(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
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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.