POULTRY NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 8 November 1912, Page 3

POULTRY NOTES

vßy "Ltiiitariai .' ) Taxation, (.b-oporutiou and Exportation:*. These are threo principles of Air Davis, of Napier, with which tv« heartily -groe. Taxing, ""<■• tjiKo, 1 ~0 be meant iu tho form of protection for the producer, and as such, • is not likely to bo objected to by wide-awake, go-ahead persons. C.'o- ! opcrrvtion, of course, is more likely to advance than recede, and, as foi i Exportation, that is the salvation o! tiie egg industry. A consignment of over a hundred birds left tho Utility Poultry Kami ::; ci'.e beginning of the x.i.eU Mi Weli'n^ton. Another member of the Utility Egg Circle liar, decided to contribute to the feed fund. A word or two on this subject may not come amiss. This fund has been instituted for the purpose of enabling members to raisca capital sum for the purchase nl" poultry- feed.- Where and when tin purchase will be made is a matter j for further consideration, but prob- I ably about next April or May. A; j to the methods adopted, simplicity hardly meets tho case; it is the perfection of simpleness.' Each member. j so desirous, has deducted from lm j monthly payment f"r °£S*, Td, 2d or whatever sum ho wishes on even dozen eggs to his credit. This sun, . may be from a shilling or two to f> j pound or more, according to the in- I dividual'* supply. Tlie whole of this. ; amount is then hanked in the Pest , Oflice Savings Bank, on which inter- : est accumulates, and this will con- > tinuo until the circle decides on the i host moment to withdraw. Each \ member having contributed will re- ' eoive proportional quantities of feed —✓ i wheat, oats, pollard, or whatever tlie i j particular food may be. .Recognising I ] tint no man can forsoe his future < i and-that circumstances may arise , ', which render if imperative to raise j every possible penny, the circle has j agreed to allow any member at s'm n-t i notice to withdraw the whole or part j •iid on the other hand any member I may join in the fund when he thinks j fit. Again, should any individual ] leave his contribution untouched, or | have any amount to.his credit, at j the time of the circle withdrawing • all. he may even then, use his share , j exactly as lie feels disposed, though | i it is to .bo hoped members will allov\ ; the money to'be utilised as it was o-i- ' 1 ginaliy raised for. Honorary mem- j hers can participate in this scheme by j contiibuting any sum at any time j No matter how few fowls or ducks is | kept the above scheme should appeal ( to all. By contributing ifi this man- I ner the payment is scjrcely felt as - one does not actually find the cash — it is deducted from what otherwise would 1)0 paid. Personally, the writer, a contributor to tlie foregoing, feels that tho I'eed when obtained wPi be as good as a gift, as the contributions never having heen actually p.;itl will never have been missed. ' I Wo contend this fund being raised is J j assisting very materially to carry out i ( j an important object of egg circles, j cheapening of feed, and we should not i be surprised to hear of other circles adopting it at an early date. From time immemorial it has been customary for armies, in warfare, to ransack fowl-roosts. Is this thinning ; out going on in the avicultural population in Turkey. Apropos of Turkish eggs,' we were going to write, Turkey eggs, which might havo been misleading, it seems not j unlikely that the present war will blow good to some. Whether many eggs are exported Home from Turkey we do not know, but large quantities .ate ;:r,m;ally sent from Egypt, and .It.ily, and the present turmoil in the Fast cannot but help affecting the supply therefrom, leaving a better market j for other countries further away, i Whether the henroosts aro being :dep'.eted or not it is obvious that the Eistern markets will be decidedly I awry far some considerable time, both as regards laud and water carriage. • - ■ ; 'One might be forgiven for asking why the science of economics is of use to poultry-keepers. It has been stated that a poultryman. to be up-to-date, requires a knowledge in. poulry culture, biology, chemistry, physics and Ijotiny, and we would add, economics, for, after all, what :s ' the use of straining after the know!j ledge of production if the. science of I distribution is not also studied. Political economy has been termed "the dismal science," but. surely this can- ( ' l not bo applicable to many of our mn- ' ! dern writers on tho subject. Present: methods of distribution, are unsystematic and irregular, whether by poultry-keepers or most others; and | if would do no one any harm to take j a dip into tho sea of economics, and assist to smooth the unruly wav.es ! el' commerce.