POULTRY KEEPING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 220, 11 June 1919, Page 10

POULTRY KEEPING

:■;■■■ FOB BUTTONED SOLDIERS. The question of poultry keeping for • returned soldiers was mentioned yesterI to to Mr.-F. C. Brown, Chief Poultry f Instructor, who, .white unable to give '■ any information respeetiug. the proposals ' liow before the Government,- said that ' the whole question' was being fully considered. ' He was in deep sympathy with the idea- of placing returned soldiers on small allotments for the purpose of poul- '• try-keeping, and espeoially as an adjunct ; to small industries of the soil, but before "steps- in-'this direction could be taken facilities must be available to give the men.a course of training. He mentioned tnat it was too'late to do anything i praotical for the forthcoming breeding ' Reason, which extends from about Au- '. "Bust to the end of October. It is hoped : 'that in the near future some definite .-'policy covering a universal scheme will .•be-'introduced. ._ \. ', r'Somo time ago Mr. Brown mentioned that poultry-keeping for the crippled "arid permanently disabled returned soldier was a most suitable .••occupation. "There was.'he said, an opportunity for doing somothing practical,. and he etui regards poultry and egg-raising on small hoidinßS as- ideal for the class of men referred to. • Training was essential, and for this'purposo he favoured the establishment .of a training farm where these . men could obtain a thorough knowledge of the essentials. Upon completion ot their training, they could bo placed on suitable areas where they could engage in l ? poultry-raising independent of anything else. • Such an occupation would enable these men to augment their pen-', sion, and in addition would provide them ••-with congenial outdoor work which would ro a long way towards • making them healthy, happy, and contented.