UTILITY POULTRY CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1436, 10 May 1912, Page 8

UTILITY POULTRY CLUB.

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Now Zealand Utility Poultry Club was held in the dub's rooms on Tuesday ovening. Mr. R. W. ITawko (president) occupied the chair, mid I hero was u good attendance. The executive's eighth animal report; congratulated member; on the continued success of the club. The club undoubtedly held a higher place in public opinion to-day than i! had ever done, n result which hud been brought, about by the success of tl:e competitions which had iuslended, following on the records established last year. During the year the plant had been greatly increased lo moo' the desire of brecdeis to bo re presented in the club's competitions. Never before in the history of the club had it been in a bettor position to carry out Hie work il was formed to do. Thai (he club's competitions were doing good work in raising the standard of poultry could not bo fluV-tionrd, when Hie average ef the birds in the closir.tr competition wore looked into. hi lh" compelitien lor fowls fhi = wa* tjuitn noticr-alil". the average hems Mos» on 310 "ggs per fowl. In the duck test n ofl per cent, increased prod no tion of cgii:s wns a pleasing feature, the average per duck being 175 eggs. The

eighth competition ni.M'ks n new departure in the intt that it Marl- one v f -ek Infer, and will not run for twelve month?, terminal in;: al I he end of (lie fifty-first week. The week intervening between (lie dispatch of the old birds and th,> receipt, of Hie new ha? given time for a general clean up, and a little time for Hie run- lo become sweetened. Regret was expressed Hint Australia was unrepresented in the present competition, but it was pleasing to note that North Island poiiltrymeii continue to give Mich pood support. A new proposal which received the" ?anotion nf the club was that- the foil'.' lending pens of fowls, and ducks in ihe present competitions shall 1:..- held for the purpose of hnldiug secondyear tests. Keference was made to tlifi active part tin- club look in helping to frame Ihe programme tor the Poultry Conference held in Clirislchurch last Xovemui'i'; to the question of forming an egg-circle, and the club eventually deriding lo support a scheme as outlined In- Mr. E. A. Kent, which lied resulted in the formation of nn Egg Farmers' Association ; to Hi" 'dub enlarging its field of usefulness by adopting suggestions forwatded by Mr. John Shtdlichne, of Coldstream. The following ollicer? wore elected for the ensuing year:—P?.tron. Mr. John Stwlholinef vice-patrons, Messrs. T. IT. Dnvev. M.P., D. liuddo. M.P., G. Witty, M.P.I'Dr. C. ,T. Russell, and Mr. 1,. Wilson; president. Mr. A. 1". Kent; vicepresidents. Mr. O. Willis (senior). A. K. Wilson, .T. AV. Green, and T. Wilson; secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. H. Shaw; auditor," Mr. E. H. AVyles: management commitlen, Messrs. R. W. Hawke. W. A. Nixon. G. Anderson. R. .Tames, L. Barman and J. P. Men-elt. (Ohri>tcluirch), T. Kennedy fh'anqinra). W. C. Sail (Cust). A. W." Adams (Sheffield), G. Ven-all (Swannanoa).

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