THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1693, 8 March 1913, Page 15

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

♦ ■ ' (By Chantecler.)

The Value of Work. The poultryman succeeds in his calliiif when not afraid .of work: 'Failures ar< <luo. to wont of attention. to tho ' nianj details which successful poultry ciiltun demands. Tho "trust to luck" policy 4md an' indifferent style of attending- pout try will result in ruin.' Nothing come! from laziness or slipshod method. Someone hos proved that, to help tho larvat of the butterfly to hatch, spoils the bcautj of colour. Notioing the struggles of the butterfly to escape, ho essayed to help, only to find tlmt ■ his specimens were spoilt. The beauty and strength, the variation and choice of colour were dependent on tho work and struggle entailed before liberty. To rob it of the seeming hardship was to rob it of its beauty. It is much the some in poultry. To seek to avoid the necessary work of dotail in poultry means penalties in other ways. You must give attention to tho details of work at-the game constantly, early and late, to extract from the occupation the best results. Beginners are often fascinated with l the 6eeming ease of poultry culture, but nothing is more deceiving, and it is through this delusion that so many aro cntiocd into the work and fail. The real worker oomes out on top, and there are good prospects and good rettrrne for the man who is not afraid to 1 face 'things. On to Auckland. The third annual conference of the New Zealand Poultry -Association will be held in tho Trades Hall, Auckland, during Eastel; week, March 25, 2G, and 27. Tho committee have put in some solid work to make the meetings a success. On previous occasions tho conference has bqen held iii November, and several ponltrynirn used this as a reason for their non-attend-ance, claiming that month to be a busy month with chicks. For this reason tho coming conference is to be held in March, and as this is an off time with most poultrymen, there- should bo an excellent attendance. - The industry wag never in such need of organisation as it is at present. Never liavs producers had 'to face such stern 'opposition a 9 is being exercised against them at the present. For years the'r products have been a side line with tradespeople to barter with. The little organising that has been <lono shows how theso people resent the encroachment and how little they appreciate our trade when tiey will bear down our market and endeavour to keep eggs low to enable -them to trade off other goods. This attitude is a call to %ht.' - •The conference will be marked this year by a strong commercial policy that will be of value to the producer. It will bo the aim of poultrymen to appoint reliable agents, who. will take care .they got tho highest and best prices for eggs. Producers will stand by tlleir agents in sending all supplies through them and marketing the iggs in the best possible manner. By this a demand will ba created and the public will fall into line by paying an adequate price for value received. As an instance of the value of agents, in, Christehurch the agent of the Egg Farmers'. Association and the agent of the Canterbury Egg Cjrcle are at the time of writing selling eggs wholesale at Is. 6d., while merchants and grocers that have direct access to supplies are retailed at Is. "kl. . What' stronger evidence of support is needed? ; ; r .The Conference Programme. While sortfe time will be devoted to papers on production of egg 9 and poultry, special attention, will be given to discussing the comhlercial side of the industry. . An effort; will ;be made jtb got, poultrymen to stand together and assert' ;their rights. Arrangements are beiug .made to enterfain visitors, but this will come after the business is done. A visit to Etiakura,,where delegates will be en-: tertaiiled' by ;;tlro 'Government' ■ Agricultural I'Dfepartment, will prove of interest. A ! visit to Itotorua, ,the wonderland . of New Zealand, will be an excellent outing for all concerned. Here that generoushearted poultryman, Mr. M'Lean, will entertain, the delegates for tho day. - Arrangementl) will'be made by Mr. M'Lean for an excursion over the lakes. The .expehses to delegates will bs small, and j those who have never seen Itotorua should /not fail to attend. .

LAYING COMPETITIONS. N.Z. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB. ■ [Eighth laying . competition for fowls. Returns for 47th ivcek.l , Total Total ' . . for to ; ' 'week. s dnto. TV. A. Nixon, Burwood,. TV. Leghorns, No. 1 31 • 1520

J.-' TV. Green, - St.- Albans, White Leghorns :2-t Itls A. W. Irvine,- Epsom,, White" . Leghorns, No. 1 20 1379 H. Leger,- TVcreron, White < ' : Leghorns No. 1 2!) 1377 Heretaunga .'Poultry - C 0.," Silverstream, Brown Leghorns No. 1 22 1371 Heretaunga Poultry Co., Silverstream, White Leghorns No. 2 27 13GG A. It. Browne, Petane Beach, White Leghorns 30 1332 A. E. Kent, Shirley, White Leghorns i /... 20 1301 Percy Holt, Pnpakiira, White Leghorns 24 1280 Prankish Bros., Wanganui, Whito Leghorns 23 1280 William Scull, Christchurch, Black Wyandottes, 22—1077; John Wordsworth, Gcraldine, White Leghorns, 25—1215; James Ashton, Hanmor,.Silver Wyandottes, 29— 1030; Martin Bros., Auckland, White Leghorns, 15—1215; Verrall Bros., Swannanoa, Brown Leghorns, 8—1132; W. A. Nixon, Burwood, Brown Leghorns No.' 2, 22—1195; 11. S. Woodnorth, TVinton, Brown Leghorns, 21 —1217; TV.'A. Nixon, Burwodd, Brown Leghorns No. 3, 7—1150; I?. M. Smith, Auckland, Brown Leghorns, 10—818; Raugiuru Egg Ranch, Otuki, Brown Leghorns, 27—1118; H. W. Hawke, Papanui, Brown Leghorns, >27—1220; 1!. Willis and Sou, New Brighton, Brown Leghorns, 21—1103/ A. E. Wilson, Shirley, White W.vandottes, 18—CC-1; D. Stewart, Normanby, White Leghorns, 17—1158; Master G. Wilson, Shirley, White Leghorns, 16—1017; Ronmin Munger, Lower Hutt. White Leghorns, 2-1—1131; Mrs. It. W. Hawke, Papanui, Whito Leghorns, 2-1 —1277; A. Stevenson, Karori, White Leghorns, 15—903; 11. 11. AVainman, Kunanga, White Leghorns, 14—1214; W. Knight, Lower Hutt, Silver Wyandottes, 19—1257; j. H. Slmw and li. James, Christchurch, AVliife Leghorns, 10—1093; AA T . G. Goodwin, Thames, White Leghorns, 12—914; AV. A. Nixon, Burwood, Silver Wyandottes, 17— 124 C; A. E. Wilson, Shirley, Silver Wyandottes, 20—1071; Misses Bradley, Papanui, White I/egliorns, 17 —1109; T. Kennedy, Rangiora, TVhito Wyandottes, 20—810; C. M. Peek, Avondale, AVhite Leghorns, 11 —787; N. Solomon, Wcstport, Black Orpingtons, 21—1042; C. M. Peck, Avondale, Black Orpingtons, 20—919; G. H. Bradford, Cust, Silver Wyandottes, 17—980; A. W. Irvine. Epsom, AVhite Leghorns No. 2, 17—1158; Middlepark Poultry Farm, Riccarton, AVhite Leghorns, 17—1174; T. Strong, Doyleston,- White Leghorns, 13— 1098; P. Keller, Rolleston, AVhite Leghorns, 18—1029; AV. Knight, Lower Hutt, AVhite Leghorns, 16—1078; G. -Anderson, St. Albans, Silver AVyandottes, 27—1132; J. AV. Bradley and Son, Papanui, White Leghorns, 12—1149; Mrs. J. Mills, Dunedin, White Leghorns, 14—1125; W. 0. Sail, Oust, AVhite I/eghorns, 27—1156; Crawford and Pudsey, Lower Hutt, Wliito Leghorns, 20—1250; R. A. Liizarus, Lower .Hutt, AVhite Leghorns, 17—1239; AV.. O. Sail, Cust, Silver Wyandottes, 32 —IQIiG; Misses Radford and Harker, Ohau, AVhite Leghorns, 17—1076; A. AV. Adams, Sheffield, Silver AA'yandottes, 21—1081;.. J.- Corrie, Beckenham, AVhite Leghorns. 15—1139; E. H. Borcliart, Eltham, AVhite Irfghorns, 10—1011; ,W. A.-Nixon, Burwood, AVhito Leghorns No. 4, 8—1258; T. IC. Collins, Lower Hutt, Black Orpingtons, 21—958; Dominion Poultry riant, Coromandel, White Leghorns, 24—1226; T. Kennedy, Rangioj-a, Silver Wyandottes, 27—1178..

FOR DUCKS. [New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's third laying competition for ducks. Forty-seventh, week.] : , Total Total - .... for to • week. date. Thos. Dowthwaite, Avondale, Indian Runners 20 1881 TV. Knight, Lower Hutt, . .Indian Runners 11 . 1071 S.' H. Scott, Onehunga, Buff 'Orpingtons -21"?.• 972 T. R.. Hall,, TVeraroa, Indian ■ Runners 17 1318 P. Keller, Rolleston, Indian Runners 0' 1218 D. M. Peck, Avondale, Indian Runners 18 1086 S. H. Scott, Onehunga, Indian . Riinners • '. 3 867 Heretaunga Poultry Co., Sil- , verstream, Indian Runnors 12 1378 . Mis* 'A. .T. Donald, Dunsandel; Indian Runnors 0 1038 P. Keller,- Rolleston, Indian Runners ; 11 1110