Egg-laying Contest Closed.
The third international egg-laying test, held at Storrs, Conn., is concluded, and every poultryman should be interested in the few following facts:
1—Of the five leading pens, three were from New England.
2—The leading pen is owned by Francis F. Lincoln, of Mount Carmel, Conn.
3—The leading pen—White Leghorns—laid 2,088 eggs.
4—Tom Barron’s White Wyandottes finished second, with 2,085 eggs.
5—The average production per hen is 144 eggs.
6—The highest individual record, 265 eggs, was made by a White Wyandotte, owned by Merrythought Farm, Columbia, Conn.