Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-15
LEGHORNS SEND EGG
 FIGURES TO HIGH MARK
This Breed Swings Into Line at Con-
 test at Storrs.

The total number of eggs laid during tne seventeenth week of the Interna- sionaI Egg Laying competition 2 at over last weeks production and a gain or thirteen eggs over the correspond . ing period last year. The large gain this week is do to the fact that the leghornS are doing so much better The 4S pens laid SIS eggs this week and averaged IS eggs per pen or 378 eggs per hen a 54 per cent. production. The other breeds averaged nearly as we'll The Buff Orpingtons averaged the best for the week The two pens laid 53 eggs, a yield of 75.T per cent. TWO pens tied for first place for the week. each pen laid 28 eggs, and they were both White Wyandotte pens One pen is owned by Edward Cam of Eng land and the other pen belongs to T, J. Mcconnell of Hancock, N J.
 There were four pens that tied for next place for the week. each pen laid z eggs. They are as follows: E. S. Hoopes, Beaver, Pa, Buff Plymouth Rocks; T. W. Burns, Brownan Pa iSlver Wyandottes; Beulah farm. Stony Creek, Ont, Can, White Wyandottes: Buff Orpingtons.
 There were five pens tied for the next place for the week, each with 26 eggs Edgewood Poultry farm. Packer White Plymouth Rocks; A P Robin son, Calverton, Pa. single comb White Leghorns; Edward Cam, Houghton, Eng. single comb White Leghorns: George H. schmitz, Chicago. IL, sim gle comb Buff Leghorns; O. Wilson, Carlisle, w. Va, Buff Orpingtons
 Another bird laid two eggs in one day. One egg was laid about 11.3O a. m. and the other at 200 D. m There can be no dispute as to the correct ness of this fact as the hens are trap nestled and eleven eggs were gathered from the five hens in two days. The largest egg laid during the week was lald by a rose comb Rhode Island Red bullet owned by GtenNiew poultry farm of West WiIlington The egg weighed 20 pounds
 A single comb Rhode Island Red bullet owned by Arthur s. Bailey of Cobalt laid four eggs that average 1855 pounds each.
 Connecticut Pens.
 The following is the complete list of the Connecticut pens as they stand to date with the total number of eggs laid by each pen:
 Glenview Poultry farm, West Will
 Ington Rose Comb Rhode Island William E. Ross. Eagleville White
 WyandotteS ................... .221 Burton E. Moore Winsted. Single
 Comb White Leghorns PIP Il. P. Duning, Robertsville. Single Edgewood Poultry farm, Packer.
 White Plymouth Rocks .......1s1 Arthur $. Bailey Cobalt. Single
 Comb Rhode Island Reds ....17S Frederick NJ. Peas1ey, Cheshire, Sin
 gle Comb White Leghorns .162 2. s. ScoviIIe. East Haven, Rose
 Comb Rhode Island Reds 153 '. w. Sherwood. Saybrool1 Point,
 Single Comb White Leghorns .139 B. Hall, WaIlingford. Single
 Comb White Leghorns .......125 E. $. Edgerton, West Wilmington.
 Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds .116 Mrs. K. F. Woodruff, New Haven.
 Single Comb White Leghorn5 112 John H. Lowere. West Cheshire,
 Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds 9S Mrs. J. c. Sterling, Rockville. Single
 Comb Black Minorcas .-.... S7 W. E. Tillinghast. Vernon, Single
 Comb White Leghorns ... 67 B. Hall Wallingford, Barred Ply
 mouth Rocks ....-.......... 67 Ilen Poultry Yards, Hartford, Sin
 gle Comb White Leghorns .. 50 ! D. Bind Greenwich, Blue Anda- -uin E. switzer. southport. Black
 Orpingtons 46 | Vest Mt Poultry Yards. Natga-
 tuck, White Wyandottes ....-. 31 | ~. H. Card. Manchester. White
 Laced Red Cornish ......... A | Vest Mt Poultry Yards. Nauga-
 tuck. White VTyaudOt+eS o1 l