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Show ! RHODE ISLAND REDS IN LEAD Hen Owned by Pennsylvania Poultry Ralstr Ahead of Eastern Egg-Laying Egg-Laying Contest. j Tho egg-laying contest at the Connecticut Con-necticut Agricultural college, with Its COO pullets from 19 states of the Union, England and Canada, representing repre-senting 12 dlsilnct breeds and 2:1 varieties, va-rieties, attracted considerable atteu- Rhode Island Red Hen. tlon at the Connecticut Poultry association as-sociation meeting held at Hartford recently, re-cently, as some of the speakers had blrda entered In the contest. Following is the report of tbe leading lead-ing hens for the twelfth week of the contest: John A. Frctchery of Harrlsburg, I'a., single comb Rhode Island Reds, 24 eggs; Howard Steele of Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Pa., single comb Rhode Island Iteds, 23 eggs. Top Notch farm; Wal :er Mills of Long Island, barred Plymouth Ply-mouth Rocks, 21 eggs; C. 8. Scovllle )f East Haven, single comb Rhode Is-and Is-and Reds, 23 eggs, 7 per cent, Notch arm; Walter Hills of Long Is-and, Is-and, N. Y barred Plymouth locks, 21 eggs; C. S. Rcovllle of East laven. Conn., rose comb Rhode Island teds, 20 eggs; Woodslde Poultry ; arm, Philadelphia, Ta., white Wyan lottea, 18 eggs; Arnold Francis of 1 ak, Pa., single comb Rhode Inland 1 teds, IS eggs; F. O. Yost of Sayro 1 a., elnglo comb Whit Leghorns, IS ' ggs. 1 |