EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 908, 30 August 1910, Page 8

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

, : '-.'■ '■■ '■'-■'J'!"-':~'-- : - : ''-\. ' ■' ■' ■..■ ' '■-. ■■■■'- :■■■■•■■ : - '/v;;, SIXTEENTH WEEK; ' ; ; ' James: Thomson's -white leghorns are (lioir, in the lead in the Papanui tgg-loyr "':'■ "ing competition, a point ahca'd-'of T.'Kenflieay's silver wyandottes. : G. H. RobinpmV two pens are third' and. fourth. ■/There.'aro no important changes in the (Other;foremost pens. l 'A splendid record . was',' made dnring the week byT. KeniJiedy's white wyandottes with a score'of ,41; This pen, however, has on]y a total .of 351.. Twenty thousand seven hundred . i.and ninety-five eggs have now been laid; 16G5 dnring the week. The loading'dozen aTe:— ■ . ' . Week n end'g to _■. > ' '■• ■ . Ang.2s. date. ■„. ■■ James Thomson, white leg- ■ ' horns 34. 506 T. Kennedy, silver wyandottes 32 505 G. H.Eobinson, while leghorns 20 492 • . G. H. KobiiiEon, black orping- • : . I . tone- ■•;■ 25 -190 '• ' •' J. A'. Corrie, white leghorns... 33 478 ..... W.'V. Clarke, silver wyan- ,:'•.. dottes 35 477 : : : . Mrs. R. ; W. Hawke, white leg- :;. hoiens ..........I '. 33 475 '.••.■.■■- W. Solomon, white leghorns... 34 475 -■■■ W. Knight, white leghorns ... 34 469 ■■•:''■'■-'A. Smith, white leghorns ... 34 4GB W. Balch, white leghorns ... 33 4CB \V. 0: Sail, white leghorns ... 32 4G3 Several pens are close in the duck competition. The leaders are T. Dowthwaile's (270), W. , A. :Nixon's (265), W. Knight's (264), and W. Knight's (263). The total has .reached 2178. Four hundred and twelve were scored during the week. "A. Kansas farmer (says an English paper) recently sold a cow weighing mOlh. She was sft. Sin. high, 14ft. long, mcasnred 12ft. Gin. around.-the girth, and brought .£24 Cs. 8il." The paper did not pinphasiso the fact that Kansas is in ■■■■ ■. ~ . : v. ■

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