POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 127, 22 February 1919, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES

Notes for tho Novice. To stop fowls from flying out of tho yunl vuu may pull a few ui?ht feathers (the bis; ones at the tip of the wing), nud bo muiii'. the birds lopsided. Anotuer way is to have no top rail anywhere. I'luiu ui'tung stretched between posts makes the bcßt fence for fowls. If there is a top rail they can't sen the top and they give up Hit) flyiiiK business after blundering Into the netting a few times, In the rnisiiiff of chickens they will como on bcttjr if given a run in a good biff yard. if you must shut tJiem up keep them busy with plenty of scratching litter. .it is estimated that a hen of average size drops about 751b. of manure in 12 nionthß. The manure is rich in nitrogen, and cipcrimeuts have demonstrated that five hens will give aB much of this chemical as \v;il be found in a ton of ordinary stable manure. In tho vegetable garden fowl manure Is of high value, especially with the strong feeding plants, such as cauliflower, cabbage, beet, kale, etc. It should be spread out oil tho ground, for exposure to tho action of tho weather, and after it has become aerated and broken up should be forked into the toil. If you want eggs only you should go in for a good strain of Leghorns, which is tho breed of which the cultivated specimens have put up the best egg-laying reoords. If you want a good - all-round all-pur-pose breed you should obtain cultivated specimens of either Wyandottes, Plymouth Hocks. Orpingtons, Langshans. or Khodo Island Beds. In purchasing pollard don't forget that It, is the white floury stuff which gives the best results, both in. egg and meat production. The yellow stuff that looks like flne sawdust will not give nearly such good, results. The white floury pollard is not eaßy to procure nowadays, as tho modern process extracts more of the white contents. The cousiry mills which have not installed the modern machinery are still turning out the old or original white pollard, so that although difficult it is not impossible to procure. You can't make something out of nothing. and neither can fowls, which, if they are not supplied with. the proper food, will not. and cannot thrive. In tho feeding of fowls, young or old, good pollard is a most, important item. It is the bsiikbone o£ tho mash for eggs, and mash makes quicker growth so far as tho production of table birds is concerned. You say you don't , know good pollard: when you see it. Well, try it this way, stick your hand in the bag. and if, when you pull it out, it is covered with floury particles, the pollard is good stuff. If your hand, is dusty looking and has no floury stuS sticking to it, the pollard is inferior in feeding' value. Thiß is a good tip: get. on to it. If 'your fowls are weakening in general s>« proved .by poor fertility and weakly chickens, you can't do better than to obtain a male bird from a, good country breeder whose fowls have a biir tun.

EGG-LAYING NEW ZEALAND UTILITY POULTRY CLUB. The fourteenth egg-laying competition organised by tho New Zealand "Utility Poultry Olub commeneed at Papanui on April 6, and will • continue until March 31, 1919. The fißures lor the forty-fifth ivcek to February 18 are:— LIGHT BREEDS. For six purebred pullct,s between the ntfo .of five and a half and eisht months. TV aoKiy Total total, to date. Brown' LeEhorns— Yerrall Bros. 15 , IM7 *H. Hunter 18 879' 'Mrs. T. Moreton 6 940 White Leshorns— *W. Newall 27 1082 ' C. J. Hadley 20 873 R. Coombes ; 23 1221 .'Calder Bros., No. 2 24 ' 1265 N. Stark !W 1106 B. W. Jones ...; 23 1231 Atkinson Bros. 17 1242 Calderßros 51 1361 •J. Nanearrow. sen 24 1171 J.. Stevcnß '■ 28 1144 Oxford Poultry Farm 18 1276 H. Ball ; : '. 30 1122 IV. A. Gee and Sons No. 2 29 1124 A. E. Phillips 25 1084 Mrs. M. B. Pullar 28 1118 Mrs. E. A. Gorinslti 32 1359 Triff Poultry Farm 22 1240, •Mrs. 0. Atkinson 25 992 J. Nanearrow, jun 27 1164 W. H. West 23 1283 J. LiKCins 2o 1282 F. W. Wilson 24 1112 A. E. Wilson 24 994 Dalrouir P. Yards 22 1098 H. W. Beck 32 1381 R. W. Hawke 21 .1254 Omeo Poultry Farm 23 981 ■ •M. F. Blackmail 20 1242 jr. Wiljiiuns 19 1202 Heretaunea P. 0., No. 2 ... 23 10E6 S. L. Beer 17 ' 1249 A. E. Rowley 28 1&59 Mrs. ,T. Mills 28 1157 tMr,B. W. lfoach 19 971 'Kimgiunt Ekb Ranch ... 25 1085 'Smart Btoß 17 972 Traccy Kine 22 1270 ■ M-. A. Ourrin 24 1137 Chas. H. Izard 29 1244 Green . Bros.. No. 1 23 1250 . W. Davey . 26 1141 It V. Wright. ; 14 979 'W. Stephenson 14 697 i C. Thomson • 29 1315 S. Dick .... 25 1C63 ■ I A. W. Adams 19 1149 .Tas. Robertson 22 1103 .T. L. lien fill 24 942 'W. Haley , , 26 1 260 P. Mulder "5 1150 ' *D. Gra'jam 18 116G ■ Reliable Stud Poultry Farm. No. 2 8 687 W. A. Gen and Sons. j No. 1 23 1158 I Reliable Stud Poultry I | Farm. No. 1 14 11C5 i Waimpt P. Yards 33 1112 1 Hei'elniwa. P. 0., No. 1 ... 25 12:^ Green .Bros., No. 2 24 1340 Minorca's— Miss Jessie James 1?, 891 11. Willmma ( ZS 12.35 I Totals 1412 67.652 *One bird dead. tTwo birds dead. ' ifI'AVV URBKDS. For Bix Pi\'ebred pullets between the ase of six- and nine niontliß. 5 Weekly Total 6 ' lota), to date. Black Orpinzlona•Clias. 11. Izard 16 874 S T. E . Conway. No. 1 6 740 Norton, apd Wove ' 21 987 J. Nanearrow. sen 17 775 W. Bloomiield 16 989 T. E. Conway 21 1C57 I White Plymouth Hocks— I W. Krjffht ...... 27 »J 3 Rhode Island Beds- 1 \ 'Norton and Hove 22 668 J . K. E. Marßden 23 BS7 | Silver WyamlotU's--9 W. W. Hewinson 21 792 5 Tliob. Wilson ...' 23 ■ 954 . Thos. Dowthwaite 25 950 tT. K. Somvay 18 476 A. W. Adams 29 845 Thos. Kennedy 26 775 *Jfrs. F. Howell 21 868 Totals ; 332 13,633 BUCK CONTEST'. For six purebred ducks, over five and • under nine nionUiß. !i Weekly Ti;tat ; total, to auto. Indian Runners—

Thos. Jlowthwaite 33 1170 •L. A. \Vadham 18 1273 Mrs. W A. Gee 15 1163 W. I'. Green 14 1319 R. M. Copland' 14 12J6 •HerctauiiEa I'. Co 11 1261 W. T. Green 14 1293 Totals 119 8715 SINGLE BIRDS CONTEST. Heavy Bro:d>. For six uvebreu millets between the age of six and nino months. Weekly Total total, to date. Sliver 'WyandottesE. J. Ross 5 184 Thoe. Wilson 5 200 Rhode Island Redß— T. E. Oonway 0 163 Norton and Dove 0 124 Barred Plymouth RocksA. E. Wilson 0 169 Totals 10 840 SINGLE BIRDS CONTEST. Lii'ht Breeds, For purebred pullete between the age of five and a half and eight months. ri'ci'kly Total total, tu date. 'White LesrhornsGreen Bros., No. 1 0 237 Green Bros., No. 2 5 227 R. W. Hawke 5 "J, 11. Meadows 5 237 Trnccy King 5 2.i4 S. k Beer 4 HJ li E. Marsdcii 6 '56 Tlios. Wilkinson 6 274 Mrs. J. Mills, No. 1 5 ISO 3. Dick 5 220 Atkinson Bros., No. 1 6 215 J. Stevens 6 181 Mrs. ,T. Mills, No. 2 4 210 'Master Erji Gee 0 186 Reliable Stud T.F 0 189 H. W. Beck -0 117 W. A. Gee and Sons 5 232 Atkinson Bros., Ko. 2 ... 6 230 H. Williams 6 190 Totalß .7*78 3949'