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J oil null of Agriculture. Victoria. [lo July, 191 2. 



Prize List. 

 The prizes offered in the c-ompetition were : — 



(i) The Greatest Number of Eggs Laid. 



Number of Eggs. 



1,566 

 1,546 

 1,539 



(2) Winter Test — Greatest Number of Eggs Liid for Four Months. 

 1st— £4 .. W.G.Swift .. I White Leghorns.. , 479 



♦2nd— £2 



1st— £3 



A. J. Cosh . . „ „ . . I 470 



(3) Greatest Weight of Eggs Laid. 

 R.W.Pope .. White Leghorns. . I 3,075| ozs. 



It will be .seen from the accompanying table that Mr. Cosh's pen put 

 up the rather remarkaljle record of o\ er 100 eggs each month throughout 



PEN NO. 40. A. J. 

 2u 1 I'rize Winter Test, 470 eggs 

 Value £~ ,ss. S^i. 



COSII S WHITE LEGi:o;<xs. 



3rd Prize comjietition ; eggs laid, 1,539. 

 Net profit ])er lien, 17s. tjd. 



the year. It would be interesting to know how often, if ever, this has 

 been done in any tiovernment ccmpetit'on. The record of three separate 

 pens in the competition attaining a score of over 1,500 eggs each is also 

 worthy of note. The table also shows the actual number of eggs laid by 

 each pen, together with those which were rejected for being under weight 

 or soft-shelled. It will be seen that a total of 42 was rejected for being 

 under weight, and 64 for being soft-shelled. Though .some of the pens 

 do not show an average weight of 24 ozs. per dozen on the twelve months' 

 work, no pen was disqualified at the end of the first four months, all pens 

 having conformed to the rule relating to this aspect of the competition. 



