EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS.
'■' [FROM OUR efts' COnnESI'OSDBST.J > '.-.. Camuiudge, Tuesday; The fourth week of tho competition con. % eluded on Friday last. -The eggs laid during : tho week totalled 715, being an advance of 178 over the previous week. The total num- : ber laid since May 1 is 2034. Tho highest;.' layings"- for the week were:—F. O. Hand, white Leghorns, 27; K. W. Fairclough, ■ black Orpingtons, 24; • Lyfctelton Times,£ brown Leghorns, ..2;-;.'.;3 ;-;.'.; Woodhoiise' and ,'!■ Mariner, silver Wyandottes, 22; E. J. Wil-:' liamson, white Leghorns,- 22; Mrs. J. H., Harrison, white Leghorns, 21; ; H. Lcgcr," white Leghorns, 20; Miss Blackmore, white Leghorns, 20; W. A. Nixon, white Leghorns;, (No. 1 pen), 20; W. A. Nixon, white Log- \ horns' (No. 2 pen), 19; K.W. Fairclough, white Orpingtons, 19. The leading pens to dato are:— K. W. Fairclough, blacSc Orping- ■ tons, 116; F. O. Hand, white Log-horns, ! 108; K. W. Fairclough, white Orpingtons, - 81; Woodhouse and Marriner, silver Wyan- "*' dottes, 76; Miss- Blackmore, white ; Leg- ■: ■ horns, 67; W. Ferguson, silver: Wyandottos, g 66; Mrs. Linzey, Jalack Orpingtons, 59; G.V R. Hutchinson," part-ridgo 1 Wyandottes, 53. >' Mr. Fairclough is thus the winner of the first monthly prize. ; The great advance in ' tho egg yield was all the more noticeable;; > considering the; cold ' weather which has-:■■■ been experienced lately. .';■'■/ -' '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 5 June 1907, Page 5
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