The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-09
EGG RECORD BROKEN.
Hens Raise Total on April FOOLS Day
And Again the Next Day.

Storrs, April s.-The hens at the
international egg laying contest broke
the daily record, which has been 34S
eggs for some time: on April FOOL
on the first day Of April. To show
that they were not fooling at all they
broke the record the second day by
laying $50 eggs. This is an excellent
score from a flock of 400 birds. The
weekly record was broken by forty
six eggs. The total number OF eggs
laid during the week was 2, 1851. This
is a daily average of a little over 337
eggs, or very nearly So per cent. egg
production. The largest number of
eggs laid for the week by single pen
was thirty-one. The honors for the
week went to a pen of Single Comb
White Orpingtons, owned by Gilbert
were three pens tied for second place
the past week, one, a pen of Barred
Plymouth Rocks, owned by Reed &
Floyd of Hollidaysburg. Pa, another.
a pen of White Plymouth Rocks own
ed by w. J. Tilley Of Packerville. and
the third, pen of Single Comb
Rhode Island Reds owned by Mrs.
Harris Lehman of Midway. KY. Each
of these pens has total of thirty eggs
to its credit. There were five pens
tied for third place. They are as
follows: Henry D. Riley, STAFFORD, Pa,
BARRED Plymouth a ocks; Alfred B;
Wilson. St. Catherine. Ont. Barred
Plymouth Rocks; F. G. Lost, Sayre.
Pa, Single Comb White .Leghorns;
Norwood Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa.
Single Comb White Leghorns; DR..
Thomas Dietrich. Washington. N. j.,
Single Comb White Orpingtons. Each
of the five pens had a total of twenty
nine eggs for the week.
The largest and heaviest egg dur
ing the week was laid by Connec-
ticut hen owned by E. w. Croker of
East Hampton. This egg weighed
21-1O0 of a pound. England still
holds her record for small eggs. The
same hen that has laid the smallest
eggs so far in the contest laid two
small ones last week. One of them
weighed 4-100 of a pound and the
other 5-100. These little eggs all
count up for England's score. She
still leads the contest with 439 eggs.
The four birds did not give the re-
serve bird a very cordial welcome,
that died. She has to be guarded
by one of the attendants while she
gets her crop full and good drink
of water.
The following gives list of the first
five pens. as they stand to date la
the contest:
Thomas Barrow, England, Single
Comb White Leghorns, 439.
F. G. Yost, Sayre, Pa, Single Comb
White Leghorns, 397.
Howard Steele, Philadelphia, Pa.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, 1856.
Bunker Hill Poultry Farm, Wa
quot. Mass, Single Comb Rhode ISL
and Reds. 3s6.
E. s. Edgerton, West Wilmington.
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, 1874.
Beulah Farms, Hamilton, Ontario,
White Wyandottes, 332.
E. S. Edgerton lost another place
in the contest during the week. Two
of being broody and laid irregularly
during the week. This pen leads all
the Connecticut contentants by thir-
ty-five eggs. AS spring approaches
there will probably be many changes
in the records. Birds of the heavier
type as Reds, Rocks, Wyandottes. etc,
are bound to be broody. If a bird
shows signs of broodiness she is care
fully watched. After laying, if she
is found back on the nest, it means the
broody coop for that bird.
The following gives list of the
Connecticut contestants, in order, with
the total number of eggs laid to date:
E. S. Edgerton, West Wilmington,
Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, 3S4
eggs.
c. S. Scoville, East Haven. Rose
Comb Rhode Island Reds, 349.
Frederick Peasley, Cheshire, Single
Comb White Leghorns, 327.
H. P. Deming, Robertsville, Single
Comb Rhode Island Reds, 307.
Mrs. Louis Hitler, Unionville, Amer
lean Dominiques, 2s3.
Sugar Brook Farm, Central Village
White plymouth Rocks, 2S0.
Burton E. Moore, Winsted, Single
Comb White Leghorns, 25S.
A. B. Hail. WallingfOrd, Barred Ply
mouth Rocks 257
A. ]. Clarke, New Haven, Barred
Plymouth Rocks, 253.
Arthur S. Bailey, Cobalt, Single
Comb Rhode Island Reds, 242.
William E. Ross, Eagleville, White
Wyandottes, 229.
Elm Poultry Yards, Hartford, Sin
gle Comb White Leghorns, 229.
w. j. Tilley, baskerville, White
Plymouth Rocks, 225.
Paul Colbron, New Canaan, Single
Comb White Leghorns, 220.
T. B. Williams, Naugatuck, White
Wyandottes, 218.
Conyers Farms. Greenwich. Single
Comb White Leghorns, 218.
Paul COlbron New Canaan, Single