The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-25
HON
 -T.A WING CONTEST

Tf1e stuperkttekh week of the laying @torrs showed net gainf Ho4 z41 ess1 over the preceding week. f1r a uotn1 broducticn of s,a7s eggss Ts17zs is a yield Of 65 E per cent for Xii pens good and bad alike. AL knoush the period Of highest prodlzc- Haon 6 close at hand t is not believed klaax the Lens have yet reacfzed their zaN4eza The managernent of the con- sast fully expects to es four thousand ssEs week between now and May st
 rom Barronss pen of Engfsh Wy azsdotxes won first place for the week *Eth yield of 59 eggs new high asasar for any pen. This pen VAS gnAutteund among the leading three. 1ot 1lx consecutlve weeks na1neiy iy, the teezxE11 to the efs1a6eentH inclusive EhsY loss ont, however on the nine kbsszlfh week by tn e small margin of t1xo egEa, thus as yet no pen has been s111e tO exceed the EecOrd originally uef Voy the seorrs Station s sour milk sen or TFyaudotkas in that they were lnnonx the three leading pens for six tItFazzsz1t weeks; the tenth to the if Eeenth both zncIuded The 9torrs s<ation Experimental pen of Rhode faland Reds aud B. P. Nase's pen Of #Eyhfte Crpingtons from Thomazton, tfed for second place with 54 egss EEzhcde IsIand Reds med by Daxid z. Warner Of Bradgeton came third zfth a yield of 5s eggs Twenty @eisht hens made perfect izld1v1duaz arores during the week by layIng even eggs each These included Ezsarred Rocks. White Rocks, White EgTyand o4tes Bun Vyandottes, Rhode Island Reds. Light Brahnnas. White ssghorns. Faverolles and White Or fpiR gtpns.
 Ere1rz a baby chick to laying contest lt is scarcely more than ha.lf q year Hff hens are to lay well they must be Teu reared It is not sufficient to Begin good care good feed and good z5ousing along in November when tozle wisles to get eggs. All of this zaust be begun with the baby chicks. $FE is believed that the best chicks arc fsaoAe that have absolutely free range. thermore the chicks ought to get 1ut of doors very early in life. They 3re not hothorse plants and when reated as such do not make the most desirable growth Under any ordfn- tnry weather conditions the simple rale of three can be followed as to ehe time of getting the chicks out AL How three days to hover break them, kn1eanirg that the chick knows enough fEo % to the source Of heat; three kznat the chick is familiar with all 1,arts of the house in which he is rnugiliar with all parts of the house n wEach he is brooded; and three days to yard-break tnen- meaning E17e rAe Of a very small yard merely 4o teach the chicks to go in and ont of the houses On the tenth day they kshOu1d have their liberty, it will mean bet<er and stronger chicks.
 The ten leading pens to date are as E1et1opts. 9gk
 ean I4EogAEen near Preston, Engiands White Wyandottes, 757.
 Hl1Iv4ez Pola1 tz x,a1I St A1bans svt. Rhode TsEa2ld .
 rom Barron, Catforth near Preston Esnsland White Wyandottess 664-
 Merritt III Clark. Brookheld Cen Yer, Conn Barred Rocks, $6z4
 A. P- Robinson. Ca1verton, N. r. EV9h5te Leghorns. 6z3.
 Pinecfesta Orchards. Groton, Mass. Rhode 1sIahd Reds, 58s.
 Frank L. Tuttfey Southboros Mass.
 Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H. kRhods IsIand Ezeds9 A7 r.
 Storrs statIonss{ {ExperfmentaI Pen) kRhode Island Reds. 570.
 sprzngda1e Poultry Farm Durham kConn.. Rhode Island Reds, 564-
 ~sassas s-s..s-.--,,-, 49 1x5 <7vyiv,s Sse 47,.