EGG-LAYING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 266, 10 November 1939, Page 4

EGG-LAYING.

i ; AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. v / RESULTS FOR 31ST WEEK, r Results of the 31st week of the Auckland Poultry-keepers' Association's egg-laying; r contest for the new season ended last Sunday are .-is follows, the first figures being the weekly totals, and the last the teatn aggregate: — [ BREEDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS. 3 Heavy Breeds Section (5 teams) — , Huxtnble Bros.. Black Orpington (34) SSO I W. Worthing.fon, Black Orpington (31 I 870 ! JS. A. Huxtable. Black Orpington (H9) 80S • Liigfft Breeds Section (13 teams) — Graeme Douglas, White Ivcgliorri (23) 864 . S. Moore, White Leghorn (38) 853 1 W. Spencer, White Leghorn (23) .. . 766 8 SINGLE BIRD COMPETITION. : All Breeds (20 birds) — k Setldon Memnrinl Technical College. 3 Xo. 2, Black Orpington (6) .... 181 f Mrs. M. F. .lames, Xo. 1, Black Orpington (4) 170 Seddon Memorial Technical College. Xo. 1, Black Orpington (4) 174 TEAMS CONTEST —FOCR BIRDS. LIGHT BREEDS SECTIOX. White Leghorns (30 teams) — J. Xixon (22) 660 L. Stuhfman (22) 623 " *Mrs. H. Turner (24) 62U ' Any Other Variety (2 teams) — •Mrs. A. Koivu. Brown Leghorn (21) 486 *H. S. Knight. Brown Leghorn (19) . 345 HEAVY BREEDS SECTION. Black Orpingtons (17 teams)— *F. W. Lusby, Xo. 2 (20) 700 F. W. Lusby. Xo. 1 (14) 640 Royton Stud Farm (11) 640 j Any Other Variety (3 teams) — S. E. Vaile—Rhode Island Red (21) . . 522 1 *J. Nixon, Rhode Island Red (24) ... 480 ; *S. E. Vaile, White Wyandotte (21) . 396 2 DUCK SECTION. ' All Breeds (7 teams) — S. E. Vaile, No. 2. Khaki Campbell (28) 748 E. J. Walker, Khaki Campbell (26) . 733 S. B. Vaile, No. 1, Khaki Campbell (21) 697 NEW ZEALAND POULTRY " FEDERATION SECTION. ; Sixteen Six-bird Teams— I | Albany Branch—Black Orpington (25) 907 r 'Birkenhead Branch—Black Orpington : (28) 903 •Tapatoetoe Branch, Xo. 2, Black Orpington (22) 852 r 'Denotes team under standard weight ol 240z to the dozen.