POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 305, 18 September 1920, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES

, "Fresh Land" for Chickons. • Chicken rearing is perhanß the most im- ' portant item in the poultry yard, and ' there- can be no doubt that the ideal way • cf keeping the little birds in goad health and condition is to have them on "fresh ' land." Thiß term, however, in often taken too much in its literal sense, lor altkonah • a new rearing ground for chicks is a (rreat advantage, it must not be forgotten that many healthy broods are brought up •in an ordinary back yard. It (nlv means .' that where the' poultry auarters are 'limited to a. Email area more care must be exercised than when tho birds arc . reared on an unlimited ranee. On a 1 small earth' run "fresh land" tan easily ho supplied in the form of a bs;rrowlload of garden mould, or hedge bottom "trimminuß," while a. cartload ot road 1 sweepings, taken on a, fairly dry day, will , also prove beneficial. As n la6t resource, ' turning the run over with a fork, a small oart every day, will answer. If the run. is of grass it will ho advisable to to lichtly brush it over once a, day; remove all .the sweeping. Even a . large end of growing graFs will give a brood of chicks "fresh land" for a time. Fesdina the Young Birds. Young chiokens, if confined to a small ■ mace, need green food aver.v day. and preferably younir tender growth, such as ' lettuce or young cabbage leaf, chopped finely. Onions, especially onion tons, arc excellent, so that it pay. a poultry•keeper to run a small garden. Pniajl grit is also necessary, and. of course, the chickens need something to drink as well as the hen. • A small earthenware fountain, into which the birds cannot get, is • best, and those who have it can give skim milk, so long as it is kept clean, snd a fresh supply triven frequently, though nurc i water i« good enough in hundreds of cases where milk in unobtainable. Bits of | ■ meat, chopped finely, are a great r.clp In promoting growth, or if you give fish j meal to vour hens, you can add a littlo to the chicken food, at the rate of onetwelfth Dart in the soft food. Feeding-The Quantity to Cive. "flow much food shall I cive to my fowlß in order to keep them in the right condition?" This question is frequently asked, but like many other ouestions it 4s one that cannot be answered by stating any certain amount. A Leghdrn will . thrive well on a aunrter of the quantity required for a Cochin or Brahma. Anart •fw.i the individuality of birds Uii'-e are other factors which render an answer ex- • tremel.v difficult. If birds are at liberty they do not reauire nearly so much is if they are in a run. During the spring months there i» so much natural lowl In the soil that fowls enjoying a l'rtc rvge are able pretty well to support themselves, whereas during the autumn and winter there is comparatively little animal or vegetable food, and this must bo rrovided. The only thing to do ; s the <.'ovious thing, namely, periodically to examine the birds. If they arc v-o fat their rations must be reduced: if vbey are too thin they must bo more gcue.'ously supplied with food.

EGG-LAYING

| - UTILITY' 'CLUB'S COMPETITION. : The New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's sixteenth egff-laying competition opened on : Hay i, and will continue till -. March 31, ' 1921. The following are the nineteenth I Week's results:—- ,' Heavy Breed Scctiop. i . . Total ! Weekly w>

Xlrbt Bread Flock Teams Contest for Rl« .. '.. • Purebred Pulletn. ~ 'Between the aeo of 5J and B tnonthi.) - Uinorcas— H. Williams 32 435 White Lechorns— Raneiuru Eec Bancb. 29 281 fl. 8. Saunders 34 373 H. Ball J4 443 . John Webb l 30 298 *• n r ?- ml jT, M m A. 0. Goodlet 32 377 J. liieeius (No. 1) 32 250 Geo. Double 28 295 J. Llnrins 27 375 T. J. Eichards 32 158' yerrall Bro» 31 382' Jf. F. Blackman • 28 373 ' S l T ,v A - Hodser a 28 320 Thoj. Kennedy 32 388 H. L. Downey 34 343 6. Bonnett 27 473 Mrs. P. Gorinski , 30 ' 414 H. W. Beck .:; 33 317 H. Williaais (flTe birds) 25 344 wr. J - 118 2? 307 y- V-.J anl ..„ 3fl 409 •I. Brittendcn 31 270 Green Bros. 34 m h. ■h. Marsden 38 522 Brown lieEhornßTerrall Bros 28 364 Tota 's 859 9887 Blbblb Pen Contest for Three Birdj Hcary Breeds. "Sliver WyandottosTracey Kintr 12 102 | S.I. Wyandotte Club 10 143 H. W. Beck 9 2'2 F. Lovfill 12 150 j A.B. Plymouth flocksH. W. Beck 9 105 Rhode Island Itfcdn— H. Bunter 9 108 White Orpineton»•V^.' r "jp.;"Eo Vetcoc .■.'.:.v.',...:::i;.n:i"15;; ; 164. . Rocks-: J'',....v'""''.'.'■'' ; ti;VAdams ;.i.'.'.„;'.....'..-.'.,.i.'-ia- -157 Black OrDi'nEtons— ■ j a. W. Black 15 96 I W. E. Snroien 1J «fl

Single Duck Test. H. and T. Meadows .'. 7 1!3 A. F. Hcay 7 68 Two-Year Duck Teams Test. W. T. Green 32 2142

j: " ' total date. | Black Orpingtons— B, R. Christie 1 84. j. H. W. Beck : 5 41 ■ ■ E. V. Arthur 5 72 I . Totals * 17 197 Light Breed Section. White Leehoraa— : ' W. JJewnll 6 ■ 90 I W. J. Middlcton 5 95 T. Wilkinson 5 72 '■ J. J. Kowberry 5 64 ' Green Bros. (No. 2) 5 {0 I ■ A. C. Goodlet 6 .107' ' S. L. Downey 6 93 i Mister Clif. Bichards ... 5 65 : ;,; H. Williams 6 107 ■ H. S. Saunders 6 . 67 H. Hunter 5 98 Gcorsre Gee 6 102 ;'. •- A. P. Eeav 6 95 ,'■ .••■• H. Williams 4 92 . : W. E. Ward 7 104 ■ k ■ • E. J.- Mcrrimnn 5 7B ' -Jirfl.'W. J. Chambers 6 97 H. W. Beck 6 85 ■'■■'• IT. W. Beck 6 102 -'•■" 'Green Bros. (No. 1) 5 87 ■■ 8. L. Beer 6 ,120 ;.v -Totals ..' ., 115 1689

'.""•:■' Hearr Breed- Flock Teams Te«. . it?nr six nurebred millets.) • -..Silver Wyandottes— ' .Thos. Dowthwaite 28 .292 Slack OrpinRtoDB— F. D. Gibson 30 . 290 J. 'Gurin 31 3W • '"' Totals 89 931 Binels Pen Test (for three purobred fowls.) 'Anconas- . N. H. Forbes 12 97 Brown Leghorns— •H. Hunter 14 205 White Leehorns— H. Williams 15 219 , H. Meadows 14 185 John Webb :. 17 269 ■: ■-,' Calder Bros. (No. 1) 14 190 H. W. Beck 12 223 " ; Green; BroB. (No. 1) 15 215 "-•■■ Waitoitoi Stud Farm 15 '229 -. y-O-Sail 13 220 G. H. Bradford 11 270 Mrs. 8. Dick 16 242 .. . W. Aldous 12 162 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 15 249 : H. Williams 14 285 J. .Battican 14 177 W. A. Gee and Son 8 195 •'•""'Georce Gee 17 210 J. Liecins 13 186 O. Thomson (No. 1) 10 177 R. Carrie 13 191 ' 'O. P.■'Bradford 14 2/31 A. E. Phillips ; 17 26J Win. Snence 16 229 Webb Tiros 14 164 J. D. Gobbe ! 16 2% Green Bros 14 159 W. J. Chambers 16 235 S. L. Beer 14 203, - ■ Jan. Robertson 14- 135 C. H. Izard 15 7,77 P. Freeman 16 194 A. A. Jloare 15 fa •T. B. Merrctt , 16 ZV O. Thomson (No. 2) 15 1P6 C. Renn 15 16O Mrs- F. Gorinski (No. 1) ... 16 268 G. W. Black 1" 159 Mrs. F. Gorincki (No. 2) .. 15 m JJ. 8. Saunders 14 935 Oaldcr Bros. (No. 2) 14 W F. U R, Ozanne ...,. 15 225 . (t. Bonnett ]0 570 ,'.'... T. Batchelor ;....; 9. 714 S. L: Beer (No. 2) 13 <yn £• „ Diol V IS 490 Tracer Kins is ■>« ■ W. K. West. ; 18 ™ Tt.TT. TTowke j 16 £7 T. J. Richards 16 49 Smart Bros 17 ?68 G. H. Bradford (No. 2) ... 17 221 Totals 761 13.143

B. li. Christie 14 233 T. E.- Conway 16 J10 0. 11. Jjsard (No. 2) 11 182 C. H. taid (No. 1) 8 194 J. D. lierrett 15 249 TotfJa ; 176 2523 Single E«n Three Duck Teame Test. Indian ItunneraGeo. Bonnctt 20 238 '•■ TV.--T. C-reen (No. 2) 21 ' 337 •T.. Doivthwaito U 329 H. W. Beck 19 290 II. W. Hawkc 19 344 Wllloniiiby Knight 20 3M W. T. _rcen (No. 1) .8 215 Totals 118 2134