BATTLE OF THE BREEDS
EGG-LAYING COMPETITION MASSEY COLLEGE TEST The egg-laying performances of 10 different breeds of pullets kept at the Massey Agricultural College poultry farm are being tested this year. In 10 pens, all of which are built alike, 12 pullets of each breed are being individually tested with trap-nests. A progress report for six months’ laying shows the breeds in the following order for production:—Barfed Rocks, Black Orpingtons, White Leghorns, Legbars, Rhode Island Reds, Brown Leghorns, Gold Cambars, Welsummers, Silver Cambars, Black Minorcas. One Barred Rock pullet has laid 71 eggs in 71 days, which is the longest sequence established at the college this year. These “ breed contest ” figures should not be taken too seriously, however, the college states, as a test of this kind, to be accu ate requires to be repeated over several years, and the light breeds usually overtake the heavy breeds in egg production in the last six months.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26622, 19 November 1947, Page 6
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155BATTLE OF THE BREEDS Otago Daily Times, Issue 26622, 19 November 1947, Page 6
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