The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-14
SEVENTEENTH WEEK OF
EGG-LAYTNG CONTEST.

The total number of eggs laid during
the seventeenth week of the Internal
tionaI Egg Laying Competition was
1902. This is a gain of 1926 over the
previous weeks production and a gain
of thirteen eggs over the correspond
ing period last year. The large gain
is due to the fact that the Leghorns
are doing SO much better. The forty
three pens laid S13 eggs and averaged
10 eggs per pen or 3.7S eggs per hen,
a 81 per cent. production. The other
breeds averaged nearly as we'll The
Buff Orpingtons averaged the best for
the week. The two pens laid fifty
three eggs, a yield of 75.7 per cent. Two
pens tied for first place for the week,
each pen laid twenty-eight eggs, and
they were both White aWyandotte pens:
One pen is owned by Edward Cam Of
Houghtons England and the other pen
belongs to T. J. Mcconnell Of Han
cock, N. J.
There were four pens that tied for
next place for the week, each pen laid
lows: p. s. Hopes, Beaver, Pa,
Buff Plymouth Rocks; r. W. Burns.
Brownsville, Pa, Silver Wyandottes;
Beulah Farm, Stony Greek, Ont, Can,
White Wyandottes; Mt. Orchard Poul-
try. Farm, Narvon, Pa, Buff Orping-
tons.
There were I'VE pens tied for the next
place for the week, each with twenty
six eggs; Edgewood Poultry Farm.
Packer, White Plymouth Rocks; A p
Robinson. Calverton, Pa, Single Cont
White .Leghorns; Edw. Cam, Hough-
horns; George II. schmitx, Chicago
Ill., Single Comb BuR Leghorns; o
Wilson. Carlisle, W. Va, Buzz Orpfng.
tons.
Another bird laid two eggs In one
day. One egg was laid about. IL: 81
a. m. and the other at 200 p m. There
can be no dispute as to the correct
ness OF this fact as the hens arr
trapnested and eleven eggs were gath
Tered from the i've hens IN two days
The largest egg laid during the weel
was laid by Rose Comb Rhode ISL
and Red puIIet owned by sGIenviev
Poultry Farm Of West wilmington The
egg weighed 20 Of a pound.
A Single Comb Rhode Island Ret
pu1let owned by Arthur 8. Bailey o
Cobalt laid four eggs that average .1s
ofSa pound each Another large egg
weighing .19 of q, pound was laid by {
Single Comb white Leghorn. pulle
| owned by Charles and Geo. H Good.
man of New Ringgold, Pa. The small
est egg laid during the week weigh
ed -o6 of pound: This small egf
was laid by a Single Comb White
Leghorn owned by H. "a Leavee o
| Browns Mills, N. J..
The leading pens to date are give1
below together with the number o.
eggs laid by each: Il
| Tom Barron, Catforth, Eng, Single
Comb white Leghorns, 357.
Edward Cam, Houghton, Eng, Sin
| gle Comb White Leghorns, $50.
| George H. Scf1rnitz, ChicaEo, ILL.,
Single Comb Buff Leghorns, 297
Edward Cam, Houghton, Eng Whits
Vyandottes, 293..
DR. John A Fritchey, Harrisburg
Pa. single Comb Rhode Island Reds
273.
Braeside Poultry Farm, stroudsburg
Pa, Single Comb White Leghorns, 81
George p Dearborn, BlairStown, N
j., Single Comb Rhode Island Reds
PSI.
o. A. Foster Santa CRUZ. CAL, Sin
gle Comb, White Leghorns, 240.
Beulah Farm, Stony Greek; Ont.
Cam; White Wyandottes, 239.
e. H. Poli1e, Honesdale, Pa, White
Wyandottes. 230.
white Acre Poultry Ranch. Amber
Pa, White Orpingtons, 227.
William E. Ross. Eagleville, White
| Wyandottes, <221.