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(I. A. C. HENS FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD With Only Throe Pens En tered the College Fowls Hold Highest Places RECORDS R E LA TIV ELY (.()()!) com ing in co n tact w ith stra n g e faces, stra n g e figures and p a rtie s a ttire d in stra n g e clothing. In the M issouri cotnests no one is allowed in the pens or n ear the birds but the a tte n d an t, and he goes th ro u g h the pens in the sam e direction each tim e, alw ays e n te rin g the sam e door, going from house No. 1 to No. 50, and alw ays a t tire d in the sam e kind of clothing. W henever he reverses th is course, and goes from house No. 50 to No. 1, the hens a re not expecting him a t the doors in the opposite end o f the houses and they a re alw ays m ore or less nervous and excited as a result. The a tte n d a n t in the M issouri contest conditions. The birds have had the best of feed and the closest a tte n tio n and kept under th e m ost sa n ita ry conditions. They have been handled a s directed by th e poultry d e p a rt m ent of the U niversity o f C alifornia and by two stu d e n t ex p erts from the Institu tio n . P ra c tica lly nothing has been neglected th a t could be done to obtain the best re su lts. H undreds of thousands . of people have seen the hens and m any have become in te r ested in poultry ra isin g a s a result. Many of the hens a re now in full m oult and we oug h t to have a good a v erag e production during th e fall m onths.” News re p o rts from the Panam a- Pacific E xposition e g g laying contest say th a t th ere is every reason to be lieve Oregon will c ap tu re first, second and th ird places w ith the th ree A g ricu ltu ral College pens. “ P rofessor D ryden,” the re p o rt continues, “is the m an who produced the world cham pionship 303-egg hen fo r Oregon and is now d e m o n stra tin g th a t Oregon m ethods and Oregon breeding stock will re su lt in producing the cham pion flocks even in such an abom inable clim ate as th a t in the im m ediate vi cinity of the Golden G ate.” I nfavorable Conditions Holds A ctual *E gg Yield Lower Than Those of More F avorable Clim ate and E n viron merit. O regon A gricu ltu ral College, Cor vallis, Sept. 20 .— The ten th re p o rt of the Panam a-Pacific in te rn a tio n a l E gg L aying C ontest show s th a t the three pens entered by the O regon A gricul tu ra l College now stan d first, second and th ird fo r the e n tire term of the c o n te st to Septem ber 1 and also in the A u g u st records, 'l tie college w hite leghorns a re first w ith a total ot 1434 eggs, i he cross-breds second w ith i'l't k and the b arred rocks third w ith 1227. i he leghorns and crosses have stood first and second for the la st few m onths but it w as during A u g u st th a t the barred rocks cut down the lead of th e ir com petitors, passed them and took the lead by 21 eggs. In doing th is they gained 47 eggs on the C anada W yandottes which tn ey passed and w hich had led the co n test fo r several m onths. The leg horns a re now 234 eggs ahead of the C anada pen, a lead which practically in su res th a t they will win first place in the term contest. In the individual records fo r the term the O regon cross-bred th a t has been leading for several m onths, still m ain tain s her lead, though by the narrow m argin of two eggs. H er closest rival, however, is a n o th er O re gon hen, a barred rock entered by F. M. Sherm an, of Lebanon. Am ong the te n highest individuals the College has a n o th e r cross-bred hen and th ree w hite leghorns th u s ta k in g five of the ten possible places. A nother cross bred hen stands first in the A ugust individual records w ith 25 eggs, p re tty close to an egg a day for the e n tire m onth of A ugust. The ten highest records for the period to A u g u st 31 a re a s follow s: No. 15— W hite L eghorns, O regon, 1434 eg g s; No. 16— Crosses, O re gon, 1274 eggs; No. 13— B arred Plym outh Rocks, O regon, 1227 eggs; No. 25— W hite W yandottes, B ritish Columbia, 1200 eg g s; No. 30—W hite Leghorns, New York, 1136 eggs; No. 3- W hite W yandottes, B ritish Colum bia, 1106 eggs; No. 9— W hite L eg horns, E ngland, 1099 eg g s; No. 211— Rhode Island Reds, C alifornia, 1073 eg g s; No. 2 0 — B arred Plym outh Rocks, Oregon, 1063 eggs; No. 1 0 - W hite Leghorns, W ashington, 1051 eggs. A g re a t m any inquiries have reached the College in re g ard to the actual perform ance of the hens th a t a re do ing relatively so well. Am ong other th in g s it is asked w hether the College hens and other hens entered from m any p a rts of the world a re m aking a s good records as they have made a t o th er tim es and in o th er places. T his very m a tte r is tak en up a s a p a rt of the ten th re p o rt issued by the com m ittee in charge of the contest under th e direction o f the U niversity of C alifornia and the fa c ts w ith re f erence to th is question and the reasons th e re fo r a re sta te d a s follow s: “ The record of the hens in the egg L aying C ontest has not been a s high as it would be in any contest w here the hens w ere k e p t under the con ditions which w ere m ore like those found on the o rd in ary farm . W here tho u san d s o f people a re passing w ith in a few feet of the hens, day a fte r day, th ey will never lay a s well as th ey would if th ey w ere m ore quiet and m ore secluded. They a re alw ays distu rb ed m ore or less and m ade m ore nervous w here they a re constantly B u sy a n d S u c c e ssfu l M a n u fa c tu re r. uses khaki suits and w henever he puts on a black suit, th e hens look upon him as a stra n g e r. L ittle th in g s like this have a g re a te r influence on egg production th an m ost people im agine, and for th a t reason m any of the larg e egg farm s require th e ir a tte n d a n ts to alw ays w histle or knock on the doors before they a tte m p t to open them . “ A t a g re a t exposition like th is the v isitors expect to and m ust see the hens, and the a d v ertisin g value of having your nam e constantly on a pen for the period of a y e ar is w orth m uch to any c o n te stan t. The E xpo sition is located rig h t on San F ra n SUGAR BEET PROSPECTS H A M PS H IR E HOG T Y PE S O f special in te re s t to O regon fa rm e rs who contem plate e m barking in su g a rb ee t production is the sta te m en t of Clifford W illis, editor of the N o rth w est F arm stead , th a t the outlook for home producers is m ore encouraging th an ever before. This is due, Mr. W illis thinks, to the fa c t th a t e x perience has b e t t e r e d c u ltu ral m ethods, th a t clim atic conditions are b e tte r th an ever before, and th a t the m ark e t is influenced by w ar conditions m ore nearly to approach the norm al under favorable tariff regulations. H am pshires o r belted hogs a re black a t both ends and usually w hite around th e h e a rt-g irth and forelegs. While stric tly an A m erican breed, H am p shires have ra th e r a la rg e r proportion o f lean m eat and m ore of the a p p e a r ance of the bacon type th an m ost A m erican hogs. A few years back, sw ine o f th is breed fo r several years in succession won the c arc ass contest a t th e In tern a tio n a l F at-S to ck Show. The g re a te s t im pedim ent to the pro g re ss of th is breed is the color fancy. The belted a p p earan ce being consid “ W h e r e H e n s W e r e K e p t U n d e r C o n d itio n s M o re L ik e T h o s e o f a F a r m . ” cisco Bay and v ery n ear Golden G ate through which blows a brisk wind ami often a heavy fog. The n ig h ts are cold and dam p and the clim ate and conditions a re so different from m ost sections of C alifornia and from the states, from which the birds come th a t m any of them have been handi capped by these facts, and it is th e re fore no discredit to any breeder if his pen has not done q uite all th a t he expected, and all th ey would have done under m ore n a tu ra l or o rdinary Production in m any d istric ts has also g re a tly increased and m any of the la rg e s t m an u fa c tu re rs of beet su g a r re p o rt th a t th ey have c o n tra cts to th e ir full capacity and have been forced to tu rn down scores of a p p li cations fo r fu rn ish in g raw products. He is g re a tly im pressed w ith the f a vorable su g a r beet conditions of the W illam ette Valley. Mr. W illis is the successor to John E. L arson, E x te n sion ag ro n o m ist of the A gricu ltu ral College, as ed ito r of the F arm stead . ered fancy, leads to th e retention of W ell-marked anim als, som etim es re g ard less of the fa c t th a t they m ay be in ferio r in essen tial respects to other individuals not well m arked. The sm all num ber of herds from which foundation stock a s well a s herd boars m ay be secured in the N orthw est is still an obstacle to the p ro g ress of the breed, though som e excellent H am p shire« a p p ea r on our la rg e r show and fa ir circuits.—G. R. Sam son, O. A. C. Swine Specialist.