10 Junk, 1918.] Report on Egg-laying Competition. 



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Orpingtons laid eggs wliich averaged, approximately, 25| ounces per 

 dozen during tlie period of the competition ; and the prize for the 

 heaviest average eggs laid by any individual bird went to Mr. C. E. 

 Graham, whose Black Orpington " Itecord Queen " laid eggs which 

 averaged 26^ ounces per dozen. Though the actual average price realized 

 for the eggs with delivery taken at Bvirnley was approximately la. Id. 

 per dozen, Is. 3d. has been used for our calculations, except in the case 

 of the eggs laid during the winter tests, as the equivalent of the 

 market price (including cartage, delivery at the market, &c.). 

 A complete list of the prize-winners is given on pages 337-8. 



HIGHEST WHOLESALE 

 MARKET FRICESOF EGGS FROM 15TH APRIL. 1917, TO 14TH MARCH. 1918. 



Necessity for Maintaining Type, &c. 



The diversity in type and general appearance of some breeds, parti- 

 cularly the White Leghorns, competing in the tests now being conducted, 

 may be easily noted. While breeders are justified in using every endea- 

 vour to increase egg production, they should also pay strict attention 

 to the maintenance of type, according to the standards which are laid 

 down for the different breeds. When type is not considered, there is 

 undoubtedly a danger of the birds' constitutions being weakened, and 

 this means ultimate disaster. A proof of the necessity for conforming 

 to the type and character of the different breeds was given by an expert 

 writer when commenting on tests recently held at Gatton College, 



