POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 275, 16 August 1919, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Chanticleer.") Advico on Feeding. If tho advice given in these columns in rcspcct lo tlio treatment ot the Uiras intended lor breeders is followed, tlio reader will lind that it will to lux- better for liiui to breed from the very heaviest layera in his llock, 011 Uie principle that lilio tends to begqt like. If the birds are lieinn fed unuer the moist, mash system, tlio mash should be, considerably reduced in Quantity, but at the same time it, should be sligntly more concentrated by the audition of aniiuai food, 'l'ho Uoor of tho houses should be covered to a depth of six inches or more with some s:ood scratching. litter (straw preferred), and the deficiency in tho quantity of mash should bo made up by putting an extra quantity of grain in tho litter and thus compelling the bir'dß to exercise all day, keeping tnoni in good condition, i.e., not fat, but not too tnin (911 tho spare side). If the breeder is 1 away from nonie during tho day and has no one to give tho stuck regular feeds of grain, he does not need to be afraid to put the whole of the grain in the litter atone time. There .is not tho slightest fear of the birds overeating. A bird will overeat when tho grain is 011 the bare ground, but -when she Sas to work for every grain she will not cat more thau is necessary to satisfy her appetite. If peas are obtainable at anything like reasonable. prices, they ought to bo added to the rations, either ground with the mash or (if Buiall enough) whole with tho grain, in the proportion witji one-twelfth part of the eutiro day s ration; Plenty, of. Green Food. IF. tho breeding birds aTO in~fconfinement a plentiful supply of green food should be supplied, although splendid results may be obtained from lucerne dust or chafi, if of good quality. Some poultrymen seem cto think 1 that green lucerne is infinitely superior to the samo lucerne when dried, but thero js uo ground for such a statement, as with the exception of drying out ■the moisture the chemical changes J ll the dried lucerne aro so very slight that they are almost a negligible quantity. It can only bo expected ..that many of the statements made in these articles will bo contradicted by those whoso cherished notions they upset. But at any time when'they are able to come in with sound, dear-reasoning and Bhow that-1 am wrong, it will be a good thing,- beoaußS both I and my readers will learn that which will bo of importance to ua, and we will therefore bo the richer for it. Until this is done, however, I would advise you to go on and do that which yon can without • paying attention to ! those who simply ask you to belicvo "what they say, because it is they do and hence think it is right-. EGG-LAYING UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITION. Tho Now Zealand Utility Poultry Olub'i fifteenth egg-laying competition opened on April 8, and will continue till March 31, 1920. Tho following aro eighteenth week's resultß:— LIGHT BKKEDS: . Single -Birds Contest. (For purebred pullets between tho ages of- 51 and S months.) , . Total Weekly to total, date. White Leghorns—' W. A. Gee and Son 4 52 ■Green Bros. (No. 1) - 6 89 D. E. Marsden & ■ 94 J. B. Mcrrett ; 6 94 T.'Fazackerly 67 Beck and Oakley (No. 1) ... 5 95 W. Newell 5 77 Georce Gee ° W. 0. Sail 0 61 Calder'Bros: (No. 2) 5 91 . Keck and Oakley (No. 2) .... 3 .- 8B Green Uros. (No. .2) 5 ■ 92 11. Williams (No. 1) S '0 Hiss Jessie James .5. 93 Waitoltoi Stud Farm .. v 6 ' . 87 . Calder Bros. (No. 3) 5 jjjj If. Hunter ® '® • Oaider Bros. (No, 1) 4 86 S. li. Boer - 6 Mjj J. Liggins } -.- (>. H. Bradford D 'JMrs. K. I). Hunter 1 84 Black MinorcaaJtrs. Eoach 0 j® H. .Williams ■••• i « Totals 58 1852 TWO VEAUS' TEST. Whito LcghornaTracey King 4 341 W. A. Gee and Son 1 ft B. E. Marsden B - 111 ' Totals < 5 619 HEAVY BKEED3. Single Birds Contest. (For purebred pullets between the ages of 6 and 9 months.) ; Total Weekly to total, dato. American Barred Hock— , • Green Bros 4 m Black Ornington- ' ,T. M'Donald " lie Rhode Island Ked- ' . *11. Hunter « Totals H EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE PEN: . ■ . CONTEST. (For purebred fowls: Light,-;reeds between the'age of 51 and .8 months: heavy breeds between tho ago cf 6 and months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Black Orpington— 0. Renn 2 53 Whito .Bock— 11. Meadows and H. Bose ... 5 56 Rhode Island Red— 0. H. Bull 0 0 Silver Wyandotte— ; Beck and Oakley 0 11 American Barred Rock— . Progress.Poultry Farm'. 4 ' 7 White. Orpington— E. R. Vercoe 5 ~ 42 'White LeghorneT. J. Richards 5 81 Oaider Bros. (No.\l) ...'. 5 54 George (*pc 3 2o Mrs. ii. Dick 4 72 S, Dicl 5 84 • (Jalder Bros. (No.- 2) 0 53 li. -JLarsacu 6 10a . Beck and Oakley (No. 1) .... 4 60 ' Waitoitoi Stud Farm 7 65 'L'racey Kiug 0 31 T. Fazackerly 1 53 J. Liggins 6 97 \\\ a. Ciee and Son 4 o4 T. Wilkinson 6 .75 Atkinson Bros 0 39 T. E. Conway ...... 0 =8 Green Bros. (No. 1) 5 87 Calder Bros. (No. 3) 1 48 Green Bros. (No. 2). 6 88 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 4 75 . ■ Progress .Poultry Farm 5 71 .1. J. Rowbcrry 0 1 Progress Poultry Farm 0 47 Webb Bros " ™ : Totals 93 LIGHT BREEDS CONTEST. (For 6 purebred pulietfi between the ■ ages of 54 antl 8 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Black Mlnorcas— 11. AVilliaius 33 452 White LeKhorns- • Green Bros. (No. 2) 33 428 S. L. llcer ... 29 460 Traccy King . 459 Beck and Oakley 29 'u'l M. F. Blackmail 24 254 B. Campbell 23 193 J. Liggins .... 25 516 N. Stark and Soil 343 C. J. Norton . 24 309 (j. It. Bradford 30 367 H. Ball •' » 329 licretaunga- Poultry Farm 28 411 J. S. Stevens 16 345 G. Bonnctt 28 324 E. G. Terry 28 slb F. L. Ozaiino 19 315 C. 11. I'/.ard 30, ' 439 ,T. T. M'Harg 28 382 W. J. Ohambei'B 26 373 E. li. Marsden : 35 559 O. Rcnu 22 407 Mr?. E. 1). Hunter % 410 A. Clegg : 28 419 J. Nancarrov/, Benr 3U 320 ft. W. llawke 23 379 Dalinuir Poultry Yards ... 15 420 Calder Bros 23 380 Green Erus. (No. 1) 2d 1 W. J. Richards 24 334 L. Couch ... 31 446 Master A. Haley 30 407 W. A. Geo. and 'Son ........ 25 3.0 D. F. M'Dougall 33 449 tßcck and Oakley 21 316 h. 'I'. Wrighl 28 3i4 P. Fryman 24 330 Mrs. Gorinski 28 470 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 25 393 W. Davey ... 27 M 11. E. Tom'ii. 22 321 , Oxford Poultry Farm 30 'i 65 li. W. Oooraljes 33 406 ' Vnrrall llro3 24 195 HaitKiuni ICgtr Hunch 31 365 O. Gee 29 432 . Imler and Pliillipa 29 464 A. 11. Skilton 28 338 .1. Robertson 31 435 A. M. Love 26 -383 I). Graham 34 428 [). Thomson 31 613 J. Webb 23 19P,

T. liicliimls 32 397 ■ llrown Leghorns— +K. Hunter 8 161 *Verrall Bros 9 12V Totals 1479 ~2U07 Two Years' Tost. White Leghorns— ir. W. Beck 27 1828 Mrs. Gorinski 24 1765 J.-Liggins 1' 1552 Black MmorcasJl Williams 19 1599 Totals "7 '744 HEAVY BREEDS CONTEST. .for six purebred millets between tho aces of 6 and 9 months.) Tntal Weekly to total, dato. Silver Wyandotteß— ( T. Kennedy •26 67 A. W. .Adams 29 203 T. Uowtlnvaite 3® 330 White Rocks— L. D. Adams 23 238 American Barred RoclyiD. Aliingham 19 40 Black iOruiuetonaC. 11. Izard (No. 2) 21 289 T. E. Conway 36 454 W. Blomlield 1/ 316 0. J. Norton 30 287 O. H. Izard (No. 1) 22 298 J, Nancarrow, senr 31 329 Rhode Island RedsP. E. Knyvett 15 ' 167 Totals 305 3038 V ' DHCIC. CONTEST. - •. . . Total Weekly to total, dato. Indiaii Runners.K. M. Copland 3B 414 G. Bonnett 23 436 *T. Dowtliwuite «> ™ Mrs. C. H. Jl'Hougall 42 188 *J. Donald 27 512 W. T. Oreen (No. 1) 39 552 Hcrctaunga Poultry Farm 39 298 W. T. Green (No. 2) 32 461 lira. E. D. Hunter 3£> . Totals 358 MlB . I'WO YEARS OTCK CONTEST. Indian Runners— *W. T. Grccu 19 1500 SINGLE DUOK CONTEST. (For purebred ducks, over 5 and under 9 months.) Total Weekly. to total, date. ludian Runners— B. Moadow3 ' jj '7 W. t.. Green 7 1" L. Wottham » gj T. Meadows 5 « J. Jjonald 4 Totals .<•• 21 429 *Ono bird dead fl'wo birds dead.