The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
Weeks Egg Laying
 Shows Big Increase
Daily Record Is Broken Twice
 At StOTTS

The last week of the third month
 shows big increase in egg production
 at the International Egg Laying Con
 test. The hens broke the daily record
 twice during the past week. The first highest number laid in one day
 was 140, from which they went to Al,
 and then to 143 eggs, the most in one
 day so far.
 The redeeming feature of the week
 was the day the Rose Comb Rhode
 gerton of West Wilmington, saved the
 day for this state by laying two eggs
 The first egg was collected by MT
 Austin at 8:3O a. m., and the second
 was collected by him at 1:30 p. n.
 There can be no doubt of th's be-
 cause the hen was not only trapnest-
 ed each time, but the four other hens
 in the pen each laid that day. This
 pen has proved to be the star pen of
 the contest Not only once has one
 of the hens in the pen laid two eggs
 in one day, but two of the hens have laid two eggs in one day at different
 times.
 The Leghorns are slowly increasing. The English pen of Single Comb
 White LeghOrns owned by Thomas Barron, are on the road to recovery, their combs being badly frosted dur ing the recent cold spell. They are on the gain now with fifteen eggs to their credit this week.
 The biggest and heaviest egg Iald during the week was one by a White Leghorn hen, owned by Parker Place Poultry Farm, Leoman, Pa The egg weighed 23-10O of a pound, there be- ing only one egg laid during the con test that was heavier, that laid by a White Orr' 'ngton hen weighing just one-quarter of a pound
 the old time American Dominiques, a pen owned by Mrs Louis Ii Ter of UnionvilIe. They laid twenty -tf4ree eggs Two other pens lead them a r1Gar rsl- Sl 7o rf 1Grlk Comb Rhode Island Reds, owned by James A. F'ritcchey of Harrisburg, Pa, and a pen of Single Comb Buff Or pingtons, owned by 0. Wilson, Carl twenty-three eggs to their credit. The second best pen for the week was a pen or White Wyandottes owned by F. J. Mcconnell of Hancock, N. r. This pen laid twenty-two eggs during the week. The third best pen was one of Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, own with twenty-one eggs to its credit. this pen being tied by a pen of Bar red Plymouth Rocks, owned by Top Notch Poultry Farm, Water Mill, L. dottes, owned by Woodside Poultry Farm, Philadelphia, Pa
 The fourth best pen for the week is | one of Partridge Plymouth Rocks | owned by Linffeld Poultry Farm, Lin 1 field, Pa This pen doing remarkably l well, having one hen breeding and | they laid twenty eggs For the next | place three pens were tied, with eigh- i teen eggs each. White Wyandottes from Canada, Black Langshans from New Jersey and White Leghorns from Pennsylvania
 The following gives a list of the Connecticut pens in order with the to- Lal number of eggs to date; E. L. Fig srton, w Wilmington. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. 169; c. L. Scoville, East Haven. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, 159; Frederick Peasley, Cheshire, 1 sing'e Comb White LeghOrns, 14S; Mrs. Louis Hitler, Unionville, American 1O2; Arthur L. Bailey, Co ,alt, Single Comb Rhode Islard Reds, q; F. B. Williams, Naugatuck, White S5; A. J. Clark, New Ha- -en, Barred Plymouth Rocks, s3; A. B. Hall, Walingford, Barred Plymouth Rocks. 75; J. F. Pratt, Sou hington, jingle Comb White Orpingtons, "A; H. 1 } Deming, RobertsviIle, Single Comb Shode Island Reds, 73; Paul Colbron, Jew Canaan, Single Comb White Leg orns, 69; Burton F. Moore, Winsted, i0s'e Conob White Legho~ns, 6S; Su- arhrook Farm, Central Vii age, White ] Plymouth Rocks, 66: Conger's Farm ireenwich, Single Comb White Leg orns, 6A: William E. Ross, EaglevI @ White wyandottes, 60; Elm Poultry i ards, Hartford, Single Comb White {