The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
1 THE HENS AT sToRRs
Total Number of Eggs Laid
 Last Week was 1926

The total number of eggs laid py the hens at storrs. during the thirty seventh week of the contest was 1926. This is a slight decrease from last week due to the summer season and warm weather.
 Something new in the line of a
 weekly winner comes forward thls week. The one and only pen of Buff Wyandottes at the contest laid thirty eggs this week. This pen Is owned by the Buff Wyandotts Club of America of Greenville, NY. It is hard to tell what is going to happen this season week is pen of single comb Rhode Island Reds owned by Miss Harris Lehman of Midway Ky, and a pen of single comb White Leghorns owred by Toms Poultry Farm of Toms R1V- CT. N. J., with .twenty-seven eggs
 Next is pen of single comb White Leghorns owned by Cullencross Farms of South Columbia, N. r., with twen- ty-six eggs to their. credit. Five pens laid twenty-five eggs during the week, as follows:
 Hans Lobert Poultry Farm, Pitts burgh, Pa, White Plymouth Rocks.
 W. B. Candee. Dewitt N. Y., White Wyandottes.
 E. s. Edginton, West Wilmington, Conn, Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds
 Elm Poultry Yards, Hartford. single comb White Leghorns.
 George H. Schmitz, Chicago, H., single comb Buff Leghorns.
 The largest egg laid during the week weighed 23-100 of pound. This egg was laid by single comb Rhode Is- ming of Robertsville. Besides laying this double yolk egg the hen laid six other eggs, making practically eight eggs in seven days. The next largest egg laid during the week weighed 20- 100 of a pound. This egg was laid by a Barred Plymouth Rock owned by
 Reed & Lloyd of Holidaysburg. Pa. The next largest egg weighed 19-l00
 of pound and was laid by a Single Comb Buff Orpington owned by .. Wilson of Carlisle, W. Va. Another large egg. weighing 1s-1OO Of pound was laid by a Single Comb Rhode Is- land Red hen owned by Arthur 5. Bailey of Cobalt. The smallest egg laid during the week weighed 8-l00 of a pound. Inis egg was laid by a Single Comb White Leghorn owned by Branford Farms three eggs this week. one or when was double yolk. This makes her score POS. This hen is Single Comb White Orpington owned by O. Wilson of Carlisle. W. Va Some more hlgn score individuals are as follows: Barred Plymouth Rocks Owner. Bird NO. No. eggs
 Henry D, Riley, No: 2...;;...-,... ! iSs s Brooks Sanitary Henry No. d.. loo White Plymouth Rocks w. J. Tilley, No. 3 ............1sii 1si l George Gillette, No. 5. ."....''''' A'0 White Wyandottes
 l w B. Candee, No. ........ 1 Mcleod Bros, No. 3........... 1ez l Mcleod Bros, No. B.: sG I T. J. Mcconnell. No. 1 1,...... - . ,. :. I T. J. Mcconnell. No. 5........ .lSl 1 Single Comb Rhode Island Reds H. P. Deming, No. 2...........' 2. .'1Se l Howard Steel, No. 1. 1..t........ ;1S I Arnold Francis No. 5..... ....... 5e I Mrs. Harris Lehman, No. 4..- '1o' I Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds T A. S. Scovil1e, No. 1. .....- 19e l Single Comb Brown Leghorns I A. P. Hillhouse, No. l.......... lo5 1 Single Comb White Leghorns T. O. Threnhauser,> No. 5. T 5g I Toms Poultry Farm. NO. l....' eg I Woods Lane Farm, No. 4..... T lF. G. Yost No. 1as... ..-....... IF Il F. G. Yost, No, 5..........s.- III I Frederick Peasley. No. 5...... | White Rose Farm. No. l. 3o I White Rose Farm No. 5. -..I
 william H. Peltersen,. No 1.... Ss
 Thomas Baron, No. l'.:..... tee
 Thomas Baron. No. Z. ........l.' ?.
 Thomas Baron, No. 8. 1O1 | The following is complete list ol the first ten pens as they stand U date with the total number of eggs l laid by each pen: I F. G. Yost, Sayre. Pa, Single Comr White Leghorns. 7eS. Thomas Baron Catfirth, Eng, Single Cop1h White LeghOrnS, 769.