LAYING COMPETITIONS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1715, 11 January 1905, Page 71 (Supplement)

LAYING COMPETITIONS.

THE HAWKESBTJKY COLLEGE CONTEST. October returns on the above contest were, as may have been already noted, the best: so far, though behind that of same month last year. Mr Thompson's report for October, to the “Daily Telegraph,” was as follows: ‘‘With the exception of a nice rain, extending over four days in the beginning of the month, we have had a spell of dry, warm weather, which was favourable to egg-production, and it is pleasing to be able to record an appreciable increase in the number of eggs. If we have a continuance of the present settled weather no doubt we shall be able to chronicle a fair advance for November over the corresponding month of last year. Experience lias taught u® more than ever this season that the weather conditions are an important element in governing the output of eggs. Every time we have had a period of wet weather our egg yield has suffered severely. ‘‘Tne whole of the pens are' now well grassed, and in splendid condition. We are still feeding green chaffed rape and lucerne daily. The bulk of the laying is; now being done by the White Leghorns, and some of the pens of this breed look like running up dangerously close to the leaders.

“The broodies are now giving a good deal of trouble, as they are going broody more frequently, and taking much longer to break oft'. The most troublesome in thig respect are the Partridge Wyandottes, the Jubilee Orpingtons being a good second, follower by the Buff Orpingtons. The Silver and Golden Wyandottes are about equal in a lesser degree to the three breeds named, while the White Wyandottes, Silver-pencilled 'Wyandotte®, Rhode Island Reds, White Rocks, and Imperials rank next. “Hens belonging to A. Wood, E. G. Wyckoff, E. Waldron, J. F. Scobie, C. 11. Bayley, H. Devine, and J. Howe died, and were replaced, and hen® belonging to W. 11. Tombs and A. Munro were returned, suffering from white comb and abscess respectively, and were replaced. “The monthly laying has been: April, 2383 eggs; May, 3388; .June, 4900; July, 7782; August, 10.423; September. 10.216; and October, 10,829; grand total, 49,921.”

The following are the totals of the whole ot the pens to November 30th. The competition started April Ist, 19T4. Eight months gone, four to go. Totals.

1 Mrs E. Sc ay sb rook, B Orpingtons (112) 815 2G. Howell, Silver Wyandottes

(132) 80S 3 W. H. Peters, Golden "Wyandotte® (93) SOI 4 Mrs A. 11. Hansel, ILL. Leghorns (103) 795 5 F. J. Brierley, White Leghorn® (153 799

6 J. Lowe, White Leghorns (135) 772 7 J. M. Amderson, R.C-.W. Leghorns (123) 763 8 J. Potts, White Leghorns... (147) 742 9 A. J. Byrne, White Leghorns (124) 740 10 B. T. Forrest, Black Orpingtons (HO) 726 11 Roylo Poultry Farm, Black Orpingtons (93) 725 12 Oceanside P. Farm. White Wyandottes (113) 724 13 C. Bridekirk, Buff Orpingtons (113) 720 14 Dr J. Martin, R.I. Reds ... (104) 719 15 Harwood and Dennis, White Wyandottes (90) 703 16 D. J. Stephens, Silver Wyandottes (89) 702 17 C. A W. Weal, White Leghorns (110) 697 18 S. Ellis, White Leghorns... (131) 697 19 F. J. Powney, Brown Leghorns (130) 689 20 Ventura Poultry Farm, Silver Wyandottes (87) 682 21 W. Wild, Black Orpingtons (120) 681 22 W. H. Tombs, Anconas (114) 679 23 Mrs El. Kirby, Buff Wyandottes (85) 676 24 W. Cook, Black Orpington (117) 673 25 E. Solomon, Buff Leghorns (88) 672 26 C. H. Wickham, Black Orpingtons (86) 670 27 J. J Roche, WTiite Leghorns (138) 656 28 H. Pannell, Buff Orpingtons (107) 656 29 C. Chapman, White Leghorns (118) 653 30 A. Wedlich, Black Orpingtons (114) 647 31 A. Arnold, White Leghorns (135) 645 32 W. and E. Ottrey, Buff Orpingtons (87) 643 33 Veness and Fox, Silver Wyandottes (88) 642 34 F. R. Small, White Leghorns (135) 641 35 J, W. Woodlands, Black Hamburghs (US) 635 36 L. L. Ramsay, Black Orpingtons (105) 635 37 V. J. Z ah el, White Leghorns (151) 630 38 M. Ward, Black Orpingtons (103) 621 39 W. E. Boutcher, Imperials (104) 620 40 Mrs E. Battey, Buff Wyandottes (90) 619 41 J. D. Callaghan, Buff Orpingtons (78) 616 42 W. H. Ponton and Sons, Langshans (117) 611 43 El Waldron, Black Orpingtons (114) 609 44 J. Gamble, Buff Orpingtons (66) 609 45 E, Greenwell, Pile Leghorns (82) 606 46 J. Stewart, White Leghorns (131) 604 47 J. B. Smith, Silver Wyandottes (103) 602 48 A. Munro, Buff Leghorns... (100) 600 49 Miss N. A. Pratt, Silver Wyandottes (73) 599 50 G. Berna.uer, Buff Or ping4/vti wj Q(1 51 C. K. Bay ley, Buff Orpingtons (89) 583 52 D. T. Roots, White Rocks... (94) 582 53 D. Stearn, Black Orpingtons (93) 580 54 J. Howe, Blacn Orpington® (116) 578 55 Miss E. Wright, Buff Orpingtons (84) 577 56 H. E. Kelly, Black Orpingtons (77) 577 57 S. B. Ivennard, Golden Wyandottes (75) 575 58 G. E. O. Craft, P, Wyandottes (75) 574 59 11. H. Bassen, Silver Wyandottes (89) 569 60 Arcadia Poultry Farm, White Wyandottes (73) 568 61 W Gibson, Jubilee Orpingtons (90) 568 62 Mrs C. Burke, Silver Wyandottes (79) 562 63 E. W. Lee, Black Orpingtons (120) 561 61 A. Baxter, White Leghorns (120) 558 65 G. W. Commins, Silver Wyandottes (83) 556 66 L. Hunter, Buff Orpingtons (91) 556 67 J. F Scobie, ■ Silver ''Wyandottes , (93) 556 68 W E. Cates, Black Orpingtons (110) 553 69 S. Kendall, White Wyandottes (116) 552 70 E. H Maxwell, Buff Orpingtons (76) 550 71 Mrs J. M. Allen, White Wyandottes (81) 548 72 R. 11. Wynne, White Leghorns (117) 547 73 IT. A. Jones, Black Orpingioiis (88) 546 74 II Donnan, Silver Wvandottes (74) 515 75 I’. iLv'.ue, A®!; field, Buff Legii a! - (99) 5-14 76 Dr I'iasciii. Brown Leghorns (120) 544

77 B. Traherne, Minorcas ... (113) 543 78 Grantham Poultry Barm, R.C. (110) 539 79 J, Harley, White Wyandottes (80) 536 80 E. G. Wyckoff, S.P. Wyandottes ; (100) 536 81 A. B Henry, Silver Wyandottes (103) 531 82 Bonaventure Poultry Barm, Brown Hamburghs (H 4) 530 83 W. B Bvenden, Andalusians (114) 528 81 G. Webster, Black Orpingtons (83) 524 85 H. 8. Bignoll, Gulden Wyandottes (90) 010 86 B. Leivis, Silver Wyandottes • (87) 509 87 W. A. Hunter, Silver Wyandottes (99) 506 88 Guan Bros., Silver Wyandottes (96) 505 89 J. Ahern, Buff Leghorns (94) 498 90 G. L. Saunders, Silver Wyandottes - (70) 492 91 A. Wood Minorcas (106) 493 92 B. B Bannister, Minorcas... (123) 487 93 H. Van Dreser, White Leghorns (121) 460 94 O Bowditch, White Leghorns (125) 460 95 W. Wilson, Buff Orpingtons (93) 440 96 C. Davies, Silver Wyandottes (/2) 437 97 W. Turner, Minorcas (113 435 98 U. Hogan, Langshans (88) 431 99 C. B. Thompson, Langshans (99) 418 100 W. Harris, P. Wyandottes... (73) 371