POULTRY NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 6

POULTRY NOTES

(By Utilitarian.) T liivvp fliaK.l- tilio Jilt-as irro, quite roootnily, l)f l!>e!c!>£ tilie recipient of a copy •of the P-c'ultrv Exprrt'is report for Smith Australia!, This wocfoictioii contains- ;i imairvello'nfi tin id of M's-efn'l ia!iV)rmit, and one can,not .hilt (help, oni it, -bemg; a-ston'iis'-hed ai the aiinmint -of «>sea red) til) at 'the expert. -ilr I Jim rio, lias foam (I time* 'to fso into. Til re S(r)U'i'!i Au-sbralnan. C*oirernmei't evidently veiry much alive , N tti the great p::e®Sb&tiX'R of the iry iihLustry, and sown to assist it to it iimidh (trro«itrr extent tthan the new ! %>nlaiul' iiiiitibr-rities. The- replDi-.t mon- ' tt-ion® the erection of a. ilairgt- ipla.niti, designed 'ln - ' the expert, lit consists of (three ron-ti.m;V:-ws iliou-scs, eaoh 270 ft dong, isii'd d':vixled into ten sections. There i:s a. run-re of .single treihi# perns for production Of liipili class layers 1 , « tine (,'f e.x-kc-rel jpsns, store*?, :tnd /iVirid 'house, etc., with incubator a.nd 1 (brooder iho-usci>. The Govt 'i'i;iißic.nt- ihais estaibii-slie'd \thrce t>x.p?rciinc«'b.i! stations, vi/,., .Murray Bridge, Rrsewortlvv and Tvyby-bc'J-):te, wfhere 1 apl .sorts of testing and research .wk.irlvs are carried out, a'ntl at ,'till c last 'two .r.itatiiciis' pitbKc ilavin'g {•omp-et'tiioms took place. Mr -Laurie' --peaks very emp;lnvti.ci;Cly 'on the brocdine-ss wr.oirg.st seme of •the I.e»ih'or.niS, aiwd .jtVo-ngl'-y advises j'-bireedfefs to ilos-? no time in- ibreeding poult iWii'.is HMrtli'rsn a'.ttle characteristic.

Kefere-ncen;'.; rJ'.s'o' made to the -results 'of cramiri-n-g experiments, showing it'Jiafc itHi-a Jinl-i-am' 'Game crossed ivitili •the Silver Wyandot tes made hy far it ho g.ppa.test gain, during the time. <s«me 17 days, putting .011 21 bs lax per ' : bi-rd, at -an- average cost of 2.7<>d each. 1 . i\V'?:gh,t Cif >?ggs -was given a. great bain'mint, in 1 !' attention, and Mr Laurie [ pic-i'iiits o'u.t that ia lot-ber countries j-weight is « ifaotcr -will kill influences the , •price 'of eggy. •.Wh.ru packing eggs for 'bii'e first dupiiient to .England, lip. arirantgeicl .for .twft grades— the standard, •in wlh'ieh. eggs shail! weigh Sosrs each, or di&iht. to the pennd (lolbs per 120), ami slightly ihiglier grade taf 7.50 per jxMind. Morebvcr, lire decided that no dompetitor a.t. the.competition:'could win u prize >unies'? his fowls Jaicl eggs averaging 2-Sozs per dozen, or eight to the ipo'iuul, w'hor:!lt puts ou'r competitions the ibhis'h in .#!«» respect, they generally .re-cognising .am. mince a'ad a half 'as a.rii eligible egg. , , In- '/nci'Jbaltii'ng experiments the same •extreme canle) .-and ; trou'b'lo (taken are very njotik'ea'blie. With to the everlasting qretefcion, inx<isfoire, the' fbesi results l o'btacraed, with hot air

■.machines-, were with -half moisture and the rvjc-Uitilaite-ns closed, and .in th© hot water mat-Hi,iSicts. the best was with full •moktiirie and ventilators open. A ifurfhisr dntsresting experiinmt •was in cc-iuicic&fcQ! with cold storage, •ttihioh eh.'O'Wed' the irrrliieiTs.e tmpcriority of the infertile egg- ever {3io fertile. ■Mir .Laurie gives a.n instance -cif 'some eggs ilakl liu September, 1908, and"cold

stored ni.ntid May, 190,9. -.At ,end cf JiiMie aj,'l w-cu'e in.gttbd order. The inliVrtiies -weVe- tept, 'a«cl : in- niO' ease did 'one cf them go ibaicl—-tih:e drying'-pro- <■&■& cfchi-traiued' su-h-tH thorei was n'o'nioi-

stuire- Mt in Ithe-eggs.' Oh June SOtJi,' .1911, he still 'ha;d some-don the office, •abwl'»»- none was there any •s.ig-u- of decay:. Slmi.no wiill perhaps- scarcely credit the' truth of ,'i.ihis, butt when we ('realise''.that an infertile egg never harJ any Jifo iwithiin, there, eon'Scquutly, «>uldbe. mo death, hence no corruption onllv e vawratfon.

■Wilien I loccasiio'nailly have t.lve op.pbrtiunitv cf visiting local poultrviinciii\s yards, I .notice lone; very provaftsfcit- error, «rid- that is, the lack of a (mid-day ifoed of grain for the pull'?ts. Yioumg ib-irds arc like other young sto'cik; tliey ihave, if in-' glood ihejißtih,, prtidiigibiis appetites, and- .if jrofu' are expecting a. plentiful supply of eggs' at 'this season the .birds must uo Wher'aGly ifeld. .Oeen feed at 11.0011 is iiftt snfficii«int; this- iis hut a. heaiih ifccai-ie, and «i very aiieeossary one. ■ 111 most cases,, rv'ifew .more shillings per :wee(k expended on feed >w.ill rscon reisu.lt in isailjstaintiifi'l ire-fJults; ' Dws't ispofl :llhe ship for the sake of a ha'.pwrth of tar. . .