EG -LAVING COMPETITIONS.
(From Our Own Cohkespondekt.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 10. The return of the duck competition fol week ending 7th inst. are : —Knight 25, Williams 30, Ruhen 26, Spiers 25, Smithers 19, OufF 37, Kitching 18, Kearne 20, Lucy 28, Gage 12, Dowthwaite 24, Halm 16, Woodward 18, Gibbons 25, Scott 23, Penberthy 32, West 31, Knight 20, Savage 22, Butlei 29. The best for the week are:— Cuff 37, Penberthy 32, West 31. The best, totals tq date are:— Dowthwaito 666, Scott f>3T* Ruhen 612. BLENHEIM, December IC. The total for tho week is 2324, and th« grand total 60,433. Tho highest for the week are;— Knight ,'silyer Wyandottes), 34;, Mills (white 'Leghorns), 34; Leger (whito, Leghorns), 34: Silcocks /white Leghorns*, 34. Highest to date are: — Marlborough Herald (white Leghorns), 825; Law (white Leghorns), 818; Silcoclu (white Leghorns), 816; Triechart (white Leghorns), 811 y Brown (white Leghorns), 801 ■ Dodson (blaea Orpingtons), 795. N.Z. POULTRY JOURNAL DUCK EGGLAYING COMPETITION. The following are the results of the N.Z. Poultry Journal's Duck Egg-laying Competition, held at Greymouth, which commenced on May 1, 1907, up to December 7 (six ducks to the pen): —
Three l-o=t for week : —AW Cuff 37. A. Pen? berthy 32. T. West 31. Three be«t totals tc date— T. Dowthwa'tr CC6, Scott and Ware, ham 637, C. Rulien Gl2. A new sport lias bocn inisc 'aiod i». France -that of ra-cin« with tame •,?auiil)». These bird* are found to b;> rcoio ime.ligent than pigeons, and hotter ablo to br.--.« roujorh weather.
Weekly Total to total date. W. Knight, I. R. 25 598 N Williams and Simpson, B. O. 30 574 ' Carl Ruhen, I. B 26 612 A. B. Spiers, B. 0 26 49« W. Cuff, I. R. . . 37 548 T. R. Smitbers, B. 0 19 4C2 J. Kitching, I. R 18 383 R. L. Kearns. Pekins .... 20 326 Mrs Lucy, I. R 28 . 580 James Gage, Pekins . ..12 2Ct T. Dowtluj-aite, I. R. ..- .. 24 G6G Mrs Halm, Pekins 16 322 G-. Woodward. I. R 18 SO'J P. Gibbons,- B. 0 25 SGI Scott and Wareham, I. R. . 23 637 A. Penberthy. I. R 32 592 Theo. West, I. R. ... SI 557 W. Knight, B. 0 2C 52J Savage and Walker. I. R. .. 22 457 Mrs O. Butler. I. R 23 4iO 4 SO 10,023
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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 35
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