194 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



egg-production contest. This practice of using high-bred stock 

 will naturally produce larger returns per dozen if the eggs are 

 sold for hatching purposes. 



Rules and Regulations. 



1. Members of this club shall be between ten and eighteen years of ago 

 on January 1, 1915. 



2. The period of competition shall be one hundred days, beginning on 

 the morning of March 21, 1915, and closing on the night of June 28, 

 1915. 



3. Each contestant maj^ enter any number of pullets or hens between 

 6 and 100, not less than 6 nor more than 100. 



4. Members competing must have entire charge of the flock entered. 

 Parents may advise, but the boy or girl must do the work and assume full 

 responsibility of the competing flock. 



5. Standard-bred stock of one variety is recommended, but not re- 

 quired. Any variety or combination of varieties — pullets or hens — may 

 be entered. 



6. If other hens are kept, the contesting flock must be kept in a house 

 or houses by themselves. The floor space per hen should be from 5 to 8 

 square feet. 



7. Data must be kept according to record cards and report blanks. 

 All items of expense must be kept in a book or on paper, that totals may 

 be given at any time. 



8. A full report must be sent at the close of each twenty-five days. The 

 first report must contain all data for the first period of twenty-five days, 

 which will close on April 14, 1915; the second period, on May 9, 1915; 

 the third period, on June 3, 1915; and the fourth period and contest will 

 close on June 28, 1915. 



9. It is recommended that you leg band the contesting hens, but this 

 is not compulsory. (Leg bands will not be furnished by the college this 

 year.) 



10. At the conclusion of the contest a story of experience must be 

 written and sent with the other data. 



Premiums. 

 The premiums will be on the same basis as those for Corn, 

 Potato, Market Garden and other clubs, — a free trip to 

 Washington; a free trip to some places of interest in New 

 England; a free week at the college; settings of eggs from 

 standard-bred stock; ribbons; national and State pins; and 

 diplomas or certificates of merit to all who complete the 

 contest. 



