The Press., 1914-09-09
MANSFIELD.

of Rev. Leonard Smith, of Spring Hill, was held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from her home. There were many beautiful flowers, and a very large number of sorrowing friends was in attendance. Rev. J. w. Payne of Jewett City offioiated, assisted by Rev. Arthur Muir of Spring Hill. The bearers were Judge l.. J. Storrs, Robert w. Gardner, Fred Rosebrooks and D. O. Flaherty. Burial was in the Spring Hill cemetery.
 The democrats of Mansfield held their caucus Wednesday night and elected the following delegates to the state convention: o. G. Hanks, Joseph Fuller, David Russ, Rudolph Miller While these delegates were not instructed the sentiment of the caucus was that these delegates vote for Baldwin for candidate for senator and TinRier for governor. The dele gates to the other conventions are Congressional, H. O. Huntington, Richard Hnmer, George H. Andrews, Jesse Jaggett; county, George R. Russ, George l., Fish, Carl s. Butler, George Lanphe0r; senatorial. John Jaggott, Petor Kuokle, o. G. Hanks, Edmond Walker; town committee was reoleoted with George R. Russ as chairman.
 In the forty fourth week of the Laying Contest at St0rra the honors were almost evenly divided between the heavier breeds, and the Leghorns. A. B, Brundage's pen of Rhode Island Reds from Danbury, Conn. and Linooln's Leghorns from Mt. Carmel, Conn.,, tied for first place with 47 eggs each. Merrythought Farms White Wyandottes from Columbia, won second place with a yield of 46 eggs, while Barron's Eng. fish Leghorns tied with Geo. A. Cos grove's West Wilmington, 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 fo1 all pens amounted to 2338 eggs or 528 less than the preceding week. This is an average of 334 eggs day from the S2O hens or a yield of about Al per cent which, in spite of the loss as compared with the previous week, is considered good laying when it is remembered that the hens are nearing the end of their years work and that the molting season is now on. During the past week total of 91 birds were marked up as melting. In one pen of Plymouth Rocks alone six birds had begun 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 con- ducive 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 o1 fresh air is not infrequently over looked because of the fact that as the chicks are weaned from the broodel and put out on range quarters they doubtless have lots of room and lots of air. Meanwhile it is forgotten that they are arriving at maturity and that they are more than twice at crowded as they were formerly even though there are the same number of chicks in the same house. Thus the birds crowd in at night, sweat more or less, go out in the early morning and become chilled, as $ result of which they begin to run al the nose and presently there is 2 rattling in the throat and if consider able care is not used roup will result.
 The leading IA pens to date are al follows. The figures in the parenthe sis show the number laid during the week:-
 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, White Leghorns, (47)-I864.
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England, White Wyandottes, (s4) 1885.
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England, White Leghorns, (44)-1775.
 Merrythought Farm, Columbia, White wyandottes, (46)-1681.
 Neale Bros., Apponaug, R. l., White Wyandottes, (42)-1671.
 A. B. Brundage, Danbury, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, AZ )-1592.
 P. G. Platt, Wallingford, Pa. White Leghorns, (33)-1585.
 Bonnie Brook Poultry Farm, Sara toga, N. Y., White Leghorns, (35) )- 1867.
 Cecil Guernsey, East Cobbleskill, N Y., White Leghorns, (34)-1556.
 Marwood Poultry Farm, Butler Pa., White Leghorns, (3O) -1545
 Branford Farm, Groton, White Leghorns, (42) = 1545.
 Glenview Poultry Farm, Rock vile, White Leghorns, (28) -1489.
 Jules F. Francais, West Hampton, l.. l., N Y., Barred Plymouth Rocks, (22)-1461.
 T. w. Moore, Central Village White Leghorns, (36) -1435.
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