EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS 125 
Value of Average per Bird 
Eggs in 
Ten Months Eggs Value 
No. of | Total Eggs in 
aieed Birds | Ten Months 
s. d. sd: 
White Leghorns . | I00 17,580 & 8 9 1758 | 17 8f 
White Wyandottes . | 100 16,750 87 xr 8 1675 | 17 5 
Buff Orpingtons . | 100 16,020 83 2 6 160°'2 | 16 74 
Rhode Island Reds . | 100 16,430 86 11 3 164°3 | 17 3% 
Sussex. ‘ . | 100 15,580 81 19 7 1558 | 16 4% 
The returns given in the above table allow for variation in size 
of eggs and the time of year at which eggs were laid, as, of course, 
these factors play an important part in marketing eggs. For 
instance, while the Leghorns show an increase of 880 in the total 
eggs laid as compared with the Wyandottes, the total value is only 
£1, 7s. 1d. more, which shows either that the Leghorns laid smaller 
eggs and were valued at a lower rate, or that the eggs were laid 
at the time of the year when eggs were cheaper in price. 
To have an average of 150 eggs or over from one hundred birds 
in ten months must be considered very satisfactory. 
Special mention should here be made of the results attained by 
Pen 19 (White Wyandottes), belonging to Mr E. Cam, of Glen 
Poultry Farm, Houghton, near Preston, which during the ten 
months produced a total of 1272 eggs, valued at £7. For the four 
winter months, 31st October to 19th February, this pen yielded 
523 eggs, at a value of £3, 14s. 11$d., which gave an average per 
bird of 87:17 eggs, valued at 12s. 6d., and constituted a world’s 
record. The reserve bird in this pen also had the remarkable score 
of 80 eggs, valued at 11s. 9$d., to its credit for the same period. 
Heavy versus LiGHT BREEDS 
A contrast of the light and heavy breeds might here be noted with 
advantage, although the light birds were confined to one breed 
(White Leghorns) whereas the heavy birds included six distinct 
breeds. The most striking point about the light breeds is that 
their absence of broodiness must have a direct effect upon egg- 
