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Connecticut Western News
North Canaan, Salisbury, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
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The Storrs Egg Laying Contest reports over 1000 eggs above expected yield in the fourth week of 1922, totaling 2462 eggs, attributed to a new night feeding system started November 1. Rankings for top pens in various breeds are provided, with S. G. McLean's White Leghorns leading the week.
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Over 1000 eggs in excess of the expected yield for the fourth week is the report from the Storrs Egg Laying Contest. The average yield for this period for the last eight years has been 1403 with the highest previous mark at 1590 eggs back in 1915. Last week, however, the hens laid 2462 eggs or a yield of more than thirty-five per cent. This big increase in the number of eggs is believed to be due chiefly to the installation of a night system of feeding that was started on November first. All the birds in the contest are gotten up promptly at nine o'clock in the evening and are fed what scratch grain they will consume in the course of an hour. Then the lights are dimmed for fifteen minutes when the birds go to bed.
The table below shows the average number of eggs laid in each of the first four weeks of the contest in previous years and also the number for the first four weeks in the present contest.
In the fourth week S. G. McLean's pen of White Leghorns from South Glastonbury, Conn., nosed out first place with a score of 48 eggs. Two pens of White Wyandottes entered by Frank P. Matteson from Davisville, R. I., and Obed G. Knight from Bridgeton, R. I., tied for second place with 47 eggs each.
A Vermont pen of White Leghorns owned by J. Frank Dubois of Peacham was third best pen for the week with a record of 46 eggs. Hall Farm's pen of Rhode Island Reds from North Bennington was in fourth position with a yield of 45 eggs.
The four leading pens in each of the principal breeds are as follows:
PLYMOUTH ROCKS
G. B. Treadwell (Barred) 105 Spencer, Mass.
Maurice E. Bride (Barred) 96 Hartford, Conn.
S. Badford Allyn (White) 93 Belmont, Mass.
Davidson Bros. (White) 93 Upton, Mass.
WHITE WYANDOTTES
Obed G. Knight 180 Bridgeton, R. I.
Frank P. Matteson 159 Davisville, R. I.
Woodbridge Orchards 145 Woodbridge, Conn.
William E. Moran 102 Bethany, Conn.
RHODE ISLAND REDS
Jacob E. Jansen 146 North Haven, Conn.
Harriet F. Lawton 134 Longmeadow, Mass.
E. Newton Searles 121 Pomfret Center, Conn.
Fellows Bros. 120 Norwich Town, Conn.
WHITE LEGHORNS
Roy H. White 169 College Park, Md.
Hollywood Farm 159 Hollywood, Wash.
Acrebridge Farm 158 Marlboro, Mass.
Mrs. J. L. Theusen 156 New Haven, Conn.
| Period | Av. no of eggs | 1922 |
| First week | 829 | 1109 |
| Second week | 1083 | 1633 |
| Third week | 1207 | 2164 |
| Fourth week | 1403 | 2462 |
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Storrs
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Fourth Week Of 1922, Started November First
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2462 eggs laid in fourth week, 35% above average; top pens ranked by breed with egg counts
Event Details
Report on Storrs Egg Laying Contest showing increased yields due to night feeding system; weekly and cumulative rankings for pens of various chicken breeds from multiple locations.