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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13574, 4 December 1907, Page 7

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♦ ■ NORTH ISLAND COMPETITION. The 28th week of the above competition closed on Friday with 2102 eggs laid, being an average of 25.63 eggs per pen, and making the total layings since Ist May 46,645, being an average of 568.95 eggs per pen. The highest layings for the week were: — D. Stubbing, Cambridge, White Leghorns, 37; Mrs. J. Salt, New Plymouth, White Leghorns, 35; H. Carter, Cambridge, White Leghorns, 33 ; W. Rjmciman, Newstead, Brown Leghorns, 33; Miss Blackmore, Cambridge, White j Leghorns, 33; " Lyttelton Times," Christchurch, Brown Leghorns, 33. • The leading pens to date are : — K. W. K. Fairclough, Hamilton, Black Orpingtons, 791 ; Mrs. J. H. Harrison, Avondale, White Leghorns, 756; E. J. Williamson, Hamilton, White Leghorns, 744 ; F. C. Hand, Hamilton, White Leghorns, 741 ; Mrs. F. Bostock, Te Puke, Brown Leghorns, 708; G. S. Pearson, Hamilton, White Leghorns, 688 ; W. J. Sawyer, Remuera,, White Leghorns, 681; W. G. Goodwin, New Plymouth, White Leghorns, 677; T. B. Brookes, Clarendon (S.A.), White Leghorns, .677 ; " Waikato Argus,'* Hamilton, Black Orpingtons, 676. < . r Other local competitors stand — J. Goodwin 596, Mrs. J. Salt 616, W. Taylor 543.