EGG LAYING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 20, 16 September 1912, Page 7

EGG LAYING.

! N.Z. POULTRY CLUB'S COMPETITION. For the 22nd week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's eighth egg-laying competition for fowls, I 1869 eggs were laid, bringing the total ! to date to 29,764.

The Six Leading Pens To day. W. A. Xixon No. 1 690 J. C. Green 007 W. A. Xixon Xo. 4 602 Yerrall Bros ;'::,.) Heretaunga Poultry Company ... 598 A. E. Kent 596 Details are as follows: Total Total for to Week J)ato W. Scull (Chcli.) B.W. ... 31 126 W. A. Nixon (Burwood) W.L. Xo. 1 30 695 B. Leger (Weraroa) W.L. ... 33 586 J. Wordsworth (Geraldine) W.L. .so 620 J. Ashton (Hamner) S.W. ... 20 439 Martin Bros. (Auckland) W.L. 30 589 Yerrall Bros. (Swannanoa) B.L. 32 59!) W. A. Xixon (Burwood) W.L. No. 2 29 525

Heretaunga Poultry Co. (Silverstream) W.L. No. 1 ... 32 598 H. S. Wordsworth (Winton) W.L. >32 491 W. A. Nixon (Burwood) W.L No. 3 ... 31 59| R. H. Smith (Auckland) W.L. 34 388 Rangiuru Egg Ranch (Qtaki) W.L 35 443 R. W. Hawk (Papanui) W.L. 29 490 R. Willis and Son (New Brighton) AV.L .33 172 A. E. Wilson (Shirley) W.W. 23 219 D. Stewart (Normanby) W.L. 29 471 Master G. Wilson (Shirley) W.L. 1. 33 416 R. Hunger (L. Hutt) 8.0. ... 37 512 Mrs R. W. Hawke (Papanui) W.L 31 555 A, Stevenson (Karon) W.L. 26 399 H. .11. Winnian (Runanga) W.L. ... 36 573 A. R. Browne (Petane Beach) W.L. 35 547 Prankish Bros. (Wanganui) W.L. 31 587 W. Knight (L. Hutt) W.L. ... 35 587 J. H. Shaw and R. James (Ohch.) W.L 31 494 W. G. Goodwin (Thames) 8.0. 19 423 W. A. Nixon (Burwood) W.L. 28 576 A. E. Wilson (Shirley) S.W. 32 477 Misses Bradley (Papanui) W.L. 33 546 T. Kennedy (Rangiora) W.W. 29 264 C. M. Peck (Avondale) W.L. 29 349 J. G. Green (St, Alban's) W.L. 35 657 N. Solomon (Westport) 8.0. 33 439 A. W. Irvine (Epsom) W.L. . No. 1 ... ... H ... 32 591 C. M. Peck (Avondale) 8.0. 29 444 G. H. Bedford'(Cust) S.W. ... 31 380 A. W. Irvine /(Epsom) W>L„ No. 2 ' '... ... "... 30 501 Heretaunga Poultry Co. (Silverstream) W.L. No. 2 ... 33 572 Middlepark Poultry Farm (Riccarton) W.L.< 29 527 T. Strong (Doyleston) W.L. ... 33 443 P. Keller (Rolleston) W.L. ... 23 448 P. Holt (Papakura) W.L. ... 34 539 W. Knight (L. Hutt) S.W. ... 33 476 (1. Anderson ' (St. Alban's) S.W. ~, ... .... 35 502 J. W. Bradley and Son (Papanui) W.L 27 398 Mrs .1. Mills (Dunodin) W.L. 30 495 W: (). Sail (Cust) S.W. ... 34 450 Crawford and Pudsey (Lower Hutt) W.L 31 569 It. A. Lazarus (L. Hutt) W.L. 33 580 W. O. Sail (Cust) S.W. ... 27 422 Misses Radford and Harker (Ohau) W.L 33 431 A. W. Adams (Sheffield) S.W. 32 519 A. E. Kent (Shirley) W.L. ... 31 696 J. Corrie (Beckenham) W.L. 34 481 E. H. Bore-hard (Eltham) W.L. 33 398 W. A. Nixon (Burwood) W.L. No. 4 44 602 T. K. Collins (L. Hutt) W.L. 23 357 Dominion Poultry Plant (Coromandel) W.L. 30 539 T. Kennedy (Rangiora) S.W. 34 610

Totals 1869 29,76! COMPETITION FOR DUCKS. For the twenty-second week of the third competition for ducks, 374 eggs were laid, bringing the total to date to 4788. Details are as follow : T. Douthwaite (Avondale) I.R. 38 GOO W. Knight (L. Hutt) Lit. ... 39 436 S. H. Scott (Onehunga) 80. 36 458 T. R. Hall (Weraroa) I.R. 39 672 P. Keller (Rolleston) I.R, 39 662 C. M. Pock (Avondale) I.R. 35 414 S. H. Scott (Onehunga) 1 11. 40 226 Ileretaunga Poultry Co. (Silverstream) I.R 35 615 Miss A. J. Donald (Dunsandel) I.R. 36 357 P. Keller (Rolleston) I.R. ... 37 411 Totals ... B"l 47e5