The sun., 1915-05-30
BRITISH hens LEADING
In EGG LAYING TEST
American Entries Are Not Far
Behind in Contest at
Storrs College.

SIoRRs. Conn, May 2s.--several inter.
estlng incidents occurred IN tho twenty
ninth week of the laying contest M
Storrs. In the first place nearly all the
hens contending for Individual honors
have been resting on their nests. SO to
rpeak. Nearly all of them. however. got
down to business again last week. nota-
bly, the Massachusetts Bun Wyandotte
No. 229, that outlald every other her
IN the contest during tho first -four
months and was tied for first place al
the end OF the fifth month. Tho White
wyandotte No.993 from New York State
that was third best in her breed and fftt
best In the competition at tho beginning
OF tho month, has been broody for the
first time. She Is over this. however. and
Is now laying again. This hen did not
yield a single egg for the first thirty
eight days OF the contest. A Connecticut
Rhode Island Red No 40 from Durham
is likewise busy again and at this writ
ing is third best hen in the competition
OF the half dozen leading individuals
out OF the thousand hens competing only
ono apparently. Barred Rock No. 2
from Brooktield Center. Conn, has not
as yet eased up at all. In consequence
she now has a lead OF five eggs over her
next nearest competitor, whereas she
had a margin of only one egg on May |.
Her record at this writing is 1iS eggs,
which is just about twice the yield of the
average hen In an entire year.
First pen honors for the week go TO
pa 1fsh x-it toll
of 80 eggs. This is the best weekly pro-
duction OF any Leghorn pen and equals
but does not surpass the Wyandotts
weekly record of 80 made in the TWEEN
tieth week. Windsweep Farms pen of
White Leghorns from Redding Ridge.
Conn. and Jonathan Collinson's Black
Leghorns from Garstang, England. tied
for second place with So eggs. one OF
these pens, the White Leshorns. led the
competition for the first five weeks. The
cold weather OF early December. how
ever, seemed 10 affect them adversely,
and they began to go back, dropping out
OF the ten leading pens entirely in the
thirteenth week. They have, however,
shown their ability to come back. Last
week they appeared on the roll OF honor
and in the twenty-ninth week moved up
still another place. The Black Leghorns
that tied with this pen have been steady
plukReTS ever SINCE the competition
started. They have not before heen
mentioned as an honor pen for any week
nor are they among the ten leading pens.
but they are too close to them for the
comfort OF several of those now In the
list.
Four pens OF White Leghorns owned
by +. M. Peasley. Cheshire. Conn, Brae-
side Poultry Farm. Stroudsburg. Pa,
Happich 4 Danks. North Branch. y. Y,
and James v Thomas. Balls,on Lake, "
Y. all tied for third place with % eggs
each. The total production for all pens
for the week amounted to 1852 eggs
The ten leading pens to date are as
follows:
Ed Cam, Hoghton. near Preston.
England. White wyandottes lI5s
Hiilyiew Poultry Farm. 81. Adams
- VI, Rhode Island Reds ........ i.I:9
Tom Barron, Catforth, near Preston.
England. White Wyandottes I,Ios
A. 7. Robinson, Calverton. y. T..
White Leghorns. Observation-Disclosures i.03t
T. NJ. Peasley. Cheshire. Conn,
White Leghorns. ................... i.oOs
Tom Barron Cstforth. England.
White Leghorns .............. Ioo3
Pinecrest Orchards Groton. Mass
Rhode Island Reds. sse
colonial Farm, Temple, y. H. Rhode
Island Reds. ................., sbl
windsweep Farms. Redd,ns Ridse,
Conn, White Leghorns. s........... sJI
Merritt NJ. Clark, Brookaed Centre,
Conn., Barred Rocks. sS