EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 36

EGG- LAYING COMPETITIONS.

NELSON, August 19. - During the 20th week of the TSelson eec-laying -competition 38, .peas laid 977 e|gß. Tie -highest records^to date are -. SoW white Wyandottes 32 W -Bad* white Leghorns, Colemaa and Balckjs brown .Leghoris, and Snodgraes'* ' brown Leghorns tach 37, Lane's silver Wyaadottes and Jones's white Leghorns each 30. The leading aggregates are : Lane 455, Savape 434, J. Hockey 4a4, and Colemai and Balck 435. BLENHEIM, August 21. in the "Blenheim egg-laying competifeon the total lor the week was 1908, a»d tbe total to date 20,242. The highest *ot ««r week are: Brown's white Leghorns, o*; Lndc'£ wihite Leghorns, 33; Thomsons White Leghorns, 31; JBm**± ..«««" irfMto LegIKOTB, 31. The hi«W to data *»t Brown's white Leghorns, 552; Mms Brown's black Orpingtons, 532; Sturrock's black Orpingtons, 484-; Muss Mick Shaw's white Leghorns, 440 j Edeteons - white Leghorns, 439; Sowman's white Leghorns, 437. CHRISTCHURCH, August 24. A total of 1101 eggs was reached in the V eek ended on. Friday of the Utility Poultry Club's fourth egg-laying competition at Lincoln College. The aggregate is now. 14,413, and the leading pens, with the past week's totals in parentheses, are as -follow:— T. Kennedy's silver Wyandotteu (31), 577; Poultry Journal's white 1 Leghorns {20), 484; A. Padman's white Leghorns {27), 478; J>rury and Hoses white Leghorns (33), 458; A. Petne's white Leghorns (32), 448 ; W. Sail's white •Leghorns (26), 436 ; W. A. Nixon's white Leghorns (24), 413 ; R. W. Hawke's white Leghorns (22), .400.