Battle Of The Breeds In Egg-Laying Contest
Egg-laying performances of 10 different breeds of pullets kept at the Massey Agricultural College poultry farm are being tested this year. In 10 pens, all of which are built alike, 12 pullets of each breed are being individually tested with trap-nests. A progress report for six months’ .laying shows the breeds in. the following order for production: Barred Rocks, Black Orpingtons, .White Leghorns, Legbars, Rhode Island Reds, Brown Leghorns, Gold Cambars, Welsummers, Silver Cambars, Black Minorcas. One Barred Rock pullet has laid 71 eggs in 71 days, which is the' longest sequence established at the College this year. These ‘‘breed contest” figures should not be taken too seriously, as a test of this kind, to be accurate, requires to be repeated over several years, and the light breeds usually overtake the ‘ heavy breeds in egg production in the last six months.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 4, 5 December 1947, Page 2
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148Battle Of The Breeds In Egg-Laying Contest Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 4, 5 December 1947, Page 2
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