EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1033, 24 January 1911, Page 8

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

' THmTy-EIGHTH WEEK. .The results \of tho thirty-eighth, week of the lVpanw, egg-laying competition are 'interesting, but more by reason of the isirtall scoring than by the recording of tig figures; the leaders, as a wholp, made lower-records than thev have done for some. time. W. Knight's pen of-.Whito. Leghorns is still iu the van, but the second ..pen. (W. 0. Sail's) gained three point's; on 'it during ~the. week: W. Balch's, the <-hird pen, scored a point fetter, still. 55,. E. W. Hawke's. entry are will on tho.w'aj' til retrieving .the position lost by last week's'''drop, a fall which meant receding from third or iqufth position to sixth. Through the Ifourth an,d fifth pens, making ' poor ■figures, for the .week and Mrs. Hawke's picking up a little, the. latter is now within a point of getting back.to fourth plijeo. Two bnb-timd.leaders which have been laying, poorly.'recently,': recovered r£markably; J. 'Thomson's' Whjfe Leghorns Mid T. Kennedy's Silver.Wyandotte's scored 2D cach;pen.''S. S. Steele's White Leghorns Only laid' 22 and have, fallen to eleventh.position.' A..H.;Padm.'an's White Leghorns. scpi-cd .only 2t and. were displaced'from twelfth pla'c'o.by one of A. it; Browne's pen' of the same breed.' The highest score for the -week ■ was 35 made by the. pen of - White Leghorns. entered by' C. Anketil,' of llastortun. The. total eggs' laid '.was . 1209;': 'which is much below, the average. The week's production sent, Hie grand.total'up to 53,647. 'The records of tho twelve-leading pens are as follow:—. , "'. ' Week'ending Total " '■.:'. '■' ' Jin. 19. to date. ,W. Knight, White' Leg-'"". , horns. .';..'.'.......,':.. 32 . 1189 ■W-o..Sail, White Leg--'.. horns, ....' : 32 1185 ' W.'Balch,. White- Leg-. .-. ..horns 1...;..'.....,...'33 1170 ; A. Smith, ..White Leg-- ; -horns .:...... .'.:... 26 1163 G. H.. Bradford, White .■Leghorns-'........ 27 1162 • Mrs. B, ->W. Hawkb - 1 :.-. .White Leghorns ....:.. 29 : 1161.' , Hangiuru Egg Eanch, .- : . . White Leghorns 32 1151' ' James Thomson, White ' . "' : Leghorns. 29 1140 ■ Mrs.' :T. Mills, White' ~ .Leghorns. :........,'2B 1118 ■'G. ' 'Kennedy, ■ Silver' , ' . .Wyandottes ~....:;..'.., 29 ' ' ■ 1115:' S. S.. Steele,. White. Leg-■. horn's .:.:.....: "22 1110 A. E..Browhe, White Leg- . .;■■ horns. • 28 1076 ';•;.' ...THE .DUCKS.. Only 157 egg's were collected from .the duck,pens during, tho week: The total is now 9604. W. Knight's No: 1 pen is still in.the lead and is forging ahead; its lead now amounts to'almost a hundred Knight's No. 2 pen failed, to-maintain' the recovery it showed in the previous week and ollowred Hammond's entry to gain''a load in • the. run . for second place. Two pens—C. F. Nank'evill's Huff Orpingtons; and S. H. ScottV Indian Eunners--failed lo.scoro at alii. 'The. first half dozen have the following records:— i Week ending Total . Jan. 19. to date. •W. Knight, No. 1 Indian Eunners ■ 25 1001 C. Hammond, Indian Eunners 20 918 W. Knight, N6. 2 Indian Eunners :.. 16 912 T. Strong, Indian Eun- ' . ners 25 SSI W. A. Niion, Indian Eunners 12 857 Scddon and Rothwcll, Indian Eunners ...... 18 762

The bot-fly .continues to. aggravate Jlorses in> Mastertoh, and some animals ■have been put out of work in cohseguence, jays an.'exchange.