POULTRY INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2618, 13 November 1915, Page 15

POULTRY INDUSTRY

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Tho secretary of tho Wellington Poultry, Pigeon and (Jiuiury Society, Mr. W. H. Foglia, is leaving by the s.s. Uliuiaroa next Thursday for Australia—Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney—in tlio interests of tho fancy here, l'or the next annual show, to bo held in June. N.Z, UTILITY POULTRY CLUB'S COMPETITIONS. The official results of tho thirty-first week of the Now Zealand Utility Poultry Club's eleventh egg-laying competition for fowls for tho week ended Tuesday, November 9, are as follow,— LIGHT BREEDS. Total Total lor to week. date. Vorrall Bros., B.L 28 KB H. Leger, S.C.W.L 28 717 Waikato Egg Farm, S.C.W.L 30 740 Calder Bros., S.C.W.L 29 711 Rerctaunga P. 0., No. 1, S.C.W.L 27 GB7 N. Solomon, S.C.W.L 2S BIS J. Wordsworth, S.C.AV.L. ..... 21 Gil Dominion P. Plant, S.C.W.L. 2li 552 M. P. Chapman, S.C.W.L 25 GG6 Mrs. J. Mills, S.C.W.L 30 1 754 A. E. Browne, S.C.W.L 27 711 Horetaiuiga P.C., No. 2, S.C.W.L 31 G'J3 T. M'llwraith, S.C.W.L 18 589 C. Warburton, S.C.W.L 19 SIM A. Ct. Brailey, S.C.W.L 2G 750 AVainoni P. Farm, S.C.W.L. 33 GGO G. L. Haynes, S.C.W.L 31 ' 781 A. AV. Irvine, S.C.AV.L. 32 G4O Ashburton P. Faitn, S.C.AV.L. 21 556 Geo. Catteral, S.C.AV.L 29 Gl7 L.' T. AVright, S.C.AV.L 32 738 L. Macdopald, S.C.AA\L. 30 5G4 Atkinson Bros., S.C.AA\L 32 632 A. E. -Phillips, S.C.AV.L 21 ,823 Dalmuir P.. Yards, S.C.W.L. 30 ' 7G3 B. P. L. Clayson, S.C.W.L. 29 812 Green Bros., S.C.W.L 32 707 Jack Green, S.C.AV.L. 31 783 A. E. AA r ilson, S.C.AV.L 31 740 AV.' A. Nixon, S.C.AV.L 29 G37 H. S. AVoodnorth, S.C.AV.L. . 31 751 R. Roxburgh, S.C.AV.L 31 GO7 R. A. Lazarus, S.C.AV.L 2G ■ 624 A. AV. Adams, S.C.W.L 2G GS7 T. Pazo.ckerley and Sons, S.C.- . AA'.L 21 Gil W. Davey, S.C.AV.L 29 6!)G AV. A. Nixon, S.C.AV.L 25 G7S li. H. James, S.C.AV.L 27 GBB It Mills, S.C.W.L 36 . 738. S. L. Leggett, S.C.AV.L 31 5G9 E. AVillis and Son, S.C.W.L. 2G 701 George Gee, S.C.AA'.L 20 580 Green Bros., S.C.AV.L 20 580 Rangiuru Egg Ranch, S.C.W.L. 20 505 Thos. Kennedy, S.C.AV.L 25 i 638 Calder Bros, No. 1, S.C.AV.L. 30 748 E. AV. Hawke, S.C.W.L 25 GIG Mrs. M'Kinnou, S.C.AV.L. ... 28 Gl7 Green Bios., S.C.AV.L 32 715 Totals 1,371 32,602 HEAVY BREEDS. Total Total for to week. dato. A. AV. Adams, S.W 28 530 Green Bros., S.AA' 19 SGB E. Oakes, R.I.R 23 607 Cooper and AVainscott, R.I.R. 2G . 721 AA'. A. Nixon, R.I.R G 253 A. E. AVilson, AV.AV 2G 472 T. Kennedy, AV.AV 19 G49 AV. A. Nixon,'- 8.0 32 G95 AV. L. AValker, 8.0 29 719 E. Willis, 8.0. 23 823 AV. Bloomfield, 8.0 21 681 Totals 255 6,720 FOR DUCKS Tho Now Zealand Utility Poultry Club's sixth egg-laying test for ducks. Returns for the thirty-first week are .as follow:— Total Total for to week. date. J. B. Merrett, I.R. 3S G32 T. R. Hall, I.R 33 709 G.'L. Haynes, I.R ~ 38 . 780 AV. Davidson, I.R bo 6G3 Thomas Dowtbivaite, I.R. ... 32 561 W. Knight, I.R 32 825 AV. Knight, I.E 21 599 AA'ainoni P. Farm, I.E 13 210 Totals 242 4,980 Tho letfcerß after each entry denote tho Breed "3 under:—B.L., xsrown Leghorn; S.C.AV.L., Single Comb AVliite Leghorn; R.C.AV.L., Rose Comb White Leghorn; S.AV., Silver Wyandotte; E.1.R., Rhode Island Red; AV.W., AVhite Wyandotte* 8.0.. Black Orpington, 1.R., Indian Runner.