EGG=LAYING COMPETITIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 865, 11 July 1910, Page 10

EGG=LAYING COMPETITIONS.

TENTH WEEK. The result at the end of tlie tenth week of the egg-laying competition at Papanui is that- G. H. llobinson's pens occupy the first and second places and both have reached the same total. His black orpingtous were leading his other pen by one iast ■ week, but the white leghorns equalised matters, and the total of each now stands at 303. T. Kennedy's silver wyandottes, which was the leading pen of all, has dropped back to third place. The total of eggs (aid during the week was 1335, increasing the grand total to 10,673. The following details concern the twelve leading pens:— Week Total Ending to July .6. Date. G. H. Robinson, white leghorns 32 303 G. H. ltobinson, black orpingtons 31 303 T. Kennedy, silver wyandotes '. 24 299 James Thomson, white leghorns 31 279 Sirs. R .WV Hawke, white leghorns 25 273 N. Solomon, white leghorns 31 263 W. Ba-lch, white leghorns ... 20 263 J. A. Corrie, white leghorns 28 259 AV. Knight, white leghorns 28 253 W. 0. Sail, white leghorns 30 250 Mrs. J. Mills, white leghorns 24 245 A. W. V. Clarke, silver wyandottes 34 245 In the competition for ducks, 79 eggs were, laid during the week, which makes the total 717. W. Knight's No. 1 pen of Indian runners leads with a score of 193, \V. A. Nixon's Indian runners (144) second, and T. Douthwaite's Indian runners (122) third.