An article giving a chronological breakdown of the rise and fall of the local egg-laying contest that took the West Coast by storm, with entrants from all surrounding states. Plenty of photographs included. At the end is a micro-article detailing the mysterious death of a major contributor and entrant of the contest.

Notables: Smith Model Poultry House, East Santa Cruz Improvement Club, Santa Cruz County Hen Demonstrating Herself, George W Wood, Robert E Burton / Robert Burton, S L Gibson / Samuel Lum Gibson, Alex Stewart, George Gray, Santa Cruz Poultry Association, Santa Cruz High School, A O Childers, Hauser, L J Smith, Owen Mobley, UC Poultry Division, Max Kortum, California Farm Bureau Egg Laying Contest, J E Dougherty, D B Walls, Bellows Brothers, White Leghorns, Anconas, Hanson's Poultry Farm, Levi Mellon, Columbia Belle, Vernon Miller, Leslie A Thornewill / L A Thornewill, Alberta Ranch, L J Wolf, St John's Poultry Farm, Lippincott, W J Kenna, Floyd L Collins, Collins Trap Nest Farm, Santa Cruz Jane, J Hanson, Cora Mead Thornewill / Cora Thornewill, Pathe News, H M Leathers, J T Milligan, Leslie Thornewill, Charles W Kolb, Russell Trapnest Farm, Cavagnaro and Kusterer, George Wood, C D Hinkle, Burt Owens, Angell's Poultry Farm, Billy Neef, Will Marshall, L Q Harris, Keaau Poultry Farm, Glaum Egg Ranch, James Lucas Mead, N P Sinnott, Edward Oscar Heinrich, Helene Card Thornewill / Helene Thornewill