Milford chronicle., 1922-11-10

High Individual, bird 8 in pen q, KEEP
up her laying until the fftieth week
,eas,ng then with her final of 2S5. Hei
ressation of yield was due to some
condition not outwardly indicated, prob
ably a rest period was responsible, OF
an approaching molt forced her to defer
yis.d until mid-winter. Nevertheless
her score of 2S5 is just 215 eggs more
than the number laid by the average
American farm hen, the farm hens
credit of 20 eggs also falling by the
wayside when compared to the average
# no Is eggs laid by the winning pen,
and also the average of 147 eggs made
by the 800 birds in the competition.
Since the competition was designed
50 prove out the value of mating strains
hHE 2saqllies to make up strains, the
h.-ss engaged in the competition just
.Aed are proof of breeding, either cor
ieat or incorrect.
Stsglish successes in all American egg
laying competitions are more nearly the
rSsrit of intensive breeding for egg
production, and the average number of
o'rSs IN English pens, laying more than
~ sggs, is very much greater than in
yns4ican entries, tho not so great as
. 'S4S in the earlier American competi-
ass@.
o, the present competition conducted
--sa~' the auspices of this newspaper,
N grounds and in houses owned and
.S~lated by Delaware state board of
GRsE."lture. there were hfty-three birds
De- laid 200 or more eggs and 300 that
&k more than 140 eggs, double the
Urn hens yearly product
:. the main there were more profit
,e'H pens than Improbable, 81 per cent
- the 100 pens laid more than 500 eggs,
ST an average of 100 or more eggs per
sd, more than thirty in excess of the
og"lber averaged to farm fiocks. This
sVarage of 100 eggs is, in round num-
.ss4~s, 40 per cent greater than the aver
=, that gave the state of Pennsylva-
ssis 71297S.064 eggs in 1920, which eggs
N-rS valued at SS6, 479, 1913; and Pennsyl-
vNria stands fifth as an egg-producing
sss.te, with all the states annually pro-
e=r!ng more than $1,OOO,OO0,OOO worth of
so';ltry and its products.
There were several birds in the
competition that did not reach the
kEEll ICAA dN NA wv SAA eAo AeNAe es-A
sFg each Not all birds that failed to
zach the 200 mark were inherently
poor layers-some were and others
Were victims of deformities, organic
arrangement, or were not gifted with
s1rmal digestive systems or powers
- normal functioning.
There have been individuals, en-
isred in competitions in this and
i:her countries, that were repro
.'ctively sterile, without the organic
obstruction necessary to egg pro-
uction; such individuals always de-
,lop outward appearing masculine
characteristics during the competition
raar.
These failures are not the fault of
,1atings or the breeder arranging the
matings, but the result of natural
nf1uences Because of these vagaries
# nature, constitution and other con-
4itions of hen construction, prevent
formal functioning in progeny of spe-
;ial matings arranged for competi-
Ion purposes, Notwithstanding the
act that parental characteristics
should follow the breeders efforts to
properly arrange matings.
Where five birds produced a total |
Il less than 500 eggs, as in the case |
= a few pens entered in the present |
Aars ana all OF IneIu were near the 4OO /
lark, the inference is natural that /
,sredity was not fully established
nat it was intermittent.
By classes the White Wyandottes
Dad with 1851 eggs; Barred Rocks
ollow with 1041 eggs for second
Ilace, and the same variety with 1880
ggs for third place.
Fourth place goes to White Wyan-
ottes, with a score of 1925 eggs;
Ith place was taken by White Leg
rms, with 1912 eggs, and sixth place
ent to White Leghorns, score 995
gs.
A White Wyandotte won first place t