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IVe can print the pictures of two more 
<»f our Favorite Hen women this week. 
First we have a picture of Mrs. Emma 
II. Wood, of New York, whose Buff 
Orpington, Louisine, stood at the head 
of the li6t for so long. Louisine started 
laying on the very first day of the con¬ 
test, and has laid one or more eggs each 
week since. In the nineteenth week, 
however, Tilly, the White Wyandotte, 
laid one more egg than Louisine, and has 
thus gone to the front at this date. 
We also have a picture of Mrs. W. S. 
Walters, of Michigan. Her Barred Rock, 
Bridgman Girl, is making a fair record, 
although she started laying rather late 
in the contest. This hen will be heard 
from yet. its there are a good many weeks 
still for the birds to travel. Since our 
last report several more hens have begun 
laying. At this date two of the Leg¬ 
horns, one Barred Rock, one White Rock 
and one Bull Orpington have refused to 
start. No one can account for this fail¬ 
ure. for these hens have received the 
same treatment given the others, but with 
that strange perversity which a lien fre¬ 
quently shows, they are not yet ready to 
begin the real duties of life. They will 
come along later. Several of these hens, 
however, have made great records. On 
page 48!) you will find a picture of Golden 
Lass, dressed up in her best clothes, a 
fine specimen of Rhode Island Red. It 
certainly means something to find such a 
good specimen of the breed among our 
Favorite liens, because the birds entered 
in these contests are supposed to he about 
the highest type of the breeders’ art. The 
most remarkable hen thus far in this 
contest is Tilly, the White Wyandotte, 
owned by Mrs. R. W. Stevens. We hope 
to have a picture of Tilly soon, so as to 
decide whether she is a “dumpling.” or 
has more the shape of a trotting horse. 
No matter what her shape is, we see from 
her record that she is a good deal of a 
hen. She did not start laying until the 
sixth week of the contest. Then she got 
busy in dead earnest, and in the next 14 
weeks, or !>8 days, she lai! N4 eggs. In 
seven weeks, or 40 days, this hen laid 
45 eggs. During the month of February, 
or 'AS days. Tilly laid 26 eggs. Only one 
hen out of the entire thousand beat her; 
one of the Barred Rocks owned by 
Francis F. Lincoln laid 27. Out of the 
entire thousand only one other hen be¬ 
sides this Barred Rock equalled Tilly. 
One of the Light Brahma pullets owned 
by the Connecticut Agricultural College 
laid 26. This certainly stamps Tilly as 
very much of a hen. The records below 
show how the hens stand in their per¬ 
formance thus far. Unless we are mis¬ 
taken, the Rhode Island Red, Rose, is 
yet to make a fine record; and you will 
notice that another Red hen. Polly, is 
coming forward with a rush. Patsy, one 
of the Leghorns, is also doing well, and 
one or two others like Betty M. are not 
out of the race by any means. During 
April, May and June we expect to see 
some of these birds which are now hold¬ 
ing back rather let themselves loose and 
come sailing up to the front, but it is 
true that several remarkable hens have 
already been developed in this contest. 
We have been interested to learn about 
Tilly and her breeding. Mrs. Stevens 
writes us that she obtained her original 
Mrs. W. S. Walters, owner of Birdg-. 
man Girl. 
s ode by purchasing eggs from five or six 
1 ilb rent places. Each year she selected 
breeders after a type or idea of her own, 
and she also bought new cockerels to put 
with these selected breeders. In this 
way, by having an ideal and selecting as 
carefully as she could to that standard, 
she has built up her flock, and to show 
us that Tilly is not a freak, or one of a 
thousand, she gives us this statement 
about Tilly’s sisters. From this it ap¬ 
pears that the hens back home seem to 
think that the member of their family 
that has been sent to college is not to 
have all the glory, and that her college 
education is not so much after all : 
“Tilly and her sisters were hatched 
May 20, 1014, in incubators. In all they 
numbered 270; more than half were 
roosters. We raised only 116 pullets. 
All were kept yarded the entire Summer. 
They had plenty of fresh water and all 
the good feed that they would eat at all 
times, continuing to grow steadily from 
the day they were hatched until maturity. 
Our first pullet to lay was on the lltli 
of November, by December 1 about 20 
were laying. 
“I was alone during November, De¬ 
cember and a part of January, and my 
hens did not get the care that they should 
have had. In all (without Tilly) I had 
115 pullets and six old hens, or one more 
Mrs. Emma II. Wood, owner of Louisine, 
than the total number of W.vandottes 
entered at the contest at Storrs. During 
December and January Tilly’s sisters laid 
2,856 eggs, while the 120 W.vandottes at 
Storrs laid 2,504. 352 in favor of Tilly’s 
sisters. My pullets did not get real busy 
until about January 1, during that month 
they laid 1,804 eggs or 1501/3 dozens, 
which averaged us 45 cents per dozen, a 
total of $67.65 for January. Feed for 
the month cost $18.60, leaving a net 
profit of $49.05 for January. They have 
laid equally as well through February, 
but paid us less as grain has advanced in 
price and eggs dropped. 
“We h; e given special attention to 
obtaining extra good Winter layers to 
get the high prices; by the time egg 
prices drop in the Spring we are using 
most of the eggs for hatching purposes. 
W.vandottes make the best of broilers and 
roasters. In September, 1914, we got 30 
cents per pound for roasters; they were 
turning us from $1 to $1.25 each at a 
cost of about 40 cents each to raise. Do 
you wonder we like Wyandottes?” 
MRS. R. W. STEVENS. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS TO MARCH 14. 
Mrs. Carrie M. Bliss, Virginia, Poca¬ 
hontas . 18 
Mrs. E. S. Marlatt, New Jersey, Polly 75 
Mrs. T. Sehwenk, Connecticut, Roxy- 
L.m. 10 
Miss Ethel A. Pierce, New Hampshire, 
Lady Pierce. 9 
Mrs. Samuel O. Travis, New York, 
Rose. 53 
Mrs. \V. It. Merrick, Massachusetts, 
Betty M. 62 
Miss Edna M. Porter, New York, Betty 14 
Mrs. Andrew ,1. Wilson, Connecticut, 
Betty . 56 
Mrs. E. P. Andrews, New York, Gold¬ 
en Lass . 27 
Mrs. Cecil Farnham, Maine. 1 
PEG HORNS—RECORD TO MARCH 14. 
Mrs. N. 1). Rand. New York, Lucy.. 0. 
Mrs. Lewis J. Ilappich, New York, 
Lady Hopeful . 39 
Mrs. V. D. Miller, Ohio. Ann. 20 
Mrs. A. J. Skellie, New York, Ity.... 21 
Mrs. C. L. Todd, Virginia, Patsy.... 64 
Mrs. Walter Fletcher, New York, 
Peggy . 19 
Miss Tillie B. Cloud, Pennsylvania, 
Peggy . 0 
Mrs. Josephine Ilollenbaeh, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Viola . 36 
Mrs. 
Rpc 
W. 
E. 
Phelps, 
Pennsylvania, 
Mrs. 
L. 
E. 
1 Iilhorn, 
New York, 
Madam Tootsey. 21 
MIXED BREEDS—RECORDS TO MARCH 14. 
Mrs. F. M. Earl, Connecticut, White 
Wyandotte, Gladness. 22 
Mrs. A. N. Conell, New York, White 
Wyandotte, Dolly . 0 
Mrs. R. W. Stevens, New York, White 
Wyandotte, Tilly. 84 
Mrs. W. S. Walters. Michigan, Barred 
Rock, Bridgman Girl. 27 
Mrs. G. L. Rothgeb, Virginia, Barred 
Rock, Roxie . 10 
Misses Osier & Wilcox, New York, 
Barred Rock, Marguerita. 0 
Mrs. Robert II. Wood, Elmwood, Lit¬ 
tle Falls, N. V., White Rock, Faith 0 
Mrs. Joseph di Fabrizio, New Jersey, 
Black Minorca, Betina. 36 
Mrs. Emma II. Wood, New York, 
Buff Orpington, Louisine. 83 
Mrs. Edwin Walker, Massachusetts, 
Buff Orpington, Lady Ashby. 0 
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