The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
OVER 100000 EGGS
IN LAYING CONTEST
After Eighth Month 1t Seems
Safe to Predict $50 for
Each Hen Entered.

STonRs. Conn, July s.-The hens IL
the laying contest al Storrs have o
laid a grand total of more than 100 ,00(
eggs. The eighth month OF the com
petition has just been completed. hem
It seems safe to predict an average
yield for the year OF $50 Eggs for each
Of the thousand hens engaged in the
contest. The production for the thirty.
fifth week amounted to 3,ss7. or ninety
one Eggs less thar for the preceding
week. but relatively hfty-four more h
for the corresponding week last year.
All of the leading pens for the week
proved to be White Leghorns. Bran
ford Farms. Groton. Conn, VOL first
honors for the week with fifty-nine
eggs, W~indsweep Farm. Redding Ridge,
Conn, and Albert y. Sonderegger. South
Coventry, tied for second place with
fifty-seven eggs each. A New York pen
owned by Happlch 4 banks. North
Branch. and Branford Farms tied for
third place with fifty-hve Eggs each,
Forty-ive individuals, including T1ym.
outh Rocks. W~yandottes. Rhode Island
Reds. Leghorns. Light Brohmas. Silver
Campines, Light Sussex, Faverolles and
Orpingtons. laid seven eggs each during
the week.
In the second contest conducted a,
Storrs Barred Rock hen No. 13, owned
by Woodside Poultry Farm. West Phila-
delphia. began on Washington's Birth
day and laid sixty-one days withou'
missing. Thus for nearly four years
this record has stood unchallenged until
now. Salmon Faverolle hen No. 994
owned by D~oughoregan Manor Farm
Ellicott City. Md. has laid for sixty
four consecutive days beginning May .
up to and including the 4th of July.
During the months OF April. May and
June this Individual produced eighty
seven eggs out of "A possible n~inety-one,
or q laying average Of 95.5 for three
months h has laid 1876 eggs In the
last $50 days.
The monthly awards for June have
been announced as follows Blue ribbon,
or first prize. was won by Photograph
Poultry Farm. West Nyack. y. Y,
whose Leghorns laid 247 eggs, The
second prize ribbon was won by Wind
sweep Farm. Redding Ridge, Conn.
whose Leghorns were "A close second for
the month with PAS eggs. y. w. Hen
dryx's White Leghorns from New
Haven, Conn. won third for the month
OF June with "A yield of 237 eggs. This
is the second continuous month that
all awards have gone to the Leghorns.
The birds from the Dictograph Farm
OF West Nyack. ". Y, owned BY X. N.
Turner. won the blue ribbon or first
prize for June by laying e47 eggs. The
record is $50. mad by an English pen
in th!rty-one days. II June had thirt,
one days the Dictograph birds would
ave broken all previous records for =
months laying. as they broke all weekly
records by laying 81 eggs In one week,
the highest record made by any one OF
the hundred pens in the contest.
The ten leading pens TO date
Ed Cam. Hoghton, near Preston,
England, White WyandOttes. ......ltO
Hillview Poultry Farm. st. Adams.
VI, Rhode Island Reds. ...........l3s2
Tom Barron. Catforth. near Preston,
England, White Wyandottes, .l,37S
Tom Barron. Catforth England, White
A. p. Robinson, Calverton. y. V,
white Leshorns .....,,....,....'l, a2l
F NJ. Peasley. Cheshire, Conn, White
Leghorns ,.,...,,... .,-... ....l.32l
Windsweep Farm. Redding Ridge,
Conn, White Leghorns. ........,..l ,2s4
James V. Thomas. Ballston Lake. y.
Y, White Leghorns, ...,,."'.1...l.2 ss
Branford Farm, Groton, Conn, White
LeEhorns .,,..r..............i.2o 4
j collinson, Bagnacre. Garstang.
England. Black LeEhorns. ......... 1, 2Vl