Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-04-05
The Missouri Hen In The
Lead.

do. We must take our hats off
to her and do her honor for in the
National Egg Laying Contest be-
ing conducted at the state poultry
experiment station at Mountain
Grove, Mo-, Missouri pen of five
hens leads 131 pens which have
been sent there from % states
and three pens from Canada.
These five Missouri hens laid 10
eggs in January and 107 in Feb.
ruary, and won the silver cups
offered for each of these two
months, 1t was a pen of Buff
Orpingtons from Springfield, Mo.
A Missouri hen, a S. c. Rhode
Island Red from Marshfield, Mo-,
laid more eggs than any other
hen among the 655 in the compe-
tition. "'his hen laid 96 eggs in
November, December, January
and February. A Silver Wyan.
Gotte hen, also a Missouri hen
from kirkwood. has made the
second best record with SO eggs
for these months. Considering
the severe winter which they pas
sed through, this is a good record.
There are 73 pens entered from
"a other states and from Canada,
but Missouri bred poultry is lead
ing in most of the 80 varieties.
Male birds are being used in all
of these pens and eggs are being
hatched from the highest produc-
ers.
T. f. Quisenberry, the Direc-
tor Of the Station, claims that the
pure ored hens in this contest,
which have been carefully and
properly bred are the ones in
nearly every case which have laid
best each month. He states and
urges every farmer to get rid of
his scrub stock and invest in pure
bred poultry, or buy pure
bred males from some reliable
breeder and breed up the size
and laying qualities of the flock.
He states that the best way to
get a start is to sell either one
third or one-half of your scrubs
this season and invest that much
in eggs or stock by buying from
some neighbor who has pure bre1 /
poultry or from some reliable
breeder of a pure bred strain of
high producers. Don't buy
eggs or stock from anyone
with out knowing something
about their stock or reputation
for honest dealing. The season
is at hand when you should
make start with eggs.
Scrubs are being tested out in
this contest along with the rest
but they are not doing anything
like as well as many pens of pure
bred poultry, Pure bred poultry
looks better about your farm, and
there is just as much argument
for having pure bred poultry as
there is for having pure bred
seed corn. pure breed cattle, hogs
or sheep. Mr.. Quisenberry ad-
vises the use of such poultry,
properly bred for vigor and high
egg production, but don't advise
the average farmer to go to the
extent of buying fancy poultry
or eggs at fancy prices, but you
can get pure bred poultry from
some neighbor or reliable breed
er without going to great deal
of expense. He states that most
of the money which is made with
farm poultry is in the production
of eggs. II you wish to increase
your egg yield and the produc-
tiveness of your flock, he advises
breeding from the pullets which
lay earliest, at 5 to Z months oil
age, and from your winter layers
The pullets which lay earliest in
life and the hens and pullets
which lay when the weather con-
ditions are not conducive to egg
production, show that they have
the ability and born tendency
to lay. BY following this method
for a year or two you will have
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