Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-24
FEATURES OF THE
 EGG LAYING CONTEST.
Revelations as Result of Study of In- dividual Records-Wyandottes and Leahorns Lead.

The striking feature of the 18th week of the laying contest is the fact that no Leghorns are among the leading pens. The Rhode Island Reds of A B. Brun- dage, Danbury, Conn.,, that tied for first place in the 44th week and won first in the 45th week. are again at the head of the list in the 46th week. They won easily with 49 eggs or an even 70 per cent. yield. E. l.. Tuttle's Barred Plymouth Rocks from Ashland, Mass, won second place with a yield of 40 eggs, and a pen of Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds from Glenview Poultry Farm, Rockville, Conn, came third with a yield of 37 eggs. The Leghorns as a rule stick so well to the business of laying eggs that 1t is a rare occur renee for them to be thus shut out by the heavier breeds.
 A study of the individual reords re- veals some interesting facts. Or the S20 birds in the competition, the 12 best birds are made up of White WyandotteS, White Leghorns, 1 Buff Wyandotte, and l Rhode Island Red Thus it will be noted that the Wyan- dottes and the Leghorns break exactly even for individual honors, although there are considerably more Leghorns competing. None of these individuals can perhaps hope to equal the record of 2S2 eggs made last year, thus estab- fishing a record for American egg
  ever, the White Wyandotte and the White Leghorn, are both ahead of the best individual record in the first con- test held at Storrs, which went to Rhode Island Red hen from Kentucky with yield of 254 eggs. These F best scores are given below. The fg- ures seem to point plainly to the fact that there are good layers in many different breeds so that a breeder need
 not hesitate to send birds to a laying contest if they have been bred for egg production and if they have been prop erly selected:
 Merrythought Farm, White wyan- dotte, 231 eggs; Experimental, White Leghorn, 230 eggs; Tom Barron. White Wyandotte, PA eggs; Dr. N. w. San.
 cis F. Lincoln, White Leghorn, 211
 eggs; Francis F. Lincoln. White Leg horn, 210 eggs: Neale Bros, White Wyandotte, 210 eggs; Merrythought
 Farm, White Wyandotte, 21o eggs; Tom Barron, English White Leghorn, POS eggs: Merrythought Farm, White Wyandotte, POS eggs; Francis F. Lin coin. White Leghorn. POT eggs; Pine crest Orchards, Rhode Island Red. 2os eggs.
 Even at the present unfavorablesea- son for high records nine individuals including Barred Plymouth Rocks,
 Rhode Island Reds and White Wyan-
 dottes, laid seven eggs each during the past week. The total yield for all pens
 was 1864. or 12S eggs less than the
 production in the previous week.
 The ten leading pens to date are as
 foilows: Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Car
 mel Conn, White Leghorns, 1943; | Tom Barron. Catforth, England, White Wyandottes, 1890; Tom Barron, Cat
 forth. England, White Leghorns, 1856;
 Merrythought Farm, Columbia, Conn,
 White Wyandottes, 175s; Neale Bros, Apponaug, R. l.. White Wyandottes, | 1746; A B. Brundage, Danbury, Conn.,, S. c. Rhode Island Reds. 1893; P. G. Platt, Wallingford, Pa, White Leg horns, 1880; Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Saratoga, N. Y.,White Leghorns, 1923; Cecil Guernsey, East Cobleskill, | N. r.. White Leghorns, 1915; Branford
 Farms, Groton, Conn.,, White Leghorns, l 1902.
 The following is a list of the ten | leading Connecticut pens: Francis F. | Lincoln, Mt Carmel, White Leghorns, 1943; Merrythought Farm, Columbia, | White Wyandottes, 1759; A. B. Brun- dage. Danbury, S. C. Rhode Island
 Reds. 1893; Branford Farms, Groton, White Leghorns, 1902; GIenview PouI- | try Farmm, Rockville, White Leghorns, | 1537; Thomas W. Moore, Central vil-
 lage, White Leghorns, 1492; Mrs. K. P. Woodruff, New Haven, White Leg horns, 148S; George A. Cosgroye, West Wilmington, White Leghorns, 1456; Frederick M. Peasley. Cheshire, White Leghorns, 1452; c. H. Savage, Storrs, | White Leghorns. 1420.