The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-11
INTERNATIONAL
 EGG LAYING CONTEST

The hens in the laying contest at Storrs have apparently decided that the time for action is at hand, as they l produced during the eighteenth week | 3,432 eggs or All more than for the 1 preceding week. Not only this, but on Sunday, March 5, they made a new daily record for the present contest | by laying 524 eggs. There were four 1 instances during the week in which 1 all hens in a pen laid the same day. | A unique feature of the weeks pro- 1 duction was the laying of two abnorm- l ally large eggs. Up to the present week the largest egg produced in any 1 of the contests at Storrs weighed 26 hundredths of pound. On Wednes- l day a Rhode Island Red belonging to Father1and Farm of ,Byde1d, Mass, laid an egg which weighed S7 hun dredths of a pound or almost exactly six ounces. The following day a Black Leghorn owned by Jonathan Collin son laid an egg weighing 31 hun dredths of a pound or five ounces. At this eason of the year, when we are about ready to hatch the chicks for next winters layers, it is well to consider some of the problems in vo1ved and to lay our plans deeply and we'll for a thorough seasons work Upon our ability to hatch and rear strong, healthy, vigorous chicks will depend, in a large measure, the amount of income from eggs next fall and winter.
 The first point to consider is the health and vigor of the parent stock, and this far outweighs every other consideration. We must be sure that the birds whose eggs are to be matched have not suffered from any her1table disease. Having strong birds, the only things necessary to keep them so are good housing and good feed, along with good Judgment the part of the breeder.
 In selecting eggs for matching it is important to choose only those which it is desired for the bullets the fol- lowing year to produce as regards size shape and color. There is strong tendency for bullet to lay eggs of very nearly the same size, shape and color the egg from which she herself was matched. It is much easier to raise the selling value of the product by improving the quality than by increasing the Quan- titv and. therefore, uniformity of size, shape. and color of matching eggs is very important.
 obed G. Knights pen of White Wyandottes from Bridgeton, R. l., which two weeks ago made hlsn mark for weekly production, repeated the performance and bettered their record by one egg. making a, total of 55 eggs for the week. P. W. Backus White Wyandottes from Chatham, | Ontario, were second with 53 eggs, | and A. B. Brundage's pen of Rhode | Island Reds from Danbury, were | third, with 50 eggs to their credit
 The three best pens in each of the principal breeds are as follows: Plymouth Rocks.
 Jules F. Francais, (BarreD w.
 Hampton Beach, l.. I. 613 Holliston Hill Poultry Farm,
 (White) Ho11iston, Mass. .-... 457 1 Branford Farms, (White) Gro
 ton, Conn. -'-. 4of l
 Wyandottes. Tom Barron, (White) Catforth,
 England 7O5 Obed G. Knight, CWhite) Bridge
 ton, R. l. ofo P. w. Backus, (White) Chatham
 Ontario .-.-----. oVz
 Rhode Island Reds. Jacob E. Jansen, North Haven 59O A. w. Rumery, Danvi11e N. H. 5S6 Hillview Poultry Farm, St. All
 bans, Vt. -..''- 01A
 White Leghorns. Will Barron, Bartle. Preston'
 England DOS Tom Barron, Catforth, Preston
 England ozo Frank R. Hancock, Jacksonville
 Vt. s..... AZ
 Miscellaneous. Oregon Horticultural College (Ore-
 gons), Corvallis, Ore. -...... 44O J. Collinson, (Blackhorns) Barn
 acre, Garstang, England. 427 Claude Clinton, (Mottled An
 conas) Red Hook, N. Y. 4O4
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