The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-02
BROODY HENS KEEP
 DOWN WEEKS TOTAL.
Goucler's Barred Plymouth Rocks Laid Thirty-Three Eggs
 Last Week.

The total number of eggs laid dur ing the thirty-fourth week of the egg laying contest at Storrs was 1,794. A great many of the broody hens are broken up, but have not begun to lay as yet. The high score of thirty
 three was made last week by a pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks owned by 8. M. Boucher of Moorestown, N. J. Next in line was pen of White Ply
 mouth Rocks owned by W. J. Tilley of Packerville. This pen has not been heard from for few weeks, as two of its number have been broody. They | laid thirty eggs. A pen of Single Van Deusen of Vineland, N. J., laid | twenty-nine eggs and a pen of Single
 Comb Rhode Island Reds owned, by Colonial Farm, Temple, N. IT.. laid
 twenty-eight eggs
 The following pens laid twenty-sev- en eggs during the week: Frank D. Oesterie, Lansdowne Pa., Single Comb Pa, Single Comb White Leghorns;
 Marwood Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa., Single Comb White Leghorns. The largest egg laid during Ehe
 week weighed 22-100 of a pound, by a Single Comb White Leghorn owned by Branford Farms of Groton An egg weighing 1s-10O of a pound was laid by Black Minorca, owned by Powell
 & Walton of Merchantville, N. J. This hen is in the habit of laying these eggs all the time, laying five every week If eggs were sold by weight a hen like egg weighing 1S-100 of Q pound was laid by Barred Plymouth Rock own ed by William Moore, Marshalton,
 Del. The smallest egg laid during the week weighed 2-100 of a pound and was owned by Thomas Baron of Cat TN1.sex T.n, Ic,<lN d another small egg last week, which weighed 4-100 of a pound. The champion hen of the contest laid five eggs last week, making her score 198 eggs in 2SS days. This hen is a Single Comb Buff Orpington owned by O. Wilson of Carlisle, W. Va There is no doubt but that she will be a 200 egg hen, as she shows no signs of broodinesS
 The following is list of the first ten pens as they stand to date, with the total number of eggs laid by each :: F.. c. Yost. Sayre. Pa, Single Comb White Leghorns, 722. Thomas Baron, Catforth, Eng, Sim gle Comb White Leghorns, TOP. Beulah Farm, Hamilton, Ont, White 1 Wyandottes, 67S.
 Marwood Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa.,
 Single Comb White Leghorns, 677. White Rose Farm, Vineland, N. J., Single Comb White Leghorns, 670. 1 Toms Poultry Farm, Toms River, iN. J., Single Comb White Leghorns, s57.
 Susie Abbott, Parkesburg, Pa, Sim gle Comb White Leghorns, 648. ' O. Wilson, Carlisle, w. Va, Single Comb Buff Orpingtons, 629. 1 Frederick Peasley, Cheshire, Single Comb White Leghorns, 622. Gilbert & Moore, LansdoWne, Pa,
 Single Comb White Orpingtons, 614. The following is a list of the Con l necticut pens as they stand to date, | with the total number of eggs lalo ] by each:
 Frederick Peasley, Cheshire. Single Comb White Leghorns, 622. 7 c. S. Scoville, East Haven, Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, 605. D. S. Edgerton, West Willington, l Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, 592. H. F. Deming, Robertsville, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, 578. l w. J. Tilley, Packerville. White Ply l mouth Rocks, 562. 1 A. J. Clark, New Haven, Barred
 Plymouth Rocks, 561.
 Burton E. Moore, Winsted, Single
 Comb White Leghorns, 557. l Paul Colbron, New Canaan, Single Comb White 94eghorns, 542. | Elm Poultry Yards, Hartford, Single Comb White Leghorns, 5S5. | Sugar Brook Farm, Central Village, White Plymouth Rocks, 534. l Conyers Farm, Greenwich, Single 1 Comb White Leghorns, 532. 1 A. B. Hall, Wallingford, Barred Ply
 mouth Rocks. 528.
 E.. w. Crocker, East Hampton, 1 White Plymouth Rocks, 507. Paul CoIbron, New Canaan, Single 1 Comb White Leghorns, 494. 1 Mrs. Louis Hitler, Unionville, Am
 erican Dominiques, 491. l William E. Ross, Eagleville, White J. c. Sterling, Rockville, Black Min orcas, 473.
 Branford Farms, Groton, Single Comb White Leghorns, 456. Arthur S. Bailey, Cobalt, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds. 451. Sterling & Clay, Rockville. Black Minorcas, 442.
 1 F. B. Williams, Naugatuck, White | Wyandottes, 436. Gaylord Farm, Wallingford, single 1 Comb Brown Leghorns, 5S4.
 George A. Cosgrove. West Willing ton, White Wyandottes, S54. J. F. Pratt, Southington, Single l Comb White Orpingtons, 325. 1 Paris-Frederick Townsend Martin 1 -,,3l1 haoonon nlavwright He bought