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UTILITY POULTRY CLUB.

j EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. ) By Telegraph—Press Association. \ Christchurcli. Tuesday. The New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's eighth egg-laying competition finished yesterday. For 51 weeks SiiO fowls recorded 72,329 eggs, and sixty ducks yielded 12,057 eggs, an average of over 200 eggs per bird. This is an achievement that has never been recorded in any competition with such a large flock of birds. Honours went to W. A. Nixon's' White Leghorns in fowl test, and to T. R. Hall's Indian Ruinieis in ducks. In laying 1014 eggs in !>I weeks, Air. Nixon's birds have established a world's record, and the team passed through the test without a death, as also did Mr. Hall's ducks. The feeding was very much the same as in previous tests. There was not a single death in the whole of the competing '■ ducks, and only about five per cent in i tlia fowls. The prize-winners are:

FOWLS. I (.'reatest number of eggs in .11 weeks, W. A. Nixon (Burwood) 1014 eggs. £10; J. 0. Green (St. Albans), 1402 eggs, £7 2; i-leretaunga Poultry Club <t'oldsirc.sm), 1409 eggs, £4, .'); H. Leger (Weraroa), 1403 eggs, £2, 4;, Heretaunga Poultry Club (Silverstrcam), 144S eggs, £l, 5; A. W. Irvine (Epsom), 1440 eggs. 10s., ■«. Wintor' test.—Prizes £2, £l, and 10s.— W. A. Nixon 1, J. W. Green 2, It. A. Lazarus 3., Monthly tests.—Prizes 15s. and 10s.— April. Heretaunga Poultry Co.. 1; R. XV. Hawke 2; May, G. A. 'Lazarus 1. W. A. Nixon (No. 4 pen) 2:' June. W. A. Nixon 1. R. Brown and G. Goodwin (equal) 2; July, A. W. Adams 1, A. E. Wilson 2; August, G. Anderson 1. A. E. Wilson 2; September; W. A. Nixon 1, 6. Anderson 2; October, A. R. Browne and Heretaunga Poultry Co. (equal) 2; December, W. Nixon -. 11. Leger and Heretaunga Poultry Co. (equal) 2; January, W. Nixon 1, H. Leger 2; February, H. Leger 1, W. Nixon and Heretaunga Poultry Co, (enual), 2; March, Heretaunga Poultry Club 1. W. Nixon 2.

Autumn Test (January Ist to March 31st) W. Nixon £l, l| Heretaunga Poultry Co., £l, 2; H. Leger, 10s.. 3. The Club's gold medal for wren tost weight of eggs laid during competition and Studholme prizes of £lO, £4, and £2 will lie awarded in a few davs.

Standard certificates of merit (1200 eggs or over) were gained hv John Wordsworth, Martin Bros.. W. A. Nixon. Heretaunga Co. (2), H. S. Woodnorth. R. W. Hawke, 11. Wainwan, A. R. Browne, Frankish Bros.. W. Knight. .L W. Green, A. W. Trvine. Percy" Holt. Crawford and Pudaey. B. A. Lazarus. A. E. Kent, Dominion Poultry Plant and T. Kennedy. DUCKS. In the duck classes the following are the prize winners:— Greatest number of eggs in ol weeks— T. R. Hall.(Weraroa), 1404 eggs, £>. 1 ; T. Douthwaite (Avondale), 14:>3 eggs', £3, 2; Heretaunga Poultry Co.. 1440 e<""r S £1 10s., 3; P. Keller (Rolleston), 1235 eggs, 155., 4. Winter test.—Heretaunga Poultry Co. gold medal 1; T. Douthwaite 2. ' TWO-YEAR TESTS. Messrs. Nixon's Legcrs, J, W. Green's and Heretaunga Poultry Co.'s White Leghorns, T. Kennedy's' Silver Wvandottes, and. G. Manger's Black Orpingtons are being retained by the club for a second year test. Messrs. [-fall's, Douthwaite's, Kellers, and Ileretaungn Poultry Co.'s Indian Runners, and "s. IT. Scott's Buff Orpington ducks are also to be kept f/>r a two-year test.. •

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 3 April 1913, Page 2

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UTILITY POULTRY CLUB. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 3 April 1913, Page 2

UTILITY POULTRY CLUB. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 3 April 1913, Page 2

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