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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16560, 8 June 1917, Page 8

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION, m , FIFTH WEEK'S RESULTS. . Tot fifth week of the Auckland Poultrykeepers Association's egg-laying competition concluded on Monday last. ' A number of birds started to lay, and eggs arc now being collected from all of the 46 peps of pullets. Last week's total 'wis 685 eggs, the grand total for tie five "weeks being 2405, The leading scores for last week are:— Light Br..ieds.—White Leghorns: G. H. ■ Shaw, Thanr.is, 81: Reliable Stud Farm Masterton. 24: G. ConneU, Thames, 24; C. Thomas, Thames. 22. r<. Hose-comb Brown leghorns: Rosedale Poultry Farm, Hastings, 13. Black Leghorns: V Miss P. Eeighway, 24 ' Black Minorcas; J. 11. Blaker, Tauranga, 18. . j , '■ fltfivy Bleeds.—Black Orpingtons: W. Blomfield, Avondale South, i 35; C. Sinel, Northcote, 24; Hokowhitu Poultry C 0.,: Upper Hutt, 22. White Wyandotte* iB. H. Scott. Avondale South, 16. Silver Wyan- 1 dottes: A. Migourotl, Matakana, 21. White Bocks: J. B. Salt, Birkenhead, 12. Rhode Island Reds: * Geo. Huddleston, ■ Birkenhead, , 20. /' ; •.'•; 'o. -•;■ ..,; v , : The leading aggregates are:—Light breeds —White Leghorns: Reliable Stud Farm, Mas:terton.l2l' G.-H. Shaw, Thames. 117; K. Wallace,' Takapuna, 113.' ' Black Leghorns: ■Vim P. Heighway, Mount Albert, 108. Black ' Minorcaa: J. a. Blaker. Tauranga, 78. "■ Heavy : breeds-Black «-Orpington«: W. * Blomfieldl' ; Avondale ft South. Ill; * Hokowhitu Poultry Co.: Upper Butt, 60. 'White-Wyandotte*-O. »IL'. Soott,? Avondale South,'' 74. -' Silver i •Wyandotte*: A. Migourofl, Matakana, 62,.