EGG-LAYING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 247, 12 July 1919, Page 12

EGG-LAYING

UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITION. The New Zealand Utility Poultry Olub's fifteenth egg-layine competition opened on April 8, and will continuo till March Jl, 1920. .The following aro thirteenth •week's results:— LIGHT BREEDS. Single Birds Contest. (For purebred piillcts between the ages of 5J and II montliß.) Total

Weekly to total, date. White Leghorns— W. A. Gee and Sou 6 29 Green Bros. (No. 1) 5 63 E. E. Marsden 6 68 J. B. Merrett 5 69 T. FazacUerlcy 4 67 Beck and Oakley (No. 1) ... 7 68 W. Newoll 5 50 Geo. Gee 0 67 W. 0. Sail 6 48 Caldor Bros. (("No. 2) 4 65 Beck and Oakley (No. 2)... 5 63 Green Bros. (No. 2) 4 65 H. Williams (No. 1) 0 61 Miss Jessie James 6 70 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 5 60 Calder Bros. (No. 3! 4 65 H. Hunter J 10 Calder Bros. (No. 1) 5 62 S. L. Beer 6 76 J. Liggins 7 69 G. H. Bradford 6 70 Mrs. E. D. Umiter 6 58 Black MiuorcasMrs. Roach. 3 46 H. Williams 0 IB Totals 107 1376 TWO YEARS' TEST. Tracey King ;. 5 318 W. A. Gee and Son ;. 3 273 B. E. Marsden 0 191 Totals '. 8 762 HEAVY BREEDS. Single Birds Contest. (For purebred pullets between the ages of 6 and 9 months.) Total ' Weekly to total, date American Barred Rock— Grcori Bros " 59 Black Orpingtons. J. M'Donald 7 83 Rhode Island Red— H. Hunter 5 31 Totals 18 173. EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE PEN. CONTEST. \ (For purebred fowls: Light breeds between the ago of 5) and 8 months; heavy breeds between tho ago cf 6 and 9 months.) Tots) Weekly to total, date. Black Orpington— 0. llcnn 0 * While- RockH. Meadows and H. Rose- 0 48 Rhode Island Red- , C. II. Bull 0 ' 0 Silver Wyandotte— Beck and Oakley 0 11 American Barred Rock— Progress Poultry Farm ... 0 0 White Orpington— E. R. Vercoe 4 - 18 White licehornn— T. J. Richards 4 66 Calder Bros (No. 1) II 41 i Geo. Geo 0 13 ! Mrs. S. Dick 0 61 S. Dick a 61 i Oalder Bros. (No. 2) 5 48 ' E. JIarsden 6 7B Henk and Oakley (No. .1)... 4 40 1 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 0 . 45 Traeey King 0 31 T. Fazackerley 0 52 J. Biggins , 3 67 I W. A. Geo and Son 3 47 T. Wilkinson 0 E3

Atliinson Bros 6 59 T. K. Conway 5 68 Gram Bros (No. 1) 5 65 Caldcr Bros. (No. 5) u 47 Green Bros. (No. .2) 5 65 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 6 61 Progress Poultry Farm ... 4 a J. J. Rowbcrry 0 l Progress Poultry Farm ... I) 47 Wobb Bros '. 0 39 - Totals 59 1297 LIGIIT BREEDS CONTEST. (For 6 purebred pullets between the ages of 5J to 8 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Black Jtinorcan— It. Williams 24 512 White LcshornsCreen Bros. (No. 2) 27 277 S. L. Beer 31 507 Tracey Kim? 22 324 Beck and Oakley 50 558 M. F. Blackmail 21 153 • B. Campbell 2 121 ■T. Lisrsrins 28 378 N. Stark and Son 18 234 C. J. Norton 22 186 G. It. Bradford 34 207 IT. Ball 9 260 Hcretaunga Poultry Farm 2,1 285 .1. Si Stevens 11 265 G. Bonnett 2u 205 E. G. Terry 30 358 J'\ Ij. Ozanne 18 224 O. JI. Izard 26 M J. T. Jl'IIarij 22 245 W. .1. Chambers 1'/ 265 E. E. Marsden 55 569 C. Benn 21 Ml JtrE. E. D. Hunter 16 279 A. CkKff 24 311 •T. Nancarrow, sen 22 183 K. W. Hawke 20 256 Dalmuir Poultry Yards ... 30 ?30 Oaldcr Bros 2t 264 Green Bros. (No. 1) 26 284 W. J. Richards 18 214 I,. Couch 24 307 Master A. Haley 50 2?9 W. A. Gee and Son W 210 ]). F. JTDouBn.ll 28 288 tBeck and Oakley 15 224 Ii. T. Wright 25 209 P. Freeman 24 213 Jlrs. GorinBki 19 356 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 20 277 W. Davey 13 256 B. E. Tomkics 15 250 Oxford Poultry Farm 2o 311 P. W. Coombes 21 279 Vcrrall Bros 8 110 Raueiuru Beg Kanch. 30 218 G. Gee 28 295 ■ Indcr and Phillips 21 552 A. H. Skilton 30 188 ,T. Robertson 25 299 A. JI. IiOVO. » 23 ■■2K T). Graham ....~ 23 292 C. Thomson 25 371 3. Webb : 9 97 T. Richards ■» <»l Brown LeiihornstH. Hunter 15 96 •Vcrrall Bros ■- 12 74 Totals 1224 14,295 •LIGHT BREEDS (TWO TEARS' TEST). White LeejhoniB— H W. Beck 17 1737 MrB. Gorinski 14 1655 J. LitfKins 9 1484 BliN-k MinorcasB. Williams 15 1554 Totals 55 6410 HEAVY BREEDS CONTEST. iFor six purebred pullet3 between the aeea of 6 and 9 months.) Total Weekly to total, dato. Silver Wyandottes— T. Kennedy 0 & A..W. Adams 17 87 T. Dowthwaite 27 1/2 White Bocks— L. D. Adams 21 129 American Barred RocksD. Alling.hani 0 14 Blaok OrniucloiiB- . 0. H. Izard (No. 2) 12 236 tT. E. Conway 24 297 W. Blomfleld 23 223 C. J. Norton 19 148 0. II. Izard (No. 1) 36 199 J. Nancarrow, sen 30 190 Rhode Island KedsP. E. Knyvett 15 103 •'Totals 214 1798-. DUCK CONTEST. Total Weekly to total, date. Indian RunnersR, JI. Copland •- « 271 G. Bonnett 15 355 *T. Dowthwaite 25 353 W'. T. Green (No. IV 39 372 MrB. 0. H. M'DouBall 5 29 *J. Donald 28 375 Hcrctaunua Poultry Farm 35 124 W. T. Green (No. 2) ......... 30 316 Mrs. B. D. Hunter 35 152 Totals 221 2307 TWO YEARS "D.U0K CONTEST. Indian Runners*W. T. Green 32 1768 SINGLE DUCK CONTEST. (For purebred ducks, over 5 and under 9 months.) Total Weekly to \ total, date. Indian Runners— H. Meadows .' 6 70 W. T. Green 7 79 L. Wadham 6 58 T. Jleadows ..: 0 57 J. Donald 47 Totals 25 311 •One bird dead, t'i'wo birds dead.