EGG-LAYING CONTESTS
WHITE LEGHORN'S LEAD AT ULE.VHEIM, (Per Press Associati»n.) HLEXTIKIM, Sept. Ifi. 'llie return for the twentieth week of the New Zealand eg'g-lnying' competition ,s 2515 'Ct^s. The -grand ag gregate now reaches M 0,417, anil -the wcekljf average- Islands at 25.15 egga per pen. Th-e rose comb Hlack Orpingtonsof Mr Mm-phy, -oi Blenheim, gave a return of <l9 for the week, and Mr Traheriie's lJlaek Or ping-tons from Christehureh registered U?. In the. aggregate .Mr Leger's White Leghorns still maintain a strong lead with olio, IMr Brooks' W-h-ito Leghorns, from. South Australia, boing second .with 522, and Nr Hockey's i-Black Orpingtons (Nelson) third with 415. Th-e A. •Amd 1\ Association's White Leg-horns and Mr Draper's IlulT Leghorns, from Blenheim, tie with 4.-13. Mr Hawke's Silver Wyandottes, from Grcyto\vn, are close up with -140. There are 50 hens in the brooding department.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7928, 18 September 1905, Page 2
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143EGG-LAYING CONTESTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7928, 18 September 1905, Page 2
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