THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9789, 12 October 1917, Page 2

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

NEW ZEALAND UTILITY CLUS THIRTEENTH EGG-LAYING COM. PETITION FOR FOWLS. RESULT OF TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK. Special to the "Times.” CHRISTCHURCH. October 11. Tbo twenty-sixth week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club’s thirteenth egg-laying competition closed on October 9th. Details are: — LIGHT BREEDS. Weekly Total. Total, to data.

SIDE LINE VERSUS SPECIALISATION. Tie common trend in poultry-keep-ing as a means of livelihood is to establish it as a special business, putting all the eggs in one basket. While the croakers who but a few years back declared ' poultry-keeping could not be made to pay nnvg been silenced, the fact must be admitted that the men who have succeeded in making it a profit-able undertaking are men having very special qualifications for the work. It is the few, not the many, ■who can succeed. The latter would be well advised to regard egg-production more as a side-line or a business to be run in combination with some other small industry of the soil. The choice of the other business must he guided bv local conditions and environment. There are districts where fruitgrowing, especially the production of the smaller fruits, would be suitable, while in warmer districts a lemon orchard, the growing of passion fruit, loran berries, etc., would ’fit in admirably. Women would find the growing of flowers a useful combination. In all these the great value of the poultry manure would be an asset of incalculable value. Growing the fruit or flowers in as long rows as possible and using a pony and small cultivator, the labour would be reduced to a minimum, and the maximum results should bo obtained by reason of the frequent cultivation thereby made possible keeping down weeds, conserving moisture, and stimulating growth. Pottering about small beds of plants is a costly and laborious method of growing things. In conducting the work of producing small fruits and even flowers on a commercial scale, it must be designed on the most economical basis, arid the long continuous row is the one means of attaining this desirable objective. This system also is the easiest way of growing green stuff for poultry, and an abundant supply of green stuff is the best way p” reducing the demand for the costly grains. It will assuredly pay all poul- - toymen to study the fruit business, and combine this genial occupation with that of egg-prod notion. KEEPING FOWLS HEALTHY.

ilost owners of fowls kept in oonftnepent are sooner or later confronted

■with the faiofc -that thedrr fowls are not d-fting quite eo well as iihey could wish —the osffrs may be less plentiful, ot the foavts themselves may be unsatisfactory, they may be listless or drooping. The thought naturally arises that disease in seme form is present. Of couts?© it possible that this may bs the case, but on the other hand it is quit© probable >jb oJt the listlessness or lack of appeltto or other trouble is due in a largo moa»suto to the monotonv of the fowl s ■existence. If the matter is considered •tart'fuViv' -t d« easy to nnder.diaall that a fowl kept in confinement labours -under many disadvantages wilien compared with the happy bird roaming at .will on a large grass range. As it is not -possible for all fowls to live under these ideal conditions, what concerns u s now is to suggest a few bints whereby those living in pens may benefit. When listlessness and lack of vigour are first noticed there is no doubt that m a ten?© number of co,=es it is duo entirely to monotony, but later, if no effort* are made to remedy this, the health of the fowls will suffer and their usefulness he curtailed. A GOOD POOF. Am external covering for poultry houses yvhich is unaffected hv heat nold is made as follows;—Boil .snfficien; tar for the roof in a large iron pot over a gentle fire, then stir in powdered chorcoal until it is the consistency of mor tar. Spread evenly on the roof to a flb-jclmess of quarter of an inch, when i‘ will soon become set and absolutely waterproof; ••• Mr H. Leger, the White Leghorn breeder, has sold his egg farm at Weraroa. and is removing to Otaki. He is offering breeding stock for sale at a big reduction on ordinary prices until Novemher 17th. Some of the rates are advertised to-day.

Broun Leghorns— Verrall Bros 35 555 White Leghorns— H. I’. Ross 31 583 George Gee 31 613 Calclor Bros.. No. 1 34 688 W. Stephenson 23 565 A. E. Phillips 35 598 J. Molnnes < 35 470 L. T. Wright 35 615 H. W. Bower 36 558 Green Bros, 35 588 Te Anau Utility Stud 37 600 Atkinson Bros a? 525 Hokowhitu Poultry Corn* pany 30 467 35 563 Dalmuir Poultry Yards ... SO 595 J. M. Alley 33 522 J. Robinson 38 535 Bangiuru Egg Ranch 30 453 Omeo Poultry Farm 35 547 Heretaunga Poultry Co», 34 533 Master Jack Green SO 493 87 621 W. Davoy 31 580 T. E. Conway 23 590 Mrs J. ill Us 31 497 T. W. Wilson 24 473 B. Mills •'••••■ 54 44M A. W. Adams •/ 36 579 Reliable Poultry Farm I 2S 620 A. Q. Brailey 33 477 John Stevens 30 580 Fazackerlev and Son 29 524 ■R. W. Hawke 34 463 J. Nancarrow, 35 567 34 619 T. Kennedy 35 3X5 Heretaunga Poultry Co., No. 2 34 543 M. A. Currin 28 544 H. Ball 34 63*6 W. H. West ~ 31 722 A. E. Wilson 83 561 H. Williams S3 613 Totals ..a 1373 23,310 HEAVY BREEDS. Silver Wyandottes— Greeik Bros 30 430 A. W. Adams 36 505 W. W. Hewinson 32 555 Mrs F. Howell 20 546 T. Kennedy 31 610 T. Dowthwaite 27 463 White Wyandottes— G. E. Benies 23 504 Black Orpingtons— Mrs Claridge 30 316 T. E. Conway, No. 1 ......... 36 4t>3 A. S. Cooper 31 463 J. Nancarrow, sour 23 661 T. B. Conway, No. 2 24 548 34 558 B. E. Marsden 37 475 34 716 Hokowhitu Poultry Co. 28 . 484 Miss J. James 17 451 White Rocks— 426 H. J. Gopperth 31 Rhode Island Reds— -A. S.‘ Cooper 33 378 E. F. Oakes ..................... 19 411 Totals —•• 581 9922 DUCK CONTEST. Indian Runners— . 711 33 Heretaunga Poultry Co. ... 35 830 34 W. T. Green 34 991 H. W. Bower 37 931 Totds ...; 179 4244 SINGLE BIRD COMPETITION. LIGHT BREEDS. White Leghorns— Green Bros. 7 160 IV. Davev 6 89 Victor Gee 6 114 J. NunoamW 6 140 Atkinson Bros. 6 142 R. Mills 6 68 H. Williams 6 140 R. H. Taylor 6 143 Te Anau Etility Stud 7 99 Mrs Mills 7 144 R. H. James 7 84 A. B. Wilson 5 62 Green Bros 6 R. IV. Hawke 6 113 Minoroas— Miss J. Jamies 6 67 Miss J. James 3 50 Totals 96 1707 HEAVY BREEDS. Black Orpingtons — T. B. Conway 6 131 Silver Wyandottes— Thos. Wilson 6 143 Green Bros 0 55 E. J. Ross 5 89 Rhode Island Reds— J. Nancarrow, senr 7 43 Totals - 24 466