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POULTRY NOTES

■ oTUB POULTRY CONFERENCE] (By "OlinnUcleer.") We lmvo to acknowledge receipt from IJio secretary of the New Zealand Poultry Association of ft copy of the programme of tlii! ninth annual conference, which will be Hold at Christdiurch on March 12 and 13. Delegates will he present from all parlß of the Dominion. The number of societies fllllliated totals nbout 60, with an aggregate membership of nearly IO.OCO. The programme of the conference includes, an address by Mr. .11. M. Uoddirtgton. Mnstertnn, on "Commercial Unity of the Poultry Industry," and Mr. (J. Finn. Wei-, linglon, will give an address on the "Coiiitiionwealth l of Man." Delegates aro to bo treated to ft real sood time socially. The Now. Zealand 'Utility Poultry Club will entertain the/. at a flold day on the egg-laying competition, grounds and to a dinner. The Canterbury Egg Circle will take the detonates for a. motor excursion to Mr. T. Fazackerley's, the Caßhmere Hills, and to various poultry, plants, while Mr. I;iggins will entertain the delegates to ,n garden party. Delegates to the conference will come from us far north as 'I'auranga and Invorcargili in the south. Over sixty/ societies will be represented. The returned soldiers interested in poultry-keeping have received an invitation to .the field day and garden party. The third day of the, conference will lie devoted to night-seeing.' The OaiUcrbury Hgg Cirelc will take Uio delegates to the Cashmere .Hill?. Ilrnckeuiield Poultry Farm, when Mr. Terrall will entertain t.lio visitors to refreshments. A visit will then he paid to Messrs. Green Bros.', and in the afternoon Mr. J. Liggins will give a garden parly. Returned Soldiers. The following is a sample letter that usually reaches the writer. It comes from Nightcaps. It reads:—"Two of us, both returned soldiers, are going in for poultry fanning. We can get a, place of live acrcß, all tittcd up ready to put iho lieiiß in. The chap who was on the place before went to the war and got killed. W© are going in for egg production only, and we want to cgt good-laying heuß, crossbreds, or any sort, We are not going to touch show stuff at present, anyway, so will you let me know what you can do to advißo us?" It is strange that so many beginners imagine there is, "little ill poultry-keep-ing," and especially that any clasß of fowls will In tliese days of dear feed the . best only should bo kept. Feeding culls takes the; profit from the egg producers. Many get somewhat mixed in thinking show birdß are necessary for poultry farming. Showing birds constitutes a hobby. Tho question of egg production does not concern the fancier, 110 iB content wii.li beauty. The poultry farmer mußt go in for utility. Standard char. actcrißtics are desirabio, but egg-produc-ing quality is the first consideration. It is plensing to note that about len names have been given in by the Canterbury Returned Soldiers' Association of men who' are interested in poultry settlement. At on early date, an application will be made to .the Repatriation Board for suitable! land'for this purpose. A committee of five reliable poultrymen should then be olco'ted to supervise the schomc, of whom the Government Poultry Expert should bo one. An instructor. flliould. bo appointed who has mado a succoss of poultry-keep-ing, and can put the settlement lii good going ordor. Poultry-keeping may not lead on to fortunes, but it will give a good honest living, open-air life, freedom from business cares, and make returned Boldiers independent, of others. In New South Walos two hundred returned soldiers have settled on poultry-keeping, and are doing well.

Public Institutions. It is surprising that many of our institutions do not take up poultry-keeping for the inmates. With two exceptions little is done; iu ;this '•iyay. .. A, correspondent writes to a, ChHstchurch paper:—"l often wonder why Dr: Blackmoro fcas not started i poultry-keeping for a hobby for the new patients. I am sure it would be the means of passing many hours away—the monotony of their life is the worst part of it." This is a good suggestion. Nothing could be more conducive to the restoration of health than tho opon-air exercise and diversion of thought occn.sioncd from poultry-keeping. On Diseases and Ailments. I have all along made a strong point in regard to the wisdom of killing diseased birds out of hand, and getting it over with. Many years of experience has convinced me' of the good business there is in' wiping out tile ailing birds so booh ns they show up. The experience of every year has made me still more certain that thore is only one . right way of dealing • with diseased birds, and that is by killing them and .burning: their .bodies; By diseases I mean constitutional affections, and pot ailments such as diarrhoea chicken pox, colds, and' so'forth. It is •sound-business.to treat-good birds that are only suffering •'•from minor'troubles, althdugj my, experience lias-been .that the best -performers : hardly ever • become siok or sorry, and when , they do that they usually die of.. their . own accord. Constitutional Diseases.' A constitutional disease is one that unsets tho entire system of the. bird and puts it right' out of. gear. Take Jumps (ca,nccrs and tumours), for in'stnnce. Their development is always accompanied by a loss of flesh. and. general weakness. To my mind it is only wasting .valuable time tp tinker about with birds that are so affected, because failure is practically certain to result, :and even in the remote event of a recovery. there is always iho danger that tho rescued bird will bo used as; a breeder, and pass on li constitutional weakness or a tendency to develop dlseaso:.to the''progeny, The same remark applies to other diseases such as-anaemia, cholera,: diphtheria, .dropsy, paralysis, roup, tuberculosis;, etc. : ■ .1. Once, a fowl mb becomo constitutionally "weakened, it .will' -suppos.iiii: it recovers—never be fit for breeding purposes. If you keep it on there is always the danger that it -will bo bred from. ; , . 2. 6iclt birds aro a big nuisance to hafe about the place, and they occupy the time that could bo devoted, with more financial advantage, to tho well birds.

3. In discascß, such as.diphtheria, roup, and consumption, there is always the chance that they may be communicated to the person who treats them. : 4. Many people have a preference for lightly-boiled eggs. . Does the cookiug effectually destroy the disease germs that may be iti the eggs,' that t-io laid by diseased fowls. I don't know myself whether there are any di6caßO germa there, but do know that I wouldn't risk It. There is quite enough risk of contracting disease, as it is, without looking for it in the shape of noxious germs that may lurk (lurk is a good word) in ihe cjrgs' that are laid by- diseased hens. The foregoing aro sound reasonß.-why-constitution-ally diseased birds should be-killed out of hand, and the man who wants to do anything or get anywhere in the poultry world"must do it. The keen man-really hasn't time to potter about with seriously indisposed"fowls.' .There-ia alwayß plenty for -,him' to <16 \ among the "well birds, arid,'knowing this, lie kills every badly bird ,as it turns up, and so saves, valuable time. 'The other reason for killing is, that he knows mat even should he effect a cure the bird will be no good to him for breeding, and of less use for egg laying than the hens that have never beon sick.'

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 12

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POULTRY NOTES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 12

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