EGG-LAYING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 293, 6 September 1919, Page 12

EGG-LAYING

UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITION. Tho Now Zealand Utility Poultry niub'B fifteenth CEe-laying competition opened on April b. anil will continuo till March ~ 31, 1920. The following are twenty-first weeks results:— LIGHT BREEDS, i Single Birds Contest. I (For purebred pullets between tha ages «( 6J anil 8 months.)' Total Weokly to total, date. White Leghorns— W. A. Geo and Son 3 63 I Green Bros. (No. 1) 5 104 E. E. Marsden 6 111 J. B. Jlerrett 5 109 T. Fawickerly 5 79 .. Beck and Oakley (No. 1) ... 5 112 W. Newell 4 89 Geo. Gee 5 87 W. 0. Sail 6 78 Calder Bros. (No. 2) 5 106 Beck and Oakley (No. 2) ... 6 98 Green Bros. (No. 2) 6 109 11. Williams (No. 1) 6 91 Miss Jessio James 5 IC9 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 5 103 Calder Bros (No. 3) 6 105 11. Hunter 5 54 I Calder Bros. (No. 1) 4 99 S. L. Beer 5 119 J. Ligginn 4 on G. H. Bradford 6 83 Mrs. E. D. Hunter 5 99 Black Minorca*— Mrs. Roach 5 74 11. Williams 5 3(j Totals 122 2207 Two Years' Test. Traccy King 4 354 i». A. Gee and Son 4 297 E. & Marsden 0 191 Totals 8 ~m ' HEAVY BBEKDS. Singlo Birds Contest, (For purebred pullets between the agc-« of 6 and 9 months.) _ Total Weilily {cs total, data. American Barrod Rock— Greon Bros 6 104, Black Or.pington— J. M'Donald 5 128 Eho'lc island lted— H. Hunter 0 42 Totals 11 274 EXPEHIMENTAL SINGLE PENCONTEST. (For purebred fowls: Light lircodo between the ago of 5J and 8. months; heavy breeds between tho axe if 0 and 9 mouths.) Total Weekly to r,, , „ • date. Black Orpington— C. Bonn 3 CI White kock— H. Meadows and H. Boso ... 5 71 Rhode lalaiM Itcu— O. H. Bull 2 5 Silver Wyandotte— Bcok and Oakley 4 15 Ami'ncau liiirreu Jioek— Progress Poultry Farm 5 20 White Orpington— E. I!. Yercoo 5 cj White Leghorns— T. J. Kichards 0 84 Calder Bros (No. 1) 5 (9 S eo ' ( l eo 1 ;-.-r- 4 38 s ni i 11011 5 88 S. Dick 5 i no Calder Bros. (No. 2) .....I 5 m E. Jl'nrsden r, yn Beef; and Oakley (No. 1) I 5 73 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 7 nz Traccy Kins Z. 6 42 T. lazockcdy 5 M J. Liggms 4 ~, T ' w-iF' C 0 " ml Son 6 • 79 T. Wilkincon 5 if, Atkinson Bros s ii T. E. Conway 5 f. Green Bros. (No. 1) 5 /? Galtlcr Jiros. (No. 3) 5 A Green Bros. (No. 2) 5 ,5? Waitoitoi Ktud Farm 5 8? 1 Progress Poultry Farm 5 £6 •J. J. Bowberry 5 <j Proprcsfl Poultry FarmZZ 4 54 We,)b Uros 3 48 Totalß HI 2053 1

LIGHT BREEDS CONTEST. (For 6 purebred pulicla between tlio ages of 51 and t moutliß.) Toti Weekly to total, date. Block Mfnorcaa— 11. Williams 27 537 Whim Leifnorns— fJreen Uros. (No. 2) 31 524 S. L. Beer 32 562 Traccy King 31 544 lieck and Oakley 29 562 M. F. Blackmail 32 342 ]). Campbell 38 283 J. Liggina 29 598 ' N. Stark and Son 30 432 0. J. Norton 27 393 G. If. Bradford 29 453 11. ilall 27 403 Iteretaunga Poultry Farm... 50 Ml J. S. Stevens 23 410 G. Bonnett 29 415 E. G. Terry 35 , 605 L. Ozannc 30 390 0. 11. Izard 27 522 J. I'. M'llarg 32 4?3 W. .T. Chalmers 30 462 E. E. Marsdeti 31 £47 0. Itenu 30 486 Mi'B. K. D. Hunter 30 503 A. Olcgg 27 £>4 J. Nancurrow, sen 31 411 11. W. Hawke 22 4;2 Dalmuir Poultry Yards 26 <87 Calder Uros 32 473 Green Bros. (No. 1) 33 526 W. J. Kichards 29 418 m f 0 " 0 '! 1 V"i' 31 «4 Master A. Haley 31 504 W. A. Gee and Son 31 412 D. F. M'DougaH 34 543 Tllcck and Oakley 24 359 I/. T. Wright 29 414 P. Freeman 30 4^ Mrs. Gorinski o4 • 565 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 30 431 W. Davey 29 44) B. E. Tomkies 30 410 Oxford Poultry Farm 30 560 It. W. Cootnbcs 32 503 Vorrall Bros 23 271 Rangiuru Egg Ranch 32 458 G. Gee 31 523 Inder and Phillips 24 553 A. 11. Skilton 31 431 J. Robertson 33 524 A. 51.: Dove 24 459 D. Graham 30 525 C. Thomson 31 £09 J; 30 285 T. Bichards 31 495 Brown Leghorns— tv ""J! 1 ? 18 2 " 4 4 Verrall Broa 15

Totals 1635~ 26,026 LIGHT ERSEDS. Two Years' Test. White Leghorns— JI. W. Beck 21 1892 Mrs. Gorinßl;i ; 29 1850 J. Ligginß 2i i 614 Black A] Ki'ircas — H. Williams 29 1677 Totals 100 7033 lIBAVY BREEDS CONTEST. (For six purebred pullets between the aeea of 6 and 3 mouths.) Tntll Weekly to „ total, dato, Silver W.vandottes— T. Kennedy 29 153 A. W. Adamn 27 282 T. Dowtlnvaite 31 429 White Hocks— L. D. Adams 28 321 America ii Issrrod KockuD. Allingham 22 130 Black Orpingtons— C. H. Izard (No. 2) 32 379 T. E. Conway 50 534 W. Bloinfleld 23 337 0. J. Norton 30 371 O. 11. Izard (No. 1) 28 379 J. Nancarrow, sen 18 408 Mimic Island ltodsP. E. Kuyvett 18 222 Totals 316 3995 |] DUCK CONTEST. Total Weekly. to ... „ total, date. Initial, Runners— It. M. Copland 31 519 G. Bonnett 20 500 *T. Dowtlnvaite 33 512 W. T. Green (No. 1) 39 664 Mrs. C. H. M'Dougall 35 295 J- Donald 33 609 Ilerctaunga Poultry Farm... 33 396 .V 1 I V G I? C ?r (N °- Z) M ® Mrs. E. D. Hunter 32 420 Totals 292 4487 TWO YEARS DUCK TEST. Initial, ft,inner.!— *W. T. Green 16 1955 ShVGI,E DUCK CONTEST. iFor purebred ducks, over 5 and under 9 months.. Total Weokly to T i- total, date. Indian Runners- {{; J ' e!u "°"' s 3 112 tv. T. Green 7 ut L. Wadluun 7 in? T. Meadows .' .""i 0 57 J. Donald 5 9j Totals 23 506 One bird dead. +Two birds dead.