THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1455, 1 June 1912, Page 3

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

(By Ghantecler.)

POULTRY FQ.B PROFIT.. Specially written for 1 I-h-b Ilto'll-SiO* by J. B. llcrrett, Christchiirchi and- pu'b.l'ishodby arrangement cxSlus.ivcly for ont readers. Questions on poultry .matters will be answered in these columns each Week, and should be aUdrtssed to- DoM.iSjoS Office. Foreword-.-The increasing deniand for table poultry and newly laid ejjfe-- ju K-cfr Xealaijd is cDrlaiii to cixate «, gtowins i-utci'tet in pouKry keeping. On ,fakiii». otjier c'ojOj.tries as a precedent* wf- iiiitf thai the growth of tlie poultry .iwT.i'fsi.i'y is Hie iiiti.stmarked of any branch of A. few years ago England cq.iilcl iliinort eggs and poultry from the)- Uiiifed States, .but during the last five '.fears rio* conime.rpial importations have bceX -litajfe.. The Siates cannot keep pace with the de.uKihd-, arid arc looking to Canada .f.tir suppTie'Si Th& poultry industry there- has- 'la* ieclipsftil' any one mineral in(|usti;yi Easjed \\.<M, sheep or cattle raising; .bea.fen the whea.t crops, and now is f.a'st. on thft heefe o.t : "King Corn," the oirty incfiistry that is greator than the poiilt'ry , Inisiiiess, j'flul* try culture is now called, in AiiLcr-icil tlie billion-dollar business'■ Its: ivdrfli .ahijii.alr ly runs near to that. .Siini, Ca,nada could once export -t'o Kngiaiid: !ii)d. the States, but now : iti-reciui.H>.s. atl its production in poultry and" eggs- to meet its demands. Each yea.r- 'England 1, finds' it liarder to keep up '.lipr "Supplies because tho Continental coijn.fries' wlicnc'e. coiij.e: her supplies are requiring- ir(oi:e' .for fh.cir own requirements. ■ ililis'tdry- wi.1.1 TS.neaf; itself for New Zealand'.'. AVe. are a, grow; ing country. Tho demand, for eggs au'<\ poultry is annual iiicreasiisg. .Prices' -arc hardening, and the s'cppe , for po'ii'lt-f : y :vnisr ing becomes more evident ..'each yjea'r. To meet this domaud n:eVirfust rely on bur own efforts. We shoujii; heyel- .i:.e'.fl.uire. to import either eggs or , ipaultry-j , iv.e should , bo doing an export "triule;- .'A.tew years; ago our butter exports/could:'be; couiited in tliousands; now ;we. '■ha've l '-.passe'd t .lie, 422,000,000 mark. A--...-fcuv ; -yea&.'hence W« may be doing a good-.exp'prt l ppi'ltry hiiSi-s nets. For tlie present; y,i6 : \vev.«i',. cur own needs have to bo supplied; Tho ■ uses to , which eggs can bo applied 'iare. ihcreas.iiij while the taste and'clemaud for ppiil.try flesh is hardly yet known. ' In addition,'our city'-by-l.a'ws are becoming so stringent that niim.b.efs , who , oiice kept poultry for their -Ow.n. iiso a'V.c' now debarred, the disappearaiice pi' tlie.broodyhen will result in less:i. : fawls- b'e'in'g'. reared on our farms. Production- pf ; ;eggs rtiidpoultry is becoming .iiVpr.e .'specialised,, aiirt to thoso who study.'?h ; e; feisiiiossi 'will ...lieentrusted the imporfant , s.er.;yi.cein:--.m , cet.i.ng: the demand of tho ■■H.js- ; not-.t.iie purpose of these artidiis; ; ,fo';jndiice'ilsgiiiners to think thero.ls iiy poiu-try-keeping, and that liavp to.:rtois to ccmit the eggs ■. arid -■add u'p .■■the pi-pflts. It is more to s Hi« :: ipii"Pps?.-'iP 'warn them of the pitfalls--and .diiifger«,. anrt ,t!i.o ease witli which theyj:.may; lose- their.;papital in poultry-keeping".". attention: will be given to beginiic.rs,;.-'riot; : with-.i view to establishing ixmlt'ry- plants; fliis requires special h - ainiiig,-:.and':y,e,ars.',pf. ;prac:--tical "work before ,venturing;-on."--*. .liivß'e" scale; but our object-, : isvto; , ..chcpurage; thekeepiug of poultry with/ftwi.eji" .te-,.beconr-ing a payable hobby -jiml-supplementiiig , tho egg and poultryi'suppjics.: of ".tho- , ppminion. In no conrifry'.'-is , thefe-.-iv- hibre. suitable climate for acquiring feed for tliyjjinls.vlinildinginiaterials for the houses;-or' : -a-ibet.ter uiivrketfor tho eggs and poultry;., <■

Tho Star.tiCiJGatiorii We are writing ;for.':tiie. Wgintiter- 'th'a't wishes to keep 100J;-layer's.,.: Advice; forhim will meet all■,those,?.%.h'b.' desife,.t.pkeep less, while it willfor tlie acquirement:..#' a kno.iv.kdge.. ..■'.■f.b.r;; starting in a largeir. Way:?; whero you are. I'o.iil.try writers usually: in their advice to begiiine'rs.-send, th'erii- ; 6'ii a wild goose chase!'io. ; -,'£|lcc,t"ah; : ;area: r with~ loamy soil, facing MieV.sun',- ii.m'p.l'o'.-'draih.-:' age, and water suppiy;/pfe,,":i!ntil :b.tip: getssick of looking for ,th(;,'lsirVaiia-;.'a , nil Riv.es up in despair. It .:-lia's..ibe : .c.oine:' so i6Wvco.-- ; typed to write in that:-way; :-th,!it.-:fq ; r , tjipsake of originality wp'.a!^' .'going, to ?ay start right where you.-are, 'and n:e will guaranteo_ to bring ; ,.puf'''n(ly.ice- : r-fgjit ii'p. t;pyour position, and :car.i:y". yjbii." svifcly , through. But one^yfi.U , flsaj - _,-,. H i"fiiiTe ..o.nly an eighth of an acr.e;;6f. i.ami: Hp.xy can. I begin on this?" Ye.<\ ydui.cahij ; ,ypu. might' to be paying ypur fsTi.t.'.q'r-'a : £\ -.a- week'.'q'ff your mprtgage by utilising, the 'vacant ground in poultry-keepiajr-.: . ~ ; Intensive.:v, 'E)<.tensiy.e.. There aro two 6wfenis.~'known. to iis ).n poultry-keeping—thb'jintcnsivb -and .iextensive. 'it sounds a'bityaikelgrani.mar;: but to be simple, the inte.nsiye , ..system is ; kcep-. ing tho birds confinedjiivra \small; are'a, either by providiiigJample-Kousing'.to.lic'ep them under cover,'. .'.but- 'a. very small run. Thp.'.qxtensiye-Ivsteni :;s te provide area that,' w'ij! -froyv'tlip S r 'i- ss

iii .tile runs. Tl«? {ofm.Pi' if- for Hie b> : #i:inier--ti)D ins-all, iiiaii—tiio liitter , liray ; i<? Ijcit for tile big pi-odsicei:, aßl'ioiigh i.iiuch of flis intoisiVo system is , now byfug ,: adopted by -la-i-ge {ipiritry-fiCßiicr.-.. 'I'iiu Writer has access to two -itfres of VttnS M ' .'.hiougli- .the winter if i-e<j,iii'!-cd, (ml Iwi) li»l:tj.G Jiflusefii. Kifl x Iβ, a.ve. iise.it to toeffi ■the lyiltSs slwav.S umtei- cover tln.'pi.iSjll fflifc'. Wiiijpr. in tlii'se. liouVl's lijXl birds ai-e kept Cpntiiniqusiy, and an : ii.o.uf in jive. .lnoi'ji.ih.S. and half ah hour \h the, eveiiiiyg is ii:ll the utteiitiofl tiicfc. layers r'tfrjmre. Any w-iie that ea.ras to help- livr liliSbrsiid. c.an scatter fiio g-raiiv at irfiJW *l"ri collect the ogj;*-, L'v.cii I"11. tiie worst weaMier, as (hi. ■birds.- -lire always under -cov-ci , . The Wduses. Having decided, to. start right where you arc, , yoiir first business is tli«J lio.ijse. :I; put this first beeaiisi? it is of (front .1111liortantfe... Success- .and -profits- ,wc taiikefl o'ii' tile <looa- jf a mail wait only hope His. '.birds , jwapedy. X k.iiow niahy iviil. wontlcir wjiy- beginners are iisked ttt- afcuilyi ejinienferin™ when tiie work, is poultrykeeping. M is- ri£ht—you are oipectiiig. ■ iUlvicc to begin in getting' opt'K, scH.i'iig. <l. h.eii, folding' t.iie clii.cks, etc.' Let all .that go, Jt is- starting. , at Hie tvrffl; end. It is ■ iiko.inving' a, child « ttiiic to pliay before' teaching the! nptes. These, articles -a.ro. snfi? to 'be (liffprent to ajtstliljvg .j;ou over road:, because th.e iMvijtacJ* is, to be, different. I havo not before iiic. .liai-f a- dozen poultry 'boo'lssl klipw whose fiWe- of .eori- ■ tents arc-a.liiYpst , identical;. M/o.st writers, ■q'f poultry citjitii.ro tfre. dependeiij. pu otjvrt. 'writers', but we .are-ls,i'-v,in'g: thc.st allasj'.de, arid wnitimr fi:dra what practical kngwle'.dge has taught. In oiii; liouso- J'bu want ■ no iiiiiiig board?., no sawdust walls, ; Snd .n'o Vimloiv?. Do/uot ire■alarrii.csl.-, -In New' ■Zsnj.nncl our climate is w> -temperate , ,, and. Nature's protection of the birds So- com>. plete that alt we have in do js ftvcjdanything :thaji will create, a cliilU T.iie. plans' a'niJ jpe.cine.atioiis usiially given far poultry are. to.-be dispensed Wtt-Ji,, and : liny- follow who can -handle a- ?av anil a- hammer ca.n biUltl the house we shall : dcK-.iilip-. tip be continued, next week..). MR, IEDGEB'S. HATCHINtiS. I'ii.e hatchings, at Jlr.. H ? lioflgev r s pouU' hy farm'n.t: Wc.re.roa'i. up to May .1.7,. total Wihi chick?, ilut of this iiumbjf,. 90.7 have ■ :alreaay breii fe.ij.t sjtaj fan various ..par'fs, ■sbiriS of ttiero. goiii!; a.S -far a/? /GisljurM' , '/'.he ciieks were fill hatched in- 'fi.r.elessbrooders.