I ANCONAS IN CONTEST 



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"M" he statement from the Missouri Egg Laying Contest is such an un- 

 paralled boost for Anconas that some of my readers may not think it 

 is reliable. I am therefore making this brief explanation: 



The State of Missouri is one of the greatest poultry states in America. 

 It's annual egg laying contests at the Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, 

 Mo., are international in their scope, and are considered the most thorough 

 and comprehensive of anything of the kind ever held anywhere. The re- 

 liability of these tests are unquestioned and the records are most carefully 

 and accurately kept in the minutest detail. 



These contests have for years been in charge of T. E. Quisenberry 

 Director of the Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station, Superinten- 

 dent and Secretary for ten years of the Missouri State Poultry Show- 

 Superintendent of Poultry at Panama-Pacific International Exposition at 

 San Francisco, and one of the foremost American poultry judges, authors 

 and practical poultrymen. 



The extracts printed below, from the January 1915, Report of this 

 contest, are for the year 1914, in which contest about twenty Standard 

 breeds of poultry were represented, and over one thousand hens partici- 

 pated. Bear in mind that this report is actual average for one year and 

 not particular preformances of certain pens or birds at certain times. 

 In the light of this information these figures are astonishing. 



I have had these figures verified by the Missouri Experiment Station 

 so they are absolutely correct : 



P^IOO pounds of feed produced 300 eggs when fed to Anconas; 

 268 eggs when fed to Leghorns; 251 eggs from Wyandottes; 230 eggs from 

 Orpingtons; 225 eggs from Caropines; 203 eggs from Minorcas; 201 eggs from 

 Rhode Island Reds; 188 eggs from Plymouth Rocks; 179 eggs from Langshans. 

 _ Furthermore, when all the eggs were weighed it showed that the Anconas 

 laid the largest eggs of all the breeds tested. 



And the Anconas laid the largest per cent, of eggs during December 

 January. February. March. April and May. when prices are the highest both 

 for market and hatching. 



Here we have the very essence of profitable poultry keeping most 

 weight of eggs per 100 pounds of feed; largest number of eggs per 100 

 pounds of feed; largest per cent, of eggs .^during the winter months 

 This corroborates the statement made for years by Ancona breeders that 

 the Ancona fowls produce eggs at the least cost per dozen of any known 



