The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
RHODE ISLAND REDS
GAINING ON LEADERS
Pen From St. Adams. Vt, Now
Within 90 Eggs Of Top in
Storrs Laying Test.

SroRRs. Conn. May N.-rhe laying
contes. at Storp 10 becoming a closer
and closer race each week, In the
t~wenty.eighth week the birds in second
place. a pen OF Rhode Island Reds from
81. Adams. VI, gained six eggs on the
leaders, so that al scores stand now the
English W~yandottes are only 20 sgEs
ahead OF the Vermont . The Yer
mont pen IN turn ia only SO eggs ahead
OF the pen In third place.
These differences Of 20 and % egss
respectively between the three leading
pens are negligible when II Is rsmem-
bered that these three pens collectively
have laid more than 5000 sgga. The
fact 10 that IN the remaining twenty
four weeks Of the contest there = .
dozen pens which nay easily displAoe
any OF those that are now leading.
The total production for all pens
amounted TO 4.2Sl eggs for the week
Fifty-three individuals. including Ply
mouth Rocks. w~yandottes. Reds. Brah-
mas. Leghorns. Sussex. FavNolies n
~Orpingtons. made perfect scores by lay
Ing seven egn eAch. A. the same time
100 Individuals, including nearly all Of
the twenty odd varieties uttered IN the
contest, laid SO per cent. for the week.
Jules r. F%rancais's pom OF Barred
Rocks from West Hampton Beach. l.. l..
won first with a production OF So eegs
for tho week, Mrs. r. e. Woodrufrs
i.eghorns from New Haven. Conn. were
a close second with 81 eggs 10 their
credit, while a Pennsylvania pen. owned
By Bra sid Poultry Farm OF Strouds-
burg. and Barron's pen OF English Log
horns tied for third place with IS eggs
each,
The season for mites and ice 10 nov
NJ hand. Lice are perhaps not so inJuri-
Gus to hens as mites. and yet they make
them uncomfortable, n perhaps loss
productive. In the laying contest at
Storrs the sam treatment has been used
now Tor more than a year and has been
exceedingly successful. A salve or ONT
men, is made by mixing equal parts OF
80 per cent, mercurial ointment and
vaseline, This hould not be heated,
but mixed thoroughly by stirring. An
amount OF this ointment equal to about
the size or a grain OF corn Is applied
about half AZ inch below tho vent.
smearins the skin over an area equal 20
about the size OF half n dollar,
II should be remembered that the
mercurial o.ntmen; Is poisonous. and
care should be exercised that none is
left where the hens can reach II, Two
or three applications OF this ointment
a year will keep .the hens entirely
free from lice. ,Tf,e acret 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 ont,
The ten leading pens TO date are as
follows
Ed cam Itoeh'on. near Preston.
England, Mite Wvandottes. .l,lc4
Hillvicw Poultry Farm, 81, Adams,
Vt, Rhode Island Reds, ,,......Io ab
Tom Barron, Caiforth, near Preston.
England White Wyandotr"s, 1893
A = Robinson, tdlverton. y. Y.
White lcghnrus. -....... ,....... ess
+ N peaslcy, Cheshire, Conn. Wh!tA
Lcghorns I'D. sS.
Tom Barron, Catf"rth, England, White
LeGhorns ,,....... 90
plnerrCst. o--hacts, Crotor, Mass,
Rhode Island Reds. ............. ssb
Colonial Farm, Temple, y II, Rhode
Island Reds. ,,.,, -,.,,.......,... sib
Merritt NJ, Clark, Brookheld Center,
Conn, Barred Rocks. ............ 80
Windsweep. Farm, Redding Ridge.
Conn. White Lekhorns, ,,,.,.,,., ss