POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3047, 7 April 1917, Page 17

POULTRY NOTES

_ —4 _ (Br Chanticleer.)

■ ■ I CONFERENCE OPENS TO-DAY-. J The seventh annual poultry conference Trill be opened in the Masonic Hall, Boulcott Street,- to-day. Delegates have arrived in Wellington from all parte of tl\e Dominion. Thero are several important remits to come up for discussion. Several important paporß will be read. The annual dinner will bo held this evoning. ECCLAYING COMPETITIONS. The official results of the Now Zealand Utility Poultry Olub's twelfth ege-laying competition for fowls for the paßt season aro as under:— LIGHT BREEDS. Total Total for for ■week. test. Verral Bros., B.L , i 1164 BrackenaeldlUrm, B.L 2 1068 W. Davey, W.L 0 1307 J. B. Merrett, W.L 6 1203 R. G. Shearman, W.L 3 1112 Heretaunga Poultry Co., W.L.... 12 1131 H. Ball, W.L 4 1329 ■IT. A. Currln, W.L. ..;. 5 1333 Dalmuir Poultry Yardß, W.L. ... 6 1211 Mrs. H. Graham, W.L 7 1095 J. Wordsworth, W.L. 0 1075 H. B. Boss, W.L 1 1250 It. H. James, W.L .4 1035 0. J. Norton, W.L 0 1174 Alfred Eaton, W.L. 6. 1166 M. .H. Walker, W.L. _.. 1 1064 Green Bros. (No. 2), W.L..... 4 1202 H. Legcr, W.L. : 4 1193 J. Nancarrow, W.L 7 1«9 Oaldor Bros.. W.L 8 1315 It. Pounsford, W.L. 6 1162 A. W. Adams, W.L.- .; 6 1244 A. B Phillips, W.L 2 U59 T. Kennedy, W.L. :... 0 1035 V. J. Hill, W.L. .'.......; 6 1228 [B. P. L. Olayson, W.L 5 1247 T: E. Conway, W.L. ,;.: 8 1191 ! Heretaunga Poultry Co.. (No. 1), W.L 9 1z29 i Bangiuru Egg' Ranch, W.L. ... ' 8 1242 B.- Diok, W.L. •' ■ 0 1285 G. Geo, W.L. ....... 2 1076 [H. 0. Yates, W.L. ; ■■■■■•£ j!*s E..P. Amyes, W.L 10 1132 IA. E. Wilson, W.L. 1 ;.;... 12 1113 Mrs. J. Mille,'W.L " ......■» «™ A. G. Brailey, W.L..... 0 984 Green Bros. (No. 1). W.L. 7 1164 Atkinßon Bros.. W.L. ~ 4. 122fi A .A. Hoare, W.L. :..'...:. 0 1023 L. T. Wright, W.L. ....™... 9. 1256 To'Airnu Utility Stud, W.L..... 9 , 1282 T. M'llwraith, W.L. ... 0 1095 R. A. Lazarus, W.L. 12 1219 H. W. Bower, W.L. ~ ■ 0; 1164 H. S. Woodnortb, W.L. ........... 3 1055 Hokowhitu Poultry Co., W.L.... 3 1061 Oalder Bros., W.L. ....£...;.,........ 8 1372 J. 8,-Merrett.(No. 1), W.L. ;..,;... 8 1255 Master Jack ..Gfeon,. 13ZE "';:.: Totals'• ..:... : i..............'.' 244:. .68,153 ■"■■•■';'■'■■■, HEATT• BREED TEST. - . .-■■■, Total Total . for for n ' ■ '■ ! week. test. IV Kennedy, W.W: .............. 4 ■ 870 Green Bros., JMT: :~ • 9 1051 W. -KnichV-W;P.R.■•• •■• I - 1«J A. S. Cooper, R.I.R. 2, 852 Miss E. Willis, 8.0 6.\. IMB C. J. Norton, 8.0. 8 1128 T. E.'Oonway, 8.0. 7 . Z75 J. Nancarrow, 8.0 8 lißi Miss J. James, 8.0. 9 1115 T. Dowthwaite, S.W 7 1111 A. W. Adams, S.W; -_3 W35 Totals .'. TO 1«»0Z7 SINGLB PEN TEST. - Total Total . • . for for week. test. A. S. Cooper, R.I.R. ■••• J' 1W A .8. Cooper,. R.I.R. 3 MS R, H. James, W.L 3 270 T. L. Wright, W.L. ■ • 0 196 Rangiuru Egg Ranch, W.L 0 152 Green Bros., W.L. J 261 Caldw Bros., W.L f .»» W. Davey. W.L * 248 J. B. Merrett, W.L :........—•; 155 A. E. Wilson, W.L '. - . 41 Mrs. J.' Mills, WX. .: - 246 Atkinson. Bros., W.L. ~. 224 B. V.-h. Olayson. W.L — ; 226 J. Wordsworth, W.L. ■ — . 173 Totals ••• 15. , 2553 : ' FOR DUCKS. ■ The New Zealand - Utilitv- Poultry Club's seventh egg-laying test for ducks closed with t"«B following results.;- . Total Total . for for week. test. W. • Knight,' I.R :... ■■■■■■ 4 " JJ6O Heretaunga Poultry Co., I.R. ...16 1261 H. W. Bowerr I.R. • ■ ° 134t Totals ..:....... • ; 26 . 3662 The'letters after eaoh entry denote ths breed, as under:-8.L., Brown Leghorn; W.L.. White Leghorn; S.W., Bilier Wyandotte; R.1.R., Rhode Island Red; W, White Wyandotte; 8.0., Black Orpington; W.P.R.. White Plymouth Rock; ..LB., Indian Runner. .