THE POULTRY SPLIT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 2

THE POULTRY SPLIT.

THOSE DISQUALIFICATIONS. NOTICE FOE, RESOINDMENT.;. . .'■'.■ A mooting has been'called (fiays a ling correspondent of.The Dominion) by the North Island Poultry, 1 Association,; to take place at Hawera on the'evening of December 18, to deal with the" following notice 6i ' motion:— .'_£ . . "'■■•'_ ".That the North",lsland Poultry Association removo.f.ithe disqualification- ,• passed at the annual meeting held at "■"' New Plymouth on' July 30, when cer- ■ - tain persons who-had exhibited at the ; .. winter show at Palinereton were die-■■'■>• qualified.'' . ; ■.. . : , The above notive revives , a very interest- '"■" ing subject, in-which the. poultry sectiou'of -' Palmerston's National Dairy Show looms largely in the foreground: "' The writor has made extensive inquiries, and; learns that the " outlook for poultry shows |, generally is any- — thing but promising, for, -during tlio past yesi, owing to siaal] entries,, a number of the Societies in smaller towWs found eitrome difficulty in making ends meet.. In some . cases financial assistance from tho^promoters was necessary to meet , the expenses. Consequently, some of tho Societios'tfehict intpud to hold shows this year. There aH'othors in which some of the prif.es of pasV'-'snovri have net yet been paid. The chiof "rxlinfc of interest in the closing of the small 'show's is the fact that this 'will tend all'the'more to • build up the Mauawatu National Sii<W, which' ' pays cash." The bad chickeii-re4rmg weather of the past spring, and; the 7 hig&'' price of feed, will, no doubt, further,increase the difficulties of the smdl poultrjSS6cieti&. The future prosperity of the the ; North Island may bo influenced'. io' o ß«rie extent by the harmony or discord w'itH 1 which: tho members work together. The 'South Is-' ; land Poultry Association,'which haJf'been-iil' , '' ' existence for the past five or sis had better success in this respect! - Tliekbowdates arranged by the North Island Poultry Association, and published in The DoSriirfON"""".' on November 23, are causing some comment ■"'' : amongst exhibitors. The Wellington show has been booked for June 23, 26, and 0, which is extremely unfortunate for exhibitors, seeing that tho National Dafry Show is to be held on July 23, 24, 25, arffi\ 26. Palmerston Poultry Show is also set down i for June 17, 18, and 19, which meansie-sur-.-.„ vival of tbe fittest, as it is hardly likcly'-lW it, ■ many breeders . will exhibit at bot^shows," „■■- Probably, when dealing with the North Island Poultry Association, toightXCi also see their way to reopen the question oft.^