The Press., 1914-07-29
MANSFIELD.

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 Station for the express purpose of find
 ing out whether or not the ration
 being used in all the competing pen
 can be improved. It is perfectly
 obvious that such experiments could
 not be conducted with the regular
 pens; thus the production of these Ex
 perimental Pens has been watched very closely. Perhaps the most interesting
 feature of the contest for many weeks
 past is the fact that in the thirty
 eight week one of these Experimental
 Pens of Leghorns have pushed the English Wyandottes so closely. Per AZ has had no meat food of any sort since the contest opened but as a sH6stitute therefor has had all the sour milk they cared to consume. On Wednesday afternoon July 22d hens ] No. 411X in this pen laid the egg that tied Barron's Wyandottes. All the next day these two pens see-sawed for first place. Early Thursday morn ing this Experimental Pen of Leg horns was leading the contest. By eight o'clock the English Wyandottes had tied the score and at nine o'clock they were leading, but hen No. 411X again came to the rescue and tied the score and thus it continued for the remainder of another day. Pen 42 would have been leading except for the fact that one bullet laid an under sized egg that could not be counted. On Friday morning Barron's birds got a little earlier start and took the lead and held it until early afternoon when hen No. AIS tied the score and hen Noa4 Y an hour later put this Experi- mental Pen one egg ahead at the close of the contest week. The Experi- mental Pen will be in the next contest and for the same purpose, namely, to see if the ration can be improved upon and not for the purpose of com- peting for prizes. Honors for the week were all won by small margins. The English Leghorns got away with first place with yield of 57 eggs, followed closely by Connecticut pen of Leghorns owned by Thomas W. Moore of Central Village that yielded 56 eggs, while an Ohio pen of the same breed owned by Charles Heigl of Rocky River and Connecticut pen owned by George A. Cosgrove of West Willington, tied for third place with 54 eggs each. The total yield for all pens amounted to 2954 eggs. Not since the close of the eighteenth week nearly five months ago have the hens yielded less than 5000 eggs. HunAreds of visitors will see the race in person during the coming week on account of the annual mid summer of the Connecticut Poultry Association that will be held at Storrs July 29, 30 and 31. MT. Barron will be at the convention during the entire three days session and will discuss before the Association not only the English methods in general but particularly his method of breeding hens for egg production, his methods of feeding and managing a large poultry farm, and will tell his hearers furthermore how he came to get start ed in the poultry business and why he has stayed.
 The leading 15 pens to date are as follows. The figures in the parenthe- sis show the number laid during the week. :-
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England, White Wyandottes, (4O-1591.
 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, White Leghorns, (47)-l564.
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England, White Leghorns, (57)-1453.
 Neale Bros, Apponaug, R. l., White Wyandottes, (36)-1425.
 Merrythought Farm, Columbia, White Wyandottes, (4O)-1424.
 Cecil Guernsey, East Cobbleskill, N. Y., White Leghorns, (4D-1344.
 A. B. Brundage, Danbury, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, (43)-132s.
 P. G. Platt, Wallingford, Pa., White Leghorns, (5D-1314.
 Branford Farm, Groton, White Leghorns, (47) -129O.
 Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Sara toga, N. Y., White Leghorns, (47)-1 126S.
 Marwood Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa., White Leghorns, (52) -1259
 Dr. LA. Fritchey, Harrisburg, Pa. Single Comb R. I. Reds, (37) -1248.
 Jules F. Francais, West Hampton, L. l., N. Y., Barred Plymouth Rocks, >36) )-1244.
 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, (26) -1238.
 Glenview Poultry Farm, Rock Ville, White Leghorns, (47) -1226.
 Storrs College Experimental, Pen White Leghorns, (not in the contest), ! 53) -1592.