N.Z. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1061, 25 February 1911, Page 14

N.Z. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB.

Tho members of tho New Zealand Utility Club met on Tuesday, February 21, for tho purposo of allocating tho pens for tho seventh competition," commencing on April 1. Mr. Hawko presided, and congratulated .tho club on its good attendance. That day (lie stated) lie had received two items of good news. . From the secretary of tho club lio had received word that moro than a full-complement of entries had been received for the competition, and ho had also received satisfactory returns for his shipment of eggs to the London market. Tho new competition will consist of 60 pens,'and it will bo necossary for tho club to erect four now pens to nccommoilato tho birds. The gentries arc from , all parts of the Dominion, and includo two pens from Australia. There aro also thirteen pens of''ducks, so that tho competition should be an interesting event .next year. . Tho following am tho list of miotics entered;— White Leghorns, 41; Black Orpingtons, 7; Silver Wynndottes, 4 ;< Plymouth Dncks, 8; Brown Leghorns, 2; White W.vandottes," 2; Black Wyandottcs, 1 i ' (J-'ainpines, 1: total, 61. Ducks, 13, all Indian Runners. Bill of Fare. 'Jlio club has dccided to adhere' to its usual system of feeding, which is' given

herewith. ' It is a .good guide to any poultry producer who desires to get a good return of eggs: — Morning, beforo seven o'clock, halfpint of grain (oats, wheat, split peas, or cracked maize), thrown in deep litter in scratching-shcd. 9 a.m.—.Mash (about lloz. mixed). If hungry a littlo moro will bo given. All that tho birds do not cat up eagerly shall bo removed, and less given next day. Tho mash to consist of two parts poilard, ono part bran (by measure) mixed with soup. During morning (daily).—Green food, such as lettuce, cabbage, clover, kale, rape, or mangold. 1 p.m.—3oz. minced liver. Evening.—Three-quarters of a pint of wheat. During tho winter a littlo maizo meal will be added to tho mash. . All grain will be fed in deep litter, and n little moro given if tho birds seem extra hungry. Ground oyster shell and metal grit,and fresh water, will bo 'always before the birds. All pens will ho cleared, and tho houses sprayed with boiling water, soap, kerosene and erudo carbolic acid during the competition. Tlio bdl of faro for tlio ducks consists of mashes of pollard and bran mixed with liver soup; pea meal and maizo meal will also be given, as also will boiled meat and ample green food, grit, oyster slielKand fresh drinking water.