The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08
HOMEBRED HEN WINS
CONNECTICUT CONTEST
White Wyandotte Captures the
Individual HOnOrs at
Storrs College.

sroaRs. Conn, Nov. THE third lay
ing competition. which has Just closed.
proved TO be by far the closest hen race
ever held az storrs. The three leading
pens, namely. Lincoln's Leghorns. Barrons
wyand ties and the Storrs stations sour
milk pen OF Leghorns, all finished within
five eggs OF each other The three pens
taken together laid "A total Of considerably
more than 5000 eggs. No one Of the
three pens was able to lay quite quar-
ter of per cent. more eggs than either
~ the other two
The total production FOR the year FOR
all pens. $50 hens, amounted 10 ll7.9Ol.
which Is an average Of nearly IA eggs
for every Individual that participated In
the contest The fact that some hens are
better than other hens was most strik-
ingly brought out Ia this contest. For
Instance, the average yield of tho poorest
competing pen OF Leghorns was only
little more than ll6 eggs per hen. whereas
the average yield OF the best pen OF Leg
horns was nearly 200 eggs per hen. II
one compares the experimental pens II is
found that the poorest pen OF Leghorns
yielded 55 eggs each, whereas the best pen
yielded "A little more than 20s eggs each /.
thus one Is obliged to conclude that some
hens are better than other hens.
II IS Interesting 20 note that in the last
week OF the contest tho heavier breeds
seemed to finish stronger. Glenview poul-
try Farms pen OF Reds from Rockville
Conn. laid more eggs In this last period
than any other pen, or total of 33 eggs
Frederick II. Benton's pen OF White Rocks
from Wallingford, Conn, and DR. y. ".
Ganhprf'4 Ilnff WVunlntfaa frpO IIp1I.Y
Mass. tied for second place for the week,
with 20 eggs each, Colonial Farms pen
OF Reds from Temple, y. H., followed
this closely with 2S eggs.
Connecticut gets first place for best
individual work White Wyandotte
owned by Merrythought Farm OF Co.
| lumbia, Conn, produced 2G5 eggs during
| he year. Mass achusetts supplied the seq
ond best individual In a Bun Wyandotte
fr,m Holden that laid 246 eggs. and the
| thiTd best individual for the year proved
TO be a White Wyandotte owned by Neale
| I'ros of ApponauR, r. I. Thus II happens
| that three adjacent New England States
| have supplied the best three hens in "A
| aging contest which included more than
500 hens from two countries and iifteen
| different States.
| The blue ribbon. or first prize for the
Years work has been awarded TO Francis
| r. Lincoln, Mt Carmel, Conn, whose pen
| ot White Leghorns laid 2,0Ss eggs The
| second prize goes to Tom Barron OF Cat
| forth, England. whose White Wyandottes
| laid 2,0s5 eggs for the same period, and
the third prize likewise goes to this same
| breeder, whose pen OF White Leghorns
came third. with 2olO eggs The ten
leading pens for tho year are as follows
Francis y Lincoln, Mount Carmel
Conn, White Leshorns. ..,.......... shSs
Tom Barron, Catforth, England white
wyandottss 49,; 49,, aOs5
Leghq2rns .i,...........,;,, ,;,.,..,.',. soO
Neale Bros, Apponaug, II, l.. white
Wyapdottes ................., lels
herrythought Farm Columbia, Conn.
white wyando,tes. .....,s .,''.,,.'., 1901
4 IL. bruHdage, Danbury, Conn, T. c.
Rhode Island Reds. ................ Iss6
Narwood Poultry Farm. Butler. Pa.
white LeEhorns. .....,...'.. i7N9
| Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Saratoga
| \. Y, White Leghorns ........,.." 1Ol
'ecii Guernsey East Cobleskill. n. Y,
White Leghorns, ,,,.,,,,.,......... lTOs
iranford Farm, Groton Conn, White
| 'Sesh"iHr ''''''''t s's'..s.... 1,T0l