Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-15
oREGoNs IN LEAD
 IN LAYING CONTEST
Light Breeds Made Cleanup in Sand
 Week of Test. ss


 The light breeds made real clean up in the thirty y-second week of the laying contest at Storrs. The Ore gons" from the Agricultural College at Corvallis, Ore, were In first place with a yield of 59 eggs. All the other pens deserving special mention were Leghorns and it may be added that the pen in first place. the new breed that was originated in Oregon, is very close kin to the Leghorns. ", E. Atkinson's pen from Wallingford, Conn.,, won second place with a yield of 5s eggs and Henry E. Helne's pen from Lakewood, N. J.. were third with 56 eggs to their credit. J. O. Le- Fevre's birds from New Paltz. N. Y, c. s. Greenes pen from Lakewood, N J., and Bayville Farms pen from Bayville, N. J., all tied for fourth place ] with 55 eggs each. The total preduc- | tien for all pens amounted to 4262, or a yield of 61 per cent. t5
 Not infrequently a pen of hens in ltha competition will get into first place. for a week or two or even a month and then ease back because the birds are not able to keep the pace. The "Oregons," mentioned above, however, seem to be good stay : CTS and just now they are giving the leading pen a good run for its money. When the competition started last l November Leghorns at once jumped l into first place, but they were there for only fortnight Then Cook and Porter's Wyandottes from East Hampton, Mass, led for the next eight weeks. In the twelfth week Obed G. Knights pen of White Wyandettes i from Bridgeton. R. l.; noseds into first position and have. as a matter of fact 1 maintained their lead ever since. At ] that time. that is to say twenty weeks ago, the "Oregons" were 57 eggs be- hind the Wyandottes. They kept fall ing off a little week by week until I the. end of the twenty first week when they were nearly 100 eggs behind Then came a change in the tide oi affairs and they have been pursuing the leaders ever since. In this. ths thirty second week, they are only Sl eggs from first place and it looks nov | as if another aenth would see thf western pen at the top.
 The three best pens in each of thf l principal varieties are as follows: Pen Barred Plymouth Rocks 1 Jules F. Francais, West 1 Hampton Beach, L. I. ...... 127, 5 Tom J. Adamson, Laurel P.
 o. Quebec, Can. ......... 12o, 3 Richard Allen, Pittsfeld Mass. ........ ............ 1lSt
 White Wyandottes.
 20 obed G. Knight, Bridgeton R, l, ......-..,...... I34 2e P. W. Harris. Meirose, N. '
 Y. ...... ....,.............~ IA 2f Brayman Farm, Westrille, l IN. Il, ,..f.... ............ ll3 Rhode Island Reds. A Richard Allen, Pittsdeld,
 4s s Pineorest Orchards, Groton, lT' Mass. ........ ............ 112 26 Chas. H. Lane, southboro,
 Mass. ..,..- ......,....... 1oS
 White Leehorns,
 60 J. O. LeFevre, New Palz,
 N. Y. .....'... .......... 121 73 A. P. Robinson, calverton,
 N. Y. .. ... 12o 59 Braeside Poultry Farm,
 Stoudsburg, Pa. .......... 119
 Miscellaneous
 B Oregon Agricultural College
 (Oregonsl Corvallis. Ore. :. 131 I33 H. P. Cloves, (Buff Wyan-
 dottes) East Hartford,
 Conn. ...... ...........,.. 114 30 Cook & Porter, (Buff Wyan-
 dottss1 Easthampton, Mass. 112 CIV NIIIInlHrc NnAErnHANE