Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-03-16
RHODE. ISLAND REDS
LEAD FOR FEBRUARY
u,vn Average Production and High
Pen Honors Claimed by Red
Family

phode Island Reds carried off the
hnors in the all-Northwest egg-lay-
ing contest in February the members
!, tho Red family claiming not only
no highest average production of any
mood but also high pen for the
.onth The average egg production
y !, tho breed for the month was 23
eggs with an average net profit OF
- ner bird. While the short month
.na the bad weather conditions were
,ot induciye to heavy egg-production,
nevertheless the contestants passed
the 7OOO-egg mark for the first time,
with an average of 1928 eggs per bird
FOR the 2S days and an average feed
,ost of 16 " cents per bird.
The pen of Rhode Island Reds ell
tered by the Auburn Poultry Farm,
Auburn, Wash. led the field for the
month, with a total egg production
of 81 eggs for the five birds. Mar
rim Bros. Golden Wyandottes, from
Dolphin. Wash, took second place in
the pen class for February with rs
eggs while pen of White Wyan-
dottes owned by H. Ringhouse,
Clackamas, Ore, tied for third place
with 70 eggs. White Wyandottes
owned by G. d. Adams of Victoria,
B. c., claimed fourth honors with 60
eggs. Fifth place for the month
went to pen of r. |. Reds entered
by R. G. Bailey of Lewiston, Idaho.
and sixth place to the d. Tanored pen
Of white Leghorns from Kent, Wash
Pen honors for the entire contest
October Is to March l, go to a quin-
tet Of white Leghorns. the property
of j. A. Hanson of Corvallis. Ore,
breed takes second place with ESQ.,
eggs, these pullets being the property
of the Oregon Agricultural College.
The white Orpingtons owned by
Mrs. w. T. Thompson of Bozeman,
Mont, which took third place in the
months records, also claim third
honors for the four and one-half
months of the contest, with 265 eggs.
Third place, however, is shared with
pen of Rhode Island Reds from
Abercrombie & Witbeck of Kerris-
dale, B. c., and a pen of white Leg
horns owned by l.. F. Solly of West
holme, B. C. White Leghorns en-
tered by J. r. McRae of Milwaukee,
Ore, have laid 261 eggs since the
beginning of the contest and are in
fourth place.
-FOUR OF the 100 pullets competing
10 the contest are tied for Individual
honors for February with 20 eggs, |
these being two Barred Rocks owned
by William Coates of Vancouver.
D. C., and the Auburn Poultry Farm
OF Auburn, Wash. and two Rhode Is
'ahd Reds. both owned by the Au-
purn Poultry Farm. Five pullets
were credited with second place with
q eggs, the list including two R. |.
neds' two white Leghorns and one
wnite orpington. Twenty eggs was
'he record of eight pullets, three be-
Jug n. |. Reds, two white Leghorns,
one golden Wyandotte. one buff Or
= pington and one Oregon. One r
neo' one Barred Rock and one white
Aosrorh landed in the fourth division
"i'h ~ eggs each to their credit.
a white Leghorn pullet owned by
y. hammerbacher of Grants Pass,
ofe.' claims premier honors in the
INDIVIDUAL class for the entire con-
.es' 70 date with record of SO eggs.
co mems are tied for second place
''n only two eggs less to their
aeu1 than the Oregon pullet. Two
: .nese are white Leghorns, owned
'aui b. Towne of Tekoa, Wash.
"nu LaVista Farm, Baker, Ore, re-
spec.Vely, and one R. I. Red owned
Apercrombie & Witbeck of Kerris-
a'e. ., e. A white Leghorn owned
= Il. McRae of Milwaukee Orc
au white Rock owned by Jack
,s sl'lam of Puyallup, Wash, divide
honors with rs eggs each
.1nrth place goes to a white orpine.
seionging to Mrs. w II. Thomp-
Bozeman, Mont. with II eggs
q 1sfred Rock No. 652. who headed
49, list of high hens to date, |
curing the month of February
60 mas been replaced with another
neSfeed by Bliss & Bliss her
re's. Of southworth, Wash.
- me records for winter egg produc-
. c'ose with the February records
sspe interesting deductions have
= made by Mrs. Helen Dow Whit |
.a ssI' In charge of the contest. The
~. ,sstins birds laid 2s, ss5 eggs dur
49,. ae four and one-half months, an
CO., go. !. Of 1872 eggs per bird. The
VI teedtng has been 7sc nor ,,ra