EGG-LAYING COMPETITION

Southland Times, Issue 17968, 8 March 1917, Page 3

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION

The following are the results of the Southland Egg-laying Competition, held at Kew for the forty-eighth week, ending March 6;— WHITE LEGHORNS.

CAMPINGS. 17 It. Dunlop .. .. 3331413—1S 1010 BLACK ORPINGTONS. 37 *R. Ferguson .. 2222022—12 033 29 *J. 11. Hurrell .. 2220110 — S SO6 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 14 T. K Davis.. .. 4312323—18 1050 COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES, 4 Mrs J. Mills .. 2232021—12 891 724 44,548 •One bird dead. }Two birds dead. J. Strang (Pen No. 16) wins the month’s prize of one bag of oats, donated by the New Zealand Loan Company, with a score of 121 eggs; J. Strang (Pen No. 32) second, with a score of 112 eggs, for the four weeks.

Pen Grand No, Daily laying:. Total, 31—John Dowdall 2464444— 28 1428 2 J. Stevens .. 4434434— 26 1422 5 C. Crichton 3212323— 16 1361 33 J. Stevens .. 5345343— 27 1322 38 C. Warburton 2435534— 25 ' 1312 16 J. Strang .. 5333446— 28 1308 IS J. B. Merrett 3643515— 26 1298 28 K. Finlayson 5434244— 26 1286 35 ♦Enterprise Poultry Farm 3244 253— 23 1285 25 II. Woodnorth 4523444— 26 1272 32 Jas. Strang 5452553— -29 1271 9 Mrs Gorinski 4332331 — 19 1258 6 S. L. Beer .. 3432554— 26 1255 22 ♦Miss Sutherland 3412112—14 1229 11 Jas. Ireland 2633345— 26 1229 7 J. Thomson 2431222— 16 1220 30 Rillstone and Davies . . .. 4352243— -23 1213 23 ♦J. J. Schultz 2132231— -14 1209 20 Green Bros. 5222423—20 1193 12 ■fW. Hamilton 3023223— -15 1172 24 Rangiuru Egg Ranch .. .. 1221121— -10 1166 3 Mrs Carr 4344124— -22 1166 34 tJ. Hislop 2322322— -16 1162 S C. Clayton .. 4332331— 12 1152 10 Enterprise Poultry Farm 2432432— -20 1150 26 F. Orme 3433523— -23 1149 21 T. K. Davis 4442522— -23 1141 36 Tracy King 4421324— -20 1099 15 C. Matheson 0100100— 2 1084 27 H. Fortune.. 2523234— -21 1075 1 K. Ross . . . . 0000101 — , 2 1044 19 R W. Hawke 3222222— 15 969 IS C. Raines .. 1211120— 8 937