Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-15
IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT
 EGG LAYING WINNER
Question Whether the English Hens
 Can Outlay the Legherns of Con- necticut

Although there are but three re- maining weeks of the third laying con- test at Storrs. it is as yet impossible to predict the fnsl winner. In the And week. Lincoln's Leghorns sue ceeded in passing the English Wyan- dottes and led them by four eggs. This margin was steadily increased week by week and in the &6th week, this Connecticut pen of Leghorns was lead- ing by 63 eggs Since that time, how their ability to come back so that in this the 49th week they are only 25 eggs behind. Thus it can be seen, that with P days to go and 25 eggs to gain, 1t is only a question as to whether they can outlay the Leghorns by a trif1e more than an egg a day.
 Three pens, namely the two just mentioned together with the Storrs Ex- pertinent Stations sour milk pen have now passed the 1000 egg mark of the remarkable average of more than 200 eggs for each individual in the pen. Merrythought Farms White Wyandotte hen number 152 continues to head the list of best individual scores. Her record to date Is PAS which is four eggs ahead of any individual in the contest
 The English wyandottes proved to be the best pen for the weeS with a score of Al eggs and a Massachusetts pen of Buff Wyandottes belonging to Dr. N. w. Sanborn of Holden won sec ond place with a yield of 36 eggs while these were followed closely by A. B. Brundage's Rhode Island Reds from Danbury, Conn, with 34 eggs to their credit Thus 1t will be noted that the heavier breeds seem to be working a little harder in the home stretch. The best that the Leghorns have been able to do for the past three weeks was to tie for third place two weeks ago.
 ha y1s for 10 month nf SAn- tember have been announced as fol- lows: blue ribbon. or first prize won by A. B. Brundage, whose pen of Rhode Island Reds yielded an even 200 eggs for the month. Tom Barron's White Leghorns won second place with a yield of 16s eggs and Merry thought Farms White ,,Wyandottes from Col umbia, Conn.,, won third with 166 eggs for the same period.
 The birds for the next contest which opens November first should be se- iected now. They ought to be ready to lay but they also should be pre- vented from doing this by being moved to new quarters and thus have them in complete readiness to begin when the contest opens. A good deal has been said about the inability of show birds to lay eggs. It. is interesting to note therefore, that the best pen of Rhode Island Reds and two of the best pens of White Wyandottes are all three among the ten leading pens and all three of them are likewise good enough to be entered in about any show in the country.
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows:
 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, Conn, White Leghorns 20S6; Tom Barron, Catforth, England. White wyandottes 2011: Tom Barron, Cat forth, England, White Leghorns 1956; Merrythought Farm. Columbia, Conn, White ,Wyandottes 1852; Neaie Bros,. Apponaug, R. l., White. Wyandottes 1s3s; A. B. Brundage, Ddnbury, Conn, S. c. Rhode Island Reds 1906; Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Saratoga, N. Y., White Leghorns 1881; Cecil Guernsey, East Cobleskill. N. Y., White Leghorns 1874: P. G. Platt Wallingford. Pa, White Leghorns 1872; Marwood Poul- try Farm, Butler, Pa, White Leghorns 1869.
 The following is list of the ten Heading Connecticut pens:
 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, White I,eehorns 2e36; Merrythought Farm, Columbia, White Wyandottes 1852; A. B. Brundage, ,Danbury, s. c. Rhode Island Reds 1906: Branford Farm. Groton, White Leghorns 1867; Glen view Poultry Farm, Rockville. White Leghorns 1903: Mrs. K E. Woodruff. New Haven, White Leghorns 1885; Thos. w. Moore, Central Village. White L4eehorns 1545; George A. Cosgrove, West Wilmington, White Leghorns 15l7; Frederick M. Peasley, Cheshire. White Leghorns 1512: Frederick H. Benton, wallingford, White Plymouth ROCKS 1901.