LEGHORNS FOR ECCS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 162, 2 April 1908, Page 2

LEGHORNS FOR ECCS.

A ; \V"ORLD ! S RECORD. . 'An "Adelaide Press Association message states that at the' egg-laying competition liinnear's and Padman's pens/of white leghorns laid respectively . 1531 and 1523 eggs • -in twelve', months. The previous best world's record was 1494. White leghorns are" fast bursting up the popularity 'of the now strains- of-:poultry-which have been so ftiich advertised of late. Although there is doubtkss a lot of- truth in ' tho axiom. that " strain "■ .counts. bofbro ■ "breed," the great fact for farmers, to take , notice' of is' that white leghorns in "this part, ■ •of the world are ighominiously defeating ..-all' the'strains of.any, othfer breed! Thw won■ ' ail tho fivo prizes in'>, tho Lincoln' College contest' _just closed, and .only two of, the, leg- / . horii" pens were: more, than half,- way -down.-'' the. list: Thoro'. were only...eleven;' pens -of . white leghorns. iiv'-the. competition,: and: t-hey,: / won -a brilliant - victory over all'-..t1i0. breeds that made, np t-ho .rest oft-h'fe' fortyr», eight pens.' '-• "■ 'At tho;Blenheim contest ftittv l'S the same ; story to- tell. The . top .-fourtebn pens are white' leghorns.-: Then comes orte pen of black . crpingt'ons, and 'then 'another fifteen, pens: of 1 white leghorns before the rank and >-■ file varieties begin. There aro' .only throo pens of frbito leghorns in "tho bottom/nineteen peris. .- . : - As a proof that tho white leghorn is tho only fowl to. be considered as an: egg-layer,.. . these facts aro surely unanswerable. .« It. lias to be - admitted - that, tho'l-whitelegh'ora:, oockerels, which, of c6urse; have to bo billed, ■: are not oqual to other breeds .for table purposes. But 'this, fact'miist not" .be. magnified too much!' Tho difference, in ' value 1 betwoan a leghorn cockerel;. and 7a.;:. or . orpington oockerpl may,: bo a shilling or: two, , but tho extra flesh costs f00d,., arto; that extra cost' for food. oxtends over the whole flock.' As to winter layers, tho white leg-' .horns, in the'competitions- oven now, when eggs are 2s. a . dozen, are still the largeet layers.', And when -'egira \«te. sold by, weight they, will tcore still higher. v • ' V / j'.'