THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1471, 20 June 1912, Page 3

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

SUGGESTED EXPERIMENTS. (By Telegraph.— . Christcliurch, June IS.. Members of the Poultry .Club entertained -Mr. John- Studholme, in Christchurch, . 011 ;J]cmhiy, in recognition of his services to the club. Mr. Studholme, in explaining .certain experiments which lie advi<ed the club to take in hand, said they had one of the ting the l»cst results irom'flimiteil areas. The poultry industry disadvantage in comparispii'jfflri'tlv iflHier industries, because it i&ig'ssßJid l export trade. If brceders! : eife tending the poultry industry,, and took steps to provide an outside ..market, they need have no fear 'of asking, others' to take up poultry-kccpirig/ ; : h.a(!:. a strong piidutility men formed .fo'r/th6;.'purpose£6f: dei veloping tho industry, there' would be no need for the Govenimeht'.vfarni;, 'The next thing to be ilone 'was to lning pressure to bear on (he Government t'or developing an export trade: Tho Government should send Honolulu, Vancouver,. and. Loudon, andthe poultrymen could, go'(o'-.the Government and guarantpfKsupi'lie? for the'roar- ; kets opened out for'them; - .'G«rt'ain:;qMli'ties, would be require;!, and producer;; : would liavo to • ply them, and this would enable tha club to carry out the experiments/'oured:—(l) To demonstratefthe';.. .cost' jSf food to maturo (2) To note the effects of different foods ■on the production ?of, : ;eggs; Experiments of this kind would' enormously increase ' thb usefulness of the club.