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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2120, 11 April 1914, Page 15

POTTT TRY" T N.Z. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB., i> At the ninth egg-laying competition _! f tho Now Zealand Utility Poultry j: Uub, whioli closes on March 31, tho j, otal of the. 54 pens for tho week was t 09, making tho aggregate for the 51 reeks 64,287. The following are some v f the best totals, all of which arc v rliite leghorns:— Total Total ■for to I week. date. i V. Mercer (Howick) 13 1481 " Vaiuoni P. Farm (Waincni) 15 1393 r I. A. Lazarus (Hutt) 14 .1384 ? !. D. C. Eggers (Nelson) 19 1384 ~ I. -WyUe (Hutt) 18 1382 ; l. 'R. Browne (Petone x Beach) H 1392 J )ominion P. Plant (Coro- i ' niandel) 11 1365 i '.-yose (Carterton) tO 1342 r leretaunga P. , Co. (Silver- ' ~ stream), No. 1 11 1342 I tfm. Scull (Christohurch) 5 1310 ' iawson Stewart (Chch.) ... 20 1329 \ /errall Bros. (Swannanoa) 6 1313 r. Cocker (Bromley) ,11- 1312 f Urs.. J. Mills (Dunedin) ... 5 1291 j In the fourth egg-laying competition > c or flucks, which closed on March 31, ;he total of the seven pens for vhe week l tob 106, making the aggregate for the il weoks 7191. \V. Mercer's (Howick) «n again secured the best record for the reek with- 22, followed by A. R. Browne Petone Beach) 19, and T. Dowthwaite Avoiidale) 17. W. Knight's (Hutt) No. [' Den won the competition with 1147, iis No! 2 pen second with 1069, W: Mer- t <er (Howick) third with 1050, and T. t Dowthwaite (Avondale) fourth with r 1005.. ■• .■ . c _ - £ TWO YEARS' COMPETITION FOR - FOWLS. * The following is tho official result of ;he two y'ears f ' egg-laying competition or fowls, April 8, 1912, to March 31, \ 1914, arranged by the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club, at Papanui, . _ Totel c ;■/'■.. . eggs. J BLeretaungw Poultry'CJo.'b-White : .■■■ Leghorns-.«■..■.».■•»■«••»•■•:•'" Mix £ W. A., Nixon,. Chch.,, White ■ .Leghorns .:...;.'...•:•..••■• '2612 H.Leger. Levin,-White Leghorns .2509 •' j..\V. Green,. CKqh., White Leg- ■ . ; horns .:..,....,,.,■.• •■•••••— 2 *P 3 L Kennedy,. Rangiora, Silver _ •■■ Wyandpttes --•• ~2232 Bomain'■ Hunger, Hutt, .black. ] Orpingtons llw ( ~ ...Total for sis pens •. 14,307 j TWO YEARS' COMPETITION FOR . - -DUCKS, ' r. R. Hall, ' Weraroa,' Indiaa ■ • :] Runners. \.;....;.....j. 2767 , Eferetaunga Poultry Co., Silver- . • . stream, Indian Runners-... .2428 . L Dowthwaite, Avondale, Indian '•. : : ••• Runners V..:... •■-••-,■ 9 P. ' Keller, Rolleston, Indian; .. ;, /Runners -'•-••••.-•■•'•• l i'\^ b } 1 S. H. Scott, Onetonga, Bufi ■• Orpingtons ~....:...- • iMb ' : Total for five pens H. 650 THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: The progranMvfor the fourth ■annual conference, which : -is -tol.'Bo Wellington Town Hall next weeky »:-- Tuesday—lo a.m. to 1 p.m.: Reception of Ma>#; ister of report and balance-sheet. 2.30 to.O.dU p.m.: Social afternoon, 7.30 to 8 p.m.: Retiring president's addrtess. Bto 9 p.m.: "How"to Work an Egg Circle" (paper by H. M. Boddtagton). 9 to 10 p.m.:' "tossons from the Now Zealand Egg-laying Competitions" (paper, by Education Committee, New Zealand Utility Poultry Club). Wednesday.—9.3o to 10 a.m.: Unfinished business of last conference. 10 to 10.30" p.m.: Report of committees. 10.30 to 11 p.m.: Election of officers. 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.: "Modern Methods of Rearinc Chicks" (paper by Mr. P. Cussen). 12 to 1 p.m.: "Hatching and Rearing of Ducks ,, (paper by Mr. S. H. Scott). 2to 3.30 p.m. - : "Centralisation of Egg and Poultry Market" (paper by Mr. W. Bierre). 3.30 to 5 p.m.: "Consideration of. Steps to bo taken for Export of Eggs" (paper by Mr. S. H. Cooper). 5' to 5.30.p.m.: "How to Grade and Pack E°-gs for Export" (demonstration by Mj. F. C." Brown, Government Poultry Export). Bto 10 p.m.: "The New Zealand Utility Poultry Standard" .• (paper bt Mr. G. "Willis, illustrated). ■ ■Thursday.—9.3o to 10.30 a.nv.: "Modern Methods of Handling Eggs and Poultry for Market" (paper by Mr. S. Brittain Bull). 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Discussion of remits, i to 5.30 p.m.: Discussion on constitution and by-laws of association. 8 to 10 p.m.: Lecture on poultry, by Mr. F. C. Brown, Government Poultry Expert. Notes. England imported in 1913 the enormous .number .0f'.2,589,594,000 eggs—equal to 180,000 tons, and of the value of £9,730,574. Russia got/£4,745,229, and Denmark 162,296,843 of this money, or 72.83 per cent., all other countries receiving between them only 27.17 per cent. New' Zealand received, an infinitesimal proportionof tho 27.17 per cent, for a few small experimental consign! nients were made. Small as wero.our consignments, however, they were satisfactory, for the eggs arrived in good condition, and fetched good prices, showing that in export trade in eggs to the best market is practicable. The value of poultry imported into Great Britain last year was £909,894. Of this sum Russia got £344,665, the United States of America £212,130. France £142,256. Austro-Hungary £96.733, and all other countries £159,454. America is importing both eggs and poultry from Europe. It is reported (says the "Christian World") that the lost egg—more plainly, the bad egg—costs the family circ'lo of tho United States over-£13,200,000