LEOHORNS WINNING.
1 A CLOSE FINISH. I ; BLENHEIM EGG-LAYING . CONTEST. ■ ' ■ At . the Blenheim ; egg-layjng : ,competition j • (says a Press Association message) the total •. • eggs.'laid duriiigi'tlie: week ■ numbered '1343: , ' t Tho grand total i5'82,697.' Tlie-highest pens , 1 for : tho' / Welc 'were':^T. :, , Edelst6ri's ;White' ,"i ■ Leghorns, 29; ' Hawko's Whito Leghorns, ■, 2S; A; and P. AssbciationVWhite Leghorns, : 25. 1 The highest 'totals to date' are the fol- . ' lowing Traichart's Wliite Leghorns; . ....'li42! i ~ .Edelstori's'lWhite Leghorns . * 1128 ' ' , Silcock's White'leghorns ... ... 1127 ! . Law's Whifo Lcghorns ... ... 1124 ' ' Scott's-White Leghorns ;• 1123 , 1 ' ' 'Hawko's White Leghorns . ... 1123 • j The'duration of the contest is from April | 1 pf last year, till March'' 18. It will, there- . fore,, terminate: next Thursday. Mr. Treicliart's • birds lead by 14 eggs, and •' may, ; ' therefore, ■; bo declared winners without any- • ■; question. Edelstoii's and jHawke's ; . birdsj i ' wbich are now second arid sixth, are the'best | layors .of the week. ...J,-.• ,'.: .• ;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 3
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144LEOHORNS WINNING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 3
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