1322 POULTRY 



The 3 best groups in each section gave the results indicated in Table I. 

 Table I. — Results given by the 3 besl groups in each section. 



Breed 



ist Section. 



White Leghorn 



Do. 



Do. 



2nd Section. 



White Leghorn 



Do. 



Do. 



yd Section. 



Black Orpington 



Do. 



Rhode Island Red 



The maximum productions obtained up to the present in Australia 

 in Government controlled competitions are those indicated by Table II 

 (number of eggs laid in one year by a group of 6 hens). 



Table II. — Maximum production obtained hitherto in controlled 

 competitions in Australia. 



state Breed Number of eggs 



South Australia White Leghorn i 589 



West Australia Do. i 564 



New South Wales Do. i 54i 



Queensland Do. i 564 



Victoria Do. i 699 



New Zealand Do. i 632 



Victoria Black Orpington i 562 



This last competition also brings out clearly the rapid and continual 

 improvement of the White Leghorn as a laying breed in tlie State of Victoria. 

 The winning group of the Dookie College competition in 190.4-1905 laid 

 1313 eggs in I year ; in the last competition, the winning groujj laid 1 661, and 

 the first 5 groups laid 8 160, or an average of 272 eggs per hen. 



