The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02
EeG-LAYueG CONTEST AT
 sTORRs FINISHES 27th WEEK

Several interesting developments reported for the twenty week of the international egg-laying contest mt Storrs. In the first place, nfty-0ne individuals, including Ply mouth Rocks. Wyandottes Rhode Isl- and Reds, Leghorns, Orpingtons, Campines and hens. produced seven eggs each during the week. This is double the number of all-the- week layers previously reported in any 4one week Strange as 1t may seem. one of these birds was a. B. year-o1d Rhode Island Red owned by Q. g. Scovtl1e of New Haven. Such heavy prodnction is expected of a. few of the bullets, but old hens are more likely to rest on their laurels.
 It was noted last week that the Gght best pens were all L.egh orns and history repeats itself. By some strange coincidence the two pens that tied for first place, Charles Heigl of Rocky River O., and Tom Barron of England, have their birds quar- tered in the same house Their rec ord was sixty-one eggs each The remaining six of these eight best pens are in their order, Wolverine Poultry Farm, Grand Rapids, Mich- Buff LeghornA hfty-nine eggs; Brae- side Poultry Farm, Stroudsburg, Pa, came third with f1fty-eight eggs; Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel, and George A. Cosgrove, West Wilmington, tied for next place with fifty seven eggs each MT K E. Woodruff, of New Haven and F. c. Platt, Walling- ford. Pa. tied for next place with hfty-sEx eggs
 The total yield for the week amounted to 3s61S, or a loss of thir- ty-one eggs- This loss, however, at fhis season of the year amounting as it does to less than 1 per cent of last weeks yield is considered insig- uff1cant
 Only slight changes occurred in the ten leading pens for the week, but some of these seem to be significant For instance, the American White Leghorns occupying second place gained. on the pen of English White Wyzndottes that are leading, and it now looks as if they will prove for midabIe contendants for first place before the contest ends. The pen of White Wyandottes from Rhode Island occupying fourth place gained sixteen eggs on the Connecticut pen just ahead of them The English pen of White Legh orns, while still 1n seventh place will undoubtedl lv move up to sixth place and probably to fifth place early in June. A B. Brundage's pen of Rhode Island Reds from Danbury. moved up to eighth place thus putting back to ninth the Barred Plymouth Rocks lof Jules F. Francais. West Hampton, L. T. Pine : crest Orchards pen of Rhode Island Reds from Groton, Mass, held tenth place by the small margin of four eggs over Marwood Poultry Farms pen of White .Leghorns from Butler. Pa-- and this pen of Leghorns laid hfty-four eggs during the week, hence it is expected that they will supplant this pen of Reds within the next week or two
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows:
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England, [, white Wyandottes, 1,217-
 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt Carmel, Ct. White Leghorns, 1.1O4-
 Merrythought Farm, Columbia, Ct, White Wyandottes, 1,O43.
 Neale. Bros. Apponaug, R. l., Wy 4ndottes. 1,022-
 Dr. J. A. Frftchey, Harrisburg, Pa. Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, 954
 Cecil Guernsey, East CobleskiII, N. Yss " E1fte Leghornss 939
 Tom Barron, Catforth, England. White LeghOrns, 937.
 A. B. Brundage, Danbury, Conn.,, Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, e11.
 Jules F. Erancais, West Hampton. L. L, N- r., Barred Plymouth Rocks, s02-
 Finecrest Orcnards sroton, Mass. Single Comb Rhode Island Reds, s7S