Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-02
MoLTINo HITS sToRRs.
Smaller Ego Production in contsst--
 The Reoords Up 10 Date.

The total number of eggs laid dur ing the l;}d week of the gg-laying contest at Storrs, was 1898. This is about 100 less than the previous week The cause of the drop in the yield is that the molting season is under way:s There will be but nine weeks more of the contest. Most of the pens still contain i've hens each, the original number, only few having died. The leading pen for the week was the bar red Plymouth Rocks owned by Robert J walden of Middleburg Md This pen laid 27 eggs. There were five pens that tied for second place for the week, each laying 26 eggs. There were two pens that tied for third place for the week, each laying z5 eggs. The weighed 2S-10O of pound This egg was laid by a singie-corub Rhode ls- land Red hen owned by IT. P. Deming of Robertsville, Conn. This egg meas ured six inches around one way and eight inches around the other. This hen also laid six normal eggs during the week.
 The following is a list of the first ten pens as they stand to date, with the total number of eggs laid by each peni
 F. c. Yost of Sayre, Pa, single comb white Leghorhs, s30; Maywood poultry farm, Butler, Pa, single comb white Leghorns. SS6; Toms poultry farm, Toms River, N. J., single comb white Leghorns, S76; Beulah farm, Hamilton. Ont, white Wyandottes, 87S; Thomas Baron of Catforth, Eng, slnge comb white Leghorns, S61; White Rose farm, Vineland, N. J., sin gle comb white Leghorns, 8s1; Susie Abbott of Parkersburg, Pa, single comb white Leghorns. S57: Cullencross farms, South Columbia, N. r., single comb white Leghorns, ss2, Frederick Peasley of Cheshire, Conn, single comb white Leghorns. 7so: Woods Lane farm. Seaman place, Pa, single comb white Leghorns, 7S4: George H. Schmitz of Chicago, H., single comb buff Leghorns, 774.
 The following is a list of the Con- necticut pens as they stand to date, with the total number of eggs laid ! by each:
 Frederick Peasley of Cheshire, sin 1 gle comb white Leghorns, S21: 0. S Bcoville of East Haven, rose con1t Rhode Island Reds. 7e2; H. P. Demine of Hobertsviiie, single comb Rhode Is land Reds. 761; Burton E. Moore o1 Wtnsted. single comb white Leghorns 1 76z; " J. TiIiey of PackerviIle, white Plymouth Rocks, 74s: A. J. Clark o1 New Haven. barred Plymouth Rocks 74s: Elm poultry yards. Hartford, sin. gle comb Rhode Island Reds, 733;
 Conyers farm, Greenwich, single comi
 White Leghorns, 72s; E. s. Edgertor
 of West Willington, rose comb Rhod. Island Reds. 725; Paul CoIbron of New
 Canaan, single comb white Leghorns
 6sS; Sugarbrook farm, Central Village | white Plymouth Rocks. ss0: A. B. Hal of Wallingfcrd, barred Plymouth
 Rocks, 6s3; Paul Colbron of New Ca.
 naan. single comb white Leghorns E61S; William E. Ross of Eagleyille
 white Wyandottes, 65S;' E W. Crocke
 of East Hampton, white Plymouth
 Rocks, 652; J. c. Sterling of Rockville
 black Minorcas, 84s; Branford farms
 Grctcn, single comb white Leghorns
 647; Sterling & Clay of Rockville
 black Minorcas. s07; F. B. Williams
 of Naugatuck. white Wyandottes, 5s3
 Arthur s. Harty of Cobalt. single coml
 Rhode Island Reds. 555: Gaylord farm
 of Wallingford. single comb browl
 Leghorns, 5o4; George A. Cosgrove o
 West Wilmington, white wyandottes
 477i J. +. Pratt of Southington, sin | gle comb white orpingtons, SIT.