Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
2,ooo EGGS WEEKLY
 IS SToRRS SLOGAN.
Hens Produced Better Than a Week Aeo-CoId Weather Had No Effect.

Two thousand a week is the slogan in the international egg laying contest at Storrs. The mercury at the com petition plant registered Is degrees be- low zero, but in spite of this very low temperature the hens yielded better than last week by 397 eggs, or a total or 2,066 for the 18th week The cold weather persisted throughout the week, the winds blew, snowstorms came, and even earthquakes but in spite of this combination of uninviting circum- stances the hens seemed to be snug and comfortable in their little houses, and in consequence shelled out eggs regardless of the clements.
 The English Wyandottes easily won nrst place for the week with a pro auction of 49 eggs. but there was close competition as to who should have sec ond. A pen of Rhode Island Reds owned by Dr. J. A. FTitchey, Harris burg, Pa, finally finished second with Reds owned by George P. Dearborn, Lake Como, Fla, were a close third with g eggs to their credit. The Reds or A. B. Brundage, Danbury, Conn., try 1arm, Hawley, Pa, and the Buff Wyandottes of pr. N. w. Sanborn, Holden, Mass. all scored 3S eggs each, while the Buff Plymouth Rocks of A. A Hail, Danbury, Conn.,, and Neale L Bros White Wyandottes from Appo-
 
 | eggs each for the week.
 Every single pen in the competition has now laid some eggs. The last pen to produce were the Silver Campines.
 It is. however, scarcely fair to judge the breed by this one pen, as they ap- peared to be very immature when they came to the contest in November, so much so. in fact. that the mana cement did not expect these birds to lay for some considerable time. The Cam nj or-n T,rs,, F1rr ( l,- Leghorn type, and it is expected they l will yet be heard from.
 The best daily record for the week was 507 eggs. It is interesting to note | that of the total gain of 397 eggs for | the week, approximately 50 per cent, I or 19o, can be credited to the Leg horns. To put this another way. the | Leghorns all taken together constitute 41 per cent. of the birds in the com | petition. Last week they laid 43 per l cent. of the eggs. At this writing there | are four pens in each of which ten | birds are laying. and there are 21 pens | in each of which nine birds are laying. l These 25 pens are composed of White Rocks. Buff Rocks. White Wyandottes, l Rhode Island Reds, White Leghorns
 and ''hens.' Wouldn't these 25 pens be an excellent flock to own? They | would make a flock of 250 birds, 229 of | which are laying, and which actually | produced last week 70 dozen eggs that | at 40 cents a dozen would be worth | BPS. It costs a little less than S9 to | feed these hens for the week.
 Leading Pens.
 | The ten leading pens to date are as | follows: Tom Barron, Catforth, Eng. | White Wyandottes, 573; Francis F l Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, Conn, White Leg | horns, 45T; Neale Bros, Apponaug. R 1 l., White Wyandottes, 406; Merry 1 thought farm, Columbia, Conn. White i Wyandottes, 391; Cecil Guernsey, East | CoblesEill, N. Y, White Leghorns. 374; | DT. J. A. Fritchey, Harrisburg, Pa s. c. Rhode Island Reds, 36S: Jules F | F'rancais, West Hampton. l.. l., N. Y. | Barred Plymouth Rocks, SPA; Dearborn l & Sharpe, Blairstown, N. J., s. c 1 Rhode Island Reds, 302; Tom Barron | Catforth. Eng, White Leghorns, 2S2; 1 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass, $ 1 c. Rhode Island Reds. 274.
 l First Connecticut Pens.
 The following is a list of the ter
 leading Connecticut pens: Francis F | Lincoln. Mt. Carmel, White Leghorns 1 457; herrythought Farm, Columbia | White Wyandottes, 391; Glenviev l Poultry Farm, Rockville, s. c. Rhod, | Island Reds, 263; West Mt. Poultry | Yards, Naugatuck, White Wyandottes
 262: D. J. Ryan & Son, Bridgeport
 White Wyandottes. 257; J. s. Gillespie | Stamford, s. c. Rhode Island Reds
 256; A. B. Brundage, Danbury, s. c 1 Rhode Island Reds. 235; Harry B | Cook, Orange, s. c. Rhode Island Reds
 229: Branford Farm. Groton. Whit, l Leghorns, 193: c. s. Scoville, East Ha-
 ven, R. c. Rhode Island Reds. 1s0.