EGG-LAYING.
XPer Press Association.)' ; Blenheim, last night. At the New Zealand egg-laying competition during the week just ended, 1510 eggs were laid, tbo average being increased to 16 1-5 eggs per pen. Only three pens have not yet joined in. For first plaoe H. Leger’s white leghorns from Levin, and F. Brooks’ white leghorns from Australia are a tie with a grand aggregate of 241, the former having laid 29 during the week, and the latter 30. The buff orpingtons of G. Magridgo, Blenheim, with 29 for the week and aggregate of 182, have passed Jonathan Hodgson’s white leghorns into third [place
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1502, 10 July 1905, Page 2
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