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Tenth Annual International Egg Laying Contest at Storrs, Conn.
T E N T H ANNUAIv INTERNATIONAL EGG LAYING CONTEST AT STORRS, CONN. W. R. KIRKPATRICK *
1912—White Leghorns (sbirds) 1071 ; F. G. Yost, Sayre, Pa. 1913—White Leghorus (5 birds) 1190 ; Tom Baron, Catforth, England. 1914—White Leghorns (10 birds) 2088 ; P. F. Iviucoln, Mt. Carniel, Conn. T915—White Wyandottes (10 birds) 2072 ; Tom Bai'on, Catforth, Eng. 1916—White Wyandottes ( lobirds) 2265 ; Obed G. Knight,Bridgeton, R. Γ. 1917—Barred Rocks (10 birds) 2119 ; Applecock Farm, Fitzwilliam, N. H. 1918—Oregons ( l o b i r d s ) 2352 ; Agr. College, Corvallis. Ore. 1919—Barred Rocks (10 birds) 2022; Jules F. Français, Westhauipton Beach, L. L 1920—Barred Rocks (10 birds) 2234 : Jules F . Français, Westhamton Beach, L. I. 1921—White Wyandottes (10 birds) 2234 ; Obed G. Knight, Bridgeton, R. I.
The best Connecticut pen was entered by Ernest H. Scott from Farmington. In the Plymouth Rock class W. H. B. Kent's *From Press Bulletin of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Obed G. Knight's pen of White Wyandottes from Bridgeton, R. I., won the tenth annual laying contest conducted by the Agricultural College at Storrs. The final score of the blue rib bon pen for the year was 2,234, or an average of more than 223 eggs for each pullet in the pen. This pen jumped into the lead during the very first week of the contest and was never headed. At the end of the quarter these Wyandottes were 59 eggs ahead of the next nearest competitor, a pen of Barred Rocks from Cazenovia, N. Y. At the half-way point a pen of Rhode Island Reds from Southboro, Mass., were within 24 eggs of the leaders. At the three-quarter mark the Reds had fallen by the wayside and a pen of White Leghorns from Cooperstowu, N. Y., were the closest contenders with a gap of 103 eggs between them and the leaders. In the last quarter the real struggle began. A pen of White Leghorns from Hollywood, Wash., gained so consistently in the home stretch that until the very .end of the contest it looked as if the Leghorns would beat the Wyandottes to the wire. In the last days of the contest the western pen was within seven eggs of first place. This is the third time that White Wyandottes have outlaid all competitors as can be seen from the following list of winners in the contests at Storrs during the last ten years.
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PO UL TR Y SCIENCE
500 270 140 50 40
w h i t e Leghorns Rhode Island Reds Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Miscellaneous
1000 Average all breeds
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1699 Ι53·6 145-2 162.7 123.3 159 7
High individual records are of particular interest to pedigree poultry breeders who use such hens to breed their choicest cock erels. The outstanding performance in this respect was the record of White Leghorn hen No. 674 from Hollywood, Wash., that laid 263 eggs during the year. The second best hen in the contest was Rhode Island Red No. 323 from Groton, Mass., that laid 260 eggs. In the Plymouth Rock class hen No. 15 from Cazenovia, N. Y., was at the top with a mark of 244 eggs. White Wyandotte hen No. 147 in the winning pen was the best in this group with a score of 247 eggs. The best Connecticut hen was White Leghorn No. 601 owned by Shadowbrook Farm from Ridgefield. Her record was 252 eggs. The following list shows the twenty leading pens in the order of their production together with their respective scores for the year :
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birds from Cazenovia, Ν. Y., finished the year more than 250 eggs ahead of any other pen in their class. In the Rhode Island Red group Charles H. Lane's pen from Southboro, Mass., was an easy first with a score of nearly 2,000 eggs. The Leghorns constituted one half the birds in the contest and in this, the largest group, Hollywood Farm's pen from Hollywood, Wash., was more than 100 eggs ahead at the close of the contest. The fifty birds in these four pens together with the winning Wyandottes a;veraged to lay 209 eggs per hen as compared with an average of 102 eggs each for the fifty hens in the five poorest pens. There were 1000 hens in the contest of ten different breeds and varieties and from fourteen different states and two of the Canadian provinces. They laid a grand total of 159,700 eggs. The following table shows the number of birds in each of the principal classes, the average individual egg yield for the year, and the general average for all varieties that took part in the contest.
NE W YORK ST A TE EGG LA YING CONTEST Breed and Owner Obed G. Knight, White Wyandottes, Bridgeton, R. I Hollywood Farm, White L,eghorns, Hollywood, Wash. I<. E. Ingoldsby. White Leghorns, Cooperstown, N. Y. Ernest H. Scott, White Leghorns Farmington, Conn. Imperial Poultry Farm, W. Leghorn, Elizabeth, N . J Burchell & Janson. W. Leghorns, Thetis Island, B. C. Charles H. Lane, R. I. Reds, Southboro, Mass. James O. LeFevre, White Leghorns, New Paltz, N. Y. W. H. Β Kent, Barred Rocks, Cazenovia. N. Y Mt. View Poultry Farm, White Leghorn, Rutland, Vt. A. P. Robinson, White Leghorns, Calverton, N. Y Jack Trevethan, White Leghorns, Vineland, N. J J. F r a n k DuBois, White Leghorns, East Lynn, Mass White Springs Farms, White Leghorns, Geneva, N. Y Goshen Poultry Club, White Leghorns, Goshen, Conn E. A. Ballard, White Leghorns, Chestnut Hill, Pa Small's Poultry Farm, White Leghorns, Chesire, Conn Max Axelrod, White Leghorns, Westfield, Mass T h e Orchards, R. I. Reds, South Hadley, Mass Leo A. Grouten, White Leghorns, Farmington, Conn
Eggs 2234 2218 2097 2040 2022 2000 1992 1990 1985 1956 1924 1896 1866 1861 1842 1837 1836 1809 1796 1792
N E W YORK STATE EGG LAYING CONTEST AT FARMINGDAEE, E. E* The first year of the New York State Egg Laying and Poultry Breeding Contest was in every way successful. The total num ber of eggs laid during the entire year was 139,477, or an aver age of 152.11 egg per bird. The winning pen for the year was Pen 27, Single Comb White Leghorns, owned by Mr. F. J. Loveland of New City, N. Y. These pullets laid 3,739 eggs. The place for second highest pen was tied by the birds of Mr. George Phillips of North Haven, Conn., and Mr. H. F. Hendrickson of Bridgehamton, L. Ε These also were Single Comb White Leghorns. Their total for the year was 3,684 eggs. These pens were presented with beautiful silver plaques which were suitably engraved. Mr. Loveland was also fortunate in having the high producing pullet for the year, whose record was 262 eggs. Another White Leghorn pullet owned by Mr. Sanford P. Ritzer of Garden City, L. E, took second place with a year's total of 253 eggs. Third place was taken by a pullet from Mr. Phillips' pen, with 249 eggs. *From the Furrow, Vol. I, No. 4.5.
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1912—White Leghorns (sbirds) 1071 ; F. G. Yost, Sayre, Pa. 1913—White Leghorus (5 birds) 1190 ; Tom Baron, Catforth, England. 1914—White Leghorns (10 birds) 2088 ; P. F. Iviucoln, Mt. Carniel, Conn. T915—White Wyandottes (10 birds) 2072 ; Tom Bai'on, Catforth, Eng. 1916—White Wyandottes ( lobirds) 2265 ; Obed G. Knight,Bridgeton, R. Γ. 1917—Barred Rocks (10 birds) 2119 ; Applecock Farm, Fitzwilliam, N. H. 1918—Oregons ( l o b i r d s ) 2352 ; Agr. College, Corvallis. Ore. 1919—Barred Rocks (10 birds) 2022; Jules F. Français, Westhauipton Beach, L. L 1920—Barred Rocks (10 birds) 2234 : Jules F . Français, Westhamton Beach, L. I. 1921—White Wyandottes (10 birds) 2234 ; Obed G. Knight, Bridgeton, R. I.
The best Connecticut pen was entered by Ernest H. Scott from Farmington. In the Plymouth Rock class W. H. B. Kent's *From Press Bulletin of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station.
Downloaded from http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/ at D H Hill Library - Acquis S on April 30, 2015
Obed G. Knight's pen of White Wyandottes from Bridgeton, R. I., won the tenth annual laying contest conducted by the Agricultural College at Storrs. The final score of the blue rib bon pen for the year was 2,234, or an average of more than 223 eggs for each pullet in the pen. This pen jumped into the lead during the very first week of the contest and was never headed. At the end of the quarter these Wyandottes were 59 eggs ahead of the next nearest competitor, a pen of Barred Rocks from Cazenovia, N. Y. At the half-way point a pen of Rhode Island Reds from Southboro, Mass., were within 24 eggs of the leaders. At the three-quarter mark the Reds had fallen by the wayside and a pen of White Leghorns from Cooperstowu, N. Y., were the closest contenders with a gap of 103 eggs between them and the leaders. In the last quarter the real struggle began. A pen of White Leghorns from Hollywood, Wash., gained so consistently in the home stretch that until the very .end of the contest it looked as if the Leghorns would beat the Wyandottes to the wire. In the last days of the contest the western pen was within seven eggs of first place. This is the third time that White Wyandottes have outlaid all competitors as can be seen from the following list of winners in the contests at Storrs during the last ten years.
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PO UL TR Y SCIENCE
500 270 140 50 40
w h i t e Leghorns Rhode Island Reds Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Miscellaneous
1000 Average all breeds
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1699 Ι53·6 145-2 162.7 123.3 159 7
High individual records are of particular interest to pedigree poultry breeders who use such hens to breed their choicest cock erels. The outstanding performance in this respect was the record of White Leghorn hen No. 674 from Hollywood, Wash., that laid 263 eggs during the year. The second best hen in the contest was Rhode Island Red No. 323 from Groton, Mass., that laid 260 eggs. In the Plymouth Rock class hen No. 15 from Cazenovia, N. Y., was at the top with a mark of 244 eggs. White Wyandotte hen No. 147 in the winning pen was the best in this group with a score of 247 eggs. The best Connecticut hen was White Leghorn No. 601 owned by Shadowbrook Farm from Ridgefield. Her record was 252 eggs. The following list shows the twenty leading pens in the order of their production together with their respective scores for the year :
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birds from Cazenovia, Ν. Y., finished the year more than 250 eggs ahead of any other pen in their class. In the Rhode Island Red group Charles H. Lane's pen from Southboro, Mass., was an easy first with a score of nearly 2,000 eggs. The Leghorns constituted one half the birds in the contest and in this, the largest group, Hollywood Farm's pen from Hollywood, Wash., was more than 100 eggs ahead at the close of the contest. The fifty birds in these four pens together with the winning Wyandottes a;veraged to lay 209 eggs per hen as compared with an average of 102 eggs each for the fifty hens in the five poorest pens. There were 1000 hens in the contest of ten different breeds and varieties and from fourteen different states and two of the Canadian provinces. They laid a grand total of 159,700 eggs. The following table shows the number of birds in each of the principal classes, the average individual egg yield for the year, and the general average for all varieties that took part in the contest.
NE W YORK ST A TE EGG LA YING CONTEST Breed and Owner Obed G. Knight, White Wyandottes, Bridgeton, R. I Hollywood Farm, White L,eghorns, Hollywood, Wash. I<. E. Ingoldsby. White Leghorns, Cooperstown, N. Y. Ernest H. Scott, White Leghorns Farmington, Conn. Imperial Poultry Farm, W. Leghorn, Elizabeth, N . J Burchell & Janson. W. Leghorns, Thetis Island, B. C. Charles H. Lane, R. I. Reds, Southboro, Mass. James O. LeFevre, White Leghorns, New Paltz, N. Y. W. H. Β Kent, Barred Rocks, Cazenovia. N. Y Mt. View Poultry Farm, White Leghorn, Rutland, Vt. A. P. Robinson, White Leghorns, Calverton, N. Y Jack Trevethan, White Leghorns, Vineland, N. J J. F r a n k DuBois, White Leghorns, East Lynn, Mass White Springs Farms, White Leghorns, Geneva, N. Y Goshen Poultry Club, White Leghorns, Goshen, Conn E. A. Ballard, White Leghorns, Chestnut Hill, Pa Small's Poultry Farm, White Leghorns, Chesire, Conn Max Axelrod, White Leghorns, Westfield, Mass T h e Orchards, R. I. Reds, South Hadley, Mass Leo A. Grouten, White Leghorns, Farmington, Conn
Eggs 2234 2218 2097 2040 2022 2000 1992 1990 1985 1956 1924 1896 1866 1861 1842 1837 1836 1809 1796 1792
N E W YORK STATE EGG LAYING CONTEST AT FARMINGDAEE, E. E* The first year of the New York State Egg Laying and Poultry Breeding Contest was in every way successful. The total num ber of eggs laid during the entire year was 139,477, or an aver age of 152.11 egg per bird. The winning pen for the year was Pen 27, Single Comb White Leghorns, owned by Mr. F. J. Loveland of New City, N. Y. These pullets laid 3,739 eggs. The place for second highest pen was tied by the birds of Mr. George Phillips of North Haven, Conn., and Mr. H. F. Hendrickson of Bridgehamton, L. Ε These also were Single Comb White Leghorns. Their total for the year was 3,684 eggs. These pens were presented with beautiful silver plaques which were suitably engraved. Mr. Loveland was also fortunate in having the high producing pullet for the year, whose record was 262 eggs. Another White Leghorn pullet owned by Mr. Sanford P. Ritzer of Garden City, L. E, took second place with a year's total of 253 eggs. Third place was taken by a pullet from Mr. Phillips' pen, with 249 eggs. *From the Furrow, Vol. I, No. 4.5.
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