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Iht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
The  Henyard 
Storrs  Egg-laying  Contest 
The  twelfth  successive  egg-laying  con¬ 
test  at  Storrs,  Conn.,  closed  Oct.  30.  It 
was  the  first  contest  in  which  artificial 
lighting  was  tried,  and  the  result  was 
very  profitable.  The  yearly  output  was 
increased  above  the  average  of  the  last 
eight  years  by  more  than  10,000  eggs,  and 
by  5,000  more  than  the  best  preceding 
year.  When  we  realize  that  this  excess 
production  is  in  the  Winter  months  when 
a  dozen  eggs  are  worth  two  or  three 
dozen  laid  in  Summer,  we  get  a  proper 
idea  of  the  value  of  this  artificial  lighting 
of  poultry-houses  in  Winter.  If  lights 
are  turned  on,  say,  at  4:30  p.  m.,  and 
run  until  8:30,  there  is  a  gain  in  working 
time  of  four  hours  per  daty,  28  hours  a 
week,  or  two  14-hour  days.  This,  in  the 
tour  dark  months  of  Winter,  equals  32 
days,  or  more  than  a  month  of  working 
time  for  the  hens. 
White  Leghorns  won  the  first  place; 
Hollywood  Farm  birds  from  Hollywood, 
Washington,  laid  2,237  eggs,  an  average 
of  over  223  each  for  each  bird.  These 
Hollywood  Leghorns  have  twice  won  the 
first  place,  once  the  second  and  once  the 
fourth  place,  competing  with  400  other 
Leghorns.  For  consistent  good  laying, 
year  after  year,  they  are  about  the  top 
notch.  At  various  times  White  Wyan- 
dottes,  K.  I.  Reds  and  other  pens  of  Leg¬ 
horns  have  led  in  this  last  contest,  but 
for  the  last  13  weeks  these  Hollywood 
Leghorns  have  kept  the  lead.  In  the  last 
10  years  Barred  Rocks  have  won  first 
place  three  times,  White  Wyandottes 
three  times,  White  Leghorns  three  times, 
and  “Oregons”  once.  But  the  Oregons 
were  White  Leghorns  with  a  cross  of 
Barred  Rock  three  generations  away,  so 
that  practically  the  Leghorns  have  won 
four  times. 
In  the  Plymouth  Rocks  a  pen  from 
Wapping,  Ccnn.,  beat  their  nearest  com¬ 
petitor  by  55  eggs;  in  the  Wyandottes, 
Lady  Anderson’s  pen  from  Harrold,  Eng¬ 
land.  was  143  eggs  ahead  of  the  next 
highest  Wyandottes.  In  the  It.  I.  Red 
group  a  pen  from  Groton,  Mass.,  led  the 
other  Reds  by  158  eggs.  The  following 
table  shows  the  number  of  birds  of  each 
breed  in  this  contest,  and  the  average 
number  of  eggs  laid  by  each  individual  of 
that  breed : 
400  White  Leghorns  .  177.4 
100  White  Wyandottes  .  169.1 
240  R.  I.  Reds .  168.1 
260  Barred  Rocks  .  154.9 
Average  of  the  1,000  birds...  168.5 
Undoubtedly  this  extra  high  average 
per  bird  is  due  largely  if  not  wholly  to 
the  artificial  lighting  in  the  Winter 
months. 
The  best  layer  in  the  contest  was  a 
White  Leghorn  from  Calverton,  N.  Y. 
She  laid  283  eggs  in  the  52  weeks,  an 
average  of  about  5%  eggs  every  week  in 
the  year. 
The  second  best  was  a  Barred  Rock 
from  Wapping,  Conn.  Her  record  was 
274  eggs.  The  best  White  Wyandotte 
came  from  Rhode  Island.  She  laid  247. 
and  the  best  Rhode  Island  Red  laid  266 
eggs. 
Of  the  20  best  pens,  White  Leghorns 
furnish  10,  Rocks  four,  R.  I.  Reds  four, 
and  Wyandottes  two. 
The  value  of  the  eggs  laid  is  an  impor¬ 
tant  item.  It  is  not  given  in  this  year’s 
report,  but  in  a  previous  year’s  report  it 
was  given  and  showed  that  the  White 
Wyandottes  led  all  the  other  breeds  in 
the  value  of  the  eggs  laid.  This  is  be¬ 
cause  they  are  such  excellent  Winter  lay¬ 
ers.  Their  small  combs,  lying  tight  to 
the  head,  and  abundant  plumage  makes 
them  much  less  susceptible  to  weather 
changes  than  the  smaller  breeds.  But  for 
pounds  of  food  consumed,  no  other  breed 
lays  so  many  eggs  as  do  the  Leghorns. 
GEORGE  A.  COSGROVE. 
International  Agricultural  Mission 
The  International  Association  of  Agri¬ 
cultural  Missions  will  hold  its  annual 
meeting  in  New  York  City  on  December 
7  and  8.  This  association  is  interested 
in  the  agricultural  possibilities  of  for¬ 
eign  missions  and  has  secured  the  speak¬ 
ers  for  an  excellent  program.  Prof.  W. 
A.  Taylor  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  In¬ 
dustry  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  is  greatly 
interested  in  the  matter  and  he  will 
speak  at  this  meeting.  Mr.  O.  B.  Mar¬ 
tin  will  tell  of  the  great  demonstration 
work  conducted  by  Seman  Knapp.  Other 
speakers  will  be  Dr.  Thomas  S.  Dono- 
hugh  who  has  just  returned  from  10 
months  in  Africa ;  Dr.  Dirklay,  a  mis¬ 
sionary  among  the  Indians  in  Arizona; 
Miss  Jennie  Jones,  Dean  A.  R.  Mann, 
Cornell  University ;  Prof.  Daniel  Kulp, 
Columbia  University,  and  Miss  Anna  M. 
Clark.  There  will  be  an  excellent  pro¬ 
gram  and  a  dinner  on  December  7. 
The  chickens  pick  these  worms  or  their 
eggs  up  with  food  from  infested  ground, 
very  probably  ground  that  has  been  long 
used  for  poultry  raising.  Chickens  can¬ 
not  thrive  when  infested  by  large  num¬ 
bers  of  intestinal  worms,  and  they  should 
be  freed  from  them.  The  tobacco  treat¬ 
ment  is  considered  most  efficacious  for 
flock  use.  Steep  a  pound  of  finely  cut 
tobacco  stems  in  enough  water  to  cover 
for  two  hours.  In  the  afternoon  mix 
stems  and  liquor  with  about  one-haif 
what  mash  the  flock  will  consume  and 
feed  to  the  birds,  which  have  been  kept 
without  food  since  the  previous  day.  A 
few  hours  later  add  from  to  1  lb.  of 
Epsom  salts,  according  to  age  of  birds, 
the  latter  dose  for  full-grown  fowls,  to  a 
moist  mash,  in  quantity  that  will  be  read¬ 
ily  eaten.  See  that,  each  birds  gets  its 
share  of  the  mash.  These  quantities  are 
for  100  birds  ;  a  smaller  flock  should  be 
fed  proportionately. 
Droppings  should  be  kept  from  the 
treated  birds,  otherwise  they  will  soon  be 
reinfected.  Keep  floors  clean  and  cover 
space  beneath  perches  with  poultry  net¬ 
ting.  The  earth  of  small  runs  may  be 
treated  for  worms  and  eggs  by  soaking 
the  upper  2  in.  with  a  solution  of  cor¬ 
rosive  sublimate  (poison).  Use  one 
ounce  of  corrosive  sublimate  to  eight  gal¬ 
lons  of  water  and  about  one  gallon  of 
the  solution  for  each  10  sq.  ft.  of  surface. 
Scrape  loose  filth  from  surface  of  ground 
before  applying  the  solution.  M.  B.  d. 
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Fowls  with  Worms 
I  have  a  flock  of  about  100  chicks,  and 
a  few  weeks  ago  several  became  sick ; 
would  stand  drooped,  refused  to  eat,  al¬ 
though  craw  filled.  Upon  examination  I 
found  their  intestines  and  even  gizzard 
stuffed  with  small  white  worms,  some¬ 
what  larger  than  a  pin  and  2  or  3  in. 
in  length.  These  chicks  have  the  run  of 
grass  field  and  large  woodland,  and  I 
feed  corn,  oats,  rye  and  bran.  Would 
you  give  me  cause  and  remedy? 
Lansing,  Tenn.  MRS.  n.  o.  c. 
Pure  Wyckoff  Strain  Males 
"THE  PROFITABLE  KIND” 
S,  C.  White  Leghorn  cocks  and  cockerels  that  will 
improve  your  flock  in  egg  yield,  in  size  and  in  ap¬ 
pearance.  S3  and  SS5  each. 
J.  GUY  LESHER  Northumberland,  Pa. 
BARGAINS:  Husky  Jersey  Black  Giant  Cockerels 
Tone  up  your  flock  with  best  Giant  blood  in  existence. 
$10  and  up.  Fish  Farms  Fishtown,  Mystic,  Conn. 
RHODE  ISLAND  RED  COCKERELS 
Massachusetts  Agricultural  College  strain.  Ancestry  to 
302  eggs  and  flock  averages,  over  200.  84-$8  each. 
Sunset  Poultry  Farm  •  Amherst,  Mass. 
December  8,  1933 
The  One  Best  Way  to  Raise  Chicks 
Wishbone 
XJERE  S  a  brooder  that’s  no  more 
trouble  to  run  than  a  clock.  Here’s  a 
brooder  that  will  develop  your  chicks  into 
the  strongest,  heaviest,  healthiest  chickens! 
It’s  mechanically  perfect—  and  absolutely  trouble- 
proof  .  It’s  everything  you  think  a  brooder  ought 
to  be.  It  has  no  valves  to  stick,  no  strainers  to 
clog,  no  thermostats  to  get  out  of  order ._  NO 
PRIMING.  You  merely  set  it  and  forget  it  ex¬ 
cept  for  occasionally  refilling  the  big  oil  tank. 
Chicks  simply  leap  into  well-being  under  a  Wish¬ 
bone.  There’s  always  plenty  heat  (even  in  iciest 
Canada  weather),  plenty  of  air,  plenty  of  room. 
BROODER 
And  the  heat  is  ju3t  where  chicks  want  it! 
Find  out  about  this  brooder.  It  has  the  most 
powerful  burner  ever  put  in  a  brooder  and  yet 
it’s  most  economical  since  it  gets  more  heat 
from  the  same  fuel  than  any  other  brooder. 
W rite  for  descriptive  booklet  and  testimonials 
NOW  or  order  direct  from  this  ad.  Prices— Four 
sizes — 50-100  chicks $10;  350chicks  $16.  600  chicks 
$19;  1000  chicks  $22.  Little  higher  in  far  west. 
Full  money-back  guarantee  protects  you. 
The  American  Incubator  Mfg.  Co. 
186  Neilson  St.  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
TANCRED  COCKERELS 
SINGLE  COMB  WHITE  LEGHORNS 
DIRECT  FROM  D.  TANCRED.  April  hatched — 75  to  select  from— dams  of  these  birds 
have  laid  up  to  280  eggs.  One  of  these  cockerels  will  increase  the  egg  production  of 
your  flock.  PRICE  $10.00-$15.00 
CHARLTON  POULTRY  FARM,  fr  E.^LOR  Charlton  City,  Mass. 
Production  Bred  Poultry  Pays  Bigger  Profits 
New  York  State  Co-operative  Poultry  Certification  Association,  Inc. 
Members  of  this  Association  have  for  sale  the  following: 
2,000  Certified  hens;  100  Certified  Cocks ;  1,000  Certified  cockerels; 
1,400  selected  cockerels  and  4,000  pullets.  Write  for  sales  list. 
M.  C.  PORTER,  Secretary  Box  110  RODMAN,  N.  Y. 
BROWERS  NON-FREZ 
Lampless  Poultry  Fountain 
Increase  your  egg:  production.  Inner  tank 
easily  removed.  Quickly  cleaned.  Germ- 
proof.  Durable.  Prevents  water  from 
freezing.  Soon  pays  tor  itself.  Order  now, 
—•money  back  if  you  are  not  satisfied. 
Price— F.O.B.  Quincy  III.  S  For 
No.  A  2  1-2  gal.  $5.00  $13.50 
No.  B  5  gal.  .  6-00  16.00 
Write  for  Catalog.  Incubators, 
Poultry  Supplies,  Sprayers, Seeds. 
BROWER  MFG.  CO. 
Box  R  Quincy,  III. 
CANARIES 
Please  send  for  new  price  list  of  cage  birds. 
G.  D.  TILLEY 
Naturalist 
CONN. 
DARIEN 
Pi 
Twelve  mated  pair  Carneaux  breeders, 
lgeons  Plymouth  Roekstrain  First  money  order 
for  $25  takes  flock.  Several  unmated  birds  free  with 
flock.  A.  H.  Barber,  15B  Lakeview  »«,..  Waterbury,  Conn.  R.5 
Baby  Chicks  &  Hatching  Eggs 
S.  C.  White  Leghorn  Chicks  and  Eggs  from  heavy  pro¬ 
ducers  of  pure  White  eggs.  The  world’s  best  laying 
strain.  Imitated  by  many  and  equaled  by  none.  Satis¬ 
faction  guaranteed.  WHITE  LEGHORN  POULTRY  FARM,  Laurel,  Del. 
CEDARHURST  POULTRY  FARM 
High  Grade  S.  C.  Anconas-S.  C.  W.  Leghorns 
RAHWAY  -  NEW  JERSEY 
PiE!  DUCKS 
America’s  Stan  dard 
Strain.  BREMERS  NOW. 
PARDEE’S  PEKINS. (SLIP,  N  Y. 
oi  l  Fine  Poultry,  Turkeys, Geese,  lbucks, 
eOTOCK  Uiilnens,  Runtums,  Pigeons,  Collies. 
Stock  and  eggs.  Catalog.  1’lO.NEElt  EAllMS,  'ielford,  I's 
Large 
Stock  i 
p°u  ftaE  Mammoth  Bronze  Breeding  Hen  Turkeys 
of  the  Giant  strain.  Famous  for  laying.  Hatched 
in  Spring  of  1921-1922.  Tonis,  30  lbs.  to  53  lbs.  None 
better  anywhere.  Males  and  females,  dandies. 
THOMAS  KEILY  -  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Mammoth  Bronze  Turkeys 
Also  Rose  Comb  Red  cockerels. 
JOHN  D.  SMITH  -  Walton,  N.  Y. 
Pure  Bred  Bronze  Turkeys 
Jersey  Black  Giant  Cockerels. 
Mrs.  Leland  Livermore  Cassville,  N.Y. 
Mammoth  Bronze  Turkeys  purebred’ 
perfectly  healthy  stock.  Toms,  818  to  #15.  Also  hens 
WM.  W.  KETCH  ,.  Cohocton,  N.  Y. 
MD  Tnrl/ava  “  Goldbank  strain.”  Hens,  $10  ;  Toms, 
.  D.lUrKcyS  $15  each.  Guaranteed  to  please. 
Mrs.  A.  F.  Kilts  R.  D.  6  Ft.  Plain,  N.Y. 
B 
(UK  BON  IE  Ell  TURKEYS.  $6  and  $8. 
Katherine  Orr  -  Dodge  Center,  Minn. 
Bob  White,  Hungarian  Partridges 
Wild  Turkey*,  Pheasants,Quail,  Rabbits,  Deer,  etc. 
for  stocking  purposes. 
Fancy  Pheasants,  Peafowl.  Cranes,  Storks.  Swans. 
Ornamental  Ducks  and  Geese,  Bears,  Foxes,  Rac¬ 
coon,  Squirrels,  and  all  kinds  of  birds  and  animals, 
WM.  J.  MACKENSEN.  Naturalist.  Dept.  10.  Yardley,  Pa 
Sale 
PURE  BRED  S.  C.W.  L.  COCKERELS— BARRON  STRAIN 
Hatched  May  9th.  Dam,  from  303  egg  breeding.  (Sire.) 
Sire  from  Lady  Victory,  official  record  301  eggs.  Cocker¬ 
els  selected  and  data  examined  by  l’rof.  I).  P.  Norton, 
(Cornell  Agricultural  graduate)  of  Macliias  high  school. 
Limited  time.  One  for  #5  or  two  for  80.  Formerly  88 
each.  CHAS.  LOCKE  -  Macliias,  N.  Y. 
N.  H.  State  Certified  Day-Old  Chicks 
For  EARLY  BROILERS  get  onr  hardy  New  Hampshire 
January  and  February  hatched  S.  C.  R.  1.  Red 
chicks.  They  are  noted  for  fast  growth  and  vigor, 
Catalog  free.  Maple  Hill  Farm,  Walpole,  N,  H  . 
HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE 
Certified  White  Leghorn  Hens 
Write  for  prices. 
ARTHUR  SMITH  158  Madison  St.  Cortland,  N.Y. 
Jersey  BLACK  GIANTS 
100  Pullets,  7  mos.  old,  vigorous  and  well  grown,  no 
culls.  Just  starting  to  lay.  *4  each.  Satisfaction 
guaranteed,  CARLELSA  POULTRY  FARM, 
IJox  263  Egg  Harbor  City,  N.  J. 
U/LUq  Wuondnlloo  Regal-Dorcas  strain.  Choice  cocker- 
nnilo  VVjfdilUUUwo  els  and  Pullets  bred  from  heavy  lay¬ 
ers.  $2.50-$3  each.  Sat.  guaranteed.  R.  HILL,  Seneca  Falls, N.Y. 
Pure  Barron  White  Leghorns  ancockerelstte 
out  of  sires  whose  dams  have  records  of  272  to  289  eggs 
in  pullet  year,  $3.50  and  $5,  pure  Parks’ strain  Barred 
Rock  Cockerels.  Pine  Hurst  Poultry  Farm,  Port  ltojal,P(i. 
CHICKENS-Plymouth  Barred  Rocks 
)5tli  June  hatching.  30  pullets,  2  cockerels,  8865  the 
entire  lot.  Fine,  healthy  birds.  L.  DESTENAY, 
BELLE  MEADE,  N.  J.  (Main  Road  Princeton  to  Somerville) 
Fnr  Qelo _ R-  U.  It.  I.  White  Cockerels,  $4  each. 
IUI  OdlB  Mrs.  A.  T.  Hubbard  It.  3  Oswego,  N.  Y. 
Utility  White  Wyandottes  A.  K.  I'KlKCK,5TVb!cbester,  N.  II. 
FINE  BOIRHON  COCKEREL.  Horning  strain. 
Merrynook  Farm  -  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
SC.  Brown  and  Eng.  W,  Leghorns.  Hens,  pullets. 
»  Ped.  $1  to  $3.  Cat.  Vera  Fulton,  B.  98,  (iallipolU,  Ohio 
Sfi  Rllff  flrninfftnno  “G"lden  Beauty”  cockerels  at  $5 
1  Dull  urpmgions  each:  2foi'$(f,50.  Theseare  fine 
birds  of  Cook,s$20-eg:y  strain.  Satis.  H.  SUTTLE.Sehenevus.N.Y. 
Whitpfihinpsp  fipp9p  FOR  SALE.  Either  sex.  $5  each. 
nmiBOnmebdUeeSe  lILUEJ.  SIMMENR0TH.  Frenchtown.N.J. 
Black  Giant  Pullets 
Allen  Simmons,  Livingston,  N.Y. 
Thoroughbred  Narragansett  Turkeys 
Toms,  SIO;  Hens,  8S8. 
B.  H.  JACKSON  -  Cape  Vincent,  N.  Y. 
VJ  II  TITDVTVC  barge,  farm-range  birds  for 
f|-II“I  UIyIyLi  I  u  '’‘ceding,  best  Bur  on  the  market. 
Order  early.  Toms, $10;  Hens, $8, 
W-Oran  Hall  Angelica,  New  York  R.  D.  2 
For  Sale  White  China  Geese 
S4  and  885.  Emilia  Riokeubrode,  Fryburg,  Pa. 
Bronze  TURKEYS  b,§^V{hV924- 
VALLEY  BROOK  FARM  Peapack,  N.  J. 
Turkeys- Ducks-Geese 
rices.  Buy  your 
•s  now.  Catalog 
free  H.  A.  Souder  Box  29  Sellersville,  Pa. 
SPECIAL  PRICES  on  Turkeys 
icks  and 
e  e  a  e 
until  Dec.  15th.  Catalog  free.  H.  II.  FREED,  Telford.  l»a 
White  Holland  Turkeys 
10%  discount  to  Dec.  1st. 
EarleS-  Wilson,  Box  497,Hammond,  N.Y. 
Turkeys<> 
Bourbon  Reds,  Young  Toms,  and  hens 
for  sale.  A  nice  bunch  to  select  from. 
8.  Wilde  Wayland,  Michigan 
