EGG-LAYING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 241, 5 July 1919, Page 12

EGG-LAYING

UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITION. Tho New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's fifteonth egg-laying competition opened on ■ April 8, and will continuo till March 31, 1920. Tho following are twelfth week's results:— LIGHT BREEDS. Single Birds Contest. (For purebred pullets' between tho ages of 5$ and 0 months.) Total Weekly to total, data. White Leghorns— W. A. Gee and Son 4 24 Green Bros. (No. 1) 5 58 E. B. Marsden .'.. 6 62 J. B. Merrett 5 63 T. Fazackerly 6 63 Beck' and. Oakley (No. 1).... 6 61 W. Newell 6 45 . Geo. Geo 3 57. W. O. Sail ....'.' 5 , « Cnl&r Bros. (No. 2) ......... 5 61 Beck and Oakloy (No. 21... 4 53 Green Bros. (No. 2) 6 61 11. Williams (No. 1) 1 61 Miss Jessio James 5 64 Wnitoitoi Stud Farm 4 55 Colder Bros. (No., 3) 5 61 H. Hunter 5 7 , Calder Bros. (No. 1) ■ 3 57 S. L. Beer 6 70 J. .Liggins 4 . 62 G. H. Bradford ..-;: 5 64 Mrs. E. D. Hunter 5 52 Black Minorcas— ' lbs. Roach 3 43 H. Williams 0 18 Totals 1081 1269 TWO YEARS' TEST. Tracoy King 4 313 W. A. 'Gee and Son 5 270 E. E. Marsden 0 191 , Totals ' 9 774 HEAVY BREEDS. Single Birds Contest. (For purebred pullets between the ages of 6 and 9 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. American Rock— Green Bros ; 5 53 BlacK Urpiugioiis. J. H'Douald 6 76 Rhode Island KedH. Hunter ■.. 4 26 .' Totals 15 155 . ' EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE PEN CONTEST. (For purebred fowls: Light breeds between the ago of S,\ and 8 months; heavy breeds between the ago of 6 and 9 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Black Orpington— 0. Eeun 0 « White HockH. Meadows and H. Rose 0 48 Rhode Island ilea— C. H. Bull 0 0 Silver vVyandotteBcck and Oakley 0 U American Barred Hock— Progress Poultry Farm ... 0 0 White Orpington— E. it. Yercoe ; 4 14 White tioghoniiiT. J. Richards 5 62 Calder Bros. (No. 1) 1 41 Geo. Gee 0 13 Mrs. S. Dick 5- 61 ». Dick ..: 4 54 Calder Bros. (No. 2) 4 43 E.'Marsden 6 72 Beck and Oakley (No. 1) ... 5 36 . Waitoitoi Stud-Farm 0 45 Tracey King 5 31 T. Fazackerly 5 52 •J. Liggins 6 64 W. A. Geo and Son .; 4 44 T. Wilkinson 0 53 Atkinson Bros 4 39 T. E. Conway 5 65 Green Bros. (No. 1) 4 58 Calder Bros. (No. 3)'. 0 47' Green Bros. (No. 2) 5 68 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 4 45 •■ Progress Poultry Farm ... 2 49 J. J. Kowberry 0 1 Progress Poultry Farm ... 0 47 Webb Bros 0 39 Totals 76 1238 . LIGHT BREEDS CONTEST. (For 6 purebred pullets between tho ages of 51 to 8 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Black Mino'rcns— H. Williams , 30 268 White Legliums— Green Bros (No. 2) 25 250 • S. L. Beer 31 2?6 Tracey King 24 302 Beck and Oakley 26 308 M. F. Blackmail 24 112 B. Campbell 8 119 J. ILiggins 29 350 N. Stark and Son 17 216 ■. O. J. Norton 17 164 G. H. Bradford 33 173 11. Ball 17 251 Heretaunga Poultry Farm 22 254 J. S. Stovens 26 252 G. Bonnett 22 185 E. G. Terry 32 328 F. L. Ozanno 23 '205 C. H. Izard (.:. 25 200 J. T. M'llarg 24 223 W. J. Chambers 22 243 E. E. Marsden 35 354 C. llenn 22 280 ' Mrs. E. D. Hunter 14 263 A. Olegg 23 287 J. Nancarrow, sen 20 163 11, W. Hawke 18 236 Dalmuir Poultry Yards ... 28 300 Calder Bros 24 243 Grcon Bros. (No. 1) 19 258 W. J. ltiohardu 20 196 L. Couch 23 283 Master A. Haley .'..... 26 229 W. A. Gee and Son 18 . 191 1). F. M'Dougall 32 260 +Heek and Oakley 15 209 L. T. Wright 28 186 P. Freeman .?t 189 Mrs. Gorineki 22 317 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 24 257 W. Davey 17 223 B. E. Tomkicß 20 215 Oxford Poultry Farm 25 286 B. W. Coombea 19 258 Verrnll Bros , 4 Kl2 Eangiurau Egg Ranch 28 188 G. Gee 27 267 Inder and Phillips 30 311 A. 11. Skilton 27 158 ■I. Robertson <. 26 274 A. M. Lovo 23 229 , P, Graham 26 269 O. Thomson 25 346 .1. Webb 9 88 T. Richards 32 218 Brown Leghorns— fir. Hunter 17 81 ♦Verrall Bros 14 62 Totals 1278 13,71 LIGHT BREEDS (TWO TEARS' TEST). Wli'io Leghorns— i H. W. Beck 17 1720 Mrs. Gorinski 17 1641 J. Liggins 6 1475 Black Minorcas— H. Williams 17 1519

HEAVY BREEDS' CONTEST. (•For six purebred pullets between tho ages of 6 and 9 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Silver Wvandottes— , T. Kennedy 0 0 A. W. Adams IB 70 T. Dowthwaite 25 145 White Rocks- , L. D. Adams 21 108 A.n»'ricnn Barred Rooks— D. Allingham 0 14 B1q<'I; OniiiigKiH."— C. JT. Izard (No. 2) 12 221 T. K. Conway" .„ 33 270 W. Blomficld 24 200 O. J. Norton 23 129 C. 11. Izard (No. 1) 26 173 ,T, Nancarrow, sen 29 160 Rhode Isliuwl UcdsP. E. Knyvett 15. 68 Totals ■ 226 1584 DUCK CONTEST. ' Total •ffeskly to total, date. Indian RunncrsR, Jf. Copland 21 258 G. Bonnctt 25 320 •T. Dowthwaite 32 308 ' W. T. Green (No. 1) 39 333 Mrs. 0. If. M'Dougall o 24 *.T. Donald 32 347 Hcretaunga, Poultry Farm' 39 91 \V. T. Green (No. 2) 31 286 Mrs. E. D. Hunter 32 . 119 Totals ■• 252 2056 TWO-YEARS DUCK CONTEST. Indian Runners— «W. T. Green 45, 1736 SINGLE DUCK CONTEST. iFor purebred ducks, over 5 and under 9 months.! Total Weekly to total, date. Indian RunncrsH. Meadows 7 64 TV. T. Green 7 72 , L. Wadham ~ 6 52 ] T. Meadows \ ' 57 J. Donald 6 - 41 Totals 27 286