POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 175, 13 April 1918, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

!By ''Ohanticleer.") — answers to OOMESPONDBNTS. A correspondent writes:— °} . In >" fowls are all'cclcd with a i him u m6l * !l ' wJueh srems to mako ,uiem lose tneii' a.ppcuw, aim to-day ono i ?! s , so affectoa, died. 1 have gut th("n?»J ai ' e i 1)5111 J'" l, m;l ldaco liy "id havo used insect powdt-r t.nf , •"'■t l ,hey do not seem any bettrivA „ ""'f'd be iclearx'd if you would <,f w?- I,Uo , rma «W'i ai, to best method vnii rn s .- t ' n ttected ones. Thanking jou in anticipation." li^-TV 1 ' 11 , 0 ! roul ? !o is not illsC(:ts ill thn Ic body but red mito that, live ?h« i PUr ? ho V* a,ll! ' e,<; ' atta.:k thrnnp-Vi +1 I V BIIt ' ?. ),d livo in dark a P° ta in ~ llo. d aJ r ' Examine your perches !nf!l T" 8, and 3 ' OU wiU 6ce them in myiiads. Get S onio tar, boil it, and paint t e perches, nests and waUs This Is vnnr m i effoc .M v o cure. If you sprav milntu a eood liquid onco a mu n vnll not 1)0 Ir °nblod with red hilwi ic causo Gf Jeath ie suction of / ou <«amine the bird intornally you will find tho system devoid of blood. Tho Prico of Foods. tiill.J 1 ™ received { oine letters containing n C i? a *' W'tryiiien are paying for I? WesLport, writes': "I read ,° a dvising poultrymen to buy t hi no - w before now regulations set prlco ! n 1 would bo liiv 4i yoll Ivi " atl vise me how I can ouj at the prenent rate. I am paying hern t 1 2. 9s - 6d - l"«r bushel for wheat." int' L M rt ' says: "1 am pay!i 6e !' ' busllel for wheat ' an<l nf IhL ? glvo s owls ' ,il3 !t i! a mixture of dust.and seconds" It. C. Lang, Alfred"r am Paying Bs. 6d. for a miserable sample of wheat, and £12 10s. a_ton for pollard." lnnS Ul S m -?" . Ea " not ' ftan<l these priccs , 11 61 "'P'y, means ponltTy produc{L " -JJ le , SB6n cartl y ear under suoli a | tax Peoplo comiplam of tho price of lf f SJdB rise eggs must rise accordingly. The new roeulations for next_ se,ison , will givo the-death-blow to faai rj V h a raini 'mnm price of w. w. for wlmat, tho maximum will likely bo Bs. and if it.is this prico. in Canter? biiry it will rants from 10s. to 12a. in other parts of New Zealand. For this year matters are not so serious, but' next year tho prospcctS nro very gloomy. We again urge those who can do so to 7V! secrnd j ear's supply of wheat no* )t is avaiLiblo.

Errs £5 Each. '' ™l!L No - v record for ono hen is inn- u-nVI" ? bcat tlle exißtmg world b record, which was 315. The °L SIUc Ut thia I)ird we £tt> Sr i x?? CRES 111 tlle year, :and £50 L L t 'hs •iorld's record, which slio did by two .eggs, thus netting to her SiTv , for ./. aoh ese- '-fho record is rinnil ■ )ea ten tliia year, a« shown by the Bcndigo and Burnley lignres in' Australia. S rs - Gl, ° c n. Bros. a.ro to be congratulaled. on their great uchiovement. ■ : Another Record Possible. In addition to tho Bendigo Utility Leghorn, which holds tho record now for 332 eggs for 360 days, there is n- Black Orpington in the Burnloy tost which has laid oiu eggs. nnd. had seventeen' days to go to complete tho 'twelve months.' A World's Rscord. AH previous world's records for individual egg-laying havo teen easily eclipsed atthe Bendigo suigio test coiniiclition, where W0 birds of various breods havo been under test for tho ipaab twelve months, ino winner and new record-holder is 111'. T-, "■ James's White Leghorn pullet, Lady constant, who during torn.year laid wittl wonderful coiiswicnoy, her total beim- 333 eggs for the 365 days. A feature of her laying has been tho size of eggs, varying irom Zj to 260z. per dozen. The weekly tally from April l, 1917, to March 31, 1518, is as follows :-5 in first live dayß, then weekly—7, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 6. 7. 7 7 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 6,' 6/ f' n' I'' '7' 6 ' 6 ' '?■ - 6 ' 6 > 6 ' 7 > 7> 7. 5, 5, 6, 7, 6, 5, 6, and 2 in tno last three days In the Winter .test-April, .Jky,. June, and July—lls eggs were, laid in 122 days,'establishing a now world's record; whilst 172' eggs were record! in tho fifat six montliß. During tho tost Lady Constant laid over J3lb. weight of eggs, aienrly eleven times nor own weight; Tho value at Is. 2d. per : amo.untod to 325. Tile previousworld's record in competition -was 315 eggs for the.year, established at Bondigo by a South Australian-bred bird laßt year, which figures. Lady Constant bettered by 17. 3D'. J. E. Bradley's Black Orpington won tho lienvy breed, class, also establishing wonderful figures,.. Her. year's tally 325 oggs, 14 better than the iPreviona world's record of 512, established in New South Wales last year. The performances aro tho more remarkable, inasmuch as it has been a particularly bad year for egglaylng. . ...