The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26
WYANDOTTES DO WELL
IN LAYING CONTESTS
White l.eghOrns Have Estab.
liShcd a Record Almost
as Good,

For Ave or six years experiments hay.
been going on Ia England. Australia ana
! The United states to determine why som,
strains OF hens lay so much Il, tier H. ~
others and why certain hens OF recognize. .
aging strains yield many more .SSs thar
other hens o! the same strains. Tn
first real attempt 10 solve the problem
Was made in Australia. where .gg ia,iue
competitions have been conducted r-Iu-
lsrly FOR twelve years. II has bcr.
found there that thu MeHiterran.au. thr
American and IN. Llngshan are proDA1!,
the breeds from which the h, IT layers
nave come. Siver Laced Wyandott-s
weT" the first To attract attention ~
prolific sgg producers following them
Ros" Comb Brown Legh"rns appeared
10 do best then the White Leghoru do
veloped remarkable laying capacity. a.
did also the Langshans and few Or
pingtons. The records made In the earlier
Australian contests stimulated interest.
1t was quickly demonstrated that some
breeds Of hens are naturally better layers
than others
At present il appears TO be settled that
carefully selected hens from the most
carefully bred strains OF American and
Mediterranean fowls are the best layers
ON earth More than ten years ago john
Thornton came from Warwick, Englu nd,
to the United states to obtain some %
the best of the new varieties Of Partridge
and silver renc'lied WyaLs,ttes. lie
took back with him few selected hens
and puliets. one Of which made so Won
deruful record IN egg production as L.
attract worldwide attention. For fifteen
months she laid continually. since that
time several laying strains OF White Par
fridge and Silver pencillcd Wyandottes
rave been bred Some o! the whites did
remarkably well IN recent egg laying
contests
Efforts TO attain the maximum egg pro-
ductiou possible for a hen have received
more announcement IN England than any
where elise. 4 firm IN England offered as
prizes In laying contests two cups worth
tl25 each and two prizes of SO each for
the best dozen white shciled eggs and the
best dozen brown shtlled eggs The cla,-
lenge cups were competed for ana
won oy White i.eehOrrs and white
WyandOttes Since then the largest egg
yields have been obtained from White
I.eghoin aud white WyanAot,o fowls.
Perhaps more Single Comb White Leghorns
ar. bred to-day than any other fowls Ger
tanly more than double az many Whit,
Leghorn pullets are sold for egg produc-
ton than Of any other breed the number
Of White Leghorn baby chicks sold every
season 10 absolutely astonishing
II must not be taken for granted that
all Lcghorns are high grade egg machines.
Far too many OF them are lacking IN size,
body formation and other things necessary
10 high egg production. Chicks Matched
from such stock are almost sure to lack
vitality and the pullets seldom become
heavy layers No matter what breed OF
fowls he may prefer the prospective huyer
of Matching eggs or day old chicks should
examine carefully into the quality OF tho
parent stock. Unless the eggs or chicks
come from stock known to abound with
vitality II will not bc safe To- count UPON
heavy egg production.