Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1911 — State Is to Have Egg-Laying Contest [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

State Is to Have Egg-Laying Contest

Mountain grove, mo.— An egg laying contest to begin September 1 and last one year is being arranged by the Missouri Agricultural college and will be held at the state poultry experiment station here. It will Im the first contest of its kind held in America and will no doubt attract much attention among breeders of fine poultry. Australia and New Zealand have similar contests and plans for something of this sort are under way both in Philadelphia and tn San Francisco, but the first in the field with a definite arrangement is Missouri. Entries will be limited to fifty, and the first 50 breeders to make entries will furnish the hens. Each owner is limited to six hens, with the privilege of substituting a hen for one that becomes sick or injured. Fifty pens will be built, exactly alike, and each pen of hens will have the same food and treatment Managers of the contest have made a rule so that each pen with its en

tries will be designated by number. The owner and the management will know who owns the hens, but no one else will have this Information, unless the owner cares to give it out. This is done to protect an owner in case his bens make an indifferent showing. There will be a number of prizes offered for the best showing at the end of each month, also special prizes for the best showing made by representatives of different breeds. For the result of the year’s contest there will be other valuable prizes and owners who capture one of these will find It worth much to their business, for reports of the contest will be pub lished in newspapers, magazines an poultry journals all over the country