POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 197, 15 May 1920, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES

1 Mr. J. 13. Merrett will leave for America by the Tofun or. Monday, and win return on the Niagara, via Vancouver. "i 'U an indication of the '.shortage of cardboard in America a Christchurcli Urm' received an order for 2000 sets of fillor« to' be forwarded to the lacitlc Slope as early aB possible. The Wheat,Shortaoe. Poultrymcn In many parts of New. Zealand are faeling the wheat short! age, a nil some nitlful tnlcs are told of the Bhoitago of feed. In Karamea no wheat nan hoen on sale for four months. 11l Kapler wheat is hein? doled out at 41h. for■ Is., or 15s. per hushol. On '.ha '-oatf wheat was costing 455. per roci\ but tn<i shipment sent by the Nov' Zealand Poultry A. Jfociation only cost #• od. per buck. Tn Wanganul scleral miiltrvmen are M thrfr to fed their poultry. It ia 'to be hoped the Government will ncc its way .clear to make a further allotment. ■ . ' The gss Market. Wellington merchants forced the price of eucs up to sa. and 6s. a dozen retail. The public went dead against tnem and boycotted The .result is cgirt; mulated, and the price dropped back 3b. 4d. and if. 6d. wholesale. In Christchurch the price ia now 3s. ii. lo J5.,6d.; in Dnnedln. 3s. 3d.: Auckland. 3s. £d. to 4s. You cannot mako the public pay toy high a price for eges. ' They can clo -.vlthout eggs when it doen not suit- them to buy. A Sucaasstul Breeder. On»> of the most successful poultry breeders in Now Zealand ia Mr. J. lngR ins. Burwood. On evening, at the annual meeting.ci tn.; N.Z.TJ.P.O. he was- presented with the Whlto Lejhorn shield, which he has won twice in suecP?3ion. He also won. tlx© Studhonne Dl* ploma and cold medal for (lie second time in succession. He won the winter test at Papanui. He obtained a standard certificate for his experimental, amnio bird arid standard certificate :n me teaiup test for his birds, which laid over 1300 Mr. Liegine is a.conFc.lcotioua and painstaking poultry man. His .raccess is not due te'lcck, but constant application of well-defined breeding laws obtained, by practical and experience in poultry culture.. Ess". Prices .In England. The following were the controlled price l ! of eggs ir. Er.glnnd laet March., It will be seen that they still keep lijsh. notwithatandine the jump poultry-rnisin" has taken there since the concliision of the war:—3d. each .wholesale, s*d. retail; imported eg\r.i, ss. dozen; preserved cg?s, 4s. wholesale, vs. 6d. retail: Cliinese egss. 3s.' 7d. wholccale, 4s. retail; email e.T;is, 2s. Bd. wholesale, 3b. retail. High-prioed Birds. The thirteen penß of birdß which led in the "Daily Mail" (England) Test, p.nd were afterwardß exhibited at the Ideal Homes Exhibition, were bought in by the proprietors of the "Daily Mail" for £7CB. The leading pen brought £256. Each pen comprised four .birds. According to the "Wreitly Dispatch," an offer of £I*loo was made 'and 1 declined for "Glorious Girl." a Barred Plymouth Rock pullet, which won at the last New York Show.