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the five pullets laying one thousand one hundred and eighty- 

 five eggs, or an average of two hundred and thirty-seven eggs 

 per bird in twelve months. Barred Plymouth Rocks won the 

 highest honors for two years in succession at this contest. 



The highest individual record ever made by one pullet of 

 any variety at the same Experiment Station was made by a 

 White Plymouth Rock which laid three hundred and four eggs 

 during the year. This bird also scored ninety-two and one- 

 half points. A Barred Plymouth Rock in the same contest 

 scored ninety-two and one-half points and laid two hundred 

 and fifty-four eggs. Buff Plymouth Rocks which laid over 

 two hundred eggs in the same contest also won prizes at the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposition Show. These facts 

 plainly show that high scoring Standard Bred Plymouth Rocks 

 can also lay large numbers of eggs. 



In the American Egg Laying Contest, the highest scoring 

 Plymouth Rocks proved to be the best layers. Plymouth Rocks 

 led throughout most of this contest. 



In the North American Contest at the Delaware College of 

 Agriculture and in previous contests pens of Barred, White, 

 Buff and Columbian Plymouth Rocks averaged more than two 

 hundred eggs per bird, or over one thousand eggs in a year 

 from a pen of five pullets. The highest individual records 

 made in this contest by birds of this breed were as follows : 



White Plymouth Rock. ... ;.'..;.' 247 eggs 



Buff Plymouth Rock ....;. . 250 eggs 



Partridge Plymouth Rock .....200 eggs 



Columbian Plymouth Rock '. 287 eggs 



Barred Plymouth Rock... 283, eggs 



In the International Egg Laying Contest at the Connecti- 

 cut Agricultural College, it was found that only one breed laid 

 eggs that exceeded those of the Plymouth Rocks in size. Only 

 one breed lost less time in bfoodiness than Plymouth Rocks. 

 If the birds had been marketed at the close of the contest, alive 

 or slaughtered, the returns from the Plymouth Rocks would 

 have exceeded all others. In the sixth Annual Contest held at 

 that place, the best laying pen of Plymouth Rocks were of the 

 Barred variety and the ten pullets laid two thousand, one hun- 

 dred and nineteen eggs during the year. The best individual 

 record was by a Barred Plymouth Rock that laid 277 eggs. 



In the International Egg Laying and Breeding Contest 

 conducted by the New Jersey Experiment Station, a White 



