Ih*  RURAL.  NE'V.YORKER 
1031 
The  Henyard 
Fancy — and  Egg  Statistics  Countrywide  Produce  Situation 
I  know  of  a  New  York  City  woman  who  fruits  and  vegetables  doing  well. 
servant  girl  to  a  store  for  a 
dozen  eggs,  and  because  the  shells  on  two 
of  the  eggs  were  not  as  white  as  the  rest, 
had  the  girl  take  those  two  eggs  hack  to 
the  store  and  exchange  them  for  white 
ones.  This  seems  ridiculous,  but  it  is 
literally  true.  It  is  wonderful  to  note 
how  far  we  humans  are  governed  by  fan¬ 
cy,  taste,  appearance,  looks  and  custom. 
If  a  white-shelled  egg  were  broken  into 
a  saucer  and  a  brown-shelled  egg  into 
another  saucer,  no  human  power  of 
microscope  or  chemical  analysis  could 
tell  which  egg  came  from  the  white  shell 
or  the  brown  one.  Yet  New  York  pays  a 
premium  for  the  white-shelled  eggs,  and 
Boston  for  the  brown-shelled  ones,  imag¬ 
ining  that  the  brown  eggs  are  richer. 
The  Bank  of  America  has  published 
some  statistics  regarding  the  egg  con¬ 
sumption  in  New  York  City  that  are  ex¬ 
ceedingly  interesting.  The  average  daily 
consumption  is  5,154,800  eggs,  or  some¬ 
thing  like  an  egg  for  each  person  every 
day.  The  yearly  consumption  is  156,791,- 
869  dozen.  The  r-eceipts  are  usually  the 
greatest  in  April ;  last  year  1,159,792 
cases  of  30  dozen  each  were  received  in 
that  month.  One  interesting  fact  is  that 
practically  the  whole  country  contributes 
to  that  supply,  and  the  major  part  does 
not  come  from  the  surrounding  States,  as 
one  would  naturally  think.  The  State  of 
Illinois  shipped  more  than  twice  as  many 
cases  as  New  York,  the  figures  being 
1,378,846  cases  from  Illinois  to  490,801 
for  New  York.  Iowa  contributed  921,046 
cases ;  Indiana,  726,323 ;  Ohio,  514,- 
248,  and  Missouri  487,529 ;  while 
the  nearby  States  of  Pennsylvania 
and  New  Jersey  sent  only  265,014 
and  134,279  cases,  respectively.  Far-off 
California  sends  354,068  cases  of  white 
eggs.  Practically  all  of  these  come  from 
the  valley  where  Petaluma  is  situated, 
north  of  San  Francisco.  Petaluma  is  to 
egg  production  what  Detroit  is  to  auto¬ 
mobiles,  and  Akron  to  tires.  Nowhere 
else  on  earth  are  so  many  fowls  kept  on 
a  similar  area.  A  thousand  birds  is  quite 
a  poultry  plant  here  in  the  East,  but 
farms  out  there  carry  10,000  to  20,000 
birds,  and  one  farm  has  40,000.  Climate 
and  soil  are  peculiarly  favorable,  and  egg 
production  is  practically  on  a  factory 
basis.  Even  a  'State  Experiment  Station 
specializing  in  poultry  diseases  and  ex¬ 
periments  as  to  feeding,  etc.,  is  located 
there. 
Most  of  the  farms  raise  nothing  but  the 
green  feed  for  the  fowls ;  they  do  not  even 
hatch  their  own  chicks,  depending  on 
large  commercial  hatcheries  for  chicks  to 
renew,  their  flocks.  Poultry  keeping  is 
made  the  sole  business  of  the  farms,  in¬ 
stead  of  being  a  mere  adjunct  of  farming, 
as  on  most  farms  in  the  East. 
Here  is  a  pointer  that  poultrymen  in 
our  cold  New  England  climate  would  do 
well  to  mke  a  note  of.  Many  have  been 
greatly  disappointed*  when  their  early 
hatched  pullets  stopped  laying  and  start¬ 
ed  to  molt  with  the  advent  of  cold  weath¬ 
er.  Let  them  try  increasing  the  amount 
of  corn  in  the  ration  as  cold  weather 
comes  on,  until  in  November  two-thirds 
of  tiie  ration  is  corn,  either  meal,  cracked 
or  whole.  Reduce  the  proportion  of  wheat, 
oats  and  other  grains,  but  keep  the 
amount  of  beef  scrap  the  same,  and  in¬ 
crease  the  corn.  The  carbon  in  the  corn 
furnishes  the  fuel  to  keep  warm,  and  it 
also  furnishes  fat  for  the  yolks  (a  yolk  is 
half  fat),  and  if  there  is  not  sufficient 
carbon  in  the  ration  for  both  purposes  the 
hen  will  use  it  to  keep  her  body  warm, 
and  use  the  protein  in  her  feed  to  make  a 
new  crop  of  feathers. 
GEORGE  A.  COSGROVE. 
Feeding  Poultry  for  the  Table 
I  wish  to  get  some  advice  regaining 
raising  White  Plymouth  Rocks  for  meat. 
I-Iow  long  does  it  take  these  birds  to  ma¬ 
ture?  What  weight  need  they  be  to  take 
the  market  premium  during  Christmas 
holidays?  About  how  much  feed  ;  mash 
and  scratch  would  it  take  to  bring  them 
to  maturity  per  100  birds?  j.  c.  s. 
New  Jersey. 
No  definite  figures  as  to  time  or  quan¬ 
tities  of  feed  required  to  bring  any  chick¬ 
ens  to  certain  weights  can,  of  course, 
be  given,  as  these  factors  will  vary  with 
each  floc-k,  but  approximate  figures  may 
be  taken  from  a  report  published  several 
years  ago  by  the  Indiana  Experiment 
Station.  According  to  these,  it  took 
from  4.8  to  5.6  lbs.  of  grain  and  6.5  to 
8.5  lbs.  of  skim-milk  to.  produce  a  2-lb. 
White  Plymouth  Rock  broiler  in  from 
nine  to  10  weeks.  It  took  24  weeks  to 
produce  a  6.5  lb.  roaster  from  24  to  27 
lbs.  of  feed,  and  22  lbs.  of  skim-milk. 
A  9.5-lb.  capon  required  64  to  67  lbs.  of 
feed  and  62  to  79  lbs.  of  skim-milk  to 
bring  it  to  that  weight  in  41  weeks.  A 
White  Plymouth  Rock  pullet  was  brought 
to  maturity  at  28  weeks  upon  from  27 
to  30  lbs.  of  feed  and  22  to  37  lbs.  of 
skim-milk.  The  pullets  hatched  in  March 
matured  in  from  six  to  seven  months  and 
weighed  slightly  over  5.5  lbs.  Cockerels 
grew  more  rapidly  than  pullets. 
You  will  find  articles  upon  soft 
roaster  growing  in  the  current  issues  of 
this  paper  which  will  also  be  of  interest 
to  you.  M.  B.  D. 
BUT  GRAIN  AND  MEATS  SELL  LOWER — < 
SOUTH  AND  EAST  PROSPEROUS - SHORT¬ 
AGE  OF  EARLY  POTATOES,  EARLY  APPLES 
STARTING  HIGH. 
Prices  continue  to  work  downward 
with  increasing  supplies,  but  most  fruits 
and  vegetables  are  still  10  to  25  per  cent 
higher  than  last  season.  Smaller  crops 
and  better  general  conditions  of  business 
is  the  explanation.  Fruits  have  sold 
especially  well.  If  laborers  and  mechan¬ 
ics  are  to  continue  to  get  $5  and  8.70  per 
day,  the  fruit  market  will  receive  an  in¬ 
creased  share  of  the  wages.  The  behav¬ 
ior  of  the  market  suggests  that  fruit  is 
being  liberally  used  and  without  close 
consideration  of  seasonableness  and  price. 
Here  are  a  few  of  the  contrasts  in  vol¬ 
ume  and  price;  the  season’s  potato  ship¬ 
ments  are  less  by  one-fourth,  and  price 
the  middle  of  July  51.50  per  bbl  higher 
than  a  year  ago ;  melon  shipments  one- 
third  less  and  price  $100  to  $200  per  car 
higher ;  onion  shipments  one-third  less 
and  price  $1  per  crate  higher;  canta¬ 
loupe  shipments  about  the  same  and  price 
25c  to  $1  higher ;  apple  shipments  have 
been  light  and  prices  $1  per  bu.  higher. 
As  compared  with  June  prices,  the  July 
range  shows  the  general  level  fairly 
Steady,  but  most  changes  have  been  down¬ 
ward,  owing  to  increasing  supplies.  Mel¬ 
ons,  cantaloupes  and  peaches  declined 
quite  sharply. 
dollar  Wheat 
The  staple  products  are  not  doing  as 
well.  The  wheat  market  slump  to  below 
$1  had  a  disturbing  effect..  The  dollar 
mark  was  once  looked  upon  as  only  a 
fond  hope  in  the  direction  of  high  prices, 
but  now  the  cost  of  production  has  gone 
up,  dollar  wheat  loofys  like  disaster. 
Wheat  at  that  price  will  not  buy  much 
of  the  product  of  the  $10-a-day  mechanic, 
nor  will  it  long  employ  the  $4-a-day  farm 
hand  now  flourishing  in  some  localities. 
Another  conspicuously  low-priced  pro¬ 
duct  is  pork.  As  wheat  and  pork  are  two 
great  staples  _  of  the  export  trade,  it  is 
commonly  believed  that  the  low  prices  in 
foreign  countries  are  the  cause  of  the 
slump.  We  must  sell  such  things  at 
world  prices,  and  the  world  is  mostly 
poor  now.  This  is  a  reason  why  those 
farmers  are  doing  better  who  are  selling 
fruit,  vegetables,  eggs  and  dairy  products 
to  our  own  prosperous  fellow  countrymen. 
Cotton  is  the  exception  to  the  prevailing 
low  price  of  export  products,  because  the 
world  must  have  it,  and  no  other  coun¬ 
try  produces  much  as  yet.  If  the  great 
new  cotton  areas  in  North  Africa  ever 
get  into  full  swing  of  production,  cotton 
may  have  to  take  its  place  with  grain  as 
subject  to  competitive  prices. 
POTATOES  UP  AND  DOWN 
Potatoes  advanced  $1  to  $2  per  barrel 
in  the  great  markets  the  first  week  of 
July,  under  lighter  supplies,  but  lost 
about  all  of  the -gain  by  the  middle  of  the 
month.  Virginia  Eastern  Shore  Cobblers 
sold  steady  at  $4.50  to  $6,  having  reced¬ 
ed  to  that  level  from  a  top  of  $6  to  $7 
early  in  the  month.  The  forecast  of  the 
crop  from  early  shiping  sections  of  the 
United  States  is  29,800,000  bu.,  compared 
with  42,309,000  bu.  last  season.  The 
shortage  is  notable  in  the  important  sec¬ 
ond  early  sections  of  New  Jersey,  Ne¬ 
braska  and  Idaho,  all  of  which  report  less 
than  half  the  production  of  last  season. 
A  dozen  of  the  important  second  early 
sections  which  are  the  chief  sources  of 
carlot  supplies  in  late  Summer  show 
9,877,000  bu.,  compared  with  16,819,000 
last  season.  The  Canadian  crop  was  re¬ 
ported  July  11  at  97  per  cent  of  average 
condition  and  acreage  4  per  cent  less  than 
in  1922. 
SHIFTING  PROSPERITY 
The  condition  of  farming  is  not  so  bad 
as  some  people  infer  because  of  low  prices 
for  grain  and  meats.  Millions  of  farmers 
do  not  depend  much  on  these  products. 
The  general  farmer  finds  himself  in  fair 
condition,  and  the  total  farm  production 
for  the  United  States  is  estimated  worth 
more  than  that  of  last  season.  The  short¬ 
age  of  hay  is  really  far  more  serious  to 
Eastern  farmers  than  the  price  of  grain. 
Many  of  them  buy  more  grain  than  they 
sell..  Prosperity  has  shifted  many  times 
back  and  forth  among  the  farming  re¬ 
gions  the  past  10  years.  Just  now  the 
South  and  East  seem  to  have  the  best 
of  it. 
EARLY  APPLES 
were  delayed  in  ripening,  but  are  now 
coming  in  full  volume  from  California, 
Illinois  and  Maryland.  The  price  is  de¬ 
clining,  as  shipments  increase,  but  East¬ 
ern  Transparents  sell  mostly  at  $2.50  to 
$3  per  bu.  basket  in  city  markets,  com¬ 
pared  with  $1.50  to  $2  a  year  ago.  The 
old  apple  season  ended  with  shipments 
close  to  112,000  cars,  and  more  than  23,- 
000  cars  ahead  of  last  season,  but  only 
3,000  cars  more  than  during  the  1920-21 
season.  Over  half  the  shipments  were 
from  New  York,  30,046,  and  from  Wash¬ 
ington  28,313.  The  forecast  for  the  total 
apple  crop  is  33,000,000  bbls.,  which 
would  be  3,000,000  ahead  of  last  year, 
and  7,000,000  above  the  five-year  average. 
The  Eastern  group  of  apple  States,  taken 
together,  show  about  the  same  probable 
output  as  last  season.  g.  b,  f. 
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The  Poultryman’s  Ideal 
A  Permanent  Succulent  Range 
If  your  stock  could  only  have  some  of  that  good 
juicy  April  and  May  range  these  hot  trying  days — 
what  wouldn’t  your  pullets  and  hens  do  to  your 
egg  income  between  now  and  New  Years  1 
Nothing  makes  more  for  a  steady,  vigorous  growth 
and  a  continued  summer  and  fall  egg  production 
than  a  palatable,  juicy,  succulent  food. 
icndMiltottegmilk 
combines  these  desirable  qualities  in  ideal  form. 
Its  palatability  is  unequalled.  Its  digestibility  is 
not  only  complete,  but  it  also  renders  the  entire 
ration  more  digestible.  It  contains  an  abundance 
of  the  necessary  vitamines  that  are  conspicuously 
lacking  in  the  coarse  dry  summer  ranges. 
Every  day  your  flock  is  without  plenty  of  succulent 
food  you  are  losing  money.  Not  only  an  immedi¬ 
ate  loss,  but  a  loss  that  will  run  through  the  fall 
and  winter.  Consult  your  dealer  immediately  or 
write  us. 
Consolidated  Products  Company 
4750  Sheridan  Road  Chicago,  Illinois 
S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Pullets 
Almost  ready  to  lay.  Hatched  1st  half  of 
March.  F ree  range  stock .  All  raised  from 
high  yield  breeders,  $1.75.  Also  500  year¬ 
lings.  Fine  type  of  bird.  Splendid  breed¬ 
ing  stock.  A  special  price  on  the  entire  lot. 
BIRCH  HILL  FARM 
Tel.:  Katonah  222 
KATONAH,  N.  Y. 
COCKERELS 
and  Breeding  Hens 
V/EIABA/el 
TRADE  MARK 
English-American 
I  WHITE 
EGHORNS 
Freo  range  raised.  Big  Birds ;  Big  White  Eggs.  Good  value, 
nooklet  and  prices  on  request. 
LAUREL  LOCKS  FARMS,  R.  D.  -  Pottstown,  Pa. 
S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
About  1,000  farm  range  pullets, 
weighing  from  1  to  2  lbs. ;  price,  $1.00 
per  lb.  in  lots  of  25  or  more. 
YATES  FARMS,  Orchard  Park,  N.  Y. 
R.  I.  RED  and  WHITE  LEGHORN  PULLETS 
: from  stock  of  proven  vnlne  for  sale.  Pullets 
;  w  &eek  Ln  Moar;r  82  80  Pallets  hatched 
Mar.  ^th  $2  25  each.  Pullets  hatched  Apr.  16th,  $2 
each.  SPECIAL— One  lot  of  50  White  LeghornJPullets 
Hatched  March  5th.  Fine  large,  free  range  bi ids 
*  11-st  check  for  SlOO  takes  the  lot.  These  will  be 
real  money  makers  for  Fall  production.  Order  from 
tins  adv.  and  if  not  pleased  return,  and  money  re¬ 
funded.  T.  R.  THOMAS,  THE  MAPLES,  Bristol,  Vermont 
From  Directly  Imported 
Barron  S.  C.  White  leghorns 
March  hatched,  husky,  farm  range  grown  fellows, 
from  272-288-egg  pedigreed  stock.  They  will  breed 
great  layers.  Price  now  $2.50  ;  ten  or  more.  $2  each. 
Shipped  on  Approval.  Also  Yearling  hens  and  cock 
birds.  R.  T.  EWING _ ATLANTIC,  FA. 
JERSEY  BLACK  GIANTS 
14-wks.-old  Pullets.  »3  each.  15%  off  in  lots  of  20. 
Upliam  strain. 
TABOR  FARM  -  Longmeadow.  Mass. 
SELLING  OUT  My  Entire  Stock  Of 
1,000  S.  C.  W.  LEGHORNS 
_ _ _ Yearling  hens.  Rapp’s  strain. 
SIDNEY  BERNSTEIN,  Chieftain  Poultry  Farm,  Partchester.N.Y. 
Pound  Pullets  and  Yearling  Hens 
S.  C.  WHITE  LEGHORN 
Price  $1.35  each.  High  quality  stock 
of  the  best  laying  strains.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed,  Send  for  circular. 
Harry  F.  Palmer  Middleport,  N.  Y. 
CHICKS  From  Heav\)  Laying  Flocks 
Barred  Rocks,  9c  ;  Reds,  9c,  and  Mixed,  7c.  100% 
guaranteed.  Circular  free.  B.  W.  AMEY.  Cocalamus,  Pa. 
S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Pullets 
March  to  May  hatched.  $2.00  to  $4.00  each. 
Also  a  few  S-  C.  Rhode  Island  Reds  and 
Cornish. 
MOUNT  KEMBLE  FARMS 
R.  P.  TRACT.  Poultry  man  MORRISTOWN.  N.  J. 
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Miss  MINNIE  M.  JONES, Pottstown,  Pa.  Stab  Route 
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Mixed  Broiler  Chicks .  3.00  5.00 
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