EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14978, 26 April 1909, Page 5

EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS.

LINCOLN COLLEGE. The official report for the third week of. the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club’s fifth egg-laying competition, conducted at Lincoln College, shows that the following have attained the'•highest aggregates for the period since the commencement of the competition:— Mrs James Mills’s White Leghorns 78, L. S. Hawke’s White Leghorns 74, “ New Zealand Poultry Journal ” Institute’s White Leghorns 62, Mies E. Hearfield’e White Leghorns 58, G. H. Robinson’s White Leghorns 55, W. A. Nixon’s White Leghorns 53, A. Petrie’s White Leghorns 51, H. Bannehr’s White Plymouth Rocks, 51, A. B. Menzies’s White Leghorns 59, R. Willis and Son’s White Leghofns 47, J. Adamson’s White Leghorns 43] Brackenfield Poultry Farm’s White Leghorns 39. •The highest totals for the week are as follow:—L. S. Hawke’s White Leghorns 25, G. H. Robinson’s White Legr horns 22, Mrs James Mills’s White Leghorns 22, Bra'ckenfield Poultry Farm’s White Leghorns 20, “ New Zealand Poultry Journal ” Institute’s ' White Leghorns 19, Miss E. Hearfield's White Leghorns 17, F. R. Cameron’s White Leghorns 16, J. Adamson’s White Leghorns 15, J. Ashton’s > Silver . Wyandottes 14, A. R. Browne’s White Leghorns 14, J. Thomson’s White Leghorns 14, A. Petrie’s White Leghorns 14, A. B. Menzies’s White Leghorns 14..