Egg-Laying Competition : Cedaha. 



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Weights. — The average weight per bird in the competition pens 

 are as follows, taken in October, 1918: — 



Pea No. 



Breed. 



Average Weight 

 per Bird. 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 



White Leghorn 



White Wyandotte 

 Black Leghorn ... 

 White Leghorn ... 



White Orpington 

 White Leghorn ... 



Black Orpington 

 White Leghorn ... 

 Barred Rock 

 White Leghorn ... 



White Wyandotte 



White Leghorn ... 



White Wyandotte 

 Ancona ... 

 White Leghorn ... 



Awards. 



The silver and bronze medals presented by the South African 

 Poultry Association for the pens laying the gjeatest number of 

 standard weight eggs during the competition were won by Pens Nos. 

 13 and 19, both White Leghorns, the property of Messrs. Crozier 

 and Brown, Johannesburg, and H. E. Dunning, Pietermaritzburg, 

 respectively. Pen No. 13 laid 671 full-weight eggs, 52 under- weight, 

 and No. 19, 656 full-weight eggs and 74 under-weight. 



A generous donation of <£5s. 5s. each was made by the following 

 poultry clubs to the prize list of the conipetiton :— The Natal Poultry 

 Club, the Durban and Coast Poultry Club, and the Klip River Poultry 

 Club; and £1. Is. from the Greenwood Park and Red Hill Poultry 

 Club. 



This was allocated by the advisory sub-committee as follows : — 



(a) £2. 2s. for pen of light breeds laying the largest number 

 of standard eggs during the competition. Won by Pen 

 No. 13, White Leghorns, the property of Messrs. Crozier 

 & Brown, Johannesburg with 671 full-weight eggs. 



(6) £1. Is. runner-up to winner of (a). Won by Pen No. 19, 

 White Leghorns, the property of Mr. H. E. Dunning, 

 Pietermaritzburg, with 656 full-weight eggs. 



(c) £2. 2s. for pen of heavy breeds laying the largest number 

 of standard eggs during the currency of competition. Won 

 by Pen No. 17, White Wyandottes, the property of Mr. 

 C. B. Upton, Pietermaritzburg, with 618 full-weight eggs. 



