The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
EGG LAYING CONTEST
IS BREAKING RECORDS
Standards Set Last Year Are
Being Surpassed at
Storrs College.

STORMS, Conn. May s-with the close
OF me twenty-sixth week the Inter
national Egg Laying Contest Al Storrs
is half over II IL interesting therefore
10 make some compa rison with the pre-
ceding contest as TO the probability and
the possibility OF breaking tho recoris
Of last year. The best individual score
for the third contest was 2sb eggs. made
by Connecticut White Wyandotte from
Columbia. A. the end OF the fir-t six
months or up TO May l her record was
los egeH. whereas inthe fourth or pres
ent competition there Ia q Barred Rock
whose record 20 May II 1870 eggs. A
Rhode Island Red scores iss, . White
wyandctte 1877. another White Wyan-
dotte l?< in short there arc more than
dozen hens which ~ the end OF the
first six months are ahead OF Merry
thought Maid's record for last year for
the corr espondtng period
A. TO aGEreGate scores. there were
only four pens THAI yielded moro than
1000 eggs in the contest a year ago
one Of these AZ the end Of the twenty
sixth week had q record Of only 1913.
whereas In the preeent contest three
pens Of Barred Rocks, two pens OF
White WyAndottes, seven pans OF Rhode
Island Reds and six pens Of Leshorns,
n total OF eighteen penA elualled or
oettered during he nrst twenty-lX
weeks the score OF 76s mentioned above.
In addition to these there II a pen OF
Columbian Wyandottes and a pen OF
English Black Leshorns that are with
In ten segs Thus there are twenty
pens that have an equal chance OF lay
ing 1000 esys or better
The English pen of White Wyandottes
owned by Ed Cam have been the first to
actually pass tho half way mark to
1000 egGs, Tho winning pens for the
week are - follows Tom Barron =
White Wyandot,es from England were
Hrst with IS eggs Mrs. u. Beck.
Canaan. Conn. White Wysndot,es. and
Braeside Poultry Farm. Stroudsburc
Pa. Leghornes. tied for second vita
Sc eGgs. James II Lords Waite Leg
horns from Methuen. Mass, and James
v. Thnmass White Leghorns from Baltl-
ston Lake N, y tied for third with
55 eggs each
Twenty-sevsn pans, including White
Rocks, White wyandottes. Columbian
Wyandottes. r. I. Reds White Leg
horns and Black Leghorns. each laid ~
per cent. or better during the past week,
three OF these twenty seven going uD
10 SO per cent. or better. Tho total
yield for all pens was >.?l<. or ISL eggs
gain over last week all This in spite OF
tho fact that there were th!rty-six hens
shut up in the broody cages during th!s
period. The ten leading pene 90 date
are as follows
I'd Cam. Hoshtcn. near Preseon-
England white wyandoftes. .,,... i.oss
HiIvl,v Poultry Farm ~. ALBANIA
". Rhode l-,and Reds ....,....., go
Tom BARRON. CAtforih. near Preston.
England. white Wyand o. toe 100. sss
=. Robinson, Calvertcn. y
white l,~shorns ..............,.. SIS
Purrrest Orchards oroton. MaAa-
Ia n ~
Merritt NJ, clark Brookcs,d centar.
Conn. Barred Rocks .,...,,...l,., eST
f. NJ. Peasiey, Cheshire. Conn. White
cc'onisl Farm, Tsmpia X H.. Ahods
1'iand Reds ....,......... ga
- Barron cAtfor,h, England
SprinSdsis Poultry rarm. Durham.
Conn. Rhode leland Reds, ......... sf6