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Egg-laying Competitions. 



[may, 



than 600, the eggs being valued at £4. 19s. gd. and 

 £/\ 18s. 4cl. in the first case, and £3 is. yfci. and £2 4s. id. 

 in the latter. Five birds laid 200 or more eggs, these being 

 three Buff Rocks and two White Wyandottes with 216, 206, 

 203, 213, and 201 eggs respectively. The largest numbers 

 of eggs laid by the other breeds were as follows: — White 

 Leghorn, 158; Houdan, 140; La Bresse, 175; Barred Rock, 

 158; Black Wyandotte, 170; and Partridge Wyandotte, 132. 

 The lowest individual totals were: — White Wyandotte, 87; 

 Buff Rock, 54; White Leghorn, 36; Houdan, 99; La Bresse, 

 89; Barred Rock, 102; Black Wyandotte, 123; and Partridge 

 Wyandotte, 69. 



Comparison by Breeds.— As the number of fowls of the 

 different breeds varied, in addition to being very small, no 

 comparison by breeds can be regarded as of definite value. 

 At the same time the difference between the three principal 

 breeds is sufficiently marked to be of interest, as will be seen 

 from the following table, though it does not follow that the 



figures are typical of the breeds as a whole : — - 





White 

 Wyandottes. 



White 

 Leghorns. 



Buff Rocks. 



Number of pens 



Number of hens ... 



Average number of saleable 



8 

 48 



4 

 24 



3 



18 



eggs per pen ... 



Average number of saleable 



eggs per bird 



Value of saleable eggs per pen 

 Value of saleable eggs per bird 

 Number of unsaleable eggs per 



884 



H7 

 £4 6s. 6d. 

 14s. $d. 



703 



117 



£3 4*- 2d. 

 10s. Sd. 



814 | 



136 

 £3 i8j. 4d. 

 lis. id. 



pen 



I2h 





2 



The other five breeds, which were represented by only one 



pen each, gave the following results : — 





Number of Saleable 

 Eggs. 



Value of Saleable 

 Eggs. 



Number 

 of 



Unsaleable 

 Eggs per 

 Pen. 



Per Pen. 



Per Bird. 



Per Pen. 



Per Bird. 









£ s. d. 



s. d. 





Black Wyandottes ... 



853 



142 



3 l 7 9i 



12 1 ]| 



2 



La Bresse 



735 



122 



3 12 8| 



12 1 



'4 



Barred Rocks 



775 



129 



3 9 9 



11 7h 



29 I 



Houdans 



704 



117 



3 5 4i 



10 iof 





Partridge Wyandottes 



513 



85 



2 4 1 



7 4 



36 



