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October IS. 1924 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST 
In anawer to many questions about this egg 
laying 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 September 24, 1924: 
Week Total 
BAUKKil KOCK9 
Purdue University, Ind. 42 1904 
W. H. B. Kent, N. Y. 19 1577 
Ontario Agricultural College, Ont .... 34 1851 
Lewis Farms, HI. 29 1295 
•lilies F. Fraticais, L. 1. 28 1327 
Morris K. Bride, Conn. 30 1569 
Wob rn Poultry Farm, Mass. 28 1446 
Miss Harriet Smith, Mass. 29 1547 
Eugar Stoiuhton Conn. 38 1909 
Merritt M. Clark. Conn. 22 1544 
K. C. Foreman, Mich. 29 1616 
Keewayuin Farm. Conn. 25 1609 
J. V. Sheap, Mich. 23 1197 
The Ferguson Farms. Tenn. 19 1186 
Jasper K. Guptill, Maine. 32 1527 
Storrs Exp. Station, Conn. 34 1234 
The Ramblers Farm, N.Y . 36 1378 
w. J, Arenholz, N.Y. 19 1410 
WHITE HOCK8 
Monstone Farm, Mass. 21 1041 
Ameling Farms, Mo. 14 1634 
S. Bradford Allyn, Mass. 12 1176 
Davidson Bros., Mass. 14 1230 
Cha8. E, Butler, Conn. 16 1082 
Albert T. Lenzen, Mass. 19 1353 
Harold F. Barber, Mass. 43 1913 
II. B, Spangler, N, J . 15 1226 
WHITE WYANDOTTE8 
D. O. Witmer, Mo. 37 1866 
Obed G. Knight, K. 1. 25 1456 
F. L. Weiland. Ky. 21 1341 
Frank P Matteson, K. I... 24 1641 
Hi-Quality Hennery, Vt. 21 1331 
Clemens J. Diemand, Conn. 16 978 
Wood bridge Orchards, Conn. 32 1059 
William E. Moran, Conn. 16 1617 
Albert W. Buckbee. N.Y. 43 1736 
H. V. Bierly, Pa. 38 1693 
RHODE ISLAND BEDS 
Sunnyfields Farm. Conn. 18 1640 
H. P. Denting, Conn. 26 1536 
Scott's Bed Farm, II. 39 1353 
Abbot M. Smith, Conn. 13 889 
Fellows Bros.. Conn. 35 1451 
E. Newton Searles, Conn. 37 1709 
Geo. R. Treadwell, Mass . 24 1574 
Sunset Poultry Farm, Mass. 31 1823 
Joiin Z. Labelle, Conn. 22 1654 
I. W. Mitchell, Conn. 31 1361 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 42 1291 
F. H. Sampson. Mass. 27 1248 
Jas. E. Ewing, Vt. 23 1230 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm. Conn— 33 1481 
Fern side B arm, Mass. 36 2386 
Dickinson Bros.. Mass. 29 1569 
Pmecvest Orchards, Mass. 38 1876 
Ed. A. Oelkuct, Conn. 35 1547 
W. A. Dickinson. Mass. 33 1379 
Maurice F. Delano, Mass. 27 1300 
Deer Brook Poultry Farm, N. H. 41 1744 
Red Mount Farm. Mass. 41 2006 
B’orest H. Clickner, N. J. 19 1535 
Charles H. Lane. Mass. 26 1438 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
Roy H. Waite, Md. . 30 1900 
Small's Poultry Farm, Conn. 38 1672 
Francis F. Lincoln, Conn. 37 1992 
S. G. McLean, Conn . 30 1623 
i,eo A. Grouten, Conn. 34 1581 
E. H. Scott. Conn . 39 1493 
F. M. Johnson, Maine. 42 2035 
Hollywood B'arm, Wash. 22 1510 
A. B. Hall, Conn. 35 1572 
W. E. Atkinson, Conn. 26 1595 
Beck Egg Farm, N. J. 27 1532 
Edgav Stoughton, Conn.36 1677 
Ernest W. Picker, N. J. 18 1199 
Hanson's Poultry Farm. Ore. 36 1912 
C. G. Reame, Pa. 31 1633 
Pussy Willow Egg Farm, L. 1. 18 1432 
Mountain Meadow Farm, Vt. 35 1902 
Ernest Craze, N. J. 39 1781 
Acrebridge B'arm, Mass. 21 1269 
Hilltop B'arm, Conn. 52 2286 
St. John's Poultry Farm. Mo. 43 2028 
Andrew L. Ohr, Conn. 44 1746 
C. T. Darby, N. J. 47 2335 
Spring Brook Poultry Farm, Conn.... 28 1299 
U. C. Dunn, Mass. 34 1193 
L. W. Steelman, Pa. 27 1910 
Barlow Leghorn Farm, Pa. 30 1649 
White Springs Farm, N. Y. 21 1394 
Meadowedge Farm, L. I. ... 42 1775 
Emory H. Bartlett, Mass. 38 1934 
Eigenrauch & DeWinter, N. J. 35 1690 
Rapp's Leghorn Farm, N. J. 26 1711 
Featlierland Farm, Pa. 20 1609 
M. J. Quackenbnsh, N. J. 21 1304 
Francis J. Hogan. Mass. 30 1534 
Mount Hope Farm, Mass. 24 1571 
Exmoor Farm, Pa . 18 1532 
Ruchles Suunyside Farm, N.Y. 35 1920 
O. C. Chadwick, Vt. 9 1197 
Geo ge B. Ferris, Mich. 47 1896 
Total. 2937 156265 
Lights in Henhouse 
At first we tried turning the lights at 
evening hut found it was very unsatis¬ 
factory. as the birds would not come 
down from the roosts after once going 
on. (Of course there were a few that 
would, but the big percentage would not. ) 
Then we tried lighting at 5 a. m. with 
excellent results. Every bird was off 
the roost in a minute and the litter was 
being kicked in every direction. We use 
the exact food rations used at Storrs and 
are perfectly satisfied. It is the best 
formula we have succeeded in using, as 
the results are way ahead compared with 
our feeding methods used before finally 
adopting their formula. We use open- 
front houses with drop curtain to be let 
down on stormy days. A. t. lenzen. 
Massachusetts. 
Controlling Lice 
Will you tell me the most effective 
method of ridding birds of lice? We 
have about 050 S. C. W. Leghorn bens, 
which ai*e considerably infested, and as 
there are different ways of fighting these 
parasites I would like to know of the best 
way of handling a large flock for this 
purpose. 'The houses are regularly dis¬ 
infected and the yai'ds kept clean. The 
birds are kept in two laying-houses of 
eight sections, each section measurin 
20x20 ft, b. j. B. 
Vineland, N. J. 
You may take your choice between 
applying a bit of blue ointment, about the 
.size of a pea, beneath the vent, and, per¬ 
haps, under each wing, and working a 
few pinches of sodium fluoride down into 
the feathers in several places over the 
hen’s body. Both procedures are effec¬ 
tive and about equally easy to carry out; 
perhaps the first is a little more lasting 
in its effects. I know of no easy way 
of ridding a large flock of fowls of lice, 
but a moderate number of body lice seem 
to do little harm. M. B. D. 
Ailing Young Stock 
Could you tell me how to use bismuth 
nitrate? I find it advised as very good 
for bloody diarrhoea. IIow much and 
how often to use same, in what form, or 
do you know of any better thing? My 
young stock is affected. How would 
you use cod liver oil for young stock? 
Would you recommend yeast for young 
and old birds, and how would you use 
it? Some of my broilers are infested 
with long white worms. I have lost 
about 75 per cent of all m.v baby chicks 
this year. ’ f. s. 
Kockland Co., N. Y. 
Bismuth subnitrate is a heavy, white, 
insoluble powder that is non-poisonous 
and astringent. It is useful in some diar¬ 
rhoeas and might be used for those of 
poultry. I do not know how its advo¬ 
cates use it. and should think little of 
the value of advice to administer it that 
was not accompanied by directions for 
giving it. The dose for humans is about 
15 grains, perhaps five would do for a 
chicken of any age. It could be mixed 
with a mash, wet or dry, and given once 
or several times daily. The droppings 
would probably be turned black by it. 
Cod liver oil is given to young chicks, 
mixed with a moistened mash, in quan¬ 
tity of from one to two per cent of the 
mash. For each unit of 100 chicks, give 
two teaspoons the first week; three tea¬ 
spoons the second and third week and 
four teaspoons from the fourth to eighth 
weeks. Mix fresh daily, it loses its value 
slowly upon standing in mixed mashes. 
It may be fed, of course, as long as you 
like. Laying hens may have one pound 
per hundred of mash. 
Yeast is a good source of one of the 
vitamines, “B.” This vitamine is needed 
in considerable quantities by growing 
chicks but is found iu the ordinary grain 
foods and especially in fresh green 
stuffs. If the latter are not to be had in 
sufficient quantity, the feeding of yeast 
should prove beneficial. Its value, how¬ 
ever, is not so well established as is 
that of cod liver oil. 
The few round worms found would 
mot account for 'the ^heavy mortality 
among the chicks. You may have some 
more serious infestation, such as that by 
the organisms causing coccidiosis. This 
disease is apt to appear when chicks are 
raised upon “old” ground, or that long 
used by poultry. The best remedy is re¬ 
moval to fresh ground, there being little 
use in trying to cure the disease when 
once its symptoms appear. 
Slaked lime may be used upon an old 
poultry run, in any quantity but it 
should not be depended upon to make a 
badly disease infested area safe for 
young chicks. Prevention of disease, by 
'keeping poultry of all ages under health¬ 
ful conditions is the end to be sought, not 
exposing it to infection and then trying 
to overcome the results by administering 
drugs. M. B. D. 
gsatisfactory. It is, of course, more dif¬ 
ficult to care for a flock of 2,000 hens 
and keep track of individuals that need 
attention than it is to look after a small 
flock, and the percentage of production 
will not be as good. It is not merely a 
matter of disease control, but of culling 
and other needed attention, as well. To 
offset this, is greater ease of feeding and 
care, economy of labor, but when economy 
of labor is carried to the point of reduc¬ 
ing net returns, it may become poor 
financial economy. I would not advise 
keeping 2.000 hens in a flock unless you 
are a poultryman of long experience and 
know what you can do ; a less ambitious 
venture will be more likely to prove 
profitable. 
“Commercial Poultry Keeping,” by 
Roberts, will probably serve your pur¬ 
pose. Your State Agricultural Station 
at Blacksburg may also be able to supply 
you with bulletins upon poultry keeping 
of value to you. M. b. d. 
Housing a Large Flock 
I have a laying-house 20xS0, front S 
ft. rear, 5 ft. high. I am thinking of 
puttting a 12-ft. extension in front to 
make it 82 ft. deep; may have to raise 
present front a foot to make room for 
monitor windows 2 ft. high. Have back 
end of extension roof 7 ft. and front 0 ft., 
most all open, covered with 1-in. poultry 
wire. I noticed you recommend ^i-in. 
mesh wire, why? There are partitions 
every 10 ft. extending 10 ft. from rear 
to middle. I intend to leave them, and 
have one every 30 ft. extending full 
Width of present house, monitor shed 
open full length. I expect to raise roosts 
to within 1% ft. from roof and dropping 
boards G in. below, so as to give plenty 
of room under dropping boards, and put 
windows in back wall under dropping 
boards to get light in Winter, removing 
same in Summer to keep house cool. I 
intend to lengthen house to 100 ft., and 
so have 3.200 ft. floor space to hold 1,000 
Leghorns. What are the points pro and 
con to house, say 2.000 hens in two 
houses of 1.000 each, or in a number of 
smaller houses? It seems to me one could 
house them and tend them more economi¬ 
cally in the large houses. The only thing 
I could see against such a plan is disease 
control, but since one man handles all 
the poultry it is likely contagious 
diseases would be hard to confine. Would 
you give me ideas, and suggest any bet¬ 
ter ones you may have? Wish you 
would recommend me a good book on 
poultry, particularly Lftghorus for eggs 
and chick raising? k. l. 
Elmont, Va. 
Your plan seems to me a practical one. 
and I think that your house will prove 
Square Henhouse; Brooder- 
house 
1. I am going to remodel an old build¬ 
ing for a chicken coop, same being 80 
ft. front by 36 ft. deep. What style 
roof, and how high front and back for 
air and light? 2. What dimensions for 
a brooder house for two 52-in. stoves, or 
1,000 chicks? g. M. 
Plainfield, N. J. 
1. As this building is nearly square, it 
may readily be converted into the Mis¬ 
souri type of poultry-house, many of 
which have been built. All sides but the 
front should be airtight. Ventilation will 
be provided by an opening 30 inches wide 
extending across the front a foot or two 
above the floor, this opening to be guard¬ 
ed by wire netting. An entrance door 
may be placed in the center of the front, 
dividing the opening, or at one side. Each 
side will need two windows for light, and 
one placed beneath the droppings board 
in the rear will aid in keeping litter 
from being scratched to that end, hens 
facing a light when scratching. The 
building probably already has a gable 
roof, and if this is high enough, a straw 
loft will make the building warmer. The 
slatted floor of this loft should be high 
enough to give ample head room beneath. 
Floor may be of concrete, dirt or boards, 
|concrete being most satisfactory. Large 
[windows should be used and two, placed 
(over the front opening, will be needed to 
admit additional light to the front. As 
(windows are not used for ventilation, 
they are fitted into place. 
2. One thousand chicks will do much 
better if divided into three flocks, each 
with a brooder stove. Each flock will 
need a space 8 or 10 ft. by 12, or even 
larger. This may be given by building 
colony brooder houses, the best way, or 
by dividing a stationary brooder-house in¬ 
to the necessary compartments. Colony 
houses are usually built 8 by 12 ft. in 
size, so as to be movable, but little chicks 
soon outgrow their quarters if not given 
ample space. M. b. d. 
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