EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 8

EGG-LAYING COMPETITION.

• if 1 ' ■%v ;■ —/< >'• 1 FORTY-FlHiiT WEEK. At tho. couclusion of the forty-first we«k of tho PapaDui egg-laying competition, the total 6tood at_ 57,437 eggs, .of which 1245 was contributed during tho last, week., W. D; Sail's -AVhito' Leghorns arojstill, leading.!, TheiritotAl is now. 1283: \V.vKnight's*poii : continues'.toehold second 5 , plaoe,.ancUats totallstauds , : at< 1255. 1 Close at hand rtei&jlfj Bradford's: with 11254; Ranch with 1249, and Mrs. R. W. Hawko with 1218. Bradford's pen is laying tho best of the,leaders just now; ana recorded. 36 for the.,week.'. Dotails of the leading dozen pens ' are":— „ ' ■'• ' .. ' Week ' . ending T'l. to • v-- Feb. 9.. date. Wrffi* Satl,,-'\\'hito LeShorSSX 30 ' ,1283 \\\ Knight, Whito Leghorns ... 21' 1253 , Bradford, Whito Leg- . horns ; 36 1254 W; Batch,' White Leghorns ... 28 1253 BanWuru . Egg " Ranch,\ Whito Leghorns* '30 1249 Mrs. It. W.llawkp, White Leg-' V.'lhorns .27. : 1248 'A'-Srpith; WhiM LwWnS g. ,-25 123? Mrrj.'Mills,' •• 30- .-.1207James Thomson, Whito Leg- • • . . . ' horns- "... "17 120 a S,„S., Steele,,.Whito Leghorns 26 1191 W. A. Nixon, Whito Leghorns 31 ■: 1173 T. Kennedy, Silver Wyandottes 13 1175 ; Th? ducks are,i\ot laying.heavily, and only -52 eggs'''weFo' colltctM for' the week. Tho total isiriow 9813. W. Knight's Nu. L.pen of Indian Runners has u,lead of oyer 100. Its total-is 1055. Or"HammondV is-second with 948, and ICiu*ht's No.: 2 pen is third with 946. • Tho first halfdozen pens havo scored as follows:—' ■ , ' - • Week < , ,—... ending.T'l to ; 9? date: W. Knight (No. 1), Indian RuunerS .....18 1055 0. Hammond, Indian Runners 12 948 . W. Knight (No. 2), Indian" Runners 9!;'< 916 T. Strone,. Indian Runners 7 > 916 W. A.,'Nixon,ilndinn.'Rnixners r 1 663 - S. H. -Scott, fißuff'-'Orpingtons -' 0 ; 772 Mi&htyt/: V • Tho following is "from*"" iho "Pahiatua Ilorald":—"The patron of tlje l'ahintuaAkitio A. and P. Association (Mr. T. 'P. ; Girdwood) run* souio risk of having ltis ( name handed down to future'generations ,as tho classical examplo of.'c-nthus-iasin. Ho -camo. a- distance of ; :over.: 200.miilies to assist in -tho for. the annual show! aiyl', when. ho found lio would havo to wait*for.tho train connecting at WCiodvllle, he/tavtod to walk; : carrying' his 'swag,' in Fpitc of his 7.V ' years." • The Lepperlon Dairy Company is now manufacturing' 11 boxps'-.nf huttcr daily 1 .(savs the .Taranaki "News"). This is ■ slightly in advance of. last, year's output i -at this season, llio,fact that tho [ new creamery, at Waiongona took two or . three suppliers. Tho tests are very good, ; raiißins from 3,9 .to 8.2. . . v .