Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-26
LOCAL POULTRY
RAISERS WILL
ENTER CONTEST
Plans Being Laid for
Annual Egg-Laying
Competition
Kennebec Fl0cks to Compete
With Rest Of State for Best
Production Belgrade
Youngsters Plan Play-Plan-
ming Committees to Meet
Farm Bureau Busy

The fifth annual Maine winter egg
laying Contest will start on Novem-
Der LIST, and last until April 80. 1928.
Plans are already being Laid at the
kennebec County Farm Bureau for
the event an dit is estimated that
| nearly a dozen poultry raisers of
| this county will take part in the
| competition.
The contest is under the auspices
| Of the Agricultural Extension service
of University of Maine. and will tie
under the direct supervision of o. NJ.
Wilbur, the extension service poultry
| specialist
Those taking part in the contest
| must enter % pullets Of any stan
dard breed and use the Orono type
OF house, or one approved by their
county farm bureau agent. The
Orono feeding and management plan
must also be employed, and a daily
| egg record kept for the six months
during which the contest is conduct
ed, A monthly report will be render
ed OF the number Of eggs laid, feed
| used and the cost Of the Same.
There will be no prizes awarded,
but Mr.. Wilbur will work out the
cost production for each contestant,
and those taking part will gain much
through the experiences of other
competitors in the contest.
Among the Kennebec county poul-
try raisers who are expected to take
part in the contest are 7. w Reed
and l.. w. Cove OF Windsor: Mrs. NJ
A. Rowland of Albion and G. r. Col
Inns of Augusta.
Belgrade Boys and Girls Plan Play
The Belgrade boys and girls club.
STYLED the "The Young Yankees" and
led by Mrs. Dorothy Mills. who is
county leader as well as their local
leader, plans play soon.
1t is planned now TO hold a min
strel show, at which time there will
also be an exhibit OF the crops
poultry. and other work produced by
the club members. There are IS
boys and girls in the club.
ACommittee Planning Meetings
fhis will be a busy week for the
officials of the Kennebec County
Farm Bureau. Committee planning
meetings are scheduled as follows for
| the remainder OF this week: Tues
day, at p. NJ. Baptist church, East
! Winthrop; Tuesday, at $50 7. NJ.
Riverside Grange hall; Wednesday,
! 80 r. NJ. at home Of G. NJ. Graves,
| Sidney: Thursday. 100 p. NJ. home
! meeting in west Gardiner: Friday, I
| p. NJ. China Grange hall; Friday
| 80 p NJ, at home of G. NJ. Rogers,
| Litchfield
| Poultry CuIling Results
s. A Miller of Manchester reports
! cu!ing 25 birds from a flock OF IS
| The IS, previous 10 cullng laid 161
eggs, the 50 remaining birds over the
same period laid 1874 eggs, while the
% culls produced but 5.
Mrs F. r. Blake of Sidney took Il
! clills from her flock Of 40 birds
previous to culling, the 40 laid l1G
eggs: after culling. the % hens pro-
duced 101 eggs while the culls laid
none.
Nathan Grover OF Augusta, remov-
ed T-or one third of his flock of 81
| birds. Before culling. the 81 hens
laid 35 eggs; after cnlling. the IA
remaining produced 20 eggs, while
the culls laid none.
The results Of these tests are all
| the more remarkable as the hens
, are fast approaching the season OF
minimum egg production.