POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 149, 19 March 1921, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

EGG-LAYING UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITION. The New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's sixteenth egg-laying competition opened on May 1, and will continue till March 31, 1921. The following are tho forty-fifth week's results:— Single Pen Test (for Three Purebred Fowls). Heavy Breed Section. Total Weekly to

total, date. Black Orpingtons— ' R. R. Christie . 4 234 TI W Beck . 2 166 E. V. Arthur . 4 185 Totals . 10 585 Light Breed Section. White Leghorns— TV. Newall . 5 210 W. J. Middleton . 7 236 T. Wilkinson 6 211 J. J. Rowberry 6 211 Green Brothers, No. 2 .... 1 19o A. C. Goedlet 5 256 TT L. Downev 4 227 Master Clif. Richards .... 0 125 TT. Williams 6 224 TT S Saunders 5 21.3 TT. Hunter 5 240 George Gee 5 234 A. F. Reay 4 206 TT. Wi!l !n ms 5 218 W. E. Ward 6 257 F J. 5 20 "Mrs W J Chambers 4 9XA IT W ■Rnr’k 0 201 TT. W. Beek 0 196 B Gre n n Frother!?, No. 1 5 141 S. L. Beer 5 238 * —- •—. Totals 89 4531 ITpnvv Breed Flock Test. (For Six Purebred Pullets.) Silver Wyandotte.*— Thos. Dowthwaite 23 967 Black Orntnrtonfl— F. T). Gibson 18 946 J. Gunn 24 1005 65 2918 Single Pen Test (for Three Purebred Fowls). Anconas— N. E. Forbes 8 358 Brown Leghorns— H. Hunter 12 551 White Leghorns— H. Williams . z . 18 638 H. Meadows 4 453 John Webb 16 673 Oalder Brothers, No. 1 ... 17 571 H. W. Beck 6 398 Green Brothers, No. 1 15 582 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 11 582 w. o. Sail 17 574 G. H. Bradford 15 695 Mrs. fl. Pick 13 635 W. Aldous 14 516 Waitoitoi Stud Farm ... 17 659 IT. Williams 7 558 J. Rattisian 15 645 W A Gee and Son 551 - Georcre Gee 13 583 J. Liggins 9 560 0. Thomson, No. 1 14 553 R. Currie 15 551 C. P Bradford 9 549 A. E. Phillips 10 664 Wm. Soenco 5 581 Webb Brothers 9 524 J. D. Gobbe 6 505 Green Brotherg 16 568 W. J. Chambers 17 643 S. L. P°er 16 1 Jag. Robert«on 11. W 0. TT. Izard 13 653 P. Freeman 12 4sn A A. TTnnre 13 51 5 J F Morrett 16 604 C. 'Thomson, No. 2 15 576 C Renn 14 5.XR Mrs. F. nnrinski. No. 1 ... 14. 6 C 6 n vr pinrv 14 54* C?orin<»ki. No. 2 1.X 6X4 TT 9? 18 674 Cnlder F”ofher&. No. 2 ... 16 COG. A. Tnd n r 12 5*7 t. p Ozanne ... .X 5n* n 11 49.X m BpI aIipIq,” 5 5*0 c T. Bony. No. 2 1 9 c P?aV 10 X7X Trqpntr 14 •nr TT VW A 15 667 T> TT 14 610 rp T p.i <-.V» o Vflc n D..-‘Lnr 5 16 r no G TT. Bradford. No. 2 13 Totals 5*1 3".271 T.ip-M Br'?d T’i'mir m n om. rv tcpt. (for Six T».,Ha+-X (Between the age of 5J and 8 months.) Minorca--H. Williams 30 1144 White Leghorns— Rangiuru Egg Ranch ... 10 820 TI. S. Saunders 14 1021 H. Ball 11 1044 John Webb 21 645 A. Bramley 12 929 A C. Goodlet 7 1074 J Liggins, No. 1 28 873 Geo. Double 22 851 J. Liggins 22 933 T. J. Richards 7 600 Verrail Brothers 21 964 L. V. Couch 24 1071 M. F. Blackman 28 1064 Mrs T. A. Rodgers 20 828 Thos. Kennedy 20 858 TT. L. Downey 23 1056 G. Bonnett 13 1052 Mrs. F. Gorinski 22 969 IL W. Beck 21 930 TT. Williams 23 936 Geo. J. Wilkins 23 916 W. E. Ward .’ 23 991 P. P.rittenden 18 849 Green Brog 12 999 Frank Colo 13 ■ 723 E. E Marsden 33 1458 Brown Loghorns— Verrall Brothers 13 903 Totals 534 26,701 Single Pen Test. (For 3 purebred heavy hr? ed Fowls.) Silver Wyandottes— Traccv Kiner IS 463 S T Wvandotte Club 8 4X5 TT. W. Beck 5 42J F. Lovell 9 437 A.B Plvnionth Rocks — TT. W. Beck 10 408 Rhode Island Reds— 9 413 White Orpingtons— E. R. Vercoc . 4 459 White Plymouth Kocks— L. D. Adams 9 341 Black Orpingtons— G W. Black 10 438 W. R. Spro’en 5 436 R. R. Christie It 515 T. E. Conway 15 654 C. 11. IzaTd. No. 2 10 400 C. H. Hard. No. 1 (5 birds) 5 37V J. B. Merrett 15 575 Totals 142 6766 Single Pen' Three Duck Teams Test. Indian Runners— Geo. Bonnett (5 birds) ... 11 603 W. T. Green. No.’2 14 650 J. Dowthwatte 5 704 H. W. Reck 4 641 R. W. Hawke 6 767 Willoucrhby Knirrht 11 789 W. T. Green, No. 1 (5 birds) 4 423 Totajs 55 4577 Single Duck Test. H. and T. Meadows 0 192 A. F. Reay 0 202 Two-year Duck Teams' Test. W. T. Green 10 2886