POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3024, 10 March 1917, Page 15

POULTRY NOTES

(By Chanticleer.) Don't Overdo Early Maturity. Iu trying , to mako a Tocord of some particular breed as regards ita early maturing qualities, tho matter 'is often oyordouo for practical purposes. That sonio breeds mature earlier than others is admitted by all, but tho phenomenal instances ise have of oarly laying must bo regarded, moro as the result of unnatural conditions than as tho characteristic of any particular breed. : It has .become genorally understood that to be" successful in getting winter eggs lye ehoiild work with early-hatched pullets brought to a laying age in the autumn beforo real cold weath'or sets in. It is not always easy to get the pulleta as oarly as desired, and there is an effort to givo them a littlo extra forcing to mako up for tho late start. This early forcing is incompatible with tho normal dovejopmont and maturing of tho bodily functions, and tho hen so brought up remains always with, a weak constitution. To begin laying early in life does not,,mean.lonji.or heavy laying, but. rather the reverse. Pullets should be separated from the ■ cockerels as soon as the sexes can be distinguished, and be placed where they-can have unlimited ■range if possible, \yith proper feeding, with rations iu which the. protein elements predominate, and with the variety of food and the exercise, which the range :affords, they will grow up hardy .and healthy, with the framework and the eystem to withstand successfully a hard and.exacting .'.egg-laying career. General: Notes. It .does not appear as if there were a shortage of labour judging by -the" number 1 that, applied for the caretaker's position of the egg-laying test'at PapaMi. There wero 38 written applications, and quite as many verbal inquirers, who .Here persuaded not to try their hand as they had no experience in poultry-keep-ing. The New Zealand Utility Poultry Club met on Tuesday evening to consider tho applications, and selected Mr. J: W. Gyft'eu, who is a thoroughly experienced poultry-man, arid .a hard and conscientious worker. The election was almost unanimous, and the club is to be congratulated on securing the services of such an able caretaker. Every pen has been applied for in the egg-iaying" test' at Papanui. There are 62 pens, each containing six birds, five pens of ducks each containing six, and 21 pens each with-a,single bird. When it "is'considered that there are three other competitions running this year, it would appear as if the.ppultry industry is being .veil".supported. Corjeral Carlyle Atkinson has returned to New Zealand. He went to Mesopotamia and contracted sickness, from which lifi partly recovered, and was then sent with . some of our troops to India. He was located among the Himalayas, and the pure air of tho mountains did much to restore him. He is still suffering from a weakness, and.it is not likely he. will see active service again. The conference to be held at Wellington promises to be a great success 'at Easter. On Monday the executive met to classify the remits, which aro. to be forwarded' to each affiliated' society. The .association has done excellent jwork.dur"iiifr the year. It has been" well supported, and this year delegates have been elected from Invercargill. Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Waimate, Nelson, and Christchurch for the South Island, and as far north as Tanranga and Auckland for the North Island. .".'■'■"■ ECG-LAYINQ COMPETITIONS. The official results of .the forty-seventh wrok of the New Zealand Utility I'onltTy OluVs twelfth ose-layine: competition for fowls for tho week .ended, Tuesday .6, are as follow:— ■ . LIGHT. BREEDS. -_ Total Total ® for to week, date. Verral Bros., BJJ 13 lfK Brackenfield Farm, BJj 14 ■ 1033 TV. Davey; W.L. '. 20 1283 J. B. Morrett, W.L 12 1155 E. G. Shearman, W.h 1 1094 JTcretaunga.'. Poultry Go., W.L.... 14 1076 IT. Ball. Wi. 19 1290 J1..-A. OiHTin,. W.L. .....:.. 2?, 1269 Balmuir.■Poultry :Y : ards, W.L. ... 13 1176 Mrs. HV Graham, W.L. .'. '....'.... 7 ' 1060 .T.. Wordsworth, W.L. 7 1073 H. E.' TCosb, -W.L. .'..... 13 1210 ]?. H. '.Times'. W.T, 17 993 O. J. Norton, .W.L. 8 ll£o Alfred Eaton,' W.L. 6 1140 •'Jt."'H. .Walker. W.L 1 1C63 Rcep.n .Bros. (No.. 2}. ,W.L. 5 1182 11. lieger, _W.L. ; 15 1164 .T. Nanoarrow, W.L. 15 1306 Calder Bros.. W.L. 13 I?£s E.-Poimsford, .WJj 1 1143 A. WV A'tom.vW.L. ..;.: 9 1203 A. E. Phillips. W.L. 9 1145 T. Remedy. W.L 6 1026 Y. .T. Hill. W.L 14 1195 ■R. V. I). Oljiyson. W.L a> 1168 T.. E. Conway, w;l. :16 1147 Her-tounua Poultry Co. (Ho. 1), ..W.h .-. ~..,17 1182, UarT'uTu Tf» .Banch, W.L. 10 'jwii' P. Pick,. W.L. .;.... ;..;..: 2' : iws R. Gee. W.L. ........'.....-......; 7 1C62 K. O. rdt«s. W.T, .:....•.'...;.;.......• 10 1072 E. , P. Amyes, W.L .4 1.109L. E. W ! ,!'-i, w.T, 1. 1089 Mrs. J. Mills. W.L 29 1415 A. G. Brajjey." WJi s ■ 9<q Gr»«n Bro=.'(No."1), W.L : 7 1121 .AtWisp"..Bros.. W.L a jtPS A. A. TTonre. W.1r...: ; 12 1015 Ti. T. WricW. WJ.. .;. .13 1015 Tβ A-nn.u TTMIitV Stud, W.L 17 IW4 T. M'lhvraith, W.Tj. .:.....'....'. ■). 1092 Tj..' : jV. Lazarus. Wjj is •11fit' t.- W. Tfivfir. W.I, ...-. is ■ 11JK H. S. WoodnortTi. W.L -t 1044 WoVWhltn Poi'"rv Co.. W.L. ... 13 im. raMer Bros., W.li. W 1318 .T. p. jVrrctt A T ". 1). W.L P W '.Taclc Green, W.L. 8 1281 _Totals 556 56,621 "' . HEAT? BREED .TEST. ""."" Total, Total . .for to week. (Into. T. Kennedy, W.W 14 833 Green 'Bros., W.W. 17 1003 W: Knifcht, W.P.B. 10 1C64 A. S. Oobuer. .E.I.E 6 978 Miss E.-Willis, ..,8.0 27 1084 0." J. Norton; 8.0. .! 15 iCflO a , . E. Oonway, 8.0. , 26 1224 J. Nancanw, 8.0 ?,2 1127 Miss J. James, B:O. 19 1061 T." T)owtKwaite, ,P.W 16 1059 A. W. Adorns, .6.W. 19 976 .Totals ~; i.v 191 IDIB9 SINGLE PEN TEST. Total Total ■ for to TTcelt. Dat« A. fi. Cooper, KJ.T! 5 171 A. H. Cooper, B-I.E 6 230 -B. TI. .Taines, W.L. 6 '257 T. L. Wripht, W.L : ~4 191 Jl.anEiuru sbp Tfanoh, W.L. ...... 0 162 Cfrecn Bros.. W.L. ..: 5 241 Calder Bros., W.L. 5 253 W. Davey,' W.L '5 240 •J. B. Jfrrrott, W.L. 3 155 A. E. Wilson. W.L 0 41 Mrs. J. Mills, W.L. : 5 244 Atldnpon Bros.. ,W.L 5 '217 B. P. L. Clayson, W.L A 223 J... Wordsworth. W.L 0 173 Totals 63 .2788 FOR DUOKS. .The New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's soTenth eKS-layinj; test for ducks. Beturns for the forty-seventh week aro as follow:— 'Total Total tor to week. deto. W. Knight, IB 0 1054 Herctauntra Poultry Co., I.E. ... 4 1202 H. W. Bower, 1.8 21 1300 Totals .25 3556 A SOLDIER'S PRESENT. A most welcome sift for a 6oldier i* a 1/G bottle of Fluenzol for staving off Chills or clispulling disease microbes. 2 Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. announce in our auction columns that under instructions' from tho .directors of Now 'Gnicefield, Ltd., tliey are holding the first salo of sections of this "new sub-division, on tho ground, Gracofield, Lower Hutt, on Saturday, March SI, at 2.30 p.m. This property adjoins the Hutt Park, and is on tho New Park Boad, .from Petono Station, and is the garden suburb of'Potone and the Hutt. Fortytwo allotments are being offered, and plans and all particulars may bo obtained on application to the auctioneers or to Mr. John Ward, Gracefield. Senator Charles .Magnettc lias been arrested at Liege- Documents concorning the German' outrages during tho early months of tho war are'alleged to have been found in his liouso. " '