POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 193, 10 May 1919, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Chanticleer,")

Mr. J. XI. Shaw, secretary to the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's, fourteenth competition, which terminated last month, roporta that it was unquestionably tho most successful of all the tests held by It-lie club. Ho says: Ninety-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-one curb were laid by - tho 492. fowlß, aEainst 69,627 yielded by tho 515 birds on tho ground last year, l'lie 62 lictht breed teams. save tho very lino averitee of 207.4 obcb vol' bird, and tho 19 Itelit breed single's averaged 227 .per bird. ' Thirty-live per cent, of the ' light breed teams yielded over. 1550 eggs, thus entitline them to the club's standard eertilieato provided all conditions have been fulfilled. Mr. Eec'K (Ohristelnirch) was to bo congratulated on tho sterling performance of his White Leghorn team-1560 eggs, which -tyub tho second best on record by the club.' Mrs. Gorinslti (luvercargill) was also, to bo congratulated on the iino performance of her birds, 1M8; as aIBO is Mr, liiggins, who captured third prize with 1422 eggs, and also the Leghorn challenge shield and the ntudholme diploma and gold medal. The heavy breed tost waß disappointing. Many of tne teams'were flsnt fonvnrd in fl- onckiviiiu condition, and,- in tlio writer's. opinion, confining thorn to their seratching-houac during tho winter months was not a good method to adopt to secure a heavy egg yield. Heavy breeds must bo kept busy, and given an abundance of various green foods, if ■■tho best .results aro to l>u obtained. The ducks gavo an excellent average—l 324 eggs per team (six ducks), w. 1' Green gained, first honours with a young 1 team, "wliicli laid Mo7effGß, and 'also third- place with an eight-month-oW npn yielding 1336 eggs; L. A. Wadhara gaining socond prize with i 376 egge. Ilia atter were, greatly handicapped by only having five birds in tho team during the greater period of the competition. The Heretaiinga team was likewise handicapped, and finished in fourth place with 1332 ■ Subject .to official revision of the figures, competition, six pullets: H, W. Beck, 1550 eggs, 1: Mrs. u A. Gorinski, 1518 eggs, 2: J. liißEius, 1422 ■ CE Heavy Breeds—Team competition, six pullets: T.'E. Conway (Kirwce), I. . • Light Breeds.— Single pen c o , m^ llio ,n ■ Tracey. King, 285 eggs, 1; W. Ai Gee, 06 ef Seavy lre D ed ß^gfe e birdi contest: E. Teams: TV. I. Green, 407 et Sght Breeds. Team Winter Testg-S. U Beer, 1: Tracey King, 2: A. u. Powiej, s! Hea^y iK i l i'Mds' Winter Tcst.-T. E. Con-) W Duck Winter Test.-U. M. Copland, 1: L HeaTy a ßre?d Single Bird Winter Con- • tfeht EKti" Teams Autumn Beck, 1; Mrs. Gorinski, and 0. it. -iza-ru Teams Autumn Test—Wil'°Leghorn Kn Chalicnge Shield— Joseph I/igKl ßtudholme Ch Diploma and . Gold Medal."Ihe foUoiving are entitled to ® lu . b s , ce^ abT'bird? eggs or ?vef- Messrs. Beck, .Liggins, Powley,. West Oxford Farm, Green Bros. No. 1, nnclts- Messrs. W. T. Green (2)i L. A. Wadham, and Heretanuga Poultry Company. •2^is6toj»f»isgsin upholding the argument that poultry nroDOsition," meaning, I fancj, that it * "lazv man's" proposition. He ' savs •' "Egg-farming 'lieedß constant a'tenfon knowledge,. and a deal o applicauS." Work that begins at 7 not finiqh 'at this time of year till nearly' 11 ' i -nifflitr thouffh it entails litle real Said workcaunot by any manner of means he termed easy, more especially ;vhen one realfses that there' is a seven-day week. Of course, the hours vary; °" ce J'^ e „ n re ..„ ing of little chicks is over the hours are shortened, as they need to be, but there ne vcr much hope for a 4(-n.oui wlliv, at this time of the year it is more like •^s^show-time' is approaching should be already preparing then .ex hibits, and if they havo'the slightest ne; airp to excel in breeding should not for a moment entertain any idea. o£ inc The best lessons to be learned in the ■ 12 months of the year are to be leained^at sruss'tiiVißiWo-; Sar'e it with the winners. . It is only at the show that you can do this undei favourable conditions—viz., and remember that many-indecd, the best ™rtV-arß amongst the losers. It is not ?E2 winners who keep the ■ shows going, and thus make these excellent means of m possible, but it is "sports who bv their entries and. entiy- nionty make it possible to pay prize money and e Au U amateur exhibiting for the first tirno or after one or two: yearß non-success Qhmild- call in an expert to advise which birdß to show.- I have known ca6es in which this has been done, w'lth the iesuit that high'honours were attained, ana this not bo much bccaiiße tho-expert picked merely the best bird, but becauso ho knew tho predilections of the judge. Birdß should' always be.ueilned lor two ' or'three weeks prior to the show. As a rule, penning improves tile bird m Pjnni age and carriage, but the important'thing in penning is that the bird is taught to behave before the judge. A bird which » shown direct from the pen may by •in™]'' ing about, or when beiug handled bl the iudge ruffle his temper to such J, dt gree that ho will forget that he lias still a first prize at his disposal. Peed the penned birds'three times daily: . give linseed if the plumage requires > gee tho-water'-vessel'is always plied with clean «ter, and hung about 3m, or 4m. ■from tho floor. This is necessary 111 pidei ■that tho litter, of; which thero should be plenty'on tho floor, iB not scratched into . ?t A few drops of Douglas mixture of •Parrish's chemical food in the water will ac"as a tonic, and consequently bring out the redness; of comb, wattles, and tho penned.-birds, daily, and accustom them to bemc moved i about • by hoth hand and stick. A bird which is shy at how-timo will spoil most of its chances of winning a prize by darting about or shrinking into a corner.

EGG-LAYING

UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITIONS. ■ The New Zealand Utility Poultry Olub's fifteenth egg-laying competition opened on April 8, and will continue till MaTch 31, 1920. The following are the fourth •■week's results ' SINGLE BIRD CONTEST. LIGHT BREEDS. (For purebred pullets between the ages ot 54 and 8 months.) ( Total: Weekly to total, date. White- Leghorns-. • W. A. Gees and Son 0 .3 Green Bros. (No. 1) 4 , 18 E. E. Marsden 6 .J. B. Merrett 5 ■ 20 T. Fazackerley o -v g} Beck and Oakley (No. *1) 6 21 W. Newell • I I ■ ■ Geo. Gee .... J £ \v. O. Sail 0 » Calder Bros. (No. 2). 6 20 ' Heck and Oakley (No. 2) 4 19 Gredn Bros. (No. 2) 6 , 19 • H. Williams (No. 1) 5 21 MiBB Jessie Jameß 6 M Waitoitoi Stud Farm 4 13 Oalder Bros. (No. *3) 5 19 11. llmiter J ' <S' Calder Bros (No. 1) 6 .19 S. h: Beer J « - J. Liggins ° G. IT. Bradford 6 • » Mrs. ■E. D. Hunter . 4 16 Black Minorcas- ■ Mrs. Roach 2 ». H. WilLiams 0 » Totalß ! '.»! 97 381 TWO YEARS' TEST. ..Tracey King J- j*9l W. A. flee and Son •# • f" E. E. Marsden 0_ Totals " lIEAYY ■ BREEDS. (Foi* purebred pullets between the agCB of 6 and 9 piouths. Total Weekly to total, date. American Barred HockGreen Broß » iu Black Orpington- : J. M'Donald < u , Rliodc Island Red— .« H. Hunter " 1 . Totals 12 43 EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE PEN CONTEST. (For purebred light and heavy breeds, to be housed continuously.) Total . Weekly to total, date. 0. Renn (Black Orpington) 6 19 H. Meadows and II Rose (White Rock) 6 22 0. If. null (Rhode Island Red) 0 0 Beck and Oakley (Silver ' 'Wyandotte) 8 1 Progress P. Farm (Amencan Barred Rock) 0 0

E. R. Vercoe (White Orpington) 0 0 Totals 12 12 White Leghorns- , I*. J, Richards 6 22 Cnlder Bros. (No. 1) 5 10 Geo. Gfe 1 10 Mrs. H. Dick 6 21 ■ S. Dick 6 17 ■ Calder Bros. (No.. 2) 3 G E. llarsden 7 24 Heck' and Oakley (No. 1) 2 15 ' Waitoitoi Stud Farm 5 8 Tracey King 5 8 : T. Fazackerley 6 18 J. Liggins 5 18 W. E. Gee and Son 5 15 4'. Wilkinson 7 24 AtkiiißOu Bros 0 0 T. E. Conway 7 21 Green liroß. (No. 1) 5 19 Calder Bros. (No. 3) 5 17 Green liros (No. 2) 5 18 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 4 5 Progress Poultry Farm ... 5 18 J. J. Rowbcrry. 0 1 Progress Poultry Farm ... 5 16 • Webb Bros. i 18 Totals 110 349 LIGHT BREEDS CONTEST. (For 6 purebred pullets between tho ' aged of &S and 8 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Black Minorcaa— H. Williams 18 41 • White Loghorns— Green Bros. (No. 2) 11 22 S. L. liter 14 -44 •Tracey King 21 58 Beck and Oakley 26 89 It. F. Blackman 5 21 B. Campbell 15 36 J. Liggins .'•••• 32 109 N. Stark.and Son 16 64, 0. J. Norton 13 16' G. H. Bradford 6 23 H. Ball '19 70 Herotaungfl, Poultry Farm 26 68 J. S. Stevens" 14 44 G. Bonnett 8 8 E. G. Terry .-. 25 83 F. L. Ozanno 15 33 0. H. Izard 21 57 J. T. M'Harg- 21 ■ 62 W. J. Chambers 25 85 E. E. ■ JlarEdeu 27 82 0. Renn 26 90 Mrs. E. D. Hunter 24 . 87 A. .Olegg ••••■ 28 88 J. Nancarrow, sen 5 44 R. W. Hawke 21 £6 Dalmuir Poultry Yards... 31 90 Oalder Bros 23 60 Green Bros. (No. 1) 23 63 . W. J. Richards 14 15 .L. Couch : . —. 26 89 Master A. Helcy :. 10 28 W. A. Geo -and Son 15 49 D. F. M'Dougall 21 28 ■fßock 'end Oakley 15 68 L/T. Wright- 0 0 P. Freeman — 13 31 Mrs. Goriuski 30 90 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 25 56 W. Davey 17 28 - B. E. Tomkies 10 18 Oxford Poultry Farm 26 73 H.' W. Coombes 30 IC6 Terrall Bros; 16 45 : llangluru Egg Ranch 0 2 G. Geo 24 44 Inder and Phillips 19 73 A. H. Skilton 8 29 J. Robertson - 20 64 A. M. Lovo 15 43 D. Graham : 23 63 0. Thomson 30 109 J. Webb : 10- 25 T. Richards 7 22 Brown Leghorns— H. Hunter 1 1 ♦Vcrrall Bros 4 12 Totals • 988 • 2894 *One bird dead. ■ ITwo birds dead. TWO YEARS' TEST. White Loghorns- • H. W. Beck 7 Mrs. Gorinski •2' 1562 J. Ligginß 2 1450 Block Minorcas'H. Williams 12 1414 Totals' 23 6065 HEAVY BREEDS CONTEST. (For six purebred pullets between the ages of 6 and 9 months.) Total. • Weekly to total, date. Silvor WyandottesT. Kennedy 0 0 . A. W. Adams 0'• 0 T., Dowthwaito 22 White Rocks— . . L. D. Adams 0 0 .American Barred Rocks— P, Allingham 0 0 Black Orpingtons— 0. n. Izard (No. 2) 15 43 ■ • T. E. Oonway (No. 2) 19 57 W. Bloinfleld 10 13 ' 0. -J. Norton 10 25 C. H. Izard (No. 1) 14 23 J. Nancarrow, sen 6 23 Rhode Island Reds— T. E. Knyvctt 0 0 Totals 81 .206 . DUCK CONTEST. Total Weekly to total, dato. Indian Runners- ] R, M. Copland 19 50 G. Bonnett 34 '115 .■ T. Dowthwaito 30 67 ' W, T. Green (No. 1) 12 32 Mrs. C. H. M'Dougall 0 1 *J. Donald 33 91 , Heretaunga Poultry Farm 1 1 W. T. Green (No. 2) 19 64 Mrs. E, D. Hunter 0 '■ 0 Totals 148 411 *One bird dead. TWO YEARS' CONTEST. W. T. Green (Indian Run- _ ners) 34 , 1456 SINGLE DUCK CONTEST. (For purebred ducks, over 5 and under 9 months.) Indian Riumerß— . ' H. Meadows 7 21 W. T. Green 6 16 L. Wadliam 0, 0 T. Meadows 6 23 B J. Donald 0 0 Totals 19 60