POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 282, 17 August 1918, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Chanticleer.")

Push on tho Hatching. I The breeding season is hero, and poultryI keepers should hatch, as many chickens as possible. The season lasts only a few weeks, and cndß at tho end of October. Tho farmer HcarraJy beginß hatching by that time, as he .has fow brooders. It is desirable that the farmer should go on hatching till • March, as it is ho who supplies the tablo poultry market. At the .Grand National sale. held last week, there was an entry of 250(1 birds, full 95 per cent, being raisod by farmers. Poultrymen may contribute a. good, deal to tho ogg-production, but if it were not for tho farmer thero would bo a famino in tablo poultry in New Zealand. For winter egglaying, now till October is the timo to' hatch chickens; lato-hd.tchod chickens have no time to develop befiore the cold weather arrives, if hatched later than October. From evidence, it appoars as if production will: grow less' unless something is done to iprovido poultry foods. The breakfast egg will becomo more «>f a luxury, and tho public will have to pay moro as production decreases. It is to bo regretted that in a. country like New Zealand wo oannot produce. sufuchiiit eggs without importation. Tho feed problem lias got to be remedied, and if pricos rise much higher than at present, wo may rest assured that production -will suffor. An Incubator Tip. Tho best Incubators usually register tho same degree of warmth all over the egg ! chamber. Nevertheless, if tho machine bo not perfectly level, the radiation of heat will be disturbed, with tho result that an unusual distribution of -warmth 'will ho caused. And. in the case of a uoorly-con-structed incubatdr, the same condition is often noted. That being the case, it is necessary to- use judgment in the manipulation of tho egga. Tl eir position should bo ohanged every day, for tho mason that if they stay in the same .nlaco somo will receive too much leat. and others too little, and w.:hen that happens tho hatch is not a good one. Tho right thing to do is to alt*r tho -position every day of every egg. The middle row should be moved to tho front or back, those on tho sides to tho middle, aid so on, and every time the egg tray js returned to tho machine it sViould ho reversed if naS3ible. In this way-all-the eggs will Bhajo the .same conditions with a better chance of a satisfactory hatch being brought off. If left in the aamo position the. outturn is not so like}y to be satisfactory, as too much heat in one part of the egg cham. ber may kill, one lot there, and too low a temperature in another part may may bring about the samo result. It is a good plan t/D'give all tho eggs a turn in different paptß of tho egg chamber. EiGG-LAYING N.Z. UTILITT POULTRY CLUB'S POOR. TEEN'.tH COMPETITION. Following is the official report of tho eighteenth wea:k, ending Augiwt 13, of tho fourteenth egg-laying coinpcutiou, held by the N.Z. UtUitp- Poultry Club, at PapaLIGHT BREEDS.

'"- ■ Weekly Totalto total, date. Brown Leghorn sVerrall BrosV 26 ■ 402 K. Hunter 26 182 Mrs. T. Moryjton 20 340 White Iiechornt— *W. Newall 21 : 337 0. 0. iludley. 19 306 ' 11. Coombes 27 396 Oaldes Bros., No. 2 2(5 -114 N. Stark - 28 421 E. W. Jones 17 393 Atkinson Brob - 28 550 Calder Bros 29 476 J. Nancnri'pw, sen 30. 416 J. Stevun3 29 3W Oxford Poultry Farm 28 478 H. Bull ....; 23 • 245 W. A. Gee and.' Sons, No. 2 34 ■ 338 A. E, Philliira 10 349 J[r3. M. B. Pullnr U 365 , Mrs. K A. Gorinski 33 492 ' Trie Poultry Farm 24 472 *Mrs. C. Atkinson ...» 25 348 J. Nancarro.w, junr 31 .366 ■ W. H. West-.....:......._ 22 491 J. Ligjrius - 20 454 I P. W. Wilson 32 356 I A. E. Wilson 22 260 I Dalmuir Poultry Yards ... 14 234 j II. W. Beck 31 472 It, W. Hawlso 29 439 ; Omco Poultry Farm 31 290 I M. F. Blackmail 30 445 i n. Wflliams 24 415 IlerctaiiBga. P. Co,, No. 2 2G 351 ; . S. Ij. Boer 31 . 525 : '■ A. E. IPowIey ..! 33 388 : Mrs. J- Ililfa 21 317 i Mrs. W. P.oach 32 327 ; Raneiuj.il Egg Ranch 25 236 : "Smart Bros 24 406 ) Tracer King 32 527 M. A. Ourrin 26 3B9 Chaa. H. Izard 28 380 1 Green Bros., Ko. 1 22 467 W. Da-Toy 28 322 L. I , . Wright Si 321 *W. Stoplienson _ „ 18 582 0. Thomson » 32 428 8. DioS , * 23 263 A. W. Adams 25 303 Jas. Robertson „ 29 246 J. Ii. Brnfell ... 11 275 W. HaJey 30 427 P. JInldor _ 19 332 D. Graham • 23 407 I Reliable S. P. Farm, No. 2 19 285 I W. A. Gee and Sons. Mo. 1 21 355 Reliable S. P. Farm, No. 1 26 589 1 Waimen, Poultry Yards ... 19 285 ; Ileretaunten, P. Co., No. 1... 28 ' 413 ; Gresn Broa., No, 2 35 439 1 Minorca*— Jliss Jeseio James 21 350 II. Williams 25 ,420 Totals 1589 23,302 ' HEAVY BREEDS. I Weokly Total to ! total, date. Black Orpingtons— *Glias. H. Izard 17 . 352 T. E. (Jonway, No. 1 .., 21 366 Norton and Dove 27 261 .T. Kanoarrow, seur 15 310 W. Bloomfield 24 278 T. E. Ooiiway 22 385 White Plymouth BocknW. Knight i „ 25 . 227 Ehodp Island RedsNorton and Dovo 11 205 E.. 15. llarsden 26 198 Silvtf WyandotteeW. W. Hewinson 24 203 Thos. Wiliion 33 353 Thos. Dowthwaito 24 209' T. U. Conway 11 14 A. W. Adama 24 13J Thos. Kunnedy 25 132 Mrs. P. Howell 20 218 Totals 349 5649 DUCK CONTEST. Weekly Totalto total, date. Indian RunnersThos. Dowthwaito 41 410 Ii. A. Wailham 26 622 Mrs. W. A. Geu 35 419 W. T. Green 42 461 ]!. M. Copland 36 . 565 Heretaunga P. Co 25 505 W. T. Green 26 513 Totals 231 3395 .SINGLE BIED COMPETITION. Heavy Breeds. Silver Wyandottca— E. J. Ross 3 47 Thos. Wilson 4 76 1 Ehode Island Beds— T. E. Couway 6 82 Norton and flovo 5 32 Barred Plymouth Itocks— A. E. Wilson 4 55 Totals 22 292 Light Breeds. . Weekly Total to total, date. White Leeliorna-- • Green Iiroij., No. 1 5 100 Green Bros., No. 2 5 87 K. W. Hawko 0 39 H. Meadows 5 90 Tracey King ....;.. 6 93 S. h. Beer 6 108 13. E. llarsden 0 0 Thos. WilkiuBon 6 95 Mrs. J. Mills, No. 1 4 40 S. Dick 5 69 Atkinson Bros., No. 1 0 61 J. Stevens 6 29 Mrs. J. Mills, No. 2 3 66 Master Ern Geo 7 112 Reliable Stud T.F 6 93 H. W. Beck 4' 30 W. A. Gee and Sous 6 91 Atkinson Bros., No. 2 5 78 U. Williams 3 56' Totals - 82 1337 *Dcnotts five birds.