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Show RHODE ISLAND REDS IN LEAC Hens Owned by Pennsylvania Poultry Raiser Ahead of Eastern Egg-Laying Egg-Laying Contest. The egg-laying contest at the Connecticut Con-necticut Agricultural college, with its 500 pullets from 19 states of the Union, England and Canada, representing repre-senting 12 distinct breeds and 23 varieties, va-rieties, attracted considerable atten- Rhode Island Red Hen. tion at the Connecticut Poultry association as-sociation meeting held at Hartford recently, re-cently, as some of the speakers had birds entered in the contest. Following Is the report of the leading lead-ing hens for the twelfth week of the contest: John A. Pretchery of Harrisburg, Pa., single comb Rhode Island Reds, 24 eggs; Howard Steele of Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Pa., single comb Rhode Island Reds, 23 eggs, Top Notch farm; Walter Wal-ter Mills of Long Island, barred Plymouth Ply-mouth Rocks, 21 eggs; C. S- Scoville of East Haven, single comb Rhode Island Is-land Reds, 23 eggs, 7 per cent, Notch farm; Walter Hills of Long Island, Is-land, N. Y., barred Plymouth Rocks, 21 eggs; C. S. Scoville of East Haven, Conn., rose comb Rhode Island Reds, 20 eggs; Woodside Poultry farm, Philadelphia, Pa., white Wyan-dottes, Wyan-dottes, 18 eggs; Arnold Francis of Oak, Pa., single comb Rhode Island Reds, 18 eggs; F. G. Yost of Say re, Pa., single comb White Leghorns, 18 eggs. |