Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-14
EGG LAYERS KEEP
 UP THEIR GOOD WORK
Tenth Week Shows Hens Doing Much
 Better Than Last Year.

inc O1 Ine COLI-
 test at Storrs is much pleased with
 the cgg ~roduction for the tenth week
 ending Jan. 10. The hens all told laid
 1921 egs which is 200 better than the preceding week and relatively 4S2 in
 excess of the production for the cor responding week last year. The Leg
 horns did not lay their pro rata share
 of the eggs but the condition of nearly
 every pen appears to be fine and Lhere
 vas as a matter Of fact a slight iIi- crease in the production Of the lighter breeds. Thus the excellent condition
 f the birds means that much heavier
 Four White Wyandot-es and one Rhode Island Red or only five hens out
 f the thousand succeeded in making effect scores for the week. Last week massachusetts, and Vermont pens were
 t the top of the list. Connecticut
 5.Tds being only able to tie for third place. In the tenth week. however Connecticut pens take the first four positions each winning over it's neares 0mpetitor by the small margin of one eg.
 The Storrs Stations experimental pen of White Wyandotte came first 1 with a yield of eF@s for the week Merritt NJ. Clark's Barred Rocks from
 Brookfield Center were second with B.. II. E. Hiller's American DominiqueS from UnlOnville were third with S6, and Springdale Poultry Ears Rhode l Island Reds from Durham won fourth with q production of B egs It is in teTesting to note that all of these lead ing pens are Of the So-called heavier breeds. The Dominiques were the only one of the four and the only one in the entire contest for that matter, in which all ten birds were laying. Rhode Is l land Red hen No. 40 owned by Spring ] dale Poultry Farm mentioned above l has made the best record to date for continuous laying. She produced an ] eg every single day beginning Decem- l Der 9th up to and including January Sth or for thirtyone days without a ! miss.
 1 Some very interesting changes oc- 1 cured during the week in the ten lead : ing pens to date. Merritt M. Clark S | Parred .POcFs succeeded in Dass'ng l Windsweep Farms Leghorns and also l the SIOrrs Stations sour milk pen of 1 Leghorns- Colonial Farms Rhode Is- l land Reds from Temple. N. H. moved up from sixth place to fifth. The ] American DOminidues moved from 1 tenth place to sixth. The Long Island ! ninth dropped out entirely and were ] supOlanted by Robinson's birds of the 1 same breed from Calverton, N. Y. Thus 1 of the ten leaders as they now stand 1 there IS one pen of Barred Rocks one ! Den of American DominiQues, two } ElCAAS CA VI ii4tE " . eHi4NOLLGSs t"O pCIlS ! of Rhode Island Reds, and four Of 1 White Leghorns.
 l The ten leading Nns to date are as : follows: Ed Cam, Houghton. near Preston. England, White Wyan6ottes 3T2; Hillview Poultry Farm, St. AL 1 bans. Vt. Rhode Island Reds. 295: ] Merritt AI Clark, Brookfield Center Conn.,, Barred Rocks, 281; Storrs Exp l Station. (sour milk penl White Leg l horns, 25S; Colonial Farm. Temple x H, Rhode Island Reds 259; H. E. Ui1- ! Ter UnionViile, Conn, America Dom iniqUes, 249- Windsweep Farm, Red
 dtrs Ridge, Conn, White Leghorre 246: Neale Bros, Apponaug, R- I. White Wyaudottes, 246, ]. P Robin soR. CaIVerton. N Y.. White Leghorns ! 245; Storrs Experiment Station, White 1 Leghorns, 40.
 The ten leading Connecticut pens tc date are as follows: Merritt NJ Clark 1 Erool<deld Center. Barred Rocks. 281 H. E. Hitler, Unionville, American tDnninigues. 249: Win6sweep Farm Bedding Ridge. White Leghorns 246 Merritt NJ Clark BrookfieId Center
 White Leghorns. 214:, J. ?. Byron i Wiiimantic. White Wyandottes, 2o8;
 derrythought Farm, Columbia, White lWyandottes, 2o1. F. M. Peasiey, C11es-
 hire, White Leghorns 196: Harry B
 Cook. Orange, Rhode Island Reds f94 I Albert Sonderegger. South Coventry
 White LegIorns, 193: Mrs ". B l Whitlock, Warehouse Point, White Leghorns, I88. ....