Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-02-16
RARRED ROCK LEADS
N JANUARY RECORDS
.,y.seyen Eggs in Thirty-One
Days Record of PnlIet Owned
by Oregon Agricul-
tural College.

Twenty-eight days out of thirty
oue in January the mercury at Pull
aor went down below the freezing
ao;rt Twenty-seven days out of
.,irtv-one a trap nest clicked in the
~ Northwest Contest building at
washington State College as Barred
pock No. 1898 owned by Oregon
agricultural College stepped in to
d4nosit the 27 big brown eggs that
cave her first place for January
among the 100 competing fowls.
Seven hens are credited with 25
avgs for one month. OF these three
arc single comb Rhode Island
Reds. owned by A. R. Graves, Orcas.
Mrs. H. V. Romiger, Underwood,
and Witbeck & Abercrom bic, Van
couyer, B. C. Two are White Rocks,
owned by C. Daniels, Hoquiam, one
White Leghorn, owned by Carl
Engle, Seattle, and one a Buff Or
nington, the property of Joe Ear
hart, Wenatchee.
Bearing out the predictions Of
Walter Hogan, originator of the
Hogan system of forecasting egg
production, to the letter, Barred
Rock No. 652, owned by Bliss e
Bliss, Southworth, and S. C. White
Leghorn No. 952, from J. A. Han
son, Corvallis. Oregon, are leading
the entire field in total egg produc-
ton since the start of the contest.
In the 100 days each of these pullets
has produced 70 eggs, after being
judged exactly the same by Mr.. Ho-
gan. Second place for total pro-
duction goes to a White Leghorn
entered by X. Hammerbacher of
Grants Pass, Oregon, with 20 eggs.
A White Leghorn from LaVista
Farm, Baker, Oregon, is credited
with 6S eggs, while three White
leghorns divide fourth honors with
81 eggs.
Five Golden Wyandottes owned
by Martin Bros, Dolphin, Wash, get
first honors in the pen class for Jan
uary with production of % eggs.
A pen of White Leghorns owned by
Carl Engle of Seattle placed second
with SO eggs, while the pen of
Barred Rocks from the Ill-a-hee p.
r Co., Grants Pass, Oregon, with
90 eggs for the month, placed third.
White Leghorns continue in the
lead for the 109 days of the contest
lor which records have been tabulat-
ed, the j. A. Hanson pen entered
IRON seattle, leading the field with
@O4 eggs. Second place goes to a
pen OF the same breed from the Ore
son Agricultural College with 232
EYES, while Barred Rocks came in
,Or thlrd place, the lll-a-hee pen
i'oll urants Pass being credited
WIN total production of 224 eggs.
single Comb Reds take fourth place
"i'n 2l9 eggs, White Rocks fifth
"'p az, and White Leghorns fifth
siAln and seventh with or ono o,d
2OS. - -0' anu
notable feature of the January
leport by Mrs. Whitaker, in charge
'ne contest, is the excellent work
u tne Plymouth Rock family They
W, "u al breeds for the month, with
,ahoottes second, Buff Orpingtons
NV ana Rhode Island Reds fourth.
a.. Leghorns, which up to the
h Ss OF January had consistently
n, r'u hrst place, dropped to fifth
Pave Tor the month.
>, "nile the 1O9 days covered bv
l0 report to date, from October )
bo.y January 81, are considered the
as a-ueSt days of the year for egg pro-
S hao'ion' the 100 birds competing
wv NJ iaid in that time 22.661 eggs.
retn,e "'erage hen has laid 81 eggs,
evil lung profit over her expenses,
bird '''i' Oh 20 cents per