The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
HENS MAKING POULTRY
HISTORY IN MISSOURI
England's White Leghorns
Lead After First Month
of Egg Laying.

On December i at the STATE poultry eS-
pertinent station at Mountain Grove, Mo-.
1,04O hens began to make poultry history
In the greatest egg laying and feeding
experiment ever conducted. These hens
were from some of the best bred to lay
focks to be found and from all parts of
the globe. England starts the contest in
the lead, a pen OF ten White LeRhorns
from Tom Barron making the best record
for December by laying 206 eggs. one /
pullct in this pen laid 20 eggs in thirty /
one days, another 20 and others "a, 20, !
20 and 90 eggs each. Other parties have
birds of the same strain entered In the
contest and 1t will be interesting to note /,
the difference in egg production.
a pen OF another variety contains ten
pullets which are full sisters from Il high
producing hen. What will be the differ
ence In the production OF these sisters
VIII there be any great difference and
what will be responsible for the variation?
VIII the English again carry away the
honors in 1914, and II they do, why is 1t
that English hens can beat the Americans
in egg production? VIII the Australian
and New Zealand pens make the high
records in this country that they make in
| the contests In those countries. entire pens
| Of hens averaging $50 to 2S5 eggs each?
| IL they cant do so well here. why? Is II
| the climate or the breeding or what?
| VIII some American he able to prove to
|
| breeding hens for egg production and that
| the world must sit up and take notice OF
| our methods? There IL no denying the
fact that American breeders are making
| rapid advancement along this line ana
| warning IL served upon foreign nations
now that IL Americans do not win IN TINS
test the time is not far distant when
| they Will do so.
| 1t has been told By one OF the contest
ants who has been winning many honors
in contests and In the show rooms of for
eign countries that the fou dalton stock
OF his flock OF noted layers was Imported
from America. lie took this American
bred stock and by close study and appli-
cation Of the principles OF breeding for
egg production produced his famous strain
| OF layers and also combined show qualities
In the same flock. II some American does
not win in this contest 1t IL because OF tho
fact that We have gone To seed on the
| fancy side OF the business before We even
sprouted In our study of the science OF
egg production. Thousands of American
poultry raisers are devotinG their best
thought and energy to an EFFORT 10 in
crease the productiveness Of their hens.
) and egg laying contests are responsible
for much of this interest
This experiment was not begun under
the most favorable circumstances. some
OF the foreign birds did not arrive here
, until two weeks after the contest started.
, Some pens were SIX weeks on the road In
!, shipment, ana six hens were dead ia one
, pen when it reached Mountain Grove. y
number Of hens Were dead in other pens
because II long shipments. Many hens
arrived an. ~ cnnditinn and tbrr, Ia.
! h..r ,ool damn r,i,,. foppv weather
? and ,vo h..>,,. .nnv,s since the Nrs, LirI,
! h.ron ia a,riy,. and n,,tv , v.ry fe,,
days -, sur.btrc TN. al,i,udn il als1
much higher and the climate quite differ
ent from some Of the warm. dry coun-
, 49, ca,,. .I,his ba. wnrkad a h,r,l.hi,
p i, r,,ny c,s.s ,md md. n SITUATE,
,.,ich Ios hae, yor,. diNcul, IN CON.
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p cum On Sov.,nher at iatss, and mi.
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, her ns nuIl,,s than ,hc,. VIII law mex,
r v.,r i, Nnven,her ns ~.
This .xn.rimen, r,,lly consists NJ tire.
separate contests. Each viii be fed d Id
: feren;ly. Separate prizes will be offere.
: in each and a grand championship pr.z
, Will be awarded FOR the highest record
4 the sixty pens in the national contest ar,
,s" ,a a very S,, mn. rmu%m w,n,h WAS '1r
y n'b', n',,,, taiI.,,, ,'t,'', 49,,
""N' "'''.' 80 " 80 -
!, be one OF the best which can be used
!. The twenty-eght pens in the natona
5 s'ns t .olho "i,te i"eno p enm,,s :, Az
= I'm, e o, , 1''I" h m'mv" "t"aES ma
, | looked upon as being the best for tina
II | ....,-.,
l. variety
. The sixteen pens III the national utiit,
- contest are composed entirely of Barre
= Plymouth Rocks White Wyandottcs, :. &
e Rhode Island Reds and White Orpngtons
y These are the genera! purpose rarietie
: and are being fed a ration which Is rec
r commended by one of the leading expert
d ment stations Of this country,
;, The total cgGs laid in December wer
u 6.792, or an average Of over 81, EGG
|. | per hen for both good and bad Tn
ii leading pen for the month averaged 90.
4 eggs per hen.