Egg laying Trials

Has anyone heard if these type of trials are carried out anymore?

I have been given a book of my grandfathers, The Feathered Year Book of South Australia 1929 which covers all the poultry breeds available then, diseases, hatching with kero incubators and egg laying competion results for the previous 5 yrs.

For those interested the white leghorns were the clear winners with 293, 288, 312, 240 and 295 eggs laid for each year from a single bird with black orpingtons coming a close second eash yr. What surprised me was the ducks. A Runner duck laid 336 eggs in 365 days and in following yrs 317, 288, and 312(Khaki Campbell). I wonder if pure bred birds like this still perform or if these figures are only attainable from xbred layers.

Ginny
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