June 2, 1908. 



Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. 475 



Winter test, second year (April to July inclusive) : — 



£ s. d. j 

 ]. J. E. Wakfer, 328 eggs ... 2 10 

 •2. S. Gordon, 306 eggs 2 



£ s. d. 



3. Miss M. McDonald, 274 eggs 1 



4. S. Wade, junior, 271 eggs ... 10 



Market value of eggs for the two years : — 



1. J. R. Wakfer... 



2. S. Gordon 



Montidy prize of £1 for the highest total from a pen :- 



April, ,S. ^Vade, junior ... 



May, J. R. Wakfer 



June, J. R. Wakfer & J. Gamble 



equal ... 

 July, 8. (Tiirdon ... 



August, A. H. Hobden 



September, M. Ireland ... 



97 eggs 

 04 ,, 



.S4 „ 



96 ,, 

 135 „ 

 1-16 ,, 



October, Heydouand Shepherd 145 eggs 

 November, Heydon and Sliep- 



herd ... 

 December, A. D. Craig 

 January, A. D. Craig... 

 February, Mrs. R. E. Warren 

 March, S. Wade, junior 



135 



137 



130 



94 



87 



Champion silver cup, value £5, for the pen laying tlie most eggs in tlie two years, 

 without the replacement of a bird : — 



J. R. Wakfer. 



No. 23. Black Orpingtons. W. Wills. 



Mr. Thompson's Review. 



After the success attending the five complete series of annual tests, in which data was 

 accumulated wiiieh proved original and of great value and acceptability to many parts 

 of the world, it was a happy thought of the organising secretary and manageineut to test 

 the productivenes.s and stamina of hens for a further period oi twelve months. 



Just as the five preceding tests were the first of their kind in the world, so now will 

 the demonstration be the first of a practical test in comparison with the capacity, stamina, 

 and profitableness of first and second year hens. Untd these competitions were coni- 

 menceil a great many erroneous ideas prevailed in regard to poultry-keeping, ifany of 

 them have been dispelled. No doubt the present data in regard to second-year hens 

 will be new to the scientist in that the time is not yet that the whole of the eggs con- 

 tained in the ovary of a hen can l)e rushed out in the short space of twelve months, yet 

 it will be new to the layman that it is now getting possible to bring out the seven years' 

 laying capacity of a hen in the space of twenty-four months. 



