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POULTRY NOTES

(By Utilitarian.)

Another very noticeable thflftga in tliie anaaiagement of jxniltry ©f to-clay is. tlic open front housj style of keeping fowls. A few years ago it was almost unheard of, but I it was largely due to the Egg-hying OcmpetiiioTis 'held at 'Xekon a few years ago ft hat (brought it so iruch into prominence. The writer, amongst others, hoard of the results- being achieved thci'e, 'and made a special trip over while one of the competitions was in progress, and saw for 'himself all its merits, ft ho reeuit being that it wtas not long before lie erected one on his farm, with a fc-w is light improvements. Since tlbeni quite a number in this district liavo followed in hiis footsteps, the latest ,to come under my notice being another one in Cornwall Street. The owner of the house referred to abovo has spared nothing to make it airy and well lighted, .tw .most invpor-j tant iteanis, and when completed he' should obtain &ome substantial results.

Readers may rest assured! that anyone commencing poultry .farming is well advised Ito make a tour of inspection of several plants -before going -into any heavy expenditure in the building line. A few days spent thus or a few pounds for travelling, will (be recouped over and over again, and you will (havet'lio satisfaction or" knowing that if you have not got iAsolfutely the ibes-t you will not ibe far behind. In other businesses it is usual' to make a3f necessary enquiries before launching out, and poultry farming is .no exception.

Few appear to -realise this -until they have some (hundred or so pullets when they then feel the need of altering their unetihoc's hitherto adoptd. From private and reliable information to hand.'l have discovered that on. the 19th of last month a'.poultryman in one cf the Wellington suburbs wasoffered 2,5 per dozen for his eggs by a -grocer. This i& bu - another iiiistaaico of the extreme lirregularity of the egg n-.&rket, as thlis was above the quoted I figures, and:, to the best of my know-

ledge, more than others obtained at that date.

If co-operation, per,-medium, of egg circles, could ultimately make the one price <a -great deal of ddssatisfaction would ibo avoided. As it is mow, directly poultrymen hear of an advanced price in any quarter, naturally they are after St, and- forsake the clients they (have Ibeen supplying, which tends, in turn, to cans© the latter to offer a stdii further advance. All this could be largely eliminated,, if nob.altogether, iby having one central okWing house i-n. -etich centre. This plan is now coming into vogue in, London, and is giving great satisfaction to 'ail- concerned.

I Spa-re hours can profitably be dcvoted to preparations for the ecroing hatching season, which is, with many, but a couple of months off. Incubators and -brooders will need a good overhauling, hen-coops also, a>nd chicken , houses should have n. thorough sprayi ing. 'and. chiming -ior.it. Those. _ who have been troubled with'"'rats ' .can' chedk these "pasts? by surrounding the buildings with fine .mesh wire netting, surik in the ground. Mr X. Ferguson, of Gladstone, who is shortly Graving for Dargaville- on account of ill heialth, will bo much -missed by .many pcultrymen. Of N an exteremely qSuet, (unassuming dispositt,i l on> he, nevevahdeps, has. nftKte a host <of friends. He has kept a good class tof stock while here, and laa-ving to part .with ibis birds, is giving a good opportunity -to ot'hers to improve their flocks at very reasonable figures.

How often one teirs same such expression a<s, "Oh, 1 don't know.what's up with my hens; I can't get them to flay," or perbhps it will be, "I keep Silver Wyandotbe-s, I gii-ve 5s a ee'hting for them, -and now eggs are 2s a dozen the 'beggars won't kiy at a'J. I liihink that breed is no good; I'll get some other kind." Fallacy, ignorance, is the sum totail iof euch remarks-. The fault 'lay either in the feeding, or indifferent housing (an (important factor ■at'ithes season) or the- owner has got hold of a poor laying .strain. As a matter of fact, Solver Wyandbttes of t a socd laying strain, will take a lot | of iboaiting in the autumn and winter I months. Owners of -birds .Which are not giving them satisfaction should, , hefore rashljy changing the 'breed, or, I indeed, prior to any drastic changes, should seek the advice of «>me qualified person who m-ay be alble to epot the weak link, and perhaps thereby save the owner much time and money-

From time to timid, some now patent is advtocated for detecting the sex -of f.r.i.9 (future c'hicken while still in the '*££• Q uit c te 'y * met ono w}l ° stated be- fed hoard that it was possible to get hens to lay eggs I'm produce chickens of any sex desired. No,' we have net yet reached to such her'ghts; it .is only now that other JSltock breeders tare waking -up to the of this ibiglrly interesting I question,.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10626, 3 May 1912, Page 7

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POULTRY NOTES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10626, 3 May 1912, Page 7

POULTRY NOTES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10626, 3 May 1912, Page 7

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