EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
CHRISTCIIURCII, 14th August. Tho statement for the fifteenth wet>k o[ tho New Zealand Utility Poultry Club* eSS"I!e SS" I!v J' iI 'S competition ,<t Lincoln College shows that the number of eggs laid lasi week was 774, making the total for fifteen weeks 6067. The avemgo per jjot hist week was 20.4, as compared with 17.9 for tho previous week. Following are those highest on the list, the totals being for fifteen weeks: — H. Uawkc, sil vcr Wyandottes, 27, total 404 ; A. M. Price, buff Orpingtons, 24, lotnl 342; .). Mann, white Wyandoltes, 22. total 259 ; A. 11. Bri&tcd. bull Orpingtons, "31, total 288; E. Wilder, buff Orpingtons, 31, total 285; R. ti. M. Evans, silver Wy,;n« doile", 21, total 263; A. Tyree, blcclc Orpingtons, 20, total 250; Mrs. J. Studholmb, Ancoinns, 28, total 246; K. S. Cox, buff Orpingtons, 20, total 244; J. H. Shaw, 27, total, 238; J. J. Uoyds, butt' Leghorns, 27, total 205; F. A. Rcllison, American white Leghorns. 23, total 200; E. Scott, brown Leghorns. 14, total 200.
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 39, 15 August 1905, Page 4
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176EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 39, 15 August 1905, Page 4
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