POULTRY NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10675, 23 July 1912, Page 6

POULTRY NOTES

(By Utilitarian.)

A fresh hatch of Egg Circle rules hiving 'been recently obtained from the Poultry dissociation, members of the Utility Circle arc advised to procure' a copy a.'. l soon as .possible, as it is Smipartant they should all be conversant with them. The rules are free to members, and can be procured from the chairman, Mr O'Lenry. ißi'ce water diluted down to a thin' consistency with pl'ain .clean water is I a wise precaution to have for young chickens. It checks scouring, and is vary strengthening for them. It should alwayy ibe plkiced in a receptacle which the chicles iearanot do more than 'put their beaks into. I There is, ; in England, at least one j spot whore the poultry industry is heing carried on tihlrough an entirely ' co-operative, concern, and, moreover, conducted very (successfully. This nniq-ue place is .known <:>.,% Street, in iSoinorD3tsh:.re, the west of England. The ipreserv'ng' of oggis_:c •ca'rried! on : in a large way, and 1 'this returns a .considerably extra proni* to the mem,'bers. Thousands of eggls are annually hatched •there, 'brouj-J.it thcto 'by the surrounding sin;.!] holders, who eon-' siyt of tradesmen of .several kinds. The soil i.s not conducive to .poultry 'farming, at least not for Mincrcas or Dorkings, .but yet succctc has bc-ni solely, it is claimed, because lit id conducted on .r.ound cooperative lines. The depot o> 133 miles from London, and railway i?reigQ:lti3 are not, !by '.my means, low. 4,t is ibcrt, v. hen totting eggs, to ■have them ail ei cno 'colour.' Brown esiffs .are iCiJcker in the shell than wliite ones, ■•a:u;' art? slower in evaporating, ;hrr.: ; c:e adif ft cent percentage of • Rn,C':&ta;re 'is v.cccrr.ary.

The ffliv.ard ir-areli of eo-rp-raticn

wis «gain .oirrhnsKed on £atrrc'.ay. the 13th 'irt-t., when the r-r.-ui-r.-:-:- ofthe .N.Z. Poetry ALox'a:im rr.et with 'an enthusiastic roc .;.V.:rn from a representative aesemhly of intersotccl poultry keepers at Lnngdale, come twenty-six miles from Masterton. The ■principte-s of co-operation wore first treated with, in. the add:rcss,_ a> tlr.t the audience could thoroughly g.ra£<p the .basic priireiples of the Egg Circle anovemeif*. This was followed up by detailing the six leading chjocta, viz., Uniformity of iprices for egg's; Legislation on' he half of the industry; Grading lof'eggs. if or .size and colour; Exporting of surplus in the raimmer ; Cheaper feed for poultry through co■operation ; and 'Reduction of (railway

"freights for .poultry produce ; also the question of imported eggs wais touch-

eel on. The speaker stlronigly urged present to make an early move towards ■forming a Circle in that- district ,and -there is evoiry prospect that

tins will he done, unless the ,settiler.s decide to work in -with .the isuccessfully Managed Utility CiffAe. Copies of the Ais&cdation'.s organ, t'.ho N.Z. Poultry Jburnal, were distriIbnted ajnongab the audience, ar/d also Egg Circle mlciy. Very broad hints irens thrown cut that -an address, on ! peultoy' ensure frcan the organise:would he very acceptable, and the probability is that this will 'he given effect to !in a oh"-rt while. Mr Lonnex, in, .his capacity as chairman, spoke greatly in" favour' of expcrli.rr-i eggs, and Ire nbly seconded i'hecrg::vnis?r in 'urging that dciiu.-e action should by I taken without delay. An a -knowlodgement of ibis lrinduoss, in lenkling a horse a,nd trap to convoy the organiser to La-ngdalo, is due to Mr H. O'Leary; also to Mr N: ,M';-K'ay, in providing the best of aoe-oniniOi'ation for Saturday night. Eggs the week before kvst took a sudden Heap un to Is 9d and Is lOd with a corrcispondinig increased demand for preserved. Wo feel tempted to inquire if tihis is a Siaippy feugury, which the newly hitched Miinistry 'is responsible for.