POULTRY INDUSTRY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2711, 4 March 1916, Page 15

POULTRY INDUSTRY

{By Chahteclbr.)

FLAVOUR OF EGGS. 'Egs-produccrs. will bo studying their own interest if they can create a greater demand for the article they produce. If any Iciud of food is palatable ami eujoyed tho demand will increase. Tho apnparimco of a fresh egg is not the only object that should bo aimed at. The public ar e quick to appreciato the superior articlo, and besides being fresh a strong yellow yolk is expected. Tho taste of fresh eggs is sometimes referred to in complimentary terms by visitors, and tho remark often taken as a desire to please, but it is an -ojidoubted fact that the flavours of eggs do differ considerably. Eggs which have a very pale yolk aro sometimes insipid and almost tasteless, and fowls fed on brewers' grains, or similar washed-out foods, will, unlaws fed .-on other stronger foods, which will counterbalance the effects, lay eggs the demand for which is by no means as keen as we would wish. Fowls that have fre9 range, aud given corn at night, lay eggs that aro usually all that can be desired; but where confined foods that contain tho necessary substitutes .must be given to get equal results. Green food and fresh water are therefore essential. Sulphur, salt, and charcoal (in small quantities) as necessary extras. Maize as a body builder; wheat, sharps, bran, meat, etc., as profit makers. Clean, sanitary, well-ven-tilated buildings for promoting healthy vigorous stock. Small eggs from pullets are duo to over-forcing. If fed on maize the pullets tako longer to mature, and when they commence laying tho eggs are larger. Many breeders hasten tho light breeds to lay at four and a half months; we prefer tno birds to bo six months before laying. N.Z. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB'S COMPETITIONS. - The official results of the forty-seventh week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's «lovonbh, egg-laying competition for fowls for tho week ended' Tuesday, February 29, are as follow:— ' LIGHT BREEDS. Total Total for to week. date. Verrall Bros., B.L n 1026 H. Leger, S.C.W.L : 19 1148 Waikato Egg .Farm, 5.C.W.L.... l(j 1178 Gaidar Bros., S.C.W.L 22 1191 Heretaunga P.C., 1 No. 1, S.C.W.L. ...: 22 1127 N. Solomon, S.C.W.L 22 1006 J. Wordsworth, S.C.W.L 18 991 Dominion P. Plant, 5.C.W.L.... 23- 1003 M, P. Chapman, S.C.W.L 30 1137 Mrs. J. Mills, S.C.W.L 32 1251 A. R. Browne, S.C.W.L 29 llig Etreiaunga P.C., No. 2, S.C.W.L H 1007 T. M'llwraith, S.C.W.L ; 2[i 98G C. W&rburton, S.C.W.L 2t 930 A. G. Brailey, S.C.W.L I 20 JlB5 Waioni P. Farm, S.C.W.L 29 1093 Gleucoe P. Ranch, 5.C.W.L.... 18 1170 A.. AV. Irvine, S.C.W.L 21 10C0 Ashburton P. Farm, S.C.W.L. 19 952 Geo. Catteral, S.C.W.L 21 .1017 L. T. Wright, S.C.W.L 28. .1237 ' L; Macdonald, S.C.W.L 23 1003 Atkinson Bros., S.C.W.L 31 lOSli A. E. Phillips, S.C.W.L. 28 1086 Dalmuir P. Yardsj 5.CiW.L., ; 27 12G2 B.jP. L. Clayson, S.C.WiL. ...',lO 948 Green Bros,, S.C.W.L 32 1194 Jack Green, S.C.W.L 22 1253 A. E. Wilson, S.C.W.L 20 1181 W. A. Nixon, S.C.W.L 20 1037 H. S. Woodnorth, S.C.W.L. ... 27 1185 R. Roxburgh, S.C.W.L, '.. 19 1011 It. A. Lazarus, S.C.W.L 12 980 A. W. Adams, S.C.W.L ,22 1108 T. Fazackerley and Sons, . S.C.W.L .'. 23 1038 W. Davey, S.C.W.L 25 1139 W. A. Nixon, S.C.W.L 27 1133 It. H. James, S.C.W.L 17 1011 B. Mills, S.C.W.L 26 1208 ,S. L. Leggett, S.C.W.L 19 1003 It: Willis and Son, S;C.W.L.'... 20 1117 George Gee, S.CAV.L. i:;... 16 IOSt Given Bros., S.C.W.L. Ifi . 9C6 Rangiuru Egg Ranch, 5.C.W.L.,; 16 - 722 Thos. Kennedy, S.C.W.L .22 1050 folder Bros., No. 1,5.C.W.L.... 2i 1185 R. W. Hawke, S.C.W.L ~..1K 973 Mrs. M'Kinnon, S.C.W.L. 21 1037 Green. Bros., R.C.W.L.21 1.129 Totals '1 10S2 52,997 HEAVY BREEDS. Total Total for to > ■ week. dato. A. W. Adams, S.W. 28 825 Green Bros., S.W 17 ! 903 B. Oakes, R.I.R 18 921 Cooper' arid Wainscott, R.I.R. 15 1025 W. A. Nixon, R.I.R 10 371 A. E. Wilson, W.W 19 ' 815 T. Kennedy, W.W 20 1059 W. A. Nixon, 8.0 20 1110 W. L. Walker, 8.0 22 1091 Er Willis, B.O." 30 1211 W. Bloomfield, B.O'. 25 . 103-1 Totals 230 10,-101 FOR DUCKS. T?fe New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's sixth egg-laying test for ducks. Returns for (he forty-seventh week aro as follow:— Total Total . for to week. dato. J. B. Merritt, I.R a SB2 •T. R. Hall, I.R ...., 7 1005 Glencoe Poultry Ranch, I.R. 11 1110 W. Davidson, I.R 7 101S Thomas Dowthwaite, I.R 11 899 W. Knight, I.R 7 1218 W. Knight, I.E 21 1027 Wainoni P. Farm, I.R 7 359 Totals 83 7GOB The letters after each entry denote the breed, as under:—B.L., Brown Leghorn; S.C.W.L., Single Comb White Leghorn; R.C.W.L., Rose Comb White Leghorn; S.W., Silver Wyandotte; R.1.R., Rhode Island Red; W.W., White Wyandotte; 8.0., Black Orpington; 1.E., Indian Runner., ■