ECC-LAYING.
NORTH ISLAND COMPETITION.
The twelfth week of the competition Eromoted by 4he North Island Egg--aying .Competition Association, Ltd., at Cambridge^ |wt» concluded on Friday, August 7; '1908. The following particulars are sup r plied by Mr A. B. Trythall, secretary, to the Competition. The number of eggs laid during the week was 1323, being an average of 20.4 eggs per pen. 'The total number of eggs laid since May 16; is 10;756, being an average of 162.96 eggs per pen. Leading pens to date are : ■—• LIGHT BREEDS.
Harrison and Grattori, White Leghorns, 296 ; A. R. Browne, White Leghorns, 2j9oj Waikato Independent, White Leghorns, 254 ; C. D. Beatson, White Leghorns, 230; Mrs T. Hall, White Leghorns, 228. HEAVY BREEDS. E. Veale, Black Orpingtons, 303 ; Miss O, Roberts, Silver Wyandottes, 275; Chamber of Commerce, White Orpingtons, 262 ; Waikato Central A. and P. Association, Black Orpingtons, 2^4 ; Muller Brothers, Black Orpingtons,*
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13726, 15 August 1908, Page 2
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149ECC-LAYING. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13726, 15 August 1908, Page 2
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