Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-07
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
l IN THE LEAD AT.sroRRs


 The hens in the laying contest at Storrs
 are stll pushing along at the rate of nearly 5et eggs a week in excess of the expected production for this season of the year. During the last two weeks Barred
 Rocks relegated to the rear the rest of the breds The first week in April is
 different story, E. P. Usher ren of Rhode Island Reds from Grafton, Mass, were | in first position with a yield of 61 eggs.
 Harry G. Culver's pen of Barred Rocks
 from Northampton Beach, L. l., was sec ond best pen for the week with a score of
 60 eggs. A pen of Rhode Island Reds
 owned by Charles D. Pierce from Arnold Mills, R. l., tied Tor third place with two i pens of Barred Rocks owned by Keewayqfn Farm at Darien, Conn. and the Ontario
 Agri College at Guelph, Ont. These three
 pens laid 5S eggs each during the week. l Two pens of White Leghorns entered by
 J. Frank Dubois from Peacham, Vt, and
 Exnloor Farm, from Leoanon, Pa, tied
 for fourth place with 57 eggs each. The i total production for all pens was 1881 eggs or a yield of 6e per cent This is with in 75 eggs of the highest weekly record ever mode at Storrs.
 Eastern pouitryTnen are facing the prob lem of lower egg prices and higher feed prices. The egg market is lower than for the last five years while at the same time the feed market has been climbing a lit tie from the low level of last summer. l High egg production therefore becomes an I important factor in maintaining poultry Eprofits Meanwhile certain individual hens in nearly every flock are without the
 slightest scTuple calmly whiling away tiieir
 time merely because they art broody. To b sur not every setting hen is a loafer, some
 go broody only once or vice during the
 remainder of the year lay at a very cred itaible rate, the others however go broody repeatedly at somewhat regular intervals : and lay. 'only a few eggs between these broody periods. When hen is which is the question. Identification is easy by
 means of using celluloid leg bands. Lab el the broody hens with one Of these cel1u l Ibid rings and about the time it is neces
 sary to put the third OF fourth leg bant on the same hen send it % market Som, } epul;rymen will no doubt be surprise T to find in following this plan that man. Of thei- hens never go broody at all The four leading pens in each Of tn principal breeds are as follows:
 . Plymouth Rocks
 Seven Hills Farm Bar (red, Kafonah, ? Harry G. Culver lBarred) West hampton Beach, L.. I. ... @ : S. Bradford Allyn CWhite) Belmont. Mass. .....,............-. TS H. E. Dennison (Barred) East Lan- 7 sing, Mich. g e White WyandOttes
 2 Frank P. Matteson. Davlsville, R. L. s2 e WooGbridse Orchards, Woodbridge, l. Conn. ....... ......... S2 a Walter Bradbury. Tottington. Eng y lana S3 r. Clemen J. Diemand, New Britain, Rhode Island Reds
 ~ The Orcha rds. So. Hadley, Mass. S2 n Applecrest Farm, Haul2ton Falls, \. l. Il. .-..-.......- ........-.-- eI
 1 F. $. Chapin, Longmeadow, Mass. 7S n F. H. Sampson. Springfield. Mass. .. 77 II White LeghOrns
 !. Goshen Poultry Club, Goshen, Conn. St !: J. Frank Dubois, Peacham, Vt. .. 7l = Hollywood Farm. Hollywood, Wash. .. C; l. SnaA2s Poultry Farm, Chesh.rAs '-i L. F. 1ngoldsby, 'Cooperstown. \. Y. T