POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 4, 29 September 1917, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

(By Chanticleer.) "W.A.." writes: "Will you he be good enough to answer tho following? ■Limo' laying fowls require lime iu «omo form or another. Oyster-Bhclls supply this. Bui, suppose thi'si! are uut obuinaUc, how can limo he suppUotl? Should it be quicV mic, elahed liino, or carbonate of lime? How should it, be Riven to the fowls ?" Answer: .Uuic may bo supplied in any shell form, tf oyster-shells are not ;n:iliable, Bearshells can be ueci! or limestone saud. 7n its cniclo .form, lime should not bo used except in tho water. There is no difficulty to Rot shell-grit from crocers in any part of. tho Dominion. That Ncedod Production. liho halicrs nnd poultrymon met the Hoard of 'JYado at, Ohristcliurch, tho bakers jiut in a strong pica that-tho egg production of tho country was insuftlcient. for tho needs of Uio pastrycooks and bakers, and wcro it, not for the access they had to imported pulp many of them would have to close down their businesses. Mr. Brown estimates that only 143,765 dozen eggs -wore imported last year. In any case, should the Customs ho correct, we feel suro that amount has been largely, exceeded during 1917. Wo consider tho' shortage to bo moro in tho vicinity of a million dozens. What ib going to be- done to rectify this shortage? Tho Board of Trade gave it. ojit pretty plainly thai whilo such a shortago existed the iujustico of stopping tho importation was obvious, ond the bakors could not bo penalised for not purchasing -what did not exist. It was suggest«d that a limit ho placed on tho importations of liquid oggs, and that tho supply should not bo used, as is being done at the present time-to the detriment of tho local trade. Production is the remedy. We must have moro eggs, and unless production is brought up it willbo a difficult matter to 6lop importations. In any ease, should the importation of eggs be made illegal, it will tffike many montU6 to absorb stocks in hand and orders on tho water or in process of fulfilment. By that timo chickens hatched this season will bo in full production, and the desired supply procured. Co-operation Needed. Tho timo is rapidly advancing when poultrymon throughout tho Dominion should co-operato in tho management of their business. We may manage »o continue satisfactorily for another year or two, as is heing done at tho present time, but to secure tho bost results for prodticors and to govern their own uusinessnoss, co-operation is needed. It rauiro he no half-hearted method. Thcro must bo loyalty and' unanimity. UnDltal is essential. Bettor leave co-operation alone than attempt it without capital. In the race of business to-day, in tho changing of markets, in tho flush end off seasons, nothing can mako for success if capital is wanting. Behind capital there must be experience. Business men of capable and intelligent effort must bo se; cured. No matter at what price their services are to bo secured, ■ they must bo obtained. It may .be.-wo aa-e still a year or two ahead of tho project, ibut no one whose heart is in the industry j'can fail to see the inestimable good that must result from whole-licartett cooperation.