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PAPANUJ COMPETITION^ /' 1 1 The twenty-sixth competition, organised t>; the Now Zealand* Utility Poultty .Olnb Wm commenced at Papanitf' o,n April «th. Tsh< ioUowinft ai-a> the returns ,for 'forty seventh week, ended February 28th (nambei of days. '829) , test' 1. - A -' •" ?.* H, , SHAW MEMORIAL CHALX-ENQE (For''Light and Heavy Breeds.J - (Sinelef ennod.) 1 ,

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Sipl# 6 ' ■' v \ * i THE PRESS., WEDNESDAY, MARCH '4. 1931. v"-. ■' 1 t - ; -- n . POULTRY KEEPING .. ♦ - 1 ". . (By Faneier.) NOTES. A meeting of the Christchurch Canary Club will bo held this evening. Judges for the annual, show of the Christchurch Poultry Club will bo elected at a meeting of members next .. .. ... c . Mfk -'' ' '^ippp' Sincerely Believethat the half-price bargains in all our departments ace tlu BEST (we dislike that word, but it ifl the'only one MahdSTATION^ By "Stra^ler." B to use) In this City. Monday evening. ■ -■ The United Pigeon Fanciers' Club Every counter, every showcase, every stand and every T1DBERCULOSIS. THE SLIDING SCALE REMOVING WHEY. will hold the third table show of the -' shelf lias been thoroughly season next Wednesday evening. The Bli x gone through, and fresh . . . • : ; " v ; . ■; ■■•- - breeds to be tabled are Fantails, pou111 clean merchandise merci"B.C.G." VACCINE TESTS. TYPICAL NORTH ISLAND A SOUTHLAND PROTEST. ting pigeons, toys, utility pigeons, IpFOHH IH jffll lessly marked down to .. VIEW. ■. " : .. Carriers, Dragoons and Show Homers. HALF i CALVES MADE IMMUNE TO TUBERCULOSIS. Every week there is a tilt from Northern newspapers . .or a politicians A bad practice that is showing signs of increasing in Southland at this present time is that of removing whey Mr H. Wiltshire will be judge. Mr A. B. Smith, a prominent fancier who left Christchurch some months ago for Wellington, is now in Hastings PRICE Tuberculosis in cattle may one day be eliminated from the Empire's herds, alTo'ut the sliding scale of wheat duties. It does not concern these agitators at all that the present crop was sown nine from the dairy factories in milk cans (says an exchange). Although 'not actually prohibited' by the dairy reguassisting in the restoration of the telephone service. Mr W. H. Hagger, the well-known Conciliation Commissioner, will shortly retire from that position. Mr Hagger is a keen fancier of racing pigeons, and AND BELOW if the success of three, years' experiments carried out at Cambridge Unimonths ago, when costs were still.up in the air, under a specific promise from lations, this ■ practice is looked with the strongest disfavour by upon the versity, and financed by the Empire the Government that its marketing Dairy Division, and factories have been also a judge. The hundreds of people who hive waited for the closing days of this sale -will not be disappointed if we know anything about it. Marketing Board, is followed up. These would be under the then existing scale circulated with what amounts practiMr J. S. Walter, of Nelson, was in experiments show that the immunisation of calves against bovine tuberculosis with "B.C.G." vaccine is definitely practicable. of duties. The crop will be completely disposed of for ten months or more, and so no alteration in the conditions until the expiry of that term can take effect. However, the Auckland Chamber of cally to a demand that it should not be permitted. Most factories have a reference to the matter in their Articles of Assotown during the week-end, and visited the lofts of some, local fanciers. He intends sending a big team of Modenas to the Christchurch show in June. Another Nelsonian, Mr Geo. King, I \ , <, ! This announcement ,ha s been made Commerce is once more into the breach. ciation, but some directorates appearalso intends to exhibit, and is said to have something very raro in Black Self and Baldhead Tumblers. At the table show of the. United Fanciers' Club held last Wednesday night, the Tumblers shown were of a high standard, and I hear of others that were kept at home. It is pleasing to know that so many good ones are about. But there is still a big field for the importer, and for the importer P.8. By the way, have you following the claims recently., put forAn Auckland paper of last Saturday to be prepared to ignore the regulation, or openly permit its contravention ward that calves had been rendered imstates: — I called on us since we have doubled the size of our shop? Drayton - Jones mune to tuberculosis, by means of a . secret yaccifie used by Mr. Spahlinger, on a farm in Norfolk. The Cambridge experiments, .which began in 1927, are being carried out by Professor J. B. Buxton, head of the Department of Congratulations to the Prime Minister, tho Rt. Hon. G, W. Forbes, on his announcement that the whole question of the present high rate of duties on wheat and -flour is to be investigated, have been extended by the Auckland in "an endeavour to secure more suppliers or retain those, they already possess. In the majority of cases, the regulation reads something as follows: "Suppliers to tho factory will be permitted to carry home in milk carts a LTD. J Animal Pathology at the University, Chamber of Commerce in a letter destheir daily proportion of whey condi1 and Dr. Stanley Griffith, an officer of patched this week. tionally on their providing, for this |H|| 1 OOBNEB COLOMBO AND I LICHFIELD STBEETS. | the Mpdical Besearch Council, with the "We have for some time past been purpose, secure and suitable vessels. of Tumblers alone. The sharp rise in the price of eggs I aid of an Empire Marketing Board seriously concerned at the fact that the and only on conforming to this condiHH : 1 grant. Similar tests have been made present high rate of duties, amounting tion will individual suppliers be titled to the privilege. Any sup BUwill give heart to the egg producers, whose experience has not been encouraging for some time. Egg prices will continue to increase, for, although ■r " ■ D3264 I at the Ministry of Agriculture's laboraapproximately to 100 per cent., has plier B tories. operated to prevent that fall in the cost of living which is so necessary and which would facilitate the coming reduction in wages," says the letter. "The committing a breach of this condition will immediately have the privilege Alive Three Years Later. - - * ■■ ■ ■*£. ? c ■ : more and more pullets are coming into profit, more and more hens are going out, and will not lay much until tho - JKS9 *• TOIST' Many of the calves which were inwituurawu, uuu win uui, ugmii u« jjcimitted to take away whey unless at oculated with B.C.G. vaccine, and subeffect of the high duties is shown by the discretion of the directors, and jm 79B CA8KEL ST.; sequently given powerful doses of the fact that, whereas a 21b loaf sells at onlv\then' upon the directors being satisspring. _ Mff /ff For Quality virile tuberculosis germB injected 64d in Auckland, the price of the 41b fied "that the offending supplier has The latest. figures from the Common- . DECK OHAIB81 straight: into the veins, were alive eight loaf is at present only 7£d, if not lower y made satisfactory provision to comply wealth and New Zealand test show that the New Zealand birds are still Hh *S»A M CAMP BEDS, to twenty months "afterwards. "Conin London, which is situated ina with and abide by the conditions. . IBWTS, 9td.; an* trol'' calves, which were not given the country which imports wheat. There The desire on the part of the supdoing well. In the Anconas class, J. W. Mathison (Timaru) leads with 248 \m > "" HUN^'juid B.C.G., but received the same dose of seems to be no valid Teason why, when ipliers to make use of the whey for pig » WH/LTSB& virulent " tubercle died in about three weeks. One animal which was all classes in the community are faced feedin&r. and other purposes, is to be eggsj in the class for White Leghorns, ■ IfwWKV tt BLINDS with a necessity for an adjustment of commended, but it is essential. I# the L. Boache (Christchurch) is third with / If vaccinated as a heifer calf, and then expenditure, the wheat farmers should quality of the milk supply is to be 256 eggs. In the A.O.V. heavy breed class, J. B. Griffiin (Governor's Bay) given a fatal dose of tubercle germs, is be protected from lower world price maintained, that separate containers 'still alive and well three years afterlevels, and we congratulate you on should be used. The whev usually is second with 229 eggs, his Light r '■■■JS ncyf \\ wards. In the interval, she has had a tackling this difficult question." stands for close on 24 hours in the Sussejc hen being one egg behind a MffjOBB V calf which .does -not react to' the standard- test - for- tuberculosis, and so A Newspaper Opinion. whey tank—seldom a vessel of very prepossessing cleanliness—and gathers bacteria all the time. If it is then> put White Bock. These scores are for 306 days with single birds. Tho Khaki KtRVbiM; Antfy ArpAulisVi is free from infection. The Wanganui "Herald" made the Campbell duck in this test continues . . , " J6S8tj "B.C.G" ( vaccine, or Bacillus-Cal-mette-Guerin, is so called ■ because it was first' discovered by a French scienfollowing, contribution to the subject into the milk cans and ccnWyedv to the in the lead of all breeds in Australian last week: farm, it is only to be expected that tests. Her score for 315 days is 310 u i, T' ity ' r i 4 \ i 1 y j J < The Rt. Hon. G. W. a farmer some of the bacteria will come into eggs.' «' It -t 4 t \iU ' <• * if tist, Professor Calmette, at the Pasteur and a wheat grower himself, is confronted by a very difficult problem in contact with the' fresh milk if the cans 1 "DH Institute in . 1906.' - It consists of a are not thoroughly sterilised. This proDeath of Mr W. H. Pottu. b -'1 strain of : Hying, though non-virulent, germs, These, bacilli were bred for thirteen years oq bile-soaked, potatoes, in the: laboratories, aftd at the end of this,time they were found'to have lost their virulence, and to be incapable of: in horses, -fete., ior-even ?the most auscegtible of ' Aniiials HTjrith B.C.G., were * ■ over a < intravenous M MQunhridge, we^e»?4#und to be which many side issues are involved. cess is usually carried out; at the facThe death is announced of Mr W. B. HI.1 H IMfTTi ITiflHfllf till It was in an early stage of the war tory where there is an abundance of Potts, aged 74, at Innesfail, Queensland. He died suddenly, and at the time was Commissioner for Malta. Mr Potts was that the National Cabinet conceived steam and boiling water,, and the value of the operation would be negatived by the whey being put into the cans immediately after. It is necessary that factory directors m -« - -a.. fiKfffiws* - 1 nil the idea of assuring the \ continuance maa \ 1 || of tho Dominion's- bread supply by subsidising the wheatgrowers. Pronii this begining the farmers..managed to a prolific writer on topics, and for years was the principal of Hawkesbury College, Richmond, N.S.W. Visitors to that college from all parts bH| "||| obtain one concession and another until should combine in a movement to exerSHU wheat growing became the best assured cise a rigid prohibition on the removal of whey in milk cans, and thus, remove one of its chief Causes, that the next factory ' permits it-and suppliers will transfer their allegiance elsewhere. of the world will recall , the pleasure of being guided and entertained by Mr Potts, and ponltrymen will remember with gratitude his assistance to them. Publicity Campaign. "Eat more eggs" is.to be the slogan of a great publicity campaign which inay be launched in ths pear future by the Now Zealand Poultry Association. industry.in the middle part of the South Island. ' ' 1 ■/ Now a' Slump has imposed itself upon country, and the public is beginning to realise that for the laBt fourteen or iuffering only flight chronic .,tflMf;' of ■' although similar:! fifteen years it has been paying more • for bread and for other products from, ' ulili » 1 2 * ■Vmtm' ■ t,he >acoinfi iff threes than-1 any other country in-the f.World" has/ paid. The Prime Minister. v has stated that < this 'state of Southland reports are t<? .that there .will be a large'living ryegrass 'in that province this so ffect of' ason. i bHHBHHHP / 7^ -cannot "be tolerated indefinitely, but so far he has not indicated . Although the season .in 'Southland A campaign of, this ltind. is long overdue. The practical slogan, "Eat inore BHIaBi *?.>, , f M» y y j \Mty ' commenced a week, later than usual— 1 : "A *.'* B.'C.G. does not always 'conhow it is to be repaired, but with the or not until late in January—the ®8Pr' should go far to solve the troubles that beset ponltrymen and dp f * . '; ISj- PlffOTfl' (BUINI VJ , fi»|r degree of immunity, ,In necessity for' reducing, salaries and wages in the Civil Service and tho Southland Frozen Meat Company's M ftrfMiaiiiin lBalii#g ■■! "iome v eaie8{ the" vaccinated' calves ; die; works have'handled a'larger quantity of away with the need of exporting their ! in i / } , Governments assurance • that -vthe cost. • lambs to date than last season. This is surplus eggs. To do this 1 tho public must be told the value of eggs iptho dietary promotion of healthy When EGG-LAYING. pY'-> . J .;f J .' jjf | 1 i.,j , I. . .» j.i X; r .• ■%* m^nbra^a of living;will action mu«t be '/taken" tb- en&re that the people . largely .due to increased capacity at the Makarewa works, but the' operations so £3!^Wnli r ' A' 'vaccinated: will be r able i' to buy cheaper bread. far indicate that more lambs have been this is realised by the publio much The of ) the tariff on Australgot away in' the first 1 draft from the greater consumption will, result. " -With Sailed to-' sjiotr -increased! ian and Canadian wheat and flour is a mothers than in previous seasons/ while ' 1 1 -Egg Pulp. : ij f? b s # r w: ■'T" ',?J •Imi • tyW -appear * at first necessity." which cannot be neglected, many farmers have been successful, in PAPANUI COMPETITION^ » H ' r * 1 "/ a *J\ ' L '\ r - ajid' we to Mr Forbes make getting away a second draft from the' Australian poultrykeepers have been ' " w V " \ $$ th$ alteration &t the same time as he ewes as a result of delays in shearing. advised that there is a payable market ,'. ■, ':'j ' -j.' V. ' W*' 1 , V,rT ' " ■: A , •' in London for egg pulp. It may pay 1 Y * u 1 s v f ' ■, r 'j ■ -...,;:j..*.^irii; ■'!:; 7^.1.TJ" f* if , some countries to send' egg pulp to Lon- , , H * -- ' don, but not. so for Australia and New Zealand. For example," the Chinese ship pulp to Vancouver then overland The twenty -sixth competition, orgaaisea oy. the Now Zealand* Utility Poultry .Olub wfc« commenced, at PspaniU' o.n April «th. Tjnp iollowinft ai-e. the .-returns ,forthe'forty-' i ' |pipPI|ll^ l|l| " J < "" ,'. l| 4 ''l 1 1 j, ' ji [ l 1 : jr s-? J | " 51 to an Atlantic part, and then on to seventh week, ended Fehrawy 28th (number-, of days. '829)'J i 1 1 \ / "/ -1 i -V ' Great Britain, and land the stuff much - 'iil ■ cheaper than we could hope to -do. - Experience has taught poultry farmers not to rely too much ort London., The TEST 1. ' • -1 - - 7." H, , SHAW MEMORIAL CHALX-ENQE.' (For' Light and Heavy Breeds.)' - (Single Penned.) <, , ' f ' *J 1 / "| ' V v i|S *, %> * * 4 r 4* "eat more eggs" campaign appears to T W J l£lyi Weight Ttl. to ' total'.«8. dr. date. { Heary Breeds— > i. ■".. '" 4 V. I 1 the writer to be a much Abetter proposi-, -/ t ; If tion. • 1 E. J. Boss (S.W.) .'., S'"7 1 W, * 1 w ' r J * 1 1 " t j f L' The Value of Oats. _ ■ M. Wilsoh (L.S.) .. 0 '208 t - ** f ' r ' ft \ 1,* ♦ ' 'fM T. D. Dalziel (B.O.) ' 2 V 125 , * • * * * 1 ; HHhRL 4 Readers will remembe" that oats iand \ H. J. Ballin (B.O.) S 11 6 ,130' White I^eghoHis—^ A. O.-Goodlet 5 13, 7 •' 224 , Mi's P, J. Hillia 5 10 7 263 , A. M, Esple ..'4 9 9 220 Tracey King .. 6* 14 0 , 250 . H n 1 ' 1,; 1 ' i ' ' ' ■■ allied meals were condemned by two or three scientists becaus of some antivitamin in them. But stock keepers and I'J - 1 11 II 1IMMIIBIBHIMIBIB Scots'have so loiig proved the value of Master B. Xiigginii ., JS IS 7 162 Hiss J.-Uggins "... 0 1- 210, Ti B. Dove ' ... S ' SQ8 , 'f '>, 1 hvifflmmmKBa^KM '• oats, and allied meals that their use 1 t .Aw wm¥ \ in Siet for man and beast is not likely v "W. L, Ettnald A 816* 212 ; ini; t'''j V ' r '' ' •: ' to suffer. Here is the opinion- of a writer, in "Hoard's Dairyman'':— "The Ohio'Agricultural, Experiment G. S3. Moody -..0 0 '■ 215 ■ David Green ... 5 IS > 227 . A. Woolley, . , '4. 9, r ,0 \ 187 ' Oreen-'Bros'. ■ 2,.* 6 ■> 2".. - 243, *' ,/ ■ ' - Station reports some interesting work replacing '■ a> percentage • of the yellow E„ J./JSoss , , ... ,.6 IB ,3, £41 , F..G. B. Chapman 2.4) 8 < 186 % ». Daliiel- S,ll 15 ,'-268. j ! "V.. ■ ■ corn in standard laying rations by h. Rpache ' ., 5 0,8 241,, . " r 1 oats. Only a 5 good quality' heavy Oat, O. P. Bradford 4 ..S.,10 , &03' S. ,-H. George .. 0 , 198, i P. 1 B. Cotton, jun'i . . 4 9 4s* 204 • J / V | i f about 35 pounds per bushel, was used. SiHSh *' ■ Vj ju-i 1 " 1 ! < : KS The tests have run' over a period of F. R. Cotton J . .. 0 181. d r y-\ ;Br three years, and 12 groups of 50 White J, Bobbitt .. 4, 9 11 , 225 (

Plfjn Wm h K #*!, Mf 1 !; - - '■' ',' ■ ' , ; THE PRESS.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH '4, 1931. v"-. ■' 1 s - ' • POULTRY KEEPING -. ♦ - i . (By Faneisr.) NOTES. A meeting of the Christchurch Canary Club will bo held this evening. Judges for the annual, show of the Christchurch Poultry Club will be elected at a meeting of members next Monday evening. aaMWPww ,^^" iv ' i ' '•• W£T:;~- : Sincerely Believethat the half-prica bargains in all our departments are the BEST (we ditdlke that word, but It "ia the 'only one to use) in this City. Every counter, every showcase, every stand and every shelf lias been thoroughly gone through, and fresh clean merchandise mercilessly marked down to HALF PRICE AND BELOW The hundreds of people who have waited for the closing days of this sale -will not be disappointed if we know anything about it. P.8. By the way, have you called on us since we have doubled the size of our shop? Drayton - Jones LTD. I CORNER COLOMBO AND I LICHFIELD STREETS. | D8264 | < m HRM addSTATION^ By "Straggler." i 1 1 TUBERCULOSIS. "B.C.G." VACCINE TESTS. CALVES MADE IMMUNE TO TUBERCULOSIS. Tuberculosis in cattle may ono day be eliminated from the Empire's herds, if the success of three, years' experiments carried out at Cambridge University, and financed by the Empire Marketing Board, is followed up. These experiments show' that the immunisation of calves against bovine tuberculosis with "B.C.G." vaccine is definitely practicable. This announcement has been made following the claims recently put forward that calves had been rendered immune to tuberculosis, by means of a . secret vaccine used by Mr. Spahlinger, on a farm in Norfolk. The Cambridge experiments, .which began in 1927, are being carried out by Professor J. B. Buxton, head of the Department of Animal Pathology at the University, and Dr. Stanley Griffith, an officer of the Mpdical Research Council, with the aid of an Empire Marketing Board grant. Similar tests have been made at the Ministry of Agriculture's laboraTHE SLIDING SCALE TYPICAL NORTH ISLAND VIEW. Every week there is a tilt from Northern newspapers or a politicians about the sliding scale of wheat duties. It does not concern these agitators at all that the present crop, was sown nine .months ago, when costs were, still.up in the air, under a specific promise from the Government that its marketing would be under the then existing scale of duties. The crop will be completely disposed of for ten months or more, and so no alteration in the conditions until the expiry of that term can take effect. However, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce is once more into the breach. An Auckland paper of last Saturday states:— Congratulations to the Prime Minister, tho Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, on his announcement that the whole question of the present high rate of duties on wheat and -flour is to be investigated, have been extended by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce in a letter despatched this week. "We have for some time past been seriously concerned at the fact that the present high rate of duties, amounting approximately to 100 per cent., has REMOVING WHEY. A SOUTHLAND PROTEST. A bad practice that is showing signs of increasing in Southland at the present time is that of removing whey from the dairy factories in milk cans (says an exchange). Although 'not actually prohibited by the dairy regulations, this ■ practice is looked upon with the strongest disfavour by the Dairy Division, and factories have been circulated with what amounts practically to a demand that it should not be permitted. Most factories have a reference to the matter in their Articles of Association, but some directorates appearto be prepared to ignore the regulation, or openly permit its contravention in an endeavour to secure more suppliers or retain those thoy already possess. In tho majority of cases, the regulation reads something as follows: "Suppliers to tho factory will be permitted to carry home in milk carts their daily proportion of whey conditionally on their providing, for this purpose, secure and suitable vessels, and only on conforming to this condition will individual suppliers be entitled to the privilege. Any supplier • Tho United Pigeon- Fanciers' Club will hold the third table show of the season next Wednesday evening. The breeds to be tabled are Fantails, pouting pigeons, toys, utility pigeons, Carriers, Dragoons and Show Homers. Mr H. Wiltshire will be judge. Mr A. B, Smith, a prominent fancier who left Christchurch some months ago for Wellington, is now in Hastings assisting in the restoration of the telephone service. Mr W. H. Hagger, the well-known Conciliation Commissioner, will shortly retire from that position. Mr Hagger is a keen fancier of racing pigeons, and also a judge. Mr J. S, Walter, of Nelson, was in town during the week-end, and visited the lofts of some, local fanciers. He intends sending a big team of Modenas to the Christchurch show in June. Another Nelsonian, Mr Geo. King, also intends to exhibit, and is said to have something very Tare in. Black Self and Baldhead Tumblers. At the table show of the. United Fanciers' Club held last Wednesday night, the Tumblers shown were of a high standard, and I hear of others that were kept at home. It is pleasing to know that so many good ones are about. But there is still a big field for the importer, and for the importer of Tumblers alone. The sharp rise in the price of eggs will give heart to the egg producers, whose experience has not been encouraging for some time. Egg prices will continue to increase, for, although more and more pullets are coming into profit, more and more hens are going out, and will not lay much until tho spring. „ The latest. figures from the Commonwealth and New Zealand test show that the New Zealand birds are still doing well. In the Anconas class, J. W. Mathison (Timaru) leads with 248 eggs; in the class for White Leghorns, L. Roache (Christchurch) is third with 256 eggs. In the A.O.V. heavy breed class, J. E. Griffiin (Governor's Bay) is second with 229 eggs, his Light Sussejc hen being one egg behind a White Rock. These scores are for 306 days with single birds. The Khaki Campbell duck in this test continues in the lead of all breeds in Australian tests. Her score for 315 days is 310 t i ■ ■ i .Torn 38. operated to prevent that fall in the cost of living which is so necessary and which would facilitate the coming reduction in wages," says the letter. "The effect of the high duties is shown by the fact that, whereas a 21b loaf sells at 64d in Auckland, the price of the 41b loaf is at present only 7£d, if not lower y in London, which is situated ina country which imports wheat. There seems to be no valid Teason why, when all classes in the community are faced with a. necessity for an adjustment of expenditure, the wheat farmers should be protected from lower world price levels, and we congratulate you on tackling this difficult question." A Newspaper Opinion. The Wanganui "Herald" made the following, contribution to the subject last week: committing a breach of this condition will immediately have the privilege withdrawn, and will not again be permitted to take away whey unless at the (Uscretion of the directors, and only .then upon the directors being satisfied 'that the offending supplier has made satisfactory provision to comply with and abide by the conditions. The desire on-the part of the supipliers to make use of the whey for pig feeding, and other purposes, is to be commended, but it is essential, If the quality of the milk supply is to be maintained, that separate containers should be used. The whey usually stands for close on 24, hours in the whey tank—seldom a vessel of very prepossessing cleanliness-—and gathers bacteria all the time. If it is then> put into the milk cans and the farm, it is only to be expected that Alive Three Years X«ater. TRIST' J/ jfff 79B CASHEL ST.; Ml , sff For Qujdity ©EOKOHAIEB, SKA M\ CAMP BEDS, TE1TTS, an* WEATHER WW SBB \ SCuqgitai Tents, Tarpaulins, Camp Beds, etc. ~| Mg^ Many of the calves which were inoculated with B.C.G. vaccine, and subsequently given powerful doses of virile tuberculosis germB injected straight . into the veins, were alive eight to twenty months "afterwards. "Control'' calves, which were not given the ' B.C.G., but received the same dose of virulent " tubercle germs,died in about three weeks. One animal which was vaccinated as a heifer calf, and then given a fatal dose of tubercle germs, is 'still alive and well three years afterwards. In the interval, she has had a calf which .does -not react to' the standard- test - for- tuberculosis, and so is free from infection. ,fB.G.G" ; vaccine, . or . Bacillus-Cal-inette-Guerin, is so called' because it was first' discovered by a French scientist, Professor Calmette, at the Pasteur f u * 7" W, - ;™i "i" i 1 • ' The Rt. Hon. G. W. a farmer and a wheat grower himself, is confronted by a very difficult problem in which many side issues are involved. It was in an early stage of the war some of the bacteria will come into contact with the fresh milk if the cans eggs.' D j 1 . h Institute in . 1906.' - It consists of a strain of ; liying, though non-virulent, germs, These. bacilli were bred for thirteen years oq bile-soaked, potatoes, in tie laboratories, and at the end of . this,time tfrey were found'to have iDBt their virulence, and to be incapable of tprodueiog. in calves-horses, etic.! i or-even in->jitt}nea-pig8j itBe most susceptible of a^ffia.ls,^' , »;. -r 'l.-'V- ' Animals HTflth B.C.G., ' were * over a 4 <• intravenous , -'M - ; > • bacilli t s jBt' Cambridge, .xw'e V^o to - be lultering only 1 chronic 'of although similar the ' threeB.'C.G. y^ecine. does not always 'con- , f«|r degree of immunity. f In the" vaceinated' calves die m^nbra^a A' 'vaccinated ,Smlj Bt#fife*;faile4' ; sjtotr -incmsed w: ■'T ( f a *1°* ®°; & **i' are not thoroughly sterilised. This process is usually carried out- at the factory where there is an abundance of steam and boiling water,, and the value of the operation would be negatived by the whey being put into the cans immediately after. It is necessary that factory directors should combine in a movement to exercise a rigid prohibition on the removal of whey in milk cans, and thus, remove one of it's chief Causes, that the next factory ' permits it-and suppliers will transfer their allegiance elsewhere. Southland reports are t? effect , thatthere >will be a large living of' ryegrass 'in that province this season. . Although the season -in 'Southland commenced a week later than usual— or not until late in January—the Southland Frozen Meat Company's works have'handled a'larger quantity of lambs to date than iast season. ThiB is . largely .due to increased capacity at the Makarewa works, but the' operations so far indicate that more lambs have been got away in' the first draft from the mothers than in previous seasons/ while many farmers have been successful, in getting away a second draft from the owes as a result of delays in shearing. Death of Mr W. H. Potts. The death is announced of Mr W. H. Potts, aged 74, at Innesfail, Queensland. He died suddenly, and at the time was Commissioner for Malta. Mr Potts was a prolific writer on topics, and for years was the principal of Hawkesbury College, Richmond, N.S.W. Visitors to that college from all parts of the world will recall the pleasure of being guided and entertained by Mr Potts, and ponltrymen will remember with gratitude his assistance to them. Publicity Campaign. "Eat more eggs" is.to be the slogan of a great publicity campaign which "toay be launched in tWipear future by the Now Zealand Poultry Association. A -campaign of, this kind is long overdue. The practical slogan, ' Eat' more eggs,'* should go far to solve tho troubles that beset ponltrymen and dp away with tho need of exporting their surplus eggs. To do tho public must b,e told the value of eggs iptho dietary promotion of healthy When this is realised by the publio much greater consumption result. -Egg Pulp. Australian poultrykeepers have been advised that there is a payable market in London for egg pulp. It may pay \ 1 III that the National Cabinet conceived the idea of assuring the \ continuance of tho Dominion's- bread supply by subsidising the wheatgrowers. From this begining the farmers..managed to obtain one concession and another until wheat growing became the best assured industry.in the middle part of the South Island. ' ' 1 ■/ Now a'slump has imposed itself upon country, and the public is beginning to realise that for the last fourteen or fifteen years it has been paying more • for bread and for other products from, than-1 any other country in-the (■world" hits,' paid. The Prime Minister. v has stated that' this 'state of -affairs -cannot * be tolerated indefinitely, but so far he has not indicated how it is to be repaired,: but with the necessity for' reducing,: salaries and wages in the Civil Service and the Government's assurance that -vthe cost, of living;will action must be'4aken tb-en&re wiat the people will be able t' to buy cheaper bread. The of ) the tariff on Austral* ian and Canadian wheat and flour is a necessity." which cannot be neglected, axid' we to see Mr Forbes make the alteration at the same time as he ■■ ' giKjSU;i !.?' .■ , * - j% / u •, if jHBHP • M t.ujfl < ! % \ k !• ' ••■! ' i' if" ,' r " ■ ■ 1 . \ v - "T. s : EGG-LAYING. > —^ —i PAPANUJ " /' 1 . ,v - ! HRPMPSvi ■■J&BiBWfjr.- Tsome countries to send' egg polp to London, but not so for Australia and New Zealand. For example, the Chinese ship pulp to Vancouver then overland to an Atlantic part, and then on to Great Britain, and land the stuff much cheaper than we could hope to -do. Experience has taught poultry farmers not to rely loo much ort London. The "eat more eggs" campaign appears to the writer to be a much Abetter proposi-, 1 The twenty-sixth competition, organised by the New Zealand * Utility Poultry .Olub commented at Papanitf' o.n April «th. TJnp following are. the .returns ,for,.the'forty• seventh week, ended February 28th (number of days, '829) TEST 1. - • "■ A •" 7." H, , SHAW MEMORIAL CHALWESQE. (For Light and Heavy Breeds.J - (Single Penned.) , ] W J Wy. Weight Ttl. to ' total , oz. dr. date. Heavy Breeds— > E, J. Boss (S.W.) .'., S'"7 1 157 „ M. Wilsoh (L.S.) .. 0 '208 T. D. Dalziel (B.O.) <3 4* V 125 \ H. 3. Ballin (B.O.) S 11 6 ,130' White' I^eghoSms-—> " ~ - ' ' <" A. O.-Goodlet 5 13,7 '224 Mrt P, J. Hillia 5 10 7 263 A. M, Esple ..'4 9 9 220 Tracey King .. 6* 14 O , 250 Master B. Xiiggingi ., J5 18 7 162 Mies J. - Iiigcins " ... 0 210, Hi B. Dove • ... ,«'U. 5 . 208 v W. L, Ronald .» 4 8 16 r 212 BH K SiiSliillliilliJ 1 '■ : l| HmB H z>mt ■Hi! tion. * 1 vl liil s w > ■ The Value of Oats. _ ■ Readers will remembe" that oats -and allied meals were condemned by two or three scientists becaus of some antivitamin in them. But stock keepers and Scots'have so loiig proved the value of oats and allied meals that their use in Siet for man and beast is not likely i .K ' 'f 1 llll! ■ 1 (,... 1 j" ".- : i : vi'v : 4 4 * > { ■- - r ' ■ - } ■ ; A.VtfV-. ' " * / v " I* i to suffer. Here is the opinion of a writer, in "Hoard's Dairyman'':— "The Ohio'Agricultural, Experiment Station reports some ( interesting work replacing '■ a- percentage • of the yellow corn in standard laying rations .by oats. Only a 5 good quality' heavy Oat, about 35 pounds per bushel, was used. The tests have run over a period of three years, and 12 groups of 50 White Leghorn /pullets each have contributed to the results. The nine groups of pullets which received rations with 2f) per cent, of the corn replaced by oats laid somewhht better-than the control groups which were not fed oats. - "Based on the average of the "two tests, the groups of pullets which received the oats rations -laid IS per cent, -more eggs than those which did not receive oats. The feed consumption was 10 per cent., more i* 1 the case of the oats, ration, which may be accounted for by the increased egg production" secured these rations and the indigestible ' fibre. carried by the oats, although the groups hulled oats ate slightly less and laid more eggs than the control group out oats. Contrary to popular opinion, the birds fed the oat rati,on averaged 3 per cent, more in weight than the others. "The hatchability of the eggs has been unaffected by oat replacement <J. S3. Moody -..-O • '.216'Dttvid • Green ... 5 12 ' 227 . A. Woolley, . , ,4 9,,„0 " 187 ' Green 'Bros. '.. 2 * 6 • 2 346. E„ J.,'.Eosp , , ...,6 13 .3, £41 , F,.G. 8. Chspman 2, ii 8 - IBS ■ % ». Daliiel- 8,1115 ,'-268. h. Rpache ., 5 0,8 241,. G. P. Bradford ., 4 . d 10 , &03' S. ,-H. George .. 0 , 19S-, P.- B. Cotton, jun'- . . 4 9 4* 204 • F. R. Cotton .. 0 181. J, Bobbitt .. 1 9 11 , 225 ( TEST 8. ' 1 < WHITE LEGHOKN'SINGLE HEN >TES3J. Bach competitor to enter -three purebrta gullets to be {single penned. / Weekly > Grand /Ttl. > total. * to date, 1 2 3 •- i - 2" " 8 W. Turner (No. 1) 2 5 5 2&7 246'231 W. Turner (No. 2) 5 5 1 6,192' 2§o;282 L. Dickie , .. 6 5 2 240.18,5.247 B. Heazlewood ' i, , ■ (No.yi). 4 6 . 0-274 282 229 B. Heaxlewood ' V-* (No. 2) 4 a -5 21JS SO2 213 J. H. Graham .. 3 0] 5.252 237 179 A. T. Smith ' .. 6 4',' 0 198 201 192 1 |T| 'U'^ HHnllH i i S-SfefeSS.-- 1 ! 1 * liSife m 'i' THE LAST SHEAF. r t a stock of wheat on the farm of Mr J. C. Lochhead, at Rakaia last week. i B n 'ft 'i'f r —^ I s|g]»f y -many- of the tests the 'calves are- jiifectgd with CPJ3, by-the injection /of of' germs into the - .This is,-very much' more 'tlte .normal, to ; they W' under" farm conwhen/'! thej up tne gfirms or wlth their-food.' It-.is to a88un;a ihat r wh^rp/B.C.G < *ren'<f&g calves partially resistant to tuberin luboratory testa it would have brings into operation his wages reduction ■ proposals, that 1 is, of course, if Parliament sanctions them. Consequent on the slump in Australia Exhibits of Government stock will be seriously curtailed at tlie. Sydney Royal febow this year.'- Only'Aberdeen cattle and Clydesdale horses-will-be exhibited, at a co;t of between £200 and £250. THE EWE FAIRS. COMPARISON WITH LAST YEAE. , The report of the Amberley IJwe Fair yesterday morning, covered the main features of the market. It was a - D, A. McKee .. 6 0 4 226 168 203. J. Buyers .. 4 'l„fi 217 21ff.284 L, V.'Couch (No. },) . 6 - 4 2 -241 248''198 L. 'V 4 Couch (No. 2) (1 1, 5 213 169 2B0 - A. G. Blackwood .. 1 3, 8* 96 226 16'8 E>. Christie .. , 5 5 ,4. 252 240 226' Mrs E. Dawson - . 6' 4-, 5.206 213.328 T. B. Grant .. '5 ,4 8 208.246 186 A. H. Adams .., 5 B " B 208 197 226 J. Hattigftn .4 '6 ' 823 '235 A. Woolley (No. 1) 0 6 0 249 322' "204 A. Woolley (No.'2)' 0" 6 4~287 178,273 A. C. Gnodlet (No., I> 3 6'4 211 216 250 A. 0. - Goodlet ' fN#. 2) 0 3 2R7 Ifts •v 1 *. t 1 ';.,, aonditions.} Government on the show, tho entries than any that come within the recollecof corn up to 20 per cent.; in fact, there W. L Donald ■ hi . .. # \ JM k f l i*ii 1 i | 1 v Wirq years-of. work, Professor, are necescan; be used® com 1 one knows; xor instance,, i&J effects, and whether to re-small-pQx lis'>»rork is of,, vital importance not . also :,to htpian' ip' t , Hnmwi bewg8 aife susceptible >ftVi)D»g' tuberoJiIpiSis s and - abojitj.30. r,f ef:'.ihe SSxmes bythja bovine-germ, jigernf human: taberqulosis »duce; infection in year? ior the .vaftcinaiifi\ professor Calr ;haye Teduoed- ini^lptta^yfttun - tuberpuloBia Lf> t ill 4 >4 including practically all the breeds of cattle.. , i ' '-.-f '. i Several'causes may bei attributed ;to a experienced by the • fescue • growers in 'Sotlthland, says the ■ f'Southland Times," The- Tahiti ..was carrying; 37 tons of fescue Beed when she sank in the Pacific several'months ago,- and this has left the American ptarket bare of a product which'has a fair demand, United States, and there has been no carry-over at h11 locally,- This has resulted in buyers being very' keen to secure supplies of the seed now coming on to the- market, : and good prices are being offered for lines of good quality. . The -crop w!as a good one this .season, and a fairly large quantity of. good seed is reported to iave been saved, and the demand is such -that practically all of it will bo easily ..absorbed. ... Buyers for the American nlarkpt'Wquiro to: make shipment in March] otherwise ■ they ;will be unable to catch -the American season, so' any- weighty lines coming on to the market during the next few weeks will find » ready i'fr'+n'L' tion of all - but a few farmers. It may be useful to compare the , prices received at the 1930 and 1931 fairs. About the only concrete benefit of the values of to-day is that it is a great time for a man' to stock up;— 1930. 1931. S. \ 8. *. 8. Ex. good 2-th , — to '351' — to 151 Best 2-th* .. 30 to 83 12 to 13J Average 2-th .. 27 to 29| 9J to llj Inf. 2-th .. — to 261 61 to 9 has been a slight increase- in hatchability where germinated oats yrere fed. "The test further proved there was no' advantage • in hulled- over whole , or ground oats and that the best way of feeding them is better determined by, personali preference and.< convenience." Two Aberdeen terriers, pets of the bridegroom,- were present at the wedding at Prince's Row Registry Office of the Hon. John de Bathe Crossley, a son of Lord Somerleyton, and-Miss Si? bella Winifred Louisa Drummond. HOW TO TREAT FOOTROT. , 0. Olsen . _ 0 6 0 214 255 158 L. P. Hawke .. I 5 0 2 223 158 191 A. McKenaie ' .. 6 0 0 167 184 166 W. K. Hamilton ... 4 4 1 5 164 189.241A. M. Espie, (No. 1) 4 6 8 190 220 171 A., M. Espie (No. 2) 6 5 6 258 260 250 Mrs F, J. Hillis .. 4 7 6 228 229,234 A\ Woolley (No. 8) 6 0 " 0,218 183-167 H. A. Dawber .. 1 0 ,7 170 181 197 J. Liggins (No. .1) 4 ' 3 6 198 220 236 "J. Liggins (No. 2) 0 5 5 225 154 285 N. T. Dove ' .. .2 0 4 158 134'288 W. E. Dove .. — 0 2 — 207 186 J. Nancarroxr .. 6 4 6 285 230 279 I*. Ashwortli ' .,"2 0 ' 4 185,177 175 T. Bond - y ' 0 7-5 208 261 203 M. 0. Craig (No. 1) 7 5 6 219 188 260 M. 0. Craig, (No.' 2) 0 A 6 198.193 281 Green'Bros. (No. 1) 5 5 1 243.265 192 Green Bros. (No. 2) 2 2 6 217 240.272 C. V. Miller- .. 4 4 4 214 195 236 S. Darling ... 5 5 4 162.226 173. J. Ibbotson . / 5 0 — 249 285 ; —• 'J. Hamilton .. 7 5 4 211 199'226' i } f 1 i Best four -year — to 261 — to 11 Good four year 23 to 241 71 to 9 Average four year 20 to 223 6 to 71 Inf. four year 17 to 19J . 4| to 5J -"Beat '5 year 21 to 24 — to 8 Good 5 year .. 13 to 20 — to' 6 Aged .. .. 81 to 14 3 tx> 4| Med. to good -•.. 181 to'21J —' to 6 Concerns- merchandising products ot ,good quality 1 can' develop the unparalleled sales opportunities in Canterbury most effectively and most economically through the . advertising columns of Xeeb Piusb& \: n 1 Remarkable success in the treatment of footiot -, has resulted by the timely application, of Pellex Foptrot Cure. Clean and trim - the foot thoroughly and then apply the ointment liberally. Usually one application effects a complete'relief. , Cook and Boss, Ltd., Chemists, corner of Colombo and Armagh streets, will b$ glad to give, jnra foU particulars. —3 •>J. Wilde 0 6 — 121265 M. Wilson .. 1 4 5 203 215 204 G. R, Gillespie .. 3 4 3 186 234 252 T. D. Dalziel - ., - 0 8 7 230 240 352 Traoey King (No. 1) 6 3 6 264 192*258 Tracey King (No. 2) 6 . 6 6 269 0. M. R. Manhire .. 5 .1 4 195.239E t FttChs < ...-.OS 6 185 243 249G. H. Mitchell .. 3* 6 — 252 206- - ; - L. Boache .,"3 0 5 282 153 264 J. C. Wilson .. 5, 7 5 256 239,-240 H. Williams (No. 1) . 5- ft 2 241 257 229. JSU Willisana (No. »> « a ,9 MO 198 184

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