BLENHEIM EGG-LAYING RECORDS.
A COMPLETE RETURN. .Readers .who are . interested in ,eggjaying records will find the following information o? the .Blenheim , contests . worth presemng. •The figures have been -kindly supplied by Sir. /. A. G. Mumby, .'managor and, secretary of the Blenheim egg-laying' competition, and cover the three tests held: sinde the Blenheim competitions sfartcd:— FIRST TEST. (12 months—May 1, 1905, to April 30, 1906.) (100 pens ;competed,- 6 birds each.) ■'."."'''."l''. 'V '! V VVr' M' 'Eggs' Winners. 'Breed. Laid. 1. H. Leger (Levin) ... W. Leghorns 1373 2. T.-B. Brookes 1 ', ■' (Clarendon, S.A.)' „ 1241 3. A. and P:. Asso'tion . ■ ■ ■ . (Blenheim) ... v „ 1190 4. Miss ■ / Mick Shaw - , •., ,• > (Blenheim) ... ' „ 1188 ... 6. Mrs; • J. Hodson- .-.> ■ :- . ■.'.-(Blenheim) ... ■ 1174 6.-A. Ashworth (Alex- • andra ... ■ M... „ ... . . H63 laid, 86j340; sold by contract, Is. Id. per dozen. ■ ' - _ '■ ■' SECOND TEST. . (12 months—May 13, ,1906, to May 12, 1907.) (100 pens competed.) • '• . ' / . ■ Eggs' , .....Winners, ;> s Breed. Laid 1. T. 8..- "Brookes . . (Clarendon, S.A.) W. Leghorns 1409 2. A. and P. Asso'tion ■ : (Blenheim) , ... 1298 5. Rev. Fr. • Servajean . ' : (Blenheim) ..... „. 1237 4. Marlborough - Hotel i : - (Blenheim) ... ■ „ 1189 :6. A. - It. Thompson ..(Blenheim) ..; „ v ngs 6. H- .Beyers ... Silver Wyan. 1186 Total eggs laid, 97,036; sold by contract, Is. lid. v . The. first five pens wero all. from T. B Brookes's strain. , ; . THIRD TEST. . , (10 months—June 1, 1907, to March 31,1908 ) (100 pens competed.) ■ Eggs..Winners. Breed. Laid. ; 1. C. Treichart (Clich.) W. Leghorns 1192 2. H. Hawke (Greytown ' V North) ' 1184 1 3. F. Edelsten (Motueka) " ' 1181' 4. E.-Scott (Dunedin)... ■' 1178 5. G. Silcock (Wang!) „ 1173 6. J. ; Law (Marlbro') ... ~ ,1144 Total eggs laid (10 months),. 85;347; sold by contract, IST 21d. per dozen. ."'!• Mr. Mumby. adds: " I am.sorry I do not know the strain for certain of any other ' pens,] lrat ;mosfc of .them',; 1., believe; are either Hillcrest, Brookes,.or Leger."-■ •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 197, 14 May 1908, Page 3
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