Storrs Egg Contest Yields Record Yet Unusual Hen
In week thirty two at Storrs the laying contest produced 4163 eggs, just under the prior week and 151 more than last year. Leghorns, Campines, and Buttercups excel, accounting for 62 percent of eggs from 47 percent of hens. White Leghorns from Dictograph Poultry Farm led with 61 eggs. Windsweep Farm placed second with 57. A White Wyandotte hen No. 194 showed two functioning ovaries and two oviducts, producing odd two-egg days yet died from an enlarged liver. The top pens include Barron and Cam in Catforth England, Hillview Farm, Tont Barron, Robinson, and Windsweep Farm among others in the standings. Connecticut entries note Merrit Clark and Bowles among leaders.
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Storrs
Dictograph Poultry Farm
West Nyack
N. Y
Windsweep Farm
Redding Ridge
Conn
Rhode Island Reds
Charles Polhemus
Newburgh
N. W
Ed Cam
Preston
England
White Wyandottes
Tom Barron
Catforth
Enseland
Hillview Poultry Farm
St. Albans
Tont Barron
Robinson
Calverton
Cheshire
Pinecrest
Groton
Mass
Rhode Island
Colonial Farm
Temple
N. H
W. Thomas
Ballston Lake
Packard Twin Six Delights New York as Sales Soar
The Packard Twin Six debuts at the New York Packard store on June 2 drawing 4939 visitors by 6 pm and a later 5000 before theatres. Budlong says pricing error kept cars underpriced and every NYC unit could fetch $500 more. Detroit reports record sales and dealers demand larger allotments.
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Packard
New York
Broadway
M. J. Budlong
Budlong
New York City
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Detroit
Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis Speedway
Argentina as Market for American Automobiles
American made cars gain share in Argentina with imports rising from about 10 to 12 percent in 1912 to over 19 percent in 1913 as total imports reached 5 194 200 dollars. France remains first in shipments, but the United States moved up to second place by 1913 and to a dominant relative position in 1914 and 1915 amid a general decline due to a world depression.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Argentina
France
United States
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Belgium
South America
England
Yale and Harvard to Clash in Thames Regatta First Varsity
Great Thames contest expected as Yale and Harvard first varsity crews prepare for a historic meeting on the river. Yale lineup includes Morse as stroke and Sturtevant as captain with Coe at bow. Harvard lists Lund as stroke, Murray as captain, and barger as coxswain amid a strong crew.
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New
London
Conn
Thames River
Yale
Harvard
Morse
Wiman
Meyers
Sturtevant
Sheldon
Low
Bennett
Bow C. Coe
McLane
Lund
Cabot
Parsons
J. Middendorf
Harwood
Stebbins
Morgan
H. Murray
Barger
Speed Regulator Device for Automobiles
A new speed control device combines a regular speedometer with a locked speed dial on a common lock. The owner sets the disk to a chosen speed and removes the key. the disk cannot be changed without the key. An armored wire links to the accelerator release so the throttle gradually closes to slow the car. A second note discusses eugenics and birth rates, urging study of British declines and ways to encourage marriage and childbearing while reducing infant deaths.
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Columbia Grafonola
Columbia
Wissner Piano
Main Street
Hotel Vendig Thirteenth and
Filbert Sis
Philadelphia
Portland
Ntee Walsh
ED. Pinaud
Parfumeree
Pinaud
Pinaud Building
Charles McDonald
Brooklyn
Greenwich
Constantine Constantinovitch
Gar
Russia
Sied
Petrograd
Automobile News
Tees Vale
First Varsity
Dynger
Arthur Thomson
Popular Science Monthly
Gaertner
Europe
Knickerbocker
Jacob Ruppert Brewery
Third Avenue
92D Street
Bridgeport
Housatonic New Phone
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