486 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.TF. [J"?/«<? 2, 190.S. 



Market \aliic of eggs for the twehe lllOIltll^s : — 



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1. i'. Lowe :^ ' :). Mrs. (J. Atkinson 



•2. R. Boar.lnuiii ... "2 () 4. L. S. Luck 



First niontli (ojx'n to pens laying 70 eggs or more) : 



£ s. a. 



1. I'\ Hopkins, lUieggs... ... 2 fi l> ;{. v'ovvan IJros., 02 eggs 



2. Mrs. A. Tage, 97 eggs ... 1 n o 



Winter test (liist four niontlis) 



1. Cowan Bros., 410 eggs 



2. Mrs. C. Atkinson, ;{87 eggs .. 



Last tiiiee months : — 



\. K. IJoardnian, 359 eggs 

 2. L. S. Luck, :U7 eggs ... 



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3. W . K. itoutelier, 384 eggs 



4. P. Lowe, 379 eggs 



£ s. (I. 



2 3. 1* Loue, 343 eggs 



2 



£ s. (1. 

 1 

 HI 



€ s. (1. 

 10 



£ a. (1. 



2 



1 



£ s. (1. 



10 



General utility prizes (open to pens tlie hens in wliicli average at least (i 11>. in weight 

 at noon on 1st March, 1908, decided by the number of eggs) : — 



£ -• 'I. t" s. (1. 



1. A. Creaser, total weight of 2. Mr.s. A. M. W'ilcock, 39 lb. I 



hens, 41 lb 2 ' 3. W. Wills, 43^ lb U 10 



Monthly prize of £1 for tlie greatest number of eggs fr.)m a pen, April excepted ; — 

 May, P. Lowe ... ... ... 118egg.« Xovember, P. Lowe ... . I43eggs 



Juno, Cowan Bros. 



July, A. W. Duke 

 August, P. Lowe... 

 September, P. Lowe 

 October, P. Lowe 



... 132 „ 



... 161 „ 



... 157 ., 



... 158 ,, 



... Kil ,. 



December, It. Boardinan ... 143 ,, 



January, K. Boardnian... ... 133 ,, 



February, R. Boardnian ... 109 ,, 



March, P. Lowe 135 ,, 



The Conductor's Notes. 



" The pullets," M r. Thompson re})»rts, " have given an excellent record ; and altliough 

 only a very s'ight advance over every previous test, it is satisfactory that still an inijuove- 

 inent can be looked for in the general average. There has been an improvement of over 

 33 per cent, from the first general average, and the same percentage improvement in the 

 Inghest aggregate. The deaths and replacements amongst the 360 pullets totalled 31, or 

 an average of 86 per cent. 'I'he total cost of feeding the 3(50 birds was : Bran and 

 pollard, £39 10s. ; grain, £64 15s. ; meat, £12 ; green feed, £4 15s. ; shell grit, £4 ; 

 sundries, £1 10s. ; total, £126 10s." 



The total monthly laying was :— April, 2,258 eggs ; May, 2,482 : June, 4,283 ; July, 

 5,657; August, 7,525 ; September, 7,707 ; Octoljer, 7,247; November, 6,206 ; Decendjer, 

 5,705 ; January, 5,089 ; February, 3,738 ; March, 4,421. Grand total, 62,318 ; average 

 per hen, 173. 



The total net market value of the eggs was £309 4s. Id., and the cost of feed .£126 10s., 

 leaving a surplus of £182 14s. Id. 



The appended table gives full details of the eggs laid and the net market value of the 

 eggs from each pen of six hens, the replacements of birds being indicated by the figures in 

 parentheses after competitors' names. 



