POULTRY INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2687, 5 February 1916, Page 15

POULTRY INDUSTRY

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THE YEARLY CLEAN-TJP

Now is the time to Rive poultry yards and houses a thorough clean up. 'All the perches should be thoroughly oleaned and sprayed with a (rood disinfectant, the houses should bo whitewashed. The following are some good recipes:— Ordinary whitewash is made by slaking about 10lb. of quicklime with two callow of water. The lime is placed in a pail, and the water poured over it. after which the pail is covered with an old picce of carpet or cloth, and allowed to stand for an hour. With an insufficient amount of water the lime is "scorched," and not all converted into hydrate; on tho other hand, too much water retards the slaking _by lowering the heat. "Scorched" lime is generally lumpy and transparent; hence the use of the proper amount of water for slaking, and an after addition of ■water to bring it to a brush consistency.

Factory whitewash (interiors) for walls, ceilings, posts, etc.: (1) 621b. (one bushel) quicklime, slake with 15 gallons-of wator. Keep barrel covered until steam ceases to rise. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching. (2) 2JIb. rye flour beat, up in half gallon of cold water, then add two gallons of boiling water. (3) 21-lb. common rock salt; dissolvo in 2i gallons of hot water. Mix (2) and (3), then pour into (1), and stir until all is well mixed. This is the whitewash used in the large implement factories, . and recommended. The above formula gives a product of perfect brush, consistency.

"Weatherproof whitewash (exterior) for ■ buildings, fences, etc.—(l) 621b> (one bushell quicklime, slake with 12 gallons of hot water.' (2) 21b. common tablo salt, lib. sulphate of zinc, dissolved in two gallons of boiling water. (3) Two gallons skimmed milk.

An old recine for whitewash, said to be very good for outdoor exposure, is as follows:—Slake half a bushel of unslaked lime with boiling water, keeping it covered during the process. Strain it and add a peck of salt, dissolved in warm water; 31b. of ground rice put in boiling water and boiled to a thin paste; 21b, of powdered Spanish whiting and lib. of clear glue, dissolved in wami water;, mix these\well together, and let the mixture stand for several days. Keep Hie wash thus in a kettle or portablo furnace, and when used, put it on as hot as possible, with painters' or whitewash brushes.

. Tho washes which contain milk, flour, or glue are ; not to bo advised for lis® in damp, interior places, owing to danger of decomposition of the organic matter. For such localities it is better to use ono of the formulae containing nous of these ingredients. Whitewash is applied with a broad whitewash brush; and is spread lightly over the surface, no attempt being mado to brush it in, as is tlie case with ah oil paint.

Value of Ground Oats, It is maintained by those 'who make a specialty of fattening chickens for tho .market that Sussex ground oats is tho most effective food that can be given, as it gives the best duality of flesh and the whitest and firmest of fat. Many substitutes have been tried, but so far nothing has surpassed the whole ground oats. Mixed.with 6our milk and a little fat it is an ideal fattening food. For cheapness you may use a little potato, but if you wantjj best results stick to the ground' oats. . Feed Variety of Foods. We hear and read a great deal about the necessity of regularity in regard to the feeding of poultry, and not nearly enough about "variety." -As a Home writer points out: "The true secrot of successful poultry management is not to nionotonisa it, but to jnnke the pens a veritable palace of varieties as far aa food is concerned. The fowl that is made the victim of regularity has no expectations in life; she is a methodical lump of flesh and feathers. Even the eggs she lays, are secured by means of a trapnest, a,nd methodically tabulated as evidence in favour of or against her. What can one expect of such a hen?" N.Z. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB'S COMPETITIONS. The official results of the forty-third week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's eleventh egg-laying competition for fowls for the week ended Tuesday, February 1, are as follow:— . LIGHT BREEDS. Total Total for • to „ eel£ - dakverrall Bros., B.L. 17 969 H.Leger, S.C.W.L 21 1061 Waikato Egg Farm, 5.C.W.L.... 28 1100 Calder Bros., S.C.W.L 29 1095 Heretaunga P.C., No. 1, , S.C.W.L. 31 1025 N. Solomon, S.C.W.L 27 921 J. Wordsworth, S.C.W.L 22 Oil Dominion Poultry Plant. S.C.W.L 27 912 M. P. Chapman, S.C.W.L 27 W0 Mrs. J. Mills, S.C.W.P. ...... 2i 1128 A. K. Browne, S.C.W.L 32 1000 Heretaunga P.C., No. 2, S.C.W.L 87 965 T. M'lhvaaith, S.C.W.L, 19 878 C. Warburton,, S.C.W.L 27 831 A. G. Braitey, S.C.W.L 30 1085 Wainom Poultry Farm, S.C.W.L -■ 3l rj37 G. L. Hayne, S.C.W.L 2U 1079 A. W. Irvine,S.C.W.L 2S 951 Ashburton Poultry Farm, S.C.W.L. .'. 30 B(J7 Or. C'atteral S.C.W.L 22 IV L. T. Wright, S.C.W.L 33 l'm L. Macdonald, S.C.W.L. ■?. '20 888 Atkinson Bros., S.C.AV-.L 33 968 A. E. Plullips, S.C.W.L 34 965 Dilmuir Poultry Yards, S.C.AV.L. 3i H42 B. P. L. Clayson, S.C.W.L 18 895 Green Bros., S.C.W.L 33 1075 Jack Green, S.C.W.L 32 U67 A. E. Wilson, S.C.W.L 28 1002 W. A. Nixon, S.C.AV.L '21 otO H. S. Woodnorth, S.C.W.L. ... 25 1080 fi. Roxburgh, S.C.W.L 2G 035 R. A. Lazarus, S.C.W.L 27 908 A. W. Adams, S.C.W.L 27 1017 T. I'aMickerley and Sons, S'C'W.L 30 MO W. Davey, S.C.W.L 22 1016 W. A. Nixon, S.C.W.L 27 1025 K. H. James', S.C.W.L 21 9GI H, MiIIs,,S.C.W.L J.,.. 31 1095 S. L. Leggett, S.C.W.L. 30 012 R: Willia and Son, S.C.W 23 1010 George Gee, S.C.W.L 25 998 Green Bros., S.C.W.L. 22 889 Kangiuni Egg Ranch, S.O.AV.L. 11 , 601 T. Kennedy, S.C.W.L 28,' 951 Calder Bros., No. 1, S.C.W.L. 2G 1091 R. AV-. Hawkc, S.C.AV.L 22 89i Mrs. M'Kinnon, S.C.AV.L 20' 048 Green Bros., R.C.AV.L 21 1039 Totals .' 1280 48,300

HEAVY BREEDS. Total Total ■for lo week. date. A. W. Adams, S.W 28 757 Green Bros., S.A\~ 21 Kid j','. Dukes, R.t.R 21 862 Cooper atirt'Walns'cott, R.I.R. 18. 987 \Y: A. Nixon, R.I.R. <| 1136 A. E. Wilson, W.W 23 755 T. Kennedy, W.W 18 'Jfi3 W-. A. Nixon, 8.0 25 1003 W. L. "Walker, 8.0. 1!) 1000 B. Willis, 8.0 30 , 1130 W. Bloomfifld, 8.0. ; 21 951 Totals 233 9555 F.OIt DUCKS. Tffo Sew Zealand' Utility Poultry Club's sixth egg-laying test for ducks. Returns for the forty-third week are (is follow.— Total Total for to week. dale. ■T. B. Jferrett. I.R H 802 T. If. Mull, I.R 11 1015 G. Ti. llayne, l.Ri 23 HUB W. Davidson. I.R 18 !)72 Thomas Dowthwaite, I.R 20 817 W." Knight, I.R 10 1182 W. Knight, T.R 10 030. Wainoni Poultry Farm, I.R. ... 13 JJ3B Totals ~.■■■■■■■ 128 7192 Tho letters after each entry denote the breed, ns under:—B.L., Brown Leghorn; S.C.W.L., Single Comb White Leghorn; R.C.W.L., Rose, Comb Whito Leghorn; S.W., Silver Wyandotte; R.1.R.., Rhode Island Red; tV.W., White Wyandotte; 8.0'.,' Black Grpiiigtouj 1,K., Indian Runner.