POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2818, 8 July 1916, Page 15

POULTRY NOTES

Answers to Correspondents, "H. 8.," Hustings, writes: (1) Can you give tne names aud -addresses of ilio ingnest competitors in tlie last egg-lay-lng test? U; L'ould you not give tne wuoletalo puces. o£ eggs in . Wellington in your column, so thai; wo .might know what to expect locally i W) Could you not give tne addressee oi competitors in the egg-laying test? (4.) At the same time I venture to remark that your suggestion in Just Saturday's column that tne American importation should have been met by lowering the local suppliers' prices seems to ine : .rather . unsound. ■There are in the Dominion, approximately lour million fowls; say. one-fourth of _ these only ,aro laying, it means a daily local supply of one million, eggs. To. lower the price of these by . even oue penny per dozen for one day would be a loss to suppliers of about .£4OO, And what effect would it have on the importer '( . Answer.—(l) Mrs. Mills,' Woodhauph, Dunedin; iliss Willis, Brighton Bom, Chrirtchurch, wero the winners .of the last competition. (2). We will arrange for the New Zealand-Poultry industries, Ltd., to give a: weekly Toport of the egg market. (3) It is hot fair to our adver-. tisers.for this to be done. (4) What we stated re tho egg. market has conie to pass. . The egg market has dropped Is. per dozen, so that in your computation the producers are losing £4800 daily. Your estimate' is too high. The last census 6hows three and a- half million birds in the Dominion. Of these quite one million would be males. At this time of : year one-tenth :would be laying, so that, tho daily loss would be much less. Our contention was sound. The local eggs were forced to,come down after many of the American-'egg6 had been placed. WELLINGTON SHOW FINAL' AWARD 'LISTS. The annual Poultry, Pigeon, and Can-' ary Show, which hii6 drawn excellent attendances, and which has' been a great success, was closed at 9 o'clock last evening. The judge of the utility poultry, stated that as a- whole the class had been the best out for a long time. The-util-ity breeders were certainly working along right lines in all classes, both as regards utility and stock. The Black Orpington cocks and hens were good classes, the cocks being oxcellent quality. • The Minorcas were, however, the best class ?rrt the -show, while Silver and White ttyaudottes were only of moderate quality. The winning White Leghorn cock was a really good bird, and the same remark applied to the pullets which were the best seen for some years Brown Leghorn cocks were of fair qual}i'u" J Vn re also the Rhode Island Reds, lhe following were the winners of specials in the AVofking Homer Pigeons Best bird in 100' and SOfl-niile class: A Lamb. Best bird in 200 • and ■ SOO-iriilc class: A. Clark. Begt bird in 50 and 100inilq young classes: J. - Perrett. ■ Best uclult-cpck, open class: J. H. Clark. Best adult hen, ; open classes: J. H. Clark. Best young cock, open classes: .W. Baix/v,, , sl; y°ung. hen, open classes:-j. H. Clark. H.I. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB'S NEW COMPETITIONS. l-hoofficial results of the,twelfth week ? ,^ a . lanii Utility Poultry Club's twelfth egg-laying competition for fowls for the week ended Tuesday, July 4, are ao follow:— . LIGHT BREEDS. Total Total for tp „ , ' week. date. Venal Bros., BX 15 285 JSrackenfield Farm, B.L 15 182 y- ■Day ey , W.L 23 238 J B. .Merrett, W.L 20 277 1!. O. Shearman, W.L. 24 262 Jferctuunga Poultry Co., W.L. 25' 173 H. Ball, W.L : 15 ' 359 M. A. Uurrln, W.L 30 252 fcalmuir Poultry lards, W.L. ... -24 312 Mrs. - H. Graham, WJj 26 mi J. Wordsworth, W.L. -27 ■ ,i« H. E. Boss, WJi. 22 243 11. H. James, W.L 14 ' 201 C. J. Norton, -WJj: .' ; '20 2E6 Alfred Eaton; W.L. ;. u '274 M. H. Walker,. W.I/. 14 • 155 Green Bros. (No. 2) 23 250 H. Logor, -W,L..'. 27 . 207 J.' Nancaoraw,' WJj. .'25.',.' .'291 CaMer 8r05;,:.W.L.. -32 .'.'316 li. rounsforil:'.W.L.' 24 ' "252 A. W. Adams, W.L. .; 23' : 2SI A. K. Phillips, W.L. '......„ 27 ' 312 T. Kennedy, W.L. - .25 : 181 V. J. Hill. W.L. 5 ' • 212 B. P. L. Clayson, W.L 22 ■ 234 T. 13. Conway, W.L 19 222 Heretaunga Poultry Co. (No. I),' . 1 • W.L. -. 26 ■ ' 266 Eangiuru Egg Jianch, W.L 19' 279 K. Dick, W.L 16 231 G. Gee, W.L 12 240 H. O. lates, W.L. .'. .:... 17 215 E. P. Amycs, W.L ;.... 17 259 A. E. Wilson, W.L. 23 256 Mrs. J. Itilla, W.L 28 292 A. G. -Brailey, W.L 16 109 Grceu Bros. (No. l)i W.L, 14 222 Atkinson Bros., W.L 25 253 A. A. Hoarc, W.L 18 218 L. T. Wright. W.L 31 205 To Anau Utility Stud, W.L. ... 28 226 T. M'lhvraith, W.L : 23 136 E. A. Lazarus, W.L. 17 ■ 2CO H. W.- Bower, W.L 14 168 H. .S. Woodnorth, W.L 15 - 192 Hokowhltu Poultry Co.. WjL. ... 5 203 Oalder Bros., W.L.. . 27 . 268 J. B.' Merrett (No. '.), W.L 23 219 Jack Green, W.L. ...; 21 : 289 ' Totals ; -.1011 11,449 •THIRD HEAVY.-BREED TEST. - Total Total for to .... . week. date. T. Kennedy, W.W 18. 71 Green Bros., W.W.' -17 'i 39 W. Kuight, W.P.1l 28 173 A. S. Cooper, E'.I.K. 23 192 Miss E. Willis, 8.0.- 29 300 O. J. Norton, 8.0 '. : ..... 29 170 T. E. Conway, 8.0. 27 287 J. Nancarrow, 8.0 18 253 Miss j; James, 8.0. 18 273 T. Dowthwaite, S.W. 29 203 A. W. Adams,.S.W.'..; .15,.: . 93 Totals Ml 2159 FIB-ST SINGLE. PEN TEST. - ' - Total Total : . for to ■ ' weok.-date. A. S. Cooper (2), R.I.R. 10 ' 115 It.' H. James, W.L 6 66 T. L. Wright, W.L.'\.. .3 36 Rangiuru Ege Eanch', W.L. ... 5 51 Green Bros., W.L . 5 57 Calder Bros.. WJj 5 63 W. Davey, W.L : 5 . 52 .T. B. Merrett, W.L. ...: — . 21 A. E. Wilson, W.L. — 41 Mrs. J. Mills; W.L. 6 68 Atkinson Bros., W.L "4 50 B. P. L. Olaysoh, W.L. 5 -60 J. Wordsworth, 'W.L. — - 2 Totals 54 . 682 • FOE DUOKS. . The New Zealand Utility Poultry Olofo's seventh egg-laying test for .ducks. Returns for the twelfth week are as follow:— ' Total Total for- to - week. date. W. Knight. I.R 18 : 129 Heretaunga Poultry Co., I,E 36 334 H. W. , Bower, .1.E.. 39 338 Total ..- 93 801 The letters after each entry denote the breed, as under:—B.L.. ; Browu Leghorn; W.L., White Leghorn; S.W., Silver Wyandotte; 8.1.E.. Rhode Island- Red; W.W., White Wyandotte; 8.0., Black Orpington; W.P.E.. .White Plymouth Rock; 1.R., Indian Eunner.