Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-10
CONNECTICUT HENS
 ARE NOW IN LEAD.
Leshorns and Rhode Island Reds Tied
 for This Weeks Honors.

In the forty-fourth week of the Lay ing Contest at Storrs the honors were almost evenly divided between the heavier breeds, and the Leshorns. A B. Brundage's pen of Rhode Island Reds from Daubury Conn, and Ldncoln'S Leghorns from Mt. Carmel, Conn, tied for first place with A eggs each. Mer- from Columbia, Conn.,, won second place with yield of 46 eggs, while BarTon's English Leghorns tied with Geo. A Cosgrove's of West Wilmington. Conn.,, with A eggs each. thus if the Englishman could only have been shut out Connecticut would have easily won all the honors for the week.
 The total yield for all pens amounted to 2,33S eggs or 52S less than the pre- ceeding week :. This is an average of S34 eggs a day from the S20 hens or a yield of about Al per cent, which. in spite of the loss as compared with the previous week, is considered good lay ing when 1t Is remembered that the hens are nearing the end of their years work, and that the molting week a total of ,91 birds were marked up as melting. In one pen of Ply mouth Rocks alone, six birds had be- gun the business of shedding their old feathers and growing new ones. and it Is. of course. a difficult matter for hens to grow feathers and lay eggs at the same time.
 Cool nights and frosty mornings are conductive to what poultrymen call fall colds" Perhaps one of the prime causes of this trouble with the grow ing stock is poor ventilation in the sleeping quarters. This matter of fresh air Is not infrequently overlooked be- cause of the fact that as the chicks are weaned from the brooder and put out on range quarters they doubtless have lot fc raf Iok- f1- it is forgotten that they are arriving at maturity and that they are more than twice as crowded as they were formerly even though there are the same number of chicks in the same house. Thus the birds in at night, sweat more or less. go out in the early morning and become chilled, as a re- suit of which they begin to run at the nose and presently there is a rattling in the throat and if considerable care Is not used roup will result. In dis cussing. this matter at the annual con- vention of Connecticut poultrymen MT Barron suggested the following remedy and said that it had been used with much success in England.
 Rou- Powder-Magnesia fOxide) AS parts, Magnesium Sulphate 52.0 parts, Sulphate of Iron (Cepperas) so parts, Sulphur 14.0 parts. Ground Ginger S.5 parts. Oxide of Iron (Rouge) 10 parts. The method of administration is to give one tablespoonful for each 10 or 12
 birds daily in the wet mash and con- tinue this for week or two or longer if necessary.
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows:
 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, Conn.,. White Leghorns 1864; Tom Bar ron. Catforth England, White Wyan- dottes 1885: Tom Barron Catforth, l, England. White Leenorns 1775; Mer- rythought Farm, Columbia Conn.,, White Wyandottes 1881; Neale Bros, Apronaug, R. l., White Wyandottes 1871: A. B. Brundage, Danbury, Conn.,, S. c. Rhode Island Reds I592; P. G. Platt. Wa1lingford, Pa, White Leg horns 1888; Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Saratoga N. Y, White Leg horns 1867; Cecil Guernsey East Cob
 'eskill. N. Y. White Leghorns 1856;
 Marwood Poultry Farm, Butler, Pa, White Leghorns 1545
 The following is list of the ten leading Connecticut pens:
 Francis F. Lincoln. Mt Carmel White Leghorns 1864: Merrythought
 Farm, Columbia, White wyandottes 1881: A. B. Brundage, Danbury. s. c. Rhode Island Reds 1892: Branford
 Farm, Groton, White Leghorns 1545 5
 e'erviav Poultry Farm, Rockville, White Leghorns 14ss: Thos. w. Moc- Central Village, White Leghorns 14S5; Mrs. K B. Woodruff, New Haven, White Leghorps All; Frederick M. Peasley, Cheshire, White Leghorns 1404: George A. Cosgrove, West Will lington, White Ieehorns 1891; c. H. Savage, Storrs. White Leghorns 1886.