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EGG-LAYING  CONTEST 
Bergen  County,  N.  J..  Egg  Contest 
This  contest  is  held  at  Emerson,  N.  J.,  under 
control  of  New  Jersey  State  Experiment  Station. 
There  are  100  pens,  each  with  20  pullets.  This 
is  the  third  (pullet)  year  of  this  contest. 
Week  ending  October  9,  1923: 
B.  P.  ROCKS 
Week  Total 
C.  W.  Brown.  N.  J .  21  2311 
J.  A.  Craig,  N.  J .  40  3091 
Etjon  Poultry  Farm.  N.  J .  .  36  3682 
Harry  H  Ober,  N.  j; .  23  2428 
Lewis  Farm.  K.  1 .  4  1623 
Roselawn  Farm,  N.  J .  42  2090 
W.  P.  ROCKS 
S.  Bradford  Allyn.  Mass .  25  3714 
Roy  M.  Lynch.  N.  J .  12  2164 
James  F.  MacDonald.  Mass .  33  3578 
WHITE  WYANDOTTKS 
Barr's  Knobby  Stone,  Pa  .  21  2417 
Central  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J .  29  2519 
K.  C.  Condict  &  Son,  N.  J  .  43  2545 
August  Weiss,  N.  J .  37  2728 
R.  C.  R.  I.  RKD8 
The  Boola  Farm,  N.  J .  17  2166 
S.  C  R.  I.  REDS 
H.  W.  Collingwood.  N.  J .  36  3207 
Henry  P.  Walker,  Mass .  28  2701 
C.  Reed  Ferguson.  N.  J .  57  3378 
Fred  C.  Nixon,  N.  J .  35  2600 
Howard  (4.  Taylor.  Jr.,  N.  J .  29  2304 
R.  W  Tracy.  N.  J .  32  2501 
Underhill  Brothers,  N.  J .  47  2581 
CAMPINKS 
Mrs.  B.  W.  Bralnard.  N.  Y .  15  2579 
ANCONAS 
Just-A-Mere  Poultry  Farm,  N  J .  30  3132 
E.  Dittmar,  N.  J  .  26  2420 
Solomon  Richman.  N,  J .  30  3550 
LEGHORNS 
Tanglewold  Farm.  N.  Y .  13  3137 
Beck  Egg  Farm.  N.  J .  25  3328 
J.  W,  Bottcher.  N.  J .  16  3090 
Broad  Acres  Farm,  Conn .  21  2614 
Broad  View  Farm,  N.  J .  27  3039 
A.  L.  Causse,  Jr-,  N.  J .  40  3555 
Cranberry  Brook  Farm,  N.  J .  21  2880 
J.  S.  Cray  &  Son.  N,  J .  17  3421 
Harold  W.  Davis,  N.  J .  4  2602 
Alex  Eichenbaum,  N.  J .  43  3511 
Eigenrauch  &  De  Winters,  N.  J .  23  2399 
Pinehurst  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J .  17  2722 
Mattie  II.  Eppele.  N.  J .  31  3371 
Geo.  B.  Ferris.  Mich .  76  3870 
Richard  Franke,  N.  J .  40  3069 
Oreendale  Farm.  N.  Y .  18  3004 
Chas  E.  Grove,  Del .  29  3278 
Leo  A.  Grouten,  Conn .  24  3288 
Henry  E.  Heine.  N.  J .  24  2254 
John  J.  Heerdt.  N,  J .  38  3617 
The  Hoehn  Farm,  N.  Y .  49  3781 
A,  B.  Hall,  Conn  .  36  2921 
Hollywood  Farm.  Wash .  44  3072 
Frank  L.  Hugus.  N.  J .  16  3393 
Sami.  Johnston,  N.  J .  43  3i49 
George  C.  Johnson.  N.  J .  15  3279 
The  Ohio  Poultry  Farm,  Ohio .  19  3235 
Robert  O.  Knapp,  N.  Y .  40  3431 
Jay  D.  Lester,  N.  Y .  25  3129 
Francis  F  Lincoln,  Conn .  43  3511 
Lion  Head  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J .  40  3222 
Harold  VV,  Lyle,  N.  J .  46  3783 
Marquis  &  Wagner.  N.  Y  .  33  3258 
Herbert  O.  Maxham,  R.  I  .  25  3043 
Meadowedge  Farm  N.  Y .  35  3100 
Mercer  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J .  27  3251 
Fred  J.  Mathews,  N.  J  .  24  2938 
Oakdale  Poultry  Farm.  N.  J .  28  3048 
Samuel  Niece  &  Son,  N.  J .  19  3212 
S.  Olsen,  N.J .  32  3137 
Pinewood  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J .  21  2819 
Manning  Potts,  N.  J .  32  4156 
Queensbury  Farm.  N.  J .  24  2750 
Rapp’s  Leghorn  Farm,  N.  J .  15  2916 
Columbian  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J  .  35  2672 
John  1C.  Koessner.  N.  J .  15  2649 
ltosehill  Farm.  N  ,1  0  2840 
Rosewood  Leghorns,  N.  J .  23  3474 
J.  W.  Schreib.  N.  Y .  22  3325 
Khadowbrook  Farm,  Conn .  33  3144 
A-  E.  Spear,  N.J .  38  3530 
Spring  Lake  B’arm,  N.  J .  21  3398 
J./nn  G.  Simmonds,  N.  J .  25  3817 
Matthew  Stothart.  Jr.,  N,  J  .  40  3253 
Willis  E.  Stryker.  N.  J .  21  3413 
Sun.  View  Farm,  N.  J .  45  3358 
Wallace  S.  Suydani.  N.  J .  12  3039 
Tom’s  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J . 14  3595 
J.  R.  Van  Ilouten,  N.J .  34  2878 
Gustav  Walters,  N  J  .  25  3221 
John  F.  Wehrell.  N.  ,T .  35  2989 
Westwood  Poultry  Farm  N.  J .  24  3128 
James  Whetsel.  N.J .  20  2946 
White  Cloud  Farms.  N.Y .  30  3212 
Wilburtha  Poultry  Farm,  N.  J .  18  3561 
S.  C.W.  LEGHORN  N.  J.  ASSN. 
Atlantic  Co.  M.  P.  A .  20  2969 
SCW  LEGHORN  ENTRIES 
Bergen  Co.  Poultry  Assn .  13  3708 
R.  I.  REDS 
Bergen  Co  Poultry  Assn .  12  2804 
SCW  LEGHORN 
Burlington  Co.  Poultry  Assn .  17  3145 
R.  I.  REDS 
Burlington  Co.  Poultry  Assn .  38  3010 
S.  C.  W.  LEGHORN 
Hamiuonton  Poultry  Raisers’  Assn...  23  3299 
Hunterdon  Co  Poultry  Assn .  40  3613 
Middlesex  Co.  Poultry  Assn .  36  3653 
Ocean  Co.  Poultry  Assn  .  24  3201 
Vineland  Poultry  Assn  .  28  3442 
Total  .  2807  310379 
Soft-shelled  Eggs 
Can  you  tell  me  the  cause  of  hens  lay¬ 
ing  soft-shelled  eggs,  some  with  no  shell  at 
all?  A  neighbor,  quite  a  hen  woman,  tells 
me  it  is  because  my  hens  are  too  fat. 
Can  you  get  a  laying  hen,  which  has 
free  range,  too  fat?  I  have  been  feed¬ 
ing  a  few  cooked  potatoes.  They  are 
on  free  range.  m.  e.  h. 
Vermont. 
I  do  not  know  that  anyone  knows  the 
cause  of  this  trouble,  other  than  that  it 
is  some  disturbance  of  the  shell-making 
glands  that  prevents  their  proper  func¬ 
tioning.  Probably  there  are  various 
causes  for  such  disturbances  and  that 
no  one  reason  can  be  assigned  in  all 
cases.  Hens  on  free  range  should  not 
become  too  fat  to  lay,  if,  indeed  any 
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up  their  food  in  egg  production,  but  no 
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