POULTRY NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10624, 1 May 1912, Page 6

POULTRY NOTES

(liy Utilitarian.) the \ariorri evolutionary p3m«cs < i .the pouiiry iuelustry one can scarcely fail to iK>tioo wlhab a clmugc- ltay taken place in t ! hs »vriting*> cf various f-'.ribis "ttho cater for tl'.c reading poultry pub lie. At' one time and for many \\o could rarely fail v> lincl, on a colu-ma devoted to iiiio iiM.'ijject, nwicli repetition (.if ju'ii'cipally nr. tit? aiivater.-r matter, such as fj.JVni'.jjig tJ;e .reader to always put clean waii'i* and grit in 'front ot' .bird*, to place dean straw in liioiiKv'to, and to teller lor a plicate trade. Certaruly, mho a-lwro i» not withov.ii' \ a'l-ue, n-peci-aily the watei and.grit but as .regards suaa in ,• ic: ~1 -bid th-is and in;: a'.:.Mactorv j-a.hoiir. S..raii i«> best en :tlw ground for t-c.rihl and rive:' .-.and r.i l:!io nests. As for rl'he .j;r;\ rJe trade, the value of (o-!',p:ratA:i: iu feting ifa&t recognised as vlic nves* cTOiioin-cal mei'hod oi' disj posing of the eggs, the private- tadbeing -hc&t ; !eft the hands of the retailers, and if the retailers, m'ake it their business to obtain their supplies ■from the circles tihey are going vo eatiislfy their < i.'stomors. to such an extent 11; ait.hr» .demand for egg-; must very arjaterialCy .inorease. Indeed, 1 go *» Iflar ay to say that it would he to itihe advantage of retailers who deal in eggvs .to support the Poultry Association. by 'becoming .members', which is 'only 2. G.d per .aniMi.ni, and thus pave the way for t'.ho extension and preparation cf Egg Circles aSI over Hhe J}'cai:-ir.i:oii'. Sconer or >!-a<ier cooperation a-mn.gst Ifche poultrymen will

be lr.nuli n.cre general ,thau at presen'.fc, and .t'lics tcpsy-turvoy, .tip and dewH .ruling of 'will be- wiped out, and v. o nival! look hack upon suclr puerile methods wsth derision. MUny yet fai.l too see t'he value of coj operation-, br.it- v.'hcn they recognic-e tflita-t co-cpcrati'on .means eventually large iexipfirt,s cf egpr-. j.iist as co-op-©rariron imc-ars large exports of 'butter and dheese, they must admit tho supcrjcrity -cf ccmhination ever individual: sim. The hisTit'crv of fo-op^ration, wliieh is about cue hundred years old, tells •us ttihat, like all reforms 1 ., it lias had it-s r.ps -and c'mvr.f, but 'lt, aM> shows us that ec-opcrators are increasing in

i niHimibei'S', aiid that t'bey <are7 on the whole, a very well satisfieel class of people. We'find many who,- wish to see; au • improvement in marketing 9yut; afro afraid to venture themselves, butj'are ready to. fall into, line when '.proved a recess. Mr G. J. Holy•oake, a 'great co-operator and writer, dtaeribes,' this <fes-s cf persons as "rabbit-minded" .reformers, who run •at tho first sound or danger, apparent or- otherwise. A eo-operative feature" recently inii!ov r ated cav thds ddetrict w'as' the" ereetwn cf for diorse sl,aug'htering, |by .three -local poultry men-, which w-iir a great 'amount of heavy work. Yititbrs have expressed their surprise at the att.ract.ivene.ss of this food fc<r fowki; indeed, a'horse in good €cn£i!'tic-n iconild easily .be .mistaken for beef whieli dressed a.nd quartered. So mud) 'is this commodiity valued by some powltrymen. that, ,".o it is S'tated, M;r v iVr(Uimiby, the vviiwier cf the recent competitions, >ma)kes -a practice of (slaug'hteiTnig one 'every Saturday, the ani.mals being br.ou.ghti to him •from WeDjngton to his (firm iioar the 'Hut-t. r JHie i>f.rsoi>ification. of energy is but- <a mild .way "cf expre&sLng any regard for a Lady .poultry keeper of this towtn. I quite recentily pa«:d"her a bh'ort visit, 'and Hhe work that I saw sihe Iliad actually done Avi'th her hands is nothing ,vhort cf irhrvellouis. TOics la.st seas'on- f.he has gneceeded in raising lover h'Undired very rjice Silver Wyandotte and White Leghorn, pullets, which are kept, aimder 'the close confinement system, and the birds do her credit. Kb trouble has been- spared to bring them to thejr present higilily fiiafefaetory state of bloom. Da-y feed lalways before .tillem., and a plentiful supply of green stuff must make for a very i nice litltle profit in a very few. weeks. Tbe Shbuses have bee : concerted to tthcir present uses from some old ibiick drying sheds, and in order to awake tthe ibirds thoroughly etomofrtablie, their owner -has, with her own hands, (bricked most of the walls, and, an addition, is plastering the insides. An adjoining ished the has als'o (bricked the floor of, .for the purpose of threshing peas. She very gencrcyiS'ly donated u very liberal amount to the New Zealand Poultry Asfiociation for the 'building up of more egg circles.