LINCOLN EGG-LAYING CONTEST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 5

LINCOLN EGG-LAYING CONTEST.

•:;;'.:-jA. Ghristchur ; clr Presl: Association: telegram' ;.states : that the .following^■'are '■■■ the results for '; thevweek .ended;.Febru>ry,:l2v'of ;the-fbiirth" .--"egg-laying . competitibn'l 1 at ; Lincoln-:"" College' ■. -under 'the; auspices ■: of .the New^:-Zealand' , Util- ■ i:ity^Poultry-Club:—TKe;;total;eggs;ia(id durV.ing,the week-; were; 1003/. making the-grand-(The':jfoll6wing: (were '■• pf ■thei:nighest/tdtals:.during'the 'week: J'..'Kehnedy.s'silver .wyahdo.ttes,, 33 ;'li."J. ; :Barker's y^ ho ™3,' : v;..ou;, J •',; pwmgfellow!eY;white"" lechorns, : 30 • (whiteV;;leghonisV 29 • : H ?; - ..leghorns,' ; ; 29; :A. E.-Snod-orpingtons, 29 j V.> A. Nixon's E.'M,:Evans's(sU(white ■ 27 g : $'l f 7;; T^-i T ; BB u r leghorns, - O *T ;27 ■ ;^^:,'V-T O -.Sail's white-leghorns; 27- "N Z ; : M 'v■■!,• 3?°? s , bro "-n D - '-^; v W n ?P I J , s mindrcas, -, Joarnal^w u to. 3 i^V^- , ™ 13 ;: silver,; wyandottes/ 24-'H leghorns, 24. - Some of thVbest ;■ .totals to (' l dato c( are^T.-Kennedv's ) 1276 : Padman's,' 1250; ; .Drury,and Rbsi'fi 9qo" ■■A. Pctrie's, 1234V^iN-.zspLltSrnai''T^ : } ■ j!: SiringfdloS. 1193 • A f "" i%r. -m I';*s, ;H,.Hawke's, 1114; D, r M.;Pe^k' s . 1100.-.: - ■;"/i (-fifth; -:vh -i : -^,V '™? i ™k ol $4 (New: Zealand" ~ TJtihty. Poultry .Club ~(says ' ;a .-. Christchurch '.. .Press Association -telegram), the; acting-direc-;.;;tpr.(-(.of ;.;th(i ; Agricultural; College at; Lincoln : wrote stating (that-the ;board of governors -, :^°n' d 'J>llpw.:avfifth'egg-laying competition (to ;..oe "fid at:the:cpllege., Mr.iJolin Studholme' .: . wrote (expressing .his willuig.:;nessr|o.<Eive,£l6 in "prize money fora third ■ ;...Studholme '■ test.'.'i , 'Mr; .Studholme's' offer ; was accepted .with■thanks;; It was i: resolved ■"-'■: .Wat a -fifth con-' ,;BiSting of-.48 pens;(of six purebred.birds'each),- • : ;behcld, : 'cbmmencingbn' -April-l-next,' and ; terminating .oriv.llarch"'-31, : '-..1910 v 'It was:dei. cided (that-. £55..-r.be : ;offered ■>■ in prize. money, and. : that"the: prize. schedule■:be"' issued ■at (once.; :ThG( secretary..repprted that Mr. W; A- Nixon's brown '■■ leghorns;won the January. ■■■■ mbnuily prize',; in the . present : competition .-. with 146;. eggs. Messrs. It; W. Hawke's and >: A.; Petrie's iwliite leghorns were equal for vi second place-with,l42 ;egg».fi -'■■-: ; ■'■