EGO-LAYING COMPETITION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1043, 4 February 1911, Page 8

EGO-LAYING COMPETITION.

' "THIHTY-NIKTH 'WEEK. . , : The ;iast results of-'ths cgg-layiujj competition, (for the. week emleii January Uu show a' clum.ge in the leadership. U ? Knight's white leghorns have riot been -scorine high , the last few weeks, and have been, roplaced by AV. 0. Sails pen, which lias been laying well.'.pails scored .13 for the, week against Kmglu s 24, which gave-the"forniev a lead ot live. ;W. Balch's is. third, twenty-two bdund the' leader, arid, Mrs.. R./W. Hawko s consisfcnit pen is still in fourth position; 'and laying fairly well. The stores were <K1 the low. side'throughout. The high-, ee^-was by- o. pen of white leghorns eiir ten'd by Tisch, of DaHiii«tou. The leghorns from the; Rangiuru Esg BaiuJi (Otaki) tallied 36. The Eangiuru are now with A. 'Smith'.'® white leghorns for _ fifth position. ' James Thomson's white leghorns aiKl" T, Kennedy's silver wyamlottcs, ivliieli wno IcEilin® not loh» aso, are piokinjj- up siighHv. . Durin? the week 1233 eggs- were which sent the fatal : lip to 54,921. Particulars of th« leading dozen pens are:— • , . WeEk Total ending to Jan. 26. date. W; O. Pail, white leghorns .13 121S W. 7Tni?ht, ' „ 24 1213 W. Baleh 26 1196 Mrs. R. W, Hawke, 23 HPS Ransviuru Egg Eancli tt . 3G 11S7 Smith. .. 21 11R7 G. H. Bradford, „ 21 HOB ..Tames Thomson, «. '55 3105 Mrs. J. jrills, . ~ 30 1148 T. KeniWy. filver wyand'tes 26 IMI S. ! S. -SWc, "white leghorns 20 1130 W. 'A. Nixon, ~ • 29 1113 THE DUCKS. The . ducks are not laying. as woll as they were a' while ago. ' Only 102 fr's were gathered during the . week. The total now stands at 9705. , IV. Knight's Indian, runners stiil lead, Hammond's are saiond, and KmVht's No. 2 pen third. The details of tho Skl six pens are:— ' Te-tal ' eliding .to ' -Jan. 2G. date. W. Knighl, Indian runners 24 1055 •C. Hammond. ~ . 1" 92S W; Knight (No:. 2) : 12 921 T.- Strong, ■ v. 12 89R W. A. Nixon, „ ~ 5 fifi'2 S. H. Scott,,. „ . .. -22 771