Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-18
PERslsTENT rNcREAsE
Cause Of Much Qualification to Man-
 aaenent of Contest at Storrs.

It is gratifying to both the manage ment of the laying competition ana to the contestants to note the steady per aistent increase in the egg yield from week to week The. total productton for the sixth week amounted to 16S6 an increased yield of 174 eggs as com pared with the preceding week and relatively 465 eggs better than for the corresponding week last year. The heavier breeds including the Rocks Reds, Wyandottess Dominiques, Sus- sex, FaveTolIes, OrpirgtonS, and Fav- orite Hens constitute 8 per cent or the birds engaged in the contest but up to this time they have yielded only 42 g per cent of the eggs. On the other hand the higher breeds including the Leghorns, Campines, and Butter cups constitute 47 psr cent of the birds in the competition and has yielded 57 sl-2 per cent of the egS to date. This statement does not necessarily mean that the lighter breed are the better winter layer taken all in all. It probably doe mean that the lighter breed arrive at maturity earlier than the other and hence begin to lay be- fore their heavier iter are fully devel- oped. A imiiar comparion four or five week hence will probably mean re- ViIon of thee percentages.
 A careful examination of all the hens in the contest during the past week revealed the fact that nearly seventy birds are molting. This condition, however, is not so general as the fig ures would seem to indicate. The moIting birds are confined to a rela- lively few pens; for instance, there are 33 or about one-han of the number molting found in five pens.
 Ed Cam pen of White Wyandottes from Hoghton. England again won tion of 42 egs. 4 New Haven pen of White Leghorns owned by N. W. Hendryx secured second place with a yield of 40 eggs. A Storrs EZperi- mental Pen of White Leghorns was third with 37 eggs for the week and a Reds owned by Colonial Farm followed closely with SS eggs for the same period.
 Some interesting changes occurred in the leading pens during the week. Windsweep Farms pen of Leghorns have stood first since the contest opened are now supplanted by Cams English White Wyandottes. Another pen of White Leghorns from Wind ham, N. r., which has been among the ten leading pens in now supplanted by pen of Rhode Island Reds from Temple, N. H.
 The ten leading pens to date are as follows: Ed Cam, Hoghton, near Pres ton, England, White Wyandottes 243; WindSweep Farm, Bedding Ridge, Conn, White Leghorns 221; Storrs Exp. Station. (sour milk pen) White LeghOEns 192: Hillview Poultry Farm, St. Albans, Vt, Rhode Island Reds 1s7: Merritt M. Clark. Broolfeld Gen. ter. Conn, White Leghorns 1s3; P. G. Platt, Wallingford., Pa, White Leg horns 164; Storrs Exp. Station, White Leehorns 161; Merritt M. Clark, Brookfield Centre, Conn, Barred Rocks 156 Manor Poultry Farm, Manorville, L. l.. White Leghorns 153; Colonial Farm, Temple, \. H., Rhode Island Reds 152.
 The ten leading Connecticut pens to date are as follows: Windsweep Farm Bedding Ridge, White Leghorns 221 {; Merritt M. Clark, Brookfield Center, White Leghorns 1923; Merritt M, Clark, Barred Rocks 156; Albert Son. deregger, South Coventry, White Leg horns i45; Francis F. Lincoln, Mt Carmel, White Leghorns 137; H. B. Hitler, Unionville, American Dornin- iques 1s4; F. M. Peasley, Cheshire White Leghorns 133. Merrythougft Farm, Columbia, White Wyandottes 1f6;' Mrs. W. E. Whitlock. Warehouse Point. White Leghorns IA; George Bowles, Westport. White Leghorns 113 T