POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4 October 1919, Page 14

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Chanticleer.") Fixing the Price of Eggs. The English papers state that the rrcsident of the llimi-try of Food ban again included eggsjn the iisation of food prices tor the coming, winter. If local producers could obtain the same prices there would lie a general rush for poultry-keeping. 'T.he prices are ss. 6d. per dozen lor newlaid eggH, and 3s. 6il. per dozen for prctervect eggs. The New South Wales poul-tijn-.en arc also very much alive in the iiA..Lijii of pricCß. A great orgaiiißCti nu fc-incnt is being Bet in motion to allow ]w eggs to go beiow 2s. per dozen. This price is to be maintained right, through the year. In the summer eggs are to be chilled and brought out to bupplcnient the winter supply. Prices in Adelaide for new-laids are 10d., Melbourne 11(1. to la., .Sydney Is. to Is. Id. per dozen. Producers are not eatiflficd with their prices, hence the move for fixation. As egg-s are li.Kely to come under the Board of Trade for fixation of ipriecs in New Zealand, it is Interesting to view similar movements in other countries- A number of buyers state local eggs at Is. 6d. arc too lugn, but considering the high cost of production the price, is none too high to liable poultrymeu to live. Answer to Correspondent.' "A.S." writes:—"Will you kindly advlßU me if it is necessary to turn egg* during incubation. I have a book of iusti'iictioiiß that state turning i« of little value.' Answer.—iour idea expressed about not turning tho eggs the last two or three ,days in an incubator is a most gross [fallacy, and 1 cannot possibly surmise in winch booklet of instructions from an incubator maker you have noticed such an error.. All eggs should decidedly be turned raeh- day, even more, being kept lor a -few days before being placed in an incubator or' under a hen. Nature must be i imitated as near as possible in all cases. Place o, hen on a sitting of eggs, marked with a pencil, and. examine an hour after being sat upon, and yon will not find an ens.vffl.ich. has not been displaced. Soldier Settlements. Uew South Wales is the most progressive State in the world to-day to help its icturned men in poultry-keeping. 'Die Government has voted nearly half a million of money for the purpose. Victoria tried to help soldiers individually, and now has appointed a commission to report on the bcßt method of helping returned men in ipoultry-keeping. The report has .just been completed, aud Eflys: "'ihp only busl-' noss-like way to help the soldiers is in the settlement scheme the same as JS'ew South Wales." "This is a great tribute to New South Wales. At llankstown 50. Grantham 16, Liverpool 18, Jtillvie-.v So, Weston 50, soldiers have been settled, and arc making excellent progress. Victoria is nil and New Zealand is nil. The Sew South Wales scheme is uniform inroughout all the settlements, and all ihe planning and oversight of the work devolves upon that brilliant young poultrynnui, Mr. (J. Hadlington, whom the Government has been fortunate enough to secure. Australian Exports. While''we look with miagivin? on the Australians sending their eggs ,to Ken Zealand, we minnot help but admire their progressivenefls in helping the poultry industry. By the Ventura which left for San Francisco aiew days ago Sydney, shippers sent 58.620 doien eggs in shell and 20 cases of pulp. It will be interesting to note how the cggn sell on the American market at a time when the supply on the Paeillc coa6t is down to a minimum. Particulars of this shipment will appear <ib Boon as they come to hand. . Motes. - The Auckland Kgg Producers' Society sent a cheque of .£4O to the secretary of tho JT.Z. Poultry Association recently in appreciation of the work done by the association. The executive of the N.Z.P.A. will meet shortly to discuss various matters relncatebS to their care during conference. Mr, Arthur Faiackerley, a returned soldier, has been appointed supervisor of the poultry section in connection with tho Military Sanatorium at Ca-slimcro. Now is the time to. hatch all the chicks you ean. Golden weeks from now to end of October. Grade the chickens and put the =ami! size .together.. They will do better, and get an equal chance at the food. Don't forget that the strain is no better than you make it. Got plenty of g-rWii food sown for tho coming summer. You tan bow lucerne, rape, bale, silver beet, mangolds, swedes, etc. Do it now. ' iio not imagine the shape of the egg has .anything to do with the determination of the sex. This is not decided till tho fifth day of incubation. High temperature will givu j-ou dead ln shell and deformed chickens. Low temperature will,cause: tlic chick to develop slowly and prolong'the hatch.