Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-31
WYANDoTTEs TAKE LEAD
 IN EGG LAYING CONTEST
Tom 5arron's Birds Have Laid 2sa
 Eggs in Eight Weeks at Storrs.

The eIghth week of the international e9g laying contest at Storrs saw ina Leghorns lose first place. For the first three weeks after the competition opened on NoVemeber 1st, Neale Bros W hlle WyandOttes from Apponal1g R l., held the lead. but in the fouth week the Wyandottes gave way to the Whlte LeghOrnS of Francis F Lincoln Mt Carmel, Conn, which maintained the lead from the fourth week until the eighth. The honor of first place goes back again to the Wyandottes. but this tune to the English pen owned by Tom Barron.
 An unexpected development in the eighth week of the contest was a slight slowing of the pace, the net production or 9to eggs for the week is a loss of 29 eggs as compared with the preceding week. This is the first week that has not ShoWn a steady persistent gain m the egg yield since the opening of the contest. This slump, to be sure is taIly ineligible and may possibly be accounted for by the very varied weather conditions that have obtained during the past week, or it may be that the birds have appreciated the lact that 1t was holiday season and have refused to work so hard The holiday, however. did not affect some individuals, for a, Wyandotte in Torn Barron s pen and a White OrpingtOn owned by P. A. Demgar, Brown Sta tIon, N. Y, each shelled out seven eggs during the week Furthermore an ex- perimental pen of White Rocks pr. Sanford's pen of buff Wyandottes and Harrison Haunlton's bufs, which had not been previously producing, all be- gan to lay during the week.
 Tom Barron's Wyandottes yielded best for the week with a production Of 47 eggs for the pen. The White Leg horns of Cecil Guernsey, East Coble- skill N. Y., were second with 39 eggs Merry thought Farm, Columbia, Conn.,, was third with 34 eggs.
 Some of the visitors to the competi- ton during Christmas week were M. F. Coleman of South Coventry and J. F. Byron of Willimantic.
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows:
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England,
 white Wyandottes ..... 293 Francis F. Lincoln. Mt Carmel
 Conn. white Leg-horns . 287 Neale Bros. Apponaug, R. l., white
 Wyandottes 200 Merrythought Farm, Columbia,
 Conn, white Wyandottes ~ 200 Cecil Guernsey, East Cobleskill, N
 Y., white Leghorns ... 186 Tom Barron, Catforth, England,
 white Leghorns " 1S6 Jules F. F'rancais, West Hampton,
 L. l., barred Plymouth Rocks... IT Dr. J. A. F'ritchey, Harrisburg, Pa,
 $. c. Rhode Island Reds........ 137 West Mt. Poultry Yards, Nauga-
 tuck, Conn.,, white Wyandottes. 137
 The following is a list of the ten leading Connecticut pens:
 Francis F. Lincoln. Mt. Carmel,
 white Legnorns .:-......... 287 Merrythought Farm, Columbia,
 white Wyandottes ... 200 West Mt. Poultry Yards, Nauga-
 tuck, white Wyandottes .. 137 Frederick M. Peasley, Cheshire,
 white Leghorns .... 119 Glenview Poultry Farm, Rockville,
 s. c. Rhode Island Reds. .... 103 c. $. Scoville. East Haven, R. C.
 Rhode Island Reds. ..... 100 J. s. Gillespie Stamford, s. c.
 Rhode Island Reds. ds... 94 Charles w Sherwood. Saybrook
 Point, white I4eghorns .. 93 Branford Farm, Groton, white Leg 4. B. Hall, Wallingford,white Leg
 horns ..-'................. ....'...-'....- 8l