The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-03

The first Missouri National Egg
Laying Contest closed at the State
Poultry Experiment Station at Noun
tain Grove, NO., on October 31st. The
results have been very satisfactory,
SO much so that another begins No
vember 18th. Seven hundred hens
representing twenty varieties of poui-
try, and gathered from England, Cam
ada, and twenty states of the United
States, will compete in the next con-
test. The following varieties will be
represented by thirty hens each, all
having exactly the same number OF
pens: Anconas, Black Langshangs, 5.
C. White Leghorns, S. c. Brown Leg
horns, S. C. Buff Leghorns, Black MI
nercas, Buff Orpingtons, White Orp-
ingtons, Black Orpingtons, Barred
Plymouth Rocks, Buff Plymouth Rocks,
Partridge Plymouth Rocks, White Ply
mouth Rocks, S. c. Rhode Island Reds,
Buff Wyandottes, Silver Wyandottes,
Partridge Wyandottes, and White
Wyandottes. All pens were filled thirty
days before the second contest was
scheduled to begin. and more than
fifty entries had to be returned.
The result of the first contest have
not been especially startling, and
neither have we proven or attempted
to prove that any one variety pos
sessed all the good qualities. The
leading pen was No. 107, r. c. Rhode
Island Reds, which made record OF
1,042 eggs for five hours, or an aver
age of over, EOS eggs per hen. The
best individual record was made by
Lady Showyou, White Plymouth Rock
hen, No. III, which laid PSI eggs in
twelve months. This hen lacked one
egg of equaling the best record in this
country. which was 2S2 eggs by
Barred Rock hen at Guelph, Canada
Lady Showyou, however, laid full
sized egg weighing on an average
little more than two ounces each and
with good strong shell on each egg.
We are told by Prof. Graham of
Guelph, that his 2S2 egg hen layed
very small egg with a very poor shell.
so Lady Showyou was far the most
remarkable performer OF the two when
the facts are considered.
There were $50 hens in the contest
and they Iayed a total of S7,s4S eggs,
or an average of 1S4 eggs per hen.
The yield by months was as fol-
lows:
November. s,11s.
December, 5.0S2.
January, 3,20S.
February, SAP.
March, 10,S2S.
April, 12,45s.
May, Hats.
June, 9,79S. ~
July, 1878.
August, 7.015.
September, 5,716.
October, 1882.
The Best Pen Records.
LIST pen No. 1O7-R. C. Rhode Island
Reds owned by D. E. Hall, California,
Mo, layed 1,042 eggs.
End pen No. SIP. ]. Jansen, Little
Rock, Ark, White Wyandottes, layed
1,015 eggs.
srd pen, No. 1S-S. c. White Leg
horns by Walter Hogan, Petuluma,
Cal, ss1 eggs.
4th pen, No. SHARED Rocks by
Brooks Sanitary Heanery, Morgan
Park. III.
The Best Individual Records.
1st, by Plymouth Rock hen, owned
by ]. A. Bickerdite, Millersville H.,
layed 255 eggs.
End. Rose Combed Island Red hen,
owned by D. E. Hall, California, No.,
layed 255 eggs.
Srd, B. P. Rock hen, owned by NJ.
W. Baldwin, Sioux City, Ia, layed 245
eggs.
Pen Laying the Greatest Weight of
Eggs.
| Pen. No. Is, S. c. White Leghorns.
/ owned by Walter Hogan, Petaluma.
I Cal, eggs weighed 131 pounds. 2
ounces. This pen of Leghorns weighed
less than four pounds each, therefore
! each hen layed more than six times
her own weight in eggs.
| For the leading pen Of each variety,
premium ribbon by State Poultry
Board. Where two or more pens are
/ entered and average 120 eggs per hen.
/ Pen 107-R. C. Reds, D. E. Hall,
California. Mo-, 1.o42 eggs.
! Pen 52-w. Wyandottes. P. ]. jan
sen, Little Rock, Ark, LOIS eggs.
i Pen 13-S. c. White Leghorn@.
Walter Hogan Petaluma, Cal, ss1
eggs.
Pen SHARED P. Rocks, Brooks
Sanitary Hennery, NJ. Pauls, Ill, ss7
eggs.
Pen 64-Silver Myandottes, V. G.
Warner, Bloomfield. Ia, 947 eggs.
Pen 112-Black Orpingtons, Z. A
Berg. Dunn Park, Ind, 944 eggs.
Pen SIS. C. Reds, ]. c. Sandmier
Waukee, Ia, 915 eggs.
Pen 117-Buf Orpingtons, F. T
Cooper. Russellville Mo-, S9S eggs.
Pen S7-Anconas. E. B. Foster. Cald-
well. o., Ss5 eggs.