EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 968, 8 November 1910, Page 8

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK. The result of the twenty-seventh week's operations at the- Papanui egg-laving competition are,very interesting. For'some week's Thomson's white leghorns and Kennedy's silver wyandottes have been holding .■ the first and second positions well ahead of. all opposition. The latest returns show that the positions of the leaders is far from secure, and already Kennedy's wyandottes have been almost caught up to, aid .Thomson's • leghorns have had their lead much reduced. W. Balch's pen of white leghorns has come forward to within one of Kennedy's entry, and a score of 38 during the week has brought W. Knight's leghorns to within two of Kennedy's second-place pen. There are now five within ten points of the second-position pen. The leading twelve pens arc:— ■■■.."■•. " ■ VTeek Total end- to ing. date James Thomson, white leghorns 29 833 T.'vKennedy, silver.-.wyandottes 25 821 W. Balch, white leghorns 7..... 35' 820 W. Knight, „ „ 38 819 A. Smith, „ :.. 31 816 W. 0. Sail, „ „ 35 815 Mrs. B. .W. Hawke, „ 33 '811 S.-S.- Steele,- ~ •■. •,- 38 798 G.H.'Bradford, „ ■ 37 794 Eanguiru Egg Kanch „ 36 784 Mrs. J. Mills, „ , 3G 782 k. H. Padman, . ,;,./.'.■ ;.:,."".- 33 782 W. Knight, whose white leghorns are now in such a promising position in the hen division, still holds the fii-st land second places,.,inl.the .duck..department.. His No. 1 -pen of ; lndian"Runners are in' the.lead with.636, and His No. 2.. pen is next with''62o.. . C.;.Hammond's Indian. Runners are third with ><jO6. WTle-three pens'mentioned , , produced "36.'eggs. during the week. The hen competition has produced 37,827 eggs to date; 1661 last week. The ducts contributed 38G during the week to .the total, which, now stands at 6159.