POULTRY KEEPING

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20171, 25 February 1931, Page 6

POULTRY KEEPING

(By Fancier.). ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. P.F. —Pried milk, with instructions how to use,. may be obtained from the Canterbury Co-operative Producers Ltd., 206 Tuam «treaty Chriatchurch, Cage Bird.—-A very little linseed during the moult. The green food should be clean and fresh, but never wet. Flower of sulphur is useful in helping the moult. It depends on the size of the 'bird. Slightly dust the soft food when the weather is fine. NOTES. Owing to his recent accident, Mr C. P. Bradford will be unable to judge at the United Pigeon Fanciers' Club Table show to-night. Mr E. Pearce, secretary of the South Island Association, returned last Saturday, from a holiday in Blenheim and Nelson. Mr J. W. Green has removed from Salisbury street to 73 Mersey street, St. Albans. It is usual to whitewash or limewash the inside of pigeon and poultry houses. That is the cheapest way but painting has many advantages. Mr 0, R. Clark is not ranked antong fowl fanciers, but he has a few youngsters that ere good examples of the sex-linked cross. The cross in this case is between Indian Game and Light Sussex. All the pullets follow more or loss the colour of the male, and the cockerels take aftor the Sussex mothers. The Dunedin Young Bird Club , willhold their annual show on Maroh 27th and 28th. The secretary is Mr W. V. Sturmer, the Octagon, Dunedin, and those desire schedules should write. The Victorian Poultry Control Council does not seem to take kindly to quarantine regulations caused by the poultry plague in Victoria. The authorities, on the other hand, rightly demand and warn poultry-keepers against infringing the law. This year the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club will hold only a one day young bird show instead of two days, as in the past. The date chosen, is Saturday, March 216t, when it will. be held at the Canterbury Poultry Co-operative yards, 208 Tuam street. Judging is to commence 'ai 8 a.m. Now that his son, Mr A. B. Smith, i$ in the North Island, Mr W. G. Smith will carry on with the pigeons. He has joined the United Club, and means to exhibit, but will not keep so many varieties ashis son» Tuberculosis in Fowls. Fowl tuberculosis cannot pOttttibly be transmitted t(> human ,-t>elngs, savs "Poultry'* /London), neither can it be transmitted in the eggs. It' is a wellknown fact among competent authorities that tuberculous fowls ctibftd- to lay with' ti(a onftftf pfthe .diaeaae. This means that egg* iwin l pen in which there has been such a siok bird are safe to eat- and,-.if fertile* quit«> fit to set to jtfti&uce fcalthy ehickenß. In short, thft >Oiiiagß* Utitaot bo dirielly transmitted t<» fhe (taring. ' Young jWrd m - . *l} V■, ■ • «. + • 1 J i*r V " The Seasbn ,ft>r fiomlng men to get their birds on the rOad ia ajt hand.' .The young birds require more care .than' the 1 seasoned flyers, and though they , need i plenty of wefrk they Should not fie givfcn i too long fights. Many birds in the shorter races turn out great flyers, and fail at the longer distances. Do not get rid of a bird because it fails to seore, so long as it is & consistent pen* former. There is hope for a win in the future. It is a bad practice for one to have all his birds at work. It is wise W have reserves both for races and for 'stud .Of course, the mora birds/dlie has the" more' fthances of on* having In etautepfafcn;. ,1 read the 'other 4»y * of , tvro yottng Ibirda hdtttlng first , aUdieddnd With a veioeity of dter 1300 minute la a 506 mile race; It is good to otofcjrach performers, but. poorer stuff will , win ' many races, lots home* ttnd, itftd thfbfcfas at fair &tdrvals for but seldom lt»g 1 flightsi ■ Sfcayiftg Utility Sirfk ThfßhaVifig at the faces of fancy ~ Jfowl# quit l ! aWStaion, and 1 has so been aslfoan it seemed .tb < practised ttQst ' fc&nlbitors of the - White-faced Spanish. Now tho oustoin anpeaffe $o have spread to the Utility sections, in -Victoria at least. A baa, like » man, loons,, cluaner after a shftVft, aild thdUgh the Utility standard iia Now, Ztsland it being held up over it, matter of. white in face it is not in Utility properly. But parking back to VictQrifei "Utility"—;the, Melbourne "wMkly Ukftes"—has> the following, which be opportune, as our shows Will soon bo on:— '."phe practice oftrMming the faces of birds intended to bo exhibited *at dhows has'been fairly common among breiAeM of utility «to«k. Tho operation consists of the Removal of the small hairs extending under tho eyes on both sides of the face. 1 ' "The utility standard demands that the f(toe Shall bd jmoeth, and as free as possible from hairs. -."The reweval of hairs has become almost work of art. It iB stated that in England not only is the faoe shaved, but the feathers jufrt above the eyes are iaken out. A judge at & recent show in England, disqualified a bira for hftvihg its eyebrows trimmed, and gave hie reasons for doing Ho in Writing to the committee, who endorsed his action. "The judge stated that the practice of trimming or shavin, the faces of utility birds,was becoming very common, sjad he suggested that drastic measure* should be taken where such eases were founa. The official ruling of the Poultry (Hub of England is that head refining is not ipermlesibld, and the judges arenow directed ,to report all', cases Which come under their notlcd."