EGG-LAYING.
PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, August 11. The statement for the fifteenth week j>f the Now Zealand Utility Poultry Chib’s egg-laying competition at Lincoln College shows that the number of eggs laid last week was 771, making the total for fifteen weeks 6067. The average per pen last week was 20.1, as compared with 17.9 for the previous week. Following are those highest on the list, the totals being for fifteen weeks: H. Hawke, silver Wyandottes, 27, total 101; A. M. Price, buff Orpingtons, 21, total M2; J Mann, white Wyandottes, 22. total £99; A. H. Bristed, buff Orpingtons, 31, total 288; B. Wilder, buff Orpingtons, 31, liotal 285; R. B. M. Evans, silver Wynnilottes, 21. total 263: A. Tyree, black Orpingtons, 20, total 250; Mrs J. Studholme. Ancoinas, 28. total 216; K. S. Cox, buff Orpingtons, 20, total 311; J. H. Shaw, 27, total. 238; J. J. Royds. buff Leghorns, 27, total 205: -F. A. RolHnson, American white Leghorns, 23, total 200; B. Scott, brown Leghorns, 11, total 200.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5667, 15 August 1905, Page 7
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