POULTRY NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10683, 1 August 1912, Page 7

POULTRY NOTES

(by Utilitarian.)

Tlie.nnrniu tGi'S.— Though it is quite (possible to rim an incubator ancl'havt a 4':virly *um\ssful hatf'.'li Av.ith faulty itlveriuonioters, there is serious danger of heavy !•'."• >vy afterwards amongst the .stock :yo raised. 'Cay by .day, lliey ■will di'Ap e'F, and those Avhich do survive w.ili. probably be weakly specimens, 'and certainly qui to unfit to reproduce their species. It. |:s judidoius, therefore, to he always sure bp! on? conmicVJeinji a frcs'li 'hatch, that yo : ur tiii or in oin otcr is registering correctly. (J'liCihis work won't do; certainty ■will.

I'll health, r.if-eontiiatod by rheumatism, 'lst causing the proprietor of the Utility Poultry I'arm to part with 'his birds at isanriiieing prices, also, incubators and the useful accessories areces.'iary for the business. Me 'siato-f, that unless; one can devote regular -find daily attention to the lloek. it is best lefri alone. Of course, t!:;s I applies whore there are a number kept. When- the Hoik is limited to anything up to a hundnd layers, or wkeni' eonvoiiio.iices are at hand, perhap... r a little more than th:. r >. the ■weak i'S light and ipler.san-t. Chic man's 10-:.' is another cue's; gain, and j ,ns. tlh', : s is the ecnHuemcement of the regular Saying season, those desirous j of ■adding'to or etniting a feathered farm have one <f wir;/e rare opportunities- of picking up proiitabie birds for a nong. The birds have been bred entirely for ogg production for seme years parst, and consist of those popular breed's, -Silver \YyandoUies., White Leghorns, Mind Jji.-. -::im Runner duck-. The early buyscE- on the farm wilii get the pick, with air immediate return in irJCia .-at. good prieo.-. Reiteration is., said to' be a strong p->int in a debater or crater, when t!;e subject w. shown in diversified •fprniis, 'and if till is is .<o, then reading ■reiterated or .repeated news, may ai'.so, at times, be profitable, especial'lv when we observe how "long it takes to go the public to modify or alter their views. The above is given as reasons for once again reminding poultry keepers they need ka.ve no hesitation in joining an egg circle, on the score of oti/ly ipc:i?ess:.n.g a. few fouls. In Denmark, as we have pointed out in .previous note*, over 90 per cent, of the eggs'"iconic from, farmers with not nioro lUuaii ■ thirty or forty hens, and ,

.—s ibeing generally the ■h:ghe,,..t quantity kept, there /must be several thousands of owners with probably '»»t more Mian a doKCii or so. The expenses in. a circle are not worth considering, however few hem> you keep, and once you join you have the ■ftitisl'iiction of knowing that you are helping to reduce those expenses, for ihe greater Site number so co-operat-ed, the Jcij-s the expenditure individu.iky. It is nnrnh.rs, coirbin'd witl: .-uf ce-«ful mauag. meat, which is the cans? cf s.i:ece:.i iul ■-.; -( p . ration in or]'/.;' 'ndus.ari.e-s, and t-he -same rule applies in selling i g;> '. i?ememhr-i\ neither legislation i;or any < iker •:•

foeru can be effected without combination, while you act the individuali...!t and ■se- i i 'on your own, not as -a very effective brake on the mat' rial advancement of the industry. ?.'.:•':. mil inquiries into tne working of the Utility K.gg Circle, and you will, v.ii'.re -aire, mieet with every, coin ft-y f.vn the chairman (Mr H. O'l.-earr-i\.y' he will give ali. the ueeo.ru ry i:iforii'aiif n. I'.'gg producers isiiould ,vub.-.( iib'e 'fa the- Poultry Journal and dil:gcnt!y :■'.'.;c;,- :,he various co-operative articles running therein, from time. to :'.!>e. by 'My J. M. Ferguson. This iXCV.'':'.K;r.\\)i >:!k;w:s i..tr<mg indications rf •being a. .leading and .'■'bin-iiig lig'h't ;:nu i.. ;t co-tperator-,.