THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 59, 31 August 1911, Page 7

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

LECTURE. BY fsMIRJ GORDON. There were ,atyu(K.fifty persons, including a jiumiber of ladies, present at the lecture on the, pouLtry industry, «Wen /by.Mrjilf. K. A. Gordon, in the Borough Council Chambers, on Tuesday evening. The chair was taken by Mr. Walter Scott:-: i. ■:.■ , ,

Mr,-. .Gordon adroitteld that poultry eiiMure.under'the;*jlid system of large runs was iiaroly made to:pay, but he keld that the new methods had put quite a different aspect on the business. Uy the use of- labor-saving appliances a man could look after quite twelve I times as mairyo birds- as; formerly, and, owing to the far smaller area of land required, the initial expenses were much smaller .thaii'iby the .antiquated methods. As to the profit ito ■ be. ;made from fowls, a usual estimate 'was<>ss per bird above the cost-of foodj) btjb.oiit of-tliis had to come interest on, .<fch«tali. icost of carriage, and--other-smaller items. Eight hundred birds on the old system would hardly give a living,:but eight thousand 1 under up,to-datcl mvethods could be mait- ! aged with nor more llabor or capital, and would iprod-uceia -verygood income. Mr. Gordon -/suggested, 'that children, especially girls,; shoukln.be encouraged to take up Wwork, as it would be an excelleiit<opening/|dr'them... They would, of course, -start I» a "small way, and gradually Beferring to the rehttive >.»d!Vft«titges' of wet and dry mashy Lfcho skjetorer remarked that the onlyi iilifiereJwe between -tiicm, from a feeding ;pqi|it •ri6 ; i'i«\M,('wa» ; that water was a<Med :fo'ltJh« :c4se of wet mash. It was qi*ite':sibipplettf r 'allow the fowls to add- bhcuwateivtheJnfcelves: Discussing the dry,mas!h:ijiießtk)B-,'Mi'! Gordon gav« a couple of i f annul as, tfitll'a promise to go more •-fnJlyjriito: the qmestiicm in his course at the Tectaiieal' Cdllege. He next dealt with the problem-of incubator v. hen,,,aiKl'&Uit(€ that itfr 'hatching on | anything likeiaftoigwlseal'e 1 this' hen wa ß out of ititfe question. Jh America a fair average.! hatch from-an- incubator was: considered. icilbcltwo-iaiMit quarter eggs ! one chick..-, :As.'to brooders, he \vas° a ' firm lb*M«ME..inc.-fib>tosß- brooders, and | reared .hij&iotfii' chickens''in' them with . entire success; ended his address by exploding'iheoordinary ideas about grfti ,'.Thc) uSual>:idea< was- that shell gritAvas'to/provide lWe for eg« ■shells, .Init-asd. inatter bf'iaH this lime was obt<tim'd.'from"'tlJ('-t\vh<iat l and other grains fed. ',a : hc'-tnc6fy!iwa.S !! {hat stone grit was:WcquirM in grinding up the graiu,. )]M 'soft' grain could-not be grouild, and.grain.i« the ifrOp was soft. Also, though we're' fed. the acid in .tlid WctyMsobii-'rounded them, and, niorooverpuirJeaii-sttfiies were held rigidly they could'not' grindstones, and the drop Was too elastic to hold them, tir-mly.:!. StOtibs'iand shells were, in- reality/ required' 'to provide material for featter production.. Birds which received no grit eould-fligost perfectly well,: hilt-lost condition : and ultimately diedji:o ;'■' ■■> " )I'"'''" At the close of-the address questions were invited'"itnd- i nnS\Vfi'eu ,'on feeding young chicks, in-breeding 'aiid'line-brecd" ing. A was given the lecturer. .' ' :' :" -.