THE CARE OF POULTRY 23 



No. , EggB , , Total , Order 



Pen Breed 1st mo 2i mo Si mo 4th mo Eggs PoLnta merit 



6 White Leghorn 24 65 50 46 185 362 2 



7 Silver Wyandotte . . 20 15 41 48 124 244 6 



8 Minorca 11 33 9 34 87 172 14 



9 Golden Wyandotte . . 65 44 36 55 200 397 1 



10 Minorca — ■ 1 — 33 34 68 20 



11 White Wyandotte ..20 13 15 66 114 222 8 



12 Buff Leghorn 4 15 43 51 113 223 7 



13 Barred Rock — 16 23 19 58 115 17 



14 Ancona — 3 16 50 69 136 16 



15 Buff Rock 28 5 34 40 107 213 10 



16 Ancona 30 52 18 43 143 281 5 



17 Black Rock 3 16 12 20 51 100 18 



18 Ancona — 18 28 44 90 178 13 



19 Faverolles — 3 17 15 35 70 19 



20 White Leghorn 40 44 37 43 164 328 3 



Total 319 483 646 770 2118 



N. B. — In scoring, an egg weighing up to 1% ounces 

 counted one point; above that weight, two points. 



The Burnley society reckoned one point for an egg 

 weighing up to one and one-half ounces ; above this 

 weight two points. Each soft-shelled egg was dis- 

 qualified. In previous competitions of the Utility club, 

 the prizes in 1897-8 went, first to Black Minorcas, 

 which laid 161 eggs ; second, to Black Minorcas, with 

 149 eggs ; third, to Langshans, with 146 eggs ; in 

 1898-9, Buff Leghorns, 154 eggs; Barred Rocks, 146 

 eggs ; Golden Wyandottes, 133 eggs ; in 1899-00, Silver 

 Wyandottes, 223 eggs ; Golden Wyandottes, 161 eggs ; 

 Buff Orpingtons, 151 eggs; in 1900-1, Barred Rocks, 

 127 eggs, Buff Leghorns, 81 eggs; Lincoln Buffs, 73 

 eggs. 



BURNLEY SOCIETY LAYING COMPETITION 



482 880 1259 



