POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 306, 14 September 1918, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Ohantlolcer.") Returned Soldiers and Poultry-Keeping. • A letter has been received by tho N.Z. Poultry Association Irom Olifieteliurcli, Haoite., England, dealing witli the prospects of: relumed soldiers coming to Now Zealand to take up poultry-keeping. Tho writer says:—"Under General Bichiu'dson'e 'educational Bcheme all men in tho Mew Zealand Expeditionary Force will undergo' a, course ol practical ami theoretical twining in England on any subject they wish to tako up. I have- been appointed poultry instructor in tho southern,command, &nd ; l think tlin,t with'tlic.-assiptr unco of New 'Zealand poultry people ,\vo will bo able to make a biir lift in poultry affairs. Out 1 of IOO.OCO men at least- 10,000 will attend poultry lecturos from time to time, and I should say at- tho leaet wo will recruit, say, lOOQ.mcn iio poultry farmers in' New- Zealand. , ' , . ■• ■' Wo question very much whether it is a wise proposition to encourage |our soldiers to como back to New Zealand to tako ii]) poultry farming. Bio, difficulty is of eccuriiiK foods and tho importation of cheaper orsb in prejudicing tho-proß-poets ol the industry. ' In Australia, tho position is different. ,Tho soldiers there have been placed on settlements, each having a i'iu'iu of five acrcß. The Govern meat pay a weekly mistcnoncc of £2 Cβ. to keep the .soldier's • home, together till the hens begin to lay and tho plant is established. .Tho Government. ~aleo .supplies., cheap foods, and have protected tho poultryman against all imported eprcs. No- one can send eeK9 into Australia,'so tho-in-' dustry ie conserved for Australians.

EGG-LAYING .Following ie the .official report of the twenty-second week, ending September 10, of tue fourteenth egg-laying competition, .held by the New Zealand Utility Poultry Olub.— • . LIGHT BREEDS.. - ..'• ' Weekly Total to total, dale. Brows Leghorns-- ■ .. Vorrall Bros M ?2I H. Hunter 28 MS *Mrs. T.,Moroton .. 2? • « 8 White Leehorns— ■ >*W. Newall ■ .'. • 2J .. 435 ; 10. J. .Hartley , : .-■■■ \\ • 363 i' ■ . R.. Oooinbes : ,.. 35 521 Oalder Bros., No. 2 38 541 N. Stark 32 . 627 E. W. Jones 34 520 Atkinson Bros 36 .677 . Oalder Bros 33 -. 59B . 0. Nancarrow, senr ,.. 25 514 J. ' Stevens I...; - 31 418 Oxford Poultry Farm 30 600 H Ball • 34 373 W. A. Gee and Sons, No. 2 34 462 i ■ A.' E, Phillips 33 460 Mrs. M. B. .PuUar : |§ - .471 1 Mrs. E. A. Gorinaki ..„ 36- 626 . Trig Poultry Farm 32 592 ■ *Mrs. 0. Atkinson 26. 450. j; Nanoarrow, junr. 36 517 W. H. West 33 588 ,T. Llggins : .". 32 576 F. W Wilson ...;. 33 7 A. E. Wilson 27 3 6 Dolmuir l>. Yard.1 31 346 11. W. Beck .:. • 33 600 It. W. Hftwko g 561 Omoo Poultry Farm ....,...: 25 408 ■1L P. Blackinan :...: 39 681" - IE. .Williams 33 533 < Heretaunno, P. Co., No. 2 29 432 8. I/. Beer 32 641 , A. E. Powley 36 623 Mrs. J. Mills: 3 ..449 , Mrs. W. Koach 34 449 Bangluru Egg'Ranch ......'28 353 I'Smart Bros/ .....'. 24 497. Traooy. King ;. : 27 •■ 647 M. A. 'Ourrin .31 509 ■ ■ Ohns. H. Izard 34 507. Green Bros., No. 1 27 672 W. Davey 30 439 , L. T. Wright .'. 27 ..431 *W. Stephenson 23 ' 470 0. Thomson 32 554 'S. Dick :». 32 . 388 , A. W. Adams :.....,... 31 427 ■.J. .Robertson .:..... : 32 369 J. L. Bonfell 27 367 W.-Haley ....: 33 -545 ■ ,1'. Mulder '.. 32 447 | ■■•D. Graham 32 522 Reliable Btud -P. Farm, : NO. ?■.........-.; • W 354 . W. A. Gsc and Sons, No. 133 470 Eeliable Stud P. Farm, ' • ■ ■_ i .■..'■ Ko.~l.'. • 26 606 •■' Waimea Poultry.Yards ... 33 400 ■ ■ HerotaungaEI-Oo., No. 1 33 '539 '.Green Bros.,.No.:2 ......'.... 30 563 . IMihcroas- ■ '-. ' ' ■ Miss Jessie James '.;..:...,... 32 • 414; , H. Williams .......:..........;..;;: 33 . .538.. ■■'■/:■.■ ;Totftle : '30,368 ■' ■iv.;. .—■:■- -*Denoteo flTd:blrds. .••■"-'.■• ■'■ :' ■ : HEAVY- • BEEEDS; ' ■■''.■■ . ■ ■■■;■■■■ •■■■■.• ■.. -■: Weekly Total to •..-.■ : . ■;. ■':' ■.' ' total, dat«. Blwli. Orpingtons- , " . .'.;.- . . ... .f.O..H.-Izard 24 441 ,. . . IV E.Oonw'ay, .No; 1 -.;..:.... 22 447 ■ ■- ,. :Norton -and;'Dove ■:...,..;.......37 '39/ ' J. Nanoarrow,. senr; .26 :403 .;, .,.W. Bloomfleld ■ :..:...:......■.... 32 397.. ■■ T. E. Cpnway'..;.....; ,35 49a . White. Plymouth' -Uockii- • . _ .., .' j ..•■■• W. Knieht ■....;.'. •■»•. 35 ■ 353 . Rhode Island'Reds- ' . ■Norton and Dovd ....30 291 ■. ' : E. E. llarsdcn 33: 321 ;Saver. Wyaiidottcs-' .. ■' ■„ , ■_• ' W.W.Hewinson ................ 28 320 •. 1 '• Tj . WilBon .....■.....••" . 453 . T. Dowthwaite ...'. .■ 32 323 , . T. E:Conway■..'.'. :....:...... 23' -86 A. W. Adams -36 271 T. Kennedy .V« ;..•.;..;.,.... 28 . . 229, .. '■.■■-•.Mrs. F..Howpll :.......:....:.... -33 ■ 332- . ; V . Totals' '...... ::i:.:.....:i 487 5570 ■ '" ' DUCK CONTEST, ■ ' v ■'.■'..■■■'■■ , . Weekly Total to ■ '. ■• '■ . '■.'.. ,total, date. ; Indian Runners— ■'■■ J i.'., ' ■ r ./ T. Dowthwaite .-. ,42- ,576' ' h. A. Woodham; .: -...\41v 664-.. Sirs: W. Ay Oee•.....:......•...... p. 553 , W; T. Green ....: 39 ■• 624 . R. JI. Copland 27 686 . Heretaunga P. Co. .'. 38 646 'W. T. Green 41 666 * Totals 260 4415 , ■ ■ eiNOLE BIRD COMPETITION. Heavy Breeds. Weekly Total to total, date. S11T6I WyandotMBE. J. Ross 6 f T. Wilson 4 S2 Ehodo Island Eedi- ' T. E.' CoUiray ...' o 205 Norton and Dove 3 46 Barred Plymouth RocknA. E. Wilson 7 83 Totals 25. 3S1 Liffht' Breedi! ffhito Leghorns-- ■'■ Green Bros., Iso. 1 6 125 Greon Broe., No. 2 6 108 E. \Y. Hawke 6 51 11. Meadows 6 109 Tracey King 6 • 116 .- 8. L. Beer ...;.. *> ■ . 132 E. E. Marsdon 6 17 _ T. Wilkinson 6 . 119 Mrs. J. Mills, No. 1 5 ' 60 S. Dick 5 90 Atkinson Bro'i., No. 1 5 , 80 J. Stevens * J 2 Mrs. J. Mills, No. 2 .; 6- 91 Master Ern Gee 7 10 Eeiiablc S.I'. Farm fi 117 H. W. BecK : 5 47 •W. A. Gee and Sons 5 113 ■ Atkinson Bros., No. 2 5 99 II. , Williams .__5 _76 Totals '.. 109 1740 '■