EGG-LAYINQ COMPETITION.
' . IORTI-SECOND "WEEK. . At the close ofjtlio forty-scqond .week of . • Ithe. Papapui egg-laying competition, the , ■ number . of- eggs collected hail reached 153,678. . The week's tally, wis 1241. W. 0. ■' Sail's pen .of • white I.egh'orns h;ive-gain«d s ft] Itad i of; 30, \y. • Balch's has moved up into second iwsition,. and-the 1 Ran jiuru • .iEgg-; Ranch's is equal with Knight's for 'tlio next .place. The first twelve have '• v 6cored as follow:— » . . , iV. •'v''; ; Week ending Total to Feb.l6. date. ; "W. 0. Sail, .white > Leghorns 31 ; 1311 ■ . W, Balch.'-whito Leghorns ... 29 1284 • W. Knight, whito Leghorns 2-4 1282 f Itangiuni.'white Leghorns ... 33 v 1282 r 0. H. Bradford, whito Leg- ( horns. 27 ■ . 1281 Mrs. R".- -AV. ; Hawke, white -' . /Leghorns. '......» . 31 1279 r .A. Smith,?white Leghorns ... 28 . 1265" /. . . Jlrs: J. Mills, white Leghorns 28 -1235 f : James' Thomson,".white Leg- : horns' , 13 1223 Si.' S.. Steele, white Leghorns' 22 1213 ; :; .-.VT. A ; Xix9n, whito Leghorns 32 , 1206 • i , V. Kennedy, silvey ...Wyaii'-. ' * ; dottes • 20 . 1195 > ' THE DUCKS. \ .'The ducks' total ; lins'rcached 9552. Only ! j 'SO..eggs were laid'during last week, and !r : • five, of the pens gave no return at all. ; "\\ r ., Knight's No. 1 pen of:lndian Run- [••••-: aers.is rftill in the. lead,: with 112'. to ! , , spare.. Details concerning the first three i. 1 - pens are:— ■ ' . f. v ; 'Week ending Total to v" v.. Fqb.lG. date. I : v ,W. ■ Knieht, - Indian Runners' 1 •. - t-v • (No.. 1) ...... 13 1068 [•>••• '..W. Knight," Indian-Runners * }. -(No. 2) ' 10 956' j C. Hammond, Indian Runners 2 950
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 8
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249EGG-LAYINQ COMPETITION. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 8
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