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In a comparative test of a pen each 
of Anconas and Leghorns, hatched and 
brooded together, and thereafter given 
the very same conditions, feeds and 
care, T. H. Holmes, Route 1, Arcadia, 
Cal., an expert breeder and poultry- 
man of wide experience, found that 
the Anconas laid more eggs every 
month than the Leghorn, consumed 
less feed and the Ancona eggs were 
larger and heavier than the Leghorn 
eggs. Taking all the eggs on a day 
when each breed laid the same num¬ 
ber, he found by weighing that the Leg¬ 
horns laid 44 per cent pullet eggs (18 
to 22 ounces); 44 per cent extras (22 
to 26 ounces); and 12 per cent double 
extras (26 ounces and over). The An¬ 
conas laid no pullet eggs, 75 per cent 
extras, and 25 per cent double extras. 
First Prize Ancona Eggs 
Purdue University Egg Shorn, Indiana 
In the Harper Adams National Egg- 
Lay ng Contest, England, 1919-1920, 
the eggs from the several breeds rep¬ 
resented averaged as follows in 
weight: White Leghorn eggs 2.05 
ounces each; White Wyandotte eggs 
2.01 ounces each; Plymouth Rock eggs 
2.06 ounces each; Rhode Island Red 
eggs 2.03 ounces each; Sussex eggs 
2.07 ounces each; Orpington eggs 1.96 
ounces each; Ancona eggs 2.08 ounces 
each. 
In the Eighth Egg-Laying Contest, 
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the 
White Leghorn eggs averaged 25.1 
ounces per dozen; Wyandottes 24.76 
ounces per dozen; Barred Plymouth 
Rocks 23.79 ounces per dozen; R. I. 
Reds 26.1 ounces per dozen; Ancona 
eggs 26.3 'ounces per dozen. Report 
signed by J. R. Terry, Chief Poultry 
Instructor. 
Early in January, 1921, at the 
Proviso Poultry Show, Melrose Park, 
Chicago, Ill., the first prize for color, 
uniformity, and size of eggs was award¬ 
ed John L. Cramer of Evanston, Ill., on 
Ancona eggs. Judge Sturtevant pro¬ 
nounced them the nicest eggs he ever 
saw. The dozen eggs weighed 31 
ounces. 
R. G. Williams, Illmo, Mo., trap nests 
his Anconas, and up to the time this 
report was furnished (May 16, 1923), 
his Ancona pullet No. 210 laid as fol¬ 
lows: November 25 eggs; December 
26 eggs; January 27 eggs; February 
2'i eggs; March 31 eggs; April 30 
eggs; to May 16, 16 eggs—a total of 
182 eggs in 197 consecutive days. 
Henzler Bros., St. Louis, Mo., have 
Ancona pullets laying at less than four 
months old. 
