The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-24
EGG LAYING CONTEST

 CONNECTICUT BIRDS BREAK ALL
 RECORDS - WHITE PLYMOUTH
 ROCKS WONDERFUL SCORE. broke all past weekly records during the twenty-fourth week of the great egg laying contest. They made almost a perfect score. A pen of White Plymouth Rocks owned by w. J. TIL ley, of PackervilIe, made the wonder full score of thirty-four eggs out of possible thirty-five for the week. This pen won the honors for the week, as well as the silver medal for the month Of March.
 The following gives the record of March with the total number of eggs laid:-
 w. J. Tilley, Packerville, White Plymouth Rocks, 130 eggs.
 Reed & Floyd, Holidaysburg, Pa. Barred Plmouth Rocks, 126.
 H. P. DeE1ing, Robertsville, Conn.,, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, 124. Dr. Thomas Dietrick. Washington, N. J., Single Comb White Orpingtons,
 Gilbert & Moore, Landsdowne, Pa, Single Comb White Orpingtons, 121. | 1uGIG We're SOlilS GACclleluL TSCOIuS made in. March. Four hens laid | twenty-nine eggs each in the thirty l one days. Five laid twenty-eight eggs | each, and a good many twenty-five. There was a total of 9,785 eggs laid during the month, or nearly twenty eggs a hen, which is a fine showing considering the very unsettled wealth CT.
 Connecticut hens not only lay a good many eggs, but they also lay large ones. The largest and heaviest egg laid so far was by a Single Comb Deming of Robertsville. This egg weighed 26-100 of a pound. She also laid an egg before the big one that tipped the scales at 26-100 of pound l Another large egg collected during the week was laid by single Comb White Leghorn owned by Marwood Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa. This egg weighed 24-100 of a pound The next largest egg was laid by a single comb Buff Orpinton owned by Mt. Orchard l Poultry Farm that weighed 20-100 of a pound.
 1 week was by a single Comb White Leghorn owned by Frank D. OSterlie Of Lansdown, Pa This egg weighed only 3-100 of pound.
 There were two pens tied for second place for the week. One a pen of
 
 Top Notch Poultry Farm of Water Mill, l.. l. and pen of Single Comb Rhode Island Reds owned by Arthur Evans of Temple, N. H. These pens each had total of thirty-one eggs for the week. There were two pens tied for third place. also, a pen of Single Comb Rhode Island Reds owned by Mrs. Harris Lehmann of Midway Ky, and a pen of Single Comb White Leghorns owned by Marwood Poultry Farm of Butler. Pa. Each of these pens had total of thirty eggs. There were six pens that had a total of twenty-nine eggs for the week. The toal number of eggs laid during the week was 2,341, little under last weeks record, due to a large number Of brood hens.
 A few changes are made /ach week which are interesting to note. Old England still holds the lead. The extra bird that took the place of the one that died, had started laying in the nick Of time. The leading five pens in the contest to date are as follows:
 Thomas Barrow, Catforth, England Single Comb White Leghorns, 485 eggs. F. G. Tort, Sayre, Pa., Single Comb White Leghorns. 455.
 Bunker Hill Poultry Farm, Wagnoit, Mass, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, 443.
 Buelah Farms, Ontario. Canada, White Wyandottes. 43s.
 B. s. Edgerton, West Wilmington Conn, Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, 431
 The following gives a list of the the total number of eggs laid to date:
 c. $. Scoville. East Haven. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, 39S.
 H. P. Deming. Robertsville, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds. 35s.
 Sugar Brook Farm. Central Village, White Plymouth Rocks. 322.
 Mrs. Louis Hitler, unionville, Amer ican Dominiques, 314.
 A. B. Hall, wallingford, Barred Ply mouth Rocks, 311.
 Burton E. Moore, Winsted, Single Comb White Leghorns, 30s.
 A. J. Clarke. New Haven, Barred Plymouth Rocks, 203
 Arthur s. Bailey Cobalt. Single Comb R91o ode Island Reds, 291
 w. J. Tilley, Packerville, White Ply mouth Rocks, 290.
 Elm Poultry Yards, Hartford, Sim gle Comb White Leghorns, 282.
 William E. Rose, Eagleville, White Wyandottes, 277.
 Paul Colbron. New Canaan, Single Comb White Leghorns, 282.
 Conyer's Farm, Greenwich, Single Comb White Lega1orns, 27O
 r. D. w lIlAd4llS, 4Ndd60SuOhs w 11pSC WyandotteS, 2S7.
 E. w. Crocker, East Hampton, White l Plymouth Rocks. 259.
 Paul Colbron, New Canaan, Single Comb White Leghorns, 257.
 J. c. Sterling, Rockville, Black Mi norcas. 231.
 Branford Farm Groton, Single Comb White Leghorns, PIP.
 J. F. Pratt, southington, Single Comb White Orpingtons. 219.
 George A. Cosgrove, West Willing ton, White Wyandottes, POS.
 Sterling & Clay Poultry Yards, Rockville, Black Minorcas, POP.
 Gaylord Farms, WaIlingford, Single Comb Brown Leghorns, 198.
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