Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-27
SOME FORMER LEADERS
MAKE ANOTHER Squirt
Interest increases In Egg Laying Con-
test at Storrs.

Several interesting incidents oc-
CURED in the twenty ninth week of the
laying contest at Storrs. In the first
place nearly all the hens contending
for individual honors have been rest
ing on their oars so to speak. Nearly
all of them, however got down to
business again last week, notably the
Massachusetts Buff Wyandottes No.
229 that out laid any other single hen
in the contest during the first four
months and was tied for first place
at the end of the fifth month. The
White Wyandotte No. 993 from New
York state that was third best in her
breed and fifth best in the competition
at the beginning of the 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 con-
test A Connecticut Rhode Island Red
No. 410 from Durham is likewise busy
again and at this writing is third best
hen in the competition. OF the half
dozen leading individuals out of the
thousand hens competing only one APP
parently, Barred Rock No. 8 from
Brookfield Center, Conn. has not as
yet eaSed up at all. In consequence
she now has a lead OF five eggs over
her nearest competitor whereas she
had a margin Of only one eggs on May
list. Her record at this writing is 14S
eggs which is just about twice the
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year.
First pen honors for the week go to
Barron's English Leghorns with yield
of SO eggs. This is the best weekly
production of any Leghorn pen and
equals but does not surpass the Yam
dotte weekly record of SO made in the
twentieth week. Windsweep Farms
pen Of White Leghorns from Redding
Ridge, Conn. and Jonathan Collinson's
Black Leghorns from Garstang, Eng
land tied for second place. with So
eggs. One of these pens, the White
Leghorns, led the competition for the
first five weeks. The cold weather of
early December, however, seemed to
affect them adversely and they began
to go, back, dropping out of the ten
leading pens entirely in the 18th week.
They have, however, shown their abil-
ity to come back. Last week they ap-
peared on the roll of honor and in the
18th week moved up still another
place. The Black Leghorns that tied
with this pen have been steady plug
gers ever since the competition started.
They have not before been 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 F. NJ. Peasley, Cheshire,
Conn, Braeside Poultry Farm,
Stroudsburg, Pa. Happich & banks,
North Branch, N Y, and Jas. V.
Thomas, Ballston Lake, N. Y, all tied
for third place with "a 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
1856; Hillview Poultry Farm, ST. AL
bans, VT. Rhode Island Reds 1929;
Tom Barron, Catforth near Preston,
England, White Wyandottes 110S; A.
P. Robinson, Ca1verton, N. Y, White
Leghorns 1924; F. M. Peasley, Cheshire,
Conn, White Leghorns 1906; Tom Bar
ron, Catforth, England, White Leg
horns 1908; Pinecrest Orchards, Gro
ton, Mass, Rhode Island Reds 500;
Colonial Farm, Temple, N. H., Rhode
Island Reds 951: Windsweep Farm,
Redding Ridge, Conn, White Leghorns,
951; Merritt M. Clark. Brook1eId, Cen
ter. Conn.,, Barred Rocks 949.
The ten leading Connecticut pens to
date are as follows: F. M. Peasley,
Cheshire, White Leghorns 1905: Wind
sweep Farm, Redding Ridge, White
Leghorns 951; Merritt NJ. Clark, Brook
field Center, Barred Rocks $40; Spring.
dale Poultry Farm, Durham, Rhode
Island Reds 926; Branford Farm, Gro
ton, White Leghorns 8S2; Branford
Farm, Groton, White Leghorns 81;
Homer P. Dening. Winsted, Rhode Is
land Reds 1854; N. W. Hendryx, New
Haven. White Leghorns SAT: Merry
thought Farm, Columbia, Columbian
Wyandottes $40; Mrs. J. D. Beck,
Canaan, White Wyandottes $40,