EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.
TWENTT-ITRST WEEK. ; :;,There iiire -jnow.'.faribus. changes rinii;tha ■positions,- of ■ the- lenders ' in tlie Papanui . egg-laying .competition. : v- J.; Thomson's '.white leghorns';have ''forged.: ahead;;i and established a lead of eight from T.- "Kennedy's t silver; wyandot tes. . 'G: H: : KobinBoris white leghorns,. which, led ' the "way a ,while. : ago, and have' been ; well to : the'. . fore all through, are. now down to twelfth on tbfe.'list. The best, score of tho week was forty,'. Sail's white leghorns. The total of eggs collected in the. week was. 1745, and the total for the: .whole competition, 27,552. . Tho, leading -dozen pens are:—' Y Y'V- Week . . . ending T'l. to . ' Sept. 22. date.
Th# annual. horse r.arado under the' pnsjriws' of th» ■ Marlfiorough- A. and I'. Association- was held .on' Saturday afteritoon. .Four .draughts, threo thoroughbreds. and four;- trotters ..were .paraded.
James Thomson's. silver wyan-. : ': : dottes .v... i ...-.v..V, 34 ■ ■ C35 T.: Kennedy's white leghorns... 29 -' "'627A. "W. y. i Clarke, silver wyan- - ■ . daUes:-:;....:.:;..;......;....;..;...... ,33 G15 W. Balch,: white' leghorns .........' 3-1', Oil G. II. Eobinson, black ■ orpingtans ...'. 32 CIO .TV. 0. ivhito leghorns.'.;.,. '10 : i508 Knight,- white legWris .'34" 007 Mn. R/i W; Hawks, white leg-- - ■horns .... v ....... 32 ' 603 A.ikiith, white-leghoriV!..;.;.... : 32 GD2 N. ; S.ilonion, white, leghorns '33' 895 J. A. Corrie, white leghorns... 27 593 G. H. Robinson, white leghorns 18 . 593 W. Knight's (Hntt) iudian runners, are . leading -in the .ducks' - competition with Hi (42 during the week), his No. 2 pen k -.gecond"with" 407,- and T.' Dowthwaite's ptri is third with-303. The total for the wtek was 408, andthe, grand -total' stands at S846.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 8
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264EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 8
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