Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-01
ANY LET UP MEANs
 A LOSS or PLACE
Hens at storrs are Waains a Close contest-Pians for the Sixth Com. petition,


 In the thfrtieth week of the laying contest the hens produced 4402 eggs or a little over 300 more than for the cor responding week last year. At the close of the twenty-sixth week when the competition was just half over the probable production for the year was estimated at an average of TO eggs Der bird. The basis for this calcula,- ticn was the fact that in the two pre- ceding contests the hens laid at the end of the first six months, a little over Al per cent of their years yield There now apears another method of checking this estimate, namely; that l of ascertainjng the date on which half the eggs for the year are laid. In 1914 this date fell on May 21st, and in in 1915 1t fen on May 22nd- On May 21st, 1916 each hen in the contest had averaged to lay S5.2 eggs Doubling l this makes, of course Title over ITO eggs or an estimate in exact accord with that made on the percentage plan at the end of the first six months. The three best pens for ule week, representing as many different breeds and ha1ling from as many diffrent | states, were very close together but all | three of these easily outd1stanced all l other pens in the contest. P. c. P1att's l pen of White Leghorns from WaIling- ford, Pa. were first with 50 eggs to their credit Homer P. Deming's Rhode Island Reds from Winsted, Conn were second with a yield of 59 eggs and AL bert T. Lenzen's White Rocks from | North Attleboro, Mass were third witT 1 a production of 5S eggs
 With the exception of tIle White Leghorn group the leading pens 1T | each class are so close together that ( let-up for a single week is likely tC lose the best pen it's place. Thus among the Plymouth Rocks the secont best pen is only 12 eggs behind tn, leaders In the Rhode Island ReG class the second pen is only II egg behind; in the Wyandotte group ther !, is a difference of 2S eggs between tIl' two best pens and in Miscellaneous difference of Is eggs.
 ;l The College is now distributing tn rules and regulations that will gover1 the sixth annual laying competition , which has been announced for mex ? November.
 The three best pens in each of tn principal breeds are as follows: t Pen.- Plymouth Rocks. ? Jules F. Francais (Bared) w. Hampton Beach, L. l. =. .10s ) Rock Rose Farm (Barred) : Katonah, N. Y. ......... .107 15 Holliston Hill Poultry Farm CWhite) Holliston, Mass. .104
 Wyandottes.
 20 obed c. Knight, CWhitel
 Bridgeton, R. I. ........... .1S5
 27 Tom Barron, (White) Catforth, England ................ .132
 21 P. w. Backus, (WIlite) Chat
 ham, Ontario .'........... .115 Il Rhode Island Reds. ] 45 Al W. Rumery, Danville, N. H. .112 g 53 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, e Mass III a Al springdale Poultry Farm Dur e ham, Conn. ................1 .107 S White Leshorns. e 69 Will Barron, Bartle, near Pres l. ton, England ............:...1 .11G e 68 Tenn Barron, Catforth, near Preston, England ..... .10S 63 Francais F. Lincoln, Mt. Car U mel, Conn. ..................... 104 = Miscellaneous.
 f ss Oregon Agricultural College n Corvallis, Ore. ........... 10: 93 J. Collinson, (Blaclx Leghorns)
 Barnacre, Garstang, England 10t
 100 A. Schwarz, (Black Rhine s landers) Burlingame, Cal. .. 9' s BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS A