1h* RURAL NEW.YORKER 
1493 
The Henyard 
Soft-shelled Eggs 
I have about 50 laying pullets, and 
every night after dark I find from one 
to three large soft-shell eggs on drop 
board. I have laying mash, charcoal 
and oyster shell before them all the time, 
feed scratch twice a day, 4:30 p. m. and 
morning. w. s. 
Millville, N. J. 
The intricacies of shell making are 
too great to enable one to fix the respon¬ 
sibility for failure in all cases, or, per¬ 
haps, in any case. These pullets will 
doubtless lay perfectly good eggs after 
a little more practice, however, give them 
a little time. Such tonics as green 
stuffs, clover hay or other “vegetable 
bitters” may be needed to “tone up the 
system.” All this may sound like a 
medicine almanac, but I should not be 
surprised to learn that you are not giv¬ 
ing the vitamins found in green foods to 
this flock. If so the matter is settled; 
try vitamins. 
Mixing a Laying Ration 
I would like to use the following, 
which I think would make a very good 
laying mash, but I do not know how 
much of each grain I should take. I 
have about 600 White Leghorn pullets 
just starting to lay. Oat chop, bran, mid¬ 
dlings, corn chop, beef scrap, Alfalfa, 
gluten, dry buttermilk, and salt. E. l. 
Robesonia, Pa. 
Equal parts by weight of ground corn, 
wheat bran, wheat middlings, ground 
oats and beef scrap will make a good 
laying mash. You may add another part 
of gluten feed, if you wish, without ma¬ 
terially affecting the “balance,” though, 
of course, it will lessen the proportion of 
meat scrap. Dried buttermilk may be 
used in whole or in part as a substitute 
for the meat scrap, though it is more 
expensive. A half pound of salt to each 
100 lbs. of mash may be used. A good 
use for the Alfalfa hay is to put a fork¬ 
ful of it into the poultry house each day, 
for the hens to pick over. M. B. d. 
Home-mixed Laying Mash 
I have 70 White Leghorns and am 
feeding them scratch grain, laying mash 
and all the sweet milk they can drink. 
Could you give me a formula for a lay¬ 
ing mash that I could mix myself? My 
hens are laying well but I would like to 
mix my own mash because I think it 
would be cheaper. My hen house is 12x24 
ft. How many more could I winter in it? 
Pine Bush, N. Y. K. R. G. 
If you are giving your hens all the 
milk that they will drink, a good mash 
may be made up by mixing equal parts 
by weight of cornmeal, wheat middlings, 
wheat bran, ground oats, gluten feed and 
one-half pound of fine salt per 100 lbs. of 
the mixture. Skim-milk will answer as 
well as whole sweet milk and you can use 
the cream for your coffee. If milk is not 
fed, beef scrap should be added to the 
mash in the proportion of from one-sixth 
to one-fifth by weight. Gluten feed may 
be omitted if difficult to get. A compari¬ 
son with the cost of your commercial 
mash will show you which is cheapest in 
your market. I know of no better laying 
mash than one made up as directed above. 
. M. B. D. 
Comparison of Potatoes and 
Mangels 
Is there much difference between the 
food value of potatoes and sugar beets, 
or mangels, for poultry? I can get po¬ 
tatoes this year cheaper than mangel 
beets? mbs. w. w. w. 
There is considerable difference in the 
food value of potatoes and mangels, and 
this difference is in favor of potatoes. 
Potatoes contain 17 lbs. of digestible nu¬ 
trients in 100 lbs. of the tubers, whereas 
mangels have but 7 lbs. per hundred¬ 
weight. Neither contain much protein or 
fat, but potatoes contain carbohydrates to 
the amount of 10 per cent of their 
weight, while mangels hold but 6 per cent. 
Potatoes, too, are considerably richer in 
vitamins than are mangels, though they 
are not ranked as high as vitamin con¬ 
taining foods. From the standpoint of 
the food chemist, potatoes are more valu¬ 
able than mangels as a stock food, yet 
they are not raised or fed for that pur¬ 
pose, as are mangels. Whether this is 
due to the preference of domestic animals 
for the mangels or to prejudice upon the 
part of the poultryman and stock feeder, 
I am not able to say. Potatoes may cer¬ 
tainly be fed in moderate amounts to 
hens with good results, though both the 
hens and their owners would probably, in 
practically all cases, prefer the mangels. 
• M. B. D. 
Remodeling Henhouse 
I have a henhouse 25 ft. north and 
south, 10 ft. east and west, attached to 
another building w r hich is 40 ft. east and 
west. I would like to build the henhouse 
the full length of the building. 40 ft., 
making the henhouse 25x40 ft. The hen¬ 
house has a shed roof; the high side is 8 
ft., facing east; back 6 x /4 ft. What kind 
of roof should I put on, having the south 
side open, or nearly so? How would a 
lantern or monitor roof do, so I could put 
windows in facing east and west? Roosts 
are east and west sides, leaving the center 
compartment for feeding, etc. The birds 
have a free range. Should I tear the 
building down and build it over? 1 
thought by putting alongside another 
building the henhouse would be warmer 
and keep the north winds away. 
Joppa, Md. e. A. H. 
What is called a half-monitor type of 
roof is popular for a building of this 
depth ; that is, a saw-tooth about midway 
from front to rear in the roof. The up¬ 
right face of this saw-tooth contains sev¬ 
eral windows to admit light to the rear of 
the building, these windows being ar¬ 
ranged to open in the Summer or to re¬ 
main fixed in place. Such windows are 
usually long and narrow, like cellar sash. 
From this upright face the roof slopes 
toward the front, which need not be over 
5 or 6 ft. in height and is usually open. 
The roof also slopes from the saw-tooth 
to the rear of the building, which in your 
case would be toward the main building 
on the north. It could of course be car¬ 
ried with an upward pitch to that build¬ 
ing if thought preferable. I should put a 
large window in each end for light, have 
the low southern front open for ventila¬ 
tion, and place the perches in the rear, or 
north side, against the other building. 
M. B. D. 
New York State Egg-laying 
Contest 
This contest is conducted at the New York 
State Institute of 1 Applied Agriculture, Farming- 
dale, L. I. Each pen contains 10 birds. 
First column of figures represents total for 
week; last column, total to November 7, 1924: 
White Leghorns 
Meadowedge Fm., Mass. 7 7 
Barnes’ Hollywood Strain Leghorn Fm., 
H. F. Hendrickson, N. Y. 29 29 
Fritz Freyer, N. Y. 38 38 
Eusner’s Pity. Fm., N. Y. 10 10 
Homeland Fm., N. Y. 10 10 
D. A. Williams, N. Y. 5 5 
John P. Gasson, Ohio. 35 35 
Charles A. Seaver, N. Y. 10 10 
Charles A. Seaver, N. Y. 23 23 
Culmor Leghorn Fm., Conn. 19 19 
Foreman Fms., Mich. 3 3 
Brummer & Fredrickson Pity. Fm., Mich. 2 2 
Cedarhurst Pity. Fm., N. J. 10 10 
Kirkup’s Pity. Fm.. N. Y. 4 4 
Norman C. Jones, Del. 18 18 
Chesbro Pity. Fm., N. Y. 4 4 
Wm. R. Compton, N. Y. 9 9 
Howard P. Corsa, Pa. 16 16 
WelUvard Fm., N. Y. 9 9 
Alfred R. Scott, N. J. 3 3 
E. & D. Chicken Fm., N. Y. 28 28 
Pussy Willow Egg Fm., N. Y. 1 1 
Fluhrer Fm., N. Y. 9 9 
Donald MacKinnon, Highland Fm., N. Y. 18 18 
Tanglewood Fm., N. Y. 4 4 
John A. Boshler, N. Y. 13 13 
Benjamin Brower. N. Y. 13 13 
Hillcrest Pity. Pm., Pa.21 21 
Thomas Henderson, N. Y. 2 2 
Stewart L. Purdie, N. Y.14 14 
Kerr Chickeries, Inc., N. J. 1 1 
Hall Bros., Conn. 1 1 
The Hargrove Leghorn I'm., Mo. 0 0 
0. L. Flaecus, Pa. 5 5 
Lone Elm Leghorn Fm., N. Y. 3 3 
Hollywood Pity. Fm., Wash. 25 25 
L. C. Beall, Jr., Wash. 0 0 
Ferris Pity. Fm., Mich. 0 0 
Dr. L. E. Heasley, Mich. 7 7 
J. B. Gibb, N. J. 9 9 
Green Ridge Fm., N. Y. 9 9 
Jules F. F’rancais, N. Y. 0 0 
Jules F. Francais, N. Y. 0 0 
Beaver Dam Pity. Fm., N. Y. 3 3 
Beaver Dam Pity. Fm., N. Y.... . 2 2 
Paul F. Smith, N. J. 46 46 
Sunnycroft Fm., Pa. 0 0 
Lone Oak Pity. Fm., N. Y. 3 3 
A1 Marr, N. Y. 0 0 
Kehoe’s Harlax, N. Y.31 31 
Sparkill Leghorn Fms., N. Y. 0 0 
Oliver Bros., Conn. 17 17 
New & Pockman, N. Y. 1 1 
LeRoy Wilcox, N. Y. 8 8 
Sunny Slope Fm., N. Y. 4 4 
Iteuhles Sunnyside F’m., N. Y. 25 25 
W. H. Piper, N. Y. 5 5 
Silva Lake Fm., N. Y. 3 3 
Willow Brook Pity. Fm., N. Y. 0 0 
J. M. Scribner, N. Y. 6 0 
Ulster Pity. Fms. (Rose Comb), N. Y... 1 1 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
Southdawn Fm., N. Y. 9 9 
C. 0. Hayden, Conn. 3 3 
John G. Hopkins, Pa. 3 3 
Beacon Pity. Yards, N. J. 4 4 
West Neck Fm., N. Y. 36 36 
Robert Seaman, N. Y. 10 10 
Twin Pines Fm., N. Y. 3 3 
Lone Oak Fm., Mo. 1 1 
Ballintobber Fm., N. Y. 5 5 
Sunnyfields Fm., Conn. 1 1 
F. S. Chapin, Mass. 12 12 
Pine Knoll Fm., Conn. 2 2 
Phillip Smith, N. Y. 3 3 
Springbrook Pity. Fm., Conn. 1 1 
S. C. Rhode Island Whites 
0. G. L. Lewis, Pa. 5 6 
Palmetto Fm., S. C. 6 6 
White Wyandottes 
Wal-Ruth Pity. Fm., N. Y.31 31 
Harvey V. Byerly, Pa. 0 0 
V. H. Kirkup, N. Y. 6 6 
Kerr Chickeries, Inc., Mass. 3 3 
Axel T. Nelson, N. Y. 32 32 
Royce Knox, N. Y. 2 2 
Hillview Fm., N. Y. 5 5 
E. D. Elmer, N. Y.16 16 
White Plymouth Rocks 
Davidson Bros., Mass. 18 18 
Harold F. Barber. Mass. 0 0 
H. B. Spangler, N. J. 1 1 
Fred E. Arnold, Jr., N. J. 0 0 
Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Atlantic Fm., N. Y.17 17 
Jules E. Francais, N. Y. 4 4 
Kerr Chickeries, Inc., N. Y. 0 0 
Lewis Fms., R. 1. 1 1 
William Arenholz, N. Y. 0 0 
Ontario Agr. Col., Ont., Can . 0 0 
The Ferguson Fms., Tenn. 3 3 
A. C. Jones, Del. 2 2 
Howard Wells, N. Y. 8 8 
H. W. Van Winkle, N. J.14 14 
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