Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-25
EGG LAYING CONTEST Hens Laid 1855 During Last Week- 400 Better Than Last Year.

There seems to be no question but that the hens in the laying contest at Storrs are better birds than those en- tered in previous competitions. This is evidenced by the fact that they laid 1955 eggs last week. While this is 50 eggs less than for the preceding week it is 400 more than for the cores bonding week a year ago. and in their total production since the contest started November 1st, the birds are of last years schedule. To be sure the management has sought continual iy to improve conditions. All of the houses were papered on three sides in the belief that they would be more comfortable through the winter and yet it is not believed that these en- vironmental changes can quite account for all of the increased yield.
 A. P. Robinson's pen of White Leg horns from Calverton, N. Y.. won first place for the week with a yield of 43 eggs. Another pen of White Leghorns entered by Abel Latham, Brierfield, England, laid Al eggs. thus coming in for second place. A Vermont pen of Rhode Island Reds owned by Hillview Poultry Farm, St. Albans, and Penn sylvania pen of Leghorns owned by Braeside Poultry Farm of Strouds- burg, tied for third with 40 eggs each. Of the one hundred entries in the con test all but two pens of Rocks were producers last week.
 One White Wyandotte bullet was found to be eating her own eggs and perhaps others laid in her pen. This is a rather vicious and, of course, un- profitable habit for a hen to acquire i; not only this but it IS sometimes hard to cure. Hens probably acquire this habit by the accidental breaking of eggs in the nest or in the pen. If a bird is not particularly valuable the qae~k k4l,1 followed by a chicken dinner. As a precautionary measure it Is well to provide dark nests so that the birds would not find a broken egg and fur thermore if the 'hens are kept busy from morning till night they are less likely to acquire habits of this sort An English writer suggests the fol- lowing remedy: Blow out the contents of a fresh egg. then fill the shell with bread crumbs and saturate with am nlonia- It is said that oftentimes a single peck at the doctored egg is suf- ficient and that inveterate egg eaters can be cured in this way.
 The three best pens in each of the principal varieties are as follows: Pen. Barred Plymouth Rocks
 Jules F. Francais, w. Hamp-
 ton Beach, l.. I. .............. ITS 6 Fairhelds Poultry Farms, Short
 Falls, N. H. .................. 161 Rodman Schaff. Fftzwilliann,
 N. n. ....-....-...-..... 106
 White Wyandottes.
 Is Merrythought Farm, Cotum-
 bia, Conn. ................... POP 21 Brayman Farm. Westville, N.
 H. .......... ................ 17S 1s Joseph Moreau. Wallum Lake.
 H- l. ..-.............-. 160
 Rhode Island Reds
 40 Pequot Poultry Farm, South
 port, Conn. .................. 13A 50 Jacob E. Jansen, North Ha-
 ven, Conn. ...................I I71 T HiIlview Poultry Farm, St. AL
 bans, Vt. ..............1 137
 White Leshorns.
 30 Hilltop Poultry Yards, suf-
 field, Conn. ................ 261 g Clifford I. Stoddard, Wood
 bridge, Conn ................. 2S4 eS Frances H. Mersereau, West
 Willington, Conn. .... 23( F9 F. A. Ballard, Chestnut Hill,
 Pa. ........ ..................2 2so
 Miscellaneous.
 S1 Cloves & Sullivan (Buff Wy
 andotes) Hartford, Conn. .... 18e t3 Koshaw Farms, (Buff Rocks)
 Granby, Conn. ........... IFS Obed G. Knight, CWhite Orp-
 ingtons) Bridgeton, R. I. ..... I'll