LECHORNS LEADING.
LINCOLN COLLEGE EGG-LAYING . COMPETITION. i;. Tho number of eggs'laid last wj-ek in connection with the Utility Poultry/ Club's competition' at Lincoln College (says a Press Association messago) was 628, making a total of 40,541 to date. Tho best layings were A. W. V. Clarke's silver wyandottes 28, W. A. Nixon's white leghorns 25, Allan Petrie's white leghorns 25, F. G. Britten's whito leghorns 23, G. Robinson's white leg-horns-23.' The highest totals to date are: Allan Petrie's wnite. leghorns 1153, J. Toiige's white leghorns 1085, Miss' Rita. Nixon's whito leghorns 1074, W. O. Sail's white leghorns 1046, I<\ G. Brittan's whito logliorns 1042, W. Forrest's black orpingtons 1009. ' In this- competition, as at Blenheim, , tho white leghorns are all ahead, although'la silver ivyandotte is making ah effort to got 1 into the winning bunch. The duration of tin! dompetitiou is from May-19 last to March" 18 nextr-a curtailed period adopted to bnrifc ! the start of the next competition. hack to April. ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 2
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