Hogan. Mass. 40 1438 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 30 1503 
Exmoor Farm, Pa . 37 1454 
Ruchles Sunnyside Farm, N.Y. 54 1805 
O. C. Chadwick, Vt. 25 1155 
George B. Ferris, Mich. 54 1750 
Total. 3410 146820 
An Evening on the Farm 
The last cow has been milked, and is 
slowly following the barnyard path lead¬ 
ing to the pasture, where the rest of the 
herd are already peacefully feeding. 
“Bill” swings the stable door shut and 
fastens it, while I fill the basin with 
warm milk for the cats, which is quickly 
consumed by the sleek guardians of our 
grain bins. The brimming pails are taken 
to the milk house, where the cans of milk 
are placed in the tank of cold spring wa¬ 
ter and the last sanitary rites completed 
for the day. The horses are bedded and 
given an extra drink of water because 
they didn’t “drink good” and might be 
thirsty. I am careful to shut the chick¬ 
en pens well. A skunk or weasel might 
cut those “poultry profits” considerably 
just now, with all those nice pullets left 
unprotected even once. Success with poul¬ 
try means “eternal vigilancebut all 
those White Leghorns do look pretty on 
the roosts; 200 of them ought to bring 
in a good many extra dollars this Winter. 
With the 150 yearling hens we have, 
after culling last Winter’s flock, we are 
looking forward to a busy season. 
Just now 7 , however, a beautiful sunset 
makes the sky a picture to keep in mem¬ 
ory ! We must s.top and enjoy it. Some¬ 
how, a view like that, across the hills and 
valleys, with the most distant ones blue 
and hazy against the flaming glory of 
fhe sunset — the beauty of it almost 
hurts! Our little everyday problems 
fade out for a time, aud are lost in a 
deep thankfulness that we are permitted 
to work together here, in a world so beau¬ 
tiful ! 
It is a perfect evening, warm, but with 
a good breeze stirring, and the porch 
seems even more inviting than usual. We 
will remove the stains of toil and try to 
read the papers a bit before it gets too 
dark. To “let the rest of the world go 
by” may sound all right, but we like 
to keep in sight of the procession at 
least. It takes only a few minutes to 
look at the headlines in the daily paper 
and glance through the farm papers to see 
what is new. Anything which looks in¬ 
teresting but which is too long to read 
through is saved for future reference. 
The children have had a last good 
swing and I take them up to their beds 
to see them all snug; and perhaps too, 
to see that small bare feet are properly 
clean before the “night-nights” are said. 
They are always ready for sleep after 
these long Summer days out of doors. 
They never seem to be able to remember 
their hats, and are as brown as little 
gypsies. But better so, than too white. 
At least they are well and happy. For 
that we are thankful enough. 
It take me longer than I thought to 
get back to the porch; always a little 
“picking up” here and there; clothing to 
be put away; the last eggs that were 
brought in, put in the crate; and it is 
really too dark to read when I join Bill, 
“Shall we go inside to finish the paper?” 
But he has finished all he cared to read 
just now and is well content to sit and 
smoke and watch the stars come out 
while we talk and rest. 
It is now quite dark. The barns look 
shadowy and mysterious; the hills are 
dimly outlined against the sky. The 
song of a myriad of crickets sounds shril¬ 
ly, reminding us that soon Autumn will 
be with us once again. The ripening 
field of oats beyond the hedge of Spiraea, 
rustles and whispers in the evening 
breeze. Tomorrow the team will be pull¬ 
ing the binder through those golden acres 
if the day is fair. Down in the ever¬ 
greens a lonesome sounding owl sends out 
his mournful questioning: “Who ooo, who 
ooo?” while through all the night sounds 
we can hear the murmur of the good 
Spring Brook with its cheerful song of 
service and work well done! 
You may think our evening rather dull 
and commonplace? Perhaps it is! We 
will not quarrel with you, or anyone. It 
would not suit everyone. It does not 
always satisfy us. Sometimes a drive 
tempts us; sometimes an evening with 
friends, or an entertainment in town, or 
the movies. But usually a simple home 
evening like this contents us all. Of 
course, we may be easily satisfied ! These 
conditions may not justify such an un¬ 
usual “state of mind !” 
But we should enjoy these “common" 
gifts while they are given us Health 
and strength to work ; eyes to see all the 
beauty around us—sunrise, sunset, the 
sudden storm and the rainbow that fol¬ 
lows; there are so many pleasures of 
every day that are never fully appreciated 
unless some accident or illness suddenly 
deprives us of them. 
A deep snore from the big chair where 
Bill reposes reminds me it is time to 
cease pondering and seek the downy 
couch. The jangling abomination which 
announces our rising hour, says it is now 
9:30 p. m. which would be merely the 
beginning of the evening in some places, 
but is usually bed-time at our house. In¬ 
somnia is not one of our troubles. 
N. Y. STATE FARMER’S WIFE. 
Beginning the Poultry 
Business 
I 'am planning to go into the poultry 
raising business. What breed would be 
best to raise for eggs and market? I have 
always had a backyard flock and have 
had experience for 10 years. Do you 
think I should have a course in poultry 
Taising? If so, where can I find such 
place? J. jt. J. 
The kind of fowls that should be raised 
will depend upon the requirements of the 
market that you expect to supply. If you 
expect to produce white eggs for markets 
desiring these, the Single Comb White 
Leghorn will answer your purpose, though 
the Brown Leghorns, Anconas and other 
light breeds are preferred by some. If 
you wish to supply meat to your market, 
some one of the heavier breeds, like the 
Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks, R. I. Reds, 
etc., would be preferable. Where brown 
eggs command a premium, some one of 
these breeds would he best. 
Yes, I certainly think that you should 
have a course in poultry raising before 
embarking upon it as a business. You 
can get this at your State College of Ag¬ 
riculture at State College, Pa., or at one 
of the agricultural colleges of other 
States, the one at Ithaca, N. Y., being a 
very good one. If, in addition, you can 
have a practical course of a year with 
some good poultry keeper, you will be bet¬ 
ter fitted for the business. You need the 
enthusiasm and confidence that a course 
at an agricultural school will give you, 
and then you will need to have some of 
the coeksureness that you will acquire 
there knocked out of you by actual experi¬ 
ence on your own hook. M. b. d. 
FARMER —"Wt ll have 
enough eggs this year to 
afford a car; I'll get it 
next week.” 
PRACTICAL WIFE — 
“ Better buy more regu¬ 
lator , too — so we’ll keep 
on getting eggs. ’ ’ 
A-y 
Egg Production Doubled! 
More Eggs a Scientific Certainty When Regulator is Used 
The use of regulator isn’t a fad! 
The results aren’t imaginary! 
It often means twice as many 
eggs. Pratts regulator always 
speeds up laying — because it 
gives them the elements hens 
need for making eggs. It con¬ 
tains fifteen vital things that 
are not present in any mash you 
can mix or buy. 
Hundreds report 50% increase 
in eggs within ten days of start¬ 
ing to use Pratts poultry regu¬ 
lator. Some farms have doubled 
egg production by this scientific 
regulator. Its minerals and 
vitamins will make any hen a 
heavier layer. It can’t fail; it’s 
Nature. Ask any poultryman 
who makes eggs a business. 
Your hens may be well-fed and 
healthy, but nothing takes the 
place of the rare seeds, herbs, 
roots, and other ingredients this 
regulator provides. They help 
the hen turn her food into egg- 
yolks, egg-whites, egg-shells— 
better eggs— more eggs. Sixty 
thousand dealers sell regulator. 
If it’s Pratts, results axe guaran¬ 
teed. I* REE ; ask for valuable 
illustrated Poultry book—a new 
edition ready now—write Pratt 
Food Co., 253 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia. 
Poultry 
Regulator 
" Sold and guaranteed by 
Seed, feed and poultry supply 
dealers everywhere 
MAKE HENS LAY 
By feeding raw bone. Its egg-producing value is four 
times that of grain. Eggs more fertile, chicks more 
vigorous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier, 
profits larger. 
MANN'S ttKE Bone Cutter 
Cuts all bone with adhering meat and 
gristle. Never clogs. IO Days'Free Trial. 
No money in advance. 
Sand Today for Free Book 
F. W. Mann Co., Box 1S Milford, Mass. 
COO LIVER OIL for BABY CHICKS $1.90 gal. 
Epsom Saits, U.S.P., lor Poultry & Cattle 4c lb. 
Sodium Fluoride lor Poultry Lice . . 21c “ 
Para-Dichlorobenzine for Tree Borers 45c " 
Calcium Cyanide for Rodents, Insects, etc. 19c “ 
We can save you money on any chemical or like 
material of proven value used on the farm. Write 
for price on what you want. 
MILLER-LISZKA CORPORATION 
2495 Atlantic Ave. Station E Brooklyn, N. Y. 
POULTRY LEG BANDS 
Band Pullets and good layers now. Seven colors. 
75 cents hundred, postpaid. Mention breed. 
COLONIAL ART CO. Westfield, Mass. 
Used Incubator BARGAINS 
Newtown, Wishbone, Candee, Prairie State, Cyphers 
New Simplex, Newtown Hrooders reduced. Used Newtown 
Brooders. We sell and install new Newtown Incubators. 
WRITE. Justa Poultry Farm, Southampton, New York 
white of Tf ¥ rTC 
LEGHORN I U LLL 1 3 
15 weeks to 5 mos. old 
Healthy, well-developed, from Certified Cock¬ 
erels and Selected Hens, stock certified three 
years. Free range, milk-fed birds. Inspection 
welcomed. $1.25 to $1.75, according to 
age and development. Immediate delivery. 
Crating cost allowed if taken at farm. 
SANDANONAH FARM, Windham, N. Y. 
R. I. Reds, White Wyan- P^llnf 0 
dotte, White Leghorn l UllClo 
5-mos.-old, 52 50 each; 4-mos.-old, 52.25 each. Every 
bird to please you or you may ship back at once. 
T. R. THOMAS The Maples Bristol. Vermont 
S. C. Reds, 11 C. B. P. 
Rocks, 10c. S. C W. Leg¬ 
horns. he., and Mixed chicks, 
8c. These chicks are all from 
free range stock. Safe deliv¬ 
ery and satisfaction guaranteed. Booklet free. C. O. D. 
W. A. LAUVER McAlisterville, Pa. 
Mattituck White Leghorn Farm 
April and May Pullets SS“SJ5KK' 
. well developed 
from certified 
stock, $1.50 to $2.25, according to age and ma¬ 
turity. Penny & Gordon, Mattituck, L. I., N.Y. 
Choice Cockerels 
from directly imported Barron Strain, S. C. WHITE 
LEGHORNS, with pedigree* of 272-314. Large, husky, 
farm range grown birds. March hatched. $2 to $4 
each. 10 first choice, $30. Shipped on Approval 
R. T. EWING - Atlantic. Pa. 
200 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
May hatched, growing nicely, free range, well bred and 
hearty, $1.50 as they run. 150 Leghorn hens, year old 
last April, excellent layers, $1.15 if taken at once. Also 
150 R. I. Red pullets, extra line, $l.?5 each. 
Stockton Hatchery and Poultry Farm, Stuck ion, N. J. *„ * 
JSL O. •\7V7\ XjEGHORN PULLETS 
Ready to lay—$2.25 each. Younger—$1,?6-$2. Two 
Thousand DESIRABLE Pullets. Ready HOW on Square 
Deal Basis. Justa Poultry Farm, Southampton, N, V, 
SAL e Three Hundred Cockerels, White Leghorns 
Grade A, Puritas Springs Farm’s Strain, 230-2«7-Egg. #2 
each. Improve your strain with these birds. 
Mount Komblo Poultry Farm Morristown, N. J. 
. uiiuiu UMU wuunuibio s. 
T*r , „ ,, ,, r _ , — — ivcun.nunjwoou aim 
Wyckott, S. C. W. Leghorns. Trap-nested free range 
stock. If not satisfactory, return them. Write for Prices. 
SUNNYBR00K POULTRY FARM Elizavillc. N. Y. 
300 Pure Bred s c ' 0 n »' b ° White Leghorn B I r °™ n Pullets 
April hatched, free rangers, milk and wheat fed, well 
grown and a thrifty lot. $2 each. 
Vernon R. Lafler Middlesex, N. Y. R. D. No. I 
Pure Barron White Leghorn Cockerels and Pullets 
out of imported sires whose dams have records of 268 to 
289 eggs in pullet year. Cockerels. 82 50 to *5; Pullets, 
$2 up. Pine llurst Poultry Farm, Port Royal Pa 
Pit LI FT<i £ A,n;v hatched, sa.so each 
r m-m-B- m W. Leghorn, B. Rock, W. Wyandotte 
White Creek, New York 
Bennie Brook Farm 
PULLETS FOR SALE 
Bred from 250-egg trapnested pedigreed stock. 
Rhode Island Red or Barred Plymouth Rocks, Mar. 
hatch, $2.50; April hatch, $2 each. These pul¬ 
lets will prove layers and not boarders. Will ship 
any amount from 1 to 100, C. O. D. on approval. 
Dr. P. F. WALLINGFORD Box 51 Waltham. Mass. 
nTTT T pnpOS.C.W.Leshoms, 
llJI j I jPj I il Young strain. April 
A ^ A hatched, free range 
grown, 52 each. About ready to lay. 52 25 each. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. H. N. CONNER, Stockton, N J. 
Wliifp WvanJntioc 8000 ( ’ ocks >Hens,Cockerels, Pullets- 
TfllUC It jrdliUUUcS Catalogue. Special price on Year], 
ing Hens, BOWDEN, While Wyandattc Specialist, Mansfield, Obia 
Early Hatched White Leghorn 8^^"* stock. 0 '*: 
speefion Invited. Hall Brother* Wallingford, Conn. 
C 19«s Rocks or Wyandottes. 
Mixed, 10c; Hens, $2.50. 
S. W. KLINE - Middlecreek, Pa. 
S. C. White Leghorns &e atche ' ! - B - red - by storrs 
flock $1.75 to $2. 
experts. Selling entire 
C. H. CHUBB Palenvllle, N. Y. 
Single Comb White Leghorn Pullets Freerangl-Blr- 
ron Strain. Fred Heuer SayvIHa, L. I., N. Y. 
S. G. White Leghorn Pullets ^^mseTectedb^d^: 
Large, vigorous pullets, $2 each. NEIL MORTON, Uroton, N.Y. 
