Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
CLOSER RACE WEEKLY
IN EGG LAYING CONTEST
Any One of Dozen Pens May Easily
DispIace Those In Lead.

The laying contest at Storrs is be-
coming a closer and closer race each
week. In the twenty-eighth week the
birds in second place. a pen Of Rhode
Island Reds from St. Adams, VT,
gained six eggs on the leaders so that
as scores stand now the English Wy
andcttes are only 20 eggs ahead of the
vermont pen. The Vermont pen in
turn is only 80 eggs ahead of the pen
in third place. These differences of 20
and 81 eggs respectively between the
three leading pens are neglible when it
is remembered that these three pens
collectively have laid more than 5000
eggs. The fact is that in the remain
ing twenty-four weeks of the contest
there are a. dozen pens which may
easily displace any of those that are
now leading.
The total production for all pens
amounted to 1921 eggs for the week
Fifty-three individuals including
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds,
Brahmas, Leghorns, Sussex, Faverolles
and Orpingtons made perfect scores
same time one hundred and sixtysnine
individuals nearly all of the twenty
odd varieties entered in the contest
laid Sc per cent for the week. Jules
F. Francis's pen of Barred Rocks from
West Hampton Beach, L. L, won first
week. Mrs. r. S. Woodruff's Leghorns
from New Haven, Conn. were a close
second with 81 eggs to their credit
while a. Pennsylvania pen owned by
Braeside Poultry Farm of Strouds-
bourg and Baron's pen of English Leg
horns tied for third place with 55 eggs
each.
The season for mites and lice is now
at hand. Lice are perhaps not so in
furious to hens as mites and yet they
make them uncomfortable, and perhaps
less productive. In the laying contest
at Storrs the same treatment has been
used now for more than a year and
has been exceedingly successful. A
salve or ointment is made by mixing
equal parts of SO per cent. mercuriaI
ointment and vaseline. This should not
be heated but mixed thoroughly by
stirring. An amount of this ointment
equal to about the size of a grain of
corn is applied about half an inch be-
low the vent smearing the skin over
an area equal to about the size of a
half dollar. 1t should be remembered
that the mercurial ointment is poison
Gus and care should be exercised that
none is left where the hens can reach
it. Two or three applications of this
ointment year will keep hens entirely
free from lice. The secret of it's use
lies in the fact that it kills the eggs
or nits and thus prevents a new crop
of lice from Matching out.
The ten leading pens to date are as
follows; Ed Cam, Houghton, near Pres
ton, England, White Wyandottes 1924;
Hillview Poultry Farm, ST. Adams. VT,
Rhode Island Reds 1895; Tom Barron
Catforth, near Preston, England, White
Wyandottes 1868; A. P. Robinson, Gel
verton, n. Y, White Leghorns 996; F.
M. Peasley, Cheshire, Conn, White
Leghorns 952; Tom Barron, Catforth
England, White Leghorns 944; Pine
crest Orchards, Groton, Mass, Rhode
Island Reds 935; Colonial Farm, Tenn
pie, N. H. Rhode Island Reds 915; Mer-
rift M. Clark, Brookfield Center, Conn.
Barred Rocks go; Windsweep Farm,
Redding Ridge. Conn. White Leghorns
$685.
The ten leading Connecticut pens to
date are as follows: F. M Peasley,
Cheshire, White Leghorns 952; Merritt
NJ. Clark, Brookfeld Center, Barred
Rocks $40: Windsweep Farm, Redding
Ridge. White Leghorns S96; Spring
dale Poultry Farm, Durham, Rhode Is
land Reds $50; Branford Farm, Groton,
White Leghorns S31; Branford Farm,
Groton, White Leghorns 500; Merry
thought Farm, Columbia, Columbian
Wyandottes S07; Harry B. Cook,
Orange, Rhode Island Reds sos; Homer
P. Deming, Winsted, Rhode Island
Reds S01; Merrythought Farm, Column
bia, White Wyandottes 1877.