Egg-Laying Competition.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4360, 14 January 1909, Page 3

Egg-Laying Competition.

NORTH ISLAND. D Ths thirty-third week of the second competition promoted by th 9 North Island Egg-Laying Competition Association, Ltd., at Cambridge, waß concluded r on Friday Ist January, 1909. 1 The following particulars are supplied r by Mr A. B. Trythall, Secretary to the 1 Competition : The number of eggs laid during the 3 week was 1484, being an average of 1 22.48 eggs per pen. Total number of eggs laid since 16th “ May is- 46,527, being an. average of * 704.95 eggs per pen. 1 Highest layings for the week. —Light Breeds—i Pen 54 : .Mrs Rout, White Leghorns, 35 Pen„3B : W. G. Goodwin, White Leghorns,’^. Pen 49 : A. Denton, Brown Leghorns, 33. Pen 48: G. E. Clarke and Sons, White Leghorns, 32. Pen 40 : A. R. Browne, White Leg-, horns, 30. Pen 70 : G. Rhodes, White Leghorns, 30. —Heavy Breeds— Pen 69 : Dr. Roberts, White Orpingtons, 34. , Pen 33 : E. Veale,’ Black Orpingtons, 29,. Ben 51 : C. Hammond, White Rocks, 24. Pen 41: Mrs J. Mace, Black Orpingtons, 22. . Pen 65: Woodhouse tad Mairiner, Silver Wyandottes, 19. The leading pens to date : —Light Breeds— Pen 26 : Harrison and Gratton, White Leghorns, 934. Pen 16 : Waikato Independent, White Leghorns, 887. Pen 40 : A. R. Browne, White Leghorns, 885 Pen 3 : C. D. Beatson, White Leghorns, 880. Pen 27 : W. Runciman, Brown Leghorn, 828. Peu 81 : W. G. Care, White Leghorns, 828. —Heavy Breeds.— < Pen 33 ; E. Veale, Black Orpingtons, 926 / Pen 9 ; Chamber of Commerce, White Orpingtons, 763. -Pen 7 : Waikato Central A. and P. Association, Black Orpingtons, 749. , Pen 3: Miss Gna Roberts. Silver J Wyandottes, 745. J Pen 77 : Mueller Bros., Black Orping- , ton, 719.' The weather during the week was favourable. >