POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 160, 2 April 1921, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

EGG-LAYING UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITION. The New Zealand Utility. Poultrv Club’s sixteenth egg-laying competition opened on May 1. and was concluded on Tnureday. The following are the forty-teventh week s results: — Single Pen Test (for Three Purebred Fowls). Heavy Breed Section. Total Weekly to total, date.

Black Ornlngtons— R. to. Christie H. W. Beck 0 0 1. 5 *5 235 166 194 695 Light Breed Section. White LeghornsW. Newell Z1O W. J. Middleton T. Wilkinson J. J. Bowberry ............ Green Brothers. No. 2 A. C. Goodlet TT. L. Downer ..5 221 ’ .... 5 ai " .. 4 200 ' ..5 264 S 236 Master Clif. Richards . u 1ZO TT. Williams •. 4 TT. S. Saunders 4 222 TT. Hunter George Gee 5 244 A. F. Reay TT. Wilborns W. E. Ward """ 5 267 E. J. Merriman H IX 1 Mrs. W. J. Chambers . 0 235 201 TT. W. Reck 0 TT. W. Beck — 0 196 Green Brothers, No. 1 5 201 73 4679 Heavy Breed Flock -Teams Test. (For Six Purebred Pullets.) Silver Wvandottes— Thomas Dowthwalte ... 1020 Black O.-ningtonfl— 27 24 1000 1055 79 3075 Single Pen Test (for Three Purebred Fowls). Anconas— N. R. Forbes 4 Brown Leghorns— White T.rrhnrns— H. Williams 10 WJ 5 463 696 9 Calder Brothers, No. 1 10 593 H. TV. Reck ....... 5 408 Green Brothers, 1 . 14 614 Waftoitoi Stud Farm . 10 604 W. O. Sail 13 G. II. Bradford 9 717 Mrs. S. Dick 15 665 W. Aldous 9 535 Waitoitoi Stud Farm . 8 678 TI. Williams 5 571 J. Rattigan 14 571 W.,A. Gee and Son .... 5 362 George Gee 14 t 'j 613 J. Liggins ; 9 566 C. Thomson. No. 1 8 570 C. P. Bradford 562 A. E. Phillip.’10 683 William Snence 4 590 Webb Brothers 5 53? J.’D. Gohbe 2 511 Green Brothers 17 599 W. T. Chamber? 12 671 S. L. Beer 3 608 James JRobertson « 525 C, H. Izard 6 670 P. Freeman 11 502 A. A. TToare .' 6 529 J. T>. Merrett 11 649 C. Thomson. No. 2 15 606 C. Renn 12 561 Mr?. F. Gorinski, No. 1 15 71.5 G. W. Black 5 558 Mrs. F. Gorinski. No. 2 16 662 M. S. Sannder.’ 9 697 Calder Brothers, No. 2 14 618 C. A. Tnd»r 1.3 585 F. I.. R. Oznnne 0 .507 G. Bonnett 8 601 T Batchelor 3 549 A L. Beer. No. 2 A. Dick 8 677 15 702 Tracey King: 14 68a W. TT. Wept 16 699 P. W. Hawke 5 630 T. J. Richard-*- '...... 10 420 Smart Brothers .... 8 708 G. II. Bradford, No. 2 13 617 - ————,—. Totals .... 492 M.328 Licht Breed Flock Teams Contest (for Six Purebred Pullets). (Between the age of 5) and 8 months.) Minorca*H. Williams 1199 White T?an«riuru F're Ranch 8 839 TT. S. Saunders 2 1035 H. Ball 13 1073 John Wehb 9 872 *A. Brumley 9 949 A. 0. Goodlet 2 1080 .T. Liggins. No. 1 15 908 *Georec Double 16 886 •T. Lig<rins ./ .... 14 967 +T:. J. Richards /. 1 604 , ♦Vcrral! Brothers 15 1000 L. v. Couch 28 1117 M. F. Blackman V1113 *Mrs. T. A. Rode-crs 3 850 +Thema«< Kennedy Jfi 894 *H. L. Downey 1102 G. Bonnett 12 1079 Mrs. ’F. Gnrinski 22 1(16 TT. W Berk 17 971 * T T. WilHams 19 979 George .T. Wilkins 10 947 W. E. Ward 10 1W) - P. Briltendon 14 880 Gre«n Brothers 7 IM R Frank Cole 16 7-55 E. F f><rhnrns — 35 1523 *Verrall Brothers 6 920 Totals .... ’385 27 596 *One bird dead. tTwo birds dead. Single Pen T< Pt. (For X nurobred heavy breed Fowls.) RHv*r Wys "dottea— Traccv Kinq* 13 491 S.T. Wvandotte Club .. 10 454 Tr . xy TUck 7 437 F. Lovell 7 452 A.B Plrmouth Rocks — IT. W. Beck 412 Rhode Inland Reds— IT. Hunter 424 White Orpinctnna— E. R. Vercoe 472 White Plymouth Boeks— L. D. Adams 359 Blflck Orpingtons— G W. Black 18 467 W. R. Snroscn 9 455 R. R. Christie 8 531 T. E. Conwav 6 666 C. H. Izard. No. 2 3 MO 0. TT. Izard. No. 1 4 378 •T. B. Merrett 11 596 Totals ........ 122 7004 Single Pen Three Duck Teams Test. Indian Runners— George Bonnett 10 618 W. T. Green. No. 2 13 675 , T. Dowthwaite 5 715 H. W. Beck 5 652 R. W. Hawke 6 779Willnurhby Knight 13 814 W. T. Green, No. 1 6 436 Totals 58 4689