Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-03
COMMODORE PLANT HAS
 100 ENTRIES AT sToRRs.
Ten Pens In New Egg Laying Contest
 Which Started Monday.

The fourth annual international egg laying contest opened Monday at Storrs. This contest, like it's prede- cessor. is conducted by the Connecti- cut Agricultural college and the Storrs experimental station. One hundred pens of 10 birds each, an even 1000 hens, are starting the race. The fir t contest at Storrs three years ago com prtsed 49 hens. the second 500 and the third S20. Thus it will be noted that the number of birds entered in the current competition eclipses all previ- GUS records. The hens in this compe- tition represent two countries and at least IT different states, as follows: Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachu- sets. Maine. Vermont, New Hamp- sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Alaba- ma, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, California, and England. In the con test just closed there were 15 varieties of hens, whereas in the present com petition there are more than 20 breeds, as follows: Barred, Buff and White Plymouth Rocks, White. Buff, Silver and Columbian Wyandottes Rhode Isl- ard Reds, American Dominiques, Light Brahmas, Black Langshans, White, Brown, Black and Buff Leghorns, Light Sussex, Salmon Favorelles, and Stcilian Buttercups.
 Morton F. Plant, owner of Branford Farms. Groton. is the largest single eutrant is the contest He now has al Storrs in this laying contest five pens of White Rocks and five pens of Leghorns, or total of 100 birds.
 Another very interesting entry is the three pens of 'fF'avorite hens" put In by the Rural New Yorker These three pens. comprising 30 hens, are owned by 90 different women residing in nine different states from Maine to Ohio. and all of whom have selected cat of the flock at home their favortte hen and sent her along to Storrs to contribute her share towards the suc- ceas Of the laying competition.
 The Storrs agricultural station has made it's customary entry for experf- mental purposes. This entry consists Of two pens each of five different b7 eedS, namely: Barred Rocks White Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Light Brahmas and White Leghorns. These ID pens do not, of course, compete for prizes; they have been entered by the experiment station for the purpose of testing on several different breeds the value of sour milk as a feed for layina hens.
 England is, of course, always to he reekoned with. Her representation this year is stronger than ever before barron from Catforth, Cam of Stogh. ten and Collinson of Garstang have sent over five English pens, two oI 'HA~C WJduuOIISSJ- TWO or White LeE- horns and one of Black Leghorns n earlier competitions the Englishmer seemed to easily get away with fra place, but the result of the third com. petition, which closed recently. is evi. deEce enough that these EngIighmer are now discovering that America breeders are foes worthy of their eteei
 No doubt the one thing that mos, pieases the arrangement of these con. tests IS the fact that such breeders as Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H.: F. M Peasley, Cheshire; A. B. Hall. WaIline. Tord; Mrs. R. s. Woodruff, New Ha. ven; Braeside Poultry Farm, Stronds, burg, Pa; H. P Deming. Roberts. vile; Tom Barron, the FneIisl1nna n end others have for the fourth con. secutive year sent birds to partici nat. In these contests. The trap-nesf rec. crd of breeding hen must be worff while. the competition must be doinf some good. or else such we'll informed breeders from all over the countr1 would not continue to patronize tht project year in and year out.