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“ The Favorite Hens ” 
They Have Started Business 
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T HE “Favorite Hens” at the egg-lay¬ 
ing contest took their time about 
starting. That’s one thing about a 
hen which has to be considered; no one 
can make a hen lay until she gets ready 
to de so. and there is no use finding fault 
with her because she doesn't start right 
n. On the whole, these “Favorite Hens’’ 
have made an excellent start. The first 
one ta lay was the big Buff Orpington 
“Louisine” entered by Mrs. Emma H. 
Wood, of New York State. “Louisine 
laid one of the first eggs which was found 
at the contest. The rest of the birds in 
her pen were apparently so much sur¬ 
prised. that they stood back and gave 
her every opportunity to take the lead. 
She had laid 14 eggs during the month of 
November, thus standing at the head ot 
the 30 “Favorite Hens” for that mouth. 
She has started in already for December, 
laying five the first week and bids fair to 
prove one of the best hens in the entire 
contest. Her sisters, however, while a 
lirtle slow at starting, will come forward 
in time,-and who knows but that tbe final 
race may resemble that between the hare 
Record. 
LEGHORNS. 
Mrs. N. D. Rand, New 
York, Lucy. 
Mrs. Lewis J. Happich. 
New York, Lady Hope¬ 
ful. 
Mrs. N. D. Miller, Ohio, 
Ann..— 
Mrs. A. J. Skellie, New 
York, Ity. 
Mrs. C. L. Todd. Vir¬ 
ginia, Patsy.. 
Mrs. Walter Fletclier, 
New York. Peggy. 
Miss Tillie B. Cloud, 
Pennsylvania, Peggy.. 
Mrs. Josephine Hollen- 
bach, Pennsylvania, 
Viola. 
Mrs. W. Phelps, Penn¬ 
sylvania, Beauty. 
Mrs. L. E. Hilborn, New 
York, Madam Tootsey.. 
MIXED BREEDS. 
Mrs. F. M. Earl, Connec¬ 
ticut, White Wyan¬ 
dotte, Gladness. 
Mrs. A. N. Conell. New 
York. White Wyan¬ 
dotte, Dolly. 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens. New 
York. White Wyan¬ 
dotte, Tilly. 
Mrs.W. S. Walters. Mich¬ 
igan, Barre d Rock. 
Bridgeman Girl. 
Mrs. G. L. Rotligeb. Vir¬ 
ginia, Barred Rock, 
Roxie. 
Misses Osier & Wilcox. 
New Y ork, B a rred 
Rock. Marguerite. 
Mrs. Robert H. Wood. 
Elmwood. Little Falls, 
N. Y., White Rock, 
Faith.. 
Mrs. Joseph di Fabrizio, 
New Jersey, Black Mi¬ 
norca. Betina. 
Mrs. Emma H. Wood, 
New York, Buff Or¬ 
pington, Louisine. 
Mrs. Edwin Walker. 
Massachusetts, Buff 
Orpington.Lady Ashby 
November. 
3 5 
5 ! 3 
RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
Mrs. Carrie M. Bliss, 
Virginia. Pocahontas. 
Mrs. E. S. Marlatt, New 
Jersey, Polly. 
Mrs. T. Schwenk, Con¬ 
necticut, Roxy-Lou_ 
Miss Ethel A. Pierce, 
New Hampshire, Lady 
Pierce . 
Mrs Samuel O. Travais, ■ 
New York. Rose. 
Mrs. W. R. Merrick, j 
Massachusetts. Betty 
m.; 
Miss Edna M- Porter, I 
New York, Betty. 
Mrs. Andrew J. Wilson, 
Connecticut. Betty. 
Mrs. E. P. Andrews. New 
York. Golden Lass. 
Mrs. Cecil Farnham. I 
Maine.! 
To¬ 
tal. 
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and the turtle, but it is “hats off” to 
“Louisine” thus far. The trouble 
with some of those other hens is 
the fact that they are still at the 
milliners, and haven’t fully completed 
their Winter dresses yet. When they 
finally parade in full costume, we shall 
hear from them. We endeavored to ob¬ 
tain a good picture of Mrs. Woods to 
print this month, but unfortunately the 
one she sent would not make a good en¬ 
graving. We hope to give a picture of 
Mrs. Wood later, and there will, also be 
a picture of “Louisine” should she con¬ 
tinue her good work. 
The next best hen for the month of 
November was “Beauty,” sent by Mrs. 
W. E. Phelps, of Pennsylvania. “Beau¬ 
ty” laid a round dozen eggs in November, 
starting one day behind “Louisine.” Up 
to Dec. S she had laid 16 eggs. It seems 
likely that “Beauty,” having started scr 
well, will keep up her record, as she is 
ranked by the experts at Storrs as a 
very good pullet. A picture of Mrs. 
Phelps is shown herewith. In September 
Mrs. Phelps wrote us about the selection 
of “Beauty” for this contest. 
“I have selected the nicest pullet from 
a flock of 100, hatched the first week in 
April, also she was the nicest from a pen 
taken from the same flock which won 
first at one of our county fairs. I cau- 
not tell, of course, much of her ances¬ 
tors as I take the largest and those that 
mature best as breeders. The cockerel 
which headed flock from which the eggs 
Mrs. W. E. Piielps. 
Owner of “Beauty.” 
were used for hatching came from eggs 
bought from C. II. WyJcoff and Son. A 
240-egg machine, first and second testing 
23 eggs out, hatch of 204 chicks from 
which I did not lose any little ones, only 
by a board dropping on two of them. I 
shall try to keep her from laying until 
you are ready _ for her. I do uot use 
trap-nests and it is something of a puz¬ 
zle to tell the best layers.” 
The Leghorn “Patsy” from Mrs. C. L. 
Todd, of Virginia, also laid a dozen eggs. 
She did not begin until the second week, 
but now she is going at a good pace. 
On Dec. S she led the crowd with 19 
eggs. Then came the Leghorn pullet 
“Viola” from Mrs. Joseph Hollenbach, 
of Pennsylvania. This pullet laid 11 
eggs, starting in the first week, and thus 
far giving a good account of herself— 
14 eggs to Dee. 8. A picture of Mrs. 
Hollenbach is shown on this page. She 
tolls us that the cockerel she is holding 
in her hands is a full brother to “Viola.” 
At the time when we were making the 
Mrs. Josephine Hollenbach. 
Owner of “Viola.” 
first arrangement for this contest, we 
wrote Mrs. Hollenbach about her liens 
and their breeding, and at that time she 
sent us the following brief statement 
about her birds, and how she would se¬ 
lect the “Favorite Hen.” Thus it ap¬ 
pears that “Viola” is her busiest bird. 
Let us all hope she will keep this busy 
streak right up. 
“I have 16 extra nice pullets hatched 
out of eggs I got from my winning pen. 
With this pen I had an old rooster, that 
is I bred father and daughter together. 
These 16 pullets were hatched on April 
S. They have nice red combs and look 
“Ity” 
York. 
as if they would lay any day. Out of 
these 16 pullets I will pick the busiest 
one that has a long back. I think a 
hen must have a long back to lay many 
eggs and must be busy to gather all the 
feed required for egg-making. I think 
tending and feeding lias as much to do 
with egg-getting as anything.” 
Another excellent Leghorn is 
sent by Mrs. A. J. Skellie of New 
“Ity” also laid 11 eggs, and is good for 
a great many more before the contest 
closes. On Dec. S her record was 15. 
The R. I. Rods made rather a poor 
start. The first one to get going was 
"Polly.” entered by Mrs. E. S. Marlatt of 
New Jersey. “Polly” took her time and 
did nothing at all during the first two 
weeks. Then she came to the front with 
nine. eggs during the rest of November, 
beating every other one of the “Favorite 
Hens” in these two weeks. We rather 
expect some large returns from “Polly” 
before she gets through, as Dec. 8 found 
her with 16 eggs. The first week in De¬ 
cember found “Betty M.,” from Mrs. W. 
R. Merrick, with three eggs to her cre¬ 
dit. also “Lady Hopeful,” a Leghorn 
from Mrs. L. D. Happich, New York, was 
true to her name with two eggs. By 
next month many more of these “Favor¬ 
ite Hens” will be at work, and then we 
shall have a long list to report. As it 
is. the Reds and the mixed breeds have 
been rather slow to start, blit we expect 
them to catch up and show what they are 
made of during the next few months. 
The Leghorns have made a remarkably 
good record. At the end of the first 
week in December these 10 Leghorns had 
laid 75 eggs. Out of 40 pens of Leghorns 1 
these “Favorite Hens” ranked No. 15. 
Out of the entire 100 pens in the contest 
they ranked No. 26. When we consider 
that these birds were taken from 10 
different farms from four different 
States, and under differing conditions, we 
consider this a remarkably good record. 
We also believe that the Reds will show 
themselves well up to the front before 
the contest is much older. 
The pen of mixed breeds may not do 
so well, although there are several birds 
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