, 1924-10-08

the poultry industry n wyoming
in starting it's first contest does so
with the advantage Of information
gained from other contests so held.
The contest will lake place at
the poultry plant of the University
OF Wyoming under the direct super
vision of the Station poultryman.
Birds will be housed in flocks,
those of the same variety being
housed together in so far as pos
sible. This system has been in use
at the Washington, California and
other contests and has proved en-
tirely satisfactory and in many ways
is the most practical, especially in
that it more closely approximates
conditions which can be used on
the farm and by commercial pou!-
tTymen.
An entry in this contest consists
OF a pen of twelve pullets and
competition is open to n breeder
of poultry or to any boys and
girls club where the members are
all raising the same variety of
poultry.
Monthly reports will be sent out
to each contestant and to all poul-
try journals and farm papers carry
ing a poultry page and to all the
newspapers of Wyoming.
To the big poultryman ii offers
a means of getting the poultrylncn
and farmers of the state acquainted
with the quality of his stock To
the little nan it gives an %opportun-
ity to see how his birds
with others and a means of secur-
ing trapnest records on the birds he
considers his best, thus enabling
him to do pedigree work in his own
flock.
Entries should be made as soon
as possible and all birds should be
shipped to reach Laramie between
October 25th and 31st. Entr.es
will be returned at the end of Tie
contest year
Selection of Pullets
In selecting pullets for this con-
test it should be remembered that
good vitality is the basic principle
upon which success depends. The
body should be long, deep and Sian
sided, the back long, wide and fiat,
the keel long and slightly rocker
typed. The head short. deep and
lean but not sunken, the eyes wide
awake. alert and prominent, the
comb rather large for the breed
and of a fine texture, the shanks
fiat of bone and deeply colored IL
OF a yellow skinned variety.
The quick growing, early matur-
ing bird, other things being equal.
will usually be the best layer, but
birds which have been laying for
very long are liable to stop when
shipped to the contest. Under
sized, poorly developed birds can
not be expected to make a good
record.
Shipping
Pullets being shipped to an egg
laying contest should never be
crowded. The o should be sub
stantially built, well ventilated ana
large enough to insure comfort.
Water enroute is just as important
sSas the feed, but neither should be
neglected.
Pullets should be shipped to The
Wyoming Egg Laying Contest. Elk
pertinent Station, Laramie, Wyom-
ing, and coops should bear owners
name and number of birds plainly
marked thereon. Express must be
prepaid.
Rules and Regulations
1. This contest shall be known
as the First Wyoming Egg Laying
Contest.
2. Competition shall be open to
the world.
3. The contest shall begin No
vember 1, 1924, and end October
81. 1925.
4. The contest shall be held in
the contest buildings at the Wyo-
ming Experiment Station, LARAMIE.
Wyoming, and shall be under the
immediate direction of the Exper-
iment Station p~oultryman.
5. Application for entry must be
made upon entry forms which may
be had upon request to the First
Wyoming Egg Laying Contest, EA
pertinent Station, Laramie, WvoEl-
ing.
6. The first fifty pens entered shall
constitute the contestants in this
contest.
.. All SulIN pens must IedCh the
experiment station not earlier than
October rs and not later than Oc-
tober 81, 1924. and nus arrive
express prepaid.
8. An entry e shall consist of
twelve purebred p%ullets. bred and
raised by the person entering them.
The cumulative trapnest record of
the ten highest pullets shall con-
stitute the pen record. Under this
plan the low birds of each pen be-